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Vulture Festival goes all digital for this year's weeklong event
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By Andrew Melnizek Oct 21, 2020, 5:01pm EDT
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For the first time ever, our entertainment friends over at Vulture (part of the Vox Media & New York Media family) are bringing their annual Vulture Festival event online, accessible right from the comfort of your home from Monday, Oct. 26, through Friday, Oct. 30. The virtual event will feature actress Rachel Bloom from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Trolls World Tour; actress Gabrielle Union from Bring It On and Disney's The Lion Guard; and even a Halloween pet parade.
To check out the weeklong event, you can buy tickets on the official Vulture Festival event page. Tickets are $30 for a pass, granting you access to all of the programming and any of the on-demand video through Nov. 1. And for those of you who want a great deal, Vulture is offering a year-long digital subscription to the entire New York Magazine family of brands in addition to the festival pass for $50.
Want more information? Check out their full schedule, FAQ, and lineup of talent. Follow Vulture on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We'll see you in the nest!
VULTURE FESTIVAL 2020 SCHEDULE
MONDAY, OCT. 26
The Northern Exposure "Film Festival"
3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET
Celebrate Northern Exposure's 30th anniversary with a good old-fashioned small-town film festival. We're descending on the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska, populated by Rob Morrow, Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, Cynthia Geary, and John Corbett for a look back at some of our favorite moments from the show, conversations with the cast, and, of course, to stimulate their local economy by taking up all the hotel rooms. Will there be a moose? No! The moose's agent wouldn't get back to us.
Luca Guadagnino Film School
4:15 p.m. PT / 7:15 p.m. ET
Luca Guadagnino's work is defined by his meticulousness: His movies are textured, vivid invitations to a character's desires and conflicts. Call Me by Your Name and I Am Love are loose, fevered romances; Suspiria and A Bigger Splash are about power and madness. In his latest work, the "loving and brooding" coming-of-age We Are Who We Are, Guadagnino relishes in the confused, fervent friendships of a group of teens on a military base. Join the man himself and Vulture's Hunter Harris as they discuss five of the scenes that first inspired Guadagnino to bring his own point of view to the cinema and how they helped him shape his craft as a filmmaker.
Literally Going Beyond the Lights With the Cast and Writer-Director of Beyond the Lights
Years ago, Gina Prince-Bythewood had a vision: a story about fame, depression, isolation, and love. But it was a vision she'd have to fight for during the film's years-long journey to the screen. Vulture film critic Bilge Ebiri will be joined by Prince-Bythewood and cast members Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Minnie Driver to discuss the making of this truly rare gem of a romantic drama and why we continue to be completely obsessed with it.
A Night In with New York's Most Powerful Icons
We at Vulture Festival are honored, delighted, and frankly a little intimidated to be welcoming not one, not two, but three of the Empire State's most celebrated residents: Mary J. Blige, Method Man, and 50 Cent — each one an icon of New York City's hip-hop scene, who now find themselves coming together through the medium of television on Starz's Power Book II: Ghost. Join us for an evening of conversation about their legendary careers in music, how they bring that same energy from stage to screen, and learn a thing or two about how New Yorkers get it done.
TUESDAY, OCT. 27
The Winkler Method: A Henry Winkler Acting Class
3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m ET
So you wanna be an actor, huh, kid? Well, as Gene Cousineau might say, "I don't believe you!" Henry Winkler does, though, and the advice he gave us after his 2018 Emmy win for HBO's Barry was, "Prepare so that you are not a flash in the pan." Winkler's approach has earned him a career that has spanned almost 50 years as an actor, producer, and director. From his role as the Fonz in Happy Days, who set a new standard for "cool," to the unforgettably hapless lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn in Arrested Development, Winkler's range is unparalleled. And now he's looking forward to helping you (yes, you!) find your muse as he answers pre-submitted questions from students and lovers of the craft.
A Night with the New Girl Boys
Presented by Roku
After months of quarantining, who doesn't need a night with the boys? But not just any boys, specifically the boys from Fox's beloved sitcom New Girl. Join Jake Johnson, Max Greefield, Lamorne Morris, and Damon Wayans Jr. for a true guys night. We'll share feelings and memories and probably some thoughts on sports, live from what we'll all pretend is our virtual blanket fort. Maybe one of them will make sangria? Who knows! We can't really control what the stars do in their own homes.
How To With John Wilson
Presented by HBO
Hey, New York! Documentary filmmaker and self-described "anxious New Yorker" John Wilson shares his hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and observations of NYC daily life with the new HBO docu-comedy series How To With John Wilson. In the six-part series, John compulsively and covertly films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to share everyday advice on relatable topics. This event will feature a special screening of the second episode, followed by a Q&A with Wilson himself, and Executive Producer, Michael Koman. So buckle up, baby, because things are about to get pretty wild.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28
Rachel Bloom in Conversation With Her Fifth-Grade Bully
Before she was a glamorous, Emmy and Golden Globe–winning celebrity, Rachel Bloom, star and creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend who will publish her first book in November (I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are), was bullied. And now, she and her very real-life fifth-grade bully are reuniting at Vulture Festival for a conversation, because, truly, why not? This certainly won't be the craziest thing to happen this year month, but it might just be the most healing. Join Rachel and her bully for a chat about the traumas we inflict on one another, whether we ever grow out of it, and how some of this just might maybe, possibly, sort of be relevant to literally everything happening in the world today.
The Baby-Sitters Club Sleepover
You're invited to a real-life sleepover with The Baby-Sitters Club! Grab your PJs and join cast members Sophie Grace, Momona Tamada, Shay Rudolph, Xochitl Gomez, Malia Baker, and showrunner Rachel Shukert for the ultimate girls' night in! We'll be sharing show secrets, taking a peek at some brand-new content, welcoming special guests, and playing a good old-fashioned round of truth or dare. It is a sleepover after all ——chaperoned by our special guest moderator, Busy Philipps!
Never Have I Ever Been to Vulture Festival
Our favorite teen rom-com comes to Vulture Festival for the very first time, as Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ramona Young, and Lee Rodriguez sit down with us for a candid goss sesh on everything we love about this gloriously delightful (and tragic) show. We'll also get to know the real Maitreyi, Ramona, and Lee: Are they Team Paxton or Team Ben? What are their hopes and dreams for life (and season two)? What did they know about John McEnroe before all this, and when did they know it? Join Vulture editor Tara Abell for a fun evening that will make it so you never have to say, "Never have I ever seen Never Have I Ever at Vulture Festival."
Stylish With Jenna Lyons
Presented by HBO Max
Fashion icon Jenna Lyons helmed J.Crew for almost a decade and is starting a new business in the home, beauty, and fashion space aimed at helping people from all walks of life find their own style, and she's documenting the journey on her upcoming show on HBO Max, Stylish With Jenna Lyons. In Vulture Festival's most fashionable event, we'll be watching the first episode of the series and then having a chat with Lyons herself, along with her chief of staff Kyle DeFord and stylist Sarah Clary. You don't necessarily have to dress up for this, but it's an excellent excuse to do so.
THURSDAY, OCT. 29
Vulture's Halloween Pet Parade
Can't make it to your local Halloween dog parade this year because of there being, like, a virus and stuff? Well, we've got you covered. Join Vulture staffers Genevieve Koski, Dee Lockett, Devon Sherer,, and Jen Chaney for a virtual celebration of their own spooky (and silly) pets! Moderator Kathryn VanArendonk will be overseeing this fur-filled virtual event, which will feature various combinations of humans in costumes showing pets and pets in costumes being mad at humans.
How to Look at Art With Jerry Saltz
Maybe you're feeling it: that late-pandemic panic where suddenly you realize you haven't learned a dang thing during quarantine. But we at Vulture would never allow you to emerge from you virus-proof cocoon without having become the beautiful cultural butterfly we know you are inside. So we've got our own resident art critic, Jerry Saltz, coming to Vulture Festival to, quite literally, put on a clinic. By walking us through some of humanity's greatest works, he's going to teach us about engaging with art in a way that both fulfills us spiritually and makes our friends wonder if we secretly got an art degree online.
State of the Union With Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister
In case you somehow forgot — and we demand you tell us how you did that — it's an election year. It won't be long until our whole world is set to change again, and Vulture Festival wants to make sure you're as ready for that as you are for, say, the Daria reboot. So we've brought together two of our country's most trenchant political minds: New York Magazine writer-at-large Rebecca Traister and Samantha Bee, host of the Emmy-winning late-night show Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. They'll be discussing how the year's, um, events, have brought us to where we are, what we might expect for November, and what the heck we can do about it.
