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What States Can Do - Part IV: Promoting science
Governments, educationalists and business leaders around the world are keen to encourage young people to embrace science in school, at university and in their future careers. In Australia, a lack of interest in studying science in schools has been of real and growing concern.
Many of the best careers of the future will increasingly rely on scientific acumen. Even political leaders are now more frequently being forced to make decisions where weighing up scientific evidence is critically important for the best public policy outcomes. In recent times, for instance, congressional and parliamentary representatives have had to grapple with complex issues ranging from stem cell research and genetically modified crops to climate science and nuclear power.
In South Australia, the decline in students enrolling in science subjects had reached crisis point. So, we asked distinguished Oxford scientist Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield, then Director of Britain's centuries old science education hub, the Royal Institution to spend three months with us as a Thinker in Residence (www.thinkers.sa.gov.au).
Baroness Greenfield advised my government on how we could foster a greater 'scientific literacy' in our community and encourage kids to be excited by science. She came up with a series of proposals, including twinning scientists in labs with science teachers in schools.
As a result of Baroness Greenfield's residency, we established the Australian Science Media Centre (www.smc.org.au) in 2005 and opened the RiAus (www.riaus.org.au) in 2009. Backed by millions of dollars from State and Federal governments and business, we located both organisations in the refurbished Stock Exchange building in inner city Adelaide. It has been renamed the Science Exchange.
For years, forced by the scrambling pace of voracious 24/7 media coverage, journalists often go to those who shout loudest in covering scientific issues. On climate change, for instance, it's easier for media to seek sound bites from highly politicised lobby groups - from environmental NGOs to climate change deniers - rather than search for world class scientists with real expertise on the subject matter at hand.
The Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC) is an independent organisation overseen by a management board consisting of senior executives from rival media companies, universities, government and business. It is backed by an expert Science Advisory Panel which includes nearly 30 of Australia's most eminent scientists.
The Centre works with journalists to help them cover science stories and works with scientists to help them communicate more effectively with the media. The Centre has nearly 1,000 journalists, hundreds of newspapers, radio, television and online outlets, linked to over 3,000 scientists on its database. Universities, research institutes and academies and government science agencies are all actively co-operating with the service.
In March 2011, as we all remember, an earthquake triggered a tsunami off the coast of Japan causing devastation and massive loss of life. It also provoked a disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. There was worldwide concern about its implications including the likely impact of radiation release and what would happen if there was a 'nuclear meltdown'.
Journalists from around Australia and overseas contacted the AusSMC for expert opinion. The Centre ran media briefings involving nuclear scientists who gave journalists the background knowledge they needed. At a time when Japanese authorities were remaining silent, the Centre provided journalists with up to date expert commentary to help them decipher what was happening at the Fukushima plant. Interviews were arranged around the clock to help fit in with media needs and deadlines. Hundreds of journalists were linked to thirteen scientists who provided not only expert commentary, but also background and context. These experts were quoted in almost 4,000 news items internationally.
This is just one example. Since it opened, AusSMC has injected evidence based comment into more than 40,000 news reports worldwide. There is a real difference between journalism that relies on evidence based science rather than sensational claims.
While this not for profit service is often the first point of contact when a major science story 'breaks', the Centre is proactive as well as reactive. It provides regular media briefings including its Heads-up, an email service issued twice a week alerting the media about the most newsworthy science events, new research, and reports being published in scientific journals around the world.
The AusSMC proactively monitors the news for topical science issues and can quickly arrange briefings for journalists. These can involve panels of experts usually interviewed online. To enable journalists to get their heads around complex scientific issues (such as climate modelling or the current controversy in Australia over coal seam gas), detailed background briefings are also provided.
The AusSMC is also helping scientists become more media 'savvy' so that they better understand media pressures and can more effectively engage with journalists on and off air. The AusSMC has been spectacularly successful, applauded by journalists and scientists alike. It has certainly improved the quality of scientific content in media reporting.
Significantly, science media centres are now operating, not only in the UK and Australia, but in New Zealand, Canada and Japan, with others being considered for Denmark, China, Norway, Italy and Pakistan. I understand that a service, similar to Australia's, is now under consideration in the United States. It is hoped that a global network will be developed.
In the same heritage building, now rewired with state of the art media facilities, we have established the RiAus. It is independent but has a close relationship with its 'mother' organisation, the Royal Institution in London, established more than 200 years ago to bring science to the community and the community to science and producing a distinguished list of Nobel Prize winners along the way.
The RiAus aims to inspire and to educate a new generation of Australians about the importance of science to their health, the environment and to the Australian economy.
The RiAus has rapidly become a centre of dialogue and policy debate about science. Above all, it aims to make science more accessible, more valued and more relevant for Australians. It doesn't just preach to the converted and is by no means 'nerdy'.
The RiAus has a special charter to interact with those most disengaged from science, particularly young people. It works with schools and teachers to encourage career path choices in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It uses a range of technologies to do so, running programs online with a very active presence in social media, including Twitter, Facebook, E-newsletters and YouTube as well as staging live events, including plays, art/science exhibitions at festivals, 'Science in the Pub', producing films, sponsoring lectures by astronauts and Nobel Prize winners, even staging a sports science event in front of thousands during the halftime interval at a football stadium.
I am pleased that both the RiAus and AusSMC are now national institutions based in Adelaide.
Most governments invest in science. Successive state governments in South Australia have invested millions in establishing a specialist math and science high school; a bio science precinct and incubator, a functional genomics centre and plant accelerator and the world class Goyder Institute for water research. But unless we enthuse young people to look to science, as the Gemini and Apollo space programs did in the 1960s, we will be failing both our nations' futures.
This Blog was published on the Center for National Policy website.
Mike Rann is Fellow for Democracy and Development with the Center for National Policy, Washington, D.C.
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From slouch hat to blue beret: Australia's bid for Security Council
A senior official of the Bush Administration once said to me: "The thing about you Aussies is that you are impossible to offend. With other nations I have to watch my 'ps and qs', be on guard about offending sensibilities. Not with you guys. You like straight talk and even when we try an odd insult Australians just laugh. And you are so irreverent!" I took this as a compliment. Our larrikin spirit is alive and well. Aussies don't stand on ceremony and like to puncture pomposity with humour.
Irreverent, yes. Irrelevant, no. Few nations have sailed, flown or marched further in a good cause. There is nothing more reverential to Australians than the enduring symbol of an Australian soldier's (we call them diggers) 'slouch hat'. It is part of our story, critical to our sense of identity and self esteem. But in far flung corners of our troubled planet the Australian digger so often wears the blue beret of the UN.
Australians have never been isolationists. We did not turn away from genocide in Cambodia, tsunamis in Asia, earthquakes in Japan, famine in Africa, partition in Cyprus, conflict in East Timor. We are known for standing by our mates but Australians also make the supreme sacrifice for suffering strangers who have never heard of our country. We are not neutral in the face of crisis, calamity, terrorism or oppression. Neutrality is not part of the Australian psyche.
Like our kith and kin in New Zealand we are good citizens of the UN. As former Kiwi Prime Minister, Mike Moore and now Ambassador to the US, said of both Australia and New Zealand in a speech in Washington recently: "We pay our dues and more and deploy our people in peacekeeping and peacemaking...This is the rent we pay for our way of life. It is the cost of civilization... a world without walls cannot be a world without rules, standards and values".
Back in 1947 Australia was the first nation to contribute UN peacekeepers, to oversee the ceasefire between the emerging Indonesian Republic and the Dutch colonial occupiers. According to new Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr 65,000 Australians have served in more than 50 UN and other multilateral peace operations since 1947. Carr revealed that Australia is now the twelfth largest contributor to the UN's peacekeeping budget.
In October the 193 members of the UN will vote in a secret ballot to fill two seats on the Security Council for a two year term. Australia is one of three candidates in the "Western Europe and Others" group. The other contenders are Finland and Luxembourg.
The last time Australia sat at this table the Cold War had not ended. For forty years after the Second World War the Security Council was too often paralysed by the veto powers of the Big Five. That has changed. Today the Security Council has never been more relevant or active. That's why Australia now wants to play its part. Since Australia last served 90 other countries have had their turn, many of them a number of times. Japan and Brazil have served five times during this period. But it is not about forming a queue. Australia, a founding member of the UN, has much to contribute.
Last year our Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited the UN in New York to discuss our bid with Ban Ki-moon and addressed 50 representatives of African nations. She explained how helpful Australia could be to small and medium sized countries, pointing out that Australia was one of the top ten contributors to key UN programs such as the World Health Organisation, its children's fund UNICEF and the High Commissioner for Refugees. Since then lobbying has been intense and last month during a visit to Singapore by Julia Gillard, Prime Minister Lee said his country and Australia shared a commitment to strong global institutions such as the World Trade Organisation, Asia Pacific Economic Co-Operation and the International Monetary Fund and was happy to support Australia's bid.
As former Foreign Minister (and former PM) Kevin Rudd has argued, Australia brings formidable assets to the table and a different perspective to our European colleagues. We are a stable democracy, a medium sized power on a vast island continent, with the world's third largest maritime zone strategically located in the Asia Pacific. Our economy is in the top dozen in the world and the fourth largest in Asia. Our military spend is the fifth biggest in Asia.
