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Posted on April 5, 2020 April 5, 2020 by Zev Shalev
For three critical weeks beginning in February, the White House could have stopped the spread of the coronavirus.
My investigation reveals Intelligence and National Security Council officials briefed Donald Trump about the scale and severity of the looming outbreak in January. Yet he officially failed to react and publicly denied the threat.
By February 24, as the stock market tumbled on the news the coronavirus had spread outside of China's borders, to South Korea, Iran, and the U.S., Trump remained inexplicably in denial.
It took Trump until March 13 for Trump to declare the pandemic a national emergency, 19 days after the financial markets began their retreat.
Instead of putting America on a war footing, Trump kept talking down the severity of the coronavirus, calling it a hoax and downplaying the actual numbers and projections his advisers were giving him.
Those 19 days when Trump fiddled, could have saved America from this crisis.
From "hoax" to national emergency, Donald Trump's nineteen day evolution on COVID-19.
TRUMP IN DENIAL AS COVID-19 SPREAD
On February 24, there were 15 confirmed cases of Americans with COVID-19. By March 13, the figure was 2163. There is no doubt that a more prompt and deliberate response to contain the virus would have suppressed its growth trajectory significantly.
South Korean officials acted decisively after their first COVID-19 case on January 20, diagnosed on the same day the U.S. had its first confirmed case.
The South Koreans began testing symptomatic cases, contact tracing anyone who was potentially infected and isolating suspected cases. As a result, the spread of the virus in South Korea was dramatically slowed.
The opposite was playing out in the United States. Trump declared the coronavirus "very much under control in the U.S.A." when in reality it was spreading without any attempts to contain it on the ground. A ban on travel from China was instituted.
Yet even as he was downplaying the virus publicly, Trump was engaged behind the scenes as American pharmaceutical companies were bidding to acquire test manufacturers and vaccine makers. One of those companies doing the buying was Thermo Fisher Scientific.
On March 3, Thermo Fisher Scientific completed a $10 Bn acquisition of Qiagen, A Dutch company that developed a COVID-19 test.
Trump's ties to Thermo Fisher raise eyebrows. On the left David Koch from the New York Times talking about Tyler Jacks who sits on the Thermo Fisher board. On the right Gianluca Pettiti of Thermo Fisher with Trump in China in 2017. President XI is visible behind.
Ten days later, On March 13, Trump's opinion of the looming crisis suddenly shifted, and he declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency.
The declaration allows the FDA and other government agencies to circumvent usual regulations for drug and test approvals.
Trump mentioned Thermo Fisher by name when he announced the national emergency, adding that FDA approval would not be far behind. It wan't. Thermo Fisher's test kits were approved by the FDA within 24 hours.
There are troubling murmurs of a conflict of interest but nothing iron-clad.
Trump owned shares in Thermo Fisher before becoming president. He says he divested them in 2017, but Trump may still hold them via a trust.
The CEO of Thermo Fisher's China division, Gianluca Pettiti, was also one of 20 U.S. business leaders who attended a banquet for Trump and Melania during their 2017 state visit. In a social media post, President Xi is visible just feet away from Pettiti and Trump.
It's hard to account for Trump's coronavirus about-face: from hoax to national emergency within days. Some argue Trump was just being overly reassuring to Americans in the early stages, but how does that account for his lack of attention to disaster prevention?
The coronavirus and other bio-agents represent a brand new multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical sector. Thermo Fisher for example, intends to make 5 million COVID-19 tests a month. They will charge medicare $51 for each test (up from the CDC's $31). That's $3 Billion per year based on the Medicare price alone, which is vastly lower than other providers. And the taxpayers will shoulder the difference in cost.
Interestingly, Thermo Fisher also has ties to the Koch Brothers. Tyler Jacks headed the late David Koch's cancer foundation at MIT. Jacks sits on the board of directors and the advisory board of Thermo Fisher.
All in the Family. Jared Kushner's Google website initiative was originally farmed out to his brother Joshua's health care company, Oscar.
Beyond testing, vaccines, masks, protective equipment, and surveillance tech represent other potential growth markets in this new sector. It's not hard to see how the war against viruses will become the new war against terror.
While Trump managed Thermo Fisher's FDA approval, he was also actively pursuing potential suitors of vaccine makers from around the world.
The CEO of Germany's CureVac visited the White House on March 2. A visit arranged with just 24 hours notice. He was publicly fired a week later amid allegations Trump tried to buy the company's vaccine production for the exclusive use of Americans, a claim which has been widely disputed.
It's unlikely that CureVac will sell its entire vaccine supply to any country, let alone America. Still, there are 51 other vaccine studies around the world, and the first to market stands to make its owners a fortune. This is the race to watch as the sector heats up.
We also found out this week, Jared Kushner's much-vaunted Google website initiative was neither successful nor Google's. Jared's brother's health care company, Oscar, developed the site. Jared was a shareholder in the company until he allegedly disinvested from it.
While Donald Trump's response to COVID-19 has been an unmitigated disaster, an unmistakable pattern of Trump's hyper-focus on dealmaking rather than disaster response has emerged.
Trump is so fixated on being America's CEO; he's failed at the most crucial role of being its president: saving American lives.
Tags: china, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FDA, jared kushner, kushner, Narativ, Oscar, Qiagen, Thermo Fisher, trump, xi, XI JinpingCategories: Corruption
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There are several ways you can get involved and participate in the planning and zoning process in Manhattan. Maybe you received a notice in the mail of a neighborhood meeting concerning a zoning action in your neighborhood. Maybe you heard of a proposal through the city's In Touch email notification system or through the Nextdoor social networking site. Or maybe it was by word of mouth from your friends and neighbors. Below are frequently asked questions about how to get involved in the planning and development review process.
Why did I receive written notice of a neighborhood meeting?
Who must an applicant notify for a neighborhood meeting?
Why must applicants hold their own neighborhood meeting?
Who can/should attend the neighborhood meeting?
How is public notice given for the public hearing?
What if I can't attend the public hearing?
What if I can't attend the neighborhood meeting?
Who should attend the public hearing?
How do I sign up for email notifications for upcoming planning and zoning development reviews?
What happens after the neighborhood meeting?
How do I contact members of the Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Board or City Commission with my comments and concerns about a rezoning proposal or a case before the BZA?


