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This normal looking Las Vegas house has gone up for sale for $5.9million but can you spot its incredible… – The Sun
Posted: February 7, 2022 at 6:50 am
THIS property may look fairly ordinary but there is more to it than meets the eye.
A clue that the Las Vegas home is not all as it appears is revealed in its asking price of a hefty $5.9million.
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The Underground House at 3970 Spencer St, is mostly located 26-feet below the ground and was once a bomb shelter that has been turned into luxury home.
Covering 15,000-square feet, the property contains a pool, jacuzzi, casita, 500-feet of landscape murals, putting green and time-of-day lighting settings to copy the world outside the ceiling has twinkling stars to imitate the night sky.
It also comes with artificial trees, faux rocks and life-like scenery.
The main living space is accessed by an elevator from the structure above ground.
When you go down there, youre in a capsule and go back in time, Tee Thompson, a member of the secretive human life extension-enthusiast group Society for the Preservation of Near Extinct Species, toldthe Las Vegas Review-Journalin 2018 while living in the space on behalf of the society. I get to choose whether I want it day, night, dusk or dawn When it is dark, it is pitch black, and its very peaceful and quiet. I dont get to hear the outside elements. Its beautiful being down here. If youre not focused on what youre doing, you lose track of time.
The unusual home, situated 2.5miles east of the Strip, was built for personal use by investor Jerry Henderson, a subterranean living enthusiast, in 1978.
Henderson, who owned a company called Underground World Homes, also had a 45,000-square-foot underground home in Colorado.
He built two bedrooms and an 800-square-foot caretaker house into his sunless Las Vegas bunker, where he lived with his wife Mary until his death in 1983.
When Henderson died, Mary moved upstairs into the townhouse she built above the bunker and lived there until she passed away in 1989.
Following their deaths both properties were foreclosed on, the Review-Journal says.
The bunker was then bought for $1.15m by the Society in 2014, which made several renovations to the property.
Take an elevator ride down to an underground utopia, advertised the current listing, which also features a number of digital renderings showing a couple standing in front of the underground houses front doors, waving, the city street and sky above them.
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Evusheld adds a layer of protection to those with weakened immune systems – ETHealthworld.com
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Intro : Dr. Anil Kukreja, Vice-President Medical Affairs & Regulatory, AstraZeneca India Ltd spoke to ETHealthworld's Prathiba Raju and elucidated how Evusheld is specifically intended to protect the most vulnerable populations, including immunocompromised patients. The vulnerable groups may receive limited or no protection from vaccines and currently have few options in the face of COVID-19 and remain at high-risk.
How does the first-ever monoclonal antibody cocktail work on immunocompromised patients and how the medicine aims to prevent Covid-19 infection in such patients?
Preventing immunocompromised individuals from getting COVID-19 rather than waiting to treat this vulnerable population once they become infected is an important goal in the fight against the pandemic. Evusheld is intended to protect the most vulnerable populations, including the immunocompromised, who may receive limited or no protection from vaccines and currently have few options in the face of the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases seen in recent weeks and remain at high-risk.
Evusheld is synthesised in a laboratory to mimic the bodys natural infection-fighting antibodies. Therapeutic antibodies can offer almost immediate protection by neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus and activating an immune response. Evusheld is a combination of two long-acting monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) -tixagevimab and cilgavimab -derived from convalescent patients after SARS-CoV-2 virus. Each mAb was engineered with: AZs proprietary YTE half-life extension technology, which more than triples the durability of its action compared to conventional antibodies.The reduced Fc receptor binding technology to minimise the risk of antibody-dependent enhancement of disease.
It binds to distinct sites on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The aim is that by targeting the spike protein, the antibody will neutralise the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by affecting its capacity to infect healthy cells.
Evusheld (AZD7442) is a long-acting antibody (LAAB) combination, engineered with AstraZeneca's proprietary half-life extension technology to increase the therapy's durability upto 12 months, following a single administration. It has been designed to attach to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 at two different sites. In addition, Evusheld contains infection-fighting proteins called monoclonal antibodies. The half-life extension more than triples the durability of its action compared to conventional antibodies. It is specifically intended to protect the most vulnerable populations, including immunocompromised patients. The vulnerable groups may receive limited or no protection from vaccines and currently have few options in the face of COVID-19 and remain at high-risk.What is the status of availability of this antibody treatment in India? How will it help in containing the spread of COVID- 19? With most of the people in India with co-morbidities already taken first two doses of COVID vaccines and also administration booster shots, why should they take Evusheld?
