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I Spent A Week In a Home With a Different Style From Mine
Here's what I learned from the experience.
Sarah Lyon
Sarah Lyon is a freelance writer and home decor enthusiast, who enjoys sharing good finds on home items. Since 2018, she has contributed to a variety of lifestyle publications, including Apartment Therapy and Architectural Digest.
The Salt House
I'll let you in on a little secret. If given the choice, I'll totally select a hotel or Airbnb based on purely aesthetic purposes. Location, ambiance, and all that jazz is great, but if a space is pretty, it'll move to the top of my list in no time. What can I say? I love spending time in beautiful rooms that inspire me and make the experience of traveling somewhere new feel even more fun. As a design enthusiast, I am always keeping my eyes peeled wherever I go, after all!
So when the opportunity came knocking to travel across the country to Southern California for a week and stay in a beautiful boho style Airbnb located just steps away from the beach, you can bet I was ready to book a plane ticket and pack my suitcase ASAP. For a week in February, I vacationed and worked remotely from the Salt House, a spacious, serene home located in Oxnard, California, just an hour outside of Los Angeles.
Left: Allie Provost, Right: The Salt House
Transitioning from my small New York City walk-up apartment to a four bedroom home large enough to accommodate eight guests was definitely a change of scenery in itself, to say the least. And the California sunshine did wonders for my winter woes. But really, it was the Salt House's aesthetic—which greatly differs from my traditional/eclectic hybrid of a space—that I noticed the most.
Don't get me wrong, I love my NYC apartment and all of the treasures inside of it, which I've worked hard to curate and collect over the years. That said, there was something about spending time in a more minimalistic, open home with a cheerful yet soothing color palette that stood out to me during my stay—and has continued to influence me, even now that I'm back in Manhattan.
Left: @laurenzill for @laurametzlerphoto / Instagram, Right: The Salt House
Spending time in a house with open kitchen shelving that wasn't stuffed to the brim and being surrounded by thoughtful but minimalistic accent pieces definitely made me feel more at ease.
I realized during my stay that I simply have too much stuff. Sure, this is a common NYC problem, and I'm definitely not alone in feeling like my closets and cupboards are cramped and sometimes about to burst at the seams. But spending time in a house with open kitchen shelving that wasn't stuffed to the brim and being surrounded by thoughtful but minimalistic accent pieces definitely made me feel more at ease. This made such an impact that in the weeks since I've been back in New York City, I've been working hard at paring down my apartment. I've gone through my closets, dresser drawers, and kitchen cupboards and have sold, donated, or simply said goodbye to anything no longer serving me. While my space is small and will probably never feel as light or airy as the Salt House, I do feel as though a weight has been lifted off my shoulders to some degree.
Lack of clutter aside, I also greatly appreciated how welcoming and relaxed the common spaces in the Salt House felt, and I definitely attribute that to the midcentury modern and boho style pieces scattered throughout the home. My furniture pieces in New York definitely lean traditional for the most part, and they can feel a bit stuffy at times as a result. It was nice to splay out on a cozy floor cushion or curl up on the sofa with a soft blanket and really lounge around for a change.
My time spent in this space also had me thinking about how home decor and furnishings can truly vary from region to region. The Salt House mastered the "California cool" vibe perfectly, and many of the West Coast based interior designers I follow also feature spaces with a similar pared-down and laid-back aesthetic. As a born and bred East Coaster, I don't know if I'll ever be able to adapt this decor style into my own home—I think at heart, I'm more of an antiques gal than a modernist—but I definitely do have an appreciation for midcentury and boho style spaces and enjoyed spending time in one for a change.
So if you ever have the chance to experiment with a new decor style while traveling, I 100 percent advise you to do it. Maybe you'll be like me and leave ready to tackle a major clean out, or maybe you'll just have snapped some swoon worthy pictures for your Instagram. Either way, I call it a win-win.
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Naturopathic Services at Risk
The Complementary Health Council of Australia (chc.org.au) wants us to be aware of a number of proposed regulatory changes and proposals impacting the complementary medicine industry. If these changes are approved they will have a direct impact for complementary medicine health professionals.
Of particular importance are the regulatory changes that will mean, as of July 2014, many practitioners could have reduced access to tools of the trade such as in-vitro diagnostic devices, bio-impedance analysis, live blood analysis, urine analysis and other in-clinic testing and monitoring devices or tools.
The proposed changes also include regulating the advertising of therapeutic goods to the public which results in many practitioners not being able to access technical advertising and educational material from practitioner-only complementary medicine companies. In effect, the proposed changes mean that many healthcare professionals would be treated as if they were consumers.
Please take the time to look over the Therapeutic Goods Administration proposal – responses are required by 12 July 2013*.
The full report and the effects of the proposed changes can be found at the link below.
http://www.tga.gov.au/pdf/consult/consult-advertising-ris-130531.pdf
Special thanks to the Australian Society of Bioregulatory Medicine for sharing this information.
*All submissions should be accompanied by a TGA submission cover sheet, available on the TGA's website at www.tga.gov.au/newsroom/consult-open.htm
Submissions must include full personal or organisational contact details, including address, telephone number and email. They must be submitted to the TGA by close of business 12 July 2013.
Electronic submissions in MS Word format are preferred and should be emailed to advertising.consultation@tga.gov.au
Please include 'Advertising consultation' in the subject line of the email.
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Q: How do I center HTML objects on an MVC 4.0 Web API using Razor application? Okay, bear with me because I'm new to WEB development.
I have an MVC 4.0 Web API application using Razor and Entity Framework 5 (C#).
One of my links takes me to a page which displays data from the EF.
I added an HTML button to this page called "Export to Excel."
I want to center this button on the screen, above the report results.
What is the correct approach for this and how do I do it? I need to understand the PROPER architecture for files and code.

