One might think that such a mechanism would be above controversy, in that it provides only a technical means for conducting cross-border financial exchanges; but one would be mistaken. Politics has impinged continually on the network. This reflects its unbalanced control.
SWIFT is organised as an industry "cooperative" and governed by a board of directors. There are 25 seats on the board, with the United States, Belgium, France, Germany, UK, and Switzerland each holding two seats; the majority of countries do not have a seat. There are three main SWIFT operation centers through which all international financial data travel — one data center is located in Culpeper, Virginia, US and other two are Zoeterwoude, Netherlands and Dissenhofen, Switzerland. The US and Europe, its political ally, have a firm grip on the control of the system. This helps to keep the dollar secure as the leading means of payment, with about a 45% share of global payments (ranked by value); and to grant the Euro second place, with a 27% share.
Because SWIFT has become so vital, exclusion from the system can have a devastating impact. Given the importance of the U.S. dollar in investment and global financial markets, the United State has a capacity to project its political and economic power through the payments system. The U.S. has used SWIFT as a tool of its foreign policy by banning Cuba and Iran, respectively, from using SWIFT. In 2012, the US pressured SWIFT to exclude Iran from the global banking system, in what was reportedly a crippling economic sanction. In 2015, as part of their for Ukraine strategy, the US and the EU considered banning Russia from using SWIFT; they only rejected this option because international financial linkages are so intricate and extensive that expelling a big user such as Russia might well trigger unexpected collateral damage in third countries. However, interestingly, instead of being excluded, Russia gained a seat on the SWIFT board.
SWIFT enables not only U.S. economic warfare but also surveillance. In 2013, Germany's Der Spiegel publicized that the U.S. National Security Agency monitors financial transactions conducted over SWIFT. The U.S. Treasury has admitted that since the Sept. 11 attacks, it has tracked millions of confidential financial data transactions transmitted through SWIFT.
US control of cross-border financial telecommunications faces challenges, however, as the geopolitical-economic landscape has changed during recent years.
At the onset of the financial crisis, U.S. and European banks dominated international finance. By 2015, however, several top European banks had fallen from their top rankings. While a few U.S. banks had also grown, the big change was that a handful of giant Chinese banks now boasted larger assets. And these Chinese banks, which were still bit players outside the domestic Chinese market, were intent on expanding internationally. To do so, they would need to promote the renmimbi as a global currency. Though it has surpassed Japan's yen to become the world's fourth-most important means of payment, the renmimbi claims a mere 2.8% share of transactions ranked by value.
In the summer of 2015, responding in part to the U.S. proposal to exclude it from SWIFT, Russia proposed a global interbank payment system for the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). An actual rival appeared with the launch of the China International Payment System, aka CIPS. To set up an infrastructure for CIPS, interestingly, the People's Bank of China is working with 19 international banks – including the Chinese units of eight foreign banks.
CIPS aims to boost China's currency into wider international circulation – both as a means of payment and an investment currency, which will allow "its government and corporations smooth access to raise funds overseas." This, certainly, will serve a fourth objective: to support China's geopolitical-economic ambitions.
China's CIPS initiative has a significant implication for the current US and EU-controlled global financial system. If in the future, the US and Europe decided to kick Russia out of SWIFT, might Russia find an alternative for routing its financial data in China's payment infrastructure? International trade, investment, and finance have been pegged to, and contoured around, the U.S. dollar. The U.S. Treasury aims to keep it that way. In the emerging era this may prove increasingly difficult.
 Gabriel Wildau, "China launch of renminbi payments system reflects Swift spying concerns," FT 8 October, 2015.
 Susan V. Scott and Markos Zachariadis, "Origins and Development of SWIFT, 1973-2009," Business History 54 (3): 462-82 at 472.
 This status is also dependent on the dollar's ability to serve as a global measure of value, as commodities crucial to industrial production – oil but also others – have been priced in dollars.
 Gabriel Wildau, "China Launch of Renmimbi Payments System Reflects Swift Spying Concerns," FT 8 October 2015.
 Indira A.R. Lakshmanan and Andrew Mayeda, "Russian Cutoff From Banking Backbone Said To Be Ruled Out," Bloomberg Business Week, 19 March 2015.
 "Compliance and standards top the agenda at biggest ever Moscow Business Forum," Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, 13 May, 2015.
 "'Follow the Money: NSA Spies On International Payments,'" Der Spiegel, 15 September 2013.
 Constant Brand, "Belgian PM: Data Transfer Broke Rules," Washington Post, 28 September, 2006.
, "Europe Will Always Need Investment Banking," FT 15 October 2015, at ; Tom Farthing, "The Banker Top 1000 World Banks Ranking 2015," 29 June 2015 ; Dan Keeler, "Features: Global Finance Ranks The World's 50 Biggest Banks, As Measured By Total Assets," Global Finance, 1 October 2007.
 James Kynge, " China Poised to issue sovereignty debt in renminbi in London," FT 14 October 2015.
This NYT article makes some reference to SWIFT.


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I have to get a Physical?
Its your appointment and you can use it to ask about any issues that you are concerned about. No need to make another appt. unless they want to do some tests for some reason.
Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing?
First of all, if you earn an Associate Degree in Nursing, you are eligible to take the NCLEX to become an RN, not an LPN/LVN....those are vocational programs that you earn a certificate of completion for....not a college degree.
Next, I would recommend you look into a BSN program at a State University. My reasons for this include the fact that most all Associate Degree programs to become an RN have at least a year's wait list to get into the clinical phase. (An Associate Degree program is 2 1/2 years in length. Add that one year (minimum) wait list to that and it's 3 1/2 years....in 4 years you can have a BSN).
Also, there is definitely a trend of moving towards the BSN as the minimum education required to be an RN. There are currently several large hospital systems in the US that require a BSN for all new nurses with no previous RN experience.
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The CBSE conducts CBSE Exams i.e. CBSE 10th Board Exam and CBSE 12th Board Exams every year in the Month of March. In similar manner CBSE has conducted CBSE 10th Exam in the month of March amid 1st March till 19th March.
There has been a lot of confusion regarding the results owing to a great deal of delay. The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and High Education (MSBSHSE) in a release advised students not to believe rumours. It made it clear that the results would be announced next week.


