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Channel knives are excellent for obtaining a larger zest or piece of peel from citrus to garnish or add to a sauce for flavoring.
This channel knife has a stainless steel 420 heat treated stainless steel tool head with a Soft Grip Handle consisting of a PP inner core and molded TPR (Santoprene). It is part of the Messermeister PRO-TOUCH Series, which is the most affordable and most popular of the Messermeister three complete gadget lines.
This Victorinox (Forschner) channel knife with a black Fibrox handle is a stainless steel garnishing tool that is used to cut strips of citrus peel for candied lemons or oranges. It is also used for making fluting cuts and other decorative cuts in fruits and vegetables. It cuts strips of the outside peel from oranges, lemons and limes without cutting into the bitter white membrane.


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Myth #5 - To be spiritual means to be wealthy beyond measure. If you aren't wealthy then you aren't aligned with the highest vibration of the Universe.
Let's get real for a second. Who doesn't want to be financially secure? Of course it would be great not to have to worry about paying the bills or if an emergency comes up. Some of us are there; others aren't.
I see a lot of spiritual teachings that go something like this - you're not spiritual if you're not living a laptop lifestyle. You're not manifesting enough. You're not vibrating high enough.
In short, you're not enough. Yikes!
This is spiritual materialism at its core. Chogyam Trunpa wrote a book in the 1970s called "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism". He wrote that we are often "deceiving ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques."
Spirituality, or the pursuit of it, has become commercialized. Indigenous cultures are increasingly romanticized. Traditions from foreign countries are seen as "right", "better" and "the way". Then there's the 'laptop lifestyle' phenomenon - where you put in a few hours of work and you'll be a millionaire in a matter of minutes.
Besides, is it really plausible to work at the beach all the time? The Internet connection can't be that great - too many coconuts in the way.
There are people making millions from the rest of us - by selling a false sense of enlightenment that costs a fortune.
Spiritual enlightenment is a very personal & individual journey. Make purchases as you see fit but the minute someone tells you the only way to receive from the Universe is to give someone money, stop.
Think about it for a minute. Remember all of those disgraced televangelists who said if you give to their church, you'll be blessed but in the end, they bought planes & boats & cars? Same thing.
So what now? Find your own way to connect to the Universe. Listen to your own inner voice & intuition. If it doesn't feel good or land for you, don't do it.

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Metroid is one of Nintendo's classic IPs from the NES days, and while the series hasn't gotten the love it deserves in my opinion, its games still draw huge hype has evidenced by how incredibly well pre-order sales for the recently announced Metroid Dread are going. With that game on the horizon, I figured that I would replay some of the series' 2D games to get myself ready beginning with the one that started it all.
The game's story is entirely told through the instruction manual. For most games, that means that I wouldn't bother with it and would make up my own story instead as I did with Little Samson, but I'm not going to disrespect Metroid that way. The premise is that there's a federation of planets from all over the galaxy that band together to trade and peace or whatever. Naturally, there are pirates that prey on ships. That would be manageable, but they attacked a research outpost that was researching an unknown organism believed to have wiped out an entire civilization as it was being moved to Earth for study. With the potential to replicate this organism and use it as a bio-weapon, the Federation understandably panics and hires the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter, Samus Aran, to infiltrate the Space Pirate base and destroy it. The instruction manual refers to Samus with masculine pronouns, but as we all know these days, the big reveal at the end of the game is that Samus is actually the galaxy's most badass woman.
Metroid is about as not straightforward as it gets. The game consists of a MASSIVE maze, and you're not afforded the modern luxury of an automap. This makes exploration the name of the game in Metroid, and there's a lot to explore with a lot of seemingly dead ends. There are a lot of destructible walls and floors, but unlike in more recent games, it's not apparent that you can destroy them. As such, you'll spend a lot of time just shooting walls and ceilings or rolling around bombing the floor to see if there's a hidden passage you can use to progress. Personally, I'm spoiled by modern conveniences, so I found that particular aspect more frustrating than anything else, but fortunately, I'm also a punk who looked up a map on his phone, so that's always an option for us denizens of the 21st Century.
As you work your way through this maze, there are multiple power-ups that you'll need to grab and two bosses that you'll need to defeat before you're able to get to the final boss, Mother Brain. All three of these bosses are TOUGH and show you zero mercy, and that's not even touching on the titular Metroid enemies that will harass you once you finally overcome Kraid and Ridley, the two sub-bosses, and make your way through the final stretch of the game to Mother Brain. The game uses a password system to let you continue, but save states are definitely the way to go if you're playing through the game in 2021. God bless the NES Classic.
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All told, Metroid is a game that definitely shows its age but not to the extent that it's not fun to play today. It exemplifies "NES hard," and it's obtuse as all get out, but it's an incredibly fun experience, and it's great to see where the series started especially since the upcoming Metroid Dread is going to be the first time we've seen Metroid in HD. There are a TON of ways to play Metroid these days, so don't sleep on it. Don't feel bad if you don't have the patience to finish the game, but definitely at least experience it to some degree.


Stronger, faster, more reliable — those are the three key words used in a recently funded grant proposal to the Department of Energy (DOE) for the development of advanced reinforced concrete technologies to accelerate construction schedules, reduce costs and build safer nuclear power plants.
From paper towels to cups to plastic bottles, products made from recycled materials permeate our lives. One notable exception is building materials. Why can't we recycle concrete from our deteriorating infrastructure for use as material in new buildings and bridges? It's a question that a team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame is examining.
Harindra Joseph Fernando, the Wayne and Diana Murdy Family Professor of Engineering, has been selected to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Dundee.
Patrick J. Flynn, the Duda Family Professor of Engineering, professor of computer science and engineering, and concurrent professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected to receive one of five 2016 Technical Achievement Awards from the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.


