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VOICES OF THE 49TH
49TH POLLS
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
VOICES OF THE 49th BLOG
New Poll! Democrat Doug Applegate Remains in the Top Spot in CA-49
However, there is still danger of a Top Two lock-out
California 2020 recently commissioned a poll of the 49th Congressional District by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz, and Associates (FM3). This poll of 500 likely primary voters was taken from April 26 to April 29. Live interviews were conducted by cell phone and landline.
The results reinforce the continuing concerns about the crowded field of candidates in this primary election. With only a month left, no candidate leads by more than 16%. Democrats are still in danger of being locked out in November. The stakes are high and the outcome is still very much in doubt.
In a simple ballot test, Democrat Doug Applegate continues to lead with 16%. He has been the Democratic front-runner in every reputable poll taken this year. The new Republican front-runner is Diane Harkey at 14%. The other major candidates are bunched up in the middle of the pack with Sara Jacobs (D) at 12%, Mike Levin (D) at 11%, Rocky Chavez (R) at 10%, and Kristin Gaspar (R) at 9%. Paul Kerr (D) and Brian Maryott (R) trail with 6% and 4% respectively. 16% of voters are still undecided.
Ballot Test
Doug Applegate is the most well-known Democratic candidate and Rocky Chavez is the best-known Republican. Applegate has a net favorability of +14 points (35% favorable, 21% unfavorable). Chavez has suffered a major drop in favorability from a similar poll conducted in February, from +11 points (30% favorable, 19% unfavorable) in February to +3 (25% favorable, 22% unfavorable) in the current poll.
Democrats Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr significantly increased their awareness and name recognition by spending heavily on television, direct mail, online ads, and paid canvassing. Jacobs has a net favorability of +9 points (23% favorable, 14% unfavorable) while Kerr has a net favorability of +5 points (22% favorable, 17% unfavorable). Mike Levin's net favorability is +14 points (22% favorable, 8% unfavorable).
Republican Diane Harkey has a net favorability of +8 points (16% favorable, 8% unfavorable).
Candidate Favorable/Unfavorable (With Comparison to February)
This race is still wide open.
Democratic and Independent primary voters will need to think seriously about strategic voting in this election to ensure that a Democrat makes it on to the final November ballot. That means voting for the Democratic front-runner or at least one of the top two Democrats.
Mail ballots drop next week. Mail voting will start as early as May 7th.
Documents to Download: Press Release and Public Polling Memo
calfornia_2020_cd49_poll_press_release.pdf
fm3_cd49_public_memo.pdf
Campaign finance data through mid-April: Kerr and Jacobs on track to spend their way into a 4-way split vote in June
The 49th district saw a stunning level of campaign spending in the first few months of 2018 with Paul Kerr dropping over $1.1 million on himself while Sara Jacobs and a friendly PAC spent over $1 million to support her.
We now know where Paul Kerr's dramatic 7-point increase in the latest SurveyUSA poll came from: A spend of over $1.1 million in a single quarter. Almost as much was spent on Sara Jacobs if you include the Women Vote! PAC spend through mid-April, but she didn't see the same sort of gains in the poll as Kerr.
Kerr and Jacobs are dramatically outspending Mike Levin and Doug Applegate in a race to the bottom that puts the 49th district at risk. We have continuously pointed out the danger of four Democrats splitting the vote in June which could hand the district to the Republicans. Now we're seeing this play out as the wealthy challengers buy their way into meaningful poll numbers and set up the Democrats for a near-even split vote in June.
It's worth noting that Sara Jacobs still has over $1 million in cash on hand.
The full campaign finance data dump for 2018 YTD is in the table below:
Notes: The data in these tables came from the FEC quarterly candidate filings plus the FEC 24/48 hour reports from PACs. Much of the $566,458 in PAC spending for Sara Jacobs happened in early April. So, the data is basically candidate spend from January 1 to March 31 plus PAC spend through April 20.
April SurveyUSA Poll PDF
Full results from the April SurveyUSA poll of the 49th district (in PDF form) can be found in the file below:
surveyusa_49th_april_2018.pdf
New SurveyUSA Poll! And it has some big news for the 49th
Finally! The poll drought is over. SurveyUSA put a poll in the field in the 49th from April 6 to April 10, interviewing 535 likely primary voters. Here's how things stand with apples-to-apples comparisons to the February SurveyUSA poll (for every candidate over 1%):
1. Rocky Chavez (R), 16% (-1% from the February poll)
2. Doug Applegate (D), 12% (-6%)
3. Mike Levin (D), 9% (+1%)
4. Diane Harkey (R), 8% (-2%)
5. Paul Kerr (D), 8% (+7%)
6. Sara Jacobs (D), 7% (+2%)
7. Kristin Gaspar (R), 5% (-2%)
8. Brian Maryott (R), 5% (+3%)
9. Mike Schmitt (R), 3% (+3%)
On the Democratic side, the big surprises (for us) are that Doug Applegate is down 6 points and that Paul Kerr has moved up 7 points relative to where each of them stood in February. This is a true apples-to-apples comparison because the pollster is the same. Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs picked up a little ground (1% and 2% respectively) but that movement isn't much given the vast expenditures of money (in Sara's case) and effort (in Mike's case).
Our takeaway is that our vote-splitting fears are coming to pass with Paul Kerr and Sara Jacobs sapping momentum from the Democratic front-runners, sucking support away from Applegate and stalling Levin. We are rapidly approaching a point where all four Democrats are splitting the vote evenly. It's ugly.
The silver lining is that the Republicans are suffering the same problem as well, to a much greater extent than we expected. In February, Rocky Chavez and Diane Harkey were far ahead of the pack. Since then, Harkey has actually gone backwards, losing 2% and dropping to 4th place overall. Chavez is in 1st place but it's basically by default since he's down 1% relative to February. Meanwhile, Brian Maryott picked up 3% to clock in at 5% overall, Mike Schmitt came out of nowhere to get 3%, and Schoonover, Nordal, and Medway are all at 1%. The Republicans are (amazingly) in worse shape than the Democrats when it comes to vote splitting.
Other takeaways that we consider important:
The commentary in the SurveyUSA poll analysis indicates that Chavez's support comes from voters who strongly support Issa and Donald Trump. Chavez voters "are focused on building a wall between the United States and Mexico and on the economy". That's not a great place for Chavez to be given the perception that he's a moderate. All of the hard-right Republicans will pound him as a RINO ("Republican in Name Only").
Support for Sara Jacobs comes mostly from voters over 50, which is truly odd given her positioning in the race.
21% of voters remain undecided, down from 27% in February (if you're looking for an indication for how they'll break when they vote, 23% of conservatives are undecided while the corresponding percentages are 22% for liberals and 17% for moderates).
Trump's net approval rating in the 49th district is only -3%, which means that 46% approve and 49% disapprove of his performance; this is a much higher net approval rating than we expected.
Darrell Issa's net approval rating in the district is -4%, with 42% approving and 46% disapproving of his performance.
Rocky Chavez is doing the best with independent voters (19% support him); next best is Applegate at 14%, Levin at 13%, and Kerr at 10%.
Moderates are breaking towards Democrats (30% of moderates who've made up their mind support Republicans while 50% support Democrats).
So, what to make of all this? What can we do to make sure a Democrat gets through to November? We'll continue to try to turn out the vote, educate voters about the vote-splitting problem, and appeal to them to support the front-runner when the time comes. However, we are going to pause in our efforts to halt the momentum of Paul Kerr and Sara Jacobs given that they are now within a point or two of Mike Levin.
It's not at all clear who the Democratic front-runner will be in a month. We've been unable to slow down Paul Kerr and Sara Jacobs enough to keep Doug Applegate and Mike Levin strongly ahead. The four Democrats are getting closer and closer to splitting the vote evenly between them.
With no Kerr and Jacobs in the race, our suspicion is that we'd all start thinking about two Democrats on the November ballot right about now. However, with two weakened front-runners and two challengers spending like crazy and gaining ground, we are still in jeopardy.
We will have to count on Democratic turn-out and the fragmented Republican field to give us hope that a Democrat can take the second spot on the ballot in November.
There is now a grassroots petition asking Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr to step aside!
Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr are both very wealthy and are self-funding their campaigns, pouring millions of dollars into the primary election for the 49th district. Both of them are polling behind front-runners Doug Applegate and Mike Levin.
Jacobs and Kerr are very unlikely to win, but they can be spoilers in this election.
The torrent of cash from Jacobs and Kerr is weakening the two front-runners and increasing the odds that two Republicans will wind up on the final ballot in November.
Remember that California's Top Two primary system will move the top two vote-getters to the final ballot. If four Democrats split the vote, we're unlikely to wind up with any Democrats in November.
If you agree that it's time for Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr to do the right thing and step aside, then sign the petition!
LINK TO THE PETITION
Explaining the Top Two "Jungle Primary"
Many voters are still confused by the Top Two "Jungle Primary" system in California that has created the current jeopardy for Democrats in the race to replace Darrell Issa in the 49th congressional district.
Here are the three most important things to know about this primary election:
All candidates who have filed to run in the 49th district will appear on the ballot that you will either receive in the mail or see in person at the voting booth. You can vote for any candidate regardless of how you registered to vote (e.g. "Democrat", "No Party Preference", or "Republican").
The top two vote-getters from this primary election will go on the November ballot regardless of party affiliation (if two Republicans get the most votes, then they'll be the two names on the November ballot). In other congressional districts that are mostly Republican, the November ballot will likely have two Republicans. In districts that are mostly Democratic, the top two in November will be Democrats. However, things get very funky in districts like ours that are evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
The primary election in a balanced district like the 49th becomes critically important because the top two vote-getters can win with a small percentage of the overall vote. Too many strong candidates from the same party will end up splitting the votes from voters who are inclined to vote with that party. This creates a very serious risk for one party to get locked out of the final November ballot. In the 2018 election for the 49th, the top two vote-getters are likely to win with 18%-22% of the overall vote. If the top two Republicans each get 20% of the vote, the rest of the Republicans get a total of 10%, and four Democrats evenly split the rest (about 13% each), the Democrats get locked out. The danger is even more acute because the Republicans enjoy a registration advantage (37% of voters in the district are registered as Republican while 31% are registered as Democrats).
So, you can see why we've been trying to educate voters about how important the primary election is this year. If you want a real choice in November, you need to vote in June to make sure that at least one Democrat makes it on to the final ballot. And you need to be strategic in the way you vote. Throwing away a vote on a candidate who can't win in June simply increases the odds that two Republicans will go on the final ballot in November. This is tragic when all four Democratic candidates share the same policy positions on the important issues.
You can help get a Democrat on the final ballot by voting for the Democratic front-runner when the time comes. You'll know who that is because of polling. The current front-runners are Doug Applegate and Mike Levin with Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr trailing. We'll publish all the polls as they come in, but you'll also see results in the news.
You have seen us try to reduce the number of Democratic candidates competing for your vote; we've been putting gentle but unrelenting pressure on Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr to be heroes and patriots by stepping aside this year and giving the two Democratic front-runners the best shot at getting on the final ballot. Hopefully you now understand why this is important.
If you want to know more about the Top Two primary and what it means for us, we've provided a link below to a KCRA TV News story from 2014 that explains how the system works and also posted a link to a current Los Angeles Times article with more detail about the effects on the 2018 congressional races including the 49th district.
And here is the link to the LA Times article about the Top Two primary in 2018:
DANGERS FROM TOP TWO PRIMARY: LOS ANGELES TIMES
Inspired to Vote: Make a Difference on June 5th
A reminder of what's at stake in the primary election for the 49th congressional district on June 5th.
With too many Democrats in the race and threatening to split votes, one of the only ways we can overcome is with increased turn-out (sheer numbers of voters). Please vote on June 5th.
And to revisit an earlier theme, please consider voting for the Democratic front-runner, no matter who that might be at the time of the election. The Democratic candidates are all aligned on the major issues. To get a real choice in November between a Democrat and a Republican, we must rally behind one candidate at the finish line. Vote for that choice! Please do your part to make sure the jungle primary does not put two Republicans on the November ballot because the Democrats split votes between four candidates.
Be skeptical of a new 49th poll from "Fight Back California" PAC
A PAC known as "Fight Back California" commissioned a new poll of the 49th district for the period March 4-7. Change Research was the pollster. The results are very questionable, as we'll see below.
Like FM3, Change Research did an initial ballot test, putting the names of the potential candidates in front of likely voters and asking them which candidate would get their vote. The results from the simple ballot test are mostly consistent with what we've seen before. We say "mostly consistent" because relative to the mid-February polls, Chavez is polling a bit lower, Harkey is lower, Kerr has picked up steam (from low single digits to high single digits), and Gaspar has faded:
So far, so good, right? Well, things go seriously sideways from here in a way that casts serious doubt on the whole poll.
What got reported out to the world by "Fight Back California" from this poll was a table of results that bears no recognition to the chart above. The reason for the difference? The pollsters fed likely voters "information" about the candidates and asked them again how they would vote. You can do this sort of thing the right way... or the wrong way. The right way is how FM3 did their testing (see the FM3 poll results in the post before this one to get the full picture). The wrong way is to bias the information for or against a candidate or candidates, manipulating the results to get a certain outcome.
Just like the FM3 poll, Change Research followed up the simple ballot test by asking likely voters how they'd vote after they heard some information about the candidates.
However, the "Fight Back California"/Change Research results shifted in a really big way after "information" was given. This didn't happen with the FM3 poll, where support moved by a few points at most (either way) depending on the candidate.
What makes us quite skeptical of the results is that ALL candidates in the Change poll benefited from the "information" given to the likely voters except for Doug Applegate. After "information", Sara Jacobs is suddenly at 15% from 7%. Mike Levin is suddenly at 16% from 11%. Kerr got a two point lift. Chavez and Harkey got moderate lifts as well, four points for Chavez and five for Harkey. Poor Doug Applegate saw his support cut almost in half after the "information" was given, from 23% to 13%. Here is how the results look after this "information" was presented to the likely voters:
These results don't look credible to us. We're agnostic about individual candidates but we don't believe there is actually any new information available anywhere that would cut Doug Applegate's support in half. We think FM3 did a fair job of putting positive and negative information in front of the voters for their poll. We can't say the same here at all. We have to question the methodology and the intentions of the pollsters and the PAC that paid for the poll.
UPDATE: We've been alerted to the fact that Change Research isn't exactly a top-shelf pollster and the poll likely has serious methodology issues. We don't know the demographics of the respondents or their party affiliation (so we don't know if the sample is a true proxy of the 49th district). We don't know what "information" was communicated or how. Doubts have been raised to the point where we believe it's quite possible the poll may have been set up to make one candidate look worse than others. We're going to significantly discount the results. This is troubling because these poll results were included in a San Francisco Chronicle article about Democrats in jungle primaries all over California.
For reference, here is how "Fight Back California" announced their results:
In CA-49, when voters are shown the list of all potential candidates with information about the candidates, Republican Assemblymember Rocky Chavez is in the lead with 19% followed by Democrat Mike Levin at 16% and Republican Board of Equalization member Diane Harkey and Democrat Sara Jacobs tied at 15%. In a narrowed field of candidates, Chavez maintains the lead with 23% followed by Democrat Levin at 17%, Republican Harkey at 16%, and Doug Applegate at 15%.
Here is a link to the post on their web site announcing the results:
FIGHT BACK CALIFORNIA PAC COMMISSIONS 49TH DISTRICT POLL
We've asked the "Fight Back California" PAC to share their methodology and the information they gave the likely voters to understand what generated the huge swings. We hope they oblige. We suspect they won't.
Full Report: FM3 Poll
A number of people have asked us for the methodology behind the FM3 poll indicating the imminent danger in the primary as well as additional information about other results.
We've included a full report out on the poll (prepared by FM3 for Flip the 49th). The PDF includes all the poll results as well as the methodology.
fm3_presentation_cd49.pdf
A Love Letter to Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr: Please Be Our Heroes and Step Aside Now (We Won't Forget!)
BUT IT'S TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THING
Sara Jacobs
Democrats are in danger of being locked out of the 49th district in November because of California's Top Two "jungle primary", which will send the top two vote-getters in the June primary to the general election in November regardless of party affiliation.
There are too many strong Democrats running. That means these candidates could split the primary vote, putting two Republicans on the final ballot for November and depriving all of us of a critical choice between two starkly different visions of the future for our state and our country.
Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr, you are polling significantly below Democratic front-runners Doug Applegate and Mike Levin. However, you have enough support to become spoilers in this election, drawing enough votes away from Applegate and Levin to put Republicans Rocky Chavez and Diane Harkey in the top two slots in June.
We love the two of you. Sara, you are a fresh new face in California politics, giving a voice to young voters in the 49th district, particularly young women. Paul, you have a life story that resonates with many Californians, with hard-won values and experience that have prepared you for public service.
But the two of you are very unlikely to win in June. And you are putting this critically important election at risk.
It's time to do the right thing and step aside. There is too much at stake here. You'll be heroes and patriots. It's not often that our country calls upon us to be true patriots - but this is one of those times.
We won't forget you. We'll be there for you in the future. Please be there for us now in the way that we need you to be - as hard as it will be for you.
To all voters that care about having a Democrat on the ballot in November: Please send Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr a love letter of your own. Recognize what they have to offer, their desire to serve, and the contribution they've made up to now. But ask them to make the hard call to step aside, to serve us in the way that most counts right now. Ask them to be heroes and patriots and to wait until next time. And tell them that you'll be there for them.
Candidate contact information is below.
PLEASE reach out to these candidates and let's narrow the field so we have a shot in November!
Email: sara@sarajacobsforca.com
Twitter: @sarajacobsca
Paul Kerr – campaign office: 858-350-3180
Email: Paul@PaulKerrForCongress.com
Twitter: @KerrForCongress
You can also sign the grassroots change.org petition asking them to step aside. The link is below.
LINK TO CHANGE.ORG PETITION ASKING JACOBS AND KERR TO STEP ASIDE
Democrats are in danger of being locked out of the 49th district in November: Check out the results of a scary FM3 poll conducted February 12-15
A Democratic PAC called "Flip the 49th" commissioned a comprehensive poll of the race to replace Darrell Issa in the 49th district. The poll was specifically oriented towards the primary election on June 5th. The results are very interesting and quite scary for anyone who wants a real choice in November.
The bottom line: Because of California's "top two" primary system where the top two vote-getters in the June 5th primary go on the November ballot, the Democrats may get shut out of the November election. Why? Too many candidates will split the Democratic vote leaving Republicans with the top two slots.
This danger is very clear in the poll results which were presented out in an easy-to-understand PowerPoint slide deck. Some highlights from the deck are below.
Let's start with where overall primary race currently stands:
However, after the pollsters gave likely voters some commonly available positive and negative information about all the candidates, the results shift pretty dramatically and the Democrats get locked out in November:
If the Republican field narrows, most likely because Gaspar drops out, the Republicans have an even better chance of snagging the top two slots on the November ballot:
While these results may give many conservative Republicans warm and happy feelings about this election cycle in the 49th district, anyone who wants a real and meaningful choice in November should be horrified. Democrats, independent voters, and a sizable group of moderate Republicans feel strongly that they must be able to choose between two profoundly different visions for the country and the state moving forward.
We are at risk of having only one of these visions represented on the final ballot in November.
What's bitterly ironic about this situation is that there aren't huge differences between the policy positions of the individual Democratic candidates on the big issues this year. For issues that voters care about (confirmed by our own interactive poll and reinforced by the professional polls), all of the Democratic candidates are more or less aligned: They believe health care is a human right and want to expand coverage, they are committed to put a check on Trump's agenda, they want to move towards clean energy to slow down climate change, and they believe in a path to citizenship for the DREAMers.
There is much more agreement than disagreement on the Republican side as well.
With this district uniquely balanced between registered Democrats and Republicans (and a large group of independent voters in the middle), the choice in November should be between Democratic and Republican values, policy proposals, and visions for the future. We can't allow this critical choice to be taken away because too many strong Democratic candidates decided to run and the Democratic Party couldn't maneuver its way out of this strategic blunder.
The solution is for Democrats, independent voters, and moderate Republicans to align behind whoever is the Democratic front-runner at election time and then follow through by voting for that front-runner. You'll know who that candidate is when the mail-in ballots start going out in May. The front-runner will likely be either Doug Applegate or Mike Levin (with Sara Jacobs as a third but less likely possibility).
For voters who are ambivalent about voting for a Democrat in November but who aren't all that happy with the Republican Party locking up the ballot by default, please remember that the primary election sets the table for the November election. Your real choice should be in November. But the primary election in June decides whether or not there is even a real choice to be made.
So, please preserve the option to make a real and meaningful choice in November. If you are uneasy about Republicans deciding the November election in June without giving voters a true choice, PLEASE VOTE IN THE JUNE 5TH PRIMARY and please vote for the Democratic front-runner, no matter who that is when the time comes.
If you put an individual candidate ahead of a real choice for all of us, you may end up silencing hundreds of thousands of the Voices of the 49th in November.
SurveyUSA Election Poll for the 49th District Shows Clear and Present Danger in Primary (Data collected 2/10-2/13)
Results from a SurveyUSA poll taken in mid-February have been making the rounds lately. Sponsored by KGTV-TV and the San Diego Union-Tribune, the poll surveyed 510 likely voters in the 49th District.
The results have Doug Applegate (D) ahead at 18% followed by Rocky Chavez (R) at 17%.
The rest of the pack includes Diane Harkey (R) at 10%, Mike Levin (D) at 8%, Kristin Gaspar (R) at 7%, Sara Jacobs (D) at 5%, Brian Maryott (R) at 2%, Joshua Schoonover (R) at 2%, Paul Kerr (D) at 1%, and Christina Prejean (D) at 1%.
Of the total number of respondents, 37% were Republican, 32% were Democrats, and 30% were independents.
Some other interesting nuggets from the poll:
Top issues reported by supporters of Rocky Chavez and Kristin Gaspar include the economy, the border wall (which may be shorthand for immigration issues), and taxes. Harkey supporters care most about the wall, the economy, and taxes.
Top issues reported by supporters of Doug Applegate include President Trump, repealing/changing the new tax law, and the DREAM Act. Levin supporters cared most about health care and President Trump.
5% of those who said they voted for Darrell Issa (R) in the 2016 election are supporting Applegate this time around. On the other hand, 5% of 2016 Applegate voters are now supporting Rocky Chavez. 16% of 2016 Applegate voters are supporting Levin.
4% of those who said they voted for Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2016 election are now supporting Rocky Chavez. 3% of 2016 Trump voters support Applegate.
Applegate leads among Independents with 19%, followed by Chavez with 11%, Gaspar with 8%, Harkey with 7%, and Levin with 6%.
Applegate has 33% of the Democrats to Levin's 19%, followed by Sara Jacobs (10%) and Rocky Chavez (6%).
Chavez scores 31% of Republicans to Harkey's 20%, with Gaspar next at 13%, Brian Maryott at 5%, and Doug Applegate at 5%.
Welcome to Voices of the 49th
If you're reading this right now, there's a good chance you live in the 49th congressional district in Southern California. This district stretches from Dana Point in the north all the way to Del Mar in the south (including a big chunk of San Diego County and a smaller piece of Orange County).
Our district is in the early stages of a rather important election season. Our Congressman, Representative Darrell Issa, has announced that he's retiring and will not seek re-election. As a result, 16 candidates have jumped into the race to replace him. Of the 16, two are Democratic front-runners (Doug Applegate and Mike Levin) and two are Republican front-runners (Rocky Chavez and Diane Harkey).
The 49th district has an unusually balanced mix of Republican, Democratic, and Independent voters as measured by registration. Registered Republicans slightly outnumber Democrats but there is a huge block of Independent swing voters which will ultimately decide who will represent us in Congress.
A primary election on June 5th will determine the two candidates that go on to the general election on November 6th. The top two vote-getters will be on the ballot in November regardless of party affiliation. With so many candidates running in a relatively "purple" district, the political landscape is incredibly fragmented and confused... and the stakes are quite high. The 49th District is an important battleground for control of the House of Representatives.
While it may seem like the choice in 2018 is between individual candidates, don't be fooled: The real choice is between the Republican and Democratic visions for the country and the state.
The real choice is between helping President Trump with his agenda or fighting it. Between repealing and replacing Obamacare or protecting, fixing, and expanding it. Between tightening immigration and building a border wall or a more inclusive approach to immigration reform. Between fighting attempts to slow down climate change or taking action now to preserve our planet for future generations. These are the big issues. Not the minor differences between one candidate from the same party or another.
The Democratic candidates all have a lot in common when it comes to their positions on policies and issues. The Republican candidates share their own core values and positions as well. The choice in November should really be between two political philosophies and two visions for the future.
But that choice may be taken away from us.
The odds that the Democrats will get shut out in November are uncomfortably high. Doug Applegate is the current front-runner. Mike Levin is in second place. But Sara Jacobs and Paul Kerr, both late entrants into the race, have vast resources and are not hesitating to use them. They are unlikely to win but could very well pull enough support from Doug Applegate and Mike Levin to make sure that we'll see Rocky Chavez and Diane Harkey on the ballot in November.
Having two Republicans on the November ballot is a terrible outcome. Not just for Democrats (who would be disenfranchised), but also for independent voters and for moderate Republicans who are looking for change.
This Facebook page, group, and affiliated web site were created to address the problems with the dysfunctional primary.
We are working hard to make sure that a crazy primary season does not deprive voters of a real choice in 2018. The winner in November should reflect the will of all the Californians in the district. That means that we get through the primary with a Democrat on the ballot for November.
We avoid disaster by educating, engaging, and informing voters. How? By getting this message out now:
1. VOTE ON JUNE 5TH!
2. VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC FRONT-RUNNER
In addition to spreading the word, we'll bring voters news about the race and the candidates as well as discuss the issues with the jungle primary that are creating the potential for a shut-out in November.
We'll report out the results of reputable polls in the district and provide analysis.
Finally, we'll give voters access to lots of information from different sources including candidate campaign web sites (under the Candidate tabs above) and other links under the RESOURCES. These links are a direct line to independent sources for objective candidate profiles, campaign fundraising data, and other important information.
An educated and informed electorate is critical to a healthy democracy.
ABOUT THE 49th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
The 49th congressional district currently covers the northern coastal areas of San Diego County and a few cities in the southern part of Orange County. The district includes the cities of Dana Point, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, and Del Mar. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is also in the district.
Congressman Darrell Issa (R) currently represents the 49th district. In the 2016 election, Issa won by a margin of less than 1 percentage point (1,621 votes) over challenger Doug Applegate (D). Issa announced he would not seek re-election.
In the 2018 election, this district is considered to be a major battleground that could determine control of the United States House of Representatives. Four Democrats have filed, including 2016 challenger Doug Applegate, Mike Levin, Sara Jacobs, and Paul Kerr. Eight Republicans have also jumped into the race, including Rocky Chavez, Diane Harkey, Kristin Gaspar, Brian Maryott, Joshua Schoonover, Mike Schmitt, David Medway, and Craig Nordal.
All four Democrats are credible candidates. Only three of the eight Republicans have any measure of support: Rocky Chavez, Diane Harkey, and Kristin Gaspar. Chavez and Harkey are polling well ahead of Gaspar.
The primary election is on June 5, 2018. The top two vote-getters in the primary (regardless of party affiliation) will face off in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Voices of the 49th is committed to making sure that voters in the 49th congressional district have a meaningful choice in November... which means engaging, educating, informing, and influencing voters through the jungle primary in June so that a Democrat makes it on to the final ballot.
Sponsored Facebook posts, ads, and this web site paid for by California 2020, www.california2020.org,
and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
An educated and informed electorate is critical to the functioning of a healthy democracy.


