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Casey, Barletta Rooted In Same Region, But See Vastly Different Worlds In U.S. Senate Bid
By Jim Kinney | Keystone Crossroads • Nov 1, 2018
Abby Drew/Centre Daily Times via AP and Loubarletta.com
Around Luzerne County, a former hotbed of coal mining, most signs don't say "Barletta for U.S. Senate."
They say "Lou for Senate" or "Lou Digs Coal."
Casey, Barletta Duel Over Guns, Immigration In 2nd Debate
By Marc Levy | Associated Press • Oct 26, 2018
Gene J. Puskar / AP
The second and final debate in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race drew Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and his Republican challenger into several sharp exchanges over guns, immigration and the economy, as U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta looks to gain ground.
Casey repeatedly referred to Barletta as a "typical Washington politician." On the question of the economy, Barletta repeatedly challenged Casey to explain why President Donald Trump might not be responsible for what he calls "the greatest economy in our lifetime."
Casey, Barletta Debate Ends In Emotional Exchange Over TV Ad
Jacqueline Larma / AP
The first debate between Pennsylvania's Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, touched on health care, abortion rights and the economy under President Donald Trump before it ended in a personal and emotional exchange Saturday.
Barletta, Casey Clash Over Preexisting Conditions, ACA Repeal
By Brett Sholtis | WITF • Oct 17, 2018
Brett Sholtis / WITF
From the outside, Alfredo's Pizza & Restaurant is little more than a neon sign on the face of a nondescript shopping center in Scranton. Evergreen shrubs block people dining on the patio from a view of shoppers walking into the Dollar Tree next door.
Inside, on a Tuesday evening in October, it was a scene you'd only see during the weeks leading up to an election: Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta in a room packed with supporters as he seeks to unseat Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr.
Trump Rails Against Democrats In Pre-Election Rally Before Erie GOP Faithful
By Chris Potter • Oct 11, 2018
Keith Srakocic / AP
Donald Trump didn't unveil any of his famous nicknames for Democratic foes in Erie on Wednesday night. He didn't need to.
Barletta Tries To Wake Up Sleepy Senate Race With Attack Ad
By Marc Levy | Associated Press • Sep 21, 2018
Carolyn Kaster / AP
Lou Barletta is trying to wake up Pennsylvania's sleepy U.S. Senate race.
Barletta, a four-term Republican congressman, began airing his first TV attack ad of the general election campaign Friday, accusing two-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of being ineffective and asleep on the job.
Casey Touts Accomplishments In Senate In Bid For 3rd Term
By Associated Press • Sep 17, 2018
Matt Slocum / AP
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is putting more muscle into showing what he's accomplished in his second term as he vies for a third six-year term in November's election.
On Monday, Casey is appearing at a micro-metal stamping and screw machining firm to tout legislation he helped write to increase funding for vocational skills training for high-demand industrial-sector jobs.
Low-Key US Senate Race Makes Way Into Philadelphia-Area TV
The first TV ad of this year's low-key U.S. Senate campaign in Pennsylvania is now on screens in the state's biggest media market of Philadelphia.
Casey: A 'Critical Week' Ahead On Kavanaugh Nomination
By Chris Potter • Sep 4, 2018
Alex Brandon / AP
Senate hearings began Tuesday on the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. And while Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey was well out of the spotlight, he echoed many of the concerns that his fellow Democrats were expressing on Capitol Hill.
"It's gonna be a critical week," Casey said of the hearings during a Tuesday interview with 90.5 WESA. "The big issue out of the box is not even a review of his views – that will come obviously as part of the hearing. But the big issue now is the access to information and documents."
Dog-Whistle Politics: How Getting The Dog Vote Can Help Candidates Running For Office
By Lucy Perkins • Aug 17, 2018
Chris Potter / 90.5 WESA
Warning: This story contains dog puns.
It's the dog days of summer, and both Republicans and Democrats are embracing pet causes to win voters.
Casey, Barletta Circle Each Other In Western PA Once Again
By Chris Potter • Aug 15, 2018
Democratic Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey and his Republican challenger, Congressman Lou Barletta, each touted their support of blue-collar workers in Pittsburgh Tuesday.
Casey, Barletta Spar Over Medicare Vote
By Dave Davies | Keystone Crossroads • Aug 13, 2018
Screenshot/Bob Casey for Senate
In a new campaign ad, Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey attacks his opponent, Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta for his vote seven years ago to restructure the Medicare program. Barletta's campaign says the ad is repeating a proven lie.
Casey Touts Support For Protecting Pennsylvanians With Pre-Existing Health Conditions
By Kathleen J. Davis • Aug 8, 2018
Kathleen J. Davis / 90.5 WESA
U.S. Senator Bob Casey was in suburban Pittsburgh Wednesday morning to advocate for protecting health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Casey was joined by health care providers and patients with pre-existing conditions at the Squirrel Hill Health Center in Brentwood, Pa.
Barletta Bus Tour Begins With Visit To Western PA
By Chris Potter • Aug 7, 2018
In an effort to shift his U.S. Senate campaign into a higher gear, Congressman Lou Barletta is in Pittsburgh Tuesday and Wednesday, with a bus sojourn his campaign calls the "Red, White and Lou" tour. And as he sought to raise his profile just three months from the election, he answered questions from 90.5 WESA about the campaign, Donald Trump's economic policies, and his ties to a controversial Trump ally.
Barletta Boards Bus In Effort To Raise Name Recognition, Money
By Katie Meyer • Aug 7, 2018
Marc Levy / AP
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Lou Barletta is on a bus tour across the commonwealth with his golden retriever, Reilly.
The Luzerne County congressman is hoping it turns the tide of his disappointing fundraising numbers.
As of their most recent campaign filings from late June, Barletta has about $1.5 million on-hand, while opponent Bob Casey has nearly $10 million.
Barletta Looks To Parlay Trump's Support Into A Fundraising Renaissance
Matt Rourke / AP
With three months until midterm elections, Republican Congressman and U.S. Senate hopeful Lou Barletta has found himself trailing his incumbent opponent—both in polls and in dollars.
Now, the Luzerne County representative is leaning into one resource he can count on: the support of President Donald Trump.
On Thursday night, Trump rolled through northeast Pennsylvania to lend his voice to the cause.
Wilkes-Barre Eager For Trump Visit For GOP Senate Candidate Barletta
By Bobby Allyn | WHYY • Aug 2, 2018
Natalie Piserchio for WHYY
President Donald Trump will visit Northeastern Pennsylvania Thursday, set to speak to an audience in Luzerne County, which helped deliver the state to Trump in 2016.
A day before his appearance, Republicans in the small, working-class community of Wilkes-Barre said their support of the president has not wavered over the last 18 months.
Trump will be stumping for former Hazletown mayor and current U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who is trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in the November election.
Trump To Hold Pennsylvania Rally, Stump For GOP's Barletta
By Associated Press • Jul 26, 2018
President Donald Trump will hold a Make America Great Again rally in Wilkes-Barre next week and urge voters to support Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta's campaign to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.
The Republican president is to discuss the economy, including jobs for Pennsylvanians, and his efforts to protect American manufacturing jobs. The rally is at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
'We're Just Getting Started,' Says Pence In Philly Stump For Barletta; So Were Protesters
By Lindsay Lazarski | WHYY • Jul 24, 2018
Emma Lee / WHYY
Vice President Mike Pence visited Philadelphia Monday to support fellow Republican, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta — and to tout how the Trump administration's tax cuts are working in Pennsylvania.
Speaking in front of a crowd of about 300 people at the Sheraton Hotel, Pence praised the Trump administration's policies on immigration, the canceled Iran nuclear deal, and low unemployment.
"Confidence is back. Jobs are coming back. In a word, America is back," said Pence, to a room full of applause. "And we're just getting started."
As Trump Weathers Firestorm, Barletta Picks Up A Sheild
By Marc Levy | Associated Press • Jul 23, 2018
As President Donald Trump found himself under pressure from his own party this past week, Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania reached for his shield.
Barletta, who is running for Senate with the expectation of substantial support from Trump, hails from a northeastern Pennsylvania congressional district that strongly backed Trump in 2016. He was one of Trump's earliest backers in Congress in the presidential primary, co-chaired Trump's campaign in Pennsylvania and served on Trump's transition team.
Casey Up 6-to-1 In Campaign Cash In Pennsylvania Senate Race
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania continues to hold a big advantage in fundraising over Republican challenger Lou Barletta with four months until November's general election.
VP Pence To Stump For Senate Candidate Barletta In Philly
By Dave Davies • Jul 6, 2018
Cliff Owen / AP
Vice President Mike Pence will be in Philadelphia later this month to host a fundraiser for Republican Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Lou Barletta.
Barletta Backs Trump in Immigration Debate Twists And Turns
By Marc Levy | Associated Press • Jun 25, 2018
Susan Walsh / AP
Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta says separating adults from children is one of many bad things that come from illegal immigration, and supports changing the law to let the government keep children and families in custody longer.
Trump Supporter Barletta Wins GOP Nod To Take On Sen. Casey
By Marc Levy | Associated Press • May 15, 2018
Four-term U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who first got national notice as a small-city mayor for his attempted crackdown on illegal immigration, on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.
Barletta had paid little attention to his Republican rival, state Rep. Jim Christiana, during the primary campaign. Instead, he focused his attacks on the candidate he hopes to unseat in the fall, two-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.


