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In Nancy We Trust?
Joseph Mangano May 16, 2019
Nancy Pelosi has earned her reputation as a shrewd deal-maker and certainly outclasses President Donald Trump. Her strategic approach is not above criticism, though, notably as it concerns the denigration of progressive policy goals. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
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For Pelosi, the name of the game is connecting with undecided voters and on maintaining, if not further cementing, the Democratic Party's control of the House.
A disciplined leader. A woman focused on specific policies that affect people's lives. Someone who gets results. These are among Will Saletan's characterizations of Nancy Pelosi as expressed in a largely laudatory recent piece written about her for Slate.
Before we get to the meat of Saletan's article, titled simply "Trust Pelosi," there's the matter of a profile of Speaker Pelosi by Glenn Thrush that appeared earlier this month in The New York Times, of which Saletan's essay serves primarily as a reaction piece. Thrush shines a spotlight on Pelosi's stewardship of the Democratic Party, particularly as it intersects with notions of impeachment and taking back the White House in 2020.
As Pelosi would have it, impeachment is not the way to remove Donald Trump from the Oval Office. It's beating him in the upcoming presidential election—soundly. Otherwise, Trump et al. might contest any Democratic victory as illegitimate. Impeachment proceedings are all but guaranteed to stall in the Senate and the ensuing confrontation would likely energize Trump and his supporters. Rather than risk alienating moderates, Pelosi believes in "owning the center-left to own the mainstream" rather than "engaging in some of the other exuberances that exist in [the Democratic Party]." That is, more Affordable Care Act and less Medicare-for-All. Sorry (not sorry), progressives.
What about other elements of the current American political landscape? How does Ms. Pelosi feel about recent events which stand to affect the balance of power in Washington, D.C.? On the increasingly troublesome handling of the Mueller probe/report by Attorney General William Barr juxtaposed with the ever-erratic behavior of the president, while Pelosi finds it testing her commitment to no impeachment, she remains firm on this point, even if privately she thinks he (Trump) has earned this treatment several times over. On the field of potential Democratic challengers to Trump? Pelosi sees Joe Biden's popularity in the polls as a symbol of voters' familiarity and trust, dismissing concerns about his 90s-era treatment of Anita Hill. On working with Republicans? Pelosi is for it, notably if it can help Democrats retain or win hotly contested congressional seats.
There you have it. The communicator of a simple message. Tough as nails. Able to keep rogue members of the party from "hijacking" the House Democratic Caucus. Cordial when the occasion arises but willing to clap back (literally) when the circumstances invite such behavior. It's Nancy, bitch. Deal with it.
This is the backdrop against which we view Saletan's own analysis on Pelosi's role as de facto party leader until a presidential nominee is chosen. As he views subsequent criticism by progressives related to her comments in Thrush's feature, it is "overblown." Along these lines, Saletan points to several reasons why Pelosi should make "liberals from San Francisco" (as she describes herself) proud:
She's More "Progressive" Than You Think
If we're judging Nancy Pelosi simply as a function of her lack of support for the Green New Deal, describing her as a "leftist" or "progressive" is understandably problematic. As Saletan argues, however, her voting record suggests she is more in step with the left than her detractors might otherwise concede. She argues for affordable health care, education investment, environmental protections, equal pay, fair wages, gun safety, immigration reform, infrastructure investment, protecting Social Security, women's rights, and other tenets of the party platform most people on the left can broadly agree on. Since Donald Trump took office and as of this writing, Pelosi has voted with the president's position 18.6% of the time, as calculated and tracked by FiveThirtyEight. That's not dissimilar from someone like Tulsi Gabbard (20.5%) and significantly lower than Beto O'Rourke (30.1%).
For Pelosi, it is more advantageous to defend policy stances that "are well understood and supported" against the other side's attacks rather than advancing big ideas that might "alarm the other side's voters more than they inspire yours." Hence the focus on the ACA rather than Medicare-for-All and on elements of the Act for which polls already show broad support.
She Focuses On Policies, Not Ideologies
For Pelosi, the name of the game is connecting with undecided voters and on maintaining, if not further cementing, the Democratic Party's control of the House. Concerning the former, she makes a point of avoiding belaboring talk about Trump in favor of highlighting the ways Democrats are fighting for everyday Americans, pointing to the tangible benefits of their policy goals (e.g. framing the climate change issue as a jobs issue). On the latter, Pelosi wants to make sure vulnerable Democratic incumbents in "purple" districts are protected, arguing that there aren't enough deep-blue districts to approach things the way progressives might prefer. After all, if Republicans regain a House majority, the progressive agenda becomes moot, at least in a pragmatic sense.
To this effect, the speaker emphasizes values over movements. As Saletan underscores, for instance, she is much more apt to describe positions in terms of their purported "fairness" than evocative of "socialism," a term which carries baggage and is used by the right to try to engender opposition and fear. Pelosi's vision of the Democratic Party is one of an appeal to pragmatic reason and to voters in the center "abandoned" by the GOP.
She Seeks to Connect to Voters' Values Rather Than Demonizing the Right
Continuing with the idea that Democrats can own the center Republicans have forsaken, Rep. Pelosi hopes to sway voters who lean Republican but may be critical of Pres. Trump to vote blue, contrasting his record with that of former presidents like Ronald Reagan. In making such a pitch, she stresses the importance of "values" as a practicing Catholic. The environment. Health care. Separating families at the border. These are values issues, ones that Americans who hold deeply religious views can consider as a subset of their faith. Moreover, by making appeals in this way, Pelosi is speaking to those who vote with their gut rather than based on a comprehensive understanding of policies.
She Believes in Impeachment, But Wants the Public's Support
To the extent that impeachment proceedings would die in the Senate or would be used to energize Trump's base, Pelosi approaches such a move with trepidation. On this note, she favors continuing House committee hearings that build on what we know from the Mueller report and other investigations, hoping to turn public sentiment against Trump much in the way Americans turned against Richard Nixon in the wake of months of investigation into his (mis)conduct. Quoting Pelosi in the final moments of his piece, Saletan closes with these thoughts:
On the whole, the speaker has it right. "Public sentiment is everything," she likes to say, paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln. "With it, you can accomplish almost anything. Without it, practically nothing." Pelosi schooled Trump in the fight over the government shutdown, and she's patiently waiting him out in the standoff over who will propose taxes to pay for an infrastructure plan. The liberals of San Francisco should be proud.
