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Who Runs Russian Banks?
Most CEOs of Russian credit institutions hold two degrees, have spent at least ten years working in the banking sector, and do not have international work experience, according to HSE researchers.
STUDY AUTHORS:
Elena Prosvirkina, Doctoral Student, Swiss Business School; Senior Lecturer, HSE Faculty of Business and Management.
Anna Emelyanova, Student, HSE Faculty of Business and Management.
Russian banks' top management teams are fairly homogenous in terms of age, but diverse in terms of education and work experience, according to Prosvirkina and Emelyanova's study'Heterogeneity of top management teams in banks on the Russian market'.* They analysed the details of senior managers published on the official websites of 178 Russian banks.
CEOs Without International Experience
Having a career in the banking sector is hard work; one needs at least ten years of professional experience to advance to an executive position. Therefore, board members at virtually all the banks studied are between 40 and 50 years old on average.
Typical Russian Banker Profile
Male, aged 40 to 50.
Russian national.
No international work experience.
Employed in the banking sector for more than ten years.
Financial education is not his first or only degree.
Prior to banking, had worked in management and finance.
In almost 87% of the banks studied, the vast majority of CEOs are Russian nationals without international work experience.
There are no significant differences in terms of their length of service as CEOs either. "Once formed, the board membership rarely changes, and all CEOs stay in office for about the same amount of time," according to the study authors. Just one in five Russian bank CEOs is a woman.
Diversity Makes Teams Effective
Most (about 76%) bank CEOs earned their first degree is in economics, engineering or humanities. Many also hold a degree in finance, but it is unlikely to be their first or only one.
Earlier in their career, more than 80% of credit institution CEOs held positions in general management, finance and customer relations. Less often, future bankers started their careers in the legal, operational and HR departments.
Senior management teams tend to vary the most in terms of education and experience, which, according to Prosvirkina and Emelyanova, can make them more effective.
*The study sample included 178 banks incorporated in Russia and varying in terms of length of operation, ownership structure, type of business, number of employees, nationality and capital concentration.
CEO team heterogeneity was calculated using the relative variability index.
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Inheritance Tax bills hit record high
Tax relief: the nil-rate bands that matter
Use a charity discount if you want to help others
Gifts can help you shift small sums tax-free
Potentially exempt transfers (PET) are key. Just don't die!
Don't forget your life insurance
Calculate your Inheritance Tax bill
How to cut your Inheritance Tax bill in 2023
British families are handing over more of their wealth than ever through Inheritance Tax. Thankfully, it is possible to minimise the death tax, but proper planning is key.
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Updated on 30 January 2023
The amount the Government rakes in from Inheritance Tax (IHT) keeps rising at a dramatic rate, official figures have revealed.
British families handed over £5.7 billion to the taxman in the first nine months of the 2022/23 tax year (which runs until April 2023).
As a point of comparison, the previous record amount recouped over an entire tax year stands at £5.4 billion.
The massive tax take is the result of ongoing high COVID mortality rates combined with soaring UK house prices.
See what's happening to house prices in your area with our exclusive analysis
Alarmingly for families, Investment firm The Wealth Club believes the Government's tax take will keep soaring in the years ahead.
"While the average bill was £216,000 in 2019/20, our research shows the average Inheritance Tax bills could reach £304,567 by 2025/26 and £345,084 by 2027/28," it said in a release.
While IHT was once seen as a tax that was only paid by the rich, the dramatic increase in property wealth in recent decades means many more families find themselves dragged into the net.
That means you may need to take steps to ensure your family isn't left with a sky-high IHT bill – and the sooner you start planning the better.
The rest of this guide will explain how you can do just that.
But first, remember that Inheritance Tax is just one of many taxes out there. If you're looking for a complete guide to cutting down your Income Tax, Council Tax and Capital Gains Tax bills, click here.
There are effectively two tax allowances you need to know about.
First of all is the general nil-rate band, which covers anything up to £325,000.
This had been gradually rising in the past, the chancellor announced in his last Budget that it will be frozen at this level until the end of 2025/2026.
The second allowance, known as the main residence nil-rate band, was introduced in April 2017.
It only applies when a main residence is passed to children or grandchildren after death and sits at £175,000.
This band sits on top of the existing Inheritance Tax threshold, so it creates an effective threshold of £500,000 for individuals and £1 million for couples.
What if I downsize?
The main residence nil-rate band still applies if someone downsizes or ceases to own a home.
For example, let's say you choose to downsize from a home worth £200,000 to one worth £100,000.
According to the Treasury, you can still benefit from the maximum allowance of £175,000 if you leave the home and £75,000 of other assets to direct descendants.
Unfortunately, many plan to leave their home to other family members like nieces, nephews, aunts or cousins, ruling themselves out.
The most expensive homes
What's more, there will be tapered withdrawal of the main residence nil-rate band for estates with a net value of more than £2 million. This withdrawal will be at a rate of £1 for every £2 the estate is valued over the £2 million threshold.
So for example, if your estate is valued at £2.1 million, it would lose £50,000 of the new allowance.
Read about the other exemptions over at Inheritance Tax: new 'family home allowance' exclusions you need to know about.
There's a reduced rate of Inheritance Tax of 36% for those who leave 10% or more of the net value of their estate to charity.
Your loved ones won't be any better off if you go down this route – you'll just ensure that some of your bill goes towards a cause you care about, rather than to the Treasury!
HMRC has even provided a calculator to work out how much you could save: click here.
If you want to leave money to charity in your will, there's never been a more important time to do it. Read How to make a cheap and free will to find out why.
We all have a £3,000 limit each year for gifts, which is completely free of Inheritance Tax.
What's more, if you don't use your allocation this year, it can be carried over to next year, so you can hand over £6,000 to a loved one, tax-free!
You can also give away £250 each to a number of people every year, though you can't combine it with the £3,000 annual allowance. They are different exemptions.
Weddings also offer an opportunity to avoid Inheritance Tax. Parents can give their children £5,000 each as wedding gifts, £2,500 to grandchildren or great-grandchildren, or wedding gifts of £1,000 to anyone else.
There are hoops to jump through though. The gift must be made (or at least promised) on or shortly before the day of the wedding.
You can leave cash to a political party free of tax too. However, not all parties qualify – they will need to have at least two members elected to the House of Commons, or one member where the party received at least 150,000 votes.
Finally, regular gifts that come out of your income (say a monthly payment to a family member) are also exempt so long as they do not affect your standard of living.
You can actually make additional gifts, above and beyond those detailed above, without the taxman trying to claim a slice. These are known as 'potentially exempt transfers'.
All you have to do is live for seven years after making the gift.
If you die within seven years of making the gift, and the total value of the gifts is valued at less than the Inheritance Tax threshold, then it will be added to the value of your estate.
However, should the gifts be valued at more than the Inheritance Tax threshold, then either the person receiving the gift or the person managing your estate will need to pay Inheritance Tax on its value.
All simple so far, but since this is Revenue & Customs we are dealing with, there's room for a bit of added complexity!
Should you die between three and seven years after making the gift, and the value of the gift is valued at more than the Inheritance Tax threshold, then the tax due is reduced on a sliding scale.
For a full run-down on the 'taper relief', check out this section of the HMRC website, but the table below shows the sliding scale of relief:
Years between gift and death
Tax paid
less than 3 40%
3 to 4 32%
6 to 7 8%
7 or more 0%
If you have a life insurance policy, should you die, the payout to your relatives may actually be subject to Inheritance Tax.
Life cover is obviously important, but it can have repercussions for your IHT bill.
That's because the payout will be added to the value of your estate.
What's more, it can then take months before your family receives the cash. It's all far from ideal.
However, you can have the policy written in trust.
This basically separates the policy from the rest of your estate, which means that there will be no tax to pay. It also helps to speed up the process of your family receiving the cash.
Also take a look at this guide by Sarah Coles, personal finance specialist at Hargreaves Lansdown, on putting your affairs in order.
Which? has put together this handy tool to help you work out how much Inheritance Tax you're likely to pay. We've embedded it below, or you can head over to Which? and view it there.

