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The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/2019/10/pge-warns-willits-fort-bragg-and-boonville-may-also-experience-outages/)
PG&E warns Willits, Fort Bragg and Boonville may also experience outages
By Adrian Fernandez Baumann | October 7, 2019
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UPDATE 10/8/19 — Here is our latest:
Outages hit Potter Valley –PG&E says 6476 customers in Mendocino Co. will lose power — and we have a list of which schools will close — red flag warning declared across NorCal (updated 8:47 p.m.)
WILLITS, 10/7/19 — In their latest press release Pacific Gas & Electric is warning that an even larger area of Mendocino County might be affected than they had previously announced.
This does not mean that they are definitively turning off power to these new areas. In this release they do not provide a specific time or date for when the outages will occur, whereas we have previously been informed that an outage is very likely to being in the Ukiah area, and neighboring valleys, or Wednesday at 12 a.m.
So, while it is not certain that we will lose power in the northern and coastal areas of the county, it is always best to be prepared. People on dialysis, with oxygen, or other like medical needs should prepare, and rural residents with electric pumps on their wells may need to make contigencies.
PG&E confirms likely power shut-off to hit Ukiah, Redwood Valley, Hopland, & Potter Valley early Wed. — plus maps
In the latest release they say that 6,000 customers will lose power, as they have previously stated. However, the list they give this time, of areas affected, is as follows: Ukiah, Potter Valley, Hopland, Redwood Valley, Willits, Boonville, Calpella, Talmage, Fort Bragg.
The public map that PG&E has online (which can be seen here) does not currently reflect what's in the press release. We have asked for clarification and were told by a PG&E spokesperson that the towns listed are towns where at least some people have been notified that they will be losing power.
The truth is that this process is not transparent, PG&E is a privately owned company and the electrical infrastructure in most places, including the high powered transmission lines, are privately owned. What this means is that the decision ultimately rests with PG&E and they will be making the call based on the weather and on private information about their infrastructure — no one knows for sure what's going to happen, perhaps not even within PG&E.
It should be noted that for PG&E's purposes Ukiah, and everyone in it, constitute one customer, meaning that over 20,000 people in the county may be affected.
(If you're curious where the main power transmission lines are, check out our solutions journalism project, The Mendocino Maps for a bunch of cool maps of mendo)
In this press release PG&E details some of the procedures they will follow concerning when to restart the power. They will not begin procedures to restart the power until the fire critical weather has passed, which might be Thursday.
The procedures require them to inspect every last yard of power line, to ensure it hasn't been damaged, fallen, or had tree branches fall on it. In many cases this inspection will be done by people walking the lines, in some other places it might be done from the air. It is only after that has occurred that power will be restored in that area, and given the remote natures of various communities, and the thousands of miles of line to inspect in California, it may be several days until all areas have power restored.
Here is the press release. We will continue to update you with the latest info as we get it in, keep checking back with The Mendocino Voice.
PG&E Continues to Monitor a Significant Wednesday/Thursday Wind Event
Public Safety Power Shutoff Could Impact More Than 600,000 Customers Across Northern and Central California
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Based on current forecasted weather conditions, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) anticipates that it may begin implementing a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) to more than 600,000 customers across portions of nearly 30 northern, central, coastal and Bay Area counties. This would be a precautionary measure to reduce the risk of wildfire in these communities.
If PG&E decides to implement a PSPS, the company expects to begin turning off power for safety early Wednesday morning. Based on the latest weather forecasts and models, PG&E anticipates the period of peak winds will occur from early Wednesday morning and last through Thursday midday.
"This is shaping up to be one of the most severe dry wind events we've seen in our territory in recent years and we want our customers to be prepared for an extended outage that may last several days. Our meteorological and operations teams continue to actively monitor the weather and this evolving situation, and we are working directly with state and local agencies to help prepare our customers and the public for this safety event," said Michael Lewis, Senior Vice President, PG&E Electric Operations. "We want our customers to be aware that, based on this number, it could take several days to fully restore power after the weather passes and safety inspections are completed."
Customers may be affected by a power shutoff even though they are not experiencing extreme weather conditions in their specific location. This is because the electric system relies on power lines working together to provide electricity across cities, counties and regions.
Customer impacts may include:
Oakland, Castro Valley, Fremont, Union City, Berkeley, Hayward, San Leandro, Sunol, Pleasanton, Livermore
Pioneer, Jackson, Sutter Creek, Pine Grove, Plymouth, Volcano, Fiddletown, River Pines, Amador City, Drytown, Martell, Ione
Oroville, Chico, Magalia, Paradise, Berry Creek, Forest Ranch, Palermo, Bangor, Cohasset, Butte Meadows, Clipper Mills, Forbestown, Stirling City, Feather Falls, Biggs, Brush Creek, Yankee Hill, Gridley, Rackerby, Butte Valley, Hurleton, Paradise Pines
Arnold, Angels Camp, Copperopolis, Murphys, San Andreas, West Point, Mountain Ranch, Mokelumne Hill,
Rail Road Flat, Vallecito, Wilseyville, Hathaway Pines, Avery, Glencoe, Douglas Flat, Sheep Ranch, White Pines, Dorrington, Camp Connell, Tamarack, Altaville, Valley Springs
Arbuckle, Stonyford, Williams, Sites, Maxwell
San Ramon, Orinda, Lafayette, Moraga, Pinole, Richmond, Kensington, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill,
El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Berkeley, Canyon, San Pablo,
Pittsburg, Rodeo, Concord, Albany, Antioch, Martinez
Placerville, El Dorado Hills, Pollock Pines, Cameron Park, Camino, Rescue, El Dorado, Somerset, Cool, Shingle Springs, Georgetown, Garden Valley, Diamond Springs, Pilot Hill, Grizzly Flats, Twin Bridges, Greenwood, Kyburz, Lotus, Kelsey, Mount Aukum, Coloma, Pacific House, Fair Play, Omo Ranch, Silver Fork, Canyon, Aukum
Orland, Willows, Artois, Elk Creek, Glenn
Clearlake, Lakeport, Clearlake Oaks, Lucerne, Nice, Upper Lake, Lower Lake, Middletown, Kelseyville, Cobb, Hidden Valley Lake, Glenhaven, Witter Springs, Clearlake Park, Loch Lomond
Coulterville, La Grange, Greeley Hill, Mariposa
Ukiah, Potter Valley, Hopland, Redwood Valley, Willits, Boonville, Calpella, Talmage, Fort Bragg
Napa, Saint Helena, Calistoga, Angwin, Pope Valley, Rutherford, Oakville, Deer Park, Lake Berryessa, Yountville, American Canyon
Grass Valley, Nevada City, Penn Valley, Rough and Ready, Soda Springs, North San Juan, Washington, Norden, Chicago Park, Cedar Ridge, Truckee, Kingvale
Auburn, Lincoln, Loomis, Colfax, Newcastle, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Meadow Vista, Penryn, Rocklin, Applegate, Alta, Dutch Flat, Emigrant Gap, Weimar, Gold Run, Baxter, Roseville, Sheridan, Christian Valley
La Porte, Quincy, Belden, Storrie, Twain, Bucks Lake, Tobin
Half Moon Bay, El Granada, Woodside, Moss Beach, Montara, Portola Valley, Pescadero, La Honda, Redwood City, San Gregorio, Loma Mar, San Mateo, Menlo Park, Emerald Hills, Pacifica, Princeton
San Jose, Morgan Hill, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Redwood Estates, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Coyote, Gilroy, Mount Hamilton, Palo Alto, Holy City
Aptos, Boulder Creek, Watsonville, Scotts Valley, Soquel, Ben Lomond, Felton, Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, Mount Hermon, Brookdale, Davenport, Capitola, Freedom, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Saratoga, Bonny Doon
Vernalis, Tracy, Stockton, Farmington
Redding, Anderson, Shingletown, Palo Cedro, Cottonwood, Lakehead, Millville, Bella Vista, Oak Run, Whitmore, Igo, Round Mountain, Montgomery Creek, Big Bend, Shasta Lake, Ono, Shasta, Burney
Sierra City, Downieville, Alleghany, Goodyears Bar, Pike City
Fairfield, Vacaville, Suisun City, Vallejo, Dixon
Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Petaluma, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Glen Ellen, Penngrove, Geyserville, Kenwood, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Annapolis, Stewarts Point, Cotati, Cazadero, Guerneville, Larkfield, El Verano, Boyes Hot Springs, Fulton, Bodega Bay
Westley, Grayson, Patterson, Oakdale, Knights Ferry, La Grange, Modesto, Riverbank
Red Bluff, Los Molinos, Gerber, Corning, Mineral, Paynes Creek, Manton, Vina, Tehama, Mill Creek, Paskenta, Proberta, Flournoy
Sonora, Groveland, Twain Harte, Jamestown, Tuolumne
Mi Wuk Village, Pinecrest, Columbia, Soulsbyville, Long Barn, Strawberry, Chinese Camp, Cold Springs, Moccasin, Big Oak Flat, Sierra Village
Winters, Esparto, Guinda, Capay, Brooks, Madison, Rumsey, Woodland, Davis, Dunnigan, Zamora
Marysville, Browns Valley, Oregon House, Brownsville, Wheatland, Dobbins, Camptonville, Smartville, Challenge, Rackerby, Strawberry Valley, Loma Rica
To support customers who would be impacted by Wednesday's potential PSPS event, PG&E is planning to open Community Resource Centers across the affected areas.
