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We Need To Protect Trans Rights Against The Government’s Plans To Regress Back To Transphobia – Impact Magazine – Impact Magazine

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It is difficult to make progressive social change under a Conservative government, where their whole ethos is about preserving the status quo. Under Theresa Mays government, this was set to change; plans had been made to allow transgender people to change their gender on their birth certificate without having a medical diagnosis. This would have been a progressive step forward to allow transgender people the right to live freely and authentically.

However, under Boris Johnsons government, these plans have been scrapped entirely and instead replaced by the protection of female-only public spaces which is regressive and harmful to both transgender and non-binary people.

Would this mean that police would stand outside of public toilets judging whether or not a woman was feminine enough?

The reasoning behind the scrapping of these plans is unclear, yet the consequences will be detrimental to the transgender community. Not only this, but the fact that the government plans to make female-only public spaces will force transgender women to use the male bathroom in public.

This is extremely derogatory and is a violation of the dignity of transgender women. The youth charity Mermaids stated that, If we legislate to police gender in toilets, then how and at what point do we decide who is and isnt a woman?

Would this mean that police would stand outside of public toilets judging whether or not a woman was feminine enough to use the bathroom facilities?

This would be an uncomfortable experience for all women, but transgender women would suffer the most as a result. What right does anyone have to determine someone elses gender expression?

Whilst this is a step towards acceptance of the LGBT community, it is not enough to dismantle our heteronormative and homophobic systems

It is invasive and wrong, and this legislation would only increase transphobia within the country, making it a hostile environment that transgender people would be forced to live in.

Why are we going backwards in equality for transgender rights? Especially as Pride month just passed, we should be establishing equality for all genders and sexualities. The government also has decided to ban gay cure therapies, which has been described as an attempt to placate the LGBT community.

Whilst this is a step towards acceptance of the LGBT community, it is not enough to dismantle our heteronormative and homophobic systems. It is meant as a distraction to take the focus off the scrapping of the self-identifying gender plans.

The protection of female-only spaces will only increase transphobia and hate crimes within the UK. Many transgender people have already begun dreading what these plans will mean for their lives, and are particularly fearing a US-style bathroom bill which will be extremely harmful.

Questioning someones gender identity every time they use the bathroom in public discriminates against and ostracises transgender people. This could potentially increase the cases of gender dysphoria a medical condition that some trans people experience which can cause depression, anxiety and suicide.

One of the proposing arguments to securing female-only spaces is that it would protect women from male sexual predators pretending to be women.

However, having researched into this, this statement was a myth perpetuated by the former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the US and has since been used by conservatives as an excuse to uphold their transphobic beliefs.

The discrimination that transgender people face every day is bad enough; let alone adding in further legislation preventing them from using the toilet in public spaces

The organisation Media Matters investigated in 2014 into the number of sexual assault cases across the US, comparing the 12 states who protect trans rights against the rest who dont. It was found that the states with non-discriminatory laws on the books found no increase in sexual assault cases since the law had passed, and had zero allegations of bathroom assault.

Therefore, the argument that allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice would make public toilets unsafe for cis women is not valid and was a myth fabricated to stop the progress of trans rights.

We need to prevent this from happening. The discrimination that transgender people face every day is bad enough; let alone adding in further legislation preventing them from using the toilet in public spaces.

Write to your local MP asking them to prevent the government from scrapping the self-identifying gender plans and to protect trans rights. Sign any petitions that want to protect trans rights.

Petitions that reach 100,000 signatures on the petition.parliament.uk website will be considered for debate by the Petitions Committee of the House of Commons, and will ultimately make more of an impact than the petitions signed on Change.org.

We need to make progress towards achieving equality in a society that celebrates our differences, rather than regressing into oppression that only spreads fear and hate.

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Some Americans refuse to mask up. Rules, fines and free masks will change that, experts say. – USA TODAY

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An expert explains the need to wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Wochit

Many Americans have embraced health officials' recommendationto wear masks in public, and those who refuse tomaskupare likely to encounter increasing pressure in the coming weeks and months.

There is asizable minority of Americans who are skeptical,AshishJha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, told USA TODAY evidenced in part by numerousviral videos showing shoppers floutingmask rules.

Critics say mask mandates infringe on their personal freedom.Some right-leaning Americans callmasks a tool of oppression, Democratic conspiracyand even sacrilege.

Evidence showsface coverings are an effective way of slowing the spread of COVID-19, leadingmore state leaders to enact mask mandates. Friday,Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said face coverings were the only way to avoid another shutdown of the state's economy.

Officials voting to require face masks in public have faced lawsuits and have been shouted down by their constituents.

Jha and other experts compare theemergingrules to traffic regulations.

Jorge Meneses obeys the sign on Main Street in Hackensack, N.J., on July 8.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey - USA TODAY NETWORK)

Just as speeding and drinking and driving are dangerous,not wearing a mask during a pandemic is similarly reckless it puts your and others' lives at risk, Jha said.

Asgovernment-issued mask mandatesbecome more common, expertstold USA TODAY those rules along with fines, free masks and education could help shape the behavior of a nation, similar to how traffic enforcement discourages bad driving.

Here's a look at how mask rules are being enforcedand what experts said will work best in changing the behavior of people skeptical of masks.

Like many government actions relating to the coronavirus, states have unveiled a patchwork of rules governing masks. About half of states mandate masks in public.

Enforcement of those rules is uneven. Somelocal governments, including inWest Hollywood, California andPensacola, Florida,plan to use fines to enforce the regulations. Other law enforcement agenciespublicly declinedto enforce the laws.

Some of the most consistent, nationwide enforcement comes from businesses,which have the right to deny service to customers who are not wearing a mask.

