This is particularly important for those Trainees who will be taking maternity leave during a hospital post as it can take 3 months to ensure locum cover is available, which is essential to ensure patient safety and service provision is maintained. Problems have been experienced as a result of departments being given only 2 weeks notice of maternity leave plans, which is unacceptable.
If Linda Latif has not had confirmation that you have informed the above mentioned people by the specified deadline, she will notify them on your behalf.
Timely notification demonstrates the development of skills for the professional competences of `Working with Colleagues and in Teams´ and `Fitness to Practice´. If notification is not given in a timely fashion, these professional competences are not being demonstrated and will be evidenced in your ePortfolio.
Trainees are entitled to maternity leave and pay in accordance with the Directions to Strategic Health Authorities (Nov 2003) as amended and the statutory entitlements contained in the Employment Rights Act 2002. The provisions are similar to those for hospital doctors contained within Section 6 of the General Whitley Council Handbook. Details available from your GP trainer or Hospital Trust.
Under current Inland Revenue regulations, if a doctor changes employer, ie moves from trust to trust or to general practice, it counts as a break in service for Statutory Maternity Pay purposes, despite the 2 organisations being both part of the NHS. When the body directly responsible for the payment of the Class 1 contributions changes, then the period of continuous employment is broken. To be entitled to SMP an employee must be continuously employed by the same employer for 26 weeks before the 15th week before the baby is due (ie 41 weeks).
If you do not qualify for SMP, you have to claim Maternity Allowance direct from the Benefits Agency.
remember you can refer to the BMA website or call an advisor for personal advice if you get stuck.
Inform your current employer – Deanery and School of General Practice or Hospital Trust depending on placement. Out of courtesy it's also good to tell your Educational Supervisor.
You will need to find out your new 'completion date' i.e. when you will finish your GP training. To do this you will need to contact the Certification Unit at the RCGP, Tel 02031887656 certification@gmc-uk.org (best to do when you are fairly certain of your return to work date. i.e. can be left until you are on maternity leave if necessary). Notify your GPSTP Coordinator of the date so your ePortfolio can be updated.
If you have not been at your current employer (i.e. hospital trust, individual GP surgery) for long enough when you go off on maternity leave (26 weeks service at 25/40) they will not pay you your statutory maternity pay (SMP). You therefore need to contact the Job Centre Plus who will pay statutory maternity allowance (SMA) instead (same amount of money) tel 08000 556688 and ask for MA1 form. They will send you some forms which you need to return with your MATB1 (which you get from your midwife after 20/40) and your SMP1 (which you get from your employer- confirming that they will not be paying you SMP). There is a useful website – www.direct.gov.uk/benefits. Additionally your trusts' human resources website and the BMA website also have useful info about all this. NB – this can be the most complicated bit of mat leave so don't panic if you find it a minefield initially!
The RCGP don't currently offer a discounted rate when you're on maternity leave, but they charge a reduced rate for the extra period of time over and above 3 years that you are in training as a result (2012 £125 per each additional year). RCGP Tel 08454564041.
Start to think about whether you may wish to return to work less than full time, as you ideally need to apply 6-12 months in advance.


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'Chocolate Bunny' Francesca bares it all for her new book
Playboy Bunny Francesca Emerson is now a Goonellabah local, living in a yurt.
Amber Gibson
27th Jan 2020 11:00 PM | Updated: 28th Jan 2020 2:42 PM
BECOMING a Playboy Bunny at age 22 in the early 1960s, Francesca Emerson said New York's most infamous club was a platform for independence "not as a woman or as a black woman, but as a person of substance who could be anything she desired."
Mrs Emerson, who splits her time living between Goonellabah and Selma, Alabama, USA, is one of few to experience the Hollywood world working as a Bunny at Hugh Hefner's exclusive Playboy Club nightclub.
Last month, on her 79th birthday, she released her book, The Chocolate Bunny baring it all.
"We were living in extraordinary times," Mrs Emerson said.
From working in a department store in New York City to serving some of the most famous people of the time, Francesca Emerson now spends half the year in Goonellabah. Picture: Herb Wilde.
"I came in at a time of a renaissance where things were bubbling over and I was in the midst of a whole new lifestyle and a whole new canvas opened up to me.
"Things were just starting to break - you're talking about woman and feminism, the sexual revolution, the pill, abortion."
Mrs Emerson, who grew up in Harlem, New York City, worked as a Playboy Bunny, but was not a Playmate for Playboy magazine.
"Playmates were the ones who posed naked, who were the centrefold for the magazine which was a totally different thing," she said.
Before becoming a Bunny, Mrs Emerson worked at a department store in New York City called Bloomingdale's.
Her boyfriend at the time encouraged her to apply to be a Bunny.
"I had no idea what a Playboy Bunny was," she said.
Hired by Hugh Hefner's brother, Keith, she started her role at the exclusive men's club at Number 5, East 59th St.
"You walked around in three-inch heals, a very tight, skinny custom-made outfit so no one else could be in the outfit but you," she said.
"It was hard work.
"You were always on a schedule that you couldn't go five pounds above your weight, so they weighed you once a month to make sure that you stayed within what they thought a Playboy Bunny was supposed to be."
From working in a department store in New York City to serving some of the most famous people of the time, Francesca Emerson now spends half the year in Goonellabah.
The club, which opened in December 1962, had Bunnies serve food and drinks - everything for $1.50 each - to some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities with the club hosting the best musicians and comedians of the time.
Mrs Emerson said she remembers Bill Cosby the most.
Mrs Emerson, who was married with two children while working at the club, said she didn't go out a lot but had many of her fellow Bunnies attend the Playboy Mansion and clubs.
"In those days, making a $100 in cash was unbelievable," she said.
"Some of us were making more money than our fathers and our brothers together, so we became independent women who were able to take care of ourselves.
"Most of us were able to put ourselves through college or start a business, buy a home."
Mrs Emerson became a Bunny in 1963, a month after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
"I feel that I owe a lot to Hugh Hefner because he hired minorities - you could go into that club and you could see every nationality, whether you were a Bunny or a bus boy or in the coat room," Mrs Emerson said.
"Only one Playboy Club in the south was segregated by law, otherwise in all of the clubs black and whites mingled."
On New Year's Eve 1964, Mrs Emerson worked the opening of Los Angeles' first club.
Mrs Emerson was fired at age 28 after she was no longer the "Bunny image", a comment she said was inevitable among Bunnies closing in on their 30s.
"This was not a career, this was a place to get somewhere," she said.
In 1969, she was hired to work on the Playboy After Dark American television show hosted by Hugh Hefner, went on to work at iconic Motown Records and then was employed as an assistant film editor for Universal Studios in 1973.
"I was the first black woman to be initiated into the Editors' Guild 776 and one of my first ever films that I worked on was called The China Syndrome," She said.
That film was released in 1979, starring Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and Jack Lemmon.
Since retirement, Mrs Emerson has worked on creative projects, welding, sculpting and is now releasing her book as a legacy to her children.
Mrs Emerson first visited Australia in 1991 and "fell in love with it the first time I came."
She also reconnected with long-term friend and now husband, renowned 'psychedelic' lightshow artist, Roger Foley-Fogg, sharing a yurt in Goonellabah.
While speaking to The Northern Star, Mrs Emerson was in New Orleans with one of her fellow Bunnies she had met in New York City and who trained her for The Playboy Club 50 years ago.
"I established terrific friendships through that club that have carried me through the years - of woman who have empowered me and inspired me and who have gone on to do wonderful things," she said.
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To edit the information that appears on the landing page of one of the programs in the company.
After creating a new program (see Add Programs), use the steps below to add the program's details.
To see which projects are assigned to the program, click the "+" icon to the right of the program name.
This opens the Project Settings page, which contains the Programs list.
Scroll down to the section called '<Your Company Name> Programs' section.
Click Edit next to the desired program.
This opens the Editing Program page.
Name. The title that you put into this field will appear at the top of the page in the Program's landing page, as well as on the Programs tool's landing page.
Note: If you have enabled the River Gauge options to include river observations from the National Weather Service's Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) webpages, you will see additional fields in this page. See Enable and Configure a River Gauge for a Program.
Photo. Upload a photo to appear on the Programs tab.
Location. Add the location of the program. You may add more than one location, if applicable.
Website. If your company or program has a related website, you can add a helpful hyperlink, which will appear under the program's location information.
Latitude/Longitude. The retrieved weather information is based upon the program's specified latitude and longitude coordinates. Add the latitude and longitude coordinates here. (e.g. 34.3).
Zip. Include the zip code that should be associated with the program.
iFrame URL. If you want to display part of a webpage in an iFrame, enter the URL of a webpage that you want to display. For example, you might want to a link to a live webcam feed, web portal, map view, aerial view, and so on. If you do NOT want to display a webpage in an iFrame, leave this field blank.
iFrame Height. Specify the height (in pixels) of the iFrame that you want to display on the program's page. The default value is 500px. If you do NOT want to display a webpage in an iFrame, enter 0.
Textarea 1 and Textarea 2. Use these free-form text fields to add any additional details or notes.
Attachments. Attach any files that apply to every project in the program.
Projects in the Program. Click the links to view the projects within the program. See Add Projects to a Program.
Repeat the steps above for each program. The image below shows you what your Program's page will approximately look like. In this example, we did NOT include an iFrame.


