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Trump Woos Unions That Backed Clinton With Infrastructure, Trade Policy
'You tell Congress that America's building trades and its president are very much united'
President Donald Trump at the 2017 NABTU National Legislative Conference / Getty Images
Bill McMorris - April 4, 2017 2:32 PM
President Donald Trump asked hard-hat unions that opposed him in the general election to boost support for his $1 trillion infrastructure plan, which he dubbed "the great rebuilding of our country" on Tuesday.
Trump addressed members of North America's Building Trade Unions (NABTU), an AFL-CIO affiliate, to highlight the benefits of his economic and spending agenda, touting his regulatory rollbacks and planned infrastructure spending.
"You're the backbone of America. With the talent in this room, we can build any city at any time, and we can build it better than anyone," he said. "Together we are going to rebuild our nation."
He received a smattering of applause during his introductions, but later won cheers by pointing to his trade policies, reduction of EPA coal regulations, and support for oil and gas pipelines that had been delayed by the Obama administration.
Trump called free trade agreements a "disaster," singling out the Trans-Pacific Partnership—a 13-country free trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration—as one of the "great sellouts of American workers."
Trump eliminated the TPP, which was universally opposed by trade unions, on his first day in office while surrounded by several NABTU officials. Sean McGarvey, the union's president, later called that meeting "by far the best meeting I've had in Washington."
"We enriched foreign countries at the expense of our own country, the great United States of America. But those days are over," Trump said.
The president pledged to shift the country's economic agenda away from Wall Street and toward union members, repeating the populist rhetoric that helped him win critical blue-collar votes in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He pledged that construction workers would begin "sharing the wealth."
"Washington and Wall Street have done very, very well for themselves. Now it's your turn and you're going to be also sharing the wealth," he said. "We're fighting for workers of all backgrounds and from all walks of life … if [regulators] continue to punish America's builders than we will not be that nation any longer."
Trump said he plans to eliminate regulations to speed up highway construction projects and other infrastructure projects. He said lengthy permitting issues delay projects, contrasting that with the 13 months it took to build the Empire State Building during the Great Depression.
Trump plans to use the $1 trillion infrastructure deal, which will be funded by a combination of private and public investment, to unite his White House with one of the Democratic Party's most reliable constituencies.
"You tell Congress that America's building trades and its president are very much united. Together we are ready to break new ground," Trump said.
Some members were not receptive to Trump's message. Several workers turned their backs to Trump at the start of his speech, sporting Bernie Sanders stickers and waving #Resistance signs.
Trump won 43 percent of union households, according to election exit polls. He lost union households to Hillary Clinton by just eight points—the closest GOP margin since Ronald Reagan's 49-state landslide in 1984.
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Bill McMorris is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. He joins the Beacon from the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, where he was managing editor of Old Dominion Watchdog. He was a 2010 Robert Novak Fellow with the Phillips Foundation, where he studied state pension shortfalls. His work has been featured on CNN, Fox News, The Economist, Colbert Report, and numerous print publications and radio stations. He lives in Alexandria, Va, with his wife and three daughters. His Twitter handle is @FBillMcMorris. His email address is mcmorris@freebeacon.com.


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Addiction recovery center garden provides solace
Gardening has benefits beyond food production
UK horticulture extension agent Bethany Pratt, left and Lisa Stull work in the garden at The Healing Place in Louisville. (PHOTO: Steve Patton, UK Agricultural Communications)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In September 2016, Danielle Stone took the biggest step of her life toward sobriety. As a heroin addict with nowhere to go, she entered the long-term program at The Healing Place, a women's addiction recovery center in Louisville. As she advanced through the program, the center's garden provided Stone and many of its other residents with a sense of calmness in the midst of their personal storm.
"I grew up in the country, and we canned all of our own vegetables," said Stone, who recently graduated from the program and is currently a peer mentor. "I was used to this, but not the peace that comes with it."
The residents take charge of the garden, as they do with many other programs at the center. They receive help and guidance from Bethany Pratt, horticulture agent with the Jefferson County office of the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.
"It's amazing that UK comes and takes their time with us to see what we're doing and how we're doing something different," Stone said. "It's very amazing that people are taking notice of places like this and women like us."
Amanda Hall, the center's program director, knows how important the center's garden was to her own recovery and sobriety when she was a resident and requires all of the women in the long-term program to participate in the garden. The garden was started by a community volunteer, but that volunteer had left by the time Hall took over at the center.
"For the women to see their efforts materialize in the garden, it builds their confidence, teaches responsibility and accountability. I want every woman here to experience that," Hall said. "Bethany has transformed that garden. It is better than it has ever been."
Pratt comes to the campus weekly and offers gardening and science-based education in a classroom at the center, as well as hands-on instruction in the garden. During their community meetings, the women elect a garden supervisor to serve a four-week term. The supervisor leads and organizes the garden's maintenance between Pratt's visits. The women produce a variety of produce and herbs including watermelon, pumpkins, tomatoes and lavender. Once harvested, the food goes to feed the nearly 250 women at the center.
It has been an educational experience for Pratt as well. She said the women at The Healing Place have given her a great perspective on the other things that gardening does beyond food production.
"I always hear back from the women that this garden is doing so much more than teaching them to grow food," Pratt said. "It's giving them some time outside. It's getting them to see things in a different way, find an interest that they didn't know they had or an opportunity to take a break from trying to be in recovery. We get to connect through horticulture on a very different level."
The garden caught the attention of Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, who recently toured the facility.
"The Healing Place is doing wonderful work to help those struggling with addiction," Quarles said. "As Kentucky is on the frontline of the opioid crisis, our state must think in new and inventive ways about how we can combat addiction and get Kentuckians the help they need. I'm glad to see the Healing Place is doing just that."
It's also a concept Kenny Hunter, UK extension specialist for food systems with the Nutrition Education Program, hopes to duplicate with other low-income audiences across the state.
"I'm interested in working with agents to develop programming that gets the SNAP-eligible audience to eat higher quality, more nutritious foods that have been produced locally. This is a great example of how they can grow some themselves," he said.
The Healing Place and her peers there have been Stone's saving grace.
"Normally, when you have 250 women in a small space, it doesn't go very good, but this place is amazing," she said. "It gives you a sense of purpose and prepares you to get out there."
The UK Cooperative Extension Service is part of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Jointly with its land-grant partner, Kentucky State University, Cooperative Extension takes the university to the people in their local communities, addressing issues of importance of all Kentuckians.
— Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky Ag News
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Recognize KY farms during National Ag Week
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles encourages all Kentuckians to celebrate Kentucky's agriculture community during National Agriculture Week, all week long. "Kentucky's gently rolling hills, rich, fertile soils, and temperament climates allow for bountiful harvests and superior yields. It's as if this state was made for farming," Commissioner Quarles said. "During National […]
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Ah. The holidays are upon us. They may be the best time of year and full of good cheer. But the added demands of the season can overtax our bodies and seriously compromise our health.
Chiropractic research shows that the holidays can induce stress and unhealthy behavior patterns that can manifest as back pain, neck pain, and headaches. Worse, this stress can build within the body and contribute to such major ill-health conditions as depression, obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
In an effort to promote health and wellness this holiday season, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) offers tips on how to manage seasonal stress more healthfully. The key to beating holiday stress, it turns out, is to prevent it. And the key to preventing it is being realistic about what to expect.
1) Lifting Holiday Items such as packages, firewood, Christmas trees, and frozen turkeys. When lifting heavy, bulky items, hold them close to your body, rather than flexing forward. And lift with your legs, not your back. Maintain a slight arch in your lower back and bend at the knees before standing with the object.
2) Standing for Longer Periods when waiting on cashier lines and cooking holiday meals. Relieve tired back and leg muscles by elevating one foot at a time—about six inches with a foot rest at home, with another package while shopping. This will help prevent bad posture that can lead to abnormal spine curvatures.
3) Sitting for Longer Travel Times. On a long car or plane trips, place a small pillow or folded towel behind the small of your back to help maintain your lower back arch and properly support your body. This relieves spinal discs and joint structures of unnecessary pressure. Also, be sure to adjust your headrest to align with your head, at least up to ear level.
4) Sleeping fewer Hours. Many health problems that develop with the holidays are due simply to fatigue. Compensate for this by making a point of getting more sleep hours, if possible, rather than fewer. By simply ensuring adequate rest, you can prevent structural strain, and avert emotional and cognitive imbalances.
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Сельское хозяйство СССР — крупная отрасль экономики СССР. Сельское хозяйство занимало второе место (после промышленности) в производстве валового общественного продукта и национального дохода СССР.

