The dispute in the present matter pertains to a hundred year old building, which is covered under Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 (for short UP Act 13 of 1972"). Section 13 of said Act placed restriction on landlord, tenant and also on any other person from occupying the building in any capacity, without there being an order of release in favour of landlord, or order of allotment in case of tenant.
The building in question is known as 7, Dalibagh situated in Lucknow. Originally said property was owned by a Barrister Mohammad Wasim and on his migration to Pakistan, vested with the Custodian of Evacuee Property, and thereafter settled in favour of Rai Bahadur Lakshman Das, a displaced person. But it appears that physical possession could not be delivered to the allottee as the building was in occupation of several tenants.
It is pleaded that the appellant Anil Kalra, along with his brother, sister and two others, has stepped into the shoes of the landlords through Dr. Mulk Raj, Dwarika Das and Banarasi Das, heirs of Rai Bahadur Lakshman Das by way of sale deeds executed in the years 1982-1983. It is alleged by the appellant that after the tenants vacated the premises, an application was moved under Section 16(1)(b) of UP Act 13 of 1972 for release of the building for demolition and reconstruction before the Competent Authority (authorized Additional District Magistrate).
The Competent Authority called for a report from Rent Control Inspector, who inspected the spot and reported on 14.11.1984 that the Office of Cane Commissioner (tenant on the part of the building) was in the midst of vacating the same. He further reported that as per information received, Respondent No. 2 Mrigendra Pandey and Respondent No. 3 Nripendra Pandey (both sons of Dr. J.D. Pandey), under the banner of M/s. Swargiya Sanjay Gandhi Sahkari Avas Samiti Ltd,, after breaking open the locks, had unauthorizedly occupied the building.
It was further reported by the Rent Control Inspector that the Deputy Cane Commissioner had apprehended that the part vacated by him was also likely to be occupied by said society, and a First Information Report was lodged to that effect and the District Magistrate, Lucknow, was also informed about it.
With the above information, the Rent Control Inspector recommended that deemed vacancy be declared in respect of the building under Section 12(1)(b) of UP Act 13 of 1972, and further reported that there was a case in favour of the landlord- appellant for getting released the building for the purpose of demolition and reconstruction. (Co-landlords also joined Anil Kalra by moving separate application before the Competent Authority (Additional District Magistrate, City, Lucknow). On perusal of the report of the Rent Control Inspector and after inviting objections of concerned parties, vacancy was declared.
Thereafter, vide order dated 30.12.1986 (on application dated 25.2.1986), the Competent Authority issued the order for release of the building under Section 16(1)(b) of UP Act 13 of 1972 in favour of the appellant and co-landlords. When after issuance of Form-C unauthorized occupants failed to vacate the building, Form-D was issued. The unauthorized occupants filed a review petition before the Competent Authority (Additional District Magistrate, City), but the same was dismissed with the finding that the occupants were transferees from Swargiya Sanjay Gandhi Sahkari Avas Samiti Ltd., which has no title or authority to occupy the building.
On this a Rent Revision was filed by respondent Nos. 1 to 3 (Dr. J.D. Pandey and his two sons Mrigendra Pandey and Nripendra Pandey, both advocates). The revision was decided by V Additional District Judge, Lucknow, vide order dated 28.10.1991, in favour of said respondents. The appellant and co-landlords filed the Writ Petition No. 183 (R/C) of 1991 before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, challenging the order passed by the revisional court. After hearing the parties, the writ petition was allowed by the High Court, vide order dated 26.5.1999 with the direction that the proceedings for delivery of possession to the landlord shall be re- initiated from the stage they were stayed.
The application for recall, filed by respondent Nos. 1 to 3, was dismissed on 4.7.2002. That round of litigation attained finality with the dismissal of Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 24659-60 of 2002 on 10.12.2002, by this Court. In the above circumstances, the appellant moved application for execution of Form-D before the Rent Control Officer (Additional District Magistrate, City, East, Lucknow), and on 22.2,2003 said authority issued direction for execution of Form-D.
It is alleged by the appellant that to frustrate the release order, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 offered to give possession of thirteen rooms only, and got the eviction proceedings stalled against unauthorized occupants. This gave cause to the appellant to file Contempt Petition No. 265 of 2003 before the High Court. In said proceeding also respondent Nos. 1 to 3 expressed willingness to hand over possession of thirteen rooms only and not the building.
The single Judge, hearing the contempt petition, directed the Rent Control Officer (Additional District Magistrate, City) to comply the order of the High Court, passed in the writ petition, against which Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 24659-60 of 2002 had been dismissed. Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 filed Contempt Appeal No. 51 of 2006 against the interim order dated 1.12.2006, passed by the Judge hearing the contempt petition.
The contempt appeal was dismissed as not maintainable. Thereafter, the respondents filed Special Appeal (Intra Court Appeal) No. 923 of 2006 before the High Court. The appellant raised a preliminary objection that no Special Appeal is maintainable against the order of the Judge hearing the contempt petition. However, the High Court rejected the preliminary objection. Hence, this appeal through special leave, before us. Connected Civil Appeal Nos. 5688-89 of 2007 are filed by respondent Nos. 1 to 3 of the Civil Appeal No. 3763 of 2007 against the judgment and orders dated 1.12.2006 and 8.12.2006, passed by the High Court in Criminal Miscellaneous Case No. 265 of 2006 and Contempt Appeal No. 51 of 2006.
"11. Prohibition of letting without allotment order. - Save as hereinafter provided, no person shall let any building except in pursuance of an allotment order issued under Section 16." There is no allotment order issued in favour of any of the alleged occupants under Section 16 of the UP Act 13 of 1972. It is not in dispute that the building is old and covered under sub-section (2) of Section 2 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, which was initially applicable to ten years old buildings as on 15.7.1972. By UP Act 28 of 1976 words "ten years" were substituted by "twenty years", and by UP Act No. 11 of 1988 "twenty years" were substituted with "forty years".
As such, in any case the building was covered under the Act and not exempted under any of the clauses mentioned in Section 2 of the UP Act No. 13 of 1972. The expression "District Magistrate" is defined in clause (c) of Section 3 and includes an officer authorized by the District Magistrate to exercise, perform and discharge all or any of his powers, functions and duties under the Act. Clause (b) of sub-Section (1) of Section 12 of UP Act No. 13 of 1972 provides that a landlord or a tenant of a building shall be deemed to have ceased to occupy the building or a part thereof if he has allowed it to be occupied by any person who is not a member of his family. Section 13 of the Act provides that where a landlord or tenant ceases to occupy a building or part thereof, no person shall occupy it in any capacity on his behalf of otherwise than under an order of allotment or release under Section 16. Clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 16 provides that the District Magistrate may by an order release the whole or any part of the vacant building in favour of the landlord.
"5. In the aforesaid view of the matter, the question that requires consideration is how will this order of eviction passed by the High Court and confirmed by this Court by dismissing the special leave petition on the terms mentioned hereinbefore on 24-8-1987 is to be enforced or implemented? In our opinion, the said order must be implemented and cannot be allowed to be defeated by the dubious methods adopted by the partners of the said firm of Ganpat Ram Rajkumar. The whole conduct betrays a calculated attempt to defeat the order of this Court and to mislead this Court.
If that is the position, in our opinion, parties cannot be allowed to do so and get away by misleading this Court..........."
"11. After considering the respective contentions of the learned counsel for the parties and the affidavits filed by Respondent 6, M/s Hind Barrel Co. and Respondents 13 to 15, it appears to us that in the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner is entitled to a direction from this Court that the decree should be executed immediately by the executing court and delivery of the entirety of the suit premises covered by the decree under execution, should be delivered to the decree-holder, the petitioner, Zahurul Islam, by the executing court by evicting Respondent 1, Abul Kalam and the other respondents including Respondents 6 and 13 to 15 and any other person in possession of any portion of the disputed premises, if necessary, with the police help.............."
"13. The history of this litigation shows nothing but cussedness and lack of bona fides on the part of the respondent. Apart from his tenacity and determination to prevent the appellants from enjoying the fruits of the decree, there appears to be nothing commendable in the case. Even before us the same arguments of fraud, and that the appellants were not legally owners of the suit property, were pleaded.