Vulture Honorary Degree: Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg wasn't getting the work she deserved, so she wrote her own show. When Whoopi Goldberg debuted on Broadway in 1984 and then on HBO the next year, it set a new standard for solo performance. She soon won the hearts of filmgoers as Celie in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple, which film critic Roger Ebert hailed as "one of the most amazing debut performances in movie history." It was only a sign of things to come, as Goldberg's decades-long career of originating some of our culture's most memorable roles made her an international household name. As one of just 16 people on planet Earth to achieve the status of EGOT (winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony), she's far past the need for even a surname. Whoopi is Whoopi: She's a fearless performer, an American icon, and now the recipient of Vulture's Honorary Degree.
A Puppy Playdate With Rachel Brosnahan
Rachel Brosnahan is an actress, producer, Emmy and Golden Globe winner, and human being, but she is also so much more. She is, above all else, a dog mom. And, as this is our very first pet-inclusive Vulture Festival, we get to meet Brosnahan's very good boy, Winston, and also her very good girl, Nikki! Join us for an evening full of treats, tricks, and conversation about (wo)man's best friend. This promises to be a howling good time and an excellent option for people who love dogs and Rachel Brosnahan but have cats, allergies, and/or don't know Rachel Brosnahan personally.
The Real Housewives Welcoming Committee With Gizelle Bryant and Heather Gay
This year's Vulture Festival is doing the most by bringing together a new housewife and a veteran housewife for a candid conversation about all that goes into this beloved franchise. Award-winning author, co-host of the upcoming Bravo's Chat Room, and Real Housewife of Potomac Gizelle Bryant will be joined in conversation by a brand-new member of the Real Housewives Cinematic Universe, Heather Gay, of the upcoming The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. So grab your favorite bottle of wine and get ready to catch up on all the tea while learning what it takes to be one of the few, the glamorous, the Real Housewives.
Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba: That's It, That's the Event
Calling all millennials: Your heroes have arrived. That's right, both of them! Confirmed legends Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba will be sitting down with us for a look back at their storied careers, from the classic sports film Bring It On to TV's groundbreaking Dark Angel, to today, as their current show L.A.'s Finest brings them together at last. Find out what it's like to go from teen idols to queens of Hollywood, with two women who've managed to do just that without compromising their ethics. And hey, maybe we'll finally figure out their skin-care secrets?
Learning to Love I Hate Suzie
HBO Max is bringing the first episode of its upcoming series I Hate Suzie to Vulture Festival! Get an early look at the beginning of this eight-part series from the creative team behind Secret Diary of a Call Girl. It's a sordid tale of an actress named Suzie Pickles, whose world is sent into free fall when hacked photos of her with a man who is not her husband leak. That's the shot, and here's the chaser: After the screening, we'll get to sit down for a chat with lead actress Billie Piper and writer Lucy Prebble.
Thanos and the Eternals actually go way back (Because he is one.)


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Extracts from the seeds of the ginkgo tree show antibacterial activity on pathogens that can cause skin infections, according to a study that started as Emory biology major Xinyi Huang's senior thesis and drew inspiration from an ancient text in the theology library.


Baan Kai is next to Baan Tai, on the way to Haad Rin. There is no marker separating the two beaches except for a river that appears on the beach in the wet season. Down a track off the main road you come across a waterfall and a party venue. This is where an outdoor party occurs twice a month called the Sramanora Waterfall Party.
The party started a few years ago (in 2011) and was originally called 'Blue and Green Sramanora Waterfall Party'. The colours were a reference to a German techno party and self-medication. Over the years, the reference proved uninspiring and now the party is simply called Sramanora Waterfall Party, which is still a bit of a mouth full. 'Sramanora' means 'Stone River' incidentally.
The party happens 2 nights before and 2 nights after the full moon party. Although the party is not officially in Baan Tai, it is in fact closer to Baan Tai beach than the Half Moon Party. It is a popular party that focuses on minimal house and tech-house.
A waterfall with a basin where you can cool off and a jungle setting away from the main road and main tourist areas adds the ambience to the party. It used to be a free daytime party but now it is a paying all-night party. This has improved the event, as the crowd is less Sunday afternoon and more Friday night. The energy levels are higher and the tech-house sets fire up the crowd.
Entry to Sramanora Waterfall Party is 300 Thai Baht. To get to the party follow the main Baan Tai to Haad Rin Road to just before the big hill. There is a sign on the left marking the turning. For 2km it is a concrete road that abruptly ends. After that it is a 1km walk through the jungle. Motorbikes can make the last bit but taxis can't.
If you come over the Full Moon Party period for a few days then you should have the Sramanora Waterfall Party on your radar.


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Escaping The Arcade
Artist: Onepacman
Onepacman is the boss of this slice of music, producing all 20 tracks himself and spitting for about 5 years, although previously he wrote a lot of lyrics as far back as 25 years ago. He loves the "pen is mightier than the sword" quote and tries to deliver that in rap although he's not originally a rapper he feels he can MC and speak words fluently.
Album featuring: DJ Destruction, Ambre, DRNO1, Daisy Daze, Please Don't Tell Bhudda, Fleur Whitfield, Jif, NJC, Voodoo Browne, Khan$hunz, Middle Aged Kid, The Rap Gimp and many more. Available as download and streaming with limited edition 7″ singles. We also have a short animated film being commissioned with Natty Art UK aka Nathaniel Goulbourne.
Release Date: 25/06/2021 (Spotify and Juno Exclusive)
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Producer and rapper Onepacman has been in the game for years, but the UK artist is yet to release an album. But that's about to change in dramatic style when he drops his ambitious debut 'Escaping The Arcade' via Ambiel Music.
'Escaping The Arcade' is a project of remarkable scale, its blend of conscious, old-school hip-hop rhymes and trip-hop tinged production flair covering every mood from rallying political statements to light-hearted skits. Its narrative is deceptively simple, but its conceptual scope is vast: Onepacman is battling to escape a futuristic arcade that's overruled by a malevolent AI. He's accompanied in his mission by an AI of his own, a spiritual guide who is trying to guide him through a landscape plagued by late-stage capitalism, simulation theory, environmental destruction and mental health issues.
The album's dystopian future acts as a metaphor for ordinary human experience. Just as Onepacman can only escape with his one ally, dealing with the challenges of day-to-day life is infinitely easier with the help of a loving partner. Back in the real world, Onepacman's wife Ambre, who appears on several tracks, has changed his life. "She's my rock," he admits, as a smile beams from cheek-to-cheek. "She has pulled me through troubles with psychological health and addiction issues. Without her, I'd still be in that pit."
It's fitting, then, that Ambre's own creativity kickstarted the concept. She loved his track 'Guardians of Reality' and one day surprised him by presenting her own lyrical take on its meaning. That was the spark for him to turn those words into the album's key track 'Rising Mother'.
"It's about matriarchy and the structure of power," she explains. "Societies were based on the idea that skills determine your position in society, and women's skills were often based on organisation and social structure rather than hunting or protecting. It's also about my deep personal and spiritual conviction. I was deeply fascinated by feminine archetypes, and what they represented for our ancestors. We can still learn from those wisdoms. Rationalism of society loses some of the magic of life, but if you observe the miracle of nature, everything around us is mind blowing."
'Rising Mother' rejuvenated Onepacman's inspiration, which was solidified when he watched the TV series 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga' and everything spiralled from there. "It was just meant to be a single at first, but it grew and grew," he laughs. "I can't even estimate how many man hours it took. After a year, it was nearly all there, but finalising all the details and getting everyone involved took another six months."
The 'Escaping The Arcade' guest list features the most diverse set of collaborators imaginable. There are talents at the top of their game, such as DJ Destruction, who adds Cut Chemist-styled turntablism to tracks including 'The All Alien Crew'. Similarly, DRNO1 and Voodoo Browne's lyrical ability is undeniable, the former's articulation and flow standing out on 'Big Up Yourself' and the latter bringing righteous fury with 'Words Don't Run Out Of Bullets'. Equally, there are newcomers: Ambre had never performed until Onepacman asked her to voice the AI on 'The A In The Eye' and neither had Please Don't Tell Buddha, a yoga teacher who features on 'Our Loyalty Lies With Spaceship Earth'.
Intriguingly, they're all united by being people who have passed through Onepacman's life. In the case of Heiko Khoo, the inspiring Speakers' Corner veteran whose spoken word introduces '…Bullets', he had actually first introduced Onepacman and Ambre. Onepacman's production approach to each contributor reflects the positivity that the album exudes. Whether the artist was established or a total newcomer, his approach was to let people do what they want and want came naturally to them, and to foster an encouraging vibe.
