The SRS-NB10 neckband speaker that Sony introduced at the beginning of the summer, with its integrated microphone, was mainly intended for (more freedom of movement during) virtual meetings. Big brother SRS-NS7 literally adds a few dimensions to this: Dolby Atmos sound for a very space-saving cinema experience.
To start with, the SRS-NS7 still has the hands-free chat and calling functions of the earlier model, which, by the way, remains commercially available. This way you are no longer glued to the computer during an online meeting, but you can get a cup of coffee without missing a single word. The SRS-NS7 features echo cancellation, and also offers multi-point connection, to connect two devices at the same time, such as your smartphone and laptop. You could already read more about such gadgets in our review of the SRS-NB10. Here we are mainly going to talk about the fun factor of the newcomer. After all, the bow cannot always be tense.
Helicopter Effect
What makes the SRS-NS7 especially special is the support for virtual Dolby Atmos. That is the kind of sound where, in a cinema, you really hear the helicopters flying above your head (see also the box to this article). Until recently, you needed very expensive equipment for the same effect in the living room. Soundbars with Dolby Atmos have changed that in recent years, and although Sony’s neckband with 300 euros is not immediately cheaper, it undeniably makes the Dolby Atmos experience in your home a lot more compact.
Small side note: to enjoy that Dolby Atmos experience, a Sony Bravia XR television is required. Another necessary gem is the wireless WLA-NS7 transmitter, but the manufacturer provides it neatly (although the device is also available separately, for other headphones that support Atmos now and in the future). This transmitter is connected to the TV via an optical and USB cable. Then the SRS-NS7 is connected via Bluetooth.
Photos of your auricles
For a personalized experience, the user can use the 360 Spatial Sound Personalizer. This is a special app that takes pictures of the ear cups via the camera of your smartphone to ‘deduce unique hearing characteristics’. Sony has also been using that technology for some time with other headphones from the brand, such as the WF-1000XM4 in-ear noise-cancelling in-ears.
In addition to Dolby Atmos content on a TV, the SRS-NS7 also supports 360 Reality Audio. The music sounds ‘as the artist intended’ via the highest available resolutions, which are offered by streaming services such as Amazon Music HD, Deezer and TIDAL.
Autonomy and price
According to Sony, the SRS-NS7 offers twelve hours of listening pleasure with normal use and five hours at the maximum level. If the battery unexpectedly runs out, a quick charge of ten minutes is enough to continue listening for another hour.
Finally, the target price: the SRS-NB10 neckband speaker changes owner for 300 euros. That includes the WLA-NS7 transmitter, which is also available separately for 59.99 euros.
What is and does Dolby Atmos do?
The great asset of a home cinema system with Dolby Atmos is that you as a viewer are completely immersed in the film and the action. This is in contrast to classic 5.1 or 7.1 setups, which really just form a ‘horizontal ring’ of sound: the audio comes from the left, right, front and back, through channels predefined by the sound designer (think to a lightning strike or slamming door on the rear left speaker).
With Dolby Atmos, a 3D space is created, a so-called ‘sound bubble’, in which each sound can be given a specific place – in height and depth. In a cinema extra loudspeakers are mounted in the ceiling for this purpose. With a soundbar such as the Sonos Arc or neckband such as this Sony SRS-NS7, that is no longer necessary.
To start with, the SRS-NS7 still has the hands-free chat and calling functions of the earlier model, which, incidentally, remains commercially available. This way you are no longer glued to the computer during an online meeting, but you can get a cup of coffee without missing a single word. The SRS-NS7 features echo cancellation, and also offers multi-point connection, to connect two devices at the same time, such as your smartphone and laptop. You could already read more about such gadgets in our review of the SRS-NB10. Here we are mainly going to talk about the fun factor of the newcomer. After all, the arc cannot always be tense. What makes the SRS-NS7 especially special is the support of virtual Dolby Atmos. That is the kind of sound where, in a cinema, you really hear the helicopters flying above your head (see also the box to this article). Until recently, you needed very expensive equipment for the same effect in the living room. Soundbars with Dolby Atmos have changed that in recent years, and although Sony’s neckband is not immediately cheaper at 300 euros, it undeniably makes the Dolby Atmos experience in your home a lot more compact. To enjoy it, a Sony Bravia XR television is required. Another necessary gem is the wireless WLA-NS7 transmitter, but the manufacturer provides it neatly (although the device is also available separately, for other headphones that support Atmos now and in the future). This transmitter is connected to the TV via an optical and USB cable. Then the SRS-NS7 is connected via Bluetooth. For a personalized experience, the user can use the 360 Spatial Sound Personalizer. This is a special app that takes pictures of the ear cups via the camera of your smartphone to ‘deduce unique hearing characteristics’. Sony has also been using that technology for a while with other headphones of the brand, such as the WF-1000XM4 in-ears with noise reduction. In addition to Dolby Atmos content on a TV, the SRS-NS7 also supports 360 Reality Audio. The music sounds ‘as the artist intended’ via the highest available resolutions, which are offered by streaming services such as Amazon Music HD, Deezer and TIDAL. The SRS-NS7 offers twelve hours of listening pleasure with normal use and five hours on the maximum level. If the battery unexpectedly runs out, a quick charge of ten minutes is enough to continue listening for another hour. Finally, the target price: the SRS-NB10 neckband speaker changes owner for 300 euros. That includes the WLA-NS7 transmitter, which is also available separately for 59.99 euros.
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Sony’s new neck speaker combines work with Dolby Atmos fun
The SRS-NB10 neckband speaker that Sony introduced at the beginning of the summer, with its integrated microphone, was mainly intended for (more freedom of movement during) virtual meetings. Big brother SRS-NS7 literally adds a few dimensions to this: Dolby Atmos sound for a very space-saving cinema experience.
To start with, the SRS-NS7 still has the hands-free chat and calling functions of the earlier model, which, by the way, remains commercially available. This way you are no longer glued to the computer during an online meeting, but you can get a cup of coffee without missing a single word. The SRS-NS7 features echo cancellation, and also offers multi-point connection, to connect two devices at the same time, such as your smartphone and laptop. You could already read more about such gadgets in our review of the SRS-NB10. Here we are mainly going to talk about the fun factor of the newcomer. After all, the bow cannot always be tense.
Helicopter Effect
What makes the SRS-NS7 especially special is the support for virtual Dolby Atmos. That is the kind of sound where, in a cinema, you really hear the helicopters flying above your head (see also the box to this article). Until recently, you needed very expensive equipment for the same effect in the living room. Soundbars with Dolby Atmos have changed that in recent years, and although Sony’s neckband with 300 euros is not immediately cheaper, it undeniably makes the Dolby Atmos experience in your home a lot more compact.
Small side note: to enjoy that Dolby Atmos experience, a Sony Bravia XR television is required. Another necessary gem is the wireless WLA-NS7 transmitter, but the manufacturer provides it neatly (although the device is also available separately, for other headphones that support Atmos now and in the future). This transmitter is connected to the TV via an optical and USB cable. Then the SRS-NS7 is connected via Bluetooth.
Photos of your auricles
For a personalized experience, the user can use the 360 Spatial Sound Personalizer. This is a special app that takes pictures of the ear cups via the camera of your smartphone to ‘deduce unique hearing characteristics’. Sony has also been using that technology for some time with other headphones from the brand, such as the WF-1000XM4 in-ear noise-cancelling in-ears.
In addition to Dolby Atmos content on a TV, the SRS-NS7 also supports 360 Reality Audio. The music sounds ‘as the artist intended’ via the highest available resolutions, which are offered by streaming services such as Amazon Music HD, Deezer and TIDAL.
Autonomy and price
According to Sony, the SRS-NS7 offers twelve hours of listening pleasure with normal use and five hours at the maximum level. If the battery unexpectedly runs out, a quick charge of ten minutes is enough to continue listening for another hour.
Finally, the target price: the SRS-NB10 neckband speaker changes owner for 300 euros. That includes the WLA-NS7 transmitter, which is also available separately for 59.99 euros.
What is and does Dolby Atmos do?
The great asset of a home cinema system with Dolby Atmos is that you as a viewer are completely immersed in the film and the action. This is in contrast to classic 5.1 or 7.1 setups, which really just form a ‘horizontal ring’ of sound: the audio comes from the left, right, front and back, through channels predefined by the sound designer (think to a lightning strike or slamming door on the rear left speaker).
With Dolby Atmos, a 3D space is created, a so-called ‘sound bubble’, in which each sound can be given a specific place – in height and depth. In a cinema extra loudspeakers are mounted in the ceiling for this purpose. With a soundbar such as the Sonos Arc or neckband such as this Sony SRS-NS7, that is no longer necessary.
