"Very important in fabrics." Fabric department set slightly apart from main PDC building [had been Club Hotel see above]. Had its own tea room. At end of day a "male member of staff" came over to collect the cash.
Theft: Most losses in Fabrics were from the remnants counter. There was a store detective who Norma thinks worked for an agency. Biggest losses storewide were from the Fashion dept. Examples of theft. Shops in town helped one another with descriptions of suspects. For staff to apprehend shoplifters, they could only act when thief had left the shop. Norma was more comfortable intervening before goods stolen by letting thief know that you'd spotted them.


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package org.infinispan.marshall;

import org.infinispan.container.entries.CacheEntry;
import org.infinispan.test.fwk.TestInternalCacheEntryFactory;
import org.infinispan.test.data.Key;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;
import java.util.UUID;

/**
 * A test pojo with references to variables that are marshalled in different
 * ways, including: primitives, objects that are marshalled with internal
 * externalizers, objects that are {@link java.io.Externalizable} and objects
 * that are {@link java.io.Serializable}
 *
 * @author Galder Zamarreño
 * @since 5.0
 */
public class PojoWithAttributes {
   final int age;
   final CacheEntry entry;
   final Key key;
   final UUID uuid;

   public PojoWithAttributes(int age, String key) {
      this.age = age;
      this.entry = TestInternalCacheEntryFactory.create(
            "internalkey-" + key, "internalvalue-" + age, (age * 17));
      this.key = new Key(key, false);
      this.uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
   }

   PojoWithAttributes(int age, CacheEntry entry, Key key, UUID uuid) {
      this.age = age;
      this.entry = entry;
      this.key = key;
      this.uuid = uuid;
   }

   static void writeObject(ObjectOutput output, PojoWithAttributes pojo) throws IOException {
      output.writeInt(pojo.age);
      output.writeObject(pojo.entry);
      output.writeObject(pojo.key);
      output.writeObject(pojo.uuid);
   }

   static PojoWithAttributes readObject(ObjectInput input) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
      int age = input.readInt();
      CacheEntry entry = (CacheEntry) input.readObject();
      Key key = (Key) input.readObject();
      UUID uuid = (UUID) input.readObject();
      return new PojoWithAttributes(age, entry, key, uuid);
   }

   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
      if (this == o) return true;
      if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;

      PojoWithAttributes that = (PojoWithAttributes) o;

      if (age != that.age) return false;
      if (entry != null ? !entry.equals(that.entry) : that.entry != null)
         return false;
      if (key != null ? !key.equals(that.key) : that.key != null) return false;
      if (uuid != null ? !uuid.equals(that.uuid) : that.uuid != null)
         return false;

      return true;
   }

   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
      int result = age;
      result = 31 * result + (entry != null ? entry.hashCode() : 0);
      result = 31 * result + (key != null ? key.hashCode() : 0);
      result = 31 * result + (uuid != null ? uuid.hashCode() : 0);
      return result;
   }
}

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The HBO GO and the HBO GO Android TV apps have both received an update in the last week which brings with it some improvements to the fluidity of how viewers consumers content. The new features are specifically for those who like to binge watch TV shows. Keep in mind, these updates are for the HBO GO app and not the HBO NOW app. The main difference being that the former is for those who already have an active HBO cable subscription, while the latter is for those on more of a pay-as-you-go type of subscription. HBO NOW did actually receive an update earlier in April which brought with it minor improvements to its Chromecast functionality.
In terms of the latest versions of the two HBO GO apps though, the main features noted in the changelog are common to both apps. So for instance, whether you use the dedicated mobile version or the Android TV-optimized version, you can expect the ability to continue watching a series again where you left off. In short, the apps now remember where you were. In addition, both apps also now come with a new "automated binge mode" which lets you continuously watch back a serious uninterrupted and without having to manually do anything. As to be expected with any app update, both apps also come loaded with unnamed 'bug fixes,' while the mobile-specific app also comes with an improved landing page for series listings.
In reality, these are features that many would assume apps like these two would already have and in particular when it comes to the Android TV version. So while it might seem long overdue, both apps now at least are receiving these features. As mentioned both apps seem to be already in the process of being updated, so there is a good chance that you have already seen the update arrive on your devices. According to the Google Play Store listings, both the mobile and Android TV version updates started rolling out on April 13. If you have yet to try out either of these apps, then you can download either or both from the Google Play Store, through the links below.


