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I-13 – Policies, Policies, Policies, and Microchips Embedded in Employees
EEOC Releases UPS from Future Consent Decree Reporting Obligations
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/17/2020
Federal Agency Says Shipping Giant's Compliance Efforts Warrant Early-Out - CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has, with court approval, released United Parcel Services, Inc. (UPS) from its...more
UPS Freight to Pay $75,000 to Resolve Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Federal Judge Approves Final Settlement - ST. LOUIS – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for District of Kansas entered an order today formalizing a settlement resolving the final dispute between UPS Freight and...more
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2019 #2
Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/14/2019
The Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently issued a public service announcement warning private companies about the increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting private industry....more
The ADA Does Not Obligate Employers To Make On-The-Spot Accommodations Of The Employee's Choosing
Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/8/2019
Seyfarth Synopsis: Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals clarifies that employers have discretion to provide a reasonable accommodation as identified through the interactive process. Once an employee abandons the interactive...more
Seventh Circuit Gives New Legs to Employee's ADA Suit
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP on 8/31/2018
On Aug. 24, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded the district court's decision in favor of the employee in the case of Linda Rowlands v. United Parcel Service-Fort Wayne, No. 17-3281...more
Federal Court Delivers EEOC A Victory Over UPS In ADA Lawsuit Regarding Pay
Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/10/2018
Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal district court in Kansas recently granted the EEOC's motion for judgment on the pleadings in an ADA lawsuit brought against UPS and an employee union...more
Leave It To California – Post FMLA/CFRA/PDL Leave and FEHA
When must an employer provide leave time in addition to FMLA/CFRA-type leave as a reasonable accommodation? The answer to that question, as with many other leave-related questions, may depend on your location on the map....more
A Potential P[l]ot Twist For Medical Marijuana And The ADA
Seyfarth Synopsis: A recently-filed lawsuit in the federal district court in Arizona alleges that an employee's use of medical marijuana may be permissible under the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Although the...more
Cozen O'Connor on 8/21/2017
Michael Schmidt of Cozen O'Connor addresses recent trends and noteworthy developments on certain employment policies related to political activity, confidential customer information, FMLA retaliation, and maximum leave...more
Check Your Handbooks!!! UPS Settles Maximum Leave Policy Violations for $2 million.
Ruder Ware on 8/10/2017
The EEOC filed suit against UPS on behalf of approximately 90 current and former employees for multiple violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agency charged UPS with failing to properly accommodate...more
EEOC Sues UPS Freight for Violating the Americans With Disabilities Act
Company Treats Disabled Drivers Worse Than Drivers With DWIs, Suit Charges - ST. LOUIS - UPS Freight violated federal law by treating a truck driver who was unable to drive because of a minor stroke worse than it treated...more
UPS Delivers Cautionary Tale
Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 8/9/2017
Maximum leave policies are ubiquitous. These policies typically state that an employee who does not/cannot return from leave within a specified period (e.g. 12 months) will be discharged. Last year the EEOC issued...more
UPS to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Nationwide EEOC Disability Discrimination Claims
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/9/2017
Shipping Giant's Rigid Leave Policies Forced Out Employees Who Needed Accommodations, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - International shipping giant United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) has agreed to pay $2 million to nearly...more
Sixth Circuit Signs Off On EEOC Subpoena In UPS Disability Discrimination Case
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Sixth Circuit recently affirmed a U.S. District Court's decision granting the EEOC's application to enforce a subpoena in a disability discrimination investigation, finding that company-wide...more
The ADA Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary – A Look Back at the Development of the Act
BakerHostetler on 8/3/2015
Twenty-five years ago this week, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA") was enacted into law with its stated purpose being "to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination...more
Pregnancy Discrimination: A Hot Topic in the Aftermath of Young v. UPS
Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/8/2015
Pregnancy discrimination continues to evolve following the Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Young v. UPS. As anticipated, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") released an updated guidance, Q&A resource,...more
Delivery Change: UPS Announces Modification of Challenged Pregnancy Accommodation Policy Just Weeks Ahead of Supreme Court...
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 11/3/2014
In July of this year, we wrote about new EEOC guidance on the accommodation of pregnant employees under both the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). One of the primary issues...more
Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Pregnancy Accommodation Obligation
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 7/23/2014
On July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review of a case from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North and South Carolina) that may resolve a circuit split with regard to employers' obligations to provide...more
The Lesson Of EEOC v. UPS And Automatic Termination Provisions: Engage In The ADA Interactive Process
Franczek P.C. on 2/19/2014
Let me share a story about UPS, although in the end, this story has nothing to do with UPS. For about the past 10 years, UPS has maintained a policy of terminating any employees who are unable to return to work after...more
Federal Court Allows EEOC Disability Case to Proceed, Denying United Parcel Service's Appeal
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Pregnancy Discrimination Law Update
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/29/2013
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Employers Shouldn't Be Too Excited About That Pregnancy Decision . . . And More From The Price Is Right
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/14/2013
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EEOCReasonable AccommodationCollective Bargaining Agreements (CBA)ComplianceConsent DecreesDisability Discrimination


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Q: Php checkbox POST array I have a html contact form that has checkboxes.  When I go to get the $_POST data all I see for the checkbox field is ARRAY.
Here is the checkbox snippet form the HTML form

        <input type="checkbox" name="services[]" value="check 1">Type 1

        <input type="checkbox" name="services[]" value="check 2 ">Type 2

        <input type="checkbox" name="services[]" value="check 3">Type 3

        <input type="checkbox" name="services[]" value="check 4">Type 4

and here is my PHP processing file
$email = $_POST['email'];

if ( is_array ( $_POST['services'] ) ) {
    $services = $_POST['services'];
}

echo 'email is: ' . $email . ' services :' . $services;

Email works fine as its just POST data from one input field.  But how do I save the array into a variable so it does something like
$services = "check 1, check 2, check 3";

A: I guess you are trying to just put that array in your email. In that case PHP will use just word Array to let you know it's actual array, not a string.
To get comma-separated list you should use implode() function on $services (don't forget to filter it first!).
$commaList = implode(', ', $services);

A: You should use the implode() function in PHP.
$variable = implode(', ', $services);

You could also use a foreach loop.
$variable = '';
foreach($services as $key => $value){
    $variable .= $value . ', ';
}

rtrim($variable, ', ');