To start with, the SRS-NS7 still has the hands-free chat and calling functions of the earlier model, which, incidentally, remains commercially available. This way you are no longer glued to the computer during an online meeting, but you can get a cup of coffee without missing a single word. The SRS-NS7 features echo cancellation, and also offers multi-point connection, to connect two devices at the same time, such as your smartphone and laptop. You could already read more about such gadgets in our review of the SRS-NB10. Here we are mainly going to talk about the fun factor of the newcomer. After all, the arc cannot always be tense. What makes the SRS-NS7 especially special is the support of virtual Dolby Atmos. That is the kind of sound where, in a cinema, you really hear the helicopters flying above your head (see also the box to this article). Until recently, you needed very expensive equipment for the same effect in the living room. Soundbars with Dolby Atmos have changed that in recent years, and although Sony’s neckband is not immediately cheaper at 300 euros, it undeniably makes the Dolby Atmos experience in your home a lot more compact. To enjoy it, a Sony Bravia XR television is required. Another necessary gem is the wireless WLA-NS7 transmitter, but the manufacturer provides it neatly (although the device is also available separately, for other headphones that support Atmos now and in the future). This transmitter is connected to the TV via an optical and USB cable. Then the SRS-NS7 is connected via Bluetooth. For a personalized experience, the user can use the 360 Spatial Sound Personalizer. This is a special app that takes pictures of the ear cups via the camera of your smartphone to ‘deduce unique hearing characteristics’. Sony has also been using that technology for a while with other headphones of the brand, such as the WF-1000XM4 in-ears with noise reduction. In addition to Dolby Atmos content on a TV, the SRS-NS7 also supports 360 Reality Audio. The music sounds ‘as the artist intended’ via the highest available resolutions, which are offered by streaming services such as Amazon Music HD, Deezer and TIDAL. The SRS-NS7 offers twelve hours of listening pleasure with normal use and five hours on the maximum level. If the battery unexpectedly runs out, a quick charge of ten minutes is enough to continue listening for another hour. Finally, the target price: the SRS-NB10 neckband speaker changes owner for 300 euros. That includes the WLA-NS7 transmitter, which is also available separately for 59.99 euros.
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Sony’s new neck speaker combines work with Dolby Atmos fun
“Treasures of the Museum” (5/6). It’s a little note written on old cardboard: “I found this herbarium in the attic in October 1964. J.-C. Jolinon. ” The signatory, Jean-Claude Jolinon, would later become responsible for the botanical collections at the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN). What he had unearthed in the fall of 1964, under a jumble of papers, appeared in the most modest form: half a dozen boards, no more, on which hung faded flowers in faded colors. Which had been patient since the interwar period on the top floor of the botany building, along rue Buffon, in Paris. They had waited so long that a few decades more or less didn’t matter to them. Forgotten. Nothing less than the oldest dried flowers in the world. Nothing less than the funeral garlands of Ramses II.
The name is dreaming. Like Tutankhamun and Cleopatra, it projects those who read it on the banks of the ancient Nile. When we ask the Egyptologist Hélène Guichard, curator of heritage at the Louvre Museum, to situate the character in a few words, we know the thankless exercise: “He is also called Ramses the Great, she begins. He has the longest reign in the history of the Pharaonic dynasties, from 1279 to 1213 BC. AD He died at a very advanced age, 92 or 93, which made him a great old man for the time. This longevity has contributed to his notoriety and reputation, as has the fact that he is a conqueror. He leads many campaigns of geographic expansion: he conquers and stabilizes a good part of Nubia in the south, and also launches against the Hittites, in the north. After several campaigns, he established a peace treaty with them. “
To this image of a great warrior is superimposed that of“A phenomenal builder”, continues Hélène Guichard. “You cannot take a step in Egypt without stumbling upon a monument built, fitted out or decorated by Ramses II. He builds many temples dedicated to the gods but also to his own glory. He finishes the temple of Abydos started by his father Séti Iis, as well as the great hypostyle hall of the temple of Karnak. The list is long but we can also mention its funerary temple, the Ramesseum, and the great temple of Abu Simbel. “
When Ramses II died more than thirty-two centuries ago, his mummy found its place in the Valley of the Kings, in the tomb that the Pharaoh himself had prepared during his lifetime. But even though we were the greatest ruler of Egypt, that does not stop the burial plunderers. To save the mummy, the priests of Amun move it a first time, then a second – probably in XIe century BC – in a hiding place at the site of Deir El-Bahari, not far from the Valley of the Kings. Other pharaohs moved on this occasion, then silence and oblivion enveloped the remains of Ramses II and his colleagues.
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“Treasures of the Museum”: the funeral garlands of Ramses II, found by chance in an old box after twenty-eight years of oblivion
“Treasures of the Museum” (5/6). It’s a little note written on old cardboard: “I found this herbarium in the attic in October 1964. J.-C. Jolinon. ” The signatory, Jean-Claude Jolinon, would later become responsible for the botanical collections at the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN). What he had unearthed in the fall of 1964, under a jumble of papers, appeared in the most modest form: half a dozen boards, no more, on which hung faded flowers in faded colors. Which had been patient since the interwar period on the top floor of the botany building, along rue Buffon, in Paris. They had waited so long that a few decades more or less didn’t matter to them. Forgotten. Nothing less than the oldest dried flowers in the world. Nothing less than the funeral garlands of Ramses II.
The name is dreaming. Like Tutankhamun and Cleopatra, it projects those who read it on the banks of the ancient Nile. When we ask the Egyptologist Hélène Guichard, curator of heritage at the Louvre Museum, to situate the character in a few words, we know the thankless exercise: “He is also called Ramses the Great, she begins. He has the longest reign in the history of the Pharaonic dynasties, from 1279 to 1213 BC. AD He died at a very advanced age, 92 or 93, which made him a great old man for the time. This longevity has contributed to his notoriety and reputation, as has the fact that he is a conqueror. He leads many campaigns of geographic expansion: he conquers and stabilizes a good part of Nubia in the south, and also launches against the Hittites, in the north. After several campaigns, he established a peace treaty with them. “
To this image of a great warrior is superimposed that of“A phenomenal builder”, continues Hélène Guichard. “You cannot take a step in Egypt without stumbling upon a monument built, fitted out or decorated by Ramses II. He builds many temples dedicated to the gods but also to his own glory. He finishes the temple of Abydos started by his father Séti Iis, as well as the great hypostyle hall of the temple of Karnak. The list is long but we can also mention its funerary temple, the Ramesseum, and the great temple of Abu Simbel. “
When Ramses II died more than thirty-two centuries ago, his mummy found its place in the Valley of the Kings, in the tomb that the Pharaoh himself had prepared during his lifetime. But even though we were the greatest ruler of Egypt, that does not stop the burial plunderers. To save the mummy, the priests of Amun move it a first time, then a second – probably in XIe century BC – in a hiding place at the site of Deir El-Bahari, not far from the Valley of the Kings. Other pharaohs moved on this occasion, then silence and oblivion enveloped the remains of Ramses II and his colleagues.
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“Treasures of the Museum”: the funeral garlands of Ramses II, found by chance in an old box after twenty-eight years of oblivion
Radically transform the production model in the face of the climate emergency. From its point 2 (out of thirty-six), in the orientation resolution which will be voted by the 750 delegates of its next congress, which will be held in Bilbao, on November 24 and 25, the union Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna (Solidarity of workers and Basque workers – ELA) addresses the issue of ecological transition.
It is therefore a priority for the Basque union, which is moving forward “The need for a change in the production, distribution and consumption system to meet the need to decrease the use of resources”. This transformation of the union in favor of a “Social, ecological, democratic and feminist transformation” it’s nothing new. It is not insignificant for ELA, which is the largest union in the Basque Country, with 36.08% of the delegates, before the Workers’ Commissions (19.95%), LAB (Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak, Committee of Basque Patriotic Workers), another Basque union in the nationalist movement (19.29%), and the General Union of Workers (reputed to be close to the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, the PSOE), at 14.17%… ELA claimed 100,925 activists up to date with contributions in August 2021, a significant number compared to the million workers in the Basque Country.
In this region, marked by its mining, steel and naval past, and where industry (energy, transport, etc.) remains important, ELA does not seem to be suffering from its ecological commitment. “It is difficult to know if our environmental position gives us votes or causes us to lose them, underlines Mitxel Lakuntza, the current secretary general, aged 45 – and candidate for a new mandate. But we cannot propose our project of society to the workers without integrating this essential question. “
“A global critique of the system”
However, the environmental issue is not always the main element put forward by the union. Wednesday October 20, at the exit of the company ATP Aero (1,200 employees), which manufactures turbines for Rolls-Royce aircraft engines, near Bilbao airport, Mickael Carrero, 46, assures us that it is up to the company to think about the transformation of the sector. “It’s not for the union to do it. He must focus on our working conditions. ”
Gaizka Aldazabal, ELA union representative – who has eleven of the company’s twenty-three representatives – confirms this. “There are layoffs, and what workers expect from us is that we stand up for them. And ELA appears as the independent union, honest and proposing a global criticism of the system ”, says this 42-year-old trade unionist.
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ELA, the Basque union which has placed ecological transition at the heart of its strategy
Radically transform the production model in the face of the climate emergency. From its point 2 (out of thirty-six), in the orientation resolution which will be voted by the 750 delegates of its next congress, which will be held in Bilbao, on November 24 and 25, the union Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna (Solidarity of workers and Basque workers – ELA) addresses the issue of ecological transition.