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by Clonakilty Distillery | Dec 10, 2020 | Covid Announcements, News
Have you heard the good news?
Not only has our distillery shop re-opened, but our Visitor Experience for Distillery Tours & Minke Gin School is open for business too!
The tour dates are as follows;
– Saturday 12th Dec & Saturday 19th Dec.
– Sunday 27th – Wed 30th Dec
– Saturday 2nd
– Sat 9th Jan.
To view tour times, visit our website. Pre-booking is advised.
Vouchers are also available for purchase through our online store:
All of our visitor centre staff have completed the Bord Failte Safety Charter Training:
'The Safety Charter demonstrates to your customers and employees that you, as a tourism and hospitality business, are operating in line with current Government public health advice and with safety and cleaning protocols in place.'
Click here to view our full COVID-10 Safety Statement
We are really looking forward to seeing you again.
Calling all whiskey fans. "You Thirsty?"
by Clonakilty Distillery | Nov 20, 2020 | New Releases, News
Revival "You Thirsty?" IPA Cask Finish
United by a shared passion for innovation Clonakilty Distillery and Revival Brewing, Rhode Island, have come together to release a bespoke whiskey.
Revival "You Thirsty?" IPA Cask Finish is the fourth and final release intended for the Irish market from Clonakilty's collaboration series. Perfect for that unquenchable thirst!
Available from Friday November 27th
Once again we called on Paul Corbett, Head Distiller to tell us more about this showstopper of a finish.
Q. Tell us a bit about the Revival Brewing Company?
A. The Revival Brewing Company are based in Providence, Rhode Island and they have a real passion for innovation similar to ourselves here at Clonakilty.
Q. What beer was used in this particular collaboration?
A. Revival "You Thirsty?" IPA, a New England IPA, which is an Indian Pale Ale from the North East of the US. It's usually an unfiltered beer so it has a real thick, juicy mouthfeel and a lot new world hops — basically it's a real thick, fruity, hoppy beer.
Q. Would I be correct in saying they used lots of hops and different types of hops for the "You Thirsty?" IPA?
A. Yeah from what I'm aware they're using three different types of hops and also three new variety's of hops that are available in New England. This is why I'm hoping to get some new novel flavours into the the whiskey.
Q. Is this what led you to believe this beer would work well with Clonakilty whiskey?
A. Yes but also because of the New England unfiltered style, the fact it's got quite a heavy mouthfeel and it's quite juicy. That's something I don't think you usually get in a whiskey and I'm hoping that it will add something unique and fresh to the category.
Q. Why did you choose to bottle at 43.6% ABV?
A. Well because of all those new world hops, they have a real strong fruity flavour and I didn't want them to overpower the whiskey. This is why I thought to bring the ABV down to just over 40%.
Q. What should people expect from this whiskey?
A. Straight away to me it smells like a New England IPA. There's lots of mango, passion fruit, just a real variety of tropical fruits but under that you can still get the straw coming through from the grain.
It's very floral in the mouth, that of course is from the hops. I get grapefruit, lime, a bit of nettle almost in there. At the same time there is still sweetness coming through from the malt like honey and cut straw. If you're into craft beers this whiskey will work perfectly with them as a chaser.
Paul (r) & Ewan (l) discussing this collaboration
About the Whiskey
On Sale: In store & available online Friday November 27th.
Limited Release: 1,600 bottles in total, only 144 bottles kept for Ireland.
Best Enjoyed: With a tall glass of IPA!
Nose: New world hops, mango, passionfruit, grapefruit, cut straw
Palette: Floral hops, nettle, grapefruit, honey and lime
Finish: Soft oak with dried limes and tangerine.
Available from the Distillery Shop in Clonakilty & Online Store
Website: www.clonakiltydistillery.ie
Christmas Shop Now Open
by Clonakilty Distillery | Nov 20, 2020 | Events, News
Minke Gin Hamper Box: 79:00 Euro
It's that time of year again when thoughts turn to friends and loved ones. How do we reward them for being so wonderful!
It's made all the more difficult this year as we are so restricted in our movements. Unfortunately, there may be special people that we just won't be able to visit over the festive season.
With that in mind, Clonakilty Distillery have put together a choice selection of gifts boxes to make your gifting decisions a little bit easier.
Double Oak and two Tuath glasses: Only 69.00 Euro
Choose from a selection of our award-winning Clonakilty whiskeys and Minke gin, perhaps paired with a beautifully crafted Tuath glass.
Or how about a hip flask with a bottle of Minke Sloe Gin for those cold winter days?
Every purchase you make will be supporting a local business.
All gift sets are shipped in environmentally-responsible brown kraft boxes.
On top of that, we are offering FREE SHIPPING to Ireland and the UK.
For loved-ones further afield, we offer reduced-rate shipping of €9.99 to the rest of the EU.
Check out the full range of gift ideas here:
Clonakilty Distillery Raises €1,155 for Local Charity
by Clonakilty Distillery | Nov 13, 2020 | News
Michael & Cliodhna Scully, Clonakilty Distillery presenting a cheque for €1,155 to Dr Jason, West Cork Rapid Response
We recently auctioned off two bottles of our renowned Imperial Stout Trooper Cask Finish, raising €1,155 for local charity West Cork Rapid Response.
Held in partnership with our friends at Irish Whiskey Auctions. The auction took place in mid October and all proceeds were in aid of the local charity.
West Cork Rapid Response are entirely voluntary group. They work in partnership with and support the existing National Ambulance Services in West Cork. As a registered charity, whose entire team work on a voluntary basis, they welcome any and all assistance.
The whiskey, which is the result of us once again joining forces with the New England Brewing Company, won Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2020. As a result it became extremely sought after by whiskey fans.
We only produced 1400 bottles for sale in Connecticut, keeping a mere 60 in Ireland for sale at the distillery. After selling out quickly, these two bottles were a fan's last chance to get hold of one.
At the presentation, Michael Scully, Founder of Clonakilty Distillery said: "we were delighted to have this opportunity to support Dr Jason. We hope the proceeds raised will help him to continue doing the fantastic work he does for the area".
West Cork Rapid Response added: "we are extremely grateful for this generous donation from Clonakilty Distillery and thank everyone involved".
Clonakilty Imperial Stout Trooper Cask Finish – Charity Bottle
Learn more about our US Brewery Collaborations
Two Companies Inspired By Location & Energised By Nature..
by Clonakilty Distillery | Oct 30, 2020 | New Releases, News
26 Degree "IPA1A" Cask Finish
We may have a different climate to Florida, but at Clonakilty Distillery, we feel just as inspired by our location on the Irish Wild Atlantic Way.
26 Degree "IPA1A" Cask Finish is the third release from Clonakilty Distillery's collaborations series.This collaboration brings together two companies energised by nature to create a whiskey which reflects each special place.
Available in-store & online Friday November 6th
Once again we have turned to Paul Corbett, Head Distiller to talk us through this unique whiskey.
Q. Tell us a bit about 26 Degrees Brewing?
A. Well their based in Pompano Beach, Florida and they take inspiration from the Atlantic ocean much like ourselves at Clonakilty. They are crafting beers to celebrate this special location.
A. 26 Degree's "IPA1A" which is named after the highway running the length of Florida's East Coast. What struck me about this IPA is how balanced it is. There's a tendency these days to go for a hops, hops & more hops approach. However, here the brewers started with a sweet malty backbone and then added the hops to accentuate that. The result is a really well balanced beer.
Q. Why did you bottle at 46%?
A. With this particular whiskey I felt 46% had the best balanced of flavours. The sweetness from the malty backbone was still really coming through with just a slight hint of the hops.
Q. How long was the whiskey in the cask for?
A. Just over three weeks so not a huge amount of time. You don't want to keep a whiskey in an IPA cask for too long because the flavours from the hops can be really intense and this shouldn't come through too much in the whiskey. What you really want is a whiskey where the hops compliment but not overpower.
A. So coming through for me straight away is a satsuma, sweet orange mandarin aroma but there's also a lot of vanilla & sweetness like creme brulee …….actually what it really reminds me of is a Super Split ice cream from when I was young.
On the palette it's actually quite complex, there's a lot more dark chocolate & sweetness from the malt backbone. The hops are there in the background bringing that slight orange flavour and there's also some kind of candied ginger notes.
The finish is long, like it just keeps going. There's a lot of sweetness like an orange drizzle cake, cocoa nibs again that vanilla…..just really lingering, it's really lovely.
On Sale: In store & available online Friday November 6th
Limited Release: 750 bottles in total, only 185 bottles kept for Ireland.
Best Enjoyed: Reminiscing on fond childhood memories.
Nose: Satsuma mandarin, mint, ginger, crème brulee
Palette: Candied ginger, floral hops, dark chocolate orange and tangerine
Finish: Orange drizzle cake, cocoa nibs, hops.
Available from the distillery shop & online store
Prepare For The Mother of All Storms…
by Clonakilty Distillery | Oct 9, 2020 | New Releases, News
Pelican "Mother of All Storms" Barley Wine Cask Finish
Expect high winds and crashing waves when The Mother of All Storms finally hits Irish shores.
Pelican "Mother of All Storms" Barley Wine Cask Finish is the second release in Clonakilty Distillery's collaboration series. Perhaps it was the resemblance in our respective Pacific and Atlantic Ocean locations that helped this partnership blend so well.
We sat down with Paul Corbett, Head Distiller at Clonakilty Distillery to learn more about this collaboration.
Q. Tell us a bit about the Pelican Brewing Company?
A. The Pelican Brewing Company are based in Pacific City, Oregon. Like ourselves they are located on the coast but it's a different ocean….they're on the Pacific, we're on the Atlantic. They are a small brewery with big ambitions to create something unique and sensory.
A. Pelican's "Mother of All Storms" Barely Wine which is a really big beer, usually 10 to 14 percent alcohol content. For me it's a real showcase of malt or the flavours that you can get from malt. To get the ABV that high the brewer has to pack as much barely as possible for the yeast to ferment it all down, resulting in such a high point of alcohol. Because of this you should be getting lots of flavours from the malt like biscuit, bread, nut and just a little bit of spice.
Q. What led you to believe this beer would work well with Clonakilty whiskey?
A. Well I thought we'd try and get more of that biscuit breadiness, to compliment all the grain that's already in the whiskey. These beers are brewed so big and there's so much sugar going into the fermenter, that the yeast acts differently and produces more fruity esters. This means there should also be dark fruit notes along with those biscuity, bready, nutty flavours…….what I would describe as a Christmas cake or pudding. I thought that this would be really interesting to add to the whiskey.
Q. Why did you choose to bottle at 46% ABV?
A. So this the first time we've bottled at 46%. When I'm going to blend a whiskey I don't have any ABV in mind, I take it out at cask strength, do a series of dilutions and pick whichever I fell has the best ratio of flavours.
At 46% I thought this particular whiskey best emphasized the Christmas cake & spicy fruit notes I was looking for, along with the bready malt.
A. With these barrels, it was just over three and half months. It didn't need a huge amount of time in the barely wine as it's really flavourful. At the end of the day I want these flavours to compliment but not overpower the whiskey……it's really important to know the difference.
A. So straight away I get some clove, cut straw, nutmeg and warm spices on the nose. I also get that nuttiness coming through in the taste, it's very creamy with a slight leather from the malt…… to be honest it really just reminds me of Christmas cake or pudding.
The finish has dried peels, fruits, spiciness from the oak and an almost vanilla creaminess from the wood.
Paul Corbett, Head Distiller (L) & Ewan Paterson, Tours Supervisor (R)
On Sale: In store & available online Friday October 16th
Best Enjoyed: With winds in excess of 60mph.
Nose: Warm spice, cut straw, clove, nutmeg, ground almond, vanilla
Palette: Almond, barley, raisins, sultanas and leather
Finish: Dried peels, mixed spice, straw and vanilla