It's something we have been talking about for a long time now – a jobs boom. The number of jobs being created in this sector is just staggering.
Job board giant SEEK's latest report is headlined "Job growth boosted by community services and healthcare". Not sure about about the career potential within disability, community and aged care? This report is just what you need to read.
The report classifies the roles in our sector under "Community Services and Development"; the Australian Government lumps them into a larger category called "Healthcare".
"Healthcare" is Australia's biggest employer with just under 1 in 6 of the workforce. Remarkably, as the report confirms, it's also the second-fastest growing. That means in pure number terms, more jobs are being created in healthcare than in any other sector.
Just how many jobs are being created?
According to the report the number of job ads in the category has risen by 49% in the space of a year. The "key occupation driving growth in Community Services is Aged and Disability Support".
The Productivity Commission forecasts that Australia may need almost one million aged care workers by 2050 if it is to meet the anticipated demand from ageing baby boomers.
And disability jobs are being boosted by the roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Economists at Goldman Sachs estimate that around 50,000 jobs were created as a result of the NDIS in 2017, and another 100,000 may be expected by 2020.
As we said, these are staggering numbers. No other industry offers this kind of opportunity.
If you're interested in working in the disability sector, and trying to learn about it, four letters that will become very familiar to you are: N, D, I and S. In almost any story you read about people with disability, it's a safe bet that 'NDIS' will get a mention. So what is the NDIS and what does it mean for your career in disability? Here are some frequently asked questions unpacked by the carecareers team.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a big change to the way disability supports and services are funded. It focuses on giving people with disability choice and control over their lives, and on helping them to achieve their goals. The NDIS has support from all sides of politics and the wider Australian community. People with disability, their families and carers, and disability service providers fought hard for the NDIS. You can read all about that journey at Every Australian Counts.
How is the NDIS changing the disability sector?
Let's talk numbers first. The NDIS is doubling the funding for, and size of, the sector. That means tens of thousands of new job opportunities across the country.
The NDIS is also changing the nature of services delivered. Its aim is to have people with disability call the shots, and you can expect that they will have new ideas about the services they want. The result is different kinds of job opportunities, as well as more of them.
On a practical level, under the NDIS, funding is now directed to people with disability and their families, rather than to disability service providers. That means employers in the sector, who used to receive block funding from governments, now have to compete for individuals' business. This has made life more complicated for providers but, to their great credit, it's something they themselves pushed for. They made the call because they recognise the NDIS is all about the people they support. This speaks volumes for the kind of organisations they are.
Why am I hearing that the NDIS has problems?
Any change of this magnitude – and this really is a massive change – requires an awful lot of things to go right simultaneously. Even with the best planning in the world that does not always occur. Right now we are right in the middle of this process of change and there are genuine stresses and strains in some parts of the industry.
There have been some negative stories in the media and there will probably be more. However that should not take away from the bigger picture. There's no argument that the ideals of the NDIS are transformational. Its ultimate goal is a better life for people with disability – and there's enough evidence already to suggest that is achievable. Not all of the implementation has gone smoothly, but it's in everybody's interest to address issues quickly. Everyone in the sector wants the NDIS that they fought for and they are working hard, with governments, to fix the problems.
Should I be concerned about moving into disability work?
No. There are some teething problems with the introduction of the NDIS, but there are some amazing success stories too. This is a whole industry built around people who want to make a difference, and it's on a strong trajectory of growth. The disability sector has an ever-increasing number and variety of roles, and it welcomes newcomers from all backgrounds.


Just over one year on, I still look back every time I get out of the car. It's that kind of car. From a choice of BMW 5 series, Audi A6, Mercedes E class and a smattering of other 4-door vehicles in the $90,000+ range, the Jaguar XF is a stand out for a few reasons. It's good looking inside and out, it is more exclusive than the others, it has understated elegance, and it doesn't try to impress with a dashboard lifted from a jumbo jet (so it passes the 'can my wife drive it without concern' test).
Having extensively tested a number of engine options, the 3.0 litre diesel offered the best mix of power, performance and economy, and in a package which was better balanced for the car. Although the smaller engines are noticeably lighter and allow for nimble handling, the larger twin-sequential turbo diesel offers endless torque (600Nm) and plenty of power (202kW), and is very quiet even at low speeds. The 8-speed ZF transmission is smooth in changes, and although it's an auto, the flappy paddles make it much more exciting and responsive to drive on twisty coastal roads.
The economy of the vehicle is astounding: the best I've achieved is 4.7 litres per 100km, and it's never been higher than 7.9 litres per 100km, in spite of some spirited driving at times. The range is in the order of 900-1100km per tank, depending on how and where you drive.
Handling is exceptionally good, though the ride is more firm than passengers generally expect in a luxury car. However, the steering is responsive with a reasonable amount of feel (slightly lighter than it should be, but fine in most circumstances). Passengers are generally very impressed with how the car is put together, and only very tall passengers would complain of lack of head or leg room. The front seats in particular (different seats are fitted to the Premium Luxury) are very supportive and extremely comfortable on long drives.
Whilst the technology isn't on par with the offerings from its competitors, and the touchscreen can be slow until you get accustomed to it, the overall equipment levels and functions are as expected. The upgraded stereo (with subwoofer in the boot) produces crisp and clear sound, and is a joy to listen to, and handles a multitude of sources (it even plays DVDs). All of the other features and switchgear are understated and yet functional – so much is handled automatically that the driver can be more involved in driving rather than piloting a computer interface.
Servicing the vehicles is a rare event: once every 26,000km or once a year. The last service was minimal, and costs were no different to any other large car in Australia. Reliability has been exceptional: Jaguar has improved markedly (the latest JD Powers survey has ranked Jaguar equal first with Lexus) and the car itself has experienced no rattles, niggles or faults, apart from a replacement fuel filler cap solenoid which began sticking.
In all, the car still puts a big grin on my face, and the ownership experience has been exceptional. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat, although the F-Type coupe is just around the corner!


