Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising among US Hispanics, but few studies have examined the preventive health behaviors for these NCDs among Hispanics. This study compared the preventive health behaviors of smoke-free living, physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and avoidance of heavy alcohol use in Hispanics in the United States and Hispanics living along the US-Mexico border.
Two weighted data sets with information on Hispanic populations were analyzed: 1) the national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (n = 29,942) from 2009; and 2) the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (n = 1,439) recruited from the US-Mexico border between 2008–2011. To compare the preventive health behaviors of the samples, within a generalized estimating equation framework, weighted univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted controlling for age, educational attainment, employment, language, and insurance status. Statistical tests were two-sided with a significance level set at 0.05.
Both samples reported low engagement in preventive behaviors. However, Hispanic males and females from the US-Mexico border were significantly less likely than the national sample to meet physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption guidelines. Also, Hispanic males from the US-Mexico border were more likely to engage in heavy alcohol use.
The lack of preventive health behaviors among Hispanics living along the US-Mexico border presents a dire prospect for NCD control in the region. Multipronged approaches to address multiple behaviors should be considered.
The burgeoning of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide brings a growing threat to public health and to economies: costs are projected to exceed $30 trillion over the next 20 years [1, 2]. NCDs now account for more than two-thirds of deaths globally , and in the United States (US), NCDs including cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, contribute to 7 out of 10 deaths [1, 4, 5]. NCDs also disproportionately affect low-income and minority populations in the US . They are pronounced among Mexican Americans, especially those living along the US-Mexico border, the geographical region extending north from Mexico into the US for 100 km . Recent research shows that Hispanics living along the US-Mexico border experience levels of NCDs resembling the morbidity and mortality rates found in low-and middle-income countries [1, 8].
NCDs are among the most preventable of diseases, primarily because they are a result of individual health behaviors . Preventive health behaviors, including smoke-free living, physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and avoidance of heavy alcohol use, help to prevent or alleviate the suffering and early mortality related to NCDs  (see Table 1). It is estimated that if behavioral and environmental risks associated with NCDs were removed it is estimated that at least 80 % of all heart disease, stroke, and Type II diabetes and more than 40 % of cancer cases could be prevented . However, little research examined behaviors preventive of NCDs among Hispanics, particularly along the US-Mexico border. This study therefore examined the extent to which preventive health behaviors were self-reported among Hispanics, primarily of Mexican descent, in two weighted samples, one from the US as a whole and the other from the US-Mexico border. Given the documented chronic disease prevalence along the border, we expected to see fewer preventive health behaviors, including smoke-free living, physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and avoidance of heavy alcohol use in Hispanics living along the border than in Hispanics nationally.
● The Surgeon General's report indicates that there is no acceptable level of exposure to cigarette smoke. Cigarette use is the most preventable source of disability, disease, and death in the US .
● Approximately 4 of 5 American adults are current non-smokers. However, about 43 million American adults currently smoke , and an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely each year from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke .
● Approximately 84 % of US Hispanic adults report not smoking, compared to 78 % of non-Hispanic whites .
● The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recommends that adults complete 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity per week .
● Physical activity has numerous health benefits, particularly related to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight which reduces risks for NCDs .
● Based on the DHHS 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, less than two-third of all adults meet physical activity recommendations .
● Hispanics nationally are less likely to be physically active than their non-Hispanic White counterparts [29, 31–33].
● Men aged between 31–50 years should consume approximately 2 cups of fruit and 3 cups of vegetables per day .
● Women aged between 31–50 years should consume approximately 1 ½ cups of fruit and 2 ½ cups of vegetables per day .
● Following nutritional guidelines is associated with maintaining a healthy weight and reduces the risk for cardiovascular diseases, some cancers, and diabetes .
● Despite over 20 years of promotion of fruit and vegetable consumption, in 2009 only 23.5 % of US adults consumed the daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables .
● Hispanics report higher levels of fruit consumption (37.2 %) than white non-Hispanics (31.1 %) but lower levels of vegetable consumption (19.7 % vs. 27.7 %) .
● Multiple environmental and sociocultural factors appear to contribute to this disparity, including acculturation and the food environment of Hispanic communities [45, 46], with poor access to healthy foods and grocery stores but high access to fast food options .
● US Dietary Guidelines recommend that alcohol be consumed only in moderation, a maximum of two drinks for men and one drink for women per day .
● One alcoholic drink is equal to 12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, or 1.5 oz of distilled spirits . Moderate or excessive consumption of alcohol is associated with acute myocardial infarction , cancers of the mouth, esophagus, liver, colon, and breast , hypertension, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, and cerebrovascular events . It is the nation's third-leading lifestyle related cause of death .
● Hispanics report lower rates of heavy drinking (6.1 %) than Native Americans (12.1 %) or whites (8.3 %), but Hispanic males report the highest levels of daily heavy drinking (40 %) of all groups (Native Americans 29.34 %, whites 30.74 %) .
The study used two datasets containing detailed information on Hispanic populations. One sample included 29,942 Hispanic respondents from the national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 2009 . The other sample included a total of 1,408 participants from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (CCHC) who were enrolled between the years 2008 and 2011 .
BRFSS is a national on-going telephone survey of self-reported health conducted yearly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Data were collected over a 12 month period in 2009 for all states and territories of the United States . For this study, the sample was restricted to respondents self-identified as Hispanic. Identification of Hispanic subgroups by country of ancestral descent is unavailable via BRFSS, but, 63 % of Hispanics nationwide identify as of Mexican descent .
The CCHC, a prospective cohort study, began in 2004 and includes adults aged 18 years and older living in Brownsville, TX, a low-economic midsize city along the US-Mexico border with a population that is 93.2 % Hispanic, with 86.2 % of Mexican descent . Cohort participants were recruited from randomly selected households using a two-stage cluster systematic sampling method. Participants received clinical examinations, answered a behavioral health questionnaire, and had anthropometric measures taken; a description of these has been previously published elsewhere . Surveys were conducted in the participant's preferred language (English or Spanish) by trained bilingual staff. Data on tobacco use, physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and alcohol use were drawn from participants' behavioral measures. Participants of Mexican descent were identified by ancestry variables when a participant, parent, or grandparent indicated nativity in Mexico. The Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston approved all protocols and consent forms.
To assess the prevalence of smoke-free living, CCHC participants were asked, "Do you now smoke cigarettes?" with a response of "yes" labeled as smoker and "no" labeled as nonsmoker. BRFSS respondents were asked, "Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?" with "every day" and "some days" responses collapsed to indicate a smoker, and a response of "not as all" labeled as nonsmoker .
To assess the extent of physical activity, CCHC participants were assessed using validated scales to examine moderate and vigorous physical activity of at least 10-minute bouts during the past 7 days [16, 17]. On the BRFSS, respondents reported the number of days per week and the total time per day of moderate and vigorous physical activity of at least 10 minute bouts . CCHC and BRFSS survey items were used to estimate metabolic equivalents (METs) minutes of energy expenditure in the past 7 days, where participants with > 600 MET adjusted minutes were considered to meet physical activity guidelines.
