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About TOMMI
Information for international publishers
What is TOMMI - the German award for children's software?
The TOMMI children's software award is the most important award in Germany for digital games and educational programs for children. Since 2002 the TOMMI award has been given at the Frankfurt Book Fair to the most innovative and outstanding software titles developed specifically for children in each of four categories: PC, Consoles, Apps, Electronic Toys and Educational Software.
The TOMMI award is awarded by children media specialist FEIBEL.DE (Berlin). This year the awards have been sponsored and supported by Auerbach Stiftung, the German Library Association dbv, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Familie & Co, the Frankfurt Book Fair, Google, jugendschutz.net (Youth Protection), mobilsicher.de, Partner & Söhne and the german broadcaster ZDF.
TOMMI 2021: Apply now!
Publishers of Apps, PC , Console Games and Electronic Toys as well as Educational Software submit their games with our online application form.
Apply online now!
This years award ceremony will take place in a live broadcast by the KiKa media magazine "Team Timster"!
TOMMI Award
What is the TOMMI?
The TOMMI children's software award is the most important award in Germany for digital games and educational programs for children.
Since 2002 the TOMMI award has been given at the Frankfurt Book Fair to the most innovative and outstanding software titles developed specifically for children in the categories PC, Consoles, Apps, Electronic Toys, Educational Software and since 2020 also in the special category Kindergarten & Preschool.
What are the goals of the TOMMI?
The TOMMI relies on the participation and participation of children between the ages of six and 16. On average, between 3,000 and 4,000 girls and boys actively participate in the award process. In 2020 around 900 children were able to participate during the pandemic.
The TOMMI aims to teach children and school classes how to critically use computer-, educational- and console games as well as apps and helps promote media literacy in children.
The TOMMI strengthens children's understanding of democracy, as they deal with other opinions in the test phase and also formulate their arguments in writing.
How does the award process work?
Publishers of apps, PC, console games as well as electronic toys and digital educational offers submit their games online here.
A jury of well-known specialist journalists (Der Spiegel, FAZ, BILD.DE, and many more), renowned media educators and education experts select the nominations. Then children in around 20 libraries all over Germany and Switzerland have their turn.
In 2019, a total of 3,300 girls and boys took part in the award. The TOMMI was awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair until 2019.
In 2020, the award ceremony took place for the first time live as part of the "Timster" program at KiKa from ARD and ZDF, both on TV and on the Internet.
This year the TOMMI will be awarded live on October 24th, 2021 at KiKA in "Team Timster".
During the corona pandemic, around 900 children across Germany were able to test games and educational software nominated by an expert jury in around 20 libraries under strict security measures and with a well thought-out hygiene concept.
When does the TOMMI take place?
Once a year.
The application process for games and other digital products usually starts in June / July. The test phase in the libraries takes place between September or October.
The award ceremony is on October 24th, 2021 in the KiKA in the media broadcast "Team Timster".
Why does the TOMMI take place in public libraries?
Public libraries have long been leaders in education when it comes to teaching a wide variety of reading skills. This applies not only to books, but also to electronic media and games. Libraries offer the place, the games and equipment and, above all, competent staff.
Libraries are also a democratic institution: they give children access to new media, like computers, consoles or tablets, that they otherwise may not be able to afford.
What is the special category "Kindergarten & Preschool"?
In the special category "Kindergarten & Preschool", Prof. Dr. Stefan Aufenanger from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and his team assess submissions to kindergartens.
As a publisher, you can indicate participation in this category in the registration form.
How can I apply as a publisher for the TOMMI?
Submittable are Apps, electronic toys, PC and console games, educational software or products for the special price kindergarten & preschool. The age category is USK 12.
Eligible to participate are all products that were released between October 16, 2020 to October 24, 2021 and are still available until December 31, 2021.
The requirements are 20 games or codes per title, as well as the completed online registration form. The submitted games remain with the specialist jury.
Promo codes of the apps: Promo codes are accepted for iOS and Android. Please wait until we get back to you before sending the code so that the codes do not expire.
Who is behind the TOMMI?
What can publishers submit?
Products for our special price kindergarten & preschool
All products that are published from October 16, 2020 to October 24, 2021, and that are still available at least until December 31, 2021, are eligible to participate.
We require 20 games or codes per title, plus a copy of the completed registration form. Games and products are non-returnable.
Deadline: 9th August 2021 (latecomers may be accomodated at the discretion of the judges)
Price: The participation fee per title is 299 Euro plus VAT.
The award ceremony will take place this year in a live broadcast by the KiKA media magazine "Team Timster".
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Q: MySQL trying to create trigger to update inventory when a new purchase is made I have three tables, purchases (purchase_id, quantity_purchased, purchase_date,purchase_time, payment_method) inventory (inventory_id, amount, item_id) and items (item_name, price, notes, item_id) I need to create a trigger to update the inventory (amount-quantity_purchased) every time a new purchase is made. This is what I have so far:
CREATE TRIGGER inventory_update
AFTER INSERT ON purchases
FOR EACH ROW
UPDATE inventory
SET amount = amount - NEW.quantity_purchased
WHERE purchase_id = NEW.purchase_id;

any help is appreciated, thanks

A: Is there a foreign key that would link your purchase table to your inventory?
Below is what I brainstormed, it should work if you can determine what product you sold when you insert into the product table.
Create trigger inventory_update on Dbo.purchases
after insert
as
declare  @inserted int, @stock int, @pid int
select @Pid= pid from inserted
select @inserted = quantity_purchased from inserted
select @stock = quantity_purchased from dbo.inventory
where @PID= inventory. inventory_id -- This line needs a way to find out what the purchase item is

if @inserted>@stock
begin
print('Not enough Stock')
rollback
end
Else if @inserted<@stock and @PID is not null
begin
update inventory
set amount= inventory.amount-@inserted
where @PID =inventory.item_ID     -- Once again the issue is figuring out what your purchase item is on this line.
print('A Sale has been made')
end
else
print('There is an error in the process')

A: I would guess that the purchases table has an item_id.  If so:
DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER inventory_update AFTER INSERT ON purchases
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    UPDATE inventory i
        SET i.amount = i.amount - NEW.quantity_purchased
        WHERE i.item_id = NEW.item_id;
END;
$$
DELIMITER ;

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La Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, désigne l'Église Bethel devenue l'église mère de l'Église épiscopale méthodiste africaine située à Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie) est un ancien atelier de forgeron acheté par le fondateur de l'AME, Richard Allen, et réaménagé en église. Le  elle est consacrée en tant qu'église par l'évêque méthodiste Francis Asbury. Elle sera agrandie en 1890. C'est la plus ancienne église gérée par des Afro-Américains, les offices n'ont cessé d'y être célébrés de sa dédicace à maintenant.