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Murphy's Law: Where Did Our Air Force Disappear To?
June 28, 2014: It was recently revealed that Serbia had no combat aircraft available for duty, mainly because money had not been spent by the Defense Ministry to buy batteries for the aircraft. Serbia doesn't have much of an air force to begin with (26 MiG-21s, four MiG-29s and 18 J-22s) and the cost of maintenance has been a struggle keep up with. The air force insists that three MiG-21s and three MiG-29s are available for service but no one has seen any of them flying lately. Some of the older aircraft have been out of action for so long that it will take a major refurbishment to get them back into the air. Most of the non-combat aircraft are also grounded because of maintenance problems also related to an unresponsive procurement bureaucracy.
The battery situation makes it clear that the Defense Ministry procurement bureaucracy is the biggest problem. In addition to being slow in responding to air force requests for the batteries (costing a few thousand dollars per plane) the procurement bureaucrats have a torturous and lengthy process for ordering equipment. Worse, when it comes to spare parts and maintenance supplies the procurement bureaucrats do not take into account how the delays will impact equipment readiness.
Normally all this stuff is classified as "state secrets" but word on the battery fiasco got out. It's more likely there will be an investigation to find and prosecute the "spy" who made this item public rather than speed up the procurement process. The air force is still waiting for their batteries.
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Saracens Football Club are an English professional rugby union team based in London, England. Established in 1876, they play in Premiership Rugby, the top level of domestic rugby union in England, where they are the reigning champions and have won the title five times. They are also the current title holders of the European Rugby Champions Cup, a tournament which they have won more times than any other English team, with three titles, won in 2016, 2017 and 2019. Since 2012, Saracens have played their home games at Allianz Park in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet; previous grounds have included Vicarage Road in Watford, and Bramley Road. The club's home playing colours are black and red.
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Queensland Ballet Flies With New Partnership
Tuesday, 2nd October 2012 at 3:24 pm
Virgin Australia has partnered with the Queensland Ballet, in a deal set to connect people and dance across the state.
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The partnership with Queensland Ballet, described as one of the nation's leading performing arts companies, will allow allow the ensemble to perform in more locations across the state and increase its community access programs.
Under the partnership, Virgin Australia will become the official airline and season partner of Queensland Ballet, commencing in 2013.
QBLEARN, the Youth and Education program of Queensland Ballet, aims to engage, enhance and inspire by bringing the world of dance to potential rising stars, wherever they are located.
"Our aim is to provide a clear career pathway through intensive training and to produce dancers whose talent and abilities are internationally sought after," says a statement from their website.
Virgin Australia General Manager Michael Betteridge said that 2013 would be a landmark year for the Queensland Ballet.
"We are very proud to be partnering with a company that makes such an important contribution to performing arts in Australia, at such an exciting time in its evolution, and we look forward to a spectacular 2013 season," Betteridge said.
Queensland Ballet CEO Anna Marsden said she was delighted about the partnership.
"The partnership will enable us to achieve our vision of connecting people and dance across the state," she said.
"It means we will be able to bring our performances to more people in regional Queensland and also deliver more education and community activities across the state."
Further information is available at the Queensland Ballet's website.
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Ag board appointment angers farm group
Tracy Loew
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Gov. Kate Brown's pick to fill a vacancy on the Oregon Board of Agriculture has outraged the state's largest sustainable agriculture group.
Marty Myers, general manager of Threemile Canyon Farms, is expected to be appointed to the board at its meeting next week.
The farm, headquartered in North Dakota, is one of the nation's largest confined animal feeding operations, with more than 50,000 dairy cows housed at its Eastern Oregon facility.
"Through this appointment, Gov. Brown is showing significant disregard for small and mid-sized family farms that make up the vast majority of Oregon's agricultural community," Friends of Family Farmers said in a statement Friday.
Threemile Canyon calls itself the Northwest's leading sustainable farm, using waste from the dairy to fertilize crops including potatoes; employing a precision irrigation system, and using a taxpayer-subsidized methane digester to produce fuel from manure gases.
Still, the farm likely is Oregon's largest single source of agricultural air pollution and produces twice the biological waste of a city the size of Salem, Friends of Family Farmers said.
A 2005 U.S. Forest Service study found the farm's manure cesspools – exceeding 40 acres in size – were contributing to acid rain and haze in the Columbia River Gorge.
"Mr. Myers represents one of the biggest, if not the biggest, industrial scale farming operations in the state," said Jeanette Logan, an eastern Oregon wheat farmer and former neighbor of the operation. "It is of great concern that he will represent the perspective of huge-scale corporate farms rather than the family farms that make up the backbone of Oregon agriculture."
Threemile Canyon Farms also has significant political influence.
The company has made $90,000 in political contributions over the past three years, according to Oregon Secretary of State campaign finance records. That includes $30,000 in contributions to former Gov. John Kitzhaber's 2014 re-election campaign.
It also has spent $178,500 lobbying in Oregon since 2012, including $55,000 spent in the first half of 2015.
"This pick for Oregon's Board of Agriculture is a slap in the face to family farmers across Oregon and is a statement that, when given a choice, Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba will stand with corporate agribusiness, not Oregon family farmers." said Ivan Maluski, Friends of Family Farmers' policy director.
The seat, traditionally held by a dairy representative, has been vacant for about a year. Another candidate, Jon Bansen, owner of the 300-cow Double J Jerseys in Monmouth, was supported by Friends of Family Farmers, Oregon Tilth, Oregon Rural Action, Organically Grown Company, Organic and other environmental groups.
The Governor's office has not responded to Friends of Family Farmers' Sept. 3 request, under Oregon's public records law, for the names of others who applied for the post.
The 10-member Board of Agriculture advises ODA on policy issues and budget priorities. Unlike most other gubernatorial appointments, those to the Board of Agriculture do not require Senate confirmation. The board also is exempt from oversight by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
The Governor's office did not respond to a request for comment Friday afternoon.
tloew@statesmanjournal.com, (503) 399-6779 or follow at Twitter.com/Tracy_Loew


Boot Women in the News!
On our July walk, Boot Women were joined by a reporter from the Huffington Post who then published this lovely article about us. Why not give it a read?
Boot Women will be walking in the parade at Birmingham Pride 2018 (26 May)! We'll be meeting from 11.30 am in Victoria Square – to join us simply watch out for the green and white Boot Women banner.
Boot Women's 2018 AGM will take place at the Wellington (72 Bristol St, B5 7AH) on 24 April, 7 pm. Join us!


Gibson 1960 guitar and bass catalogue. Page 15. The acoustic electric Spanish series continues with three full-body archtops, the Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster in it's last catalogue appearance, the ES-175D and the ES-125 guitars.
1960 zone 1 US prices were as follows: ES-5 Switchmaster $495 ($525 Natural finish); ES-175 $249.50; ES-175D $310 ($325 Natural finish); ES-125 $159.50.


Quadracci Pavilion interior wall detail demonstrates light-sculpting impact of the Burke Brise Soleil (217-foot movable sunscreen). Milwaukee, WI. Santiago Calatrava architect.
Atrium view of Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts at Northwestern University. Goettsch Partners, architect. Power Construction. Kirkegaard Associates, acoustics. Schuler Shook, lighting.
Centerpiece building of Chicago Botanic Garden Regenstein Learning Campus traces a circular arc facing rolling hills and a children's growing garden. Interior skylights bring daylight to the Astellas Atrium and Grainger Wing, welcoming students of all ages. Glencoe, IL. Booth Hansen, architects.
Adjustable sound-reflecting panels ensure quality acoustics for every performance from a large orchestra to an individual artist. Palatine, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Twilight image of theater lobby. Palatine, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Kersten Physics Teaching Center. Hyde Park, Chicago, IL. Holabird & Root architects.
Large vertical windows open this two-story bedroom to the world. Wadsworth, IL. Marvin Windows. Belli & Belli Architects.
State-of-the art conference facility at the Harper College campus features a 250-seat amphitheater. Palatine, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnindge Cassell Associates).
Living room furnishings detail. Tempe, AZ. Hydzik-Schade Architects.
Vestibule and auditorium entrance to this artfully-restored elementary school. Wilmette, IL. Behles+Behles architects.
Elgin Community College offers a culinary arts education with dining room and full teaching kitchen. Elgin, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Converted hardware store gives seniors a place to socialize. In addition to a full kitchen and dining bar, the facility provides computers (behind kitchen to conserve space), multi-purpose room, crafts area and offices. Cicero, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Central core atrium and stair. Skokie, IL. Arzoumanian & Co. Architects.
Warm, inviting kitchen and breakfast area. Private residence. Skokie, IL. Arzoumanian & Co. Architects.
Vaulted ceiling adds drama to this comfortable living space. Fireplace separates living room from a cozy study. Interior photography, private residence. Skokie, IL. Arzoumanian & Co. Architects.
Sharing a fireplace with the living room, this study provides space for casual conversation, reading and relaxing. Skokie, IL. Arzoumanian & Co., Architects.
Concordia University Chicago lecture hall. River Forest, IL. Holabird & Root architects.
Custom millwork, concrete and a neutral palette create a welcoming reception for ORA Dental Studio. Chicago, IL. Arzoumanian & Co. Architects.
Sunlit main hall for this River North dental practice. Construction follows LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and GGHC (Green Guide for Health Care) protocols. Chicago, IL. ORA Dental Studio. Arzoumanian & Co. Architects.
Main gallery and circulation desk. Flossmoor, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Presence Inwood Athletic Club earned the Park and Recreation Association Outstanding Facility Award. Joliet, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Entry and reception for fitness, tennis and lap pool. Lockport, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Preschool provides a variety of stimulating learning opportunities. Carpentersville, IL. Dewberry Architects (Burnidge Cassell Associates).
Barrel-vaulted ceiling provides a feeling of openness for customer waiting area and bank officer cubicles. Behles+Behles Architects and Engineers.
Private residence. Editorial commission. Palo Alto, CA.
Sculptural light port in the interior of the Quadracci Pavilion. Milwaukee, WI. Santiago Calatrava architect.