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Report: Some T-Mobile Shareholders Unhappy With Deal Price
By Alexander Maxham October 05, 2017, 9:29am
T-Mobile and Sprint are still in talks to merge into one company that can better compete with Verizon and AT&T. According to the latest report out of CNBC, the talks are moving forward, however some shareholders are not too happy with the deal price for the merger, which is said to be a stock-for-stock deal. According to recent reports, the deal is said to be at market price, which means there's no premium being paid by Sprint. Allowing Sprint to pay as little as possible to keep Deutsche Telekom happy, and possibly on-board to approve the deal. Of course, nothing is official just yet, so these reports could turn out to be false.
T-Mobile, its parent company Deutsche Telekom as well as Sprint and its parent company SoftBank, have been in talks to merge for a few months now - ever since the FCC quiet period ended following the Incentive Auction earlier this year. The two companies are still looking to merge, even though they are in vastly different positions compared to a few years ago when the two initially started talks of merging - only to be shot down by regulators. With T-Mobile actually being the larger carrier now. Word is that Deutsche Telekom wants to keep the largest stake in the combined company, and that is making things tricky for SoftBank, as its CEO and Sprint's chairman, Masayoshi Son wants to be able to call the shots. So we could end up with Deutsche Telekom having the larger stake, but only by a small amount.
Now whether this merger happens or not will likely be squarely in the regulators court. Regulators did turn down an AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile in 2011, which ultimately ended up with AT&T forking over a ton of cash and spectrum to T-Mobile. Which helped the magenta carrier improve its network and become the Un-carrier it is today. So Sprint and SoftBank are talking with regulators to make sure that a deal could be approved, before announcing a deal - as there would be a breakup-fee if it falls through. Obviously Verizon and AT&T are opposed on this merger, as it would give them more competition, even though the combined company would still be the third largest carrier. We should be hearing more about this proposed merger in the next few weeks and months.

