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Essential upgrades will be carried out on the Narooma Bridge this month to improve its safety and reliability for all road users.

A Transport for NSW spokesperson said the structure is a key link for locals and tourists, who use the Princes Highway on the South Coast each day.

Upgrades to the Narooma Bridge include improving the safety barriers on the northern approach and the relocation of traffic lights to improve visibility in both directions, the spokesperson said.

Work will start on Monday 15 May 2023, with the pilling work around the bridge to be completed in the first two weeks. The upgrade is expected to take 10 weeks to complete, weather permitting.

To minimise the impact on road users and the community, work will be carried out at night from 7pm to 4am. Transport for NSW aims to complete the noisy component of work before 11pm each night.

During work hours, there will be traffic control, reduced speed to 40 km/h and intermittent single lane closures to ensure the safety of all those in the area.

Transport for NSW is contacting nearby residents to provide information about the work and discuss how it can help reduce the impacts where possible.

Transport for NSW appreciates the patience of the community and motorists during this time.

Community members are encouraged to send any feedback or questions they may have regarding this work to Transport for NSW at southprojects@transport.nsw.gov.au

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Kevin Kavanagh, MD, discusses how Russian bots have tried to convince the United States public that masking is unnecessary. What do the latest studies say?

The conversation about permanently requiring universal masking in health care facilities must happen. Returning to normal is not an option since normal does not provide adequate safeguards. Mitigating exposure of high-risk patients to COVID-19 is of utmost importance, but so is preventing exposure to the human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and even the common cold.

On September 23, 2022, the CDC revised its masking guidance to allow hospitals to opt out of universal masking when community transmission levels were not high. Masking is still required for staff taking care of COVID-19 patients or patients having exposure within 10 days previously.

N95 masks should be used. According to the CDC, cloth masks block large particles (including droplets) and in some cases filtering nearly 50% of fine particles less than 1 micron. This level of mask effectiveness may help reduce the spread in the community but does not provide the needed level of personal protection to prevent infections with the Omicron variant. Omicron is highly infectious, and the viral dosage required for infection is presumably much lower than other variants. N95 masks are needed for optimal prevention of COVID-19 in health care personnel and patients. The public should also be strongly encouraged to adopt their usage.

Graham Snyder, MD, MS, et al recently reported survey results from 35 health care epidemiologists. Most (26) represented large multiple acute-care hospital systems. 90% responded that maintenance of masking requirements was essential to prevent influenza transmission, and 73% felt masking requirements were critical to preventing infections in staff and patients. However, less than 10% felt that staff and patients would favor this policy. Despite this, 97% reported that their facilities had no immediate plans to discontinue universal masking requirements. (Watch Snyders interview with ICT about hospitals returning-to-work policies.)

Fake news and disinformation may significantly inhibit the adoption of masking by the public. The WashingtonPost reports that recently leaked national security documents indicate the Russians boasted that less than 1% of their sham social media profiles and bots have been caught. One of their propaganda campaigns spread the conspiracy theory that the United States was hiding the side effects of vaccines. A network of hundreds of thousands of social media bots emulate(ed) users and was intended to divide the West, and apparently was very successful. One could argue that this has led to a loss of confidence in public health authorities, adversely impacting adopting of COVID-19 mitigation strategies. This Post report bolsters a Reutersarticle which reported that according to a European Union document, the Russian media have deployed a significant disinformation campaign against the West to worsen the coronavirus's impact, generating panic and sow distrust.

Further adding to public confusion, the lead author of the recent Cochrane meta-analysis regarding the effectiveness of masking appeared to have spun the results in an interview with Maryanne Demasi, PhD, by stating, Theres still no evidence that masks are effective during a pandemic and that N95 masks make no difference. However, the Cochrane meta-analysis clearly stated, The low to moderate certainty of evidence means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited, and that the true effect may be different from the observed estimate of the effect. In addition, the Editor-in-Chief of the Cochrane Library, Karla Soares-Weister, felt that many commentators of the meta-analysis have misrepresented and inaccurately interpreted the study as showing that masks dont work.