Twenty two of Australia's twenty four closest neighbours are developing countries. Many are emerging democracies, like Timor Leste where in 1999 an Australian led intervention, sanctioned by the Security Council, helped bring peace, stability, independence and democracy to its ravaged people. This year we are pleased to celebrate with our East Timorese friends the tenth anniversary of their independence. In Bougainville, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Australians have worked hard to restore peace.
If elected Australia would join the Security Council during a time when big issues will be on its plate...transition in Afghanistan, the ongoing UNSC engagement with North Korea, Iran, the Middle East, the continued fight against terrorism and closer to home the preparations for a referendum on the future of Bougainville.
In recent years Australia has been stepping up to the plate internationally through APEC, the G2O and other forums just as we did under Bob Hawke's leadership to work through the Commonwealth to bring an end to Apartheid in South Africa and through the UN to help sort out the mess that was Cambodia.
Nearly 70 years ago Australia helped draft the UN Charter. Australia is a shareholder which has made a big, long term investment in the UN. It's now time to join the board. A seat at the table will be good for Australia. It will be even better for the UN, our region and the world.
What States Can Do – Part I: Climate Change Policy
Most attention in public policy focuses on what happens at the national level. That's inevitable but states are often test beds for reform. In this series of blogs, I will look at what states can do to set the policy agenda.
Nowhere has the leadership role of states been more apparent than with climate change policy. That was certainly true in Australia until recently, with former conservative Prime Minister John Howard aligning himself with President Bush in first denying the scientific evidence for global warming and then decrying action to address climate change as contrary to the national interest. It was up to the states to fill the policy void.
In the US, we saw strong leadership by states such as California in embracing renewable energy and tougher emissions standards. We also saw clusters of states working together to establish emissions trading schemes such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative involving Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. These states have not only capped but will reduce CO² emissions from their power stations 10% by 2018.
States also took the lead in Australia, one of the nations at greatest risk from global warming with the potential loss of high production farming land as well as serious threats to our precious water resources. Action by states makes sense given the majority of decisions affecting both the environment and our climate are made at the regional level.
While Premier of South Australia, I was also Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change, as well as Minister for Economic Development. I wanted to demonstrate that a reformist government could be pro jobs and pro growth while at the same time being a leader in environmental protection. Through my role with The Climate Group and its States and Regions Network, I have worked closely with state governments internationally, including a number of US states, to share and sometimes steal policy ideas that work.
When I was elected Premier in 2002 there was not one single operating wind turbine in South Australia. Today, 26% of electricity generated in my state comes from wind, edging out coal fired power for the first time. How did this happen? We streamlined our regulatory environment to make it easier for energy companies to gain quicker approvals to build wind farms in order to take advantage of Federal schemes and quotas. This didn't happen in other states where the wind was strong but not the political will.
We also campaigned aggressively to convince renewable energy companies we were hungry for their business and would make them welcome. We introduced payroll tax rebates for the construction of large-scale renewable energy projects. Now, with only 7.2% of Australia's population, we have 54% of the nation's installed wind power and about 90% of Australia's geothermal hot rocks development. South Australia reached the Federal Government's target of 20% of electricity coming from renewables by 2020, nine years ahead of schedule. We also had a 15% drop in emissions during the past five years despite strong economic and employment growth.
Inspired by matching Governor Schwarzenegger's ambitious target, we are now on track to reach 33% of our power coming from renewables by 2020. With the help of Stanford Climatologist, the late Stephen Schneider, we passed Australia's first climate change legislation which, in addition to setting targets, provided a framework for voluntary agreements with industry sectors to reduce their emissions. Groups as diverse as the cement industry, the Anglican Church, local government and even regions became partners. First to sign up was our wine industry which was keen to demonstrate to customers in the US and Europe that it could not only produce world class wines but be environmentally conscious doing so.
South Australia also passed Australia's first solar feed-in legislation, which established a scheme that paid householders a premium rate for power generated from their roof top installations. This was successful in encouraging a more rapid take up of solar power than in other states. We also followed California and Washington state by changing emissions standards to effectively preclude the building of future coal fired power stations; again followed California in setting tougher efficiency standards for air conditioners that cause massive spikes in electricity usage on the hottest days, and following my visit to New York, we are looking at 'cool roofs' to deliver significant reductions in peak energy demand.
By sharing ideas, sub-national governments in the US, Australia and elsewhere have proven to the public and to federal policy makers that leadership and progress is possible. This has produced dividends in Australia with the national government of Prime Minister Julia Gillard embracing a new carbon pricing era designed to cut CO² pollution, drive investment in clean energy and make our nation's biggest polluters pay for the greenhouse gas emissions they create.
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What States Can Do – Part III: Improving Our Schools
There is nothing more important for a nation's future, for its long term security and for opportunities for its citizens, than the health of its schools and the quality of education they offer.
Visiting New York in 2010, I was deeply impressed with the work of John Schnur and his team at the New Leaders for New Schools initiative. John is one of America's leading thinkers on improving school outcomes. He was a key adviser on education to Barack Obama both before and after his election as President. John led the development of the $4 billion Race to the Top program where Federal funds are used as a carrot to reward states that positively reform their education systems to get better outcomes from schools.
As in most worthwhile endeavours, success in schools is in most part due to leadership. We all know personally that individual teachers can have a profound impact on learning for students. But to keep doing better year after year, Schnur argues that effective principal leadership is by far the most important component of success, particularly for schools with low test scores and high poverty rates. He cites many examples of how previously poor performing schools had been 'turned around' quite quickly following a change to a better principal. I was told, for instance, about an elementary school in Baltimore where only 45% of its students met the basic standards of proficiency in math. Within two years, a high performing principal had boosted that result to 88% and is working on plans to ensure that 100% of her students make the grade.
New Leaders runs seminars that focus on diagnosis, data, instructional improvement, personal leadership, teams and school culture. Courses are taught by leading experts and 'master principals'. There is also hands on training through one year paid, full time internships in an urban school, enabling teachers to work alongside outstanding principals who have turned around schools in disadvantaged areas. When these new leaders become principals they are given ongoing mentoring and support to help them get the best possible results. Research has shown that New Leader schools are twice as likely to have significantly improved student test scores compared with other schools, and with a lower drop out rate.
In South Australia, one area of real concern for us as a new government in 2002 was that there had been a serious drop in the school retention rate during the 1990s compared with the previous decade. We were concerned that by not completing their schooling, young people weren't just dropping out of school but dropping out of any real chance of securing meaningful careers. There is also a massive social as well as personal cost with declining retention rates linked to crime, drug and alcohol abuse as well as higher unemployment rates.
Coming up with an effective way of reversing increased dropout rates was an early reference to the State Government's Social Inclusion Initiative. It was clear that a 'one size fits all' approach was deemed useless. So we looked at more targeted ways of re-engaging with those young people most at risk of dropping out of school or who had already done so. The method that was adopted is now being hailed in Australia and internationally as a 'best practice' social innovation which puts the local community at the centre of decision making.
Our program is formally known as the "Innovative Community Action Networks" but is more commonly know as ICAN. An ICAN is a local partnership that is given both the power and the resources to help tackle issues that contribute to young people dropping out of their education. Each local ICAN is quite different in its approach and in its membership, which in addition to the State funded ICAN Manager can also include parents, local police, Aboriginal youth workers, teachers, student councillors, NGOs and youth advisers. The key to ICANs success is recognising the complexity of needs each young person is facing and addressing those needs through an individualised case management approach. It involves community action that is flexible and innovative in helping young people at risk to re-engage with learning. Successful strategies draw upon the interests, strengths and aspirations of the young people themselves. They are given a voice and asked what they want and need to help them achieve their goals. It's about a 'tailor made' curriculum which, at the same time, embraces a broader view of learning with pathways forward to further education and real jobs.
One ICAN developed a specific program for young, teenage mothers who had dropped out of school and were living isolated and often impoverished lives, with part time or casual employment such as working in a take-away or as a cleaner. This ICAN purchased a bus to pick up the young mums and take them to school where on-site child care was available to allow the students to be close to their children, who were often babies. An ICAN Case Manager helps each student with an individual learning plan focussed on their goals. Apart from accredited classes to assist them to complete their schooling these young mothers also received tailored lessons around parenting skills, such as budget management, nutrition and resume writing. Importantly, case managers assist their students to stay on course with their education, helping them to deal with challenges so that they are not distracted from their studies.
It is important to stress that each ICAN can differ so that it can be a better fit for local and individual needs, cultures and circumstances. However, personal case management sits at the heart of the ICAN approach. Outcomes are closely monitored and program evaluation occurs regularly.
So what are the outcomes? Between 2004 and 2010 more than 9,000 teenage students were involved in ICAN, with the program achieving more than a 70% success rate. This means that more than 6,000 students, who would have otherwise left school, are learning and earning. By 2010, South Australia recorded a school retention rate of 84.2% - an increase from a low of 67.2% in 1999.
