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Zambia to host the 1st Africa Forum on Private Sector Inclusive Green Growth and Job Creation
Employment, Labour and Commerce ministers from Finland and Zambia together with over 120 policy makers and implementers, chief executive officers, senior managers and officials from private, public and civil society entities, employer and worker organisations, entrepreneurs, creative thinkers, innovators, academics and researchers from different countries from more than 25 countries in Africa and elsewhere will from September 6 - 8, 2017 gather at Avani Hotel in Livingstone to discuss policy and actions for promoting inclusive green growth and the creation of decent green jobs.
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High on the agenda will be innovative/sustainable approaches for the promotion of private sector led inclusive green growth strategies that result in more and better jobs for the youth.
For the business community, sustainability is more than mere window-dressing. By adopting sustainable practices, companies can gain competitive edge, increase their market share, and boost shareholder value. What's more, the growing demand for 'green' products has created major new markets in which sharp-eyed eco-entrepreneurs are reaping rewards.
The Africa Forum will promote business linkages and illuminate shared value models that businesses can adopt, and specific approaches and partnerships that they can use, to turn the principles of sustainable development into a competitive advantage for inclusive green growth and the creation of green decent jobs.
The high level event, which is jointly organised by the Finnish funded ILO Led Zambia Green Jobs Programme, Government of Zambia, Government of Finland, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Partnership for Green Economy (PAGE) and SWITCH Africa Green, will serve as a platform for sharing lessons and best practices, and showcasing innovative solutions to developing markets for green growth and job creation through private sector development.
The Africa Forum is in line with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goal number eight on "promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all." It falls under the ILO's Green Centenary Initiative which marks ILO's 100 years in promoting social justice and decent work. It also marks Finland's 100 year celebrations and international development support. Minister of Employment of Finland Mr. Jari Lindstrom and his Zambian counterparts will plant a tree marking Finland 100 celebration and its continued development assistance promoting greener growth in Zambia.
The event will be officially opened by the Zambian Minister of Labour and Social Security Honourable Joyce Nonde Namukoko. It will be graced by Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry Honourable Margaret Mwanakatwe and Minister of Employment of Finland Mr. Jari Lindstrom. Other eminent participants that will be present at the event include Permanent Secretary Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry; Labour Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Permanent Secretary of the Finland Ministry of Employment Mr. Jari Gustafsson, Finnish Ambassador to Zambia Mr. Timo Olkkonen, International Labour Organisation Director for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique Mr. Alexio Musindo and many others.
Among the key highlights of the Africa Forum is the high level signing ceremony for the SPIREWORK Social Protection Programme with the Minister of Labour and Social Security, National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and the Minister of Employment of Finland.
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Once upon a time, there was a slime.
"Some real astute observers in the cave unit, several years ago, observed something growing on the fiberglass," recalled Kartchner Cave Unit ranger Heidi Lauchstedt.
The fiberglass, which is painted and molded to look like rock, hides wires and pipes to keep Kartchner Cavern's caves looking natural. But there was nothing natural about this ooze. Eventually, someone made the obvious suggestion.
"And we don't know what it is, so why don't we contact the University of Arizona Microbiology Department?" she said.
Enter research professor Julie Neilson and then-graduate student Luisa Ikner, both of the University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science. They eventually concluded that the goo growing in the cave near Benson was generated by microbes living on carbon in the paint.
"This is one of the fascinating things about the cave — it's such a carbon-starved system that organism — anything that's going to live has to find a food source," said Neilson.
In other words, when your nutrient options amount to bat guano or the thin gruel of desert drip water, you take whatever carbon you can get.
"Microbes are amazingly resourceful. They will figure out a way to live anywhere on this planet — and probably anywhere on any planet," Neilson said.
The microbial research joined a steady drip of science that has echoed through Kartchner's limestone caverns almost since their discovery.
When co-discovers Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts found the blowhole entrance to the caverns in 1974 — beneath Kartchner Ranch, in the foothills of the Whetstone Mountains near Benson — they did something extraordinary: They kept it a secret.
For years, they hid their caving activity, referred to the cave only by the code name "Xanadu," and worked with government and park officials to keep it under wraps until the deal was sealed.
When they could no longer shield the caves through secrecy — resorting to everything from aliases to blindfolds — they sought out science to help protect Kartchner Caverns post-development. In fact, the caves' first environmental monitoring stations were theirs.
"We have taken over that dataset and still use the same monitoring stations — the old PVC stands with the old cookie sheets and all that," said Lauchstedt.
As for Neilson and her colleagues, they soon spotted another disruptive food source: tourists.
VIEW LARGER A Kartchner ranger directs Cave Fest attendees.
"We are constantly shedding skin cells, hair cells and lint off our clothing. And we were able to see that the microbes that grow along the trail tend to be microbes that can take advantage of those kind of ready supplies of carbon," said Neilson.
In response, the park installed misters to tamp down lint, hair and skin as visitors enter the cavern. They're but one of several research-inspired safeguards, including the airlock doors that keep the caves' humidity near 99 percent.
"We go through in the morning time and fog the place, and take handheld foggers in there, and that adds to the humidity as well," said Jake McCoy, park manager.
McCoy said that rangers wash down the handrails and floor every night, and clean oils left behind by errant hands. Troughs gather dirt and water; sump pumps pull it out. Tours are limited in number and confined to marked paths.
"Probably only about 20 percent of the cave's ever been walked on," said McCoy.
Even so, preserving the cave is an iterative process, one that often requires scientific investigation.
Beyond microbes and fungi, experts have found a growing number of cave-adapted insects in this humid grotto — 98 so far, according to UA research associate Bob Pape. Wendy Moore, curator of the UA Insect Collection, which houses Pape's finds, said 16 of them are new to science.
VIEW LARGER A tour group prepares to enter Kartchner Caverns.
Kartchner conducts its own research as well, including drip studies and a planned baseline study to track the effects of replacing incandescent bulbs with cooler, more energy-efficient LEDS.
"And then be able to tell whether the LEDs are doing what they're supposed to do, in terms of cutting back on fungi and algae, and bacteria, or not," said Arizona State Parks research and science manager Bob Casavant.
Cave Unit rangers like Lauchstedt also keep counts of the cave myotis (Myotis velifer) bats that famously use Kartchner's Big Room as a summer maternity roost.
"We are in the sinkhole, and we have counters, and we sit in a lawn chair and, as they come out, we use clickers," said Lauchstedt.
Such counts paint only a partial picture, however, so Joel Diamond — a bat expert at the Arizona Game & Fish Department — added acoustic sensors, which detect bats' echolocation calls. He said he also helps staff and volunteers analyze data.
"It's really just support. They're doing all the real work — we're just coming in and helping them make sense of the numbers," said Diamond.
Science is essential to stewardship. But parks help scientists, too: They provide distributed, managed spaces for monitoring groundwater, preserving dark skies or providing habitat for migrating monarch butterflies — all activities currently underway at Kartchner.
Today, according to Casavant, state parks support 80-100 research projects statewide.
"To me, citizen science is the way to go in the future," said Casavant.
Kartchner has always been lucky on that count.
"We've traditionally had a high number of volunteers at the park. As I remember, from the very beginning — even when I got here, in '99 — we had at least a dozen or so volunteers, and we weren't even open to the public," recalled park ranger Joe Caput, who has been with Kartchner since before it opened to the public in 1999.
Carrying on such work under post-recession cutbacks that seem likely to continue sounds daunting. But, in a limestone cathedral carved out and built up by water, a century per inch, nothing feels impossible for long.


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Suppose $0<d<1+r<u$ for a fixed $r$, $d$, and $u$. Let $\tilde{p} =
\frac{(1+r)-d}{u-d}$ and let $\tilde{q} = \frac{u-(1+r)}{u-d}$.