R-0 may be the most important scientific term youve never heard of when it comes to stopping the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAY

Cincinnati's enforcement strategy serves as an examplefor the rest of the country,Angela Duckworth an author, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania andco-director of the Penn-WhartonBehavior Change for Good Initiative told USA TODAY.

In that system,health inspectors respond to complaints by approaching the unmasked individualandasking, Would you like a mask?

Antonio Young, the Cincinnati Health Department'sdirector of environmental health, said that most of the time, people will comply with the rule at that point. If not, the inspector can issue a $25 fine.

That's the kind of systemDuckworth and Jha hope to see rolled out more widely. They said hallmarks of an effective campaign include:

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Many Americans cherish their individualliberties, and shaping cultural norms even under the best of circumstances can take years.

As the virus has taken hold in more conservative regionsin the South and West,face coveringshave become an unlikely focus of political partisanship, leading to mass refusals to wear them.

Complicating things further, theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledges somehealth concerns in its mask guidance: Wearing a mask"may exacerbate a physical or mental health condition, lead to a medical emergency, or introduce significant safety concerns" in some people.

Some of the most common claims around this exception, such as mask wearingcausing low oxygen levels, have been debunked.Businesses can make reasonable modifications for people with disabilities includingcurbside pickup, offering appointments and face shields instead of face masks,the Southeast ADA Center in Atlanta said.

Other factors contributing to challenges around mask wearing, according toDuckworth and Jha:

President Trump is getting a fresh push to don a face mask during the pandemic from some Republicans and members of Fox News. Buzz60

Social pressure around masks continues to grow.

What started out months ago as a "#maskon" hashtag and online tools that allow users to add a digital mask to theirprofile picture morphed into public shaming ofpeople who have made a scene while defying mask rules,often with political overtones.

The intensity surrounding the issuehas left Jha with mixed feelings.

On one hand, he supports using social pressure to normalize mask wearing. On the other, he worries it could turn into vigilantism.

Most peoplewant to do the right thing," he said. Those who pushback against mask rules have probably been"fed a lot of misinformation.

Contributing:Gus Garcia-Roberts,Adrienne Dunn andKelly Tyko, USA TODAY;Hannah K. Sparling,Cincinnati Enquirer

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Macau casinos the last place VIP gamblers wanted to be in Q2 – CalvinAyre.com

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Figures released Thursday by Macaus Gaming Inspection & Coordination Bureau (DICJ) show local casino operators generated gaming revenue of just MOP3.23b (US$404.9m), down 95.6% from the same period last year, a comparative golden age that had yet to hear of something called COVID-19.

On a year-to-date basis, total gaming revenue (including lottery, sports and race betting) totaled just under MOP40b, down from MOP150b in the first six months of 2019.

VIP baccarat revenue totaled a mere MOP1.5b in Q1, also down 95.6% year-on-year. Mass market baccarat fell 96.4% to just over MOP1b. Both verticals were also shadows of their Q1 2020 selves, a period that featured around five weeks of pre-COVID activity.

Mass market gaming revenue (including slots) totaled MOP1.73b in Q2, down 95.5% year-on-year, but enough to maintain its market share lead (53.5%) over VIP, marking the sixth straight quarter in which VIP baccarat has taken a back seat to its less flashier cousin. VIP baccarats share of the overall pie slipped nearly two points from Q1.

Casino operators are praying for a reversal of fortune in Q3 following this weeks news that Chinas Guangdong province was dropping its 14-day quarantine requirement for individuals arriving from Macau. Local officials said there were about 1,600 arrivals at Macaus border checkpoints on Wednesday, around 60% higher than the day before.

However, Beijing has yet to authorize the resumption of issuing Individual Visit Scheme permits for mainland residents, leaving many analysts skeptical of any significant short-term rebound for Macaus gaming revenue.

Gamblers who do choose to visit Macau casinos will be subject to COVID-19 testing both upon arrival and before returning to the mainland. Mandatory testing of frontline casino staff is also underway, although untested staff will still be allowed to work while awaiting their turn to be swabbed.

Macaus downturn has similarly impacted the special administrative regions crime statistics, as the Financial Intelligence Office recently reported 31.2% fewer suspected money laundering cases in the first half of 2020. The Office said the decline was primarily due to a decline in suspicious transactions at Macau casinos.

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OPINION-The Politics of Flood Control in China – Macau Business

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The year 2020 is a tremendous challenge to the governance of China not only because of the outbreak of Covid-19 but also the ongoing floods in many provinces, counties, towns and villages along the Yangtze River, including Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Chongqing.

Since the flood season began in June, the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources reported on July 13 that 433 rivers witnessed water levels rising beyond the warning levels, affecting many lakes such as Dongting, Poyang and Taihu. About 33 rivers envisaged water levels risen to their highest levels.

The Ministry of Emergency Management revealed that rainfall had broken its record since 1961, leading to the death of 141 citizens and economic losses of 60 billion yuan.

In comparison with the floods that killed 431 people in 1991, 4,150 people in 1998 and 164 people 2016, the number of deaths in the ongoing floods is kept at a level temporarily lower than the 2016 situation. The 2020 flooding are affecting the livelihood of 37,890,000 people, influencing the upper and lower streams of the Yangtze River, including Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.

The 1998 floods were regarded as the most serious ones in the history of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), affecting 2.23 billion people, killing 4,150 citizens and leading to economic losses of 25.5 billion yuan.

As early as May 19, President Xi Jinping requested in the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) meeting that all the government departments concerned must shoulder the responsibility of preventing, monitoring and preparing for the upcoming floods. He stressed that provincial and local governments had to control Covid-19 on the one hand and to enhance flood-controlling measures on the other. President Xi urged all the provincial and local authorities to repair flood-prevention work, increase logistical supplies, enhance food storage, and organize simulation exercises and training to protect the lives of ordinary citizens.