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Before We Vanish
by Jayson McNulty
Before We Vanish begins like many Kiyoshi Kurosawa films, filled with mystery and ambiguity. The peace and quiet of a small residential street are pierced by the screams of a woman bursting out of her door and being immediately dragged back inside by an unseen assailant or supernatural force. A young girl stands in the living room, drenched in blood and surrounded by corpses. She carefully studies her bloodied hands, not in shock, but with a detached curiosity. She wanders into the street, and a truck swerves to avoid her, crashing into another car and causing a pileup. She continues down the road, without glancing behind her. It's an intriguing scene until it's suddenly a stupid one, the car crash pushing the tone way over the top and deflating the whole experience with poorly-rendered special effects. In this way, it's the perfect opening scene. It establishes the trajectory of the ensuing two hours, a promising setup that builds into a crushing disappointment.
Cool girls don't look at car crashes.
After the title card, we are introduced to Narumi (Masami Nagasawa) as she rushes to the hospital to retrieve her husband, Shinji (Ryûhei Matsuda), who is suffering from shock and has no memory of how he got there. Shinji stumbles around for a while like Dougie in the third season of Twin Peaks, and Kurosawa employs his strong command of mis-en-scène to great comedic effect, getting ridiculous mileage out of a simple running gag like Shinji falling over because he can't remember how to walk. Kurosawa follows up these funny opening sequences with an alluring twist, the introduction of a young kid who tells a journalist, Sakurai (Hiroki Hasegawa), that he is an alien occupying a human body, on a recon mission, looking for the other two members of his team. Sakurai decides to help the kid out and see where the story goes.
The link between these two plot threads is clear: Shinji is one of the aliens on the recon team, and eventually all of these characters will meet. Alas, the two threads careen off in such wildly different directions that they functionally become their own distinct movies and fail to reconcile in a compelling manner. Shinji and Narumi occupy the A plot, which is funny and endearing and offers a more meditative examination of the film's themes. The aliens learn about humans by literally stealing concepts from their minds, altering the behavior of their victims, allowing the film to explore the relationship between human values, social constructions, and personal identity (e.g. Shinji steals the concept of "family" from Narumi's sister, and her relationships radically change). The B plot involves Sakurai and the other two body-snatching characters and is essentially a B-movie, loaded with dumb action and bad special effects. This thread careens through an inane scavenger hunt for components necessary to transmit an alien radio signal, with obstacles taking the predictable genre shapes of vast government cover-ups and shadowy conspiratorial agents.
Ryûhei Matsuda (Shinji), Masami Nagasawa (Narumi), and Hiroki Hasegawa (Sakurai) in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Before We Vanish.
When the two plot threads finally meet for the film's conclusion, the dumb action and bad special effects of the B plot fold over into the A plot, and the whole film suffers. The film's ambitions leave the reality of its production budget far behind, but worse, the film surrenders so much screen time to the B plot that the A plot struggles to develop its philosophical curiosity into anything substantial. Ultimately, Before We Vanish fails to stick the landing. The A plot amounts to little more than eye-rolling platitudes about love. (Can we live without the concept of love? I won't spoil the ending.) The B plot literally just blows up.
Before We Vanish is the latest in a now decade-long line of frustrating disappointments from Kiyoshi Kurosawa… and might even be the worst of them. It has all the ponderous plotting of Journey to the Shore, without developing any compelling ideas. It has all the genre-bending antics of a film like Real, but with a noticeable lack of plesiosaurs. It's not even as focused or atmospheric as Daguerreotype, and I wouldn't go to bat for that one, either. I know Kurosawa is better than this, and I hope I'm not waiting another decade for him to knock one out of the park.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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'Yes, God, Yes' feels new and specific to the character because of its commitment to sex positivity.…
Cheryl Dunye: Bringing Queer Blackness to the Forefront
Through her 'mockumentary' styled films, Cheryl Dunye gave insight into the way Black lesbians construct the world around themselves.…
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Great looking pictures and nice open floor plan!
Good luck with a quick sale for your Sellers!
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Addressing Violence Against the Asian Community
School Life >
The following statement was released to the school community on March 18, 2021.
Dear Bay Ridge Prep Community,
Like many of you, we are sad and alarmed by the increasing violence being carried out against Asian Americans here in New York City and across the country. The Asian and Pacific Islander community has been the target of xenophobia, misinformation and attacks since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last March. We are moved to reach out to the school community to express our empathy for and our solidarity with those facing acts of violence and discrimination every day.
While people may feel unsafe in the world, we place a high value on ensuring all community members feel safe, welcome and appreciated at Bay Ridge Prep. Our statement on diversity, equity and inclusion expresses our dedication to social justice and upholding a culture of compassion, communication, inclusion and accountability. As the statement reads:
"Our school environment encourages students to be leaders who have a positive impact in our school and the other communities to which they belong. We strive to equip graduates with an appreciation of diversity and the skills necessary for navigating a complex world with empathy and an informed point of view. Their education empowers them to meet the needs of a diverse society by embracing their critical roles as global citizens in an ever-changing world."
We will soon step away from school life for a two-week Spring Break, but we urge you to keep these ideals with you when outside of school and to remember that we are here for any community member who would like to process these events. Below, we have included resources for parents, students and educators.
This has been a difficult year for all of us, and even more so for marginalized communities. As we look forward to spring and see an end in sight to this pandemic, it is our hope that the work we do at Bay Ridge Prep can have a positive impact on creating a more united, just and equitable society.
Charles Fasano & Michael Dealy
Heads of School
Addressing Anti-Asian Bias from Learning For Justice
Anti-Hate Safety Resources from the Asian American Federation and the Center for Anti-Violence Education, in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese
Reporting Hate Incidents from Stop AAPI Hate
Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Community from Cornell University's Asian American Studies Program
Tips for Parents on Media Coverage from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence from EmbraceRace
Talking to Kids About Discrimination from the American Psychological Association
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An organizational psychologist and intellectual visionary, Atma is a provocative, colorful personality whose commentary on the subjects of wellness ranges from opening yourself to compassion and empathy to the absolute need for personal discipline and courage. As a leadership mentor his methodology derives from his study in India of the ancient Vedic teachings to post-modern, high-tech, street level savvy. Atma brings a unique and cutting perspective to the little-understood world of industrial/organizational psychology.
Trained from childhood to the present, by an unusually long string of masters and experts, to become a scientist who would blend the best of western science and eastern practices and make them available to the public.
His expertise has been drawn on by one of the big three motor companies, start up firms, non-profits and municipal programs. He has trained Yoga teachers all over the world and given countless workshops and seminars on stress management, wellness, presentation skills, leadership training, and the history of yoga and eastern practices.
He is currently pursuing his PhD in Industrial Psychology.
Yoga Association – Taiwan R.O.C.
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The Pittsburgh Summer Institute in Applied Public Health (PSI) provides an enhanced and productive practicum experience at the Allegheny County Health Department. In addition to working to address real public health problems in the county, participants experience the day-to-day operations of an active health department while working with experienced public health practitioners. In addition to their individual projects, PSI students engage in a group project that exposes them to the multidisciplinary, cross-cutting nature of work that is done in a local health department. The PSI offers a stipend of $1,500 to each student.
The summer 2019 PSI will run from Wednesday, May 15–August 9.
Completion of a 200 hour practicum (flexible schedules are possible).
Participation in PSI group project (min. 15 hours). The 2019 group project will focus on in-person outreach to health care providers about the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. The WIC program offers a variety of health and nutrition services.
Completion and presentation of a project that addresses a specific public health need in Allegheny County at one the Annual Student Showcases.
Attendance at the mid-summer Student Showcase on July 16 and the Closing Reception and Celebration on August 8.
The application period for summer 2019 has ended. We expect the application portal to open in early January 2020 for summer 2020 opportunities. All applications require completion of a brief online form and submission of a current resume and cover letter.
The PSI is sponsored by the Graduate School of Public Health. For students interested in PSI opportunities, questions can be directed to Robin A. Leaf, MEd, educational programs and practicum manager.
The PSI welcomed 16 students at the orientation session held in May. The students will work in groups, on a project outside of their assignments at ACHD, throughout the summer addressing real-world public health problems and completing a group project about the tobacco retail environment.


