In the developed world, these levels of gun violence are a uniquely American problem. Here's why.
America is an exceptional country when it comes to guns. It's one of the few countries in which the right to bear arms is constitutionally protected. But America's relationship with guns is unique in another crucial way: Among developed nations, the US is far and away the most homicidal — in large part due to the easy access many Americans have to firearms. These maps and charts show what that violence looks like compared with the rest of the world, why it happens, and why it's such a tough problem to fix.
This chart, compiled using United Nations data collected by Simon Rogers for the Guardian, shows that America far and away leads other developed countries when it comes to gun-related homicides. Why? Extensive reviews of the research, compiled by the Harvard School of Public Health's Injury Control Research Center, suggest the answer is pretty simple: The US is an outlier on gun violence because it has way more guns than other developed nations.
In December 2012, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 20 children, six adults, and himself. Since then, there have been more than 1,600 mass shootings.
The number comes from the Gun Violence Archive, which hosts a database that has tracked mass shootings since 2013. But since some shootings go unreported, the database is likely missing some, as well as the details of some of the events.
Even under this broad definition, it's worth noting that mass shootings make up a tiny portion of America's firearm deaths, which totaled nearly 39,000 in 2016 alone.
Whenever a mass shooting occurs, supporters of gun rights often argue that it's inappropriate to bring up political debates about gun control in the aftermath of a tragedy. For example, former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a strong supporter of gun rights, criticized former President Barack Obama for "trying to score cheap political points" when Obama mentioned gun control after a mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.
But if this argument is followed to its logical end, then it will just about never be the right time to discuss gun control, as Christopher Ingraham pointed out at the Washington Post. Under the broader definition of mass shootings, America has around one mass shooting a day. So if lawmakers are forced to wait for a time when there isn't a mass shooting to talk gun control, they could find themselves waiting for a very long time.
Using data from a study in Injury Prevention and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mother Jones put together the chart above that shows states with more guns tend to have far more gun deaths, including homicides and suicides. This has been found across the empirical research: "Within the United States, a wide array of empirical evidence indicates that more guns in a community leads to more homicide," David Hemenway, the Harvard Injury Control Research Center's director, wrote in Private Guns, Public Health.
It would be one thing if the US happened to have more crime than other nations, but the existing data shows that not to be the case. America is only an outlier when it comes to homicides and, specifically, gun violence, according to data from Jeffrey Swanson at Duke University.
As Zack Beauchamp explained for Vox, a breakthrough analysis in the 1990s by UC Berkeley's Franklin Zimring and Gordon Hawkins found that the US does not, contrary to the old conventional wisdom, have more crime in general than other Western industrial nations. Instead, the US appears to have more lethal violence — and that's driven in large part by the prevalence of guns.
This is in many ways intuitive: People of every country get into arguments and fights with friends, family, and peers. But in the US, it's much more likely that someone will get angry at an argument and be able to pull out a gun and kill someone.
This is backed by other research: A 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries, published in Epidemiologic Reviews, found that new legal restrictions on owning and purchasing guns tended to be followed by a drop in gun violence — a strong indicator that restricting access to guns can save lives.
There's still a lot of debate among criminal justice experts about why this crime drop is occurring. Some of the most credible ideas include mass incarceration, more and better policing, and reduced lead exposure from gasoline. But one theory that researchers have widely debunked is the idea that more guns have deterred crime — in fact, the opposite may be true, based on research compiled by the Harvard School of Public Health's Injury Control Center.
Although America's political debate about guns tends to focus on grisly mass shootings and murders, a majority of gun-related deaths in the US are suicides. As Dylan Matthews explained for Vox, this is actually one of the most compelling reasons for reducing access to guns: There is a lot of research that shows greater access to guns dramatically increases the risk of suicide.
When countries reduced access to guns, they saw a drop in the number of firearm suicides. The data above, taken from a study by Australian researchers, shows that suicides dropped dramatically after the Australian government set up a mandatory gun buyback program that reduced the number of firearms in the country by about one-fifth.
The Australian study found that buying back 3,500 guns per 100,000 people correlated with up to a 50 percent drop in firearm homicides and a 74 percent drop in gun suicides. As Dylan Matthews explained for Vox, the drop in homicides wasn't statistically significant (in large part because murders in Australia were already so low). But the drop in suicides most definitely was — and the results are striking.
Australia is far from alone in these types of results. A study from Israeli researchers found that suicides among Israeli soldiers dropped by 40 percent when the military stopped letting soldiers take their guns home over the weekend. The change was most pronounced during the weekends.
This data and research have a clear message: States and countries can significantly reduce the number of suicides by restricting access to guns.
Given that states with more guns tend to have more homicides, it isn't too surprising that, as a study in the American Journal of Public Health found, states with more guns also have more cops die in the line of duty.
Researchers looked at federal data for firearm ownership and homicides of police officers across the US over 15 years. They found that states with more gun ownership had more cops killed in homicides: Every 10 percent increase in firearm ownership correlated with 10 additional officers killed in homicides over the 15-year study period.
The findings could help explain why US police officers appear to kill more people than cops in other developed countries. For US police officers, the higher rates of guns and gun violence — even against them — in America mean that they not only will encounter more guns and violence, but they can expect to encounter more guns and deadly violence, making them more likely to anticipate and perceive a threat and use deadly force as a result.
Over the past two decades, Americans have shifted from mostly supporting the concept of gun control to greater support for protecting "the right of Americans to own guns," according to Pew Research Center surveys. This shift has happened even as major mass shootings, such as the attacks on Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary School, have received more press attention.
Although mass shootings are often viewed as some of the worst acts of gun violence, they seem to have little effect on public opinion about gun rights, based on surveys from the Pew Research Center. That helps explain why Americans' support for the right to own guns appears to have risen over the past few decades even as more mass shootings made the news.
Although most Americans say they want to protect the right to own firearms, most also back many gun control proposals — such as stronger background checks, a database to track gun sales, and banning assault-style weapons, according to Pew Research Center surveys.
This type of contradiction isn't exclusive to gun policy issues. For example, although most Americans in the past said they don't like Obamacare, most of them also said they like the specific policies in the health care law. Americans just don't like some policy ideas until you get specific.
For people who believe the empirical evidence that more guns mean more violence, this contradiction is the source of a lot of frustration. Americans by and large support policies that reduce access to guns. But once these policies are proposed, they're broadly spun by politicians and pundits into attempts to "take away your guns." So nothing gets done, and preventable deaths keep occurring.