Histoire
Lors d'une réunion de la Free African Society, Richard Allen, un Afro-Américain converti au christianisme par la prédication d'un pasteur méthodiste itinérant et devenu lui-même prédicateur aux côtés de Freeborn Garrettson et de  Francis Asbury, propose la construction d'une église méthodiste à Philadelphie qui serait financée par elle et les Afro-Américains, le projet est accepté. Richard Allen achète un ancien atelier de forgeron qu'il va aménager en église. En 1794, est inaugurée la Bethel Church qui est consacrée par l'évêque méthodiste Francis Asbury. Le nom de Bethel fait référence à un lieu biblique qui se traduit par . L'église en plus de ses activités liturgiques et catéchétiques ouvre une école pour les Afro-Américains qui donne des cours du soir.

Cette église deviendra à partir de 1816, l'église mère de la future Église épiscopale méthodiste africaine (AME), et prend le nom de . L'AME est la première Église afro-américaine indépendante fondée par des Afro-Américains pour des Afro-Américains.

Cette nouvelle Église est intégrée à la Conférence des églises méthodistes de Philadelphie. Cela dit, des personnalités méthodistes voient d'un mauvais œil les revendications d'autonomie de cette église, d'autant qu'elle ne possède aucun clergé propre. Le , Richard Allen signe un engagement indiquant que cette nouvelle église restera fidèle à la tradition méthodiste.

Après sa création en 1816, l'Église épiscopale méthodiste africaine (AME) s'implante dans différentes villes de Pennsylvanie, du Maryland et du New Jersey, lors de la conférence de l'Église en 1818 qui s'est tenue à Philadelphie, on compte une douzaine de paroisses. En 1818, l'Église est endeuillée par la mort d'Absalom Jones le compagnon de route de Richard Allen. Les funérailles sont organisées par la loge maçonnique qu'ils avaient fondée en 1798.

En 1820, Richard Allen implante une nouvelle paroisse à Charleston dans la Caroline du Sud. Sous la direction du révérend  la congrégation de Charleston atteint en peu de temps les  membres ; mais en 1822 se produit une insurrection d'esclaves dirigée par l'un des membres influents de la paroisse Denmark Vesey, l'insurrection est vite réprimée, trente des insurgés sont pendus, dont Denmark Vesey et les bâtiments de la paroisse sont rasés. Pour sauver sa vie, Morris Brown part se réfugier auprès de Richard Allen à Philadelphie.

À la suite du désastre de Charleston, Richard Allen contacte l'Église épiscopale méthodiste africaine de Sion (AMEZ) implantée dans l'État de New York afin de procéder à une union, les principes de sa fondation étant semblables à ceux de l'AME. Mais les relations sont entachées par un passif, précédemment en 1819, Richard Allen avait ordonné l'un de ses membres, William Lambert, qui de retour à New York quitte l'AMEZ pour créer sa propre Église. Certains membres de l'AMEZ ont rendu Richard Allen responsable de cette défection. Le  Richard Allen propose aux membres de l'AMEZ une fusion, les avis sont partagés à défaut d'une fusion, ils se mettent d'accord pour une alliance pour coordonner leurs efforts pour l'émancipation des esclaves et la lutte contre la migration des Afro-Américains en Afrique proposées par l'American Colonization Society.

L'expansion de l'AME continue, de nouvelles congrégations se créent, le missionnaire Henry Harden en ouvre une à Brooklyn (New York), en 1822, l'AME s'implante dans l'Ohio. En 1823, le président de la république d'Haïti lui demande d'envoyer des missionnaires pour implanter l'AME, Richard Allen y envoie en 1824 une délégation dirigée par le révérend Scipio Beanes.

Se sentant vieillir, pour assurer la poursuite de son mouvement il propose que Morris Brown puisse être évêque, ce dernier est élu évêque en 1824.

En 1827 Richard Allen est reçoit le soutien et le ralliement de membres de l'élite afro-américaine naissante comme John Brown Russwurm et de Samuel E. Cornish fondateurs du Freedom's Journal, qui ouvre ses colonnes à Richard Allen qui y publiera de nombreux articles par lesquels il fustige l'esclavage et les opérations d'implantations au Liberia menées par l'ACS. Bataille qui fut perturbée en 1829 par le ralliement de John Brown Russwurm à l'ACS et le Freedom Journal ne fera plus de critiques de l'ACS. Pour renforcer le projet de l'ACS plusieurs états dont celui de la Pennsylvanie vont durcir les lois ségrégatives en imposant des taxes spécifiques aux Afro-Américains libres, par exemple dans l'Ohio les Afro-Américains devaient s'acquitter d'une somme de  pour obtenir un certificat de bonne conduite nécessaire pour travailler, si bien qu'à partir de 1829 de nombreux Afro-Américains de l'Ohio migrent vers le Canada.

En 1830, Hezekiah Grace, un Afro-Américain de Baltimore après qu'il eut auparavant contacté William Lloyd Garrison, un Blanc abolitionniste fondateur de lAmerican Anti-Slavery Society, directeur du journal The Liberator, envoie une lettre à Richard Allen pour lui demander s'il était possible de convoquer une convention nationale des Afro-Américains où seraient présents les leaders abolitionnistes. Intéressé, Richard Allen invite Hezekiah Grace à le rejoindre pour qu'il puisse étudier la faisabilité d'une telle entreprise. À l'issue de cet entretien Richard Allen lance les invitations et c'est ainsi que le  se tient la convention à la  de Philadelphie. Quarante délégués venus de sept États différents sont présents. Le faible nombre s'explique par les restrictions à la libre circulation faites dans de nombreux États envers les Afro-Américains. Lors de cette convention est affirmée de façon unanime la plus vive opposition aux projet de l'ACS, que la place des Afro-Américains est aux États unis et pas ailleurs et font appel aux principes de la Déclaration d'indépendance de 1776 disant que  et font de la fête du 4 juillet, Jour de l'Indépendance des (États-Unis), une journée de prière et de louanges pour les Afro-Américains.

En 1972, la Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church est inscrite au Registre national des lieux historiques des États-Unis

Notes et références

Liens externes

Église fondée au XVIIIe siècle
Organisme fondé en 1794
Phildelphie Bethel
Église inscrite au Registre national des lieux historiques
Histoire des Afro-Américains
Église méthodiste aux États-Unis
Église à Philadelphie
Église en Pennsylvanie

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The Arts Club Theatre Company is a Canadian professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, founded in 1958. It is the largest urban not-for-profit theatre company in the country and the largest in Western Canada, with productions taking place at the 650-seat Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, the 440-seat Granville Island Stage, the 250-seat Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, and on tour around the province. The company celebrated its 50th season in 2014 and produced its 600th production in 2017.