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After Weather: Justin Waddell + Rick Silva
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 @8PM
With a series of images, sculptures, and videos the two artists explore weather as source material and metaphor. The "after" in After Weather also evokes time, how one experiences weather, passing from prediction, to present, to memory, and data. When considering time, weather, and the modern condition, Jean Baudrillard noted:
"We are told that it is going to be possible, using ultra-sophisticated computer techniques, to make an accurate forecast of the weather over the next two days. But the computers will take four days to do it. So in four days' time we shall know precisely what the weather was on the preceding two days. The truth of the forecast has no concern with truly being a forecast. And the facts simply have to fall into line. If necessary, truth will correct them retrospectively. It will have been fine even if it rained. For facts are facts and truth is truth. It always arrives too late, but when it does arrive it is truth which commands belief."
– Jean Baudrillard, Screened Out. London: Verso 2002
Rick Silva was born in 1977 in Brazil and lives in Eugene, Oregon, where he is an Associate Professor of Art & Technology at the University of Oregon. He received an MFA from The University of Colorado in 2007, and has since shown extensively nationally and internationally, with solo exhibitions at TRANSFER Gallery in New York, Wil Aballe Art Projects in Vancouver, New Shelter Plan in Copenhagen, and Ditch Projects in Oregon. His projects and collaborations have been featured in festivals such as Sonar in Barcelona, Transmediale in Berlin, and Resonate in Belgrade. WIRED magazine called Silva's videos "glitchy, curious things; some mesmerizing, some arresting."
Justin Waddell (b. 1976, Toronto, Canada) graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design and received his MFA in Integrated Media from the University of Windsor. He has worked in various capacities at several Artist-Run Centers, Festivals, Galleries, and Magazines in Canada including Prefix Photo, Trinity Square Video, Lola Magazine, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the New Gallery, and the Gendai Gallery at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center. He has served as the Director of Programming at YYZ Artists' Outlet and as the Director of the Stride Art Gallery Association. More recently, Waddell has served as a Board Member of the Calgary Cinematheque; as a founding Board Member with the every-age art and music venue, Local Library; as a Director of EAR (Elephant Artist Relief), a society that provides practical resources to visual artists to help sustain their wellbeing and livelihood; and as a member of the Editorial Board of LUMA Media Art Quarterly. Currently he is on the Board of Directors of Truck Art Gallery. His work and research is rooted in the development of a personal narrative of experimentation and process. Right now, he is researching the history of inventors killed by their own inventions. Waddell currently lives in Calgary, Alberta where he is an Associate Professor in the School of Visual Art at the Alberta College of Art and Design.
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Buy-to-let: Landlords expected to set up companies to save tax
Landlords are increasingly expected to exploit a loophole in the law that allows them to avoid the Chancellor George Osborne's hefty, punitive tax raid on rental properties, according to a leading mortgage expert.
Simon Bayley, commercial director at Foundation Home Loans', expects to see soaring numbers of buy-to-let investors set up companies to acquire homes in order to escape a cut in tax relief for private landlords from next year and the recently introduced hike in stamp duty for those acquiring second homes and rental properties.
He told the Financial Times that he expects to see more than 75% of mortgaged buy-to-let acquisitions going through a limited liability company (LLC) structure over the next 12 months.
He also believes that many landlords may consider transferring their existing properties to a LLC.
He said: "If the plan is to own the property for a long time and the focus is asset growth then it would generally be worth transferring into a LLC structure, which can be looked at with a simple calculation to give a good indication as to what would work best for a landlord's specific circumstances."
With more professional portfolio landlords transferring ownership to corporate structures, Bayley is urging mortgage brokers to catch up fast with the changes and become fully conversant with the rules to enable them to offer sound advice.
For instance, advisers need to be aware that a transfer to an LLC structure would become a new transaction and therefore stamp duty and capital gains become due, so each case would have to be looked at on its own merits.
What's more, he also points out that if landlords are using income from today's rental they may require help calculating if the capital outlay is affordable for them, even if the long term benefits suggest a LLC structure.
Mike Richards, director of London-based broker Mortgage Concepts Associates, agrees with Bayley's 75% projection, especially as he is part of a growing number of brokers now recommending that all new buy-to-let purchases are made under corporate structures, which continue to benefit from relief on mortgage interest payments.
He commented: "I think that gradually most lenders who are in the sector will offer this and the premium lenders charged for limited company mortgages of around 0.5% will disappear.
"I think that you will still get a percentage of people who will mistrust the limited company route, but this is really the only way to go for the future of the buy-to-let market."


