Are you a homeowner who has been having issues with electricity? It's very tempting to diagnose and fix the problem yourself, but if you have little do-it-yourself knowledge, you may be risking making the situation worse. Trying to fix a bad outlet or wiring takes a lot of experience. Instead of trying to read books or learn from videos, why not just save the time a hire an electrician to get the job done? You don't want to risk injury or further damage to your outlets because you were unaware of how to fix the issue. Play it safe and hire an experienced professional to restore your lighting issues.
Identifies the source of any wiring or outlet problem.
He/she knows how to get your house powered efficiently and quickly.
Comes up with a blueprint and wires your house to your liking.
It's a good idea to walk around each room with the electrician and tell him/her how many outlets you'll need once the house is done. If you're going to have people build a house for you, you should make sure you have somebody wire the house as well. Take the time to worry about other logistics of your house instead.
1. Ask for their license.
If you think that hiring an electrician is the right way to go, you'll need to ensure that you find the perfect person for the job. Because they are contractors, they need to be licensed to comply with the building codes.
2. Check the electrician's references.
You can also ask the contractor for some references, so you can ensure that he or she has performed good work in the past that has made people satisfied. This is one way to make sure that you have the best electrician to do the job.
You'll also want to ask the electrician for some proof of liability insurance. You don't want to end up being legally liable for somebody getting hurt in your home because you didn't take the time to ask about insurance coverage.
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As a property owner, you are responsible for electrical faults in a private residence, and to make certain those errors are fixed by a qualified and competent electrician. Keeping on top of any potential problems or errors, without taking short-cuts, is necessary to protect everyone inside the home. If you can't find an electrician yourself, ask a friend or a family member for a recommendation. You can also contact a hardware store and ask if they know about any contractors in the area. Chances are, somebody can steer you in the direction of finding someone who is able and willing to work on your house.


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Words Poorly Used #81 — Voluntarist/Voluntaryist
April 3, 2017 April 3, 2017 Kilgore Forelle
I thought I had one of those rare occasions in which I disagreed with Bob Higgs, when he published this opinion on his Facebook page:
I have never understood why Auberon Herbert's neologism "voluntaryism" should be preferred to the standard English word "voluntarism." The latter evidently denotes exactly the same thing as the former. (The use of "voluntarism" to describe a certain philosophical view or school of thought is neither here nor there in the present context.) Moreover, the former is nearly unpronounceable, and when pronounced is an awkward and ugly word in English.
I was jarred by this, as I think of myself as a "voluntaryist," that is, I think of myself as believing in long term principles calling for voluntary agreements in all relationships between and among individuals. I take the "-ist" (from "-ism") to signify a belief system, as opposed to an ad hoc, situational ethic. But these are reasons why I misperceived Dr. Higgs' point. So, I did some research. The dictionaries do a good job of blurring the word. They are heavy on connotation (the baggage that words carry) but not annotation or denotation, or etymology for that matter. The effect, for our language in general, is that too many words are adrift — "voluntaryism" being one of them. Dr. Higgs is right, our precious label is just another unmoored word. The word "voluntarist" was used in many contexts prior to Auberon Herbert's selection of a variant, "voluntaryist," as a label for his thoughts, and his thoughts differ critically from mainstream voluntaryism of today. Now what? Where is there some formal recognition of what either "voluntarist" or "voluntaryist" means as a label for a coherent set of principles. Coming up with a neo-neologism would just restart the vicious cycle — if it's borrowed, the older meaning pollutes the newer meaning, or if it's invented from scratch, it has a snowball's chance of catching on (see "anarchy").
Words Poorly Usedprinciples, relationships, voluntaryism
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Q: Show that $(1-\frac{1}{2n})\sum_{k=0}^{n}\frac{1}{k!}$ is a lower bound for $(1+\frac{1}{n})^n$ I am trying to show $(1-\frac{1}{2n})\displaystyle\sum_{k=0}^{n}\frac{1}{k!}\leq \left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n\forall\,n\in\mathbb{N}\backslash\{1\}$
There is a hint $(1-\gamma_{1})\cdots (1-\gamma_{m})\geq 1-(\gamma_{1}+\cdots+\gamma_{m})$ where $\gamma_i\in(0,1)$
I have tried to find a tight lower bound so that I might reach the desires inequality.
Here's my attempt:
$\displaystyle\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}\cdot\frac{1}{n^k}=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}\left(\frac{n-1}{n}\right)\cdots\left(\frac{n-k+1}{n}\right)=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}\left(1-\frac{1}{n}\right)\cdots\left(1-\frac{k-1}{n}\right)\geq\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}\left(1-\left(\frac{1}{n}+\cdots+\frac{k-1}{n}\right)\right)=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}\left(1-\frac{k(k-1)}{2n}\right)$
However, I think the bound that I got above is less than the desired one.
I cannot think of other way to use the hint better. Might I get some clue here?

A: Well, you were close:
\begin{align}\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}\left(1-\frac{k(k-1)}{2n}\right)&=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}-\frac1{2n}\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{k(k-1)}{k!}\\
&=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}-\frac1{2n}\sum_{k=2}^n\frac{1}{(k-2)!}\\
&=\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}-\frac1{2n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-2}\frac{1}{k!}\\
&\ge\left(1-\frac1{2n}\right)\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{1}{k!}
\end{align}

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By the end of 2009 I've been asked to redesign the corporate images of Accademia Italiana, a design school with its headquarter in Italy and other branches in Macedonia and Thailand. In this page I'll show you the result of my research and some other works I did for the Institute.
By the end of 2009 I've been asked to redesign the corporate identity of Accademia Italiana, a design school based in Florence, and with branches in Rome, Bangkok, Skopje.
After a research on the past visual language I first defined the problems of the brand (i.e. the acronym AI was composed by a square ruler and a ruler embedded in a black square, or a discrepancy of typefeces for their corporate).
Secondly I decided to use a minimalistic style. The message had to be: what matters is the education!
I wanted to play with the weights of the fonts, with the geometries and the spaces of the support, in order to create an elegant and ordinate feeling of rationalism.
This work was intially commissioned for the Italian Headquarters.
Eventually I also redesigned the corporate of the Thai branch (where I lectured for 6 months), creating a sense of whole between the two offices.
On Top: A detail of the typeface used and the contrast between the three colours I used.
In the middle: the letterhead.
The two different business cards: one for the Italian quarters and the second for the Thai one.
A booklet created for the short courses of the Florence's Headquarters.
Below some of the Editorial designs I worked on during my experience in Thailand.
An Advertising created for the School.


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Sony Wades into the 5G Wars With the New Xperia 1 II
Josh Hendrickson is the Editor in Chief of Review Geek and is responsible for the site's content direction. He has worked in IT for nearly a decade, including four years spent repairing and servicing computers for Microsoft. He's also a smart home enthusiast who built his own smart mirror with just a frame, some electronics, a Raspberry Pi, and open-source code. Read more...
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Feb 24, 2020, 9:37 am EST | 1 min read
Chances are, you don't have 5G service in your area yet, but phone manufacturers aren't waiting. Today Sony announced the Xperia 1 II (spoken as Xperia One Mark Two) Android phone, complete with 5G and Zeiss cameras.
Sony planned to announce new devices at Mobile World Congress, but thanks to the event's cancellation, those plans were put on hold. But now the company is moving forward and letting us know all about its latest flagship phone.
The Xperia 1 II sets itself apart with a triple Zeiss camera array. You'll get a 12-megapixel main, ultrawide, and telephoto lens, each covered with Zeiss' T* anti-reflective coating. For all your selfie needs, Sony provided an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The company also showed off its advanced camera techniques in its Photo Pro software, including eye detection that even works for animals.
It's not a smartphone without a giant touchscreen, and the Xperia 1 II has that aplenty. It features a 21:9 CinemaWide 6.5″ 4K HDR OLED display, but Sony didn't bump the screen up to a 90 HZ refresh rate. Instead, it claims the display's motion blur technology is "equivalent to that of a 90Hz display." We'll believe that when we see it.
Inside, you'll find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G SoC married to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. You can expand that storage with microSD cards as well. The Xperia 1 II runs Android 10 and comes in three colors: white, black, or purple. You'll be able to use it on Verizon, At&T, T-Mobile, Cricket, and MetroPCS. Sony didn't provide a price but look for it in stores this spring.
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A 98 Audi A4 2.8 5spd.
So on Saturday night on the drive home I started to get a funny smell like burned plastic or something like that. Sunday we used the family far so I didn't drive my Audi. Today on my way to work I noticed my turn signals weren't working and after a lady cut me off I was about to let her have it with my horn but I noticed that wasn't working aither, also the blower for the AC/heater dosent seem to work aither, and on my way back from work today I noticed that I had no headlights aither. OMG!!!!
So I left my car at work. The parking lights do work.
Does anybody have a diagram of any of this or any aidea of that the hell happend?
Really guys anything would help!!
Burning plastic could've been your headlight switch. Mine burned up real good and i had to replace the harness that plugs into the switch as well. That explains why your headlights and blinkers don't work.
I've been down this road a few times in my car. You can get your car home with the high-beams if you need. but you have to hold the switch back all the way home. Or if your lucky, really lucky, try jamming up real hard on the light switch. I could get mine to work if i pushed up on it with everything i had, short of breaking the lever off. lol.
As to the blower motor, there are a few other things that go along with this but, it could be your load reduction relay.
Most likely its the load reduction relay or one of the contacts in your ignition switch is bad. Had the same problem.
did you check your fuses? ot check cables near the headlights.
Also as frame said, look at the relays also. I think there`s a comfort relay controlling interior lights, heat & AC, auto locking (dont think its for headlights also).
The problem is a bad ignition switch.
The part of the ignition switch that powers the headlight switch also powers the load reduction relay (blower motor, turn signals, etc).
There is an extremely slim chance that you have a simultaneous failure of the headlight switch and the relay, but that is highly unlikely.
Of special note is that the "Flash-To-Pass" feature (high beam flash) is not affected by any of this as it's power supply is a completely separate circuit.
Also of note is that there is no single fuse that will cause all of these items to stop working. You would literally need to have like 12 blown fuses for that to be the case. Or 1 faulty ignition switch.
Disclaimer: The above is my diagnosis based on the details given and my knowledge of the the B5 platform and wiring, but is just my best guess. I always advise you to have a trusted mechanic make the diagnosis with the actual car in the shop. Please don't buy and replace parts merely on the suggestion of some guy on the internet. Get out a test light and verify, or take it to a mechanic.


