Some years ago, I sat in the middle of a huge field under a 150 foot steel cross. With tears in my eyes and great love in my heart, I cried out to God and told Him that I wanted to heal people the way He had just healed me, to help people the way He had helped me, and help people experience the His life-transforming love as I had. In short, I wanted to bring His light, love to people all around the world, to as many as possible! This is why my ministry exists! This is my life's purpose and mission.
My goal is to help Catholics know, love, and live their Catholic faith with purpose and passion. I want to be the spark that helps to set our faith, our Church, and out culture on fire with the truth of Jesus Christ!
Bryan Mercier is a professional Catholic speaker, a retreat leader, an author, and a Catholic apologist. He has spoken to countless teens and adults over the last 20 years through Confirmation retreats, Parish Missions, Keynote talks, Catholic school retreats, seminars, workshops, speaking at colleges and universities, Conferences, and through TV and radio. He has been aired on national TV and radio in different states, including EWTN in the Unites States and in Ireland.
Bryan Mercier is a proud member of the elite Catholic Speakers Organization CatholicSpeakers.com. He is also the director of The R.O.C.K. Group (Revival Of Catholic Kids). This high energy ministry team travels the North East providing engaging retreats for Confirmation classes, youth groups, and other teen events.
Check out Bryan's new book below: Why Do You Believe in GOD? It answers 15 years worth of questions from Catholics, atheists, skeptics, and those who have fallen away from the Church. It offers good and satisfying answers on deep questions of faith including: Proof for the Existence of God, science vs. religion, the Galileo myth, the Crusades, evolution, and much more. For more information, click the book below.
If you would like your teens engaged, your adults and young adults engaged, or your parish as a whole, call or e-mail to book him today. For more information, please contact his booking manager, Stephanie Villeda: 718-374-4030 or info@catholicbryan.org.
Thank you for visiting, and may God bless you abundantly!
It was such a delight to make your acquaintance at the Moran's 4th of July picnic recently! Our conversation was most enjoyable! Thank you. God bless! I am praying for your special intentions moving forward.
I just saw it yesterday. I will try to respond to it soon. Thanks for your letting me know, and thanks for the reply.
Hi Theresa, I'm glad you liked the book and told your friends about it. High five!! As for your friend who does not believe in Jesus, ask her why she doesn't believe in Jesus? Does she believe He did not exist at all? Or does she believe he existed, but doesn't want to follow Him. Listen closely for her reasons, and then answer them the best you can. Maybe re-read chapter 2 and 5 which will help to give you more information about Jesus.
I believe that Brian is wrong with his rant on Mormons. We do not believe in any of that stuff. I would like to chat with Brian to check in on his recourses. The belief about blacks is false. The blacks were not cursed. The people who rebelled were not granted bodies. If anyone would like to learn more you can find me at EthanJepsen12@Gmail.com. I would love to get to know you Brian. Email me.
I have a question regarding apologetics/Bible study rules of engagement with family lol! I'm blessed to be part of a mostly Catholic family, some are stronger than others but they're practicing and learning all the time. Anyway, my sister is a non-denominational something or other Christian along with one of my aunts and her family/cousins. I love them all and like most Mexican families we value family very much but it doesn't mean we don't bud heads.
This Easter Sunday, it's my Aunts turn (the protestant one) to have Easter at her house and she instructed us to bring a Bible and read a few favorite passages of ours. Should I just choose something warm and fuzzy to read that will make everyone smile or should I bring out the true and heavy artillery that I enjoy so much? -Help!!!


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Mark Newbold of Jedi News UK has an a amazing opportunity available during Celebration Europe II to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation and share your love of Star Wars at the same time; the Caravan of the Force! From the press release:
JediNews.co.uk and Star Wars Celebration Europe are delighted to announce Caravan of the Force in association with Toys 'R' Us. Caravan of the Force is a two vehicle convoy with six people on-board, all with the common goal of raising money for Make-A-Wish Foundation®. The Caravan will be travelling from the UK to France, Belgium, Holland and Germany arriving in time for Star Wars Celebration Europe that takes place 26-28th July in Messe Essen, and then all the way back to London again! As we reach each country we'll be welcomed by the local 501st Garrison in order to raise awareness of our trip and raise funds for Make-A-Wish.
The trip has been organized and will be led by James Burns and Mark Newbold who co-own/run Jedi News, the UK's #1 Star Wars fan site and the largest English speaking Star Wars fan site in Europe. James and Mark also write for the Official Star Wars magazine, Star Wars Insider, as well as the Official Star Wars Blog at StarWars.com where you'll be able to track their progress with daily updates. Lucasfilm worked with James and Mark to put the Caravan together and help turn their wacky idea into reality.
Joining James and Mark is fan favorite actor Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett in the original Star Wars films as well as a cameo part in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. In addition to his Star Wars roles he's acted in several other films including Summer Holiday and the James Bond film Octopussy, which like Return on the Jedi also celebrates its 30th anniversary this year as well as numerous roles for television too. Jeremy's wife Maureen is also coming along to keep us all in check!
The final two people joining the Caravan are Jedi News team members Matt Booker (Automattic Comics) and Dave Tree (All the Cool Stuff and Palitoy Archive) who bring their driving skills and almost eighty years of combined Star Wars knowledge on-board.
A journey like this is a great way to spread the word, explain what Make-A-Wish do and raise money for them, at the same time continuing to promote the great charitable efforts the Star Wars community provides worldwide each and every day. Our aim is to raise a total of £5,000 for Make-A-Wish to help make a difference to children who won't necessarily ever get the chance to travel on exciting journeys like this or enjoy the magic of Star Wars at a Celebration event. We invite friends, family, strangers and Star Wars fans alike to dig deep and contribute to the Caravan of the Force at JustGiving.co.uk (http://www.justgiving.com/caravan-of-the-force) which accepts all major currencies. It doesn't matter how big or little the contribution, it all goes to Make-A-Wish and hopefully together we can help bring smiles to the faces of many terminally ill children by turning their wishes and dreams into reality.
The Caravan would not be possible without our generous sponsors that include Toys 'R' Us, Holiday Inn that supplied our accommodation in the UK, Hyundai who supplied our vehicles, P&O Ferries that enabled us to cross the channel and Vodafone that are powering our communications across the whole trip.
You can join in the fun too at one of our first stops on July 19th when we'll be visiting Toys 'R' Us in Brent Cross, London for the launch of Hasbro's new Star Wars series of 3.75" and 6" figures called The Black Series. The event will start at 7:30pm and Jeremy Bulloch will be signing autographs on a special Black Series backing card and you'll have the first opportunity in Europe to buy the figures too. The 501st UK Garrison, Rebel Legion and R2 Builders Club will be on hand to keep the crowds under control and have the opportunity to pose for fun photos.
There will be more chances to catch up with the Caravan of the Force at various locations across the UK, France, Belgium and Germany – more details to follow.
Monitor the progress of the Caravan of the Force at StarWars.com, JediNews.co.uk, Facebook 'Caravan of the Force' and on Twitter #CaravanOfTheForce.
Be sure to support this important cause, by clicking on any of the links, and thanks to Mark and Jedi News UK for allowing us to help them spread the word!
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Want to be a published author, a successful director, or a world-renowned painter? Those who made it big in the creative industries worked hard to get where they are today, but if you want to reach for the top, you can follow these steps to get you started on a pathway to success.
Our Creative Industries course this summer will be focusing on the academic disciplines that underpin professional practice in creative industries. This means that students on our course will analyse how creative industries may contribute to urban regeneration, community development, representation and individual self-expression. The course will also explore the origins and development of the creative industries, and the relationship between creativity and commerce.
But before you delve into the ways in which the creative industries can tackle social issues, and network with industry experts on our course, follow these four tips to help you get started with a creative portfolio of your own.
Chances are, if you are considering a career in the creative industries, you already have a pile of work at home (or a bunch of files saved on your computer). But showcasing this word, and posting about it on the right forums (or getting it displayed at the right venues) can make all the difference to your success in the creative industries. Now, there is no hard and fast rule about where is the best place to display your work- because this will vary greatly between mediums and modes of expression.
-Behance- Behance is a brilliant online portfolio tool, showcasing work from artists around the world, from illustrators to packaging designers. Other users can give you feedback, and you can discuss techniques/ skills there too. It is a great place to find inspiration for your next project as well.
-Instagram– although instagram may not be your first thought, setting up a 'creative' instagram account which is separate from your personal account gives you a lot of options. You can build your brand/ creative image on this account, follow people who inspire you, and direct potential employers/ customers to that account as well.
Beyond these tools you can use to showcase your work, feel free to get creative and do what works for you. Perhaps you want to blog about the skills you are learning, or new techniques you are trying. You might even do some videos, demonstrating how you create your pieces, or what inspires you. It is these small personal touches which give certain artists an edge online, and help them to build a strong following.
Once you have set up your online portfolio (if you choose to) you might also want to consider working with other creatives.
Chances are, you are not the only creatively inclined student at your school. Maybe your friends or classmates have a skills, idea, or interest which could form a unique project for you both.
It is a well known fact that creatives across all industries work best by bouncing ideas off one another, which is why on our Creative Industries courses in London, we aim to bring together students and tutors from a wide range of creative backgrounds, to ensure a variety of perspectives and skills in each class. The course will also take analyse a real London example of an event where the creative industries play a big role, and study the connections which link content, planning, logistics and policies involved in such an event.
Students will also delve deep into how original artistic material is created and developed. The course will cover practical strategies that encompass the various approaches to the creative industries- from interventionist to discursive- which enables students to explore and develop their creativity, and deliver their proposed project with success.
The age old questions returns- how can you get people to care about your content? Once you've been proactive by setting up your online portfolio, the next stage is to share your content- across social media, blogs, and even Linkedin if you so choose.
But sometimes not directly sharing your work through these posts can be more powerful. Instead, find the hashtags which are popular in your industry, follow industry influencers and local businesses, and actively engage in trending conversations. You can then interact with industry leaders and get them interested in you because of your skills/ ideas.
Of course, a big part of our London based courses is the chance they offer to network with industry experts. These industry visits give our students the opportunity to get an insider view of the creative landscape in London, and ask questions from thought leaders across various creative industries.
Learn more on our Creative Industries subject page and good luck with your work!


