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National Personnel Records Center Prepares for Expansion of Onsite Workforce
Press Release · Monday, March 8, 2021
Improvement in public health outlook holds promise for increased service to veterans
The National Archives and Records Administration is planning a phased expansion of the onsite workforce at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO. Improved local public health conditions and dropping infection rates are setting the stage for returning more employees to the facility, which will happen over the next 10 days. The NPRC has struggled to keep up with requests for veterans' records since operations were impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic a year ago, and the current backlog of requests is at more than 480,000.
"Providing our nation's veterans with access to their records is a top priority for the National Archives," said Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero. "Though we've been doing everything we can to address the issue, the current situation is unacceptable and unsustainable. I am heartened that conditions are shifting and hopeful that we'll be able to return to our normal high levels of customer service. As a Vietnam veteran, myself, I am fully invested in finding a solution and providing veterans and their families with the services they expect and deserve."
Decisions regarding each NARA facility are assessed weekly based on public health data and NARA's phased reopening plan, initially developed using guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Since the outset of the pandemic, National Archives officials took a number of actions to protect the workforce from exposure to COVID-19, including reducing the number of employees permitted in the facilities at one time and implementing strict social distancing procedures for on-site work. Unfortunately, these actions have significantly reduced the speed and volume of requests that staff could safely process at the NPRC.
Despite maintaining strict safety protocols, the NPRC has had to stop work on numerous occasions to deep clean portions of the facility due to 59 confirmed or potential COVID-19 cases in the building.
Since March 2020, the NPRC has responded to more than 288,000 requests. Staff responded to more than 116,000 urgent requests, including more than 45,000 burial-related requests, assistance to more than 7,500 homeless veterans, and more than 18,000 medical emergencies. Additionally, the NPRC partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to expedite the processing of VA requests for records. Since the start of the pandemic, NPRC staff have serviced more than 172,000 requests from the VA.
These efforts have not been enough to keep pace with the new requests received over the same period, and the backlog of unanswered requests has continued to grow to the current number.
The National Archives has recently received emergency funding from Congress, which it used to purchase and deploy computer equipment that is enabling more NPRC employees to work on records requests remotely. This has allowed the agency to almost double the number of requests processed each week, over the past couple of weeks. Funding will also be used to hire additional employees and contractors to help eliminate the backlog.
"We will do everything possible to return to normal service levels as quickly and efficiently as we can while keeping our staff safe," said William J. Bosanko, Chief Operating Officer of the National Archives and Records Administration. "We've begun making progress, and we're fully committed to not only eliminating the backlog but changing our processes to better support veterans and their families in the future and to be better prepared for similar, health-related closures."
National Archives officials have already taken several actions to expedite processing of requests and mitigate the growth of the backlog, without compromising the safety of the workforce. The work week at the NPRC was expanded to include Saturdays and some Sundays, and a second shift was implemented on weekdays, allowing staff to double the on-site workforce without exceeding maximum safe occupancy limits.
The agency also deployed new technology to allow the public to submit requests electronically, with digital signatures, and for staff to remotely and securely respond to requests by transmitting digital images in instances where records are available electronically. When possible, staff have also facilitated self-service inquiries by veterans.
The NPRC employs approximately 600 people in St. Louis. This staff has served with distinction over the past year. The facility holds more than 2 million cubic feet of military personnel and medical records, which only exist in paper form and cannot be accessed remotely. The NPRC responds to requests from veterans and their families who require copies of their military service records, primarily to prove honorable service in order to claim a service-related benefit. In a typical year, the NPRC responds to more than 1.2 million requests for copies of those records, or more than 20,000 requests each week, most of which are completed in under 10 days.
"I'm proud of the efforts of our employees who have worked hard to provide the best service possible during a very difficult time," said Scott Levins, director of the NPRC. "We've all been frustrated at the situation and that we haven't been able to do more, and do it faster, and I am really glad that conditions have improved so we can bring more staff and contractors to begin righting the ship."
For press information contact the National Archives Public and Media Communications Staff at 202-357-5300.
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Home Sports What Red Sox manager Alex Cora told Eduardo Rodriguez after 'My time'...
What Red Sox manager Alex Cora told Eduardo Rodriguez after 'My time' gesture to Astros' Carlos Correa
Astros shortstop Carlos Correa pointed to his wrist after launching a go-ahead home run in Game 1 of the ALCS against the Red Sox, signaling that "it's my time."
Boston starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez returned the favor Monday in Game 3. His manager wasn't having it.
After getting Correa to ground out to end the top of the sixth inning with Boston leading 9-3, Rodriguez pointed to his right wrist as he walked off the mound. Before he reached the dugout, manager Alex Cora was already telling him that that wasn't the way to respond.
Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez mocked Carlos Correa's "it's my time celebration" after getting him out for the third time tonight, and Boston manager Alex Cora was not happy about that pic.twitter.com/POGnfMMm6i
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 19, 2021
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"Don't do that," Cora said he told the 28-year-old left-hander. "Because we don't act that way. I mean, we just show up. We play and we move on. And he knows. I let him know. We don't have to do that. If we're looking for motivation outside of what we're trying to accomplish, we're in the wrong business. The only motivation we have is to win four games against them and we'll move on to the next round."
Rodriguez said after the game that he felt bad about the gesture, telling Fox Sports' Tom Verducci that it was "part of the game" with the moment and the atmosphere at Fenway Park. He said he wanted to apologize.
"Sometimes some things get in your mind and you just do things like that, but I really, like, I feel bad right now because I did it," Rodriguez said.
"Sometimes some things get in your mind and you just do things like that. But right now I feel bad because I did it."
Eduardo Rodriguez on mocking Carlos Correa's celebration & Alex Cora's reaction to it ⬇ pic.twitter.com/fnB0x6eMgv
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 19, 2021
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No apology is necessary, in Correa's mind. He said he "loved" seeing Rodriguez make the gesture.
"He did my celebration. I thought it was kind of cool. It's just the way baseball should trend moving forward. We talk about making baseball fun, we talk about baseball growing and more people coming to watch the sport. You know you need things like that. You need to let the players have fun. I loved it personally," Correa said. "I love every single bit of it. He pitched a great game, he threw six innings, struck out like seven. I mean he was nasty. His fastball coming out was great so whenever you have a great performance like that against the No. 1 offensive team during the season who we were the No. 1 offensive team during the season, you can do whatever you want. And you should have fun with this."
Carlos Correa (@TeamCJCorrea) praised Eduardo Rodriguez for the game he threw and referring on the field to Carlos' celebration, tapping his watch: "He did my celebration. I thought it was kind of cool. It's just the way baseball should trend." pic.twitter.com/usfagoefBL
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) October 19, 2021
That one moment aside, Rodriguez had a lot to feel excited about after Game 3. He pitched the deepest of any pitcher in the ALCS as he lasted six innings. He gave up three runs on five hits — one home run — to pick up the win in the Red Sox's 12-3 rout. He also became the first left-handed pitcher in Red Sox postseason history to strike out seven and walk no one in Fenway Park, according to Fox Sports.
The Red Sox now hold a 2-1 advantage in the ALCS with two games left in Boston before a potential return to Houston for Games 6 and 7.
"He was outstanding. I mean, establishing the fastball, good changeup, good cutter, good tempo," Cora said of Rodriguez. "One 0-2 pitch that we really don't care, you know, because one of the things I told him, I said, 'Hey, man, we've got to throw strikes. Don't walk people, make them earn it.' And he did. And the fact that he went six innings was very important for us. Three games in a row against a great team and to be able to rest the bullpen for tomorrow is huge. And he understood that, he made some pitches, we got some double plays all that."
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Cora — who worked with Correa in 2017 as a coach for Houston's World Series-winning club — circled back to say that he wasn't mad at his starter. He compared the situation to his 4-year-old twins.
"It's like one of the twins, like, 'Don't do that.' We don't have to do that," Cora said. "He knows, he understands, but we're not that way. We talk about humble approach and humble players and that's who we are. We like to grind, we like to play, but we don't do that."
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Home Health Fish Oil supplements during Pregnancy
Fish Oil supplements during Pregnancy
Fish oil supplements in pregnancy may cut kids' allergy risk according to a study … reports Asian Lite News.
Fish oil supplements.
Babies born to women who took fish oil and probiotic supplements during their second and third trimester of pregnancy may be at reduced risk of suffering from egg allergy and eczema, a study has found.
The findings showed that when pregnant women took a daily fish oil capsule from 20 weeks pregnant, and during the first three to four months of breastfeeding, the risk of egg allergy in the child was reduced by 30 per cent.
Taking a daily probiotic supplement from 36-38 weeks pregnant, and during the first three to six months of breastfeeding, reduced the risk of a child developing eczema, that causes dry, cracked and itchy skin, by 22 per cent.
This is the equivalent of 44 cases of eczema per 1,000 children.
"Food allergies and eczema in children are a growing problem across the world. Our research suggests probiotic and fish oil supplements may reduce a child's risk of developing an allergic condition," said lead author Robert Boyle, from the Imperial College London.
"These findings need to be considered when guidelines for pregnant women are updated," Boyle suggested.
Importantly, the study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, found no evidence that avoiding potentially allergenic foods such as nuts, dairy and eggs during pregnancy made a difference to a child's allergy or eczema risk.
Allergies to foods such as nuts, eggs, milk or wheat are caused by the immune system malfunctioning and over-reacting to these harmless foods. This triggers symptoms such as rashes, swelling, vomiting and wheezing.
For the study, the team assessed 28 trials of probiotic supplements during pregnancy, involving around 6,000 women and around 19 trials of fish oil supplements during pregnancy, involving around 15,000 people.
These studies revealed a 30 per cent reduction in risk of egg allergy by age one, which equates to a reduction of 31 cases of egg allergy per 1000 children.