We are committed to working with international and government agencies around the world to make Evusheld accessible so that countries can potentially add it to their arsenal to tackle COVID-19. Regulatory dossiers are being compiled per the requirements of various countries including India. We are sharing this emerging therapeutic option as evidence generated with stakeholders and seeking their insights to arrive at our strategy, regulatory filing and timelines.
It is the first long-acting antibody to demonstrate robust efficacy in both prevention and treatment of COVID-19. There is a growing body of evidence underlining the potential of our LAAB to make a real difference in the fight against COVID-19, especially for vulnerable populations. It showed robust, long-lasting protection against symptomatic COVID-19 that continues for at least six months, as demonstrated in the PROVENT Phase III trial. In PROVENT, Evusheld reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77 percent at the primary analysis and 83 percent at a six-month analysis compared to placebo.
What is its distinct cohort of compounds, can it contain all COVID-19 Variants of Concern?
Evusheld, is one of only two antibody therapies authorised for use to retain neutralising activity against all other variants of concern tested to date.At least, in the pre-clinical in vitro studies, we have seen that the antibody cocktail is active against all the strains that have been identified so far. The most recent study by USFDA also found it to be retaining the neutralising activity against Omicron variant.
It is said that a person receives two injections, it protects from the illness for only about 6 months, how many doses should be taken and the frequency. Does it differ as per the age? How effective is it for patients using immunosuppressants like long standing systemic steroids or chemotherapy?Preliminary data from a Phase I study show high neutralizing antibody titers for at least nine months, with potential to offer protection for up to 12 months following a single dose. Some information provided is based on a pre-print and has not undergone peer review.Do you think antiviral COVID-19 drugs should be seen as the next step in the fight against the virus, apart from vaccination?
No one vaccine or therapy can eliminate COVID-19, but multiple approaches could help to reduce the spread of the virus, defend those most vulnerable to infection, deliver better outcomes for patients and ultimately allow the world to return to normal.
Vaccines have the potential to provide long-term protection against COVID-19 but require a healthy immune system and can take a few weeks to generate a virus-specific immune response. While vaccines are helping people around the world,not everyone who receives a vaccine can produce antibodies,or produce antibodies at a level which is sufficient to protect them from COVID-19.These vulnerable populations may need added or more immediate protection.
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Healthy Lungs More Important Than Ever – So Why Put Smoke, Vape Or Cannabis In Them? – Scoop.co.nz
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The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) isurging people to look after their lungs as Omicron hitscommunities.
A new University of Otago study has foundthat prolonged cannabis use led to over-inflated lungs andincreased the resistance to airflow to a greater extent thantobacco.
ARFNZ Scientific Advisory Board Member andstudy co-author Professor Bob Hancox says: "Although theeffects of cannabis were detrimental, the pattern of lungfunction changes was not the same as in tobacco use. Thisstudy also found that cannabis use may impair the ability ofthe lungs to extract oxygen from the breath. This is a knownconsequence of smoking tobacco, but has not beendemonstrated with cannabis until now."
Another recentstudy from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, lookedat the effects of vaping on COVID-19 symptoms. Some 290COVID-positive vapers aged 18 and older were compared withsimilar-aged people who had COVID-19 but didn't vape. Thestudy found that those who vaped were more likely to reportchest pain, chills, headaches, muscle aches, nausea,vomiting, diarrhoea and the loss of smell or taste. Thesepatients also reported higher rates of laboured breathing,the new study findings showed.
ARFNZ Chief ExecutiveLetitia Harding says: "Studies show that people who smokeand/or use e-cigarettes are more likely to experience agreater number of COVID-19 symptoms when they becomeinfected."
ARFNZ is a strong advocate for Smokefree2025, and urges people to quit smoking, as the detrimentaleffects of tobacco are well known.
Letitia adds:"These studies are a warning to everyone during arespiratory pandemic: dont smoke tobacco, and if you area smoker, now is the time to quit; dont start vaping, anddont use cannabis. That way, youll give your lungs thebest chance against COVID-19."
For information on howto quit smoking go to quit.org.nz, forinformation on vaping and its effects on the lungs go to dontgetsuckedin.co.nz.
