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Review of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
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Meet New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende's most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller.
Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener—born poor, orphaned at an early age, and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all stations and walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. In this novel, she shares the story of her own life and introduces readers to a diverse and eccentric cast of characters including the Lebanese émigré who befriends her and takes her in; her unfortunate godmother, whose brain is addled by rum and who believes in all the Catholic saints and a few of her own invention; a street urchin who grows into a petty criminal and, later, a leader in the guerrilla struggle; a celebrated transsexual entertainer who instructs her in the ways of the adult world; and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will prove crucial to Eva's fate.
As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende conjures up a whole complex South American nation—the rich, the poor, the simple, and the sophisticated—in a novel replete with character and incident, with drama and comedy and history, with battles and passions, rebellions and reunions, a novel that celebrates the power of imagination to create a better world.
Eva Luna is a delightful tale that explores the wonders and diversity of Latin American culture. It takes readers up to the mountain peaks and leaves you breathless as you take in the astonishing views around. The narrative will then plunge your heart down into the valleys and leave you devastated at the unkindness of humanity. Yet, before all is said and done, the majesty of the human spirit is revealed and the strong of heart are rewarded. I spent several days lost in the world created by Isabel Allende and then spent several hours looking up bits and pieces of stories hinted at or described in the book.
The Setting:
The story is set in an unnamed South American country. I had fun trying to work out which country it was most likely to be by piecing together the clues laid in terms of geography, history, climate and political upheavals. The history and politics reminded me of events in Argentina, Colombia and Chile. The economy seemed Mexican or Venezuelan. The climate and geography made me think of Venezuela and Brazil. I absolutely loved the mix of elements and histories used to create this particular country.
Story Structure:
Eva Luna's plot line essentially follows Eva's life. The first couple of chapters focus on Eva's mother and then Eva and Rolph become the protagonists of the book. There is no main plot, challenge or goal. Rather, the protagonists face a series of obstacles in their life and have to overcome them. The reader, is simply taken along for the ride. We have the chance to experience their pain, triumphs, passions and heartache. The tale is definitely one that plays by the saying, "It's not the destination, it's the ride." As a result of this layout, I would even compare the narrative to a collection of short stories as the main characters deal with each challenge.
Another way we experience the 'short story element' is through Eva's own stories. She is a storyteller. That is her gift. She uses oral and later written words to weave fantasies that totally consume her audiences. Her experiences, what she's read, heard, her imagination and some elements of reality all mesh to create an intricate net that ensnares her audience.
The Characters:
We meet so many different characters along the way. The mamá, the madrina, the abuela, the papá, the amante(s) and the friends of the soul who make up for the lack of family of the blood. And we follow the tale of the soul mate who goes through his own life trials which shape him to be the perfect companion to interlock with Eva's heart. Each character is essentially the star of their own story. Their history moulds them into the ideal person to be in Eva's life at any given point in time, whether for good or for bad.
Magical Realism:
A favourite genre or element included in Latin American literature is magical realism. It is a tool used often and well by Allende in her books. From the unlikely discovery of Eva's mother by the missionaries, mentioned on page one, to Eva's extraordinary conception, to the embalming techniques of the doctor and right up to the "universal matter" which Eva learns to craft and uses to assist her guerrilla comrades, the extraordinary is woven into the tale, elevating it to a fantastical level while keeping readers grounded in very real and palpable emotion.
I think it's safe to say I really enjoyed this book and I'm probably going to read Allende's spin-off, The Stories of Eva Luna.
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pick1solution says:
Ah, as always you have opened a new horizon to explore. Thank you.
Lovely. I really do enjoy Isabel Allende's books.
Loved reading this one!
🙂 I'm glad you got to read this one too.
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MOR to air Chronicle Special
Updated: 3:19 PM EDT Nov 3, 2017
Catch the Special November, 8 at 8:00pm on MORDigital 32.1 • Spectrum 1012 • Fios 512 • Comcast 437 Lightning Captain and Hall of Fame Inductee Dave Andreychuk to Be Featured in MOR SpecialGoes One on One with Tampa Sports Radio's JP PetersonTAMPA, FL (November 3, 2017): Hearst Television owned MOR-TV, and America's #1 Independent television station*, is set to air a second edition of its ongoing Chronicle series on Wednesday, November 8th at 8pm after The Big Bang Theory. This thirty-minute program will feature a special interview with Dave Andreychuk, who holds the NHL record for most Power Play goals in a season and is set to be inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame on Sunday, November 12th.Hosting the MOR Chronicle episode is JP Peterson, Tampa Sports Radio host and Emmy winning Sports Personality. "I've known Dave for several years, but this interview revealed some stories we've never heard," notes Chronicle host JP Peterson. "This was a really fun and insightful interview that reveals his Disney-like life story...where dreams really do come true."MOR's Chronicle featuring JP Peterson's interview with Dave Andreychuk will air Wednesday, November 8th at 8pm. MOR-TV can be seen over the air on 32.1 and on cable: Spectrum 12/HD 1012; Frontier Fios 12/HD 512; Comcast 12/HD 437. *Nielsen LPM Markets, Live Plus Same Day, Non-Network Affiliated Television Stations, Adults 25-54 & Adults 18-49, May 2017, Mon-Fri 6PM-8PM E/P, 5PM-7PM C/MABOUT MOR-TV:MOR-TV is a Hearst Television owned and operated television station in Tampa Bay and is one of America's top Independents. MOR-TV features the best in off-network comedies and dramas featuring The Big Bang Theory, The Goldberg's, Anger Management, Modern Family, Last Man Standing, Mom, Family Guy, Steve, and more. MOR-TV is also one of three stations in a group that includes thisTV, Tampa Bay's first over-the-air broadcast movie channel featuring blockbuster motion pictures, and estrellaTV Tampa Bay, the fastest growing Hispanic entertainment channel in America. MOR-TV's website is www.mor-tv.com. ###
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Goes One on One with Tampa Sports Radio's JP Peterson
TAMPA, FL (November 3, 2017): Hearst Television owned MOR-TV, and America's #1 Independent television station*, is set to air a second edition of its ongoing Chronicle series on Wednesday, November 8th at 8pm after The Big Bang Theory. This thirty-minute program will feature a special interview with Dave Andreychuk, who holds the NHL record for most Power Play goals in a season and is set to be inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame on Sunday, November 12th.
Hosting the MOR Chronicle episode is JP Peterson, Tampa Sports Radio host and Emmy winning Sports Personality.
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MOR's Chronicle featuring JP Peterson's interview with Dave Andreychuk will air Wednesday, November 8th at 8pm. MOR-TV can be seen over the air on 32.1 and on cable: Spectrum 12/HD 1012; Frontier Fios 12/HD 512; Comcast 12/HD 437.
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Original Editor - Lucinda hampton Top Contributors - Lucinda hampton and Kim Jackson
2 Structure and Function
3 Muscle Attachments
4 Pathophysiology
The ribs are the bony framework of the thoracic cavity.
The ribs form the main structure of the thoracic cage protecting the thoracic organs, however their main function is to aid respiration.[1]
There are twelve pairs of ribs.
Each rib articulates posteriorly with two thoracic vertebrae by the costovertebral joint. An exception to this rule is that the first rib articulates with the first thoracic vertebra only.
According to their attachment to the sternum, the ribs are classified into 3 groups: true, false, and floating ribs.
The true ribs are the ribs that directly articulate with the sternum with their costal cartilages - ribs 1-7. They articulate with the sternum by the sternocostal joints. The first rib is an exception to that rule; it is a synarthrosis and the first rib could uniquely articulate with the clavicle by the costoclavicular joint
The false ribs (8,9,10) are the ribs that indirectly articulate with the sternum, as their costal cartilages connect with the seventh costal cartilag by the costochondral joint.
The floating ribs (11,12) do not articulate with the sternum at all (distal two ribs).[2]
Typically, the ribs have the following anatomical components:
Head with two articular facets
Tubercle
Costal groove
Most of the ribs are typical ribs ie they have all these features. The atypical ribs which do not have all these features are:
First rib (wide and short, has two costal grooves, and one articular facet)
Second rib (thin, long, and has a tuberosity on its superior surface for the attachment of the serratus anterior muscle)
Tenth rib (only one articular facet)
Eleventh rib, Twelfth rib (one articular facet with no neck)
The functions of the ribs are critical, as they
protect the contents of the thoracic cavity and mediastinum
move superiorly, inferiorly, anteriorly and posteriorly to facilitate breathing (their flexibility in their movement increases/decreases the size of the thoracic cavity; assisting the lungs in respiration. Control of these movements is via the diaphragm, external intercostals, and the intercartilaginous portion of the internal intercostals).
provide a place where some muscles originate or attach
play a role in erythropoiesis during development (at birth, the erythropoiesis sites change, it recedes in long bones and persists in flat bones, like ribs)[2]
Muscle Attachments
There are a number of muscles related to ribs.
intercostal muscles: situated in the intercostal spaces.
diaphragm: arises from the inner surfaces of the costal cartilages on the sixth rib
serratus anterior: originates anterolaterally from the 1st to 8th ribs
pectoralis major and minor muscles arise from superior anterior ribs
latissimus dorsi: originates from the 9th to 12th ribs
scalenus anterior, posterior and medius muscles have attachments on the first and second ribs
rectus abdominis: inserts at the xiphisternum and the 5th to 7th costal cartilages[1]
Ribs fractures are prevalent, as they comprise 12% of total fractures in patients. (The risk notably increases with age).
Rib fractures - traumatic or atraumatic (most due to direct penetrating or blunt trauma to the chest).
Ribs 1 through 3 are the hardest to break and signify a significant degree of trauma if fractured.
Ribs 4 through 10 are typically the most vulnerable
Ribs 11 through 12 are more mobile and therefore more difficult to break.
