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Kansas City, MO, USA
The Best Of: Major Mayors of Kansas City
Posted on June 25, 2015 by Thomas Leonard
Judge James Cowgill, John Bailey Gage, H. Roe Bartle, Charles B. Wheeler, Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver II
Kansas City politics have never been boring. From early days of contention between Union sympathizers and secessionists, to the torrid era of the Pendergast Machine, the mayors of Kansas City have often been strongholds in the middle of a shitstorm. Here's a sampling of some of the most interesting and influential mayors in Kansas City history:
Dr. Johnston Lykins, M.D. (1853-55): The first legal mayor of City of Kansas, Dr. Lykins overtook William Samuel Gregory, who was ousted for not technically being a citizen. As mayor, Lykins built the city's first schoolhouse and absorbed acreage to the south, what is today considered the downtown area. Before his political career in Missouri, Dr. Lykins had served a spiritual one in Kansas, working as a Baptist missionary to the Potawatomi tribe. Though Lykins was a Union man, his second wife, Martha Livingston, was banished to Clay County for her Secessionist sympathies. She returned to further influence Kansas City history by marrying artist George Caleb Bingham and opening a home for Confederate orphans, which continues operation today as Little Sisters of the Poor.
Col. Milton Jamison Payne (1855-60): Called "the Father of Public Improvements" and reelected five separate times, Payne was a prominent and impactful mayor. He helped modernize Kansas City with its first sewers and the Missouri Gas Company. Payne pushed for development on Main Street up the previously dreaded "incline," laying roads up to 29th Street. The youngest mayor—only 26 upon first election—Payne also fit in the time to invest in the city's first newspaper, The Enterprise, and the burgeoning railroad business.
Col. Robert Thompson Van Horn (1861 & 1864): Van Horn was a prominent Republican at a crucial time of the Civil War, ultimately leading his own battalion in the Battle of Westport. His most notable contribution to the development of Kansas City was fighting and winning as a congressman to bring to Kansas City the first bridge to span the Missouri River. He served as a postmaster, an alderman and a state legislator. His newspaper the Journal was an important tool for promoting public improvements. He lived a long life at his property, Honeywood, where a reunion of living mayors met for his 90th birthday. The Honeywood estate in Independence is now the site of Van Horn High School.
Major William Warner (1871): His short term was marked by much bigger influence, as he advocated the first stockyards, a public library, and an extension of the city limits. He was self-taught and self-made as a boy in Wisconsin before earning a law degree at the University of Michigan. Warner continued to practice law throughout his political career, all the while exuding public appeal as a champion for Kansas City progress. He had a hand in promoting the Industrial Exposition, held on fairgrounds constructed at 12th and Campbell, which hosted a parade that included, by reports, about half of the city's 40,000 residents. Warner later served as a U.S. district attorney, and then a Republican U.S. Senator in 1905. His Quality Hill home, constructed in 1880 at 1021 Pennsylvania Ave., remains standing today.
Henry Christian Kumpf (1886-88): Elected mayor three times, and serving in various other positions in city management, German-born Kumpf had an impressive impact on his adopted Kansas City home. He came to the area in 1865 and opened a billiard hall, then worked his way up through civic positions until his 1886 election. During his third term in 1888, the "City of Kansas" adopted a new charter and officially became Kansas City. Under his leadership Lincoln High School opened, the Art Institute was founded, construction began on New York Life building, and Kansas City entered into a real-estate boom.
James Monroe Jones (1896-1900): A mayor of myriad accomplishments, James M. Jones helped push an ever-industrializing Kansas City into the 20th century. In his first term, Jones got the troubled waterworks service under city control and sealed the deal to create Swope Park. In his second term, Jones made the city's first long-distance telephone call, received by Omaha mayor James Dahlman. He was also instrumental in the annexation of Westport. Though widely lauded for his accomplishments, Jones did have his enemies: a dispute over the terms of the Metropolitan Street Railway with attorney James A. Reed led the men to a stockyards brawl. Reed replaced Jones as mayor in 1900, and Jones moved to Indianapolis.
James A. Reed (1900-03): A happy accident of timing, James A. Reed's mayoral election coincided with the rebuilding of the burned Convention Hall in time for the Democratic National Convention. Overseeing a cooperative effort of fundraising and labor, Reed was able to take credit for the speedy three-month reconstruction—an act which led to a rallying cry of the "Kansas City Spirit." Reed read the welcoming address at the convention, only heightening his public profile. His presence on the national stage would grow later with his three terms as a U.S. Senator, in which he played an influential role granting Missouri the distinction of having two branches of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Jay Holcomb Neff (1904-05): Jay H. Neff was a newspaperman before he was a politician, and the editorials published in his Daily Drovers Telegram often influenced local happenings: the 1901 piece "Call it the American Royal" had a clear effect on the Kansas City Livestock Show. Revered for his piousness as a public servant, Neff respectably gave all of his mayoral salary to charity. His son, Ward Andrew, eventually donated Neff's estate to help build the University of Missouri School of Journalism in honor of his father. Neff Hall continues to house the renowned institution today.
Judge James Cowgill (1918-21): With the tragic distinction of being the only Mayor to have died in office (quite literally, from a heart attack while seated at his desk in City Hall), Cowgill served a term also marked by global unrest. Cowgill was in office during a great West Bottoms fire and the influenza epidemic. The wildfire spread of Spanish Flu was thought to be attributable to rampant kissing between local girls and Army trainees. The outbreak of Spanish Flu killed 1,865 Kansas City residents in Cowgill's first year as mayor. But that torrid 1918 also included Armistice Day, leading to the construction of the Liberty Memorial.
Bryce B. Smith (1930-38): Smith's father was a baker and the young Bryce learned about business and management in the family shop. His rise to the top was less wholesome: Smith's mayoral career, while prosperous, was defined by the influence of the shadowy Tom Pendergast. Smith served for five terms during the tumultuous 1930s. He positively impacted through involvement in the Ten Year Plan—the construction initiative that gave rise to the new City Hall and employed thousands during the Great Depression. That program depended on a contract with Pendergast and his concrete company. The Boss Tom also influenced Smith's blind-eye to the rampant drinking and crime bubbling in the city's underbelly, a trait that garnered public outcry after the bloody 1933 Union Station Massacre.
John Bailey Gage (1940-46): The precocious Gage entered the University of Kansas at age 16. He graduated cum laude from the Kansas City School of Law only six years later. He took office for his first of three terms in 1940, as World War II was brewing and the city had run corrupt and bankrupt. After Tom Pendergast was jailed in 1939 for tax evasion, it was revealed just how deeply Kansas City had fallen into debt. Gage entered office with no individual political ambitions, simply a bipartisan plan to restore sanity in City Hall. Gage trimmed fat in municipal services and corrected the dishonest hiring practices of the Pendergast era. He was lauded for cleaning up the city and catapulting it about $20 million out of the hole.
H. Roe Bartle (1956-62): With a reputation for riveting oratory skill and a busy social calendar serving on boards of directors, the politically inexperienced Bartle had little problem winning over Kansas City during his election and term. Serving from 1955 to 1963, Mayor Bartle had a role in the city's desegregation, throwing weight into struggles at local hospitals and in the police department. His memory lives on in name: the Convention Center adopted his likeness for Bartle Hall, and the football team he brought to Kansas City bears his nickname—"the Chief."
Charles B. Wheeler (1971-79): Charles B. Wheeler was elected mayor in 1971, with an international vision. Wheeler had an influential role in the construction of the expanded airport in the quickly developing northern suburbs. He aided in the development of the Truman Sports Complex, giving a flashy new home to the city's professional sports teams. His term also saw the construction of the Crown Center shopping complex and beloved theme park Worlds of Fun. With such prosperous development, Wheeler's era was later called "the last Golden Age of Kansas City" by local magazine Ingram's. Wheeler would go on to serve in the state senate, and as a lifelong champion of Kansas City progress.
Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver II (1991-99): The first African-American mayor, Emmanuel Cleaver began his public life in Kansas City as a commanding minister at St. James United Methodist Church. A lifelong activist against prejudice in his professional career, Cleaver brought this sensibility to his position, appointing more people of color to municipal roles and implementing stricter equal protection laws. His term was noted for his interest in urban improvements, with attention to infrastructure and youth development programs. A stretch of 47th Street was named for him shortly after his tenure ended, now colloquially known as "Cleaver Two." Cleaver continues to represent the region in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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-like Asma bint Abu Bakr, Aisha, etc.
BUT HOW DID THIS FORMULATION COME ABOUT?
-the era that this ilm was developed, who were the people working on it?
-including mecca, Damascus, Jordan, Jerusalem etc.
So who appointed Imam Ahmad and the others?
-do i find everyman in the hadith in the books of Ahmad?
But if we get these books, do they have the names of all the people? No.
-but B, C and D are to be checked, how?
-B can be any name, where do we find this person?
-he brings hadith and all those that narrated it and he will say imam Ahmad said so and so etc.
-so why is he good and not good?
-he will tell you the man is Shia, so does that make him good?
-but in this effort, he was in a better position why?
-so if you want to know a person is good, ibn Hajar will tell you he is, full stop.
-people asked me whether i liked Ekrema and whether he is good and trustworthy?
-when he brought the hadith did he bring it from this source only?
-how do we find the men?