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Flint to Replace 18,000 Water Lines, Michigan Agrees to Pay $97 Million
By Emma Von Zeipel | March 28, 2017
The city of Flint will finally replace aging water lines for 18,000 homes, after the state of Michigan agreed to pay the cost of the project as part of a legal settlement. A federal judge approved the deal on Tuesday and said that the job will have to be completed by 2020. Around 700 homes have already had their pipes replaced.
The costs will be covered by a combination of state and federal funds. Michigan will pay $87 million, and put $10 million aside for unforeseen costs. Part of the project will also be funded by the $100 million that Flint was granted by Congress at the end of last year, but some of that money will also be used to update Flint's water treatment plant.
Residents and activists that brought the lawsuit are relieved to finally see some action. "The greatest lesson I've learned from Flint's water crisis is that change only happens when you get up and make your voice heard," said Melissa Mays, one of the plaintiffs and one of the first people who alerted officials after realizing that something was wrong with the city's water.
Progress!!! The fight isn't over yet but this a HUGE win for us #FlintWaterCrisis https://t.co/8PNHMPluDX
— Little Miss Flint (@LittleMissFlint) March 27, 2017
In 2014 it was discovered that tap water in Flint was contaminated, after the city stopped extracting its water from Lake Huron and, in an effort to save money, started taking it from the Flint River. It turned out that the water was so corrosive that it quickly eroded the city's water pipes, collecting iron, lead, and other metals on its way to residents' homes. Lead is dangerous and can cause long-term physical and mental damage. A dozen people have died from Legionnaires' disease in the city.
In December 2016, Michigan's attorney general announced felony charges against two former Flint emergency managers and two other former city officials, saying, "All too prevalent in this Flint Water Investigation was a priority on balance sheets and finances rather than health and safety of the citizens of Flint." The politicians' decision to switch water sources to save $5 million resulted in a loss of over $1.5 billion, according to estimates.
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B) 2020?!?!?! Wtf https://t.co/pPqSHOuhX7
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As part of the agreement the state must also keep providing residents with free bottled water and conduct inspections to ensure that residents have proper filters installed on their taps–and provide such filters for free. Other aspects of the settlement include new water monitoring requirements and that the state maintains current Medicaid funding levels.
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Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.
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Sen. Rand Paul's charm offensive to minority communities took him to Howard University on Wednesday, where the historically black school's students met him with skepticism and the occasional jeer.
The Kentucky Republican's political forays since the 2012 elections have fueled his recent rise to conservative rockstardom, from his foreign policy appeal to neoconservatives at The Heritage Foundation in February to a well-received speech at last month's Conservative Political Action Conference.
But Howard is not CPAC, and both Paul and the audience appeared highly conscious Wednesday of the ideological and racial gap between the two venues.
As Paul suggested that Republicans, more so than Democrats, have historically been on the side of equality for blacks, two Howard students bounded to the front of the room and hoisted a white tarp with the words "Howard University does not support white supremacy" painted on it. They were immediately seized by campus police and dragged into a scuffle off to the side.
"For him to come to [historically black colleges and universities] and ... try to tell them about their own history, my history, I think it's ridiculous," said Brian Menifee, a senior mechanical engineering major who held the sign on behalf of the liberal campus group Political Education Action Committee.
During his speech, Paul reiterated his view that segregation is a stain on the country's history. He also repeatedly said he never opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — an acknowledgement of the controversy he faced in 2010, when he questioned Title II of the act, which prohibits private businesses from discriminating against customers based on race.
"I don't like the idea of telling private business owners — I abhor racism, I think it's a bad business idea to ever exclude anybody from your restaurant, but at the same time, I do believe in private ownership. But I think there should be absolutely no discrimination in anything that gets any public funding, and that's mostly what the Civil Rights Act was about," he told the Louisville Courier-Journal after winning the 2010 Republican Senate nomination in Kentucky.
"I never opposed the Civil Rights Act. Ever," Paul said Wednesday.
Just as he quoted George F. Kennan at The Heritage Foundation and Pablo Neruda before the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Paul compared his message at Howard to the words of literary and political giants relevant to his audience's history.
The auditorium, which campus police said seats around 250 people, was full for Paul's speech, and some listeners stood against the wall.
Though not everyone was as outspoken as Menifee, others in the audience expressed skepticism about Paul's olive branch.
Before the speech, Vanessa A. Knox, a political science and biology double major at Howard weighed in on Paul's visit. "My expectations really aren't that high, but I believe in hearing out the other side," she said.
"It wasn't the best speech. It was pretty much what I expect from any politician in general," television and production major Michael Lindsey said. Lindsey wasn't swayed by Paul's appeals, but he acknowledged that he is a Democrat.
Beyond civil rights issues, Paul had more success. During the question-and-answer session, the audience offered full applause when Paul said he would do everything he could to keep nonviolent drug offenders out of jail.
Paul's public acknowledgements that he is mulling a 2016 bid for the presidency also brought out other local activists.
Four activists from Young Americans for Liberty, a national student-focused libertarian group, wore stickers that read "I Stand with Rand" and carried an email sign-up sheet for the organization's newsletter.
Five protesters from the local DC Vote organization held signs outside the building that portrayed a Gadsden flag with Paul's head spliced over that of the flag's iconic snake.


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Australian Open 2012 - Hawkins Soars To Capture First Ranking Title
Barry Hawkins has won his first ranking event title of his 16-year career by defeating former world champion Peter Ebdon 9-3 in the final of the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo.
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Barry Hawkins (pic - Monique Limbos)
Barry Hawkins has been a professional since 1996 and has had his moments in professional snooker before, including winning the Shoot-Out last January. But today in Bendigo he achieved a major ambition by winning his first ranking title by beating Peter Ebdon 9-3 in the final of the Australian Goldfields Open.
2002 world champion Ebdon was playing for his tenth ranking event of his long career and got off to a good start by winning a scrappy first frame. Unfortunately the veteran potter could only watch as Hawkins played him off the table with breaks of 57, 74, 106 & 114 to go 4-1 and ultimately finish the session 5-3.
When they resumed in the evening the crowd were treated straight from the off as Hawkins made his highest break of the week, a 133 to go 6-3 up and then made a 74 in the 11th frame and a tournament winning break of 51 in the 12th to come through a comfortable winner.
Hawkins dominated scoring with a 92% pot success rate
An emotional Hawkins payed tribute to his recently wed wife Tara and their son Harrison who have been watching all his matches in the UK.
"Winning my first ranking event feels quite strange," said Dartford's Hawkins. "I don't think it has sunk in yet, I feel quite calm. It'll probably sink in more when I get home and see the family. I'm delighted obviously and it could be a big moment in my career hopefully.
"The score-line surprised me a little bit because I thought it was going to be a really tough game. Peter's beaten a lot of good players this week and he's so tough to play. He plays a lot of unusual shots but really good shots.
"Even during the good times there's still doubt, you start questioning yourself thinking am I ever going to win a big tournament. I've been working with Terry Griffiths and I won the Shoot-Out since I started working with him, I don't know if it was a coincidence or not. But now I've won this so obviously I'm doing something right.
"After the Matthew Stevens match in the second round I decided to go out and have a few beers, it helped me sleep, it helped me relax. Perhaps that's the secret, go out and get drunk before every match! I didn't get drunk, just a few beers. But tonight I'll be a little bit more than merry I should imagine."
Ebdon said afterwards: "I didn't have a very good day at all today, nothing really went for me and I really struggled out there today in all departments and it's very disappointing. It's not often that would happen to me in a final but every credit to Barry, I thought he played really, really well.
"I'm delighted for him, that he's won his first ranking event. I would have rather that it hadn't been against me in the final. But he's been a winner waiting to happen for quite some time."
Hawkins takes home $70,000 for his efforts and finds himself back up to 20th in the latest rankings. If he continues to play this well and scoring heavily in matches when it is most needed then whp knows how far he could go this season.
Next up for the tour is the first of this season's Players Tour Championship events at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, ticketing details can be found here. Live streaming of the event will be available on liveworldsnooker.tv and you can see the draw here.
Barry Hawkins - Australian Goldfields Open Champion 2012