Major themes from this company are new Canadian works, comedies, musicals, drama, and revues, with an emphasis on developing local and Canadian talent. In addition to theatre presentations, the company offers educational programs and special events.

Since 1972, the company's artistic director was Bill Millerd, who oversaw its expansion for over 45 years. On February 20, 2017, Millerd announced his retirement at the end of the 2017/2018 season. On June 28, 2017, the company announced that Ashlie Corcoran would take over as artistic director for the 2018–2019 season.

History

The Arts Club was founded in 1958 originally as a private club for artists, musicians, and actors. In January 1964, Yvonne Firkins, a founding member of the B.C. Drama Association and B.C.'s "First Lady of the Theatre," renamed the club the Arts Club Theatre Company and established a new theatre in a converted gospel hall on Seymour Street in Downtown Vancouver. The first production was Moss Hart's Light Up the Sky. When Bill Millerd took over the company in 1972, it was producing four productions per year, with an annual budget of $150,000, and an audience of 29,000 patrons per year.

Competing with the much larger, Canada Council-created Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, the Arts Club became known for programming gritty new plays like David Freeman's Creeps, David Fennario's On the Job, and premieres of Michel Tremblay's plays in translation, as well as Shakespeare plays in the larger Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Additionally, the long running Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris cemented the Arts Club's identity in its early years.

The 250-seat Seymour Street Theatre was instrumental in launching the careers of Canadian performers, including Michael J. Fox, Bruce Greenwood, Ruth Nicol, Janet Wright, Winston Rekert, Lally Cadeau, and Brent Carver. Additionally, new works by playwrights like Nicola Cavendish, Morris Panych, Sherman Snukal, Anne Mortifee, and John Lazarus premiered at this theatre.

Just seven years into Millerd's time at the company, the Arts Club expanded to include performances at the 450-seat Granville Island Stage on Granville Island in 1979. Across the street, the smaller 193-seat Revue Stage in 1983.

The 1990s were a time of major transition for the company. In 1991, the Seymour Street Theatre was closed for demolition and is now the site of the Vancouver International Film Centre. Six years later, in 1997, the Revue Stage was leased to the Vancouver TheatreSports League for 13 years, before re-opening as an Arts Club stage in 2010.

In 1998, the Arts Club took over operations at the 650-seat Stanley Theatre (renamed the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage in 2005), a former movie theater, located on Granville Street, a high traffic area of Vancouver. Now considered the company's main venue, it allowed the Arts Club to produce larger musicals like Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast and Billy Elliot. The purchase and renovation of the new theatre cost nearly $9 million, almost three times the company's annual operating budget at the time. However, in the first season at the Stanley, the company's revenues nearly doubled, taking in more than the rival Vancouver Playhouse for the first time. The following year, company revenue went over $8 million and has not dropped below that point since.

In 2015, the Arts Club closed the Revue Stage and moved all programming to the 250-seat Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre in Olympic Village. A shared space with Bard on the Beach, the BMO Theatre Centre has four large rehearsal studios, wardrobe facilities for both companies, offices, and a state-of-the-art studio theatre space.

By 2016, largely due to Millerd's leadership, the company was producing up to 18 productions per year, had an annual budget of over $16 million, and an audience of over 255,000 patrons per year. On February 20, 2017, Millerd announced his retirement at the end of the 2017/2018 season. On June 28, 2017, the company announced that Ashlie Corcoran would take over as artistic director for the 2018–2019 season.

Leadership

Artistic directors
 Yvonne Firkins (1964–1966)
 Bill Millerd (1972–2018)
 Ashlie Corcoran (2018–Present)
Since 1972, Bill Millerd is the artistic managing director and, as of 2017, is the longest-serving artistic director of a theatre company in Canada. During his time with the company, Millerd has expanded its operations to include year-round programming and regional and national tours. Millerd oversaw the construction of the Granville Island Stage, the Revue Stage, the reopening of the historic Stanley Theatre, and the BMO Theatre Centre. During his tenure, over 600 plays were produced, over 100 of which Millerd has directed himself. Millerd is a governor of the National Theatre School of Canada, has received both a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Career Achievement and the Mayor's Arts Award, and is a member of the Order of Canada. He has been awarded an Alumni Award of Distinction and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from UBC, and was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Tourism Vancouver. On February 20, 2017, Millerd announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2017/2018 season.

Executive directors
 Howard Jang (2000–2014)
 Peter Cathie White (2014–Present)

Notable productions

1964–1979
 Light Up the Sky by Moss Hart, the first production in the Seymour Street Theatre (1964).
 Now Mercutio, Bill Millerd's first show with the company as a stage manager, at the Seymour Street Theatre (1970).
 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, first musical produced by the company, ran for seven months, with Brent Carver in the cast, at the Seymour Street Theatre (1972).
 The Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca by Alden Nowlan and Walter Learning, premiere, first production at the Granville Island Stage (1979).

1980–1997
 Tom Foolery by Tom Lehrer, directed by Geoff Ferris, at the Granville Island Stage (1981).
 Talking Dirty by Sherman Snukal, the first premiere of a new Canadian play, at the Seymour Street Theatre (1981).
 A Musical Evening with Ruth Nichol and Leon Bibb, first production at the Revue Stage (1983).
 Ain't Misbehavin' by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., ran for two years at the Revue Stage (1984–85).
 It's Snowing on Saltspring by Nicola Cavendish, premiere, remounted numerous times, at the Seymour Street Theatre (1985).
 7 Stories by Morris Panych, world premiere, directed by Panych, at the Granville Island Stage (1989).
 A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline by Dean Regan, world premiere, at the Revue Stage (1991).
 The Ends of the Earth by Morris Panych, world premiere, won the Governor General's Award for Drama, at the Granville Island Stage (1992).
 Mom's the Word by Barbara Pollard, Deborah Williams, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, and Linda A. Carson, toured to Australia and London, at the Revue Stage (1995).
 Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn, with Colin Mochrie as Mark, at Granville Island Stage (1995).

1998–2015
 Swing by Dean Regan, with Michael Bublé in the cast, the first production at the Stanley Theatre (1998).
 Girl in the Goldfish Bowl by Morris Panych, world premiere, with Zachary Ansley, won the Governor General's Award for Drama, at the Granville Island Stage (2002).
 The Matka King by Anosh Irani, world premiere, at the Granville Island Stage (2003).
 Mom's the Word 2: Unhinged by Barbara Pollard, Deborah Williams, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, and Robin Nichol, world premiere, at the Granville Island Stage (2005).
 Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet, with Eric McCormack and Brian Markinson, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2009).
 Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, highest grossing production ever, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2009).
 Don Quixote by Colin Heath and Peter Anderson, world premiere, co-production with Centaur Theatre Company and Axis Theatre Company, directed by Roy Surette, at the Granville Island Stage (2010).
 Hairspray by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O'Donnell, and Thomas Meehan, actor Jay Brazeau suffered a stroke 30 minutes before curtain and was replaced by Andy Toth for 36 performances before Brazeau returned to the production, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2011).
 Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata by Bill Richardson and Veda Hille, at the Revue Stage (2012).