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I've sprayed with something specific for p.i. and also Roundup, but the p.i. still keeps coming back.
Round up is for narrow leaf plants, probably why it's not killing your poison ivy? If it's legal in your area get Cross bow, it'll kill it and pretty much anything else with a broad leaf. If you can't get it, then I'd look for an all vegetation killer that will pretty much kill everything it touches! So if you have anything near that area you don't want to kill be very careful where you spray the all vegetation killer and you may consider covering any plants you want to live!
Unfortunately it's illegal now in some states like Washington. If you live close to Oregon you can still get it there though!
I have had it before, fortunately, I'm not allergic to it and can pull it up bare handed. Keep in mind since it's a vine, it can be pulled out. Then dig up the accessible roots. It will take about 3 times to fully get it all.
As for those that are allergic, wear a long sleeve heavy shirt (denim, etc.), long pants, closed toe shoes and thick gardening gloves. Be careful not to get your face near it. Dispose of via trash bag. Do not burn the plant, toxins can be released air born. Wash your clothing a couple of times prior to re-wearing anything you had on separate of your regular laundry.
We do this every year on my girlfriends property in spring. Suit up, dig out what you can, cut to ground level and repeatedly drown in vinegar - we use agricultural strength vinegar. When dead, suit up again and dig out the rest and drown the area in more vinegar. Luckily throughout the years it has been less and less. Yay for us! Immediately take a shower after and wash your clothes with a bunch of baking soda and vinegar and you are good to go!
Careful If You Pull It. It Becomes Airborne. You Can get Off Clothes. Vineager And Salt At Roots When Ground Is Dry Kills Roots.mixand Pour.Boiling Water. My Tab Is deciding To Capitalise When It Wants To.
If you use Roundup it goes into the water supply in the aquifers underground which is our drinking water, a very dangerous chemical compound.
P I is hard to get rid of, you have to address the vines by digging/pulling them up. If you try burning it, it becomes air born and can enter your lungs.
Your clothes have to be laundered immediately but not with other laundry.
I used oven cleaner, I bought the cheep dollar store brand and sprayed it all over the plant to the ground.
Ground cover from home depot. We used it for 2 years haven't had much.
Cut at base near the ground and pour hot grease on it. That should kill it.
I had a BIG patch at my yard's edge. So, dressed carefully (rain boots and opera-length dish gloves over my old sweats !) and carefully pulled up as many of the vines as I could. I put in the garbage bag AND labeled it to protect anyone dealing with it down the line. I sprayed remnants with "Round Up for Poison Ivy", then kept observing it. In a few weeks I needed to spray a few little stragglers that popped up again. The next Spring there was one more straggler which I sprayed, then no more found, but I will keep observing. Oh, and washed all my clothing immediately, soaped and hosed off the boots and dish gloves to get the plant oils off.
Cut at the ground and pour boiling water on it. Be generous with the hot water! Some may poke up through the ground and as soon as it does, hit it with boiling water. It's cheap so it's not expensive to spend a season attacking the PI and then it will be gone!


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Q: How can I suppress newline in Python logging module. I would like to cancel newline when I do for example log.info("msg").
When we do "print" it just
print msg,

So I need something like coma for logging.
I sow this question
Suppress newline in Python logging module
but can anybody give me reference or a simple example like "Hello world"
Thanks!

A: Here is what I answered for a similar question:
The new line, \n, is inserted inside the StreamHandler class's emit(...) method.
If you're really set on fixing this behaviour, then here's an example of how I solved this by monkey patching the emit(self, record) method inside the logging.StreamHandler class.

A monkey patch is a way to extend or modify the run-time code of dynamic languages without altering the original source code. This process has also been termed duck punching.

Here is the custom implementation of emit() that omits line breaks:
def customEmit(self, record):
    # Monkey patch Emit function to avoid new lines between records
    try:
        msg = self.format(record)
        if not hasattr(types, "UnicodeType"): #if no unicode support...
            self.stream.write(msg)
        else:
            try:
                if getattr(self.stream, 'encoding', None) is not None:
                    self.stream.write(msg.encode(self.stream.encoding))
                else:
                    self.stream.write(msg)
            except UnicodeError:
                self.stream.write(msg.encode("UTF-8"))
        self.flush()
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
        raise
    except:
        self.handleError(record)

Then you would make a custom logging class (in this case, subclassing from TimedRotatingFileHandler).
class SniffLogHandler(TimedRotatingFileHandler):
    def __init__(self, filename, when, interval, backupCount=0,
                 encoding=None, delay=0, utc=0):

        # Monkey patch 'emit' method
        setattr(StreamHandler, StreamHandler.emit.__name__, customEmit)

        TimedRotatingFileHandler.__init__(self, filename, when, interval,
                                          backupCount, encoding, delay, utc)

Some people might argue that this type of solution is not Pythonic, or whatever. It might be so, so be careful.
Also, be aware that this will globally patch SteamHandler.emit(...), so if you are using multiple logging classes, then this patch will affect the other logging classes as well!
Hope that helps.

A: This is not possible (without some serious hacking into the logging module). If you must have this functionality, build up the logging string in parts and log it ony when you are ready to display a log message with newline.

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Q: Maximum value of a given set Let, $a$ be a fixed positive real number. Consider the set $$S=\{x_{1}x_{2}...x_{n}:x_{i}\ge0(1\le i\le n),\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}=a\}.$$
Find the maximum value of $S$. I know that the answer is $\bigl(\dfrac{a}{n}\bigr)^{n}$. But how I can prove it? I tried it but I can't proceed it anyway.

A: Suppose $x_i>a/n>x_j$.  Replace them with $a/n$ and $x_i+x_j-a/n$.  Can you show the product goes up?  Repeat until all the numbers equal $a/n$


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Il Cantone di Le Coteau è un cantone francese dell'Arrondissement di Roanne.

È stato costituito a seguito della riforma approvata con decreto del 26 febbraio 2014, che ha avuto attuazione dopo le elezioni dipartimentali del 2015.

