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At Providence, the Global and Domestic Engagement team, part of the Community Partnerships division, creates volunteer opportunities for caregivers outside of the typical healthcare environment.
The Action Hub launched in June 2021 as an online platform that keeps Providence caregivers engaged with the community, even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The fall campaign offers several service programs for caregivers: cleaning up the environment, writing to those more isolated during the pandemic, and collecting hygiene kit supplies.
At Providence, our desire to serve our community goes beyond caring for patients in the clinic or hospital. Through our Community Partnerships division, we work directly within our communities through strategic partnerships and impact driven efforts. Within this work, the Global and Domestic Engagement (GDE) team partners at the local and international level to foster pathways for caregiver service opportunities to pair passion with action.
As a part of our continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, GDE has launched the Action Hub and an integrated fall campaign to engage caregivers in instrumental community service.
The Action Hub promotes volunteer opportunities for caregivers
The Action Hub was launched in June 2021. It's an online community engagement platform for caregivers at Providence.
"The Action Hub provides caregivers with additional opportunities to serve beyond the bedside," says Melissa Tiberio, Manager of Domestic Engagement, who leads Providence's domestic volunteer initiatives and convenes cross-regional stakeholders to empower caregivers through the Hub. "Active community engagement plays a key role in better understanding the unique needs and interests of our communities."
"When caregivers visit the platform, they can learn not only about service opportunities, but also Providence's philanthropic efforts, advocacy efforts, what we're doing around environmental stewardship and the community-based efforts of our caregiver resource groups," says Tiberio. "The Action Hub encompasses a broad mix of our community engagement programming and partnerships."
Anyone with a Providence account can access the Action Hub. Currently, the Action Hub features a fall service campaign which is encouraging caregivers to participate in several key programs, such as Love the Earth Immersions, Messages of Hope, and Hygiene Kits.
Love the Earth Immersions commits to environmental stewardship
The Love the Earth Immersions program builds on GDE's commitment to cultivating in-depth volunteer opportunities that engage caregivers in education and community service. In this case, outdoor immersions were a springboard for caregivers to volunteer and to learn about Providence's WEACT framework and commitment to becoming carbon negative by 2030. The first Love the Earth immersion event happened in October 2021 in the Seattle area as part of Green Issaquah. Eleven caregivers from different systemwide departments (including a physician, nurses, and IT analysts) partnered with Forterra, an environmental nonprofit organization based in the Puget Sound, to remove invasive plants from a local park.
"We could immediately see the impact of our efforts when we stood next to the English Ivy that was removed during our time in the park," says Tiberio, who co-led the immersion alongside Daneen Calvin, Chief Mission Officer for Population Health.
The service activity also included orientation, community education and group reflection.
"This was really meaningful," says participant Taisha (Tai) Doo, a physician resident in geriatrics at Swedish. "It was like volunteering to do something good, learning more about our Mission with other caregivers I'd never met before and experiencing a retreat all at the same time."
Future events are planned:
November 2021 in Portland, Oregon, with Friends of Trees
February 2022 in Napa California
Others throughout 2022
Laura Rodriguez, GDE Manager of Medical Care Initiatives at Providence, led the kick-off of immersions this fall. "This work directly relates to our Mission," Rodriguez said. "It's important to connect our caregivers with our earth and the communities we work with and serve. It creates unity and an understanding of the needs our earth and communities face every day."
Messages of Hope responds to people in isolation
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Providence developed the Messages of Hope campaign. Through the Messages of Hope initiative, caregivers can share messages of hope, joy, encouragement, and holiday cheer with residents and clients from more than a dozen local community organizations, including Providence's own Home and Community Care facilities.
"We know that elderly care sites were hit especially hard, and the isolation they already may have experienced was exacerbated, so being able to send residents a message of encouragement felt like the least we could do," said Kate Jorgensen, GDE Program Manager.
The goal is to involve 5,000 caregivers. If they each write ten letters, it will be a total of 50,000 letters to community members. Caregivers also have an opportunity to join one-hour virtual sessions with other caregivers.
"At these virtual events, we offer a reflection and share a little about the community partner we're writing to and the residents who will be receiving the letters," explains Tiberio. "Then we host a 20-minute session where participants can begin to write their letters. We play some music; we have a rotating slideshow with sample conversation starters or poems they might include in their letters. We hope the virtual events get people started and builds excitement about the initiative."
Caregivers also are encouraged to lead their own virtual service events with their team. Leaders receive a toolkit and other support.
Messages of Hope is one of the programs listed in the Action Hub. It's available 24/7 and provides a safe, socially distanced way for caregivers to serve. At the same time, it supports more isolated community members during this challenging time. Individuals interested in writing messages of hope are encouraged to reach out to their local residential care centers to see if cards that express hope and encouragement would be beneficial for their residents.
Hygiene Kits respond to people in need
Another newer opportunity provides an easy way for caregivers to serve individuals experiencing homelessness. Caregivers are asked to purchase materials for hygiene kits or host a supply drive. Then they assemble and donate the kits locally.
"There has been a huge increase in homelessness because of COVID," says Rodriguez, who leads the hygiene kits campaign. "Organizations who serve the homeless need hygiene kits on a daily basis. They help maintain a sense of normality and are the first step in the prevention of spreading disease. Hygiene kits provide hope for those who are suffering."
Organizations that serve the homeless desperately need these essential supplies to provide to people during outreach efforts and when they are moving into temporary shelters.
Caregivers are assembling hygiene kits containing toothbrushes, toothpaste, wipes, hand sanitizer, deodorant, soap, shampoo, and handwritten notes. Community members interested in making hygiene kits can reach out to their local nonprofit organization serving individuals experiencing homelessness.
Caregivers in the community
At Providence, we work with our community. Together, we increase our impact in creating health for a better world.
"One of my favorite parts about working for Providence is the connection we do have with the community," says Tiberio. "We focus on ensuring we're meeting community needs both inside and outside our hospital walls."
Love the Earth Immersions, Messages of Hope, and hygiene kits are just a few examples of how Providence caregivers are contributing to community impact. With the Action Hub, it's easier than ever for caregivers at Providence to give back, volunteer, advocate, and take action within our communities.
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In what is now becoming a weekly or even bi-weekly tradition, General Motors (NYSE:GM) has issued forth more recalls covering a couple of million vehicles, bringing it's year-to-date total to over 13 million units — three times the number that Toyota recalled all of last year, which led the industry in volume. The issues covered everything from front safety lap belt cables to an insufficiently heated plastic weld and affect 2.42 million vehicles over four campaigns.
This means that General Motors has recalled more units this year than its sold in the U.S. over the past five years — combined.
The first of this recent quartet of recalls involves 1,339,355 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia full-size crossovers from the 2009-2014 model years, and the Saturn Outlook from the 2009-2010 model years. This is the one due to the front safety lap belt cables, which can "fatigue" and separate over time. "In a crash, a separated cable could increase the risk of injury to front seat passengers," the company explained.
Following up the SUVs comes the recall for 1,075,102 of the previous generation 4-speed automatic transmission Chevrolet Malibus and from the 2004-2008 model years, and the Pontiac G6 from the 2005-2008 model years, because of a shift cable that could wear out over time, the company said. This could result in "mismatches of the gear position" indicated by the shift lever, and although there have been no fatalities from any of the four efforts, GM is aware of 18 crashes and one injury due to this specific campaign.
Although Cadillac has been largely exempt from the more severe recalls this year, it was able to dodge this round unscathed: 1,402 Cadillac Escalades and Escalade ESVs from the 2015 model year are being brought in because of an insufficiently heated plastic weld that connects the passenger side air bag to the instrument panel unit, and could result in "a partial deployment" of the air bag in the event of a crash.
GM issued a stop-sale order for the 2015 Escalade and Escalade ESV, and sent out overnight letters, called, and emailed the 224 customers who have already taken delivery of the vehicles. The company instructed them to not let occupants sit in the front passenger seat until the issue was addressed.
Lastly, 58 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD full-size pickups from the 2015 model year were recalled because the retention clips that attach the generator fuse block to the vehicle body can become loose, and lead to a potential fire. This recall applies only to vehicles equipped with a 220 Amp Generator.
General Motors also acknowledged that it's setting aside $400 million during the second-quarter to cover all of their recall-related expenses. This is double the $200 million that the company previously disclosed, though that's not entirely unexpected given the continued rash of recalls.
At this point, it's apparent that GM is set on acting on every potential safety concern that could blow up in its face later. With its public image being dredged through the mud already, GM may be doing the smart thing in cleaning house — getting everything out at once, and rebuilding its brand once as opposed to each and every time it initiates a major safety recall.