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Swiss Itinerary - 5 Nights 6 Days Switzerland Holiday Tour
Day 1: Arrive at Zurich Airport and visit Rhine falls
Arrive at Zurich Airport keep your luggage at the Zurich Airport locker where you get small, medium and large sizes lockers and that can be used for up to 72 hours.
Small lockers start at CHF6 for the first 12 hours and then cost another CHF3 for every 12-hour period up to 72 hours and proceed to visit Rhine falls.
Take a train for Neuhausen Rheinfall from Zurich Airport using your Swiss Travel Pass. The journey time will be approximately 1 hour with 1 change in between.
Once you reach explore The Rhine Falls at your leisure. It is at 23 metres high and 150 metres wide, the Rhine Falls is one of the largest and most water-rich waterfalls in Europe. It is one of the great attractions in this region. It lies to the west of Untersee in Switzerland and attracts numerous travellers who have a fascinating view of the water masses between the rocks from several platforms.
Another vantage point is the little castle of Wörth, which lies on an island in the Rhine. There are boat trips which can be taken up the Rhine to the falls and the Rheinfallfelsen. Shorter and longer boat trips are offered. The cost will be approx. 10CHF per person depending on the duration of the boat ride.
There are also viewing platforms with views of the falls built on both sides of the Rhine. These are reached via steep and narrow stairs (access by fee on the Schloss Laufen side).
Later after completing the Rhine fall tour board the train for Zurich Airport from Neuhausen Rheinfall to collect your luggage. After collecting take a train to Lucerne from Zurich airport (time taken roughly 1 hr).
After reaching check-in to your apartment/hotel. Move out to explore the Lucerne city which is the gateway to central Switzerland, situated beside the beautiful Lake Lucerne.
Visit the Chapel bridge which is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century. The Chapel Bridge is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world's oldest surviving truss bridge. It serves as the city's symbol and as one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions.
With a few minutes of walk you can also visit the Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, which is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820-21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
Overnight at Lucerne.
Day 2: Lucerne: Mt. Titlis
Today visit Mount Titlis which is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Bern, located at 3,238 metres (10,623 ft.) above sea level.
Travel directly from Lucerne to Engelberg on the "Zentralbahn" railway. The journey from Lucerne takes around 45 minutes. The route from Engelberg train station to the TITLIS valley station takes just ten minutes on foot or you can hop on the free shuttle bus. Exchange your voucher for the tickets.
To go up the mountain the 8-seater TITLIS Xpress cable car will transport you all the way up from Engelberg to Stand station. You can hop on or off at Trübsee middle station where the TITLIS ROTAIR cable car will then take you on the final leg of the ascent from Stand to the summit station at 3,020 metres above sea level. The journey from Engelberg to TITLIS mountain station takes around 30 minutes
Use the Ice Flyer which will fly you from the mountain station to the TITLIS glacier park. And in winter, the chair lift will take you all the way up to the fantastic ski slopes on the summit.
Also visit the TITLIS Cliff Walk which is just one metre wide and over 100 metres long. The views into the abyss below are breathtaking! The TITLIS Cliff Walk holds the record for being the highest suspension bridge in Europe.
All kinds of exhilarating snow activities await in the glacier park in summer.
Whiz down the snow toy run on one of our fun sit-skis, snake gliss or minibobs and let our magic carpet conveyor belt whisk you quickly and easily back to the top.
Snowtubing is the ultimate alternative sledding experience that will see you skimming the glistening snow as you hurtle down the piste on a rubber tyre. You're sure to spin full circle several times before reaching the end of this bumpy yet exhilarating ride. It is specially designed run will keep you safely on track.
There are restaurants at the top: Panorama Restaurant or Terrace. On your descent you can visit Engelberg a small village. There is a monastery that you can visit.
Day 3: Lucerne to Interlaken: Jetboat and Harder Kulm
Today check out early around 8 am from Lucerne and leave for Interlaken (Time taken approx. 2hrs direct train).
Interlaken is a base town for anyone who wishes to see a lot of the Bernese Oberland. It is surrounded by the Alps covered by snow. The town is situated in between two beautiful lakes that is Lake Thun and Lake Brienz.
Interlaken has two rail stations. Interlaken Ost is the main one, Interlaken West is smaller. The street connecting both stations is the main shopping street with all the brands. The Interlaken Ost stations offer frequent train, bus and boat services to all attractions.
After reaching Interlaken around 11 am, check in at the apartment/hotel then keep your luggage and proceed for the famous Scenic Jetboat Ride. This exciting boat trip takes you from the jet port in Bönigen to the majestic and famous Giessbach Waterfalls, thundering 500 meters down over 14 cascades into the lake. The boat captains knows the lake inside out and give you information about the surroundings and the region.
Then they take you on an unforgettable boat tour peppered with impressive scenery, unique driving sensations, the right amount of adrenaline for everyone to fully enjoy, full 360° spins and a good amount of time on the water! This is the best activity that you will never forget.
Visit Harder Kulm the viewing platform at 1,322 metres above sea level he would graciously look down upon Lake Brienz and Lake Thun, or admire the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. The Harder Kulm Panorama Restaurant is reminiscent of a castle.
Do remember to avail your discount on Swiss Travel Pass for Harder Kulm.
Overnight at Interlaken.
Day 4: Interlaken: Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe & Visit to Trümmelbach Falls
Wake up to one of the most exciting days of your 6 days Switzerland itinerary.
Hop on to a train from Interlaken Ost to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe with 2 changes at Lauterbrunnen or Grindlewald and last change Kleine Scheidegg. Then ascend by the Jungfrau Railway from Kleine Scheidegg to the magnificent mountain world of eternal ice and snow, Jungfraujoch-at 3454mts, the highest railway station in Europe.
Once on top see the Ice Palace the tunnels of ice, which offers a frosty at minus 3°C. Mountain guides created the aisles and halls in the 1930s with picks and saws in the middle of the Jungfraufirn. Now they are adorned with frozen sculptures of eagle, penguin or bear.
The Sphinx Terraces offer a panoramic view of the Alps. Enjoy the wonderland of ice, snow and rock around the Aletsch Glacier, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
On your way back you can get off at Lauterbrunnen hop on to bus no 141 and visit the famous Trummelbach Falls. With its ten glacial waterfalls inside the mountain, made accessible by tunnel lift, the Trümmelbach waterfalls are truly unique in Europe.
Avail discount on your trip by purchasing Jungfraujoch with Swiss Travel Pass.
Overnight at Jungfrau.
Day 5: Interlaken to Zurich
Today check out and proceed towards Interlaken station and board the train for Zurich (Time taken roughly 2hrs with 1 change in Bern).
After reaching check in to the hotel and keep your luggage and start exploring the city by the water, which combines creative urban life with nature in all its glory.
Zurich is lively city with activity day and night with its unlimited events, diverse museums, and local food festival along with Switzerland's most vibrant nightlife.
Depending on your interest you can visit The FIFA World Football Museum which is an association football museum owned and operated by FIFA.
Swiss Pass
The museum is located in Zürich, across town from the FIFA headquarters. Entrance free with Swiss Pass.
Overnight at Zurich.
Day 6: Departure.
Today after breakfast check out from the hotel and proceed towards the Zurich Airport to board the flight.
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Toshiba Medical partners with UCSD to advance neuro, MSK and non-contrast MR
by John W. Mitchell, Senior Correspondent
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will soon deploy the Toshiba Vantage Galan 3T MR system for neuro, musculoskeletal (MSK) and other studies, as well as non-contrast MRI research.
According to Jon Furuyama, Product Manager, MR Business Unit at Toshiba America Medical Systems, the Galan system's advanced speed and quiet operating mode translates to research advantages.
"There are some things that are unique to this system," Furuyama told HCB News. "It's the quietest system out there and it's fast. By taking advantage of the new features on the Galan, users can perform a basic brain scan in about five minutes."
These operating characteristics, he explained, greatly facilitate throughput; another way of saying patients can be scanned faster and with less anxiety. This aids in both day-to-day patient scans, as well as in clinical research scans.
The system also offers new study capabilities for neuro, musculoskeletal, abdominal, cardiovascular, breast and prostate studies.
"The Galan's ultra-short TE (UTE) sequence generates images from signals that typically disappear on the sub-millisecond level," said Furuyama. "This allows for studies that have not been very easy to obtain in the past. For example, the junction where cartilage or ligaments attach onto the bone have historically been difficult-to-get images. The Galan system now offers this capability"
According to Furuyama, UCSD is also interested in non-contrast MRI scan research. Dr. Mitsue Miyazaki, Ph.D., a former Toshiba Medical researcher and leader in non-contrast MR studies has recently joined the staff at UCSD as principal researcher on the project. Furuyama said that - to a lesser extent - the research team is keen on research to develop non-contrast alternatives for Gadolinium. As reported by HCB News, there is growing concern about evidence that gadolinium - which does not occur normally in the human body - is being retained as a result of MR contrast studies.
"The Department of Radiology is committed to working to improve both patient's lives and population health at UC San Diego Health," said Alexander Norbash M.D., M.S., associate vice-chancellor for Diversity, professor and chair of Radiology, adjunct professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, UC San Diego School of Medicine. "In particular, we have focused on increasing the throughput, practicality, and utility of MR Imaging."
According to Toshiba Medical, the Vantage Galan 3T system increases signal-to-noise ratio by 20 percent. This allows for the faster sampling rate that produces higher-resolution images. The system also reduces sound during image acquisition by 99 percent.


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It would not suit me; besides, I will take no engagement but with a crowned head.
Franklin never put on any frills, but he was not afraid of a crowned head.
You evidently expect a crowned head will be struck with you.
I am not a crowned head, that I should marry a woman upon her portrait, and by proxy.
I don't ask you for the sum, because only a crowned head could pay it.
On the obverse side was a crowned head with the inscription: "Melach Herodes."
You're not a crowned head or an escaped princess or anything of that kind, are you?
"I believe you are a crowned head," murmured Laurie, discontentedly.
I would not change my experience for that of any crowned head.
I have looked down the mouth of every crowned head of Europe!


I was born on 15 May 1947 in year of the Pig. What has 2019 in store for me?
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This article introduces a goal-based view of consumer choice in which (1) choice is influenced by three classes of goals (consumption goals, criterion goals, and process goals), (2) goals are cognitively represented, and (3) the impact of a goal on choice depends on its activation. For each class of goals, we discuss how goal activation is influenced by direct (subconscious) goal priming, by spreading activation from choice options, from other goals, and from the context, and by goal (non-)achievement. Opportunities for modeling goal-based choice, the integration of emotions in a theory of goal-based choice, and relationships with dual-process theories of decision making are discussed.
Osselaer, StijinM.J.Van, Suresh Ramanathan, Margaret C Campbell, Joel B Cohen, Jeannette K Dale, Paul M. Herr, Chris Janiszewski, A. Kruglanski, Angela Y. Lee, Stephen J. Read, J.Edward Russo, and Nader T. Tavassoli. 2005. Choice Based on Goals. Marketing Letters. 16(4): 335-346.