In the elderly, falls are a common etiology of rib fractures and are associated with higher mortality and morbidity than younger patients.
Rib fractures may be pathologic as a result of cancer metastasis from other organs.
Through repetitive stress and microtrauma, athletes can develop rib fractures with chronic use.
Spontaneous rib fractures can also occur due to severe cough and are more likely to occur in those with osteoporosis or underlying lung disease.
Children tend to have more elastic ribs than adults do, children are less likely to sustain rib fractures (children with rib fractures is a sign of significant trauma and should warrant an investigation of possible child abuse)[3]
Other common abnormalities are:
Rib dislocation
Tumors. These tumors may be primary or secondary lesions.[2]
↑ 1.0 1.1 Radiopedia Ribs Available from:https://radiopaedia.org/articles/ribs (last accessed 14.4.2020)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Safarini OA, Bordoni B. Anatomy, Thorax, Ribs. InStatPearls [Internet] 2019 Feb 19. StatPearls Publishing.Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538328/ (last accessed 14.4.2020)
↑ Kuo K, Kim AM. Rib Fracture.Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541020/ (last accessed 14.4.2020)
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NIST looks for public comment on mobile app vetting draft guidance
by Judy Mottl |
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is accepting public comment on draft guidance regarding vetting of third-party software for mobile devices.
The Draft Special Publication 800-163, Technical Considerations for Vetting 3rd Party Mobile Applications, states emulated and virtual environments are useful for vetting mobile apps given the ability to test various configurations and allow for automated testing and examination of an app.
Vetting is a process for assessing security, reliability and performance to ensure an app is acceptable for use in an expected situation. The guidance document provides key technical assurance points to help companies begin implementing a vetting process. The public comment period began on Aug. 18 and will conclude on Sept. 18.
The federal initiative comes as mHealth apps and devices are proliferating at high numbers and expanding well beyond initial fitness and health realms. Lawmakers, regulatory agencies and privacy organizations are expressing concerns about app data security and data sharing, and whether particular apps should fall under the same regulations as medical devices.
Some people, including former U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials, believe the FDA should exempt most health and wellness apps from premarket review and define basic technical standards to spur innovation, according to a Wall Street Journal column. Others, including a New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (D), believe stricter oversight and regulations is warranted and describes the potential for data sharing without consumer consent a "privacy nightmare."
This NIST document notes that the proposed guidance should not be used as a step-by-step guide for software vetting, but "highlights those elements that are particularly important to be considered before mobile apps are approved as 'fit-for-use,'" adding that the focus is how to vet apps once a platform choice has been made.
The document offers up a slew of key recommendations from ensuring an understanding of the security and privacy risks presented by an app and a establishing a plan for mitigating such risks, to providing longer assurance of the app through its lifecycles and providing mobile apple security and privacy training for employees.
Those wishing to provide comment can complete a form and email it to NIST with "Comments on Draft SP 800-163" as the subject line.
- read the NIST guidance document
Why usability and design are critical to mobile medical app building
4 tips to build successful mHealth apps
Health attorneys: 3 steps mHealth start-up developers must take
Ex-FDA staffers: Agency should exempt most mHealth apps from premarket review
Penn Medicine launches new telehealth hub
The newly launched Center for Connected Health will be largest telehealth hub in the Philadelphia region, according to Penn Medicine.
by Evan Sweeney Feb 15, 2018 12:40pm
FDA wants to build a Center of Excellence for Digital Health
The FDA commissioner wants to use additional funding under Trump's budget to advance digital health initiatives and integrate real-world data.
by Evan Sweeney Feb 15, 2018 10:18am
FDA approval signals promise for AI-based triage apps
The FDA's approval of an app that uses AI to notify specialists of a potential stroke offers new possibilities for triage software that uses CDS.
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ISIS will remain a threat in 2018, experts warn
Iraqi forces hold the ISIS flag outside the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul after the area was retaken on June 30, 2017.Fadel Senna / AFP - Getty Images file
Dec. 27, 2017, 8:17 AM UTC / Updated Dec. 27, 2017, 8:17 AM UTC
By Saphora Smith and Michele Neubert
LONDON — The Islamic State's so-called caliphate ends 2017 in tatters.
But after a year in which U.S.-backed forces drove ISIS militants from strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the group is far from defeated.
Analysts warn that ISIS is retreating into what some call a "virtual caliphate" from where it will attempt to inspire more lone wolf attacks in the West in an effort to remain relevant.
"It's like a cornered cat that will lash out indiscriminately and viciously to save itself," said Peter Vincent, a counterterrorism expert and former Department of Homeland Security official. "The war has yet to be won, and if it's ever going to be won it's going to take many more years, and many more civilians will lose their lives."
During 2017, military campaigns retook Mosul in Iraq as well as the Syrian city of Raqqa — the de facto capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate.
By early December, the Pentagon said 97 percent of ISIS-held territory in Iraq and Syria had been liberated. On Dec. 9, Iraq declared its war against the militant group over.
But three days after declaring victory, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned that the extremists might "erupt again somewhere else" without international cooperation in combating the militants. "ISIS has this unfortunate ability to recruit young people very quickly," he added.
Richard Barrett, a former director of global counterterrorism at Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence service, said the fall of the caliphate would damage the group's appeal to potential recruits because they can no longer sell the idea of a "perfect Islamic state."
Related: ISIS weapons arsenal included some purchased by U.S. government
"Many people went to join something that existed, not something that is hypothetical," he said.
As ISIS leaders spend time "scurrying around" trying to survive, they have less time to plan and coordinate attacks, he said.
New York City police stand guard after an attack at the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal on Dec. 11. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
But Shiraz Maher, deputy director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence at King's College London, believes the military campaign only addressed the territorial aspect of ISIS and warned that the terror group was "reverting to type."
"This is a group that emerged from being an insurgency into a proto-state, and it's now simply pulling back to what it knows best," Maher told a counterterrorism conference in London at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a think tank on international defense and security.
The ability of ISIS to shift forms demonstrates its "inherent resilience," he said.
"This notion that we're defeating Daesh, that we can begin to think about a post-Daesh reality is not to my mind accurate," he said, using the pejorative Arabic term for ISIS. "This is an ongoing threat, it's a live event."
Related: Jihadi who 'likes the U.S.' says he knows how to stop terrorism
With the caliphate all but gone, the question of where displaced fighters might go and what they will do when they get there is what keeps intelligence officers up at night, according to Karin von Hippel, RUSI's director.
It's an acute fear in Europe, which suffered a string of deadly terror attacks this year, including car-ramming attacks in Barcelona, Spain, Stockholm and London, and the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.
Of the 5,000 to 6,000 European nationals who went to fight with ISIS in Syria and Iraq, some 25 to 30 percent have returned home, according to Rob Wainwright, director of the European Union's police agency, Europol. A similar number are believed to have died in battle, he said, leaving roughly 2,500 to 3,000 alive.
"There is a danger, yes, that some of them will go underground, through other countries, in a way in which we have lost sight of them," he told NBC News recently in an interview, although he said the actual number of foreign fighters returning to the West in the past 18 months had been surprisingly low.
He Spent Three Days With ISIS. Now He's Back in the West.
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"The intelligence community doesn't fear a massive flow of returnees but more a trickle," Gilles de Kerchove, counterterrorism coordinator for the European Union, told the RUSI conference.
He warned that even a small number of returning foreign fighters have the potential to cause mass casualties.
De Kerchove said that of the more than 40 attacks carried out in the E.U. since 2014, three by returning ISIS jihadis accounted for more than two-thirds of the total deaths and injuries.
Related: Children were taught terrorism in math classes under ISIS
Vincent, the Homeland Security official, said ISIS' focus was shifting to places such as Yemen, Chad, Mali and the southern Philippines, from where fighters can plan attacks and find "operational breathing room."
Such outposts have made the loss of territory in Iraq and Syria less acute, according to RUSI's von Hippel.
"Wherever they shift their headquarters, they will still be able to direct and plan attacks. Even if Baghdadi is killed, other opportunistic leaders will be able to take up the brand," she said, referring to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Von Hippel said having operatives spread across the world was part of the extremists' "long-term strategy," which the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS had not done enough to tackle.
ISIS could also try to rebuild its caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
People leave a cordoned off area after a van ploughed into the crowd, killing one person and injuring several others on the Rambla in Barcelona on Aug. 17, 2017.Pau Barrena / AFP - Getty Images file
"The international community better be very careful about dancing on top of the tombstones of the Islamic State's caliphate because, like nature, ISIS abhors a vacuum," said Vincent, who added that there were already examples of ISIS fighters returning to liberated areas.
Barrett, the former MI6 officer, said he believes the caliphate is still a reality in the minds of ISIS fighters.
"For them the caliphate exists even if it's only one room in one house, and they will always try to expand it back to real, significant territorial control," he said.
Saphora Smith
Saphora Smith is a London-based reporter for NBC News Digital.
Michele Neubert
Michele Neubert is a London-based producer for NBC News. She has been awarded four Emmys, an Ed Murrow and Dupont Award for her work in conflict zones, including the Balkans, Afghanistan and Kurdistan.
Bill Neely contributed.


