Alaska was the original airline to ditch straws. On May 21, it announced that single-use plastic straws—and "citrus picks"—will be banned from all of its flights and airport lounges starting July 16, as previously reported by Traveler.
Starting July in its lounges, American will replace all plastic straws with biodegradable straws, swap plastic drink picks with wooden ones, and start offering eco-friendly flatware. Come November, only wooden drink picks will be offered in flight. Overall, the airline expects to cut down its plastic use by 71,000 pounds a year.
On Wednesday, October 24, Delta announced that it will be removing "a variety of single-use plastic items, including stir sticks, wrappers, utensils and straws" from planes and lounges, according to a statement—reducing its plastic waste by an estimated 300,000 pounds a year. Straws and stir sticks will be replaced onboard with alternatives by mid-2019; bamboo for cold drinks, and birch wood for hot drinks. Delta One's Tumi kits will also no longer be wrapped in plastic. As for the lounges, the bamboo and birch alternatives are already being rolled out, in addition to compostable dishes and cutlery.
United's #SheddTheStraw campaign, launched September 2018, aims to eliminate plastic stirrers and cocktail picks from aircraft by November 2018—bamboo products will be offered as an alternative. The airline is also looking to work with more environmentally friendly brands for onboard catering.
The cruise liner intends to eliminate all plastic straws on its ships by the end of this year—guests will be asked to use paper straws instead. In the future, Royal Caribbean will also implement wooden coffee stirrers and drink picks, and look to get rid of plastic bags, cups, and condiment packets at the start of 2019, too, per USA Today.
The Norwegian cruise line pledged that by July 2, 2018, it would remove all unnecessary single-use plastic—including straws and cups, coffee lids and plastic bags—from its ships, and replace it with environmentally friendly substitutes.
The parent company of Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, said on July 30 that it would stop using "single-use plastic straws across its fleet of 26 ships and two island destinations, Great Stirrup Cay and Harvest Caye," by August 2018. The company says the move will save 50 million straws a year going forward.
Peregrine Adventures has a reputation for being eco-friendly, and bolstered it by banning unnecessary single-use plastics (straws, cups, etc.) on all its exclusive charter adventure cruises.
On July 18, the boutique river cruise line pledged to eliminate single-use plastics by 2022. Plastic water bottles and straws have already been removed from all 18 of its ships.
On July 20, the forthcoming cruise line confirmed that plastic straws, bottles, shopping bags, food packaging, stirrers, and take-away coffee cups won't be onboard its ships.
Linblad Expeditions-National Geographic—a partnership that offers adventure cruises to six continents—officially became single use plastic-free as of July 25. Plastic bottles, straws, cups, and stirrers have been removed from all 13 of its ships.
The Southeast Asian hotel group just announced its plan to eliminate single-use plastics in all six of its Thailand locations by 2020—the first Asian hotel group to make this pledge. Akaryn also opened its first single-use plastic free hotel, the akyra TAS Sukhumvit Bangkok, this past June, substituting plastic toothbrushes and combs with ones made from cornstarch, and using biodegradable garbage bags in guest rooms.
Back in May, the hotel chain announced that it'll be removing plastic straws from all 650 of their hotels by the end of this year (eliminating 35 million straws annually). The hotel chain also has an overall goal of cutting their environmental impact in half by 2030.
Four Seasons announced in April that it would eliminate plastic straws from all 110 of their hotels by the end of 2018.
Taj Hotels, in addition to Vivanta, Gateway, and Ginger Hotels (all owned by Indian Hotels Company Limited), is actively working to eliminate single plastic use—their outpost on the Havelock Islands, Taj Andamans, is a already a "zero single-use plastic hotel," according to a press release.
AccorHotels said in May that they would be banning plastic straws in all of their 125 UK locations, effective June 1, which has also expanded to their 83 North America and Central locations this month.
Scott Gingerich, senior vice president of Kimpton restaurants and bars, told Mic that they're in the process of replacing single-use plastic straws with compostable and metal ones.
SIXTY Hotels, which has locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami, also told Mic they're currently eliminating plastic straws from all their hotels.
The brand has been bottling its own water on-site for the past 15 years to reduce plastic water bottle production, and has also initiated a plastic straw ban at Six Senses Zighy Bay, according to a June press release.
The brands announced in a December 2017 press release that starting January 1, 2018, they would be eliminating plastic straws from all hotels and resorts in Asia. They also have locations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Oceania, and South America.
The hotel chain, which has locations including London, Dublin, and Washington, D.C., confirmed they are working to eliminate plastic straws on Facebook this past May.
Back in February, Marriott International pledged to remove plastic straws from 60 of its U.K. hotels, with biodegradable or paper replacements available upon request. In mid-July, they expanded that promise: All 6,500 Marriott hotels and resorts worldwide, along with corporate HQ, will be straw-free by July 2019. Plastic drink stirrers will also be removed—in total, the company expects to eliminate 1 billion plastic straws and 0.25 billion plastic stirrers per year. The company will also replace mini plastic shampoo bottles with wall-mounted dispensers in 1,500 of its North American hotels, per the press release, eliminating more than 35 million plastic toiletry bottles a year. The modifications will be completed by the end of 2018.
The Marriott-owned brand, which has 11 locations (including London, Abu Dhabi, and Barcelona), plans to remove all single-use plastics from their hotels in 2019.
Hyatt announced mid-July that they plan on phasing out plastic straws and drink picks at all of their locations (there are more than 700), and will only offer them upon request starting September 1, as previously reported by Traveler. "Eliminating plastic straws and drink picks builds on the environmental sustainability programs we have in place and further drives our global efforts to reduce environmental impact," said Hyatt's senior vice president of global operations, Frank Lavey, in a statement.
The hotel brand has committed to ban single-use plastics in all of their locations—across Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and South America—by the end of 2018. Plastic straws, utensils, cups, and q-tips will be among the banned items.