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COVID-19 in India: "It's changed me as a person and as a doctor"
May 1, 2021 India
By Dr Gautam Harigovind, Medical Activity Manager, COVID-19 project, Mumbai
Picture a thousand-bed hospital. There are 28 wards, as well as the emergency, casualty and triage areas. It's a makeshift hospital in a huge metal tent. Walking into it the first time was a surreal experience; I've never seen anything like it.
It's like walking into a huge ship. The ceiling is really high, but the ventilation is not great. It meets some standards, but it doesn't really suit the Mumbai environment.
During the morning, Mumbai becomes very humid. It's excruciatingly hot. And working in a protective suit for six hours; it's unimaginable. The heat is almost too much to take.
This is the second week of our emergency project. Last week, we had about 200 to 250 new patients admitted every day and, while the situation in Mumbai remains very serious, as a team, we have had a better week.
"COVID has changed me as a person and as a doctor. I used to be very patient-centred... Now, I'm scared of building relationships with patients"
- Gautam Harigovind
Medical Activity Manager, MSF COVID-19 project in Mumbai
This week we've seen improving results from our patients, better than we expected.
When I first began working at the Mumbai COVID centre in September 2020 it was chaos, with waves and waves of scared people coming in every day. After that, things smoothed out; patient care smoothed out.
Today, our greatest challenge is attrition of staff. People just cannot work in this environment for long periods of time. It's burn-out, and the burn-out cycles are faster now than in the first wave.
Right now, it's three days and you're burned out. Even if your shift is only six hours, those are COVID hours. It's the conditions, the sheer number of patients and the lack of proper induction.
There are 28 wards; each ward should have two nurses present per shift and there are four shifts. You do the math and you can see – it's hard to find that many nurses.
We are focused on recruiting and training new staff. Many of the Ministry of Health nurses we work with are fresh graduates who've been thrust into something that nobody really expected or can really fathom.
They're trying to get the job done, but they're inexperienced and don't know how to manage their work or their time. Our MSF nurses are supporting MOH nurses with mentorship and coaching at the patient's bedside.
COVID has changed me as a person and as a doctor. People are dying, but I've become used to it. We have come to terms with it. I've not had the time to reflect on them. I used to be very patient-centred, all about patient advocacy.
Now, I'm scared of building relationships with patients. At first I did that, and then I would come back for my next shift and see their empty bed, and that would break my heart.
Even the fact that I now refer them as 'the patient'. I would have used a name before. Or I would say, 'my patient'. This is how it's changed me.
Preparing for every possibility
We have come up with intuitive ways to make the work easier on our staff. The MSF team is full of really strong personalities.
"Everyone must speak out as much as they can about the situation in India."
This is what I look for when I recruit them. Each member of our team is really strong, both their clinical skills and their personality.
We're encouraging our staff to start conversations early on with their patient about the possible eventualities of COVID, to help both staff and patients understand what might happen; the possibility of their death.
We've had positive results from this. It's helped our team accept what happens to their patients. Not just that they've had the conversation, but that the patient knew what was going to happen, and was in some way prepared for it.
Everyone must speak out as much as they can about the situation in India. What's happening now is an atrocity and if no one was talking about it, it would just continue to happen.
It would be a single tree that fell in a forest clearing. India has plenty of people ready to volunteer however they can and plenty of people who want to receive medical care if they can. The gaps are in the infrastructure.
It's kind of ebbed at the moment, but it feels like the calm before the storm. There is a fear that Mumbai might go into a complete lockdown.
We are really working overtime to put things in place before anything worse happens. If it doesn't happen, great; COVID is a context where I love to be wrong!
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – – Nearly 80 percent of radio-tracked marsh rabbits that died in Everglades National Park in a recent study were eaten by Burmese pythons, according to a new publication by University of Florida and U.S. Geological Survey researchers.
A year later, there was no sign of a rabbit population in the study area. The study demonstrates that Burmese pythons are now the dominant predator of marsh rabbits, and likely other mid-sized animals in the park, potentially upsetting the balance of a valuable ecosystem.
The study provides the first empirical evidence that the Burmese python caused reductions in marsh rabbit populations in the park, supporting previous studies that suggested pythons were a significant factor in declines of many other mid-sized mammals since becoming established there a few decades ago.
The estimated tens of thousands of Burmese pythons now populating the greater Everglades present a low risk to people in the park, according to previous research by USGS and NPS.
Scientists know that invasive pythons prey on native Everglades mammals, but they didn't have experimental evidence that pythons could cause population declines or local extinction of mammals, said Robert McCleery, a UF assistant professor in wildlife ecology and conservation who led the study.
While a 2012 study showed that as pythons were proliferating, mammals were declining, it did not directly link the two phenomena. "This study does just that," said Bob Reed, a USGS research herpetologist and study co-author.
"Mammals play an important role in the Everglades ecosystem, and so recovery of mammal populations is closely tied with recovering the overall health and functionality of this ecosystem," McCleery said.
In most Florida wetlands, it's easy to detect marsh rabbit populations by searching for their scat, but the researchers could not find evidence of rabbits in the parts of Everglades National Park they studied during intensive surveys prior to conducting their experiment.
In 2012, a group of scientists that included researchers from Davidson College, USGS and UF compared data on mammal populations from the 1990s – before pythons became widespread in Everglades National Park ─ to results of population surveys conducted between 2003 and 2011. The 2012 study found that significant mammalian population declines coincided in space and time with the proliferation of invasive pythons in the Everglades.
"Previous studies implicated pythons in mammal declines in the Everglades, but those studies were largely correlative," said Reed. "This new study moves us from correlation to causation in terms of the impact of invasive pythons on native mammals."
To conduct the most recent study, researchers found areas outside of the park that supported large and healthy populations of marsh rabbits. They moved 31 marsh rabbits into select areas in the park in two experimental populations. They also put 15 rabbits in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, and captured, collared and released another 49 in Fakahatchee Strand State Park, where they knew there would be few, if any, pythons ─ and used those as control sites. All of the rabbits were equipped with radio-collars so that they could be regularly located.
The researchers radio-tracked the rabbits and found that 77 percent of those that died in the Everglades were eaten by Burmese pythons, and that there was no sign of a rabbit population in the areas where they released them in the park one year later. On the other hand, rabbits remained common at the control site after the experiment. Many animals eat marsh rabbits, but outside the park, they're most often the victims of bobcats and coyotes.
Furthermore, the warmer and wetter the weather, the more rabbits were consumed by pythons in the park. The researchers suggested this may be because higher water levels allow the pythons to easily swim long distances while searching for food and because they feed more frequently when it's hot.
Scientists chose to study the pythons' impacts on marsh rabbit populations because the high reproductive rates of rabbits mean that their populations are typically resilient to predators, McCleery said. The conclusion that pythons are capable of eliminating marsh rabbit populations in Everglades National Park led the authors to suggest that the observed declines in other mid-sized mammal species in the park could also be due to predation by pythons.
The study was published online this week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Academy B. McCleery's co-authors include UF graduate student Adia Sovie, as well as Robert Reed, Kristen Hart and Margaret Hunter, all research wildlife biologists with the USGS.
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12/17/2021 DOE
Communities LEAP
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Communities Local Energy Action Program (LEAP) pilot initiative partners with communities across the nation to build community-driven action plans for clean energy-related economic development.
Through Communities LEAP, DOE will provide support from the top experts in clean energy and economic development to 24 to 36 competitively selected communities while they develop action plans for clean energy transitions. This opportunity is specifically open to low-income, energy-burdened communities that are also experiencing environmental justice concerns, or direct economic impacts resulting from a shift away from historical reliance on fossil fuels.
12/17/2021 EPA
FY22 State and Tribal Response Program Grants
State and tribal response programs oversee assessment and cleanup activities at brownfield sites across the country. The depth and breadth of these programs vary. Some focus on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) related activities, while others are multi-faceted, addressing sites regulated by both CERCLA and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
This funding is intended for states and tribes that have the required management and administrative capacity within their government to administer a federal grant. The primary goal of this funding is to ensure that state and tribal response programs include, or are taking reasonable steps to include, certain elements of an environmental response program and that the program establishes and maintains a public record of sites addressed.
12/17/2021 BIA
Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons—North Central, Midwest, Northeast/Southeast CASC Regions
The Secretary of the Interior is soliciting proposals from tribal nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, and tribally controlled colleges or universities to enter into a cooperative agreement to support tribal climate science needs through the hiring of tribal climate resilience liaisons in the U.S. Department of the Interior's regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs).
The agreement provides a mechanism for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to provide the competitively selected tribal organizations with nonrecurring funding for mutually-agreed-upon tasks that address the climate science needs of the BIA and all tribal communities in the North Central, Midwest, and Northeast or Southeast CASC regions.
12/31/2021 NOAA
2022 William M. Lapenta Student Internship Program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering paid summer internships to 2nd and 3rd-year undergraduate and enrolled graduate students to work in areas that will provide robust research and operational experience that will prepare the student for further study in NOAA fields, for application to fellowships, or for the NOAA mission workforce.
1/1/2021 USDA
Community Forest Program
The U.S. Forest Service's Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program offer a unique opportunity for communities to acquire and conserve forests that provide public access and recreational opportunities, protect vital water supplies and wildlife habitat, serve as demonstration sites for private forest landowners, and provide economic benefits from timber and nontimber products.
City or township governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, (federally recognized), county governments, and nonprofits with 501(c) (3) status, other than institutions of higher education, are eligible to apply.
1/3/2021 DOE
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released new funding for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I program for the Fiscal Year 2022 to support small business solar innovations. This year, the Solar Energy Technologies Office is issuing two topics. One is open to both SBIR and STTR applications, while the other is open to only STTR applications.
Through SBIR/STTR, U.S. small businesses are encouraged to engage in high-risk, innovative research and technology development with the potential for commercialization. Small businesses play a major role in spurring innovation and creating jobs in the U.S. economy. SBIR/STTR enables DOE to achieve its research and development goals through funding to small businesses. SBIR/STTR currently provides funding in two phases, but through DOE's Phase 0 assistance program, assistance may be provided to first-time applicants, minority-owned or women-owned small businesses, or small businesses from an under-represented state.
1/4/2022 HUD
Indian Housing Block Grant - Competitive Grant Program
Under the Indian Housing Block Grant program, eligible Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities receive grants to carry out a range of affordable housing activities.
Grant funds may be used to develop, maintain, and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy environments on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas and carry out other affordable housing activities. Grant funds must be used to primarily benefit low-income Indian families.
1/13/2022 USDA
New Markets Tax Credit Program
Offered by the U.S. Department of Treasury, the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program incentivizes community development and economic growth through the use of tax credits that attract private investment to distressed communities.
The NMTC Program attracts private capital into low-income communities by permitting individual and corporate investors to receive a tax credit against their federal income tax in exchange for making equity investments in specialized financial intermediaries called Community Development Entities.
1/14/2022 NREL
2022 Executive Energy Leadership Program
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking applicants for its 2022 Executive Energy Leadership Program, otherwise known as "Energy Execs."
Energy Execs provides competitively selected industry and community leaders an opportunity to learn about the latest advanced energy technologies, which will help guide their organizations in future energy-related decisions and planning. Leaders from the private sector, communities, nonprofits, and government are eligible to apply. Successful applicants will be required to travel to NREL's Golden, Colorado, campus to participate in four multiday sessions from June through September.
Wood Innovations Grant program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture– Forest Service is announcing the availability of up to $8 million in funding to support projects that will substantially expand and accelerate wood products and wood energy markets throughout the United States to support forest management needs on National Forest System and other forest lands.
Eligible applicants are for-profit entities, state, local, and tribal governments, school districts, community, not-for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and special purpose districts.