While "schooling" Trump may seem an almost dubious achievement — the man's penchant for malapropisms and spelling errors have become the stuff of legends in the age of Twitter — it seems certain that Pelosi is well-equipped to deal with him. You know, as well as anyone can reasonably deal with a man-child like Trump.
Anecdotally speaking, in my online discussions and in-person Democratic club meetings, Pelosi's stature is that of a female legislative icon beyond her historic identity as the first (and only) woman to serve as Speaker of the House. Despite misgivings about her leadership in advance of this Congress, she has weathered that storm and is apparently not going anywhere anytime soon. For most rank-and-file Democratic supporters, that's at least "somewhat favorable."
The thrust of Will Saletan's and Glenn Thrush's articles may well agree with what they believe personally. In Saletan's case, it is an opinion piece, so we would envision his views and Nancy Pelosi's align somewhat closely. In Thrush's case, this is a report that cites Pelosi directly, so the author's personal inclinations are less clear, though there is very little if any pushback against her assertions within.
In a day and age in which memes are accepted as fact and in which publications are bidding to outdo one another in terms of clicks and exclusives that break before anyone else, though, the sources of the information we consume should be considered for potential bias. Slate, though fairly liberal among mainstream news outlets, has existed under the Washington Post banner since its acquisition in 2004. The New York Times, irrespective of accusations on the part of Donald Trump and other conservatives, also tends to promote an outlook that falls left of center.
Even so, these companies are part of a network of news sources backed at least in part by money linked to major corporations or wealthy patrons. The Washington Post, as of 2013, has existed under the ownership of Nash Holdings, a limited liability holding company established by Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos. The New York Times is publicly traded and controlled by the Sulzberger family by means of two classes of shares, of which Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú is the largest single shareholder. Journalist Matt Taibbi notably criticized the Times's favoritism of Hillary Clinton over the grassroots-oriented candidate Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primary. These purveyors of news may be left of cable news conglomerates and are certainly far removed from the likes of Breitbart, The Drudge Report, Glenn Beck, and InfoWars, but they still may reflect more of a centrist or elitist bias than their readers, hungry for content and subject to their own biases.
In the case of Nancy Pelosi, access to a politician of her stature and a desire to appeal to a readership fueled by anger at the president likely informs the essentially congratulatory tones of these features. With all due respect, Saletan acknowledges that Pelosi's strategy "is open to dispute." For one, the praise of Ronald Reagan and other Republican leaders of yesteryear is fraught with complications; ask communities of color ravaged by the war on drugs or the LGBTQ community ignored during the peak of the AIDS crisis and see if they're as charitable in their recollections.
There's also the matter of not wanting to criticize Trump for fear of antagonizing those who voted for him, a tactic which Saletan indicates arguably plays better in deep-red districts than as a one-size-fits-all methodology. Other possible points of contention are her adherence to centrism in the hopes of warding off moderate Republicans challenging for House seats ("that might be playing it too safe") and her harping on the likelihood that Trump will contest the results of the 2020 election if they go against him (Saletan suspects "she's using that scenario as a scare tactic to motivate her troops"). Trump and his ilk routinely turn molehills into mountains or simply fabricate those mountains entirely. This sadly might be an inevitability.
Speaking as someone who ascribes to a progressive mindset, my biggest concern is that Speaker Pelosi seems to both overestimate the American people's ability to handle worsening economic and environmental trends and underestimate her party's supporters. Regarding her dismissal of Medicare-for-All, the Green New Deal, and other progressive policy goals, Pelosi's positions belie the seriousness of various crises. We are in the midst of a climate crisis. Americans are saddled by medical, student, and other forms of debt. Income and wealth equality are widening, with far too many people in this country living in poverty or close to it. Defending the ACA and embracing incrementalism when warning signs abound conveys the sense you don't feel the same pinch your constituents do, inviting accusations of being an out-of-touch elite, even if exaggerated.
As for the notion Democrats should prioritize policies "that are well understood and supported," this assumes voters are not especially well-informed about or desirous of progressive policy designs. Some clearly are not. On the other hand, if the popularity of younger progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is any indication, these ideas are not far outside the mainstream and voters, particularly young voters, are quite knowledgeable about them indeed. I keep thinking back to the episode not long ago in which Dianne Feinstein lectured a group of young environmental activists about political realities and pointed to her legislative record. Thank you for your service to this country, Sen. Feinstein. But this is serious business and if you're not going to lead on the subject of climate change, you need to get out of the way of those who can and will.
In all, what strikes me about Nancy Pelosi's strategic mindset and that of other establishment Democrats is that they appear content to play not to lose rather than swinging for the fences, walking on proverbial eggshells in Donald Trump's shadow. That didn't work in 2016, prompting one to wonder what party leadership has learned exactly since then.
To be clear, I think Pelosi's experience and shrewdness are assets in connecting with voters. I would tend to agree that it's useful if not essential to be able to pitch parts of a platform in different ways to different voters and voting blocs. For better or worse, not everyone is swayed by considerations of morals and presidential ethics. That said, I'm not sure her deprecation of her party's "exuberances" convey the right message. Not when aggressive centrists like Josh Gottheimer are making House Democrats and the party look bad by extension. But sure, keep siding with him over Ilhan Omar.
In Nancy we trust? On many issues, yes. But I have my doubts — and chances are you do as well.
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Joseph Mangano
Joseph Mangano has been blogging for over 10 years in various forms. He once interned for Xanga as an editor and writer. He graduated with a BA in Psychology from Rutgers University, and an MBA in Accounting from William Paterson University. He resides in northern New Jersey, and has only once pumped his own gas. When not writing, he enjoys being part of an acoustic rock duo that never actually plays any shows, watching sports, and chasing Pokémon. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @JFMangano.
