This story of a man who kicks the bucket youthful and waits around the property where he and his significant other once lived will undoubtedly be a standout amongst the most divisive movies of the year. I didn't know anything about it going in, aside from that its principle character was a man who passes on and spends whatever is left of the motion picture strolling around quiet, wearing a white sheet with eyeholes removed of it. The film is a phantom story, as in there's an apparition in it, but at the same time it's numerous different things: a romantic tale, a sci-fi curved anecdote about time travel and time circles, and a tale about dejection and disavowal, and the transient idea of the tissue, and the nervousness that originates from mulling over the finish of awareness.
The characters are archetypal to the point that they don't have names, just initials. C (played by Casey Affleck) is a performer who lives with his significant other M (Rooney Mara) in a little house encompassed by undeveloped property some place the immense levelness of Texas. C kicks the bucket in an auto accident ahead of schedule in the story however keeps on waiting on as a phantom, noiseless watching his significant other's anguish and her possible exit from the home they once shared.
He remains in the house as new occupants move in, including a single parent (Liz Franke) and her two youngsters (Carlos Bermudez and Yasmina Guiterrez) and some apparently youthful, single individuals who toss parties with heaps of bohemian craftsman sorts. Time continues advancing, and at one point the house gets leveled and supplanted by an immense extravagance apartment suite inn kind of advancement. C stays attached to the spot where he kicked the bucket, as though he's as yet stuck in the "foreswearing" period of the lamenting procedure.
The motion picture's two most entrancing formal qualities are its choice to hold C under the sheet for a significant part of the film's running time, and the way it moves its story alongside hard cuts rather than disintegrates, blurs to dark or different signifiers that a considerable measure of time has passed. The sheet denies the film's driving man a large portion of the instruments he'd typically use to impart feeling; he should rather approach the character as though he were in front of an audience in a play where motions were more essential than words, and attempt to pass on astonishment, bitterness or outrage basically by holding his head and shoulders especially, or turning rapidly rather than gradually to take a gander at something.
"A Ghost Story" feels bracingly, now and again estranging new. It's a motion picture you can't be very certain how to take. There are minutes where the motion picture is by all accounts giving you keys to elucidation, however I'd alert watchers against taking a gander at such scenes for answers, since they have a rope-a-moron quality—as though they're intended to goad and trap the individuals who might jeer at this sort of film. In any occasion, this is a film that is more disposed to make inquiries than answer them, a great deal less give life exhortation.
A long monolog by a gathering visitor (Will Oldham) about mankind's destined endeavors to leave follows that last, particularly through workmanship, would appear to propose that a tune C composes for M will outlive him, yet we have no confirmation of that. The film's introduction of ghosthood as a purgatorial in the middle of state, possessed by people who decline to relinquish the life they can never again have, corresponds with numerous Western religions' thoughts regarding life following death, however I don't think the determination of C's story gives us any expectation of Heaven; to me it appeared to be more similar to a notice to find a sense of contentment with the likelihood that we may never know the responses to the unavoidable issues.
Individuals either appear to love "A Ghost Story" or loathe it, with no in the middle. It got generally extremely positive notification amid celebration screenings, however on the eve of its business discharge I've ended up belligerence with partners who believe it's the Emperor's New Clothes and discover it too valuable, excessively nostalgic, a lot of a one-joke film, or insufficient of a certain something or something else. I cherished every little thing about it, including the scenes I didn't know how to take. I prescribe seeing it in a theater since it's a film that has as much to say in regards to our view of time and perpetual quality as it does about affection and demise. A great part of the effect that it has, positive or negative, originates from sitting there and watch it without intrusions and consider what it's indicating you, and how.


In my sophomore level inorganic course, I have experimented with the idea of a living syllabus as a way to develop my own specific learning objectives and to help the students connect the material to the tasks that will be expected of them in assessing their learning.
The student will connect in class activities, lecture and discussion to the tasks that will be used to assess their learning.
We took 2 minutes at the end of each lecture period to verbalize and record the specific learning objectives for the day. (After this lecture, what exactly does the professor expect me to be able to DO…?) On the few occasions when we ran over and did not get to this, we used the Course Management System (CMS) discussion feature to complete the task. The syllabus was continually modified (added to) over the ourse of the entire semester.


The UCC governs the sale of goods, with applicable rules also applying to merchants.
The Common Law are majority rules governing contracts other than the sale of goods.
Mixed contracts are determined by the more important part of the deal, except divided contracts in which both UCC and common law rules may apply.
Types of Ks: Unilateral K: offer expressly required perf as method for acceptance. Divisible Ks: perf divided into 2+ parts under K; number of parts due from ea party is the same; and perf btwn parties is equivalent. Option K: agmt to leave open in exchange for consideration. Ads: gen preliminary proposal unless words are to identifiable person, e.g. first come first serve.
Offer requires 1) a manifestation of a present intent to contract demonstrated by promise, undertaking or commitment, 2) definite and certain terms, and 3) communicated to an identified offeree.
Content: Sales – price & description. UCC – quantity. Req't K – terms of exclusivity. Real estate – ID of land and price. Employment – duration.
Termination. Revocation: unambiguous stmt by offeror to offeree or unambiguous conduct indicating unwillingness to K that offeree is aware of. No rev for option K, firm offer (UCC – offer can't be revoked for up to 3 months if offer to buy or sell goods, signed written promise to keep open and party is merchant), detrimental reliance (reasonably foreseeable detrimental reliance) or start of performance. Rejection: counteroffers kill; add'l terms under CL mirror image rule; lapse of time, e.g. > 1 month; conditional acceptance kill.
Add'l terms: CL mirror image rule; UCC – one party merchant  add'l term is proposal subject to sep rejection; both parties merchant  add'l term is part of K unless materially alters, offeror objects w/in reas time, or offer limits acceptance to the terms.
Consideration requires a bargained-for exchange of legal detriment between the parties. Past consideration is no consideration, except expressly requested performance/ forbearance and expectation of payment. New consideration req'd for pre-existing K or statutory duty: except in CL, unforeseen difficulty, third party promise or promise to pay debt barred by SoL.
SoF: applies to Marriage, Year, Land, Executory guarantee, Goods > $500, Suretyships (My Legs). Satisfy by perf, writing, or judicial admission. In real estate, part perf req's two of payment, possession, or improvements. Writing req's: Non-UCC: parties, subj matter, terms & conditions, consideration, sig. UCC: quantity terms and sig, unless confirmatory memo of oral K and no obj w/in 10 days.
TERMS (disagreements): PER: integration issues. Merger clause is highly persuasive but not determinative. No PE to reform or contradict written terms, unless there's a mistake in integration. PE ok to argue defense to enforcement, explain ambiguous terms, to provide add'l terms if only partial integration, or add'l terms would ordinarily be in sep agmt. Conduct: course of perf (same ppl, same K), course of dealing (same ppl, sim K) custom and usage (dif ppl, sim K). UCC Default: delivery obligation – either Shipment Ks or Destination Ks; risk of loss – determined by agmt, breach (even slight), delivery by common carrier (shipment K  risk of loss to buyer when seller delivers to carrier; destination K  risk of loss to buyer when seller delivers to buyer), if none, merchant seller  risk of loss to buyer on receipt of goods; if non-merchant  risk of loss to buyer upon tender. If risk of loss on buyer  buyer pays full K price; on seller  possible liability on seller for non-perf); implied warranty of merchantability if dealing in goods of that kind and fitness for a particular purpose if seller has reason to know of purpose and reliance. .
All Ks have implied warranty of good faith and fair dealing.
Breach of contract occurs any time a party refuses to perform under the terms of the agreement. Such breaches are categorized as either material or minor, with material breaches excusing the other party from performance.
Sale of goods: Perfect tender: if sale of goods, S's perf must be perfect or B can reject. Rejection of goods: retain and sue for damages or reject all of a commercial unit and sue for damages. Cure: S has second chance at perfect tender if: S had reasonable ground to believe delivery OK OR time to perform hadn't expired. Installment Ks: B can reject installment only if there's a substantial impairment that can't be cured. Acceptance of goods: if accepting goods, B can't later reject. Payment doesn't equal acceptance w/o opp to inspect. Implied acceptance if B keeps for reasonable amt of time. Revocation: if B hasn't accepted goods, B may cancel K by revoking acceptance if: nonconformity substantially impairs value of goods, excusable ignorance of grounds for revocation or reasonable reliance on S's assurance, and revocation w/in reasonable time after discovering nonconformity.
Non-monetary (in rem): Specific performance: typically limited to real estate, sale of unique goods, but never for services. Req – valid K, conditions satisfied, inadequacy of legal remedies, mutuality, feasibility of enforcement. Rescission: cancels K. Req – grounds for rescission, e.g. mutual mistake or unilateral mistake if non-mistaken party would suffer undue hardship or knew of mistake. No negligence. Reformation: changes written agmt to conform to parties' original understanding. Req – valid K, grounds for reformation. No negligence, SoF, PER. Reclamation: rt of unpaid seller to get goods back. Only if Buyer was insolvent at time of receipt and Seller makes demand for return w/in 10 days of buyer's receipt or reasonable time if buyer gives express representation; and buyer has goods at time of demand. Rights of good faith purchaser in entrustment: owner entrusts good to person who sells that kind of good and person wrongfully sells to third party. GFP cuts off rt of original owner.
Monetary Damages: Expectation interest: put P as if K wasn't breached. Reliance interest: puts P in same dollar position as if K wasn't breached. Restitution interest: prevent D's unjust enrichment.
Damages for sale of goods: S breaches/B keeps – difference btwn value of goods delivered and fair market value had they been perfect. S breaches/S keeps – difference btwn K price and either market price or cost of replacement. B breach/B keeps – S recovers K price. B breaches/S keeps – Dif btwn market and K price.
Additions Damages: Incidental: cost for finding replacement. Foreseeable consequential damages: damages from P's special circumstances, only if D had reason to know of special circumstances.
Liquidated damages: K fixes amount of damages . Valid if: damages dif to ascertain &reasonable forecast.
Has there been an EXCUSE for non-performance? Improper perf by other guy – material breach. Non-occurrence of condition – mutually agreed promise requiring strict compliance. Anticipatory Repudiation – Effect  excuse relying party from perf and immediately sue for damages (not avail if relying party fully performed); suspend perf and wait for perf date to sue; treat repudiation as offer to rescind and treat K as discharged. Retraction ok if other hasn't materially changed position. Insecurity – if reasonable grounds, relying party can demand adequate assurance and may suspend perf.
Later K: Rescission: only if perf not completed. Accord and satisfaction: mutual agmt of existing obligation to accept dif perf or by acceptance of check marked "pay in full." Modification: mutual agmt to accept dif agmt to satisfy existing K. Novation: mutual agmt to substitute existing party w/ another, excusing perf of substituted party.
Third party beneficiaries: Incidental TPB don't have K rts, only intended TPB's do. No cancellation or modification after TPB's rts have vested by either relying, assenting or suing for enforcement.
Assignment of rights: one party transfers rts under K to assignee. If K prohibits assignment, assignor is liable for breach but assignee who doesn't know of prohibition can enforce. If K invalidates, all assignments are void. Gratuitous assign: can be revoked; last gratuitous assign wins. Assign for consideration: no recovery from obligor. Assignor implies warranty that rt exists, rt is not subject to any defenses, assignor won't do anything to impair value of assignment. First assign for consid wins.
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The Graduate School at the University of Minnesota has established the following Vision, Mission, and Values:
Vision: As a global leader in graduate education, the University of Minnesota fosters an inclusive environment that enables curious, creative, and courageous thinkers who work both independently and collaboratively, pursue answers to significant questions, challenge assumptions, and exercise ethical responsibility in the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge.
Mission: The mission of the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota is to ensure quality in graduate education, advocate for the academic and professional development of graduate students, advance intellectual communication and scholarship across disciplines, and promote cultural diversity, scholarly integrity, and inclusivity. Values We are guided in our work by our core values: Integrity | Dependability | Creativity | Inclusivity | Perseverance | Community | Courage | Joy of Life At UMD, We share these objectives, offering post-baccalaureate education with master's and select doctoral programs consistent with UMD's campus mission and strengths.
We are guided in our work by our core values: Integrity | Dependability | Creativity | Inclusivity | Perseverance | Community | Courage | Joy of Life
At UMD,
We share these objectives, offering post-baccalaureate education with master's and select doctoral programs consistent with UMD's campus mission and strengths.