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Brooklyn Brewery looking for 60K sf for brewing operation
The well-known beer brand is checking out Navy Yard, Industry City for space
Feb.February 23, 2016 05:10 PM
Brooklyn Brewery is looking for 60,000 square feet to relocate its brewing operation. The Brooklyn Navy Yard and Industry City are in the running as potential spots.
Currently, the brewery has a facility at 79 North 11th Street in Williamsburg, where it makes many of its specialty beers. The space also features a tasting room, a retail shop and gives those visiting an opportunity to watch beer being made.
While its lease isn't up for nine years, there is "zero" possibility to renew, Eric Ottaway, the company's chief operating officer and general manager, told Crain's. Owner Yoel Goldman put the 35,000-square-foot warehouse that houses the brewery and others up for sale last year.
"What is tricky is finding a space where we can do the manufacturing but also have the retail be an important component," Ottaway told Crain's. "It's hard to find a neighborhood that has the level of visibility that Williamsburg has."
Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard will have a food hall and manufacturing space. Russ & Daughters, the legendary family-run Lower East Side store, will anchor the 60,000-square-feet food hall.
Industry City, the waterfront industrial complex at 882 Third Avenue in Sunset Park, has some of the city's largest floor plates. Jamestown and its partners' complex is attracting tech tenants to flavor-maker companies.
The brewery also has plans to relocate its current brewing upstate brewing plant in Utica to a $70 million, 200,000-square-foot facility on Staten Island, Crain's reported. Staten Island Marine Development is developing the site on the island's western shore. [Crain's] — Dusica Sue Malesevic
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What information is needed for my project?
The required map information is established using standard land planning processes (models). Particular models require particular map data.
One must be very thorough in the initial (inventory) phases of the Geographic Information Systems process. Existing local features are always an integral part of determining an appropriate community development plan. Field visits, photographs, and (land and water) maps are used to identify, and then inventory (in terms of absence or presence) all significant local features. Next, it is important to determine how to "best" represent the collective features (accurately) on an existing, or newly created (base) map.
The data collection process is sometimes called "feature inventory." The following listing suggests the type features that could (or should) be identified, inventoried, and classified.
Features should be "of value" to the information gathering effort. As you study a map (or photographs) of an area, always ask a few practical questions before deciding to use or discard a feature from the exhaustive list of data inventory possibilities.
Does (other) more accurate or reliable information currently exist?
Is the particular feature "under consideration" needed in this GIS project?
Will the overall quality of the project suffer if I do not to include this feature?
What are the units of measure that "quantify" each of the map features?
Some map features are measured directly, others are interpreted indirectly. Specific categories of map feature classifications will always vary depending on the use, and the user. The following are suggested map feature classification categories utilized by the U.S. Geological Survey, et al. (Listed by general land activity category).
The Features list includes examples from both the Built and Natural environment.
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There are several companies that have emerged recently that market call-to-action video player skins that are designed to be layered on top of players such as YouTube or Vimeo. Viewbix, for example, offers "to put the entire Web experience in the video player." Their software allows video creators to add elements of their websites, social networks and more into the video player so that when they share the video on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube they take all their calls-to-action and content with them.
To illustrate, Socialbrite partner Major Multimedia, a nonprofit video training and production company, created a Viewbix overlay for a video created for a client, Chicago Cares, to recognize outstanding volunteers at their awards banquet. This video is housed on Viewbix's website but can be embedded, copied and shared.
While hosting on YouTube has its advantages for nonprofits, a professional multimedia firm can help you custom-design media-driven websites and microsites that integrate with your nonprofit's existing organizational website with platforms such as Vmix, Convio, Kaltura or Drupal (compare).
Just a little over two years ago, Pathfinder International had no videos online and little in-house video production. With the help of See3 Communications, Pathfinder launched a microsite that is built entirely around video sharing: Girl2Woman.
Pathfinder shared how they opted not to use YouTube because "we couldn't control the look and feel as much as we would have liked, we wanted to count the shares of the videos (not the views), and we wanted to focus on integrating features like the call to action share." They've still posted the videos on YouTube, however, so that others can embed them.
To meet those goals, they needed to be able to count the number of shares and capture the information of people who shared, which they couldn't do with a YouTube hosted site.
In fact, embedding video on a nonprofit's own website can be better for your SEO — when a video is published on a third-party site, links to those videos just increase the page rank of the third-party site, not the nonprofit's own site. If the video is published on the nonprofit's site they have full control over the links on that site and the corresponding SEO.
connect viewers to URLs that elaborate on your story.
Consider placing the "call" on the skin or at the end of the video to encourage the viewer to watch until the end and follow through on the call to action. Also, because each video hosted is different, the call to action might be different depending upon the content and desired outcome.
The most important part of your call to action is ensuring that it fits with what your audience needs. When it matches the exact needs of your audience, taking the recommended next step will be a natural course of action for viewers.
Please share your own experience with call-to-action video apps and online video platforms.
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Long Beach Councilman Al Austin withdraws from…
Long Beach Councilman Al Austin withdraws from state Senate race
Long Beach City Councilman Al Austin (Courtesy photo)
By Hayley Munguia | hmunguia@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram
PUBLISHED: February 1, 2019 at 9:04 am | UPDATED: February 1, 2019 at 5:37 pm
Long Beach City Councilman Al Austin announced on Friday, Feb. 1, that he will not continue his campaign to represent the state Senate's 33rd District.
The special election, which will take place on March 26, will determine who will replace former state Senator Ricardo Lara, who left the seat in January to become the state's insurance commissioner. Lara won that position in the November midterms.
"While I've been humbled by the support I've received for the Senate campaign from communities across the region and all the endorsements from local leaders, there's much more to accomplish at the local level and that is where I will continue my focus," Austin said in a statement. "And with several good Democratic candidates in the race it is clear the cities of the 33rd District will be well-represented in the State Senate."