Community Wood Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture– Forest Service is announcing the availability of up to $5 million in funding to install a thermally led community wood energy system or build an innovative wood product facility. The Community Wood Grant Program, launched in 2020, provides funding for grants to install thermally led community wood energy systems or to build innovative wood product manufacturing facilities.
Eligible applicants are non-profits, state, local, and tribal governments, businesses, companies, corporations, institutions of higher education, and special purpose districts.
1/26/2022 EDA
American Rescue Plan Act Good Jobs Challenge
Through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Good Jobs Challenge Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the Economic Development Agency (EDA) aims to assist communities and regions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This ARPA Good Jobs Challenge NOFO is designed to help get Americans back to work by developing and strengthening regional systems to develop and execute sectoral partnerships that will lead to well-paying jobs. The goal of regional workforce training systems is to create and implement effective employer-driven training programs that will connect the existing and emerging skills needs of employers with workers and will help workers find and keep quality jobs and advance along their chosen career paths.
1/28/2022 FEMA
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Direct Technical Assistance
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Direct Technical Assistance can provide holistic planning support at the earliest stages to communities that may not have the capacity to start on their own. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide support for project- or application-specific needs and community-wide resilience needs for up to 36 months. FEMA connects communities with experienced mentors who provide support and lessons learned.
1/30/2022 DOE
Fourth Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is soliciting applicants for its Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program to accelerate the commercialization of clean energy technologies. Hosted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), West Gate will join three existing sites of the Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program to equip scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs with the training, technical resources, and mentorship they need to develop next-generation technologies that will pave the way to a zero-carbon economy.
Five innovators will be selected through a competitive process and will each receive two years of paid fellowships, national laboratory access, and research funding, along with mentorship and entrepreneurial training.
USDA 1890 National Scholars Program
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1890 National Scholars Program is implemented under the USDA Fellows Experience Program (FEP). Scholars accepted into the program will be appointed and may be eligible for noncompetitive conversion to full-time employment upon graduation.
The goal of the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program is to increase the number of minorities studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, and related disciplines. The program will provide full tuition, employment, employee benefits, fees, books, and room and board each year for up to 4 years to selected students pursuing a bachelor's degree at eligible universities.
1/31/2022 NOAA
The Hollings Scholarship Program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance for two years of full-time study and a 10-week, full-time paid internship at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) facility during the summer.
The internship between the first and second years of the award provides the scholars with hands-on, practical experience in NOAA related science, research, technology, policy, management, and education activities. Awards also include travel funds to attend a mandatory NOAA Scholarship Program orientation and the annual Science & Education Symposium, scientific conferences where students present their research, and a housing subsidy for scholars who do not reside at home during the summer internship.
REAP Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Program
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) program assists rural small businesses and agricultural producers by conducting and promoting energy audits and providing Renewable Energy Development Assistance (REDA).This program strengthens American energy independence by increasing the private sector supply of renewable energy and decreasing the demand for energy through energy efficiency improvements.
The assistance must be provided to agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Rural small businesses must be located in eligible rural areas. This restriction does not apply to agricultural producers.
2/15/2022 RESF
2022 Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation Awards
The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation (RESF) provides academic scholarships to students in Oregon and Washington pursuing advanced studies in renewable energy. Study areas may include biomass, geothermal, wind, or solar, as well as related areas such as public policy and other social sciences.
RESF expects to award at least eight scholarships in 2022 based upon academic merit, accomplishments in the field, and demonstrated interest.
Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize
The Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize aims to fund organizations for ongoing and/or proposed activities related to climate and clean energy that support, build trust, and strengthen relationships and partnerships with disadvantaged communities. This prize seeks to enable and enhance business and technology incubation, acceleration, and other community-based and university-based entrepreneurship and innovation in climate and clean energy technologies.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations; state, local, and tribal governments and government entities; and for-profit companies. Academic institutions with experience in supporting environmental, climate, and energy justice are also eligible to apply.
Rural Business Development Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Development Grant program provides technical assistance and training for small rural businesses with fewer than 50 new workers and less than $1 million in gross revenue.
This program is open to rural public entities including towns, communities, state agencies, authorities, nonprofit corporations, institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribes, and rural cooperatives if organized as a private nonprofit corporation. Grant funds must be used for projects that benefit rural areas or towns outside the urbanized periphery of any city with a population of 50,000 or more.
Weatherization Assistance Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced an $18.6 million funding opportunity to help state, local, and tribal governments enhance the impact of the existing residential Weatherization Assistance Program and help lower energy costs for consumers.
Supported projects will expand the types of residential buildings eligible for energy efficiency retrofits, prepare more homes for electrification, increase opportunities for local clean energy jobs, and provide targeted benefits to communities disproportionally impacted by high energy burden. Each award will provide a maximum of $2 million over a 3-year performance period. The concept paper must be submitted in late January prior to application.
USDA 1994 Tribal Scholars Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1994 Tribal Scholars Program seeks to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska Native students studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, and related disciplines.
The USDA 1994 Tribal Scholars Program combines classroom study with paid work experience that leads to employment at USDA. Through this program, USDA seeks to boost the number of students studying and graduating in food, agriculture, natural resources, and related fields of study, and help build the pipeline of future agricultural scientists and professionals. The program also strengthens USDA partnerships with 1994 land-grant institutions.
3/1/2022 DOT
Infrastructure For Rebuilding America Grants
The Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) is a competitive grants program provided through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Secretary – Office of Transportation Policy. The program funds transportation highway and freight projects of national and regional significance that result in good-paying jobs, improve safety, apply transformative technology, and explicitly address climate change and racial equity and operational improvements directly related to system performance.
States, cities, counties, tribes, port authorities, and public transportation agencies are eligible to apply.
2022 Hollings Preparation Program (HPP)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) seeks to support a diverse and qualified pool of students for career development opportunities in NOAA related fields.
The Hollings Preparation Program (HPP) will prepare undergraduates to be competitive applicants for the full NOAA Hollings Scholarship in their sophomore year of college. HPP scholars will be paired with NOAA mentors primarily on the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska, for four to six weeks during the summer of 2022.
FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Indigenous Communities
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) aims to assist indigenous communities to recover economically from the coronavirus pandemic through this Indigenous Communities Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
EDA's American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities NOFO is designed to support indigenous communities as they respond to, and recover from, the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, including long-term recovery and resilience to future economic disasters.
Competitive applications for funding under this NOFO will propose projects designed to create the conditions for economic growth in indigenous communities and to accelerate economic recovery from the pandemic. These projects can include foundational economic infrastructure projects, such as broadband, energy, road, water, and wastewater infrastructure (including community water facilities), vocational and higher education facilities, and community health facilities that are necessary for future job creation.
Projects can also include non-construction projects to provide technical assistance to support business development, entrepreneurship assistance, economic development planning, rural prosperity, and workforce training in indigenous communities. Further, EDA seeks to fund projects representing diverse geographies, from rural and urban settings to projects on or near tribal lands.
FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Economic Adjustment Assistance
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) aims to assist communities and regions impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, including historically underserved communities through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The ARPA EAA is designed to provide a wide-range of financial assistance to communities and regions as they respond to, and recover from, the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, including long-term recovery and resilience to future economic disasters.
Under this announcement, EDA solicits applications under the authority of the EEA program, which is flexible and responsive to the economic development needs and priorities of local and regional stakeholders. This is the broadest NOFO EDA is publishing under ARPA and any eligible applicant from any EDA Region may apply. EDA expects to fund a number of projects under this NOFO that support communities negatively impacted by the downturn in the coal economy, supporting transitioning away from coal.
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Products Manufacturing Assistance Program
USDA Rural Development program that provides loan guarantees to assist in the development, construction, and retrofitting of new and emerging technologies for advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and bio-based products.
Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project Community Technical Assistance
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is soliciting applications for community technical assistance through the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP). ETIPP works alongside the remote, island, and islanded communities to transform their energy systems and increase energy resilience.
Competitively selected communities will receive substantial technical assistance from the ETIPP network on energy analysis and planning to advance community-driven energy transitions. The ETIPP network combines the technical expertise of DOE and its national laboratories with the local insights and experience of regional partner organizations to identify and implement solutions that address community needs and goals.
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is soliciting applications for grants that will advance equity in rural America by creating new opportunities in distressed communities. The Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, support industry clusters, and maximize the use of local productive assets in eligible low-income rural areas.
Rural jobs accelerator partnerships—including nonprofit, state, and tribal entities; institutions of higher education; and public bodies—with expertise in delivering economic and job training programs are eligible to apply.
5/4/2022 AmeriCorps
FY22 AmeriCorps State and National Tribal Grants
Funding is available to support National Service programs to provide resources and staffing for organizations and agencies working to alleviate poverty and address poverty-related problems in local communities. Applicants may propose programming to aid communities in their efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations to help microenterprises startup/grow through a Rural Microloan Revolving Fund and provides training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and micro-entrepreneurs.
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) Programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program provides zero-interest loans and grants to Rural Utilities Service's Electric and Telecom Program borrowers to use the funds to help local businesses finance projects that will create and retain jobs.
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2021 American Rescue Plan Electric School Bus Rebates
The U.S. Energy Protection Agency (EPA) will fund $7 million for electric school bus rebates in underserved communities.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) appropriated funds to the EPA for "activities that identify and address disproportionate environmental or public health harms and risks in minority populations or low-income populations" under several programs, including the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA).
This program has not opened to accept applications. More details and supporting documents for this program will be posted on this page by the end of September.
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We're head over heels for these adorable food-themed Christmas tree ornaments - there's donuts, mushrooms, oysters and even ice cream sandwiches!
Here's a great list of 10 cooking apps sure to be welcome in the kitchen, from huge recipe databases, to egg timers and fish cooking guides.
More pictures have emerged of 3D printed food crested using Foodini - a new device that aims to bring 3D food printing to the masses.
Maple, a new app backed by chef David Chang, will aim to offer the people of New York restaurant quality food delivered to their food within 15 minutes.