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The New Brunswick Courier
Saturday July 29, 1837
Enlarged Series (Vol V. No. 27)
This document is transcribed from a National Archives of Canada microfilm copy of Page 1 of the July 29, 1837 edition of The New Brunswick Courier (Vol V. No. 27) and recounts a debate in the legislature concerning the nature of support that might be provided to a group of newly arrived emigrants from Northumberland. With the assistance of the legislature these emigrants went on to found what would become known as Harvey Settlement.
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PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY --Fredericton
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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
LOCATION OF EMIGRANTS
The House went into Committee of the whole, in further consultation of His Excellency's Messages - Mr. Taylor in the Chair.
Mr. Speaker stated that the principal object of now going into Committee was to consider the Message of His Excellency relative to the English Emigrants lately arrived, and now in Fredericton. It appeared that those emigrants had been induced to come out to this country under expectations that had not been realised; and they had therefore applied to the Executive for relief. Their demands certainly were not very high, and they did not appear to be in a destitute condition. He (Mr. Speaker) did not think the Legislature could well grant them any money: and he supposed that the only way of relieving them would be by authorizing the Executive to locate them on some of the waste lands of the Crown, giving them a certain time to pay for the lands.
Mr. L.A. Wilmot thought that the Legislature should hold out some encouragement to induce those people to remain in the country; they were a fine, sturdy, healthy, robust, decent set of people, such as were seldom seen arriving as emigrants; and he would be very sorry to seen then go away to the United States. -- They were calculated to become valuable settlers, even if they had come with nothing in their pockets; because their health and industry were so much real capital brought into the country, which would be greatly benefited by their productive labour. He (Mr. W.) thought the Lieutenant Governor should be authorized to locate them on crown lands; and if a small sum of money could be appropriated to provide experienced persons to teach them how to go to work in the wilderness, and form a settlement, it would be a very excellent thing; much more advantageous than if money were distributed directly amongst them. The greatest disadvantage which such people met with, in coming to settle in this country was that they did not know where to begin; they knew nothing about setting to work in the wilderness: and therefore the employment of a few experienced woodsmen to instruct them would be a great benefit.
Mr. Brown approved very much of the suggestions of the hon. and learned member for York; and thought
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that his plan was the only way, in which the House could hold out encouragement to poor emigrants; but such a mode would render them useful both to themselves and the country. If located in such a manner they would be a great acquisition of the Province. It should first be ascertained how many of them would be willing to settle in this matter; they should see the land, and then 2 or 3 experienced woodsmen should be appointed to take charge of and instruct them in their first proceedings, and then all their operations would be directed to advantage. But if they went upon new land without such direction and assistance they might kill one another in their inexperienced mode of using the broad axe and felling trees. The hon. member concluded, by describing all the process of clearing and settling wilderness lands.
Mr. J.M. Wilmot had understood that those people came out under the direction of the Nova Scotian and New Brunswick Land Company, expecting to receive land partially cleared, from that company; and if that land was good, they would do better by going there than by settling in the wilderness. It would never do to grant money directly to them; because that would be establishing a bad precedent. It was certainly very desirable to retain them in the country, if possible, but it was difficult to know what mode to adopt.
Mr. Hannington perfectly agreed with Messrs. L.A. Wilmot and Brown's propositions: these people were placed in special circumstances; they were a very useful and valuable class of persons, and the House were called upon to do something for them to prevent them being imposed upon. He would therefore cheerfully go with such a plan as had been proposed; and he thought the revenue could not be better applied, than in promoting such objects; as he was convinced that these emigrants were such as would be useful to the country.
Mr. Speaker thought the Committee should be a little cautious on this question. If the House now granted a sum of money to enable the Executive to locate those emigrants, it would be establishing a precedent from which they might afterwards be expected to afford similar assistance for all comers. It remained to be proved, whether these people would be valuable settlers; he though the Irish emigrants were always the best settlers that came to the country; and he would like to see how these people had greater claims for assistance, than the poor Irish emigrants that were continually arriving without a penny in their pockets; for, certainly, they did not by any means appear to require aid as much as the Irish. He was not disposed, therefore, to grant money to people not in need: all emigrants had equal claims with them, and thousands had superior claims, from being more in want. He thought that these people had no idea of settling on wilderness lands, to endure privations, because they had expected to be located by the land company; and why should the House make any distinction between them and any other classes of His Majesty's subjects arriving in the same way? He (Mr. Speaker) would wish them to be retained in the Province, if possible; but it would be unjust to make any invidious distinctions in their favour.
Mr. Partelow perfectly agreed, that all emigrants had equal claims, and that every facility should be given to all alike to enable them to settle in the country. But these people were peculiarly situated: they had come out, under promising expectations held out by the directors and agents of the Land Company, and had thus been induced to leave comfortable homes for this new country; and when they arrived, they found their expectations frustrated and the operations of the Company suspended; and therefore they had made a direct appeal of the Executive, for direction and relief. He (Mr. P.) therefore thought that something ought to be done to assist them; either by placing a sum of money at the disposal of the Executive, or by authorizing His Excellency to locate them as had been proposed; certainly such a valuable class of settlers should be induced to remain in the country. No doubt, all emigrants had equal claims but the great difficulty had always been, that poor emigrants on their arrival did not know to whom to apply. He (Mr. P.) thought that blocks of land should be laid out in different parts of the country, and placed under the control of local boards of commissioners, who should be authorised to locate good settlers on certain terms thereupon. In the mean time, this was entirely a new question; the House were for the first time applied to, to make the experiment; and therefore he was inclined to go with the proposal that had been suggested, to hold out encouragement for the settlement of the country; and to follow it up here after, if successful, in a similar way.
Mr. L.A. Wilmot said, that he had some documents in his hand that would throw a little light on the matter. -- The hon. Member here read copies of the following papers: -- 1. A circular address, published in England by the Land Company; holding out the most hyperbolical and extravagant inducements to persons to emigrate from Great Britain to this Province; -- 2. A certified copy of a Letter from one of the Company's Agents, relative to these emigrants; -- 3. A copy of the memorial of the emigrants themselves, to His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor, on finding their expectations disappointed on arriving here. The memorial of the emigrants merely prayed His Excellency to locate them on a tract of land, to be cleared and improved by them, and to be sold to them at as reasonable a rate as practicable; to be paid for by installments within a given period; they required no pecuniary relief, but merely wanted a location for which they were willing to pay and to work. They did not look for cleared farms, but were willing to go into the wilderness and settle the country. They did not come begging; their request was most reasonable, as they were ready to pay for their land by installments. There would be no invidious distinction, in granting this mode of relief; every good settler should be encouraged; but these parties certainly had peculiar claims, they would become valuable settlers and he (Mr. W.) hoped they would be assisted in the way they prayed.
Mr. Speaker replied, that if the hon. and learned member for York had favoured the Committee with the information which he had just communicated a little earlier, he (Mr. Speaker,) would have been quite willing to accord with the views of these emigrants, as far as they had set them forth in their memorial; he had no objection to afford them assistance, in the way of a loan.
Mr. End was glad that the opposition to this proposed measure was withdrawn. No matter what countrymen these emigrants were, whether English, Irish or Scotch; nay, even if they were from any other country of Europe, if they intended to settle in the Province, they were entitled to consideration. He (Mr. E.) thanked the Hon. speaker for his good opinion of Irish settlers; but as settlers, it should never be considered of what country emigrants were; if they were healthy, industrious, frugal and well conducted people, the House should shut their eyes against all kind of country predilections, and encourage them to become productive settlers. He had not seen those emigrants himself, but he had heard that they were clean, industrious, healthy people, and likely to become very valuable settlers; and he would therefore go cordially with any measure, to accord with the views of the Executive, in affording them relief. It was hardly fair to allude to the Land Company in this question; it was no matter to the Committee how these people had been deceived; if they had been so deceived the law of the land was open to them; but the question for the Committee to consider was that if they were willing to become bona fide settlers and did not beg anything, the Committee should meet their views. They appeared to have some little capital with them, and they would no doubt be a useful acquisition to the country; and the Committee should now do something for them, which they would not hereafter be ashamed to look at as a precedent. -- He (Mr. E.) had certainly long ago been very much surprised at the Land Company's advertisement in the Royal Gazette; he was astonished at its poetical and highly-coloured statements, as inducements for emigrants to come and settle on the Company's lands; and we was sorry that no person accustomed to writing.
for the press had ever done anything to expose the flaming descriptions in that document; for the whole concern was, in his opinion, the most Utopian scheme that had ever been projected. -- He hoped the committee would now liberally and cordially respond to the humane call made upon them by the Executive.
Mr. Clinch, said, that it could not be denied that these people had superior claims on the Legislature: it appeared, they were anxious to settle on lands and go to work; while it was well known that most the emigrants to this country, and especially the Irish, came here only as way to the United States; the best of them always went off, and the worst and most useless only remained. But these people were of a different class altogether, and it would be highly proper for the committee to meet their views. He had always been averse to any particular measures of such a kind, because they were so difficult to manage satisfactorily; and even what might be done now would be only matter of experiment. But still the experiment should be tried; and he thought there could not be a better plan than what had been already pointed out.
Mr. Weldon, after detailing the circumstances under which these Emigrants had reached Fredericton and found themselves disappointed, observed that the present year was a peculiar one; it was a year of considerable distress, wages were low, business was greatly stagnated and a variety of circumstance operated, to prevent these persons from advantageously scattering through the Province. They were therefore placed under very peculiar circumstances, and as they had applied for so very reasonable a kind of relief, he thought it would be as well to make the experiment; and there could be no better plan, than by placing a small sum at the disposal of the Executive, to be employed in locating them on waste lands, and letting them have the lands for a certain period, before any payment of the purchase money should be required. The assistance should be as a loan only and not a gift; and altogether, he (Mr. W.) very much approved of the suggestions of the hon. and learned member for York (Mr. L.A. Wilmot) and the hon. member for Charlotte (Mr. Brown) -- With this view of the case therefore, he would move a resolution, to take the sense of the committee. The hon. member then moved a resolution, to the effect that, in the opinion of the committee, the emigrants in question should be located on Crown Lands, and no purchase money be required to be paid for -- years; and that his Excellency should be authorized to expend a certain sum, not exceeding £ -- toward locating them, in such a manner as his Excellency should deem advisable.
Mr. Speaker thought that the loan should be to the extent of the purchase money of the several lots of land; and that no grants should pass to the purchasers, till the money was repaid, otherwise there would be no security for the repayment.
Mr. Weldon replied, that the Executive would take care that the loans should be repaid, before passing any grants to the parties.
Mr. Street was well disposed to go with the resolution, to encourage such a class of emigrants because it was the best mode of promoting the settlement of the country; but still the committee should take care not to establish a precedent, which might afterwards be difficult to get rid of. He thought this resolution required some alteration; because it must be remembered, that the seventh section of the remedial bill, passed yesterday, providing a peculiar mode of granting lands to poor settlers, to which this resolution was directly repugnant, because it went to give these people a larger time for payment than that bill would allow. He thought, therefore, it would be better to place a sum of money at the disposal of the Lieut. Governor, to enable his Excellency to locate the settlers, by allotting them lands and paying the first installment for them as a loan; which would enable the Executive to effect the object, without infringing on the spirit of the remedial bill; and he considered that the Legislature should hold out every encouragement to facilitate the establishment of such valuable settlers in the Province. The hon. member concluded by moving he following Resolution and an amendment: --
"Resolved, As the opinion of this Committee, that a sum not exceeding £ , should be placed at the disposal of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, to be by him applied towards locating upon wilderness land in the Province, the Emigrants recently arrived in this country from the north of England, and now in Fredericton, in such manner as His Excellency shall deem most advisable to effect the above object."
Considerable discussion followed this motion, some hon. members maintaining that the original resolution would not infringe upon the provisions of the remedial bill because that bill was not yet passed by the other branches, and therefore had not become a law; while others contend, that as there was no doubt that it shortly would become a law, and as the Civil List Bill, which allowed only the auction system, actually was a law, the amendment would be better than the original resolution; and finally, as all appeared to wish to afford the relief prayed for, in the best and most effectual manner. Mr. Weldon withdrew his resolution and Mr. Street's was agreed to without division and the blank filled with "£200."
The committee then took up the Message of Excellency, relative to the pecuniary relief he had been requested by petition to grant, and land afforded to the distressed inhabitants of Madawaska.
Mr. L.A. Wilmot moved a resolution, to the effect that, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the House would make provision to indemnity his Excellency, at the next Session.
Mr. End said, that he believed the usual mode acted on by the Executive, and especially by Sir Howard Douglas, in cases of a similar nature was to call the Council together, and to issue a warrant under their advice; but, although that course had not been pursued in the present instance; yet he thought the emergency of the case was quite sufficient to justify the steps taken by His Excellency, Sir John Harvey. The dictates of humanity were paramount to all other considerations; and, admiring His Excellency's prompt and efficient compliance with the prayer of the petitioners he (Mr. E.) cheerfully supported the resolution; and hoped the committee would equally approve this auspicious commencement of his Excellency's administration, and view it as a happy omen of the ready attention which would be paid by the Executive, to the true interests as well as to the necessities of all classes of His Majesty's subjects in this Province.
The resolution was then agreed to; and the chairman reported progress and the resolutions, etc.
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Modern is not a term normally associated with the architecture of Park City's Glenwilde community, but Ken and Julie Chahines' progressive new home in the gated golf course enclave may change that. Overlooking picturesque views of the mountains and town below, their dynamic dwelling marries bold, clean-lined design with the dynamic style and easy livability that modernism provides.
With 16-foot-high walls, this dramatic glass entry keeps living areas private from the front and adds to the "wow" moment guests experience as they step inside and first see the high-style great room. Chris Hayman's Edge of Blue painting hangs above an antique buffet.
The Chahines' must-haves were clear from the get-go: simplicity, harmony and functionality. "We wanted a relatively quiet house with no duplicate spaces," says Julie, a principal designer at J Squared Interiors. "It was critical that the house feels like it belongs on the land and that it fits peacefully into its environment without feeling forced." And although they wanted an unmistakably modern home, it had to feel warm and inviting—a peaceful sanctuary.
Antiques paired with chic B&B Italia sofas create a space that feels collected over time. The living room's AV projector hides in the ceiling and a wet bar resides behind a rolling wall that opens for parties and closes for daily life.
The couple signed on architect Anne Mooney, principal at Sparano + Mooney Architecture—a firm that specializes in creating innovative and modern design-—to fuse the concepts. Experts in sustainability and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified architecture, Anne, partner John Sparano and project architect Seth Striefel created a home that is energy-efficient, environmentally responsible and strikingly beautiful.
The dining room seats up to 12 at two walnut tables by Ligne Roset. Mid-century TV chairs provide modern forms and comfort while Moooi lights suspended above the table resemble stars at night. A ceiling cloud lends comfortable scale to the open kitchen. Rug from Regency Royale.
Side by Each painting by Chris Gwaltney hangs in the dining area.
Steep topography made the 3 1/2-acre site a challenge, but rather than cutting deeply into the mountain, Mooney stacked the 5,500-square-foot house up the property so it was ideally positioned and integrated gracefully into the existing landscape. "The strategy was to create a path of good solar orientation and work with the incredible views of the mountains and the Utah Olympic Park," she explains.
The steel-and-glass staircase, designed with walnut treads, is strong, elegant and notably raw. The two-story board-formed concrete wall adds texture, weight and mass to the space.
The team designed the home to maximize mountain views. Expansive glass walls oriented to the natural light capture passive solar energy that helps maintain warmth within the home. A Crestron system controls lighting throughout, reducing the need for unsightly light switches.
With this in mind, the home's design prioritizes comfort, function and use-specific spaces. Each of the four bedrooms incorporate a sleeping area, large walk-in closet and en-suite bathroom—no excess, no fuss. Similarly, the streamlined kitchen features a hard-working butler's pantry located behind a cooktop wall. It's equipped with a wine refrigerator, appliances, microwave and extra dishwasher.
The exterior features board-formed concrete and clear cedar siding accented by powder-coated black aluminum and a green roof. A gabion retaining wall complements the natural landscape.
White oak kitchen cabinets feature hidden door pulls and distinct kerf lines. The quartz counter's knife-edge detail makes the surface appear to slightly float above the base cabinets. The floor's polished concrete with aggregate adds contemporary flair.
"Nothing feels too big or overdone," says Julie. "I didn't want any wasted space." Custom built-ins reduce clutter and improve organization for storage and work spaces that maximize functionality. "The house fits our lifestyle," she explains.
Julie and her design partner, Jenny Samuelson, chat on the home's unique staircase.
Julie and her design partner, Jenny Samuelson, created an indoor color palette of crisp white walls and deep cobalt blue accents. "I was so tired of neutrals," says Julie. "I wanted a pop and I never get tired of blue." Refined walnut floors paired with highly textured board-formed concrete walls deliver intriguing contrast.
A floor-to-ceiling mirror accentuates the powder room's modern edge and visually expands the space.
A mix of inherited antiques, mid-century pieces and Italian furnishings creates interest and prevents the home from appearing to have been furnished from one place at one time. The main level's floor-to-ceiling doors, spectacular 14-foot windows opening to a view-laden deck and a sleek glass staircase help define the modern home's distinctive design, as do its Earth-friendly features.
JJ Chairs by B&B Italia foster the living room's hip modern style.
The LEED-certified Gold-level home features triple-paned windows, geothermal radiant heat and radiant cooling, high-amp chargers for electric cars, a flat green roof with grass for extra insulation, internal drains that divert excess water back into the land and a heat recovery ventilation (HVR) system.
The LEED-certified, Gold-level home features triple-paned windows, geothermal radiant heat and cooling, and passive-solar energy.
"Geothermal energy really works. This house holds its temperature year-round—even in minus-20-degree mornings," says Ken, who worked with energy expert Troy Harvey.
The master suite steps up from the main floor to create a sense of privacy on the multi-level site. A Saarinen leather womb chair furnishes the sanctuary.
Thanks to its talented team's thoughtful design and clear vision, this mountain house is not only beautiful inside and out, but it also serves as a showcase for sustainability with very modern, very livable style.
Architect Anne Mooney stacked the 5,500-square-foot house up the property so it was ideally positioned and integrated gracefully into the existing landscape.
The master bedroom's en-suite bathroom features compelling mountain views.
The living room's wet bar remains hidden behind a rolling wall that opens for parties and closes for daily life.
Refined walnut floors paired with with highly textured board-formed concrete walls deliver intriguing contrast.
The main level's floor-to-ceiling doors, spectacular 14-foot windows connect the patio to the striking interior living spaces.
The LEED-certified Gold level home features triple-paned windows, geothermal radiant heat and radiant cooling, high-amp chargers for electric cars, a flat green roof with grass for extra insulation, internal drains that divert excess water back into the land and a heat recovery ventilation (HVR) system.