Poligrip with Zinc Recalled In Japan. Why Not U.S.?
Following drug maker, GlaxoSmithKline's, announcement last month that it is no longer making, distributing, or issuing advertisements for its Super Poligrip with zinc, a recall has been issued in Japan, said WFAA. Now, many are wondering why a similar recall is not taking place in the United States and why a complete recall has not been initiated.
We just wrote that the American Dental Association (ADA) issued a statement regarding the health risks associated with zinc-containing denture creams. The ADA statement followed GlaxoSmithKline's announcement it would voluntarily stop making, distributing, and advertising its Super Poligrip denture creams that contain zinc.
While the human body does need zinc, the mineral is only needed in small amounts. Studies show that consuming at least 50 milligrams of zinc daily for a few months could lead to copper deficiency, which can cause anemia, bone loss, nerve damage, and other problems. Ingesting 80 or 100 milligrams or more for months or even years can lead to irreversible damage.
Compelling and established evidence exists that long-term exposure to the zinc in denture cream can lead to not only irreversible nerve damage, but to disability, as well. In August 2008, the peer reviewed journal Neurology reported on four patients suffering from neuropathy and other neurological symptoms typical of zinc poisoning and copper depletion. The article specifically linked excess zinc in denture cream to "profound neurologic disease" in the patients reviewed.
A GlaxoSmithKline spokesman confirmed the drug maker issued the voluntary recall in Japan, saying that the product has not been recalled outside of Japan because it is safe when used as directed, said WFAA. According to the drug maker, it recently posted a video online that shows consumers how to appropriately use Super Poligrip with zinc; for instance, the video explains, "Do not apply more than once a day without your dentist's advice." To many, these measures are not sufficient given the significantly dangerous outcomes linked to zinc ingestion.
Glaxo has admitted that customers with ill-fitting dentures tend to overuse the dental cream, which sometimes causes them to swallow the excess, which is then absorbed by the body, including zinc, said WFAA. Meanwhile, although the firm has admitted that overuse of dental cream is not uncommon, that such use can result in behaviors that can result in zinc absorption, and that too much zinc can lead to serious health complications, Glaxo has only agreed to an oversees recall.
Glaxo has said it will reformulate Super Poligrip so that future versions will not contain zinc, said WFAA, adding that stores will not restock shelves with the already-manufactured zinc-containing product. The drug maker also wrote to 200,000 doctors and dentists in the United States, advising them about the possible health risks of zinc-containing denture cream and providing a telephone number to report possible cases of denture cream poisoning.
GlaxoSmithKline's zinc-containing denture cream products—Super Poligrip "Original," "Ultra Fresh," and "Extra Care"—will be reformulated, with new zinc-free varieties expected to be available this spring. Despite this, none of these products is being recalled in the United States and those currently in stores continue to remain available for sale.


What is that, you ask? I wondered the same thing when I first saw it because I wasn't entirely paying attention. But thanks to the wonders of DVR, I rewound and heard the newscaster say, "As you can see, some of the suspect's dreadlocks got ripped out during the chase..."
Oh my God, just... ew! I couldn't believe they included bloody dreadlocks as part of the story. I wonder if the police will introduce those as evidence at the trial?
"Sir, were you at the scene of the accident that night? And don't lie... we have several sections of your dreads that say you were..."


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Review: "Venom: Let There Be Carnage"
Posted on October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 by Katie Carter
I'll be the first to admit that I— along with many others— entered 2018's "Venom" with the wrong expectations (you can read my lukewarm review from its initial release here). I distinctly remember sitting in the theater, not quite able to believe what I was watching. A gritty, serious comic book movie, "Venom" is not. And while that first movie is admittedly all over the place, a change of filmmakers and a shift in focus that emphasizes what did work in "Venom" makes its sequel, "Venom: Let There Be Carnage," a much more fun experience.
The film opens with a sequence that establishes the relationship and the current situation of the movie's pair of villains: Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), who we met in the post-credits sequence of the previous film and who ultimately becomes Venom's arch-nemesis, Carnage, and his love Francis Barriston, alias Shriek (Naomi Harris). Meanwhile, journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) is trying to regain control of his life after bonding with the blood-thirsty symbiote Venom, who lives inside Eddie and can manifest himself into a hulking creature around Eddie's body. An interview with serial killer Cletus leads Eddie to discovering where the bodies of a large portion of Cletus' victims are located, landing Cletus on death row. But something goes wrong during a conversation between Eddie, Venom, and the imprisoned Cletus that leads to Cletus bonding with Carnage and escaping from jail, and of course only Eddie and Venom can them.
Carnage, who inhabits Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) in "Venom: Let There Be Carnage"
The face-off between Carnage and Venom, while it is the climax, feels more like the B plot of the movie. Instead, "Let There Be Carnage" rightly focuses primarily on the odd-couple relationship between Eddie and Venom. In fact, it's the battle with Carnage that prompts them to re-examine their hitherto rocky relationship. Venom sees him and Eddie as being in a true partnership— and it often seems like he is the one caring for Eddie, doing things like making him breakfast and being more open about his feelings— while Eddie isn't fully at that stage yet. The films spends a lot of time just with the pair together, at home in their apartment, squabbling about what to do about dinner (Eddie has a strict no eating people rule that Venom struggles to abide by), what to do with their pet chickens, what case Eddie is currently investigating, or what to do with the feelings he still harbors for his ex-fiancée Anne (Michelle Williams), who is newly engaged to uptight doctor Dan Lewis (Reid Scott). It's all pretty ridiculous, frequently funny, and often sweet— Eddie and Venom may not be in an explicitly romantic relationship with each other, but they are a couple.
"Let There Be Carnage" features a script by Kelly Marcel, based on a story by Marcel and Hardy (who is very invested in this series, which comes through in his eager performance in front of the camera), and they really leaned into the queer subtext that a lot of fans saw in their relationship in the first movie, pushing it to the forefront here. This is the most evident in a sequence occurring after Eddie and Venom effectively break up, and Venom wanders the city, traveling from body to body, though none of them are able to bond as well with him as Eddie does. He ends up at a rave where he gets up on stage, a wreath of glow necklaces around his neck, and preaches to the cheering crowd about how Eddie basically kept him hidden in the closet, but now he is free to be his true self. That's definitely not subtext— if anything, it's overly heavy-handed— but it's big to see such an explicitly queer scene in a big comic book movie, especially when the MCU and DCEU have danced around the subject up to now, doing only the bare minimum in terms of representation.
Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and Venom in "Venom: Let There Be Carnage"
"Let There Be Carnage" also has a new director in Andy Serkis, who brings his expertise in both acting in and directing motion capture to this movie, getting the most out of the actors' performances and the action scenes, which may be the usual comic book creature fare, but don't dominate the movie so thoroughly that you can't have fun with them. Harrelson really hams it up as Cletus— in fact, everyone does to an extent. It seems like there was more of an understanding this time around as to what kind of movie they were making, allowing returning actors like Scott and Williams to let loose a bit more (Williams still feels a little out of place here, but I'm willing to roll with it). The plot may be slight in the grand scheme of things, and unfortunately the most talked-about aspect of "Let There Be Carnage" will likely be its post-credits scene that refers to another movie entirely, but this film manages to be a lot of fun and carry with it a nice message and good representation, all in around 90 minutes. I call that a win.
"Venom: Let There Be Carnage" is now playing in theaters. Runtime: 97 minutes. Rated PG-13.
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Thales announced that they have started the production of the first Sea Fire digital radar for the French Navy's five FTI future medium-size frigates programme, reported Defense News.
The Sea Fire is a fully solid-state multifunction radar with a four-panel phased array antenna intended to track conventional, asymmetric and emerging air and surface threats, including supersonic missiles.
The research phase of the Sea Fire has been supported by the Direction Générale de l'Armement procurement office as revealed from the Company and it took a period of three years.
The radar is being built at the Limours facility of Thales, near Paris.
The first radar will be delivered for qualification next year to the DGA facility at Saint-Mandrier in southern France and in 2020 the four radar panels will be shipped to Naval Group's Lorient shipyard in western France, where the five FTI frigates are to be built.
The first of the FTI frigates will be delivered in 2023 and it will enter service in 2025.