В начале 1980-х СССР занимал 1-е место в мире по производству пшеницы, ржи, ячменя, сахарной свеклы, картошки, подсолнуха, хлопка, молока, 2-е по поголовью овец, 3-е — по общему объёму производства сельскохозяйственной продукции, поголовью крупного рогатого скота, сбору зерна. Численность занятых в сельском хозяйстве (1985) составляла около 28 млн человек (около 20 % занятых в народном хозяйстве СССР).

В СССР с конца гражданской войны существовал дефицит продуктов питания. В различных регионах страны часто ощущалась острая нехватка в свободной продаже в магазинах мяса и мясопродуктов, мяса птицы, свежей и мороженой рыбы, сливочного масла, гречки, яиц.

СССР также являлся крупным экспортёром многих видов сельскохозяйственных продуктов (зерна, хлопка, растит. и животного масла, пушно-мехового сырья и др.).

Климатические условия
На трёх пятых территории СССР сумма активных температур за вегетационный период составляла меньше 1500 градусов, седьмую часть площади занимали пустыни, а около трети горы. Две третьих пахотных земель находились в районах с опасностью засухи. В некоторых районах почвы были подвержены ветровой эрозии, некоторые земли имели повышенную засолённость. В северных районах многие почвы имеют избыточную влажность, заболочены, засорены камнями, имеют повышенную кислотность и нуждаются в мелиоративных работах и предотвращении водной эрозии почв.

Сельхозугодия
Общая площадь сельскохозяйственных угодий в СССР составляла 606,1 миллионов гектаров, в том числе пашня 227,4 миллиона гектаров (37,5 %), природные сенокосы 40,9 миллиона гектаров (6,8 %), природные пастбища 332,3 миллиона гектаров (54,8 %). Большая часть угодий требовала улучшений: 10 миллионов гектаров пашни и 23 миллиона гектаров сенокосов и пастбищ в осушении, свыше 65 миллионов гектаров пашни в известковании, 26 миллионов гектаров пашни и 100 миллионов гектаров природных кормовых угодий с засоленными почвами в гипсовании и мелиоративной обработке, около 180 миллионов гектаров эрозионно опасной пашни в почвозащитных мероприятиях, а в южных засушливых районах использование орошения. Всего в результатет природно-хозяйственного районирования территории СССР в 1983 году было выделено 3 природных пояса, 14 зон, 68 провинций, 284 округа и внутри областей (краев) 498 районов.

Организационная структура
В сельском хозяйстве СССР выделялись два основных производственных сектора:
 государственный (совхозы, племенные и конные заводы, птицефабрики, учебно-опытные и экспериментальные хозяйства и т. д.)
 кооперативный (колхозы, межколхозные предприятия, межколхозные объединения)

На конец 1974 было 17,7 тыс. совхозов и 30 тыс. колхозов, которые являлись основными производителями сельскохозяйственной продукции и обеспечивали государственные закупки зерна, хлопка-сырца, сахарной свёклы, подсолнечника на 100 %, картофеля — на 82 %, овощей — на 94 %, скота и птицы — на 87 %, молока — на 95 %, яиц — на 93 %, шерсти — на 84 %. В пользовании с.-х. предприятий и хозяйств на 1 ноября 1974 находилось 551,5 млн га с.-х. угодий, в том числе 225,3 млн га пашни, 38,3 млн га сенокосов, 281,8 млн га пастбищ.
Некоторые сельскохозяйственные продукты (картофель, овощи, продукция животноводства) производились также в подсобных хозяйствах, в основном для личного потребления.

Отрасли
В валовой продукции сельского хозяйства СССР в 1986 году на долю растениеводства приходилось 45 %, животноводства — 55 %.

Растениеводство

Сельскохозяйственные угодья занимают (по состоянию на 1986 год) 559 млн га, в том числе:
 пашня — 227,4 млн га,
 сенокосы — 33,7,
 пастбища — 292,8.

Посевная площадь всех сельскохозяйственных культур — 210,3 млн га, из них:
 зерновые культуры — 116,5 млн га,
 кормовые — 71,4,
 технические — 13,7,
 картофель и овоще-баштанные культуры — 8,7.

В структуре посевных площадей зерновых культур в СССР преобладала пшеница — 55,3 % (1970 год), ячмень — 17,0 %, рожь — 8,5 %, овёс — 7,8 %, зернобобовые — 4,3 %, просо, гречиха — 3,9 %, кукуруза — 2,9 %, рис — 0,3 %. В структуре посевных площадей технических культур: подсолнечник — 33,0 %, сахарная свёкла — 23,2 %, хлопчатник — 19,0 %, лён-долгунец — 8,8 %, конопля — 1,4 %, другие — 14,6 %.

Основная продукция: зерно (РСФСР — почти 3/5 валового сбора, УССР — больше 1/5, Казахстан — свыше 1/8). По производству хлопка-сырца выделяются республики Средней Азии — почти 9/10 валового сбора (особенно Узбекистан — около 2/3), сахарной свёклы — Украина (свыше 1/2) и РСФСР (свыше 1/3), льноволокна (в 1986 году произведено 366 тыс. тонн) — РСФСР (свыше 1/3), УССР (около 1/3) и Белоруссия (свыше 1/4), семян подсолнечника (произведено 5,3 млн тонн) — РСФСР (около 1/2), УССР (около 1/2), картофеля (произведено 87,2 млн тонн), овощей (произведено в 1970 году — 21,2 млн тонн).