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Strict and Mixed Topologies on Function Spaces.
In this paper we prove that the strict topology on spaces of continuous and holomorphic functions on a BANACH space can be considered a mixed topology. Using this fact, we obtain new results about the strict topology, as an application of the general properties of mixed topologies.
Saks spaces; Space of all complex valued;Bounded;Continuous functions;Strict topology; Mixed topology; Space of all bounded; Holomorphic functions.


"Abu Henry" says we may have to remain in Afghanistan for decades to protect Afghans from the Taliban. Our ambassador in Kabul – Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, KCMG, LVO, to be precise – apparently sees no contradiction in this extraordinary prediction.
The Taliban are themselves mostly Afghans, and the idea that the British Army is in Afghanistan to protect the locals from each other is a truly colonial proposition. It's what we said about the Northern Irish in 1969. Anyway, I thought we destroyed the Taliban in 2001. Wasn't that the idea at the time? Isn't that what Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara, our new man in the Middle East – who will grace us with his first visit next month – said back then?
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 * However, the following notice accompanied the original version of this
 * file:
 *
 * ASM: a very small and fast Java bytecode manipulation framework
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 *    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
 *    this software without specific prior written permission.
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 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
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package jdk.internal.org.objectweb.asm.tree.analysis;

import jdk.internal.org.objectweb.asm.Type;

/**
 * A {@link Value} that is represented with its type in a seven types type system. This type system
 * distinguishes the UNINITIALZED, INT, FLOAT, LONG, DOUBLE, REFERENCE and RETURNADDRESS types.
 *
 * @author Eric Bruneton
 */
public class BasicValue implements Value {

    /** An uninitialized value. */
    public static final BasicValue UNINITIALIZED_VALUE = new BasicValue(null);

    /** A byte, boolean, char, short, or int value. */
    public static final BasicValue INT_VALUE = new BasicValue(Type.INT_TYPE);

    /** A float value. */
    public static final BasicValue FLOAT_VALUE = new BasicValue(Type.FLOAT_TYPE);

    /** A long value. */
    public static final BasicValue LONG_VALUE = new BasicValue(Type.LONG_TYPE);

    /** A double value. */
    public static final BasicValue DOUBLE_VALUE = new BasicValue(Type.DOUBLE_TYPE);

    /** An object or array reference value. */
    public static final BasicValue REFERENCE_VALUE =
            new BasicValue(Type.getObjectType("java/lang/Object"));

    /** A return address value (produced by a jsr instruction). */
    public static final BasicValue RETURNADDRESS_VALUE = new BasicValue(Type.VOID_TYPE);

    /** The {@link Type} of this value, or {@literal null} for uninitialized values. */
    private final Type type;

    /**
      * Constructs a new {@link BasicValue} of the given type.
      *
      * @param type the value type.
      */
    public BasicValue(final Type type) {
        this.type = type;
    }

    /**
      * Returns the {@link Type} of this value.
      *
      * @return the {@link Type} of this value.
      */
    public Type getType() {
        return type;
    }

    @Override
    public int getSize() {
        return type == Type.LONG_TYPE || type == Type.DOUBLE_TYPE ? 2 : 1;
    }

    /**
      * Returns whether this value corresponds to an object or array reference.
      *
      * @return whether this value corresponds to an object or array reference.
      */
    public boolean isReference() {
        return type != null && (type.getSort() == Type.OBJECT || type.getSort() == Type.ARRAY);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(final Object value) {
        if (value == this) {
            return true;
        } else if (value instanceof BasicValue) {
            if (type == null) {
                return ((BasicValue) value).type == null;
            } else {
                return type.equals(((BasicValue) value).type);
            }
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return type == null ? 0 : type.hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        if (this == UNINITIALIZED_VALUE) {
            return ".";
        } else if (this == RETURNADDRESS_VALUE) {
            return "A";
        } else if (this == REFERENCE_VALUE) {
            return "R";
        } else {
            return type.getDescriptor();
        }
    }
}