TheUS vaping study was recently published online in the Journalof Primary Care & Community Health .
Thecannabis study was recently published online in the AmericanJournal of Respiratory & Critical CareMedicine.
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Behind the scenes of pharmaceutical giant Sanofi’s rebranding | Marketing – Campaign Asia
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Under the changes, Sanofis sub brands, which include Sanofi Pasteur and Sanofi Genzyme, will be united under the Sanofi brand. Internally, staffers will continue to work under one of four global business units:Pasteur is the vaccines business unit and Genzyme is the specialty care business unit.The other two units are general medicine and consumer healthcare.
The refreshed branding represents the integrated way in which the company will work to achieve its ambition to transform the practice of medicine.
Sanofi embarked on these changes because itlost its stakeholders with multiple names,said Josep Catll, head of corporate affairs at Sanofi.
This is the only big pharma company remaining that still has such a broad portfolio. We want to be in every space that goes from prevention with vaccines to the more extreme, rare diseases of the other side of the business to everything in the middle from oncology to [multiple sclerosis]. Our portfolio is the result of 50 years of more than 500 mergers and acquisitions.
However, when Sanofi acquired a company, it didnt change the culture, look and feel of that companys purpose, with Catlla saying the company has been very fragmented over the last few years in that sense.
Sanofi wanted to find a theme that unites and connects all of its businesses and employees. The company listened to stakeholders both internally and externally, including healthcare and patient communities. Out of that, it came up with a new purpose, which is that Sanofi chases the miracle of science to improve peoples lives, said Catlla.
Some feedback it received: using the words miracle and science together may be seen as provocative since science is rational and data-driven and miracles are more aspirational.
Yes, science is very exact, but the effects of science can be super-emotional to the point where they are seen as a miracle, said Catll. For example, when paracetamol makes a bad headache go away, it can feel like a miracle to patients.
Sanofi used the word chasing in its purpose statement, because when a company chases something, it means it is determined and resilient to obtain it, said Catlla.
Sanofi wanted to get away from typical pharma jargon that leans on outcomes and impacting patients.
Improving peoples lives is more genuine to what we do, said Catll. In some cases, we cure, in others we bring better health or life extension, but in all the cases we bring hope to people.
Sanofi has also revealed a new logo,, which was inspired by the simple and motion-oriented codes of the tech industry, it said in a statement. The two purple dots embody the scientific journey between a starting point wondering what if? and a finish line. In other words, the eureka moment where innovative solutions are unlocked to impact peoples lives.
Sanofi started to think about itself differently when CEO Paul Hudson joined the company in 2019. That December, Sanofi launched its Play to Win strategy, which focuses on applying its platform for innovation to produce first- and best-in-class treatments and vaccines.
While business names are changing, the internal structure and reporting lines will remain the same and there will be no layoffs or people moves in relation to the changes.
This helps to position the comms team in a much more strategic manner throughout the company, Catll said.
To promote the rebranding, Sanofi is launching a series of films internally and externally with employees talking about the company to tell our own story, said Catll. Staffers discuss why they work at Sanofi and what they love about their jobs.
One employee is a scientist who had cancer, so she can talk to you as a researcher and also as a patient, said Catll. Others discuss how personal passions for dance and boxing link to their roles.
We have one single brand film now, but we will reveal individual stories of all the people in that film in the next few months so they can tell us more, said Catll.
Hudson sent a note to all employees on Thursday about the changes, including the brand film. Sanofi also rebranded all of its social media channels on Thursday.
Interpublic Group agency FutureBrand worked on the logo and Weber Shandwick and Jack Morton are aiding Sanofi with the launch.
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‘Most emotional days of my life’: Hunger striker reunites with dying dad – New Zealand Herald
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Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: 188 community cases today, 14 in hospital. Video / NZ Herald
The man who endured a hunger strike in MIQ before winning the right to self-isolate at home with his dying father has described today as among the most emotional in his life.
Kurt Lehndorf, who travelled to New Zealand from Australia on February 2, went without food or drink for more than 60 hours after his request to spend the remainder of his isolation at home with his father was initially denied.
However, the Ministry of Business, Immigration and Employment last night told media that arrangements would be made for Lehndorf to see his father, who was suffering from cancer.
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It wasn't until this afternoon when Lehndorf confirmed he had signed an agreement with MIQ allowing him to go to his father's and complete his quarantine period with his family and father in an isolation bubble.
