The Redcar & Eston School Sport Partnership run half termly Literacy Competitions to boost literacy and engage more young people in school sport opportunities.
The focus on literacy is an area we can embrace across the School Games programme to encourage young people to share their experiences and be recognised for their written work. It also promotes cross-curricular work.
Each half term will have a new competition and a new theme. Schools can enter into every theme or pick and choose the themes to link to existing work. The competition will enable schools to compete in Level 1 and Level 2 as they would in the sports competitions.
There are four age groups for the Competitions; Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6.
The Sainsbury's School Games is inspiring and involving more young people than ever before in school sport and competition. To celebrate, showcase and share this positive impact there is an opportunity to win prizes for schools through the www.yourschoolgames.com Reward & Recognition Scheme. The Literacy Competitions will link to this scheme and follow the themes.
To enter the competition, your PE Coordinator or Primary School Sport Crew should encourage pupils to create a handwritten report about the specific theme for the term.
Any school in the School Sport Partnership can host a Level 1 Intra-School Literacy Competition to determine their winning entry in each age group. This WINNING handwritten entry must then be sent to the School Sport Partnership by the specified termly deadline. Schools can enter one piece of work per age category each half term.
Once the deadline has expired, the SSP staff will judge the competition entries.
Intra School winners will be judged by staff at your own school, assessing the content and overall presentation. It will be at the discretion and expense of the school if they award prizes at this level.
Prizes will be awarded for the partnership winners. Schools entering into this level of the competition will be awarded points in the primary school sport league.
There are numerous wider benefits of engaging your pupils in the Literacy Competitions, as part of cross-curricular developments at your school. This will also contribute to embedding Physical Education and School Sport across the curriculum supporting whole school improvements.
Improving pupils' writing: By providing the opportunity to write about a different topic they are passionate about, this will encourage young people to put more effort into developing their writing.
Building confidence and self-esteem: Schools that have submitted blogs on www.yourschoolgames.com have highlighted how proud their children are to have their work recognised and featured on the internet.
Encouraging pupils to express themselves: Writing a report or blog will allow children to express themselves. This in turn helps them understand each other better and develop their social skills. Encouraging reflection and thought is great for learning how they can develop or improve aspects of their learning for the future.
Promoting inclusion across extra-curricular opportunities: You can offer children the chance to accompany school teams to competitions as match reporters, photographers and videographers. They can then submit the match report on your behalf, to use in school assemblies and blogs. This is a great way of engaging more young people in leadership and management roles.
Developing teamwork: School children can collaborate in writing their reports; they can share ideas, converse, help each other spell and problem solve.
Creating engagement between young people: Often pupils don't realise they are writing, reading and learning when they are just having fun sharing experiences. A blog or report helps your school to share with parents, the community and Governors your success stories and key milestones.
The chance to win prizes: As a partnership we will offer level 2 prizes. Any blogs featured on the yourschoolgames website are automatically selected as Regional and National competition winners. This incentive will encourage young people to work harder to create a better piece of work.


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VAdm. Karambir Singh to be Next Navy Chief
March 23, 2019 March 27, 2019 forceindia 0 Comment
Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is the first helicopter pilot of Indian Navy to be appointed as Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, presently Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Eastern Naval Command, has been appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff with effect from afternoon of 31 May 2019, by the government. He will replace Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba, who retires on the same day.
Vice Admiral Karambir Singh FOC in C East would be the first helicopter pilot of Indian Navy to become Chief of Naval Staff. Commissioned into the Indian Navy in the Executive Branch July 1980, Singh earned his wings as a helicopter pilot in 1982. He has flown Chetak, Kamov 25 and Kamov 28 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters.
Born on November 03, 1959, Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has had a long and distinguished service spanning nearly 19 years with the Indian Navy. He has served in a variety of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments.
His sea command includes Guided Missile Destroyers INS Rana and INS Delhi. He also served as fleet operations officer of the Western Fleet and was Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat area. Before taking over as FOC-in-C Eastern Naval Command in October 2017, he was Director General Project Seabird, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.
Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been decorated with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM).
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Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street is a non-fiction book chronicling the history of the children's television program Sesame Street. Street Gang is journalist and writer Michael Davis's first book, published by Viking Press in 2008. On bookshelves in time for the show's 40th anniversary in 2009, the book developed out of a TV Guide article Davis wrote to commemorate the show's 35th anniversary in 2004.  Davis spent five years researching and writing the book, and conducted hundreds of interviews with the show's creators, cast, and crew.

Street Gang begins with a description of Muppet creator Jim Henson's 1990 funeral, from the perspective of co-creator Joan Ganz Cooney.  Its first twelve chapters describe the origin, development, and early years of Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop, the organization created to oversee the production of the show and other projects.  Davis includes the biographies of many of the key people involved with the creation and production of Sesame Street.  Subsequent chapters chronicle the rest of the show's history, up to its 40th anniversary in 2009.

Reviews of Street Gang were mostly positive.  Most reviewers were impressed by Davis' research and attention to detail, but some felt that it was too episodic and was more of an oral history than a dispassionate history of the show's history.  One reviewer predicted that the book would become the definitive source of Sesame Street.  Street Gang was made into an audio book, narrated by Caroll Spinney, the same day it was published.  A second edition was published later that year. The 2021 documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street directed by Marilyn Agrelo is based on the book.

Background
Michael Davis, a senior editor for TV Guide from 1998 to 2007, wrote an article in the magazine to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the children's television show Sesame Street in 2004.  Street Gang developed out of the article.  Davis spent five years researching and writing the book  and worked with the cooperation of co-creator Joan Ganz Cooney.

In 2009, Sesame Street celebrated its 40th anniversary.  It was the fifteenth-highest rated children's television show in the United States  and had won 8 Grammy Awards and over 100 Emmy Awards—more than any other children's show.  By 2006, there were independently produced versions, or "co-productions", of Sesame Street broadcast in twenty countries. In 2001 there were over 120 million viewers of these international versions, and by 2009, it was broadcast in more than 140 countries.  A 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched the show by the time they were three years old. In 2008, it was estimated that 77 million Americans had watched the series as children.

Summary
Prologue: A description of the funeral of Muppet creator Jim Henson in New York City in 1990, from the viewpoint of Joan Ganz Cooney, one of the creators of Sesame Street.

Chapters 1—12: The origins and development of the show and the creation of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW).  Sesame Street was created after a dinner party hosted by Cooney and her husband in early 1966, attended by Carnegie Foundation vice-president Lloyd Morrisett and Cooney's boss at New York City educational television station WNDT, Lewis Freedman.  The discussion inspired them to create a children's television program, different from what was offered at the time, that could "master the addictive qualities of television" and help young children, especially from low-income families, learn and prepare for school.  Davis includes the biographies of key players in the show's development: Cooney, Morrisett, Jon Stone, Sam Gibbon, Tom Whedon, Evelyn Payne Davis, Jim Henson, Caroll Spinney, Gerald S. Lesser, Edward Palmer, Joe Raposo, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath, Will Lee, and Matt Robinson.  There is also a discussion of the history of early children's television; specifically, Captain Kangaroo and The Howdy Doody Show.  Davis emphasizes the coincidence that many involved with the show had first names that started with the letter J: Joan Cooney, Jon Stone, Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, and Joe Raposo.

Chapter 13 ("Intermission"): A description of the first episode of Sesame Street, which debuted on PBS on November 10, 1969.  As Davis states, "To see that first episode today—and the four succeeding ones in Sesame's first week—is to be transported back to 1969".  The first show was sponsored by the letters W, S, and E and by the numbers 2 and 3.

Chapter 14: The influence of Sesame Street during its first season, and a description of its success and critics.

Chapter 15—16: The 1970s.  These chapters include a description of the production team, the cast who joined the show, and the Muppets that were created during this time.  The biographies that Davis depicts are of producer Dulcy Singer, Christopher Cerf, Sonia Manzano, Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado, Linda Bove, Richard Hunt, and Fran Brill.  The Muppet characters Cookie Monster and Roosevelt Franklin were also created during these years.  Davis describes the music of Sesame Street, Jim Henson's struggle with fame, the end of Cooney's marriage, and CTW's funding difficulties.

Chapter 17: The late 70s and 1980s.  Davis describes the production of the show's first special (Christmas Eve on Sesame Street), the decompensation and death of Calloway, the death of Lee and the groundbreaking way Sesame Street dealt with it, the creation of Elmo and biography of his portrayer, Kevin Clash, and the wedding of Maria and Luis.  Davis calls the show's depiction of Mr. Hooper's death and the wedding "the poles that held up the canvas tent that was Sesame Street in the 1980s, a reflection of the sometimes silly, sometimes sad, always surprising, relentlessly spinning cyclical circus of life".  The biography of Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly is also described.

Chapter 18: The 1990s and 2000s.  This chapter describes the cast's responses to the deaths of Calloway, Henson, Raposo, Connell, and Stone.  It discusses Henson's business dealings with Disney in 1990, a few months before Henson's death, and Sesame Street's ratings decrease.  In 1993, the show went through substantial changes in response to the show's decline ("Around the Corner"); the only thing that ultimately survived this restructuring of the show was the Muppet character Zoe, performed by Brill.  There were also attempts to include more female Muppet characters.  Davis discusses the "Tickle Me Elmo" phenomenon of Christmas 1996, Avenue Q, "Elmo's World", and the character Mr. Noodle.

