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Immigrants and Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on America's Newcomers

This edited volume rigorously assesses the 1996 U.S. welfare reform law, questions whether its immigrant provisions were ever really necessary, and examines its impact on legal immigrants’ ability to integrate into American society.




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Genetically engineered 'Magneto' protein remotely controls brain and behaviour

“Badass” new method uses a magnetised protein to activate brain cells rapidly, reversibly, and non-invasively

Researchers in the United States have developed a new method for controlling the brain circuits associated with complex animal behaviours, using genetic engineering to create a magnetised protein that activates specific groups of nerve cells from a distance.

Understanding how the brain generates behaviour is one of the ultimate goals of neuroscience – and one of its most difficult questions. In recent years, researchers have developed a number of methods that enable them to remotely control specified groups of neurons and to probe the workings of neuronal circuits.

Related: Remote control of brain activity with heated nanoparticles

Related: Researchers read and write brain activity with light

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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : T or F: We were in our fathers before we're in our mothers?




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[ Politics ] Open Question : Are the people who are complaining about this "LOCKDOWN" and want things opened up, the MAIN REASON the US WILL DIE OF COVID-19 ?

I say - Lock everything down, as we are, and keep everything locked down for years  This way, what every these people are complaining about will be long gone 




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[ Wrestling ] Open Question : Do you think The Rock is a 1990s, 2000s or 2010s wrestler in the WWF/E ?

I think The Rock is a combination of both but barely because when he made his debut in the WWF in late 1996, he wasn't even called The Rock yet he was Rocky Maivia at that time. By the time he started getting over with the fans as The Rock, the 90s were almost over because it was 1998 - 99 by then. He spent more time as The Rock in the 2000s but even though he was still in the WWF/E when the decade started, he was gone by 2004 (by then he was already doing movies and wrestling at the same time). Then The Rock stopped wrestling completely and spent the rest of the 00s decade making movies, he spent even less time wrestling in the 2010s which is his most recent run in the WWE he missed 2010, came back in 2011 and was gone by 2013 aside from one match in 2016. What do you guys think ?




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : True/False: Your bank account is healing - turns out you're the virus all along?

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[ Religion & Spirituality ] Open Question : The Epistles were written to the members of the body of Christ who'd been Holy Spirit baptized (I Cor 12:11-13). What are today's Christians?

....GOING TO DO WHEN THEY BELIEVE THEY APPLY TO THEM BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HOLY SPIRIT BAPTIZED? TODAY'S CHRISTIANS HAVEN'T BEEN "QUICKENED BACK TO LIFE" (EPHESIANS 2:1)  BY HIS "POWER THAT CAME UPON THEM" (ACTS 1:8) WITH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM (ACTS 1:5) AS THEY WERE "BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT" (JOHN 3:5-7) FROM THEIR "DEAD SPIRITS" (ROMANS 5:12-14) AND WERE "RESURRECTED" (I COR 15) FROM THEIR GRAVES" (EZEKIEL 37:12-14). WHAT ARE THESE "DEAD SPIRITS" GOING TO DO? 




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[ Polls & Surveys ] Open Question : Who's a user you wouldn't meeting in person?




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California life in the COVID-19 pandemic

The state of California has enacted a shelter-in-place order in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, urging residents to stay in their homes except for essential travel and closing non-essential businesses. Red carpet events have been canceled. The production of many films and TV shows has been suspended.




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Memo: Prior COVID-19 diagnosis 'permanently disqualifying' for U.S. military service

Military Entrance Processing Stations won't process individuals who have had COVID-19 for military service, even if they've fully recovered from the virus, the Pentagon confirmed this week.




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Army solicits bids for wearable technology to detect COVID-19 in early stages

The Army is requesting bids for a $25 million contract for wearable sensors to detect early symptoms of COVID-19.




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On This Day, May 10: Mother's Day observed for first time in U.S.

On May 10, 1908, Mother's Day was observed for the first time in the United States.




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An Examination of the Administration's Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program

Testimony of Doris Meissner, Director of MPI's U.S. Immigration Policy Program, before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest regarding the Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program that began in December 2014.




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This Date in Bruins History: Andy Moog shutout powers B's sweep of Canadiens

On May 9, 1992, Andy Moog powered the Boston Bruins past the Montreal Canadiens with a 2-0 shutout in Game 4 for a sweep of the Adams Division Finals.




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A look back at the Bruins' 2017 NHL Draft: Not too shabby

Joe Haggerty revisits the Boston Bruins' 2017 NHL Draft and hands out a grade for each of their picks.




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Sharks' Evander Kane pushing NHL players to show more personality

The NHL is about as old-school as it gets, and Evander Kane is pushing to change that.




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Yellowknife memorial garden hopes to return to 'spectacular glory' with new repairs

The city of Yellowknife is hoping make repairs to a local memorial garden this summer, after it has been the target of vandalism and has fallen into disrepair for a variety of reasons in recent years.



