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My Number Ten - Since I've been playing with the senior volleyball team of Hamont (Belgium), I've been playing with number ten. With this number the team had ups and downs, and (more important) lots of fun. For now, becoming the champion of our league was one of the top moments, maybe we can repeat it this year (currently we are ranked number one!).
NUMBER: 6020
YEAR: 2006
MAKE: Gillig
MODEL: Advantage
LOCATION: Government Square
DATE: June 5, 2011
NOTES:
Fifty-five has the interesting property that it is the 10th Fibonacci number and the sum of the numbers 1 to 10.
It is a heptagonal number, a centered nonagonal number, and a triangular number (the sum of the numbers 1 to 10) and a square pyramidal number (the sum of the squares of the integers 1 to 5). It is also a Fibonacci number (the largest Fibonacci number to also be a triangular number) and a Kaprekar number).
55 is a semiprime, being the product of 5 and 11 and it is the 2nd member of the (5.q) semiprime family. 55 is one of only two integers with an aliquot sum of 17 (the other being 39). 55 has an aliquot sequence of 4 members: (55, 17, 1, 0).
Fifty-five is also:
* The number of Delegates who attended the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787
* In US gallons, a common size of drum containing liquids; see 55 US gallon drum
* In miles per hour,
o the highest speed limit allowed in the United States between 1974 and 1986 per the National Maximum Speed Law
o In many states of the United States, a very common speed limit for rural secondary roads and many urban freeways.
* In years of marriage, the emerald wedding anniversary
* The code for international direct dial phone calls to Brazil
* The number of European route E55 from Helsingborg, Sweden to Greece
* The designation of I-55, a freeway that runs from Louisiana to Illinois
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clownmayor is no more. i made a lawn sign as well, but it needs improvement so i'll rework it in the next couple of days. other signs were made and a few went up, but without me photographing them yet.
i made the base poster over a year ago, and had some leftovers to which i added the red FORMER when i got home tonight after a long day of celebrating the incompetent, loudmouth bigot's removal from office. this has been a long, difficult couple of years for people in this city, progressive or not. the misery exuded by this absurd fool, and his reactionary, bullying behaviour are an embarrassment, and have been glaring, graphic proof of something we all feared years ago: amalgamation was a huge mistake. this criminal, bigoted baby, with a huge sense of entitlement was obviously a terrible choice for mayor, and all the proof we needed of that was evident for anyone who looked into his past. he's never had a job his father didn't get for him, and he has long believed that the laws of the country do not apply to him and his cronies. his verbal and physical abuse of others is a matter of record, as is his racism and homophobia. that 350 000 people voted for this idiot is dsgusting, and it is clear that he and many of his supporters refuse to admit the truth and instead are betting even more heavily on the divisive and punishing tactics of the extreme right-wing. these people are not conservatives, they are hateful idologues, pushing a far-right agenda so that the less extreme rightist garbage they could not pass otherwise gets viewed as more moderate and palatable. when ford started trolling for mayor, i believed that he was a trial balloon being floated by the federal and provincial conservative parties to see just how much bullshit the voters of ontario and the gta would tolerate, and i still think that is true. today the odious stephen harper and tim hudak placed a new pin on their graphs, and that's the only notice they took of the city, having made it abundantly clear years ago that they hate toronto and any sort of progressiveness. guess what, guys? we hate you, too, and you will never have much success here, as your vile pig proved.
rob ford is the first mayor in the history of the city to be removed from office. that ignominy fits him like the cheap suits and drunken scowl he wears so often. since amalgamation we've had two terrible mayors (fraud and mel lastman), both ridiculous clowns, and one decent public servant, david miller. pre-amalgamation, barbara hall and june rowlands, and then we run into the dark time of art eggleton. still, eggleton and lastman at least pretended to take the job seriously much of the time, and seemed to respect the responsibilities accompanying the office, no matter how much fault we found with them. no-one can say the same for the former mayor ford, at least without being, transparently, a liar. further back, people of all political sides fondly remember david crombie, who, while very much a conservative, still showed respect for social justice much of the time and did not make a habit of alienating non-allies. sadly, his form of conservatism is no more.
a final question: since city hall is located west of yonge street, will the new private garbage trucks be the ones used to haul ford's diseased carcass from office, or will he be ground into a paste that can be fed to bloat teenaged sports teams?
www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/why-long-covid-could-be-the-next-...