Composizione
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 Balbigny
 Bussières
 Chirassimont
 Commelle-Vernay
 Cordelle
 Le Coteau
 Croizet-sur-Gand
 Fourneaux
 Lay
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 Neaux
 Néronde
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Study suggests shallow lakes in icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa could erupt
In the search for life beyond Earth, subsurface bodies of water in our outer solar system are some of the most important targets. That's why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa: There is strong evidence that under a thick crust of ice, the moon harbors a global ocean that could potentially be habitable.
But scientists believe the ocean isn't the only water on Europa. Based on observations from NASA's Galileo orbiter, they believe salty liquid reservoirs may reside inside the moon's icy shell—some of them close to the surface of the ice and some many miles below.
The more scientists understand about the water that Europa may be holding, the more likely they will know where to look for it when NASA sends Europa Clipper in 2024 to conduct a detailed investigation. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter and use its suite of sophisticated instruments to gather science data as it flies by the moon about 50 times.
Now, research is helping scientists better understand what the subsurface lakes in Europa may look like and how they behave. A key finding in a paper published recently in The Planetary Science Journal supports the longstanding idea that water could potentially erupt above the surface of Europa either as plumes of vapor or as cryovolcanic activity (think: flowing, slushy ice rather than molten lava).
The computer modeling in the paper goes further, showing that if there are eruptions on Europa, they likely come from shallow, wide lakes embedded in the ice and not from the global ocean far below.
"We demonstrated that plumes or cryolava flows could mean there are shallow liquid reservoirs below, which Europa Clipper would be able to detect," said Elodie Lesage, Europa scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and lead author of the research. "Our results give new insights into how deep the water might be that's driving surface activity, including plumes. And the water should be shallow enough that it can be detected by multiple Europa Clipper instruments."
This illustration depicts a plume of water vapor that could potentially be emitted from the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. New research sheds light on what plumes, if they do exist, could reveal about lakes that may be inside the moon's crust. © NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI
Different depths, different ice
Lesage's computer modeling lays out a blueprint for what scientists might find inside the ice if they were to observe eruptions at the surface. According to her models, they likely would detect reservoirs relatively close to the surface, in the upper 2.5 to 5 miles (4 to 8 kilometers) of the crust, where the ice is coldest and most brittle.
That's because the subsurface ice there doesn't allow for expansion: As the pockets of water freeze and expand, they could break the surrounding ice and trigger eruptions, much like a can of soda in a freezer explodes. And pockets of water that do burst through would likely be wide and flat like pancakes.
Reservoirs deeper in the ice layer—with floors more than 5 miles (8 kilometers) below the crust—would push against warmer ice surrounding them as they expand. That ice is soft enough to act as a cushion, absorbing the pressure rather than bursting. Rather than acting like a can of soda, these pockets of water would behave more like a liquid-filled balloon, where the balloon simply stretches as the liquid within it freezes and expands.
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Scientists on the Europa Clipper mission can use this research when the spacecraft arrives at Europa in 2030. For example, the radar instrument—called Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON)—is one of the key instruments that will be used to look for water pockets in the ice.
"The new work shows that water bodies in the shallow subsurface could be unstable if stresses exceed the strength of the ice and could be associated with plumes rising above the surface," said Don Blankenship, of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics in Austin, Texas, who leads the radar instrument team. "That means REASON could be able to see water bodies in the same places that you see plumes."
Europa Clipper will carry other instruments that will be able to test the theories of the new research. The science cameras will be able to make high-resolution color and stereoscopic images of Europa; the thermal emission imager will use an infrared camera to map Europa's temperatures and find clues about geologic activity—including cryovolcanism. If plumes are erupting, they could be observable by the ultraviolet spectrograph, the instrument that analyzes ultraviolet light.
Elodie Lesage et al, Simulation of Freezing Cryomagma Reservoirs in Viscoelastic Ice Shells, The Planetary Science Journal (2022). DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ac75bf
Study suggests shallow lakes in icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa could erupt (2022, October 11)
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Q: Trying to change a variable set as var, but can't change it within the structure it exists Working on the upload section of my app, after uploading a file from the iPhone, the server puts the file through multiple processing stages.
I use a struct that keeps the uploaded file info, scripts to call, etc.
struct XFile {
    let key: String
    let filename: String
    let data: Data
    var mimeType: String?
    let url: URL
    var toUrl : URL?
    var upStatus : UpStatus?
    var fileStage : Int32?

    init(fileUrl: URL, key: String) {
        //setting multiplle variables here
        //set the initial fileStage to 0
        self.fileStage = 0
    }
}

I declare and create my XFile structure from within my UIViewControler with:
class UploadFile : UIViewController, URLSessionDelegate {
    var xFile : XFile?

    //buttonAction
    xFile = XFile(fileUrl: url, key: "filename")
}

When I attempt to change xFile.fileStage from within XFile itself, or within the UIViewControler that created that instance of XFile, I have no problems.
However, if I pass xFile as a parameter into a different class's function, I cannot change the variable xfile.fileStage without getting the following compiler editor:

Cannot assign to property: 'xFile' is a 'let' constant

However, I do not get the error if I send xFile as a reference to xFile to that 3rd class.
getService.start(upFile: &xFile!, upLoadInvoiceClass: self)

Is this normal behavior?
Is it that passing xFile in a function sends a copy?
I just want to make sure I am understanding AND using it properly.

A:
Is this normal behavior?

Yes, because all parameters passed into a swift function are constants. You can't change them. If you want then pass the parameter as inout. Here is an example.
func doubleInPlace(number: inout Int) {
    number *= 2
}

var myNum = 10
doubleInPlace(number: &myNum)
print(myNum) // value is 20

Is it that passing xFile in a function sends a copy?

Yes, because struct instances are value types. It will send a copy when passed as a parameter in a function. You can check this.

A: This is because you are using struct not class.
Struct makes a copy of itself when you pass it through the functions.
There are two solutions:

*

*Either change the struct to class.

*Make a mutating method in struct which can change the fileStage
struct XFile {
let key: String
let filename: String
let data: Data
var mimeType: String?
let url: URL
var toUrl : URL?
var upStatus : UpStatus?
var fileStage : Int32?
init(fileUrl: URL, key: String) {
    //setting multiplle variables here
    //set the initial fileStage to 0
    self.fileStage = 0
}