  Suppose $0<p_1<1$, $0<q_1<1$, and $p_1 + q_1 = 1$. Further, $p_1 \ne
 \tilde{p}$. Let $r_1 = p_1u + q_1d -1$
Show that $0<d<1+r_1<u$

A: Hint: Rewrite the expression $r_1 = p_1u + q_1d -1$ as $1+r_1 = d + p_1 (u-d)$. From there it should be trivial. The expression $p_1u+q_1d$ with $p_1+q_1=1$ and $0<p_1<1$ is also known as a convex combination.

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Miami's Batch Gastropub and Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ Headed to Delray Marketplace
Nicole Danna
Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ will open its third location in Delray Beach's Delray Marketplace this October.
Courtesy of Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ
Nicole Danna | September 22, 2016 | 8:00am
Miami's Batch Gastropub and Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ are headed for the Delray Marketplace. The 260,092-square-foot outdoor mall has more than 30 tenants, including Frank Theatres CineBowl & Grille, Apeiro, Burt & Max's, and Cabo Flats.
Batch Gastropub opened its first location in 2013 in Miami's Brickell neighborhood. The establishment offers cooked-from-scratch, American-style cuisine and craft cocktails in a sports bar setting.
Danilo investigated over 20 locations over the last 18 months to find the perfect space for his concept's second location while also exploring regional options to expand Batch statewide over the next five years.
The concept is designed to appeal to casual diners looking for high-quality food paired with a cutting-edge mixology program, one where everything from syrups, bitters, and tonics to sodas, juices, and brandied cherries are prepared in house. By integrating its own "batching" system featuring barre- aged cocktails and house-infused liquors and libations on tap, guests are able to taste a variety of unique craft cocktails at approachable price points.
Batch Gastropub offers a cutting-edge mixology program in a sports bar setting.
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Batch will also feature 16 beers on tap and a host of bottle options, mostly consisting of Florida and other American craft beers, as well as a wide variety of new world wines. Additionally, Batch will feature live music, has all sports programming packages, shows UFC fights without cover, and is partnered with the Gator Club of Miami as the official viewing location for all UF football games.
"The Miami concept has been a great success," Danilo says. "We're very excited to take what we've accomplished in Miami and bring it to another city in South Florida. West Delray Beach is an incredible area that has been starving for a fun casual dining concept."
Also new to the Delray Marketplace plaza this October: Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ.
The Palm Beach County-based chain opened its first location in 1996 at the Regency Court Shopping Plaza in Boca Raton, followed by a second location in 2001 off Federal Highway in Boynton Beach. The restaurant is easily recognizable by its classic Americana décor, which creates a casual dining experience with a good dose of nostalgia.
The concept is best known for its two signature dishes, Bad to the Bone baby back and St. Louis-style ribs, but the menu boasts a large number of barbecue specialties, from pulled pork and chopped beef brisket to rotisserie chicken and chargrilled burgers.
Lucille's Delray Beach will be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, with featured daily specials. It begins with lunch, served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Saturday, with dishes like grilled or pulled chicken sandwiches and fried fish fingers, each served with one side for $7.99. An early bird menu is available from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday (or all day Sunday) where you can order everything from a half-rack of ribs to a heaping beef brisket or blackened shrimp platter for $14.99.
Nicole Danna is a food writer covering Broward and Palm Beach counties. To get the latest in food and drink news in South Florida, follow her @SoFloNicole or find her latest food pics on the BPB New Times Food & Drink Instagram.
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Post subject: Burnt rotors, so which pads now???
This is a picture of my DBA slotted rotors. They shudder violently under heavy braking from high speeds. There is no shudder at low speeds.
The Pads are Bendix General CTs which Bevics recommended to me. Thanks a lot!
Now reading online I have the worst combination of rotor/pads fr my BA.
I think I can still get another machining out of these rotors. So just wondering which pads to buy.
As reading the other posts everyone's got a different idea.
Greenstuffs are a good pad. You don't want anything too hard to chew up/warp the rotors. I prefer changing pads more often..
So DBA rotors and Bendix pads are not a good combo?
DBA and Bendix Ultimate are a good combo (on the EL anyway). Bendix Ultimate may have braking squeals at slow speeds and eat the disc faster...but you can stop better .
What you are seeing here is friction material deposits. The dark spots on the back of the slots you can see is excessive pad material buildup which causes a high spot on the rotor. As the pad passes over this high spot it will 'pickup' and release in the low just past the buildup. This will create a 'grab-release' type effect, hence the shudder.
Friction material deposits are most common in cars that run either a slotted or cross-drilled rotor and a general everyday pad such as the GCT that has been fitted here. To combat this we suggest running a high spec pad ie. a Bendix Heavy Duty (HD) or equivalent in another manufactuer of pad. The compound of the friction material is slightly different and uses less bonding resin to hold the compound together.
Now as for what to do with these rotors, just changing pads won't solve it. Depending on how close to min. thickness the rotors are you may be able to have them lightly skimmed to clean up the friction faces.
Hi Steve... Good to have you here. I've read alot of your stuff on AFF, and its always a great read. So yeah, excellent to see you've made your way here.
So just wondering which pads to buy.
Contact Race Brakes in Yarraville. I'm pretty sure they have their RB24 compound in standard B-series pads now. Excellent pad. Low dust, very grippy, doesnt eat discs and is pretty reasonably priced.
In my case, Brembo's aside, Phong can give you a good indication of how well they work when pushed.
There's a lot of nice rural straights in Skye. beautiful field of view for late braking when you're approaching intersections at speed.
I don't agree with the other bloke about the green stuff. they are not that great. the problem I find with them is the amount of black dusty slit it leaves on the mags. I think they are design for long trips where you use less braking.
Mind f**k!!! it works on feeble minded ignorant sheeples... there's plenty of em on this site... some are very intelligent but by god they are so thick!!!
Another mob to look at is "project mu"
I have used lots of pad rotor combos and ive found that Bendix Heavy Duty pads and EBC Greenstuff are about the best around. EBC being the better choice for performance, but if your an insane driver try EBC Yellow stuff.
To be honest, my rotors warp every 2-3 months, and i just get the front rotors skimmed for 30 bux at ABS Brakes and re-use the old pads. I have a spare set sitting there waiting for when they warp and just swap them over when they get too bad, then get the old ones skimmed and the cycle begins again. I wasted thousands on my AU trying to find a brake combo that would cause no warp til i gave up and now i do this method. Its saved me god knows how much. Its just Ford Falcons for ya mate.
Or have a good read on AFF on Steve and Dazzler's post regarding bushes, rotors and warp/shudder on B-series.
If you're a hard driver you're better off upgrading. you're worse off replacing pads and getting the rotors machined every 2 to 3 months if you have been doing the same thing over and over again for the duration of owning the car. it's silly and it's a waste of money!
If you need anymore info on rotor install check out our 4 part series.


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Mercedes-Benz EQC 2021 long-term review
Our new luxury EV got us there in style – so long as we don't forget to charge it
Why we ran it: The EQC won our EV SUV mega-test 12 months ago, but was it an Audi, Jaguar and Tesla beater in everyday life?
Month 6 - Month 5 - Month 4 - Month 3 - Month 2 - Month 1 - Prices and specs
Life with a Mercedes-Benz EQC: Month 6
Did Benz hit the ground running with the first of its EQ family? Here's our verdict - 19 May 2021
The Mercedes-Benz EQC's Autocar journey started with an extremely complimentary review; moved on to a group test win against the obvious rivals from Audi, Jaguar and Tesla; and then – six months and a host of updates from the opposition later – retained its crown when put under the microscope again, this time on video, by our expert road test team.
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In the midst of this winning streak, along came KV20 YCE, on paper an electric GLC carrying a near-£75,000 price tag but in reality so much more. I remember its arrival well, because the sun was shining and lockdown was easing. My teenage son had some friends over for a game of cricket, and even this hard-to- impress audience stood and nodded approvingly,drawninbythestoryof electrification and left gawping by the giant wheels, oversized Mercedes badge and shimmering paint work.
What those comparison tests revealed was that the EQC was the best all-rounder in its class, delivering a balance of comfort, capability and – crucially – range that the opposition could pick off in isolation but not in totality. Expressed in negative terms, the Audi is marginally plusher, the Jaguar better to drive and the Tesla boosted immeasurably by its range and access to a charging infrastructure you can rely on. All three, however, have weaknesses that undermine their overall packages. The Mercedes has none.