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    using Data.Models;
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This afternoon, I had some spare time to work on my website. After spending the last few hours tinkering with code, uploading files, creating folders, editing pictures, coding, decoding,HTMLing, CSSing and who-knows-what-else-ing, the end result is what you see now: a darker headplate with gold text. Whoop-dee do.
I haven't typed or changed a line of HTML since I was in college, and even then my university webpage was pretty basic. The most sophisticated feature of that webpage was that the links to the websites of my favorite sports teams featured the teams' logos.
About three hours ago, I downloaded a few different blog themes (here's how brain-dead I am right now: I almost spelled it "theams"), and tried replacing the images with some of my own. I tried incorporating a picture of my mother's dog, Mike, into the header. Didn't work; I couldn't frame the picture the way I wanted. Then I tried changing the the background to a picture of myself, staring off into the rocky hillsides of the Washington Monument State Park near Boonsboro, Maryland. Didn't work; I couldn't get the picture to stay still while I scrolled down through the blog entries.
So I stuck with the default style—but I screwed that up, too. I somehow deleted the header altogether, so there was white text on a white background for about an hour. I eventually fixed it, and changed the color a little. I think it almost looks an eensy teensy bit better than before.
The words and ideas are the same as before, so what's the big deal? It's the same material, right? It's just as dull or interesting as before; it's just as endearing or offensive as before. Still, I whiled away hours trying to make it look bright, shiny and eye-catching.
So, I began counting out the fives, and wondered how I was going to fit this fat wad of cash in my wallet. Maybe I could put a rubber band around them and keep them in my hip pocket. Then I could whip out the fat wad of cash at the grocery store, and peel off a few fives to pay for my bread, milk and lunch meat. Like a gangsta.
Of course, whilst I daydreamt and counted out the money, I failed to notice that the beeping had stopped. You know, the beeping that lets you know it's time to take your card back, or else the ATM will eat it. When I finished counting the cash, I went for my card, but it had been pulled back into the abyss.
The machine tricked me. It gave me all that cash to distract me, and now it has my card and my PIN number. Who knows what it's going to do with that information. Even worse, it can always say, "Hey, I beeped for you, but you didn't take your card back. That's your problem, tee eff bee." Scumbag.
I read an article this morning about squirrel monkeys at the London Zoo. Apparently, they've been snatching camera phones from visitors who stand too close when trying to take snapshots or video, because the phones are bright, shiny and eye-catching.
The zookeepers successfully trained the monkeys not to grab for the cell phones, even though their enclosures are "barrier-free." Some of the staff donated old cell phones, and put a substance on them that the squirrel monkeys found disagreeable. I guess putting up a sign saying "Stay Back" was too complicated. But it worked; the monkeys stopped trying to take the cell phones.
Actually, these zookeepers may be on to something. Perhaps The Great Zookeeper In The Sky is trying to wean us off cell phones.
Still tinkering with the site.
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The man who saw all presidencies
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His wrinkled, kindly face lights up with boyish excitement as he spots the visitors wandering along the nondescript road in Gan, Laamu Atoll. As a doyan of the community, he is familiar with nearly every soul who lives in his home island, and the fresh faces are easy to pinpoint; he takes the initiative to approach, waving a welcoming hand in greeting.
"My name is Dawood Ibrahim and I have lived through every single presidency in the Maldives", he proclaims boisterously, appearing delighted with the surprising reaction this evokes.
Emanating an infectious joy, Dawood is eager to share the plethora of experiences he has seen, heard and lived throughout a long and accomplished life. He is one of the few alive to have witnessed the turn of the tides under every leader that rose to power since the Maldives became a Republic - and one who excelled in four vastly different careers during that time.
"I am over 90 years old now", he says, claiming to be the oldest person alive in Gan, with a youthful grin that belies his years.
His memories of childhood come easy to him, however, as he speaks of his early years in Majeedhiya School, the then all-boys school in the capital city of Male' and the oldest in the country.
"I studied a course on 'katheebukan' (island chief) in Majeedhiya", he recalls. "After my studies, I became 'kudakatheebu' (deputy island chief) of this island".
Dawood began this tenure during the short-lived administration of Mohamed Amin Didi, the first-ever president of the Maldives after the abolishment of an 812-years-old sultanate in 1953. During his time as deputy chief, Dawood witnessed the revolution that ended Amin Didi's state and temporarily resurrected the monarchy, before the successful establishment of the Second Republic.
"... until the end of Nasir's era, I was deputy chief here", he says, referring to Ibrahim Nasir, who served as the second president from 1968 to 1978.
"Nasir created new salaries", narrates Dawood. "Deputy chiefs were paid MVR 64 monthly, while the chiefs earned MVR 88". The island leaders also received coconuts and breadfruit as part of their remuneration, he adds.
These numbers shed light on how drastically the value of Maldivian currency has changed over the decades, with the incomes of current island and city councillors amounting to tens of thousands of Rufiyaa.
After several years, Dawood Ibrahim gave up his position as the second in charge of the largest inhabited island in the Maldives. He had learnt the craft of 'kissaru vadaan' (boat building), and he built a 'dhoni' (traditional Maldivian boat) for himself.
"We didn't have enough fishermen", he explains. "So I became one - and there wasn't a man in this atoll who could best me at fishing!"
Dawood Ibrahim of L.Gan; the man who saw all the presidencies in Maldives. PHOTO: HAWWA AMAANY ABDULLA / THE EDITION
For over a decade, Dawood made a living out of fishing, one of the main industries of Laamu. However, later on, he made another life-changing decision - to take up boat-building, a skill he had already mastered.
"I built boats for the next ten years", says Dawood, who also passed down the technique to his children.
He took up the last of his professions during the 30-year regime of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the fourth president of the Maldives who succeeded Nasir in 1978.
"I became an Imam", he reveals.
Continuing in this field, he led prayer congregations in the mosque, through until Mohamed Naheed's administration, who historically became the first democratically elected president in 2008.
"I was retired during [Nasheed's] government". For the first time, Dawood's tone is coloured with melancholy as he reminisces, appearing to miss the industrious life he had led for nearly eight decades.
And yet, Dawood has since witnessed the eras of Nasheed, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and now the incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih - and even a short chat with him hints at the treasure trove of history and culture that lives behind his soulful eyes; the stories and tales that cannot be found in a book.