The evolution of my makeup picks started with lipsmackers chapsticks and lip glosses then evolved to maybelline mascara (the pink and green one) and plateaued like that for a while (give or take some scented glitter roll-ons in between) until high school when I started experimenting with other products. When I was young and at the mall with my friends I remember we would go into Bath and Body works and slather ourselves in every sample they had and walk out smelling like cucumber melon-pearberry-plumeria. Then we would gift each other the little bath and body works holiday sampler packs for Christmas. I started to have quite the inventory of bath and body works products. Along with other well marketed products that were being absorbed into my skin on a daily basis.
Holistic health was mainstream in my household, but I wasn't considering the dangers of these innocent looking products that everyone seemed to be using. That is until one of my friends told me about this website where you could check virtually any beauty product and make sure it doesn't contain cancer causing ingredients! Say what?!? I instantly went online and started plugging in my most used products. Red numbers and ingredients popped up everywhere indicating that there were multiple ingredients that have a high hazard rating. I immediately threw away anything that scored more than a 3 on their scale. You only want products with 1-2 ratings ideally.
Since the initial introduction to this amazing resource, the environmental working group's skin deep guide, I reference it often and anytime I am buying a new beauty product I check through the site to make sure it is safe and doesn't contain "highly hazardous" ingredients. It blows my mind that the beauty and cosmetics industry pumps their products full of these disgusting ingredients that disrupt hormones, cause toxicity and alter your cells. Over the years I have tried to become familiar with ingredients from referencing ewg.org and avoiding obvious ones in products. Once a year, usually in the spring, I gather all of my products and check them to make sure nothing slipped past my radar that shouldn't be used on or around my body. Sometimes gifts or other free products come my way that I don't always get to cross reference.
Not every product ever is listed on their site, especially new brands and some data is limited, but it is an incredible resource for referencing most popular products and brands. If a product is a small brand or new product you can at least search some of the ingredients that you can't pronounce and they will likely have data on the components of the item.
People don't always realize what they are being exposed to on a regular basis that could be altering their cells and causing cancer. It goes beyond filling our bodies with real nourishing foods exercising and drinking enough water. We have to be aware of what CLEANING products are being used in our house and our office, what we are absorbing through our skin in the SHOWER from the shower WATER to the shampoo, conditioner, body wash, etc., what products we are rubbing onto our bodies and using as makeup, anti aging serums, face washes, etc. To the clothes we are wearing and the dyes used in them and the pollutants we are being exposed to in the air whether they are outside in an industrial zone or inside our home from things like TOXIC SCENTED CANDLES.
but small changes and easy switches from dangerous, chemical laden crap to natural alternative products can be the difference between a long healthy life and an unnecessary death sentence.
I urge you to search the products that are closest to you on EWG.org's skin deep guide. Ignorance is not bliss and you should always educate yourself and investigate further especially on products that have potential to negatively impact your health.


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UMass hockey blows 3-0 lead, falls 5-4 in overtime at BU with major mental meltdown
Published: Oct. 30, 2011, 2:08 a.m.
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Conor Sheary, pictured in Friday night's home game against Boston University. scored Saturday night at BU, but the Minutemen blew the game 5-4. photo by J. Anthony Roberts
BOSTON – It's normally hard to call any loss at Boston University a bad loss, but this was pathetic.
Not only did the University of Massachusetts blow a 3-0- lead, but it gave up the tying goal when BU was shorthanded, went into a coma as the Terriers went ahead 4-3, and eventually lost the game in overtime 5-4. That happened after a cross-checking penalty to Michael Marcou with 2:11 left in the OT.
Matt Nieto scored the winner from the right circle with 1:43 left in the extra session . He has scored in eight straight games, going back to last year.
So after a terrific start, it couldn't have been a more horrible ending.
"I'm incredibly disappointed in our inability to sustain a level of play that we worked so hard to create," UMass coach Toot Cahoon said.
UMass broke out to a 3-0 lead after one period with Steven Guzzo and Troy Power scoring their first collegiate goals, and goaltender Jeff Teglia making several outstanding saves.
Marcou fired a shot from the point, and Guzzo knocked in a rebound of a shot by Rocco Carzo to give the Minutemen the lead at 10:39 of the period.
UMass got fluke goal to take a 2-0 lead. BU defenseman Ryan Ruinka went to clear the puck around the boards, and the puck dropped down straight behind the net. Power scooped it up, and came out front to score while BU goaltender Grant Rollheisen appeared to be looking over his shoulder to see where the puck had gone.
And then with less than 30 seconds left in the period, Conor Sheary took the puck off the stick of BU sophomore center Charlie Coyle in front of the net, and turned around to score to make it 3-0.
But in the disappointing last six minutes of the second period, the wheels came off. What was painful was that the game had started to get ragged and quiet when BU defenseman Garrett Noonan took a pass across the crease on the left side to put the Terriers on the board with 5:49 left in the period. Only 54 seconds later, Sahir Gill scored on a play that it appeared Teglia was unable to cover the rebound.
After the goals, the Minutemen were fortunate to get out of the period still leading. They barely killed off a penalty to Jeff Hanley, and then Minuteman center Branden Gracel took a slashing penalty at the end of the period.
UMass did kill that minor at the start of the third, but then it was like men against boys with the deepest insult coming on a shorthanded goal by Coyle at 9:51 off a 2 on 1.
The shell-shocked Minutemen spent a full minute running around in their own zone before the inevitable occurred, and Corey Trevino put the Terriers ahead at 11:59.
But surprisingly not for good.
With all hope appeared to be lost, the Minutemen went on the power play, and Pereira tied it at 14:55.
UMass defenseman Adam Phillips took a tripping penalty with 3:55 left, but with no damage.
The game went into overtime with the conclusion seemingly inevitable.
A key to the game came early in the second period when the Minutemen had a 5-on-3 power play for one minute and five seconds, but couldn't score. That would have made it 4-0.
"We didn't get a shot on net," moaned Cahoon. "We went out there without doing any of the things we work on in practice.".
In the second period, BU attempted 34 shots to only 13 for UMass.
"The turning point of the game came when they didn't score on the 5 on 3," BU coach Jack Parker said.
Nieto's game-winner came from the right-hand side. Cahoon said he didn't know if Teglia saw it or not.
"I lost sight of the puck after I shot it," Nieto said. "I just heard a thump, and threw my hands in the air."
And that's about all UMass fans could do with this one, throw their hands up in the air.
It was a complete meltdown.


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Green authors editorial on masking protocols in New England Journal of Medicine
In a new editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, Tiffany Green, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, responds to a study examining the effects of universal masking policies on rates of COVID-19 infection in schools.
The study "Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff" compares COVID infections in Massachusetts school districts that retained universal masking through June 2022 to those that lifted masking requirements earlier in the year. Green's response "Universal Masking Policies in Schools and Mitigating the Inequitable Costs of Covid-19", co-authored by Julia Raifman, ScD, of the Boston University School of Public Health, emphasizes the value of the study's findings in developing public health policy in the future:
"These findings have implications for federal and state decision making regarding universal masking policies. First, most of the benefits of universal masking accrued before county Covid-19 levels reached high CDC Covid-19 Community Levels, a metric that has been used for policy decisions. Second, school districts that ended masking policies had excess cases despite being more likely to have newer buildings and ventilation systems than school districts that sustained universal masking policies. These observations highlight the importance of universal masking as a layer of protection early in Covid-19 surges."
Read the whole editorial here!
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Among such projects, they noted, are preparation of a video tutorial for student assistants and creation of fliers for a recent series of ComiXnite events at the library.
"His friendliness and respect toward patrons and … co-workers is unmatched. And his dedication to the college and the library are evident with his positive demeanor (even when working on a tight schedule or under pressure, he is rarely seen without a smile on his face) and his willingness to be flexible with his schedule to help meet the needs of the library when necessary," colleagues said.
Burch also is involved with the WPTC radio station on campus, helping out with public-service announcements and hosting the "Soul Satellite" show.
He is instrumental in the "Dry Bike Penn College" effort, which, augmented by a Facebook group and humorous (though pointed) video, brought to light that there wasn't a sheltered campus location where he could secure his bicycle during rainy weather.
"Unlike many people, when Ethan noticed a problem, rather than just complaining about it, he approached it in a very respectful and positive light, and is actively working with individuals on campus to try to find a solution," his nominators continued.
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Val Bever je vysokohorské a boční údolí v Horním Engadinu v kantonu Graubünden ve Švýcarsku.