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Letters in Print
Letters on the Web
Public invited to suggest official names for Circle Line's Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward stations
A map showing the locations of the three new Circle Line stations - Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward. PHOTO: LTA
May 15, 2017, 10:02 am SGT
http://str.sg/46u2
Lee Min Kok
mklee@sph.com.sg
SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Monday (May 15) invited members of the public to suggest official names for three stations on the Circle Line 6 - Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward.
The names must fit one of several criteria, which include helping commuters to easily identify where the station is located and to illustrate the history and heritage of the location.
The names can also reflect Singapore's multiracial and multicultural identity.
Stations, however, are not to be named after public structures or commercial and residential developments, LTA said.
Naming exercises were previously conducted for new MRT stations on the Circle, Downtown and Thomson-East Coast Lines.
This is intended to give the public, especially the community living and working around the station, an opportunity to determine this permanent aspect of the station's identity.
The public can send suggestions to LTA at http://www.lta.gov.sg. Other than new names, they can propose to keep the current working names along with a brief rationale to explain their submission.
The deadline to send in suggestions is June 18.
A shortlist will be drawn up before LTA sends a final list of names for endorsement by the Street and Building Names Board.
A public polling exercise will be conducted later this year to determine the final MRT station names.
Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward stations on the 4km-long Circle Line 6 will close the loop for the line, which opened in 2009, by connecting HarbourFront to Marina Bay station.
The Circle Line 6 will enable commuters to enjoy a direct route between areas in the west, such as Pasir Panjang and Kent Ridge, and the Central Business District.
When the stations are completed in 2025, the Circle Line will have a total of 33 stations, including 12 interchange stations.


Indianapolis – United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today that three individuals have been charged for their role in illegally purchasing/possessing firearms that were eventually used to kill two area police officers. The charges are a result of a violence reduction program initiated by the Department of Justice called Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
Dawn Rochon, 29, Indianapolis, has been charged with eight counts relating to making false statements when acquiring a firearm. Tiffany N. Dean 33, West Terre Haute, faces charges of making a false statement when purchasing a firearm and her brother, Levi M. Brenton 20, Terre Haute, faces charges including conspiracy to make false statements when purchasing a firearm, possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user and selling/giving a firearm to an unlawful drug user.
According to court documents and testimony, Rochon allegedly made an illegal purchase of a 9mm handgun in February 2017, from a gun store in Indianapolis, making false statements on the purchase documents. The same gun is alleged to have been used to kill Boone County Deputy Jacob Pickett in March 2018. The indictment further alleged Rochon made three similar illegal purchases of firearms.
Similarly in February 2017, Tiffany N. Dean is alleged to have purchased a 9mm handgun from a gun store in Terre Haute. Dean completed required paperwork for the purchase, indicating the gun was for her, when in fact the gun was being purchased for her brother Levi M. Brenton because he was "too young to buy it." According to the criminal complaint, Dean and Brenton went to the gun store together to purchase the firearm and Brenton left the store with the gun in his possession. It is further alleged that Brenton then sold the gun for $350. That same gun was allegedly used in the killing of Terre Haute Police Officer Robert Pitts in May 2018.
Franklin Fitzpatrick, 42, Louisville, charged in Evansville, two-time convicted felon actively engaged in methamphetamine distribution while in possession of three handguns.
Korrtel Filzen, 28, Indianapolis, convicted felon charged with brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and eight business robberies in Indianapolis.
Brennan Rogers, 48, Indianapolis, felon in possession of a 9mm handgun, 9mm tec-9 pistol and illicit drugs.
Lemontrae Bible, 24, Indianapolis, convicted felon on two separate drug-related charges in possession of loaded .22 caliber pistol.
These cases have been investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Lawrence Police Department, Speedway Police Department and the Evansville Police Department.
Assistant United States Attorney who are prosecuting PSN cases include: Will McCoskey, Matthew Lasher, Kendra Klump, Pamela Domash, Peter Blackett, Jeff Preston, Todd Shellenbarger, Lauren Wheatley and Barry Glickman.
Attorney General Sessions has directed U.S. Attorneys from around the country to take the lead in results-oriented reinvigoration of Project Safe Neighborhoods. PSN is a collaborative approach to public safety to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safe for everyone. Indianapolis has a violent crime rate 2.5 times the national average and a homicide rate 4.5 times the national average. Minkler strongly believes aggressive prosecutions of the most violent criminals will be a catalyst to reduce the number of gun-related victims.


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Handcrafted flamework glass bead. Cleaned and properly annealed. Ready for stringing. 2.25" x 1.5" x 0.5". Oval tab shape. 2018.
Part of the native Sonoran Desert lepitoptera series, Marine Blues (Leptotes marina) can be found year-round in the desert and as migrants in temperate zones. They have adapted to disturbed habitat and can have multiple broods in a season. These traits allow Marine Blues to be common and widespread. Their host plants include legumes such as this Parry's false prairie-clover (Marina parryi) which can bloom anytime of year, even during dry spells.