Using the Two-item Food Frequency Questionnaire , fruit and vegetable consumption was assessed in the CCHC by asking participants how many portions of fruit and vegetables they ate daily. A portion size was described as a ½ cup of fresh, frozen, or canned produce or a medium-sized piece of produce. Consumption of five or more fruit and vegetable portions was considered meeting guidelines [19, 20]. On the BRFSS, participants reported the number of servings of fruits and vegetables daily, and those who reported five or more servings per day were considered to meet guidelines .
CCHC participants were asked the number of alcoholic drinks (12 oz. beer, 8 oz. wine cooler, 4 oz. wine, or 1 oz. liquor) consumed each week. The total was divided by 7 to obtain an estimated daily number of alcoholic drinks consumed. In the BRFSS, one alcoholic drink was measured as a 12 oz. beer, a 5 oz. glass of wine, or one shot of liquor . For both samples, heavy alcohol use for males was identified as having more than two drinks per day and for females having more than one drink per day .
Data on age, gender, educational attainment (high school diploma or less than high school diploma) employment (employed or unemployed), preferred language (English or Spanish), and health insurance (insured or uninsured) were calculated on both samples.
To derive representative population-based estimates, all analyses were performed using sampling weights for the CCHC and the BRFSS samples. The two samples were compared based on sociodemographic characteristics and preventive health behaviors using generalized estimating equations (GEE) correlated outcomes to account for potential clustering among participants within CCHC households and census tracts and blocks. Specifically, to compare proportions by dataset (CCHC or BRFSS) and obtain crude and adjusted p-values, we used univariate and multivariate GEE regression models, respectively, with logit link function for binomial responses. Similarly, to compare means by dataset and obtain crude and adjusted p-values, we used univariate and multivariate GEE regression models with identity link function for continuous responses. All statistical tests were two-sided with a significance level of 0.05. Analyses were performed using SAS version 9.1 .
On average, sampled participants from the CCHC were significantly older than BRFSS participants (CCHC: 47.22 ± 1.0 BRFSS: 40.47 ± 0.2, p-value < 0.0001) (Table 2). The CCHC sample also had a higher proportion of females than the BRFSS sample (CCHC: 58.3 %, BRFSS: 49.7 %, p-value < 0.0004), and a higher percentage of participants who did not graduate from high school (CCHC: 47.9 %, BRFSS: 31.2 %, p-value < 0.0001). Among CCHC participants, the percentage employed was significantly lower than among BRFSS participants (CCHC: 47.6 %, BRFSS: 55 %, p-value = 0.0041). When stratified by gender, there were fewer employed males (CCHC: 63.8 %, BRFSS: 65.6 %, p-value 0.6493) and fewer employed females (CCHC: 36.0 %, BRFSS: 44.3 %, p-value = 0.0017) in the CCHC sample.
Table 3 summarizes the preventive health behaviors of smoke-free living, meeting physical activity guidelines, fruit and vegetable consumption, and avoiding heavy alcohol use. After adjusting for age, educational attainment, employment, preferred language, and insurance, BRFSS respondents were significantly more likely than CCHC participants to meet recommended physical activity guidelines (44.14 % vs. 33.3 %, adjusted p-value = 0.0186). BRFSS respondents were also significantly more likely than CCHC participants to meet fruit and vegetable consumption guidelines (21.93 % vs. 14.8 %, adjusted p-value = < 0.0001).
Table 4 summarizes preventive health behaviors stratified by gender for both samples. When adjusted for age, educational attainment, employment, preferred language, and insurance, BRFSS male respondents were significantly more likely than CCHC male participants to meet fruit and vegetable consumption guidelines (46.61 % vs. 39.8 %, adjusted p-value = 0.0034). BRFSS male respondents were also significantly more likely to avoid heavy alcohol use (93.86 % vs. 91.0 %, adjusted p-value = 0.0236). Among females, BRFSS respondents were significantly more likely to meet physical activity guidelines (41.68 % vs. 39.8 %, adjusted p-value = 0.0015) and to consume adequate fruits and vegetables (25.16 % vs. 11.4 %, adjusted p-value = 0.0417).
This study found Hispanics nationally and Hispanics living on the US-Mexico border reported low engagement in preventive health behaviors, and Hispanics living on the border engaged the least. These findings are important since Hispanics are the fastest growing population in the US and thus will influence future wellness projections and health care costs. Previous reports on disease rates from the US-Mexico border have shown significantly higher rates of overweight, obesity, and diabetes than in national samples [9, 10, 22, 23]. The results of this study suggest that the population along the US-Mexico border will continue to have higher levels of NCDs. The study found that Hispanics living on the US-Mexico border were significantly less likely to engage in the preventive health behaviors of physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption than Hispanics nationally. Also Hispanic males nationally were significantly more likely than Hispanic males on the US-Mexico border to avoid heavy alcohol use.
The limitations of this study include differences in data collection and sampling between the two datasets. In-person interviews were used to collect behavioral information from participants in the CCHC, while BRFSS data were collected through telephone interviews. This difference introduced potentially different respondent – interviewer biases since they did not sit face-to-face during the BRFSS interviews as they did in the CCHC study. However, wording of questions was similar for both samples and coding for preventive behaviors of interest was standardized in the analysis.
It should also be noted that the majority of CCHC participants were of Mexican descent, while BRFSS respondents were probably more diverse in their representation of Latin-descent populations. However, while past research on preventive health behaviors has shown differences between Latin descent populations in alcohol use [24–26], tobacco use [27–30], and physical activity [31–33], there are larger differences between this group and other racial/ethnic groups [32–37]. A final limitation to this study is the possible under-sampling of those with severe disparities among BRFSS participants resulting from the intent of BRFSS to produce results generalizable to the entire US. When considering national surveys, it is thus important to pay attention to under-sampled, understudied, but highly disparate areas such as the US-Mexico border.
Despite its limitations the study provides clear evidence of disparities in preventive health behaviors for NCDs among Hispanics along the US-Mexico border. The lack of preventive health behaviors among Hispanics along the border is particularly disturbing because it mirrors features found among low and middle income populations worldwide, where NCDs are escalating . High rates of poverty among the rapidly growing population along the US-Mexico border, low levels of educational attainment, and lack of health insurance increase the complexity of addressing NCDs. Common obstacles faced in addressing disparities in preventative health behaviors include food insecurity, abundant access to unhealthy foods, and insufficient environmental infrastructure to promote preventive behaviors . Our findings suggest that health resources should be used to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices, programs, and policies to promote preventive behaviors. A multipronged approach would span the ecological model  such that preventive health behaviors could be aligned with system and policy changes to support individuals in adopting and maintaining such behaviors long-term. Our findings also suggest a need for synergistic approaches to nurturing multiple preventive behaviors, rather than addressing each one as an isolated behavior. Given the disparities found in NCDs faced by Hispanics nationally and on the US Mexico border, particularly, multipronged approaches to foster preventive health behaviors are overdue.
This work was supported by MD000170 P20 through funding from the National Center on Minority Health and Health disparities (NCMHD), UTHealth CTSA (UL1 TR000371.
The authors of this manuscript would like to acknowledge our community partners and Community Advisory Board members, who are dedicated to eliminating health disparities. We would also like to acknowledge our professional study personnel, including Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, Vanessa Saldaña, Kendra Stine, Alejandra Esparza, Pablo Sanchez, Maria Perez, Julie Orta, Alfredo Hernandez, Julie Gomez-Ramirez, and Christina Villarreal, as well as Rose Gowen, MD, for her supervision of the Clinical Research Unit. Thank you to Valley Baptist Health System for space for the Clinical Research Unit. We are particularly thankful to our participants —the citizens of Brownsville who so generously and willingly gave and still give their cooperation and time.
BR, JW, and JM conceptualized the study. BR, SF, and JM directed data collection. BR drafted the manuscript. JW, SF, AB, and JM assisted in drafting the manuscript. KV conducted statistical analyses and drafted the analysis section. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Q: how could I abort JavaScript Promise? I am working On NodeJS Project  , I used Promise In my code
to chain some methods , I needed to abort in one of the 'thens' chain
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A: If I understand the intention correctly, there is no need here to cancel or throw.
You should be able to achieve your ends by rearrangement :
findEmployeeByCW('11111', "18-09-2016")
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That should work with the proviso that a log object is always delivered to SaveEmployeeLogToDb via all possible paths to that point, as implied by the original code.

