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§ 2C:14-2. Sexual assault
a. An actor is guilty of aggravated sexual assault if he commits an act of sexual penetration with another person under any one of the following circumstances:
(1) The victim is less than 13 years old;
(2) The victim is at least 13 but less than 16 years old; and
(a) The actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the third degree, or
(b) The actor has supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim by virtue of the actor's legal, professional, or occupational status, or
(c) The actor is a resource family parent, a guardian, or stands in loco parent's within the household;
(3) The act is committed during the commission, or attempted commission, whether alone or with one or more other persons, of robbery, kidnapping, homicide, aggravated assault on another, burglary, arson or criminal escape;
(4) The actor is armed with a weapon or any object fashioned in such a manner as to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a weapon and threatens by word or gesture to use the weapon or object;
(5) The actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and the actor uses physical force or coercion;
(6) The actor uses physical force or coercion and severe personal injury is sustained by the victim;
(7) The victim is one whom the actor knew or should have known was physically helpless, mentally defective or mentally incapacitated.
Aggravated sexual assault is a crime of the first degree.
b. An actor is guilty of sexual assault if he commits an act of sexual contact with a victim who is less than 13 years old and the actor is at least four years older than the victim.
c. An actor is guilty of sexual assault if he commits an act of sexual penetration with another person under any one of the following circumstances:
(1) The actor uses physical force or coercion, but the victim does not sustain severe personal injury;
(2) The victim is on probation or parole, or is detained in a hospital, prison or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim by virtue of the actor's legal, professional or occupational status;
(3) The victim is at least 16 but less than 18 years old and:
(a) The actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the third degree; or
(b) The actor has supervisory or disciplinary power of any nature or in any capacity over the victim; or
(c) The actor is a resource family parent, a guardian, or stands in loco parent is within the household;
(4) The victim is at least 13 but less than 16 years old and the actor is at least four years older than the victim.
Sexual assault is a crime of the second degree.
§ 2C:14-3. Aggravated criminal sexual contact; criminal sexual contact
a. An actor is guilty of aggravated criminal sexual contact if he commits an act of sexual contact with the victim under any of the circumstances set forth in 2C:14-2 a.(2) through (7).
Aggravated criminal sexual contact is a crime of the third degree.
b. An actor is guilty of criminal sexual contact if he commits an act of sexual contact with the victim under any of the circumstances set forth in section 2C:14-2 c.(1) through (4).
Criminal sexual contact is a crime of the fourth degree.
§ 2C:14-4. Lewdness
a. A person commits a disorderly persons offense if he does any flagrantly lewd and offensive act which he knows or reasonably expects is likely to be observed by other nonconsenting persons who would be affronted or alarmed.
b. A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if:
(1) He exposes his intimate parts for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of the actor or of any other person under circumstances where the actor knows or reasonably expects he is likely to be observed by a child who is less than 13 years of age where the actor is at least four years older than the child.
(2) He exposes his intimate parts for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of the actor or of any other person under circumstances where the actor knows or reasonably expects he is likely to be observed by a person who because of mental disease or defect is unable to understand the sexual nature of the actor's conduct.
c. As used in this section:
"lewd acts" shall include the exposing of the genitals for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of the actor or of any other person.
§ 2C:14-8. Juveniles in need of supervision (J.I.N.S.) law not affected
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit the jurisdiction of the court under P.L.1973, c. 306 (C. 2A:4-42 et seq.).


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Leave a Comment / March 21st, 2016 / George Comatas
5th Cell lays off 45 employees after Scribblenauts cancellation
3DS, News
To all the fans of Scribblenauts out there, sad news today! The studio behind the popular franchise, 5th Cell, is getting a massive downgrade.
The studio, which was originally founded as 5th Cell Media, LLC, gained prominence for its game Drawn to Life, which saw considerable success on the Nintendo DS, but it was easily most popular for the Scribblenauts series.
With four Scribblenauts games under its belt, the studio had plans for a fifth game called Scribblenauts: Fighting Words. Unfortunately, Warner Bros., the producer of the game, cancelled the installment today, effectively causing 45 members of the staff to be laid off.
This news comes nearly right after a tweet made by 5th Cell lead animator Tim Borrelli today, where his wording made it seem as if the entire studio was closing down.
RIP 5TH Cell. If anyone is looking for kickass artists, programmers, designers, QA, IT, and more, let me know. pic.twitter.com/xwMZVF76Wb
— Tim Borrelli (@Anim8der) March 21, 2016
Following the confusing wording, 5th Cell released a statement that details exactly what's going on behind the scenes. The statement is as follows:
"Unfortunately, due to a project cancellation, we have had to let go of 45 of our very talented staff members today.
Layoffs aren't something we take lightly and we'd like to thank all our employees for all the hard work and dedication over the years.
5TH Cell as a company is not closing down, but our focus right now is 100% on helping our staff make the transition to other external opportunities. If we haven't already reached out, any interested employer can reach us at [email protected]"
Though we're happy to hear that the studio isn't shutting down entirely, it's still sad to hear that it's struggling. Hopefully this isn't the end of the Scribblenauts series– for now, we'll just have to wait and see.
Written by George Comatas
As a wannabe social media personality and professional in the world of sarcasm, George does his best to always adapt to the changing world around him. He considers himself a maverick: a true-to-heart gamer with the mind of a pop star. Whether this makes him revolutionary or a setback, he's yet to find out. But one thing's for sure; he's one-of-a-kind.

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G-7 'counter-summit' protest mobilizes against inequality
A woman walks past graffitis reading in Basque language "No to G7" Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 in Irun, Spain. Protesters are setting up camp in towns near the Spanish border to prepare actions during the Aug. 24-26 gathering of major world democracies. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
IRUN, Spain (AP) — Protesters are beginning to set up camp on both sides of the border between France and Spain ahead of this year's G-7 summit of the world's major industrialized nations.
They're calling it a "counter-summit" and have a packed schedule of conferences and workshops along the Basque coast to protest social and economic inequality, climate change, migration policies and other concerns.
Sebastien Bailleul, a spokesman for the protesters, said Wednesday several thousand people are expected. He says they're expecting the protest to be peaceful, in contrast with previous summits when protests have degenerated into running battles with police.
The summit's hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders of the Group of Seven nations arrive Saturday for three days in the French resort town of Biarritz.


Our county assessor has reappraised some property values this year, as required by the state. If you have small acreage located around Norfork and Bull Shoals Lakes, you probably got the notice of the increases. However, if you own large-acreage land (about 10 or more acres) around the lakes, you may not have received a notice of the increase. To check on your property, go to the assessor's office and ask for a copy of your property card (a public record). If a 2018 date is on the upper right side, your new assessed value will be at the bottom of the column. This amount is divided by 100 then multiplied by the total amount of the tax levy amount (in 2017, it was 3.2593 for those in the Gainesville R-V District) to give you the amount you pay in taxes. If your appraised amounts go up, your taxes go up.
Increase notices give you a chance to go before the Board of Equalization in July with complaints about increase amounts. If you don't receive a notice, you pay the increases in December and you cannot go to the Board of Equalization until July of the next year (you must apply in June). If the board agrees to lower your appraised amount, it's too late to change it for the year of the increase.
This year we got a notice of increase for 1.4 acres but not for our 11 acres by the lake. We didn't know the appraised value of our 11 acres went up until we asked for a copy of our property card from the assessor. Also, last year, we did not get a notice when the appraised value of our water well went up. Why not? Did anyone get a notice? Did the assessor's office outsource this work? The assessor is responsible for sending out these notices.
Folks, ask questions, do research online, get answers and then double-check them. No more surprises!
Editor's note: To verify what your 2018 taxes will be, request a property card at the assessor's office and take it to the collector's office (both offices are in the basement of the Ozark County Courthouse). Ask Collector Bill Hambelton or Deputy Collector Darla Sullivan to calculate your upcoming tax bill.