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APC group succumbs to pressure, suspends planned nationwide protest
Written by MaryGift Sunday on October 28, 2020
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress, under the aegis of Concerned APC members, on Tuesday, suspended their planned nationwide protest.
The group had two weeks ago issued a 14-days ultimatum to the party leadership, to either release a time- table for the national convention, or be prepared for mass action. The ultimatum expired by midnight on Monday.
Spokesman for the group, Abdullahi Dauda confirmed this development to newsmen in an interview, in Abuja.
He explained that the suspension became imperative as a result of several entreaties by unnamed party leaders and the show of good faith by the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker /Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee.
Dauda said, "We are loyal party members. We are not unmindful of the situation in the country today. I can confirm that some of our leaders talked to us and we also see reason to give the caretaker committee the benefit of the doubt since the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, has come out to address some of our concerns on the issue of convention.
"He said they are preparing the time table and that the committee is working very hard towards holding the convention within the time allocated for it to work.
"We want to give them the benefit of the doubt to see whether they are deceiving us."
The group's spokesman further explained that members agreed to suspend the proposed mass action in honour of youths who recently lost their lives during the #EndSARS protests.
Dauda added that, as loyal party members, the concerned APC members will continue to identify with the aspirations of President Muhammadu Buhari who is determined to provide leadership to take Nigeria to the next level of good governance.
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Naming the Honors College
Kristina Aiad-toss
A student walking into the Honors College.
By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
In the Oct. 29 printed version of this article, UA's rebranding was incorrectly written as "Ohio's Polytechnic Institute." The rebranding is to "Ohio's Polytechnic University," not "Ohio's Polytechnic Institute."
After rebranding UA as "Ohio's Polytechnic University" and adding the "Lebron James Family Foundation" prefix to the UA College of Education, administrators are now turning their attention to the Honors College.
The topic was first mentioned briefly near the middle of President Scott Scarborough's State of the University speech last Tuesday, Oct. 20. He pulled up a slide named "Key University Initiatives," which listed the dates and names of "initiatives" discussed in recent months.
One of the initiatives, which had no date beside it, was called "Named Honors College." But Scarborough neither clarified the statement's meaning nor gave a timeline for its implementation.
Lakeesha Ransom, who this year replaced Dale Mugler as dean of the UA Honors College, confirmed plans to "name" the Honors College in order to "create a shared identity" of the "college's strong legacy of community."
UA spokesman Wayne Hill said that, because the Honors College "isn't a named college at the moment," is it inappropriate to call it a "renaming," but only a "naming."
Hill said this idea has been under discussion for much time.
Ransom said she doesn't know many details about the naming, as she only has only been dean for three months.
In an emailed statement, Hill said the project's timeline is fluid, and that it is "premature to talk about any specific names."
Ransom said there are a few "possibilities" for a name, but was unwilling to give details. She added that when determining the name, the University will consider alumni or "people who have strong connections to the University, who would like to be associated with it, who have a strong legacy, and who want to contribute to the vision of the college."
The "naming" of an honors college, however, has happened before under the leadership of Scarborough and Ransom.
When Scarborough was the provost of the University of Toledo, Ransom was the dean of Toledo's honors college, which was rebranded to "The Jesup Scott Honors College" during her and Scarborough's tenure.
Hill said Scarborough helped "lead the effort" to name UT's honors college, and used the same line of thought to initiate similar discussions at UA.
As another example of naming colleges, Ransom referred to The Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, where she was a former regent.
"It's a nice way to reinforce not only the legacy of the institution, but also the values associated with that legacy," Ransom said about naming, which often involves honoring those who give substantial donations.
Hill said there were no specific donations prompting the move to name UA's Honors College.
Students had various responses to the naming possibility.
"By naming the [College of Education] after LeBron, we've gained so much publicity," said sophomore honors student Kaylee Gutschow. "I think that is a great benefit of naming colleges after well-known people."
Claudia Judele, also an honors student, disagreed.
"With all of the problems at the University, [administrators] are focusing on such insignificant changes," Judele said. "They should focus on the quality of education that students are getting, instead of just what we call things."
Orion Davis, a freshman honors engineering major, gave a different perspective.
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NAHB index climbs sharply in April
The National Association of Home Builders just released its latest builder optimism index. Here's what the numbers showed:
* The overall index jumped to 14 in April from 9 in March. That was above forecasts for a reading of 10 and the highest since October.
* All three subindices rose. The index that tracks present single family sales climbed to 13 from 8. The index that tracks expectations about future sales jumped to 25 from 15. And the index that measures buyer traffic rose to 14 from 9.
* Regionally speaking, there was good news as well. The index doubled to 16 from 8 in the Northeast, rose to 14 from 8 in the Midwest, climbed to 17 from 12 in the South, and rose to 9 from 5 in the West.
So much for April showers. Housing industry players are in a positively sunny mood, according to the latest figures. Builders polled by the NAHB said they feel better about the state of current sales, the outlook for future sales, and trends in buyer traffic. Moreover, we saw improvement across all geographies.
For a long time, lower mortgage rates have been spurring a major uptick in refinances. But they haven't done much for home sales. That may be starting to change. The industry is still oversupplied, and it still faces a major unemployment headwind. But this is genuinely decent news in an industry that's been starved for it for some time.
Anything below 50 indicates a contraction, and 14 is still pretty far away from 50. Hard to get too excited about this.
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Sonowal Govt inks MoU with UBI
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Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the MoU signing ceremony. Photo Credit - Northeast Now
The Assam Government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Bank of India (UBI) for providing subsidised housing loans to State Government employees. As per the MoU, State Government employees drawing salary through UBI account will get subsidised housing loan of up to Rs 15 lakh.
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that the UBI would provide loan under the subsidised housing loan scheme at 5.5 per cent interest to male employees and at 5 per cent interest to female employees. Sarma also said that the decision to sign MoU with UBI was taken keeping in view that 51,000 State Government employees have their salary account with UBI.
"A total of 51,000 State Government employees belonging to nine districts where the UBI has been providing services would be benefitted largely under the scheme," Sarma said. The Finance Minister also informed that the State Government had signed the first MoU with the State Bank of India (SBI) on March 22, 2017.
