The Board determines the strategic objectives and policies of Capita to best support the delivery of long-term value, providing overall strategic direction within an appropriate framework of rewards, incentives and controls.
The Board is collectively responsible for the success of the Company: the Executive Directors are directly responsible for running the business operations and the Non-Executive Directors are responsible for bringing independent judgement and scrutiny to decisions taken by the Board. See the Investor pages for more information on the role of the board and its committees.
Key skills and experience: Sir Ian was appointed a Non Executive Director on 1 September 2016 and as Chairman on 1 January 2017. Sir Ian is a chartered accountant and, prior to his retirement in June 2016, was Chairman and Senior Partner of PwC UK between 2008 and 2016, responsible for expertise management and board chairmanship of PwC UK. He joined PwC in 1977, serving in various roles of increasing responsibility, including Head of Advisory, prior to being elected Chairman and Senior Partner.
Other current appointments: Chairman – Police Now; Trustee – The Old Vic; Trustee – Wellbeing of Women; Member of the Development Committee – The National Gallery.
Key skills and experience: Before joining Capita, Jon was Chief Executive Officer of Amec Foster Wheeler. Prior to that, Jon had a 20-year career at Halliburton Company Inc, where he held a number of senior roles, including Senior Vice President and member of the Halliburton Executive Committee.
Board responsibilities: Managing and developing Capita's business to achieve the Company's strategic objectives.
Key skills and experience: Gillian was appointed as Senior Independent Director on 1 January 2013 and was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2012. She is a senior adviser in Credit Suisse's investment banking division where she has gained substantial experience of advising boards across a wide range of complex situations and transactions. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Gillian worked at NM Rothschild & Sons for seven years.
Other current appointments: Senior Banker at Credit Suisse, Trustee of BBC Children in Need; Member of Corporate Advisory Board of Royal Academy.
Key skills and experience: John was appointed Non-Executive Director on 17 November 2015. John has substantial experience leading, growing and advising media and broadcast organisations at CEO and executive director levels and has worked in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector for 25 years. John is a Chartered Accountant, has a BSc in Economics and Politics, and attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. Most recently he served four-and-a-half years as CEO of Arqiva; previous to that he held a number of executive director roles on the board of ITV plc, and was formerly a director of Liverpool Football and Athletic Grounds plc and a director of Ambassador Theatre Group. John has recently been appointed CEO of Bibby Line Group Limited which he will join on 1 May 2018 – he will take over as CEO in summer 2018.
Committee memberships: Audit and Risk; Nomination; Remuneration (Chair).
Key skills and experience: Matthew was appointed Non Executive Director on 1 March 2017. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in senior finance roles. Most recently, Matthew was Group Chief Financial Officer of Royal Mail plc from November 2010 to July 2017. Matthew has also served as Group Chief Financial Officer for ICAP plc from May 2006 to November 2010. Prior to this he held senior roles at Diageo plc and Kleinwort Benson.
Other current appointments: Non-Executive Director of Man Group PLC and Barclays plc.
Committee memberships: Audit and Risk (Chair from 1 June 2017); Nomination; Remuneration.
Key skills and experience: Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe was appointed Non-Executive Director on 6 December 2017. Her key skills and experience are in international retail, governance, legal and regulatory issues and communications. She has been a member of the House of Lords since 2013 and served as a Government Minister from 2014-2017: Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Minister of State and Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property; and Parliamentary Under Secretary in the departments for Business, Innovation & Skills and Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. She had a private sector career in Tesco from 1997-2013 and from 2006 was a member of the Board of Tesco plc as Executive Director, Corporate & Legal Affairs. Her Non-Executive Directorships included ITV plc and Metro AG and before Tesco she was a member of the Home Civil Service including time as Director of the Deregulation Unit and as a Member of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit, 10 Downing Street.
Other current appointments: Director of Assured Food Standards (Red Tractor) and Governor of London Business School.
Committee memberships: Audit and Risk; Nomination; Remuneration.
Key skills and experience: Andrew was appointed NonExecutive Director with effect from 1 January 2015. Andrew is Chief Executive of Halma plc, a leading specialist in safety, health and environmental technologies and a FTSE 100 company. He was appointed Chief Executive in February 2005. Andrew started his career at Halma in 1994 as Manufacturing Director of a subsidiary company and went on to hold a wide range of senior management positions across the Group. Andrew is a Chartered Engineer and a production engineering graduate of Birmingham University. He attended the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania in 2004.
Other current appointments: Chief Executive of Halma plc since 2005.