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Registered investments for the month of November 2018 amounted to US$2.0 billion, more than twice the US$953 million figure last month and reflecting an 80.8 percent growth compared to the US$1.1 billion level recorded during the same month a year ago.
About 66.8 percent of investments registered during the month were in PSE-listed securities (pertaining mainly to food, beverage and tobacco companies holding firms, property companies, banks, and utilities companies), while the 33.2 percent balance went to Peso government securities (GS). Transactions in Peso GS and PSE-listed securities yielded net inflows of US$510 million and US$322 million, respectively.
The United Kingdom, Singapore, the United States, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands were the top five (5) investor countries for the month, with combined share to total at 83.5 percent.
Outflows for the month (US$1.2 billion) were higher by 18.4 percent compared to figures recorded for October 2018 and November 2017 (both at levels of about US$1.0 billion). The US continued to be the main destination of outflows, receiving 84.8 percent of total remittances.
On the overall, transactions for the month resulted in net inflows of US$832 million. This reflects a turnaround from the US$68 million net outflows recorded last month and an improvement from the US$108 million recorded for November 2017. This may be attributed to positive investors' reaction to the following: (i) decreasing global oil prices; (ii) BSP's decision to raise its policy rate; and (iii) progress on the rice tariffication bill, all of which are expected to temper inflation as well as Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the country, which was expected to further deepen ties with China in terms of diplomacy and business development.
Year-to-date transactions (1 Jan to 30 November 2018) yielded net inflows of US$926 million compared to the US$635 million net outflows for the same period last year (2 January to 1 December 2017), which is attributed to a large investment in a holding company registered this year.


