The Apocalypse is coming! ... Yes, we know, the end is near. You tell us this year after year, and it is terribly tiresome. After the Apocalypse, you have full license to say "I told you so." Until then, please go away.
I may ad this to my sig line..
"AA" = either Alcoholics Anonymous or Asset Allocation. Your choice.
Wow, I wish I was able to hold it down like that. Don't you consume gasoline, have healthcare insurance or have any college tuition to deal with in your household. Here in Texas, also seeing large increases in water bill.
Or state taxes (income bracket creep and sales tax increases)?
Or property taxes (rates AND increasing assessments)?
Or air travel (including "fees" for baggage?
Or professional services (attorney, tax professional, etc.)?
I know that each of us has a different "market basket" which can affect our personal rate of inflation. But I find it difficult to believe that there are any more than a few who have not experienced "noticeable" inflation of late. I won't dispute anyone's figures. They are what they are. Still, I go to almost any store and recall lower prices on MOST things a year ago. Don't have the figures to back that up, but on things I "need", it is most noticeable even if I haven't tracked it to the penny.
Ok, maybe I'm cheating. My 2007 car has less than 20000 miles on it. I live very close to w*rk and, though sometimes I walk or bike I usually drive. But the miles don't add up much. It's a gas guzzling SUV but I hardly notice.
My health insurance is paid mostly by my employer. I pay the same that I paid in the early 90s. They pay more but not by as much as people say. I left this employer in the early 90s and paid their share as I COBRA-ed. It was about $1200 a month for my wife and I. The full cost to do the same now would be $1600 a month, a 33% increase in ~17 years. But I don't dispute that health care inflation has been very high. My employer is huge and negotiates aggressively. I work for a state university.
College tuition - not so much. But I'll comment on that in another thread.
Still, I wonder if D.H. has made subtle changes (e.g., chicken vs steak, one car instead of two, warmer AC, cooler heating, Goodwill instead of Pennys, etc. etc.) without recognizing the "quality" issue that sometimes is talked about in these discussions.
I'm sure I've made subtle changes, and I wasn't bragging. I was just commenting that I truly have a hard time seeing the rampant inflation that some people talk about. I know somethings have certainly gone up but many things have not.
We eat very little meat or processed food. A bag of chicken breasts lasts us a month or more. I haven't paid close attention but that bag might have gone from $6 to $7 in the last 7-8 years, which is consistent with 2-3% inflation. We don't eat steak but we do eat fish. Our veggies might have gone up a little, it's hard to say. What I can say for sure though is that our overall grocery bills have not gone up, that we do not skimp on buying what we like, and we're clearly getting enough calories because we need to go to the gym a lot more. Oh, and the gym was $55 a month in 2002 and is now $62 - an annual increase of 1.2%.
Still drive 2 cars, keep the heat up, and shop where we please.
I think the biggest factor is that we have most of what we need so we don't need to buy very much. That doesn't come from being frugal. Twenty years ago we had to buy a new appliance every time we needed something. But now we have all the stuff we end up needing.
I don't put much more faith in the government numbers than most people. My point is not that they are right. My point is that I think inflation for most things is highly personal. I have no doubt that when we ER and move to Hawaii that our "inflation" will be very high for a few years as we adjust to higher food costs, replace things that it didn't make sense to move, etc. But we'll be saving money on sweaters and heating so who knows. We already spend time there and have a place so we're not totally ignorant about what the costs will be.
It will be a guy that about half the people are unhappy with, no one fully believes, and will get very little done.
Insurance and education are in their own little worlds in terms of increasing prices. Apparently competitive pressures are almost non-existent in those areas.
I work at a state university. Here's my take on what is happening with education inflation.
Obviously the cost of tuition has gone way up in the last 25 years. The reasons probably matter very little to current students or their benefactors paying the bills. But the costs for universities have not actually been increasing very fast. The CPI is probably a good estimate for that. Costs are essentially the faculty and staff, utilities, and buildings. Those all track inflation reasonably well. Professors at my school do not make more, adjusted for inflation, than they did 20-30 years ago.
What has changed is the subsidy provided by the state. The Arizona Constitution requires the legislature to make university education "as nearly free as possible" to all residents of the state. You can argue with whether that should be the case but the fact is that it is. But the legislature recently, over the last couple of decades but especially in the last 10 years has focused on the "nearly" part and has increased the share that students must pay. The state used to pay 80-90% but it is now way down, possibly around 25%. So much of the "inflation" is simply a shift in who pays.
The way this is done though is concealed in some fancy accounting so that it does not look like the politicians are cutting funding.
Another factor is student loans. When the government makes loans easy to get by guaranteeing them, and through various other policies, students have the money to pay inflated tuition. Artificially created supply of students drives up prices. And it's a vicious cycle because the for-profit schools that compete with state schools can then make more money and that often leads to other problems.
If a kid has to work hard to pay $800 a semester at a state school, that's puts an economic barrier on who can afford the state school and it limits what a for-profit school can charge. Who would pay $2500 for a for-profit place when the state gives it to you for $800?
But give the kid $10000 in loans, raise state tuition to $4000 and you get a situation where every kid wants to go to school and for-profit schools can make a good profit by charging the same $4000.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for everyone having an opportunity to better themselves and get an education. But I think the current situation is terrible. Taxpayers are being ripped off, students are being ripped off and put in financial shackles even if they manage to graduate, and society is really not benefiting from the improved human capital that the whole concept of state schools is premised on.
I don't know what the solution is. But my point as it applies to this thread is that tuition is going up because of a shift in who pays and there are loans available to offset the higher fees, as bad as that is. Once students are paying the full cost, I think it is unlikely that tuition will continue to increase at the rate it has.


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Q: Does layered navigation always have to use the configured search engine? In Magento 2.1 custom search engines were introduced, so that MySQL could be replaced with ElasticSearch in EE.
My own search adapter works well in the search but now I realized that it is also used to fetch filters in layered navigation on category pages.
This leads to an error if my search result does not contain "buckets" for filterable attributes, like this:
Exception #0 (Magento\Framework\Exception\StateException): Bucket does not exist
#0 [...]/var/generation/Magento/CatalogSearch/Model/ResourceModel/Fulltext/Collection/Interceptor.php(115): Magento\CatalogSearch\Model\ResourceModel\Fulltext\Collection->getFacetedData('style_bags')

While it makes sense to use the search adapter here, my problem is that it does it with the exact same method in Magento\CatalogSearch\Model\ResourceModel\Fulltext\Collection that is also used to fetch search results.
This does not work because I distinguish between attributes configured as filterable in search and as filterable in categories, so the normal search result does not contain the buckets that are needed on the category page.
I'll probably implement a switch based on the current controller, although that's not the cleanest solution.
But my question for now is: Is it really necessary to use the search engine in layered navigation or is there a way to fall back to the old method?

Update
It turns out that I get enough information in the $request parameter passed to the query method of my adapter implementation to figure out the context:

This makes at least a cleaner solution for my switch.
But when I try to fall back to the default MySQL adapter like this (with adapter injected as \Magento\Framework\Search\Adapter\Mysql\Adapter\Proxy):
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there are errors in other places like Magento\Framework\Search\Dynamic\IntervalFactory where my adapter is still used based on di.xml and the system configuration.