Glass of Fancy » 2012 » August - Fashion, fiction, and life in the city.
Aiyan smiled vaguely at him and nodded, eliciting a disgusted snort. "Whatever." His visitor whirled away, leaving the curtain hanging askew.
He dipped the brush into the ink. In quick, sure strokes he inscribed a string of symbols onto the thin strip of paper, the wet ink gleaming black in a series of fat curves and sharp lines. He picked up the paper by the corner and waved it gently until it dried, then, in a sharp movement, tossed it into the fireplace. The curse flared briefly as it took flame, sending a burst of golden light flying up the chimney, and was consumed.
Aiyan smiled placidly and went back to his diagrams.
Voices from the courtyard met Camilia as she entered. She smiled and paused under the arch to enjoy the daily spectacle only she got to see: the empire's most notorious young rake playing with her children.
"ELPHANT!" Aleish bellowed. Cahleina giggled.
"Vash! What are you teaching them?" Camilia struggled to keep the laughter out of her voice.
"Gods!" The soldier next to him smeared at his brow, sweat trickling down his neck. "This forsaken country." He smacked at an insect and started to express at length his opinion of the bandits they were here to put down and their painful elusiveness in the height of summer.
Dyan twisted his mouth and looked out across the water. The heat of Njaia was relentless, and there were days when the drone of the cicadas drilled into Dyan's head until he could hardly think. This kind of waiting was the worst thing he could think of, and he wanted to leave more than he could say. The campaign had been too long, too slow, and he was starting to feel like he needed to be somewhere else.
Home, perhaps. He thought of home sometimes when he was on a campaign, and wasn't always sure where he was thinking of. Home was the little house in the city where his wife and his children waited for him. His oldest, who reminded Dyan startlingly of his father, and the baby Ellin would be almost ready to have by now. That was home, but sometimes the scent of the grasslands came over him in a giddy wave, and he heard the shuffle of horses and his sister's laugh. In the vertiginous space between dreaming and waking, the soldiers around him became his clan striking camp for the spring move. He was as at home here on campaign as he was anywhere, but… He had always expected to go back.
For a moment, he saw his son playing with his cousins, a wooden practice sword in his hand, and Ellin watching them from the flap of the clan pavilion. He smiled and turned away.
If you're wondering how this fits in to past responses? Dyan is Cy's father (more of Cy under the Calere category). Thanks for reading!
The key had been her talisman in childhood. It was a touchstone, the only piece of her dimly-recalled grandfather she had left. It hung on a battered green ribbon around her neck, a reassuring weight bouncing against her breastbone that told her with every thump that she had belonged to someone.
It wasn't until she grew up that she realized what that meant. The door the key opened, the world behind it. At first, the excitement. Then the dangers, the demands. The discovery of what her family had been, and what they'd been willing to do. Their rise, their fall, their flight. What they had left behind.
She held the key in her hand, felt the weight of it one last time. Then she jammed it into the lock, broke it off, and walked away.
This weekend's Trifextra challenge at Trifecta Writing Challenge asked for exactly 33 words telling a story in which an object serves three different functions. 33 words struck me as a drag, so I didn't link up, but it inspired me to write this.
When he got back. "Could you not be so cavalier about it?" It irked her, the way he acted as if he was doing nothing more consequential than hopping a flight to Boston for the weekend.
It was the glasses rattling in the cupboard that actually got Sara moving. She put the quill down and shoved a corner of her notes into the book she'd been using to save her place. Not a day to work on her own projects, then. Her normal receiving hours were on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but she couldn't always rely on her clients to show up then. Or was today Tuesday? She couldn't remember. She wandered toward the door thinking about it. She'd had a milk delivery the day before yesterday. Had that been Saturday or Sunday?
As she opened the door, the manticore had a massive red paw raised to knock a fourth time. She gave an apologetic smile up into its face. "Would you like to come in, or would you be more comfortable out of doors?" With her clientele, she often had to go out into the yard.
"Thank you." The voice was strangely metallic, a steely clang behind each word. Today, it appeared, was also not a yard day. The manticore managed to fit itself through the door in a neat conjuror's trick, settling carefully on the sitting-room carpet with its tail coiled around its feet. She eyed the wickedly hooked tip of its tail, glistening with poison. It had brushed against the end table on the way in, leaving a small and extremely hazardous smear of liquid on one of the legs. She made a mental note to wipe it off before the cat got to it.
There was just enough room for her to get to her chair. Sara made her guest a small courtesy and then sank into her chair.
This time I decided to give a little bit of a follow up to this weekend's incipit. Thanks for reading!


I was in need for a low-poly (real low) human male basemesh modeled with decent line loops for sculpting and prototyping some concepts inside Unreal Engine… Strangely, even though Unreal Engine's community is a big one, I couldn't find any resembling an actual human nor one below 50.000 polygons.
I mean, it's nice to have all muscular volumes detailed everywhere, but for a naked skin character where clothing and accessories are later added upon, that many polygons is just too much for non cinematic character models.
* If you make models with this to sell on Marketplace, I see no problem at all with that, but I don't know if Unreal Marketplace policies will allow you to do that.
Has Eyes + Mouth cavities.
UV Mapped, ready for sculpting.
Fits Unreal Mannequin's Skeleton for Rigging.
May be useful to someone out there, cheers!


