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'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' Teaser
Guillermo Del Toro's passion for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark runs deep.
He discovered the book series as a teenager and said he never quite recovered from the frightening tales. He collected the books. He told the stories to his kids. And he even made what he calls a bad financial decision because of his devotion to the series, which debuted in 1981 from writer Alvin Schwartz and artist Stephen Gammell
Around 1997, Del Toro was overcoming the traumatic kidnapping of his father Federico, who was taken off the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico and held for $1 million ransom. The filmmaker's friend James Cameron paid the sum, and the aftermath left Del Toro in poor financial shape.
Still, he couldn't resist picking up a piece of Scary Stories history when after having a meeting at New Line he discovered an art gallery selling original art from the series. Del Toro, who is known for his huge collection of movie art and memorabilia, explained it all to about 100 people who gathered for a trailer launch luncheon Thursday at Neuehouse in Hollywood.
"I was really, really broke. But I was extravagant and I bought the key illustrations from the book that I love, which led to a lot of financial trouble after that," Del Toro said to laughs from the crowd. "And marital trouble after that. You cannot justify a buy like that. But I needed to have the key images that affected my youth."
To bring the film to life, Del Toro assembled a team and handpicked Trollhunter filmmaker André Øvredal to direct Scary Stories. There are dozens of stories in the series, but Del Toro and his fellow screenwriters did what he described as an American Idol-style showdown, in which they chose the best five or six to be presented in the film, which has a story by Del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan, with a screenplay by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman.
"This is not an anthology movie," said Øvredal. "It is a cohesive, two-hour feature with one story, where everything is weaved together to be part of that story."
The film is set in 1968 America, a time when unrest was sweeping the nation. Far away from the strife sits the small town of Mill Valley, where the Bellows family has been a major fixture for years. A young girl named Sarah turns her tortured life into scary stories from within the Bellows' mansion on the edge of town, creating a book of stories that will become real for a group of teens who discover her home.
In addition to the trailer (available to see in the top of this post) Del Toro and Øvredal unveiled a lengthy clip from the film only for those in attendance at the lunch. It showed a teenager finding a pot of stew in his refrigerator and deciding to scarf it down for dinner. As he does, two of his pals warn him via a walk-y-talkie that the book they discovered in the mansion is currently writing a story about a corpse who hunts down a teenager who has eaten a stew with its big toe in it. Unfortunately for the teen, the story ends up coming true.
After the clip, Del Toro brought out his young cast, including Natalie Ganzhorn, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Austin Zajur, Michael Garza and Zoe Colletti to open a Q&A portion, in which he joked nothing was off limits except for "the Mueller report." The black-hoody wearing Del Toro suggested perhaps the crowd should ask him about fashion instead.
In terms of the future, he noted that there are a lot of stories in the book series, so perhaps there could be more to tell on the screen as well. Del Toro also confirmed the film would be PG-13, not R, as he wanted it to be scary but also to reflect the book series' legacy of being favorites of young readers.
"It has a throwback, wholesome feeling but it's also scary. It's a ride, but there is a safety bar in it," said Del Toro.
CBS Films, Lionsgate and eOne open Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark on Aug. 9.
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To setup the MongoDB connection, use:

    export MONGOHQ_URL=mongodb://user:pass@server.com/db_name

App structure, based on [Applying The Clean Architecture to Go applications](http://manuel.kiessling.net/2012/09/28/applying-the-clean-architecture-to-go-applications/)

- Domain:
    - Incident Entity
    - Department Entity

- Use Cases:
    - Incident
        - Add incident
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- Interfaces:
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About CHSS
Support Group Facilitators
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Ongoing support, assistance, and education to families of homicide victims in Calgary and the surrounding area.
To provide ongoing support, assistance, and education to families of homicide victims in Calgary and the surrounding area.
Provide a valuable resource within the greater Calgary area.
Support and provide information to families of homicide victims.
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Providing unique peer support to homicide victims in a group format.
CHSS would like to thank Alberta Justice, Solicitor General and the Calgary Police Service for their ongoing support.
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Sorting Through All the Possibilities; Ukraine Accuses Russia of Deliberately Downing MH17; Brawl in Ukraine Parliament; Rush to Judgment
Posted by Mish | July 22, 2014 1:37:00 | Uncategorized
Only the person or persons who fired the missile know the truth for sure. Yet Ukraine now says "Russian Officer Downed MH17".
A brawl then ensued in Ukrainian Parliament following a vote to increase troops battling rebels.
Vitaly Nayda, Ukraine's director of informational security, made the accusation in an interview with CNN. The person was "absolutely" a Russian, he said. "A Russian-trained, well-equipped, well-educated officer … pushed that button deliberately."
Moscow has denied claims that it pulled the trigger. And Russian Army Lt. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov suggested a Ukrainian jet fighter may have shot the plane down.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejected that in an exclusive interview with CNN, saying that all Ukrainian aircraft were on the ground at the time.
Nayda, speaking to CNN on Tuesday, referred to audio recordings captured by Ukrainian intelligence. "We taped conversations" between a Russian officer and his office in Moscow, Nayda said. "We know for sure that several minutes before the missile was launched, there was a report" to a Russian officer that the plane was coming, Nayda said.
"They knew the plane was coming with constant speed, in constant direction," and should have known it was not a fighter jet but "a big civilian plane," he said.
That recording is not among those that have been released.
Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, was asked Monday about different intercepted recordings, purportedly of pro-Russian rebels talking about shooting down a plane. Churkin suggested that if they did, it was an accident.
"According to them, the people from the east were saying that they shot down a military jet," he said. "If they think they shot down a military jet, it was confusion. If it was confusion, it was not an act of terrorism."
Pro-Russian rebels have repeatedly denied responsibility for the attack. "This is an information war," rebel leader Alexander Borodai said.
Interested in the Truth
"We don't have the technical ability to destroy this plane. Ukrainians are not interested in the truth," said Borodai.
Actually, whoever did it (Russia, Rebels, Ukraine) is not interested in the truth. And even if rebels accidentally did it, Ukraine has no interest whatsoever in explaining why MH17 deviated from its flight path.
Yesterday, Pater Tenebrarum outlined Six Who-Done-It Possibilities, summarized in a different order as follows.
Ukraine did it accidentally
Rebels did it accidentally
Russia did it accidentally
Ukraine did it on purpose
Rebels did it on purpose
Russia did it on purpose
Analysis of the Possibilities
Pieces of the plane with shrapnel holes tend to rule out other possibilities.
Pater suggests, and I concur, numbers 5 and 6 can be discarded. Russia and the rebels had nothing to gain and everything to lose by purposely shooting down a civilian aircraft.
However, Ukraine did have much to gain from doing it on purpose. This is what we are left with but expanding points number 1 and 2.
Surface to air missile
Air to air missile
Complete accident
Steered that way on purpose by Ukraine air traffic control flight deviations
Steered accidentally by air traffic control flight deviations
Steered that way on purpose by Ukraine military flights
Steered that way accidentally by Ukraine military flights
Point number 3 is very remote but arguably possible. Russia would have no reason to be firing missiles accidentally or on purpose over Ukraine territory.
