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V. N. Eboatu
PhD, Department of Educational Management and Policy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Obianuju Nnenna Agogbua
Department of Educational Management and Policy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
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PRINCIPALS' SCHOOL PLANT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR IMPROVED STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA
V. N. Eboatu, Obianuju Nnenna Agogbua
This study investigated principals' school plant management practices for improved students' academic performance in Oyi local government area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Three research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The target population for this study was all the secondary school teachers in Oyi Local Government Area, numbering 239. All were studied due to the manageable size of the population. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire which was validated by experts in Educational Management and in Measurement and Evaluation. The data collected were analysed using mean scores to answer the research questions, with 2.50 as decision point, while t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings among other things were that principals of secondary schools in Oyi Local Government Area use rules and regulations to operate school plants, they assign teachers to cater to the cleanliness of the schools and use students to carry out routine plant operational activities in schools. It was recommended, among others, that principals should organize workshops for students, staff and other stakeholders to sensitize them on the need to imbibe appropriate school plant maintenance and operation culture.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.1652
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"Public Works Connects Us" is the theme for 2017's National Public Works Week May 21-27, celebrating the vital role public works plays in connecting people. As the cornerstone of civilization, public works provides, maintains and improves the structures and services that assure a higher quality of life for communities. Streets, roads, bridges, and public transportation link people in the U.S. from coast to coast. Clean water and sanitation services keep us healthy and allow our communities to grow and prosper.
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Starfish Guide for the Philippines: How Many Species Can We Get from Flickr?
Photo by Matt Kiefer via Wikipedia:
Greetings! Yes. I have been posting less frequently. Busy with various projects and winter season stuff!
Today's post is a kind of response to a fairly common request I get via email: "Can you help me ID this species of starfish from the Philippines?" (paraphrased)
A question I get from divers, photographers and students who actually live in the Philippines. And strangely enough I get it quite frequently and there are surprisingly few resources to help people with pictures.
In the past I have done variations on this by crowd sourcing images off places like Flickr and YouTube and its been awhile since I've done an "on line field guide." So I thought it would be a good time for another one!
With the exception of Acanthaster brevispinus (above), EVERYTHING below is taken from Flickr and recorded as being from the Philippines by the photographer.
The Philippines has a rich, RICH diversity of sea stars (as well as many, other marine animals) and so this "guide" won't be complete, but it includes several of the most frequently encountered species which are photographed and put on the web.
If you are looking for professional taxonomic monography of Philippine sea stars a good place to start is the work of Walter K. Fisher at the Biodiversity Heritage Library. HERE.
There are many, MANY published ID guides to the Indo-Pacific area and I've identified species in many of those books. But these days, images of sea stars and other marine animals are so prolific, it became clear that it really wouldn't take much to curate a collection of these to provide help for people who want to know what the animals were who didn't have expertise to the published accounts..
Another place to look for a nice crowd-sourced inventory of sea stars from the Philippines or anywhere is at iNaturalist! Go HERE. Identifications are not always from experts but its a good place to start.
I always like to remind folks when actually in the field.. look but don't TOUCH (or at least put it back!)
So here we go in reverse alphabetical order....
Pterasteridae
Euretaster attenuatus. This species belongs to the family of sea stars which are best known as "slime stars" in cold-water habitats. There's only been one account of the tropical species using "slime" as a defense and it wasn't really in a scientific journal.
This species has a distinct hole in the center of the disk called an osculum which allows water into the surface of the disk which is kind of like a circus tent that covers over the ACTUAL surface of the animal underneath (see the blog link above).
Its a species we know very little about. Another species, Euretaster insignis is usually what gets encountered in the Philippines. This image however most resembles E. attenuatus which was first described from New Caledonia. This is possibly a new record!
Oreasteridae: This is by far the most prominent family of sea stars that is encountered in the tropical Pacific. They are big, heavy and slow and usually have very distinctive spines or other ornamentation. Most are microalgae feeders. They are often taken for the pet trade or more frequently as tourist baubles which is something that is likely NOT good for their ecology. and here.
Choriaster granulatus Although this species is flesh colored and appears soft, it is quite solid to the touch and has a fairly thick and dense skeleton.
Culcita novaeguineae: This is a species that occurs widely throughout the Indo-Pacific from Hawaii and Japan down to New Caledonia and in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. I've written a short guide to telling apart this species and others here.
It varies widely in color and has a huge diversity in appearance. Some are covered with more spines..others with more ganules. Culcita spp. are predators on corals but aren't known to take the huge amount of corals that the Crown of Thorns eats. They are important to ecosystems in that they likely help control the structure of a coral reef based on the species it eats.
Its worth pointing out that when Culcita is VERY small it has a more cookie shaped appearance which is quite different from the adult! You can see this change in this picture.. from a blog I wrote a few years ago
Halityle regularis-unfortunately no image of the top surface of this cushion star which is similar to Culcita novaeguineae. But you can see a short account I've written about this one here. There are many differences but the pattern around the mouth is a sure fire giveaway...
Note about Pentaceraster: Beware all those who enter here! Species are many and often poorly defined! Caution is required... I have a brief post about telling it apart from Protoreaster and other oreasterids here.
Pentaceraster tuberculatus:Distinguished by the absence of spines around the lateral edge (on the superomarginal plates), as well as the spines and other armament on the disk.
There seems to be some variation in color as well..
Pentaceraster alveolatus (but close to(P. multispinus) These two species are very poorly distinguished from one another. But both have spines on the superomarginals near the middle to end of the arm (should be few to none interradially) as well as spines on the abactinal surface on the disk.
Color seems to vary for this species...
These are more like Pentaceraster multispinus with the many, MANY spines present on the disk and along the superomarginal plates (i.e. along the edge).. But they overlap with Pentaceraster alveolatus type things above...
Do YOU see a new color or species of Pentaceraster?? Let me know!!
Pentaster obtusatus Here's another frequently encountered species. It has the distinctive orange with white highlights. Low bumps cover the surface, etc.
Protoreaster nodosus: This is BY FAR one of the most commonly encountered sea stars in the Philippines and adjoining areas. More on telling apart Protoreaster from Pentaceraster and other species here.
Basically- no spines are present on the edge of the animal (aka the superomarginal plates). P. nodosus is often found in shallow waters around mangroves and on sandy bottoms. They feed on microalgae and other tiny organic nutrients in the sediment.
Color in living animals is quite variable as you can see below. P. nodosus is "fished" for the tourist industry and sold widely around the world as a bauble at beach and tourist shops from Florida to Australia...
(note-many of these pictures are artificially arranged for photo shoots! but they are useful for showing diversity. High density like this is not necessarily common)
Ophidiasteridae: This is probably the second most frequently seen group of sea stars other than the Oreasterids..especially the "blue Linckia" which is heavily "fished" by the aquarium and gift/shell trade. Most have long arms and small disks..
Gomophia aegyptiaca A species covered by strongly expressed bumps often with nipple-like tips!
This species occurs widely around the Indo-Pacific, extending into the Indian Ocean with many, MANY color variations. Food, biology, etc. are poorly known.