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Elks prepare to host annual Halloween party for developmentally disabled
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Photo by Charity B. Smith. Mark Bailey, owner of McNally's Shoes, works late into the night to put lights on a float and place carved pumpkins along Park Avenue for the Elks Pumpkin Patch Halloween party.
By CHARITY B. SMITH
The Elks Lodge, 6605 Park Ave, will host its 27th annual Pumpkin Patch Party with the theme "Panic on Park Avenue" for the developmentally disabled from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31.
"In 1989 I proposed doing the party to the city council," said event organizer Mark Bailey, owner of McNally's Shoes. "I gave a 20-year commitment. I remember one of the councilmen said, 'No one commits to 20 years,' and now I'm going on 27."
Bailey said a lot of his customers are developmentally disabled and it seemed like the right thing to do.
"I have tons of group homes and other organizations calling me asking if they can be added to my list, and of course I say yes and make room," Bailey said. "For most of these people it is one of the few outings they get during the year. They live a very secluded life."
The event costs about $3,000 a year to do and is put together through donations from more than 200 local organizations that donate time, money and merchandise to the cause.
The Henry Ford in Dearborn for example donates all the carved pumpkins from its trick-or-treat event to the Pumpkin Patch Party. Bailey said he has well over 1,000 carved pumpkins outside the lodge right now, along with all the high school homecoming floats, which are redecorated for the party.
Air Gas donates 500 pounds of dry ice every year.
"The whole street is fogged up," Bailey said of Park Avenue on the night of the event.
Funeral homes even donate flowers that people don't want to take home.
"Some people even request that flowers from so-and-so's funeral go to the Pumpkin Patch Party," Bailey said.
The Elks party inside the lodge hosts 80 developmentally disabled people and their caregivers from the Downriver area each year, including one married couple, who Bailey believes to be physically in their 80's that have attened for the last 20 years.
"It's a tear jerker when you go into the Elks hall and see all these adults in costume having the time of their lives," Bailey said.
The outdoor party is open to the public at no cost, and not tickets are required.
An old fashioned candlelight trick-or-treat at local businesses as well as the area neighborhoods will be featured. A man from the Kiwanis Club will haunt the abandoned dry cleaners on Park and pass out peanuts to those who dare to enter.
Clyde "Creepy Clyde" Brown, a local singer and musician who hosts horror movies for radio and TV stations in the area, will make his annual appearance at the event.
Music will be provided by a disc jockey and local bands.
"The local neighborhoods around Park Avenue get hit hard every year, by trick-or-treaters," Bailey said. "Every year we see between 7,000 and 10,000 people. Many of the handicapped guests from the party join in the outdoor festivities as well."
"This family event has become one of the largest Halloween parties Downriver, quite possibly in the entire state of Michigan, with activities for kids of all ages to enjoy," Mayor Bill Matakas said in a letter to residents and businesses.
Donations are being accepted. Those interested in donating caned food, materials or prizes can take them them to McNally's Shoes, 6621 Park Ave. Items that advertise businesses such as pens, stickers, etc are welcomed as well.
Monetary donations can be sent to: Allen Park Elks Pumpkin Patch, C/O Mark Bailey, McNallly Shoes, 6621 Park Ave., Allen Park, MI, 48101.
All those who contribute will be listed on the Pumpkin Patch supporters list which is distributed throughout the Downriver area.
(Charity B. Smith can be reached at [email protected])
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Paris back to winning ways
First team 25 August 2019
The game was only a few seconds old when Mbappé forced TFC 'keeper Reynet into action (3', 4'). Les Rouge et Bleu hit the ground running, before losing Cavani to injury, replaced by Choupo-Moting (13'). The visitors were pushed back but did manage to counter with Makengo firing across the face of goal (14'). Playing in his 100th Ligue 1 match, Mbappé burst into the box, only to be denied again by the outstretched leg of Reynet (21'). Le Téfécé, playing a defensive 5-4-1, held firm and Paris were forced into another early change when Diallo was replaced by Thiago Silva (39'). Paris had 65% possession, and took nine shots to two... Gueye and Co. were dominating proceedings, but it was still scoreless at the break.
But that all changed after the restart. With a drag-back/pirouette Choupo pulled a stunning goal out of the bag (1-0, 50')! For the 41st Ligue 1 match in a row, Paris found the back of the net and established a new French record in the process. Just five minutes later, Sarabia forced Goncalves into turning the ball into his own net (2-0, 56'). Paris were all smiles, but that changed when Mbappé became the third injury of the evening, limping out of the game, holding his hamstring (63'). Reynet then saved Di Maria's penalty (71'), before Choupo-Moting netted his second of the night and Paris' third (3-0, 75'), and he almost got a hat-trick (82'). In the end, it was Marquinhos who headed home the final goal of the (4-0, 83')! Paris are now undefeated at the Parc des Princes in 21 L1 matches, but we don't yet know at what cost with three injuries...
A man in the match: Marquinhos
Captain at kick-off, Marquinhos became the 24th player in club history to make 250 appearances in Rouge et Bleu! And in the money time, the Brazilian symbolically completed the scoring with a powerful header (83'), his seventh headered goal in the league for Paris Saint-Germain. The 'Marqui' of the Parc des Princes...
The word: First(s)
Tonight Kylian Mbappé brought up his Ligue 1 century but the party was ruined when he left the field injured in the second half. In the end, this was a night of firsts: in the starting line-up for the first time Idrissa Gueye became the 452nd player in club history. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting netted his first brace in French football, while Arthur Zagre, at just 17 years of age, made his L1 debut.
After three Sunday matches, next up for Paris is Friday night football (20:45 CET), before the international break when Paris travel to promoted-Metz in Week 4 of the Ligue 1 season. Les Rouge et Bleu have won their last three in a row at the Stade Saint-Symphorien, scoring 11 goals in the process...
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Art of Brian Jones - No.7 Now!
notes : Theda Bara was the featured 'cover star' for issue no.7 of 'The Time Is Now!'.
comment : "I'd hitch to London with the layout in an empty suitacse. I'd go to Assorted Images, where Jamie Reid had a space, copy the mags, put 'em in the case, and hitch back to Liverpool!".


The singer released the footage of her 2018 Reputation stadium tour, filmed in Dallas, Texas, on the streaming service on New Year's Eve.
Swift announced the concert special in an Instagram post on December 13, writing: "Thanks so much for all the birthday wishes! Today I finally get to show you something we've been working on for a while… the trailer for the Reputation Stadium Tour!
"The entire concert film will premiere on @netflix at 12:01AM PST December 31.
"You made this tour so insanely fun for all of us on stage, and I'm really excited that we will have this memento of the memories we all made together this year.


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El municipio de Grainbelt (en inglés: Grainbelt Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Bowman en el estado estadounidense de Dakota del Norte. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 24 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 0,3 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Grainbelt se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 79.2 km², de la cual 79,18 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0,03 %) 0,02 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 24 personas residiendo en el municipio de Grainbelt. La densidad de población era de 0,3 hab./km². De los 24 habitantes, el municipio de Grainbelt estaba compuesto por el 100 % blancos. Del total de la población el 0 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Enlaces externos

Municipios de Dakota del Norte
Localidades del condado de Bowman

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A High-Balance Mortgage Loan is defined as a conventional mortgage where the original loan amount exceeds the conforming loan limits published yearly by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), but does not exceed the loan limit for the high-cost area in which the mortgaged property is located, as specified by the FHFA. The conforming loan limit is $453,100 and the high-cost area limit is $679,650 for a 1-unit dwelling in the continental U.S. WVBK offers high balance loans from both conventional and government home loan programs.
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He may not be quite the hitting machine he was a few years ago, but even at age 38, Ichiro Suzuki still handles a bat better than most big leaguers. His shocking, sudden trade to the Yankees on Monday had fans talking–and collectors buying and selling in expectation of a possible price increase in Ichiro rookie cards, autographs and other items.
In the first several hours after the trade, more than 50 Ichiro rookie card lots sold on eBay. Just about everything was moving–from his autograph cards to ungraded singles offered up for a couple bucks.
Those cards date from 2001, when he left Japan for a big money deal with the Seattle Mariners. Playing in the relative, late-night anonymity with an often woeful club didn't do much for his hobby stature while he piled up the hits and some collectors are no doubt expecting a bump in price if he can play a big role in a Yankees' post-season run.
Most of the larger sales of Ichiro rookie cards didn't amount to that much on Monday. A non-autographed SP Authentic, graded PSA 9, was offered at $140 and sold quickly.
In recent weeks, copies of his 2001 SPx jersey patch autograph card, numbered to 15, sold for $1,495 and $926, respectively (assuming the eBay sales were completed). A 2001 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection signed rookie card, # to 50, is currently offered at $2,650.
Suzuki doesn't have a lot of certified autograph cards; just 149 according to Beckett. With low supply and increasing demand, prices could be heading upward, but it will largely depend upon his impact.
Fleer and Donruss were still making licensed baseball card products during his debut, which means a lengthy list of base cards from a wide variety of issues are on his checklist.
With 2,533 hits already stashed away prior to Monday's trade, Ichiro figures to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Three years ago, as he put the wraps on a run of ten straight 200-hit seasons, we asked whether Ichiro rookie cards might be undervalued. The question is still fair today–but maybe not for much longer.