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Pennsylvania will no longer hold death-row prisoners in endless solitary confinement
Samantha Melamed
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network)
Scope of Response: State/Province
Pennsylvania, United States
Following an ACLU-led civil-rights lawsuit, the Pennsylvania Department of Correction has implemented huge changes to the treatment of death row inmates. In prisons across the state, individuals who have been sentenced to death no longer have to undergo strip searches, are allowed to have contact visitations with family and friends, can apply for prison employment, and socialize with others in their unit.
Courts Capital punishment Prisoners' rights Solitary confinement
Leveling the playing field Addressing underlying issues
Special courts take on criminal cases of veterans struggling with truama
Spencer Michels
PBS NewsHour 24 February 2015
Broadcast TV News / 5-15 Minutes
Veterans are at a higher risk for getting in trouble with the law, especially those with PTSD. San Francisco city defendants and the VA created a special veterans court which prosecutes veterans through treatments and helping them work back to a normal life.
Criminal courts tailored to veterans multiply as wars wind down
Liz Goodwin
Yahoo! News 30 June 2014
U.S. courts are offering war veterans who face jail time the choice of rehabilitation. This helps them adjust to civilian life and reduces repeat offences.
Despite exonerations, eyewitness ID process virtually unchanged
Maurice Possley
Orange County Register 6 January 2013
In the U.S., witnesses frequently select the wrong person because of improper police influence. Some states have incorporated a set of police guidelines that ensure the integrity of identifications.
For Drug Users, a Swift Response Is the Best Medicine
David Bornstein
The New York Times 8 January 2013
Drug and alcohol addicts are more likely to become criminals. In Vermont, a judge and a family services organization created RapidReferal, a process which offers addicts treatment immediately and has lowered recidivism.
For Young Offenders, Hope in a Jury of Their Peers
The New York Times 13 October 2011
For first-time youth criminal offenders, the traditional American jury falls short in encouraging behavioral change and may even set the juvenile on a course for repeated crimes. Washington, DC's Youth Court is a jury that tries juveniles for minor non-violent offenses and offers peer pressure to...
How to Cut the Prison Population (See for Yourself)
Erik Eckholm
The New York Times 11 August 2015
Prisons in the United States are overcrowded with many non-violent offenders and the cost to keep them in jail consumes public budgets. Criminal justice reform has attracted bipartisan interest with diverse proposals to aid adjust the incarceration rate. The Urban Institute has developed an inter...
Out of Prison, Into a Vicious Circle of Debt
The New York Times 9 June 2011
Many offenders get out of jail owing hundreds or thousands of dollars in court and parole fees but face barriers to financing and job acquisition, sticking them in a punitive, vicious cycle of debt and arrest. A program called the Clapham Set, perhaps paired with conditional cash transfers - may ...
Paying for Their Crimes, Again
Felons get out of jail owing hundreds or thousands of dollars in court and parole fees, acting as an often insurmountable barrier preventing them from reintegrating into society and staying out of jail. What's worse, these fees often end up costing the state more than they produce. Two columns on...
Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity
Erica Goode
The New York Times 10 March 2012
A positive transformation in a Mississippi prison has become a focal point for a growing number of states rethinking the use of long-term isolation. Humanitarian groups have long argued that solitary confinement has devastating psychological effects, but a central driver in the recent shift is ec...
A Simple Fix for Drunken Driving
Keith Humphreys
Wall Street Journal 14 August 2015
South Dakota's "24/7 Sobriety" initiative breathalyzers tens of thousands of people every day in an effort to curb drunk driving. Rather than legislation that takes penalizes offenders by taking away their license, the state addresses the behavioral issue instead. In counties that use the "24/7 S...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/special-courts-take-on-criminal-cases-of-veterans-struggling-with-trauma?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
http://news.yahoo.com/a-separate-justice-system-emerges-for-veterans-174400942.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/police-382513-practices-departments.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/for-drug-users-hope-in-a-swift-response?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/for-teen-offenders-hope-in-a-jury-of-their-peers?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
For first-time youth criminal offenders, the traditional American jury falls short in encouraging behavioral change and may even set the juvenile on a course for repeated crimes. Washington, DC's Youth Court is a jury that tries juveniles for minor non-violent offenses and offers peer pressure to prompt positive behavioral change. The DC Youth Court is one of many in the United States that reduces crime and future court costs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/upshot/how-to-cut-the-prison-population-see-for-yourself.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Prisons in the United States are overcrowded with many non-violent offenders and the cost to keep them in jail consumes public budgets. Criminal justice reform has attracted bipartisan interest with diverse proposals to aid adjust the incarceration rate. The Urban Institute has developed an interactive "prison population forecaster," which helps citizens to assess the impact of different policies.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/out-of-prison-into-a-vicious-circle-of-debt?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Many offenders get out of jail owing hundreds or thousands of dollars in court and parole fees but face barriers to financing and job acquisition, sticking them in a punitive, vicious cycle of debt and arrest. A program called the Clapham Set, perhaps paired with conditional cash transfers - may be a solution, as it erases fees for felons who complete rehab and job training upon release.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/paying-for-their-crimes-again?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Felons get out of jail owing hundreds or thousands of dollars in court and parole fees, acting as an often insurmountable barrier preventing them from reintegrating into society and staying out of jail. What's worse, these fees often end up costing the state more than they produce. Two columns on a program called the Clapham Set, which erases or reduces debts for felons who take classes and job training.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/us/rethinking-solitary-confinement.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
A positive transformation in a Mississippi prison has become a focal point for a growing number of states rethinking the use of long-term isolation. Humanitarian groups have long argued that solitary confinement has devastating psychological effects, but a central driver in the recent shift is economics. Some officials have also been persuaded by research suggesting that isolation is vastly overused and that it does little to reduce overall prison violence.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-simple-fix-for-drunken-driving-1439564251?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
South Dakota's "24/7 Sobriety" initiative breathalyzers tens of thousands of people every day in an effort to curb drunk driving. Rather than legislation that takes penalizes offenders by taking away their license, the state addresses the behavioral issue instead. In counties that use the "24/7 Sobriety," they've seen a 12% decrease in repeat drunken-driving arrests.