The Resource Centers will be open during daylight hours only and will provide restrooms, bottled water, electronic-device charging and air-conditioning.
Customers are encouraged to visit pge.com/pspsupdates for the most up-to-date Public Safety Power Shutoff information, including addresses for the Community Resource Centers as they open and a link to an address look-up tool where customers can search their address for potential impacts.
Inspection and Restoration Process
PG&E cannot begin restoring power until the weather conditions subside.
Steps to restoration after a PSPS event include:
o Weather All Clear
▪ After the dry and windy weather has passed and it's safe to do so, our crews can go into the field to begin patrols and inspections.
o Patrol and Inspect
▪ Our crews will work to visually inspect our power lines to look for potential
weather-related damage to the lines, poles and towers. This is done by
vehicle, foot and air.
▪ Visual inspections are necessary since circuit breakers, reclosing devices
and fuses that are typically used to help detect any potential damage from a weather event like a winter storm are also de-energized during a Public Safety Power Shutoff for safety reasons.
▪ There are many challenges we face during inspections. Some locations require workers to travel on narrow access roads. In locations with no vehicle access, crews might need to hike in remote and mountainous areas to inspect equipment. And, at night, the company can't fly helicopters for visual inspections.
o Isolate and Repair Damaged Equipment
▪ Where equipment damage is found, crews will work to isolate the damaged area from the rest of the system so other parts of the system can be restored.
o Begin restoring power to customers within the PSPS event.
How customers can prepare
As part of PSPS preparedness efforts, PG&E is asking customers to:
• Update their contact information at pge.com/mywildfirealerts or by calling 1-866-743-6589 during normal business hours. PG&E will use this information to alert customers through automated calls, texts, and emails, when possible, prior to, and during, a Public Safety Power Shutoff.
• Plan for medical needs like medications that require refrigeration or devices that need power.
• Identify backup charging methods for phones and keep hard copies of emergency numbers.
• Build or restock your emergency kit with flashlights, fresh batteries, first aid supplies and cash.
• Keep in mind family members who are elderly, younger children and pets. Information and tips including a safety plan checklist are available at pge.com/wildfiresafety.
Outages hit Potter Valley --PG&E says 6476 customers in Mendocino Co. will lose power -- and we have a list of which schools will close -- red flag warning declared across NorCal (updated 8:47 p.m.)


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Advertising, Gender and Society
A Psychological Perspective
Magdalena Zawisza-Riley
Published July 4, 2019 by Routledge
Advertising, Gender and Society: A Psychological Perspective
Advertising, Gender and Society explores contemporary social-psychological theory and original research that examines the portrayal of gender in advertising. It reports empirical data, discusses the social implications of gendered advertising and comments on the relevant 2019 ASA rules.
Zawisza-Riley analyses theories such as stereotype content and elaboration likelihood models, stereotype threat and ambivalent sexism theories, the selectivity hypothesis as well as implicit and embodied cognition to illuminate the relationships between sex, gender and advertising in cultural and social contexts. The author thus examines the portrayal of gender in advertising, its effectiveness and effect on audiences and the ways in which audiences, marketers and policy-makers can mitigate potential harm of gendered advertising. She offers theory extension and novel application of existing theory and research to the subject of gender advertising.
Advertising, Gender and Society is ideal for students, academics and professionals in the fields of psychology, gender and media studies as well as marketing, advertising and policy-making.
Part I: Key Concepts: Advertising, Gender and Society
Chapter 1: Advertising, Culture and Society
Chapter 2: The Concepts of Gender, Sex and Culture
Chapter 3: Portrayal of Gender in Advertising
Chapter 4: The Effects of Gendered Advertisements on Audiences
Part II: Gender, Sex and Advertising Effectiveness
Chapter 6: Psychographic Gender as a Predictor of the Effectiveness of Gendered Ads
Chapter 7: Sex, Gender and Processing Gendered Advertising Content
Part III: Recommendations for the Audience, Marketers and Policy Makers
Chapter 8: How Can Audiences Protect Themselves?
Chapter 9: How Could Marketers Help Themselves and Others?
Chapter 10: What (More) Could Policy Makers Do?
Dr Magdalena Zawisza-Riley is an academic and consultant, with the position of Reader at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. She publishes in leading journals in gender, social and consumer psychology, is a holder of prestigious grants, and a co-editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Consumer Psychology. Her work has attracted media attention and informed Advertising Standards Authority reports.
Attitudes & Persuasion
Gender Identity & Sex Roles
Psychology of New Media
Consumer Psychology
Advertising Studies
Gender Studies - Soc Sci
Media & Film Studies

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City Of Palm Springs Charter Information
SECTION 913. Purchasing Ordinance.
The city council may, by ordinance, establish procedures for the procurement of supplies, services, construction of public works, and the like. Such ordinance may provide requirements and procedures for competitive bidding, except that no competitive bidding shall be required for sole source contracts, contracts for professional services, or contracts undertaken in response to emergency situations. Such ordinance may also establish standards or qualifications for the screening of contractors or providers of goods and services by a prequalification process.
7.03.040 Contract and purchase order procedures for greater than one hundred thousand dollars.
(1) A public project, a service contract and/or a procurement order of more than one hundred thousand dollars shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be let to contract by formal bidding procedures.
(2) Formal Bidding Procedures for Public Projects.
For those projects which qualify under this section for formal bidding, the following procedures shall be used:
(a) Adoption of Plans and Specifications.
Prior to soliciting bids, the city council shall approve and adopt the plans, specifications and work details, and authorize the bid request for all public projects in excess of one hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Invitation for Bids.
An invitation for bids shall be issued and shall include a purchase description and all contractual terms and conditions applicable to the procurement.
(c) Publication.
A notice shall be published at least once fourteen calendar days before the date of opening the bids in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the jurisdiction of the city. The notice inviting formal bids shall also be mailed to all construction trade journals specified by the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission as appropriate for the area. The notice shall be mailed at least thirty calendar days before the date of opening the bids. The notice inviting formal bids shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and distinctly describe the project. In addition to notice required by this section the city may give such other notice as it deems proper.
(d) Public Notice.