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The Roman Catholic Church of St Michael and St George.
Our Roman Catholic Church in Silver Street, Lyme Regis stands high above the town and its first Mass was said here on 27th August 1837, just 2 years after the foundation stone was laid. Built in the Gothic style, it is an attractive and much loved building with architectural design by E. Goodridge and E. W. Pugin.
Restoration of this beautiful and historic church is about to begin on the exterior, roof and guttering which are fast deteriorating. The church and presbytery are Grade II* Listed which makes maintenance very expensive. We seek funding from our supporters, from national organisations and charities.
The Parish is grateful to Historic England for the substantial award it has made for church restoration through the Culture Recovery Fund. Please click on the following links for more information on the work and on the church itself.
If you would like to donate to the restoration, there is some more information under the 'Giving' Tab of this website. There is a link below to 'Give a Little', a simple online method of making a donation and another should you want to completer a Bank Standing Order.
Please note: Funds raised by this appeal will create a 'restricted fund', and will be accounted for as such. If for some good reason the appeal project cannot be completed or if a surplus arises, the remaining funds will be used for general charitable purposes for the parish.
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Aromia moschata ambrosiaca es una subespecie de escarabajo longicornio del género Aromia, tribu Callichromatini, subfamilia Cerambycinae. Fue descrita científicamente por Steven en 1809.