18. Considering that the respondent has deliberately delayed the execution, the executing court shall dispose of the execution proceedings with utmost dispatch." In M. Meeramytheen and others v.
"14. The executing court will see that delivery of possession is effected within a period of fifteen days from the date of filing of the execution petition or the application aforementioned. In case for delivery of possession any armed force is necessary, the same shall be deputed by the Superintendent of Police within forty-eight hours from the date requisition is received therefor. It is also directed that in case anybody else, other than the tenants, is found in possession, he shall also be dispossessed from the premises in question."
In Atma Ram Builders Private Limited v. A.K. Tuli and others, deprecating the conduct of the tenant after the first round of litigation was over by getting inducted another person, this Court expressed its anguish as under: - "4. It is deeply regrettable that in our country often litigations between the landlord and the tenant are fought up to the stage of the Supreme Court and when the tenant loses in this Court then he starts a second innings through someone claiming to be a co-tenant or as a sub-tenant or in some other capacity and in the second round of litigation the matter remains pending for years and the landlord cannot get possession despite the order of this Court.
The time has come that this malpractice must now be stopped effectively." In view of law laid down by this Court, as above, and considering the facts and circumstances of the present case, and conduct of respondents whereby persons in large number inducted unauthorisedly by them without any allotment order, Civil Appeal No. 3763 of 2007, filed by the landlord, deserves to be allowed, and Civil Appeal Nos. 5688-89 of 2007, filed by the respondents (contemnors before the single Judge of the High Court) are liable to be dismissed. We order accordingly.
We further direct the Competent Authority (Additional District Magistrate, City, East, Lucknow) to execute the Form-D. However, keeping in mind that there are several occupants (inducted unauthorisedly without any allotment order), on humanitarian ground they are allowed three months' time from today to vacate the premises voluntarily, whereafter they or anyone occupying in their place along with respondent Nos. 1 to 3 in Civil Appeal No. 3763 of 2007, shall be forcibly dispossessed within 48 hours in compliance of this order, as directed above.
The District Magistrate and the Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, are directed to provide every assistance in execution of the order of release, affirmed by the High Court in Writ Petition (R/C) No. 183 of 1991 on 26.5.1999. Needless to say that this Court has already dismissed Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 24659-60 of 2002 on 10.12.2002, challenging the order passed in the writ petition by the High Court.
We also clarify that the landlords are not allowed to let out the released building (in the existing condition), and they shall demolish the building for reconstruction for which the building has been released by the authority concerned. With the directions, as above, Civil Appeal No. 3763 of 2007 is allowed and Civil Appeal Nos. 5688-89 of 2007 stand dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs.


(CNN) - The principal of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed in a February 14 school shooting, said students who walk out today will be punished.
Principal Ty Thompson told the students during Thursday's announcements that if they leave campus they will face disciplinary action. A teacher told CNN that the disciplinary action will be an unexcused absence.
But that didn't stop students who nevertheless participated.
Most of the teachers had said they expected a good number of the students to walk out of the classrooms, but they aren't so sure how many will leave campus.
However, the student body isn't exactly unified on this walkout. While many of the most vocal students are promoting the walkout, some other students feel conflicted since the walkout marks the Columbine shooting anniversary. Columbine leaders have pushed back against a walkout, asking students to treat the day as a day of service and not just a day to walk out.
At Stoneman Douglas, some of the students are planning to do acts of service on campus instead of actually walking out.


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Tag My Old Bus Driver
Charter & Rules
Years ago retired bus drivers would come together under the leadership of a couple of ladies by the name of Delores Cain and Betty J. Moore. They held annual parties to bring former coworkers together for yearly gatherings. That spirit continued under the hands of Bessie King and her fashionable Hawaiian style Luau potluck, also held on an annual basis. Now held the second Saturday in June.
With the Federal Law to ensure equal rights in the Los Angeles Unified School District, a massive hiring commenced in the late 1970's. Then after a period of 30 years the bulk of the hirees begain retiring. The present day Vice President of SBDA saw most of the people he started working with leaving, and felt if some effort was not made to maintain contact with those with whom he had worked with for so many years, all communication would be lost. From such a fear the Coffee Break was born.
The Coffee Break began as a weekly meeting because there is just too much time between yearly meetings that allows for ties to be broken. Therefore it is this association's desire to form a chain that allows for continued contact and communication.
Then came along a lady who had worked most of her career in the Valley Area of L.A.U.S.D. by the name of Linda Pogacnik, and she encouraged a reunion. In an effort to pull in as many as could be contacted, a new annual reunion was born. With the help of a few social genius' such as Betty J. Moore, Bessie King, Georgia Dickson, Linda Pogacnik and a host of others, a gala event was launched.
Shortly thereafter, Suanna Watford suggested a benevolence account should be started for people in dire situations, and so we are now on a quest, to fulfill the wishes and desires of those in our company to connect and to uphold.
Our Desire
Thanks to the increasing number of former bus drivers, the reunion was a huge success. There was about 80 retired bus drivers and about 20 present day drivers in attendance last year. We are hoping to double that number each year.
School Bus Drivers Association Of Los Angeles CA. U.S.A
Linda Pogacnik-Schuetterle: President
William Gardner Jr.: Vice President
Mac Baldridge: Treasurer
Earcee Huguley: Assistant Treasurer
Winston Brown: Event Liason
Jackie Hill Elliott:Secretary & Web Master
Rachel Ware: Raffles & Fundrasing
David Whisnant: Advisor & Consultant
Patricia Thompson: Membership
Hermann Schuetterle: Finance Coordinator
Michelle Huguley: Raffles & Fundraising
The Coffee Break is a weekly meeting of retired bus drivers. The meeting is held each Wednesday between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, at the Mc Donalds located at 1763 W. Century Blvd, in Los Angeles, CA. 90047. With the exception of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving day and any holiday, that falls on a Wednesday. (such as Christmas or New Years Day)
(N/E corner of Western Ave. and Century Blvd.)
This meeting is not formal and is just what it implies, a coffee break.
New groups!
We have expanded our groups for you.
Our Website is Now Up and Running!
Find out more about our association on our new website!
We are extending an Open Invitation to All
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Visiting Masterpieces of Architecture in the Art Capital
Barcelona, the second largest city of Spain, is filled with passion and colour, and is also home to some of the world's most famous architecture. In the latter half of the 19th century, Barcelona experienced the Industrial Revolution early on, and an artistic and cultural movement called "Modernisme" was born. This was not just a pursuit of the new, but also a search for the unique identity of Catalonia, where Barcelona is located. Let's see with our own eyes the "dreamscape" that Gaudi and other unusual creative architects pursued. In this fascinating city, illuminated by the dry Mediterranean sunshine, let's visit six Modernisme buildings that are also World Heritage sites.
Architect of Flowers, Montaner
After being welcomed by the statue of Columbus in the plaza near the port, we walk down the crowded pedestrian street La Rambla to the old town with its stately streets. On the corner, you will see a gorgeous building. It is the Palau de la Música Catalana, a concert hall and masterpiece by Montaner, who played a significant role in the Modernisme movement. Steel was used for the framework, the latest building material at the time, and the exterior walls are decorated with a variety of floral tiles and sculptures. Most impressive is the interior. The chandeliers adorning the main hall, surrounded by stained glass, are so beautiful and elegant that they leave you speechless. The passion of Modernisme has already gripped our heart.
Gaudi's Mansion, Full of Innovation
Lined on the Passeig de Gracia, the centre of Modernisme, is the Casa Batlló, redesigned by Antoni Gaudí. The ultra-colored glass mosaics, skeletal balconies, and scales on the roofs stir the imagination of all who see them. Casa Milà, also by Gaudi, is a five-minute walk from here, and is said to be "architecture that expresses life" with its motif of nature. Both buildings are characterized by their curvilinear beauty, with details such as doors and staircases, as well as courtyards to let in natural light, in pursuit of innovation and livability.