A: You can't currently "cancel" promises. But you can use an exception for that purpose:
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I've seen a lot of these lists – and for the most part they are the same 5-10 "popular" blogs that have been around forever, and been featured in the Globe & Mail or Money Sense. The majority of these are from "professional bloggers". I may be in the minority here – but I prefer the smaller, independent blogs – the personal blogs – and more specifically the ones that aren't constantly pushing referral codes, credit card reviews, or trying to get you to sign up for something. Don't get me wrong – if you want to – and are able to make money from your blog -by all means do it and good for you.
My list however, is for the blogs I prefer- where you feel like you know the reader, and you can follow them on their journey. These blogs are also all written by Canadians and focus on investing/personal finance.
Without further ado – my top Canadian Investing Blogs to check out this year.
Passive Canadian Income – Rob is the same age as me, has 2 kids, and lives one province over. He has multiple streams of passive income (dividend stocks, private investment solar panels & more)!
GenYMoney Although she posts "anonymously" she is very open with her portfolio, net worth, expenses, etc. We own a few of the same stocks, and have a very similar dividend income. GenY lives in BC.
Smile & Conquer Sarah is from Edmonton & a big time hockey fan. This is probably the only blog I regularly read that doesn't focus primarily on stocks & investing. Sarah still writes about personal finance – but her posts cover a bit of everything as well.
Roadmap 2 Retire I've said it before, and I'll say it again – this is the first investing blog I ever followed. Sabeel does a great job of analysing stocks, discussing economic trends, and also has an interest in precious metals & crypto-assets.
All About The Dividends Matt is also from Ontario, and posts about his stock purchases, monthly updates, and plans to quit the rat race as soon as possible. Matt owns a few of the same stocks as me – and has recently started investing more in US stocks.
Dividend Income Stocks German is from Quebec, and has 2 kids. His portfolio is a bit newer than most on this list, but it is amazing how fast he has been growing it, and his yield is remarkable. He does a great job analysing Canadian stocks, and his portfolio just hit a new milestone!
FI Garage This is a new blog I recently started following. It is written by 3 different people (an economist, a mechanic & an accountant)- so you get 3 unique perspectives. Even better, they enjoy beer, and even have a podcast where they try new beers and discuss personal finance)!
Thanks for the shoutout & including me, Jordan. Good to be in the company of some great blogs/bloggers here.
Hey Jordan! Great list of bloggers. Some of them are new to me so I will check them out. It appears to be that i'm only the one from Quebec. Oh well, c'est la vie. I enjoy researching and analyzing stocks. The best part – I don't get paid for it! I'm glad that you like my blog. Hope to be on your list in 2020 as well 🙂 Take care!
Great list, Jordan. I prefer the smaller, independent bloggers as well. I like how there's a good representation from across the country on this list. Financial Uproar is one of my faves, mostly for the humour. 🙂 Have you heard of Garth Tuner's blog? He's knowledgeable about the real estate market.
Thanks for stopping by….FYI -your site is also one of my favs!
I haven't seen Garth Tuner's – do you have a link?
He's got a unique, somewhat sarcastic writing style.
Thanks for the mention Jordan!
nice list. I heard that Rob guy is pretty cool.
Fi garage is new to me but otherwise check them all out.
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Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday told airports to consider imposing spot fines, with the help of police authorities, on passengers who are found not wearing masks properly and not maintaining social distancing as per the COVID-19 rules. On March 13, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had asked airports and airlines to ensure that passengers wear masks and maintain social distance at all times during air travel, and take action against those violating the norms.
"All airport operators, therefore, are requested to ensure that the instructions on COVID-19 protocol from the standpoint of wearing face mask properly, covering nose and mouth, as well as maintaining social distance norms within the airport premises are followed scrupulously," it said.
Accordingly, all airport operators can increase surveillance in this regard, the DGCA said.
"The possibility of taking punitive action, such as levy of spot fines in accordance with the law, shall also be explored with local police authorities so as to serve a deterrent for violation of COVID-19 protocol," it stated.
The March 13 circular had asked the airport operators to hand over the passengers, who are not following the COVID-19 protocol even after repeated warnings, to the security agencies.
Moreover, it had asked the airlines to de-board the passengers who refused to adhere to COVID-19 norms even after repeated warnings and consider banning them from flying for at least three months.
Fifteen passengers, who were found violating COVID-19 norms on domestic flights of three airlines between March 15 and March 23, might be banned for three months by the carriers, senior officials of the DGCA had said last week.
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Topic: Reconciliation
Speaker: Calvin Taylor
This grew out of a conversation Don and I had about reconciliation writ large—how reconciliation has worked when countries try it. I waxed eloquent about the Marshall Plan and how it made enemies into friends. Don asked several of us to talk about reconciliation, and asked me to summarize our conversation.
The Marshall Plan…the way I heard it…was a plan to rebuild the war-torn economies of Western Europe after WWII…including the enemy countries of Germany and Italy. This exists in stark contrast to the Treaty of Versailles war reparations at the conclusion of World War 1…and one of the primary reasons Europe was pulled back into war just thirteen years later. Instead of punishing Germany and Japan, the United States rebuilt its enemies.
Before giving this talk, I figured I'd better get my facts straight, so I did a little reading. Like most things, the truth is more complicated. Japan wasn't actually part of the Marshall Plan—it, and other Asian countries received money through grants that were similar to the Marshall Plan, but not part of the plan itself. The Plan's mandate was to rebuild Europe—more money was given to Britain and France than to Germany. And many economists have contended that while the plan may have speeded recovery, recovery was already underway.
But what virtually no one disputes is this: after World War Two, the United States gave financial aid to its enemies to help them get back on their feet…and, in doing so, made friends out of enemies. It did so in stark contrast to the victors' treatment of their foes after World War One…and the way victorious countries had treated their enemies for hundreds of years prior to that. The term "Marshall Plan" has become a generalized term for offering succor to a defeated foe.
What are the lessons we can draw from this?
Reconciliation is the opposite of revenge. It requires a generosity of spirit that Christ commands of us (for instance, in Matthew 5:44: But I say to you, pray for your enemies and pray for those who persecute you).
Reconciliation requires relationship. We can't reconcile to strangers. In fact, we can't even begin to reconcile unless we understand the person or group we're trying to reconcile with. This, I think, is vital to remember as we try to figure out how to move forward from the political events of the last year…four years…and, frankly, forty years.
While reconciliation involves forgiveness, it isn't a blanket forgiveness of all wrongs: even while the Marshall Plan was put in place, the Nuremburg Trials took place, and twenty-four Nazi's were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. As an aside, let me mention that the trials, conducted in an atmosphere of retaliatory outrage remain to this day a sterling example of the rule of law over justifiable outrage. In fact, three men were acquitted.
Reconciliation involves sacrifice. The United States had given and given to the war effort. Ordinary Americans had gone without…rationed domestic supplies in order to support the troops overseas. Yet, despite this, they gave billions (in today's dollars, about 200 billion) to rebuild a world devastated by war. On a smaller scale, personal reconciliation also requires sacrifice—not in terms of financial resources, but in time, patience, and, most especially, pride.
Finally, one can't reconcile…one can only offer an opportunity to reconcile. Reconciliation comes with no guarantees: one can offer a hand, but can't make the other person take it. Reconciliation that's done with the expectation of reward or advantage isn't reconciliation: it's manipulation. As such, reconciliation is something we do because it's the right thing…because it makes us the people we want to be…because it is righteous and good in our God's sight.