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Q: Getting docked Visio stencils, as opposed to the Document stencil, in VBA I am attempting to make a Visio macro which will alphabetize the masters in the first docked stencil in a document. Below is my code. However, Set vsoDoc = Visio.Documents.ItemFromID(0) does not appear to reference the docked stencil, but the document stencil. How do I get the docked stencil? Any help much appreciated!
Dim i As Integer
Dim vsoDoc As Visio.Document
Dim vsoDocNew As Visio.Document
Dim dictMasters As New Scripting.Dictionary
Set vsoDoc = Visio.Documents.ItemFromID(0)    'Existing Stencil

Set vsoDocNew = Visio.Documents.AddEx("New Stencil.vss", , visAddStencil)     'New Sorted Stencil

'Get the names of the existing masters and sort them

For i = 1 To vsoDoc.Masters.Count
    Call dictMasters.Add(vsoDoc.Masters(i).Name, vsoDoc.Masters(i))
Next

list = dictMasters.Keys()

Dim First As Integer, Last As Long
Dim x As Long, j As Long
Dim Temp As String

First = LBound(list)
Last = UBound(list)
For x = First To Last - 1
    For j = x + 1 To Last
        If list(x) > list(j) Then
            Temp = list(j)
            list(j) = list(x)
            list(x) = Temp
        End If
    Next j
Next x

'Drop the existing masters into the new stencil based on the sorting

For i = 1 To dictMasters.Count
   Call vsoDocNew.Masters.Drop(dictMasters(list(i - 1)), 0, 0)
Next

I am hoping to produce a new stencil with the same masters as the docked stencil but alphabetized. However, the new stencil produced is from alphabetizing the document stencil. Visio.Documents.ItemFromID(0) is returning the document stencil, but I want to get the first docked stencil. How to I get the docked stencil?

A: You can loop through the ActiveWindow.Windows list and find any window whose .Type = visDockedStencilBuiltIn or you can go by the .Document.Name, and I think you can check whether the stencil is in front by checking if (.WindowState And visWSActive) = True
So basically the way it works, the stencils aren't really attached to your document, but rather the Window in which the document is displayed.  So you have to see what sub-windows are open in your document's window, where each sub-window can have an associated document (the stencil)

A: Solved! By replacing the assignment of the vsoDoc variable with the below code, I got the desired result.
For i = 1 To ActiveWindow.windows.Count
    If ActiveWindow.windows(i).Type = visDockedStencilBuiltIn Then
        Debug.Print ActiveWindow.windows(i).Document.Name
        Set vsoDoc = ActiveWindow.windows(i).Document
        Debug.Print vsoDoc.Name
    End If
Next

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Today I am giving you quite possibly the easiest recipe that you can find on The Vivid Kitchen thus far. We're taking a break from desserts and baked goods this week in lieu of making something that will work perfectly for your Super Bowl viewing party. I'm talking about bar nuts, and not just any bar nuts but Union Square Cafe's version of the seriously addicting snack. For those who don't know, Union Square Cafe is a famous restaurant in NYC and comes from the mastermind restaurateur, Danny Meyer. He later went on to open other highly accoladed spots like Gramercy Tavern and Eleven Madison Park, the latter being a Michelin-starred restaurant. Although Union Square Cafe is a high-end restaurant with a sophisticated menu, their bar nuts are almost as famous as the restaurant itself. A quick google search will show that I am far from the first person to share this recipe, but I've found that still, a good amount of people in my circle had never heard of or tried these I introduced them. So, I want to spread the bar nuts love a little further today!
I've made these bar nuts at least 15-20 times since I discovered the recipe in my coveted Genius Recipes cookbook from Food52, about 4 years ago. Every time I go to a Cinespia screening at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery where we picnic before viewing a film, it's a no-brainer among my friends that I will be bringing a batch of the nuts. At my sister's wedding, I made a HUGE batch of these, enough for 115 people, but with only almonds because we just so happened to find pounds of them in my mom's freezer. Each table at the wedding had a cheese platter filled with crackers, fruit, and the seasoned almonds (my mom, aunt, and I made each platter mere hours before the ceremony) and it was the perfect appetizer.
The only problem with these bar nuts is that once you start eating them, you honestly can't stop. I have no problem stopping myself from eating an entire can of Pringles, and I know I can only eat one single Lay's potato chip, but with Union Square Cafe's nuts, there's no stopping. In fact, I never make them just for Alex and I to have at home because we both will eat nothing else until they're all gone. And on Thanksgiving, I'm not allowed to make them because putting them out before dinner would ruin everyone's appetite. Have I given enough proof that these nuts are amazing and that you need to make them?
As for what nuts to use, the choice is yours. You may include pecans, walnuts, Brazil nuts, peanuts, almonds, cashews or hazelnuts. These are all the nuts that are found in Union Square Cafe's blend. But could you add pistachios or macadamia nuts? Of course you can! You also get to decide how much of each nut you want in your batch: you can have more almonds and less cashews, you can use only pecans, or you can use every single nut I listed above. Just as long as you use 800 grams (1 3/4 lbs. or 28 oz.) worth of nuts, you're good to go. I find that the easiest way to measure out the nuts is by using a kitchen scale, especially if you're using an array of nuts.
It's important that I note that you need to buy raw and unsalted nuts! We need to toast them ourselves so that the seasoning "paste" we make - consisting of melted butter, brown sugar, chopped fresh rosemary, cayenne pepper, and salt - will adhere to the warm nuts. I made two tiny changes to the seasoning paste which is that I use a bit more butter than what is called for (about 2 tbsp. instead of 1) and I finely chop the fresh rosemary. Over the years, I've found that these two modifications make for not only a tastier batch, but allows for the nuts to receive a generous coating of seasoning deliciousness. So that's why in the recipe below, I have written 1-2 tbsp. of melted butter. I suggest starting with 1 tbsp. and see if it works for you, and if not, remember to add an extra half tablespoon or so the next time you make them! Because there will definitely be a next time.
Make these for your Super Bowl party please! Or any party or get together for that matter. I promise that these nuts will get more compliments than your main dish that took hours to prepare.
P.S. Have leftover fresh rosemary and not sure what to do with it? Make my lemon and rosemary madeleines!
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Evenly spread the nuts on a large baking sheet (if all nuts do not fit on one sheet, divide between two and toast at the same time). Toast the nuts for 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and fragrant.
Meanwhile, prepare the seasoning. In a large bowl (large enough to fit the nuts), combine the melted butter, fresh rosemary, brown sugar, cayenne pepper and salt. When the nuts are finished, immediately transfer to the bowl with the seasoning and thoroughly mix to coat. Add more salt or cayenne if needed. Enjoy warm, but I think they're best at room temperature when the coating has settled.


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Due to the nature of high performance aircraft and their ability to fly between many countries, the United States has joined the International Registry of Mobile Assets. This serves to be a central registry for recording liens on aircraft. You need to take part in this as any lien on the International Registry is enforceable.
When buying an aircraft you need to perform title searches on the International Registry as well as with the FAA's domestic registry. There is a fee incurred for using the IR, but it is well advised that you register your interests on the aircraft.