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On the 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into effect, changing the way that personal data is protected. Your right to request information about your personal data will remain relatively unchanged. However, the previous fee of £10 for a Subject Access Request (SAR) has been abolished, meaning that SAR's will now […]
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday appointed former first-class cricketer Iqbal Imam as Pakistan women's cricket team's batting coach for next month's ICC Women's Championship fixture against South Africa.
Iqbal Imam, as a left-handed top-order batsman, played first-class cricket for 15 years in which he scored 6,249 runs in 147 matches.
He hit nine centuries and 32 half-centuries, and ended his career in 2005 at a healthy average of just over 30. Iqbal has been part of the PCB coaching staff since 2007 and presently is regional head coach of Karachi.
He has previously worked as Pakistan ''A'', Pakistan Under-19 and Women's Under-17 assistant coach.
Iqbal will join the women's cricket team's training camp in Karachi, which commences under the guidance of head coach Mark Coles on April 9.
The squad departs for South Africa on April 29 for three ICC Women's Championship ODIs, to be played on May 6, 9 and 12, followed by five T20Is on May 15, 18, 19, 22 and 23.
The women's probables will feature in first of the three 50-over practice matches on Tuesday (April 9). The match, scheduled earlier to be played at the Southend Club, has now been moved to the National Stadium.
PCB Managing Director Wasim Khan said: "Iqbal is a hardworking and committed batting coach who fits perfectly in the PCB's vision for women's cricket, which is to provide them with skilled individuals who will add significant value to both their development and performances".
"Iqbal's appointment is also testament to the PCB's commitment to reward and promote all the top performers, while also creating merit based coaching opportunities for talented Pakistani coaches", he added.
Wasim Khan said, "The tour to South Africa is an important one as our team will like to build on their success against the Windies and move up the points table.
In addition to this, this challenging tour also provides a chance for the Pakistan girls to prepare for next year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020," said the PCB official adding "These are exciting times for women cricketers, and the PCB is fully committed to supporting the growth of the women's game in Pakistan".
Wasim Khan said "I also want to acknowledge and put on record excellent contribution of our outgoing batting coach Andy Richards. He worked tirelessly with the girls and the improvements have been visible. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours".


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Many people have trouble doing copy/paste in CMD.EXE. Indeed, there are no keyboard shortucts for this thing, and the selection of the text to copy can only be done through the mouse. You have to go to the system menu, select "Copy", then do your selection, press Enter, go again to the system menu, press "Paste", etc.
But there is a quick trick to do in CMD.EXE that can speed up copy/paste in many cases. If you don't know it yet, read on... Say that a tool outputs some text containing a "word" (i.e. a sequence of non-space characters). You want to copy this word as one of the parameters to the current cursor position, while you are editing the next command. The trick is surprisingly simple and it takes less than one second to master: move your mouse over that word, then double-left click, followed by double-right click. That's it.
How does this work? The first double-click on the left mouse button will select the word at the mouse cursor position. Then, the first right-click will do the "Copy" (since you do have some selected text). But the text becomes automatically deselected. Then, the next right click will Paste the selected text from the clipboard at the current cursor. In the end, double-left click plus double-right click does the job.
Another trick to avoid the menus — select the text and click <ENTER> to copy, then you can hit the right mouse button to paste it.
It also requires the "Quick Edit" mode to do the copying part.
Right-click, select Mark. Select the text to be copied.
Not quite true. You can do Alt+Space, Edit | Mark, move the cursor with the arrow keys, hold down Shift to select.
he selection of the text to copy can only be done through the mouse.
As stated above, not true.. ALT+SPACE, E, K, arrows, shift+arrows, enter. That gets the highlighted selection in the clipboard.
Select while LMB is down, then right click copies and second right click pastes..
But the REAL issue & question of eternity is, how can I copy a traceroute output intact (not word wrapper) from cmd window, without resizing the width to accommodate the text. Currently I have to paste it to notepad and manually fix the line endings by deleting the unnecessary crlf's.
Oh.. And second question.. Why is the quickedit disabled by default? I have not yet found good reason for this.
>> But the REAL issue & question of eternity is, how can I copy a traceroute output intact (not word wrapper) from cmd window, without resizing the width to accommodate the text. Currently I have to paste it to notepad and manually fix the line endings by deleting the unnecessary crlf's.
Probably you can simply output the traceroute output into a text file? Or, if you need only certain columns to be isolated, you can use the FOR command.
>>> Oh.. And second question.. Why is the quickedit disabled by default? I have not yet found good reason for this.


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My husband was a very vibrant, active person. He had a major heart attack, multiple bypasses; a portion of the heart is no longer functioning. While he was recuperating he had a major stroke. He's had two minor strokes since that time. It affected his short-term memory. It was our intention for him to go [to adult day care] a couple of days a week, just to get him interacting with other people and to give me a break. He now goes five days a week because he wants to go. It really has made a tremendous difference in him and it has freed up my days. You go some places and you find babysitting. And that isn't the case at Riverwalk.


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OLYMPIA – State shellfish managers have approved a six-day razor clam dig beginning Feb. 7 on three ocean beaches.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the opening on evening tides at Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks after marine toxin tests confirmed the clams on those beaches are safe to eat.
This is the first dig at Twin Harbors since late November when domoic acid levels spiked there, said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager for WDFW.
Razor clam diggers should note that Copalis will be closed the last three days of the dig, when Mocrocks and Twin Harbors remain open, Ayres said.
WDFW often opens Copalis and Mocrocks for the same dates due to the proximity of the beaches. "We're able to provide more opportunities by opening Mocrocks separately for a few days this dig," Ayres said.
Copalis beach includes Ocean Shores, Oyhut, Ocean City and Copalis areas while Mocrocks includes Iron Springs, Roosevelt Beach, Seabrook, Pacific Beach and Moclips. Maps of the beaches can be found on WDFW's razor clam webpage at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/razorclams/current.html.
Long Beach remains closed to razor clam digging due to elevated levels of domoic acid. A natural toxin produced by certain types of algae, domoic acid can be harmful or even fatal if consumed in sufficient quantities.