After the floods occurred in many places along the Yangtze River in June, the PSC meeting on June 28 was characterized by President Xis instruction that provincial and local governments must implement the responsibility system in flood control, and that they must combine flood supervision with not only the organization of flood relief but also the evacuation of flood victims to safe places. Adopting multiple measures, provincial and local authorities were urged to lay down the foundation of reconstruction work.

When the flooding became serious, President Xi during the PSC meeting on July 12 demanded that all party secretaries and government leaders must go down to the grassroots levels to comprehend the flooding situation, and that they should become front-line cadres leading the ordinary people to control floods, to build up temporary levees, to strengthen existing dykes and dams, and to assist the victims. He emphasized the importance of mobilizing party cadres, the Peoples Liberation Army (PAP), the Peoples Armed Police (PAP), and the need for all departments at various levels to coordinate among themselves effectively.

Five days later, on July 17, President Xi again in the PSC meeting appealed to need for all provincial and local authorities to strengthen flood control work, to consolidate logistical supplies and to prepare for the worst-case scenarios.

While the central governments leadership remains decisive and prompt, there are several features in the current politics of controlling flooding in China.

First and foremost, the seriousness of flooding questions the performance of local governments in flood prevention and control. Mainland meteorologist Luo Jingjie has regarded climate change and the rising water levels as the main factors shaping the ongoing floods. Moreover, a former chief engineer of the Ministry of Water Resources, Cheng Xiaotao, pointed to the problems that more waters were released from the dams at the upper streams, and that there was a lack of experiences in managing water levels in various rivers and streams.

Cheng added that many rivers and streams belong to the jurisdictions of different local governments and administrative precincts, which traditionally have their vested interests and which lack sufficient coordination and cooperation in dealing with flood-prevention work. According to Cheng, the upper streams of Yangtze River lacked large-scale reservoirs to control water flows, while the dykes located at the middle and lower rivers are made up of mud. The current floods exert tremendous pressure on the lower rivers and streams, where the water levels have been exacerbated by sustained heavy rainfalls. He suggested that all local governments should enhance monitoring and coordination work.

In recent years, urbanization has been proceeding so quickly in many places along the Yangtze River that it is not matched by a corresponding improvement of the water drainage systems, which remain old and outdated in many regions. Hence, the current floods impact 6 million people in Jiangxi and endanger the city of Wuhan.

An engineer from Taiwan, Li Hongyuan, pointed out that while the Three Gorges Dam remains solid and crucial, the capacity of underground water drainage systems in many places remains inadequate, and that this predicament may take 20 to 30 years to improve.

Second, the mass media have remained very weak in covering the ongoing floods, unlike the 2008 Sichuan earthquake during which the media played a crucial role in making the developments transparent and helping the rescue and relief work. Critics have observed that thePeoples Dailyonly carried two reports on the floods in June and President Xis remarks on June 28 were a turning point that propelled the mainland media to be much bolder in covering the floods.

The relatively weak mass media in China is perhaps a reflection of its oscillating role from boldness to cautiousness in reporting Covid-19 from January to the present. After all, the media have been ordered to follow the line of the Chinese Communist Party loyally. Since July, the mainland social media have seen more reports of the flooding developments. Overall, the politically tight atmosphere in China is perhaps an obstacle to the increased awareness of the citizens and groups in coping with flood control.

Third, the PLA and PAP were swiftly mobilized to rescue the flood victims and to consolidate levees in many places. From July 9 to 15, at least 4,800 members of the air force were sent to different places, carrying sandbags to rebuild dykes and providing more logistical supplies. About 24,000 soldiers from the PLA and PAP were dispatched to assist flood-controlling work in Jiangxi province. Many PLA soldiers from Army Groups 81, 82 and 83 were mobilized to help various cities in Anhui and Hubei provinces. Some of them used rafts to go into submerged homes to rescue citizens, while the Communist Youth League was mobilized to rebuild and strengthen the levees at Hubeis Huangshi city where a lake witnessed an unprecedented 20 meters of water level. On July 14, State Councillor Wang Yong, who was also the chairman of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, underlined the importance of strict precautions against dikes and reservoirs breaches as well as waterlogging. Clearly, full-scale mobilization could be seen in many provinces after President Xis major speech on June 28.

Fourth, the deployment of high technology to deal with flood detection and control can be seen. Drones were used to detect water levels of rivers and reservoirs; special tractors were used to release 3,000 cubic meters of water per hour from flooding areas; high-speed robot boats were utilized to rescue flood victims and each of them can accommodate four persons; 5G instrument has been combined with Virtual Reality so that the headquarters monitoring floods can comprehend the situation of flooding and rescue work; and new mobile naval bridges have been used to transport engineering equipment and facilities to repair breached dykes and levees. The Chinese satellites have been used to take clear pictures of different places plagued by flooding, enabling the authorities to control the floods and rescue citizens more effectively and efficiently.

In short, while the central government in Beijing has been reacting quickly to the flooding situation in various places, the main weakness of Chinas battle against seasonal floods remains the coordination and efforts of local governments. The relative weakness of local governance was revealed in the outbreak of Covid-19 in early 2020, but it has perhaps been exposed again in the ongoing challenge to prevent, minimize and control the extensive floods.

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Libertarian Congressional candidate to stop in Wellsboro this Sunday – The Wellsboro Gazette

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On Sunday, July 19, Liz Terwilliger will meet with members of the public to hear their concerns about how change is needed in the county. Terwilliger will also answer questions from the community and share what she has learned from local parents, business owners, teachers and other concerned residents.

This free event will be held from 24 p.m. on Sunday, July 9th at Woodland Park at 109 East Ave., Wellsboro. Precautions will be taken to ensure a safe event with proper social distancing and sanitation.