Sonically, old school UK hip-hop is the main reference point, but Onepacman's influences extend far beyond the genre. Further throwback echoes of Wu-Tang Clan, DJ Shadow, Mos Def and Massive Attack are present, but creative contemporary artists, notably FKA twigs and Princess Nokia, also feed into a rich tapestry of sounds. His appreciation of the current underground scene is also referenced through his admiration for Ocean Wisdom and Maze Overlay.
The world around 'Escaping The Arcade' will continue to be expanded in the near future. Onepacman has collaborated with the illustrator Natty Art UK to create a remarkable, cinematic animated video for its next single 'The A In The Eye'. Almost entirely hand-drawn, the laboriously crafted comic strip sci-fi mini epic feels like a skilfully crafted yet DIY take on a mix of 'Akira', classic '2000 AD' and the surrealist edge of Mark Gonzalez. There's also a remix package for the single on the way, plus the promise of a book concept that Onepacman is currently developing.
It all adds up to a set of dazzling scope, and one which reflects the diverse passions and personality of its creator. "I can't write a party track, that's not what I do," he signs off. "I had so many different ideas, from trippy stuff to political ideas to building a concept with comedy skits and the intro. I thought this was a good way and a cool concept to pull all of that together. It's also a fresh way of trying to share ideas and information rather than just lecturing people, so it also works so well as a piece of art too."
'Escaping The Arcade' tracklist:
'Simulation Theory' (featuring God)
'The All Alien Crew' (featuring NJC, Ambre, Fleur Whitfield and DJ Destruction)
'The A In The Eye' (featuring A.I.Ohm)
'Rising Mother' (featuring Ambre and Samsam)
'So Deep Down' (featuring Ambre)
'Bass Is Life' (featuring DRNO1, Dazey Daze, Ambre and DJ Destruction)
'HEAVY: Bend Your Knees' (featuring The Rap Gimp)
'Surfing On Time Waves' (featuring Snagga1)
'Spaceman's Riddim' (featuring DRNO1 and DJ Destruction)
'Big Up Yourself' (featuring DRNO1)
'If Chemistry Was King'
'Our Loyalty Lies With Spaceship Earth' (featuring Ambre, Please Don't Tell Buddha, Jif and D4 Damager)
'Genesis' (featuring khan$hunz and DJ Destruction)
'Double Dragons' (featuring Middle Aged Kid)
'The Paradigm Is Freedom' (featuring Lowki)
'On The Track Like Buddha Floating'
'Words Don't Run Out of Bullets' (featuring Voodoo Browne and Heiko Khoo)
'Chess Moves From Hell'
'AI Defense Network Transmission'
'The Transcendental Object At The End Of Time' (featuring God)
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Lottie O'Neill
Lottie O'Neill is the newest member of the Ambiel roster and will be releasing her debut album in 2021. Charlie, as she is known and is her birth name, has been recording and writing songs for over a decade and has already had a fruitful career elsewhere in the industry! We now start a brand new chapter with Charlie and we're very pleased to have her as part of our roster moving forwards.
"Bringing fresh sounds with, soulful vocals and experimental vibes, Birmingham-based singer/songwriter, Lottie O'Neill is back on the scene with new music set for release in 2021.
Lottie is no stranger to the music scene after the success of her first EP, The Industry, released in 2011 alongside producer NJC Music and Austin Reynolds for Extreme Music (Sony/ATV Music Publishing), which was also signed in partnership with Hype Music. Lottie O'Neill has had her music featured on many popular TV Networks with music being featured on Netflix's hit series Top Boy, Made in Chelsea, Eastenders and Ru Paul's Drag Race, to name only a few."
Riddims Of Culture
In true style NJC continues to release his instrumental work from the last 2 decades. If you like DnB, Bass Music, UK Garage, Hip Hop and an overall dirty sound then this will be for you! Check it out below:
Deep N Beeper
2020 has been a very productive year for Deep N Beeper, the lockdown has played right into his hands and the fruits of his time in the studio will be unleashed over the next 12 months. We have a numbest of new collaborations on the way and looking forward to dropping the heat on the street. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Took What You Came For
Brand new single from the main man at Ambiel Music. DJ's can register for beat1.net to get the promo before release.
This is the first release from NJC in two years after having had his life turned upside down, he's back and ready to turn up the heat!! The 'Rescue Me' vocals are from a previous release from 2009 by Chris Grabiec that was released on our sister label Dance Regime. View Release
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The WHAM (Wellness and Health at Macalester) program aim is to develop a culture of wellness at Macalester College and promoting and supporting healthy lifestyle choices for faculty, staff, and students.
The mission of the WHAM Committee is to foster a working and learning environment which promotes healthy lifestyle choices by increasing awareness, providing educational opportunities, and supporting lifestyle changes. Healthier lifestyles among faculty, staff, and students will in turn create happier, more productive individuals who benefit themselves, Macalester, and the greater community.
The WHAM Committee is composed of faculty and staff who are interested in promoting health and wellness at Macalester. WHAM sponsors a variety of initiatives including classes, workshops, and other events or activities. The committee also provides health and wellness resource information and materials for the Macalester community.
The health promotion program is led by a professional health education specialist. The vitality and energy of the program is enriched by a diverse team of students who work together - offering education and initiatives to enhance the health of their peers. As Macalester students, the student health promotion team offers unique perspectives on their community's needs and interests. Our main mission is to create a campus environment in which students feel empowered to make healthy choices for themselves that contribute to their overall personal and academic success.
1) Wellness Blog: Guest writers will periodically post entries on a variety of topics related to well-being.
2) Well-being Benefits and Incentives: Stay up to date on the latest events and activities happening across campus, and learn about the incentives being offered for your participation.
4) Links and Resources: Connect to the Mayo Clinic, HealthPartners and the National Wellness Institute, among others.
5) Wellness Coach: Get to know Macalester's Wellness Coach, Kelly Fang, and schedule an appointment.
6) Macalester Facts: Learn about our community related to well-being.
7) Health and Well-being Books: Preview the library's extensive offering of titles related to well-being available for check out.


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US COVID-19 deaths top 700,000 as delta variant fuels pandemic
What to know about the delta variant
The delta variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. in the summer of 2021, driving up cases and hospitalizations.
WASHINGTON - The COVID-19 death toll in the United States reached 700,000 people Friday, as the nation braces for yet another possible surge as cold weather drives people indoors amid the ongoing pandemic.
The number of lives lost, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the populations of Las Vegas, Nashville and Boston. It's also greater than the number of cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2019.
"To heal we must remember, and as our nation mourns the painful milestone of 700,000 American deaths due to COVID-19, we must not become numb to the sorrow," President Joe Biden said in a statement. On this day, and every day, we remember all those we have lost to this pandemic and we pray for their loved ones left behind who are missing a piece of their soul.
The U.S. leads the world in virus-related deaths. Globally, nearly 4.8 million people have died of COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins data.
One influential model, from the University of Washington, projects new cases will bump up again this fall, but vaccine protection and infection-induced immunity will prevent the virus from taking as many lives as it did last winter.
Still, the model predicts about 90,000 more Americans will die by Jan. 1 for an overall death toll of 788,000 by that date. The model calculates that about half of those deaths could be averted if almost everyone wore masks in public.
"Mask wearing is already heading in the wrong direction," said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the university. "We need to make sure we are ready for winter because our hospitals are exhausted."
The grim and heartbreaking milestone comes as the highly contagious delta variant also continues to drive up infections, as children head back into classrooms and as the Biden administration continues its attempt to get more people vaccinated.
Despite the rising death toll, there are signs of improvement.
A decline in COVID-19 cases across the United States over the past several weeks has given overwhelmed hospitals some relief, but administrators are still bracing for another surge later this year.
Nationwide, the number of people now in the hospital with COVID-19 has fallen to around 75,000 from over 93,000 in early September. In addition, new cases are on the downswing at about 112,000 per day on average, a drop of about one-third over the past 2 weeks.
Deaths, too, appear to be declining, averaging about 1,900 a day versus more than 2,000 about a week ago.
This decrease could be due in part to more people getting vaccinated.
Nationwide, 77.4% of adults have now received at least one dose of a shot and 67% of adults are fully vaccinated to date, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
RELATED: Merck says experimental COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalizations, deaths by half
In a promising development, Merck said Friday its experimental pill for people sick with COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half. If it wins authorization from regulators, it will be the first pill for treating COVID-19 — and an important, easy-to-use new weapon in the arsenal against the pandemic.
Currently, all treatments now authorized in the U.S. against the coronavirus require an IV or injection.
RELATED: COVID-19 risk among kids increased amid delta, start of school year, AAP warns
Despite the promising developments, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease specialist, warned on Friday that some may see the encouraging trends as a reason to remain unvaccinated.
