You ladies can bitch and moan all you like, but if there is not the carnage you yourselves predicted in the months ahead in these unvaccinated states, you have some pretty serious explaining to do, or another piece of the groupthink that passes for analysis on here bites the dust.
So far these states look pretty similar to what has happened here except for vastly more vaccination here.
Cases in Texas are not even rising that much, despite that state being completely open for months. How'd that happen girls?
You don't talk about Florida much these days, that was your golden state a while back.]
Florida is recording more Covid-19 cases than any other U.S. state, as hospitalizations in some areas increase at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic.
The state accounts for one in five new infections in the U.S. and logged 73,181 cases over the past week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida had 341 cases per 100,000 people over the past week, second only to Louisiana. The weekly total of new cases reported by Florida jumped more than fourfold between July 1 and July 22, reaching its highest point since mid-January.
Deaths in Florida totaled 319 over the past week, the most among states, with a rate of 1.5 per 100,000 people, the fourth-highest, according to the CDC.
Epidemiologists say various factors are at play: large numbers of unvaccinated people, a relaxation of preventive measures like mask-wearing and social distancing, the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus and the congregation of people indoors during hot summer months.
By week’s end, Florida was accounting for almost a quarter of new infections nationally, with the US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, warning of an “alarming” rise in deaths and hospitalizations.
It’s a real mystery why anti vax ideology is so closely correlated with lockdown scepticism. Surely the whole point of the latter is that containment is an unrealistic policy beyond the short term, so you might as well get to herd immunity asap, without the detrimental side effects of lockdown while you get there.
Well luckily for lockdown sceptics, the vaccines have arrived, which means we can get to herd immunity far more quickly (and with far less death and medical ailments) than letting the virus do its thing. The vaccines should be celebrated by anyone opposed to lockdown for ideological or practical reasons.
Where I've lived in London, by order of preference
Fitzrovia (best) Hampstead Aldgate East Pimlico Bayswater (worst)
But even my lowest is probably still 7.5/10: each of those places was great in one way or another.
I loved Bayswater for the park and the pretty decent high street and the good transport links. Pimlico was my introduction to London. Aldgate East had Brick Lane and Wapping on our doorstep. Hampstead is just the most beautiful place to be.
But Fitzrovia is walking distance from both Central London, Charlotte Street, and Regents Park. It was also a delightful, hidden village in the centre of London.
My list, also in order of preference
Holloway (diversity paradise) Westminster (OK but mainly for the job it let me do) Chelsea (nice but no Tube) Holland Park (very young but seemed pleasant enough) Maida Vale (too young to appreciate) Marylebone (a bit too touristy)
VI-1 wine certificates scrapped worldwide for import into the UK. Should mean more choice in new world wines from small producers who wouldn't export before, and EU wine imports won't get harder than they already are:
Nice fuck up in the men's Olympic triathlon where half the field false started and had to be dragged back from the swim after a few hundred metres, and the other half the field didn't go and were left standing waiting wondering what the heck was happening.
Also that nobody is at all curious about what you did , just about obscure police forces
Hey, I'm curious - do tell!
I used to know someone (British) who had been arrested by police forces in four countries. He said he was a bird-watcher, and bird sanctuaries tended to be in sort of remote areas where you put airbases.
Just read what Javid said. I am not a fan of the government, but for goodness sake, this looks like people trying to take offence!
It definitely was and the truth of what he said hasn't changed. People just don't want to hear it.
Agree, but as i said last night i think if he had said "we shouldn't be cowed by it" as opposed to "people shouldn't cower from it", i doubt it would have been an issue.
Maybe.
I think that's probably what was meant (someone will probably argue that it means the same thing!)
That ignores the fact that he's a massive Ayn Rand fan and he's quoting. I think he thought it would be a positive.
Is being an Ayn Rand fan a negative? I have an unopened copy of Atlas Shrugged about to be opened.
With very few exceptions those who love that book are ultra libertarian fruitcakes.
So if that's you, you are in for a treat.
When socialism raises millions from poverty then you get to complain (sure you will diagree but cite an example) in the mean while the right wing has sucessfully lifted 100 millions out of poverty. And no not a rand fan but you purely dont like it because she is a right winger rather than the fact that actually she just wasnt a good writer
Where has the right wing lifted 100s of millions out of poverty?
You are aware capitalism is considered right wing?
I don't think you can claim economic growth as a scalp for the philosophy of Ayn Rand. It would take us back to the caves.
The old jokes about the Tobacco companies moving out of tobacco and into weed are now just true.
I'm trying to remember the police series in the US where they find the tobacco company was trying to swap growing info and seeds with a Mexican cartel - so they could *both* swap businesses....
Defecating and urinating in the street can be and has been banned in specified areas by local authorities issuing Public Spaces Protection Orders under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. Breaches of PSPOs are punishable with on-the-spot fines.
Whether Cambridge City Council can declare the sites of Cambridge colleges' May Balls to be "specified areas" is unclear.