People across Tioga County have told me that they are frustrated with the business-as-usual attitude from their representatives, said Terwilliger. The challenges that the county has faced this year have been incredibly difficult. Government has only made things worse. Tioga County has had politicians, not representatives, in the State House and in Washington, and this must stop with the next election.

Terwilliger is running for Congress in the PA 12th Congressional District which includes Tioga County. She will be joined at the Woodland Park by Noyes Lawton, running for the state representative in the 68th PA District. Both Liz Terwilliger and Noyes Lawton are running on the Libertarian Party ticket.

I am eager to hear from Tioga County residents no matter what political party they are registered with, as well as the many Independents in our county, she said. They have been taken for grated for too long, and it is time their voices were heard. Noyes and I will get these voters real representation both in Washington and in the State House. Please come by and meet us and tell us about your concerns and your views on improving our county.

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Potential Key to the 2020 Election: Voters Who Can’t Stand Both Trump and Biden – Reason

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Voters who can't stand either major-party presidential nominee could be one of the keys to the electionand unlike in 2016, that might be bad news for President Donald Trump.

Four years ago, in a contest between two of the least-liked presidential nominees in history, Trump benefitted from the number of voters who found him slightly less detestable than Hillary Clinton. But a new Morning Consult poll suggests that Trump isn't doing as well with the "haters demographic" this time around. Voters who hold unfavorable views of both Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden are more likely to hold their nose and vote for the former vice president than for the incumbent.

Exit polling on Election Day 2016 showed that voters who did not like either major party candidate ended up backing Trump over Hillary Clinton by a 17-point margin. With less than four months to go until Election Day 2020, Morning Consult's new poll shows Biden with a 29-point lead with the same group. Among the 43 percent who say they are undecided, Biden has a 19-point lead when they are forced to make a choice.

The group also feels more strongly about Trump than it does about Biden: 66 percent saying they have veryunfavorable views of the president, while only 40 percent say the same about Biden. Again, this is only looking at voters who say they have unfavorable views of both.

The influence that the so-called "haters demographic" could have on the election depends on a few things.

First, because of the Electoral College, there's a geographic limitation on how much of a role voter anger can play. No matter how much a Californian might hate Joe Biden, California is going to be blue state.

Second, like all polls that attempt to organize individuals into groups, this one can be a bit fuzzy around the edges. There are people out there who might say they dislike both candidates but are already fairly certain of how they will vote. Many conservatives, for example, might have voted for Trump in 2016 not because they particularly liked him but because they wanted a Republican president to pick judges. That's a valid way to sort through an awful choice like the one presented in 2016, and it demonstrates that some voters are motivated by more than their personal feelings towards the two candidates.

Then there is the role of third parties. The abysmal approval ratings for Trump and Clinton in 2016 likely contributed to the record-shattering number of votes received that year by former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee.

Few observers think that this year's Libertarian ticketled by the Clemson psychologist Jo Jorgensenwill match Johnson's performance. But the Morning Consult poll didn't include any third-party candidates, so it may have a blind spot when it comes to whether members of the so-called "haters demographic" might refuse to vote for both Trump and Biden. Some might simply stay home; others might try to find an alternative candidate they actually like.

With negative partisanship driving so much of American politics these daysparticularly on cable news and social mediait shouldn't be too surprising that voters with a negative view of both Trump and Biden are likely to decide the election. And with more than 100 days to go before the polls close, both candidates will have ample opportunities to add to that demographic.

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Global Aircraft Ailerons Market 2024 by Growth Factors, Applications, Regional Analysis, Key Players Saab AB, Sealand Aviation, ShinMaywa Industries,…

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Global Cryptocurrency Market 2020: Sales Volume, Regions, Type and Application, Revenue, Gross Margin and Future Strategies 2025 – Owned

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TheMajorPlayersCovered in this Report:Hewlett Packard, Alibaba Quantum Computing Laboratory, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., QxBranch, SPARROW QUANTUM A/S, SeeQC Quantum Circuits, Inc., Anyon Systems Inc, Rigetti Computing, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. Others & More.

By Vertical Aerospace & Defense BFSI Energy & Power Healthcare Information Technology & Telecommunication Transportation OthersBy Technology Superconducting loops technology Trapped ion technology Topological qubits technologyBy Offering Systems Consulting SolutionsBy Component Hardware Software ServicesBy Industry Defense Banking & Finance Energy & Power Chemicals Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsBy Application Optimization Machine Learning Simulation Others

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North America(United States, Canada, and Mexico)Europe(Germany, France, UK, Russia, and Italy)Asia-Pacific(China, Japan, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia)South America(Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, etc.)Middle East and Africa(Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa)

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The industry of software outsourcing in Sri Lanka has long since been garnering demand to deliver products and services that are uniquely focused towards customers needs both locally and internationally. As businesses both large and small compete to understand their end consumers better, building digital products and services that are oriented towards customer experience arent an embellishment on top of core offerings theyre an essential. As a result, the approach you adopt towards delivering customer-centric products and services can make or break your business in this day and age, especially in light of fierce business competition, as well as a pandemic that has long since enforced lockdowns and invited economic downturns.

In spite ofthe compromised circumstances we are all in on a global scale, business hasstill been functioning as usual. How? Thanks to the cloud, of course. Makingremote work a possibility at record time and at scale, even organizations thatoperated by conventional means up until then experienced little to no downtimeduring transition. Likewise, fast-paced customer centricity has also been madepossible by the cloud, which therefore makes it an integral foundation for thedigital landscape we heavily rely on today.

Asindispensable as it is, the cloud is here to stay, no doubt. But what else doesit have in store for the future? Here are a few such trends, all of which areoffshoots from the world of cloud computing.

At a timewhen everyone was more or less compelled to shift to working remotely (elserisk shutting down their businesses), the cloud has been the driving forcebehind every single transition, complex or otherwise. This has also broughtUnified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) ever more to the forefront, as cloud-basedproviders leading the sector have proactively stepped up to assist businessesin moving over to a remote work environment as smoothly as possible.

