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EFMLA, PSLA, And Tax Credits….Oh My!
An Overview Of The New Federally Funded Coronavirus Leave Programs
Written by: Erika Todd and David Guadagnoli
Effective March 28, 2020:
Updated to include a link to a new model poster and details on fulfilling the poster requirement, as well as information on (and links to) additional DOL guidance concerning how to count employees for purposes of determining whether an employer is subject to the new provisions.
The second-wave of federal legislation – the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act) – became law on March 18, 2020. It was subsequently amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) The new law is aimed at addressing COVID-19 by making expansions to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and by enacting a new federal Paid Sick Leave Act (PSLA). The Act provides a unique tax credit approach for employers to cover 100% of the costs resulting from these new requirements.
Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act – Division C of the Act expands both FMLA coverage and eligibility for employees on a temporary basis, beginning no later than April 2, 2020 and continuing through December 31, 2020, and in a number of ways.
The Act provides for paid FMLA coverage to employees who are unable to work (or telework) because of a loss of child care, whether that child care was previously provided by schooling or an on-site or a paid (non-family/friend) at home provider, as a result of a public health emergency (COVID-19). The first 10 days of leave may be unpaid, although an employee may choose to take accrued vacation, personal, medical or sick leave during this period. After the first 10 days, additional leave must be paid at least 2/3rds of the employee's regular rate of pay and assuming normally scheduled hours. As clarified in the CARES Act, an employer is not required to pay more than $200 per day and not more than $10,000 in the aggregate per employee.
This new category of FMLA leave, which is reserved for employees who lose paid childcare because of COVID-19, has several other important differences from standard FMLA leaves. First, the Act revises the current employee threshold for this new FMLA coverage. During this time, all employers with fewer than 500 employees are subject to the new FMLA requirements whereas previously only employers with 50 or more employees were subject to the FMLA. Exceptions to the new FMLA requirements exist for health care and emergency response workers.
Second, the Act extends FMLA eligibility to all employees after 30 days of employment and, under the CARES Act, includes rehired employees that were laid off on or after March 1, 2020 (and otherwise met the 30 days of employment criteria before being laid off). This is a marked shift from the previous requirement that an employee work for at least one year and 1,250 hours prior to eligibility.
Finally, employers with 25 or more employees must reinstate any employee returning from the new FMLA leave to their same or equivalent position. Employers of fewer than 25 employees are exempted from the reinstatement requirement if the following conditions are met: (1) the employee's position no longer exists due to an economic downturn or other circumstances caused by a public health emergency during the period of Emergency FMLA; and (2) the employer makes reasonable efforts to return the employee to an equivalent position for up to a year following the employee's return from leave.
As noted, the new requirements become effective no later than April 2, 2020 and generally sunset as of December 31, 2020.
Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act – Division E of the Act, which provides for two weeks of paid sick leave for employees, generally applies to employers with fewer than 500 employees and is available to all employees, regardless of the length of employment.
Under this new law, employees in the following categories are eligible for the benefit:
1. Subject to a Federal, state or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID–19.
2. Advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID–19.
3. Experiencing symptoms of COVID–19 and seeking a medical diagnosis.
For employees in the preceding categories, sick leave is paid at the employee's regular rate of pay (unless the Federal, state or local minimum wage is higher), but not more than $511 per day and $5,110 in the aggregate.
4. Caring for an individual who is described in (1) or (2) above.
5. Caring for a child if the school or childcare site is closed or child care is not available, due to COVID–19 precautions.
6. Any other substantially similar condition to the preceding as specified by HHS.
For employees receiving leave under (4), (5) or (6), the amount payable is 2/3rds of the employee's regular rate of pay (unless the Federal, state or local minimum wage is higher), but not more than $200 per day and $2,000 in the aggregate.
Full time employees are entitled to 80 hours of paid sick time and part time employees are entitled to paid sick time for their average working hours over a two-week period.
According to FAQs published by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the number of employees is determined as of the date the leave is taken based on the number of full-time and part-time employees employed in the United States, including employees on leave and employees jointly employed with another employer. The guidance also provides details on how to count hours for part-time employees.
Employers will be required to post a PSLA notice by April 1st, and the Department of Labor has issued a model notice (a separate model notice is available for federal workers). The DOL also issued guidance about how posting requirements can be fulfilled by emailing or direct mailing the notice or by posting the notice on an internal or external website. Violations of the PSLA are treated as a violation of the FLSA and may result in fines, imprisonment, damages and/or attorney's fees; however, the DOL issued a nonenforcement policy for 30 days until April 17, 2020 for those employers that act reasonably and in good faith.
Employers that are health care providers or emergency responders need not offer the new benefit and employers with less than 50 employees may not be subject to the new law if a determination is made that doing so would jeopardize the viability of the business.
Employers may not discriminate against employees who take the new paid sick leave and the new paid sick leave is to be taken before other employer provided paid leave.
The new requirements become effective no later than April 2, 2020 and generally sunset as of December 31, 2020.
Funding through tax credits – Each of the new paid FMLA and PSLA laws are funded by the Federal government through a tax credit system. This includes not only the paid leave benefit but also includes an amount equal to the cost of the employer's qualified health care expenses (amounts paid for group health coverage) allocable to the paid leave. Division G of the Act governs how this aspect of the law is to work.
An employer is able to claim a credit against their quarterly payroll tax liability for up to 100% of the qualified sick leave wages paid, subject to the various applicable per day and per individual limits, plus the group health plan coverage cost. According to recently published guidance and as provided for under the CARES Act, employers will be able to take the extraordinary action of retaining withheld income and Social Security taxes (employee and employer share) in an amount equal to the liability. If the potential credit is greater than the withholding liability, an employer will be able to apply for a refund.
Please feel free to reach out to any member of our Employment and Benefits Practice Group if you have any questions about how these new laws apply or if you would like assistance in updating your FMLA and leave policies.
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As a multi-faceted introduction to sacramental theology, the purposes of this Handbook are threefold: historical, ecumenical, and missional. The forty-four chapters are organized into the following parts five parts: Sacramental Roots in Scripture, Patristic Sacramental Theology, Medieval Sacramental Theology, From the Reformation through Today, and Philosophical and Theological Issues in Sacramental Doctrine.