The hotel company, which currently has locations in Asia, North America, Africa, and the Middle East, pledged back in April of this year to remove all single-use plastics from their hotels and resorts by April 2019.
Hotel Xcaret, which opened this past December on Mexico's Riviera Maya, offers guests biodegradable straws made from avocado pits instead of plastic (yes, really). The hotel take sustainability pretty seriously—all organic waste is composted on-site, and contribute a portion of hotel profit to animal welfare and endangered species conservation programs.
Effective August 28, AMResorts, which has 55 locations across the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America, will no longer provide plastic straws with drinks. Instead, biodegradable options will be available.
The NYC-based hotel chain, which currently has two locations in Manhattan (SoHo and NoMad), and a third opening in Midtown next year, is already plastic-straw free. By 2019, the company aims to completely eliminate single-use plastics.
The Boston-based company, which focuses on small group adventure travel, doesn't offer plastic straws on any of its ships, and its onboard toiletries are in reusable containers. On July 26, G Adventures also announced that they will give travelers a free stainless steel water bottle on Galapagos trips (both land and sea-based) starting on January 1, 2019. This is in preparation for the Galapagos Islands' own ban on non-reusable water bottles, which goes into effect February 26, 2019.
On July 26, the Walt Disney Company sent out a press release saying that all Disney locations around the world will be single use plastic-free by mid-2019. An estimated 175 million plastic straws and 13 million plastic stirrers will be eliminated each year with this decision. But that's not all—Disney-owned hotels and cruise ships will also start using "refillable in-room amenities," and plastic bags will be removed from parks and ships, with reusable bags available for purchase.
HMSHost, a restaurant company with footholds in multiple airports across the U.S. (including Wicker Park Seafood & Sushi at Chicago O'Hare and Barcüterie in Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport), said in a press release in July that they plan to eliminate all plastic straw use by 2020. Around 100 million straws were used at their North American locations last year, per the release.
Your favorite airport caffeine fix is about to go straw-free. In July, the coffee company revealed its goal to eliminate all plastic straws in stores by 2020, which could potentially eliminate one billion straws a year. The replacement? A sippy-cup lid (with compostable plastic or paper straw available upon request). This decision piggybacks its existing policy to take ten cents off your purchase if you place your order with a reusable cup.
All Intelligentsia stores will stop providing plastic straws on July 15, 2018. Going forward, customers have the option to ask for a compostable straw or buy a reusable metal straw in-store. Like Starbucks, there are bonus points if you bring your own cup.
The NYC and Philadelphia-based chain will replace all single-use plastic straws with compostable straws made from cornstarch in July 2018, effective in all 19 locations.


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Family Stories: Lilly Parackal
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Jack and Jill child, Lilly Parackal (3) from Galway spent much of the first year of her life in hospital, having been diagnosed with a chromosome 2 imbalance. This left Lilly with developmental delays, heart and lung problems, and needing to be tube-fed.
Speaking to RSVP Live, Jack and Jill mum Edel told Lilly's story:
"We didn't know prior to Lilly's delivery that she would have this medical uphill challenge from the get-go.
"She was born and then she was in Crumlin within four hours. She had an operation on day 10, on her diaphragm, and then she had an operation on the 20th day for her heart."
"Of course it was a difficult diagnosis to get because there are a lot of things that go with it in terms of medical challenges.
Lilly will need care for the rest of her life.
When Lilly came home from hospital at the age of one, the family began to receive the support of a nurse from Jack and Jill, and continue to receive home nursing care today.
Edel said that the family would struggle to cope without the help of their Jack and Jill nurse:
"Our Jack and Jill nurse gives us back time to spend with our other children, time where we know Lilly is in good, capable hands and we don't have to worry.
"My parents have passed away, and my husband's parents are in India, so we don't have grandparents we can call on to help, so we are very much reliant on the nurses to get a break," she explained.
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On Wednesday, Lily met Connacht Rugby captain Jack Carty with his teammates Gavin Thornbury and Tom Farrell in Galway to launch this year's Up The Hill fundraiser.
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China University of Petroleum (East China), a state key university directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education, is a member of the "211 Project" and one of the "985 project innovation platform for well-established disciplines" universities with its independent graduate school. Since 2017, it has been listed on the National Plan of Double First-class Construction of Universities. Our university is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the five major state-owned oil & gas enterprises, and the Shandong Provincial Government. As an important base for cultivating high-level talents in petroleum and petrochemical disciplines, the university is known as the "cradle of talents in petroleum technology and management" and has become a principally engineering-based university, with distinctive characteristics of petroleum and petrochemicals and a balanced development of multiple disciplines.
The university is located in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao City, Shandong Province. Qingdao, a renowned coastal city and also the Sailing Center, has been listed as China's Happiest City and ranked first for three years in succession on the list of China's Most Livable City according to China's Most Livable Cities Research Report issued by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Its West Coast New Area is the ninth state-level economic development zones selected and supported by the central government. Our university, lying in the central business district of the New Area, nestling under the scenic mountain and overlooking the vast ocean, is blessed with favorable environment, pleasant climate and convenient transportation.
In recent years, we have implemented a strategy of strengthening our university by talents and deepening the reform of human resource system and mechanism with a focus on formulating a more targeted, competitive and attractive policy to recruit global talents. Currently, we have established the "Guanghua Scholars Program" in the name of Yang Guanghua, the founding president of China University of Petroleum and offer positions for special professors, associate professors, lecturers and post-doctoral researchers to attract more talents. Except for lecturers, there is no headcount limit for distinguished and outstanding talents.
The Guanghua Scholars Program recruits talents openly from China and abroad at three levels, namely the Leading tier, Distinguished tier and Top-notch tier.
