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Kennywood Summer Hiring Push Begins
Pay increase coming for new & returning seasonal staff
WEST MIFFLIN, PA -- The Pittsburgh region's premier family fun attractions, Kennywood, Sandcastle Waterpark, and Idlewild & SoakZone, are now accepting job applications for the 2019 summer operating season.
Kennywood is the largest youth employer in the Tri-State area, and plans to hire about 1,500 individuals to work in its Rides, Games, Food & Beverage, Grounds and Public Safety departments. Idlewild will hire about 800 employees and Sandcastle approximately 400 people for the same departments. Both those parks are also recruiting lifeguards and offering free lifeguard training.
In an effort to strengthen the workforce at the parks, all new and returning seasonal employees will see an increase in hourly wages from previous years. Pay rates for new Team Members will be $9.00 per hour, with Sandcastle lifeguards making $11 per hour. In the Laurel Highlands, new Idlewild Team Members will make $8.30 - $9.00 per hour to start.
"A day of fun at our parks wouldn't be possible for any of us without the Team Members on the front lines who run rides, serve food and sell tickets," says Joe Barron, Human Resources Director for Kennywood and Sandcastle. "A job at Kennywood, Sandcastle or Idlewild is more than a paycheck over the summer – it's a learning experience on how to work with the public and have fun on the job!"
Beyond being a great addition to a young adult's resume, employment at Kennywood, Sandcastle, and Idlewild brings perks such as flexible scheduling, free admission to all three parks and a number of other regional amusement parks, discounted tickets for friends and family, team-building activities such as movie nights, intramural sports competitions and discounts on park food and merchandise.
Retirees, adults and teenagers interested in seasonal work are encouraged to apply for these unique opportunities. Most Kennywood, Sandcastle and Idlewild seasonal positions are available to applicants age 16 and older. Some job opportunities are available to those age 14 and 15 (salary for these positions begins at $8/hour, $7.30/hour at Idlewild).
For those interested in learning more about working at Kennywood and Sandcastle, the parks will host a job fair at Kennywood on Saturday, March 16 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For more information and to apply online, visit the Employment pages of each park: Kennywood, Sandcastle or Idlewild.
Kennywood is America's Finest Traditional Amusement Park! The Pittsburgh-area park offers a unique mix of modern thrills and classic rides, including eight roller coasters, a 14-ride Kiddieland, and several attractions that cannot be found anywhere else. Kennywood, founded in 1898, continues to provide unforgettable fun for all ages.
Sandcastle Waterpark has been providing summer fun for 30 seasons. Sandcastle offers fun for all ages with 15 infamous waterslides, the wild Mon-Tsunami Wave Pool, scenic Mushroom Pool, relaxing Lazy River, pint-sized Tad Pool, and Wet Willie's Waterworks.
Idlewild & SoakZone, founded in 1878 as a picnic ground along the Ligonier Valley Rail Road, is the longest-operating amusement park in Pennsylvania and third-oldest in America. It has been recognized as the world's best children's park by Amusement Today magazine.


Last weekend, we had Robby's final birthday celebration. For a few years, when Robby and Kalvin were younger, we used to take them to a little kid indoor amusement park for their birthdays. They always had a lot of fun, but they have kind of grown out of it now. So, they decided that this year for their birthdays, they wanted to stay in a hotel and go swimming. We stayed at a hotel a whole 15 miles away from our house, but the kids had a blast so it was worth it.
Zoe is very much our little fish. She loves the water. We have been wanting to take her swimming for a long time now, so it was nice to finally get the chance to go. Robby, who has always hated the water and refused to get his face wet, is finally doing better in the water too. He even jumped in the pool, which was pretty impressive.
Isn't she cute in her swimming suit. I actually bought this suit at the dollar store. I couldn't pass it up for $1. I love it. Also, notice the cute hair. This was our first time putting beads in her hair and it was so cute.
I love the smile on the birthday boy's face. He was having so much fun.
Robby and Kalvin had a blast playing together. We swim together a lot in the summer, but it has been a long time. They were happy to get back in the water.
Zoe loved swimming. She didn't like being in this floatie much though. She wanted to be in the water where she could splash and play. The floatie lifted her too far out of the water.
Even though he is missing in all of these pictures, Kirk did swim with us too. He just got out of the pool before the rest of us and played photographer.
I couldn't believe how much fun Zoe had in the water. She wasn't too sure about it at first, but it only took a few seconds before she was completely comfortable. She just kept splashing as much as she could. Her face was soaking wet and it didn't bother her a bit. She loved it when I would throw her in the air and catch her when she went into the water, making a huge splash. It is kind of weird having a water lover in the family. We will see if that sticks.
Robby really enjoyed hanging out with Kalvin and just getting away for the night. It was really a lot of fun for all of us. It was a bit of an adventure staying in a room with the kids. Zoe doesn't sleep well without her bed, but we took the pack and play and she actually did pretty well. Robby on the other hand, was up all night, groaning because he didn't feel good. That wasn't much of a surprise considering the fact that he ate soup for dinner, then later he ate a piece of pizza, some rootbeer, 2 cups of hot chocolate, and three and a half doughnuts. He must be going through a growth spurt right now because he has been eating a ton, but that much food would make anyone sick. Even with the rough night, Robby had a blast, and was sad when it was time to go home. We were all pretty exhausted, but it was all worth it to see the kids have such a good time.


Pam Schifferl's Enchanted Christmas figures are reminiscent of a snowy winter's eve! Pam imagines the finished carving before she begins, thereby creating a story within each piece. Many of her carvings tell a story all their own and deliver a memory for ages!