Another policy initiative that has proven very effective is the Premier's Reading Challenge, which borrowed ideas from similar literacy initiatives around Australia and from the United States. In South Australia, our Reading Challenge has been embraced by more than 95% of our public, private and religious schools. I am told it has the highest participation of any reading initiative in the world. The Challenge involves students from the age of five until 14 reading a minimum of 12 books (but often many more) upon which they are tested for comprehension. If they successfully complete the program each student receives a signed certificate from the Premier in the first year, a bronze medal in the second year, then silver, then gold followed by "Legend" and "Hall of Fame" etc. Top sports stars, celebrities and children's authors go out to schools as Premier's Reading Challenge Ambassadors to promote the program and read to the students.
There is no doubt that the medals presented in end of year ceremonies in the schools plus the Ambassadors have played a major role in the success and extraordinary popularity of the Reading Challenge. At first the younger children love the idea of the medals but then they fall in love with the books! Because of our concerns about childhood obesity we established a similar program, the Premier's Be Active Challenge, to encourage fitness and have banned junk food from school canteens.
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What States Can Do – Part II: Social Innovation - Reducing homelessness
10 years ago, as a brand new government, we wanted to take a fresh look at how we could better tackle our most difficult social problems such as a mental health crisis; low retention rates in too many schools and gang related youth crime. We were concerned traditional ways of dealing with these problems weren't working as well as they should. We were frustrated that government agencies tended to operate in silos and too often dealt with complex, inter-related social issues separately; treating the symptoms not the causes. Our first priority was to tackle homelessness. Homelessness is not just a problem about a lack of affordable housing. It is much more about alcoholism, drug dependency; mental illness; unemployment, a lack of skills and self esteem and sometimes criminal behaviour. So, Monsignor David Cappo (www.david-cappo.com), a renowned social justice advocate, was appointed to head our pioneering Social Inclusion Initiative.
I asked him to look around the world for 'ideas that work' and some of his best came from the United States.
We wanted him to confront the hardest end of homelessness, those 'sleeping rough' in city parks, under bridges or dependent upon shelters for support. We found that government agencies and charities, while working hard to support homeless people, were too often operating in isolation. I am not diminishing their valuable work in providing food, shelter and care. But we wanted to take the next step by helping homeless people find a home and also move into a productive and fulfilling life.
Cappo proposed a series of programs including our Street to Home initiative, based on the successful New York model. It actively seeks out homeless people and connects them with the range of services they need to achieve a sustainable housing outcome. While finding a home is the main goal, addressing issues such as physical and mental health, substance abuse and other barriers to housing are equally important.
Street to Home workers engage with homeless people wherever they are – such as in a park or on the streets. Once contact is made, the person is assessed across different areas of their life. A Street to Home 'key worker' will then work with them on a one-to-one basis for the duration of their support. They will work assertively with the person and not let go of them until sustainable housing is achieved. A comprehensive plan based on the person's goals is developed – in their own words. Street to Home makes finding housing the foremost priority so that services and supports can be delivered to the person in the one place.
Street to Home advocates on behalf of the client and coordinates with other services and resources. This way, everyone is on the same page and the person doesn't have to keep repeating their story to different agencies. Priority is also given to developing the person's capacities, such as financial management and domestic skills, to help ensure their housing is given the greatest chance of being long-term. Once housed, Street to Home maintains regular contact to assist with matters as they arise.
Now adopted around Australia, Street to Home is playing a significant role in Social Inclusion's efforts to reduce homelessness by 50% in the Adelaide CBD.
New York was also the inspiration for Common Ground with inner city apartments especially designed for homeless people who now live in a small 'community' with other low income people including artists. They are supported by a range of specialist services on site to assist them to re-integrate into society. Common Ground was an initiative that followed the work in New York, of social entrepreneur Rosanne Haggerty. Like Street to Home, Common Ground has proven so successful that it has 'gone national' attracting support from business and governments. The concept is to bring together a mix of people on low incomes into high quality residential complexes comprising well furnished, self contained apartments, communal areas plus office space for a range of support services and workshops. Common Ground's embrace of life skills to foster greater independence; the arts to build confidence; further education and training as a pathway to employment, has contributed to its success.
Last year I met a young woman, a long term resident of Common Ground, whose life from the age of 13 had been damaged by alcohol, drugs, couch surfing, homelessness, years of domestic violence and serious drug addiction. She nearly died of an accidental overdose in 2003. She is now clean of drugs, has completed a behavioural science degree and a second degree in biochemistry with a 1st class place, winning the Dean's commendation and the University Medal for academic excellence. She now has a scholarship and is completing a PhD with plans to do a medical degree as well. She wants to help others.
"I'm just one success story at Common Ground – there are many others. We have gifted musicians, artists and writers; People studying and working in all types of areas; People rebuilding their families. People with chronic health problems who are now getting the help they need. Some came to Common Ground very broken and mentally unwell. They found a safe, stable place to rebuild themselves, to heal.
Common Ground is more than just a roof over our heads – it's about believing that each person has something unique to offer if they are given the chance to stop just surviving and start growing. It's a place where people are not judged by their past, but supported into their future. Common Ground allows people to realise their potential, then pass their story, their success…onto others – like I am here today."
Hospitals are also playing a role in tackling homelessness.
For years homeless people, when they became ill, were taken to emergency departments. They were treated and discharged, usually back into homelessness. They would then get sick or injured again, treated and then discharged once more back on to the streets. This approach perpetuated the problem at high cost to the individual and taxpayers alike. So in 2004, we set up the Community Liaison Team (CLT) aimed at 'joining up' health services with housing, mental health, drug and alcohol services. This approach is now embedded in the operations of the emergency departments of two of Adelaide's biggest public hospitals.
The CLT's first task is to identify homeless people -or those at risk of homelessness-who are admitted to hospital. If the person is assessed as needing accommodation upon their discharge, CLT staff will work closely with them to develop a case plan. This involves finding accommodation but also addresses physical and mental issues, substance misuse, family support and the person's financial and legal situation.
In devising and executing the plan the CLT joins up with other services and advocates on behalf of the client to achieve a smoother transition into accommodation. The CLT also provides outreach services. This may include attending appointments with the client, assisting their search for accommodation and following up with the client once they are in their new home. The team helps develop coping skills, including budgeting, meal planning and preparation, and relocation from temporary accommodation such as a 'transition bed' in a boarding house, to their new home. CLT engagement with a client is usually short term (a maximum of three months) during which a lead agency responsible for ongoing case management is then identified.
Between 2004 and June 2010, 1,132 people entering emergency departments were assisted into accommodation. A further 724 people at risk were assisted to prevent them falling into homelessness. Many of the people helped would have otherwise been discharged back into rough sleeping where their health and well being would have further deteriorated. This means that not only has the CLT helped to significantly reduce homelessness but it has also reduced the amount of repeat emergency department admissions by individuals who use the service.
Hard Labor
Winning elections is hard labour. I know what it's like to go through an election knowing that a massive defeat was almost predetermined. In December 1993, following the State Bank disaster, the SA Labor Government suffered the most crushing defeat with only 10 members left in a 47 member House of Assembly. We were known as the Kombi van Opposition. The commentators predicted we'd be out of office for a generation. When I became Labor Leader the following year, the commentariat claimed I'd be only an interim leader with one saying the next SA Premier was probably not even in parliament, and maybe hadn't been born yet! By the time of the next election, in 1997, Dean Brown was gone and the Liberal Government suffered a 9.4% swing; Labor more than doubled its numbers and John Olsen was left to lead a fractious minority government. Within another 4 years he was gone and Labor was back in power and then re-elected twice.
Anna Bligh was a good Premier. She was a forceful advocate for Queensland and her leadership during last year's floods won national admiration. Anna was at first an 'appointed Premier' like John Brumby in Victoria and Alan Carpenter in WA. All three followed long and successful runs by Premiers who led Labor from Opposition into Government. But unlike John Brumby and Alan Carpenter (and others before like Barry Unsworth, Joan Kirner and Carmen Lawrence) Anna Bligh won re-election, in her case for an extraordinary fifth term for Queensland Labor. She also became Australia's first elected female Premier. It amazed me on Sunday that a TV panel show featuring political reporters didn't once mention that Queensland Labor was seeking an astonishing sixth term in office. Such was the jowel-shaking profundity of their analysis. With Labor dominating State and Territory politics for so long, it is inevitably now proving more difficult, but certainly not impossible to win elections. Since 2008, we have seen Labor lose in WA; forced into minority government in the Northern Territory and ACT; a 2009 win in Queensland; minority status both for the Feds and Tasmania in 2010; a surprise loss in Victoria later that year; a big loss in NSW in 2011 and a now a catastrophic defeat in Queensland. However, against this backdrop, South Australian Labor in 2010 won a third term with the net loss of only 2 seats from a record 2006 landslide victory. It was also a record majority for a third term Labor government in SA history. I am therefore bemused by commentary drawing analogies between what happened in Queensland on Saturday and the political situation here.
Whilst it is important for political parties to study and learn from every election win and defeat (as I have done, and this year is the 40th anniversary of my working on campaigns). Isobel Redmond would be unwise to count her chickens. What happens in one state in a particular election is seldom, if ever, directly transferable to another. SA Labor is not dead in the water now nor has it been, as polls have shown since mid-2011. It also doesn't make sense to suggest that Labor here faced a Queensland like defeat in 2014 under my leadership when my Ministerial colleagues and the party's factional bosses knew I was going to step aside in March 2012 to give my successor two clear years to win a fourth term for Labor in 2014, which I am confident will occur.
Mike Rann is Professorial Fellow in Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.
This Blog was published in the Flinders University blog on the Indaily website.