July is about to come to a close (man time flies!) which means it's also time for my Monthly Recommendation Round-Up of Japanese Music! It's my sixth month of doing this (if you'd remember the idea for this didn't come to me until February of this year) and our playlist is just an absolute trove of awesome now as a result — and I look forward to piling more on to that in the months to come.
With that, grab your favorite pair of earphones (headphones are a-okay too~), or if you don't mind blasting out some J-Music through your speakers that's perfectly fine as well — and let's rock out for a bit!
If you'd remember my write up for Rhythmy in last month's Round-Up I mention how POLKADOT STINGRAY was possibly gonna follow that up with a Pandora Box PV not too long after. The costume reveal was a giveaway, but as for my reasoning behind the song choice, I'm sure a lot of fans would agree that if there's any song off of ICHIDAIJI that sounds like it should've already had a music video by now — surely, it's Pandora Box (lol). In large contrast to Rhythmy, Pandora Box is pretty much textbook PDSR; from the speedy guitar licks down to SHIZUKU's trademark vocal slides. Not gonna lie though, I was actually expecting somewhat of a continuation to what we had with Rhythmy in terms of the actual PV itself, but I will say that I also do love these kinds of PVs that incorporate crowds of people in a live setting (staged or not). That said the people in attendance appear to be wearing eye masks throughout the song so maybe not the most ideal circumstances to being part of an audience, but eyy, if they are a real crowd (to which I can neither confirm nor deny) good on them for following the choreography!
This track is stupidly addictive (lol).
See, what's funny to me is "Ballerina" here legit sounds like your typical radio trash music but for some odd odd reason it works tremendously for LEMON JAM (xD). It's not the kind of music I subscribe to on a regular basis, but something about this track (whether it's that sweet autotune or the Hypebeast/Study/Twitch stream beat, lol) has got me hooked. While one can argue that I'm just being biased in liking this type of sound now that a Japanese music act has went and taken a crack at it (a claim I don't feel confident at all denying, jk), but I do feel that there's definitely something to appreciate here — whether it's Momomi's smooth and blues-y vocal work or producer Ayumu laying it down to some sick synth. I mean, I didn't even mind the autotune here to be completely honest (as I know that some people tend to be vehemently against its usage in songs in general). Just a straight up bop. Can't really go wrong here.
Fans of ねごと (Negoto) might like this one a lot I think.
If I had to describe ねごと (especially new/post-"Z"OOM EP ねごと) as a genre it'd be a sound that's predominantly electro-synth, with songs sung with very light and flowy vocals, that have lyrics with random English/non-Japanese words for its hook (exhibit A, B, and C /xD yeah they do it A LOT). Tell me that's not EXACTLY what we have here with GRANNY SMITH's "TOKYO LALA". Before I proceed any further though you might be thinking I'm throwing shade but really I'm just being tongue-in-cheek with the fact that the tried and tested ねごと formula is getting around it seems (lol). In all seriousness though, GRANNY SMITH is a VERY promising band with this being just their second song released as a PV. My half-joking comparisons aside GRANNY SMITH do actually have a stronger guitar presense than ねごと overall (which opens the door for more variety than the latter) and you can already kinda hear that in their first PV here where they really do come across as not just an electro-synth pop/rock outfit.
But yeah no, Picon's "emotional" Vocaloid work is in full display here, as you'd notice "Kuudou" is vastly different from his last offering back in May. This is actually a bit of a return to form in that this is how Picon's songs usually sound — very somber mixed with some soulful downbeat and emo-y lyrics (video is subbed so hit that CC button!), which altogther surprisingly fit Hatsune Miku quite well. It's one of those feels trip types of songs that you listen to until all of a sudden you're surprised it's over. Picon definitely struck gold with that mixture and, while "Garandou" saw him branch out a bit to a more Hip-Hop-y style (which was still great), Melancholic Trip-Hop is without a doubt where he's been doing his best work.
Though I do feel that I've been giving the guys a bit of a harder time than female singers, but this I attribute to having listened to a lot of male vocals in my Western band phase (lol), leaving me as a stickler for certain singing styles. So as a general note moving forward, whenever I feature J-Music sung by/performed by men, expect it to sound like this (xD / don't worry, I do plan on doing a special feature list with regard to that in the near future so stay tuned). The closest comparison I could make to Plot Scraps' sound is early cinema staff with their Indie Alternative Rock that has just the slightest touch of Math to it, accentuated by a VERY solid vocal range from lead singer Suyama Ryota (his high notes especially). Definitely a band to look into.
I honestly forgot how much I adored Sato Chiaki's voice as I kinda trailed away from Kinoko Teikoku following their releases as of late (a discussion for another day). But yeah no, to me personally, her voice is just such… beautiful tragedy. There's a certain frailness to it that I can't really put into better words than how I'm doing so for it now. I do love it though, and if I've managed to convey that, then we're good (xD). This song actually sounds VERY similar to one of Kinoko Teikoku's older tracks (and a long time favorite of mine) クロノスタシス (Chronostasis), almost to the point where I'd call "Summer Gate" a spiritual succesor to it. With the release of her solo debut EP SickSickSickSick I'm actually curious now whether Kinoko Teikoku's more experimental offerings (like Chronostasis) were influenced by Chiaki herself. If so, I'm immensely happy that there's an avenue now for this kind of sound from her, should Kinoko Teikoku continue being a Pop-Folk/Rock outfit moving forward.
If yorushika/ヨルシカ has taught me anything it's to not sleep on songs that feature "faceless" singers in fully-animated PVs.
You could even say I was drawn to this video solely off the fact that it was animated. Granted, most of that was out of plain curiousity more than anything, but I DID NOT expect to hear such a rocking track coming into it at all (the intro alone is killer). Zutto Mayonaka de Ii no ni (lit. It's fine if it's always midnight… yeah xD) appears to be the name that vocalist/producer ACAね decided to call her little project here and if "Byoushin wo kamu" is anything to go by, "ZutoMayo" (for short) here just knocked it's debut right out of the park and then some. The good 'ol piano/synthesizer + AcoGui combo is always a winner in my book, and honestly, there were times here where I legit thought I was listening to YUI through ACAね'sstrong and piercing vocals. That said, what I love most about this song though is the insanely good bridge that it has.
So the lead vocals of two of my favorite bands in Kinoko Teikoku and tricot go and release a bit of solo work and, much like the time when Nakajima Ikkyu went and collaborated with Kawatani Enon not too long ago, it feels like the universe just gave me a gimme here (thanks, wolrd <3). It's interesting to note how much of a departure both of their solo takes ended up being from their band's usual sound — more so with Nakajima Ikkyu who, coming off of one of the more avant-garde groups in the game (as being arguably the most popular all-girl Math Rock band), goes and drops not just one but TWO tracks in "AMERICAN DREAM" and "privacy", and they're about as standard J-Pop as I've heard her sound… ever (xD). It helps of course that Ikkyu's unique vocal stylings and inflections is anything but standard so the songs ended up being pretty tight as a result.
Fun fact/s; the footage used for "AMERICAN DREAM" were Ikkyu's own outtakes coming off of tricot's US Tour that just wrapped, and both "AMERICAN DREAM" and "privacy" actually serve as a bit of promotion as well for Nakajima Ikkyu's new clothing line that she just launched called SUSU — with the PV for "privacy" in particular being more or less an apparel showcase (lol I'm not even mad / it's actually a brilliant marketing tactic xD).
I'm sure I wasn't the only one that misses old Kinoko Teikoku and while their Shoegaze phase might be well and over now, at the very least we're hearing the Experimental trippiness that fans have come to know and love from 'em through Sato Chiaki. In line with that "Summer Gate" is also a nice way of introducing new fans to her unique and really just charming singing style . "ZutoMayo" on the other hand I feel is about to take off in a massive way (you heard it here first) thanks to this explosive banger of a debut track, an really I'm just excited for the next one.
I already have some ideas lined up for future Feature Lists so stay tuned for that, and if you haven't yet, do check out the most recent one I did on my Favorite Insert Songs in Anime. I also have a very special Band Feature in the works to mark an event that I'll be attending relative soon-ish so expect that sometime next month as well.
Hope it was a good month for y'all, and happy listening~!
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Hey there! Don't know if you've already covered the artist before since this is the first post I've read, but have you listened to Snail House before? It's some pretty catchy electronic music. I'm also a sucker for old pop like Tatsuro Yamashita. This post was pretty informative though, so thank you in advance for introducing me to some new music.
I'm really liking 'a crow is white' so far. School Food Punishment, Sōtaisei Riron, and Perfume might also be your type of music. Really good bands. And if we're talking idols, then Idolmaster has the catchiest songs I've ever heard.
I didn't really get into the Vocaloid craze (my brother did), but that Picon song was an interesting change from what Miku songs I've listened to in the past. And it's not bad! Like you mentioned, it fit her pretty well and it's a pretty nice song to listen to overall.
That Plot scraps song was great, and I'm pretty much on the same page as you with talking about more female singers than male ones. I even get a lot of flack from friends when I show them a song or they look at my music playlist on my phone, asking me "do you listen to anything else but girl bands/cute girls singing?" haha But yeah it's good that I've been broadening my taste in J-music with more male artists, they're as great as the female ones I tend to listen to.
I saw that MV for "Byoushin wo kamu" a few days ago, reeeeally nice 😛 I wanted to see if they made other music but seems like that their only one, just by looking at their YT channel. I would definitely want to continue to listen to them.
Neither did I to be honest (most of my Vocaloid knowledge comes from playing Project Diva on the PSP a couple of years back), but I'm *really* liking sad Miku yep, Haha!
Ooooh, that song from Beverly is really good. Reminds me too that I need more ballads to my lineup too.
Suchmos is one of those bands where I feel like I should be listening to them more (actually have a post in mind for this very topic, lol), but yeah, they actually almost made this lineup because they release a new song last month.
And yeah, don't worry, I know about i☆Ris, albeit mostly from their interactions with Aqours (and, well, because I also know about Miyutan xD). And they also sang the OP for Mahou Shoujo Site which I did watch last season (admittedly the only song I know from 'em). This one was nice though.
I really loved 秒針を噛む when I discovered it on YouTube too. I was mainly drawn in by the name of the band/project, actually. They only have that one song on their YouTube channel; I wonder if there are more?
Definitely an eye-catching name (xD). It appears to be their debut track so yeap, that's the only one we got so far sadly.
How did I miss Ikkyu's solo work/collaborations?! I'm glad you were on top of it so I can enjoy them too.
Lemon Jam's 'Ballerina' surprised me, but in a good way. I wouldn't have listened to it without a recommendation. So once again, thanks for all the new music to listen too!
Yeah, "Ballerina" is… a nice change of pace 😀 You're welcome~ and thanks for making it to this month's round-up too!
Still! My Youtube feed is a hot mess most days, let alone recommendations so I'm glad you saw it! I've remembered to subscribe to her channel too in hopes for more solo goodness to come.
For sure~~ and of course! The J-music scene (at least what I know about it?) on WordPress is small so any content is good content to me!