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Any club members – or any anyone else! – willing to volunteer their time on either or both days to help in the running of the event should contact the race organiser, Bob Richardson, at bobc.richardson@ntlworld.com. Those of you helped last year will remember what a buzz the event created and we hope to deliver the same for riders and volunteers again this year!
Some great reports on the race on Eamonn Deane's Local Riders Local Races blog.
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I have heard from a lot of people expressing outrage over the fate of Adam Crapser, the Korean adoptee who was ordered deported earlier this week. I get and share the outrage and would like to help channel the outrage into an increased awareness of the many failures this case represents.
If you have not seen the adorable photos of Adam as a young boy or holding his infant child, a brief summary. Earlier this week, an Immigration Judge sitting in Tacoma, Washington order 41 year old Adam Crapser deported. Adam waived his right to appeal rather than spend any more time in immigration detention. Crapser came to the U.S. at the age of 3, an adoptee from Korea. His parents failed to file paperwork to secure his immigration status. They were also abusive. Adam amassed a number of convictions, including burglary and assault. He is married and has four U.S. citizen children.
Before we get into the many failures, I want to make one thing very clear. He had the finest representation possible. His lawyers are well-regarded and poured their heart and soul into representing Adam to the best of their abilities. But immigration lawyers are not miracle workers and even the best prepared case succumbs to the stacked deck in favor of deportation. That is exactly what happened here.
First, the case is horribly distorted by detention. Adam spent the past eight months in detention. Although immigration is a civil matter, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains in jails. There is no release date other than the court's calendar, there are severe restrictions on bond, and the care is dangerous, abusive and medically inadequate. ICE detains immigrants who are seeking asylum in the U.S., permanent residents convicted of certain offenses after serving their criminal sentence, and those it deems to be a flight risk. Very often, the immigrant has no right to seek judicial review of their detention. In addition, there is no limitation on how long an immigrant can be detained during removal proceedings. And, the government, in defending the length of detention to the Supreme Court, gave the Court bad numbers. The Court relied on those erroneous numbers in upholding the mandatory detention without bond regime created in the 1996 law. It bears recalling that the '96 immigration law was a dreadful piece of legislation dreamed up by serial jackass Newt Gingrich and signed by the original Bad Hombre, Bill Clinton. Adam gave up his appeal because he could not stand to be in detention another day.
Which leads to the second problem– judges. There are tremendous disparities between the case grant rates of immigration judges. An immigrant is much likelier to win her case in a court in Arlington, Virginia or San Francisco, California than she is to win in the due process free zones of Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. Now, we don't have any statistics as to how frequently Judge John C. Odell, who denied Adam's case, grants or does not grant relief. However, his background is not promising. For six years before being appointed to the bench, Judge Odell worked as a trial attorney for Immigration & Customs Enforcement, seeking the removal of foreign nationals from the U.S. This is not to say that a former ICE attorney can not be a fair and impartial judge. However, the fact remains that there are far too few judges that come out of the bar representing immigrants. For example, take a look at this press release from the immigration court regarding recent immigration judge appointments. A full 15 out of 15 of the new judges added to the bench this June came from ICE or a prosecuting office.
A third problem is that the system takes the failures of parents out on their children. Adam is in jail and is being deported because his parents did not do the paperwork they were supposed to do. Not only that, they abused him badly. Yet, the one who pays the price for their errors and failures is their child. Adam came at the age of three and should have been a citizen before he turned ten. But his parents messed up and the law is very unforgiving. While the current administration has taken steps through DACA to relieve the young adults who came to the U.S. as children, permanent relief has been denied to them because Congress can not pass the DREAM Act or any other ameliorative legislation. Children who have come to the U.S. at a young age and have grown up here and been educated here are part of our society and deserve protection from detention and deportation.
Fourth, this case exposes the bad immigrant/ good immigrant myth as not being workable. For a long time, advocates for immigrant justice have put forward model immigrants in an attempt to emphasize that immigrants are humans who deserve opportunities. We have trotted out the valedictorians, the Medal of Honor winners, and the many scholars, athletes, soldiers and other commendable youth to drive home the point that immigrants are good people. Lost in this effort is the fact that immigrants are human. And like many people, they make mistakes. Like many people, they are complex and make errors and do wonderful things. Humans should be judged on the totality of their character and not on small snippets of their lives. The world is a complex case and advocacy and humanity must account for this complexity in dealing with immigrants like Adam.
Finally, there is the whole cluster#*&$ of the adoption system. I know very little about this, but what appears to be revealed is that the adoption and family relations system is in desperate need of fixing, but political paralysis has left this problem unfixed.
Adam's plight is all too familiar for those who have seen the system up close. Now, his suffering has brought that reality to a new audience. Whether it changes anything is up to us.


