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Failed promise: Republican health care plan would leave millions more without insurance
by The BDN Editorial Board March 14, 2017 Updated March 16, 2017
White House officials and Republican congressional leaders promised that Americans with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act would not lose that coverage under a Republican-crafted replacement. That promise was proven utterly untrue Monday.
Fourteen million fewer people would be insured under the Republican-crafted American Health Care Act in its first year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a review released Monday. By 2026, 24 million fewer people will have health insurance than if the Affordable Care Act remained in place, the CBO concluded. This is because people would forgo insurance because of higher premiums under the Republican plan and its elimination of penalties for not having insurance. Changes to Medicaid in the bill would further reduce the number of Americans with health insurance.
This would nearly double the number of uninsured Americans; 52 million people would lack insurance in 2026 compared with 28 million if the ACA remained in place.
Enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce the federal deficit by $337 billion over the next 10 years, the CBO said. The financial savings would come from eliminating the ACA's subsidies and changes made to Medicaid. But if Republican leaders, who cheered this part of the analysis, were serious about reducing the deficit, they'd remove the hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks unrelated to health care that they tucked into their ACA "fix."
The American Health Care Act would hit rural states with older populations, like Maine, the hardest. The ACA offered subsidies, based on income, to help people afford health insurance premiums. The Republican plan offers tax credits based on age, with older Americans getting larger credits, even at fairly high incomes.
A 27-year-old earning $30,000 a year and living in Aroostook County would see a nearly $1,600 reduction in tax credits under the Republican plan compared with the ACA, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. A 60-year-old Aroostook County resident earning the same income would receive $9,210 less in tax credits under the Republican plan than under the ACA. However, if that 60-year-old earned $75,000 a year, his tax credit would be $4,000 higher under the Republican plan.
Despite these disparities in his rural district, Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who has voted numerous times to replace the Affordable Care Act, has been supportive of the plan crafted by his House colleagues. "This new plan will bring much needed health insurance relief to the American People while keeping the promises made to them," he said in a statement last week. After the CBO analysis, he said the bill was "just the beginning."
Republican Sen. Susan Collins, on the other hand, said the CBO numbers were "cause for alarm."
"The CBO estimate that millions of Americans could lose their health insurance coverage if the House bill were to become law is cause for alarm," she said in a statement Monday. She urged House backers of the plan to go back to the drawing board. She and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy have introduced a bill that would allow states to create their own alternatives to the ACA. It is far from perfect, but is a much better framework than the House Republican plan, which would also reduce access to opiate treatment, reduce public health funding and end funding for Planned Parenthood.
On the Senate floor last month, Sen. Angus King quoted studies that show that, for every 1 million people without health insurance, 1,000 will die primarily because they're uninsured. Combining this calculation with the CBO analysis, 14,000 people will die next year without insurance under the Republican-backed plan. That would rise to 24,000 deaths in a decade.
"Look around at your friends, your neighbors, your family and your loved ones. This bill is going to cost someone you know their health insurance," King said in a statement Monday.
"I hope this report will be a wake-up call to those who are breathlessly pushing this misguided proposal forward, and I make a plea to them — on behalf of the tens of millions of Americans who will be hurt by this bill — abandon this approach and let's work together to fix the Affordable Care Act."
Seeking to reduce the deficit is a worthwhile goal. Doing it by taking health insurance away from millions of Americans to increase tax breaks for the wealthy is not only the wrong approach, it is heartless.
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Someone said "if something needs to be sung about then Reg Meuross has a song for it!" And this proved to be the case on Sunday 23 February in St Mary's Westonzoyland.
One song, entitled Tony Benn's Tribute to Emily Davison, recounted the story of the brave suffragette, who in 1911 hid overnight in a broom cupboard in Parliament so that she could give that as her address when she appeared in court the next day.
In another, Reg Meuross took on the persona of the City of London.
Yet another, celebrated Ida Lewis who died in 1911and was at one time the best-know women in America, a lighthouse keeper famed for her heroism in rescuing people from the seas.
Then a wonderful flight of fancy with the song, Leaving Alabama, in which he imagines a meeting between Hank Williams and Dylan Thomas.
A 'real' encounter is described in his Phil Ochs and Elvis Eating Lunch in Morrison's Café.
And he even had a song about Westonzoyland. Challenged by a resident in 2010 to write a song about the village, the composition became a moving tribute to the many who fought and died in the Battle of Weston in 1685, and travesty of justice that followed.
Between songs, Reg regaled the near-capacity audience of around 160, with anecdotes- amusing and informative by turns.
A memorable, moving and momentous occasion.
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The most persistent and frequent polluters of England's rivers and beaches are the nation's 10 biggest water companies, an Observer investigation has revealed.
The companies, which are responsible for treating waste water and delivering clean supplies, have been punished for more than 1,000 incidents in the past nine years, but fined a total of only £3.5m.
The revelations have raised concern that the financial penalties are far too low to change the behaviour of an industry that generates billions of pounds in profits and shareholder dividends. The charge is backed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which is proposing major hikes in penalties.
Pollution incidents, which have included sewage illegally pouring into a harbour for more than a year, and managers destroying records, show no sign of declining, according to data obtained from the Environment Agency (EA) under freedom of information rules. Only a third of the 1,000 incidents led to a fine (of an average of just £10,800); the rest resulted in cautions.
"In law, the 'polluter pays' principle is supposed to deter companies from damaging the environment, but in this case the penalties appear to be so pitiful that water companies seem to be accepting them as the price of doing business," Joan Walley MP, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), told the Observer. "The sentencing council must ensure that courts take into account the profits made from environmental crimes, and that fines have a sufficient deterrent effect."
Simon Hughes MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: "These figures are another indictment of the failings of our privatised water companies in England. Many of them make large profits, pay huge dividends, increase prices and pay little tax. When, in addition, these figures show they don't deliver clean water, the public is entitled to say that our monopoly water providers are neither good corporate citizens nor good stewards of our precious environmental assets."
In November the Observer revealed that three of Britain's biggest water companies paid little or no tax on their profits in 2012 while generously rewarding their executives and investors. The water industry was paid £10.5bn by customers in 2010-11, according to the latest Ofwat figures available, while making pre-tax profits of £1.7bn and paying dividends of £2.2bn, a 42% year-on-year rise. In 2013-14, water bills are rising by 3.5%, above both inflation and average pay rises.


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Petrino's buyout cost did cut in half when Jurich was canned. That is the amount due to U of L if Petrino left before the end of the contract.