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Apple's Next Retail Frontier
By Evan Niu, CFA – Updated Apr 7, 2017 at 8:05PM
$2,311B
The "doors are now open" for Apple to beam its own retail stores aboard the world's second-most-populous nation.
Next: The retail frontier.
These are the voyages of Cupertino, California.
Its 36-year mission,
To explore promising new markets,
To seek out new users and new areas of growth,
To boldly go where only some Macs have gone before.
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has no official retail stores in India. The company's retail stores have been an incredible success, boasting incredibly high sales per square foot, since they were launched in May 2001 despite naysayers and critics. It's about time to address the former.
Currently, prospective buyers within the world's second-most-populous nation have to go to an authorized Apple reseller, shop at the Apple Online Store, or visit small "Apple Shops" that are small stores within stores, similar to those found in Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Target (NYSE: TGT) domestically. Best Buy has been helping retail the Mac maker's wares for years, a smart move on Best Buy's part, while Target and Apple just recently took their existing relationship to the next level.
India has an estimated population of roughly 1.18 billion, trailing China's top-dog 1.33 billion inhabitants. Apple has been focusing a lot on its recent explosive growth in China, albeit with the occasional retail misstep. Recent developments in India are now laying the path for Apple to potentially open up its own retail stores within the country.
Source: Apple.com, Apple Retail Store in Pudong district, Shanghai, China
India's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has recently changed its foreign direct investment (FDI) policy, which had previously limited ownership of single-brand retail stores to 51%. The revised FDI rules now allow ownership up to 100%, although any proposal exceeding the prior 51% threshold is required to source at least 30% of the total value of products sold from Indian industries.
The change opens up the country for other global retailers to move in and expand their presence. Apple had been reportedly in discussions with the Indian government for quite some time, with an anonymous official saying, "They have not told us how many stores they will open. We have made the policy. The doors are now open."
On the possibility of the 30% sourcing rule presenting an obstacle, the DIPP official said, "Let Apple finalize its business plan and the investment it wants to make. If they tell us that the 30% sourcing is a problem, at that stage we will look into it." With much of Apple's components coming from Asian electronics suppliers, the rule could potentially present a problem, but the official's comments at least make it seem as if the department is willing to make concessions.
Within Asia, Apple has retail stores in Japan, China, and Hong Kong. A potential retail expansion into India adds another reason why Apple is still a buy.
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The dZi Foundation works in partnership with remote communities in Nepal to create lasting improvements in their quality of life.
We accomplish this through implementing community-driven programs that improve public facilities, public health, income levels and educational opportunities while preserving community unity, the natural environment, and indigenous culture.
The dZi Foundation is a Ridgway, CO-based non-profit founded in 1998 by longtime mountaineers Jim Nowak and Kim Reynolds. While leading a trek in Nepal, Kim came across a safehouse for girls, which was failing financially and at risk of closing down. After returning to the U.S, she and Jim organized the dZi Foundation's very first fundraising effort — an expedition to climb a new route on the 23,443-foot Himalayan peak, Pumori. They raised enough money to save the girls' home. The Friendship House continues to thrive and is home to more than 20 girls and young women who would otherwise be out on the streets, vulnerable to child labor or abuse.
In the years that followed dZi's initial project in Nepal, Jim actively took the helm of the organization. With very limited staff, dZi partnered with several other individuals and organizations to administer a wide variety of aid projects in Nepal, as well as Ladakh and Sikkim in India.
In 2001, dZi established itself as a Colorado-based 501(c)(3). Since that time, the organization has grown significantly and has honed its focus on community-led development projects in some of the most remote communities in Nepal. dZi now employs a handful of people in the U.S. but has a full-time staff of almost 20 Nepali nationals working between our headquarters in Kathmandu and the remote communities where our projects take place. dZi currently serves almost 30,000 people in an expanding network of remote villages, focusing primarily on basic infrastructure like school buildings, toilets, drinking water systems and bridges as well as agriculture initiatives.
Funding for dZi comes primarily from private individuals in the form of unrestricted funding. Family foundations, corporate sponsors and a few select grants combine to inform an annual budget that is steadily growing and now exceeds $1.2 million.
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Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control
You have chosen to meet in what is considered to be one of New Zealand's most naturally endowed pleasuregrounds - an area I have always marvelled at.
I am conscious you have a full programme to get through, and I am sure many of you will also be planning to take a closer look at some of the natural wonders that the Queenstown region has to offer.
I'd encourage you to do so.
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The close of this millennium has seen some very challenging times for countries within the Asian-Pacific rim.
We all know that the start of 1998 and the start of 1999 have been very difficult years, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
This time last year, many Asian economies were in turmoil and the outlook for our country, so dependent on exports to Asia, was discouraging.
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Despite the doom and gloom many commentators got caught up in, in 1998, the international economy has proved to be a lot more robust than previously expected.
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GDP figures released just two weeks ago show that New Zealand's economy grew by 0.7 percent in the three months to December.
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I would not be far off the mark in describing New Zealand in the early 1980s as a fortress economy similar to North Korea.
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Only the wealthy in this country could afford new cars, as overseas funds were required to purchase these vehicles, which meant time-consuming repatriation of funds.
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New Zealander could not shop freely on Saturdays and Sundays, and the serving of alcohol was restricted to huge hotels and a few fortunate restaurants.
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We have deregulated our finance markets.
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In 1991 we introduced an Employment Contracts Act, which has freed up the negotiation process for employers and employees.
Prior to that, unions controlled much of our lives.
Since the introduction of this act we have experienced less industrial tension and average wages for New Zealanders have risen.
Most people agree the introduction of the Employment Contracts Act has greatly improved the workplace environment in New Zealand.
This Government has also managed to introduce a series of tax cuts over the last four years, pumping billions of dollars back into the economy.
This is money that has helped to generate new growth opportunities for small businesses, new life for regional economies and has boosted the incomes of all Kiwi families.
In the midst of these tax cuts, this Government has also budgeted prudently to slash public debt.
In 1991, net public debt peaked at 52 percent of our GDP.
At the start of this decade New Zealand was spending more money on interest on debt than Government was able to spend on Education OR Health.
Today debt has been more than halved as a percentage of GDP - it is under 25 percent, and with the forthcoming sale of one of our energy companies, Contact, we expect debt to come in around 23 percent of GDP.
Most international observers agree that New Zealand has come a long way in the last 15 years.
We are now a significantly more attractive investment destination.
Our infrastructure has improved, our workforce has upskilled and our manufacturers and exporters are succeeding in highly competitive international markets.
In total, we are light years away from the isolated, rural backwater we once were, totally reliant on "Mother England".
I'd now like to turn to our relationships with the rest of the world.
Specifically with the Asia-Pacific region.
New Zealanders paid close attention to the difficulties in Asia over the last two years.
For the first time for many of us, the financial crisis we watched unfolding in Asia on our nightly news brought home how closely our destinies are interlinked.
Forty percent of New Zealand's exports now go to Asia and six of our top ten export destinations are found in the region.
Today, three out of four New Zealanders rank Asia as the most important region to this country's economic future, according to polling commissioned by the Asia 2000 Foundation.
That is a radical shift in our perception of our place in the world.
Up until just 15 years ago, most New Zealanders would have looked to Europe, Australia and the United States for business prospects.
These countries are still important to us, but the emergence of Asia can't be underrated.
With our strengthening relationships, it then came as a massive blow to many New Zealand exporters when Asian markets faltered in 1997 and 1998.
But we are aware that things have picked up.
Long term growth rates in Asia are still tracking higher than anywhere else in the region, and possibly elsewhere.
Exports were up 5 percent in 1998, even with the decline across the region.
Therefore, we can expect as Asia continues to recover, exports will grow from a stable, and not a decimated base.
New Zealanders have developed a strong respect for Asia, but we need to engage further if we are to achieve a community of business purpose.
The EU still persists in limiting agricultural imports, and recent tensions with our New Zealand lamb being exported to the United States, show us if New Zealand is to achieve further growth, it will come from Asia.
American Express growth figures this year show that Asian consumers still intend to expand their spending in the future - and this has to be good for New Zealand.
For the most part, Asia has survived and some economies actually appear to have come through relatively unscathed.
Serious and lasting economic, political and social dislocation appears to have been avoided.
This is no small achievement when you consider the shocks Asia and the Pacific region absorbed over the last two years.
I would like to close my speech with a few points on our new immigration policy.
I think it speaks volumes about where we, New Zealand, want to go as a country.
As part of our drive to make New Zealand a more attractive investment destination and trading partner, we introduced last year an immigration package aimed at enticing more business migrants to our country.
We have a new entrepreneur category, which focuses on immigrants who can bring, or are able to establish, a business in New Zealand.
As part of this we have relaxed our English language requirements.
Now immigrants applying under our entrepreneur and investor categories can qualify by pre-purchasing English language training, which they now have up to three and a half years to complete.
We accept it can be difficult to acquire a new language overnight, while you are involved in setting up a business and shifting your family to a new country.
Our new business immigration policy aims to attract migrants who will contribute to New Zealand's economic growth, and to do this, we recognise we need to be flexible in our approach to what skills they can bring.
New Zealand is a country that has come a long way in the last two decades - structurally we bear little resemblance to New Zealand in the 1980s.
New Zealanders now recognise our future lies in trade, tourism and regular communication with the rest of the Asian-Pacific region, and we will be working hard to continue to foster our links, particularly with Asia in the next decade.
Thank you for listening to my thoughts.
I'd now like to officially declare the Summit International Associates Asia-Pacific Conference open.