The other Saturday (3rd March) Newcastle Universities Student Scout and Guide Group (NUSSAGG) took part in the international iScout challenge.
We completed a number of different tasks throughout the evening, which were surprisingly diverse. These included connecting with other teams via Skype for a combined photo, washing our hair over a sink using a bottle tied to our back, arranging books to form poems, recreating a scene from Romeo and Juliet, creating a scouting museum, filling a car with balloons, creating a "What… thinks I do" montage, talking to Siri about scouting and much more.
Using credits earnt from these tasks, we then attempted to answer some so called Travel Questions where the answer is a location, with some of them being literally out of this world. You're allowed to use Google to help, but most of the time the answer isn't all that obvious. Some of them were slightly more simple questions that after some research, lead to an answer, others were more cryptic and involved a lot of guesswork. Since it was our first time doing this event we weren't too sure what to expect, but we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
We came #366 in the world, which we didn't think was too bad (although it was out of 424), and we beat the local Network team who we were mutual "rivals" with during the event (you can set "rivals" to track their progress throughout the event).
We'll certainly be doing it again next year and would definitely recommended it to other SSAGO clubs!


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Q: Delete root of a binary search tree Im working on a program in C that reads a binary tree from a file and opperates functions on it:insert elements,delete elements,search elements,display elements
With my old debugger it seems that i have 4 warnings and i dont know kow to fix them
Here is the code
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<stdbool.h>
typedef struct bst
{
    double number;
    struct bst *leftChild;
    struct bst *rightChild;

} node;

node *root = NULL;

void insertNode(double value);
void preOrderPrint(node *root);
node * findMinimum(node *root);
node * deleteNode(node *root, double value);
node* search(node ** tree, double val);

int main()
{
    char line[255];
    char* endptr;
    FILE* f = fopen("tree.txt", "r");
    while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f))
    {
        if  (*line!='*')
        {
                if(strtod (line, &endptr))
                    insertNode(strtod (line, &endptr));
                    else if (strtoimax(line,&endptr,0))
                    insertNode((strtoimax(line,&endptr,0)));
                    else
                    insertNode( strtol (line, &endptr,0));
        }

    }
    fclose(f);
    int flag = 0, key;
    int choice = 0;
    do
        {
        printf("\nEnter your choice:\n1. Display tree\n2. Insert node\n3. Delete node\n4. Exit\nChoice: ");
        scanf("%d", &choice);
            switch(choice)
            {
            case 1:
                printf("In Order Display\n");
                preOrderPrint(root);
            break;

            case 2:
            printf("Enter key to insert: ");
            scanf("%d",&key);
            flag = search(&root,key);
            if (flag)
                {
                printf("Key found in tree,cannot insert\n");
                }
                else
                {
                printf("Node %d was inserted \n",key);
                insertNode(key);
                preOrderPrint(root);
                }
            break;

            case 3:
            printf("Enter key to delete: ");
            scanf("%d", (int*)&key);
            flag = search(&root, key);
            if (!flag)
                {
                printf("Key not found in tree,cannot delete\n");
                }
                else
                {
                printf("Node %d was deleted \n",key);
                deleteNode(root,key);
                preOrderPrint(root);
                }
            break;
            case 4:
            printf("Memory Cleared\nPROGRAM TERMINATED\n");
            break;
            default: printf("Not a valid input, try again\n");
            }
        }
 while (choice != 5);
    return 0;
}

node * deleteNode(node *currentNode, double value)
{
    if(currentNode==NULL) // empty tree
        return NULL;
    else if(value < currentNode->number) // value is less than node's number. so go to left subtree
        currentNode->leftChild = deleteNode(currentNode->leftChild, value);
    else if(value > currentNode->number) // value is greater than node's number. so go to right subtree
        currentNode->rightChild = deleteNode(currentNode->rightChild, value);
    else // node found. Let's delete it!
    {
        //node has no child
        if(currentNode->leftChild == NULL && currentNode->rightChild == NULL)
        {
            currentNode = NULL;
        }
        else if(currentNode->leftChild == NULL) // node has only right child
        {
            currentNode = currentNode->rightChild;
        }
        else if(currentNode->rightChild == NULL) // node has only left child
        {
            currentNode = currentNode->leftChild;
        }
        else // node has two children
        {
            node *tempNode = findMinimum(currentNode->rightChild);
            currentNode->number = tempNode->number;
            currentNode->rightChild = deleteNode(currentNode->rightChild, tempNode->number);
        }

    }

    return currentNode;
}

node * findMinimum(node *currentNode)
{
    if(currentNode->leftChild==NULL)
        return currentNode;

    return findMinimum(currentNode->leftChild);
}

void insertNode(double value)
{

    node *tempNode;
    node *currentNode;
    node *parentNode;

    tempNode = (node *) malloc(sizeof(node));
    tempNode->number = value;
    tempNode->leftChild = NULL;
    tempNode->rightChild = NULL;

    //For the very first call
    if(root==NULL)
    {
        root = tempNode;
    }
    else
    {
        currentNode = root;
        parentNode = NULL;

        while(1)
        {
            parentNode = currentNode;

            if(value <= parentNode->number)
            {
                currentNode = currentNode->leftChild;

                if(currentNode==NULL)
                {
                    parentNode->leftChild = tempNode;
                    return;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                currentNode = currentNode->rightChild;

                if(currentNode==NULL)
                {
                    parentNode->rightChild = tempNode;
                    return;
                }
            }

        }
    }
}

void preOrderPrint(node *root)
{
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The Government's 2019 Federal Budget was tabled yesterday. There were no tax measures affecting charities and non-profit organizations, including no mention of the Government's proposed review of the income tax exemption for non-profits. However, the Government's Fall Economic Statement 2018 had already announced the changes to the rules governing charities' political activities and the establishment of a permanent Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector.
The Government of Canada provides certain enhanced tax incentives to encourage donations of cultural property to certain designated institutions and public authorities in Canada, in order to ensure that such property remains in Canada for the benefit of Canadians. The enhanced tax incentives include a charitable donation tax credit (for individuals) or deduction (for corporations), which may eliminate the donor's tax liability for a year, and an exemption from income tax for any capital gains arising on the disposition.
To qualify for the incentives, a donated property must be of "outstanding significance" by reason of its close association with Canadian history or national life, its aesthetic qualities or its value in the study of the arts or sciences. In addition, it must be of "national importance" to such a degree that its loss to Canada would significantly diminish the national heritage. These requirements are set out in the Cultural Property Export and Import Act and are also used to regulate the export of cultural property out of Canada.
A recent court decision related to the export of cultural property interpreted the "national importance" test as requiring that a cultural property have a direct connection with Canada's cultural heritage. This decision has raised concerns that certain donations of important works of art that are of outstanding significance but of foreign origin may not qualify for the enhanced tax incentives.
To address these concerns, Budget 2019 proposes to amend the Income Tax Act and the Cultural Property Export and Import Act to remove the requirement that property be of "national importance" in order to qualify for the enhanced tax incentives for donations of cultural property. No changes are proposed that would affect the export of cultural property.
The Government of Canada provides support to certain categories of organizations, including charities, that are referred to in the Income Tax Act as "qualified donees" and that operate for some broad public purpose. Canadians may claim the charitable donation tax credit (for individuals) or deduction for donations (corporations) for donations to qualified donees. Qualified donees can also receive gifts from Canadian registered charities.
Budget 2019 proposes to add registered journalism organizations as a new category of tax-exempt qualified donee. In order to qualify for registration, a [Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization (QCJO)] will be required to apply to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to be registered as a qualified donee and meet certain additional conditions, as described below.
Registered journalism organizations will be required to be corporations or trusts and to have purposes that exclusively relate to journalism. Any business activities carried on by these organizations will be required to be related to their purposes. For example, the sale of news content and advertising would be considered activities related to journalism. These organizations will not be permitted to distribute their profits, if any, or allow their income to be available for the personal benefit of certain individuals connected with the organization.
To provide transparency, the names of all registered journalism organizations will be listed on the website of the Government of Canada. Registered journalism organizations will be required to file an annual return with the CRA containing information on their activities. In addition, registered journalism organizations will be required to disclose, in their information returns, the name(s) of any donors that make donations of over $5,000 and the amount donated. Similar to registered charities and registered Canadian amateur athletic associations, these information returns will be made public along with certain additional information.
Qualified donees are required to issue official donation receipts in accordance with the Income Tax Act, to maintain proper books and records and to provide access to them upon request by the CRA. As qualified donees, these rules will apply to registered journalism organizations, including the regulatory sanctions for failing to follow these rules (i.e., a monetary penalty, the suspension of its qualified donee status and the revocation of registration).
Where a registered journalism organization no longer meets the requirements for registration as a qualified donee (including because it fails to qualify as a QCJO), the CRA will have the authority to revoke its registration. Where a journalism organization's registration is revoked, it will no longer be exempt from income tax as a registered journalism organization and will no longer be entitled to issue charitable donation receipts.