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Why do people adopt conspiracy theories, how are they communicated, and what are their risks?
This project is a multi-disciplinary literature review on the emergence, transmission, spread, and countering of conspiracy theories.
Karen Douglas
Project Institution
University of Kent, UK
Aleksandra Cichocka
Farzin Deravi
Jim Ang
Joe Uscinski
Robbie Sutton
Türkay Nefes
Conspiracy theories affect people's perceptions, beliefs and actions and thus may influence whether people justify violent action, cooperate (or not) with a particular agency, or even justify a decision to go to war.
This project encompasses different disciplinary perspectives – psychology, political science, sociology, and information engineering. It considers how risks from conspiracy theories might vary across different areas of the world, across different political climates, at different levels (individual to state), and in different media (e.g., face to face vs online).
Why do people adopt conspiracy theories? (Psychological, political and social factors.)
How are conspiracy theories communicated?
What are the risks associated with conspiracy theories?
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Conspiracy Theories: How are they adopted, communicated, and what are their risks?
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
What psychological factors drive the popularity of conspiracy theories, which explain important events as secret plots by powerful and malevolent groups? What are the psychological consequences of adopting these theories? We review the current research and find that it answers the first of these questions more thoroughly than the second. Belief in conspiracy theories appears to be driven by motives that can be characterized as epistemic (understanding one's environment), existential (being safe and in control of one's environment), and social (maintaining a positive image of the self and the social group). However, little research has investigated the consequences of conspiracy belief, and to date, this research does not indicate that conspiracy belief fulfills people's motivations. Instead, for many people, conspiracy belief may be more appealing than satisfying. Further research is needed to determine for whom, and under what conditions, conspiracy theories may satisfy key psychological motives.
(From the journal abstract)
Karen Douglas, Robbie M. Sutton, and Aleksandra Cichocka. 2017. 'The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories'. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26 (6): 538–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721417718261.
Understanding Conspiracy Theories
Scholarly efforts to understand conspiracy theories have grown significantly in recent years, and there is now a broad and interdisciplinary literature. In reviewing this body of work, we ask three specific questions. First, what factors are associated with conspiracy beliefs? Our review of the literature shows that conspiracy beliefs result from a range of psychological, political, and social factors. Next, how are conspiracy theories communicated? Here, we explain how conspiracy theories are shared among individuals and spread through traditional and social media platforms. Next, what are the societal risks and rewards associated with conspiracy theories? By focusing on politics and science, we argue that conspiracy theories do more harm than good. We conclude by suggesting several promising avenues for future research.
Karen Douglas, Joseph E. Uscinski, Robbie M. Sutton, Aleksandra Cichocka, Turkay Nefes, Chee Siang Ang, and Farzin Deravi. 2019. 'Understanding Conspiracy Theories'. Political Psychology, 40 (S1): 3–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12568.
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GoTopless Day
Topless Laws
23-Aug-2019,
GoTopless celebrates 12th anniversary with parades in NY City and Venice Beach, CA
Las Vegas, Aug 21—The women's organization, GoTopless—established in 2007—continues to lead the fight for gender topless equality with its 12th edition of GoTopless Day on Aug 25 in honor of Women's Equality Day.
The activist movement was inspired by Rael—International spiritual leader and fervent Human Rights and gender equality advocate.
In NY City, Los Angeles, and countless other cities, women and men will stand up for equality. Women will go sans shirt with the picture of a penis on their front while men will wear a top with the picture of a vulva on their front to remind Americans of the precise source of current topless discriminatory laws: one's genitals.
"The absurd laws around female nipples point to the lingering bodily repression still inflicted on women by Abrahamic religions in the 21st century. And they are reflected by obsolete, prudish ordinances in our society even today," stated Nadine Gary, Raelian Guide and President of GoTopless.
"A law that only criminalizes topless women, but not topless men in public leads to 'sexual violence against women'," Gary said. She added, "It hypersexualizes women's chest and creates a predatory reaction in many men."
"Already 35 US states are legally topless on paper, but the law is often not enforced and many women are concerned about going topless for the fear of being harassed. Steep fines must be given to men to deter them from doing so," Gary remarked.
Gary believes that in a safe environment, women will recover the confidence to exercise their equal topless rights.
On August 25th, the goal of GoTopless Day in both NYC and Venice Beach is to inspire and empower women. In NYC, they are invited to exercise their topless right, since it is legal in that state. In Venice Beach, CA, however, they are encouraged to come and stand up for gender topless equality, which is currently denied in LA County. The parade in New York City is slated to start at 12:30pm on W58, between 8th and 9th, whereas the parade in Venice Beach, CA, is slated to start at 1pm on Ocean Front Walk @ Park Ave.
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Read for yourself the message for humanity that was given to Rael during his UFO encounters of 1973!
GoTopless embraces G7 'gender equality' agenda on GoTopless Day and demands Equal Topless Rights be enforced all Western Democracies
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New York City, Aug 19 - The women's organization, GoTopless embraces the timely 'gender equality' agenda proposed by the G7 during their summit in Biarritz, France on Aug 25 as the 7 nations leaders announced their intention 'to make equality between women and men a major global cause'
11th annual GoTopless Day, Aug 26: Constitutional Gender Topless Equality means "all or none".
21 Aug 2018 : 12:27 / in Press Releases
The 11th annual GoTopless Day will take place in cities across the US, Canada and worldwide on August 26 in commemoration of Women Equality Day (the passing of the 19th amendment).
Gotopless activist files a petition in U.S. Supreme Court
19 Mar 2018 : 02:54 / in Press Releases
Chicago, IL - March 19 - On March 12, 2018, after 4 years of inconclusive court battles, Sonoko Tagami, member of the woman's organization GoTopless has filed a petition in the U.S
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Joshua Whigham has worked in a vast array of culinary styles during his six-year tenure with chef José Andrés: Latin at Café Atlántico, hyper-modern at Minibar, Middle Eastern at Zaytinya, and now classic and modern Spanish at The Bazaar.
Mashed potatoes do a fine job of soaking up the flavors on a Thanksgiving plate. But for a departure from the norm, try boiled "wrinkled" potatoes from chef Joshua Whigham. The technique hails from the Canary Islands, where they're traditionally served with piquant, vibrant sauces–meaning they're just as good for sopping up gravy and cranberry sauce as their smashed counterparts are.
It varies from year to year. I'm either working in the restaurant or cooking and eating with my family. If I go home, I'm eating too much of the food I grew up on for the holidays!
Relax. It is your family and friends. They really appreciate the gesture!
Always bubbles! Yet growing up, it was sweet tea.
The inspiration is taking potatoes and not mashing them. This is a technique fishermen used in the Canary Islands because they were often on boats. Instead of heavy gravy, I use a bright acidic sauce to complement the potatoes and the rest of the dinner.
Brining! This way the turkey will be juicier and seasoned throughout.
My favorite way to use leftovers is to eat them.
I would have to say my mom's collard greens, in addition to her squash and onions.
It was and still is my grandmother's banana pudding with Nilla wafers. That was what we looked forward to when we were kids. As of now, it is to be able to eat with my family and have all those flavors that were from my childhood and share them with my wife.
Home is where you might possibly get an idea about a new dish. You must stay open to all possibilities.
What do you think is going to be the next big trend if dining?
Where American families will all sit together and eat. And maybe turn the TV off!
Olive oil. My wife is constantly getting on me about how much olive oil I use.
In the restaurant, it would have to be the rice with Idiazábal cheese. If we can't cook rice correctly, then we need to rethink what we are doing.