The Sagrada Familia, the Unfinished World Heritage Site
As soon as you step up to the surface from the subway station, your eyes are immediately drawn to the towering Sagrada Familia. We finally meet! The anticipation and excitement runs through the body when you finally see it. Its construction began in 1882, and Gaudi became its second architect at the young age of 31. He considered the entire building to be a "Bible in stone," and the World Heritage Site's Nativity Façade is a meticulously carved representation of the birth of Christ. Because it is yet unfinished, the stone cathedral has an atmosphere of almost being alive. You can look up at the whole view, gaze at the detailed sculptures, and enjoy Gaudi's endless worldview to your heart's content.
From the Nativity façade with its bronze ivy leaves, we enter the cathedral. there, a space unimaginable from the exterior unfolds. Tree-like white pillars branch out to the ceiling, and the light that pours down is like sunlight filtering through the trees. On the east side of the basilica are stained glass windows of cooler colors, and on the west side are similar windows of warmer colors, changing the color of the church according to the inclination of the sun. In fact, the structure of the basilica is so meticulously thought out that you can feel a different impression of Gaudí's image as "eccentric." The main altar, the bell tower, and the spiral staircase like a conch shell are just a few of the highlights that will make you lose track of time.
The World's Most Beautiful Hospital
Although we not want to leave, we glance back at the Sagrada Familia as we then walk along the Avinguda Gaudí, extending to the north. The colorful buildings in front of us are the Hospital de Sant Pau. From the decorative tiles and flowers in the stained glass, you can see that this is the work of Montaner. At first glance, the hospital looks gorgeous, but the pink and light, regular colors that remind us of life give us a calming impression. The building was also very functional, with underground passages connecting the buildings. Montaner's belief that "art has the power to heal people" has continued to be celebrated with grace over time.
Traces of Gaudi's Dreams
On top of a hill overlooking the city is Parc Güell, a remnant of the rural residential area that Gaudi promoted at the request of his investor, Mr. Güell. The park is decorated with trencadís, a technique of laying colorful fractured tiles, which is a characteristic of Modernisme architecture. The smoothly curved benches made from pieces of discarded pottery are ergonomically designed. Rubbing my neck, a little sore from looking up at the buildings so much, you can sit down on a bench and gaze out at the city in the dusk. Throughout this day we truly experienced the passion of Modernisme firsthand. The traces of the dreams left behind by architects who expressed the joy of living continue to colour this city.
PHOTO: PEACEBOAT, Kataoka Kazushi, Okuhira Keita, Yuruki Shiho
One of the World's Great Fjord Cruises and visit to a Scandinavian Town
Experiencing the Culture of a World City


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EMAIL: publicrelations@achs.edu
Portland, Oregon – Katja Evans of Braintree, Vermont, will be honored as the Distance Education and Accrediting Commission (DEAC) 2020 Famous Alumni at the American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) virtual graduation ceremony.
The DEAC Famous Alumni of the Year award celebrates the achievements of distance education students who have demonstrated academic excellence and consistent commitment to society and their chosen profession.
After earning her degree online, Katja pivoted to helping her community members achieve optimum health.
Katja Evans, eager to change careers, researched accredited online holistic health education and enrolled at the American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS). In 2020, she earned her Master of Science in Health and Wellness.
Katja graduated from ACHS with honors. Throughout her program, she selected courses that provided a comprehensive overview of an integrative approach to health and wellness. Her studies at ACHS culminated in a Capstone Project that focused on community initiatives and secured grant funding for a local elementary school to implement a Farm to School program. This program will directly impact the school's nutrition, health curriculum, garden, and local food economy.
With her newly gained knowledge and expertise in nutrition and anatomy and physiology, Katja is now teaching class members about disease prevention, specifically Type 2 Diabetes. After graduation, she accepted a new position as a Care Coordinator at her local hospital as part of the Community Health Team. This team focuses on lifestyle disease prevention and barriers to healthcare for its patients. Katja is an active health and wellness advocate. She serves on several committees that support community health initiatives. Katja is also a school board member. Her interest in health in wellness has transformed into a passion helping others achieve optimum health.
"I chose ACHS because I wanted to focus on an integrative approach to health and wellness. The range of classes and online format allowed me to earn a comprehensive education on my schedule. The coursework built my solid foundation of knowledge which led to my new career." says Katja.
ABOUT ACHS
American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS.edu) has been training, credentialing, advancing, and legitimizing the holistic health industry globally since 1978. ACHS specializes in accredited online integrative health and wellness education and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, diplomas, certificates, and professional continuing education courses in integrative health. ACHS makes holistic health and wellness education accessible to a diverse community, including healthcare professionals, military students, stay-at-home parents, and lifelong learners. Specializations include aromatherapy, herbal medicine, holistic nutrition, health education, and wellness coaching. Our graduates have been leading the wellness revolution with our sustainable values combined with cutting-edge, science-based holistic health education that gives graduates a firm foundation to launch or enhance their wellness careers. At ACHS we help corporations create specialized wellness strategies such as micro-credentialing packages. These initiatives help corporations support organizational wellness, leading to increased productivity, employee well-being, and a positive impact on the bottom line. ACHS is a Certified B Corp® and has been devoted to excellence in education, sustainability, and ethical business practices for over 40 years. ACHS was named #3 of 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon 2019 by Oregon Business magazine. Sustainability and wellness are in our DNA. Contact 503-244-0726 or visit www.achs.edu for more information.


Commissioned by The Arts Catalyst, and co-curated by Office of Experiments, John Hansard Gallery and SCAN, this exhibition contextualises works which combine research into sites of scientific and technological interest in the UK, "sites of uncertainty" , with art language which often appears almost secondary, and yet which combines the aesthetics of science and technology, museums and visitor centres, with an often spare and documentary/conceptual approach.
By extending the documentary qualities of conceptual art, and continuing these with the enthusiasm of personal research projects, enhanced by new media, Office of Experiments draws attention in a political sense to the activities of government and of private organisations, and how these activities actually impact on the public in a local and in a broader international sense.
In Steve Rowell's 'Looped Four Screen Projection with Audio', part of his installation 'Mastering the Ultimate High Ground, UK', 2009, the viewer enters a closed room via a corridor where the walls are covered in reflective foil. The UK is analysed and portrayed as a 'research environment', and he looks at two locations in England, RAF Menwith Hill and RAF Fylingdales, reflecting on global networks and communications which obviously extend beyond national boundaries.
Meanwhile, in 'A Memorial for the Still Living', 2009, Beatriz da Costa's installation, reflects on rare and endangered species of birds, animals, insects and plants of the British Isles, her research involving identifying the species within the collections of The Natural History and Horniman museums.
This work, together with Victoria Halford and Steve Beard's film 'Voodoo Science Park', 2009, complements the other installations by White and Rowell, in terms of looking at the impact of technology on the population and the natural environment.
Halford and Beard's film "...traces a secret geography of The Health and Safety Laboratory situated in the Peak District..."  In an interview with the four artists, accompanying the exhibition, Beard explains that they are interested in accidents, and such aspects as the ratio of human fatalities deemed acceptable by the government. But the film, which has a complex sound track, is significant in terms of its exploration of the history of engineering, the landscape of the Peak District and imagining an asynchronous encounter between William Blake and philosopher Thomas Hobbes.


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Bachelor's 'Queen' Victoria Larson Shuts Down Body-Shaming Comment From Matt James' Pal With Epic Bikini Pic
By Dory Jackson
Don't come for the queen! Bachelor contestant Victoria Larson responded to a body-shamer's harsh comments about her figure in the best way possible.
Celebs Fight Back on Social Media
In a clip shared via the Matt James Fan Page Instagram account on Monday, January 25, one of Bachelor Matt James' pals made fun of Larson's physique while trying to distract the North Carolina native during a round of golf.
"How was Victoria's body? You know, cause when I look at her, it doesn't look very nice," the person said as members of the group erupted in laughter. "And you've been making out with this woman."
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As the self-dubbed "Queen" caught wind of the rude remarks, she commented beneath the Bachelornation.Scoop Instagram account's version of the video: "Cute…. I love my body :)." The 28-year-old then posted photos of herself rocking a stylish black bikini, writing, "Y'all r too much 😹💃🏽 body by @naturalpilates & @carriespilatesplus."