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Q: How to open a shapefile using Python in QGIS? I have tried to open my shape files with the help of a tutorial (http://spatialgalaxy.net/2012/01/27/qgis-running-scripts-in-the-python-console/) but unfortunately I couldn't open my shapefiles for my first work in QGIS. I put the directory of the shapes and the script in my python path how the tutorial recommended. So above are two pictures showing the problem by script and in command prompt:

Are there any other solutions (in a form of python language) to open shapefiles? I am having headeches because when I'm trying to do like the website exposes I couldn't open the shaoes and doing the commands of importing Loader I got messages of errors. Hope someone here help me!
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I have tried this afertnoon reproduce all the process dicussed here. I put the the script in the folder of my python path I think is correct. As I said any times later when I use the command "sys.path" many directories appears showing where are my "python paths" and after that I resolve put the script in "C:\OSGeo4W\bin" but I am not sure if here is the correct local.
The photo below show what happens when I try to load the shapefiles by python:

@gene, I follow your instruction, but how I update the question a mistake persists in the running process. First I have many "python paths" and I don't know where do I have to put the script, second when I use the command ldr.load_shapefiles('F:/qgis_1/exercicio_buffer_L1') I recive an error message like this in the photo.
What do I have to do?
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A: I you read the documentation of the script:

"""Load all shapefiles in a given directory.
  This script (loader.py) runs from the QGIS Python console.
  From the console, use:
    from loader import Loader
    ldr = Loader(qgis.utils.iface)
    ldr.load_shapefiles('/my/path/to/shapefile/directory')"""

You need to import the script (interest of the Class Loader()) and not run the script with:
execfile("your_python_script.py")

because in this case you run an external script (Python does not know where to find QGIS) and it is the same thing as running a PyQGIS script from outside QGIS (Getting dataProvider from vector layer outside QGIS, Standalone applications using QGIS and environment variables or How to run a simple python script for QGIS from outside (e.g. Sublime Text)?)
If the Loader class is in you script teste.py, simply use:
from teste import Loader

like any other Python module, with the script is in your python path
If you still want to run your external script , use the Script runner Plugin of the same author (Gary Sherman) and if you want to simply load a shapefile from the console, read the PyQGIS Cookbook Loading Layers
Update:
To test your script in the console, use the function dir()
The Loader class from QGIS: Running Scripts in the Python Console:
class Loader:
    def __init__(self, iface):
        self.iface = iface
    def load_shapefiles(self, shp_path):
        print "Loading shapes from %s" % path.join(shp_path, "*.shp")
        shps = glob(path.join(shp_path, "*.shp"))
        for shp in shps:
            shpdir, shpfile  = path.split(shp)
            self.iface.addVectorLayer(shp, shpfile, 'ogr')

Now, in the console:
from loader import Loader
dir(Loader)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'load_shapefiles']

and the load_shapefiles function is here and you can use it
The error
AttributeError: Loader instance has no attibute 'load_shapefiles'

means that your script is not correct.


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Q: CryptDB - cannot connect to proxy (ERROR 1105 (HY000): (proxy) all backends are down) I install CryptDB in Ubuntu 14.04. I want to start the proxy:
$ /home/user/cryptdb/bins/proxy-bin/bin/mysql-proxy \
    --plugins=proxy \
    --event-threads=4 \
    --max-open-files=1024 \
    --proxy-lua-script=$EDBDIR/mysqlproxy/wrapper.lua \
    --proxy-address=127.0.0.1:3307 \
    --proxy-backend-addresses=localhost:3306

and it started:
2015-10-26 00:04:34: [global] (*) mysql-proxy 0.9.0 started

Then I login mysql use this command:
$ mysql -u root -pletmein -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3307

It display:

ERROR 1105 (HY000): (proxy) all backends are down

proxy output:

2015-10-26 00:04:40: [global] (critical) proxy-plugin.c.1772: Cannot connect, all backends are down.