Except as provided under Section 7.05.010(4)(b), public notice, or as required by state or federal regulations, or terms of state, federal or third party grant funding, public notice of invitation for bids shall be determined by the director of procurement and contracting. Such notice may include, but is not limited to, publication in a newspaper of general circulation, notifying suppliers on a list of established suppliers and/or posting notice on-line on the internet. Notices inviting bids shall include a general description of the articles to be purchased or sold, and shall state where bid documents and specifications may be secured, and shall provide the time and place for opening bids. Adequate public notice of the invitation for bids (IFB) shall be given, a reasonable time prior to the date set forth therein for the opening of bids. The director of procurement shall determine the adequacy and reasonableness of the notice and preparation time depending on the complexity of the project to be bid.
(e) Bidder's Security for Public Projects Contracts—Bidder's Security/Failure to Sign Contract.
Bidder's security shall be prescribed in the notice inviting bids in an amount equal to ten percent of the amount bid. Bidder's security shall be either a cash deposit with the city, a cashier's or certified check, payable to the city, or a bidder's bond. Unsuccessful bidders shall be entitled to the return of bid security within sixty days of the date of the award; however, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder shall forfeit all or part of his security, as may be determined by the city council, upon the bidder's refusal or failure to execute the contract within ten days after the date of the award of the contract. On the refusal or failure of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder to execute the contract the council may award the contract to the next lowest responsible bidder.
(f) Bid Opening Procedure.
Sealed bids shall be submitted to the office of the director of procurement and contracting and shall be identified as to bidder, project, and bid title/number on the envelope. Bids shall be opened by the director's staff in public at the time and place stated in the notice inviting bids. A written record and tabulation shall be made at that time of all bids received, and shall be open for public inspection during regular business hours for a period of one year after the bid opening. The director, consulting with the director of public works, shall make an analysis of the bids for compliance with bid specifications and, thereafter, make a recommendation for award or rejection.
(g) Award.
The contract shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by appropriate written notice to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the invitation for bids. In the event the low responsive and responsible bid for a construction project exceeds available funds as determined by the director of finance and treasurer or the engineer's estimate, the city manager or his designee is authorized, when time or economic considerations preclude re-solicitation of work of a reduced scope, to negotiate an adjustment of the bid price with the low responsive and responsible bidder, in order to bring the bid within the amount of available funds. The city manager or his designee, shall submit a report of the bids to the next regular session of the city council with a recommendation concerning acceptance or rejection thereof, and the city council shall thereupon approve or disapprove the recommendation. The council may waive minor bid irregularities where evidence exists that it is merely a clerical error.
(h) Bid Acceptance and Bid Evaluation.
Bids shall be unconditionally accepted without alteration or correction, except as authorized in this chapter. Bids shall be evaluated based on the requirements set forth in the invitation for bids, which may include criteria to determine acceptability such as inspection, testing, quality, workmanship, delivery, and suitability for a particular purpose. Those criteria that will affect the bid price and be considered in evaluation for award shall be objectively measurable, such as discounts, transportation costs, and total or life cycle costs. The total or life cycle costs may include an analysis of maintenance costs over the useful life of the product or project. The invitation for bids shall set forth the evaluation criteria to be used. No criteria may be used in bid evaluation that are not set forth in the invitation for bids.
(i) Tie Bids.
If two or more bids received are for the same total amount or unit price, quality and service being equal, and if the public interest will not permit the delay or readvertising for bids, the council may accept either bid. Should tie bids be received the following priority list will apply to the award:
(1) Business located within city boundaries with valid business license;
(2) Coachella Valley based business;
(3) Riverside County based business; or
(4) State of California based business.
(j) No Bids.
If no bids are received, the project may be performed by city employees by force account, or by informal bidding procedures without further complying with this Chapter.
(k) Rejection of Bids.
In its discretion, the city council may reject any bids presented. If after the first invitation for bids all bids are rejected, the city shall state the reasons for the rejection, and after re-evaluating its cost estimates of the project, the city shall have the option of either of the following:
(1) Abandoning the project or re-advertising the bids in the manner described in this chapter.
(2) By passage of a resolution by a four-fifths vote of the city council declaring that the project can be performed more economically by city employees, may have the project done by force account without further complying with this chapter.
(3) Formal Bid Procedures for Purchase Orders and Non-professional Service Contracts.
(a) The director of procurement and contracting shall adopt standards for publication and notice for purchase orders and non-professional service contracts of a value greater than one hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Procedures for bid opening and award shall be as specified in subsections (2)(f) through (k) of this section.
(Ord. 1605 § 1 (part), 2002)


As winter starts scratching us with its cold claws, we slowly begin to say goodbye to summer and all its glory and start to focus on our heating strategies for the next few months. It's time to pack away those polka-dot bikinis and haul out our scarves, gloves and shawls.
But just because it's raining outside, doesn't mean we can't still have a little fun indoors! Come down to the MediSpa and enjoy a dreamy massage, a rejuvenating facial or a world-class manicure. You can even bring a loved one and enjoy a couple's massage in our private massage room.
Also, it must be known that June is Cancer from the sun month. Just because it's winter, doesn't mean you should neglect your skin. Remember to still keep using sunscreen if you are outdoors and always moisturize. UV rays are often stronger in winter, so love your body and take care of it! It is after all the only body we have.
To view the full newsletter, click here: HELLO WINTER. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
1. All you need to know about skin cancer – Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer; however it is often the easiest type of cancer to treat. This month Dr Pillay informs us of the three most common skin cancer types and what we can do to prevent their development.
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Thanks for your nice blog. I read your blog and known about Rajasthan Forts & Temples.
India is a fascinating land of the wealthy cultural heritage and also the lovely historical destinations.
and have the lingering vacations.
Golden Triangle package india in the context of India basically implies a tour which cover the cities of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in northern India, which are rather laid out in the shape of a triangle, in terms of their in general location to one another.


From Migreurop: "… thousands of migrants died in the Mediterranean this Summer in their attempts to reach Europe. Boats wandered adrift and shipwrecks took place in front of Coast Guard ships, surveillance patrols of Frontex and ships from the military coalition engaged operations in Libya under NATO command. For the last several years, African and European organisations alike have been challenging governments about the number of deaths occurring at the borders of the European Union, but in vain. We have come to the conclusion that it is essential now to move to direct action in the light of the excessive number of shipwrecks taking place in the Mediterranean and the reluctance of Europe to concede entry to refugees. We call for a Mediterranean which is in solidarity with migrants and in opposition to repressive policies which seek to criminalise migration towards Europe more and more each day.
What are the concrete aims of the Boats 4 People initiative ?
To raise awareness about the requirements of the law of the sea in terms of assistance and to support citizens and sailors who rescue migrants and are criminalized.


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These Are the Best Places to Live in the U.S. if You Want to Get Rich
By Joe McGauley Published On 04/09/2019
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By Joe McGauley @jwmcgauley Published On 04/09/2019
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As much as we may like to tell the world that happiness and career fulfillment are far more important in life than just trying to get rich, let's be real: having money is a nice bonus. And frankly, having a lot of money is a really nice bonus. To that end, some places in the country are just better to be if you're hoping to amass considerable wealth during your time on this planet, and thanks to this new map it's all a bit clearer where they are.
For anyone wondering what parts of the US are best for improving the chances of adding zeroes to their net worth, the folks at financial advice site SmartAsset have come up with an enlightening ranking for wannabe one-percenters. To determine which locales made the cut, the team looked at the 100 biggest cities in the country, then compared them using seven different metrics. Specifically, they culled US Census Bureau data on each place's unemployment rate, rate of high-wage jobs, growth in rate of high-wage jobs, growth in earnings over five years, median housing costs, median housing costs as a percentage of household income, and the ratio between the income required to be in the upper 20% of earners and the median income in the city. Then they plotted the 10 cities with best "scores" on a map.