Contributors to this Handbook explain the diverse ways that believers have construed the sacraments, both in inspired Scripture and in the history of the Church's practice. In Scripture and the early Church, Orthodox, Protestants, and Catholics all find evidence that the first Christian communities celebrated and taught about the sacraments in a manner that Orthodox, Protestants, and Catholics today affirm as the foundation of their own faith and practice. Thus, for those who want to understand what has been taught about the sacraments in Scripture and across the generations by the major thinkers of the various Christian traditions, this Handbook provides an introduction. As the divisions in Christian sacramental understanding and practice are certainly evident in this Handbook, it is not thereby without ecumenical and missional value. This book evidences that the story of the Christian sacraments is, despite divisions in interpretation and practice, one of tremendous hope.
31. Confirmation, C. C. Pecknold and Lucas Laborde, S.S.J.
35. Reconciliation, Anthony Akinwale, O.P.
38. The Sacraments and the Development of Doctrine, Benoit-Dominique de La Soujeole, O.P. Translated by Dominic M. Langevin, O.P.
Hans Boersma is the J. I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Before coming to Regent College in 2005, Boersma taught for six years at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. He also served several years as a Pastor. Boersma has written of a number of books, most recently Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach. He is also the author of Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry; of Nouvelle Theologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery; and of Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition.
Matthew Levering is Perry Family Foundation Professor of Theology at Mundelein Seminary. He serves as co-editor of two theological quarterlies, Nova et Vetera and The International Journal of Systematic Theology. He has authored numerous books, including Predestination, Biblical Natural Law, and (with David Novak and Anver Emon) Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue. With Matthew L. Lamb, he edited Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition. His works in sacramental theology include Sacrifice and Communion: Jewish Offering and Christian Eucharist and Christ and the Catholic Priesthood. Since 2007 he has been Chair of the Board of the Academy of Catholic Theology.


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January 21, 2018 | Upper Peninsula of Michigan Radio - Yooper News, Interviews, Pictures, and Calendar of Events - Great Lakes Radio, Inc.
Marquette – Storytime for 1s and 2s will be held Wednesday, January 24 and Thursday, January 25 at 10:15 a.m. in the Youth Atrium of the Peter White Public Library.
There will be interactive stories, songs, rhymes and activities for ages 18 months to 35 months, with a loving adult. The event is free.
For more information call 226-4320, visit www.pwpl.info or the Peter White Public Library Youth Services page on Facebook.
Marquette – The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Chapter 1900 will meet on Wednesday, January 24 at 1:30 p.m. in Room B of the Marquette Senior Center on the lower level of City Hall, 300 W. Baraga Avenue in Marquette.
Marie Ross, care counselor for the Marquette area Alzheimer's Association, will speak on Alzheimer's Disease, its warning signs, care options, and more. The Alzheimer's Association is the official charity of NARFE, receiving donations from the national, state and local levels of the organization.
NARFE Chapter 1900 includes members from the Marquette, Escanaba, Rapid River, Houghton and Hancock areas. For additional information please call 906-475-0362.
Hancock – The recently re-established Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force, together with the Department of Justice and Michigan State Police will offer a "Know the Facts. Save Lives." Human Trafficking Presentation on Wednesday, January 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jutila Center Room #323 at Finlandia University in Hancock.
Marquette – The Building Love: Imagine Series will present a concert by the Circle of Friends on Wednesday, January 24 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Peter White Public Library.
Led by Mary Burtch and Vicki Lockwood, Circle of Friends is a group of local women who began singing with their children and with each other at Peace Camp over 30 years ago. They have been singing all kinds of songs ever since, but for this concert they will focus on songs from around the world.
There is no admission charge to attend thanks to sponsorship by the Peter White Public Library and Forward Action Michigan-UP. For more information, visit www.pwpl.info or call 226-4318.
Hancock – The Heikinpaiva Mid-Winter Festival will include a songwriting workshop with Artist in Residence Jonathan Rundman on Wednesday, January 24 at 6 p.m. at the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock.
Marquette – Little Bookworms for 5s and 6s will be offered on Wednesday, January 24 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Youth Atrium of the Peter White Public Library.
There will be stories, songs, school-readiness art, and pre-literacy skills for children ages 5 to 6. The event is free.
For more information, call 226-4320, visit www.pwpl.info or find Peter White Public Library Youth Services on Facebook.
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Filmografía
Mujeres enamoradas (1969, dirigida por Ken Russell)
The Student Body (1976, dirigida por Gus Trikonis)
Alien: el octavo pasajero (1979, dirigida por Ridley Scott)
Aliens: el regreso (1986, dirigida por James Cameron)
Alien³ (1992, dirigida por David Fincher)
Alien: Resurrección (1997, dirigida por Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Alien vs. Predator (2004, dirigida por Paul W. S. Anderson)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007, dirigida por Colin Strause y Greg Strause)
Prometheus (2012, dirigida por Ridley Scott)
Alien: Covenant (2017, dirigida por Ridley Scott), Coproducida con 20th Century Fox y Scott Free Productions

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Idris Elba Net Worth 2022 – How Rich Is The Actor?
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Idris Elba Net Worth 2022: British actor Idris Elba is worth a whopping $ 25 million. In today's detour into the financial world of the stars, we will show you the commitments with which the artist earned his money and also trace his professional career based on his most important stations for you.
Idris is actually called Idrissa Akuna Elba and is a native of London. As the son of a father from Sierra Leone and a Ghanaian woman, little Idris saw the light of day 46 years ago. When he was in his early twenties, the young actor at the time sniffed the stage for the first time when he was allowed to take part in an episode of the series "2point4 Children" in 1994.
The Briton then earned his income working on the French production "My beautiful mother-in-law" from 1999. The comedy grossed the equivalent of around 7.5 million dollars, but the then unknown Idris Elba should not have become rich through this commitment.
The artist finally achieved greater fame between 2002 and 2004. He took over the role of drug lord "Russell Bell" in the TV series "The Wire" (2002-2008). In addition to the certainly not low income, his participation in the US crime show also earned him a nomination for the "Image Award".
Once established in the TV landscape, other lucrative deals followed for Idris Elba. In the 2005 drama "When the Murder Began", he was allowed to act as one of the main characters. His performance impressed even those who understand something about it and consequently further nominations for the "Image Award", the "Black Reel Award" and the "Vision Award" followed. Elba was seen by his fans as "Charles Frank" in the drama "The Gospel" (2005), the film grossed more than 15 million US dollars.