mutating func updateFileStage(_ stage: Int32) {
    self.fileStage = stage
}

}


BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. smart phone magnate Apple suffered a waterloo in China's mobile market in Q1 as the top-four handset makers - Huawei, Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi - secured a 53-percent combined market share, statistics released by Counterpoint Research shows.
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The Gemini Observatory provides the astronomical communities in six participant countries with state-of-the-art astronomical facilities that allocate observing time in proportion to each country's contribution. In addition to financial support, each country also contributes significant scientific and technical resources. The national research agencies that form the Gemini partnership include: the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Canadian National Research Council (NRC), the Chilean Comisión Nacional de Investigación Cientifica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), the Brazilian Ministério da Ciência, the Argentinean Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Tecnologia e Inovação and the Korea Astronomy and Space Institute (KASI). The observatory is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the NSF. The NSF also serves as the executive agency for the international partnership.
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News Release 11-Sep-2018
Individuals with criminal records may stay in their jobs longer
BMC (BioMed Central)
In sales and customer service positions, employees with criminal records may stay in their jobs longer and be less likely to leave, according to a study published in the IZA Journal of Labor Policy.
Researchers at Northwestern University investigated the possible relationship between having a criminal record and job performance by evaluating data from employees in sales or customer service jobs in call centres in the US. They found employees with a criminal record stayed in their roles on average 19 days longer than those who did not have a criminal record.
Deborah Weiss, the corresponding author of the study said: "In sales and customer service positions, turnover is a major labor cost. Our study found that employees with criminal records had a longer tenure and were less likely to quit their jobs voluntarily than other workers. This finding suggests that individuals with a criminal record represent an untapped productivity pool."
The authors suggest that employees with a criminal record may stay in their jobs longer because they have fewer job prospects outside of their current role.
Deborah Weiss said: "Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than others to receive an offer of employment. Six months after release from prison, 50 to 80 percent of the formerly incarcerated remain unemployed. Some of those who are offered employment may stay longer because they have no other options and others may feel a sense of loyalty or gratitude to an employer who has given them a second chance."
The researchers also found a 34% increased chance of misconduct in sales jobs for employees with a criminal record but not in customer service jobs, which may suggest that performance and tenure for employees with a criminal record may be better in customer service roles than sales roles. The authors suggest that despite this higher misconduct rate, sales employees with a criminal record may be a good investment for employers. The authors estimated that hiring a worker with a criminal record for a sales job increased expected theft-related costs by about $43, while saving the same employer about $746 in turnover costs on that worker.
Deborah Weiss said: "Finding gainful employment for individuals with a criminal background is an important public priority: without such employment, reoffending is almost inevitable. While our study may not entirely dispel employers' fears that hiring applicants with a criminal record may carry risks, our findings suggest that there are unexploited opportunities to hiring applicants with a record in a way that makes sense both on efficiency and on moral grounds."
The researchers used data on 58,977 applicants hired for sales or customer service jobs in call centres in the US, collected by a hiring consultancy from May 2008 to January 2014. The authors evaluated possible associations between having a criminal record or not having a criminal record and job performance, misconduct and time spent in the job.
The authors caution that the study only evaluated data from those working in the sales and customer service jobs, which may limit the generalizability of the results outside of these positions. The observational nature of this study does not allow for conclusions about cause and effect.
Lucy Eccles
E: lucy.eccles@biomedcentral.com
Notes to editor:
1. Research article:
Criminal background and job performance
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Some restaurants just feel right as soon as you walk in the door. Anyora Bodega was like that for us. They welcomed us to sit at the long bar, where a dozen people can have a drink or order from the full menu. The comfortable and traditional decor made us feel like we had walked right into a grandmother's kitchen with bundles of herbs, garlic, and peppers hanging over our heads and folksy murals on the walls.
The food matches the decor. Owner and Chef Roman Navarro prepares traditional dishes typical of Spanish home cooking passed down through generations. Navarro opened Anyora Bodega in April of 2017 in a space where a tavern has existed since 1937. They are proudly located in the El Canyamelar neighborhood, one of three neighborhoods (along with Cap de França and El Cabanyal) that make up what is commonly called simply "El Cabanyal".
We like to begin with a glass of vermouth while looking through Anyora's menu. They serve Petit Vermut, one of our personal favorites made from Petit Verdot grapes that give it a deep red color and fresh fruity flavor. It is handmade in the town of Alfafara next to the Sierra de Mariola mountains south of Valencia. A section of Anyora's menu is dedicated to vermut friendly tapas like conserved seafood, olives, nuts, cheese, and charcuterie.
Before getting deeper into the menu we absolutely must talk about the wine. Nicola Sacchetta (Nico) has put together a unique wine list with a commitment to natural wines. A vino blanco that we enjoy is Gratias Sol by Casas Ibañez, made in Albacete Spain from a rare grape varietal called Tardana. His wines by the glass change constantly and can be found hand written on the chalkboards above the bar. We always find something new and interesting to try. Nico also uses an argon gas wine system to be able to serve special higher end wines by the glass.
When it comes to the food, a favorite starter is the chuleton de tomate, a large tomato steak with mango, avocado and white prawn. The salad topping the tomato incorporates lots of flavors and I love the tangy bits of pickled onion. It's nice to get something healthy into us before diving into meat.
Sweetbreads are the most prized of the offal (in my opinion) and a longtime favorite, as they are fairly common in American restaurants. Called Lleteroles on the Spanish menu, this confused us at first because we are used to seeing the word mollejas for sweetbreads. They were beautiful bite size pieces of thymus, lightly sauteed and very tender but with a little crispiness outside. Mild leeks and a savory salty lemon and roasted chicken sauce rounded out the dish nicely.
We've only recently learned to appreciate pigs ears, first trying them here in Spain. Anyora's sumptuous Orejas a la plancha were served under a crispy crust of smoked potato. The ears were incredibly rich with multiple layers of flavors.
The pork snout was a first time for us. Here it was served with smoked eel and nuts; a pretty bizarre sounding partnership, but unbelievably good together. The smoky acidity from the eel balanced out the rich decadence of the tender pork snout.
Rooster's crest? I had no idea that eating the comb on a rooster's head was even an option. I can't believe that we actually debated whether or not we should try them and I'm so glad that we did. The photo can't possibly do justice to the rooster crest with langostinos. The gelatinous combs were so soft they defied being held up for a full view. That soft jelly-like texture is what was so wonderful and satisfying about them. The flavor was very delicate, served in a sauce mildly flavored with garlic, paprika and vinegar, and a few langostinos tossed in for good measure.
Not so adventurous? There are plenty of other good things on the menu, from patatas bravas and croquettes, to seafood, meat, and egg dishes. The rock octopus was simply prepared, very tender, and served with a thick romescu sauce. The canelones gratinados were rich without being overly so, having a nice balance between the cheese and the filling of veal and foie gras.
La paletilla de cordero feliz (shoulder of happy lamb) sure tasted happy, with the intense flavor of lamb that has grazed in open pastures. The meat was so tender it fell apart on the fork. A smooth potato purée served as a sauce to pull the bites of lamb through. We are often disappointed with lamb as it can lack the nice gamey flavor we are looking for, but not so here. This tender delight was full of wildness.
The fried bimi with toasted hazelnut alioli was a nice diversion among all of this protein. Bimi is broccolini, a cross between broccoli and Chinese cabbage. Here it was lightly battered and fried, served with a nutty spicy alioli of toasted hazelnuts. Delicious and healthy. Well…delicious anyway.
The daily Menu del Dia is a great value. Just €12.90 euros gets you three starters to share among the table, your choice of a main dish (with an upcharge for the more elaborate dishes) and dessert.
We are not the only ones that have fallen for this restaurant. Competition for the bar seats is getting tougher and if you prefer a table, it's best to reserve in advance.
I'm building myself up to try sweetbreads. I'm not a fan of cartilage and fattieness though so not sure about the other things. It all looks fantastic though. What an excellent restaurant.
Cartilage does take some getting used to and can be overwhelming. I enjoy it in small amounts but I could never finish an entire serving on my own. Sweetbreads, however, I loved them at first bite!
You are brave diners! Anything "gelatinous" scares me off!


