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Fed's Yellen says economy steady enough for more hikes, bond wind down
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US economy is healthy enough to absorb further gradual rate increases and the slow wind down of the Fed's massive bond portfolio, said Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States is healthy enough to absorb further gradual rate increases and the slow wind down of the massive bond portfolio accumulated by the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in prepared testimony to be delivered to Congress Wednesday (July 12).
In what may be one of her last appearances on Capitol Hill, Ms Yellen depicted an economy that, while growing slowly, continued to add jobs, benefited from steady household consumption and a recent jump in business investment, and was now being supported as well by stronger economic conditions abroad.
The Fed "continues to expect that the evolution of the economy will warrant gradual increases in the federal funds rate over time," Ms Yellen said, while reductions in the Fed's more than US$4 trillion (S$5.5 trillion) in securities are likely to begin "this year."
Ms Yellen will present her latest economic summary to the House Committee on Financial Services at 10 a.m. (10: 00 p.m Singapore time), after which committee members will question her. Her appearances before the House panel have sometimes involved sharp exchanges with lawmakers who think the Fed's influence over the economy has grown too large, and who want policymakers to be guided more closely by a mathematical rule for setting interest rates.
In a report released last week the Fed compared its current policy to that prescribed by a variety of such rules - pointing out that the choice of a rule itself involved judgments that would lead to vastly different outcomes. Ms Yellen referred House lawmakers specifically to that section of the report in her testimony.
Ms Yellen's appearance comes as the Trump administration mulls whether to replace her when her term ends in February.
By her testimony today, the economy is currently on an even keel, near or beyond full employment. Interest rates are rising, and "would not have to rise all that much further" to reach what the Fed considers a neutral rate that neither encourages nor discourages spending and investment, Ms Yellen said. The reduction in the balance sheet, which will begin slowly as the Fed reinvests only a portion of the holdings that mature each month, will mark the final exit from crisis-related policies.
Though a recent dip in inflation has been of concern among Fed officials who want to see surer progress toward the central bank's 2 per cent inflation goal, Ms Yellen ascribed it to "a few unusual reductions in certain categories of prices" that would eventually drop out of the calculation.
Otherwise, she said, the economy appeared to be in a virtuous loop of hiring, spending and investment that "should increase resource utilization somewhat further, thereby fostering a stronger pace of wage and price increases."


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Antonio Franco Lago, auch Anthony Lago oder Tony Lago, (* 28. März 1893 in Venedig; † 1. Dezember 1960 in Paris) war ein italienischer Automobilkonstrukteur und Automobilfabrikant. 1934 übernahm er mit dem Werk in Suresnes den französischen Teil der Automobiles Talbot von der zahlungsunfähigen Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq-Gruppe und gründete die Marke Talbot-Lago.

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 Jacques Borgé, Nicolas Viasnoff: Talbot-Automobile. Geschichte einer großen europäischen Marke. Schrader & Partner, München 1981, ISBN 3-922617-02-6.

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Q: Reactive streams with reactive side-effects I think this will be done similarly with most reactive implementations so I do not specify any specific library&language here.
What is the proper way to do reactive side effects on streams (not sure what is the proper terminology here)?
So lets say we have a stream of Players. We want to transform that to a stream of only ids. But in addition to that, we want to do some additional reactive processing based on the ids.
Here is how one can do in not so elegant way, but what is the idiomatic way to achieve this:
Observable<Player> playerStream = getPlayerStream();
return playerStream
      .map(p -> p.id)
      .flatmap(id -> {
           Observable<Result> weDontCare = process(id);
           // Now the hacky part
           return weDontCare.map(__ -> id);
      })

Is that ok? Seems not so elegant.

A: I don't know RxJava, but you also tagged project reactor, and there are two ways to do this with reactor depending on how you want the side-effects to affect your stream. If you want to wait for the side effects to happen so you can handle errors etc (my preferred way) use delayUntil:
return getPlayerStream()
  .map(p -> p.id)
  .delayUntil(id -> process(id));

If you want the id to pass straight through without waiting, and instead do a fire-and-forget style side-effect, you could use doOnNext:
return getPlayerStream()
  .map(p -> p.id)
  .doOnNext(id -> process(id).subscribe());

A: Observable<Player> playerStream = getPlayerStream();
    return playerStream
          .map(p -> p.id)
          .doOnEach(id -> { //side effect with id
            Observable<Result> weDontCare = process(id);
            weDontCare.map(__ -> id);
          })

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A Year in Search: How Many Google Searches per Day?
Twenty years ago, Google transformed itself from a small company operating out of a garage into a business empire.
Over the past two decades, the tech giant has developed many ventures: a smartphone operating system, robot assistants, a language translation service, and video-conferencing software, to name a few.
However, Google's core business, the online search engine, remains the company's most valuable brand.
The unstoppable evolution of the search engine has established Google as an industry leader. What served only ten thousand search queries per day back in 1998 surpassed 3.3 billion daily searches in 2012.
If you check how many Google searches per day take place now, I bet the numbers will surprise you even more.
As of June 2018, 55.1% of the world's population had internet access, and the number of searches per day significantly favors Google.
Google holds 92.21% of the overall search engine market share and remains a leader in its own game.
First of all, Google is where the users are, and Google does everything they can to ensure users have a seamless experience, which positively impacts the number of Google searches.
Not to mention, Google's algorithm is complex, and it's updated approximately 500 times a year to ensure users get the most relevant results. The industry leader also has an incredibly rich set of results. Google "SEO" and you'll get 833,000,000 results! In comparison, if you search the same query on Bing, you will only get 16,800,000 results.
Finally, Google has a simpler and cleaner interface compared to other search engines. There aren't UI banner ads and other distractions—the focus is solely on the search query.
Google operates at an insane level that can hardly be matched by any competitor. Before we dive into the numbers for the past year, let's take a trip down memory lane.
At the beginning of the new century, the average number of daily searches was reported to be 18 million. This number jumped to 60 million Google searches per day in the second half of 2000.
Google's Zeitgeist reported 150 million queries per day in 2001. But this figure skyrocketed to 200 million daily searches in 2004.
Five years later, Google proudly announced they were handling over 1 billion searches per day.
During the 2010–2011 period, the search leader remained silent as to the number of searches.
The radio silence was broken in 2012 when it was estimated that there were 1.2 trillion Google searches per year. This figure translates to 3.2 billion searches per day.
Google grew with tremendous speed, reaching 2 trillion searches per year in 2016, which equals approximately 5.4 billion daily searches.
So one thing is certain—2018's number of Google searches per year has surpassed the 2 trillion mark.
To break this down, the leading search engine processed 10.34 billion explicit core search queries in October 2018, according to Statista. That's 63.2% of the total US desktop market. Google also accounted for 88.6% of the mobile search market in the United States.
If we take this number as an average for every month in 2018, we can easily do the math: 10,340,000,000 monthly searches translate to an average of 344,666,666 explicit core Google searches per day.
Note: These are not official numbers. We took it upon ourselves to do the math based on the stats and facts provided by credible sources.
On the other hand, Internet Live Stats' live map claims there is an average of 5.8 billion total daily searches on Google. If we break down this number further, we would see that there are 71,780 Google searches per second.
How Many Google Searches Does the Average Person Make?
What we know for sure is that Google processes more than 2 trillion searches every year. We've done our math and discovered that an average person conducts 3–4 searches every single day.
This translates to approximately 1,200 monthly searches. Also, the average time a user spends searching for something on Google is less than one minute.
The answer to this question is just one click away on google.com/history.
On top of being able to see every single search you've ever made, along with the exact date and time they were made, you can filter your browsing history by the medium you've used.
You can even go back to see the very first thing you Googled!
Google holds 92.21% of the overall search engine market share.
Google reached 2 trillion yearly searches in 2016.
As of October 2018, Google processed 10.34 billion explicit core search queries.
So how many Google searches per day? There are 5.8 billion total daily searches on average or 71,780 searches per second.
These numbers change constantly, but one thing remains certain—Google is the indisputable industry leader. However, digital marketing is a changing industry, so even with this data in mind, it's best not to ignore the other search engines.