Since obesity has been rising for decades and causes so much loss of life and disability my next few blogs will focus on issues that can lead to overeating. I will talk about how hormones in our gut tell our brain when we are full, how food choice is affected by hunger and our emotions, the satiety of different foods and so on. This blog will focus on our increasing portion sizes and how our eyes often mislead us on how much we eat.
This entry was posted in Blogs, Diet and weight loss on August 24, 2014 by Robert.
Weight Loss- Are All Calories Equal?
Most diets rely on creating a negative energy balance to lose weight. This means that the body is taking in less than it needs so it uses the energy we have stored such as glycogen, fat and muscle protein. Humans require a certain amount of calories each day just to support necessary functions like regulating heart rate, controlling our breathing, digesting food and other automatic processes. This bare minimum of energy we need to support these life preserving functions is known as our basal metabolic rate. Believe it or not but even as we sleep we are burning as many calories as when we are sitting down watching television.
Before the invention of artificial lights, our ancestors would sleep when it got dark and wake up when it got light, otherwise they may have been eaten by predators roaming at night. Plus, there wouldn't be much to do after it got dark. If you have ever been camping in the middle of nowhere you know that you can see no more than a few feet in front of you when it is dark out. The finding of electricity and invention of light bulbs have changed our whole sleep/wake cycle. Our body may be unable to differentiate artificial lights from daylight, and this can have severe consequences on our entire bodily systems dependant on the light/dark cycle of the day.
This entry was posted in Blogs, Environment on August 12, 2014 by Robert.
Scientists may still be perplexed about the function of sleep, but they do know that it affects disease risk, especially diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. So, how much sleep do we need? What is the "optimal" amount? Well, that is hard to say. Everyone is different and requires different amounts of sleep, right? Indeed. But there appears to be a range of sleep where below that range or above that range, the chance of developing one of the previously mentioned diseases increases.
This entry was posted in Blogs, Sleep on August 8, 2014 by Robert.


*16cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:00 today the temperature was -7°C. Oh yeah! A solid dump overnight. Snow is clinging to everything in Hirafu even on top of power lines. If the wind stays down it is ON…either way if the top lifts don't open there will still be sensational turns to be had anywhere in Niseko United….if the upper lifts open…..dreams will come true!


