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Nnamdi Kanu's Lawyer speaks on FG's move to revoke his Bail
by Ngozi Lovelyn Sunday, August 27, 2017
A request by the Nigerian government seeking the revocation of the pro-Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu's bail, is "misconceived", his lawyer has said.
The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on Friday demanded the revocation of Mr. Kanu's bail which was granted the defendant in April.
The application which was based on 12 grounds of appeal, followed an allegation by the AGF that Mr. Kanu exhibited flagrant disobedience of court orders on his bail conditions.
"Among other conditions for the bail of the 1st defendant are as follows: "That he should not be seen in a crowd exceeding 10 people," Mr. Malami said in a statement.
"That he should not grant any press interviews, hold or attend any rallies. And that he should file in court medical updates of his health status every month.
"Rather than observing all the conditions, the 1st defendant/respondent in flagrant disobedience to the court order flouted all conditions given by the court. The first defendant has in furtherance to the offence he was charged, inaugurated Biafra Security Service, " the statement said.
In a reaction to the application, however, Mr. Kanu's lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told Premium Times on Friday that his client had "successfully challenged the bail conditions referred to by the government".
"Though we intend to file a formal response to their most misconceived motion, it is my position that it does not lie in the power of the AG to ask for the revocation of the bail granted to my client. The prosecution can't be seen at the same time as the persecutors.
"We have successfully challenged the bail terms we considered offensive to our clients constitutionally guaranteed rights. So their recent application is belated.
"Section 169 of the ACJA being relied upon by the AG can't avail the Attorney General absolute power to ask for the revocation of bail. Parties must be heard on the merit by the court, " Mr. Ejiofor said.
Mr. Ejiofor also said the alleged security outfit created by Mr. Kanu is a "mere group" formed in the exercise of the citizen's constitutional right.
He added that the group cannot "by any stretch of the imagination" constitute themselves into a security threat.
"Let the federal government open their case if they have any genuine charge against my client. They are beating about the bush because they have no case against my client," Mr. Ejiofor said.
Mr. Ejiofor further said the bail granted his client should be viewed in terms of its essence to ensure attendance at court hearings.
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Question: Do you use any devices apart from the microscope to identify nano-materials?
Asked by Tommy Ainsworth to Triona, Simone, Kieran, Hugh on 8 Nov 2018.
There are lots of tools we use to identify the nanomaterials we put onto surfaces.
One technique is called Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, thats a really complicated way of saying we shine different colour light through our sample and see what colours of light our samples absorb the most. The colour of light the sample absorbs is very particular to the kind of material on the surface and how much of that material there is.
Similarly instead of light, we can shine x-rays at our surface (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) that gives us other information about our sample, it not only shows what elements are on the surface but also what other elements they are bounded to!
We can use Atomic force microscopy to "feel" whats on the surface.
There are so many techniques you can use, it all depends on what information you want about your sample. If you want to just check if you sample is there or not, a microscope is the easiest!
Is Nano materials being used for things like health care?