Could rebels under outside guidance have made a mistake? Yes, but I distinguish between official actions and that of rogue citizens. The latter I consider part of scenario number 2.
How might Ukraine have done it accidentally?
Easy: On July 17, the New York Times reported Ukraine Says Russian Plane Shot Down Its Fighter Jet.
The Ukrainian government said on Thursday that a Russian military plane had shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet in Ukrainian airspace the previous evening, a serious allegation of direct intervention by Russia's armed forces.
If confirmed, the confrontation would represent the first open and direct involvement by Russia's military in eastern Ukraine since the separatist rebellion began there in April.
Scenario Fulfillment
Please note that 1b is not ruled out. Wreckage confirms missile damage of MH17 from the outside, but does not confirm that it was a Buk or even a missile from the ground.
And after accusing Russia of violating its airspace, is it that unlikely a Ukrainian soldier or pilot accidentally pulled the trigger?
For further discussion of "scenario fulfillment" please see Holier than Thou: Why Should Anyone Believe the US, Ukraine, or Russia?
Rush to Judgment
Under the "Lie When It's Serious" thesis, there is no reason to believe any side completely. Yet many have done just that.
I am not ruling out any possibilities other than #6-Russia did this on purpose, and #5-the rebels did this on purpose.
Of the remaining scenarios, the likelihood Russia did this accidentally is remote, once again distinguishing between official actions and that of rogue citizens acting on their own.
Of the reasonable possibilities, only 2a removes some guilt from Ukraine. Even then, Ukraine turned down a ceasefire agreement, which if honored, would have prevented accidents.
Mainstream media and the US government are without a doubt involved in a rush to judgment, much like the ill-fated rush to judgment before the US invasion of Iraq. Senator John McCain and president Obama are particularly obnoxious.
There are lots of questions here, especially in regards to very sloppy video manipulations and accusations by Ukraine.
Accident the Most Likely Answer
The only non-accident scenarios involve Ukraine. Arguably the most likely scenario is "someone by accident".
Please note that the US, Ukraine, and Russia have all shot down civilian aircraft by accident. Thus, all the hype from Obama, McCain, and others over "an accident" is ridiculous.


MSU Texas women get ready to take on Dallas Christian.
All nine players scored in double figures as Midwestern State thumped Dallas Christian, 118-38, in the Ashbrook Classic Presented by Comfort Inn finale at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Saturday.
MSU Texas matched the program-record with an 80-point victory and scored the second-most points in program history.
Juniors Annette Dukes and Erin Alexander logged double-doubles as the Mustangs shot 56.9 percent from the floor, handing out assists on 25 of 37 made field goals.
Defensively, MSU Texas limited the Crusaders to single-digit points after the first quarter. DCC shot 21.6 percent from the floor for the contest. The Mustangs scored 52 points off 29 turnovers and added 50 points in the paint.
Dukes and senior Chelcie Kizart led a balanced offensive attack with 17 points that saw nine players in double-figures, but none above 20 points. Dukes cleaned up on the glass, pulling down 10 rebounds for her first career double-double.
Alexander led the team defensively, grabbing 11 boards and scoring 11 points.
Junior Liz Cathcart and sophomore Kityana Diaz both added 14 points while Hannah Reynolds (13), Courtney Kerr (11), Anni Scholl (11) and Mica Schneider (10) rounded out the offense.
Midwestern State led from nearly tip-to-buzzer taking a 75-71 win over Adams State in the finale of the Al Kaly Shrine Classic Saturday afternoon at Massari Arena.
That fact didn't even come close to describing the reality of a hard-fought win as the Mustangs overcame a brilliant 31-point, 10-rebound performance by ASU senior John Dewey, who led a determined comeback effort.
But junior guard Elijah Lee erupted for a season-high 15 points and buried three 3-pointers to help MSU Texas stave off the Grizzlies to improve to 3-1 on the young season.
The Pepperdine transfer answered the call after Adams State rallied back from a 12-point deficit to tie the game 56-all on R.J. Brown's layup with 8:02 to play.
Lee answered with his third triple of the game then hit a jumper to push MSU Texas advantage back out to five with just under seven minutes to play.
The Mustangs would push the lead back out to double figures after Gilbert Thomas followed a tip-in by Bishop Coulter with a layup of his own to give the Mustangs a 73-63 edge with 2:36 to go.
Adams State made final charge fueled by Brown and Dewey, who pulled the Grizzlies to within a bucket with four seconds to play but that's as close as it would get.
Junior forward Bishop Coulter scored in double figures for the second consecutive game finishing with 13 points and six rebounds, while Thomas added 12 points and pulled down seven boards.
Redshirt-freshman Trae Jones buried three 3-pointers of his own to finish with nine points.
Midwestern State looks to avenge its lone loss of the season Wednesday night against Arkansas-Fort Smith at the Stubblefield Center in Fort Smith. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
The Mustangs then compete in the UAFS Thanksgiving Classic taking on Southern Nazarene on Friday and Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) on Saturday. Both games begin at 5 p.m.
Adams State slipped to 0-4.
Trish Daily led the Crusaders with 11 points.


Bristol City twice came from behind to deny Wednesday three points at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night.
Fernando Forestieri gave the visitors an early lead before a Lee Tomlin penalty levelled the score going into the break.
Ross Wallace put the Owls back in the driving seat but a deflected effort from Tammy Abraham saw City post a point in their battle against the drop.
An enterprising start from City was promptly undone by the Owls, who took the lead from their first chance of the game on 17 minutes.
Barry Bannan sent Adam Reach in on goal down the right side of the penalty area and the former Middlesbrough man crossed to Forestieri, who slotted home from close range.
It was the boost Wednesday needed and they went on to dominate proceedings, with City on the back foot.
But on 31 minutes and against the run of play, the Robins were level from the spot.
Tom Lees was adjudged to have tripped Tomlin in the box and the midfielder picked himself up to smash into the roof of the net from 12 yards.
Having hauled themselves back into the contest, the hosts ended the first half as they began and the Owls welcomed the whistle at half time to regroup.
But it was the Robins that threatened four minutes after the resumption when leading scorer Abraham took a neat ball from Tomlin into his stride but hit wide of the target.
And City would be made to pay for that miss as Wednesday broke upfield on 51 minutes, with Bannan advancing to feed Wallace and the latter slotted past Fabien Giefer to restore the lead.
The home side were undeterred, though, and almost levelled two minutes later. Jens Hegeler evaded one challenge to round Keiren Westwood and was favourite to score but debutant Morgan Fox was on hand to clear off the line.
Abraham struck past the post on the hour as the Robins sought a second equaliser and they got exactly that on 70 minutes.
A scramble from Tomlin's corner saw a loose shot from distance cannon off Abraham and with Westwood wrong-footed, the ball bounced into the far corner.
The closing stages stayed relatively even, with Forestieri dragging wide the Owls' best opening, as an entertaining affair ended all square in the West Country.