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Val Bever začíná šest kilometrů severně od průsmyku Julierpass a jeden kilometr východně od Piz Picuogl u pramene řeky Beverin. Táhne se nejprve severovýchodním směrem k Alp Suvretta a dále ke Spinas, poté východojihozápadním směrem, z velké části rovnoběžně s jižní stranou průsmyku Albula, vzdáleného asi devět kilometrů a odděleného dalším horským pásmem, ke stejnojmenné obci Bever. Zde se Val Bever spojuje s Engadinem. U Alp Suvretta do údolí Val Bever zprava ústí boční údolí Suvretta da Samedan, které vede k průsmyku Suvretta.

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Val Bever leží v Err-Berninském příkrovu, což je subformace Východoalpského příkrovu, který je součástí africké desky a před dávnými věky byl přesunut na evropský kontinent. Errův pokryv je tvořen převážně žulou a jeho stáří se pohybuje mezi 300 a 260 miliony let. Val Bever získal svůj tvar díky bývalému údolnímu ledovci. V té době byla ledová plocha ve výšce asi 2800 metrů. U Crasta Mora je bývalý okraj ledovce stále dobře viditelný. Dno údolí až k lesu u Cuas je dnes tvořeno ledovcovou morénou. Spinas a oblast osídlení Bever se vyznačují aluviálními půdami, tj. půdami naplavenými řekou Beverin v geologické současnosti.

Na území Beveru se nachází pět ledovců: Laviner, Traunter Ovas, Err, Calderas a Agnel. Všechny se nacházejí v nejzadnější, západojižní části údolí. Největším ledovcem je ledovec Calderas (románsky Vadret Calderas). Tento ledovec je každoročně zkoumán od roku 1894 a je jedním z referenčních projektů švýcarského výzkumu ledovců. I tento ledovec trpí masivním táním. Zatímco ještě v roce 1920 se ledovec Calderas přibližoval k horské chatě Chamanna Jenatsch, v roce 2006 ležel v údolí o více než půl kilometru dále.

Historie
V posledním úseku údolí Val Bever mezi městy Spinas a Bever v oblasti Curtins byl v roce 1914 nalezen srp z pozdní doby bronzové, datovaný do období kolem roku 1300 až 1000 př. n. l.. Zatím není jasné, zda tento nález souvisí s osídlením, nebo zda se předmět ztratil při přepravě.

Před rokem 1510 patřila třetina údolí (Spinas až Bever) občanům Zuozu a Beversu. Pozemky v zadní části údolí vlastnil také biskup z Churu a duchovní rodina z Planty. Tolerovali, že zemědělci z Beveru a dalších sousedních obcí vyháněli svá zvířata na tamní vysokohorské pastviny. V roce 1528 oblast patřila Petru Traversovi a Jakobu Schukanovi, kteří už nebyli tak vstřícní. Jako náhradu za ztracenou alpskou oblast koupil Samedan pastviny v Silvaplanu a ve Val Chamüera a Bever plánoval koupit alpskou oblast v S-chanf. To mezi postiženými nevyvolalo žádnou radost a dalo podnět k dlouho odkládané smlouvě o rozdělení Horního Engadinu z roku 1538. Val Bever byl přidělen společně Samedanu a Beveru, ale již v roce 1540 došlo ke sporu o hranice. Hranice určil notář a soudce Jachiam Tütschett Bifrun. Spor mezi Samedanem a Beverem však nadále doutnal. V roce 1546 se účastníci sporu rozhodli údolí definitivně rozdělit, což se dnes jeví jako nelogická hranice. Horní část údolí až po Alp Val a dolní část nad Spinasem po soutok s Innem tak patří obci Bever, přičemž přibližně 5,5 km dlouhý úsek mezi nimi patří obci Samedan.

Ulrich Campell ve svém Topografickém popisu z roku 1573 zmiňuje Val Bever jako Vallbever a uvádí, že údolí je vhodné pro chov dobytka, protože má hojnost pastvin (...). Odtud se do sousední vesnice vozí spousta sena. (...) Tato vesnice se jmenuje Bewer, jako by se latinsky řeklo Biofrontium ("dvoustranný").

V roce 1910 obec Bever jednomyslně zamítla žádost curyšské společnosti Froté & Cie, která chtěla zatopit celou zadní část údolí Val Bever obrovskou přehradou. Voda z Beverinu by byla odváděna tlakovým tunelem do údolí Albula a využívána k výrobě elektřiny. Občané Beversu se tak poprvé postavili na stranu ochrany krajiny.

V průzkumu provedeném v roce 1973 ve všech domácnostech v Beveru se většina respondentů vyslovila pro ochranu krajiny. V první řadě chtěli chránit Val Bever. Tento problém byl zohledněn v místním plánování z roku 1975. Zvláštností územního plánu byly mimo jiné výrazné zóny ochrany krajiny a přírody v oblasti Val Bever. V roce 1976 udělila švýcarská nadace pro ochranu a zachování krajiny obci Bever cenu za příkladné místní plánování díky nově vytvořeným velkorysým zónám ochrany krajiny, které zahrnovaly všechny části krajiny hodné ochrany mimo stavební zónu a povolovaly pouze zemědělské a lesnické využití.

Od léta 2021 získala řeka Beverin, která protéká údolím Val Bever, označení Vodní perla PLUS, které má za cíl chránit řeku a iniciovat zlepšení jejího přírodního stavu.

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Medvědi a vlci byli v minulosti ve Val Beveru intenzivně loveni. Jednou - podle tradice - došlo dokonce k úmrtí. Dne 22. dubna 1639 prý vlk zabil Beverota Nuotta Tünnetta Bifruna před očima jeho syna Flurina u vesnice Curtins. V roce 1870 byl ve Val Beveru zaznamenán lov medvěda. V té době prý lovec zastřelil zvíře velké jako malý vůl ("ün bouvet"). Hrdí lovci se poté vydali na cestu za trofejí do Unterlandu a medvěda vystavili v curyšském Schützenhausu.

Ve Val Beveru žije asi 60 jelenů, 220 kozorožců, 350 kamzíků a také srnčí zvěř. Sviště lze také snadno pozorovat. Před několika lety se údolím potuloval medvěd a příležitostně se zde potuluje i vlk. Údolí Bever poskytuje potravu pro orla skalního a supa bradatého, protože se zde nacházejí četné laviny s množstvím padlé zvěře. Orel skalní se ve Val Beveru poprvé úspěšně rozmnožil v roce 1996. Vzhledem k bohaté potravní nabídce lze opakovaně pozorovat soupeření mezi orly skalními a supy bradatými. Kromě těchto velkých dravců bylo v modřínových lesích ve Val Beveru zaznamenáno 48 hnízdících druhů ptáků, mezi něž patří například pěnice černohlavá, pěvuška modrá, střízlík obecný a křivka obecná.

Řeka Beverin protékající údolím Val Bever je biotopem mnoha druhů, například vydry nebo rejsce vodního. Pstruh potoční žije v některých bočních vodách v dolní části Beverinu i ve vysokohorské části toku. Ve vodním toku se vyskytuje chráněný rak kamenáč.

Flora
V okolí Val Beveru se vyskytuje 21 druhů vrb, např. Vrba pětimužná. Také mnoho olší (rod), např. olše zelená. Ty rostou na strmých severních svazích a pomáhají tak předcházet sesuvům půdy. Pro srnčí zvěř jsou zelené olšiny přirozeným azylem. Ve Val Beveru roste na štěrkových plochách Židoviník německý. V rozsáhlých úsecích středního údolí rostou další chráněné rostliny, které doprovázejí vodní toky, např. Vrbovka ptačincolistá a rostliny z čeledi šáchorovitých. Ve vysokohorské oblasti Beverin tvoří cenné biotopy malé náplavové roviny. Několik rašelinišť podél horského potoka obohacuje přírodní rozmanitost, ale vzhledem k jejich malé rozloze nejsou inventarizována.

Turismus
Val Bever se využívá pouze šetrně pro pěší turistiku, horolezectví, běžecké lyžování a cyklistiku/cyklistické výlety. Kromě horské chaty Chamanna Jenatsch na konci údolí se ve Spinas nachází hostinec s možností přenocování. Nad Spinasem nevede žádná silnice. Silnice mezi Beverem a Spinasem je pro dopravu uzavřena. Spinas má zastávku na vyžádání na železniční trati Albula, která je v obou směrech obsluhována přibližně každé dvě hodiny. Z Beveru do Spinas jezdí koňský povoz. V údolní části mezi Spinasem a Beverem vede pohádková cesta. Po levé straně údolí najdete osm zastavení s pohádami, které vyprávěly a psaly engadinské ženy a které inscenovali místní umělci.