Epilogue: Davis ends his book as he begins it, focusing on Joan Ganz Cooney, during her retirement years.  He also discusses the development of Sesame Street's newest character, Abby Cadabby, and the show's international influence.

Critical reception
Judith Fitzgerald of The Philadelphia Inquirer, who predicts that Street Gang will  become the definitive source of the show, calls "a compulsively readable compendium of all things Sesame Street", as well as informative, heartbreaking, hilarious, and eye-opening". She credits its complicated and often funny story with the cooperation Davis received from Cooney when writing his book.  Fitzgerald also praises Davis, calling him "a sensitive and subtly brilliant writer who conveys the soul of the program".  Reviewer Drew Toal calls Street Gang a "swift narrative" and "a sensitive, honest account", and credits the large number of cast stories and amount of controversy recounted in the book with the hundreds of interviews Davis conducted.  Frazier Moore of the Associated Press states that the book is a fascinating account of the creation of Sesame Street, and that Davis writes thoroughly and with affection.

James Panero, reviewer for The New York Times, called Street Gang a "behind the lens story" and the "first comprehensive account" of Sesame Street.  Panero found Davis' history tireless, but objected to Davis' emphasis on unimportant details.  As a result, and due to Davis' inclusion of every anecdote and biography of everyone involved with its creation and history, Panero considers the book an oral history rather than a tightly organized narrative.  Other reviewers note that Street Gang is too much like its subject, episodic and unfocused.  Diana Wagman of The L.A. Times states that Davis choice of what to focus on is odd; for example, there is a great deal of focus in the book on things like the licensing and merchandising agreement of the Muppets, but very little attention on Mississippi's 1970 ban of the show.  Wagman states, "Yes, we get a little past-tense womanizing, a lot of drinking and a psychotic breakdown later in the book, but it all seems sad, not salacious, and not germane to the basic story".  Nick Gillespie of The Washington Post agrees.  He calls Jim Henson, who is mentioned often in the book, "an almost completely enigmatic character".

Wagman takes issue with the way Davis moves from topic to topic and time period to time period.  Davis gives long personal histories of the principal players in his history, but fails to explain the reason they are important, and is compelled to repeat every positive claim made about Sesame Street.  In spite of this, Wagman states, Davis demonstrates the love and respect Cooney and the show's cast and crew had for each another.  For example, when Calloway was diagnosed with a mental illness, the show never fired him, and Wagman calls Henson's funeral "heartbreaking".  Gillespie finds the "nasty backstage wrangling" and behind-the-scenes stories compelling.  Alex Altman of Time Magazine agrees, and calls Davis "an unabashed fan of the show's charms rather than a dispassionate historian".  He also considers Davis' use of language breathless and his portrayals of the show's creators overly flattering.

Reviewer Molly O'Donnell states that the book is "broad in scope yet exercises a meticulous attention to detail".  O'Donnell views Davis as balanced in his account because although Davis praises Sesame Street, he describes the public criticism the show has received and relates the personality flaws of the people who helped create it.  Even with the book's lulls, which O'Donnell attributes to the large number of personal histories Davis has to tell to give a complete picture of the show's creation, she says that the book is interesting.  The reviewer from Publishers Weekly agrees, praising Street Gang as continuously interesting, honest, and well-researched.  The reviewer goes on to state, "Any grown-up fan will relish this account, gaining an even greater appreciation  for the cultural contributions of Kermit, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and all their neighbors".

Publication history
The publication of the book was announced in 2006 by the television industry trade magazine Broadcasting and Cable, which anticipated a buzz about the project. The magazine stated, "A dozen of New York's top publishers are eager to get their hands this week on the story of how Sesame Street emerged as the iconic program that shaped the minds of countless kiddies around the globe".

The audio version of Street Gang, narrated by Caroll Spinney, was released at the same time as the book.

A video version by Marilyn Agrelo was under production in 2017. The film Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street was released in 2021.

References

Further reading

 Finch, Christopher (1993). Jim Henson: The Works: the Art, the Magic, the Imagination. New York: Random House.
 Fisch, Shalom M. and Rosemarie T. Truglio, Eds. (2001). "G" is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street. Mahweh, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.
 Gladwell, Malcolm (2000). The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. (Chapter on Sesame Street's influence.) New York: Little, Brown, and Company.
  Hellman, Peter (1987-11-23). "Street Smart: How Big Bird & Company Do It". New York Magazine 20 (46): 52. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
 Lesser, Gerald S. (1974). Children and Television: Lessons From Sesame Street. New York: Vintage Books.
 Morrow, Robert W. (2006). Sesame Street and the Reform of Children's Television. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.
 O'Dell, Cary (1997). Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders. (Chapter about Cooney.) Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. .

External links
 Street Gang - Available at the Internet Archive for borrowing

Sesame Street books
2008 non-fiction books
Books about television

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Q: How to estimate parameters in a Bayes net using PyMC I would like to estimate the parameters of a directed Bayes net using PyMC. I came across one particular example that implements the sprinkler network, which has 3 random variables and a conditional probability distribution (CPD) defined for each node.
However, this example has the CPD encoded using deterministic variables.
Is it possible to provide the joint or marginal distribution over 2 or 3 random variables as  the observed data to a deterministic PyMC variable?
In other words, if my network is of the form X -> Z <- Y, is it possible to provide a set of tuples of the form 'x1,y1,z1' as observed data, to learn the parameters of the CPD (Z|X,Y)?

A: The sprinkler example is really setting "Static" probability values. In this line:
p_G = mc.Lambda('p_G', lambda S=S, R=R: pl.where(S, pl.where(R, .99, .9), pl.where(R, .8, 0.)),
            doc='Pr[G|S,R]')

to my understanding, i think we would require to set learn one parameter for each value of the parent. so if we want to learn P(Z/X,Y), we will need for each combination of values of X and Y, learn one parameter set for Z.
so lets say X and Y take boolean values and Z is a bernoulli distribution.
for each value of (X,Y) , ie: (0,0),(0,1),(1,0),(1,1) we have parameters,  p1,p2,p3,p4. And then Z has 4 pymc observed variables: Z1 with parameter p1, Z2 with parameter p2 , Z3 with parameter p3 and Z4 with parameter p4.
Thus:
P(Z=0/X=0,Y=0) is the mcmc estimated mean of p1.
P(Z=1/X=0,Y=0) = 1-p1
P(Z=0/X=1,Y=0) = p2 and so on....

I have a related question here:
How to use pymc to parameterize a probabilistic graphical model?

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Jimi Hendrix wrote and released "Purple Haze" in 1967. Although some believe the song refers to a psychedelic experience, Hendrix claimed this was inspired by a dream where he was walking under the sea. In the dream, he said a purple haze surrounded him, engulfed him, and he became lost. It was a traumatic experience, but in his dream his faith in Jesus saved him. The chorus at one point was "Purple Haze, Jesus Saves," but that went out in the editing process. Noel Redding was on bass and Mitch Mitchell was on drums.
The single was an international charting success, going to #3 in the UK, and #7 in Norway and Austria. It was in the top 20 in Germany and The Netherlands and #65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song also became the opening track on the 1967 You Are Experienced album. It is one of the most popular songs by Hendrix with its very recognizable, inventive guitar work and has been on featured on numerous compilation albums.
The Pass the Paisley Groove Pad is a resting stop, a place to chill out and listen to the featured song on the stereo. If the mood strikes you, click on the juke box to access and listen to the 50+ free online songs there. The TV has several channels, with selections updated twice a week. Every now and then, Pass the Paisley hosts an all-request of 1960s and 1970s songs for a Be-In at the juke box in the Groove Pad. Keep on truckin'. Hope you enjoyed "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.


The combined work of Stanley Thompson and one of his disciples, Robbie Robinson, Credit Valley is played largely in a valley alongside the Credit River. It's a tremendous example of how thinning out trees alongside fairways can allow for creative shot-making and escapes. Smart tweaks have been made to its opening highland holes.