Hough makes some serious observations on the recently announced Union Budget 2017.
The Union Budget seems to indicate more money in middle-class India's pocket but it doesn't really mean that consumers in India would open their pockets for brands more than they have in the past. The Union Government admitted in this year's Budget-eve Economic Survey that the demonetisation drive has badly lowered economic and business activity in the country and will shave off at least 0.5 percentage point off the growth rate in the current fiscal (2016-17.) It had also created the impression that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would use his annual Budget statement to undo some of this immense damage done by the note ban.
Unfortunately, he has failed to do so and there is little likelihood of any significant demand push for any key sectors, including the consumer goods sector. This is all the more unfortunate as India had till as recently as October 2016 established itself as one of the world's top performing economies.
The great successes of the economic reforms process launched in India in 1991 was the creation of what Pawan K Verma has called 'The Great Indian Middle Class'. Starting at an abysmally low level of economic activity, a huge market economy was created in the relatively short span of 25 years. Demand for more and more goods and services was built up at a very fast pace and companies, both domestic and foreign, as well as infant firms that seemingly sprang up from nowhere first picked up pace and later thrived like never before.
And with the world economy going into a deep slowdown in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis in the USA and other rich Western countries, India and its exponentially growing markets became even more lucrative to international captains of industry and investors. India, along with China, seemed to be the ideal place for companies to produce, sell, make profits, grow and reinvest.
However, there was a new problem. 'The Great Indian Middle Class' was no longer growing much and the question was beginning to be asked — Has the great Indian market reached a saturation point? Would companies no longer boom in our country like they had been doing for two decades?
Investors started to keep their fingers crossed, as was illustrated by the tepid rate of aggregate private investment in the economy. It became apparent that the economy needed new engines of growth. We would have to figure out new innovative ways to expand our country's market.
Soon there developed a broad consensus among the economic and business policy fraternity, as well as the corporate sector, that a powerful and effective way of rebooting our stagnating economy would be to tap the vastly untouched rural Indian market as well as to increase the consumption potential of the 70 percent (some statistical surveys give an even higher proportion) of Indians who live in the villages.
Companies began to devise packaging, advertising and marketing strategies to boost rural demand for their products. The Government, on its part, embarked on an aggressive policy drive to ensure more money in the hands of rural consumers to give the Indian market economy the boost it so badly needed.
The strategy was beginning to work quite well and companies were enjoying more and more response from rural markets, selling refrigerators, TVs (and yes, LCDs and LEDs), and plenty of cars to 'villagers'. The very concept of villagers was fast changing as they too were rapidly becoming an integral part of The India Story, one of biggest stories of the 21st century.
Then came the November 8, demonetisation announcement and, in one stroke, vast sections of the still predominantly cash-based Indian economy were crushed. In urban and semi-urban areas, thousands of shopkeepers and traders suffered severe income falls and umpteen small businesses had to shut down or drastically curtail production. As a result, thousands of labourers were thrown out of work and many decided to return to their village homes.
This obviously hammered aggregated demand, particularly demand for consumer goods. But even worse affected was the rural Indian economy. Without cash, large sections of farmers could not sell their produce and became bankrupt.
Non-farming sections of the rural population, too, were left on the precipice as our villages have neither the infrastructure, the know-how nor the widespread basic education that is essential a digital "cashless or less cash" model of the economy to exist, leave alone thrive.
One big corollary damage of these developments was that India Inc's well thought out strategy and plans for a major demand push in rural India were shattered. With the rural farmers, traders, artisans, small businesses and almost every section's livelihoods and lives in shambles, they needed some big bang relief measures from the Budget… and they got none.
The government has taken an array of steps like reduction of income tax rates, from 10 percent to 5 percent in the Rs 2.5 to Rs 5 lac bracket. Several measures in the rural and agriculture sector to ease the situation and, granting of infrastructure status for the affordable housing and other SOPS for real estates. There are also measures to boost the start-up sector with the tax holiday being granted for three out of seven years instead of three out of five years. However, the fundamental problem of lack of cash in an economy where millions still do not have access to digital facilities, was not addressed. On the contrary, the govt in the budget has made an even bigger boost to the cashless economy by banning cash transactions above Rs 3 lac.
As for the already well developed and near saturated urban middle-class consumers — the section that is 'smart' and can use smart digital money — the sad truth is that it simply might not need or want to go on a spending spree.
Besides, even this section is gradually facing the pangs of the Government's demonetisation drive. Yes, there have been job losses. Yes, there has been a severe drop in consumer confidence. Yes, there is a new lurking sense of insecurity.
"I don't want to keep cash at hand as I don't know if there will be another phase of demonetisation, if my neighbour or colleague has lost his or her job, what's the guarantee that I won't be out of work tomorrow. So, I better be careful and not bite into my savings…. And I should try to save some more of what I'm earning today. I better postpone the new LED I had planned to buy, I think I would do well to manage with my existing car(s) for now. Buying these goodies today is less important than keeping my money ready for my child's education tomorrow… or, God forbid, to simply eat and survive tomorrow in case I too become a part of my company's restructuring exercise." One can hear these statements from many who are only interested in what the economic policies or Budget will do for them.
All this points to a grave year ahead for the consumer goods sector, a big challenge for brands, pressure on consumers…. If only FM Arun Jaitley had done his bit in the Budget besides the surface level initiative of Transform, Energise and Clean (TEC) India.


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Accurate modelling of anti-resonant dipole antennas using the method of moments
D. H. Werner, R. J. Allard
The authors demonstrate that the difficulties encountered when modelling anti-resonant antennas are primarily due to the conventional variable gap source model which is commonly employed in thin-wire moment method codes. An alternative source model is introduced, for use in analysing this class of antennas, where the essential feature is that the gap width of the feed region remains fixed. The fixed gap model is compared to the variable gap model for both a half-wave dipole, where the variable gap is still a valid source model, and for a full-wave anti-resonant dipole, where the fixed gap source is shown to be superior to the variable gap model.
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Werner, D. H., & Allard, R. J. (1999). Accurate modelling of anti-resonant dipole antennas using the method of moments. Electronics Letters, 35(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19990018
Werner, D. H. ; Allard, R. J. / Accurate modelling of anti-resonant dipole antennas using the method of moments. In: Electronics Letters. 1999 ; Vol. 35, No. 1. pp. 1-2.
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move the import and the class outside of the scope of the interface. register the interface using uvm_resource_db set() routine. contact your local support who can help you with the syntax if you need it.
Why is there no uvm_reg_block::write_field_by_name()?
you mean you dont like typing theRal_block.get_field_by_name().write(); People really want a new API for that oneline statement ? I'd be happier if you said lets get rid of all the *by_name() API's and ensure people use object referencing. The string-type name field of registers and fields is so similar to the actual definition-type of the class that I am yet to see a case where all that string manipulation is worth the poor performance and lack of checking just so you can do some fancy $sformatf().
hi, We run all the UVM examples as part of Accellera testing on VCS, QuestaSim & IUS. If you are seeing issues with the examples please provide more information such as tool versions and any modification you may have made. Also, it is worth opening a support ticket with the tool vendor you are trying to use. -adiel.
hi, You should file a Mantis to have UVM support diagnostics for $finish as described in 1800-LRM. As a workaround you might be able to code a report_catcher to catch all FATALs and ERRORs then call $finish(arg) .
hi, Send your testcase to vcs_support and they will resolve the issue for you. All DVE preferences are under the "edit" menu item.