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ioSafe uses Indiegogo to fund disaster-proof home NAS
By Matthew Humphries 09.18.2012 :: 12:00PM EDT 09.18.2012
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Secure data storage has become something all of us have to deal with (or not at our peril) on a regular basis. Be it storage of important images or video, work files, or just general backups "just in case." A popular way to carry out such data storage is through a cloud service such as Carbonite or Mozy, or if you want more flexibility there's Dropbox or Box.net.
Not everyone is happy to trust a service to protect their data in a datacenter, so they turn to Network Attached Storage (NAS) instead, and keep their data on-site. ioSafe is a small company that specializes in this kind of data storage, but offers it in enclosures that are fireproof, waterproof, even bulletproof, and come with data recovery services. However, it's far from a cheap way to keep your data safe.
For their latest NAS, ioSafe is taking a different approach to funding and selling the device. The ioSafe N2 is being offered on Indiegogo with a number of perks in return for your contribution.
The N2 is advertised as a disaster-proof private cloud NAS. The N2 enclosure protects up to 8TB of data stored in RAID configuration across two hard drives from the extremes. You can expect to remove a still-working N2 after being consumed in a 1,550 degree Fahrenheit fire, or that has been submerged in either fresh or salt water for up to 72 hours. In other words, it's going to survive most home and office flooding or fires.
Alongside the two hot-swappable drive bays inside you'll find a 2GHz processor and 512MB RAM running the Synology DSM operating system and managing access to your data. That means the N2 isn't just a data store, it's a complete cloud service device. You can store and stream pictures, music, and video, control access to different types of data in the home and over the web, and do so on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. You can even treat the N2 just like Dropbox, but without any of the associated fees.
Acquiring an 8TB private cloud in your home or business isn't cheap, though. ioSafe need to raise $150,000 to reach their Indiegogo goal, and although you can pledge as little as $1, you won't get an N2 for less than $499. That's early bird pricing too, with the MSRP being $599 before you add hard drives.
If the N2 is out of your price range there are a number of perks worth considering still. $49 gets you $100 off a 1TB ioSafe Rugged Portable (usually $249.99), and $99 earns you $200 off a 2TB Solo G3 external hard drive (usually $299.99). That's quite a discount.
If you've got a lot of really important data to backup and you don't want to trust it to a cloud service, then $499 for the N2 might be a worthwhile investment. For everyone else, the discounts on ioSafe's cheaper storage devices are worth taking a look at and considering contributing for.
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DeBartolo To Pay NFL $1M Fine
By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff
March 15, 1999 / 5:09 PM / CBS Sportsline
Eddie DeBartolo, exiled owner of the San Francisco 49ers, will pay the NFL a $1 million fine for his part in a Louisiana gambling scandal and will formally be suspended for the 1999 season, NFL sources said today.
The formal announcement will be made Tuesday by commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
Tagliabue declined today to reveal his decision.
But league sources confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that the league will fine DeBartolo $1 million for his involvement with indicted former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards.
Last year, DeBartolo pleaded guilty to one felony charge of failing to report an alleged extortion attempt by Edwards in connection with DeBartolo's bid for a riverboat gambling license. The judge imposed $2 million in fines.
DeBartolo and his sister, Denise DeBartolo York have been at odds for more than a year over control of the team, in part because of Eddie's debts to the family-held corporation. DeBartolo's attorney, Aubrey Harwell, while declining to discuss Tagliabue's pending sanctions, said he was hopeful Eddie DeBartolo and his sister could work things out.
Tagliabue said in January that DeBartolo would be suspended for the 1999 season. The league sources said he would make that formal on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, John York told the San Jose Mercury News that DeBartolo York had no plans to sell the team if Eddie DeBartolo did not regain control.
"What she wants is a separation from her brother," said York, recently appointed vice president of the team. "His interests and hers do not go down the same path."
York told the newspaper Sunday that his wife was committed to keeping the team while her brother was out.
DeBartolo relinquished control of the team in December 1997 when the NFL investigated the gambling scandal.
While his wife might be interested in selling her share to her brother, she has no plans to sell to a third party if he can't return as active owner.
"What's first and foremost is a separation of her interests with Eddie's," York said. "That does not mean she is out to hurt Eddie, but they need to be separated because their business interests are not the same.
"The 49ers are not for sale now. I can't tell you that that wouldn't change, but we don't have any intentions to sell the team. We are committed to running it because it is the most valuable single asset in the DeBartolo Corporation."
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Donald Trump has been committing impeachable acts for the past three years and it's finally catching up to him.
The most recent offense is the Ukraine scandal. It all started with Paul Manafort, a political consultant who would give the scum of the earth advice on how to stay in power. In 2004, Paul Manafort worked to elect pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine in 2010. Paul Manafort was also Trump's campaign manager. When he was being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in 2018, Trump tasked his personal lawyer, former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, with investigating Ukraine in order to frame them for Manafort's corrupt dealings. While doing so, a conspiracy theory came out from pro-Russian figures within Ukraine, claiming that Joe Biden called for the firing of a Ukranian prosecutor who was on the tail of a firm where his son Hunter Biden worked until he resigned due to mounting pressure from both Democrats and Republicans.
In classic fashion, Trump began to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate Biden, so he could drag Biden down to his level for the 2020 election. After a few months of pressure applied to Ukraine, a CIA agent realized what was taking place and submitted a whistle-blower complaint to the inspector general. The report concluded that Trump is abusing his power as president to make a foreign government to tamper with our election. Despite an initial delay, it was eventually taken to congress and they were forced to address it. Congress started asking questions and started an investigation. Their findings led them to an impeachment inquiry, and now they're holding hearings to find out all the facts.
Trump retaliated, tweeting, "Just read the Transcript, everything else is made up garbage by Shifty Schiff and the Never Trumpers!" referring to Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and the Republicans who didn't support him in 2016. In this tweet, he clearly says that the only illegal thing he did was on the transcripts, but also encourages the reader to read the transcripts, implying that there's nothing illegal on them. On top of that, The New York Times reported that Trump had left out crucial parts when altering the now public transcript. Even if Trump wants us to read it to prove his innocence, the transcript proves nothing because it was altered and therefore not trustworthy.
Not only that, but a procession of intelligence agents and other foreign policy staffers have testified to Congress about what actually took place. They explain that there was, in fact, a quid pro quo deal (which Trump is still denying), and also that Trump committed many more fraudulent acts than on just one phone call.
Trump has committed a myriad of impeachable offenses since his inauguration, but of all of them, this is the worst. He abused his power to bully the Ukrainian government into investigating his future opponent so that Trump could drag him down like he did to Hillary with her emails scandal. If abuse of power for personal gain isn't included in "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors" as described by our constitution, then I'm not sure what is.
Donald Trump deserves to be impeached for his crimes and the Ukraine scandal is the perfect storm the Democrats have been waiting for. •
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Rethinking macroeconomics – Knitting together global society
Author: Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York, USA.
Sustained and widespread future prosperity will require basic reforms in global governance and in macroeconomic science. Such reforms will not be easy, as they require entirely new ways of thinking.
The crash of 2008 exposed deep failures at the core of macroeconomic policy making and macroeconomic thinking in the United States. The rapid spread of the crisis from its epicentre on Wall Street to nearly the entire world underscored the interconnectedness of the global economy. The American purveyors of the ancien régime hope that a few superficial fixes will get us back on track. This is not to be.
Sustained and widespread future prosperity will require basic reforms in global macroeconomic governance and in macroeconomic science. Such reforms are never easy, as they require new ways of thinking. Two key aspects of this new thinking are a focus on human ecology – humanity in the context of the physical environment – rather than a single-minded focus on markets, and on finding global solutions for global structural problems. A return to prosperity will also require the reassertion of core values in economic life: integrity, fairness, justice for the weak, and sustainability for the future.
We find ourselves at a watershed in history, with multiple dramas unfolding simultaneously across the planet. Four key global changes in particular pose major challenges.
First, dramatic shifts in global power and wealth are under way. With the rise of Asia, Western economic dominance is coming to an end, after more than two centuries, due to the global diffusion of technology, literacy and political sovereignty (since the end of colonial rule). We are heading towards a multi-polar world, both politically and economically. The world has never been very good at these tumultuous changes in power. They can give rise to new tensions, destabilizing political competition and even (in the direst cases) to misguided war.
Second, we are witnessing the unprecedented global-scale impact of human society on the physical environment, and the economic disasters that follow. Today's 6.8 billion people average around US$10,000 production per person (measured at purchasing-power adjusted prices), which amounts to about US$70 trillion of global production per year. The scale of the world economy has risen roughly 100- to 1000-fold during the past two centuries, since the start of the industrial era. The ecological consequences are staggering. Around 30 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide each year are now emitted into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. Around 60,000 major dams, rapidly depleting groundwater and human-induced climate change are dramatically altering the world's hydrological cycle, leading to severe water crises in many regions. We have no reliable systems for coping with the profound consequences of human impacts on water, climate, biodiversity, patterns of disease, invasive species, and other environmental changes wrought by global society and the global economy.
Third, we are still adding 75–80 million people to the world's population every year. Some people are unconcerned, arguing that human ingenuity has always kept ahead of natural resource limits to feed a growing population. But we have not yet learned to live sustainably. We support 6.8 billion people in part by degrading the natural environment. We have not yet proved that we can support a growing population in an environmentally sustainable manner. The case for stabilizing the human population through a rapid and voluntary reduction in fertility to 'replacement' levels (roughly two children per woman) is very strong, but far from being achieved.
Fourth, we are all intricately interconnected, a single global society, by trade, finance, ideas, technology and production systems, as well as disease, pollution, climate change, violence, mass migration and war. We are not yet up to dealing with the intensity of these interconnections. Our politics remain mostly local, as do our social networks, whereas our economy, ecology and crises are increasingly global. Our institutions and ethics come from a different era and have not yet been 'updated' to knit together a globally stable society.
Market failings
If we are to face these challenges, a lot will have to change in terms of how we think about the world and the global economy. The economic textbooks will have to be completely rewritten, as they do not match today's realities and offer only deeply flawed solutions to the problems we face. This is in large part because of the single-minded focus on markets as the 'solution' to local and global problems. Yet markets have failed to solve many crucial problems, and of course have created many problems as well. Markets alone are relatively ineffective at rescuing the poorest of the poor from extreme poverty. Markets alone are very bad at addressing environmental crises. Markets are deeply flawed in addressing the needs of future, as-yet-unborn generations. Market forces therefore need to be complemented by politics, social ethics and a strong and vibrant civil society.
One way to summarize this is to note that markets alone cannot solve problems of global public goods. Yet the challenges of climate change, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity and extreme poverty are examples of global public goods that require political interventions alongside market forces. The market must be constrained, and complemented by non-market methods of resource allocation. This requires a new kind of economic governance, in which democratic politics and societies grounded in shared ethical values will help to steer the market economy through various forms of collective decision making.