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SAUGERTIES, NY - October 23, 2012 - Markertek, a highly specialized broadcast and pro-audio supply house serving the technical side of the media industry, announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with TE Connectivity to carry its full line of broadcast products. TE, which acquired ADC Telecommunications in December, 2010, manufactures audio and video connectivity and patching solutions for broadcasters and digital media production facilities under the ADC brand name.


Rajeevan Madhavan Nair, the new secretary in India's ministry of earth sciences, shares with SciDev.Net plans to improve monsoon forecasting which is vital for agriculture on the sub-continent. He is confident that with increases computation power, using petaflop computers, predictions would be possible for every four kilometres.
By the end of 2016 India will have its own climate assessment model, enabling the country to participate in the next Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment (sixth assessment) by contributing its own model simulations and results. India will also be capable of generating high resolution climate change scenarios for the entire South Asian region, he says.
You have headed India's 'monsoon mission' — any changes envisaged?
The monsoon mission which we started in 2012 yielded significant results. We are now capable of generating dynamical model forecasts for short range to seasonal time-scales. We are hopeful of making these models operational by next year through the Indian Meteorological Department. The present initiative is only on southwest monsoon season (June to September).
Our next focus will be to generate forecasts for extreme weather and climate events (like heavy rainfall, heat waves and urban flooding) to expand the scope to other seasons (northeast monsoon and winter precipitation).
What are the weak areas that you would address on priority basis to create an early impact?
To improve the quality and scope of our services in the areas in which we work, we need to improve our observational network (for the whole Earth System), not only in quantity but also in quality. Besides, we need to improve the models for which one of the main concerns is shortage of trained manpower. So, we need to focus on that. We will increase that capacity at the Centre for Advanced Training in Earth System Science at Pune and send some selected people for further training abroad. Besides, we will set up scholarships and other systems to attract Indian scientists working abroad back home, so that they can contribute with their experience and expertise.
Besides, we will make use of increased computation power (several teraflop machines have been upgraded to petaflops, increasing their power by 1000 times) to increase model resolution from 25 kilometres to four kilometres, thus resulting in a prediction for every four kilometres.
What are your targets for the next three years?
India will have its own climate assessment model by the year-end, and with this we will be participating in the next IPCC assessment for the first time by contributing our own model simulations and results. We are also generating high- resolution climate change scenarios for the South Asian region, which will be helpful for other ministries and academicians to make assessment of climate change impacts on various sectors like agriculture, water resources and health. The IPCC report generally covers the global aspects and not detailed regional aspects. To complement this, we will soon bring out a comprehensive assessment of how our climate changed in the past and how it will change in future, focusing more on our region.
Besides this, we will be focusing on providing weather and climate services for the Himalayan region and states, exploration of energy from thermal gradient of the oceans, prediction of extreme weather events and development of indigenous atmospheric and ocean technology.
India has been weak in modelling. What is necessary to improve that?
That is true. We are weak in modelling, but the trend is changing fast. We have borrowed good models from abroad, but are working to improve them by changing some of the physics and improving data assimilation methods. We are now training our young scientists to work on modelling aspects by conducting training courses and also deputing abroad. We now have good computing facilities, but we need to accelerate our work on modelling. Ideally, we should have our own mathematical models.
How do you think you can improve the impact of work done on climate change?
Our ministry is responsible for science of climate change, but other issues like impact assessments and other policy issues are dealt by the ministry of environment and forests and climate change. We have set up a centre for climate change in Pune. It has done some excellent work and is on the brink of developing an Earth System Model.
What other areas have been neglected and need extra focus?
Apart from the atmosphere we will now focus on the oceans. Enhancing the scope of ocean services and ocean exploration of minerals and ocean energy will be the areas of work. We have plans to explore deep oceans for minerals and generate ocean energy (especially thermal) in collaboration with some of international agencies.
How do you plan to bring about deeper association between earth sciences and industry?
We are now taking a lot of initiatives in teaming up with the Indian industries for developing and manufacturing based on atmospheric and oceanic technologies. Recently, the ministry collaborated with the National Aerospace Lab to develop instruments for measuring visibility at the airports. The "Dhristi" made by NAL costs around US$ 25,000 as compared to US$ 87,000 when imported. This is a good example, but we need to enhance the scope of manufacturing many more scientific instruments in India.
How will your ministry associate with national initiatives like the Start up India Initiative and the Swatch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Movement)?
For Swatch Bharat Abhiyan, we are contributing in assessing air quality and monitoring pollution levels at different cities. With the Smart Cities initiative, we would like to contribute in monitoring the air-quality levels. Another area of interest is marine and coastal pollution for which we have some plans of monitoring and then developing prediction schemes for coastal pollution.
As far as Start up India Initiative is concerned, we would encourage young talent from earth sciences ventures to offer our services wide and in a customised manner to sectors like agriculture, tourism, power and sports. For example, we have so far been able to reach only 24 per cent of the farmers with predictions. So, I see a lot of scope in such entrepreneurships.
How is the ministry using international expertise to upgrade technology, services in India?
We have been always using international expertise in many of our activities including upgrading technology, which we will continue. We have many useful MoUs with developed countries like the US on climate, the UK on water-cycle, health, pollution and monsoon, Germany on monsoons. Nationally, we are tying up with the department of biotechnology for setting up marine institutes and with CSIR for commercialisation of technology.
What are the major achievements of the ministry in last 10 years?
During last 10 years, we have strengthened the atmospheric and oceanic observational network including expanding the Doppler Weather Radar network, implemented a dynamical framework based on the state-of-the-art mathematical models for short range to seasonal forecasts through high-performance computing facility (HPC) with more than 1 petaflop speed. These have helped us generate our own climate predictions including El Niño assessments based on these advanced dynamical models and improved our forecasts including cyclone forecasts thereby bringing about a significant change in the public perception of weather forecasts.