2015–present
 Onegin by Veda Hille and Amiel Gladstone, world premiere, winner of a record 10 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, at the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre (2016), on tour across Western Canada, and Granville Island Stage (2017).
 Angels in America by Tony Kushner, directed by Kim Collier, with Brian Markinson and Gabrielle Rose, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2017).
 The Piano Teacher by Dorothy Dittrich, world premiere, directed by Yvette Nolan, with Megan Leitch as Erin, at the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre (2017).
 Thanks for Giving by Kevin Loring, directed by Loring, with Margo Kane as Nan, at the Granville Island Stage (2017).

Gallery

See also
 Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
 Theatre of Canada
 Bard on the Beach
 Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company
 Firehall Arts Centre

References

External links
The Arts Club Theatre Company

1964 establishments in British Columbia
Theatre companies in British Columbia
Performing arts in Vancouver
Performing groups established in 1964
Theatre in Vancouver
Theatrical organizations in Canada
Organizations based in Vancouver


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The Tale of the Three Beans ends with this….all three are beautiful to look at, all three are delicious and all three are easy to grow and thrive at Marymoor. Try all three and decide for yourself which one you like the best.
Pineapple Tomatillo or Ground Cherry?
I was at the Master Gardener Plant Sale this May and purchased a plant I had never seen before called a pineapple tomatillo. I looked it up on the internet before I bought it and was intrigued by the description. This plant grows like a tomatillo only it has a denser habit and tastes like pineapple! I am a sucker for anything tropical tasting so I took the plant home with me, hardened it off and planted it at the garden when the danger of frost passed. It is growing well with tiny husks the size of nickles and fruit inside those husks the size of blueberries. It takes regular water and is not bothered by many pests at tall. When the husks turn a golden brown they are ready to be picked. I noticed these tiny fruit tend to drop off the plant as they ripen, the fallen fruit are perfectly ripe and should not be discarded.
As I was munching on the fruit and doing research for this post, I ran across several articles that label this plant as a ground cherry.
I am not sure what I have grown but it is delicious and does taste like pineapple, not many of them make it home as I tend to eat them out of hand as I pick them.
I took a look at some local weather history last night and it seems June 2015 has shattered local heat records and lack of rainfall records. So far, it has been an amazing summer for vegetable gardening at MCGA. The heat has produced a bumper crop of everything in our garden: cucumbers, beets, beans, peas, broccoli, lettuce and greens, cauliflower just to name a few. With all the continued heat, hopefully the PNW won't be headed into the realm of enforced water restrictions this summer.
Plants are over 90% water. There are critical periods in which lack of water has an adverse effect on your vegetable crops. Some of these effects can be mitigated if you can target the timing and amount of water to add. As a rule of thumb, water is most critical during seed germination, the first few weeks of development, immediately after transplanting (try to fill your planting hole up with water before you put your transplants in and try not to plant or move crops in full sun), and during flowering and fruit production.
Cole crops (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, Brussels sprouts, kale, and kohlrabi) need moisture during their entire life span. This is probably one of the most sensitive plant families when it comes to needing consistent watering. Water use is highest and most critical during head development, if consistent water is not given, the plant will be stunted, be very prone to aphid attack, the heads may not form or be very small and/or bolt and flower right away.
Beans have the highest water use of any common garden vegetable. During blossoming and fruit development, beans use one-quarter to over one-half inch of water per day. I plant my beans very densely so they can shade one another.
Lettuce and other leaf vegetables need water most critically during head (leaf) development. For quality produce, these crops require a constant supply of moisture. If not the greens can become bitter, stringy and they may bolt prematurely.
Onion family crops, (garlic, leeks) require consistent moisture and frequent irrigation due to their small, inefficient root system. They often fall over because to weak roots, it is best to pull them if this happens.
Potatoes tubers will be knobby if they become overly dry during tuber development. Potato scab is a common problem when there is insufficient moisture during tuber formation.
Tomato family (tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant) needs water most critically during flowering and fruiting. Blossom end rot (a black sunken area on the bottom of the fruit) is often a symptom of too much or too little water. Blossom drop is also a common problem that occurs from lack of water. The tomato family has a lower water requirement than many vegetables and plants are often over-watered in the typical home garden. Water your tomatoes very deeply; tomato roots can be as long as five feet or more.
Vine crops: cucumbers, summer and winter squash, and assorted melons need water most critically during flowering and fruiting. Vine crops use less water than many vegetables and are often over-watered in the typical home garden.
Watering wisely has always been a mantra at MCGA and more water wise garden solutions have been implemented throughout MCGA more than ever before. Hooray! The #1 way to increase your soil's water holding capacity is to amend your garden soil with coarse, decomposed organic matter such as compost, leaf mold, manures, straw and more.
In our clay soil, organic matter glues the tiny soil particles together into larger particles, increasing pore space. This process takes place over time. This increases soil oxygen levels and improves soil drainage, which in turn increases the rooting depth allowing roots to reach a larger supply of water and nutrients. Another method to add organic matter is to replant the fall garden with a green manure crop such as winter rye or buckwheat.
I use mulches and drip irrigation to conserve water as well and to keep moisture off the foliage to avoid air borne fungal diseases.
Mulches, mulches and more mulch.
Plant in blocks, rather than rows. This creates shade for roots and reduces evaporation. Shade cloth is helpful too.
Control weeds that compete with vegetables for water.
Group plants with similar water needs in the same section of the garden for easy irrigation. Cucumber, zucchinis, and squash, for example, require similar water applications.
Stay cool and let us know what techniques worked for you!