When a person suffering with bipolar disorder enters a depressive phase, the signs and symptoms create a stark contrast with the preceding manic episode:.
Bipolar Disorder Signs and Symptoms Recognizing and Getting Help for Mania and Bipolar Depression. Español. We all have our ups and downs, but with bipolar disorder.
Doctor Ellen Leibenluft discusses the key features of bipolar disorder. which is characterized by periods of mania/over-activity, and periods of depression.
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Bipolar disorder was formerly called manic depression. It is a form of major affective disorder, or mood disorder, defined by manic or hypomanic episodes.
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mood disorder characterised by swings in a person's mood from high to low – euphoric to depressed.
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I have an ex-colleague who would insist on referring to mindfulness as mindlessness! A Freudian slip of the tongue? I found myself, today, reflecting on this and thinking, perhaps this was not such a strange malapropism after all.
How often have you arrived at work, with no real recognition of the journey you have just made? Perhaps you have come to the end of a television programme or film and realise you have no idea what happened. Or maybe you have held a conversation without really engaging your brain and interacting with the person you are talking to.
The world can be full of potentially 'mindless' noise and chatter and our brains can so easily be distracted from the task in hand. More often than not these small absences can be of little, or no, consequence; merely distractions in a busy day or mind. Sometimes, however, being mindless can be damaging, not only to ourselves but others too.
A mindless act of overtaking can have a catastrophic impact for an on-coming motorist, changing lives beyond recognition. A mindless remark to a loved one can wound and scar. Less damaging but equally important is the number of occasions we eat in a mindless fashion – leading to all sorts of negative consequences for our health and well-being.
For some people, this lack of care and thought about the implications of their actions stems directly from a reckless and compulsive lifestyle. But for the majority of the population who are caring, thoughtful and socially adept individuals such behaviour is curious.
Do you remember the poem by William H Davies the first and last two lines of which are quoted below?
What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?
How much richer our lives could be if we helped ourselves to become more aware – 'mindful' - of our everyday lives and the actions within them.
To live mindfully is to be more 'in the moment' – more actively aware and conscious of what you are thinking and feeling, doing and saying and to notice the small things which can if we choose to, give us a greater appreciation of the world around us. Last year this column discussed mindfulness and how with practice, the technique, can have a positive impact on our health and well-being.
There is no time like the present really to challenge yourself, to take the time to find a new way of being. Make the commitment to avoid the mindlessness of your life and, little-by-little, bring yourself into a greater awareness.
A small step to achieving some calm in your life.


Turtle, that sounds like a perfect weekend to me. Lucky you!
Yes Deb it was an amazing trip. Everyone should get to spend time in the mountains.
@turtle, thank you for the gift. It makes a lovely desk top paper weight. How did you know I was a crystal fanatic? Collecting crystal sure beats collecting string, lol. Thanks again.
You're welcome,maybe next time I'm out that way we can meet up and share some more of that green stuff.
so I can remain incognito,a hotwheels car or a roll of $100 dollar bills wrapped in a rubber band. Am I right????
Well, I think its about time for a nuther got together. How about fishin and a picnic?
Sorry, Goosfraba, with all the drama I haven't been looking at the Colorado thread. I mean, there's never any drama in Colorado, other than the weather, right? So where would you like to have this fabulous picnic ? Will you be bringing the caviar and champagne?
Imho.....its a bit ridiculous and childish.
But anyways I was thinking of sculpture in the park.
No caviar, but maybe I'll pick up some of uncle josh's salmon eggs.


On Aug. 27, 2017, the National Weather Service issued this warning, "This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced." What followed that warning was Hurricane Harvey, and the most total rainfall and damage resulting from a single storm in history.
As the storm clouds retreated, the aftermath showed the rest of the nation what Texans are made of. We saw neighbors rescue one another, massive outpourings of donations and assistance, and a true Texas spirit of service, determination and resilience.
But citizens and charity can only do so much. Our economy was overwhelmed and our communities and local governments were pushed to the limit. Local leaders have done their part, and now is the time for the state to take bold action to address Harvey at the state level so future generations have a more resilient Texas.
Those of us who live in the areas affected by Harvey are still seeing the effects. Schools remain closed, our neighborhoods continue to rebuild, and infrastructure projects are stacking up.
This legislation provides the matching funds required to bring Texas tax dollars back to the state. Currently, there are billions of your federal tax dollars that cannot be returned from Washington, D.C. without a state or local match. There have only been a few times that the state has been the source of matching dollars, which typically come from local communities, but because of the severity of the storm, the state must take action. Once the matching funds are available, we will be able to maximize unprecedented federal funds for infrastructure projects we desperately need.
To break down the numbers for you, damages from Harvey exceeded $125 billion. I am proposing to transfer $1.65 billion from the state's Rainy Day fund, which has a historic balance, and is projected to reach $15 billion next year. The $1.65 billion will return $5-6 billion in federal funds to the state for infrastructure projects. Texas has been a donor-state to Washington, D.C. for too long, and it is time for some of our tax dollars to be returned.
I have a reputation as a budget-hawk and a record of cutting taxes. Because of my fiscally conservative principles, it is uncharacteristic of me to sponsor legislation that taps the state's the Rainy Day fund, but situations like Harvey recovery are precisely why the fund was created and protected.
The bill also creates the Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund (TIRF). TIRF is a fund that will be administered by the Texas Water Development Board to finance flood mitigation projects to protect the state in future storms.
Through the TIRF fund, local communities can fund infrastructure projects through low interest loans or grants. All projects will be required to meet rigorous eligibility standards at the state and federal level.
If you're interested in an additional reservoir, water gate upgrades and new levy systems, this is the policy you've been waiting for.
To be clear, this is a one-time, necessary expense to leverage billions of federal funds for rebuilding and flood prevention. It is also a statewide plan. Harvey hit southeast Texas, however the majority of our state has weathered severe storms and suffered astronomical damage to property and local economies.
The actions in the Capitol have been encouraging and productive, but work remains to be done. I appreciate my colleagues support, and am committed to shepherding this bill through the process, all the way to Governor Abbott's desk.
We know that it is 'when', not 'if' the next super-storm hits Texas - therefore, we must take Texas-sized action. We owe it to the victims of Harvey, and we owe it to future generations.
Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, represents Senate District 4.


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This is a short article providing some bits of information helpful for installing Gentoo on the Asus W5F laptop.
Run "alsamixer", which will not display a volume control, Run "speaker-test -twav", which plays a sound, so alsa is running properly.
Reboot. Alsamixer should display the software volume control, and speaker-test is now affected by such control.
Modes           "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
This config file was based on "http://netster.de/asus_w5f/index.html".