What this longer-term test (supposedly daily, although Tier 4 and National Lockdown 2 put paid to some of that ambition) layered on top of those winning verdicts was a very real sense of just how special the EQC is.
While you can perhaps assume that a family-sized SUV engineered by an established premium brand will have a decent baseline of capability, what you may not get a sense of immediately through snapshot reviews is the almost intangible sense of feeling good that comes with this car. You might argue that at this price it should deliver something extra. I can assure you that this isn't always the case.
Mercedes' first proper electric car hits a competitive mark dynamically and might exceed rivals for comfort and refinement. Big appeal for the eco-conscious and tech-savvy; maybe a touch less for the interested driver
It took a few weeks for it to sink in, but the realisation clicked when I walked out the door to do the school run, a five-mile-each-way run on sometimes busy roads, one afternoon. As I hurried towards the Mercedes, late again, it dawned on me: I was relishing the opportunity to climb into its luxurious embrace, to glide, gently and silently along, and to just unwind a bit. On those terms, think of the EQC less as an expensive family SUV and more as a cut-price luxury car. It's that special.
Now, you might argue that circumstances played a part in my emotions; we've all been through the mental mill these past months. But it was notable that the warm, fuzzy feeling never diminished and is still going strong as I wave a teary farewell. The combination of the best of electric travel, packaged in an alluring bodystyle and filled with clever tech and luxurious f lourishes, was good for my soul.
I discovered – to my surprise, given the paucity of EQCs on the south-west London roads I frequent, yet which seem to carry a disproportionately high number of electric cars – a range of EQC-owning Autocar readers, living everywhere from the tip of Scotland to the edges of the south coast, who had pledged their money and wrote to tell me how delighted they were.
Inevitably, though, it wasn't all joy and sunshine. It would be remiss of me not to mention that the vast majority of my travels were short hops, constricted under the circumstances and rarely causing me to pause for thought on range.
However, there were occasional alarm bells, such as the 20-mile winter's day run on roads with a top speed of 50mph (so well within the most efficient parameters) that used up more than 70 miles of indicated range, due to our plentiful use of the heated seats and heater systems. Or the 150-mile round trip on a wet and windy day for fish and chips on the Sussex coast (yes, we were desperate for a day out) when the headwind on the way down meant that, despite leaving with 220 miles of range, we restricted ourselves to 60mph just to make sure we could get home without having to stop and go for a quick electron top-up.
As always, it's down to fitness of purpose for your needs, but I'd suggest the 250-ish real-world miles offered by the Kia e-Niro or Hyundai Kona Electric for nigh-on half the price add a disproportionate amount of extra capability.
There was reader criticism, too, that a 2.5-tonne SUV could ever be considered environmentally worthy. It's a moot point that needs grappling with in a world that wants to get people into electric cars. To me, it seems obvious that doing so by selling the drivetrain in the most popular – and naturally fitting, given the battery in the floorpan – bodystyle will fast-track adoption, but to the not-so-friendly reader calling me names on social media, whose underlying point was valid, it was the wrong approach. It's an interesting debate.
There's just one more caveat. Best of its breed the EQC may be, but even then it's a moot point as to how far the car moves the game on – something the soon-to-launch EQS saloon rather lays bare. Buy it confident in the knowledge that you're getting a good car, but don't lose sight of the fact that it's just a taster of what the journey to electrification will offer.
It's a great all-rounder, but there will in short order surely also be much better.
I initially judged the EQC on its awkward design and surprisingly cosy cabin, but it won me over with its capacity to blend class-leading refinement with impressive efficiency and manoeuvrability. Above all, the EQC gives serious reason to be excited about the lower-slung EQS.
Felix Page
Love it:
Stylish air vents It's daft, but I love the copper- coloured design – a nod to electric circuits and the car's powertrain.
Voice control Praise be, one that works. Talking to a car might never feel natural, but it helps if you only have to do it once.
Digital display I'm no fan of vast touchscreens, but the EQC's is visually impressive and mostly easy to navigate.
Loathe it:
Metallic side sills They look good until the countryside attached to your clothes rubs against them.
Eerie silence Pedestrians seem to be unusually unaware of when the EQC is passing, which can make town driving tense.
Final mileage: 3756
That crunching feeling - 12 May 2021
Is there a worse feeling than scraping a wheel? The EQC's intricate, eye- catching design stood in all its glory until recently, when a tight parking manoeuvre required climbing and then dropping off a kerb. The alloys are actually quite well protected by the tyre, but not this time. Ugh. It's unlikely to be fixable, meaning a £400-plus bill for a replacement.
Back on the road - 28 April 2021
Finally! Lockdown has eased again, so our EQC has had a proper chance to stretch its legs on the motorway network. It's largely as you would expect of an electric luxury car: cosseting, quiet and hugely capable. Occasionally its weight causes the ride to crash on ruts or ripples, and some wind noise comes off the door mirrors. But overall, it's among the most relaxing cruisers on sale.
No real loss of space - 24 March 2021
The electric EQC is based heavily on the conventionally powered GLC but, due to its slightly more sloping roofline, is in theory slightly less practical. However, six months in, and with two tall pre-teen/teenaged kids, I've yet to encounter a journey on which it can't carry us and all we have in total comfort. Frankly, it makes me wonder why anyone needs anything bigger.
Another group test, another win for this all-rounder. And yet… - 10 March 2021
The Mercedes EQC has had a pretty good time of it at the hands of Autocar's expert testers, from winning a group test against the Audi E-tron, Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla Model X when they first got their hands on it in 2019, through to more recently being crowned 'the best luxury EV' when it was put through its paces in a video special that pitted this very car against the latest iterations of the E-tron and I-Pace just a few weeks ago.
What stands out is that the Mercedes keeps scooping these accolades as much for its all-round ability as any exceptional features. In so many ways, it is a conservative take on what a cutting-edge electric car could be, yet the end result is so rounded and so well resolved that – if you can forgive the Strictly Come Dancing analogy – the judges end up scoring it accomplished eights across the board, whereas other rivals pick up nines in some areas (the I-Pace for handling, for instance) but slip back with sixes and sevens elsewhere.
But what really struck me in James Disdale's video was his summary that the EQC is the closest thing to an electric S-Class there is – at least for now, with the actual EQS having now been revealed but not yet on sale. It's high praise indeed, the S-Class having sat at the top of luxury car estimations for as long as my memory can extend, and it's an entirely apt description in my view, after thousands of miles in the EQC, because the biggest impression this car makes is not how striking it looks, or how well it handles, but rather the overwhelming sense of calm that it bestows upon occupants.
It achieves that almost subliminally, and if you were to judge it in isolation, I fear there would be a risk that you might even miss it, so conventional is the shape, layout and other tech, and so unassuming is it to drive, the electric motor coupling with suspension settings that seem determined to prioritise wafting along, and achieving it over all but the sharpest of ruts or potholes. It is, after all, based heavily on the entirely conventional GLC, modifications such as the lit-up grille and sweeping dash screen nodding towards its electric powertrain but struggling to ape the wow factor of the bespoke E-tron, I-Pace and Model X.
But it also highlights that the development of EVs has some way to go. Perhaps we've been spoiled, but – controversy alert – I'd argue there are more combustion-engined cars out there that are exceptional than battery-powered ones. Given fuel-burning cars have had 130-or-so years of development, that shouldn't be a shock (and there's a neat debate to be had over when the peak was for them).
However, much though I love the EQC, and especially love driving it, I believe its string of eight-out-of-tens highlights how far EVs must travel before they pique desirability as universally as the very finest cars in history have achieved. Today, what's important is that the journey has begun, and that the EQC is very much the best of this breed.
I would recommend its qualities in a heartbeat. But over a very short period of time, I also think we'll come to expect even more.
Nobody does it better It's the best of its kind, as repeated group tests keep highlighting.