It is really important to be clear on what business you're really in long-term. This is what a lot of people are not clear on. They're not crystal clear on both their message and what business they are in the long run on for the long-term.
So for example, going back to the question above - If your gym is the business that you're in, then doing ebooks, webinars and video courses could very much be aligned. Only if it is messaging around the goal of ultimately driving people to your gym, because that's how you've chosen to primarily monetize your expertise.
Where the dilution is coming into play in this example, is not so much with their brand as ebooks on fitness driving people your gym makes sense, it is doing more than one ebooks.
If you already have an Ebook, I would be focusing on the next thing, whether that's a course, a membership site or a service. In our trainings we teach on, what we call, the "payee checklist" which is five ways that you can monetize sort of any information business. Offering yourself as a service is usually the highest value, shortest runway, and least technological way to get there.
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Djokovic in limbo as he fights deportation from Australia
January 6, 2022, 12:23 p.m. ·5 min read
BRISBANE, Australia — Locked in a dispute over his COVID-19 vaccination status, Novak Djokovic was confined to an immigration detention hotel in Australia on Thursday as the No. 1 men's tennis player in the world awaited a court ruling on whether he can compete in the Australian Open later this month.
Djokovic, a vocal skeptic of vaccines, had traveled to Australia after Victoria state authorities granted him a medical exemption to the country's strict vaccination requirements. But when he arrived late Wednesday, the Australian Border Force rejected his exemption as invalid and barred him from entering the country.
A court hearing on his bid to stave off deportation was set for Monday, while the 34-year-old Serb and defending Australian Open champion was forced to wait it out in Melbourne at a secure hotel used by immigration officials to house asylum seekers and refugees.
The tournament begins on Jan. 17. Djokovic is hoping to overtake rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the record books and win his 21st Grand Slam singles title, the most by any player in men's tennis.
Djokovic's securing of an exemption so that he could play triggered an uproar and allegations of special treatment in Australia, where people spent months in lockdown and endured harsh travel restrictions at the height of the pandemic.
After his long-haul flight, Djokovic spent the night trying to convince authorities he had the necessary documentation, to no avail.
"The rule is very clear," Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. "You need to have a medical exemption. He didn't have a valid medical exemption. We make the call at the border, and that's where it's enforced."
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the athlete's visa was canceled after border officials reviewed Djokovic's medical exemption and looked at "the integrity and the evidence behind it."
While Djokovic has spoken out against vaccines, he has steadfastly refused to say whether he has gotten any shots against the coronavirus, though it is widely presumed he would not have sought an exemption if he had been vaccinated.
Federal Circuit Judge Anthony Kelly adjourned Djokovic's case to Monday. A lawyer for the government agreed the nine-time Australian Open champion should not be deported before then.
"I feel terrible since yesterday that they are keeping him as a prisoner. It's not fair. It's not human. I hope that he will win," Djokovic's mother, Dijana, said after speaking with him briefly by telephone from Belgrade.
She added: "Terrible, terrible accommodation. It's just some small immigration hotel, if it's hotel at all."
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that he had spoken to Djokovic and that his government asked that the athlete be allowed to move to a house he has rented and "not to be in that infamous hotel."
He added that Djokovic has been treated differently from other players.
"I'm afraid that this overkill will continue," Vucic said. "When you can't beat someone, then you do such things."
Asked about the confusion in Djokovic's case, Morrison said the onus is on the traveler to have the proper documentation on arrival.
The prime minister rejected any suggestion that Djokovic was being singled out but acknowledged that other players may be in Australia on the same type of medical exemption.
"One of the things the Border Force does is they act on intelligence to direct their attention to potential arrivals," he said. "When you get people making public statements about what they say they have, and they're going to do, they draw significant attention to themselves."
Anyone who does that, he said, "whether they're a celebrity, a politician, a tennis player ... they can expect to be asked questions more than others before you come."
The medical-exemption applications from players, their teams and tournament officials were vetted by two independent panels of experts.
Critics questioned what grounds Djokovic could have for the exemption, while supporters argued he has a right to privacy and freedom of choice.
Many Australians who have struggled to obtain COVID-19 tests or have been forced into isolation saw a double standard.
Tension has grown amid another surge of COVID-19 in the country. Victoria state recorded six deaths and nearly 22,000 new cases on Thursday, the biggest one-day jump in the caseload since the pandemic began.
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley on Wednesday defended the "completely legitimate application and process" and insisted there was no special treatment for Djokovic.
Twenty-six people connected with the tournament applied for a medical exemption and, Tiley said, only a "handful" were granted. None of those have been publicly identified
Acceptable reasons for an exemption include major medical conditions and serious reactions to a previous dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Evidence of a COVID-19 infection within the previous six months has also been widely reported to be grounds for an exemption, but that appears to be a matter of dispute between federal and state authorities.
Djokovic tested positive for the coronavirus in June 2020 after he played in a series of exhibition matches that he organized without social distancing amid the pandemic.
Associated Press writer Dusan Stojanovic in Belgrade, Serbia, and AP Sports Writer Dennis Passa in Brisbane, Australia, contributed to this report.
John Pye, The Associated Press
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The Center for Disease Control recently reported that the number of American seniors who die from fall-related injuries has nearly doubled since 2000 and , that while roughly 30 seniors in every 100,000 died following a fall in 2000, that figure jumped to nearly 57 per 100,000 by 2013. The following is some expert advice from members of the Erie County Falls Coalition.
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We're living longer and healthier lives than ever before in humanhistory. However, if a time comes when help is needed, questions about livingarrangements that include assistance or care often arise. Because so manyseniors wish to remain in the home and community that holds a lifetime ofmemories, a wide variety of home care services have evolved in recent years tomake this feasible.
Home care typically refers to non-medical servicesthat assist individuals with activities of daily living. Home care is anincreasingly popular choice for care because it enables individuals to remainin their own environments, and can also be a lifesaver for caregivers.
For example, simple tasks such as housekeeping, shopping, mealpreparation, opening a jar, or driving to appointments can become increasinglydifficult for many older adults. Personal tasks such as bathing, dressing,grooming, toileting and even transferring from the bed to a chair can becameunmanageable alone. Many types of individuals, including those who are trainedand supervised by agencies, provide such services. In general, home careproviders are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They may work bythemselves or as a team on a shift, part-time, hourly, live-in, or on anas-needed basis.
While some home care agencies provide health-oriented services, it isimportant to understand the difference between non-medical home care and homehealth care. Home health care is more specialized medical care, such as thatprovided by nurses or physical and respiratory therapists. Care providers aretrained medical, health care and psychiatric professionals, or certifiednurses' aides. Home health services are usually ordered by a physician and maybe covered by insurance.
What typesof services are available for seniors living at home?
Homemaker Services – Can include help with cooking, light cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, and other household chores.
Personal Care – Assistance with a variety of daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, toilet use, grooming and eating.
Companionship – From daily telephone calls from a "buddy," to a daily "friendly" visitor, to round-the-clock paid companions.
Home Health Care – Skilled care that can include nursing; speech, occupational, physical, or respiratory therapy; home health aides, and social work or psychiatric care.
Adult Day Care – Daily, facility-based programs in a community center setting for seniors who need monitoring or companionship during the day.
Activity Groups – Games, trips, shopping outings, and other stimulating group activities.
Respite Care – A trained volunteer or para-professional stays with your loved one and takes over your caregiving role, whether for several hours or several days. These brief reprieves from a caregiving situation are healthy for the caregiver and also for the care recipient…a change of daily routine for both.
Live-in Help – Home care best suited to long-distance caregiving or other situations in which the primary caregiver can't be there in person and the senior needs round-the-clock support. Room, board and, in many cases, a salary, is provided in exchange for meal preparation, light housekeeping, and other non-medical services.
Hospice Care – Medical, social, and emotional services for the terminally ill and their families.
Support Groups – Support for issues about aging, peer companionship, illness-based support, groups for caregivers, grief support and many others to help seniors experiencing life changes or specific challenges.
Whenshould I consider using home care services?
For many caregivers, there don't seem to be enough hours in the day. It'sdifficult to care for all of the needs of a family member and still have enoughtime and energy left for your own family, a job and yourself. Exhaustion andstress can become overwhelming.
Seniors who become home care recipients most often would rather stay intheir own homes than move into residential care. And economically, except forround-the-clock nursing care, home care can be less expensive than most boardand care homes, skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities. However,this is not always the case, and prices should be compared.
If you or your loved one has the living space and financial resources,you might consider hiring a live-in care provider. This type of home care isvery well suited for long distance caregiving situations in which the primarycaregiver can't be there in person and the elder needs full-time assistance ormonitoring.
How do Iknow what types of home care I need?
In addition to consulting with your senior family member and any relevantmedical or therapeutic professionals, consider a "needs assessment,"which can be conducted by a care manager or home care specialist—or you can doit yourself. A needs assessment helps to evaluate every aspect of care,including physical and cognitive functioning, and issues relating to the homeenvironment. An assessment also asks about your needs as a caregiver and theservices you use now to help provide care. It will help a person understand howextensive an informal support network that might already have in place.
How can Ilocate home care providers?
· Agencies that select and supervise their ownpersonnel, and are liable for any staff or care problems that arise.
· Friends and acquaintances. Referrals from peopleyou know who have used an agency or individual for their relative are one ofthe best sources of trusted help.
As families and individuals throughout the country prepare for the impact of aging, it is essential to understand the effects of the aging process. Take time to investigate the care options in your area. A proactive approach will help you and your family best determine a course of action that can help you remain healthy and happy.
What is the Sandwich Generation? It is a demanding time when a couple or an individual is still dealing with parenting issues, thinking about their own retirement, and yet facing the issues of coping with aging parents. Deciding which has the highest priority can tear a marriage apart and/or impact family dynamics.
An estimated 22 percent of the American population can be classified as the Sandwich Generation meaning they are parenting their own children and taking care of their parents at the same time. Some estimates show that nearly two-thirds of the baby boom generation will be taking care of an elderly parent in the next ten years.
Many of these couples or individuals face major stress in their finances, emotions, and relationships. What happens to a couple's dreams for a secure retirement, travel, and slowing down?
However, co-residency apparently does not cause major problems for the majority of couples who are have intergenerational households. With good communication, having three or four generations under one roof can enhance a family's sense of well-being, provide a sense of belonging for younger children, assist teenagers in moving on to adulthood, and eases the burden of chores due to the extra helping hands.
■Take care of yourselves and do what you need to do to stay healthy. This includes having some fun and living life to the fullest! Don't put your lives on hold.
■If you are married, don't neglect your spouse. Make time for one another.
■Be practical. You can only do what you can do. Don't overload yourselves either emotionally, physically or financially.
■If you have boomerang children returning home, make sure all your expectations have been shared. Call them to be responsible adults even though they are living in your home.
■If you decide to have an aging parent live with you, again, share all your expectations. Remember that your parent can and probably wants to have responsibilites in your household. Let them be involved, productive members of the family.
■Protect your privacy and time alone as a couple and as individuals.
■Realize that any unfulfilled dreams may cause problems in your relationships. Talk about these with one another.
■If your parent has dementia obtain additional information and explore community resources.
■Don't be afraid to ask for help from community and governmental resources.
■Start talking now about the possibility of someday being part of the Sandwich Generation. How do you think you would handle it?
As we age and grow older there becomes a time when there's no longer such thing as a simple slip or fall. As many elders and their caregivers discover, the slips, trips, and falls that they may have shrugged off when they were younger now can result in serious injury! In fact, you have most likely heard about a fall resulting in a broken arm, shattered pelvis or worse. Because it takes longer to 'bounce back' and recover from even minor injuries, the aging process can change our bodies and contribute to more significant injuries.
There are several health conditions elders' experience that can contribute directly to slips and falls. Gout, bursitis, arthritis, and similar conditions can make it difficult to maintain one's balance, especially if you're on uneven ground. Your doctor may provide additional elder care advice such as checking the side effects of prescription medications. They may make you dizzy or unsteady on your feet.
■What medications are you taking? Make a list of your prescription and over-the-counter medications and supplements, or bring them with you to the appointment. Your doctor can review your medications for side effects and interactions that may increase your risk of falling. To help with fall prevention, your doctor may consider weaning you off certain medications — such as sedatives and some types of antidepressants.
■Have you fallen before? Write down the details, including when, where and how you fell. Be prepared to discuss instances when you almost fell but were caught by someone or managed to grab hold of something just in time. Details such as these may help your doctor identify specific fall-prevention strategies.
■Could your health conditions cause a fall? Certain eye and ear disorders may increase your risk of falls. Be prepared to discuss your health conditions and how comfortable you are when you walk — for example, do you feel any dizziness, joint pain, numbness or shortness of breath when you walk? Your doctor may evaluate your muscle strength, balance and walking style (gait) as well.
Footwear choices can have a tremendous impact on slips and falls. Consider changing your footwear as part of your fall-prevention plan. High heels, floppy slippers and shoes with slick soles can make you slip, stumble and fall. So can walking in your stocking feet. Check the shoes and slippers you wear to make sure soles have good tread because smooth bottomed shoes make it easy to fall. Replace worn out shoes and slippers regularly. This is also a great way to help cut down on the fungal infections that plague many elder's feet!
■Have your feet measured each time you buy shoes, since foot size can change.
■Buy properly fitting, sturdy shoes with nonskid soles.
■Avoid shoes with extra-thick soles.
■Choose lace-up shoes instead of slip-ons, and keep the laces tied. If you have trouble tying laces, select footwear with fabric fasteners.
■If you're a woman who can't find wide enough shoes, try men's shoes.
Take a look around your home. Your living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hallways and stairways may be filled with hazards. Clutter and debris that gets underfoot can contribute directly to falling down. Most elders have the best intentions. They mean to keep their living areas clean and tidy. However, that isn't always possible. Having someone help perform the tasks of daily living ensures that you are in a tidy environment without the clutter that causes falls.
■Remove boxes, newspapers, electrical cords and phone cords from walkways.
■Move coffee tables, magazine racks and plant stands from high-traffic areas.
■Secure loose rugs with double-faced tape, tacks or a slip-resistant backing — or remove loose rugs from your home.
■Repair loose, wooden floorboards and carpeting right away.
■Store clothing, dishes, food and other necessities within easy reach.
■Immediately clean spilled liquids, grease or food.
■Use nonslip mats in your bathtub or shower.
One reason elders fall is that they simply don't see the obstacles that trip them up. Our vision changes as we get older. Cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and macular degeneration make it hard to see, especially in a low light environment. Keep your home brightly lit to avoid tripping on objects that are hard to see.
■Place night lights in your bedroom, bathroom and hallways.
■Place a lamp within reach of your bed for middle-of-the-night needs.
■Make clear paths to light switches that aren't near room entrances. Consider trading traditional switches for glow-in-the-dark or illuminated switches.
■Turn on the lights before going up or down stairs.
■Store flashlights in easy-to-find places in case of power outages.
There are many ways you can make your home safer. Installing handrails and grab bars in slip-prone areas, such as the bathroom, can make a tremendous difference. Something as simple as having a bar to hold onto while getting in and out of the shower can make independent living much safer for your elder. Stair lifts, chairlifts, and vertical platform lifts are all specialized lifts that can be installed in your home so you can travel from one floor to another without having to physically climb the stairs. This greatly reduces the risk of falling.
For fall prevention information please contact your local Touching Hearts at Home office by visiting our website: www.touchinghearts.com.
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gets a new 2% credit and pays only 4.2% for Social Security.) You must file Schedule H to compute and report the liability.
unemployment taxes, qualifying children under 21 leave you free from liability.
among others, to meet the needs of aging individuals.
from just over 100,000 in 1900 to 5.7 million in 2008.
representing nearly 20 percent of the total U.S. population.
after 2030, when the Baby Boomers move into this age group.
County, Georgia, with only 3 percent of its population age 65 and over.
over and for 67 percent of the population 85 and over.
countries, 20 percent in Germany and Italy.
Touching Hearts at Home serves the greater Buffalo, NY region from the Williamsville, Lancaster area.
Here is some information for those who are worried that they or a family member may have early signs of Alzheimer's.
As the costs of caring for the elderly continue to rise, we all need to start preparing. This is a quick video that shares the costs for care, what we can do about them, and what or who will cover the costs.