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HomeBusinessUS NuScale Power to Build SMR Nuclear Plant in Romania
US NuScale Power to Build SMR Nuclear Plant in Romania
November 3, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska Business
The White House announced in a statement on Tuesday the United States and Romania's plan to build a small modular reactor plant in Romania in partnership with US private Planner company NuScale Power.
Through its "first-of-a-kind" small modular reactor (SMR) plant in Romania, Oregon-based NuScale Power – an American private company that designs and markets small modular reactors – will bring the latest civil nuclear technology to a critical part of Europe possibly two years prior than anywhere else in the world.
The agreement envisages the six-module NuScale plant to initially create over 3,700 US and Romanian jobs with the potential to create 30,000 jobs as the project grows. The modular reactors are expected to start producing energy by 2028.
The innovative SMR clean technology deployment, according to the White House, will be an essential contributor to a decarbonised power sector and net-zero future.
Romania is using a mix of gas, coal, hydro, nuclear and renewable energy to generate electricity but most of it plants are decades old and in need of refurbishing or replacement.
Since its sole nuclear power producer, state-owned Nuclearelectrica, currently accounts for roughly a fifth of Romania's power with its two 706-megawatt reactors, Romania has joined several EU states in its joint push for including nuclear energy in the bloc's sustainable finance rules.
Nuclearelectrica, who operates with Romania's sole nuclear power plant Cernavoda, signed a memorandum of understanding in March 2019 with NuScale Power to explore potential uses of SMRs in Romania.
The Romanian presidency said the investment will consolidate the partnership between Romania and the US in the civil nuclear sector after they signed in 2020 cooperation agreement to expand and modernise Romania's nuclear power programme.
The cooperation between the two countries in developing, producing and use of low carbon emission technologies was extensively discussed during Romania's President Klaus Iohannis meeting with John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate during a meeting in the margins of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
They also focused on the consolidation of bilateral cooperation in nuclear and renewable energy and energy storage and transport electrification while seeking for nuclear to be included as a way to reach the EU's climate goals in light of the recent spike in energy costs.
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Epicolactone is a recently isolated fungal metabolite that is highly complex for its size, and yet racemic. With its array of quaternary stereocentres, high degree of functionalization and intricate polycyclic structure, it poses a considerable challenge to synthesis, a challenge that can be met by understanding its biosynthetic origin. If drawn in a certain way, epicolactone reveals a pattern that resembles purpurogallin, the archetype of ubiquitous natural colourants formed via oxidative dimerization. Based on this insight, we designed a biomimetic synthesis of epicolactone that proceeds in only eight steps from vanillyl alcohol. We have isolated a key intermediate that supports our biosynthetic hypothesis and anticipate that an isomer of epicolactone stemming from our synthetic efforts could also be found as a natural product.


We were in the two-naps-to-one transition phase for about a week. It ended after yesterday, when our attempts to stretch the babies' morning up time so that they would take one long midday nap crashed and burned like Tom Cruise in Top Gun. They still slept for their regular 1.5 hours and did not get any afternoon rest time; on top of this they have another cold, so we had several days of extreme crankitude.
Jamie: Tee (tree); Gicka (pancake); Ahhh (Audrey); Dee (Theresa); Alp (up); Apbl (apple or Abbie, depending on context); Gah (grass).
Audrey: Sh (shoe); Jee (Jamie); Dee or Dee-suh (Theresa); Ch-ch-ch (change–or perhaps professing a love of David Bowie's oeuvre); Cah (car–or just channeling her Boston fam); Gah (go).
love light switches, the garage door button.
holding hands with each other at mealtimes, or touching fingers.
obsessed with sippy cups of all kinds, she asks for milk or water far more frequently than her siblings. Also obsessed with Velcro (but really, who isn't?).
gets down stairs or from couch on her own; she doesn't need much spotting anymore.
can walk unassisted but when outside prefers to hold both hands of an adult in order to direct them to walk with her.
stacks one block on top of another–apparently, this is a developmental skill.
makes funny faces at mealtimes, and giggles when they are mirrored back to her.
obsessed with the Elmo hat that Grandma Barb got for the babies. She will put it on spontaneously and play in the house while wearing it. She does not do this with any other hat.
Grandma Barb also taught her to blow kisses: she puts her open palm against her mouth and throws it dramatically away.
mostly avoids throwing food on the floor (we're still waiting for her siblings to follow this trend) by giving it to the adult present, which means that by the end of many meals I have a handful of small pieces of undesired food, sometimes partially chewed.
has gotten used to the barrettes in her hair such that she does not pull them out immediately, which is good because her bangs really do hang in her eyes but I can't bring myself to have them cut yet. Once in a while she lets me get in some pigtails, but she protests mightily as they are done.
obsessed with trees. Upon getting him out of his crib in the morning, the first thing he does is to sign "tree," say "Tee," and look toward the window. We go open the curtains so he can say good morning to the western hemlock in our backyard. He periodically requests to see this tree during the day.
greets me when I come home by wrapping his arms around my legs and leaning his head into my knees.
sang the tune of part of "The Wheels on the Bus": when the baby on the bus goes "wah wah wah." He was sitting with "The Wheels on the Bus" book and singing "wah wah wah," matching the tonal pattern.
not only goes down stairs by himself (most of the time), but listens when I tell him to sit down and scoot.
Wish we could get on a plane and come up there! Adorable new pictures – love Theresa's pigtails and Audrey's "face." Great picture of you and Jamie. Reading about all their new words/adventures makes our day! Give everyone hugs and love from Oompa and Ooma.


Ali Safavi is director of insurance at Plug and Play Tech Center and a senior associate at Plug and Play Ventures.
The embers of innovation are beginning to char the massive $1.2 trillion underbelly of the largest industry in the world. Every segment of insurance is under competition by entrepreneurs touting new ways to underprice risk, creating new types of premiums and servicing consumers in a tightly regulated on-demand economy. While most startups attempting to gain traction in the insurance market fall under incremental innovation, Blockchain for insurance could be characterized as disruptive.
The underlying technology of the world's most adopted digital currency, bitcoin, is quickly becoming one of the hottest topics across a number of industries. More than just a distributed database for bitcoin, Blockchain's ability to send, receive and store information has the underlying power to disrupt the way businesses process digital transactions.
The implications of decentralized ledger technology (DLT) are astounding: Digital trust is now an ever reasonable possibility; meaning online and offline assets can now be assigned ownership and the transference between those parties can be proven both linearly and cryptographically. Specific to insurance, Blockchain technology has the power to simplify the claims process, alleviate high premiums, help insurers create niche coverage and, most importantly, benefit those who live in catastrophe regions.
Blockchain adoption has the power to transition new and existing models of insurance, including P2P insurance, parametric insurance and microinsurance, into a new digital age. Blockchain is powerful because of its secure platform connecting capabilities.
New distribution methods like peer-to-peer insurance (P2P) could end up restructuring the entire market. P2P insurance empowers policyholders to a greater portion of the premiums rather than the individual private wealth managers working to produce returns for insurance companies. A number of well-funded startups are already beginning to stake their place in the P2P insurance market. One example, Dynamis, is a peer-to-peer supplemental unemployment insurance protocol that uses the policy holders' social capital to replace underwriters.
Enigma, enables different parties to jointly store and run computations on data while keeping the data completely private. In the foreseeable future, specific P2P insurance platforms may begin to use smart contracts to set claims and match demand between consumers in an online market, solving many of the current issues when transferring digital assets or accessing private data.
Another use case for Blockchain is parametric insurance. Instead of indemnifying the pure loss, insurers would agree to pay a certain amount upon the occurrence of triggers within preset smart contracts. For example, if an earthquake were to occur in a given region above a magnitude of 5, the smart contract would automatically pay 20 percent of the insurance claim to policy holders. Contracts require mutually trusted third-party administrators (TPAs) to adjust. As parametric insurance becomes popular, its process will likely improve to play a key role in the widespread adoption of smart contracts.
Product-creating startups like Rainvow can be used to create cross-border risk pools, allowing individuals from all over the world to access its exchange protocol via digital currencies. Rainvow's Ethereum platform facilitates niche coverages to automatically compensate unforeseen transportation costs on rainy days.
The future of insurance could flourish through an intelligent adoption of Blockchain.
Platform-creating startups like Factom* facilitate highly specific insurance policies. These systems allow TPAs to create triggers or oracles for smart contracts, promising to make parametric insurance easier and more adoptable by insurance carriers.
The fast growth of IoT-based technologies and sensors have fueled startups and corporations, giving access to real-time data that may ultimately give way to new methods of settling insurance disputes. Automobiles could be assigned tokens by their manufacturers; rather than having the incident go through an insurance company, vehicles could adopt tech for cars to assess driving accidents automatically. A fender-bender would trigger instant compensation within the smart contract based on sensor and party data.
Blockchain has several perceived benefits in microinsurance, as well. It can enable trust between peers to increase transparency for populations living in remote regions of the world. Its beauty lies in its simplicity. The virtual nature of the transactions could side-step governmental bureaucracy to make geographic limitations irrelevant within its context. These features make the future of microinsurance very appealing.
Helperbit, an Italian Blockchain startup, uses the Blockchain protocol to enable philanthropists to donate digital currencies to underfunded, hard to reach nonprofits in remote regions of the world. It even allows people to trace their donation and the manner in which it is used. Their risk assessment platform allows Good Samaritans to pool their money while limiting fraud exposure.
Blockchain allows for cheaper, more consumer-oriented products to be developed that could chip away at the premiums collected by large insurance companies. An ideal scenario would be the cooperation between Blockchain startups, carriers, brokers, reinsurers, etc. However, most likely many segments of the insurance industry will be subject to disruption and may follow the way of milk men or lamplighters… a precautionary tale for incumbents in the insurance industry.
*Factom is a portfolio company.