"SBI has released around Rs 2,200 crore loans under this scheme. Later, taking the demands of the people of Karbi Anglong into view, the State Government signed a MoU with Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank, Diphu, for the benefit of the people of the region," Sarma said.
Talking about the scheme, Sarma said that States like Andhra Pradesh has been trying to follow the scheme to benefit their State Government employees. "I was told by the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of SBI last time when I met him in Mumbai that other State Governments were trying to take a leaf out of the Assam Government's book and was approaching SBI for similar kind of partnership. It is a good sign that other States have started toeing our line," Sarma remarked. UBI officials including the General Manager and Assam Government officials, who were present during the MoU signing ceremony, welcomed the State Government's initiative.


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BELLE LOGAN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 272-09-6825 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died February 1978. Research in ZIP Code 44408.
BELLE POSS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 254-05-5164 (indicating Georgia) and, Death Master File says, died January 1967. Research in ZIP Code 30601.
BEN COOPER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 425-32-5590 (indicating Mississippi) and, Death Master File says, died 15 September 1972. Research in ZIP Code 39339.
BENJAMIN CRAMPTON was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 186-05-3461 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died March 1967. Research in ZIP Code 19803.
BENJAMIN CROCKETT was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 008-01-9691 (indicating Vermont) and, Death Master File says, died July 1975. Research in ZIP Code 02190.
BENJAMIN FISHER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 173-28-6752 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died September 1986. Research in ZIP Code 33140.
BENJAMIN GRAHAM was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 531-10-6844 (indicating Washington) and, Death Master File says, died April 1982. Research in ZIP Code 98033.
BENJAMIN KIDERMAN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 053-01-2960 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died April 1973. Research in ZIP Code 11203.
BENJAMIN SCARBRO was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 233-10-4474 (indicating West Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died May 1967. Research in ZIP Code 25309.
BENJAMIN SMITH was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 190-03-7402 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died July 1969. Research in ZIP Code 15650.
BENJAMIN WEBB was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 058-09-5291 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died October 1964.
BERNADETTE CRAFT was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 039-10-0631 (indicating Rhode Island) and, Death Master File says, died June 1966. Research in ZIP Code 03878.
BERNARD COLE was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 469-05-6067 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died June 1964.
BERNARD JACKSON was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 217-01-6851 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died January 1971. Research in ZIP Code 20910.
BERNARD J BURST was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 438-03-9072 (indicating Louisiana) and, Death Master File says, died 11 February 1988. Research in ZIP Code 70001.
BERNICE LEWIS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 350-07-7196 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died March 1984. Research in ZIP Code 60621.
BERT DONATHAN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 402-16-7815 and, Death Master File says, died May 1963.
BERT MORDEN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 366-12-3060 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died August 1962.
BERT REAM was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 214-32-2884 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died November 1982. Research in ZIP Code 21550.
BERTA BRIDGES was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 498-14-8160 (indicating Missouri) and, Death Master File says, died March 1975. Research in ZIP Code 63762.
BERTA SANDIGO was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 562-52-5511 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died August 1983. Research in ZIP Code 91801.
BERTHA BESMEHN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 471-24-1972 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died January 1967. Research in ZIP Code 55406.
BERTHA CLENDENEN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 080-12-9546 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died July 1979. Research in ZIP Codes 11217 and 11412.
BERTHA EIKENBERRY was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 301-44-0400 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died February 1975. Research in ZIP Code 43202.
BERTHA FAUSETT was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 445-16-6433 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died June 1974. Research in ZIP Code 73120.
BERTHA GARABED was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 138-54-5207 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died November 1984. Research in ZIP Code 07630.
BERTHA GEYER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 288-28-3268 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died December 1986. Research in ZIP Code 78028.
BERTHA GROSS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 435-78-5585 (indicating Louisiana) and, Death Master File says, died 15 February 1992. Research in ZIP Code 70118.
BERTHA HABENICHT was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 053-05-2875 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died May 1963.
BERTHA HORN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 175-03-4539 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died July 1966. Research in ZIP Code 17201.
BERTHA HULLETT was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 511-05-9893 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died April 1982. Research in ZIP Code 67204.
BERTHA KINNARD was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 177-01-8730 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died October 1971. Research in ZIP Code 16001.
BERTHA KLEIST was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 472-28-0662 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died June 1970. Research in ZIP Code 55307.
BERTHA MARGOLIS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 266-41-0610 (indicating Florida) and, Death Master File says, died July 1985. Research in ZIP Code 33022.
BERTHA MAUERMANN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 532-36-2564 (indicating Washington) and, Death Master File says, died September 1966. Research in ZIP Code 98532.
BERTHA MEADOWS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 507-28-8225 (indicating Nebraska) and, Death Master File says, died September 1970. Research in ZIP Code 94123.
BERTHA WALKER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 021-09-4143 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died September 1964.
BERTHA WENGROVSKY was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 130-10-9189 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died September 1965.
BERTRAM SCHEUER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 064-01-6121 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died August 1975. Research in ZIP Code 33154.
BESSIE BICKEL was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 304-70-8129 (indicating Indiana) and, Death Master File says, died April 1976. Research in ZIP Code 46755.
BESSIE BROWN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 408-64-4725 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 07 October 1989. Research in ZIP Code 37129.
BESSIE BUCK was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 375-20-8937 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died February 1978. Research in ZIP Code 48837.
BESSIE BURNSTEN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 264-60-6048 (indicating Florida) and, Death Master File says, died May 1982. Research in ZIP Code 33161.
BESSIE COLEMAN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 563-78-8285 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died June 1981. Research in ZIP Code 90222.
BESSIE CURNUTTE was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 402-70-0934 and, Death Master File says, died 15 February 1972. Research in ZIP Code 41230.
BESSIE FITZPATRICK was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 565-50-3344 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died July 1977. Research in ZIP Codes 92805 and 90280.
BESSIE KINGSTON was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 521-38-6181 (indicating Colorado) and, Death Master File says, died January 1981. Research in ZIP Codes 80905 and 80904.