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401ks & IRAs
Are Catch Up 401k Contributions Pre-Taxed for Over 50?
By: Eric Bank, MBA, MS Finance | Updated December 06, 2018
1. What Is the Income Limit for 401(k) Pretax Contributions?
2. Federal Regulations for 401K Plans
3. Different Contributory Retirement Plans
The intent of Congress when it created catch-up contributions was to allow employees who are getting closer to retirement to contribute extra money to their retirement accounts. In that way, they could "catch up" for years in which they made small or no contributions.
Catch-up contributions are pretax for traditional 401(k) accounts, but post-tax for Roth 401(k)s.
401(k) Catch-Up Contribution
To make a 401(k) catch-up contribution, you must be a "catch-up eligible participant," meaning you satisfy all of these criteria:
You must be a participant in a 401(k) plan.
You must reach at least age 50 in the year of the catch-up contribution. Fifty is called the 401(k) catch-up age.
You are eligible to make elective deferrals to the 401(k) plan.
You have made the maximum elective deferrals up to a defined limit, which can be a statutory, plan-imposed or applicable limit.
Limits on 401(k) Contributions
In a traditional 401(k), participants make contributions through pretax elective deferrals. In most cases, participants can defer up to 100 percent of their taxable income or the statutory limit, whichever is less. The statutory limits (the legal limitation on the amount of elective deferral) for 2018 and 2019 are $18,500 and $19,000, respectively. The statutory limit on the total combined employee/employer additions (excluding catch-up contributions) to a 401(k) plan in 2018 is $55,000 and $56,000 in 2019. The 401(k) catch-up limit for 2018 and 2019 is the lesser of $6,000 or 100 percent of your compensation minus elective deferrals. Therefore, the maximum employee pretax contribution amounts (elective deferral plus catch-up contribution) for 2018 and 2019 are $24,500 and $25,000, respectively.
Some plans impose different elective deferral limits such as a fixed percentage of a participant's compensation. The limits on plans that are subject to actual deferral percentage (ADP) testing – a test to ensure that the ratio of deferrals for highly and non-highly compensated employees don't exceed certain limits – are known as applicable limits and are equal to the elective deferral limits on highly compensated employees. Whatever the method for determining maximum elective deferrals, an employee must first reach that limit before taking advantage of catch-up contributions. Some 401(k) plans do not permit catch-up contributions.
Catch-Up Contribution Tax Savings
Withdrawals from a traditional 401(k) are ordinary income, taxed at your marginal rate. As of 2018, the federal income tax has seven rates, ranging from 10 to 37 percent. If you are in the 22-percent tax bracket and make a $6,000 catch-up contribution, you save $1,320 (0.22 x $6,000) in taxes. Top-earning taxpayers in the 37-percent bracket save $2,220, and for those paying the 3.8-percent Medicare surtax on modified adjusted gross income exceeding the annual limit, there is an additional savings of $228.
Roth 401(k) Catch-Up Contributions
Your employer might offer you a separate Roth account within your 401(k) plan in addition to the traditional account. The limits on elective deferrals and catch-up contributions are the same as for traditional 401(k)s. The difference is that contributions are made with post-tax dollars. That is, Roth contributions have already been taxed, and you cannot deduct these contributions from your taxable income for the year. Distributions of Roth contributions are always tax-free. Distributions of Roth account earnings are tax-free unless you are under age 59 1/2 or the first contribution occurred less than five years ago. Early withdrawals of earnings might also be subject to a 10 percent penalty tax unless they qualify for an exception. The total annual amount that can be added to your 401(k) plan is the same with or without a Roth option.
If you are familiar with the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for IRAs, you might be surprised to learn that 401(k)s dance to a slightly different drummer. The two account types have in common the amount of each year's RMD, which is based on your age, your life expectancy as estimated by the IRS and the account balance. With a traditional IRA, you must start taking RMDs in the year following your 70 1/2 birthday and can no longer make any contributions. However, if you are in a 401(k) and are still employed beyond age 70 1/2, you can postpone your RMDs and continue to make tax-deferred contributions including catch-up contributions. However, these postponement rules aren't available if you own 5 percent or more of the company sponsoring the 401(k), as would be the case with a one-participant (or Solo) 401(k).
The RMD rules are the same for Roth and traditional 401(k)s. Roth 401(k)s differ from Roth IRAs in that the latter have no RMDs.
401(k) Employer Contributions
In addition to employee elective deferrals, many 401(k) plans permit employers to add to your account through any combination of nonelective contributions, matching contributions based on the employee's elective deferrals, and allocation of nonvested money from the 401(k) plans of participants who leave the company. Employers cannot contribute more than 100 percent of the employee's salary.
As an example, in 2019, Joe can defer $19,000 of his income and also make a $6,000 catch-up contribution. The overall contribution limit (that is, employer plus employee contributions, not counting catch-up contributions) is $56,000, meaning that Joe's employer can kick in up to ($56,000 minus $19,000), or $37,000 in employer contributions. Notice how catch-up contributions do not figure into the employer's contribution limit. The 401(k) plan can specify whether an employer will match an employee's catch up contributions, but in either case, the same employer contribution limits apply.