The offence of "urinating in the street" is something which IMO is, or should be, easily challengeable right up to the Supreme Court. I think the basic right predates the Magna Carta under the fundamental principle of "when you've got to go you've got to go"
Yes, all the way to the highest Court in the land. At which the defence barrister could open on behalf of his client with -
"It started with a piss. He never thought it would come to this." 🙂
On preferred London locales, I am happy to say that - prisons aside (I was innocent, so it seems fair) - I have only lived in a "1"
ie a postcode ending in "1"
I've lived in
NW1 W1 WC1 N1 and E1
I'd quite like to try SW1 and S1 but there isn't an S1 (why?)
From a postcode perspective (and including my current London flat), I've lived in:
W1 WC1 NW3 W2 E1
So, that's a pretty similar list.
Seems I'm the only person here with a big London spread, posh and not. North and South. Inner and outer.
I've also done a cell but only at the station so Leon wins that one.
I've been arrested/detained by three different types of [sort of] police in Britain.
I'll eat an extra slice of tomorrow's birthday cake for whoever can think of the three different types.
British Transport Nuclear Police Normal police
Modplod has to fit in somehow?
Speshul Police Farces -
British Transport Police Civil Nuclear Constabulary Ministry of Defence Police National Police Air Service
Church of England Churchwardens also have the power of arrest.
I didn't realise I was so far off a complete set.
England, churchwardens have specific powers to enable them to keep the peace in churchyards.
The following are punishable with a £200 fine:[6]
riotous, violent, or indecent behaviour in any cathedral church, parish or district church or chapel of the Church of England or in any churchyard or burial ground (whether during a service or at any other time) molesting, disturbing, vexing, or troubling, or by any other unlawful means disquieting or misusing: any preacher duly authorised to preach therein, or any clergyman in holy orders ministering or celebrating any sacrament, or any divine service, rite, or office, in any cathedral, church, or chapel, or in any churchyard or burial ground. The churchwarden of the parish or place where the offence was committed may apprehend a person committing such an offence, and take them before a magistrates' court.[6] In practice this means they should be aware of these offences and may be expected to conduct a citizen's arrest until police arrive, if appropriate. Until 2003, the offence was punishable by up to two months' imprisonment.
Defecating and urinating in the street can be and has been banned in specified areas by local authorities issuing Public Spaces Protection Orders under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. Breaches of PSPOs are punishable with on-the-spot fines.
Whether Cambridge City Council can declare the sites of Cambridge colleges' May Balls to be "specified areas" is unclear.
The offence of "urinating in the street" is something which IMO is, or should be, easily challengeable right up to the Supreme Court. I think the basic right predates the Magna Carta under the fundamental principle of "when you've got to go you've got to go"
It is a little known fact that the law does not apply to Golf courses . There you will find all kinds of middle to elder aged men exercising the exemption from judges to retired police superintendents
This looks like rubbish bike course, too tight and twisty and no hills...so i would think nearly impossible to burst away or even to turn a big gear and put your opponents under pressure.
So the special French travel category is widely seen as another government cock-up and everyone now seems to be expecting another u-turn in the coming week.
The old jokes about the Tobacco companies moving out of tobacco and into weed are now just true.
I'm trying to remember the police series in the US where they find the tobacco company was trying to swap growing info and seeds with a Mexican cartel - so they could *both* swap businesses....
The CEO of Marlborough's ad agency has probably shot himself
Hey Siri, show me a worse combination than pineapple on pizza.
That looks nice.
Since the Yorkshire pudding is basically a glorified pancake anyway - if someone had said a crepe with clotted cream and jam I doubt you'd object?
The baking makes it taste completely different though. Bread is glorified flour, but eating flour straight out of the bag, or griddled, is just not the same.
That said, I've give cream in Yorkshires a chance.
This postcode talk is certainly a way of excluding outsiders from their discussion.
Suburbs I know but postcodes require wiki translation
In general (but not always) the lower the number the closer to the centre.
They are broadly alpahabetical order, with a few quirks, and with SE and SW in two batches each.
While on the fascinating subject of postcodes and their allocation, can anyone explain the anomaly in the LE postcodes? These start fairly conventionally with LE1 in Leicester City centre, and go up to LE18 in Wigston, but then jump to LE65 in Ashby de la Zouch and LE67 in Coalville.
Hey Siri, show me a worse combination than pineapple on pizza.
That looks nice.
Since the Yorkshire pudding is basically a glorified pancake anyway - if someone had said a crepe with clotted cream and jam I doubt you'd object?
The baking makes it taste completely different though. Bread is glorified flour, but eating flour straight out of the bag, or griddled, is just not the same.
That said, I've give cream in Yorkshires a chance.
The key to Yorkshire puddings is they need to be soggy. Biggest error is making them crispy like a biscuit.
Hey Siri, show me a worse combination than pineapple on pizza.
That looks nice.
Since the Yorkshire pudding is basically a glorified pancake anyway - if someone had said a crepe with clotted cream and jam I doubt you'd object?