Grime and punishment Those chrome sideboards gather a lot of muck that then transfers to my trousers.
The best part of EV ownership? - 17 February 2020
A lot is written on the inconvenience of public charging but not enough on the ease of driving home, plugging in, going to bed and waking up with a full 'tank'. It's six months since I've visited a fuel station, and I haven't missed the time loss or mucky hands one bit. There are pros and cons to EVs, but if you're lucky enough to have a drive, this is a definite plus.
Feeling toasty comes at a hefty price, even if you can charge for free - 10 February 2021
Yes, it has been cold lately, with frost a regular fixture and the occasional flurry of snow paralysing the roads even in these locked-down times.
No big deal, you might think; it happens every year. But for an EV driver, the cold really is the enemy. This latest scenario has been fascinating for noting the impact that it has had on the EQC's range. In the simplest terms, the answer appears to be the immediate loss of 25 miles of predicted range, or around 15% of the battery's charge when it's above about 10deg C.
In my experience, that's actually an impressive result for the EQC in comparison to other EVs, with the average loss I've noted across a variety of cars being 15-25%. It has been significant enough in all cases for us to highlight this potential scenario to would-be buyers.
But perhaps more notable was the ongoing impact of the cold on range from thereon. 'Need' and 'nice to do' are very different, of course, and it's true that I could have used my hands and worn more clothes, but in this £70,000 premium car it seemed foolish not to use the electric systems to defrost the screens, warm the cabin and waft heat at my backside.
The smart idea – which almost all EVs are capable of – is to do all this before you even get to the car, while it is still plugged in and can sup on the mains to top itself up. I've done this many times with the EQC and it works well (it can even be done via an app on your phone). However, on this occasion – good man that I am – with the slippery ice forming, I had left the driveway to my petrol- driving wife and was up on the kerb away from home.
In a petrol or diesel car, you give almost no thought to the energy you are burning to create the energy to warm you or your car up, but in the EQC, it's quite a stark reminder that your actions have consequences, the depleting range on icy trips equating to around two for every mile actually covered. At one point – and I need to research this more – I seriously wondered if I was using more power running the heaters than powering the car.
That was a worst-case situation – a short trip with everything on maximum – but it does add another thing to the checklist for any would-be EV buyer.
Interior The EQC's interior always makes you feel special. It's well built, comfortable and full of storage space, and it has just-so seats.
Kickplates The chrome kickplates on the side look great, but in winter, when road grime is everywhere, they cover you in mud when you get in and out.
A festive surprise - 20 January 2020
Tesla's 'Easter Eggs' are surprises that pop up if you press a certain combination of buttons, perhaps making your car look like a Mario Kart on the sat-nav or producing Monty Python's Foot of Cupid on screen. Well, Mercedes has had a go too, offering a drive to Santa's home town in the run-up to Christmas. I didn't take it up, but it made me smile.
Is it a Bentley? Is it a Rolls-Royce? No, it's a Mercedes electric SUV - 23 December 2020
Aaaand breathe. Many words have been written about the zen-like state that washes over you when you drive an EV, but I think the Mercedes-Benz EQC experience takes that to a whole other level – so much so that I actually get excited about driving it and can, no word of a lie, feel myself relaxing as I put hand to door handle and prepare to slide in.
How so? I have to acknowledge that 2020 must be playing a part, my commute having become the six steps from the side of my house where I sleep to the side of my house where I work. No question, leaving the front door has become significantly more novel and exciting than it once was or should be – but that's not all.
While the interior of the EQC draws heavily on architecture found in other Mercedes models, it feels perfectly resolved, from the swathes of uniformly high-quality leather to the gloss finishes and the eye-catching touchscreen across the dashboard that takes in everything from the performance dials to the infotainment system.
It also helps that the seats are comfortable, there are all manner of adjustments for getting cosy and you sit high, magnifying the feeling of wellbeing as you imperiously glide along. That instant torque you get in an EV, so often referenced for its savage performance, is more noteworthy in my book for giving you total control of the accelerator. There's no estimation required as to how much pedal travel is needed, as progress is deliberate and linear.
Design flourishes, such as the copper-colour air vents that mimic the look of an electric circuit, add a bespoke touch, too. Drive for an hour and it will even suggest a change in the colour of the mood lighting, plus play 10 minutes of uplifting music to keep you alert. I know how crass that sounds, and it's easy to be cynical, but I find this actually works, too, even if only by shaking my conscience.
This is no Bentley or Rolls-Royce, but the EQC's interior is so special that those aren't ridiculous brands to draw a parallel with. Certainly all that I've described elevates it above and beyond a mainstream Mercedes experience and puts it, in some ways, into a realm I previously associated with only very top-end cars, as it eases 10% of life's strains away and makes you feel special.
Pleasant reminder The EQC has made driving joyful again for me, albeit with calming emphasis.
Energy draining I'm a huge fan of heated seats – until I see how much using those in the EQC saps its range.
Range estimates still not that accurate - 25 November 2020
With the EQC reckoning it had 225 miles' worth of charge, the Holder family set off on an 85-mile-eachway trip to Seaford, near Brighton, for a last pre-lockdown walk on the beach on the windiest, wettest of days. Alarmingly, we arrived with 111 miles of predicted range remaining – but disarmingly got home with 30 left. How so? Incredibly, I can only put it down to the wind direction.
Heart-stopping incident calls safety systems into question - 11 November 2020
Stomp. Honk. Thump. In less than 10 metres, my early morning drive had escalated from mundane school run to fullblown disaster.
The young lad, who moments earlier had emerged from a driveway at pace on his bike, popping out onto the road from behind a parked car, was now flat out, just ahead of the EQC's front-right wheel.
It had been quite an impact, him having turned out looking only for traffic behind him, me filling all the road space as I negotiated my way down a residential street with parked cars on either side. Thankfully, I'd just passed a refuse truck so had slowed as workers wandered to and fro, not necessarily tuned in to listen for an electric car, and therefore had enough time to both stop before the boy hit me and sound the horn, so that he could both brake and pull the sort of face that you think is the sole preserve of hammy actors.
As I jumped out of the car, leaving a one-time critic of what I'd hitherto thought were absurdly slow 20mph zones behind for ever more, the boy leapt up, insisting he was fine. His slow walk to the pavement, where he took a seat, suggested otherwise. The binmen and I dusted him down, checked him over, suggested the helmet attached to his handlebars might be better affixed to his head and… he got back on the bike and cycled off as fast as he could, I suspect fearing a telling off. In truth, I've never been so glad for a scratch on my car.
Even so, although I was able – just – to stop before impact, there's no escaping the harsh truth that everything I was doing or did might not have been enough to save him from injury a few seconds later.
That, in turn, got me thinking about the EQC's safety systems. Just two weeks earlier, they had instigated an emergency stop as a mother and three young children walked on the pavement near the car. Yes, the kids were weaving about, but at no point had I thought they would spill onto the road. It was an experience that had left me shaken and grateful that there was nobody behind me. Now after the boy-on-bike incident, I was wondering why those same systems had this time done nothing to try to help me.
I know the driver must always take responsibility, but this mish-mash of intervention and non-intervention, each perfectly at the wrong time, has left a deep impression. While I know there's more time and effort to be expended, it certainly raises further questions about the capabilities of self-driving tech and the risk of it causing incidents by over-reacting or not reacting at all, as the various radar systems evidently don't have a good enough line of sight or make the right decisions.
I was lucky enough to get the best-case outcomes from the worst-case failures: no rear-end shunt from that emergency stop, no motoring into and over the boy and his bike. If, conversely, it ever steps in at the right time, I'll forever be grateful.
But I have never relied on safety tech, and nor can I imagine doing so in my lifetime. Proof, to my mind at least, that the step from laboratory to real life is fraught with more complications than many imagine.
Interior The scene-stealingly futuristic cabin is as plush as you could want.
Form over function There are too many controls that are hard to access.