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Native Realty featured in Bisnow.com Article
Jaime Sturgis of Native Realty featured on Biznow.com:
An artsy Wynwood furniture store is ditching Wynwood for the friendlier climes of Oakland Park. Antique to Chic purchased the Match Point Tennis building at 1510 East Oakland Park Blvd. in the Fort Lauderdale suburb.
"Attracting a Wynwood retailer represents a huge milestone in the evolution of the Oakland Park Culinary Arts District," said broker Jaime Sturgis, whose Native Realty handled the sale of the 6K SF Match Point Tennis building for nearly $1.1M Jan. 31.
The buyers, he said, "were getting priced out of Wynwood. It was cost prohibitive for their business model to be down there."
Sturgis, a native of Fort Lauderdale, said that, generally speaking, "If you want be in Wynwood, you're paying $60-75 per foot, and around Main and Main, $75 to 100 a foot. In Fort Lauderdale, you could be paying $35 to $60. That's not half, but it's close."
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Q: An identity form: $x_1^3+x_2^3+x_3^3+x_4^3=y_1^3+y_2^3+y_3^3+y_4^3$ I found an identity form: $x_1^3+x_2^3+x_3^3+x_4^3=y_1^3+y_2^3+y_3^3+y_4^3$ as follows:
$$(a+b+c)^3+a^3+b^3+c^3=(a+b)^3+(b+c)^3+(c+a)^3+(6y)^3$$
Where $abc=36y^3$
Poof of this identity is very simple. But the identity nice.

Which reference of the identity? can generalized of the identity?

A: Equation (shown below) has parametrization:
$(a+b+c)^3+a^3+b^3+c^3=(a+b)^3+(b+c)^3+(c+a)^3+(6y)^3$
$(y,a,b,c)=((8)(3k-4),(256),(24)(3k-4),(3)(3k-4)^2)$
For $k=2$, we get:  $(3,12,64,79)^3=(15,24,67,76)^3$


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Q: library on pythonpath not accessible I have a library that is on the pythonpath:
In [2]: import sys

In [3]: sys.path
Out[3]:
['',
 ...
 '/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library',
]

It is registered in ~/.profile:
export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library"

yet when I enter python/Ipython, I can't see it or use it. It has init.py in its highest level. I use kubuntu and suddenly it doesn't work, but anything I pip install does. What can cause this? Thank you

A: The folders on the PYTHONPATH should contain folders that are python packages, and not be the paths to the packages themselves.
In this case, if my_scripting_library is your package, and '/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library' contains the __init__.py file, it will not be valid.
Assuming my_scripting_library is the package you wish to import, ensure the __init__.py file is within '/home/cchilders/scripts/python/my_scripting_library', then the folder on the path should be:
export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/home/cchilders/scripts/python"

You can then in Python do this:
>>> import my_scripting_library


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using System.Drawing;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using XIOTCore.Contract;
using XIOTCore.Contract.Enum;
using XIOTCore.Contract.Interface;
using XIOTCore.Contract.Interface.Devices;
using XIOTCore.Portable.Factory;

namespace OLED_Sample_Console
{
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Many organizations are evaluating the online presence through blogs. Corporate blogging is a low cost alternative against traditional marketing strategies. The main advantage of corporate blogging is to help companies in strengthening relationships with targeted group of audience. But, it is feasible only if the blog is managed properly. The following are some guidelines on how to manage a corporate blog.
� It is good to start a corporate blog with an idea on how to use it effectively. Once the blog is created, the company should stay focused on this very idea, for blogging. This helps the company in maintaining the blog at a substantial quality.
� Since the blog is published in the web, probably anybody can have access to it. Thus, it is important to make sure that confidential information of the company is not posted in the blog, even by mistake.
� As it is a business blog, it is no-brainer to say that the content of the blog must be informative and formal. Corporate blogs should not be used to publish personal opinions on unrelated topics.
� Posting and updating a corporate blog at regular intervals helps the company to create a good impression among the readers. Since the corporate blog represents the company itself, irregular and inconsistent posting is likely to be considered as a sign of irresponsibility in the company.
� Corporate blogging has potential ability to establish solid brand recognition for the company. Many companies use their blog as an effective tool to promote their products or services. At the same time, the blog should not be blatantly used as a sales tool.
� The corporate blog should adhere to the organization�s policies. Exceeding the formal limits here has high potential to affect the reputation of the company.
� It is likely for blogs to get positive comments as well as negative comments. It is even essential to deal with negative comments tactically. The strategy of being open to criticism helps the organization to appear honest as well as to enhance their quality of services.
These days, many organizations believe that sharing information with the aid of technology gives birth to innovations. The blogosphere is a potential medium to help them in creating a congenial environment for it. Managing a corporate blog consistently well helps businesses to attain all the boons of blogging.
Bowie David's blog has reviews on technology and society. He also gives reviews on sports and politics on his blog.


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Cycling the Isle of Man TT course
'Experience the thrill of the challenging 37 and three quarter mile mountain course packed full of famous turns.' said the guidebook.
Unfortunately, we didn't have access to a motorbike, so we went for it on our bicycles.
We set off from the little seaside town of Ramsey and then straight up the Hairpin, climbing for six miles up the Mountain Road.
Once at the top there was beautiful views all around us and an incredibly strong tailwind that blew us all the way to Douglas. It was one of my best rides ever as we freewheeled down the smooth tarmaced road reaching speeds of nearly 38 miles per hour.
It felt really fast and dangerous, but was put into perspective when we reached the official start line and saw a big poster that said that the motorbikers reach speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.
We carried on round the route and soon met up with the wind again, this time straight into our faces making the return section really hard work.
We also didn't find any coffee stops so took a couple of breaks in bus shelters to eat our emergency rations of sultanas, chocolate and shortbread. I also discovered that if you shove everything in your mouth at once it makes a delicious gourmet style treat.
We made it back home in three hours.
Caravan Club National
Sunset over the Wirral
Ferry across the Mersey
Final day in the Isle of Man
Laxey waterwheel
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EDC Board president Gilbert Enriquez said in a June Facebook video that the economic incentives the previous board approved for the company left taxpayers vulnerable and at risk for a combined $15 million the EDC dished out to help get the company off the ground.
The company has struggled to become fully operational, and to this day it is not. Though it is currently spinning cotton into denim, only 50 percent of its capacity has been installed.
Santana Textiles — which began doing business as Denimburg in 2016 as a marketing gimmick and a nod to the city — is operating at 20 percent of its initial expected capacity and has not come close to the amount of employees it promised to hire.
But perhaps most worrisome to the board, it appears to also have fallen behind on payments to the EDC.
Santana staff disputed the claims during an interview Friday, but did not delve into specific financial information.
"I'm not on the finance side, but as far as I understand, yeah," operations manager Claudio J. Motta said when asked if the company was on track with payments to the EDC.
Instead, Motta said he remained confident in the company's ability to stay afloat, saying it recently switched its focus from selling commodity products to Mexico to instead selling high-end products to U.S.-based companies like Eddie Bauer and Calvin Klein.
The change in vision, coupled with President Trump's new 'Made in America' approach and his international trade policies, have breathed new life into the company.
Santana Textiles is part of a larger Brazilian company called Grupo Santana. The family-owned business owns five other plants: four in Brazil and one in Argentina.
Mesmerized by the denim-making process, he soon began to manufacture and sell locally in Brazil before turning his attention to the outside world. In 2008, Edinburg became its focus.
The company approached the EDC with a plan to invest $100 million to build a denim-manufacturing plant. Once operational, it would hire 800 employees and yield 1 million cubic meters of fabric per month.
"It was a good business deal," Enriquez said.
So in order to lure the potential investment, the EDC offered a $5 million loan and 33 acres of land in the city's North Industrial Park to build the 280,000 square-foot facility.
Santana went through a number of setbacks and did not meet its expectations, forcing it at one point to return more than $800,000 it received in economic incentives from the state through the Texas Enterprise Fund.
According to Monitor archives, the price of cotton peaked at $2.29 per pound as compared to the current price of about 88 cents.
In 2015, the company once again approached the EDC for help.
Despite being routinely behind on payments, the EDC board at the time approved the $10 million loan. At the time, Santana had only paid down about half-a-million dollars of the original $5 million loan it received. The company was nowhere near its capacity and employed a fraction of the hires it promised.
Along the way, the board also essentially gave up the only leverage it had: the company's lien.
Today, the company employs 72 workers and has made a total investment of about $50 million.
It takes about 20 days for cotton to be cleaned, spun, woven and turned into fabric, and last month, the massive and highly-sophisticated machinery churned out about 100,000 cubic meters of denim.
Motta said the company will produce 200,000 meters this month and hopes to be at 500,000, or 50 percent capacity, by year's end.
The president's 'Made in America' campaign has helped the company find a clientele hungry for U.S.-based goods, and Denimburg is one of two denim-manufacturing plants in the U.S. A third plant was designed to produce denim, but it is currently producing socks and other cotton products.
Most of the denim-producing companies moved overseas in the early 90s, pursuing cheaper labor. Today, about 90 percent of denim comes from outside the U.S.
The company purchases cotton locally and from other parts of Texas.
The company names its products to remind clients it was manufactured in America, using names such as Brownsville, Kingsville and Washington for various types of denim. But selling it can be time-consuming and costly.
Denimburg staff began negotiating with Calvin Klein in September and didn't receive its first order from the fashion industry titan until February. Part of the five-month wait stems from the process of developing the material to the client's exact specifications, which include texture, color and finishing touches.
Once the company tinkers with the formula, samples are sent out, often times to Europe and Mexico, and they are either given a green-light or sent back for adjustments.
"As you can tell, these guys are bustin' their hump to make sure we are meeting our customers' demands," Salinas said.
The human resources director said the company is currently in the process of hiring more workers and expects to have 100 employees in the coming weeks.
"We are going to continue to surpass all the bad stuff we had in the past and we're going to keep moving forward," Salinas said.
And as far as the EDC is concerned, the company declined to address the animosity.