Austin's colleague Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez is one of those Democratic candidates who was running against him. She has garnered endorsements from a wide range of leaders, including Lara himself, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and Congressman Alan Lowenthal, among others.
Long Beach City Council members were evenly split between supporting Austin and supporting Gonzalez, with Councilwoman Stacy Mungo being the only member who did not make an endorsement in the race.
Vice Mayor Dee Andrews, Councilwoman Suzie Price and Councilman Daryl Supernaw all endorsed Austin in the race. None of them immediately responded to a request for comment on Austin's decision to withdraw.
Other candidates who have filed paperwork in the special election are:
Thomas Cares, a blockchain startup CEO who also threw his name in the ring for governor;
South Gate City Councilwoman Denise Diaz;
Bell Vice Mayor Vice Mayor Ana Maria Quintana;
Bell City Councilman Ali Saleh;
Lynwood Mayor José Luis Solache;
Former Lynwood mayor Leticia Vasquez-Wilson.
Now that Austin plans to complete his City Council term, which expires next year, he will be eligible to run for a third term. A representative for Austin declined to say whether the councilman plans to do so.
"His decision about SD33 is only hours fresh and he plans to concentrate on his district at this time," spokesman Ben Escobedo said.
But one local leader, Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, has already announced her intention to run for his City Council seat representing Long Beach's 8th District.
"Tunua intends to run a competitive campaign, no matter the opponent," her campaign spokeswoman Danielle Cendejas said.
At the time of her announcement, Thrash-Ntuk positioned herself as someone who was focused on local issues in North Long Beach, while Austin had his eye on representing a larger swath of southeast L.A. County. But in Friday's statement, Austin said he hopes to continue the work he's doing locally.
"It's been my mission as a public servant to stand up for working families, increase opportunity, strengthen neighborhoods, and improve our quality of life," he said. "I announced a campaign for State Senate to build upon the work I've done in Long Beach and to do just that."
He went on to thank those who have supported him in his nearly month-long campaign.
"Thank you to all our supporters and I look forward to continuing to work throughout this region to create economic opportunities in every neighborhood," he said.
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Public attitudes to new technology: Lessons for regulators
Nanotechnology is viewed favorably, but possible risks should be acknowledged
(Santa Barbara, California) — New technologies may change our lives for the better, but sometimes they have risks. Communicating those benefits and risks to the public, and developing regulations to deal with them, can be difficult — particularly if there's already public opposition to the technology.
A new study that provides an overview of research on public perceptions of nanotechnology — technology on a very, very small scale — challenges some current ideas of how people view the risks and benefits of new technology. The work has implications for how policymakers talk about and regulate new technologies.
Public views on nanotechnology, which could revolutionize medicine, electronics and energy technology, but has possible health and environmental risks, are overwhelmingly favorable, the study found. However many people hadn't heard of nanotechnology, and nearly half those surveyed in North America, Europe and Japan weren't sure what they thought of it. It's reassuring that those people haven't made hasty judgments, the authors say, but that means that bungled attempts to educate the public about nanotechnology, or to regulate it, could turn public opinion against this promising technology.
"If you only talk about benefits it doesn't mean the public will buy the product and everyone lives happily ever after. We know that is not a good scenario," says Barbara Herr Harthorn, Director and Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation-funding Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB).
Harthorn is one of the authors of a study — "Anticipating the perceived risk of nanotechnologies" — appearing online Sept. 20 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. It is based on data from 22 surveys conducted over the last decade.
Previous studies have found that new and unknown technologies such as biotechnology tend to be regarded as risky, but that's not the case for nanotechnology, according to this research. People who thought nanotechnology had more benefits than risks outnumbered those who perceived greater risks by 3 to 1 in this study. The 44 percent of people who didn't have an opinion either way surprised the researchers.
"You don't normally get that reluctance," says Terre Satterfield of the University of British Columbia in Canada, lead author of the study and a collaborator with CNS-UCSB.
It's important to study how people perceive risk, and not just expert assessments of actual risk, Herr Harthorn says, because it's "a much better way to understand how people are going to behave and respond."
"It's not true that if a technology has benefits it will automatically get accepted by the public," adds Milind Kandlikar of the University of British Columbia. He is also a collaborator with CNS-UCSB and a co-author of the study, along with Joseph Conti, a former graduate fellow with CNS-UCSB, and Christian Beaudrie of the University of British Columbia.
Public perceptions of risk depend on various demographic and cultural factors; for example, wealthy, well-educated white men tend to think of new technologies as less risky. Public opinion also is easily swayed by catastrophic events like the Chernobyl accident, which galvanized opposition to nuclear power, and by news like reports of deaths from Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe, or from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or swine flu (the H1N1 virus).
"It's much easier to destroy trust than gain it," Satterfield says, so after an event like a nuclear meltdown or oil spill, leaders need to "take responsibility for any consequences quickly and clearly."
Because nanotechnology hasn't made big news, it offers researchers a chance to study how people judge new technology before controversy arises. "The future is yet to be written. Judgments could go either way," Satterfield says.
"Anticipating the perceived risk of nanotechnologies" Nature Nanotechnology (advance online publication at 1 p.m. ET, Sept. 20)
About nanotechnology:
Nanotechnology is the production and manipulation of materials on a minute scale (DNA is two nanometers wide; a single strand of hair is 100,000 nanometers wide). Nanotechnology has a wealth of potential uses in medicine, energy, electronics and environmental applications.
About the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS-UCSB)
The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara is a national research and education center that focuses on the societal impacts of nanotechnology. It helps policymakers, researchers, and the public understand the opportunities and risks associated with nanotechnology.
Research at the center includes work on:
Public perception of the risks associated with nanotechnology
Nanotechnology in the global economy
Nanotechnology research and development in China
The historical context of nanotechnology
The Center for Nanotechnology in Society was founded in 2006 and is funded by the National Science Foundation.
For more information, visit http://www.cns.ucsb.edu
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Bao Jingyan (chinois 鮑敬言, EFEO Pao King-yen, pinyin Bào Jìngyán) est un écrivain chinois, précurseur de l'anarchisme en Chine.