I install MySQL and CryptDB on the same VM.
I am following the steps on CryptDB readme on GitHub.

Edit: the problem below is fixed, the above problem not fix yet.
Also, the original script (cryptdb/mysqlproxy/wrapper.lua) cause an error:

2015-10-26 00:24:33: [global] (critical) (lua-error) [/home/user/cryptdb/mysqlproxy/wrapper.lua]
[string "/home/user/cryptdb/mysqlproxy/wrapper.lua"]:1: attempt to concatenate a nil value

Seems the os.getenv("EDBDIR") return nil even I have set the EDBDIR in ~/.bashrc: EDBDIR=/home/user/cryptdb.
So I just modify the code like this, hope this won't cause another problem:
-- assert(package.loadlib(os.getenv("EDBDIR").."/obj/libexecute.so",
assert(package.loadlib("/home/user/cryptdb/obj/libexecute.so",
                   "lua_cryptdb_init"))()

A: For your first problem, start the proxy with:
$ /home/user/cryptdb/bins/proxy-bin/bin/mysql-proxy \
--plugins=proxy \
--event-threads=4 \
--max-open-files=1024 \
--proxy-lua-script=$EDBDIR/mysqlproxy/wrapper.lua \
--proxy-address=127.0.0.1:3307 \
--proxy-backend-addresses=127.0.0.1:3306

Note the use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost.
For your second problem, add export EDBDIR=/home/user/cryptdb to your .bashrc as suggested above.


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South Los Angeles fireworks blast contributed to 2 deaths, families say
Read Original Article at ABC7
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two families say the LAPD's botched detonation of fireworks at a South Los Angeles neighborhood June 30 contributed to the deaths of their loved ones.
Residents of the neighborhood are now mourning their two neighbors, who each had pre-existing medical conditions, but died last month following the blast. The families say that powerful blast, which followed the detonation and rocked the neighborhood, contributed to their relatives' deaths.
The families of the two men who died in the weeks following the explosion tell Eyewitness News they're considering legal action.
"The families believe that it was the stress that was caused by the explosion that eventually led to the death of their family members," said Ron Gochez with the group Union del Barrio. "So, although they didn't die on the same day of the explosion, they feel that it was the explosion that caused their eventual death."
One man who died has been identified as Auzie Houchins, 72. He lived in a home that was badly damaged by the explosion. Lorna Hairston, the wife of Houchins, says he was an LAUSD teacher and lived in South L.A. his whole life. She was in their home when the blast happened.
"He doesn't take any kind of change and being usurped like that from the home for three weeks, just sitting there in the room with nothing to do - pretty bad," she said.
"He was born in that house, so then you uproot him and you had to take everything... How do you take from where you were born and then move?" said Marie Staples, Hairston's daughter.
Neighbors say the other elderly man who died is Ramon Reyes, whose roof collapsed on him following the blast.
South LA fireworks blast: Explosive material exceeded capacity of containment truck, LAPD says
"They both were using oxygen and at the time they were moved from their home, when they were relocated, their oxygen machines or their tanks, were not taken with them," Gochez said. "And the hospital bed, a specialized hospital bed, was also not taken with them, so the families believe that also had something to do with their death."
Gochez says Houchins had diabetes and struggled following the blast because the city moved his family to a hotel without a kitchen. According to the L.A. County coroner, one of the causes of Houchins' death was sudden cardiac dysfunction, or a heart attack.
There are more than two dozen families impacted by the blast still not allowed home, including 15-year-old Madeline Heredia. She says the city hasn't informed them of where they'll go next.
"All we want is them to fix our house. We want to come back home," Heredia said. "We want to be having our own privacy. We want to have our own place to be ourselves."
South LA explosion: Community demands accountability from LAPD following fireworks blast
Eyewitness News reached out to LAPD regarding the two deaths, but has not heard back. City Councilmember Curren Price released the following statement:
"Over the course of the last 30 days since the LAPD illegal fireworks explosion occurred on 27th Street, my Office has been working closely with the victims of this tragic incident, addressing their various needs, including medical, emergency and longer-term housing and financial assistance, as well as other necessities.
What these victims have had to endure is reprehensible and unconscionable, and I repeat, it should have never happened in the first place. In the meantime, my Office has mobilized a multi-prong effort that includes the allocation of $10,000 grants to 25 pre-identified severely impacted households, as well as the repairs of more than 30 homes along 27th Street with most expected to be completed by the end of this month. In addition, my Office has helped to place 25 families, consisting of more than 80 individuals, into corporate housing where they will be allowed to stay as their homes are being repaired. Accepting this assistance by my Office will not impact a family's ability to file a claim or pursue legal action. I will continue to advocate on behalf of our community so that their claims with the City are expedited and they can begin to pick-up the pieces as they continue on their road to healing.
As our office received word of the recent loss of two patriarchs that lived on 27th Street, it struck my staff and I especially hard as Team Price has gotten to know them intimately. Our deepest condolences to them and we will continue to be there in their time of great need."
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Q: Finding interface changes by comparing python stubs files I am trying to determine the interfaces changes of the public parts of a python package to a previous version. This is to help with semantic versioning (MAJOR_CHANGE.MINOR_CHANGE.PATCH) The best way I can think of to do this is the following:

*

*Generate stubs files for new version of package (you can do this using stubgen. This gives you the public interface for the whole package, sub packages and modules...

*Compare stubs for new and old version of the package.

*

*If there are no interface changes, then the new version will just +1 to the PATCH number

*If the original interface remains the same but entirly new functions (or attributes) are added, this will be a minor change so +1 to MINOR

*If any part of the original interface is changed, it will be a MAJOR breaking change so +1 to MAJOR

So basically, the question is, what is the best way to compare 2 packages of stubs files for these changes? We could compare the AST files although these do not include type info (we could try to use this to get around that https://github.com/python/typed_ast)
Example stubs file here:
# Stubs for positioning.point (Python 3.6)
#
# NOTE: This dynamically typed stub was automatically generated by stubgen.

import numpy as np
from .exceptions import UnacceptableCartesianCoordinates
from .frame import Frame
from .methods import check_frames_have_common_parent, get_coordinates_of_point_in_frame, lowest_common_parent
from typing import Any

class Point:
    def __init__(self, frame: Frame, point_coordinates: np.ndarray) -> None: ...
    @classmethod
    def from_cartesian(cls: Any, frame: Frame, x: float, y: float, z: float) -> Point: ...
    @classmethod
    def from_cylindrical(cls: Any, frame: Frame, r: float, phi: float, z: float) -> Point: ...
    @classmethod
    def from_spherical(cls: Any, frame: Frame, r: float, theta: float, phi: float) -> Point: ...
    @classmethod
    def from_old_point_in_new_frame(cls: Any, old_point: Point, new_frame: Frame) -> Point: ...
    @classmethod
    def at_origin(cls: Any, frame: Frame) -> Point: ...
    @property
    def frame(self): ...
    def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool: ...