The baking makes it taste completely different though. Bread is glorified flour, but eating flour straight out of the bag, or griddled, is just not the same.
That said, I've give cream in Yorkshires a chance.
The key to Yorkshire puddings is they need to be soggy. Biggest error is making them crispy like a biscuit.
This postcode talk is certainly a way of excluding outsiders from their discussion.
Suburbs I know but postcodes require wiki translation
In general (but not always) the lower the number the closer to the centre.
They are broadly alpahabetical order, with a few quirks, and with SE and SW in two batches each.
While on the fascinating subject of postcodes and their allocation, can anyone explain the anomaly in the LE postcodes? These start fairly conventionally with LE1 in Leicester City centre, and go up to LE18 in Wigston, but then jump to LE65 in Ashby de la Zouch and LE67 in Coalville.
Why?
Looks like the original LE6 was subdivided with the two new areas keeping the beginning part LE6…
Reality check: Daniel Sugarman says he wants "every single one" of "these people" to be involuntarily detained in hospital not after being arrested on suspicion of committing a crime, or charged with any crime, but after being assessed by "health professionals" as being in urgent need of psychiatric treatment and being a risk to themselves or others. That is what it is to be "sectioned" under the Mental Health Act.
I don't know whether he means the speakers at the protest demonstration or everyone who took part in it. I guess he means the latter, because "every single one" sounds like a large number, whereas the number of speakers was probably no more than about 10.
I had never heard of Mr Sugarman before, so I looked him up. He is the Public Affairs Officer of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. WTF??!! Is he alleging that there were anti-Semitic speeches or actions at the demonstration? As he well knows, there are laws against that kind of thing. To spell it out: those who encourage anti-Semitism, whether they do it openly or in a deliberately veiled hinty way, are committing a crime and they can be charged, prosecuted, and jailed. Crimes should be dealt with by the criminal justice system, not by psychiatrists. But he doesn't seem to be alleging a crime. WTF is he on about?
Getting solid evidence now of antibody waning from the UK (where longer dosing intervals of 8-12 weeks are used) from brilliant @rob_aldridge & team at UCL
The million dollar question is... will it translate into infections?
Hey Siri, show me a worse combination than pineapple on pizza.
That looks nice.
Since the Yorkshire pudding is basically a glorified pancake anyway - if someone had said a crepe with clotted cream and jam I doubt you'd object?
The baking makes it taste completely different though. Bread is glorified flour, but eating flour straight out of the bag, or griddled, is just not the same.
That said, I've give cream in Yorkshires a chance.
The key to Yorkshire puddings is they need to be soggy. Biggest error is making them crispy like a biscuit.
Chewy anyway, yer nan's bread as it were.
Yes, then the gravy sinks in. Think I have to say at this point - true or not - that my old granny used to do the best ones ever.
I've never lived in a '1' postcode. Even our flat in central Leeds was LS11.
Sometimes existing postcodes get divided. When I lived in Cardiff 1999-2000 I initially lived in CF1 but that was divided into CF10 and (IIRC) CF11. I don’t think they’d started allocating overlapping postcodes before I left.
On preferred London locales, I am happy to say that - prisons aside (I was innocent, so it seems fair) - I have only lived in a "1"
ie a postcode ending in "1"
I've lived in
NW1 W1 WC1 N1 and E1
I'd quite like to try SW1 and S1 but there isn't an S1 (why?)
Blame Anthony Trollope. He didn’t like the S, so it was split between SE and SW (which already existed, both being enlarged) and the S got given to Sheffield. Similarly with the old NE, which got given to Newcastle.
Getting solid evidence now of antibody waning from the UK (where longer dosing intervals of 8-12 weeks are used) from brilliant @rob_aldridge & team at UCL
The million dollar question is... will it translate into infections?
Reality check: Daniel Sugarman says he wants "every single one" of "these people" to be involuntarily detained in hospital not after being arrested on suspicion of committing a crime, or charged with any crime, but after being assessed by "health professionals" as being in urgent need of psychiatric treatment and being a risk to themselves or others. That is what it is to be "sectioned" under the Mental Health Act.
I don't know whether he means the speakers at the protest demonstration or everyone who took part in it. I guess he means the latter, because "every single one" sounds like a large number, whereas the number of speakers was probably no more than about 10.
I had never heard of Mr Sugarman before, so I looked him up. He is the Public Affairs Officer of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. WTF??!! Is he alleging that there were anti-Semitic speeches or actions at the demonstration? As he well knows, there are laws against that kind of thing. To spell it out: those who encourage anti-Semitism, whether they do it openly or in a deliberately veiled hinty way, are committing a crime and they can be charged, prosecuted, and jailed. Crimes should be dealt with by the criminal justice system, not by psychiatrists. But he doesn't seem to be alleging a crime. WTF is he on about?
I think he's just basically saying he thinks they're nuts. I doubt if he really thinks they should be sectioned. It's a tweet, not a weighty submission.