Extremely spacious villa with private swimming pool on a property of 2500 m² in the hamlet of Talazargues near Saint-Gely. Newly built in local style with exposed wooden beams. The views are stunning and consists of vineyards and rolling hills. All rooms in the house are on the ground floor.
30630, Europe, France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Gard ,Saint-Gely.
Together with the open kitchen the living room measures no less than 55 m² and offers besides a big table for 6 people a comfortable sitting area with satellite television, Dvd player and CD player (CD's with different types of music are available). The open fireplace gives a soothening warmth in the cooler months (there is also electric heating). The luxurious open kitchen contains all modern appliances like a big refrigerator, vitroceramic hobs, oven, microwave and dish washer.
There are three bedrooms, two of them covering 17 m² and the third one 10 m². The two bigger bedrooms offer 2 single boxspring beds of 80x200 cm (easily to be converted into a double bed), whilst there's a bunk bed in the third bedroom. The closets provide ample space for your clothes. Quilts are provided, you have to bring your own sheets and pillow cases.
The 9 m² sized tiled bathroom comes with a walk in shower, two washing basins and a second - elevated - toilet (the other toilet is in the hall).
In the storage room you will find the washing machine, the freezer and other appliances such as an ironer and board.
The swimming pool (5,5 x 11 meters, 1.60 meter in depth - open from May-October) can be reached from the covered terrace adjoining the living room. The pool is equiped with an alarm system (to warn you if small children have fallen into the water). A wooden gazebo near the pool creates a shady spot for 6 reclining pool chairs. There are several sitting areas in the large garden enabling you to enjoy the sun or take refuge in the shadow - whatever pleases you. We also offer a barbecue.
Indicated prices are for 2 people. 3-4 People: € 90,- per week extra; 5-6 people € 180,- per week extra.
Electricity and water: € 70,- per week.
Villa Forza is situated in the South of France, in the departement of the Gard in the region Languedoc-Roussillon. The Gard is undoubtedly one of the most attractive areas of the country. You will find here the Mediterranean and the rugged area of the Camargue to the south. To the west are the forests of the Cévennes whilst the famous Gorges de l'Ardèche are to the north. The Rhône river in the east marks the boundary with the Provence. In the Gard the sun shines more than 300 days a year.
Lovers of culture will find much to their liking as well. World famous is - of course - the Pont-du-Gard, one of the most visited monuments of the country. Apart from this impressive aquaduct you can get acquainted with quite a few small medieval towns like Uzès and Sommières and with beautiful charming little villages like Castillon-du-Gard, Lussan and Montclus. Nîmes is the biggest city of the area. The lovely city of Avignon is on the border of the Gard and the Provence.


Some 20 people were taken to hospital after a section of stage gave way during a concert at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on Friday evening.
A young woman is reported to be in a critical condition with a further four people sustaining serious injuries.
"It was constructed audience platform which gave way," said Marie Lindqvist at Stockholm Globe Arenas.
The stage section collapsed during a concert by DJ Aviccii and the evening's second concert was cancelled after the accident.
The 20 injured people were taken to Karolinska Hospital in Solna, St. Göran's Hospital, Karolinska Hospital in Huddinge and Stockholm South General Hospital.
The leader of the medical team, Daniel Ekberg, confirmed that one woman sustained life threatening injuries and four serious injuries. The remaining 15 people sustained minor injuries.
"For example it concerns spinal injuries," he said.
When the accident occurred there were around 7,000 people inside the arena.
The police have confirmed that they have opened a preliminary investigation into criminal negligence.
Marie Lindkvist said that the concert was completed and that the atmosphere was calm, with all those in need receiving medical attention.
The second concert planned for Friday evening was however cancelled after the accident and it remains unclear what will happen with Saturday's programme.
Neither the concert organiser or Stockolm Globe Arenas was willing to speculate over possible causes for the accident.
"That will have to be revealed by the police investigation," said Kalle Pettersson at the promoter STG Live.
The platform which collapsed had been built by an external supplier and had been constructed specifically for this event.
"The firm has followed existing norms and regulations," Pettersson claimed.
He was unable to specify exactly how many people were on the platform at the time, but underlined that the capacity had not been breached.
The decision to continue the concert was taken in cooperation with the police and arena management.


The first, one of kind "Nziza" - beautiful, handmade creations.
Launched in 2018, The Nziza Women's Collective is a community made up of over hundred self-supporting coffee farmers residing near the Lake Kivu, Rwanda washing station. Brought together to empower each other, gain new skills and increase their income.
After completing basket weaving training, we selected the top 10 weavers and are proud to share with you their very first creations.
Weaving was passed down from mother to daughter, generation to generation, as a rite of passage marking the transition into womanhood and symbolizing a mother's care for her children and her country. However, after the 1994 genocide, this age-old tradition took on a new and powerful meaning in Rwanda.
When the genocide in Rwanda ended, women were left to pick up the pieces of their shattered country. In order to provide for themselves, their families, and the countless orphans left in the destruction's wake, many banded together to form artisan cooperatives—overcoming past differences to work together towards a brighter future.
Only (1) of each item exist. You will receive the exact basket that matches the item number.


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Greenwashing Revisited: In Search for a Typology and Accusation-based Definition Incorporating Legitimacy Strategies
Seele P., Gatti L.
Is greenwashing a concept describing companies using misleading communication or is it coconstructed in the eye of the beholder? By discussing the literature, we find that existing definitions of greenwashing overemphasize the strategic intention to mislead and do not incorporate unjust allegations. Then, by combining signaling theory with legitimacy theory, we frame the communication process of the greenwashing accusation and the emergence of a negative narrative caused by the accusation and its effect on legitimacy. Hence, in this paper we argue that greenwashing epistemologically is constituted in the eye of the beholder, depending on an external accusation. Following this view, the greenwashing accusation is understood as a distortion factor altering the signal reliability of green messages. Based on our conceptual analysis, we provide a conceptual framework introducing a new typology of case-based greenwashing (greenwashing, false greenwashing, potential greenwashing and no greenwashing) and the effects of these types on corporate legitimacy. Finally, we propose a revised definition of greenwashing as co-creation of an external accusation toward an organization with regard to presenting a misleading green message. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
Business Strategy and the Environment
10.1002/bse.1912
Institute of Marketing and Communication Management (IMCA)


A widespread validation is required to safeguard the quality of the study by validating the information about the panel members matching with various financial or social network databases.
IP address of a new panelist are being validated for its location in order to ensure that they are within the specific market region.
Online ethnographic research helps in having a better understanding about consumer behavior-attitudes, perceptions and beliefs that drives their decisions. To check against the known list of fraudulent servers at the time of recruitment.
Panelist responses will be analyzed to a unique combination of different statements as well as a benchmark question to identify over reporters who are not likely to provide credible responses.


The function of the Office of Government Relations is to serve the University community in securing funding and substantive legislation which enables Hampton University to provide research, teaching, and service. This office works closely with government officials and their staffs at the federal, state, and local levels to advocate issues of importance to the university. In addition, Government Relations is the chief lobbying group for Hampton University. The office cultivates relationships with elected and appointed government officials in an effort to secure financial and legislative support.
Bill Thomas is the Associate Vice President of Governmental Relations at Hampton University. Prior to this position he held positions as a Senior Vice President in commercial banking and as a consultant and economist for several private sector businesses with experience in commercial and real estate development. Mr. Thomas has significant political leadership experience in campaigns and fund raising, and economic development. Results orientated philosophy with local, state, federal and influential business and community leadership emphasizing, conservative public policy while building profitable collaborative partnerships. He has served a political advisor to Governor George Allen and former Speaker of the House Vance Wilkins.
Most recently Mr. Thomas has supported development efforts at Hampton University including major biomedical enterprises and expansions of competitive government contracts award and research initiatives. Governor Bob McDonnell appointed Mr. Thomas to Virginia's Modeling and Simulation Commission where is now serves as Vice Chairman, where he has contributed to public policy development on the national and state level, including workforce development, higher education small business assistance, community development, housing, and urban core job creation via legislative initiatives. While organizing community revitalization efforts in Virginia's blighted urban neighborhoods, including creation of community development master plans, development of community-based organizations, creation of new jobs and relocation of businesses by developing legislative policy.