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2007 turned out to be a busy year for the British actor. He was involved in a total of five film productions, including well-known works such as "28 Weeks Later". Combined, the productions posted profits of approximately $ 475 million. However, it is not known how high the British's income was. What we do know, however, is that Idris Elba continued to act as if there was no tomorrow until he finally got the big hit in 2010.
Idris Elba landed the lead role of "DCI John Luther" in the crime series "Luther" devised by Neil Cross. Elba amazed the professional world and audience alike with its acting performance and quickly advanced to become a world star. The British production now includes 20 episodes in five seasons and has a fan base of millions. Elba is said to have earned more than one million dollars in 2015 alone for his work on the show. Idris Elba was honored with a "Golden Globe" for the embodiment of the ingenious but idiosyncratic detective.
The actor's career curve steadily ran steeply towards the sky. In 2011 he was allowed to play the Nordic god "Heimdall" in the film adaptation of the comic book "Thor". As this he should also earn his money in the subsequent successors of the "Thor" films and thus increase his fortune properly.
In 2013, the British had the honor of playing former President of South Africa and freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. However, the biopic "Mandela – The Long Road to Freedom" met with mixed reviews. But things turned out differently with "Pacific Rim", which was received positively by the press.
Elba took on the role of fighter pilot "Stacker Pentecost" in the science fiction production. Together with "Thor – The Dark Kingdom" (2013), "Mandela" and "Pacific Rim" generated the proud sum of more than one billion US dollars at the box office. While we were allowed to admire our protégé in 2014 as a psychopathic serial killer in "Not a good deed", Elba returned in the guise of "Heimdall" in 2015 when he was seen in the superhero epic "Avengers: Age of Ultron".
In 2016, Idris Elba mainly appeared as a voice actor. The Briton lent his voice to "Chief Bogo" from "Zoomania", to "Shir Khan" in "The Jungle Book" and to Fluke in "Finding Dorie". At the moment, fans of Idris Elba can marvel at their idol in the latest part of the underground racing series "Fast & Furios" in the cinema.
Apart from his acting activity, Idris Elba also appeared musically under his pseudonyms "DJ Big Driis" and "Big Driis the Londoner". In 2006 he released an EP called "Big Man", and in 2011 the mixtape "Merry DriisMas Holiday Mixtape" was released. In 2014 the first official studio album called "Idris Elba Presents Mi Mandela" followed, which was to be followed in 2015 by "Murder loves John". In 2019 he starred in the Netflix series "Turn Up Charlie", in which some of his own songs can also be heard.
Elba bears the title of "Officer of the British Empire" which was awarded to him in 2016 by Queen Elisabeth II. The Briton currently lives in New York City and married his partner Sabrina Dhowre earlier this year. This is already his third marriage after having previously walked in front of the altar with Kim Elba (1999-2003) and Sonya Nicole Hamlin (2006). Idris Elba has two children and was voted "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2018 by the American magazine "People".
The purchase price of the Jaguar XE, which Elba bought in 2018, is estimated at around 80,000 dollars. Idris Elba's Instagram profile is followed by almost 4.5 million people, while he has around 2.7 million followers on Twitter. In 2018 he made his directorial debut when he presented his film "Yardie" at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Indiana University Professorship Honors Memory of Environmental Policy Pioneer
Indiana University's Evan Ringquist is the inaugural recipient of a professorship that honors the memory of Lynton Keith Caldwell, a distinguished and influential scholar in the fields of environmental policy and administration.
Caldwell was one of the key catalysts for the founding of the Indiana University Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) in 1972. At the time, it was the nation's first public institution marrying the undergraduate and graduate study of environmental science, environmental policy and public affairs. Among his many professional accomplishments, Caldwell was the force behind the creation of the National Environmental Policy Act and its action-forcing provision, the Environmental Impact Statement. He was 92 when he died in 2006.
"The selection of Evan Ringquist as the first Lynton Caldwell Professor of Environmental Policy is entirely fitting," said SPEA Dean John D. Graham. "Evan is an outstanding scholar, deservedly admired by his colleagues on the faculty and by his students."
Ringquist specializes in the study of environmental, energy and natural resources policy. He is also an expert on U.S. political institutions and, most especially, its bureaucracy.
"Keith Caldwell had a towering intellect and a keen insight," Ringquist said. "He saw the urgency of the threats to our environment. He saw how good government and strong laws could protect our air, land and water. It is an honor to accept this professorship and to continue the essential work of exploring the issues that he was among the first to see as significant."
Professorships come with a financial allowance that supports a faculty member in their teaching, public service and research.
One of Ringquist's most recent projects involved tracking campaign promises made by candidates. Were those promises carried out once a legislator was elected? Ringquist and two co-authors found that pro-environmental pledges were frequently abandoned by winning candidates. He offered a thought-provoking explanation in the article "Campaign Promises, Democratic Governance, and Environmental Policy in the U.S. Congress" published in the May, 2013 edition of the Policy Studies Journal.
"Evan is so deserving of this honor and the opportunities that come with it," said SPEA Executive Associate Dean David Reingold. "We are grateful to Keith Caldwell's family for making it possible. His legacy is that Indiana University and, indeed, our very earth is a better place and Evan will carry on that work. What greater compliment for a life's work can there be?"
For more information about Lynton Keith Caldwell:
The Bloomington Faculty Council adopted a memorial resolution that includes a brief biography. You can read it here: http://www.indiana.edu/~bfc/docs/circulars/10-11/B11-2011.pdf.


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Mary Quinn Photography is a boutique studio serving South Jersey, New Jersey and Philadelphia.
Our award winning images have been featured in magazines, newspapers and websites.
Being one of eight children, taught me early on, the value of family moments. The excitement of a wedding, the anticipation of a pregnancy, the birth of a child and the laughter shared by kids, just to name a few.
My goal is to capture these family stories to be shared for a lifetime. Imagery that incites emotion as well as documenting the moment.
My parents both loved the Arts and shared drawing, painting and music with all eight of us. However, my dad who was a scientist, did not think photography was a way to "make a living." So when I attended college to pursue my dream job, he insisted that business courses were also part of my agenda. Needless to say, both paths of art and business led to a successful career.