Животноводство
Поголовье птицы (1986 год) — 1174,2 млн голов. Производство яиц (1986 год) — 80,7 млрд штук, шерсти — 469,1 тыс. тонн.
Графики по показателям развития животноводства СССР

Производительность труда

Потери сельхозпродукции

Голод в СССР

Голод 1922 — 1923 годов

Голод 1933 — 1934 годов

Голод 1946 — 1947 годов

Карточная система распределения продуктов

См. также
 Зерновой кризис 1963 года в СССР
 Неурожаи в СССР
 Освоение целины
 «Рязанское чудо»

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сельское хозяйство России в XX веке (Сборник статистико-экономических сведений за 1901—1922 гг.) Издательство Наркозема «Новая деревня», Москва, 1923
 Сельское хозяйство СССР 1925—1928 (Сборник статистических сведений к XVI Всесоюзной партконференции) Статистическое издательство ЦСУ СССР, Москва, 1929
 Основные элементы сельскохозяйственного производства СССР 1916, 1923—1927 гг. Статгосиздат ЦСУ СССР, Москва, 1930
 Сельское хозяйство от VI к VII съезду советов Москва, 1935
 Сельское хозяйство СССР. Ежегодник. 1935 Государственное издательство колхозной и совхозной литературы «Сельхозгиз», Москва, 1936
 Сельское хозяйство Союза ССР 1939 (Статистический справочник) Госпланиздат, Москва, 1939
 Социалистическое сельское хозяйство СССР 1939 (Статистический сборник) Госпланиздат, Москва-1939-Ленинград
 СССР и страны мира в цифрах: Сельское хозяйство

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Achieving Food and Nutritional Security in the Era of Climate Change
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 12:25pm to 1:15pm
Warren Hall, 151
Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2022 Seminar Series
Speaker: Hubert H. Humphrey Panel
Register Here: https://bit.ly/Perspectives_HHHFellows
Agricultural sustainability and climate change are inextricably intertwined. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to adverse effects from climate change including higher incidence of extreme weather events, invasive weeds and pests, reduction in freshwater availability, and shifting agro-ecological boundaries. To meet growing food demand from population growth and shifting diets, significant investments will be required to implement climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. In turn, agriculture as currently practiced, is a key contributing factor to the climate generating an estimated 19-29% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Through a panel four Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Nigeria and Laos, this seminar explores the nexus between climate change and food security in the Global South. Panelists will share examples from their countries, debate policy priorities and reflect on the outcomes of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).
Carlos Morais (Brazil)
Roza Aiylchieva (Kyrgyzstan)
John Babadara (Nigeria)
Chindavone Sanlath (Laos)
About the seminar series
The Perspectives in Global Development seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:25 – 1:15 p.m. eastern time during the semester. The series will be presented in a hybrid format with some speakers on campus and others appearing via Zoom. All seminars are shown in Warren 151. Students, faculty and the general public are welcome to attend. The series is co-sponsored by the Department of Global Development, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the School of Integrative Plant Science as part of courses GDEV 4961, AEM 4961, NTRES 4961, GDEV 6960, AEM 6960, and NTRES 6960.
Dial-In Information
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Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Natural Resources, School of Integrative Plant Science, Global Development, Southeast Asia Program
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LoL Esports Bet Predictions – NA LCS (Week 8)
Week 8 of the NA LCS Summer Split begins on August 11! There are many opportunities to place good LoL esports bets since the battle for the final playoffs spots is reaching its peak. Join us as we break down some of the most anticipated matches!
Echo Fox vs 100 Thieves
Week 8 kicks off with a clash between 100 Thieves and Echo Fox. Both of these teams are at the top of the NA LCS standings, but only one of them will emerge victorious. 100 Thieves exert tremendous amounts of top lane pressure thanks to the force of nature that is Ssumday. And while the same doesn't apply to the bot lane, Cody Sun and Aphromoo know how to get through the laning phase and make their presence known in teamfights. Hell, even Ryu is doing well in the mid lane. The only problem is AnDa. The jungler lacks competitive experience, and it's clear he can't keep up with his veteran teammates.
Unfortunately for 100 Thieves, Echo Fox are in a perfect place to exploit this weakness. Not only is Dardoch one of the most aggressive players in the league, but he's great at working with Huni and Damonte to shut down the enemy jungler. In the old days, 100 Thieves could wait out the onslaught and outmaneuver their opponents in the late game. But ever since Echo Fox acquired Lost and Smoothie, their macro became much sharper, and unless some wild changes happen, FOX will take over the early game and overwhelm their opponents.
BETTING ADVICE: You can place a LoL esports bet on Echo Fox winning the match for odds of 1.82 at ArcaneBet.
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Team SoloMid vs Counter Logic Gaming
When it comes to LoL esports bet predictions, few matchups are as hype as TSM vs CLG. Granted, these organizations are currently down on their luck, but the long-standing rivalry still draws thousands of fans to their screens. On top of that, there's no denying that TSM are getting better. Their week 7 was much more proactive than usual, and players like Bjergsen and Zven did everything in their power to dictate the pace of the game. And even though the results weren't perfect—after all, they did lose to another base race—Team SoloMid look poised to make an NA LCS comeback.
Meanwhile, CLG are in their worst shape to date. They're very aggressive for the first 15 minutes of the match, and Biofrost, in particular, breaks open games with his well-timed roams. But the entire team falls apart towards the later stages of the game as Counter Logic Gaming struggle to set up vision and navigate teamfights. Combine that with the fact that the org just parted ways with its head coach, and player morale isn't exactly high either.
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Team Liquid vs Cloud9
Finally, we round things out with a Team Liquid vs Cloud9 game. TL have been at the top of the NA LCS standings for a while now, but you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who'd call their position stable. On the contrary, they had some of the messiest early games in the league, and it's purely because of resilience from veterans like Xmithie and Impact that they managed to orchestrate their comebacks. Moreover, the raw firepower of Doublelift makes this squad dominant in teamfights to the point where TL seamlessly win most 5v5s.
That being said, Cloud9 might be the first team to challenge them. They have the perfect mixture of talent and game sense, and players like Licorice, Blaber, and Jensen can easily give TL a run for their money. Moreover, C9 are renowned for their explosive early games. And even though their teamfighting synergy isn't on Team Liquid's level, they make up for it with raw mechanical prowess.
BETTING ADVICE: Cloud9 have all the necessary tools to end Team Liquid's winning streak, so our LoL esports bet predictions are leaning towards an upset. You can place a wager on C9 scoring a win for odds of 2.10 at EsportsBetting.