EDIT:
To be extra clear (and with fancy diagrams!) I am looking to compare the public interfaces between 2 Packages, A and B. The best way to generate the public interface with type information is to use stubgen. So, The public interface for packages will be defined by a package of .pyi files.
Then we use a new magic tool (called something snappy like, interface-diff) to compare both of the interfaces for A and B. At the highest level we will then have 4 potential outcomes when comparing the interfaces.
1) MAJOR - Things removed from A AND NOT things added to B

2) MAJOR - Things removed from A AND things added to B

3) MINOR - Things added to B AND NOT removed from A

4) PATCH - A == B

Happy to write this all myself if someone could put me onto the right lines :)

A: What you need are abstract syntax trees (AST's) of each stub.  No new nodes means patch, new leaf nodes probably means minor (depends on language and location of node) and new non-leaf nodes means major.  But that's not the entire solution really, because not all breaking changes show up at the interface stubs.  You also need to have functional verification that any new implementation of the existing interfaces, actually satisfy the documented behaviors (contracts) and that use of any new interfaces doesn't break the old interfaces.
You should be able to find good parser/AST implementations among the publicly available Python implementations.  You can use AST's of the old and new implementations to find potential breaking changes behind existing interfaces!


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View of "Teeth and Consequence," 2018.
"Teeth and Consequence"
Private Places
2400 NE Holladay Street
July 15–September 13, 2018
Like a room in a dream or a film set, this gallery consists of a door-less, three-walled space, tucked into the rustic studio complex of Portland-based artist Bobbi Woods, the show's co-organizer. It's a fittingly transparent environment for "Teeth and Consequence," a group exhibition of work by queer, trans, and nonbinary artists who test different forms of physical and emotional embodiment through the patterns, processes, and reception of their art.
Across various corners and edges of the gallery's baby-pink walls, artist and co-organizer Christopher Russell layers irregular shapes of handmade wallpaper. Since 2003, Russell has borrowed the stylized nature forms of Arts and Crafts wallpapers by William Morris and other period designers. He appropriates these designs, re-creating them from the text of his impassioned and often violent stories. Every finial, arc, and petal of the designs are composed of tiny words colored and shaped to form floral repetitions. The ink in works on paper, such as Honeysuckle and Peacock Feathers, both 2011, blooms into patterns reminiscent of garden plans. Hung on one swath of wallpaper, a small glass bas-relief by Heidi Schwegler, titled End of Things, 2018, resembles a black mirror undulating from an ominous presence within.
The internal burn of Russell's subjugated language is complemented by M. Page Greene's group of prismatic and visceral paintings, such as To Be a Body, 2017, and Pink Ribbon, 2016, their grainy surfaces cohering into tangled limbs. A similar vibrancy enlivens the encrusted collages of Los Angeles–based collaborators sweaterqueens, as well as the smoother surface of Zac's Haunted House, 2015, a gorgeously strange HTML novel by Dennis Cooper, which viewers can scroll through on a laptop positioned on a transparent chair in the middle of the paint-stained floor.
— Stephanie Snyder


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Interior secretary creates advisory committee on recreation
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the establishment of the "Made in America" Recreation Advisory Committee on Tuesday.
The committee, which will meet about two times annually, will advise Zinke on public-private partnerships across all public lands, with the goal of expanding access to and improving infrastructure on public lands and waterways.
"The spirit of American innovation and ingenuity is what built our country, and the Interior Department wants that same spirit and energy to resonate within the realm of outdoor recreation on our public lands," Zinke said in a statement.
"We already have thousands of private partners who operate on federal lands," Zinke added. "Whether it's the iconic Jammers in Glacier National Park, the historic El Tovar lodge at the Grand Canyon or the kayaks that you can rent on the Potomac River, American workers are at the heart of helping American families experience our great outdoors."
The National Marine Manufacturers Association said the decision comes on the heels of work done by the Outdoor Recreation Industry Roundtable, of which the NMMA is a leading member.
The NMMA said the new committee will "help improve visitor experiences through expanded public-private partnerships — something ORIR and NMMA are thrilled to see come to life."
The NMMA said Zinke also appointed a former Navy SEAL, Capt. Rick May, as a new senior adviser focusing on outdoor recreation.
"Helping ensure our nation's public waterways and lands are not only accessible but enjoyable is a key step to ensuring Americans get outdoors," NMMA president Thom Dammrich said in the NMMA's Currents newsletter.
"NMMA applauds Secretary Zinke and his team for understanding the significant impact the recreation economy has on the entire United States and the importance of modernizing our public lands and waters and what that will mean for the American people. This is an exciting time for our industry to be collaborating with the ORIR, the Recreation Advisory Committee, and May on such a meaningful mission to help Americans discover the outdoors.," Dammrich added.
The department said committee members will be selected for their diverse backgrounds and their experiences with the recreational industry. Prospective members will have knowledge utilizing public-private partnerships, providing recreational visitor experiences, developing and deploying infrastructure improvements or a thorough understanding of recreational equipment.
According to the Outdoor Industry Association, outdoor recreation generates $887 billion in economic impact and supports 7.6 million jobs across the country, the NMMA said.
The NMMA said the creation of the Recreation Advisory Committee and May's appointment — combined with numerous other meetings, declarations and events — are important steps in harnessing the might of the outdoor recreation economy and show the department's commitment to supporting its continued growth.