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Clover Health needs to balance its appeal to stakeholders with its ability to make profits.
The cost-cutting capabilities of the Clover Assistant are likely a work in progress.
Patients seem to be flocking to Clover's Medicare Advantage plans.
Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) isn't a garden-variety health insurance company, because most people in the U.S. aren't eligible to subscribe to its service. Clover administrates Medicare Advantage insurance programs, which are backed by the U.S. government and purchasable by eligible Medicare recipients looking for broader coverage.
In such a tightly regulated industry that's packed with powerful competitors, Clover Health has a lot to prove as the new player on the scene. But, with its information technology-heavy approach to providing care and an increasing level of buy-in from key stakeholders like physicians and patients, it just might have what it takes. Let's explore what's good and what's not so good about this company to see if its stock might be a worthwhile purchase.
What's exciting about Clover Health
At the moment, the biggest reason Clover Health is an interesting insurance stock that might be worth a buy is that it's raking in revenue. In Q3, the company made $427.2 million, which works out to be a 153% rise in quarterly revenue year over year. In terms of its membership base, for 2021, management expects that the number of Medicare Advantage subscribers should grow by as much as 17%, reaching as many as 68,000 people.
Clover's business model relies on the use of its care management system, the Clover Assistant. In theory, with the Assistant, physicians can reduce their costs of providing care for Medicare Advantage patients and get compensated by Medicare much faster, thereby creating incentives for them to stay on the company's platform. And, on average, they'll get reimbursed by twice as much as the industry's average, which means they'll make a lot more money than they would with a competitor.
Also, patients can access a wider network of clinicians than they would otherwise -- and with lower out-of-pocket costs. All of that sounds great, assuming that Clover can make a profit and that the Assistant can actually lower expenses for everyone like it claims. Both of those assumptions are being put to the test.
Don't put the horse before the cart
There are a few things about Clover Health that should put investors on guard. First, it's unprofitable, and it's unclear when that might change. Second, its entire cost-cutting and higher-reimbursement value proposition to physicians are unproven to be financially sustainable, and its generous payouts may need to be pared back. Without a business model that investors can depend on to be better than other insurance companies in the long-term, there's a lot riding on sustained and rapid revenue growth.
If quarterly sales continue to expand by more than double the prior year's total, the bottom won't fall out of the stock because investors will be too attracted to its exploding revenue. But no company can grow that quickly forever. And with losses of $149.7 million in the third quarter alone, its $442.1 million in cash looks quite paltry unless the losses start to abate by early next year.
Overall, things are moving in the wrong direction. In the last year, its total expenses as a percentage of quarterly revenue have risen by 30.3%. In the same period, quarterly free cash flow (FCF) has fallen by 179.5%, registering deeper losses. And, it looks like shareholders are getting their equity diluted over time to pick up the bill for underperformance, with the number of the company's shares outstanding increasing by 16.9%.
What's the right move?
If you're interested in a speculative investment that could blow up over the next decade, Clover Health is worth a buy today, though it's quite risky for an insurance company. On the other hand, for most investors, I think it's better to hold off, as there are core elements of its business model that may be in conflict with each other, not to mention the financial performance issues mentioned earlier.
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Few laptops combine beautiful hardware, an easy to use operating system, and feature-rich bundled software that all works together as well as Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. Add awesome performance and great battery life, and you get the best 13-inch laptop available.
The Windows and now ChromeOS worlds do a better job of competing with the Apple MacBook Pro in terms of design and looks today, but they can't beat Apple's build quality and overall user experience. People can finally buy powerful and beautiful notebooks running Windows. There are even a couple of really attractive Chromebooks, but none of them combine all of these elements into one package like the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
Apple put their 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display Late 2013 model on a diet, shaving off three hundredths of an inch from the computer's thickness to make it thinner and lighter, by a tenth of a pound, than older versions.
Around the 13-inch screen we get a black bezel and rounded corners. The computer closes to cover the island style keyboard. The spacious wrist rest and trackpad makes it comfortable to use. The whole package exudes professional style and superior quality thanks to the aluminum unibody design.
On the bottom, Apple puts black feet to raise the computer off the table slightly, allowing airflow out of the set of vents on both the right and left side and along the back edge under the computer's hinge. The two side vents also let the sound escape since we don't get visible speakers on the top of the chassis.
All the ports sit on either the left or right side of the computer. Starting on the left and moving left to right, we get the new MagSafe power connector and a pair of Thunderbolt connections that double as mini-Display ports. They're useful for connecting a pair of external monitors, incredibly fast storage, an Ethernet cable via a $29 adapter sold separately or a Thunderbolt docking station. We also see one of the two USB 3.0 ports and a 3-way audio jack to connect stereo headphone, plus a microphone. This way users can plug their iPhone earbuds in for sound and voice. Finish that side off with the dual-array mic. Dual-array mics supposedly offer better sound quality for FaceTime calls or voice recognition functions. Too bad they didn't put them on either side to offers better stereo recording.
Along the right side moving from left to right we get an SD-card slot, HDMI output for connecting to a TV, projector, or a monitor and a 2nd of two USB 3.0 ports. An SD-card sticks out way too far, so use the port carefully and never carry the computer around with a card inserted unless it's a special card like the Nifty MiniDrive.
A decent 720p FaceTime camera sits above the display in the center of the bezel. It records decent video and performs well for video chatting. Users can take pictures with the camera but they won't win any photography awards. See the video sample from the camera above.
See our sample of a shot taken in PhotoBooth using the FaceTime Camera.
There's not a lot to complain about with the design of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, but the soft aluminum does scratch too easily. It also stains thanks to skin oils. Follow Apple's cleaning instructions regularly.
Apple sets the standard in keyboards with the excellent backlit island style keyboard on the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. It's spacious and comfortable. The various keys sit in the naturally expected place. Those who use the arrow keys a lot may find them undersized, but that's a small problem. Touch typists, and hunt-and-peck typists, will both enjoy banging away on the sturdy keyboard. They offer a good feel and nice stability with little bounce.
The TrackPad gives us plenty of room and allows for clicking at the bottom, middle, and top of the large pad. Lazy hands may accidentally tap on it while typing. This will send the cursor to other lines. That only happens if a person turns on the "Tap to click" feature in the TrackPad settings on OS X.
The MacBook Pro's Retina Display offers the biggest feature upgrade over older versions of the 13-inch model starting in 2012 and continuing in the 2013 model. The latest generation of the 13-inch comes with better video processor power, power that is able to push the huge number of pixels available in the system. The screen looks beautiful, and using lower resolution screens feels painful.
While Apple offers a computer with a huge 2560-by-1600 resolution, the operating system makes it look like a typical 1280×800 screen. However, users can go into the Display settings in OS X and change from Best for Display to Scaled and bump up the usable resolution to get more content on screen at one time. Doing so will make text very small, but will help with video and photo editing.
Apple put a glossy screen on the computer, something many users don't enjoy. It's not as reflective as other machines tested, but under bright lights it still reflects more than a high-end screen should.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina late 2013 model comes with fourth generation Intel Haswell processors and Iris Graphics, which offer improved battery life over the previous models without cutting the power of the processor.
The small form factor packs a lot of power under the lid.
This 2013 model 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina reviewed comes with 2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. Users can also get one with only 128GB of storage for less. People can buy one with a slower 2.4GHz processor and up to a 2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, up to 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
Geekbench 3 score on the MacBook Pro with Retina Display 2013 model.
The laptop performed nicely in the Geekbench 3 test hitting 3139 for the single core test and 6675 on the multi-core test. By comparison, below is a test run on a MacBook Air.
This computer offers plenty of power, giving us enough to do almost any task thrown at it. From video editing, ripping DVDs to MP4 files for playing on a tablet, to editing RAW files shot on a DSLR using Photoshop, the computer performs without any trouble.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina late 2013 gives us awesome battery life. Apple promises up to 9 hours and we hit and exceeded that mark most of time using the display dimmed to about 60 percent. My previous computer, the 2012 15-inch MacBook Pro, would deliver about 5 hours typically. It's so nice to not need to worry about finding a power outlet at the coffee shop. I regularly take it to a local fast food place where I work for about 90 minutes over breakfast before returning to my office to work on another machine. If I don't charge it at all, I can work for a while week before the battery needs to charge. I leave the MagSafe Power Adapter at home plugged in near my nightstand most of the time.
This computer serves quite well for mobile use and at home plugged into a Thunderbolt Display. It's powerful, portable and beautiful. When I reviewed the 15-inch model a couple of years ago, I called it the best laptop I've ever owned. This machine took the crown.
The MacBook Pro line costs more than most computers, but it also delivers more. We recommend it without reservation.