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The LGBTQ+ Community Around The World, As Told By Teenagers
Posted by Saachi Gupta Posted on Jul 24 2019 Leave a comment
In Denmark, especially Copenhagen, everyone is very open-minded. Everything is very accepted—you can be whoever you want to be.
I recently completed a ten month-long exchange program in Mexico, surrounded by exchange students from all over the world, who have been brought up in completely different environments with completely different values.
So, I decided to ask all of them two questions:
What is the behaviour of people towards the LGBTQ+ community in your country?
How do you think it is to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community in India?
Here are their answers:
Denmark – Mia Munnoch, 18
"In Denmark, especially Copenhagen, everyone is very open-minded. Everything is very accepted—you can be whoever you want to be. I'm not a part of the community myself, but I have a lot of friends who are. Of course there is still some discrimination and people who look down upon the community, but it's very easy compared to other places around the world, I think. In other countries, I see people speculating over someone's gender or sexuality but in Denmark, no one even bothers with that—it is what it is, you know. I've heard people elsewhere say things like "I want a gay best friend" or things like that but in Denmark, you can't say that, it's considered very offensive. Sexuality just doesn't define a person anymore in Denmark. Outside Denmark, I've often heard comments that have offended me even though it's not my place to be offended because that's just how we're brought up in Denmark."
"I think there is a lot of discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in India. I heard of the first gay prince who came out in India and the backlash he received, but there must've been a lot of progress there because of that, I imagine."
USA – Alia, 19
"I think the experience of being LGBTQ+ in the USA really depends on where you are. I'd say it's a lot more accepted in the bigger cities, and there's a lot less discrimination than in smaller towns. For example in the city where I live—a metropolitan city of about 3 million people—there, it's pretty easy to be LGBTQ+, especially among the youth; among the older generations, I know it's more 'unusual' and looked down on. But amongst people of my generation, in big cities, it's pretty normal. I have a bunch of friends who are LGBTQ+, and most say that it's not really a big deal, people treat them the same way. In my school, we have all-gender bathrooms that people who don't conform to a certain gender can use. Also, when we introduce ourselves, we always introduce ourselves by saying our names and our pronouns. So, there's a lot of things that push the acceptance of the LGBTQ+ Community and most schools have LGBTQ+ clubs, or Gender-Sexuality Alliances. But of course, in smaller towns, there have been cases of transgender people being killed, and things like that. With Trump, of course—he's fostered a lot of hate against the community—like the law against trans people being in the military. But I would say he doesn't have a big influence on cities like mine. Most people here aren't really Trump supporters."
"For India, I honestly don't know much. I'm guessing it's more conservative than the US, and there's more discrimination. I'm guessing it's not as easy to be LGBTQ+. And India, of course, does not allow gay marriage, while the USA now does."
Brazil – Nathalia De Campos Galo, 17
"I wouldn't say it's easy being LGBTQ+ in Brazil, but it has gotten better in these last few years. People are now more open-minded, they're trying to understand. This new generation seems very promising. But yes, there is discrimination. There are a lot of people that die due to homophobia. Brazil is also the country with the highest amount of murders of trans people, which is very sad. There is a lot of violence against the community, but at the same time, we have the biggest Pride Parade in the world, which is kind of contrasting."
"I haven't looked much into the community in India. I've only seen one or two LGBTQ+ Indian movies, but I think that yes, there is a lot of discrimination. I don't know why but I think people are more religious."
Taiwan – Bella, 19
"In Taiwan, same-sex marriage is now legal, of course. In general, among the youth, it's not that looked down upon. For example, I went to an all-girls' high school and a lot of the girls I knew were not straight, but it was never a problem. Sometimes, maybe, someone will comment saying "Ew, you're a boy who likes boys" or something like that, but it's very rare amongst the youth."
Germany – Leander Kuwert, 16
"Being LGBTQ+ in Germany depends. I mean, it's okay and it's more accepted today. I don't really personally know a lot about discrimination, but it really depends on the place where you are. Most people are accepting, or if they don't, they don't say it out loud. But I mean there's Germans who are Neo-Nazis that are very, very homophobic, of course. The majority of unacceptance is also connected to being poor and lack of education but all in all, I wouldn't say there's a lot of discrimination, honestly. A lot of people come out without any problems at all. You can also marry the same sex. The Scandinavian countries like Sweden and Denmark are definitely doing better, but even then Germany is quite high up on the list of countries that accept LGBTQ+."
"Honestly, I think that yes, it is difficult to be LGBTQ+ in India. I mean, I know it's not illegal to be gay anymore since a few months ago—I heard that. But I kind of imagine that it's seen as bad, not by every person but by a lot, I would say because it's a religious and conservative country but I think it's on the path to progress with the community getting more rights, which is great. It's probably a little easier than before to be LGBTQ+ now, and I guess people may take time to adjust to these ideas."
Poland – Martyna Zimek, 17
"In most cases in Poland, being LGBTQ+ is not considered good, thanks to our government. That's why there's not many people that come out. As in a lot of parts of the world, we do have Pride parades for the community. In general, though, I wouldn't say it's dangerous as such—it's more about mockery than mistreatment. In my opinion, it's hard for the religious people to accept because they have strong faith and their own ideas about family. But I think in a few more years, Poland will be more open, thanks to the new generation which is much more accepting and easy going."
"I think it's difficult to be LGBTQ+ in India. I consider India to be a country with deep culture, strong beliefs and conservatism. That's why I think people in India are more disrespectful and intolerant of the community than in Europe—but after reading some articles, it seems like the government is trying to be more open and accepting, which was a big surprise for me. For example, I read that since 2018, same sex activity is now legal, so it looks like everything is going in the right way for a better change."
Italy – Susanna Girino, 17
"In Italy, I would say it's 90% safe to be LGBTQ+. There is a little of discrimination as some people still see it as weird, but not too much. A lot of people are coming out now and are receiving a lot of support. For example, the mayor of a city in the north is trans."
"I think that in India it is quite difficult to be LGBTQ+ in some parts because of the culture. In my opinion, there is just a little discrimination, just like Italy."
Mexico – Montserrat Bernal, 17
"I personally think that the LGBTQ+ community in Mexico is gaining recognition but there's still a lot of obstacles because Mexico's culture is very—there's a lot of machismo, so a lot of those beliefs are ingrained in Mexican families. Being LGBTQ+ is really off-putting in Mexico—it's slowly evolving but there is still a lot of discrimination. It is seen as bad for some people unless the people are open-minded, so I think that people just need to change their minds about it. But Mexico is starting to pass laws, there's a lot of Pride marches, but there's also a lot of things against the community. So, I think it's an ongoing process with both positive and negative moments. I think we need to start including more people and we are slowly doing it but we're still doing it and that's progress."
France – Ema Chevalot, 18
"In France, I think that being gay or lesbian or bisexual is accepted more than every other place in Europe. But they don't really accept trans people—I don't know why. In the last five years or so, it's starting to be more accepted but I'm very disappointed by my country because in the last year, we saw a lot of violence against the LGBTQ+ community and two years ago, it was one of the safest countries of the world for them. However, it is easy to be gay in France. I had a relationship with a girl for eight months and no one ever said anything to me, it feels very safe."
"In India, I don't think the LGBTQ+ community is really accepted because for me, India is very close-minded because of all the strong religious beliefs but they can progress and be more accepting, of course. I definitely think it's easier to be gay in France than India."
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KARE 11 Investigates: Congress questions $286M in home loan overcharges
Members of Congress call top VA officials' failure to alert disabled veterans about VA home loan refunds "totally unacceptable."
Author: AJ Lagoe, Steve Eckert
Updated: 6:08 PM CDT June 27, 2019
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress united across party lines to demand answers about how the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to refund hundreds of millions of dollars owed to tens of thousands of disabled veterans.
In a letter sent to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, a bipartisan group of 17 lawmakers from both the House and Senate asked for a detailed "plan of action" to repay $286 million to veterans who were overcharged when they participated in the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program.
"We are writing to raise our significant concerns regarding hundreds of millions of dollars in funding fees owed to our nation's veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)," the lawmakers said.
The letter – also signed by the chairs of two Congressional subcommittees which oversee the VA – is the latest development in the wake of an ongoing KARE 11 investigation.
Bipartisan group of lawmakers issue letter to VA demanding answers about VA loan overcharges.
In May, KARE 11's "Funding Fee Fiasco" investigation revealed that senior VA managers in Washington were warned about funding fee overcharges five years ago by officials in the St. Paul, Minnesota Regional Loan Center.
Despite that warning, KARE 11 reported that top VA officials failed to take corrective action.
In June, the VA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report labeling what took place "troubling." The OIG investigation found that veterans were not notified they were due refunds – and the overcharges continued.
Now, lawmakers are pressing the VA to take immediate action.
The OIG report called the failure to refund overcharged veterans "troubling."
"It is totally unacceptable that tens of thousands of our nation's heroes were charged enormous sums of money that they didn't owe because of negligence at the VA," said Representative Mike Levin (D-CA), Chair of the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. "The men and women who have served our country deserve better, and the VA must correct this situation immediately."
Veterans due big home loan refunds
The government estimates that more than 50,000 veterans nationwide are owed money, including Roger Roath of Lakeville, Minnesota.
"I served in Vietnam off the Gulf of Tonkin from 1968 to 1969 – aircraft carrier," Roath said proudly.
He's had ringing in his ears ever since. So, in 2011, he applied for a disability rating with the VA. After an initial denial, he appealed. His claim was eventually approved, but it took time.
"Approximately three years later," he recalled.
Roger Roath is one of tens of thousands of veterans nationwide a KARE 11 investigation has discovered are owed a home loan refund
While his disability case was still pending, Roger refinanced his loan as interest rates continued to go down.
"Twice - 2011 and 2013," he said. He used the VA's Home Loan Program both times.
Veterans who use the VA program are generally required to pay what's called a "Funding Fee" – up to 3.3 percent of the loan amount. In Roger's case that added up to thousands of dollars.
For disabled veterans, however, that funding fee is waived.
Since Roger's disability claim was still pending when he refinanced his VA loan, he had to pay the fee both times he refinanced.
Roath enlisted in the Navy during the Vietnam War and served on an aircraft carrier.
But the VA's own rules say that if a disability claim is approved after a loan is finalized – and the disability rating is made retroactive like Roger's was – the veteran is due a refund of the funding fees.
For Roger, that totals more than $10,000.
Unfortunately, he says he didn't know about that until he saw KARE 11's investigative report in May detailing the problem in the VA's Home Loan program. And he is not alone.
Whistleblowers say veterans weren't informed
A whistleblower provided KARE 11 internal VA records that revealed a bombshell. Disabled veterans across the county who were owed home loan refunds weren't always getting them, according to an analysis of funding fees done back in 2014 by employees at the VA's St. Paul Regional Loan Center.
Between 2006 and 2014 "VA inappropriately collected approximately $150,901,534 on 47,588 loans," their report concluded at the time.
Multiple VA insiders, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect their jobs, said that high ranking officials at Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., were informed of the issue five years ago.
Internal VA records reveal between 2006 and 2014 'VA inappropriately collected approximately $150,901,534 on 47,588 loans.
Despite the warning, they said officials failed to ensure that veterans got the refunds they deserved.
Records show that Mike Frueh, then Director of the VA Loan Guaranty Program, and Deputy Director Jeffrey London were made aware in 2014 that veterans were being inappropriately charged and not being given refunds.
Frueh was later promoted to Chief of Staff for Veterans Benefits and Jeffrey London took over from his old boss and is now Executive Director of the Loan Guaranty Service.
Credit: U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Mike Frueh was VA's Director of Home Loan Guaranty in 2014.
The OIG report
The OIG investigation confirmed KARE 11's findings that the managers had been warned about the outstanding debts owed to veterans and did nothing to rectify the overcharges.
"Disturbingly, as of January 2019, Loan Guaranty Service management had not taken action to issue refunds to these exempt veterans," wrote VA Assistant Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations Larry Reinkeymer.
OIG's report states, "Because inappropriate funding fee charges were not refunded, many exempt veterans may have suffered significant financial losses."
WATCH: Federal watchdog finds veterans owed millions
What's more, since officials didn't act when they were alerted about the problem in 2014, the overcharges have continued.
"OIG finds it troubling that senior VBA management was aware that thousands of veterans were potentially owed more than $150 million yet did not take adequate actions to ensure refunds were issued," wrote Reinkeymer.
READ: OIG investigation into VA home loan funding fees
The refund amounts veterans are owed are often substantial. The average funding fee charge was $4,483, with the largest topping out at $19,470, according to the OIG report.
Congress wants answers
"This is a large amount of money for the individual veterans," the lawmakers' letter to the VA Secretary reads. "It is unclear when veterans will see their reimbursement."
Read lawmakers' letter to the VA Secretary below or click here:
Not only do the Congressional leaders want detailed information about when veterans will be reimbursed, but they're also asking how the VA plans to implement the necessary financial controls to prevent additional overcharges.
They gave VA a deadline of June 28th, to provide a briefing on the "plan of action."
Congressional sources tell KARE 11 that to date, VA has not responded.
The Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington D.C. Credit: KARE 11
Since April 26, KARE 11 has been requesting interviews with VA officials about the refunds owed to veterans. They have not responded.
But after failing for years to take action, the VA suddenly issued a press release on May 13, just two days before KARE's first report, announcing major reform efforts are underway. The release also said VA is conducting an ongoing internal review looking at millions of loans dating back to 1998 to determine if additional refunds are needed.
"It is unsettling to hear that VA mistakenly charged veterans millions of dollars in home loan fees they didn't actually owe," said House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-CA). "I call on VA to rectify the situation as soon as possible - our veterans deserve so much better."
If you think you may be entitled to a refund of the funding fee, contact the VA Loan Center at 1-877-827-3702.
Additional information is available on the VA's website.
If you're one of the veterans who may be impacted, email the team working on this investigation at: investigations@kare11.com