Zoran became a leading expert on healing with Bioenergy through association with and through teachings of Zdenko Domancic, the preeminent energy healer in Europe.
In 2004 Zoran co-created, with Stephanie Cote, a documentary film, "Think About It," describing a different approach in thinking about health and healthcare. Focusing on a solution, rather than a problem, the film created a strong positive reaction on several European national TV stations and, through satellite distribution and presence on the Internet, stirred an incredible interest in energy modalities worldwide.
Through the making of "Think About It" and because of knowledge gained through intense learning about Bioenergy, and the teachings of Master Domancic, Zoran's life changed from being an award winning and critically acclaimed cinematographer to a renowned energy healer.
Zoran is the only officially recognized teacher of the Zdenko Domancic Method of Bioenergy Therapy in the US, UK, Canada and other English speaking countries. He is also the author of "Three Chairs," a book of short essays on Bioenergy healing.
In 2008 Zoran organized "Bioenergy Life Project" group healing events in Los Angeles, New York, and Sarasota to document the results of the Domancic Method on patients with a variety of "incurable" health issues, concentrating on MS, Parkinson's and stroke victims. His "Bioenergy Life Center" in Sarasota, FL, was established in 2010 and offers the Domancic Method of Bioenergy Therapy on an individual basis, in a group and at a distance.
Zoran spends most of his time in Florida and in Europe, practicing daily to help people restore their well-being. He travels extensively, teaching all three levels of the method, helping others to regain responsibility for their health and to affect their future with their own hands.


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We have a cinema room where three times a week we can all be together to watch a film. Tonight one of my friends in the home has chosen the film so I know it will be good.
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Category Archives: Muslim community
How French Coverage of Paris Heat Wave is Racist and Classist.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in Enviroment, Inequality, Muslim community, Paris
#Europe, #France, #Racism, Poverty inequality and development
During the 2003 heatwave in France, about 15,000 people died, but the temperatures affected disproportionately the poor suburbs of Paris.
As Paris residents are slowly melting under an unprecedented heat wave that started earlier in June, French mainstream media could not help but take the opportunity to stigmatize suburban youth again who have tried to cope with the unbearable temperatures by opening neighborhood fire hydrants.
What the Forgotten of the French Republic Think Of the Election
"While this practice is indeed dangerous because of the risks of electrocution and of lack of water in case of a fire, the reactions it has sparked demonstrate hypocrisy and a huge classist disdain," said Paris Luttes Info in a communique issued Saturday.
In recent days, the French media has multiplied news articles criticizing the waste of water and reminding audiences of the needs of firemen, while avoiding to investigate further the reasons motivating the young residents — the majority of immigrant origins — to take risks and open the fire hydrants as a last resort.
Africa Trade Summit in US Had Zero Africans After Visas Denied.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in AFRICA, Africa Trade Summit, Migration, Muslim community, Trump, U.S., world
# EU - Trump, #África #Usa., Africa Trade Summit, Migration
This year it was 100 percent. Every delegation," organizer Mary Flowers told the media.
An African trade summit organized by the University of Southern California ended up with zero Africans as they were all denied visas to enter the United States just days before the summit despite applying months ahead of time, in what organizers called an act of "discrimination against African nations."
Hundreds of US Diplomats Defy Trump's Muslim Ban
"Usually we get 40 percent that get rejected but the others come," Mary Flowers, chair of the African Global Economic and Development Summit, told Voice of America in an interview Friday.
"This year it was 100 percent. Every delegation. And it was sad to see, because these people were so disheartened."
Hawaii First to Sue Trump Over New 'Indefensible' Muslim Ban.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in Muslim ban, Muslim community, Trump, world
# Muslim community #Muslim ban, #US - Trump
"The new executive order covers fewer people," but it "suffers from the same constitutional and statutory defects," said a lawyer for the state.
On Tuesday, the state of Hawaii said it will ask a federal judge to block U.S. President Donald Trump's revised Muslim Ban, marking the first official legal challenge of the revised executive order which was released on Monday.
Oppression in the Land of the Free: A Muslim Leader Speaks Out.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in Humanity, IMMIGRANTS., Muslim community, Trump, U.S., world
# Migration#Muslim community, #US - Trump, #World#US
An interview with Hatem Abudayyeh, head of Chicago's Arab American Action Network, on the rising criminalization of Arab and Muslim life in the US.
In September of 2010, American federal agents in Chicago unjustifiably raided the Jefferson Park residence of Hatem Abudayyeh, Executive Director of Arab American Action Network (AAAN), in a time that federal agents were executing search warrants in residences and offices of several people in Chicago and in Minneapolis. Some of many "Muslim hunts" happening since the 9/11 attacks.
The FBI agents took away a computer, video tapes and a cell phone of the Muslim civil rights leader. "They took everything in my home that had the word Palestinian on it," Abudayyeh said. The federal investigation was focused on whether Abudayyeh and the others have funded foreign terrorist organizations. Abudayyeh has never been charged
According to the AAAN leader, a son of Palestinians, the FBI then targeted him merely for having a pro-Palestinian view. "This is a massive escalation of the attacks on people that do Palestine support work in this country and anti-war work," said Abudayyeh at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, three months later as he refused to grant an interview to ABC. "We're not going to stop speaking out against the war. We're not going to stop speaking out against U.S. support of Israel's violations of the Palestinian people."
In this interview, Hatem Abudayyeh speaks out about President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration that bars citizens of Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for the next 90 days, and refugees from around the world for four months. He says: "Trump and the other racists and white supremacists in his government are extremely dangerous, not only to Arabs and Muslims, but also to immigrants in general, black people, workers, women, and all other marginalized and oppressed communities in the US. I believe that Trump wants to truly 'make American white again.'"
US Muslims Raise over $100,000 for Vandalized Jewish Cemetery.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in Migration, Muslim community, U.S., world
# Migration#Muslim community, #US, world
The original goal was set at US$20,000, but the campaign managed to raise five times that amount in a little over a day.
As Muslim Americans are beseeched by Islamophobic attacks, they also managed to help raise more than US$100,000 to repair vandalized headstones at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, according to an online fundraising page, amid attacks and threats against Jewish institutions.
Trump Erases Jews From Holocaust While Banning Muslim Refugees
"Muslim Americans stand in solidarity with the Jewish-American community to condemn this horrific act of desecration," the fundraisers said on their website.
More than 3,600 people donated US$103,257 by Wednesday night. Cemetery staff declined to comment on the fundraising.
Venezuela's VP Attacks 'Absurd and Pathetic' Sanctions in NYT.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in Humanity, LATIN AMERICA, Muslim community, U.S.
#Latin American. #world., #US, #Venezuela
Tareck El Aissami had his U.S. assets frozen by the Treasury last week. He said he has no assets, and the move was justified by baseless claims.
Venezuela's Vice President Tareck El Aissami published an open letter to the U.S. Treasury Department in the New York Times Tuesday, insisting that its decision to freeze his assets is "both absurd and pathetic" because it is based on no evidence, violates international law and shows ignorance of successful drug policy.
Venezuelan Vice President Calls US Sanctions 'Vile Aggression'
The Treasury Department, under the Trump administration, put El Aissami on a sanctions list last week for allegedly aiding drug traffickers and Middle Eastern terrorists, despite El Aissami claiming that Venezuelan crackdowns on drug trafficking during his tenure heading the security corps saw the country witness the "greatest progress in our history and in the western hemisphere" on transnational drug trafficking.
He cited figures, like the significant jump in the tons of drugs seized per year once he led the fight, versus when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was still operating in Venezuela.
'I Am Muslim Too': Solidarity Rallies Back Immigrants Across US.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in IMMIGRANTS., Muslim community
#USA, IMMIGRANTS., Muslim community
People stood in solidarity with Muslims and against Trump's immigration policies.
In the continuing wave of protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, "I am Muslim too" rallies cropped up in cities throughout the weekend in solidarity with Muslims and against Trump's immigration policies.
More than 1,000 people congregated in New York on Sunday in Times Square, and attendees heard from rabbis, imams, Sikh clergymember, a Buddhist, Episcopalian and Presbyterian reverends, a Mennonite, a Seventh Day Adventist minister, a Hindu, a Baptist pastor, local politicians and civil rights advocates.
Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at the rally, saying "we have to dispel the stereotypes" and that the United States is "a country founded to protect all faiths and all beliefs."
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons headlined the event and told the crowd that even while Muslims are being scapegoated, "diversity will prevail."
Cuba to Build Its First Mosque as Muslim Population Grows.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in CUBA, Muslim community
#Religion, CUBA, Muslim community
Since 2015, the country's some 10,000 Muslims have been congregating for prayers in a building space in downtown Havana.
President Donald Trump has vowed to fight the court ruling suspending his controversial travel ban.
Posted by cubainsidetheworld in Muslim ban, Muslim community, world
#USA, Muslim ban
A U.S. appeals court denied late Saturday night a request made by the U.S. Department of Justice to restore President Donald Trump's executive order that bans citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, as well as all refugees, from entering the United States.
Trump Denounces Judge Who Lifted 'Muslim Ban,' Vows Battle
The Justice Department on Saturday filed a formal notice appealing the ruling made by Judge James Robart in Seattle late on Friday.
Judge James Robart's ruling has created a temporary, but uncertain, window where travelers from the seven countries — Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Libya — may be able to enter the country.
Trump's administration responded by saying Judge Robart's decision poses a threat to the public and "second-guesses the president's national security judgment about the quantum of risk posed by the admission of certain classes of (non-citizens) and the best means of minimizing that risk."
https://videosenglish.telesurtv.net/player/641500/trump-fires-acting-attorney-general-over-travel-ban-defiance/
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#USA, Muslim community, world
Diplomats said that Trump's Muslim ban was unconstitutional and stood against U.S. values.