Whetherits a basic web conferencing solution to conduct weekly meetings with yourteam, or a remote call centre to handle inquiries from all over the world,UCaaS has been massively beneficial while being completely based and managedon the cloud.

The conceptof automation has long since been abuzz with discussion, and with ampleinfluence from the cloud as well. In due course of the recent turn of eventshowever, automation is an endeavour that is growing in importance for thebenefit of getting things done through minimal contact. While this is one morereason for automation to be taken seriously by businesses of all sizes, itsprofound impact on both a consumer (customized product recommendations) andenterprise (containerized applications that are based across multiple nodes)are just some of the many reasons as to why automation is going to gain evenmore traction as time rolls on by.

Automationclosely ties in over here too, as comprehensive analytics is a prerequisite forautomating operations, including IoT devices. With almost any device now opento the possibility of being transformed into a smart device, telemetry (theprocess of gathering data from endpoints) has improved both in terms of qualityand quantity thereby opening greater opportunities to train your cloud-basedsystems to be more intuitive via AI and machine learning.

As cloudcomputing becomes a crucial component for todays digital landscape, it alsobecomes more vulnerable in terms of cyber security. With businesses andconsumers alike connected and dependent on the cloud 24/7, a large number ofendpoints make cloud-based networks vulnerable to cyber breaches of all kinds,ranging from theft to espionage. As a result, the industry of securitysoftware, which includes both security for your cloud networks as well as SaaSsecurity solutions is constantly on the rise, as organizations plan on how toprevent and mitigate future risks.

Cloud support services arent reserved for consumers and businesses alone; in a fast-paced world which requires equally fast yet accurate problem-solving, quantum computing has been the answer to providing solutions that even the most robust supercomputers of today take years to deliver on. With minimal use cases as of current, as well as research and development still in the works, leading technology giants have been at the centre of it with the cloud providing a strong foundation for operations and analytics to take place.

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While customer centricity had been a major factor behind the advent and innovation of cloud computing, the current pandemic has introduced a whole host of reasons to depend on the very same, all the more. As a dedicated AWS partner, weve been witnessing numerous trends that are rising from the world of cloud computing, with a steady shift to remote work being one of the biggest. Although automation has been a trend in the cloud landscape for a long time, it is slowly gaining traction, as it enables seamless operations on both an enterprise and consumer level.

A growingnumber of endpoints, particularly IoT devices have been the source for advancedtelemetry, thereby enabling round-the-clock collection of data, which can thenbe used to proactively control devices. AI and machine learning further enhancethis process, as cloud networks can now be trained to function in a mannerthats more intuitive, resulting in analytics that are accurate even whenmaking future predictions.

With agrowing interest and reliance on cloud computing, networks are also more proneto vulnerabilities such as data theft, fraud and espionage. The securitysoftware industry (which includes both security for cloud networks, as well assingle-purpose, SaaS-based security solutions) has also experienced asignificant increase in demand. Last but not the least, quantum computing isanother emerging trend in the field of complex problem solving, with leadingtech giants using the cloud as an integral base to conduct research,development and deployments.

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By Jim Downard

Only in the sense that I wasnt prone to proselytizing the matter, not bringing it up just as confrontational thing. But thinking through my memory, I was never shy about expressing my views on whether particular gods existed.

Now to be fair, I was raised in a functionally secular household, where the issue didnt arise from my familyno obligatory attendance even at holiday religious services.And my attitude towards education was the same one my parents had, which was that public school was not a place where that needed to be discussed.In fact my mother pulled me out of a grade school Bible hour class that she had not approved and considered not the responsibility of the school to do in the first place. Those sorts of things arent a feature of public schools these days.I dont recall any backlash or social outcasting on that account at the time, by the way.But then I was only 6 so maybe just didnt notice.

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MATTINGLY: Is it time to add the Great to St. John Paul II? – Bristol Herald Courier

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As he began his 1979 pilgrimage through Poland, Pope John Paul II preached a soaring sermon that was fiercely Catholic, yet full of affection for his homeland.

For Communist leaders, the fact that the former Archbishop of Krakow linked faith to national pride was pure heresy. The pope joyfully claimed divine authority to challenge atheism and the governments efforts to reshape Polish culture.

Man cannot be fully understood without Christ, John Paul II told 290,000 people at a Mass in Warsaws Victory Square. He cannot understand who he is, nor what his true dignity is, nor what his vocation is, nor what his final end is. ... Christ cannot be kept out of the history of man in any part of the globe, at any longitude or latitude of geography.

That was bad enough. Then he added: It is therefore impossible without Christ to understand the history of the Polish nation. ... If we reject this key to understanding our nation, we lay ourselves open to a substantial misunderstanding. We no longer understand ourselves.

This was the stuff of sainthood, and John Paul II received that title soon after his 26-year pontificate ended. But the global impact of that 1979 sermon is a perfect example of why many Catholics believe its time to attach another title to his name the great.

The informal title the great is not one that is formally granted by the church, explained historian Matthew Bunson, author of The Pope Encyclopedia: An A to Z of the Holy See.

Every saint who is also a pope is not hailed as the great, but the popes who have been called the great are all saints. ... When you hear that title, you are dealing with both the love of the faithful for this saint and the judgment of history.

In the case of John Paul II, mourners chanted Santo subito! (Saint now!) and waved posters with that slogan at his funeral. During a Mass only 13 hours after his death, Cardinal Angelo Sodano spoke of John Paul, indeed, John Paul the Great.

When he was chosen to succeed John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVIs first words to the crowd in St. Peters Square were, After the great pope ...

