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A baby boy was delivered at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) early Wednesday morning, making him possibly the first baby born in Quebec in 2020.

Little Lucas was born precisely 11 minutes and 49 seconds after midnight.

His mother, Marilou Edger, and his father, Jonathan Beelen, are from Montreal. The newborn and his mother are doing well, according to hospital authorities.

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A few moments later, the CHU Sainte-Justine reported the birth of a baby girl at 12:26 a.m.

By mid-morning, no other Quebec hospital had reported a birth since the start of the new year.

In 2019, the first baby in Quebec was born at the MUHC, a girl who was born just two minutes after midnight.

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Just 32 seconds after midnight Wednesday, Henri Baillargeon was born by caesarean section at the Cité de la Santé Hospital in Laval.

Weighing in at 4.367 kg, Henri was born to parents Amélie Bouchard and Marc-André Baillargeon.

The couple had a feeling their son would be the first born in 2020, ever since the hospital's medical team told them their cesarean section would be scheduled for 11:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

"I kept looking at the clocks in the hospital," Marc-André Baillargeon said in a phone interview.

Henri was initially due on Dec. 20, but Bouchard's pregnancy "dragged on" for 12 days, her husband said.

Bouchard said the hat Henri has been wearing is inscribed with the year "2020" and was actually made by hospital volunteers as a gift for the first baby of the year.

Birth at the MUHC

Eleven minutes after Henri's birth, Lucas Beelen was born at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC), weighing in at 3.80 kg. The baby's mother, Marilou Edger and father Jonathan Beelen are both from Montreal.

In a Facebook post Wednesday, the MUHC said Lucas and his mother are both doing well.

In 2019, Quebec's first baby was also delivered at the MUHC, a baby girl named Mariella.

Political Desk

President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday called on the United States to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and abandon its “plots” against the Islamic Republic.

Speaking at a ceremony in the northwestern province of Ardebil, Rouhani implied that Tehran is ready for talks with the US once Washington begins to fulfill its obligations under the international agreement.

“Whenever they (the Americans) back off from the point they started their plots, we are ready too. They need to return to the commitments they trampled on and admit to their mistakes regarding the Iranian nation,” he said.

Rouhani noted that the US maximum pressure campaign on Iran was aimed at “smashing the grandeur of the nation and forcing the country to surrender”.

“This is impossible. The enemies should repent for their wrong acts,” he stressed.

“You are not a superior nation and government for the nation and the government of Iran. We respect your nation and strongly protest against your government. However, we state that there is a way back.”

Rouhani further pointed out that Iran will continue its forward march despite US sanctions and pressure, thanks to the nation’s “highly vibrant morale”.

Tensions have soared between Tehran and Washington since May last year, when President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with six powers and reimposed sanctions on Tehran as part of its “maximum pressure” campaign aimed at forcing it to renegotiate a new deal.

Iran has rejected negotiating a new deal with the Trump administration, saying talks were only possible if Washington returned to the nuclear pact, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and lifted sanctions.

Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – the US, France, Britain, Russia, and China – plus Germany (P5+1) signed the JCPOA on July 14, 2015 and started implementing it on January 16, 2016.

Under the deal, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions.

Since May 2019, Iran has rowed back on its nuclear commitments four times in compliance with articles 26 and 36 of the JCPOA.

Its latest step came in November when engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into mothballed enrichment centrifuges at the underground Fordo plant south of Tehran.

It’s been a tough stretch for Arsenal, even as new manager Mikel Arteta has helped show the Gunners the light at the end of the Premier League holiday fixtures tunnel. Can Arsenal get the win it needs on New Year’s Day? Or will this match be a further indication that Manchester United has its season back on track?

This is the best and last of a full slate of Premier League matches on the first day of 2020. Here’s everything you need to know to stream Arsenal vs. Manchester United live.

Arsenal vs. Manchester United

When: 3pm ET, Wednesday, Jan. 1

3pm ET, Wednesday, Jan. 1 Where: Emirates Stadium in London, England

Emirates Stadium in London, England Streaming: NBCSN, NBC Sports Gold

Arsenal vs. Manchester United live stream: How to watch Premier League matches

The match is on NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold; these streaming services provide fans the opportunity to catch Premier League action throughout the season.

Sling TV provides two base channel package options, each priced at $30 per month. Sling Orange includes three ESPN channels, while Sling Blue includes sports channels like NBCSN (where many Premier League matches appear), NFL Network, and local channels. (Sling Blue customers in select markets get NBC, where some matches appear; see if yours has it here. Sling Blue also brings Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and Headline News as part of its regular slate of channels, with Fox Business Channel available for those who get the Sling Blue News Extra add-on.

If you’re Team “Why Not Both,” Sling Orange + Blue combines the two for just $45 per month.

Other features include a Free Cloud DVR tier for all subscribers (allowing 10 hours of recording a month), the ability to record all live linear channels, and no VOD preemption on any channels. New subscribers get $10 off the first month.

To add beIN SPORTS and maximize your soccer-watching potential, you’ll want to add either Sports Extra: Sling Orange ($5 per month) or Sports Extra: Sling Blue ($10 per month). (The latter also includes NFL RedZone.)

Spanish-speaking viewers have quite a few options. For bilingual families, you might consider the Español: Best of Spanish TV package for either Sling Orange or Sling Blue for 24/7 specialty channel LaLiga TV and beIN SPORTS Connect: Channels 4-9, which features matches from La Liga, Ligue 1 and Copa del Rey, among others. Both packages cost $5 per month after your free trial. Sling TV Latino is another Spanish-language package for $10 per month, including NBC Universo, History en Español, and—of import to soccer fans—four beIN SPORTS channels. (And choosing Best of Spanish + Sling Orange for $35 per month gives you access to ESPN Deportes.) For more information, check out our guide to Sling TV channels and our Sling TV review.

TRY SLING TV

Cost: $44.99 for your first month and $54.99 per month thereafter

FuboTV devices : Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV, iOS and Android devices

Local channels: ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS, the CW (in some markets) (check local availability here )

FuboTV is a solid TV streaming service option, whether your tastes run to entertainment (AMC, Syfy, FX), news (MSNBC, CNN), or sports (NBA TV, NFL Network).

If you’re a soccer fan, however, it will appear tailor-made for you, with NBC and NBCSN for Premier League matches, 10 beIN SPORTS channels, FS1, FS2, UniMás, and Champions League action via TNT all on tap. If you can’t watch a match live, FuboTV offers a three-day replay for each match and 30 hours of cloud DVR. (Check out the complete FuboTV channels list.)

FuboTV also has bilingual families in mind; each subscription comes with UniMás, Galavisión, NBC Universo, beIN SPORTS, Univision, and Fox Deportes. An extra $7.99 per month will bring you Latino Plus, which includes CNN en Español and TyC Sports among its offerings.

TRY FUBOTV

Cost: $54.99 per month

Hulu devices : Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire Stick and Fire TV, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, and iOS an d Android devices

Hulu local channels: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, the CW (check your local availability here )

Hulu with Live TV includes sports programming among its broad spectrum of offerings, and as a subscriber to the service, you’ll get free access to Hulu’s sizable on-demand library. (Check out the full list of Hulu Live TV channels.)

TRY HULU WITH LIVE TV

YouTube TV is a great option for soccer fans, including TNT for Champions League matches, NBC and NBCSN for Premier League matches, and broadcasting partnerships with three MLS teams. (Take a look at the full list of YouTube TV channels here.)

TRY YOUTUBE TV

Cost: $50-$135 per month

Hulu devices: Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire Stick and Fire TV, iOS and Android devices

Local channels: NBC, CBS, Fox, ABC, the CW ( enter your ZIP code here to check your availability)

AT&T TV Now is a bonus for AT&T wireless customers, especially for those who happen to be soccer fans. It provides instant access to more than 45 channels, including local channels. That means NBC as well as NBCSN for Premier League action, Fox as well as FS1 and FS2 for MLS, Bundesliga, the U.S. men’s and women’s teams, and even Liga MX offerings, and ESPN and ESPN2 for its array of soccer and other sports programming. It even offers free HBO on PLUS and MAX channel suites. Plus, it comes with CloudDVR for up to 20 hours of TV recording per month. One account works on two devices, but you can add more devices for only $5.

TRY AT&T TV NOW

Cost: $39.99 (for Matchday Pass option); $64.99 (for Premier League Pass option)

NBC Sports Gold TV devices: Google Chromecast , Roku , Apple TV , Android TV , Amazon Fire TV, iOS and Android device.