The law allows you to keep certain property that the State thinks you need in order to live. That property is exempt. Georgia has one list of such property, and South Carolina has another. Generally, South Carolina's list is more generous for some reason (probably because Georgia hasn't bothered to amend most of the items on its list in more than 10 years, despite all the inflation we've experienced in the meantime). The exemption laws are too complex to explain in detail. But, in general, bankruptcy attorneys will advise debtors who think they still have whopping equity in their homes, even in this terrible housing market, or their houses are paid for, to stay away from Chapter 7.
In the rare case where a particular piece of property is not exempt under state exemption laws does NOT mean that you'll automatically lose the property, however. Chapter 7 trustees are usually looking for the quick buck, and would rather have cash than property that they have to market and sell. Consequently, you can probably ransom your non-exempt property by making a negotiated cash payment to the trustee. Some trustees will let you pay over a short period of time. You may be able to negotiate a ransom price that's considerably less than the replacement value of the property.
In Chapter 13, property exemptions are used in the best interests of creditors or liquidation test (one of the five tests for confirmation of a plan) to make sure that your unsecured creditors get at least as much money through the plan as they would have gotten in a theoretical Chapter 7 case. Once again, you don't lose the property. Instead, you must pay the value of the non-exempt property into the plan somehow. You can pay out of your earnings, or, in a rare case, you can sell the property and pay the proceeds into the plan.
· A foreclosure sale must be put on hold.
· A car lender can no longer grab your ride.
· Civil lawsuits, such as ones brought by debt collectors or credit card companies, are halted.
· The Department of Motor Vehicles must allow you to renew your driver's license even if you owe parking tickets or excise taxes, or have an unpaid judgment from an uninsured motor vehicle accident.
· Garnishments or levies on your pay check must stop.
Individual creditors may, however, petition the Bankruptcy Court for relief (or to lift) the stay, if they think they have a good reason (or cause) for doing so. If the Court agrees and the petition is granted, relief allows them to proceed with foreclosure, repossession, eviction, and so on.
If you have questions about bankruptcy exemptions, contact Lee Ringler Law Offices today. We proudly serve clients throughout the greater Augusta area and CSRA, including Evans, Martinez, and Grovetown, GA, North Augusta and Aiken, SC, and surrounding counties.