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Saint-Pierre-Brouck
Cheap weekend in Saint-Pierre-Brouck
Cheap restaurants
Bistrot Gourmet
French cuisine restaurant in Gravelines
GOURMET GOURMET - the heart of Gravelines, make a tasty snack at the Bistrot Gourmet, a restaurant located in the heart of the Hotel Belfry for an authentic meal and full of flavor! Tasty - The menu is varied and renewed regularly to offer…
Located 10.9 km from Saint-Pierre-Brouck
Au retour d islande
Fish and seafood restaurant in Gravelines
Here is a gastronomic restaurant. Breathing the soil. Located opposite the. Channel Aa, returning from Iceland. Is known for its specialties. Seafood and fish menus. (grilled, soups...). John. Christophe Truant officiates in the kitchen. His…
Located 13 km from Saint-Pierre-Brouck
Buffet de La gare
French cuisine restaurant in Calais
All restaurants in Saint-Pierre-Brouck
Low-cost activities
All leisure activities in Saint-Pierre-Brouck
Free leisure activities
Saint-Omer and its cathedral
Town of Art and History with a remarkable heritage
To the far east of Pas-de-Calais, on the border with the department of Nord, Saint-Omer is remarkable for its exceptional heritage. A certified Town of Art and History, it indeed has a number of remarkable buildings such as its Gothic cathedral,…
The Opal Coast (Côte d'Opale)
All the splendour of France's north-western coast
From Bray-Dunes in Nord to Berck-sur-Mer in Pas-de-Calais, the Opal Coast offers a landscape of superb sandy beaches, dunes, cliffs, unspoilt coasts, charming villages and seaside resorts. 120 kilometres of coastline that's ideal for relaxation,…
The Grand'Place square, the Cassel mountain with its mill and its panoramic view of the Flanders plain
From the top of its 176 metres, the charming town of Cassel magnificently dominates the Flanders plain. From the peak of the Cassel mountain, on which stands a beautiful 18th-century wooden windmill, the walkers will enjoy a beautiful view of…
All tours around Saint-Pierre-Brouck
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STUART SOLED
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.
RESEARCH IN AN INDUSTRIAL CATALYSIS WORLD:
A LIFELONG ADVENTURE!
Discovering and implementing new catalysts for petrochemical refining involves learning how to control nanoscale structure in simple, scale-able and environmentally-friendly ways.
In a series of vignettes chosen from challenging problems in the world of petrochemical heterogeneous catalysis we will illustrate how catalytic materials discovery can provide either improvements in existing catalytic materials or a means to generate new catalysts. Both types of discoveries can have large impacts in enabling cleaner and more efficient hydrocarbon conversions for fuels and chemicals applications.
The research which will be described has been focused on how to control nano and mm scale site placement as well as in synthesizing new metastable phases. We will describe the early findings on an intriguing reaction with hydrotalcite-related materials that eventually led to an important commercial advance in hydroprocessing catalysts. Experiences learned in that process will be shared. Other interesting findings with silica-supported metal and heteropoly solid acid catalysts remain intriguing leads and illustrate the questions that industrial researchers are often faced with.
Wallberg Building
STUART SOLED received his BS degree in chemistry from CCNY in 1969 and his Ph.D in chemistry from Brown University in 1973. He then did four years of post-doctoral work in solid state chemistry at Brown University and in France, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of novel oxide and sulfide materials. He has been at Exxon's Corporate Research Labs for almost 34 years and currently holds the position of Distinguished Research Associate. His research interests lie in the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of novel catalytic materials. He has worked extensively on Fischer-Tropsch chemistry, solid acid and metal catalysis, and hydrotreating. He is the coauthor of more than 70 publications and over 100 U.S. patents. He is credited with the discovery of the Nebula catalyst which has been producing low sulfur diesel fuels in over 20 refinery units worldwide.
Dr. Soled is the recipient of the New York Catalysis Society Excellence in Catalysis Award, the North American Catalysis Society Frank Ciapetta Lectureship Award, the ACS Heroes in Chemistry Award and the Herman Pines Award in Catalysis, and in 2014 he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
For more info about this series: www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca
Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
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The new firmware V3.2 for the product TIM 3V-IE DNP3 (6NH7803-3BA00-0AA0) has been released. The firmware is now available for download free of charge. The module TIM 3V-IE DNP3 (6NH7803-3BA00-0AA0) is scheduled to be delivered with the new firmware V3.2 from mid-March 2019.
The new firmware V3.2 for the product TIM 3V-IE DNP3 (6NH7803-3BA00-0AA0) contains product improvements and supports the configuration of the module in TIA Portal V15.1.
Therefore, performing an upgrade using a free firmware update is generally expedient and is recommended.
You can find the copyright information for third-party software contained in this product, particularly open source software, as well as applicable license conditions of such third-party software in the ReadMe_OSS file.
The information and the license conditions in the Readme_OSS file must be passed on to the purchasing party to avoid license infringements by the reseller or purchasing party.
You can download the file for the firmware update via TIA Portal here.
You can download the file for the firmware update via STEP 7 V5.x here.


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A chic cabinet in white lacquer studded with tiger's eye cabochons and with walnut stained feet. The cabinet also features touch latch hardware and a single drawer inside. This piece can be customized in the color of your choice in a selection of gem stones. Please contact the showroom for additional information.
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public final class UserTokenHolder {

    private UserTokenHolder() {
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    public static UserToken currentToken() {
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EMBRACE YOUR POWERS! MARVEL'S AVENGERS AVAILABLE TODAY FOR PLAYSTATION 4, XBOX ONE, PC, AND STADIA
September 4, 2020 September 4, 2020 6 min read spartaprime
More Than Six Million Players Spent Over 28 Million Hours Playing as Earth's Mightiest Heroes During August Beta – It's Time to Assemble!
Los Angeles, CA (September 4, 2020) – Today, SQUARE ENIX® announced that Marvel's Avengers is now available worldwide for the PlayStation®4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia.
Marvel's Avengers offers players a truly rich experience and combines the single player focused Reassemble story campaign with the ongoing Avengers Initiative's War Zone missions, which take the Avengers around the world and beyond. Each mission in the Reassemble campaign is designed to showcase one or more hero's unique abilities, while the Avengers Initiative missions can be played solo with your own custom AI team or with a group of up to four players* as any Hero in the player's roster.
"At its heart, Marvel's Avengers is a game about hope in a modern Super Hero setting," said Shaun Escayg, creative director for Marvel's Avengers at developer Crystal Dynamics. "Our original story campaign features Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, as the point-of-view focus who is unflappably optimistic, and she uses her passion, natural curiosity, gifted intellect, and emerging powers to expose a conspiracy, leading her on an adventure to re-assemble and re-build the Avengers to their former glory."
To ensure a continuing heroic experience for all players, the narrative of Marvel's Avengers will expand over time, with the addition of new stories featuring new heroes, villains, mission types, regions, items, and more delivered to players at no additional cost once they own the core game. These stories move the entire Marvel's Avengers narrative world forward on a multi-year arc, and all new missions are accessible to the entire roster of playable heroes.
Fans won't have to wait long for this new content, either. The game's first post-launch content season, focused on the recently announced Kate Bishop and her iconic mentor Hawkeye, Clint Barton, begins just weeks after launch with mysterious new Tachyon missions. Kate's Operation, "Taking AIM," kicks off in late October featuring a new villain and new mystery. Kate, an Olympic-caliber gymnast and master archer, comes with her own distinct set of Heroic Skills, outfits, and takedowns to unlock and master just like the core launch Heroes.
"Taking AIM" begins shortly after the conclusion of the game's Reassemble campaign and is just the first half of the two Hawkeyes' Story Arc. Clint Barton's Hawkeye takes the stage in November to complete the double-feature arc and set the stage for what's next. All of these new missions are playable with the entire roster of heroes, and all of this content, including heroes, villains, game modes, missions, gear, and more will be made available at no cost to all owners of the Marvel's Avengers core game.
Players in Marvel's Avengers are also able to customize Earth's Mightiest Heroes in a number of ways. While each Super Hero plays true to their unique power sets, each has the flexibility to play differently based on the gear players equip and the skills they enable, so no two player's heroes play in exactly the same way. Each hero has dynamic combo systems, heroic moves, intrinsic abilities, and signature move sets to unlock and customize – many inspired by classic moves from over 80 years of Marvel history across all media, while others are crafted as originals just for the game.
Players can also dress the iconic Super Heroes with classic, fan-favorite, and all-new original outfits, including Iron Man's suit from the 2014 Original Sin storyline, or Thor's Donald Blake identity, which is a nod to an alias of Thor's who first appeared in 1962's Journey into Mystery issue #83.
Marvel's Avengers will be available on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X when the consoles launch in 2020. Players who own the current-gen version of the game will be able to upgrade to the next-gen version at no additional cost, regardless if players are moving from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 or Xbox One to Xbox Series X. Those moving their saves to next-gen will transfer their player profiles and progression so they can pick up right where they left off. In addition, cross-gen play will be supported so PS5™ players will be able to play with their friends on PS4™ and Xbox Series X players can connect with their friends on Xbox One.
Marvel's Avengers is rated T (Teen) by the ESRB.
*Internet connection required. Your platform's online multiplayer requirements will apply.
Official Homepage: www.playavengers.com
Official Twitter: @PlayAvengers
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayAvengersGame/
Official YouTube: http://youtube.com/PlayAvengers
#PlayAvengers #Reassemble #EmbraceYourPowers
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media. For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
About Crystal Dynamics
Crystal Dynamics® has developed and published over 30 award-winning titles during its 28-year adventure. Some of the most beloved franchises include Gex®, Legacy of Kain® and most recently, TOMB RAIDER® which has sold over 77 million copies worldwide. With over 30 video game titles released and hundreds of awards, the heroine Lara Croft® has been a cultural icon for over 20 years and has made an indelible mark on virtually every facet of entertainment. Most recently, Crystal Dynamics expanded its operations by opening Crystal Northwest™ in Bellevue, Washington.
For more information on Crystal Dynamics, please visit http://www.crystald.com/, their Twitter account, Facebook page, or their LinkedIn page.
About Eidos-Montréal
Eidos-Montréal™ (a Square Enix® studio) is focused on creating immersive and captivating experiences. For the last decade, the development teams at Eidos-Montréal have orchestrated the successful reboot of the DEUS EX® series (Deus Ex: Human Revolution®, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided®), released the latest entry in the THIEF® franchise, and have also played a key role in the development of the award-winning TOMB RAIDER® series.
For more information on the studio, please visit https://eidosmontreal.com/ and find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
About Square Enix, Inc.
Square Enix develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix group of companies. Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network of leading development studios such as Crystal Dynamics® and Eidos Montréal®. The Square Enix group of companies boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 154 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 82 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 78 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
More information on Square Enix Ltd. can be found at https://square-enix-games.com
Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Marvel Entertainment, PC, pc gaming, Playstation 4, Square Enix, Stadia, Xbox one
Midwinter Entertainment Reveals Scavengers Gameplay Trailer, Announces PC Technical Playtest Weekend In September
PUBG MOBILE ANNOUNCES BREAKTHROUGHS AND PROGRESS OF ANTI-CHEATING
Challenge Speedball Full Release on Steam A Retro-Multiplayer Shooter based on the real live action paintball game "Speedball"
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WrestleMania® Set for Tampa Bay in 2021; Dallas in 2022; Los Angeles in 2023