According to the findings, Plano, Texas is the best place to live right now if you're hoping to build your wealth. That's followed by Chandler, Arizona, and then Henderson, Nevada, which took the No. 3 spot. These are the cities that made it into the top 25.
25. Raleigh, NC
24. Aurora, CO
23. San Jose, CA
22. Las Vegas, NV
21. Oklahoma City, OK
20. Albuquerque, NM
19. Fort Worth, TX
18. Garland, TX
17. Minneapolis, MN
16. Denver, CO
15. Irving, TX
14. Lexington, KY
13. Madison, WI
12. St. Petersburg, FL
11. Omaha, NE
10. Austin, TX
9. Chesapeake, VA
8. Lincoln, NE
7. Seattle, WA
6. Gilbert, AZ
5. San Francisco, CA
4. Scottsdale, AZ
3. Henderson, NV
2. Chandler, AZ
1. Plano, TX
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Obviously, simply living in a particular city is far from a guarantee that you're going to get rich there. This list is more an indicator of where you'd have the best chances to earn the most while living well for relatively cheap, thus making it easier to stash away your hard-earned cash.
That said, you could also just stay put, get a better paying job, be better with your money, and hope for the best.
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Joe McGauley is a senior writer for Thrillist. Follow him @jwmcgauley.


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The ASEAN-IPR Governing Council led by its 2017 Chair, H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, and the Members of the ASEAN-IPR Advisory Board, pose for a group photo with the Symposiums keynote speaker, OPAPP Secretary Jesus Dureza. Also in the photo are H.E. Andrea Reichlin (Swiss Ambassador to the Philippines), H.E. Erik Forner (Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines), and Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns, Jose Luis Montales.
The ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR), together with the Philippine Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), held a two-day Symposium entitled "Strengthening Convergences for Humanitarian Action: An ASEAN-IPR Symposium on International Humanitarian Law"?on 2-3 October 207 in Manila, Philippines. The Governments of Norway and Switzerland also supported the Symposium.
The Symposium, one of the activities organized to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN, welcomed over 170 policy-makers and peace practitioners from ASEAN Member States, and civil society organizations from all over the world, to explore the convergences of International Humanitarian Law, Humanitarian Principles, Religious Norms and Customary Practices to address some specific humanitarian and protection challenges within ASEAN.
In his keynote address, Secretary Jesus Dureza, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and Chair of the ASEAN-IPR Advisory Board, acknowledged that violent extremism is a problem that ASEAN needs to be addressed. He continued to say that while modern technology has been an effective tool in countering extremists, it comes with a great price. We see missiles, smart bombs and drones providing means of efficiently killing the enemy. But with all the emergence of technology, we lose the humanity part. Sometimes, we forget what effect it has to victims, especially innocent civilians, he expressed. In that, he called on the body to put not only heads, but also hearts together, in the pursuit of doable action plans that will translate to positive changes for the lives of people.
Mr. Pascal Porchet, Head of the ICRC Delegation in the Philippines, underscored the importance of this symposium as a regional dialogue among stakeholders concerned with humanitarian access to people in need in complex emergencies, and to contribute towards conflict prevention in ASEAN. H.E. Andrea Reichlin, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Philippines, and H.E. Erik Forner, Ambassador of Norway to the Philippines, in their respective opening remarks, both highlighted the importance of partnerships to address humanitarian assistance and protection challenges with a view to ensure the respect of humanitarian law.
The interactive discussions covered, among others, the protection challenges related to conflicts and ethnic tensions in the region, and the challenges faced in translating humanitarian principles and religious values into practice, with a particular focus in strengthening protection for vulnerable groups. The Symposium identified best practices in terms of enhancing respect and appreciation for the principles of humanitarian law.
H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN and Chair of the ASEAN-IPR Governing Council, together with Mr. Christoph Sutter, Head of the ICRC Delegation to Indonesia and Timor Leste, synthesized the substantive sessions and consolidated the various recommendations that the discussions had yielded. Of note were the recommendations to strengthen cooperation with faith-based organizations and nurture partnerships at the local, national and international levels with a view to promote principled humanitarian action in the region.
In her closing remarks, Ambassador Buensuceso commended the Symposiums participants for providing inspiration on how each of us can become active members of an international family of peace-makers and peace lovers. She underscored that despite the all too-frequent gloomy and devastating news of trouble, conflict and hatred in the world today, there are religious leaders, academics, humanitarian workers, legal and law enforcement officers, government officials, diplomats, health-care providers, educators and other segments of civil society that are focused on the upliftment of human dignity and the provision of humanitarian assistance to every human life, particularly that of the vulnerable, the weak — those people who have nothing to do with the conflict in the first place.
The Symposium opened with the acknowledgment of the wisdom of ASEANs 50 years of existence. This fact makes it well placed to support peace in the global fora, as well as use its influence and experience to encourage further efforts in preventing and responding to conflicts in the region and beyond. ASEAN has had extensive experience in disaster management and humanitarian relief that makes it a natural partner for organizations, such as the ICRC to ensure a principled humanitarian action (assistance and protection) for those in need around the world.
Sub-national conflicts and inter-group tensions occur within ASEAN States. Aside from these, transnational challenges, such as terrorism, drugs and climate risks affect the region and can have serious consequences, especially on the more vulnerable sections of ASEAN communities. The Symposium, therefore, focused on protection concerns in human-induced disasters, without intending to specify any particular contexts.
Four key aspects to improve peoples protection and restore their lives to one of dignity, health, prosperity and hope, and their natural link with the vision of the ASEAN community were highlighted: (1) Humanity as a common value, (2) Principled humanitarian action as a distinct humanitarian response and valuable approach, (3) Partnerships as essential, and (4) Prevention of human-induced disasters as the preferred choice.
ASEAN nations and people are rich in humanitarian spirit and have deep experience, expertise and capacity in crisis management of all kinds. Engaging with ASEAN is, therefore, key to add its perspective to global debates on humanitarian affairs, to shape complementary approaches for the reduction of protection challenges around the world and to promote a culture of prevention.
Religious and indigenous traditions, including Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Lumad and others have formulated, shared and promoted fundamental values and norms to protect lives, respect the environment, provide help to people in need, regardless of their background, both in times of peace and conflict in ASEAN contexts. Religious teachings, therefore, share many similarities with humanitarian principles and IHL rules. Convergences around universal principles such as humanity should be systematized, strengthened and maximized when addressing humanitarian challenges.
Humanitarian crises in ASEAN Member-States, such as the tsunami in Aceh and the Marawi Siege in the Philippines, have given rise to faith-based humanitarian organizations that are motivated to take action because of religious imperatives. However, they often face challenges when they adopt the principles of impartiality and neutrality in delivering assistance to people in need.
Confronted with the common notion that conflicts in Southeast Asia have a religious dimension, faith-based leaders concluded that intra-faith and inter-faith dialogues are actually the preferable means to promote common humanitarian values and to foster collaboration among different faith-based communities in order to address humanitarian challenges.
Humanitarian principles and IHL are also often perceived as western concepts, and not easily understood by ordinary people in ASEAN. The principle of humanity, which is simple and universal in nature, underpin the teachings of religious and indigenous traditions, may be offered as an alternative framework guiding humanitarian action. Despite some resistance to adhere to them, in practice, these sets principles remain widely accepted and observed.
There is also the observation that during conflict and humanitarian crises, members of non-state armed groups and government security forces, particularly the lower-ranking troops on the ground, are often unaware of the role of humanitarian actors, as well as IHL norms, humanitarian principles and religious values. The need to step up information dissemination and education so that they are better able to appreciate and understand these principles is, therefore, necessary.
ensuring the preservation of a space for principled humanitarian action, within a context of increased religious polarization.
The issue of health care was powerfully summed up with the statement that in a war without limits, the population pays the highest price.