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Peace Train: START a good start
By Judith Mohling | Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
April 1, 2010 at 8:02 p.m.
With pride, relief and fanfare, President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia announced March 25 that a new arms control treaty — START, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty — will be signed in April.
It will then be brought for ratification to the U.S. Senate and the Russian Federal Assembly.
The promised unprecedented cuts are momentous and come after at least a year of painstaking negotiations by this administration and built on years and years of previous disarmament efforts by non-governmental agencies and others.
Six of us from Colorado who are anti-nuclear activists are part of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA), a national network of three dozen grassroots and national groups.
The ANA members represent the concerns of communities near U.S. nuclear weapons sites that are directly affected by 65 years of nuclear weapons production and waste contamination. The ANA includes those of us in the vicinity of Rocky Flats (eight miles from Boulder), where every plutonium trigger in the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal was made during 40 years of mass production.
We recently returned from Washington, D.C., where we lobbied both Colorado House and Senate offices and worked hard to encourage Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet to ratify the new treaty when they have the opportunity.
Even though the ANA supports deeper reductions in the nuclear stockpile, we applaud this accomplishment and see it as a positive step for U.S. nuclear policy and think that it will reinvigorate the international effort to eliminate the threat posed by these weapons.
However, according to the New York Times on March 30, huge U.S. B-52 bombers can carry all at once: 14 air-launched cruise missiles, four B61 gravity bombs and two B83 gravity bombs — and that whole array counts as just one weapon. If Russia has corresponding bombers, is it a shell game in which one or both countries can manipulate numbers of weapons?
The tricky problem is how on Earth to count warheads. The treaty will count the actual number of warheads deployed on land- and sea-based ballistic missiles, i.e. the 49 nuclear missiles stored in underground silos in eastern Colorado. It will count each heavy bomber as a single warhead, even though they can carry far more.
"It's nuts," said Hans M. Kristensen, an expert at the Federation of American Scientists, in the New York Times. "It's totally nuts."
Although the United States now has about 2,100 deployed strategic warheads, about 450 would not be counted, Kristensen estimated. Similarly, 860 of Russia's 2,600 warheads would not count. To meet the treaty limit, he said the United States would need to cut just 100 warheads and Russia just 190.
Hopefully, the strict verification procedures and the momentum begun by this remarkable treaty — flaws and all — will carry the world toward Obama's Prague dream of a world without nuclear weapons.
Judith Mohling is a member of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.
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Marijuana: A wet blanket over your emotions
'A new sort of reality': Superior family continues to deal with grief of losing home in Marshall Fire
Boulder Prep High School students advocate autonomy for COVID-19 tests, vaccines
Boulder Macy's expected to close within 3 months
Boulder COVID-19 testing site among those issued cease-and-desist order by Colorado attorney general
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NEPA is only applicable to federal actions, including projects and programs entirely or partially financed by federal agencies and that require a federal permit or other regulatory decision. Activities that do not require a commitment of federal funds, such as approvals of access controls (e.g., a new interchange) or approval of an airport layout plan, are also federal actions. NEPA does not apply when actions by a state or local government or private entity do not require federal review. In addition, agency inaction, or refusal to take action, is not an action that is subject to NEPA.
While NEPA established the basic framework for integrating environmental considerations into Federal decisionmaking, it did not provide the details of the process for which it would be accomplished. Federal implementation of NEPA became the charge of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), which interpreted the law and addressed NEPA's action-forcing provisions in the form of regulations and guidance. In 1978, CEQ issued Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR §§ 1500 -1508). Since that time, CEQ has issued additional guidance and other information covering a variety of issues relevant to the NEPA process. This information is available at NEPA.gov.
To address the NEPA responsibilities established by CEQ, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued regulations (23 CFR § 771), Environmental Impact and Related Procedures. The FHWA guidance complementing the regulations was issued in the form of a Technical Advisory (T.6640.8A), Guidance for Preparing and Processing Environmental and Section 4(f) Documents. The Technical Advisory provides detailed information on the contents and processing of environmental documents. Additional guidance and information on the NEPA process and other environmental requirements are found in the FHWA Environmental Review Toolkit.
For more information on transportation project delivery and environmental streamlining, please link to Project Delivery/Streamlining section of this website.
NEPA directs federal agencies, when planning projects or issuing permits, to conduct environmental reviews to consider the potential impacts on the environment by their proposed actions.
The NEPA statute and implementing regulations set forth a process to evaluate potential impacts as well as requirements for documentation of decisions resulting from that process. The key elements of the process include determining the project's purpose and need and the range of alternatives to be considered; determining potential environmental impacts; coordinating with relevant agencies; involving the public; determining mitigation for unavoidable impacts; and documentation of the analysis and decisions through an environmental impact statement, an environmental assessment, or a categorical exclusion supported by the administrative record.
Under NEPA, transportation projects that do not individually or cumulatively have significant environmental effects are classified as categorical exclusions (CEs). The purpose of a CE is to reduce paperwork and delay by providing a compliance mechanism where an EA or EIS is not obviously necessary. Research has indicated that approximately 92 percent of the projects processed by state transportation agencies and the FHWA are CEs.
Each individual federal agency has regulations that implement NEPA. The CEQ regulations require these agencies' regulations to include a list of specific classes or types of actions that qualify as CEs.
FHWA's and FTA's NEPA regulations, titled Environmental Impact and Related Procedures, include two general types of CEs. Regulations at 23 CFR 771.117(c) provide a listing of types of common highway- and transit-related actions found to meet CEQ's CE requirements. Experience has shown that these actions never or almost never cause significant environmental impacts. These actions normally do not require any further NEPA approvals by FHWA or FTA.
The FHWA/FTA regulations at 23 CFR 771(d) list another examples of actions that may be considered CEs, if approved by FHWA/FTA. The regulations state that this list is not all-inclusive. 23 CFR 771.117(d) allows additional actions that are found to meet CEQ's CE requirements to be designated as CEs upon the submission of documentation to FHWA or FTA which demonstrates that the specific conditions or criteria for those CEs are satisfied and that significant environmental impacts will not result.
Where the significance of environmental impacts are unknown, a federal agency may prepare an environmental assessment (EA) to determine whether or not an environmental impact statement (EIS) is necessary (i.e. the action would significantly affect the environment.) If the answer is no, the agency issues a finding of no significant impact (FONSI). The FONSI may address measures that an agency will take to reduce (mitigate) potentially significant impacts. If it is determined that the environmental consequences of a proposed federal undertaking are significant, an EIS will then be prepared.
Approximately seven percent of state DOT projects are processed with EAs. An EA is a concise public document designed to provide sufficient evidence and analysis to assist in determining the significance of the environmental impacts of a transportation project proposal. An EA may also facilitate the preparation of an EIS when one is necessary.
EA documents typically include brief discussions of the need for the proposal; evaluation of any alternatives to the proposal, environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternatives, and a listing of agencies and persons consulted during the preparation of the EA.
FHWA and FTA must approve an EA before it is made available to the public. EAs do not need to be circulated, but they must be made available to the public through notices of availability in local, state, or regional clearinghouses, newspapers and other means. Depending on the FHWA-approved state public involvement procedures, a public hearing may or may not be required. A 30-day review period is required but may be reduced in rare circumstances.
After public comments are received and considered, a determination of the significance of the impacts is made. If after completing the EA it is evident that the proposed action will have no significant impact on the environment, a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) is prepared and no EIS is required. If at any point in the process it is evident that there may be a significant environmental impact, the first steps to preparing an EIS are immediately taken.
A FONSI is a document that briefly explains why the project will have not have significant impacts (i.e., it explains why no EIS is being prepared). The FONSI must include the EA modified to reflect all applicable comments and responses (or incorporate it by reference) or include a summary of it and must note any other documents related to the EA. If not done in the EA, the FONSI must include the selected alternative. No formal public circulation of the FONSI is required, but the state clearinghouse must be notified of the availability of the FONSI. In addition, FHWA recommends that the public be notified through notices in local newspapers.
The Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS is published in the Federal Register by the lead Federal agency. The purposes of the NOI are to notify and involve all agencies and individuals about the proposed action and to identify the issues that should be analyzed and eliminate from study those that are not important to the decision. The content of a NOI typically consists of a brief description of the proposed action, possible alternatives, and the proposed scoping process. Scoping is an early and open process involving the public and other federal, state, and local agencies, as well as Indian tribes, for determining the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS, identifying alternatives, and identifying the significant issues relating to the project. (i.e., to narrow the focus of the analysis).
FHWA's Technical Advisory (T.6640.8A), Guidance for Preparing and Processing Environmental and Section 4(f) Documents provides additional guidance on the preparation of the NOI and on the scoping process.
The usual comment period on a draft EIS is not less than 45 days and no more than 60 days, and unless (1) a different period is set by agreement of the lead agency, project sponsor, and all participating agencies, or (2) the deadline is extended by the lead agency "for good cause." All dates are measured from the date of public notice by EPA in the Federal Register.
Following a formal comment period and receipt of comments from the public and other agencies, the final EIS is prepared. The final EIS includes responses to any issues raised by the comments on the draft EIS. Based on analysis and comments, the final EIS must identify the preferred alternative even if it is already identified in the draft EIS. After responding to comments, the agency must circulate the final EIS for review. Agencies cannot make a final decision until 30 days after the final EIS is filed.
There are significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns and that bear on the proposed action or the impacts of the proposed action.
A reevaluation is an analysis of any changes in a proposed action, affected environment, anticipated impacts, and mitigation measures at specific times in the project development process. The purpose of a reevaluation is to determine whether an approved environmental document or CE designation remains valid and to determine whether significant changes require preparation of a supplemental or new environmental document. Formal documentation of the reevaluation process on the validity of the approved EIS, FONSI or CE designation is not necessary in all cases, but consultation with FHWA is required before major approvals (e.g., right-of-way authorization or construction authorization). In cases of a draft EIS, where a final EIS has not been issued and where no action to advance the project has occurred in the last three years, 23 CFR 771.129 requires a written reevaluation of the determination that the original document is still valid and formalizes the consultation between FHWA and a state DOT. A final EIS is considered valid up to three years following the last major approval. If no action to advance a project has occurred in the last three years, a written reevaluation is required. Project-specific issues related to reevaluation should be referred to the appropriate FHWA division office.
There is significant new information that is relevant to the proposed action or its impacts.
Early coordination with involved agencies and the public is essential, although scoping is not required. A supplemental EIS of limited scope does not necessarily rescind previous project approvals or affect project activities. On the other hand, a supplemental EIS of major scope will require suspension of some or all project activities.
The purpose and need discussion is one of the most important parts of any NEPA process and should, therefore, be clear and well documented. It should be a full and honest explanation of why an agency is considering an action. The purpose and need is a statement of the problem and evidence that supports that the problem exists.
Some common needs included in a purpose and need discussion are transportation demand, safety, legislative direction, urban transportation plan consistency, modal interrelationships, system linkage, and the condition of an existing facility.
Since the purpose and need discussion is essential to the development of the range of alternatives, it should include a clear statement of identified objectives that the proposed action is intended to achieve for improving transportation conditions. Some goals in a purpose and need discussion may include: achieving an objective in a transportation plan; supporting local land use and growth objectives, or serving national defense or security needs.
The lead agencies are responsible for the development of the proposed action's purpose and need discussion. In developing the statement of purpose and need, in the case of an EIS, the lead agencies must provide opportunities for the involvement of participating agencies and the public and must consider the input provided by these groups. After considering this input, the lead agencies decide the project's purpose and need. Per guidance issued by CEQ, which was affirmed by Congress in its conference report on SAFETEA-LU, other Federal agencies should afford substantial deference to FHWA's or FTA's purpose and need for a proposed transportation action.
Additional information is available on FHWA's Environmental Review Toolkit web page under NEPA and Transportation Decisionmaking, Elements of Purpose and Need. Also see FHWA and FTA's 2003 Guidance on Purpose and Need and the AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook, Defining the Purpose and Need and Determining the Range of Alternatives for Transportation Projects.
The alternatives analysis describes the process that was used to develop, evaluate, and eliminate potential alternatives based on the purpose and need of the project. In accordance with the requirements of 23 CFR 771.111(f), project alternatives must connect logical termini, have independent utility, and not restrict the consideration of future transportation alternatives. The analysis of alternatives is a basic requirement of NEPA. It explains to the public the options that are available to the agency in addressing the problem identified in the purpose and need. Federal agencies are not required to consider every potential alternative; however, they are responsible for developing the full range of alternatives. In the case of an EIS, the lead agencies must provide opportunities for the involvement of participating agencies and the public in developing the alternatives and must consider the input provided by these groups. After considering this input, the lead agencies will decide the range of alternatives for analysis. The alternatives section of an EIS should present the environmental impacts of a proposed action and all reasonable alternatives at a comparable level of detail and in comparative form to give the decisionmaker a clear basis for choice among options. The "no-build" alternative is included as a benchmark against which the impacts of other alternatives can be compared.
If there is a preferred alternative, an agency can identify it at the draft EIS stage and must identify it at the final EIS stage and the basis for that decision. SAFETEA-LU allows the preferred alternative in an EIS to be developed to a higher level of detail than the other alternatives in order to facilitate the development of mitigation measures or facilitate concurrent compliance with other applicable environmental laws.
Additional information is available on FHWA's Environmental Review Toolkit web page under NEPA and Transportation Decisionmaking, Development and Evaluation of Alternatives.
Typically, in cases of an EIS, the draft EIS describes options for mitigation, while the final EIS includes the decisions on what mitigation would be implemented.
Additional information is available on FHWA's Environmental Review Toolkit under NEPA and Transportation Decisionmaking, Environmental Impacts and Mitigation.
The NEPA process includes requirements for interagency coordination and cooperation and public participation in planning and project development decisionmaking.
CEQ's regulations introduced the concepts of "lead agency" and "cooperating agency" to help streamline the environmental process; eliminate duplication in Federal, state, and local procedures; and integrate NEPA requirements with other Federal environmental review and consultation requirements. A lead agency (40 CFR 1508.16) is defined as the agency preparing or having taken primary responsibility for preparing the EIS and for supervising the NEPA process. The U.S. DOT is designated as the lead agency for the environmental review process for any highway or transit project requiring U.S. DOT approval. FHWA is the federal lead agency in the NEPA process for highway projects requiring FHWA approval. FTA fulfills that role for transit projects. A cooperating agency (40 CFR 1508.5) is an agency with jurisdiction by law or special expertise on any environmental issues that the EIS discusses.
The direct recipient of federal funds for a project must serve as a joint lead agency. For FHWA, the state DOT is typically the direct recipient of project funds and, therefore, must serve as a joint lead agency along with FHWA. For FTA, the local transit agency typically is the direct recipient of project funds, and therefore serves as a joint lead agency along with FTA. In addition to the required lead agencies, other Federal, state, or local governmental entities, may act as joint lead agencies, at the discretion of the required lead agencies, in accordance with CEQ Regulations. Private entities, either acting as sponsors or co-sponsors of projects, cannot serve as joint lead agencies, and their role is limited to providing environmental or engineering studies and commenting on environmental documents.
The lead federal agency works cooperatively with other federal and state agencies during the environmental review process. Lead agency responsibilities in the NEPA process include, where applicable, inviting cooperating agencies, scoping, providing project information, conducting field reviews, developing consensus among a wide range of stakeholders with diverse interests, resolving conflict, and ensuring that issues are addressed and decisions are fully explained in the environmental document.
Cooperating agency responsibilities include participating in scoping, attending joint field reviews, and providing meaningful and early input to issues of concern. SAFETEA-LU created a new category of "participating agencies" to allow more agencies a formal role and rights in the environmental review process. Federal state, tribal, regional, and local government agencies that may have an interest in the project should be invited to serve as participating agencies. Nongovernmental organizations and private entities cannot serve as participating agencies. All cooperating agencies are participating agencies, but not all participating agencies are cooperating agencies. SAFETEA-LU also required that the lead agencies establish a plan for coordinating public and agency participation and comment during the environmental review process. These new requirements are discussed in more detail in the subsection below titled SAFETEA-LU Environmental Review Provisions.
Additional information is available on FHWA's Environmental Review Toolkit under NEPA and Transportation Decisionmaking, Interagency Coordination.
Handled correctly, scoping and public participation in the NEPA process will improve acceptance of the decision and, at minimum, provide the decisionmaker with the best information possible for making a decision. The amount and type of public involvement will vary depending on the complexity and degree of controversy involved in a project. It is very helpful to obtain public input on a range of issues, including scoping; purpose and need; alternative development; effects analysis; making the decision; and implementation.
SAFETEA-LU requires that the lead agencies establish a plan for coordinating public and agency participation and comment during the environmental review process. Coordination plans are discussed further in the subsection titled SAFETEA-LU Environmental Review Provisions.
AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook 05—Utilizing Community Advisory Committees for NEPA Studies (December 2006) suggests a Citizen Advisory Committee as a public participation technique that can be employed to gain stakeholder feedback, identify and resolve local concerns, and build community support during the pre-NEPA and NEPA decision-making processes.
Additional information is available on FHWA's Environmental Review Toolkit under NEPA and Transportation Decisionmaking, Public Involvement.
The draft EIS must summarize the scoping process, the results of any meetings that have been held, and any comments received during preliminary coordination. Between the draft EIS and the final EIS, the state DOT and FHWA must consider and respond to all substantive comments received on the draft EIS, including those from public hearings.
Comments received after the close of the comment due date should be considered, if at all possible. The final EIS should note that the comments were filed late but were treated consistent with NEPA. Courts have ruled that the views of the cooperating agencies regarding the environmental impacts of a project are entitled to deference from the lead agency. However, this does not mean that the comments of such agencies must be substituted for reasonable, good faith judgments of the lead agency. The ultimate decision under NEPA rests with the lead agency. The administrative record for the final EIS must include copies of the comments received and the agency's responses. If the EIS was changed in response to comments, these changes should be referenced in the responses.
AASHTO Practitioner's Handbook 02—Responding to Comments on an Environmental Impact Statement, contains more information about this topic.
The traditional format for EIS documents is described in CEQ regulations (40 CFR 1502) and in FHWA's Technical Advisory T 6640.8A, Guidance for Preparing and Processing Environmental and Section 4(f) Documents (TA).
Since 2006, several efforts have been undertaken to improve the quality of NEPA documents, many of which had become overly lengthy and cumbersome. These efforts stressed that EISs should be clear, concise, and easy to understand. In a 2006 memorandum, FHWA endorsed this approach as consistent with FHWA guidance and CEQ regulations (FHWA Memorandum: Improving the Quality of Environmental Documents, July 31, 2006). The agency urged practitioners take advantage of the regulations' flexibility and improve the effectiveness of NEPA documents.
In 2014, AASHTO issued a Practitioner's Handbook on Preparing High-Quality NEPA Documents and related Examples of Effective Techniques for Preparing High-Quality NEPA Documents to help advance the state of the practice on NEPA documentation.
The term "environmental review process" refers to the project development process followed when preparing a NEPA document for a transportation project. In addition to NEPA requirements, the term also includes the process for compliance with, and completion of, any environmental permit, approval, review, or study required for the transportation project under any Federal law. Some of the other Federal environmental laws, such as Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, are within the purview of USDOT, and some, such as Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting, are under the authority of other Federal agencies.
In 2005, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) was signed into law. Section 6002 of the law established procedures that must be followed when preparing an EIS for a highway, transit, or multimodal projects. These changes are aimed at improving and streamlining the environmental review process for these transportation projects. These changes, however, came with some additional steps and requirements. For an archived summary of the SAFETEA-LU provisions previously posted on this website, link here.
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) was signed into law and took effect in 2012. Subtitle C of Title I of MAP-21 includes 23 separate provisions related to accelerating project delivery for highway and transit projects. These provisions touch on many aspects of project delivery, from transportation planning to environmental review to procurement. For more details, link to the AASHTO Project Delivery Provisions and Implementation Status and Table of Project Delivery Provisions.
Resources on implementation of SAFETEA-LU and MAP-21 environmental review provisions are provided on FHWA's Environmental Review Toolkit under Highlights of Environmental Provisions and on the FHWA MAP-21 website.