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-Does that mean he didn't reply to the messages that the artists under his company sent and yet he uploaded stuff on Instagram??
-Will Yang Hyunsuk treat Black Pink the same way in the next 5 years? I really hate him..
-Yang Hyunsuk is Black Pink's akgae fan now..
-When CL was doing well at one time, he treated her like a princess and now that Black Pink is hitting big, he's throwing her away.. He's such a jerk..
-I have never wished for anyone to mess up their life this bad..
-He should've just used his time to reply to CL's text instead of updating his Instagram..
-At one time he claimed that CL is YG's princess and stuffs and look at him now.. Ugh, just let her go..
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Not shocked at all, that the intention. When you post in other artist activity and say "they are getting and I'm not getting", people specially her fans will go and hate on the ones that are getting some work. And that's when she failed here.
Well the only reason why CLs probably taking this public is because of money. She's had music made already but she needs financing to get a big release. I cant blame YG too much tho. She's not really selling music as a solo and the only attention CL gets nowadays is when she involves YG.
Edit: Here's a question for the people here, would you honestly spend money on her if you expect a return on it?
She should have tegged him on her own social media instead below his post about other artist or in one of his post about her. Now other artist that have nothing to do with it , get blamed and hated.
This kind of remind me of Minzy situation, so I'm not surprised she get support now. I just hopped that she will get the same support when she relese her music.
I understand her frustrations but I do think she is acting from feeling rather than being strategic. People are encouraging her outrage at YG bc they like drama. Once she leaves YG and tea party is over, the same people might not even check her stuff out.
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Considering how poorly he has managed her and others under his wing, Lee Hi and the now defunct Mixnine group, then yes I would say he owes it to try. Is to completely his fault now and does this mean he cant find talent no but recently he has made so pretty blatant errors on the management side for a few of his artist.
Who's that and what happened to her?
She was a solo rapper under YG ( she was the original CL). She was introduced on the YG Family famillenium album in 1999 and was set to debut in 2000 but for some reason YG waited to debut her until 2003 (same year as Se7en). She was super popular, just as popular as Lee Hyori. Once BigBang debuted, YG had his full attention on them and she kinda went on the back burner (he made sure to pay attention to se7en though). After a while, her comebacks were less and less frequent. Her sales dropped and then she decided to leave YG in 2008 or 2009. She was on smtm but that show is a giant popularity contest so she didn't make that much of an impact. She had a comeback in 2012 but it didn't do that well and people quickly forgot about it. She got married in 2016 to a non celebrity and that was the last news I've heard of her.
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Owes it a try? You want to go to your shareholders and tell them that you want to finance an expensive project because you owe someone?
Are we just going to ignore the successes in the company too?
I mean it couldn't get any worse after the disaster that was Mixnine and the money he lost there. From what I have seen she hasn't really got her chance to be a solo artist. She has really only released around three songs as a solo artist plus a few collaborations. In the end again it seems mismanagement. Plus we see how he treats other artist such as Lee Hi who has had plenty of success but after years in between albums lost some steam.


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Weber, Paul Oran
Inducted: November 1, 1995
Paul Weber came from the mountains of his native West Virginia to apply common sense and staggering amounts of work to farming in Ontario, ultimately to the betterment of farmers in Kent County.
His story is not one of a young man who started farming on a long-established family farm. He started from scratch, and has achieved everything on his own, and with the help of an equally hard-working family. He did not own a farm until 1951.
In spite of other demands on his time, he became involved early in organizations to stabilize farm returns, and to improve community life.
Mr. Weber was born in West Virginia, the eldest of the eight surviving children of Daniel and Anna Weber. The family moved first to Detroit, then to the Bay City area, where they grew sugar beets, and Mr. Weber received a rudimentary education. In 1925, the family--indirectly through the Canada Land Company--moved to a farm on the Middle Road, Tilbury East Township, where they grew 100 acres of sugar beets in the heyday of the Ontario sugar industry.
After several years, the Webers moved to the Stevenson area near Renwick, where they continued to farm on a share-crop or rental basis. The Depression came, and Mr. Weber worked in the city at any job that he could get, combining it with farming. As the eldest in the family, Mr. Weber had the responsibility of helping his brothers and sisters, and his father, when he moved to the Oil Springs area.
In 1938, Mr. Weber married the former Evelyn Atkinson. That same year, the opportunity came to rent a farm on the Back Line, North Middle Road, Tilbury East Township. It was, according to one family member, a typical, self-sustained farm operation of that period, with "a team of horses, a couple of cows, a few chickens, and a lot of hard work!" One family tradition is that the farm income fell short of the $1,000 rent, but the owner of the land, aware of the Webers' hard work, carried them for another year.
Mr. Weber became involved in the campaign to organize tomato growers, to put them in a stronger bargaining position with processing companies. In this, he worked with leaders like Frank Parry and Charles Baker, both labouring for more stabilization in canning crop production.
Mr. Weber was also deeply involved in the recruitment of seasonal farm workers, forming good working relationships with native and French-Canadian workers who returned to his farm year after year.
Mr. Weber became active in the Kent County Vegetable Growers' Association, and the Chairman of that group. He was elected a Director of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' Marketing Board in 1967, and Chairman in 1969 and 1970. He served as a Director until 1971.
Mr. Weber was a member of the Kent Federation of Agriculture; and an active participant in meetings of Kent Wheat Producers and Kent Soya Bean Growers.
In his community, he worked hard as a Director and a Committee Member of the Merlin Agricultural Society; and in the building of the Merlin Agricultural Society Hall and Community Centre.
Mr. Weber was deeply interested in 4-H activities, and tried, unsuccessfully, to start a Kent 4-H Processing Vegetable Club. A natural musician, he has taken his accordion or harmonica to many community and family events.
Mr. Weber has three children: sons, Lee, now retired from the position of Essex County Agricultural Representative; and David, on the family farm, and in agri-business; and a daughter, Ruth Wylie, of Comber. There are 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. Weber died in Florida in 1987.
A neighbour said that Mr. Weber "could always be depended on for help, when help was needed." He could also be counted on for "good, sound advice, to organizations or individuals."


Why does this command have this output?
Specifically, why is "/usr/local/bin/python" listed twice?
The "/usr/local/bin" directory only occurs once in my PATH.
I've only noticed this happening for homebrew installed software thus far.
I'm not certain exactly which version of the which command I am using. But I think it comes from Apple.
which searches your PATH variable for instances of the program. With a -a option it lists all instances of the program's path. Your PATH variable has two instances of /usr/local/bin, that is why you see the program path listed twice.
Export PATH directly from command line in Yosemite--where is my PATH?


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Antibiotic Free: Animals were raised without the use of any antibiotics.
Animal Welfare Approved: Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) is a label that guarantees animals are raised outdoors on pasture or range for their entire lives on an independent farm using sustainable, high-welfare farming practices. It is the only label in the U.S. to require audited, high-welfare production, transport and slaughter practices.
Certified Biodynamic: The Demeter Biodynamic Farm Standard is a comprehensive organic farming method that requires the creation and management of a closed system minimally dependent on imported materials, and instead meets its needs from the living dynamics of the farm itself.
Certified Naturally Grown: Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) offers peer-review certification to farmers, ranchers and beekeepers producing food for their local communities by working in harmony with nature, without relying on synthetic chemicals or GMOs.
Certified Organic: Farms, Ranches and Processors that have been inspected and certified by a third party agency to the USDA's National Organic Program Standards. Overall, organic operations must demonstrate that they are protecting natural resources, conserving biodiversity, and using only approved substances.
Conventional: Often used as an antonym for organic farming, this term describes many types of farming styles that are not certified organic.
Corn Free: Animals do not receive corn in their feed or supplements.
CSA: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a food production and distribution system that directly connects farmers and consumers. In short: people buy "shares" of a farm's harvest in advance and then receive a portion of the crops as they're harvested.
Free range: Raised with free access to outdoor areas with vegetation to forage, in contrast to common practices in industrial agriculture, where animals are often raised in confined and/or overcrowded spaces.
Corn Finished: Animals, usually cattle, who are fed corn before slaughter. Some producers raise their animals on pasture but then feed them grain for a certain amount of time before slaughter. Grain can make the meat fattier and creates the taste most people are currently accustomed to.
Grass Fed: Animal's needs are met by grass and forage, they are not fed grain. Animals are moved through numerous paddocks, spreading manure in a biologically sound manner.
Heritage: Breeds carefully selected and bred over time to develop traits that made them well-adapted to the local environment and they thrived under farming practices and cultural conditions that are very different from those found in modern agriculture. Traditional, historic breeds retain essential attributes for survival and self-sufficiency – fertility, foraging ability, longevity, maternal instincts, ability to mate naturally, and resistance to diseases and parasites.
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Hormone Free: Hormones are used to increase the rate of weight gain, increase the rate at which animals convert feed into muscle and fat and for reproductive purposes. Hormone free animals are not administered any added hormones.
IPM: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an approach to pest management that relies on current comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. IPM focuses on long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques such as biological control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of resistant varieties. In IPM, using pesticides may be an option.
Non- GMO: GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, and refers to plants, animals or other organisms whose genetic material has been changed in ways that do not occur naturally. A Non-GMO claim on food suggests that all ingredients were derived from plants, animals or other organisms whose genetic material has not been artificially altered in a laboratory. In the case of meat, this claim usually means the animals were not fed GMO crops and feed supplements.
Pasture Raised: A 'Pasture Raised' claim on meat, poultry, dairy or eggs means that the animals were raised for at least some portion of their lives on pasture or with access to pasture, not continually confined indoors.
Soy Free: Animals do not receive soy in their feed or supplements.
Sustainable: A holistic method of agriculture production and distribution that strives to be ecologically sound, economically viable and socially just- a system capable of maintaining productivity indefinitely.
Transitional Organic: Referring to a production system which follows organic management practices, but has not yet fulfilled time requirements to be certified organic. Land must be free from prohibited materials for a minimum of three years to be eligible for certification.
Value Added Products: A change in the physical state or form of the product (such as milling wheat into flour or making strawberries into jam). The production adds more value to the product. Examples: Apples made into apple cider, cabbage made into sauerkraut, fresh herbs made into a dried tea blend.