I graduated from Rutgers University receiving a BA and furthered my education at Trenton State College, Philadelphia University of the Arts and Burlington County College. With the ever changing photography field, I became a member of the Guild of Professional Photographers of the Delaware Valley, which provides education on the "latest and greatest". I have worked as a studio manager and primary photographer for two prestigious studios and in 2000 decided to introduce my own business. Along the way, I met my wonderful husband who has supported my business endeavors. Sometimes you can even see him, carrying my bags and holding my lights , who could ask for more.
Photography is such a rewarding career. As my parents grew older and began to forget, I could see how a photograph could bring them back to that point in time. What a wonderful field to partake in, that allows our minds to relive our life stories.
My photographs have been published in several issues of Philadelphia Bride earning first place and honorable mentions in The Best of Delaware Valley Competitions. Down the Aisle magazine also printed many images with their wedding articles. Venues such as The Mansion on Main Street, The Radisson Valley Forge, The Corinthian Yacht Club, Laurel Creek Country Club, Aronimink Country Club and Daisy Chain Florist have utilized our photographs in their print and website media.
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How India Made Big Strides in Renewable Energy in 2017-18
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India Achieved the 20 GW Solar Mark in 2017 The Government of India has set a target of 175 GW renewable power installed capacity by the end of 2022 – including 60 GW from wind power, 100 GW from solar power, 10 GW from biomass power and 5 GW from small hydropower. We all know […]
What is Green Energy Corridor – Need, Advantages, Cost, Current Progress in India
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What is Green Energy Corridor The government aims to strengthen and develop the power transmission network through Green Energy Corridor project. Green Energy Corridor is an intra-/ inter-state transmission system which is being implemented by eight renewable rich states in India – Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Intra-State […]
Will SRISTI and LiDAR provide the necessary boost to the Indian Rooftop Industry
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Rooftop SRISTI Scheme The government of India is taking various steps in a bid to boost rooftop solar installations in the country. The latest effort is a proposal to set up Sustainable Rooftop Implementation for Solar Transfiguration of India (SRISTI), to provide financial aid of INR 23,450 crore from the government. India has planned to […]
State Wise Solar State Rankings – India 2017-18
Top Indian states with Highest Solar Installed Capacity India achieved 20 GW of solar installation mark in the last year, which was the earlier target set to be achieved by 2022. The country now aspires to install 100 GW of solar power by 2022. More than 7.2 GW of solar capacity was added in 2017-18 […]
Can Virtual Reality Destroy The Tourism Industry?
Virtual Reality Virtual Reality is the most talked about invention in recent times. While the technology holds many advantages for various industries like education, healthcare, military training, architecture and civil engineering, art etc., I think the technology might stand a chance to hamper the booming tourism industry. Read more World Bank warns about Automation Disaster in […]
Can Chandigarh Bring the Solar Change And set An Example For Other Indian States
Chandigarh – Model Solar City In 2016, the rooftop solar capital of Chandigarh had issued a notification making installation of solar panels mandatory on the rooftops of residential houses measuring 500 square yard and above and group housing societies. With only two months left for the two-year deadline to expire, the Chandigarh administration is all set […]


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25/Sep/2018 C2018C00394 16 18/Sep/2018 05/Apr/2019 Corporations Amendment (Asia Region Funds Passport) Act 2018
08/Mar/2018 C2018C00054 15 05/Mar/2018 17/Sep/2018 Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Measures No. 1) Act 2018
04/Jul/2017 C2017C00200 14 24/Jun/2017 04/Mar/2018 Treasury Laws Amendment (Major Bank Levy) Act 2017
13/Aug/2015 C2015C00404 01/Jul/2015 23/Jun/2017 Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015
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Now that was certainly something to watch. Chaos, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.
If you had your eyes glued to the finish of the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix on Sunday, either on TV or at the track, the race certainly had that feeling.
We had wrecks. We had emotion, including a melee involving a four-time Cup champion. And in the end, Brad Keselowski somehow found a way to squeak by.
Keselowski didn't win, but his sixth-place finish certainly felt like one.
The reason: Jimmie Johnson, Mr. Five-Time, had his aura pierced just a bit when he creamed the wall in Turn 4 of the 1-mile oval with less than 80 laps left.
What looked like it would be another fight to the finish ended up with Johnson finishing 33rd and Keselowski heading to Homestead-Miami Speedway with a 20-point lead.
Oh, and Kevin Harvick won the race, breaking a 14-month drought. That only gets mention in this sentence because of what we had at the end.
Chaos. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.
The madness began when Jeff Gordon settled the score with Clint Bowyer after the pair had gotten together in the closing laps. Gordon's retaliation was swift and set off one of the crazier, nuttier endings in recent memory.
First, Bowyer got into Gordon with seven laps left. Then inches before Harvick could get to the line and the white flag, Gordon got even, collecting Joey Logano in the process.
After the red flag period, Danica Patrick stayed on track, leaking oil from her damaged No. 10 car all over the frontstretch on the 316th and final lap.
As Harvick crossed the line, a lot of slipping, sliding and wrecking ensued. Again, Keselowski got by and finished sixth. Johnson came home 32nd.
Even though the Penske Racing driver can just about smell the championship trophy now, Sunday's finish certainly left a bad taste in his mouth.
Trust us when we say Keselowski wasn't talking about his finish, but the ending of the race.
The incident left Keselowski wondering what the rest of the garage was thinking after last week's race at Texas.
"It's a double standard that I spent a whole week being bashed by half a dozen drivers about racing hard at Texas and about how I'm out of control and have a death wish, and then I see [expletive] like that," Keselowski said. "That's [expletive]. That's all you can call that. You race hard and I get called a [jerk] who has a death wish for racing hard, and I see [expletive] like that and it just [ticks] me off.
Meanwhile, Harvick was actually OK with it all.
Once we've had the cooling off for the rest of the week, we may see Keselowski having a heartfelt moment of celebration when he holds the trophy at Homestead. Then again, after what we saw Sunday, I truly don't know.
Here's the simple math: As long as Keselowski finishes 15th or better, he'll be the champ. If he leads a lap, it falls to 17th. If he leads the most laps, it's 18th.
The boys may be having at it, as NASCAR mandated three years ago, but with Sunday's madness, it makes you wonder if it's all been worth it.
-For the other series, their finishes will be interesting as well. In Nationwide, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is on the verge of going back-to-back after Elliott Sadler was forced to go to a back-up car at Phoenix on Saturday. After a late-race crash, Sadler has a carbon-copy situation if he wants to chase down Stenhouse.