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The fourteenth annual Fairport Music Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24, 25, 2018 along the picturesque Erie Canal in the Village of Fairport. This family-oriented celebration of fabulous music and festival cuisine has wide popularity in the community, with attendance typically surpassing 10,000. The best part is that this event supports the Golisano Children's Hospital, a treasured resource for all of upstate New York. With your support, we have been able to donate over $1.3 Million to the hospital in our first thirteen years.
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ВТА 125К серија или ВТА 125к је међународна серија професионалних женских тениских турнира, организованих од стране Женске тениске асоцијације ВТА почев од 2012. године. Понекад се зове и ВТА челенџер серија турнира и то је други највиши ниво женског такмичења, тачно испод професионалних ВТА турнира, а одмах изнад ИТФ турнира. Играчице које учествују, могу на оваквим турнирима зарадити довољно бодова за напредак на светској листи и да би се квалификовале за главни жреб или квалификације на ВТА турнирима. Титула на 125К догађају, не сматра се победом на ВТА турниру и у статистици играчица се не води као трофеј са професионалних турнира.

Турнир и награде
Први турнири ове категорије, одржали су се 2012. године крајем октобра и одржани су у два града. У наредним годинама број турнира се повећа на пет, па шест, па све до данашњих 10 турнира у сезони. Може се десити да у исто време буду организована два турнира исте категорије, у два различита града. Турнири се одржавају у градовима који имају регулисану тениску инфраструктуру, где су некада били одржавани ВТА турнири или замене места са неким постојећим турнирима и тамо где је тенис популаран. Турнири се одржавају у појединачној и дубл конкуренцији, а постоји и квалификациони део за главни део турнира. Правило је да на овим турнирима не могу да учествују тенисерке које су међу 20. најбољих на свету. На овим турнирима, наградни фонд је од 125.000- 150.000 долара.

Успех српских тенисерки
Неколико тенисерки из Србије учествовало је на оваквим такмичењима и то им је омогућило напредак на листи. Бојана Јовановски била је победница турнира, који се одржавао у Нингбу 2013. године и то као квалификанткиња, пошто се касно пријавила за турнир. Занимљиво је, да је и у квалификацијама и у главном делу турнира, била постављена за првог носиоца. Јелена Јанковић освојила је титулу 2015. године у Нанчангу, као први носилац турнира. 2017. године Александра Крунић победила је на турниру, који је одржан на Болу, који је организован као замена за некадашњи ВТА турнир, који се одржавао на Брачу. На овом нивоу турнира учествовала је Ивана Јоровић, која је поражена на Болу 2017. године од касније шампионке, сународнице Александре Крунић у четвртфиналу. Олга Даниловић, први ВТА меч одиграла је 2017. године у Лиможу, где је стигла до другог кола, а 2018. године на турниру у Мумбају дошла је до полуфинала дублова са Данком Ковинић.

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Wigan boss Roberto Martinez proud of Swansea legacy
The two clubs in Roberto Martinez's life collide in the Carling Cup on Tuesday
Roberto Martinez is sure foundations he helped create at Swansea City will one day result in top-flight promotion.
Martinez left his job as Swans boss in 2009 to take up the managerial role at Wigan - and is confident his old club will join him in the Premier League.
Martinez's Wigan will now go head-to-head with Swansea on Tuesday for a place in the Carling Cup quarter-final.
"I feel what I did at Swansea will help a little bit to get them into the Premier League eventually," he said.
Swansea appointed former captain and midfielder Martinez to replace Kenny Jackett as their manager in February 2007 as the Spaniard took up his first managerial role.
I don't know what the reaction of the fans will be. But whatever it will be, I will just accept it and it will not change my feelings towards Swansea
Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez
Martinez inspired the Swans to the League One title in his first full season in charge, sealing a return to English football's second-tier after a 24-year absence.
Swansea then narrowly missed out on a Championship play-off spot the following season.
Martinez also earned universal plaudits for his attractive and stylish football employed at the Liberty Stadium, and vowed publicly he would only leave Swansea if he was "forced out".
But he took the vacant Wigan Athletic managerial job in June 2009, making an emotional reunion with the first British club he joined when leaving Spain as a player in 1995.
A protracted wrangle over a compensation package - a reported £2m - between the two clubs ensued before Martinez eventually replaced Sunderland-bound Steve Bruce.
So Martinez will be braced for a hostile reception from the expected 5,000 visiting Swans fans to the DW Stadium on Tuesday, despite his extensive assistance in their development.
But as the 37-year-old prepares his current team side to face the club he left so acrimoniously, Martinez insists that whatever the welcome he will always have fond memories of his time in south Wales.
"I don't know what the reaction of the fans will be," said Martinez.
"But whatever it will be, I will just accept it and it will not change my feelings towards Swansea City. I'm extremely proud of what I achieved at Swansea.
"Even if fans could not understand my move at that time, probably now looking back it is something that has given stability to the football club.
"It has probably allowed them to have funds to carry on progressing and bringing in players.
"Swansea City has a clear identity, stability and a solid foundation. The squad has huge assets and a clear plan how to play the game and that was because the board and I had a long-term plan.
Roberto Martinez's first British club when he arrived in 1995 was Wigan
"Swansea are an extremely well run club, they really give that stability to a very special football club.
"And it is only a matter of time that these people take Swansea City into the Premier League and into the level that the football club deserves.
"This club will make it into the Premier League when everything is ready, to not just make up the numbers but compete at the top level."
Martinez's philosophy of passing, constant movement and dominating possession is his legacy to the Welsh club that now lie third in the Championship after narrowly missing the play-offs last season.
And the Swans are bidding for a last eight place in the League Cup under new boss Brendan Rodgers.
"It will be a really exciting football occasion and it will be a terrific game of football because of the style of the two sides," said Martinez.
"A lot of special memories will come flooding back for me.
"I will always have a special feeling with Swansea as I have with Wigan, because they are the two clubs of my life."
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From Omagh travel into Ederney Village in Co Fermanagh, travel out the Kesh Road. Take the first road to the left signposted Enniskillen/Irvinestown. Then take the first left and travel on this road for approximately 0.25 mile. Ardess Glebe Development is on the left.