Literatura
 Silke Redolfi: Bever - Die Geschichte eines Engadiner Dorfes. Hrsg.: Bürgergemeinde Bever. Gammeter Druck AG, St. Moritz 2007, S. 282–286.
 Silke Redolfi: Bever - Die Geschichte eines Engadiner Dorfes. Hrsg.: Bürgergemeinde Bever. Gammeter Druck AG, St. Moritz 2007, S. 20.
 Silke Redolfi: Bever - Die Geschichte eines Engadiner Dorfes. Hrsg.: Bürgergemeinde Bever.
 Gammeter Druck AG, St. Moritz 2007, S. 44–45.
 Ulrich Campell: Das alpine Rätien - Topographische Beschreibung von 1573. Hrsg.: Florian Hitz, Institut für Kulturforschung Graubünden. Band 1. Chronos Verlag, Zürich 2021, ISBN 978-3-0340-1469-4, S. 205.
 Silke Redolfi: Bever - Die Geschichte eines Engadiner Dorfes. Hrsg.: Bürgergemeinde Bever. Gammeter Druck AG, St. Moritz 2007, S. 246–248.
 Silke Redolfi: Becher - Die Geschichte eines Engadiner Dorfes. Hrsg.: Bürgergemeinde Bever. Gammeter Druck AG, St. Moritz 2007, S. 236–244.
 Gewässerperle Plus: Beverin 2021. In: Gewässerperle Plus. 2021, abgerufen am 18. Januar 2022 (dt.).
 Silke Redolfi: Bever - Die Geschichte eine Engadiner Dorfes. Hrsg.: Bürgergemeinde Bever. Gammeter Druck AG, St. Moritz 2007, S. 338.
 Kanton Graubünden Amt für Jagd und Fischerei: Grossraubtierbeobachtungen. In: Kanton Graubünden. Kanton Graubünden Amt für Jagd und Fischrei, 2020, abgerufen am 20. Januar 2022 (dt.).
 Thomas Wehrli Wildhüter: Fischotter am Beverin. In: Engadiner Post. Gammeter Media, 22. August 2020, abgerufen am 20. Januar 2022 (dt.).
 Urs Fitze: Beverin erhält Label «Wild Rivers». In: Schweizer Alpen-Club SAC. Schweizer Alpen-Club SAC, 2021, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2022 (dt.).
 Ralf Fluor Revierförster: Fischotter am Beverin. In: Engadiner Post. Gammeter Media, 22. August 2020, abgerufen am 20. Januar 2022 (dt.).
 Graubünden Tourismus: Märchenweg Val Bever. In: Graubünden Tourismus. Engadin Tourismus, 2020, abgerufen am 22. Januar 2022 (dt.).

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The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Fails to Pass Senate
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The Senate blocked a bill on Monday to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Called the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the bill passed the House and the President had vowed to sign the bill into law if it made it to his desk. At five months into a pregnancy, a baby is about 6 1/2 inches long, and he or she is capable of feeling pain.
The US remains only one of seven countries that permit this, alongside China and North Korea.
"There's a reason there are only 7 countries in the world that allow this," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on the Senate floor this week. "The question for America is do we want to stay in this club. Or do we want to get out. I want out."
Susan B. Anthony List's polling data shows that the majority of voters in 2018 battleground states such as Missouri, Ohio, and North Dakota, support limiting abortions after five months.
In a statement released by the White House Monday night, President Trump said, "We must defend those who cannot defend themselves. I urge the Senate to reconsider its decision and pass legislation that will celebrate, cherish, and protect life."
These are the Democrats up for re-election in 2020 that voted against the bill: Sherrod Brown from Ohio, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, North Dakota's Heidi Heitkamp and Montana's Jon Tester.
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Patricia Rooney Mara, the American actress was born on 17th April 1985, at New York, U.S. She is the daughter of Timothy Christopher Mara, the vice president of player personnel for the New York Giants, and Kathleen McNulty, a real estate agent. She is the younger sister of Kate Mara, the American actress, fashion model and film producer.
She began acting at the age of nineteen, as an extra in her sister's movies. Her debut in television was in a 2006 episode of the drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She rose into prominence with the supporting role she did in the biographical drama The Social Network (2010). Her career breakthrough happened through the character Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with Dragon Tattoo (2011), and she got nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for that film. She also received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama Carol (2015).
Rooney Mara Religion
She has Irish, German, French-Canadian, English, and Italian ancestry. She is Catholic by her religion. She was brought up as Catholic in an Irish-American family, but once in an interview, she stated that she stopped attending the Mass in the church "as soon as she got a car".
She did the title role in the film Mary Magdalene, and she admitted that her connection with her religion helped her to understand and present the character in a better way.
Rooney Mara Political Views
She is known for her philanthropist works in and out of the U.S. She is the founder of the charity Faces of Kibera. The organization aims at providing housing, food and medical care for orphans in Kibera, a Nairobi, and Kenya slum. Later in 2011, Faces of Kibera merged with Uweza Foundation.
She had done roles like that in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but when asked if she is a feminist, her reply was that she don't know what it means to be a feminist.
Apart from that, it seems like she is not interested in political matters. It is not whether she is Republican or Democrat, even though her relatives are famous Republicans.
Mara has started dating American film director and writer in the year 2010. The couple kept their relationship details low-key, which was the style preferred by McDowell. Later in 2016, they got separated.
She met American actor Joaquin Phoenix in 2013 during the set of the film Her. Rumours say that they started dating in 2017 while filming Mary Magdalene. In 2019, the couple got married and as May 2020, they're expecting their first child.
Rooney Mara Hobbies
She is an ardent fan of football and likes to play the same, as she came from a family which supports the sport.
• Her mother is from the family which founded the Pittsburgh Steelers and father is from the family which founded the New York Giants.
• She got inspiration for acting after watching musical theatre and classic movies like Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940), and Bringing Up Baby (1938).
• Mara dropped her first name 'Patricia', after working on the project "I never really liked my first name".
• Mara is a vegan.
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Crew personnel on vessels or offshore environments require effective internal communication systems to ensure both staff safety and operational success. Clear-Com's intercom systems have delivered that reliability and clear communications that Offshore crew members have trusted for decades.
Highly audible messages are delivered at an ultra-fast, sub-millisecond speed. Noise from the surrounding environment can be blocked out with noise-cancellation capabilities to ensure every instruction or announcement is clearly heard.
Clear-Com talkback systems are closed-circuit systems that safeguard sensitive and confidential conversations. Multiple line systems provide users with the option of setting up private conversations with individual users on assigned channels and/or calls with different groups of users that have common job functions on alternative lines.
Crew members need to be well coordinated in order to perform complex jobs with a high degree of intricacy. These types of tasks require a wired and/or wireless communication system that switched on so that they can instantly respond to given instructions at any moment.
Locating a necessary crew member on a large vessel or transporting large equipment into and out of the sea could be challenging when the only available communication system is a vessel-wide PA system. It does not allow messages heard clearly or distributed through every room on the vessel. More effective solutions are the Clear-Com Encore Analog Partyline System and HelixNet digital partyline system. Their intercom speaker stations could be strategically positioned in rooms or chambers where key crew members are often working.
Work vessels often receive many assignments, each vastly different with separate communication requirements. Crew members must ensure that multiple operations conducted within close proximity do not clash with the divers or one another. HelixNet digital partyline system and the larger-scale Eclipse HX-Delta digital matrix system are easy to program and very versatile for meeting changes. When certain job functions call for private talk channels, keys on these user stations can be assigned to allow individuals or groups to have private conversations, eliminating distractions and improving teamwork.
Whether a user is on the deck of a vessel or servicing a drill on an oil rig, the communication device used must be protected from harsh elements of rain, dust and chemicals. The FreeSpeak II wireless beltpacks are designed to be IP-65 rated for resistance to water and dust. The beltpack provides hands-free communication, allowing the crew member to keep his hands on the equipment at all times while speaking to or hearing instructions from other crew members through the connected headset.
The success of any specific project depends on the quality of the well intervention as well as the diving and ROV services provided. To maximize this success, operations needed to be safe and cost effective. Considering the challenges they faced at sea, the Helix Well Ops team knew that its choice of intercom systems would have a big impact on their operations and of course, business outcomes. They chose Clear-Com for its leadership role and over forty years of experience in providing intercom technologies.


On ours they went by the new table and added the extra we had coming out added to the new numbers. I have mine ready to go except for 1 deadbeat. Then I'll be in line.
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Always leaving a little glitter behind in mud puddles.
Years ago we got audited.... It was our fault, I tried to do our taxes like always online but we had added income from our beach house we were renting out. I thought I had filled it out correctly. Turns out I didn't. So now we always pay to have them done. I was in a panic this year b/c they took less out of our checks then they had years past. And I was in a huge panic for Cole b/c he made almost 55,000 and only paid in about 2000 and had $5000 in over time. He ended up owing but not like I expected. He has to pay them $200. We got back more this year then last year. Which shocks me. Greatly. I'm not going to say I understand any of it, but our guy said that this year bumped us just enough to pay less then years past.
2014 Open Range 397fbs. For the next stage of camping.
2008 Ford F-450 King Ranch.
hoping to make memories that last a lifetime, and shared over the campfire.
As I recall... during the last presidential election, our current prez mentioned a taxpayer would be able to fill out a tax form the size of a postcard... taxes would be sooooo simple. Taxes seem more complicated every year anyway.
My BIL and his girlfriend came over last Sat and used my computer to do their taxes. She messaged me yesterday she had her refund, his hasn't shown up yet.