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Every suicide is a tragedy, and for many people bereaved by suicide, the impact stays with them for the rest of their life.
As a profession with an elevated suicide rate, it's important that veterinary practices and other workplaces know how to respond if there is a suicide in their practice. Support should be delivered in a way that helps and supports those bereaved without increasing the risk of further suicides. Some types of response to a suicide can increase the risk in those left behind, or trigger behaviours in those already vulnerable.
There is no right or wrong way to feel in suicide bereavement and it's normal to return to different feelings, sometimes called stages of grief, at different times. Grief is not linear and people can return to stages they may already have experienced.
It's vitally important that people can access support after a suicide, in their own way, and at their own pace. There is no right or wrong way to cope.
Sometimes, after a death, organisations arrange formal counselling for staff. There is mixed evidence on this. Where people want counselling it can be helpful, but some types of debriefing, such as formal group debriefing or critical incident stress debriefing can actually increase the likelihood of developing PTSD after a traumatic incident. So it is important to be guided by what staff want – offer support but do not force people to take part if they don't want, or feel ready to talk.
Some people find support groups and meeting others who have been bereaved by suicide helpful, Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide coordinates a network of groups around the UK.
Vetlife Financial Support can also support the families of vets who have been bereaved by suicide. Some life insurance policies do not cover deaths by suicide, and bank accounts can also be inaccessible to family for a time.
The resources below may also be of help.