The challenge is that the contract also has a 'no-seek other jobs' clause that makes any negotiation, personally or by agent, with another school a direct breach of contract. That is unless the school indicates it will not renew or extend his contract. So it now cost other schools only a bit over $4M to buyout Petrino's contract but how do they even start discussions when Petrino can talk to them.
If fired without cause Petrino is due 3 years salary. That is between $12 to $14M depending on how they treat the $500,000 annual bonus for making grades. That did not change with Jurich leaving. This goes down the last 3 years of the contract since only the remaining years are due if fired. But the contract goes through 2023 I think.
The $500,000 is additional pay if grades are good. He's owed a lot if he leaves anytime soon. Jurich definitely didn't help things in that regard, not mattering if he's gone or not.


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Inspired by Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn. Update: To run, save the obfu to a file, then run in a console window at least 90 chars wide by 46 deep. Update: fixed typo (thanks for feedback ysth) plus minor code improvements.
Updated Steve_p - obfu will not display correctly if changed from "pre" tags to "code" tags. In the interest of preserving this node as the author indended, it should be left alone.
Thanks for that. Yep, it looks the same shape in your editor as mine, nice and round -- though yours has prettier colours than my plain ol' vi. :-) By contrast, the Perl Monks code font in my browser seems a little narrower.
BTW, I derived the Saturn shape from this beautiful Voyager space probe photograph.
My colors in vim are different but the overall gradiating colors effect is the same.
Oh well, that typo seems to have created an "accidental" visual effect. :-) If you make the one character change described above, you'll notice the "Saturn tilt sequence" runs faster and without flicker. Not sure which one looks better however. Update: fixed the typo in the root node after feedback from ysth.
Much better with the change. I notice on the 5th image of the approach, there are three missing rows on the bottom that chop off part of the rings. Is this just me?
I can't see it. You might try running the obfu redirecting stdout to a file, then cutting and pasting the offending shape so we can see it. I just did that and the 5th image (a half size Saturn) looked ok to me and was 21 lines long (exactly half the 42 lines in the obfu). Here it is.
The algorithm to create a half-size shape is to take lines 1,3,5,... and for each line to take chars 1,3,5,... (this is done in sub $R).
I see the same effect. Moreover, during Saturn's left-right dance, the bottom of the rings is always displayed at the lower-right corner. But this is only a visual effect, I tried OP's suggestion of redirection and all seems good.
Damnit, this rocks so hard that I want to up-vote it again!
What should I be seeing here?
A blank screen, a '.' appears bottom right; the dot becomes a 'o', which in turn becomes a '~', which then moves up and left; a bunch of '~'s appear then disappear; the lone tilde return bottom right, becomes a 'o', then '.'; the end.
Is this what I should see?
I get a huge Saturn hoving into view from a distance, then doing a psychedelic kaleidoscope jig, then dancing left, then right, then left again, then disappearing.
I think you're missing the important parts.
I thought I must be when I saw other peoles reaction. I mean the layout of the source is way cool, but the runtime effect (that I see) was ... well...a bit disappointing. Guess I'll try and work out why now. Thanks.
I think that is the problem: the '.' should appear in the middle. I should have originally stated that you must run the obfu in a console window big enough so that when you cat the source code it does not wrap and you can see it all -- 90 characters wide by 46 deep should be plenty. If that turns out not to be the problem, I'd be interested to know the perl version and platform you are running (I've tested it on Linux and Windows with Perl versions 5.005, 5.6 and 5.8 (with and without warnings)).
Size wasn't the problem, my consoles are 200x100; in fact I did try reducing it to various standard sizes to see what difference it made. Nada.
Tye hit the nail on the head. I am in the habit of pasting obfu source directly into a command session with perl waiting for input. AS he said it makes for a very boring show.
Once I put the code into a file and ran it.....what can I say to make up for my blaspheming?
Saturn obfu is very, very cool!
I'm a closet space nut. My desktop backdrop varies between the latest images from HST (It must be fixed), the Rovers, and Cassini-Huygens. It's currently The last Ultra Deep Field image (very large jpg), but if I ever get around to putting some of the C-H sequences together as a screensaver, I just might spend more time doing nothing, just so it will run.
And you have to run the script to a file (that supports seek). It sounds like the BrowserUK fed the script to perl on STDIN, which makes for a very boring show.
That's definetely the coolest obfu I've ever seen. Well done.
I saw some strange misbehaviors others have seen. I think the trick was changing the network newlines (\r\n) to local newlines (\n).
I am using Cygwin Perl v 5.8.7-5. As TilRMan said, it's important that the Saturn.pl file be in *nix newline format. I used flip: Newline conversion between Unix, Macintosh and MS-DOS ASCII files, a favorite tool of mine, to make it so. The effects are vastly improved when using the correct newlines.
This is so cool I want to up-vote it again!


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The Jungfrau Railway, the pioneer of all mountain railways, began operating an all-year-round service from Kleine Scheidegg to the Jungfraujoch in 1912. The mountain terminus is the Jungfraujoch, altitude 3454 metres, where two underground station halls house Europe's highest altitude railway station.
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The Wengernalp Railway, the world's longest continuous cogwheel railway, connects Lauterbrunnen, Kleine Scheidegg and Grindelwald.
At peak periods, additional trains can be put into operation following at short intervals behind the scheduled train, allowing capacity to be optimised according to demand. This demands an extremely flexible organization procedure and of course enormous care and attention with regard to dispatching trains. Trains do not travel directly from Lauterbrunnen over to Grindelwald. For safety reasons, regulations state that the electrified railcar must always be positioned at the lower end of the train, and so train compositions do not usually cross Kleine Scheidegg. However, a triangular junction specially built into the mountainside at Kleine Scheidegg allows the train to be turned if necessary so that it can also be used on the other side of the pass. The busiest stretch of railway runs from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen and this is also used to transport goods to traffic-free Wengen. The original railway tracks still run parallel to the new tracks on part of this stretch. However since the introduction of the latest freight locomotives - which travel as fast as passenger trains - they are seldom used.
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The Matterhorn Gotthard Railway today operates the Zermatt-Brig-Disentis and Andermatt-Göschenen stretches. The trains cover a distance of 144 kilometres, run through 33 tunnels and galleries and cross 126 bridges. The variedness of the regions is fascinating: just like in a picture book, and almost romantic, the red narrow gauge train travels through a changing scenery of captivating natural beauty. The point of departure is Zermatt (1605 m above sea level). From the village at the foot of the Matterhorn, the line leads through the Matter valley and then through the Rhone valley to Brig (670 m above sea level). The journey continues through the picturesque Goms region into the Canton of Uri. On the Oberalp Pass, the railway reaches the highest point on the line (2033 m above sea level). The end of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway is in Disentis (1130 m above sea level), with a direct connection to the RhB Rhaetian Railway.