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Information published on 17 April 2018 in the UIC electronic newsletter "UIC eNews" Nr 594.
Iran: The second international rail tour of Iran will end on 20 April 2018
News from UIC members
The second international rail tour of Iran in the name of "The Heart of Iran" started its work with a warm welcome by European and Asian tourists and in coordination with Iranian Railways on 9 April.
There are 27 foreign tourists from US, Britain, Ireland, South Africa and some Asian countries on this tour who are supposed to visit Tehran, Mashahd, Raien, Kerman, Yazd, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kashan, Qom, Arak, Shoushtar, Shoush and Veresk, according to Mohammad Moheb Khodaei, the Tourist Deputy of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourist Organisation of Iran.
This journey will end on 20 April and is mostly done by rail. There are 33 train crew members who are accompanying the tourists to provide on-board services. The tourists will continue their journey on the Russian Golden Eagle lux train which provides services such as booking five-star accommodation for them.
It has to be mentioned that the first rail tour of Iran in the name of "The Silk Road" started on 3 April in the presence of 38 tourists from Canada, Denmark, Britain, Australia, Italy, Singapore, Peru and Malaysia.
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10th UIC World Congress on High Speed Rail to be held from 8 – 11 May 2018 in Ankara, Republic of Turkey 4th UIC Asia-Pacific Photo Contest on "Railway is an integral part of the national landscape" Don't forget to register for the 5th UIC Asia-Pacific Control-Command, Signalling & Telecoms Workshop from 3 – 4 May 2018 in Sydney, Australia East-West Relations: IT and Coding – Cooperation and Standardisation within the APRA Region Finland: FTA's traffic control functions to be transferred to a new state-owned company with a special assignment Instagram account of the week Norway: World record set for mobile network in a tunnel Scientific and Organising committees of the World High-Speed Congress met on 12 and 13 April 2018 in Ankara Spain: "Caminos de Hierro" 29th Photo Contest Survey on digital learning in the railways
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Germany: DB Schenker opens first owned logistics centre in the Middle East (7 June 2016) Turkey: Rehabilitation and Signalling project of the Karabük-Zonguldak railway line is complete (7 June 2016) 17th Meeting of the UIC Regional Assembly Middle-East (RAME) was successfully held at the headquarters of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Istanbul (7 June 2016) Mr Isa Apaydin appointed Chairman of the Board and Director General of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) (24 May 2016) 1st International Oil, Rail & Port Conference organised by UIC and ITE-EUF in cooperation with Iranian Railways successfully held in Tehran (24 May 2016)
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"The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."
— James Woods on Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 in a tweet
Actor James Woods: Obama ordered the release of Islamic State leader
By Jon Greenberg on Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 at 4:43 p.m.
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces vehicle in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014.
When James Woods isn't busy acting and doing voiceovers for video games and Family Guy episodes, he tweets from the right-end of the political spectrum. One of his latest messages revives the inaccurate claim that President Barack Obama let the head of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) slip through our fingers in 2009.
ISIS, which has simplified its name to Islamic State, is the well-armed Sunni force that has claimed broad swaths of land in Iraq. Recently, it defeated seasoned, if ill-equipped, Kurdish forces in battles for two key towns.
On Aug. 5, Woods, no fan of Obama, tweeted to his 145,000 followers, "The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."
Woods followed that up with, "Clearly Obama did not hand select the leader of ISIS for release to the Iraqis in 2009. Obama's weak kneed foreign policy is the issue."
We looked at an almost identical claim about the head of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in June.
Baghdadi was held by U.S. forces at a detention facility in Iraq called Camp Bucca, but not when Woods said. According to the Defense Department, Baghdadi was released in 2004, not 2009.
"Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Al Badry, also known as 'Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi' was held as a 'civilian internee' by U.S. Forces-Iraq from early February 2004 until early December 2004, when he was released," the Pentagon told us in a statement. "He was held at Camp Bucca. A Combined Review and Release Board recommended 'unconditional release' of this detainee and he was released from U.S. custody shortly thereafter. We have no record of him being held at any other time."
In short, according to the Defense Department, the man who heads Islamic State was set free in 2004, long before Obama took office, and he was not recaptured.
How did the 2009 version get started?
In mid June, there were several articles -- from Slate, and NBC among others -- that placed Baghdadi at Camp Bucca in 2009 (when Obama would have been president). However, all the talk tracked back to a Daily Beast interview with Army Col. Kenneth King, the former commander of Camp Bucca. That article said King knew Baghdadi at the camp and that he didn't expect to see him become the leader of a spectacularly vicious and brutal movement.
"I'm not surprised that it was someone who spent time in Bucca but I'm a little surprised it was him," King said. "He was a bad dude, but he wasn't the worst of the worst."
In this storyline, Baghdadi was handed over to Iraqi justice system late in 2009 shortly before Camp Bucca closed.
ABC News questioned King's recollection, citing a "a U.S. official" that Baghdadi was not in American custody in 2009.
"I could be mistaken," King told ABC News, "but I'm 99 percent. He's a dead ringer for the guy I had the run-in with … His face is very familiar."
King declined to comment to PunditFact.
For the record, even if King's memory is better than the Defense Department's paper trail, Obama didn't order Baghdadi released as much as enforce an agreement brokered by President George W. Bush. Before Bush left office, his administration signed a contract between the United States and Iraq that guaranteed that the United States would give up custody of virtually every detainee.
Woods said Obama ordered the release of the leader of ISIS, now called Islamic State, in 2009. The Defense Department says the release took place in 2004 and Obama had nothing to do with it.
We rate the claim False.
Published: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 at 4:43 p.m.
Subjects: Iraq, Terrorism
James Woods, tweet, Aug. 5, 2014
PunditFact, Fox's Pirro: Obama set ISIS leader free in 2009, June 19, 2014
Washington Post, Islamic State seizes town of Sinjar, pushing out Kurds and sending Yazidis fleeing, Aug. 3, 2014
The Daily Beast, ISIS Leader: 'See You in New York', June 14, 2014
Fox News, The Kelly File, June 13, 2014
ABC News, ISIS Leader's Ominous New York Message in Doubt, But US Still on Edge, June 16, 2014
NBC News, The Secret Life of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, June 16, 2014
Slate, Who Is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?, June 16, 2014
Aljazeera, The fierce ambition of ISIL's Baghdadi, June 15, 2014
Red State, Obama's terrorist catch-and-release program is a success, June 12, 2014