"The San Remo Conference decided on April 24, 1920 to assign the Mandate [for Palestine] under the League of Nations to Britain. The terms of the Mandate were also discussed with the United States which was not a member of the League. An agreed text was confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations on July 24, 1922, and it came into operation in September 1923."
The Zionist Organization, so long as its organization and constitution are in the opinion of the Mandatory appropriate shall be recognized as such agency. It shall take steps in consultation with His Britannic Majesty's Government to secure the cooperation of all Jews who are willing to assist in the establishment of the Jewish national home.
The Administration of Palestine shall take all necessary measures to safeguard the interests of the community in connection with the development of the country, and, subject to any international obligations accepted by the Mandatory, shall have full power to provide for public ownership or control of any of the natural resources of the country or of the public works, services and utilities established or to be established therein. It shall introduce a land system appropriate to the needs of the country having regard, among other things, to the desirability of promoting the close settlement and intensive cultivation of the land.
The Mandatory shall see that complete freedom of conscience and the free exercise of all forms of worship, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals are ensured to all. No discrimination of any kind shall be made between the inhabitants of Palestine on the ground of race, religion or language. No person shall be excluded from Palestine on the sole ground of his religious belief.
The Administration of Palestine may organize on a voluntary basis the forces necessary for the preservation of peace and order, and also for the defence of the country, subject however, to the supervision of the Mandatory, but shall not use them for purposes other than those above specified save with the consent of the Mandatory. Except for such purposes no military, naval or air forces shall be raised or maintained by the Administration of Palestine.
The Mandatory shall adhere on behalf of the Administration of Palestine to any general international conventions already existing, or which may be concluded hereafter with the approval of the League of Nations, respecting the slave traffic, the traffic in arms and ammunition, or the traffic in drugs, or relating to commercial equality, freedom of transit and navigation, aerial navitation and postal, telegraphic and wireless communicatiion or literary, artistic or industrial property.
In the territories Iying between the Jordan and the eastern boundary of Palestine as ultimately determined, the Mandatory shall be entitled, with the consent of the Council of the League of Nations, to postpone or withhold application of such provisions of this mandate as he may consider inapplicable to the existing local conditions, and to make such provision for the administration of the territories as he may consider suitable to those conditions, provided that no action shall be taken which is inconsistent with the provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 18.
The present instrument shall be deposited in original in the archives of the League of Nations and certified copies shall be forwarded by the Secretary General of the League of Nations to all Members of the League.
DONE AT LONDON the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two."