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It's legal to drink and drive in Oregon.
And, there is no law against using a controlled substance and driving. There is no law that prohibits driving while feeling the effects of alcohol or a controlled substance.
However, there is a law against driving while a person is "under the influence" of alcohol, an inhalant or a controlled substance.
The "typical" DUI case is no longer limited to "drunk driving." The police are arresting more drivers for operating a vehicle while allegedly "under the influence" of any number of prescription medications. (A person is presumed to be "under the influence of intoxicating liquor" if a chemical test shows a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 percent or higher.)
However, police often arrest drivers who have a BAC that is lower – sometimes much lower – than that. The police and the prosecutor may try to convict a driver with less than .08 BAC by alleging that the person was "impaired," or otherwise was "adversely affected to a noticeable or perceptible degree" by "intoxicating liquor," an inhalant, a controlled substance, or any combination of these substances.
Attorneys from throughout the United States examined the effects of DUI on professional licenses at the 2016 Summer Session of the National College for DUI Defense, convening at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A surprising number of occupational credentials are affected by laws and regulations that deny professional and business licenses to persons with a conviction (or diversion) for DUI.
The list is extensive, and includes the following job titles: commercial driver, lawyer, pilot, medical professional, dentist, pharmacist, bail bond agent, accountant, SEC (Series 7, etc.), real estate broker, pharmaceutical sales, military, teacher, daycare provider, USCG captain, person with government security clearance, liquor licensee, bus driver, conductor, taxi driver, auto sales, foster care provider, and marijuana grower.
Cannabis and Cars
DUI attorneys and scientists convene in Los Angeles to share expertise in Marijuana-related DUIs
"Cannabis and cars" was the topic at the January 2016 conference of the National College for DUI Defense in Los Angeles, convening at Marina Del Rey. The focus of the seminar was to educate DUI defense attorneys who represent drivers accused of impaired driving in cases involving cannabis and other drugs.
George Bianchi of Seattle, former dean and now a fellow of NCDD, presented his paper on cannabis and cars. The work he authored is replete with a formidable library of recent scientific research and case law. Scientific and legal issues that are specific to the absorption and elimination of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol from the bloodstream are being raised in courtrooms throughout the United States.
The relationships of THC, impairment and driving ability are critical where the state brings criminal DUI charges. Bianchi stated, however, "There is no true understanding and agreement about the absorption and elimination of THC."
And, although the main isomer and psychoactive constituent of marijuana remain active for a short time, studies have confirmed that metabolites of THC that have no psychoactive effect. However, these metabolites may remain in the system for 30 days or more. The presence of "11-nor-9 carboxy" delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol may be offered to prove that a subject ingested THC at some time in the last month -- but it doesn't prove (or tend to prove) that a person is presently impaired.
In 2014, Bianchi asked for help in his THC research from Ted Vosk. Bianchi asked Vosk to review 23 articles that related marijuana impairment to specific THC levels.
Vosk completed the review and of the 23 articles found only four that seemed to advance some sort of per se level of impairment for THC. (Two other articles promoted zero tolerance.)
Bianchi wrote about tests in 2014 involving drivers who had consumed both alcohol and marijuana. Subjects gave blood and saliva samples as they took driving tests on simulators. Scientists concluded that they had observed something they called "lateral position lane weave." They got excited about factors such as "steering angle," "lane departures" and "minimum and maximum lateral acceleration" with their "driving simulator."
The remainder of the study's conclusions set forth quantitative data about possible relationships between active, post-dose effects of THC with "minor lateral decrements" observed, which, one writer stated, "may be dangerous in narrow or winding roads."
The standards for marijuana and driving currently are all over the place, depending on the state (meaning, the jurisdiction) you're in. But, in the meantime, police are being trained to continue to use the old, standard alcohol tests in looking for "clues" that a driver is "impaired" by marijuana.
In every presentation at this conference, it became clear that police and district attorneys nationally are staking out their positions on when, and at what levels, THC impairs driving ability.
In the meantime, in states where medical and recreational marijuana use is legal, marijuana users are getting DUIs.
And, in all states, drivers are getting DUIs where they have given a breathestimate of their blood alcohol of less than .08 percent but provide some evidence that they also had used marijuana.
NCDD has over 2,000 members nationwide.