Many people are familiar with the above commands, which are used for forwarding syslog to the syslog server (192.168.1.1). However, do you know how syslog can be helpful? Read on to find out how and see some different use cases for enabling syslog in your infrastructure.
The primary use of syslog is for systems management. Proactive syslog monitoring pays off because it can significantly reduce downtime of servers and other devices in your infrastructure. Additionally, you should receive cost savings from preventing the loss of productivity that usually accompanies reactive troubleshooting.
Alerting is another good use of syslog. You have a variety of options and severity levels that you can choose in setting up syslog alerts, including emergency, critical, warning, error, and so on. Also, alerts have fine points like host details, time period, and log/message details. There are a number of different areas where syslog alerting is useful.
Network alerting: Syslog is extremely helpful in identifying critical network issues. For example, it can detect fabric channel errors on a switch fabric module. This is one of many such warnings or errors that other forms of monitoring metrics cannot detect.
Security alerting: Syslog messages provide detailed context of security events. Security admins can use syslog to recognize communication relationships, timing, and in some cases, an attacker's motive and tools.
Server alerting: Syslog can alert on server startups, clean server shutdowns, abrupt server shutdowns, configuration reloads and failures, runtime configuration impact, resource impact, and so on. All these alerts can help detect if the servers are alive. Syslog also helps detect failed connections. Server alerts are always useful, especially when you oversee hundreds of servers.
Application alerting: You need application alerting for troubleshooting live issues. Applications create logs in different ways, some through syslog. When you run a web application, dozens of logs are written in the log folder. To get real-time monitoring, you need a syslog monitoring solution that can observe changes in the log folder.
Monitoring high-availability (HA) servers is important and another good use of syslog. However, not all the logs from the HA server are important. You just need to monitor the logs that are troublesome. However, in case of a HA server failure, you still need all the logs from the server. The solution for this is to have a dedicated syslog server for your HA cluster.
Despite the importance of proactive monitoring, some logs can only be analyzed later. Sometimes an alert or an error sends only basic details that are located in the local memory buffer. For detailed analysis, you need to dig into the historical syslog reports using any syslog analysis tool, like LogZilla®, Kiwi Syslog®, or syslog-ng™. Historical syslog data can often provide comprehensive details, like configuration changes, high momentary error rates, or a sustained abnormal condition, that cannot be shown using other forms of monitoring.
Proactive syslog monitoring and troubleshooting reduces trouble tickets because you detect and resolve issues before they even become trouble tickets. A synchronous web dashboard, alerting system, and log storage (with search options) are the basic features of any syslog monitoring tool. Moreover, integrating the syslog monitoring tool with other infrastructure management tools adds value to your syslog monitoring.
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A Moving Target
Posted on December 11, 2020 by Russell McCutcheon
Long ago, at the start of a Fall semester, I was speaking with someone newer to our Department about whether it was likely that we would have a tenure-track search that year; we had recently had a faculty member depart for another university, leaving our then small Department with no one covering Asia. We hoped to fill that gap, of course, but one can never be sure if requests for lines (whether replacements or new) will be granted by the University. "But surely Asia is important" I was told in reply, the person assuming that the University administration would agree.
I replied by asking whether they thought that the 22 other Departments in the College of Arts & Sciences also had unfilled lines and uncovered areas of importance to them — such as Modern Languages and Criminal Justice, or Chemistry, Biology, and Political Science. For while I may not think that another Elizabethan specialist is really needed in the English Department I can easily imagine how important such a line might be to someone over there (thus making its way into their rationale for requesting the position). So I suggested that if I were the Dean or the Provost I'd likely not be making these decisions — after all, resources are limited and not everyone will get what they want — based on the scale of value used by each Department in making their staffing requests but, instead, I'd probably come up with some other set of criteria, one that I could use across units that each employed their own local, different, and sometimes competing or even contradictory criteria for what was important or valuable.
The moral of the story: yes, offering classes that address Asia is very important. But is that an importance that will shared by those who make decisions on faculty lines…?
I raise this now because, once again, there are Departments of Religious Studies in the country that are at risk of losing their major or possibly even being closed, with the University of Vermont's well-known Department being but one of them. Whether this is due to budget cuts directly related to the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. higher ed or prompted by other, possibly longstanding, issues at these school is unknown, of course; whatever the cause, the wagons have been circled and replies are being written, defending the study of religion. In fact, I myself have privately written UVM's Chair, Dean and Provost, eliciting responses and conversations in some cases, but to what effect is always unclear. And so that opening anecdote comes to mind again for, having served as a chair for a rather long time, I have enough of a sense for how the modern university works to understand that the importance of a field of study is not necessarily how a university administrator decides these issues.
After all, many of those in our field will appreciate that claiming something is important or valuable merely begs other questions: important for whom and for what result….
By many measures the Department in which I have worked since the Fall of 2001 has been very successful; I've written on its history elsewhere, but the short version is that we were deemed "non-viable" back in 1999/2000, by our state credentialing board, and risked the loss of the major and the Department being closed, with faculty (all of whom were tenure-track, back then) either distributed elsewhere on campus or, perhaps, laid off. Today, it's such a different Department that it's tough to imagine us once being in that situation — luckily our Dean back then decided to invest in us instead of closing us. But even today there are ways of assessing our Department that make it look like it still faces some challenges. Sure, we teach courses on things not covered elsewhere on campus, but is that how our success should be measured? What about faculty publications and awards? The number of majors? (And if so, do double majors count? And what about minors…?) Or maybe total enrollment is the key criterion — or possibly just our contribution to general education, or what we call the Core Curriculum (that is, our service to providing a bit of breadth other majors on campus)? Might the tuition revenue that we generate be the way of judging us, thus comparing what we cost to run annually to what we bring in through our overall credit hour production? And what about our physical footprint, and thus it comes down to the best use of the limited facilities on campus? Oh, and how about those external grants — such a challenge in the Humanities — and the indirect costs that we bring to the University's budget…?