The new economic realities also require much more global cooperation than in the past. Traditionally, most macroeconomic policy making has been done at the national level, with little coordination across countries. This will now need to change. We will need much greater cross-country cooperation regarding budget, monetary, exchange rate and regulatory policies. The newly important G20 group of major economies has arisen because of the recent recognition of the greater need for policy coordination and cooperation.
Taking the long view
We would do well to start the new macroeconomics by facing up to three crucial and interconnected challenges: climate and energy security, food and nutrition security (including land use, water use and biodiversity) and poverty reduction. In each area, we need new institutions that can help the world to take the long view, making assessments of needs, investment priorities, and means (public and private) of financing those investments. These new institutions will help to connect business, policy and science, a three-way relationship that is vital in every major area of concern, but is still largely non-existent. Many people will shudder at the prospect of such planning, but the purpose of public–private–civil society cooperation is not to develop a rigid plan but a flexible, forward-looking framework for action in which private and public actors play complementary roles.
Macroeconomists trained in the past 30 years believe that demand increases depend mainly on interest rates and deficit or tax levels. Yet increased spending on new, sustainable technologies – such as renewable or nuclear power, robust power grids, carbon capture and sequestration, wastewater treatment facilities, fast inter-city rail links, cogeneration of heat and power, 'green' buildings, and countless others – will depend on establishing a policy framework that harmonizes regulations, land use, public financing and private investment.
Large-scale stimulus, in other words, requires the nitty-gritty of public–private planning, technology assessments, demonstration projects and complex project financing. Markets and the private sector alone will not accomplish this necessary, fundamental change in terms of investment priorities. The next generation of large-scale investments – in renewable and nuclear energy, electric vehicles, sustainable buildings and urban design – are in fact still hostage to the lack of clear public policies in these areas.
A low-carbon economy
The way we produce energy requires a major systemic overhaul at a global scale. We cannot continue with an economy based on fossil fuels that emit tens of billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The transformation to a low-carbon global energy system will be exceedingly complex. We will need to shift progressively towards renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, geothermal, and hydropower. We will need to capture and sequester the carbon dioxide emitted from continued fossil-fuel use. We will need to decide on the future of nuclear power, and find ways to expand its use while reducing dramatically the threats of proliferation and nuclear terror. Markets alone will not find the way forward.
Currently, it costs nothing to put carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. At a minimum, such emissions should be capped by regulation, or taxed, or both, in a combination of policies. But more than that, technological changes on a large scale will require major social decisions about public safety, land use, intellectual property and many other considerations. Large-scale research and development (R&D), both public and private, will also be needed.
We will also need to overhaul our transport systems. The age of the internal combustion engine is coming to an end. We are likely entering the age of electric vehicles, with cleaner, smarter cars (using advanced electronics to improve safety and comfort) and smart traffic networks. Once again, this broad-scale transformation will require complementary public and private investments and supportive public policies, including publicly funded R&D.
The transition to a low-carbon economy will require wide-ranging institutional changes at national and international levels. In the United States, for example, the Department of Energy could be reconstituted as a Department of Energy and Climate Change, bringing together the required expertise and financing under one agency roof. At the global level, the governance of climate change and energy security issues could be housed in a new Global Energy and Environment Organization to replace the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The new organization could then pull together the various international bodies and treaty secretariats into an effective, unified structure that could help oversee global technical analyses, R&D, compliance with global environmental agreements, and international financial flows for climate-change mitigation and adaptation.
New global institutions will also be needed to help the world cope with another phenomenon very likely to beset us: the large-scale migration as parts of the world become inhospitable as a result of ongoing ecological destruction. When an island goes under water, as will happen, its people have no protection under existing international law. When a region tips from farming to persistent drought, tens of millions of people may be affected, requiring new means of sustenance, and a chance for a fresh start.
Changing the global food system
The global food system is in similar peril. Already around 1 billion people are chronically hungry, and perhaps another 1–2 billion suffer from chronic deficiencies in micronutrients such as iron, iodine, vitamins A and D, and zinc. As the world's population grows, and as climate change and water stress become more severe, the challenge of feeding the world will multiply. So too will the complexities of responding to the increasing demand for meat, since beef and pork impose a range of high environmental costs in their production.
It is striking to realize that the agricultural sector is the leading cause of human-induced climate change. Roughly one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions are due to agriculture, if we include the carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation (mainly to clear land for farming and pasture), energy use in agriculture (including the production of chemical fertilizers), methane released by ruminant livestock and rice paddies, and nitrous oxide released by the heavy use of nitrogen fertilizers. We will need new technologies (including food crops with new traits, irrigation methods, pest control, water conservation, and so on), and new patterns of food consumption, based on healthier and more sustainable diets. As with energy and transport, considerable technological changes based on new R&D will be vital.
New institutions
One of the catchphrases of recent years in the international system has been that we should use 'existing mechanisms' to solve problems rather than create new institutions. This is a recklessly reactionary point of view. Today's global institutions were created after World War II, in a different time facing a very different set of challenges. The G20 is new because the world economy has been recast as a result of the rise of the emerging economies. The world's macroeconomic challenges are new because we have hit generational roadblocks due to persistent extreme poverty, escalating environmental threats and deepening energy insecurity.
While we have powerful new technologies to address these problems, they will require public–private partnerships for R&D, demonstration and large-scale deployment. Macroeconomic aggregates – such as changes in interest rates or tax cuts – will not by themselves deliver the next generation of automobiles, safe nuclear power, technologies for the large-scale capture and disposal of carbon dioxide at coal-fired power plants, or protect the rainforests. The challenge we face is to bridge the divide between macroeconomics and global governance, both in scientific and in policy terms.
Climate change mitigation and the transition to sustainable energy systems require a truly global policy framework. Given its fragile finances and diminished global stature, the United States cannot lead the world on these issues; it can only partner with others in efforts to find solutions. In short, macroeconomics needs an overhaul not only in concepts and tools, but in global cooperation as well.
We must bolster international economic cooperation on the fly and in the heat of crisis. As a first step, the G20 should be supported as the new forum for macroeconomic decision making. We have moved from a G7 that was in fact largely a G1 (the United States) to a larger grouping that rightly includes Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and other emerging markets. Representation, broadly speaking, has expanded from roughly one billion people in the G7 high-income countries, to around 4.2 billion people at the G20 table. Still, the G20 must now include the voices of the poor, especially those in Africa, which would bring another one billion to the table. A permanent seat for the African Union would be a vital start.
Global representation must be bolstered in other ways. As a practical matter, strong regional cooperation would greatly facilitate stronger global cooperation as well. Despite its many critics, the European Union is the best model here. It has effectively balanced significant internal diversity and national sovereignty with deep and beneficial regional cooperation. If the African Union and other regional groupings were to emulate the efficacy of the European Union through similar regional institutions, the myriad tasks of global economic governance – whether at the United Nations or the G20 – would be greatly simplified. The recent summits between the European Union and its African and East Asian counterparts signal an important way forward.
Mobilizing expertise
Finally, another fundamental problem of governance is the lack of interface between politicians and 'knowledge communities', that is, the communities of expertise in critical areas such as energy, food production, disease control, poverty alleviation, and so on. We have not solved the problem of the proper integration of scientific and technological knowledge in public policy making. The US Congress is nearly scientifically illiterate. This is very dangerous. The politicians posture without understanding the technical underpinnings of the structural challenges we face: their magnitude, timing, spatial extent and future dynamics, or the costs of mitigation and adaptation. The real experts are very far from the podiums and negotiating tables.
We cannot feed the planet by going back to traditional farming. We cannot solve the problems of energy, transport and health by relying on outdated technologies. Leaving science to the margins of political decision making or, even worse, overriding the science, is life threatening. The proper mobilization of expert knowledge, with all its limits and evolving character, is a fundamental need and challenge. Without expertise, we are flying blind into a complex and harrowing future.
❕ Unfortunately, due to the age of this contribution and several migrations to online content management systems, the footnotes in the text may have been lost. The footnotes below are listed in its original order of appearance in text.
Part of this article draws on Jeffrey Sachs (2008) Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development, Lecture at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, 10 November; http://www.earth.columbia.edu/ and Jeffrey D. Sachs (2009) Rethinking macroeconomics, Capitalism and Society 4(3), article 3. Berkeley Electronic Press (DOI: 10.2202/1932-0213.1065). http://www.earth.columbia.edu/
See the special report on solar energy (2009): Magical sun, The Broker 13. https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/
See Thom Bohlen (2009) Greening the Gulf, The Broker 15. https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/
See the special report on cities (2009): Cities of the world unite, The Broker 17. https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/
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In 1887, Evangelical Volga Germans from various settlements at Sutton and Lincoln, Nebraska came to Denver, Colorado as workers and founded a colony which would grow to a major settlement over the next twelve years. By 1930, there were about 500 families from Norka, Beideck, Dobrinka, and other Volga German colonies living in the Denver suburb of Globeville and on an adjacent hill to the east, which was known by the settlers as "Dobrinka."
The migration of the Volga Germans to Colorado is connected to the development of the sugar beet industry who sent their agents to Nebraska and Kansas to recruit cheap labor (families with many children were preferred). The Volga Germans had already established themselves as successful farmers and were prime targets for the sugar beet industry recruiters. Sugar refineries were built in 1900 in Sugar City and Rocky Ford. In 1902 and 1903, sugar companies in Loveland and Ft. Collins brought in Volga German laborers.
Colonists from Norka were the first to settle in Windsor arriving in 1902. A small dwelling owned by one of this group served as the chapel for the first pioneers. This group was joined by another group of Volga Germans from Dönhoff in 1904 and by 1930 about 900 Volga German families lived in Windsor and the surrounding area. Most were working as beet farmers and field workers.
From the beginning, the goal of those who responded to the recruiters was to obtain their own land and become self-sufficient farmers. They rapidly went from workers living in tents, to building their own houses, and purchasing their own farms.
By 1910, about 75 percent of all the sugar beet farms between Sterling and Denver were operated by Volga Germans. By the 1930's more than one-half of the sugar beet farms in Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, and Wyoming were owned by Volga German farmers.
Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlements in the United States. Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974. 49-51. Print.
Thomas, Adam. Work Renders Life Sweet: Germans from Russian in Fort Collins, 1900-2000. August 2003.
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  - tapetud - memento raamatutest pigem + metsavendade baasid; kohtuni ei jõudnud, said lihtsalt kuuli
  - hukatud
  - suri vangistuses (sh. surnud küüditamisel, eeluurimise ajal vms. punaste käes olekust)
- kasmitteküüditatud
  - 41
  - 45 sakslased
  - 49
  - 51 jehovistid
- kasSaatusTeadmata
- kasPoliitiline (jah/ei)
- Kuuluvus komparteisse (uurida/null/jah/ei)
  põhiliselt ohvrite tabelist
- Osalemine aegumatutes kuritegudes