Linckia guildingi? While this looks to me like Linckia guildingi, the truth is that I'd need to look at the underside to make a positive determination.
Linckia laevigata As I've written about before here, this is one of the most heavily fished sea stars in the Indo-Pacific. Not just for tourist baubles but also for the aquarium trade. Its a handsome species and frequently gets "volunteered" for tourist pictures, beach moments, and aquarium scenes.
Linckia laevigata or guildingi? Intermediate blue/orange. Interestingly, there is a paper that shows TWO color variations in Linckia laevigata, orange and purple Click here to download it.
This is most likely the orange color morph of L. laevigata but could also be L. guildingi. Hard to be sure without a better look at the details on a specimen.
Nardoa frianti The genus Nardoa is named for the Italian naturalist Giovanni Nardo as I discussed in a post WAAAY back in 2008
There are MANY species. And they are often quite complicated. Even this one with its distinctive tubercles (the bumps) is conceivably part of a broader species complex. To make things even more complicated, you will sometimes see Nardoa species with these big bumps in the genus Gomophia.
Nardoa sp. similar to "N. novaecaledoniae" This one has flattened or at least, MORE flat plates relative to Nardoa frianti (above).
The exact species ID for this animal can't be made from a picture like this because we need to see the underside in order for the precise details. It LOOKS like a species that I would call Nardoa novaecaledoniae but there are several other possibilities. Close up on the underside would be necessary.
Ophidiaster. Here's another species that would require a full specimen (or at least better pictures) to correctly identify. At least one book id'd this as Ophidiaster granifer but I'm not sure that's correct (or incorrect) because there's not enough info...
Mithrodiidae
Thromidia catalae: These are usually MASSIVE starfish. They can get up to 2 feet across! They tend to occur in deeper water (lower end of SCUBA depth).
They have relatively solid surfaces with spiny surfaces. There is relatively little known about their general biology.
Luidiidae. There's only one genus in this family, Luidia and I've written about the general biology of the group here. The genus named after Edward Lhuyd, a Welsh naturalist.
Most members of Luidia are 5 armed..but for whatever reason, the ones in the tropics are often BIG and have more than 10 arms!
Luidia avicularia?Interesting to see this one since it doesn't usually occur at shallow depths. But the color pattern matches.
Luidia maculata This is a fairly large predatory starfish, often found buried below the surface of the sand.
Goniasteridae This is the group that I've done the most work on since I finished my PhD. Some of my recent genetic work has also contributed to the re-classification of two species below (Fromia heffernani and F. monilis) to this family. They had originally been placed in the Ophidiasteridae (above) until my work showed otherwise...
Fromia (formerly Celerina) heffernani (probably) This species and the one below have been the cause of some confusion for many years. Although I'm fairly confident the pictures show the animals correctly identified, the only way to be sure that the species are 100% correctly identified is to look at the UNDERSIDE. I've discussed the problem with these species before in this post (here).
Fromia monilis (probably). Yes. the colors are slightly different.. but when these individuals are preserved they very closely resemble one another making it difficult to tell apart.
ADD to that? The colors can vary.. Yes. it will probably make someone a nice PhD thesis someday...
Iconaster longimanus. A gorgeous species of goniasterid with almost surreal colors and very striking patterns.
We know very little about it.
Echinasteridae
Echinaster callosus I've seen this species often mixed up with Nardoa frianti, above. The big difference is in the texture of the "puffy" structures on the surface. Nardoa's bumps are just that- hard bumps covered by granules.
The surface of Echinaster callosus is covered by a bunch of big colorful puffy pin cushions. The big blobs are soft and each surround a sharp spine. When dead, they often deflate.
Colors are quite pretty and variable...
Echinaster luzonicus This is a distinctive species that is soft to the touch and often displays 6 uneven arms.
This species appears, at first to be fairly non-descript but a lot of things are going on with this species. In addition to the asexual reproduction and arm regeneration, this species is also often the host to benthic comb jellies! You can read more about that here.
Astropectinidae: I've written about Astropecten on past blogs. This one summarizes some stuff about them. Long story short: predators. They dig into sediment and look for clams and such.
Honestly, these are a pain the keister to identify even WITH specimens in hand Working off pictures is often difficult. But there's easily two species that I've observed off Flickr. the most common name encountered is Astropecten polyacanthus, which also happens to be quite variable..but there are a few other species that show similarities and are often overlooked because people don't do the work.
Astropecten sp. 1
Archasteridae
Archaster typicus This species is commonly mistaken for Astropecten above. I've written a post that shows how to tell them apart. Here.
Archaster is kind a weirdo. they ALSO dig into sand and sediments but do so with different kinds of features.
This species is VERY abundant in some areas. It is often taken as a tourist curio and used to make arts and crafts.. as well as sold in the aquarium trade.
This species is also known for having this curious behavior known as pseudocopulation... wherein one individual "mounts" the other in an offset fashion...
Acanthasteridae
Acanthaster planci (or A. cf. solaris). The notorious Crown of Thorns starfish has recently been studied using molecular techniques and revealed to actually be SEVERAL species. The one occurring in the Pacific has been referred to an older name, Acanthaster solaris. But presumably there are still several details to work out..
Acanthaster brevispinus There is actually ANOTHER species of Acanthaster other than the one traditionally identified as A. planci. This one has relatively short spines (hence the name brevispinus).
And yes.. there are many MORE species known.. but for the moment, that's what Flickr gives us!
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Megajournals Vs. Regular Journals: How to Choose Wisely
Selecting Appropriate Journals
By Enago Academy Apr 29, 2022
We cannot discuss megajournals without discussing open-access (OA) publishing. OA provides free access to published information with advantages such as no subscription fees, no paywall, and a wider audience. With the onset of OA, the megajournals, a category of OA journals, came into being. These are peer-reviewed journals; however, they might have less-stringent publishing criteria. Let us try to find out whether publishing in a megajournal is better or not.
What's Best for You?
Whether to publish in a megajournal or a regular (traditional) journal is a personal choice. When making this decision, consider the following characteristics of megajournals:
Limited scope of peer review: In many cases, the scope of a peer review for a megajournal limits itself to the technical information presented. It might not assess whether the research is new or even important.
Broad range of subjects: Unlike traditional journals, megajournals accept and publish research articles from many disciplines. They do not specialize in a specific discipline or subject.
Article Processing Charges (APCs): APCs for publishing in megajournals are usually lower than those of traditional journals.
Turnaround time: They have quicker turnaround times between reviewers and researchers.
These are not necessarily negative characteristics. In fact, you might find them appealing because you might be able to publish sooner than expected. In addition, you will have a wider audience who will see your research, but be aware of some of the pitfalls. For example, PLOS ONE, touted as the first megajournal to be launched, has recently had some difficulties in retaining top management as well as its declining impact factor.
Even so, several other journals have subscribed to this new model without experiencing any problems. Nature, Science, BMJ Open, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, all highly reputed scientific journals, do not specialize in only one discipline.