401(k) Post-Tax Contributions
Many people assume that post-tax contributions to a 401(k) can be made only to a Roth account. However, some plans instead allow after-tax contributions to a traditional 401(k) account. These contributions can exceed the limit on employee elective deferrals but must conform to the overall limit on all contributions.
For example, assume Joe's employer makes a nonelective contribution of $11,000. Since Joe deferred $19,000, his overall pre-tax addition for 2019 is $30,000, not counting his $6,000 catch-up contribution. The annual overall limit is $56,000, which means that Joe can contribute up to $26,000 (that is, $56,000 minus $30,000) of post-tax money to his traditional 401(k) account, but only after maxing out his catch-up contributions.
This post-tax contribution adds to the cost basis of the 401(k) account. When contributions are distributed from the 401(k), the amount up to the cost basis is tax-free, and the cost basis is reduced by the distributed amount. The earnings on post-tax contributions don't increase the cost basis, so they are taxable when distributed once the cost basis has been depleted. To avoid taxation on earnings stemming from post-tax contributions, you can roll your post-tax contributions into a Roth IRA, where you can withdraw earnings tax-free as long as you observe the rules. The other benefit of this rollover is that it isn't subject to the IRA annual contribution limit and, therefore, allows you to pour additional cash into your Roth IRA.
IRS: About Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business (SEP, SIMPLE and Qualified Plans)
IRS: Issue Snapshot - 401(k) Plan Catch-up Contribution Eligibility
IRS: Revenue Procedure 2018-57
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PALMETTO, Fla. – Alessandro de Tullio, from Miami, Fla., and Mac Clark, from Toronto, Ont., Canada, earned impressive victories this evening as a new TireRack.com Road to Indy iRacing eSeries Presented by Cooper Tires season kicked off at virtual VIRginia International Raceway. A pair of 20-minute races featuring 18 Road to Indy Prospects, all at the wheel of Tatuus PM-18 Indy Pro 2000 cars, provided some exciting action, with the top 10 points scorers earning an opportunity to join a full field of Road to Indy regulars next week.
Titus Sherlock, from Prosper, Texas, secured the SimMetric Driver Performance Labs Pole Award after a brief period of qualifying, marginally faster than Clark and de Tullio. The top three immediately became embroiled in a close battle up front. Clark grasped the advantage with a nice pass on Sherlock into the Roller Coaster, Turn 14, on the opening lap, but their tussle ended prematurely when Sherlock inadvertently nudged Clark off the road at the exit of Turn One on the third lap.
De Tullio, an accomplished karter, took full advantage, romping to a clear win after Sherlock, a front-runner in last year's Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series, was assessed a drive-through penalty for causing the incident with Clark.
Lucas Mann (Exclusive Autosport), from Oakville, Ont., Canada, drove a clean race to finish second , while Konnor Gutting, from Noblesville, Ind., took advantage of a last-lap clash between Noah Ping (VRD Racing), from Duluth, Ga., and a recovering Sherlock to complete the podium. Ping followed in fourth, with Sherlock taking the checkered flag in fifth.
The top 10 finishing positions were reversed to set the starting grid for the evening's second race, with Elliot Cox (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing), from Indianapolis, Ind., on the pole position and fellow Hoosier Ayrton Houk (Pabst Racing) alongside on the front row of the grid.
Cox maintained his lead for the opening lap but Clark was a man on a mission. After starting fourth, the former Canadian F1600 champion worked his way calmly to second position by the end of the opening lap. He then completed his charge to the front with a nicely executed pass on Cox at Turn One.
Clark immediately checked out and finished almost half a minute clear of his pursuers.
An incident on the opening lap dropped Ping well outside the top 10, but he recovered quickly to move into third by the completion of Lap Three. He then gradually whittled away at the deficit to Cox before securing second place with a nice maneuver at Turn 14.
Cox held on for a fine third, while de Tullio charged from the back of the field after being assessed a penalty on the opening lap to dislodge Gutting from fourth place with just a couple of laps remaining.
De Tullio's performance earned him 50 points from the day, four more than Clark. Ping, Mann, Gutting and Cox completed the top six. Chase Gardner (Gardner Racing), from Prosper, Texas, Jason Pribyl, from Glenview, Ill., Dean Dybdahl (WKA), from Grand Island, Fla., and Sherlock also earned the right to compete with established Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires drivers in another pair of races next Wednesday, January 19, at a virtual rendition of the challenging 0.686-mile Indianapolis Raceway Park oval in Indianapolis.
Alessandro de Tullio (#20 Pole Position Motorsports/Parolin/Carbel LLC Tatuus PM-18): "It was a tough race in Race Two but Race One was open gates after Mac Clark and Titus Sherlock crashed. I just had a huge gap. I had an incident on the opening lap in Race Two and had to pit because of the damage. I had good pace after that and set the fastest lap to finish P4, so that's not bad."
Mac Clark (#26 Clark Motorsports Tatuus PM-18) -- On the outside move into Turn 1 to take the lead: "That was a nice pass I made and once I got that done on Elliot and was clear, I just put my head down and did some good laps to pull away. Having gone to VIR in my actual racing career I think helped out a lot on the sim so the pace was strong tonight and I'm looking forward to carrying that into the next round. I'm pumped to run with the Road to Indy drivers next week. That's just the next level of competition especially on a track like IRP. I'm super excited for that intense racing."