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So long to the shag.
We woke up to snow. Beautiful, fluffy snow that covered all surfaces in a down blanket. It was gone before sunset. The evolution of this gray day was magic.
Grapefruit strawberry compote is a favorite of my family's. The first time I made it for Mike he was skeptical. Now he requests it.
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I love the lines of this chair. I also love that it only cost me $2.
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Over 800 Chinese vessels found fishing in North Korean waters in 2019
KYODO NEWS - Jul 27, 2020 - 16:33 | All, World
Over 800 Chinese vessels caught Pacific flying squid and other marine resources in North Korean waters last year, likely in violation of U.N. sanctions on foreign fishing adopted following Pyongyang's testing of ballistic missiles, according to officials of organizations looking into the issue.
The discovery by Global Fishing Watch and the Outlaw Ocean Project, using satellite data, also suggests that overfishing in the waters has caused a sharp fall in squid catch in neighboring Japan.
Supplied photo shows Chinese squid-fishing vessels in waters near South Korea's Ulleungdo in September 2016. (Copyright The Outlaw Ocean Project)(Kyodo)
Global Fishing Watch, an ocean conservation nonprofit group co-founded by Google LLC, which released the outcome of the probe last week, also believes that vessels from China have been pushing North Korean wooden boats to fish far off, resulting in more than 100 of them being washed ashore in Japan every year as "ghost boats."
In 2017, the U.N. Security Council imposed the sanctions, prohibiting foreign fishing in North Korean waters, as U.N. members sought to cut the country's source of foreign currency. But some experts have pointed out that Pyongyang has continued to gain money by granting fishing rights to Chinese fishermen.
Global Fishing Watch, which is capable of tracking vessel movements worldwide by using satellite images and artificial intelligence, identified squid-fishing vessels by their large lighting arms used to lure squid and found they were from China by tracing their paths.
It also picked out those vessels that move in pairs and spread a net together, a common Chinese fishing method.
The report said such Chinese vessels likely caught almost as much Pacific flying squid as Japan and South Korea combined -- more than 160,000 tons worth over $440 million (47 billion yen) in 2017 and 2018.
"The scale of the fleet involved in this illegal fishing is about one-third the size of China's entire distant water fishing fleet," said Jaeyoon Park, senior data scientist at Global Fishing Watch. "It is the largest known case of illegal fishing perpetrated by vessels originating from one country operating in another nation's waters."
The study claims the vessels pose a huge challenge for squid stock management, with reported catches plummeting in Japanese and South Korean waters.
A Chinese squid-fishing vessel, equipped with numerous lamps for luring squids, is anchored in waters near South Korea's Ulleungdo, is pictured in this undated supplied photo. (Copyright The Outlaw Ocean Project)(Kyodo)
Japan's catch of Pacific flying squid has fallen sharply since around 2000. The catch, which stood at more than 240,000 tons in 2011, dropped to 48,000 tons in 2018 and a historic low level of 42,000 tons last year, according to the Japanese Fisheries Agency.
The agency says accurately assessing the resource has become more difficult due to a lack of information regarding the amount of catches by China and North Korea and where they are fishing.
The fishing by Chinese vessels is apparently taking a toll on the North Korean fishermen as well.
"Competition from the industrial Chinese trawlers is likely displacing the North Korean fishermen, pushing them into neighboring Russian waters," said Lee Jung Sam of the Korea Maritime Institute involved in the study. "The North Koreans' smaller wooden boats are ill-equipped for this long-distance travel."
Hundreds of North Korean wooden boats have washed ashore on Japanese and Russian coasts in recent years, with many carrying corpses of those who apparently died at sea.
Japan saw 104 such cases in 2017, 225 cases in 2018 and 158 cases last year, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
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The proportion of care homes rated "inadequate" or "requires improvement" increased in 1 in 5 local authority areas in 2017. A dramatic variation in the quality of care homes at a regional and local authority level across England continues to exist. The North West is the worst performing region when it comes to the proportion of satisfactory care homes, while London and the East of England are the best performing regions. That's according to new analysis by Independent Age, the older people's charity.
In some areas such as Tameside or Portsmouth, older people and their families continue to face little choice of quality care, with around 1 in 2 homes rated not good enough by the Care Quality Commission.
The North West contains five of the eight worst performing English local authorities on care home quality, with more than one in four care homes across the region performing poorly.
The North West (28.2% of care homes performing poorly), Yorkshire and The Humber (26.1%) and the West Midlands (21.3%) are the worst performing regions of England for care home quality.
London (17.4% of care homes performing poorly), the East of England (17.4%) and the East Midlands (18.2%) are the best performing regions for care home quality.
The new analysis is based on CQC inspections of care homes which rate homes as either 'Outstanding', 'Good', 'Requires improvement' or 'Inadequate',. The analysis regarded homes rated 'Requires improvement' or 'Inadequate' as being poor performers.
In every region, the percentage of poor care homes has decreased in the past year.
However, in every region, at least one local authority has seen an increase in the percentage of poor care homes.
Five local authorities have seen an overall improvement in the percentage of care homes, yet still have more than 2 in 5 care homes rated as "inadequate" or "required improvement". This illustrates that, while improvement is welcome, older people and their families are still struggling to find a choice of good homes.
The government's forthcoming green paper must not be restricted to narrow questions of social care funding and finance, but must also address questions of quality in the social care market.
In areas where there is a failure of quality, the local authority must do more to fulfil their Care Act duty to shape the local care market.
The Department of Health and Social Care must demonstrate leadership on tackling regional variation in care home quality.
The briefing 'Care home performance across England 2018' is part of an Independent Age campaign to improve the quality of care homes available to older people.
Independent Age offers a free advice guide, 'How to find the right care home'. The guide looks at what to consider and essential questions like location and cost, what you want from a home and whether a care home is actually the best option.
 The analysis is set out in a new briefing, 'Care home performance across England 2018', published by Independent Age.
 The analysis was carried out in January 2017 and the figures reflect CQC ratings at the time.