Long Covid may be ‘the next public health disaster’ — with a $3.7 trillion economic impact rivaling the Great Recession
▪ Long Covid is a chronic illness resulting from a Covid-19 infection. It goes by many names, including long-haul Covid, post-Covid or post-acute Covid syndrome.
▪ Not much is yet known about the illness. Its symptoms number in the hundreds and can be debilitating. They can also be challenging to diagnose — for doctors even willing to do so.
▪ Long Covid has affected as many as 23 million Americans. It may cost the U.S. economy $3.7 trillion, roughly that of the Great Recession, according to one estimate.
Sam Norpel used to present regular financial updates to C-suite executives.
Now, unpredictable bouts of broken, staccato speech make that impossible for the former e-commerce executive.
Despite being up to date with vaccines and boosters, Norpel, 48, got Covid-19 in December 2021, when the highly transmissible omicron variant was fueling record U.S. caseloads.
She never got better — and in fact, feels worse, with a range of debilitating symptoms that make it impossible to work.
Her halting speech can be triggered by something as innocuous as cold water or cool air on the skin. Extreme noise sensitivity requires her to wear noise-canceling headphones all day. She’s also endured a low-grade migraine for nearly a year, which can flare up after prolonged screen time.
When it comes to her body and mind, “the computer is just slow,” said Norpel, who lives with her family outside Philadelphia. “Right now, for me, 48 [years old] feels like 78.”
Norpel is one of millions of Americans with long Covid, also known as long-haul Covid, post-Covid or post-acute Covid syndrome. While definitions vary, long Covid is, at its core, a chronic illness with symptoms that persist for months or years after a Covid infection.
Up to 30% of Americans who get Covid-19 have developed long-haul symptoms, affecting as many as 23 million Americans, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Long Covid could be ‘the next public health disaster’...
The country is about to enter its fourth calendar year of the coronavirus outbreak, and new variants are expected to make for a tough winter.
Researchers think most Americans have had Covid-19 at this point.
Studies suggest subsequent infections raise the chances of an “adverse” outcome, including hospitalization and death. The virus has killed more than 1 million Americans to date, and some 2,000 more die each week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Long Covid demonstrates that the virus is taking a lingering, pervasive and perhaps even more insidious toll. Medical experts have called it “the next public health disaster in the making.”
“There are just large numbers of people affected by this,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital and a dean at Baylor College of Medicine.
That number will “only continue to grow” as Covid-19 continues to circulate, HHS said in a recent report.
“This could be game-changing in terms of how we do medical practice, in the same way HIV/AIDs was a game-changer,” Hotez said.
... one with a significant financial toll
But the tentacles of long Covid reach far beyond its medical impact: from the labor gap to disability benefits, life insurance, household debt, forfeit retirement savings and financial ruin.
This article is the first of a CNBC special report examining long Covid’s destructive impact on individuals, families and the U.S. economy at large.
All told, long Covid is a $3.7 trillion drag on the U.S. economy — about 17% of our nation’s pre-pandemic economic output, said David Cutler, an economist at Harvard University. The aggregate cost rivals that of the Great Recession, Cutler wrote in a July report.
Cutler revised the $3.7 trillion total upward by $1.1 trillion from an initial report in October 2020, due to the “greater prevalence of long Covid than we had guessed at the time.” Even that revised estimate is conservative: It is based on the 80.5 million confirmed U.S. Covid cases at the time of the analysis, and doesn’t account for future caseloads.
Higher medical spending accounts for $528 billion of the total. But lost earnings and reduced quality of life are other sinister trickle-down effects, which respectively cost Americans $997 billion and $2.2 trillion.
“Long Covid will be around long after the pandemic subsides, impacting our communities, our health care system, our economy and the well-being of future generations,” the HHS report said.
Norpel was the household breadwinner, which allowed her husband to care for their kids. The family has been living on income from a long-term disability policy, a vestige of her old job; the funds replace just a third of her prior pay. Norpel’s husband must now juggle caretaking duties and the necessity of finding work, both for income and health insurance.