1. Has China been improving its Human Rights record? What do we know already? Opposition Parties are now allowed in Government. Secret Ballot elections held in villages and townships Increase in the standard of living for many people due to market economy - 300m lifted out of poverty One Child Policy has been relaxed Government has tried to encourage couples to have daughters Some forms of media have been allowed to criticise the Govt over issues such as the environment and corruption.
3. Q. China's record on human rights has been poor and shows no sign of improving. Discuss • What are you being asked to do? You should analyse the policies of the Chinese Government on human rights, and look at arguments for and against China having a good record. TASK:Look at your table. Pick 3-4 human rights issues that you will mention in your essay. *TIP* Pick the issues that you have the most information and balance for.
4. How do I write this essay? Introduction - Start with some background/general information about the issue. Address the question somewhere in the introduction. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Communist Party of China (CPC) have had strict control over the rights and freedoms of the Chinese people. This has, in recent years, come under scrutiny with many in China and abroad accusing the Chinese Government of Human Rights violations. This essay will discuss China's record on human rights and analyse whether it shows any signs of improving.
5. How do I write this essay? Main Body – Take human rights issues, describe them, give examples and analyse whether the Chinese Government is showing any improvement in these areas. The CPC is the main political body in China and controls all decision making. All positions at national and provincial levels are occupied by CPC members. There are some opposition parties but these are under the control of the CPC, other parties such as the China Democracy Party are banned and leaders are in exile. The CPC has moved to create secret ballot elections at local level in recent years however the selection of candidates by the CPC means that there are very few democratic institutions in China.
6. How do I write this essay? Conclusion – Address the question and summarise the evidence you have put forward to answer it. You do not need to come to a definitive conclusion on your question. In conclusion, there is evidence to show that China has made some progress in addressing its poor Human Rights Record such as trying to establish some democratic structures, being more open to the media and improving the standards of living for many Chinese citizens through the establishment of a market economy . However we can see from the world coverage of the run up to Beijing Olympics this year that China has a long way to go if its wants to have a good human rights record.
7. How do I write this essay? Conclusion – Address the question and summarise the evidence you have put forward to answer it. You do not need to come to a definitive conclusion on your question. In conclusion, there is evidence to show that China has made some progress in addressing its poor Human Rights Record such as trying to establish some democratic structures, being more open to the media and improving the standards of living for many Chinese citizens through the establishment of a market economy . However we can see from the world coverage of the run up to Beijing Olympics this year that China has a long way to go if its wants to have a good human rights record.


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Is the cartel active in Guadalajara?
One of the initial Mexican drug trafficking collectives to collaborate with Colombian cocaine mafias, the Guadalajara Cartel experienced considerable success from the cocaine business. At its height in 1980s, the cartel had a powerful presence in Mexico, including Jalisco, Tijuana, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí , Colima , Michoacán , Sonora and Zacatecas. Known for their money laundering tactics and bribery of local politicians to secure safe passage for their goods across North America and Europe; The Guadalajara Cartel stands as one of the most potent examples of organized crime syndicates active during this era.
Is Jalisco safe right now?
Why is Jalisco so popular?
How many murders are there in Guadalajara?
Is Guadalajara considered Mexican?
Reconsider travel to Jalisco State due to crime and kidnapping. Territorial battles between criminal groups are frequent in tourist areas such as Guadalajara, making violent crime and gang activity common throughout the state.
Jalisco is renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and varied cultural customs, making it one of Mexico's most sought-after tourist destinations. The region has brought to light the world-famous traditions of mariachis, tequila, the Ballet Folklórico, the Mexican Hat Dance, charros and sombreros.
The following 50 cities boast some of the highest homicide rates in the world, excluding those plagued by war, with a population of at least 300,000 people and available data online.
Rankings City Guadalajara Country Mexico Homicides per 100,000 per year 307 Population 5,073,583 Homicides 1,932 49 more cities follow suit.
It is no surprise that some of the most densely populated metropolises have alarmingly high murder rates – such as Guadalajara with a population of 5 million plus and homicides amounting to nearly 2 thousand each year- a rate over 38 out of every 100k people!
Of course this list sadly includes dozens more areas where homicide is pervasive – all these locations experiencing similarly high casualty levels due to violence and conflicts within their respective populations; whether it be gang related or otherwise criminal activity- or even just general tension amidst overcrowded conditions.. These unfortunate circumstances then translate into one devastating statistic- citywide numbers for murders committed annually are simply staggering!
The bustling city of Guadalajara lies in western Mexico and is the state capital of Jalisco. Unmistakable in its rich culture, storied history and vibrant atmosphere, it proudly remains one of the most important cities across the nation. From its iconic buildings to unique cuisine, it's a place that must be seen to be believed.
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Q: Asking politely for a meeting I would like to politely ask my professor to meet me sometime soon. Could someone please let me know (1) whether my sentences are grammatically correct and also not weird to the ears of a native English speaker and (2) whether they sound polite. Any other suggestion would be appreciated.
1 - I would be grateful if we could meet at your earliest convenience.
2 - I would be grateful if you could arrange/set up a meeting at your earliest convenience.
3 - I don't suppose you could arrange a meeting, could you?

A: They are all grammatically correct. However, in terms of politeness, I think the first works best. The other 2 have a much different tone because of how central the pronoun 'you' is in their constructions. By using that the tone of the sentence comes off much more as a demand than a question.


CHICAGO, March, 2009 – City Capital Advisors, LLC, a middle market investment and merchant bank, is pleased to announce the sale of a majority of the assets of United Fixtures Interlake ("UFI") to the U.S. and Mexican subsidiaries of publicly traded Mecalux S.A. ("Mecalux"), based in Barcelona Spain, pursuant to section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
UFI, a privately held company based in Naperville, Illinois, and the leading North American producer of heavy-duty steel storage rack and order fulfillment systems, retained City Capital last November to serve as its exclusive financial advisor and selling agent. City Capital conducted an expedited global marketing process in response to UFI's increasing liquidity constraints brought on by rapidly deteriorating market conditions and a sudden reduction in steel prices. By December, with the Company facing almost certain liquidation, City Capital negotiated an asset purchase agreement ("APA") with Mecalux, one of the leading international producers of automated and static storage and inventory logistics systems that had previously been interested in acquiring UFI for strategic reasons. UFI immediately thereafter filed for bankruptcy protection, with Mecalux as the "stalking horse bidder." The APA was novel because it excluded all accounts receivable from the assets being purchased in order to reduce the buyer's cash outlay but still allow UFI's creditors to recover full value for UFI's assets as the accounts receivable were ultimately collected. After the APA was signed, City Capital continued its global marketing process, with numerous other strategic buyers showing strong interest.
City Capital is a results-driven middle market investment and merchant bank. Client engagements are managed exclusively by senior professionals, each with at least 20 years of highly successful deal making experience. Typical transaction values range from $50 million to $500 million. Advisory capabilities include mergers and acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations, private capital formation for growth/acquisition/ownership transition, and financial restructurings. Longstanding relationships with strategic buyers and financial investors with interests across a wide variety of industries and geographies enables City Capital to offer its clients unique and proprietary execution capabilities on a global basis. Since becoming a FINRA registered broker-dealer in 2007, City Capital has successfully advised on transactions totaling in excess of $1.5 billion.