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I-Corps South offers eight $25K Small Business Innovation Research Phase Zero Grants to technology startup teams
February 21, 2018 by Péralte Paul 2 Comments
Travel grants available to startup teams with a strong technology component and based in one of 10 U.S. states in the Southeast or Puerto Rico.
Keith McGreggor, director of VentureLab and I-Corps South's executive director, presents to a group of 27 National Science Foundation I-Corps teams as part of a class held on the Georgia Tech campus July 9, 2012. (Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek)
The Georgia Institute of Technology's I-Corps South and VentureLab programs are launching a new commercialization program that will provide $25,000 travel grants to technology startups.
The program, enabled by a National Science Foundation (NSF) $350,000 supplemental award, will create a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase Zero pilot workshop to help university and community-based teams commercialize their technology into startup companies.
The funds will cover startup teams' travel to the Phase Zero pilot workshop and a national NSF I-Corps cohort. Those funds also will cover travel related to the teams' customer discovery efforts.
VentureLab will manage the travel funds as part of its NSF I-Corps South grant. To be eligible, teams must come from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico.
VentureLab is Georgia Tech's technology incubator and works with university faculty, staff, and students to evaluate their research and help them create startups based on those findings. I-Corps South strives to accelerate the development of the South's entrepreneurial ecosystems.
I-Corps South builds upon the foundation provided by Georgia Tech's role as one of the initial three I-Corps Nodes. It is a collaborative effort that includes Georgia Tech, the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Haslam College of Business.
"We've been asked by the NSF to develop the Phase Zero pilot workshop to address two primary concerns: first, the recruitment of non-university teams for a national I-Corps cohort and, also, the continued development of teams after their attendance at an I-Corps national cohort," said Keith McGreggor, director of VentureLab and I-Corps South's executive director. "We will accept applications from teams across the Southeast, and anticipate sending 8 to 10 teams through the pilot workshop."
About VentureLab:
Created in 2001 and ranked as the No. 5 university startup incubator in North America, VentureLab is the Georgia Institute of Technology's commercialization group that collaborates with faculty, researchers, and students to create startups based on Tech research. Using evidence-based entrepreneurship, VentureLab (housed within the Enterprise Innovation Institute — Georgia Tech's economic development arm) has supported the launch of more than 300 startups. Combined, those startups have raised more than $1.5 billion in investments. For more information, visit venturelab.gatech.edu.
About I-Corps South:
The I-Corps South node is a partnership of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Haslam College of Business. Through this collaboration, the node has the potential to reach more than 500,000 graduate and undergraduate students, and many thousands of the nation's research faculty at research universities and historically black colleges and universities across the Southeast and the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico. To entrepreneurs, I-Corps South seeks to provide consistent instruction on the principles of evidence-based entrepreneurship in the style of I-Corps. Instruction is direct and challenging, keeping in mind the goal of holding entrepreneurs accountable to know their customers. To universities, the node seeks to provide the tools, support, and resources required to launch and maintain high-quality evidence-based entrepreneurship programs across the southeast. For more information, visit icorpssouth.com.
Categories: Blog, I-Corps South, VentureLab
Zoe Armstrong says:
How may start-ups in Puerto Rico apply for funding through this project? Some simply need funding for facilities. For example: Sagrado Corazon wants to develop a property 2 blocks from its campus in Santurce as a creative business incubator. The property is already used as an event space, but with clean up and partitioning it could easily be a business space.
Peralte Paul says:
Hi, Zoe: Thanks for your question.
The Phase 0 program is not for the funding of facilities. Phase 0 consists of a preparatory course to ready teams for the National I-Corps Teams program, and then a follow up course once teams complete I-Corps Teams that will prepare them to submit an SBIR Phase 1 proposal. The $25K is for teams to use for travel for customer discovery during the National I-Corps Teams program.


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I volunteered with Partner West Africa (PWA) this summer 2017 as a project assistant doing cultural orientations for volunteers and helping plan and deliver projects. The experience is indeed awesome. Right from the welcoming atmosphere at the PWA guest house to the ethical delivery of projects in deprived communities, it is incredible. Many were the wonderful experiences I had which will linger in memories for ages. I don't even know where to start from but will seize this moment to thank PWA for the opportunity to volunteer with them. It has been helpful as I've learned new things which are in line with my academic and career pursuits. Also sending warm greetings to all the summer team members- without each and every one of them, the projects wouldn't have been successful. Back in the PWA guest house, the safety of the staff and volunteers is assured, not forgetting the delicious Ghanaian meals prepared by Naa - the PWA cook. The guest house is sited a stone's throw away from Kokrobite beach, which is an ideal place for relaxation after a long day and weekend chill outs.
It has been a privilege to be a part of the Malaria Prevention Programme (MPP), International Schools Partnership Project (ISPP) and the Oral Health Workshops organised by PWA in schools and communities. I miss every experience I had, but the encounter with the children at House of Grace School for the deaf and hearing-impaired children actually crowns it all, though I've been working with other vulnerable children over the past few years. I guess you're thinking what's so special about these children but I grew up in a community where the deaf and dumb were neglected, teased, mocked and at times considered as mentally unsound just because of their disability. This made them feel uncomfortable and isolated as not being a part of the society in which they find themselves. But something did change which confirms the adage, 'disability is not inability'. Every bit of my time with these children is worth it so I really did enjoy their company. They have reasoning and intellect! It's just a matter of understanding them.
I was startled and couldn't believe my eyes when these kids taught our team and volunteers how to spell names and communicate in basic sign language. Guess what? My perception about them changed immediately and I had no option than to love them more. The beautiful smiles and warm welcome from these children made the experience even more enjoyable leaving indelible memories in mind.
Considering the myriads of activities under the ISPP, it was fun-filled when we got these children to write about themselves, their likes and dislikes, what they do before and after school hours, their future career and a few to mention. Undoubtedly, I loved every moment I spent with these children as I have had the opportunity to exhibit my skills and learned something new. If nothing at all to show, then it isn't the ability to sign the alphabets, numbers and make basic sentences in Sign Language. I'm filled with unquantified gratitude to PWA for giving me the opportunity to volunteer with them as an intern.
You may be on the look out for a place to volunteer. PWA is the best place for you if you really want ethical volunteering on display. I will recommend PWA for the feasible life-impacting projects they deliver and the use of donated funds and items for the purposes for which they were donated.


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Tractor Supply coming to Harborcreek Township
by: Chelsea Swift
Posted: Feb 23, 2022 / 05:29 PM EST
Updated: Feb 23, 2022 / 06:57 PM EST
A new business is coming to Harborcreek Township. Construction for the new property could begin as soon as this summer.
Tractor Supply is coming to Harborcreek Township on Buffalo Road.
One Harborcreek Township supervisor confirmed the company's plan to build on the south side of Route 20, just east of Clark Road.
He says construction is expected to start this summer and this development is one of the many new businesses to come to Harborcreek.
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"This is one of those businesses people love to see, so we're happy about that. I think it's all part of our pro growth, smart growth policy. I think Harborcreek Township and the eastern suburbs now are certainly becoming a great place to do business and Tractor Supply coming in tells us that," said Dean Pepicello, Harborcreek Township Supervisor.
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Harborcreek Tractor Supply could be open as soon as fall 2022.


Ozarks Sports Zone names an outstanding athlete each week, boy or girl, from any sport. This week, it was Yanders Law guard, Anton Brookshire.
To no one's surprise, a healthy Anton Brookshire is producing plenty of buckets and wins for Kickapoo this season. After his injury contributed to their losing the final seven games of last season, so does his health contribute to their 7-3 start this year. As Mark Spillane reported in the article from the O-Zone, Anton holds averages of 18.3 points, 5.3 boards, and 4.2 assists per contest.
Anton has taken on more of a leadership role this season, following a successful, but shortened freshman campaign. Brookshire began the year with All-District aspirations, but may need even loftier goals if he continues to push the Kickapoo Chiefs.
One of the top sophomore recruits in the state, Anton is a gym rat that is not afraid to put in the work to be ready for big moments. Ozarks Sports Zone is not the only entity recognizing Anton's talents. He holds outstanding offers from Missouri State, UWM, UNLV, Texas State, and Tennessee State as well as interest from Missouri, OSU, Tulsa, and Creighton.
Kickapoo's Anton Brookshire has bounced back from last year's season-ending injury in a big way.
The sophomore is leading the Chiefs both on and off the court.
We have spoken before about how Anton Brookshire exemplifies what a Yanders Law and The Basketball Movement player is all about on and off the court. Anton is a great young man with a bright future. It is good to stop and appreciate each victory and accolade as he sets his sights high.
When The Basketball Movement interviewed Anton before the season, he spoke about contributing as a scorer to the point defenses collapse on him, allowing him to become a distributor. So far, so good for Anton as he is undoubtedly at the top of opponent's scouting reports.
Congrats to Anton for this cool shout-out that included some nice words from his coach, Mitch McHenry. Everyone that has been around Brookshire always has good things to say. We are no different and we are excited to see how high Anton can fly this season and beyond.


Today after the 5:00 mass, Mrs. Kathy Walsh, family and friends gathered near the statue of Mary. Last fall, a young flowering crab tree was planted in hopes it would thrive in this location. Fr. Hurlbert spoke of Deacon Joe Walsh, in whose memory the tree was planted. Today the tree and a plaque were blessed with Holy Water and the Our Father was recited. Ascension was blessed to have Deacon Walsh serve here for nine years. He had attended Ascension School, and was a parishioner for 66 years. Look for Deacon Walsh's tree behind Mary on the East Avenue side.
Please join us this Saturday, November 11 at 5:00 p.m. for this special Mass.
Fr. Charles Rubey will preside. Fr. Rubey is the Founder and Director of the LOSS Program (Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide) for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Please come and pray with their survivors.
There are several Youth Ministry events coming up this week - some opportunities for Confirmation Candidates, and others for high school aged teens. So, check your calendar and see when you can come and do.