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Although Cork may not seem as enticing and exciting as the nation's capital, Dublin, at first glance…there's a reason that visitors to this lovely city has skyrocketed the past few years. Cork, the second-largest city in Ireland, has an abundance of exciting things for you to see and do, and we've compiled some of our must-sees in this list!
English Market. The Old English Market, also known as the city market, is one of the largest not just in Ireland -.Ireland is not part of the UK, so let's just go with Ireland Open since 1788, you can find an expansive selection of local goods and products. Open to the public Monday to Saturday, 8am-6pm.
The Everyman Theater. Fill your nights with entertainment while in Cork courtesy of The Everyman Theater! This Victorian-age and style theater houses everything from circus acts to jazz festivals, so we're sure you'll find something entertaining while there!
St. Fin Barre's Cathedral. Chances are, a drive through Cork will catch your eye upon this magnificent cathedral: St. Fin Barre's. The church, inspired by French architecture, features the largest organ in Ireland and stunning stained-glass windows throughout.
The Jameson Experience. A trip to Cork would not be complete without a visit to Jameson's old distillery in the suburban town of Middleton. Visitors can view the Courtyard, Giant Waterwheel, the Brewhouse and the world's largest Pot Still. And of course, making sure you sample this famous whiskey during a tasting session.
Blarney Castle. An iconic visit during any Ireland trip and only a short drive from the city center, the Blarney Castle is seeped with Irish history. Built almost six hundred years ago, the castle is also home to the Blarney Stone. Legend has it that when kissed, the stone will grant you the "gift of gab," or eloquence of speaking.
Titanic Experience in Cobh. Take a tour of the White Line Ticket Office, which is housed in the neighboring town of Cobh, where some Titanic passengers once stepped in to buy their tickets for their ill-fated journey on the Titanic. You can also learn about the events leading up to the ships demise and take a look at the shipwreck.