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A MAN CALLED OTTO -- The Rare Remake That Is as Good as the Original
The Norwegian film A Man Called Ove, based on the novel Fredrik Backman, is one of the more acclaimed international comedies in recent memory. Of course, Hollywood had to come along and remake it, but surprisingly, Marc Forster's A Man Called Otto is a rare remake that manages to capture the magic of the original, largely thanks to a strong performance by Tom Hanks.
The movie follows a depressed old man who is given a refreshed outlook on life when a new family moves in next door, forming an unlikely and unorthodox friendship with him. For those who have seen the Norwegian version of the film, it largely follows the same beats with a few jokes and small plot points being translated to an American audience.
That being said, the marketing would have this movie be a heartwarming comedy about a grumpy old man learning to be kind again, and while those aspects are there, it also has a very dark sense of humor to it. Although this element isn't quite as prevalent of a force as it was in the Norwegian adaptation, it's something that audiences need to be prepared for or else they will be put off by it.
Tom Hanks gives another phenomenal performance here, but one can't help but feel the Hanks-iness of it all. In other words, Hanks is essentially playing Tom Hanks but grumpy. Still, it works quite well, as there is supposed to be an inexplicably lovable quality to the character, just as Hanks himself is infectiously endearing.
His chemistry with actress Mariana Treviño is fantastic, and Treviño surprisingly holds her own against the veteran actor. It's refreshing to see a film that, for the most part, doesn't make the minority character the butt of the joke — although one recurring gag about her character's poor driving abilities does teeter on the edge of being slightly problematic.
One thing in the remake that is, surprisingly, an improvement over the original, is the use of flashbacks. While the flashbacks were effective in the Norwegian movie, they are much more concise and focused in this version. While these scenes could be seen as tear-jerking, they are effective at eliciting a strong emotional reaction.
That said, this version of the film is much weaker on the elements dealing with the theme of immigration. It's a missed opportunity considering how hot of a topic immigration is in the United States right now, especially since — as it stands — the characters' ethnicity feels like more of a plot device than a fully-developed aspect of her character.
A Man Called Otto sticks to the basics and remembers what made its source material so charming in the first place, while also benefiting from an inspired performance by Tom Hanks. It's a lovely, charming little movie, and while it wasn't entirely necessary, it holds up against an original that set a pretty high bar for success.
A Man Called Otto hits theaters on December 29.