Hi, You are probably passing a command line arg to enable this check. Look for "–ntb_opts check=all"
A way of shortening uvm_info filename to ONLY filename, not path/filename?
Return from function to pass into another function?
hi, You need to share some code for us to help you. Something like my_decoder_func().drive() is probably what you want to do.


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Rattlesnake pills to blame for Salmonella infection, CDC says
December 19, 2017 / 5:35 PM / CBS News
Government officials have issued an alert about the risk of taking rattlesnake pills, after a person who took them became infected with Salmonella.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment say that one person in Kansas became sick after swallowing the pills, which were purchased in Mexico. The person reported taking the rattlesnake pills in the week before getting ill.
According to the CDC, rattlesnake pills are often marketed as remedies for various conditions, such as cancer and HIV, though they have no proven medicinal value.
The pills contain dehydrated rattlesnake meat ground into a powder and then put into pill form.
Testing confirmed that the Salmonella that made the person sick matched the Salmonella found in rattlesnake pills from Mexico collected in an earlier, unrelated investigation.
Officials warn that reptiles and their meat can carry Salmonella and make people sick.
Symptoms of Salmonella include include nausea and vomiting, blood in the stool, fever, chills and abdominal pain. Severe cases may require hospitalization.
According to the CDC, people with weakened immune systems, including those who are receiving chemotherapy or have HIV, pregnant women, children younger than 5 years, and older adults are at a greater risk of getting a severe Salmonella infection.
The CDC says anyone thinking of taking rattlesnake pills should talk to their health care provider first, and contact your doctor if you feel ill sick after taking rattlesnake pills.
First published on December 19, 2017 / 5:35 PM
Flight instructor killed, student injured in helicopter crash
The student is being treated at a nearby hospital


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Quick and Easy Guide to Labor & Employment Law: Tennessee
This state-specific guide covers labor and employment case law, statutes, rules, and regulations that HR professionals and clients often encounter or have questions about in Tennessee.
The employer/employee relationship in Tennessee is governed by the at-will employment doctrine. This means that either party may terminate the relationship at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. There is a public policy exception, however, that an employer shall not discharge an employee solely for refusing to participate in, or refusing to remain silent about, illegal activities. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-304. Other exceptions to the at-will doctrine are that an employer may not terminate an employee for being called to military service, voting in elections, exercising the right of association, wage garnishments, filing a workers' compensation claim, and being called to jury duty. In addition, an express agreement (e.g., employment contract) or statute could narrow or limit the at-will doctrine. Further, under Tennessee law, an employee may have a claim for tortious interference with their at-will employment relationship against a third party. Forrester v. Stockstill, 869 S.W.2d 328, 330 (Tenn. 1994).
Tennessee is a right-to-work state, and its laws governing the same are found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-201, et seq. An employer cannot condition employment upon membership or non-membership in any labor union or labor organization. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-201. Further, an employer cannot deny employment due to an individual's payment or refusal to pay dues, fees, assessments, or other charges associated with an employee organization or labor union. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-203.
As of January 1, 2023, the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 50-1-701, et seq. (TLEA), applies to all employers who have 35 or more employees, and only to verifying work authorization status of employees hired on or after that date. Until then, the TLEA applies to private employers within 50 or more employees.
The TLEA to employees working in or outside the state of Tennessee.
To comply with the TLEA with regard to an "employee," an employer must either:
Request and maintain a copy of any of the documents listed in § 50-1-701(a)(1)(A)
(a) Enroll in the E-Verify program prior to hiring an employee; (b) Verify the work authorization status of the employee hired by using the E-Verify program; (c) Maintain an E-Verify case result for each employee that shows that the employee is authorized to work, whether on the E-Verify Quick Audit Report, the E-Verify User Audit Report, or the individual employee E-Verify case verification result. The E-Verify case result must be visible showing the work authorization status.
NOTE: By requiring compliance with respect to "non-employees" as well, the TLEA essentially imposes a new documentary requirement for users of self-employed vendors because the I-9 is completed only for employees under federal law.
Failure to comply will result in the enforcement of monetary fines of increasing severity. The TLEA requires the same retention of documents as I-9s: one year after termination or three years after hire, whichever is later. To simplify compliance, it is recommended that an employer keep both the TLEA verification document and the I-9 for at least three years after an employee's departure.
For more information about upcoming changes in Tennessee immigration verification requirements, click here to see Baker Donelson's Immigration Blog.
Employers may discharge an at-will employee who tests positive on a random drug test, and it is misconduct for an employee to refuse to take a drug or alcohol test. In addition, the Tennessee Drug Free Workplace Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-9-101, et seq., provides certain benefits to certified employers, including a 5 percent discount on the employer's workers' compensation insurance premium. Moreover, if an employee working in a certified Tennessee Drug Free Workplace tests positive on a post-accident drug screen, the employee forfeits eligibility for workers' compensation benefits unless the employee proves that intoxication did not cause the accident. An employee fired for a positive drug screen is presumed ineligible for unemployment compensation.
Covered employers must notify applicants in a position's vacancy announcement if the position requires drug and alcohol testing. Employers must likewise pose a notice of their drug- and alcohol-testing policy in their workplace and allow employees or applicants to review copies of the policy during regular business hours.
An amendment to the law enacted in 2017 requires a covered employer "who has employees who are health care practitioners for the purposes of Tenn. Code Ann. 63-1-126 [to] report a health care practitioner who tests positive for any drug on any government or private sector pre-employment or employer-ordered confirmed drug test, or who refuses to submit to a drug test, to the [D]epartment of [H]ealth and the practitioner's licensing or certifying board" if the practitioner fails to produce a lawsuit prescription for the drug or a valid medical reason for using the drug, or to report to the state's substantive abuse peer assistance or treatment program of the health care provider's board.
Employers shall excuse the absence of an employee summoned to jury duty. For the absence to be excused, the employee must exhibit the summons to the employer the day after it is received. For such excused absences, employers with five or more employees must pay the summoned employee their "usual compensation" minus the jury service fee for such time spent serving on jury duty. The employer is not required to compensate an employee for more time than was actually spent serving and traveling to and from jury duty. The employee does not have to return to work on the day or days in which the employee's responsibility for jury duty exceeds three hours.
Employees who work the night shift should be excused from working the shift preceding their first day of jury duty, as well as shifts occurring within 24 hours after a day of jury service lasting more than three hours. Employers must not discriminate against or discharge an employee for serving on jury duty if the employee gives the required notice. Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-4-106.
An employer must provide an employee with a reasonable period of time, not to exceed three hours, necessary to vote during the time the polls are open in the county where the employee is a resident. If the work hours of an employee commence at least three hours after the opening of the polls or end at least three prior to the closing of the polls, the time off for voting is not available.