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Of the city which once counted 80,000 inhabitants , there remains today only a village of striking beauty settled among the ruins .The second century roman theater, constructed probably under Trajan is the only monument of this type with its upper gallery in the form of a covered portico which has been integrally preserved .
This unique monument , enclosed by the walls and towers of a splendid citadel , fortified between 481 and 1231 A.D , alone would suffice for the glory of Bosra .But Nabatean and Roman monuments Christian churches , Mosques and Madrasahs all equally as celebrated , are to be found within the half ruined enceinte of the city .The structure of this monument a central plan with eastern apses flanked by 2 sacristies exerted a decisive influence on the evolution of Christian architectural forms , and to a certain extent on Islamic Forms ,as well.
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Lander College for Men, Lander College for Women / The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School
Women in politics, gender/sex and politics, and comparative politics in Western Europe and the UK
Instructor Dayna Judge holds a B.A. cum laude from UCLA, where she was awarded Highest Honors from the department of political science. She subsequently earned an M.A. from Princeton University, and expects to receive a Ph.D. from Princeton in the fall of 2021. Ms. Judge has worked as a research assistant at NYU, for a development nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., and has conducted research in West Africa, the United Kingdom, and Turks and Caicos. Ms. Judge teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, and women in politics.
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, UCLA
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art, economics, ethics, politics, retail, social media, society, technology, virtual reality
Yuga Labs, the parent company of Bored Ape Yacht Club, said in a new court filing that it does not have "copyright registrations" for the 10,000 images that constitution the successful NFT collection.
The new documents were submitted as part of the ongoing lawsuit between Yuga and artist Ryder Ripps, who used images from the BAYC collection for his own NFT collection, titled RR/BAYC.
https://www-artnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yuga-labs-admits-to-having-no-copyright-over-bored-ape-yacht-club-nfts-1234655279/amp/
artificial intelligence, education, ethics, forecasting, language, technology
How to Use ChatGPT for Strategic Foresight: Limitations, Possibilities, and Workarounds
On futures and foresight, the focus of my own queries, ChatGPT readily admits that it's not a crystal ball (a good start). As a language model, "it does not have the ability to predict future events or to understand the long-term consequences of actions." Or so it tells me. It will even qualify any future-oriented questions with a standard disclaimer, "It's hard to predict the future of [X] as it will depend on many factors…"
ChatGPT also confesses to other things it can't do. It can't understand what it says — neither the meaning nor concepts of its utterances. It can't fact-check — at least not yet. By its own admission, it "does not have the ability to reason, plan or solve problems in the same way that a human can."
https://www.iftf.org/insights/how-to-use-chatgpt-for-strategic-foresight-limitations-possibilities-and-workarounds/
artificial intelligence, ethics, society, surveillance, technology, work
In 2023, emotional AI—technology that can sense and interact with human emotions—will become one of the dominant applications of machine learning. For instance, Hume AI, founded by Alan Cowen, a former Google researcher, is developing tools to measure emotions from verbal, facial, and vocal expressions. Swedish company Smart Eyes recently acquired Affectiva, the MIT Media Lab spinoff that developed the SoundNet neural network, an algorithm that classifies emotions such as anger from audio samples in less than 1.2 seconds. Even the video platform Zoom is introducing Zoom IQ, a feature that will soon provide users with real-time analysis of emotions and engagement during a virtual meeting.
https://www-wired-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-empathy/amp
art, artificial intelligence, ethics, language, music, technology
'This song sucks': Nick Cave responds to ChatGPT song written in style of Nick Cave
"Writing a good song is not mimicry, or replication, or pastiche, it is the opposite," he wrote. "It is an act of self-murder that destroys all one has strived to produce in the past. It is those dangerous, heart-stopping departures that catapult the artist beyond the limits of what he or she recognises as their known self.
"This is part of the authentic creative struggle that precedes the invention of a unique lyric of actual value; it is the breathless confrontation with one's vulnerability, one's perilousness, one's smallness, pitted against a sense of sudden shocking discovery; it is the redemptive artistic act that stirs the heart of the listener, where the listener recognizes in the inner workings of the song their own blood, their own struggle, their own suffering."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/17/this-song-sucks-nick-cave-responds-to-chatgpt-song-written-in-style-of-nick-cave
artificial intelligence, culture mapping, dating, ethics, forecasting, language, robots, science fiction, society, technology, the home, work
Digital Twins Are Set For Rapid Adoption In 2023
The idea of digital twins — digital representations of physical systems, products or processes that serve as indistinguishable counterparts for purposes such as simulations, testing, monitoring and maintenance — has been around for some time. But indications are the concept's time has come for wider adoption to support business applications.
https://frankdiana.net/2023/01/24/digital-twins-are-set-for-rapid-adoption-in-2023/
Related Report: Pre-emptive Culture Mapping: Exploring a System of Language to Better Understand the Abstract Traits of Human Interaction | presentation slides
artificial intelligence, ethics, innovation, science fiction, society, technology
Black Pilled – Seeking new relationships with technology
Today, most people use computers more like television. Mostly consuming software and content other people have made.
https://www.thebestsubstack.com/p/black-pilled
artificial intelligence, ethics, language, semiotics, technology
50-ish words you can use to show that you care without incriminating yourself.
AI researchers often say good machine learning is really more art than science. The same could be said for effective public relations. Selecting the right words to strike a positive tone or reframe the conversation about AI is a delicate task: done well, it can strengthen one's brand image, but done poorly, it can trigger an even greater backlash.
The tech giants would know. Over the last few years, they've had to learn this art quickly as they've faced increasing public distrust of their actions and intensifying criticism about their AI research and technologies.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/13/1022568/big-tech-ai-ethics-guide/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter&s=09
artificial intelligence, ethics, technology
Building Trust with the Algorithms in Our Lives
Consumers are wary of the recommendations made by algorithms. But according to new research co-authored by Yale SOM's Taly Reich, showing that an algorithm can learn—that it improves over time—helps to resolve this distrust.
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/building-trust-with-the-algorithms-in-lives
architecture, technology, urban planning, virtual reality, work
What do we mean by flexibility? (developing a new language for the future of work)
Flexibility is often used loosely to mean not working in the office. We're all still having those, 'How many days are you in?' conversations as hybrid working continues to evolve. Post-pandemic, however, expectations of flexible working are much broader than before. Recognizing this, Unilever's approach is more holistic.
External data and commentary suggest that most people look for what we call 'everyday' flexibility – the ability to manage and adjust start and finish times, the freedom to manage work commitments in and around life commitments and for work to be measured in outputs delivered, rather than hours worked.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/flexible-working-productivity-and-growth-davos23?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social_scheduler&utm_term=Davos+2023&utm_content=24/01/2023+05:00
Related report: Work in the Pandemic Age
artificial intelligence, education, ethics, research, technology
Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach
Across the country, university professors like Mr. Aumann, department chairs and administrators are starting to overhaul classrooms in response to ChatGPT, prompting a potentially huge shift in teaching and learning. Some professors are redesigning their courses entirely, making changes that include more oral exams, group work and handwritten assessments in lieu of typed ones.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/technology/chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-universities.html


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Eine Blockkette ist eine Kette, die aus gebohrten Metallblöcken und Außenlaschen besteht, die mit Stiften zusammengesteckt sind. Sie weist jeweils eine kurze Teilung (Block) und eine lange Teilung (Außenlaschen) auf. Blockketten haben ein relativ hohes Gewicht und hohen Zahnflankenverschleiß, sind aber wegen der Steifigkeit (verwindungssteif) in vielen Bereichen unverzichtbar.

Blockketten werden oft als Zugketten in Fördermaschinen zum schonenden Fördern von überwiegend staubförmigem oder feinkörnigem Schüttgut verwendet. Aufgrund des Aufbaus dieses Kettentyps ist die Förderleistung nicht sehr hoch, die Lebensdauer aber wegen der konstruktionsbedingt niedrigen Kettengeschwindigkeit sehr hoch.

Unterschied zur Rollenkette
Bei der Blockkette sind massive Blöcke mit Laschen verbunden.  Bei der Rollenkette sind dagegen Bolzen (Rollen) mit Laschen (abwechselnd Innen- und Außenlaschen) verbunden.  Bei gleichem Bolzenabstand ist bei der Rollenkette der halbe Ritzelabstand im Vergleich zur Blockkette erforderlich.