What's crucial to recognize in all this is that there's not just many different ways of judging the health of an academic unit — criteria that are often of relevance to administrators and not something the members of any given Department often consider — but that the members of a unit are never quite sure which of those criteria will be operationalized at any given moment. Although we can sometimes see this in how individual faculty are judged within a unit, the effects there are moderated by tenure and promotion documents that are required to itemize, as clearly as possible, the expectations of the Department — though malleable categories like collegiality often get tossed in, possibly providing considerable wiggle room for those in power (something on which Aaron Hughes and I have written). But when it comes to measuring the well-being and progress of Departments there's no such document or agreed upon criteria; and so their defenders often fall back on citing the importance of the subject matter, or…, maybe it's the credit hour production, or wait, how about the rate at which their students get jobs after they graduate. And how do the faculty member's individual productivity chalk up in Academic Analytics, when compared to others across the country…?
My point here is not to criticize those defending the field but, instead, to outline the often invisible hill its defenders have to climb. For who knows which criteria actually motivate these decisions and thus which arguments and what evidence could best be marshaled for an effective rebuttal — leaving us to throw every argument in the book back toward the administration, hoping that something sticks.
So, yes, I hope that you sign the petitions now circulating and that you send your messages of support to colleagues and that you also write their superiors concerning the importance of our field, but do so knowing that these decisions are moveable targets. Hopefully, people on the ground there can give us all a better sense of which scale of value is being used, and how best to help them, though we also need to keep in mind that this could all change in the blink of an eye. And don't overlook that sometimes the reason is undisclosed and the public evidence is selected to suit a decision whose logic is known only to a handful. But despite this, I'll still write Deans and Provosts to make sure that they know that, as I've most recently phrased it, "our degree's value is realized in all sorts of possibly unexpected places — it's about so much more than a world religions course or a class on myths."
This entry was posted in Faculty Blog, Relevance of Humanities, Religion in Culture and tagged Budget Cuts, Closures, COVID-19, Humanities, Relevance of the Study of Religion, University of Vermont by Russell McCutcheon. Bookmark the permalink.
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Billy Marvin Rankin, 80, of Melbourne, died on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at State Center Specialty Care from COPD complications. A graveside committal service will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2019 at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Cincinnati, IA.
Survivors include his two sons: Kevin and Judy Rankin of Melbourne, IA; and Carl and Dee Rankin of Bedford, IA; eight grandchildren: Charles (Chip) and Rebecca Rankin of Breezy Point, MN; Dale and Tammy Leikvoll of Hillman, MN; Chad and Sarah Leikvoll of Princeton, MN; Dena Oscarson of Pierz, MN; Elizabeth And Matt Green of Abingdon, VA; Rebecca and Sam Juhl of Des Moines, IA; Patrick and Mackenzie Rankin of Bedford, IA; Sarah and Tim Guilliatt of Bedford, IA; and 14 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister Neva and Norman Hampton of Collins, IA; sister-in-law Gladys Robertson of North Richland, TX; nephew Marty and Jackie Rankin of Fort Worth, TX; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Elizabeth (McKinley) Rankin, parents Carl and Nora Rankin, and eleven brothers and sisters.
Billy Marvin Rankin was born in rural Jasper County, Iowa on April 12, 1938, to Carl and Nora (Tribby) Rankin. He was educated in rural Country schools and proudly served three years in the US Navy.
He married Mary Elizabeth McKinley on August 1, 1959, and bore two sons Kevin and Carl. They made their home in Centerville, IA where Kevin and Carl were born. In the fall of 1976, they moved to Melbourne, IA where he lived until his death, along with stays at the Iowa River Hospice House and State Center Specialty Care.
Billy worked in many jobs throughout his life in factories specifically Marshalltown Trowel, U.S. Manufacturing. He is also remembered in Melbourne welder, repairing, and fabricating machinery at Floyd Needham's shop.
Old-time country and bluegrass music was a lifelong passion for Billy, learning to play a harmonica by age five and guitar shortly after that. He was self-taught and played solely by ear. If it had strings he could tune it and play it, especially guitar, mandolin, and fiddle, to name a few of his favorites. He began playing for dances as a young boy and continued throughout his life. He arranged and attended many jam sessions all over the state which were his favorite form of entertainment. When he wasn't playing at a dance, he could also be seen dancing with Mary, the love of his life.
In later years, Billy's love of making music developed into a passion for making and repairing musical instruments. He began slowly making his first fiddle, researching and learning proper luthier techniques. Many times he had to first design and build his own tools or jigs before he could actually make the instrument. He built several fiddles, guitars, mandolins, an octofone, and even a hammered dulcimer. Billy also gained quite a reputation or repairing many musical instruments through the years. He painstakingly worked on each instrument like it was his very own and always worked to make it as good as new or in most cases, better. He was a proud member of the Guild of American Luthiers and attended many of their annual conventions in Tacoma, Washington.
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Q: Do I need Deauthorization and Data Deletion requests in my app for review app approval by Facebook? I am right now working on a practice project in ROR and in that project I have made user able to create memories in Memories model. For that I have created APIs that fetch user media of a specific user (who actually authorizes). These extracted posts are then stored in DB as memories.
For getting my app approved by Facebook, Do I have to make deauthorization and Data Deletion request?
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*there is no such issue for domain for redirect uri as I am already taking care of that.