"It's good news we're starting to see the curves" coming down, he said. "That is not an excuse to walk away from the issue of needing to get vaccinated."
An estimated 70 million eligible Americans remain unvaccinated, providing kindling for the highly contagious delta variant.
"If you're not vaccinated or have protection from natural infection, this virus will find you," warned Mike Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
Biden on Saturday echoed experts who have been stressing the importance of vaccinations.
"If you haven't already, please get vaccinated. It can save your life and the lives of those you love. It will help us beat COVID-19 and move forward, together, as one nation," Biden said.
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) would meet on Oct. 15 to discuss the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson booster shots.
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Vaccines produced by both companies are already authorized by the FDA for emergency use. Along with the fully-approved Pfizer jab, the vaccines have played a crucial role in protecting Americans from severe illness and death.


I will be leaving fresh food economy and environmentalism around that to taking a few days speaking about environmentalism in general. Maryland has always been a very corporate state---now global corporate so any legislation or state and city environmental agency has always POSED PROGRESSIVE in seeing environmental laws and regulations are not enforced. Republican voters have historically been against EPA and Department of AG because Republican pols and think tanks always tell them----these regulations and this oversight kills corporate profits and jobs. This past decade saw Republican voters and conservative church groups coming out for the environment maybe driven by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and fracking killing the entire seafood industry in the Gulf and as in Maryland, industrial trawling/global markets killed our seafood industry. We must be PROACTIVE-----and not continue to be REACTIVE to development. Below you see what I referred to while talking about global VEOLA ENVIRONMENT and candidates who hawk for these global corporations and Wall Street. They will shout for $15 an hour but not educate as to International Economic Zones and Trans Pacific Trade Pact will allow global corporations to operate as they do overseas------ignoring US labor and wage laws so this issue will be worthless when candidates work for Wall Street. When Greater Baltimore Urban League like Baltimore Development honors people tied to all this International Economic Zone policy as with the CEO of BWI airport as a success in business they have lost sight of what good, small business economies are and why THEY are the success story. At this Baltimore business conference and mayoral forum for establishment candidates all you heard from these candidates were how they want to make Baltimore an International Economic Zone modeled after Silicon Valley----home of national NAACP leader Ben Jealous and Wall Street global corporate neo-liberals.
IF YOU KEEP SUPPORTING CANDIDATES WHO WORK FOR WALL STREET AND GLOBAL CORPORATIONS ALL PUBLIC POLICY FALLS INTO THEIR HANDS----THESE ARE NOT SINGLE-ISSUES. IF GLOBAL VEOLA ENVIRONMENT IS ATTACHED TO OUR BALTIMORE CITY WATER AND SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBAL VEOLA TRANSPORTATION IS ATTACHED TO OUR BALTIMORE MTA PRIVATIZING ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT THEN ALL POLICIES TIED TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ZONES AND TRANS PACIFIC TRADE PACT WILL BE INSTALLED.
'Speaking at a recent driver protest outside the Baltimore headquarters of SuperShuttle's corporate parent, Veolia Transportation, Mohamed Cisse, like the other SuperShuttle van drivers at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, routinely puts in seven-day weeks and 18-hour days, sometimes sleeping in his van at the airport'.
Above: Driver Tony Koukou Yovo says he was fired for speaking out about working conditions at SuperShuttle.
Mohamed Cisse, like the other SuperShuttle van drivers at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, routinely puts in seven-day weeks and 18-hour days, sometimes sleeping in his van at the airport.
But his work ethic stems not just from the need to support his family.
Because of a "franchise" arrangement that Cisse and the other drivers say is exploitative, they face a mountain of debt and pernicious weekly fees that pile up whether they are sick, business is slow, the airport is closed or – as happened to Cisse last year – their van is stolen and they cannot work.
Speaking at a recent driver protest outside the Baltimore headquarters of SuperShuttle's corporate parent, Veolia Transportation, Cisse explained what happened in August after thieves stole his blue company-leased van from the parking lot of his Suitland apartment complex.
Unable to work for a month, Cisse still was expected to pay the multiple weekly fees owed by all drivers once they sign up to purchase the $35,000 SuperShuttle franchise over 10 years at 15% interest.
"They gave me no other vehicle," said Cisse, 44, who is originally from Ivory Coast in West Africa.
He was told that he owed SuperShuttle $4,988.69.
Why the month delay to get his stolen van back? First, it took a week for police to locate the damaged vehicle. Then Cisse had to pay to have it towed. It took additional weeks for the insurance company (Marsh Insurance, which the drivers must use) to issue the check to cover the balance (after Cisse paid a $2,000 deductible).
Then, still more time passed while the repairs were completed.
"I kept calling. I was going crazy. I needed to get back to work. I knew they are charging me all these fees," Cisse said.
What Cisse had to pay was his basic "franchise" repayment and all the other fees drivers typically owe: a van lease payment, two kinds of insurance, the 17.5% fee charged by the airport authority, a $500-per-week "system fee" to cover "mobile data terminals" used to transmit dispatch information, and other miscellaneous fees.
"I asked the company to just lend me the money, give me a break on the gas, but they wouldn't," Cisse said.
The other drivers took up a collection to help him. Finally, for his ninth week of work after he got the van back, he got a paycheck: $101.
The high fees, along with other alleged harsh working conditions, are at the heart of a dispute between drivers and European transportation giant Veolia, that has flared into lawsuits and unionization battles across the country.
Even when they are working, the drivers say, the cost of gas and these fees leave them with barely enough to scrape by and, on many weeks, they wind up owing the company money.
Several said it was not unusual to come away with just $200-$300 at the end of a week. Cisse said he has pushed it, sleeping in his van at the airport and, after a 110-hour week, made $500. The drivers take a number and wait their turn.
Part of the problem, the drivers say, is that the company has taken on more and more franchisees at BWI, though the amount of work available to them has not increased.
"There is no way I can get ahead," Cisse said, speaking with The Brew after addressing about 40 people assembled earlier this week at the rally organized by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1994 and area activists, including Sharon Black of Baltimore People's Assembly.
Cisse and other drivers say they work 16- to 18-hour days, often sleeping at the holding center near BWI in order to be available for a job that could help them make their weekly payments to SuperShuttle and clear at least some profit.
Millar said it is next-to-impossible for drivers to find anyone willing to buy the franchises. Since they get no fee break for illnesses, they must hire a company relief driver to take over until they recover. They also get no health insurance benefits from SuperShuttle.
Dwight Kines, a vice president with Veolia Transportation on Demand, declined to get into specifics about Yovo's and Cisse's cases, but disputed the allegation that the drivers are exploited.
"I strongly disagree," said Kines, in a phone interview with The Brew. Kines had figures that differed markedly from the drivers'.
Millar and the drivers said their weekly expenses (for gas and SuperShuttle fees and franchise repayment) routinely reach or exceed $2,000. Cisse's "Weekly Driver Summary" from October showed about $1,630 for fees. He said keeping the gas tank filled for five days means another $500 or more that comes out of his pocket.
Kines, however, said their pre-gas fees average about $800.
"Our drivers are able to make a good living," Kines said. He noted that the company has a program to help drivers sell their franchise and offers a couple of weeks credit on the fees each year if drivers wish to take a vacation.
"Can you name another franchisor – McDonald's, Subway, Dunkin' Donuts – where this is allowed?" he asked. He also said that driver turnover has dropped to 15% in recent years.
As establishment candidates like Mosby, Dixon, Pugh, Stokes, Embry, Warnock tout global corporate partnerships from our schools to our city agencies and call for a Baltimore looking like a very International Economic Zone Silicon Valley in San Francisco----they are calling for the industries most devastating to our environment----technology. Global technology and security vs local, emerging technology are opposite. San Francisco is loaded with immigrant third world slums, toxic waste pits, extreme wealth with a city center mostly foreign rich and controlled entirely by global Google and a few other global technology corporations. This area is staged to go completely ONE WORLD International Economic Zone if Trans Pacific Trade Pact is installed. As toxic pits from technology manufacturing grow-----so too is the degradation of environment that comes with International Economic Zones. Fracking, export terminals for natural gas and as you see COAL-----are filling US cities Obama and Clinton Wall Street global corporate neo-liberals said would have fresh food and GREEN economies in underserved communities.
THIS AREA OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TAKEN BY GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MESS.
So, why would citizens in Baltimore want candidates for Baltimore City Council and Mayor thinking THIS IS THE ECONOMIC MODEL FOR BALTIMORE?
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW POLITICIANS ALLOWING EXPORT TERMINALS FOR CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS IN MARYLAND AND PORT OF BALTIMORE WILL AS WELL ALLOW COAL EXPORTS.