Fahrrad

Bei Fahrrädern mit Diamantrahmen wurden ursprünglich Blockketten zur Kraftübertragung zwischen Pedal und Hinterrad verwendet, typischerweise mit einem Zahnabstand (Teilung) von einem Zoll (2,54 cm) und einer Breite von 3/16 Zoll (4,7625 mm), um 1910 herum fand dann der Umstieg auf Rollenketten (1/2 Zoll Teilung, 3/32 Zoll Breite) statt. Bei Bahnmaschinen hielt sich die 1 Zoll-Teilung noch bis in die 40er Jahre.

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The Robocall Campaign
Last year the election was everywhere.
Even though Georgia was considered a backwater, a reliable red state filled with Angry White Men, there was enormous excitement. Both parties worked hard, yard signs were everywhere, there were rallies and people making phone calls.
Not this year. Atlanta just had its mayoral election and no one I knew cared. It's not just that a run-off was expected. There was a total lack of yard signs, few people talked about it, and I felt undecided almost before walking into the booth.
Instead of buying TV ads or hiring people to canvass, all the campaigns this year relied on robocalls, recorded messages that seemed to come from every area code around (and some that do not exist) but were in fact tapes with happy voices telling us who they were and who they were voting for.
Which is another thing about the campaign that struck me. All the calls were upbeat, relentlessly so. I wasn't told who to vote against. I was told "I'm someone you should trust and here is who to vote for."
The result was sad because turnout was low and real issues were not discussed. Everyone was rattling about crime, but the crime rate is not that high. There have been some spectacular incidents, acts of desperation by young, bored, pathetic people. But the gangs are in the suburbs now.
The real problem with Atlanta is that we pretend to be a great city but we are in fact a small one. There are just 500,000 people here, even with gentrification. We're like Tucson or Portland, but for decades we've pretended to be Philadelphia or Chicago, because we're at the center of a metro area that has grown to 6.6 million people. The efforts of Cobb and Gwinnett Counties to wrest control of the center from Atlanta have brought them Atlanta's poor, its crime and congestion. Government leaders there ignore the rot, and fearful whites move even further-out -- to Henry County in the South, Paulding County in the northwest, Cherokee County and Forsyth County to the north. They're as ignorant as they always were, so the problems will follow them there.
Good riddance, I say.
To me there's a huge opportunity before us. Outgoing Mayor Franklin had a plan to buy an old rock quarry, re-do it as a reservoir, buy the land around it and create a 300 acre park, something we need badly. That park would be twice as big as Piedmont Park, it would cause the Beltline route to suddenly make sense, it would move developers west of Atlantic Station and, probably, tilt Atlanta toward being a majority white city again.
It was when that last fact became obvious that people stopped talking about the Westside Park. Maybe it was because the original plan was to buy three times as much land. But I think it's also because race and class are questions we just don't like talking about here.
We should. Atlanta needs black gentrification. We need to bring the kids whose parents moved out to Lithonia and Stone Mountain and Ellenwood back into the city. We can't prosper as a place where the black poor are constantly competing with the white wealthy. It's an uneven fight. And it's why we have these explosions of violence.
Instead we worry about control by race, which is a false issue. Mayor Franklin's racially-tinged endorsement of Fulton County chair John Eaves last year basically ended her political career, and the big Republican bucks flooding into Mary Norwood's campaign aren't helping either.
I don't expect the run-off to be nearly as friendly as the first round was. Reed needs higher turnout among blacks to have a chance, and Norwood must keep her white turnout high. I voted for Reed in the first round, and I'm undecided in the second.
I'd just like to hear some reality, some real issues and real proposals, before all this is over.
November 04, 2009 in crime, journalism, Personal, politics, Shame of the South | Permalink
Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta mayor, Atlanta politics, Kasim Reed, Mary Norwood, Westside Park


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Glitter or green? Sydney's big bash gives way to speed climate action
Each year Sydney hosts a spectacular New Year's party, but this year the budget for the bash has been reallocated for new parks, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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One of the highlights of the Sydney social calendar has long been the spectacular Lord Mayor's New Year's Eve party, held each year at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
This year, however, the money put into hosting the exclusive bash for the city's well-heeled has been reallocated to something more important, the mayor says: Ramping up action on climate change.
"People have been quite amazed that I'd do something so radical," said Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore, who has run the Australian city since 2004 – and who last year took political heat over the rising cost of the party, which accompanies the city's famed fireworks display.
At a meeting late last year of the C40 network of cities that are leading on climate change action, she said, "the message to all city leaders was that to have any realistic chance of meeting the Paris Agreement, we had to do twice as much in half the time".
So the approximately A$750,000 ($560,000) cost of Sydney's big bash is now instead going toward things such as 10 new urban parks over the next year, a zero-carbon building competition, efforts to help tenants access renewable energy, retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency and expanding efforts to help commercial buildings cut their emissions.
Creating climate-friendly projects that people can see and benefit from on a daily basis – particularly new parks but also bike lanes and pedestrian-only streets – is crucial to building and maintaining support for action on climate change, Moore told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview.
What's heartbreaking is the damage governments can do in a short time when they're in power. The clock is ticking (on climate change), we're aware there's so much to do and we're still fighting these battles.
Clover Moore, Sydney's Lord Mayor
"People can't see emissions reductions," she said. But giving residents visual signs of green progress – amenities they want that also happen to cut emissions – "creates some ownership," said the mayor, who walks in the city's parks most days with her husband and dogs.
Zero emissions by 2050?
The emissions-cutting moves are part of the city's broader Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan, which aims to reduce the city's emissions by 70 per cent by 2030 and make it carbon neutral by 2050.
That is underway through efforts such as upgrading the city's car fleet to hybrid vehicles, planting 10,000 trees, promoting car sharing, installing solar systems and water harvesting, and working with businesses to cut emissions, particularly through better building design in the fast-growing city.
So far, the city's emissions have fallen by a little over a quarter since 2006 – despite a 25 per cent growth in population and about A$26 billion ($19 billion) spent on development in the city since she took office, Moore said.
Commercial buildings in particular have managed to reduce their emissions by more than a third, through energy efficiency pushes and other action.
That's happened despite an indifferent or occasionally even hostile attitude toward climate action by Australia's national government, which under former Prime Minister Tony Abbott scaled back carbon reduction efforts, disbanded a key climate advisory group and was widely seen as obstructing action on climate change.
Such foot-dragging has happened despite clear evidence of the damage climate change is causing in Australia, such as blistering heatwaves and worsening bleaching and die-back of large parts of the country's famed Great Barrier Reef, Moore said.
That the United States now also is slamming the brakes on climate action under President Donald Trump is "very distressing, frankly," she said.
"What's heartbreaking is the damage governments can do in a short time when they're in power. The clock is ticking (on climate change), we're aware there's so much to do and we're still fighting these battles," she said.
The good news, she said, is that in terms of addressing climate change "the action is really in our cities".
"It would be good to have our governments working with us, supporting us, having policies of their own. But if they don't want to do that, we just want them to get out of the way," she said.
Political longevity
The level of support for the city's green ambitions is evident in the mayor's own longevity.
After making climate change an early focus of her time in office, she has gone on to win three more elections, despite harsh criticism by some segments of the country's media over moves such as adding bike lanes, which opponents said would worsen traffic congestion.
"I was pilloried over the bike lanes – the tabloid press really went to town," she remembers. "But guess what? People like riding bikes and they're getting out there," she said.
She counts Sydney's business community as an ally in her climate change push. Having long-term plans and goals on climate change has helped win support from businesses, which can plan with more certainty about what's ahead, Moore said.
To get ambitious enough action to effectively address climate change, "leadership is absolutely crucial," she said – and she thinks city governments are well placed to provide it, particularly with national action faltering in parts of the world.
"We get up in the morning and do something. That's the fantastic thing about city government. We do things and we change people's lives," she said.
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Byla založena v roce 1947 Françoisem Salomonem a jeho ženou a synem Georgesem. V roce 1997 se stala součástí německého výrobce Adidas. Ten ji v roce 2005 (20. října) prodal finské obchodní skupině Amer Sports za 485 milionů eur.