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*Do I use CSS? If so, where do I store the file in the solution? How do I use it on my page?

*Do I do something specific to Razor?
Should I simply use HTML tags like
Again, all I want to do is center a button on the web page.
Can someone help me with a step by step process to do this correctly?
I'm just having a hard time figuring out where to put code and files (basically how to structure the application properly).

A: You can use CSS.
.centerAlign {
   text-align: center;
}

In your view you can then apply the centerAlign class to the button:
<button class='centerAlign' />

You can also make a custom HTML Helper that will automatically apply the class for you.
namespace YourApplication.Helpers
{
     public static class ButtonExtensions
     {
          public static string ButtonCenter(this HtmlHelper helper, string value)
          {
               return String.Format("<button class='centerAlign'> {0} </button>", value);
          }
     }
}

Then in your view you could do:
@Html.ButtonCenter("Click me");

A: I know there is an answer, but this is a really common way to center objects margin: 0 auto.  Since the answer by itself doesn't really explain, I'll provide some detail.
When you build your View it is marked as a .cshtml file.  Your View will contain a series of HTML or Hyper Text Markup Language.  What you are doing is utilizing a particular Element called a div.  These are used to help build a structure or layout for your site.

                        // Inside Header Elements

So essentially this is a Site Structure.  You'll notice that I have a tendency to inner-wrap a lot of my Elements.  That is because it makes it easier to customize and style my layout, making it more customizable.
If your thinking "How is it more customizable?"  Your partially correct, this HTML is simply a structure- The customization will come from your Stylesheet, Cascading Stylesheet to be exact.
Your HTML will call this Stylesheet to help adapt your layout to give a consistent appearance.  So if you'd like to center your header you would put in your stylesheet:
#Origin-Header {
    margin: 0 auto;
}

What the command is stating is three things:

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*Margin: These are the page margins.

*0: Is the pixel difference for Top and Bottom.

*Auto: The left and right pixels.

So rather then a top, bottom, left, and right they are all merged together in the short-hand.  You'll have a lot of additional control to your layout as well through your stylesheet.  Bare in mind that this is manipulating those div tags. If your trying to align a particular object, it would work identical but rather then focus on the element- You would point it to your html object.
But I hope that helps.