A: Magento 2 have layered navigation on search result page too. If you do not cover filtering and aggregation in your adapter this functionality will brocken, so you still need it not only for category page

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Agency will represent new brand in the Far East, Middle East and India.
Withit Licensing has appointed AI Licensing as it looks to further expand the reach of its Joey and Joy brand.
The three-year deal will see AI India represent the property in the Far East, Middle East and India.
AI India will be looking to secure new licensees for Joey and Joy across the three markets, as well as take on international distribution and manufacturing in the markets in which it operates and where Withit has presence.
Lifestyle brand Joey and Joy launched last year, featuring two monkey characters. There are two key design interpretations to give appeal to a broader audience.
AI India is aiming to launch products before the end of October in all three markets.
"It's great to have AI India on board and we're looking forward to launching Joey and Joy in the Far East, Middle East and India," said Dolph Zahid, president of Withit Licensing. "AI India has a breadth of knowledge in these markets which we know will be useful when developing the brand, exploring new opportunities and taking it into retail."
Nitan Kalra, director of AI India, added: "We're looking forward to working with Withit Licensing and believe the Joey and Joy brand has huge potential. We've already had great interest and are on the brink of securing several deals."


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est un auteur de bande dessinée japonaise né le  à Yonezawa dans la préfecture de Yamagata, au Japon.

Il est principalement connu pour être l'auteur des mangas  et , tous deux adaptés en films d'animation.

Biographie

Œuvre

Manga
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1973 - .
1979 - , 1 volume.
1981 - , 6 volumes publiés chez Asahi Sonorama, republié en bunkoban en 1987 ; publié en 9 volumes chez Scholar en 1990.
1982 - , 2 volumes chez Asahi Sonorama, republié en 1 volume.
1983 - , 1 volume chez Asahi Sonorama, puis chez Fusousha en 1995, et Media Factory en 2008.
1985 - , 1 volume chez Asahi Sonorama.
1986 - , pré-publié dans Comic Burger chez Scholar ; 5 volumes chez Kodansha, puis chez Scholar.
1988 - , pré-publié dans Melody chez Hakusensha & Kaiseisha, puis dans Silky et Silky Special ; publié en 8 volumes, puis en 3 volumes Bunkoban.
1992 - , 9 volumes chez Kaiseisha.
1994 - , 10 volumes chez Scholar, republié chez Media Factory en 2006.
1999 - , prépublié dans Comic Flapper chez Media Factory à partir de 1976 ; publié en 18 volumes chez Media Factory.
2002 - , 3 volumes chez Poplar.
2008 - , 3 volumes chez Media Factory.
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Anime
1985 - .
2006 - Atagoal wa Neko no Mori.

Récompenses
2017 - World exhibition of Hiroshi Masumura
Prix Kenji Miyazawa.