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India rebuffs Pakistan minister
Pakistan's information minister facing accusations of having once sheltered Kashmiri separatists, has been denied permission by New Delhi to visit Indian-administered Kashmir.
The Pakistani information minister wanted to visit Srinagar
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had applied to travel to the main city in Indian Kashmir, Srinagar, on the next cross-border bus, next week.
The bus service began in April to reunite families divided by half a century of war and rebellion, as part of a peace process after India and Pakistan came close to war in 2002.
A former Pakistani army general had alleged last week that Ahmed ran a training camp for Kashmiri separatists in the 1980s.
A moderate separatist leader from Indian-administered Kashmir was also quoted by the media as saying so, but Ahmed issued a strong denial later.
Meanwhile, a powerful car-bomb killed three Indian soldiers and wounded 20 others on Friday as a bus carrying troops passed a popular tourist attraction in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.
The explosion ripped the bus apart and shook the famed Mughal gardens on the shores of Dal lake in the summer capital Srinagar around 4pm (1030 GMT), a police spokesman said.
Troops targeted
The spokesman said explosives were placed in a car and detonated as a military convoy passed by. The bus carrying the soldiers bore the full brunt of the car-bomb.
The region's dominant rebel group Hizbul Mujahedin, which wants Kashmir merged into Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the blast in a telephone call to local news agency Kashmir News Service.
Violence in Kashmir has killed
thousands since 1989
Seven of the injured soldiers are in serious condition, the spokesman said.
An AFP photographer at the scene said bits of flesh were lying inside the damaged bus and on the road.
Residents said the bus smashed into electricity pylons and telephone polls after being struck by the car-bomb. The force of the blast sent parts of the bus flying up to 100 metres away.
The area was swiftly sealed off by troops and police.
The gardens are visited by hundreds of Indian tourists and locals daily.
"The blast shook the entire locality, bringing people out of their houses," resident Nusrat Farooq said.
Tens of thousands of people have died since an anti-Indian insurgency broke out in the region in 1989.


So here's what our deck looks like now. Normally this is where I'd put a before picture to show what an improvement we made, but the before pictures are sort of depressing and I don't want them to detract from the prettiness of the after photos. If you want to compare, this is what we started with.
I added aqua, citron, white, and gray fabrics and accessories (along with some pink and green plants) to tone down the "look at me" blue of the chairs we bought on clearance last summer. Overall, I think it worked pretty well.
Noah and his mom made the cedar table. I wish our deck was that pretty!
I've been eyeing these solar lights from Ikea for years, but they never carry them in our store and don't sell them online, so I started searching for other options instead. Luckily, I found these lanterns (which can double as flower vases) at Target. They're ceramic, so they're nice and sturdy too.
The lime green flowerpot came from our local greenhouse. I love the texture of it! It doesn't have any drainage holes though so I just dropped in a gerber daisy in its plastic pot from the greenhouse. I do have to take it out and empty the pot after it rains. Small price to pay for a potted plant that won't leave a ring on my new table!
...learning to roll over. I have a feeling she'll be crawling before the end of summer!
There's a perfect spot at the top of the steps for a couple small planters filled with flowers. I think I got both of these planters at Home Depot. The turtle is from Target. It's fun to look out and see him sitting there just waiting for us to come and play.
In the winter, this is where we hang the birdfeeder, but the birds tend to make a mess of the deck in the summer so I replaced it with another spray painted hanging basket. It's filled with double petunias and creeping dusty miller. I wasn't sure the petunias were getting enough sun but they started blooming again a couple days after I took these pictures. Oh, and petunias attract hummingbirds so technically we're still feeding birds...just not the messy ones.
I made a new cushion for our Ikea rocking chair using citrus green marine vinyl. This is the one fabric I used that is weatherproof. It's easy to wipe down after a storm, no more waiting for it to dry before sitting down!
This spring I felt like I was constantly collecting things to bring outside and then having to round them all up whenever it looked like rain, so I bought this basket from Target to hold toys, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, blankets, and other things that we bring in and out with us. I also got one of those small storage bins (seen in the background) to store the pillows in so we don't have to keep them inside.
As you can see from the photo, my spray painted doormat has not held up so well. It's been raining a lot the last couple months so we've been wiping our feet on it a lot. I wish it had at least lasted through the summer!
I planted impatiens and alyssums around the apple tree. The impatiens are filling out better than anything else I've ever put there. Note to self: plant more impatiens next year. I just wish they came in prettier colors.
So that's my deck tour. I'm still hoping to get a little table to put next to the rocking chair so I can have a place to put a drink down, but that may have to wait until I'm willing to take two kids to Ikea on my own.
Gray knit pillow - I'll post a pattern if anyone's interested.
Beautiful! I eyed those lanterns at Target, too, and I wish I'd gone for it.
Love how it turned out! The cushions do make the blue lean back chairs stand out less than before, and they give people a bit of support if you guys plan to eat out on the deck. And those ceramic lanterns are a nice touch as well.


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El distrito de Ráckeve (húngaro: Ráckevei járás) es un distrito húngaro perteneciente al condado de Pest.

En 2013 tiene 36 120 habitantes. Su capital es Ráckeve.

Municipios
El distrito tiene una ciudad (en negrita), 2 pueblos mayores (en cursiva) y 8 pueblos (población a 1 de enero de 2013):
Apaj (1224)
Áporka (1121)
Dömsöd (5795)
Kiskunlacháza (8855)
Lórév (292)
Makád (1192)
Ráckeve (9965) – la capital
Szigetbecse (1304)
Szigetcsép (2282)
Szigetszentmárton (2133)
Szigetújfalu (1957)

Referencias

Distritos del condado de Pest

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The Volvo XC90 is one of the most important models for the company, as it was perhaps the best-selling model of all time.
Volvo Car Malaysia introduced the CKD XC90 T8 in mid 2016, with minimal changes to the equipment. What changed was the price, which saw a massive RM50k reduction when going from CBU to CKD.
Powering the Volvo XC90 T8 is a 2.0-litre twincharged engine that is hooked up to a hybrid system, able to deliver 407 hp and 640 Nm, allowing the large seven-seater SUV to complete the century sprint in just 5.6 seconds.
When Chinese manufacturer Zhejiang Geely acquired Volvo Car from Ford for $1.3 billion (RM5.3 billion) in August 2010, it brightened the Swedish brand's future, which was beginning to look rather dim. Like many, we were quite curious to know what was going to happen to the brand.


Heartland B-cycles are available for anyone to use. If you're looking for a way to add some activity to your day or to get from one place to another on campus or in the community, the B-cycles can be checked out at your convenience. You can buy a monthly pass at the station or the B-cycle mobile app. All passes include unlimited 1-hour trips that start when you check a bike out of one station and end when you return it to any other station in the system. Additional options are available.
Bicyclists are required to follow the same rules of the road as motorists, should abide by state bicycle laws, and are encouraged to wear a helmet. Our campus is connected to the Field Club Trail which connects to the Keystone Trail and the rest of the Papio Trail system.
B-cycles are another form of active transportation with many benefits—studies have shown that biking also has many health benefits, both physically and mentally, and daily exercise helps relieve stress and anxiety. With your membership, you can track your distance ridden, estimate calories burned and calculate the carbon emissions you have offset by choosing to commute using a bicycle instead of your car. If you choose to do so, make sure you get the other free benefits associated with TravelSmart!
The Heartland B-cycle expansion means there are more than 70 stations right here in Omaha, from Aksarben to the River's Edge Park, as well as Chalco Hills. Whether you need to head west and go to UNO or east to Blackstone, Midtown or Downtown, there's a B-cycle station conveniently located to get you there. Hungry for lunch but don't want to use all your time to walk to your parking lot and drive a block or two? Check out a bike at a station near you and burn off some extra calories before and after lunch.