Cabinet should not allow BC's and Petronas' mistakes in Pacific NorthWest to be locked in for the next 30-plus years.
In the next few weeks, the federal cabinet is expected to decide on the fate of the Petronas-backed Pacific NorthWest LNG proposal to develop a liquefied natural gas facility and export terminal near Prince Rupert, BC. One of the central issues in their deliberations will be the carbon pollution arising from the project. The BC government is advocating for the project to be approved as it is. Unfortunately, the province's position ignores two major failings of the project — failings that will undermine Canada's commitment to the Paris climate change agreement and set a terrible precedent for other liquefied natural gas proposals.
The first flaw is that the project is proposing to rely on wasteful technology to liquefy the gas, even though better alternatives exist today and are incorporated into the designs of a similar project just over 100 kilometres away. As proposed, Pacific NorthWest LNG will rely entirely on burning natural gas for the liquefaction process. The LNG Canada proposal (backed by Shell) is proposing to use a mix of natural gas and electricity — an alternative that could be 41 percent less polluting. That project is similar in size, has similar timelines and is located in nearby Kitimat.
There's no excuse to allow Pacific NorthWest LNG to proceed with substandard technology. The site is a mere 10 kilometres from the electricity grid. According to BC Hydro's resource options map, the site is surrounded by renewable energy opportunities.
The second failing is the lack of a plan to improve the project's emissions performance over time. As proposed, the first phase of the project won't see any emissions-reduction improvements in its 30-plus years of operation, and there's no guarantee that the second phase will be any better than the first. In both cases, much better practices are possible. The first phase could rely increasingly on renewable electricity as it becomes available, and there's enough time for the second phase to rely entirely on electricity in the same way that Woodfibre LNG, near Squamish, is proposing to do. There are legitimate reasons (a considerable amount of electricity infrastructure would need to be built) why that level of performance isn't possible right now, but there's no good reason to lock in the limitations of today until mid-century.
Given the scale of the project (the export terminal would cost $12 billion to build), the environmental implications of these failings are significant. As proposed, the facility could emit up to 4.9 million tonnes of carbon pollution per year. That's equivalent to over 1 million cars on the road (and this doesn't include the shale gas operations in northeastern BC that would feed the project). But if the first phase was built to the standard of LNG Canada and the second phase to the standard of Woodfibre LNG, the total emissions would be 2.3 million tonnes. That's still a major increase in carbon pollution when we need their levels to drop, but it's also materially better than what's currently on the table.
How could these failures be allowed to happen? Part of the problem stems from two policies implemented by the BC government. In 2014, instead of mandating a high level of performance, the province's carbon rules for LNG offered up several compliance loopholes that gave proponents options to pay for credits instead of actually limiting their pollution. Then, in 2015, the province made things worse by signing a long-term agreement with Petronas, which promises the Malaysian state-owned enterprise compensation if any future provincial government tightens those regulations.
If cabinet doesn't push back — through a rejection or an approval with appropriate conditions — and allows the project to proceed largely unchanged, the federal government will be sending all the wrong signals. It will be signalling to BC that it's okay to miss legislated climate targets that are supposed to be part of a national climate plan. Other provinces will see the signal, as will the international community in the lead-up to the international climate change negotiations in Marrakesh this November. They'll also be signalling to Petronas and other LNG proponents that Canada is fine with substandard technology that doesn't improve over time.
If "Canada's back" is going to be more than an empty slogan, it needs to be sure that all of the signals are the right ones. Thankfully, the federal government has the ability to ensure that it does, and hopefully will not allow BC's and Petronas' mistakes to be locked in for the next 30-plus years.
Matt Horne is the B.C. associate director at the Pembina Institute, a non-profit think-tank that advocates for strong, effective policies to support Canada's clean-energy transition. Follow Horne on Twitter: @HorneMatt.