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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- The NHL's Board of Governors on Monday approved a radical realignment plan, eliminating the current two-conference, six-division setup in favor of a configuration that features four conferences based primarily on geography. Two conferences will have eight teams and the other two conferences will have seven teams.
The Board authorized Commissioner Gary Bettman to implement this proposal in Monday evening's vote, pending input from the National Hockey League Players' Association. The League's intention is for the four-conference set-up to be in place starting with the 2012-13 season.
The vote to approve realignment required a two-thirds majority of the League's 30 governors, and it passed on the first of two days of meetings here at The Inn at Spanish Bay.
Realignment was necessary due to the fact that Winnipeg had to move out of the Eastern Conference after playing in the Southeast Division this season due to the late relocation of the franchise from Atlanta to the Manitoba capital.
"I had nothing against the existing format, and but for the move to Winnipeg we wouldn't be looking to change it," Bettman said. "It wasn't a question of being dissatisfied, but we had a number of clubs that were unhappy with the current state of affairs, and in the context of having to make a change anyway felt it was important for their needs and their concerns and their issues to be recognized. It was intended to be as much a global solution as possible."
The Board voted in favor of the four-conference alignment over a simpler realignment solution that had Winnipeg moving to the Western Conference's Central Division and either Detroit or Columbus moving to the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division.
Bettman said the discussion on realignment lasted only about an hour.
"I opened by describing pros and cons of both (realignment plans), and I think we laid it out in a comprehensive way -- not selling, but it was here is everything good that you'll like about the simpler view and here are the negatives. We did the same thing with the four-conference format," Bettman said. "The board seemed to be, not unanimous, but of pretty good mind where they were going with this."
The four conferences are designed to alleviate geographic concerns among several current Western Conference teams that had been unhappy about their extensive travel through one, two, and sometimes even three time zones. Chief among those teams were the Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars.
Some of those teams argued that the late start of road games in the Pacific time zone were having an adverse effect on fan interest, especially among younger fans. Detroit General Manager Ken Holland said he noticed a problem in last season's Stanley Cup Playoffs, when the Red Wings had to travel to Phoenix in the first round and San Jose in the second round. Each of those cities is a three-hour difference from Detroit.
"We played a lot of road games in the playoffs last year in San Jose and Phoenix, and the games were on at 10 or 10:30 at night," Holland told NHL.com. "I would talk to fans and they would watch one or two periods and wake up in the morning to get the score.
"Six months ago our thought was we wanted to be in the East, but after looking at this alternative…we felt it was a great compromise and I would say that we're happy."
The new alignment also enables the NHL to create a balanced schedule in which all teams will play each other at least twice every season, once at home and once on the road, giving fans a chance to see every team and superstar in the League. The remaining games will be played within the conferences.
In the seven-team Conferences, teams would play six times -- three home, three away -- for a total of 36 inter-division games. In the eight-team Conferences, teams would play either five or six times in a season on a rotating basis -- for a total of 38 inter-division games.
The teams in the seven-team Conferences will have 46 out-of-conference games, including 23 at home and 23 on the road. The teams in the eight-team Conferences will have 44 out-of-conference games evenly split between home and away.
"I think it's certainly very good for our fans in terms of almost every market," Nashville General Manager David Poile said. "I know our fans really appreciate to see everybody at least once every year and I think that was a strong move."
As a result of the new four-conference alignment, the Stanley Cup Playoffs will follow a different format as well.
The top four teams in each Conference will qualify for the playoffs. The first-place team in each conference would play the fourth-place team in the same conference; the second-place team would play the third-place team.
The four respective Conference champions would meet in the third round, with the survivors playing for the Stanley Cup.
A decision on how the League will seed the remaining teams for the semifinals will likely not come until the general managers meet in March.
"That's something I plan to do with the general managers at their meeting in the spring," Bettman said. "We'll figure out what they want from a competitive standpoint. This is a decision I'll let the GMs make."
Bettman acknowledged that in the four-conference format, there will be added travel for some teams due to the fact that every team has to visit every city at least once per season. However, he did say that the schedule can be made to be more efficient so there will be less travel between stops on road trips.
"We need to be more efficient and the schedule maker believes he can be," Bettman said.
He also conceded that there was a focus on the fact that there are two conferences with only seven teams as opposed to two with eight teams. However, he added that didn't seem to be an issue within the Board.
"Frankly it's not the seventh and eighth teams that are competing for a playoff spot," Bettman said. "When you look at the map of North America, it's not geographic perfection so we're looking for something that makes the most sense and most fans and most clubs as comfortable as possible."