Ecobee Inc. of Toronto, Canada, sells a range of Wi-Fi enabled thermostats, principally in the Americas. The EMS, EMS Si, Smart, Smart Si and ecobee3 models are supported by this binding, which communicates with the Ecobee API over a secure, RESTful API to Ecobee's servers. Monitoring ambient temperature and humidity, changing HVAC mode, changing heat or cool setpoints, changing the backlight intensity, and even sending textual messages to one or a group of thermostats, can be accomplished through this binding.
In order to use this binding, you must have already registered your thermostat(s) with Ecobee, registered a new app as a developer , and then login to your web portal .
This binding can be configured in the file services/ecobee.cfg.
scope Yes Typically, scope will be set to smartWrite, but if you have an EMS thermostat, set scope to ems.
You can set up multiple, distinct API connections by repeating the appkey and scope settings with a prepended "user ID" that indicates a separate ecobee.com account will be used to complete authorization.
You would then include condo. in item references (see below) for those thermostats available from the "condo" account.
The syntax for the Ecobee binding configuration string is explained below.
Ecobee bindings start with a <, > or =, to indicate if the item receives values from the API (in binding), sends values to the API (out binding), or both (bidirectional binding), respectively.
Where <thermostat> is a decimal thermostat identifier for in (<), out (>) and bidirectional (=) bindings.
Where can I find my thermostat identifier? A thermostat identifier is a long, decimal number. For ecobee3 users, one way to find the number is to login to your Ecobee portal and read the URL you were taken to in the browser's address bar: https://www.ecobee.com/consumerportal/index.html#/thermostats/318973256526 The final component of the URL is your thermostat identifier. For non-ecobee3 users who are using the older web portal, you can go to the Home IQ™ tab and choose Download Data from the Report chart. The thermostat identifier can be found in the report.
For out (>) bindings only, <thermostat> can instead be selection criteria that specify which thermostats to change. You can use either a comma-separated list of thermostat identifiers (no spaces), or, for non-EMS thermostats only, a wildcard (the * character).
In the case of out bindings for EMS or Utility accounts, the <thermostat> criteria can be a path to a management set (for example, /Toronto/Campus/BuildingA). Please note that management set path elements that contain the . or # characters cannot be specified.
The <thermostat> specification can be optionally prepended with a specific "user ID" as specified in the binding configuration, as in condo.123456789 when you have specified condo.scope and condo.appkey binding configuration properties.
<property> is one of a long list of thermostat properties than you can read and optionally change. See the list below, and peruse this binding's JavaDoc for all specifics as to their meanings.
Please see a complete list below.
Supply the long, decimal thermostat ID as in other in-binding configurations. The binding configuration string uses the simple name you gave the remote sensor for <sensor_name>. The characters (,),[,], and . are not permitted in sensor names when used with the binding.
The ecobee3 sensors are known to report temperature or occupancy, and so you would specify either temperature or occupancy as the <capability> you wish to retrieve. temperature returns a DecimalType temperature in the binding's chosen temperature scale, and occupancy returns an OnOffType value as you would use in a switch or rule. If either value is unavailable for some reason, such as loss of connectivity, the binding returns an UnDefType.NULL value.
Note that occupancy is computed (by Ecobee, not the binding) to mean presence within the last 30 minutes, not current occupancy.
See the Example Binding Strings section below for more examples.
# Ecobee-Integration: U S E R   I N T E R A C T I O N   R E Q U I R E D !!
# 2. Enter the PIN 'gxvg' in My Apps within the next 9 minutes.
# NOTE: Any API attempts will fail in the meantime.
When it does, enter it into your Apps settings in your account at ecobee.com . This will authorize your instance of the binding to work with your Ecobee account. On the next poll of the API, it will retrieve access and refresh tokens and continue.
Setting the binding's logger org.openhab.binding.ecobee to DEBUG or TRACE level will help you diagnose any issues.
Delete the Java Preferences storage where the tokens are kept.
On Linux, this is done by deleting the specific obfuscated directory name under ~/.java/.userPrefs. If you only have one garbled directory name there, you can just rm -rf ~/.java/.userPrefs (so as to not delete something else's storage).
On Windows, the Java Preferences are kept in the Windows Registry.
On macOS, the Java preferences are stored in the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.java.util.prefs.plist of the user running OpenHAB. You may need to reboot your Mac in order to recreate the preferences file.
Here are some examples of valid item binding strings, as you would define in your .items file. Each item binding indicates if it is an in-only binding or bidirectional binding string in the examples below.
The following items, sitemap and rules files show the actual temperature and humidity, the thermostat's current mode and scheduled comfort setting reference. You can set a hold for a defined comfort setting (like sleep, away, home, custom ones as well), or resume the scheduled program from all holds. If the thermostat is in "heat" or "cool" modes, a single temperature setpoint is given to adjust the desired temperature. If the thermostat is in "auto" mode, two temperature setpoints are given to adjust both the heat and cool setpoints.
The sitemap will also show sensor values for an ecobee3's remote sensors in the dining room, bedroom and living room.
Number desiredTemp "desired temp [%.1f °F]"
rule "Populate desiredTemp from desiredHeat"
rule "Populate desiredTemp from desiredCool"
The ecobee3 thermostat can connect to a number of wireless remote sensors that measure occupancy and temperature. The thermostat normally uses these to implement its "follow-me comfort" feature, where the thermostat is constantly adjusting its idea of the current ambient temperature based on an average of the temperatures of rooms that are currently occupied.
The binding can individually address each remote sensor's temperature and occupancy state. The occupancy state is ON when there has been motion within its range in the last 30 minutes. The rules below could be used to update a DateTime item to show the last time movement was sensed around any of the sensors in your home.
DateTime LastOccuTime "Last Occu [%1$tm/%1$td %1$tH:%1$tM]"
Ecobee thermostats normally run based on a weekly schedule, but you can override the current program by setting a hold that controls the cool setpoint, the heat setpoint, and other options. You can set a hold from a rule by calling the action ecobeeSetHold. One of the parameters is a reference to a "climate" (also known as a comfort setting). The default references for climates are sleep, home, and away (some models also have wakeup).


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Ajaokuta é uma cidade no estado Kogi, centro-sul da Nigéria, no banco do Rio Níger.

Visão geral
Em 2008 Ajaokuta teve uma população prevista de 16,039.

Está localizada aproximadamente em numa elevação de 54 m,
e é a sede da multi-bilionária Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill.

Transporte
Não é até agora ligada à principal rede ferroviária da Nigéria, exceto por via fluvial. Uma estrada de ferro isolada bitola padrão conecta as usinas siderúrgicas à sua fonte de minério de ferro em Itakpe. Uma ligação desta ferrovia para o porto de Warri está inacabada.

Ligações externas
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Cidades, vilas e aldeias no estado de Kogi
Cidades da Nigéria
Áreas de governo local no estado de Kogi


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Warden Kent
Historical places and writing
Historical photographs
Units and statistics
Warden, Kent
Click on the map for other historical maps of this place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Warden like this:
WARDEN, a parish in Sheppey district, Kent; on the coast, 7 miles E of Queensborough r. station. Post town, Queensborough, under Sheerness. Acres, 796; of which 540 are water. Real property, £505. Pop., 47. Houses, 8. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £70. Patron, V. B. Simpson, Esq.
Warden through time
Warden is now part of Swale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Warden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Warden, in Swale and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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You have asked yourself that question before. Everyone asks themselves that question around the time of a big lottery. Most people say the same things. "I would buy an island." "I would travel the world." "I would buy a time machine and kill Hitler." You have to kill Hitler.
But we don't know because we haven't gotten that billion. Only a small group of people have. They are sometimes known as the 1% and what they have chosen to do with that money covers the entire spectrum of human endeavor. Some cure disease. Some fly into outer space. Some destroy the political system. Some change nothing about their lives and live like you and me. And some do whatever Donald Trump is doing. The big question is, who is the best billionaire?
So that's what we're looking into here. We have compiled a list of 16 of the most interesting billionaires. We have billionaires from every end of the spectrum. We have media. We have oil. We have technology. We have old money. And we have whatever Donald Trump is doing. We are pitting them against each other to determine who is the best. But that's not all.
We have also complied the 16 best fictional billionaires. We have billionaires from literature, video games, movies, and TV. We have comic book and board game characters. We will also be pitting them against each other to determine the best fictional billionaire. And once that is done, we will match the best real billionaire against the best fictional billaionare to determine, once and for all, the Best Billionaire.
The seeding has been done by net worth as of August 20th. The real billionaires were easy to find. The fictional billionaires were a little harder to find. The Forbes Fictional 15 listings were a good place to start. A couple had to be estimated but we think we have a good handle on how much money the fictional side has. We also excluded royalty since they didn't quite fit what we were going for. The voting on the first round will last until October 26th. Here are the match-ups.


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Q: mysql storing right and wrong answer strings I have a game.  In the game, people make many choices out of 2 options.
The choice can be either right or wrong and I am storing the result of their run through the game (which can be a very large length) as a string with 1 for a right answer and 0 for wrong answers.
So for example, player 128937 will have stored in his run column the string 00010101010010001010111 as a varchar(5000).
Is there a better way I can store this information in MYSQL? (I am using PHP too if that can help)

A: I would create a new table (say it's called 'answers') with three columns:
question_id,user_id and  answer (which will hold values of 0/1 )
every time the player answers a question you INSERT a new entry to this table.
This way it'll be easier to maintain the sum of right/wrong answers

A: Why not use a tinyint(1) for each option rather than using strings?