Sources

Notes et références

 Manga-Updates

Bibliographie

Annexes

Articles connexes
Kenji Miyazawa

Liens externes

Mangaka
Naissance en octobre 1952
Naissance dans la préfecture de Yamagata

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Economics Declassified
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Essential Economics
Turbulence in Turkey
Posted by Econdeclassified on January 14, 2022 January 14, 2022
By Ayushi Ghosh | Edited by Nisha Gokhale
Turkey's economic history has been nearly as turbulent as its political one. With each regime and social class having differing ideas about how to best approach economic policy in the nation, the Turkish Lira is no stranger to volatility. In the more recent years, however, the Lira has witnessed perhaps the most instability in its history. With the central bank's attempt to revitalize the economy in the most theoretically contradictory manner ever heard of, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime has been under fire for its unconventional approach to economic acceleration. His experimental economic model has been hotly debated in political and economic spheres in recent years. Characterized by a series of cuts in the interest rate and the subsequent freefall of the Lira, his policies have been a source of great frustration among the Turkish citizens.
Erdogan has been a firm proponent of the idea that high interest rates are the "mother and father of all evil". Contrary to the opinions of three former central bank chiefs, his ideas stem from the belief that Turkey is in dire need of freeing itself from its heavy reliance on foreign capital, as well as that decreasing interest rates will help reduce the rising consumer prices. In fact, all three chiefs were later dismissed by Erdogan himself for trying to boost the value of the Lira by raising interest rates. In his attempt to appease the masses by declaring an 'economic war of independence', he has instead created a situation where the common citizen unable to afford enough groceries for a day's meal, those on pension are struggling to get by, businesses are unable to repay debts due to the Lira's plummeting value and the youth has taken to the streets in protest.
Though the decreasing of interest rates is usually recommended when trying to revitalize an economy, Turkey comes with the added issue of having one of the largest current account deficits in the world. It relies primarily on foreign investments to bridge the gap between imports and exports. However, as the uncertainty about the value of the Lira increases due to the fluctuations in its supply from the central bank, investors become less keen to purchase the Lira required to invest in the country's economy, thereby causing the demand for the Turkish Lira to fall rapidly and Turkey to spiral further into debt. The common man has also borne the brunt of the Lira's volatility in the form of exorbitantly high living expenses (which have gone up by 50% this year).
Over the past month, the Lira has been valued between 16.6 TRY to 13.7 TRY per USD, with the lowest being around 10.91 TRY per USD. The distrust in the Lira has grown to the extent that the Turkish people have turned to using more stable measures of exchange such as gold and the US dollar, whereas gold sellers have begun to sell their gold in smaller and smaller increments. As the frantic Turk rushes to convert all his savings to USD, the government has attempted to stabilize the exchange rate by introducing schemes wherein those who refrain from withdrawing their savings in Lira for three months will not only have their money protected by the government, but also be compensated in case the lira continues to decline. The central bank's foreign currency reserves are also witnessing a 20-year-low with an estimated value of only about $8.9 bn. Turkey's stock market Borsa had to pause trading twice in order to prevent further losses.
As the common man maintains a pessimistic attitude towards the lira, the government has attempted to appease the frightened citizens by increasing the minimum wage by 50.4% starting January 2020, as well as abolish income and stamp tax on minimum wage. Turkey's immigration rates have also observed a monumental 170.97% increase in the previous year. Not only has the nation seen a rise in physical migration, but the global pandemic has also widened the horizons for many Turks by enhancing the scope for working from home leading to what many have called a 'virtual brain drain'- wherein young turks, while living in turkey, earn in US dollars by working for overseas companies and spend in lira.
The pessimistic attitudes towards the lira show no signs of subsiding even as the lira shows signs of relative stability so far into 2022. Moreover, along with the lira's value, Erdogan's popularity has also plummeted, as people remain skeptical of the future of the nation in his hands.
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Ergocun, G. (2021, December 16). Turkey to raise minimum wage over 50% in 2022. https://Www.Aa.Com.Tr/En/Economy/Turkey-to-Raise-Minimum-Wage-over-50-in-2022/2449177. Retrieved January 12, 2021, from https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkey-to-raise-minimum-wage-over-50-in-2022/2449177
Gall, C. (2021, December 10). Turkey's President Follows His Own Advice Even as Economy Slips. The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/world/middleeast/erdogan-economy-lira-turkey.html
Gumrukcu, T., & Devranoglu, N. (2021, December 22). Turkish lira up and volatile amid government support moves. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/turkish-lira-charges-back-after-erdogans-anti-dollarization-plan-2021-12-21/
Michaelson, R. (2021, December 19). 'There's jobs but no money': Turkey's economic crisis begins to bite. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/19/theres-jobs-but-no-money-turkeys-economic-crisis-begins-to-bite
Pitel, L. (2021, December 28). Lira slide pushes young Turks to virtual working overseas. Financial Times. Retrieved January 10, 2021, from https://www.ft.com/content/63a0021e-0fd0-4636-ae4a-66fa8a7a43bd
Turkey Net Migration Rate 1950–2022. (2022). MacroTrends. Retrieved January 12, 2021, from https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/TUR/turkey/net-migration#:%7E:text=The%20current%20net%20migration%20rate,a%2070.63%25%20decline%20from%202019
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"Now we have the fact": The enchantment of Toyota has additionally confirmed the Greensboro megasite | Native information
By Owen Reynolds Last updated Dec 7, 2021
Toyota Motor Administrator Chris Reynolds (left) stands with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to celebrate their new partnership during the announcement of the future location of a new Toyota battery manufacturing facility in Liberty on Monday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
RICHARD M. BARRON AND JAMIE BIGGS employed authors
December 6, 2021 Announcement that Toyota will build a car battery plant near Greensboro
LIBERTY – After years of manufacturing – and now millions – the Greensboro-Randolph megasite has finally landed a big manufacturer.
Toyota's announcement on Monday afternoon that it will build a battery factory – what has become the state's worst-kept secret – brings a mixture of celebration, relief, and justification for a triad economic development community that has been developing this massive bait for one for 10 years Car company.
Governor Roy Cooper called the work a "new chapter" for the state and for "clean energy transportation". Country.
"It will be for the cleaner cars of today and tomorrow," said Cooper, suspecting that as the world continues to see North Carolina as a "clean energy hub and clean energy jobs".
"And we hope that everything that happens around the battery plant will continue to be part of it in the future," added Cooper, indicating that more could be added to the 1,800-acre site in Liberty.
Its not-so-subtle allusion garnered applause from the numerous local, regional and state dignitaries who had gathered on the sprawling property to hear the governor's announcement.
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Parody versus satire – one is okay and the other can get you in trouble. Gangnam Style video as a teaching tool.
What's the difference between parody and satire? Which one violates someone's intellectual property rights?
Umm. I have no idea.
Or at least I didn't until I read a newsletter from Gammon and Grange, which pointed to Kenneth Liu's guest post at Forbes: Parodies of Rap Artist Psy's Gangnam Style Are Fun. But Are They Legal?
Mr. Liu explains the difference in the context of an amazingly popular video, "Oppa Gangnam Style" and the spoofs that have been made of it.
If I now understand the distinction, parody is making fun of the original work. Satire is taking the original work and through what is called a derivative work, creating something that is criticizing or commenting on something completely unrelated to the original work.
So if you take the song "Oppa Gangnam Style" and show people being silly in sort of the same style as original video in order to comment or highlight or tease or even ridicule the original, that's okay.
If you were to take the song and use it to criticize/support your most despised/favorite politician that's a problem. Likewise if you take the song and then comment on a social issue, criticize a business, or discuss a charity, then you are doing satire. And that's a problem because it violates the intellectual property rights of whoever created the original document.
Parody is protected under intellectual property rights law. Satire is not and will exposure you to potential legal liabilities.
Check out the full article for a great explanation. It will be well worth your while.
After reading the article and watching three spoofs, I can see another difference between parody and satire. The parody points you back to the original. It is drawing attention to the original and actually compliments it while poking fun.
Baby Gangnam style has 2.9M views. There's also a Gandalf Style (3.6M views), found here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M660rjNCH0A.
The original has over 480M views. Yeah, that's close to half a billion views.
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Stocks Advance in Europe, Asia as Copper Rises on China
Frankfurt (June 2) Stocks gained in Europe and Asia while copper advanced as manufacturing in Chinaexpanded at the fastest pace in five months. The euro weakened after European industrial growth slowed.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed 0.3 percent at 7:31 a.m. in New York as the MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.5 percent. Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures advanced less than 0.1 percent. Copper rallied 1.2 percent while the euro depreciated against seven of its 16 major counterparts.
Growth in Chinese manufacturing added to evidence that the government's measures to counter the slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy are gaining traction. A report showed factory output slowed more than initially estimated last month in the 18-nation euro currency region. Economists forecast the European Central Bank will cut the deposit rate to less than zero when policy makers meet on June 5.
"With European companies' big exposure to the Chinese market, investors are carefully watching the data out of China," said Kai Fachinger, a fund manager at RobecoSAM AG in Zurich, which manages 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion). "Improving macro-economic data is supporting sentiment as investors wait to see what the ECB will do this week."
China's Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 50.8 in May, the National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said yesterday in Beijing, compared with the 50.7 median estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. April's reading was 50.4, with numbers above 50 indicating expansion


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Home / Shop / HO Scale: SD60E - DCC Ready - Norfolk Southern "Honor Our Veterans"
HO Scale: SD60E - DCC Ready - Norfolk Southern "Honor Our Veterans"
Athearn Genesis HO Scale: SD60E - DCC Ready - NS "Honor Our Veterans"
Beginning in early 2010, NS 6653 entered Juniata shop for 240 units planned through 2019. In August 2010, two SD60s (6567 and 6576) were retired and ear-marked for the SD60E program. Mechanically, the original prime mover, a 16-cylinder 710G3 model remained, but it was thoroughly rebuilt to 710G3B specs and rerated to 4,000 horsepower. The original shaft-driven air compressor was replaced with a new motor-driven compressor. All-new electrical cabinets and wiring, coupled with EMD's EM2000 microprocessor controls, were installed, along with D99BTR traction motors. A new split-cooling system helps the SD60E meet Tier 0+ emissions requirements and reduce fuel consumption by an estimated 5 percent as compared to an older SD60 model. The SD60E's tractive effort is rated at 109,000 pounds – unrebuilt SD60s are rated at 96,320-100,000 pounds.
Externally while most of the SD60's carbody remained intact during the remanufacturing process, the program included installation of a completely new cab. Offering crews more protection – the original SD60 cab weighs 3,800 pounds versus 12,500 pounds for the new cab – as well as a spacious work environment, the cab – 59 square feet versus 74 square feet in the SD60E – was designed by NS with input from outside consultants and train crews. Fabricated by Curry Railroad Supply, a local vendor, it looks unlike anything else on U.S. rails with its pronounced numberboard/headlight housing and flat front with a centered cab door.
The first unit was finally released for service on November 15, 2010, carrying road number 6900. In March 2011, 6901 was released, followed by 6902 in June of that year. These three units gave NS mechanical personnel valuable feedback as the units toured the system, enduring "real life" testing.
In March 2012, the fourth SD60E emerged from Juniata as one of the 12 units initially funded for the program. But the pace of the remanufacturing process picked up as initial teething problems were addressed. The units soon met the carrier's expectations and began entering revenue service on a regular basis.