For 33 years, our religious services and special events have been enriched and enhanced by the golden voice of our talented Cantor, Dov Keren. A veteran of service with the Israeli Defense Forces, Cantor Keren came to us from Haifa, Great Synagogue Israel. Following his appearance as guest cantor for the synagogue's 1984 High Holy Days Services during which he thrilled the congregation with his magnificent liturgical renditions, Cantor Keren was invited to move to the United States and become our synagogue's full time cantor. He not only leads our services, but also prepares our Bar and Bat Mitzvah students, both adults and children. Cantor Keren's rich tenor voice and great personal warmth have contributed much to the growth of our synagogue.


Our Porter-Cable tool reviews mostly deal with the newer tools brought to market in the past decade. Porter-Cable tools were well-known as Pro-focused back in the day. Now, however, they take a more value-approach to consumers. Quite honestly, they have a branding issue as consumers seek to understand where they fit against other popular manufacturers.
Our most recent Porter-Cable tool reviews include the Porter-Cable 20V Max 18-gauge brad nailer and the Porter-Cable 20V Max 16-gauge finish nailer. We also looked at the Porter-Cable 20V Max brushless drill & impact driver. While we liked these tools, there is a lot of competition in the marketplace.
The Porter-Cable tool reviews below cover just about every new and existing tool made by the company. Porter-Cable is a brand with lots of tools and a decent category of products. From recip saws and circ saws to drills, drivers, flashlights, and vacuums, there's a lot to choose from.


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Alesso teams up with Marshmello & James Bay for latest single 'Chasing Stars': Listen
By Ouranios Savva
With a latest single like no other, Alesso has joined forces with Marshmello and James Bay for the release of 'Chasing Stars.' The GRAMMY-nominated producer has provided fans alike with a single destined for the very top, with each artist being at the top of their game for this latest collaboration. Looking to capture a dreamy nostalgic mood, 'Chasing Stars' has all the right elements of reaching the soul of each listener, whilst at the same time maintain that uplifting tune that we know and love. Opening on a poignant, piano-accompanying vocal performance from Bay, it is then all set for both Alesso and Marshmello to take over by each providing their unique touch of driving beats and folk-infused guitar work, all leading to a heart-stoping drop.
Accompanying this latest single, a wildly imaginative music video provides a visual representation for each of the feelings created whilst listening to 'Chasing Stars.' Set in a video store, Bay finds himself scanning through a stack of VHS tapes whilst at work, and in turn becomes mesmerised by the intimate scenes witnessed on each tape. With Bay eventually getting "lost" in the memories shown on screen, director Jake Jelicich showcases his eye for detail, with the video store's walls all plastered with posters of both Alesso and Marshmello.
Destined for nothing other than success, this star-studded collaboration provides that feel-good feeling from the get go. Arriving as the follow up to 'PROGRESSO VOL 2', 'Chasing Stars' is yet another hit single in the Swede's illustrious career. This time round, Alesso has ensured that this single would be something more than special, with the addition of both Marshmello and Bay showcasing a final result like no other.
Out now via 10:22PM/Astralwerks, 'Chasing Stars' will take fans alike on an emotional and unique to most journey throughout. With each artist at the very top of their game, this latest single will leave listeners begging for more. 'Chasing Stars' can be streamed on all platforms here, whilst you can check out the official music video below. Let us know what you think of both in the comments section.
Image Credit: Press Release
Tags: Alesso, Chasing Stars, James Bay, marshmello
About the Author / Ouranios Savva
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Lewandowski Stars in Pro-Trump Ad Blitz Backing GOP Tax Plan
An issue advocacy group aligned with Donald Trump plans to spend about $1 million on ads promoting the Republican tax proposal and will feature the president's first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, as its pitchman.
The television and online campaign is the biggest yet financed by the White House-sanctioned America First Policies political organization.
The spending is an initial down payment on what the group says will be a multi-million dollar effort it hopes will help the president and Republicans score their first major legislative win.
"The vast majority of Americans are deeply dissatisfied with our current tax system, and they support President Trump's commitment to cutting taxes for the middle class," said the group's spokeswoman, Erin Montgomery. "We at America First want to do our part to mobilize these voters to call their leaders in Congress and encourage them to seize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to pass tax reform."
America First Policies and its allied super political action committee, America First Action, have raised about $25 million this year and have set a goal of raising an additional $75 million over the next year, Montgomery said.
Late last month, America First Action donors met at a Texas ranch owned by billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens to discuss future actions. The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and Brian Walsh, America First Action's president, gave presentations to the group about the tax debate and the role the group plans to play in the 2018 midterm elections.
Recently added donors include energy executive Harold Hamm and Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym executive Robert Rowling.
The new ads, scheduled to start Friday and run for about a week, are set to appear on Fox News Channel and on local cable in five congressional districts represented by lawmakers who opposed a budget resolution that was a precursor to the tax legislation.
Besides the TV advertising, America First Policies plans to also target digital advertising -- on Facebook and Twitter -- in 30 congressional districts with members who voted against the budget resolution.


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Title: Senior Associate A.D./Finance/SWA
Email: rfowler@oru.edu
Rhonda Fowler, currently the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Business, has served the Oral Roberts University athletic department for more than 30 years. In addition to her role managing ORU's day-to-day business affairs, Fowler also serves as Senior Woman Administrator in the ORU athletic department.
Fowler served as the manager of the ORU athletic ticket office from 1974-86, then returned to the University in September of 1997 as athletic business administrator. In between her stints with the Golden Eagles, Fowler worked in the corporate sector as a certified legal analyst.
In January of 2000, Fowler was promoted to her current position. In the role, Fowler is responsible for all athletic personnel budgets and financial matters, including arranging team travel for each sport.
As the senior woman administrator, Fowler is the highest-ranking woman in the Golden Eagle Athletic Department, and she ensures the representation of female student-athlete interests on the campus of ORU, in The Summit League and on the national level.