It is therefore a priority for the Basque union, which is moving forward “The need for a change in the production, distribution and consumption system to meet the need to decrease the use of resources”. This transformation of the union in favor of a “Social, ecological, democratic and feminist transformation” it’s nothing new. It is not insignificant for ELA, which is the largest union in the Basque Country, with 36.08% of the delegates, before the Workers’ Commissions (19.95%), LAB (Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak, Committee of Basque Patriotic Workers), another Basque union in the nationalist movement (19.29%), and the General Union of Workers (reputed to be close to the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, the PSOE), at 14.17%… ELA claimed 100,925 activists up to date with contributions in August 2021, a significant number compared to the million workers in the Basque Country.
In this region, marked by its mining, steel and naval past, and where industry (energy, transport, etc.) remains important, ELA does not seem to be suffering from its ecological commitment. “It is difficult to know if our environmental position gives us votes or causes us to lose them, underlines Mitxel Lakuntza, the current secretary general, aged 45 – and candidate for a new mandate. But we cannot propose our project of society to the workers without integrating this essential question. “
“A global critique of the system”
However, the environmental issue is not always the main element put forward by the union. Wednesday October 20, at the exit of the company ATP Aero (1,200 employees), which manufactures turbines for Rolls-Royce aircraft engines, near Bilbao airport, Mickael Carrero, 46, assures us that it is up to the company to think about the transformation of the sector. “It’s not for the union to do it. He must focus on our working conditions. ”
Gaizka Aldazabal, ELA union representative – who has eleven of the company’s twenty-three representatives – confirms this. “There are layoffs, and what workers expect from us is that we stand up for them. And ELA appears as the independent union, honest and proposing a global criticism of the system ”, says this 42-year-old trade unionist.
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ELA, the Basque union which has placed ecological transition at the heart of its strategy
Basketball players from Alba Berlin
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Ascent without rush
Two years ago, Alba Berlin announced that the women in the association should become more visible. It will probably take a while until promotion to the women’s Bundesliga. But that plays a rather subordinate role for Alba Berlin. By Lynn Kraemer
When basketball is talked about in Germany, it is mostly about the BBL, the men’s basketball league. When people talk about basketball in Berlin, they mostly talk about Alba Berlin and the professionals around Maodo Lo and Luke Sikma. Another team and league go under. Because Alba Berlin also has a team that plays in the 2nd DBBL Nord, the second women’s basketball league. The players are called Lucy Reuss, Lena Gohlisch and Valeria Aleksieva. The Berlin club wants them to be known too.
No entertainment during breaks
“At our home games, the impression arose that women at Alba are mainly responsible for the dancing entertainment during breaks, while men play basketball”, Alba managing director Marco Baldi admitted before the 2019/2020 season. After 25 years, the club decided to do without the cheerleaders in the game breaks. At the same time, the Berliners planned to promote women’s and girls’ basketball more. “We brought up the situation because we believe that it is important for us as a society to invest in and appreciate women’s sport,” said sports director Himar Ojeda looking back. The Alba Dancers are now training for championships. And: Alba’s basketball department for women was the largest in Germany two years ago – and has grown even further.
“The fact that such a big club makes a public statement naturally gives you a tailwind,” says Lucy Reuss, who is already playing for Alba Berlin in her eighth season. In women’s sport, it is often the case that such small things and changes are not so noticeable. And it didn’t just stick to the publicity statement: “Within the association it was clearly communicated that women now have a different status. That was set like a rule, and that was already noticeable.”
Deeper appreciation
On the one hand, there are very obvious changes, such as the Alba website, with individual overview pages for the men and women, regular match reports or a separate clothing line for the female athletes. But there are also internal team events with both professional teams, a dedicated team doctor and professional team photos. “I can remember that at the very beginning, when I played for Alba, the women even had to pay the membership fees,” says Lucy Reuss. The players now have contracts or receive allowances.
But Reuss cannot earn her living with it. She is studying law in her seventh semester. The 24-year-old also works seven to ten hours a week in a law firm: “For me this is a triple burden of work, university and sport Professional athlete. ” But the money is not the big motivation for them: “We come because we want to gamble.” At the same time, she wants to be a role model for the young girls: In her and other players they could see how high-quality basketball and a degree can work together.
No spontaneous rain of money from the BBL
Theoretically, Alba Berlin could pump a lot of money into the women’s team from one season to the next and buy into the top division with top players. An even bigger figurehead in basketball Germany. But the club doesn’t want that. “We don’t just want to use the money that we generate with the BBL pros. We don’t want a women’s team with a big budget,” says sports director Himar Ojeda. Instead, the team should be built up sustainably.
In contrast to football, there is little overlap in the first and second division between the professional basketball teams of women and men and the clubs behind them. Alba Berlin is almost a bit out of line. The BBL clubs should not try to displace the existing clubs with their own women’s teams, but rather to strengthen women’s basketball, says Himar Ojeda: “We all have to work together as a society and create more awareness for women’s teams and women’s sport.” The DBBL must grow on its own.
Getting more girls excited about basketball
“We want to create more opportunities for the girls and get more girls into the club,” says Ojeda. The big goal is to expand basketball at Berlin schools and to have girls ‘teams in every age category: “We believe that there is always more space for girls’ teams and that we can create a large base so that girls can play basketball.” In the long term, more girls would switch to the professional team.
The women should play in the first division in the future. Alba Berlin has waived a fixed schedule. The club wants to deserve to play there. “We’re not where we expected, but that’s because of the pandemic that has slowed everything down,” says Himar Ojeda. The game was paused last season. “I’m happy because we managed to integrate many of the juniors into the first team,” said the sporting director. For Alba player Lucy Reuss, the focus is on “that we first get the best out of the team ourselves.”
Soon also in front of an audience, which is currently not allowed in the hall: “We have already been asked a lot by the young players when they can watch us.” The interplay between female role models and young female players should ultimately grow in the long term.
Broadcast: rbb UM6, October 28, 2021, 6 p.m.
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Ascent without rush
Basketball players from Alba Berlin
–
Ascent without rush
Two years ago, Alba Berlin announced that the women in the association should become more visible. It will probably take a while until promotion to the women’s Bundesliga. But that plays a rather subordinate role for Alba Berlin. By Lynn Kraemer
When basketball is talked about in Germany, it is mostly about the BBL, the men’s basketball league. When people talk about basketball in Berlin, they mostly talk about Alba Berlin and the professionals around Maodo Lo and Luke Sikma. Another team and league go under. Because Alba Berlin also has a team that plays in the 2nd DBBL Nord, the second women’s basketball league. The players are called Lucy Reuss, Lena Gohlisch and Valeria Aleksieva. The Berlin club wants them to be known too.
No entertainment during breaks
“At our home games, the impression arose that women at Alba are mainly responsible for the dancing entertainment during breaks, while men play basketball”, Alba managing director Marco Baldi admitted before the 2019/2020 season. After 25 years, the club decided to do without the cheerleaders in the game breaks. At the same time, the Berliners planned to promote women’s and girls’ basketball more. “We brought up the situation because we believe that it is important for us as a society to invest in and appreciate women’s sport,” said sports director Himar Ojeda looking back. The Alba Dancers are now training for championships. And: Alba’s basketball department for women was the largest in Germany two years ago – and has grown even further.
“The fact that such a big club makes a public statement naturally gives you a tailwind,” says Lucy Reuss, who is already playing for Alba Berlin in her eighth season. In women’s sport, it is often the case that such small things and changes are not so noticeable. And it didn’t just stick to the publicity statement: “Within the association it was clearly communicated that women now have a different status. That was set like a rule, and that was already noticeable.”
Deeper appreciation
On the one hand, there are very obvious changes, such as the Alba website, with individual overview pages for the men and women, regular match reports or a separate clothing line for the female athletes. But there are also internal team events with both professional teams, a dedicated team doctor and professional team photos. “I can remember that at the very beginning, when I played for Alba, the women even had to pay the membership fees,” says Lucy Reuss. The players now have contracts or receive allowances.
But Reuss cannot earn her living with it. She is studying law in her seventh semester. The 24-year-old also works seven to ten hours a week in a law firm: “For me this is a triple burden of work, university and sport Professional athlete. ” But the money is not the big motivation for them: “We come because we want to gamble.” At the same time, she wants to be a role model for the young girls: In her and other players they could see how high-quality basketball and a degree can work together.
No spontaneous rain of money from the BBL
Theoretically, Alba Berlin could pump a lot of money into the women’s team from one season to the next and buy into the top division with top players. An even bigger figurehead in basketball Germany. But the club doesn’t want that. “We don’t just want to use the money that we generate with the BBL pros. We don’t want a women’s team with a big budget,” says sports director Himar Ojeda. Instead, the team should be built up sustainably.
In contrast to football, there is little overlap in the first and second division between the professional basketball teams of women and men and the clubs behind them. Alba Berlin is almost a bit out of line. The BBL clubs should not try to displace the existing clubs with their own women’s teams, but rather to strengthen women’s basketball, says Himar Ojeda: “We all have to work together as a society and create more awareness for women’s teams and women’s sport.” The DBBL must grow on its own.
Getting more girls excited about basketball
“We want to create more opportunities for the girls and get more girls into the club,” says Ojeda. The big goal is to expand basketball at Berlin schools and to have girls ‘teams in every age category: “We believe that there is always more space for girls’ teams and that we can create a large base so that girls can play basketball.” In the long term, more girls would switch to the professional team.