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Mumbai, May 26, 2017: Dun & Bradstreet, the world's leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insights, in association with SAP, successfully held "Dun & Bradstreet India- People Leaders' Summit, 2017" today at Hotel Four Seasons, Worli, Mumbai. The Summit was attended byesteemed mid and senior level HR Professionals and corporate leaders from Indian as well as multinational corporates. The Summit sought to draw insights and share views of HR professionals on "Building a Culture to win".
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Manish Sinha, Managing Director, Dun & Bradstreet, India said "Headline for me is that culture from the point of view of what the organization is about and translating into the way employees behave when no one is watching. It means to be a very clear visible path and very visible link is what makes it worth."
"Diversity is key to today's culture. CEO's and leaders lead by example. Employees look at what you do rather than what you say." Mr. Sinha further added
Elaborating on building the right organization culture, Mr. Pushan Mahapatra, Managing Director, SBI General Insurance Company Ltd. said "Strong core values that motivates your employees to embody ethical business practices along with a high performance environment is the basic foundation of building a winning culture in any organisation. Winning cultures foster an environment that is conducive to generating the best possible results not just for the Company's employees but reaches out to its external stakeholders as well."
Ms. Ameera Shah, Managing Director & CEO, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. said "Every company or institution is built on certain values and principles. At Metropolis, our values are Integrity, Empathy and Accuracy. As a leader, it is imperative that one translates these 'aspirational' values into actions that are ingrained within and actually practiced by every employee. While nurturing Metropolis into the brand it is today, I've experienced first hand how inculcating core values early on, and practising them oneself during day-to-day tasks, makes a positive difference to the organisation at every growth stage."
The Summit concluded with the panel discussion. The eminent panel comprised of Mr. Ashwani Dahiya, Global Chief Talent Officer & Head HR (Corporate), Cipla Ltd.; Mr. Sharad Gangal, Executive Vice President HR, Admin, IR and Member of Executive Council, Thermax India Limited; Ms. Bhavna Kumar, Director – HR, Deutsche Bank;; Ms. Pratima Salunkhe, Head – Human Resources, Raychem RPG Pvt. Ltd. and Head Diversity & Inclusion, RPG Group and Mr. Bijender Vats, Director - Human Resources, MSD India.
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Names of 43 more men and women charged with drink-driving in Northamptonshire over Christmas and New Year
Public consultation launched to collate views on level of council tax increase for police and fire services in Northamptonshire
The commissioner for police, fire and crime wants to work out the balance between what people want to see, like more officers, and how much they are willing to pay
Wednesday, 22nd December 2021, 11:36 am
A public consultation has been launched to seek views on the level of next year's council tax increase to pay for police and fire services in Northamptonshire.
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC), Stephen Mold, has recently set a new police, fire and crime plan for the county, following a public consultation that overwhelmingly supported visible and effective response from the two emergency services.
Council tax over the last five years has contributed to increasing the number of officers on the streets.
Stephen Mold.
Next year's council tax will continue with that as the Government's financial settlement, published last week, recommends commissioners to increase council tax for police by £10 a year.
The settlement also gave the commissioner the chance to ask for an additional £5 a year increase for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, because it is one of the lowest-funded in the country.
However, according to the commissioner, the £10 increase for police is less than the rate of inflation.
He has also raised concerns about whether the increase would be enough to continue stabilising, improving and making the service more effective, especially as the county has the highest population it has ever had.
Thus, the commissioner is now asking the public how much they would be willing to pay in council tax to see the improvements they have asked for.
Mr Mold said: "The organisations have made good progress.
"We're on our way to getting 1,500 police officers onto the streets, but the county has the highest population it has ever had.
"So it's about balancing the things that people are asking for and how much they are willing to pay for them.
"It's not about something they will lose (if they don't pay extra), it's about falling behind or not getting things they want.
"The harsh reality is that people want to see more officers, and people are starting to see a difference with more officers, we have to move towards that £10.
"All of this is about making the services more efficient for the longer term.
"People have made their priorities clear, I now want to know what they think about the precept increase that would allow these priorities to be met."
Both police and fire services in Northamptonshire do receive Government funding, however there is still a large amount of each service's annual budget to be made up.
According to the commissioner, the funding covers 55 percent of the budget for police and for fire it is 70 to 75 percent.
The rest of the money comes from council tax in the county.
The commissioner says 18 percent of each household's council tax bill goes to the police and fire service, with 14 percent set aside for police and four percent for fire.
The consultation can be found on the crime commissioner's website until January 16, 2022.
Responses will be considered by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner in deciding the level of council tax precept.
The commissioner's recommendation will be considered by the Police, Fire and Crime Panel on February 3, 2022 at a meeting held in public.
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By Ephraim Inbar, a professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University and director of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies.
Bowing to misguided international pressure, particularly from the West, the government lifted nearly three years of restrictions on civilian goods allowed into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The restrictions had been imposed in reaction to the repeated launching of missiles into the Negev. This decision hardly makes any strategic sense because it helps Hamas, an ally of revolutionary Islamist Iran. Both are anti-Western forces focused on destroying the Jewish state.
The easing of the blockade reflects the success of a Hamas propaganda campaign to depict the situation in Gaza as a humanitarian disaster.
While Gaza is not prospering, the standard of living there is generally higher than in Egypt – a little-noticed fact. The ability of this Goebbels-type propaganda to entrench a tremendous lie in the consciousness of the international community testifies to the continued vulnerability of naive Westerners to sophisticated psychological warfare, and to the complicity of much of the Western press in this enterprise.
The step taken by the government also significantly helps Hamas strengthen its grip on Gazans, as it controls the distribution of any goods entering its territory. Moreover, even if Hamas allows for a general improvement in the daily lives of all Gazans, this reduces the incentive for regime change, which should be part of the Western goal. Strengthening this radical theological regime in the eastern Mediterranean defies Western rational thinking.
The entrenchment of Hamas rule in Gaza amplifies the schism in Palestinian society and strengthens Hamas's influence in the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority. It is also a slap in the face of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, who demanded the blockade's continuation. Hamas's achievement here further undermines whatever ability – albeit a very limited one – the Palestinian national movement had to move toward compromise with the Jewish state.
The international pressure that led to the decision also indicates a gross misunderstanding of Israel's predicament and its legitimate right of self-defense. Israel totally disengaged from Gaza in 2005, hoping that the Gazans would focus their energy on state-building and achieving prosperity.
Gazans could have decided to try to become a Hong Kong or a Singapore.
Yet Hamas turned Gaza into a political entity engaged in waging war on the Jewish state by launching thousands of missiles with the specific intention of harming civilians.
Ironically, Hamas demands that Israel allow a supply of goods into the Strip.
It is legally and morally outrageous to claim Israel is responsible for the Gazans, who are no longer under occupation and who have supported the rule of Hamas in great numbers.
After the 2005 withdrawal, Israel's responsibilities – stemming from previously being an occupying power – ended.
Since Gaza is an enemy country territory it does not deserve any special treatment from Israel beyond its legitimate steps taken in pursuit of selfdefense.
Israel, like any other sovereign state, has every right to close its border with a belligerent neighbor.
Moreover, it has no obligation to provide water, electricity, fuel or access to food and/or medical supplies to its enemies. Why on earth should it aid those that want to eradicate it? The bewildering and hypocritical international response to Israel's attempts to prevent war material from reaching Gaza, as manifested in the criticism surrounding the Gaza flotilla incident, should be of great concern to Jerusalem. Again, we see the successful application of propaganda whose objective is to deny Israel its legitimate right of selfdefense.
This campaign is part of a larger plan designed to neutralize the superior capacity of the West, and Israel in particular.
Instead of easing the blockade, the government should have announced its intention to exercise its sovereign right to close the border with Gaza and halt the transfer of any goods to its enemy within several months.
Israel must make clear to the world that it refuses to accept responsibility for the welfare of Gazan residents, particularly since they are employing violence against the Jewish state.
The period leading up to the actual border closure should be used to establish alternative routes of supply via Egypt, which also borders Gaza.
Egypt is unlikely to welcome such a development because it prefers to keep the Gaza hot potato in Israel's lap. However, the Egyptians are much more adept at dealing with the Gazans, whom they ruled in the past.
The Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere are not only Israel's problem, but constitute a regional headache.