- **Memoriaalile (jah/ei)**
  Esialgu tühi. kui kontrollin ja ikka ei tea, teen linnukese
  koosneb: kashukkunud + kasPoliitiline - kompartei + seos eestiga - Osalemine aegumatutes kuritegudes
- E-Memoriaalile (jah/ei)
  Memoriaalile minevad lähevad E-Memoriaalile igal juhul
  Sinna ntks ei lähe M4-1 kulakute nimekiri

- Seos Eestiga (jah/null/ei)
  Nii sünni- kui elukoha järgi. Mitte kinnipidamiskoht.
- Sünnikoht
- Elukoht represseerimisel
- represseerimiskuupäev
  - küüditatud - mementost
  - arreteeritud (ohvrite tabel, siis mementod kahanevas)
- Vangistuse koht - ohvrid kinnipidamiskoht 1-3
- Asumise koht
- Surmakoht
- KIRJE

## ????
karistusmäär
surnud/hukatud/vabanenud?

#### märkused
* "ВМН" või "К расстрелу" režiimi lahtris on Memoriaali kandidaat

* perekonnad vaja kokku kleepida M5 põhjal
* _41. aasta küüditamisel perekonna pea represseeriti oma perest eraldi. Pea arretteriti ja saadeti vangilaagrisse, perekond saadeti asumisele.
* _45. küüditamine, M6.3 (sakslased). Skeem sama, mis 49.a omadel, kus perekonnapea juures täpsem aadress. Asumisele saadeti koos.
* _51. jehovistid, M6.5. sama, mis 45. ja 49.
* _R4-1 baasis on kulakud. Neid polegi praegu imporditud ja selle alusel tekkinud mitteküüditamise märge arvesse ei lähe. Samuti ei lähe need *e-memoriaalile*

#### TODO
* vahepeal küüditatud M6.4 - eraldi nimekiri Argole käsitsi töötlemiseks. Kuidagi vaja võimaldada ka perede kokkumärkimine.
* paragrahvid, mis käivad poliitiliste alla, Annab M.S.
* Asukoharegister luua. Perekonnapeade kirjetest
  - M4, lk 772 on asumiskohtade register
* M.S. koostab "Memento sisukordade sisukorra" - millised registrid on prioriteetsemad
* M.S. puhastab Ohvrite reziimi lahtri siin:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JHPxHwgMhhfhqCx_QVLtsZEKo1ALLAKHBJINwX02gX0/edit

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It's time to unfriend the teddy bear. The Prince George Cougars Hockey Club, in partnership with the Salvation Army and the Northland Auto Group, have put a new spin on the annual Teddy Bear Toss game.
The "Un-Teddy" Bear Toss game is at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon against the Victoria Royals.
All fans who attend Sunday afternoon's game are encouraged to bring warm winter clothes (coats, toques, socks, blankets, and mittens) to the game. When the Cougars score their first goal, you are invited to throw your bagged donations onto the ice! All items will be distributed to people in need over the holidays through the Salvation Army in Prince George.
The Cougars store will also be selling bagged clothing items for the Un-Teddy Bear Toss. Starting at 1 pm.
There's also a bonus Prince George Cougars Society 50/50 draw at the game! All tickets purchased on December 2nd, entered into bonus draw. First number drawn will be total of the Dec. 2nd pot. All numbers will then be re-entered, and the second draw is for the bonus amount of $1,956, from a previous unclaimed 50/50 draw this season.
It should be a great game as well, as the Victoria Royals are battling the Cougars for second place in the B.C. Division.
Bring your helmet and skates to the game too! There will be a post-game skate with the Cougars immiedatley following the game. Come skate with the team and enjoy some hot refreshments too.