The women should play in the first division in the future. Alba Berlin has waived a fixed schedule. The club wants to deserve to play there. “We’re not where we expected, but that’s because of the pandemic that has slowed everything down,” says Himar Ojeda. The game was paused last season. “I’m happy because we managed to integrate many of the juniors into the first team,” said the sporting director. For Alba player Lucy Reuss, the focus is on “that we first get the best out of the team ourselves.”
Soon also in front of an audience, which is currently not allowed in the hall: “We have already been asked a lot by the young players when they can watch us.” The interplay between female role models and young female players should ultimately grow in the long term.
Broadcast: rbb UM6, October 28, 2021, 6 p.m.
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Ascent without rush
When we watch a movie, and
We are experiencing a multi-sensory experience: we exercise our eyesight while listening to the sounds. It’s no accident that soundtracks are an important part of any production.
However, the process of building soundtracks is something very interesting, with peculiarities that people don’t always know about.
Do you like this kind of theme? So, follow below 5 trivia about movie soundtracks!
Orchestras on the soundtrack
There are some productions that use “ready-made” songs by various artists to compose the soundtrack.
However, depending on the type of film (and even the available budget), an orchestra is called in to prepare the soundtrack for the feature.
This is the case of productions like The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter. In practice, a conductor and his team of musicians are responsible for developing the songs, according to each situation.
This select group of musicians develops the scores, sharing ideas and suggestions. Usually, the scores are saved in PDF, which allows comments or markup to be made when using a specific program.
PDFelement is a good example of PDF editing software. In it, you can create a document from scratch, edit an existing file, insert comments, tags and even password – ideal for soundtracks or projects where a certain mystery is needed.
Image: PDFelement
famous voices
Often, soundtracks need the accompaniment of a voice to convey exactly the feeling desired by the director or the person responsible for the sounds.
In some cases, famous artists are called upon to put that weight on a song. A good example is in the 1992 movie “The Bodyguard”, which had Whitney Houston as the lead actress and singer of several songs.
The songs were so memorable that two of them won Oscar and Grammy nominations, “I Have Nothing” and “Run to You”.
U Can’t Touch This
When talking about the most used song in movie soundtracks, would you imagine that the winning title would be “U Can’t Touch This”, by Mc Hammer?
As strange as it may seem, in a recent survey, it was discovered that this was the song most used in cinema. However, it is important to know that the research only considered songs that reached the general public.
The song “U Can’t Touch This” is present in the soundtrack of several films, such as Natureza Selvagem (2007), Trovão Tropical (2008) and Gente Grande 2 (2013).
Image: Georgia Straight
grunge in cinema
The grunge movement was present in the 90s as a more visceral and aggressive evolution of rock. And thanks to a movie, which did poorly at the box office, that kind of sound reached more people.
The film was “Single Life,” released in 1992. At the time, director Cameron Crowe wanted the soundtrack to reflect the most current sounds of the city of Seattle.
As a result, the film managed to project bands like Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains – only Nirvana was missing from the list. One of the curiosities about movie soundtracks that shows how much a selection of music can go beyond the movie.
Beatles in the movies
To most people, The Beatles represent one of the greatest bands of all time. There are those who claim that they left the greatest musical legacy for generations to come, marking history forever.
One of the curiosities about cinema soundtracks is that, in Brazil, the Beatles only entered a film in 2010, in the feature “The Best Things in the World”.
Image: Telecine
In the film, the Beatles’ music used was “Something”, one of the great classics of the Liverpool boy band.
music that makes a difference
The truth is, as captivating as a story is, it gets even more interesting when accompanied by the proper soundtrack.
By uniting the visual, the script, and an impactful soundtrack, we have as a result a film capable of awakening feelings and gaining our attention while it lasts.
These curiosities about movie soundtracks show how important the musical aspect is for the industry, requiring an orchestra, talented professionals and a good experience to identify the right sound, for the right moment.
And once you know these trivia, you will surely see (and hear) a movie’s soundtrack differently!
We wish to say thanks to the writer of this write-up for this awesome content
5 fun facts about movie soundtracks
When we watch a movie, andWe are experiencing a multi-sensory experience: we exercise our eyesight while listening to the sounds. It’s no accident that soundtracks are an important part of any production.
However, the process of building soundtracks is something very interesting, with peculiarities that people don’t always know about.
Do you like this kind of theme? So, follow below 5 trivia about movie soundtracks!
Orchestras on the soundtrack
There are some productions that use “ready-made” songs by various artists to compose the soundtrack.
However, depending on the type of film (and even the available budget), an orchestra is called in to prepare the soundtrack for the feature.
This is the case of productions like The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter. In practice, a conductor and his team of musicians are responsible for developing the songs, according to each situation.
This select group of musicians develops the scores, sharing ideas and suggestions. Usually, the scores are saved in PDF, which allows comments or markup to be made when using a specific program.
PDFelement is a good example of PDF editing software. In it, you can create a document from scratch, edit an existing file, insert comments, tags and even password – ideal for soundtracks or projects where a certain mystery is needed.
Image: PDFelement
famous voices
Often, soundtracks need the accompaniment of a voice to convey exactly the feeling desired by the director or the person responsible for the sounds.
In some cases, famous artists are called upon to put that weight on a song. A good example is in the 1992 movie “The Bodyguard”, which had Whitney Houston as the lead actress and singer of several songs.
The songs were so memorable that two of them won Oscar and Grammy nominations, “I Have Nothing” and “Run to You”.
U Can’t Touch This
When talking about the most used song in movie soundtracks, would you imagine that the winning title would be “U Can’t Touch This”, by Mc Hammer?
As strange as it may seem, in a recent survey, it was discovered that this was the song most used in cinema. However, it is important to know that the research only considered songs that reached the general public.
The song “U Can’t Touch This” is present in the soundtrack of several films, such as Natureza Selvagem (2007), Trovão Tropical (2008) and Gente Grande 2 (2013).
Image: Georgia Straight
grunge in cinema
The grunge movement was present in the 90s as a more visceral and aggressive evolution of rock. And thanks to a movie, which did poorly at the box office, that kind of sound reached more people.
The film was “Single Life,” released in 1992. At the time, director Cameron Crowe wanted the soundtrack to reflect the most current sounds of the city of Seattle.
As a result, the film managed to project bands like Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains – only Nirvana was missing from the list. One of the curiosities about movie soundtracks that shows how much a selection of music can go beyond the movie.
Beatles in the movies
To most people, The Beatles represent one of the greatest bands of all time. There are those who claim that they left the greatest musical legacy for generations to come, marking history forever.
One of the curiosities about cinema soundtracks is that, in Brazil, the Beatles only entered a film in 2010, in the feature “The Best Things in the World”.
Image: Telecine
In the film, the Beatles’ music used was “Something”, one of the great classics of the Liverpool boy band.
music that makes a difference
The truth is, as captivating as a story is, it gets even more interesting when accompanied by the proper soundtrack.
By uniting the visual, the script, and an impactful soundtrack, we have as a result a film capable of awakening feelings and gaining our attention while it lasts.
These curiosities about movie soundtracks show how important the musical aspect is for the industry, requiring an orchestra, talented professionals and a good experience to identify the right sound, for the right moment.
And once you know these trivia, you will surely see (and hear) a movie’s soundtrack differently!
We wish to say thanks to the writer of this write-up for this awesome content
5 fun facts about movie soundtracks
Majid Khan is the first detainee in the Guantanamo military prison to publicly recount his tortures at the hands of the CIA. This Pakistani from the Guantanamo military prison detailed the torture he suffered for three years at the hands of the American intelligence agency, during his trial before a military court which sentenced him, Friday, October 29, to 26 years of detention. But given an agreement with the judge when he pleaded guilty, he could be released next year.
Former al-Qaeda messenger Majid Khan, 41, spared no detail to military judges when he told them on Thursday that he was beaten, sexually assaulted and subjected to mock drowning after his capture in Pakistan in 2003.
In a 39-page letter read to the hearing, Majid Khan, who grew up in Pakistan before emigrating to the United States with his family, recounted being hung up by shackles for several days in a row, naked and without eat, in windowless cells of secret CIA prisons in unidentified countries.
Tossed between 2003 and 2006 between several secret sites, he described brutal interrogations, plunged the hooded face in baths of ice water, the head held under water until he speaks.
“They beat me until I begged them to stop. The worst part was not knowing when the blows would come, or where they would come from ”.
His interrogators threatened to attack his family in the United States and rape his sister. His glasses, without which he says he is almost blind, have been broken. “I had to wait three years before getting a new pair. “
Deprived of sleep, forced enemas
Several nights of sleep deprivation left him dazed. “I remember having hallucinations, seeing a cow and a giant lizard. I had lost all contact with reality. “
He underwent forced enemas between interrogations and was force-fed by an anal probe while on hunger strike, leaving him with permanent damage.
A garden hose was introduced into his anus to rehydrate him, he was told. “I was raped by CIA medics. While I was tied up, they inserted tubes and objects into my anus. “
“Whenever I was tortured, I told them what I thought they wanted to hear. I was lying to stop the violence ”, he said. Corn “The more I cooperated and talked, the more I was tortured. “
A US Senate investigation into the use of torture by the CIA after the September 11, 2001 attacks corroborates his testimony.