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Council members, freom left, Manny Pelaez, Anna Sandoval and Shirley Gonzales speak at the Go Vote No campaign headquarters after the release of secretly recorded audio.
On this tape, Steele said at least five San Antonio City Council members support the union's objectives. However several of those council members say they never offered their support.
The campaign says the audio was recorded at a fire station sometime in late 2017. Steele is heard discussing the union's contract and arbitration. However, the audio doesn't specifically mention the charter amendments that will be on the Nov. 6 ballot.
He also, on the recording, talks about having support from council members Greg Brockhouse in District 6; Ana Sandoval in District 7; Manny Pelaez in District 8; Clayton Perry in District 10; and Shirley Gonzales in District 5.
Pelaez, Sandoval, Gonzales attended a news conference held at the Go Vote No campaign headquarters Tuesday to denounce Steele's assertions.
"I'm very disappointed that somebody behind closed doors would suggest you can lock up my vote and own it. That's offensive and people should see it for what it is — yet another example of a mistruth," Pelaez said.
All three said they have had very little contact with Steele during their time in office.
The fire union and city have been without a healthcare and wage contract for the city's firefighters since 2014, when their last signed contract expired. The union has not shown up to any of the city's negotiation meetings during that time. The union is currently operating under a 10-year evergreen clause that keeps the last contract active until 2024. The city filed a lawsuit against the evergreen clause but ultimately lost when the Texas Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
Perry, who was not at the press conference, also said he'd hadn't given full support of fire union issues.
"I haven't agreed or disagreed with anything in the past to do with the fire union; I haven't come online either way," he said.
Perry added the charter amendment battle is the result of not having a contract.
"These propositions are a direct result of the failure to move forward with the contract between the city and fire union — both are to blame," he said. "There is no excuse to go over four years without a contract or to enter into multiple expensive lawsuits — some, of which, are still ongoing.
Brockhouse said he's supported the fire union's efforts since day one and because of the endorsement, the union might have interpreted that as support.
Pelaez and Gonzales previously received endorsements from the fire union in their 2017 campaign bids. But both said they never committed to votes in exchange for endorsements.
This is the second piece of audio Go Vote No campaign has released and campaign manager Christian Archer said there is more audio. Brockhouse is calling for the release of all the audio.
A statement released by the fire Union accused the city of recording some of its meetings.


Declaring that "No.1 enemy" for Telangana is Congress, KCR has attacked Congress party president Rahul Gandhi to the core. KCR went a step further and intensified his personal attack on Rahul. KCR called Rahul as the "Biggest Buffon" in the country.
KCR also stated that Congress would not have any impact in the coming Lok Sabha elections as well. He asked media to name a State where Congress could win at least 20 MP seats. KCR gave a call asking people to "Bury" the Congress for good. He accused Congress for ruining Telangana over a period of time. KCR claimed that he had rid the Telangana unit of Congress. He said Telangana should get rid of Congress again and forever.
Defending his decision to dissolve the Assembly much advance and go for early polls, KCR said that the decision is taken in the interest of people. He said the Telangana state is progressing and said the state should not go into the hands of the "inefficient" people referring to Congress.
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At the health science university where I work, we focus on making decisions grounded in data we can collect along with any other insights we can gather. At least we do on the central tech team that supports every stakeholder group that authors their own pages. Several of our initiatives have included visitor data or in adding tools to collect more data. Thankfully, this approach has helped bring the right people together to make more broad updates to site design and features. However, it's been a struggle to get stakeholder groups to adopt the same approach to how they manage their own pages.
When I first started my current job, I assumed I could jump in and convince these stakeholder groups to just go forth with my advice about editing content. Ha! It's not like they didn't believe me, but they honestly didn't understand where I was coming from. I realized after several attempts that I had to come up with a way to bridge the gap in our perspectives and that they weren't interested in becoming web experts. They only wanted their site to look good in as much as they understood what that meant.
I developed a survey tool that took my open ended questions and turned them into multiple choice options people in these groups could understand. I sent the survey to them before setting up a meeting, and it was amazingly effective. A question like "What kinds of things do you want visitors to do on your website?" had options like, "Read about our department", "Get health care", "Read our research", "Attend a health event" and some open fields where they could type their own responses. Instead of sitting quietly and hoping an open ended question would return a useful answer, these structured responses help them give me answers I could use. I could go to their site, look at their survey responses, and analyze their content with these survey answers in mind.
I added several questions to the survey to get stakeholders to think about how they might analyze data to make decisions. One question was "How do you know your site is successful?" and responses included options like, "Lots of people visit the page", "People come back to the page", "People spend ___ amount of time on the page" and other measures that show up in analytics. These responses helped me talk to them about analytics and setting up regular reports to monitor their content.
The final piece that really helped was to get people to think as critically as they could about who made up their audience. I included a section where they could select who they thought was in their audience, and again, I gave them defined responses, like health care givers, current students or public officials. In addition, I asked them to estimate how many people there were in these audiences and what sources would help them estimate the total size of their audience. Few people were able to respond to this question, which was just as telling as giving me a number. However, we were able to discuss this further no matter what they said and have more productive conversations about audience.
This survey made it possible to get stakeholders to go beyond gut reactions and to make decisions with some critical analysis. They were able to talk about their sites with some awareness of how they could measure success. The answers they gave me allowed me to probe further and get more insight about how they ran their operations. Also, this paved the way to improve their site using other tools, like A/B testing, to make decisions with data instead of gut feelings.
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Louisiana woman gets 3-year sentence for faking her kidnapping to get $4,500
by: Sharon Cummings
(FOX News) — (4/18/19) A Louisiana woman was sentenced Thursday to three years and five months in prison for faking her own kidnapping and sending her ex-boss texts demanding $4,500 in ransom — a plot foiled by FBI agents who found her in Jackson, Mississippi, along with the phone she used to threaten her own life.
Sharday Monique Thomas, 32, of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced in Jackson by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III. She had pleaded guilty to wire fraud in January, according to court records.
Prosecutors said Thomas' former employer in Monroe, Louisiana, received text messages in November from a person claiming to have kidnapped Thomas. The texts threatened Thomas' life and demanded that $4,500 be delivered to a Jackson location to save her.
"I'm tired of waiting my trigger finger is itching," is what one of the texts said, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Michael Hurst. Another said, "Now or I'll blow her head off."
Hurst's release said the former employer, assisted by Louisiana State Police, talked to Thomas twice after requesting proof that she was alive.
"Thomas told him that she would be killed if the ransom money was not delivered as instructed," the release said.
But FBI agents working in New Orleans and Jackson used GPS technology to locate the cellphone used to send the messages. It was traced to a Jackson address near the planned ransom drop point, according to an affidavit filed in federal court. They found Thomas at that address. She confessed to the phony abduction and consented to a search of her phone, which contained the incriminating chain of text messages.
by GABRIELLE PHIFER / Jan 18, 2021
EL DORADO, Ark. (KTVE/KARD) -- Courtyard Health and Rehabilitation Center in El Dorado is the first long-term care facility in the state to offer monoclonal antibody treatments to its patients who have mild to moderate symptoms of the coronavirus.
The facility has been offering this treatment option for about a week now. It is designed to protect against the spike of COVID-19, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
TALLULAH, AL (KTVE/KARD) "We need more love in the world today" says Minister Larry Harvey, a Tallulah Resident.
It didn't take long for the line of cars to grow at Tallulah elementary. Typical MLK services were cancelled due to the pandemic, but this didn't stop residents from getting creative. So they took to the streets in an organized motorcade to not only honor his legacy, but to also reflect on his accomplishments to history.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday expanded its distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to teachers and people aged 70 or older.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is 70, is set to get his first dose of the vaccine Monday afternoon.
Over 58,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses headed to Louisiana soon
Louisiana hunters find human remains; deputies investigate