1. Applicants shall be leading talents with prestigious academic attainments, internationally recognized achievements in research and teaching, strong leadership and organizational coordination capabilities, and ability to guide their discipline or related research areas to the internationally leading level.
2. Applicants shall not exceed the age limit of 52 in principle on January 1 of the same year for application.
1. Applicants shall be young elites with outstanding academic attainments, influential achievements in research and teaching, experienced leadership and organizational coordination capabilities, and ability to lead the related research to the internationally advanced level.
2. Applicants shall not exceed the age limit of 42 in principle on January 1 of the same year for application.
1. Applicants shall be young top-notch talents with great academic potential, high-level achievements in research and teaching, potential ability to facilitate their respective research to maintain or surpass the internationally advanced level.
2. Oversea applicants shall be assistant professors or beyond or have other equivalent positions in high-level universities; domestic applicants shall be associate professors or beyond or have other equivalent positions, plus oversea academic experience for at least 1 year in succession.
3. Applicants shall have doctorate degree but shall not exceed the age limit of 35 in principle on January 1 of the same year for application.
1. Applicants shall be engaged in prospective and innovative research with influential academic performances and in principle meet the requirements for research-oriented professorship in the corresponding discipline. The above-mentioned requirements may be relaxed in moderation for those who have particularly outstanding achievements.
2. Applicants shall have doctorate degrees plus oversea academic experience for at least 1 year in succession but shall not exceed the age limit of 35 in principle.
1. Applicants shall be engaged in prospective and innovative research with certain academic performances and in principle meet the requirements for research-oriented associate professors in the corresponding discipline. The above-mentioned requirements may be relaxed in moderation for those who have particularly outstanding achievements.
2. Applicants shall have doctorate degrees plus oversea academic experience for at least 1 year in succession but shall not exceed the age limit of 33 in principle.
1. Applicants shall be awarded full-time diplomas and degree certificates for undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees.
2. Applicants, as the first author, shall have published 2 papers in journals listed among T3 catalogue or higher in related fields or 2 accepted papers in SCI or SSCI journals or other corresponding academic achievements recognized by the university.
3. Applicants shall have oversea academic experience for at least 1 year in succession but shall not exceed the age limit of 32 in principle.
1. Applicants shall obtain doctoral degree within 3 years and shall be qualified for the recruitment requirements of post-doctoral research stations.
2. Applicants shall not exceed the age limit of 32 in principle.
3. Applicants, as the first author, shall have published 2 papers in journals listed among T3 catalogue or higher in related fields or 2 accepted papers in SCI or SSCI journals.
China University of Petroleum, a university with first-class disciplines, first-grade platform, top-ranking environment and favorable compensation and benefit packages far exceeding the peer universities in China, is surely an ideal place for established and young scholars to achieve their professional goals, to display talents and to enjoy life. In order to meet the goal of building "a high-level research university with a world-class discipline of petroleum-oriented science and engineering and a coordinated development of other disciplines", we cordially invite outstanding talents home and abroad to join us and build a shared and better future together.


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Newsletter Vol. 32 No. 4
Beyond data: A call to action
Tags: CEO Exam development Roxroy Reid Stacey Hardy-Chandler
Message from the CEO and Board of Directors
ASWB CEO Stacey Hardy-Chandler, Ph.D., J.D., LCSW
The Association of Social Work Boards acknowledges and calls out systemic and institutional racism, specifically anti-Blackism, as being core to the racial disparities evidenced by the recently released licensing exam pass rate data. While other pass rate disparities exist, the most jarring and disappointing gap is in the rates reported for Black candidates. ASWB stands firm that this revelation does not in any way reflect on the ability of Black candidates to demonstrate competence. Rather it illuminates the historical burdens of racial trauma, marginalization, and social injustice to which Black candidates have been disproportionately subjected along their journey to licensure.
In November 2021, the ASWB Board of Directors, representing regulatory bodies across the United States and Canada, made the unanimous and groundbreaking decision to invest in the compilation and reporting of disaggregated pass rate data. The Board of Directors acted knowing that they were venturing into territory unprecedented in the health and human services professions and that, given the oppressive histories of our two countries, disparities would most certainly be reflected in the results. Undeterred, the Board held to the belief that this level of sharing was grounded in a clear commitment to foundational social work values, and we did so intending to make these data accessible as a baseline for advocacy and as a barometer for progress.
Accountability in antiracism and equity requires disaggregated data—no matter what it shows—as a necessary first step toward identifying the current realities and allowing for an intentional emphasis on measuring progress. Although demographic self-disclosures by candidates are voluntary and not independently verified, ASWB took affirmative steps to make pass rate data reports public because this decision serves a greater good. Releasing the data provides a pivotal opportunity for the profession to advance upstream solutions that may mitigate the ravages of systemic and institutional racism—starting with those poised to enter the social work profession.
As a profession, and as members of the community, it is dangerous to draw conclusions based on limited information, misinformation, or disinformation. Unfortunately, in some spheres, firm conclusions have been drawn beyond the limits of interpretation for descriptive information and in the absence of knowledge and understanding of the rigorous exam development protocols that ASWB meets and exceeds. On behalf of ASWB and its Board of Directors, stated in no uncertain terms: We are in the pursuit of fairness for the long haul and will continue to regularly publish disaggregated pass rate data because this information needs to be in the light, not in the shadows.
Simultaneous with the data release, ASWB issued a profession-wide invitation for meaningful, solution-focused collaboration and partnership. Individual segments of the profession must join together and ASWB calls for all relevant communities to collaborate toward meaningful change. Diverse opinions and perspectives will always be welcomed; however, ASWB absolutely denounces all actions that target, threaten, or disrespect anyone, including our colleagues and members.
We are in the pursuit of fairness for the long haul and will continue to regularly publish disaggregated pass rate data because this information needs to be in the light, not in the shadows.