Discussions of attaching the great to this saints title were jumpstarted by a recent letter from Benedict XVI that marked the centenary of the birth, in the Polish town of Wadowice, of the man who would become John Paul II.

The word saint indicates Gods sphere, and the word great, the human dimension, wrote Benedict. The term great is harder to define, he added, and in the course of the almost 2,000-year-long history of the papacy, the title the great has been maintained only for two popes: Leo I (440-461) and Gregory I (590-604). In the case of both, the word great has a political connotation, but precisely because something of the mystery of God himself becomes visible through their political success.

In both of those cases, Bunson said, the future of Rome and the Roman world were at risk with Leo dealing with Attila the Hun, while Gregory faced the invading forces of the Lombards. Pope Gregory the Great also produced epic works of theology, especially on the liturgy and the work of bishops.

With that in mind, just look at the dramatic life of John Paul II, Bunson said. You start with his underground work against the Nazis, then all the ways that he stood up to Communism during the Cold War. Finally, there are his encyclicals opposing the existential threat of postmodernism what he called the culture of death to the value of the human person.

In his letter, Benedict XVI quoted the famous words of Russias Joseph Stalin, who asked, considering Europes future: How many divisions does the pope have?

As it turned out, Pope John Paul II was more than a worthy opponent.

Let us leave open the question of whether the epithet the great will prevail or not, noted the retired pope. It is true that Gods power and goodness have become visible to all of us in John Paul II. In a time when the Church is again suffering from the oppression of evil, he is for us a sign of hope and confidence.

Terry Mattingly leads GetReligion.org and lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He is a senior fellow at the Overby Center at the University of Mississippi

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Not only is America a Christian country, but the Constitution has been perverted by infidels and atheists, according to MAGA cultist and Trump sycophant Pastor Robert Jeffress.

He made the comments on his Pathway to Victory broadcast during a series of episodes earlier this month promoting the Christian Nation myth. In the excerpt below, he was complaining about Supreme Court decisions that removed mandatory Bible readings from public schools.

And heres the question: What has changed? What has changed? In these 150 years,has the Constitution changed and nobody told us? Is that what happened? Of course not. What has happened is we have allowed the secularists, the humanists, the atheists, the infidels, to pervert our Constitution into something our Founding Fathers never intended. And it is time for Americans to stand up and say Enough! Were not going to allow this in our Christian country anymore. It is time to put an end to this.

Its time to once again reiterate that the Bible says far more about welcoming the immigrant and serving the poor and marginalized than anything about abortion or LGBTQ issues which Jeffress also brought up elsewhere in his episodes. (Interestingly enough, helping the poor would also result infewer abortions, a fact Jeffress never seems to care about.)

Pretending we live in a Christian Nation doesnt make it true. Lying about the past wont change reality either. The fact remains if our government treated atheism or Islam the way weve historically treated Christianity, Jeffress would never stop whining about it.

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Letter: The National Anthem is under attack by the left – Arizona Daily Star

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Our National Anthem is once again under attack.

Lets face facts, the Star Spangled Banner was written by a slave owner, is focused on rockets and bombs, and is impossible to sing by normal patriots such as me.

In my early leftist days we wanted Woody Guthries This Land Is our Land. Although a socialist, he was home-grown and sincere, and I could hum along without embarrassment.

We took a hard look at American the Beautiful by Irving Berlin, a Jew born in Russia who immigrated to the US as a child. This uplifting song has found a niche in our American fabric since 9-11.

Leftists now want Image penned by John Lennon, a Brit with Green Card who had a path to citizenship at his untimely death. His song is morally vapid, praising atheism and globalism. Thats not America.

Im sticking with those broad stripes and bright stars. You sing and I will listen with hand over chest.

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RUDY GIULIANI (HOST): This is not - please, understand this - this is not isolated. This is not spontaneous. This is planned. This is planned by Black Lives Matter, it's funded by Soros to the tune of $30 to $40 million. And the plan is to change your government. To take it away from you. To take away from you a government based on free enterprise. To take away from you your Second Amendment right to bear arms.To take away from you, really, your right to have a religion. Soros is a notorious atheist. Proclaims the fact that he's an atheist. So are Marxists, by the way. It's one of the cores of Marxism, atheism.

And one of the cores of Marxism is no private property. They want your property. They want the government to control it. But they do want one preferred class and that's the people who are -- they're going to get, like, a lifetime salary. And that's going to be -- Black people will get that. And they'll also get to choose property that they want, and that's the reparations for slavery. Except, it'll include Black people that came from the Caribbean. And it's going to get paid by white people who never had anything to do with slavery.

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Freaks and Geeks May Have Been A Little Too Real – Film School Rejects

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Welcome toPetition Worthy, a biweekly column that revisits canceled TV shows that we wish had a longer lifespan. In some cases, well also make a plea for them to be given another chance. This entry spotlights Freaks and Geeks.

If Paul Feig and Judd Apatow combined their powerhouse talents to create a TV show these days, it would probably be a hit. Back in 1999, though, Feig and Apatow werent Hollywood A-listers, and Freaks and Geeks wasnt the huge success story it should have been.

That said, Freaks and Geeks has left its mark on pop culture. The show helped launch the careers of several stars, including Seth Rogen, Linda Cardellini, and Jason Segel. But giving a break to future Hollywood A-listers isnt the only legacy Freaks and Geeks will be remembered for. The shows ability to resonate with young people is its true special power.

Shows about high school often portray teenage life as exciting and sexy. Dawsons Creek, which was the most popular teen show in the late 90s, is a prime example of that. Freaks and Geeks, meanwhile, provided a more authentic snapshot of adolescence and all of the insecurities that come with it. Furthermore, it did so while being consistently funny.

For Feig, it was important to create a show that reflected the high school experience that he and many others understood. In an interview with Vanity Fair, he explained that his goal was to give young people a show that could guide them through their own coming-of-age journeys.