If you want access to every Premier League game this season, you’ll want an NBC Sports Gold subscription. At the Matchday Pass tier, for $39.99, you get access to 140 exclusive live matches, with at least four for each of the 20 clubs. The Premier League Pass option gives you an option to replay matches, in case you can’t catch a match live, and offers additional programming, including analysis and highlights. NBC Sports Gold offers additional packages for fans who want to follow rugby action, the PGA tour, Indy Car racing, cycling, and lacrosse.

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Arsenal vs. Manchester United: Preview, recent form, odds, upcoming fixtures

Arsenal (Last 5 Premier League matches: WLDDL) lost a 2-1 heartbreaker to Chelsea over the weekend to drop to 12th in the table. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got the opening goal in Arsenal’s impressive first-half performance, but the defense gave up two late goals to absorb yet another defeat. The first goal came courtesy of Jorginho, who many thought should have been off for a second yellow, and the second goal was the result of a mistake from the much-maligned Shkodran Mustafi, who suffered a head-to-head collision just moments before. Yet the fact remains: Arsenal has now just one win in its last 12 Premier League matches. These are the dark times.

Manchester United (Last 5 Premier League matches: WDLWW) bounced up to fifth in the standings with a 2-0 win over Burnley. Anthony Martial, on a bit of a roll lately, scored the opener, with Marcus Rashford providing a late insurance goal in stoppage time. While it’s still a bit more of a climb to break into the top four, United only finds itself four points behind an inconsistent Chelsea squad heading into the New Year.

Odds

The William Hill oddsmakers call this one pretty even: Arsenal’s at +170 odds (wager $100 to win $170), United’s a slightly more favored foe at +150, and a draw is set for +260.

Upcoming Fixtures

Arsenal, Monday, Jan. 6 vs. Leeds United (FA Cup); Saturday, Jan. 11 at Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Manchester United, Saturday, Jan. 4 at Wolves (FA Cup); Tuesday, Jan. 7 vs. Manchester United (League Cup)

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LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A 35-year-old New Hampshire man was fatally shot in Lawrence on New Year's Eve, authorities said Wednesday.

The Essex District Attorney's Office said Wilson Javier, of Salem, New Hampshire, was killed shortly before midnight Tuesday. Lawrence Police responded to a report of shots fired at a local apartment complex.

Javier was taken to Lawrence General Hospital and pronounced dead.

The Essex District Attorney's Office, Essex State Police Detective Unit and Lawrence Police are investigating. No arrests have been made.

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Shelly Ehbrecht spent the last day of 2019 reflecting on her more than four decades on the job.

“It feels surreal; it feels bittersweet. I’m going to cry,” she said as she wrapped up her last shift at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

“It’s time to go. I’ve had a great run for 44 years, great experiences.”

Ehbrecht began her career at the old Grace Hospital, now known as B.C. Women’s Hospital.

“The head nurse that I had initially was like an army head nurse,” she said.

“It was important to bounce dimes on the beds and the bed-making was really an important part of my job.”

Her expertise in bed-making is rivalled only by the depth of her knowledge of the maternity unit, having cared for thousands of families over the years as they welcomed the newest members of their families.

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She says one of the biggest changes she has seen during his career is the switch to single-care rooms for new moms.

“I loved the single-room philosophy at Women’s,” she said.

“I worked in their unit when it started. There was a lot of controversy because it was a new thing. Women can come in, families can come in. They labour, deliver, they have their postpartum in the same room.

“This is such a much better model of care — yeah, happy little thing.”

Her final shift was filled with heartfelt goodbyes from colleagues who will miss her — and she says she will miss them, too.

“I work with some great people, great doctors, great nurses,” she said.

Nurses will continue to deliver up to 400 babies a month. It’s the part of the job that Ehbrecht says she’ll remember most.

“It’s such a privilege and an honour to be with a family when they’re experiencing that labour and delivery,” Ehbrecht said.

“I just feel so honoured that I could be a part of it.”

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2020 is here and the contestants embrace it by wake up to new hopes. But even new beginnings could not hold them from fighting and bickering, as if its some vicious loop they cannot find a way out of. ‘Roti’ and ‘Duty’ continue to be the two important ‘Muddas’ of fights inside the house. The breakfast is delayed and Shehnaz Gill tries to convince Rashami Desai and Vishal Aditya Singh to club lunch and dinner to which Rashami opposes stating that this has become a trend in her captaincy. The duo also claims that breakfast is always skipped which hurts Mahira Sharma as she the one responsible for the duty. Objecting to the allegation, Mahira clarifies that she has been cooking breakfast every day on time and even making extra rotis for everyone. But that seems to leave Rashami and Vishal unaffected and the three get into a verbal spat, playing the blame game once again.

Later, Vishal gets upset when he finds out that there are only two parathas made for him instead of five and he questions Mahira. She states that as a process, only two parathas are being made for everyone for breakfast and asks him to make the parties himself if they aren't enough for him. Adamant Vishal rebels by refusing to perform his duty of washing utensils. This creates havoc inside the house while captain Shehnaz tries to convince Vishal to perform his duties.

The first day of the year also calls for the nominations and Bigg Boss asks the contestants to put their thumb imprint on the face of the contestant they wish to nominate supporting it with a valid reason. Asim Riaz's differences with Shefali Jariwal leads to her nomination wherein former states she doesn’t deserve his friendship. The nominations take an ugly turn when Paras Chhabra nominates Shefali Bagga, Shefali Jariwala nominates Madhurima Tuli and Vishal nominates Mahira. Vishal calls Mahira ‘zero’ without Paras and as a payback, she nominates Madhurima.

The evening gets romantic thanks to the cute ‘Sidnaz’ moment. Shehnaz tries her best to get Sidharth to confess his feelings for her while Aarti joins in and questions them about each others' likes and dislikes. Sidharth says that he likes Shehnaz as a friend, wherein Shehnaz says she likes everything about Sidharth and loves him, and that she wants a guy just like him.

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Pope Francis has used his New Year's message to denounce violence against women, hours after slapping a woman's hand to free himself from her grip.

" Women are sources of life . Yet they are continually insulted, beaten, raped, forced to prostitute themselves and to suppress the life they bear in the womb," the Pontiff told worshipers gathered at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday.

"Every form of violence inflicted upon a woman is a blasphemy against God, who was born of a woman."

Shortly before beginning his traditional New Year's Day address , the Pope said he was sorry for smacking a woman's hand the previous day, to free himself from her grip.

"I apologize for the poor example yesterday," he said, going off-script before the sermon on violence.

Pope Francis had been making his way to the Nativity scene in Vatican City on Tuesday, New Year's Eve. When he began to walk away from the crowd that had gathered to greet him, video shows a woman grabbing his hand and yanking him toward her.

He became visibly upset, slapping the woman's hand in an attempt to extricate himself. Footage of the altercation also appears to show him shouting at the woman.

Prior to the incident, the woman had made the sign of the cross. She addressed the 83-year-old Pope as she took his hand but it is unclear what she was trying to tell him.

During his New Year address on Wednesday, the Pontiff also spoke about gender equality, telling the congregation that women "should be fully included in decision-making processes."

"Every step forward for women, is a step forward for humanity as a whole."

Pope Francis apologised for "losing patience" with a woman who grabbed him on New Year's Eve and later denounced "all violence against women" (AFP Photo/Andreas SOLARO)

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis apologised Wednesday for his widely-viewed slap of a woman who had grabbed his hand as he greeted Catholic faithful on New Year's Eve.

The image of Francis slapping his way free from the clutches of the admirer was an instant hit on social media.

A personal apology followed.

"We lose patience many times," Francis confessed.

"It happens to me too. I apologise for the bad example given yesterday," the head of the Catholic church said before celebrating Mass at the Vatican.

Twitter enthusiasts commented with abandon on the pontiff's prompt riposte to the woman.

Francis had greeted children before the Nativity scene on Saint Peter's square and was turning away when the woman who had crossed herself then cried out something, pulled on his hand and almost caused him to fall.

The 83-year-old pope grimaced before managing to break free by slapping her hand twice.

He continued his tour, walking with some difficulty while maintaining a slightly greater distance from visitors, and gradually relaxed again as he came into contact with other children.

Twitter comments were mostly supportive of the pontiff's instinctive reaction.

"HE IS HUMAN.. Been (sic) a Pope doesn't make you immune to Pain or avoid Reaction to pain," one typical comment read.

In his first Mass of the New Year, the pontiff later denounced "all violence against women" as "a profanation of God, born of a woman."

Francis also said women were "the source of life" but deplored that they were constantly "offended, beaten, abused and forced into prostitution" and forced to "supress the life they carry within" them.

He emphasised that the "rebirth of humanity began with a woman," and bemoaned that women's bodies were "sacrificed on the profane altars of advertising, profit, pornography."