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As delightful as the first season – Planet Bollywood
Much before the advent of OTT platforms in India, The Viral Fever or TVF was one brand that was churning out high-quality digital shows on platforms like YouTube and later on their own homegrown content portal TVFPlay. Even today, perhaps in a bid to remain self-sufficient or independent, TVF is releasing a lot of its shows on YouTube. What's incredible is that the massive success of the first season of a series leads towards it being picked up by a streaming platform and we see the second season of that show dropping there.
In the recent past, this happened with many of the shows ('Kota Factory' being a prominent example) produced by TVF. Now, 'Cubicles', whose first season had released on YouTube in 2019, has seen its second season being streamed on Sony LIV.
In the first season of 'Cubicles', we saw Piyush Prajapati (Abhishek Chauhan) settling down in his first job as an IT professional. Piyush went through a series of interesting experiences both in his personal and professional life and continued to march forward in both the spheres. Just like the first season, the second season spans across five episodes, each of which is roughly 30 minutes long. Now, the big question is whether the second season manages to match up to the brilliance of the first season? The answer to that is a big yes!
The first season boasted of great writing and the kind of plots that were very relatable. With each episode being 30 minutes long, the makers ensured that the narrative was crisp and moved at a fast pace. Not just the leads but even the characters who appeared briefly in the show were etched out very well. The second season has all the positives that made the first season highly enjoyable and it also succeeds in skillfully showing how the protagonist has evolved in the last two years.
The first episode itself throws up some sweet little surprises including Piyush sharing an apartment with one of his friends/colleagues. The addition of some new characters, including that of the delightful RDX aka Dilip, keep you consistently engaged and wondering how the equations shared by the vastly interesting characters working in these cubicles would evolve with time.
After a gap of almost two years, Abhishek Chauhan reprises the character of Piyush Prajapati. While he brings back memories of the immensely likeable character you saw in the first season, he also does very well in adding some nuances in his performance which give us a glimpse of the life experiences this individual has gone through in the last two years. Also reprising their roles wonderfully from the previous season are Badri Chavan, Niketan Sharma, Shivankit Parihar Nidhi Bisht and Khushbu Baid. Among the new entrants, Ayushi Gupta (as Sunaina Chauhan) and Jaimini Pathak (as R. Dilip/RDX) leave a solid mark.
While the show would greatly appeal to those who have worked or are working in the very competitive sector. Those who haven't will appreciate the show for its incredible writing, dexterous direction and heartwarming performances.
If you haven't watched the first season, one would recommend you to watch it first to enjoy the second better. With a cumulative runtime of (roughly) two and a half hours, it would be akin to watching a feature film and therefore, wouldn't be tough to binge-watch for those who don't watch web shows ardently.
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Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution legal definition of Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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The Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
The Twenty-second Amendment was proposed on March 24, 1947, and ratified on February 27, 1951. The amendment imposed term limits on the office of president of the United States.
The Framers of the Constitution vested power in a single executive, elected for a term of four years. Participants at the Constitutional Convention discussed the wisdom of limiting presidential terms, but in the end the convention refused to limit the number of terms. The Framers believed a four-year term and an independent Electoral College would prevent a president from seeking more than two terms.
President George Washington declined the offer of a third term, as did Thomas Jefferson. Once the tradition of serving no more than two terms had been established in the early 1800s, it became a canon of U.S. politics. President franklin d. roosevelt ignored the tradition in 1940, however, when he chose to run for a third term. He did so in the belief that U.S. involvement in World War II was imminent. In making his bid for a third term, Roosevelt ignored the advice of some members of the Democratic Party. In 1944, with the war raging, Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term. In declining health when elected, he died in 1945.
After the 1946 election, which produced Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, the Republicans sought to prevent a repetition of Roosevelt's actions. The Twenty-second Amendment was introduced in 1947 and adopted in 1951. The amendment prohibits a person from serving more than two four-year terms. A person who serves more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president may be elected only for one full term. For example, if a president dies in the first year of the term, the vice president who becomes president may be elected to only one four-year term. If, however, the president dies in the third year of the term, the vice president would be eligible to serve a maximum of ten years.
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Alternatives to A Levels: Cambridge Pre-Us
By Ben Walker|2020-10-05T15:39:59+00:00May 15th, 2019|A level alternatives, student advice|Comments Off on Alternatives to A Levels: Cambridge Pre-Us
Although A levels are still by far the most commonly taken level 3 qualification, there is a growing number of alternatives for young people to explore. Last time in the A Level Alternatives series we looked at BTEC Nationals; a vocational qualification often taken in conjunction with A levels themselves. This week we take a look at Cambridge Pre-Us.
The Cambridge Pre-U was designed in the mid-2000s to provide deeper subject knowledge with a larger emphasis on developing study skills than A levels offered at the time. Officially launched in 2008, Pre-Us are administered by Cambridge Assessment International Education, a subsidiary of Cambridge University. Although Pre-Us were originally created after consultation with independent schools, they are now offered by a range of state and grammar schools and sixth-form colleges across the UK. The number of institutions was around 170 schools in 2016 and is thought to have increased since then.
At their core, the qualifications are targeted at 16-19 year-olds preparing for university-level study. They aim:
to support independent and self-directed learning
to encourage learners to think laterally, critically and creatively, and to acquire good problem-solving skills
to promote comprehensive understanding of the subject through depth and rigour.
Pre-Us function very much like A levels, in that a student is generally expected to take 3 or 4 subjects over the course of 2 years. There are no obligatory subjects, and it's common for students to take a mixture of Pre-Us and A levels, often depending on what the school/college offers.
The standard course takes 2 years to complete, but a number of short courses – in modern languages and maths – are also available, which can be completed in a single year.
Another option open to you is the Pre-U Diploma. To achieve the Diploma, you will study at least 3 Pre-U subjects alongside a special course known as Global Perspectives and Research (GPR). The GPR course is specifically designed to cultivate independent research and critical thinking skills and includes an extended project in the second year. Up to 2 of the Pre-U subjects (excluding the GPR) can be replaced by another level 3 qualification, such as A levels, Scottish Advanced Highers or an IB Diploma course. The Pre-U Diploma itself does not qualify for UCAS points, but the courses you take within the Diploma will receive points (specific UCAS scores are discussed below).
What subjects can I study?
There are around 25 subjects on offer, including GPR. Available subjects span a range of academic fields, with Art & Design, Chemistry, Classical Greek and Mandarin Chinese all currently being studied in the UK. One-year short courses are provided in all modern language subjects (French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Spanish), as well as in mathematics and GPR.
Cambridge Pre-Us are linear qualifications, like the new A levels, meaning you will only sit exams at the very end of the course. Depending on subject choice, you will have to sit between 3 and 6 exams per course, although 4 is the most common number. In terms of results, there are 9 pass grades: 3 broad grades (Distinction, Merit, Pass) are further split into 3 numerical levels, so D1 is the highest possible grade, then: D2, D3, M1, M2, M3, P1, P2, P3. Short courses are graded in the same way, and both types of course are assigned UCAS points – see the next section for more.
What are they worth?
The Pre-U is widely considered an academic qualification, so employers will likely view it as being equal with an A level.
The grades are also roughly analogous with A levels, but with one important difference: the top grade – D1 – is considered to be better than an A* at A level. After that, the comparisons are simple: D2=A*, D3=A, M1=B etc. This is broadly reflected in the UCAS point assignations.
The Cambridge Pre-U is accepted by universities across the world, including in the UK, Canada, Belgium, Germany and the USA. Around half of the UK's universities will consider applications from students with Pre-Us, including Oxford and Cambridge. However, you should be aware that many will only accept Pre-Us in combination with A levels, and don't in fact accept the Pre-U Diploma. A lot of this may simply be due to the fact that the Pre-U is still relatively new, and unis may well become more receptive to them as their reputation grows.
On many superficial levels, the Cambridge Pre-U is similar to the standard A level; in terms of course length, examinations and UCAS points. The content of the courses, however, is claimed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to be more rigorous and challenging than A levels. It can therefore be considered as an academic alternative for students looking to apply to university, though students should carefully check which institutions accept the qualification before committing.
Ben Walker
Ben's work as a Project Editor focused on many aspects of Indigo, from research and content creation to helping draw up plans for the site's next big developments. Ben joined the team in 2017 after a year as an English language assistant in France.
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Police have closed a road in Long Sutton after a two-vehicle crash.
Officers have shut the A1101 in both directions after the collision just after 7pm this evening, Monday, February 11.
The accident has happened between the A17 at Long Sutton and the B1165 at Little Ramper near Leverington.
It is a causing a number of delays.
Traffic is particularly busy between Long Sutton and Wisbech.
There was already just under one mile of queues at 7.52pm, according to Google traffic data.
This is a breaking story and we will bring you more when we have it.