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 Crash (computing), a computer system that has encountered an error
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This article demonstrates that theoretical debates and developments in the area of organizational analysis can be a fruitful source of inspiration for evaluation utilization research. The article considers two sets of questions. One concerns the societal function of evaluation, the other its historical development. Three sets of well-established lenses, ground by competing views of organizations and organizational behavior, are used to address these concerns. The theories in question see organizations as rational systems, political systems, or cultural systems. The utilization of policy evaluation in Danish political-administrative practice is used as an illustrative empirical case. The article further demonstrates that inspiration from organizational analysis will bring us no closer to a unified understanding of what evaluation utilization is. On the contrary, it shows that debates on and controversies over evaluation utilization belong to the order of things, and that this order entails multiple realities depending on one's theoretical point of departure.
This article deals with the impact of program evaluation on policy making and, more specifically, on policy making with regard to home care and services for the elderly in Quebec. Three important evaluations have influenced policy making in this area since 1983. The article proposes a "policy communities" framework to explain why and how these evaluations either influenced or failed to influence policy. It suggests that program evaluation strategies should reflect the political context in which evaluation takes place, and that the utilization of program evaluation results depends to some extent on program evaluators' ability to participate effectively in the policy processes in question.
This article discusses a variety of issues associated with the use of holistic and analytic scoring methods in large-scale student assessments. The article reviews the education literature on the subject, describes the results of a recent Saskatchewan study comparing the results of the two scoring approaches, and discusses some of the study's implications for future large-scale assessments.
Challenges inherent in evaluating literacy training programs include strict confidentiality policies, the reluctance to "test" students, irregular meeting schedules, and the limited attention span of low-literate students. Guided by interviews and focus groups, this project explored the feasibility of tutor-based assessments in three domains: cognitive skills, functional literacy, and literacy-related self-confidence. Over a period of one and a half years, the assessment battery was returned by 38 of 67 tutors from two literacy programs-one highly structured and curriculum based, the other learner centered. Level of formal education and program placement were found to be important indicators of functional performance and confidence. Length of time the student had been in the program, meanwhile, was unrelated to functional performance and inversely related to ratings of self-confidence. Recommendations for further evaluation of literacy programs are based on our findings regarding utility of the various measures, feasibility for administration, and acceptability to students, tutors, and program administrators.
This study explores the current trend or incorporating service user data into program evaluations. Using a case Study approach and citing three years of evaluation data of the Trauma Program at Sault Ste, Marie General Hospital, northern Ontario, the author challenges the traditional assumptions that promote service user data in program evaluations. The main conclusion is that although service user data is touted as being important, its political importance far outweigh,; its evaluation value Slid utility in particular with hard-to-access samples. Implications are directed toward evaluators, administrators, and policy makers.
Canadian health care organizations are in the midst of' rapid change. Reduced federal transfer payments have necessitated radical cost containment measures, including megers reconstructing downsizing, and outsourcing. At the same time, health care organizations are undergoing a transition in approach to management and accreditation, from quality assurance (QA) to continuous quality improvement (CQI). This article describes that transition, examines the status quo of evaluation activities in both QA-based and CQI-based organizations, and discusses some of the opportunities and challenges facing evaluators in the health care sector.
Community health centers present a challenge for evaluators because of their multiple and overlapping programs, variable client base, culturally diverse clientele, and non traditional approach to health and wellness. This article provides an overview of the evaluation strategy adopted by a rural southwestern Ontario community health center to overcome these challenges. The purpose of the evaluation was to obtain a broad picture of the center's internal dynamics, processes, and efficacy following its first two years of operation.
Although evaluation reports produced in the Department of National Defence have been subject to peer assessment since 1972, limited evidence to support this practice was found in the evaluation literature. Peer assessments are used to ensure that evaluation standards have been met, to correct gaps in reasoning and errors, and to solicit insights from reviewers.
This article describes an application of program logic models to help regional health authorities focus attention and efforts on health outcome goals in British Columbia. The article emphasizes the value of graphic modeling techniques such as logic models in identifying the presumed contribution to regional health status of health services and other health determinants. It argues that logic models facilitate overall governance of health care services by creating performance-monitoring frameworks for both short-term and long-term outcome objectives.