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  /**
   * Set the Purpose.
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   * Get the Type.
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   * Set the Type.
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  set addressLine(addressLine) {
    this._addressLine = addressLine;
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  /**
   * Get the City.
   * @returns {City} The shr.core.City
   */
  get city() {
    return this._city;
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  /**
   * Set the City.
   * @param {City} city - The shr.core.City
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  set city(city) {
    this._city = city;
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  /**
   * Get the District.
   * @returns {District} The shr.core.District
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    return this._district;
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   * Set the District.
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    return this._state;
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  /**
   * Set the State.
   * @param {State} state - The shr.core.State
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    this._state = state;
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  /**
   * Get the PostalCode.
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    return this._postalCode;
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   * Set the PostalCode.
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  /**
   * Get the Country.
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  get country() {
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  /**
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}
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Prism Convertible Necklace by Ray Teng Pai for Singular Concept.
The Convertible Necklace can be folded into a cubic pendant, or be extended into a geometric bracelet or necklace for different wearing styles. The packaging wooden box also serves as a stand for static display.
Ray is a multidisciplinary designer, versatile and experienced in a wide range of products, from house appliance, industrial electronic, medical equipment, exhibition booth design to fashion and jewellery. After working for international design agencies such as Fuseproject and Pilotfish, Ray founded studio Singular Concept in 2014. Based in Taipei. Ray is specialized in transforming manufacturing process into forward thinking solutions, and is motivated to create designs which are environment-friendly and brings values and inspiration to life.


There are used three different frequency band passes, which runs can be individually controlled to allow optimal regulation of various problem areas is guaranteed. It was founded by experts who have many years of experience in psychoenergetic regulation process. This includes Wolfgang Bucher, Hermann Grösser.


So. Update: I'm doing okay!
Due to some post-surgery-retail-therapy, I now have a bunch more clothes (I know, I know… Need to stop that!), and a tripod for my camera. It's been suggested that I have an okay fashion sense, and if there's something I like just as much as cooking it's fashion. I've never had much money to get anything super design-y, but I can occasionally pull together an outfit. I follow a number of fashion blogs and have been toying with the idea of turning this into something of a fashion blog.
Ideally, I'd love to just use this space to write essays and such, but that would mean my life has to be interesting. And, currently, it kind of isn't. Interesting things will surely pop up soon, but for now my clothing combos will have to do.
Below are some outfits I put together with some of those retail-therapy finds. The red outfit was taken as an experiment with my tripod, and the owl shirt was taken at a recent cookout.


Ask any business, however great or small, whether Corporate Social Responsibility matters to them and they will almost certainly say 'yes'.
The number of brands that have made the sort of commitment Mercedes-Benz has done in its partnership with Laureus is open to debate.
Utilising its Formula 1 stars and global profile, Mercedes-Benz has been an integral part of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation since its creation in 2000.
Calacus caught up with Dr. Jens Thiemer, Vice President Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars, to find out why Laureus matters so much.
Q: Mercedes-Benz is one of the most famous brands in the world, let alone motor brands. What are the prime motivations for Mercedes-Benz supporting Laureus?
A: The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation was created in 2000, with Mercedes-Benz as one of the founders. Together, over the years, we have made long term improvements to the lives of millions of young people - and the work goes on. Mercedes-Benz believes in giving back to society and the support for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation is Mercedes-Benz's most important involvement in the field of corporate social responsibility. We support and promote the aims and values of this worldwide non-profit-making programme, which seeks to improve the lives of ill or disadvantaged children and young people through the use of sport.
Q: Why is Laureus such a good fit for Mercedes-Benz?
A: Mercedes-Benz has been actively supporting professional and amateur sport for decades and has become established as a dependable partner in the fields of motor sport, football, golf, horse riding and tennis. We can look back on a tradition that stretches back over more than 125 years. But more than that, Mercedes-Benz also believes in giving back to society and helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Much of this is achieved through our work with Laureus. Laureus currently helps more than 150 sports-based community projects in 35 countries and since its inception in 2000 has supported projects which have improved the lives of millions of young people.
Q: How has your support or input evolved over the years?
A: Laureus, with the backing of Mercedes-Benz, supported its first project in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2000 – the Mathare Youth Sports Association. Based in one of the largest and poorest slums in Africa, with disease widespread and AIDS a serious problem, the project had pioneered the use of football as a tool to encourage co-operation and raise self-esteem in the young people of the community. Over 14,000 youngsters play in over 90 football leagues, where success is measured not just by the goals scored in matches, but by the work the young people do in cleaning up the slums. Young people who have been involved in MYSA since the beginning, have become role models and youth leaders in their community. Almost 16 years on, Laureus still supports that project – along with 150 others. Mercedes-Benz has been there throughout that time offering its support and encouragement.
Q: What has been the most successful element of your partnership with Laureus?
A: It has been a real partnership. Mercedes-Benz is not a sponsor of Laureus, it is a partner in its global work. Working with the Laureus World Sports Academy, a collection of the greatest living sports legends who volunteer their time to Laureus, is a unique way to help disadvantaged young people through the use of sport. We take the greatest pleasure in every single individual who takes part in a Laureus project and whose life is better as a result, One of the Academy Members, Nawal El Moutawakel, the great Moroccan Olympic hurdles champion, now a member of the International Olympic Committee, once said: "We cannot change the world overnight, but we can start one playing field at a time.". You could also paraphrase that, and say "one child at a time." Every time we help just one person, it is justification for why we, at Mercedes-Benz, are doing this.
Q: What were the key strategic ambitions for Mercedes-Benz in Shanghai ahead of and during the Awards?
A: In Shanghai, we announced an ongoing partnership between Laureus and Mercedes-Benz which will ultimately bring about the development of the Laureus China Sport for Good Foundation, benefitting hundreds of thousands of young people throughout the country by targeting the improvement of the quality of physical education in teenagers across the nation through projects such as the Laureus Training Programme and Hope School Sports Charity Programme. The aim is that Laureus will train over 1,000 PE teachers at Hope Schools nationwide by late 2016, covering 400 new schools, thereby improving the quality of physical education for more than 100,000 teenagers.
Q: You announced the sale of an AMG car ahead of Awards night with funds going to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Can you tell us a bit more about that and the success of the handover event in Shanghai?
A: Yes, a selected AMG customer purchased the 100th Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Customer Sports car. The Laureus special model carried a considerable extra fee, so the proceeds from the sale of the car went entirely to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Together with the Mercedes-AMG performance and sports car brand, a total sum of 250,000 euros was made available to the Foundation for its project work. Former Formula 1 racing driver Mika Häkkinen, who is a Laureus World Sports Academy Member, handed over the SLS AMG GT3 to the customer in Shanghai on the red carpet at the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony.
Q: Laureus livery was added to the Mercedes F1 cars ahead of the Shanghai GP – and of course, Nico Rosberg's #DriveForGood initiative throughout 2015 season; Mercedes-Benz to donate 100 euros for every kilometre he leads. How will that initiative be leveraged throughout the F1 season?
A: It's a great idea and it's pretty simple. Nico Rosberg is a Laureus Ambassador and for every kilometre he leads in the World Championship this year, Laureus will receive 100 euros from Mercedes-Benz. I can't do any better than to repeat what Nico said himself when he announced this initiative at the Shanghai Grand Prix.
He said: "Laureus is a cause that is very close to my heart and I am very proud to work as an Ambassador for the Foundation. It's a source of great inspiration for me to see the fantastic work that the Foundation is doing for children round the world. Sport and competition taught me a lot about hard work, determination and respect when I was growing up, so hopefully I can demonstrate that and maybe provide a bit of inspiration of my own.
Q: From a commercial point of view, what impact will your support of Laureus have on the profile of Mercedes-Benz in China?
A: As I explained earlier, as a large company with a responsible attitude, Mercedes-Benz understands the importance of having a corporate social responsibility programme. In the modern world, business and social responsibility go together.
Q: Do you have any new plans or initiatives in the pipeline in collaboration with Laureus for the rest of 2015 that you could share?
A: Mercedes-Benz work with Laureus is always evolving. You only need to look at the initiatives supported by Mercedes-Benz so far. We just announced a new three-year plan, worth US$10.5 million to support the work of Laureus in the United States until 2017 and in Shanghai we announced our plans to invest more than €7 million in China. This is a massive commitment which we are very proud to undertake and there are more significant plans for the future which we will be announcing in due course. Watch this space.