My friends and I werent popular in high school, we werent dating all the time, and we were just trying to get through our lives. It was important to me to show that side. I wanted to leave a chronicle to make people who had gone through it laugh, but also as a primer for kids going in, to say, Heres what you can expect. Its horrifying but all you should really care about is getting through it. Get your friends, have your support group. And learn to be able to laugh at it.

Freaks and Geeks was created for the outsiders and misfits. But thats most teenagers to some degree. Set in the early 80s, the story revolves around a group of teens who are just trying to make sense of the world. The central characters are Lindsay (Cardellini) and Sam Weir (John Francis Daley), a pair of siblings who lead the titular freaks and geeks of McKinley High.

Lindsay is the gifted student who rejects academics to hang out with a bunch of slackers. She becomes more experimental following the death of her grandmother, who saw nothing just before she passed away. This affects Lindsay, but her newfound sense of atheism makes her a free thinker who questions authority and commands respect from her peers.

The shows decision to openly embrace atheism from the outset spoke volumes about its unconventional approach to storytelling. In a climate where so many teens shows chased commercialism, Freaks and Geeks was unafraid to explore existentialism. The show isnt anti-Christian, but it acknowledges the reality that many teenagers reject such belief systems.

Sam, meanwhile, is the charming nerd who is picked on by the school bullies. His sister has a tendency to fight his battles, and the teachers dont approve of him snitching on other students. He also meets the girl of his dreams, which leads to him becoming accepted in popular social circles for a minute. Then he realizes that he isnt interested in his dream girl because she and her friends are shallow.

In a conventional teen drama, Sam would have fallen in love with the cheerleader and lived happily ever after. They would have brought their respective social groups together and everything would have been rosy. If they did break-up, itd be soap opera-esque and dramatic. Freaks and Geeks simply presents them as curious and incompatible. Such is the nature of young love at times.

Sams romantic relationship also ties into the shows portrayal of sex. In one episode, he wears a V-neck to hide a hickey on his neck. This doesnt sit too well with his girlfriend, who wants him to wear the mark as a badge of honor. Sam is terrified of sex, though, and just wants to preserve his childhood for a while longer. And thats okay.

Freaks and Geeks also has a cast of actors who feel like real people. This is especially apparent in Rogens character. The actor was going through puberty at the time, and his voice was changing. Other actors would have been required to work with a drama coach. Freaks and Geeks showcases this awkward stage of adolescence in its truest form.

NBC executives gave Feig and co. creative freedom going into the show. When Garth Ancier took over as the networks president, however, things turned sour. Ancier arrived from The WB, which had found great success with Dawsons Creek. He wanted a show in a similar vein to the teen hit.

Ancier received a private school education. He didnt identify with the crummy public school dorks in Freaks and Geeks. The network president also wanted the show to have more victories for the characters, which went against the shows warts-and-all sensibilities.

The creators refused to obey the network, and the rest is history. Feig and co. were unwilling to buck to executive demands. This proved to be a death knell, though, as the shows ratings didnt justify a second season. Freaks and Geeks was canceled after 12 of the 18 episodes had aired.

That said, what would have happened if the show continued? The creators have talked about it throughout the years. Lindsay would have gone on tour with the Grateful Dead and experimented with drugs. Sam would have joined the drama club. Nick (Segel) would have been forced into the army. Those stories were just too depressing for NBC back then.

While the show was canceled too soon, at least it continues to find audiences to this day. The trials and tribulations faced by young people are timeless and universal. This is why so many of them continue to identify with the outsiders and misfits in this one-season wonder from 1999.

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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern said he doesnt want to see things go back to normal.

Normal wasnt acceptable, he said. Normal was when we had 40 million people in this country who were hungry. We need to do better than normal.

At a remote Town Hall meeting hosted Thursday by Reps. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, and Mindy Domb, D-Amherst, McGovern called for the federal government to step up in its efforts to address the nationwide issue of food insecurity.

Two months ago this week, McGovern said, the House of Representatives passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, better known as the HEROES Act, in response to COVID-19s impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals and businesses.

In the previous bills that we passed, it really didnt address the issue of food insecurity and hunger adequately. It didnt do anywhere near enough, said McGovern, D-Worcester. In the HEROES Act ... we included things like boosting the maximum SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefit by 15 percent, increasing the monthly minimum SNAP benefit from $16 to $30, and placing a hold on all the harmful rules that have been proposed by the executive branch, by the Trump Administration, that . literally would have thrown millions of people off the benefit.

As good as the act was, McGovern said, he is still waiting for Sen. Mitch McConnell to schedule a vote in the U.S. Senate.

For two months to do nothing, while people in this country go hungry, is unconscionable, he said.

In Western Massachusetts in particular, the issue of hunger and food insecurity is only getting worse, according to Christina Maxwell of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Before the pandemic began, in Western Mass., approximately 1 in 10 people was food insecure, Maxwell said. By the end of this year, we estimate its gong to be 1 in 7 people, including 1 in 4 kids.

She said the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and 174 member agencies food pantries, meal sites, brown bag programs have served an average of 16 percent more people each month since the pandemic began than at the same time last year.

Were seeing a lot of people who have never needed to get help for finding food before, so they dont know where to go, they have no idea who to call to ask, they dont know how to find these places, she said. So weve been trying to do a lot of outreach to the general community and let people know, Were here, weve got food and we can help you find resources, too.

A number of those resources were represented at the remote meeting on Thursday, including representatives from the Amherst Survival Center, Granby to Go and The Brick House Community Resource Center in Turners Falls.

Erin McAleer, executive director at Project Bread, said she sleeps well at night knowing McGovern is down in Washington, D.C., working on behalf of organizations like her Boston-based nonprofit.