This postcode talk is certainly a way of excluding outsiders from their discussion.
Suburbs I know but postcodes require wiki translation
In general (but not always) the lower the number the closer to the centre.
They are broadly alpahabetical order, with a few quirks, and with SE and SW in two batches each.
While on the fascinating subject of postcodes and their allocation, can anyone explain the anomaly in the LE postcodes? These start fairly conventionally with LE1 in Leicester City centre, and go up to LE18 in Wigston, but then jump to LE65 in Ashby de la Zouch and LE67 in Coalville.
Why?
Looks like the original LE6 was subdivided with the two new areas keeping the beginning part LE6…
On preferred London locales, I am happy to say that - prisons aside (I was innocent, so it seems fair) - I have only lived in a "1"
ie a postcode ending in "1"
I've lived in
NW1 W1 WC1 N1 and E1
I'd quite like to try SW1 and S1 but there isn't an S1 (why?)
Blame Anthony Trollope. He didn’t like the S, so it was split between SE and SW (which already existed, both being enlarged) and the S got given to Sheffield. Similarly with the old NE, which got given to Newcastle.
Question asked. Question answered. This is how things should be.
I remember as a youngster on nights out, you’d get those girls coming round selling shots, or 5 minute back rubs and what not. Always dressed to the nines. Circulating table to table and group to group in busy bars.
They should get nurses to do something similar with covid vaccines. It’s amazing what a half cut lad will do for a pretty girl in a nice outfit. “Come on big brave lad like you scared of a needle?” Most of that lot haven’t had one yet because they can’t be faffed, not for any other reason. The peer pressure once one in the group has it guarantees the rest all do.
As for older religious groups? Perhaps some financial donations to community religious groups for each vaccine administered after the weekly service.
I don’t have good ideas on how to persuade the “my body is a temple” lot.
Much as I like this, clearly light-hearted, idea I can't help but suspect there might be risks around reactions with other drugs and alcohol and recipients not being in a great state to give accurate medical histories around allergies/pre-existing conditions.
BBC News - Speakers' Corner: Woman attacked with knife
Footage shared on social media shows someone dressed in black approaching a woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt.
She is later seen clutching her right hand close to her body, with what appears to be blood at her temple, as she is helped into a police van by officers who were nearby.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Swimming first makes sense as you wouldn’t want anyone to get into trouble, which could happen if it was second or third. I guess cycling last might produce more exciting finishes.
The camerawork on the triathlon is hilarious. The motorbikes with cameras on keep turning corners and losing sight of the runners and the TV feed team clearly has no warning before it happens.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Swimming first makes sense as you wouldn’t want anyone to get into trouble, which could happen if it was second or third. I guess cycling last might produce more exciting finishes.
Bike last with a hill climb. That would sort out the men from the gods.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Swimming first makes sense as you wouldn’t want anyone to get into trouble, which could happen if it was second or third. I guess cycling last might produce more exciting finishes.
I hadn't considered the risk of swimming last, was just thinking of (dis)comfort. Fair point though.
The camerawork on the triathlon is hilarious. The motorbikes with cameras on keep turning corners and losing sight of the runners and the TV feed team clearly has no warning before it happens.
During the swimming they had the spray all over the lens for large parts of it.
Yee is 1/2 on Betfair to win, given he leads a pack with 3 laps to go. Seems a bit short? Not like he has a stunning record of always running from this position.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Running first. Which would break them up for a cleaner swim leg. Bike last would then mean much more tactical, dramatic and different kinds of races. With groups of leaders and chasers, etc..It seems a lot of them use the bike leg as a bit of a break.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
They do it in this order because in most triathlon locations you need a wetsuit for the swim. And taking off a wetsuit is a lot easier (and quicker ( than putting it on. And getting on to a bike with shoes already clipped to the pedals is hard enough when you've just done a swim, let alone a swim and a run. This is the only sensible order. You've obviously never attended a triathlon in person and seen the transitions up close (both my brothers have a long history in sprint and iron man triathlon).
The camerawork on the triathlon is hilarious. The motorbikes with cameras on keep turning corners and losing sight of the runners and the TV feed team clearly has no warning before it happens.
During the swimming they had the spray all over the lens for large parts of it.
I did enjoy the cycling section when we switched to the helicopter but it was the wrong side of an elevated railway line so couldn't see the racers. A long few seconds passed until the director moved us to a bike cam.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
You've obviously never attended a triathlon in person and seen the transitions up close (both my brothers have a long history in sprint and iron man triathlon).
You are not wrong, I bow to your knowledge of this topic and many thanks. Always nice to learn something new every day.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
However. If cycling were last, you may well want him. Providing there was no climbing.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
However. If cycling were last, you may well want him. Providing there was no climbing.
I don't think it would work. Somebody could put down the big gear with a few km to go and Cavendish can't hang the elite pace for long, he is always miles off on trial times.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
However. If cycling were last, you may well want him. Providing there was no climbing.