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Pulse Oximeters Market Share, Size, Regional Trend, Future Growth, Leading Players Updates, Industry Demand Forecast to 2025

Posted on Jan 2 2020 6:56 AM

"Global Pulse Oximeters Market 2019 | Analysis, Latest Innovations, Impacting Factors, Growth Opportunities, Drivers, Dynamics And Strategic Research, Challenges By 2025"

The Global Pulse Oximeters Market is likely to grow in the coming years due to increasing usage clearances from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to a report published by Fortune Business Insights, titled 'Pulse Oximeters: Global Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast, 2018-2025, the market is likely to reach US$ 2,657.6 Mn by the end of 2025. Fortune Business Insights states that the market was valued at US$ 1,587.3 Mn in 2017 and will exhibit a CAGR of 6.7% in the forecast period.

Masimo's Approval for Radius PPG to Trigger Growth

In 2019, Masimo received clearance for its latest pulse oximeter. The ‘Radius PPG' was approved by the FDA after establishing efficient results through clinical trials. The Radius PPG represents a significant breakthrough in the healthcare industry, particularly for the diagnosis and study of oxygen levels in the blood. The wireless ability allows users to move freely even when they are being examined with the device.

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Masimo's wireless oximeter has gained huge popularity owing to its wireless functions and it is likely that the global pulse oximeters market will benefit from the subsequently rising demand for the Radius PPG. Radius' ability to display blood oxygen values on external third party display devices, in addition to Masimo's inbred host display devices are likely to boost the growth of the global market.

iHealth's Wristworn Pulse Oximeter to Witness Massive Demand

iHealth's wrist-worn pulse oximeter's wide end user coverage can be attributed to its clinical efficacy and most importantly, its ease of use. The device is available on e-commerce websites such as Amazon and the ease of availability for iHealth's latest device is a leading factor that has contributed to the growth of the global market.

The device can continuously monitor blood oxygen saturation levels along with the pulse rate, both within a short span of time. The device is integrated with a LED display that shows the oxygen saturation readings. The device operated through the emission of infrared light onto the blood vessels of the fingertip. The device has won over many users and the increasing demand has led to the distribution on online retail chains as well as offline stores. iHealth's latest device is likely to boost the global pulse oximeter market in the forthcoming years.

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Some of the Main Key Players Covered in the Report

Omron Healthcare, Inc.

Philips Benelux

General Electric Manufacturing Company (GEMAC)

Masimo

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH

Vyaire Medical

Opto Circuits India Ltd.

Medtronic

Nonin Medical, Inc

Masimo and Mindray Announce Partnership to Extend Sales Outside the US

In May 2019, Masimo and Shenzhen Mindray Biomedical Electronics announced that they have reached an agreement to extend the distribution of Masimo's devices. Through this agreement, Mindray will offer sales and distribution options in countries other than the United States. The increasing demand for Masimo's wrist-worn pulse oximeters has triggered this agreement, which in turn is likely to favor growth of the global market in the forthcoming years.

The report profiles several companies operating in the market and studies their growth strategies with regards to product launches and strategic collaborations. This is intended at evaluating the impact of these strategies on the overall market.

In the report, Fortune Business Insights has profiled a few companies that are operating in the global pulse oximeter market. Some of the leading companies that have been identified as significant growth contributors are GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Koninklijke Philips N.V, Masimo, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, VYAIRE, Opto Circuits (India) Limited, Medtronic, Omron Healthcare, Inc., Nonin, and B Smiths Group plc.

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5. Global Pulse Oximeters Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast, 2014-2025

5.1. Key Findings / Summary

5.2 Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast By Type

5.2.1 Fingertip Oximeters

5.2.2 Tabletop Oximeters

5.2.3 Handheld Oximeters

5.2.4 Others

5.3. Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast By End User

5.3.1 Hospitals

5.3.2 Clinics and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

5.3.3 Home Healthcare

5.3.4 Others

5.4. Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast By Country

5.4.1 North America

5.4.2 Europe

5.4.3 Asia Pacific

5.4.4 Latin America

5.4.5 Middle East and Africa

6. North America Pulse Oximeters Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast, 2014-2025

6.1. Key Findings / Summary

6.2. Market Analysis By Type

6.2.1 Fingertip Oximeters

6.2.2 Tabletop Oximeters

6.2.3 Handheld Oximeters

6.2.4 Others

6.3. Market Analysis By End User

6.3.1 Hospitals

6.3.2 Clinics and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

6.3.3 Home Healthcare

6.3.4 Others

6.4. Market Analysis By Country

6.4.1 U.S.

6.4.2 Canada

7. Europe Pulse Oximeters Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast, 2014-2025

7.1. Key Findings / Summary

7.2. Market Analysis By Type

7.2.1 Fingertip Oximeters

7.2.2 Tabletop Oximeters

7.2.3 Handheld Oximeters

7.2.4 Others

7.3. Market Analysis By End User

7.3.1 Hospitals

7.3.2 Clinics and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

7.3.3 Home Healthcare

7.3.4 Others

7.4. Market Analysis By Country

7.4.1 Germany

7.4.2 U.K.

7.4.3 France

7.4.4 Italy

7.4.5 Spain

7.4.6 Scandinavia

7.4.7 Rest of Europe

8. Asia Pacific Pulse Oximeters Market Analysis, Insights and Forecast, 2014-2025

8.1. Key Findings / Summary

8.2. Market Analysis By Type

8.2.1 Fingertip Oximeters

8.2.2 Tabletop Oximeters

8.2.3 Handheld Oximeters

8.2.4 Others

8.3. Market Analysis By End User

8.3.1 Hospitals

8.3.2 Clinics and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

8.3.3 Home Healthcare

8.3.4 Others

8.4. Market Analysis By Country

8.4.1 India

8.4.2 China

8.4.3 Japan

8.4.4 Australia

8.4.5 Southeast Asia

8.4.6 Rest of Asia Pacific

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Millions of Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland customers started the New Year unable to access their bank accounts after their websites crashed.

Online banking was down for customers of all three banks, who took to social media to bemoan the outage on New Year's Day.

Large parts of Britain were left unable to access their accounts on their computers or smartphone apps for several hours.

Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland have apologised for the 'issues' and say their systems and now up and running again.

Online banking went down for customers of Halifax (outage map pictured left), Lloyds (right) and Bank of Scotland, who took to social media to bemoan the outage on New Year's Day

Halifax customers complained they were automatically signed out when trying to login to mobile banking

Customers took to Twitter to complain, desperate to check their bank balances after a night celebrating the New Year

On Twitter, one person complained: '@HalifaxBank - your banking app does not currently work, a poor start to 2020... :( :(.'

Another wrote: '@HalifaxBank why is the mobile banking app not working?!?!? How long until it is back up working again?'

Someone else posted: '@HalifaxBank what's going on with your banking app? It's not working at all and hasn't for a few hours.'

One woman begged to know when Lloyds would be up and running again, so her son can get back home from his New Year's Eve celebrations.

She wrote: 'Any chance of an estimated time this might be resolved as I need to send money to my son who needs to get back from Liverpool?'

A social media spokesman for the bank, called Martin, replied: 'Hi. Thanks for getting in touch. We lknow some of you are having issues with your Internet Banking.

'We're sorry for this. W'ere working to have it back to normal soon.'

A Lloyds social media spokesman tweeted: 'We know our customers are having issues with internet and mobile banking. We're sorry about this and we're working to have it back to normal soon.'

They later added: 'Internet and mobile banking is now back to normal. We're sorry that some of our customers had issues with it this morning.'

The problems are also affecting the mobile apps (pictured)

This is the time when calendars flip to a new year – and to a new decade (with apologies to those who hold that won’t really happen until 2021). January presents a fresh start. A new beginning.

Plenty of bad news has been reported in the outgoing year and decade. Many commentators this season seem compelled to offer a counterbalance, gently reminding readers that much progress is underway.

One could, in fact, make a convincing argument that these are the best times in human history. Worldwide, poverty is receding, and education and literacy are on the rise. Never in history have so many people been so well off materially. One world index shows prosperity increasing in 148 countries and falling in only 19 during the past decade. Over the past three decades, more than a billion people worldwide have moved out of extreme poverty, according to the World Bank.

While oppressive regimes continue on in many places, in Hong Kong and elsewhere citizens are rising up to demand a voice in their own government through democratic means.

But what of these numerous wrongs and injustices? Does noting progress mean we need to do nothing and find that wrongs somehow self-correct?

Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t think so. “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable,” he said. “Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” He didn’t hold much with complaints of compassion fatigue, either.

Another vital piece of good news is that people around the world are responding to human needs. An estimated 1 billion volunteers do something to help others every day, according to United Nations officials involved in volunteer efforts. In the United States, 63 million people, about 25% of all adult Americans, contribute volunteer work worth an average of more than $25 per hour of service.