Salomon byl dlouhou dobu partnerem významného výrobce lyží a lyžařské obuvi Fischer, který využíval jeho vázání Salomon Nordic System (SNS). Fischer pak v roce 2007 podepsal partnerskou smlouvu s norskou firmou Rottefella, což je přímý konkurent Salomonu v sortimentu lyžařských vázání. Systém SNS využívaly k roku 2013 mimo Salomonu ještě značky Hartjes, Sportful, BOTAS, Atomic.

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Power, Patronage, and Memory in Early Islam: Perspectives on Umayyad Elites
Alain George and Andrew Marsham
The Umayyads, the first Islamic dynasty, ruled over the largest empire that the world had seen, stretching from Spain in the west to the Indus Valley and Central Asia in the east. They played a crucial rule in the articulation of the new religion of Islam during the seventh and eighth centuries, shaping its public face, artistic expressions, and the state apparatus that sustained it. The present volume brings together a collection of essays that bring new light to this crucial period of world history, with a focus on the ways in which Umayyad elites fashioned and projected their image and how ... More
The Umayyads, the first Islamic dynasty, ruled over the largest empire that the world had seen, stretching from Spain in the west to the Indus Valley and Central Asia in the east. They played a crucial rule in the articulation of the new religion of Islam during the seventh and eighth centuries, shaping its public face, artistic expressions, and the state apparatus that sustained it. The present volume brings together a collection of essays that bring new light to this crucial period of world history, with a focus on the ways in which Umayyad elites fashioned and projected their image and how these articulations, in turn, mirrored their times. These themes are approached through a wide variety of sources, from texts through art and archaeology to architecture, with new considerations of old questions and fresh material evidence that make the intersections and resonances between different fields of historical study come alive.
Keywords: Early Islam, Umayyads, Caliphate, Damascus, Jerusalem, Syria, Iraq, Islamic art, Islamic history, historiography
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: December 2017 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190498931.001.0001
Alain George, editor
Andrew Marsham, editor
Introduction: Umayyad Elites and the Foundation of the Islamic Empire
Part I Caliphal Authority in Text and Image
1. "God's Caliph" Revisited
Andrew Marsham*
2. Paradise or Empire?
Alain George*
3. A Qurʾanic Script from Umayyad Times
François Déroche
Part II Patronage and Power: The Evidence of the "Desert Castles"
4. Hishām's Balancing Act
Robert Hillenbrand*
5. Khanāṣira and Andarı̄n (Northern Syria) in the Umayyad Period and a New Arabic Tax Document
Robert G. Hoyland
6. Two Possible Caliphal Representations from Qaṣr al-Ḥayr al-Sharqı̄ and Their Implication for the History of the Site
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7. Umayyad Palace Iconography
Nadia Ali and Mattia Guidetti*
Part III Historiography and Historical Memory
8. Christians in Umayyad Iraq
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9. The Future of the Past
Antoine Borrut
10. Caliphs and Conquerors
Nicola Clarke
11. The Umayyads in Contemporary Arab TV Drama
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RED BULL FORMULA 1 CHEATS ? SHOULD BE PENALISED BANNED !!
Even though it was never proved that Mclaren used or benefited from this photocopied paperwork ?
but hidden engine mapping !!
Why are they always allowed to race and not get penalised ?
Surely race statistics with an illegal car racing must be deemed as cheating ??
Why do they never get punished or fined or disqualified ?
Do you ever think Adrian Newey will tell all in an autobiography one day ? spilling all the beans ?
Re: RED BULL FORMULA 1 CHEATS ? SHOULD BE PENALISED BANNED !!
eventually what goes around comes around!


How do you feel about cauliflower? I only enjoy it roasted. I see raw cauliflower on veggie dip trays and wonder who actually eats it. Do you? If you're not hugely in love with cauliflower then I suggest you try roasting it. You may change your mind. If you do, then you should try this grain bowl.
Speaking of grains, the base of this delicious bowl is farro. Eh, farro, excuse me? Farro is an ancient grain somewhat similar to barley and quinoa. It's nutty and chewy and I love it. I often swap it out for rice to mix things up. Bob's Red Mill is my go-to brand, but Trader Joe's has a 10-minute farro that is awesome (I just don't get to TJ's often enough). Oh, and be sure it's semi-pearled farro as it is not quite as chewy as whole farro.
Oh, and I do like avocado it in, but I didn't have any when I took this photo. Bummer!
Farro: I usually throw in salt, a sprinkle of garlic powder, and a bay leaf in at the beginning rather than at the end. I feel like it adds more flavor.
For the everything else, or toppings: I usually don't put on olives (yuck) or sundried-tomatoes (just don't keep them around much, try it if you have them). However, I add roasted sunflower seeds for some crunch.
Sauce: I add a dollop of Greek yogurt, or if I have more time, I mix up 1 cup greek yogurt with 1 tablespoon tahini. Mix it together and plop it on top.
Oh, how I love Thai food. This might not be truly authentic, but it is so tasty. If I continue posting more recipes, you'll soon discover I have a love of meatballs. It's a terrible name, but they are so versatile and are great for making ahead of time. I also appreciate the lower cost of ground meat. I serve this dish with brown rice and steamed broccoli. Yum!
I use ground turkey instead of ground chicken only because it's more readily available and generally cheaper. I get the 93% lean ground turkey.
Reduce the green onions in the meatballs. I tend to use only two green onions since with four I just feel like they are too oniony.
For the sauce, I use light coconut milk, which luckily doesn't seem to break (separate) the sauce. In other words, not a broken sauce where it didn't emulsify and you see little bits of coconut milk instead of it all blended together.
I do not cook a ton of red meat, but I try to mix it in every so often for Josh since he digs it. Plus, it adds some iron and variety to our weekly meals. Surprisingly, I really love this meal. I used to get a picadillo sauce at Trader Joe's and it was freaking awesome. Sadly, they stopped carrying it. Why, I ask, why? This meal reminds me of those Trader Joe's picadillo days. The picadillo and cabbage slaw is great on top of brown rice.
I use the whole red bell pepper, because why not?!
I don't love cilantro, but I'm not one of those people who think it tastes like soap. I hate buying a bunch of it, so I just shake in a bit of dried cilantro from my pantry.
As noted in the recipe, I use capers since I can't seem to find alcaparrados.
For the quick cabbage slaw, I skip the red bell pepper and onion and add shredded carrots (one carrot). I have also used red cabbage (hence the photo), since you can buy it pre-shredded and sometimes that's just nice for saving time.
I made this a few weeks ago when the stomach bug was making its rounds and Josh needed soup. But, this is a good spring soup as it's not too heavy and yet still very filling for dinner. You must serve it with toasted bread. My favorite is the Trader Joe's rosemary bread.
I use wheat bread and toast it since I forget to leave it out overnight. Or, if I have no bread on hand, I'll use 1/2 cup breadcrumbs instead.
For the ground turkey, I use 93% lean turkey.
I never have fresh parsley, so I use a dash of dried parsley.
Whole wheat orzo instead of plain orzo because it seems healthier.
I bake the meatballs for 20 minutes at 350 rather than browning them. I hate browning meatballs because I typically overcrowd the pan and they end up breaking and losing their ball form.
Honestly, my first time making this dish was this week but I loved it and thought it worth sharing. I'll definitely be making this one again. It has everything: protein, dairy, veggie, carb, and pretty darn healthy. Of course, this must get some parmesan sprinkled on top!
I made this during nap time, but when I heated it up for dinner I added some more chicken broth (it got a bit dry).
I added a cup more pasta and a cup more of broccoli so it would make another two meals.
Try tossing the chicken with flour in a ziploc bag, then you have one less dish to clean.
For garlic, I use frozen, crushed garlic cubes. You can find it in the frozen section at Trader Joes and some grocery stores. It's got a red top and is called Dorot. This is really the only garlic I use. I enjoy garlic but it tends to upset my stomach if I eat too much. Additionally, I dislike how it gets a smell on my fingers and cutting board - and before you say anything, I don't think the stainless steel thing works that great for getting the smell out. With that said, I added two cubes of frozen, crushed garlic.
For the pasta, I used Barilla protein plus penne.
In the words of Emeril, BAM! BAM! BAM! Dinner is served. Do you have any favorite, easy week night meals?