"It's been one of the most emotional days of my life," he told Newstalk ZB.
"My major emotion really is relief and now it's time to just make memories with my father and my family."
Formerly describing himself as "completely nauseous" due to dehydration, Lehndorf said his first glass of water was "pretty delicious".
Lehndorf said others impacted by New Zealand's MIQ system could rejoice in the outcome.
"This is a win not just for me, but for everybody out there who's had to endure what I feel is a pretty huge injustice."
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An MIQ spokesman said he was glad Lehndorf could reunite with his family.
"We are pleased this means he will be able to spend time with his father at this difficult time."
It came after a tumultuous time in MIQ when, even to this morning, Lehndorf wasn't sure whether he would be released.
Lehndorf earlier said his most recent communication was with a nurse last night who told him his day 3 PCR test for Covid-19 had come back negative, and that he was being offered "temporary visitation" to see his dad, but he said he did not know what that meant.
He had believed it would mean getting picked up by a security guard, driven to his father's property and given a period of time to spend with his dad.
That uncertainty was paired with the consequences of his hunger strike, which had left him feeling "dreadful" and "broken".
In three weeks' time people in Lehndorf's position will be able to fly in from Australia and self-isolate immediately.
Late last night the MBIE, which runs MIQ, confirmed to Newstalk ZB that Lehndorf's day 3 test was negative, and said arrangements would be made for him to see his father.
"The compliance letter has been prepared for Mr Lehndorf, which states the conditions of this exemption - for example, details related to travel arrangements, people permitted within the household, and timing.
"This will be provided to Mr Lehndorf imminently, and arrangements will be made for him to see his father.
"All returnees in our care are provided with appropriate health and wellbeing support while in isolation. He will continue to have all meals delivered, and his health and wellbeing will be closely monitored by health staff."
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Cretans of Australia and New Zealand congratulate the new Archbishop of Crete – Orthodox Times – Orthodoxtimes.com
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The President of the Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Antonis Tsourdalakis, congratulates the new Archbishop of Crete, Eugenios for his election, after his enthronement in the high office of Archbishop of Crete.
On behalf of all the Cretans of Australia and New Zealand, we shout AXIOS PANAXIOS , in Mr Tsourdalakis letter to His Eminence, providing the promise that we will be by your side, to support you, in every call of yours.
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Yours Eminence,
Happy and Blessed New Year. I wish from the bottom of my heart that every moment you walk in 2022 is full of health, love, peace and strength, while every goal you set will be achieved. It is with great emotion that flooded us when we heard the good news of your election as the new Archbishop of our beloved Crete.
Knowing personally how remarkable your character is and how much you will offer by assuming the highest ecclesiastical office, we are grateful to our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Holy Synod that voted for you for the office of Archbishop of Crete. We are convinced that your beginning as the new Archbishop of Crete is the beginning of a new creative era for Crete.
I had the honor and pleasure to know you personally and to have worked with you since 2010 where you took over the position of Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos. I have always been very proud that in my particular homeland, Rethymno, such a respectable, active but always humble Metropolitan served our church.
In each of my trips to Crete we always met exchanging views on how we could support our compatriots in Crete and especially in Rethymno but also to take advantage of a constructive relationship of Cretans Abroad living in distant Australia bringing them closer to their homeland.
A milestone for me personally in the many years of cooperation we have as President at the World Council of Cretans was your official visit to Antipodes in March 2013 where you were invited by the Holy Archdiocese of Australia to the Clergy-Laity Conference in Sydney, as well as to the Blessing of the Agiasmo for the Melbourne Cretan Association. It was a great honour for the Cretan Greek Diaspora to receive the then Metropolitan of Rethymno & Avlopotamos Evgenios.
On behalf of the Cretan Federation of Australia & New Zealand, I would like to warmly congratulate you on your position as the new Archbishop of Crete and wish you every success in the great work ahead of you, but also in the great legacy left by the former Archbishop of Crete Ireneos, whom we had the honor to have with us in Australia in 1975 as Metropolitan of Kydonia & Apokoronas and since then a very close cooperation.
On behalf of all the Cretans of Australia and New Zealand we shout AXIOS PANAXIOS. As President of the Cretan community here in Antipodes, I feel deep emotion that I have a friend in you, while I will have the honor to work with you again. We promise that we will be by your side, to support you, in every call.