Good actions provide a powerful counterbalance to news that would disturb, discourage, or enervate. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world,” wrote young Anne Frank as the Holocaust began to rise around her.

The founder of The Christian Science Monitor, Mary Baker Eddy, saw that individual action was essential for progress.

“But what of ourselves, and our times and obligations?” she said in remarks given at a Fourth of July service honoring America’s heroes. “Are we duly aware of our own great opportunities and responsibilities? Are we prepared to meet and improve them, to act up to the acme of divine energy wherewith we are armored?”

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Alan Paton, the South African author and anti-apartheid activist, once referred to the Monitor as “a newspaper of sober and responsible hope” because, he said, “it gives no shrift to any belief in the irredeemable wickedness of man, nor in the futility of human endeavor.”

Hope, sometimes referred to as the expectation of good, might be just the approach in which to ground thinking and actions in the year ahead.

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Two of K-Pop's biggest stars, Momo from JYP girlgroup Twice, and Kim Heechul from SM's Superjunior, have been confirmed dating.

According to Korean Entertainment News platform Soompi, the report was confirmed by the news outlet, Market News which published a report at midnight KST on January 2 stating that according to their investigation, they were exclusively reporting that Momo and Heechul are dating.

Market News is the outlet that reported in August that Momo and Heechul were in a relationship, and in the January 2 report they mentioned that Super Junior's Label and JYP Entertainment had denied that they are dating at the time.

Kim Heechul and Momo have been seen together on several shows, like Weekly Idol which featured Heechul as a temporary host and Momo as part of her girlgroup, Twice several times. Momo has also been on Knowing Bros, with him. Most of the times on these shows, Heechul has been really impressed by Momo, who hails from Japan and is a dancer. One of the video clips which went viral at the time of an episode of Weekly Idol airing was a clip where Momo re-enacts a Japanese character saying 'Nicco nicco ni,' to do aego, a cute display of affection often expressed including but not limited to through a cute/baby voice, facial expressions, and gestures.

As news of them confirmed to be dating broke, fans couldn't be happier, being super supportive despite of some pointing out that Kim Heechul and Momo have an age difference of 13 years. 'Momo' became a Twitter trend worldwide as fans woke up to the news.

CONGRATS TO THIS COUPLE pic.twitter.com/YuUSMjd9mi — Kim yohan ㅇㅇ (@centerbunny) January 1, 2020

Support them or pic.twitter.com/1c8atwjf3i — NCT & ATEEZ Enthusiast (@atinycupofnct) January 1, 2020

Heechul has been a big fan of Momo since forever :")I'm happy their relationship developed once they got closer, please everyone support them and respect them, they're both grown up peoples with their own will not your dolls ❤pic.twitter.com/mHSABczz7a — ❤ D&Ŕ (@Kkeke_99) January 1, 2020

FINALLY! Finaaaallyyyy!This is the first time Heechul revealed a relationship to public and AAAAAAAAAAAAA I bet he’s a sweet boyfriend uwu ✊ Heechul and Momo? -> Power couple aaaa nico nico ni!!!! pic.twitter.com/BiV0eWI5yw — nico nico niiiii (@lorjenxgodwin) January 2, 2020

a reminder to everyone hating on momo and heechul dating: pic.twitter.com/osYTraDw19 — (@sakookies) January 2, 2020

Momo found her other weird and funny half pic.twitter.com/yn8cTU4ZEs — tiff (@dramasjihyo) January 2, 2020

pls i hope momo fans who’s again this relationship, you need to know momo is so lucky got heechul as bf. she’s always know as women protector & he’s gonna be cute/manly bf bcs he love to do sudden couple things like kiss momo during red traffic light pic.twitter.com/zCWk66EwNe — ᴍɪɴ ♡ ʰᵉᵉⁿᶦᵐ (@sunflow3rmin_) January 2, 2020

get a man who’d be this whip for you ! #Momo #Heechul pic.twitter.com/Ck7mbLloP6 — m a r i s (@eggnoodlect) January 2, 2020

GOOD MORNING TO ALL WHO SUPPORTS MOMO AND HEECHUL, EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T pic.twitter.com/jlYpsit2tx — #ForJisoowithLove {GOTPINK AU'S} (@Peachyyywrites) January 2, 2020

It’s just 2 out of 366 days of 2020 and we already have Heechul and Momo confirmed to be dating. Imagine the rest of 2020? pic.twitter.com/LhymlkZVEV — Saranghaeyo Oppa (@SaranghaeyOppaa) January 2, 2020

GOOD MORNING TO ALL WHO SUPPORTS MOMO AND HEECHUL, EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T pic.twitter.com/jlYpsit2tx — #ForJisoowithLove {GOTPINK AU'S} (@Peachyyywrites) January 2, 2020

JYP Entertainment, the label to which Twice belongs, earlier had a dating ban, which was lifted last year, with the news that the group leader of Twice, Jihyo was dating K-pop idol Kang Daniel.

last year, we got kang daniel and jihyo's dating news. now, we have another power couple, momo and heechul!!!! pic.twitter.com/hhADXE2vVc — ia; univ life. (@softstanbebe) January 2, 2020

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A man was shot in the upper body Wednesday morning while trying to rob another man in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, police said.

Around 6:30 a.m. an argument between the two men turned violent when one attempted to rob the other of his cell phone in the Swan Canyon portion of City Heights, near the corner of Thorn and 45th streets, according to police. The robbery victim then produced a handgun and shot the other man once in the upper body. The shooter then called 911 to report the incident, but fled the area prior to police officers arriving on the scene, police said.

Medics took the shooting victim to a hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. He is expected to survive his injuries, according to police.

Police said that the investigation — which is being handled by Mid-City Division investigators — is still in its early stages and there is no further information about either of the men at this time.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two men were shot and killed early New Year's Day when a gunman opened fire at a celebration at a Florida club, authorities said.

Media reports say as many as 250 revelers scrambled for safety after shots were fired.

Orange County Sheriff's officials were hunting down a suspect who bolted from the scene after the 4 a.m. shooting at an after-hours club in a shopping plaza north of Orlando.

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Authorities say security personnel were at the event but appeared to be outside when the violence broke out.

Fox35 in Orlando reports that the party was coming to a close when shots were fired inside of a VIP area.

Several armed guards were present during the event, a sheriff official said.

"We are told some security guards were outside at the time of the shooting, but investigators say they don’t believe they screened or searched any of the party-goers before entering," Jamie Hoffman of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

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The event is scheduled for Jan. 25 and will feature opportunities for cash donations

The Central Kitchen and Bar in Kelowna have grilled up an event, Burgers for Elara, in an effort to raise money for the Isagawa family and their one-year-old daughter Elara, who was diagnosed with a tumour on Christmas Eve.

On Dec. 31 Elara underwent a 6.5-hour surgery to remove 98 per cent of the tumour between her pelvis and abdomen, however, family member Jessica Isagawa said Elara still has a long road to recovery ahead of her.

“After meeting with Elara’s oncology team, it was discovered that Elara’s tumour is malignant and needs to be treated with up to four rounds of chemotherapy,” said Jessica.

“Each round of chemotherapy will last about a month.”

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According to a post on Central’s Facebook Page, Elara’s parents Nico and Jessica Isagwa have a special connection to the Central. Years ago Nico and Jessica had their first date at the establishment, which led to their engagement, followed by engagement photos at Central, which then led to the birth of their daughter Elara.

“Ok Kelowna, it’s time to show up and show out for the most precious little girl who is currently in the fight of her young life, “read Central’s post on Facebook.

“We cannot imagine what this family is going through, but one thing we do know is that we must help in any way we can.”

On Jan. 25, at 5 p.m. Central will be hosting a fundraiser for Elara who is currently battling at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

The event will feature a “Sweet and Spicy” burger developed by the Isagawas that best represent Elara’s personality. 100 per cent of sales from this burger from over the entire weekend will be donated to the family.

Attendees will also have an opportunity to make cash donations and participate in a silent auction with some prizes donated by local businesses.

For more information visit Central’s Facebook page or the Burgers for Elara at Central event page.