La especie se mantiene activa durante los meses de mayo, junio, julio, agosto y septiembre.

Descripción
Mide 13-34 milímetros de longitud.

Distribución
Se distribuye por Argelia, Armenia, Azerbaiyán, China, España, Georgia, Grecia, España, Irak, Irán, Italia, Líbano, Marruecos, Palestina, Portugal, Siria,
Túnez y Turquía.

Referencias

moschata ambrosiaca
Insectos descritos en 1809
Insectos de Europa
Fauna de Europa
Insectos de Asia
Fauna de Asia

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ICANN's .IR Response Opens Legal Can of Worms
By Philip S. Corwin
ICANN has filed its initial response to writs of attachment issued by U.S. Courts that seek to have ICANN transfer control of the country code top level domains (ccTLDs) of Iran, Syria and North Korea to plaintiffs in various legal actions. The lawsuits were brought under a U.S. law that permits victims of terrorism and their family survivors to seek the assets of governments that provided support or direction of the terrorist acts.
As expected, ICANN vigorously opposed the court orders and sought to quash them. In an "everything and the kitchen sink" defense, ICANN argues that ccTLDs are not "property"; are not 'owned" by the nations to which they are assigned; are not within US jurisdiction; are not subject to court jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) even if they are "property"; are not subject to ICANN's unilateral power under its existing contractual agreements; and that forced re-delegation of the ccTLDs would destroy their value and thus be futile. All these arguments raise subsidiary questions of law and policy.
Anything less than full court opposition by ICANN to the writs of attachment would be politically explosive — especially at a time when the IANA functions contract and its remaining official relationship with the US government is in transition.
I have just completed a quick scan of the ICANN filing in the case of Ben Haim vs. Islamic Republic of Iran (although all of ICANN's responses in the separate cases appear identical) and have a few preliminary observations — all of which relate to the central observation that this case has opened up a can of worms of legal issues:
The filing does its best to distinguish ccTLDs from gTLDs. However, because all the relevant US case law involves gTLDs it is forced to cite it and that inevitably muddies the distinction to some extent. For example, at p. 11 of the Motion to Quash (p.21 of the PDF) it cites the 1999 decision of the 9th Circuit in Lockheed Martin vs. Network Solutions which held that the then-manager of the .com registry fell "squarely on the 'service' side of the product/service distinction". Extending this analogy to the present would imply that all incumbent and new gTLD registry operators, including those of .brand registries, have no property rights in those registries, notwithstanding the fact that all the relevant contracts with ICANN provide for a strong presumptive right of renewal.
At the top of page 18 (28), the memo makes the argument that, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), Plaintiffs must show that the "property in the United States of a foreign state" is "used for a commercial activity in the United States". While .IR and the other ccTLDs at issue have no commercial contacts in the U.S., this is not true for .CO and other ccTLDs that have been repurposed as quasi-gTLDs and are being administered by entities located within the U.S. — noting, of course, that this consideration would only be of consequence if a ccTLD with US commercial contacts was determined to constitute "property" under US law.
At p.20 (30) of the memo, it is noted that ICANN's authority is limited to recommending a transfer of the ccTLD to the Department of Commerce (DOC) under the current IANA contract; that under that contract ICANN may only recommend re-delegation for narrow technical and ministerial reasons; and that DOC retains the ultimate authority on the matter (in essence, this position tosses this "hot potato" case into DOC's lap).
However, this argument immediately raises the question of what the situation will be for ccTLDs will be after the IANA transition, when DOC no longer possesses final authority on TLD re-delegations and when there may be no contract at all in place governing the conduct of the IANA functions. Ironically, terminating the IANA contract between DOC and ICANN may place ccTLDs at greater risk of being re-delegated pursuant to the judicial orders of U.S. courts because this fallback contractual argument will no longer be available!
For now at least the DOC does not have to take any position on these disputes, as ICANN has not recommended that any of the ccTLDs be re-delegated pursuant to the Writs. It is probably accurate to speculate that the DOC would prefer to never be asked to make the decision of whether such actions should be taken to compensate US terror victims under applicable US law, as all the answers available would have significant domestic and international political and legal repercussions.
Again, these are just preliminary views based on a quick initial review of the filing. But, while ICANN has done its best to quash the writs of attachment for the ccTLDs in question, its arguments raise multiple other questions and issues.
Now we must await the response of plaintiffs to these motions, assuming that they will make their best efforts to blow holes in them.
But, however these cases proceed, they cannot answer the question of what the judicial exposure of ccTLDs will be when and if the IANA contract is transferred or extinguished, presuming that ICANN remains a non-profit corporation organized under California law — much less what the answer would be if ICANN ever made the IANA functions subject to another nation's jurisdiction.
ICANN's press release regarding its response is at:
https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2014-07-30-en
Its legal filings are at:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/icann-various-2014-07-30-en
The original Writs of Attachment are at:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_dOI5puxRA9M3hweE9Eel9mVTQ/edit?pli=1.
By Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal of Virtualaw LLC, a Washington, DC Law and Public Policy Firm – He also serves as Of Counsel to the IP-centric law firm of Greenberg & Lieberman. Views expressed in this article are solely his own. Visit Page
On the other hand John Levine – Jul 31, 2014 7:30 AM PDT
ICANN appears to have a strong procedural argument that the writs are all invalid since they didn't bother to get the court to approve them. It's possible this could all die without even addressing the merits.
This mess is likely to get worse Gary Osbourne – Aug 02, 2014 4:48 AM PDT
Kieren McCarthy also covers this fairly thoroughly on TheRegister. As both Philip and Kieren point out, any further (even complete?) handover of the keys by the USG to ICANN (or some other quango) will further muddy some already very murky legal waters. The USG, ICANN, and by extension, all internet users, have been dodging this elephant in the room for years now. I have yet to hear any sort of cogent argument as to how this now apparently more pregnant elephant can be brought to heel. I fear that we are whistling past the graveyard of the net as we have known it.
I do disagree with some of Kieren's analyses, particularily that one of ICANN's best possible arguments is that it cannot provide .ir's portion of the root zone file, it can only point to it. This seems to reveal an elementary and fundamental misunderstanding of how the internet works, which is scary considering its source. But then IANAL.
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Funds look outside for front-office research management upgrade
Chris Mackey: MackeyRMS chief
Almost all large fund managers will outsource investment research organisation duties to third-party providers within the next two years, a new survey has found.
According to the study commissioned by US-headquartered firm MackeyRMS, about 75 per cent of the 100 asset managers covered in the survey already use a specialist investment research management system, split between outsourced (57 per cent) and home-built (17 per cent) services.
"Among the asset managers that don't use a dedicated platform today, 96 percent said their firm was likely to extremely likely to evaluate adopting a third-party system in the next 24 months," the survey says. "All respondents from asset managers who built an in-house system said the same."
MackeyRMS, which recently established a base in Australia, provides software-as-a-service (SAAS) to fund management firms designed to "optimize the way analysts and portfolio managers generate, share, debate and act on investment research conducted for actively managed portfolios".
The group hired independent consulting firm, Market Measurement, to conduct the study earlier this year, compiling the results in the '2020 Investor Survey: Modernizing Research Management' report.
While software designed to help fund managers organise investment research has been around in one form or another for a couple of decades, the MackeyRMS survey found almost half of respondents had only adopted a specialist system within the last two to four years.
About a third of surveyed firms had moved to a formal investment research platform in the last two years while only 18 per cent had a system in place for longer than four years.
"Of the respondents who are not currently using a dedicated research management platform, nearly half (42%) said improving compliance tracking of investment ideas was a top priority for their firm's research management process," the report says. "The same percentage of respondents (42%) cited the need to increase collaboration on research ideas as a top priority. And 38 percent of respondents said that improved data security and the need for greater efficiency in how research is captured and consumed is a top priority for their firm."
Roughly half of fund managers already operating on third-party software platforms cited better security, improved workflow efficiency and less time "spent looking for investment research" as reasons for outsourcing.
The study found some differences between long-only and long-short fund managers in how and why they used investment research systems. Larger managers (US$20 billion plus) in the study were also more likely to rate "work from anywhere" capabilities as the reason for choosing third-party services.
In a release, Chris Mackey, MackeyRMS co-founder and CEO, said the value of cloud-based SAAS investment research management tools "has rarely been as apparent as it has been during the last few weeks, with organizations having to quickly shift to working from home in the wake of recent market disruption".
He said the survey revealed the global asset management industry was already well-advanced in upgrading investment research systems.
"The drivers for this change — the need for accessibility, transparency and work-from-anywhere usability — are consistent with other front office modernization initiatives undertaken across the investment enterprise in recent years," Mackey said.
He said feedback from the Australian and NZ fund markets also reflected an "appetite to modernise the front office of asset managers and asset owners in the region that has been perhaps the strongest we have seen globally".
MackeyRMS has already made inroads into the Australian market with a number of NZ managers also in discussions. Typically, the service – costing a minimum US$25,000 per year – requires an investment team of at least five to achieve benefits.
Launched in 2011 by "veterans of the hedge fund, enterprise software and cloud computing industries", MackeyRMS targets active managers. To date, investment firms with a collective US$2 trillion under management use its system, according MackeyRMS.