What Is Victoria's Real Job? 5 Things to Know About the Bachelor's 'Queen'
Amid her pursuit of the 29-year-old real estate broker, Larson has not been met favorably by viewers and her fellow contestants. She has drummed up tension with her fellow Bachelorettes including Marylynn Sienna, who was cut from the competition in week 2 following their feud.
During her Good Morning America appearance earlier this week, the California native insisted that she is not a villain. "Honestly, it was all in good fun," she said on Tuesday, January 26, while defending her behavior on the show. "If my words or actions hurt anyone, like, I sincerely apologize and I'll do better and hold myself accountable. I'm not a bully. I'm really not."
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Larson explained that the other contestants "knew me and knew my heart and knew that I really never have ill intent, so I think they viewed it differently just because they know me." The entrepreneur added that since she "anticipated being well-received," she "wasn't really prepared" to receive "hate mail and the death threats" from viewers.
'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' Villains: Where Are They Now?
Larson's friend told Us Weekly exclusively that the NYU grad is not allowing the negative feedback to bring her down.
"She's not letting all the hate get to her too much," the reality star's pal revealed to Us. "She's asked me for advice because this isn't a situation she's ever had to deal with before, and the advice I gave her was, 'It's better to be hated than to be forgotten. It's better to be talked about than to not be talked about.' And that's what stuck with her. At least people are reacting to her — she should see it as a positive thing."
The former flight attendant's buddy described her as a "sweetheart" and "one of the nicest people" they know, adding, "It's a TV show. You come in and people play characters. There's supposed to be drama. It's supposed to be entertaining. If you go on there and you're the sweetest person on the planet, it doesn't necessarily make for great TV."
Why did Colton Underwood have to stay 100 yards away from Cassie Randolph? Hear the alleged crazy texts he sent her that earned him a restraining order. In under 2 minutes!


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Q: PHPMailer created email showing html tags in the body rather than only text? I am trying to send an email with attachment, but I have a problem I am able to send an email but rather than having text it is having html tags present in it.
Here is the excerpt of the code..
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So the I see the body of the message with html tags rather only with plain text, I am specifying the body to be html using function isHtml(true)
Snapshot of the result :
I just want the Text Shah, Dhruvenkumar
I have spent considerable amount of time, but could not find the solution. I also have double quotes within the HTML as the actual message is much more complicated.
I will be glad if someone could provide some pointers.
Thank you.


Testing, testing, testing. We say it often enough that it might even sound like "blah, blah, blah" to you. But, it's integral to a successful email marketing campaign.
You may be familiar with Anne Holland's Which Test Won. If not, it's a cool site that features a weekly marketing test along with the results. What's more amazing is that the readers get to vote on which test they think won, and often a large percentage of them are wrong! This speaks volumes about the importance of testing. We shouldn't assume what we don't know.
Our VR marketing team recently ran a subject line test, and I wanted to share the results as testing inspiration for your email marketing.
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The team was curious to know if a mysterious "VR Gift" would perform better than directly calling out the offer in the subject line. Which subject line do you think performed better?
If you guessed the first one, Get 50% Off Email Credits – Up to 1,000, you're right. This subject line had a 3.8% lift in open rate and made 45% more revenue. Remember, other than the subject line the emails were exactly the same. So this increase is all from testing one little element. Big reward for minimal work, right?
What do you test in your emails? What types of results do you see? I'd love to hear about your adventures in testing!


Cyberattacks are a large and growing concern for companies of all kinds, no matter the size or the industry. And for good reason: as we move more and more of what we consider valuable into the digital domain—including trade secrets and other intellectual property, financial information, strategic communications, customer data, control over physical assets, and the like—our networks are greater targets for thieves, spies, competitors, and others with malicious intent. Without good planning, the secondary effects of a successful attack can be just as devastating, including litigation, regulatory scrutiny, and market effects that frequently follow an intrusion.
Deal with potential regulatory issues and litigation, including analyzing the need for breach notifications, public company reporting under SEC rules and guidance, and the like; addressing inquiries and investigations by regulators including the FTC, state attorneys general, and others; and defending lawsuits that may arise, including privacy, securities and fiduciary duties suits.
Our team also provides advice on other security-related issues, including privacy, infrastructure protection, liability protection, and export control, among other things.
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This is one of those little books that turns out to be a big blessing. It's a little different from most other books on marriage in that it is strongly doctrinal and not so much advice. There are certainly practical aspects but it is put upon a strong foundation.
Bromiley develops a biblical theology of marriage in four parts—God the Father and marriage, God as the husband of Israel, God the Son and Marriage, and God the Holy Spirit and marriage. The chapter on Israel is outstanding. He traces the rise and fall of Israel from the perspective of their practices concerning marriage.
The number of books on marriage has to be nearing infinity and much of them range from worthless to harmful. The bad marriage books turn out to be nothing but manipulation manuals or technique how-to's. There is a place for some of that, but only if you have a solid theological foundation to stand on. Bromiley does a lot of work here to put some rock under your feet. I highly recommend it.


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A Tale of Education in Two Cities
A few months ago, we released a study showing that for at least ten years Edmonton students have consistently and significantly outperformed Calgary students, and furthermore the gap gets larger the longer the students are in school. There is no reason why every city can't get the same great results as Edmonton.
Malkin Dare, Contributor
Former President, Society for Quality Education
02/17/2015 08:57am EST | Updated April 19, 2015
A few months ago, we released a study showing that for at least ten years Edmonton students have consistently and significantly outperformed Calgary students, and furthermore the gap gets larger the longer the students are in school.
The world yawned, and the study sank without a ripple.
But the world should have paid attention. There is no reason why every city can't get the same great results as Edmonton.
Edmonton and Calgary are only 300 km apart. So what's Edmonton's secret?
Back in the seventies, a successful hog farmer named Mike Strembitsky started a revolution in Edmonton when he became the superintendent of schools. Dr. Strembitsky turned the concept of school boards upside down by sending most of the provincial funding directly to the schools and letting the principal and teachers decide how to spend it.
At the same time, Dr. Strembitsky gave Edmonton parents the freedom to choose their children's school. All of a sudden, schools had to work to attract and retain students. Click here for more about Dr. Strembitsky's reforms and what they led to.
As a result, Edmonton schools started to improve their service, in some cases developing specialties. Now there are all kinds of excellent public schools in Edmonton: in addition to the many fine neighbourhood schools, there are public Christian schools, sports schools, bilingual schools (German, Arabic, Mandarin, French, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Hebrew), Waldorf schools, traditional schools, dance schools, and the list goes on.
So when, in the 80s and 90s, the province of Alberta introduced legislation designed to increase the amount of educational competition across the entire province, the Edmonton public schools were already well positioned. In fact, the public schools were so good that very few new private schools could get a toehold. Why pay for private school when the public schools are first-rate?
In Calgary, by way of contrast, the school board ignored the new Alberta-wide legislation, and tried to carry on with business as usual. As a result, Calgary parents started withdrawing their children from conventional public schools and sending them to the various alternatives that had now become available. In spite of the fact that the city was growing, the Calgary school board began to hemorrhage students and was forced to close one school after the other.
Finally, things got so bad that the Calgary school board did a complete about-face. They created new schools to compete with all the charter and private schools that had sprung up as a result of the new legislation. Not surprisingly, many of its newly-created schools resembled the competition.
For example, to compete with a rival all-girls charter school, the Calgary public board started up an all-girls school of its own. The board also started a special science school similar to one that was siphoning off a lot of its students, and established fully five schools using the very popular traditional approach used at the competing Foundations for the Future Charter Academy.
But, while these improvements staved off disaster for the Calgary school board, the Edmonton school board was still way out front, and it has been able to maintain its advantage ever since.
The good news is that every city can introduce the same changes that Mike Strembitsky brought to Edmonton 40 years ago. The blueprint is simple:
• Make every principal an entrepreneur.
• Let every school control its own budget.
• Make everyone accountable for student performance and budgets.
• Delegate authority.
• Turn the spotlight on student achievement.
• Make every school a community of learners.
• Give families real choices among a variety of unique schools.