The steam railway experience at the Rhone glacier. Marvel at our forefathers' pioneering achievements in railway technology surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery. Start with us from Realp station in the Canton of Uri (1420 m above sea level) on an unforgettable, thrilling trip which takes us in some two hours in carefully restored old-timer trains to Gletsch in the Canton of Valais. First, the over 80 year old steam engine climbs the rack rail uphill along the rushing waters of the Furkareuss. It travels at a leisurely speed over the bold Wiler bridge, through the three Senntumstafel tunnels and across the famed Steffenbach folding bridge. A first stop in Tiefenbach is used to fill up with water. With a full boiler the journey continues past Alpine meadows full of flowers. Puffing rhythmically, the locomotive with its coaches crosses the Steinstafel viaduct. Then follows a short stop at the highest station Furka (2160 m above sea level). After this, the train runs through the 1874 m long summit tunnel towards the Valais. At the Muttbach-Belvédère stop, the rake begins the descent on the rack track which has a gradient of up to 118 pro mille. You experience an exceptional spectacle of nature and technology with the enchanting Rhone glacier, which soon comes into the passengers' view between snow-covered mountain peaks. The adventurous trip over the Furka pass ends for the moment in Gletsch (1760 m above sea level) where the yellow post buses can be taken for the ongoing trip to Oberwald or to Meiringen via the Grimsel pass.


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The Great Revolt
Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics
Zito, Salena
"Was Donald Trump's election a fluke, or did it represent a fundamental shift in the electorate that will have repercussions--for Republicans and Democrats--for years to come? The political experts wrongly called the 2016 election and they keep [missing] it, ... predicting the coming demise of President Trump without pausing to consider the durability of the winds that swept him into office. In [this book], Salena Zito and Brad Todd challenge readers to view the winning 2016 coalition through the lens of not only partisan realignment but also of broader cultural change--and beyond the prism of a single candidacy"--Dust jacket flap
Publisher: New York : Crown Forum, [2018]
Branch Call Number: 306.2097 Zito
Characteristics: x, 309 pages ; 25 cm
Additional Contributors: Todd, Brad - Author
Alternative Title: Inside the populist coalition reshaping American politics
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dennismmiller Aug 04, 2018
Ever since the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 US Presidential election shocked the world, considerable time and energy has been spent speculating on the possible causes of such a surprising upset, from "whitelash" to interference by the alternately entirely despicable and unquestionably heroic James Comey to Russian orbital mind control lasers. Journalist Salena Zito and pollster Brad Todd have a more modest explanation - Trump won because he built a winning coalition of voters. His victory was improbable because his coalition was unconventional, and whether that coalition is sustainable will determine whether 2016 marks a major shift in American politics or is merely an oddity. Their analysis concludes that the Trump fusion of social conservatism and economic populism is holding strong - forced to choose between the often intemperate Trump and his often intemperate critics in the media, those who sided with Trump in the election continue to side with him. Indeed, the authors foresee more problems for the Democratic coalition of big government and big business as that party drifts further to the left.
Of course, all such predictions are highly suspect - less than a decade ago, the "coalition of the ascendant" was going to banish Republicans to "wander in the political wilderness" indefinitely. The real value of The Great Revolt is its combination of hard data and personal interviews profiling the voters who put Trump in the White House. The result demolishes stereotypes, revealing, not a "basket of deplorables", but ordinary men and women who made more or less informed decisions, the stuff of which - for better or worse - democracy is made. At a time when, according to polls, 58 percent of Clinton voters would "have a hard time respecting" someone who voted for Trump, while 40 percent of Trump voters feel the same way about Clinton voters, this is not a small thing.
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Two seasoned analysts give a frank and compelling account of the changing political landscape in America. The "Walk Away" movement is the latest manifestation of this political shift to a "free thinkers" mentality. "The new populism is a movement against bigness. It distrusts big government, big corporations, big media conglomerates, and perhaps more than anything else, big multinational agreements and organizations."
Lchagan May 25, 2018
Well-written and timely book.
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CEO 76-25 -- February 13, 1976
APPLICABILITY OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
To: W. W. Caldwell, Jr., City Attorney, Fort Lauderdale
The standards of conduct provisions of the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees, as contained in Fla. Stat. s. 112.313(1975), apply to all public officers and employees, including members of advisory bodies. Pursuant to Fla. Stat. s. 112.312(1)(1975), members of advisory bodies are exempt from financial disclosure requirements, however. An advisory body is defined to be one whose total funding is less than 1 percent of the budget of each agency it serves, or $100,000, whichever is less, and whose powers, jurisdiction, and authority are solely advisory. Where the enabling legislation of a board delegates to it any duties of a regulatory or policymaking nature, it is not deemed to be advisory. Members of such boards therefore are required to file statements of financial disclosure.
1. Do the Standards of Conduct for Public Officers and Employees, Fla. Stat. s. 112.313(1975), apply to members of advisory bodies?
2. Are members of the subject municipality's animal control committee, aviation industrial board, beach advisory board, charter revision board, citizen's coordinating committee, committee on noise control, community services and facilities board, insurance advisory board, library advisory board, license review board, marine advisory board, parks and recreation board, sign advisory board, sister city advisory board, and transportation advisory board "local officers" within the meaning of that term as found in Fla. Stat. s. 112.3145(1)(a)(1975), and thus subject to financial disclosure requirements?
3. Are members of the administrative board of the city police and firefighters retirement system, the administrative board of the city general employees retirement system, the building contractors examining board, the engineering contractors examining board, the plumbing contractors examining board, the electrical contractors examining board, the mechanical contractors examining board, the liquefied petroleum gas installation contractors examining board, the examiners' mediation board, the cemeteries board of trustees, the civil service board, the historic preservation board, the planning and zoning board, the record retention committee, the unsafe structures and housing appeals board, and the urban renewal agency "local officers" within the meaning of that term as found in Fla. Stat. s. 112.3145(1)(a)(1975), and thus subject to financial disclosure requirements?
Question 1 is answered in the affirmative.
The Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees states in relevant part:
DEFINITION. -- As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "public officer" shall include any person elected or appointed to hold office in any agency including any person serving on an advisory body. [Fla. Stat. s. 112.313(1)(1975).]
The above-quoted provision is the first subsection in that section of the code setting out the standards of conduct. Clearly, the standards of conduct were intended by the Legislature to apply to all public officers and employees, including members of advisory bodies.
Question 2 is answered in the negative.
The Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees defines the term "local officer" to include:
Any appointed member of a board, commission, authority, community college district board of trustees, or council of any political subdivision of the state, excluding any member of an advisory body. A governmental body with land planning, zoning or natural resources responsibilities shall not be considered an advisory body. [Emphasis supplied; Fla. Stat. s. 112.3145(1)(a)2.(1975).]
The code further defines an "advisory body" as
. . . any board, commission, committee, council, or authority, however selected, whose total budget, appropriations, or authorized expenditures constitute less than 1 percent of the budget of each agency it serves or $100,000, whichever is less, and whose powers, jurisdiction, and authority are solely advisory and do not include the final determination or adjudication of any personal or property rights, duties or obligations, other than those relating to its internal operations. [Fla. Stat. s. 112.312(1)(1975).]
You provided us with information indicating that each of the above-mentioned agencies has a total budget of less than 1 percent of the budget of the agency it serves or less than $100,000, thus meeting the first requirement to qualify as an advisory body.
We have previously found that an agency is solely advisory where it renders advice to an officer or agency, which officer or agency then has complete discretion to accept or reject the advice or recommendations presented by the advisory body. See CEO 74-4.
It is evident from the information you submitted on the duties and functions of these boards that each has only the authority to make recommendations to an officer or agency of the city and, as such, is solely advisory in nature, thereby meeting the second requirement to qualify as an advisory body. Therefore, the board members are not "local officers" within the meaning of s. 112.3145(1)(a)2., and, accordingly, are not subject to financial disclosure requirements.
We take this view after careful examination of the duties of the above boards. This opinion carries no weight as to other boards similarly named whose duties may in fact be other than advisory. Decisions as to the status of all boards must be made on an ad hoc basis.
The enabling legislation of each of these boards delegates to them duties and functions which clearly would not be delegated to an advisory body.
The duties of the administrative board of the city police and firefighters retirement system include construing the provisions of the retirement system, determining questions of eligibility, and certifying the amount of retirement allowances. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 31-18(k). The administrative board of the city general employees retirement system has comparable duties. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 31- 8(k).
The aforementioned examining boards have the power to determine the qualifications of applicants for various types of contractors' or superintendents' licenses and certificates of competency and to suspend or revoke such licenses or certificates of occupancy. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 48-7(h).
The examiners' mediation board is empowered to decide questions which pertain to more than one of the aforementioned examining boards, including, but not limited to, questions of jurisdiction between the boards. These rulings are final. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 48-8(h).
The cemeteries board of trustees is responsible for administering the operations of the municipal cemeteries. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 13-6.1.
The civil service board acts as the final appellate body for city employees who have been discharged, dismissed, or demoted. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 77(d)(1).
The historic preservation board, among other responsibilities, issues certificates of appropriateness which are a prerequisite to the issuance of a permit where existing buildings are to be materially changed in their exterior appearance, demolished, or moved or where new buildings are to be constructed. Fort Lauderdale Code ss. 47-23.13.2, 47-23.13.8(b).
The records retention committee must approve the destruction of any public records. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 311.1.
The unsafe structures and housing appeals board has the power to sustain, modify or withdraw a municipal housing code violations notice. Fort Lauderdale Code s. 48-43(e).
The urban renewal agency is authorized to transact business. Fort Lauderdale Urban Renewal Code s. 16(b).
The aforementioned duties are clearly not advisory, and, thus, none of these agencies meet the criteria set forth in the definitions of an advisory body.
The planning and zoning board is not an advisory body pursuant to Fla. Stat. s. 112.3145(1)(a)2.(1975), quoted in question 2 above.
This being the case, the members of the above-mentioned boards are deemed to be local officers subject to financial disclosure.


My new 120 gallon (48.5 x 18.5 x 30.5) is currently cycling and I am going to stock it with African Cichlids. It's running a Eheim 2262 canister filter and a trigger system sapphire 26 sump (sponges bio-balls, refugium). Pictures attached.
I'd love your thoughts on stocking. I wanted to stay in the Peacock and Haps family.
Also, has anyone ordered from The Wonder of Cichlids online? I've heard good things about them, but curious if others have any experience!
If you keep females, your aggression will likely be bad. If you wanna come check out my fish, message me. I always have male peacocks.
But won't it be more natural to have males and females? From my understanding these three species go well together and these are less aggressive Peacocks/Haps.
While I understand the logic behind an all male tank, is this really an ideal setup for the fish to thrive in?
I would try it and see how it goes and make adjustments from there.
Thanks! - I will definitely look into the Sulphur heads, I've never heard of those before. Good luck with your new tank as well! Are you planning on keeping Tropheus in your new tank or Tanganyikans?
that a nice set up . I have to say that unless you are keeping a species only tank and would like to breed you will have issues with males killing each other for dominance.
if you would like to keep a show tank, then stick to males only... it's like ( no woman no cry lol).
another issue you need to be aware of is that most of LFS in the Houston area sell hormone fed fish that are initially imported from Asia .. that's another subject for another day ..


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SOLVENTLESS (aka NON-SOLVENT) CONCENTRATES EXPLAINED
These are extracts or concentrates produced without the use of a solvent, sometimes referred to as mechanical extraction, including hash, dry sift, bubble hash, and rosin. These are often broken up and smoked alone or added to flower prior to smoking.
Bubble Hash, also known as Water Hash, is a cannabis concentrate made up of countless trichomes, or resinous glands, that have been separated from the plant using ice water, agitation, and micro screens. Because big quantities of pure resin can be removed from the plant material, water ice water separation is a cleaner method that doesn't involve other solvents and allows for a more refined hashish. Bubble Hash gets its name from the way that it bubbles when exposed to flame.
Hash, also called hashish and hash oil, refers to substances made from the compressed kief of the cannabis plant. Hash is usually formed and pressed into a block or ball of hard or doughy resin, while hash oil is the liquid accumulated from the trichomes. Both hash and hash oil may contain small pieces of the cannabis plant. Hash and hash oil are normally consumed orally or smoked. The higher concentrations of cannabinoids in hash make it far more potent than other forms of cannabis known to contain a 50 to 70 percent concentration level of THC.
Kief is the accumulated trichomes, or resin glands, that have been separated from the rest of the cannabis flower by sifting through a fine mesh screen. Since trichomes are the sticky crystals that contain the vast majority of the plant's cannabinoids, kief is known to be extremely potent. Once isolated, it can be pressed into hash, used as an ingredient to infuse food, or to top off joints and blunts.