A: I do not know if it is good practice, but the only way I have been able to center entire controls like a button in HTML was to do something like
.btn{
    margin-left:auto;
    margin-right:auto;
 }

I have been able to center the control by setting the button's class to "btn" and using the above css.  The text-align property has never really worked for me in HTML.

A: Try this:
[i guess is this what you are looking for]
check LIVE DEMO on jsfiddle
HTML

Help me here!...Center stuff...

        your report here...

        <button>DoIt</button>

::::::OR:::::

Help me here!...Center stuff...

your report here...

        <button>DoIt</button>

::::::OR relative:::::

Help me here!...Center stuff...

your report here...

        <button>DoIt</button>

CSS:
.myWorderfullDiv{
height: 80px; width: 200px;
}
.iAmBlue{background-color: blue}
.iAmRed{background-color: red}
.iAmGreen{background-color: green}

.iHaveBorder{border:2px black solid;}

.iFeetIn{display: inline-block;}
.iWant2BeCenter{text-align: center;}

check LIVE DEMO on jsfiddle

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Q: How to add fake ClaimsIdentity for testing Asp .Net Core Web API? I'm trying to add some tests for my API. I want to test if for user with bad role Forbidden status code is returned. So far to add fake ClaimsIdentity I were replacing default implementation of IPolicyEvaluator with this one:
public class FakePolicyEvaluator : IPolicyEvaluator
{
    public ClaimsIdentity? ClaimsIdentity { get; set; }

    public Task<AuthenticateResult> AuthenticateAsync(AuthorizationPolicy policy, HttpContext context)
    {
        var claimsPrincipal = new ClaimsPrincipal();

        if (ClaimsIdentity != null)
        {
            claimsPrincipal.AddIdentity(ClaimsIdentity);
        }

        var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(claimsPrincipal, "test");
        var result = AuthenticateResult.Success(ticket);

        return Task.FromResult(result);
    }

    public Task<PolicyAuthorizationResult> AuthorizeAsync(AuthorizationPolicy policy, AuthenticateResult authenticationResult, HttpContext context, object? resource)
    {
        var result = PolicyAuthorizationResult.Success();

        return Task.FromResult(result);
    }
}

So with this class I could customize ClaimsIdentity by proprty. I am using such attribute
[Authorize(Roles="SomeAllowedRole")]

which I mark my controller method with. Now it does not work, I guess it's becuase I return AuthenticationResult.Seccess(). Is there any other way to add fake ClaimsIdentity? I were thinking about injecting an original implementation of IPolicyEvaluator to my FakePolicyEvaluator and do something like this:
public class FakePolicyEvaluator : IPolicyEvaluator
{
    private readonly PolicyEvaluator _realPolicyEvaluator;

    public FakePolicyEvaluator(PolicyEvaluator realPolicyEvaluator)
    {
        _realPolicyEvaluator = realPolicyEvaluator;
    }

    public ClaimsIdentity? ClaimsIdentity { get; set; }

    public Task<AuthenticateResult> AuthenticateAsync(AuthorizationPolicy policy, HttpContext context)
    {
        var claimsPrincipal = new ClaimsPrincipal();

        if (ClaimsIdentity != null)
        {
            claimsPrincipal.AddIdentity(ClaimsIdentity);
        }

        context.User = claimsPrincipal;
        return _realPolicyEvaluator.AuthenticateAsync(policy, context);
    }

    public Task<PolicyAuthorizationResult> AuthorizeAsync(AuthorizationPolicy policy, AuthenticateResult authenticationResult, HttpContext context, object? resource)
    {
        return _realPolicyEvaluator.AuthorizeAsync(policy, authenticationResult, context, resource);
    }
}

But I dont't know how can I register this in my service collection (or create an instance of PolicyEvaluator). Any ideas?