Les dates de naissance et de mort de Bao Jingyan sont inconnues, de même que sa biographie, en dehors du fait qu'il était un lecteur de Laozi et Zhuangzi. Son traité daterait de la fin du  ou du tout début du .

Bao Jingyan est l'auteur d'un traité conservé dans le Waipian (partie du ) du taoïste Ge Hong. Ce dernier s'est en effet employé à réfuter l'essai de Bao. Bao est le premier en Chine à placer l'utopie sur le terrain de la politique. Influencé par la pensée de Zhuangzi, il s'oppose à l'absolutisme despotique. Sa formule  est devenue célèbre. Vu l'obscurité de la personne de Bao Jingyan, Jean Levi émet l'hypothèse qu'il pourrait être le prête-nom de Ge Hong, qui ferait ainsi passer des thèses subversives sans prendre trop de risques, ou à tout le moins que Ge éprouvait une certaine sympathie à l'égard de ces thèses.

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  Robert Graham, Anarchism : A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas, Volume One - From Anarchy to Anarchism (300 CE to 1939), Montréal/New-York/London, Black Rose Book, 2005, pp.1-4.

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I'm always on the hunt for new places to check out or to spend an evening with friends, and a lot of the time I try to opt for something a little bit different to just a bar. Whether it be some crazy cool cocktails or an activity for us to all have a go at, step in Flight Club Darts. We were invited to check out just what this darts joint has to offer!
I've been wanting to check out Flight Club for quite some time now. It was even on my bucket list of London places to eat/drink which you can check out here and so I jumped at the chance to visit!
Flight Club has a couple of locations, 2 in London – Bloomsbury and Shoreditch (this is where we went) but also in Chicago in the US and offers experiences for all different sizes of groups so that you can tailor your visit to make sure you have the most amazing time possible (and trust me you will).
We arrived on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at the Shoreditch venue and I was shocked by how busy it was inside! It's weird to think that people go out and have fun when you're normally in front of a screen for hours at work. It was also so much bigger than I thought it was going to be. So spacious and I loved the decor. There was a bar area as you walked in with separate dart board areas. These are called Oche's and you can hire these on their website for as long as you desire or for as long as Is suggested for your group size.
We were on an Oche downstairs where there were a quite a few large groups playing also. This gave it a great atmosphere and forced me to get fully into the swing of my debut in the darting world.
We were talked through the whole Flight Club Darts experience by one of the lovely members of staff which was super helpful and easy to understand. She got us all set up on our Oche and took a picture of us and then left us to enjoy/ compete against each other.
I was so impressed by the amount of fun we had, I'm not sure why but I was just anticipating a game of standard darts and a scoreboard to keep track of who was winning. But the interactive electronic system made this all so easy and meant that you could play a whole host of different dart games and take pictures of yourself whilst doing so… we also weren't warned that the winning shot was filmed and then played back on the screen which was very embarrassing when I fist pumped the air upon winning the first round. I hope nobody saw that!
I really enjoyed all of the different games that you could choose from and the fact that it kept a scoreboard so it was clear to see that I was a far better dart player than my friend Abi, just to rub that in. Hehe. These were called demolition, Shanghai and Quackshot and all tested your aim and skill in different ways! We played all of these a few times and definitely saw a vast improvement in our playing as we continued, and even better that we were having the best afternoon!
We had the loveliest afternoon at Flight Club Darts, thank you so much for having us! We also loved seeing our story of our day when the images and scoreboards were emailed to us the next day! We'll definitely be back very soon and I'd definitely recommend this activity for anyone looking for a fun couple of hours with fantastic food and drink, no matter the size or age of their group!
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Registration procedures are rigorous and comply with the DfE regulations.
Accurate attendance statistics are compiled to inform future targets for student attendance.
Unauthorised absences are promptly detected and followed up.
Long term absentees are successfully reintegrated on their return to the Academy.
Parents are responsible in law for ensuring regular and punctual attendance of their children.
To strive to maintain the excellent level of attendance at the Academy.
To ensure that regular attendance assists students to be successful learners.
A student who is authorised to take ten days' holiday during one whole academic year will attain only 94.7% attendance.
There is a strong link between the amount of absence and the results/qualifications that a student achieves.
Every lesson matters - children who have time off often find it difficult to catch up and do well at school.
Research suggests that just seventeen days missed from school equates to a GCSE grade.
The registers open each morning at 8:55am and all checks and amendments must be completed before 10am each day prior to the release of messages to parents via 'Keep Kids Safe' communication. The registers open at 1:30pm for the afternoon and close at 2pm.
At present, the Academy uses the SIMS software package 'Attendance Manager' for the registration of all students in Years 7-11.
All staff are required to take a register at the commencement of each lesson and to check up on students who are frequently absent on a particular day. They must also follow up students who have been seen in the Academy but who are missing from their class.
Being punctual is a pre-requisite to a session or a lesson having a purposeful start.
House Tutors must punish persistent lateness to the Academy and report offenders to Assistant Principals. Class teachers must insist on lessons starting promptly and again punish persistent offenders.
A team of Child Support Assistants are on duty each morning at the Academy gates to record students who arrive late.
Lateness is one sign of a poor attitude to learning and must not be allowed to become a habit.
"Slow to arrive means slow to learn" and this is totally contrary to the Academy ethos.
ALL staff have an important part to play here.
The Education Welfare Officer plays a crucial role in assisting the Academy to maintain high standards of attendance and in supporting students with particular problems.
The Attendance Assistant meets with the EWO regularly to discuss attendance problems which have been identified. Assistant Principals and Pastoral Managers all receive instant feedback of these discussions via an 'E-Mailed Memo'. This memo is also printed out and retained by the EWO as a record of the meetings.
Urgent telephone referrals to the EWO are made, as necessary, by members of the Attendance Team.
"to reintegrate the student as quickly and fully as possible".
Leave of Absence may only be granted by the Principal.
Please submit at least two weeks before required absence.
b) the Principal considers that Leave of Absence should be granted due to the exceptional circumstances relating to that application.
Parents or carers do not have the right to withdraw a student from the Academy to go on holiday or for any other reason during term-time. We would therefore ask for your support by ensuring that requests for leave of absence in term-time are made only in exceptional circumstances. Please ensure that even in exceptional circumstances you are granted Leave of Absence before making any arrangements. This decision will be provided in writing.
The Education Welfare Service will be informed of UNAUTHORISED ABSENCES relating to requests for Leave of Absence and will take appropriate action, which could include a Penalty Notice or prosecution.
The Government Department for Education identifies every child by name who has 15% absence over the autumn and spring terms. The pupil is classed as a Persistent Absentee. The absences may be authorised and/or unauthorised.
46 sessions of absence (a session is a morning or an afternoon) equals 15% absence.
absences which cannot be authorised because they are illegal, whether the parent is aware or not.
'The links between attendance and achievement are strong. Pupils with persistent absence are often those unlikely to attain at school and stay in education after the age of 16 years. They are also significantly more likely to engage in antisocial behaviour and youth crime and are more at risk of other negative outcomes (including teenage pregnancy and drug and alcohol abuse)'. DfE Standards website.