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The visual novel's great, and definitely a classic, although that classic-ness isn't quite the same without the '90s PC-98 aesthetic. Not to mention the unique game mechanics.
I'm curious, but also fearful of the anime. It looks pretty dang ugly. I'm downloading the first episode, will it be cool, or will it be cringe?


Kermans Flooring - a premier Indianapolis Flooring store - gives away a full size area rug each month, valued at up to $1,700. Our store selected another lucky recipient for January: Penelope Wadleigh from Connersville, Indiana.
Penelope's name was randomly pulled from our in-store fishbowl of entries. For her winning rug, she selected a red and blue floral pattern.


If you click on the "Edit with Ranorex Selocity" button, the element gets highlighted / marked in the browser itself. Supposing you are editing the selectors and inspecting them, you would probably have the browse opened and would noticed the element being highlighted. Are referring to that if you click the button the browser should be opened on top of Ranorex Webtestit? This is maybe useful in the situation where users are working on a singe monitor, otherwise maybe not.
Are referring to that if you click the button the browser should be opened on top of Ranorex Webtestit?
Yes. I was using single monitor. It may not be necessary if two monitors are used.
Ok, thank you for pointing out to this. I don't think that this is a high priority right now, but I will let the team know about this so that we can discuss it.


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Global Pea Starch Market By Product Type (Food Grade, Industrial Grade, Feed Grade), By End User (Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Paper & Textile, Animal Feed, Other) - Growth Opportunities, Regional Insights, Competitive Landscape,Market Trend Analysis, Forecast to 2025. Global Info Reports predict that the Pea Starch Market size will escalate during the forecasted period while growing at a substantial CAGR. The report studies the market status and forecast and also categorizes the market into various segments. The report aims on the key market players in every region from across the globe.
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The people in the picture above are members of BAMA SMARTIES, a enthusiast group for Smart cars here in Alabama. As I said, a group of Smart people. You can visit our blog site for the group at the Smart USA site at the following link.
We had our first meet and greet on Saturday at the Smart center in Birmingham which is at Crown Automobile. It was a lot of fun for me. I enjoyed having people that have the cars already to ask some questions and then Susan let me ride with her on the ride part and I got to experience the car first hand. It is all that I thought it would be. I can not wiat for my car to gfet here!
Other than that, the only thing besides work that has happened was the parade in Sylacauga Saturday night. It went pretty well. It was COLD.
This week is packed full. I will be in Birmingham most of the week. I will stay with the Rogers several nights. Saunday was at TCC and back today (Monday). I have the BREMSS Banquit Tuesday night, than back to work at 6:30 am Wednsday. The I have to be in Jasper Thursday morning. Hunter performs at the Hospital Thursday night and then I am back to UAB Friday for a class before going to StillWaters Friday night for a Christmas party. And then class on Saturday for annual licence CEUs.
I will try to update you sometime during the week.


The master bedroom with its ensuite bathroom is accessible via the living area and opens out to the exterior living area. The second bedroom, with an ensuite bathroom, is located at the back of the house. In addition, there is a third bedroom with an ensuite bathroom upstairs on the mezzanine, with a partial view.
The main level opens out onto a beautiful teak terrace with a pool and has a view of the sea and the surrounding vegetation. An outdoor covered dining room adjoins the terrace.
The villa is ideally located in a peaceful area, close to the beach and the hotel Le Toiny and also to Grand Fond with its pleasant walks through a wild and natural environment.


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Gateshead Low-Fell student shows exceptional growth with Kumon and exceeds Key Stage 2 SATs target
Nathan has shown great progress and motivation in both his Kumon and school work while becoming a confident, independent learner.
While in his final year at primary school and ahead of his Key Stage 2 SATs, 11-year-old Nathan was in need of support with his maths skills. His parents enrolled him at the Gateshead Low-Fell Study Centre in January 2017 upon recommendation from a local friend.
When he began, Nathan was unclear about many of the basics and already had some gaps in his knowledge. In a short space of time Nathan was mastering all of his set of times tables, as well as taking on more advanced concepts too a great accomplishment! Kumon is proven to have given Nathan the skills he needed to develop his maths ability.
Nathan is now aged 12 and is currently studying the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, working with whole numbers as well as fractions. He told us: "I can now do all my times tables and I am much quicker at mental calculations and faster in my work. I also have a better understanding of fractions."
Kumon has helped Nathan prepare for tests and exams at school, and has already enabled him to surpass his predicted KS2 SATs grades: "I got better marks in my SATs and I am doing far better in tests than I did last year."
Nathan added: "What I enjoy most about studying the maths programme is seeing how much I am improving and I enjoy being more confident in my own learning. I am more organised and get on with my homework without being asked to. I want to be a games designer when I am older, and maths will definitely help me achieve this."
Nathan's parents are delighted by the rapid progress he has made: "Kumon has definitely boosted Nathan's confidence and he approaches maths with more enthusiasm. We can see our son's ability increase daily. His whole attitude towards his school work has been amazing. He is now more organised, and these skills have helped him during his transition into secondary school. Our son is now in Year 7 and his teachers are amazed by his progress."
Nathan's Kumon Instructor, Liz Burrin, has nurtured hundreds of children with the Kumon Method, for over 15 years, many of them reaching the highest levels of the programme. With Liz's continued support and encouragement, Nathan will no doubt reach his full potential.
We are extremely proud of Nathan's achievement throughout his Kumon journey and hope he continues to succeed.
Liz Burrin
Gateshead - Low Fell
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Nathan develops fundamental study skills
10-year-old Nathan from the Broadstairs study centre is making great strides in the Kumon Maths and English Study Programmes.
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Year 6 SATs results show a slight improvement
Great news! Results for the Standard Attainment Tests (SATs) have shown a slight improvement, whereby 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard, compared with 64% last year and 61% in 2017.
11-year-old student studying well ahead of school age level
11-year-old Kumon Ipswich, Nacton Road student reaches an advanced level on the maths and English programmes, since enrolling in 2011.