Quick Check Before You Make the Choice
When considering publishing in a megajournal, keep in mind the following:
Check the publisher's qualifications for any megajournal that you are considering. Some publishers overinflate their journal protocols to get your business or present themselves as "self-proclaimed" megajournals.
Check the profiles of the peer reviewers for the journal. Some peer reviewers hired by megajournals will review a variety of disciplines, some of which might not be in their field of study.
Assess the quality and reputation of the megajournal. Do your research on these publications. Make sure there are no previous issues involving internal affairs or articles published that suffered retraction later on. Some of the journals carry out such practice because the articles they published, contained falsified or fabricated data.
Your decision should be based on a concerted effort to review and assess the megajournals that you are considering. Even though you must always do your due diligence before submitting your research to a megajournal with which you might not be familiar, the experience can still be a positive one.
Recently, Enago Academy launched the Open Access Journal Finder (OAJF) that aims at enabling research scholars to find open access journals relevant to their manuscript. OAJF uses a validated journal index provided by Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – the most trusted non-predatory open access journal directory in its search results. The tool displays vital journal details to the scholars including publisher details, peer review process, confidence index (indicates similarity between matching keywords in the published articles across all journals indexed by DOAJ), and publication speed.
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WHAT'S UP WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP CHEWING ON ILHAN OMAR?
Jeff Koopersmith	ARCHIVE SINCE 1990	 April 16, 2019 9 Minutes
SHE IS A SIGN OF WONDER AND VALUE IN DEMOCRACY STILL LEARNING ABOUT FREEDOM AND ITS NOWADAY'S EROSION.
IMAGINE A WHITE JEW ELECTED TO OFFICE IN IRAN – WELL IT COULD HAPPEN
Yes Jews serve in the Iranian Legislature
By Jeff Koopersmith, Editor Emeritus
"So let us stop, at least, this continuing bombardment against minorities – now a seeming worldwide Hobby for power-seekers. Isn't it enough how used and abused so many of these asylum seekers are – maligned and tortured in their homelands – where only an accident of birth left them to weep?"
Jeff Koopersmith
WASHINGTON DC – 15 APRIL 2019 – INCOME TAX DAY!: So, President Trump is busy tantalizing, even if he does not realize it, his troops for an imminent (or not) attack on Muslims, and in America too – and in the House of Representatives for sure.
Who would have given him such advice? His choice the was – "I go after Rep. Omar, and I gain a little with the White Supremacists who think every Muslim is out to kill all Americans, and I might even gain some Jewish votes because they must all hate the Muslims around the earth."
What a silly an undignified choice he makes.
There are many Jews in America with close Muslim friends, and there must be at least a small bloc of White Supremacists and American Neo-Nazis and older Nazis who understand that all Americans are entitled to serve the people.
Raised by Jews for a decade after my Christian parents tossed me into a Catholic home for bastards' whose biological mom and dad were also Catholic, I went to Hebrew School; I went to other religious schools to learn about Islam and other religions like Buddhism. Finally, I settled on thinking I must be Catholic for the folks that run Catholic Charities must have had me baptized, or my birth parents who I am still trying to find out about may have. I am drawn to Catholicism because it is stringent and unabashed even when it gets caught hiding priests who fondle (and worse) children those priests have "groomed" and "tamed" unholy enjoyment.
The truth is – as most educated Americans know – that there are many child molesters among all Americans some white boys, some dark-skinned teens, some lesbians, and lots of gay adults.
I never joined The Church, but the main reason I turned against parts of Judaism is that our rabbi told me I could not say "Kadish" (a prayer for the dead) for my own father because I was adopted and could not be a Jew even if I had been Bar Mitzvah. He was an old man locked in his ways, and I am sure other rabbis would not have felt that same.
I had memorized the Kadish at an early age, for grandparents an old aunts and uncles who died in the 1960s, I have Iranian friends and friends who are married to Iranians – Iran was a European nation before changes made mostly by white soldiering in the late 19th and throughout the 20th centuries, Yis Kah Dahl, is how I how the Jewish prayer for the dead starts.
The Muslim prayer for the dead is – "Salat al-Janazah is the Islamic funeral prayer; a part of the Islamic funeral ritual. Having the appropriate "neeyat" (intention) in your heart – You say the first "takbir" while raising your hands, then you fold and hold your hands on your chest, the right hand on the left, then you seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shay?an, then you utter "Bismillah" and recite" Al-
Then you say "Takbir" and "Durood-i Ibrahim."
Then one says a third "Takbir" and makes "du'a" for the deceased. The du'a meaning appeal or "invocation," is a prayer of supplication or request.
Muslims regard this as a profound act of worship. I have seen and heard this from Muslims at both Jewish and Catholic funerals.
Muhammad is reported to have said, "Dua is the very essence of worship."
So, Representative Omar will have such rites performed at her funeral, which I trust will take many many decades to occur. She is young, somewhat as naive as we all were at her age, and still mourning and adjusting to the outrage from Americans just after 911 and today.
Does Donald Trump believe that Muslims are unified to hate Americans? I wonder – because every second this is proved untrue – as they meet together, help each other, and yes, argue. No one but the outrageous or insane believes that because Muslims flew those four jet airplanes into American buildings and that all Muslims would do the same. Indeed some would – just as so many American men and women put their lives on the line and died and were crippled and maimed to protect from those who sought only power or vengeance against us.
I have no friends, other my old friend in California who too has suffered ungracious and vicious stabs at his religion. Akbar once gave a job to me when other sources could not or refused. I always thank him by my prayers when I remember his kind gesture.
Yes, Rep. Omar made several statements during her young life that were deleterious and destructive to Jews, but she also made similar statements about the general heartlessness and viciousness that now surrounds the world for some reason – as if we chimpanzees – that go through a natural time of warlike disgrace periodically and for no good reason. She is learning to be American – but without the weight of ignorant statements on her life's file. Allow her to learn – and she is, according to most who in fact know her – a good woman and only looking for the best – for all Americans.
Omar has apologized for these statements – yet even some in her own Democrat Party have made her life more difficult for her errors. Yet remember how the Old Southern Democrats, many – so-called Republicans, and far too long past Freedom from kidnapping slaves, continued to do the same to Black Americans which caused their often miserable poverty and marginalization for another 100 years during the rebuilding of the United States after the Civil War – And still not finished to this day. Then the New Republicans took up the sword of hatred against the Black Plague" in America during those hundred years – and quite slyly as is done today.
How damned sad.
Sure, we "generous and highly educated White people" – who are in truth "pink-skinned" at best. We hold up, our Black Icon. In WhiteSpeak "deserving" White Icons who are Black. Only the fortunate, talented, and educated Blacks who, despite so very much against each of them – "made it big" in these United States and entered the "One Percent" or the middle and upper middle class. However, the majority have not – over 150 years later.
Yesterday we applauded the great Masters Champion of Golf and life – a Black and Asian man who, for the 5th time wore the green jacket signifying his prowess. Yet so many – like our President and his hustlers – make fun of a young Muslim woman who made it to Congress – the first woman Muslim to do so. Is that not a great achievement in this day and age?