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Q: Is this a legitimate way to show that $[-ze^{-z^2/2}]_{-\infty}^{\infty}=0$? (Proving a statement about a function of a normal random variable) The problem is, let Z be a standard normal variable and $n\geq1$ be an integer. Show that $E[Z^{n+1}]=nE[Z^{n-1}]$. Here's what I've got so far, miraculously:
$E[Z^{n+1}]=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}z^{n+1}e^{-z^{2}/2}dz
$
Doing integration by parts with $u=z^n$ and $dv=ze^{-z^{2}/2}$ gives
$$[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}(-z^{n}e^{-z^{2}/2})]_{-\infty}^\infty+n\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-z^{2}/2}z^{n-1}dz=[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}(-z^{n}e^{-z^{2}/2})]_{-\infty}^\infty +nE[Z^{n-1}]$$
Now my Calc II teacher actually told me never to do this $[f(x)]_{-\infty}^\infty$ but my probability textbook does it so I'm just gonna throw caution to the wind. I'm thinking I turn $[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}(-z^{n}e^{-z^{2}/2})]_{-\infty}^\infty$ into $$\frac{1}{2\pi}(\lim_{z\rightarrow\infty}-z^{n}e^{-z^{2}/2}-\lim_{z\rightarrow -\infty}-z^{n}e^{-z^{2}/2})$$Wolfram Alpha tells me that each of those limits is 0 but I don't quite see how—as far as I can see both of those limits are in indeterminate forms. What I was thinking is maybe since $n$ is an integer greater than 1 that I can argue that if I write $lim_{z\rightarrow\infty}-z^{n}e^{-z^{2}/2}$ as  $lim_{z\rightarrow\infty}-z^n/e^{z^2 /2}$ then repeated applications of l'Hopital's rule will eventually put a 0 in the numerator while you'll still have some exponential function in the denominator, and so that'll be zero and hence the limit is zero. But that feels cumbersome and I'm not sure what I can do beyond just asserting that, unless I want, like, prove that by induction on n or something. Am I missing some obvious better way to evaluate this limit?

A: The calculation using integration by parts is the important part. Now to the main question.
Your idea of using L'Hospital's Rule is good.  Think of the limit of $|z|^n e^{-z^2/2}$ as $|z|\to \infty$.  (This is just to collapse the two limit calculations into one.)
In order to make the repeated differentiation easier, one might as well let $u=z^2/2$. So $|z^n|=2^{n/2}u^{n/2}$.  We are trying to find
$$\lim_{u\to \infty}\frac{2^{n/2}u^{n/2}}{e^u}.$$
It is enough to show that for any positive integer $k$,
$$\lim_{u\to\infty}\frac{u^k}{e^u}=0.$$
This is a routine application of L'Hospital's Rule.
Much more informally (but enough for probability), $e^{z^2/2}$ grows enormously faster in the long run than any power of $z$.