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Karl R. H. Frick on The Philalèthes Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 | Freemasonry, Philalèthes | No Comments The following sketch is translated from Karl R. H. Frick’s Die Erleuchteten: Gnostisch-theosophische und alchemistisch-rosenkreuzerische Geheimgesellschaften bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts, ein Beitrag zur Geistesgeschichte der Neuzeit (1973), p. 574 ff., originally included as an appendix at the end of McBean and Gabirro, A Complete History Of The Ancient And Primitive Rite (2002). There were a few mistakes with spelling and grammar, etc., so I’ve cleaned it up, while providing annotations, links and illustrations. In regard to the entire milieu of high-grade Freemasonry during the Enlightenment, the Philalèthes are as noteworthy as they come. The Rite itself - more of a regime - and the Lodge ‘Amis Réunis’ from which it was founded, constituted a clearing house for all things occult or esoteric on the continent and beyond; Savalette de Langes and the Marquis de Chefdebien may even be described as engaging in Masonic espionage. There isn’t a single volume on 18th Century Freemasonry that doesn’t give the major details of the Amis Réunis and the Philalèthes. Members of the rite came not only from France, but from Germany, England, Italy, Austria, Sweden and Russia (and as was shown with the publishing of J. J. C. Bode’s diary in 1994, the Bavarian Illuminati had managed to officially join forces with it just two years before the revolution). I’ve read more than a few accounts of the Philalèthes over the years, but this report by Frick - about as complete an introduction as as you’ll find - is by far the best. *** › Continue reading

Lodge of Les Amis Réunis [The United Friends] Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 | Freemasonry, Philalèthes | 2 Comments We’ll be mentioning this famous Lodge in Paris in forthcoming posts. What follows is a concise explanation of its operation and makeup (translated from a French Masonic Encyclopedia entry by Pierre François Pinaud). *** Amis Réunis From 1771 to 1791, this lodge was one of the most prestigious in Paris and was consecrated by the Keeper of the Royal Treasury Savalette de Langes. Initially formed abroad in Rumigny, a small town of Thiérache, by a magistrate of the Parliament of Paris (banished by Chancellor Maupeou), in 1773 the lodge settled permanently in Paris. Savalette de Langes had made the inner circle of the Amis Réunis the social center of modern Freemasonry and cosmopolitanism of the late Enlightenment. Here the elite and and the talented joined together. The orchestra of the Amis Réunis was composed of six musicians of renown, like the composer [Isidore] Bertheaume, the brothers Blasius, the King’s violinists, Boutray of the l’Académie [Royale] de Musique, and either the brothers Breval or Louis Francoeur, the King’s Superintendent of Music. The Lodge utilized a large space in a house in the Rue Popincourt, built in 1708 by the architect Dulin for the supplier of arms [Nicholas?] Dunoyer. Upon his death in 1791, Les Amis Réunis counted some 300 members with a further 37 casual brothers and brother servants. It comprised about 12% foreigners, such as the Baron de Beutz, chancellor of Saxony; the Baron de Gleichen, Minister of Denmark in Madrid, Naples and Paris; and Count Stroganoff, a Russian subject. A hundred senior officers or generals decorate the pillars, and about fifteen of their regiment. Painters and sculptors are well represented with a dozen doctors, all members of the Academy of Medicine or professors at the University of Paris - Monge was an assiduous member of the lodge for some years. But the Amis Réunis’ uniqueness is the significant number of its members who belonged to the world of finance: 37% of the Lodge in total, 84 people, were indeed financiers. We count no fewer than 15 bankers or speculators, 13 receiver generals, 7 tax collectors [fermiers généraux], 7 general treasurers including those of the Navy and War, 4 general paymasters, 19 members of the Courts of Finances of Paris, 7 senior officials of the Royal treasury and finally, 11 brothers who were occupied with public finance. On the eve of the Revolution, the lodge of the Amis Réunis had the highest concentration of financiers; a number of them met in groups, or independently, to engage in speculative ventures. We also find Lodge members as shareholders of the arms factory in Charleville, the Water Company in Paris, and the mines at Baïgorry, Decize or Rueil. Another group actively participated in speculation about the dollars held by the bank St. Charles de Madrid. Others are shareholders of the Hudson Bay Company that traded with Canada. Many specialize in international commerce, and others with India or the islands trading sugar and rum, but also the slave trade. At the famous East India Company, one finds Lodge members as shareholders or as administrators. A last group is actively involved in real estate speculation in Paris. The success of the Amis Réunis in the financial world may be explained by the fact that, in the latter third of the 18th-century, in the absence of public credit, only powerful financiers could undertake large scale financial transactions. Everything is then prefaced upon trust. This leads to the membership of professional lobbyists, and familial networks which are found in the Lodge. The trustworthiness of Masonic affiliation may result in more business, which enables both administrators and profiteers. The Lodge therefore offered a discreet setting for financial conversations and the development of protective relationships; philosophical bonds are then the natural extension in the world of finance.

The So-Called Schwedenkiste (“Swedish Box”), the Most Significant Illuminati Archive Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 | Primary Documents | 7 Comments by Terry Melanson (17/6/2009) After Adam Weishaupt had fled in 1785, the center of activity for the Illuminati shifted from Bavaria to the Duchies of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Weimar. And while the founder of the Illuminati was content to safely settle down for the long haul at the court of Duke Ernst II of Saxe Gotha, Johann Joachim Christoph Bode (1730-1793) took the reins and assumed the role previously held by Weishaupt. Through the efforts of Bode and an expanding network of recruits – and under the protection of the Illuminati Dukes Karl August of Saxe-Weimar and Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha – new colonies were established in places like France, Russia and Italy. Bode kept the Weimar and Gotha Lodges Amalia and Ernst Zum Kompass informed of his activities, but the bulk of the evidence of continued Illuminati activity remained in his possession. Ensuring that whatever they contained would remain secret, upon Bode’s death in December 1793 his literary executor, Illuminatus Christian Gottlieb von Voigt (1743–1819), transferred his deceased friend’s possessions to Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha who had already bought the voluminous papers before Bode died. › Continue reading

“Master Conspiracy” Redux Monday, June 15th, 2009 | Illuminati myths | 9 Comments by Terry Melanson (15/6/2009) The New American website has posted a slightly redacted version of William H. McIlhany’s 1996 article which appeared in the September 16, 1996 issue of The New American. (The original can be read here, which, in turn, appears to be based on one of McIlhany’s presentations). I first became aware of McIlhany’s writings on the Illuminati in 2000. At the time I was very impressed by what I read, and immediately realized that his information on the real Bavarian Illuminati was more thorough than most. However, my own knowledge on the subject is a bit more advanced than it was some nine years ago. So with that in mind, here are some exaggerations and/or misrepresentations which struck me as I reread the article at The New American for the first time in years. “Kölmer” and the Origin of the Lesser and Greater Mysteries of the Illuminati According to McIlhany, Weishaupt was “instructed by a mysterious occultist named Kölmer.” The only problem I have with this statement is that it is not qualified with “alleged” or “purported.” The Kölmer legend first appeared in Volume III of Abbé Augustin Barruel’s tome against Philosophes, Freemasons, the Illuminati and the Jacobins. He related it rather tentatively as a rumour going round, and as a possible way of explaining the ostensibly advanced nature of Weishaupt’s mysteries. › Continue reading

Was Carl Jung’s Ancestor an Illuminatus? Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Illuminati Members | 22 Comments by Terry Melanson (17/2/2009) There’s two Illuminati with the last name Jung identified in Hermann Schüttler’s Die Mitglieder des Illuminatenordens 1776-1787/93 (Munich: Ars Una 1991): Franz Wilhelm Jung (1757-1833) and Johann Sigmund Jung (1745-1824). The latter, it turns out, was probably the uncle to the famed Swiss psychoanalyst’s grandfather, Carl Gustav Jung (1794-1864). › Continue reading

“Lang” or “Lanz”: Myths about the “Myths” Saturday, November 15th, 2008 | Illuminati myths | 4 Comments by Terry Melanson (15/11/2008) So, I’m browsing through the results of a keyword-search (targeting blogs) that I had previously saved as an RSS feed in Google Reader - “Illuminati.” Usually the results point to sites that abuse the term as a mere descriptor for an overarching, all-powerful monolithic conspiracy. However, once in a while, I occasionally come across at least an attempt not to knowingly butcher the historical record. The November 12th post at the English section of Illuminaten.org is one such example. But as I started reading “The Bavarian Illuminati: several myths revealed,” it became quite clear that the post is, in fact - word for word - an abridged re-posting of “A Bavarian Illuminati Primer.” Once I got to the part about Lanz and Lang, I knew for sure. Here’s what Mason Trevor W. McKeown thinks is the myth/truth: As an example of the mythology that surrounds the history of the Illuminati, note that Barruel claimed that Lanz, an Illuminati courier and apostate priest, was struck by lightning, thus revealing Weishaupt’s papers to the authorities, but this does not appear to be substantiated. This error was widely reprinted and enlarged on by subsequent anti-masons whose lack of research and disdain for historical accuracy has lead them to confuse Johann Jakob Lanz (d.1785), a non-Illuminati secular priest in Erding, and friend of Weishaupt, with Franz Georg Lang, a court advisor in Eichstätt who was active in the Illuminati under the name Tamerlan. Barruel mistakenly translated “weltpriester”, or secular priest, as apostate priest and subsequent writers such as Webster and Miller have repeated this error. Eckert renamed Weishaupt’s friend as Lanze and had him struck by lightning while carrying dispatches in Silesia. Miller cited Eckert but renamed Lanz as Jacob Lang and placed the lightning strike in Ratisbon. This is a minor detail in the history but it demonstrates the lack of accuracy often displayed by detractors of the Illuminati. As nobody has challenged him on these assertions - not even a German site who should know better - I’ll reiterate and add additional information to what I had written back in August 2005. Mr. McKeown is guilty of the same thing he accuses others of: “lack of research and disdain for historical accuracy.” › Continue reading