A call to schools
Shining a light on disparities reveals that many more questions need to be asked through future research. And work with schools of social work is needed to increase access to and use of exam preparation opportunities. The data show that although everyone takes the exact same exam for their education level, disparities are not universal. A closer look at school results shows that there are some programs where graduates perform the same across demographic categories. Continued analyses must be undertaken to better understand the factors that support candidate success and those that pose unjustified barriers.
ASWB is grateful to those who have reached out to us to share their preparation stories. Anecdotal accounts from former students of color have ranged from: those never having any discussion of licensure or what it entails until after graduating from school, to those having been told about licensure from day one, at new student orientation and throughout their programs. From those who were given misinformation and even disinformation about what is needed to pass the exam, to those who felt their preparation was directly enhanced by faculty of color who mentored them.
ASWB is committed to looking behind the numbers and taking a deeper dive into the questions raised by the data. This exploration will help the profession better understand the factors affecting success in demonstrating competency. The association shared descriptive data, knowing that it was only a first step. There is now an opportunity to learn more, and we plan to lead those efforts in collaboration with social work researchers and educators similarly committed to informed, substantive change.
A call to the profession
The value of high-quality, equity-informed supervision, a cornerstone of social work, might prove to be a key factor in promoting positive change, at least as it pertains to the Clinical examination.
There may be newfound opportunities to bolster the important and impactful relationship between a candidate and supervisor. ASWB invites supervisors, supervisees, field instructors, and interns to explore what does and does not work in a candidate's journey along the path to licensure.
Looking upstream offers potential insights as well as potential opportunities for impact. Peoples' stories—individually and collectively—start long before they meet with a social worker. And professionals know that those histories are crucial to the helping process. The same holds true for licensure. Ignoring or minimizing candidates' disparate experiences in the months, years, and even generations leading up to the exam conflicts with basic tenets of social work. ASWB contends that failing to honor peoples' histories and experiences prior to exam candidacy not only does a disservice to the profession, but it also dishonors the candidates themselves.
Accounting, engineering, medicine, nursing, teaching, social work, and other fields all have established standards of practice used to assess those seeking to enter the profession. However, historically female-dominated professions tend to be the most vulnerable to having their legitimacy as a true profession questioned and their standards diminished. ASWB is vigilant about factors that affect the practice of social work as a genuine profession, and as such, believes licensure serves the public good, for both consumers of services as well as licensees. As mandated guardians of the public trust, member regulatory boards across the United States and Canada are keenly attuned to consequences impacting the status of the profession and that potentially affect their mandate to protect and to be accountable to the public.
ASWB is committed to providing leadership in stimulating coordinated action consistent with the missions of partner organizations in elevating the status of the profession.
A call to ourselves!
The data release offers social work a historic opportunity. From the regulatory side, ASWB is committed to leading change in collaboration with social work partner communities toward addressing the systemic and institutional factors that disproportionately affect Black licensure candidates and those of other historically marginalized groups. ASWB is actively seeking short- and long-term solutions by taking concerted actions:
Exploring how the professional standard of competency is defined and measured
Researching and understanding upstream factors accounting for differences in pass rates
Revisiting the exam structure to increase equitable access, including possible alternative assessment formats
Providing multiple avenues for engagement and respectful collaboration with the diverse voices of individuals and organizations, including educators, practitioners, and regulators
ASWB will do this work in full alignment with our mission and purpose and is committed to offering regular updates on our progress. Together, we can work to make social work more equitable and to ensure the profession reflects values of antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
ASWB CEO Stacey D. Hardy-Chandler, Ph.D., J.D., LCSW and President Roxroy Reid, MSW, Ph.D., LCSW on behalf of the ASWB Board of Directors, invite you to:
✓ Volunteer to participate in a community conversation
✓ Share your thoughts via aswb.org
✓ Send a question to exam@aswb.org
✓ Learn more about how ASWB measures competence fairly
✓ Learn more about exams for the future of social work
✓ Access free exam resources for social work educators


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It seems like everyone I speak with is confused about this new government initiative. It looks so simple on the surface, with clear benefits. Yet scratch away at the idea and it suddenly begins to grow in complexity, particularly this issue of how businesses will actually implement and plan for Shared Parental Leave in their day-to-day work. In this update, I have tried to tackle the complexity and reduce it into simple, hopefully straightforward, bullet points to help you with your own understanding. Next week I plan to go a bit further and provide guidance on eligibility requirement for Shared Parental Leave and how it will work in practice for employers.
Eligible employees can take advantage of this if they are parents of babies due, or children placed for adoption on or after 5 April 2015.
Both parents can benefit from this to enable them to share caring responsibilities of their children.
The amount of leave available is based on the mother's entitlement to maternity or adoption leave which allows them to take up 52 weeks leave.
If the mother decides not to take the full 52 weeks leave then they and/or their partner may opt-in to the Shared Parental Leave system and take the remaining weeks as Shared Parental Leave.
An advantage is that eligible employees can stop and start their Shared Parental Leave and return to work between periods of leave, however, leave must be taken in multiple of weeks. Up to three requests for Shared Parental Leave can be made by an employee.
The mother can only share her leave with one other person.
Employees must notify his or her employer of their entitlement and must book the leave they wish to take giving their employer a period of leave notice at least eight weeks before the leave is due to start.


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Tag Archives: Tropical storm HANNAH
Featured, Hurricanes, NEWS - NOTICIAS, Tropical Cyclones, Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, Weather
2014 East Pacific Hurricane Season: 20 and counting!
Water-vapor satellite image [NOAA] of 30 October 2014 showing Tropical storm VANCE off the Pacific coast of Mexico and other disturbed weather near Central America and Panama
The eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico and Central America continues generating tropical cyclones in what may become a season for the record books.