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Step back in time and visit the "vanished city" on its last day, as the mighty volcano Vesuvius explodes in a 24-hour reign of terror. On August 24th, AD79, Pompeii's citizens witness day turning into night as 4 billion tons of pumice, rock, and ash burst forth from Vesuvius. Pompeii: The Last Day uses archaeological evidence, including the writings of one survivor, to unravel the mystery of those final hours. Lavish special effects reconstruct each stage of Vesuvius's cataclysmic eruption and its impact on soldiers, slaves, families, and lovers as they struggle with the unfolding tragedy. One of the greatest natural disasters - and most fateful days - comes to vivid life in this critically acclaimed dramatization.
A documentary about the decay and industrial collapse of America's fourth largest city.
A rare pygmy sloth that looks like a teddy bear and can swim, an insect as long as your arm and a fish from the deep with a face like a headlight. Just some of the extraordinary and weird new species chosen by presenter Chris Packham as his top ten discoveries of the last decade from around the world. Also chosen are a giant orchid worth thousands, a walking shark and a small mammal related to an elephant with a nose to match, and two geckos which are evolving before our eyes. Equally extraordinary are the personal stories of how the new species were found, as told by the 21st century scientists and explorers who discovered them - the Indiana Joneses of the natural world. All these species are new to us and new to science, and proof that the Earth can still surprise us.
Shot mainly using spy cameras, this film gets closer than ever before to the world's greatest land predator. Icebergcam, Blizzardcam and Snowballcam are a new generation of covert devices on a mission to explore the Arctic islands of Svalbard in Norway. Backed up by Snowcam and Driftcam, these state-of-the-art camouflaged cameras reveal the extraordinary curiosity and intelligence of the polar bear. The cameras are just a breath away when two sets of cubs emerge from winter maternity dens. They also capture the moment when the sea-ice breaks away from the island in the Spring. As one set of mother and cubs journey across the drifting ice in search of seals, the other is marooned on the island with very little food. How they cope with their different fates is captured in revelatory close-up detail. The cameras also follow the bears as they hunt seals, raid bird colonies, dive for kelp and indulge in entertaining courtship rituals. Icebergcam even discovers their little-known social nature as seven bears share a washed-up whale carcass. Often just a paw's swipe from the play-fighting and squabbling bears, the spy cameras face their most challenging subject yet. When their curious subjects discover the cameras, they are subjected to some comical-but-destructive encounters. As the film captures its intimate portrait of polar bears' lives, it reveals how their intelligence and curiosity help them cope in a world of shrinking ice.
On 1 July 1952, a 30-year-old architect called Michael Ventris made a BBC radio broadcast which was to secure his place in archaeological and history books forever. He announced that he'd deciphered Linear B, Europe's earliest known, and previously incomprehensible, writing system. His discovery was to revolutionise our understanding of Western civilisation. It was made all the more remarkable by the fact that Ventris was no more than an amateur enthusiast, a man passionately and often tortuously determined to crack the linguistic code which had puzzled experts, archaeologists and academics for three decades.
The acclaimed BBC4 Britannia series moves into the world of British reggae. Showing how it came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence, over the next twenty years, both British music and society, the programme includes major artists and performances from that era, including Big Youth, Max Romeo, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jerry Dammers and the Specials, the Police, UB40, Dennis Bovell, lovers rock performers Carroll Thompson and Janet Kay, bands like Aswad and Steel Pulse and reggae admirers such as Boy George and Paul Weller. The programme celebrates the impact of reggae, the changes it brought about and its lasting musical legacy.
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Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in a society which persecutes people like him and meets those who are leading the hate campaign.
Sir Jackie Stewart is one of Britain's all time great sporting personalities - winner of three Formula 1 world championships and 27 grand prix, and ranked as one of the ten greatest racing drivers of all time. With his black cap and sideburns, he became an unmistakable icon in the glorious era of style, glamour and speed of the 1960s and 70s. Venturing beyond the world of motor sport, this documentary is an insight into the triumphs and tragedies of Stewart's eventful life, and includes contributions from friends and colleagues such as Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Sean Connery, Murray Walker and Edsel Ford, as well as the last ever interview with the late Ken Tyrrell, without whom Stewart's career might have taken a very different turn. Produced by Stewart's youngest son Mark, the film is enriched with family photographs, home movies and scrapbooks kept by Lady Helen Stewart that document her husband's career.
Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago and we have hardly ever found a complete skeleton. So how do we turn a pile of broken bones into a dinosaur exhibit? Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures, and even - in some cases - the correct skin colour.
Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author's most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens - the national institution - and instead explores the qualities of Dickens's work which still make him one of the best British writers. While Dickens is often celebrated for his powerful depictions of Victorian England and his role as a social reformer, this programme foregrounds the elements of his writing which make him worth reading, as much for what he tells us about ourselves in the twenty-first century as our ancestors in the nineteenth. Armando argues that Dickens's remarkable use of language and his extraordinary gift for creating characters make him a startlingly experimental and psychologically penetrating writer who demands not just to be adapted for television but to be read and read again.
A two-part portrait of Elizabeth II's grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, which examines the lasting legacy of the couple who rescued the monarchy from potential disaster, and whose influence persists to this day. Episode one focuses on King George V. George could not have been a more unlikely moderniser. Born and brought up in the Victorian age he was conservative to his fingertips. Yet in the face of unstoppable social change after the First World War he turned out to be a remarkable innovator, creating the House of Windsor, embracing democratic reform, and reinventing many of the royal traditions that we know today. When he celebrated his silver jubilee in 1935 the monarchy was more popular than ever. But as a parent King George V was far less successful - he bullied his children and alienated his eldest son and heir, Prince Edward. As one courtier remarked at the time, 'the royal family are like ducks, they sit on their children'. By contrast, King George had a loving relationship with his granddaughter, and much of Queen Elizabeth's style and commitment to duty can be traced back to this early influence.
A special spin off programme of the BBC Four programme After Life for learners aged 7 - 11 years. A team of young science detectives investigate rot and decay through a series of experiments and activities, assisted by Dr George McGavin. The team find out not just about the bacteria all around us, but the bacteria on our skin, in our mouths and in our stomachs. They look at the life cycle of flies and how they play an important part in the natural process of recycling and composting. They even make their very own rot boxes which they fill with food and leave for six weeks.
Their family name alone evokes horror: Himmler, Frank, Goering, Hoess. This film looks at the descendants of the most powerful figures in the Nazi regime: men and women who were left a legacy that indelibly associates them with one of the greatest abominations in history. What is it like to have grown up with a name that immediately raises images of genocide? How do they live with the weight of their ancestors' crimes? Is it possible to move on from the crimes of their ancestors?
David Attenborough recounts his very personal experiences with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. Ever since they were discovered over a century ago, these remarkable creatures have been threatened by loss of habitat, poaching, disease and political instability. But despite all odds their numbers have increased. David tells the extraordinary tale of how conservationists like Dian Fossey have battled to save the mountain gorilla from the brink of extinction.
The story of how Russell Brand battled to stay clean of drugs is at the heart of this honest, personal film in which he challenges how our society deals with addicts and addiction.
Paleontologist Professor Richard Fortey embarks on a quest to discover the extraordinary lives of rock pool creatures. To help explore this unusual environment he is joined by some of the UK's leading marine biologists in a dedicated laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. Here and on the beach in various locations around the UK, startling behaviour is revealed and new insights are given into how these animals cope with intertidal life. Many popular rock pool species have survived hundreds of millions of years of Earth's history, but humans may be their biggest challenge yet.
Alan Bennett narrates a documentary about James Ravilious, one of the great unknowns of British photography. Son of the renowned water-colourist and engraver Eric Ravilious, he dedicated his art to a small area of north Devon, where over a period of two decades he took more than 80,000 photographs. This collection has become one of the most comprehensive and poignant archives in the country, documenting an English world and way of life most people had thought long gone.
Simon Russell Beale continues his Sacred Music journey in this special celebration marking the 400th anniversary of the death of the great Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria. In exploring the extraordinary world of this intensely spiritual man - musician, priest and mystic - Simon's travels take him to some of Spain's most stunning locations, from the ancient fortified city of Avila, with its medieval walls and glorious cathedral, to the magnificent El Escorial palace, where Philip II would listen to Victoria's music though a small door leading off his bedroom directly to the high altar of the Basilica. In Madrid, Simon explores the dramatic religious paintings of Victoria's contemporary El Greco in the Prado Museum and visits the convent of Las Descalzas Reales, named after the barefoot nuns who worshipped there and where Victoria spent the final three decades of his life as choirmaster and organist. The music is specially performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen in the church of San Antonio de los Alemanes, a hidden baroque jewel built in Victoria's lifetime in the heart of Madrid.
After a brief tutelage with innovative BBC documentary producer Denis Mitchell, Dennis Potter teamed with producer Anthony de Lotbiniere to film a documentary (later described by David Niven as "absolutely wonderful"). Returning to the Berry Hill roots of his childhood, Potter used interviews with locals (including his parents) to show changes in the working-class traditions of the Forest of Dean, where "the green forest has a deep black heart beneath its sudden hills, pushing up slag heaps and grey little villages clustering around the coal."
Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 747 was a game changer; the airliner that revolutionised mass, cheap air travel. But the first, wide-bodied plane was (originally) intended as a stopgap to Boeing's now-abandoned supersonic jet. This is the remarkable, untold story of the jumbo, a billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to the limits to create the world's most recognisable plane.