Who has a majority share in fracking and exporting corporations, oil export corporations, and the privatized Port of Baltimore and other US ports?
GLOBAL INVESTMENT FIRM HIGHSTAR WITH IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTS GETTING RICHER FROM THESE POLICIES.
So, if HighStar is Johns Hopkins and Wall Street Baltimore Development----they are behind all this Port of Baltimore being a global port-----VEOLA Environment and VEOLA Transportation----and all the policy tied to exporting natural gas, crude oil, and coming soon----coal.
SEE HOW THESE GLOBAL POLICIES ARE ALL TIED TOGETHER AND INVOLVE THESE SAME GLOBAL CORPORATIONS TIED TO OUR US CITY GOVERNMENT.
The developers of an export terminal on City-owned land on the Oakland waterfront have been quietly soliciting a partnership with four Utah counties to export up to ten million tons of coal out of Oakland each year. The partnership would make Oakland the largest coal-export facility on the West Coast, and would increase national coal exports by a whopping 19 percent. This is a frightening prospect for the entire region. It would mean long, dusty coal trains through our communities and compromising health, worker safety, and climate security.
Big Coal made a mistake in targeting the Bay Area. A poll shows that 76 percent of Oakland voters oppose the coal-export proposal, including a majority (57%) who oppose it "strongly." We will not allow our path to a healthy and sustainable future be hijacked by the last gasps of a highly polluting and dying industry.
Big Coal's profits are getting squeezed by new EPA regulations and closures of coal-fired power plants across the US. In response, coal companies are looking for ways to ship their dirty energy commodity to foreign markets. Major organizing victories squashing export proposals in Oregon and Washington mean that Big Coal has turned its sights on California. Bay Area communities are already burdened by poor air quality caused by our five oil refineries and the shipping industry. We even have some coal snaking through our neighborhoods by rail and shipping out of a private terminal in Richmond. Now Oakland is in Big Coal's crosshairs.
California has worked hard to be a coal-free state — but while the state is setting aggressive carbon-reduction targets, this terminal would allow the most carbon-polluting fuel to be brought to market, with devastating consequences.
Toxic coal dust is linked to decreased lung capacity, increased childhood bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, emphysema, and heart disease. For communities along the I-80 corridor, adding more toxic particulate matter to the air would mean more trips to the hospital, more kids with asthma, and shorter lifespans for too many people.
Port workers who have prolonged exposure to coal would suffer an even greater health risk. And the fact is that exporting coal is bad for jobs as well as for health; Terminals that ship coal provide far fewer jobs than terminals that ship containers or general cargo — and that means fewer local jobs. Coal is an increasingly anti-union industry. For so many reasons, this project is not right for the Bay Area.
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Find much more coverage of this issue on our Media page.
From extraction to transport to burning for fuel, coal leaches toxic chemicals into communities and the environment causing climate disruption and deadly diseases. Don't let Big Coal exploit the Bay Area's economy, health, and environment. Join our fight today and help us shut down this dirty and dangerous coal-export project.
Questions? Email Brittany King at brittany.king@sierraclub.org.
As even the GREEN PARTY candidate Joshua Harris shout out for Silicon Valley as our Baltimore City economic model----Harris called for a solar panel industry in Baltimore as exists in California as if this CA model was a green one and as this article shows----IT IS NOT GREEN.
When global corporations control any economic model they always go for the cheapest and most profit-driven and this includes solar panel. Just as Obama and Clinton Wall Street global corporate neo-liberals labelled natural gas CLEAN ENERGY AND GREEN----when everyone knows fracking is worse environmentally than oil-----like Obama and Clinton neo-liberals labelling COAL----CLEAN COAL-----because it undergoes some sort of process not many people believe make it CLEAN-----the movement behind BATTERY technology tied to electric cars and solar panels has a goal of battery technology needed for global technology corporations like global health, global education, global Google and Facebook----and more importantly----this battery technology is tied to the ONE CORPORATION AS ELECTRIC AND HOME ENERGY-----THE CONSOLIDATED ENERGY GRID. So, as Wall Street global corporate neo-liberals pose progressive in all of what they call GREEN----the goal was always research and technology for global corporations and CONSOLIDATED ENERGY GRID.
For decades the US shipped overseas toxic computer hardware to developing nations that are now wising up and saying NO THANKS----as their environments are devastated by all this. So, where are all of these new GREEN energy units going after they fail? It will no doubt look like our nuclear energy storehouses where things are falling apart and no environmentally safe policy has moved forward for decades. THERE IS NO PLAN.
Right now China has most of the solar panel market and US imports most of its solar panels from China and Germany ---this is not a manufacturing business for US cities for the most part---and it would not be a wise industry to start. Those US corporations that are trying to enter the market are getting low marks for environment in most cases and that is with SELF-REPORTING. SELF-REPORTING IS WHAT WALL STREET BANKS AND THE SEC DO SO A GROUP ALLOWING SELF-REPORTING IS NOT GETTING GOOD DATA. The issues they promote are good issues. We know for decades US technology corporations have been telling us they have a recycle system in place then found that system was simply sending it all overseas to be dumped.
Coalition's new report ranks solar manufacturers on environmental health and safety.
"Green" solar panels can have their dirty side in terms of disposal and manufacturing. And what happens to the millions of solar panels planted in solar farms and installed on roofs once they've reached the end of their useful life in 20 or 25 years?
You might recall the outcry in 2008 when the Washington Post reported on the alleged dumping of silicon tetrachloride, a toxic byproduct of polysilicon production on farmland in China. Lax environmental enforcement and the drive to save money on expensive recycling and treatment drove the polysilicon supplier to this irresponsible act.
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) has called on the solar industry to adopt environmentally friendly measures for manufacturing and disposing of solar panels. Sheila Davis, executive director of the non-profit SVTC, believes that solar companies should start investing in recycling efforts now rather than waiting for their products to clog up landfills before taking action.
"It's an excellent time to do this considering that solar is an emerging industry," said Davis. "It will be an environmental advantage if you have panels that not only contribute to sustainability and reduce carbon emissions, but also use renewable and sustainable materials."
To encourage solar manufacturers to do the right thing, SVTC just released its 2010 Solar Company Scorecard, which ranks manufacturers of PV modules according to environmental health and safety, sustainability, workers' rights, and social justice. The responding companies self-reported on these areas and the results can serve as a resource for institutional purchasers, investors and consumers. SVTC is funded by individuals and foundations. The scorecard was partially funded by Henderson Global and Boston Common.
Fourteen companies representing 24 percent of the 2008 module market share and 31 percent of the cumulative market share responded to the inquiry. The top three scores were earned by German manufacturers Calyxo, SolarWorld and Sovello, which scored 90, 88 and 73 respectively. (Calyxo and Sovello, both funded by Q-Cells, likely have larger problems to worry about).
Two U.S.-based cadmium telluride manufacturers responded and scored in the mid-range: First Solar in Arizona received a score of 67 and Colorado-based startup Abound received a 63.
What really needs to occur to drive a recycling culture is the adoption of a takeback program by every solar module manufacturer. Firms can go it alone like First Solar or they can get together, as in the PV Cycle Association, which is developing a voluntary solar panel recycling program in Europe.
SVTC is calling for mandatory takeback and responsible recycling by solar companies as a step toward reducing the solar industry's environmental footprint. Larger institutional customers and city or school districts can drive this process by insisting that there be takeback programs as well.
In Davis' words, "That's why we created the scorecard -- to see which makers are taking the panels back."
First Solar (FSLR), the largest maker of cadmium telluride solar panels, runs a recycling program and explains what it does with unwanted panels here. There is a toxicity risk associated with cadmium telluride that First Solar has confronted with a 100 percent takeback program bonded by Swiss Re in the event that First Solar is not around in 20 to 30 years.
The SVTC got started more than 25 years ago in response to water contamination caused by the semiconductor industry. Their focus has been on electronics, but the rapid growth of the solar PV industry has spurred them into getting an early start on working with the solar panel manufacturers, and to avoid the late start that the semiconductor industry had. "We don't want that to happen in the solar industry," said Davis.
She added, "The waste stream is going to diversify and manufacturers need to be prepared."
THIS IS FOR WHAT GLOBAL VEOLA ENVIRONMENT WORKS----IT SELLS SOLAR PANEL TECHNOLOGY BUT MAKES SURE IT GOES INTO GLOBAL CORPORATE HANDS.
Simply attaching individual homeowners to these solar panels will be the GREEN benefit-----massive real estate filled with solar panels for our energy grid----when electricity is more GREEN than solar panels is done simply to sell solar panels for these global corporations. The small amount of energy coming from these huge fields of solar panels creates so little GREEN to justify the toxicity of manufacturing these super-panels.