I assume "microcore" is the base core OS however I have installed Core (no GUI version) on a virtual machine, but looks like everytime I reboot or do something, not sure what yet, everything vanishes. Looks like every single think I do shows up as some kind of device. So after installing say a compiler and type "df" there are loads of devices with the names of all the installed packages. Is there any way to make all of Core persistent?
Make sure you have tiny core installed on the drive, tiny core loads every thing in the RAM.
Do filetool.sh -bv to backup the system before you reboot.
create a tce directory (/tce/optional) on the virtual drive to install extensions which are loop mounted on next boot.
"Micro Core" is now just "Core".
If installed to hard disk, Core will not copy everything to RAM by default. Instead, extensions (installed applications) are loop mounted. That's what you see with df .
Yes, you can make your customizations persistent.
However, your home directory and the root file system is in RAM by default, so each file you want to preserve needs to be explicitly specified in /opt/.filetool.lst and the backup command needs to be used before rebooting.
Thanks. Wow manually backing up to. Missed that part. Guess this OS isn't meant for frequent changes huh? Which technically is part of my goal anyway once done.
Just typing backup. Does that backup the whole drive or just what's still in the filelist?
Only entries from /opt/.filetool.lst are included in the backup file (/etc/sysconfig/tcedir/mydata.tgz).
It's automatic when using the GUI, but on the command-line it's assumed people know what they're doing.