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We catch up with the latest news from the first team squad on their trip to Spain.
Crystal Palace's pre-season trip to Malaga kicked off yesterday with Dougie Freedman's players reporting to Gatwick Aiport for 4.30pm.
After a slight delay the plane left the runway at 8pm and landed at Malaga airport just after 10.20pm BST. The players then made their way to the team bus, and within 30 minutes had arrived at their secluded hotel in the mountains and were soon turning their attention to the pre-season training over the next few days.
Freedman and his coaching set-up made the decision to delay training by an hour to 11am, so the players were allowed some extra time to rest before settling down for breakfast at 9am.
Taking on fluids was the main priority for the squad at breakfast, with a bottle of water less than a foot away from any one player at any given time. As the 11am session approached the temperature had already hit 28 degrees. Fair haired Jonathan Williams was seen slapping on the sun lotion to avoid burning in the blistering heat as he was just one player having to take precaution against the burning temperatures.
The heat did not make any difference to the intensity of the sessions with all of the players putting in hard work to ensure they are ready for the start of the new Championship campaign which kicks off in less than three weeks' time.
New signing Joel Ward spoke to Palace Player after the morning session and mentioned how effective these training camps are.
"It is good to get away with the team before a new season as it allows everyone to bond as a team and you get to know each other better. The trip down to Exeter was meant to do that but due to adverse weather conditions it meant the trip had to be stopped short.
"The weather out here is brilliant and it is a change of scenery. The sessions have been good so far and everyone is focused on working hard. It is all about building towards the start of the season and we are going in the right direction."
Palace Player subscribers can watch the full interview with Joel Ward and the first training session on Player later today. Remember, the only place to get exclusive interviews, training session footage and updates is on your official website www.cpfc.co.uk.


Magic Valley Elite offers teams for all ages 5-18. We follow the USASF guidelines and place athletes accordingly. Cheerleading is a very hard mentally and physically and we work very hard to create the very finest competitive cheerleaders in southern Idaho. Having some knowledge/skills of cheer is helpful but having determined athletes that are willing to learn and show motivation is the best asset and are the easiest to teach. So, if you have drive and motivation and love cheer, then competitive cheer is the sport for you. Below is some important information about cheer and the commitment it requires plus an estimated cost breakdown.
Competitive cheer is a huge time commitment. Our program runs 11 months. It starts in May and ends the end of March. Summer practices are crucial in deciding our flyers for choreography and for working on technique with jumps and tumbling. We practice 2 times a week at 2 hours a practice plus tumbling which is optional however highly recommended. It is every first and third Saturday of the month depending on skill level and classes are 1.5 hours long. It is very important that athletes attend practices as this is a team sport and the only way in get better is by practicing with a complete team.
Fundraisers are offered all season to help offset some of the costs plus we also have a form to take around to businesses to try and get sponsorships from our local community.
We offer a 25% discount off tuition for 2nd child, 50% off tuition for 3rd child and 4th child has free tuition.
Also, if you pay total costs for the season upfront, you will receive a 15% discount.


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Want to have your own personal spa in your house? MVP Builders can help convert your master bathroom into a retreat that would rival any day spa. Feel like you royalty when you step into your new bathroom, complete with a jet Jacuzzi tub, high quality commode and lavish vanity area. By combining utility with luxury, our designers will show you the endless possibilities for your bathroom. We can even build a bathroom from scratch! Turn your bedroom into a luxury master suite!
Being one of the most popular home improvement projects, remodeling your bathroom can do wonders for your home's overall look and overall worth. You may ask yourself how such a simple change can make a difference, but you would be surprised how much it does. Installing energy efficient appliances and accessories along with proper insulation and moisture protection can give your bathroom longevity, allowing it to serve you and your family for years to come. And as an added bonus, it can even save you money with your utility bills by having energy saving lighting, insulated walls, windows and doors and low flow water saving plumbing fixtures.
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The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a conditional fee agreement can be properly assigned between solicitor firms so that any success fee included in a 'pre-Jackson' retainer will continue to be recoverable where the retainer was transferred to a new firm after April 2013.
The lengthy judgment in Budana v The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust  EWCA Civ 1980 was handed down by the Court of Appeal on 5 December 2017, with the leading decision given by the Vice President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, Lady Justice Gloster. Of the four issues on appeal, the second addressed an argument that has been raised by many paying parties in costs disputes since April 2013: was the transfer of the first solicitor firm's CFA effective as an assignment, as opposed to a novation? The outcome of this decision would determine whether recoverable success fees properly included in CFAs entered into before 1 April 2013 would continue to be payable by the client, and therefore recoverable by the opponent, if that CFA was transferred to a new solicitor firm after 1 April 2013. If it wasn't, the consequences could not only prevent the recoverability of a success fee from 1 April 2013 onwards, but potentially also undermine the validity of entire retainers.
LJ Gloster stated that this wasn't really a technical or legal issue of "assignment or novation", but in a fact a determination as to whether the true effect of contractual arrangements between the parties meant that the claimant had to pay a success fee under a 'pre-Jackson' CFA. This practical focus reflects the general logic behind the judgment as a whole.
Having considered the arguments raised by the parties and the Law Society, acting as an Intervener in the appeal, LJ Gloster came to a decision that there can be an assignment of a CFA that continues the benefits and rights to the new firm after April 2013, to include any success fee. Her reasoning was relatively straight forward, despite not agreeing fully with the arguments heard by the court. She stated that there is no reason in the current business environment why those rights and benefits cannot be transferred to a new solicitor.
Even where a client assents to a transfer, the original CFA remains in existence as a valid contract at its original date.
LJ Gloster determined that the conditional benefit principle was not relevant to this issue as in the purported assignment there was a clear obligation for the new firm to provide legal services under the second deed. Ultimately, the Court of Appeal found that the parties clearly intended all of the rights to be transferred between the solicitor firms along with all of the obligations. This included the obligation for the new firm to continue providing legal services that were provided under the first CFA, providing that the client continued to provide the same instructions required under the first CFA.
The judgment acknowledges and reflects the policy intention behind the introduction of LASPO in 2013. That intention, as addressed in Plevin, was that the transitional provisions for success fees and ATE premiums were designed to preserve vested rights and expectations arising from the old law. In the view of LJ Gloster, an "overtechnical application of the doctrine of novation" that uses a change in legal representation to prevent a litigant from recovering a success fee would defeat the purpose of LASPO.
"But where, as here, the parties expressly provide by their contractual arrangements that their vested rights and expectation, under the previous CFA entered into under the previous law, should be continued, I see no difficulty in construing section 44 to give effect to that intention."
After all of the legal arguments and previous decisions on this issue, this judgment from the Court of Appeal appears refreshingly logical. The focus on the purpose of LASPO, and the likely mind-sets of all those involved at the time that the purported assignments were entered into after April 2013 have trumped technicalities of legal interpretation.
There has always been an argument that paying parties would still have expected the success fee to be payable after these transfers, and would not have been prejudiced in their conduct of the remainder of the litigation. Very few genuinely would have identified the potential novation arguments at that stage, and believed that they were making strategic decisions in the litigation on the assumption that a success fee would not continue to apply to the costs being incurred by their opponent. Whilst validly raised, assignment arguments have offered paying parties the chance of unexpected windfalls at Detailed Assessment. Now it is clear that those CFAs could have been assigned properly. However beware, the factual disputes as to whether any specific CFA was properly assigned may still rage on.