All states and the District of Columbia have workers' compensation laws designed to protect employed individuals who get sick, injured, or killed on the job. Employers pay the cost of workers' compensation by purchasing private insurance or state-sponsored insurance, or sometimes by self-insuring. Each state has its own workers' compensation system, so the rules vary. As a business owner, you should know the following facts about workers' compensation.
Workers' compensation is a mandatory state-based social insurance program that provides workers with insurance protection against disability or death that occurs while at work. In most states, the workers' compensation laws are compulsory and require businesses to accept the laws' provisions and provide the specified benefits. In some states, coverage is elective, and employers can opt out of the state workers' compensation system in exchange for the loss of certain liability limitations. Some states exempt businesses with fewer than three or four employees from workers' compensation insurance requirements.
Employees who are injured or disabled on the job receive a fixed monetary award. In exchange, they give up the right to sue the business. If an employee dies as a result of a workplace injury, benefits are paid to the employee's family.
Businesses are, by law, 100 percent responsible for providing workers' compensation benefits. Your business can't charge a worker for benefits provided under workers' compensation or for any portion of the business's workers' compensation insurance premium.
Keep in mind that your business may be required by the laws of your state to post a notice in the workplace that provides the name of the workers' compensation insurance carrier.
Your state mandates how much coverage you must buy, which employee classifications must be covered, and what percentage of an employee's salary you'll pay if he or she misses work due to a work-related injury.
Failure to carry workers' compensation coverage, when required, may be punishable by fines, civil penalties, criminal penalties, exclusion from public contracts, and cease and desist orders. The rules and penalties vary by state.
Most on-the-job injuries are covered by workers' compensation on a no-fault basis. That is, benefits are paid regardless of who is to blame for the accident or injury--the employer does not admit liability for the injury or illness, and the employee receives workers' compensation benefits without having to sue. There are exceptions, though. For example, coverage may be excluded for injuries suffered when an employee's conduct violates company policy.
It is an injured worker's right to claim benefits under workers' compensation for a job-related illness or injury. When a worker is injured on the job, his or her claim is filed with the insurance company (or self-insuring employer). Medical and disability benefits are paid by the insurer according to a state-approved formula.
Your business can't interfere with, coerce, discriminate, fire, or force the resignation of an employee for filing a claim under workers' compensation. Your business can't tell an employee not to file a claim. If an employee can prove that a business in any way harassed or fired him or her for seeking benefits, the employee can file a civil lawsuit seeking substantial damages.


The Barletta 600 Wall Mounted Vanity Unit paired with the Pisa Basin is the ideal addition to any modern day bathroom. With a high gloss white finish and bold square edges, this contemporary storage unit will add a touch of luxury to your suite. This storage unit comes complete with a soft close drawer.


Katrina Griffiths, our hilarious and fearless guest blogger, recently went to Indonesia with her four (yep 4) daughters. Her blogs appeared over the (Australian) summer school holidays. My personal favorite was "So Far… or Bali belly and bulls). I literally ROFL'd when I read it.
Please check out Manon's wonderful website here.


A long lost cult-classic makes its anamorphic widescreen DVD debut from Synapse Films! An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and the few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive' that is' until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide it' s time to eat, too! This gory, exploitation film was directed by Rene Cardona, Jr. (TINTORERA, GUYANA: CULT OF THE DAMNED) and is presented in a beautiful new anamorphic widescreen transfer from original vault materials.


i tried dropping the 1991 in the hope it would work for all years but it either comes up 0 for every figure or else n/a. the data sample is 1991/1/07 to 2016/1/08. thanks!
There are several ways to do what you want, here are two. I've removed the unnecessary @recode.
hi thank you for your response.
however, when trying to make the dummy variable between the 21st december and the 20th match, all values are 0? is this because the dummy is spanning over different calendar years? the same thing happened when i tried to the a dummy from the 21st sept to 20th march. do you know how i can correct this?
For the other expression that was erroring, what version of EViews are you using? I only tested that expression with EViews 9 and 10.


CAJLS has been holding the assessment test (referred to as "the CAJLS Credit Test") annually for 50 years since 1967 to meet the requirements stipulated in the California Department of Education Codes Section 51243-51244-51245. It is estimated that easily more than ten thousand students registered at the CAJLS member schools have received foreign language credit from their attending public high school for their studies of Japanese at their respective nihongo gakko through the "CAJLS Credit Test" procedure since its inception year of 1967.
All examinees must be currently enrolled in a CAJLS member school.
Examinees must be in the grade equivalent of American High School (9th to 12th grade).
The Credit Test questions are prepared from materials taught from the Yasashii-Nihongo textbook series, which is published by The California Association of Japanese Language School Inc., and other materials which are considered by the CAJLS CTPC as being consistent with the California Standards for Foreign Language Instruction. The test questions consist of multiple choice/true false questions as well as free response questions, including an oral test.
Each section is worth 20 points for a total of 100 points.
The Japanese 1 (J-1) test is designed to assess the level of Japanese language proficiency of the English-dominant students at the end of their initial year of high-school level Japanese language studies (generally, the 9th grade level). No Kanji is required. Must be able to read and write both Hiragana and Katakana. Should be able to conjugate verbs in a past, present, negative, and interrogative forms.
The Japanese 2 (J-2) test is designed as the second year exit assessment instrument.
J2 covers all the requirements from J1, plus "Yasashii Nihongo" Elementary level and its application.
From this level, Kanji is required.
The Japanese 3 (J-3) test is for the third year exit assessment.
J3 covers all the requirements from J2, plus "Yasashii Nihongo" Intermediate level and its application.
The Japanese 4 (J-4) test is for the fourth year exit assessment.
J4 covers all the requirements from J3, plus "Yasashii Nihongo" Advanced level and its application.
The evaluation of the oral skills has traditionally been executed separately one week earlier in accordance with the procedures established by the CTPC, and approved by the CAJLS C-T Chairperson and verified by the CAJLS President, at the site of the respective school where the subject student is enrolled for the specific Academic Year.
The testing date for the CAJLS Credit Test for any given Academic Year varies from year to year.
Mid February:Exam Fees are Due and Member Schools submit finalized list of examinees.
Late March:CAJLS provides examinee identification numbers and exam locations.
Early April:Oral Exams administered at designated locations per Member School.
Mid April:Written Exams administered at CAJLS designated location.
Early May:Official scores sent to Member Schools.
Due to the fact that some schools do not accept the credit test as an official test for school credit, CAJLS recommends speaking with your school's administration to verify that the examinee receives school credit for 2nd language. This is the responsibility of the parents and students. CAJLS is not responsible for obtaining school credit.
All students must begin from J-1 credit test regardless of their current grade level.
Credit Test is a graded test not pass/fail.


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Growing asparagus in North Queensland
When driving between the North Queensland towns of Townsville and Charters Towers, you'd expect to see a couple of Brahman cows, possibly a few kangaroos, but not paddocks of asparagus!
The Caleo family have taken innovation and risk in their stride, spearheading a new variety of the green vegetable in a region just realising its potential for farming – as opposed to grazing.
"I spotted asparagus and thought, we'll have a go at that! This is our third year and we're still experimenting, but we're very happy with it," Black River Produce managing director Jon Caleo said.
"We have access to one of the biggest water sources in North Queensland, the Burdekin River, and while there's a few people irrigating in this neck of the woods, it's not common."
A career in horticulture came later in life for Jon and his wife Roslyn, purchasing a block just west of Townsville at Black River to grow watermelons and pumpkins. They eventually converted it to a nursery for their larger growing block on the Burdekin River near Charters Towers.
Across the two farms, the company produces pumpkins and watermelons in the summer. During the cooler dry months, it grows broccoli, spring onions and now a new local strain of asparagus.
"Our long-term aim is we'll grow at least 100 hectares of asparagus," he said.
"When we're in production, we can supply enough for larger supermarket contracts in north Queensland."
Recently the company was awarded a $300,000 Coles Nurture Fund grant to further their research into a northern asparagus crop.
"This grant will enable us to realise the potential of growing asparagus in the tropics out of season to Australia's current production period and in direct competition to imported product," Mr Caleo said.
"Traditionally asparagus isn't picked until it's about three years old, but because we're in north Queensland, it grows 12 months of the year, and we can pick it earlier."
"But there's a lot we don't know. We don't know how long the plants will live for. There is no information anywhere in the world on the longevity of asparagus in the tropics."
Despite the risks, Black River Produce can see a massive upside to the green gamble.
If the crop is successful and it becomes a long-term crop, the imports will be drastically reduced.
"We can now afford to take a bigger risk and iron out any issues as they arise," Mr Caleo said.
Asparagus is a long-term crop, and it can be a little tricky to grow in what are normally cooler climates. Some of Australia's biggest producers are based around Mildura in Victoria and Cowra in New South Wales. North of the McIntyre River, growers have tried it on the Atherton Tablelands, west of Cairns and on the southern Darling Downs. In both instances, the farmers gave up. But Black River Produce is trying something new.
"We've got a new variety that we've actually just started planting," Mr Caleo said.
"It is more resistant to rust (a plant fungus) than the traditional varieties. It's never been grown up in the tropics, so we don't know yet how resistant it is to rust."
The fungus grows in humid conditions, something that's quite common in the northern summers. So steps have been taken to allow better air flow.
"We've planted it a lot further apart than it's traditionally grown to allow more breeze to travel through the rows," Mr Caleo said.
"We're trying some biological things as well, like spraying silicone on it which helps it develop stronger cell walls. We're trying to give the plant every chance it can to beat the disease issues we know are out there."
Black River Produce is no stranger to meeting new challenges. Consistently producing watermelons for picky consumers can also be difficult.
"My favourite crop is still watermelons," said Mr Caleo.
"The standards that the retailers expect is getting higher and higher every year. To consistently grow a beautiful seedless watermelon is not easy. But, when you get it right, it's very rewarding!"
Like many horticulture operations across the country, locating staff that are willing to work has been difficult. Mr Caleo said it is a combination of restrictions due to COVID-19 and the job keeper payments.
"We are having issues in terms of employees – trying to find people," he said.
Black River Produce is accredited by Fair Farms – a system that ensures employees are treated properly.
"They come out to the farm and audit us. I consider it the best system. It's something we are happy to hang our hat on and we're proud to say we are Fair Farms Certified," Mr Caleo says.
"There's a lot of scrutiny on employers and rightly so, and because we actually get audited in this system, you know that people can't hide cut corners and that everyone is doing the right thing."
Currently, uptake of Fair Farms is on a volunteer basis, but Mr Caleo would like to see it rolled out more in Australian farms, with the possibility of becoming mandatory.
Written by Jayne Cuddihy
Photography by Jayne Cuddihy
Black River Produce is featured in the January/February 2021 edition of Fruit and Vegetable News.