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This is the amount of interest that is added to your mortgage each day if you redeem your mortgage after the stated Redemption Date.
This is the balance that was outstanding on your mortgage at the end of the previous year in which you have made mortgage payments, brought forward to the 1st January of the year you request your redemption statement.
This shows the payments you have made from the 1st January of the year you request your redemption statement, up to the date the redemption statement was issued. Please note it takes 10 days for a direct debit to be included within this figure, so any recent payments may not be shown on your redemption statement. Any overpayments will be refunded within 10 working days following the Redemption Payment being paid in full.
This shows any refunds that have been sent to you from 1st January of the year you request your redemption statement, up to the date the redemption statement was issued.
This is the amount of interest that has been added to your mortgage from the 1st January of the year you request your redemption statement, up to the Redemption Date shown on your redemption statement. You will have already paid this interest as part of your monthly payments. If your mortgage has multiple Parts, the interest that has been added to each Part during this period will be listed.
This shows any charges that may be applicable if you are redeeming your mortgage within a fixed rate product period, unless you meet our criteria for porting. Whether these charges are applicable will be stated in your mortgage offer and product key features information. If your mortgage has multiple Parts, the Early Redemption Charge that has been added to each Part during this period will be listed.
This shows any other outstanding charges/fees applied to your account from 1st January of the year you request your redemption statement, up to the date the redemption statement was issued. This could include any of the charges/fees listed on our "tariff of mortgage charges" or any charges in respect of unpaid/returned payments from your Bank or Building Society (which will also be shown in the Credits column).
This section will always show as zero as we do not have any house insurance debits.
This shows any amounts which have been added to your account in respect of any mortgage payment protection insurance you have purchased through Leeds Building Society alongside your mortgage from the 1st January of the year your request your redemption statement, up to the date the redemption statement was issued.
This fee is payable if you redeem your mortgage before the end of the agreed mortgage term. This is also known as an Early Redemption Fee.
This fee is applicable if your title deeds are required by, and sent to your solicitor when redeeming your mortgage.
The sub-total under the Debit column is the total of the Balance Brought Forward, plus all interest, fees and other charges which have been added to your mortgage account up to the date the redemption statement was issued. This also includes any interest to be applied to your account up to the Redemption Date. The sub-total under the Credit column is the total of all of the payments that you have made and refunds that have been made to you from 1st January of the year you request your redemption statement, up to the date the redemption statement was issued.
This is the final figure that needs to be paid to redeem your mortgage on the Redemption Date shown on your redemption statement.
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"Para ice hockey is a truly spectacular sport, no less exciting than 'classical' ice hockey. Many have not even heard about sledge hockey, but when I tell people about it or invite journalists, friends and colleagues to the training sessions, they get so much positive energy and excitement!"
While studying at RIOU, Nelli did a thesis project on adaptive sport for youth and promotion of youth sledge hockey, in particular. After completing the course she returned to St. Petersburg and started to apply her research to the real world. Very shortly, on October 6, 2017, the city's first youth sledge hockey team Aurora was created as part of the St. Petersburg sledge hockey club.
"Now Brazilians are not very excited about the Games, but they certainly will be once it all starts".
Natalie Martins from Brazil is a graduate of the inaugural class of the RIOU Master of Sport Administration programme. In 2014 this cohort of students had a unique opportunity to learn about the operations behind the Sochi Winter Olympic Games during an observation practice. Today Natalie is involved in analytical work for the 2016 Summ er Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Obakeng Ngwigwa: "I am learning a lot since I deal with 54 African countries"
Obakeng Ngwigwa from Botswana was part of RIOU's inaugural intake on the Master of Sport Administration course. He graduated in 2014, and today Obakeng is the Technical Director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). In an interview with RIOU Herald he spoke about his new position and advised the current MSA students to manage their time well.
"My advice to the current MSA students is to study Russian"
Among the internationally diverse intakes on RIOU's Master of Sport Administration course there have been a few nominees of international and national sports organisations. Those organisations sent students to RIOU with the hope that upon graduation they would return to their countries with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage the world's largest sporting events. One of such graduates is Oh Hyoungkeun from the Republic of Korea – the host country of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Oh was part of RIOU's MSA inaugural cohort. Those students had the unique opportunity of undertaking an Observation Programme at the Olympic venues right during the Sochi 2014 Games. Now Oh Hyoungkeun is applying this rich experience to his current job as a member of the PyeongChang 2018 Organizing Committee.
Kickboxing Champ Lives Sochi Legacy. Around the Rings On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Sochi Olympics the Russian International Olympic University submits this Q&A with one of its already accomplished students, Irish kickboxing world champion Catherine O'Grady.
Ivan Belyaev: "Studying in Sochi was very valuable to me"
For Ivan Belyaev, a graduate of RIOU's first intake, the year of 2014 was marked by a number of events that could be fairly called life-changing. He successfully completed the Master of Sport Administration course, undertook internship at the Sochi Olympics, and a few months later joined PwC. Ivan is currently a leader of an informal RIOU alumni club, and he shared his experiences in an interview with us.