As the weather here in New England prepares to shift seasons, it reminds us that change is a constant in life. Even beneath the deepest blankets of snow and a frigid February – the coldest and snowiest on record with cruel winds and thick ice – spring was quietly preparing its return. In late January, the sun took on a warm glow, hinting at its return to the northern hemisphere. It is now early March and spring is shouting from the rooftops, melting the heavy snow winter deposited there. As we leave behind our hibernation and begin shedding layers of clothing, our bodies began to shift and we move with joy in our step, our souls reach outward and we seek connection, visibility and sunshine again.
As in nature, many of us experience our personal winters, turned inward and shut away from the outside, cold, frozen and seemingly dead. We trudge through these bitter days consumed by the misunderstanding that this is a permanent state; we lose faith. Winter brings withdrawal and a turn inward; it can also bring scarcity and loss. During the darkness of the winter season, it can seem as if everything we loved and dreamed of has slipped away. In some cases, our career sputters, we lose loved ones and jobs, our focus and perspective shift to a focus of loss and depression. The juicy goals we had no longer tug at our heart or seem hopelessly out of reach. We may also sense our values are shifting. We find ourselves in a survival fight caught up in the maelstrom of our lives. Winter always requires surrender; storms can lock you inside for days, in darkness, reminding you of what you take for granted.
Your personal winter is a difficult time, but it does not last either – it cannot last. During this time, change is already underway. At the darkest hour, in the frozen land of loss, the shift occurs and although it remains unseen for a while, the movement is toward rebirth – the sun is coming and your spring is on its way.
Dreams can come true – at the dentist.
Thank you very much. You have a lot of interesting things to say on your blog. So much indeed. Will be checking it out more fully over the next few days.
Will have a new post up tomorrow on "regret" in case you have time to make it over. Welcome and thanks for reading.


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New Mastercard Partnership Helps Gig Workers Get Paid
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Digital technology is providing more options for today's workforce. And workers are using these options for greater autonomy and independence. But this independence brings with it challenges when it comes to finances and reliable income. In order to address the financial challenges, a new partnership between Mastercard and Evolve Bank & Trust ("Evolve") is going to provide early wage access to employees. Using the Mastercard Send platform, an employer can send funds in real time to any debit card. This is especially beneficial for freelance/gig workers to manage any lag between when bills are due and when they get a paycheck. Mastercard Send and Gig Workers In an exclusive interview with Small Business Trends, Jess Turner, executive vice president, Product and Innovation, North America, Mastercard, explained the issue of having a reliable income. Small Business Trends: What challenges do freelancers/gig economy workers face when it comes to ensuring a reliable income? Jess Turner: Oftentimes, gig workers and freelancers work multiple, on-demand jobs. While these jobs offer flexibility and independence, sometimes, the current economic infrastructure isn't designed to support these workers. Traditional views of benefits, services and credit underwriting haven't evolved to fit the needs of a gig-economy. The volatile nature of on-demand jobs can impact one's financial security long-term since. It Is more difficult to plan ahead and stabilize finances when you are living paycheck to paycheck. As this type of work expands into every corner of the economy, governments and public and private organizations will have to relook at how traditional pay schedules are designed. And they will have to provide more meaningful benefits to attract and retain talent. The Partnership With this partnership, employers can use the payment infrastructure of Mastercard Send so their employees can manage any income volatility. According to Mastercard, the goal is to alleviate the stress of living from paycheck to paycheck and using pay advance loans. In 2018 U.S. gig workers received close to $236 billion through pay advances. These advances have unclear terms and shady fees which further exacerbate the financial difficulty workers face. In the press release, Turner says, "With Mastercard Send, we want to provide a new wage system – one that is in tune with the workforce of today." Availability Small Business Trends: Is the partnership available to a global audience? If it is not available globally, will it be? Jess Turner: This specific partnership is only available in the U.S. However, Mastercard partners with other organizations globally to bring the same ease and secure payment model to gig workers outside of the U.S. The Impact of Freelancers Small Business Trends: What is the impact of freelancers in the workforce? Why are they an essential part of the workforce moving forward? How can businesses, especially small businesses, can capitalize on them? Jess Turner: The Federal Reserve's May 2018 report on the economic well-being of U.S. households, found that 31 percent of adults are engaged in gig work—up 3 percentage points from the 2016 report. What this indicates is that we can expect to see a continued rise in gig and independent workers over the next several years. Overall, this shift toward gig work can lead to greater workforce participation and can deliver broad benefits to small businesses. Take a look at the infographic about pay advance and the gig economy from Mastercard. Conclusion Turner goes on to say small businesses will have to disrupt traditional wage and benefit systems. This includes thinking differently when it comes to hiring gig and hourly workers. With tools like Mastercard Send a small business can remove the burden of pay advance fees. This is a considerable drain for people living paycheck to paycheck. For small businesses, it means not having to write checks and improve the payroll process with greater accountability and automation. Image: Depositphotos.com This article, "New Mastercard Partnership Helps Gig Workers Get Paid" was first published on Small Business Trends
Digital technology is providing more options for today's workforce. And workers are using these options for greater autonomy and independence. But this independence brings with it challenges when it comes to finances and reliable income.
In order to address the financial challenges, a new partnership between Mastercard and Evolve Bank & Trust ("Evolve") is going to provide early wage access to employees. Using the Mastercard Send platform, an employer can send funds in real time to any debit card.
This is especially beneficial for freelance/gig workers to manage any lag between when bills are due and when they get a paycheck.
Mastercard Send and Gig Workers
In an exclusive interview with Small Business Trends, Jess Turner, executive vice president, Product and Innovation, North America, Mastercard, explained the issue of having a reliable income.
Small Business Trends: What challenges do freelancers/gig economy workers face when it comes to ensuring a reliable income?
Jess Turner: Oftentimes, gig workers and freelancers work multiple, on-demand jobs. While these jobs offer flexibility and independence, sometimes, the current economic infrastructure isn't designed to support these workers.
Traditional views of benefits, services and credit underwriting haven't evolved to fit the needs of a gig-economy. The volatile nature of on-demand jobs can impact one's financial security long-term since. It Is more difficult to plan ahead and stabilize finances when you are living paycheck to paycheck.
As this type of work expands into every corner of the economy, governments and public and private organizations will have to relook at how traditional pay schedules are designed. And they will have to provide more meaningful benefits to attract and retain talent.
With this partnership, employers can use the payment infrastructure of Mastercard Send so their employees can manage any income volatility.
According to Mastercard, the goal is to alleviate the stress of living from paycheck to paycheck and using pay advance loans.
In 2018 U.S. gig workers received close to $236 billion through pay advances. These advances have unclear terms and shady fees which further exacerbate the financial difficulty workers face.
In the press release, Turner says, "With Mastercard Send, we want to provide a new wage system – one that is in tune with the workforce of today."
Small Business Trends: Is the partnership available to a global audience? If it is not available globally, will it be?
Jess Turner: This specific partnership is only available in the U.S. However, Mastercard partners with other organizations globally to bring the same ease and secure payment model to gig workers outside of the U.S.
The Impact of Freelancers
Small Business Trends: What is the impact of freelancers in the workforce? Why are they an essential part of the workforce moving forward? How can businesses, especially small businesses, can capitalize on them?
Jess Turner: The Federal Reserve's May 2018 report on the economic well-being of U.S. households, found that 31 percent of adults are engaged in gig work—up 3 percentage points from the 2016 report.
What this indicates is that we can expect to see a continued rise in gig and independent workers over the next several years. Overall, this shift toward gig work can lead to greater workforce participation and can deliver broad benefits to small businesses.
Take a look at the infographic about pay advance and the gig economy from Mastercard.
Turner goes on to say small businesses will have to disrupt traditional wage and benefit systems. This includes thinking differently when it comes to hiring gig and hourly workers.
With tools like Mastercard Send a small business can remove the burden of pay advance fees. This is a considerable drain for people living paycheck to paycheck.
For small businesses, it means not having to write checks and improve the payroll process with greater accountability and automation.
This article, "New Mastercard Partnership Helps Gig Workers Get Paid" was first published on Small Business Trends