*there is no Facebook login either, just sign in to Instagram and redirect back to my app showing all posts.

I am not sure in which direction i have to move further.

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Jewish leaders urged President Obama on Thursday to make clear during his upcoming trip to Israel that he will prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons — and to correct an early diplomatic misstep when he appeared to trace Israel's historic claim to a modern state to the Holocaust rather than to the Bible.
In a White House meeting that lasted longer than the scheduled hour, Obama listened to leaders of more than a dozen Israel advocacy groups, representing a spectrum of views over the challenges facing the Jewish state at a moment of regional instability and mounting threats.
The meeting was described by nearly a half-dozen participants as cordial, led by a president who, after an early setback attempting to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, appeared far more self-assured and with a policy more in line with those of his guests than in previous encounters.
The gathering was not listed on the president's public schedule, and some participants spoke on the condition of anonymity to recount the discussions. Some said Obama engaged most energetically, although never angrily, with those with whom he most disagreed.
In one exchange, Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, expressed concern that Obama might be softening his pledge to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, based on recent reports of frustrated international diplomatic efforts.
Obama has said his policy is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, not containing the Islamic republic if it does achieve that capability. Vice President Biden made the same point earlier this week in an address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, but Hoenlein asked Obama what actions he intends to take to stop it, according to participants.
"I'm not going to beat my chest to prove my toughness on this," Obama said, according to participants.
Obama continued by citing a quote attributed by some to the Chinese military tactician Sun Tzu, who suggested that a "golden bridge" must be built to give what Obama described as a "proud people" a face-saving retreat to a diplomatic solution.
"The president outlined in general terms what he hopes to accomplish during his trip," said Robert Wexler, the former Democratic congressman from Florida who attended the meeting as the director of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.
"All of that was underlined by the president's commitment — the reiteration of his commitment — to an unprecedented security relationship with Israel and with the president's desire to have a meaningful conversation with the Israeli people," he added.
Obama is scheduled to leave in just under two weeks for his first trip to Israel as president. He will also visit the occupied Palestinian territories and Jordan, whose leader, King Abdullah II, is facing growing public unrest over his family's long rule of the desert kingdom of strategic importance to the United States.
Obama has met with Jewish leaders before, including a seminal July 2009 meeting held a few weeks after his call for a "new beginning" with the Muslim world in Cairo.
The president followed that speech, in which he criticized Islamic extremism, Arab authoritarianism and Israeli settlement construction in the territories it occupied in the 1967 war, with a visit to the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
While a moving afternoon in which Obama highlighted the suffering of the Jewish people, the visit — and decision to skip Israel — appeared to locate the modern state of Israel's right to exist in the Holocaust rather than in the period outlined in the Bible.
For some critics, it became the central example of how Obama does not understand how the Jewish people view the modern state and its historical claims.
Obama's visit to Israel, which will be focused in Jerusalem, is an effort to reset his relationship not with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he has had a rocky one, but with a still-suspicious Israeli public.
Nathan Diament, director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the Orthodox Union, said he told Obama at the Thursday meeting that he must reach out not only to young secular Israelis but also to the nation's growing religious community.
"I emphasized the importance that as part of what he does in that regard is speak, directly and symbolically, to the religious sectors of society and the millennia of connection the Jewish people have with the land of Israel," said Diament, whose organization is the largest orthodox Jewish umbrella group.
Obama was also urged Thursday to deliver a message to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whom Obama will meet in Ramallah, that Palestinians should not obstruct Israeli peace efforts.
According to participants, Obama said he would. But he added that he also planned to tell Israelis that they must do more than talk about peace.
He said they must also act in a way that encourages an acceptable resolution with the Palestinians, according to several participants.
"And that will be a difficult balance to accomplish," Obama said, according to one participant.
White House officials said Thursday that Obama had no plans at this point to meet with Palestinian — or other Arab — leaders before the trip.
"He also underscored that the trip is an opportunity for him to speak directly to the Israeli people about the history, interests and values that we share," the official said.