Once opened, the FRED PA-1 guides the rescuer step-by-step during the entire resuscitation process. Dedicated to public access, SCHILLER's latest defibrillator, the FRED PA-1 has been designed so that even untrained users can save lives.
Defibrillation, in more simple terms, is the act of delivering electrical energy to the heart in order to restore a proper heart rhythm. In an emergency situation, such as cardiac arrest, a defibrillator in combination with well-performed chest compressions is the only therapy that can save a patient's life.
When you lift up the device cover, the FRED PA-1 starts up immediately. The electrodes are pre-connected: apply them to the patient's chest and let the FRED PA-1 guide you.
Resuscitation Guidelines emphasise the importance of minimising the time-to-shock after Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). In order to reduce the hands-off time (time while no CPR can be performed), the FRED PA-1 features a fast analysis system that systematically pre-charges the correct energy so that the shock can be delivered as soon as it is recommended.
Not only is the FRED PA-1 intuitive with simple 1-2-3 steps, but it also features spoken instructions and clear imagery that also guides the user through the process.
Should you have missed information given by the device, don't worry: just push the "Repeat" button to listen again to the last instruction.
The electrodes are pre-connected: apply them to the patient's chest and let the FRED PA-1 guide you.
The FRED PA-1 automatically performs regular self-tests and indicates whether or not the device is ready for use.
When a check is necessary, the FRED PA-1 provides warnings: acoustic signals as well as LEDs indicate the state of the device and the actions that have to be taken (replacing the battery, the electrodes…).
Perfect for an international environment. The three available languages can be customised at the time of order.
With its high IP rating (IP55-protected against dust and water projection), the FRED PA-1 withstands even unfavourable conditions.
The FRED PA-1 can store up to 2 hours of intervention data, including 500 events. Using a simple SD card, the retrieval of the intervention data as well as the software update are very easy to perform.
SCHILLER provides peace of mind with up to 10 years of warranty—in the case of a warranty, the device is replaced with a new one.
The FRED PA-1 has a long battery life (6 years) in order to be ready the day you need it. Battery level is checked during the self-test and a LED warns of low battery level.
Thanks to a highly innovative feature, the device is able to determine when the shelf life has expired and prompts the user to replace the electrodes.
Used with adult or children electrodes, the FRED PA-1 automatically recognises the electrode type and adjusts the defibrillation energy accordingly. At the back of the device, a set of children electrodes can be safely stored.
Defibrillation is not enough. In order to keep bringing oxygen to the organs, the blood flow must be kept. This is the purpose of chest compressions, and the reason why it's important to do it right. The FRED PA-1 helps you to correctly perform chest compressions by indicating the right positioning and setting a regular rhythm (metronome) in order to achieve the highest efficiency possible.
Note: All EMR SCHILLER AEDs (Defibrillators) are GST Exempt Under GST Act Schedule 3 and subsection 38-45(1) Exemption Code GSTE=B1. The FRED PA-1 comes with a 10 Year (120 months) Warranty from the date of your order. Emergency Medical Response are a Authorised InterMed Medical Pty Ltd distributor.
Proceeds from the sale of EMR First Aid KITs and AEDs help fund our FREE Community Emergency Medical Response Services. We can also train your workplace or members of your local organisation, club or association when we deliver your defibrillator.
Ease of use: interface with 1-2-3 steps – Not only is the FRED PA-1 intuitive with simple 1-2-3 steps, but it also features spoken instructions and clear imagery that also guides the user through the process.


Network Rail has begun a £23m project to repair the line at Armathwaite which was damaged following heavy rain.
The scheme will see hundreds of concrete-filled steel piles driven into the surrounding bedrock in the hope of preventing further landslides.
Network Rail has apologised for "continued disruption" to passengers.
Engineers will build a steel, tunnel-like structure that will sit beneath the railway, 230ft (70m) above the nearby River Eden, to provide a stable base across the damaged ground.
Two rows of high-strength piles will then be driven into the sloping bedrock to form a corridor on which a 100 metre-long concrete slab will be placed to provide a base for new tracks.
Since February the line, which handles about 1.3m passenger journeys a year, has been shut, initially between Appleby and Carlisle,, Northern services began running as far as Armathwaite in June, with buses between Armathwaite and Carlisle.
A Network Rail spokesman said: "The work we are carrying out will safeguard this section of railway for generations to come.
"We recognise the impact the closure has had on local communities, especially during the summer tourist season, but we would remind people that the Settle-Carlisle Line remains very much open for business."
David Sidebottom, passenger director of Transport Focus, said: "This isn't your traditional commuter line. It is very popular with tourists so there need to be measures in place to make sure passengers get the right information and the right help.
"Most passengers will accept this as an act of God, but service providers need to work closely with the tourist industry to ensure inconvenienced passengers are treated appropriately."
Douglas Hodgins, chairman of Friends of Settle-to-Carlisle Line, said: "We have been working closely with Network Rail and Northern to get the best of outcomes to what could have been a catastrophic event for the line's present and future.
"The enormity of the repair task cannot be overstated."


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#  `amp-vine`

    Description
    Displays a Vine simple embed.

    Required Script
    <script async custom-element="amp-vine" src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-vine-0.1.js"></script>

    Supported Layouts
    fill, fixed, fixed-height, flex-item, nodisplay, responsive

    Examples
    Annotated code example for amp-vine

[TOC]

## Example

A Vine simple embed has equal width and height:

```html
<amp-vine width="400" height="400"
  data-vineid="MdKjXez002d">
</amp-vine>
```

## Attributes

##### data-vineid (required)

The ID of the Vine. In a URL like https://vine.co/v/MdKjXez002d, `MdKjXez002d` is the vineID.

##### common attributes

This element includes [common attributes](https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/common_attributes) extended to AMP components.

## Validation

See [amp-vine rules](https://github.com/ampproject/amphtml/blob/master/extensions/amp-vine/validator-amp-vine.protoascii) in the AMP validator specification.

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April 28, 2012 | Clip Of States' Rights and the Tenth Amendment This clip, title, and description were not created by C-SPAN.
User Clip: Roger Pilon talks about the 10th Amendment
by TripleTeam
December 14, 2017 2012-04-28T09:06:56-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e01/20120428090710001_hd.jpgRights given to the state or the people
Rights given to the state or the people
Transcript type Closed Captioning Record
Filter by Speaker All Speakers Roger Pilon Louis Michael Seidman
Roger Pilon Founding Director Cato Institute->Center for Constitutional Studies
Louis Michael Seidman Research Professor Georgetown University Law Center
Federal Spending Accountability
Immigration Reform and Congress
States' Rights and the Tenth Amendment
User Clip: 10th amendment explained
User Clip: The 10th Amendment
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Judge Roberts and the Constitution
Professor Seidman and Mr. Pilon talked about the interpretation of the Constitution and privacy rights. They discussed…
House Republicans and the Constitution
Roger Pilon talked about the reading of the U.S. Constitution on the House floor, including protests of certain…
Surveillance and Privacy Issues
Jonathan Turley talked about his recent Washington Post piece looking at the issues of surveillance and privacy and U.S.…
The Constitution and American Culture
Sanford Levinson talked about the role of the Constitution in American culture, and he responded to telephone calls and…


Unlike other med spas, all injections at CVMA are administered by Dr. Tilley herself. Her expertise as a physician helps set us apart and ensures a higher quality of care for our patients.
We currently offer Xeomin, Botox, Dysport, Juvaderm, and Restylane.