He shares how, during the government of Amin Didi, the residents of Gan used to snatch and run off with pieces of the 'Hawitta', the pyramid-like mound of hardened rock and sand that has stood in Gan for over 850 years, a remnant of the distant pre-Islamic era of the Maldives.
Dawood also recounts the wonders of 'Bodu Fengandu', the freshwater pond in Gan famously known as 'Paree Fengandu' (Fairy Pond) which, according to local myth, is bottomless. Giddy with childlike eagerness, he tells the story of how the islanders used to cut down trees, some of which stood as tall as 20 metres, at the site for wood.
"But if they fell into the water, those huge trees would completely sink and disappear!" he exclaims.
"People used to drop fishing lines [with a weight at the end] to measure the depth of the pond. Sometimes the line would stop after reaching a certain depth, but maybe they got caught on rocks because, if you shook out the line, it would continue to sink again until you ran out".
These are but a glimpse into the endless tales Dawood Ibrahim has to tell. One could, without doubt, spend days in the thrall of his stories, which are as informative as they are interesting. While this particular audience regretfully could not stay longer, we could only hope to return and run into this jolly gentleman from the South again, for another look into the yesteryears of the Maldives, raw and undocumented.
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Ostracized by allegations he molests schoolgirls, Mr. Deutschman must get haircuts at the meatworks' barbershop, where Mom takes Vernon on Saturday. Outside, the marching band practices as the grownups discuss the SWAT team coming in to search for drugs and weapons, and Vernon worries about the dope cannot ditch with the press roaming around. When the barber spots Vaine, Vernon races into the fields and learning comes to him. Knife-turners like Mom form a spider like web to catch their children on every word and wear them down.
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South African electric vehicle market is set to grow
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South Africa takes giant leap by launching the Electric Vehicle Industry Association to accelerate the development of clean transport and reduce carbon emissions.
The Electric Vehicle Industry Association (EVIA), endorsed by the department of trade and industry, was launched on Monday at the Industrial Development Corporation in Johannesburg.
Last year, during the climate change talks in Paris, it was agreed upon by the United Nations that all participating nations must pledge to reduce their carbon emissions contributions to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
Among the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases is the transport industry and as such the pioneers of South Africa's emerging electric vehicle (EV) industry have formed a consortium to accelerate the development of clean transport.
EVIA's founding members include BMW SA, Gridcars, Nissan SA, the SA National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and Uyilo, a programme of the Technology Innovation Agency.
The association will serve as a lobby group, enabling industry to work effectively with government and researchers to stimulate the sector.
Participants will include government departments and agencies, other EV manufacturers, as well as electricity infrastructure and smart grid providers.
Innovative electric vehicle
Speaking at the launch, SANEDI chief executive, Kevin Nassiep, said: "EVIA is now a powerful industry body committed to working with government to develop electric mobility in South Africa."
"We are accelerating the long overdue development of a sustainable and innovative electric vehicle industry in SA," Nassiep added.
In correspondence with ESI Africa, SANEDI's Senior Manager: Clean Energy Solutions, Carel Snyman, explained that there has not been any real growth in sales of EV because of the heavy tax in market.
"Not much growth is expected until we change the 43% tax on EVs. This is preventing more manufacturers from entering the market.
"Nissan and BMW took the bold step of bringing in EVs, hoping government would move faster to introduce incentives to create a favourable market, but this has not happened," Snyman noted.
He stated that SANEDI and partners are now assisting government and cities to develop this favourable environment for cleaner mobility options in the country.
Charging facilities
With regards to addressing the lack of facilities for charging EV, Snyman told ESI Africa that the association brings together the suppliers of the infrastructure, the manufacturers of the vehicles, and the users of electric vehicles to plan for the positioning of more public chargers in those areas where needed.
According to Snyman, small amounts at this stage have been invested by various players as part of demonstration projects.
The investors include the founders, South African Cities Network, UNIDO, property developers, private companies and individuals.
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Best Games to Play on Your New Xbox One
Ben Stegner December 14, 2016 14-12-2016 7 minutes
We're three years into the eighth console generation, and there's never been a better time to buy a console 5 Reasons to Buy a Game Console Right Now 5 Reasons to Buy a Game Console Right Now Thinking about buying a gaming console? You're in luck, because now is the perfect time to buy one! Here's why you should look into the new consoles this holiday season. Read More . After some lackluster launch line-ups and a series of much-needed firmware updates for both consoles, both the PS4 and Xbox One provide a great gaming experience at a fair cost.
For the past few months, Microsoft's Xbox has been outselling Sony's PlayStation Xbox One vs. PS4: Why Microsoft Is Outselling Sony Xbox One vs. PS4: Why Microsoft Is Outselling Sony Since their release in November 2013, the PS4 has been outselling the Xbox One. For the past few months, however, Xbox has been on top. Let's look at why. Read More . If you've followed the trend and just picked up a new Xbox One S (our review Xbox One S Gears of War 4 Limited Edition Review Xbox One S Gears of War 4 Limited Edition Review The big pitch behind the One S is support for 4K streaming and Blu-Ray, with HDR in games and movies. Can you tell the difference though, and is it worth the upgrade? Read More ) and need to load it up with some games, look no further! We're here to share the must-have games for every new Xbox One owner.
Compilation Bargains
There are a few collections for Xbox One that offer several games for not much money. Unless you hate the genres represented within, these compilations offer a lot in one package.
Rare is a fantastic developer with a lot of history; they're responsible for some of the best platformer games ever Top 20 Platformer Games Of All Time Top 20 Platformer Games Of All Time With thousands of video games, where do you start when you want to play the best? Here's our definitive guide on the best 20 platformers of all time. Read More . This collection of 30 games runs from their early 1980s home computer games like Jetpac to their Xbox 360 titles like Viva Piñata.
Aside from the games, Rare Replay contains behind-the-scenes interviews with the developers and special challenges for the arcade games. If you've never played Rare games, this is the perfect chance to check out Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, and more.
Buy Now — Rare Replay ($20/£18/C$19.94)
Halo is one of the Xbox's premiere franchises, and if this is your first Xbox, The Master Chief Collection is the perfect way to get acquainted 5 Reasons Call Of Duty Players Should Give Halo 4 A Shot [MUO Gaming] 5 Reasons Call Of Duty Players Should Give Halo 4 A Shot [MUO Gaming] I will readily admit that I am a Halo hater. I've played almost every entry in the franchise (except Reach, I heard mostly negative things from my hardcore Halo playing friends). I reached a point... Read More . Comprised of the campaigns of the first four Halo games and multiplayer featuring maps and modes from all four games, there's a ton of content here.