How far between pedals? - 28 October 2020
The EQC is far from the only culprit, but the scourge of the offset pedal needs highlighting. In this two-pedal set-up, my right foot is forced too far to the side to line up with the accelerator, prompting a kneegrinding pivot to come across to the brake. It doesn't slow the movement down so is perfectly safe, but it does grind on my middle-aged joints.
Talk to me - 7 October 2020
I had high hopes for Mercedes' voice recognition. But it's proving a bit hit and miss so far; sometimes it picks up my commands – even complex postcodes – but at other times it gets confused. It's early days, and I'm finding a more relaxed chatting voice is more effective than a carefully enunciated one. Let's hope we learn to get along better in time.
Welcoming the EQC to the fleet - 23 September 2020
Sometimes it takes a little jeopardy to push boundaries. Just the night before, I'd done a radio phone-in about electric cars, suggesting that they're generally hugely capable and that for many more people than are buying them, they could be the perfect means of transport. And then I went to bed without checking my schedule for the next day.
So it was with no little amount of horror that I then awoke to discover that – after six months of commuting 12 paces from my bed to my chair – I was due in Northampton, 89 miles away, and that I hadn't charged the rather lovely Mercedes-Benz EQC overnight. Did I grab the keys to my wife's trusty 10-year-old Honda Civic, or did I live the change I wanted to see?
I'll admit that my hand flicked from one set of keys to the other more than once but, after a calming few minutes online researching charger locations, I knew I had to live by my own words. My almost-calamitous organisation meant I had to leave 30 minutes earlier than otherwise but, if all went well, I'd be on time and have enough electrons whizzing around beneath my feet to get home again.
And – surprise, surprise – I drove, I stopped and a 35-minute stop at an Ionity/Polar charging station just off the M1 delivered around 70 miles of charge. Naysayers take note: there were 11 fairly-high-speed chargers at this well-known location, and I was the only one using them; come a short distance off the motorway these days and it feels like you're never far from a chance for a rapid top-up. And while I waited, I was able to go online and clear my emails, so even having to leave early had upsides, too.
So now experience means my personal comfort zone on how far I'm prepared to go when I'm out and about is greatly expanded – and I can look forward to really enjoying the merits of the EQC, Mercedes' first effort at an all-in electric vehicle and a pioneer of the firm's EQ sub-brand.
Sure, it might look familiar to anyone who has ever clapped their eyes on a GLC, bar the coupé-like rear end and some nifty design flourishes, from the XL-sized badge, wheels and light arrangements through to the copper-coloured finishes on the air vents (to look like the internals of circuit boards, naturally), but Mercedes is far from the only one to have gone for a relatively conservative start to this journey.
The EQC is a car that has been eagerly anticipated on our fleet for some time, not just because it carries a large price tag and the promise of premium refinements and some cutting-edge tech, but also because it was declared the winner of an all-electric showdown with the Audi E-tron, Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla Model X by our road test team last year. It edged the verdict on account of being much the easiest of the cars to live with, as well as delivering decent, if not class-leading, quantities of those sometimes most diverse of characteristics: driver involvement and comfort and practicality.
No question, this is a car that makes you go 'wow'. Since it arrived 10 days ago, there has been a line of passing kids peering through the windows (one of the more enjoyable distractions of working from home is earwigging on what future generations think about the cars on my driveway), and that in itself is clear proof of the journey that Mercedes, not so long ago the favoured choice for anyone who considered string gloves the height of fashion, has undergone in recent years. It's also a trajectory that cars like the EQC must accelerate if this so-called 'legacy' car maker is to remain relevant into the future.
First impressions? To drive, it's a cut above the average electric car – which means relaxing or fast on demand, with a frisson of dynamic excitement on offer, albeit one that can never hide its 2495kg kerb weight and sits short of what the I-Pace achieves. It's a joy to be in, from its comfortable, beautifully upholstered seats to its abundance of practical cubbies. The massive, dasbhboard-length infotainment-and-instruments screen and the head-up display give a futuristic air, although I suspect it's going to take time for the array of screen, dash and steering wheel buttons to all fall to hand intuitively. The voice-controlled 'Hey Mercedes' system helps with that but isn't infallible as far as my southern English mumbling is concerned.
Range will be interesting, too. As it dials into my driving style, an indicated 210 miles is being shown, rather than the official 232. Consider also that it seems to be rating its capabilities around 5% too highly and you end up with a car that records a sub-200-mile figure; that's potentially 25% short of what I'd consider ideal and less than the Kia e-Niro offers for half the price. It will be interesting to find out if I can learn to use the various driving modes more efficiently and dial my driving style into the car better, too.
Most exciting of all is the fact that the EQC is already pushing the boundaries of what I thought I knew about EVs or was willing to do. Question is, is it going to lead me down a path of fulfilment or trouble?
I'm most interested to find out how Jim gets on with the EQC's various driving modes and semi-autonomous driving aids. It's a complicated thing to get on terms with, as I discovered on the international press launch in Oslo and on a group test. It just shaded its electric rivals in the latter, mostly by being the most multitalented car on the day. But the way the regenerative braking system manages itself around town if you leave it in Auto mode certainly raises some drivability quirks.
Matt Saunders
Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 4Matic AMG Line Premium Plus specification
Prices: List price new £74,610 List price now £74,610 Price as tested £77,200
Options:Driving Assistance Pack £1695, Designo Hyacinth Red metallic paint £895
Fuel consumption and range: Official range 232 miles Battery capacity 80kWh Test average 202 milesTest best 232 miles Test worst 176 miles
Tech highlights: 0-62mph 5.1sec Top speed 112mph Engine 2x AC synchronous electric motors Max power 402bhp Max torque 561lb ftTransmission single-speed automatic Boot capacity 500 litres Wheels 21in, alloy Tyres 235/45 R21 (f), 255/40 R21 (r) Kerb weight 2495kg
Service and running costs: Contract hire rate £588.56 CO2 0g/km Service costs None Other costs None Electricity costs £85 Running costs inc electricity £85 Cost per mile 2.8 pence Faults none
HiPo 289 5 May 2021
Why does this article have the sub-head: "as long as we don't forget to charge it" ?
You wouldn't write "as long as we don't forget to fill it with fossil fuel" if it was an IC car. Autocar should really guard against portraying EVs with prejudice in this way.
The Dr 29 January 2021
Based on this then the realistic range is 200 miles. The reason for getting the extra miles on the way back is probably due to lack of preconditioning, I find that if I do this at home I will get more range on the outward journey.
Jeremy 29 January 2021
The collisions with the cyclist highlights the big problem with slow-moving EVs. So many pedestrians/cyclists use their ears to check if the road is clear and don't hear silent EVs. Yes, I know the rules are being changed so that EVs have to make a sound at low speed, but this Merc was clearly built prior.
Vertigo 30 January 2021
Jeremy wrote:
I know the rules are being changed so that EVs have to make a sound at low speed, but this Merc was clearly built prior.
Nope, Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems have been mandated on EVs since July 2019. I think they're still manually disable-able (not for much longer) but you have to do this every time the car starts so I'd be surprised if Jim had turned his off.
They're bloody useless though. Most of the external noise of a modern combustion car comes from the tyres, not the engine. Above 5mph, EVs are not silent. If you're driving at 10mph+ and someone can't hear your tyres, they won't hear the engine or AVAS either. As demonstrated here.
In my experience, all the AVAS really accomplishes is mild irritation for the occupants if the window's open or the car has poor insulation.


I went to the Chicago branch of Google on Friday with a group of friends. All the staff we met were super friendly and we took a tour. We also ate lunch there and got to try out some homemade smoothies. They gave us souvenirs for the trip back. I will definitely come back here.


Nowadays I'm a Holistic Health Coach, a Wellness Consultant, and a Blogger. And I'm passionate about helping people improve their lives in the areas of health, wellness, and finances. We don't have to bring dis-ease upon ourselves, a lot of the problem is the lifestyle we have and the foods we eat.