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Bahia Palace
Palace in Marrakesh
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The Bahia Palace is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa, grand vizier of Alaouite sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, in 1859 and then continued and expanded by his son Si Ba Ahmed ibn Musa, grand vizier of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz between 1894 and 1900. Today it is a well-known historic monument and tourist attraction in the city.
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Sadly, all the rooms in the Bahia Palace are empty. When the vizier died, many, including his wives and the sultan took all the art work and furniture from the palace to decorate their own palaces.
Given that the palace is completely empty and there is very little information in English, we recommend booking a guided tour so that you can make the most of your visit (see below).
Construction in the 19th century of the Bahia Palace
Si Musa was descended from a family of black slaves which served the Moroccan makhzen (royal government) and reached the highest offices in the country. He was first hajib (similar to a chamberlain) then grand vizier under Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, who reigned from 1859 to 1873. He began the construction of the palace in 1859 and continued during the 1860s. Today, the "Grand Riad" or large riad garden and its adjoining rooms in the northern part of the palace date from Si Musa's time and are also consequently known as the Dar Si Moussa. The two grand chambers on the east and west sides of the garden contain an inscription which dates their construction to 1866-67.
Ba Ahmed ibn Musa (known simply as Ba Ahmed) was hajib to Sultan Moulay Hassan and, upon the latter's death, ensured his son Abdelaziz's accession to the throne in 1894, earning him a promotion to grand vizier.As Abdelaziz was only sixteen, Ba Ahmed became the effective ruler of Morocco until his own death from disease in 1900. He progressively expanded his father's palace throughout these years as grand vizier (1894-1900), adding to it piece by piece as new land became available for purchase. During his tenure, he was also supported by his two brothers Si Sa'id and Idris (who died with him in 1900). Si Sa'id built his own palace north of here during that time, the Dar Si Said, which today serves as a museum.
Ba Ahmed is responsible for constructing most of the Bahia Palace's southern parts, which included various smaller courtyards and riad gardens. On the east side of this palace complex he also created a vast private park and garden, complete with a central water basin and an access point via a bridge over the adjacent street linking it to the palace. His architect was a man named Muhammad ibn Makki al-Misfiwi, originally from Safi, who was born in 1857 and died in 1926. The palace's growth overtook much of the previously existing neighbourhood north of the Mellah and resulted in major changes in the local street layout. The growing palace housed Ba Ahmed's servants (including his own slaves) and his harem (private family residence), and the name al-Bahia (Arabic: الباهية), meaning "the Brilliant", was reportedly the name of his favourite wife. The entire palace was built on one level, possibly as Ba Ahmed's own physique (which was described as stout and obese) made it more difficult for him to go up and down stairs.
20th century to present day
After Ba Ahmed's death his palace became royal property. Mere hours after his death, Sultan Abdelaziz (who subsequently took full power over the country) reportedly ordered the palace to be looted for valuable items. In 1908 Madani el-Glaoui, brother of Thami el-Glaoui, took control of the palace and used it to entertain foreign guests. He added an upper floor for the first time to some parts of the palace.Then, in 1912, after the installation of the French Protectorate in Morocco, the palace was converted into the residence of the French resident-general (Lyautey) in the city. After Moroccan independence, the palace was again used as a royal residence for King Mohammed V before being transferred to the Moroccan Ministry of Culture under King Hassan II, which turned it into a tourist attraction.
Today the palace is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Morocco; the government counted 410,141 visitors from January to April 2019, more than any other heritage site in the country. The palace is occasionally still used by the King of Morocco to receive foreign dignitaries or host events
The palace's labyrinthine layout, which does not reveal a clear unified plan, is due to the fact that it was expanded in a piecemeal fashion in different stages over many years. It comprises a number of inner courtyards and riad gardens (interior gardens with a symmetrical four-part division), around which are arranged various rooms and chambers. The main palace complex today covers almost 2 hectares.
The palace is entered via a horseshoe-arch doorway from the main street, beyond which a long garden path leads to the palace. A minor courtyard leads into the Small Riad (Petit Riad), a square courtyard garden divided by walkways along its two central axes and surrounded by richly decorated galleries and chambers. One of the chambers was Ba Ahmed's diwan or Council Chamber. A second floor apartment above this riad was added by Madani el-Glaoui after Ba Ahmed's death.
East of the Small Riad is a small inner courtyard (sometimes simply called the "Small Courtyard") surrounded by ornate chambers. East of this is the Grand Courtyard or Large Courtyard (also known in French as the Cour d'Honneur), the most impressive part of the palace. Measuring 50 by 30 meters, it is paved with Italian Carrara marble and surrounded by an elegant and colourful wooden gallery. These galleries give access to some 80 rooms which are believed to have been part of Ba Ahmed's harem and the residences of his concubines. At the east end of this courtyard is a grand hall (lknown as the Salle d'Honneur in French), measuring 20 by 8 meters and featuring a high ceiling with some of the best painted decoration in the palace. An inscription dates the construction of this chamber to 1896-1897, which was probably the last major expansion of the palace. West of the Grand Courtyard (more or less between the Small Courtyard to the south and the Great Riad to the north) is a private apartment built by Ba Ahmed in 1898 for his first wife, Lalla Zaynab.
North of the Grand Courtyard areas is another vast courtyard known as the Grand Riad or Large Riad. Along with its adjoining rooms, it is the oldest part of the palace and dates from the time of Ba Ahmed's father, Si Musa. The courtyard is occupied, as its name implies, by a very large riad garden which is still planted with trees from the 19th century. The garden is flanked to the east and the west by two grand halls with excellent decoration and an inscription which dates their construction to 1866-67.
Further east, beyond the main palace, are the remains of a series of gardens and parks created by Ba Ahmed. Among other elements, they contained a large water basin. This area was originally a Saadian-era garden, the Arsat Ben Chegra, named after a Saadian vizier. On the south side of the palace are other annexes includes stables and a mosque with a minaret.
The palace is most famous for its decoration. Its walls feature stucco carved with Arabic inscriptions, geometric patterns, arabesques, and muqarnas. Its floors are paved with marble and zellij tiles. Among its most famous elements are the cedar-wood ceilings painted with colourful floral patterns, along with the carved and painted wooden canopies of major doorways. The materials for this decoration were imported by Ba Ahmed from all over Morocco, including marble from Meknes (possibly from former Moroccan royal palaces), cedar wood from the Middle Atlas, and tiles from Tetouan. Artisans from all across the country were also employed for the job.
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Tottenham will be without their captain Ledley King for the remainder of the season as he attempts to overcome a long running knee injury.
England defender Ledley King has made just ten appearances for Spurs this season and it has been confirmed that he will take no further part in the final six games of this campaign.
King, 27, has battled ongoing knee problems for the past 18 months, but he did return to the side as Tottenham lifted the Carling Cup in February.
My knee is actually feeling good at the moment and there is no inflammation, but we have to look at the bigger picture and accept that this is an ideal point in time to recover further, get best advice and make sure that I come back fitter.
They are six games I could well have taken part in, but we all believe this is worth doing for the longer term benefit.