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SF Public Library revives plan to install microchips in books
Joshua Sabatini
More than a decade ago, the San Francisco Public Library unsuccessfully attempted to deploy radio frequency identification tags in books.
Now, head librarian Luis Herrera is trying once again.
Herrera disclosed the renewed effort for RFID during last week's Library Commission hearing and promised to return with more details in the coming weeks.
That means funding for RFID — tiny microchips that exchange data with readers by emitting radio signals — could be included in the library's budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.
The initial cost estimate puts the installation of the new technology at some $7.5 million, spread out over several years. The cost may be a difficult sell at a time when The City is now facing budget deficits, and Mayor Ed Lee has asked city departments to propose 3 percent cuts for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
While the RFID technology proposal was supported by the library back in 2004, the Board of Supervisors rejected it during the annual budget process. At the time, both the American Civil Liberties Union Northern California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation opposed the proposal.
"Since the technology has been used in libraries for over 10 years, procedures for ensuring patron privacy are well-established and have proven effective," Herrera said in a Dec. 12 memo to the commission. "This technology will provide significant benefits to both staff and patrons, helping us meet our goal for service excellence."
But a spokesperson for the ACLU Northern California said in a statement to the San Francisco Examiner on Monday that the organization continues to oppose the technology and urged The City to reject the effort.
"RFID has profound implications for civil liberties in San Francisco, including for immigrants' rights. It's more important than ever that San Francisco safeguard privacy, free speech, and civil liberties for all," Nicole Ozer, technology and civil liberties policy director of the ACLU of California, said in the statement.
EFF spokesperson Rebecca Jeschke told the Examiner on Monday "we do have some concerns about this proposal, but we haven't looked at it as closely as we'd like."
Herrera said in the memo that "the use of a combination of library cards without RFID tags and library items bearing passive RFID tags (with a limited range of under one meter) offer increased circulation efficiency while ensuring patron privacy."
Library spokesperson Katherine Jardine emphasized on Monday that the library has yet to make a formal proposal.
"We have made no commitments or decisions at this point, and we're looking forward to working with ACLU and EFF in addressing any shared concerns," Jardine said.
Bill Kolb, the library's first-floor manager, told the commission last week that "the only information that's encoded on the tag itself is the bar code number" and also a security "theft" bit that can be turned on or off. He said a device would need to be within 30 inches to pick up an RFID tag signal in library materials.
Shellie Cocking, the library's senior manager for collection development, noted last week that comparable libraries have already adopted the technology, including Queens, which was one of the first in 2004, Los Angeles Public Library, Houston Public Library and San Diego Public Library. Other local libraries in Oakland do not, but Berkeley Public Library does, and San Jose Public Library just recently acquired it.
Library officials say it would improve check-out times — all materials could be processed at once, not needing each bar code scanned individually as is currently required — and inventory of the collection would be easier to ascertain by walking around the library shelves and using what is sometimes referred to as the "magic wand," the RFID hand-held reader.
"Currently, if we want to do an inventory of our collection, we have to go out and lay hands on every single book. Pull it out, so you can see that the bar code," Cocking said last week. "It is really time consuming. It has a big impact on staff physically."
Peter Warfield, who heads a group called the Library Users Association, said that "the benefits of RFID from my experience and work on it have been highly overrated."
Melissa Riley, a representative of the Librarians Guild, told the commission, "I am not going to say I am opposed to RFID, but I do think we need to consider both the virtues and the drawbacks from the various angles before we decide to spend money in this budget situation."
Riley added, "The climate of our upcoming federal administration and given various previous encroachments on our privacy it might be something worth thinking about really closely."Politics
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By Dan Grunebaum Data Journalist
Dan Grunebaum Data Journalist
Dan Grunebaum is a data journalist and developer for HealthCare.com and its web properties. Dan has personal experience with surprise medical bills and seeks to bring clarity to the healthcare conversation.
Dan writes for publications including the New York Times and Japan Times.
He has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Religion from Columbia University and a Master of Science in Data Visualization from Parsons School of Design.
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Charles Gaba
In 2013, when neither the government nor the mainstream media provided consistent, reliable reporting of enrollment data for the Affordable Care Act, Charles Gaba launched ACASignups.net as a hobby, using crowdsourcing to track enrollments in real time. He has since expanded his analysis to include the impact of the ACA's Medicaid Expansion, SHOP exchanges, BHP provision, Silver Loading, off-exchange individual market enrollment, annual average premium rate changes and a wide range of healthcare policy/health insurance-related issues.
His work has been cited and used as a resource ever since by media outlets spanning the ideological spectrum including the Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg News, Vox.com, MSNBC, the New Republic, USA Today, the CATO Institute, National Review Online and The New York Times among others, as well as prominent medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.
As of February 2021, 38 states and Washington D.C. had expanded Medicaid
With the goal of increasing access to health insurance, the 2010 Affordable Care Act gave states the option to expand the U.S. government's Medicaid health coverage to more low income people by offering states the required funding. The ACA boosted access by enlarging eligibility to individuals under age 65 in families with incomes below 133% of the federal poverty level (in practice, it actually extends up to 138% FPL).1
Funding for the expansion began in 2014 when major provisions of the ACA came into effect. At the end of 2014, 28 states had opted to expand Medicaid eligibility, while 22 had not. Studies show that an estimated 17 million uninsured people gained health insurance in 2014, mostly via Medicaid expansion.2 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicaid enrollment via ACA expansion specifically has likely increased by more than 25%, from 15 million to 19 million.3
States have each faced a decision about whether to adopt the Medicaid expansion since a 2012 Supreme Court decision. Some states have adopted the Medicaid expansion through legislation, while others have been forced to do so by state ballot measures. By 2021, the number of states expanding Medicaid had grown to 38 plus Washington D.C.
In addition, the Biden Administration's boosted health insurance coverage through the American Rescue Plan, which increased the portion of Medicaid funding paid for by the federal government by an additional 5 percent for two years for any non-expansion state which agrees to expand the program under the ACA.4