I changed my eating in a significant way in late 2011 after watching "Food Matters," a very eye-opening DVD. Practically overnight I emptied my cupboards and discarded sugar, processed foods, table salt, caffeine, dairy and meat products. Although I now eat some limited meat products, I have continued to refrain from all the "nasties" that caused me to feel poorly and gain weight. If I had only known that changing what foods I eat could cause me to feel so good, I would have done that sooner.
And speaking of my past, making these changes was what helped me decide to become a Holistic Health Coach. Which led, pretty much naturally, into my Wellness business, as this is such a great complement to Health Coaching.
As you explore my website, you'll get a better idea of what Health Coaching is and how it can benefit you. It's not that we don't know what to do to become healthier (for the most part), it's that we don't feel we can do it alone. And that's the beauty of working with a Coach, an objective partner who can keep you focused on your goals.
I've come out of retirement to become an entrepreneur again and it's great to be 'back in the saddle' once more. Previously I operated a home-based secretarial service, worked as an administrative assistant, taught part-time at local community colleges and adult ed, and was a missionary serving overseas in northern Spain, Turkey, and Brazil after my husband of 29 years passed away.
The last few years have been an adventure, and it isn't finished yet. Join me on this latest adventure, won't you? Let me help you find your focus and improve your health and wellbeing — and even your finances. Today is good, but tomorrow and the future, well, as they say, 'the best is yet to come'.


On August 19, 2017, The Loveland Initiative, held the 21st annual backpack program for the 2017/2018 school year. It was a HUGE success! Over the years, we have been very successful providing backpacks filled with school supplies to lower income students in our community.
of students returning to school.
We would like to thank the following people and/or groups for donating funds, supplies, and/or backpacks; Miami Trails Neighborhood Network, Mosaic Church, St. Columbian Church, American Legion, Zumba Gold, Loveland Sweets, Apex Sportswear and Specialties, Linda Howell, Pam Butts, Sarah Steven's LHS marching band.
In addition to the supplies, we would also like to thank Great Oaks Cosmetology for providing free haircuts for all kids, Mr. Photocentric – Robert Harris provided a free fun photo booth with props and a keepsake picture for all the kids. Amy Lyle the Loveland Teen Librarian provided free books, arts n crafts and helped families signup for library cards. New Hope Baptist Church provided their foyer to have signups and gym to operate the program.
As always, we must thank all of our hardworking volunteers: Sycamore Presbyterian Church, Traci Dickey – Loveland Storm Soccer Team, Cornerstone Brands, Nekisha Johnson, Dominique Jones, Victoria Nesbitt, Darlene Dar Pientka, and Bianca Johnson. All of this would not have been possible without the generosity and overwhelming assistance of so many volunteers, businesses, organizations, places of worship and our larger community.


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Bryan Singer's Queen Biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Has Found Its Fellow Band Members
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Emma Stefansky Published: August 21, 2017
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Bryan Singer's Queen biopic, aptly titled Bohemian Rhapsody, is kicking off, and now that it has a Freddie Mercury, it's been hard at work casting the other three bandmates. Today, the three actors who will lend their support to Rami Malek's Mercury, have been found.
The film has cast Joe Mazzello (Jurassic Park, The Pacific) as bass guitarist John Deacon, Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse) as drummer Roger Taylor, and Gwilym Lee (Midsomer Murders) as lead guitar Brian May, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Hollywood has been trying to make a Queen biopic for some time, the most famous attempt being Sacha Baron Cohen's attempt, which apparently didn't jive with the band's preferences for how their history should be presented onscreen. But Singer's version is apparently Queen-approved, with updates on their website about the process posting every few weeks.
Here's what they have to say about how the movie is doing:
Elsewhere in the Queen related 'motion picture business', things are really moving along behind the scenes. Although not yet privy to the all the finer details higher up the Hollywood chain, the Queen Team is now moving into position and meeting our new film colleagues and counterparts in what is proving to be a very exciting project. One thing, we can confirm is the detail on the band that the film company is going into is quite staggering, just ask Queen Archivist Greg Brooks…well, don't actually, because he is too busy working on the movie.
So, we'll be seeing a lot more than just concerts and archival footage in this movie. Bohemian Rhapsody will hit theaters December 25, 2018.
Queen Confirms Rami Malek Will Play Freddie Mercury in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
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June 14, 2009Are young people typecast or should they just be outcast? A brand new social networking site is giving Lancashire youth the opportunity to put the record straight.
June 14, 2009The involvement of Mckay flooring Ltd with Kiva, the world's first person-to-person micro lending website. Thus promising a significant contribution towards encouraging budding entrepreneurs.
June 14, 2009Coupon Fusion allows business owners to create and manage printable coupons for their website without having to know anything about website development or programming.
June 14, 2009McKay Flooring Ltd has bagged the chief contract to be a part of the renovation works at the world famous Turnberry Resort in Scotland. Another feather to the Royal cap of Mckay Flooring Ltd.
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Traditional Driver Education Gets an "F"
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Packers defense dominates Vikings, leads to NFC North title
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The Green Bay Packers defense sacked Kirk Cousins five times during a win against the Minnesota Vikings Monday in Minneapolis. Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Pass rusher Za'Darius Smith had 3.5 sacks and running back Aaron Jones picked up 154 yards to lead the Green Bay Packers to a division-clinching win against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football.
The Packers out-gained the Vikings 383 to 139 in total yards and allowed just seven first downs in the 23-10 triumph Monday at U.S. Bank Arena in Minneapolis.
Green Bay (12-3) is now in position to secure a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs, while Minnesota (10-5) suffered its first home loss.
"These kind of games, they are playoff style games," Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "Obviously we are both going to the playoffs. To be back on top of the NFC North after a couple years of being down feels great."
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Jones fumbled on the game's opening drive, allowing the Vikings to jump ahead on a Dan Bailey field goal. The Packers responded with a 42-yard Mason Crosby kick with two minutes remaining in the first quarter, tying the score. The Vikings reclaimed the lead in the second quarter, with quarterback Kirk Cousins throwing a 21-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs.
Crosby followed with two more field goals to make the score 10-9 at halftime. The Vikings and Packers each punted to start the second half, before Green Bay defender Kevin King intercepted Cousins giving the ball to the Packers near midfield.
Jones then capped off an eight-play, 53-yard drive with a 12-yard rushing score, giving the Packers a 17-10 edge. The Packers added some insurance to their lead on a 56-yard Jones scamper halfway through the fourth quarter.
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"I can't say enough about these guys," Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. "To turn the ball over like that in the first half and be down 3-0 in the turnover battle and only be down for one point, I really give it up to our defense."
Rodgers completed 26 of 40 passes for 216 yards and an interception in the win. Cousins completed 16 of 31 passes for 122 yards, one score and one interception in the loss. Packers wide receiver Davante Adams had a game-high 116 yards on 13 receptions.
"It was definitely frustrating," Diggs said of the Vikings' struggles. "We work all week on a game plan, and when things don't go as planned it is very frustrating. We tried to adjust to some things, but nothing was working."
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We Need to Grapple With Sexual Misconduct From Politicians…Even when It's Politically Inconvenient
Content warnings: Inappropriate touching, sexual assault
I don't know how many of my readers caught this bit of news with the media being in all-pandemic-all-the-time mode, but there is an allegation of sexual assault against former Vice President Joe Biden, who is the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. Namely, Tara Reade, a former Biden staffer when he was a United States Senator representing Delaware, has accused her former boss of sexually assaulting her in the basement of a Capitol Hill office building in 1993.[1]
And yet, I have heard relatively few on the Democratic side even talk about the allegations against him, save a few disgruntled former Bernie Sanders supporters who are struggling to support Biden. Goodness, even the story about the accusations eight women (including Reade) levied against Biden last year for inappropriate touching seemed to disappear after a couple of weeks, even though there are photos of him touching women in ways that clearly made them uncomfortable. For a party that claims to be pro-woman, it's pretty appalling that the representative of said party for the party has, at minimum, a well-documented history of inappropriate touching of women (and potentially sexual assault).