Shatter is the common name applied to butane hash oil (BHO), CO2 oil, or other cannabis-based extracts. It is created through an extraction process that eliminates fats and lipids and is believed to be one of the purest and most potent types of marijuana products. Shatter is typically transparent with a glass-like appearance and easily breaks into fragments when cold. The colors of shatter can vary depending on solvent, extraction method, age of the product extracted, and so forth. These products are highly potent, containing 60-85% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels.
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Discerning drivers will appreciate the 2019 Toyota Corolla. This 4 door, 5 passenger sedan stands out among competitors in its class! It features a front-wheel-drive platform, an automatic transmission, and a 1.8 liter 4 cylinder engine. Top features include a split folding rear seat, a tachometer, variably intermittent wipers, a trip computer, fully automatic headlights, lane departure warning, cruise control, and air conditioning. Audio features include a CD player with MP3 capability, steering wheel mounted audio controls, and 6 speakers, enhancing the audio experience throughout the interior. Toyota ensures the safety and security of its passengers with equipment such as: dual front impact airbags, head curtain airbags, traction control, brake assist, a panic alarm, and ABS brakes. Various mechanical systems are monitored by electronic stability control, keeping you on your intended path. You will have a pleasant shopping experience that is fun, informative, and never high pressured. Stop by our dealership or give us a call for more information.


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Visit the locations from iconic films shot against New York's most famous backdrop.
• Walk where the cast of Glee dances and sing "I Love New York"
• Take photos at the famous ice skating rink from Love Story and Serendipity
• See where Steve Carell and Tina Fey escaped the bad guys in Date Night
• Visit Bethesda Terrace seen in the final scene of The Avengers, Gossip Girl, and so much more
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As it turns out, maple syrup and wine are pretty similar. And, by that, I mean they attract similarly dedicated enthusiasts who appreciate them as art forms.
Okay, maybe that's a little dramatic. And maybe you haven't given much thought to how syrup and wine are made. Whether you knew it or not, both processes really are complex. Once you realize this, you might become anxious at the thought of tasting something besides Mrs. Butterworth's.
We get it. Gourmet sweeteners are intimidating. From one novice to another: just smile and nod – we'll get the hang of it. With any luck, it won't be as painful as the first time we realized pink boxed wine is actually frowned upon in polite society.
What I'm getting at is: now is the time to graduate from IHOP's butter-pecan-flavored pancake sauce, because New York State's Maple Weekends are just around the corner on March 19th and 20th and April 2nd and 3rd. We at the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau can't claim to walk you through the maple-making process, but we can point you in the right direction. Get ready for your crash course in New York Maple Syrup.
First thing's first: maple season is in the spring and not the fall. If you want to be a true maple hipster, this is very important. Right now is when all the tree-tapping is happening.
Moving on -- let's keep going with this wine analogy, shall we? Just like there's red and white wine, there's light and dark syrup. These two categories used to be called grade A and grade B, respectively – but that caused some confusion.
It makes sense you might think these classifications were based on quality, with "A" being better than "B", when actually they were based on color and density ("A" being lighter, and "B" being darker). Queue drama throughout the maple-producing regions of New York, Canada, and Vermont.
I say that because different regions had, and to a somewhat lesser degree still have, uniquely different standards by which they categorize these sugary sweet syrups. What was called "fancy grade light" in Vermont was called "light amber" in New York and "extra light" in Canada. To make things even more complicated, the USDA was all, "If it tastes like 'light amber', we're calling it 'light amber', no matter what color it is." Oh, yeah -- this gets super intense. There are even conferences and schools dedicated to defining and understanding this grading system.
Luckily, the New York State Maple Association released this helpful graphic summarizing the new grading system, as of 2015, and comparing it to the old one – so you won't have any trouble finding the specific syrup you're looking for this season. This other graphic describes the four main syrup types, all of which are now considered "A-grade".
Want the really advanced details about maple tapping and sugaring? Visit one of the Adirondack Coast's many sugar houses to speak with the experts yourself during Maple Weekend 2016.


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Everyone deserves to have their home feel like their castle. Why resign yourself to a boring and banal look when you can get true professional painters & decorators in Hertfordshire to bring your home to life? There are so many ways even the mildest changes in paint, room style, and general decor can absolutely transform a living area. If you've finally saved up for that dream kitchen or bathroom, why hesitate? You deserve to enjoy the home you live in, and our professionals are here to help make sure that happens.
HomeServe provides first class painters and decorators for all your requirements and when it comes to making a personal stamp on your home then what better way to start than with a quality painting and decorating service to make your entire living space look and feel brand new.
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COVID-19 Response 2020
GlobalMedic is responding to needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe in order to control this virus, it is extremely important for all of our local agencies (public and private) to work together to ensure the health and safety of our citizens, and we are doing our part in this ever-changing situation.
We are carrying out a series of programs designed to assist institutions and people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Critical Infrastructure Program
The healthcare system inundated with people affected by COVID-19. We have offered hospitals critical infrastructure tents that they can use for patient triage, dedicated testing spaces, or any other need that arises.
Many food banks have been forced to close their doors to patrons to help reduce the spread of the virus. However the need for services food banks provide has not diminished. We have offered our tents to food banks in an effort to reduce the number of people in buildings and provide a dedicated area for people to access much needed resources.
We have also been setting up temporary tenting in partnership with Toronto Community Housing to run flu shot clinics as well as pop-up COVID-19 testing sites.
Tenting set up at Etobicoke General Hospital
Critical Infrastructure tenting set up at Daily Bread Food Bank
Impact: We have set up critical infrastructure tents at Daily Bread Food Bank, North York Harvest Food Bank, Brampton Civic Hospital, Etobicoke General Hospital, the House of Friendship and the Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Health Care
Hygiene and Family Kit Distribution
GlobalMedic has a longstanding partnership with Procter & Gamble. Our volunteers construct hygiene kits using P&G products and distribute them to food banks, shelters, and similar institutions across the country. Each kit contains full size hygiene items like shampoo, deodorant and toothpaste. We have ramped up our production to ensure the most vulnerable continue to have access to these essential needs in this uncertain time.
Bars of soap from Clean the World are also being given out to similar institutions to ensure everyone is able to properly wash their hands.
Similar to the hygiene kits, we have also been distributing family kits to food banks and shelters. These kits contain similar hygiene items, but also include cleaning supplies and laundry detergent and are designed to serve a family rather than an individual.
We are providing Thank You Kits to front-line workers in hospitals, senior services and long term care facilities across Canada. The kits include hygiene items for showering after work to help keep the workers safe and healthy. With these kits, we want to say thank you to the staff who are working incredibly hard to care for some of our most vulnerable community members.