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Acknowledging that asking teachers to analyze student data has not fundamentally changed how they teach, Department of Education officials are beginning to change their approach. And other states just beginning to build their own student databases can learn from the city's pivot, according to a report out today from Education Sector, a D.C.-based think tank.
The report recounts the brief history of New York City's adventures with its own database known as ARIS, for Achievement Reporting and Innovation System. It also looks at schools' gradual adoption of "data inquiry teams," which about 65 percent of teachers were using at the end of last year.
Inquiry teams are groups of four or five teachers that select a small number of low-performing students to focus on. With information culled from ARIS, the teachers try and alter curriculum and teaching methods to improve the students' performance. These teams are the DOE's largest-scale reform that directly targets the instructional process. Officials hope to bring the participation rate up to 90 percent by the end of this year.
Responding to complaints that ARIS's data isn't updated frequently enough and is too broad to really help inquiry teams, the city is creating ARIS Local, which we reported on last month. Though several years away, ARIS Local will eventually let teachers load their own data onto the city's servers. This could eventually give teachers the ability compare how a student does on a test the teacher made herself to how he does on the state's exams.
The report gives examples of some ways the city has tried to get low-income families to check out their students' scores.


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Main » 2015 » May » 6 » Al Zaab Council Calls for Strengthening Efforts to Prevent Child Abuse
Al Zaab Council Calls for Strengthening Efforts to Prevent Child Abuse
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, May 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]
The Ministry of Interior organized an awareness majlis in Al Zaab in Abu Dhabi, under the theme "Raising community members' awareness on child abuse prevention and exploring the issue of domestic violence". Participants in the council called for intensified awareness-raising campaigns for housewives, to be conducted by a specialized women's team from the Ministry of Interior. Such campaigns would target women within their homes, councils, and women groups, in order to acquaint them with the concepts of child protection and the risks that children may encounter. They also called for flexible and reduced work hours for women, to increase the number of hours spent with their children and thus raise them in a better way.
Participants in the council also stressed the need to strengthen efforts to prevent child abuse, address the issue of domestic violence, and intensify awareness-raising societal programs starting from the family and school.
The council was moderated by media figure Saeed Abdul from Dubai Media. Speakers at the council agreed that child abuse is a negative and dangerous social problem that needs to be addressed in every way possible, due to its devastating consequences that have important effects on the child's future and cause broader harm or cost to society as a whole.
In his address at the council, Brigadier Najim Abdullah Al Hosani, Head of the Social Support Centers Department at Abu Dhabi Police and Deputy Chairman of the Higher Committee for Child Protection at the Ministry of Interior, gave an overview of the establishment of the Social Support Centers in 2005; and noted the growing number of centers that provide their police services at the countrywide level.
Adding further, Brigadier Al Hosani confirmed that early intervention contributes to reducing and preventing child abuse and domestic violence, which is the priority goal of the Social Support Centers Department. "The Social Support Centers Department undertakes a community-based specialized role, and conducts studies and researches to determine the seriousness of a problem; identify factors that contribute to the problem, introduce the optimal ways to handle it; and provide health and psychological care for this category," he said.
For his part, Major Dr. Mohammed Khalifa Al Ali, Director of the Ministry of Interior's Child Protection Centre, tackled the goals of the Centre. He said: "The MoI's Child Protection Center endeavors to prepare, implement and organize several initiatives and projects to enhance security, safety and protection of all children living in the UAE."
He also noted that the centre strives to protect children living across the UAE, and assumes a wide array of tasks and duties, such as educating community members through awareness courses and lectures and protecting children from dangers and abuse.
He added that in line with the annual initiative adopted by the Higher Committee for Child Protection at the Ministry of Interior, April of every year has been designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month. He also noted that children are the real wealth of the country. "They make the present flourish and the future rests upon their sleeves, therefore we must position them as our utmost priority in terms of care and attention. We must provide every child with a safe environment where they are comfortable and able to forge a constructive and benevolent character, one that is eager to serve their community," he said.
Dr. Salem Al Dhuhouri, a Forensic Doctor at the Forensic Evidence Department of Abu Dhabi Police, highlighted the negative effects that have produced violence against children. He also explained that the advances in technology are being utilized by some people in a negative and harmful way, which requires strengthening efforts to protect children against risks.
Towards the end of the Council, Brigadier Najim Abdullah Al Hosani, Director of the Social Support Centers Department of Abu Dhabi Police and Deputy Chairman of the Higher Committee for Child Protection at the Ministry of Interior, offered a commemorative shield to Ahmed Jumaa Al Zaabi, Deputy Minister of Presidential Affairs, in the presence of Major Dr. Mohammed Khalifa Al Ali, Director of the Ministry of Interior's Child Protection Centre, along with a number of experts from the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and a number of citizens.
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This Board Charter has been adopted by the Board of Directors ("Board") of Palette Multimedia Berhad ("Palette" or "Company") which collectively leads and is responsible for the success of the Company and its subsidiaries ("PMB Group") by providing entrepreneurial leadership and supervision as well as direction of the management. The Board is the ultimate decision making body.
At least two (2) or one-third (1/3), whichever is higher, of the Board members shall comprise of Independent Directors. The Independent Directors shall provide independent and objective judgment and mitigate risks arising from conflict of interest or undue influence from interested parties. The Independent Directors shall assist to ensure that the interests of all shareholders are taken nto consideration by the Board and that the relevant issues are subjected to objective and impartial consideration by the Board.
The Chairman of the Board shall be an Independent Director. However, where the Chairman is not an Independent Director, the Board shall comprise a majority of Independent Directors to ensure balance of power and authority on the Board.
The tenure of service of Independent Directors should not exceed a cumulativeterm of nine (9) years or upon reaching the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier. An Independent Director who has served the company for nine (9) years may, subject to the shareholders' approval, continue to serve the Group in the capacity of Independent Director. In obtaining the shareholders' approval, the Nomination Committee should conduct an assessment of the Independent Director(s) and recommend to the Board whether the Independent Director(s) should remain independent.
The Board shall consist of qualified individual with diverse experience,background, skill and knowledge to enable them to discharge their duties and responsibilities effectively. The Board shall assess and review its diversity, composition and size as a whole from time to time to ensure its appropriateness and effectiveness.
("AGM") immediately after their appointment. As required in the AA, one-third (1/3) of the Directors shall retire by rotation and seek for re-election at each AGM and that each Director shall submit himself / herself for re-election every three years. The Managing Director shall be subject to retirement by rotation.
Pursuant to Section 129 of the Companies Act, 1965, the Director(s) who is over the age of 70 years shall retire at every annual general meeting and may offer themselves for re-appointment to hold office until the next annual general meeting.
further training programmes needs of the Directors on an on-going basis.
enhance their skill through appropriate continuing education programmes and life-long learning. This will enable Directors to effectively discharge duties and sustain active participation in the Board deliberation.
(1) workshop or seminar during a financial year.
 Establish various Board Committees and ensure their effectiveness to address specific issues, by considering recommendations of the various.Board Committees and acting on their reports.
The above Committees shall operate within the roles and responsibilities as set out in the terms of reference of each Committee. The Committees are authorized by the Board to deal, deliberate and carry out the matters delegated to them within their terms of reference. The Chairman of the respective Committees shall report theoutcome of the Committee meeting to the Board accordingly and such reports or minutes will be included in the Board papers.
The Notice of Board Meeting together with Board Papers or such relevant materials should be delivered in advance to all Directors and the parties being invited to the Board Meeting for their review in order to facilitate meaningful deliberation during the meeting.
The office of a Director shall become vacant if a Director is absent from morethan 50% of the total Board Meeting held during a financial year.
Question arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall have a secondor casting vote. However, when two (2) Directors form a quorum, the Chairman of the meeting at which only such a quorum is present, or at which only two (2) Directors are competent to vote in the question at issue shall not have a casting vote.
The Board shall determine the remuneration packages taking into consideration the recommendations of the Remuneration Committee.
 Board debates strategic and critical issues.
 Chairing general meetings of the Company and provide clarification on issues that may be raised by shareholders.
 Ensuring that there are adequate systems and controls to safeguard the interests of the Company and all stakeholders.
 Ensuring that there are adequate systems and controls to safeguard the interests of the Company and all stakeholders; Ensuring that the culture of accountability, transparency, integrity, professionalism and responsible conduct is consistently adhered to in the Company.
regulations are complied with and all matters associated with the Board and Committees are efficiently carried out.
The Board is responsible to maintain a sound system of internal controls to safeguard shareholders' investment and Group's assets. The Board shall recognize that such system is structured to manage rather than eliminate possibility of encountering risk of failure to achieve corporate objective.
The Board shall ensure the important information are disseminated to shareholders, stakeholders and the public at large through timely announcement of events, quarterly announcement of financial results to all shareholders in line with Bursa Malaysia objectives of ensuring transparency and good corporate governance. Additional information is available from the Company's website [www.palettemm.com]. In addition, product information also available on the Company's various websites.
The Board shall ensure the Company commits towards good corporate social responsibility participation especially the areas on the workplace, the community and the market place including the conduct of various training programmes for the human capital development, the commitment on time and effort in educating and developing the next work generation through the Palette Internship Program and to continue to invest in the R&D and places importance on innovation to enrich the quality of its product and services in ensuring customer satisfaction.
This Charter shall be made available at the Company's website at www.palettemm.com.
3. The Committee shall select a Chairman from among their members who is an Independent Non-Executive Director.
3) To review any related party transaction and conflict of interest situation that may arise within the Company and Group including any transaction, procedure or course of conduct that raises questions of management integrity.
4) To monitor the Group's compliance with relevant laws, regulations and code of conduct.
5) To verify the allocation of options under the Employees Share Options Scheme.