The fluid and changing nature of conflicts and situations of violence, with their severe consequences, make conditions increasingly volatile for health care workers and facilities they operate within. The consequences of attacks on health care facilities have devastating effects, not only for patients under treatment, but also for communities who lose access to essential health care.
In recent years, health care facilities and workers, including military medical personnel and local volunteers have been increasingly targeted. Studies have identified that the top 3 perpetrators are international forces, state security forces and non-state armed actors. Attacks on health care facilities are either aerial or on the ground, with acts ranging from looting to killing, resulting in numerous violations of IHL.
The Symposium recalled the need to respect the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2286, which bans attacks on medical facilities and workers, calls for the protection of workers/facilities and provides for safe, unimpeded passage for medical and humanitarian personnel. Emphasis was also made on prevention efforts to support safe medical responses and the protection of medical practitioners in urban settings and conflict areas.
Speakers reiterated the call for better training, awareness and public education, as well as increased visibility of medical facilities. The need to consolidate efforts was also underlined in order to build a community of concern and foster a culture of prevention to better safeguard healthcare workers and facilities.
On children and education, participants were reminded of the importance of education in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and of education as a basic human right. The situation of children in armed conflict is, however, alarming as they are often out of school and far from achieving a complete education. The issue of child soldiers is particularly alarming. They are innocent victims trapped in difficult situations and are, oftentimes, recruited to form an integral part of the warring party.
The inspiring example of the Philippine Governments efforts to make education accessible to all, including those in conflict areas, with quality education as a norm, was lauded; along with the positive approaches on access to education from Sekolah Cikal and Rumah Main Cikal (Indonesia),?Balay Rehabilitation Centre (Philippines), UNICEF, Save the Children and ICRC.
A powerful statement was made that no education is far more costly than having a bad one. There was a consensus that education is the best way to promote peace and prevent conflict, therefore, the necessity to start incorporating peace education in school curricula was underscored.
ASEAN is taking the issue of education very seriously, looking at root causes and moving forward on the issue of children out of school. It continues to strive against the severe consequences that can result from the lack of education – which eventually fuels the perpetuation of conflict across generations – and violations against children including sexual abuse or violent extremism.
On the protection of vulnerable groups, the Symposium examined minorities/indigenous peoples (IP) and migrants in Southeast Asia as vulnerable groups. Indigenous peoples in conflict areas often face challenges to fully enjoy their rights, resulting in higher crime rates, violence, displacement, poverty, corruption and the like. The consequences of such vulnerabilities are handed down through generations in different parts of the ASEAN region.
Specific problems related to the issue of migration, particularly the missing and the deceased, as well as those in detention, should be addressed collectively. The ICRC other international and local actors are working closely with relevant authorities and stakeholders, including within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, to address these concerns and ensure the protection of vulnerable migrants.
On persons deprived of their liberty, it was emphasized that stronger partnerships between concerned stakeholders and governments are needed to improve the conditions of detention and the treatment of people deprived of their liberty.
The Symposium discussed extensively the ASEAN commitment to the SDGs, as well as international prison standards, legal frameworks and international conventions on human rights which have been ratified by Member States.
ASEAN was also encouraged to create a more cohesive and effective platform for exchanges on humanitarian responses that transcend disaster management. Enhancing data collection and analysis on protection- related concerns through the ASEAN Statistical Unit, was also mentioned.
Finally, it was proposed that ASEAN Member States explore mechanisms to adopt alternative measures to detention, such as community care or service.
Beyond the all too frequent devastating news of hatred, violence and conflict in our world today, the Symposium gathered religious leaders, academics, humanitarian workers, legal and law enforcement officers, ASEAN officials, diplomats, health-care providers, educators and leaders of civil society organizations. Participants remained undaunted by the many complex and brutal faces of war and conflict their strengthened resolve to uplift the human dignity and provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people.
Humanitarian actors agreed on the importance of more dialogues that could bring positive contributions in addressing humanitarian and protection challenges within ASEAN and the world that would lead towards conflict prevention, reconciliation, peace and stability.
Convergences between IHL, human rights and religious norms were affirmed, as well as the need to join efforts among key stakeholders to respect those rules surrounding human dignity and provide humanitarian assistance for those in need, whether in natural or human-induced disasters.
International and local organizations presented best practices to address humanitarian and protection challenges in ASEAN and called for other humanitarian actors to respond to crisis by observing key principles of humanity, i.e. neutrality, impartiality, and independence.
Acknowledge the convergences that frame different humanitarian thoughts and actions to consolidate common efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable, while avoiding duplications.
Build human connections and relationships to encourage cooperation among various stakeholders in the ASEAN region and beyond, through bilateral/multilateral discussions with concerned actors.
Adopt a comprehensive, multi-faceted grassroots approach in addressing contextual challenges. This could help ensure that the support is adapted to the actual needs of the beneficiaries (medical, psychological, legal, physical or economical) and that the assistance provided meets the circumstantial requirements.
Respect and adhere to international/regional agreements, standards and national laws, including local norms, when providing assistance to beneficiaries in times of armed conflict or other situations of violence. Emphasize the need to respect human rights, human dignity and provide appropriate capacity-building to relevant institutions, regulation enforcers, educators and social service providers in order to strengthen protection.
Encourage the ASEAN-IPR to play a role in increasing peoples protection in national and transnational crises, through research, holding dialogues and concrete follow-up initiatives. ASEAN-IPR represents a platform where individuals from different backgrounds whether humanitarian, governmental, religious or private can come together to share perspectives on universal principles that transcend differences, joining in a culture of conflict prevention and reconciliation.
Encourage the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) to examine possible interventions in all types of humanitarian crisis, including human-induced disasters.
Systematize operational and thematic discussions with ASEAN Member States and bodies, such as the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN-IPR and AHA Centre to enhance coordination and further strengthen the discourse on key strategic issues in the region, in a timely manner.


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Torture of Arrested Labor Activists and Their Families Continues
Javad Motevali
Mehdi Gholian, brother of the imprisoned civil rights activists Sepideh Gholian, was beaten and injured during the arrest of his sister. He has now been temporarily released on bail
Parvin Mohammadi, vice president of the Free Labor Union of Iran, was arrested on January 29
Civil rights activist Sepideh Gholian remains under arrest and her lawyer has not been allowed to meet her or have access to her file
On the evening of January 29, security forces stormed the home of Jafar Azimzadeh, secretary of the board of directors of Iran's Free Labor Union, and arrested him and confiscated his laptop and mobile phone. Soon after, the union's Telegram channel reported that Parvin Mohammadi, vice president of the union, had also been arrested. The reasons for their arrests remain unknown.
The detention of Mohammadi and Azimzadeh follow the re-arrest of strike leader Esmail Bakhshi and civil rights activist Sepideh Gholian 10 days previously. It was confirmed as recently as January 28 that the two remain in prison and have faced brutal treatment while in custody.
"Around 12 noon they brought a shackled Esmail out of the courthouse next to Dezful prison," one eyewitness reported [Persian link]. It was the first news to emerge about the activist, who led the strike by workers for the Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Company in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, in 10 days. "Three plainclothes agents and an agent of the riot police accompanied him and took him away in a white Peugeot Pars. [The area] around Esmail's eyes were dark because, I think, he was suffering from sleep deprivation and fatigue."
The eyewitness also reported that the court had reviewed the case for Bakhshi to be released on bail but the judge had rejected the reasons and amount put forward as insufficient. "It seems that Esmail Bakhshi's family gave the court a property deed as collateral [for bail] but the court wants another deed worth at least 500 million tomans [close to $120,000]," said the witness. "Esmail's family are trying to supply a second one."
According to the eyewitness, besides binding his hands and feet in shackles — punishment usually handed down to dangerous criminals only — authorities had brought Bakhshi to the court in prison uniform "to destroy his morale."