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Charcoal is made from coal, wood, and other substances such as coconuts, and when it is activated, the charcoal develops highly absorbent pores to traps toxins across its entire surface area – which is highly effective at cleansing impurities from your skin, hair, and teeth.
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ACTION: Notice of reopening of comment period.
Management Unit in the Selkirk Mountains in Boundary County, Idaho.
Register on June 1, 2018, with comments due on or before July 16, 2018.
Draft EIS are available at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=41296 and https://www.cbp.gov/document/environmental-assessments/bog-creek-road-project-environmental-impact-statement.
contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
data, information, or authority that supports such recommended change.
Availability (NOA) in the Federal Register.
This process is being conducted pursuant to the NEPA (42 U.S.C.
31, 2018, and comments must be received on or before that date.


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Chicken and dumplings is a staple dish in any southern kitchen. My grandma used to make huge pots of it, and I've made them myself for many years. This recipe is a more modernized version of that classic favorite, as it contains garlic, bay, and white wine. Don't worry, the heat cooks out any alcohol, leaving behind only flavor.
Just like my grandma, I myself use a huge cast iron pot to cook these in. If you don't have one, that's ok! Just use a regular stockpot.
1. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together 1/2 cup of flour, salt and pepper. Add in the chicken, and toss to coat. In a large stockpot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Brown each piece of chicken in the oil, then remove from the pan and let drain on paper towels.
2. In the same stockpot, add the celery, onion, and carrots. Cook for roughly 8 minutes, or until the onion is tender. Add in the garlic, and cook for 1 minute. With a fork or metal whisk, quickly stir in 1/4 cup of flour. Slowly pour in the stock, stirring constantly.
3. Stir in the peppercorns, sugar, bay leaves, and wine. Add in the chicken, and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce the heat down to medium-low, making sure to keep the soup at a simmer. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the chicken's juices run clear.
4. While the soup is cooking, let's make the dumplings. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk togetehr all of the dry dumpling ingredients. In a separate bowl, stir the melted butter and milk together. Pour this into the flour mixture, stirring until just combined. DO NOT over mix, or your dumplings will be tough.
5. Scoop out rounded tablespoon lumps of the dough, form into balls, and place on parchment paper. Set these to the side.
6. Remove the chicken from the pot, and let cool just a bit. Remove the bay leaves as well.
7. Skim off the foamy fat floating on top of the soup, and discard.
8. Remove the skin from the chicken, and take it off the bone. Shred it with a fork into coarse shreds, and return it to the pot.
9. Bring the soup back to a simmer, and slowly ad din the dumplings. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a dumpling comes out clean.
10. Gently stir in the thyme, parsley, and heavy cream. Add in any extra salt and pepper you like, then serve.