The development of social skills also depends on interaction and activity with other children. Even though toddlers do not cooperate, share or make friends until their fourth year, if they have been given plenty of opportunities to play with other children, they will be at an advantage when they go to toddler group or preschool.
Parents and practitioners can assess social skills by observing how toddlers play and interact with other children. If there are any delays, activity-based strategies can be developed to ensure optimal social development.
• Genetic predisposition. • Psychological and heath factors. • Cultural values and beliefs. • Attitudes and aspirations. • Positive role models. • Play opportunities. • Interaction with other children. • A safe, nurturing and stimulating environment. • Maturation of the nervous system.
Social development is a dynamic and interactive process in which temperament, personality, experiences with parents and carers, cognitive abilities, language and communication skills influence the outcomes.
Solitary play - babies play alone, but they may study the interactions of other children with toys and verbalize as though engaged in conversation with them. They may become assertive over their possessions or show aggression towards other babies for no obvious reason.
Onlooker play - toddlers watch other children play, but they are unable to participate socially. However, they are very alert to their play activities and when alone, they may imitate their actions.
Parallel play - two year-olds play alongside other children and they may make intermittent interactions with them. However cooperation and give-andtake are limited. They may grab the toys of other children, but learn valuable social skills in the process.
Associative play - in the third year, there may be some materials shared, but there is no common goal. However, the foundations for cooperative play have been formed and gradually with adult help, toddlers learn to cooperate.
Cooperative play – in their fourth year, children interact and work together to solve problems. In so doing, they take account of the needs of others and they build friendships.
Social development starts at birth and continues throughout childhood. It is a process that is closely linked to emotional development.
There is a wide variation in the age at which toddlers acquire social skills. If the toddler has not reached a particular stage, this does not mean that there are any developmental problems.
Newborn babies learn social skills through reciprocal interactions with other people. The first social signals include eye contact, smiles and animated body movements, which become more specialised in the months to come.
Six to nine-month-old babies often respond aversively to social situations. Fear of other people and separation anxiety suggests that they recognise which relationships are passing, and which ones are stable.
Shyness and a fear of strangers are common traits in the first part of the second year. When toddlers become more mobile, they eagerly explore their world and engage with other people. By the end of the second year, they may imitate the actions and behaviours of other children and take an interest in their play. However, kicking, biting, stubbornness and temper tantrums are common (EYE, The Eye of the Hurricane, August 2011). Unacceptable behaviour usually diminishes by the end of the second year as toddlers learn what is expected of them.
Two-year-olds tend to be very self-centered, but even so, they generally want to help and please. By the time toddlers reach their third birthday, they have developed an understanding of how other people think and feel. They enjoy the company of other children and they will interact with them and wait briefly for their own turn. Pretend play becomes a prominent activity, where toddlers take on roles and express their ideas and feelings about the social world.
Research suggests that parents (and older siblings) are major role models for toddlers. In fact, a great deal of their behaviour is influenced by what they see others doing. For example, if parents model positive characteristics such as kindness, politeness, honesty, respect, self-discipline, courage, love, tolerance and compassion, toddlers will imitate the behaviours. If parents set a good example, toddlers are more likely to behave in the same way.
Play is an important part of social development. It provides the opportunity for toddlers to imitate the actions of others, to rehearse future roles, to coordinate their feelings and ideas and make sense of their experiences.
Play can be divided into a number of different types from free-flow play to structured and group play. These divisions enable parents and practitioners to plan activities and resources.
Toddlers initiate free-flow play. They decide what toys interest them the most, how they will explore them, how long the play will last and when they need support or help. The adult provides the materials and equipment, a safe and secure environment, reassurance, praise and encouragement.
• Pretend play with dolls, soft toys and tea-sets. • Acting out scenarios with small world figures. • Taking care of toy animals. • Preparing food. • Playing in a den or tent.
• Dressing up as a princess or pirate. • Talking on a toy telephone.
During free-flow play, the adult does not intervene unless a helping hand is needed. Every now and then, the toddler will make eye contact with the adult as if to say "Be there for me, but don't do anything unless I need you." Checking the adult's reaction (affective tuning) is an important step in the growth of social awareness in relation to other people. The toddler may also exchange positive greetings with other people, show them a toy and smile before returning to their play (affective sharing).
Structured play is planned, organised and adult-led. Interactions with parents, carers, friends and siblings can help build the social skills that toddlers need for healthy development.
The following activities will interest and engage toddlers. However, they are easily distracted, so they may not listen, sit still or join in for very long.
• Household chores such as dusting, baking and helping with the laundry. • Picture and storybooks. • Craft activities that involve cutting, sticking and painting. • Water play with sponges, plastic cups and other tools. • Messy play with dough and malleable materials. • Hide-and-seek. • Music and movement. • Action songs. • Simple games.
Parents and practitioners do not need to spend all their time structuring play opportunities. Gradual disengagement from involvement in their play can be beneficial. Nevertheless, toddlers need adults to facilitate their play and value and appreciate their achievements.
Toddlers need to be with other children in order to learn important skills such as negotiation, turn-taking and cooperation.
• Waving a parachute up and down. • Playing football and other team games. • Treasure hunts. • Puppet shows. • Hide and seek. • Music-making. • Having a picnic or party. • Rough and tumble. • Follow-the-leader. • Building and construction. • Outings and nature walks.
Through group play, toddlers learn to get on with other children, how to sort out conflicts and how to compromise. Occasionally, practitioners will need to help toddlers manage their emotions or actions within the game or activity. However, forcing toddlers to cooperate with other children can delay the development of sharing skills.
Toddlers do not make real friends or play together with other children until they are at least three years old. Before then, they may have bouts of separation anxiety and they may shy away from new social situations.
Insisting that toddlers interact with other children can make them very uncomfortable. If shyness is handled with patience and calm understanding, toddlers will make social advancements at their own pace.
• Join a toddler group, where toddlers can see other children having fun in an informal atmosphere. • Dress them up like other children so they do not stand out. • Gradually introduce toddlers to their peers, but don't force them to get involved until they are ready. • If the toddler is unable to cope, ensure that familiar objects and cuddles are readily available. • Encourage toddlers to make just one friend. This will give them confidence in the social setting. • Keep organized playtime with other children short (an hour or so for younger toddlers; two hours for older ones). • Build self-esteem and confidence by praising every effort to play and interact with other children. • Exchange contact telephone numbers, email addresses or Facebook details with other parents. If an opportunity to get toddlers together comes up, they will be easy to reach.
A checklist can be useful to see if social skills are developing well. However, variations may occur if toddlers feel tired or unwell. If they show few of the following traits, they may benefit from the strategies described above.
• Is usually happy and content. • Copes adequately with rebuffs or other disappointments. • Shows an interest in other children.
• Plays willingly with other children. • Interacts with positive body language. • Expresses feelings appropriately. • Waits for his or her turn for a short period of time. • Is invited by other children to play. • Is not excessively dependent on the primary carer. • Is not overly fearful of other adults and children.
Toddlers of the same age may not have the same levels of social competence. Much will depend on their personality, temperament, ability or disability. For example, a visually impaired toddler may be unable to read body language. A toddler with a hearing or speech difficulties may have difficulty in communicating with other children.
A strong attachment to a significant adult is one of the earliest lessons in the development of social relationships. Social behaviour in toddlers is also influenced by the actions and behaviours of parents and other adults who are important to them.
Toddlers are more likely to have stronger relationships with other people if they interact with other children and they are supported in their play by an adult. If interaction with other children is infrequent, their social development may be limited.
By the time they go to preschool, toddlers have learned how to interact socially with other children. By the time they go to school, a rapid increase in social skills can be observed. However, if the six-year-old has not achieved a basic level of social competence, this could affect the development of relationships in the future.