Independent Journalism Review, Meet the Terrorist Leader of ISIS Released Under President Obama Who is Now Rampaging Across Iraq, June 16, 2014
Email interview, Department of Defense, June 19, 2014
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Hunting for the Craik
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Crex crex: the corncrake or landrail, the fast running rasper, the nutty noisemaker, the long legged bird of the cornfield, the rooster of the corn, is the strangest and most elusive of British birds. Once a common summer visitor throughout the British Isles, it has been in steep decline for the last hundred years Now there are just about 500 breeding pairs, confined to the far western fringes of Ireland and the Scottish islands.
It was 50 years ago when I last heard a Corncrake. I was staying in the observatory on Cape Clear, a magical island just 4 miles in length and less than a mile wide off the coast of County Cork in Southern Ireland. During the day, I took part in sea watches, counted Puffins on their burrows on top of the cliffs and recorded the migrants that flopped down exhausted in the fields around the island overnight. One memorable morning I awoke to the sound of about 20 Cuckoos. Each was perched on a fence post and calling in vain for a mate. It was like being in a cuckoo clock shop in Titisee. But at night, Corncrakes called from the wildflower meadows – a strange regular mechanical sound, like scraping a credit card across the teeth of a comb. One night, as it was getting dark, I persuaded my friend to come out and track down a Corncrake. We borrowed a pair of cow rib bones from the observatory, one with a serrated edge and the other with a straight edge, which, when scraped against each other, mimicked the call of the Corncrake. Arriving by a bank at the edge of a field, we scraped our bones together. Almost immediately, we had a response that seemed to come from just beyond the corner at the end of the bank. Cautiously we edged our way up the side of the bank, scraping our bones all the while and were thrilled to hear the responding call approaching us from around the corner. Eventually, it was so close, it could only be a few feet away, so we tiptoed to the corner and peered round. There, crouched by the bank were two other guys equipped with a second pair of bones; so we all collapsed laughing and retreated to O'Driscoll's pub for a beer.
But In the Coronation Meadow between Treshnish Farm and Huann Cottages on the Island of Mull, where Joan and I recently stayed, there were three separate males calling thought the day. On Iona, they were more common; an estimated 20 to 30 pairs at several different sites throughout the island. Although we tried to stalk them and got very close, we never saw one, though locals told us that they would occasionally see them rush across the road. Not only can they move very quickly through the long grass, they also seem able to 'throw their voice' so it is difficult to pinpoint where they are. So fast on the ground, they are vulnerable in the open and rarely take flight. With short stubby wings and their long legs dangling down, they are poor flyers. How they manage to fly all the way back to Southern Africa in the winter is difficult to imagine.
Corncrakes or Landrails are such rare birds. About the size of a blackbird and related to the Moorhen but with striated brown plumage and ginger flanks, they live in the long grass and wildflowers of summer meadows. Once widespread throughout the British Isles, but rarely seen, Gilbert White once heard them near Paradise Gardens in Oxford and even ate one. Naturalists of the time frequently shot less common birds, dissected them and ate them. As White described "The bird, which weighed seven-and-a-half ounces, was fat and tender and in flavour like the flesh of a woodcock. The liver was very large and delicate." Mrs Beeton recommended that four Landrails roasted on a skewer made a very satisfying meal. In the late eighteenth century, the Northamptonshire peasant poet, John Clare, always heard then near his cottage in Helpston near Peterborough, but never saw one.
'Tis like a fancy everywhere
A sort of living doubt
We know 'tis something but it ne'er
Will blab the secret out'
Their food is somewhat varied, consisting mainly of invertebrates and seeds though White recorded that 'we once took a mouse from the stomach of a Landrail'. Although it is normally an extremely timid bird, which skulks in the long grass and is hardly ever seen in the open, a woman on Tiree once reported that a Corncrake living in her field would walk in through the front door and feed on kitchen scraps, while on Barra a bird that stayed over the winter would come and eat the chicken feed once the hens had finished.
It is only the male that calls and may continue with scarcely a pause for as long as 6 hours . Females lay two cliches of about 5 to 8 eggs in a shallow depression on the bare earth. As soon as she has finished laying, the male will leave her and call for another female. After an incubation period of about 17 days, the eggs hatch and the chicks soon develop a black downy plumage. The female then abandons her chicks after 12 days, hooks up with another male and lays another clutch of eggs. At the end of August, Corncrakes migrate to Africa. Birds from Scotland fly down the western route through France and Spain and the Congo to winter in South-east Africa, while birds that nest in the Ukraine migrate through Egypt and Sudan, but are often decimated by nets put out to catch Quail. 9000 Corncrakes were taken in Egypt in 1993 and 14,000 the following year. Although Corncrakes are reputed to return to the same field, only about 30% of ringed birds make it back. Some birds seem to get their navigation wrong and have been caught as far away as Vietnam and New Zealand.
Corncrake numbers started to decline in in the late nineteenth century when farming became more mechanised and intensive. More fields were grazed or, if left fallow, cut for silage much earlier in the season before the birds laid their second clutch of eggs. Also the practice of mowing fields from the outside in ever decreasing rectangles concentrated the birds in the centre of the field where they were killed in the last swathe. On the far flung islands of Scotland, the RSPB tries to persuade farmers to leave wildflower meadows uncut until the Corncrakes have left late in August and to alter the pattern of mowing to leave refuges and escape routes. Traditional crofters used to cut hay by hand and used a crop rotation system, where fields were left fallow for two years, encouraging grasses and wildflowers.
The maintenance of wildflower meadows does not just benefit the Corncrake, it promotes an abundance of inserts which attract a variety of birds and small mammals. Flocks of Twites, Goldfinches, Wheatears, Linnets and Meadow Pipits flew up whenever we passed by the meadows on our way from our cottage to the farm on Treshnish. One morning we were awakened at 5.30am by a thump on the window and were eye to eye with a young cuckoo, perched on the window sill. It was soon joined by its a foster mother, a Meadow Pipit, bearing a mouthful of insects; always good for a bird with a sore head!
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Detained at speed
Doomed! We're all doomed!
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Q: Android App for audio buttons When I test my app everything is working but if I leave the app in the background for a bit and reopen or if the screen is off for a few moments it will force stop my app and I have to restart it to get it to work right again. Why is this happening? The app is just a few buttons that play audio.
E/MediaPlayer﹕ Should have subtitle controller already set
Thats the only red error thing I get.