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2018 Mental Health Officers' Report published today
Fifty-five extra full time mental health officers (MHOs) are needed to meet shortfalls in staffing, a new report published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) reveals. All but eight of Scotland's local authorities reported an MHO shortfall in the 2018 Mental Health Officers' Report published today.
MHOs carry out statutory duties in relation to mental health legislation and shortfalls in staffing could result in delays to people accessing services, appropriate treatment and care and hospital discharges.
Lorraine Gray, SSSC Chief Executive said: 'It is significant that more local authorities reported a shortfall of MHOs in 2018 compared to the previous year and that the equivalent of 55 full time MHOs would need to be recruited to meet that shortfall.
'The report also shows an increasing proportion of MHOs are aged over 55, so we need to make sure that enough social workers are undertaking the MHO qualification, so we can address both the shortfall and future demand.
'It's good to see in the report, however, there is an increasing number of MHOs aged under 40 so that should help with succession planning for the significant proportion of MHOs expected to retire over the next 10 years.
'Our MHO report contains key data about the workforce in Scotland to help local authorities, Scottish Government and others plan the future workforce. I'm pleased that data from our workforce intelligence team makes a considerable contribution to this work.'
Key points from this year's MHO report
There were 730 filled MHO posts in 2018.
84 people left 87 MHO posts during 2018, with 32 of these post holders resigning (over a third of all leavers in 2018).
There were 13 fewer filled MHO posts in 2018 than in 2017 which is equivalent to a drop of 1.7%.
More local authorities are reporting an MHO shortfall with 24 from 32 reporting a shortfall.
The average reported (mean) shortfall was 81.9 hours per week for each local authority that reported one. This is equivalent to 55 full time MHOs across those authorities.
Local authorities across Scotland reported a total of 22 unfilled exclusive MHO vacancies with 18 MHOs currently unavailable. This is an increase of eight vacancies and five more unavailable MHOs from our 2017 figures of 14 and 13 respectively.
An increasing proportion of the MHO workforce is aged over 55. In 2014 it was 32% of MHOs, in 2018 this figure had risen to 38%. The average (mean) age of all MHOs is 50. There has also been an increase in MHOs under 40 from 13% in 2014 to 18% in 2018. Correspondingly the percentage of MHOs who fall between these ranges (ages 40 to 54) has decreased.
The downward trend in the average weekly hours worked per post is continuing. This figure was 17.2 in 2016, 16.1 in 2017 and it decreased further in 2018 to 15.7.
Since 2016 the number of cover MHOs has decreased. In 2016 there were 99, 76 in 2017 and 71 in 2018.
Our role supporting MHOs
We approve and quality assure the three university MHO programmes in Scotland, which includes feedback from people who use mental health services to inform improvements in the delivery of MHO education and practice.
We also work in partnership with the national MHO forum, Social Work Scotland and the Scottish Association of Social Workers to develop resources to support practice including learning in relation to new mental health legislation and the annual MHO study day.
Download the 2018 Mental Health Officers Report here.
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San Francisco based wage & hour lawyer Eric Grover educates using Google Hangout on air. Discusses When Work Expenses Aren't Reimbursed
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Veteran California employment lawyer Eric Grover discusses many ways employers improperly reimburse — or fail to reimburse — work expenses, and what employees can do about it.
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For many employees, spending money out of pocket for work-related expenses is an unavoidable, and often inconvenient, fact of life. Recouping these costs can be a time-consuming process, involving paperwork and what frequently turns out to be a lengthy wait. But in a troubling number of cases, reimbursement never happens at all. Employers fail to pay back their employees — improperly and unfairly. Fortunately, labor law is on the workers' side.
In a new Google Hangout, veteran wage and hour lawyer Eric Grover from San Francisco , of the California labor and employment law firm Keller Grover, discusses the problems — and the available remedies — regarding illegal non-payment or underpayment of work expenses. The failure to reimburse these costs, Grover notes, is not only a pervasive problem, but one where employees typically don't realize the broad rights they have.
"It's not just a matter of failing to pay legitimate expenses," says Grover. "There are many cases where an employer sets a policy — such as limiting the amount that can be reimbursed or basing reimbursement on an employee's position or salary — that look very official but are, in fact, outright illegal. California law, in particular, has very clear rules about the reimbursement of work expenses, and what it all boils down to is if you spend money for a legitimate work expense, you are entitled to recover those costs. Period."
In the Google Hangout — now available online. San Francisco Attorney Eric Grover discusses California labor law, along with general legal concepts regarding expense reimbursement. The idea, he says, is to educate employees on their rights and recourses, and give them the full picture of what expenses the law says must be reimbursed — even when employers say they won't.
"Employers are required to fully reimburse employees for work-related expenses, and the key word is 'fully,'" says Grover. "A lot of employees will utilize a so-called 'lump sum' system to cover reimbursement, where they say, essentially, 'here's some money to cover your costs, and if you go over, well — your loss.' The law says, 'no, not your loss. Your employer needs to pay you for work expenses that exceed the lump sum, too."
Nor can employers legally have their workers waive their right to reimbursement, or pay set rates for vehicle usage that doesn't cover actual operating costs. "These are all things unscrupulous — or simply uninformed — employers do all the time, and unfortunately, the list goes on," says Grover. "An experienced labor and employment lawyer can put a stop to them, but first employees need to know when they've been wronged. That's why it is important to talk about the topic and have these Google Hangouts. Employees need to know what they are entitled to — and how to go about getting it."
More on this topic here by San Francisco based wage & hour lawyer Eric Grover
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A discredited journalist and a mysterious computer hacker discover that even the wealthiest families have skeletons in their closets while working to solve the mystery of a 40-year-old murder. Inspired by late author Stieg Larsson's successful trilogy of books, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo gets under way as Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are briefed in the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, whose uncle suspects she may have been killed by a member of their own family. The deeper Mikael and Lisbeth dig for the truth, however, the greater the risk of being buried alive by members of the family who will go to great lengths to keep their secrets tightly sealed.
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In one of the most widely-followed cases of medical negligence in India, the Supreme Court ordered the concerned hospital and doctors to pay a whopping compensation of nearly Rs. 6 crore to the victim.
When you start your clinic, a professional indemnity insurance plan is of paramount importance. Hemant says, "Doctors require special insurance so that they can protect themselves if they are sued for negligence, malpractice or mistakes." A BajajFinserv provides doctors indemnity up to Rs.2 crore and protects them from any third-party or employee dishonesty or fraud, libel and slander and errors arising from errors, negligence or omission. The plan comes with quick processing and attractive premiums starting from Rs.5000 annually.
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In 2017, the median household income of 66962 residents was $56,335. 66962 households made slightly more than 66035 households ($56,250), 67112 households ($56,250), 67526 households ($56,167), and 67560 households ($56,250) . However, 7.4% of 66962 residents live in poverty.
The median age for 66962 residents is 58.8 years young.
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Arts & Culture / Entertainment
The 2021 Year in Review
Did Erie mash, or is our future fried?
by Matt Swanseger
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Photos by Jessica Hunter
Confession: by the time this "2021 Year in Review" is written, edited, and printed, we will not have even flipped the calendar to December yet. As such, you might rightfully diagnose us with premature encapsulation. But then again, haven't we seen enough? I mean, we've got a pretty good idea, at least — and no, we're not going to compare the past year to a dumpster fire again. Not when there was an underground electrical fire right outside the Reader offices as recently as September. Metaphors don't get much more local than that.
Conversely, metaphors don't get less local than Doug the ugly New Zealand potato, but it's got potential. Massively gnarled, bulbous, and lumpy, Doug weighed in at an astonishing 17.4 pounds when a New Zealand couple discovered him in their garden this past August. Obviously no small potato, Doug enjoyed brief celebrity status as the most tremendous tuber on record, touring the town of Wellington in the back of a cart wearing a tiny hat. But as fame so often does, Doug's time in the spotlight dried him out, and he was retired to a freezer to be distilled into vodka.
What I'm saying is that although this year had its share of bumps and bruises, there was still a lot of substance. So pour yourself a glass of Arby's Crinkle Fry or Curly Fry Vodka (a 2021 limited release) — depending on which shape you think tastes better — and make yourself comfortable. There's plenty to talk about, even though I have not foreseen what happens in December yet (this Curly Fry Vodka is doing nothing for my prescience).
Fully Vaxxin' and Relaxin' All Cool?
We love our folk remedies. If only drinking your curlies afforded you long-term immunity against this dadgum pandemic — then we could save our horse dewormer for a more special occasion.
As we are all brutally aware, the novel coronavirus is not much of a novelty anymore. Despite the rollout of multiple very effective vaccines over the year's first months, COVID-19 is officially going into 2022. Early returns in Pennsylvania were promising. In the wake of mass vaccinations, new infection and hospitalization figures dropped sharply in late spring and early summer. On May 13, the CDC lifted public masking mandates for the fully vaccinated. On June 28, mask mandates were lifted altogether in Pennsylvania, with the faith things were trending in the right direction.
For a moment, it seemed COVID would no longer impede our ability to sniff normalcy. Live music filled the air again this summer as popular events like 8 Great Tuesdays, the UPMC Sunset Music Series, Asbury Woods' Monday Music in the Woods, The Gathering at Chaffee's, and Erie's Blues and Jazz Fest (although a month later than usual) returned. An unfortunate Memorial Day brawl notwithstanding, the usual sounds of joy and delight issued forth from Waldameer Park and Water World, reinvigorated after a very down year. Meanwhile, the Erie SeaWolves finally got to play ball in a vastly upgraded UPMC Park, competing within a realigned Minor League Baseball system with their long-term future assured for the first time in a long time.
Then the variants struck — the U.K. variant first, followed by the even testier Delta variant in late summer, just in time for back to school. The contentious debates over mandatory mask-wearing and vaccinations were reignited anew, as teachers and students stared down the prospect of yet another year of partially or fully remote learning. Thus far most of our local school districts have been able to persevere in-person, but not without their share of setbacks and disruptions — even with the FDA authorizing emergency administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children and teenagers.
At the time of this writing, new COVID cases in Erie County have spiked to some of their highest levels since March 2020, way back when we first spoke of spike proteins in our midst — predominantly among the unvaccinated, although breakthroughs have been documented. As of yet, however, they've not ground society to a screeching halt in 2021 like they did a year ago. But with the omicron variant looming, we must be cautious with our optimism.
Event planners and venues have become much better equipped and adapted to respond to public health advisories and protocols, and so the shows have gone on at places like the Bayfront Convention Center, Erie Insurance Arena (welcome back Otters), Erie Art Museum, Jefferson Educational Society (congratulations on a tremendously successful Global Summit XIII), Mercyhurst Institute for Arts and Culture, community theaters (Erie Playhouse, Dramashop, PACA, All An Act), indoor music venues (e.g. Basement Transmissions, King's Rook), and many others even as the weather has turned. Soon, we'll be able to add the historic Warner Theatre (and the Erie Philharmonic) to the list, as an extensive renovation project highlighted by a state-of-the-art rehearsal hall is slated for completion in January.
If you were looking to grab a bite to eat or something to drink in between those activities, there is a surprising slew of new and returning options. Few industries had been hit so hard during the pandemic as bars and restaurants, so it's been incredibly encouraging to see new ventures like Bar Ronin, Local Eat and Pour, Pier 6, Julius, Lettuce Head, Fine Restaurant & Bar, Lumi Cafe, Rex Brothers' Bakery and others popping up, as old favorites like Cloud 9, Tap House, and Jekyll & Hyde's have emerged from hibernation. Of course, we would be remiss not to mention the recently debuted Flagship City Food Hall on North Park Row, featuring eight unique vendors in a communal dining space.
And after being sidelined for all or most of 2020, food trucks are again a fixture at regional breweries and distilleries, with a couple (The Que Abides, Bro Man's Sammiches) even gaining enough traction to open brick and mortar locations. Who's hungry?
Things Picking Up Downtown
Property developers have displayed an especially ravenous appetite as of late, piqued in large part by the expansion of the LERTA (Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance) program in 2019. What this did, of course, was allow for new commercial and residential developments within the city's eight federally-designated "Opportunity Zones" without the obligation of property taxes for a full decade.