The collection unfortunately had some nasty connection issues at launch, but they've all been fixed. Players who already know Halo won't find much new here, but $30 for four full games is hard to beat.
Buy Now — Halo: The Master Chief Collection ($30/£23/C$24.95)
Console Exclusives
If you have an Xbox One, you've got to play the exclusives 5 Xbox One Exclusive Titles To Make PS4 Owners Jealous 5 Xbox One Exclusive Titles To Make PS4 Owners Jealous Read More , right?
One of the first third-party hits exclusive to the Xbox One, Sunset Overdrive is an open-world action game that doesn't take itself seriously at all. It's developed by Insomniac Games, legendary for PlayStation franchises like Spyro and Ratchet & Clank.
The game takes place in a dystopian near future, when people turn into mutants after drinking a beverage from FizzCo. It's fast, fluid, and just a lot of fun.
Buy Now — Sunset Overdrive ($12/£40/C$9.99)
Playing The Master Chief Collection will prepare you perfectly for enjoying the newest game in the Halo series. Guardians, released last year, continues the sci-fi story with the power of the Xbox One.
Most Halo games are equally lauded for their single-player campaigns and multiplayer modes, but critics weren't as pleased as usual with Guardians' campaign. The all-star multiplayer more than makes up for it, though, and makes Halo 5 a must-have for any Xbox One owner.
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Self-Care Lymphedema
A patient's journey with lymphedema led acknowledgement of the condition by the Quebec government.
By Rachel Pritzker
A patient's journey with lymphedema led to acknowledgement of the condition by the Quebec government
My pre-cancer and pre-lymphedema life included a happy home, kids and grandkids, an exciting career with an international airline. I was looking forward to an early retirement in order to start a new career.
Instead, in 1998, cancer struck! At that point things started spiralling out of control. I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. After a struggle with metastatic melanoma for the next two years, including surgeries, radiation therapy, debilitating treatments, several recurrences, and finally a one-year participation in a clinical trial, I had a miraculous recovery despite all odds.
I survived cancer, yet was left with a strong reminder: lymphedema of the leg that emerged immediately after my first surgery and never left. In fact, when I woke up from surgery, none of the health professionals who treated me were able to tell me why my left leg was 35% larger than the right. I kept hearing that swelling after surgery is common, and that it would disappear. But it never did.
At that point, I started to do some research on the Internet. That is where I first saw the word lymphedema, and realized, "that is what I have." A year after I had started treatment for melanoma, I finally met Dr. Anna Towers, who referred me for treatment to one of only three therapists certified in lymphedema in Quebec at the time (for a population of 7 million).
By that time, my lymphedema had worsened and prevented me from going back to work and participating in my regular activities. The impact of lymphedema on my daily life was overwhelming: the necessity to rush each morning to put on my compression garment, not always well-fitting and at times painful; the impossibility of finding shoes to wear over my swollen foot or pants to fit my leg; the inability to sit or stand for long periods and more. As the Quebec government did not recognize lymphedema, my intense treatment and maintenance became financial and emotional burdens.
In 1999, while I was still in cancer treatment, it was time to share all the information that I had gathered about lymphedema with others. The first education and support meeting, with Dr. Towers as speaker, was advertised through flyers in hospitals and clinics, as well as on TV and radio. Thirty people attended. That evening, when I listened to the questions and stories of some of the people attending our first meeting, I knew that this was just a beginning! It was a meaningful evening for many people in that room, some having believed that they were the only ones that had this condition that doctors could not diagnose, and finally having a name for it: lymphedema! The audience represented the mixed population of Quebec: different ages, races, and languages.
What they had in common was a non-diagnosed swelling in the arm, leg, and neck—and they all went home with the hope that maybe now they could find a solution to their problem.
I devoted the next weeks and months to building what later became the basis of the Lymphedema Association of Quebec (LAQ). With the help of four patients, we made plans for our next monthly meetings, and prepared pamphlets that included all the information we could find on the Internet about lymphedema. In October 1999, the Lymphedema Association of Québec was founded as a non-profit charitable organization.
For the next few years, I struggled to keep my swelling under control; it was challenging. The years of cancer treatment and disability due to lymphedema caused me to give up my job of 25 years, and left me without work and no health insurance. Treatments and garments were out of my budget. Then, the unimaginable happened: a therapist introduced me to a new philosophy of life, self-management. Through self management, I was able to bring about the most important changes in my life and my health habits.
The first step: Learning how to bandage my own leg
Step by step, I improved my techniques of applying multi-layer bandages. Self-measuring helped me know exactly how I am doing in terms of controlling the swelling. I was in charge of my own compression, right at home, day or night. I tried some alternative compression garments, and chose those that worked best for me. However, the self-bandaging remains the basic tool that I always go back to.
The second step: Exercise
I selected physical exercises that would help reduce my swelling, but also bring me joy and spiritual wellness, and began my own program: dragon boating, Qigong, walking, and a gym with a special program for my needs. Aqua Lymphatic Therapy exercises also helped me to improve my self-massaging techniques.
Other components that I adhere to are skin care, proper nutrition and weight control. The self-management program that I started over a decade ago has become a crucial part of my healing, as much a part of my daily care as brushing my teeth. At the LAQ, we have also focused our education and support programs on using all tools available to succeed in self-care.
Today, there are many patients receiving lymphedema care and training for self-management, thanks to the more than 100 certified therapists across Quebec. And to our joy, the Quebec Ministry of Health now recognizes lymphedema and partly covers compression garments. All this is thanks to the hard work and support of volunteer patients, health professionals and industry that support the LAQ and its cause.
Rachel Pritzker is the founder and president of the Lymphedema Association of Quebec, a patient-based non-profit charitable organization. Under Rachel's leadership and dedicated volunteers; patients, therapists and health professionals have brought the association to the forefront of lymphedema advocacy, awareness and education programs in Quebec.
Reprinted from Canadian Lymphedema Framework (CLF), Pathways, Fall 2015.
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Тимпаноцентеза  или миринготомија је врста је хируршког лечења у којему се након инцизија у подручју бубне опне и иглом аспирира течност. Овом методом се потврђује присуство ексудата у средњем уву и откривају микроорганизми одговорни за инфекцију.