A: It could be really anything. As long as you won't provide some source code examples and error logs nobody will be able to help you with your problem.

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Genesis är det tolfte studioalbumet av den brittiska progrockgruppen Genesis, släppt 3 oktober 1983.

Låtlista
Alla låtar skrivna av Tony Banks, Phil Collins och Mike Rutherford.
Sida ett
 "Mama" (text: Phil Collins) - 6:46
 "That's All" (text: Phil Collins) - 4:23
 "Home by the Sea" (text: Tony Banks) - 4:53
 "Second Home by the Sea" (text: Tony Banks) - 6:21
Sida två
 "Illegal Alien" (text: Phil Collins) - 5:14
 "Taking It All Too Hard" (text: Mike Rutherford) - 3:56
 "Just a Job to Do" (text: Mike Rutherford) - 4:45
 "Silver Rainbow" (text: Tony Banks) - 4:28
 "It's Gonna Get Better" (text: Phil Collins) - 4:59

Albumversionerna av "Mama" och "It's Gonna Get Better" är förkortade. Fullängdsversionerna släpptes på 12-inch singel (senare även på CD-singel).

Medverkande
Phil Collins - sång, trummor, slagverk
Tony Banks - keyboards, körsång
Mike Rutherford - gitarrer, basgitarr, körsång

Album av Genesis
Musikalbum 1983


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Chateau Beach Residences in itself is a luxurious community where you can indulge and feel pampered. The 33-story building sits in prime beachfront property, with unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean and the city. The elegant yet bold lines and dramatic contemporary look of the building is the magnum opus of world-renowned architect Kobi Karp. This landmark along Collins Avenue is accentuated by a dazzling marble sculpture at its façade, a creation of Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry. Every detail of the Chateau is painstakingly designed to reflect the developer's vision of a lifestyle that is not just luxurious but also gracious, stylish and comfortable. Its premium resort-style amenities and services (both outdoor and indoor) are housed in over 22,000 square feet of space. These include an infinity edge pool with a deck, a two-story glass lobby with magnificent ocean views, landscaped gardens, a well-equipped fitness center, a therapeutic Jacuzzi spa, wine lounge, home theatre and ballroom. The well-trained staff will take care of you with their personal concierge service, valet parking and state-of-the-art security system.
The 84 units feature ten-foot ceilings (11-foot ceilings for some penthouses), Italian cabinetry, full floor-to-ceiling glass walls as well as balconies with glass-edging. The open kitchen is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances and designer fixtures. The SMART building system allows you to connect with the residence's services and amenities while the system is fitted and ready for any ultra-modern communication system. Take the step and start enjoying the lifestyle that's bright and exhilarating with Chateau Beach Residences.
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Chateau Beach Residences Inventory
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Total Units 36 For Sale 8 For Rent
5 Bedroom Listings Average $1,829.04 per Sq.Ft.
2401 $17,000,000 5 8 / 1 8,272 sf / 768m2 $2,055 / $22,121	 07/28/2016
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302 $3,690,000 3 2 / 1 2,720 sf / 253m2 $1,357 / $14,603	 08/12/2016
603 $2,350,000 2 2 / N/A	 N/A	 07/25/2016
903 $2,300,000 2 2 / 1,662 sf / 154m2 $1,384 / $14,896	 10/19/2016
2103 $2,300,000 2 3 / 2,070 sf / 192m2 $1,111 / $11,960	 01/23/2017
1803 $2,000,000 2 3 / 2,150 sf / 200m2 $930 / $10,013	 02/07/2017
1401 $4,000,000 2 4 / 1 N/A	 N/A	 02/15/2017
3001 $19,500 4 6 / 1 4,230 sf / 393m2 Month	 10/13/2016
1202 $15,000 3 4 / 2 3,466 sf / 322m2 Year	 03/01/2017
2 Bedroom Rentals Average $14.11 per Sq.Ft.
1401 $15,000 2 4 / 1 N/A	 Year	 12/21/2016
1502 $9,500 2 3 / 0 N/A	 Year	 03/14/2017
4 Bedroom Units Sold Average $1,116.45 per Sq.Ft.
701 $2,750,000 3 4 / 1 2,819 sf / 262m2 $976 / $10,500	 01/09/2017
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Obsjtina Pomorie (bulgariska: Община Поморие) är en kommun i Bulgarien.   Den ligger i regionen Burgas, i den östra delen av landet,  km öster om huvudstaden Sofia.

Obsjtina Pomorie delas in i:
 Acheloj
 Bata
 Gaberovo
 Goritsa
 Glbets
 Dbnik
 Belodol
 Kablesjkovo
 Kamenar
 Kosovets
 Medovo
 Poroj
 Stratsin

Följande samhällen finns i Obsjtina Pomorie:

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Trakten runt Obsjtina Pomorie består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Obsjtina Pomorie är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Klimatet i området är fuktigt och subtropiskt. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är december, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Dr TY Thong ~ Lecturer Business
JCU > Research Portfolio > Dr TY Thong
TY specializes in finance, accounting and economics. Prior to joining JCU in 2015, he was a full-time faculty at the Singapore Management University (SMU), UniSIM (SUSS today), University of New South Wales Asia (UNSW), and Nanyang Techonological University (NTU).
At JCU, he delivers accounting, finance, corporate finance, investments, treasury management, credit & lending, financial institutions and markets, etc.
TY holds PhD (Finance), MBA, M.Soc.Sc. (Econs) and B.A. (Econs).
He publishes in Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, International Review of Economics and Finance, and Asian Development Review (Asian Development Bank).
BX2014: Principles of Finance (Level 2; SIN)
2015 to present - Lecturer, JCU (Singapore)
Charoenwong C, Ding D and Thong T (2016) Decimalization, IPO aftermath, and liquidity. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 47 (4). pp. 1303-1344
Ang J, Ding D and Thong T (2013) Political connection and firm value. Asian Development Review, 30 (2). pp. 131-166
Krishnamurti C and Thong T (2008) Lockup expiration, insider selling and bid-ask spreads. International Review of Economics & Finance, 17 (2). pp. 230-244
Thong T, Lim C and Ding D (2008) Firm diversification and earnings management: evidence from seasoned equity offerings. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 30 (1). pp. 69-92
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package controlP5;

/**
 * controlP5 is a processing gui library.
 *
 *  2007-2010 by Andreas Schlegel
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
 * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 * @author 		Andreas Schlegel (http://www.sojamo.de)
 * @modified	10/05/2010
 * @version		0.5.4
 *
 */

public class ControllerStyle {

	public int paddingTop = 0;
	public int paddingRight = 0;
	public int paddingBottom = 0;
	public int paddingLeft = 0;
	public int marginTop = 0;
	public int marginRight = 0;
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	public int backgroundWidth = -1;
	public int backgroundHeight = -1;
	public int color;

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	public void setPaddingTop(int theValue) {
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	public void setPaddingBottom(int theValue) {
		paddingBottom = theValue;
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	public void setPaddingRight(int theValue) {
		paddingRight = theValue;
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	public void setPaddingLeft(int theValue) {
		paddingLeft = theValue;
	}

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		marginTop = theTop;
		marginRight = theRight;
		marginBottom = theBottom;
		marginLeft = theLeft;
	}

	public void setMargin(int theTop, int theRight, int theBottom, int theLeft) {
		margin(theTop, theRight, theBottom, theLeft);
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	public void setMarginTop(int theValue) {
		marginTop = theValue;
	}

	public void setMarginBottom(int theValue) {
		marginBottom = theValue;
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	public void setMarginRight(int theValue) {
		marginRight = theValue;
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		marginLeft = theValue;
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		paddingTop = theTop;
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		paddingBottom = theBottom;
		paddingLeft = theLeft;
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		marginTop += theTop;
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		marginLeft += theLeft;
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	public void movePadding(int theTop, int theRight, int theBottom, int theLeft) {
		paddingTop += theTop;
		paddingRight += theRight;
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		paddingLeft += theLeft;
	}
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This site is for cosplayers from all walks of life and many levels of experiences; from the freshly-started to the veteran who has "seen it all." There are experiences that need to be shared: tips, tricks and sticky situations. Finding bargain fabric, packing a convention emergency kit, and having your costume look great in photos. Here at "Life of Cosplay" we want to help you through the amazing and sometimes confusing lifestyle (because let's face it, cosplay is a lifestyle).


Is extreme high availability a bad thing?
Several comments about how reliability is less immediately appealing to businesses than new features, but of course reliability is the slow-burning coal, whereas new features are often just so much kindling (and therefore "burn out" very quickly).
What are you using for server and network monitoring?
Zabbix and Nagios are the usual suspects, with Splunk in the mix too (obviously not a direct comparison), with Zenoss making waves. Little input from anyone running SCOM for Windows; presumably these folks are using Zabbix or Nagios(?!).


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Let your follower and potential audience know what your account is about. For instance, you are a fashion designer, people will expect to post pictures of fashion, design, and style. If you have a blog then don't forget to add the link of your blog in the description of your account' bio. Also, you can also share the link of your clothing store etc. If you are a writer, you can also use your bio to promote your articles by sharing the link.
Use most relevant and proper tags with your posts. You can use 2 to 30 hashtags but about eleven tags is a good amount. Don't be spammy, only use proper hashtags.
Good captions can give you a lot of benefits. Write a concise, witty and interesting caption. Also, include the question in your caption. Adding questions can get higher engagement. If you have massive followers you can write long captions too. A good caption is as important as your photo. Also, use a call to action in your caption like "If you agree, share it with friends" or 'add your thoughts in the comment section'.