I don't think it would work. Somebody could put down the big gear with a few km to go and Cavendish can't hang the elite pace for long, he is always miles off on trial times.
Yep. Having considered that, it's true. Would be an interesting event though.
BBC News - Speakers' Corner: Woman attacked with knife
Footage shared on social media shows someone dressed in black approaching a woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt.
She is later seen clutching her right hand close to her body, with what appears to be blood at her temple, as she is helped into a police van by officers who were nearby.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
However. If cycling were last, you may well want him. Providing there was no climbing.
I don't think it would work. Somebody could put down the big gear with a few km to go and Cavendish can't hang the elite pace for long, he is always miles off on trial times.
Yep. Having considered that, it's true. Would be an interesting event though.
Yee is 1/2 on Betfair to win, given he leads a pack with 3 laps to go. Seems a bit short? Not like he has a stunning record of always running from this position.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
However. If cycling were last, you may well want him. Providing there was no climbing.
I don't think it would work. Somebody could put down the big gear with a few km to go and Cavendish can't hang the elite pace for long, he is always miles off on trial times.
Yep. Having considered that, it's true. Would be an interesting event though.
Oh i think it would be an awesome event.
Having given it a little further thought. 8 runners in a team. Then 8 swimmers. Then 8 cyclists. As 1 finishes, team manager gets to nominate which cyclist goes off first, depending on how the race lies. The tactics and strategy would be utterly fascinating.
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
However. If cycling were last, you may well want him. Providing there was no climbing.
I don't think it would work. Somebody could put down the big gear with a few km to go and Cavendish can't hang the elite pace for long, he is always miles off on trial times.
Yep. Having considered that, it's true. Would be an interesting event though.
Oh i think it would be an awesome event.
There are three-person triathlon events like that, but I think only at amateur level. My brothers tried to persuade me to do one with them at Blenheim (a great day out for spectators) a few years back, as one likes cycling, the other running and both hate swimming, but I managed to weasel out of it
Never understand why they do the triathlon in this order.
Which order would you go with?
Got to be swimming last, imho.
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Peaty is breaststroke. The slowest stroke by far. And he does 100m. Not 1500. That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k. Decent idea, mind.
You wouldn't have Cavendish either for the same reason. You want a time trial specialist.
However. If cycling were last, you may well want him. Providing there was no climbing.
I don't think it would work. Somebody could put down the big gear with a few km to go and Cavendish can't hang the elite pace for long, he is always miles off on trial times.
Yep. Having considered that, it's true. Would be an interesting event though.
Oh i think it would be an awesome event.
There are three-person triathlon events like that, but I think only at amateur level. My brothers tried to persuade me to do one with them at Blenheim (a great day out for spectators) a few years back, as one likes cycling, the other running and both hate swimming, but I managed to weasel out of it
I'd be happy to do the cycling leg for a PB team one day. Just so long as no-one expects much speed. I can cycle 25 miles, have done so a few times actually, but it takes me...a tad longer than these guys just did the whole triathlon in.
Thank goodness the French hesistancy was not as the polling indicated.
People who know France better than I do were always pretty sanguine about that- they expected both the initial moaning and the acceptance of the jab when offered.
Besides, the French vaccination ads are very persuasive;
France is doing well but their numbers are flattered by the number of 12-17 year olds they’re vaccinating. Their vaccination rate for older people is still lower than ours.
It is, and that's why I prefer to use the "percent of adults" number, so as to compare like-with-like.
Worth noting, though, that France is only at about 30% of 12-17 year olds, so it probably only adds maybe two points to total "vaccinated as percent of the population".
But that’s all been in the last few weeks so is what is propping up their first dose numbers. They might end up plateauing at the same level as Germany.
France?
They're ahead of Germany as far as percent of adults (72%) jabbed, and they're doing more first jabs of adults per day currently.
So, I think we can reasonably assume they're not going to plateau at German levels given they're currently ahead of them.
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
Sounds like a rehash of the same policy they always go to £10 an hour and guaranteed job or training.
The Living Wage is already essentially £9 per hour and will be £10 per hour surely before next General Election. So what do they mean by saying £10?
Unless it is rehashing the absolutely insane suggestion of abolishing age bandings. That is completely nuts if so.
The guaranteed job part is worse, it will result in the state creating a load of non-jobs, and won't filling existing gaps that in certain sectors.
There is no way Labour would go anywhere near suggesting a "on your bike to the fields to pick produce" type approach to a guaranteed job.
It seems like announcing a policy for the sake of having a policy, which I suppose they must but a pound or so on the minimum wage is not earth-shattering like its introduction by the first Blair government in 1998. And even then, the policy had been lying around for years if not decades iirc.
As for jobs and training, the devil is in the detail but as someone-or-other said, if you are debating the details, you've lost.