A: I would make multiple tables
choices
id
scenario (or other title)

options
id
choice_id
title (example: "go left" or "turn around and go home"
correct (0 or 1)

user_choices
user_id
option_id
choice_id (optional since choice_id is already in options table)

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(person) by yaar Sun Apr 15 2001 at 17:56:08
Prime Minister and minister of foreign affairs under William I, he believed in the policy of "Blood and Iron". His chief goal was to unify Germany, which he accomplished by weakening Austria and France. Bismarck helped strengthen Germany and he created a smooth-running government and legal system. Bismarck also started "Kulturkampf", a persecution of Catholics that ultimately made them stronger. His manipulation of land holdings in Europe is often cited as a cause of WWI, but this is not certain. When William II ascended the throne in 1888, he forced Bismarck to resign.
Bismarck also initiated the use of Realpolitik. A Machiavelian spin on German politics, Realpolitik justified any political action Bismarck took, regardless of its legality or morality. To create a unified Germany Bismarck readily applied this policy. An example of its use was ignoring the Parliament, or Reichstag, to pass the military budget.
(person) by Vetinari Sat Jun 10 2000 at 6:37:11
German ruler, Junker noble, 1815-98, who is a synonyn for his political pragmatism and success. Became chancellor of Prussia as monarchies were finally losing last power, nationalism and centralization were on the rise, and before the real democracy took control of governments--i.e., the most powerful age of ministers and chancellors. Led the unification of Germany through Prussian dominance, secured that rule from many internal and external problems, and loyally kept his king and class in power.
In foreign affairs proved himself brilliant, by playing off all the small german states against the other of the two largest German states, Austria. Convinced nearby power Italy to help/stay out of a war between Austria and Prussia, by promising them disputed provinces. Went to war for that, performed very well, with a newly industrialized army, and was then able to scare all the other states into joining with a greater German government, under the Hohenzollern king of Prussia. However, a united Germany was the fear of Europe ever since the Peace of Westphalia and the Holy Roman Empire, and needed to secure it's place. So he performed similar isolation against France and instigated with the dictator Napoleon III the Franco-Prussian War. Many saw this as a balance of two great powers, but an overwhelming defeat of the untrained and un-industrialized French army, humiliated France and forced them into the humiliating 1871 Treaty of Versailles where they had to recognize the new unified nation of Germany, and Bismarck himself had to set up the new government for France, the Third Republic. This rise of germany, was referred to as the Second Reich, and the use of and triumph over external enemies to unite internally, was classic Bismarckian politics.
Internally, Bismarck, from the upper noble and industrial class, easily placated that side of the political spectrum. Demands for democracy and socialism were increasing in this new nationalism, led by agitators like Karl Marx in tumultuous nineteenth century Europe. He did not do mass suppression of political rights as many governments did at this point, but instead provided a small welfare state (health insurance, protection to workers, allowed to make unions) that did not give up much power at all, but placated the workers, and totally took away the power of any revolutionaries. Only moderate liberals, characterized by the new SPD - Socialist Party, far more centrist than other socialist parties in Europe, survived at all, and thus much internal strife was avoided.
I wrote this node as my second one, to be paired with Joseph II as the the ultimate liberal. Bismarck's pragmatism combined with Joseph's motivation, was the true progressive politician.
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Bismarck vs. Hitler Realpolitik Joseph II Bismarck
I'm sorry, but we can't watch the rest of MacBeth until it is censored Junker Schleswig-Holstein question Prussia
Kulturkampf Victorian foreign policy Peace of Westphalia Burschenschaften
Austria-Hungary Treaty of Versailles Blood and Iron Wilhelm II
Greater Germany Bismarck or Britain? Dropping the Pilot Bundeskanzler
Sir John Tenniel Canossa Pork War Cirith Ungol
My body is a battlefield, and all my breasts ever do is argue about existentialism
Trying to explain Everything to your non-Everythingite friends
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Russia Pledges to Step Up Air Attacks in Syria
By Howard Amos
A civil defence member walks on the rubble of a damaged building next to a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force at Ehsim town in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria October 3, 2015.
Defense officials in Moscow said over the weekend that Russia would broaden its air bombardment of Syria and claimed a five-day bombing campaign had already caused significant damage to Islamic State infrastructure and led to hundreds of militants abandoning their positions.
Russian jets have flown over 60 sorties against insurgents across broad swathes of northern and central Syria, with some targets under 20 kilometers from the Turkish border, according to the Defense Ministry.
"We will not only continue our air strikes but will increase their intensity," Andrei Kartapolov, deputy chief of the General Staff, told journalists Saturday, the Defense Ministry reported on its Facebook page.
Russian air strikes in Syria have been condemned by the United States and its allies in Europe and the Middle East as causing yet more casualties in the country's bloody four-year civil war, and being aimed at propping up Syrian President Bashar Assad — long backed by Moscow — rather than destroying IS.
Continuing Sorties
"A Russian air group from air base Hmeymim continues to expand their air strikes with high-precision weapons," the Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday. "Over the last 24 hours 20 sorties have been flown by Su-34s, Su-24s and Su-25s. There have been attacks on 10 IS targets."
Islamic State munition dumps and command posts in Jisr al-Shugur — about 14 kilometers from Turkey — and Maarrat al-Nu'man were destroyed overnight, the Defense Ministry said.
Despite the assertion by officials that Russia was increasing its attacks in Syria, the number of flights and targets actually appeared to be static. The Defense Ministry said in a similar statement Saturday that more than 20 sorties were flown in the previous 24 hours and nine targets hit.
In the first two days of Russian strikes on Syria just over 30 sorties were flown by Russian jets, according to data from the Defense Ministry.
Despite Russian military claims that they are using high-precision weaponry and based their choice of targets on multiple intelligence sources, the casualty rate from strikes appeared to be climbing.
At least 39 civilians have been killed in the Russian air raids since they began Wednesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights — which has been attacked by state-owned Russian media as an unreliable source of information — said Saturday, the Reuters news agency reported.
International medical charity Doctors Without Borders confirmed that a hospital in the mountains of the coastal region of Latakia was hit by Russian air strikes but there were no casualties, The Associated Press reported Saturday.
Assad Optimistic
In an interview given to Iranian television Sunday, Assad warned that an alliance between Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria was the only way to save the whole region from collapsing.
"[A] cause of optimism is President Putin's initiative to form a coalition which includes Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria," Assad said, according to the state-controlled Syrian Arab News Agency, or SANA, and retweeted by the official Syrian Presidency Twitter account. "It must succeed; otherwise the whole region, not only one or two countries, will be destroyed."
The Syrian president said there was no agreed timeframe for the Russian bombing campaign and that air strike targets were agreed in advance between Russian and Syrian officers.
And Assad praised the Russian approach, which he said differed from the U.S. because Moscow was not trying to interfere in internal Syrian affairs.
"We have old relations with the former Soviet Union and later with Russia, for more than six decades now. They have never tried to impose anything on us throughout the history of this relation, particularly during this crisis," Assad said, according to SANA. "There is complete transparency in this relationship."
Diplomatic Fallout
International criticism of Russia for its bombing campaign gathered pace over the weekend.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan slammed Russia's air strikes in Syria as a "grave mistake," Reuters reported Sunday citing the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper.
"Russia is at the moment making a grave mistake. This may be a sign of a step that will take it to loneliness in the region," Erdogan said, the Hurriyet Daily News reported, according to Reuters.
Erdogan, who held talks with Putin in Moscow less than two weeks ago, is the latest in a series of world leaders to call on Russia to halt its military strikes.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that Putin's policy was a "recipe for disaster" and that it could lead to a "quagmire" in Syria, while British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday that Russia was "backing the butcher Assad."
'Panic and Desertion'
Russian officials claimed that air strikes are damaging the military infrastructure of the Islamic State.
"We have succeeded in playing havoc with the terrorists' material base and significantly lowering their fighting capability," General Kartapolov said Saturday.
"Our intelligence says that militants are abandoning the regions they control. Panic and desertion has begun in their ranks. About 600 mercenaries have left their positions and are trying to get into Europe."
The Defense Ministry claims — which cannot be independently confirmed — were repeated as fact by state-controlled media.
"The terrorists are running and surrendering en masse," a newscaster on Russia's Channel One told viewers in a Sunday news bulletin. Citing Arabic-language media in Lebanon, she added that Syrian government forces were preparing a counterattack and that IS fighters were also fleeing into Iraq.
Kremlin-friendly tabloid LifeNews reported Sunday that rebel leaders were hiding the fact of Russian air strikes from their men because if they knew about them they would start fleeing in terror.
Hmeymim Base
Russian state-owned media have been given direct access to the Russian Hmeymim airbase outside Latakia in Syria, from which strikes are being launched.
A report from the Kremlin-sponsored English language channel, RT, said Friday that the security was very tight because IS fighters were believed to be less than 40 kilometers away. Photographs posted online by a reporter from the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper showed conditions in which Russian soldiers were living, including field kitchens, washing machines and a portable a Russian sauna.
Most missions flown by the Russian air force are at night, Russia's state-owned Channel One said in a report from Hmeymim.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted a photograph Saturday of a Russian pilot in Syria with the caption "polite pilot" — a reference to the popular nickname for Russian special forces troops that appeared in the Ukrainian region of Crimea prior to its annexation by Moscow last year.
Putin originally denied that the troops — or "polite people" — were Russian, before later admitting that they were part of a military operation to seize the Black Sea peninsula.
German prosecutors interrogated Navalny on Moscow's request earlier last year.
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Some experts are predicting that the well-connected technocrat might be destined for a long career at the summit of Russian politics.
Russia told the UN it plans to withdraw the 300 "military instructors" it sent to the Central African Republic at the end of 2020.