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You are here Clinical Medicine > Undergraduate > Specialities > Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The department of Gastroenterology / Hepatology straddles 3 sites, St James's Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and Naas General Hospital.
The departments of Gastroenterology / Hepatology are modern university affiliated units providing high quality care for the full spectrum of GI diseases to both inpatient and outpatients in our catchment areas. The departments are also tertiary referral centres.
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Departments provide a holistic approach to patient care whereby medical care is provided by multi-disciplinary teams and has close links with other Medical and Surgical services, Diagnostic Services, Cancer Services and Nursing Services.
The Gastroenterology/Hepatology Departments also offer diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy including upper GI endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP), Double Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE) and Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Obscure G.I. Bleeding, Colorectal Screening, Helicobacter Pylori (H.pylori) infection, Haemochromatosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcohol related liver disease, autoimmune liver disease (including primary biliary cirrhosis, auto-immune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis), drug induced liver conditions and less common diseases such as alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and Wilson's disease.
St James's Hospital
The newly built endoscopy unit with 7 endoscopy suites and 2 screening rooms provides a comprehensive range of services, focusing on diagnostic and advanced therapeutic endoscopy including luminal stenting. Our department also provides sophisticated service such as 24 hours intra-oesophageal pH, manometry studies and assessment for bile reflux. More recently we have also acquired a State-of-the-Art HALO therapy for Barrett's ablation.
Title Name Email
Dr Cara Dunne
Clinical Senior Lecturer Dr David Kevans kevansd@tcd.ie
Clinical Lecturer Dr Finbar MacCarthy fmaccart@tcd.ie
Clinical Lecturer Dr Susan McKiernan smckiern@tcd.ie
Professor Professor Suzanne Norris snorris@tcd.ie
Professor in Gastroenterology and Consultant Gastroenterologist Professor Dermot O'Toole Dermot.OToole@tcd.ie
Tallaght University Hospital
The Endoscopy Unit has 3 Endoscopy procedure rooms and two recovery areas. The Endoscopy Unit is a facility that provides a service for outpatients, inpatients and patients from referring hospitals. The Endoscopy Unit is an integral part of the Gastroenterology Unit which comprises adjacent outpatient consultation rooms, a GI function lab and GI Research facility
Tallaght University Hospital is the first centre in Ireland to conduct colorectal cancer screening using Faecal Immunological blood testing. We are one of only two centres in Ireland that performs Double Balloon Enteroscopy (both diagnostic and therapeutic) and receive referrals from all over the country for this procedure.
We are also a referral centre for Capsule Endoscopy which is available in only one other centre in the Republic.
Dr Niall Breslin
breslinp@tcd.ie
Associate Professor Consultant Dr Deirdre McNamara mcnamad@tcd.ie
Clinical Senior Lecturer Dr Anthony O'Connor oconna12@tcd.ie
Clinical Associate Professor Dr Barbara Ryan baryan@tcd.ie
Professor Dermot O'Toole's major research interest is in gastrointestinal cancer biology especially focussing in neuroendocrine-related diseases and early neoplasia in the gastrointestinal tract (Barrett's oesophagus, gastric and colorectal cancers).
Professor O'Toole leads the national endoscopic interventional program for early digestive cancers and is also national clinical lead for the neuroendocrine tumour group. He also serves on the executive committee of the European Neuroendocrine Tumours Society (ENETS) and has helped develop many guidelines, papers and standards of care initiatives in the field of NET as well as chairing the ENETS-driven European Centre of Excellence program. He has been principal investigator and/or coordinator in many national and international research activities in GI oncology.
Professor O'Toole is a member of several professional bodies in Europe and North America and has served as advisor on several national health care projects/initiatives and on patient advocacy groups.
Professor Suzanne Norris is the co-founder and former chair of the Irish Hepatitis C Outcomes Research Network (ICORN).
ICORN is the leading platform for Hepatitis C (HCV) clinical research in Ireland and core point of contact for clinicians, patient advocacy groups and healthcare service providers, involved in the care and treatment of patients with HCV. ICORN's vision is that everyone in Ireland living with HCV will be tested, will have access to care, will have received treatment and will have achieved a cure by 2025. C it Off 2025!
ICORN Research spans the areas of HCV surveillance, education, prevention, screening, immune-virology, treatment, pharmacokinetic studies of DAA therapies and health outcomes research. ICORN is a world class, multi-centred collaboration, uniquely positioned with access to >7500 patients diagnosed with HCV in Ireland. With access also to the Wellcome Trust/HRB-funded National Clinical Research Facilities at participating sites, ICORN members have significant expertise in all areas of clinical research. The ICORN Treatment Registry records all patients treated with Direct Acting Antivirals (DAAs) in Ireland, and monitors their outcomes – clinical, virologic and economic. Outcomes Data from the Registry, an essential element of ICORN's Research, informs national policy through the HSE National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme, under the governance of the NCPE.
ICORN Models of Care - Innovative and integrative models of care delivery are being pioneered including outreach screening, staging of disease with on-site fibroscan services, and ICORN-ECHO.
ICORN-ECHO is a partnership between ICORN and Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), designed to assist community-based providers to offer safer and more comprehensive care for patients underserved by the current model.
Dr Cara Dunne was a Newman Fellow : her fellowship focused on the examination and functional validation of prognostic genes to better understand and influence the response to chemotherapy treatments in early colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the western world. At the time of diagnosis, approximately 30% of individuals are found to have early stage II colorectal cancer..
School of Medicine > Clinical Medicine > Undergraduate > Specialities > Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Updated 17 July 2018


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package webserver

import (
	"fmt"
	"path/filepath"

	"github.com/BlueMedoraPublic/bluemedora-firehose-nozzle/ttlcache"
	"github.com/cloudfoundry/gosteno"
	"github.com/cloudfoundry/sonde-go/events"
)

const (
	metronAgentOrigin       = "MetronAgent"
	syslogDrainBinderOrigin = "syslog_drain_binder"
	tpsWatcherOrigin        = "tps_watcher"
	tpsListenerOrigin       = "tps_listener"
	stagerOrigin            = "stager"
	sshProxyOrigin          = "ssh-proxy"
	senderOrigin            = "sender"
	routeEmitterOrigin      = "route_emitter"
	repOrigin               = "rep"
	receptorOrigin          = "receptor"
	nsyncListenerOrigin     = "nsync_listener"
	nsyncBulkerOrigin       = "nsync_bulker"
	gardenLinuxOrigin       = "garden-linux"
	fileServerOrigin        = "file_server"
	fetcherOrigin           = "fetcher"
	convergerOrigin         = "converger"
	ccUploaderOrigin        = "cc_uploader"
	bbsOrigin               = "bbs"
	auctioneerOrigin        = "auctioneer"
	etcdOrigin              = "etcd"
	dopplerServerOrigin     = "DopplerServer"
	cloudControllerOrigin   = "cc"
	trafficControllerOrigin = "LoggregatorTrafficController"
	goRouterOrigin          = "gorouter"
	locketOrigin            = "locket"
)

//Resource represents cloud controller data
type Resource struct {
	Deployment     string
	Job            string
	Index          string
	IP             string
	ValueMetrics   map[string]float64
	CounterMetrics map[string]float64
}

func createEnvelopeKey(envelope *events.Envelope) string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s | %s | %s | %s", envelope.GetDeployment(), envelope.GetJob(), envelope.GetIndex(), envelope.GetIp())
}

func addMetric(envelope *events.Envelope, valueMetricMap map[string]float64, counterMetricMap map[string]float64, logger *gosteno.Logger) {
	switch envelope.GetEventType() {
	case events.Envelope_ValueMetric:
		valueMetric := envelope.GetValueMetric()

		valueMetricMap[valueMetric.GetName()] = valueMetric.GetValue()
		logger.Debugf("Adding Value Event Name %s, Value %d", valueMetric.GetName(), valueMetric.GetValue())
	case events.Envelope_CounterEvent:
		counterEvent := envelope.GetCounterEvent()

		counterMetricMap[counterEvent.GetName()] = float64(counterEvent.GetTotal())
		logger.Debugf("Adding Counter Event Name %s, Value %d", counterEvent.GetName(), counterEvent.GetTotal())
	case events.Envelope_ContainerMetric:
		// ignored message type
	case events.Envelope_LogMessage:
		// ignored message type
	case events.Envelope_HttpStartStop:
		// ignored message type
	case events.Envelope_Error:
		// ignored message type
	default:
		logger.Warnf("Unknown event type %s", envelope.GetEventType())
	}
}

func getValues(resourceMap map[string]*ttlcache.Resource) []*ttlcache.Resource {
	resources := make([]*ttlcache.Resource, 0, len(resourceMap))

	for _, resource := range resourceMap {
		resources = append(resources, resource)
	}

	return resources
}

func getAbsolutePath(file string, logger *gosteno.Logger) string {
	logger.Infof("Finding absolute path to $s", file)
	absolutePath, err := filepath.Abs(file)

	if err != nil {
		logger.Warnf("Error getting absolute path to $s using relative path due to %v", file, err)
		return file
	}

	return absolutePath
}


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Spectrum News 1 Worcester (Formally Charter TV3) is a regional cable news network, with operations located in Worcester and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Owned by Charter Communications, the network is exclusive to customers of that company's Spectrum cable service in the New England region, mainly to customers west of Boston's Route 128 beltline to the New York state line.

Its creation arose out of the former news operation of the public access station Charter TV3, which was based in Worcester and will exist until October 23, 2020, along with a request from customers and politicians to provide a full-time news operation for viewers outside of the Boston television market who are traditionally unable to get televised state news outside of the two television news operations in Springfield, Massachusetts, and otherwise (especially for The Berkshires region) must watch local news from Albany, New York, which is traditionally biased towards New York State from the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, New York media market.