BESSIE MITCHELL was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 277-07-9555 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died September 1973. Research in ZIP Code 43076.
BESSIE SCHEUNEMAN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 098-42-5832 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died October 1981. Research in ZIP Code 14216.
BESSIE SMITH was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 141-54-5824 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died January 1982. Research in ZIP Code 08106.
BESSIE TERNES was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 274-62-9224 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died August 1974. Research in ZIP Code 44035.
BESSIE WOODWARD was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 298-12-0881 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died April 1981. Research in ZIP Codes 45405 and 45377.
BESSIE YOUNG was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 257-08-4744 (indicating Georgia) and, Death Master File says, died April 1973. Research in ZIP Code 37409.
BESSIE K BAKER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 411-84-5288 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 15 February 1969. Research in ZIP Code 37920.
BESSIE K BROOKS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 314-26-2209 (indicating Indiana) and, Death Master File says, died 15 January 1973. Research in ZIP Code 47172.
BESSIE L REGISTER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 418-09-9870 (indicating Alabama) and, Death Master File says, died 17 October 1987. Research in ZIP Code 91786.
BESSIE V PARKER was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 442-52-0469 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 15 May 1971. Research in ZIP Code 73401.
BETTINA GUNCZY was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 086-12-8778 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died November 1972. Research in ZIP Code 92102.
BEULAH SCOTT was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 452-30-2752 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died August 1964.
BEULAH THOMAS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 434-28-8909 (indicating Louisiana) and, Death Master File says, died June 1976. Research in ZIP Code 71044.
BLANCHE BARTEK was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 508-58-5129 (indicating Nebraska) and, Death Master File says, died May 1983. Research in ZIP Code 68066.
BLANCHE MARTIN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 546-80-7397 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died May 1984. Research in ZIP Code 90028.
BLANCHE MILLS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 432-66-6840 (indicating Arkansas) and, Death Master File says, died November 1976. Research in ZIP Code 72390.
BLANCHE PEABODY was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 256-38-1373 (indicating Georgia) and, Death Master File says, died June 1968. Research in ZIP Code 30314.
BLANCHE REIGN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 261-78-3967 (indicating Florida) and, Death Master File says, died May 1975. Research in ZIP Code 32014.
BLANCHE WILLIAMS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 156-24-6940 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died May 1979. Research in ZIP Code XX800.
BLANCHE M NEAT was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 315-20-6050 (indicating Indiana) and, Death Master File says, died 27 June 1993. Research in ZIP Code 46806.
BLANDINE BLAIS was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 019-40-8683 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 15 June 1966. Research in ZIP Code 01450.
BLODWEN SIDEBOTHAM was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 555-58-2286 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died August 1976. Research in ZIP Code 32084.
BRACK CALDWELL was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 235-16-8661 (indicating West Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died September 1974. Research in ZIP Code 25508.
BURTON VAUGHN was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 413-24-6181 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died February 1975. Research in ZIP Code 37329.
BYRON COOK was born 01 June 1890, received Social Security number 386-10-3397 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died November 1973. Research in ZIP Code 49503.


Nosler shows us that we don't have to lug around a heavy gun to get the benefits of a precision rifle with the Model 48 Long Range Carbon. Long shots often come after even longer hikes, and this is one big-game rifle that will help you make both. Tipping the scales at a mere 7 pounds, the rifle features a 100 percent carbon fiber stock and 26-inch barrel made by Proof Research that consists of more carbon fiber than steel. Nosler's CNC-machined Model 48 action is blueprinted and trued to the barrel, and the bolt's locking lugs are hand-lapped to ensure precise lockup. Learn more about it in the video embedded above, hosted by Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller. MSRP: $3,190; nosler.com.


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The PC May Be Dying, But That Didn't Stop Lenovo From Posting A Huge Quarter
Lee Chyen Yee and Umesh Desai,
Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades.
Lenovo, a sliver away from unseating Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's top PC maker by shipments, posted on Thursday an estimate-beating 90 percent rise in quarterly profit, its fastest in seven quarters.
"They have been aggressive in acquiring several distributors in different regions such as Brazil, Europe and Japan over the past few years, so that basically gave them better distribution, as well as gains in market share," said Warren Lau, an analyst at Maybank Kim Eng Securities in Hong Kong.
The Chinese PC maker posted net profit of $126.9 million in the quarter ended in March, up from $66.8 million a year earlier, based on Reuters calculations using full-year and nine-month financial data.
That beat expectations of a $110 million net profit and was the fastest pace since the first quarter of the 2011/2012 fiscal year, when growth doubled.
Research firm IDC said global PC shipments fell 13.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, the biggest decline since it began tracking the market on a quarterly basis in 1994, as consumers switched to mobile computing and Windows 8 sales fell short of expectations.
With shipments unchanged in the first quarter, Lenovo is outstripping other vendors. PC shipments from HP, Dell Inc, Acer Inc and Asustek Computer Inc fell by 11-33 percent during the same period, IDC said.
The latest IDC data showed that Lenovo's market share was 15.3 percent, just 0.4 percentage points lower than HP.
Lenovo shares far outperformed those of its rivals last year. This year Lenovo, up 3 percent, is still beating Acer.
Dell and HP have staged strong recoveries, but Lenovo's quarterly net profit has risen consistently over the past few years. By contrast, HP's net profit was down 32 percent and Dell's was down 79.5 percent year-on-year, according to the companies' latest quarterly financial results.
For the full year, Lenovo's net profit rose by a third to $635.1 million, it said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, beating an estimate of $618.2 million in a poll of 31 analysts by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
STRATEGIC BUYS
Lenovo has spent heavily over the past few years to strengthen its PC business, with purchases such as Brazilian electronics maker CCE last year, Germany's Medion in 2011 and IBM's PC business in 2005.
Its slew of acquisitions has also sparked market talk that it might be interested in IBM Corp's server business, as well as handset makers Research In Motion Ltd and Nokia Oyj.
Lenovo has declined to comment on the rumors.