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flea style
Flea Style – previously dubbed The Dallas Flea – was founded in 2009 by Brittany Cobb. The former lifestyle editor fostered a deep love for vintage and unique goods as a writer and as a child combing local markets and antique malls with her mom in Southern California.
"My mom had a stall at a local antique mall and I loved to wander the aisles in search for treasures while she decorated her booth," says Cobb. "One of my earliest memories is convincing her to buy me a funky iron and crystal lamp there that ended up in my bedroom until I went off to college."
In 2001, Cobb moved to Dallas to attend Southern Methodist University. Post graduation, the journalism major spent ten years writing lifestyle articles for The Dallas Morning News, Forbes, Lucky and DailyCandy. With her editor's eye and flair for flea markets, she cultivated a curated mix of vendors and launched The Dallas Flea as a one-time holiday shopping event.
The show's huge success proved that vendors and shoppers were craving the unique indoor marketplace. Cobb retired her writer's cap to focus on the flea and grow the event, which attracts thousands of shoppers and supports the local artistic, small business, culinary, retail and hospitality communities. In 2015, Cobb changed The Dallas Flea name to Flea Style to take the coveted concept to multiple cities, starting with Houston.
In 2016 the company expanded into e-commerce to sell vendors' wares, custom collaborations between makers and Flea Style and unique finds Cobb sources around the globe. In 2018 Flea Style renovated a historical 5,000 square foot building in downtown Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood to house a retail store, event studio and its corporate headquarters. Flea Style also launched a pop-up market partnership dubbed Market at The Star with the Dallas Cowboys offering seasonal outdoor shows at the football organization's world headquarters.
In 2019, the company opened a second store and studio at The Star in Frisco! The 6,200-square foot space includes Heirloom Haul, a stunning culinary concept owned by Cobb and branded by Flea Style to serve its shoppers and event space scratch-made food inspired by the antique mall tearooms Cobb frequented as a child.
In 2020, the brand opened a concept store at The Star called Game Day Style to offer unique, reimagined apparel for sports fans. Additionally, Flea Style opened its online store during the pandemic to provide retail options for its customers and fans amidst an otherwise stressful time.
This year, Cobb saw an opportunity to expand Flea Style to the historic Stockyards of Fort Worth. Wide Brim, a Flea Style concept store, opened its doors this summer inside Hotel Drover, an Autograph Collection hotel located at the mouth of the Stockyards' booming Mule Alley shopping district. Wide Brim offers apparel, jewelry, accessories and hats for the wanderlust and provides an experience unlike any other Flea Style stores.
After immersing herself in the Fort Worth community, Cobb fell in love and began working on plans for additional opportunities. This fall, Flea Style plans to open its largest storefront in the heart of Mule Ally, which will include a one-of-a-kind Heirloom Haul beverage bar. This storefront will not only offer Flea Style signature pieces but a mix of lifestyle goods and sips.
All stores now offer location-specific versions of Flea Style's popular hat bar, which offers stylish hats and unique accents for shoppers to create one-of-a-kind looks that fit their personal style. The Flea Style hat bar experiences have become so popular, that iconic American hat brand, Stetson, struck up a partnership to create a bespoke Flea Style hat dubbed "Brittany" in a myriad of custom colors.
Though Flea Style has exceeded Cobb's expectations from all angles, her passion for interior design has not diminished. She wanted to create an experience for travelers who were seeking a unique vacation opportunity and dreamed of a day that would come true. This fall, that concept will become a reality! Flea Style will enter the vacation rental landscape with its first property, The Bungalow, located in Fort Worth. Brand loyalists and travelers can now enjoy the Flea Style lifestyle inside a curated 1,800 square-foot home packed with Cobb's flea market finds, Flea Style store signature décor elements and even bites from Heirloom Haul!
Flea Style continues to push the envelope with new experiential retail and lifestyle concepts while celebrating small businesses and unique style.
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What started out as a nice walk between my son and I a few days ago ended up being an important discussion on Internet and gaming safety. My son kept looking at his phone and I asked him why! We usually have a no screen time when there is family time rule. What was taking his attention and making him risk breaking the no screen time rule? It was a new mobile game/app, that unless you have unplugged completely from all technology and news, everyone has heard about: Pokémon Go.
Pokémon Go is a augmented reality game using a smartphone (camera + GPS) where players use motion forward, such as walking, to move their avatar in the game and catch "Pokémon" as you go. Poke stops are small landmarks in the real world that are noted in game with a sign (like the entrance to tennis court). By swiping to either side of screen and making the sign spin, you can receive items such as Poke balls, Pokémon eggs and potions. To hatch Pokémon eggs you have to walk or bike a certain distance in real life. The game uses 2, 5 and 10 Kilometers. The concept is fun, family friendly, the battles are cartoon "Pokémon" style battles. It is a fun game that takes kids (and adult) outside or one that they can play on the move. Players look for PokéStops and Pokémon gyms which are usually at meeting places and attractions. While the game is *free*, there is in-app purchases that parents need to be aware of. The game was developed by Niantic labs with the Pokemon Company and Nintendo. Niantic's CEO said the goals of the game were to inspire "exercise, see the world in new eyes and break the ice".
And Poke balls in augmented reality to park!
Physical Security Issues: You play in "public" teams and that can be a security issue for kids and adults (check out this article on Quartz Augmented reality gets sinister as Pokemon Go leads players to a real-life dead body and armed robbers ). Parents should tell their kids to only go to known local destinations such as town libraries, schools, parks and never meet up with strangers. Here is more information on finding PokeStops via Polygon (and how they are editable!). Depending on the age of the kids, it will be very important for parents to go with the kids on their walks. In our case, we have teens so they are out on their own more often. We still sat down with our teens to talk about the safety issues and set up rules for using the game while out of the house (such as issue 2)! This reminds me of when I found out you can actually get robbed in minecraft. Here is my Mashable article I wrote about that experience: "Teach Your Kids How Not to Get Mugged in Minecraft". UPDATE: But don't play Pokemon Go during visits to museums like the Holocaust Museum or other inappropriate PokeStops "10 Inappropriate PokeStops via Mashable"!
Not paying attention to your surroundings: When you are playing there is some monitoring of the app to see when there is a battle or other game activities. I told my kids they can NOT WALK AND LOOK AT THEIR PHONE AT THE SAME TIME. It is dangerous when outside to not be paying attention to what is going on around you. I told my son that we need to stop walking in a safe place to check the game.
In-App Purchases: As mentioned above, free apps with "in-app" purchases can be dangerous for kids who don't understand they are spending real money. It is important to set up controls for in-app purchases. For example, for my son's iTunes account, there is no credit card associated so he can't make any purchases. Instead, we give him iTunes gift cards that he "earns" with chores to buy apps.
Businesses: Some businesses may be putting information or Pokemon stops for the game on their location. Make kids aware that just because a business has information about this game does not mean they should share their photos with them or that the business is a safe stop. Also that they don't need to go to fast food restaurants for Poke Stops, there are many other "outdoor" adventure Poke Stops that will be more fun and also better for exercise (via Gizmodo "Pokemon Go partners with McDonalds")!
Malware: Techcrunch posted with information on potential malware resulting from Pokemon Go: "Here comes the Pokemom Go Malware".
Is Pokemon Go improving our cities? via Curbed.
3 Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Pokemon GO. And yes, you knew it was coming. Pokemon Go will soon be adding sponsored locations.
And one other amazing detail "On July 7, one day after its release, Pokémon Go had more Android installations than Tinder in US, and by July 8 it was on 5.16% of US Android devices" via Techmeme.
Oh, and moms are playing Pokémon Go too.. To find things that is (video via MyLifeSuckers).
Have you played Pokémon Go? And if so, what do you think? I am still learning about the game so I would love to learn more from my readers! I have seen many kids and adults enjoy using the game outside with friends so that is positive aspect. Lately there are articles about the health benefits of Pokemon Go. As long as you watch out for some of the issues, I think the game can be a fun and social game for "kids" of all ages. Many parents are reporting to me that they have enjoyed not only going on long walks playing the game with their kids, but also meeting other people in their neighborhood playing the game as well. So there is a very positive side of the game!
Disclosure: This is a press post. I will be updating the links as I find out more information.