Leather Jackets are known for a rock and roll style, so your basic concert tee or white or black shirt is a perfect fit. Some more adventerous dressers have been known to wear a leather jacket with a tie, replacing their blazer.
If you want to keep to simple and still have the swag then, you should pair your leather jacket with a basic white shirt underneath. The basic tee highlights your jacket and makes it the centerpiece of your outfit.
Just like other jackets, leather ones also have zippers. It's okay to fully close it if the weather is freezing and even with that you will still look good but a lot of us like to keep it unzipped. The unzipped style gives it the relaxed, I don't give a F look that is what you want when you wear a leather jacket.
Nothing goes better with a leather jacket than a good pair of slim fit jeans. Personally I prefer black and ripped jeans since it will make your outfit more balanced. This will give you a minimalist look and it will just look simple yet very detailed. I really like the ripped jeans that are just on the knee, which adds a pop of color from your (hopefully tan) knees sticking out.
What Shoes to Wear with a Leather Jacket?


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First Tuesday in July New Books Megalist!
It's been another landmark year for reading. Here's our favorite books so far for 2017.
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Books for the "books where all the POV characters are people of color" task of the Read Harder challenge!
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Tag: North End
New trivia question
In 1948, the city named the Windsor Street underpass after Rocco D. Pallotti. Which of these was he?
A) a hero of World War II;
B) a politician; or
C) a police officer.
Visit the Trivia page of HartfordHistory.net for the answer.
Author Kevin FloodPosted on December 9, 2019 December 9, 2019 Tags North End, street names, Trivia questions
When the Hartford kids invaded the beaches
Few talk about Ned Coll today, but in the late 1960s and much of the 1970s he was constantly in the news. Raised in a middle-class, Irish-American household in Hartford, he quit his insurance job in 1964 to start the Revitalization Corps, a nonprofit whose volunteers provided tutoring, employment training, and other help to residents of the city's largely African-American North End. The Corps also staged public confrontations to expose racism in Connecticut–not just the blatant kind, but the subtle racism of people whom Coll dubbed "armchair liberals."
That's why, starting in 1971, Coll and company began drawing attention to Connecticut's beaches, many of which were effectively off-limits to people of color. There was no outright prohibition, but since the beaches ran through predominantly white and wealthy communities, it was easy to keep "outsiders" out; private beaches were restricted to members only, and public ones were restricted to town residents or visitors with enough money to pay sky-high parking fees. Coll thought the beaches should be open to all, and his tactic for making that point was simple: He simply loaded North End kids on buses, brought them to a beach, and challenged authorities to do something about it. The kids had fun, and Coll attracted a lot of publicity. But it took a lawsuit filed by a beach jogger in the 1990s to loosen some of the restrictions on beach access, though Coll testified on his behalf.
The full story of Coll's campaign is told in a new book, "Free the Beaches: The Story of Ned Coll and the Battle for America's Most Exclusive Shoreline," by Andrew Karhl, an associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia. In an interview with Smithsonian.com, which has a great overview of the book, Karhl sums up Coll's outlook this way:
"He understood, on an instinctual level, that the problem of racism was a problem of white people, and white people needed to solve it. So he targeted these very liberal but passive communities that, on the one hand, talked the talk, but didn't walk the walk, and so often actually made the problems worse."
For more on Coll and his legacy, check out this CT Viewpoints column by Tom Condon, who began his long career as a Hartford Courant reporter, columnist, and editor by covering the beach "invasions."
"Have things changed since Coll began his journey?" Condon asks. "Somewhat."
Author Kevin FloodPosted on July 2, 2018 Tags Civil Rights, North End, Racial & Ethnic History
Of cookbooks, redlining, and heels
"Grating the Nutmeg," the podcast co-produced by State Historian Walt Woodward and "Connecticut Explored" magazine, continues to deliver the goods, proving itself as essential listening for anyone interested in Hartford history and Connecticut history in general.
Hartford's one-time prominence as a publishing center comes up in this episode, in which Woodward and co-host Brenda Miller of the Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library interview Keith Staveley and Kathleen Fitzgerald about their book, "United Tastes: The Making of the First American Cookbook." The title refers to "American Cookery," first published in Hartford in 1796 and commonly regarded as the first cookbook published in the United States. The identity of the author remains a mystery; the name on the title page–Amelia Simmons–turns up in no other records from the period. There's no mystery, however, about the publisher. The partnership of George Goodwin and Barzillai Hudson were already publishing the Connecticut Courant (today's Hartford Courant) and couldn't keep up with the demand for another title of theirs, Noah Webster's spelling and grammar book, widely known as the "Blue-Backed Speller." As Woodward notes in the podcast, the cookbook appeared to fit into Hudson & Goodwin's effort in those years, just after the Revolution, to promote "Americanism."
Another episode deals with the Hartford region's history of housing discrimination through redlining, steering, exclusionary zoning, and property covenants. The guest is Trinity College's Dr. Jack Dougherty, whose online book, "On The Line: How Schooling, Housing, and Civil Rights Shaped Hartford and Its Suburbs," uses West Hartford as a case study.
Though titled "The Challenge of Fair Housing in Connecticut's Suburbs," the podcast episode deals in several respects with Hartford. For instance, when the federal government sought to revive the home mortgage market as an antidote to the Great Depression in the 1930s, it partnered with lenders to create maps that would highlight some neighborhoods as better-than-expected risks for mortgages. But the maps also showed the poorer risks–based not just on the prospects of repayment, but on such social criteria as the percentage of foreign-born or African-American families. As a result, these so-called poor-risk neighborhoods (color-coded as red on the maps, hence "redlining") became still less attractive to lenders, which in turn made them poorer. Dougherty notes that in Hartford's case, the neighborhoods red-lined in the '30s tended to lie along the Connecticut River, then known as the East Side.
Then there's the discriminatory obstacles that Jewish families in the city's North End faced in trying to move to West Hartford and other suburbs following World War II — a story that would be all too familiar to other racial and ethnic groups that initially settled in Hartford.
Still another Grating episode spotlights Steve Thornton's new book, "Wicked Hartford." Rather than the vice and tabloid scandal implied by the title, Thornton's work focuses on the struggles of Hartford's 99 percent. "I wanted to talk about the unsung heroines and the overrated heels," Thornton tells CT Explored Assistant Publisher Mary Donohue in the podcast. "I wanted to talk about people who were enslaved and people who were entitled. I wanted to make that contrast, because history is usually written for and by the 'great' white men of our past." Among Thornton's heels is Hartford's most revered industrialist, gun maker Samuel Colt, who is called out for selling weapons to the South as well as the North in the lead-up to the Civil War — something widely known at the time but largely ignored now. "It's really amazing that we're willing to overlook that," Thornton says.
The book also brings to light, among other things, the city's Seyms Street jail, which became so notorious for its deplorable conditions that it drew national attention; the plight of "newsies" and other child laborers; and the struggles city residents faced during the Great Depression.
Author Kevin FloodPosted on April 12, 2018 April 12, 2018 Tags Books, Great Depression, Newspapers & Magazines, North End, podcasts, Racial & Ethnic History, riverfront, Samuel Colt


Now I do this quite a bit when I play.
If I'm playing a song.
comes around what, what might I do?
the tune you're playing and the melody.
keeping in mind, the feel of the song.
you have to come up with.
Learn the melody of a song.
song you don't know the melody to.
When it's your turn to take a solo.
The melody, you can never go wrong with.
you play it a few times around.
to play something a little bit different.
Maybe just a few notes here and there.
it's something that's new for you.
use the rhythm of the melody.
I was using different notes.
Once again here's the melody.
I can use that same rhythmic pattern.
a song that I like.
Just experiment try different things.
that cover a wide range of the fret board.
phrasing, and knowing your fret board.
he just knew a thousand melodies.
bag of tricks you can use to improvise.
sort of put out there in your own way.
of start to develop this technique.
play the melody one whole time through.
And improvise one time through.
So we've been talking about improvising.
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Cruella 2 Is Already in Development at Disney
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byJ. Kim Murphy
Posted June 5, 2021, 5:55 a.m.
Disney is doubling down on the dalmatian business. Only one week after the release of Cruella, the studio has already begun development on a sequel to the Emma Stone vehicle, per The Hollywood Reporter.
In addition to Stone, both Cruella director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Tony McNamara are also expected to return for the film's sequel.
Disney's 1996 live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians, featuring Glenn Close in the role of Cruella de Vil, also spawned a sequel. 102 Dalmatians was released four years later in November 2000 and featured Close reprising her role.
Cruella debuted in theaters on May 28, opening in 2nd at the North American box office after A Quiet Place: Part II with a domestic gross of $21.5 million. The film has gone on to earn $48.5 million worldwide in its first week of release. Additionally, Cruella was released on Disney Plus through the streamer's Premier Access program, which makes the film available to subscribers at a $30 price point.
While Disney does not regularly release official figures for Disney Plus viewership, it can be inferred that Cruella's theatrical box office and Premier Access revenue have proved sizable enough for the studio to explore options for a sequel.
Cruella is only the latest success story for Disney's habit of developing updates and remakes on its vast catalog of animated films, which began with 2010's Alice in Wonderland and has continued with films like Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and upcoming projects like Pinocchio and The Little Mermaid.
These films have often spawned follow-ups too, such as Alice Through the Looking Glass and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. An Aladdin sequel and a prequel to The Lion King are also in development.
In our review of Cruella, IGN gave the film a 7, praising its "crackling leading ladies, imaginative twists, and eye-popping spectacle" while also saying it "ultimately feels like a clumsy compromise."
For more, read our round-up of every upcoming Disney live-action remake.
J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer. He was driven to madness when dalmatians killed his mom.
Developer: Walt Disney Pictures
Publisher: Disney Plus