ENERGY STORAGE IS THE CONSOLIDATED ENERGY GRID TECHNOLOGY HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING GREEN OR GREEN ENERGY. MANUFACTURE LOCAL AND INSTALL INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
Below you see the business calling itself SolarCity-----and you see more and more of the emphasis is on the battery technology and storage of energy all designed for global corporate campuses like WalMart making THEM ENERGY FREE with tons of toxic waste from these technologies moving into all of our communities. These kinds of technologies are not CLEAN and GREEN-----and they are not aimed at residential----you will soon see that market disappear as these global corporations find only the global corporate campuses with solar and energy storage being profitable.
Who is behind the GREEN ENERGY diversification when Maryland says it is going GREEN? A global corporation in Europe handles our Maryland off-shore windmill project and we know solar is tied to these West-Coast corporations....NOTHING LOCAL HAPPENING.
Don't think Bush neo-conservatives are being left out by all this Clinton/Obama Wall Street global corporate neo-liberal subsidy to global GREEN-----Obama is working as hard as he can for global FRACKING----which is Bush and oil and again ----NOT GREEN.
Can the company figure out the best way to pair C&I storage with PV?
SolarCity closed two major rounds of funding this week that will give a boost to its residential and commercial solar businesses, and could possibly breathe new life into a languishing commercial and industrial (C&I) solar market.
On April 7, the California-based company announced it had closed the second round of financing as part of its renewable energy tax equity investment program with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and another investor. The program will finance approximately $188 million in solar projects, covering the up-front cost of the solar equipment and installation.
On April 6, SolarCity announced it had closed a $150 million round of non-recourse financing with Credit Suisse to support deployment of commercial solar energy systems, including battery storage systems.
The news builds on last year's announcement that SolarCity had activated a $1 billion fund in partnership with Credit Suisse that is expected to finance more than 300 megawatts of solar for businesses, schools and government organizations across the U.S.
SolarCity is widely known as the largest residential solar installer in the U.S., but has also climbed to the top of the commercial and industrial space, claiming the number one spot for installations in 2014 and 2015, according to the GTM Research U.S. PV Leaderboard.
SolarCity's commercial offering leverages ZS Peak, a proprietary mounting system that integrates the solar panel with the racking hardware, reducing project build time from multiple weeks to a just a few days.
Battery storage projects will be supported by DemandLogic, which is SolarCity's dedicated battery for businesses aimed at beating utilities' demand charges. Developed with energy storage technology from Tesla, DemandLogic is equipped with autonomous, learning software to optimize savings.
This isn't SolarCity's first move in the C&I solar-plus-storage space. The company launched its energy storage product for businesses in 2013. Currently, DemandLogic is officially only available for customers in California, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
California's Self-Generation Incentive Program database lists SolarCity's commercial storage pipeline at 4.3 megawatts, of which only 505 kilowatts have been deployed, according to Ravi Manghani, senior energy storage analyst at GTM Research.
Most of those deployments came in 2011. In all likelihood they were installed for Walmart to aid in reducing peak load. SolarCity is currently installing an additional 10 battery projects for Walmart using 200 kilowatt (400 kilowatt-hour) batteries.
GTM Research estimates that less than half of C&I storage projects are currently deployed in combination with solar. Some sites with solar may later add storage, but there are relatively few simultaneous deployments. Manghani said he's eager to see the extent to which SolarCity can bring two disparate value streams offered by solar (kilowatt-hour savings) and storage (kilowatt management) under a common financing platform.
It will also be interesting to see the impact a new round of financing could have on the overall C&I market.
Installations in the commercial solar segment have actually dropped 4 percent on an annual basis over the past two years, according to Cory Honeyman, senior solar analyst at GTM Research. This is primarily due to three challenges: policy constraints brought on by state incentive volatility and challenging rate structures, a sluggish customer acquisition process, and limited financing for small and non-investment grade commercial customers.
Honeyman said it will be telling for the sector to see just how much of SolarCity's $150 million C&I fund targets solar-plus-storage and how much targets commercial customer segments.
He'll be looking out for "Whether this fund focuses on more of the same or reveals a shift in commercial solar finance towards under served solar-plus solutions and customer types that can reboot the broader commercial solar market."
Between funding announcements, SolarCity unveiled last week that it has appointed former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff as the company's Chief Policy Officer. The progressive energy policy expert will advise SolarCity on regulatory and legislative affairs, and could lead the company commercial solar policy debates.
The point is this: we KNOW what happened in CA and Silicon Valley both with global technology taking control of San Francisco----creating massive toxic dumps with workers being exposed to dangerous workplace environments----and we know San Francisco as International Economic Zone is hiring mostly foreign workers, bringing immigrant labor to these global technology factories as sweat shops----SO WHY WOULD BALTIMORE WANT TO COPY THAT BUSINESS ECONOMY?
The answer is Wall Street Baltimore Development and Johns Hopkins is driven by International Economic Zone and global corporate policy and global health care and global corporate education must have all this energy storage battery manufacturing.
'Often the original mess is almost untreatable. In Silicon Valley's case, it would take 700 years of continuous treatment to make the groundwater drinkable.'"
None of these global corporate GREEN ENERGY projects are about being GREEN or making our homes and each community GREEN----it is all about building the technology needed for global corporations to do their business and to sell globally.
Global VEOLA ENVIRONMENT calls all this technology GREEN and SUSTAINABLE----knowing it is going to be targeting global corporate campuses and not our local communities and homes.
Way back in the 1960s and 1970s, tech firms like Intel Corp. and Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. used toxic solvents to produce early computer chips. But that decades-old pollution has since led to additional environmental damage — and potential health threats — in Silicon Valley and other distant locales, according to a new report.
The Center for Investigative Reporting and the Guardian US conducted an in-depth study published this week on a government-designated environmental cleanup site in Mountain View that serves as a case study for 1,300 similarly toxic "Superfund" sites nationwide. The article found that costly clean up often creates more waste that goes beyond Silicon Valley and its residents.
The report follows the "toxic trail" of groundwater in Mountain View contaminated by cancer-causing solvents such as trichloroethylene and benzene, which were previously used by tech companies to degrease chips.
In an effort to limit harmful vapors wafting into nearby job and housing clusters — including massive tech campuses for companies like Google Inc. and Symantec Corp. — water is pumped out of the ground and sent to questionable treatment plants in places like Kentucky, Arizona or a separate plant in Silicon Valley. But that causes more concerns.
"Along the trail, contained toxic waste is turned into an array of uncontrolled and potentially worse problems that fan out across the U.S.
Often the original mess is almost untreatable. In Silicon Valley's case, it would take 700 years of continuous treatment to make the groundwater drinkable.'"
Read much more about the environmental mess — including the potential impacts on your food supply — in the full report.


Redmonds Music | FitzGeralds Thursday – Special Guests!
Joining the Redmonds tomorrow night at Fitzgeralds: Tony Caponi acoustic starting at 7:30pm; Adam Stasica acoustic following the Trailer Park Twisters. Also, J.B. RITCHIE will make a special appearance for a couple Redmonds tunes adding his special brand of slide to the already powerful line-up of Mike Gorman, Rich Koc, Rick Nelson and LJ Slavin. That's a lot of music for only $6 – don't miss!


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Report: A superb all-round performance by Puneri Paltan saw them register a comfortable 37-25 victory over Haryana Steelers in the fifth Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) on Tuesday.
Sandeep Narwal (nine points), Rajesh Mondal (seven points) were the main contributors but it was a real team effort which led Pune to victory.
The Puneri Paltan raiders chipped in with 15 points whereas the defence contributed 17 points. For Haryana, Surjeet Singh was the sole performer as he ended up with nine raid points.
Puneri Paltan are now third in Zone A with 42 points from 11 matches. Haryana Steelers remain second with 49 points after 16 matches.
Puneri Paltan led 2-0 in the first minute after scoring a raid and tackle point.
Wazir Singh made a successful raid in the second minute to open Haryana's account. Both teams were neck and neck after five minutes with the score level at 4-4.
Rajesh Mondal made a successful raid in the 9th minute to give Puneri Paltan a 7-4 lead. Haryana Steelers fought back to make it 7-7 in the 10th minute.
Deepak Hooda made a successful raid in the 17th minute to give Puneri Paltan a 10-9 lead. Puneri Paltan inflicted an all out in the 18th minute to lead 16-10.
Haryana Steelers went into the break trailing 10-16 and scored two points in a minute at the start of the second half to trail 12-17. Puneri Paltan were looking in control of the match as they led 20-13 after 25 minutes.