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The number one solution, in terms of potential impact? A combination of educating girls and family planning.
All of our impacts on the planet are driven by rising population, and the best way to limit the impact is to limit population growth. And the best ways we know of to do that are to educate girls and provide birth control and family planning advice to those who want it.
"All of our impacts on the planet are driven by rising population, and the best way to limit the impact is to limit population growth. And the best ways we know of to do that are to educate girls and provide birth control and family planning advice to those who want it."
It's not that it wouldn't work. If you could snap your fingers and make the changes overnight, the effect it would have on how our species affects the global climate would be massive and swift. Nothing else could realistically come close in terms of raw potential.
But the problem is that it can't be implemented fast enough. We're talking tearing down patriarchal systems and values that have been entrenched for millenia. The amount of inertia that has to be overcome is almost beyond imagining. In the absence of magic, it's going to take a whole heck of a lot of time to make the proposed changes on a global scale, and that's time we simply do not have.
Which isn't to say that we shouldn't go ahead and start work on enacting those changes anyway, and keep chipping away at the monstrous edifice of patriarchal injustice. We absolutely should, and for far more reasons than merely combatting global warming. But we're going to need to supplement that slow, gradual change with other, less potent but faster-acting options.
Remember - the option with the highest potential impact isn't necessarily always the best option.
A sledgehammer has a much greater potential impact than a rubber mallet, but if you're working with delicate materials you actually want to use the mallet, because the sledge will deliver far too much force and cause damage to what it hits.
A bank vault has a much higher level of security than a false rock hidden in your garden, but it makes a lot more sense to keep your spare house key in the latter rather than the former, because accessibility is far more important than sheer security.


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Der Begriff OBSAI bezeichnet einen offenen Standard für Basisstationen im Bereich der Mobilfunknetzwerktechnik. Die sogenannte "Open Base Station Architecture Initiative" ist eine von Hyundai, LGE, Nokia, Samsung, ZTE und über 100 weiteren Herstellern im September 2002 ins Leben gerufene Initiative, mit dem Ziel, einen offenen Standard für Basisstationen zu erarbeiten und Entwicklungskosten zu senken.

Die OBSAI-Spezifikationen beschreiben die Architektur, die funktionellen Beschreibungen und minimale Anforderungen, um Module in Basisstation integrieren zu können. Diese ist durch einen eindeutig definierten, funktional gegliederten Aufbau gekennzeichnet, dessen Gliederung auf drei Referenzpunkten basiert. Dank dieser klaren Gliederung können die verschiedenen Module einer Basisstation unabhängig voneinander entwickelt werden.

Die drei Referenzpunkte haben die Bezeichnung RP1, RP2 und RP3.
 RP1 definiert die Schnittstelle für die interne Steuerungs- und Managementebene für alle Funktionsbausteine.
 RP2 definiert die logische Bedienschnittstelle zwischen den Transport- und Basisband-Bausteinen und bietet eine klare funktionale Unterteilung zwischen den T- und E-Übertragungsschnittstellen und vielen Funktechniken wie Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), CDMA2000, EDGE und weiteren.
 RP3 definiert die Hochleistungs-Schnittstelle für den Up- und Downlink.

Siehe auch
 Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI)

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With the selection of Rishabh Pant in the team announced for the first two ODIs against the West Indies, it has become clear that the selectors are now in the final phase of the experiment for the World Cup. Pant, who had an impact on the strength of his aggressive shifts in the Test, has replaced Dinesh Karthik. Probably the selectors have seen Dinesh Karthik enough. However, they have been rested, which means that they are also in the race, but now they will get the chance only when Pant is bad.
This change also indicates the change in the role of some players. Pant is being tried as a finisher thanks to the aggressive batting and six-fielding ability. That means they will play on the number six or seven as a pure batsman. It is clear that Pant will compete as a batsman to make it to the playing eleven. Chief selector MSK Prasad has clarified that Dhoni is the most prominent wicket-keeper in the country. That is, Dhoni's place in the World Cup team is almost certain. The role of Finisher, the presence of a batsman like Pant will reduce pressure on Dhoni. If Dhoni returns quickly, then it will give great relief to the selectors, team-mates, fans and Dhoni himself.
The last major change in Pant's selection team is not going to happen. Yuva Prithvi Shaw, who has made a staggering debut on his international career, will also be the contender for selection in ODIs. Shaw is still new to age and experience, but in two tests, he has shown the maturity of praise. They are the ones that fit in the Test team. Shaw has not only played good innings, but also won the hearts of everyone by scoring runs at a fast pace. They are not careless pinch hitter. Their batting is based on strong technique, but they are fearless aggressive batsmen who can destroy the attack.
As I think Shaw was initially considered to be a Test specialist, he showed that skill so that he could fit in limited-over cricket too. At this time Shaw would not be easy to fit into the team. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are quite successful as well as Lokesh Rahul is the choice of selectors and team management when needed in the top order. However, talent like Shaw would be difficult to ignore. I think the selector would like to try Shaw in a few matches. Probably this happens in the series against the West Indies.
Senior players such as Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami have also made a comeback in the ODI team but it is very difficult to make a place in the playing XI in both the spin and paise departments. Yugavendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have established themselves in the team. In such a situation, Jadeja has to compete for the third spot. It is possible that there is no need for a third spinner in the World Cup because England's pitches are not very helpful for spinners.
Mohammed Shami will have to face even more competition because Jaspreet Bumrah and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar are in place. The World Cup is now nine months away and India has fewer than 20 matches before that. Therefore, there is hard competition for whatever space is empty. This means that those who have a long chance will have to leave immediately.