"Program History." Medicaid. Accessed February 15, 2021.
Pines, Jesse M., Mark Zocchi, Ali Moghtaderi, Bernard Black, Steven A. Farmer, Greg Hufstetler, Kevin Klauer, and Randy Pilgrim. "Medicaid Expansion in 2014 Did Not Increase Emergency Department Use but Did Change Insurance Payer Mix." Northwestern Scholars. Project Hope, September 14, 2016.
Sprung, Andrew, January 30, 2021: ACA Medicaid expansion enrollment may have grown 25% from February to December 2020
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, February 19, 2021: Health Provisions in House Relief Bill Would Improve Access to Health Coverage During COVID Crisis
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Music of the Austrian convents on the Czech church lofts of the 18. century
Conductor: Vít Aschenbrenner
P. Franz Josef Aumann, CanReg. (1728-1797): Missa in C
Available seats in this workshop:
Soprano: 3 | Alto: 0 | Tenor: 13 | Bass: 12
Vít Aschenbrenner
After graduation from the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University (history, German studies, musicology) he has been working as assistant lecturer in music history and music regionalistics at the Department of Music Culture of the Faculty of Education in Plzeň since 2003. His main field of specialization is, however, music history of South-western Bohemia od the 17th and 18th centuries, with special focus on Klatovy and Plzeň.
Since 1995 he has been organist in St. Ignatius church at Klatovy, in 2014 he was appointed church choirmaster of the Klatovy parish. He studied historical organ and harpsichord playing in the class of R. Hugo (2009-2010), H. Franke (2011) and M. Knoblochová (od 2012). Since 2014 he has been studying conducting in the class of Jiří Štrunc at the Plzeň Music Conservatory. Since 1996 he has been leading the chamber choir Collegium for Sacred Music, that focuses on compositions from regional archives. He also cooperates with the Chamber Orchestra of the Department of Music Culture and has been its leader since 2004. Since 2004 he has also been church choirmaster at Katholische Pfarrei Mariä Himmelfahrt at Bodenmais (D), and since 2010 he has been art director of Niederbayerisches Ärzteorchester at Deggendorf (D).
Since 2007 he has been organizer and dramaturge of the European festival of sacred music "Šumava-Bayerischer Wald". He is chairman of the west-bohemian area of the Czech Choirs Association. Since 2013 he has been cooperating with the project European Culture Capital Plzeň 2015 (baroque line). In 2014 he organized the Czech part of the international music festival Musica Sacra in cooperation with the Munich Kulturstiftung EUROPAMUSICALE. In 2015 he is, among other things, preparing the world premiere of the Oratorio to the Holy Virgin of Klatovy by the composer Pavel Samiec from Plzeň. The world premiere will take place as part of the celebrations of the 330th anniversary of the Klatovy Marian miracle (1685).
Woman in a song
Conductor: Kamila Zenklová
Erti nachvit seminaris (Georgian)
Što j pa moru (Belarusian)
Drak (Irish)
Bröllopsvisa efter Kirsten (Swedish)
Der Glöggaijoder (Austrian)
Vyhorela lipka (Slovak)
A woman is our guide throughout the whole life. She gives us life, teaches us our first steps and words, patiently raises us, treats our wounded knees. Sometimes with a sharper word evaluates our adolescent ideas, but also hugs us when we need it, or comforts our disappointment from our first love. She stands by us when hardship strikes in life, but can be also a gentle etheric being, avoiding grasp as easily as butterfly wings. Tough life can turn a wise counselor with silvery hair into a witch, cursing the whole world.
Different cultures, different values, yet the same stories. This will be our women workshop.
Soprano: 36 | Alto: 23
Kamila Zenklová
After graduating from the Conservatory of Music in Teplice (violin – 1996, and conducting – 1998), she studied choir conducting under prof. L. Mátl (2003) and orchestra conducting under doc. E. Skoták (2006) at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno.
During her studies she was cooperating with various professional and amateur ensembles, e.g. with the Academic Choir of Brno, the Teplice Conservatory orchestra, the Janáček orchestra of the Janáček Academy, the Moravian Plilharmonic Olomouc, and the Brno Philharmonic.
In 1994-2000 she was working with the children's choir CAMELLA in Nový Bor. Since 1999 she has been conducting and regularly performing with the mixed choir VOKÁL Přerov and took golden and silver band places in the international competition Svátky písní Olomouc. In 2002-2004 she was conducting the mixed choir Lumír in Brno. In 2003-2010 she was choirmaster of the children's chamber choir Kolibříci at the J.G.Mendel's Comprehensive School in Brno. Since 1998 she has been teaching violin and singing at various Basic Schools of Performing Arts. Since 2006 she has also been teaching music theory and conducting a big choir at the Conservatory of Music in Brno. Since 1999 she has been choirmaster of a special choir Sebranka, specializing in new methods of teaching singing to adult non-singers.
Her interest in music is realized not only through teaching, but also through active performance. She is member of the countrywide choir Bohemiachor and of several smaller ensembles (violin, singing, piano).
3x Thomas Morley, or How about this way?
Conductor: Kryštof Spirit
Thomas Morley: No, no, Nigella à 5
Robert Lucas Pearsall: No, no, Nigella à 8
Thomas Morley: Now is the month of maying à 5
Kirby Shaw: Now is the month of maying à 4
Thomas Morley: My bonnie lass she smileth à 5
Peter Schickele: My bonnie lass she smelleth à 5
I love to combine old music with modern, contemporary music. At the same time, I hate boredom in music. That's why I chose the three beautiful sprightly madrigals from the English Renaissance composer Thomas Morley, to which we will try to rehearse their modern "covers." The setting by Robert Lucas Pearsall is "brahmsly" romantic, while the song by Kirby Shaw nearly resembles spiritual. And nothing needs to be said about the musical parody by prof. Peter Schickele, the creator of the fictitious forgotten Bach's son P. D. Q. Bach. One needs only to experience it.
Kryštof Spirit
Kryštof Spirit has dedicated his professional life to classical music as a singer, choirmaster, conductor and musicologist. At present, he is the artistic director of the Ensemble Hilaris vocal ensemble, choirmaster of the Musica Oeconomica Pragensis choir at the University of Economics in Prague and editor of the Czech Radio D-dur station. As a conductor he values the most the opportunity to work with Prague Philharmonia (PKF) in a series of concerts and workshops for children, and as a singer his performances in opera projects of the National Theater – e.g. Curlew River by Benjamin Britten and Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi. His other activities include preparation of accompanying texts for concert programs or Czech Radio music programs. He also restores older musical works, arranges music and organizes interesting music projects. He takes pleasure in making music together with people who are good musicians and, especially, good people.
Songs from Catalonia
Conductor: Josep Vila Jover
Josu Elberdin - Segalariak
Josep M. Ruera - Sant Joan
Josep Cumellas Ribó - L'hereu Riera
Josep Vila i Casañas - Laudate Dominum
Javier Busto & Matías Antón Mena - A tu lado
Pablo Casals - O vos Omnes
Do you want to know Catalan folksongs and Catalan composers?
If you like to sing , enjoy and discover new music, this is your atelier.
Soprano: 15 | Alto: 2 | Tenor: 16 | Bass: 17
Josep Vila Jover
Born in Granollers in 1970, he studied choral conducting with Enric Ribó, Conxita Garcia and Christian Grube. Since 1995, he has been the artistic director of the Societat Coral Amics de la Unió, a prestigious choir school in Granollers that has more than six hundred and fifty students and ten active choirs.