According to the Mirror, Everton have slapped a £65m price-tag on Romelu Lukaku.
That means if Manchester United want to bring the striker to Old Trafford this summer, they will have to make him the fifth-most expensive signing in football history.
Only Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Luis Suarez have been sold for more.
Lukaku has been a shining light in an otherwise disappointing campaign for the Toffees, scoring an impressive 25 goals across all competitions this term.
The Sun claim that Jose Mourinho has already begun house hunting in Manchester, paving the way for a move to the Red Devils.
Louis van Gaal's future remains in doubt following a disappointing campaign.
And Mourinho has been touted as United's next manager ever since he was sacked by Chelsea in December.
He is said to have someone looking for a suitable property in Cheshire.
Marouane Fellaini says he has a strong connection with Manchester, describing the city as the best for football in Europe.


To say that we are excited for the new season of The Walking Dead, which is slated to grace our screens in a few days, is a huge understatement. This week, we decided to try out two of the highly recommended games of the genre: Zombicide and Last Night on Earth.
Both of these games are very similar in a sense that both use miniatures with the board broken up in different tiles to make up a town or city where survivors of the zombie apocalypse maneuver around to accomplish different objectives, hacking or potentially falling prey to zombies at every turn. The similarities end there as both games have their own signature touch and flare to make them stand out.
If you enjoyed playing Left 4 Dead on PC or XBox, you're definitely going to enjoy Zombicide. It gives the same feel as the video game as you go around dense urban areas to complete your objectives and survive the zombie apocalypse. Zombicide even has 4 kinds of zombies, which sort of mirror the ones you find in Left 4 Dead. You've got your standard, shambling walker. A fatty (Yes, that's what they're called. I'm not being mean) which is like the Boomer from L4D, except it doesn't explode and comes with 2 walkers as traveling companions instead. A runner which can take two actions, instead of the standard one. Last, but certainly not the least, an Abomination that is a hassle to take down if you don't have the right equipment.
Zombicide is purely cooperative, and trust me you guys will need to cooperate to survive some of these scenarios, for 1 to 6 players. Each scenario is unique and the mechanics have great way of setting the pace as you go through each building, finding yourself flanked by a horde of zombies.
If Zombicide reminds me of Left 4 Dead, Last Night on Earth is kinda like the B-Movie that became a cult classic complete with the typical character archetypes, such as: The Quarterback, The Prom Queen, The Sheriff, and many others. It's set in a small town in the US where, just like Zombicide, survivors mist complete a chosen scenario.
The main difference here is that while Zombicide is purely cooperative, Last Night on Earth pits two teams against each other. One team controls the survivors as they go around to find the supplies they need to either escape the town or simply survive, while the other team controls the zombies as they shamble through the town in search of delicious brains to feed on.
Should you buy these games?
If you're a fan of all things zombie, you should definitely get your hands on these games. However, it's pretty difficult to say which one of the two you should get if you only have the budget for one game. They are both great zombie games that have great replay value because of the different scenarios plus the element of luck due to the dice rolling (Dice hate me). It all boils down to preference between a purely cooperative experience or if you want to take control of the zombies and feed on your friends.
Zombicide and Last Night on Earth are available at Gaming Library for Php3770 and Php2500 respectively.
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Our marshals pay special attention to beginners. As your team develop Paintball skills, they will advise you on the best battlefields and scenarios.
A huge field full of trenches and natural rocks to hide and impede an attacking enemy's movement.
A medium size bush field of wooded bunkers to hide behind. This field can be very intense for all player types.
A fast pace wooded area with a dense vegetation. Each side of the field has a different position that allows each team to gain advantage over the other.
Behind fortified wooded wall, players will improve their skills of attack and defense to wipe out the enemy.
Small, fast and intense field full of wooden artificial obstacles where it's easy to move up and conquer the enemy's camp if you have good reflexes.


Most of modern people came to spend more time in front of a computer than outside Even though they pass so much time in front of the computer, they do not clean or disinfect the keyboard or desk of their computer because of the mechanical uniqueness of a computer.
According to the results released by a research team of University of Siena in Italy, the number of bacteria on the computer keyboard or desk reaches 150 times as many as the tolerance of bacteria. The Click & Cleaner was designed to solve these problems.


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Home Press Release NEW T10 LEAGUE KARACHIANS FRANCHISE SIGNED FORMER AUSTRALIAN ALL-ROUNDER
NEW T10 LEAGUE KARACHIANS FRANCHISE SIGNED FORMER AUSTRALIAN ALL-ROUNDER
Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson is hoping to make a big impression in his debut T10 season as the mainstay of the brand new T10 League Karachians franchise.
The burly top-order right-handed batsman who is also a capable right-arm medium pacer is one of the most sought after players in the shorter formats around the world.
Watson will be making his maiden appearance in the T10 format that took the cricketing world by a storm last December.
"I am really excited about this opportunity of playing for the Karachians, the players who played the tournament last year really enjoyed it and said it was very well organized. The new format is action packed and I as an all-rounder would love to make an important contribution to my team."
Watson added that representing a city like Karachi was a big honour and he hopes to make the people of the city proud with
his performances.
"I hope I can make the people of Karachi smile, I also look forward to seeing the Karachites based in Sharjah/Dubai at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium during the tournament, hopefully we will
get their support."
The globe-trotting Australian meanwhile is more keen to wield the willow in the T10 format as he feels bowlers don't have a lot going for them.
"I would definitely want to bat rather than bowl as bowlers are in for a hiding! (laughs) especially with the small boundaries. Having said that, the format I feel will really help me further develop my game as you have to be switched on both with bat and ball from the outset else you end up letting your team down." The 37 year old who represented Australia in 307 internationals across the three international formats (Tests, ODIs and T20Is) has some great memories of his duels with Pakistani players.
"I loved the challenge of playing against Pakistan in any format. The players from there are hugely talented and can be unstoppable when they get on top. I have some fond memories
like my first Test century was against them while the World Cup 2015 Quarter-Final match was another massive challenge
especially my battle with Wahab Riaz."
Watson feels that Pakistanis are passionate for cricket and he has thoroughly enjoyed playing against them or playing for Pakistan based franchises.
"The people from Pakistan are lovely and very friendly. I have had a great time playing with or against them, the franchise-based events are a huge opportunity for learning different
cultures and I have thoroughly enjoyed my experiences with Pakistanis."
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There are turning points in life that prompt important financial decisions. What you choose to do — or not do — at such times can have a significant impact on your long-term financial well-being. The death of a spouse is one such turning point.
Of course, it's an emotionally painful time. But it can become financially painful as well if you're not careful. This article highlights one of the most common financial mistakes made at this difficult time, describes several manifestations of the mistake, and suggests better steps to take instead.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 80% of married women live longer than their husbands, and on average, widows live an additional 14 years after their spouse's death.
All told, about 800,000 women become widows each year, and there are nearly four times as many widows as widowers — 11.3 million vs. 2.6 million, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
Complicating matters for the spouse left behind is the tendency — historically, anyway — for men to make most of their household's financial decisions. That can leave widows unprepared for the day-to-day management of their finances and vulnerable to mistakes.
An informal survey of several financial advisors generated a unanimous conclusion: The single biggest mistake a widow or widower can make after the death of their spouse is to make any significant financial decisions quickly.
Unfortunately, people with financial products to sell often target grieving widows. Products promising guaranteed income may seem especially appealing.
It is wise to prepare for the death of a spouse well before that time comes. That means carefully considering what would happen to your household's finances if you die first, or if your spouse dies first.
How much income would be needed? What would be the impact on your Social Security benefits or pension? Would such income be reduced? How might it be replaced? Would a deferred annuity make sense for you?
Other questions to consider now include: What would you do with your house? And to whom would you turn for trustworthy financial advice?
Make sure both spouses have met and are comfortable with any financial professionals you use — an attorney, accountant, life-insurance agent, property- and casualty-insurance agent, and financial advisor.
This is a step Dixie Fraley strongly advocates. Her husband, Robert, was a sports agent who died in the same plane crash that took the life of professional golfer Payne Stewart in 1999. Long before that tragic day, Robert had established a routine of having Dixie with him to meet face-to-face with all of their financial advisors once a year. Those meetings left her well prepared to deal with financial matters after Robert's death.
Knowing whom to contact for financial counsel after your spouse dies is very important. For example, the process of rolling over a 401(k) or IRA to your own account involves navigating IRS landmines and requires trustworthy, experienced guidance.
Another factor couples should consider is this: An illness that takes the life of the first spouse may also take a devastating toll on their household's finances.
To prevent that from being your story, think through how you would cover the cost of a long illness experienced by you or your spouse. Especially if you have a family history of dementia, you may want to consider long-term care insurance. Adequate life insurance could replenish a retirement account if such funds are needed to pay for healthcare.
Financially speaking, what should you do after the death of your spouse? In short, hold off on any major financial decisions for the first six to 12 months. Of course, some steps will need to be taken. You must notify the Social Security Administration and your financial institutions, update beneficiary designations, and pay bills. If your spouse had life insurance, you will need to file a claim.
For other decisions, such as paying off or selling your home, gifting money to adult children, or buying an annuity, give it some time and seek wise counsel.