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GW Alumni Connect at Winter Olympics with Professor Lisa Delpy Neirotti
Professor Lisa Delpy Neirotti meets with Trofym Anderson during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
While the 2022 Winter Olympics were limited in terms of competitors and guests, George Washington University faculty and alumni held a strong presence. GW School of Business Professor and Sport Management Program Director Lisa Delpy Neirotti traveled to Beijing in February to attend the Olympic Games for her 21st consecutive year. There, she connected with GW alumni working or competing within China's "closed-loop" system for sealing off the games from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prof. Neirotti first met with Trofym Anderson (MTA'16) during the opening ceremony. Anderson works for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the games learning manager in the Department of Information, Knowledge and Games Learning (IKL). Prof. Neirotti also connected with Ke ("Helen") Yang (MTA '03), co-founder of iRock, during the short track speed skating event. iRock, a 4th tier sponsor of the Winter Olympic Games, is responsible for developing many of the apps used for health monitoring and accommodations for athletes. Neirotti then met with Yixing Dong (MSSM '19), a sports writer for Xinhua News Agency who was covering the Olympic games. Dong wrote several pieces on the Winter Olympics, including interviews with the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. Her manager, Zhou Jie, is a former GW parent.
(Pictured from left to right) Zhou Jie, GWSB Professor Lisa Delpy Neirotti, and Yixing Dong stand outside the Xinhua News Agency room in the main Olympics media center in Beijing, China.
In the main media center, Prof. Neirotti met with Yvette Michael (BA '94), the coordinating producer and talent booking manager for the Olympic Channel, as well as Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, (BA '03), the former president of Croatia and a current IOC member. Two other GW alumni serve as IOC members: David Haggerty (BBA '79) and Princess Rema Bint Bandar Al-Saud (BA '99).
Prof. Neirotti connected with other alumni-athletes during her time in Beijing, including Elana Meyers Taylor (BS '06, MTA '11), who was competing for her 4th Olympic medal for the U.S. in bobsled, and alumnus Sidney Chu (BS '21), who was competing in the 500-meter short track for Hong Kong. Near the end of her trip, Prof. Neirotti also hosted a Zoom webinar with GW alumni living in China to share their experiences, discuss trending topics, and connect with one another.
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Earlestown Labour councillors committed to restoring Town Hall
7th April, 2021
Jeanette, Dave and Charlie take a look at the information boards in place at the Town Hall
Earlestown Labour team Cllr Charlie Preston, Cllr David Banks and Labour Candidate, Jeanette Banks have welcomed the the new heritage boards around the Town Hall and are fully committed to seeing the historic building restored and open.
Charlie Preston says: "It's great to see that the work is continuing after the demolishing of the old outbuildings and caretakers house and rebuilding of the wall surrounding the town Hall."
Jeanette Banks says: "The information on the boards describes the rich heritage and history of our town and I am so happy that the St Helens Council Labour cabinet has set aside £2 million to carry on with the restoration work"
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Am I Ready For A Coach?
Nelson Mason
Are You Ready For Coaching?
At Blayze one of the most common question we hear is, "am I ready for a coach?" If you ask any coach we know the earlier an athlete starts working with a coach the better.
Working with a coach early truly helps to avoid creating bad habits, which take a long time to over come and induce risk. But, we wanted to get feedback from those drivers who made the choice to start working with a coach early on.
In this article we join Blayze customer, Luke as he talks about not receiving right seat instructing but instead working with Blayze coaches from day 1.
Blayze: Tell us a little bit about your driving background so far?
Luke: I came to Motorsports (if you can even say I have arrived yet) from a non-traditional place. I currently own 4 cars with salvage titles. In my family, if you want a new car you go find a wrecked one and you fix it. So, I had this 2015 Corvette Stingray that I had rebuilt and it just felt like such a waste of potential that most people never do more than drive them on the road and attach pieces of flare and little trinkets to them.
I had heard about autocross with my local SCCA chapter, so I started showing up at all of those events and I had a lot of fun but I was just awful at it and always getting smoked by Miatas. Then I got an email for a program called Track Night in America with the SCCA. At $130 it was dirt cheap and it said I could take my car out on a track so I did. I love TNIA, but I was slow, and to tell you the truth, I was a little terrified. It was a little too much to just jump out there like that.
So, over the winter I took the 3-day course at the Ron Fellows Corvette school and that got me feeling much more comfortable on track.