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Breaking: Evil Mirror Universe William Shatner Returns From Space
On Wednesday, William Shatner, the beloved Boston Legal actor famous for portraying attorney Denny Crane, traveled to space.
Shatner was one of four people aboard Jeff Bezos's cucumber-shaped Blue Origin rocket as it soared to the edge of the atmosphere, offering breathtaking views and a few minutes of weightlessness. The shaft of the eggplant-shaped craft then detached and passengers floated back to earth. The mission seemed to be a success, but concerned witnesses said something about Shatner seemed off.
"He seemed…evil," said another crew member. "And he had a black goatee that really added to his evil look."
After attempting to sabotage the next flight by removing the inertial dampeners and randomly attacking a civilian in a red shirt, Shatner declared that West Texas, where he landed, was "now part of the Terran Empire." When Bezos attempted to congratulate him on his journey, Shatner cracked a bunch of bald jokes and mocked Bezos for being only the second richest person in the world.
Experts theorize that somewhere in the lower atmosphere, the mushroom-shaped vessel encountered a disruption in the space/time continuum, and the William Shatner from our reality was replaced by a sinister William Shatner from a parallel timeline. Worst of all, the mirror Shatner is almost indistinguishable from our William Shatner, save his striking goatee and big, thick, evil eyebrows.
Thankfully, the threat posed by evil William Shatner is predicted to be short-lived since, like the real William Shatner, he is 90 years old. Due to his age, he will probably return to the heavens soon, and this time not in a bratwurst-shaped spacecraft.
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Ms. Odette focuses her practice on antitrust, product liability, consumer, and class action litigation. She has particular experience in antitrust discovery disputes, third party discovery, expert issues, trial management, and evidentiary issues.
Ms. Odette co-presented a CLE on Federal Third-Party Subpoenas September 4, 2014 that is currently available through Minnesota CLE On-Demand.
In re OSB Antitrust Litigation — Class Certification Decisions, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Sherman Act Section 1 Committee Spring 2008 Newsletter.
Recent US Criminal Antitrust Developments, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Sherman Act Section 1 Committee Summer 2009 Newsletter.
Named an Up & Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer in 2013.
Named a Minnesota Rising Star from 2015-2018 by Super Lawyers®.
Ms. Odette is an active member of the Minneapolis Downtown Kiwanis Club. She is a Past-President and currently serves as Advisor to the club sponsored student Key Club at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis and the Circle-K at the U of M — Twin Cities. She also is a member of the Minneapolis Kiwanis Foundation Board serving as Secretary/Treasurer and Chair of the Investment Committee overseeing the distribution of over $60,000 in grants and scholarships each year.
Ms. Odette provides pro bono representation to youth in foster care though the Children's Law Center and has been recognized by the MSBA as a North Star Lawyer providing at least 50 hours of pro bono service annually.
Ms. Odette is also on the University of St. Thomas School of Law Alumni Board, serving as the Chair of the Annual Giving Committee for the Class of 2004 and as a member of the Program and Social Committee. She also serves as the chair of the Friends of Scouting Capital Campaign for the Metro Lakes Region of the Northern Star Council of Boy Scouts supporting scouting programs regionally.