A jury began deliberations in the trial of two men accused of killing a Border Patrol agent during a shootout in the Arizona desert in 2010, The Star Tribune reports.
The case wrapped up Wednesday in a federal court in Tucson.
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry encountered the robbers of drug dealers and was killed in a shootout.
Prosecutors charged Jesus Leonel Sanchez-Meza, also known as Lionel Portillo-Meza, and Ivan Soto-Barraza in the killing.
Prosecutor Todd Wallace Robinson told jurors that evidence, which includes DNA, fingerprints and confessions, proves the defendants are guilty of all nine counts, which includes first-degree murder.
"It doesn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt. It proves it beyond any doubt whatsoever," Robinson said in a closing statement.


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Seven years ago, I saw Against Me! tearing up the Amway Center opening for Green Day. Since that powerful night of aggressive alt-rock, the quartet has gone through an immense transition, but through it all, Laura Jane Grace and her bandmates have retained the same energetic thrashing style that drives passionate support from their rabid fans.
Watching Laura Jane Grace on stage, you see a ferocious rocker who is at peace with where she is headed in her life. With a constant smile plastered to her face, she commanded the stage and had the fans offering up their unconditional appreciation.
The atmosphere in the Beacham Theatre was electric as the band took the stage. The crowd was as diverse as you'll see at an Orlando event. A mix of heavily tattooed punk rockers, a myriad of fans from the LGBT community, business men and teen girls dotted the audience, many sporting Florida Equality stickers.
Grace and the band took the stage to a rousing welcome and immediately leapt into an explosive "True Trans Soul Rebel." The track was one of many from the fantastic 2014 release, Transgender Dysphoria Blue, the album that finished atop our 2014 Albums of the Year feature.
Although we heard numerous cuts from that album, we were also treated to a great variety from across the band's diverse catalogue. Early on Grace offered "We're playing some songs on this tour we haven't played in awhile," and she was true to her word, as the 20+ song set featured music from every stage of the band's life cycle.
The crowd became progressively more energetic as the night wore on and for a handful of songs, turned the floor into a raucous pit with bodies flying as frequently as beer cups. The mixed crowd had a collective blast, dancing, screaming, clapping and re-bonding with Grace. It was clear that this relationship still works exceptionally well.
Laura Jane Grace is indeed breaking all of the rules and transitioning to a place in her life where she seems much more at peace. It's a good place for her, and just as importantly for the many satisfied fans in attendance.


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The Sprague Fire burned less actively on Sunday due to slightly cooler temperatures, higher humidity, and some cloud cover. Based on yesterday evening's infrared flight, the fire perimeter is estimated to have grown 60 acres, and is now 1,183 acres. Approximately 97 personnel are assigned to the fire, including a wildland fire module, a hand crew, and one helicopter.
The fire has spread to the south across the Sprague Creek drainage and is moving up Lincoln Ridge between the Sprague and Lincoln creek drainages. Fire growth is expected to be limited on Lincoln Ridge as the fire burns into rocky areas with limited vegetation.
The Sprague Fire is also active in the Snyder Creek drainage. A helicopter will be used to cool hot spots and slow fire growth in this drainage to slow the fire spread. Near the west edge of the fire, firefighters will continue to use hose lays and sprinklers at the Crystal Ford Bridge.
As the fire continues to progress, it is expected to vary in intensity, spread and duration with fire activity, fuels, and weather. The fire is located in steep, rugged terrain. Portions of the fire are expected to burn until they are extinguished naturally by significant rain or snow. Firefighters are focused on protecting values at risk where they can do so safely and effectively. Values at risk include the Sperry Chalet, Mount Brown Lookout, backcountry cabins and campgrounds, structures in the Lake McDonald area, and infrastructure such footbridges. Firefighter and public safety are the highest priority.
Firefighters are staged at Sperry Chalet should the fire reach the area. Structure protection is in place, including a water tank, hose lays and sprinklers. Given the location of the chalet in a rocky, subalpine environment with sparse vegetation, fire managers are confident that the structure protection measures in place will protect the historic buildings if needed.
Fire managers are taking advantage of today's favorable weather conditions for precautionary planning. This includes proactively clearing brush and creating defensible space around structures in the Lake McDonald area in the event the fire moves towards theses structures.
Firefighters will be hiking into the Lincoln Creek drainage today in order to assess the area's conditions. This group, known as a Fire Effects Module, will evaluate the area's vegetation, terrain, and fuel moisture levels to help fire managers predict fire behavior in the area.
Closures remain in place for the Gunsight Pass Trail from Lake McDonald to Gunsight Pass, including all secondary trails. The Lincoln Lake Trail is also closed. Some backcountry campgrounds are closed due to fire activity. All frontcountry campgrounds remain open. Check https://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/hikingthetrails.htm for updated status.


I have 5 layers with most simple naming convention: Layer01, Layer02, Layer03, Layer04 and Layer05....and i need to have one of them turned on, and the rest of them (with this naming convention) turned off automatically, with the click of the button. I would appreciate one case from you, for example for Layer01, and after that, i would modify the script and create several versions of the code, for other layers.
Please see if you can help me with it.
Submitted by 1rv on Thu, 2018-01-25 04:13.
Can't you just set up some Scene states with desired layer config?
Submitted by igamaximus on Fri, 2018-01-26 12:14.
Submitted by miauu on Wed, 2018-01-24 03:40.
Submitted by igamaximus on Wed, 2018-01-24 04:40.
Beautiful idea mate, thank you so much for your help!
Now, this works really perfectly except that it works for all layers in the scene. I have some layers, outside of my naming convention that i don't want to be turned off, so please see if is possible to add this functionality to all selected (highlighted on the layers list) layers...this would be so perfect, and if this is not possible...to keep this functionality but only for layers of certain naming convention (ideally, it would be great if i could add number of layers, and layer names in the script).
Submitted by miauu on Thu, 2018-01-25 05:47.
The code below works only with 3ds Max 2015 and newer version.
Select the layers you want to turn OFF and run the code. The active layer will remain ON no matter if it is selected or not, so the layer you want to stay ON must be set as active.
Submitted by igamaximus on Fri, 2018-01-26 10:48.
this is beautiful workflow, but just for the sake of my specific workflow here, can you please write me variant of script where only "Layer01" is turned on, and layers "Layer02", "Layer03", "Layer04" and "Layer05" are turned off, regardless if any of these is selected or not, regardless of current layer, and regardless of any other layer that may be turned on or off? Please!
Submitted by miauu on Fri, 2018-01-26 13:08.
Save this as a .ms file. Drag and drop it in 3ds Max viewport. Go to Customize-Customize User Interface-miauu category and create a toolbar button.
Submitted by igamaximus on Mon, 2018-01-29 07:11.
can you please revise this last code (with toolbar button), so when i hold SHIFT key, and press toolbar button, the script would "cycle" on the next layer (turn on next layer, and turn off all the others)?
For example, Layer01 = true and Layers02-05 = false....now when i press the button for the first time, Layer01 will be on, and Layers02-05 will be off. But further, when i hold SHIFT and press the button each next time, next layer (Layer02, Layer03,...up to Layer05) will be ON, and all the others will be off? Would it be too hard to add this?
Submitted by miauu on Mon, 2018-01-29 13:28.
Submitted by igamaximus on Tue, 2018-01-30 13:43.
I have used it all day long during the project and i am able to achieve 5x speed improvement comparing to manual clicking in layer manager dialog! Looping is perfect also, exacly what i need!
Thank you SO very much...and also, thank you so much for updating your Spline Deformer - the best tool of its kind for sure!