From there, I kept doing TNIA and moved into Time Trials where Blayze was a sponsor and that's when my learning really started to accelerate. I've essentially run two full seasons and gone to SCCA Time Trials Nationals at the end of each one.
Blayze: How long into your motorsports journey did you first try a Blayze coaching session?
Luke: The first time I used Racers 360, I had done 1 Track Night and 3 days of Ron Fellows Corvette school. Other than that, I had never been on track in my life.
Blayze: A lot of drivers feel like they are "not ready" for a coach. What would you tell those drivers?
Luke: I remember feeling that way, as if the coach would be insulted by my performance and say "what am I supposed to do with this" or "please stop, you're going to kill someone." Let me tell you though, that couldn't be farther from the truth. I recently went back and watched the first session I sent to Blayze. The driving was just awful, but my coach was enthusiastic and he just started chipping away at a very big job.
Blayze: What type of progress have you made so far while working with Blayze coaches?
The progress has just been amazing to me. I'm a LOT faster, but more importantly, I feel a LOT safer. From the time I sent my first video to Blayze, I've been able to cut 16.57 seconds off my time at my home track Heartland Park. One of the things I'm most excited about is that Racers 360 seems to actually be teaching me to drive better rather than just helping me memorize certain tracks. At the end of my first season, I went to Nationals at NCM for the first time. I watched a lot of video beforehand (thanks [Blayze Racers Lounge](/car-racing/pricing)) and ran a 2:29 in practice. By the time competition laps came, [Nelson Mason](/coach/nelson-mason/) had me down to a 2:25 lap and a 2:24.38 before the weekend was over. When I came back in 2020 after having received Blayze instruction at Heartland and Eagles Canyon all year, I started practice at 2:22.4 (already 2 seconds faster than the previous year). My first Blayze session this year got me down to 2:21.9 and the second one got me to 2:20.4.
Now look, I realize those times don't set the world on fire, but in two seasons of learning to drive over the course of 25 or so track days. I have never had a single event where I didn't get faster and feel safer. Since most of the events I go to don't offer or even don't allow in car coaching, Blayze is the only source of coaching I have used. In total, I've done 17 sessions with Blayze which would only cost you $1700.
I tried to find an in car coach once for an event that was cancelled due to Covid and that was $1,500 for one weekend plus lodging and transportation. Blayze has been wonderful, I just cannot praise it enough.
Blayze: Has there been one main takeaway you have seen so far in your coaching sessions?
Of course there are the basic things we all know that are difficult to execute like "Look ahead", "hit your apexes", and "be smooth" but beyond that I'd say the biggest thing has been learning to delay throttle until after apex. That's so important to me because yeah you go faster but it is sooo much safer than the way I had been doing it.
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Country music artist Tony Booth gathered some of his country music friends to celebrate his birthday with a night of 'real country music' at Billy's Hall in Pearland, 4070 Wells Drive. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., bring your friends and get ready for a two-steppin' good time.
Entertainers include Tony Booth with special guest Darrell McCall, Brian Collins and The Texas Express Band with emcee Tracy Pitcox. Tickets $30-$35. For tickets call 713-252-9773.
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State Bill Blocking Local Plastic Straw Bans is Vetoed by DeSantis
If the governor passed the bill, local governments could not enforce a ban on plastic straws until July 2024. Additionally, the bill would issue a $25,000 fine to local businesses that regulate plastic straw usage.
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By Jai-Leen James, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – On Friday night, Governor Ron DeSantis declining to sign an environmental bill that would have prohibited local governments from banning plastic straws for the next five years.
Governor Ron DeSantis speaking in January at an environmental announcement in the Everglades, photo by State of Florida.
On Tuesday, April 30th, the Florida Senate passed a bill on a 24 – 15 vote that imposed a moratorium on plastic-straw bans. House Bill 771 was on its way to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis to be signed into law.
In Governor DeSantis' veto letter to Secretary of State Laurel Lee, he said municipalities that prohibit plastic straws have not "frustrated any state policy" or "harmed the state's interest."
The negative effects of plastic straws have grown to become a national concern. In 2015, Science magazine reported that more than eight tons of plastic ends up on the world's oceans and is a threat to sea turtles, manatees, fish and other wildlife.
Currently, ten cities in the state – including Miami Beach – have rules to govern plastic straw use. According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, plastic straws are the fifth most common trash item found on beaches.