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SHADOW BANNING: Project Veritas Exposes Twitter Censorship Strategy For "Ultimate Control" of "Content"
Jordan Farley
(Via Zerohedge)
In the latest of a series of undercover operations targeting the mainstream media and now Social Media, James O'Keefe of Project Veritas has just dropped a new undercover video which reveals Twitter "shadow banning" and creating algorithms that censor certain ideas.
The first clip features a former Twitter software engineer who explains how/why Twitter "shadow bans" certain users:
Abhinav Vadrevu: "One strategy is to shadow ban so you have ultimate control. The idea of a shadow ban is that you ban someone but they don't know they've been banned, because they keep posting but no one sees their content."
"So they just think that no one is engaging with their content, when in reality, no one is seeing it. I don't know if Twitter does this anymore."
Meanwhile, Olinda Hassan, a Policy Manager for Twitter's Trust and Safety team explains on December 15th, 2017 at a Twitter holiday party that the development of a system of "down ranking" "shitty people" is in the works:
"Yeah. That's something we're working on. It's something we're working on. We're trying to get the shitty people to not show up. It's a product thing we're working on right now."
In the full video (see below) Twitter Content Review Agent Mo Nora explains that Twitter doesn't have an official written policy that targets conservative speech, but rather they were following "unwritten rules from the top":
"A lot of unwritten rules, and being that we're in San Francisco, we're in California, very liberal, a very blue state. You had to be… I mean as a company you can't really say it because it would make you look bad, but behind closed doors are lots of rules."
"There was, I would say… Twitter was probably about 90% Anti-Trump, maybe 99% Anti-Trump."
Meanwhile, Pranay Singh reveals again just how creepy Twitter can be by digging into your profile and conversation history to determine whether or not you're a "redneck" and therefore worthy of being banned:
"Yeah you look for Trump, or America, and you have like five thousand keywords to describe a redneck. Then you look and parse all the messages, all the pictures, and then you look for stuff that matches that stuff."
When asked if the majority of the algorithms are targeted against conservative or liberal users of Twitter, Singh said, "I would say majority of it are for Republicans."
Twitter has been long accused of shadow banning and manipulating various metrics of user accounts. As Paul Joseph Watson of InfoWars reported in August, 2016, Twitter was accused of suppressing tweets from then-candidate Trump in the home stretch of the US election, which some have construed as interfering:
Twitter is provably censoring Donald Trump in order to prevent him raising money for his presidential campaign.
A tweet sent out by Trump yesterday to promote his #MillionDollarMatch donation drive does not appear on Trump's profile page nor did it appear on the feed of anyone following him.
You can check for yourself. Here is the tweet sent out by Trump yesterday and here is his main profile page – which doesn't show the tweet. The tweet has been buried as if it never existed.
A Trump tweet in which he declared that "the establishment and special interests are absolutely killing our country" was also shadow banned by Twitter back in April.
While Twitter is censoring Trump, it has repeatedly been accused of gaming its algorithms in support of Hillary. Back in February, users were irate after the social media giant appeared to censor the anti-Hillary hashtag #WhichHillary after it started trending.
Then in October, 2016, Dilbert creator Scott Adams was "shadowbanned" by Twitter, which he noted on his blog:
This weekend I got "shadowbanned" on Twitter. It lasted until my followers noticed and protested. Shadowbanning prevents my followers from seeing my tweets and replies, but in a way that is not obvious until you do some digging.
Why did I get shadowbanned?
But it was probably because I asked people to tweet me examples of Clinton supporters being violent against peaceful Trump supporters in public. I got a lot of them. It was chilling.
Late last week my Twitter feed was invaded by an army of Clinton trolls (it's a real thing) leaving sarcastic insults and not much else on my feed. There was an obvious similarity to them, meaning it was organized.
At around the same time, a bottom-feeder at Slate wrote a hit piece on me that had nothing to do with anything. Except obviously it was politically motivated. It was so lame that I retweeted it myself. The timing of the hit piece might be a coincidence, but I stopped believing in coincidences this year.
And in March of 2017, Twitter was caught by Ed Dowd – a politically active former BlackRock money manager who noted in early February that Twitter was both "un-retweeting" several of his politically charged posts.
In one instance, Dowd made a decidedly subversive tweet pointing out that the NSA and CIA are "wiretapping" the entire country via continuously archived data collection – a story which Wired magazine broke in 2006 and gained tremendous clarity through the acts of whistleblower Edward Snowden.
When Mr. Dowd checked his twitter feed hours after sending the tweet, he saw that it had accumulated 13 Retweets and 38 Likes. Given the subject matter, he decided to take a screenshot. Lo and behold, upon reloading the tweet five minutes later, Dowd discovered that 11 retweets had mysteriously vanished.
Another phenomenon Dowd noticed was that while he would gain followers throughout the day, there was a reliable "purge" of followers in the dead of night, all around the same time. He began keeping track, and though it wasn't happening every night, it penciled out to around half a percent of his followers each time it happened, effectively capping his audience. Ed had questions; why was it almost always the same number of people? Who un-follows someone in the middle of the night? Considering most of Dowd's followers are in North America, the un-followers were likely asleep when it was happening. The logical conclusion was that Twitter had been actively pruning Ed's audience to limit his growth on the platform.
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Dianne Feinstein Says She Was Mentally Unstable From "Bad Cold" Is The Reason For Leaking Fusion GPS Testimony
Neo-Con & Israeli Puppet Dan Crenshaw Lies About America First Patriots, Just Like He Did About Trump
Dan Crenshaw continued an onslaught of attacks against Nick Fuentes, Michelle Malkin, and America First patriots by labeling them "vehement racists, antisemites, & ethnic nationalists". This is a far cry from the truth. He also went on again to call America First patriots as 'antisemitic' in a response to Michelle Malkin blocking him. Dan Crenshaw also supported Red Flag laws, something that also got him a lot of flack. He also criticized Donald Trump in 2016 on top of coming out in favor of same-sex marriage, all of which that has been questioned and exposed of Mr. McCain, oops, we mean Crenshaw.
It is very apparent Mr. Crenshaw has nothing but an 'Israel First' policy, constantly making linear conclusions between conservatism and support for Israel. Making his own opinion that if you don't support Israel, you don't support America. A very sick and warped view of America Politics in general, some would say traitorous. Dan Crenshaw represents the worse the establishment can offer so far, he must be unseated, exposed, and further more shammed from the conservative movement, along with all the other conservative grifters and Conservative Inc. types.
Matt is correct. They use slogans like "America first" to get conservatives to sympathize with them. But after personally dealing with them, it's pretty obvious they are vehement racists, anti-semites & ethnic-nationalists.
Conservatives need to know the difference. https://t.co/9PHwWumnU0
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) November 19, 2019
I guess it's offensive to point out that conservatives are 100% different than these misguided alt-right anti-semites?
Really? pic.twitter.com/SEfMIEXQMH
Dan on Red Flag Gun Laws:
It's clear that there has been some confusion about what conservatives would support when it comes to laws that try to better protect our communities. Let's address this directly. Watch. pic.twitter.com/TRYjPIclEm
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) August 10, 2019
Dan's Facebook Post from 2016 denouncing Trump's "hateful rhetoric":
Conservative Inc. Coordinates Attack on Nick Fuentes and Michelle Malkin for being America First Patriots
Since the 'Groyper War' Phase 1 was a decisive victory following the November 14th 'Change my Mind' rip-off Charlie Kirk attempted to pull off, this late weekend we've seen a new onslaught of attacks from many mainstream Republican pundits, attacking Nick Fuentes and Michelle Malkin for their American First allegiance. Conservative Inc. is scared of the true conservatives exposing them and their big donor's motives & hypocrisy. Even YAF (Young Americans Foundation) who even recently hosted Michelle Malkin, disavowed "holocaust deniers, white nationalists, street brawlers, or racists". A slew of other clips and comments were made by Guy Benson, Michael Knowles, Stephen Miller, Bradon Tatum,Jordan Schachtel, & Matt Walsh.
Twitter threads about Fuentes and Malkin
There is no room in mainstream conservatism or at YAF for holocaust deniers, white nationalists, street brawlers, or racists.
Our full statement below: pic.twitter.com/b5EB7P53v3
— YAF (@yaf) November 17, 2019
The Cancel culture is alive & well—Michelle Malkin is their latest victim. If conservatism dies it's not because of Trump, the alt-right or a faux Russia collusion. It's because it's filled with cowards who enable the delegitimization efforts of the Left https://t.co/1GfpDugUsV
— Denise McAllister (@McAllisterDen) November 18, 2019
Michelle Malkin identified a Holocaust denier & open anti-Semite, whose history she was well aware of, & repeatedly proclaimed to crowds that she would not disavow him. She then falsely ID'd him as a leader of a mainstream movement. Her conduct is insanely harmful & inexcusable.
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) November 17, 2019
'Groyper' leader on segregation:
"Enough with the Jim Crow stuff. Who cares? 'Oh, I had to drink out of a different water fountain.' Big f—ing deal…oh no, they had to go to a different school…And even if it was bad, who cares?…it was better for them, it's better for us." pic.twitter.com/ZJ7LqpTHgL
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 18, 2019
Wait a second…
Are you telling me the guy who publicly supports Jim Crow, marched with Richard Spencer, says the Holocaust didn't happen, called for executions at CNN, and refers to people as "shabbos goy race traitors" might have a problem with certain racial minorities? https://t.co/BrOxub1r0y
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 18, 2019
Problems like that fucking green screen nerd Fuentes usually solve themselves. If Malkin wants to choose to be flushed with that turd, so be it.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 18, 2019
No, I went back and watched your shows. You come across as a racist. If this video is edited, post the unedited version were you don't sound like a white supremacis.
Don't complain about @charliekirk11 when you send your people after him.
— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) November 18, 2019
Hi @michellemalkin. Fuentes called me a "race traitor" and "f*ggot" because I "work for Jews." He also said that black people who complained about segregation needed to "grow up." How do you feel about these statements? And in what way are they "America First"? https://t.co/fz8qcXrRCl
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 18, 2019
Tweets Supporting Fuentes and Malkin
The Keepers of the Gate have spoken. #AmericaFirst is not "mainstream." My defense of unjustly prosecuted Proud Boys, patriotic young nationalists/groypers & demographic truth-tellers must not be tolerated. SPLC is cheering. https://t.co/yYyqocx1T5
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 17, 2019
When Ben Shapiro wrote his column advocating ethnic cleansing of Arabs, he was about the same age as Nick Fuentes is now.
Yet Shapiro, who expects a pass for his quasi-genocidal columns, offers no decency to those who have said the same type of fucked of shit he was saying.
— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) November 17, 2019
Conservatives seek to stifle new "alt-right" movement seeped in anti-Semitism https://t.co/q4IMf0WSUN pic.twitter.com/W9kgnsJHz8
— The Hill (@thehill) November 17, 2019
Do you hear that? It's the sound of Kirk screaming. pic.twitter.com/vcT3ISeS6a
— Mister AntiBully (@MisterAntiBully) November 18, 2019
No Nation Is An Idea
The concept that "America is a timeless placeholder of ideas" is a common talking point that has been in circulation from both Conservative Inc., and the broader American Left for many years now. This saying is typically used as a divergence from addressing important policies as they pertain to mass immigration. Often, it is also used to stifle the growth of an American National Populist movement. Clearly, the unelected elites calling shots around the Western world seek to undermine valid and critical debate of the role of National Populism. Rather than emphasizing the importance of health, stable families, community, housing, and wages, our leaders have an obsession with growing GDP, doing the bidding of predatory crony capitalists who are constantly pushing to import cheap labor, and retaining power for generations to come.
The fact of the matter is, Americans (and humans in general) seek more than cheap, 4k television sets, quirky tupper-ware for last night's leftovers, and salad shooters that break after a few uses. We are innately spiritual beings who long for community, order, and social cohesion. The United States of America is not an idea… actually, no nation is an idea. As further disorder ensues among the population, the elites have made sure to use their corporate-funded foot soldiers as a means to promote a very new, Neo-Liberal agenda. This agenda is the concept that the beautiful mountains, forests, and lakes of our Nation would mean absolutely nothing without this arbitrary term of "ideas." The blood, sweat, and tears American workers shed producing automobiles in Michigan, the early mornings for the farmers of Iowa, and the dedicated fishermen of California, all mean nothing if this is but a plot of land where the British came to talk about the importance of small government.
Although we can appreciate the writings of philosophers like John Stuart Mill, John Locke, and Adam Smith, the "marketplace of ideas" means absolutely nothing to people who see the world completely different than you. It is apparent that the philosophy of our ancestors and founding fathers have changed the world. In an American context, the very concepts of things like liberty, freedom of speech, and the right to bear arms should be held in the highest regard. Among Conservatives and the American Right, these values are not even up for debate. Unfortunately, much of Conservative Inc. (who are just liberals who want to keep more of their money) do not recognize (or are blatantly ignorant to) the sacrifices made by the ones who came before them.
To put this into perspective, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk previously stated, "I have loyalty to ideas." Kirk says, "Of course I love the Grand Canyon. I love the Rocky Mountains. And I love Boston. And I love Chicago. But if all that disappeared, if all I had was ideas, and we were on an island, that's America. That's Israel. And that's what people have to realize, America's just a placeholder for timeless ideas. And if you fall too in love with, oh, the specific place, and all this…that's not what it is." What Kirk fails to recognize is that the physical reality of a Nation is what manifests those very ideas he holds so dear.
Nations are unique, with celebrations and folktales that those who inhabit the land feel relation to. Nations are made up of a people. Nations are traditions. Nations are land, resources, and landmarks. Nations are history – the good, the bad, and the ugly. No Nation is an idea.
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Conde de Casa Romero es un título nobiliario español creado por Real Decreto de 8 de junio y el subsecuente Real Despacho de 18 de diciembre de 1829, por el rey Fernando VII, con el Vizcondado previo de Núñez, a favor de Francisco Romero y Núñez de Villavicencio, nacido en La Habana, Cuba, el 4 de octubre de 1793, fue Capitán de Milicias de Infantería de esta plaza por Real título de 7 de julio de 1811, Gentil-hombre de Cámara de Su Majestad y Caballero de la orden de Alcántara por Real título de 21 de septiembre de 1835, hijo de Alonso Fernández Romero y Palma y de María Josefa Núñez de Villavicencio y Núñez de Villavicencio, hermano por tanto de Felipe Fernández-Romero y Núñez de Villavicencio I marqués de Casa Núñez de Villavicencio y Jura Real.