To be eligible for this time off, an employee must notify the employer before 12:00 p.m. of the day before the election. A voting employee who is properly absent from work so that they may vote may not be subjected to any penalty or reduction in pay for such absence. Employers may specify the hours during which the employee may be absent. Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-1-106.
Parental and Adoption Care Leave
An employee who works for an employer with 100 or more employees at the jobsite or location and who has been employed for at least 12 consecutive months as a full-time employee may be absent from employment for a period not to exceed four months for the purpose of adoption, pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing of an infant, where applicable. Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-408. This leave runs concurrently with the FMLA and may be with or without pay at the discretion of the employer.
An employee who gives at least three months' advance notice of their anticipated date of departure, the length of leave, and their intention to return to full-time employment after leave, will be restored to the previous or similar position with the same status, pay, length of service credit, and seniority. An employee who does not give three months' advance notice because of a medical emergency that necessitates that the leave begin earlier than originally anticipated, or because their notice of adoption was received less than three months in advance, does not forfeit the right to parental leave. If an employee's job position is so unique that the company cannot, after reasonable efforts, temporarily fill the position, then the employee has no right to reinstatement at the end of the leave.
Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Every employer with at least 15 employees must make a reasonable accommodation for an employee's or prospective employee's medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless such accommodation would impose an undue hardship on business operations. Possible accommodations include, but are not limited to, providing more frequent, longer, or flexible breaks; modifying food or drink policies; providing assistance with manual labor and limits on lifting; or allowing flexible schedules for prenatal visits.
Employers may, if required of other similarly situated employees, request that an employee with a medical need relating to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions provide medical certification from a healthcare professional if the employee is requesting a reasonable accommodation related to a temporary transfer to a vacant position, job restructuring, or light duty, or an accommodation that requires time away from work. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-10-101 et seq.
Volunteer Firefighter Leave
Employers may not terminate an employee who is a volunteer firefighter solely because the employee is absent or late to work when acting as a volunteer firefighter to respond to an emergency. An employer may charge against the employee's regular pay any time they are absent from work due to such emergency. Employees responding to such an emergency must make a reasonable effort to notify the employer that they may be absent or late.
If an employee is absent to respond to an emergency, the employer has the right to request a written statement from the supervisor or acting supervisor of the volunteer fire department stating that the employee responded to an emergency, including the time and date of the emergency. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-307.
The State of Tennessee does not require employers to offer to employees paid vacation or sick leave. For details, see Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-103(a)(3).
Whistleblower Laws
State employees are encouraged to report violations of state or federal law or regulations, fraud in government programs, misappropriation of government resources, health and safety dangers, mismanagement, and abuses of authority. Whistleblowers are protected from retaliation for reporting violations of state and federal laws and regulations, fraud, misappropriation of resources, health and safety dangers, gross mismanagement, gross waste of government funds, or gross abuse of authority. Employees may not be retaliated against for refusing to carry out orders if the order violates state or federal law, regulations, written policy or procedure, or orders that pose an unreasonable health and safety risk. Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-50-116.
Pursuant to the False Claims Act, employers may not make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy that prevents employees from disclosing information to a government or law enforcement agency or from acting in furtherance of a false claims action, including investigating, initiating, testifying, or assisting in an action filed or to be filed under § 4-18-104. Likewise, employers may not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, deny promotion to, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of lawful acts done by the employee on behalf of themself or others in disclosing information to a government or law enforcement agency or in furthering a false claims action, including investigation for, initiation of, testimony for, or insistence in an action filed or to be filed under § 4-18-104. Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-18-105.
An employer shall not terminate an employee solely for participating or engaging in the use of an agricultural product not regulated by the alcoholic beverage commission that is not otherwise proscribed by law, if such employee participates or engages in such use in a manner which complies with all applicable employer policies. Likewise, no employee shall be discharged or terminated solely for participating or engaging in the use of the product not regulated by the alcoholic beverage commission that is not otherwise proscribed by law if the employee participates or engages in the activity during times when the employee is not working. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-304(d).
Under the "Children's Act for Clean Indoor Air," Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1601, et seq., smoking is prohibited in certain areas frequented by children, including, but not limited to, health care facilities, museums, schools, residential treatment facilities, and zoos. No Smoking signs must be prominently displayed.
Under the Non-Smoker Protection Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1801, et seq., smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public areas not specifically exempted by statute, including, but not limited to, restaurants, banks, laundromats, manufacturing facilities, professional offices, and other workplaces. The Non-Smoker Protection Act has several exemptions, including, but not limited to, age-restricted venues; hotel rooms designated as smoking rooms; and the premises of a manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler of tobacco products. No smoking signs must be prominently displayed.
An employee must be given reasonable unpaid break time each day to express breast milk for that employee's infant child, unless providing the break would unduly disrupt the employer's operations. The break time may run concurrently with any other break time provided. The employer must make reasonable efforts to provide a private location other than a toilet stall for the employee's use. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-305.
In addition, the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express the milk.
Subject to exceptions under the statute, an employer must allow each of its employees one 30-minute rest break or meal period if scheduled to work six or more hours consecutively. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-103(h). The meal break may not be scheduled during or before the first hour of scheduled work activity.
Employees who are principally employed in food or beverage service, receive tips in the course of their employment, and report those tips to their employer may waive the 30-minute break if certain conditions are met.
Minimum Wage, and Overtime
The State of Tennessee has no law regulating minimum wage or overtime, federal laws apply.
Timing of Wage Payments
Wages must be paid at least once per month. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-103(a)(1). If an employer pays employees once per month, payments must be made no later than the fifth day of the month. If an employer pays employees two or more times per month, payments must be made no later than the fifth and the 20th days of the month.
After separation, an employee must be paid all wages due and owing, including all accrued and unused vacation or other compensatory time if the employer's policies provide for such time. (There is no requirement for Tennessee employers to provide paid vacation or other compensatory time.) An employer must pay the wages by the next regular payday, not to exceed 21 days from the date of termination. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-103(a)(4), (g).
In the event an employee passes away without designating a beneficiary with their employer, Tennessee law allows employers to pay the last wages to the surviving spouse or children of a deceased employee, not to exceed $10,000, and other benefits due the deceased employee without a court order. Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-103. If the sum exceeds $10,000, the excess shall be paid to the court representative as ordered by the court.
Unemployment insurance benefits provide income to individuals who have lost work through no fault of their own. The benefits are intended to partially offset the loss of wages while an unemployed worker searches for suitable work or until an employer can recall the employee to work. Nothing is deducted from the employee's wages to pay for this coverage. Unemployment benefits are administered by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and additional information regarding the benefits may be accessed at www.tn.gov/workforce.html.
The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-101, et seq., applies to every employer in Tennessee with five or more employees, or those in the construction and coal mining industries. Employees who suffer injuries and/or occupational diseases arising out of and in the course of their employment may be eligible to receive several types of benefits under the Act. The Act is administered by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and additional information regarding the Act may be accessed at www.tn.gov/workforce/injuries-at-work/injured-workers.html. The most recent version of the Act applies to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2014. Injuries occurring prior to July 1, 2014, will be governed by the prior version.