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Bank of Israel
About the Bank of Israel
Organizational Structure and Office Holders
The Monetary Committee
The Supervisory Council
Education and the Visitors Center
Bankipedia
Economic Functions
Financal Markets
Monetary Policy Tools
The Telbor Market
SHIR Interest Rate
Statistical Information by Subject
Series Database
Supervision and Regulation
Banknote Security Features
Customer Service & Information
Credit Data Sharing
State Loans and Bonds
Accessibility of Banknotes
Regular Publications
Schedule of Publications
My previous searches
Simulator IBAN
State loans
Effective to Nominal
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Mobile phone Including SMS messages
Subjects שערי מטח הודעות לעיתונות Tenders and contracts סיכומי דיוני הריבית
Confirmation of joining the distribution list and receiving messages and information from the Bank of Israel.
Communication and publications
Foreign Exchange Reserves at the Bank of Israel, May 2022
Israel's foreign exchange reserves at the end of May 2022 stood at $199,808 million, an increase of $2,178 million from their level at the end of the previous month. The level of the reserves relative to GDP was 39.9 percent (Figure 1).
The increase was the result of:
a. A revaluation[1] that increased the reserves by approximately $1,008 million.
b. Government transfers from abroad totaling approximately $1,272 million.
In contrast, the increase was partly offset by private sector transfers of approximately $102 million.
Israel's Foreign Exchange Reserves ($ million)
Reserves excluding IMF (including reserves bought under the natural gas purchase program)
Reserves at the IMF[2]
Total Foreign Exchange Reserves
199,709c
4,602d
4,618c
Level of foreign exchange reserves, and their ratio to GDP, 2007–22
a Includes Bank of Israel payments and receipts in foreign currency.
b This column includes Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), the balance of NAB loans, and the balance of Israel's reserve tranche at the IMF.
c Updated after the original date of publication.
d On August 23, 2021, the International Monetary Fund allocated approximately $2.6 billion to Israel, as part of the IMF's $650 billion allocation to all of the organization's member countries. Together with this increase in reserves at the IMF, a long-term liability to the IMF—in the amount that was allocated—was added to the Bank of Israel balance sheet.
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Q: SQL Select add up rows I want to select an add up simular rows bases on one field
product    amount
abc        2
abc        3
def        2
def        1

and I want as a result
Produkt    Amount
abc        5
def        3

Any ideas?

A: Use sum aggregate function with the group by clause:
select product, sum(amount) from tbl group by product

A: You need to group the table by the product and then select the name and use the aggragate function of SUM.  Your query for this should look something like this:
SELECT product, SUM(amount)
FROM <TABLENAME>
GROUP BY product

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Second in a three-part series looking at the different financial challenges between those living in expensive Canadian cities and those outside of them. The series also explores generational differences within these cities from a personal finance point of view. The data is based on a self-reported survey of 1,208 respondents conducted by Ratehub.ca between May 1-14. Read Part 1 here.
There are several different types of credit cards on the market, but one you choose should be based on your personal preferences and spending patterns. From cash back to travel, low interest or no fee, there's something for everyone.
Interestingly, when it comes to credit card use, there are some notable generational differences. The most striking is their choice of credit card: Baby boomers are evenly split between carrying a cash-back, travel, or low interest credit card at roughly 33% each. This is in contrast to millennials, who strongly prefer premium cash back and travel cards (48% and 44%, respectively) vs. low interest cards, where only 19% of millennials indicated they used it as their primary card.
Why is this the case? Boomers are nearing retirement age (50+), so it's possible their spending has decreased to account for a lesser income as they transition into retirement. Many premium travel cards have high annual fees ($99 or more) and high income requirements (minimum $60,000 in most cases), so many boomers may no longer qualify or can't justify the fee. Our data confirms this, with boomers who have low interest cards earning $51,000 annually, vs. those with travel cards earning $62,000, and those with cash back cards earning $54,000 annually.
When it comes to overall comfort with credit cards, millennials are generally more comfortable compared to boomers. Ninety five per cent of millennials have at least one credit card vs. 80% of boomers. Similarly, millennials are more likely to have multiple cards, with 44% of millennials reporting they have two or more cards, vs. only 34% of boomers.
When it comes to credit card use specifically, millennials prove to be more at ease here as well, with 27% reporting they put over 50% of their disposable income on their credit card vs. 16% of boomers. Across all metrics we measured, not only do millennials tend to prefer the premium cash-back and travel cards, but they also tend to be more comfortable with credit cards more broadly, owning more of them, and using them more frequently than their boomer counterparts.
Lastly, there are also geographic differences when it comes to credit card use. Ninety per cent of people residing in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the Greater Vancouver Area (GVA) reported having at least one credit card when compared to 83% of those residing outside of those cities. This could be due to the fact that apps with mobile payments tend to be available in major cities before other parts of the country (ex. Ritual, Foodora, Just Eat), requiring a credit card to sign up.
While it was no surprise that millennials were more comfortable with credit cards than their boomer counterparts, it was notable that boomers were more likely than millennials to have a low interest credit card and how geography impacts credit card use. Moving forward, it'll be interesting to see if these trends hold true as millennials get older.


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Q: Image of a set under a non-constant holomorphic map Suppose $p_1, \cdots p_n$ are points on the compact Riemann surface $X$ and $X^{\prime}=X\setminus \{p_1,\cdots, p_n\}$. Suppose \begin{equation*}
    f:X^{\prime} \longrightarrow \mathbb{C}
\end{equation*}
is a non-constant holomorphic function. Show that the image of $f$ becomes arbitrarily close to every $c \in \mathbb{C}$.
Here is my argument.
According to the question we are asked to show that $\overline{f(X^{\prime})}=\mathbb{C}$, i.e., the image of $X^{\prime}$ under $f$ is dense in $\mathbb{C}.$
For a contradiction assume that $f(X^{\prime})$ is not dense in $\mathbb{C}$. Then this means that there exists an open subset(a ball of radius $r$ centered at $c$) in $\mathbb{C}$, say $B_{r}(c)$ so that $B_{r}(c) \cap f(X^{\prime})=\emptyset $. This is to say that $f(z)\neq c$ for some $z \in X^{\prime}$.  If this is the case then one can define a function $g(z)=\frac{1}{f(z)-c}$ which is holomorphic on $X^{\prime}$. Since $|f(z)-c|>r$, one has $|g(z)|< \frac{1}{r}$. Thus the function $g$ is holomorphic and bounded. But I could not complete the proof. I could not even use the condition that the points $p_i$ are removed.  How do I need to proceed? Thanks in advance.


Clapton Hart does 'hip open fire pub' to a tee. It is a vast space that actually needs its fires burning brightly. Visit for a strong craft IPA, a basket of white bait and that welcome feeling of boiling hot cheeks that comes with being in the close vicinity of open flames.
"One of the best new pubs in East London"
There aren't many reasons to trek all the way out to Clapton but at the end of a road filled with rundown businesses you'll find one of the most appealing pubs around.
The Clapton Hart is a vast music hall of a pub. There are two huge dining rooms, high ceilings, slouchy seating all over the place and walls that appear to have been left to rot and ruin – in an attractively shabby chic kind of way, naturally. Serving food throughout the week, this is as much a place to come for a meal as it is to come for a drink surrounded by the interior's charming dilapidation. Simple homemade dishes are knocked up from locally sourced produce. When we visit on a Sunday, we sample the roast dinner – a pile of pork and crackling, potatoes and fresh veg - and find that its reputation for quality and value is well deserved. As for what's behind the bar, well, they've bought into the craft beer scene and stocked up on some excellent beers. A variety of Belgian beers are served from the bottle, micro brewed cask ales are on rotation and there are some powerful IPA's on tap. The Neither Pale Ale was particularly delicious – although at £4 per half you'd expect that to be the case.
Filled with the young demographic that seems to be rapidly spreading to Clapton for its more affordable housing, the atmosphere is much like that of any affluent London-village pub. Think The Spurstowe in Hackney or The Roebuck in Borough if you want a reference point. Perhaps best of all, The Clapton Hart also has a huge beer garden out the back. So besides the winter warmth of the interior, it has more than enough garden space to inspire the crowds come summer.
Having had a lovely time on our first visit we decided to head here for NYE. Good call. The music was spot on, the staff were in the spirit and the whole night pretty much just emphasised what a great pub this is. It might not be that close but I think the 40 minute walk is negligible - this will be my new local! Great beers and white bait too.