The end result: See above. Stenhouse needs 15th without leading, 17th with leading a lap, 18th with the most laps led.
In the Camping World Truck Series, James Buescher is basically hanging on for dear life. Since moving to the top of the standings after a sixth-place run at Martinsville, Buescher has finished 11th and 17th in the last two weeks. As a result, his point lead has been cut from 21 to 11 over Timothy Peters and 12 over Ty Dillon.
It makes the championship math a lot tougher. Buescher needs to finish at least 7th without leading a lap, 8th if he leads a lap, and 10th if he leads the most laps.
On to Homestead. It's going to be fun.
And in the NHRA, two of the four pro classes were decided pretty early in the season finale at Pomona, Calif. Allen Johnson clinched the Pro Stock championship after Saturday qualifying, while Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Eddie Krawiec clinched after his first-round win in Sunday's eliminations.
Then came the buildup to the really good stuff. In Funny Car, Ron Capps was finally eliminated after he lost in the semifinals to Courtney Force. Although Beckman had the same fate in the other semi against Cruz Pedregon, the title was still his by a scant two points.
As if that piece of wow factor wasn't enough, we got a stunner in the Top Fuel final. After Antron Brown lost in the opening round for the second straight race (Spencer Massey in the 7-10 matchup), Brown's fate was in everyone else's hands and only his own teammate, Tony Schumacher, could catch him.
As had been the case so often in years past, Schumacher needed to win the event to become the champion.
The guy they call Sarge, who's only won seven championships in Top Fuel, seemingly had his hands on the golden Wally, but a funny thing happened on the way to the award podium.
Brandon Bernstein, who hadn't won in THREE YEARS (69 races total), beat Schumacher on a holeshot. Final margin: .008 seconds.
That's about a foot and a half. More wowness.
And on an amazing day of racing, we all can breathe and enjoy the week. We'll need the recovery time.
Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval), Homestead, Fla.
-SPRINT CUP: Ford EcoBoost 400, Sunday, Noon, ESPN (Baja Broadband cable channel 29 in St. George). Radio: Sirius/XM Channel 90.
-NATIONWIDE SERIES: Ford EcoBoost 300, Saturday, 2 p.m., ESPN2 (Baja Broadband cable channel 28 in St. George). Radio: Sirius/XM Channel 90.
-CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: Ford EcoBoost 200, Friday, 5:30 p.m., Speed Channel (Baja Broadband cable channel 51 in St. George). Radio: Sirius/XM Channel 90.


Cornell Cooperative Extension's Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops team will have a new tool in its arsenal to scout crops and conduct field research.
With the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance's application to begin drone testing at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, Cornell Cooperative Extension will be allowed to use unmanned aircraft for research purposes in 10 upstate New York counties.
The list of counties doesn't include Cayuga County, but two neighboring counties — Seneca and Wayne — are on the list.
Bill Verbeten, regional extension agronomist with the Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops team, said the first drone flights will occur in the coming weeks and the field evaluations will continue next year.
The first flight is planned for airspace over a Genesee County farm. Cornell Cooperative Extension will use the Lancaster Hawkeye Mk III manufactured by PrecisionHawk, a maker of unmanned aircraft based in Indianapolis and Toronto.
The goal of the testing, according to Verbeten, is to learn how drones could help farmers.
"Possible tasks that drones can do include taking NDVI measurements (how green the plants are) that enable variable rate nitrogen applications, using thermal imaging to more quickly detect insects and diseases and using a visual sensor to estimate crop yields, measure soil organic matter content, count corn and soybean populations, and determine ground cover from crop residue to cover crops," Verbeten wrote in an email.
"There are many unknowns at this point and that's why we are going to test a number of things out."
While the flights will focus on NWNY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops team's home region, Verbeten said they may consider "limited evaluations" in nearby counties, including Cayuga County.
The NUAIR Alliance learned last week that the FAA issued a certificate of authorization allowing tests to begin at Griffiss International Airport. Griffiss is one of six drone test sites selected by the FAA.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said drone test flights, such as the tests approved for Cornell Cooperative Extension, can help the region's economy.
"I am confident that this will be the first of many more test flight approvals in the near future, and I will continue to push the FAA to move as quickly as possible because these test flights have the potential to bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in economic revenue to the entire region over the next few years," Schumer, D-N.Y., said.
Read the original article on auburnpub.com.


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It would be nearly impossible to find a reason not to be anywhere near Ooty at a time when Vulcan breathes fire like a dragon without a fire control system or the support of firefighters within a few kilometers radius. Even Volcanalia would not have the opportunity to see its own red marking on calendar in a land of working Gods if the heat would just continue to go high. This is that time of the year when the Shrine of Vulcan would love to miss its worship by its favourite element of nature. As his Greek counterpart could bring something like Talos to life, talking about it could possibly bring another reason for the people to believe in whatever to happen on December 21, 2012, which means that there is the need to stick to "Welcome to Ooty, nice to meet you" kind of stuff which would bring that superior nostalgia to the mind which rests on nothing other than that wonderful Malayalam movie Kilukkam. That would be the right thing in the absence of Jason, Medea and those Argonauts. Colossus of Rhodes would take an earthquake to rest and leave its story behind, but the same cannot be said about the man of heavenly ichor.
In the case of Ooty, this ichor should run deeper; also sharing the Greek gods' own liquids with the beauty that is around, making the place immortal as the survivors of Mount Olympus who have not faded away into that eternal absence created by their non-existant worshippers; those people of legends currently existing only through the works of Homer and whoever followed him, as well as those allusions which came later and spread with the help of colonialisation and due to the power of that international language in which this is being written. Considering the temperature of the place, the existance of Vulcan in about a twenty five kilometer radius has to be a thing of eternal doubt, which would stretch beyond the knowledge of any mortal and his science which would find a volcano instead and wait for the end of days, always contributing to Global Warming and thinking in vain that it would help him find a solution and survive when his so-called inventions will consistently keep falling on his head even after the time for his epitaph passes by.