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Алијанса либерала и демократа за Европу () је парламентарна група у Европском парламенту, коју чине посланици Савез либерала и демократа за Европу (партија) и Европске демократске странке.

АЛДЕ је основана 13. јула 2004. уједињењем либералне групе и тек формиране групе ЕДП-а, иако су странке остале независне једна од друге.
АЛДЕ је са 67 посланика четврта парламентарна група и њен председник је бивши белгијски премијер Ги Верхофстат.

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Everyday we are getting closer and closer to one of the most cheerful winter festivals and that's why today, we are going to teach you how to crochet one of the most beloved symbols of Christmas – Rudy, the reindeer/baby booties. There is no doubt Rudy is the cutest character of all time and this is probably a reason we have chosen it for our Christmas projects collection. If you love Rudy the reindeer/baby booties as much as I do, then it is time to start learning how to make them in the best possible ways. Just watch the tutorials very carefully, follow the patterns and try to make every single stitch according to the easy instructions. We wish you a good luck and joy with these lovely projects. Please, enjoy your crochet and Christmas time and of course, do not forget to share your experience with your friends and family members. Good luck and happy holidays.
Who doesn't need a pair of cute festive reindeer booties for the season?! Simple to make, they are the perfect gift and a great little project for using up your yarn stash too.
This is one more beautiful design for the reindeer baby booties and a very helpful and easy to follow crochet tutorial for it. Hope you'll enjoy making these lovely booties. Good luck and happy crocheting.


I was born in Seattle, and love everything about our beautiful state…even the rain!
After 16 years working on the Eastside as an Owner's Representative for new construction, interior design, and landscape design projects, I was ready for a new chapter and a new location.
I spent 2 years exploring Western Washington and fell in love with Olympia.
I bought my home here in 2010 and then bought the cutest little house on Mud Bay in 2015 to build a business.
Bay Mercantile is a coastal kitchen shop. I sell kitchen items that are beautiful and functional. There are so many talented artists in this area! I sell many hand-crafted local items.
I also sell wine, local craft beer and fresh oysters (my little shop was an oyster farm for 40 years)!


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Anglican Newsletter
Keith gives an early report omn the successful Wretton Historical Organisations All Eras festival.
On 18th May, the Wretton Historical organisation (WHO) held its All Era Historical Pageant on Wretton Common and in the Church. After two or three days of cold, cloudy and very wet weather, the day itself dawned bright and sunny and only got a little chilly by about 4.40pm as the events wound down.
What a day! The stalls and exhibitions and talks and displays were fabulous. Hundreds of people came and were excited or interested in what was there to see and to do. The attractions ranged from mediaeval instruments in the Church Chancel, with all day demonstrations of all of them; to a display of the food of the mediaeval table (the table of the poorest to the table of the richest); to a display of falconry; beautifully costumed genteel Tudor dancing, into which all were invited to take part; to Vikings in chain mail, fighting with clashing shields and swords; to specially brewed (in Wretton!) ales, which brought back memories of how beer used to taste in every pub in England; to a talk on the history of the village covering 5,000 years delivered in a charming Scottish accent; to the mediaeval simples stall, with very knowledgeable and fascinating conversation about herbs; to the imposing fully armoured (from toe to head) 14th Century knight; to the washer women demonstrating how to put on and tighten a Victorian corset; to the 18th Century Sedan Chair, with its Churchwarden pipe smoking bearers; to the prehistoric flint knapping; to the gorgeous barbecues venison and plum jam sandwiches; to the 1940s American glee singers; to the . . . . where shall I stop? Apologies to any who were inadvertently missed out.
What was really fascinating was to hear and to see the animation with which some of the older denizens of the village were reminded of their own childhoods. 'Where has the kissing gate gone from the end of the footpath across the field?' was one overheard question. A group of men surrounded one of the photos of pre-war school children trying to identify and recognize who they all were. A visitor from far away, wearing mediaeval dress, (in fact a Churchwarden in her home Church) knelt in the Church among its 17th Century pews (looking as the first users of those pews must have done). Interestingly she was using a Latin translation of the Book of Common Prayer - a remarkable book, given that the whole point of the Book of Common Prayer was that it was written in the vulgar tongue - ie the English that every man and women of the time would have understood. A couple who now live in the area, but had moved in from Mildenhall discovered that one of the tapestried kneelers bore the names and dates of birth and death of her great grand parents. She then found that her great grandfather was named on the war memorial plaque on the outside of the Church Tower.
This was a day when a sense of village community was a strong as most of us can remember. It is so good to have a day when a village comes together in real happiness and joy. The challenge for WHO is to be able to reproduce this event in the years to come. It was open to all to walk into and payment was only required to buy food and drink etc - all the displays and stalls were open for all to see and to touch and to talk about. This was not free in reality of course and the funding was by was of Lottery Grant. Can you imagine a more productive use to which such grants can be put? If we are to see similar events in the future we cannot get such grants. I would suggest that anyone and everyone who was excited by this marvelous Fair and can think of any way of resurrecting the old games and displays of the annual Fete that used to be held in the James Bradfield School playing fields should come forward over the next few months to find a means of bringing back again the summer joy of the 18th May 2008 Wretton Fair.
A last word from the Church. As I write, everything has not been counted up and brought together, but it is already clear that the proceeds of the Fair coming to the Church amounts to well over £1,000. The tea stall proceeds will go into the General Fund of the Church, but all other donations and proceeds will go into the Church Restoration Fund and will make a valuable contribution to the current work in progress. Thank you, Wretton and Stoke Ferry.
Keith MacLeod
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Q: Determine when windows form finished loading (including GUI creation) my application consists of 2 forms. one is the startup one and tiny.. the other one is packed with components.
when the users presses a button on the startup form, the other one should be shown of course. this works with a little problem. because there is a big datagridview on the 2nd form and more components windows takes it time to create the Usercontrols and during this time the form is not usable, not even clickable or properly designed.
so my question is, if there is any event of the form which tells me, when the form is properly loaded.. including all GUI measures?!
thanks :)

A: No. But you can, first, display message "loading" and call me.show - this will ensure your form shows and displays useful information. Once finish loading, remove the message.
Another option is to load on background worker thread. This way form will be responsive while you loading.

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Q: 'Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method' error android Below I've written the function where I'm getting the error, which is -

"Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method setWebViewClient(WebViewClient) from the type WebView".

The line I'm getting it has **** at its beginning. How to correct this error?
public class Webview extends Activity {

WebView webView;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_webview);

    //webviewclient
    WebViewClient yourWebClient = new WebViewClient()
       {
           // Override page so it's load on my view only
           @Override
           public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView  view, String  url)
           {
               view.loadUrl(url);
               return true;
           }
       };

    webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
    webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
****    WebView.setWebViewClient(yourWebClient);
    webView.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");
}

A: Change:
WebView.setWebViewClient(yourWebClient);

to:
webView.setWebViewClient(yourWebClient);

By capitalizing the "W" in webView, you're referring to the to the class android.webkit.WebView. This makes Java look for a static method called setWebViewClient() in that class, which it doesn't find, and hence throws an error.