“Majid’s strong words (…) reveal the devastating atrocities committed by our own government in the name of our national security”, said one of his lawyers, Katya Jestin. “The CIA program was a failure, and it was contrary to our democratic principles and the rule of law. “
Regrets expressed
Majid Khan arrived at the age of 16 in Baltimore, 31 miles from Washington, where he learned English at his father’s gas station before continuing his education at a local college.
Majid Khan, who had been recruited by members of his family belonging to Al-Qaeda during a visit to Pakistan, had nevertheless confessed a few days after his capture on March 5, 2003 in Karachi.
He admitted to having taken part in an attempted assassination of the Pakistani president and to having given 50,000 dollars to members of Al-Qaeda in Indonesia, a sum which had financed an attack on a hotel.
He was granted the right to publicly tell about the treatment he suffered when he pleaded guilty in 2012. He regretted his actions. “It has been almost 20 years that I have been detained and held in solitary confinement, I have paid dearly”, he said. “I reject Al Qaeda, I reject terrorism. “
But he assured the court that he did not blame those who tortured him. “I will be at peace when I have forgiven myself and when I have forgiven others for the harm they have done me, he assured. To those who tortured me: I forgive you. All. “
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Guantanamo detainee details his tortures at the hands of the CIA during his trial
Majid Khan is the first detainee in the Guantanamo military prison to publicly recount his tortures at the hands of the CIA. This Pakistani from the Guantanamo military prison detailed the torture he suffered for three years at the hands of the American intelligence agency, during his trial before a military court which sentenced him, Friday, October 29, to 26 years of detention. But given an agreement with the judge when he pleaded guilty, he could be released next year.
Former al-Qaeda messenger Majid Khan, 41, spared no detail to military judges when he told them on Thursday that he was beaten, sexually assaulted and subjected to mock drowning after his capture in Pakistan in 2003.
In a 39-page letter read to the hearing, Majid Khan, who grew up in Pakistan before emigrating to the United States with his family, recounted being hung up by shackles for several days in a row, naked and without eat, in windowless cells of secret CIA prisons in unidentified countries.
Tossed between 2003 and 2006 between several secret sites, he described brutal interrogations, plunged the hooded face in baths of ice water, the head held under water until he speaks.
“They beat me until I begged them to stop. The worst part was not knowing when the blows would come, or where they would come from ”.
His interrogators threatened to attack his family in the United States and rape his sister. His glasses, without which he says he is almost blind, have been broken. “I had to wait three years before getting a new pair. “
Deprived of sleep, forced enemas
Several nights of sleep deprivation left him dazed. “I remember having hallucinations, seeing a cow and a giant lizard. I had lost all contact with reality. “
He underwent forced enemas between interrogations and was force-fed by an anal probe while on hunger strike, leaving him with permanent damage.
A garden hose was introduced into his anus to rehydrate him, he was told. “I was raped by CIA medics. While I was tied up, they inserted tubes and objects into my anus. “
“Whenever I was tortured, I told them what I thought they wanted to hear. I was lying to stop the violence ”, he said. Corn “The more I cooperated and talked, the more I was tortured. “
A US Senate investigation into the use of torture by the CIA after the September 11, 2001 attacks corroborates his testimony.
“Majid’s strong words (…) reveal the devastating atrocities committed by our own government in the name of our national security”, said one of his lawyers, Katya Jestin. “The CIA program was a failure, and it was contrary to our democratic principles and the rule of law. “
Regrets expressed
Majid Khan arrived at the age of 16 in Baltimore, 31 miles from Washington, where he learned English at his father’s gas station before continuing his education at a local college.
Majid Khan, who had been recruited by members of his family belonging to Al-Qaeda during a visit to Pakistan, had nevertheless confessed a few days after his capture on March 5, 2003 in Karachi.
He admitted to having taken part in an attempted assassination of the Pakistani president and to having given 50,000 dollars to members of Al-Qaeda in Indonesia, a sum which had financed an attack on a hotel.
He was granted the right to publicly tell about the treatment he suffered when he pleaded guilty in 2012. He regretted his actions. “It has been almost 20 years that I have been detained and held in solitary confinement, I have paid dearly”, he said. “I reject Al Qaeda, I reject terrorism. “
But he assured the court that he did not blame those who tortured him. “I will be at peace when I have forgiven myself and when I have forgiven others for the harm they have done me, he assured. To those who tortured me: I forgive you. All. “
We wish to give thanks to the writer of this article for this remarkable material
Guantanamo detainee details his tortures at the hands of the CIA during his trial
Journal Reference:
- Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, Daniel I. Goldman. Self-reconfigurable multilegged robot swarms collectively accomplish challenging terradynamic tasks. Science Robotics, 2021; 6 (56) DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abf1628
In research published in Science Robotics, Ozkan-Aydin presents how she was able to build multi-legged robots capable of maneuvering in challenging environments and accomplishing difficult tasks collectively, mimicking their natural-world counterparts.
“Legged robots can navigate challenging environments such as rough terrain and tight spaces, and the use of limbs offers effective body support, enables rapid maneuverability and facilitates obstacle crossing,” Ozkan-Aydin said. “However, legged robots face unique mobility challenges in terrestrial environments, which results in reduced locomotor performance.”
For the study, Ozkan-Aydin said, she hypothesized that a physical connection between individual robots could enhance the mobility of a terrestrial legged collective system. Individual robots performed simple or small tasks such as moving over a smooth surface or carrying a light object, but if the task was beyond the capability of the single unit, the robots physically connected to each other to form a larger multi-legged system and collectively overcome issues.
“When ants collect or transport objects, if one comes upon an obstacle, the group works collectively to overcome that obstacle. If there’s a gap in the path, for example, they will form a bridge so the other ants can travel across — and that is the inspiration for this study,” she said. “Through robotics we’re able to gain a better understanding of the dynamics and collective behaviors of these biological systems and explore how we might be able to use this kind of technology in the future.”
Using a 3D printer, Ozkan-Aydin built four-legged robots measuring 15 to 20 centimeters, or roughly 6 to 8 inches, in length. Each was equipped with a lithium polymer battery, microcontroller and three sensors — a light sensor at the front and two magnetic touch sensors at the front and back, allowing the robots to connect to one another. Four flexible legs reduced the need for additional sensors and parts and gave the robots a level of mechanical intelligence, which helped when interacting with rough or uneven terrain.
“You don’t need additional sensors to detect obstacles because the flexibility in the legs helps the robot to move right past them,” said Ozkan-Aydin. “They can test for gaps in a path, building a bridge with their bodies; move objects individually; or connect to move objects collectively in different types of environments, not dissimilar to ants.”
Ozkan-Aydin began her research for the study in early 2020, when much of the country was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After printing each robot, she built each one and conducted her experiments at home, in her yard or at the playground with her son. The robots were tested over grass, mulch, leaves and acorns. Flat-ground experiments were conducted over particle board, and she built stairs using insulation foam. The robots were also tested over shag carpeting, and rectangular wooden blocks were glued to particle board to serve as rough terrain.
When an individual unit became stuck, a signal was sent to additional robots, which linked together to provide support to successfully traverse obstacles while working collectively.
Ozkan-Aydin says there are still improvements to be made on her design. But she expects the study’s findings will inform the design of low-cost legged swarms that can adapt to unforeseen situations and perform real-world cooperative tasks such as search-and-rescue operations, collective object transport, space exploration and environmental monitoring. Her research will focus on improving the control, sensing and power capabilities of the system, which are essential for real-world locomotion and problem-solving — and she plans to use this system to explore the collective dynamics of insects such as ants and termites.
“For functional swarm systems, the battery technology needs to be improved,” she said. “We need small batteries that can provide more power, ideally lasting more than 10 hours. Otherwise, using this type of system in the real world isn’t sustainable.” Additional limitations include the need for more sensors and more powerful motors — while keeping the size of the robots small.
“You need to think about how the robots would function in the real world, so you need to think about how much power is required, the size of the battery you use. Everything is limited so you need to make decisions with every part of the machine.”
Daniel I. Goldman at the Georgia Institute of Technology co-authored the study.
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Four-legged swarm robots
Journal Reference:
- Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, Daniel I. Goldman. Self-reconfigurable multilegged robot swarms collectively accomplish challenging terradynamic tasks. Science Robotics, 2021; 6 (56) DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abf1628
In research published in Science Robotics, Ozkan-Aydin presents how she was able to build multi-legged robots capable of maneuvering in challenging environments and accomplishing difficult tasks collectively, mimicking their natural-world counterparts.
“Legged robots can navigate challenging environments such as rough terrain and tight spaces, and the use of limbs offers effective body support, enables rapid maneuverability and facilitates obstacle crossing,” Ozkan-Aydin said. “However, legged robots face unique mobility challenges in terrestrial environments, which results in reduced locomotor performance.”
For the study, Ozkan-Aydin said, she hypothesized that a physical connection between individual robots could enhance the mobility of a terrestrial legged collective system. Individual robots performed simple or small tasks such as moving over a smooth surface or carrying a light object, but if the task was beyond the capability of the single unit, the robots physically connected to each other to form a larger multi-legged system and collectively overcome issues.