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#ifndef _INCLUDED_C_ASW_ALIEN_H
#define _INCLUDED_C_ASW_ALIEN_H

#include "asw_alien_shared.h"
#include "c_ai_basenpc.h"
#include "iasw_client_aim_target.h"
#include "asw_shareddefs.h"
#include "glow_outline_effect.h"
#include "object_motion_blur_effect.h"

class CNewParticleEffect;

class C_ASW_Alien : public C_AI_BaseNPC, public IASW_Client_Aim_Target
{
public:
	DECLARE_CLASS( C_ASW_Alien, C_AI_BaseNPC );
	DECLARE_CLIENTCLASS();
	#include "asw_alien_shared_classmembers.h"

					C_ASW_Alien();
	virtual			~C_ASW_Alien();

	virtual void PostDataUpdate( DataUpdateType_t updateType );

	// death;
	virtual void TraceAttack( const CTakeDamageInfo &info, const Vector &vecDir, trace_t *ptr );
	virtual void Bleed( const CTakeDamageInfo &info, const Vector &vecPos, const Vector &vecDir, trace_t *ptr );
	virtual void DoBloodDecal( float flDamage, const Vector &vecPos, const Vector &vecDir, trace_t *ptr, int bitsDamageType );
	virtual const char *GetDeathParticleEffectName( void ) { return "drone_death"; }
	virtual const char *GetBigDeathParticleEffectName( void ) { return "drone_death_big"; }
	virtual const char *GetSmallDeathParticleEffectName( void ) { return "drone_death_sml"; }
	virtual const char *GetRagdollGibParticleEffectName( void ) { return "drone_ragdoll_gib"; }
	virtual C_ClientRagdoll* CreateClientRagdoll( bool bRestoring = false );
	virtual C_BaseAnimating* BecomeRagdollOnClient( void );
	DeathStyle_t m_nDeathStyle;
	inline  bool IsHurler(); ///< is this drone set to go flinging at the camera
	inline bool IsMeleeThrown();
	virtual bool HasCustomDeathForce(){ return false; };
	virtual Vector GetCustomDeathForce(){ return vec3_origin; };

	// footsteps
	void FireEvent( const Vector& origin, const QAngle& angles, int event, const char *options );
	void MarineStepSound( surfacedata_t *psurface, const Vector &vecOrigin, const Vector &vecVelocity );
	surfacedata_t* GetGroundSurface();
	void PlayStepSound( Vector &vecOrigin, surfacedata_t *psurface, float fvol, bool force );
	virtual void DoAlienFootstep( Vector &vecOrigin, float fvol );
	bool m_bStepSideLeft;

	// stun
	CNetworkVar(bool, m_bElectroStunned);
	float m_fNextElectroStunEffect;

	// electro shocked
	//CNetworkVar(bool, m_bElectroShockSmall);
	//CNetworkVar(bool, m_bElectroShockBig);
	// fire
	CNetworkVar(bool, m_bOnFire);
	bool m_bClientOnFire;
	CUtlReference<CNewParticleEffect> m_pBurningEffect;
	virtual void UpdateFireEmitters();
	virtual void UpdateOnRemove();

	// aim target interface
	IMPLEMENT_AUTO_LIST_GET();

	virtual float GetRadius() { return 23; }
	virtual bool IsAimTarget() { return GetHealth() > 0; }
	virtual const Vector& GetAimTargetPos(const Vector &vecFiringSrc, bool bWeaponPrefersFlatAiming) { return m_vecLastRenderedPos; }
	virtual const Vector& GetAimTargetRadiusPos(const Vector &vecFiringSrc) { return m_vecAutoTargetRadiusPos; }
	virtual Vector GetLocalAutoTargetRadiusPos();

	// custom shadow
	virtual bool GetShadowCastDirection( Vector *pDirection, ShadowType_t shadowType ) const;
	ShadowType_t ShadowCastType();
	void GetShadowFromFlashlight(Vector &vecDir, float &fContribution) const;
	float m_fLastCustomContribution;
	Vector m_vecLastCustomDir;
	int m_iLastCustomFrame;

	int m_nLastSetModel;
	virtual void ASWUpdateClientSideAnimation();
	virtual void ClientThink();

	// storing our location for autoaim
	Vector m_vecLastRenderedPos;
	Vector m_vecAutoTargetRadiusPos;

	// health
	virtual int	GetHealth() const { return m_iHealth; }
	int GetMaxHealth( void ) const { return m_iMaxHealth; }
	int  m_iMaxHealth;

	virtual float	GetInterpolationAmount( int flags );

	// Glows are enabled when the sniper scope is used
	CGlowObject m_GlowObject;
	CMotionBlurObject m_MotionBlurObject;
private:
	C_ASW_Alien( const C_ASW_Alien & ); // not defined, not accessible
	static float sm_flLastFootstepTime;
};

extern ConVar asw_drone_ridiculous;
inline bool C_ASW_Alien::IsHurler()
{
	return m_nDeathStyle == kDIE_HURL || asw_drone_ridiculous.GetBool();
}

inline bool C_ASW_Alien::IsMeleeThrown()
{
	return m_nDeathStyle == kDIE_MELEE_THROW;
}

#endif /* _INCLUDED_C_ASW_ALIEN_H */

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Isha Memon
Ms Isha Memon currently serves as Senior Content, Team Lead for the in-house Marketing Team at Cygnet Infotech, Ahmedabad. Her role involves MarCom overhaul, Content Management, Branding and Ideation working alongside the Marketing Team. She earlier practiced as a Digital Marketing Consultant after serving as the Head of Client Services for Digital Marketing Agency, Blow Horn Media, based in Ahmedabad. Her role involved branding, strategizing, analytics assessment, R&D and innovating for building multiple Digital Brands. Her decade long career in the field of Digital Branding lends her a fresh insight into tapping the right target audiences with the help of digital marketing. She started out age 17 trying to make her writing work and then later on went on to win a Gold Medal in Diploma in Journalism followed by Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism. She is actively involved in volunteering for causes in her roles as a core team member for the Ahmedabad Book Club under Karma Foundation. In addition, she is a Global Shaper for the Ahmedabad Hub. Global Shapers community is an initiative of the World Economic Forum. She is passionate about the cause of bettering the Mental Health of individuals in her city through the Shaping Mental Health initiative as a co-lead under the Ahmedabad Global Shapers. Shaping Mental Health focuses on breaking the stigma and taboo surrounding issues related to Mental Health. She also co-leads a women's safety initiative 'Shaping Safety' in addition to working on promoting designing thinking in organizations and individuals through the 'Chimeral Minds' initiative alongside soul sister Ms Harmeet Kaur Dawar. She loves to read fiction, nonfiction and has a voracious appetite for knowledge. She has a soft corner for street children, mental health, gender issues, refugee crisis, climate change, human rights and financial independence for Lower Income Classes.