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NASA finds evidence of 'interplanetary shock' for first time
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NASA has captured a phenomenon in space that has eluded humanity for centuries — an "interplanetary shock."
Four spacecraft from the space agency, which are part of the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) that launched in 2015, managed to get a view of the event in January 2018. The craft were just 12 miles away from one another, which made seeing the spectacle possible.
"MMS was able to measure the shock thanks to its unprecedentedly fast and high-resolution instruments. One of the instruments aboard MMS is the Fast Plasma Investigation," the space agency said in a statement on its website. "This suite of instruments can measure ions and electrons around the spacecraft at up to 6 times per second. Since the speeding shock waves can pass the spacecraft in just half a second, this high-speed sampling is essential to catching the shock."
Data from the Fast Plasma Investigation aboard MMS shows the shock and reflected ions as they washed over MMS. The colors represent the amount of ions seen with warmer colors indicating higher numbers of ions. The reflected ions (yellow band that appears just above the middle of the figure) show up midway through the animation, and can be seen increasing in intensity (warmer colors) as they pass MMS, shown as a white dot. (Credit: Ian Cohen)
NASA continued: "Looking at the data from Jan. 8, the scientists noticed a clump of ions from the solar wind. Shortly after, they saw a second clump of ions, created by ions already in the area that had bounced off the shock as it passed by. Analyzing this second population, the scientists found evidence to support a theory of energy transfer first posed in the 1980s."
An interplanetary shock, which emanates from the Sun, is a type of "collisionless shock," where particles transfer energy through electromagnetic fields as opposed to bouncing into one another, NASA added.
"These collisionless shocks are a phenomenon found throughout the universe, including in supernovae, black holes and distant stars. MMS studies collisionless shocks around Earth to gain a greater understanding of shocks across the universe," the space agency continued.
The researchers behind the observation hope that additional instances are spotted by the MMS that will give them more detailed looks at these interplanetary shocks.
NASA has released a video describing the charged particles, also known as the solar wind, in greater detail.
The research describing the find was published in the journal JGR Space Physics.
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Q: SQL: mean of appearances in two columns I have the correlation within two time series stored into a PostgreSQL database in the following way:

first_object_identifier
second_object_identifier
correlation_value

A
B
1.0

A
C
0.9

A
D
0.8

B
C
0.7

B
D
0.6

C
D
0.5

And I would like to get the mean of the correlations where each identifier appears (in one of the both columns of identifiers):

object_identifier
mean_correlation

A
mean_A

B
mean_B

C
mean_C

D
mean_D

Where:
mean_A = (AB + AC + AD) / 3 = (1.0 + 0.9 + 0.8) / 3 = 0.9
mean_B = (AB + BC + BD) / 3 = (1.0 + 0.7 + 0.6) / 3 = 0.766
mean_C = (AC + BC + CD) / 3 = (0.9 + 0.7 + 0.5) / 3 = 0.7
mean_D = (AD + BD + CD) / 3 = (0.8 + 0.6 + 0.5) / 3 = 0.633

A: One reasonable, database independent solution is union all:
select 'A', avg(correlation_value)
from t
where 'A' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier)
union all
select 'B', avg(correlation_value)
from t
where ' ' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier)
union all
select 'C', avg(correlation_value)
from t
where 'C' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier)
union all
select 'D', avg(correlation_value)
from t
where 'D' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier);

Or, if you want the results in columns instead of rows:
select avg(case when 'A' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier) then correlation_value end),
       avg(case when 'B' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier) then correlation_value end),
       avg(case when 'C' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier) then correlation_value end),
       avg(case when 'D' in (first_object_identifier, second_object_identifier) then correlation_value end)
from t;

EDIT:
You can generalize the first method using:
select o.id, avg(correlation_value)
from ((select first_object_identifier as id from t
      ) union   -- on purpose to remove duplicates
      (select second_object_identifier from t
      )
     ) o left join
     t
     on o.id in (o.first_object_identifier, o.second_object_identifier)
group by o.id;

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Coit Tower gearing up for various fixes
Courtesy PhotoHigh and dry: Waterproofing
Commission hears about roof repair and other structural plans for the Telegraph Hill landmark.
The 210-foot concrete tower, erected in 1933, was the subject of debate in the June 5 election when proponents of the successful Proposition B argued that The City's Recreation and Park Department was not taking good care of the structure and its Depression-era murals. However, the fixes now under consideration were planned and announced by Mayor Ed Lee in the days leading up to the election and technically have nothing to do with the ballot measure.
The repairs, totaling $1.5 million, will include waterproofing, concrete and roof repair, more restroom ventilation and more signage. A parallel effort to address water damage to the murals could cost up to $250,000 and is set to be undertaken by The City's Arts Commission once the structural work is completed. Most of the work on the tower is scheduled to begin in mid-January and last until May, although the roof work is to be completed by early November, before the rainy season.
A report that circulated at City Hall last spring showed major structural cracks in the tower, which the analysis said could result in falling debris.
Recreation and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg — who opposed the somewhat vague policy statement of Prop. B to "strictly limit" private events at the tower and to "prioritize" funding earned there for its upkeep — has said he hopes conditions will improve when a contract with a new concessionaire is finalized. Coit Tower generates money for the department — more than $600,000 per year — through food sales and an elevator fee.
In September, the Board of Supervisors asked for more specific financial data about the tower to decide how to institute the new voter-approved policy.
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Long-awaited bike plan on Fell-Oak up for Board approval
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What do you think conservative language?
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Mandarin, Cantonese, Icelandic, Spanish is conservative language
How do you think conservative language?
Re: What do you think conservative language?
I don;t think there is any such thing as a conservative language, but perhaps if you explain what you mean by "conservative language", I might change my mind. I also don't know what you mean by "what do I think (of)": like, do I like Cantonese (I have no opinion), or why do I think Cantonese is a conservative language (I don't because I don't know what "conservative language" means). Perhaps if you explain what you're asking...
Conservative language in linguistics means to remain closer to an older form. This do not change language
For example, Mandarin, Cantonese, Icelandic, Spanish is conservative language
I guess you're asking, why do some languages seem to change less or more slowly, compared to others. The standard story is that there must be some unknown sociological factors, but I think that's a bit facile. It is certainly true that if you have two linguistically different populations smashing into each other, you are likely to have substantial changes in language resulting. E.g. Moroccan Arabic is much further from Classical Arabic because originally Moroccans spoke Berber; Saudi dialects of Arabic tend to be the most conservative, correlated with the fact that Arabic was originally spoken only there. I don't think, though, that this really explains why Norwegian is so different from Old Norse, and Icelandic isn't.
The one social fact that does seem to have a connection to language change is urbanization. Seoul Korean has changed more from Middle Korean, compared to other especially rural dialects, and in general, linguists have found that cities are leaders of language change. Perhaps this is because cities attract speakers from many dialect areas, and what emerges is a mashing together and sanding-down of dialect differences.