Индикације
Индикације за тимпаноцентезу су:
 јаки болови у уву (који се тимпаноцентезом одмах смањују),
 тешки облици акутног запаљења средњег ува са неодговарајућим одговором на антимикробну терапију, висока температура,
 акутно запаљења средњег ува удружено са мастоидитисом или менингитисом, и другим гнојним компликацијама
 акутно запаљење средњег ува новорођенчади
 акутно запаљења средњег ува код имунодефицијентних болесника.
Осим наведеног, тимпаноцентеза се користи за учвршћивање уграђене вентилационе цевчице која ће поправити слух у хроничном секреторном запаљењу ува отитис (ввв.емедицине.медсцапе.цом).

Начин извошења
Тимпаноцентеза или миринготомија врши се тако што се специјалним инструментом врши инцизија у подручју пубне опне и иглом аспирира евентуално накупљена течност. Због густе слузи, понекад је потребно уштрцати слани раствор или муколитичке лекове попут кромотрипсина како би се извршило претходно разређење слузи пре аспирације.

Копликације
Компликације су врло ретке, а место парацентезе спонтано зараста.

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MCKAY, Christina
Name MCKAY, Christina
Born Dec 1854 Sydenham Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
Died 4 Feb 1925 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, United States [1]
Buried Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, Los Angeles Co, California, United States [2]
Family MERRIAM, Everett Justus, b. 15 Feb 1847, , Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Nov 1913, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, United States (Age 66 years)
Married 24 Sep 1872 Owen Sound, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
+ 1. MERRIAM, Hannah Louise, b. 27 Jun 1873, Chatsworth, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
+ 2. MERRIAM, Caroline Permelia, b. 29 Oct 1876, Artemesia Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 Jan 1966, Chico, Butte Co, California, United States (Age 89 years)
+ 3. MERRIAM, Albert Wilford, b. 7 Jun 1879, Flesherton, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada , d. Nov 5 1947, Las Vegas, Clark Co, Nevada, United States (Age 67 years)
+ 4. MERRIAM, Ethel Mckay, b. 5 May 1885, Minto, Walsh Co, North Dakota, United States , d. 17 May 1948, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co, California, United States (Age 63 years)
Born - Dec 1854 - Sydenham Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
Married - 24 Sep 1872 - Owen Sound, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
Died - 4 Feb 1925 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, United States
Buried - - Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, Los Angeles Co, California, United States
Photo: MERRIAM, Everett Justus, b 15 February 1847, MCKAY, Christine b December 1854, MERRIAM, Hannah Louisa b 27 June 1873, MERRIAM, Caroline Permelia b 29 October 1876, MERRIAM, Albert Wilford b 07 June 1879, MERRIAM Ethel McKay b 05 May 1885
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Less obvious--but no less important--is that open standards "lead to more competition in software, and more effective governmental IT solutions that avoid the cost of lock-in," they add.
Document Freedom Day has been celebrated each year since 2008, and its many supporters include Google and the Document Foundation as well as actor Stephen Fry. Organized by the Free Software Foundation Europe, Document Freedom Day was celebrated at 42 events in 14 different countries last year.
Numerous events are being held around the globe in honor of Document Freedom Day, so one option is to attend one of them. None appear to be in North America, unfortunately, but an interactive map on the official site can help you find out if there's one close to you.
You can show your support for open standards by encouraging your local library to get involved. Free artwork and leaflets are available to help support the cause.
Yes, if you submit a request before March 30, you can get an information package and a pair of handcuffs sent to the politician, official, or other contact of your choice to help explain the important of open standards.
Premade posters are available from Document Freedom Day's organizers, or you can create your own. Street art and a dedicated email signature are other options the group suggests, as is help translating the Document Freedom Day website into other languages.
Like most efforts to promote the public good, Document Freedom Day depends on donations. You can make yours here.
Last but not least, I'd add the importance of choosing free and open source software such as Linux and LibreOffice for your own daily computing needs. Freedom is a virtue that's worth protecting.


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What Every Kid Should Know Before They Are Five!
We read a cute book at the library this evening. It's a picture book which is my favorite type of book. And it's got lots of good information. It's called Everything I Need to Know Before I'm Five by Valorie Fisher. I think it's too late for me because I'm 9. But I do know some of this stuff. Like counting. I can count to 3. And colors. I'm supposed to be color blind, but I can always find my favorite pink tennis ball amongst the yellow ones.
My Mom Person says that this is a really colorful book. I guess it is. It does have cute pictures. They aren't drawings – they're real pictures, but they're pictures of toys doing silly things instead of real people, so it's kind of funny. Like little toy dolls standing on their heads. Or scrubbing giant ladybugs.
Other things that Ms Fisher thinks 5 year olds should know are the alphabet, and shapes, and opposites, and the seasons. It's a really nice book, but it doesn't have 1 single dog in it! Ms. Fisher has her own blog with lots of stuff about her fun books. You should check it out (http://blog.valoriefisher.com/).
I think kids will really like this book even tho there aren't any dogs.
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Hi Rhythm! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. I'm very glad to meet you! I love that you're a therapy dog who helps encourage reading – what a great way to approach picture book reviews. I would LOVE to have you join us for Perfect Picture Book Fridays! All the rules/format stuff is posted on the Perfect Picture Book tab of my blog http://susannahill.blogspot.com/p/perfect-picture-books.html (please scroll to the very bottom… which takes a while :)) or you can pretty much just figure it out from looking at one of mine like Mossy which went up today. The main thing is that we try to help parents and teachers expand the use of picture books by giving them specific things they can do with each book, whether it's activity pages, lesson plans, related books and videos, discussion topics, recipes, art projects, etc.. – something to help bring the book to life and encourage people to read and enjoy picture books. I hope to see you around the blogosphere!
Thank you for visiting today. I was really happy to discover your blog. And I'm looking forward to joining you on more PPBFs!
Love the picture of the dog with the book. Very clever. Sounds like fun!
Thank you Ms Tilton. We do have a lot of fun!
Thank you for visiting! I love being a therapy dog. I sure get to meet alot of great people.