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Steel Recycling: Processes, Benefits, and Business Solutions (Rubicon)
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Steel is one of the most utilized metals in the world, making up everything from the tallest skyscrapers to your everyday kitchen utensils. Steel has driven technological growth and advancement through the Industrial Age and continues to fuel innovation today, with over 1,868,800,000 tonnes produced in 2019 alone.
Steel is an iron alloy, meaning it is made up of a combination of metals and non-metals including carbon, iron, and tin. Like most metals, including aluminum, copper, and brass, steel can be continuously recycled without any damage or degradation to its properties—no matter the product or form it takes.
In fact, steel tops the list of North America's most recycled materials, with over 60 percent of steel being recycled annually since 1970. Steel's production by-products also has a high rate of recycling, with 90 percent of the co-products used in steel production—including slag, water, gas, and dust—also being reused or recycled.
This is extremely good news as it relates to steel's environmental impact and its preservation of our earth's natural resources. Steel recycling also has a financial imperative for its consumers; not to mention the costs saved for those on the production side.
In this article, we will cover the basics of steel recycling and talk through its wide-reaching benefits—both environmental and financial. But first, let's go over the different types of steel, and how it can be sorted for recycling.
Types of Steel Recyclables: Steel vs. Stainless Steel
As reflected in its various purposes, there are multiple types of steel found in steel-based products. The most common variation of steel is known as stainless steel.
The difference between steel and stainless steel is its magnetic properties. Steel itself is highly magnetized, while stainless steel holds no magnetic properties at all. This is because steel is a ferrous metal, meaning it contains iron (making it ferromagnetic); whereas stainless steel is a non-ferrous metal, containing no iron and thus, no magnetic properties.
Stainless steel is known to resist corrosion and hold a higher melting point than other steels. That is why it is typically used in products such as healthcare equipment, food production, cars, and construction projects. Steel, on the other hand, will more commonly be found in household products such as hangers and appliances.
Both steel and stainless steel are recyclable, but it's still a valuable exercise to separate them due to the potential difference in price and ultimate worth.
The Steel Recycling Process
While it is true that all forms of steel are recyclable, it's important to note that the recycling process differs from many other products. This is due to the inherent value of steel—instead of being sent to a landfill or traditional recycling center, steel products will be sold to a scrap yard for compensation.
There are three main sources of steel scrap that is sold to scrap yards: Home Scrap, Prompt or Industrial Scrap, and Obsolete Scrap.
Home Scrap: Home scrap is steel waste that occurs in-house in steel mills through the production of steel. This includes trimmings and reject scraps of steel. This does not typically have to be collected or purchased, as it is usually redirected back into the furnace.
Prompt (Industrial) Scrap: Prompt scrap is a result of product manufacturing in areas such as automotive and appliances. Excess steel from these warehouses and factories are auctioned and sold to scrap buyers, usually at a premium.
Obsolete Scrap: Obsolete scrap covers the rest of steel waste, stemming from areas such as individual household appliances, old cars that are sent to a junkyard, office, and household waste. This category can also extend to include old junked buildings or structures that are sent to a junkyard and recovered for their steel elements.
After being collected by scrappers in person, at designated drop-offs, or at buy-back centers, steel scrap is then sorted and sent out to mills or foundries.
The excess steel scrap is then melted down by a furnace that runs at a temperature of nearly 3,000 degrees, and purified to rid the scrap of any contaminants. Then, the melted steel is solidified into sheets and prepped for shipping.
The newly recycled metal is then ready to be sent out to various factories for use as raw material, and the cycle begins again.
The Environmental Impact of Steel Recycling
As previously mentioned, steel has an extremely high turnover rate of recycled products—in both the steel itself and byproducts used in its production process.
Nearly 69 percent of steel is recycled in the U.S. each year, and that number grows when looking at specific steel goods. Cars, for example, boast a 95 percent recycling rate for steel, and appliances have a 70 percent recycling rate.
In the end, steel recycling efforts save almost 74 percent of the overall energy used in production from raw materials. This has huge benefits in the fight to save natural resources, and prevent excess greenhouse gas emissions.
The Economic Impact of Steel Recycling
When using recycled materials for production, manufacturers drastically reduce the price of production costs. Steel allows for the use of completely reused materials instead of going through the costly procedure of extracting raw ore from the ground.
The recycling process in the steel industry also drives job creation—producing over 531,000 jobs in scrap recycling and resulting in over $110 billion in economic activity, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.
How Much Is Scrap Steel Worth?
Selling scrap metal is a lucrative practice for businesses, manufacturers, and individuals alike. By participating in the earth-saving recycling process, you are also rewarded financially for your materials.
Many larger businesses or manufacturers that produce steel as a byproduct of their daily processes can take advantage of the selling-power of steel.
The average price of recycled steel per pound in 2019 was:
Stainless steel: $0.23
Shredded steel: $85
Heavy melting steel (HMS) 1: $90
Rotors: $110
Rubicon's Steel Recycling Solution
Rubicon's mission is to end waste, in all of its forms. This includes metals like steel—where proper recycling can bring economic and sustainable benefits to your company.
We work to help businesses, both large and small, find appropriate recycling solutions for all of their waste streams in order to keep as much material out of landfills as possible. For many organizations, organizing your steel waste, developing a collection plan, and negotiating a fair steel recycling price can become a time-consuming exercise. This is where we come in.
Our commodity metal recycling experts at Rubicon® can work with your organization to put a cost-effective steel recycling solution in place that will ensure you get the maximum value out of your scrap steel, while at the same keeping this precious material out of landfills. Metal markets vary, with the resale prices fluctuating like the stock market. Rubicon helps monitor market values and will make sure you're always getting the most for your scrap metals.
At Rubicon, we are experts at creating steel recycling solutions for businesses, as well as plans for incorporating other metals such as aluminum, copper, and iron.
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Miami native Vanessa Medina joined 7 NEWS in January 2007 as a general assignment reporter.
Pompano Beach elementary school teacher accused of kicking student with autism
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The Broward Sheriff's Office has announced houses of worship are now included in the SaferWatch app used to provide an extra level of security toRead More
4 in custody after law enforcement pursuit ends in Davie
Four people have been taken into custody after several law enforcement agencies were led on a pursuit through the streets of Broward County. Hollywood PoliceRead More
Cold front brings down iguanas from trees across South Florida
Just as forecasters predicted, temperatures were not the only thing falling with the cold front on Wednesday. Along with a front that plunged temperatures intoRead More
Family of 7 displaced after fire rips through Lauderdale Lakes home
A family of seven has been displaced after a fire ripped through their Lauderdale Lakes home. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue crews responded to the homeRead More
2 transported after 4-car crash in Hallandale Beach
Two people have been transported to the hospital after a serious crash involving four vehicles in Hallandale Beach. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue crews responded toRead More
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A 16-year-old had to be airlifted to the hospital after she fell off a horse while training at a home in Southwest Ranches. Davie PoliceRead More
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Police are investigating after a 7-year-old boy shot himself in the parking lot of a supermarket in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire RescueRead More
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Certain blood types have higher risk of heart attack or unstable chest pain in times of high air pollution.
Blood type may indicate heart attack risk from pollution If you have A, B, or AB blood type, you might be more at risk of suffering a heart attack during periods of significant air pollution, than those with the O blood type, finds a new research. The findings showed that when pollution hits the mark of 25 micrograms per cubic metre, it increases the risk for people with non-O blood types. "Once you go above that, each additional 10 micrograms of pollution per cubic metre of air provided substantially high risks," said lead investigator Benjamin Horne, clinical epidemiologist from the Intermountain Heart Institute in Utah, US. "At levels higher than 25 micrograms per cubic metre of pollution, the increase in risk is linear, while below that level there's little, if any, difference in risk."
In the study, the researchers studied genetic differences between O blood types and non-O, which includes positive and negative A, B, and AB blood types. "The one that's been found in genetic studies to be lower risk is O. The other three were higher risk," Horne said. However, "this association between heart attacks and pollution in patients with non-O blood isn't something to panic over, but it is something to be aware of", he said.
Moreover, people with type O blood also have higher risk of heart attack or unstable chest pain in times of high air pollution. But their level of risk is much smaller, at 10 per cent instead of the non-O blood type's 25 per cent per 10 additional micrograms per cubic metre, Horne said. So at the 65 micrograms per cubic metre pollution level, a person with type O blood faces risk that is 40 per cent higher than if the air wasn't polluted.
The results were presented at the 2017 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in California. Staying indoors, exercising indoors, compliance with heart medication may help reduce risks, the researchers said.


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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donates $3.6M to fight SF Bay housing crisis
The rise of tech startups around San Francisco has contributed to a rise in rents that's pushing families out of the Bay Area. Crooked landlords use legal loopholes to evict families so they can jack up prices and move in richer tenants. But now one of the Bay's wealthiest families is putting a little of its fortune toward fighting back on behalf of longtime residents who can't pay today's rates.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the $45 billion philanthropic vehicle established by Facebook's CEO and his wife, are donating $3.6 million toward housing crisis relief, The Mercury News reports.
The majority of funding, $3.1 million, will go to Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto to address the current hardships caused by the housing shortage in the San Francisco suburbs near Facebook's headquarters. The organization provides legal assistance to individuals and families, such as legal defense in court during disputes with landlords. The money will allow the CLSEPA to hire several additional lawyers, and is expected to help 2,500 residents over the course of three years.
Facebook's new Menlo Park building features a park on the roof
A $500,000 grant also goes to the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley to help generate long-range solutions to the region's housing predicament. These include different business models and methods that could help the real estate and construction industries reduce the costs of creating additional housing.
The CZI's president of policy and advocacy David Plouffe wrote, "Ensuring that people of all income levels can live and work in our communities is important to advancing human potential and promoting equal opportunity, the mission that guides our work." He went on to note that half of long-term residents in East Palo Alto and Belle Haven had left in the last five years.
Despite widespread understanding that the demand for housing from the influx of tech workers has largely outstripped the pace of building new housing supply, progress toward fixing the problem or mitigating its effects has been slow. Homeowners in cities across the Bay have used their collective voting power to block housing creation that might prevent their properties to continue rapidly escalating in value. Often times, these homeowners claim to be trying to preserve the skyline or character of their neighborhoods to obscure their greedy motives.
While tech companies like Facebook aren't the ones battling against housing for lower-income families, their growth and high wages are exacerbating the problem. Their employees contribute globally through their software and hardware development, but not locally the way traditional professionals and artists do. The swelling ranks of techies can thereby push out local culture, as San Francisco has seen with the flight of creatives to Oakland and the East Bay.
Zuckerberg has been embroiled with his own housing issues, recently dropping a lawsuit designed to clear the way for him to build a home on a large property in Hawaii. He called the lawsuit a mistake and is now working with the community to find a better path forward. Zuckerberg has previously served as a guest teacher in East Menlo Park, while Facebook pledged $20 million to push affordable housing in the city.
Tech and its money certainly can't fix everything, and debates about the best solutions to the housing crisis make it tough to have clear-cut positive impact. Still, more leaders and tech philanthropists should follow Mark Zuckerberg's lead in sticking up for the longtime residents their companies are inadvertently pushing out.