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E-scooters continue to be popular in Tallahassee
March 7, 2022 5:03 pm by Destiny Jackson | Staff writer
E-scooters ready to be rented near the round-about on FAMU Way and Railroad Avenue. Photo courtesy: Destiny Jackson
Electric scooters are piling up around Tallahassee, as the newest trend in transportation continues to appeal to college students and others.
Electric scooters allow students to glide from one place to another with convenience and ease.
The city initiated three-month pilot program in 2019. There are nearly 1,000 scooters available from companies including Bird and Lime – the two most popular brands locally. Their scooters were brought into the city to introduce the new innovation to the capital.
Most local scooter companies charge about 15 cents per minute rental rate, plus an unlocking fee. That translates to $10 an hour. Riders can leave their rental at their destination.
Spread among the city to determine if electric scooters would be popular within the lively town, they quickly became a hot commodity. State laws granted E-scooters the same rights as bicyclists. This would allow renters to ride E-scooters on sidewalks as well as streets.
With a total of five scooter companies vying for riders and finding an available scooter has been a high for riders seeking an inexpensive way to get around or just for a pleasure ride. For many people in the area, like students, E-scooters are being used on a regular basis. They provide individuals with transportation services to navigate the city easily and efficiently.
"Having car problems at a time like now, is quite challenging being in the circumstances I stand," Florida A&M student Lauryn Johnson said. "Over the past year, I've found using E-scooters especially enjoyable to get from point A to point B."
"I live about a 20-minute walk from campus," Johnson added. "Ten minutes if you're riding a scooter. Not only is it convenient and affordable, but it's also pretty cool and fun. It's one of those things you can't knock until you try."
Johnson also said that she not only uses the scooters to get to and from campus, but around the city to take care of her personal business as well.
E-scooters have been a staple of productivity since their arrival in Tallahassee. Not only have they begun to leave a significant impression on those using them, but they've created an urge for bicycle owners to ponder transitioning to a battery powered bike.
As the use of E-bikes and E-scooters have been on the rise. These electrically powered scooters and bikes are said to be more environmentally friendly, accessible and age friendly. For further information and common E-scooter questions you can visit Planning | Scoot | PLACE (talgov.com).
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: Live from the Ryman Review
By Ellen Johnson | November 2, 2018 | 12:36pm
Music Reviews Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and his band the 400 Unit just finished up another six-night residency at the Ryman Auditorium, the legendary Nashville venue best known as the former home of the Grand Ole Opry. For the second year in a row, the band overtook the Ryman for almost a week, this time commemorating the release of Live from the Ryman, recorded there this time last year. Plucking from Isbell's three most recent studio albums,—the critically-lauded Southeastern, Something More Than Free and last year's excellent The Nashville Sound—Live from the Ryman showcases an impassioned set highlighting the best of those records, and Isbell's strong presence as not only a bandleader, but a band member.
It's appropriate that Isbell should maintain this annual Ryman booking, as he's been one of the most outspoken voices in country music for the better part of a decade now, and his yearly return to the holy ground solidifies his place as the genre's progressive patriarch. Speaking of progression, third in the Ryman tracklisting is "White Man's World," Isbell's take on white privilege that's notorious for upsetting right-wing audience members in venues across his native Alabama and beyond. It's one of the many instances of Isbell flaunting his political agency, action that has, at times, upset his conservative fanbase, but surely empowered many socially conscious listeners. We can't be sure whether or not any onlookers fled this rendition of "White Man's World," a track from The Nashville Sound, but in the recording, you can only hear applause.
In addition to the louder, more rock-forward tracks like "White Man's World," Nashville Sound album opener "Cumberland Gap" and set opener "Hope the High Road," the band also chooses some more tender offerings for this Ryman audience. Isbell croons two of his most emotional tracks, "Last of My Kind" and "Cover Me Up," back-to-back before encoring with Southeastern stomper "Super 8" and existential love-song-duet "If We Were Vampires," which he sings with his wife, fellow 400 Unit member and frequent songwriting partner (not to mention a fiercely talented artist on her own) Amanda Shires. Both "Cover Me Up" and "Vampires" were inspired by and/or written in conjunction with Shires, and are consistently the most compelling elements of an Isbell live show. On Live from the Ryman, they cut deep.
I can't attest to the mood in the Ryman Auditorium on the night this was recorded, but last summer at Birmingham, Ala.'s Sloss Music & Arts Festival, Isbell commanded a near-silent crowd during "Cover Me Up," gently singing, "So cover me up and know you're enough." As on this live record, both tears and applause (but mostly applause—loud, congratulatory whoops and hollers) abounded as he sang, "I sobered up and I swore off that stuff, forever this time," referencing his past struggles with alcoholism. But Isbell sings the most tender, intimate moments loudly and from the belly, especially on this recording, making it a clenching story about life-changing, healing, love. When Shires joins in for the second half of this six-minute take, there's almost a ceremonial feel to the song as marching drums kick in and her fiddle blazes. Usually when an artist sings a love song, it's safe to assume his/her partner isn't present. But when Isbell and Shires sing together, however, their love songs become all the more gripping.
Live from the Ryman is a testament to Isbell's fantastic live show and a career-honoring exhibit of his affecting, enduring songbook. Isbell could have chosen any song he's ever written for this show—from his time in the Drive-By Truckers to his solo work to his 400 Unit albums—but this particular setlist was thoughtfully curated to engage his devoted listenership, who, at this show, sang along to his lyrics in sublime, chill-inducing unison. This live record heedfully honors a legendary venue, beloved songwriter and an evolving South.
Watch a 2011 Jason Isbell concert via the Paste archives below:
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Parring betegner udveksling af gener mellem individer af samme art.
Parring står ofte i sammenhæng med befrugtning og forplantning, specielt hos flercellede organismer.
Men hos mange arter er parring og forplantning helt adskilte processer.
Parring omtales også som kopulation (specielt i zoologien), som sex (mest i daglig tale), eller som samleje (kun hos mennesker).