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4C Coalition Newsletter
Mentor programs are a win for our youth and our community!
University or Washington Football Players Volunteer in our Group Mentoring Program
By Hazel Cameron, Executive Director, The 4C Coalition
This article was featured in the latest newsletter issue of the National Cares Mentoring Movement.
W e are huge fans of the nationally ranked University of Washington football team. We celebrate their excellence on and off the football field. Several of the players mentored youth in our 4C Coalition group mentoring program that serves youth ages 12-17.
The program is designed to inspires critical thinking, skills development and activism. We're focused on helping youth make good decisions. A University of Washington professor, Dr. Terry Scott, suggested that her students get involved in their community by becoming mentors in our program. With communication and coordination with the athletic department the U WA Student Athlete Mentoring Program was started.
In January 2016, seven student-athletes agreed to participate. They completed our mentor training program and committed to our Tuesday evening mentoring group. As the year progressed the student mentors facilitated the discussions. Huskies linebacker, Azeem Victor led a discussion on using social media. He emphasized the importance of being mindful of what you put out on social media. Defensive back Brandon Beaver led a discussion on prosperity and financial planning with one of the 4C mentees and wide receiver Dante Pettis was always present with a point of view that engaged more discussion. Another group was led by Huskie wide receiver, John Ross, linebacker Ezekiel Turner, along with defensive back's Kevin King and JoJo Macintosh. They emphasized the importance of youth making good decisions, and to think about their actions before they act or speak.
Student mentors get college credit for mentoring, but as John Ross said "it's not really about the class credit. I'm just interested helping kids, and in nonprofit organization for kids, in general, because that's something I would like to do some time."
The University of Washington student-athletes left a big impression with our kids. Our 12 to 17-year-old mentees were inspired. Feedback from parents was positive. Many of them reported distinct behavior changes in their children after completing the six-month program. In May the student mentors participated in a symposium at the University and discussed the program to show what it can do... and have more student-athletes sign up for it. In front of a packed audience the student-athletes talked about their experiences in the program. Professor Scott reported, "there was not a dry eye in the room."
The mentoring project has been adopted as part of the University of Washington Community Ambassador Program. Student-athletes from other sports have expressed interest in participating. Students will participate in mentoring on their off season. Some baseball players will be trained this fall, and football player will return during the winter quarter. The Student Mentor Program has been added to the curriculum.
Moving forward we are working closely with Roderick Jones, Connie So, PhD and other staff from the University of Washington Athletic Department. In order for this partnership to happen the entire athletics department signed off, and was supportive of the athletes participating in community internships. Big hats off to the Huskies football players for their success this year. We can see their excellence on the football field... and we have first-hand knowledge of their excellence off the field.
To learn more about group mentoring
Mentors Matter
Kevin King - UW Football Player Helps Mentor Youth
Kevin is from Oakland, California, and came to the UW football program after visiting several other colleges. "I was recruited to many schools but when I came to Seattle, I fell in love with the University of Washington. Great atmosphere, great fans and great tradition."
Kevin's Ethnic Studies Professor Terrie Scott recommended that Kevin take this opportunity to be a mentor to kids.
"My older brother was my mentor, as well as my parents. Coaches were also my mentors. I got a whole lot out of being involved in this mentor program. It's a program for kids but this helps us as much as the kids. It teaches us to be better man and better examples."
According to Kevin, "Coach Peterson knows about this program and approves in our participation." As for as football goes, "Next season, if we handle our business and do what we can, it will be a great year on the football field."
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The BAe Taranis is an indigenous UK attempt at a reusable and capable UCAV system - the results of the program expected to further an Anglo-French UCAV.
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the BAe Systems Taranis model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
ENGINE: 1 x Rolls-Royce Adour Mk.951 turbofan engine developing 6,500lb of thrust.
Undisclosed at this time. An internal weapons bay is assumed for a pair of precision-guided bombs.
Detailing the development and operational history of the BAe Systems Taranis Technology Demonstrator / Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV). Entry last updated on 6/4/2018. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
The UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) is the evolution of the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The UAV began life as a reconnaissance-minded product and it was within the last decade or so that acceptable results were achieved in the munitions delivery field regarding these aircraft. As such, technology has given rise to larger, heavier and longer-distance UAVs with the capability to effectively deliver guided ordnance on-call to which this class of UAV has now made up the "UCAV" category. The UCAV, therefore, is the effective "bridging of the gap" between the original unmanned UAVs of yesterday and the full-sized unmanned jet-powered multirole aircraft of tomorrow. The BAE Taranis is a UK development which intends to test the feasibility of a completely autonomous unmanned air vehicle that will be capable of precision guided munitions delivery with inherently long operational ranges. The Taranis is, therefore, strictly a technology demonstrator in the grand scope of UCAV design and not so much a military end-product. The project also aims to provide the UK with an indigenous UAV/UCAV solution apart from having to rely on European or American developments.
As a completely autonomous UCAV, the Taranis will not only be limited to pre-programmed waypoint following, take-off and landing procedures but it will also have the capability to make its own informed "decisions" inflight (with assumed ground control operator override). In this fashion, the Taranis will become a very flexible tactical system capable of responding to various threats and changing mission parameters all on its own. The scope of the project surely is akin to the dreams of science fiction in decades prior where it was seen that aircraft would one day maintain logic all their own, apart from their human creators. While a very optimistic project end-goal, it is wholly possible with today's ever-evolving technology concerning UAVs/UCAVs.
The BAE Taranis receives its nickname from Taranis, the Celtic God of Thunder and is roughly equivalent in size to the BAE Hawk advanced jet trainer/light strike aircraft. The UCAV will incorporate low-observable stealth characteristics in a well-shaped triangular planform featuring a single embedded turbofan engine aspirated by a triangular intake mounted above the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft will take on a largely basic all-wing design (sans vertical rudders) that is well-contoured and aerodynamically efficient. Munitions will be delivered through an internal weapons bay arrangement fitted underneath the aircraft structure. The Taranis will sport a fully-retractable wheeled tricycle undercarriage as well as several stealth-minded features to help it evade enemy radar (special skin coating, minimal structural protrusions, a specially designed engine exhaust, slim forward, sides and rear profile, etc.). The project - with BAe Systems as the prime contractor - combines the talents of BAe, Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation and QinetiQ with MoD engineers to advanced the Taranis program to its fullest. Funding is secured partly through the MoD while the entire project will be managed by the Strategic Unmanned Air Vehicles (Experiment) Integrated Project Team (SUAV(E) IPT).
Production of the initial Taranis prototype began in 2007 with the prototype first being showcased at Warton Aerodrome in Lancashire in July of 2010. Ground testing of the unit then began in 2010 with first flight expected sometime in late 2012 or early 2013. As the system is designed to date, it sports a wingspan of 30 feet with a running length of 37 feet and ground height of 13 feet. The unit weighs in at 18,000lbs and its Rolls-Royce turbofan engine (possibly the Rolls-Royce Adour Mk.951) has netted an output of 6,480lbs of thrust. This will allow the Taranis the capability of supersonic flight.
February 2014 - The first in-flight footage of the Taranis UAV was unveiled to the public. Flight tests were secretly conducted over the Woomera test range in Southern Australia proving controls viable and the ultra-aerodynamic design sound. The flight was said to have taken place in August of 2013.


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Germany says it thwarted Islamist-motivated bomb-attack plot
By | Fox News
German police on Tuesday said they thwarted an Islamist-motivated bomb attack that aimed to kill as many people as possible.
Authorities identified Yamen A., 19, a Syrian migrant, as the suspect. Police searched his home and also those of other people not suspected of being directly involved, Reuters reported.
Authorities further detailed how he obtained components and chemicals for the construction of an explosive device. It is unclear whether the suspect had a specific target in mind. It is also unclear if he is a member of a terrorist network.
The alleged plot comes amidst criticism leveled at Chancellor Angela Merkel for her open door policy that allowed one million people to enter Germany over the past two years, many of whom were refugees from Syria.


One of the current trends for external colour selection currently seen on TV shows and in home magazines is a combination of dark metal or tiled roofs and dark walls covered with weatherboard or bricks, often combined with cathedral ceilings to give a feeling of space and air.
Bradford technical specialists from Australia recently faced this problem when working with the team from Channel Nine's The Block. Their solution was to turn to Xtratherm, a product normally specified on commercial buildings, to add an extra layer of continuous insulation to create a thermal break between the external wall cladding and the timber or metal wall frame of the building.
For your dark roofs, your options depend on whether you have a roof space or if you have cathedral ceilings. If you have a roof space, it's crucial to get that roof void well ventilated to let the heat out so it doesn't transmit through the ceiling via the roof framing.
This kind of rigid board continuous insulation practice is standard in Europe. Talk to your designer or builder about it and free advice is available from Bradford's customer care centre at any time.


Beez Kneez to be Drug Tested- Win Again!
Just because you used to be ridiculed doesn't mean you have the right to bring new players in and win everything.
This Company is going to need to bring out the big guns soon as Beez Kneez wins comfortably by 4 points in a very Un-Giggle like result.
We learned about Frozen Fanta flavours, Spanglsh and where women judge you first on your body.
But what we also learned is that we need to stop this toxic winning from the Beez.
They get that smirk on their face that cannot be wiped off except wit a good old fashioned back-hander. I'll do it. I will. Just not Rebecca, she's crazy. look at her hubby and kid.
Dumb and Dumber and the Kiwi Klan got close, both in scores and their love for each other, Redcliffe Socialites got closer as runners up, first thing the old chooks have gotten close to something meaningful for some time.
And last? The crazy girls of the All Sorts, and they celebrated like a win.


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Vicon is een voormalig producent van landbouwwerktuigen uit Nieuw-Vennep. Het is tegenwoordig onderdeel van de Noorse Kverneland Group, waarbij Vicon als merknaam wordt gevoerd voor een reeks landbouwwerktuigen.

Geschiedenis
Vicon was in 1910 opgericht door Hermanus Vissers, die zich in 1904 had gevestigd in de Haarlemmermeer als bedrijfsboer en loonwerker. Vissers begon als loonwerker met een graanmaaier van McCormick, die nog werd voortgetrokken door drie paarden. Pas na de Tweede Wereldoorlog kwam hier een trekker voor. De naam Vicon was ontstaan door samenvoeging van Vissers Constructie Nieuw-Vennep. Vissers richtte zich in eerste instantie op het verkopen en repareren van landbouwwerktuigen. In 1933 kwam Hermanus Vissers te overlijden en werd het bedrijf voortgezet door zijn drie zoons Herbert, Bas en Joop.