These changes are not expensive or difficult. Every city in Canada could have the same level of academic achievement and parental satisfaction as Edmonton.
All it takes is leadership.
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Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH invests in promising start-ups around the world
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH scours the globe for start-ups that have the potential to rewrite the rulebook for entire industries. Earnings potential is naturally also a factor, but the primary goal is to secure Bosch's innovation leadership.
Torqeedo electric motor: silently gliding over the water
A camera that can detect diabetes-related damage to the retina of the human eye; an electric motor that lets boats glide noiselessly over the water; smart glasses that display elevation profiles to cyclists and guide workers around warehouses. These three technologies could scarcely be more different – and yet they have one crucial thing in common: they all originated from start-ups and have the potential to revolutionize their respective industries. For the managing directors of Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), Ingo Ramesohl and Philipp Rose, as well as their colleagues, that's reason enough to invest in these new companies.
"We're looking for the kind of disruptive innovations that could turn a market completely upside down. We want to make the Bosch divisions aware of them, with the ultimate aim of securing and expanding our innovation leadership."
Ingo Ramesohl, managing director of RBVC
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Since 2007, the daily task of associates at this Bosch subsidiary has been to put out feelers to find what would normally fly below the radar of a large company like Bosch — at start-up conferences, at trade fairs such as the Mobile World Congress, and on the internet. RBVC currently holds a stake in some 30 companies around the world, with its share ranging from 5 to 25 percent. But Ramesohl is quick to point out that this is not about making competitors stronger, but about investing in "complementary technologies or business models." In any event, he continues, the important thing is to be directly active on the start-up scene, and in this way to detect trends and emergent innovations early on.
2,000 companies
were assessed by RBVC trend scouts in 2016, of which roughly 100 were presented to the Bosch divisions
Diverse portfolio: certificates hanging in the RBVC's corridor give an overview of the company's investments
Acquiring the start-ups is not part of the plan. However, RBVC usually holds its shares in a company for several years until an appropriate exit opportunity presents itself. To minimize risks, the investments are spread across a variety of industries, regions, and stages of company development. RBVC currently has hundreds of millions of euros available for investment, split into three internal funds. Rose says, "All in all, for each fund we have to get back more than we put in." Movidius, for example, proved to be a best-case scenario: RBVC invested in this manufacturer of specialized image-processing chips in 2013. In 2016, Movidius was sold to Intel in Silicon Valley – at many times the original price.
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RBVC trend scout Hongquan Jiang
"Artificial intelligence and deep learning are the key technology drivers for innovations over the next decade. Today, they are facilitating the evolution of technologies such as autonomous systems, virtual and augmented reality, and security technology. In the future, they will feature in more and more areas of our daily lives, such as household appliances and consumer electronics. All these are major focal points for Bosch. RBVC is thus an active investor in hardware and software for artificial intelligence and deep learning. One example is our stake in Movidius, the world's leading manufacturer of image-processing chips, which was recently bought by Intel. We have also invested in the Graphcore hardware company, which is poised to fundamentally change how deep-learning problems are processed. Turning to software, one of the ventures we have invested in is ADASWorks, a company that has developed a new software architecture for autonomous driving. Its self-learning algorithms are much more efficient than today's state-of-the-art technology."
RBVC trend scout Cyril Vančura
"The enabling technologies cluster invests in companies active in areas such as the internet of things, human-machine interfaces, and modern software technologies. In the coming years, the internet of things will transform many areas of industry that are of key importance for Bosch, such as smart buildings, smart cities, smart transportation, and connected industry. Pubnub and Foghorn are two companies in our portfolio that are driving the development of the internet of things. Another trend we're seeing in this field is the enormous potential for change that lies in virtual reality, and augmented reality in particular. WaveOptics, for example, is one of our investments that has spawned a revolutionary technology for designing and producing amazing and truly wearable augmented-reality glasses. One outstanding example of the collaboration between Bosch and the companies in the RBVC portfolio is the company Flybits. Its software technology is the basis of context-specific functions in the smart community app made by Bosch Software Innovations and FivePoint for the San Francisco Shipyard."
Trend scout Heribert Uhl
"Urban mobility is rapidly becoming increasingly complex. Various trends such as vehicle sharing, connectivity, electrification, and automated driving will influence the ways in which people move around the cities of the future. In this context, energy efficiency and air quality will take on bigger and bigger roles. RBVC helps the Bosch Group identify disruptive innovations in the energy-efficiency field, as demonstrated by our investment in Torqeedo. This company is the world's leading manufacturer of electric drive systems and full-hybrid solutions for boats. These technologies help keep our local waterways clean and reduce emissions from water traffic."
Trend scout Dieter Kraft
"Two of the main innovation drivers in the healthcare sector are IT and connected devices. That's why RBVC has invested in companies that use IT to tackle the major challenges of diagnosing and treating certain chronic diseases. Two of these companies in particular are set to make groundbreaking changes relating to diabetes – unquestionably one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century. The first is Optomed, an innovative medical device manufacturer. It has developed a hand-held camera that can be used to examine the retina and diagnose various eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy. Optomed is working with Bosch to make this technology available in emerging markets. Another example from our portfolio is Emperra, a company that has revolutionized the treatment of diabetes using a radio-controlled pen. Emperra's complete system provides caregivers and relatives with comprehensive, objective data for monitoring the condition of diabetics. This improves treatment and helps rule out potential complications."
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) helps secure the Bosch Group's innovation leadership. It does so by investing in promising start-ups around the world. RBVC currently has stakes in some 30 companies.
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Social activism, globalization, and technologies: A meta-review of three books
This meta-review has been published by Chinese Journal of Communication. See the link HERE. THe following would be some highlights of the books I found highly interesting to share.
"Although Castells depicts the states as either oppressive or corrupt (under the influence of financial capital) in most instances, he rightly points out that "the outcome of the conflict (between the state and civil society, added by author) depends on the interplay between political interests in the country and geopolitical interests related to the country" (p. 97). When social activism reaches its most radical level as regime-overthrowing revolutions, states respond with most radical measures such as switching off the Internet in Egypt or extreme violence in Tunisia. However, the effects of such state responses vary across countries depending on the particular state's internal politics and its position in geopolitics. This analysis makes it clear that states are not independent powers and they have to exist in relation to global powers. Social activism, therefore, does not exist in relation to just a single government but to a network of powers."
"Hoofd makes a compelling etymological analysis (pp. 6-8), showing that activism was originally coined by Rudolf Eucken as the ideology of energetic action to overcome the non-spiritual nature of human kind. This ideology was later applied to economic theories by Walter Eucken (son of Rudolf), who is deemed as "the predecessor of current neo-liberalism" (p. 7). According to Walter's theory, the active attitude to life is essential for economies to counter depression. "Activism was an economic strategy originally employed for the benefit of the nation-state in which its citizens could supposedly enjoy the largest amount of 'spiritual freedom' through actively encouraged but closely monitored economic competition" (p. 7). The collusion between activism and neo-liberalism highlights the entangled relationship among civil society, state, and global capitalism. Hoofd suggests that social activism, despite its confrontational appearance, may have deep ideological connections with the network of powers."
"A few chapters in Ford's book highlight the problematic role of international NGOs and other global forces. Financial aid can lead to financial dependence, which allows international organizations' peace-building programme to dictate the limits of local activists' engagement in the peace movement in post-conflict Timor-Leste (Dibley, 2013). Appealing to international norms of human rights helps sexuality right activists in Malaysia to establish an alternative source of authority but invites heavy state sanction (Lee, 2013). Conflicts within the agendas of multiple international forces are made explicit in framing sex work as work vs. sex workers as victims of human trafficking in Cambodia (Sandy, 2013). Illustrating the entangled relationship between local and global politics, an important case is that a reprimand by the US Department of State on the Cambodian government was reported as an achievement of the Cambodian sex worker rights campaign. "
Some of my ideas
A network approach to examining social activism, I think, is appropriate, especially after knowing of the ideological connection between activism and capitalism that Hoofd argues. Instead of treating activism and capitalism as two separate processes, we should examine how social activism emerges, evolves, and diminishes in relation to the network of powers.