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How do you handle still missing your SO when they left and caused so much pain? I am seriously just angry at myself for this. He caused so much pain. I miss my life and the future I believed I saw so much. I miss talking to my best friend and our inside jokes. I told him outright I was going to be pulling back from texting (I had been to send him photos of our daughter) and I miss even doing that. It just makes me feel like a doormat. I know getting to know other people will help but it just feels so impossible. Meetup just plain ****s around here. I'm not traveling an hour each way on ****ty transit to exhaust myself staying out late with strangers I don't know just to drag myself back home and wake up after a short sleep. I wish I could talk and joke around with him like I used to but I can't and it just hurts. And I hate that I want to. What do you guys do when that feeling hits?


Manchester 26.10.13 full review by Assistant Sport Editor Tom Williams.
Last Saturday night saw the Ultimate Fighting Club (UFC) return to Manchester for twelve fights. The co-main event saw Sunderland born Ross Pearson fighting American Melvin Guillard in order to further their hopes of one day getting a title shot. The main event saw former training partners Lyoto Machida (who was called into replace Manchester's own Michael Bisping after he was injured during training) and Mark Munoz go head to head. The fight was also former light heavyweight champion Machida's first fight as a middleweight, a class many believe he would have been even better suited for during his early career.
Middleweight: Luke Barnatt def. Andrew Craig by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2.12 of Round 2.
Overall it was an extremely enjoyable event and highlighted the very that the UFC has to offer with the majority of the matches on the card being very well fought. The highlight of the night for the British crowd had to be Cambridge born middleweight Luke Barnatt defeating Andrew Craig with an excellent submission to round off a fight many felt should have been on the main card. Submission of the Night winner Nicholas Musoke, who was making his UFC debut, showed great potential with a beautiful arm-bar that seemed to come out of nowhere. As for Knockout of the Night, Lyoto Machida showed how much of a threat he could be for the middleweight championship with a strong head kick.
My favourite part about the Machida vs. Munoz match was the level of respect and sportsmanship these two showed for each other. Despite being training partners up to when Bisping was forced to pull out of the fight, the two showed professionalism by giving the fight their all. Machida also showed great sportsmanship by not getting in a few courtesy shots once Munoz was down, such is often the practice in MMA.
Overall it was an excellent night for the British fighters on the card with Barnatt winning Fight of the Night, London based Jimi Manuwa continuing his 14 fight unbeaten MMA record with a powerful display, Irishman Norman Parke winning against the previously unbeaten Jon Tuck and Brad Scott winning his fight as well.
The only real disappointment of the evening was Pearson vs. Guillard ending in a no contest after an accidental foul by Guillard left Pearson unable to continue with a large cut on his forehead. The fight was shaping up to be incredibly well fought if the opening exchanges of blows were a sign of what was to come.
Overall UFC Manchester increased the profile of the sport and many British fighters performed very well highlighting how well British MMA is performing in the UFC to a larger British audience. The main event was also a brilliant showcase of the level of sportsmanship and respect that is an integral part of MMA.