Illuminati Sightseeing: Karl and St. Germain at Louisenlund Monday, November 10th, 2008 | Illuminati Sightseeing | 2 Comments by Terry Melanson (10/11/2008) The estate of (Illuminatus) Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel (1744-1836) was an occult-masonic initiatory retreat. The world’s foremost expert on the 18th-Century Golden and Rosy Cross, Dr. Christopher McIntosh: The head of the Asiatic Brethren in the 1780s and 1790s was the Landgrave Carl von Hessen-Kassel, one of the most fascinating and influential figures at the time in the world of Masonry, Rosicrucianism and hermetic studies. He not only belonged to innumerable orders and rites, but he was a practicing alchemist and was a friend of the mysterious French alchemist, the Comte de St. Germain, whom he harbored during the last years of St. Germain’s life on his estate Louisenlund in what is now Schleswig-Holstein, which he turned into a great center of Masonic and esoteric activity. The park at Louisenlund (about an hour’s drive northwest of Kiel) was laid out in the form of an initiatic journey that involved the candidate passing through a dense wood finding his way through a labyrinth and encountering various alchemical and allegorical images along the way. In the park was an alchemist’s tower with a laboratory and a room where Masonic rituals were conducted. There was also a pond with a secret grotto concealed behind a waterfall, in which the most solemn rituals were held. Over the years, unfortunately, most of these symbolic features have disappeared. All that remains of the alchemist’s tower, for example, is this Egyptian stone doorway which was moved to a different position, and cemented into the wall of a stable building where it stands completely out of context. Today this property belongs to a private school. › Continue reading

Hassan Al Thawadi - Club World Cup & Gulf Cup shows Qatar is on the right track towards delivering 2022 World Cup

The Middle-East nation will only benefit by hosting international tournaments in the run-up to the 2022 World Cup, feels the high-ranking SC official

have been pulling out all stops as they gear up for the 2022 World Cup. Be it cutting edge technology incorporated into stadiums, world-class infrastructure, stadiums that are more of architectural marvels - the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) are in overdrive.

Keeping in line with their tagline for the tournament, Deliver Amazing, have been fine-tuning their preparations at every possible juncture. The Asian champions just hosted the 2019 Club World Cup that won and the Arabian Gulf Cup. Secretary General of the SC, Hassan Al Thawadi, feels that hosting these competitions has helped Qatar prepare for the sport's greatest spectacle in terms of the challenges in ticketing, security, travel, accommodation & more.

"Both tournaments showed we are on the right track to delivering an outstanding World Cup in 2022. We learned a lot across every functional area, whether it be ticketing, security, communications, travel, accommodation, protocol and others. Both events were invaluable – and we expect the Club World Cup in 2020, plus the event we host in 2021, will be exactly the same. They are all vital learning experiences," he said.

"Despite the successes, we know we still have a long way to go in order to deliver the best possible tournament for fans, players and officials in 2022. We are still learning and there remain plenty of challenges. However, we are proud of both tournaments and pleased with the feedback we have received so far. We will carefully assess the constructive criticism and apply the lessons learned in 2020 and beyond," he added.

Mr. Thawadi also touched upon the hospitality that was extended to the first-time visitors to the country during the Club World Cup. He feels that the visitors got a feel of the Qatari culture and Arab hospitality.

"It was a key test – and as we've been saying would be the case for many years, those fans were welcomed with open arms. We have always said that we want to showcase Qatari and Arab hospitality – and that's exactly what we did during the Club World Cup. The fans discovered a very friendly country which was prepared to go the extra mile in order to deliver a memorable fan experience.

"We know, however, that there are areas where we can improve the fan experience."

The Doha Metro is likely to play a key role during the 2022 World Cup to help fans get from one venue to the other. The Red, Green and Gold lines of the Metro was operational during the Club World Cup and Gulf Cup and Al Thawadi says SC will study how the Metro will help ease the fans' travel.

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"One of our biggest challenges in 2022 will be getting groups of people from A to B. Shuttling fans, players and officials between their hotels, training sites, stadiums and fan zones will require careful planning. Having the metro operational during the two recent tournaments was a huge advantage. It is very convenient for everyone. It is also the cheapest and quickest way of getting around Qatar. Huge credit must go to Qatar Rail for providing such an exceptional experience.

"One of our tasks now is to look carefully at the entire journey the fans take. Did they find it easy to get to a metro station? Did they take advantage of the free travel on match days? What about the journey on foot from the metro station to the stadium? Then once they arrived at the stadium, how quickly did they come through security and get to their seats? These are all questions we need to assess and review over the coming months."

He also added that four stadiums are in the final stages of delivery - Education City Stadium, Al Bayt Stadium, Al Rayyan Stadium and Al Thumama Stadium.

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To celebrate New Year's Day, Disney+ released a promo highlighting the new content coming to the streaming service in 2020. Surprisingly, that list includes Marvel Studios' WandaVision, which was originally slated for a spring 2021 debut.

While no specific date was listed in the promo, concept art and the title card for WandaVision appear just after The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which premieres in the fall.

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WandaVision was officially announced in July 2019 during Marvel Studios' Hall H panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, with star Elizabeth Olsen promising "We'll finally understand Wanda Maximoff as Scarlet Witch." In addition to bringing back Paul Bettany's Vision, who died at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, the series will tie directly into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which will also feature Wanda in some capacity.

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WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Kathryn Hahn. The limited series will premiere on Disney+ at some point in 2020.

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To kick off 2020, Disney has given a preview of what to expect from its Disney+ streaming service this year. Most notably, a newly released teaser revealed that Marvel's WandaVision series has been pushed forward from 2021 to 2020. While no exact release date has been given, Disney previously indicated the show would premiere spring 2021.

WandaVision stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, who both reprise their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles as Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Vision respectively. Teyonah Parris, Kat Dennings, Randall Park, and Kathryn Hahn round out the supporting cast. The limited series will run for six hour-long episodes and will take place after Avengers: Endgame, which saw Scarlet Witch brought back from Thanos' snap in Infinity War.

The teaser additionally shows 1950s-inspired key art of Vision and Wanda together.

Is this not what 2020 vision means? From #ToyStory 4 and Aladdin to #LizzieMcGuire and WandaVision, here’s a look into our future at the blockbusters and Originals coming to #DisneyPlus this year. pic.twitter.com/QHGMHat89n — Disney+ (@disneyplus) January 1, 2020

The Disney+ Twitter account made sure to reiterate the news.

Among the other upcoming titles expected to hit Disney's streaming service in 2020 are The Lion King, Toy Story 4, Aladdin, and Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series. 2021, meanwhile, will bring Loki, Hawkeye, and What If...?.

I T IS KNOWN colloquially as “the change”. The end of a woman’s natural child-bearing years is a moment of transformation that is welcome to some and miserable for others. But for too many, menopause is also a painful process that can damage their bones, heart and brain. As societies age, the question of how best to preserve women’s health during menopause is becoming more urgent. In 1990 nearly half a billion women were 50 or older (the age when menopause typically begins). Today there are almost twice as many.

About 47m women around the world reach the age of menopause each year. In Western countries, where most research has been conducted, up to 80% will experience symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, depression, insomnia, anxiety and memory loss. Symptoms can last up to 12 years. Around a quarter of women going through menopause feel so wretched that their quality of life is dimmed, according to studies in rich countries. Almost half of British women experiencing it say that their work suffers as a result.

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Twenty years ago, doctors would routinely have prescribed hormone-replacement therapy ( HRT ) to women entering menopause. But in 2002 the results of a huge randomised trial were published, showing that the treatment brought health risks, including a slightly raised chance of breast cancer after five years. Women and doctors were alarmed. Around the world they abandoned hormonal therapy in droves. Before the study, 22% of menopausal women in America took HRT . Six years later that figure had fallen below 5%. In Australia, around 15% of menopausal women with moderate or severe symptoms receive the treatment. Take-up of HRT is now low in most countries. Women are scared and doctors wary.