Instead of seeing social activism single-directionally determined by neo-liberal capitalism, I would like to borrow the concept of "seduction" (Baudrillard, 1990) to describe the relationship between the two. I hereby use one example to illustrate the seducing relationship: Google is a company that makes profits based on searching through free and open content provided by Internet users and this profit-driven practice coincides with many activist appeals for freedom of expression or freedom of information flow. When Google exploits these causes and activists behind them, activists also try to demand moral or material support from Google to fulfill their goals, such as fighting against the state. It is hard to say who is in control and who is winning over whom. It is indeed a complicity suggested by Hoofd but the complicity goes both ways. What makes our research on social activism exciting is to make visible the rules, charms, snares, and lures involved in such seduction.


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Vermont town to vote on charging US President, Vice President of war crimes
The town of Brattleboro known for its controversial effort in 2007 to impeach President Bush, has once again gained national attention. A petition was signed by 5% of voters from the town, or 436 signatures to charge the President and Vice President of the United States with war crimes.
Residents of the town will vote on town meeting day to decide whether to pursue charges of war crimes against both President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
The petition read as follows:
"Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities and shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above-mentioned indictments, arrest and detain George Bush and Richard Cheney in Brattleboro if they are not duly impeached, and prosecute or extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them?"
Officials in Brattelboro have stated that this is merely a symbolic vote, as the town and its law enforcement officers lack the power to arrest the President.
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John Curran. "Vermont Anti-Bush Petition Lambasted" — Associated Press, January 30, 2008
"Vermont Town Wants to Charge Bush & Cheney with War Crimes" — First Coast News, January 30, 2008
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The extremely compact Resonon Pika II, and Pika NIR Imaging Spectrometers are capable of generating and analyzing airborn hyperspectral data for a wide variety of applications.
During the past few years, I have worked closely with Resonon personnel and a variety of researchers from land management, agricultural, and electrical engineering disciplines to generate data for crop health surveys, detection of environmental impacts, and invasive plant identification projects.
An example of this work appears here.


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Major Changes Could Reduce Diabetes Death Toll
American Diabetes Association warns 62 million could die in next 30 years
SUNDAY, June 11, 2006 (HealthDay News) -- The president of the American Diabetes Association is urging major changes to improve the health of Americans and curb an oncoming epidemic of diabetes.
Without these lifestyle changes, diabetes will soon take a huge toll on patients and the nation's health care system, Dr. Robert A. Rizza, the ADA's president of medicine and science, was to tell delegates Sunday at the organization's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
"Unless something is done to prevent it, diabetes will result in 35 million heart attacks, 13 million strokes, 6 million episodes of renal failure, 8 million instances of blindness or eye surgery, 2 million amputations and 62 million deaths, for a total of 121 million serious diabetes-related adverse events in the next 30 years," Rizza said in a prepared statement on his remarks.
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A cure for diabetes is the ultimate goal and would save the United States approximately $6.6 trillion in the next 30 years on treating the disease. But, the ADA president said, that achievement isn't on the horizon.
"Although scientists are tantalizingly close to major scientific breakthroughs that could lead to a cure, of course, it is irresponsible to promise that a cure for diabetes will occur tomorrow," said Rizza. "Until a cure is found, the ideal would be for every patient to receive 'optimal' care for their diabetes."
Maintaining this standard of care would mean that each patient with diabetes would need an A1C (blood sugar level) of less than 7 percent, blood pressure readings of less than 130/80 mmHg, LDL cholesterol readings of less than 100 mg/dl and an HDL cholesterol reading of equal to or better than 40 or 50 mg/dl for men and women, respectively. Triglycerides should also be less than 150 mg/dl, and body mass index should be less than 25 (the threshold for overweight). The ADA also recommends that each diabetic take a baby aspirin each day to help prevent stroke, and that no diabetic should smoke.
"If our health care system were designed to implement this type of 'optimal care,' it too would have a dramatic impact on reducing heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, eye disease, amputation, and premature death," Rizza said.
Rizza also proposed the development of a daily "polypill" for diabetics to treat all of the conditions that cause complications of diabetes -- blood sugar, heart attack, stroke, cholesterol and blood pressure.
Such pills are estimated to cost about $100 per patient per year, according to Rizza. If these pills were made available to patients, compliance would increase and complications from diabetes would decrease by about 35 percent. Heart attack risk would be reduced by 50 percent, kidney failure by 4 percent, and blindness and eye surgery by 33 percent.
"If not stopped, the diabetes epidemic has the potential to overwhelm our health care system and to undermine our economy," said Rizza.
To read more on diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association.
SOURCES: American Diabetes Association, news release, June 11, 2006
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According to Area Health Resource Files (AHRF) data available from the Health Resources and Services Administration, there are 839 registered nurses employed for every 100,000 people here in the United States . Among all health professions, that is the largest number of practitioners per 100,000 population in the U.S., which is not really surprising given the essential role registered nurses (RNs) play in quality healthcare delivery. What may be more surprising is how much disparity exists in registered nurse employment from State to State. As this map of registered nurse employment per 100,000 population reveals, some areas of the country are much better served by RNs than are others:
There are 31 States in all that have registered nurse employment that exceeds the 839 per 100,000 population national average. And within this group there are a dozen States, mainly in the Northeast and Great Plains regions, that are particularly well served by registered nurses with employment greater than 1,000 registered nurses per 100,000 population. But while some States are well served by RNs, there are 19 States, predominantly in the South and West, where registered nurse employment lags behind the national average. Some of these laggards, like California and Texas, actually have RN employment numbers among the highest in the nation in absolute terms. But even in these two big States, RN employment is proportionately weak given their size. With 719 RNs employed per 100,000 population, only 9 States are more under-served by registered nurses than Texas. And the situation in California is poorer still, where just 657 RNs employed per 100,000 population makes the State more under-served by registered nurses than all but three States. The State most under-served by registered nurses is Nevada, which has just 609 RNs employed per 100,000 people. Unfortunately, for Nevada and other States that lag behind the national average, the situation could easily get worse in coming years. The job outlook for RNs indicates a growing need for registered nurses due to a variety of demographic and technological factors. This trend will will only exert more pressure on States already struggling to attract RNs. Besides Nevada, California and Texas, here are the Ten States Most Under-Served by Registered Nurses based on current HRSA data:
A few words about Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans before identifying the Top Ten States for Medicare Advantage Enrollment. MA plans are an increasingly popular type of health plan offered by private companies as an alternative to original Medicare. These private companies contract with the federal government to provide Medicare Part A and Part B benefits coverage to Medicare beneficiaries in select regions of the country. With a MA Plan, the government basically pays a stated amount to a private company to provide an enrollee with a health plan that, at a minimum, matches Original Medicare Part A and Part B benefits. What gives Medicare Advantage plans their appeal is that private companies have been able to bundle Part A and Part B benefits, plus a variety of extra benefits, into their plans at little to no cost to enrollees.
With typically lower costs and additional benefits, MA Plans can be a great value compared to Original Medicare. Alas, that added value is frequently created, in part, from the imposition of managed care protocols and restricted provider networks not found with Original Medicare. While MA Plans can come in a variety of insurance models, the most popular Medicare Advantage plan feature health maintenance organization and preferred provider organization structures. Yet even with managed care protocols and fewer provider choices, lots of Medicare eligible seniors like the value MA plans offer. There are currently about 15.3 million Americans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, an increase of close to 50% over the past 5 years. MA plan enrollees now account for 30% of the total Medicare population, up from a 23% share five years ago.
To no surprise, the largest population States contribute the biggest share of Medicare Advantage plan enrollees nationwide. But only four of those big population States ranked as a Top Ten State for Medicare Advantage enrollment in our estimation. Those honors belong to the ten States where the MA percentage share of the total Medicare population is greatest. Of the seventeen States where the Medicare Advantage share of the total Medicare population exceeds the 30% national average, here are the Top Ten States for Medicare Advantage Enrollment:
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
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Your children can have fun practicing their handwriting skills with these 10 horse-themed sentences. This is a great way to add some handwriting practice to your day and encourage reluctant writers. Available in print and cursive handwriting versions. See a preview of Handwriting Practice with Horses-Print.