The Troubleshooting diary generation options below are usually only used whenever you are getting unexpected results or encountering an unexpected Quark crash (a link is provided whenever a property can be used to set this option for the current script or as a default).
When this option is set to true (the default, which should rarely, if ever, be changed), Q++Studio will filter the holidays and one-time-dates tables used to generate diaries so that only these necessary are copied from the server to your local disk during diary generation. Most of the time this works fine.
In some extremely rare cases you will find that some of the holidays sets you are using specifically in macros are not being used in the output file. In these cases your first reflex should be to add these sets to the included holidays property, as its use is much faster (much) than setting the present property to false.
When this option is set to true, Q++Studio will start at the beginning of each textbox for each text replacement of tokens.
It is needed for case when complex recursion of tokens involving attributes (bold, italic, symbols, ...) lead to a cannot find text ... run-time message, although the text was indeed present in the textbox. This occurs because Q++Studio searches through each textbox in a single-pass, assuming that text replacements are generated in the proper order. The single-pass saves time, but if the search/replace commands are in the wrong order (extremely rare) then some text to be replaced is missed.
Setting Multi-Pass to true is therefore only truly necessary if you generate a lot of text, with varying attributes, from a single token. However, the speed reduction from setting this option to true is minimal and therefore we recommend to always set this option to true to be safe.
Recommended default: true. This option is sometimes needed when complex typographical changes, as occurs in many GenTokens, can confuse QuarkXPress and cause it to crash during diary generation. When this option is set to true, before processing each token, Q++Studio removes the automatic hyphenation for that token text. This is equivalent to setting the H&J Format value to No Hyphenation.
Note that you can have some H&J assets' hyphenation setting be kept, by including "HYPH" (in uppercase, without the double-quotes) in the name of one or more H&J assets.
This option is sometimes needed when complex typographical changes in a chain of linked textboxes can confuse QuarkXPress and cause it to crash during diary generation.
When this option is set to true, before processing each textbox, Q++Studio checks if the textbox is linked and then breaks the link with the other textboxes so that all text replacement is done in one box. Then after all the token and text replacements are performed, the textbox chain is relinked.
Setting this option to true means that, after diary generation, Q++Studio will tell QuarkXPress to move all objects from any non-default layer to the default layer, and will delete all non-default layers, in the output file. Note that this property has no use if you are using the default value of true for the Remove GridTemplate layers option as is recommended.
This property is currently not implemented.
This property, which only applies when using version 7 or above of QuarkXPress, forces Q++Studio to send ANSI text replacement instructions rather than the default Unicode text format used by all versions of QuarkXPress beginning with version 7. There is almost never any reason to set this property to true. Recommended default: false.
This option is internally set to always true, for the moment, and is used to warn of spurious NULL characters which can caused unexpected crashes of QuarkXPress.
Use this option to delete all objects on the page, instead of deleting the actual page, when using Zap tokens, Conditional tokens, Macros and Saras to delete pages.
A marker is then created on each would have been deleted page, as shown on the right.
Note this is a testing/debugging option whose value is not saved from one diary generation to the next.
When this option is checked, QuarkXPress is not hidden during diary generation.
This is useful in cases when QuarkXPress seems to freeze, without any error message or visible crash, to show any Quark modal dialog which may be waiting for a response and therefore blocking further processing. One such dialog is the Cannot Find Job Jacket QuarkXPress dialog.
The XNT will not try to delete any of the temporary files it created. This is the value to use in the extremely rare cases when the default, below, is not appropriate.
The XNT will try to delete the temporary files it created, using the Windows API call used to delete files. This is the default and should rarely need changing.
The XNT will try to delete the temporary files it created, using the internal QuarkXPress command available through the Quark Xtension API.
Note that this property/option specifies what the XNT should do after diary generation, prior to closing down. However, the XNT will always try to empty out the the c:\temp\qpp\tmpqxd\ temporary folder, prior to diary generation.
This option should always be set to After page copying.
This property should always be set to None.
A delay, inserted after the page copying stage, used to give time to QuarkXPress to re-synchronize its internal threads and structures. The default value of 1000 milliseconds is usually sufficient for most cases.
A delay, inserted after the page copying stage, used to give time to QuarkXPress to re-synchronize its internal threads and structures before deleting the seed pages. The default value of 1000 milliseconds is usually sufficient for most cases.
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We all know the saying Practice makes Perfect. In crochet you will find that this is very true, however it does not take too much practice to make your stitches perfect. Enjoy your crochet and follow these easy tips for pure crocheting success.
Tip 1: When first learning to crochet the whole process will feel very strange, as you will have to hold the hook, yarn and work all at the same time as you try to create the various crochet stitches. But work at it, practice the stitch until it feels natural, this will not take long. A great idea for practicing the basic stitches is to start making up a load of individual Granny squares (or one huge square) to get use to naturally and easily moving the hook. Also at the end you can sew them together and have a cozy blanket.
Tip 2: As you crochet, the yarn is guided through your fingers, this is what actually creates the tension of your work and therefore determines how tight, or not, your crochet stitching is!
If you look at a crochet hook you will see that it tapers inwards as it gets closer to the actual hook, therefore it has differing thicknesses. The further away from the hook itself the thicker it becomes. Therefore if you allow your loops to go up the shaft of the hook then your loops will be larger, and hence work will be looser. If you work near the hook itself, your loops will be smaller; and the smaller the loops the tighter the stitches. So if you find yourself working along the hook shaft and not near the hook, bring the loops down towards the hook and give the yarn another pull to tighten the loops, so that they decrease in size.
Sometimes it is necessary to tighten your stitches even more. To do this just pull your crochet yarn again at the end of the stitch just formed.
Crochet tension is important in most crocheting projects especially for clothing. Tension dictates the size of the finished garment. The tighter you crochet, the thinner the yarn and the smaller the hook, the smaller the end project will be and vice versa. So always check your crocheting tension against the pattern to ensure that the finished item will be of the correct fit. Alternatively begin crocheting with something where tension is not so important such as a mat, shawl or Granny Square.
Tip 3: When making project items where tension is vital, always take the time to prepare a practice swatch. This added time at the beginning of a project will save you time and heartache later. (Practice swatch instructions are always included in the patterns where they are applicable.) Practice swatches are just practice pieces of crochet using the hook and yarn that the garment will be made from. Patterns tell you how many stitches and rows should equal a certain length and width.
Remember you do not have to use the same yarn or the same size hook as instructed in crochet patterns. Adjusting the sizes of your crochet hook when you tension is too tight or too loose for the individual crochet pattern, will alter the finished projects size. Just be wary that if you use a different thickness yarn or a different size hook, check tension by crocheting a practice swatch to double check sizes. This is only really important when making any crocheting clothing garments.
Tip 4: Relax and enjoy your crochet, it really will show in your work. Do not hold your hook or yarn too tightly, nor too loosely. Look back at your stitches and ensure that they are all of the same size. Try to allow your crochet hook to move freely and tighten the yarn automatically after you finish each crochet stitch.
Tip 5: Hold your work at all times. Your thumb and forefinger should be holding your crocheting just below where you are stitching.
Tip 6: When joining new balls of yarn always do so at a chain stitch and try to ensure if straight line crocheting that it is at the end of a row, as this makes it easier to weave in the yarn ends. This will also give a more professional finish.
Tip 7: Crocheting with fun fur is not easy, due to its many eyelashes. For a beginner this is not at all easy, as these eyelashes make it very difficult to actually see your crocheted stitches. If you cannot see your stitches, correctly positioning your hook into the back and front of stitches is extremely hard work and can be extremely frustrating. It is therefore very easy to go wrong.
By adding a second ball of yarn of a different type (any type without eyelashes) to the fun fur and crocheting with a strand of each yarn at the same time, you will make your stitches much more visible, making the work much easier to handle. This will make your yarn and therefore work much thicker, so ensure if making a clothing garment that this will still fit and adjust hook sizes appropriately.
Above all, have fun… Remember crochet is an enjoyable pastime even for a beginner. So pick up a hook and begin today.