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The Silver Star is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a  route between New York City and Miami via Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tampa, Florida. The Silver Star and its sister train in the Silver Service brand, the Silver Meteor, are the descendants of numerous long-distance trains that operated between Florida and New York for most of the 20th century.

During fiscal year 2019, the Silver Star carried nearly 389,995 passengers, an increase of 5.9% from FY2018. In FY16, it earned a total revenue of $29,261,496, an 11.6% decrease from FY2010.

History

The Silver Star was originally a service of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL), running from New York to Miami and later also St. Petersburg (beyond Tampa). It was previously known as the Advance Silver Meteor, and was renamed on December 12, 1947, after the name was chosen by SAL in a contest. From 1947 to 1948, it was winter-only and did not appear in summer timetables.  By 1949, however, it was a year-round train. Its main Miami-bound route went through the interior of Florida, via Ocala and Winter Haven. In peak winter service in the mid-1950s it had a section that went to St. Petersburg via Tampa. Another section went to Port Boca Grande via Tampa. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) carried the train between New York and Washington, D.C. under a haulage agreement, similar to the arrangement with its sister train, the Silver Meteor. The agreement was maintained when the PRR was folded into Penn Central Transportation in 1968, a year after SAL merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). Between Washington and Richmond, Virginia, the train operated on RF&P rails. Amtrak took over the train in 1971.

Amtrak era

Except for a brief period from 1994 to 1995 and from 1996 to 2004, when service to Tampa was provided by the Palmetto (known as the Silver Palm from 1996 to 2002), the Silver Star has served both Tampa and Miami during the Amtrak era. Originally, Amtrak operated the Silver Star with Tampa and Miami sections that split in Jacksonville, with the Tampa section continuing on the old Atlantic Coast Line route through Orlando, and the Miami section traveling through Ocala and Wildwood over most of what was the original Seaboard route to Miami. After November 1, 2004, the Silver Star resumed service to Tampa, and now travels intact all of the way, backing out of Tampa and retracing its route  east to Auburndale, where it heads south to Miami or north to New York. The detour occurs at Lakeland; the train stops there to discharge passengers before going to Tampa and to receive passengers after it returns from Tampa.

In the January 2011 issue of Trains magazine, this route was listed as one of five routes to be looked at by Amtrak in FY 2011 as the previous five routes (the Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle, California Zephyr, Capitol Limited, and Cardinal) were examined in FY 2010. With the discontinuation of the Silver Meteor's former Tampa section (a descendant of the Champion, a longtime rival of the Silver Star and Silver Meteor) in 1988, the Silver Star is now the only passenger train serving Tampa.

On July 1, 2015, the Silver Star's dining car was completely removed from the train's consist, a controversial decision that Amtrak rationalized with the idea that sleeping car passengers could obtain meals from the train's café-lounge car. However, on May 1, 2020, the Silver Star's dining car was returned, and Amtrak introduced the "flexible dining" system to the train, which consists of pre-prepared meals which are then heated in either a convection oven or a microwave oven at the time of purchase. In a Rail Passengers Association webinar that took place on November 16, 2022, Amtrak's vice president of long-distance service revealed that traditional dining service is planned to be reintroduced on the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star "in early 2023." On March 15, 2023, traditional dining was returned to the Silver Star for the first time since 2015, on northbound train 92. Southbound train 91 received traditional dining on March 17. According to Amtrak, traditional dining is being offered on the Silver Star in the form of a 3 month pilot, intended to test how well the service works with only two dining car staff. Amtrak also stated that their final analysis of this pilot may have them "modify the service before a more formal announcement of a permanent rollout or potential expansion to the Silver Meteor" occurs.

On February 4, 2018, Silver Star train number 91 collided with a CSX freight train in Cayce, South Carolina; the engineer and a conductor of the Silver Star were killed, and 116 passengers were injured.

In 2021, Amtrak reached out to FDOT to begin negotiations again for utilization of the Miami Intermodal Center. This comes after years of disagreement over the platform length at the MIC, as Amtrak normally adds cars to the Silver Meteor and Silver Star during the winter season to accommodate increased demand. In February 2022, negotiations restarted between FDOT and Amtrak. Later in March 2022, a test train operated into and out of the station and proved that the platforms are sufficient in length to hold a standard 10 car train. However, the platforms are not long enough to accommodate an 11 to 12 car train, which could be possible in the winter months. In September 2022, Amtrak management announced that it had restarted lease negotiations with FDOT regarding use and maintenance of the terminal. One issue however, is the deadheading move that will need to take place between the MIC and Hialeah. Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner has stated that "the company is evaluating technical and operational aspects of the move." In an Amtrak Public Board Meeting Q&A on December 1, 2022, it was revealed that Amtrak is in the final stages of its preparations for relocating from their current Miami station, and plans to officially relocate to the MIC in 2023.

COVID-19 pandemic

On July 6, 2020, Amtrak reduced the frequency of this train to three times per week as opposed to daily.  Southbound Silver Star trains departed New York Friday through Sunday, while Silver Meteor trains departed Monday through Thursday.  Similarly, northbound Silver Star trains departed Miami on Thursday through Saturday, while Silver Meteor trains departed Sunday through Wednesday. Both trains resumed daily services on June 7, 2021, after additional Amtrak funding was included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Between January 24th and October 14th, 2022, the Silver Star temporarily added a station stop in Jesup, Georgia due to the suspension of its sister train, the Silver Meteor, which is normally the only train that stops at that station. This was due to a resurgence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as well as a further delay caused by Hurricane Ian. During this period the Silver Star provided a single once daily service between New York and Miami.

Ridership

Rolling stock

The Silver Star uses Amtrak's standard long-distance single-level equipment: Viewliner baggage cars, Viewliner sleeping cars, Viewliner dining cars, Amfleet café-lounges and Amfleet coaches. An ACS-64 electric locomotive is used between New York City and Washington, D.C, while two GE P42DC diesel electric locomotives are used for power south of Washington, D.C.

A typical Silver Star consist as of January 2023 is made up of:

 1 ACS-64 locomotive (New York–Washington)
 2 P42DC locomotive (Washington–Miami)
 3 Amfleet II Coaches
 1 Amfleet II Café/Lounge
 1 Viewliner II Diner
 2 Viewliner I/II Sleepers (Viewliner I-Viewliner II)
 1 Viewliner II Baggage Car

During the 2022 suspension of the Silver Meteor, some coach and sleeping cars usually on the Silver Meteor were combined into the Silver Star, creating a train with up to six coaches and five sleepers, in addition to the café-lounge, diner, and baggage car.