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NOAA Moves One Step Closer to Its Next Space Weather Satellite Mission
Every day we rely on advanced technology – whether it's in the form of our cell phones, a GPS app or just having the lights turn on at the flip of a switch. But all of these conveniences are vulnerable to a serious threat from space: our Sun.
Space weather is a broad term used to describe electromagnetic energy and particles from the sun that blow toward Earth. When these solar emissions reach Earth's space environment our atmosphere, they can disrupt the technology we use here on Earth. That's why NOAA is constantly looking for new ways to monitor space weather.
Our partners at NASA are helping us explore how to fly the next mission to Lagrange point 1 (L1), a special orbit that keeps the satellite directly in line between the sun and Earth at all times.
Last week, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center issued a request for information from commercial vendors to learn more about the instruments needed for NOAA's Space Weather Follow-on Mission (also known as SWFO-L1). NOAA wants to learn more about the latest satellite technologies capable of monitoring solar wind before it reaches Earth, as well as conditions that can cause geomagnetic storms.
The SWFO-L1 mission would complement and extend measurements from NOAA's current satellite at Lagrange point 1, the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite, which launched in 2015. In its halo-shaped orbit, one million miles from Earth, the DSCOVR satellite can provide advanced solar wind measurements and early warnings of potentially dangerous space weather events, such as interplanetary coronal mass ejections that can damage our infrastructure.
DSCOVR, NOAA's first deep space weather satellite, orbits approximately one million miles from Earth. (NOAA)
"Currents generated in space can induce currents in power lines and cause blackouts or disruptions to service," said Howard Singer, the chief scientist at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. "Disruptions to the electric grid for hours, or perhaps for days or weeks, are a major concern for national security and human health and safety."
The Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange-1 point Mission is still in its early planning stages. NOAA is looking forward to hearing from vendors so that we can continue to improve our resilience to dangerous space weather events.


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Q: Retrieve the column values of jqgrid dynamically Here is my code of jqGrid.
$("#grid").jqGrid({
                        url:$url,
                        editurl:"serivce.php",
                        datatype: "json" ,
                        mtype:"post",
                        colNames:["test"],
                        colModel:[
                            {name:"test",index:"test", width:150,align:"center", editable:true,
                                edittype:"select", editoptions:{size:1, dataUrl:"../someurl.php?param1=parm }
                            },
                        ],
                        rowNum:10,
                        rowList:[10,20,30],
                        add: {
                            top:30,
                            left:20
                        },
                        edit:{
                            top:30,
                            left:20
                        },
                        jqModal: true,
                        pager: "#page",
                        sortname: "ID",
                        viewrecords: true,
                        sortorder: "ASC",
                        shrinkToFit: true,
                        height: "auto"
                    });  ';

$("#grid").setGridParam({ondblClickRow: function(rowid) {
                                var rowData = jQuery("#grid").getRowData(rowid);
                                    jQuery(this).jqGrid("editGridRow", rowid,
                                    {   closeAfterEdit:true,
                                         beforeShowForm: function(form){
                                            // force the data value retrieve here
                                         },
                                        afterSubmit:function() { $("#grid").jqGrid("setGridParam", {datatype: "json"});
                                                                 return true;
                                                               }
                                    });
                            } // end of ondblClickRow});
                          }); ' ;

The server php code of the dataUrl :
$values = getWorkingValues($param);
echo '<select>';
foreach($values as $value){
    echo "<option value='" . $value . "'>" .$value . "</option>";
}
echo "</select>";

How to force the retrieve of the values in "test" column? for example, every time the grid is open for editing? The version I am using is jqGrid 3.6.
Thanks

A: You can try to add recreateForm: true option to the options of editGridRow (near closeAfterEdit:true).
I would strictly recommend you to update jqGrid. jqGrid 3.6 is 7 years old which is really very much in web development. One had at the time IE4 and IE5 was just published. No from the web browsers are supported now. So you try to use the version from the stone Age of web development. You will be not able to find even the documentation about the old version. I would recommend you to update to free jqGrid 4.9.2 which you can download from GitHub, NuGet, npm or just use directly from CDN (see the wiki article). By the way the meaning of recreateForm option is different in different versions of jqGrid. If you would use free jqGrid then you will don't need to use recreateForm: true option to solve the problem.
A would recommend you additionally to set Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 HTTP header in the server response of dataUrl. In the way you will be sure that the previous request will be not cached on the client side and the web browser will make the corresponding Ajax request every time.