Quoting Bakhshi's lawyer Farzaneh Zilabi, the Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Company Labor Union reported that he had filed a complaint against Intelligence Bureau agents in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, for torturing him. "After my client complained against Intelligence Bureau's agents, he was arrested and was delivered to the Intelligence Bureau," she said. "Now they have brought up a new charge against him." What is more, she said, "the worker who witnessed the beating up of my client has also been detained by the Intelligence Bureau."
"Bakhshi has not been released and is still in security detention although he has posted bail in the new case against him and had posted bail for the previous security case against him," said Zilabi.
"This is all to destroy his morale, especially after they saw that broadcasting the documentary [of Bakhshi being forced to confess] did nothing for them," a labor activist and a friend of Bakhshi and Ali Nejati, a member of the board of directors of Haft-Tappeh Labor Union, told IranWire. On January 19, Iranian state TV broadcast a 19-minute "documentary" that included footage of confessions by Bakhshi, Nejati and Sepideh Gholian, a student activist who has been jailed for supporting the striking workers. The footage was widely criticized on social media.
"Esmail's friends and colleagues and the people did not stop supporting him," the activist said. "Even this week there was a sit-in inside the factory in support of Esmail Bakhshi, Ms. Sepideh Gholian and Ali Nejati. But the workers stayed inside and did not come out."
On Tuesday, January 29, Haft-Tappeh Labor Union reported that Ali Nejati had been given a medical leave of absence after persistent demands from his family and after medical evidence was provided showing that he suffers from a heart problem that requires treatment outside the prison.
An informed source told IranWire that the prosecutor in Andimeshk, the city where Nejati was held, "did his best to prevent Nejati's furlough," adding that the prosecutor had come up with multiple excuses to prevent the activist from receiving urgent medical care. "His doctor confirmed that his life and his health were in danger if he remained in prison," the source said. "According to the law, his case should have been sent for review to the medical examiner but the prosecutor refused to give him furlough and send [the case]. The excuse was that Nejati did not agree that he must be shackled [in order] to be allowed to go to a medical facility [outside the prison]. Eventually two of his colleagues put up their paychecks to guarantee his release."
But, according to this source, the prosecutor has now changed his mind and will no longer accept paychecks from Haft-Tappeh workers as bail. He says the prosecutor will "only accept paychecks from bank or education ministry employees."
The Haft-Tappeh Labor Union has repeatedly condemned the arrest of Ali Nejati and declared that it holds security and judiciary authorities accountable for his health. The union has demanded Nejati's immediate and unconditional release so that he can be treated in a normal, adequate medical environment.
Arrest of Another Haft-Tappeh Worker
On January 26, Mohammad Khanifar, a Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Company worker and a member of the company's Islamic Workers Association, was also arrested. In a Telegram message, the Haft-Tappeh Labor Union questioned [Persian link] the reasons for his detention. "The arrest of Khanifar shows that even a worker who is a member of the Islamic Association is not immune to arrest, harassment and torment. The Islamic Workers Association's goal is to control workers' activities and to deny them their rights. If some thought that they would be protected from the judiciary and the security agencies by joining the Islamic Workers Association, they must now see that this is not the case. If a worker wants to pursue labor demands and rights, [these authorities] will throw him in jail. They have tormented, tortured and harassed Esmail Bakhshi and now they have arrested Khanifar, who was pursuing lawful workers' demands."
"We, the workers of Haft-Tappeh," continued the Telegram message, "have no other way to pursue our demands — which include the payment of our unpaid wages, revoking the privatization [of the company], classification of jobs and the proper handling of labor contracts — except through our own independent organizations and representatives."
Mehdi Gholian Released on Costly Bail
Mehdi Gholian, the brother of jailed activist Sepideh Gholian, was beaten and then arrested when security agents raided their home to arrest his sister. He has since been released on a bail of 100 million tomans, close to $24,000. "It was 7am when 12 male and two female agents entered our home and used violence," their father Khoda Rahm Gholian told IranWire after the arrest. "They broke my son's teeth and beat both my wife and me." He said his wife sustained injuries when the agents held a knife to her throat. "They threatened to kill my daughter. Sepideh was screaming and her brother went to defend her. But they tied him up and threw him into the trunk [of the van]. They did not even allow him to change his clothes."
Khoda Rahm Gholian said he had been extremely worried about the health of his children, and especially about Mehdi, who suffers from diabetes and other ailments.
"We have no idea where my daughter is or why my son was arrested," he told IranWire after his son was released. "For the last 10 days we have not been able to eat or sleep. Now they have released Mehdi but Sepideh is still under arrest and we met with her last week for a few moments only."
Jamal Heydari-Manesh, Sepideh Gholian's lawyer, tweeted that judiciary officials in the city of Shush, where she is being held, have refused to work with him. "Today I arrived in Shush," he reported. "I had to announce for the second time that I was her attorney on record. When I submitted a request to release her on bail, they refused to even register it. I insisted on meeting the prosecutor and when I asked to meet Sepideh, they rudely rejected my request."
Protesting Steelworkers Released
"All arrested steelworkers in Khuzestan have been released on bail," an informed source told IranWire. "But, up to this moment, their mobiles phones, which were confiscated, have not been returned to them." The source also reported that a number of other steelworkers are being prosecuted, while several others have been suspended from their jobs. Although there have been meetings about reinstating them, judiciary officials and the employers have yet to agree. "Unfortunately, the judiciary has brought security charges such as 'secessionism' against them," said the source. "This is all wrong. Our colleagues are only pursuing their lawful demands as workers."
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh Still in Prison
Authorities arrested Behnam Ebrahimzadeh on December 12, 2018 in Tehran. A source close to the labor activist told IranWire that he has not been released — despite the bail set by the court being posted. "After his father Rahman Ebrahimzadeh protested in front of Tehran's prosecutor's office and the media reported the protest, Behnam phoned his family and told them that the prosecutor had set a bail amount of 200 million tomans [close to $48,000] for his release. Bail was posted 14 days ago but he is still under arrest."
A trade union activist and member of the Society for the Protection of Child and Street Workers in Tehran, Ebrahimzadeh, 43, served seven years in prison after he was arrested at a Labor Day rally on May 1, 2010.
According to Article 1 of the UN Convention against Torture, "the term 'torture' means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity."
Based on this definition, it is clear that the torture of workers, civil rights activists and their families continues in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Thomas has been muck spreading on a field that will soon be ploughed and re-seeded with winter Barley.
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As you might have noticed we've been running short on hen eggs. The hens have dropped off in laying. This happened because some of them are moulting which costs a lot of energy. Hens that are going through a moult will not lay any eggs. We also moved some hens in with some others to free up a hen cabin. This can cause some stress which also has an impact on egg production. They've settled in now and having increased in laying, but we are still producing less eggs than there is demand unfortunately.
Luckily we've had more hens arrive on Monday. One lot is now 18 weeks old, which is about the age they will start laying eggs. (we've had 2 small eggs so far!) The second lot is 12 weeks old and will start laying in about 6 weeks time.
We might have to ration the eggs for the time being so everyone can have a few, and hopefully we'll soon be back to normal.
Stumpy, our bull, the son of "Stumpy's Mum".


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DN Editorial: Tale of two cities via the Delaware
THE STORY OF Philadelphia is often told as a tale of two cities: the rich and the poor, the educated and uneducated, the powerful and the marginalized.
The new Race St. pier: the river, the bridge and skyline. (James Corner Field Operations)Read more
Now, the Delaware waterfront is providing another example of our split personality: between greed and politics vs. a respect for the public - and for democracy.
The former is represented by the city's sole waterfront casino. We single out SugarHouse not for the business per se or the company running it, but because it sits on the Delaware thanks in part to a process that a new grand jury report describes as rushed, politicized, and deeply flawed.