In this institution, he conducts VEUS - Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió - formed by 60 white voices between 12 and 18 years old - and the Cor de Cambra de Granollers, a mixed choir of 40 members. Both choirs are resident formations at the Teatre Auditori de Granollers since 2017.
These choirs have performed in the stable seasons of the Palau de la Música Catalana, L'Auditori de Barcelona and the Gran Teatre del Liceu, where he has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Edmon Colomer, Jordi Savall, Lluís Vilamajor, Robert King, Manel Valdivieso, Álvaro Albiach, Pablo González or Rubén Gimeno. He also regularly conducts international concerts and tours, all over Europe and from August 2017 also outside the continent.
He is regularly invited as a conductor to workshops and international choral festivals. Among the last participation we can highlight the EUROTREFF 2017 festival in Wolfenbüttel (Germany), Europa Cantat 2018 in Tallinn (Estonia), where he did a workshop with the Hungarian director József Nemes or the 6th Choir Meeting "El Canto Nos Une" in Colombia the September 2018.
Roots of musicals
Conductor: Zuzana Kadlčíková
Dobře placená procházka - Jiří Suchý, Jiří Šlitr
- Haleluja
Johanka z Arku - Ondřej Soukup, Gabriela Osvaldová & Jiří Hubač
- Veni, creator spiritus,
- Ty jsi ten déšť
West side story - Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
- Tonight
- One hand, One heart
Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
- Poslední večeře
- Psát od prvních řádků
- Hosanna
Hair - Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni & James Rado
- Aquarius
- Hair
- Let the sunshine in
Soprano: 0 | Alto: 0 | Tenor: 0 | Bass: 6
Zuzana Kadlčíková
Zuzana Kadlčíková is one of the distinctive young choirmasters in the Czech Republic. She gained the essential choir experience in the Jitro Children's Choir (Prof. Jiří Skopal) in Hradec Králové. She graduated from the Faculty of Education of the University of Ostrava (music teacher and choirmaster for the Secondary Schools) and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno (choirmaster and conductor). As a conductor she participated in many projects with the JAMU Chamber Opera and finished her studies by the performance of Eugene Onegin by P. I. Tchaikovsky.
She was a member of the Adash ensemble (doc. Tomáš Novotný) and worked as a corepetitor at the opera of the Antonín Dvořák Theater and at the Moravian Theater Olomouc. She received a scholarship at master conductor courses at Internationale Sommerakademie Reichenau in Austria.
As a choirmaster of the children and youth choir at the Brno Philharmonic, Kantiléna, she received the highest prize (Summa Cum Laude) at the choral competition in Neerpelt 2006. She also acted as a choirmaster and artistic director of the mixed choir Virtuosi di Mikulov, with whom she recorded several CDs of the world choral repertoire. She organized the International Choral Festival Kampanila in Mikulov as a dramaturgist.
She was awarded the Junior Choirmaster Award and founded the choir Ensemble Forte in Brno. She is regularly invited to the jury of various choral competitions.
In 2013 she debuted as a conductor at the Brno National Theater with the opera Dream of the Midsummer Night (B. Britten). In 2016–2018, she was the choirmaster of the Ars Brunensis Chorus in Brno, with which she won the 1st Prize at the A. Tučapský Festival (2017). For the last three years she has been working as a corepetitor at Brno City Theater, where she rehearses exclusively the musical repertoire. Since 2018 she has been an assistant to the choirmaster of the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno. She privately teaches singing and improvisation.
Schubidubi Halleluja II.
Conductor: Jan Staněk
Birdland (Josef Zawinul / Jon Hendricks, arr. Jerry Nowak)
Mack the Knife (Kurt Weill / Bert Brecht, Marc Blitzstein, arr. Anita Kerr)
Rock Around the Clock (Max C. Freedman, Jimmy de Knight, arr. Jeff Funk)
Shout Glory! (Byron J. Smith)
The Rhythm of Life (Coleman / Dorothy Fields)
Total praise (Richard Smallwood)
You show me (Nico Schlenker)
Gospels and jazz songs could be similar in form, harmony and even melodies, however they differ significantly.
A gospel should be directed inward, experienced in the soul meditatively, or even ecstatically. It should captivate by its spiritual contents and talk to God or about God. If the Hallelujah is not lived through inwardly while singing, it could be quite pathetic and even annoying…
Jazz songs can be annoying, too. Especially by trivial lyrics, often unsuitable for choirs (imagine 80 singers of both sexes expressing their passion for some "baby"). However, the lyrics in these songs is not the most important part, we often just want to enjoy the syncopation. Therefore, we can simply ignore lyrics and use some "schubidubi" or another nonsensical syllable. It does not really matter.
I hope to sing about God on Saturday in the church and make a show to entertain the audience on Sunday. I would like to follow up on the first version of this workshop and raise the roof like in 2013.
Soprano: 0 | Alto: 0 | Tenor: 10 | Bass: 7
Jan Staněk
Jan Staněk (1952, Praha),
I have fallen for singing very long ago.
Originally informal meetings with friends, wine and guitar gradually gave birth to my first ensemble Kvintus (1981). Later I set up (already intentionally) Bohemiachor (1993),Happy Hours (1991) in Switzerland, Ayangena (1993) in Italy, Spektrum (2003) in Prague, and Hlahol (2010) in Austria as the last one. And this festival in Liberec also happens to be my child a bit.
In the beginning I did not realize what I was starting. I was a singing physicist and guitar player. I certainly did not expect to leave physics because of singing, nor to study choirmaster specialization and make my hobby a beautiful profession. Nor to tour Europe and lead choir workshops.
The wave of my enthusiasm about spirituals has been replaced by a folk song period (I loved especially gypsy folk songs), later I enjoyed 20th century music and recently I have been fascinated mostly by the choir sound itself. By the mystery of joining voices and achieving sound unity! I have been fascinated by overtone singing ever since I have first come across it years ago. Since then I have been trying it in my choirs. Especially with Spektrum we have been discovering the connection of overtone singing with the above mentioned mystery of choir sound recently. It is a great adventure.
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More than £1,000 of food and drink has been donated to foodbanks in Longridge and the Ribble Valley by a nearby construction company.
Grimsargh-based John Turner Construction and its inhouse charity group, TLC, donated £3,343 worth of provisions to The Trussell Trust, one of the UK's leading charities fighting to stop UK hunger, following the success of its festive raffle.
The Trust is the overriding body of the Ribble Valley Foodbank in Longridge and Clitheroe, with collections on Fridays and Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays respectively.
A spokesman from the Longridge and Clitheroe foodbanks were "delighted" at the donation, with around £1,000 of goods were presented to them by the company's charity.
The Trussell Trust operates a network of foodbanks across the UK and gives emergency food and support to people in crisis, where thirteen million people live below the poverty line.
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"It's been an exciting project for us especially working with Kevin from local retailer, Lawrence Hunt & Co.
"The raffle received fantastic support from our supply chain and the prizes consisted of items that everyone wanted to win.
The Trussell Trust revealed that half of all children that needed help from them last summer were of primary age, and a quarter were under five-years-old.