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by Mary | May 12, 2010 · 1:12 pm
First Look at the Kerry Lieberman Energy Bill: Pros and Cons
The long awaited Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy bill was finally unveiled today without a Republican co-sponsor after Lindsey Graham withdrew his support. Still, the American Power Act reflects most of the promises that had been made by the trio over the past months; both good and bad.
A strong push by electric, coal, and gas lobbies to protect their industries is heavily reflected in the bill which promotes nuclear power, "clean" coal, and offshore drilling. Also, carbon caps will be established on a rolling sector-by-sector basis which will not affect certain industries for (like manufacturing) for over 5 years, while others (like agriculture) are completely exempt. This leaves open the possibility for these sectors to produce "offsets" – or free carbon credits – which can be sold to regulated sectors in lieu of making real emissions cuts.
Here is a general overview of the high and low points contained in a draft text released by Kerry's office today:
Carbon Cap:
The bill calls for an economy-wide emissions reduction to 95.25 percent of 2005 levels by 2013, 83 percent by 2020, 58 percent by 2030, and 17 percent by 2050. Domestic Offsets:
Establishes a nationwide system under which sources not subject to the greenhouse gas emission reduction program may receive credits for making reductions in emissions that can be sold to and used by those subject to reduction requirements.
Coastal Drilling Opt-out:
States have the right to opt-out of drilling up to 75 miles from their shores, and veto projects of nearby states. Offshore Drilling:
Despite a smattering of new regulations, offshore drilling stays in the nation's long-term energy plan.
Clean Energy Funding:
Establishes a Clean Energy Technology Fund, though source for funding is not explicitly outlined. Nuclear Power:
Incentives include a new investment tax credit to promote the construction of new generating facilities, $54 billion in loan guarantees and a manufacturing tax credit to spur the domestic production of nuclear parts.
Clean Transportation:
Supports electric vehicle infrastructure; provides funding to municipal transportation emissions reduction programs. "Clean" Coal:
Annual $2 billion for research and development of carbon capture and sequestration methods and devices.
Clean Energy Career Development:
Grants and career training in the fields of clean energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation. International Offsets:
Establishes an independent advisory committee to monitor and approve international offset projects which allow US industries to continue polluting.
Customer Refund:
Two thirds of revenues from carbon trading will rebated to consumers, though not directly. State Pre-emption:
States will not be permitted to operate their own cap-and-trade programs.
The next few weeks will undoubtedly see push-back from both the right and the left on a number of the bill's more controversial elements. The chance of any legislation passing the Senate before the summer campaign season begins remains murky, but a strong push by the administration and civil society could mean a victory for the comprehensive, albeit less than perfect, bill.
View the full bill text here.
Filed under Economy, Environment, Politics
Tagged as clean coal, Climate Bill, Climate Change, Kerry-Lieberman, offshore drilling
by Emma | May 1, 2010 · 9:20 am
Arnold's Smart Move
I've been a critic of Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R-CA) policies for the better part of his term as governor. But Thursday, his support for the California Medicaid would make opponents proud.
Arnold had been a wavering, sometimes supporter of health care reform throughout the debate. More recently, in early January, he called the legislation "health care to nowhere" despite the fact it looked very similar to reforms he proposed in California.
Thursday, the California governor came out in strong support of the health care reform law, becoming the first Republican governor to do so. "The bottom line is this: If national health care reform is going to succeed, it has to be a partnership, like with everything, a partnership between the state and the federal government," he said.
Now for the fun part.
Arnold's announcement came the in the same letter as the state ask from the US Department of Health and Human Services for over $4 billion a year in additional Medicaid funds. This Medicaid waiver has been in the works for a long period of time, but with the state's fiscal distress the waiver is larger than the state has asked for in the past. It is needed in the state too. With nearly 1/4 of the population uninsured and historically low Medicaid payments, the waiver will go a long way to help doctors and low-income individuals in the state. The waiver would expand eligibility for Medicaid coverage to 200% federal poverty, well above the reform's 133%.
Of course, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius praised the Governator immediately after his move. She needed this win, as state after state has been uncooperative to say the least in signing on to implement the reforms.
Now, with talk of changing the constitution reemerging to allow the Austrian born Republican governor to run for president, the Governator has once again returned to the spotlight as a national model for moderate conservatism. Yey?
By Emma Sandoe
Filed under Health Policy, Politics
by Mary | March 23, 2010 · 5:23 pm
Immigration: Arizona Debates Anti-Immigrant Bill
Thousands marched on Washington this past weekend to demand that the administration turn its attention to immigration reform, in order to ensure that the basic human rights of immigrant workers and their families in the United States are upheld. But, meanwhile, legislation is quietly making its way through the Arizona State Legislature which would make the status of immigrants in the state far worse than under current law.
A proposal being debated in the Arizona House today (HB 2632) contains many of the same provisions that sparked widespread protests in 2008. Undocumented immigrants would be charged with trespassing, and law enforcement officials would be required to determine the immigration status of anyone they come in contact with during an investigation.
A number of pro-immigrant groups have launched opposition campaigns to HB 2632, among them the Tucson-based Border Action Network, which deemed the legislation "the most far-reaching anti-immigrant bill ever introduced in the Arizona Legislature." The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference pointed out in a statement:
"We are concerned that the present language of these bills does not clearly state that undocumented persons who become victims of crime can come forward without fear of deportation. Anything that may deter crimes from being reported or prosecuted will only keep dangerous criminals on the streets, making our communities less safe."
If signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, "the bill also would make Arizona the only state to criminalize the presence of an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants through an expansion of its trespassing law." An identical bill (SB 1070) has already passed through the Arizona Senate, and a House vote is expected this week.
This would undoubtedly act as a foil to any kind of sweeping immigration reform that the administration may attempt to address in the coming months. The nation must now turn its eyes to Arizona; the battle for a more just immigration policy will need to be fought on a more localized level before it can be tackled by the Obama administration.
Filed under Crime, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Politics
Tagged as Immigration
Obama on Climate: We Need a Carbon Cap
In a meeting with key Senators and administration officials yesterday, President Obama made one point abundantly clear: the U.S. needs to put a cap on our carbon emissions. Politico reports:
In opening remarks, according to Senators in attendance, President Obama took the idea of an energy-only bill – the preferred approach of moderate Democrats – off the table, saying he wanted a "comprehensive" bill that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
The President is up against a a strong contingent of Senators who have been trying to sideline a carbon cap with alternate proposals such as the one being drafted by Richard Lugar (R-IN), which would promote ever-dubious "clean coal" initiatives and nuclear power. Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Lisa Mirkowski (R-AK) have also expressed their opposition to any proposal that would put a price on carbon emissions.
But the reality is that we must cap our emissions, and to do it soon. What our constituent-minded members of Congress fail to recognize is that we are the ONLY developed country that has yet to make a solid commitment to cut our carbon levels in the next few decades.
International climate negotiations are at a standstill largely because everyone is waiting for the United States to step up to the plate. Comments made by China's top climate negotiator today, urging our Congress not to "shift the responsibility for taking more active action to other countries," reflects a prevalent mood in the global community.
UN Climate talks, which are set to re-commence in December in Mexico, will get nowhere if the U.S. has not yet passed a comprehensive bill that includes a carbon cap.
It seems time to listen to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who is urging the GOP to support a comprehensive climate and energy plan. He told the press yesterday: "I'm not going to support some half-assed reform."
Filed under Environment, Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged as Climate Change, Obama
by Mary | March 3, 2010 · 6:31 pm
GOP Fundraising Strategy: Fear, Ego and Reactionary Politics
A confidential GOP presentation obtained by POLITICO says it all when it comes to Republican political strategy. Nothing we didn't already know – it's just particularly disturbing to see it summed up so thoroughly in a garish heart-shaped flow chart.
So now its time to ask yourself: are you a "visceral giver" or a "major donor?" Well, that depends, are you a reactionary who responds to anger and fear tactics, or are you an ego-driven opportunist? Either way, the GOP has found a way to take your money. And, if you haven't been convinced yet, Republicans have a brilliantly simple strategy to lure you to their side:
See the full presentation here.
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O município de Washington (em inglês: Washington Township) é um município localizado no condado de Clermont no estado estadounidense de Ohio. No ano de 2010 tinha uma população de 2.278 habitantes e uma densidade populacional de 24,23 pessoas por km².

Geografia
O município de Washington encontra-se localizado nas coordenadas . Segundo a Departamento do Censo dos Estados Unidos, o município tem uma superfície total de 94 km², da qual 92,28 km² correspondem a terra firme e (1,83 %) 1,72 km² é água.

Demografia
Segundo o censo de 2010, tinha 2.278 habitantes residindo no município de Washington. A densidade populacional era de 24,23 hab./km². Dos 2.278 habitantes, o município de Washington estava composto pelo 98,51 % brancos, o 0,31 % eram afroamericanos, o 0,13 % eram amerindios, o 0,09 % eram asiáticos, o 0,18 % eram de outras raças e o 0,79 % eram de uma mistura de raças. Do total da população o 0,66 % eram hispanos ou latinos de qualquer raça.

Municípios do Ohio
Localidades do condado de Clermont