“When ants collect or transport objects, if one comes upon an obstacle, the group works collectively to overcome that obstacle. If there’s a gap in the path, for example, they will form a bridge so the other ants can travel across — and that is the inspiration for this study,” she said. “Through robotics we’re able to gain a better understanding of the dynamics and collective behaviors of these biological systems and explore how we might be able to use this kind of technology in the future.”
Using a 3D printer, Ozkan-Aydin built four-legged robots measuring 15 to 20 centimeters, or roughly 6 to 8 inches, in length. Each was equipped with a lithium polymer battery, microcontroller and three sensors — a light sensor at the front and two magnetic touch sensors at the front and back, allowing the robots to connect to one another. Four flexible legs reduced the need for additional sensors and parts and gave the robots a level of mechanical intelligence, which helped when interacting with rough or uneven terrain.
“You don’t need additional sensors to detect obstacles because the flexibility in the legs helps the robot to move right past them,” said Ozkan-Aydin. “They can test for gaps in a path, building a bridge with their bodies; move objects individually; or connect to move objects collectively in different types of environments, not dissimilar to ants.”
Ozkan-Aydin began her research for the study in early 2020, when much of the country was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After printing each robot, she built each one and conducted her experiments at home, in her yard or at the playground with her son. The robots were tested over grass, mulch, leaves and acorns. Flat-ground experiments were conducted over particle board, and she built stairs using insulation foam. The robots were also tested over shag carpeting, and rectangular wooden blocks were glued to particle board to serve as rough terrain.
When an individual unit became stuck, a signal was sent to additional robots, which linked together to provide support to successfully traverse obstacles while working collectively.
Ozkan-Aydin says there are still improvements to be made on her design. But she expects the study’s findings will inform the design of low-cost legged swarms that can adapt to unforeseen situations and perform real-world cooperative tasks such as search-and-rescue operations, collective object transport, space exploration and environmental monitoring. Her research will focus on improving the control, sensing and power capabilities of the system, which are essential for real-world locomotion and problem-solving — and she plans to use this system to explore the collective dynamics of insects such as ants and termites.
“For functional swarm systems, the battery technology needs to be improved,” she said. “We need small batteries that can provide more power, ideally lasting more than 10 hours. Otherwise, using this type of system in the real world isn’t sustainable.” Additional limitations include the need for more sensors and more powerful motors — while keeping the size of the robots small.
“You need to think about how the robots would function in the real world, so you need to think about how much power is required, the size of the battery you use. Everything is limited so you need to make decisions with every part of the machine.”
Daniel I. Goldman at the Georgia Institute of Technology co-authored the study.
We wish to say thanks to the writer of this article for this remarkable content
Four-legged swarm robots
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen ” confidence [en] the United States, given the long-standing relationship that binds us ” to defend his island against China, against a backdrop of growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over Taipei’s role on the international scene.
In an interview in English given on Tuesday October 26 to CNN, she also mentioned the “Wide range of cooperation with the United States aimed at increasing [la] defense capacity [du pays] », including the US military training of Taiwanese forces.
She also admitted that American soldiers were present on Taiwanese territory as trainers, without specifying their number. It is the first time that a Taiwanese leader publicly recognizes such a presence since the departure of the last American garrison in 1979.
The presence of American soldiers was confirmed in early October by an American official quoted anonymously by the Wall Street Journal. The figure then evoked was “Less than 20”, divided between “Soldiers of special forces and conventional forces”. “We strongly oppose any form of official talks and military contacts between the United States and Taiwan”, reacted a spokesperson for Chinese diplomacy.
In an editorial, the Chinese nationalist daily Global Times for his part affirmed that“With the presence of American soldiers in Taiwan a red line has been crossed”.
Questions on Taiwan’s place in international forums
Diplomatic tensions have increased recently between the United States and China over the fate of this island of 23 million inhabitants, which has its own government, currency, army, but which Beijing considers one of its provinces on hold. of reunification with the rest of the country.
Before the Taiwanese president’s statement, Mr. Biden recalled that the United States was “Deeply concerned about the coercive and aggressive actions of China (…) in the Taiwan Strait ”. Tensions have increased there with the increase in Chinese air raids near the island. The head of the American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, had also aroused the ire of Beijing by pleading, Tuesday, in favor of a “Meaningful participation” of Taipei in the UN bodies and on the international scene because its “Exclusion undermines the important work of the UN and its agencies”. “Taiwan has no right to participate in the UN”China immediately retorted, through the spokesperson of the Taiwanese Affairs Bureau, Ma Xiaoguang.
The end of the policy of “strategic ambiguity”
The very delicate Taiwanese issue risks further poisoning relations between the United States and China, at their lowest in years. Last week, Biden appeared to want to send a new message of firmness to Beijing. Asked about the possibility of US military intervention to defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China, the president replied in the affirmative: “Yes, we have a commitment to that. “
His statement appeared to contradict the long-standing policy of the United States of“Strategic ambiguity”. By virtue of this, Washington helps Taiwan build and strengthen its defense, but without explicitly promising to come to its aid in the event of an attack.
Mr. Biden’s remarks had been badly received in Beijing and the American government had subsequently taken care to ensure that its policy towards Taiwan had not changed: the United States had recognized Communist China since 1979. , to the detriment of Taiwan, but the American Congress at the same time imposes the supply of arms to the island for its defense.
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Taiwanese President “trusts” the United States for the military defense of her country against the Chinese threat
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen ” confidence [en] the United States, given the long-standing relationship that binds us ” to defend his island against China, against a backdrop of growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over Taipei’s role on the international scene.
In an interview in English given on Tuesday October 26 to CNN, she also mentioned the “Wide range of cooperation with the United States aimed at increasing [la] defense capacity [du pays] », including the US military training of Taiwanese forces.
She also admitted that American soldiers were present on Taiwanese territory as trainers, without specifying their number. It is the first time that a Taiwanese leader publicly recognizes such a presence since the departure of the last American garrison in 1979.
The presence of American soldiers was confirmed in early October by an American official quoted anonymously by the Wall Street Journal. The figure then evoked was “Less than 20”, divided between “Soldiers of special forces and conventional forces”. “We strongly oppose any form of official talks and military contacts between the United States and Taiwan”, reacted a spokesperson for Chinese diplomacy.
In an editorial, the Chinese nationalist daily Global Times for his part affirmed that“With the presence of American soldiers in Taiwan a red line has been crossed”.
Questions on Taiwan’s place in international forums
Diplomatic tensions have increased recently between the United States and China over the fate of this island of 23 million inhabitants, which has its own government, currency, army, but which Beijing considers one of its provinces on hold. of reunification with the rest of the country.
Before the Taiwanese president’s statement, Mr. Biden recalled that the United States was “Deeply concerned about the coercive and aggressive actions of China (…) in the Taiwan Strait ”. Tensions have increased there with the increase in Chinese air raids near the island. The head of the American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, had also aroused the ire of Beijing by pleading, Tuesday, in favor of a “Meaningful participation” of Taipei in the UN bodies and on the international scene because its “Exclusion undermines the important work of the UN and its agencies”. “Taiwan has no right to participate in the UN”China immediately retorted, through the spokesperson of the Taiwanese Affairs Bureau, Ma Xiaoguang.
The end of the policy of “strategic ambiguity”
The very delicate Taiwanese issue risks further poisoning relations between the United States and China, at their lowest in years. Last week, Biden appeared to want to send a new message of firmness to Beijing. Asked about the possibility of US military intervention to defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China, the president replied in the affirmative: “Yes, we have a commitment to that. “
His statement appeared to contradict the long-standing policy of the United States of“Strategic ambiguity”. By virtue of this, Washington helps Taiwan build and strengthen its defense, but without explicitly promising to come to its aid in the event of an attack.
Mr. Biden’s remarks had been badly received in Beijing and the American government had subsequently taken care to ensure that its policy towards Taiwan had not changed: the United States had recognized Communist China since 1979. , to the detriment of Taiwan, but the American Congress at the same time imposes the supply of arms to the island for its defense.
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Taiwanese President “trusts” the United States for the military defense of her country against the Chinese threat
With thirty years of experience in the creation of technological infrastructures for the management of buildings and homes, Duemmegi has recently launched Get-Access, a family of access control solutions that respond to today’s needs.
Get-Access for Hospitality is the first declination, a cloud management software created for the remote control of accommodation facilities that makes small Bed & Breakfasts as well as large hotel chains more agile. Can be used by managers and / or their staff, Get-Access for Hospitality allows you to coordinate the phases of the user’s reservation, check-in and subsequent use of the facilities. The result? Receptive structures that can be managed remotely, more cost-effective and independent guests in the management of their stay.
Agility and cost-effectiveness in line with the evolution of consumer habits.
The centralized management of the structures has until now been the prerogative of hotels and large hotel chains thanks to the use of specialized software also known as Property Management Systems (PMS): applications able to follow all the activities related to the use of a room or a host structure, from booking the stay to final cleaning, thus facilitating the work of managers and staff and improving the quality of the service offered to guests.
Thanks to Get-Access for Hospitality, today even small and medium-sized structures will have access to a powerful and flexible solution.
By combining an access control infrastructure and a PMS management system, Duemmegi has in fact created an innovative solution that makes it possible to make every accommodation facility, whatever its size, more agile and performing.