On triathlons, the bike leg in the sprint (Olympic) triathlon is almost useless as drafting is allowed and the courses are very flat. It means those strong on the bike are disadvantaged compared to runners. A course with lots of climb or no drafting rule (Perhaps both) would make the bike leg more meaningful
On triathlons, the bike leg in the sprint (Olympic) triathlon is almost useless as drafting is allowed and the courses are very flat. It means those strong on the bike are disadvantaged compared to runners. A course with lots of climb or no drafting rule (Perhaps both) would make the bike leg more meaningful
The Olympic triathlon is actually a Standard Triathlon .A Sprint one is half a Standard - ie 5 k run, 20 k bike etc. i know as I have done both in the past and knackered after a standard!
On triathlons, the bike leg in the sprint (Olympic) triathlon is almost useless as drafting is allowed and the courses are very flat. It means those strong on the bike are disadvantaged compared to runners. A course with lots of climb or no drafting rule (Perhaps both) would make the bike leg more meaningful
How can they not find any hills? They’re in Japan!
Thank goodness the French hesistancy was not as the polling indicated.
People who know France better than I do were always pretty sanguine about that- they expected both the initial moaning and the acceptance of the jab when offered.
Besides, the French vaccination ads are very persuasive;
France is doing well but their numbers are flattered by the number of 12-17 year olds they’re vaccinating. Their vaccination rate for older people is still lower than ours.
It is, and that's why I prefer to use the "percent of adults" number, so as to compare like-with-like.
Worth noting, though, that France is only at about 30% of 12-17 year olds, so it probably only adds maybe two points to total "vaccinated as percent of the population".
But that’s all been in the last few weeks so is what is propping up their first dose numbers. They might end up plateauing at the same level as Germany.
France?
They're ahead of Germany as far as percent of adults (72%) jabbed, and they're doing more first jabs of adults per day currently.
So, I think we can reasonably assume they're not going to plateau at German levels given they're currently ahead of them.
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
Those figures don't match up with the French health ministry's stats which have a lower percentage of adults. I wonder if the EU figures take account of under 18s properly.
On triathlons, the bike leg in the sprint (Olympic) triathlon is almost useless as drafting is allowed and the courses are very flat. It means those strong on the bike are disadvantaged compared to runners. A course with lots of climb or no drafting rule (Perhaps both) would make the bike leg more meaningful
How can they not find any hills? They’re in Japan!
On triathlons, the bike leg in the sprint (Olympic) triathlon is almost useless as drafting is allowed and the courses are very flat. It means those strong on the bike are disadvantaged compared to runners. A course with lots of climb or no drafting rule (Perhaps both) would make the bike leg more meaningful
How can they not find any hills? They’re in Japan!
Thank goodness the French hesistancy was not as the polling indicated.
People who know France better than I do were always pretty sanguine about that- they expected both the initial moaning and the acceptance of the jab when offered.
Besides, the French vaccination ads are very persuasive;
France is doing well but their numbers are flattered by the number of 12-17 year olds they’re vaccinating. Their vaccination rate for older people is still lower than ours.
It is, and that's why I prefer to use the "percent of adults" number, so as to compare like-with-like.
Worth noting, though, that France is only at about 30% of 12-17 year olds, so it probably only adds maybe two points to total "vaccinated as percent of the population".
But that’s all been in the last few weeks so is what is propping up their first dose numbers. They might end up plateauing at the same level as Germany.
France?
They're ahead of Germany as far as percent of adults (72%) jabbed, and they're doing more first jabs of adults per day currently.
So, I think we can reasonably assume they're not going to plateau at German levels given they're currently ahead of them.
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
Those figures don't match up with the French health ministry's stats which have a lower percentage of adults. I wonder if the EU figures take account of under 18s properly.
Thank goodness the French hesistancy was not as the polling indicated.
People who know France better than I do were always pretty sanguine about that- they expected both the initial moaning and the acceptance of the jab when offered.
Besides, the French vaccination ads are very persuasive;
France is doing well but their numbers are flattered by the number of 12-17 year olds they’re vaccinating. Their vaccination rate for older people is still lower than ours.
It is, and that's why I prefer to use the "percent of adults" number, so as to compare like-with-like.
Worth noting, though, that France is only at about 30% of 12-17 year olds, so it probably only adds maybe two points to total "vaccinated as percent of the population".
But that’s all been in the last few weeks so is what is propping up their first dose numbers. They might end up plateauing at the same level as Germany.
France?
They're ahead of Germany as far as percent of adults (72%) jabbed, and they're doing more first jabs of adults per day currently.
So, I think we can reasonably assume they're not going to plateau at German levels given they're currently ahead of them.
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
Those figures don't match up with the French health ministry's stats which have a lower percentage of adults. I wonder if the EU figures take account of under 18s properly.
Thank goodness the French hesistancy was not as the polling indicated.
People who know France better than I do were always pretty sanguine about that- they expected both the initial moaning and the acceptance of the jab when offered.
Besides, the French vaccination ads are very persuasive;
France is doing well but their numbers are flattered by the number of 12-17 year olds they’re vaccinating. Their vaccination rate for older people is still lower than ours.