It's not just Biden and the Democrats, though. With the Republicans…need I say more? If you're a Republican reading this piece, with all due respect, your party continues to stand behind someone who says: "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything." Your leader literally bragged about getting away with sexual assault. Yet, leadership in your party looked and continues to look the other way.
Examining how the Democrats have handled Biden's different accusations, and how the Republicans handled Trump's, there seems to be a commonality: these politicians' misconduct against women is not scrutinized fully if it is politically inconvenient to do so. It is politically inconvenient for the Democrats to scrutinize Biden's accusations of inappropriate touching and accusation of sexual assault because of "blue no matter who." It is politically inconvenient for Republicans to scrutinize Trump's past allegations of sexual assault because of "Trump no matter what." Treating these accusations with the seriousness deserved has seemingly been sacrificed in the name of political convenience.
We need to scrutinize the accusations of misconduct against women that our politicians face, regardless of whether there is a D or an R next to their names. We need to talk about and grapple with such accusations of misconduct, even if it's politically inconvenient, and even if the accused deny the allegations they face.
[1] https://time.com/5819939/joe-biden-accusation-sex-assault/
How the "Electability" Issue May Have Hurt Women Candidates in 2020
Elizabeth Warren, one of the candidates who unsuccessfully ran for President of the United States in 2020.
Quite a few people were devastated when Senator Elizabeth Warren's campaign for President of the United States ended early with disappointing results on Super Tuesday. Following her departure from the race, there has been much talk of how sexism, not the substance of what she was advocating for, may have affected her campaign.
And, there seems to be truth to the belief that sexism hurt Warren's candidacy, as well as the candidacies of Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Kamala Harris. However, it seems like that sexism is playing out through the veil of a word that has been used time and time again by many a progressive activist in 2020: electability.
There is much terror in progressive circles over what has happened during the Trump administration, particularly with regard to a number of civil rights issues. In response, most Democrats want to nominate someone who can beat President Trump in November…someone who is, well, electable. In fact, the top priority among Democratic voters is beating Trump—a solid majority of respondents in a poll from last November prioritized a candidate who could beat Trump over a candidate who they agreed with ideologically.[1]
This electability argument seems fine and innocent for many progressives…until you consider how that argument likely undermined the female candidates such as Warren, Klobuchar, and Harris. According to an Ipsos poll done in mid-2019, the plurality of Democratic and Independent voters thought that a woman would have a harder time beating Trump than a man would, and only a third of Democratic and Independent voters thought that their neighbors would be comfortable with a female president.[2]
In summary, even Democrats and Independents, who themselves, on average, are ready for a female president,[3] think that female candidates have an electability problem. In an election where electability is by far the top priority of voters, the perceived lack of electability of female candidates put the likes of Warren, Klobuchar, and Harris at a disadvantage from the beginning.
But what should we do about this problem, as this may not be the last time that electability may come up as an issue in primaries at the national level?
It seems like two options tend to be suggested: we either need to stop making electability a priority, or else somehow convince ourselves and others that women are electable.
Suggesting that people should stop making electability a priority is probably the more unpopular of the two options among many progressives; after all, many progressives desperately want to defeat President Trump and would likely feel the same about many prominent Republicans if they were president. At the same time, if people want electability to be a priority, that's a measurement that, as I have shown, puts all female candidates at the national level, even female candidates in a Democratic primary process, at a major disadvantage even if they had the best policies ever.
However, even if people stop making electability a priority, there's still that nagging problem that women are often viewed as less electable than men (even if electability is a secondary or tertiary priority). Not making electability the priority doesn't take away the problem that women are often viewed as inferior presidential candidates because they're viewed as less electable than men; it only attempts to minimize the problem. Therefore, the better option might be to work towards the point that women are viewed as every bit as electable as men.
But how do we get to a point that women are electable, too? I propose a few ideas, but am open to others:
We need to convince ourselves (and others) that people are, in general, more ready for a female president than many of us realize. That Ipsos poll I cited earlier says that 74% of Democrats and Independents are comfortable with a female president. Yet, only 33% of Democrats and Independents say that they think their neighbors are comfortable with a female president. Some of the other polling I cited earlier notes that 53% of Americans (encompassing all political affiliations) are either "very ready" or "extremely ready" for a female president, yet only 16% of Americans believed that most fellow Americans were ready for a female president. Let these statistics show that most Americans really are ready for a female president.
We need to understand why those who feel "moderately ready" for a woman to be president feel that way. 53% of Americans either feel "very ready" or "extremely ready" for a woman to be president, but there's another 25% of Americans who feel "moderately ready" (leaving only 22% of Americans who feel only "slightly ready" or "not ready at all"). Namely, we need to understand what makes that 25% feel hesitant about having a woman president, because if those hesitations can be addressed, you then have an overwhelming majority of Americans feeling ready for a woman president.
We need to examine our own biases about women in power. I could probably dedicate a whole post to the topic of biases against women in power, but criticisms such as "bossy," "strident," and "abrasive" are levied against powerful, successful women much more than against powerful, successful men.[4] We need to be honest with ourselves and see whether we tend to levy such biases disproportionately on successful women, because if we do, we are making it less likely that we will vote for women (and potentially less likely that we would view women as electable). I say this from experience, because I used to think that Warren was abrasive, and I did not consider voting for her until I realized that this belief came from my own biases about women in power.[5]
"Electability" arguments probably did hurt female candidates this year. However, moving forward, if we want to have the first Madame President of the United States, we need to do all we can to make sure that pro-electability does not result in anti-female attitudes towards candidates.
[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/268448/democrats-thinking-strategically-2020-nominee-choice.aspx
[2] https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2019-06/daily-beast-gender-topline-2019-06-17-v2.pdf
[3] https://leanin.org/data-about-gender-bias-and-electability-in-the-2020-election
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/oct/03/when-will-we-stop-calling-successful-women-abrasive
[5] Ultimately, I couldn't vote for her because she dropped out before my state's primary.
Twelve Years of Bloomberg as Mayor: A New Yorker's Perspective (Part Three)
Those of you who've been on my blog during the last week or so will know that I'm doing a mini-series on what it was like to have current candidate for president Michael Bloomberg as Mayor of New York City. I explained in Part One why his record as mayor is relevant, and I explained in Part Two the multitude of problems he had with his treatment of others. Today is the third and final part of my mini-series, which will go into his record on some other issues, as well as where we should go from here with the Bloomberg candidacy.
One of the most important issues this campaign is that of trying to "save our democracy." And rightfully so, because there is a genuine fear among many that President Trump is dangerous to American democracy. However, if Mayor Bloomberg's record tells us anything, it's that he would also be a danger to American democracy. New York City voted not once, but twice, to have term limits for people holding elected office in New York City government (mayor, comptroller, public advocate, council members). Yet, Bloomberg, with the help of the city council at the time, overturned the voice of the people, and changed the limit from two terms to three (it was changed back to two terms…after Bloomberg won a third term).[1] People fear that President Trump would try to overturn the election if he loses, or ruin our democracy further if he wins—those are understandable fears because he has been, for example, not always indicated a willingness to concede an election to a winning candidate, even if it is clear he loses the election.[2] However, Bloomberg, with the help of the New York City Council, managed to do something that not even President Trump has managed to do (yet): actually overturn an election (Bloomberg overturned two, after all). If he becomes President of the United States, let's hope he leaves his ability to overturn elections in New York City, and not bring that ability to Washington, DC.
He gets praise for his stance on the environment. And, in theory, I agree with him on the fact that the environmental crisis should be treated with urgency. However, I find that praise hollow when he drastically cut funding from public transit while he was mayor,[3] even though use of public transit instead of the car does a world of good for the environment. It's also hollow when his own environmental practices were subpar, such as having an entourage of SUVs that often idled (mostly to keep on the air conditioning unit on in the SUVs so that he could stay cool during the summer)—he apologized for the idling, but not for the use of the SUVs in the first place (or even an explanation of why those environmentally-unfriendly gas guzzlers were necessary for his team), to my knowledge.[4]
Bloomberg also tries to cultivate an image for himself as being just on health care. Yet, his record on health care in New York City was anything but. Noteworthy was the number of community hospitals that, under his tenure, were forced to close. The New York Times editorial board accused Mayor Bloomberg of having long ago "checked out" on this issue, and a then-mayoral candidate by the name of Bill de Blasio got arrested for protesting the proposed closure of one of the hospitals.[5] Bloomberg also vetoed a proposed law that would have required many city businesses to provide paid sick leave,[6] so if he got his way (he didn't, ultimately), then tough luck to those working for businesses that didn't provide the paid sick leave—you'd better work through your flu with a fever of over 102 degrees, even though that would, of course, endanger yourself and others.