Surjeet Singh scored with a two-point raid as Haryana Steelers trailed 17-22 after 30 minutes. Rajesh Mondal restored Puneri Paltan's seven- point advantage with a two-point raid in the next minute.
Puneri Paltan inflicted an all out in the 35th minute to lead 33-20. Haryana Steelers were looking hapless and completely out of sorts as they couldn't match their opponents' intensity.
Surjeet Singh scored with three successful raids as Haryana reduced the deficit to 24-35 in the 38th minute. Puneri Paltan were the better defensive unit on the night as they won the match 37-25.
Did Pro Kabaddi League dilute its intensity by expanding duration, teams in 2017 edition?


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Award-Winning Young Health Programme expands to 18 new communities in Kenya
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A collaboration between AstraZeneca (www.AstraZeneca.com) and Plan International Kenya to address non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention among young people; The Programme will operate in Nairobi inclusive of 5 villages in Kibera and 13 villages in Mathare; The Programme builds on five years of successful implementation and results in Kibera, Nairobi between 2016 and 2020.
Today, Plan International Kenya and AstraZeneca are pleased to announce the five-year renewal of the Young Health Programme Kenya, a global community investment initiative from AstraZeneca, focusing on young people and prevention of the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs): cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases.
In Kenya, young people between 10 and 24 account for over 33% of the total population [1], providing the country with a considerable socio-economic development opportunity. The period of adolescence is pivotal in reducing NCDs and maximizing health across all stages of life.
"We are very excited to build on five years of successful implementation in Kenya and expand our reach to 18 new areas, the remaining villages in Kibera and into the new area of Mathare," says Kate Maina-Vorley, Country Director, Plan International Kenya. "Having successfully worked closely with the Nairobi County and National Government to support policies and guidelines on NCD prevention, and reached over 82,000 young people and 267,000 members of the wider community over the past five years, we are looking forward to continuing this vital work focusing on NCD prevention. Our recent external evaluation illustrated incredible results, including for instance that the number of young people using tobacco declined more than 40%, from 47.2% at baseline to 5.9% at the final evaluation. Combining our programme to empower young people to make healthier life choices, with the present significant political will to address the challenge, we hope to continue to have a huge impact on long-term health outcomes."
The Young Health Programme addresses the primary NCD risk factors of tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and air pollution, as well as supporting the broader health and well-being of young people.
According to the World Health Organisation country profile of 2018, NCDs in Kenya are estimated to account for 27% of total deaths and 13% of premature deaths, with cardiovascular diseases and cancers being the leading cause of death, accounting for 8% and 10% respectively [2]. The Kenya 2015 STEPS survey revealed that 94% of Kenyans aged 18-69 are consuming less than the WHO-recommended 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day [3], an alarming statistic that may compromise their current and future health.
Nancy, a 23 year old peer educator from Kibera said, "The programme built my capacity in different ways. At an individual level, I have become knowledgeable about the risk that can lead to NCDs and have learnt so much about NCDs compared to before joining the programme. At the community level, I have raised awareness about NCD prevention among young people. Most of them have taken it positively and as a result, have reduced the practices, especially those who were harmfully using alcohol."
The Young Health Programme Kenya is a five-year programme that aims to contribute to the improved health and wellbeing of young people between 10-24 years of age in five villages in Kibera that were not reached through the 2016-2020 programme, and all thirteen villages in Mathare. Specifically, it aims to ensure that young people in Nairobi have increased knowledge about risk factors and NCD prevention, which gives them greater capacity to make informed decisions about their health, in the context of improved health services, an enabling support system and policy environment.
The Young Health Programme Kenya hopes to directly reach more than 88,000 young people with health information and NCD prevention programming. Indirectly, it is expected to reach an additional 400,000 young people and 196,000 members of the wider community through campaigns, events and awareness raising activities.
Globally, the AstraZeneca Young Health Programme has reached more than 5 million young people in 30 countries since it was launched in 2010.
"Since the Young Health Programme launched in Kenya in 2016, I have seen the peer educators in action, and have been inspired by their desire to become champions for other youth in their communities to live healthier lives. The impact this can have shines through in the achievements of the programme to date and we are delighted to continue our commitment to adolescent health in Kenya," said Dr Kennedy Njau, Government Affairs Director, Sub Saharan Africa, AstraZeneca.
For more information about the Young Health Programme, please go to the website:
www.YoungHealthProgrammeYHP.com
Expansion launch event 26 May 2021 on YouTube: YouTube Link (https://bit.ly/3fkkFwI)
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[2] https://bit.ly/3uh5xo0
[3] https://bit.ly/3oPjJ6s
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of AstraZeneca.
About the Young Health Programme:
AstraZeneca's Young Health Programme (YHP) is a global programme with a unique focus on young people age 10 to 24 and prevention of the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs): cancer, diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease and mental ill health. Delivered in partnership with Plan International and UNICEF and informed by research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, YHP aims to support the development of protective environments and empower young people to make informed choices about their health. YHP is part of our sustainability commitment to use our capabilities to make the most meaningful impact where society needs it – health.
The Young Health Programme: Better health choices, brighter life chances.
About Plan International:
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children's rights and equality for girls. We strive for a just world, working with children, young people, our supporters and partners. Plan International has been building powerful partnerships for children, adolescents and youth for more than 80 years, and is active in over 75 countries across the world.
Plan International has been operating in Kenya since 1982 and to-date continues to work in 10 counties: Nairobi, Machakos, Kajiado, Tharaka Nithi, Siaya, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Homabay and Kisumu.
About AstraZeneca:
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas – Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism and Respiratory. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.


This collection of true stories from the Gulf of Mexico and beyond focuses on interactions with other species. Eleven examples of loose prose feature a theme of telepathy and clairaudience, my main modes of communicating with the seen and unseen world. Human elements include civil disobedience and struggling with suicidal ideation, relying on faith in God to resolve difficult situations. A peace activist and landscaper or organic grower during the period covered in these autobiographical stories, the emphasis in this collection is not comedic.


VICTORIAN football fans will be able to watch Friday night's blockbuster between Collingwood and Geelong live on television but host broadcaster Channel Seven has warned it's not necessarily a sign of things to come.
Seven's Melbourne general manager Lewis Martin yesterday announced the top-of-the-table clash at the MCG would screen as a ''major event'' from 7.30pm - an hour earlier than usual.
The live broadcast is a major switch for the network, which has steadfastly refused to shift Better Homes and Garden from the slot.
''We have got two massive clubs, in great form, vying for one and two,'' Martin said. ''Collingwood is involved. What makes Collingwood special? They have a huge fan base. Not only will there be a lot of people that want to see Collingwood win but there would also be a lot of people that want to see Collingwood lose. It's a massive game. It's become an event.
Martin all but confirmed Seven was loathe to have all Friday-night games shown live if it was successful in holding on to the broadcast rights when the new contract begins in 2012.
''We understand for a lot of footy fans it can be frustrating but we are a free-to-air business, we don't charge anybody for our wonderful coverage, nor do Channel Ten who also provide great coverage,'' he told 3AW Radio. ''If every game were Collingwood versus Geelong, one versus two, you would probably look at it.
''But, unfortunately, the reality with our unpredictable game is you have to do the fixture 12 months out, not every game is a blockbuster.
Lewis said Seven, which attracted 620,000 viewers when the round 14-clash between Geelong and St Kilda was shown live on a Sunday last season, would need about 700,000 viewers on Friday for advertising to cover the cost of the switch.
The battle for the next broadcast rights deal will intensify when the federal government reveals changes to its anti-siphoning legislation, expected to be announced within weeks.
AFL chief Andrew Demetriou has said that ''wherever possible'' matches would be shown live from 2012 but Martin said the league had not pressured his network, which still attracts big ratings despite games being shown on delay in Melbourne.
''Those discussions continue and they are very open discussions but nothing conclusive,'' he said.
Martin was lukewarm on Thursday and Monday night matches in the new deal.


The small fortune stolen in the last few weeks have motivated criminals to send out many new, professional looking, yet completely fraudulent, ICO-related emails.
Last month, I published an article describing how criminals used a phishing campaign to steal $150,000 by tricking people into sending the crooks money that the victims intended to invest in an ICO.
A few days later, I tweeted out a story that appeared on the cryptocurrency news website, Coin Desk, about a similar scam that successfully pilfered over $1-Million dollars in just over a single day.
And, in the last couple weeks, I myself have received multiple bogus emails purporting to be from various parties running ICOs with instructions on how to purchase coins/tokens, and that I would receive a discount if I made the purchase quickly. Some of the emails even claimed that I had previously requested to be notified when the particular tokens involved became available for purchase (which was false), and that, as such, this was my "early notification," and that I had 24 hours to act before the sale became open to the general public at a higher price.