Under the Act, a workplace injury must be immediately reported to the employer; failing to report an injury in a timely manner may result in a denial of benefits. Finally, an employer may be held liable to a discharged employee if that employee's claim for benefits under the Act was a "substantial factor" in the employee's termination. See Clanton v. Cain-Sloan, 677 S.W.2d 441, 445 (Tenn. 1985); Coffey v. Fayette Tubular Prod., 929 S.W.2d 326, 328 (Tenn. 1996).
The Tennessee Child Labor Act of 1976 is found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-5-101, et. seq. Tennessee has prohibited occupations for minors, Section 50-5-106, and various rules concerning the time minors may work, based on age and whether school is in session. Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 50-5-103-105. A minor under 14 may not be employed unless there is an applicable statutory exemption.
In employing a minor, employers must "require proof of the age of the minor employee or prospective employee by requiring the minor to provide the employer with a copy of the minor's birth certificate, passport, driver's license or state issued identification." Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-5-109. If the above evidence is not available, a parent or guardian shall appear before a judge in the minor's county of residence and make an oath regarding the age of the minor. Id.
Under Tennessee law, a private business is permitted to prohibit the possession of weapons by employees. A notice to this effect must be posted. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1315(b)(1). Specific requirements for the notice may be found at Tenn. Code Ann. §39-17-1359. Tennessee law permits an employee to keep a firearm in their personal vehicle at work, as long as it is hidden from view or locked in the trunk, glove box, or secure container. Tenn. Code. Ann. §39-17-1313(a)(2).
Pursuant to Section 39-17-1309, Tennessee public colleges and universities must allow full-time employees who possess enhanced handgun-carry permits to carry handguns on campus. Any employee who elects to carry a handgun must provide written notification to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the property owned, operated, or controlled by the employing institution. The employee's name and any other information that might identify the employee as a person who has elected to carry a handgun on institution grounds will be confidential. The law also provides that the employee is not acting within the course and scope of employment by carrying or using the handgun is not immune from personal liability, not entitled to workers' compensation for injuries arising from the use or carrying of the handgun, and not permitted to carry the handgun openly or in a visible manner. In addition, the employee may not carry the handgun in gymnasiums, stadiums, or auditoriums when school-sponsored events are in progress, in disciplinary meetings, in meetings regarding tenure issues, in hospitals or places where mental or medical health services are provided, or in any area where a provision of state or federal law, except the posting provisions of § 39-17-1359, prohibits the carrying of a handgun on that property.
Effective July 1, 2021, Tennessee law permits concealed or open carry of a handgun without a permit as long as the person is 21 years of age and in a place they may lawfully be present. For members of the armed forces (and honorably discharged veterans), the minimum age is lowered to 18. Certain restrictions still apply.
Additional Laws & Regulations
Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA). The Act, which may be found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-101, et seq., mimics Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 in that it prohibits discrimination because of an individual's race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. Further, like the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, the Act prohibits discrimination based on pregnancy. The Act applies only to employers with eight or more employees.
Tennessee Disability Act (TDA). The Act, which may be found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-50-103, mimics the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended in that it prohibits discrimination because of an individual's physical, mental or visual disability. The Act provides that there shall be no discrimination in the hiring, firing, and other terms of employment because of the disability "unless such disability to some degree prevents the applicant from performing the duties required by the employment sought or impairs the performance of the work involved." It further prohibits discrimination against a blind person because the person uses a guide dog. However, unlike its federal counterpart, the TDA does not impose a duty on employers to make reasonable accommodations to accommodate a disabled employee. Bennett v. Nissan North America, Inc., 315 S.W.3d 832 (Tenn. App. 2009).
Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA). This Act, which may be found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-304, provides a retaliatory discharge claim for an employee and applies to both public and private employers. The person must prove that they (1) were an employee; (2) refused to participate in or to remain silent about illegal activities; (3) were terminated by their employer; and (4) had an exclusive causal relationship between the plaintiff's refusal to participate in or remain silent about illegal activities and their termination. The term "illegal activities" includes activities that are in violation of criminal or civil codes of Tennessee or the United States, or any regulation intended to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. The term excludes any activities prohibited under § 8-50-103 or federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment.
In 2014, the governor signed legislation that amended the THRA, TPPA, and the TDA. Some of the major changes include:
Creating a tiered damages cap, based on the number of employees: $25,000 (for eight–14 employees), $50,000 (15–100 employees), $100,000 (101–200 employees), $200,000 (for 201–500 employees) and $300,000 (more than 500 employees). The caps apply non-pecuniary damages including future pecuniary loss, emotional pain and suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other non-pecuniary losses. The caps do not apply to back pay, interest on back pay, front pay, or equitable relief
Removing individual liability for supervisors and other agents under the THRA for unlawful discriminatory acts of an employer
Eliminating the separate common law cause of action for retaliatory discharge and eliminating the requirement that the employee externally "blow the whistle" by reporting illegal activity to someone outside of the employer
Immunizing private employers with fewer than eight employees from liability under the TDA. This means that both the TDA and THRA have the nine-employee threshold, but not the TPPA, which protects employees who have been subject to retaliatory discharge for reporting illegal acts
Providing that an employee may not maintain an action under the THRA, TDA, or the TPPA in state court while maintaining an action under the same "common nucleus of operative facts" in federal court
Tennessee Equal Pay Act. The Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-201, et. seq., mimics the Equal Pay Act of 1963 in that it prohibits discrimination between employees in the same establishment, on the basis of sex, in their compensation for comparable work.
Polygraph Testing. The Tennessee Polygraph Examiners Act is found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-27-101, et seq. An employer cannot take personnel action against an employee based solely upon the results of a polygraph examination. Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-27-128. In addition, federal law significantly limits the use of polygraph tests by employers.
False or Deceptive Hiring. It is unlawful to induce employment-based on false or deceptive representations, false advertising, or false pretenses concerning the kind and character of the work to be done; amount and character of the compensation to be paid for such work; sanitary or other conditions of the employment; as to the existence or nonexistence of a strike; or other trouble pending between employer and employees at the time of, or prior to, such engagement. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-102.
Reporting Requirements. Employers are required to provide to the Tennessee Department of Human Services with a report that contains the name, address, hire date, and Social Security number of each newly hired employee. In addition, the report must contain the name, address, and identifying number of the employer (assigned under Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code). Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-1101, et seq.
Employee vs. Independent Contractor. In 2018, a new Tennessee law (HB 539) went into effect stating that a "marketplace contractor" of a "marketplace platform" is not an employee of the marketplace platform for all purposes provided there is a written agreement between the two and certain other conditions are met. The purpose of this statute is to protect certain online digital companies from using workers as independent contractors rather than employees by excluding these workers from the usual rules according to employee status. The terms "marketplace contractor" and "marketplace platform" are specifically defined in the statute. The presumptive effect of this law is to create a more favorable environment for the "gig economy" companies to engage workers without incurring the expense and responsibility of employment.