At the literal center of this has been the Erie Downtown Development Corporation (EDDC), backed by powerful entities such as Erie Insurance (the 347th largest U.S. company as measured by revenue at $8.66 billion), Arctaris Impact Investors, and others. The Flagship City Food Hall was one of their first projects to see completion, along with the Shops at Fifth & State, a retail space on the southeast corner of the 400 block of State Street. Set to join these developments soon are the Flagship City Public Market (on the ground floor of the former Dispatch Building on North Park Row), a $45 million building on the corner opposite the Shops at Fifth & State (which will include a three-story climbing gym courtesy of Pittsburgh-based Ascend Climbing), and a total of 136 apartments. No doubt about it, a radical transformation surrounding Perry Square is well underway.
Just up the road, Griswold Park may soon be undergoing a metamorphosis of its own. A group of nearby businesses including Logistics Plus, Great Lakes Insurance Services , Kellar's: A Modern Magic and Comedy Club, Rick Griffith Properties, The Brewerie at Union Station, and Lilly Broadcasting have compiled a plan for a Station Square District that would transfigure the underutilized park into one of downtown's recreational epicenters. The blueprints include six pickleball courts, a synthetic ice rink, musical swings, an illuminated fountain and statue of Erie magician Harry Kellar, and streetscape improvements. The collective partnership has formed a nonprofit called Erie's Station Square Ltd., which continues to hammer out negotiations with the City of Erie, as well as a timetable for completion.
But those revamps, while significant, are only part of the story. On the corner of 10th and Peach, you'll come across Marquette Savings Bank's new Innovation Learning Center. Go around the block and you can't miss Gannon University's I-HACK, or Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge, a total reinvention of a former Verizon Call Center into a cutting-edge cyber learning facility and collaborative space. Those traveling further northwest to the Hagen History Center would be greeted with stunning new exhibits and interactive features worth a collective $11 million. East of State Street, the Warner Theatre is staging an impressive reboot, UPMC Hamot's gleaming Patient Tower is delivering world-class clinical care, and Erie Insurance's $147 million Thomas B. Hagen Building has been officially dedicated.
There's no denying that downtown is looking a bit different these days — the question remains whether these changes will transcend the topical and finally catalyze the positive identity shift this city has so long yearned for.
Holding Our Water
As crucial as downtown is, Presque Isle Bay may be the better analog of our ultimate fate. Erie's future is tenuously cradled between the peninsula and the bayfront — every major decision surrounding our harbor holds serious economic and environmental implications. Not to be melodramatic, but what is the Gem City if we throw away our gem?
From a tourism standpoint, the future seems secure on the Presque Isle side of things. In its 100th year as a state park, PI continued to be adored by visitors and locals alike. Of course, its geological history dates back much further — as chronicled in David Frew and Jerry Skrypzak's Accidental Paradise: 13,000-Year History of Presque Isle, published this year by the Jefferson Educational Society and available from Presque Isle Gallery and Gifts. There's no question that PI is the region's crown jewel, and a multi-pronged effort is being made to heighten our awareness of that. The most prominent of these endeavors are Millcreek Township's Presque Isle Gateway Project (focusing on beautifying and enhancing the area around West Eighth Street and Peninsula Drive) and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' purchase of an 18-acre parcel of land at West Sixth and Peninsula, south of the Tom Ridge Environmental Center (TREC) campus.
On the bayfront side of things, matters are more contentious. It's not that bayfront developments are unwelcome, it's whether they are welcoming to everyone deserving to share in these assets, regardless of socioeconomic status. Between hip new spots (e.g. Pier 6, Oliver's Beer Garden), forthcoming ventures (Scott Enterprises' ongoing Harbor Place project, Erie Events' Bayfront Market House on the former GAF property), and mainstays like the Bicentennial Tower (soon to feature an "outdoor living room" seating area under the deck) there promises to be plenty of opportunity to enjoy the waterfront. But will there be equal opportunity?
Perhaps the biggest bugaboo is PennDOT's impending plans with the Bayfront Parkway — which prescribe an underpass at State Street, "highway-style exits," and dual-lane roundabouts to facilitate the flow of vehicular traffic. Pedestrians and cyclists, meanwhile, would use overpasses located at the feet of Holland, State, and Sassafras streets to travel north and south between the downtown and the bayfront. Strong opposition has been voiced by social and environmental advocacy groups as the increased traffic threatens to further sever historically redlined neighborhoods (such as the East Bayfront neighborhood) from the waterfront, impede safe east-west travel for those without cars, contribute to air and noise pollution — generally favoring money over opportunity and accessibility.
Another conundrum of conscience exists in the International Recycling Group's plans for a $100 million automated plastics sorting facility on the former site of International Paper. On the surface, it sounds like a revolutionary solution to our plastics problem — recycling rates of up to 90 percent and tens of millions of tons of plastic spared from our landfills. But with one major caveat — four of the seven resin types would be shredded into tiny flakes destined for a blast furnace in Ontario as a substitute for coke in steel production. There are several environmental concerns implicit in this setup, but containment has to be number one. Microplastics already have a disturbing presence in Lake Erie, and it's not hard to conclude that finely grating millions of tons of plastic (polystyrene reggiano anyone?) might exacerbate that, accumulating in food chains and in our waterways.
Whether all of these ambitions become reality remains to be seen. But one thing is for sure — our bayfront deserves to be treated like bae, not a second THOT.
Comeback City?
Erie may be first in our hearts, but according to results of the 2020 census, it's now just fifth in Pennsylvania as measured by population after being eclipsed by Reading. It should stand as little surprise — population trends within the Commonwealth over the past few decades have largely favored the east, with Allentown also pushing past Erie. So we must ask ourselves, how do we bring people back? Moreover, how do we keep them here?
The easy answer is jobs — more specifically, well-paying jobs. The fight to raise a minimum wage that hasn't budged since 2007 has raged for years between the state's Republican-dominated legislature and Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, with the all-too-predictable partisan gridlock that has intensified in a progressively bitterer and more polarized political climate. Many restaurateurs and retailers (by the way, the world's largest, Amazon, opened a shipping facility in Erie this year), desperate to bounce back from the ravages of COVID, have taken matters into their own hands, offering walk-in interviews and signing bonuses to potential applicants along with increased hourly wages.
But it's not just so-called "unskilled labor" that employers are scrambling for — sectors like manufacturing and healthcare (nurses in particular) are also having difficulty filling positions. Much has been made of the decline of Erie industry, and if we were to solely focus on GE/WABTEC (who did land some major orders this year, including a couple for the innovative FLXDrive battery-powered locomotive), we might fall into that tired narrative. The truth is that local manufacturers are also racking their brains about how to attract and retain new employees, as interest in the trades has plunged among the younger generations.
The best way to offset these deficits, of course, is with affordable and accessible education — such as one might find at their local community college. Problem is that up until June of 2020, Erie County was the state's largest population area without one. Just 15 months after being approved by the Pennsylvania Board of Education, the newly established Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania (EC3PA) held its very first classes on Sept. 1, 2021, the culmination of a whirlwind year. With tuition waived for county residents, EC3PA is certainly affordable. And with four locations in Erie County (including three served by EMTA bus routes) and online course offerings, EC3PA is certainly accessible. Now it's a matter of the community embracing and seizing this opportunity, and the college tailoring transfer degree programs that meet the requirements of partnering universities, and applied degree and certificate programs that meet the needs of employers.
Among the four-year institutions EC3PA will hope to forge relationships with are Mercyhurst, Gannon, Penn State Behrend, and Edinboro — excuse me, Pennsylvania Western University at Edinboro following Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) consolidation. But don't worry; the Fighting Scots have not been kilt off. Edinboro will continue to maintain its own campus and identity, but will now share administrative and instructional resources with Clarion and California universities in an effort to reassert the school's affordability advantage that has diminished greatly over the past decade amidst rising costs.
In regard to career and entrepreneurial resources, the buzz continues to grow within the NWPA Innovation Beehive. At this year's Beehive celebration, Mercyhurst introduced its Innovation Entente Lab (for marketing strategy development and business intelligence data analysis), another strong addition to a network that already includes Edinboro's Center for Branding and Strategic Communication, Gannon's Center for Business Ingenuity, Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons (which this year saw the opening of a biomedical translational research lab that will collaborate with Magee Women's Research Institute), and Erie County Public Library's Idea Lab.
Between all these initiatives, it would seem local high school graduates and community college transfers — and by extension, Erie's future — are set up well. But that future also depends on shrewd, sensitive, and equitable leadership going forward, most critically from reelected Erie Mayor Joe Schember (who beat out Tom Spagel and Sydney Zimmerman in the primaries and faced no opposition in the general election) and Erie County Executive Brenton Davis (the controversial Republican candidate who defeated Democratic challenger Tyler Titus this past November). Will they commandeer the steering wheel with grace and tact, or veer off-course like the Erie man who crashed his Mazda into a tree after robbing Millcreek's The Saucery under the influence of a quart of gin?
That guy did all of that wearing a clown mask, and we must hope our leaders aren't making false promises behind a similar guise. Because no matter how you like your potatoes, there's clearly much at stake here. If we won't do it for ourselves, let's do it for Doug.
Matt Swanseger (mswanseger@eriereader.com) loves eating potatoes of all shapes and sizes, and has probably been thinking about them this entire time.
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Most writing on law is like a gas: it expands to fill the space given to it. But a new ebook by journalism trainer Cleland Thom bucks the trend, and it's all the better for it.
This entry was posted in regulation and tagged cleland thom, Communications Act, contempt, copyright, defamation, harassment, terms and conditions on January 24, 2013 by Paul Bradshaw.
Does your class want to collaborate on an investigation?
Do you have students or classes who want to do something investigative but lack support or ideas?
Next week students in Birmingham, Portsmouth and Strathclyde will be starting new investigations focused on education and the arts. Their focus will be local, but by exchanging notes the investigations should be quicker, easier, and potentially bigger.
They'll be supported by new editors at Help Me Investigate Education who have put together the list of potential investigations, along with mentors from the media industry.
PS: Further supporting this is a free resource on teaching collaborative journalism, and an accompanying pack for students.
This entry was posted in blogging and tagged collaborative journalism, help me investigate, help me investigate education on January 22, 2013 by Paul Bradshaw.
In a world where an extraordinary amount of people own smartphones, it's easier than ever to connect instantaneously with those affected by significant news events wherever you happen to be based. But what tools can help reporters find those affected?
Simple searches on Twitter or Facebook may present too many 'junk leads' to wade through. Tools like TweetDeck are better, but what if you were able to find social media users more quickly through geolocation? Surely that would be a much more efficient method?
There are numerous websites out there that offer this functionality.
This entry was posted in online journalism, social media and tagged facebook, Geo-location, GeoChirp, GeoFeedia, Ian SIlvera, Investigation, paul lewis, sources, Superstorm Sandy, The Guardian, tool on January 18, 2013 by Paul Bradshaw.
I've just published a free ebook documenting a method of teaching collaborative journalism. Called 'Stories and Streams' the method, which was piloted last year, uses investigation teams and focuses on student-driven, peer-to-peer learning. Traditional lectures are not used.
You can download the free ebook from Leanpub.
You can read more about the background to the project here. A research report co-written with Jon Hickman and Jennifer Jones is published in a research report in ADM-HEA Networks Magazine. A fuller report will be included in a HEA publication on collaborative learning soon.
I'm also about to start a new class using the same method again, so if you have a class you'd like to get involved, let me know.
This entry was posted in blogging and tagged collaborative journalism, ebook, Jennifer Jones, Jon Hickman, pedagogy, peer to peer learning, Stories and streams on January 15, 2013 by Paul Bradshaw.
FAQ: Don't have a blog, you won't get a job?
1) Do you think the hypothesis "If you don't have a blog, you won't get a job" (in journalism) is correct?
This entry was posted in blogging, faq and tagged jobs on January 12, 2013 by Paul Bradshaw.
Is Facebook Advertising charging more to 'mugged profiles'?
Are Facebook quoting different prices for the same ad based on your profile? Guest contributor Desi Velikova thinks so. In a cross-post from her own blog, she writes how the same ad campaign would have cost her employer 8 times more depending on which user account it was purchased from.
This entry was posted in Business, social media and tagged advertising, cpc, cpm, desi velikova, facebook on January 7, 2013 by Paul Bradshaw.