It is, and that's why I prefer to use the "percent of adults" number, so as to compare like-with-like.
Worth noting, though, that France is only at about 30% of 12-17 year olds, so it probably only adds maybe two points to total "vaccinated as percent of the population".
But that’s all been in the last few weeks so is what is propping up their first dose numbers. They might end up plateauing at the same level as Germany.
France?
They're ahead of Germany as far as percent of adults (72%) jabbed, and they're doing more first jabs of adults per day currently.
So, I think we can reasonably assume they're not going to plateau at German levels given they're currently ahead of them.
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
Those figures don't match up with the French health ministry's stats which have a lower percentage of adults. I wonder if the EU figures take account of under 18s properly.
Thank goodness the French hesistancy was not as the polling indicated.
People who know France better than I do were always pretty sanguine about that- they expected both the initial moaning and the acceptance of the jab when offered.
Besides, the French vaccination ads are very persuasive;
France is doing well but their numbers are flattered by the number of 12-17 year olds they’re vaccinating. Their vaccination rate for older people is still lower than ours.
It is, and that's why I prefer to use the "percent of adults" number, so as to compare like-with-like.
Worth noting, though, that France is only at about 30% of 12-17 year olds, so it probably only adds maybe two points to total "vaccinated as percent of the population".
But that’s all been in the last few weeks so is what is propping up their first dose numbers. They might end up plateauing at the same level as Germany.
France?
They're ahead of Germany as far as percent of adults (72%) jabbed, and they're doing more first jabs of adults per day currently.
So, I think we can reasonably assume they're not going to plateau at German levels given they're currently ahead of them.
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
Those figures don't match up with the French health ministry's stats which have a lower percentage of adults. I wonder if the EU figures take account of under 18s properly.
On triathlons, the bike leg in the sprint (Olympic) triathlon is almost useless as drafting is allowed and the courses are very flat. It means those strong on the bike are disadvantaged compared to runners. A course with lots of climb or no drafting rule (Perhaps both) would make the bike leg more meaningful
How can they not find any hills? They’re in Japan!
Thank goodness the French hesistancy was not as the polling indicated.
People who know France better than I do were always pretty sanguine about that- they expected both the initial moaning and the acceptance of the jab when offered.
Besides, the French vaccination ads are very persuasive;
France is doing well but their numbers are flattered by the number of 12-17 year olds they’re vaccinating. Their vaccination rate for older people is still lower than ours.
It is, and that's why I prefer to use the "percent of adults" number, so as to compare like-with-like.
Worth noting, though, that France is only at about 30% of 12-17 year olds, so it probably only adds maybe two points to total "vaccinated as percent of the population".
But that’s all been in the last few weeks so is what is propping up their first dose numbers. They might end up plateauing at the same level as Germany.
France?
They're ahead of Germany as far as percent of adults (72%) jabbed, and they're doing more first jabs of adults per day currently.
So, I think we can reasonably assume they're not going to plateau at German levels given they're currently ahead of them.
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
Those figures don't match up with the French health ministry's stats which have a lower percentage of adults. I wonder if the EU figures take account of under 18s properly.
Albeit, pretty much all in very small countries - Malta, Iceland, Ireland, and almost certainly the consequence of using the last available census data for counting the number of aged people.
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Well luckily for lockdown sceptics, the vaccines have arrived, which means we can get to herd immunity far more quickly (and with far less death and medical ailments) than letting the virus do its thing. The vaccines should be celebrated by anyone opposed to lockdown for ideological or practical reasons.
Holloway (diversity paradise)
Westminster (OK but mainly for the job it let me do)
Chelsea (nice but no Tube)
Holland Park (very young but seemed pleasant enough)
Maida Vale (too young to appreciate)
Marylebone (a bit too touristy)
But all of them good!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-k-scrap-post-brexit-165837854.html
I particularly recommend making far too many and eating them with maple syrup.
I used to know someone (British) who had been arrested by police forces in four countries. He said he was a bird-watcher, and bird sanctuaries tended to be in sort of remote areas where you put airbases.
I was never entirely convinced.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/25/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade
Fascinating
https://briandeer.com/wakefield/private-eye.htm
I'm trying to remember the police series in the US where they find the tobacco company was trying to swap growing info and seeds with a Mexican cartel - so they could *both* swap businesses....
Judge - "Did you, or did you not sleep with that woman?"
Defendant - "Not a wink, M'lud"
"It started with a piss. He never thought it would come to this." 🙂
The following are punishable with a £200 fine:[6]
riotous, violent, or indecent behaviour in any cathedral church, parish or district church or chapel of the Church of England or in any churchyard or burial ground (whether during a service or at any other time)
molesting, disturbing, vexing, or troubling, or by any other unlawful means disquieting or misusing:
any preacher duly authorised to preach therein, or
any clergyman in holy orders ministering or celebrating any sacrament, or any divine service, rite, or office, in any cathedral, church, or chapel, or in any churchyard or burial ground.