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News Forum - Tourism officials in South encouraged by opening of Yala's Betong Airport
The newly opened Betong Airport, in the southern province of Yala, has inspired hope of a tourism revival in the town. The Bangkok Post reports that the airport received its operating licence from the Aviation Authority of Thailand on January 28. The 920-rai facility can handle up to 300 passengers an hour, or 80,000 a year. The airport is seen by many as a more viable and safer alternative to travel by road in the region, much of which involves travel across mountainous terrain. Betong Airport is around 13 kilometres east of the southern border town of Betong. It is […]
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On 3/14/2022 at 10:46 AM, Thaiger said:
The newly opened Betong Airport, in the southern province of Yala, has inspired hope of a tourism revival in the town.
Just now need a revival of arriving and departing aircraft with tourists (not politicians) on them …… but that now be a long time coming.


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The new weapon is an advanced version of the Topol-M and Yars missiles, already deployed by the Russian Strategic Missile Forces. The experiment was boosted off from the Plesetsk launch site in north-western Russia's Arkhangelsk region on Wednesday. It delivered its test block to the Kura target range in Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East.
The successful test comes after a failed launch of the prototype on September 27, 2011. At the time the missile's first-stage engine reportedly failed, which resulted in it dropping some 10 kilometers from the launch pad.
The medium-weight ICBM is "one of the military-technical measures, which Russia's military-political leadership is taking in response to the deployment of a global antimissile defense system by the Americans," says retired Col.-General Viktor Yesin.
The new missile may be ready for service "soon" and would boost Russia's nuclear deterrence "in the uncertain situation", the former head the Strategic Missile Forces' General Staff told Interfax news agency.
According to military sources, the upgraded design behind the new weapon focused on its fuel formula. The solid propellant has been improved and allows for a faster boost, shortening the initial phase of the flight. During the boosting phase the missile is relatively slow and predictable, which makes it more vulnerable to anti-missiles.
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Speculation contributes to a culture of erasure.
Harry already discussed his sexuality in an interview with The Sun last year. When asked whether he uses any labels for himself, he frankly responded that he "never felt the need to." Speculators who pin a label on him, then, are doing him a disservice.
Sexual identity is fluid and can evolve and change over time, but since nothing has come from his mouth to suggest that his feelings have changed, people should respect his decision not to align himself with any particular label. A reluctance to do so stresses the erasure of those who fall under the LGBTQ umbrella, but either haven't found a label that speaks to them, or who opt not to label themselves at all. Both experiences are valid expressions of sexuality. Not everything needs to be classified, but the reach to do so projects this myopic idea of sexuality, wherein those who fit in predetermined boxes struggle with quantifying an abstract concept as one in which you just are.
The context in which Harry's sexuality is being discussed is unlike millions of LGBTQ people's everyday lives. His innermost thoughts and feelings are being put up for debate in a public forum that has likely never met him, and most certainly doesn't know exactly what he's thinking. That projection can be and is dangerous.
Rory Gory, Safe Messaging Expert at The Trevor Project advises that "it's never OK to tell a person what their gender identity or sexuality are before they've defined themselves or chosen to disclose, even if you're trying to demonstrate your support for LGBTQ people." Whether you've personally known someone your entire life or followed their career with conviction, you have no right to deduce someone's sexuality based on arbitrary information. Famous or not, no one owes you an explanation or justification of their feelings.
Some people are raised in loving homes where openness with regards to sexuality is celebrated, but they still might be hesitant to come out. Other instances might involve someone who is at risk of physical or mental abuse as a result of their coming out. And some people just don't want to define their sexuality in a public sphere. All these reasons and any others are totally valid and brave. It's paramount to remember that even if you think you're doing this person a favor by speculating on their sexuality, you're not. Their personal story does not involve you. Though this only scratches the surface of issues surrounding speculation, it's important that you take with you the need to be respectful of other's wishes and personal lives. You can practice empathy and be a loving, supportive friend when and if they need it. Get started by reading The Trevor Project's Coming Out Guide.


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Kendrick & Taylor Swift "Bad Blood" Video
Man, I hate to be that guy complaining about their favorite artist going mainstream and stepping into the pop world but that's how this song makes me feel.
Kendrick Lamar was featured on a remix of Taylor Swift's record "Bad Blood" off of her 1989 album and now he's allllll up in the video. I don't think Kendrick did anything wrong, I feel him, get yo' money man, but Taylor Swift's music is trash to me. BUT, this video is so fuckin' cool. You're going to see your favorite young stars, Selena Gomez, Zendaya, Jessica Alba among more. I wish they made this video into an actual movie. Kendrick just kinda stays behind the scenes watching shit go down from his lair like Ron Stoppable. Watch it below!
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Measles is 'imminent' global threat, CDC and WHO say
Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) - Monday, November 28th, 2022
The pandemic spurred major setbacks in global efforts to eliminate measles, making the disease an "imminent threat" for every part of the world, the CDC and World Health Organization said Nov. 23.
Nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose last year, according to a joint report from the two organizations. About 25 million children missed a first dose and 14.7 million missed a second dose, marking a record high. Globally, the vaccine coverage rate for the first measles shot (81 percent) is at the lowest level since 2008.
"This decline is a significant setback in global progress towards achieving and maintaining measles elimination and leaves millions of children susceptible to infection," the CDC and WHO said in a Nov. 23 news release.
Although the global number of measles cases has fallen over the past two decades, infections increased last year. The WHO and CDC reported an estimated 9 million cases and 128,000 deaths globally in 2021, up from 7.5 million cases and 60,700 deaths in 2020.
"Measles anywhere is a threat everywhere, as the virus can quickly spread to multiple communities and across international borders," the CDC and WHO said, adding that more investment in global immunization programs is needed to help address this threat.