In collaboration with local fire departments, we are handing out COVID Safety Kits containing soap and face masks. As the kits are handed out, fire fighters are also promoting the 3 P's of COVID-19 safety.
Hygiene Kits delivered to Women's Centre of Calgary
GlobalMedic handing off bar soap to Street Health
Thank You Kits delivered to Grand River Hospital
Impact: We have provided 41,216 hygiene kits, 2,614 family kits, 1,082 clean up kits and 47,496 bars of soap to community organizations like Woodgreen Community Services, Street Health Toronto and Blue Door Shelter. We have also delivered 36,325 Thank You Kits to front-line workers and 15,905 COVID Safety Kits.
Emergency Food Distribution
As many food banks are beginning to face food shortages, we are responding by re-packaging staple foods purchased in bulk into 500g bags ready for use. The staple foods include green peas, pearled barley, red lentils, rice, chickpeas, green lentils and kidney beans.
We are also working with Hand Up Toronto, to supply food to families who are newly food insecure and may not know how to engage with the food bank system through our Feed the Six hamper program. These hampers are delivered through contactless drop-offs or drive through pick ups.
In addition, we have also been ordering food directly from the supplier and having it delivered to food banks. This cuts down on waiting time, and saves food banks the cost of buying the food themselves.
Green lentils packed for distribution
Bulk food delivery to Daily Bread Food Bank
Impact: We have provided over 229,298 kg of dried food staples, 24,000 cans of soup and 50,000 eggs to organizations including the Daily Bread Food Bank, North York Harvest Food Bank and Muslim Welfare Centre. We have also distributed 15,295 food hampers containing items like dry goods, pasta and potatoes through our Feed the Six Kits, as well as 19,421 hampers through our partnership with North York Harvest. Finally, we distributed $50,000 of grocery store gift cards.
Hand Sanitizer Program
With many local distilleries closed to the public, some have shifted their production method to begin producing hand sanitizer. The sanitizer has been approved by Health Canada and it ready to fill the gap in supply.
We have partnered with some of these local distilleries and are providing buckets and distribution networks. Together, we are getting hand sanitizer to food banks, shelters, hospitals and other healthcare institutions where it is critical.
We are also working to deliver hand sanitizer to First Nations communities in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in these vulnerable populations.
Hand sanitizer production at Last Straw Distillery
Impact: In partnership with Willibald Farm Distillery, Last Straw Distillery, and Murphy's Law Distillery we have distributed 1,760L of sanitizer to healthcare institutions and 7,500L of sanitizer to First Nations communities.
Cash Assistance Program
So many Canadians are struggling to make ends meet due to job losses as a direct result of COVID-19. We initiated a cash transfer program to help supplement the finances of families that have been affected. Participants were referred through partner food banks and children's breakfast club programs, and were interviewed before receiving the transfer.
"Thank you for giving us the ability to buy groceries and pay rent"
Cash Transfer Recipient
Impact: 198 families have received $500 cash transfers.
Kits for First Nations Communities
Many First Nations Communities have been feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. With their locations often remote, access to items like food, hygiene supplies, and personal protective equipment is difficult and costly.
GlobalMedic and Hydro One have partnered to produce and distribute 13,520 kits for First Nations communities across Ontario. These kits include dried foods like rice, lentils, pasta and more, as well as soap, a solar light, and reusable masks.
The kits can support a family for several weeks, and provides them with important resources to keep them safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kit for First Nations families
Contents of a kit
Please note that GlobalMedic is taking every precaution to protect its staff and volunteers during this outbreak, including enhanced hygiene practices, and ensuring physical distancing guidelines are followed.
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Protein 'breakthrough' may lead to better asthma therapy
Researchers have been exploring the role that inflammation plays in asthma, a very common and often serious disease of childhood.
London: Scientists have identified a critical role for a protein never implicated in asthma previously, that may lead to improved therapeutic options for people living with the condition. Caspase-11 is a protein with an important role in defending against bacteria.
The researchers from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland found that when the protein is over-active it can provoke a damaging inflammatory reaction.
When this happens, it is likely to be a key driver of allergic inflammation in the lungs of asthmatics, according to the findings published in the journal Nature Communications.
"Caspase-11 can cause cells to die, which is a very inflammatory event as the cells then release their contents, which can irritate tissues in our body," said lead author Zbigniew Zaslona, from Trinity College Dublin.
"We have found that Caspase-11 is a key driver of inflammation in the airways in asthma. This causes the signs and symptoms of asthma which most notably involves difficulty breathing," Zaslona said.
The researchers have been exploring the role that inflammation plays in asthma -- a very common and often serious disease of childhood.
Although symptoms of mild asthma can be managed with current therapies, severe asthma remains very difficult to treat, they said.
"A variety of irritants such as airborne pollutants, certain types of pollen and house dust mites can induce cell death in the lungs.
"Our work suggests that Caspase-11 is sensing these noxious things and causing the disease," Zaslona said.
"Caspase-11 -- or it's human equivalent, which is Caspase-4 -- has never been implicated in asthma before so we think it holds great promise as a possible target for new drugs to treat this common, debilitating disease," Professor Luke O'Neill from Trinity College Dublin added.
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The population of Shakīso, Ethiopia is 34078 according to the GeoNames geographical database.
Shakīso, Ethiopia is located at 5.75 [latitude in decimal degrees], 38.91667 [longitude in decimal degrees] at an average elevation of 1693 meters.
The time zone id for Shakīso is Africa/Addis_Ababa.
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Mega Millions jackpot $356 million for Tuesday, June 2; 15th largest ever
Ever wonder how it feels to be a millionaire? You'll get your chance again this week.
The next Mega Millions jackpot, on Tuesday night, June 2, is estimated at $356 million.
It has been nearly four months since any lottery jackpot was worth this much.
The $300 million level was surpassed just three times in all of 2019.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday, June 2, is now $356 million. (Photo: Hillard Grossman/FLORIDA TODAY)
The $356 million prize represents the 15th largest Mega Millions jackpot of all-time and the 35th largest jackpot of any kind of game played in the U.S.
You'll have until an hour before Tuesday's 11 p.m. drawing to purchase tickets.
The last time someone matched all six numbers in the Mega Millions was Feb. 11 this year, a $202 million unclaimed ticket sold in Edison, N.J.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot in 2019 was $522 million, won June 7 on a ticket bought in San Diego.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot in history: $1.537 billion Oct. 23, 2018, won by a very lucky state resident who wishes to remain anonymous after buying the ticket in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
Because of potential waning sales in the midst of closures and lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, lottery officials for both Mega Millions and Powerball in early April reported the new starting point for the jackpots would revert to $20 million, from the current $40 million.