Visible-light satellite image [NASA] of 30 October 2014 showing Tropical storm VANCE as it moves off the Pacific coast of central Mexico
Just today, Thursday 30 October 2014, tropical depression #21 reached tropical storm strength and took the name of VANCE. This storm is moving generally northwest into a favorable environment off the Pacific coast of Mexico where it is forecast to become a hurricane in the next couple of days or so. Meanwhile the eastern range of the sub-basin all the way to the Gulf of Panama is populated by an aggregation of disturbed weather cells feeding into the region of the East Pacific ocean where we have seen twenty named storms so far this year.
Projected track for Tropical storm VANCE [courtesy of U.S. Navy Research Laboratory] as of 30 October 2014
On the other side of the landmass, over the Atlantic basin we have only had eight named storms in what so far has been a below-average 2014 hurricane season, the last one being tropical storm HANNAH, which made landfall in Nicaragua a few days ago.
2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season2014 East Pacific Hurricane Seasoncentral AmericaEast Pacific Hurricane SeasonMexicoPacific Hurricane SeasonTropical storm HANNAHTropical storm VANCE


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What the... FTX?
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Let's chat about recent happenings in the world of web3
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Recently, I caught up with Jon MacDonald, CMO at Minima, to discuss recent happenings in the web3 world. Here's the inside scoop!
FTX… what does this mean for crypto?
The recent - and sudden - FTX debacle brought to surface some key issues, especially the risks surrounding centralized platforms; it highlighted that the industry is not bulletproof. In a recent Coindesk article, Sam Kessler wrote that 'the real reason why the FTX failure hits so hard is not because the crypto industry was duped, but because it proved that the industry was vulnerable to being duped'. We agree with this sentiment. Unlike most industries, crypto is still very much in its nascency and it can still be considered niche - something which those of us who have been involved for over a few years sometimes forget! What this means is that things aren't perfect: there will still be a lot of 'ironing out' of issues while industry regulation is lacking.
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Another reason why recent happenings have hurt more than usual is that we are in a bear market. Or the crypto winter market. Or the crypto-is-down-right-now-and-everyone-is-waiting-for-it-to-soar-again market. Whatever you want to call it, perhaps it's because we are already facing the chill of this brutal climate, that this recent blow is feeling heavier than it would have at the market's peak.
… It's not all bad news though. Without dismissing the inevitable hardship that many have faced due to FTX, there may be a silver lining. Serving as a much-needed reminder that decentralization is the way of the future, this whole episode could actually help push the industry in the right direction. Greater emphasis on the downfalls of centralization could weed out such projects and ideas, allowing decentralized works to shine more brightly.
How can people protect themselves from what happened with FTX/FTT?
With many celebrities and reputable sources promoting FTX (including the likes of Tom Brady and Shaq), we think it's safe to say that it would have been difficult for most to foresee what happened - or the extent of what happened. That being said, the easiest way of protecting yourself is avoiding centralized exchanges (CEX). Most of you will have heard, 'not your keys, not your coins', and that's not something that should be taken lightly. At Minima, we believe strongly in self-sovereignty and freedom - you hold the power, not some pool of people who control your funds.
In addition to 'owning the keys to your coins', consider making the investment in an offline wallet for added security. Even with the likes of Metamask and seemingly "safe" digital storage options, there are plenty of risks with hot wallets. Jon emphasised the benefits of owning a cold wallet, most notably that it is offline so is protected from the vulnerabilities that online wallets are susceptible to, including unauthorised access, theft, and cyber hacks.
What is crucial, as well, is avoiding DINO (Decentralized In Name Only) structures and blockchain offerings which are surprisingly common and stray from the ethos of crypto. Many platforms claim to be decentralized, but under this veil, they are hugely centralized.
Ask yourself: how decentralized are the "decentralized" platforms you support?
Also, shift your focus on utility. Read about the founders of the projects you support, and why they exist: what value do they actually provide? Minima's utility stems from its truly decentralized framework, whereby each person runs an individual constructing and validating node, meaning that the blockchain is not privy to the influence of large corporations who typically run a majority of nodes for blockchains through their ability to purchase supercomputers.
What do you think this means specifically for DeFi vs CeFi?
Centralization = bad.
Attack vectors are where things get attacked or the most exposed parts. Centralization always displays the attack vector. Think of centralized systems like spiders with a core processing unit being in the head - chop it off and the spider ceases to exist. Think about decentralized systems like Minima as starfish - chop off an arm, no harm. It just grows back out again!
'Minimalists are starfish. We don't mess with spiders.'
DeFi, in its unadulterated sense, means decentralised finance, which means that there is no specific reliance on any party. Rather, each member forms part of the network and shares in the validation of transactions equally. We don't need middle men - or Centralized Exchanges - as such reliance on one or more parties will always mean that's where the vulnerability resides.
Long story short: decentralization and self-sovereignty are people's sword and shield, ergo Minima.
How will this affect Minima's plans for mainnet in Q1 2023?
We're charging on! While the recent events haven't been ideal for crypto holistically, they have brought to light the need for decentralization at a whole new level - we won't back down now. What's more is that this may actually enable a 'phoenix rising from the ashes' phenomenon, where we'll emerge stronger off the back of these events, showing a more resilient approach to web3 in the form of an increasingly distributed network that is the world's most decentralized.
Web3 needs Minima, or like Mark Cuban said in response to FTX's fall 'an application that is ubiquitous'. We discussed what ubiquity looks like within this context: being so prevalent and common that we may sometimes even forget that it's there, while it's humming along in the background. We're used to the likes of Gmail, iCloud, and Hotmail, but not many of us are familiar with the protocols which these email tools employ, including POP3, SMPT, and IMAP. Minima will be like those protocols, with infinite possibilities - as anything can be built atop this extremely decentralized Layer 1 protocol. Cuban goes on to use the analogy of music streaming which involved many different (and painful) layers and methods to download music, prior to the current streaming channels like Spotify and Apple Music. We believe Minima parallels this 'simplification' model which is undoubtedly the future of crypto.