The thoughts of science bringing that Doomsday mentioned in the Holy Bible, the scene has to switch to St. Stephen's Church, one of the oldest churches in the district and a good example of simple colonial architectural work. It is undoubtedly the most well-known Christian worship centre in Ooty, may be due to its longer history; ask for a church and it would be were a cab driver would stop for any tourist. Belonging to the first half of the nineteenth century, it has lived long and currently stands with yellow paint on the outside and white in the interior. Except for the painted glass in the front area on both sides, it is quite simple and small a structure even as the colonial elements make it something of further importance, along with its wooden parts. The graveyard and the celtic style crosses on the backyard gives it another view from that side. There is enough natural beauty around to add to all that exists in the house of God, and the cool breeze would continue to certify the significance of that old structure.
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is another nineteenth century structure, but of the second half of that century. Along with the peace and beauty of the surroundings, the church structure stands tall, not that far away from the famous attractions of the town. The church itself is an attraction as well as a place of spirituality, and it is a thing of religious and spiritual serenity; painted yellow and white, and seen even from a distance as a tall structure, not only due to its own height, but also due to the elevation of the ground itself. The scenic delights would surround it, especially the Government Botanical Garden and all which surrounds the same. Being in a church in this cold was something which I last experienced in Nuwara Eliya, a long distance – kilometres away from the current structure; but it was cooler during that time at that hill station of Ceylon and the situation was different; still spirituality and its side-effects were just the same. The same couldn't be said in case of a sudden enlightenment though. The places were hallowed in both cases, and what made the difference was simply a gap of one and half years.
Coming back to all which concerns the beauty of nature, The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India remained untouched, considering how crowded that time of the year happened to be. It was not in any way like that off-season trip to Kanyakumari to watch a cloudy sea which covered the sun; this was more of a trip right on target, even if there were too many targets which would mean that a few were in line just to be missed by a good margin. As Ooty is only about eighty kilometres from Coimbatore and eighteen kilometres from Coonoor, they provided great resting places and the need to go by any transport other than bus was completely out of the equation, and I would say it worked perfectly. It would have been great to travel by train through the scenery though, but it was still to be too slow. Well, the journey by road not anything that inferior in nature exploration, as it has its own sights of happiness which spreads and creats poems through the minds.
The Goverment Rose Garden, the largest Rose garden in India, and the Government Botanical Garden remain two of the places to be first visited, and they were indeed well-maintained places of beauty; the verses from Lord Tennyson's Maud suited the former magnificiently, as one can see it among the roses, as if to improve its beauty by literature. The Ooty Lake with its boating facilities would be of significance to many, and what they call the highest peak in South India would be astonishing, but I found more attraction to the tea factory and museum. It was not something I didn't see in Nuwara Eliya, but I was closer to tea this time and the chocolate factory had its role to play in making it that good an experience. The tea was superior throughout the stay at Ooty and so was the factory's addition to it, which was the satisfaction of being at the highest elevation tea factory in India as they claimed, and being that close to tea and all those things which preceded it.


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TROY alum, age 103, visits campus for homecoming
News | November 5, 2018
Rillie A. Simmons, a 103-year-old alumna of Troy State Teacher's College, holds her degree at the World War II-era alumni reunion Friday night.
Rillie Simmons' memories of her time at Troy University are as vivid and colorful as those of recent alumni.
She remembers playing tennis in what is now the Quad, taking entrance exams that brought her to tears, and serving hungry college students as a worker at the dining hall.
She remembers the sights, the sounds and the smells of a campus that has undergone more than half a century of growth since her graduation — in 1942.
The 103-year-old retired teacher, visiting the Troy Campus for the 2018 homecoming, insists she could never forget the time she spent at TROY from 1936 through 1942, especially given the struggle she went through to get there.
"I'm so proud of TROY, for everybody to get a chance to go to college here," said Simmons, a lifelong resident of the Coffee Springs area of Alabama.
Her earliest years on her parents' Geneva County farm led to her unlikely TROY success story.
Simmons' father wanted his four daughters to become teachers. Unfortunately, three of the four dropped out of school to help on the farm.
A terrible injury in her junior year made it likely Simmons would follow her sisters' path.
"She stayed out of school the day before Thanksgiving to help her mom wash clothes," said Wendell Simmons, Rillie's son. "She and her brother played hide-and-go-seek, and when she went to climb and hide, she fell and broke her hip. She wasn't able to go back to school that year, and when the next school year came around, she told her mom and dad she wasn't going back to school."
That's when her father made Simmons an offer she couldn't refuse — return to finish her high school education, and in return he would pay for her to go to college.
"I loved my father very much," she said. "He wanted all his girls, all four of them, to make teachers. I'm the only one that became a teacher. I'm the only one that finished school. I made him proud."
At TROY, Simmons' first day on campus felt like it could've been her last.
"We had to take tests all morning, and I was so overwhelmed that I went back to my room, fell on the bed and started crying," she said. "About that time, there was a knock on the door, and lo and behold it was another student from my school back home. I never shed another tear in my college years."
She worked in the dining hall to subsidize her room and board expenses, and spent much of her time playing tennis and softball with friends.
"They had a tennis court outside Bibb Graves Hall, and I was out there a lot," Simmons said. "I just enjoyed it so much here."
Though the campus has changed significantly since her years as a student, Simmons said she couldn't be happier about that progress.
"It's been rebuilt, and it looks like a whole new city itself," she said. "There were just barracks out for the boys, and Shackelford Hall, a training school and Bibb Graves when I got here. It's wonderful."
Simmons received her degree in 1942 and went on to teach for 38 years, retiring in 1976. She currently lives in Dothan, and Wendell received a master's degree from TROY's Dothan Campus.
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Capita issues profit warning but Cabinet Office insists it will not collapse like Carillion
Labour warns of another outsourcing crisis after third major government contractor issues profit warning
Shares in Capita fell yesterday after the company issued a profit warning. Credit: PA
By Richard Johnstone
The government has reiterated that it does not believe that any of its key suppliers are in the same position as collapsed outsourcing giant Carillion after fellow government contractor Capita issued a profit warning yesterday.
Shares in Capita fell yesterday after the firm's new chief executive Jonathan Lewis set out steps to address what he called its "short-term focus" and lack of "operational discipline and financial flexibility".
The firm has a host of contracts across the public sector, including providing electronic tagging services for the Ministry of Justice, providing 10 customer enquiry lines for the Department for Work and Pensions, and running the AXELOS firm that commercialises government intellectual property, such as the PRINCE2 project management system, in a joint centre with the Cabinet Office.