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Разпространение и местообитание
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President Trump calls for an end to Obamacare in scathing speech
President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering critique of the Affordable Care Act at the White House on Monday and ratcheted up the pressure on Senate Republicans to keep their campaign promise to repeal and replace the law.
Speaking on the eve of the Senate's critical vote that could seal the fate of Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare, Trump drew on the stories of struggle of Americans who joined him at the White House to remind Republicans of their seven year-old promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.
"For the last seven years, Republicans have been united in standing up for Obamacare's victims. Remember repeal and replace, repeal and replace, they kept saying it over and over again. Every Republican running for office promised immediate relief from this disastrous law," Trump said. "We, as a party, must fulfill that solemn promise to the voters of this country to repeal and replace.
"But so far, Senate Republicans have not done their job in ending the Obamacare nightmare. They now have a chance however to hopefully -- hopefully -- fix what has been so badly broken for such a long time and that is through replacement of a horrible, disaster known as Obamacare," Trump added.
The plan is for the Senate to take a major procedural vote Tuesday to advance the bill to overhaul health care Tuesday, the No. 2 Senate Republican, Sen. John Cornyn, told reporters.
What exactly lawmakers will ultimately be voting for, however, remains unclear.
Cornyn, asked what leadership ultimately wants the bill to be at the end, said: "We're not quite there yet."
A simple majority is needed to pass the motion to proceed, and Republicans can only afford to lose two votes, something made more difficult with GOP Sen. John McCain remaining at home in Arizona as he recovers from surgery.
Trump weaved the stories of several Americans who have experienced the pitfalls of Obamacare firsthand into his effort to pressure Republicans.
He noted the story of Steve Finn, a former police officer who faced "skyrocketing costs" and told the story of Marjorie and Kevin Weer who were "emotionally and financially devastated" as they tried to get their son care for his Spina Bifida through an Obamacare plan.
"Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on whether to allow this urgently needed bill to come to the Senate floor for debate. The question for every senator, Democrat or Republican, is whether they will side with Obamacare's architects, which have been so destructive to our country, or with its forgotten victims. Any senator who votes against starting debate is telling America that you are fine with the Obamacare nightmare, which is what it is."
What are senators voting on?
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had announced last week -- after a repeal and replace bill seemed immovable -- that the Senate would vote on a 2015 bill to repeal Obamacare. Trump then told senators during a lunch at the White House that he wanted them to bring up a repeal-and-replace bill they'd been crafting for months.
"Apparently that's created some heartburn," Cornyn said of McConnell announcing senators would vote on the 2015 bill. "But the point is I think it's a mistake to look at the sequence of the vote because every provision has a right to a vote."
Asked about McConnell's earlier plan to bring up the 2015 repeal bill, Cornyn said, "That's a big misunderstanding."
"That's a big misunderstanding.... Everybody who wants to vote whether it's on the 2015 bill or the Cassidy-Collins bill or the Graham-Cassidy bill -- everybody's gonna get a chance to vote on everything," Cornyn said, emphasizing a process that could allow for open amendments that could begin if senators approve the motion Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters after an event with congressional Democrats event in Berryville, Virginia, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "no one knows" what the plan is.
"Not only am I not aware but when I talk to my Republican colleagues, at least of this morning, they were not aware," Schumer, D-New York, said. "No one knows what Leader McConnell is going to put on the floor and that's causing a lot of consternation, not just among Democrats but among Republicans as well."
Sanders: 'crulest' bill ever
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday called the GOP health care legislation "the cruelest, most destructive and irresponsible piece of legislation" brought to the Senate in modern history.
During a speech at the NAACP convention in Baltimore, Sanders railed against the bill, saying it would "throw 22 million Americans off of the health insurance they currently have," including those with life-threatening diseases.
"Let me be as clear as I can be, and I don't mean to engage in hyperbole here because I am not, this legislation...is the cruelest, most destructive and irresponsible piece of legislation ever brought in the United States Senate in the modern history of this country," Sanders said.
Sanders conceded that the Affordable Care Act is imperfect, but said that the job of Congress "is to improve the Affordable Care Act, not destroy it."


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Parliamentary oversight of Government appointments
It is reported that the Prime Minister in his monthly address to the staff of the Prime Minister's Department, mentioned that "Parliament would screen the candidates for judges and for other posts before submitting them to the Yang di Pertuan Agung ". G25 welcomes the role that parliament will be playing in screening appointments to key posts in public institutions but this process should not apply to judges as it will lead to political interference in the independence of the judiciary.
The process of appointing judges should be left to the Judicial Appointments Commission to select them before proposing their names to the Agung, with no influence from any side because judges are expected to be independent of any ministerial influence or political interests. Parliament and the judiciary are two separate independent institutions with responsibility of providing checks and balance on the powers of the executive (The Cabinet). Federal judges in the judiciary can also strike out any law of Parliament or the state legislature or any administrative action of the government that goes against the spirit and intent of the Federal Constitution, the supreme law of the country. Thus, while the power of governing lies with the elected government. this power is not absolute because if its policy is challenged, it can be overruled by the judiciary and questioned by parliament.
In a vibrant democracy, apart from passing laws, parliament also plays an important role in making the government transparent and accountable by holding cabinet ministers, civil servants and government agencies answerable for their policies and actions. It performs this oversight function by establishing permanent and select parliamentary committees with the power to question ministers and their civil servants and also, to conduct public inquiries on matters that are of wide public concern such as a serious financial scandal involving the integrity of the government. In overseeing the government, one of the most important duties of the parliamentary committees is to check on the appointments of top officials to head the key ministries and various statutory institutions in the public sector.
As part of its institutional reforms initiative, government has decided that the Judicial Appointments Commission, Elections Commission, Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission and SUHAKAM (Human Rights Commission of Malaysia) will be taken out of the Prime Minister's Department and made responsible to parliament. These agencies will be placed under standing parliamentary committees which will be responsible for overseeing them. The parliamentary committees should not interfere in the running of the commissions but instead, monitor their activities by making it mandatory on them to submit annual reports and progress updates for scrutiny and debate in the committees, with experts and civil society representatives being called to answer questions or give their views on the matters of interest to them. Through this interaction between the parliamentary committees, the institutions and civil society, the public will be better informed about the issues affecting them, especially the issues of law and order and violations of the political, economic and human rights of citizens.
G25 welcomes the parliamentary process of providing oversight on the functions of government and hopes that more standing and select committees will be set up apart from the six announced earlier. Parliament needs to set up several more committees to oversee the large number of ministries and government agencies including statutory bodies and religious authorities as their developmental, social and religious functions are often abused, raising concerns over corruption, financial mismanagement and excessive politicisation of public institutions as seen in the controversies surrounding 1MDB, FELDA, MARA, JAKIM and IKSIM, for example.
Parliament should undertake surveillance over the institutions including those dealing with Bumiputera and religious policies to ensure that their chairmen, board directors and chief executives are not politically linked and that they are men and women of high integrity and good character. The candidates chosen to head these public sector institutions must go through the confirmation process in the select or standing parliamentary committees before they are appointed.
Both the standing and select committees should be provided with budgetary and professional resources so that the parliamentary staff can do the background research work to guide and advise the members of the committees when they hold their meetings or conduct open public hearings on matters that they are deliberating on or investigating. Where necessary, the committees can employ external professional advisers to help them on highly technical issues.
The administrative reforms within parliament need to start now so that its committees can function effectively as soon as possible. G25 hopes that the Federal Treasury and the Public Services Department will give their full support for parliament to obtain the necessary approvals to become an autonomous body with its own administrative and professional service to provide the strong institutional infrastructure for the effective functioning of the parliamentary committees.
Parliament cannot be subject to the uncertainties of ministerial or bureaucratic controls over its yearly budget allocations or its staff development as this will disrupt the functioning of the committee system. It should have the autonomy to plan its own funding and staff requirements. Parliament should determine its own annual budget requirements and vote on it to make it mandatory for the Federal Treasury to accept it without further examination.
G25 calls for the parliamentary reforms to be expedited so as to make us a true democracy with an open government that is clean, fair and just.
G25 says 'no' to screening of potential judges by Parliament - FMT
Parliamentary oversight on government appointments - The Malay Mail
Insulate judges from the selection process by politicians - Proham - The Malay Mail
Too political for Parliament to select judges, says ex-Bar president - The Malay Mail
Articles by G25 members


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Q: Exponentiating cubic functions (and so on) The exponential distribution follows from exponentiating a linear function, while the normal distribution follows from exponentiating a quadratic function. Do the distributions that follow from exponentiating functions of 3rd or higher degree have names or uses?

A: Such distributions would be part of the exponential family. I don't think they have a special name, though.


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