Economically, the wealthy became even wealthier. There's no doubt about that.[7] But if you weren't wealthy? Not so much. While he thought that taxes on the wealthy were a dumb idea,[8] he thought it was preferable to shoulder the burden of "fiscal responsibility" on unions[9] by letting the contracts of every single one of New York City's 153 unions expire—unions where many of the members are in the middle and working class.[10] The most painful example of economic inequality under Bloomberg's watch, however, was that was the increase in homelessness that happened while he was mayor[11]—an increase that continues to this day. While I acknowledge that there may be certain factors with such trends that may not have been in his control (such as policies at the state or federal level), this is a fact worth reflecting on. Given that economic inequality is such a major issue of this era, it's puzzling that the Democrats would even consider nominating someone for President of the United States who oversaw economic inequality become substantially worse when he was mayor of his own city.
The bottom line is that, when doing a thorough examination of his record as mayor, his record was overwhelmingly an ugly one on social justice issues. Even more alarming is the fact that many of these social justice issues he was poor on are issues that are relevant today, for whoever is President of the United States—issues such as racism, sexism, economic inequality, and protecting our democracy. As to whether you think Bloomberg is still better than the other candidates in spite of all the baggage I've presented, that's for you to decide. Just make sure you vote whenever you have the opportunity.
[1]https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/bloomberg.third.term/?fbclid=IwAR0jYgjb3aq9zstmvO0PFWXcGBpZ2F6AwME3wYTcMY8OK5tYZw9VV9K0e50
[2] https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/will-trump-accept-2016-election-results-230932
[3] https://www.gothamgazette.com/transportation/361-improving-transportation-above-ground
[4] https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mayor-bloomberg-room-air-conditioner-parked-suv-idle-pollution-heat-wave/1948668/
[5] https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/opinion/wrestling-with-dying-hospitals.html
[6] https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mayor-michael-bloomberg-vetoes-paid-sick-leave-plan-passed-nyc-city-council/1997646/
[7] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/01/michael-bloomberg-new-york-mayoral-record
[8] https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2012/10/taxing-the-rich-is-about-as-dumb-a-policy-as-i-can-think-of-bloomberg-says-000000
[9] https://observer.com/2013/12/bloomberg-sounds-alarm-over-labor-electoral-complex-in-final-speech-as-mayor/
[10] https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2019/01/13/labor-commissioner-who-settled-expired-contracts-with-entire-city-workforce-leaving-administration-788294
[11] https://ny.curbed.com/2019/11/25/20981929/michael-bloomberg-2020-campaign-housing-homeless-nyc
What is the 1994 Crime Bill, and Why is it So Controversial?
Many of the readers who have listened to some of the debates between candidates for President of the United States may be aware of a line of attack often used against former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders: "You voted for the 1994 crime bill."
It's a line used when the candidates on stage, all of whom are trying to become the presidential nominee from the Democratic Party, are trying to distinguish themselves from Senator Sanders and former Vice President Biden on the issue of criminal justice. It is especially important for other candidates to distinguish themselves from those two candidates because Senator Sanders and former Vice President Biden are viewed as frontrunners for the Democratic Party nomination. It is also a line that the other candidates use to try and convince their voters that they, not Senator Sanders or former Vice President Biden, should be trusted on the issue of criminal justice.
Which begs the question: What is the 1994 crime bill, and why is it so controversial? With the first caucus of the election year happening in Iowa tonight, answers to these questions are important.
The tricky thing about summarizing the 1994 crime bill is that the piece of legislation tried to address many issues, ranging from funding for police to gun control to domestic violence. The short story is that the 1994 crime bill, whose proper name is actually the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, was supposed to focus on enforcement of and prevention of violent crimes, though it did some things beyond that scope (a couple of which I will talk about later in this post). For a detailed summary of the 1994 crime bill, view the bill's summary here.
As one might expect with a bill trying to deal with a wide range of issues, the reality of how "good" or "bad" it was is actually more complicated than many candidates might make it out to be.
In spite of that fact, there are, undoubtedly, parts of the bill that should make one question Biden and Sanders on criminal justice (since they both supported the act and Biden helped write it[1]). For example:
The bill "stripped all Pell Grant funding for college education for prisoners."[2] This sort of action counters the narrative among many (especially on the left) that incarceration should have a restorative element, that it should not just be about punishing someone for their actions, but that they also can be able to work towards being productive contributors to society when/if they leave prison.
The bill provided $6 billion (in 1994 dollars) in funding "for prevention programs which were designed with significant input from experienced police officers"[3]—money that was, from all accounts, spent on punitive measures for the most part. On the surface, it sounds like a good idea to let people with experience in law enforcement be able to have a say in how to prevent violent crime. The problem? As it turned out, that money was predominantly used for punitive measures[4]—measures that would go against the ideal among many Democrats that there should be a restorative element to time in prison.
The 1994 crime bill is blamed for being a factor in a drastic increase in incarceration in the United States.[5] The extent to which the current mass incarceration issues should be attributed to the 1994 crime bill is up for debate, especially since the increase in mass incarceration was already beginning to happen, but there seems to be significant agreement from criminal justice scholars that the bill made this problem worse.
However, there were also some aspects of the 1994 crime bill that are either popular with progressives or popular on a bipartisan basis. Three of those aspects are as follows:
There was considerable gun control in the 1994 crime bill. According to the bill's summary, the bill, "Bans the manufacture of 19 military-style assault weapons, assault weapons with specific combat features, "copy-cat" models, and certain high-capacity ammunition magazines of more than ten rounds."[6] While one could debate the effectiveness of this form of gun control, the fact is that gun control tends to be a major aspect of most candidates' platforms on the Democratic side, and that therefore the 1994 crime bill did much of what a lot of Democrats want on guns (including Democrats critical of Biden and Sanders for their support of the 1994 crime bill).
One of the most popular aspects of the 1994 crime bill was the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). VAWA, which was within the 1994 crime bill, added measures to better hold perpetrators of domestic violence accountable.[7] For example, before the 1994 crime bill, "domestic abusers could cross state lines to avoid prosecution for beating their spouses, as law enforcement was not to required to listen to orders of protection filed in other states" (something that, from my understanding, was not possible after the act passed).[8]
VAWA, which as I said was under the 1994 crime bill, also created the National Domestic Violence Hotline.[9] Before finding out that this hotline was established so recently, I have to admit to taking the existence of this hotline for granted; however, the fact is that the hotline is younger than I am (I'm twenty-five) and was only established thanks to the 1994 crime bill.
So, while it might make for a good debate line to be critical of Biden's or Sanders' support of the 1994 crime bill, the reality is somewhat complicated. Some aspects of it, such as the generally more punitive approach to crime as a result of the bill, have been quite controversial and even problematic. Other aspects, such as the creation of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, are quite important. Regardless, it's important to recognize both the good and the bad in the 1994 crime bill (as well as Biden's and Sanders' support of it), because otherwise, we'd be doing an injustice to ourselves and to others when evaluating the platforms these candidates have on criminal justice.
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/15/politics/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-incarceration-fact-check/index.html
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36020717
[3] https://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/billfs.txt
[6] https://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/billfs.txt. I should note that this provision of the bill expired in 2004: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750656174/the-u-s-once-had-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-why-did-it-expire
[8] https://time.com/5675029/violence-against-women-act-history-biden/
[9] https://www.vera.org/justice-in-focus-crime-bill-20/confronting-violence-against-women


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