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Q: Calling C function with struct in C# - what am I doing wrong? I thought this one was fairly straight forward but still trying to understand all of this and having some issues.
I don't know much about the C function b/c i've been given limited information.
Here is the function call in C:
int GetCard(CardInfo card);

Here is the request structure:
typedef struct _tCardInfo
{
    char CardNumber[80];
    char isExist;

} TCardInfo, *pTCardInfo;

I want to pass the card number to see if it exists.
So in C# I did the following:
public struct CardInfo
{
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 80)]
    public string cardNumber;

    public byte isExist;
}

[DllImport("card.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int GetCardInfo(ref CardInfo cardInfo);

Then in the c# method:
CardInfo cardInfo = new CardInfo();

cardInfo.cardNumber = "1234567890";

int success = GetCardInfo (ref cardInfo);

The good thing about the DLL that I'm calling is it generates a log file.
When I execute the call, the log tells me that I'm hitting the DLL but it is not passing the card number which then sets a message saying the card number was not passed.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

A: The problem is that you're requesting TChar marshaling, but the DLL requires 8-byte characters. Change the C struct to wchar_t.
Also, use Visual Studio to set a breakpoint in your DLL, and actually inspect the data when it comes in! Visual Studio can debug across .NET/native boundaries, which is super cool!

A: Try to add attribute StructLayout for struct
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct CardInfo
{
...

A: Try to create the .Net struct like this:
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    public struct CardInfo
    {
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.AnsiBStr, SizeConst = 80)]
        public string cardNumber;

        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)]
        public sbyte isExist;
    }

And for the function declaration: try not to use the CallingConvention and CharSet in the DLL import, and use the [In, Out] attributes before the parameter.  Like this:
[DllImport("card.dll")]
public static extern int GetCardInfo([In, Out] CardInfo cardInfo);

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Does boob tape really work?
By Maddison Leach| 3 weeks ago
In my time as a bra fitter I saw all sorts of bras and bra-alternatives come and go as undergarments worked tirelessly to keep up with fashion.
But one of the problems I never really saw a solution for was when busty ladies couldn't wear a bra under an outfit, but didn't want to go completely au-naturel.
Having bigger boobs myself, I'd always eyed off backless dresses and tops with daringly low neckline, but knew I could never get away with them because my bra would show, ruining the look.
I was skeptical about Booby Tape's 'breast lift' claims. (Supplied)
That is, until I got my hands on a roll of Booby Tape and felt a glimmer of hope.
Marketed as "the original breast tape", Booby Tape is designed to lift your bust and enhance your shape without needing a bra, making it perfect for underneath revealing outfits a regular bra would ruin.
The tape claims to have "the strength to hold up the heaviest of breasts", but I'll admit that when I unrolled a length of the nude fabric tape, I was less than convinced.
But Booby Tape's soft touch and surprisingly stretchy fabric claimed it could give me the lift I wanted, so I cut off to 30cm strips and decided to give it a go.
A post shared by Booby Tape TM (@boobytape) on Jun 22, 2019 at 9:46pm PDT
I tried replicating the style on the Booby Tape website that is meant for under plunging outfits and oh. My. God. I was totally blown away.
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This stuff is the real deal; with a single length of tape on each side my E-cup boobs were lifted with such perfection I actually couldn't believe it.
I added a second strip of tape on the outer side of each breast, just to add more support and create a little bit of an inward pull to add cleavage, and I was blown away.
I kid you not, it looked like I had just undergone a breast lift. I had Kim Kardashian boobs, they were that perfect.
A post shared by Booby Tape TM (@boobytape) on Oct 7, 2018 at 2:50pm PDT
Not to mention that if it gave my heavy boobs a Kim Kardashian makeover, imagine what it can do for girls with smaller busts.
I wore the tape for a few hours and have to admit that it's a bit of a weird feeling to get used to at first; you're lifted and supported, but it definitely doesn't feel anything like wearing a bra.
You can feel the weight of your bust a lot more, and your boobs can move around a little bit, but I found that by adding a few extra pieces of strategic tape you can reduce that quite a lot.
I'd recommend being careful when you apply the tape too, as if you peel it off to reposition it, the tape can lose a bit of its sticking power.
A post shared by Booby Tape TM (@boobytape) on Sep 26, 2018 at 4:00pm PDT
That said, once this stuff is on it really isn't going anywhere.
I didn't feel the tape start to peel off once in the four hours I wore it, and when I did take it off at the end of the day it was still very much stuck to me.
Speaking of removal, it was a bit of an uncomfortable sensation to peel tape off my boobs. It's not painful, per se, but you can definitely feel it.
I found that using a little bit of Bio Oil (or baby oil) helped soften the adhesive and made the process easier and more comfortable. Oh, and wear the nipple covers they sell too - trust me.
A post shared by Booby Tape TM (@boobytape) on May 30, 2019 at 11:47pm PDT
I feel bad for doubting Booby Tape now, and I've spent the last few days online shopping for backless dresses and low cut tops.
This stuff is a serious game changer for ladies with bigger busts and it really opens up a whole new world of fashion options that many of us previously considered off-limits because our bras would ruin them.
And if the ladies over at Booby Tape want to send me a lifetime supply of the stuff, I'd really appreciate it. I have a lifetime of backless dresses to catch up on.
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Ajo, Arizona: A Small Town Pushed to the Brink, and Coming Back
What does a town do when most of its people lose their jobs nearly overnight? For the people of this small town, the surprising answer places heavy emphasis on the arts.
Deborah Fallows
Historic downtown plaza in Ajo, ArizonaPhotos James and Deborah Fallows
It's time for next stop on the western swing of our American Futures journeys. This brings us to Ajo, a tiny, struggling, but hopeful town in far southwestern Arizona.
Through our travels we've been looking for communities that have suffered some kind of reverse—economic, environmental, cultural, or otherwise—and have found a way to respond. This first post will describe the nature of Ajo's challenge, which was as dramatic as they come.
Until 1985, nearly everyone in town worked, as their forebears had for three generations, at an enormous copper mine less than a mile from downtown. The mountain of its waste material and tailings, accumulated through most of the 20th century, are a landmark visible from many miles away. The open-pit crater, now abandoned, from which the ore was brought out is as deep as the Empire State Building is tall.
Thirty years ago, the mine closed suddenly, putting nearly everyone in town out of work. It's a classic boom-and-bust story, familiar from company towns and mining areas around the world. What's unusual in Ajo's case is the path toward survival and renaissance that groups of local citizens are undertaking. That's the story we'll explore in our next series of posts, starting with this one that lays out the severity of Ajo's challenge. Now, let's set up the story:
Ajo, Arizona (pronounced AH-ho) is a tiny town in the Sonoran Desert, far from everywhere. Ajo thrived as a copper mining town for most of the 20th century. This history of copper in the area went as far back as the Native Americans, followed by the Spanish, and a few hard-luck Anglos in the later 19th century.
Then around 1911, the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company arrived. It confirmed a large high-grade copper carbonate orebody, located a nearby water well, developed a way to process the ore, and built a railway from Ajo north to Gila Bend, where it connected with the Southern Pacific Sunset Route. By 1917, Ajo's open-pit copper mine was in full production. At its largest, the oval-shaped mine was a mile and a half across and over 1,000 feet deep.
Through the 20th century, thousands of miners took billions of tons of rock out of this open-pit mine just outside Ajo. The crater is now more than 1,000 feet deep.
Nearly seven decades later, the New Cornelia mine suffered from bitter miner-union disputes and the diving price of copper. The owners shut down the mine in 1985. What followed was a brutal and humbling collapse for the showpiece desert town.
The population plummeted. Houses that had been mass-produced for generations' worth of mining families, in separate sections known as Indian Village, Mexican Town, and the rest of Ajo for the white families, were abandoned and left to sit in the sun.
View from a hill outside Ajo: The great white wall in the distance is a man-made mountain of mining waste; the red-tiled roofs on the left are the historic Curley School, center of current redevelopment activities. Saguaro and organ-pipe cacti throughout
The new business of the town mainly involved bargain-seeking retirees, who often came in campers or RVs, plus some traffic headed southward on Highway 85 toward the Mexican border or Organ Pipe National Monument. The tourist season was roughly six months a year, since the heat became so intense in the summer.
Ajo's main drag, outside 100 Estrella restaurant, at night.
Where could Ajo's hopes lie? The unexpected answer is anchored in the arts.
One of Ajo's former mine-family homes.
Many were abandoned and are now being restored.
Last year, we heard from our friends at ArtPlaceAmerica, who are funding a series of arts and architecture projects in Ajo, that the town was on a comeback. Arts projects and microbreweries, as we have learned from our travels around America, are often proxies for a new spirit and a new life come to hard-times towns. Ajo has the first, the arts projects. But would that be enough? How on earth, we wondered, could a mining town reinvent itself in the middle of a desert?
Last month, we flew our small plane from Southern California, east through the Banning Pass, over Palm Springs and into Arizona. We left behind the bleak Mojave for the mesas and mountains of Arizona and then the beginnings of the vegetation-rich Sonoran desert. We landed in Gila Bend, 40 miles north of Ajo, to avoid the last stretch that traversed the A-10 practice routes inside the Barry Goldwater Bombing Range, as locals call it. (Last month Jim described why we decided not to risk the flight.) A good decision, we decided, watching the fighters crisscross the highway to Ajo at 800 feet. We felt so much farther away than 90 minutes of flying had taken us from the freeways and subprime housing tracts of Southern California.
Approaching the Gila Bend airport, where we would land rather than fly through an active bombing range.
About 2,300 people live in Ajo year-round, and about double that number during the winter months, when the snowbirds find their way to the desert from Rochester or Seattle or Chicago. Now, streams of truly gigantic RVs and SUVs drive the AZ-85 south through Ajo, on their way to camp or to tour the Organ Pipe National Monument, the stunning 330,000 acre park opened in 1937 under Franklin D. Roosevelt. A piece of Ajo's master plan for development is for lots of those tourists to actually stop in Ajo for lunch or even to stay a while.
Ajo's reinvention is driven by an ambitious, multi-tasking non-profit group, the International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA). ISDA is a small venture with a big vision—to revitalize life in this area of the Sonoran Desert culturally, environmentally, and economically. The "International" in the name refers to the tri-national faces of ISDA, involving Mexico, the United States, and the Tohono O'odham Native American tribe.
Piece by piece, ISDA is constructing the dream for Ajo and the surrounding area through projects that focus on the arts, real estate, the environment, and business development. These projects include everything from building renovations, to arts activities, to community gardens, culinary projects, cross-border networking, worker and artisan training, desert conservation and recreation, festivals, adult education, and on and on through an exhaustive list.
Two projects which are cornerstones of these efforts are renovations of original elegant architectural achievements in Ajo: the early 20th century palm-lined town plaza and close by, the stately Curley School campus. Both these projects are reaching milestones in their changeover right now and suggest that the far-reaching plan for Ajo's revival just might work.
That is where our story will pick up in Part 2.
Deborah Fallows is a Fellow at New America. She is the author of Dreaming in Chinese and co-author with James Fallows of Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America.