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30 Years Ago: Legions of Soldiers Encircling Beijing
Posted by Cindy | Jun 7, 2019
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent military crackdown in Beijing. To mark the occasion, CDT is posting a series of original news articles from that year, beginning with the death of Hu Yaobang on April 15 and continuing through the tumultuous spring.
From the June 7, 1989 New York Times:
Administration officials estimate that elements of 10 People's Liberation Army units, totaling 100,000 to 150,000 troops, have been deployed in and around Beijing.
But with the exception of three units, the officials are uncertain to whom the troops profess allegience.
Army groups identified in Beijing include the 27th Army, normally based at Shijiazhuang, southwest of Beijing. It is one of four armies assigned to the Beijing Military Region. The 15th Airborne Army, part of China's strategic reserves based in Wuhan in central China, is also in the capital. It and the 27th conducted the attack on the students on Sunday. Other Beijing region units around the city are the 28th, 38th, 63d and 65th Armies. The 38th refused to use force against the students when martial law was declared three weeks ago and is reported to be one of the units now in a stand-off with the 27th and the paratroopers who hold the city. [Source]
Citizens hiding behind a car as a military truck passes by on June 7 in Beijing (via CND)
Also from the same paper: Broadcasts Show Widespread Unrest and China's Future: Four Scenariosby Richard Holbrooke
[This series was originally posted by CDT in 2009 to mark the 20th anniversary of the protests. If you have access to additional sources of original reporting, video, accounts or photos from the spring of 1989, please send them to us at [email protected] and we'll consider including them in this series. Many thanks.]
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It's the Coronavirus, Stupid
By Dustin Rowles | Politics | August 31, 2020 |
For those of you who may not remember, Bill Clinton's campaign manager in 1992, James Carville, ran Clinton's campaign on a very simple message: "It's the economy, stupid." Clinton was able to effectively neutralize all of his other problematic issues by zeroing in on the thing that mattered most to Americans at the time: The economy.
Biden needs to do the same right now, only instead of the economy, he needs to zero in on the Coronavirus and health care in general. At the moment, Trump is trying to do everything in his power to distract us from it, most recently not only commenting on the violence in Portland, Oregon, but by stoking it. It feels like there's a mini Civil War playing out in Portland between activists and Trump supporters, most of whom I am sure — like Kyle Rittenhouse — have traveled from other places specifically start sh*t with protestors in a city these people do not give a sh*t about. Trump supporters shot paintball guns from their trucks. A right-wing Trump supporter was also killed in the violence over the weekend, violence — again — that Trump is encouraging for one reason only: Because it takes our attention away from a virus that has infected over 6 million people and killed 183,000 in America.
Meanwhile, Trump is retweeting conspiracy theories that emerged over the weekend about the "true" toll of the virus, suggesting that only 9,000 people have actually died of Coronavirus. This right-wing conspiracy theory, which I have seen spread like wildfire on social media and in comments section cross the Internet. The theory is based on the CDC's own figures, showing that only 6 percent of the Coronavirus deaths occurred in those who did not have comorbidities, while the rest of those deaths occurred in people with at least one underlying condition, including obesity, which accounts for 60 percent of Americans. This theory seems to suggest that 170,000 of the people who died of Covid-19 would have died anyway, which is not only completely wrong but cruel as hell. Forty percent of our country has officially adopted the, "F*** 'em" attitude."
I died of covid but here's why it's not as bad as you're hearing pic.twitter.com/W0dJpYjBLG
— kilgore trout, non ass-talker (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 31, 2020
Meanwhile, while schools are reopening, the rates are rising fast among children, not including the 26,000 cases among college students as of last week.
What is Donald Trump doing about it? Besides downplaying it, and endeavoring to open up everything as quickly as possible? Apparently, he's taking advice from Scott Atlas, one of his medical advisors, who is pushing herd immunity. From the Times:
One of President Trump's top medical advisers is urging the White House to embrace a controversial "herd immunity" strategy to combat the pandemic, which would entail allowing the coronavirus to spread through most of the population to quickly build resistance to the virus, while taking steps to protect those in nursing homes and other vulnerable populations, according to five people familiar with the discussions.
In other words, he's pushing the Swedish model, which so far has been a complete failure and they are still nowhere near herd immunity. Atlas, by the way, has no infection disease training.
Scott Atlas, the radiologist recruited to the admin after downplaying the pandemic on Fox News has been pushing for herd immunity. To achieve this without a vaccine, about 250 million Americans would contract the virus and 1.5-2 million would die. https://t.co/V1eqm9sVsF
— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) August 31, 2020
183,000 dead and six million infected, while a second wave is looming. Donald Trump could not give less of a damn. He's only interested in being reelected, even if that comes at the expense of more lives lost, even if that means encouraging more of his supporters to use violence against BLM activists. No death count is too high.
The good news is: Biden seems to understand.
Joe Biden: "These are images of Donald Trump's America today. He keeps telling you if only he was president, it wouldn't happen. If he was president. He keeps telling you, if he was president you'd feel safe. Well he is president, whether he knows it or not."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 31, 2020
Joe Biden: "This is a sitting president of the United States of America. He's supposed to be protecting this country, but instead he's rooting for chaos and violence. The simple truth is Donald Trump failed to protect America, so now he's trying to scare America."
Biden: "You know me. You know my heart, you know my story … ask yourself: do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really? … the simple truth is Trump failed to protect America, so now he's trying to scare America." pic.twitter.com/P8c9BTG0B1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020
This is a strong speech by Biden. He could've easily sounded defensive, but instead he made this a referendum on Trump's handling of race relations, public safety, and the pandemic, where the incumbent continues to have very low ratings. https://t.co/MDsl2HCbeT
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 31, 2020
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Today, with a population thought to be around 18,000 people, Penicuik can still be classed as Midlothian's largest town but an inundation of new housing developments will make sure that the this title is set in cement.
It is land you may walk your dog on, or ride your bike, however you shouldn't be misled, the land in the north west of Penicuik is not safeguarded green land. No, it is quite the opposite. These many hectares of undeveloped land are in fact housing sites in waiting. Allocated as such in the last Midlothian Local Development Plan, the plots of land north of Rullion Road, east and north of Deanburn and north of Greenlaw Mains, are eager to be excavated and built upon. Below we look at when the developments will materialise (if ever), who will be doing the developing and what will be built, in terms of housing numbers and other facilities. We will also look into the housing sites that didn't quite make the cut, at least not yet. So sit back and prepare yourself to witness the twenty-first century expansion of the humble burgh of Penicuik.
Midlothian Council are currently constructing their latest batch of social housing. These developments are due to complete between March and May 2015. The most notable development is 52 John Street. This is a development of flatted dwellings which will fill the gap site where the Jackson Street Primary School used to be.
Taylor Wimpey are the first developer to seize the moment to build in Penicuik, or at least they would be if they could conclude their section 75 legal agreement with the council. With plans already granted for 458 dwellings (some of which are social/affordable) this development is the closest to fruition.
Last February, Midlothian Council granted planning permission for Greenlaw Mill, which will be built on land north of Greenlaw Mains One. Border fencing was erected in the following August and works started clearing the land. Two weeks later works were stopped, the site cleared and to this day (June 26) there is still no sight of the elusive developer. Midlothian Council told us two months ago that the developer contributions to the local infrastructure and education sector would be agreed on in June. Now with several days remaining, we have been informed that a July/August signing date is forecast.
What: 458 dwellings, including three apartment blocks, around 24 social/affordable homes and associated landscaping with a five aside football pitch and play park. A commercial zone is also planned but is subject to an additional planning application. It would feature a convenience store, creche and other units.
Details of this development remain elusive. Previously under the ownership of Mactaggart and Mickel, the land north of the planned Taylor Wimpey Greenlaw Mill development, looked set to house a smaller development of larger properties. The site is now owned by a consortium of home builders, MacTaggart and Mickel, CALA & Bett Homes, the site could effectively host the same number of properties as Greenlaw Mill. However mine workings in places may narrow down the extent of the build.
When: Plans are set to be resubmitted this year so likely start date Autumn 2015 at the earliest but more likely Spring/Summer 2016 going by the delays with Taylor Wimpey.
H26 is a development site which has been under discussions since the 2004 local development plan (LDP). Back when the LDP was first published, Cala Homes automatically seized the opportunity and announced plans to build around 150 houses. The site is now owned by the homebuilders' consortium. Going by the increase of dwellings on site H25 (Greenlaw Mill) since they were initially assessed back in 2005 (around 150 increase) it would seem realistic that we can expect Cala to also up the numbers in a reapplication.
When: Like H16 Belwood, plans are due later this year, so Spring/Summer 2016 seems likely.
This expanse of land stretches from Rullion Road to south of Mauricewood Stables. Now under the ownership of a consortium of three housing developers, Mactaggart & Mickel, Bett Homes and Cala, the development will be the largest development in Penicuik. Situated around a new link road connecting Mauricewood Road and Rullion Road, the new community will house up to 500 homes, a portion of which will be owned by Midlothian Council and rented out to tenants. Plans for this development are also due to be resubmitted by the year's end, at least from Mactaggart & Mickel anyway.
Who: MacTaggart and Mickel, CALA & Bett Homes. Midlothian Council will also develop homes in the west of the development.
When: Considering the numerous developers, the site will likely be built in many phases probably from Summer 2016.
You have now read about all the developments currently planned under the 2004 and 2008 local development plans. If you were not aware, Midlothian Council have just finished consulting on a new local development plan. The plan itself states that "limited further development should be permitted in Penicuik considering the already allocated developments" [sic]. However house builders are not amused by this and have submitted numerous requests to have extra land added to the local development plan. The proposed plan will be published later this Summer and will reveal whether the council have changed their minds.
The first proposed site we're going to cover is situated in Milton Bridge, Penicuik. The land is currently owned by the Ministry of Defence however they say that it is now surplus and they are looking to dispose of it. Going by the size of land, around fifty small homes could be built connecting to Belwood Crescent. Assuming the site would be incorporated in the next local development plan, any construction work would likely commence in 2017.
Cala Homes have requested that the industrial warehouse at Pomathorn Mill be included in the forthcoming plan. They want to use the land to build approximately fifty homes, which they say, could be delivered easily within the next five years. However the building is occupied by a car valeting service and a car sales garage so the acquisition could enter a legal debate which may take some time to resolve.
Miller Homes intend to continue their developing at Auchendinny by building hundreds of homes north of the town. Site A1 in the planned 2014 LDP would see the developer build many homes along with a community area and a primary school. Their plans are in a late stage and it seems like they are just awaiting the plan to be approved so that they can seek planning permission. It should be noted that a lot of Auchendinny residents are not in favour of the development. Should the plans be accepted expect development to be underway by 2016, after all Miller Homes have moved fairly quickly at Dalmore Mill.
This is a surprise submission by the University of Edinburgh. The land which is part of their Bush estate, is now "surplus to requirements" and they believe it would be suitable for housing. As per the Miller Homes development at Auchendinny, the University have compiled an in depth report, including a transport assessment and a mineral and mining evaluation. The Uni and their planners think that 600 residential units could be built on the land. However, it is part of the Greenbelt currently and it could be controversial and may not pass through planning. If the site is included in the LDP, construction would probably start by 2018.
The consortium behind H16 Rullion Road also want to extend this site to reach the A702. Their plans will likely be rejected however to keep a border of land between Penicuik and the trunk road. Further sites may also arise at Bush should the A701 road realignment go ahead as planned.
As you can see, the land which many of us utilise daily for recreational activities will soon have a very different purpose, housing. Whilst a lot of the developments are speculative and may never materialise, a maximum of 2558 properties could be built within the next thirty years. Taking an average of three per house, that is a population boost of 7674 residents. It is clear that Penicuik is set to become a lot larger.
Presumably the author of this article lives in a house which was built on unoccupied land – we all do. If these houses are not built where will people live? The demand for housing is increasing for many reasons – little to no council housing available, people who previously could not afford to buy are now in a position to do so, people are living longer which means that 2nd hand properties do not become available as often as before. New homes mean better facilities are provided and jobs are created & lets face it Penicuik could use a bit if an upgrade. Whilst I agree that the infrastructure needs to be able to support the new homes, I dislike this knee jerk reaction that it is automatically a bad thing to build new homes and does not show a welcoming attitude to new arrivals who will inject finance, ideas and enthusiasm into the area.