And yet the conclusions of the study in 2002 were rapidly debunked (see article). A re-examination of its results showed that women aged between 50 and 59 who took HRT were 31% less likely to die of any cause during their five to seven years of treatment with the hormones than those who did not. For a woman who has had her uterus removed or who starts menopause before the age of 45, HRT greatly reduces the risk of heart disease, a life-saving effect. It can also prevent osteoporosis, a disease in which bones become brittle. One study of post-menopausal American women over a ten-year period found that, of those who had had hysterectomies, between 18,000 and 91,000 died prematurely because they had shunned hormone therapy. HRT also lowers women’s risk of uterine and colon cancers. Fears about the increased risks of breast cancer have been overplayed.

Hormonal therapies are typically off-patent and inexpensive. In Britain the annual price tag is only £125 ($165); in the United States generic pills are similarly affordable. And the benefits vastly outweigh the costs. Nothing else controls the symptoms of menopause so well, and a heightened risk of any one disease must be weighed against the lowered risks of contracting several others.

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2019 has been a dark year. Americans have spent much of the year under the grim shadow cast by mad emperor Trump. Nonetheless, there is much to be thankful for. Here are ten reasons to be grateful.

1.Nancy Pelosi: Twelve months ago, when it was clear that the Democrats had won a substantial majority in the House of Representatives, some pundits suggested that it was time for Nancy Pelosi to move on -- someone else should become Speaker of the House.

What a mistake that would have been! During 2019, Pelosi has been the primary leader of the Democratic Party, effectively leading the House Democrats through the treacherous impeachment landscape -- and simultaneously overseeing the passage of more than 400 major pieces of legislation. At the end of the year House Democrats impeached Donald Trump, setting the stage for a historic 2020 trial. Thank you, Nancy Pelosi.

2. Increased awareness of Global Climate Change. Because of her vocal leadership on climate change, Greta Thunberg was named Time Magazine's person of the year (https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/). But it wasn't only Greta that spread the word; all over the world, celebrities and politicians stepped up to make the public aware that climate change is an existential threat. As a result, 2019 polls indicate that 75 percent of Americans believe that humans fuel climate change and a strong majority regard it as a crisis. Thank you, Greta Thunberg, Bill McKibben, and the many other climate change leaders.

3. Fire Season has ended. Because of climate change, California had an extended, deadly fire season. During the Kincade fire, my community had to evacuate and go without electricity for six days. Fortunately, most of us escaped the mammoth fire.

We're thankful that fire season is over. (And that we have since had normal rainfall.) And we're grateful for the extraordinary efforts of our emergency-service providers.

4. The Democratic Presidential Candidates. So far, Democrats have had 28 politicians announce they would compete for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. At the moment, 15 are still in the competition that begins with the February 3rd Iowa caucuses.

The good news is that these candidates offer a full-spectrum of opinions regarding how to move the United States forward. The bad news is that it's not obvious who would offer the best chance of defeating Donald Trump. Nonetheless, in a year dominated by Trump's shadow, each of these candidates offered glimmers of hope.

5. The Whistleblower(s). At the beginning of the year, Democrats believed that the Mueller report -- into Russian interference in the 2016 election -- would bring to the light the treachery of the Trump campaign. Instead, the report confused Americans; rather than unite us in recognition of Trump's perfidy, the Mueller report heightened the polarization. Many Democrats fell into a funk.

Then, in September, we learned that a whistleblower had filed a report with the Director of National Intelligence regarding a bizarre phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky. In this call, Trump offers a bribe to Zelensky -- military aid in return for compromising information on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. As a result of the whistleblower's complaint, House Democrats began an investigation into Trump's actions that eventually resulted in two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Thanks to the whistleblower and the others who are providing detailed information about Trump's treachery. And thanks to the investigative journalists that continue to tell the truth about what goes on in Trump's White House.

6. Reporters and Aid-workers at the Southern Border. The heinous Trump Administration "family- separation" policy began in 2018 and has continued to this date. In January of 2019, the White House admitted that they had separated more children than had previously been reported and they did not have an adequate tracking system in place. (At the end of the year, whistleblowers reported that almost 70,000 children had been detained.)

Throughout 2019, reporters and aide-workers have been at the border, chronicling the consequences of the family-separation policy and -- whenever possible -- providing comfort to the children and their families. Thank you aide-workers who minister to the suffering. (And thank you to activists everywhere.)

7. The New Democrats in the 2019 House of Representatives. In January, Democrats welcomed 59 new members to the House -- their most diverse class ever. The most notable of these new congresswomen was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We can say a lot about AOC but most importantly, she, and her associates brought a breath of fresh air to the Democratic Party. Thank you, AOC and associates, for shaking up the Dems.

8. Democracy Advocates. Even though much of the world has been under the shadow of Donald Trump, and other totalitarian leaders, there have continued to be political actions by advocates for Democracy. In Hong Kong. Russia. Iraq. Even Saudi Arabia.

We're grateful for all those who stood up for Democracy. Hold on, in 2020 we've got your back.

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Infowars host used his show to promote the theory that the shooting, which killed 20 children and six educators, was a hoax

A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 (£76,000) in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to promote falsehoods that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

Jones is being sued for defamation in Austin, Texas, by the parents of a 6-year-old who was among the 26 people killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, attack.

State district judge Scott Jenkins ruled on 20 December that Jones and his defense team “intentionally disregarded” an earlier order to provide witnesses to attorneys representing a Sandy Hook father who brought the lawsuit, Neil Heslin. Jenkins also denied Jones’ request to dismiss the lawsuit.

An attorney for Jones did not immediately comment Tuesday. Jenkins’ orders were first reported by The Daily Beast.

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Jones operates Infowars in Texas. He is fighting similar lawsuits in Connecticut brought by other families of Sandy Hook victims for promoting a theory that the shooting was a hoax. A 20-year-old gunman killed 20 first-graders, six educators and himself at the school, after having killed his mother at their Newtown home.

The families said they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy.

Jones has since acknowledged that the Sandy Hook killings occurred. His attorneys have defended his speech in court as “rhetorical hyperbole” and deny it was defamation.

In June, the father of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, one of the Sandy Hook victims, won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened.

Bollywood has a long history of objectifying women. Almost every part of their bodies, from cleavages to legs, have often been the focal point for cameras charting the male gaze, for titillation, and always in the name of entertainment.

In fact, it's been so normalised and societal conditioning has been such that sometimes we even fail to notice that it's happening.

But in 2011, Vidya Balan-starrer The Dirty Picture ripped this mask of hypocrisy off Bollywood as it presented the audience with an unapologetic yet heart-wrenching story of a woman who transcends her surroundings, takes on the big dogs of the film industry, but unfortunately, succumbs to the extraordinary pressures of her career.

The Dirty Picture stresses on the sensational events to chronicle Reshma aka Silk's journey from a nobody to a sex symbol to a tragic star. More than anything else in her life, Silk wants to be taken seriously as an actress, but no one really seems to care about her talent, forcing her to do parts that are only meant to please men.

Soon, she becomes the subject of gossip in Page 3 columns, with only sultry and erotic roles coming her way. But Silk takes pride in her work and is never ashamed of what she is doing. The interesting thing about The Dirty Picture is to watch Vidya Balan skilfully avoid all of the entrapments of the script. She nails Silk's playful, wacky insouciance in the space of just a few minutes.

Directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ekta Kapoor, the film is a shrewd commentary on the double standards that still very much exist for women in the film industry. Silk, however, puts on a brave face through all the hardships that women have to face every day, not just in this industry but the entire country - sexual exploitation, abusive relationships, sexual objectification, among other.

One of the most moving parts of the film is a brief monologue that comes just before the interval, where Vidya brilliantly portrays how Silk can be tough, sarcastic and glamorous, all at the same time while showing a seasoned actor (played by Naseeruddin Shah) his true place.

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In the scene, Silk confronts instances of sexism openly at an awards show as the audience watches her transformation into a completely fearless person. She says, coldly, "I was called vulgar, disgusting, sexy and what not. Just so someone's film could take off, I was used as a boarding pass. And, yet over and over people say I'm vulgar. You made me dance but neither did you notice my effort nor my sincerity. You were busy noticing something else. Yet you label me disgusting. You can make films about sex; sell them; watch them; show them; even present awards to them but you're scared of acknowledging them. You can continue wrapping your head with your so-called honour, I will continue making my dirty pictures."

This particular scene feels not only earned, but empowering. It makes Silk feel comfortable in her own skin again, so that the next time someone tries to take advantage of her, she doesn't feel as helpless or hopeless as she might have felt before.