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 Francisco José Romero y Núñez de Villavicencio, I Conde de Casa Romero. Casó dos veces:
 en la parroquia de Pipián, La Habana, Cuba año de 1821, con María de Jesús de Zaldívar y Tantete, Murguía y Armenteros-Guzmán, hija de José Zaldívar y Murguía, I Conde de Zaldívar, y de María del Carmen Tantete y Armenteros, sin sucesión;
 en la parroquia del Espíritu Santo, La Habana, Cuba, el 22 de enero de 1836 con María de los Dolores de Cárdenas-Vélez de Guevara y Cárdenas-Vélez de Guevara, Garro y Chacón. Le sucedió su hijo:

 Francisco de Paula Romero y Cárdenas (La Habana, Cuba, 1 de marzo de 1839 - ibídem, 29 de agosto de 1915), II Conde de Casa Romero, II Marqués de Casa Núñez de Villavicencio y Jura Real (por rehabilitación en 1908).
Casó con Carolina María de la Asunción de León y Gregorio. Le sucedió, en 1917, su hijo:

 Francisco de Paula Romero y de León (La Habana, Cuba, 25 de agosto de 1864 - Barcelona, España, 20 de enero de 1923), III Conde de Casa Romero, III Marqués de Casa Núñez de Villavicencio y Jura Real.
Casó con María Luisa García de Corugedo y Ruiz. Sin descendientes. Le sucedió, en 1927, su sobrino:

 Felipe Romero y Ferrán (La Habana, Cuba, 30 de marzo de 1901 - ibídem, 19 de noviembre de 1948), IV Conde de Casa Romero
Casó con María de Lourdes González del Valle y Hierro. Sin descendientes. Le sucedió, en 1950, su hermano:

 Pedro Miguel Romero y Ferrán (La Habana, Cuba, 3 de agosto de 1904 - 1986), V Conde de Casa Romero, IV Marqués de Casa Núñez de Villavicencio y Jura Real.
Casó con Vivien Conil e Hidalgo. Sin descendientes. Le sucedió, en 1988, su sobrino:

 Carlos Flipe Theye y Romero (La Habana, Cuba, 1932 - Miami, Florida EE.UU, junio de 2015), VI Conde de Casa Romero, VI Marqués de Casa Núñez de Villavicencio y Jura Real.
Casó con Silvia Subirats y Betancourt. Le sucedió en 2017, su hijo:

 Carlos Eduardo Theye y Subirats (La Habana, Cuba), VII Conde de Casa Romero, VII Marqués de Casa Núñez de Villavicencio y Jura Real.
Actual titular,  por Real Carta de sucesión de 13 de septiembre de 2017

Caso con Kerrie Ann Goulette y Leroux en 2 de julio de 1999.  Dando a luz a Isabel Marie Theye, Sofia Maria Theye y Carlos Johannes Theye