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Recent and past news articles regarding the Kennebec Land Trust (KLT)
Kennebec Land Trust seeking to create 'green' cemetery
Kennebec Landtrust August 19, 2018
Kennebec Land Trust members learned, at the conservation group's 30th annual gathering, of trust plans to create a new cemetery for conservation burials where the deceased could take their desire to protect nature to the grave with them.
The Winthrop-based nonprofit land conservation organization is close to a deal with an as yet unnamed landowner to secure more than 60 acres where it hopes to develop a "green" cemetery where bodies would be placed in biodegradable coffins or shrouds and buried in the ground, without a cement burial vault, embalming fluids or a treated casket, which can all be harmful to the environment, Theresa Kerchner, executive director, told roughly 100 trust members Sunday. She said the trust has been working behind the scenes for at least two years to find a parcel where the soils and site are right for green burials.
Jack Daley, a sophomore at Harvard University who served as one of two interns for Kennebec Land Trust this summer and conducted research on the proposal, said the land trust, working with the state's soil scientist, Dave Rocque, researched sites across the land trust's service area, and identified an approximately 60 acre site in Fayette, in a rural area on a hillside with a great view and soils suitable for natural burials.
The land trust would sell cemetery plots on the parcel, via a dedicated website, while leaving the details of burials at the site to funeral homes and burial contractors, as long as they agreed to follow the conservation burial protocol.
Daley said the practice would in some aspects be a return to past practices, as embalming only began during the Civil War as a way to preserve corpses for long distances and the use of cement vaults only became common in the 1880s as a way of keeping cemetery grounds flat for landscaping.
"It's going back to a more environmentally-friendly way of burial," said Daley, of Boston. "We're looking to open a site, tentatively, by fall of 2020."
He said the land trust sees the idea as another way to conserve land by managing it responsibly.
A previous land trust intern, Josh Caldwell, wrote a research report on the idea in 2015.
Daley said there are about 30 such burial sites across the country now.
Officials said the site would also be developed with hiking trails accessible to people with disabilities, for hikers, birdwatchers and other nature-lovers, to make it a destination for the living, as well as the dead. Proceeds from plot sales could fund the ongoing stewardship of the property.
Sunday trust members awarded a founder and longtime volunteer of the organization, local attorney Howard Lake, with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bob Kimber, a member of the trust's advisory board, said in the 30 years since Lake helped found the organization he has volunteered to do countless hours of legal work to negotiate and finalize trust land deals that have conserved more than 6,000 acres in central Maine. But Lake has also taken to some of that land himself, to help design, build and maintain trails on that conserved land.
"The hours he put in (doing free legal work for the trust) likely add up to months, and years," Kimber said of Lake. "And once he's taken care of the paperwork he heads out onto the land to design and build trails, and maintain them in the following years."
The trust's annual meeting was at Camp Winnebego, an Echo Lake summer camp in Fayette that officials allow the trust to use for its annual gathering at no charge.
Land trust members also honored landowners who donated land or conservation easements to the trust this year at their annual meeting.
George and Linda Smith, of Mount Vernon, were recognized for donating 125 acres off Route 41 in Mount Vernon, and raising funds to put in educational materials on trails at the site, for the creation of the Ezra Smith Wildlife Conservation Area, in honor of George Smith's late dad Ezra, an avid outdoorsman.
Stewart Myers was recognized for donating a 238-acre conservation easement in Vienna and Chesterville that includes most of the shoreline of Egypt Pond, including 1.5 miles of undeveloped shoreline, banning development on the site forever.
Stewart said he and his late wife Maureen first came to the pond in the 1970s when they came to check out a piece of land on the north shore. They came into the site at night, and camped out overnight there, getting their first look at the spot the next morning. They fell in love with the site and bought it, and later bought more land around the pond together.
"We woke up the next morning and said, 'Oh my God this is gorgeous,'" Myers said of their first look at the land. "So we managed to preserve the rest of it."
The city of Hallowell was honored for securing an easement for the Effie L. Berry Conservation Area providing an 8-acre site which provides access, through Stevens Commons, to Howard Hill in Augusta, which is also a designated conservation area the trust acquired and gave to the city of Augusta.
And the late Kendra Wakefield Shaw was honored for leaving the Wakefield Wildlife Sanctuary's 115 acres in West Gardiner to the trust, which includes four cabins and frontage on Cobbossee Stream.
Trust members receiving awards at Sunday's events, which also included a triathlon, botany workshops and a potluck cookout, included Mary Denison, President's Award; Brian Kent, Director's Award; Brenda Lake, Volunteer Award; and Kevin and Mary Kane, Stewardship Award.
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Incoming SU President makes good first impression
May 4th, 2018 · by Susan Canfora · Comments:
In a friendly atmosphere, as laughter mingled with compliments, the new president of Salisbury University outlined his philosophy of education.
Dr. Charles Wight.
"I really hope what we do is, we teach students how the world works and how they can change it for good," Dr. Charles Wight told faculty, students, staff and community members who gathered in Holloway Hall on Friday morning to welcome him.
A couple years ago, while teaching a class at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, where he was president five years before accepting the position at SU, Wight was talking to students about technologies people carry around in their pockets and explaining how the batteries work.
A wide-eyed student told him she suddenly realized the class wasn't about theory, but about how the world works.
"That was a moment. That was a big deal for me," Wight said, to hearty applause.
"We're going to get to know each other over the next several months," he told the audience.
"I will be meeting with many, many of you, asking lots of questions about Salisbury University … and you will be asking questions of me, getting to know me," Wight said.
"So far, almost everything we know about each other is stuff that Google tells us, right? And that is not always the greatest picture."
Known as the students' president, Wight, a native of Virginia who has family on Deale, Md., will take over as SU president on July 1, replacing Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach, who led the university to national distinction during her 18-year presidency.
Wight was selected from a small pool of finalists recommended by a search and screening committee led by Regent D'Ana Johnson, who was also at SU on Friday.
Representatives from SU faculty, staff, students and alumni and members of the community comprised the search committee.
Wight, who accepts invitations to visit classrooms and spends time talking to students, said he likes to have fun. Once, he arrived at a student meeting and immediately had large pythons placed around his neck as he was photographed.
"That was OK," he said, hesitantly, to more laughter.
"I'm not a really big snake lover but it was OK. But then one of the snakes disappeared into my coat jacket and started rummaging around in there so I said, 'OK. That's enough of that,'" he said.
Another time he agreed to take a pie in the face for a fraternity raising money for worthwhile causes.
Introduced in Holloway Hall by Robert Caret, chancellor of the University of Maryland System, who praised his accomplishments, as well as the high standing of SU, a beaming Wight walked to the podium and said, "Wow. No pressure, right?"
"This is an amazing moment and an amazing opportunity, so I thank you for the opportunity. I have received many messages from people on campus welcoming me to Salisbury University and a lot of help with the transition already. Thank you all for that," he said.
Now that an interim president is in place at Weber, he is free to begin learning about SU.
"The first thing I plan to do it to go on a listening tour. It's important for us to get to know each other before I start making important decisions and start changing things.
"I'm very fortunate in the fact that Salisbury University is in great shape and is a Maryland University of National Distinction. Things are going really well.
"We will make some decisions that will take this institution to the next level but I think I'm going to listen first before I start making those decisions," Wight said.
"Going to college really opens students' eyes. It is exceptionally important that every institution is not only welcoming to all kinds of students of all economic backgrounds but also that it's a place where people feel immediately that they belong," Wight said.
"A college education is so important for opening doors to students, not only for job opportunities but for their own cultural enrichments and civic engagement. So, they must be culturally and linguistically competent," he said.
SU, he said, is a leader in the community, a necessary attribute for economic prosperity and social justice.
He thanked Dudley-Eshbach "for the great position this university is in."
Dudley-Eshbach, who welcomed Johnson and Caret, made them, and Wight, laugh when she said she had no torch to pass, but she would hand Wight the club-like mace used at formal academic occasions.
Laughing, Wight said it will come in handy during faculty meetings.
"It has been a great honor to serve Salisbury University eight years as your president. I am so grateful for all of the … teachers, students and staff who have greatly enriched the life and history of Salisbury University," Dudley-Eshbach said.
"As I've said many times, change is good. I'm honored to serve and equally honored to turn over the leadership of this institution to Dr. Charles A. Wight," she said.
Johnson said the outgoing president has consistently "walked the walk and talked the talk and you are wonderful."
"I know I feel like I am going to cry. I speak from the heart," Johnson said.
Caret said he believes the transition will be seamless and called SU one of the finest institutions in the country.
"That's a tribute to all of you but it's also a tribute to the leader. Leadership does matter. Leadership is not something to be taken lightly," he said.
"If you're going to actually change things and make them better and better you need leadership," Caret said.
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Steven Bellone (born September 11, 1969) is an American politician serving as the 8th and current County Executive of Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island.