Aimed at the world of hospitality and tourism, Get-Access for Hospitality intervenes not only in the moment of access to the structure, but also in the phases of the reservation by the user and the subsequent technical management of the environments.
The platform, based on a cloud application, is divided into three main areas: management of reservations synchronized with the most common online booking platforms; supervision and technical control of the structure and user management, the latter implemented through a dedicated WebApp.
Booking management: the Channel Manager and the Booking Engine
The booking process of a stay has been considerably simplified over time thanks to the rapid spread of the numerous tourist portals that give visibility to facility managers and homeowners, offering the services of a virtual agency in exchange for a commission. Customers have the opportunity to evaluate the numerous offers, differentiated by location, services and length of stay, immerse themselves in the environments thanks to the increasingly detailed photos, compare the proposals and book with a single click; these portals are also called OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) and have multiplied in recent years thanks also to the phenomenon of short rentals which has seen the development of a new receptivity made up of small structures, managers of single units, homeowners who, in some periods of the year, they decide to put their home on the market, constituting an alternative to traditional structures such as hotels and agritourisms.
This situation, however, from the manager’s point of view requires a considerable effort and an increase in resources, as it is often necessary to insert and keep up-to-date your ad on more than one portal, check reservations, align prices which must then be modified. depending on the time of the year or on the basis of any promotional offers. The Get-Access for Hospitality platform incorporates a channel manager that automatically manages incoming bookings through all the OTAs the manager has signed up to, updating the availability of accommodation to minimize the possibility of overbooking. There is also a booking engine that manages bookings from the manager’s website, if there is one, and includes the possibility of entering them manually, then synchronizing the availabilities on the various OTA portals.
The administrative management: offers, tariff plans and payments
Equally simple is the management of prices: these are set on the basis of tariff plans, ie amounts relating to certain periods of stay applied to a structure, or to a room with particular characteristics. A system of filters allows each tariff plan to be associated with a specific structure traced by the PMS and registered for example on a particular OTA portal, also taking into account any changes related to the calendar. The price changes are in fact always updated on the OTA portals where the manager has entered his own structures. Finally, in the dedicated section of the same name, the manager can check the payments made online and relating to each room booked by a guest.
Supervision and technical control of the structure
One of the strengths of Get-Access for Hospitality consists in the integration with Duemmegi home automation systems: devices and sensors that make up the control system of the systems installed in the structure or in the room, are interfaced in a transparent and bidirectional way through the platform. Get-Access through which the manager, and more limitedly the user, receive alerts relating to particular situations, such as the presence or absence of people in the room or the activation of an alarm in the bathroom, and can interact on the devices, for example by giving energy to the room or by removing it, by turning on or off the lights or by activating the electric locks installed in the doors and passages – let’s not forget that Get-Access represents the evolution of an access control system.
The “Building” menu, within the Get-Access for Hospitality dashboard and in relation to each single structure registered in the application, includes a “Controls” section which provides an overview of the connected Duemmegi home automation devices. From here the manager can monitor the available controls such as: presence sensor status, door opening automatisms, feedback of any room and bathroom alarms, commands to enable room energy. The temperature control, if required, takes place thanks to a special mask that shows the temperature measured in real time and from which the automatic management synchronized with the reservations can be controlled by manually setting the desired value. This last control is also available to the guest who, through the thermostat in their WebApp, can set the preferred temperature for the room.
The WebApp for guests: from booking to entering the room
Get-Access for Hospitality includes a practical WebApp reserved for guests, with a part that can be customized with the logo and colors of the accommodation, through which customers can manage all the phases following the booking, up to entering the room.
Once the reservation is confirmed, whether it comes from an OTA portal, from the site of the structure or if it has been made directly in manual mode, the guest will receive from the manager a confirmation email containing the summary of the reservation, a link to guide the ‘guest to access the WebApp, a unique code thanks to which the guest is recognized by the system and a QR code to allow emergency access to the structure using the paper print of the same email, in case the mobile phone is downloaded and the guest cannot use it for access.
The check-in
Through the WebApp the guest can proceed to the online check-in phase: using the camera incorporated in the smartphone, a photo of the guest’s identity documents will be taken which will then be uploaded to the platform and verified by the manager to enable access to the structure and to the locals.
Room access and temperature control
Starting from the reservations section, once you have checked in, you can view the access page to the structure and the rooms: here you can operate the electric openings of the gates and there is also a simple control interface for the air conditioner where set the temperature you want in the room.
Sharing access
A feature that will certainly be appreciated by guests concerns the sharing of access: the guest can in fact send a virtual key to the smartphones of his companions together with the information to reach and access the structure autonomously.
Emergency access
An emergency access function has also been set up, to be used in the event of a lack of data connection with the consequent impossibility of using the phone as a key: it is a special QR code, which can be viewed from within the detail page. of the reservation, which is sufficient to present to the Qr readers called “service points” and installed near the gates to be able to open them. Through the “service points”, touch devices with built-in camera and microphone, if required, it is also possible to contact the manager or staff who will receive the video call directly on their mobile devices (smartphones and / or tablets) or PC stations to assist guests in case of need.
Communication with guests: the chat
Guests and the manager also have a text communication interface at their disposal to quickly get in touch with each other: it is sufficient for the guest to click the appropriate icon visible in the booking detail to activate the chat to the structure; the manager, on the other hand, will be able to access the chat from within the Get-Access for Hospitality dashboard.
Final cleaning: the WebApp for the staff
Even the final phases of the stay are supervised by the application: the manager can in fact communicate, through a WebApp for the use of the service staff, that the room or premises have been vacated and it is therefore possible to proceed with the final cleaning. This operation can also be managed automatically by the management system by putting the room in “clean” mode shortly after the check-out time and showing it on the staff WebApp.
In a rapidly changing market, such as that of Hospitality, where technological innovations require rapid adjustments and changes in the behavior and habits of both managers and users, Get-Access for Hospitality is configured as a cutting-edge product and with particularly advanced characteristics, which manages to combine the managerial and administrative aspects of the activity making them usable remotely, with the possibility of supervising and controlling the home automation systems and devices installed in the structures.
For more information:
https://get-access.it/
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Get-Access for Hospitality, the Duemmegi answer to the needs of today’s hospitality structures
With thirty years of experience in the creation of technological infrastructures for the management of buildings and homes, Duemmegi has recently launched Get-Access, a family of access control solutions that respond to today’s needs.
Get-Access for Hospitality is the first declination, a cloud management software created for the remote control of accommodation facilities that makes small Bed & Breakfasts as well as large hotel chains more agile. Can be used by managers and / or their staff, Get-Access for Hospitality allows you to coordinate the phases of the user’s reservation, check-in and subsequent use of the facilities. The result? Receptive structures that can be managed remotely, more cost-effective and independent guests in the management of their stay.
Agility and cost-effectiveness in line with the evolution of consumer habits.
The centralized management of the structures has until now been the prerogative of hotels and large hotel chains thanks to the use of specialized software also known as Property Management Systems (PMS): applications able to follow all the activities related to the use of a room or a host structure, from booking the stay to final cleaning, thus facilitating the work of managers and staff and improving the quality of the service offered to guests.
Thanks to Get-Access for Hospitality, today even small and medium-sized structures will have access to a powerful and flexible solution.
By combining an access control infrastructure and a PMS management system, Duemmegi has in fact created an innovative solution that makes it possible to make every accommodation facility, whatever its size, more agile and performing.
Aimed at the world of hospitality and tourism, Get-Access for Hospitality intervenes not only in the moment of access to the structure, but also in the phases of the reservation by the user and the subsequent technical management of the environments.
The platform, based on a cloud application, is divided into three main areas: management of reservations synchronized with the most common online booking platforms; supervision and technical control of the structure and user management, the latter implemented through a dedicated WebApp.
Booking management: the Channel Manager and the Booking Engine
The booking process of a stay has been considerably simplified over time thanks to the rapid spread of the numerous tourist portals that give visibility to facility managers and homeowners, offering the services of a virtual agency in exchange for a commission. Customers have the opportunity to evaluate the numerous offers, differentiated by location, services and length of stay, immerse themselves in the environments thanks to the increasingly detailed photos, compare the proposals and book with a single click; these portals are also called OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) and have multiplied in recent years thanks also to the phenomenon of short rentals which has seen the development of a new receptivity made up of small structures, managers of single units, homeowners who, in some periods of the year, they decide to put their home on the market, constituting an alternative to traditional structures such as hotels and agritourisms.
This situation, however, from the manager’s point of view requires a considerable effort and an increase in resources, as it is often necessary to insert and keep up-to-date your ad on more than one portal, check reservations, align prices which must then be modified. depending on the time of the year or on the basis of any promotional offers. The Get-Access for Hospitality platform incorporates a channel manager that automatically manages incoming bookings through all the OTAs the manager has signed up to, updating the availability of accommodation to minimize the possibility of overbooking. There is also a booking engine that manages bookings from the manager’s website, if there is one, and includes the possibility of entering them manually, then synchronizing the availabilities on the various OTA portals.