  • News/Canada/North

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Until her death from COVID-19 at Northwood, Hermance Cormier was singing

Hermance Cormier grew up in a big Acadian family in New Brunswick and came to Halifax in the 1950s not speaking a word of English. She is among those who died from COVID-19 at Northwood.



  • News/Canada/Nova Scotia

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Winnipeg teens were ready for 'grittier rock 'n' roll' of Little Richard, recalls veteran musician

Drummer Owen Clark, 81, said in the 1950s, Manitoba teenagers would dance to Little Richard all night long. The 87-year-old rock pioneer died on Saturday morning.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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No new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Saturday; number in hospital drops to 4

The total number of cases in the province remains 284, with 30 now considered active.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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Anti-lockdown supporters rally against COVID-19-related restrictions outside Manitoba legislature

A group that says pandemic-related restrictions are more harmful than COVID-19 itself held a rally at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Saturday.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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Perspective: Existing drugs could be repurposed for COVID-19 patients

Given the rapid spread of COVID-19 and its relatively high mortality, filling the gap for coronavirus-specific drugs is urgent.




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Understanding the ability of COVID-19 virus to infect pets and livestock

A new paper identifies the critical need for research on the ability of the COVID-19 virus to infect certain animal species, the transmissibility of infection between humans and those animals, and the impact infection could have on food security and the economy.




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'Make out' — and other things Islanders want to do when COVID-19 is over

Staff and visitors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown were asked to fill in the blank. "When COVID-19 is over, I am going to …" Some of the answers are both heartwarming and hilarious.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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Singapore: Singaporean Courts Hear Only Essential and Urgent Matters During COVID-19 Outbreak, Largely Through Zoom

(May 1, 2020) On April 24, 2020, Singapore’s chief justice announced an extension to June 1, 2020, of the period during which the courts of Singapore would hear only essential and urgent matters in order to slow local transmission of COVID-19. On the same day, the Supreme Court, state courts, and family justice courts each […]




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Sweden: National Prosecutor Investigates Workplace Environment Crime After Nurse Dies of COVID-19

(May 4, 2020) On April 29, 2020, the Swedish National Prosecutor announced that it is investigating a workplace environment crime (arbetsmiljöbrott) after a nurse working at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm died of COVID-19. The investigation comes following a report by the local safety representative (skyddsombud), who reportedly claimed that the hospital lacked the appropriate […]




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Norway: Government Launches Mobile App to Track and Stem Spread of COVID-19

(May 6, 2020) On April 16, 2020, the Norwegian government launched a smartphone app to track the spread of the coronavirus in Norway. By downloading the app, users voluntarily allow the app to track their physical location and notify them if they have been in close proximity to a person who later becomes infected with […]




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Singapore: COVID-19 Control Orders Extended to June 1

(May 7, 2020) On April 30, 2020, Singapore’s minister for health made an amendment to the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020 to extend the expiration date of the COVID-19 control orders under the regulations to June 1, 2020. The Control Order Regulations, which had been originally issued on April 7, 2020, under the authorization […]




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Sweden: Administrative Court Upholds Prohibition on Sale of COVID-19 Test Kits

(May 8, 2020) On May 4, 2020, the Administrative Court of Uppsala ruled that sales of Zandcell AB’s COVID-19 test kits were prohibited in Sweden because the producer had not proven that the product met the legal requirements for medical devices under Swedish and European Union law. (Uppsala Administrative Court, Decision No. 240-20 (May 4, […]




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N.B. COVID-19 roundup: New policy will allow palliative care patients up to 2 visitors

New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said the province will introduce a new policy that's independent of the phase two recovery stage announced Friday.



  • News/Canada/New Brunswick

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As New Brunswick enters new recovery phase, here's what you need to know

New Brunswick has entered the next COVID-19 recovery phase, triggering a new round of loosened restrictions and reopening a large swathe of the economy, Premier Blaine Higgs announced Friday.



  • News/Canada/New Brunswick

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Elon Musk sues California officials, vows to pull Telsa from state over COVID-19 restrictions

Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened Saturday to pull the company's factory and headquarters out of California and sued local officials who have stopped the company from reopening its electric vehicle factory.




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Obama slams Trump over COVID-19 pandemic response, report says

Former U.S. president Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an "absolute chaotic disaster" during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo News.




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Zoa donates blood for COVID-19 plasmatherapy

Producer Karim Morani's daughter Zoa Morani donated her blood for plasmatherapy trials for COVID-19 treatment at Mumbai's Nair hospital today.