Background
Charter TV3 telecasts in central Massachusetts and part of southern New Hampshire and northeastern Connecticut. The station also broadcasts in the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

The flagship program, Worcester News Tonight broadcasts weeknights on Charter TV3. Worcester News Tonight is the only television news and sports program serving Central New England. The evening show telecasts at 6:00PM, 6:30PM and 9:00PM on Charter TV3. The evening newscast features stories by the Worcester News Tonight News Reporters Olivia Lemmon,  Ana Bottary, Brittany Schaefer, Cam Jandrow, Chandler Walsh and Roslyn Flaherty ,  sports with Kevin Shea & Andy Lacombe and weather with NECN's Matt Noyes. The Worcester News Tonight 6pm News is presented by Olivia Lemmon and The "Worcester News Tonight 10pm News" is presented by Ana Bottary. The show rebroadcasts at 11:00PM, 11:30PM, and 2:30AM the following morning. The 10pm News features updated LOCAL news, weather and an extended sports segment with Kevin Shea.

The station's signature sports program is the Friday Night Football Frenzy, a weekly highlight program showcasing central Massachusetts high school football.
Charter TV3 also provides local sports coverage, including game telecasts of select Worcester Bravehearts and Pawtucket Red Sox baseball games. Charter TV3 Sports concentrates its coverage on local high school, college and professional athletics. Every weeknight, Kevin Shea and Andy Lacombe report on the latest sports news on Worcester News Tonight. Charter TV3 Sports schedules live, on-location telecasts of sporting events year-round. These live telecasts include high school and College of the Holy Cross football, high school and Holy Cross basketball, baseball games with the PawSox and Worcester Bravehearts, and hockey games with the Worcester Railers.

Charter TV3 also provides community-based programming. Every weekday, Charter TV3 simulcasts WTAG's, Jim Polito Show and The Jordan Levy Show featuring the Worcester politico and former mayor, Jordan Levy. Charter TV3 programming includes Central Mass. Chronicles, a round-table discussion show moderated by Allen Fletcher. The Mayor's Forum features Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty.   Other local programs include The Hank Stolz Experience.

The network was discontinued on October 23, 2020, as Charter expands Spectrum News 1 Massachusetts's operation further across its New England service area, with some Worcester-based programming (along with former personnel from Worcester News Tonight) already transferred onto the Spectrum News 1 schedule. WNT itself had switched to the design language and graphics package utilized by all Spectrum News operations in June 2019.

See also
Spectrum News
NECN
Media in Worcester, Massachusetts

References

Charter Communications
Companies based in Worcester, Massachusetts
Mass media in Worcester, Massachusetts
Television stations in Massachusetts
Spectrum News channels

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A Program Gives Jobs To Those Most At Risk For Violence; Can Chicago Afford It? READI Chicago is a collaboration between philanthropic groups and the University of Chicago. Now they're looking for public funding.
From NPR station
A Program Gives Jobs To Those Most At Risk For Violence; Can Chicago Afford It?
June 6, 201910:00 AM ET
Patrick Smith
Saidrick Berry, left, and Marquis Elliott sit in the office at the Bronzeville location for READI Chicago. READI tries to connect men like Berry and Elliott with jobs and therapy. Patrick Smith/WBEZ hide caption
Patrick Smith/WBEZ
The people behind an ambitious, and pricey, anti-violence program say they've proven they can reach the most entrenched participants in Chicago street violence, connecting them with jobs and teaching them to avoid violent impulses.
And now they're looking for taxpayer money to keep it going.
READI Chicago, which stands for Rapid Employment and Development Initiative, is a collaboration between some of the city's biggest philanthropic organizations and the University of Chicago's Crime Lab. Last month the program hit its goal of connecting 500 "hard-to-reach men" with one of its subsidized jobs.
The program has gotten a lot of attention since it launched in 2017 in response to Chicago's historic spike in gun violence the year before. But Senior Director Eddie Bocanegra said they heard a lot of skepticism when they explained the plan to go after the sliver of adult men who they say are responsible for most of the shootings in Chicago.
"People would make comments like 'these people don't want to work,'" Bocanegra said.
That's why Bocanegra and others with READI believe hitting their goal of employing 500 men by the spring of 2019 is such a big deal.
"These men who are, again, more likely to be victims of violence and offenders of violence, they do want to work, they do want an opportunity," Bocanegra said.
University of Chicago Crime and Education Lab Research Director Max Kapustin is in charge of evaluating the READI program, to see if the intervention succeeds in keeping participants away from gun violence.
That assessment won't be completed until next year, but Kapustin said READI has already proven its viability.
"No one had really tried building a program quite like this, working with quite this high risk and high need a population," Kapustin said. "I think we can say that you know it can be done. The program can be stood up, it can scale to serve quite a large number of men."
Besides evaluating the program, Kapustin and the University of Chicago helped select potential READI participants — they developed an algorithm to help identify Chicagoans who are most likely to shoot or be shot. Other READI participants are identified by jail and prison administrators as being at high-risk while they're incarcerated or flagged by street-level workers.
Once they've been identified as a good candidate, outreach workers go out to try and convince the men to join in the program. They try to lure them with the promise of a job and other services, but it's not always an easy sell.
"You know with these guys, s*** changes every day: One day, he might have a lot of money; one day, he may be broke," said outreach worker Marcus Simpson. "Life changes every day on the streets, so we just gotta stay in contact with them and relentlessly engage with them."
On the West Side of Chicago, READI partners with the Institute for Nonviolence to connect with at-risk men and provide services. The center for that work is in a closed school in the Austin community. Patrick Smith/WBEZ hide caption
Most of the outreach workers are from the neighborhoods they work in, and are former gang members or were formerly incarcerated themselves.
In that way, READI resembles the CeaseFire or Cure Violence program, in which former gang members try to intervene in disputes to prevent shootings.
Bocanegra spent more than three years as a violence interrupter with CeaseFire. He said he respects the organization's work, but READI does so much more to try and bring down violence.
"You tell somebody to put their guns down, and you're interrupting in that moment, which is critical. But you've gotta give them something back. In this case, we're giving them a job," Bocanegra said.
Beyond that, Bocanegra said, the partnership with the University of Chicago means they are truly going after the most high-risk people, not just the people already known to outreach workers.
Once a participant joins READI, he gets a $12-per-hour job with Heartland Alliance doing things like picking up trash on the street, walking shelter dogs and helping at food pantries.
At 40, Saidrick Berry is one of the oldest participants in READI.
"I got shot a couple years ago, then I went to jail, came back. It was extra hard for me to get a job, extra hard to get an apartment," Berry said. "I wish they had this program 10 years ago."
If they had, he thinks he may not have ever been shot, because he would have been busy doing something positive instead of being on the street.
Berry's said he enjoys the work, but his favorite part of the READI program is the cognitive behavioral therapy.
Three days a week, before heading out to their work sites, READI participants get an hour of therapy that is meant to help them cope with trauma, and learn techniques for dealing with stressful situations and avoiding violent confrontations.
The guys in READI call the cognitive behavioral therapy CAD for "control, alt, delete" — a sort of shorthand for the techniques they learn in the class.
Berry said he uses the techniques everyday, including when he's pulled over by police, which he says happens regularly.
"Because I'm a black man and I'm in this neighborhood ... they'll pull you over and just basically mess with you," Berry said of the police.
The week before his interview with WBEZ, Berry said he was stopped by an officer after he made a legal right-on-red near his brother's house in Englewood. He was giving a friend a ride who was sitting in the backseat. This friend is not in READI, and so, not getting the cognitive behavioral therapy.
"The brother I'm dropping off in the back, he's like, 'Bro, you made a complete stop, he on some bulls***,'" Berry recalled. "I'm like, 'Yeah OK, let him do his job.'"
It's almost a devil on his shoulder. And Berry said in the past he might have gotten upset, told the cop off and escalated the situation. Instead, he turned to the techniques he learned through READI: He took deep breaths, calmed his mind and tried to put himself in the officers' shoes.
"CAD teaches you: Man, just calm down, think about it and hold fast. Have patience," Berry said.
The stop ended with no ticket and no incident.
A whiteboard from a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session at READI Chicago in the Austin neighborhood. Participants get group sessions meant to help them cope with trauma and avoid violent confrontations. Patrick Smith/WBEZ hide caption
Bocanegra said based on the research, the combination of jobs and cognitive behavioral therapy needs to be part of efforts to stop gun violence in Chicago.
Now, Bocanegra is taking the success they've had so far and looking to the city for funding. He said public support is essential to the program, despite the backing READI has from some of the city's largest philanthropic organizations.
"Long-term, READI Chicago is not going to be sustainable unless we have the buy-in and the support of the citizens of our city and our state," Bocanegra said.
The people at READI are hopeful that having Lori Lightfoot as mayor gives them a leg up on getting that public funding.
Lightfoot's chief of staff is Maurice Classen, who Bocanegra considers a friend from their work on the same side of anti-violence efforts. Classen used to be with the MacArthur Foundation, a READI funder.
Bocanegra was co-chair of public safety on Lightfoot's transition team, and last month's mayoral transition report mentioned funding READI Chicago as a potential part of violence prevention efforts.
A spokesman for Lightfoot declined to answer whether the city plans to put taxpayer dollars into READI.
"We are exploring all options to support a number of evidence-based programs that connect at-risk individuals with jobs, apprenticeships, counseling and other critical supports," spokesman Pat Mullane said in a statement.
Paying for READI could be a pricey proposition.
Bocanegra said the average cost per person in the program is $22,000 to $23,000 per year.
And he's estimated there could be up to 5,000 "drivers" of Chicago violence who would be candidates for READI services. That could mean an annual cost of more than $100 million to serve such a small slice of Chicago's population.
"Often we look at a price tag ...and right away we make excuses: 'that's too expensive' or 'oh my God, that's a lot of money, we could do a lot more with that.' Well then, you're not really serious about addressing violence in our city. Not at the immediate level," Bocanegra said. "That level of thinking is why we, for years and years and years, continue to chase our tail."
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Firearms instructors in Evanston, IL have various levels of expertise, training, experience, and many specialize in particular shooting disciplines such as; revolvers only, automatics only, a combination of both types of handguns, rifles, shotguns, hunting, precision shooting, long-distance shooting, and the list goes on. In addition to a firearm instructors training, experience, and shooting discipline that they teach it is important to find out if they also are currently certified, and who was the certification organization or agency, do they have references they can provide, how many students have they taught in the past, and are they insured?
Remember, you're asking this individual to not only teach you about the proper use of a firearm and firearm safety, but also many of the laws in Evanston, IL that will pertain to your gun ownership. You have every right to investigate them thoroughly. Any firearms instructor that is not willing to answer all of your questions or to invite you to their facility so you can observe a training class is an instructor that I would not recommend and I would be very leery of.
US Precision Defense maintains a large database of Firearms Instructors in Evanston, IL and from all across the country, find a link on our Firearms Instructors introduction page for a complete list of NRA Certified Instructors in your area by Clicking on the "Shoot For More" link below.
Evanston, IL Applicants for Illinois' concealed carry license must sign a waiver giving the police access to their legal and medical records. An Illinois permit is good for five years; there's a mandatory four-hour training and basic marksmanship requirement and a re-qualification requirement after five years. Reciprocity has not yet been defined. License holders can't carry in the General Assembly, court houses, town meetings (and suchlike), bars, child care facilities, casinos, amusement parks, stadia, mental health facilities, libraries, police stations, and schools and colleges. Unless school/college authorities grant the license holders their consent.
Evanston, IL - The Illinois State Police are charged with the tricky business of enforcing the Prairie State's new concealed carry laws. For those of us living in more firearms-friendly climes who aspire to carry in Chicago (just cause) the big question is . . . can you? Not yet. Not until the Police sort out Illinois' concealed carry reciprocity agreements with other states. Assuming they do so (e.g., Massachusetts and Rhode Island don't recognize any other state's concealed carry license). Remembering that there's no chance that pistol packers from Constitutional Carry states will get the green light to conceal carry in The Land of Lincoln.