Route details

The Silver Star operates over a combination of Amtrak, CSX Transportation (CSXT), and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) trackage:
 New York – Washington D.C. (Amtrak)
 Northeast Corridor:
 Washington D.C. – Selma, North Carolina (CSXT)
 RF&P Subdivision
 Richmond Terminal Subdivision
 North End Subdivision
 South End Subdivision:
 Selma – Raleigh, North Carolina (NS)
 Goldsboro to Greensboro District
 Raleigh – DeLand, Florida (CSXT)
 Aberdeen Subdivision
 Hamlet Terminal Subdivision
 Hamlet Subdivision
 Columbia Subdivision
 Savannah Subdivision
 Nahunta Subdivision
 Jacksonville Terminal Subdivision
 Sanford Subdivision
 DeLand – Poinciana, Florida (SunRail)
 Central Florida Rail Corridor
 Poinciana – Tampa, Florida – Mangonia Park, Florida (CSXT)
 Carters Subdivision
 Lakeland Subdivision
 Tampa Terminal Subdivision
 Auburndale Subdivision
 Miami Subdivision
 Mangonia Park – Miami, Florida (Tri-Rail)
 South Florida Rail Corridor

The Silver Star uses the same route as the Silver Meteorthe other train in the Silver Service brandexcluding two segments: Selma, North Carolina – Savannah, Georgia, and Kissimmee, Florida – Winter Haven, Florida. Between Selma and Savannah, the Silver Star takes an inland route over the CSX S-Line to serve the Carolinas' state capitals of Raleigh and Columbia, while the Silver Meteor stays closer to the coast on the CSX A-Line and serves Fayetteville, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina. Between Kissimmee and Winter Haven, the Silver Meteor turns south to go directly to Miami at Auburndale, Florida, while the Silver Star continues west to Lakeland, Florida and Tampa, before coming back to Auburndale and turning south to Miami. In addition to these diversions, between Sebring, Florida and West Palm Beach, Florida, the Silver Meteor makes no intermediate stops, while the Silver Star makes an additional stop at Okeechobee, Florida. Inversely, between Savannah and Jacksonville, Florida, the Silver Meteor makes an additional stop at Jesup, Georgia, while the Silver Star makes no intermediate stops. However, during the 2022 suspension of the Silver Meteor, the Silver Star temporarily served Jesup.

Prior to October 1986, the Silver Star operated between Petersburg, Virginia, and Raleigh via the CSX Norlina Subdivision, stopping only in Henderson, North Carolina. CSX abandoned the Norlina Subdivision between Norlina, North Carolina and Collier Yard (just south of Petersburg) in October 1986, which required the Silver Star to be rerouted over the CSX A-Line between Petersburg and Selma, then over the North Carolina Railroad between Selma and Raleigh. The Silver Star is to be rerouted via its former routing when tracks between Petersburg and Norlina are rebuilt as part of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor project, and reinstate its stop at Henderson, as well as adding a stop in La Crosse, Virginia.

Like other long-distance trains operating on the Northeast Corridor, local travel between NEC stations is not allowed on the Silver Star. Northbound trains only stop to discharge passengers from Alexandria, Virginia northward, and southbound trains only stop to receive passengers from Newark, New Jersey to Washington.  This policy is in place to keep seats available for passengers making longer trips. Passengers wanting to travel locally must use the more frequent Northeast Regional or Acela trains. Additionally, the Silver Star, like the Silver Meteor, does not allow local travel between West Palm Beach and Miami. Southbound trains only stop to discharge passengers, while northbound trains only stop to receive passengers bound for points beyond West Palm Beach. This is due to the availability of Tri-Rail, South Florida's commuter rail system.

Since Amtrak ended passenger rail service over the CSX Clearwater Subdivision between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida in February 1984,Amtrak Thruway bus service has been provided at Tampa Union Station for trainside transfer of passengers and their baggage to and from Clearwater, Florida and St. Petersburg. Other points on Florida's west coast, such as Bradenton, Florida, Sarasota, Florida, Port Charlotte, Florida and Fort Myers, Florida, are also served by Amtrak Thruway service connecting with the Silver Star at Tampa. Similarly, Amtrak has provided Amtrak Thruway bus service between the former stations along the CSX Wildwood Subdivision in North-Central Florida since November 2004 after passenger rail service ended, as well as Gainesville, Florida and The Villages-Lady Lake, Florida. The former stations that are now served by Amtrak Thruway buses are: Waldo, Florida, Ocala, Florida, Wildwood, Florida, and Dade City, Florida. These buses connect with the Silver Star at Jacksonville and Lakeland.