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Development of official language minority communities and promotion of English and French in Canadian society (Section 41, Part VII of the Official Languages Act)
2.	What key initiatives does your institution want to highlight in relation to the promotion of English and French in Canadian society? What are the tangible results of these initiatives in Canadian society? What is the determining success factor for these initiatives?
Linguistic Duality Day 2013
On September 12, 2013, the Department of Justice marked Linguistic Duality Day 2013 by organizing several activities, both in the National Capital Region and in regional offices across the country. Working under the departmental theme of new communication technologies, Department employees were invited to use the bilingual hashtag #ollo2013 on Twitter to take part in live discussion on official languages and in the day's activities.
At a gathering in the Atrium of the East Memorial Building, Department employees listened to remarks by the Official Languages Champion and Co-Champion, as well as a presentation by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages on the use of social media within federal institutions.
Regional offices also contributed to the promotion of linguistic duality by organizing various cultural and educational activities and games, including a sampling of Quebec dishes, presentations by employees on their life experience within official language minority communities, cultural exchanges, and various interactive games.
For their part, employees from the Ontario region, came together on Linguistic Duality Day by organizing a local activity called Café Dualité. This gathering encouraged employees to celebrate the Day with Francophone music, presentations and speeches. Held in Toronto, this activity was a great success and was attended byover 75 participants. Speakers from the Centre Francophone de Toronto and from Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ParaPan Am were on hand to discuss the great number of cultural events and volunteering opportunities that allow Canadians to practice and improve their skills in their second language throughout the year.
The success of Linguistic Duality Day 2013 is largely due to the considerable and enthusiastic support of the regions: some three-quarters of the 250 employees and community guests who participated in the celebrations were from the regions. In addition to being emblematic of the commitment of Department employees in all regions, both unilingual and bilingual, it also shows that linguistic duality is at the heart of our departmental values. With the added benefit of the use of social media, the Department was able to promote the importance of linguistic duality within Canadian society.
25th anniversary celebration of the Official Languages Act of 1988
On January 9, 2014, the Department of Justice held a special celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the current Official Languages Act (OLA) of 1988. One of the main figures involved in the drafting of the OLA, Warren J. Newman, Senior General Counsel in the Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section, agreed to offer his reflections on the main events that led to the adoption of this legislation. By way of an informal fireside discussion facilitated by Michel Francoeur, General Counsel and Director of the Official Languages Directorate, Mr. Newman summed up the great debates of the time and his personal involvement as a jurist assigned to the file. This event took place before an audience gathered at the Atrium of the East Memorial Building in Ottawa and was streamed live in all regions via videoconference.
This interview helped heighten the audience's understanding of linguistic duality, which applies to all federal institutions as defined in section 3 of the OLA. As Mr. Newman so eloquently conveyed, the OLA remains a source of inspiration for countless people both in the public sector and society in general. Linguistic duality is an essential element of what it means to live in a country where the central government has two official languages.
To close the ceremony, the Associate Deputy Minister and Official Languages Champion, Pierre Legault, presented Mr. Newman with a plaque to commemorate his role in the development and adoption of the OLA.
An article capturing the highlights of the interview and of the 25th anniversary celebration was published in the Justice in Official Languages electronic newsletter. This newsletter, which will henceforth be available in electronic version only on the Justice website, is published three times a year and distributed to over 680 subscribers. It presents various issues related to access to justice in both official languages and highlights inspiring practices that drive progress in this area.
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The Department of Justice, as part of the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund of the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018: Education, Immigration, Communities, has been providing financial support for several years to four jurilinguistic centres in order to increase the court system's capacity to offer services in French and English. The funding is used, among other things, for the production of lexicons, including the standardization of common law terminology in French. It also helps to improve access to justice in English in Quebec via the production of language and legal tools designed specifically for Anglophone jurists in this province.
Cumulative funding totalling $860,437 for the year 2013-2014 was provided to the four centres, which include: the Centre de traduction et de terminologie juridiques de Moncton; the Centre for legal translation and documentation of the University of Ottawa; the Division de l'éducation permanente et service de perfectionnement linguistique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface; and, McGill University's Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law.
The development of jurilinguistic tools allows professors to publish research and doctrine in French and in English, lawyers to defend the interests of their clients with the appropriate terminology, and legislative services at various government levels to use proper terminology when drafting laws and regulations. The four centres also collaborate within the Network of Jurilinguistic Centres in order to coordinate their efforts for the advancement of jurilinguistics in both official languages.
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Jimmy John's One of 3 Brands Sold This Week
Industry News September 9, 2016
Wetzel's Pretzels
Wetzel's Pretzels was acquired by private equity group CenterOak Partners.
Roark Capital acquired a majority stake in sandwich concept Jimmy John's, adding to the firm's list of investments that includes Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon, and Schlotzsky's.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and there will not be any changes in management, according to a Jimmy John's statement.
Restaurant founder Jimmy John Liautaud, who will remain the company's chairman and the single largest individual shareholder, says in the statement that he spent two years "getting to know the Roark team."
"They are best-in-class people that have the knowledge and expertise that will help us take this brand to the next level," he adds.
Upon completion of the Jimmy John's sale, Roark will have acquired 56 multi-unit restaurant brands that generate an estimated $23 billion in annual system revenues. Roark's past investments have included CKE, Arby's, and Moe's Southwest Grill.
Jimmy John's has 2,500 locations and $2 billion in system-wide sales.
"Jimmy has built an amazing business with unlimited potential," says Neal Aronson, managing partner of Roark, in a statement. "It's a testament to his vision, commitment to quality, and the team's outstanding execution. We are thrilled to be a part of this iconic brand and look forward to supporting its continued growth."
Jimmy John's wasn't the only restaurant brand to be acquired this week, with both pizza buffet concept Cicis and Wetzel's Pretzels selling to investment firms.
Food and agriculture investment company Arlon Group acquired Cicis, which CEO Darin Harris says will "solidify and enhance" the company's growth plan.
Cicis plans to add 70 new restaurants through 2017, and reported 13 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth across its more than 440 locations.
"I think with their knowledge and experience all the way from seed to table, it provides a lot of strategic benefit in being a financial partner," Harris says, adding that Arlon Group's knowledge of supply chain and distribution aspects will also be beneficial to Cicis and its future growth.
Arlon Group, which also owns quick-service restaurant franchisee K-Mac Holdings, will also benefit Cicis through its shared franchise knowledge, Harris adds.
"The company's dedicated, high-caliber management team has set the company on a path that is generating consistent, positive results," Arlon managing principal Ben Fishman adds via a statement.
Cicis will retain its senior management team following the acquisition and Harris will remain CEO.
Wetzel's Pretzels, which experienced a 6.7 percent same-store sales increase over the past year, was acquired by private equity group CenterOak Partners.
Wetzel's CEO, Bill Phelps, will remain in his current role, with co-founder Rick Wetzel retaining a seat on the company's board of directors.
Wetzel's operates more than 300 company owned and franchised locations in 28 states and six countries, and estimated system-wide sales of $165 million.
"From rolling the first Wetzel's Pretzel in our kitchens more than 23 years ago, our vision of serving fresh, delicious pretzels in a fun atmosphere has remained the same," Phelps says in a statement. "We're thrilled to have found a business partner in CenterOak Partners that believes in that vision, and understands our top priority is the profitability of our franchise partners."
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2019 NDIA Washington, D.C. Chapter Scholarship Program
By NDIA Washington Chapter
Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 6:30 PM – Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT
NDIA Washington D.C. Chapter
2019 ROTC Scholarship Awards Campaign
The Washington, D.C. Chapter is kicking off our annual ROTC Scholarship fundraising campaign for 2019, and we need your, and your company's, continued financial support. The recruitment and retention of quality individuals to serve in our Armed Forces continues to be of paramount importance, especially in light of the momentous changes our Armed Services will be facing. Our Nation is blessed with patriotic young Americans that continue to join our volunteer military, and our chapter is honored to enable the best and brightest with contributions supporting their career choice. We hope that your continued support of local ROTC Cadets and Midshipmen will play a part in demonstrating to them how much we appreciate what they are preparing to do for our Nation.
Our merit-based scholarships are designated for "high potential" ROTC Cadets and Midshipmen in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Last year we were fortunate to receive generous personal and corporate contributions from our Board of Directors, as well as individual chapter members and non-chapter members. This year we will commit scholarships based on what we have collected. In past years our target has been $35,000. The number of individuals will be dependent on what we receive. In the past our target has been seven individuals will be awarded $3,000 and seven individuals will be awarded $2,000.
Your contributions – both personal and corporate – are fully tax-deductible by law (NDIA's tax ID is 53-0196547). You can make your check(s) payable to NDIA Washington, D.C. Chapter Scholarship Fund and mail to:
Cheryl Luczko
1831 Wainwright Drive
We are recognizing all contributions received from individuals and companies at each monthly board meeting and our quarterly luncheons, including our awards luncheon in the fall. Approximately 220 senior Department of Defense executives, government officials from the Executive and Legislative branches, and industry executives attend these luncheons. We want to make sure you and your company are properly recognized for supporting this important initiative. Please don't hesitate to contact me at any time if you have questions about this program. I can be reached at 703-841-5717 or by email at robneal@raytheon.com.
Tom Auld and, Alex D'Agostino,
ROTC Scholarship Program Co-Chairs
Current Contributors (list will be updated weekly)
2019 Contributors Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation Allen, Edward Baugh, Bill Benson, Amy Besson Consulting, LLC Collins Aerospace Crow, Lynwood Bill Davidson Associates, LLC Drake, Linda Felix Associates, LLC GE Aviation General Dynamics Mission Systems Haaland, Mark Hansen, Kip L. Hoerster, Frank Huisenga, David & Jenny Huntington Ingalls Industries, Protection & Intelligence Business Unit Leonardo DRS McAleese & Associates, P.C. Metsala, James C. Milburn, Richard A. Oscar, Dr. Kenneth Perspecta Pratt & Whitney Salunga, Andrew Steinke, Sue The Aerospace Corporation The Donnan Group Ullrich, George
If you have questions, please contact:
Cheryl Luczko at 703-904-9599 or cluczko@verizon.net
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We last visited Garagistes in Hobart for a special New Year's Eve meal as 2011 was turning to 2012. It was a pleasure to return, reminding us of the wonderful meal we had there, and to see that the restaurant is still going strong. We arrived early as there are no reservations, and by 6pm, the restaurant was filled up (and remained so, though there didn't seem to be line-ups, people would simply show up and replace those that had left). I remembered Katrina, one of the owners, managing the floor with her quiet efficiency, and she in turn remembered exactly where we were sitting on our last visit.
The choice was between a 3 course and 5 course menu, both with matching sake. Of course we opted for the latter ($85 without sake, $125 with) but started with a yeasty bubbly glass of French sparkling wine from Bourgogne. The wine list here is amazing and extensive, focusing on unusual wines and tastes and small producers. If we lived in Hobart, we'd come back to drink more! To being, they presented us with a lovely amuse-bouche, a house-cured meat of some sort, and something creamy on a pickled onion. Hmm, am going to have get more literate to describe the rest of the meal. Baby radishes too!
I couldn't resist taking photos of each course… though I really need to get that new iPhone for better quality shots. Along with the food menu, we were supplied with tasting notes for the sake describing the region, sake maker and sometimes the street where the brewery was located on (!) with a briefing on the flavours, some dry, some salty, the ones with mushroom flavours, the one with a note of toasted seaweed. Each of the sakes were beautiful, and different from each other, and made an interesting complement to the food. For example the first sake, Kirei Shuzo 'Mannen', a 2012 Junmai (Daiginjo Nama Genshu) was dry and minerally but full of flavour, matching with the very quiet first course, a cacioricotta of ewe's milk, kohlrabi, broad beans and a bright green oil of lovage. It was clean and fresh, like a walk in a forest with freshly fallen snow: a soft cool-white texture underneath a cool crunch of shaved kohlrabi.
The second course, served with Miwasakura Shuzo 'Miwasakura', a 2012 Junmai (Yamahai Nama Genshu), was sea succulents and dried sea lettuce with a blackcurrant leaf sauce, a green seaweedy mix that without the main focus of the dish, the steamed venerupis clams, tasted sea-green with an ocean pop of sea succulents. But the chewy burst of flavour of the clams, the shellfish juices mixing with the sauce, brought it all together.
I think the smoked eel, raw trevally, confit duck egg yolk and elderflower bouillon was the prettiest of the dishes (all of them served on lovely grey stoneware provided a neutral, earthy canvas for the food). Served with Mioya Shuzo 'Yuho Yamaoroshi', a 2012 Junmai (Kimoto Muroka Nama Genshu), this course was delicate and light.
Ah, I remembered the next course from our new year's meal, or at least the meat. Beef from Robbins Island, a windswept corner of Tasmania that supplies Japan with some of its finest Wagyu beef. With tiny bright sour bursts of umeboshi and fermented cabbage (my taste buds confused perhaps, it tasted really smoky rather than sour), we were serve two strips of perfect 'flat iron steak cooked over coals'. Amazing meat and texture. Served with Okamura Honke 'Choju Kinkame Cha 70', a 2010 Junmai (Muroka Nama Genshu) which had much less savoury and mineral notes than the previous sake (fruit/berry tones I seem to recall), this dish was a highlight.
And to finish, a wonderful dessert in a generous portion. The accompanying sake, Mukai Shuzo 'Ine Mankai' was a 2013 Junmai (Genshu) of red rice, a pink colour and made by a female sake maker. I'm wondering if this is the same one we had at Momofuku Seibo a while ago, as female sake makers of red rice sweet sake don't seem so common. The dessert was a strawberry and beetroot gelato with poached rhubarb milk mousse and 'marco polo croquant', perfect slivers of dried rhubarb to add crunch to the milk cloud and berry (not that sweet or overpowering) base. The dessert was a great combination of texture and flavours neither heavy nor too light. You felt like you were definitely getting dessert, but not pushed into having eaten too much! My better half said this was his first, second and third favourite dish of the night!
Off-centre and out of focus, I think I had enough to drink now.
I loved the meal. Local produce and flavour, saltiness and smokiness, attention to and a range of texture, and a melding of mostly modern Australian with hints of Asia (or with the sake, glasses of Asia!). My better half was a touch disappointed compared to the last time, but that WAS a very special meal.
We had a nightcap (well, barely night, we go to bed early these days) at Sidecar, Garagistes' sister bar. A charming little place that serves a range of food along with wine and drinks, the two cheery staff members handling all the tasks (food prep, drink serving, washing the dishes as they went), we couldn't resist splitting a flan to go with our sweet dessert wines (and an Italian one that tasted of sweet cherries and almonds and the gorgeous Pedro Ximinez figgy one (1985) that you can stock up from Dan Murphy's). The flan came with a sprinkling of fennel croquante (sugary, crunchy) and was a perfect end to the evening.
Wherever you live in Australia (or from overseas and making an Australian tour), I recommend a spectacular little mini-break to Hobart: a meal at Garagistes and a visit to MONA makes for a wonderful pair of experiences.
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Edinburgh Science Festival Launches Online Programme
The Edinburgh Science Festival will be launching its online offering this Saturday at 10am, followin
Edinburgh Science Festival Gets Down to Earth
The Edinburgh Science Festival returns in a month with around 250 family and adult events at 34 venu
Edinburgh Science Festival
Founded in 1988, the Edinburgh Science Festival brings together a programme of around 270 educational and interactive activities for the wee ones, and events and talks for adults in around 30 venues across town.
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 Looks For New Stories
The 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival launched the "most international programme in its history" today, with authors from over 60 countries coming
Science Festival: Ice Man in a Warming World
When looking for signs of global warming, the melting of the world's glaciers and ice sheets is often cited as the one of most glaring indicators.
Science Festival Director Amanda Tyndall Tackles Climate Change
In the sphere of climate change, 19th century Irish physicist John Tyndall (1820-1893) is a giant.
Science Festival: Oceans in Crisis, A Public Debate
We all rely on the seas for their abundant food, mineral and energy resources and yet more than 90% of the deep oceans remain totally unexplored.
Edinburgh Science Director: It's Not Technology Standing in the Way of Saving Planet Earth
One of the events around climate change at the Edinburgh Science Festival (6-21 April) takes as its starting point the rallying cry "12 Years to Save the Planet".
Science Festival: How Many Is Too Many?
Malthus was right. There is not enough planet to sustain the growing human population, particularly given our species' profligate use of land and resources.
Shipwrecked Concepts and Washed-up Things: Some Lessons the Sea Can Teach Us About the Earth
Professor Tim Ingold will draw on the work of Robert Callender to reflect on the state of play in the constant battle between the concept-driven attempts of earthbound humans to impose some order on t
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Apple sold a record 74.5 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2014 thanks in large part to the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. If you're not an Apple user, you might be asking what all the fuss is about. Now's the time to find out. That's because Apple is giving a big incentive to non-Apple users to try and convince them to switch their allegiances.
Since 2013, iPhone users have been able to recycle their old phones through Apple to earn Apple gift cards that can be used toward the purchase of new gadgets. Now, Apple has opened up that program up to all smartphone users.
That's right, you can now recycle old smartphones from other manufacturers and receive a gift card toward your next Apple purchase. Just one exception, the gift cards cannot be used toward the purchase of an Apple Watch.
Next page: Find out how to recycle your smartphone with Apple.