While some of the crooks' emails contained noticeable signs that they may be fraudulent – for example, grammatical errors or links to misspelled websites – others were extremely-well crafted; the professional-looking emails were quite convincing, and it is easy to understand why many people have already fallen prey to similar scams.
1. Know that you are a hot target.
The recent success of at least two ICO-related phishing campaigns (as discussed above) means that there will be many copycats. Keep in mind that if you are investing in cryptocurrencies you are a hot target for sophisticated criminals. Be vigilant, and think twice before clicking on any links or sending anyone any money.
Beware any and all emails related to any ICO or other cryptocurrency-related purchase in which you are interested. There are many fraudulent emails being sent out — at this point, there may even be more fraudulent emails than legitimate ones going out on a daily basis.
Always verify the address to which you plan to send payment for any ICO by comparing it to the address listed on the official website of the issuer (if available), and to the address listed in all prior correspondence from the issuer. Also verify the address by contacting the relevant party involved at a known valid contact address or phone number. If anything does not match perfectly, something may be seriously amiss.
Why are criminals suddenly targeting cryptocurrency investors? I listed 11 reasons in a piece that I published just two days ago. If you are interested in cryptocurrencies, be sure to read that article – the attack trend is likely to continue and expand; be sure to learn about what is going on and keep yourself safe.
For some important tips on how to secure your cryptocurrency, please see my article 18 Tips to Help You Secure Your Cryptocurrency.
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Home Editors' Pick China and African countries to embrace closer economic, trade ties
China and African countries to embrace closer economic, trade ties
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China and African countries will see more intimate economic and trade ties as the first China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo will open on June 27 in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province.
A total of 53 African countries have confirmed to attend the expo, and international organizations including the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the World Food Programme and the World Trade Organization will also send representatives to attend the event.
Here are some facts and figures revealing the growing vitality of trade between China and Africa as well as broader economic exchanges.
— China has been the largest trading partner of Africa for 10 consecutive years.
— In 2018, trade volume between China and Africa amounted to 204.2 billion U.S. dollars, up 20 percent year on year.
— China's imports of non-resource products from Africa have increased significantly. In 2018, China's imports from Africa went up 32 percent year on year, with the imports of agricultural products up 22 percent.
— China's exports of mechanical, electrical and high-tech products accounted for 56 percent of its total exports to African countries.
— China has finished the negotiations of a free trade agreement with Mauritius.
— More than 3,700 Chinese enterprises have been set up in Africa by the end of 2018, with combined direct investment over 46 billion dollars.
— China's financial institutions have established more than 10 branches in Africa.
— South Africa and seven other countries have included the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, in their foreign exchange reserves.
— China has formed RMB clearing arrangements with Zambia and signed currency swap agreements with four African countries including Morocco. Enditem
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 Код по гидрологической изученности (ГИ) — 110001397
 Код бассейна — 08.01.03.004
 Номер тома по ГИ — 10
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Vermilion Parish School Board To Consider 4-Day School Week
The change in schedule is expected to be discussed at this Wednesday's meeting of the board.
2 In Lafayette Parish Make Top 20 Best High Schools In Louisiana
Usnews.com has released their "2019 Best High Schools" rankings, and when it comes to Louisiana, Lafayette Parish is where you'll find two of the top schools.
Louisiana To Offer Paid, On-The-Job Training For 3,000 High Schoo
The program was approved by BESE board members today.
Homeless Teen Gets accepted To 17 Colleges
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Avoyelles Parish Schools Moving To Four Day School Week
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It was announced Tuesday that Republicans and a few Democrats have just negotiated a deal to take control of the New York State Senate, despite the fact that as of the November election, the Senate will have more Democrats than Republicans. The Republicans have convinced six moderate Democrats to work with them, having agreed on a power-sharing arrangement that will split the leadership of the Senate between the Republican leader and leader of the so-called Independent Democratic Conference. In fact, the two men will rotate every two weeks through the constitutional office of President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
As part of the agreement, the Republicans have agreed to allow votes on several Democratic agenda items, including campaign finance reform and raising the state minimum wage. The last time the Democrats controlled the New York Senate they accomplished little, so many people including the Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are taking a somewhat hopeful wait-and-see attitude. Cuomo has refused to get involved in pressuring the renegade Dems to toe the party line.
Of course the rest of the Senate Democrats and especially their leadership are crying foul. They have even called this maneuver a coup. But of course, this is representative government at work. The advantage, in this and all such coalitions, is that because the ruling coalition relies on maintaining the loyalty of a small group of centrists, it will force the Senate agenda to be a moderate one. This could aid negotiation with the governor and the New York Assembly.
The main disadvantage I see is that in this case, the coalition shifts power toward the Republicans, while the New York Assembly (the lower house of the state legislature) and the Governorship are Democratically controlled. In theory, it would seem a lot easier for Governor Cuomo to get his progressive agenda through if he were working with purely Democratic leaderships in both houses. But the Democrats' performance when they last controlled the Senate in 2009-2010 seems to indicate otherwise.
Of course, I have to admit that one big difference, both in Albany and Washington, is that Republicans have excellent party discipline, which is necessary for any such deal to hold together. Not so much Democrats, in either place. But that's the conventional wisdom from pre-Tea Party days. Now, it could be the Republicans in Washington are ripe to be pulled apart.
It could be that John Boehner knows this could happen. That could be part of why he's starting to budge on the budget, recognizing that higher tax rates may be in the cards. Boehner is a smart man, and an excellent parliamentarian. He knows the rules of the House and how the Speaker is elected. Seventeen votes isn't very many, and there are very very many ways to get them.
Centrist coalitions led by moderates willing to flip would seem to be a great way to govern. They give power to the moderates, which is generally a good thing. In fact, looking at Albany, if the Democrats wanted to win back those defectors, they could probably just offer them the same plum leadership and committee posts as the Republicans agreed to give them. So the moderates should be able to gain influence either way the final negotiations end up. I'll explore in a future post why in practice, moderates aren't able to play both ends against the middle so effectively.
A lot like the British system. if only….


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Letter; Lindo, A. A.; Leeser, Isaac, Rev.; Cincinnati, OH; 26 February 1849
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Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913, to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Navient, one of the largest student loan management companies in the country, for allegedly steering borrowers into costly repayment plans and peddling predatory loans.
He said Pennsylvania residents, who collectively owe about $61.8 billion in private and federal student loans, have filed more than 1,000 complaints against Navient with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Shapiro is seeking restitution for borrowers and an undetermined amount in civil penalties.
The charges in the complaint span from 2004 to 2014, a period of tremendous growth in the student loan origination and servicing business. Navient spent a majority of that time as a subsidiary of education financier Sallie Mae. Shapiro says the two made "risky and expensive" private student loans that carried interest rates as high as nearly 16 percent and fees equal to 9 percent of the loan. Those loans were provided to students with poor credit, attending colleges where barely 50 percent of people graduated, an indicator that borrowers were at risk of not completing their degrees and being unable to repay the debt, the complaint said.
Sallie Mae used those private subprime loans to develop relationships with colleges and universities. In the lead-up to the 2008 recession, colleges had what's known as preferred lender lists, made up of companies that offered a full suite of federal and private loans. Although Sallie Mae expected its subprime loans to default en masse, prosecutors say having the loans as an option in the company's package was critical to persuade schools to include them on the lender list.
Navient absorbed Sallie Mae's liabilities and 95 percent of its assets, including servicing rights to $300 billion in student loans, when the companies split in 2014. That means Navient is responsible for any expenses, losses and remediation arising from the lawsuit.
While the lion's share of the charges leveled in the lawsuit are directed at Sallie Mae's lending practices, prosecutors also take aim at the ways in which Navient services student loans. Authorities claim the company steered too many people into short-term forbearance that postponed their loan payments but accrued more interest on their debt. Placing someone in forbearance requires less paperwork than enrolling that person in an income-driven repayment plan, which can lower the monthly bill and eventually offer loan forgiveness.
Pennsylvania's lawsuit mirrors cases filed against Navient by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in January. In those cases, the state attorneys general teamed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a multiyear investigation into the business practices of Navient and its subsidiaries, finding widespread breakdowns in servicing. Illinois and Washington filed their lawsuits on the same day as the CFPB announced its case against Navient.
Among the most serious charges in the CFPB complaint is an allegation that Navient incentivized employees to encourage borrowers to postpone payments through forbearance. As a result, the CFPB says Navient customers who were enrolled in multiple, consecutive forbearances from January 2010 to March 2015 amassed more than $4 billion in interest charges. Navient denies all wrongdoing in that case, which the company said was politically motivated.


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