The amended bill was introduced by committee member Senator Travis Hutson (R – St. Augustine). Prior to the amendment, an earlier version of the bill (Senate Bill 588) would have required restaurants and other food businesses to only distribute plastic straws per customer request.
In the vote, Democrats Lauren Book of Plantation, Randolph Bracy of Orlando and Bobby Powell of West Palm Beach crossed party lines to vote in favor of the bill. Republican George Gainer of Panama City opposed it.
The bill also demands a study be done of local straw bans that have already been enacted in Florida. Information used by governments in their law decision making will be investigated.
In opposition to the bill, Senator Jason Pizzo (D – Miami) said, "Five years is far too long for those who have taken the necessary steps to enact these ordinances, five years is far too long to wait if the science comes back next week or next year."
Miami Beach launched the #PlasticFreeMB resilience strategy aimed towards local businesses, photo internet recreation.
Back in 2012, Miami Beach was one of the first cities in the United States to pass an ordinance to prohibit businesses from providing single-use plastic straws on the beach.
In July 2018, the city commission unanimously passed legislation to include plastic stirrers in prohibition and to extend regulation to all parks, docks, piers, dock ramps, marinas and beaches within city limits. This also includes sidewalk cafes like the ones on Ocean Drive and Lincoln Road.
#PlasticFreeMB is a resilience strategy aimed towards local businesses. Businesses are encouraged to implement strategies to reduce plastic usage from its establishment. More than seventy businesses identify as #PlasticFreeMB members.
The morning of the vote, Miami Beach mayor Dan Gelber posted this video in opposition of the bill on his public Facebook account.
He stated, "The Florida Legislature is poised to preempt cities like ours from regulating single use plastics. Please share this video explaining why that would be bad for our community."
National Geographic reported that ninety percent of plastic used has been found in landfills and oceans. A study by the World Economic Forum suggests that the oceans will become more dense with plastic than fish by 2050.
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This Is How Much It Costs To Be on 'The Bachelor'
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Fresh off season 19 of "The Bachelorette" comes season eight of "Bachelor in Paradise," set to debut Sept. 27 on ABC (8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central). Host Jesse Palmer will try to keep the mayhem at a minimum as 43 contestants frolic in Sayulita, Mexico, getting to know one another and maybe making a love connection. As former contestants on either "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette," they have already experienced the tension of that franchise. Now the real fun begins.
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And the contestants won't have to worry about spending too much on their attire, unlike on "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" — both known for some fabulous evening wear. In fact, on the opening night of season 18 of "The Bachelorette" last fall, contestant Michelle Young was outfitted in a "soft lime"-colored dress, created by Randi Rahm, a frequent show designer. It contained more than 15,000 sequins, each topped with a crystal, that took two sewers close to 700 hours to stitch, Page Six reported. The cost? While Rahm didn't specify the price tag for Young's dress, she told Page Six her designs can cost up to $150,000.
As the lead, Young didn't have to pay for her haute-couture garment; ABC covers the wardrobe for the starring bachelor and bachelorette, according to Page Six. Good thing. But for contestants vying for the attention of the show's lead, the clothes aren't free. It's up to the contestants themselves to pay for the things on the extensive packing list provided by the producers. Based on the promo photos for the upcoming "Bachelor in Paradise," the costs probably won't be too outlandish. The clothes trend toward beachwear and fun short dresses rather than ballgowns and tailored suits.
Reality TV is all about high stakes, and you wouldn't have delectable, guilty-pleasure drama without the possibility of on-screen loss. Who knew the loss for contestants on "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" could be more than a broken heart – but a diminished bank account, too? Here's a look at what some of these contestants spend and how much they stand to make from being on this hit reality romance show.
Upfront Costs: The Dresses
There's no entry fee to be a contestant on the shows of "The Bachelor" franchise, nor is there a hard-and-fast rulebook for how much contestants spend in preparation. We can certainly identify the top three costs for women appearing on "The Bachelor," however: wardrobe, wardrobe and wardrobe. ABC only provides two dresses for each season of the show — one for each finalist on the season finale. That means eligible bachelorettes seeking to catch the eye of the bachelor have to personally foot the bill for 13 episodes of TV-ready fashion.
Some ladies borrow clothes or snag sponsorships — like Ashley Spivey, who scored 14 designer dresses from a sponsor in 2011 — but others foot the bill themselves. Jillian Harris dropped $8,000 on new duds, while Olivia Caridi is rumored to have spent more than $40,000 on her wardrobe in an effort to impress "Bachelor" Ben Higgins, an investment that didn't end up paying off. That cost doesn't include the hundreds of dollars that contestants typically spend on new hairstyles, spray tans, gym memberships, makeup and other cosmetic touchups before the show.