The churchwarden of the parish or place where the offence was committed may apprehend a person committing such an offence, and take them before a magistrates' court.[6] In practice this means they should be aware of these offences and may be expected to conduct a citizen's arrest until police arrive, if appropriate. Until 2003, the offence was punishable by up to two months' imprisonment.
However, caution is advised in the use of this power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchwarden#Powers Blackberry vinegar.
Since the Yorkshire pudding is basically a glorified pancake anyway - if someone had said a crepe with clotted cream and jam I doubt you'd object?
That said, I've give cream in Yorkshires a chance.
Why?
As I recall the sub districts were numbered during the First World War to make it easier for the then female sorters.
https://twitter.com/kallmemeg/status/1419246354224848897?s=21
Its beyond a joke now. He does this every other week. We need JVT to go Roy Keane on him....two foot challenge to the kneecaps.
https://twitter.com/spectator/status/1419418914975518720?s=20
I don't know whether he means the speakers at the protest demonstration or everyone who took part in it. I guess he means the latter, because "every single one" sounds like a large number, whereas the number of speakers was probably no more than about 10.
I had never heard of Mr Sugarman before, so I looked him up. He is the Public Affairs Officer of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. WTF??!! Is he alleging that there were anti-Semitic speeches or actions at the demonstration? As he well knows, there are laws against that kind of thing. To spell it out: those who encourage anti-Semitism, whether they do it openly or in a deliberately veiled hinty way, are committing a crime and they can be charged, prosecuted, and jailed. Crimes should be dealt with by the criminal justice system, not by psychiatrists. But he doesn't seem to be alleging a crime. WTF is he on about?
The million dollar question is... will it translate into infections?
https://twitter.com/kallmemeg/status/1419420960428548109?s=20
AIUI it’s not just anti-bodies that determine the immune systems response - they are part of, but not the whole, story.
Or will memory T cells & rest of immune system save the day?
And - even if it does result in infection - what is the symptom profile of those infections?
Are they more likely to be asymptomatic/mild or is it a full regression to susceptibility (spoiler: unlikely)
🤔
Jam first.
Footage shared on social media shows someone dressed in black approaching a woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt.
She is later seen clutching her right hand close to her body, with what appears to be blood at her temple, as she is helped into a police van by officers who were nearby.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57965251
Other thing I'd change is the individual and team event, where the team was a relay with three different athletes doing the different disciplines. We could have Cavendish/Farah/Peaty or something.
Bike last would then mean much more tactical, dramatic and different kinds of races.
With groups of leaders and chasers, etc..It seems a lot of them use the bike leg as a bit of a break.
And getting on to a bike with shoes already clipped to the pedals is hard enough when you've just done a swim, let alone a swim and a run.
This is the only sensible order.
You've obviously never attended a triathlon in person and seen the transitions up close (both my brothers have a long history in sprint and iron man triathlon).
That would be like putting Usain Bolt in for the 10k.
Decent idea, mind.
Would be an interesting event though.
8 runners in a team. Then 8 swimmers. Then 8 cyclists. As 1 finishes, team manager gets to nominate which cyclist goes off first, depending on how the race lies.
The tactics and strategy would be utterly fascinating.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/25/labour-announces-launch-new-deal-for-working-people
Sounds like a rehash of the same policy they always go to £10 an hour and guaranteed job or training.
The figures on "percentage of adults" is published by the EU here - https://vaccinetracker.ecdc.europa.eu/public/extensions/COVID-19/vaccine-tracker.html#uptake-tab
Those numbers are (a) the official ones, (b) more up to date that Our World in Data, and (c) allow you to drill in and see the breakdown by age/vaccine type/etc
Now, given the survey at the top will have been of adults, that's the best one to see if countries are nearing their peak. On those figures, you'd expect Germany and France to peak at around 80%... I'd be a little more optimistic, because the state has many methods of persuading people.
So my guess, FWIW, is that Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark are all going to be at or around the same level as the UK or Iceland - i.e around 90% of adults, give or take.
Spain, Italy, Western Germany and France will be in the 82-88% range. While East Germany will probably be stuck in the 60s.
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It just isn't.
And Lote Tuqiri isn't Lote Tuqiri either.
Deception on many levels.
Unless it is rehashing the absolutely insane suggestion of abolishing age bandings. That is completely nuts if so.
There is no way Labour would go anywhere near suggesting a "on your bike to the fields to pick produce" type approach to a guaranteed job.
As for jobs and training, the devil is in the detail but as someone-or-other said, if you are debating the details, you've lost.
https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/grands-dossiers/vaccin-covid-19/article/le-tableau-de-bord-de-la-vaccination
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/olympics/57965640
https://twitter.com/PaulMainwood/status/1418907992582406146?s=20
It has been an incredibly challenging and sometimes divisive Games for Tokyo to run and I feel rather sorry for them.
They have to hope tropical storm Nepartak tracks north too.