The money worries are multitude: the ability to continue funding her daughter’s college education, the odds of raiding retirement accounts or selling their home to subsist. Norpel’s 16-year old son recently wondered if he should get a job to support the family; but he doesn’t even have a driver’s license.
“All of it is just very heartbreaking,” said Norpel, adding that “long Covid changed everything.”
What is long Covid? It ‘depends on who you ask’
While there are still many unknowns about long Covid — shorthand for its scientific name “post-acute sequelae of Covid,” or PASC — what we do know so far is startling, experts say.
Anyone who’s had Covid-19 can develop the condition. People can get it regardless of the severity of their initial infection or the virus variant, according to the World Health Organization. It affects all age groups, even those who were previously fit and healthy.
Studies suggest women are at higher risk than men; one study found adult females to be twice as likely to have long-haul symptoms. People of color are also more likely to get sick due to the increased likelihood of a Covid-19 infection and less access to high-quality health care; it’s also more common in bisexual and trans people due to reduced care access and the stigma regarding their gender or sexuality, the HHS said in an October report.
However, the medical community hasn’t arrived at an exact definition of long Covid, which complicates diagnosis and treatment.
The definition “depends on who you ask right now,” said Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn, medical director of the Mayo Clinic’s Covid Activity Rehabilitation Program.
Here are some of the points on which opinions diverge:
▪ Cause: Doctors don’t yet know what causes long Covid. They have theories: Perhaps it’s an autoimmune disorder, like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, whereby the virus is gone but the immune system remains active, attacking healthy cells by mistake; or maybe small blood clots develop in the brain, too small to cause a stroke but big enough to trigger neurologic issues.
▪ Key symptoms: Long Covid has been linked to more than 200 symptoms, according to The Rockefeller Foundation. Shortness of breath, fatigue, and sleep disorders or insomnia are the most common symptoms, according to a recent global meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a peer-reviewed journal. Others include anxiety, depression, body aches, headache, heart palpitations and “brain fog” — which describes challenges associated with cognition, like thinking, concentration, communication, comprehension, memory and motor function. Some sufferers have organ damage, to the heart, lungs, kidneys, skin and brain.
▪ Duration: There’s no consistent definition of how long symptoms must persist for someone to be considered a long Covid patient. For example, the CDC says a person has long-haul symptoms if they persist beyond (or start after) one month from an initial Covid-19 infection. The WHO generally uses a three-month barometer. Different health clinics may use others still.
What experts do know is that for some, long Covid symptoms can last months or even years. About 15% of people whose ailments persist three months after infection continued to experience symptoms at least 12 months after infection, according to the meta-analysis.
Meredith Hurst, a paralegal, is one of those people. Hurst caught Covid in November 2020. She was diagnosed with long Covid in December 2021; now, two years after the initial infection, she still hasn’t recovered.
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Aldie, Virginia
Listed 12/8/2015
Reference Number: 15000878
Stoke is locally significant under Criterion B in the area of Agriculture for its association with Eleanor Truax Harris, who was internationally recognized for her horticultural pursuits and locally recognized for her leadership in developing a means for women to earn income during a time when it was socially unacceptable for middle- and upper-class women to work. Through her fieldstone-walled "Berkeley Gardens," Mrs. Harris and the ladies of the Aldie Horticultural Society sold cut narcissus and over thirty varieties of bulbs during the 1920s and 1930s as a means to support their families. Although Mrs. Harris was a lady of enormous wealth, understanding the financial plight of her neighbors during the Great Depression, she led this endeavor by making the initial investment into the importation of Dutch bulbs in advance of an embargo and thereby securing a place for the village of Aldie in the cut flower industry. Today, narcissuses dot the Aldie countryside in spring, as a testimony to Mrs. Harris's generous outreach. Stoke also is locally significant under Criterion C. Located at the western edge of the Bull Run Mountains, Stoke is a pristine example of an evolved Virginia plantation, dating from the early to mid-19th - century and representing two distinct periods of construction. Sited on 165 acres, which was once part of a 495-acre tract, the ca. 1840 manor house is an example of vernacular building practices when Loudoun County was settled by Tidewater families who migrated west to claim inheritances. The Landmark Ordinary, historic road traces, fieldstone walls, and the original manor house date to this settlement period. The Dower House, The Lodge and tenant house represent a very different period when Stoke was farmed by tenants, rather than the African American labor force it depended on prior to the Civil War. The property also is significant for its early-20th-century revitalization. The manor house, largely abandoned during the Civil War, was transformed by its visionary owners, Colonel Floyd and Mrs. Eleanor Truax Harris, and notable architect Nathan Wyeth, in the Renaissance Revival style. The architecture of the house stands as testimony to the economic regeneration after the Civil War as wealth, from outside of the South, was invested into old Virginia plantations. The manor house and encompassing formal gardens stand today as they did a century ago. In addition, the circa 1924 agricultural complex including the former dairy, milk house, and workhorse barn are illustrative of Loudoun County's former, vibrant dairy industry. Still owned by the same family who created the Renaissance Revival masterpiece, the farm is essentially unchanged since its early-20th-century transformation. Encompassed by protected farmland, the rural nature and vistas, which originally attracted Norborne Berkeley to the "Mountain House," remain much as they did in 1938 when Lewis Berkeley purchased the farm.