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Joe Hess, Jr. is president and co-founder of First Children Services. Joe has spent over thirty years managing for-profit and not-for-profit provider organizations. Prior to starting Mountain Eagle Group in 2004, Joe was CFO, COO, and then President of a national behavioral health provider serving children and adults with a wide range of severe disabilities. In the 1980s, Joe was CFO at Holy Redeemer Health System and oversaw all of their home care and related ancillary services. Joe taught accounting in the MBA Program at LaSalle University and prior to that, taught at Temple University and Holy Family College.
Joe has been instrumental in developing a number of innovative changes in programs and operations over his years in the field, ranging from helping to create a one-of-a-kind neurobehavioral unit for children in severe behavioral crisis to using tax-favored financial instruments to fund the development of new facilities for provider organizations. As a consultant, Joe's clients have ranged from large public organizations like the Virginia Department of Rehabilitation to smaller, community-based non-profits providing vital services to people with special needs.
In 2009, Joe acquired a school for children with complex medical, intellectual, and behavioral conditions in Fanwood, N.J. and named it First Children. In 2011 with his son, Matthew Hess, he founded First Children Learning Services to provide a wide range of services to children in their own homes and schools. In 2013 Joe acquired Regional Enrichment and Learning Centers and made that a part of the First Children Family of Services.
Over his career, Joe has been active in a number of provider and professional organizations, has published in professional journals, and has made numerous presentations to professional groups.
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Matthew is the chief executive officer of First Children Services, responsible for operations, business development, financial management and human resources for the organization. Before transitioning to his current role in 2017, Matt had been the chief operating officer and vice president of operations since the company's inception in 2009. Under his leadership, First Children has grown from a single educational program serving 65 children to become a diversified behavioral health and special education organization serving over 1000 children through 17 counties of New Jersey. Matt is a strong advocate of quality assurance and quality improvement throughout the company, ensuring a continued focus on driving positive outcomes for children, families and the payer community.
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Christopher J. Perry is the CFO of First Children Services overseeing accounting, finance, payroll and other areas related to business administration within the organization. Chris comes to us with over 20 years of experience mostly in the healthcare field as a highly accomplished, goal-focused, and driven finance and operations management professional with a proven history of innovation and achievement. Prior to joining First Children, Chris served as chief financial officer at St. Christopher Pediatric Associates and Hahnemann Physician Group; regional director of operations and finance with Tenet Healthcare; and lead business process engineer and manager of finance ERP implementation at Cooper Health System.
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Dr. Howard Savin provides oversight of treatment models and clinical services along with organization-wide quality improvement systems for First Children Services. Dr. Savin has a profound understanding of the complex needs of children with behavioral health challenges. He has over 40 years of experience working in the behavioral health care field. Prior to joining First Children Services, Dr. Savin served as the senior vice president at Beacon Health Options where he led product development and quality oversight of corporate autism services. Before its acquisition by Beacon, Dr. Savin founded Autism Services Group, LLC, a managed behavioral health care organization specializing in the management of autism insurance benefits on behalf of large health plans and served as CEO as a division of Beacon Health Strategies for four years. Prior to ASG and Beacon, Dr. Savin served as senior vice president, clinical affairs and director of research and training for a national behavioral health provider for nearly ten years.
Dr. Savin is a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania, and he was formerly a Pennsylvania certified school psychologist and a Licensed Psychologist in Colorado. Dr. Savin holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia and a Master of Science in General-Theoretical Psychology from the University of Bridgeport. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Vermont. Over his career, Dr. Savin has been active in a number of provider and professional organizations, has authored a variety of professional publications, and currently serves as an editor for Autism Spectrum News. Dr. Savin has also given numerous presentations on clinical outcomes and the quality and accountability of behavioral healthcare services.
Jeff Selman, PsyD, BCBA-D
As chief operating officer, Dr. Selman is directly responsible for all behavioral health interventions delivered by our organization in the home, school, clinic, and community environments. Dr. Selman is a New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina licensed psychologist. He is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level (BCBA-D) and holds current and previous certifications as a school psychologist in New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina. Dr. Selman specializes in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who present with a range of psychological and behavioral health concerns, including autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder, anxiety, and other developmental, social-emotional, and behavioral difficulties. In addition to his direct clinical work, Dr. Selman has spent the majority of his career working with families, schools, and communities creating positive, sustainable change across systems, and ensuring the delivery of evidence-based interventions for individuals with developmental and behavioral health needs. Prior to joining First Children Services, he was the co-founder and director of clinical services at a large multidisciplinary psychological, counseling, and applied behavior analysis (ABA) practice in Charleston and Bluffton, South Carolina. The practice was recognized by insurance programs and local media as a "top provider" given its commitment to evidence-based interventions, parent and family involvement, and the range of outreach and consultative services provided to communities and schools. Most recently, Dr. Selman served as the director for school psychology & therapeutic services at a private school for gifted and twice-exceptional students in Manhattan.
Dr. Selman received his Bachelor of Arts from University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his Doctor of Psychology in School Psychology from Rutgers University. He also attended a specialized graduate certificate program in behavioral interventions in autism at University of Massachusetts, Lowell where he completed the required coursework for his board certification as a behavior analyst.
Dr. Selman is a long-time NY Mets fan, likes to go camping, and enjoys spending time with his wife and three young children.
Michael McFarland
Vice President of Administration
Michael McFarland, VP of administration is responsible for the overall strategic planning, partnerships, and management of the human resources function. He is a former practicing attorney and has over thirteen years of human resources experience serving as a strategic partner for both public and private clients. Michael is committed to changing the historical administrative perception of HR by challenging both internal and external stakeholders to form strategic partnerships that will facilitate achievement of organizational goals and objectives. Michael takes pride in building relationships and creating an atmosphere where all staff feel valued for the work that they perform. His motto is "Every Day is a Day in Paradise" which serves him well during even the most challenging circumstances.
Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Trenton State College and received his Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law at Camden.
Shannon Vitelli
Vice President of Strategic Development
Shannon Vitelli, VP of Strategic Development is responsible for collaboration with all areas of the organization to increase the efficacy of company strategies and implement new strategies to meet company goals. She brings over 20 years of clinical and operational experience in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis to First Children Services. As a BCBA, she has a passion for ensuring that individuals with autism and their families are receiving exceptional personal care.
Over the past decade, Shannon has turned this passion to help children and their families into a successful company that has helped thousands of children across southeastern Pennsylvania. Prior to joining First Children, Shannon was the founder and CEO of Exceptional Learning LLC. In January 2021, Shannon partnered with First Children Services bringing Exceptional Learning to the FCS family. She continues to utilize a proven track record of developing organization wide systems, improving clinical quality and maximizing profitability for a growing organization.
Shannon received her Bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's University and Master's degree in Education with an emphasis on Applied Behavior Analysis from Temple University.
Kathleen McCarthy Gorski, MEd
Principal, First Children School
Kathleen McCarthy Gorski is the principal of the First Children School in Fanwood, NJ. Kathleen began her career in education teaching for 17 years with Bayonne Public Schools. She then went on to become an administrator with Millburn-Short Hills Public Schools, serving as vice principal of the middle school in the district. She later moved on to Cranford Public Schools where she served as a Principal for 8 years before joining First Children in 2010.
Kathleen is a certified school superintendent, principal, supervisor, teacher of the handicapped, and elementary school teacher. She holds a master's degree in teaching from Marygrove College and a Master's in Educational Administration from Kean University.
Some of her accomplishments/awards are state model of the Olweus Bully Prevention program, assistant director of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development-Northeast Region, Principal of the Year-Cranford Public Schools 2003/2004 and NCASES board member and commissioner.
Kathy is a passionate educator and visionary of academic/educational excellence for all children.
Ellen D'Amato, PhD
School Psychologist and Clinical Administrator, First Children School
Ellen D'Amato is the school psychologist and clinical administrator for First Children School. Dr. D'Amato has devoted her entire career to the delivery of services to students with developmental disabilities. As a special education teacher, learning disabilities teacher-consultant, and currently, as a school psychologist, she has developed and implemented intervention programs for students ranging in age from infancy through high school. Her area of expertise is the education of students who have significant cognitive, communication, physical, and medical challenges. She is experienced in the identification and provision of individualized supports to students who have multiple disabilities.
Dr. D'Amato earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Fordham University where her research focused on the needs of families of students with disabilities. She is the co-author of Tips for Teaching Infants and Toddlers- a resource for parents and early intervention teachers/therapists.
As the school psychologist at First Children, Dr. D'Amato coordinates a multi-disciplinary team of speech, physical, occupational, and behavioral therapists, serves as liaison to local child study teams, and provides educational and therapeutic support to the students, staff, and families of First Children School. She is a member of the Council for Exceptional Children (Division of Early Childhood) and the American Psychological Society- Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) and Division 16 (School Psychology).
Susan Goldman, MEd
Director, Community Educational Services
Susan Goldman is the director of community educational services supervising and recruiting for First Children's school staffing and home instruction services. Susan received a Bachelor of Arts in education and history at Monmouth University. Susan has served as a middle school teacher of mathematics. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Susan wore many hats as a mentor, staff developer, teacher leader, peer coach, student council, and peer to peer adviser.
Susan earned her Master of Arts in educational leadership from Kean University and subsequently held positions in supervision and math coaching/consulting. Her experiences and qualifications allow her to effectively recruit and supervise highly qualified teachers and staff for the First Children's many programs. Susan also oversees and conducts successful educational programs throughout the state of NJ.
Pamela Radel
Director of Administration
Pam has worked for First Children since July 2009 as the director of administration and the director of child care. Prior to First Children, she worked at Children's Specialized Hospital from 1972-2009. She worked as a senior nursing assistant in the Mountainside facility and moved to the Fanwood School in 1988 where she became the first infant room teacher in the child care program. In 1998, she became the child care director and stayed in that position until 2009 when she added director of administration to her duties. Pam has worked with children 8 weeks through 21 years for over 46 years and has loved every moment of it. She enjoys interacting with the children, whether it be feeding them, reading a story or just watching them grow. Pam keeps in touch with many of her graduates and is proud to say that she was a stepping stone for the terrific young adults that they've become.
Pam moved to Fanwood in 1962 and attended St. Bartholomew's Elementary School and Union Catholic High School. She is a graduate of Kean University with a B.A. in psychology.
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Slice Partners with Adyen to Enhance POS Payment Solutions
Adyen and Slice have partnered to enhance Slice's payment processing experience.
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Adyen (AMS:ADYEN), the global payments platform of choice for many of the world's leading companies, and Slice, the innovative tech platform powering America's independent pizzerias, have partnered to enhance Slice's payment processing experience. By leveraging Adyen for Platforms, Slice will scale an industry leading end-customer payment experience across its thousands of pizzeria clients.
Adyen for Platforms enables platforms like Slice to provide turnkey access to payment capabilities for their clients, including terminal devices for in-restaurant interactions, all with one solution. This powers better paying experiences and will enable Slice to offer their pizzerias an optimized solution with payments out of the box. This partnership will allow Slice to expand its service offering by bringing the latest payment technology to small business owners which will remove operational complexity and drive digital transformation for its network of 16,000+ independently owned pizzerias and beyond.
"Adyen's best-in-class technology and extensive experience in powering payments for small businesses made them the ideal partner for Slice," said Jason Ordway, Chief Technology Officer at Slice. "As we continue to transform independent pizzerias with specialized tools, Adyen has enabled us to develop a solution that seamlessly complements our existing products and optimizes the payments process for our partners."
"We are seeing massive growth with Adyen for Platforms as platforms see the power of integrating payments capabilities into their offering. As platforms and marketplaces grow into new regions and expand across channels both digital and in-person, Adyen for Platforms is ready to facilitate this growth," said Brian Dammeir, President, Adyen North America. "By enhancing Slice's payment offering they will be able to create better experiences for both the end-customers and the pizzerias. The power of platforms like Slice is that even a small family-owned pizzeria can now embrace Unified Commerce, and I'm excited for Adyen for Platforms to power such a solution."
About Adyen
Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) is the payments platform of choice for many of the world's leading companies, providing a modern end-to-end infrastructure connecting directly to Visa, Mastercard, and consumers' globally preferred payment methods. Adyen delivers frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. With offices across the world, Adyen serves customers including Facebook, Uber, Spotify, Casper, Bonobos and L'Oréal. The cooperation with Slice as described in this merchant update underlines Adyen's continuous growth with current and new merchants over the years.
About Slice
A 2021 winner of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Award, Slice empowers over 16,000 independent pizzerias with the modern tools that have allowed major pizza chains to dominate until now. By uniting these small businesses with specialized technology, marketing, data insights, and shared services, all at industry-low flat-rate pricing, Slice enables them to serve their digitally-minded customers and move away from 3rd party apps. Serial tech entrepreneur Ilir Sela started Slice to modernize and support his family's New York City pizzerias. Today, the company partners with restaurants in 3,000 cities and all 50 states, forming the nation's largest pizza network — more than double the U.S. footprint of Domino's. For more information, visit slicelife.com.


The buoys must not be touched. The "sailed way" (lines, points) indicates when a buoy has been touched.
Decision of the jury on protest after touch buoy 4 by Paul K .: On the finish line photo of Paul K. (3: 04.7) was a touch of buoy 4 shortly after the start on the 1st beat recognizable. But: The buoy 4 is not yet visible to the helmsman in the starting-off phase. After the start, the start line is hidden and only then the buoy 4 appears in the field. So Paul K. could not touch the buoy 4 after a successful start, as buoy was not "set" at this time. Therefore, the protest was rejected by the jury and the result with 3: 04.7 at the finish recognized.


Our current exhibition is titled, 'Made in Mere'. It showcases a large variety of artefacts that owe their existence to the diligence, toil and enthusiasm of residents of Mere over a couple of centuries. Items range from furniture (small!) to trains (also small!), from toys to candles and posters to pots. Please come and visit!


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Der Senat Scholz I war vom 7. März 2011 bis zum 15. April 2015 die Landesregierung in Hamburg. Die Bürgerschaftswahl am 20. Februar 2011 führte zu einer absoluten Mehrheit der SPD in der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft. Nachdem ein Landesparteitag Olaf Scholz' Vorschlag für die Besetzung der Senatorenämter am 20. März zugestimmt hatte, wurden die Senatoren am 23. März von der Bürgerschaft gewählt.