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"Stop Killing Us:" Activists Bring Their Pain to State Capitol
by CBM Newswire July 6, 2020 July 6, 2020
(CBM) – Last week, several California social and criminal justice organizations, as well as community-based groups, gathered for a rally at the state Capitol titled "Stop Killing Us." Oakland-based All of Us or None (AOUON) organized the event — with the help of other partners across the state — to condemn police violence against African Americans.
Ken Oliver, All of Us or None's policy director
AOUON is a project of Legal Service for Prisoners With Children (LSPC), a nonprofit civil rights organization that advocates for the rights of formerly and currently incarcerated people and their families.
Their demonstration was peaceful — done with official permission — and less spontaneous than recent explosive protests and riots triggered by the brutal murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minnesota, at the hands of police officers.
But it was charged with strong convictions and a solemn sense of grief, much like those protests.
"You mess with our children, I'll come running," said Yolanda Banks, the mother of Sahleem Tindle, who a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer killed on Jan. 3, 2018. He was 28.
"I have to march," Banks continued. "We fight together."
Banks frequently joins other grieving African American families from around California who have lost loved ones to police violence for rallies and vigils like the one AOUON held in Sacramento.
Photos of people of color killed by law enforcement agents in California.
Participants arrived from Riverside, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Bakersfield, Vallejo, Richmond, Oakland, San Francisco, and other places in the state. Most of the people in attendance were people who have been impacted by police violence.
On the front steps of the State Capitol, large black-and-white photos of people of color who have been victims of police deadly force were on display. According to AOUON, police violence has claimed the lives of 600 people in California over the last five years
Asale-Haquekyah Chandler (pronounced "Ah-SAH-lah") made the trip east to Sacramento from San Francisco to support Banks and the other families involved with "Stop Killing Us." Chandler is hosting the "One Life Walk: A Silent Walk Parade Protest" in downtown San Francisco July 28.
Chandler, who ran unsuccessfully for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 10 seat in 2018, has also been affected by violence, but not at the hands of law enforcement. Her 19-year-old son Yalani Chinyamurindi, while on a lunch break in San Francisco, was shot and killed, along with three individuals he knew.
The young men 20, 21, and 22 years of age were giving her son a ride back to his job when four gunmen surrounded the car they were in and opened fire.
Locally, around the Bay Area, the crime, which took place on Jan. 9, 2015, has been dubbed the "San Francisco 4." Chandler said she and Banks (the two women knew each other well before their sons died) attended the event because see themselves as "fighters of justice and equality for all of our lives," she said.
Families affected by police violence came from all across the state to participate in the Stop Killings Us Rally in Sacramento.
"We were fighting way before these children were murdered," Chandler said. "So, the uniqueness we're bringing to the table was meant to be. Though I hate to say it — because we lost (our children). My child was killed by the community and her child was killed by the police. We didn't want to be in this club (mothers of children violently killed). But we are the right ones to be in this club."
Banks, who lives on a rural farm in Calaveras County, told California Black Media (CBM) that the events that AOUON stage are "painful but therapeutic."
The pain and passion expressed by Banks, Chandler, and other participants (who each read aloud the names of the departed) was evident. Several lawmakers emerged from the State Capitol to support the event and stand with the families. They included African American legislators: Sen. Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles), Sen. Steven Bradford (D- Los Angeles), and Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento).
McCarty authored a constitutional amendment, ACA 6, which will be on the general election ballot in November. Known as the "Free the Vote Act," ACA 6 will seek voters' approval to restore voting rights to former inmates on parole.
AOUON and LSPC's policy director Ken Oliver said the prison inmate-support organizations side with ACA 6.
"Yes, we support ACA 6," Oliver told the large crowd at the rally. "We have 40 thousand people out here who can't vote. So, understand when we talk policy. I have 80 thousand sitting behind the wall right now, I have eight million in California that have felony convictions, I have neighborhoods that are suffering. People can't get jobs, and I have people out here getting killed by the police. That's going to change."
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
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Australian floods were worse than estimated
But coal companies made record profits
It never rains but it pours!
That's certainly true of massive floods which hit the Australian state of Queensland late between November and February this year, drastically staunching the output of coking coal used for smelting steel.
But, as pointed out on this website at the time, the storm clouds concealed a silver lining - at least for the major coal mining companies. See: As storm clouds break, London Calling gets biblical
Thanks to the consequent "tightness" in supply, Rio Tinto has now set a second-quarter "hard coking coal price" at a record $330/tonne - beating the previous top figure set in 2008.
Xstrata and Chugoku Electric also settled their annual coal contracts for Japanese smelters at a record level of around $130 per tonne - over 30 percent higher than last year's contract.
See also: "Acts of God" don't excuse mining companies profiting from disaster
Australian coal export losses due to floods much worse than first estimates
Latest figures put losses in coal production from Queensland's mine due to flooding at 30 million tonnes. Coking coal exports particularly badly hit.
By James Regan
SYDNEY - Australia's Queensland state lost up to 30 million tonnes of coal production when monsoonal rains and a cyclone battered the eastern seaboard between November and February, exacting a higher economic toll on one of the most resilient economies than first estimated, government and private figures show.
Coal trains are grounded at Gladstone in floods
- Daniel Munoz, Reuters
Coal is Australia's top export earner and the drop, equivalent to 15 percent of annual output, threatens to curb economic growth and exacerbate a worldwide shortfall of coal as miners struggle to restart flooded out mines.
"The economic costs of the January floods and Cyclone Yasi are unprecedented for a natural disaster and we'll inevitably see growth take a hit in the early part of this year, Australia's treasurer, Wayne Swan said in a speech
The Treasury department, in an economic paper, said it expects the loss to production to be between 20 million and 30 million tonnes, based on information provided by the private sector.
A loss of 30 million tonnes would be double the Treasury's internal estimate of 15 million tonnes lost in the March quarter, which is now likely to be revised to show the flooding dealt the nation a more severe economic blow than first assumed.
The revised estimate comes as Prime Minister Julia Gillard struggles to find enough money to keep her promise of returning the national budget to surplus by 2013.
Local media reports suggest an increase of 3.25 percent to Australia's federal budget for next year has now been cut to 2.5 percent after 2010/11 saw the country hit by disaster after disaster.
Storms and fires also battered the west coast over the summer, reducing iron ore and farm production, while floods caused heavy damage in the southeastern state of Victoria.
The Australian economy has been one of the world's most resilient economies for six out of the last eight years. The average growth rate from 1998-2009 was 3.4 percent.
This is due in large part to Australia's proximity to the world's fastest growing region, the Asia Pacific, and powerhouses like India and China in need of raw materials to fuel their own modern-day industrial revolutions.
The Queensland Resources Council industry group expects total coal production for fiscal 2010/11 from the nation's main coal mining state will be cut to 170 million tonnes from a previous estimate of 200 million tonnes, based on its feedback from coal-handling terminals.
The council's board of directors includes executives from some of the world's biggest coal mining companies, including BHP Billiton, Xstrata , Rio Tinto and Anglo American .
The extent of lost production indicates the coal mining industry is only slowly recovering from the devastating floods that slashed production and damaged infrastructure between late November and February.
"The recovery has been a very slow process," Jim Devine, a spokesman for the mining group told Reuters.
Although is has stopped raining, many mines are still flooded or face logistical and regulatory hurdles because of the water salinity in pumping out the water, according to the Treasury.
The loss of revenues from lower coal exports have only been partly offset through higher prices, it said.
The Treasury report warns that while the greatest impact occurred during the March quarter, "effects appear likely to extend into the June quarter."
The floods have driven both thermal and metallurgical coal prices up significantly.
Traditionally around 85 percent of Queensland's coal is shipped out, meaning export losses could be as high as 25.5 million tonnes.
The Queensland state Treasury in its mid-year economic and fiscal review in February estimated only around 15 million tonnes in coal exports were expected to be delayed or lost in 2010-11.
"Coking coal is taking the majority of the hit because it represents the majority of the exports," Devine, said.
"We still have three out of four coal mines in Queensland working under transitional environmental programmes to remove water from their sites," he said.
The council's estimate of 30 million tonnes in lost production is also well above ones compiled from a Reuters poll in late January that showed the floods would cause 11.3 million tonnes in lost coking coal production in 2011, representing about 5 percent of world exports.
The poll also showed losses to thermal coal production will be much less significant, reaching around 5.5 million tonnes, or less than 1 percent of world trade.
Typically, Queensland produced 60 percent metallurgical coal and 40 percent thermal coal, according to Devine.
Global coking coal supplies are particularly tight because heavy rains in the Bowen Basin in Queensland have flooded open pit mines and stymied transportation.
Underscoring tight availability of coal needed to make steel, Rio Tinto settled its second-quarter hard coking price at $330/tonne and semi-soft coking coal at $264/tonne, beating the previous record set in 2008, according to research by Macquarie Bank.
Xstrata and Chugoku Electric have settled an annual coal contract for the Japanese fiscal year starting April 1 at a record level of around $130 per tonne, over 30 percent higher than last year's contract.
The price exceeds the 2008 record of $125 per tonne and is nearly $10 above the current globalCOAL index for Australia's Newcastle coal, the benchmark for Asian prices. (Additional reporting by Rebekah Kebede in PERTH; Editing by Mark Bendeich and Ed Davies)


Have you ever made a little too many roast or boiled potatoes and not really known what to do with them? I know you might be thinking, you can never have too many boiled/roasted potatoes! It is just to eat and enjoy, but if by some chance you do have some left over you can make smashed potatoes!!
These are best eaten directly when done, and not saved for later – just a little FYI!!
These are crispy, tasty and a good variation to regular roasted potatoes.
It is best to choose a firm potato type (such as a regular white potato, usually smaller in shape), i.e not a "floury" potato (like russet) that works better for mashed potatoes.
Begin by either 1) boiling or 2) roasting potatoes until done. Or, if you have left over pre boiled or pre roasted potatoes it is just to skip this step.
Preheat oven to c.a 200 degrees Celsius.
When the potatoes are done and have cooled down slightly, place the potatoes on a try with baking paper. Then with a fork or potato masher, press down on the potatoes until they become "smashed". They should not fall apart completely or be mashed too hard – just enough to flatten them slightly. Do this with all your potatoes.
Then drizzle over some oil, salt, crushed garlic and dill over the potatoes.
Once crispy, take out of the oven and eat with some salad and dip… example this avocado and pea dip!
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