And less than a mile away, the higher achievement of public intent and democratic principles is embodied by the new Race St. Pier. The newest city park - a wide pier in the shadow of the Ben Franklin Bridge - opened earlier this month, and immediately transports visitors from city street to the water. The pier was the result of a process that involved the public from the beginning, as part of the civic input sessions on the Central Delaware led by Penn Praxis. It's one of a string of parks intended to draw people back to the water, and begin to turn around the dominance of this asset by big-box stores and looming condo towers.
The pier is well worth a visit - its textural, layered design is inviting to strollers, sitters, sunbathers, even anglers. We can suggest the perfect reading material for your first visit: the grand jury investigation into the creation and operations of the state's Gaming Control board.
Established in 2008 following the gaming act, the board was supposed to protect the public's interest. The report paints a board so obsessed with starting to generate revenue as quickly as possible, that it quickly began favoring gaming license applicants over the public's interest.
The grand jury found that the staffing of the gaming control board, which was supposed to be the public's last defense against gaming, was driven by political favors and patronage rather than qualifications. The result: shoddy processes and often whitewashed investigations into politically connected licensing applicants that gave the board incomplete pictures of troublesome applicants. In some cases, licenses were issued before investigations were complete, and shortcuts to ensure a positive outcome for some gaming license applicants were routine.
If the original gambling law was a machine built for making money, the gaming board was the mechanic building the machine as fast as possible - instead of the quality-control inspector it should have been.
The current head of the gaming board, Gregory Fajt, dismissed the concerns of the grand jury as "old news" and claimed the board had been an unmitigated success. His proof: the state's casinos rank highest among states in tax revenue, and we'll soon be the second-largest gaming market in gross revenue in the U.S.
That's exactly the problem: revenues should be only one measure of gaming success.
Then again, the current head of the gaming board used to head the state's Department of Revenue. When the Legislature holds hearings on this report in the summer, it ought to address whether that's the right priority for running an agency that should be a watchdog, not a lapdog. *


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Thug's EP Hear No Evil is out now.
Young Thug broke a self-imposed musical sabbatical this year with the three-track EP Hear No Evil, which included the song "Up" featuring Lil Uzi Vert. Now, you can watch the song's video. Fans of Twin Peaks will immediately recognize the red curtained corridor as an homage to David Lynch's cult television show, but that's about where the similarities end. For the most part, it's a mildly satanic burlesque, complete with dinner spread. Watch it above. "Up" is one of a possible 1,500 collaborations between Thug and Lil Uzi.


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Wharton Executive Education Announces Newest Strategy Program Focused on Execution
PHILADELPHIA, PA The Wharton School's Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the University of Pennsylvania has unveiled its newest strategy program, Effective Execution of Organizational Strategy.
The weeklong program tackles one of the most difficult issues facing companies today — executing on strategy.
"Research and experience has shown that many strategies and initiatives don't get implemented properly," notes Nicolaj Siggelkow, the program's faculty director and co-director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at Wharton. In fact, a recent survey of 400 global leaders identified executional excellence as the number one challenge facing corporate leaders in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Siggelkow says often what hinders effective execution are two barriers — motivation and resources. "Motivation includes a wide range of issues: How is our strategic leadership supporting the new idea? How much is the new strategy aligned with our corporate culture? Are our incentives systems and our organizational structure conducive to implementing the new strategy? On the resource side, it's not only whether we have the right assets and human capabilities, but also the right abilities to learn and adapt. Because clearly, effective execution is not just a fixed plan we execute, but it's a whole learning process."
Wharton's program takes a systematic approach of how firms and individuals can overcome these challenges. The program features faculty presentations on topics of culture, leadership and incentive programs to help managers implement a strategy.
"We bring faculty from a wide diversity of backgrounds, thinking about culture, thinking about leadership, thinking about incentive systems that will really help you execute an initiative or strategy for your organization," says Siggelkow.
The Impact of Culture on Implementation
Barriers to Organizational Change
Implementing Through Teams
Cognitive Biases Affecting Implementation
Accessing Resources from Outside the Organization
Participants are asked to bring a critical execution issue in their own organization, for instance, a new strategic initiative, to the program. Over the course of the program, participants gain tools and frameworks that will help them apply course learnings to address this issue and to develop an actionable plan. Moreover, they leave the program with a toolkit to help them address execution obstacles they may face in the future.
Specifically, participants will have the opportunity to:
Consider strategy execution from a range of lenses, including leadership, organizational culture, talent management, and capabilities
Understand how to get buy-in, clarify responsibility and accountability, and create proper incentives
Learn how to develop and access the necessary resources for implementation regardless of whether they are located inside or outside the organization
Effective Execution of Organizational Strategy builds on learnings from Wharton's other strategy program, Creating and Implementing Strategy for Competitive Advantage, which focuses on creating and assessing strategies for competitive advantage.
For more information about this program, including dates, visit: Effective Execution of Organizational Strategy.
About the Wharton School
Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. With a broad global community and one of the most published business school faculties, Wharton creates economic and social value around the world. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 13,000 participants in executive education programs annually; and a powerful alumni network of 99,000 graduates.
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I feel most connected with nature when I am outside observing wildlife behavior. It is my hope that I am inviting viewers to share those original experiences with me, as seen through my paintings.
Caroline's most recent painting, a Snow Leopard entitled "Targeted Approach", has been chosen as the cover image for Artists For Conservation's 2018 Annual Calendar.


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I am aware of how my scripts are set up and I am not in a shared environment, so this is not a warning I want to continually get. I tried the following command (found elsewhere on stack overflow), but it does not work.
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The problem is that I am still getting the warning and it seems that all warnings are changed to this text. Can someone give me the proper syntax? I searched Google for a long time and this doesn't seem to be a common question.
Thank you!

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The dichotomy of leadership : balancing the challenges of extreme ownership to lead and win / Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.
With their first book, Extreme Ownership (published in October 2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin set a new standard for leadership, challenging readers to become better leaders, better followers, and better people, in both their professional and personal lives. Now, in The Dichotomy of Leadership, Jocko and Leif dive even deeper into the unchartered and complex waters of a concept first introduced in Extreme Ownership: finding balance between the opposing forces that pull every leader in different directions. Here, Willink and Babin get granular into the nuances that every successful leader must navigate. Mastering the Dichotomy of Leadership requires understanding when to lead and when to follow; when to aggressively maneuver and when to pause and let things develop; when to detach and let the team run and when to dive into the details and micromanage. In addition, every leader must: take Extreme Ownership of everything that impacts their mission, yet utilize Decentralize Command by giving ownership to their team; care deeply about their people and their individual success and livelihoods, yet look out for the good of the overall team and above all accomplish the strategic mission; exhibit the most important quality in a leader―humility, but also be willing to speak up and push back against questionable decisions that could hurt the team and the mission. With examples from the authors' combat and training experiences in the SEAL teams, and then a demonstration of how each lesson applies to the business world, Willink and Babin clearly explain The Dichotomy of Leadership―skills that are mission-critical for any leader and any team to achieve their ultimate goal: VICTORY.
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With their first book, Extreme Ownership (published in October 2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin set a new standard for leadership, challenging readers to become better leaders, better followers, and better people, in both their professional and personal lives. Now, in THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP , Jocko and Leif dive even deeper into the unchartered and complex waters of a concept first introduced in Extreme Ownership : finding balance between the opposing forces that pull every leader in different directions. Here, Willink and Babin get granular into the nuances that every successful leader must navigate.
· Exhibit the most important quality in a leader--humility, but also be willing to speak up and push back against questionable decisions that could hurt the team and the mission.
With examples from the authors' combat and training experiences in the SEAL teams, and then a demonstration of how each lesson applies to the business world, Willink and Babin clearly explain THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP -- skills that are mission-critical for any leader and any team to achieve their ultimate goal: VICTORY.