With Cretan and cordial greetings, We hope to meet in Crete in the summer.
Antonis Tsourdalakis
President
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Following delays, Spartanburgs Rail Trail extension set to begin this spring – WSPA 7News
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) Following delays, the city of Spartanburg said its project to extend the Mary Black Foundation Rail Trail will begin this year.
Over the past few years, those involved in the planning and development of the Rail Trail have run into roadblocks with the extension project.
Its been a lot of dealing with the South Carolina Department of Transportation. A lot of the trail goes along their right-of-way, said Spartanburg communications and marketing manager Christopher George. So, a lot of it has just been back and forth with them over their regulations and requirements and frankly a lot of this is stuff thats kind of new to them.
Delays have piled up along with residents hopes which, in return, were let down with no expected start date for expansion.
The city says its plan is still to extend the Rail Trail through downtown from its current end point at the intersection of Union Street and Henry Street.
This extension will allow its users a safe passage across the street; across Henry Street and all the way into downtown and eventually all the way to Barnet Park that will allow that connection for those folks using the railtrail to get to downtown, said Ned Barrett, trail development manager for Play. Advocate. Live Well. Spartanburg (PAL).
Developers said the new route will include space on Union Street, Kennedy Street and Converse Street, ending at Barnet Park. It will also include a first-of-its-kind in South Carolina curb-protected bike lane.
Along one section of it, which is alongConverse Streetto Barnet Park, well be narrowingsort ofthe roadway there and creating a protected cycle track. Andsowhat that isiswe will have a physical barrier between the trail and the oncoming traffic to protect cyclists and folks using the trail, said George.
According to PAL Spartanburg, since 2020, the trail count usage has tallied nearly 400,000 people.
Its a great change, the Rail Trail is the most popular recreational facility in the county, said Barrett.
People of all walks of life and all of our city uses it and, you know, if there is one complaint that folks have about is that its not long enough, George said.
Soon the Rail Trail will offer an extended space for usage.
We will be starting this spring. We dont have an exact start date yet, but we will be definitely be starting this spring on that extension, said George.
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NASA plans to destroy the ISS in 2031 – Freethink
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NASA has just released a report detailing how it will deorbit or crash the International Space Station (ISS) in 2031, bringing it down into the Pacific Ocean.
This announcement is a gigantic punctuation mark that the era of the ISS is coming to an end, Jeffrey Manber, president of international space stations for aerospace company Voyager Space, told the Washington Post.
On borrowed time: For more than two decades, the ISS has been NASAs primary space-based laboratory, giving the agency and its collaborators the ability to conduct research thats impossible on Earth.
NASA initially expected to deorbit the ISS in 2015, but the stations death date kept getting pushed back, first to 2020 and then to 2024. In December 2021, the Biden administration granted the ISS another life extension, this time to 2030.
This announcement is a gigantic punctuation mark that the era of the ISS is coming to an end.
For reals: It appears this latest deorbiting date will actually stick because, well, it sort of has to systems are failing, cracks are appearing, and toilets are even occasionally breaking on the aging space station.
In anticipation of the ISSs demise, NASA has now sent Congress a detailed report explaining exactly how it plans to deorbit the spacecraft.
The plan: According to NASAs report, the plan is to send the ISS plunging through Earths atmosphere in January 2031. The station will then enter a part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo.
Because Point Nemo is farther from land (1,670 miles) than anywhere else on the planet, its often called the loneliest place on Earth. This isolation has also made it an attractive spot to deorbit old satellites and spacecraft, leading to the nickname the spacecraft cemetery.
What comes next: NASA has no intention of letting the ISSs deorbiting affect its ability to do space-based research astronauts will just start doing it on other space stations built and maintained by private companies.
In 2020, NASA awarded Houstons Axiom Space a $140 million contract to build and attach a new module to the ISS in September 2024. That module will detach prior to the deorbiting of the ISS, ensuring NASA has continuous access to space.
The agency has also awarded contracts totaling $415.6 million to other companies to develop their own space stations, the idea being that NASA will then be able to buy or lease space for its astronauts aboard them without having to worry about maintenance or, eventually, deorbiting.
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Time to drop the sourpuss act, New Zealand – and get used to the new rules – Stuff.co.nz
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OPINION: Until now, it's more likely than not, you've never met anyone who's had Covid-19.