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__version__ = '$Id$'

import unittest
from pywikibot import i18n

class TestTranslate(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.msg_localized = {'en': u'test-localized EN',
                              'nl': u'test-localized NL',
                              'fy': u'test-localized FY'}
        self.msg_semi_localized = {'en': u'test-semi-localized EN',
                                   'nl': u'test-semi-localized NL'}
        self.msg_non_localized = {'en': u'test-non-localized EN'}
        self.msg_no_english    = {'ja': u'test-no-english JA'}

    def testLocalized(self):
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('en', self.msg_localized),
                         u'test-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('nl', self.msg_localized),
                         u'test-localized NL')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('fy', self.msg_localized),
                         u'test-localized FY')

    def testSemiLocalized(self):
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('en', self.msg_semi_localized),
                         u'test-semi-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('nl', self.msg_semi_localized),
                         u'test-semi-localized NL')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('fy', self.msg_semi_localized),
                         u'test-semi-localized NL')

    def testNonLocalized(self):
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('en', self.msg_non_localized),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('fy', self.msg_non_localized),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('nl', self.msg_non_localized),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('ru', self.msg_non_localized),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')

    def testNoEnglish(self):
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('en', self.msg_no_english),
                         u'test-no-english JA')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('fy', self.msg_no_english),
                         u'test-no-english JA')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.translate('nl', self.msg_no_english),
                         u'test-no-english JA')

class TestTWTranslate(unittest.TestCase):
    def testLocalized(self):
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('en', 'test-localized'),
                         u'test-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('nl', 'test-localized'),
                         u'test-localized NL')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('fy', 'test-localized'),
                         u'test-localized FY')

    def testSemiLocalized(self):
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('en', 'test-semi-localized'),
                         u'test-semi-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('nl', 'test-semi-localized'),
                         u'test-semi-localized NL')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('fy', 'test-semi-localized'),
                         u'test-semi-localized NL')

    def testNonLocalized(self):
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('en', 'test-non-localized'),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('fy', 'test-non-localized'),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('nl', 'test-non-localized'),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')
        self.assertEqual(i18n.twtranslate('ru', 'test-non-localized'),
                         u'test-non-localized EN')

    def testNoEnglish(self):
        self.assertRaises(i18n.TranslationError, i18n.twtranslate, 'en', 'test-no-english')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        unittest.main()
    except SystemExit:
        pass