Lenovo has cash totaling $4.5 billion, vastly outweighing debt of $423 million, and giving it the muscle for more buyouts.
HP and Dell have total debt of $28.2 billion and $7.2 billion respectively, compared with their cash balances of $12.6 billion and $10.9 billion.
"We expect Lenovo to remain acquisitive as it is hungry for growth and so despite high cash balances they will not hike the dividend," said Jefferies technology analyst Ken Hui.
The Beijing-based company has shed its staid image as the maker of all-business ThinkPads, and now churns out multi-colored IdeaPad Yoga convertible ultrabooks which have helped build its brand in China and beyond.
Though newer to smartphones than to its core PC business, Lenovo is the No.2 smartphone and media tablet vendor in China, a success it hopes to duplicate in other emerging markets such as Russia and India, where competition from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Apple Inc and others is fierce.
"They are in the right niche markets and hitting the right segments at the right price points. But this is not sustainable in the long run unless the mobility business steps up," said a Hong Kong-based technology banker.
(Additional reporting by Tripti Kalro in BANGALORE and Twinnie Siu in HONG KONG; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)
More: Reuters Lenovo Hewlett-Packard


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Q: What is "Device ID Macro" field on iOS Campaign Tracking URL Builder site? I am using Campaign Tracking URL Builder here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/ios/v3/campaigns#url-builder
I select "custom" for field "Ad-Network".
One parameter that is required is "Device ID Macro", but i can not find it anywhere in the documentation.
Where can i find "Device ID Macro" parameter?

A: Device ID macro is the Identifier for Advertiser, normally it's %{idfa})

What is an IDFA? The Advertising Identifier (IDFA) is a unique ID for
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Pikmin is the first of Nintendo's cute but rather dramatic strategy adventure series, as much as I do love the Pikmin series, I have only really introduced myself to the games over the past couple of years.
The plot is fairly simple here but it works really well for a game such as Pikmin. In the game you play as Captain Olimar a small alien creature who crash lands on an unnamed planet. The captains ship the S.S. Dolphin has separated into 30 parts which have spread to various areas of the planet, the captain needs to find at least 25 out of the 30 parts within 30 days otherwise he will die due to a lack of oxygen on the planet, however the captain is in luck as small plant like creatures called Pikmin are more than happy to help the captain on his mission.
The idea of the game is to use the Pikmin that you collect in order to carry the scattered parts back to the S.S. Dolphin, there are three types of Pikmin in the game, the Red Pikmin are invulnerable to fire damage, the Yellow Pikmin can be thrown higher and can also pick up bombs to throw and finally the blue Pikmin can breathe underwater.
There is one way to get more Pikmin in the game once you have discovered an onion (a Pikmin Nest), If you defeat an enemy or collect nectar from plants you can bring your spoils to one of the coloured onions in order to release more seeds which will grow more of the chosen type of Pikmin.
As previously mentioned you can use Pikmin in order to attack enemies, there are many ways to do this it can be done by simply throwing your Pikmin onto an enemy or by using an army of Pikmin in order to surround an enemy giving it no chance of survival. Strategy will need to be used through out the game in order to collect the ship parts however strategy should be used when fighting enemies as well so that you are well prepared for the dangers ahead and not to mention that you will most likely have a lot of of your Pikmin die in some situations.
The boss fights are all very creative and can also be very difficult for new players, however practice makes perfect for a lot of these and the game can be reloaded without you losing a day if you want to try out different ideas. I love all of the bosses in the game but if I was to choose three apart from the final boss I would say that the Burrowing Snarglax a bird creature that hides itself underground is my favourite, followed closely by Beady Long Legs, a large spider creature (pictured above) and the PuffStool a Mushroom boss that releases a gas which turns your Pikmin against you.
I wouldn't say that the graphics have aged well since the game first came out however back in the day they were quite impressive, you have to keep in mind that this was one of the first games to be released on the GameCube, the visuals definitely improved in the later games however they are still nice here.
The Soundtrack is again very simple here but it really works, a lot of it is small tracks which are looped but while small and catchy some of the music is beautiful, listen to Distant Spring and tell me that isn't beautiful music.
Pikmin is a good game I personally would not say its a masterpiece by any means as the series does improve a lot as more games are coming out.
Pikmin is a charming game that managed to grow a loving fan base, I really enjoy this game and the only real issue I have with it is the time limit, I really do no enjoy games which give players a short amount of time to finish them and because Pikmin is a game that requires a little bit of grinding now and again in order to re stock on Pikmin due to this the time limit can become quite stressful, you could look at it as adding an additional challenge to the game and I am sure that is how most people see this element of the game.


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Building bonds: Team traditions bring players together during pandemic-affected season
Akshita Joshi|December 2, 2020
By Akshita Joshi, Assistant Sports Editor
With the opening of fall sports, conditioning drills, regular meets and daily practices have slowly trickled back into athletes' schedules. However, often overlooked is the glue that holds athletes together: team traditions. Despite COVID-19, many teams have tried to incorporate traditions while following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
'Stoga boys squash held their regular team dinners outside to minimize physical contact. Players enjoy dinner after a long practice and have the opportunity to branch out to the new and old players on the team to wind down. While it may seem small, these team dinners are beneficial for the boys. Sophomore Alex Gan describes the importance of these small team bonding events.
"Team building creates a sense of community. It forms bonds and spirit that translates to how we play. We push each other to improve during downtime," Gan said.
'Stoga tennis also has been participating in many team bonding traditions this season. The team hosts an annual team dinner party where they play games and participate in group discussions. To ensure safety the team requires masks when not on the courts and sit apart while eating. While the tennis season was rushed and the team wasn't able to follow through with most of their regular traditions, they were able to execute senior day, a tradition passed on throughout 'Stoga athletics history. Underclassmen made posters and cheered on the seniors for their last season on the team, while the seniors stood proudly at lineup, each receiving a rose as a token of appreciation.
Senior Cassie Latoff,has been playing on the team throughout her high school career, with this being her fourth year on the varsity team. Despite her last season at 'Stoga being altered, Latoff explains the significance of the little team bonding the team was able to implement into their season.