Der Hamburgische Senat bestand seit dem 23. März 2011 aus:

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 UNSER HAMBURG: STARK UND SOLIDARISCH - SPD-Regierungsprogramm für Hamburg (nachhaltigkeit.info)

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Wren Keasler (Shannon Lee's) Bio-Wiki, Age, Father, Net Worth, Height
Wren Keasler
1 Wren Keasler Biography and Wiki
2 Wren Keasler Age and Birthday
3 Wren Keasler Height
4 Wren Keasler Education
5 Wren Keasler Family, Parents, Siblings
6 Wren Keasler Shannon Lee
7 Wren Keasler Boyfriend, Who Is Dating?
8 Wren Keasler Net Worth
Wren Keasler Biography and Wiki
Born Wren Lee Keasler, is an American celebrity kid and media personality famously recognized as the daughter of actress, martial artist, and businessperson, Shannon Lee who is the only living child of martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell.
Wren Keasler Age and Birthday
Wren was born on May 21, 2003, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She is 18 years old as of 2021. Her birth sign is Gemini. Keasler turns 19 years old on May 21, 2022.
Wren Keasler Height
Keasler stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches (Approx. 1.65 meters)tall.
Wren Keasler Education
Details regarding her educational background have not yet been made public. This section is under review and will be updated soon when revealed.
Wren Keasler Family, Parents, Siblings
Keasler is the proud daughter of Anthony Keasler(father) and Shannon Lee(mother). She is the granddaughter of martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell. It's not clear whether if she has any siblings. Further details regarding her family background will be updated soon when disclosed.
Wren Keasler with her mother photo
Wren Keasler Shannon Lee
Born Shannon Emery Lee, is an American actress, martial artist, and businessperson popularly known as the is the only living child of martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell. Shannon is the granddaughter of Lee Hoi-Chuen, sister of Brandon Lee, and niece of Robert Lee Jun-fai and Peter Lee Jung-sum
Shannon was born on April 19, 1969, in Santa Monica, California, United States. She is 52 years old as of 2021. She pursued Taekwondo under Tan Tao-Liang AKA "Flash Legs" and Wushu under Eric Chen.
Wren Keasler Boyfriend, Who Is Dating?
Moving on to her relationship affairs, the famed media personality prefers keeping her love life private hence no record of her relationships is yet to be revealed. We are keeping tabs and we will update her partner's details soon.
Wren Keasler Net Worth
Wren Keasler's net worth status is yet to be released. However, her mother Shannon Lee has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of 2021. This amount is from her extensive career as an actress, martial artist, and businessperson among other investments.
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APEX Wins Jalopnik Film Festival Audience Choice Award, Piston Trophy
The accounting firm of Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe has reviewed the results from last week's film festival (i.e. added up the cards) and we're proud to announce that APEX: The Story Of The Hypercar is the winner of our first ever Audience Choice Award. Please come pick it up, fellas, this piston is heavy.
If you're curious, the award isn't some petrified golden man but instead an actual used piston out of a Cummins diesel engine, dirt preserved, and stamped with two plaques. The fine folks at TangentVector were kind enough to let us show a specially cut 25-minute preview of the film that had the audience glued to their seats (the Blinker Fluid-induced hangover may have helped a little).
"APEX is a film about the greatest minds in the business following their passion and love for improving the automobile. It gives us no greater pleasure to have the approval of the most passionate car enthusiasts; the gearheads and wrenches of Jalopnik," said director J.F. Musial. "APEX is produced by a very small team, all members of the Jalopnik community. I can't thank the APEX team enough: Tom Morningstar, Will Barber, Josh Vietze, and Christian Schnedler. We're doing this because we love it and because we understand this story must be told."
When the full thing comes out we fully expect they'll put their Oscar on the shelf behind the Piston.
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Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars (Illustration)
Constant Gardening on the Space Station
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NITI Aayog CSE and release 'Waste-wise cities' – compendium of best practices in municipal solid waste management
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NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant,
Special Secretary Dr K Rajeswara Rao, and CSE Director General Sunita Narain jointly release the report
Report documents best practices in 28 cities from 15 states – from Leh in Ladakh to Alappuzha in Kerala, from Indore in Madhya Pradesh to Dhenkanal in Odisha, and from Gangtok in Sikkim to Surat in Gujarat
Posted On: 07 DEC 2021 12:18PM by PIB Delhi
Waste-wise Cities: Best practices in municipal solid waste management – a comprehensive knowledge repository of how Indian cities are managing their solid waste – was released on 6th December by NITI Aayog vice chairperson Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant and special secretary K Rajeswara Rao, along with Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
India's solid waste management sector has witnessed unparalleled growth in last few years. The Swachh Bharat Mission Phase 2 is launched to further strengthen the efforts for a clean India. The report, titled "Waste-Wise Cities: Best Practices in Municipal Solid Waste Management", documents best practices from 28 cities in 15 states of India. The new report is the result of a country-wide study and survey jointly conducted by NITI Aayog and CSE. The repository is the result of five months of extensive on-ground collective research that was initiated in July 2021. The entire gamut of municipal solid waste management has been seen from a cross-section of 10 different aspects that explains a sustainable value chain. These thematic aspects range from source segregation, material recovery and technological innovations to the management of different kinds of wastes and systems such as biodegradables, plastics, e-waste, C&D waste and landfills.
Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairperson, NITI Aayog said "Looking at the future of Indian development where urbanisation is going to be the key and cities will be the driving force of economic growth, implementing efficient waste management systems in cities is extremely important. He further emphasised "Jan Andolan for Swachhta is very essential, where everybody is involved and understands importance of source segregation and overall waste management operations. He further added, "With extensive mass communication for behavioural change, every city can and must aspire to become Indore. It is also important that these best practices are referred and adapted by tier 2 and tier 3 cities." He also highlighted that "Frontier technologies have to be used in for converting waste to highest form of energy." He added, " The key to achieving zero waste cities is to strengthen governance capabilities specially in the municipalities and other ULBs."
Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, Efficient management of solid waste will be India's key challenge in its rapid urbanisation story. He stressed on the need to promote source segregation and circularity in waste management as business practices along with necessary rules and regulations. He further added that cities need to become the agent of change in this sector for smooth transition to a circular economy.
Dr. K. Rajeswara Rao, Special Secretary, NITI Aayog said that the book is a knowledge repository compiling success stories of 28 cities across the country that achieved remarkable progress in various areas of waste management. He emphasised that urban local bodies across the country should have access to knowledge resources that present strategies for different components of the waste management service chain. He highlighted the key learning from the best practices including, behaviour change communication, source segregation of waste, innovative models of circular economy, advance data management and technology like GIS tracking of waste transportation vehicles etc.
Sunita Narain, who directed the research along with Rajeswara Rao, said: "The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) 2.0, launched on September 1, 2021, is now based on a clear strategy for solid waste management in cities – a strategy that focuses source segregation, material reprocessing, and zero-landfills. This change needs to be recognised and disseminated so that waste does not add to contamination and become a public health menace. Waste should become a resource to be reworked, reused, and up cycled.
The compendium is a resource for developing cities to get new ideas, learn about the strategies, institutional arrangements, technologies and implementation modalities that have made things possible for some of the cities to emerge as stand-out performers.These cities could well be a learning laboratory through exposure visit and the evidences needs to be showcased at appropriate forum and scale to reach the masses.
NITI Aayog and CSE will jointly host workshops to disseminate the learning with cities across the nation.
Download the full report here: https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-12/Waste-Wise-Cities.pdf
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My coworker wants to set up some detection in the web server to catch such instances before they hit the database. How can envelope angle be calculated from a series of coordinates that define a polygon or multipolygon?

A: I found a note on Microsoft SQL Azure (see Note 4.4) that stated that the hemisphere limitation is the same as Microsoft SQL Server 2008. That led to a blog post on how to calculate an envelope angle and several examples of supported/unsupported polygons.
Do I understand it well enough to reproduce here? Nope. However, there's a function, EnvelopeAngle that will calculate it.
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The US Congress has concerns about fraud and abuse of the so-called "golden visa" EB-5 green card program. Amendments to the regulations are expected soon just as Europe investigates its own "golden visa" programs.
Amendments to the regulations for the EB-5 immigrant investor program increasing investment minimums, among other changes, has moved to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. This means the final rule might become effective in months.
The increase of investment amount and the silence on the reduction of current processing times and the extremely long visa number availability backlogs appear to discourage investment.
On the other side of the Atlantic, the European Commission has expressed similar concerns about lack of oversight of "citizenship-by-investment" plans throughout the EU. It is planning to establish a team to review the risks. Similar to the EB-5 program, these programs actually provide European passports to wealthy individuals from anywhere in the world in exchange for hefty investments. Having these passports can provide individuals with free movement and work authorization throughout much of Europe, as well as visa waiver travel to the United States. The identified problem is that these "golden visa" programs are regulated inconsistently at the country level and, like the EB-5, can become vehicles for fraud, such as money laundering and tax evasion.
For information about strategies in the changing EB-5 landscape, please reach out to your Jackson Lewis attorney.


Time and time again in the world of personal development we hear that gratitude and being grateful for where you currently are is the key to success.
This always confused me. Surely I need to feel good about where I want to be and not where I currently am!
Then I realised what this all meant and why, as counter intuitive as it may seem, gratitude for where you are now is an essential stepping stone to where you want to be.
It all then made sense and this was a major turning point for me and made achieving the goals and life changes I really wanted to happen appear much faster than before.