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Alvaro Paes de Barros
Head of YouTube Spaces, Americas
As Head of YouTube Spaces, Americas, Alvaro Paes de Barros handles oversight of all business elements for YouTube's largest studio worldwide. This includes production, education and community activities with the vast and varied creator communities in Los Angeles. He is also responsible for marketing and messaging internally and externally and ensuring the right balance of creators, brands and social events to ignite the local YouTube community, delivering on the Youtube Space motto: "Learn. Connect. Create."
What day-to-day operations have been most impacted at YouTube by COVID-19, and how have you creatively overcome those challenges?
The YouTube Spaces are physical manifestations of YouTube. We manage 3 owned and operate spaces in priority cities (Los Angeles, New York, and Rio de Janeiro), and +25 Pop Up Spaces in secondary markets (temporary and small in scale). Following the government authorities' mandate to shut down all nonessential businesses, and in conjunction with Google's internal crisis response resources, we closed all Spaces and canceled all Space Pop activations.
After investing energy in closing the Spaces and canceling events elegantly and efficiently, we had to make sure that the Spaces teams (more than 50 in the Americas, were safe at home and had the tools to work from home.
Has this new way of life/doing business resulted in any unexpected wins for YouTube Space?
We quickly discussed how to pivot our offering from in-person to virtual. Working with several internal partner teams, which keep a finger on the pulse of our creative community, we launched a range of virtual offerings. These offerings helped us scale our business model (very nonscalable), forced us to be scrappy, and to rethink our reach (region versus language).
YouTube has taken center stage in people's lives during COVID-19. How are people using this platform differently during this time?
The online viewership has increased, and most of the YouTube creators have experienced an increase in watch time and reach.
People are going to YouTube to improve their mood and find uplifting, helpful, and educational content.
Millions view Andrea Bocelli's Easter Sunday Livestream. Artists are using the platform to perform live concerts to their fans from their homes. Late-night shows relay on YouTube to stay connected with their audiences. And DIY channels are helping millions of people to learn new skills.
What is the most interesting YouTube channel that most people don't know about?
My favorite channel these days is John Krasinski's new YouTube channel, which highlights some good news around the world.
Which revenue stream will suffer the most as a result of the COVID-19 crisis?
Ad spending is being impacted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
But YouTube offers tools like Super Chat and channel memberships, as well as a merch shelf integration with Teespring, to diversify creator's monetization options. Product adoption of these alternative monetization tools would grow. It will help them maintain their YouTube business or drive engagement on their channel.
What role do you think YouTube and its content creators have in connecting the world during a crisis like the one we are currently living, and how is that different than business as usual for your content creators?
YouTube gives people a voice and shows it to the world.
YouTube core values comprise of the four freedoms: "freedom of expression, freedom of information, freedom of opportunity, freedom to belong. The pandemic reinforced the importance of these values and will stay with us after it is over.
Do you expect that any changes you've made to your way of doing business due to COVID-19 will remain in your company's normal practices moving forward?
I am - very - curious to see how our virtual offerings will resonate with our users (creators, artists, brands, and key opinion formers). And how these new offerings, combined with modern production technologies (ex: virtual sets) and smaller-scale but impactful in-person experiences, would impact how we do things. But the 'why' we do things remain the same!
What will be the lasting impact of COVID-19 on YouTube — your most optimistic answer and most pessimistic?
My most optimistic view is that it will make us less greedy.
My most negative view is that it will make us more divided and increase the lack of social discourse.
What has COVID-19 made you appreciate?
I appreciate the work of teachers and school staff, and how much of their work did go unnoticed on our busy lives.
How do you navigate the question of when and how to re-open your office?
At the Spaces, we have a decision-making framework, response time, communication, and Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for the controlled closure and opening of YT-Spaces and the rescheduling of Pop-ups based on trigger signals. These trigger signals follow the prevailing government authorities and Google's internal crisis response guidance.
I am not surprised if we have to go back and forth (open and close again) before resuming our operations. Also, I am expecting that it will take time for us to operate in a similar (not equal) level then we used to work. So we will have to adapt a lot, improvise, but more importantly, have a mindset that allows us to learn and evolve.
What effect do you think COVID-19 will have on opportunities for near term college graduates, has it changed your views of this generation? What advice do you have for young people?
It accelerated the changes in how people consume news and entertainment, how we produce content, and how brands reach their customers. It is a fascinating time to work in the media/entertainment industry and participate in these changes. The industry is more democratic than ever. A lot will be disrupted, but a lot of value will be created.