Our two-year elimination strategy has meant Kiwis with family and friends in far-off parts of the world have watched in agony as their loved ones became infected; but in this part of the world, it's been a rare thing.
That's about to change. For anyone with whnau in Australia, it probably already has. A few weeks ago our cousins to the west accepted they would, sooner or later, likely be infected with the Omicron variant and have an uncomfortable but survivable illness (provided they were vaccinated and boosted and not immunocompromised). Now, its about to be our turn.
It's not easy to hear the modellers' predictions without a twinge of anxiety; the goal here, right from the beginning of Covid, has been no cases. Its a massive shift to get your head around the idea of potentially millions of infections.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the border will start re-opening in phases, starting with self-isolation requirements for fully vaccinated citizens returning from Australia on February 27.
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Set that alongside this week's announcements on a staged border-opening - which inherently accepts that Omicron is spreading here and will continue to spread - and the result is a counter-intuitive challenge. How do our brains, primed for caution for the past 24 months, put those two things together?
The numbers we'll see over the next few months will come as a shock no matter how well we've been advised and prepared. But prepared, we must be. While we were well across the rules in 2020 and 2021, there are new 'rules and they're not as prescriptive - which means using your noggin, and making sensible decisions.
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Eating out? Eat outside if you can.
For example, if you want to eat out, or gather with people other than those in your family bubble, it's sensible to do that outside. Masking up whenever you leave the house is a given, but aspects of the advice on masks have changed in the past days, too.
The fabric mask-as-fashion-statement is on the way out (bad news for those manufacturers who pivoted to mask-making earlier in the pandemic) and the humble surgical mask is now the recommended form of protection if you can't find, or afford, the even-more-effective KN95. They're not fashionable, and frankly sometimes they smell a bit weird (advice on how to tackle this abounds on the internet) but surgical masks are hardier and more versatile than we knew. You can wash them, for example, up to 10 times without compromising their effectiveness. According to New Zealand research, even after multiple washes they're better than a triple-layer cloth mask.
Choosing a mask, washing, deodorising, and heck, remembering a mask - all these micro-decisions are becoming embedded in our daily life.
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Changes in advice around mask wearing is just one of the new decisions were facing every day.
Then there's the latest addition to the Covid lexicon - the "shadow lockdown" - where some are choosing to plot a more cautious course for themselves and their community than is officially required - by avoiding high-risk outings and activities. A self-imposed lockdown, if you like.
That's now your choice rather than a mandate. And soon your choices will broaden to include travel.
Ah, travel. Tourism. Remember it? No, me neither, hardly.
It will not be like it used to be, but if we need to leave New Zealand with plans to come back again, that will increasingly become possible from the end of this month. Just writing those words, feels extraordinary.
The five-stage plan for the border announced on Thursday will, eventually, see the end of an MIQ system that in some circles has become shorthand for misery. I don't think that reputation is entirely deserved - although there have been failures, high-profile missteps and yes, thousands of disappointed New Zealanders unable to secure a place, the MIQ system has worked without issue for hundreds of thousands of others since 2020.
I'm not discounting the pain experienced in those cases, but there's been more unreported plain sailing in MIQ than there has been pain. And sometimes you've had to wonder about the privilege and expectations of those who've done the complaining - I'm thinking of the woman who shut herself in the hotel bathroom and posted breathlessly on social media when she realised her two young children would have to share a double bed. That level of privilege drew understandable derision.
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Ardern announces a five-stage reopening of the New Zealand border at a press conference on Thursday.
The best part of the prime minister's rather overblown speech announcing the border plan on Thursday, was the bit where she acknowledged and thanked the hundreds of MIQ staff who've done their best in very trying circumstances for the past two years.
That was something that genuinely needed to be said. Those workers deserve our thoughts and our thanks (and a living wage, which some may lose when the hotels pivot back to normal operations).
We'll all have different reactions to the idea of opening up to the world again. Most will be formed by personal circumstances - I, for example, am thrilled I'll be able to collect my kids together to celebrate my son's 21st birthday. There's no amount of jabs I wouldn't have and masks I wouldn't wear, to reunite my little family again. And we must not forget the people who haven't been able to breathe that sigh of relief knowing reuniting with their mum, dad, gran or koro is just weeks away. For those Kiwis who missed the chance to say goodbye before a loved one passed away, this week's announcement might feel like a dagger to the heart.