You see, the political "tricks of the trade" have made it far beyond cartooning over the past thirty years thanks to Fox News. Other ultra right wing media, and a minority of White's who celebrate their hate and racism even as they cloud that hate with non-understandable words or lies from politicians and others seeking power and wealth, even though they themselves often do not believe what they are saying.
A disappointment.
Also, Americans are not the only nationals who do this. Racism, antisemitism, and antimuslimism – even anti-Sihkism et alia – is well and alive around the world. Many thought the Japanese were racist because they protect their "race" – which of course, is a made up term by Racists to attempt slyly to cover there shame when speaking out against COLOR? Color of human skin?
Man, that steps so low it is indescribable.
President Trump and some of his minions are using racism and the menu of "politically" and "socially" correct among far too many Americans who may be being rewarded by his crazy talk and even nuttier ideas. Let us send children and families by the thousands to so-called "Sanctuary Cities" an old French term "Ville Sanctuare" and a Spanish one "Ciudad Santuario," now alive in Western civilized societies around the world. The term, in a sense, implies a "suspending of the state" when "the state or nation goes too far for what seems wrong, weak and even evil purposes.
Of course the likely places have made Sanctuary Cities ILLEGAL around in the United States – According to several cited sources from knowledgeable and edited sources, Georgia banned "sanctuary cities" in 2010, and in 2016 went further by requiring local governments, in order to obtain state funding, to certify that they cooperate with federal immigration officials"
Besides, it is "Arizona, made up seniors escaping the cold, minorities, and the wise guys, through SB 1070 (enacted in 2010), that requires law enforcement officers to notify federal immigration authorities "if they develop reasonable suspicion that a person they've detained or arrested is in the country illegally." In short, the cops can "tell on" those seeking a hiding place from the endless troubles faced in other nations, states, and even families.
Tennessee state law bars "local governments or officials from making policies that stop local entities from complying with federal immigration law." In 2017, legislation proposed in the Tennessee General Assembly would go further, withholding funding from local governments deemed insufficiently cooperative with the federal government.
In Texas. Not surprisingly, no city has declared "sanctuary" status, but a few do not fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities and have drawn a negative response from the legislature.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott blocked funding to Travis County, Texas due to its recently implemented de facto sanctuary city policy. On May 7, 2017, Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 4 into law, effectively banning sanctuary cities by charging county or city officials who refuse to work with federal officials and by allowing police officers to check the immigration status of those they detain if they choose.
As of 2019, Florida and Arkansas are today crying for anti 'sanctuary cities' measures in their states." (Thanks to Wikipedia, a great and honest source of true information")
Perhaps none of these states – the usual outliers when it comes to "race" – do not magnify these treacherous laws and efforts because so many minorities, who could be in those states legally, might mount battles against the racist or cheap-freak incumbents. These true American citizens many of whom have been here before any white man crossed the Atlantic could also form large voting blocs against the trespassers of such a basic allowance of protection of tortured souls to seek sanctuary in our wonderful nation – now being made "Greater" by denying them entry by Donald Trump?
That does not make sense to anyone sensible, and more critical – sensitive.
Even before we became The United States of America – which, at the time, was a fable moniker – The nation was then for over 150 years being built by slaves from Africa, then from China and Mexico and in the 20th century and before – White Europeans fleeing from religious and other kinds of persecution that no one in America would stand forever. Moreover, that includes White Americans, and even White Supremacist Americans already whining so loudly about people picking on them – that one would think they too were looking for Sanctuary – perhaps within some fictional dictatorship that did not believe in giving people safety and homes and citizenship to protect them from Godlessness. Instead, they look for Black Churches to burn.
I am saddened to talk of Representative Omar in this way, but she is the latest "target of choice" by near-morons ready and willing to bash Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, Ms. Diana Ross, and so many other dark-skinned and terrified people. They have provided the most expensive political and media fillet mignon for our animals to gnaw on. They- thanks to a vile man named Roger Ailes, and others before him identified as Hilter, Mussolini, Hirohito and thousands more over the centuries who have struck this nation dumb.
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Mariyampillai Antony Jeyanathan (; 11 May 1948 – 1 October 2016) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.

Jeyanathan was born on 11 May 1948. He was the son of Mariyampillai and Mary Theresa. He was educated at Mullaitivu Maha Vidyalayam.

Jeyanathan was a teacher and served as a school principal before becoming a director of education.

Jeyanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mullaitivu District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council. After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on social services and rehabilitation. He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013. He was elected unopposed as Deputy Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council at its inaugural meeting on 25 October 2013.

On the morning of 1 October 2016 Jeyanathan was riding a motorbike near Mulliyawalai when he fell off the bike following a suspected heart attack. He was taken to Mullaitivu Hospital (Mancholai Base Hospital) but was pronounced dead on arrival.

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--Over the weekend, one of my "down-south" girlfriends told me that she had heard rumors of some "dancers" shooting either a show or a pilot around Atlanta. And while she's usually on point with #EarHustlin, I couldn't find out much more about it. Saturday afternoon, hear-say was validated via twitter chat, which grew legs thanks to Julia Beverly. Again, this is all ALLEGED, but the name of the pilot is called "Mistresses of Atlanta" and it features a few exotic dancers like Maliah Michel (she was rumored to be dating Drake and Sean Kingston at one point) and Rosée (never heard of her before, but one of my guy friends told me about her).


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The Alchemy of Time:
Understanding the Great Year and the Cycles of Existence
By Jay Weidner, New Dawn
This article appeared in 'New Dawn' No. 92 (Nov-Dec 2005)
"The age of iron has no other seal than that of Death. Its hieroglyph is the skeleton, bearing the attributes of Saturn: the empty hourglass, symbol of time run out…"
~ Fulcanelli
The inspiration for this article comes from my almost nineteen years of research into the Great Cross of Hendaye and the French alchemist Fulcanelli. The unknown, anonymous, alchemist Fulcanelli in his masterpiece The Mysteries of the Cathedrals first brought the cross at Hendaye, France, to the world's attention.
While the details of this research can be found in other articles written by myself and in the two books I co-authored(1), it can be stated that the Great Cross at Hendaye appears to be describing not only the end of the great four ages of the Hindu Yuga system but also the four ages of alchemical chronological time keeping. According to the cross at Hendaye, the Iron Age, or the Kali Yuga, will be coming to an end with the galactic alignment on the winter solstice of December 21st, 2012.
According to the mythology of the Yuga system, there are four ages of life and time on our planet. It is important to remember there are many cycles within cycles in the Hindu Yuga system so the years mentioned next may have to do with a larger cycle than the one addressed in this article. Perhaps the huge number of years referred to below is the cycle of the solar system as it circles another star, or perhaps it is a portion of the great cycle of one revolution around the galactic centre.
The first age is the Satya Yuga or the Golden Age, according to Fulcanelli. The Hindu texts tell us that this age lasts 1,728,000 years. This is an age of extreme splendour when the beings on our planet appear to live much longer than they do now. In this age there are no wars, famines, strife or evil.