The film also gives Vidya an opportunity to mouth some heavy-loaded dialogues unlike other Bollywood films where men do most of the talking. During the promotions of The Dirty Picture, Vidya had spoken at length about how working on this movie was a liberating experience for her.

"I have never enjoyed being a woman more than in the Dirty Picture. It celebrates the woman like a rainbow in all the colours. I enjoyed the fact that for the first time, I was getting to mouth dialogues like heroes did in the 80s in films like Shahenshah. I felt an actress getting to mouth such dialogues was incredible," the actress had said.

Ask to sum up my response to the film, I will just say, "a big game-changer!"

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After President Donald Trump once again dismissed nuclear threats from North Korea on New Year's Eve, a former aide to U.S. President Bill Clinton condemned the president for allegedly allowing Kim Jong Un to play him "like a Stradivarius violin."

The North Korean supreme leader on Thursday expressed his intentions to continue developing new strategic weapons for his nuclear arsenal, according to the country's state media. Hours later, Trump responded by boasting about his relationship with Kim, saying "he likes me, I like him, we get along."

"He's representing his country, I'm representing my country, we have to do what we have to do," the president added. "I think he's a man of his word, so we're going to find out, but I think he's a man of this word."

After Trump dismissed Kim's threats of more weapons of war, Wendy Sherman—who served as Counselor of the U.S. Department of State, Special Advisor to the President and North Korea Policy Coordinator under the Clinton administration—condemned the president's latest efforts in foreign policy.

"I think what is different here is that Kim Jong Un has played the president like a Stradivarius violin," she told MSNBC host Frances Rivera Wednesday. "He has used the time and the photo-ops to gain credibility internationally, while at the same time gaining time to continue to develop his weapons and indeed probably does have a new strategic weapon, at least on its way to reality."

Sherman, who's currently a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, then explained the two most important takeaways from Kim's remarks and the ongoing stalemate over denuclearization.

"One, Kim Jong Un is signaling that he's still open to diplomacy, though what his objectives are is to reduce the sanctions or get rid of them entirely, the president's objective is denuclearization," she said.

"Secondly, Kim Jong Un is watching what's happening in the rest of the world with China, in Iraq, with Iran and all of that says to him that the president of the United States is in a much weaker position."

Kim's announcement of potentially expanding his weapons arsenal comes less than two months after Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed the U.S. postponement of a joint military exercise with South Korea as an "act of goodwill" to help end nuclear deadlock with North Korea. Esper made the announcement alongside his South Korean counterpart, Jeong Kyeong-doo, in November, despite warnings from Japan that Kim is unlikely to reciprocate such a gesture.

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump played down rhetorical attacks from Kim Jong Un as the end-of-the-year holidays passed Wednesday without any new nuclear tests in North Korea – but with threats of future ones.

"If the U.S. persists in its hostile policy toward the DPRK (North Korea), there will never be the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula," the Korean Central News Agency said, quoting Kim as he announced he no longer feels bound by a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear testing.

Trump, speaking with reporters at his annual New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, said he still has "a very good relationship" with Kim, with whom he has met three times.

"He likes me, I like him, we get along," Trump said, adding: "He did sign an agreement talking about denuclearization. ... I think he's a man of his word, so we're going to find out."

In announcing that his moratorium on nuclear testing is no longer operative, Kim also told a meeting of ruling party officials in North Korea he would unveil a "new strategic weapon" in the near future, the state news agency said. Kim had given the United States an end-of-the-year deadline to reduce economic sanctions on his country or face the prospect of new nuclear tests.

"The DPRK will steadily develop necessary and prerequisite strategic weapons for the security of the state until the U.S. rolls back its hostile policy," the Korean Central News Agency reported Kim as saying.

Trump administration officials had feared such a test during the holiday – a North Korea official had threatened a "Christmas gift" to the U.S. – but nothing had happened as midnight passed in North Korea.

In speaking with reporters, Trump joked that he hoped Kim's "Christmas present" was "a beautiful vase ... as opposed to something else."

Trump remains hopeful of a denuclearization agreement with North Korea, though critics say Kim's government has continued to develop nuclear programs even after the two leaders signed a document at their first summit in June of 2018. The two men also met in 2019 in Vietnam and at the North Korea-South Korea border.

While Trump often cites the Singapore agreement as a hopeful sign, critics pointed out that it was nonspecific and nonbinding when it came to North Korea giving up nuclear weapons.

"Kim signed nothing binding regarding nukes or missiles. No Kim ever has," tweeted Robert E. Kelly, professor of political science at Pusan National University in South Korea.

He added: "And Republicans used to know that the Kims shouldn’t be trusted. But now the GOP’s a cult of personality, right? So if the great leader says it’s true, it must be so."

Today marks the start of a special year for Formula 1. 2020 is the seventieth anniversary of the FIA Formula One World Championship™, the competition that represents the pinnacle of motorsport and we wanted to celebrate it with a special logo, unveiled today and which from 6th January will be visible on all Formula 1’s digital platforms.

For Formula 1 it’s been seventy years of guts and glory, power and pride, tears and triumph, speed and suspense but we’re just warming up. We’ve worked hard to get to

where we are now and we will continue to unleash the greatest racing spectacle on the planet through everything we do.

1950-2020 – Formula 1® presents a new logo to celebrate 70 years of the greatest

racing spectacle on the planet Date 1 January 2020 We will celebrate this achievement in lots of ways throughout 2020 and the new logo is just the start of these celebrations.

A lot has happened over the 70 years. 33 drivers have been world champion, 108 have won Grands Prix, while to date, 764 drivers and over 150 teams have taken part. All these achievements have required a stage and a setting in the form of a race track, the ever present arena where teams and drivers can go head to head in the championship battle.

The two lines in the new logo and interlinked design allow this mark to honour those tracks. Another aim of this design is to allow broadcasters, promoters, sponsors and teams to inject their own colours into the mark providing a level of personalisation in celebrating the anniversary across Formula 1. In addition to the numeric mark, we’ve also designed a word one as shown below.

Our past fuels our future and the new logo celebrates a milestone while also looking ahead. Celebrating 70 years is about making the past part of the present, while our sport looks to the future, which it does with confidence and pride.

Surrounded by snow, Indian soldiers sing heartwarming song for the New Year

01 Jan 2020, 01:49PM IST

Source: TOI.in

A heartwarming video of Indian army soldiers celebrating Christmas on a snowy altitude has surfaced on the internet and is winning hearts all over. While the entire nation celebrates New Year with joy today, the on-duty soldiers on a snowy peak also joined in the celebrations with a cheery spirit. All of them appear to be in a cheerful mood as they clap and groove to the tunes of the song. This video will definitely make your day merrier.

02 January 2020, 07:51

Two forced migrants from Abkhazia, who demand to provide them with housing, stay for the second day in the locked building of the Ministry for Refugees, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. The protesters said they had no money to celebrate the New Year.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that since September 2019, internally displaced persons (IDPs, or forced migrants) have been holding their protest actions in the lobby of the above ministry, where they had equipped a "sleeping corner" for themselves. They claim that the money allocated by the state for renting housing is not enough, and demand to provide them with permanent housing.

In the morning on December 31, 2019, Fridron Djodjua, a forced migrant, and Inga Rusiya, another protester, entered the ministry building, while the staff was still at work there. "On December 31, they locked the doors, and we stayed inside. We'll only leave on January 3, when the ministry resumes work," Mr Djodjua told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to his story, on January 3, he and Inga Rusiya will be replaced by other forced migrants, who seek solution of their housing problems.

Protesters have stated that on the 108th day of their protest action, the minister had never found time to meet the settlers.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on January 1, 2020 at 08:18 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

California and other states are challenging the Trump administration over its reversal of standards for energy-efficient lightbulbs.

President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for residents to obtain a REAL ID. He made the decision in a White House briefing on Monday. The move comes as a direct result of COVID-19 concerns.

The President said: “I’m also announcing that we’re postponing the deadline for compliance with REAL ID requirements. At a time when we’re asking Americans to maintain social distancing, we don’t want to require people to go with their local DMV. We will be announcing the new deadline very soon. It’s going to be announced in a very short moment.”

Last week, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi advised against requiring people to wait in a crowded waiting room for hours.

In a joint statement, they said: “For implementation to go smoothly, the Department of Homeland Security would need tens of millions of Americans to get new identifications over the next several months. Creating lines at Departments of Motor Vehicles would be foolish during a pandemic.”

A REAL ID, or REAL ID-compliant identification, will eventually be required to board a domestic flight or enter a federal building in the U.S..

The Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles provides an online guide to know which documents are required to apply for a REAL ID, and they advise that everyone prepare, as the application must be done in-person.

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