Whatever your own take on it, the change in entry restrictions means it's time to drop the sourpuss act we've seen directed at Kiwis stuck overseas. With Omicron in the community, those returnees are no longer any more dangerous to you, than the person filling up at the next petrol pump. If you're one of the venom-spitters, perhaps your behaviour was driven by fear? Get vaccinated, get boosted, and then drop that too; while your fears may have been understandable, there's no call to be stupid.
I know it's a word worn as thin as your gran's souvenir tea-towels, but what we need now, is a return to kindness.
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Development of the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension is on maintenance mode – Ghacks Technology News
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The Reddit Enhancement Suite add-on for Firefox and Chrome has entered maintenance mode. The popular plugin which made the platform usable, for old.reddit.com users, could come to an end if things don't change.
The developers of the open source extension have made an announcement at the add-on's subreddit, where they say that several members of the core developer team are busy or have moved on to other projects. The add-on, abbreviated as RES, has been around for a decade, and is available on all major add-on repositories including Firefox AMO, the Chrome Webstore, Opera Addons, and the Microsoft Store. Despite its popularity, the project did not receive much in terms of donations, which can be somewhat demotivating for a team that is working on the development of the plugin. Currently there are just 2 developers working on RES.
It's always sad to see good software die, but it is not dead yet, RES will be in life support mode for the foreseeable future. This means the extension will not add support for changes made to the website, or to support the redesign. The good news is that the add-on's developers have said they may provide patches to fix bugs, or release new options if the source code has been merged with pull requests from other users. Essentially, it depends on the developer community, with limited support from the core developers.
Since it is an open source project, there is also the possibility of other developers forking the add-on and taking it from there. If you read the comments from the Reddit Enhancement Suite developers, they blame the platform for being closed source and not developer-friendly. The push towards the new Reddit is also a cause for concern.
Reddit is one of my favorite sites, a friend introduced me to it when I sought some information about a decade ago. I found myself visiting it frequently to learn more things, stay up-to-date on tech and gaming news, and providing help when I could.
A few years ago, when I logged on to Reddit, something didn't look right. Enter the new Reddit design. It is a hideous monstrosity with wasted space either side of the screen, has links to promote other discussions right in the middle of the current thread, and even the subreddit sidebar is sort of in the middle of the screen. I could go on and on about how bad the design is. The interface is like Facebook's news feed, utter garbage, making navigation and searching for stuff, a real pain.
I was perplexed by the design, and immediately looked for a way to fix it, which wasn't hard to find. Other users who were annoyed by the design changes recommended using https://old.reddit.com/ in place of https://www.reddit.com/. Some users pointed out a setting that users can enable from their profile, to make old Reddit the default design. Whew, that was a relief.
It was around during that time, I came across some comments on a gaming sub, where a user had created a table, and recommended an add-on called Reddit Enhancement Suite, to sort the table. That was incredibly useful, but the plugin did more.
Some subreddits disable various elements like the upvote and downvote buttons, the subscriber count, and in rare cases, even the search bar is hidden by the admins/mods. I don't understand the logic behind such decisions. Reddit Enhancement Suite allowed me to disable a subreddit's custom design, giving me the original one, which has always been perfectly usable. This is, in my opinion, the extension's best feature.
To this day, I have not seen a website with a design that's worse than new Reddit, though the new Twitter comes a close second for me, but that's easily fixable with the GoodTwitter2 script.
I'm not sure I would continue using Reddit if they ditch the old design completely. The only alternatives would be to use third party clients that provide a different experience, similar to the old design.
Redreader, Infinity for Reddit, and Slide are great open-source Reddit client apps that you can use on your Android phone. Apollo (needs an IAP to create posts) and Slide are the only iOS apps that I have found to be of the same quality as their Android counterparts. Windows 10/11 users may want to look ReddPlanet, but according to some recent comments from the developer, the PC app is no longer being updated. On the bright side, ReddPlanet for iOS was released recently, and a version for Android is currently in closed beta.
The bigger problem is Reddit itself, when the admins decide to pull the plug on the old site and go, thou shalt suffer our new design and its atrocities, where then will we turn to?
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The developers of the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension have placed it on maintenance mode
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The Reddit Enhancement Suite extension for Firefox and Chrome is on maintenance mode. Here's what happened.
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