U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that premium processing resumed January 28, 2019 for all H-1B cap petitions filed for FY2019 (i.e. filed in April 2018). Beginning on January 28, 2019, all H-1B cap-subject petitions filed since April 1, 2018, including those eligible for the advanced-degree exemption, may be "upgraded" to request premium processing. This does not impact H-1B change of employer petitions, which still are not eligible for premium processing service, or H-1B cap petitions that will be filed for FY2020 in April 2019.
Premium processing allows petitioners to request faster service for an additional government fee. USCIS must respond within 15 days or refund the fee. The agency announced the suspension of premium processing for H-1B cap petitions just before filing season began, and in August 2018, extended the suspension and expanded its scope to encompass nearly all H-1B petitions. At that time, USCIS had indicated that the suspension would last until February 19, 2019.
Employers should assess which employees need their H-1B petitions to be expedited and should request premium processing for those cases as soon as possible. USCIS is reminding petitioners who request premium processing that if the petition was subject to a request for evidence (RFE), they must include any responses to the RFE with their premium processing upgrade request.


General Motors has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent times. The latest announcement from them is a bit of good news though. The automaker has announced plans of bringing wireless phone charging to few of their vehicles this year.
Launching this Fall, the 2015 Cadillac ATS sport sedan and coupe will feature wireless charging of smartphones. Powermat technology, which uses a rubberized pad to charge compatible smartphones, will be used. Watch the video below the break.
The 2015 ATS also features 4G LTE capability which makes the vehicle a moving hotspot.
Other vehicles in line to get wireless charging are the CTS sport sedan (this Fall) and the Escalade SUV (end of this year).