This was a crisis before COVID. Theres no reason that anybody in America should have been hungry prior to COVID-19, McAleer said, noting that the crisis has only gotten worse since the pandemic hit.

She said the good news is there are programs out there, including food pantries, food banks, supplemental assistance programs, school meal sites and Meals on Wheels.

Still, she echoed McGoverns push for the U.S. Senate to take up the HEROES Act.

Our congressional delegation is strong on this, she said. So if you dont want to call them, call friends in other states and tell them to push for it, because it matters to families in Massachusetts that we increase the SNAP allotment.

McGovern said he was inspired to hear about the work being done by various organizations across the state.

For all the great work you all collectively do, he said, speaking to attendees at the meeting who work or volunteer at food banks, food pantries and other social service providers, it is not a substitute for the federal government actually stepping up to the plate and funding these programs in a way that will make a real difference.

He emphasized the importance of remaining focused on addressing the issue of food insecurity.

People are going hungry, he said. We need to make sure people know where they can get relief and we need to be focused on changing our policies.

Mary Byrne can be reached at mbyrne@recorder.com or 413-772-0261, ext. 263. Twitter: @MaryEByrne

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Coronavirus death rate: what it is, what it isn’t and why US can expect it to rise – The Guardian

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Cases of Covid-19 are surging across the United States sun belt, the region from southern California to Florida. More than 137,000 Americans have died, and more than 3 million have been infected.

But as cases have surged, daily deaths associated with the pandemic have not risen to the seismic numbers seen in April, when New York City was gripped by the virus.

More than 2,429 were reported dead due to coronavirus on 21 April nationally, one of a set of horrific days that month. On 17 July 977 people were reported dead, even as infections increase rapidly in the south and west.

Politicians have seized on this, including Donald Trump, who has perpetuated falsehoods about the death rate even as hospitals across the region begin to fill.

First, lets talk about what it does not the likelihood that an infected person will die. That measurement is called the case fatality rate, and is the reason we know Covid-19 causes far more severe disease and death than a typical flu.

Its very important to understand the lethality of a pandemic, said Dr Howard Markel, a pandemic historian, expert in infectious diseases and a pediatrician at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Covid-19 has a high case fatality rate, which is the reason authorities believe it is worth disrupting our lives to stop it. Like many metrics with Covid-19, the case fatality rate is based on preliminary data which may be incomplete.

To find the case fatality rate, divide the total number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 by the number of people who have died. It is easy. The reason it is probably not accurate is because the total of confirmed Covid-19 cases will not represent all cases.

Some people will have the disease, but never get tested. Perhaps because they have no symptoms, perhaps because they fear paying for a test, or perhaps because no tests are available. There are myriad reasons. The number of people confirmed to have died of Covid-19 is also almost certainly an undercount.

For these reasons, the case fatality rate does not accurately represent an infected persons risk of death from Covid-19, although estimates put it between 3 and 5%, according to Markel.

The death rate often referred to by Trump is the number of deaths in proportion to a population. In other words, it measures the risk of death from Covid-19 across a whole population.

Of the 20 nations currently most affected by Covid-19, the United States has the second-highest death rate at about 42 people killed by Covid-19 per 100,000, according to Johns Hopkins Universitys Covid Resource Center tracking project. Only the United Kingdom is higher, with 67 people per 100,000 killed by Covid-19. Of all countries in the world, the United States has the sixth-highest death rate, behind Belgium, the UK, Spain, Italy, Sweden and France.

But keep in mind, experts view this data skeptically as well.

People in my line of work have to take this data with a grain of salt, said Dr Steven Woolf, a professor in the department of family medicine and population health at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Typically, death rates from specific diseases take years to be issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, they are being rushed out in a crisis, and it will probably be a long time before we can make solid apples to apples comparisons.

The short answer is: no. Many experts are worried, and predict a surge of deaths to come, in line with infection and hospitalization rates.

There are a number of reasons why the death rate might not have risen yet, but the most important is that death is a lagging indicator.

If you look at the beginning of the pandemic in the US, it wasnt really until the middle of April when we saw the huge spike in deaths in New York and New Jersey, said Woolf. Im hopeful that the fact that we havent seen the death count start climbing in an exponential way is because were more effective at treatment now, but Im quite worried thats coming.

For other reasons, the death rate may never reach the levels seen in New York City. The average age of Covid-19 diagnosis has dropped since the beginning of the pandemic. That means the outbreak is now being driven by young people who are less likely to die from Covid-19, which could be a factor in the declining death rate.

Second, the surge is spread over a wider geographic area than the one that overwhelmed hospitals in New York City. Mortality may rise as hospitals become overwhelmed and have fewer resources, experts at Johns Hopkins have said. If hospitals become overwhelmed, nurses may be forced to care for a higher number of patients, and care may suffer.

Last, there are unknowns. The coronavirus has been with us since January, or roughly seven months. It is still novel.

The CDC is forecasting up to 170,000 Americans could have died of Covid-19 by 8 August, with the worst-affected states coinciding with the worst outbreaks of disease or where residents have the worst health. Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, the Virgin Islands and West Virginia are expected to bear the most deaths.

We see a pattern where the states ignored public health guidance and opened up too early, said Woolf. The result is that were seeing not only a surge in cases in a public health crisis in those states, but the very economy they were trying to preserve by opening early is now being put in jeopardy.

Even the extraordinary toll Covid-19 has already taken is likely to be a huge undercount. In research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network, Woolf and his co-authors reported up to one-third of Covid-19 deaths may be missed in official tallies. Although the study only looked at one eight-week window, if the findings hold true, it could represent tens of thousands of Americans nationally.

You dont really have to be an epidemiologist to look at the numbers on the nightly news and know something is going terribly wrong in the United States, said Woolf. Its not a subtle difference you can wash away with statistical analysis.

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