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    handleLogoutDialogConfirm() {
        this.setState({
            showLogoutDialog: false,
        });

        this.props.handleLogout();
    }

    render() {
        const { classes } = this.props;

        return (
            <>
                <MuiDrawer
                    className="qa-Drawer-Drawer"
                    classes={{ paper: classes.drawer }}
                    SlideProps={{ unmountOnExit: true }}
                    variant="persistent"
                    open={this.props.open}
                >

                        <MenuItem
                            className={`qa-Drawer-MenuItem-dashboard ${classes.menuItem}`}
                            onClick={this.props.handleMenuItemClick}
                        >
                            <NavLink
                                className={`qa-Drawer-Link-dashboard ${classes.link}`}
                                activeClassName={classes.activeLink}
                                to="/dashboard"
                            >
                                <Dashboard className={classes.icon} />
                                Dashboard
                            </NavLink>
                        </MenuItem>
                        <MenuItem
                            className={`qa-Drawer-MenuItem-exports ${classes.menuItem}`}
                            onClick={this.props.handleMenuItemClick}
                        >
                            <NavLink
                                className={`qa-Drawer-Link-exports ${classes.link}`}
                                activeClassName={classes.activeLink}
                                to="/exports"
                                href="/exports"
                            >
                                <AVLibraryBooks className={classes.icon} />
                                DataPack Library
                            </NavLink>
                        </MenuItem>
                        <MenuItem
                            className={`qa-Drawer-MenuItem-create ${classes.menuItem}`}
                            onClick={this.props.handleMenuItemClick}
                        >
                            <NavLink
                                className={`qa-Drawer-Link-create ${classes.link}`}
                                activeClassName={classes.activeLink}
                                to="/create"
                                href="/create"
                            >
                                <ContentAddBox className={classes.icon} />
                                Create DataPack
                            </NavLink>
                        </MenuItem>
                        <MenuItem
                            className={`qa-Drawer-MenuItem-groups ${classes.menuItem}`}
                            onClick={this.props.handleMenuItemClick}
                        >
                            <NavLink
                                className={`qa-Drawer-Link-groups ${classes.link}`}
                                activeClassName={classes.activeLink}
                                to="/groups"
                                href="/groups"
                            >
                                <SocialGroup className={classes.icon} />
                                Members and Groups
                            </NavLink>
                        </MenuItem>
                        <MenuItem
                            className={`qa-Drawer-MenuItem-about ${classes.menuItem}`}
                            onClick={this.props.handleMenuItemClick}
                        >
                            <NavLink
                                className={`qa-Drawer-Link-about ${classes.link}`}
                                activeClassName={classes.activeLink}
                                to="/about"
                                href="/about"
                            >
                                <ActionInfoOutline className={classes.icon} />
                                About EventKit
                            </NavLink>
                        </MenuItem>
                        <MenuItem
                            className={`qa-Drawer-MenuItem-account ${classes.menuItem}`}
                            onClick={this.props.handleMenuItemClick}
                        >
                            <NavLink
                                className={`qa-Drawer-Link-account ${classes.link}`}
                                activeClassName={classes.activeLink}
                                to="/account"
                                href="/account"
                            >
                                <SocialPerson className={classes.icon} />
                                Account Settings
                            </NavLink>
                        </MenuItem>
                        <MenuItem
                            className={`qa-Drawer-MenuItem-logout ${classes.menuItem}`}
                        >
                            <NavLink // eslint-disable-line jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid
                                className={`qa-Drawer-Link-logout ${classes.link}`}
                                onClick={this.handleLogoutClick}
                                to="/"
                            >
                                <ActionExitToApp className={classes.icon} />
                                Log Out
                            </NavLink>
                        </MenuItem>

                    {this.props.contactUrl ? (
                        <a
                            className={`qa-Drawer-contact ${classes.contact}`}
                            href={this.props.contactUrl}
                        >
                            <Mail className={classes.icon} />Contact Us

                    ) : null}
                </MuiDrawer>
                <ConfirmDialog
                    show={this.state.showLogoutDialog}
                    title="LOG OUT"
                    confirmLabel="Log Out"
                    isDestructive
                    onCancel={this.handleLogoutDialogCancel}
                    onConfirm={this.handleLogoutDialogConfirm}
                >
                    Are you sure?
                </ConfirmDialog>
            </>
        );
    }
}

export default withTheme(withStyles(jss)(Drawer));