En del encellede organismer kan parre sig med alle andre individer af samme art, og begge individer modtager gener fra hinanden.
Denne måde at udveksle gener uden cellerne smelter sammen, kaldes konjugation.
Formeringen kan i disse arter ske med eller uden og kort eller lang tid efter en parring.

I arter med køn er parring derimod kun mulige mellem individer af forskeligt køn.
Flercellede organismer frembringer normalt kønsceller af forskellig størrelse (æg- og sædceller).
Disse kan enten afgives til omverdenen og overlades til sig selv eller overføres direkte til et af kønnene (normalt hunkønnet). Det første er tilfældet hos mange vandlevende organismer samt landplanter, som overlader spredning og eventuelt befrugting af kønsceller til henholdsvis vandet og vinden.

Hos en del dyr forudsætter parring derimod direkte kropskontakt mellem individerne.
Det er specielt denne form for parring som kaldes kopulation.
Kopulation resulterer i indvendig befrugtning, dvs. befrugtningen finder sted i kroppen på et af kønnene.
Det er ofte hunkønnet som tager imod hannens sædceller.
En af undtagelserne er søheste, hvor hannen modtager hunnens ægceller.
I hermafroditiske arter kan begge individer modtage sædceller fra hinanden og anvende dem til at befrugte deres egne ægceller.
Eksempler på dette er regnorme og mange andre ledorme og fladorme.

Kopulation med indvendig befrugtning kan ske ved hjælp af særlige kønsorganer.
Dette er tilfældet hos f.eks. pattedyr, hvor sædcellerne overføres ved hjælp af hannens penis som føres ind i hunnens skede.
Tilsvarende kønsorganer finder man hos mange insekter.
Hos mange andre leddyr sker befrugtningen derimod ved hjælp af sædpakker (spermatoforer) som hannen overlader hunnen.

Kurtisering
Kurtisering dækker over alle de adfærdsritualer og -mønstre, der går forud for en pardannelse og senere en parring.

Ofte er selve parringen en del af langvarige parringsritualer, hvor mange forskellige adfærdsmønstre indgår. Disse er udviklet så partene kan teste hverandres egenskaber (se partnervalg). Det vælgende køn (ofte hunnen) afviser normalt parringen, hvis partneren ikke findes velegnet. Det hører til undtagelsen, at dyr parrer sig med den første den bedste, eller at hannen suverænt bestemmer.

En gennemført parring er ikke nogen garanti for befrugtning.
Hos mange arter vil både hanner og hunner parre sig med forskellige partnere, og sæden kan ofte opbevares i lang tid inden den bruges til at befrugte ægcellerne.
Insekter har specielle organer til dette formål (sædgemmer eller spermateker).
Hunnerne kan for at undgå befrugtning skaffe sig af med sæd fra en han, de har parret sig med.

Se også

Forplantning, konjugation, parringssystem, samleje

Formering


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Here's Phil Murphy's guiding philosophy of government — Somewhere in NJ there is a guy with an extra dollar in his pocket, and that dollar belongs to me.
The ink isn't even dry on his state budget "compromise, " you know, the one that raised taxes on pretty much everything under the sun, and Phil's already got his eye on raising the sales tax.
The argument about whether to raise New Jersey's sales tax nearly shut down state government earlier this month.
The effort, pushed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, was blocked in the Legislature by members of his own party. A shutdown was averted, in part, after Murphy conceded to drop his push to revert the tax to 7 percent from its current 6.625 percent.
But the governor still wants the bump in the sales tax.
"We did not undo that in the budget (and) that's one that I still think we should undo," Murphy said in an "Ask the Governor" event Monday night.
Because I'm not surprised. Not in the least.
The only reason he didn't hike it during the annual kabuki government shutdown dance is because it's tied to a poison pill that kills last year's gas tax increase if the sales tax goes back up. The legislature didn't have enough time to untangle them what with all the other moving parts that make up the state budget. But now, now they're ready to play Hose The Taxpayers Again.
The angle is superbly devious too — the sales tax hike is needed for, wait for it, Road Construction. As in the very thing that the gas tax is supposed to be paying for. Emphasis on "supposed to be." I suspect the recent Janus ruling from SCOTUS has forced Murphy to detour the gas tax money into a new "Save The Unions From Political Oblivion" fund, because the NJEA doesn't take kindly to having their Trenton clout diminished even just a little.
One wag in the comments to the above article put it like this — I'm waiting for Murphy to figure out how to tax the air. Dude, don't give him any ideas.
Posted on July 17, 2018 by wyblog1	• This entry was posted in New Jersey, taxes and tagged Phil Murphy, sales tax. Bookmark the permalink.
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Hiller Park splash pad opens Saturday
"When I was a boy, we used to go jump in Back Bay, or we ran through the water on the beach," Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich said the other day. "Boy, have times changed."
Gilich and Harrison County Supervisor Beverly Martin will open the city's newest splash pad, at Hiller Park, on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m.
"This is our third splash pad, to join ones at Point Cadet and Popp's Ferry, and we're very appreciative of the partnership with the county to help make these things happen," said Gilich, who has a banner in his City Hall office that reads "It is in our hands to create a better world for all who live in it."
The new 40-by-50-foot splash pad, which is north of the Hiller Park playground, features water hoops, a blaster and dumping buckets. The project began in January and cost $50,000 in material and county labor.
The city's two other splash pads, at Point Cadet Plaza, 121 Cadet St. and at Popp's Ferry recreational area, 2150 Popp's Ferry Road, will open to the public Friday, April 14. All will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
See the ribbon cutting flyer
See pictures of the progress at Hiller Park pad
Boil water notice lifted: The precautionary boil water notice that was issued Friday for Nixon, Murray and Nichols streets and Ebony Lane has been lifted.
Boil water notice issued: A precautionary boil water notice has been issued for residents of Baptist Alley, and Murray Street between Main and Nichols after a loss of pressure at 3 p.m. today. Public health policy dictates that if a water system loses pressure, its water is considered contaminated until health department-sanctioned tests prove otherwise. Contractor Oscar Renda will notify residents.
Volunteers: The Biloxi Volunteer Recognition Ceremony is just around the corner and you're running out of time to nominate yourself, your company or your civic group to be involved in the ceremony. To find out what you need to do, click here.
Sports Hall of Fame: Do you know someone who belongs in the Biloxi Sports Hall of Fame? Now is the time to help make that happen. Nominate them for the Class of 2017. To find out how, click here.
Police chief on weekend traffic: Biloxi Police Chief John Miller told the Biloxi City Council to expect heavy traffic this weekend as a result of Spring Breakers in town. That's a good thing, he added later, as long as it's moving, safely. To see unedited video of the chief's presentation on Tuesday, click here.
Mayor on Gary Michiels: Biloxi Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich honored the memory of longtime Biloxian Gary Michiels (say "me-shell") on the occasion of the opening of the Charles R. Hegwood Community Market. To see unedited video of the mayor presenting a proclamation to Lisa Cumbest Michiels at the City Council meeting Tuesday, click here.
Fi-ya: Fire prevention officers from across the state are in Biloxi this week, and this morning they were playing with fire, for a good cause, at the Gruich center in east Biloxi. To see photos and find out more, click here.