I began life with nothing, I still have most of it.
My wild oats have now turned to All Bran.
Now that I am finally getting my head together, my body is beginning to fall apart.
They say all is not lost, so where is it?
It is easy to get older, it takes effort to get wiser.
If the buck stopped here, then I should have more of them.
They say the world will beat a path to your door. That only happens when you are in the bathroom.
It's not difficult to meet expenses ... they are everywhere.
It was Fred Jones's time to meet God. He had passed away peacefully in his sleep. As he passed through the Pearly Gates, he was asked what he would like people to say about him at his funeral. Fred pondered the question for a moment, "I guess that I would like to hear people say...LOOK, he is still breathing."
Regarding our home business, our actions, of course, speak louder than words. If you are engaging with others online via social media, your website, platforms such as IBO, forums, article directory, blogs, etc., then you want your words to not only paint of picture of your products or services, but also a picture of you and your business. This is a part of branding and most of us are branding ourselves and our business without realizing it. Even 'not doing', is a form of branding.
If you use your 'own words' online, as you should (not copy and pasting), your words and your actions reveal you. In most cases, your home biz is you. As my home biz accelerates, my IBO posts may decline, but I will do my best to reflect and include quality and humor and confidence in each post...a reflection on me and my home biz.
What are YOUR posts reflecting?
Telling folks that your home biz, your products, and your service is the best...right? Although this has relevance, I believe that sharing your 'confidence' in your business and your products is just as important. In addition, sharing your confidence in yourself, adds value. Why? People follow confident people...this is my opinion, but it seems pretty much the way things work. My suggestion is to share your confidence and others will follow.
Thank you for reading, my friends. I wish you much confidence.
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Can You Prime The Cube?
Feb. 11, 2022 , at 8:00 AM
By Zach Wissner-Gross
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Illustration by Guillaume Kurkdjian
Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite-size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow-puzzle movement. Submit a correct answer for either,1 and you may get a shoutout in the next column. Please wait until Monday to publicly share your answers! If you need a hint or have a favorite puzzle collecting dust in your attic, find me on Twitter.
Riddler Express
Trapezoidal numbers are whole numbers that can be written as the sum of two or more consecutive positive integers. For example, 9 is a trapezoidal number because it can be written as 2+3+4. In fact, 9 is doubly trapezoidal because it can also be written as 4+5. (By the way, triangular numbers are also trapezoidal. I'm a fan of inclusive definitions like these.)
What is the smallest number that is triply trapezoidal, meaning it is trapezoidal in three different ways?
Extra credit: What is the smallest number that is quadruply trapezoidal? Quintuply trapezoidal? Sextuply trapezoidal?
The solution to this Riddler Express can be found in the following column.
Riddler Classic
From Dean Ballard comes a cubical conundrum:
Consider a cube, which has eight vertices, or corners. Suppose I assign a prime number to each vertex. A "face sum" is the value I get when I add up all four prime numbers on one of the six faces.
Can you find eight distinct primes and arrange them on a cube so that the six face sums are all equal?
Extra credit: Can you find another set of eight distinct primes that can similarly be arranged on the vertices of a cube? How many more can you find?
The solution to this Riddler Classic can be found in the following column.
Solution to last week's Riddler Express
Congratulations to 👏 Malcolm Gray 👏 of Cambridge, winner of last week's Riddler Express.
Last week, you analyzed an online quiz that asked which three actors from the original "Scream" movie had returned for the fifth installment of the franchise. There were five choices:
For the sake of the problem, you supposed that you had no clue about any of these actors.
If you randomly chose three of the five actors, what was the probability that you would have gotten at least two right?
One way to figure this out was to first compute the total number of ways to choose three of the actors. Since the order of your selections didn't matter, this was 5 choose 3, or 10.
Of those 10 ways to choose three actors, only one of them got all three correct. But how many ways were there to get precisely two correct? There were three different pairs of correct actors you could have identified (Cox and Arquette, Cox and Campbell, and Arquette and Campbell). For each of those three pairs, there were two incorrect actors to choose from (Berry and Holland). In other words, there were 3 times 2, or six, ways to get exactly two actors right.
With seven ways to correctly identify at least two actors out of a 10 ways to choose any three, the answer was 70 percent.
Another approach, used by the students in The Problem Solving & Posing Class at New York City's Hewitt School, was to count up how many of the 10 cases resulted in you getting only one actor correct. (Note that you couldn't get all three wrong.) You could choose any one of the three correct actors, and then you had to select both incorrect actors along with them. So of the 10 ways to choose three actors, three ways resulted in you not getting at least two right. Once again, the answer was 70 percent.
Finally, I will say that several readers, including Amy from Wayland, Massachusetts and Rick Wingo from Austin, Texas, pointed out that Tom Holland was born only months before the release of the original Scream film. He clearly was not a correct choice. But now I can't get the image of a newborn Tom Holland in a Ghostface costume out of my head.
Solution to last week's Riddler Classic
Congratulations to 👏 Colin Parker 👏 of Portola Valley, California, winner of last week's Riddler Classic.
Last week, I had a light source that was polarized in the vertical direction, but I wanted it to be polarized in the horizontal direction. To make that happen I needed … polarizers! When light passes through a polarizer, only the light whose polarization aligns with the polarizer passes through. When they aren't perfectly aligned, only the component of the light that's in the direction of the polarizer passes through.
Unfortunately, that meant I couldn't turn vertically polarized light into horizontally polarized light with a single polarizer. But I could do it with two polarizers, as shown below.
If the first polarizer was positioned at an acute angle with respect to the light, and then the second polarizer was positioned at a complementary angle with respect to the first polarizer, some light would have been horizontally polarized in the end.
Now, I had tons of polarizers, and each one also reflected 1 percent of any light that hit it — no matter its polarization or orientation — while polarizing the remaining 99 percent of the light.
I wanted to horizontally polarize as much of the incoming light as possible. How many polarizers should I have used?
First of all, how much light could you horizontally polarize with two polarizers? If the first polarizer was an angle 𝜃 from vertical, then the second polarizer had to be 90°−𝜃 from the first polarizer. Assuming no reflection (for now), that meant the component of the light getting through was cos(𝜃)·cos(90°−𝜃). This function was maximized when 𝜃 was 45°, meaning the two polarizers evenly split the 90° angle into two 45° angles.
That was when you had two polarizers. What about N polarizers? Once again, your best strategy is to evenly divide the 90° angle into N equal angles, each measuring 90°/N. Several solvers went on to prove this in different ways: Laurent Lessard with Jensen's inequality, Rajeev Pakalapati with induction and Arvind Hariharan with a symmetry argument. With N evenly spaced polarizers, the final horizontal component was cosN(90°/N).
Now before we go any further, let's say a little more about light. Up to this point, the vectors I've referred to are the electric field vectors of the light. However, the intensity of the light is proportional to the square of the magnitude of this electric field vector. When it came to positioning the polarizers, this didn't matter — maximizing the electric field was effectively the same as maximizing its square. However, this ambiguity affected your interpretation of the fact that 1 percent of the light was reflected.
Most readers interpreted this as meaning that the electric field vector attenuated by 1 percent with each polarizer. In this case, the final horizontal component was (0.99)N·cosN(90°/N). Thanks to the exponent on the cosine function, this function does some strange things when N is less than 1. But when N was greater than 1, the maximum occurred when N was approximately 11.135. Since you had to have an integer number of polarizers, the optimal number turned out to be 11, in which case the horizontal component was about 80 percent of the original vertical component.
Other readers interpreted the puzzle as saying the light's intensity was attenuated by 1 percent with each polarizer. Since the intensity was proportional to the square of the electric field, this meant the final horizontal component was (0.99)N/2·cosN(90°/N). This time around, the maximum occurred when N was approximately 15.708. The optimal (integer) number of polarizers was 16, in which case the horizontal component was about 85.42 percent of the original vertical component.
If you thought two interpretations of the puzzle weren't enough, then worry not. Solver Joao Coelho had a third interpretation, where the light that wasn't transmitted by each polarizer was reflected back to the previous polarizer, and could bounce back and forth internally multiple times. According to Joao, accounting for these internal reflections allowed you to squeeze in one more polarizer.
Quick update on the solution.
If you decouple the reflection from the polarization, you can find a very good approximation to the transmission probability with multiple reflections as the product of both effects.
T = (1-R)/(1 + (N-1)R) * cos(pi/(2N))^2N pic.twitter.com/BpKybTuJpD
— Joao Coelho (@joaoabcoelho) February 8, 2022
With all these possible interpretations, this puzzle turned out to be a little more polarizing than I expected.
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