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Here's an important health question and answer session that should clear up any misconceptions you might have about food, diet and health. I wish I had seen this in time for April 1st! Courtesy of Old Man Running.
A: You're not listening!... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
A: Are you crazy? Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – a coke in one hand - chocolate in the other - body totally worn out and screaming, "woo-hoo what a ride!"
Dr. Nick (Simpsons) would heartily agree with this Q&A session!
This post reminds me of the advice I used to give my cadets whenever one injured him/her/itself.
If they would stop engaging in any form of physical exertion, then all the broken bones, sprained ankles, and pulled muscles will stop too. I live a perfectly sedentary lifestyle and have never suffered any of these self-inflicted ailments.
You had cadets who were hermaphrodites?
Normally I adhere to a strict policy of not commenting on other people's blog comments, but since you are "Casual Kitchen ACTUAL" in military parlance, and because you asked a direct question I think that puts us in a new and interesting grey area where commenting on comments is acceptable.
The answer to your query: I dunno. I didn't ask and they didn't tell :) But there were always a few who were androgynous, you know, appearing to be both male and female.
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Is Sustainable Loungewear The Future Of Fashion?
Story from Style
Eliza Huber
Photo: Courtesy of Pangaia.
Six months ago, the only thing that would get me to even look at a matching sweatsuit was Zoë Kravitz — wearing one (from Entireworld) underneath a moss-green Loewe duster. Now, I, and just about everyone else on the planet, hardly go a few days without slipping one on. Like shoes with heels, non-stretch denim, and dresses that don't fall under Hill House Home's Nap dress category, anything that's not elastic, monochrome, and made of jersey simply doesn't suit my dressing needs anymore. That's what happens when a pandemic ushers most of the population indoors for half a year's time: we bunker down and get comfortable.
But comfort level isn't the only variable we look at when shopping for loungewear these days. Instead, the farther we get into the pandemic, and the more we see how our everyday behaviors, from plane, train, and car travel to our fashion consumption habits, contribute to the environment's demise — in March, the BBC reported that pollution in New York alone was down 50% year-over-year due to a reduced number of cars on the road — the more focused we are on shopping ethically and sustainably. Gen Z, in particular, wants a future on this planet, and many are willing to give up fast fashion to get it. Enter: ethical and sustainable loungewear, which is currently experiencing a rise. "Gen Z are looking for purpose above anything else — they are a generation deeply concerned and moved by socio-environmental issues," says Dr. Amanda Parkes Ph.D, Chief Innovations Officer at PANGAIA, a sustainable fashion collective that offers seasonless loungewear crafted out of bio-engineered materials. "They care, they believe in the power of the collective, and they are willing to adapt their lifestyles to help both people and the planet."
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Next week, the brand is announcing a collaboration with JUST Water, the environmentally-friendly consumer products brand co-founded by Jaden Smith (aka the unofficial ruler of Gen Z), made up of a nine-piece line of loungewear. The collection, which includes sweatpants, sweat shorts, hoodies, crewnecks, and T-shirts in JUST Water's signature blue colorway, was created using 100% GOTS-certified organic cotton, natural dyes, and a recycled water system. What's more, funds raised from the collection will be donated to #TOGETHERFUND x WJSFF, a nonprofit that supports racial justice work and COVID-19 relief.
While a PANGAIA x JUST collaboration may appear unexpected, given that the two are from different industries entirely, they share a common purpose of protecting those natural resources that we still have. PANGAIA's business model, too, is different from what we've come to expect from brands — described as a collective, it's made up of "scientists, designers, thinkers, and creators from all backgrounds and walks of life," according to Parkes. To ensure that their products are being made using the most up-to-date technology, this collective connects MIT, Harvard, and Stanford alumni with designers from leading global design schools. As such, PANGAIA is at the forefront of both fashion and sustainable technology right now. "PANGAIA is very much aligned with Gen Z values — which is probably why we have such a strong presence of Gen Z in our community," Parkes says. "We share their vision of a better world and their drive towards helping shape it." A-list fans like Hailey Bieber and Jaden Smith no doubt help, too.
Lightweight Recycled Cotton Shorts
Organic Cotton Cropped Shoulder T Shirt
Organic Cotton Loose Hoodie
In addition to PANGAIA, dozens of other ethical and sustainable loungewear brands have hit peak popularity since stay-at-home orders began in March. According to a viral The New York Times feature about sweatpants in the age of coronavirus, loungewear brand Entireworld has seen unprecedented growth during the pandemic. Following a "distinctly human" email in March that was sent by the brand's CEO and founder Scott Sternberg to its 30,000 subscribers, Entireworld's e-commerce site, which normally reports roughly 46 sweatpant orders per day, sold more than 1,000 pairs. "By month's end, the brand's sales were up 662 percent over March the previous year," Sternberg told the publication.
Like PANGAIA, Entireworld uses sustainable materials like organic cotton and recycled polyester to craft their signature crewnecks, shorts, socks, and joggers. A "strict set of criteria" is used for choosing suppliers and factories to work with to ensure that each and every Entireworld garment is made ethically. Also like PANGAIA, Entireworld's business model is unlike many brand., Not only is it direct-to-consumer but it focuses on seasonless staples, rather than trends. Of the traditional fashion model, which includes a constant churning of collections and wholesale accounts, Sternberg told the publication that the "whole channel is dead. And there's no sign of when it's turning on again." Maybe the age of sustainable loungewear will be born out of its ashes.
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Other loungewear brands like Cotton Citizen and Lacausa have been implementing sustainable practices since their very conceptions, too, using natural dyes, local factories, and, in, the case of Lacausa, additionally donating to nonprofits like the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Surfrider, and Cool Earth, which works alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation. There's also Baserange, a Dutch-French loungewear and underwear brand that's committed to clean production, and Philadelphia-based Wol-Hide which designs comfortable and conscious pieces for everyday wear.
Ever since the climate crisis reached "the point of no return back in 2015," as Parkes puts it, "more and more people are becoming conscious of the urgency of the situation and committing to changing their behavior and purchasing habits." The pandemic has only sped up those changes and commitments. And as conscious consumers continue to look for ways to put their money where their mouth is, it's sustainably-minded businesses that will make the cut.
Given that many people will not be going back to their offices until next year, the end of the loungewear boom is nowhere in sight. But that doesn't mean that every brand under the sun should stop what they're doing and jump on the sweatpants bandwagon, at least not before considering how they're going to do so, from materials to supply chain, packaging, and beyond. After all, no matter how far off it may seem, the pandemic will eventually cease to exist. And when that happens — subsequently forcing us out of our crewnecks and into "normal" attire again — it won't be just any loungewear brands that people remember, but rather those that not only invested in our comfort but also the comfort of generations that follow.
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Student Recants Ebola Story That Stressed SWC Officials
Posted by Alexander Nguyen on October 16, 2014 in Crime | 1708 Views
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Updated: 5:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 2014.
A student who reported that her sister became sick after a trip to the Midwest, setting off fears of possible Ebola exposure and causing a section of Southwestern College in Chula Vista to be cordoned off Thursday "in an abundance of caution," has recanted her story.
The student's claim initially led to fears of potential Ebola exposure on campus, but school officials said a nurse examined her and didn't find any symptoms of the deadly virus.
The 470 building on campus was closed, but the rest of the campus remained open.
Some broadcast reports had suggested that the student's story had included her and her sister being on the same airplane as a nurse who contracted the Ebola virus.
The student claimed her sister had been hospitalized, Southwestern College spokeswoman Lillian Leopold said. She said the building was shut down after the student told her instructor why she had missed class.
"In an abundance of caution by some staff members, the 470 building was cordoned off," Leopold said. "Our campus nurse has thoroughly examined the student and there is no expectation of Ebola."
Amber Vinson, a nurse who helped treat Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan at a hospital in Dallas, flew from Cleveland back to Texas earlier this week despite having a temperature of 99.5 degrees. She called the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before she boarded her flight.
The agency, which contended a temperature at 100.4 degrees or above is a sign of Ebola, is being criticized for allowing her to take to the skies with other passengers.
— City News Service contributed to this story
Student Recants Ebola Story That Stressed SWC Officials was last modified: October 17th, 2014 by Alexander Nguyen
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Veteran's Administration Quashing Voter Registration
August 19, 2008 in Bush administration, civil rights, Common Sense, Democrats, Regressives, Republicans, Veterans
The shame brought to us by the Bush Administration never ends, does it?
First, a review of some of my outrages – because this isn't the type of stuff you "move forward" on:
More Shame From the Bush Administration
More Disrespect for the Troops from the Commander-in-Chief
Symbiotic Relationship of Bush Administration and Mainstream Media Has No Bounds
From the VA: Shhh, 1,000 Attempted Suicided Per Month
Before I go further, just imagine the stuff you don't hear about….
James B. Peake, Secretary for Veteran's Affairs, has issued a directive that bans non-partisan voter registration drives from federally-financed nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and shelters for homeless veterans.
Peake was nominated by the White House in 2007, and his job is described as "the principal advocate for veterans in the U.S. government." He graduated from West Point, and served in the Army Infantry Division. He went on to get is medical doctorate degree in 1972, and retired as a Lieutenant General in 2004.
Why would a military guy oversee – in fact, facilitate – impediments to voting for the very veterans he has sworn an oath to protect? Why would he do something like this when voting is one of the very basic of rights the military is there to uphold for the United States? What kind of military guy does this?
Peake is citing the Hatch Act in his defense. The Hatch Act forbids federal workers from engaging in partisan political activity.
Registering voters is NOT a partisan political activity. No matter who is doing the registering.
Two Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Robert A. Brady (Pa.) and Bob Filner (Ca.), have sent a letter to Peake, asking him to halt the directive.
Meanwhile, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), along with Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Barack Obama (D-IL), Harry Reid (D-NV), Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have introduced legislation to require the VA to facilitate voter registration for veterans. Since being introduced on July 22nd, Sens. Rick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) have signed on to S.3308.
I've asked this before – but someone please explain to me why something that is in the best interests of everyone, of all veterans – why aren't there any Republicans signing on to this bill?
Or, put another way, why wouldn't Republicans want to make sure that veterans can vote?
Please take a moment to contact Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester and ask them to support S.3308.
Oh – and don't forget Representative Dennis Rehberg.
mayor of mayhem
Does anybody know if the Kennedy administration sponsored a drive to register voters? I thought they did. That would be the last time the government wanted people to vote.
Why are we surprised when a republican administration discourages poor homeless people from voting.
rickclemens
I wish there was a way just to keep the veteran panhandlers from voting. We all know they're the only Democrats coming out of our brave armed forces.
who do you mean by "we" mr clemons?, because i have known many fine veterans who proudly vote democratic.
rickclemens, I guess you didn't see the latest poll that says our armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are leaning Obama. No, I imagine you don't read much.
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In April there was suddenly a heat wave, which was a massive shock as it had been snowing like the week before. And people weren't really ready for it. There were people who still only had winter clothes (like me…no shorts), people who still carried coats with them, just in case, and people thinking it was only April, why would they need sun cream? And so half of the population in the UK was walking around looking like a tomato. Despite all that, everyone was in a good mood and fancied a day out. We decided to go to Stratford-Upon-Avon.
We had to park just on the outskirts and then walked in, which was lucky as we ended up walking past the church where Shakespeare was buried. We couldn't find his grave though.
I think this is the place where Shakespeare grew up or where he lived before he went to live in London. As with most things these days, you need to pay for the privilege to see important places and this was no exception. We weren't prepared to pay so these are the best pictures I got from peeking through the gate.
We were feeling very cultured by the end of the day, although other than seeing where Shakespeare lived, there wasn't all that much to do there. We found a pub that looked like it might have had 'flagons of ale' but we chickened out of asking and went with a cuppa instead.