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"Wanna make a bet?"
When aspiring artist and purposefully single Sophie Montgomery mutters those four fateful words, her sexy neighbor, Jay Coltrane, pounces on the opportunity to prove she's not as immune to him as she thinks. Before she knows it, Sophie finds herself not only betting against a seduction, she's betting against her own ability to keep her dreams intact and a certain luscious landscaper out of them.
Three stories of love and redemption earned the hard way.
One Starlit Night
When Elizabeth O'Leary meets up with the cowboy she's been avoiding for over two years, she doesn't know whether to trust her heart or her head. One tells her Grey Wulfsen just might be The One, the other tells her it doesn't matter because he'll never forgive her when he finds out what she took away with her on that one starlit night.
After the Rodeo
Free Wulfsen learned early on that rodeo relationships never last. After one wild weekend, the barrel racer finds herself married to bull rider Zane Malone. She's all set to ask him for a divorce when she takes a fall—and finds out she'll have more to remember him by than a ring. Now it's up to Zane to convince her that love can last after the rodeo's over.
Under a Rodeo Moon
Bull rider Dusty Wulfsen has been thrown to the ground by more bulls than he can remember, yet nothing caused as much pain as losing Carrie Montgomery. When she shows up in Wayback determined to have a second ride at his heart, he knows he'd be a fool to let her near him. But memories of those nights under a rodeo moon have him coming back for more.
Travel consultant Sarah Monroe's sudden streak of bad luck continues when, after taking a baseball bat to her cheating fiancé's truck, she discovers she's trashed the wrong one. Worse, the real owner, sexy cowboy Harper Reed, witnesses her act of vengeful vandalism. The last thing she needs is her passport cancelled due to a criminal record—or to risk trusting another handsome man.
While Sarah worries if their shaky negotiation will hold up under her bad luck, Harper tries to find a way to prove that luck is not only in the eye of the beholder...but in the heart of a cowboy.
With a title under his belt, a purse in the bank, and a ring in his pocket, Marshall Dekes returned for the woman he loved...only to find her at the altar saying "I do" to another man.
Two years later, he's stunned to find Amy sitting at the bar of the Lonesome Steer Honky Tonk. Anger and resentment still burning, he lets her have it, refusing the forgiveness she seeks. But his world is turned upside down when he hears her cry of distress and finds himself helping with the unexpected birth of her child.
What his head can't forgive, his heart can't forget, and Amy staying with her cousin in nearby Redemption is too close for comfort. When events of the past start coming to light, he doesn't know if his heart is strong enough to risk a second chance at the life he'd all but given up on.
When Elizabeth O'Leary meets up with the cowboy she's been avoiding for over two years, she doesn't know whether to trust her heart or her head. One tells her Grey Wulfsen just might be The One, the other tells her it doesn't matter because he'll never forgive her when he finds out what she took away with her on that one starlit night.
Her mother's ridiculous idea to gift her with 'a man' for Christmas is driving Angie Bellini insane! Every bachelor and his brother in Noelle are asking her to save them a dance at the upcoming wedding of Santa Claus Holloran's daughter. What's a girl to do to keep her sanity and thwart a scheming mother? Date the one man in town her mother despises, of course.
Wes O'Connor doesn't like the plan Angie has coerced him into for two reasons: 1) he's still paying for the last time those big brown eyes made him do something stupid, and 2) he doesn't want to 'pretend' to date the beautiful baker, he wants the fairytale to turn into a real happily-ever-after.
Their ending may not be so happy, though, when they discover they aren't the only players in their little game of make-believe.
Helping out in hope of reaping a veterinarian partnership, Dr. Holly Night winds up in her own version of a Christmas nightmare--Santa Claus, reindeer games, babies born in a stable. Raised in a family that didn't "do" Christmas--or family--she is unprepared for a town filled with an overwhelming holiday spirit. Add in a handsome mechanic who finds amusement in her obvious misery, and not only is her patience tested, but unexpectedly, her belief as well.
Amusement isn't the only thing Rev Johnston feels for the pretty doctor or her situation; he's been the outsider before and knows how hard it can be. Having been abandoned one too many times before, he isn't about to let himself fall for someone who can't wait to get out of town.
Can the magic of Christmas, with a little help from Santa Claus, heal these two hearts before it's too late?
The Golden Rule of Friendship: Do not covet thy best friend's fiancée.
An easy rule for Shane Gallagher to obey when he meets Eden, as staid and business-minded as his good friend, Brad, whom she is about to marry. But when she unexpectedly blossoms before his eyes, temptation takes seed.
Eden is happy with her calculated marriage plans until she is forced to spend a day with her fiancé's best friend—minus her fiancé—and experiences an evening far different from her usual calm and analytical existence.
Can Shane stay away from the forbidden fruit? Or will the sweetness and allure prove too much to bear?
Welcome back to Noelle, Alberta, home of the infamous Reindeer Games, Santa Claus Holloran, and a fifteen foot Rudolph monument welcoming you to town—that was, before Deke Halls ran his semi into it. Even though it was an accident, thanks to the beautiful but annoying judge, instead of heading to Bermuda for a holiday vacation, he's spending Christmas on parole.
Laney McGovern wasn't about to let the good-for-nothing trucker get away with reckless driving and decapitating the town's historical monument. She'd divorced his arrogant type before—all good old boy smiles but selfish as the Grinch. Sentencing him to community service with each of the six founding families seemed like a just punishment, but when the eccentric townsfolk begin to embrace the handsome cowboy, this judge slowly discovers not all offenders of the heart are the same. Only problem is, she doesn't know if she wants to deck the Halls or shove him under the mistletoe.
Garden landscaper, Kelsey Ryan, is surprised to find her current client doesn't have any land. Yet the challenge isn't in creating a deck garden for his houseboat, but in keeping the hunky graphic artist from growing on her, especially when she thinks the garden is for his wedding day. Will a few marigolds and misunderstandings leave her matchless...or make her his first mate?
Have you ever been in the right place at the wrong time?
Dumped at the senior spring dance, AJ, who'd always been more into softball and shop class than cheerleading and pep squad, escaped the crowd to mope in the Corvette on loan to the class for the semester. When Greg Roberts unexpectedly joined her, his attempts to cheer her worked—too well. She might have even confessed her love that night if Greg's longtime girlfriend hadn't come looking for him.
Twenty-five hard years later, forced to come to the reunion by her best friend, AJ escapes back to her favorite class, only to find the exact Corvette—a little worn and faded—sitting right where she'd left it. Fond memories turn into reality when Greg shows up at her driver's side window again—and déjà vu takes on a whole new meaning.
How far would you go to attract the man of your dreams?
Ally Standish re-invents herself every Saturday night to sing for her cowboy. But when they come face to face in the light of a normal day—and he discovers the real Ally—will he let her sing him more love songs or will the music die for good.
Bridget Schneider has a few things to say to the cowboy who stole her heart over a year ago and never came back. Sneaking into the Waterin' Horse Saloon to confront him, the last thing she expects to find is Jonas Decker immersed in a bathtub in all his God-given glory. Her righteous indignation evaporates in the steam and heat of his naked chest and flirtatious smile—but she's not about to let her anger be hog-tied by sudden...distractions. Jonas might've stolen her heart, but she's sure as shootin' gonna get her pride back.
Bobby Hues has his eye on the Disco Angel jiving around Electric Nights Roller Disco. But what would Miss Spring Break 1976 and the foxiest chick he'd ever laid eyes on want with a lowly grease monkey like himself?
Summer Benton's heart started racing the minute she rolled her broken down ride into Bobby's garage. When he gets a gig working at her favorite hang out, she thinks she has it made—but the quiet hunk still isn't talking. A little push on her part starts the wheels rolling—in the wrong direction. Now she has to figure out how to lose the wrong guy, and convince the right one she digs him enough to be his Disco Angel, forever.
The annual Reindeer Games between the Holloran and the Nickles families is legendary in their little town of Noelle, Alberta. This year, however, the competition gets kicked up a notch when Jess Holloran discovers winning the games may just mean losing her heart.
When a mysterious Stetson plunked on her head leads Cara North to a chocolate-eyed cowboy, will she find true love or just another lyin' cheatin' heart?
Playing around with ways to let a co-worker know she wants to share more than just 'the look' over the staffroom coffeemaker, a nervous newspaper employee inadvertently sends him a made-up classified ad. Will her colossal mistake put her in next week's gossip column or land her the best deal of her life?
At her niece's wedding, Margaret is convinced she's long past the excitement of young love. Can an outspoken guest with a matching fancy prove her wrong?
Over the centuries, Rick Shayne has loved and lost the same woman four times. Her reappearance only deepens his guilt and he refuses to risk her life or his heart again. Liz Greyson isn't about to let him off that easy, but will her secret be his saving grace or cast him back into the shadows of moonlight forever.
Abbey's doubts about her friend's sparks and fireworks theory only grow when a set-up date turns into a no-show dud. Vowing never to let her friend set her up again, the last thing she expects is a jean-clad dancing plant putting the theory to the test.
A chance meeting in a honky tonk on Halloween finds Luke in the arms of a brown-haired beauty. But if the stories he overhears are true, she may be far more than she seems...and he's more than ready to find out.
Christmas in Noelle....where love and laughter are always at the top of Santa's list!
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Americans who remember the polio vaccine rollout are eager for COVID boosters
The overall COVID vaccination rate is lower in rural parts of America than it is in cities by about 10%. But one demographic in rural America is vaccinated at much higher rates - seniors. And they're eager for the booster shots that are rolling out right now.
NPR's Kirk Siegler is in Baker City, Ore., with more.
KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: For 87-year-old Marge Loennig, this pandemic has stirred up vivid memories of a close childhood friend who was stricken with polio and was on an iron lung ventilator.
MARGE LOENNIG: Her arms and her lower body were all in the lung - was very frightening for her and very frightening for us.
SIEGLER: But back then, everyone seemed to know someone with the disease. Loennig says people eagerly lined up for the vaccine. Well, she feels like COVID is being downplayed still, so people don't fear it like they did polio.
LOENNIG: If the health departments and all had been open about sharing who has COVID, who doesn't, who's sick, I think some of the anti-vaccine people would not have been so reluctant to get shots.
SIEGLER: There is plenty of vaccine reluctance, if not outright defiance, in Loennig's hometown of Baker City, the historic first stop on the old Oregon Trail, in the heart of the state's deeply rural and conservative east. Though sitting on an antique chair in her living room, the wall above her adorned with paintings and her granddaughter's art, Loennig says today her town is deeply divided, and COVID is political. It's the opposite of what she remembers as a little girl forced into actual quarantine for months from polio and scarlet fever.
LOENNIG: They did not have this anger that just seems to overwhelm. And somehow, we have to get at the root of that anger if we are going to face, and we will face, future episodes of this kind.
SIEGLER: For now, Baker City seniors, like Loennig, are kind of on an island - still moving cautiously, avoiding the unvaccinated as much as they can. Only about 45% of the 16,000 people in this county have gotten both shots. But among the 70-and-up, it's 25 points higher.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to Baker Senior Center.
SIEGLER: Over at the senior center, a cold rain is pounding down outside, steaming up the windows. Danae Simonski, who's 84, is sipping tea after the daily lunch service.
DANAE SIMONSKI: Well, I'm not playing bridge anymore (laughter).
SIEGLER: She left her group when she learned some of the players weren't vaccinated. Simonski says misinformation is swirling around Baker City.
SIMONSKI: 'Cause I heard someone say they're not getting it 'cause it has formaldehyde and antifreeze in it (laughter). I heard someone say that. I mean, people can believe what they want to believe. But then they have to learn to pay the consequences. That's how I feel.
SIEGLER: A few tables over, a 73-year-old who introduces himself as Bob Brown, who's unvaccinated, doesn't sound too worried, even though he says his immunocompromised wife is still suffering from long COVID.
BOB BROWN: There's almost nothing could convince me.
SIEGLER: Brown's wearing a MAGA hat that looks like it's had some miles. He says Democratic politicians used to mock the so-called Trump vaccine and Operation Warp Speed.
BROWN: And now they're saying, oh, you're evil if you don't take it. And I don't trust them.
SIEGLER: He also compares this current moment to polio, albeit through a far different lens.
BROWN: You know, when you got the shot when you were a kid for polio, we took the shot. Well, that was a true block. It actually worked. This thing here that they're giving you, I don't think is.
SIEGLER: The COVID vaccines being used in the U.S. range from 71% to 93% effective. Still, nationally, polls have shown hard-line conservatives tend to be less vaccinated. Baker County, Ore., voted 74% for Donald Trump. And public health officials here told me they're not sure what more they can do to convince the holdouts to get shots.
At Sweet Wife Baking downtown, Mary Miller, a retired nurse who still has her polio vaccination card from 1964, says she recently gave up talking to her neighbors about the COVID vaccine.
MARY MILLER: I have really had to work on this not causing me to lose my faith in people.
SIEGLER: At 64, she's eager to get the booster when she's eligible. So is fellow cafe regular Randolf Tracy. He's a 72-year-old Marine veteran. He sees this as a very different time than polio, when the country had gone through a depression and World War II.
RANDOLF TRACY: You were living kind of carrying on for the person next to you. It wasn't necessarily about God and country and patriotism. It was you didn't want to let the guy standing next to you down.
SIEGLER: Back then, he says, there was more unity and a collective sense of helping your neighbor.
Kirk Siegler, NPR News, Baker City, Ore. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Shuswap Hospital FoundationIn Memory and In Honour Memorial Tributes
Nancy Crerar
Nancy was born in Winnipeg in 1929, raised with four siblings in Calgary and graduated as a Registered Nurse, Class of 1952, St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg. Mother of five children raised in southern Manitoba where she and first husband Clifford operated a successful New Holland farm machinery dealership. Widowed in 1983, she later married second husband Richard; they retired to Vancouver Island, then Lethbridge until 2013 when they moved to the Shuswap. Nancy had a love of the outdoors commencing as a young hosteller in the Banff area; in later years, she hiked the West Coast Trail twice. She traveled …read more
Lois Ada Smith passed away at the age of 81 years on the morning of July 28th. Lois and husband Raymond Smith had four children together. Raising their family in Valemont, BC, they became long-term, respected fixtures in the logging industry of that area. Lois had moved to Revelstoke in 2007 to be nearer to family members and grandchildren after most had drifted away from Valemount B.C. where she had lived for over forty years.
At the time of her passing, Lois was the only surviving member of the family she was born into and had been predeceased by her …read more
Dr. Lee A. Penner
Dr. Lee Penner sadly passed away in November. Dr. Penner and his wife Jos raised their family in Salmon Arm and Dr. Penner worked for many years at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital as well as in family practice. He was a well respected and much loved physician and general practitioner who made a difference to health care in our community. His career spanned many aspects of health care including surgery, anaesthetics, emergency and obstetrics, he delivered well over 1,000 babies!. Dr. Penner was a UBC Clinical Professor for medical students mentoring in rural practice, he also served as …read more
Lois Fay McClellan
Lois Fay McClellan (nee Farquharson) was borne on October 6, 1930. Lois, my mom and friend, left her current life on September 25, 2016 after a short battle with lung cancer.
Lois was the youngest daughter of Edna May and (William) Nelson Farquharson, of North Vancouver, BC and was married to Peter Graham McClellan (deceased 1996). She raised 2 children; her son and first born Douglas Graham McClellan (deceased 1975) and her daughter Brenda Mae McClellan (of Salmon Arm).
Lois (with my Dad) moved to a Silver Creek acreage in the late 80's and shortly after the 1998 fire moved …read more
Norma Lillian Owens
Norma was born in Bootle near Liverpool in England. She met and married Ralph on 19 March, 1955. They sailed from Liverpool to Canada and crossed by train straight to Salmon Arm in July 1966.
She quickly found a job as a special education assistant, working with children in Salmon Arm Elementary, Salmon Arm West and Carlin Schools. She was also very involved with Shuswap Theatre in all areas of production and was presented with a lifetime membership. She was a member of Shuswap Singers as narrator for many concerts. In 1979 she produced and directed Sound of Music in …read more
Daryl and Donna-Lynne Hughes
were born in Regina, Saskatchewan. Daryl was raised in the city of Regina, and Donna-Lynne grew up on her family's farm just outside Edenwold, Saskatchewan. They met in their 20's when Donna-Lynne was a teacher, and Daryl had recently become a member of the RCMP. They were married on Donna-Lynne's family farm, then moved to British Columbia where Daryl was posted with the RCMP. They raised their family of three children (Jarrett, Tyler, and Jenna) in the communities of Kelowna, Keremeos, Dawson Creek, New Hazelton, and Sicamous – eventually choosing Sicamous as the community where they retired.
Daryl and Donna-Lynne …read more
Bill Douhaniuk
One of our thoughtful and generous benefactors, Bill Douhaniuk recently passed away in Saskatchewan. It was the 1990's when Bill moved from Saskatchewan to Salmon Arm where he farmed blackberries, raspberries, and later trees, at the foot of Fly Hills. Bill sold his farm and continued to enjoy the Shuswap area, he was an avid reader and frequently had coffee with friends locally. Over the years Bill has given of his time for the betterment of others, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus and also a generous supporter of the Shuswap Hospital Foundation. We are saddened to …read more
Noel "Santa" McClelland
Noel McClelland July 4, 1934 – May 22, 2014 Noel and his wife Lila retired to Salmon Arm from Port Coquitlam in the summer of 2000 after many years of working in the printing industry owning "Noel's Print Shop" in Burnaby.
Besides his love for his wife and family, Noel had a passion for Christmas and spent many years being Santa. Noel traveled as far as Hong Kong representing all things Christmas giving joys to thousands of people. He was the face of Santa for many retail businesses spanning over many years.
He also opened his home to people with …read more
Dr. Cedric Low
Dr. Cedric Low Memorial Tribute. What an indescribable loss when Cedric passed away on August 18, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. Cedric was a remarkable man who reached many people throughout his life, as a son, sibling, husband, father, uncle, dentist, colleague and friend. His passion for living was evident in his dedication to his family, his dental practice and to life itself. Cedric is loved and will be missed forever by his wife Pam, his son and daughter-in-law Jonathan and Sarb, his son Christopher, his daughter Rachel as well as his sisters Dawn and Wendy, and brothers, …read more
Ted Whitehead
Ted Whitehead, 86, died on January 7th, 2015 at the Salmon Arm Hospital. He leaves his wife of 62 years, Eileen (Laing) Whitehead; 3 daughters, Leslee Lucy (Jim Adams), Susan Bondar (Brian), Judy Collins (Colin Campbell); 3 sons, Bob Whitehead (Sue), Mike Whitehead (Diane) and Ken Whitehead (Rena). He also leaves 16 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Mary Edmiston and many nieces and nephews. Ted was born in Miami Manitoba on April 28th, 1928 and raised in Roland Manitoba. In 1946, he moved to British Columbia with ambitions based on memories of a poster he had seen in a Greyhound bus …read more