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This past week we welcomed our first optometric extern. We feel honored to have been chosen by UC Berkeley to be their only private practice externship site. Dr. Perez and I both attended UC Berkeley and feel very strongly about the quality of the education we received there through the externship program and felt a sense of duty being able to pass that on to the next generation of optometrists. We thank you in advance for welcoming these student doctors so warmly. We have an amazing group of patients and are proud of the educational environment we can offer in our small town of Broomfield. We hope you will get to know our student doctors as they take part in enhancing your experience as a patient of Front Range Eye Associates.


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One person is dead and ten injured after a crash between a car and a tourist bus near Queenstown this morning.
A "horrific" fatal crash near Kingston has fanned safety concerns regarding the tourist highway heading into the busy summer season.
One person was killed and 10 injured, one critically, after a car and bus collided on State Highway 6 just south of Kingston yesterday.
Police confirmed this morning the car involved was a rental carrying two foreign nationals.
The driver of the car remains in a critical condition.
It was the second fatal crash involving a car and tourist bus in the area in just over two weeks.
Harpreet Singh was killed when his car and a bus carrying 14 tourists collided near the Devil's Staircase, about 15km north of Kingston, on October 14.
Two days earlier, one person was seriously injured and two people received minor injuries in a head-on collision between two cars near the Devil's Staircase.
There have been almost 200 crashes on the road since 2000, including six fatal and 12 serious collisions.
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult said two fatal crashes in two weeks on a popular tourist route left him concerned about the coming summer tourist season, when traffic volumes would increase.
"The whole district's sympathies go out to the folk in the car, and the people on the bus.
Call for witnesses after tourist bus crash that killed one, injured 10
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"It must've been horrific for the people on the bus, particularly the driver.
"The wider issue is 'do we need road improvements?' and the answer is 'we do'.
"But it doesn't matter how safe you make roads, people still make mistakes when they drive."
Following Singh's death there were calls for urgent safety improvements on roads frequented by tourist drivers.
Graham Roebeck, a former civil construction and roading technician who managed a traffic safety service contract for state highways in the district, said central government funding was urgently needed to cope with an increase in tourists driving with little or no experience of challenging roads such as New Zealand's, as well as planned residential growth in Kingston.
"Straight stretches of road do give excellent visibility. If you're not aware of those dips, perhaps there should be warning of them coming up, but the road markings do alert you to that."
NZ Transport Agency senior safety engineer Roy Johnston said it would consider proposed solutions, but did not believe urgent improvements to the Devil's Staircase were needed because of recent investment in safety barriers and rumble strips.
Speaking at the scene of yesterday's crash, Otago Lakes-Central police area commander Inspector Olaf Jensen called it "tragic".
He declined to speculate on the cause, but said people needed to drive to the conditions on what was a "busy tourist highway".
The car was heading north when it and the southbound bus collided about 7.20am, he said.
The bus ended up off the road, beside the southbound lane, near the brow of a small hill.
The passenger in the car was killed, while the driver was flown to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition.
The Otago Daily Times understands the driver of the car was passing a truck when the collision occurred.
St John sent two helicopters, four ambulances and one car to the scene.
A spokesman said one patient suffered critical injuries, three moderate injuries and six minor injuries.
The patients who had moderate or minor injuries were taken to the Queenstown Lakes District Hospital.
The crash was the first call to service on the first day of a new air ambulance arrangement under which a dedicated rescue helicopter is based in Queenstown.
Helicopters Otago managing director Graeme Gale said the first helicopter, with two intensive-care paramedics and another paramedic on board, was in the air within three to four minutes of getting the call, and was at the crash scene within 15 minutes.
"We've never had that capability in Queenstown before."
The crash caused significant delays for motorists for much of the day, the road not fully reopening until about 3.40pm.
The police serious crash unit is investigating.


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This page features some of my student's most poetic writing. These are some of my favorite excerpts and quotations from their essays and creative writing exercises. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. It is a rare feat when a student's writing surpasses or meets that of the original author or poet.
The two lines are: "The river is moving / The blackbird must be flying." A river moving doesn't necessarily mean a blackbird is flying. These two lines are mysterious because the river's spirit could be contained within the bird; when the blackbird moves the river moves.
The blue guitar cannot move the world, but it will change it as it can. The blue guitar symbolizes a force that changes universe. The audience represents the people that do not know much about themselves. The author, Wallace Stevens, says that, "A million people on one string? / And all their manner in the thing" (166). People are consumed by their own thoughts and they think they are changing, yet in reality they have not changed at all.
And never diminish one's presence.
That I should get a price.
For I only vow to conquer deathly magic.
Abrian, a young Chicano, always bittersweet / is soulless.
winter holds a wealth of secret pleasures.
All the magic here is white magic.
the moon continues to direct gaze.


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Russia's Passenger Traffic Up 4% in October
Russian airlines carried 7.7 million passengers in October, up 4% year-over-year (YOY), according to Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.
International traffic was down 1.8% to 3 million passengers, while domestic traffic grew 8.2% to 4.6 million passengers.
In the January-October period, Russian airlines carried 75.3 million passengers, down 6.8% YOY. Aeroflot carried 24.3 million passengers in the 10-month period, up 10.5% YOY. Sibir, a part of S7 Airlines, carried 8.2 million passengers, up 17.8%. Rossiya Airlines carried 6.9 million passengers, up 63.1% YOY. UTair Aviation carried 5.6 million, up 17.3%. Ural Airlines carried 5.5 million, up 16.7% YOY.
The total share of Russia's five biggest airlines in the market grew to 67.1% from 52.8% in the year-ago period.
Source: atwonline.com
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Child sexual abuse under reported – DOVVSU
4th Dec 2022 | Source: GNA
Cases of child sexual abuse appear to be under-reported considering the number of girls between the ages of 12 and 16 years who get pregnant, as shown in the statistics of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU).