Na 1940 begon het bedrijf met de ontwikkeling van eigen landbouwwerktuigen, waaronder een kunstmeststrooier, zaaimachine, grasmaaier en graanmaaier. Een van de andere eigen producten was een aardappelpootmachine waarvan er na introductie op de Jaarbeurs in Utrecht in 1946, naar eigen zeggen, meteen 1.000 werden verkocht. Het product waar Vicon internationale bekendheid verwierf was de harkkeerder ofwel Acrobaat. Deze was ontworpen door boer Cor van der Lely in Maasland, en vanaf 1962 door Vicon in productie genomen. Het ontwerp kon voor of achter op de trekker gemonteerd worden en is later ook dubbel uitgevoerd.

In zijn hoogtijdagen eind jaren 1980 behoorde Vicon met Lely uit Maasland, en PZ Zweegers & Zonen uit Geldrop tot de drie producenten van landbouwwerktuigen, die de Nederlandse landbouwmachine-industrie domineerden. Deze tak van de Nederlandse industrie telde indertijd zo'n 235 bedrijven en gaf werk aan 5200 man. In die hoogtijdagen werden de Vicon producten wereldwijd afgezet en werkten er wereldwijd zo'n 1200 man. In de jaren 1980 heeft Vicon ook samengewerkt met het landbouwautomatiseringsbedrijf Nedap aan de ontwikkeling van melkrobots voor het melken van koeien.

Voor de overname door de Kverneland Group is Vicon drie maal gefuseerd met andere landbouwmachinefabrieken: Met PZ uit Geldrop, met de werktuigendivisie van Deutz-Fahr uit Duitsland, en met Rivierre Casalis uit Frankrijk.

Bekendere producten
 Aardappelrooier
 Balenpers
 Hooibouwwerktuig
 Kunstmeststrooier
 Spitmachine ontworpen door Alexandre Horowitz

Zie ook
 Lijst van fabrikanten van landbouwwerktuigen

Publicaties
 Arthur Nutbey (2010). Vicon: 100 jaar landbouwmechanisatie. Vicon (Nieuw-Vennep)

Landbouwmachinefabrikant
Nederlands bedrijf
Haarlemmermeer


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After Historic Primary Win, Dane County's Shelia Stubbs Looks At Work Ahead In State Legislature
Education Funding, Criminal Justice Reform, Reducing Gun Violence Are On Stubbs' Radar
By Ximena Conde
Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 7:50pm
Shelia Stubbs is slated to become the first African-American from Dane County to hold office in the state Legislature. Stubbs won her four-way primary with about 50 percent of the vote on Tuesday and with no Republican on the November ballot, she is almost certain to take office in January.
Stubbs is set to replace retiring state Rep. Terese Berceau.
Stubbs has been a Dane County Board Supervisor since 2006 and is praised by some colleagues for her criminal justice reform efforts, including the creation of the Dane County Community Restorative Courts.
The courts work with the District Attorney's office and local law enforcement to identify 17- to 25-year-olds who have committed non-domestic violence misdemeanors and might benefit from staying out of the court system.
The jury is made of members of the community and supporters of this alternative say the likelihood of recidivism drops.
Stubbs said she wants to bring this idea to the rest of the state, in hopes it one day become a national model.
Patrick Miles and Carousel Bayrd have served with Stubbs on the Dane County Board since 2006
They praised her work and passion for criminal justice reform.
Bayrd said Stubbs is a voice missing from the Capitol and is poised to bring criminal justice reform to the state because of her background.
"She was a probation and parole officer," Bayrd explained. "So she understands it from a lived experience, she understands it from a professional experience and she understands it from a legislative experience."
Still, Stubbs said she she's a multitasker.
Once she's in the Legislature, Stubbs said she wants to immediately start working on other issues she campaigned on, including increasing school funding, increasing access to health care and passing stricter gun laws.
"To get guns out of the hands of people that should not have them," she said. "So, universal background checks. Actually banning military style weapons."
Stubbs said she is optimistic by nature and thinks there's bipartisan support for a lot of the issues she's hoping to address.
There are only two other African-American women in the Legislature — Sen. Lena Taylor and Sen. LaTonya Johnson— both from Milwaukee.
Stubbs said she's thankful for those who paved the way for her historic win, as well as the mentors who supported her throughout her career.
"I want to create a pathway for others to follow behind me," she said.
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In Wisconsin, Domestic Violence Lead To 62 Deaths In 2017