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India’s research body partners with vaccine manufacturing company to develop indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 – China.org.cn

  1. India's research body partners with vaccine manufacturing company to develop indigenous vaccine for COVID-19  China.org.cn
  2. India to develop ‘fully indigenous’ Covid vaccine as ICMR partners with Bharat Biotech  ThePrint
  3. ICMR teams up with Bharat Biotech to develop Covid-19 vaccine  Times of India
  4. ICMR partners with Bharat Biotech to develop an indigenous coronavirus vaccine  Times Now
  5. ICMR joins with Hyderabad firm to develop COVID-19 vaccine  Northeast Now
  6. View Full coverage on Google News



  • IMC News Feed


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Could a vaccine wipe out COVID-19 or will protection be short-term? That's the 'million dollar question'

Would a vaccine for the new coronavirus wind up offering long-lasting immunity? Or will the virus prove to be a shape-shifter, mutating quickly enough that people need annual vaccines like those for seasonal strains of influenza? Researchers are probing for answers in the rush to develop a vaccine for COVID-19.



  • News/Canada/Toronto

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CBC Windsor May 9 COVID-19 update: 1 more death in Windsor-Essex County

A woman in her 90s who lived in a long-term care home is the area's latest COVID-19-related death, officials said Saturday.



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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Anxious about COVID-19? Get creative with routines, call a friend, says new pandemic therapist

For the past few weeks, Windsor's new pandemic response therapist Dana St. Jean has been spending her time fielding phone calls and speaking with people over video chat to find ways to help them cope with the stresses of COVID-19.



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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Alberta reports 59 new COVID-19 cases, one additional death

Alberta reported 59 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, marking a full week of daily new cases remaining in the double digits.



  • News/Canada/Edmonton

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Amateur B.C. baker proves you don't have to go to Paris to learn to make delicious bread

One sister was formally trained in France. The other learned how to bake off the internet and shows how you don't need to go abroad to know about bread.



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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Some businesses find ways to thrive as COVID-19 forces them to change their business models

Some businesses have been more successful than others finding ways with new business practices to maintain the same level of success they did pre-pandemic. 



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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20150902

 

CME ConfirmHub Environment Migration

Effective Sunday, September 13 (trade date September 14), CME ConfirmHub will complete migration of the Production and Disaster Recovery (DR) environments to a new CME ConfirmHub instance to improve customer performance, security and reliability. Test environments for Production and DR are currently available.

It is highly recommended that customers test the new environment prior to the CME ConfirmHub migration, and should be aware of the following:

  • Following migration, the existing URL (www2.confirmhub.com) will be updated with the new production IP address.
  • Applications should be checked to ensure customers can successfully connect.
    • In line with CME security policy, support for SSL versions 2 and 3 have been removed. ConfirmHub aligns with CME Group security hardening policies.
  • Manual steps may need to be taken to copy and install intermediate / root certificates. CME certificates are now signed by Symantec.
  • Customers with outbound firewall policies should ensure that rules are created for Production and Disaster Recovery.

To facilitate testing, Staging and Production replicas will be available prior to the cut-over dates:

CME ConfirmHub Environment Migration
Environment Production
Launch Date
Test URLs IP Address Port
Staging Available Web
Portal
SFTP
64.15.189.2 22,
80,
443
Production September 13 Web
Portal
SFTP
206.128.158.196 22,
80,
443
Disaster Recovery September 13 -- 64.15.188.254 22,
80,
443

During parallel testing:

  • Test environments will be populated by a point-in-time copy of the existing Staging or Production environment.
  • CME ClearPort and DTCC functionality will not be supported in the Production replica instance.
  • Changes made to existing environments will not be replicated in the new test environments.
  • All "test" data will be purged prior to go-live.

If you have questions, please contact Certification Support for Electronic Trading (CSET) in the U.S. at +1 312 930 2322, in Europe at +44 20 3379 3803, or in Asia at +65 6593 5593.




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20170419

Effective Sunday, May 7, to improve real-time blotter and report performance, trade information older than one year will be archived in both Production and Staging (New Release) environments.

CME ConfirmHub will maintain a rolling 1-year trade data history thereafter.

Impacted reports and information retrieval include:

  • CME ConfirmHub GUI:
    • Trade Grid (blotter)
    • Submission history
    • Events monitoring
  • CME ConfirmHub API
    • GetDeals
    • GetEvents

Archived data will be available by request via the CME Global Command Center (GCC) in the U.S. +1 800 438 8616, in Europe at + 44 20 7623 4747 or Asia at +65 6532 5010.




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'Bellissimo!'

OM Italy makes increasing use of their excellent facility, Forterocca, as a base for sports and arts ministries.




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On the 'wings' of worship

Kanat, which means 'wings' in Turkish, is the biannual worship arts camp run by the Taco team in Turkey.




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Delia's story

An Uzbek girl living in Istanbul, Turkey enters into relationship with Jesus after having a dream.




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'Please come back tomorrow'

An OMer sharing the gospel at a police station in Turkey is asked to return and carry on the conversation.




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'I want to pray this prayer'

After experiencing answered prayer, a Syrian woman finds faith through gifts of the "Jesus Film" and a Bible.




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'The East is the new frontier'

Workers Berni and Carla are passionate about reaching the East of Turkey and encouraged by spiritual growth happening there.