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Biden's apology to Anita Hill is all about forgetting history
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Former veep Joe Biden on Friday struggled to defend his treatment of Anita Hill during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — but also...
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Check out what Koki, one of our new student ambassadors, said about this epic game!
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The Mainstream
From Homeless to Top Entrepreneur.
"I dropped out of school in my 9th grade at age 12, only a few months after I lost my father. I then moved to the city with no family and no one to care for me - for 3 years I was homeless." Narrates Alhaji Siraj Bah, a 19 year old thriving entrepreneur from Sierra Leone, as he recalls his heartrending childhood.
Fighter, as strong a word as it is, is not befitting to the strength of Alhaji Siraj Bah. When it comes to the description of his very essence with one term, Alhaji stands unmatched.
Alhaji Siraj
Living in the West African country of Sierra Leone were he was born and bred, Alhaji was left to fend for himself at the tender age of 12. Subsequent to his father's death, and inability of his single and ill mother to take care of him. Whilst children his age were off enjoying the perks of being young and carefree, he was breaking his back, trying to secure a job to cater to his basic needs and replenish his disrupted education.
In a fortunate turn of events, Alhaji was taken in by a foster family, consisting of both parental figures, three sisters and two brothers, accommodated in place he came to call home. But fortune did not seem to last for the young man, as he lost them too, during the 2017 mudslide in the capital of Sierra Leone. That killed over 1000 people and left 3000 homeless, of whom Alhaji was a part of.
"I was supposed to be one of the many people that died that day, but I left for my job at the water factory were I spent most of my day." ~ Alhaji Siraj Bah.
Deforestation and soil erosion, two of the main causes of the Sierra Leone mudslide. And two words that rang ever so resoundingly in Alhaji's mind, instigating the formation of his company; Rugsal Trading. One set to produce hand crafted paper bags and briquettes made from coconut shells in lieu of firewood or charcoal. Widely used products made from tree bark — the leading cause of deforestation.
Briqquettes.
To realize his dream, Alhaji had to raise money, which he sought after by securing a factory job that saw him raise an equivalent of $20 in seed capital. And it was with this amount that he founded his company. He then faced the challenge of obtaining clients, as he was marketing to individuals as opposed to companies, who were more likely to buy his paper bags. He then changed his approach by targeting specific corporations, with a customised product that consisted of an imprinted company logo.
"After a difficult month I got a call from my first client, a hotel. It was a Sunday, I vividly remember. They ordered 1000 paper bags, and at the time I was working alone." ~ Alhaji Siraj Bah.
A mixture of emotion consumed Alhaji. On one had he was ecstatic that things had finally started to look up and on the other, anxious about delivering the order — hand making a thousand paper bags... by himself... within a week.
"50% down payment and clearance of the pending balance after product delivery." Alhaji claimed, strategically trying to secure enough money to buy the needed raw material, of which he emerged successful. 16 hours a day, he hand crafted the paper bags, one by one until they amounted to a thousand.
Paper Bags.
Since then, Alhaji has accumulated a steady stream of clients for his paper bags and briquettes, selling about 10,000 paper bags and about 600 briquettes a month to hotels, a local shopping complex and several individual clients.
From acquiring shelter with different friends, to spending nights within public infrastructure, such as cinema halls. Siraj finally managed to get a place of his own after he started to earn around $200 dollars a month. In a great show of humility, he took in some of his homeless friends whom he currently employs.
The year 2018 seemed to be rather promising for the young man, as he set to apply for Africa's biggest award for her youngest entrepreneurs; The Anzisha Prize. After a gruelling selection process, Alhaji made the final 20 and came to represent his country at the African Leadership Academy in South Africa, were he emerged victorious. Walking away as the first runner up with a grand prize worth $15,000, all for his company; Rugsal Trading.
Alhaji Post Receiving his Awards At The Anzisha Gala.
When asked about the future he envisions for Rugsal, Alhaji Siraj Bah vehemently expressed his desire to scale his business to other countries in the region. And ultimately continue to help mitigate the impact of deforestation and environmental degradation, by promoting eco-friendly alternatives for plastic and charcoal.
Copyright © 2015 The Mainstream


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Amit recently visited Israel at the invitation of the Embassy of Israel in Delhi, to participate in a startup delegation. The goal of the delegation was improve startup to startup and ecosystem level contact between India and Israel.
Israel is a small country with many geographical and geopolitical challenges. It has made amazing strides in tech, core research and startups. Driven by excellent government support, a great entrepreneurial culture, and a good industry ecosystem, Israel has become a true 'startup nation'.
This talk will be focused on understanding Israel's startup ecosystem, some key reasons for its success, and important lessons that India can learn from it.
Amit is an entrepreneur and a technology professional based in Pune. He has been working in the Software/IT area for over 20 years. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay, and his M.S. in Manufacturing Systems from University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Amit worked for over a decade in Manufacturing & Supply Chain Software at i2 Technologies in Dallas, in various leadership roles. He moved back to India a decade back and has been actively involved with startups in Pune. In addition to mentoring and advising early state startups, Amit is also involved in his own startup venture, ReliScore, in the skills assessment space.
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Gentry Man Accused of Raping a Teen Is Jailed in Benton County
Posted: Feb 8, 2019 / 06:32 PM CST / Updated: Feb 8, 2019 / 06:32 PM CST
A Gentry man is arrested for raping a teen, according to a Benton County probable cause affidavit.
Timothy Setzer, 51, of Gentry, in held at the Benton County Jail on no bond, according to the detention center inmate report website.
Setzer was identified by a Gentry teenager who told police, and others close to her, that she has been repeatedly raped for the last several years, according to a Benton County probable cause affidavit.
In a statement to police, the teen said she was coming forward with the accusations because of increased anxiety and flashbacks, "and she needed to talk to someone about it," according to the affidavit.
The teen said the abuse began three to five times a week in 2014 and continued through 2017, but it wasn't as often.
The teen was interviewed by the Children's Advocacy Center and Gentry police on January 28, 2019.
On January 30, 2019, Setzer gave a statement to Gentry police denying all rape accusations, according to the affidavit.
An arrest warrant was issued Monday, February 4, and Setzer was taken into custody on, Thursday, February 7, on two counts of felony rape. His court date is March 18, 2019.
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