Carillion collapse: Cabinet Office sets out plans to maintain public services run by contractor
Carillion had no Whitehall commercial rep for months despite profit warning
Public sector outsourcing firm Interserve on government watch after Carillion collapse
The firm also administers teachers' pensions, provides support with workplace pensions auto-enrolment and operates the Gas Safe scheme for utility repairs on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive, as well as running the London congestion charge.
Lewis has proposed a new rights issue to try to raise £700m of extra capital to shore up the company's position as well as halting dividends to shareholders.
Its warning comes after large outsourcing and construction firm Carillion collapsed last month, after months of speculation that it was unable to service its debts.
The Cabinet Office has announced plans to ensure that the public services operated by the firm are maintained and, following Capita's profit warning, said that it did not believe any other suppliers faced the same issues as Carillion.
"We monitor the financial health of all of our strategic suppliers, including Capita," a government spokesperson said. "We are in regular discussions with all of these companies regarding their financial position. We do not believe that any of our strategic suppliers are in a comparable position to Carillion."
In a statement in the House of Commons, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden added that it was in a different situation.
"The issues that led to the insolvency of Carillion will come out in due course, but our current assessment is that they primarily flowed from difficulties in construction contracts, including overseas," he said. "By contrast, Capita is primarily a services business and 92% of Capita's revenues come from within the UK."
He said the measures taken by Capita were "designed to strengthen its balance sheet, reduce its pensions deficit and invest in core elements of its business".
"Arguably these are exactly the measures that could have prevented Carillion from getting in to the difficulties that they did," he added.
However, Labour's shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett raised the spectre of another outsourcing crisis, saying: "We cannot afford another Carillion.
"The government must take serious steps to oversee the activities of Capita, which is the third major outsourcing company in the last month to issue profit warnings [after Carillion and Interserve]."
The head of the Trades Union Congress, Frances O'Grady, called on ministers to urgently look at all big outsourcing companies' finances.
"Today's profit warning from Capita is really worrying," she said. "That's why the TUC is calling for an urgent risk assessment of all large outsourcing firms.
"It's essential the government completes this quickly and is prepared to bring services and contracts in-house if they are at risk."
Additional reporting by John Ashmore
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Upgrade to University of Auckland ClockTower entrance
Improvements to the main entrance of the University of Auckland's ClockTower mean access will be temporarily diverted.
The University's ClockTower is its flagship building. From 16 January 2023 until July, access to the building will be from the rear entrance.
Improvement works to ClockTower main entrance
From Monday 16 January, the main front entrance to the ClockTower on Princes Street will be closed for works to improve access. These are expected to last until 31 July 2023.
Access into the ClockTower will be available via the rear doors, and there will be an alternative route from Princes Street via the accessible pathway between the ClockTower and Alfred Nathan House, as shown in the map below. This route will be clearly signposted.
ClockTower access is via the rear doors or there is an accessible pathway alongside Alfred Nathan House at 24 Princes Street.
The works will significantly improve access to the ClockTower, particularly for visitors requiring mobility or wheelchair access. This will include a new stone landing and stairway at the front entrance, a new accessible platform lift and pathway, refurbished exterior doors and the installation of an actuator to the interior doors. The 'temporary' ramp that has been in place for years will be dismantled. The construction works will be protected by hoardings to ensure public health and safety are maintained.
This is a necessary and long overdue project that will cause some temporary inconvenience, but it will significantly improve both access to the ClockTower and the appearance of this flagship building.
Lisa Finucane Media and Comunications Manager
E: l.finucane@auckland.ac.nz


Contractors must take at least 3 of the required 6 hours continuing education (CE) courses in a live seminar. No more than 3 online course hours may be used toward the CE requirement.
HVAC contractors are required to have 3 of their 6 hours of CE as "directly related to the installation, repair, or replacement of a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system" for the 2019 renewal.


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New Hubble image of Messier 9 cluster resolves individual stars (NASA/ESA)
Posted on March 30, 2012 December 23, 2015 by Jason Major
Hubble Gets Best Look Yet At Messier 9
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First discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, the globular cluster Messier 9 is a vast swarm of ancient stars located 25,000 light-years away, close to the center of the galaxy. Too distant to be seen with the naked eye, the cluster's innermost stars have never been individually resolved… until now.
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope is the most detailed view yet into Messier 9, capturing details of over 250,000 stars within it. Stars' shape, size and color can be determined — giving astronomers more clues as to what the cluster's stars are made of. (Download a large 10 mb JPEG file here.)
Hot blue stars as well as cooler red stars can be seen in Messier 9, along with more Sun-like yellow stars.
Unlike our Sun, however, Messier 9's stars are nearly ten billion years old — twice the Sun's age — and are made up of much less heavy elements.
Since heavy elements (such as carbon, oxygen and iron) are formed inside the cores of stars and dispersed into the galaxy when the stars eventually go supernova, stars that formed early on were birthed from clouds of material that weren't yet rich in such elements.
Zoom into the Messier 9 cluster with a video from NASA and the European Space Agency below:
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. See more at www.spacetelescope.org.
Image credit: NASA & ESA. Video: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)
CategoriesCosmology, galaxies, milky way, Stars, Stellar Evolution Tagsesa, galaxy, Globular Cluster, Hubble, Messier 9, milky way, NASA, stars
17 Replies to "Hubble Gets Best Look Yet At Messier 9"
Jeff Boerst says:
I'm LOVING that 10MB download! Gorgeous!
Imagine how night sky looks like inside this cluster. It must be gorgious.
squidgeny says:
Stars' shape, size and color can be determined
Are stars' shapes really in question? 😛
denbo68 says:
Yes they are. The faster a star rotates the more it bulges at its equator.
Also gravitational forces in a semi-detached or contact binary system can make the star(s) become egg or tear-dropped shaped.
The shape of rapidly rotating stars
http://www.personal.psu.edu/mxz20/Media_files/rotator.png
Nirmalendu Das says:
25000 light years = 2.365125×10^26 cm. It is possible to determine the distance as Avo.No. x R / Pi x root 2 = 2.4708469 cm. This is new process to find the distance of planets, stars, galaxies etc.
Peristroika says:
UT recently had another article on M9. It would be interesting to have the other photo to compare.
After watching that movie, the whole computer screen starting backing away once it was done.
Deepsky_hunter says:
Ophiuchus is a great summer time Glob region.Don't forget M10 and M12.
Core a glob and you will be hooked!