The second age is called the Treta Yuga, or the Silver Age. As in the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy, things begin to slip in this age and the beings on Earth begin to deteriorate. This slippage, at least during this second age, is the beginning of corruption, and evil is introduced into the planetary sphere. This age lasts 1,296,000 years according to the Vedic texts of India.
The third age of this cycle is called the Dvapara Age, or the Bronze Age. This is the beginning of the 'fall' of humanity. In this age corruption comes on more fully, evil begins to spread, and things start to fall into disharmony. This age lasts 864,000 years.
The last age is called the Kali Yuga, or the Iron Age. This age is the age we are in right now. Evil and corruption become the driving force as greed, wars, famine and disease spread across the planet like a tidal wave of death and destruction. This age lasts, according to the Hindu texts for 432,000 years.(2)
What is important to understand while discussing these huge numbers found in the Hindu texts is they are describing the four ages within a context of understanding that each successive age is shorter than the previous age. The Satya Yuga, or the Golden Age, is one quarter longer than the Treta Yuga, or the Silver Age. The Treta Yuga is one quarter longer than the Dvapara Yuga, or the Bronze Age. Understanding these differences in the lengths of the ages becomes important to the following discussion.
According to Fulcanelli and the cross at Hendaye, the alchemical Four Ages comprise the four quadrants of a 25,920 year-long cycle called the precession of the equinoxes. Essentially, the precession of the equinoxes can be explained by the fact that our Earth has a wobble. Like a top spinning on the floor, as it begins to lose momentum this wobble of the Earth takes nearly 26,000 years to unfold. The strange engraving of the four 'A's' (see Figure 5) on the cross of Hendaye is a "hieroglyph of the universe", according to Fulcanelli. It is "comprised of the conventional signs of heaven and earth, the spiritual and the temporal, the macrocosm and the microcosm, in which major emblems of the redemption (cross) and the world (circle) are found in association."
The Precession of the Equinoxes
What Fulcanelli appears to be saying here is that the precession of the equinoxes is to be divided into four distinct ages of 6,480 years each (4 divided into 25,920) or, to round off the figures, to approximately 6,500 years each. This is also interesting because the zodiacal cycle, which lasts 25,920 years, has four fixed signs. These are the signs of Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio. These four signs are separated by 6,500 years each. Also in the Book of Ezekiel and in the Book of Revelation we are told of the angel with four faces. This angel has the face of a Lion (Leo), a Bull (Taurus), a Man (the angel) and an Eagle (in older times Scorpio was represented by an eagle instead of a scorpion). Apparently, according to Fulcanelli, both of these books in the Bible are warnings and messages about the four quadrants of the precession of the equinoxes and appear to be telling us that there is some kind of great change whenever we arrive at one of these four signs.
Of course it is well known that we are currently entering the Age of Aquarius. The Cross at Hendaye and Fulcanelli are telling us there are tremendous changes to be found here on Earth when we enter into one of the four fixed signs. Apparently these changes can be cataclysmic.
Obviously this 6,500 year long dating of the four alchemical ages disagrees with the Hindu Yuga system, which insists that each Yuga is of varying time lengths. It is in trying to iron out the dissimilarities in these two time periods that the hyperdimensional aspects of time can be best revealed.
It is well known in modern physics that four dimensional space, of which time is an aspect, is in the shape of a hypersphere (see above). This hypersphere appears similar to the shape of a donut, or a bagel. The energy, or the flow of the energy stream, within this hypersphere works like this: As shown in the illustration, the flow comes out of the bottom of the sphere, winds its way up around the outside edge, crosses the outside equator of the torus sphere and moves towards the hole in the top of this torus. The energy flow then begins to fall through the top of the hole and begins to spin in a vortex. This energy flow continues until it comes out of the bottom side of the torus where the energy flow begins its outward expansion again. This flow is continuous and, in a sense, infinite.
The Four Dimensional Hypersphere torus is also represented by the hypercube. A hypercube is a cube within a cube according to physicists. Essentially this cube, also called 'The Cube of Space' or the 'Tetragrammatron' by the alchemists, is a straight edged version of the donut shaped hypersphere (see Figure 2).
https://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/the-alchemy-of-time-understanding-the-great-year-the-cycles-of-existence
1. See www.jayweidner.com; The books A Monument to the End of Time: Alchemy, Fulcanelli and the Great Cross and Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye: Alchemy at the End of Time are authored by Jay Weidner and Vincent Bridges.
2. For more information, see 'Tolkien at the End of Time: Alchemical Secrets of the Lord of the Rings' by Jay Weidner and Sharron Rose in New Dawn No. 82 (January-February 2004), and 'Reflections on the Cycle of the Great Yuga' by Sharron Rose at www.sharronrose.com.
3. For more information on the luminous energy body, see my films Healing the Luminous Body with Dr. Alberto Villoldo, Artmind with Alex Grey and Yoga of Light with Sharron Rose.
4. See 'Alchemical Kubrick: 2001: The Great Work on Film' at www.jayweidner.com.
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Your hospital signed a direct-to-employer contract — 6 factors to help build a successful program
Ayla Ellison (Twitter) - Monday, April 2nd, 2018 Print	| Email
Employers are exploring direct contracting options with hospitals, health systems and other medical facilities in their quest to reduce costs and improve health outcomes for employees. These arrangements can help employers achieve savings, and they are also appealing to provider organizations that have developed strategies to effectively manage the health for specific conditions of a given population.
This content is sponsored by Global Healthcare Alliance.
Direct contracting arrangements let employers negotiate bundled case rates with provider organizations, which is a huge benefit for companies looking for ways to achieve healthcare savings. Under these agreements, employers with self-funded insurance plans make a single payment to providers and healthcare facilities for all services to treat a specific condition or provide a specific treatment.
Since direct-to-employer contracts aim to maximize cost-savings opportunities, these agreements typically cover highly specialized care and treatments that can be particularly costly, such as cardiovascular care, bariatric surgery or joint replacements.
Employers can gain more control over employee health benefit design and realize potential savings by entering into a direct deal with a health system that provides high-quality care with little variability in outcome. These agreements are also a way for progressive health systems and other medical facilities to increase patient volume and market share.
However, there is risk involved with these types of agreements. Provider organizations responsible for improving health outcomes and reducing the cost of care for a specific population are exposed to financial risk if treatment costs or patient outcomes don't meet set benchmarks. When this happens, the health system absorbs excess costs of care or is financially penalized for lower quality metrics.
To ensure direct contracting terms are fair and sustainable for both employers and providers, stakeholders see value in engaging bundled payment experts for design, development, technology and administrative support.
Direct-to-employer models are on the rise
Direct contracting arrangements have been on the rise in recent years and are expected to continue growing in popularity as more employers and healthcare providers gain confidence in risk management, according to John W. Adams, director, president and CEO of Global Healthcare Alliance, a Houston-based company that designs, builds and manages prospective bundled payment arrangements.
He said payers' lack of progress in improving the value of healthcare has caused employers to seek out direct contracting agreements.