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Hope everyone had a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend! The Alaska Farm Bureau would like to thank all our veterans for their service!
Be sure and read through this newsletter - there are some grant opportunities, information on President Trump's proposed USDA budget, and more!
There is still time to submit an application for the American Farm Bureau's Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge! The Challenge is a national competition focused on entrepreneurs with food and agriculture businesses. Businesses across agriculture are eligible, including farms, ranches, agritourism, CSAs, food hubs, aquaponics, farm-to-table businesses, local food production and craft breweries. Applications will be accepted through June 30, 2017. For more information go to StrongRuralAmerica.com/Challenge.
In collaboration with the Division of Agriculture, we will be launching a series of Listening Sessions to hear from Alaska producers. Our first session will be hosted in the Division of Agriculture office in Palmer at 12:00pm on Wednesday, June 7th. This first session we will also be working with the State Vet's office and wanting to hear your ideas for livestock. If you're unable to attend in person, there will be an option to call in (1-800-315-6338 access code 7613870#).
discussion about developing a Livestock Certification/Quality Assurance program.
The show is recorded live, Wednesday mornings, in the studio of Radio Free Palmer, 89.7 FM. If you are not within the broadcast area of Radio Free Palmer, you can stream the show through their website at www.radiofreepalmer.org.
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is seeking applications for technical assistance and training grants in the Community Facilities program.
"Too often, rural community organizations lack the technical expertise they need to access federal dollars," Perdue said. "These technical assistance and training grants will help rural organizations overcome hurdles that prevent them from fully utilizing the Community Facilities Program. Increased access to federal funding will help build essential community facilities, and will allow rural areas to thrive."
The grants are being provided through the Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program. Congress authorized this new program in the 2014 Farm Bill to help rural communities develop their applications for Community Facilities loans and grants.
Communities can use the grants to hire specialized personnel, pay for feasibility studies, retain consultants to prepare financial assistance applications and identify and plan for long-term community facility's needs.
Providing technical assistance will help more rural communities qualify for loans and grants. Many often lack access to specialized personnel who complete financial and environmental analyses, for example. These analyses often must be included in applications for USDA loans and grants.
Public bodies, non-profit organizations and Federally-recognized Tribes are eligible to apply for this funding. The maximum grant is $150,000.
Interested applicants may find more information about this program on page 23525 of the May 23, 2017, Federal Register.
Community Facilities programs help underserved rural communities develop essential community services, which in turn helps attract investments, create and retain jobs and businesses, and retain residents.
Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting Applications for the Emerging Markets Program : Purpose. The EMP assists U.S. entities in developing, maintaining, or expanding exports of U.S. agricultural commodities and products by funding activities that enhance emerging markets' food and rural business systems, including reducing trade barriers. The EMP is intended primarily to support export market development efforts of the private sector, but EMP resources may also be used to assist public organizations.
Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting Applications for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program : Purpose: The TASC program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for projects that address sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. U.S. specialty crops, for the purpose of the TASC program, are defined to include all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the United States except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.
Agency Information Collection: Proposed Collection; Comments Request Study of Third Party Processor Services, Fees, and Business Practices: Abstract: This study seeks to understand the business practices of TPPs and ISOs that provide EBT processing services and equipment to SNAP retailers to (1) assess retailers' satisfaction with EBT products and services needed to participate in the SNAP program; and (2) develop a set of best practices to inform FNS's guidance for retailers on what to consider when selecting, contracting with, and working with EBT vendors (TPPs and ISOs). The study results will also provide FNS with the information needed to inform future FNS policies regarding requirements for vendors providing EBT equipment and services to authorized retailers and TPP services-related guidance for retailers. The study relies on two data sources: (1) A survey of SNAP retailers regarding their business relations with EBT vendors as well as satisfaction with the equipment and services acquired, and (2) interviews with TPPs and ISOs about their business practices with SNAP retailers, products and services, including costs and recommendations for retailers seeking to acquire EBT products and services.
"The American Farm Bureau Federation and its members are concerned about the federal budget deficit. However, we also know that agriculture has done its fair share to help reduce the deficit. Going back to the early 1980s, agriculture often has been targeted to generate budget savings, from the reconciliation bills in the late 1980s and 1990s to farm bill reforms as recently as 2014. At the time of passage, the 2014 farm bill was estimated to contribute $23 billion to deficit reduction over 10 years. The farm bill was the only reauthorization bill that voluntarily offered savings during the 113 th Congress . It is difficult to think of another sector of the economy that has contributed so much, so consistently, over the last several decades.
"The administration's budget proposal fails to recognize agriculture's current financial challenges or its historical contribution to deficit reduction. It would gut federal crop insurance, one of the nation's most important farm safety-net programs. It would drastically reshape important voluntary conservation programs and negatively impact consumer confidence in critical meat and poultry inspection. This proposal would hamper the viability of plant and animal security programs at our borders and undermine the nation's grain quality and market information systems. It would stunt rural America's economic growth by eliminating important utility programs and other rural development programs.