More: Powerball, Mega Millions: Luckiest states for jackpot winners; where does your state rank?
But since no one has matched all six numbers in that time frame for the Mega Millions, that idea has become moot for now. Someone did, however, win $190 million in the April 8 Powerball drawing. That ticket is still unclaimed.
Most people dream of winning the lottery, but making poor choices can turn your life into a nightmare. Buzz60's Sean Dowling has more.
Playing the numbers
Since Oct. 31, 2017, when the current numbers format began, the most gold ball Mega Ball numbers drawn prior to Tuesday night have been 9 and 11 (each 15 times), followed by 4, 10, 20 and 22 (each 14 times), according to USA Mega. The least drawn gold balls have been No. 8, just five times, and No. 15, only six times.
As for the white balls, the most-drawn numbers prior to Tuesday night have been 17 and 31 (each selected 28 times, or 10.37 percent of all drawings), followed by 10, 48, 62 and 70 (each 27 times, or 10 percent). The least drawn white balls have been 26, 36 and 45 (each 11 times, or 0.81 percent).
We compared lottery figures over the past three years to bring you this fun ranking of counties. It's not scientific, but we compared the amount of money spent on tickets versus winnings to come up with our ranking. Video by Jessica Saggio
Select five numbers from 1 through 70 in the upper play area (white balls), or mark the QP (Quick Pick) box and let the terminal randomly pick some or all of your numbers.
Select your gold Mega Ball number from 1 through 25 in the lower play area, or mark the QP (Quick Pick) box for the terminal to randomly select your Mega Ball number.
Each ticket costs $2.
Add another dollar for the Megaplier and you could win two to five times the consolation prize.
More: Indialantic lawyer represents latest $15 million lottery winner
Match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball to win the jackpot. Match just the five white balls and win $1 million, and if your ticket includes the Megaplier, you could win up to $5 million.
The odds of winning the grand prize: 1:302,575,350.
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FCPA Internal Investigations: Preserving the Evidence, Assessing Voluntary Disclosure, and Other Key Elements
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This CLE webinar will prepare counsel for companies with business in foreign countries to evaluate whether and how to conduct an internal investigation into potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. The panel will review the principal elements and challenges involved and outline best practices for conducting the investigation.
The U.S. DOJ and the SEC continue to focus on FCPA enforcement. As a result, companies doing business outside the United States continue to be at increased risk of--and must carefully assess the potential for--FCPA violations. In recent years, several companies, including 3M Co., Airbus, and Avianca Holdings, disclosed that they had launched internal investigations into possible violations of the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws.
With companies facing heightened government scrutiny and updated policies from the U.S. Department of Justice, counsel must carefully weigh whether to conduct an internal investigation into suspected violations, how to perform the investigation most cost-effectively, and what to disclose to the government and when.
Listen as our authoritative panel of practitioners explains how to assess whether to conduct an internal investigation of suspected or alleged FCPA violations, reviews critical elements and challenges of the inquiry, and offers best practices for conducting investigations.
To investigate or not to investigate
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Schoolchildren celebrate 150 years
Report By Karen Richards
Published: 12:00 PM February 2, 2012
CHILDREN experienced first hand how hard life was for their ancestors during a Long Ashton primary school's 150-year birthday celebration on Monday.
Children and staff at Northleaze Church of England School donned Victorian dress and replaced their usual calculators and whiteboards for abacuses, slates and chalk during lessons.
The 200 pupils walked from the Brook Close grounds to All Saint's Church for a thanksgiving service led by Bishop of Taunton Peter Maurice, to herald the week-long festivities.
Headteacher Steve Davis said: "The staff, pupils and their parents thought it was a lovely day.
"Lessons reflected the sort of things that went on in a rural village school in the 1860s and it was a living history lesson for the children."
Former pupils will be visiting this week to talk to the children about their time at the school.


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HKFP Voices • Law & Crime
China's secret detention of lawyers threatens the rule of law
By William Nee, China researcher at Amnesty International.
On the night of Friday, July 10, Sui Muqing, a well-known human rights lawyer from Guangzhou was resting at home when his door buzzer rang. Over the intercom, a police officer told him his car had been involved in an accident and asked him to come out. Sui Muqing was suspicious but ultimately went downstairs and police whisked him away. He has not been seen since, due to a new form of secret detention known as "residential surveillance", which the Chinese authorities are increasingly using to clamp down on critics.
Sui Muqing is just one victim in an unprecedented crackdown against lawyers and activists – which has become known as "Black Friday". As of September 22, a total of 245 lawyers and activists have been targeted and 30 remain in police custody.
Human Rights lawyer Sui Muqing. Photo: Badiucao.
The government has paraded detained lawyers on state-run TV to make forced "confessions", accused some of them of having been part of a "major criminal gang", intimidated and harassed their family members, and censored almost all news related to this crackdown on social media.
Rounding up human rights lawyers and critics and putting them in secret detention is nothing new in China. What is, is that the Chinese government has now made it "legal".
"Residential surveillance in a designated place", as the name of the provision in the Criminal Procedure Law is called, allows the police to hold criminal suspects for up to six months outside of the formal detention system – anything from an apartment to a hotel room or a private building. The suspects are denied legal counsel and any family visits. The police are supposed to notify family members within 24 hours of imposing the measure, but not of their loved-ones whereabouts.
Families are haunted by this uncertainty. The wife of detained lawyer Wang Quanzhang's recently said in an open letter that every time her toddler hears his father's name, he says to her, "I want to go find Daddy…".
Sui Muqing is one of seven lawyers and five activists being held under "residential surveillance in a designated place" on suspicion of "endangering state security" in the ongoing crackdown.
Provincial authorities are also discovering the advantages of this procedure to remove critics. In Zhejiang province – where the provincial government is waging a campaign to demolish Christian churches and tear down crosses and crucifixes – a prominent lawyer who was providing legal services to affected churches, Zhang Kai, and one of his assistants are being held under "residential surveillance".
Zhang Kai. Photo: Amnesty International.
The biggest concern about secret detention is the risk of torture. It is impossible to know what condition Sui Muqing or Zhang Kai are in but the prognosis is not good. Past cases show that a combination of over-zealous interrogators, no access to lawyers or family members, and no accountability or oversight of police conduct are a toxic recipe for torture and other forms of ill-treatment.