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Huge Foxconn iPhone plant in China rocked by new worker unrest
Brenda Goh and Yimou Lee
Shanghai and taipei
Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage uploaded on social media showed.
The rare scenes of open dissent in China mark an escalation of unrest at the massive factory in Zhengzhou city that has come to symbolize a dangerous buildup in frustration with the country's ultrasevere COVID-19 rules as well as inept handling of the situation by the world's largest contract manufacturer.
The trigger for the protests, which began early on Wednesday, appeared to be a plan to delay bonus payments, many of the demonstrators said on livestream feeds. The videos could not be immediately verified by Reuters.
"Give us our pay!," chanted workers surrounded by people in full hazmat suits, some carrying batons, according to footage from one video. Other footage showed tear gas being deployed and workers taking down quarantine barriers. Some workers had complained they were forced to share dormitories with colleagues who had tested positive for COVID-19.
Foxconn, formally called Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, said in a statement it had fulfilled its payment contracts and that reports of infected staff living on campus with new recruits were "untrue."
"Regarding any violence, the company will continue to communicate with employees and the government to prevent similar incidents from happening again," the company added.
A source familiar with the situation in Zhengzhou said production at the plant was unaffected by the worker unrest and output remained "normal."
Reuters earlier reported that iPhone output at the factory could slump by as much as 30 per cent in November, and that Foxconn aimed to resume full production there by the second half of the month. Apple Inc. had warned it expects lower shipments of premium iPhone 14 models than previously anticipated.
While the latest unrest has added "uncertainties" to the target, the source said the company was still working hard to reach it, adding that "only a portion" of the new recruits took part in the unrest.
A second source familiar with the matter, however, said Foxconn was unlikely to hit the target, pointing to disruptions caused by the unrest, impacting particularly new recruits who were hired to bridge the gap in the work force.
"Originally, we were trying to see if the new recruits could go online by the end of November. But with the unrest, it's certain that we can't resume normal production by the month-end."
Foxconn accounts for 70 per cent of iPhone shipments globally. It makes most of the phones at the Zhengzhou plant, though it has other smaller production sites in India and southern China.
Shares of Foxconn have slipped 2 per cent since the unrest emerged in late October.
The disruptions may shift some iPhone sales into the March quarter from the key holiday quarter, D.A. Davidson analyst Thomas Forte said.
Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives said he expected the shutdowns to cost Apple about US$1-billion a week in lost iPhone sales. In the holiday quarter last year, Apple reported iPhone sales worth nearly US$6-billion per week.
Discontent over strict quarantine rules, the company's inability to stamp out outbreaks and poor conditions including shortages of food had caused workers to flee the factory campus since the Apple Inc. supplier imposed a so-called closed loop system at the world's biggest iPhone plant in late October.
Under closed-loop operations, staff live and work on site, isolated from the wider world.
Former workers estimate that thousands have fled the factory campus. Before the unrest, the Zhengzhou plant employed some 200,000 people. To retain staff and lure more workers Foxconn has had to offer bonuses and higher salaries.
Local authorities also stepped in to help, with some urging retired soldiers and government workers to take on stints, according to local media reports.
The first source said that the eagerness of local authorities to recruit workers may have played a role in causing "miscommunication" with the new hires on issues including allowance and accommodation.
The Zhengzhou government did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.
In the videos, workers vented about how they were never sure if they would get meals while in quarantine or over inadequate curbs to contain an outbreak.
"Foxconn never treats humans as humans," said one person.
Apple did not respond to requests for comment.
"It's now evident that closed-loop production in Foxconn only helps in preventing COVID from spreading to the city, but does nothing (if not make it even worse) for the workers in the factory," Aiden Chau of China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based advocacy group, said in an e-mail.
As of Wednesday afternoon, most of the footage on Kuaishou, a social media platform where Reuters reviewed many of the videos, had been taken down. Kuaishou did not respond to a request for comment.
Foxconn's founder-director reportedly pushed China to ease COVID-19 curbs
Foxconn expects COVID-hit plant in China to resume full output in late December, early January: source
COVID-19 confusion in China as authorities row back curbs
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Mookie Betts (33) of the Boston Red Sox. Betts hit .318 in 158 games with 31 home runs and 113 RBI's. He had 42 doubles, 5 triples and 26 stolen bases and an OPS of .892.
2nd was Jose Altuve (31) of the Houston Astros. 3rd was David Ortiz (29) of the Boston Red Sox. 4th was Miguel Cabrera (21) of the Detroit Tigers. 5th was Mike Trout (15) of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. 6th was Robinson Cano (13) of the Seattle Mariners. 7th was Dustin Pedroia (12) of the Boston Red Sox. Adrian Beltre (10) of the Texas Rangers finished 8th and Nelson Cruz (9) of the Seattle Mariners and Mark Trumbo (9) of the Baltimore Orioles tied for the final spot.
2nd was Kris Bryant (30) of the Chicago Cubs. 3rd was Daniel Murphy (27) of the Washington Nationals. 4th was Anthony Rizzo (20) of the Chicago Cubs. 5th was Charlie Blackmon (18) of the Colorado Rockies. 6th was Joey Votto (14) of the Cincinnati Reds. 7th was D.J. LeMahieu (11) of the Colorado Rockies. 8th was Freddie Freeman (10) of the Atlanta Braves. 9th was Ryan Braun (8) of the Milwaukee Brewers and in 10th was Corey Seager (7) of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Rick Porcello (39) of the Boston Red Sox. Porcello was 22-4 in 33 starts with an ERA of 3.15. He had 3 complete games, 223 innings and 189 strikeouts.
2nd was J.A. Happ (33) of the Toronto Blue Jays. There was a tie for 3rd between Justin Verlander (21) of the Detroit Tigers and Aaron Sanchez (21) of the Toronto Blue Jays. There was a 3-way tie for 5th between Corey Kluber (14) of the Cleveland Indians, Masahiro Tanaka (14) of the New York Yankees and Cole Hamels (14) of the Texas Rangers. 8th place went to Chris Sale (11) of the Chicago White Sox. 9th was Danny Duffy (9) of the Kansas City Royals and 10 was Jose Quintana (4) of the Chicago White Sox.
Jon Lester (37) of the Chicago Cubs. Lester was 19-5 in 32 starts with an ERA of 2.44. He had 2 complete games, 202 2/3rd innings and 197 strikeouts.
2nd was Max Schrezer (31) of the Washington Nationals. 3rd was Kyle Hendricks of the Chicago Cubs. There was a tie for 4th between teammates as San Francisco Giants Johnny Cueto (19) and Madison Bumgarner (19) took that spot. 6th was Jake Arrieta (16) of the Chicago Cubs. Noah Syndergaard (15) of the New York Mets was 7th. 8th went to Jose Fernandez (9) of the Miami Marlins. In 9th was Kenta Maeda (7) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and in 10th was Tanner Roark (6) of the Washington Nationals.
Nate jones (17 of the Chicago White Sox. Jones appeared in 71 games and recorded 28 holds. He had a 5-3 record with an ERA of 2.29 and picked up 3 saves.
2nd was Kelvin Herrera (14) of the Kansas City Royals. 3rd was Will Harris (13) of the Houston Astros.th ) )of the was Dellin Betances ( 7) of the New York Yankees and 5th was Jake Diekman (3) of the Texas Rangers.
Addison Reed (21) of the New York Mets. Reed appeared in 80 games and recorded 40 holds. He had a 4-2 record with an ERA of 1.97 and picked up 1 save.
2nd was joe Blanton (15) of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 3rd was Kyle Barraclough ((9) of the Miami Marlins. 4th was Neftali Feliz (6) of the Pittsburgh Pirates and 5th went to Felipe Rivero (3) of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Zach Britton (21) of the Baltimore Orioles. Britton was 47 out of 47 in saves chances. He was 2-1 with an ERA of 0.54 in 69 games.
2nd was Alex Colome (15) of the Tampa Bay Rays. There was a tie for 3rd between Wade Davis (7) of the Kansas City Royals and San Dyson (7) of the Texas Rangers. 5th went to Francisco Rodriguez (4) of the Detroit Tigers.
Mark Melancon (17) of the Washington Nationals/Pittsburgh Pirates. Melancon was 47 for 51 in save chances. He was 2-2 with an ERA of 1.64 in 75 games.
2nd was Kenley Jansen (15) of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 3rd was Jeurys Familia (13) of the New York Mets. 4th went to A.J. Ramos (6) of the Miami Marlins and 5th went to Jeanmar Gomez (3) of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Gary Sanchez (19) of the New York Yankees. Sanchez hit .299 with 20 home runs and 42 RBI's in 53 games. He added 12 doubles a stolen base and an OPS of 1.032.
2nd was Nomar Mazara (14) of the Texas Rangers. 3rd was Tyler Naquin (11) of the Cleveland Indians. 4th was Ryon Healy (7) of the Oakland A's and 5th went to Tim Anderson (3) of the Chicago White Sox.
Corey Seager (16) of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Seager hit .309 with 26 home runs and 72 RBI's in 157 games. He added 40 doubles, 5 triples and 3 stolen bases with an OPS of .877.
2nd was Trevor Story (15) of the Colorado Rockies. 3rd was Aledmys Diaz (9) of the St. Louis Cardinals. There was a tie for 4th between Brandon Drury (7) of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Trea Turner of the Washington Nationals.
Michael Fulmer (21) of the Detroit Tigers. Fulmer started 26 games and had a record of 11-7 with an ERA of 3.06. He had 1 shutout and 1 complete game and totaled 132 strikeouts in 159 innings.
2nd was Tony Barnette (12) of the Texas Rangers. 3rd was Chris Devenski (10) of the Houston Astros. 4th went to Ryan Dull (6) of the Oakland A's while 5th went to Edwin Diaz (5) of the Seattle Mariners.
Seung Hwan Oh (17) of the St. Louis Cardinals. Oh had 19 saves in 23 chances. He pitched in 76 games and had a record of 6-3 with an ERA of 1.92. Oh recorded 103 strikeouts in 79 2/3rd innings.
There was a tie for 2nd between Kenta Maeda ( 13) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Junior Guerra (13) of the Milwaukee Brewers. 4th went to Kyle Barraclough (5) of the Miami Marlins and 5th went to Ryan Buchter (4) of the San Diego Padres.