"Everyone has positive energy at our team hangouts. We were together constantly for the past couple months which brings everyone pretty close. It gives each player confidence and improves their motivation while on the court," Latoff said.
The girls' soccer team aimed to continue as many traditions while following COVID-19 protocol. The varsity team always buys matching team shoes together as a form of school spirit, which they continued this year. They had pasta parties outside with masks where they played games and held a pumpkin carving competition.'Stoga soccer also had their annual senior night where all the seniors were honored for their last season on the team with balloons, decorations, and posters.
Junior Cameron Lee plays for the soccer team and participated in her third season for the team. She appreciates the hard work and effort that went into senior night to make it memorable this year.
"For this season, we tried to make senior night as special and important as it's been in the past. The senior parents did an amazing job with balloons and their child's poster. The rest of the team and I made sure we got extra decorations and chalked up teamer to make it one of the best nights we have had on the team, Lee said.
The football team kept their Thursday night pizza trips at Berwyn Pizza by limiting the number of players each week. Berwyn Pizza trips have become a weekly tradition for the team, where players have the opportunity to enjoy dinner together and talk about their lives outside of football. Senior Connor Whitlow, captain of the football team, was excited to be able to continue this weekly trip with the players.
"The team building helped build camaraderie and got us ready to step up to fill in the spots left by last year's senior class," Whitlow said. "The seniors and experienced juniors have really stepped up to help our younger players learn our system fast to make up for the short season."
Despite the unpredictable season, with the bonds created by these team traditions, athletes are able to stick together and make the best out of the shortened fall sports season.
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Texans Beat Colts 20-17 In AFC South Showdown
With the win, Houston is atop the AFC South
Brandon Scott
Sports Insiders
HOUSTON (SportsRadio 610) -- The Texans scored 10 straight points to take a 20-17 lead they never relinquished against the Colts on Thursday night.
With the win, Houston is atop the AFC South, one game ahead of Indianapolis.
Houston's defense came up with a major stop with the Colts going for it on fourth down late in the fourth quarter.
Jacoby Brissett dropped back to pass on 4th and 7, but no Colts receivers appeared to be open. Finally, Brissett stepped up and took off, but he was upended just short of the first down marker by Texans linebacker Brennan Scarlett.
"It was a dogfight," Texans head coach Bill O'Brien said after the game. "I think in the end we did a good job in the fourth quarter possessing the ball. So very proud of the team and now we put ourselves in position to keep playing meaningful games and that's what you want to do."
DeAndre Hopkins scored both Texans touchdowns. He caught a 30-yard pass in the end zone from Deshaun Watson to give the Texans a fourth-quarter lead.
Earlier in the game, Hopkins and Watson connected on a 35-yard touchdown pass play.
Hopkins finished with six catches for 94 yards and the two scores.
The Texans also received a huge comeback performance from Will Fuller V, who had not played since the last game against Indianapolis because of a hamstring injury.
Fuller had seven catches for 140 yards, including a 51-yard chunk play which set up a Ka'imi Fairbairn field goal.
The Colts had been leading 17-10 at that point, but Fairbairn's 36-yard field goal cut the lead to 17-13 in the third quarter.
A 13-yard run by Jonathan Williams helped give the Colts a 17-10 lead in the third quarter.
The drive went 11 plays, 66 yards in 6:09. It started after the Texans turned the ball over on downs.
The game was tied at halftime.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Texans struck first with a 35-yard Fairbairn field goal in the second quarter.
Then, after Deshaun Watson threw an interception to Colts cornerback Kenny Moore, Indy went the other way for the first touchdown drive of the game.
Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett capped a seven-play, 42-yard drive with a five-yard touchdown run.
The Texans answered with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson to DeAndre Hopkins. Adam Vinatieri kicked a 36-yard field goal to end the half and tie the game at 10 points apiece.
Also on SportsRadio 610
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Fuller Comes Up Big In Return


Foster Wheeler's Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by GDF Suez for the design and erection of a 190MWe biomass-fired circulating fluidised-bed (CFB) boiler island for Poland's Polaniec Power Station.
Foster Wheeler has received a full notice to proceed on this contract, which will be executed jointly by its subsidiaries in Finland and Poland.
The terms of the agreement were not disclosed and the contract value will be included in the company's bookings for the first quarter of 2010.
Construction completion and start of operation for the steam generator is scheduled for fourth-quarter 2012.
Foster Wheeler will design and supply the steam generator and auxiliary equipment, including biomass yard, and will carry out the civil works, erection and commissioning of the boiler island.
Once complete, this will be the world's largest biomass boiler burning wood residues and up to 20 per cent agro biomass.
'This boiler demonstrates the capability of Foster Wheeler's 'Advanced Bio CFB' concept that allows the co-firing of high-alkaline agro biomasses with wood-based biomass in utility-sized power production,' said Tomas Harju-Jeanty, president and chief executive officer of Foster Wheeler Energia.
Foster Wheeler has received a full notice to proceed on this contract. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and the contract value will be included in the company's first quarter 2010 bookings. The unit is expected to be operational by the second half of 2011 with testing programs expected to follow shortly thereafter.


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PARISH OF BARLOW GRANGE LANE SK 37 SW 10/7 Grange House Farmhouse II Farmhouse. Early C17 remodelled and extended in C18 and C19. Coursed squared coal measures sandstone, rendered on the east elevation, with coped gables with moulded kneelers, ashlar gable and ridge stacks, and a stone slated roof. Double pile plan, the rear pile a C18 addition, the earlier pile to the east a remodelled C17 range with a possible lobby entrance plan. East elevation. Two storeys, two bays with glazing bar sashes, 4 x 2 panes within painted flush stone surrounds. Off-centre doorway, almost against the stack with plain painted surround, a six panelled door and a shallow rectangular overlight with glazing bars. Rear pile also with sashes in flush surrounds, but also with a full height C18 stair window to centre.


The third year of the Live Here Love Here Small Grants Scheme will help communities, schools and groups to take practical action to improve their local environment and support the growth of civic pride throughout Northern Ireland.