JonHanford says:
The press release also mentions that M9 lies close to several dark nebulae seen silhouetted against the dense star clouds of Ophiuchus, most prominent being Barnard 64. They included a wider-field view of the cluster and dark nebula obtained from DSS imagery: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/screen/heic1205b.jpg
Bernhard Hubl also has a nice image of the pair: http://astrophoton.com/M009.htm
ITSRUF says:
Is it "normal" for there to be both blue and red stars in a globular cluster?
magnus.nyborg says:
Yes, in the context here it is.
Most of the blue stars are subdwarfs near the end of mainsequence, and are soon(tm) about to swell up to red giants. They still fuse hydrogen into helium in the core.
The red giants are those stars that are just a little more evolved than the blue ones, because they are a little heavier. These have stopped fusing hydrogen, and some have started to fuse helium into carbon wich gives them a significant luminosity boost..
Some of the blue stars are also something called "blue stragglers", stars that seem to be the result of mergers or collisions of 2 or more stars.
Stars significantly heavier than the ones we see are long gone, and now remain as white dwarfs or neutron stars.
Ivan B says:
Are the brighter stars that really stand out just in the foreground, or are not all of the stars in m9 10 billion years old?
Pretty much all of the stars belong to the globular cluster, but ofc there will be a few foreground stars (aswell as background stars).
Most globular clusters indicate that starbirth occured in a few repetetive burst over a period of several hundred millions of years, meaning not all stars are of equal age.
But other than that, its just a matter of stellar population and the evolution of individual stars.
N. Singh says:
I have been looking at some pics form Hubble. They are so fasinating. Bu how do the scientists know that this cluster is in the centre of the universe. Absolutely amazing.
IVAN3MAN_AT_LARGE says:
The article states that the cluster M9 is "close to the center of the galaxy", not the Universe.
WaxyMary says:
Additionally, they give the distance to this cluster as
… the globular cluster Messier 9 is a vast swarm of ancient stars located 25,000 light-years away, close to the center of the galaxy. [from this article]
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy 100,000–120,000 light-years in diameter… Sun's distance to Galactic Center 27,200 ± 1,100 light-years… [from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way ]
The exact distance from the Sun to the Galactic Center is notoriously uncertain. The latest estimates from geometric-based methods and standard candles yield distances to the Galactic Center between 7.6-8.7 kpc (25,000-28,000 light years). The fact that the estimates span over 1 kpc (3262 ly) only underscores the true uncertainty associated with the distance to the Galactic center. [from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center ]
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                    print("Interaction donation failed: %@", error)
                } else {
                    print("Successfully donated interaction")
                }
            }
        }
    }

A:
I had the same problem, I realized that my INIntent subclass name on my swift file wasn't matching the one in the . intentdefinition, hope this helps someone.

A: I missed initializing the custom property(i.e user in the above example) which i have defined in the definition file.
Adding it solved the problem. Code looks like this:
func donateInteraction() {
        let intent = GetBalanceIntent()
        intent.suggestedInvocationPhrase = "Get Balance"
        intent.user = "vittal"
        let interaction = INInteraction(intent: intent, response: nil)
        interaction.donate { (error) in
            if error != nil {
                if let error = error as NSError? {
                    print("Interaction donation failed: %@", error)
                } else {
                    print("Successfully donated interaction")
                }
            }
        }
    }

A: Your intent definition file should have valid shortcut types. You can add those under shortcut types.

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Charlie Bucket experiences delicious adventures after winning a golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka's mysterious and fantastic chocolate factory. Featuring the enchanting songs from the 1971 film starring Gene Wilder, in addition to a host of fun new songs, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka KIDS is a scrumdidilyumptious musical guaranteed to delight everyone's sweet tooth. At the Colonial Theatre.
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Lydia Ina has been nominated by journalist Abigail Reid, of The Voice publication. Abigail says "After a life-threatening operation grandmother Lydia Ina from Fallowfield in Manchester found her calling in helping abandoned children in Nigeria.
Through her charity, the Gapolunya Foundation, 'Aunty Lydia' has now fulfilled her dream of opening a purpose-built home for the children who were left to die.
Moved by reports on Nigerian news channel, NTA, of children being seriously harmed or killed due to accusations of sorcery, Lydia, who was born in Nigeria, went on her first mercy mission to Calaba in 2009.
She was horrified at how badly the children were treated and made the drastic decision to sell many of her belongings, including her car and sofas, to buy items that she could ship to Nigeria and help the children."
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"Lydia set up the charity, Gapolunya Foundation, which was registered in 2012. Gapolunya is Lydia's late mother's name, who was known as 'mother of the nation' because of the contributions she made to the community.
Lydia's efforts are now supported by a team of Trustees and it is a real community venture. In addition to an annual fundraising dinner dance, members of the Manchester community leave donations of clothing and in Nigeria, the locals bring similar items as well as food. But it was in 2019 that the work of the charity finally helped Lydia to achieve her dream of building an orphanage.
The new building provides a home for nine children and sixteen more are housed with local families with financial support from the charity. All of the children, who range in age from 7 to 17 years, have their school fees paid."
What's worked?
"Lydia has fought tirelessly to ensure that the children's needs are met. She receives no support from the Government in Nigeria. She has galvanised whole communities into action (both in the UK and Nigeria) and her home acts as a warehouse for the food, clothing and footwear donations that she receives on a weekly basis from people in the community who wish to help.
The charitable events that she organises pay for school fees, and there is also a farming project on the land to support subsistence. Lydia received her second award from the Manchester Evening News this year."
What has she learned? Any challenges?
"Lydia sold her personal belongings to help fund the mission. Her friends and family thought she had gone mad. What she has proved is that where there is a will strong enough there is a way.
Even when she had the door slammed in her face by the Nigerian Government, who would not offer any financial assistance to save these children, her strength of character meant that she was resolute in her mission to save them."
"Lydia wants to increase the charity's capacity to help more disadvantaged street children in Nigeria and ensure that their life prospects are good. With expansion, she can build more rooms and hire more staff and/or support more local people to house the children via private fostering arrangements."
What advice, contacts, or resources would help her?
"The global pandemic has really hampered efforts to fundraise. There are no funds to pay school fees and as such the children are not currently permitted to go to school. Lydia desperately needs assistance to continue fundraising and immediate monetary donations, all of which can be achieved by raising the profile of the organisation."
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