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I enjoy the occasional superhero movie like the rest of the world, but I wouldn't call myself a diehard fan. Good thing—for this vodcast, at least—Bob Hoose is.
Well, maybe he hasn't memorized every detail of the Marvel movies, but hoosetosay he hasn't come close?
That's why he and I sat down to chat about Ant-Man and the Wasp. If you've seen and enjoyed the first Ant-Man, you're in for a treat. Hoose says that this sequel is just as funny, charming and touching as its predecessor. But there are some caveats and … well, I'm not going to tell you any more than that. You'll have to watch this ant-sized video to get an idea of what to expect.


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"Reframing Faith and Politics" is theme for Week 8 chaplain Brian D. McLaren
by Mary Lee Talbot on August 16, 2020 855 views
A priest, a rabbi and a public theologian walk into a bar …
Never heard of a public theologian? The Rev. Brian D. McLaren is called to be one.
"A public theologian brings the resources of their theological tradition to public life," he said. "For the last 14 years, I have been called to use my resources to address public issues like climate change, racism, economic injustice and politics."
McLaren, an author, speaker and public theologian, will be the chaplain at Chautauqua Institution for Week Eight. His theme for the week is "Reframing Faith and Politics."
"I want to model preaching that is trying to reform the interaction of religion and public life," he said.
He will preach at the 10:45 a.m. EDT service of worship and sermon on Sunday, Aug. 16, on the CHQ Assembly Video Platform. His sermon title is "Dismantling Supremacy."
He will give the homily at the 9:15 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 17, through Friday, Aug. 21, morning devotional services on the Video Platform. His homily titles include, "A New Declaration of Interdependence," "Doing What is (Still) Doable," "Preparing for the Worst," "Working for the Best" and "Joining God."
Asked about the separation of church and state in society, he said, "I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state but it is impossible to separate religion from public life. Religion shapes our values, our vision of what is desirable. We bring that spiritual formation to the voting booth and elected office."
McLaren said the Constitutional founders were trying to avoid the European situation "where a single church hierarchy put a decisive thumb on the political scale. That is what many people are trying to model, a healthy way of integrating religion and public life."
The challenge is to know what is healthy. It has been said that the best antidote for bad religion is good religion.
An example of bad religion was the support of slavery by white churches. "I grew up during the Civil Rights Movement and heard sermons that to be a good Christian, you don't get involved in politics. I think it was Abraham Joshua Heschel who said, 'Silence supports the oppressor,'" McLaren said.
He continued, "Our problem in the United States is that we have religious people who are afraid that the government wants to control religion and those in government who think religious people who want to control the government."
In his book, Everything Must Change, McLaren wrote about four crises facing the human race: the planet or climate change; poverty or economic inequality; peace or the possibility of violence and war; and politics and religion.
"You can't solve the first three without the last one. Religion and politics have to line up to help address the other threats," he said.
Again, he gave the example of white churches that supported slavery. Still, it was a small movement of abolitionists, "who may have left the organized church but were driven by a spiritual vision to turn the tide before the Civil War and support Reconstruction," he said.
Although they were thwarted, their impulse reappeared in the Social Gospel Movement and the Civil Rights Movement. "What happens between politics and religion is part of the human struggle," he said.
A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for "a new kind of Christianity" — just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good.
McLaren is a faculty member of The Living School, which is part of the Center for Action and Contemplation, and he co-leads the Common Good Messaging Team, which is part of Vote Common Good. An Auburn Senior Fellow and a leader in the Convergence Network, he has developed a training/mentoring program for pastors, church planters, and lay leaders called Convergence Leadership Project. He works closely with the Wild Goose Festival, the Fair Food Program's Faith Working Group, and Progressive Christianity.
His most recent joint project is an illustrated children's book, Cory and the Seventh Story, and his current and upcoming writing projects include The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey and the forthcoming Faith After Doubt and Do I Stay Christian?
McLaren graduated from University of Maryland with bachelor's and master's degrees in English. From 1978 to 1986, McLaren taught college English in the Washington D.C. area, and in 1982, he helped form Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church. He left higher education in 1986 to serve as the church's founding pastor and served in that capacity until 2006. Active in networking and mentoring church planters and pastors since the mid-1980s, he has assisted in the development of several new churches.
This program is made possible by the Edmond E. Robb-Walter C. Shaw Fund & the Randell-Hall Memorial Chaplaincy.
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The author Mary Lee Talbot
Mary Lee Talbot writes the recap of the morning worship service. A life-long Chautauquan, she is a Presbyterian minister, author of Chautauqua's Heart: 100 Years of Beauty and a history of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. She edited The Streets Where We Live and Shalom Chautauqua. She lives in Chautauqua year-round with her Stabyhoun, Sammi.
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Average frequency of drinking alcohol in Wales 2015, by gender
Average frequency of drinking alcohol reported by adults in Wales in 2015, by gender
by Statista Research Department, last edited Jun 22, 2016
This statistic displays the reported average frequency of drinking alcohol by adults in Wales in 2015, split by gender. In that year, 30 percent of men and 23 percent of women reported drinking alcohol once or twice a week.
Never 12% 17%
Once or twice a year 8% 13%
Once every couple of months 10% 13%
Once or twice a month 15% 17%
Once or twice a week 30% 23%
Three or four days a week 14% 9%
Five or six days a week 4% 3%
Almost every day 8% 4%
Questionnaire and personal interview
* Unweighted bases n (men)= 6,554, n (women)= 7,616
The source provides the following information:"bases vary, those shown are for the whole sample."
Frequency of drinking microbrewery / craft beer in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
Alcohol consumption in liters per head in the United Kingdom (UK) 2002-2017
Frequency of drinking wine in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017
Consumer expenditure on alcoholic beverages in the United Kingdom (UK) 2005-2018
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Volume of all types of wine consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2016 (in thousand hectolitres)
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Mean number of days on which alcohol was consumed in the past week in Scotland in 2017, by gender and age
Mean units of alcohol consumed on heaviest day of drinking in Scotland from 2003 to 2017, by gender
How often do you drink microbrewery / craft beer?
Maximum alcohol consumption on any day in the last week in England in 2017, by gender and age
Share of individuals who drank alcohol on more than 5 days in the past week in Scotland from 2003 to 2017, by gender
Mean units of alcohol consumed on heaviest day of drinking in Scotland in 2017, by gender and age
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Proportion of adults who do not drink alcohol in England in 2017, by gender and household income**
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Distribution of individuals who have never consumed alcohol in Scotland in 2017, by gender and age
Proportion of adults who are teetotallers in Great Britain from 2005 to 2017
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Proportion of individuals who do not consume alcohol in Northern Ireland from 2010/2011 to 2017/2018
Proportion of adults who do not drink alcohol in England in 2017, by gender and region**
Proportion of adults who drink alcohol on five or more days a week in England in 2014, by gender and household income
Weekly alcohol consumption causing an increased risk to health in England in 2017, by gender and region
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A doctoral degree is the highest academic qualifications that an institution can award and they typically take four years to complete full-time and six to eight years part-time. You'll be examined based on a thesis, portfolio, artefact(s), clinical practice or other outputs which demonstrate your research question, critically evaluate the extent to which it has been addressed, and make an original contribution to knowledge, and a doctoral qualification is awarded if you rearch or exceed the required level of achievement. Doctorates are awarded by universities and other research institutes.
Doctorates revolve around creating knowledge through the practice of independent research and self-directed scholarship, and this creation of new knowledge or of applying existing knowledge in a new way is not expected in the same way at undergraduate or taught postgraduate level. You'll be guided by one or more supervisors in an institutional, professional or subject-based research community.
There are many options available to doctoral graduates, as the doctorate fulfils a wide range of purposes. In this way, doctoral qualifications awarded in the UK include the PhD, the professional doctorate, the practice-based doctorate and the doctorate by publication.
All doctoral degrees prepare the candidate to make a contribution to knowledge through original and independent research. However, the context in which you undertake you research may vary between the different qualifications available, as well as the way the programme is structured.
There is no national application scheme for doctoral degrees and typically you can apply directly to the institution(s) of your choice. Every institution sets its own requirements for entry and application, which may differ somewhat across subjects, and these are clearly published on institutional websites. Some institutions accept doctoral applications all year round, while others have application deadlines linked to specific start dates, typically October, January and April.
You'll often have to find their own fees and maintenance funding, and demonstrate evidence of adequate funding before taking up your place. However, some institutions can award doctoral funding. In particular, some subjects may have a bursary or finance system integrated within the application process; if this is the case specific deadlines usually apply. Some institutions will advertise for a doctoral candidate to be attached to a specific project or to undertake relatively specific research within that project, and this is likely to have fees and maintenance funding attached.
You'll be asked to support your application through:
a research project outline or statement of intent
evidence of ability to be able to undertake independent research
degree transcripts
academic or professional references
writing samples or a portfolio of creative work
It's also likely that you'll be asked to attend an interview. You'll also have to hold the minimum of a Bachelor's degree, while some universities might also ask for a Master's degree.
Some institutions offer a combined Master's and doctoral award (sometimes known as the '1+3' model) that enables you to undertake a master's degree and, subsequent to satisfactory progress, enter directly into doctoral research at the same institution. You may be able to study part-time or via distance learning, however not all universities will allow for this, so research the universities of your choice if you want to carry on working at the same time.