We aren't only seeking out integrative medical professionals for our own aches and pains, more of us are bringing our cherished pets to veterinarians who combine the best of Western and Eastern medicine. Dr. Barbara Royal, DVM, was recently interviewed by Lisa Fields, writer, WebMD, on how she successfully incorporates nutritional consultation, acupuncture, massage and other rehabilitation therapies in her practice to treat pets with allergies, geriatric conditions or chronic diseases. Check out the full article right here.


Now that I've officially fallen prey to the Valentine's Day bug, I've been trying to create a new, pretty, and pink hued cocktail. My original intent was to use up some pomegranate liqueur that's been sitting around. But I suppose the reason it's been sitting around is because I really don't like it. At all.
I'd like to say that I set out to create a mocktail to balance out the boozy beverages I've been posting around here, but this actually was intended to be a Chilled Minted Papaya Soup. It didn't quite work for me as a soup, but a tweak or two made it into one stellar drink.


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{
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    using Google.Cloud.WebRisk.V1;
    using Google.Protobuf;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    public sealed partial class GeneratedWebRiskServiceClientSnippets
    {
        /// <summary>Snippet for SearchHashesAsync</summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a code template only.
        /// It will require modifications to work:
        /// - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.
        /// - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service client as shown in
        ///   https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/help/client-configuration#endpoint.
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        {
            // Create client
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                ThreatTypes =
                {
                    ThreatType.Unspecified,
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        }
    }
    // [END webrisk_v1_generated_WebRiskService_SearchHashes_async]
}


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