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As a young Australian soldier lay dying, mortally wounded by shrapnel during the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign, Sister Kitty Porter stayed after her regular nursing shift on the hospital ship to care for and comfort him. Those "terrible days" early on in Australia's participation in World War 1 marked the beginning of Kitty Porter's four years of selfless war service in Egypt and France.
Sister Katherine (Kitty) Porter
Katherine 'Kitty' Porter was born in Little Forest in 1882. She trained as a nurse at Sydney Royal Hospital and then worked as a sister at Sydney Hospital until she decided to enlist in the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1915 to serve during World War 1.
Kitty Porter served in Egypt during the Gallipoli campaign and also in France, working at the No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station (ACCS) near Ypres during the Somme campaign, to where ambulance trains were bringing back wounded men from the front, and also at the general hospital in Boulogne. She was promoted to second in command of her hospital unit. It was during this time in August 1916 that she was notified that her fiancé had been wounded.
During her service she narrowly escaped capture in April 1918 by the advancing German army in the French town of Roye on the Somme and it was here that she had to abandon her diaries and personal effects in the rush to leave. Her last unit was the 1st Australian General Hospital. She was Mentioned in Despatches, gazetted 31 December 1918.
Group portrait of the staff of No. 1 Auxiliary Hospital, 1st Australian General Hospital. Kitty Porter 2nd row, 3rd from left
Their is a moving tribute to Kitty Porter's war service held by the Australian War Memorial, describing how she comforted young Private Tom Whyte as he lay dying on the hospital ship HMAT Gascon after being hit by shrapnel during the Gallipoli landing. Kitty Porter later wrote to Pte Whyte's fiancée Eileen to reassure her:
"knowing that he was engaged made me stay on duty a little longer to be what comfort I could to him. It was a terrible day for us all and I saw so much that was awful that day."
Kitty returned to Australia in April 1919 on SS Medic and was honoured with a large public welcome-home celebration in Milton in June 1919.
Welcome home in Milton to Kitty Porter in June 1919
After returning to Sydney to become Matron at Randwick Military Hospital, Kitty Porter contracted influenza during the 1919 worldwide epidemic and died in Sydney on 16 July 1919, aged only 36 and only a few weeks after her Milton homecoming. She was buried in Waverley cemetery with full military honours.
Just after her death, she was awarded the Royal Red Cross for services to the injured which was presented to her mother at a ceremony in Milton. The RRC is a decoration, not a medal, instituted by Queen Victoria in 1883 as a British Military Order solely for women and given to those 'recommended for special devotion and competency in their nursing duties with the Army'.
She is remembered on several memorials in the Milton District, including the Milton War Memorial, the RSL Honour Roll, and on honour rolls at Milton Public School and Yatte Yattah.
Sister Katherine(Kitty) Porter at the Australian War Memorial:
Red Cross Medal
Mentioned in despatches,
Tom Whyte's A Last Letter from Gallipoli
Sarah Claydon - midwife, nurse and friend to all
Bernard Brown: Milton Ulladulla District's first policeman
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"Phantom economies tend to give rise to gray and black markets in proportion to the deviance of the phantom economy from reality."
College graduates around the world are discovering that getting a university diploma no longer guarantees the conventional success story of a secure job and a life of ever-rising consumption. Doing all the things that the Status Quo said would lead to success no longer yields success, for the simple reason that the Status Quo is failing on a structural/systemic level.
New conventional enterprises face essentially impossible barriers: sky-high rents, absurdly lengthy and costly permitting processes, onerous fees and reporting requirements, and a host of other barriers reputedly imposed to "protect the public" but whose real purpose is to eliminate small-enterprise competition to corporate dominance.
Which organizations have the cash flow, financing, legal expertise and political influence to meet all the requirements and pay the insanely overpriced leases? Global corporations and the state--two sides of the same kleptocratic coin.
The high costs of launching and operating a legitimate Status Quo business serves two other primary purposes: maintaining high returns on capital for crony-capitalist financiers and funding the state's enormous cadre of functionaries at above-market-rate salaries, benefits and pensions. Recall that median personal income in the U.S. is about $40,000 for full-time workers, and compensation above $82,500 annually puts one in thetop 10% of all wage earners.
The California Public Policy Center has just posted its own searchable site of state and local employee wages and pension benefits,TransparentCalifornia.com. Some of the results were rather revealing – and should be shocking to taxpayers: There are 31,527 retired public workers in the "$100,000 pension club" and 582 who are receiving pensions of at least $200,000 a year. Including wages and benefits, there are 227,059 state and local workers earning total compensation of at least $100,000 a year.
Two forces are disrupting this cozy interlocking mafia of financiers, corporate cartels and state functionaries: the End of (Middle-Class) Work and the rise of the peer-to-peer, self-organizing business models such as AirBnB, car-sharing, ride-sharing, farmers markets, etc.
The high costs of legitimate business (needed to keep rentier/financial profits and state functionary pay/pensions high) are effectively destroying middle-class jobs and pay scales: the only organization that can afford to pay high salaries and benefits, regardless of costs or the business climate, is the state.
So what are the tens of millions of college graduates supposed to do for a livelihood if there are only a few slots open in the moated mafias of financiers, corporate cartels and the state? To answer, let's start with this obvious statement: that which cannot be paid will not be paid.
All the infrastructure of consumption depends on tens of millions of college graduates making enough money to pay high taxes, service their student loans, buy homes, autos, particle-board furniture, electronic gadgets, dozens of pairs of shoes, etc. etc. etc. If they can't make enough money to buy and own all that stuff, then they won't be buying and owning all that stuff.
And if they can't earn a living within the Status Quo mafia, they will do so outside the mafia in the gray and black markets.
If young workers can't make enough to buy autos, homes, etc., the market for those goods and services implodes. And if all the financial/debt churn generated by consumption goes away, so do the fees and taxes the state depends on to pay its armies of functionaries.
Rather than a disaster, this wholesale loss of middle-class incomes and aspirations is enormously liberating. Instead of the yoke of debt-based ownership, young people are finding sharing to be better than owning: one shared car can provide transport for 10 people. Ten people no longer need to own 10 cars to get around.
One way to grasp how deeply the mafia state of mind has taken hold is to ask: how many middlemen have to be paid to produce/buy a good or service? In Greece, liberation starts by eliminating the middleman, which of course includes the voraciously corrupt state: After Crisis, Greeks Work to Promote 'Social' Economy.
The state is naturally in full freakout mode, as self-organizing sharing/no-middleman enterprises are outside the debt-serf/tax donkey system that funds the state. In response, the state is frantically trying to impose the same fee structure that has crushed conventional small businesses on the sharing/no-middleman organizations.
The problem for the state is that its success in imposing exorbitant fees and taxes will simply drive low-income people scratching out a minimal living in the gray market to other networks that do not even have a corporate structure to tax. To wit: "The more you tighten your grip, the more systems will slip through your fingers."
If making a living in the gray market becomes untenable, then people will be forced into the black market, which is whatever trade can be done outside the reach of the state. As noted previously, that which cannot be paid will not be paid.
As correspondent Peter D. recently observed: "Phantom economies tend to give rise to gray and black markets in proportion to the deviance of the phantom economy from reality." If we believe that phantom economies of moated fiefdoms, mafias and cartels are "reality," then the rise of liberating degrowth networks is distressing and confusing.
But if we look past the propaganda and see the debt-serf/tax donkey system for what it really is, a predatory system of oppression and exploitation, then we can see how degrowth, de-consumption, de-debt, etc. is liberating.
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