Back in 2011, human rights lawyer Liu Shihui was put under "residential surveillance" for 108 days, and at one point was questioned non-stop for five days until he collapsed from exhaustion. Another lawyer, Li Tiantian, was detained for 95 days, during which she was repeatedly asked about details of her sexual relationships and threatened with violence if she did not answer truthfully. When writer Ye Du was placed under "residential surveillance", he was interrogated for 22 hours a day, with only two hours break to eat and sleep.
How can secret detention, with the proven risk of mistreatment, continue to happen in a country that the authorities claim is governed by the rule of law?
China's Criminal Procedure Law, which was revised in 2012 and took effect in 2013, sought to legalize this human rights violation. "Residential surveillance" was originally devised as a more lenient form of detention that would enable suspected criminals who did not pose a threat to society to live at their own home during the investigation phase. Police took advantage of this measure in a way that was never intended, and now they can use this form of secret detention to hold people accused of crimes of "terrorism", "endangering state security", or "major bribery".
First, putting suspects under secret detention helps get confessions. Police can subject isolated individuals to prolonged interrogations in order to "break" them and get the incriminating testimony they want.
Second, "residential surveillance in a designated place"is a convenient way for the authorities to carry out their political goals. The use of this form of detention may be a scare tactic to bring China's lawyers and activists into submission. For the victims, it is a form of punishment in and of itself, regardless of whether the cases ever go to trial.
Similarly, in the case of Zhang Kai, the use of this secret detention allows the government to take a lawyer who was providing organized legal resistance to the campaign against cross demolitions "off the map" for six months at least.
The UN General Assembly. Photo: Wikicommons.
This November, China will be reviewed by the UN Committee against Torture – the body that monitors how governments are implementing the Convention against Torture, a global treaty that China has ratified. China has an obligation under international law to prevent, investigate and prosecute torture and other ill-treatment, and to provide reparation. It cannot use the threat of "terrorism", "endangering state security", or any other justification to abandon its obligations.
Under international law, all persons held in custody have the right to be kept in a recognizable place of detention and have effective access to family members and lawyers.
If China is at all serious about its human rights obligations, it will do away with any form of secret detention, including "residential surveillance" – a practice that in many cases amounts to enforced disappearances. This system does not comply with international law, and all people detained under it must be immediately released.
There must be no more knocks on the door from police in which people like Sui Muqing disappear for months on end, are at great risk of torture, while their families are kept in the dark.
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This month music from Super8 & Tab, Nic Chagall, Cerf, Mistika & Jaren with Rank 1, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Conjure One, Alex Morph and Armin van Buuren.
This month music from Solid Stone, Solis & Sean Truby, Bobina, Dan Thompson, Parker & Hanson, Ilan Bluestone, Andrew Bayer, Rosnki Speed, Rank 1 and Mysterious Noise.
This month music from Alex Ender, igor Dyachkov, Markus Schulz, David Forbes, Armin van Buuren, Mike Shiver, Ferry Corsten, KhoMha, Arcalis and Re:locate vs. Robert Nickson - Recognition.
Rank 1 is a Dutch trance group, formed in the Netherlands in 1997. Widely regarded as one of the originators of the Dutch trance sound, the group have produced a number of dancefloor hits since their conception. Although the two members of the group (Benno De Goeij and Piet Bervoets) had worked together before, Rank 1 (a name first used in 1999) was their first project with commercial success.


I had a terrific phone conversation with cast member, the lovely Kelli Rabke (Children of Eden, Les Miserables, Joseph. . .), appearing in Small Town Confessions, to find out more about Phil Geoffrey Bond's comedy (directed by Stephen Nachamie), launching at the 14th Street Y for three performances August 10, 12 and 14.
It's an all-star cast with many familiar faces including Daisy Eagan, George Kimmel, Sally Mayes, Sharon McKnight, Alice Ripley, Jeff Tuohy, Tyler Whitaker, each taking on a specific character as they deliver lively monologues. There are a bunch of very colorful residents, it seems, in the town of Anitola, Louisiana!
Kelli has dubbed this comedy 'a dysfunctional Our Town' for starters. She plays Mrs. Betsy Radcliffe, a gal who gave up her singing career to have children and raise a family (very familiar to Kelli who has two kids and, after a ten year hiatus returned to the biz) but Kelli says she's one of the less colorful characters in comparison to the really quirky ones who live in this Parrish in Louisiana. You'll be hearing anything and everything from rumors of encounters with martians, obsessions with the musical Wicked, a chat with the bride of Satan, and even Diana Ross takes a turn . . . Kelli says the most pivotal characters in this comedy are the town manicurist Jobeth Maybelline (played by Sally Mayes), who knows all the town secrets, and Doris Kitteridge (played by Sharon McKnight) the high society lady who's full of herself. On the whole, it appears that everyone in town has unusual life circumstances ready to share as eventual relationships unfold.
Expect over the top comedy tinged with pathos!
Kelli is happy to be back after initially performing at Town Hall in a Broadway Originals evening four years ago where she met John Fisher, the musical director, and they decided it was time to reignite her career launching her first cabaret show "No Place Like Home" followed by 'The Wizard and I: Music of Stephen Schwartz." That led to her working with Scott Coulter's Symphony shows – Blockbuster Broadway and Music of the Knights – where she travels around the country, including Canada and Mexico. She's also busy with a revue called It Helps to Sing About It (Ben Scheckter and Dan Kail).
"Having music back in my life is a joy" says Kelli. Doing concerts and cabaret are the perfect gigs for this mother of two where she gets to sing what she loves and still be available to her family. Although the Broadway stage may have an attraction . . . just not now. She says the time has passed but Kelli would have loved to play Eliza Doolittle. You never know!
We'll get to hear Kelli Rabke's story along with those from the many other colorful characters in Small Town Confessions at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14 Street, NYC.


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Apolonija Šušteršič has a PhD from University of Lund, Malmö Art Academy, Sweden; and runs her own art / architecture studio practice in Lund, Sweden and in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is a professor in visual art at Oslo National Academy for the Arts, a head of a new MFA program Art & Public Space. Together with architect and a professor at KTH (Stockholm), Meike Schalk she formed an operative unit, which occasionally produces research, projects, actions and discussions.
Apolonija Šušteršič participated in a number of internationally published and exhibited projects and exhibitions within and beyond the international contemporary art institutions around the world, like Moderna Museet Stockholm, Berlin Bienale 2, Luxembourg City of Culture, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Marian Goodman, Paris, De Appel, Amsterdam, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Art Museum, University of Memphis, USA, Tirana Biennale 3, Tirana, Muhka, Antwerp, Edinburgh International Festival, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Galerie für Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig, 12th Architecture Biennale, Venice, Artes Mundi 5, Cardiff, Gwangju Biennial, NTUCCA Singapore among others.