"While employers like the convenience of accessing large provider networks at negotiated reimbursement rates through large payers, they are getting frustrated with the payers' lack of innovation and lack of incentive to change," he said.
Instead of waiting for payers to more fully embrace value-based care models, some employers are seeking out predictable, multiyear agreements with hospitals and health systems that include prospective bundles for episodes of care.
Direct contracting agreements let employers and provider organizations develop innovative partnerships, and they allow provider organizations to operate more efficiently outside of health insurance companies' narrow rules. Mr. Adams believes these types of arrangements will help drive the industry's shift away from traditional fee-for-service medicine.
Key factors to consider in direct-to-employer arrangements
To achieve success with direct contracting agreements, the employer must first select the right provider to partner with.
"Based on the service lines the employer is interested in … they need to select a center of excellence program with high-quality care, significant volumes and a strong reputation," Mr. Adams said. A COE program involving bundled payments can not only promote high-quality care, but also help improve the patient experience and increase cost savings, according to Mr. Adams.
He said employers should seek out healthcare organizations that meet the following criteria:
1. The hospital or health system is nationally ranked
2. The healthcare organization achieves better patient outcomes than its competitors
3. The hospital or health system generates enough volume in the specialty covered by the agreement to establish best practices in clinical integration
4. There is a multi-disciplinary team approach among physicians, and other providers, and the healthcare organization
5. The hospital or health system has the capability to administer the program, including patient engagement and navigation
6. The healthcare organization can coordinate the claims administration and adjudication process to ensure proper payment to all of the providers, and manage the shared risk pool
The right technology and administrative processes are vital
Before entering into a direct contracting agreement, hospitals and health systems need to ensure they have technology with the data capabilities required to manage complex payment models, including prospective bundle contracts.
"Most healthcare organizations know their cost of services, but they don't have the capabilities to model risk in prospective bundle contracts," Mr. Adams said. "This requires access to facility and physician claims data and developing algorithms to model risk for episodes of care."
Accurately assessing risk is critical for health systems and other medical facilities entering direct contracting arrangements. "If you get the pricing wrong in these agreements, it can be a big miss, and the program will not be sustainable," Mr. Adams said.
To help ensure success under direct-to-employer contracts, hospitals and other provider organizations across the nation are using Global Healthcare Alliance's bundling adjudication software platform, Axia, which converts fee-for-service transaction data into contracted bundled package pricing and reimbursement models.
Global Healthcare Alliance uses large databases and proprietary algorithms to help healthcare organizations determine the feasibility of direct contracting arrangements in particular markets. The company works with systems to develop a portfolio of bundled episodes and then markets it to employers.
Global Healthcare Alliance can also provide healthcare organizations and employers with insights to help them take on certain services typically provided by an insurer. For example, when entering a direct contracting agreement, the health system and employer need transparency into cost data and other information to negotiate a fair and sustainable reimbursement rate for the bundles, according to Mr. Adams.
"By that, I mean it covers the amount of risk the provider assumes in the episodes of care, and it provides value to the employer based on: high-quality outcomes, reasonable utilization rates, right care at the right time, predictable costs, and employee and patient satisfaction," he said.
To participate in direct contracting arrangements, hospitals and health systems also need the capability to process complex claims such as bundled payments, which typically require additional data management and review to ensure proper reimbursement compared to traditional claims. Global Healthcare Alliance's platform can process these claims without disrupting the revenue cycle.
In addition to the right technology, health systems that contract directly with employers must also focus on improving the patient experience.
"From a day-to-day operations standpoint, engaging with the patient and helping them with registration and navigation through the process is critical," Mr. Adams said. "They expect concierge services in these COE programs."
CardioVascular Care Providers achieves success with direct-to-employer agreement
Since 2000, Global Healthcare Alliance has managed a direct contracting agreement between a multinational energy company based in Houston and CardioVascular Care Providers, a networkof cardiovascular physicians in Houston — and the program has achieved impressive results.
The center of excellence program includes a portfolio of outpatient and inpatient bundles covering everything from an office visit and diagnostic testing to heart transplants, according to Mr. Adams. The energy company incentivizes its employees to use CardioVascular Care Providers by paying 100 percent of the coinsurance and patient portion. For example, the energy company pays the patient portion and coinsurance if an employee uses a CardioVascular Care Providers physician and receives care at CHI St. Luke's Hospital in Houston.
Many direct contracting arrangements involve a national payer with a limited role, as is the case with the CardioVascular Care Providers program.
"The cardiovascular component has been carved out and is administered by Global Healthcare Alliance," Mr. Adams said. "The insurance company basically provides patient rosters for eligibility purposes."
The energy company has achieved cost savings for the 16,000- plus employees enrolled in the program and has improved the quality of cardiovascular care its employees' receive.
Moreover, the energy company has achieved cost savings of more than 30 percent for all employees enrolled who were admitted for coronary bypass grafts. The company has achieved cost savings of 10 percent to 20 percent for all PCIs.
The program has a zero percent mortality rate, and none of the employees who received a coronary artery bypass graft required a re-do within a year of the initial surgery, according to Mr. Adams.
Employers nationwide are taking strides to reduce healthcare spending, and many are contracting directly with hospitals, health systems and other medical facilities to achieve this goal. As the industry transitions away from fee-for-service medicine and toward value-based care models, these direct deals can be beneficial for the employer, employees and the healthcare organizations involved. Direct contracting arrangements can help employers achieve healthcare savings, improve health outcomes for employees and offer hospitals and health systems an opportunity to increase revenue by providing high-quality care to a set patient population.
"Unless insurance companies are willing to invest in their systems to accommodate these new bundled models, we are going to see more and more direct contracting," Mr. Adams said.


The open concept space allows guests to visit in the kitchen, living and dining area. The modern kitchen is fully stocked with dry foods/herbs and all the appliances to cook amazing meals.
Each bedroom has a queen bed, built-in closets and its own en-suite with a full bathroom and shower.
The yard and house is fully enclosed to maximize your privacy and still, no sunset or sunrise will go unnoticed!
Outdoor patio area is great for relaxing with a fireplace for the evening as well as a Jacuzzi with sun loungers just steps from the house, having the ultimate desert sky views.
Yucca Valley is highlighted by its pistins, the breathtaking Joshua Trees, the National Park, and a vibrant community of artists, writers, performers, and musicians. While the house set back from all major roads, it's still close to all the great spots in both towns.
A car is must in this area. House supplies Wi-fi, dry foods, refrigerator with basic condiments, BBQ, robes, and extra large towels for Jacuzzi time.
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Ahtanum View Work Release, WA Inmate Search and Prison Information
2011 South 64th Avenue, Yakima, WA, 98903
Ahtanum View Work Release offender locator: Sentence Information, Filing Date, Sentence Information, Case Number, Projected Release Date, Inmate List, Document Type, Release Date, Booking Date, Arrests, Bookings, Description of Charges, Cell Location, Case Number, Arrest Date, Bond Information, Document Type, Mugshots, Who's in jail, Bond.