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Guest Chef Program Helps Introduce Healthy Lunch Choices
in: Education, Top Stories
By gradually introducing more healthful lunch choices at Beecher Road School, the Woodbridge Board of Education is hoping to instill lifelong healthy eating habits in the children. Until a few years ago, the whole movement toward 'clean' eating stopped at the cafeteria door. Relying largely on trucked-in, highly processed and frozen food, school cafeterias nationwide struggled to introduce more fresh choices. And many cafeteria officials reported that when they did, scores of apples ended up in the trash.
The district has made it its mission to change that. Last February, School Supt. Guy Stella named a Cafeteria Task Force, including representatives from parents and staff, which reviewed the status quo and made recommendations to the Board of Education at its May meeting. Among those recommendations was the introduction of a "Guest Chef" program, which got off the ground this month, and created some buzz at the school.
On Monday, June 1, Suzanne Beck, a cook at Bloodroot restaurant in Bridgeport, was the first visiting chef at the Beecher cafeteria. She volunteered her time at the school. Beck introduced a recipe for Sizzling Squash – baking squash wedges sprinkled with oil and fresh herbs. Free samples of the dish were presented to anyone who wanted to try them. The following Monday, June 8th, the squash was to be the vegetable served as a side.
The children could express their reaction by voting for or against it on a poster as they walked out of the cafeteria (don't care for it/it was okay/I liked it) by placing a sticker on the appropriate column. It seemed that the "likes" carried the day and several children stopped by to express how much they liked it.
The plan is to eventually introduce different beans and grains in the same gradual way, said cafeteria consultant Christine Wallace, SNS, with Good Food, Fun Food, who has been working with the cafeteria staff. The first job for the visiting chef was to show the cafeteria staff how to treat, clean, cut and cook the herbs, she said.
Cafeteria supervisor Jane Roddy was delighted about the chef's visit. She is hoping that the new food offerings will generate enough interest to grow the hot lunch program. Out of 800 students at Beecher, only 250 to 300 buy a hot lunch. The others bring food from home.
Roddy had introduced other changes in the past, such as offering a la carte items of cut-up fruit and vegetables, and exercising portion control. Suzanne Wallace praised Roddy's "kid-friendly" bags with fresh fruit and vegetables. It is one way to gently introduce more healthful choices within the parameters of existing space, equipment, staffing and cost, she said.
Soon after Wallace was initially contacted by the district to consult them on the healthy school lunch issue, the district was informed that it would be subject to a federal Child Nutrition program review, which she helped staff work through. In addition to the Guest Chef program, the task force recommended:
To highlight healthy food items by placing them into plain view;
to reduce the overall number of packaged food;
to introduce a Farm to School Program – a connection with Massaro Farm has already been established; and
to expand the selection of salad entrees.
Recognizing that notions of "healthful" eating may vary widely, the task force recommended — and the board adopted — the pledge to be moving in the direction for "fresher, more whole, more local, less processed foods and less artificial ingredients beyond what is required by minimum federal and state standards".
By Bettina Thiel – Woodbridge Town News Correspondent
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In a first, leading Republicans call Biden president-elect
December 15, 2020 Category: Stateside Posted by: SUN Staff
By LISA MASCARO
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat Joe Biden is the winner of the presidential election, essentially abandoning President Donald Trump's assault on the outcome after the Electoral College certified the vote.
With states affirming the results, the Republicans faced a pivotal choice – to declare Biden the president-elect, as the tally showed, or keep standing silently by as Trump wages a potentially damaging campaign to overturn the election.ADVERTISEMENT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was quiet on the issue Monday. But a number of senators said the time has come.
"At some point you have to face the music," said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking GOP leader. "Once the Electoral College settles the issue today, it's time for everybody to move on."
Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, the chairman of the inaugural committee, said the panel will now "deal with Vice President Biden as the president-elect."
Just last week, the Republicans on the inauguration committee had declined to publicly do so. He said Monday's Electoral College vote "was significant."
Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn said barring further legal challenges it appears Biden will be president.
"That's sort of the nature of these elections. You got to have a winner. You got to have a loser," Cornyn said, adding that once Trump's legal arguments are exhausted, "Joe Biden's on a path to be president of the United States."
The turnaround comes nearly six weeks after Election Day. Many Republicans have ridden out the time in silence, enabling Trump to wage an unprecedented challenge to the nation's cherished system of voting.
Some GOP lawmakers have vowed to carry the fight to Jan. 6 when Congress votes to accept or reject the Electoral College results. Others have said Trump's legal battles should continue toward resolution by inauguration day, Jan. 20.
"It's a very, very narrow path for the president," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a top Trump ally. "But having said that, I think we'll let those legal challenges play out."
Historians and election officials have warned that Trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud threaten to erode Americans' faith in the election system, and that lawmakers have a responsibility under the oath of office to defend the Constitution.
"The campaign to overturn the outcome is a dangerous thing," said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public policy at Princeton.
"This is a Republican operation, not a presidential operation," Zelizer said. "Without their silence, he couldn't do what he is doing."
Trump is trying to throw out the ballots of thousands of Americans, particularly those who voted by mail, in dozens of lawsuits that have mostly failed. His legal team is claiming irregularities, even though Attorney General William Barr, who abruptly resigned Monday, has said there is no evidence of widespread fraud that would alter the election results. State election officials, including Republicans, have said the election was fair and valid.
In a decisive blow to Trump's legal efforts, the Supreme Court last week declined to take up two of his cases challenging the election process in key states.
Former Senate GOP leader Trent Lott said Monday there is little reason for Trump to continue the fight.
"I don't see many avenues left for the president to pursue," Lott said in an interview. "Once the Electoral College has voted, most people are going to recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect."
Former House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, has also said it's clear that Biden is the winner, stating in a forum last month that, "The election is over, in everybody's mind except Donald Trump."
Before Monday, just a handful of current Republican elected officials in Congress had acknowledged Biden as president-elect. Even fewer have reached out to congratulate him.
Among GOP senators, Susan Collins, Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski have been most outspoken in declaring Biden the winner.
Others said they were waiting for the Electoral College vote, which is normally a routine step in the elections process but has been amplified by Trump's refusal to concede.
"Although I supported President Trump, the Electoral College vote today makes clear that Joe Biden is now President-Elect," said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, in a statement.
"The presidential election is over," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.
Still, many Republicans in Congress are backing Trump's legal battles. Some 120 House Republicans signed on to the failed Texas lawsuit last week asking the Supreme Court to take up the case seeking to throw out election results in the swing-states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia.
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who volunteered to argue the case before the Supreme Court, was holding a telephone town hall Monday urging "participation in the fight to defend the integrity" of the election.
One House Republican, Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, has vowed to challenge the Electoral College results on Jan. 6, when Congress convenes a joint session to receive the outcome.
At that time, any challenge in Congress would need to be raised by at least one member of the House and Senate. It's unclear if any GOP senator will join in making the case. It appears highly unlikely there is enough congressional support to overturn the election.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that it's as if Biden has to win "again and again and again" before Republicans will accept it.
Many Republicans are unwilling to declare Biden the winner for the same reasons they avoided standing up to Trump during his presidency.
The president remains popular back home, and they are reluctant to cross him or risk public retribution from him on Twitter and beyond. As Trump prepares to leave office, his supporters are voters lawmakers need for their own reelections.
Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., introduced a resolution in Congress last week suggesting no one be declared president-elect until all investigations are completed. He proposed it after constituents confronted him last month demanding he do more to support Trump.
Overhanging their calculations is the Georgia runoff elections Jan. 5 that will decide control of the Senate. Incumbent GOP senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler need Trump's support to defend their seats against Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Rafael Warnock.
Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory President-elect Biden turns to business of transition


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Robin Williams Remembered Fondly In Boston
Filed Under:Bench, Boston Common, Carl Stevens, CBS Boston, Good Will Hunting, Interview, L Street Tavern, Matt Damon, Paula Ebben, Public Garden, Robin Williams, South Boston, Southie, WBZ
BOSTON (CBS) – Robin Williams will be remembered for many playing many, many characters, but his Academy Award-winning role as an empathetic therapist in the 1997 film "Good Will Hunting" left his mark on Boston.
Related: L Street Tavern Remembers Robin Williams
Most of it was shot in Cambridge and South Boston, but a famous scene from the movie with Matt Damon was filmed on a bench in the Public Garden on Boston Common.
The bench used in "Good Will Hunting' became a memorial after Robin Williams' death. (Photo by Carl Stevens-WBZ NewsRadio 1030)
That bench became a memorial to Williams Monday evening as word of his death spread across the world.
On the pavement nearby, some had scrawled lines from the film in chalk, such as "Sorry guys, I went to see about a girl," "It's not your fault," and "Your move chief."
Others left flowers and someone put empty beer bottles at the base of the bench.
"I'm just a little sad for Robin," one mourner told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Tuesday. "Depression seems to be like a silent killer and it's a shame. He's a really good guy. He always made us laugh, but he was so sad inside."
Related: Clarke: 'We Were Lucky To Have Him As Long As We Did'
During an interview last year promoting his short-lived CBS series "The Crazy Ones" Williams told WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben he had pleasant memories from shooting the film.
"I had a great time doing 'Good Will Hunting' in Boston, in Southie. People in Southie were real sweet to me, " he said. "Especially the guys at the L Street Tavern."
At the end of the interview, Williams had a brief shout out for the city.
"Thank you Boston, take care of yah selves there."
For Boston Mayor Ray Flynn said Williams helped raise money for the homeless in Boston back in the 1980's.
"He came down to the Long Island Shelter, which is a hospital that I had just built, a shelter for homeless people in Boston, getting them off the freezing streets and he was phenomenal. He was just extraordinary, entertaining all the homeless people and the staff," he told WBZ-TV.
"There certainly has to be a special place in heaven for Robin Williams."
If you or someone you know is struggling with depression, there is help available.
Visit Samaritanshope.org or call (877) 870-4673.
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