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Beirut warns Jerusalem against 'provocation' as new Israeli gas rig arrives in place
Lebanese President Michel Aoun says any activity by Israel in Karish field, which he claims is in 'disputed' location, will be a 'hostile act'
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Energean working in the Karish oil field, offshore Israel, in 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Sunday warned Israel against drilling in the Karish offshore natural gas field, as a new gas rig arrived at the site to commence operations.
Aoun's office said the president discussed the matter with Prime Minister Najib Mikati and asked army leadership to keep him updated on the rig, which is operated by Greek energy firm Energean. It also noted ongoing US-mediated talks aimed at settling the maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel.
"Any action or activity in the disputed area represents a provocation and a hostile act," the presidency said.
According to Reuters, Mikati accused Israel of "encroaching on Lebanon's maritime wealth, and imposing a fait accompli in a disputed area." He called the Israeli move "extremely dangerous."
"The decision about a response [to the ship's entry] is in the hands of the state and Hezbollah," Bassam Yasin, the head of the Lebanese delegation to the negotiations, was quoted saying by the Kan public broadcaster.
Longtime foes Israel and Lebanon have held talks over the past year aimed at demarcating offshore exclusive economic zones. The disputed area, hundreds of square miles wide, is thought to contain large deposits of natural gas, a potential game-changer for Lebanon, which is mired in a devastating economic crisis.
The Hezbollah terror group has warned Israel against unilaterally searching for natural gas in the disputed maritime region before any agreement is reached.
An illustration of a floating production and storage rig of Energean. (Courtesy)
The negotiations are meant to focus on an 860-square-kilometer (330-square-mile) disputed sea area according to a map registered with the United Nations in 2011.
But in 2020, Lebanon demanded an additional area of 1,430 square kilometers further south, Lebanese energy expert Laury Haytayan said, characterizing the new phase of talks as a "war of the maps."
The additional area extends into part of the Karish gas field which Israel has assigned Energean, which was expected to begin pumping gas to the Israeli domestic market last year. Karish, Hebrew for shark, contains 1.4 trillion cubic feet of proved and probable gas.
UN military vehicles of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) enter the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura, where the second round of talks started on October 28, 2020, between Lebanon and Israel at a UN base on the demarcation of the maritime frontier between the two countries. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
Lebanon's foreign minister responded positively in February to proposals from US negotiator Amos Hochstein on settling a maritime border dispute with Israel, as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly gave a green light to continue negotiations.
However, Nasrallah expressed fierce opposition to the US-mediated talks last month, appearing to contradict the earlier reports.
The area around Karish also includes a prospect known as Block 72, which is thought to also contain large hydrocarbon deposits. In June 2019, the Israeli government gave US-based Noble Energy the go-ahead to carry out exploratory drilling there, though development of the field has reportedly been hampered by worries over its fate in the dispute with Lebanon.
Israel and Lebanon have no diplomatic relations and are technically in a state of war.
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I was trained as an ethnic Americanist and wrote my first book on African American and Caribbean women's fictions about history—mostly novels about slavery. You might think of that project as a kind that followed a "vertical" imaginative axis: the axis of one specific literary tradition (or in this case, two related traditions).
But as I researched that book, I was surprised to keep bumping up against a "horizontal" axis, in which writers imagined their historical heroines having significant encounters with women of other groups.
My best example is always Toni Morrison's powerful Beloved, in which a pregnant, escaping slave woman who goes into labor in a Kentucky wood unexpectedly finds a midwife in a stray "whitegirl" also running north, away from servitude in a violent home. The fact that Morrison draws these two women as parallel as possible, given the imagined historical moment, that she plants secret, interethnic cooperation right there in the very womb of her own ethnic history—the last place one would expect to find it, and that the baby birthed by these two in the wilderness is named after the white midwife, alerted me to a deepening interethnic imbrication in American literature.
As I found such encounters multiplying across the historical fictions I read, my first book grew a counterplot of hybridity to complement its preoccupation with ancestry. And I found my next subject in the interethnic imagination of contemporary literature. I now want to extend to a general view of contemporary fiction the surprising twist that developed in my first book's conception.
A good deal of ethnic literary critique still proceeds in distinct ethnic and racial areas. I have no interest in unseating the ethnic critical paradigm that traces distinct historical traditions, seeing every people's literature as a crucial generator of stories to live by and a strategic identity marker for the marginalized. But I want to supplement this approach by offering the interethnic, a model that attends to the dialogism that arises where peoples and cultures meet.
Indeed, since I first began to track the phenomenon in the early 1990s, the hybridity of culture has become a more and more popular critical theme, in part through the influence of postcolonial, critical race, and globalization theories. But while cross-cultural and comparative studies have multiplied, the core of this book's argument still needs to be articulated.
It is now broadly agreed that artists and writers, the ethnic groups and cultures from which they stem, and the cultural forms they produce, have always been intertwined. The Interethnic Imagination announces the emergence in our moment of a literature that presumes, that is founded on multiethnic interconnection, and it is this reality that I want to make apparent to readers and scholars.