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State seeks to demolish about half of the village of Susiya before HCJ hearing
In a letter sent this morning to the Civil Administration, representatives of the village of Susiya demanded that the authorities freeze all the demolitions planned over the coming days in the village. The letter was sent after it emerged that the scale of destruction the state seeks to sow in Susiya is much greater than was previously thought, and includes almost half the structures in the village. If the structures are demolished, the residents will have no way to survive in the area in conditions of extreme heat and cold. Accordingly, the action effectively constitutes the expulsion of the residents from their land.
The urgent letter was sent by the village's legal advisors, Attorneys Quamar Mishriqi Asad and Avital Sharon, to Major Eran Gross, the deputy head of the Infrastructure Division in the Civil Administration. The letter noted that the planned demolitions constitute improper political pressure rather than a plan based on considerations of proper planning or concern for the welfare of the protected residents and public order. The demolitions Israel seeks to execute next week, after the festival of Id al-Fitr, are intended to placate the settlers, who over the years have seized the private land of residents of the village without any intervention on the part of the Civil Administration.
Last Sunday, the Coordinator of Government Actions in the Territories (COGAT) and representatives of the Civil Administration held a meeting on their initiative with residents of the village of Susiya. During the meeting, the officials threatened that due to pressure from the settlers, they would be executing demolitions in the village even prior to 3 August 2015, the date scheduled for a hearing in the petition filed by residents of the village at the High Court of Justice.
Yesterday evening, a letter from Major Gross was forwarded to the residents detailing the list of buildings the Civil Administration wants the residents to demolish. The list includes around thirty structures, including residential homes, animal shelters, the village clinic, storerooms, outhouses, etc. These structures serve 74 of the residents of Susiya, including 35 minors, and facilitate the survival of the residents. In addition, the Civil Administration included six other structures in the list in the community of Wadi Jahish, which is adjacent to the village of Susiya, despite the fact that this community does not form part of the petition. These buildings serve 17 residents, 10 of whom are minors.
Of the buildings slated for demolition by the Civil Administration, 21 were constructed with funding from European governments. The heads of all the missions of the EU member states in Palestine toured Susiya last month and urged the Israeli government to refrain from demolishing the village.
The letter quotes the opinion of Prof. Eyal Benvenisti that the planned demolition over the coming summer will constitute a grave breach of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the expulsion of protected persons: "The significance of the execution of the demolition orders that are the subject of this opinion is effective 'transfer' of protected residents by creating physical conditions that require the protected persons to leave the place in which they are present against their will. Following the planned demolition of the buildings, there will be no way to survive within the area of the village without shelter and other facilities ensuring the residents' ability to survive and make a livelihood. In addition to the indirect transfer, the demolition of the buildings in the village as described above constitutes the demolition of buildings vital for the survival of the residents of the village; this, too, is prohibited."
It should be emphasized that the demolition policy applied by the Israeli authorities in Area C, of which the planned demolition of Susiya forms part, is not based on considerations of planning, building, law and order. Rather, it constitutes the cynical manipulation of planning laws in order to restrict the presence of the Palestinian population and to expand the settlement enterprise. If the demolition is executed, this will create irreversible damage and immense suffering for the residents of Susiya. Meanwhile, the residents of the adjacent outposts, which were also built without building permits or outline plans, will continue to enjoy the support of the authorities and connection to water and electricity services, without facing threats to demolish their homes.
Save Susiya!
Background about Khirbet Susiya
Background about the petition
The letter send by the Civil Administration
Response letter sent by the petitionares
More on Area C
Planning Policy in the West Bank
More on the Planning policy in the West Bank
Statistics on demolition of houses built without permits
Test case: The al-Makhrour area
Test case: Um Raqba, al-Khader
Test case: The village of Qibyah
Israel commits a crime and paints Palestinians as lawbreakers: The homes of 44 Palestinians, including 22 children, were demolished yesterday in the West Bank
Hagai El-Ad's address at the European Parliament Committee on Human Rights, 16 Nov. 2020
Top diplomats from 17 countries tour Palestinian communities Israel is trying to expel from South Hebron Hills


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Goosen leads, Woods 13 back
Retief Goosen moved a step closer to his first PGA Tour victory of the year by grabbing a one-shot lead in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Friday.
While Tiger Woods again struggled to a 2-over 72, Goosen fired a 66 and sits at 7-under 133, one shot better than Phil Mickelson (68) and Justin Leonard (66) at Firestone in Akron, Ohio. Woods is 13 shots off the pace.
•Lee Westwood withdrew from the Bridgestone because of a torn muscle in his right calf and said he will miss next week's PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis.
•Woods will play with defending champion Y.E Yang and Vijay Singh in the first two rounds of the PGA. Mickelson has been grouped with U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell and British Open champ Louis Oosthuizen.
•Alex Cejka shot a 4-under 68 to take a one-stroke lead in the Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y.
• Tommy Armour III shot a 9-under 63 for a one-stroke lead after one round of the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minn.
Retief Goosen
Bridgestone Invitational


We have finished our neuro/cardio exam with a final rating of 35% for overall development. Not bad, but room to improve.
Now, we are meeting the cardiac intake center for pre-op consents. Brett has taken olivia for an xray and I am signing paperwork.
We met the eye doctor who will be doing her eyes and the right eye is definately clogged still, while the right one is questionable.
The procedures will start early tomorrow with our arrival time at the hospital at 6am.
2012... Where did the time go???