The administrative management: offers, tariff plans and payments
Equally simple is the management of prices: these are set on the basis of tariff plans, ie amounts relating to certain periods of stay applied to a structure, or to a room with particular characteristics. A system of filters allows each tariff plan to be associated with a specific structure traced by the PMS and registered for example on a particular OTA portal, also taking into account any changes related to the calendar. The price changes are in fact always updated on the OTA portals where the manager has entered his own structures. Finally, in the dedicated section of the same name, the manager can check the payments made online and relating to each room booked by a guest.
Supervision and technical control of the structure
One of the strengths of Get-Access for Hospitality consists in the integration with Duemmegi home automation systems: devices and sensors that make up the control system of the systems installed in the structure or in the room, are interfaced in a transparent and bidirectional way through the platform. Get-Access through which the manager, and more limitedly the user, receive alerts relating to particular situations, such as the presence or absence of people in the room or the activation of an alarm in the bathroom, and can interact on the devices, for example by giving energy to the room or by removing it, by turning on or off the lights or by activating the electric locks installed in the doors and passages – let’s not forget that Get-Access represents the evolution of an access control system.
The “Building” menu, within the Get-Access for Hospitality dashboard and in relation to each single structure registered in the application, includes a “Controls” section which provides an overview of the connected Duemmegi home automation devices. From here the manager can monitor the available controls such as: presence sensor status, door opening automatisms, feedback of any room and bathroom alarms, commands to enable room energy. The temperature control, if required, takes place thanks to a special mask that shows the temperature measured in real time and from which the automatic management synchronized with the reservations can be controlled by manually setting the desired value. This last control is also available to the guest who, through the thermostat in their WebApp, can set the preferred temperature for the room.
The WebApp for guests: from booking to entering the room
Get-Access for Hospitality includes a practical WebApp reserved for guests, with a part that can be customized with the logo and colors of the accommodation, through which customers can manage all the phases following the booking, up to entering the room.
Once the reservation is confirmed, whether it comes from an OTA portal, from the site of the structure or if it has been made directly in manual mode, the guest will receive from the manager a confirmation email containing the summary of the reservation, a link to guide the ‘guest to access the WebApp, a unique code thanks to which the guest is recognized by the system and a QR code to allow emergency access to the structure using the paper print of the same email, in case the mobile phone is downloaded and the guest cannot use it for access.
The check-in
Through the WebApp the guest can proceed to the online check-in phase: using the camera incorporated in the smartphone, a photo of the guest’s identity documents will be taken which will then be uploaded to the platform and verified by the manager to enable access to the structure and to the locals.
Room access and temperature control
Starting from the reservations section, once you have checked in, you can view the access page to the structure and the rooms: here you can operate the electric openings of the gates and there is also a simple control interface for the air conditioner where set the temperature you want in the room.
Sharing access
A feature that will certainly be appreciated by guests concerns the sharing of access: the guest can in fact send a virtual key to the smartphones of his companions together with the information to reach and access the structure autonomously.
Emergency access
An emergency access function has also been set up, to be used in the event of a lack of data connection with the consequent impossibility of using the phone as a key: it is a special QR code, which can be viewed from within the detail page. of the reservation, which is sufficient to present to the Qr readers called “service points” and installed near the gates to be able to open them. Through the “service points”, touch devices with built-in camera and microphone, if required, it is also possible to contact the manager or staff who will receive the video call directly on their mobile devices (smartphones and / or tablets) or PC stations to assist guests in case of need.
Communication with guests: the chat
Guests and the manager also have a text communication interface at their disposal to quickly get in touch with each other: it is sufficient for the guest to click the appropriate icon visible in the booking detail to activate the chat to the structure; the manager, on the other hand, will be able to access the chat from within the Get-Access for Hospitality dashboard.
Final cleaning: the WebApp for the staff
Even the final phases of the stay are supervised by the application: the manager can in fact communicate, through a WebApp for the use of the service staff, that the room or premises have been vacated and it is therefore possible to proceed with the final cleaning. This operation can also be managed automatically by the management system by putting the room in “clean” mode shortly after the check-out time and showing it on the staff WebApp.
In a rapidly changing market, such as that of Hospitality, where technological innovations require rapid adjustments and changes in the behavior and habits of both managers and users, Get-Access for Hospitality is configured as a cutting-edge product and with particularly advanced characteristics, which manages to combine the managerial and administrative aspects of the activity making them usable remotely, with the possibility of supervising and controlling the home automation systems and devices installed in the structures.
For more information:
https://get-access.it/
We would love to say thanks to the author of this write-up for this awesome material
Get-Access for Hospitality, the Duemmegi answer to the needs of today’s hospitality structures
The announcement concerns 28 million children in the United States. The country authorized, Friday, October 29, Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine against Covid-19 for 5 to 11 year olds, paving the way for the imminent launch of a new major stage of the immunization campaign. This emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US drug agency, was granted after careful review of the results of clinical trials conducted by Pfizer on several thousand children.
“As a mother and a doctor, I know that parents, caregivers, teachers and children have been eagerly awaiting this authorization.”, said Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the FDA. “Vaccinating young children against Covid-19 is an additional step towards a return to normalcy”, she insisted.
Composed of independent scientists (immunologists, experts in infectious diseases, pediatrics, etc.), the committee reviewed the data gathered by Pfizer and the health authorities. Its members estimated that the benefits of the vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 outweighed the risks (17 votes and one abstention).
Debate on the risk of myocarditis
Children “Are far from being spared the damage from Covid-19”, recalled Peter Marks, of the FDA, in the introduction. Since the start of the epidemic in the United States, more than 1.9 million cases of Covid-19, more than 8,300 hospitalizations and a hundred deaths have been recorded among this category of the population (5-11 years) , he detailed. Children catching the virus may develop pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome or « Covid long ».
To support its request for authorization, Pfizer presented the results of a clinical trial that demonstrated a 90.7% efficacy of the vaccine in preventing symptomatic forms of the disease in children aged 5 to 11. The main point of debate concerned the risk of myocarditis caused by the product. This inflammation of the heart muscle is a side effect that has been detected in adolescents and young adults in particular. It caused 830 hospitalizations, but no deaths in the United States, and no cases were detected in clinical tests of Pfizer.
Before the injections begin, a committee of experts from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) must in turn meet early next week to deliver its opinion. This federal public health agency will then publish its recommendations, the final step in the process.
The vaccine dosage has been adjusted to 10 micrograms per injection (two in number, administered three weeks apart), compared to 30 micrograms for the older groups. The caps of the vials intended for children will be orange and thus easily recognizable compared to the purple caps of the vials for the older age groups.
Once the vaccine is authorized, 15 million doses will be immediately distributed across the country, where vaccination, already possible for those over 12, should facilitate a return to normal in schools. More than 2,000 schools (hosting more than one million students) were forced to close between August and October due to the Covid-19 epidemic. According to CDC virologist Fiona Havers, cited by the New York Times, the hospitalization rate for 5-11 year olds is three times higher for black, Hispanic or Native American children than for white children.
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United States clears Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds
The announcement concerns 28 million children in the United States. The country authorized, Friday, October 29, Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine against Covid-19 for 5 to 11 year olds, paving the way for the imminent launch of a new major stage of the immunization campaign. This emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US drug agency, was granted after careful review of the results of clinical trials conducted by Pfizer on several thousand children.
“As a mother and a doctor, I know that parents, caregivers, teachers and children have been eagerly awaiting this authorization.”, said Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the FDA. “Vaccinating young children against Covid-19 is an additional step towards a return to normalcy”, she insisted.
Composed of independent scientists (immunologists, experts in infectious diseases, pediatrics, etc.), the committee reviewed the data gathered by Pfizer and the health authorities. Its members estimated that the benefits of the vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 outweighed the risks (17 votes and one abstention).
Debate on the risk of myocarditis
Children “Are far from being spared the damage from Covid-19”, recalled Peter Marks, of the FDA, in the introduction. Since the start of the epidemic in the United States, more than 1.9 million cases of Covid-19, more than 8,300 hospitalizations and a hundred deaths have been recorded among this category of the population (5-11 years) , he detailed. Children catching the virus may develop pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome or « Covid long ».
To support its request for authorization, Pfizer presented the results of a clinical trial that demonstrated a 90.7% efficacy of the vaccine in preventing symptomatic forms of the disease in children aged 5 to 11. The main point of debate concerned the risk of myocarditis caused by the product. This inflammation of the heart muscle is a side effect that has been detected in adolescents and young adults in particular. It caused 830 hospitalizations, but no deaths in the United States, and no cases were detected in clinical tests of Pfizer.
Before the injections begin, a committee of experts from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) must in turn meet early next week to deliver its opinion. This federal public health agency will then publish its recommendations, the final step in the process.
The vaccine dosage has been adjusted to 10 micrograms per injection (two in number, administered three weeks apart), compared to 30 micrograms for the older groups. The caps of the vials intended for children will be orange and thus easily recognizable compared to the purple caps of the vials for the older age groups.
Once the vaccine is authorized, 15 million doses will be immediately distributed across the country, where vaccination, already possible for those over 12, should facilitate a return to normal in schools. More than 2,000 schools (hosting more than one million students) were forced to close between August and October due to the Covid-19 epidemic. According to CDC virologist Fiona Havers, cited by the New York Times, the hospitalization rate for 5-11 year olds is three times higher for black, Hispanic or Native American children than for white children.
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United States clears Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for 5-11 year olds