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Mystery of the Jungle: Solved! A New Conservation Concession in Peru Seeks to Capture Carbon by Protecting a Vital Palm Ecosystem.
By Andrea Díaz
The new Conservation Concession, Misterio de la Selva, whose name means "Mystery of the Jungle," created on September 28, 2020, will protect 11,827 acres of forest along the banks of the Ucayali River in the state of Loreto in Peru.
The area is considered a fragile ecosystem and is largely made up of swamps that host the aguaje palm (Mauritia flexuosa), whose fruit is one of the most consumed by the Amazon population. In addition to supporting the development and preservation of vulnerable or endangered species, the aguaje palm swamps also provide important ecosystem services. For example, these swamps have been found to have the largest carbon storing capacity among the Amazonian terrestrial ecosystems.
The general objective of Misterio de la Selva is to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable management of natural resources and improve the quality of life of the surrounding community. In its more specific goals is the conservation of flora and fauna like the Aguaje palm, the Bald uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) and the Wattled curassow (Crax globulosa).
A further aim is to strengthen the organizational capacities and the involvement of the surrounding community in conservation activities in the area.
Andes Amazon Fund would like to congratulate our grantee Amazónicos por la Amazonía (AMPA), for working together for four years with the Association of the Guardians of the Forest (Asociación de los Guardianes del bosque) to create the Misterio de la Selva conservation concession, solving one mystery of how protecting species, helping the climate, and benefiting local communities can all be achieved together.
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New Trial for Inconsistent Verdict of Nonobvious Independent Claim, Obvious Dependent Claims
JMOL on validity reversed because judge misunderstood when art is analogous; claim constructions using dictionary and prosecution argument upheld.
A JMOL on validity of the dependent claims to cure an inconsistent jury verdict for obviousness of claims dependent on nonobvious independent claims could not stand because the district court's basis for finding nonobviousness, that the asserted prior art was not analogous to the invention, was faulty. Both the prior art and the invention pertained to cooling computers and electronic components. The evidence supported the jury's decision that the dependent claims were obvious, so the Federal Circuit remanded for a new trial on invalidity. Just six months earlier the Federal Circuit dealt with another such inconsistent jury finding in Callaway Golf Co. v. Acushnet Co., 576 F.3d 1331, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2009).
On claim construction issues, the court held that when the patent specification does not provide or suggest a particular definition for a term (here, "case"), interpretation may use a general dictionary definition. There is an inference that different terms ("drive bay" versus "drive bay slot") are used to mean different things; here, intrinsic evidence supported giving the terms different meanings (amendment made during prosecution distinguishing prior art made prior art's use of "slot" significant).
Comparer Corp. v. Antec, Inc., 2009-1248, -1249 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 1, 2010)
Court Can't Change the Claim Construction After a Verdict
Patent Owner Cannot Create New Claim Construction Issues After the Jury Verdict
Dependent Claims Were Anticipated While Independent Claims Were Not
Board's Construction of the Claims was Unreasonably Broad and Inconsistent with the Specification
Federal Circuit Overturns Precedential BPAI Opinion, Allows Reissue Only to Add Dependent Claims