Others have kept things more low-key — and their investments to a minimum — with great results. Sarah Herron kept her total budget at $5,000, while Vienna Girardi kept it casual with a whole lot of cut-off jean shorts instead of pricey designer labels. She ended up winning the ring in season 14 from pilot-turned-"Bachelor" Jake Pavelka, but the relationship didn't work out.
For the men, the cost isn't as high – they can get by with a couple of suits with different shirts and ties to switch up their look instead of a dozen gowns for formalwear — but the packing list remains large. That's because you aren't sure where the journey will take you should you remain on the show for several weeks. Will you be frolicking on a beach or throwing snowballs at one another?
"You don't know where you're gonna go," Wells Adams, who appeared on JoJo Fletcher's season of "The Bachelorette," told Bustle. "Iceland? Tahiti? The moon?"
Adams will appear on the upcoming "Bachelor in Paradise" as the bartender.
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Hidden Costs: The Debt
If you were making a list of the things you'd need to be a contestant, clothes would likely be right at the top, but some major costs are a little less transparent. They arise when you consider that you'll have to put your entire life on hold for an unpaid season — that's six to 10 weeks' worth — of filming.
Harris remortgaged her home to cope with the costs. And while some "Bachelor" contestants are lucky enough to return to their day jobs after filming, others have lost their jobs if they didn't have a flexible time off schedule. Possessionista writer Dana Weiss told Mic in 2016 that she personally knows of bachelorettes who cashed out their 401k accounts to offset the costs of the show, while others have gone into substantial credit card debt.
Potential Profits From Being on 'The Bachelor' Shows
"Bachelor in Paradise" contestants are different in that they receive pay for appearing on the show. Only the leads – and not the contestants – on "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" earn a paycheck.
In a May 2021 interview on the "Trading Secrets" podcast hosted by Jason Tartick, a former contestant on "The Bachelorette," Dean Unglert said he was offered $400 per day to appear on season four of "Bachelor in Paradise."
"They hit me up and they were like, 'Hey, do you want to do 'Bachelor in Paradise,' this other show that pays 400 bucks a day, and you could be there for up to 30 days,' something like that," Unglert said. "So I was like, 'Oh, yeah, great. Four hundred bucks a day, 30 days, $12,000, that's fantastic."
Unglert negotiated, and the two sides settled at $600 a day. He didn't last the full three weeks, but he did return for season six, where he met his current love, Caelynn Miller-Keyes. He said he had heard of someone else offered upward of $1,000 a day. The big money, he said, came from the endorsements after appearing on the show.
Back to "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette." Unglert confirmed he didn't receive any compensation for appearing on season 13 of "The Bachelorette. At best, some bachelorettes say they've been gifted a few swag bags containing sponsored items — likely not enough swag to repay that "Bachelor"-incurred debt. It's a tough pill to swallow considering that being in the role of the "Bachelor" or "Bachelorette" reportedly pays about $100,000 per season. On his podcast, Tartick said he was considered for "The Bachelor" and would have earned that amount had he been selected. Emily Maynard reportedly was paid $250,000 for her season as the leading lady.
More commonly, many contestants smartly leverage their 10 minutes of fame into success as social-media influencers or lifestyle brand entrepreneurs on Instagram after "The Bachelor" wraps and the dust settles. Many factors help determine rates for celebrity Instagram posts, but CNBC reported that if you have 5,000 Instagram followers and 308 sponsored posts, you can earn $100,000 a year.
Emily Maynard's online lifestyle presence keeps her net worth at a cool $5 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, although she was wealthy before her time on the show. Ali Fedotowsky worked at Facebook before appearing on "The Bachelor" in 2010. She then went on to star as "The Bachelorette" and later found work as an NBC and E! lifestyle correspondent, maintaining a healthy net worth of $600,000. Other alumni accept plentiful offers to appear on post-"Bachelor" reality TV shows, such as Melissa Rycroft, Trista Sutter, Sean Lowe and several others who opted to foxtrot on "Dancing With the Stars." Still, others close book deals — like season 16 winner Courtney Robinson, who wrote "I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends" — or make the bulk of their income on social media endorsement deals alone.
Considering how much it costs to be on "The Bachelor," aspiring bachelorettes have to ask themselves a key question: How much would you pay for a shot at love? And if that fails, how much would you pay for a shot at Instagram fame?
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