Overall, the Cochrane meta-analysis was plagued by incorporating studies having poor and intermittent masking adherence, and all but 2 studied influenza-like illnesses, not COVID-19. The 2 studies which evaluated SARS-CoV-2 infections studied masking education and availability. Both studies had positive results, one reaching statistical significance.

Many other researchers have reported positive effects from masking, including one studying the Massachusetts School system, which reported that lifting of masking mandates accounted for 40% of the SARS-CoV-2 infections. In the British Medical Journal, Stella Talic, PhD, et al. reported a meta-analysis of six research studies that indicated that masking reduced the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections by almost 50%.All of this is occurring as the United States is dealing with a surge in various infectious diseases. In addition, we are facing a growing XBB threat. The XBB.1.1.6 variant is causing a significant surge in India. This variant currently comprises 7.2% of the SARS-CoV-2 isolates in the United States and has almost doubled from the previous week. Because the United States experienced a significant number of XBB.1.5 cases, a large surge may not occur. However, this is not comforting for high-risk populations such as the elderly, obese, and immunocompromised. Public masking, especially when sick, has been integral to Southeast Asian culture. This region has had a long history of dealing with epidemics and was the origin of SARS-1. As a hyper-traveling world society has emerged, dangerous pathogens spread almost instantaneously. The United States needs to adapt. As a first step, health care facilities should require universal masking to protect patients and staff.

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Executive-level Additions Across the US, Europe, and Latin America with SaaS Expertise

NEW YORK, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Clinch, the leader in dynamic ad serving and personalization and creator of Flight Control, the Omnichannel Campaign Activation Platform, announced today a series of new hires across the US, EMEA, and LATAM. The new additions will serve Clinch's expanding sales, ad operations, strategy, and business development teams.

Here is a summary of new hires:

Clinch's team continues to service some of the largest US and international brands, such as Albertsons, AB Inbev, Stellantis, Carrefour, Nespresso, and Iberia. In addition to continued company growth, throughout 2023 Clinch has announced several new strategic partnerships and integrations, including Figma for ad creation within Clinch's Flight Control platform and certification across Samsung Ads' global inventory. Additionally, Clinch has established itself as a leading technology solution for independent and multinational agencies alike, recently announcing its status as primary ad serving and omnichannel DCO partner for Tombras, which is now utilizing Clinch's Flight Control in a fully self-serve capacity.

"At Clinch, we're incredibly grateful to continue on our upward trajectory amidst such turbulent economic times," said Oz Etzioni, CEO of Clinch. "In 2022, we have grown the team by over 50% globally and are on track to increase headcount by 25% by the end of Q2 2023. Our rapid expansion is a byproduct of the high quality work our team continues to produce, delivering value and results to our clients."

In January, Clinch opened a new office in London's Soho region, with plans to open additional satellite offices throughout Europe and North America by the end of the year.

About Clinch

Clinch is the recognized leader in omnichannel ad serving. The company's AI-driven dynamic personalization technology delivers custom-tailored ad experiences across all channels, driving best-in-class performance and ROI. Flight Control, Clinch's Omnichannel Campaign Activation Platform, enables agencies and brands to manage the entire campaign lifecycle, from strategy through activation and measurement, on a single platform that makes them massively more productive, efficient, and profitable. In everything Clinch does, it automates workflows and leverages data to personalize and optimize display and video ad experiences at scale, across programmatic, CTV, social media, in-app, native, and Digital Out of Home (DOOH). For more information visit: http://www.clinch.

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Reporters Without Borders criticises the legislation saying it has negative chapters that constitute a violation of press freedom.

Algerias parliament has approved a new media law that tightens control over the work of journalists and imposes new restrictions.

While the government said the law is key to ensuring the free exercise of media activity under legal controls, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the law included negative chapters that constitute a violation of press freedom.

The law bans the Algerian media from receiving any funding or material assistance from any foreign entity.

Communications Minister Mohamed Bouslimani said the law aims to enshrine freedom and pluralism of the press, and protect it from all forms of deviation.

The new law de facto excludes dual nationals from the right to own or contribute to the ownership of a media outlet in Algeria.