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Just say No to drunk "droning": Japan to fine offenders $2800
01/09/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo
Thanks to new legislation voted in by Japan's parliament, the practice of flying a drone while under the influence of alcohol is now illegal. Offenders who are caught can be slapped with a fine of 300,000 yen, which is equivalent to around $2,750. "Drunk droning" can even land lawbreakers up to a year in prison for their crime. The new law will apply to any drone weighing more than 200 grams. (Related: Leveraging new tech for conservation: Drones help researchers track sea turtles, gather data.)
Japan's anti-drunk droning law covers more than operating drones while intoxicated. It also puts limits on where they can be flown. Drones and other unmanned aerial systems are now banned from being flown within 300 meters of any Japanese or US military installations and other defense-related facilities without the permission of either the Japan Self-Defense Forces or other relevant authorities.
Furthermore, they require permission from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) before they can fly a drone near airports, city centers and airspace above 150 meters. They are also required to avoid flying in crowded areas, to keep their drone within eyesight at all times and to only fly their drone during daylight. Anyone caught failing to abide by these regulations could face a fine of up to 500,000 yen, or around $4,500.
In a statement, an official from the MLIT said that "We believe operating drones after consuming alcohol is as serious as [drunk] driving."
The fight to regulate drones
The new laws have come as Japan sees a rising amount of both drone usage and drone-related accidents.
Before this law, Japan's National Diet also passed a series of laws banning the flying of drones over the Tokyo 2020 Olympic sites. Furthermore, they also banned the flying of drones over key facilities, such as over the Tokyo Imperial Palace and the office of the Prime Minister. Drones are also banned from flying anywhere near nuclear power plants.
Japan has had a contentious history with drones. In 2017, a nearly nine pound drone which was deployed at a "robot festival" at a park in Ogaki city in central Japan crashed into a small crowd. It was supposed to shower children with candy. The event was organized by the city tourism association and the drone pilot was a qualified individual who represented a drone maker in the prefecture. The operator even claimed that he received a permit from the MLIT to operate a drone at the event. The drone injured six people after plunging 33 feet to the ground. Those hit by the drone ranged in age from 5 to 48. Luckily, according to the police, most of the injuries were minor.
In 2015, a drone with a camera and a bottle of an unidentified liquid landed on the roof of the Prime Minister's office. The drone apparently contained traces of radiation. This sparked concerns about drones and their possible use in terror attacks. Thankfully, nobody was harmed, and this incident served as a wake up call for Japan to the potential dangers of drones. Many of the new regulations regarding the use of drones came from studying this incident.
Japan isn't alone in the battle to regulate the use of drones. Canada's Minister for Transport has announced its own regulations concerning their use. Aside from banning operators from piloting drones while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Canada now also prohibits users from flying drones near airports and emergency scenes. New Jersey too, has outlawed "drunk droning," and has passed regulations prohibiting operators from using drones near facilities such as schools, prisons and parks, as well as to chase wildlife.
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When Iraqi children came around his Humvee, Army Private First Class Nicholas Madaras of the 4th infantry Division of the Connecticut National Guard would always have something to give them... candy, chewing gum, or a stuffed animal. He loved children and went out of his way to bring a smile to a child's face. "He wanted them to know he was there to keep them safe," said one of his comrades in arms.
An avid soccer player, Nick knew that one way he could connect with the Iraqi children was through the international sport of soccer. "He was concerned about the kids over there, and he mentioned it to me," said his father in Wilton, CT. Madaras said his son even asked his father to send soccer balls to Iraq so he could pass them out to the children. PFC Madaras was killed September 3, 2006, as a result of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Baqubah, Iraq. His father and members of American Legion Post 86 in Wilton decided to honor his memory in a fashion most befitting to PFC Madaras' legacy. A soccer net and a sign announcing "Kick for Nick" was set up outside Post 86 to collect soccer balls to send to children in Iraq.
More than a million American service members — like PFC Madaras — have died in the wars and conflicts this nation has fought since the first colonial soldiers took up arms in 1775 to fight for independence. From the Civil War to Europe — from Pearl Harbor to Korea — from Vietnam to Grenada from Kuwait to Afghanistan and Iraq — men and women like Madaras have died so that we could continue to cherish the things they loved — God, country and family.
Consider the letter sent to Command Sergeant Major James Blankenbecler from his young daughter, Jessica, two days after she learned he was killed in a convoy in Samara, Iraq.
"Hi, Daddy, sorry I haven't written to you in a while. I miss you so much. How have you been? Is heaven everything it says it is? I know it's probably that and more. I can't wait until I can come and join you again. I have your military ring on right now. It's kind of big for my little finger, but it makes me feel like you're holding my hand when I have it on. It's been on since we found out the news. And when we drive by the billboards that say "An Army of One", it makes me remember you in your military uniform. How you always made a crunching sound when you walked, and how you shined your big boots every night before you went to bed. I miss seeing that all the time. I know you are gone now, but it only means that I have another angel watching over me for the rest of my life. That's the only way I can think of this as being good. Little things I took for granted when you were here seem priceless now. I miss you, daddy, with all my heart. I will always be your little girl. I love you, daddy, I miss you!!"
"P.S. I have never been so proud of my last name."
Jessica's words, I think, capture the full realm of emotions and thoughts that we share on Memorial Day... sorrow, happiness, pride, admiration and love. We salute our American soldiers like PFC Madaras and Sgt Major Blankenbecler who have laid down their lives for our country. May God bless them! ! !


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Q: Display position of expression as Tooltip How could we display the position of any sub expression in an expression using Tooltip?
This would be useful for example in order to locate the position of an element in the FullForm of a Plot.
I think I saw a similar Q&A once, but I haven't found it again.
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The answer of Kuba is very instructive. Here is the function I had in mind which is a variation of Kuba's answer.
labelPositions[graphics_] := Fold[Function[{plot, pos}, MapAt[Tooltip[#, pos] &, plot, pos]], graphics, Position[graphics,_,Infinity]]

Using Kuba's comment, even simpler
labelPositions[graphics_]:= MapIndexed[Tooltip,graphics,Infinity, Heads -> True]

A: We have to use Is there a GraphicsPrimitiveQ (or a complete list of Heads of graphics primitives)?
primitivesQ = MatchQ[#,
    Alternatives @@ {Point, PointBox, Line, LineBox, Arrow, ArrowBox,           Rectangle, RectangleBox, Parallelogram, Triangle, JoinedCurve,           JoinedCurveBox, FilledCurve, FilledCurveBox, StadiumShape,           DiskSegment, Annulus, BezierCurve, BezierCurveBox, BSplineCurve,           BSplineCurveBox, BSplineSurface, BSplineSurface3DBox,           SphericalShell, CapsuleShape, Raster, RasterBox, Raster3D,           Raster3DBox, Polygon, PolygonBox, RegularPolygon, Disk, DiskBox,           Circle, CircleBox, Sphere, SphereBox, Ball, Ellipsoid,           Cylinder, CylinderBox, Tetrahedron, TetrahedronBox, Cuboid,           CuboidBox, Parallelepiped, Hexahedron, HexahedronBox, Prism,           PrismBox, Pyramid, PyramidBox, Simplex, ConicHullRegion,           ConicHullRegionBox, Hyperplane, HalfSpace, AffineHalfSpace,           AffineSpace, ConicHullRegion3DBox, Cone, ConeBox, InfiniteLine,           InfinitePlane, HalfLine, InfinitePlane, HalfPlane, Tube,
      TubeBox, GraphicsComplex, GraphicsComplexBox, GraphicsGroup,           GraphicsGroupBox, GeoGraphics, Graphics, GraphicsBox,           Graphics3D, Graphics3DBox, MeshRegion, BoundaryMeshRegion,           GeometricTransformation, GeometricTransformationBox, Rotate,           Translate, Scale, SurfaceGraphics, Text, TextBox, Inset,           InsetBox, Inset3DBox, Panel, PanelBox, Legended, Placed,           LineLegend, Texture}
    ] &;

code
labelPositions[graphics_] := Fold[
  Function[{plot, pos},
   MapAt[Tooltip[#, Column@{Head[#], pos}] &, plot, pos]],
  graphics,
  Position[graphics, x_[___] /; primitivesQ[x], \[Infinity]]
  ]

test
plot = Graphics[{Thick, Green, Rectangle[{0, -1}, {2, 1}], Red,
    Disk[], Blue, Circle[{2, 0}], Yellow,
    Polygon[{{2, 0}, {4, 1}, {4, -1}}], Purple, Arrowheads[Large],
    Arrow[{{4, 3/2}, {0, 3/2}, {0, 0}}], Black, Dashed,
    Line[{{-1, 0}, {4, 0}}]}];

labelPositions @ plot

todo
This is done with an assumption that primitives are not nested within others. In general that's not true, like for FilledCurve @ BSplineCurve[...] so those cases should be handled with more care.

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