More and more businesses in Australia are choosing illuminated signage to set themselves apart from their competitors. But what kind of illuminated signage works best? And do you really need it at all?
We've answered these questions in our latest blog.
As the name suggests, illuminated signage refers to any sign that is lit or backlit. The benefits of illuminated signage are obvious – you can see them at night, and they look particularly striking, even during the day.
There are many different kinds of illuminated signage on the market, so deciding which style best suits your needs can be a little overwhelming. Of course, that's what we're here for.
Usually found under awnings or on top of buildings. They are typically crafted with an aluminium frame and an acrylic face covered with a vinyl print.
These are 'stand-alone' signs, which look great as message boards or in front of businesses.
But which one is right for my business?
If your business is located on a street, then a light box is probably the best signage option for you. This is because it is easily visible at night, and can be affixed to the base of an awning, or if appropriate, on the roof of your structure.
Awning placements tend to work best as people driving or walking by can easily identify your business. They also look professional, and tend to be used by savvy business owners who want to maximise street visibility.
Pylon light boxes do require planning approval before they can be installed (don't worry, we can handle this for you). This is because they are a stand-alone structure. It's also why they tend to suit businesses on busy highways, who want to appear visible to drivers passing by.
You may have noticed light boxes in industrial areas, or in front of real estate developments. They're extremely eye catching, versatile and can be made in various sizes.
Of course, there's much more to illuminated signage than these 2 options. There are also LED backlit poster frames, perfect for advertising products in store, halo illuminated letters (or shapes), and even push through signs, which create a striking 3D effect.
If all this signage mumbo jumbo sounds a bit overwhelming, feel free to get in touch and tell us more about where your signage needs to be placed. We can then recommend a style of signage that matches your budget and brand, while also maximising visibility.
We can also send you samples of projects we have worked on in the past, so you can see what we're recommending, first hand.


I've had this curious case of the sniffles for the last week — a reprisal of the yuckies that sidelined me a few weeks back — and it threw off my kitchen game last week.
The whole time I was cooking Week 19, Meal 2: Indian spiced lamb meatball soup with kaboucha squash, kale and wild rice I ran into problems. I couldn't smell if the spices had toasted enough or taste if the dish had enough salt.
I planned to package the soup up for the following day, but there was a little miscommunication in the kitchen and we ended up leaving the soup out overnight in our comfortably warm condo.
I wasn't so keen on trying it the next day as the cold hadn't subsided (it still isn't gone) and I wasn't willing to test the boundaries of food poisoning.
Even though we're using some of the same ingredients for three full meals, I don't ever feel like I'm getting bored with what I'm eating.
Case in point is the lovely grilled pork chop with grilled asparagus over wild rice with a fig, port, and balsamic reduction I ate for dinner last night.
By simply reducing the balsamic fig jam in some port wine, I was able to further d-lish-ify something already in my fridge.
The last meal of Week 1 was a gentle end to the chicken-and-apple series as it struck the balance between the hard work I put into our first night's sweet potato/kale/chicken dish versus the relative ease of making night two's chicken/apple/onion panini.
It was also my first encounter with wild rice which I've learned 1) is not rice, but grass; 2) takes about an hour to cook; 3) is nutty, delicious and filling.


External review reveals 'serious concerns' and changes needed at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
Nurses are helping lead an action plan to improve paediatric services at an NHS trust placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust commissioned an external review of its children's services including the neonatal unit which was presented to the trust board earlier this month.
The trust was placed in special measures in January after a damning CQC report flagged up high workloads and low morale among staff and suggested improvement was needed in a number of areas including paediatric services.
The review, by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPH), found a 'number of serious concerns' and stated that although there was excellent nursing leadership there was an overreliance on advanced nurse practitioners in the neonatal unit. The review also highlighted nursing staff shortages due to trust restructuring.
It recommended that one nurse should always be present in the neonatal unit intensive care room to detect changes in the condition of infants and that the nurse in charge should not have a patient caseload to ensure effective supervision of junior staff and oversee activity in the unit.
In paediatrics the trust should increase nurse staffing to reduce the risk of overstretching the nursing team.
The review also looked at 6 cases between 2006-15 but concluded there was no one specific theme or individual emerging as a problem.
Since the review, the trust has appointed 4 new neonatal nurses along with additional support posts in the unit and has changed its processes for responding when things go wrong so that they are more robust.
Trust medical director Amir Khan said: 'We want to be open about areas for improvement and involve our staff, patients and their families in developing sustainable improvements.
Research by premature and sick baby charity Bliss last year found two thirds of NHS neonatal units do not have enough nurses, with an estimated shortfall of 2,140 nurses across the UK.
RCN children and young people professional lead Fiona Smith said that a key element of improving neonatal and paediatric care across the board was recruiting students to the profession and retaining existing staff.