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Stop Gentrification in New Orleans
Gentrification – the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that displaces poorer residents – is in full swing in New Orleans. Property values in certain parts of town are skyrocketing. For pennies on the dollar, generational homes are being sometimes sold to developers and sometimes lost to a convoluted code enforcement process. Many view the changes as positive transformations, while others recognize the economic rigging that is happening to poor black p
I am proud to be a New Orleanian. While our great city has much work to do, the current city council is enacting the kinds of laws that reflect a keen understanding of the effects of policy on people. And this progressive legislation will surely lead to healthier people, stronger families, and a more prosperous city.
Recent legislation to decriminalize marijuana and remove bonds for municipal offenses are two recent examples. These new policies shift the influence from punishment to empowerment. For too long, city government has sought to raise funds on the backs of poor black men in New Orleans. In the mass incarceration center of the world, African American men form NOLA have been the fuel. Yet studies show that incarceration for even minor offenses dramatically increases crime.
Why do arrests for even minor crime turn people into career criminals?
According to University of Michigan economics professor Michael Mueller-Smith, "prison obliterates your earnings potential. Being a convicted felon disqualifies you from certain jobs, housing, or voting." Mueller-Smith estimates that each year in prison reduces the odds of post-release employment by 24% and increases the odds you'll live on public assistance. Time in prison also lowers the odds you'll get or stay married. Being in prison and out of the labor force degrades legitimate skills and exposes you to criminal skills and a criminal network. This makes crime a more attractive alternative upon release, even if you run a high risk of returning to prison.
The overwhelming preponderance of empirical evidence (Google stats on mass incarceration) shows that putting people in jail, especially for minor offenses, increases crime. So the actions of our city council are beneficial.
And as our new city council transitions to a more supportive and investing form of government interaction with people, one of the most important policies has not yet been progressively addressed. Gentrification in New Orleans. And just as not putting people in jail for minor offenses as a way to reduce crime is counter intuitive for many, so too are the best case approaches to manage gentrification.
Gentrification is not the same as revitalization. Revitalization maintains the affordability of neighborhoods. Gentrification causes displacement. Direct displacement is a rent increase. Exclusionary displacement describes people who remain in changing neighborhoods but cannot afford the new neighborhood.
The COSTS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS
Governments often welcome gentrification as a way to increase tax revenue. The propaganda around gentrification is that the neighborhood "improvements" reduce crime, improve schools and improve the quality of life for all residents. But that's not true according to Dr. Stacey Sutton, professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois Chicago. "Gentrification is a social justice issue," according to Sutton. "Gentrification causes cultural and economic barriers." Gentrification causes social segregation. Schools test scores drop and crime increases. These counterintuitive outcomes are like the unexpected consequences of putting people in jail for minor offenses. Big cities across the globe have all suffered similar fates. New Orleans leaders should take the time to understand this universal phenomenon and not subscribe to the tired propaganda of real estate investors who only seek fast cash.
PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
Displacement disrupts people's lives. And most importantly, displacement is an integral part of gentrification. Displacement of people from their homes and neighborhoods. In fact, because of this displacement of people from neighborhoods, crime increases, schools deteriorate and the quality of life is improved only for a few. The increase in property tax valuations is more than offset by the increases in crime and lower test scores seen as a result of the gentrification.
WHO AND WHAT DO YOU VALUE
There are alternatives to gentrification. While free market dynamics are important, the culture and substance of New Orleans neighborhoods are more important. The people who live in family houses passed through generations or renters who struggle in low wage jobs are the people who play the music, and sew the costumes and cook the food we all claim make our city unique.
Preserving this character is priceless and worth more than the often promised increase property tax revenues. And since the resulting social costs offset the new revenue, a more thoughtful approach is in order. Our elected leaders need creative property tax measures that simultaneously raise property taxes while protecting the property rights of generational homeowners. Further, rent controls must protect the working class – who are mired in a fight for living wages.
NOLA is a unique city. Not homogenized, full of traditions and centuries of character, we must properly preserve and protect our culture. We need to improve. We need to get better. And we need to stay the same.
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Australia releases new religious freedom bill following Christian rugby star sacking
A new bill to protect a person's freedom of religious expression is being considered in Australia, after Christian rugby player Israel Folau was fired for posti
The former Wallabies star had his multi-million dollar contract terminated earlier this year, after posting "hell awaits" for "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists, idolaters" on his Instagram account.
Ruby Australia dismissed Folau for being in breach of their Professional Players' Code of Conduct.
According to the news organisation Reuters, the proposed legislation would allow Australians to express their faith outside of the workplace, as long as there is no financial damage towards their employer.
Following the release of a draft of the bill last Thursday, Australia's Attorney General Christian Porter said: "Australia has a strong anti-discrimination framework with specific protections for people against discrimination on the basis of their age, sex, race and disability."
He continued: "This draft bill released today extends those protections to provide protection for people against discrimination on the basis of their religion or religious belief, or lack thereof."
The bill would see businesses with a turnover of more than $50m be unable to enforce limitations on a person's religious expression in private, unless that company can prove it would cause "unjustifiable financial hardship to the business".
A business would need to prove that a limitation on their freedom of speech was necessary to avoid this unjustifiable financial hardship, for them to be deemed as non-discriminatory to an employee.
Religious expressions that are malicious or incite hatred will not be protected under the new law.
LGBTQI advocates have criticised the government for the proposed bill, arguing the "radical" laws would give greater power to religious groups and encourage discrimination.
Rugby Australia's (RA) decision to fire Folau for his social media post has sparked controversy over the rights to freedom of speech and religion.
Folau launched legal action against his former employers RA and the New South Wales Waratahs club on the grounds of unlawful termination in June.
Pending a settlement, his case will go to trial in February 2020.
Legislation for the religious freedom bill is expected to be introduced into parliament in October.
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Since 2014, Friends has been proud to partner with the Bureau of Land Management to promote appreciation of the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA) through artistic interpretation.
Participating artists reflect on the Black Rock Desert NCA's scenic beauty, natural history, and cultural significance, creating artwork that will contribute to the public's understanding and engagement with National Conservation Lands in Northern Nevada and nationwide.
Artists are encouraged to depict the variety of cultural and natural resources of the Black Rock Desert NCA, including historic structures, artifacts, cultural landscapes, the local ecosystem, and wildlife.
The goal of the program is to further both the artist's and the public's understanding of the cultural and historical significance of the Black Rock Desert NCA. In addition to creating artwork, it is equally important that the artists provide a positive learning and interpretive experience for visitors and staff regarding the Black Rock Desert NCA and other BLM managed lands as inspiration for artistic endeavors.
Winnemucca, Nev. – The Winnemucca District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), along with partner organization Friends of Black Rock-High Rock (FBRHR) announce a call to artists to share their thanks in celebrating one of Northern Nevada's icons by applying for spring residencies at the Black Rock Desert High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA). This project is sponsored by the BLM in partnership with FBRHR. Applications will be accepted until April 22, 2019.
Selected artists will schedule residencies for two weeks in June-July of 2019. They will be required to create at least one piece of artwork inspired by the Black Rock Desert NCA that will be featured in an exhibition in the summer or fall of 2019. Artists will receive a $700 stipend from the Bureau of Land Management for developing their work and lodging for the duration of their residency. Lodging to be determined in consultation with selected artist. One work of art produced as part of the Artist-in-Residence (AiR) programs nationwide will be selected for wider distribution.
The Black Rock AiR program is open to artists working in any field (including but not limited to painters, photographers, sculptors, cinematographers, poets, musicians, and new-media artists) who are over 18 years of age and United States residents who meet the application criteria.
The AiR program promotes awareness through art of the exceptional places protected within the BLM's National Conservation Lands. The program provides an opportunity for learning and dialogue about the value of preserving public lands. It will engage and inform an audience through public programs by participants and will provide time for artists to pursue their work.
Application submissions should include a resume, statement of purpose, samples of artwork and a response to the application questionnaire. Application proposals should reflect the artist's unique perspective of cultural and natural resources. Winning proposals will promote public appreciation of the landscape, raise awareness of its unique and fragile nature, and inspire conduct that helps to preserve its resources. A panel of jurors will judge the applicant pool. Selected applicants will be notified no later than May 6, 2019.


Any idea where I could pick up a ticket online for the Lee's Palace March 6th date? Deerhunter a much better live entity than the Atlas Sound incarnation of Bradford Cox, but how and ever!
Ah great, thanks for the update Frank!