Jocko Willink served as a Navy SEAL for twenty years. He fought in the Iraq War. For his efforts during the Battle of Ramadi and throughout his career, he was awarded numerous medals including the Silver Star and the Bronze Star. When Willink returned home, he served as a Navy SEAL instructor. Jocko retired from the Navy in 2010 and launched Echelon Front with Leif Babin. He uses his expertise to teach leadership beyond the military and serves as an executive coach. He is the author, along with Leif Babin, of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win, and The Dichotomy of leadership: Balancing the challenges of extreme ownership to lead and win .


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In 2005, we switched from "peanuts" to recycled paper to pack all our shipments. While the expense for the paper material is a bit greater than the expense for peanuts, we determined that the expense was worth the convenience to our customers and the help to the environment. We have reduced the clutter of the peanuts, removed the choking hazard that was present for some small children, and eliminated an eyesore — peanuts were so clingy they just lingered and lingered. The paper we now use is just as helpful in safeguarding shipments, does not contribute to any of the above concerns, AND is fully recyclable.
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Baby Trump: DeSantis' Losing Gamble
Gaslighting as a strategy for success
by Melba Pearson
It's usually a good thing when one has a role model to guide your work.
One huge exception is when you are the governor of Florida, and your role model is Donald Trump. Gov. Ron DeSantis has been an astute student, and he's picked up on Trump's authoritarian ways.
Initially, some were not concerned about DeSantis' election due to his position on the environment. However, the signs he would not be there for all Floridians made themselves known early on. It began with his "don't monkey up Florida" comments and disrespect of opponent Mayor Andrew Gillum, by calling him by his first name on the debate stage although they had no prior relationship.
The last 12 months have clearly shown DeSantis' disdain for the democratic values we hold dear as a country.
On May 13, he pledged to pardon any Floridian prosecuted for breaking mask and distancing rules during the pandemic. At the same time, he forced an anti-protest bill through the Legislature that he promptly signed into law. This new law, being challenged in the courts by civil rights groups, attacks the First Amendment freedoms of speech and assembly. If he is so committed to law and order, why is he giving pardons to people who don't comply with the law?
Oh, wait. The majority of the people who don't wear masks are white (and probably Republican); the anti-protest bill was targeted against Black and brown communities.
Next up: voting. DeSantis went on Fox News in 2020 and said that Florida elections went well, with no problems. In a sudden about-face, his allies in the Legislature stripped access to vote by mail, and made voting on Election Day more onerous via Senate Bill 90. The bill prohibits giving food or water to people waiting in line to vote. Close to five million Floridians voted by mail in 2020, with no real reports of voter fraud. If there is no problem with fraud, then why reduce access when it will also impact his base?
Oh, wait. His election is in 2022, and if he can keep Black and brown people from voting, he can potentially assure victory.
To continue his attack on the First Amendment, DeSantis gave special treatment to Fox News. In a clear lack of transparency, he signed SB 90 into law with only Fox News in attendance and no other news outlets. Much like his master, he only wishes to engage with those that agree with him, which is undemocratic. Freedom of the press is a critical part of the First Amendment. Elected officials don't get to pick and choose who they give access to at public events, such as the signing of a bill. It defeats transparency.
Lastly, DeSantis joins his role model and several Republican governors in their war on history. "Critical race theory" has become a rallying cause in the GOP. Much like Trump creating the 1776 Commission as a direct response to the 1619 Project (created by Black American Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones), there are some on the political right who believe that teaching the negative parts of United States history is unpatriotic. It is part of a broader effort to erase the history of racism in this country.
In keeping with his master, DeSantis stated "there is no room in classrooms for things like critical race theory."
Education Secretary Richard Corcoran (appointed by the governor) led the state Board of Education in proposing a rule that "instruction on the required topics must be factual and objective and may not suppress or distort significant historical events, such as the Holocaust, and may not define American history as something other than the creation of a new nation based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence." Events like slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and Jim Crow were not mentioned – which is obviously by design.
Trump also forbade diversity training in all federal government agencies. In this same vein, the Florida Supreme Court (where three of the seven justices were appointed by DeSantis) recently ruled to no longer grant continuing legal education credits for any program that requires diversity among its presenting speakers. This is very much the opening salvo in what will be a long war.
Let's not catch amnesia – we need to remember DeSantis' actions and vote accordingly as the 2022 election approaches.
Melba Pearson is an attorney specializing in criminal law policy and civil rights. She is a former veteran homicide prosecutor. Follow her on Twitter @ResLegalDiva.
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As COVID-19 shut down much of the world's economy this spring, a meme spread on social media, declaring humans were "the virus," and the pandemic "Earth's vaccine." While many mocked the idea, as Alex Amend writes in "Blood and Vanishing Topsoil", it also revealed a much more nefarious sentiment: that human life—particularly non-White life—is the key impediment to protecting the environment.
Fever dreams of racial conflict are also the subject of James Scaminaci III's piece this issue, "Battle with Bullets", an in-depth look at today's chief proponents of a racial civil war within the United States.
In "New England's Joe Arpaio", David Ehrens tracks right-wing, anti-immigrant Sheriff Thomas Hodgson's career, from his modest origins to his current status as a close ally of the Trump White House.
In an online-only feature this issue, "Beyond Pizzagate", Patrick Strickland delves into the conspiracist claims animating vigilante anti-immigrant activists on the U.S. southern border.
Finally, in our book Q&A this issue, PRA speaks with journalist Sarah Posner, author of the newly released Unholy: Why Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump on the racial grievance and bedrock opposition to civil and human rights that unite the Alt Right and Religious Right in shared purpose.
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American Ecofascism Past, Present, and in the Coming Climate Crisis
"We're the virus." So read a popular tweet from mid-March praising reports of diminished air and water pollution in countries under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19. By mid-April, the tweet, which also suggested that "Coronavirus is…
Battle With Bullets: Advancing a Vision of Civil War
In January 2019, Rick Joyner, head of Morningstar Ministries, an important New Apostolic Reformation parachurch organization,[1] claimed to have received a prophetic vision in a dream in the form of a…
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How a Massachusetts Sheriff Became the Far Right's Perfect Ally
Two weeks before Donald Trump took the oath of office, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson walked into a Fall River, Massachusetts, auditorium filled with law enforcement officers from around the county. With bagpipes blaring, Hodgson was sworn in…
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Anti-Immigrant Conspiracists Traffic Fear in Southern Arizona
Humanitarian worker Joel Smith knew it would be difficult to reason with the man who had been knifing and draining his water tanks in the Southern Arizona desert. Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer, a non-veteran who nonetheless heads the anti-…
Author Q&A with Sarah Posner
For years, Sarah Posner has been one of the most perceptive journalists covering the political activism of U.S. evangelicals and the broader Religious Right. In 2016, she became one of the first reporters to track the rise of the Alt Right, and its…
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Health-care ETF tumbles as biotechnology stocks weigh
By Ryan Vlastelica
Published: Jan 8, 2018 11:41 a.m. ET
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The largest exchange-traded fund to track the health-care sector fell on Monday, dropping as the biggest declining industry of the day by far. The Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF XLV, +0.11% was down 0.8%, its biggest one-day percentage drop since Dec. 14. The fund is coming off a four-day rally, and it hit a record on Friday. Biotechnology companies were the biggest drags on the sector on Monday. Celgene Corp. fell 3.2% after it agreed to buy blood-disease biotechnology company Impact Biomedicines for as much as $7 billion. Separately, Biogen Inc. BIIB, +0.59% shares fell 3.9% while those for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals REGN, -5.76% was down 3.1%. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF XLV, +0.11% fell 0.8% on Monday. Thus far this year, the health-care fund is up 2.3%, compared with the 2.6% rise of the S&P 500 SPX, -0.27%. The S&P was unchanged in Monday trading.
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