Simone Padoin has followed the announcement that he is to leave Juventus for Cagliari with a heartfelt farewell message to the club and fans.
The midfielder, whose name was seldom in the starting lineup since his move from Atalanta in 2012, made 84 league appearances for The Old Lady and scored three goals.
The move to Cagliari is part of the Serie B champions' efforts to bring Serie A experience into their recently-promoted squad ahead of their bid to avoid relegation next season.
The 32-year-old expressed his gratitude to the club, supporters and the city of Turin on his wife's Instagram account.
"Thank you first and foremost to all the teammates I've had over these five years, as all of you left me with something special and important. I will unlikely be fortunate enough to experience such a united and solid group again," he wrote.
"It has been an immense honour for me to play with all of you and I thank you for making me feel important and appreciated within the group.
"Thank you to the coaching staff of Antonio Conte and Max Allegri, who enabled me to learn new and winning things," he continued.
"Thank you to the beautiful city of Turin, where my beloved children were born and will always represent for my family the scenario for marvellous memories.
"And thank you to all the fans who in these years let me feel their support and personally appreciated me despite the fact my qualities are mediocre for the Juventus level, but they realised that in every occasion I tried to honour the shirt by giving my all," he concluded.


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You're an ideologue; no, you're the ideologue!
by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, constitutional political economy, economics, Milton Friedman Tags: Alan Blinder, critical discussion, honest disagreement, Karl Popper, Lester Thurow, Milton Friedman, Peter Drucker, William Baumol
I find that people who call out other people and opposing analysis as ideological are themselves ideologues. They cannot see political differences as other than ideological cat fights.
This is rather than an honest difference of opinion over the effectiveness of different options to achieve a common end as Milton Friedman explained:
I venture the judgment, however, that currently in the Western world, and especially in the United States, differences about economic policy among disinterested citizens derive predominantly from different predictions about the economic consequences of taking action – differences that in principle can be eliminated by the progress of positive economics – rather than from fundamental differences in basic values, differences about which men can ultimately only fight.
Hayek attributed to his opponents nothing more than intellectual error. Hayek (1948) believed that:
we must recognize that it may be genuine error which leads the well-meaning and intelligent people who occupy those key positions in our society to spread views which to us appear a threat to our civilization. Nothing could be more important than to try to understand the sources of this error in order that we should be able to counter it.
Hayek (1968) continues:
The worst mistake a fighter for our ideals can make is to ascribe to our opponents dishonest or immoral aims. I know it is sometimes difficult not to be irritated into a feeling that most of them are a bunch of irresponsible demagogues who ought to know better…
we ought to realize that their conceptions derive from serious thinkers whose ultimate ideals are not so very different from our own and with whom we differ not so much on ultimate values, but on the effective means of achieving them.
William Baumol and Alan Blinder described the role of economics in policy debates as follows:
While economic science can contribute the best theoretical and factual knowledge there is on a particular issue, the final decision on policy questions often rests either on information that is not currently available or on tastes and ethical opinions about which people differ (the things we call 'value judgments'), or on both.
Lester Thurow said that differences in the valuation of outcomes is at the basis of most disagreements:
Liberal and conservative economists most frequently disagree on who ought to be hurt and who ought to be helped. Their technical disagreements on who will be hurt and who will be helped are much less frequent.
Karl Popper argued that who made an argument is of little value. He said that the growth of knowledge depended not on the ethics of the individual scientists but on the critical spirit to scientific community as a whole. The critical scrutiny of others polices the truth:
The genuine rationalist does not think that he or anyone else is in possession of the truth; nor does he think that mere criticism as such helps us achieve new ideas.
But he does think that, in the sphere of ideas, only critical discussion can help us sort the wheat from the chaff.
He is well aware that acceptance or rejection of an idea is never a purely rational matter; but he thinks that only critical discussion can give us the maturity to see an idea from more and more sides and to make a correct judgement of it.
Peter Drucker championed a business rule of never making a decision until there is disagreement; only then do you know what you are planning to do:
Unless one has considered alternatives, one has a closed mind.
This above all, explains why effective decision-makers deliberately disregard the second major command of the textbooks on decision-making and create dissension and disagreement, rather than consensus.
Decisions of the kind the executive has to make are not made well by acclamation.
They are made well only if based on the clash of conflicting views, the dialogue between different points of view, the choice between different judgments.
The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement
Alfred P. Sloan said at a meeting of one of his top management committees:
"Gentlemen, I take it we are all in complete agreement on the decision here." Everyone around the table nodded assent.
"Then,"continued Sloan, "I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about".


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UCM Reșița este o echipă de handbal masculin din Reșița, câștigătoare a Cupa României în 2010 și în trei rânduri a Cupei Challenge.

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Handbalul reșițean are o tradiție de peste 75 de ani, începând cu practicarea handbalului în 11, iar din anul 1958 se practică jocul de handbal în 7.
Prima atestare a unei forme de organizare handbalistică la Reșița este confirmată de arhivele handbalului românesc în 1942, echipa fiind sprijinită la acea vreme de Uzinele de Fier și Domeniile Reșița, astăzi UCM group. În acel an formația clubului sportiv reșițean - UDR a participat la Ploiești la turneul final al campionatului național de handbal (ulterior neomologat) alături de reprezentantele orașelor București, Mediaș și Ploiești.
În perioada 1958-2001, echipa de handbal și-a desfășurat activitatea în Divizia A, sub denumirea Club Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița, având suport financiar din partea UCM Reșița. Unul din handbaliștii de legendă ai formației CSM Reșița rămâne internaționalul Werner STOCKL, medaliat cu aur la Campionatul Mondial disputat în 1974 în Republica Democrată Germană.
În anul 2001, clubul a fuzionat cu C.S. Universitatea Reșița, devenind C.S. Universitatea UCM Reșița, fiind susținută financiar în acea perioadă și de Universitatea "Eftimie Murgu" din Reșița.
În ediția de campionat 2003-2004, echipa C.S Universitatea UCM Reșița a promovat în Liga Națională de Handbal Masculin.

Sezonul 2004 - 2005

Handbalul masculin reșițean a atins o serie de performanțe notabile începând cu 2004, an în care echipa de handbal a fost preluată în totalitate de Clubul Sportiv UCM Reșița și și-a schimbat numele în Handball Team UCM Reșița.

În sezonul 2004-2005, primul în Liga Națională de Handbal Masculin, Handball Team UCM Reșița a practicat un handbal de calitate și a reușit la finalul campionatului clasarea pe locul 9. Cu antrenorul Petre Avramescu pe bancă,  UCM Reșița avea să realizeze un rezultat de egalitate cu o formație aflată în plină ascensiune în campionatul românesc, HCM Constanța, învingătoare în acel an în Liga Campionilor în întâlnirea de acasă cu Barcelona, campioana en-titre a Europei.

Sezonul 2005 - 2006

In sezonul următor, 2005-2006, jocul echipei a înregistrat o creștere evidentă, materializată în clasarea la finalul campionatului pe locul 5 și obținerea dreptului de participare în Cupa Challenge, UCM Reșița fiind la debutul său într-o cupa europeană.

Sezonul 2006 - 2007

Sezonul 2006-2007 s-a încheiat pentru handbaliștii reșițeni cu o performanță extraordinară prin câstigarea Cupei Challenge chiar la prima participare într-o competiție internațională. După ce a eliminat pe rând pe Kaustik Volgograd (Rusia) și Zaglebie Lubin (Polonia), UCM Reșița a trecut în finala de Drammen HandballKlubb, una dintre cele mai titrate echipe ale handbalului norvegian. Dupa 2 manse încheiate la egalitate, 26-26 la Severin și 36-36 la Drammen, handbaliștii reșițeni au obținut trofeul european ca urmare a numarului mai mare de goluri înscrise în deplasare. Golgeterii echipei la primul sezon european au fost: Bojan Butulija 64 goluri, Gheorhe Irimgescu 55 goluri, Adrian Tucanu 48 goluri, Dušan Pašić 37 goluri, Mihai Rohozneanu 31 goluri.
Încă din primul an in Liga Naționala, o serie de jucători au fost convocați la loturile naționale de juniori, tineret și seniori. Dintre acestia mentionam: Adrian Tucanu, Florin Ciubotariu, Mihai Rohozneanu, Gheorghe Irimescu, Sebastian Pirvan. Din lotul UCM Reșița au mai facut parte si handbalisti straini de mare valoare: Bojan Butulija, Dušan Pašić din Serbia, Vladimir Kovačević din Muntenegru, Olecsandr Natalyuk din Ucraina.