A: That's because you are referring to the class WebView. Not your object webView. Notice the lowercase 'w'


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House delays vote on sweeping social, climate bill as McCarthy holds floor for hours
A key budget score that came in Thursday is opened the door to the House voting on the Build Back Better package with social and environmental spending.
Author: ALAN FRAM Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democrats brushed aside months-long divisions and approached House passage of their expansive social and environment bill Friday, as President Joe Biden and his party neared a defining win in their drive to use their control of government to funnel its resources toward their domestic priorities.
Final passage, which had been expected Thursday, was delayed as Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., held it up with an hours-long broadside criticizing Biden, Democrats and the bill. Most Democrats abandoned the chamber after midnight with McCarthy still talking, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters that leaders planned for passage later Friday.
House approval was still expected on a near party-line vote. That would send the measure to a Senate where cost-cutting demands by moderate Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and that chamber's strict rules seemed certain to force significant changes. That will prompt fresh disputes between party centrists and moderates that will likely take weeks to resolve.
Even so, House passage would mark a watershed for a measure remarkable for the breadth and depth of the changes it would make in federal policies. Wrapped into one bill were far-reaching changes in taxation, health care, energy, climate change, family services, education and housing. That underscored Democrats' desire to achieve their goals while controlling the White House and Congress — a dominance that could well end after next year's midterm elections.
"Too many Americans are just barely getting by in our economy," Hoyer said. "And we simply can't go back to the way things were before the pandemic."
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House passage would also give Biden a momentary taste of victory, and probably relief, during perhaps the rockiest period of his presidency. He's been battered by falling approval numbers in polls, reflecting voters' concerns over inflation, gridlocked supply chains and the persistent coronavirus pandemic, leaving Democrats worried that their legislative efforts are not breaking through to voters.
Biden this week signed a $1 trillion package of highway and other infrastructure projects, another priority that overcame months of internal Democratic battling. The president has spent recent days promoting that measure around the country.
McCarthy spent over four hours on his feet, at times shouting or rasping hoarsely. Democrats sporadically booed and groaned as McCarthy glared back, underscoring partisan hostility only deepened by this week's censure of Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., for threatening tweets aimed at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
In this image from House Television, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks on the House floor during debate on the Democrats' expansive social and environment bill at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington. (House Television via AP)
McCarthy, who hopes to become speaker if Republicans capture the chamber in next year's elections, recited problems the country has faced under Biden, including inflation, China's rise and large numbers of immigrants crossing the Southwest border. "Yeah, I want to go back," he said in mocking reference to the "Build Back Better" name Biden uses for the legislation.
House rules do not limit how long party leaders may speak. In 2018, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., minority leader at the time, held the floor for over eight hours demanding action on immigration.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters about plans to pass President Joe Biden's domestic agenda as the House meets to debate the Build Back Better Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The House inched toward a final vote after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the package would worsen federal deficits by $160 billion over the coming decade. The agency also recalculated the measure's 10-year price tag at $1.68 trillion, though that figure wasn't directly comparable to a $1.85 trillion figure Democrats have been using.
The 2,100-page bill's initiatives include bolstering child care assistance, creating free preschool, curbing seniors' prescription drug costs and beefing up efforts to slow climate change. Also included are tax credits to spur clean energy development, bolstered child care assistance and extended tax breaks for millions of families with children, lower-earning workers and people buying private health insurance.
Most of it would be paid for by tax increases on the wealthy, big corporations and companies doing business abroad.
The measure would provide $109 billion to create free preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds. There are large sums for home health care for seniors, new Medicare coverage for hearing and a new requirement for four weeks of paid family leave. The family leave program, however, was expected to be removed in the Senate, where it's been opposed by Manchin.
There is also language letting the government issue work permits to millions of immigrants that would let them stay in the U.S. temporarily, and $297 billion in savings from letting the government curb prescription drug costs. The fate of both those provisions is uncertain in the Senate, where the chamber's nonpartisan parliamentarian enforces rules that limit provisions allowed in budget bills.
In one major but expected difference with the White House, CBO estimated that the bill's added $80 billion to beef up IRS tax enforcement would let it collect $207 billion in new revenue over the coming decade. That meant net savings of $127 billion, well below the White House's more optimistic $400 billion estimate.
In a scorekeeping quirk, CBO officially estimated that the overall legislation would drive up federal deficits by $367 billion over the coming decade. But agency guidelines require it to ignore IRS savings when measuring a bill's deficit impact, and it acknowledged that the measure's true impact would worsen shortfalls by $160 billion when counting added revenue the IRS would collect.
Biden and other Democratic leaders have said the measure would pay for itself, largely through tax increases on the wealthy, big corporations and companies doing business abroad.
Both parties worry about deficits selectively. Republicans passed tax cuts in 2017 that worsened red ink by $1.9 trillion, while Democrats enacted a COVID-19 relief bill this year with that same price tag.
Republicans said the latest legislation would damage the economy, give tax breaks to some wealthy taxpayers and make government bigger and more intrusive. Drawing frequent GOP attacks was a provision boosting the limit on state and local taxes that people can deduct from federal taxes, which disproportionately helps top earners from high-tax coastal states.
After months of talks, Democrats appeared eager to wrap it up and begin selling the package back home. They said they were planning 1,000 events across the country by year's end to pitch the measure's benefits to voters.
Facing uniform Republican opposition, Democrats could lose no more than three votes to prevail in the House, but moderates seemed reassured by CBO's figures. Some said projections about IRS savings are always uncertain, others said the bill need not pay for it roughly half-trillion dollars for encouraging cleaner energy need because global warming is an existential crisis.
Florida Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a leading centrist, said she would back the measure after the latest numbers showed the legislation "is fiscally disciplined" and "has a lot of positive elements."
Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote gives Democrats control of the 50-50 Senate. That leaves Democrats with zero votes to spare, giving enormous leverage to Manchin in upcoming bargaining. The altered bill would have to return to the House before going to Biden's desk.
The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which preaches fiscal constraint, estimated that the bill's overall cost would be nearly $5 trillion if Democrats hadn't made some of its programs temporary. For example, tax credits for children and low-earning workers are extended for just one year, making their price tags appear lower, even though the party would like those programs to be permanent.
AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro and reporter Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report.
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How To Replace A Window Sill?
One detail in a home or commercial building that is often neglected is the window sill. Blinds or draperies often cover windows, making it easy to ignore damaged window sills. When a home or commercial building comes up for sale, the buyers do notice worn, damaged window sills and take them as a sign of general neglect. Replacing worn and damaged wood window sills with stylish natural stone window sills will add value to any building. Using natural stone window sills from Stonexchange assures the best quality and price.
Replacing a window sill is not complicated, or even that difficult. It requires a few simple tools and a couple hours of your time. This is one job that can add many dollars to a contractors' bottom line in commercial remodeling jobs. To replace a window sill, start with careful removal of the damaged wood windowsill. You will carefully remove the surrounding trim, if there is any, with a small pry bar. Save these pieces to re install later.
Now, remove any nails, screws or other fasteners from existing window sill. Next, lift the sill out of window in one piece. Use this old sill as a template for the new window sill. Clean the space where the sill will go thoroughly. You will be using adhesive for the new sill and it requires a very clean surface to work. Decide which stone type and color will work best with the room decor. Look for the length, width and depth that come closest to the old window sill.
=== Natural Stone window sills from us come in many lengths including 36″, 56″ and 74″.
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If you have windows that require special sizes, you can special order custom sizes if the minimum order quantity is met. You will need to allow a 10 week lead time for special orders. If you have a ceramic or stone saw, you can cut natural stone window sills to length after purchasing the closest size. You can also find a professional tile installer with the correct saw, and pay him to cut the sill to size for you. The new window sill should have 1/8″ expansion space on each side.
Once you have the exact size sill you need for your window, you are ready to install it. Natural stone window sills are installed with silicone adhesive applied in quarter size dollops every 12 inches. When you have the adhesive on the bottom side of the window sill, simply place it in the opening and apply enough pressure to assure contact of adhesive with the substrate. Re install the trim around the window sill and touch up nail holes and you are done.
Our dealers have a choice of five stone/color window sills to stock. There are also matching doorway thresholds available. All these choices come in many sizes and finishes.
Travertine Window sills and Thresholds. These work with most travertines and many other stone and ceramic tiles in the off white and tan range of color.
Nuevo White Carrara Marble Window sills and Thresholds. These go with most white marbles and ceramic tiles.
Crema Sahara Marfi window sills and Thresholds. This choice is a nice neutral cream/tan color that will go with many natural stone and ceramic floors, as well as many carpets and wood floors.
Black Granite Window sills and Thresholds work with many different floor materials as well as black granite and marble.
Pure white Engineered Stone Window sills and Thresholds are a great budget friendly choice that goes with any floor. These will match existing and future floor materials.
Who Can Buy And Sell Stonexchange Prefabricated Window Sills?
To be a our dealer a company must be large enough to order 50 to 100 pieces of window sill or threshold at once since they are shipped in full crates or containers. Depending on the packaging, different numbers make up a crate or container. Each product is carefully packaged and handled to assure they reach their destinations in good condition. Window sills are packaged in stackable, strong wooden crates for safer shipping and more convenience storing in your warehouse.
We make up special orders of custom stones/colors or sizes for large commercial jobs you may be bidding on. We meet an architect's specifications if the minimum purchasing quantities are met. We process custom orders at our overseas factories with a 10 week lead time. We can use natural stone quarries and affiliated factories to manufacture custom products for special jobs, in a timely and professional way.
We also carry a full line of natural stone flooring and accessories. We have tiles, pavers, slabs, mosaic patterns, pool copings, thresholds, window sills, soap shelves, shower seats, shower curbs, shower caddy and more. Brochures and inventory lists of available products are always available to dealers.
We have a very large distribution center in Miami, Florida that we use to ship orders all over the United States. Our warehouse is over 18,000 square feet and holds enough of the prefabricated window sills and thresholds to fill even the largest order quickly. Many orders can be shipped the next day. We are a very dependable supplier of natural stone window sills and thresholds. We ship much more quickly than an overseas supplier can, and without all the shipping problems and delays.
If you do not already stock natural stone window sills and thresholds, you can increase your volume of business by adding these products. Window sills in natural stone add style and beauty to homes and commercial buildings, and have a longer life than wood. They are not difficult to install, but add money to remodeling jobs. Natural stone thresholds and window sills make any job look more professional and high end. Having natural stone window sills available to homeowners will add even more business. You can give classes, or have brochures available on how to install them. You can even provide the service of cutting to size and installing window sills and thresholds for your customers for a price.
If you want to become a Stonexchange natural stone window sill and threshold dealer, check our website now to get all the information you need. You can find out what quantities you will need to order to become a dealer. With the many supportive services we offer, you can immediately see an improvement in your business. The wholesale pricing and in country shipping are big advantages for any business. We offer a dependable, well priced supply of window sills and thresholds to meet building supply needs or contractor building and remodeling needs.