Plant Closing and Reduction in Operations Act. This Act, Tennessee's "Mini-WARN" Act, is very similar to federal WARN, but triggers notice requirements if there is a "mass layoff" of 50 or more full-time employees if they constitute one-third or more of the full-time employees at the site or 500 or more full-time employees. Employers must send notices to:
The official union representing the employees or, if not represented, each affected employee
The chief elected official of local government
The Tennessee Department of Labor's Dislocated Worker Unit
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Guide last updated November 2022.


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Using penguins to monitor ocean health may be ineffective
by Stony Brook University
A new study reveals that it is difficult for scientists to understand fluctuations of Adélie penguin populations in Antarctica from year-to-year. Credit: Stony Brook University
Penguins are noisy, as any visitor to an aquarium knows. Penguins may be noisy in others ways too, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. Scientists have long used Adélie penguin populations to monitor the health of the Southern Ocean and to understand how major factors such as fishing and climate change impact the oceans and the animals that rely on them. Now an extensive analysis of all known data on Adélie penguin populations over the last 35 years has found that only a small fraction of year-to-year changes in Adélie penguin populations can be attributed to measureable factors such as changes in sea ice.
Instead, most of the short term fluctuations in the number of penguins breeding has no known cause; such 'noise' in the system is likely due to a host of marine and terrestrial factors that have not, or cannot, be measured at the majority of sites where penguins breed.
"In many ways, our study shows that watching Adélie penguin abundance may be like watching the stock market—short term fluctuations may be exceptionally hard to predict and may not signal any change in the fundamental health of the system," explains senior author Heather Lynch, Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University.
"Therefore, adaptive management of marine resources, whereby we stand 'at the ready' to adjust our conservation strategy as new data are collected, may be as difficult, and as risky, as trying to time the stock market. Instead, our results suggest that to the extent Adélie penguins are used as a barometer of ecosystem health, the true dynamics may emerge only very slowly."
This finding, detailed in the paper "Pan-Antarctic analysis aggregating spatial elements of Adélie penguin abundance reveals robust dynamics despite stochastic noise," is important because it means that tracking abundance at individual colonies, one of the cornerstones of monitoring the health of the Antarctic ecosystem, may not provide a reliable signal on short time scales.
"By analyzing the data, we found that relatively little of the year-to-year variability in Adélie penguin abundance could be linked to something in the environment we can actually measure," said lead author Dr. Christian Che-Castaldo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University. "Precipitation at the site is one factor we know is likely to drive some of this unexplained variation, but like many other potential factors, it's not one we can easily measure in Antarctica."
"This doesn't mean that monitoring isn't important, only that we may have to adopt an even more conservative strategy for conserving marine resources. In the face of so much uncertainty, we may not detect a real decline until it's already too late," Dr. Lynch explained.
Adélie penguins are one of four species of penguins with significant breeding populations in the Antarctic. Adélie penguins are the most well studied of all penguin species and, being distributed around the entire coastline of the Antarctic continent, are often considered the "canaries in the coal mine" for anthropogenic threats like fishing and climate change.
In this study, the authors analyzed data from all 267 Adélie penguin populations in Antarctica stretching back to 1979, using data collated from the scientific literature under the auspices of a NASA-funded tool called the Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Predicted Dynamics (MAPPPD).
They used a statistical technique known as hierarchical Bayesian modelling to accommodate the fact that most Adélie penguin breeding locations are surveyed only rarely. Finding a statistically-rigorous way to 'fill in' missing data was key to the effort, since it allowed the research team to look at the population dynamics of penguins at larger spatial scales than has been possible in the past.
Dr. Lynch emphasized that not only did the research uncover more details about the increase in Adélie penguin populations over the last three decades, but it suggests that monitoring more breeding colonies sporadically, rather than fewer sites consistently, may provide more timely and more reliable information for policymakers, despite short term fluctuations common in Adélie colonies.
The study also illustrates a new method of tracking Adélie penguin populations throughout the entire continent rather than at selected study sites where the majority of the data are actually collected. They hope to study other penguin species in Antarctica using the same method.
"The findings, overall, provide clear guidance on how to extract the most information from our monitoring efforts, and highlight the benefits of working across disciplines for effective conservation," added co-author Dr. Jenouvrier at WHOI.
Adelie penguin numbers may expand as glaciers retreat
More information: Christian Che-Castaldo et al. Pan-Antarctic analysis aggregating spatial estimates of Adélie penguin abundance reveals robust dynamics despite stochastic noise, Nature Communications (2017). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00890-0
Journal information: Nature Communications
Provided by Stony Brook University
Citation: Using penguins to monitor ocean health may be ineffective (2017, October 12) retrieved 21 January 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2017-10-penguins-ocean-health-ineffective.html
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High River's Filipino flood victims face additional challenges
Rodel Evangelista in High River, Alberta, July 28, 2013.
Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Carrie Tait
HIGH RIVER, ALTA.
Published July 28, 2013 Updated May 11, 2018
Rodel Evangelista's future in Alberta depends on an envelope he stashed in some luggage for safekeeping. If he loses the envelope's contents, he has to leave Canada.
Those papers – school documents, birth certificate, training certificates and other forms – are soaked. First, High River's June flooding reached the envelope, and then a July hailstorm battered the papers again when Mr. Evangelista forgot he left them outside to dry in the sun. He came to Canada from the Philippines in June, 2011, and needs the stack of paperwork to maintain his temporary foreign worker status.
"I'm worried," he said as he swept the floor at High River's Subway restaurant. "Most of my documents have been damaged. It is not that easy to get a replacement. It takes time."
Filipinos made up the largest single group of immigrants to Alberta between 2006 and 2011, and about 800 live in High River, officials say. Filipino flood victims – a community within a community – face unique challenges in the disaster's aftermath, from proving they have the right to live in Alberta to finding food that suits them. High River's Cargill meat-processing plant, along with the town's fast-food restaurants, depend on this workforce – both skilled and unskilled – much the way the energy industry relies on imported workers.
Filipino government officials teamed up with Alberta's Filipino-Canadian businesses to help their countrymen in High River. Calgary's Barrio Fiesta Restaurant, a taste of home for Calgary's Filipino community, is among the many that instantly offered assistance. While the restaurant usually serves up familiar Filipino food like crispy pata (a deep-fried pork dish) and kare kare (beef stew with peanut sauce), for four hours last month the Filipino government took over and transformed the restaurant and its dance floor into an emergency passport office.
Children ran around playing tag while adults filled out documents, sat expressionless for photos, had their thumbs scanned, and sent the results to Manila in Xpresspost envelopes in an effort to ensure permanent residents got new passports and help temporary foreign workers like Mr. Evangelista keep their employment status.
"They are the most vulnerable," Anthony Mandap, the deputy consul-general at the Philippine Consulate-General in Vancouver, said in an interview at Barrio Fiesta.