Your children can have fun practicing their handwriting skills with these 10 horse-themed sentences. Each sentence includes 2 keywords for them to practice writing and space for them to both trace and independently write each word, for a total of 20 keywords practiced throughout the book. At the end of the book are 27 bonus horse-related words they can trace and write. This is a great way to add some handwriting practice to your day and encourage reluctant writers. 20 total pages. Available in print and cursive handwriting versions.


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SEBS-NJAES Scientists Lead $3.2 Million USDA Grant to Develop Disease-Resistant Basil
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James Simon and his lab have bred 4 varieties of downy mildew resistant basil. Featured in this photo are fields of sweet basil cv. Rutgers Obsession DMR grown by a commercial farm in Illinois.
Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick are leading a new $3.2 million study that aims to continue developing sweet basil plants resistant to downy mildew and an emerging bacteria that has decimated the crops of the culinary herb for more than a decade.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture provided funding to develop genetic tools over the next five years to combat the genetic vulnerability of sweet basil, a widely grown and economically influential herb used in foods as an antioxidant and as a source of essential oil for flavors and fragrances.
A plant pathogen known as basil downy mildew (BDM) was first discovered in the United States in 2007 and quickly spread throughout the nation and the world, destroying the global sweet basil industry. More recently, sweet basil has been threatened by a disease called bacterial leaf spot (BLS), in which small water-soaked lesions appear on leaves and quickly darken with age, impacting the uses of the plant.
"The USDA-NIFA grant will allow us to conduct the needed research to allow us a better understanding of the BDM pathogen and the genetic complexity of sweet basil," said James Simon, a Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology at Rutgers–New Brunswick. "With this opportunity, basil researchers, industry, and farmers will be able to address the ever-changing disease pressure that comes with climate change and impacts growers daily in many parts of the world."
Simon, who studies the genetics of the plant, leads the Rutgers basil breeding program along with Andy Wyenandt, an extension specialist in the Department of Plant Biology. In 2010, Rutgers researchers were the first to identify potential sources of basil (Ocimum) germplasm that carried BDM resistance, which could be used in breeding programs.
The two lead a team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts, University of Florida and Bar Ilan University in Israel. The consortium of basil researchers includes scientists who specialize in basic plant genetics, breeding and plant pathology. Along with generating new sweet basil lines, the researchers are studying genetic markers associated with resistance genes that can help develop new and stronger disease-resistant plants and improve other traits such as leaf size, shape and aroma.
Current BDM-resistant basil sweet basils, including those developed at Rutgers, have begun to display a breakdown in resistance in the U.S. and Europe, demonstrating how BDMs can already adapt and develop new races.
One clear objective is to develop more BDM-resistant sweet basils and identify and breed BLS resistance into commercially acceptable cultivars. Currently, there are no commercial cultivars that reduce both BDM and BLS infection in commercial production operations, the researchers said. Developing new sweet basils with BDM and BLS resistance would greatly benefit growers in the U.S. and globally and provide solutions to commercial growers struggling with these problems.
In 2011, and 2018, USDA-NIFA funded grants worth almost $4 million that brought these and other scientists and students together. The grants led to breakthrough research, the development of the first BDM-resistant basil breeding line and management strategies to control BDM. A separate grant of $103,000, supported by the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund in 2020, enabled further research into next-generation sequencing in sweet basil.
"Without innovation, emerging races of BDM and other disease threats such as BLS will again imperil the U.S. and global basil industry," concluded Simon. "This beautiful, attractive plant is economically important to so many different people, cultures, and agricultural industries worldwide."
This article first appeared in Rutgers Today.
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NYC Trip – After Day 2 of the Conference.
28th April 2004. Letter to Mom. Conference ended 27th April in the evening. Writing from hotel room.
I'm writing at 3:00 in the afternoon on the 28th; I guess you guys'll receive this on the morning of the 29th. I'm taking the day off today, not going anywhere. I felt really tired today morning, and I realised why when I just went over all what I had done the last three days!
Anyways, the highlight of today, was the trip down to Corporate Headquarters! HQ isn't too far from where the Learning Center is, so I caught a shuttle there. Too bad they only have visitor tours on Mondays and Tuesdays. I did have a good enough look around, though. It's eerie to realise that Sam Palmisano and guys like Steve Mills (the de-facto second-in-command) are only a few tens of feet from you somewhere!! Boy! What an experience! No photographs allowed, though! :-( It's a very quiet place, nothing too spectacular. Not the towering edifice, the sort of magnificent monument to technology I had expected!
Well, yesterday was an incredibly packed day! Got up at 4:20, as usual, rehearsed my spiel (which I can now do in my sleep, for God's sake!), and left for breakfast.
… we went down to Grand Central *again*, only this time, we headed out the other way, and walked up to the Empire State Building! :-D Surprisingly, you don't notice it from miles around, because your view of the skyline is severely restricted by all the massive buildings around you! Average building height in that area? 25 stories, at least! Then, at one particular corner, though, one building stands out. It never ends, no matter how far up you gaze. Up, up, higher, until the steeple appears to rise into the clouds themselves.
Welcome to the Empire State Building.
The first impression is that it's apparently being dangled from the skies! You've got to see it to believe how tall it is. Perhaps it won't even appear all that impressive in my photographs (in part to my nascent, tyro-esque photography skills), but it *is* tall. Period. It has 102 floors, not including the steeple on top, is 443-odd metres tall, and was completed in one year and 45 days, in 1931. Tell that to Mehul V. and his builders, please.
We walked all around the ground floor of the ESB, which houses all lot of office space. In fact, most of the ESB (all of it?) is commercial property. (I wonder what the property rates are within the ESB!!) These guys sure know how to promote their stuff. In spite of all the paranoia these days, there's a lot of freedom visitors enjoy here. Back home, a visit to any landmark is almost stressful and stifling, given the restrictions we've got to face. I wonder why policy-makers in India don't learn basic stuff like this from all their foreign tours.
After (very reluctantly) leaving ESB, Times Square was next on the agenda. This is the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street, and was named for the former New York Times office building. (The building still stands, but apparently it isn't owned by the NYT, which is still in the neghbourhood. Got to check that fact out). Here is a link to a photograph – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Largeviewtimessquare.jpg.
This is where I stopped at a grocery store for chocolates! Lots of chocolates! Luckily, there was some sort of in-your-dreams-only sale there; ek ke daam mein do. Of course, this being the Meccca of Capitalism, I'm sure they'd racheted up the prices sky-high anyway. Though I've got a few kilos for $22.80! The only question is how I'm going to haul it back to Thane. For that, I'm going to pack my bags with mystic techniques only known to the Mumbai Train Commuter, for He can pack Matter into spaces smaller than the laws of physics allow!
But I drift from the narrative. Where were we? Oh, Times Square. Yes. Then we footed it up to the U.N. Headquarters. You know, the last sentence sounds almost disrespectful in terms of how casually I said it! I mean, you don't just 'walk up' to the UN HQ!! But such are the vagaries of touring Manhattan. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and nowhere is it more evident than in a tourist's description of Manhattan. He/she has seen too many legendary landmarks and sights in too short a time, and irreverence inevitably sets in. Yes, the building is splendid. Magnificent. Bathed in the lights from its immediate surroundings, the 39-storey UN Building appears breathtakingly beautiful. I'm betting that the view at night is better than the daytime one. Tragically, that same fact does not hold true in the world of photography, especially when the photographer in question is an over-excited 22-year-old whose hands quiver harder than a cell phone vibrates in silent mode. No, but seriously, the only way to capture sharp images at night is to increase the exposure time to a few seconds, and hold the camera perfectly still for that period of time. This isn't possible without a tripod. Which is my next purchase. There don't seem to be any night-time pictures of the UNHQ on the internet, nor any decent large pictures, but here's a good one nevertheless : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nyc-un-building.jpg . Interestingly, the UN HQ property is international territory. It belongs to all of the international community, has its own police and fire forces, and issues its own stamps. If you're wondering if I had a tour guide along with me all day yesterday, you're mistaken. Like a good travel writer (I am, aren't I?), I'm doing a good bit of Google-ing on the side!