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Downtown Fresno sports new looks and a revival of old
Craig Scharton, interim CEO for the Downtown Fresno Partnership, stands in front of the CityView Apartments at the northwest corner of Van Ness Avenue and Inyo Street. He says the building embodies the future of new buildings in the city's downtown. Photo by David Castellon
published on July 11, 2017 - 12:29 PM
Written by David Castellon
One thing you can say about Downtown Fresno's skyline is that it's far from consistent.
Older buildings, such as the Pacific Southwest Building built in the 1920s — the closest structure the city has to a skyscraper — share the view with buildings that reflect the styles of a hodge-podge of eras.
If you look at a lower elevation to the buildings just a few stories tall or shorter throughout downtown, a new evolution of downtown Fresno architecture becomes apparent.
For Craig Scharton, the CityView Apartments at the northwest corner of Van Ness Avenue and Inyo Street embodies that change.
It replaced a building literally on the verge of collapse, so much so that support beams that kept it erect used to block the sidewalk, said Scharton, interim CEO for the Downtown Fresno Partnership, an association of downtown property owners promoting the area.
CityView, finished in 2015, is only four stories tall, but it's urban-chic design and colors make it stand out in the neighborhood, so much so that it has won design awards.
But form is just part of the appeal, said Scharton, noting, "This was the first building to go through our downtown development code."
That code, which replaced outdated codes for urban construction in Fresno's downtown, actually was approved by the city council last year, but CityView served as a test case in its development, Scharton explained.
For example, the revised code directs new structures to go right up to sidewalks instead of having to be set back by feet or yards, so more of the property can be used.
The city also made it easier to incorporate commercial and residential space in the same buildings, as CityView does, with a health club on the first floor and apartments on the floors above.
It stops short of saying how new buildings should look or what materials should be used, but as Scharton sees it, architects working on the
CityView Apartments and other mixed-use buildings that have been popping up throughout downtown in recent years are doing well at mixing modern urban sensibilities and style in their designs.
"So that's really the goal. You don't ever want to make new buildings appear to be old buildings, because that's just fake and makes everyone cringe," he said. "So what you really want to do is take the best elements of good urban design — which really isn't fake but really doesn't have to say, 'Look at me, look at me,' and grab all the attention."
More changes appear to be on the way, said architect Arthur Dyson, partner in DSJ Architects in Fresno's Tower District, as construction seems to be on the rise downtown.
"I really think the downtown area has a lot of potential. My concern is that the major buildings that seem to have been built over the last several yeas in Fresno have been done by large, out-of-town firms" who don't know this area, its people or its climate, said Dyson.
He said he doesn't want generic designs becoming a staple of downtown, so "Fresno needs to develop its own architectural vocabulary, and I think that could be developed best using local talent."
Dyson said the city is helping by having established building standards specific for urban projects downtown and shucking rules better suited to the suburbs.
"It gives you a little bit more ability to be creative with the work that you do."
What's new in Downtown Fresno's architectural scene doesn't involve just new buildings.
Developers and architects are taking on older buildings and finding success in updating and repurposing them.
A prime example of this is Warehouse Row, a seven-year-long commercial development on P Street between Mono and Inyo streets where a series of series of old warehouse and industrial buildings were renovated into modern office space.
"The exteriors of the site were historic, but not the interiors," said Ian Robertson, principal and president of iT Architecture of Fresno and the architect of record on the Warehouse Row project.
Under city codes, the exterior of three of the historic buildings had to be restored using bricks, plaster forms, stonework, etc. comparable to those used when they were built in the early 1900s.
The old carriage house for the former ice plant wasn't in good enough shape to preserve, and had to be torn down. But city building code prohibits making a new building look like an historic building, forcing Robertson to design a modern-style building between the historic ones.
"It would visually have to look completely different. It's unusual, but that's the way it is," said
Robertson, adding that he believes his design worked.
Some of the most visible work on building renovations has involved Bitwise Industries, a technology and business education program that has expanded to housing startup tech businesses in Downtown Fresno.
It started when the company spent approximately $7 million to convert the more than 100-year-old former Phelan Garage building at the corner of Van Ness and Mono Street, doing little on the outside beyond changing out old windows and doors and erecting the large Bitwise South Stadium sign on the roof.
The bigger renovations occurred inside, including installation of new wiring to make the building more technology friendly, the construction of office space and a new interior design.
Bitwise has since renovated another downtown building for its use, The Hashtag, and plans are underway to convert a pair of older downtown buildings, with plans to announce planned renovations to a third, said William Dyck, owner of Summa Development Group in Fresno and the master developer for Bitwise.
"When we're talking exterior architecture, there has been a renaissance," Dyck said about downtown, a reversal from the movement 50 years ago in Fresno and other cities to cover up older architecture from previous eras.
Some of the best examples occurred along the Fulton Mall, where windows and arches around and above stores were covered up with metal or flat walls to offer what was regarded in the 1960s as a "modern" look.
"It was the age of going to the moon and the Jetsons and Tomorrowland, and so they felt left behind and they wanted to keep up with modern shopping centers, so they covered up their oldness," said Scharton as he walked down the Fulton Mall pointing out sections of flat walls above storefronts that hide ornate windows and brickwork.
At the former Gottschalks department store downtown — now an indoor swap meet — he pointed out the arch of the building and windows that can vaguely be seen through plastic windows built over them.
While the six-block mall is undergoing a major renovation to its streets and sidewalks, it's up to the owners of buildings there to decide if they want to incur the costs of removing those facades to reveal the architecture hidden away for decades.
"Now we know one of the things that make downtown special is this historic character, and cities all over the country, they've pulled off these fake storefronts," Scharton said.
He said a $7,500 grant is being divided between seven downtown businesses to remove their facades. While that's not much, he said, grants are being sought to help more downtown buildings be restored to the way they once looked.
Scharton added that the city is waiving or reducing some fees for such projects.
"We'll do it as we can, but as new property owners come in, they're going to see the value of having beautiful buildings and storefronts, and that will attract better tenants, and those tenant will attract more customers downtown," Scharton said.
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Forget accidentally falling asleep on the night bus and waking up in the middle of nowhere, with bleary eyes and a disgruntled driver poking you awake, because there's a new mode of late-night transport coming our way, and it's literally designed for snoozing.
Yep, Simba - the high tech sleep brand - have announced the SNOOZELINER - shuttle buses that are essentially moving hotels, to get you home even while you're pushing out some serious zzzzzzz's.
The double-decker coaches, which will eventually operate on 8 routes across London, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham from Autumn 2018, feature 14 futuristic pods, fitted with a luxury Simba hybrid mattress, duvet, pillow, silk eye mask and noise cancelling headphones.
There's also valuables storage (important), a USB charger (important), a WC (VERY important), and a choice of soothing scent infusions recognized by aromatherapists for their sleep-inducing or hangover-busting properties (less important) (but very fancy).
You won't have to worry about missing your stop either, because a nifty little system allows passengers to type in their destination, and have stewards wake them up before arrival.
So essentially it's the muggle version of the Knight Bus, yes?
'New research shows we doze off on public transport 27 times a year and are at our most sleep deprived in December', says James Cox, Simba CEO.
'For workers and party-goers alike – the prospect of walking straight into your bed as soon as you've finished is the dream, but for many it can involve a lengthy commute home when you're shattered or a bit worse for wear.
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Frank Louis MacCormack (born September 21, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers () and Seattle Mariners ().

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, MacCormack was raised in Secaucus, New Jersey and played prep baseball at Weehawken High School, graduating in 1971.

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It's not a Stutz, but another great American marque resurrected during the Malaise era: Packard. OK, so it's not really a Packard. Underneath it's just an '85 Buick Riviera that's obviously been stretched...a lot. That white Cadillac Eldorado you see in the background felt like a Civic Coupe next to this thing. Just look at it sitting there; you can actually see the curvature of the Earth relative to it! What's better, this wasn't just a crazed one-off creation: There's a second one that's identical! In fact, there were a bunch of these neo-Packards made, starting back in the late '70s. The guy responsible was a coachbuilder in Ohio named Budd Bayliff, who apparently liked the style of the contemporary Stutz cars but wanted to recreate that look with fewer modifications. Up close, it's blatantly obvioius that much of what made this a "Packard" was a conglomeration of chromed plastic emblems. Nonetheless, if a new Malaise era means we get death wagons like this, we're all for it.
Are We Entering A New Malaise Era?


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Early embryo changes shape with its first hug
In research published in Nature Cell Biology, scientists from the EMBL Australia research team based at Monash University's Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) have revealed new insights into how cells organise and form an early mammalian embryo.
In an early mammalian embryo, just 8-cells large, the roundish cells do something they had never done before - something that would determine whether the embryo survived or failed. They change their shape. The cells become elongated and compacted against each other, before returning to their rounded shape and dividing again and again.
When compaction does not occur, embryos tend not to survive. And the timing of compaction has been linked to success in IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatments. But how did these young, seemingly featureless cells undertake this vital shaping process?
Researchers Dr Nicolas Plachta, Dr Juan Carlos Fierro-González and Dr Melanie White have found a new mechanism controlling the process. The team used live imaging technology and microinjected fluorescent markers to capture the action in vivid images and video.
"Our images reveal arm-like structures called filopodia appearing on the outer membrane of some cells during the 8-cell stage, and it is these filopodia that are responsible for contorting cell shape, and forming the embryo's first tissue-like layers," Dr Fierro-González said.
"For the first time, we have been able to watch as filopodia reach out and grab neighbouring cells, pulling them closer and elongating the cell membranes. We think that this enables the cells to effectively compact, as their new non-rounded shape makes the most of the available space."
But the role of filopodia was made clearer upon seeing what happened next.
"We then saw the filopodia retract as they released their grip on neighbouring cells, allowing them to return to a somewhat rounded shape before they continued on their journey of cell division," Dr Fierro-González said.
Dr Plachta and his team observed that cell division never occurred while filopodia were extended over the cells, but only once the filopodia had retracted. These observations have lead the researchers to believe that the filopodia provide the necessary surface tension to allow the cells to undergo expansion and compaction.
"Our findings reveal a completely unanticipated mechanism regulating the earliest stages of embryo development, and we can apply that knowledge to human IVF treatments," Dr Plachta, Leader of the Plachta Group, said.
Dr Plachta and his team are pioneering live imaging techniques to watch mouse embryos developing in real-time. And they are already working in partnership with the Monash School of Engineering to improve implantation success rates for human embryos.
"Now that we know what controls early development, we are designing non-invasive imaging approaches to see if human embryos used in IVF form normal filopodia and undergo normal compaction. This could help us choose which embryos should or shouldn't be implanted back in the uterus," Dr Plachta said.