Talon Company merc log - The Vault Fallout Wiki - Everything you need to know about Fallout 76, Fallout 4, New Vegas and more!
Talon Company merc log #1 is a holodisk added with the add-on Broken Steel found outside the Capitol Building, in Seward Square at a Talon Company camp.
It's been confirmed. The Purifier has been activated. We've been ordered to fortify our current position and wait for orders. With a lull in the fighting, we set up and fortified our position outside the Capitol Building, near Seward Square. Things have been relatively quiet around here lately. That'll all change when word spreads of the purifier. Anyone and everyone will do whatever they can to get there hands on some of that water. For life or profit, it makes no difference. Same old killing, just a different ingredient.
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As a result of an "IT" snafu in the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles' automatic-voter-registration system, the new and newly-updated records of at least 5,000 potential primary day voters got stuck in limbo. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea is asking the state Board of Elections to take emergency steps at its next meeting on Wednesday to rectify the situation. More specifically, she is asking the state board to give the go-ahead for elections officials in all 39 cities and towns to add at least 1,400 new voters to their local rolls before the Sept. 12 primary, and change their own records to reflect changes — such as a move to a new address — of another 3,600 previously registered voters who did business with the DMV in the last year.
Full Article: 5,000 R.I. voter records caught in computer glitch - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI.