An eight shot stitch in the roundhouse of Railtown 1897. A historic park located in Jamestown, California. I highly recommend the guided tour which takes about two hours and is included in the five dollar admission. Our guide was full of knowledge and stories about the history of the Sierra Nevada Railroad and these amazing pieces of history. This Engine has appeared in several well known movies such as Back to the Future III, Unforgiven and Pale Rider. The park recently completed a refit with a brand new boiler so she should be ready to run for another hundred years.
From the August 2016 return trip to Siem Reap and the Angkor complex:
I love the Angkor complex, Siem Reap, and the Cambodian people so much that I returned again for about a week to photograph as much of the “non-major” sites as I could. Some of them are slightly far from Angkor Wat (by that, I mean to say more than 10 kilometers away), and usually require a little more money to get to. Also, some of the sites (Beng Mealea, Phnom Kulen) are not included in the Angkor ticket price and have an additional admission fee.
I don’t know if there’s a set number of how many sites belong in the Angkor complex, though I’m sure it would vary. (Do you only count the major sites like Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Prohm? Do you add the sites that aren’t included in the standard “Angkor Pass,” but are clearly of the same era? Do you include sites that aren’t even named (as are one of the sites in this series)? All in all, I’ll put a very rough number at…50 sites in the Siem Reap area, and that includes the sites that are about 100 km away. Of those, I would say I’ve been to all but 5-10 now. All are included here with the exception, obviously, of the sites that I didn’t visit. (Off the top of my head, I can say they include Koh Ker & that respective group, which is about 120 km ENE of Siem Reap; Phnom Krom, one of the three “mountains” with temples; Ta Prohm Kel; and Mangalartha.)
In practical terms, I’m afraid that with the volume of shooting (about 1,500 frames in the past 7 days), photos will start to look redundant to those who don’t have the same interest in ancient/historical architecture or Angkor as I do. That being said, there are a few things besides temples here. The Old Market area (now Night Market/Pub Street) is represented – a little – and Phnom Kulen has a pretty nice waterfall which is also in this series. Also, I tried to catch a few people in here, though didn’t get as many as I would’ve liked.
I had my friend Mao (tuktuk driver) take me around for 5 of these 7 days this time around. As I mentioned last time, he may cost a little more than what you can arrange through a hotel/guesthouse, but he’s well worth the money (and, in the grand scheme of things, not too expensive; I paid less than $200 for the five days, two of which were “long” trips). He loves his country and heritage, he knows what he’s showing you, he’s flexible, he gives you enough ice water to keep you hydrated, and he’s just a good guy. (He even bought me a birthday cake for cryin’ out loud…) Anyway, I highly recommend Mao. You can find him here: www.facebook.com/mao.khvan (or on Trip Advisor: www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297390-d10726821-R... )
Now that shameless plugs and other assorted rhetoric are out of the way, it’s time to get on to the temples, ruins, and other miscellany.
My last two days of this weeklong Angkor trip were spent alone (with no guide, that is). I just hired a tuktuk to drop me off and took a different one back both days. The price for that was $15 round trip, so was ten dollars cheaper than going with Mao, but as I mentioned…Mao does a lot of extra things to make the extra cost worthwhile.