The Ahtanum View Work Release is a closed custody state facility that is home to adult male inmates.
The Ahtanum View Work Release can comfortably house up to 60 adult male inmates.
In the year of 2013, the Ahtanum View Work Release made the news for having a few inmate deaths, along with major problems with security management, and even healthcare services in the facility.
However, over the next 6 years, these problems have been fixed, which now has made the Ahtanum View Work Release a more secure and safer place for inmates and staff members.
Vocational programs are offered at the Ahtanum View Work Release along with academic programs that help inmates receive their GED
Ahtanum View Work Release - General Information
How to Find Someone in Ahtanum View Work Release
When it comes to an inmate roster the Washington Department of Corrections is the agency that is responsible for keeping records of all inmates who are in custody of an Washington state prison.
Just like every other Department of Corrections, Washington has its records available online for you to search through on your mobile device or computer.
You can search the records by the following information:
County of Commitment
Residential County
Next Parole Board Hearing Date
Inmate ID Number
Inmates can receive written letters, books, magazines, and newspapers while they are in the Ahtanum View Work Release.
When you send a letter, please refrain from having any of the following:
Cologne/Perfume Stains
If you plan on sending inmate books, magazines, and newspapers you will need to make sure they come from the publisher. You cannot send these items directly from your house. If you do, they will be returned to you.
Also, all books must be new and paperback. Hardcover books are not permitted.
All letters and packages should have your return address and be mailed out to the following address:
Even though an inmate is in the Ahtanum View Work Release, you may not think they need money for certain things. Well, you are wrong. Inmates need money to purchase snacks, beverages, entertainment items, personal hygiene products from the commissary while also ensuring they have money in their phone account to make calls back home.
The Ahtanum View Work Release partners with JPay. JPay is a service that allows family and friends of inmates to put money on the inmate's books from going in person, online, or over the phone.
Ahtanum View Work Release allows inmates to make outgoing calls in one of two ways.
The first way is the inmate can call you collect. This is where the receiver will be responsible for any fees that occur with this call.
The second way is for the inmate to use the telephone service that the Ahtanum View Work Release partners with. This is where inmates will need money in their account to be able to make calls out.
However, all calls will be recorded and monitored and have a 15-minute limit.
If you would like to visit an inmate here at the Ahtanum View Work Release, you will need to make an appointment. There will be no walk-in visits permitted.
To schedule your visit at the Ahtanum View Work Release, you can call 509-573-6318. You can also request an appointment by email as well. Here are the steps on how you can do that.
Visiting days will be Wednesdays through Sundays. The visiting days will be broken into two sessions.
The morning session is between 8:30 am to 11:30 am. The last visitors processed during the morning session will be at 9:45 am.
The afternoon session is between 12 pm to 3 pm.
If you do not live in the general area of the Ahtanum View Work Release, you can do a no-contact visit, which is a video visitation.
The video visitation is through JPay. If you send inmates money, you will have already had an account through JPay, and you will use this account to video chat the inmate.
However, with video visitation, you will have to pay to see the inmate. This visitation method is not free to use.


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It's loud. It's kitschy. It's very touristy... and if you think you won't get fussed at by a bossy little Greek woman, think again.
Tarpon Springs has been known for it's natural sponge divers for decades and still makes a great deal of money from that reputation - though not always from the sponges themselves. This tourist-laden district just a few minutes north of Clearwater is a really great way to spend a day if all you're looking for is an amazing gyro with oddly fantastic Greek-style fries, a lot of shopping, and a bit of entertainment.
The place to begin your visit is Spongoramas Sponge Factory on the north side of the main drag. Even though it is sort of a strange souvenir shop and one could spend a lot of bucks there, the reason it's being mentioned in this article is because they actually have a free "sponge museum" complete with a video history lesson of the area. And the truth is, the video is ancient, but not too bad. The museum, however, was a little dark, a little bit lacking, and in some spots a little creepy. But the best part of the whole experience there was watching the woman at the entrance to the shop yell at people as they entered, instructing them in no uncertain terms that they were to enter the theater to watch the history of sponge diving unfold right before their very eyes.
She didn't ask. She told.
So other than the questionable sales tactics of the Greek Diva, the rest of Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks is pretty relaxing. There are a lot of shops, food places, and if you're walking along the dock side of the street a rather inexpensive trip (less than $10) one can take to witness an actual sponge diver in the classic diving suit venturing under the waves.
A tip about parking: Keep a close eye out for the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce on the north side of the street. If there is an available parking spot in the small parking lot, grab it. Most other places charge a fee but the Chamber lot is no charge.
For more information on Spongeorama, click the name or go to: http://www.spongeorama.com/. For more information on the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks, click the name or go to: http://www.spongedocks.net/.
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How long does the transfer of record/file take? Its been two weeks now and still my records are not yet here.
Is there any office i can contact to check the status of my record/ file being transferred? or to help with the transfer?
and keep thinking if i should just go back to my previous NRS/ recruiter because of too much waiting time in just a transfer, but the conflict is I've already recently relocated, and have already requested this transfer. Should i possibly just go back to my previous recruiter / NRS?
It's a dilemma, hoping for some good advice.
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It can take 30+ days. Good luck!


Trump said. Seeking to steady his campaign after a difficult stretch, the presumptive Republican nominee cast himself as the White House candidate best positioned to address Americans' economic interests. "This election will decide whether we're ruled by the people or the politicians," Trump said during an address at his hotel in New York's SoHo neighborhood. He made his arguments in a pointed yet measured tone, less loud and strident than has been typical in most previous campaign speeches. The speech marked an opening salvo against Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in the general election campaign.
It came as the real estate mogul faced growing questions about his readiness not just for the presidency, but for the campaign he will need to run to get there. Trump made a direct appeal to supporters of Clinton's primary rival Bernie Sanders, urging them to help him fix a "rigged system." He also argued his trade and immigration policies would be more beneficial than Clinton's for blacks and Hispanics, two groups that have overwhelmingly voted for Democrats in recent presidential elections.
Still, the central goal of Trump's speech appeared to be uniting the Republican Party and appealing to people who may be skeptical of him but vigorously oppose Clinton. He unleashed a grab bag of Republicans' favorite criticisms of Clinton, including her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, her response to the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, and accusations that she and former President Bill Clinton profited from their family foundation. "Hillary Clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency," Trump said.
Trump's remarks came one day after Clinton launched her own blistering attacks on her White House rival. She moved to undercut Trump's argument that his business record would help him create jobs as president, arguing instead that he had been "reckless" with his companies and "shouldn't have his hands on our economy." Trump also tried to turn Clinton's strengths into negatives. He spent much of his speech trying to undercut her foreign policy record, highlighting her early support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which she now says was a mistake, and linking the policies she promoted at the State Department to the rise of the Islamic State terror group. "The Hillary Clinton foreign policy has cost America thousands of lives and trillions of dollars and trillions of dollars and unleashed ISIS across the world," Trump said.