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Retail Watcher: Department Stores Aren't Dead Yet, But Face 'Assault' From Many Angles
Friday, November 24, 2017 - 8:59am | 414
A firsthand visit to many malls makes it clear that department stores are struggling — but not yet dead. The Expert Bloomberg Gadfly's Sarah Halzack. The Thesis The department store sector is certainly "not in good shape" as evidenced by the cumulative hundreds of store...
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What Can Retail Learn From eBay?
Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 8:19am | 388
EBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY)'s status as being far from the largest player in the online space isn't stopping it from surviving amid much larger companies, Gadfly's Sarah Halzack said. In fact, eBay has much to offer in terms of advice for struggling offline retailers as it is showing tremendous "...
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Amazon Has Been Quietly Positioning Itself To Become A Money Lender
Monday, October 9, 2017 - 9:55am | 399
It is known that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has plans to enter the furniture market and even the drug delivery market but quietly behind the scenes the online giant is preparing itself to enter the money lending space, Gadfly's Lisa Abramowicz reported. Over the past two years, Amazon'...
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Here's Why Nike Has 'Lost A Bit Of Its Magic'
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 7:54am | 463
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What happens to the CEO of a major corporation that suffered what could prove to be the most extreme data breach in history? In the case of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) CEO Richard Smith, then he will leave the company with a $7.6 million bonus, Gadfly's Stephen Gandel reported. Equifax confirmed...
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Monday, September 25, 2017 - 12:26pm | 373
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced last week that it will no longer proceed with a plan to create a new classification of company stock. While this resulted in the stock hitting a two-month low, it also signals that the company's directors aren't "villains," Gadfly's Shira Ovide said. Facebook...
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Friday, September 22, 2017 - 12:20pm | 395
Liliane Bettencourt, the world's richest woman and heiress to the conglomerate giant L'Oreal SA (ADR) (OTC: LRLCY), passed away Thursday at the age of 94. This raises the question of what will come next for the France-based L'Oreal; Bettencourt's family owns a 33 percent stake in L'Oreal while...
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Friday, September 22, 2017 - 7:32am | 469
When analysts at Piper Jaffray downgraded Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), they highlighted an ongoing trend that could hurt food makers: Grocery stores are redesigning stores to decrease shelf space. Move aside, dry cereals; hello there, refrigerator-cased breakfast options! Needless to say, food...
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Friday, September 8, 2017 - 12:21pm | 669
Billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz thinks Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG)'s current business strategy is flawed, and he has the answers. But the company's management team disagrees and thinks that Peltz's massive 92-page white paper brings no new or credible ideas to the table. But P...
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Apple Is Tapping The Debt Market... Again
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 7:47am | 368
Despite Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) boasting hundreds of billions of dollars on its balance sheet, the company is looking to tap the debt market for the seventh time this year alone. Apple is looking to raise $5 billion through a bond sale with various maturities of up to 30 years, Gadfly's Lisa...
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What Has More Leaks Than The White House? M&A Deals
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 - 8:12am | 408
If the White House is looking for advice on how to avoid leaks, then it shouldn't turn toward Wall Street. Prior to M&A announcements, details of the deal are more often than not leaked, Gadfly's Gillian Tan commented. Although to Wall Street bankers' credit, sometimes the leak does come from...
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Gadfly's Tan: TripAdvisor Is Finally 'Laying The Groundwork' To Be Acquired
Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 12:32pm | 396
Investors and Wall Street have been speculating for quite some time that Tripadvisor Inc (NASDAQ: TRIP) is destined to be sold to a larger travel peer. But each time this rumor presents itself TripAdvisor remains a standalone company — but this time around its different, according to Gadfly's...
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Buffett's Losing Streak Could Corner Him Into Doing Something He Would Hate: Paying A Dividend To Berkshire's Shareholders
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 11:04am | 396
The best of the best aren't expected to win every time, and that applies universally, especially in corporate America. Consider for instance billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) who proposed an acquisition of a bankrupt utility company called...
BBBY, Brooke Sutherland, Gadfly, M&A, News, ODP
Staples Sold Itself At One Of The Lowest Sales Multiples On Record
Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 8:18am | 432
Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) agreed to sell itself to the private equity giant Sycamore Partners for $10.25 per share in a transaction that values the retailer shy of $7 billion. Staples' stock has been trading in the discount bin relative to the $17 per share it traded at in 2015 before its...
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Brash CEO Travis Kalanick Out At Uber
Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - 7:48am | 433
Uber Co-Founder and CEO Travis Kalanick has seen his reputation take a hit as of late between sexual assault allegations, a work culture in complete disarray, an altercation with an Uber driver that showed his "pugnacious personality and short temper." As such, many speculated it was a...
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