Work permits, he said, last about two or three years. Temporary foreign workers need passports to renew work visas, and without visas, they could lose their jobs and have to leave. Permanent residents from the Philippines also need their destroyed or soggy passports and documents replaced. The Canadian government recognized this dilemma and granted immigrants a limited reprieve, waiving fees and automatically extending statuses. The special measures are in place until Sept. 19, 2013. (Meanwhile, the Alberta government wants more temporary foreign workers allowed into the province to help rebuild homes and infrastructure damaged in the floods, which hit the southern half of the province.)
Mr. Evangelista's status expires in September, 2014, but if his documents are ruined beyond what the government will accept and he cannot replace them from High River, he will be forced to go to the Philippines to replace them. He can't afford to do that now. "Maybe next year," he said.
Paperwork problems aren't the only obstacle to postflood recovery for High River's Filipinos. Unlike long-time residents, they don't have a thick web of friends and family in Alberta to help out. As a result, there's a high concentration of Filipinos in the province's temporary housing facilities. About 150 families, for example, landed in residences at the University of Lethbridge shortly after it opened to High Riverites in June. Roberto Anga-Angan, his wife Maria Lourdes, and their two kids are sharing a six-bedroom dorm room with three single women. Each room has a single bed and the small communal area is furnished with one long blue couch. This suite comes with a kitchen area.
"We don't know where we will live next," Mr. Anga-Angan said. The provincial government has said it will move all displaced people living in university residences in Calgary and Lethbridge to the new Saddlebrook temporary housing complex outside High River, but Mr. Anga-Angan said he has not been informed of the move. Folks can stay at Saddlebrook rent-free for three months and yet-to-be-determined fees may follow after that.
Mr. Anga-Angan came to Canada in April, 2008, as a temporary foreign worker and started at High River's Cargill facility six months later. He became a permanent resident last year, and his wife and kids arrived from the Philippines two months ago. He's a butcher – a skilled trade – and now rides a shuttle bus with other displaced Filipinos to Cargill's plant. He leaves Lethbridge at 1 p.m., starts work at 4 p.m., and his shift ends at 1 a.m. But the shuttle, he says, does not leave for another hour, meaning that even with a smooth 2-hour drive back, he returns to Lethbridge 15 hours after he leaves.
Food is also an issue. "For Filipinos, it is not a meal if there isn't rice," Ferdinand Aguirre, the Philippines' consul-general for southern Alberta, said as High River's Filipino flood victims snapped up food hampers in Lethbridge one afternoon. "You could feed them the best meal, but if there's no rice it's not a meal."
Barrio Fiesta's Vilma Buenaventura helped organize the food drive to solve this problem, filling Hong Kong Food Supermarket's cube truck with rice, instant noodles, sardines, Spam and familiar Asian snacks.
Manila and Calgary's Filipino-Canadians are determined to protect their kin.
"They feel so lost here," Mr. Aguirre said of the flood victims in Lethbridge. "But there's someone to hold their hand."
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Syria Claims Refugee Crisis Was Invented
posted Oct 2, 2012, 3:01 AM by Syrian Transition
01 Oct 2012 (New York Times) Syria's foreign minister told the United Nations on Monday that the violence racking his country was entirely the fault of other nations supplying the armed opposition, that the refugee crisis was concocted by Syria's enemies and that a dialogue on a political transition was still possible.
Even as the minister, Walid al-Moallem, was speaking on behalf of Syria at the annual opening debate of the General Assembly, the United Nations was condemning his government for not doing enough to reduce the violence that has left more than 20,000 people dead and thousands more wounded.
In an earlier meeting with Mr. Moallem, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed to the Syrian government "to show compassion to its own people," according to a statement issued by Mr. Ban's spokesman.
The sharp tone of the statement was unusual for Mr. Ban. "The secretary general raised in the strongest terms the continued killings, massive destruction, human rights abuses, and aerial and artillery attacks committed by the government," it said.
But Mr. Moallem used his 30-minute speech to blame France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States for inducing and supporting "terrorism in Syria with money, weapons and foreign fighters."
In one of his more striking assertions, Mr. Moallem said the refugees who had fled Syria had been manipulated into leaving by Syria's neighbors to create an artificial crisis so those neighbors could receive foreign aid. He appealed to refugees to return.
Nearly 300,000 Syrians have sought sanctuary in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, and the United Nations refugee agency has called the outflow a major humanitarian problem that could destabilize the region.
Mr. Moallem said that Syria was a target of a plot to extend Western hegemony and the interests of Israel throughout the eastern Mediterranean region, adding that "the doors of Syria" are open for a dialogue that would lead to "a more pluralistic and democratic Syria."
Syrian opposition leaders and the foreign governments supporting them say that such statements are negated by what they call President Bashar al-Assad's increasingly ruthless campaign to crush the opposition, most recently in the northern city of Aleppo, the country's commercial capital.


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Add grated coconut and salt. Saute for a minute.
Pour in the 1 1/4 cup (reserve 1/4 cup for garnish) coconut milk and water. Bring it to a boil.
Add the chopped basil leaves and give a stir.
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In June 2010, pursuant to his authority under the FVRA, President Obama named senior National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) official Lafe Solomon to serve as the Board's Acting General Counsel. He then subsequently nominated Solomon to serve as the NLRB's permanent General Counsel. In January 2013, while Solomon was acting as General Counsel, a Regional Director brought on his behalf a claim of unfair labor practices against SW General, Inc. SW General filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, claiming that because Solomon had been nominated to serve as the permanent General Counsel, he was no longer authorized to serve as acting General Counsel in the meantime. The court of appeals agreed, holding that the FVRA prohibits any person from serving as an acting officer and also being designated as the permanent nominee unless he previously served as first assistant to the office in question.
On August 19, 2016, CAC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the NLRB, arguing that the decision of the D.C. Circuit improperly interpreted the FVRA. As we argued in our brief, the Framers of the Constitution recognized that the President's ability to staff the executive branch was critically important. They drafted the Constitution to create a strong, independent Executive Branch that would be led by a single President, and they recognized that the President would need subordinate officers to aid him in his constitutional responsibility to execute the nation's laws. The FVRA ensures that the President can, subject to certain limitations, temporarily fill executive branch offices that require Senate confirmation while the Senate advice and consent process is ongoing. By interpreting one of those limitations too broadly, we argued, the court of appeals had undermined the President's ability to temporarily fill executive branch vacancies with the individuals best equipped to fill them permanently. Moreover, as our brief also argued, the interpretation adopted by the court of appeals was at odds with the text and history of the FVRA, both of which make clear that the provision on which the court of appeals relied applies only to individuals who were previously first assistants to the office, not to senior agency officials like Lafe Solomon.
The Court heard oral arguments on November 7, 2016. On March 21, 2017, the Court affirmed the decision of court of appeals by a 6-2 vote. In an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court held that the FVRA prohibits any person from serving as an acting officer and also being designated as the permanent nominee, unless that person has previously served as first assistant to the office in question. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ginsburg, dissented. Making some of the same arguments we made in our brief, Justice Sotomayor concluded that "the text, purpose, and history of the FVRA make clear that the prohibition in subsection (b)(1) applies only to a first assistant who performs the duties of a vacant office under subsection (a)(1)."
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