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Company was founded by National Credit Information Bureau LTD which started introduction of business information technologies in 2002 to facilitate development of business environment on local market. BIA has established itself as an innovative and growing company in business information field. In 2005 NCIB - the founder of BIA - with partners founded "Creditinfo Georgia". Through this time, BIA established a partnership with world known companies as D&B (Duns and Bradstreet) and Kompass International.


The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says it would collaborate with relevant institutions to institute policies that would ensure the safety of the financial services industry in Nigeria.
The Managing Director of the corporation, Mr. Umaru Ibrahim reaffirmed this while giving a welcome address at a seminar organized for the management staff of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, Nigeria.
He said in line with the mandate of the corporation: "it is very important that the NDIC educates and enlightens all its stakeholders on its activities, it is therefore a step in the right direction to organize this seminars as an avenue to create proper understanding of its activities by the staff that are saddled with the task of supervising it".
While noting the strategic role of the Federal Ministry of Finance, as the guarantor of the lender of last resort, the NDIC boss wait it I'd necessary to engage iit in capacity building drive in a bid to upscale and harness the human resources potentials within the ministry.
On his part, the Deputy Director, Home Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Ebade Atoha said the Seminar would help bridge skill gap as well as provide the up to date knowledge of the financial system in Nigeria.
This conference is intended to sharpen the skill of officers of the ministry of Finance, there is a synergy between the ministry and NDIC, we need to be on the same page in order to ensure the Nigerian Financial system works.


Hey Space Cadets, how are you today? I'm great, though my wife is still recovering from her accident last week. Some fool texting and driving rear ended her, and now we have the joys of dealing with insurance. But she's on the mend, and soon we will have a release date for Operation Breakout, which I'm excited to be able to share with you! In fact, soon there will be a need for ARC readers, who will receive early access to the novel in exchange for an honest review on Amazon and/or GoodReads.
Now, onto today's topic! Today's Marine Monday is a continuation of previous discussions about combat tactics in an interstellar universe. If you missed it, read about the previous formations here and here. You really missed out, I'm not trying to make you feel guilty, but if you do…maybe that's the universe telling you to check in on my blog more regularly!
So, the tactics of void combat! Such tactics require fighting men and women to consider things in this spherical manner instead of on a plane. However, some of terrestrial tactics will transfer and this is one example. This doesn't change the fact that it's not just what is above you and around you, now it's what's below you and around you as well. This obviously means that future warriors will have to be even more alert than their modern counterparts. Further, the cost for making mistakes escalates when you are discussing combat in the vacuum of space or on inhospitable planets. The universe is a harsh and unforgiving place where only the strong survive, which necessitates the adaptation of old tactics or the creation of new and constantly evolving ones for the battlefield. What works today, might not work tomorrow, or at least not in the same way.
How do we know all of this? Today we have another excerpt from one of the manuals purloined by our LegionLeaks hero! Take a peak, before they come for us and it disappears forever!
One of the afore mentioned tactics is the Standard File Formation. Interested in knowing more? Read the excerpt from their manual, and give it a quick look over!
Hopefully this will whet your appetite for me, and if so you should pop on back next week where we look at another combat formation!
I hope your wife is well again soon, and the insurance matters are quickly resolved. Sending love and good vibes!
Thank you, she is doing better! Still sore and she's a horrible patient but there is definitely been improvement.
Why is so difficult for people to stay off the phone when driving?! Negligent jerks.
Agreed!!! Buy a dang hands free device, $20 on Amazon!
Duh! Get with the program, people.
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Washington Monthly | Quick Takes: What's Up With Pence's Investigation Into Voter Fraud?
Quick Takes: What's Up With Pence's Investigation Into Voter Fraud?
You might be asking yourself, whatever happened to Vice President Mike Pence's investigation into President Trump's claim that millions of people voted illegally in November? It's been over a month since the president said he would ask Pence to lead a "major investigation" into those claims and the overall issue of voter fraud.
Well, apparently, not much has happened so far. A spokesman for Pence said in an e-mail this week that they're "still doing the necessary groundwork." And White House Spokesman Sean Spicer said Monday that the Vice President has been "talking to folks potentially to serve on" his task force and that several secretaries of state have expressed interest.
But a spokesperson for the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) says they're unaware of any of their members being approached to participate in the investigation. And when NASS representatives went to the White House Tuesday to get an update on the vice president's plans, they were told there was "no information to share" at this time.
In fact, it's hard to find anyone involved in voting issues who's been approached to be on the vice president's task force — or at least to admit it.
NPR dropped the ball on this one. According to their headline, the investigation is "off to a slow start" when in reality, it's not happening at all.
Iran is sticking to the terms of its nuclear deal made with the Obama administration, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has concluded, but he questions whether sanctions should keep being lifted, given Iran's continued support for terrorism.
The Secretary of State said the Trump administration was reviewing the lifting of sanctions against Iran, arguing that the country remains a sponsor of terrorism. Tillerson came to the conclusion Tuesday during a routine, quarterly report to Congress on Iran's progress in the nuclear deal.
Reapplying sanctions would violate the terms of the groundbreaking deal signed with Iran by former President Barack Obama, Russia, China and EU partners.
* Yesterday, when I chronicled the Trump family's ties to China, I left out one name that cropped up pretty regularly because I didn't see anything concrete that was worth including. Today, Aaron Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey fill in the gaps.
Billionaire investor Steve Schwarzman's newfound status as a trusted outside adviser for President Donald Trump has created blurred lines in which the Blackstone CEO is offering guidance on policies that could boost the fortunes of his company and his personal wealth.
The starkest example was Trump's reversal last week on labeling China a currency manipulator — a central campaign pledge that could have dealt a major blow to U.S.-China relations. While many factors likely played into Trump's decision, including the president's desire to encourage China to get tough on North Korea, it also followed extensive advice Schwarzman had given the president on the topic, warning Trump against such a move.
Even if Schwarzman was acting in the capacity of an economic expert, those policy changes directly help Schwarzman's bottom line as CEO of Blackstone, the private equity giant.
That is a perfect example of how Trump develops his policies. Even when he might get it right, it's for the wrong reason.
* I'm not sure whether this is good or bad news, given AG Sessions' radical agenda. But it certainly represents incompetence.
* Recently we learned that Blackwater founder Eric Prince went on a clandestine trip in January to meet with a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Keri Geiger and Michael Riley just reported yesterday that Prince was an active advisor to Trump during the transition with close ties to Michael Flynn. In light of all that, it is interesting to listen to this November 4th interview he did with Breitbart. It happened two days before FBI Director Comey sent a letter to Congress stating that the emails on Huma Abedin's computer were all duplicates. Was Price engaging in "active measures" to spread fake news and lies about Clinton? You tell me.
* Finally, I suppose that Trump will react to this photo comparison the same way he did to the ones comparing his inaugural crowd to that of Obama's. So be it.


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The Michael Jacksons is an ethnographic monograph in which portraits of more than 35 professional Michael Jackson tribute artists and impersonators from across the United States were photographed as their representation of Jackson. The objective of the project has been to identify the space in which the performers were both themselves and their representation as a way of exploring how people create a hybridized identity informed by popular culture.
The book contains descriptions of the subculture of Michael Jackson representation along with narratives of some of the performers as they dance and sing in the backyards and stages of small towns and big cities around the US. Woven into the text is cultural analysis from Greg Tate, Michael Eric Dyson, and others that helps give context to Michael Jackson's place within the culture and helps readers understand why the book's subjects have chosen to represent him.
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