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Expert on what business leaders can do to keep staff safe during COVID
by: Mark Gruba
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — For businesses that are currently open or considered essential there are several steps that can be taken to improve the safety and overall health of staff.
Christine Vargas, the President of Vargas Associates, discussed some of those measures during our Greater Rochester Enterprise Why ROC conversation on Wednesday.
Vargas Associates is a Rochester-based interior design firm that performs project management to help clients implement new designs. "We work with a lot of different sectors including corporate, health care, municipal, and education," Vargas explained.
When it comes to keeping staff safe during a pandemic, Vargas said there are several factors for business leaders to consider. "Right now we're going to continue to make sure that our workplaces are as safe as possible and that our employees feel confident that they're safe. If you have anything that can be removed, if there's any type of high-touch surfaces that you can substitute another appliance or mechanism for it will help eliminate the constant touching by multiple people. There are some things that we can do from a space planning perspective to make sure that people are properly separated and any transmission of germs would be minimized or eliminated."
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many businesses scrambling to make necessary changes and budget for them. Vargas said there are some easy, cost-effective modifications leaders can make quickly to meet CDC recommendations. "The simplest things are communication related – so signage in the workplace reminds people not to resort back to some of the habits that we had, even several months ago, that are easy to just float back into. So, for instance, signage to remind people to make sure they're wearing their masks, make sure they're social distancing. There's going to be spaces within the workplace that you're going to want to put some taping on the floor to remind people. What I find is that most people are good rule followers. They just need those little hints and reminders so that they can make sure that they're following those rules."
Vargas said low-cost panel toppers or workspace dividers are also available for added safety.
Beyond the physical modifications, Vargas said business leaders should engage staff working in-person and remotely. "If managers can afford the time, set up one-on-ones with your staff to check in with them. See how they're doing from a work perspective but also see how they're doing on the personal front as well. It's always nice to have some extra support and taking a little bit of extra time goes a long way."
Company events can enhance the work experience during these uncertain times. "I know in the beginning there were a lot of happy hours," said Vargas. "I've seen trivia. I've seen scavenger hunts. We're in the middle of football season so maybe if there's a company effort to do some type of playoff fantasy football, something to just keep people engaged, keep them excited. We still may have several months left to go and so we really do need to be creative in what we're doing to support our teams because they're out there supporting our clients."
Vargas also noted it's important for business leaders to make sure their staff is prioritizing mental health. For example, leaders can set aside planned meditation time for employees to conduct at appropriate distances, or via Zoom for remote workers.
To learn more about Vargas Associates, visit VargasAssociates.com.
To learn more about Greater Rochester Enterprise, visit RochesterBiz.com.
More Why ROC Stories
Local food technology company makes sustainable french fries
by Mark Gruba / Jan 20, 2021
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The food technology company Farther Farms is building a sustainable food processing platform in Rochester's Eastman Business Park beginning with one of our favorite foods — french fries.
Farther Farms CEO Mike Annunziata discussed the newly introduced fries and the vision behind them Wednesday during our Greater Rochester Enterprise Why ROC conversation.
Where the new jobs are coming from in Rochester
by Mark Gruba / Jan 6, 2021
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists job growth and expansion have continued across certain sectors in the Rochester and Finger Lakes region.
Matt Hurlbutt, the President & CEO of Greater Rochester Enterprise, discussed areas where his organization has helped facilitate economic growth in 2020 and why he feels the trend will continue in 2021 Wednesday during our GRE Why ROC conversation.


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The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/2015/12/a-joyful-life-a-heros-death.html)
A Joyful life, a hero's death
By Cara Schulz | December 8, 2015
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif — On Dec 2, Jack Prewett, Co-First Officer of Covenant of the Goddess, was at his job for the county of San Bernardino not far from the Inland Regional Center (IRC) complex. Around 11 am, two persons reportedly entered an IRC conference room and opened fire, killing 14 and wounding 12.
Jack's wife, Stachia Ravensdottir, heard about the shooting on the news and tried to call him. Jack immediately answered the phone. And, like hundreds of others who work at the IRC complex or at nearby government offices, he was able to tell his wife that he was fine. But, as they both were to find out later, one of their close friends wasn't so lucky.
In an email interview, Jack told The Wild Hunt that had first heard about the shooting on the radio while sitting in his car eating lunch. He then saw a mass exodus of people leaving his building and security guards stopping guests from entering. He was able to go inside and was in lock down for two hours. After finally returning home and fielding calls from anxious friends and relatives, Jack decided to post on Facebook that he was OK.
It was at this point when he that noticed that Daniel Kaufman, a close-friend, fellow Wiccan and Renaissance Faire participant, was still missing.
The next bit of news that Jack received was that Daniel had been shot, but was expected to recover. However, by 1 am the next morning, Daniel's friends and loved ones were informed that he actually may have been one of the 14 killed. Official confirmation came at 1 pm Dec 3. Larry Daniel E. Kaufman, age 42, was dead.
However, a few days later, Daniel's friends and family would learn that he had died a hero.
Larry Daniel E. Kaufman (1973 2015) [Photo Credit: E. Towne]
Daniel has been described as a a very joyful person who was full of life and who loved making others laugh.
He was raised by his aunt and uncle in Rialto, California and graduated from Eisenhower High School. Jack and his wife Stachia first met Daniel 15 years ago through Southern California's Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Daniel was a Master in the Guild of St. Cuthbert, to which Jack also belonged, and was their Banner Captain. His sense of humor came through when he founded the Peasant Militia, who were armed with spoons and carrots, and pledged to right the wrongs of the world.
Stachia described Daniel as "One of those people who exuded energy and happiness. You felt better by his mere presence; his smile and hugs were pure magick." And, Jack remembered Daniel as, "One of those rare individuals that when your spirit was low, a hug from him was like a double shot of espresso. He was life itself and we'll both miss him." Prewett was interviewed by USAToday shortly after learning the news:
On Dec 2, Daniel was working as a barista and trainer for the disabled at Coffee N More located in the IRC. He had worked there for about 5 years.
As reported by The Pride LA, "[Daniel] was in the hallway of the facility as the shooting began. Daniel, always more concerned about everyone around him than himself, began screaming "Get out! Go! Get out now! Hurry!" He began pushing people out of harm's way, urging them to the safety of the door before he was shot and killed." He is credited with saving 4 people's lives. Ryan Reyes, Daniel's surviving partner, discovered Daniel's heroic act through a message on Facebook and, then, posted the following:
Reyes was unavailable to talk to The Wild Hunt this week. But he will be detailing more of what he heard of Daniel's heroic actions on the Dr. Phil show Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Stachia said that the San Bernardino community is still shocked and numb, but united. She said, "We're still trying to process everything. Jack received an email of support from a member of the Sandy Hook community saying, 'When we are scarred by the same vicious claw, we recognize the pain in others.' I wish we weren't members of that brotherhood!"
A memorial vigial was held for Daniel on Dec. 5. The local newspaper was there to record the ceremony. People lit candles, shared stories and sang in the background. What is remembered, lives.
From vigil for Daniel Kaufman [Courtesy J. Prewett]
Jack Prewett
L. Daniel Kaufman
Ryan Reyes
Stachia Ravensdottir
About Cara Schulz
Cara Schulz is a journalist and author living in Minnesota with her husband and cat. She has previously written for PAGAN+politics, PNC-Minnesota, and Patheos. Her work has appeared in several books by Bibliotheca Alexandrina and she's the author of Martinis & Marshmallows: A Field Guide to Luxury Tent Camping and (Almost) Foolproof Mead Making. She loves red wine, camping, and has no tattoos.
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Happening Now!
John Wain and Jazz
In the 1980s, John Wain recorded four programmes for the BBC entitled John Wain's Jazz, reflecting his long-time love of the music.
In Dear Shadows (1986), he writes: ...'in my youth I discovered, via the gramophone and the grudging ration of radio programmes, the subtleties and delights of jazz (then, remember, very much in its heyday)… [writing of the late 1930s and early 1940s]. Yes, reader, there was such a thing as the jazz world of Stoke On Trent. And why not? It was no more remote and provincial than the jazz world of Davenport, Ohio, which nurtured Bix Beiderbeck. Nor more unlikely a cradle for that kind of sensibility than the gipsy encampment in Belgium where Django Reinhardt grew up.
His jazz was what is often called 'trad' jazz, that of Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Christian and others, most notably the trumpeter Bill Coleman, who became a close friend of John Wain's in the 1960s. (See the chapter called 'Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines' in Dear Shadows here). The radio programmes reflected that, and his love of the music. I'm pleased to acknowledge the permission of BBC Radio to provide the link to the Fats Waller (pictured) programme below. Opens in a separate tab.
John Wain's Jazz
John Wain on "Amours de Voyage" By A.H. Clough.
A Song About Major Eatherley
Sound file here of John Wain reading his poem 'A Song About Major Eatherley'. This is an old and crackly recording made in about 1958, but a great reading of one of John Wain's, and indeed the era's, most powerful poems. For more about the poem and the full version in print, see here. Right, Richard Avedon's photograph of Claude Eatherley, who was the pilot of a Reconnaissance plane for the flight of US aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
An extended interview with John Wain in 1973 Part One.
1973 Interview Part Two Here.
The writer was interviewed at length in his wife Eirian's cottage in North Wales by David Gerard, lecturer at University of Wales Aberystwyth and later on JW's bibliographer. Covers a wide range of topics including the Angry Young Men so-called, and much else. Thanks to Heather Drake of Drake Education for her invaluable help in unearthing this rare archive recording.
Extract from A Song About Major Eatherley
(pilot of the plane that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki in 1945)
The wise men passed. The clever men appeared.
They ruled that hell be called a pumpkin face.
They robbed the soul of what it justly feared.
Coal after coal the fires of hell went out.
Their heat no longer warmed the rooms of time...
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Apology for Understatement
Forgive me that I pitch your praise too low.
Such reticence my reverence demands,
For silence falls with laying on of hands.Forgive me that my words come thin and slow.
This could not be a time for eloquence,
For silence falls with healing of the sense.We only utter what we lightly know.
And it is rather that my love knows me.
It is that your perfection set me free.
Verse is dressed up that has nowhere to go,
You took away my glibness with my fear.
Forgive me that I stand in silence here.
It is not words could pay you what I owe.
STRIKE THE FATHER DEAD WINS 'PRIX MEMORABLE' AWARD 2019
Cover of the week
30 Second musical tribute to John Wain by poet and painter Jim Bridgen – click on left hand side to play
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The Incidental Thoughts of Marshall McLuhan by John Wain (1986)
Remarks on the short story
Edward and Helen Thomas: from Professing Poetry
"The best lecture…. I have ever heard": John Wain on Milton's 'Masque of Comus'
Three new editions of John Wain novels
One Winter's Day: Will Wain meets Arthur Boyars, poet, publisher and musicologist
Note: Arthur passed away in August 2017, two years after I had the pleasure of interviewing him. In 1943 John Wain went up to St […]
A Song About Major Eatherly
Extract from John Wain's poem A Song About Major Eatherly Hear the poet reading the poem in full here Major Claude W. Eatherly was a pilot of a […]
John Wain : A Life
Since there is no biography, official or unofficial, authorised or not, of my father, I'll just mention the main pieces of writing he produced about […]
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Inklings, The Movement, the Angry Young Men
Read Selected Poems and Memoirs
Hurry On Down
Strike The Father Dead (1962)
The Smaller Sky
The Oxford Trilogy
The Final Play
Free pdf of Selected Poems and Memoirs
smallersky on John Wain – poet, novelist, critic and biographer
When Words Fail Us, There's Poetry | Write From Your Heart on Poetry
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The Incidental Thoughts of Marshall McLuhan by John Wain (1986) | McLuhan Galaxy on John Wain – poet, novelist, critic and biographer
Re-reading Thomas Hardy and walk to Seafield Pond and West Barns Bridge | James Herring's Weekly Blog on John Wain – poet, novelist, critic and biographer
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Screechin' in St John's
The Welsh Marie Celeste: a true story
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The First Post Office in Primrose Hill: 9 Princess Road