Some chapters are positive, some others represent a violation of press freedom, such as revealing sources to the judiciary, if requested, restricting access to any funding, Khaled Drareni, the representative of RSF in North Africa, said.

Unlike the old law that required formal authorisation from the Ministry of Communication to create a newspaper, the new one is much easier in that it says journalists can set up a media outlet by only making a statement.

Earlier this month, a court in Algeria sentenced Ihsane El Kadi, a prominent journalist, to five years in prison. Ihsane, a vocal critic of the government who was arrested on December 24, has been accused of receiving foreign funding.

El Kadis arrest was also condemned by human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

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The former head of the general counsel of the FBI, James Baker, met with Clinton lawyer Mr. Sussmann and helped him pass the false claim that the Trump org was secretly communicating with the Russian Alpha Bank. James Baker then took a similar role with social media giant Twitter. By determining what should be censored or highlighted, he was able to control a large segment of the flow of national news. His influence, and that of other top government officials now in the corporate world, had the ability to control what is reported and not reported. Twitters hierarchy included more than 12 former FBI agents who had an incredible influence on the national reporting of the news. Before Elon Musk took over Twitter, 99 percent of the employees gave donations to the Democrat party. It was obvious that this social media site favored a socialist view.This infiltration of Democrat government operatives in the media has had a profound effect on the type of flow of information that reaches the American public. Without the free dissemination of all viewpoints on an issue, citizens are robbed of making an educated decision on the direction of our nation.

The head of any nation that seizes control of the media is frightening as this leader is on the way to becoming a powerful dictator. At this juncture in our history, journalists have been primarily taught by university programs that are extremely progressive leaning. Conservative-leaning students are either not accepted into these programs or are weeded out by the political woke demands of the program. This gives rise to a strong positive bias toward the left and a negative one against conservatives.

Most news reported by the media today supports far-left ideas, while news that is not supportive of the left is buried. This biased press encourages the administration to accumulate more power which leads to more censorship of any political opposition and, thus, greater power. This creates an arrogant presidential leader who walks away from answering pertinent questions that should be answered.

The control of the press by one political group leads to propagandizing the people, which is essential to creating a one-party government. A courageous free press is essential to keep any government on the right course to protect the peoples freedom and economic prosperity. They do not buy the regimes public relation campaign to retain power.

The government controls the media by inserting certain ex-government officials into power positions in the media, thus allowing them to control the message. This takeover of media corporations by ex-officials to do the bidding of the administration is a censorship of free speech. They can do this because of their control over breaking stories and which stories are covered.

These public relations techniques were initiated by Sigmund Freuds nephew, Edward Bernay, and used by Josef Goebbels in Nazi Germany to shape public opinion. They were effective in Nazi Germany as well as in selling products in our modern consumer advertising world and presently in mainstream politics.

Our nation no longer possesses a free press. It should not matter if a progressive or conservative party is in power. The function of the press is to report all the viable news to the public. The integrity of the reporter to state all the accurate news regardless of political implications is essential for a functioning republic.

Once the mass media chooses sides in the political arena by censoring the news and embellishing the positives of their allies, the media becomes an arm of the ruling class. In a representative government, a corrupt mass media that has sold its integrity for political favors serves as an accomplice in undermining the democratic process. In essence, the media becomes a propaganda bureau for the ruling party. This arrangement cannot coexist within a constitutional republic.

This sell-out by the mass media can only be rectified by morally courageous people correcting the record. This will encourage other honest reporters to overcome their fears of being canceled. Through their tenacity in asking specific and difficult questions, reporters can keep politicians on both sides of the aisle honest. These comprehensive and penetrating questions will initially prevent politicians and spokesmen from talking in generalities and preventing them from circling back to cleverly repeat another avoidance message.

By uncovering the true stories of what is happening, individual journalists will start unraveling the lies of the party in power. This will allow better understanding by citizens of the politicians motivation and allow the citizens to choose the best candidates to represent them and preserve our constitution.

Instead of slick, false public relations techniques that can undermine truth, honest facts will defeat a potential dictator. This will protect all the positive institutions that have kept the country strong for the people.

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books, and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN, and a new just published book entitled IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can visit Dr. Maglio at http://www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.

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