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The Irish Game Fair & Fine Food Festival
Lough Neagh Events June 2019: The Irish Game Fair & Fine Food Festival celebrates its 41st anniversary as the award winning event of choice for families who enjoy the Irish Countryside and a country lifestyle.
Date: 29th & 30th June 2019
Venue: Shane's Castle, Antrim
The Irish Game Fair & Fine Food Festival celebrates its 41st anniversary as the award winning event of choice for families who enjoy the Irish Countryside and a country lifestyle.
An action packed Game Fair programme of international country sports competitions and displays with lots of 'Have a go' activities and fantastic prizes.
The International Year of the Salmon fishing attractions including the DAERA 'Put & Take' Fishery for children
A huge Living History Villagewith Encampment & thrilling battle re-enactments including Medieval Jousting
An Award Winning Fine Food & Craft Festival including game & fish cookery demos
A huge tented village of quality trade stands including country clothing, homes, gardens, and cars & 4X4s
Lots of entertainment & educational activities for children
With our new Irish Country Lifestyle Festival, Galway Racecourse, Ballybrit (15th & 16th June) The perfect platforms for businesses with country lifestyle products or services
For more information, visit: irishgamefair.com
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Plantation Mobile Home Park ist  ein census-designated place (CDP) im Palm Beach County im US-Bundesstaat Florida. Das U.S. Census Bureau hat bei der Volkszählung 2020 eine Einwohnerzahl von 1.462 ermittelt.

Geographie
Plantation Mobile Home Park liegt rund 5 km südwestlich von West Palm Beach. Der CDP wird von der Florida State Road 704 tangiert.

Demographische Daten
Laut der Volkszählung 2010 verteilten sich die damaligen 1260 Einwohner auf 377 Haushalte. Die Bevölkerungsdichte lag bei 1800,0 Einw./km². 64,5 % der Bevölkerung bezeichneten sich als Weiße, 14,4 % als Afroamerikaner, 0,6 % als Indianer und 1,3 % als Asian Americans. 15,2 % gaben die Angehörigkeit zu einer anderen Ethnie und 4,1 % zu mehreren Ethnien an. 39,0 % der Bevölkerung bestand aus Hispanics oder Latinos.

Im Jahr 2010 lebten in 37,5 % aller Haushalte Kinder unter 18 Jahren sowie 17,6 % aller Haushalte Personen mit mindestens 65 Jahren. 62,9 % der Haushalte waren Familienhaushalte (bestehend aus verheirateten Paaren mit oder ohne Nachkommen bzw. einem Elternteil mit Nachkomme). Die durchschnittliche Größe eines Haushalts lag bei 2,88 Personen und die durchschnittliche Familiengröße bei 3,38 Personen.

26,7 % der Bevölkerung waren jünger als 20 Jahre, 32,5 % waren 20 bis 39 Jahre alt, 28,8 % waren 40 bis 59 Jahre alt und 12,1 % waren mindestens 60 Jahre alt. Das mittlere Alter betrug 34 Jahre. 51,2 % der Bevölkerung waren männlich und 48,8 % weiblich.

Das durchschnittliche Jahreseinkommen lag bei 39.661 $, dabei lebten 18,8 % der Bevölkerung unter der Armutsgrenze.

Im Jahr 2000 war Englisch die Muttersprache von 86,89 % der Bevölkerung und spanisch sprachen 13,11 %.

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Anyone who runs a business is likely painfully aware of the main catalyst for change these days: The Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since the 1st of January, the nation's attention has been aptly turned toward ACA and how it fares in execution. In the business world, the focus has been more on how ACA will affect the day to day of running a company. If you still have questions, you're in the right place.
The ACA Employer Mandate requires all businesses with over 50 full-time equivalent employees to provide insurance for those employees. Those who don't comply will be expected to pay a fine dubbed the "Employer Shared Responsibility Payment" for each full-time equivalent employee after 30 in the amount of $2,000 to $3,000. So if a company has 60 employees and does not provide insurance, their end of year penalty will be between $60,000 and $90,000.
ACA went into effect on January 1st of 2014, but President Obama has since delayed enforcement and reporting requirements on the Employer Mandate in order to allow businesses the opportunity to create and institute new protocols for remaining in compliance. All small business with 50-99 full-time equivalent employees will be expected to start insuring workers by 2016. Larger business, with over 100 full-time equivalent employees, will need to begin working towards compliance in 2015.
What Constitutes a Full-Time Equivalent Employee?
For the purposes of the ACA mandate, a full time equivalent employee is one that works at least 130 hours during the month. Now, the IRS does recognize that employee status may change from month to month on this basis, so they are allowing companies to establish a 3- to 12-month "look back" period in order to determine average monthly hours worked. Those that don't meet the 130-hour monthly average can be removed from benefits. But monitoring and reporting those hours is going to require careful tracking – something most companies aren't currently set up for.
Allevity is already working to ensure the healthcare plans provided to our business partners are in compliance with the new ACA regulations. But that's not where our benefits to your organization end. We offer time tracking software that can ensure accurate information is being provided about employee hours as well as employee status. Gone are the days when you can rely on employee reporting for time tracking. Why not use a software that tracks hours by date and has the ability to total hours across certain date ranges? With the new ACA requirements, you need a system on your side that can provide comprehensive auditing and deliver timely reporting.
Remaining in compliance means adjusting with the changes and altering the way you do business. Allevity can help. But it all comes back to remembering that change is inevitable, growth is optional.
Is your company ready to grow amidst the changes?


Generate Up To A 1000 Strong Passwords At Once Including Sha1 Md5 Hash Salted Download As Html Csv Or Plaintext - Converter Hash Generator, Message Digest Tool , Encryption , Decryption What is crc 16 hash? A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is an error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage devices to detect accidental changes to raw data. Blocks of data entering these systems get a short check value attached, based on the remainder of a polynomial division of their contents. On retrieval, the calculation is repeated and, in the event the check values do not match, corrective action can be taken against data corruption. CRCs can be used for error correction, see bitfilters.


Police say the body was found at Berrien County's Rocky Gap Park.
BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A body that has washed ashore in southwestern Michigan has been identified as that of a man who went missing from a marina earlier this month.
The Benton Township Police Department says the body found along the Lake Michigan shoreline Friday morning was that of Ralph Ford of White Pigeon. He was last seen April 10 on his dock at a marina.
Police say there's no evidence of foul play.


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Articles of Faith & Ethical Covenant
Summer Camp Overview
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Robbie Harris, Executive Director
Robbie has served on full time staff at Camp Willow Run since 1995. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a B.S. in Business Management. Robbie received his MBA from Campbell University. Christian camping has been very influential in his life as he attended Camp Willow Run as a camper from grades 3-12 and served on summer staff. His desire is "to provide a camping environment in which campers learn more about a relationship with Jesus Christ while having fun!" Robbie and his wife, Kristie (also a former CWR summer staffer) are the proud parents of Jackson, Eli, and Thad.
Jeremy Davis, Camp Director
Jeremy has served on full time staff with Youth Camps for Christ since 2005. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Geography and History. Jeremy also served on summer staff for 5 summers. His passion for Christian camping comes from the tremendous impact it has had on his own life and his desire is for each person that comes to camp to understand the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Jeremy and his wife, Kellie (also a former CWR summer staffer) have two children, Adelaide and Radford.
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H7N9: The Next Influenza Pandemic?
Since May of this year, 440 Chinese people have been infected with a new strain of influenza subtype H7N9, and 122 of them have died. Though the case-fatality rate suggested by this data is greatly inflated by asymptomatic and mild (and hence, unreported) cases, a new analysis in Trends in Microbiology suggests that the virus has the potential to become the next influenza pandemic.
Due to its genomic structure and the fact that a single animal can be infected by more than one strain at a time, influenza is prone to reassorting its genome. In other words, RNA segment #1 from influenza virus X can be replaced by the same RNA segment from influenza virus Y. In the case of H7N9, it is believed that the "H7" gene came from avian influenza subtype H7N3, recently found in Chinese ducks, and that the "N9" gene came from either avian influenza subtype H2N9 or H11N9, both of which have been found in migratory birds. The six remaining RNA segments appear to have come from two different strains of H9N2.
Such genetic shuffling is quite common and is often responsible for influenza pandemics. The reason is that new genetic combinations fool our immune systems; antibodies we might have against say, H1N1, are completely useless against H7N9 and other subtypes.
Currently, the H7N9 strain is infecting mostly elderly men with underlying health issues who likely came into direct contact with live poultry. But, this could change. Once the virus is in humans, natural selection may favor the production of viruses that transmit more easily between humans. Such a transition probably would require very slight mutations in the "H7" gene (more properly called HA), as well as the gene PB2, which encodes an enzyme that helps replicate the viral genome.
As always, there is no reason to panic, but you can be certain that epidemiologists are keeping a close eye on H7N9.
Source: Tokiko Watanabe, Shinji Watanabe, Eileen A. Maher, Gabriele Neumann, Yoshihiro Kawaoka. "Pandemic potential of avian influenza A (H7N9) viruses." Trends Microbiol pii: S0966-842X(14)00179-6. Published online: 2014-Sep-25. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.08.008.