"Clearly, this budget fails agriculture and rural America.
"Farm income is down substantially since Congress passed the last farm bill. USDA cuts of this magnitude in the current economic cycle would be unwarranted and unwise. AFBF will work with the House and Senate Agriculture, Appropriations and Budget committees to protect programs that are critical in managing risks inherent to production agriculture, and maintain programs that are vital to rural communities."
You can find the fiscal year 18 USDA budget summary here .
American Farm Bureau prepared a breakdown of some of the key points in the proposed budget. This is just the first step in the process. AFBF will work closely with the House and Senate Agriculture, Budget and Appropriations Committees through the process.
The president's budget eliminates $228 billion over 10 years from the farm bill, which includes a total of $38 billion from farm bill programs and $190 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Foreign Agricultural Service: The budget eliminates several USDA programs that focus on expanding market access for U.S. agriculture.
Provides additional funding of $250 million for FY18 for EQIP.
Provides additional funding of $450 million for FY18 for Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.
Eliminates enrollment of new acres in the Conservation Stewardship Program, which cuts the program by $7.9 billion over 10 years.
Eliminates enrollment of Regional Conservation Partnership Program, which cuts the program by $755 million over 10 years.
Eliminates the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
Proposal to target enrollment of additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program by using continuous and grassland signups. No acres will be enrolled under general signup through 2020. Eliminates all newly enrolled acreage for all Signing Incentive Payments and Practice Incentive Program. These actions would cut $1.9 billion over 10 years.
Eliminates the Rural Energy for America loan and grant program.
Eliminates the Rural Economic Development Program.
Eliminates the Water and Wastewater Direct Loan and Grant Program.
Creates a new Rural Economic Infrastructure Grants, which is funded at $162 million and includes the following programs: Distance Learning and Telemedicine; Broadband Grants; Community Facilities; and housing repair. The budget sets aside $80 million to assist in the Appalachian region.
Funds the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative at $350 million.
Provides $1.3 billion to National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Provides the National Agricultural Statistics Service with $186 million, including an increase of $22 million to conduct the 2017 Census for Agriculture.
Funds the Economic Research Service at $77 million.
Eliminates the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
Eliminates the Farmers' Market and Local Food Promotion Program.
Provides $1 million for the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard and states the requirements will be developed through rulemaking.
Catfish Inspection: Returns all inspections back to FDA.
Eliminates the connection between the Low-Income Heating Energy Assistance Program and the Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowance, and standardize the Standard Utility Allowance methodology for all states. This would be a total cut of $20.5 billion over 10 years.
Limits waivers for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents to counties with annual unemployment exceeding 10 percent, and restrict Categorical Eligibility to households receiving cash assistance from Temporary Aid for Needy Families.
Require a phased-in State match of 25 percent of SNAP benefits.
Eliminates the minimum benefit of SNAP and cap SNAP benefits at the maximum allotment for a six-person household.
The budget proposes 5.5 percent reduction in USDA staffing.
The budget proposes legislation to charge a user fee for inspection of meat, poultry, and eggs to enforcement of animal welfare requirements.
Establishes a user fee for grain standardization and a Packers and Stockyards license fee to cover program costs.
Fees will help offset the cost of biotechnology and veterinary biologic regulation.
Proposes to retain $4.5 million in user fees annually, to manage communications facilities on Forest Service land.
AFBF opposes the administration's request for new user fees for inspection activities. Food safety is for the public good, and as such, it is a justified use of public funds.
This Memorial Day, learn how farming is helping veterans find new purpose in their lives after leaving the military. With increasing numbers of men and women needed to continue feeding the world's growing population, agriculture is as important than ever. Find out how you may be able to benefit from government programs for farmers who are veterans, and remember that as an Alaska Farm Bureau Member, you can use your member benefit to save up to $2,500 on Caterpillar machines! Go to fbadvantage.com/cat to view the full list of eligible machines and models.
the GM Farm Bureau discount will expire on May 31, 2017.
As your busy with summer projects, remember that Alaska Farm Bureau members save 10% when shopping at NAPA!
Brome Hay in 500# round bales available near Delta Junction. Have nutrient contents available on request. Call 907-378-6334 to arrange a time for loading onto your trailer. Housing is also available if traveling long distance. Call the above number for housing. Any questions and price, call 907-518-4244 or 907-723-1132.
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In an unprecedented display of power and triumph over other bookshelves, the Game of Thrones Bookend resembles the Iron Throne atop a stage with all fourteen house crests, and with its gargantuan polystone make it is the one sure way to have your library reign as king or queen over all.
The Game of Thrones Bookend stands alone . . . literally!
Because there can only be one Iron Throne in George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire fantasy book series (now turned HBO series Game of Thrones phenom), this bookend does not come in a pair. You get one nearly four pound incredibly detailed throne to let your books sit on, or up against at least, as they reign supreme in Westeros.
This handpainted 7.5 inch tall Game of Thrones Bookend is damn near an exact replica of the Iron Throne that King Tommen of the House Baratheon, first of his name is currently sitting on as the Game of Thrones season finale draws near (who knows how long he will actually stay on the throne, folks).
For everyone with copies of the 4000 plus page tomes of Martin's books, you need a sturdy and heavy bookend and this officially licensed beauty is ready to take on the challenge even as Khaleesi prepares her eventual return to Westeros with Drogon and her dragon children in tow.
Each shield with each house sigil in the Martin universe is intricately painted into the base of the throne that so many have strived for, for oh so long.
At fifty-five bucks this is not cheap, but then again attaining a mystical throne of geekdom rarely comes cheap.