Trump's speech came on the heels of his fi ring Monday of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, a controversial figure who was seen as an impediment to efforts to build out a more robust campaign organization. A new fundraising report released hours after Lewandowski's firing underscored how much ground Trump has to make up: he started June with just $1.3 million in the bank. Meanwhile, republican Donald Trump appeared to raise questions about likely rival Hillary Clinton's religious faith at a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders Tuesday.
The presumptive GOP nominee, in a video clip of his remarks, appeared to suggest the public doesn't know "anything about Hillary in terms of religion." "You know, she's been in public eye for years and years, and yet there's no, there's nothing out there. There's like nothing out there," he told the group.
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An endorsement to the business auto policy (BAP) that provides coverage for claims made by an injured employee against a fellow employee who caused or contributed to the injury. In 1999, the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), introduced two standard fellow employee coverage endorsements. The fellow employee coverage endorsement (CA 20 55) removes the fellow employee exclusion entirely, while the fellow employee coverage for designated employees/positions endorsement (CA 20 56) does so only with respect to specified individuals, job titles, or positions.


Company: International Water Services (Guayaquil) B.V.
International Water Services Project Guayaquil ("Interagua") was supported by an $18 million MIGA guarantee in 2001. The company aims to improve services and operating performance of the existing water utility in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as a private sector operator. It is regulated by a government agency under the terms of a concession contract that sets out targets for quality of water provision, connections of potable water and sewage, and service coverage. A complaint was filed in January 2008 by residents of the city of Guayaquil, the Asociacion Movimiento Mi Cometa and the Observatorio Ciudadano de Servicios Publicos. The signatories raised concerns about cuts of residential water to the poor, lack of service hook-ups in poorer neighborhoods, lack of sewage or wastewater treatment, and compliance with the concession contract between the company and the Government of Ecuador.
Following a CAO Ombudsman assessment, the parties agreed to work together to try and resolve the issues. In October 2008, an Ombudsman team met with the parties in Guayaquil following passage of a Constitutional Referendum that prohibits all forms of water privatization in Ecuador. Although the referendum satisfied some of the complainants' concerns, they requested continued engagement with CAO to resolve 3,533 complaints that water users have submitted to the NGO, and other outstanding issues. After the October 2008 meeting, the parties have reached several agreements on processes for resolving the issues.
Progress toward implementation of those agreements is reported and discussed by stakeholders at a formal Dialog Table that meets regularly and includes representatives of water users, the company, and the NGO who filed the complaint on behalf of the water users. The last Dialog Table meeting was held in February 2010 to review progress and lessons learned from a Conflict Resolution Table established by the stakeholders. The parties are jointly piloting the Conflict Resolution Table, which ultimately would serve as a permanent mechanism for individuals to resolve issues with their water service.
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Deposition Author(s): Lodowski, D.T., Stenkamp, R.E., Salom, D., Le Trong, I., Palczewski, K.
Salom, D., Lodowski, D.T., Stenkamp, R.E., Trong, I.L., Golczak, M., Jastrzebska, B., Harris, T., Ballesteros, J.A., Palczewski, K.
The changes that lead to activation of G protein-coupled receptors have not been elucidated at the structural level. In this work we report the crystal structures of both ground state and a photoactivated deprotonated intermediate of bovine rhodopsin at a resolution of 4.15 A. In the photoactivated state, the Schiff base linking the chromophore and Lys-296 becomes deprotonated, reminiscent of the G protein-activating state, metarhodopsin II. The structures reveal that the changes that accompany photoactivation are smaller than previously predicted for the metarhodopsin II state and include changes on the cytoplasmic surface of rhodopsin that possibly enable the coupling to its cognate G protein, transducin. Furthermore, rhodopsin forms a potentially physiologically relevant dimer interface that involves helices I, II, and 8, and when taken with the prior work that implicates helices IV and V as the physiological dimer interface may account for one of the interfaces of the oligomeric structure of rhodopsin seen in the membrane by atomic force microscopy. The activation and oligomerization models likely extend to the majority of other G protein-coupled receptors.
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ANDY PEARSON AWARD-WINNING MIXOLOGIST, DRINKS EXPERT AND DIRECTOR OF BEVERAGE CONSULTANCY COMPANY ANDY PEARSON DRINKS.
I was once described by Theme Magazine as "The Jamie Oliver of Drink" and ranked 25th in the top 100 list of people to have shaped the bar business, which was very kind of them, but what's the rest of the story?
The short version is that I come from a small village in Yorkshire and decided I wanted to open bars in London, so off I went and did it. Several years later I got the opportunity to do the same in some real interesting places like Istanbul, Mumbai and Hong Kong, before finding myself in small town Texas where I'm still making drinks today.
The long version is how other people tell it...
A 20 year veteran of the drinks industry, 15 of which spent managing a number of London's finest drinking establishments. Pearson's career has seen him experience numerous different service styles, from Roast (Borough Market, London) to 3 Michelin Star fine dining (W'Sens, Regent Street, London); via hotel bars in Asia (Rick's, New Delhi) allowing him to gain a unique insight into international drinks culture.
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So not everyone will partake in an alcoholic beverage at Christmas for a number of reasons, but I see no reason why they should miss out on the fun! So here's a non alcoholic cocktail made by my daughter Amina, enjoy!
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Mojito - Andy's Version
Everyone in the cocktail universe needs to know how to make this one, it's a must for your cocktail cabinet.
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Margarita - Straight Up
A classic cocktail you may take a break from, but you always end up going back.
Ginger Punch
A wonderful mixture of spiced rum, fresh ginger, honey and ginger ale, delicious!
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Review: Opera for the People: English-Language Opera and Women Managers in Late 19th-Century America, by Katherine K. Preston
Journal of the American Musicological Society
(pp. 581-585) DOI: 10.1525/jams.2019.72.2.581
Opera for the People: English-Language Opera and Women Managers in Late 19th-Century America, by Katherine K. Preston. AMS Studies in Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. xxix, 618 pp.
Nineteenth-century music has never faded as a foundational subject of inquiry among musicologists nor has its popularity waned in the concert hall or college classroom. Since at least the 1980s, however, musicologists have begun to question the prominence given to the repertoire presented in these spaces and, more broadly, the influence of the canon on modern perceptions of music of the past. Critical interrogation of musicology and its historiography has yielded an expanding list of composers, provided a more balanced view of compositional practices, and opened the door to reconsiderations of performance, circulation, and reception. This type of research provides a more holistic approach to Western music and allows for new examinations of old concepts and innovative interpretations of familiar repertoires.
Music in the United States presents special challenges to traditional methodologies. Its historiography is too young to have many old concepts, and its repertoire hardly familiar. Tensions that may be discerned among those who focus on more conventional fields of study (such as German Romanticism) are amplified among Americanists because of the long shadow that European music casts over the nineteenth century. Consider, for example, Hugh Macdonald's Music in 1853: Biography of a Year, which documents the interactions of Brahms, Schumann, Berlioz, Wagner, Liszt, and Joachim.1 While Macdonald's book is a fascinating study of men who figure in nearly every history of nineteenth-century music, these men hardly represent music heard in the United States in …
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