By this point, however, I’m pretty familiar with anything I want to see or do in the Angkor area, so had no problems haggling over prices or anything else. On Sunday, I woke up fairly early and started to walk towards the Night Market area to grab a tuktuk. (My Home Tropical Villa is about 600 meters walk due south of the Night Market for those who are interested, though there is definitely no shortage of places to stay in Siem Reap.)
Anyway, a fellow stopped by and $7 and 20 minutes later, I found myself at the east gate of Ta Prohm. I wanted to come back here because the previous two times I was here, I was dumb enough to not take my tripod out. So a few of the shots in this particular group may be a bit redundant, though I hope not too much so. The only “new” part I saw while here this time around was the west gate, which I didn’t bother photographing. (Both the east and west gates didn’t impress me terribly, though they aren’t unattractive.) I don’t even have a shot from anywhere along the rather short west causeway represented here.
Since I was sans driver for the first time, I walked a bit. All told, I think I probably covered 3-4 km through the forest/jungle, but along roads I’d covered with Mao previously. After coming out the west gate of Ta Prohm, I headed straight north and followed the road as it goes north or west into the heart of Angkor Thom (ending directly in front of the Elephant Terrace).
En route, I took one or two very quick pictures at Spean Thma (or ‘Thmor,’ as I’ve seen spelled elsewhere; it means “stone bridge” in Khmer). I also returned for a few more detailed shots at Thommanon, but didn’t stop at Chao Say Tevoda.
Continuing west, I made my way into Angkor Thom and passed by some monkeys who looked to have some nefarious intentions of taking my camera gear. I squashed that by threatening them with my tripod. I also stopped to dance with a Cambodian family for a few seconds – literally – before reaching the South Kleang & South Suor Prat Towers for a few quick shots.
After that, I crossed over to the Elephant Terrace and wandered around the Phimeanakas area (north of the palace with the pool) before approaching Baphuon from the north. Coming out from Baphuon’s main entrance, I walked the 100 or so meters to Bayon to photograph some more of the reliefs from there.
That was the end of the Angkor shooting for Sunday. I paid $8 to a driver to drop me off by Pub Street where I grabbed lunch, did a little shooting in the Old Town area, then spent the rest of the day relaxing.
Monday was even easier than Sunday. I started a little bit later in the day after yet another ham & cheese omelet at My Home. I did some more shooting in the Old Town area before taking a tuktuk to Angkor Wat – the only temple I would shoot on my last day – where I stayed for an hour or two. Most of the shooting was of the grounds and the reliefs around the outer wall of the temple (though they aren’t nearly as distinct as those of Bayon). Distinctive…yes. They tell a story and are essentially a religious historical record. But, they’re not as easy to photograph as Bayon’s simply because they’re worn down a bit more.
After finishing up at Angkor Wat, I spent the rest of the day pretty much the same as Sunday. Sitting around the Old Town area and getting some night shots as well With that, my August holiday to Angkor & Siem Reap was finished. I wouldn’t see Mao again, though his wife and daughter came with a tuktuk driver on Tuesday morning to take me to the airport. If I’m lucky, I’ll be back again someday.
As always, I hope you enjoy this set. I appreciate you taking time to look. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message or leave it via comment.
Just north of Mildred, Kansas, found an abandoned service station. Looked like only sightseers, and us, had been inside in many years. This older dial phone was sitting on and old heater.
Number 4
Which is funny, because he told me he knit his scarf as a fan of Dr Who, and Tom Baker (known for wearing a long scarf in the role) was the Fourth Doctor. He said buying all different colors of yarn was cost prohibitive. He is also wearing a t-shirt commemorating his participation (playing guitar) in BDHS' 2010 production of Little Shop Of Horrors.
I saw him and another gentleman walking up the street and decided to pull over ahead of them. As they walked past the car I kicked myself for missing the opportunity . Deciding it was not too late, I jumped out and ran after them. The older man noticed, so I said "Excuse me..." I am sure holding the DSLR makes one seem somehow allowed to take pictures of strangers. It was a rush. I'm happy I did it. Next time I really ought to ask a woman.
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