(5) Derek Rose - A hammer dunking point guard whose a repeat offender with the poster-cam. Rose's trademark jam combines the power of David Robinson's two-handed flush with the legs of Clyde Drexler. As far as ball-handlers go, he is the most unstoppable player from baseline to baseline in the entire league. Speed, power, explosion. Inch-for-inch, he may be the best there is.
(4) Javelle McGee - Simply put: not fair. McGee overflows the 7-foot cup they claim he's in, his hands could palm a medicine ball, and he could grab a quarter off the top of the backboard. But perhaps my favorite thing about McGee is that he gets off on swatting hovering basketballs anywhere near him... And distance is clearly a goal of his, as he prefers battering balls into the audience over keeping possession. Problematic if you're on my team, but as a fan, I'm cheering like a Roman in the Collesium.
(3) Al Jefferson - It should be no secret by now that I'm a huge advocate for the old school, low post battles that captivated audiences in the 80s and 90s. Big Al is one of a handful of players to still employ a complete arsenal of slick, chess-like low post maneuvers. And as of now, he is indisputably the most dangerous player in single coverage on the block.
(2) Kevin Durant - Game recognize game. Kevin Durant is doing to the small forward position what KG said he was gonna do, but realized its too much work to expand your range out to half court when you already got a nasty post game and enough physical gifts to face up, drive, or get to the line. The amount of off-balanced, rainbow arcing circus shots that Durant comes up with are simply a joy to watch.
(1) Blake Griffin - If you have a pulse, this should be your answer. Blake Griffin may very well be the greatest animal to ever lace up a pair of sneakers. When I say ANIMAL, I mean dudes that not only had the insane pogo-stick ups, the CANT-DENY-ME power, and the runway speed: but dudes who had the attitude to go with it. The guys who THREW it down on fools with a total disregard for mercy or respect for the other guy. The Shawn Kemp's, the Charles Barkley's, the Larry Johnson's, the Amar'e Stoudamire's... Blake Griffin has, thus far, dethroned every one of them. He is literally CAN'T MISS television. Perhaps the greatest ANIMAL in NBA history.
2. Ricky Rubio (being Spainsh, I am rooting for Ricky. Cannot wait to see him).
3. Kevin Durant (I have been lucky to see him play twice already. Dude is a competitor. He is my favorite superstar).
4. Kobe Bryant (I don't like the lakers, but I have grown on Kobe. He is becoming more like the Great Michael Jordan than people want to admit. He gets hurt. He still plays. Can't say that about LeBron, who is even 7 years younger.
1. Steve Nash - I always loved to watch pure point guards, and Nash is definitely one of those, can't see them a lot now days. Before Steve I enjoyed watching the greatest PG ever, John Stockton.
2. Kevin Durant - It's just amazing to watch this guy. He has it all, scoring, defense, great basketball IQ, he can dish assists, rebound...true player. When I play basketball I always take pride in that I do everything. I give it my all on defense, I can shoot, rebound...etc. I guess I always had a special spot for guys who become stars in the NBA and still are not shying away from contact or doing the dirty work.
3. Andre Igoudala - He's not the star as Durant is, but he is one of those guys that is willing to do it all, and he is a glue in his team. He makes it all work, and makes everyone around him look better, and makes it easier for them. You gotta love those kind of players.
4. LeBron James - He had his stupid parts, like that one when he left Cleveland, and I mean on the way how he did it. It's obvious now that he has regrets for doing it like that, and I came to think that he matured and realized that he was bad guy there. I like to see players who show that, that they are human, not always wanting to look like a star. And I do hope he will be a Cavalier again. And, say what you want, but he is one man show whenever he's on the floor, any time, any team. Amazing athlete.
5. J.J. Redick - I know most of you guys will have question marks here, but I always loved watching pure shooters elevating for their shots. Back in the day when I was a kid, I loved watching Glen Rice and his jumpers, that was thing of beauty. Redick is the same to me, a textbook shooter. He's not a star, still developing other parts of his game, but he has a good season so far.
I probably forgot someone, but this is from the top of my head.
No Blake Griffin for either of you guys??
Am I to understand I'm the only person here who wants to see someone drag the backboard down, like Shaq??
If he played back in the day when referees didn't had that much impact on the game, didn't protect the stars, he would do much less than he is doing today. His travelling, offensive fouls, no calls on defense...I just don't like all of that. He's closer to my most hated players list than this one here.
5) CP3 / Blake / Griffin - Blake alone has some nice dunks, but he disappears in games. But with CP3 running the show, this team is fun to watch.
4) Curry / Ellis / Lee - Ellis is awesome SG and fun to watch. I don't know why so many hate on him. He isn't perfect but he is fun to watch and cheer for. Maybe I am a little biased, but some of the plays he finishes are amazing. And curry has some nice passes and can just shoot the ball. When these guys are on it is fun to watch.
3) D. Rose / Anyone - This guy is fun to see. The way he finishes. He may be the only one on this list who is amazing on his own.
2) K. Durrant / Westbrook / Harden - This team can score. Maybe the best 3 some in the league. Westbrook is just crazy fast and the way he takes it to the rim and finishes is amazing. And the way Durant can seemsly score at will.... i'll probably be rooting for them to win it all come June.
Back then the game was played a lot tougher. I can't imagine Griffin dunking over Mutombo, Olajuwon...heck, he would have problems being guarded by McDyess, Oakley at PF position. Might not be athletic players as the are now, but those were one damn tough guys who knew how to play the game, especially on defense.
I won't disagree with you there; the 80's-90's bigs were definitely at an all-time level of toughness. But I still think Griffin is an all-time type of athlete and while he might not have thrown down jams like of the Perculator or the oh-my-'Gof, but never the less, a guy like Oakley (or even McDysse, pre-surgery) had NOTHING of Griffin's speed or elevation. I think the only guys stopping Griffin are 7-feet tall... And even then, if it's not Shaq or Mt. Mutumbo, it's a toss-up (I see him slamming it on Ewing, Duncan, Smits, Bradley). Griffin is just a beast on the drive. You literally have Kemp and LJ (before his surgeries) as the only basis of comparison. Blake Griffin hammers down fantasy jams like NBA Street Volume 2.
I dunno... That specific play looks dirty on the surface, sure, but Griffin gets wrapped up repeatedly on a nightly basis and I'm sure he's gotten to the point where he just wants to throw guys off of him. Had Griffin collected the ball, you know Ridnoir would have fouled him hard. As far as the physicality big guys display, I have a Chris Webber point of view insofar as: if there's no blood, just let the big guys rumble underneath.
That play sure looks dirty, but remember the Perkins slam? Kendrick literally elbowed Blake right in the breadbasket and Griffin still had the fortitude to finish the play. On one end of the spectrum, dirty... On the other end, tough.
I contest that my reasons for loving Blake Griffin's game is because he does things that nobody else does (or can do).
Damn. After the game last night, I kinda wish there was some way the Dubs could get Tony Allen. Dude works on both ends, he charges half court during the introductions and mugs the other team to cross the line, and his jumper is W-H-E-T from the right angle side. I totally see why Boston was angry about losing him. The Celtics (like the Patriots, funny enough) still have the big name stars, but the reason they blow goats right now is cause they lost their glue guys like Tony, Big Baby, and Perk.
Thanks for sharing! That's extremely interesting footage and commentary.
Kemp kinda has a jealous, condescending air about him; like listening to Shaq dismissing Dwight Howard's play. I agree that Griffin has thrown a couple in, rather than slamming them... But I fail to see how that's a cop out. For my money, Griffin's throw-dunk on Perkins demolishes any poster Kemp had; including the Lister Blister. You also gotta remember the rules have changed (or, at least, the calls have). Kemp's dunk on Lister today would be a charge, so Griffin really can't help that he's not allowed to trash a defender as much (that's not to say he CAN'T, though).
I LOVED watching Kemp play; he and GP are easily the best lob tandem to ever play... But the only reason he feels threatened enough to downplay Griffin's dunks is because of the similarities they share. Prior to Griffin, Shawn owned the category that he's now sharing with Blake. Like I said, very Shaq-and-Dwight kinda thing going on there.
And how about those flops from Griffin tonight? And that slap across the face he got from McGuire...was it really that hard to knock him on the ground, lol? The guy is a joke, he's a big guy, strong, plays strong on offense, but he's a little sissy actually who wants calls in his favor no matter what. Not exciting to watch to me, sorry.
Kemp was a class act always, and his duck had more power, and were nice to me. These from Griffin look more savage, but to beauty in it.