Sezonul 2007-2008

Liga Nationala 2007-2008

La sfarsitul editiei 2007-2008 a Ligii Nationale de Handbal Masculin, UCM Reșița a ocupat locul 3 cu 17 victorii, 2 egaluri si 7 infrangeri, 829 de goluri marcate si 7 64de goluri primite acumuland 35 de puncte.
Echipa a suferit o penalizare de 3 puncte din partea Comisiei de Competitii a FRH ca urmare a folosirii in partida Politehnica Izometal Timisoara-UCM Reșița, incheiata pe teren cu scorul 28-23 in favoarea echipei resitene, a juniorului Alexandru Vulpe care nu avea drept de joc pe cerinte de varsta.
Golgeterii echipei in sezonul 2007-2008 in Liga Nationala au fost: Bojan BUTULIJA 170 goluri, Gheorghe IRIMESCU 162 goluri, Dušan PAŠIĆ 118 goluri, Adrian TUCANU 81 goluri, Mihai ROHOZNEANU 80 goluri, Florin CIUBOTARIU 60 goluri.

CHALLENGE CUP 2007-2008

UCM Reșița a reusit o performanta istorica pentru handbalul dupa ce a castigat pentru a doua oara consecutiv Challenge Cup. Handbalistii antrenati de profesorul Aihan Omer au trecut pe rand de: LIF Lindesberg (Suedia) in turul 3, RK MOSLAVINA Kutina (Croatia) in optimi, ARKATRON Minsk (Bielarus) in sferturi, BENFICA Lisabona (Portugalia) in semifinala si ALPLA HC HARD (Austria) in finala.

Iata parcursul ucemeristilor in editia 2007-2008 a Challenge Cup:

Turul 3

17.11.2007 LIF Lindesberg : UCM Reșița 34-35 (17-15)

24.11.2007 UCM Reșița : LIF Lindesberg 39-29 (16-11)

Optimi de finala

10.02.2008 UCM Reșița - RK MOSLAVINA Kutina 40-26 (21-15)

16.02.2008 RK MOSLAVINA Kutina - UCM Reșița 36-34 (12-17)

Sferturi de finala

08.03.2008 ARKATRON Minsk - UCM Reșița 29-31 (17-13)

15.03.2008 UCM Reșița - ARKATRON Minsk 45-33 (23-14)

Semifinala

06.04.2008 BENFICA Lisabona - UCM Reșița 31-26 (17-16)

13.04.2008 UCM Reșița - BENFICA Lisabona 32-25 (17-12)

Finala

04.05.2008 ALPLA HC Hard - UCM Reșița 29-28 (17-16)

11.05.2008 UCM Reșița - ALPLA HC Hard 26-18 (10-6)

Principalii marcatori ai echipei in Challenge Cup au fost: Bojan BUTULIJA 66 goluri, Gheorghe IRIMESCU 59 goluri, Adrian Tucanu 25 goluri, Dušan PAŠIĆ 53 goluri, Mihai ROHOZNEANU 35 goluri, Florin CIUBOTARIU 28, Adrian TUCANU 25 goluri.

Sezonul 2008 - 2009

In sezonul competitional 2008 - 2009, formatia UCM Reșița a avut cea mai buna comportare la nivel national, de la infiintare si pana in prezent.
In Liga Nationala, formatia resiteana devine vicecampioana a Romaniei incheind pe pozitia a II-a a clasamentului, inaintea unor echipe cu traditie in handbalul romanesc, precum Steaua, Dinamo Bucuresti sau Minaur Baia Mare.
UCM Reșița a reusit sa ajunga in Finala Cupei Romaniei in acelasi sezon 2008 - 2009, dar a fost invinsa de Steaua Bucuresti, in partida disputata la Sibiu pe data de 17 mai 2009, scor final Steaua Bucuresti - UCM Reșița 29-27 (15-15).
In plan international, UCM Reșița castiga inca odata Cupa Challenge, devenind prima echipa de handbal din Europa care a reusit sa castige acest trofeu vreme de 3 ani consecutiv.
In dubla intalnire din finala Cupei Challenge, UCM Reșița a intalnit o alta formatie romaneasca CS Universitatea Bucovina Suceava, pierzand la doua goluri in postura de gazda, in mansa tur (25 - 27) dar castigand in retur cu scorul de 20 - 25.

Sezonul 2009-2010

2009 - 2010, reprezinta sezonul in care formatia UCM Reșița a reusit sa repete performanta obtinuta in plan intern in anul precedent.
In Liga Nationala, formatia resiteana redevine vicecampioana a Romaniei.
22 mai 2010 va ramane una dintre cele mai frumoase zile pentru UCM Reșița.
UCM Reșița reuseste sa castige primul trofeu intern din istorie - CUPA ROMANIEI, invingand-o pentru prima oara pe campioana Romaniei HCM Constanta in Finala Cupei Romaniei, dupa aruncarile de la 7 metri.
Scor final UCM Reșița - HCM Constanta 30 - 29 (26 - 26 dupa 60 de minute de jos, 13 - 15 la pauza).
In plan international, UCM Reșița a evoluat in Cupa EHF ajungand pana in turul 3 al acestei competitii, fiind invinsa in deplasare de formatia slovena RK Trimo Trebnje cu scorul de 32 – 28, acasa resitenii reusind doar o victorie de moral, 32 - 30.

Lotul actual

Palmares
UCM Reșița are deja un palmares impresionant, chiar daca a promovat in Liga Nationala de Handbal Masculin doar din anul 2004:

 Castigatoare a Challenge Cup: 2007, 2008 si 2009;

UCM Reșița este prima echipa de handbal din Europa care a reusit sa castige acest trofeu european 3 ani consecutiv.

 Liga Națională:

Locul 2 si medalie de argint in sezoanele 2008 - 2009 si 2009-2010;

Locul 3 in sezonul 2007 - 2008;

 Cupa României:

Castigatoare: 2009-2010;

Finalista in sezonul 2008 - 2009;

Semifinalista in sezonul 2006-2007.

Legături externe
 Site oficial

Handbal în Reșița
Cluburi românești de handbal


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Spencer: Launch Lineups Won't Impact Console Sales, Only Review Scores; Holiday 2021 Is More Important
By Alessio Palumbo
Nov 11, 2020 06:33 EST
There's not much debate on the fact that a comparison of the launch lineups between Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X has a clear winner in the former.
Microsoft doesn't really have any big next-gen game that is only available on its console, to start with. Games like Halo Infinite and even the third-party exclusive (likely timed) The Medium were delayed into 2021.
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However, in an interview published on Shacknews, Microsoft's Head of Gaming Phil Spencer pointed out how the launch lineups won't really impact console sales anyway due to the extremely low next-gen console supplies available this year, partly due to COVID. On the other hand, he argues Holiday 2021 will be much more important as supply issues will be gone, and game lineups will actually matter at that point.
I know there'll be press that will want to write, "Xbox launch lineup versus PS5 launch lineup." But if they're both sold out completely, I'm not sure the launch lineup had much impact on anything other than maybe some review score. It's not going to dictate what, how many consoles we sell. The number one thing that's going to dictate how many consoles we sell is not the competition and it's not a Halo or a launch lineup. It's going to be how many units we can build.
We see that. Our pre-orders sold within hours, and that's true of the competition as well. There is a high demand for gaming consoles right now, and we're both going to build as many as we can. So I think the possibility of Halo Infinite launching beside Xbox was more of a brand and heartfelt moment for us than it was critical to the launch. In fact, you could argue that holiday 2021 from a lineup is probably more important because from a competitive standpoint, both consoles—knock on wood—will have supply so there will be a demand constraint rather than a supply constraint in the next year.
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Brilliant article which I really do hope that UK MSM would write the same instead of following Mayhem's lies.
Brexit Britain Needs to Learn the Language of the EU.
The U.K. political class seems oblivious to its demands being out of the question for the EU.
The main reason why the Brexit debate has gone round in circles for the last two years—and why the U.K.'s negotiations with the European Union have been almost completely stalled for months—is that much of the British political class have never fully understood what the EU is or how it works. The few who have evidently consider the implications so unpalatable that they dare not spell them out publicly.


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