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An anti-democratic faction and minoritarian electoral institutions are destroying our republic. What can be done? 📊 May 30, 2021
Shot of rewriting the Constitution, electoral reform. Short of that, not much.
This is my weekly data-driven newsletter on politics, polling, and democracy — and whatever else I'm thinking about. If you want more frequent posts on these subjects please sign up for a paid subscription. I send out subscribers-only posts twice each week.
An anti-democratic faction and minoritarian electoral institutions are destroying our republic. What can be done?
Image credit: Mike Andrews. cc2.0
In hindsight, it is easy to see how norms and institutions that empower minorities to dominate the majority would lead to a party endorsing anti-democratic policies and actions. Actually, the framers warned this might happen, too. That only makes our current moment all the more frustrating.
On Friday, the US Senate voted 54-35 in favor of proceeding to a limited debate over a House-passed bill to establish a commission to investigate the causes and events of the January 6th invasion of the US Capitol. That is just a wordy way of saying that the vote to establish the commission failed, even though a majority of senators supported it. That vote "failed" because it did not meet the 60-vote threshold for "cloture," or stopping debate, meaning any further consideration of the bill could have been filibustered by Republicans and halted the business of the Senate indefinitely. So they did not get to vote on a commission, which likely would have had the same majority consent from the chamber.
I see this as little less than a fundamental betrayal of the principles of our democratic republic. It is even more concerning given two additional factors.
First, that the filibuster requirement is insanely anti-democratic compared to the policies you would get if the public were represented proportionally. One poll from The Economist and YouGov released last week found that 56% of adults approve of the House passing the bill that would create the January 6th commission. 29% opposed it. Some additional numbers here are that the 54 Senators who voted yes on cloture represent 189 million Americans, or 58% of the population. The 35 who voted no represent 104 million Americans, or 32% of the population. Credit for those stats goes to Jeffery Lazarus, who added "When 32% of voters get to dictate policy, that's not democracy." No kidding.
Second, this anti-democratic vote is made all the worse given the substance of the bill and the broader historical context surrounding this moment in American history. A bipartisan majority in the Senate was overruled by a minority composed completely of Republicans, whose voters were the ones responsible for the insurrection the commission would have investigated. The anti-democratic institutions are enabling Republican complacency about an assault on our democracy from an increasingly anti-democratic party, egged on by an anti-democratic former president who wields prophet-like influence over his followers. That same party is pursuing new laws in most states to make voting harder and objecting to elections easier, which would make it easier to impose their minority will over the population. The party has also opposed redistricting reform in Congress, opting instead for more partisan gerrymandering.
One naturally wonders how we have gotten here. There are many explanations — from the peculiarities and whims of a demagogue and his party to the factionalization of the media ecosystem (driven larger by the political right) and the devolution of power over electoral rules and voting procedures to the states, among others. But perhaps the biggest is our minoritarian legislative institutions and the way we elect the leaders that fill them.
The single biggest reason Republicans can pursue anti-democracy positions is that they can win control of federal and state governments with minorities of the vote. The US Senate, the Electoral College, and plurality single-winner electoral districts are the biggest problems here. The first is almost guaranteed to stay unless we rewrite the Constitution, which we should consider. The electoral college can be circumvented with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which binds member state legislatures to send slates of electors to the winner of the national popular vote. That probably won't happen either.
But the last factor — plurality-winner single-member districts — can be eliminated with a simple act of Congress and consent from the president, at least for federal elections. That could go a long way to reducing the incentives towards shrinking pools of voters and overturning elections that Republicans currently have today. For example, a CBS News poll released earlier this month found that 53% of Republicans said the party should focus on messaging to expand its appeal to win more elections. In contrast, 47% said the party should focus on changing voting rules to try to win with the voters it has, and make voting harder for citizens aligned with the opposition.
If you read a lot of political science, as I do, you have to connect the dots between that type of mentality and zero-sum two-party politics, where any vote for a different party is a vote against your own. That mentality is largely a product of the rules that govern our elections: single-member districts with plurality winners.
But it doesn't have to be like this! Congress can enact a system of proportional representation for House elections very easily. There are many options. You could do ranked-choice voting with multi-member districts, where states with more than a certain number of seats elect a number of candidates on an at-large basis. Each voter ranks candidates, and all that pass a certain threshold of cumulative votes, usually equal to `total_votes / (num_seats + 1)`). You can read more about the tabulation process for such a system here, in Don Beyer's Fair Representation Act.
You could also establish a more complex, but fairer, system of proportional representation called "one-vote open list proportional representation" (OLPR). This is the system preferred by voting systems experts like Jack Santucci and Matthew Shugart. They are smart and we should take their prescription seriously.
Alternatively, we could also amend the Constitution and make the system more democratic and proportional from the get-go. The point is not that the minutiae of these voting reforms meaningfully sets one apart from the other, but that we must take immediate steps towards making our electoral system more proportional and representative. Such steps change the incentives for lawmakers from conflict to cooperation, and could very well decrease the strength of partisan identities and make individual voters more likely to accept their opponents as legitimate partners in government.
I could say more, but the point is this: we are now firmly situated within an emergency for majoritarian democracy and popular sovereignty in America. A government where the 32% can overrule the 56% (especially on legislation that would hold insurrectionists and anti-democrats to account) is not a legitimate government.
What is "legitimate" if our Constitutional order is not? To quote James Madison in Federalist #58:
In all cases where justice or the general good might require new laws to be passed, or active measures to be pursued, the fundamental principle of free government would be reversed. It would be no longer the majority that would rule: the power would be transferred to the minority. Were the defensive privilege limited to particular cases, an interested minority might take advantage of it to screen themselves from equitable sacrifices to the general weal, or, in particular emergencies, to extort unreasonable indulgences. Lastly, it would facilitate and foster the baneful practice of secessions; a practice which has shown itself even in States where a majority only is required; a practice subversive of all the principles of order and regular government; a practice which leads more directly to public convulsions, and the ruin of popular governments, than any other which has yet been displayed among us.
It is time for people to take seriously the idea that we must change voting rules, add new states to offset the power of rural voters in the Senate and Electoral College, or agree on a new Constitution altogether. Otherwise, I fear the age of Madisonian democracy is coming to an end. (And not in the way we want it to.)
Posts for subscribers
May 26: There is a deep partisan divide in covid vaccine hesitancy and masking habits... but it could be deeper, right? A surprisingly high number of Donald Trump's voters say they have been partially or fully vaccinated.
May 30: The usual Sunday subscribers-only thread covering more polling on the invasion of the Capitol and the problems the filibuster exacerbates.
Links to what I'm reading and writing
In this piece, I write about our new poll from The Economist and YouGov that finds broad approval for (a) a Congressional commission to investigate the causes of the January 6th insurrection and (b) prosecuting Donald Trump's supporters who participated "in the takeover of the Capitol building". I also cover a new poll from UMASS Amherst that found a plurality of Republicans blame Antifa and The Democratic Party for the riot.
This is a nice article from The Atlantic's Derek Thompson making the case to wait out the crazy-inflated housing market and buy a home later. Personally, I have no choice, since all the houses on the market around us are now way too expensive. But I would disagree with his advice and tell y'all to go ahead and buy now, that way there's less demand for me later. Suckers!
Here is Kaleigh Rogers, technology and politics report at FiveThirtyEight, calling the Republican-led ballot "recount" in Arizona a "partisan inquisition." Obviously, I agree. I will note again in this newsletter that I am pleased to see "data journalism" websites taking principled stances on normative issues, especially in headlines. Good for them. This is a recent development and I am happy to see it.
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I'm about two weeks late in saying this, but happy new year, everyone! Now that I'm settled in Houston and have an actual routine established, I'll be paying my blog a bit more attention. I've missed it. In fact, if you couldn't tell, I've been rearranging again. Crystal Roznik, my new friend and super talented graphic designer, was happy to give the space a nice sprucing up... Just in time for 2014 to begin putting down roots.
The next few months are going to be a lot less hectic than the last several were, and I'm very much looking forward to having a normal sleep schedule for the first time in ages. I'm sure I'll miss college a little here and there, but for right now, I'm enjoying the simplicity of working a few day jobs rather than tackling hours upon hours of homework each night. Life is still exciting, still full of possibilities, but definitely moving at a much slower pace these days. Honestly, I don't think I mind too much.
Next up: a look at the past year. What a blessed one it was!


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