The environmental charity, Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful will be working with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Tourism Northern Ireland, local Councils, Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Choice Housing and Coca-Cola to launch the Live Here Love Here Small Grants Scheme.
The Small Grants Scheme is designed to help groups improve the quality of their local environment by reducing littering and dog fouling; enhancing the environmental management of a local area; contributing to the development of civic pride within a community with a focus on environmental improvements or to enhance or attract tourism to their community through environmental improvements. Interested groups can visit www.liveherelovehere.org for more information and an application pack.
The scheme forms part of the wider Live Here Love Here programme, which includes an innovative media campaign and exciting volunteering opportunities to encourage participation all year round. To learn more please visit www.liveherelovehere.org.
This year we are pleased to announce that the Live Here Love Here partnership has grown to include Northern Ireland Housing Executive. They will be providing additional funding to groups who are active within areas managed by a Housing Executive/Association.
Groups will need to complete a simple application form detailing how their project will improve their local environment or community through practical action. The deadline for applications is noon on Monday 28th November 2016.
For more information on the live Here Love Here Small Grants Scheme please visit www.liveherelovehere.org or contact Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful on 028 9073 6920.


Bariatric surgery is a serious procedure and one not to be taken lightly. A lot of people see it as a kind of copout, because they feel as if people who effectively let themselves go are given a fresh start, without any acknowledgement for the people who completed weight loss through their own efforts. In reality, however, this is not the case.
Why Do People Have a Gastric Bypass?
Naturally, the reason why people have this surgery is because they need to lose weight. They must be obese to morbidly obese in order to be eligible for the procedure. While on a personal level, people choose the surgery to lose weight, they also actually improve their overall health and length and quality of life. As a secondary benefit, this means that these people cost the welfare system less. People who are significantly overweight often have various complications such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which all cost the health care system a lot of money.
It is also very important to understand that having gastric surgery is not a copout. The procedure is painful and risky and the recovery period is long and difficult. Many of the people who require this procedure have an emotional attachment to food, and they can suddenly no longer fall back on what was their crutch. Not just that, they will start to have loose and saggy skin as the weight starts to drop off. A gastric bypass will change your life, and not solely for the better.
Because there are significant risks associated with the procedure, it is vital that you find the top bariatric surgeons if you are considering it for yourself. You must find someone who is able to be honest with you and discuss what your goals should be, and whether or not they are achievable. You should also find a surgeon who is realistic and who will tell you exactly what you can expect from the procedure, the recovery period and the future. Finally, you need someone who is respectful and who won't judge you for becoming obese in the first place.
Spend some time searching the internet and various medical blogs and sites to help you find the best surgeons out there. Do also make sure that you find independent patient reviews and testimonials of people who have actually gone through the surgery themselves. Make sure that these are truly independent, and not just placed on the surgeon's website, so that you know they are genuine. If anyone is willing to provide you with before, during and after pictures, that would also be very beneficial.
Finally, once you are ready to choose your surgeon, make sure that they are fully qualified, licensed and insured to perform the procedure. They should have no problem with proving their credentials to you. If they do, then you may want find a different cosmetic surgeon for your procedure.


Indian artists call for help to save the sliding rupee.
The Indian rupee fell more than 3.5 percent to hit a fresh record low of 68.75 to the dollar on Wednesday.
The currency has been hit hard by a sell-off in emerging markets assets which has focused attention on India's wide current account deficit, sluggish economy and the slow pace of long-term structural reforms.
Fears about U.S. military intervention in Syria have fueled risk aversion in global markets, dealing a further blow to emerging market assets with the latest selling in the rupee coming as Indian stocks opened sharply lower.
The rupee is the world's worst major performing currency so far this year, slumping around 24 percent.
This compares with a fall of 13 percent in the Indonesian rupiah and 9 percent in the Malaysian ringgit – other Asian currencies that have faced heavy selling pressure in recent days.
"What's really happening in these markets is that these countries [India, Indonesia] have had phenomenal growth in recent years and are running currency account deficits that are a source of worry, " Vasu Menon, vice president for wealth management at OCBC Bank in Singapore, said on CNBC's "Capital Connection," talking about the rout in emerging markets.
"At this juncture, you probably want to stay away from India and Indonesia," he added.


Budgets need to be balanced, and Soldiers and vendors need to be paid on time. An Army National Guard Financial Management Technician ensures that funds go where they need to and that all transactions are recorded properly. Whether it is budgeting, disbursing, and accounting for government funds, payment for travel and commercial vendor services, pay support of Soldiers and foreign national employees, or internal control operations, the Soldiers of this MOS are integral to the organization s financial health because they also analyze historical spending to formulate budgets for future expenses. Job Duties Receive and post documents to accounting/budget systems Process treasury checks for payment and pay for invoices Maintain files and prepare financial reports/travel vouchers Review contracts, invoices, and receive reports Specifically, the Financial Management Technician performs duties, such as: computing payroll and other allowances; auditing accounting records; preparing payments for Army personnel; recording details of financial transactions on accounting forms; auditing financial records; disbursing cash, checks, advance pay, and bonds. Helpful Skills Interest in mathematics, statistics, and accounting Ability to work with numbers Capable of using computers and other office machines Plus, you'll be building a better future. The skills you learn as an Army National Guard Financial Management Technician will help prepare you for a rewarding civilian career as a bookkeeper, accountant, or audit clerk. In fact, a finance background of any kind will help you in just about any civilian position that interests you. Earn While You Learn Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance. Job training for a Financial Management Technician consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you ll learn basic Soldiering skills, and nine weeks of Advanced Individual Training with classroom instruction, including practice in accounting techniques. Benefits/Requirements Benefits Paid training A monthly paycheck Montgomery GI Bill Federal and State tuition assistance Retirement benefits for part-time service Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage) 401(k)-type savings plan Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans) Health care benefits available VA home loans Bonuses, if applicable Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change Requirements Military enlistment in the Army National Guard Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details) Requires military enlistment. Programs and benefits are subject to change. Ask your Army National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability. This position may qualify for a bonus, ask your National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information.