The U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Thursday outlined its plans for cracking down on the payday lending industry and ensuring that borrowers can repay their loans.
The framework unveiled by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was a key step toward new rules for various types of loans that regulators say trap borrowers in debt.
President Barack Obama is expected to tout the progress the young agency has made in shielding the middle class from unfair financial practices in a speech on Thursday in Birmingham, Alabama.
Payday loans are small-dollar extensions of credit that borrowers agree to repay in a short time, such as when they next receive a paycheck. Similar products include car title loans, in which borrowers use vehicles as collateral, and installment loans, which can be longer-term and are paid back in larger amounts.
Lenders who offer the products say they help people who are strapped for cash. But consumer advocates say borrowers often roll over or refinance loans rather than paying them back, racking up debt due to high interest rates and fees.
"Too many short-term and longer-term loans are made based on a lender's ability to collect and not on a borrower's ability to repay," CFPB Director Richard Cordray said in a statement.


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La olallieberry, oleyliberi, olalia, zarza olalia o zarza de olallie es un cultivar híbrido de las loganberi y las yongberi las cuales son cruces entre las zarzamoras con las duberi y loganberi respectivamente.

El cruce original fue hecho en 1935 por S.J. Harvey como un proyecto de la Universidad Estatal de Oregón y el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos.

Fue experimentado en granjas en 1937 en los estados de Oregón, Washington y California. En el año 1950 se comercializó, nunca se produjo en grandes cantidades en Oregón pero sigue siendo sembrado en California donde suele su popularidad.

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