text:
{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds         #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators     #-}
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module      :  Web.Skroutz.Endoints.Model.GeneralSearchResult
-- Copyright   :  (c) 2016 Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis
-- License     :  Apache License 2.0
-- Maintainer  :  Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis <ariskou@gmail.com>
-- Stability   :  alpha
-- Portability :  non-portable
--
-- Provides the Skroutz API endpoints/methods for 'MultipleGeneralSearchResultResponse' retrieval.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
module Web.Skroutz.Endpoints.Model.GeneralSearchResult
where

import           Data.Proxy                         (Proxy (..))
import           Data.Text                          (Text)
import           Servant.API
import           Servant.Client
import           Web.Skroutz.Endpoints.Model.Common
import           Web.Skroutz.Model

type GeneralSearchResultAPI =
        "search" :> QueryParam "q" Text :> DataAPIMethodPaged MultipleGeneralSearchResultResponse

generalSearchResultAPI :: Proxy GeneralSearchResultAPI
generalSearchResultAPI = Proxy

getGeneralSearchResult :: Maybe Text -> StandardDataParamsPaged MultipleGeneralSearchResultResponse

getGeneralSearchResult = client generalSearchResultAPI


Don't Close Your Eyes is now in paperback!
…So the day is finally here. My second novel, Don't Close Your Eyes, is published in paperback in the UK and Ireland!
I'm still in The Netherlands for the moment, glamorously dealing with my son's chicken pox and using my literary skills to do loads of laundry as we've still not caught up after Christmas's Norovirus outbreak.
But I'm vicariously living through friends and readers who are kindly sharing pictures of tube and rail posters like this one from my schoolfriend Charlotte. Isn't it beautiful? I'm so grateful to my publisher, Corvus Books.
Don't Close Your Eyes poster, Charing Cross Underground Station.
It's an absolute privilege to publish a second book, and I really hope you enjoy it.


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You suddenly become afraid that you might lose your mind or that you are not able to think. You may also feel that you are not able to remember things as easily as you once did. Sometimes you become afraid of having a nervous breakdown. You also may have periods of 'crazy' thoughts that frighten you, or thoughts that 'just pop up' that are bothersome by their content.
You also may have thoughts that you are about to 'lose it,' go crazy, or lose control of your thoughts and/or actions.
You might also have 'unwanted' thoughts that you can't seem to get rid of or not think of.
Thought content can be bizarre, disturbing, unreal, irrational, totally off-base, etc.
An underlying component is the fear of having a serious mental illness, or of being committed to a mental institution for the rest of your life because of an incurable mental illness.
These types of thoughts can be mildly noticeable, moderately bothersome, or greatly problematic. They can occur rarely, frequently, or persistently, and may change from day to day and even moment to moment.
Why does anxiety make us feel like we're about to go crazy?
Behaving in an apprehensive manner (worry, fretting, being afraid something bad will happen, and so on) activates the body's stress response. The stress response causes a number of changes in the body to prepare it for immediate emergency action – to either fight or flee.
A part of the stress response changes involve changing how the brain functions. For example, the stress response causes the amygdala (the fear center of the brain) to become more active and the cortex (the rationalization areas of the brain) to become suppressed. This change in brain function can heighten the perception of danger and reduce our ability to rationalize.
The stress response causes this change so that we are aware of and able react to danger quickly rather than taking time to process information, which could endanger our survival. Remember, the stress response is designed to protect us when we're in real danger. It's primary job is to get us out of danger as quickly as possible.
Due to the change in brain functioning when the stress response is active, we can experience a heightened sense of danger but have a more difficult time rationalizing. Sometimes this change is enough to make us think we are about to lose our minds and go crazy. This is especially true the more anxious we are.
Fortunately, when the stress response ends, the body slowly makes its way back to normal functioning, which means the cortex resumes its normal functioning and the amygdala's activity diminishes. This reversal reduces the perception of danger and allows us to think more clearly. This reversal usually brings an end to feeling like you are about to go crazy or lose your mind.
Another cause of feeling like you are about to lose your mind is persistently elevated stress. Persistently elevated stress also causes stress response changes, including those that affect how the brain functions. The difference, however, is that persistently elevated stress doesn't ease off quickly. So, the feeling that you are about to go crazy or lose your mind can linger and seem to occur for no apparent reason.
Because this feeling can linger and seem to occur for no reason, it may seem like it is being caused by a medical or mental health problem. If you are a worrier, you then might misconstrue this symptom to mean there really is something wrong with your brain and/or mind, which can set off a high degree stress response that compounds the issue.
Believing you are about to lose your mind is a common catalyst to a panic attack, where the fear of losing your mind and the changes the stress response make fuel each other.
But even though the fear of going crazy can be frightening, it's not an indication of a problem with your brain, mind, or sanity. It's just another indication that your body is experiencing a stress response and/or of a body that's overly stressed.
People who have been under a lot of stress often experience this symptom.
When this symptom is caused by anxiety and stress, the best way to eliminate it is to recognize it is being caused by an active stress response and/or a body that's overly stressed. Then, calm yourself down and reduce your body's stress. As your body calms down, this symptom should subside.
You have to keep in mind, however, that it can take a long time for the body to calm down once it has become overly stressed. Therefore, the feeling like you are about to lose your mind or go crazy could linger for awhile, and until your body is much calmer and less stressed.
Nevertheless, when this symptom is caused by an active stress response and/or persistently elevated stress, it isn't a reason for concern. Most people experience this symptom when overly anxious and/or stressed. The difference, however is that anxious people worry about this symptom and what it might mean, whereas non anxious people don't.
Bottomline: If you want to eliminate this symptom, calm yourself down, reduce your stress, and don't worry about this symptom. It will subside when your body is sufficiently rested.
It's important to note that there is no connection between anxiety and going crazy. While it may feel like you could go crazy due to anxiety, you actually can't. It's a physical impossibility.
Much more could be said about this symptom. We have a more complete explanation in the Recovery Support area of our website including what you can do to eliminate it.
Return to our symptoms of anxiety list.
anxietycentre.com: Information, support, and coaching/therapy for anxiety disorder, including its symptoms such as the fear of losing your mind and going crazy.