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This flute is made of mahogany wood by Indigenous flute maker Avenamar Amanru Altez. This flute is professional handmade out of mahogany flute and tuned in Key of (G ). Now only a few flute makers make this types of flutes. eBay!
It is also the case that I prefer the clearer, brighter sound of a hardwood Native American flute. If you wish to learn more about the woods I use to make Love flutes go to the wood section of this website.


Do the products from the HYLO® EYE CARE range have side effects? Only in extremely rare cases do side effects such as allergic reactions occur. You can find out more about this topic in the patient information leaflet.
All eye drops from the HYLO® EYE CARE range have very good tolerability. Side effects are extremely seldom. Always read the patient information leaflet, however, and take advice from your doctor or pharmacist.
All eye drops in the HYLO® EYE CARE family are preservative-free. That is why they have good tolerability and why side effects are rare – even for long-term use.
Compared to many other eye drops, HYLO® EYE CARE products are phosphate-free. There is a good reason for this: frequent use of eye drops containing phosphates on a damaged cornea can cause permanent, irreversible depositions of crystals in the cornea. These can severely impair vision. All products in the HYLO® EYE CARE family therefore rely on phosphate-free preparations.
If there is intolerance to one of the ingredients in HYLO® EYE CARE products, the drops should not be used. Moreover, hypersensitivity reactions like burning or watery eyes have very rarely been observed following the administration of HYLO® EYE CARE eye drops. However, where hypersensitivity reactions did occur, they faded away rapidly after discontinuing with the drops.
If you take eye drops as a medication and in addition would like to use a products from the HYLO® EYE CARE family, you should take note of the following: first of all, administer the medication and wait for at least half an hour. Following that, you can then use the products from the HYLO® EYE CARE family.
If you want to use a HYLO® EYE CARE products with an eye ointment, you should first apply the eye drops and afterwards use the eye ointment.
HYLO DUAL® can be used for children aged six years and above. As no data is available regarding use during pregnancy or breastfeeding, you should consult your doctor or pharmacist for advice before use.
According to the latest findings, all other eye drops from the HYLO® EYE CARE range can also be used on young children and by pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.
All eye drops in the HYLO® EYE CARE family can be used in conjunction with contact lenses. When using HYLO® GEL, a temporary smeary film may form on the contact lenses. In order to avoid interactions with contact lens care solutions, you should only use all eye drops from the HYLO® EYE CARE range 30 minutes after inserting the contact lenses.
The eye ointments VitA POS® and PARIN POS® are generally very well tolerated; side effects are rare. Nevertheless, always read the patient information leaflet and take advice from your doctor or pharmacist. If there are intolerances to one of the ingredients, you should not use the eye ointment.
Eye ointments VitA POS® and PARIN POS® both have an oily consistency. Because of that, there can be a slight impairment of vision after application. Therefore, both ointments should ideally be used before going to sleep.
If you wish to use the ointments during the day, you should not drive, operate machinery or undertake any other potentially dangerous activity because of impairment of vision.
Eye ointments should not be used together with contact lenses.
The eye ointments PARIN POS® and VitA POS® may not be used simultaneously with eye medication. If you use eye medication, you should wait at least half an hour before using the eye ointments PARIN POS® and VitA POS®.
Based on current knowledge, VitA POS® can also be used on children and by pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. You should consult your doctor or pharmacist for advice on using PARIN POS® during pregnancy and when breastfeeding as well as on children.


Art Direction/DesignIn 2015 we made an entirely new NBA FINALS animation package and this came with a whole new set of insert graphics. We went through MANY versions and here are some images to showcase the look and how it evolved. The original concept was to go with gold knockout logos for all teams but in testing this we realized that over live action it wasn't impactful enough to register immediately. We reverted back to color from there. I designed the original versions and Jeremy Simches took the reigns and fleshed out the entire suite. Thomas Maloney provided all of the animation in after effects to establish the motion theory. This was then recreated in the VizRT, to match his motion. The reason for the duplicate effort was to make sure we nailed the motion in an application that was built for motion, to ensure it was best and to set the standard.


Hailing from Brighton in the UK, David Harks creates lush elegant electronic-pop music – music that left quite the impression throughout 2014.
Rounding off on a stellar year of beautiful, blissful and uplifting singles, Harks has released his debut EP. Entitled Lomo, it's a collection of singles, the 4th being 'Odyssey', the fourth and final single to complete the EP. Effortlessly cool, 'Odyssey' has all that sparkle set his music apart this year. An intricately crafted slow burner with a driving groove at its core, harnessing some delicate, subtle synth work, which rises, swells and flourishes, to reveal Harks vocals at their most soulful and tender. A suitably stunning conclusion to his four part series of singles and 2014 in general, which has been ever so fruitful. David Harks is a unique and extremely exciting talent, who is definitely worth some of your time and one to keep tabs on in future.
You can take a listen to 'Odyssey' below & make sure to check out the whole EP here.


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Grant Announcements
Emergency Grants to Address Mental and Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19
Grants Oversight
Grant Awards Archive
Short Title: Emergency COVID-19
Initial Announcement Back to the Grants Dashboard
*Note: SAMHSA has shortened the application timeline due to the acute need in many areas for immediate funding. If SAMHSA does not receive applications for the full funding amount available within this timeframe, the application period will be extended. Each entity will only receive one award from this announcement. Funds will be distributed on a rolling basis.
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
NOFO Number: FG-20-006
Posted on Grants.gov: Wednesday, April 01, 2020
Application Due Date: Friday, April 10, 2020
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.665
Intergovernmental Review (E.O. 12372):
Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS) / Single State Agency Coordination:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2020 Emergency Grants to Address Mental and Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19 (Short Title: Emergency COVID-19). SAMHSA recognizes there are currently 57.8 million Americans living with mental and/or substance use disorders (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2018). The current national crisis of COVID-19 will certainly contribute to growth in these numbers. Americans across the country will struggle with increases in depression, anxiety, trauma, and grief. There is also anticipated increase in substance misuse as lives are impacted for individuals and families. The purpose of this program is to provide crisis intervention services, mental and substance use disorder treatment, and other related recovery supports for children and adults impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding will be provided for states, territories, and tribes to develop comprehensive systems to address these needs. The purpose of this program is specifically to address the needs of individuals with serious mental illness, individuals with substance use disorders, and/or individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Additionally, the program will also focus on meeting the needs of individuals with mental disorders that are less severe than serious mental illness, including those in the healthcare profession.
State governments, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, tribal organizations, Urban Indian Organizations, and consortia of tribes or tribal organizations.
See Section III-1 for full eligibility requirements.
Funding Mechanism: Grant
Anticipated Total Available Funding: $110,000,000
Anticipated Number of Awards: 60
Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $2 million per State/Up to $500,000 per Territories and Tribes
Length of Project: 16 months
Cost Sharing/Match Required?: No
Proposed budgets cannot exceed $2 million for states and $500,000 for territories and tribes in total costs (direct and indirect) for the proposed project.
Program Issues
Beverly Vayhinger
Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management
beverly.vayhinger@samhsa.hhs.gov
Grants Management and Budget Issues
FOA Document (PDF | 1020.5 KB)
FOA Document (DOC | 176.33 KB)
Useful Information for Applicants
Application Forms and Resources
Applying for a New SAMHSA Grant
Search Grants.gov and Apply Now
Source: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/fg-20-006


The F-35 Academic Training Center at Luke AFB, Ariz., has completed the first undergraduate curriculum to train F-35 pilots. The program will allow the Air Force for the first time to train F-35 pilots who have no previous fighter experience. Teams at Luke have spent the past few years developing the curriculum, which is already being put to use training the first group of pilots, who began the program on Dec. 5. To complete the entire course takes more than seven months and combines academic study with simulator experience and actual flying. The six pilots in the initial undergraduate class have trained on the T-38 Talon and the T-6 Texan II. Training squadron leadership said producing F-35 pilots who don't need to relearn habits from their experience with previous aircraft is a key step in the development of a strong F-35 pilot community.