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Rust Belt to Green Belt: Will...
Rust Belt to Green Belt: Will America Rebuild Its Manufacturing Base on The Wings of the Green Economy?
The Green Economy is poised to bring many thousands of good jobs to America, but will the government let it?
Submitted by: Francesca Rheannon
Posted: Aug 09, 2012 – 08:42 AM EST
Tags: jobs, green jobs, manufacturing, energy efficiency, politics, public policy, economy, sustainability
By Francesca Rheannon
There's been a lot of talk on the hustings lately about outsourcing.
Both President Obama and Mitt Romney have accused each other of sending good American jobs to other countries, but the "giant sucking sound" of American manufacturing jobs draining to low-wage countries abroad has been going on for far longer than either man has been in politics. In 1979, manufacturing jobs constituted 18 percent of the workforce. By 2011, that percentage had been slashed in half. (Tip of the hat to Donald Bartlett and James Steele for that fact, found in their terrific new book, The Betrayal of the American Dream.)
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
But a turnaround is possible -- if political forces don't get in the way. And the "onshoring" of jobs could take place on the wings of the Green Economy -- again, if those wings aren't clipped by hostile politicians. Already by 2010, the American solar industry employed almost 10,000 more workers than the U.S. steel sector, with 93,500 jobs. The trend is being driven by the stick of climate change and the carrot of profits.
While giving the keynote speech August 7th at the fifth annual Clean Energy Summit in Nevada, Senator Harry Reid referred to the stick; he lambasted those who would stand in the way of the domestic clean energy industry, saying "… deniers still exist, fueled and funded by dirty energy profits. These people aren't just on the other side of this debate. They're on the other side of reality."
While the big stick is the climate reality most of us are waking up to, the big carrot is jobs -- and the revenues, both in profits and in taxes, that creating a greener economy brings, as can be seen in this infographic from the Clean Energy Summit.
And it's not just happening in renewable energy. The drive for greater energy efficiency and the need to escape rising fuel costs are also bringing jobs home, as well as creating new ones.
While climate hawks like myself would prefer to see mass transit provide the mainstay of transportation needs, it's unlikely that rail or hybrid buses will supplant the private automobile any time in the near future.
Electric car batteries are getting better, but so is the gasoline engine. President Obama announced aggressive new fuel efficiency standards in 2011 (54.5 mpg by Model Year 2025.) The requirements are already pushing the American auto industry to bring workers back to the assembly line. The government estimates that 190,000 jobs could be created by 2020 in building more efficient cars, while saving consumers more than $8,000 per vehicle (by 2025) and cutting vehicle emissions by 48 percent (by 2030.)
The National Resources Defense Council boosts the estimate of jobs created much higher by including parts manufacturing along with vehicle production. The NRDC estimates nearly half a million new jobs by 2030 as a result of the new fuel efficiency standards.
The trend is already apparent: Honda and Toyota are both bringing production jobs to the U.S., including Honda's Civic Hybrid and Toyota's Highlander SUV. Ford has established a Center for Excellence for Vehicle Electrification in Michigan to design and build battery packs and electric drive transaxles in that (formerly?) rust-belt state.
Onshoring the Supply Chain
Localizing the supply chain applies to more than cars.
While all local manufacturing isn't concentrated in green products, making products locally is inherently greener. From niche factories in Brooklyn, New York to business-to-business networks that hook up suppliers with buyers, the push to revitalize domestic manufacturing is gearing up.
For example, the Making It Here Initiative in Ohio has several projects to support local manufacturers. One is focused on wind power: GLWN. The project helps wind energy companies in the state connect with domestic and international investors who are developing wind operations across the country. Another project, Magnet, has helped to create or maintain over 6,000 manufacturing jobs in Ohio -- no small feat in this epicenter of the Rust Belt.
Some experts forecast more onshoring in the future, as wages rise in China and fuel costs increase.
Wind power jobs are boosting employment in other parts of the Rust Belt, like Iowa, as recently reported in this blog by Philip Warburg. But the southeastern U.S. is also getting in on the deal. Companies in that region are expanding production of fiberglass for turbine blades (PPG Industries in North Carolina), building wind towers (World Tower Company in Kentucky), and manufacturing gear boxes (ZF in Georgia), among other components.
But here's where the political caveat comes in.
Mitt Romney has already proclaimed his determination to do away with the wind energy credit, a stance that earned him the ire of Iowa's Governor Terry Branstad -- a Republican. Branstad said, "We have a lot of jobs associated with [the wind credit], so we think he needs to be educated as to how important this is."
Harry Reid said at the Clean Energy Summit that he expects the wind energy credit to pass the Senate, but its fate in the House is uncertain.
Weatherization Stymied By Cuts
Another area of promise denied has been weatherization. Creating thousands of good green jobs weatherizing low income homes across America should be a no-brainer. Not only would employment bring a surge to consumer spending by both workers and homeowners, it would also put tax revenues into depleted state budgets.
In 2009, the Obama Administration directed stimulus money to be used in weatherization programs. But in 2012, the Weatherization Assistance Program was cut, slashing funds to 25 states. In Colorado, for example, a program that hired jobless veterans for the program saw a 75 percent drop in funding. The WAP created or kept alive around 13,000 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2011, second only to jobs in the highway sector. But many of those jobs are likely to disappear.
Domestic Dreams Deferred
Other hopes for domestic jobs are withering as fast as Midwestern corn is wilting on the stalk. On July 19th, the U.S. Senate gave the kabosh to the Bring Jobs Home Act. And crazily, a majority of Senators actually voted for the bill, but it fell short of the 60 votes needed to go forward to the Senate floor.
The bill, strongly supported by Democrats and the White House, would have taken away tax deductions to companies that offshored jobs while giving a 20 percent tax deduction to companies that brought jobs home. Senate Republicans said they couldn't support the bill because, among other crimes, it didn't do away with Obamacare at the same time that it was doing something about jobs.
Both parties say they want to bring good jobs home to America. The Green Economy is champing at the bit to take off, and, given half a chance, it will bring millions of good jobs to the country. But it needs a level playing field -- and more.
As a new series on CSRwire by James Hoopes will show, new industries have always depended on government to nurture them. The railroads, the fossil fuel industry, the digital revolution -- all these were aided by government policy and programs.
If we are to fully turn the Rust Belt (and beyond) into the Green Belt, we need government to step up to the plate.