According to the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) Section 101 on sexual and gender-based violence, any sexual encounter with any child under 16 years, with or without the child's consent, is a case of defilement. It is a criminal offence and culprits are liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years or not more than 25 years. Yet, only a fraction of recorded teenage pregnancy cases are pursued as sexual violations against a minor.
Teenage pregnancies and sexual abuse cases are recorded at health facilities and with the Police. Statistics from the Ghana Health Service District Health Information Management System (DHIMS) indicate that in 2020 for instance, Ghana recorded a total of 109,888 teenage pregnancies across the 16 administrative regions of Ghana.
Between 2016 and 2020, slightly more than half a million (555,575) teenagers aged 10-19 years got pregnant, and records show that in the five years, 13,444 teenagers between the ages of 10 and 14 years got pregnant.
The annual breakdown of pregnancies involving 10 to 14-year-olds in 2016 shows 2,325 cases, while statistics from DOVVSU show that 1,341 defilement cases were reported. In 2017, when there were 2,585 cases of pregnancy involving 10 to 14-year-olds, 1,686 defilement cases were reported. There were 2,968 cases of pregnancy in 2018, and 2,110 cases in 2019, but the defilement cases for the two years were not provided. In 2020 when there were 2,865 pregnancy cases in girls aged 10 to 14 years, 1,047 cases of defilement were reported.
The numbers of pregnant girls aged 10 to 14 years are an indicator of defilement, yet, there is a huge gap between recorded cases of adolescent pregnancy in girls aged below 16 years and reported defilement cases.
While the Children's Act makes it mandatory to report cases of child abuse and exploitation to the Department of Social Welfare, a lack of well-coordinated systems between state institutions such as health facilities and schools, and at the community level, especially in rural communities, has meant that many of these cases fall through the cracks.
If there was a coordinated system, a 14-year-old pregnant girl who visits the clinic for ante-natal enrolment should be connected to the Police for investigations so that the man involved would be made to face the law, but GNA checks showed that does not happen.
Madam Esther Tawiah, the Director of the Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED), told GNA that the responsibility of reporting defilement should not be the burden of parents or guardians alone.
"As soon as a girl under the age of 16 reports at a health facility with pregnancy, investigations must begin to unravel the truth. That way, we can protect girls from this unfortunate situation and make headway in ending gender-based violence," she said.
In the current system, traditions, and norms as well as ignorance of the criminal element in matters of teenage pregnancy on the part of parents or guardians are key factors in the way defilement cases are handled. Cases are often settled outside the laid-down legal process, with parents of the defiled girls negotiating for an amicable resolution where the perpetrator agrees to take care of the victim or even promises to marry her, after delivery.
This was the case for Madam Mercy Obiyo*, a 32-year-old trader whose 14-year-old daughter dropped out of Junior High School when she became pregnant after being defiled by a 37-year-old farmer. Madam Obiyo told GNA that though she was bitter that a man who was already married with children had impregnated her daughter, she only wanted him to take responsibility.
"As a single mother my interest was getting him to take care of the mother and the unborn baby, so it would not be a burden on me," she said.
Asked if she knew it was an offence to have sexual activity with a girl her daughter's age, she responded that once the man accepted responsibility and was prepared to take care of them, there was no need to make a Police report.
"When such gestures are made, we allow them to withdraw the case for settlement," the respondent from DOVVSU told the researchers.
The Child and Family Welfare Policy acknowledges this culture, noting that families, religious leaders, chiefs, and other local community leaders focus on "compensation, reconciliation and restoring harmony in the family and community, over the needs of the child who has been harmed."
Mr Shadrack Majisi, an officer of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) told GNA that child sexual abuse cases are also under-reported because, "people still don't see any criminal offence in such matters; it has always been the perception that a child who is pregnant is simply a spoilt child."
"We know that in the rural communities, some men are involved in multiple cases of sexually abusing girls but because no legal action was taken, they continue defiling other girls all in the name of marrying them," he said.
While some negotiate with the perpetrators away from the legal process, others refuse to report for fear of stigmatisation and logistical constraints. Some do not have confidence in the police or legal system due to negative experiences. There is also the perception that reporting to the police and the subsequent legal processes are draining and frustrating.
Madam Eva Otoo, a midwife at a public health facility, told GNA that parents of pregnant girls often shy away from reporting to the Police. She recalled that a 29-year-old farmer impregnated a 14-year-old girl and gave her some concoctions to abort.
"I suggested to the grandmother that she should report because having sexual intercourse with a minor, coupled with the attempt to cause abortion, is a crime, but she refused claiming she had no resources and time to pursue a police case," said Madam Otoo.
Even when reports are made, there are no guarantees that the cases will go through the complete legal process, such was the case of 34-year-old farm labourer Aku Gavina, whose daughter was defiled. She reported it to the police but did not return the medical form due to financial challenges.
"I gathered courage and reported that my 15-year-old daughter had been defiled. I was given a police medical form, but I did not return it because I could not raise the Gh300 demanded at the district hospital for the endorsement," she explained, adding that leaving her job in the cocoa and oil palm plantations to make a trip to the district hospital 45 kilometres away meant loss of her daily wages and source of livelihood.
Mr Majisi, the officer from CHRAJ, called for structures to ensure that men who impregnate girls aged below 16 years are dealt with according to state laws.
"This is one of the surest ways to deal with this menace of child sexual abuse. We should not see teenage pregnancy as a normal happening," he said.
However, the agencies charged with protecting children from abuse cite inadequate staff and financial constraints that keep them from taking effective action, as noted in the Child and Family Welfare Policy.
A source at the Department of Children under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection confirmed that for lack of funding and logistics support, the department had not implemented most of the recommendations and plans of the child welfare policy including the setting up of child protection committees.