OK. That was about the most exciting part of the trip. Unless, of course, you want to hear about us catching the Metro back to the city of White Plains, to the Research Lab guy's hotel – losing our way there at 10PM in a near-freezing drizzle, then booking a taxi to take us to Armonk, which then lost *it's* way, fortunately taking a crucial correct turn (I'm sure that was the Hand of God on the steering wheel just then, not the clueless cab driver's!). That's how I arrived, half-dead, at 10:45 PM. I only realised I'd skipped dinner yesterday, when my tummy roared louder today morning than Chaphekar's tempo van does when Vinod revs it up at all ungodly hours in the morning. Today morning, the chef at breakfast insisted I have his 'espesal' (Spanish chef, in case you're wondering) creation of waffles topped by strawberries and blackberries in heavenly syrup. I've wolfed up most of the food I got from Thane – except the laadoos – which I'm sure are mating and multiplying there in my luggage – how is it that they're always the same number, no matter how many I eat? – and one solitary Methi ka thepla, which is wondering why it's been singled out. Don't you worry, I'm eating it as I'm typing.
I have no plans to go anywhere this evening; just relax, write about the trip (gosh, I can hear you exclaiming, haven't you written enough already?!) But I've hardly written about *life* in the city. I wonder if I'll be up to writing my obervations about NYC and the people of this country in general – and whether I can keep my keyboard from phyically falling apart after the pounding it's just received in the past hour-and-three-quarters. It turns out I shouldn't have brought over half of my clothes with me here. A lot of them are being brought back unused. OK, one keeps learning.
NYC Trip – On my way back.
Well, here I am again! This time, the airport has a lot more life to it. The last time I was here, at 6:00 AM, the buildings themselves seemed to be rising from their slumber, awakening bleary-eyed to the morning. Anyways, I've had the chance now of actually moving around Frankfurt. Pretty nice place. Not a patch on Changi, but definitely vibrant enough to improve my opinion of it over the last time. Last time I saw Frankfurt, I thought it had less life to it than Hitler will next week.
Another thing I did, of course, was to watch all sorts of passengers arrive at the airport, check in, and finally board the plane. Indians – they stand out! They're ONE of a kind! There was this gang of 10 people who arrived, noisily, spent a lot of time saying their goodbyes, each one hugging the other in turn – every permutation possible – then lots of crying and tear-dabbing, followed by a fresh round of hug-a-bye-baby, touching feet, and then, amazingly, precisely TWO people boarded the aircraft! 8 of them had come to say good-bye! Which is not too different from me boarding last Friday – I had 5 people come see me off! Of course, there were no hugging sessions, no tears, no falling at feet then. But here at JFK, NO one else apart from the Indian community came with their families! What is it about everyone else? Or what is it about us?


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Feel What U Feel by Lisa Loeb
In the past few weeks, there has been much written about how to talk about tolerance, kindness, and acceptance with children. Most of what has been written has focused on using books to address these topics. I'd like to offer up the importance of using music as well.
Looking back through the children's albums that have been released this year, one of the welcome trends is the increased emphasis on not only accepting one another for each other's differences but also being proud and confident in ourselves and those qualities that make each of us unique. The songs have ranged from silly to serious but all speak to children in a way that they can embrace and understand.
One of the most recent albums that focuses on kindness and acceptance is the newest release from Lisa Loeb, Feel What U Feel. Chock full of beautiful messages that are wrapped in gentle hugs or disguised in upbeat melodies and lyrics, this album is fantastic from beginning to end. The opening song, "Moon Star Pie (It's Gonna Be All Right," sets the tone and leads into "Say Hello" a lovely song about how the simple act of being brave and saying hello, or goodbye, or excuse me can be a great show of kindness. From there listeners fall into the groovin' title track, "Feel What U Feel," a duet between Loeb and Craig Robinson (from The Office) that lets children know that all those emotions inside them, both good and not so good, are ok. The catchy chorus, "Guess what? It's okay!/go on and feel what u feel today/Feel what u feel/what u feel what u feel/what u feel what u feel," will keep the message fresh in listeners minds. Robinson returns with another positive message regarding emotions on the classic tune, "It's All Right to Cry," which first appeared on Free to Be You and Me (1972). There are many other great songs on this album, all of which can be shared in a storytime, classroom, or family setting.
With so much music to choose from, I'd love to hear from you. What are some of your favorite songs about kindness, acceptance, emotions, etc. to share with children?
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It's a Doo Da Day!
Last week we had the great privilege of hosting Wendy & DB at our library. Back in August I reviewed their album It's a Doo Da Day for School Library Journal. The album had great empowering messages about being yourself and owning your feelings while at the same time being a lot of fun. At the time, I thought it would be a perfect album for family or classroom listening but didn't clearly see how to use it in storytime. Then, I saw Wendy & DB perform.
Wow! That's all I can say. Just wow! Their 45-minute performance was filled with such energy and excitement. Every song had an interactive component, most of which had the kids up and moving. The title track, "It's a Doo Da Day" has a catchy chorus and wraps around the classic children's tune, "You Are My Sunshine" making it the perfect way to start the show. Once everyone was warmed up, it was full speed ahead with rocking songs like "I Love My Body" and "Pink Flamingo," where each child was given a pink sock to use as a flamingo, then invited to act out all of the things that the flamingo does in the song. Things slowed down in the gentle "It's Ok Being You," which teaches children that if they are feeling blue or green or red, it's ok. As each verse introduced a new color, the children were given scarves that color to dance with, creating a delightful rainbow of movement.
All of the songs on It's a Doo Da Day are a joy to listen to. Wendy & DB are working on their next album, and I for one, can't wait. Get more information about the duo, as well as listen to a couple of the songs off their album here.
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A Veteran's Day Salute
November 10, 2016 Veronica Librarians, Parents, Teachers
I'm the great-niece of men who served in WWII and Korea. The daughter and daughter-in-law of men who served in Vietnam. I'm the cousin to several who served around the world. I'm the co-worker to those who've had loved ones in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. I hold so much respect and admiration for our veterans and their families. I will never know or fully understand all that they go through so the least I can do is honor them. Which brings me to today, Veteran's Day. Today, I'm happy to be able to salute a veteran who has taken a rough return to civilian life and healed through the unexpected power of creating children's music.
Derek McGee, one of the founders of the band Funkinships, served two tours in Iraq. After that much time living a high tension way of life, returning back home proved to be difficult. So Derek quit his Wall Street job and took a job that allowed him to live and work aboard the Mystic Whaler on the Hudson River, where he taught environmental education to children. It was during his time on the Mystic Whaler that he met musician Charlie Chamberlain and Funkinships was born.
Along with a band of merry music makers, they created their first album, Post Folk Absurdist. This album is filled with fun, wacky, weird songs that will tickle careful listeners. The genres of music switch back and forth and blend throughout the songs, preventing the overall sound from being defined. At first listen, the songs may feel disconnected because of the lack of melodic cohesiveness, but it is in the lyrics where the glue of the album becomes evident. It's in those words that children will learn that it's ok if you're a little weird or different, and who cares what others think. The song titles alone, like "The Platypus and Steve Buscemi," "Chicken Flap Fly" and "Nightmare on the Kids Menu" will draw children and adults in to find out, "what's that all about?"
McGee has said of his introduction to creating music, "I had finally stumbled upon the thing missing from my life. I realized that much of the restlessness and angst I felt after returning home from war was a result of being a man without a band." Well, Derek, I'm glad you found that band. Thank you for your service and for making music that kids will find comfort and joy in.
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Fids & Kamily 2016 Music Awards
November 6, 2016 Veronica Librarians, Parents, Teachers, Uncategorized
It's that time of year again. Time for the Best of… lists to start appearing. First up in the land of children's music is the 11th annual Fids & Kamily Music Awards. Voted on by folks familiar with the fantastic offerings from the children's music industry, this list of the Top 10 albums of 2016 is a list of "must haves" for every collection. Don't forget to take a look at the Honorable mentions, they are great ones to have as well. Keep an eye out next month for School Library Journal's 10 Best Children's Albums of the year. Are there any albums you wished had made the list?
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