Early life and education

Steven Bellone was raised in Babylon, New York. He graduated from North Babylon High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and communications at Queens College in 1991. Bellone enlisted in the United States Army in 1992 and served as a Communications Specialist stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Bellone earned his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and was admitted to the  New York state bar in 1999.

Babylon Town Supervisor
At age 32, after serving four years on the Babylon Town Board, Bellone was elected Supervisor of Babylon Township in 2001 to represent over 210,000 residents. As Supervisor, Bellone focused on government reform, reducing the size of government and delivering a $4.3 million tax cut to residents.

Long Island Green Homes
Bellone received national attention after spearheading an innovative environmental program called Long Island Green Homes. The program incentivized homeowners to make energy improvement upgrades to their homes to achieve considerable savings on energy bills. Bellone was named Environmentalist of the Year by the Sierra Club's Long Island Group in 2009 in recognition of this initiative.

Wyandanch Rising
Bellone launched Wyandanch Rising, a comprehensive community revitalization plan in Wyandanch, New York, that has attracted over $70 million from government and private partners. This transit-oriented development includes plans for a walkable, mixed-use community with bicycle lanes, on-street parking, better-lit sidewalks, safer crosswalks, mixed-use buildings, and public art blended with considerable residential, commercial, restaurant and gallery space.

As a result of these revitalization efforts, Wyandanch Rising was selected to be the first permanent home of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame museum on October 23, 2014.

Suffolk County Executive

With over 240,000 votes cast, Bellone was elected with 57% of the vote in 2011 in his bid for Suffolk County Executive. As County Executive, Bellone has focused on restoring structural balance, implementing government reforms, improving water quality and ensuring a high quality of life for Suffolk County residents.

In 2015, with 99,115 votes, Bellone won reelection as Suffolk County Executive, defeating Jim O'Connor by nearly 25,000 votes.

Fiscal policy
Bellone's administration began with an inherited deficit of over $500 million which coincided with the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. Using the same economic policies instituted in the Town of Babylon to restore fiscal balance, the Bellone administration reduced Suffolk's deficit by hundreds of millions of dollars. The 2015 budget proposal recommends actions to eliminate the budget deficit completely. The Suffolk County deficit currently stands at $89.9 million, a reduction of $411 million in two years.

Government reform
Since Bellone took office, the administration has enacted a series of government reforms and offered a variety of proposals to improve government efficiencies while maintaining reduced staffing levels.  Since 2010, County staffing has reduced by more than 1,100 employees and has achieved annual reoccurring savings of over $100 million as a result. The reduction of "one-shot" revenues has allowed Suffolk County to focus on long-term budget mitigation efforts.  In addition, Bellone championed the merger of the Suffolk County Comptroller's Office and Suffolk County Treasurer's Office, a move estimated to save $800,000 a year that will streamline the county's financial operations. The merger was approved by over 61% Suffolk County voters in the November 4, 2014, election. The consolidation of the two offices took place on January 1, 2018.

Water quality
In 2014, County Executive Bellone announced that improving the region's water quality would be his administration's top priority, and launched the "Reclaim Our Water " initiative – a comprehensive plan to improve Suffolk County's water quality and eradicate nitrogen pollution.
Failing and unmaintained septic systems and cesspools have created an excess amount of nitrogen pollution in the region's water supply, becoming a serious threat to Long Island's water quality, wildlife, quality of life; and has already decimated the once iconic shellfish industry.  Nitrogen poisoning has additionally destroyed the region's coastal vegetation, which acts as a natural habitat for marine and aviary life as well as a natural buffer against devastating storm surges as seen during Superstorm Sandy.
The County has identified 360,000 unsewered homes that contribute to nearly 70% of the nitrogen pollution load, and has developed an actionable, long term plan to sewer targeted areas, fortify existing waste water infrastructure, and bring advanced on-site waste water treatment systems to residential properties that are contributing most to the nitrification of waters.
To date, Bellone has worked extensively with state and federal officials to secure a historic investment of more than $380 million and is seeking further funding to help reduce excess nitrogen pollution, invest in wastewater infrastructure and help to protect coastal vegetation and marshlands.

Economic development
Since the beginning of his administration in 2012, Bellone has initiated a series of economic development plans to build innovation economies throughout Suffolk County to attract highly skilled and knowledge workers, and to keep young professionals on Long Island.
Bellone tasked the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning with developing Suffolk County's first comprehensive master plan in decades to address issues involving land use, the overall economy, traffic and transportation, and natural and built resources. He introduced his Connect Long Island vision, a comprehensive transportation and development plan to connect Suffolk County downtowns, universities and research centers via mass transit. The plan is designed to strengthen local businesses by expanding natural customer bases and develop the necessary infrastructure to provide residents with north-to-south transportation options.

Performance management
In order to maintain core government services while operating with reduced staff, the Bellone administration has expanded its Performance Management department, which is responsible for ensuring the county workforce is as productive as possible. The office implements quality improvements to improve operations in all government departments.

References

External links
 Official Facebook page of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone

County executives in New York (state)
Town supervisors in New York (state)
Politicians from Suffolk County, New York
New York (state) Democrats
New York (state) lawyers
Fordham University School of Law alumni
Queens College, City University of New York alumni
People from North Babylon, New York
1969 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians
2016 United States presidential electors

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Log cabin charm, blocks from the Pearl Street Mall and steps from world class hiking, cycling and climbing.
The Foot of the Mountain is the only motel remaining from its era and has the distinction of being the oldest, continuously operating motel in Boulder. It was built in the early 1930's by Charles and Mary Siebert. Their vision was to create a charming haven at the base of Boulder Canyon that catered to a more "upscale" crowd than those travelers camping in their cars across the street at Eben G. Fine Park.