Caught in these gaps are the young teenage girls who have to stop schooling and become mothers or wives as adolescents, which is contrary to the laws of Ghana and international conventions on the rights of children.
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I finished most of the work on Reznik. I still have to do a few highlights but that will come later. I'm still having trouble with blacks. Getting highlights just right is becoming more difficult. I need to work on mixing my highlight colors and blending but I'm happy with my results. Shading is getting easier and I'm seeing an improvement in my technique. I still have a lot to learn. I will be starting on the horses next and then the wracks hopefully.


Are you thinking to build a new home or trying to remodel the old one or just want to replace your old damaged door unit? Actually it is right time to decide what you want next to make your home more beautiful in every prospective. You might be aware of the fact that your closet, bedroom, hallway, bathroom, living room and even the office doors, everything add a huge statement about your home. It is always important to pick the right choice during designing process so that you can generate a unique impression with your interior doors for long run.
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My name is Ruby and I live in Oxfordshire. I'm one of the Go Girl participants. I'm also a travel buddy for a charity called My Life My Choice.


Founded in 1962, The Australian Ballet is one of the country's flagship arts companies, and for nearly five decades has been the defining face of ballet in Australia.
Each year it performs works from the classical repertoire as well as contemporary works by major Australian and international choreographers, and new commissions that explore the development and future of this dynamic art form. The Australian Ballet's diverse repertoire reflects the company's motto: caring for tradition, daring to be different.
One of the busiest ballet companies in the world, The Australian Ballet annually presents approximately 200 performances in cities and regional areas around Australia, in addition to regular international touring. Recent tours include Paris, Manchester, Tokyo, Shanghai, Auckland, Cardiff and a season in London for which the company won the UK Critics' Circle award for Best Foreign Dance Company.
Versatility, technical excellence and a warm, friendly style are the trademarks of The Australian Ballet; qualities that have earned both critical and audience acclaim. - Official Website.
Outlook: Spring pickings; tickets for Spiritualized, Pyramid Rock, Festival of the Sun and more!


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WASHINGTON –Two former Arizona State University athletic directors were divided – like just about everyone else at the Big 12 forum in Washington that asked whether college athletes should be paid. Linda Love said pay to play was impractical across revenue and non-revenue sports, while Steve Patterson said it was unnecessary. Patterson, now athletic director at the University of Texas, said it's "absurd" to pay athletes who are already getting scholarships.


Soldiers from across West Yorkshire took part in a military training exercise involving tanks and rifles.
The 1st Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment practiced using army machinery in the four-day training event at Salisbury Plains in Wiltshire.
Regimental spokesman Capt Oli Sparks said: "It was an exercise designed to teach the next generation of company commanders. They practised using armoured infantry and practised various manoeuvres, skills and drills.
The Yorkshire Regiment was formed in June 2006 when the Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Yorkshire, the Green Howards and Halifax's historic Duke of Wellington's Regiment merged.
The former Duke of Wellington's Regiment recruited mainly from the West Riding and the troops' former regimental headquarters was at the old Wellesley Park barracks in Halifax.
Soldiers from across the Calderdale, Wakefield and Dewsbury areas are now part of the Yorkshire Regiment's two battalions and a reserve troop.
The 1st Battalion, based in Warminster, Wiltshire, is an armoured infantry troop, equipped with the Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle tank. They are experts in mounted close combat.
The force will visit Poland next month to take part in a NATO exercise.
The Yorkshire Regiment has the Freedom to parade through Wakefield, Halifax and Huddersfield with drums beating, colours flying and bayonets fixed.
More than 130 soldiers from the 1st Battalion exercised their Freedom of the Borough when they marched through Halifax in June.
The parade marked the 70th anniversary of the granting of the Freedom of Halifax to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, which has its regimental museum at Bankfield Museum in the town and its regimental chapel at Halifax Minster.
After several years in Cyprus, the Yorkshire Regiment's 2nd Battalion - which also includes many soldiers from this region - is leaving the island this summer to return to its base at Catterick, North Yorkshire.
Troops from the 3rd Battalion paraded through Wakefield city centre last year, after being granted the Freedom of the City in 2010.


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In Utah, the Public Service Commission of Utah regulates the energy, telecommunications, gas, and water companies located in Utah. In addition, the commission provides safe, reliable, adequate, and reasonably priced utility service. The commission's function includes protection of the efficient, reliable, reasonably-priced utility service for customers, and maintenance of financially healthy utility companies. However, municipal utility companies and cable companies are not regulated by the Commission.
Further, the Utah Department of Natural Resources administers oil and gas regulation in Utah. The department provides for the protection, conservation and wise use of Utah's natural resources for the benefit of the citizens of the state. The Department of Natural Resources consists of the following seven divisions:
• Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands;
• Division of Oil, Gas and Mining;
• Division of State Parks and Recreation;
• Division of Water Resources;
• Division of Water Rights;
• Division of Wildlife Resources; and
• Utah Geological Survey.
Among the above mentioned divisions, the Utah Geological Survey manages the government-industry cooperative petroleum-research projects that are designed to improve recovery, development, and exploration of the nation's oil and gas resources through use of more efficient technologies.
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) safeguards human health and quality of life by protecting and enhancing the environment. DEQ consists of the following six divisions:
• Division of Air Quality;
• Division of Drinking Water;
• Division of Environmental Response & Remediation;
• Division of Radiation Control;
• Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste; and
• Division of Water Quality.
In addition, to the above mentioned departments, the Utah Division of Public Utilities promotes the public interest in utility regulation, and works to assure that all utility customers have access to safe, reliable service at reasonable prices. The division also makes recommendations to the commission with respect to rate-making, applications, hearings and other issues affecting quality of service. Other functions of the division include investigating consumer complaints and monitoring utility operations to ensure that operations are in compliance with Commission's rules, regulations and orders.
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