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class QEvent;
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class marketBranch;
class BallotOutcomeFilterProxyModel;
class BallotOutcomeTableModel;
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class WalletModel;

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    void setModel(WalletModel *);
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Q: How to handle 'Clicked' event in Flex Button control template in Xamarin Forms? I'm trying to create a custom control template for a Flex Button -NuGet Available here- to have a specific format for the button. The problem is that when I create any template for the button, all the events does not respond to handlers, for example, click event never fires, unless I use contentpresenter which messes with the whole template design.
So is there any way that I can reattach the click -And preferably all the other- click event without using content presenter ?
Here is my template code so far:
<Style TargetType="flex:FlexButton" x:Key="IconTextButton">
        <Setter Property="ControlTemplate">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate>
                    <Grid BackgroundColor="{TemplateBinding Path=BackgroundColor}">
                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="30"/>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="auto"/>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="1"/>
                            <ColumnDefinition Width="auto"/>
                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

                        <Label Grid.Column="0" FontSize="Title" HorizontalOptions="Center" TextColor="{TemplateBinding Path=ForegroundColor}" Text="{TemplateBinding Path=Icon}">
                            <Label.FontFamily>
                                <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="x:String">
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                                    <On Platform="iOS">Font Awsome 5 Free</On>
                                </OnPlatform>
                            </Label.FontFamily>
                        </Label>

                        <Label Grid.Column="1" FontSize="Subtitle" FontAttributes="Bold" TextColor="{TemplateBinding Path=ForegroundColor}" Text="│"/>

                        <Label Grid.Column="3" FontSize="Subtitle" FontAttributes="Bold" TextColor="{TemplateBinding Path=ForegroundColor}" Text="{TemplateBinding Path=Text}"/>
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>

And this is an implementation sample:
<flex:FlexButton Icon="" Text="Explore" Style="{StaticResource IconTextButton}" Clicked="SampleButton_Clicked"/>

And even though everything looks fine, but the SampleButton_Clicked is never executed.
Thanks in advance.

A: I cannot reproduce your style completely, Can you see  Explore text when you display the flex:FlexButton?
I made a test, when I remove your style, Clicked or TouchedUp event could be executed normally on the Explore text.
Basded on my research, Your style like a image to cover the flex:FlexButton, I cannot see the Explore text, so I cannot to click it.
But when I add TapGestureRecognizer for the flex:FlexButton, it worked as normal. Here is my background code.
  var tapGestureRecognizer = new TapGestureRecognizer();
            tapGestureRecognizer.Tapped += async (s, e) =>
            {
                await DisplayAlert("user", DateTime.Now.Year.ToString(),"Ok");
            };

  flexbtn.GestureRecognizers.Add(tapGestureRecognizer);

Here is layout code.
<flex:FlexButton Icon="" x:Name="flexbtn" Text="Explore" Style="{StaticResource IconTextButton}"  TouchedUp="FlexButton_Clicked" Clicked="FlexButton_Clicked"  />

Here is my running GIF(I cannot reproduce your style completely, I try my best to reproduce it, but it seems still not good looking).

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Q: Determining Best compression algorithm for given PDF file I'm currently using Docotic PDF library to write a compression program for a PDF file server hosting large scanned documents.  (Intention is to get the smallest size in black and white that maintains a readable document- mostly legal briefs)
In testing I notice that certain files will respond better to JPEG compression while others respond better to Group3Fax or Flate.  Is it possible to analyze the file and make an intelligent decision on which algorithm will produce the smallest PDF or would I actually have compress each file with all three algorithms and choose the smallest - which is incurs a ton of additional CPU overhead.
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Strategic Planning | Marketing | Corporate Development | Sales | Venture Capital
When Your Dad Becomes More Famous Than You ... On Twitter
His dad's quips have resulted in more than 231,000 followers under the account name @s—mydadsays. But after it attracted wide attention in recent weeks as followers retweeted postings, and blogs and mainstream media covered it, Mr. Halpern finally broke the news.
But his dad didn't really get it. "He asked if I had to start up the Internet to get on Twitter, and then I felt better because I knew he wouldn't understand the grand scope of what was going on," said Mr. Halpern in an interview.
Shortly after the revelation, his dad, who doesn't have Internet on his personal computer by choice, changed the subject. Mr. Halpern asked his father if he wanted to see the site. He responded with an adamant "no," so Mr. Halpern read him some posts to check for accuracy, to which his dad responded, "Yeah, I said that."
Until last week, Justin Halpern's 73-year-old father didn't know that he was a Twitter sensation.
He has long been documenting the quips of his father, who grew up working on a farm in Kentucky and was a doctor for more than 40 years. As a child, he recorded them in his diaries, and when he got older, he would post them as his status on Gmail Chat to give his friends a chuckle. In August, he found a new medium for disseminating his father's expletive-loaded one-liners: Twitter.
Mr. Halpern started the account after he left a job in Los Angeles and was unable to retrieve all of his personal documents on his work computer. He had just moved back in with his parents in San Diego, and a friend suggested he use Twitter as a way to document his life, because he had stopped keeping journals. He was reluctant because of the 140-character cap on tweets, but then thought it could be a good way to keep a record of his dad's quotes. "I didn't expect it to have more than 10 people following it," he said.
A month later, he has become an Internet sensation. On Aug. 3, he began posting such gems as
"Don't touch the bacon, it's not done yet. You let me handle the bacon, and i'll let you handle…what ever it is you do. I guess nothing."
"You know, sometimes it's nice having you around. But now ain't one of those times. Now gimmie the remote we're not watching this bullshit."
"What are you listening to?…I know who Hall & Oates are god dammit. It's the mustache guy and the gay man."
"Your brother brought his baby over this morning. He told me it could stand. It couldn't stand for s—. Just sat there. Big let down."
Watching the Little League World Series, he said, "These kids are all fat. I remember when you were in little league…you were fat."
"I just did an hour on the gym machine. I'm sweaty and I have to shit. Where's my fannypack, this workout is over."
"The dog don't like you planting stuff there. It's his backyard. If you're the only one who shits in something, you own it. Remember that."
Other posts are best read on his page.
Mr. Halpern works from home as a writer for Maxim.com, and his father is retired, so throughout the day he collects the funny, and sometimes outrageous, things he says and chooses one to post each day. Early on, one of his friends brought up the possibility of his dad not saying anything quote-worthy, but he knew that wouldn't be a problem.
"During the course of a day, he says tons of funny things because there's no filter." He admits some of his dad's best quotes are over 140 characters and are disqualified because of the limit.
Since his account has blown up in the media he's been approached by book agents, publishers and producers. In Los Angeles he tried to make it as a screenwriter but didn't find much success.
"It's ironic to think that I busted my ass trying to get my own writing out there, and what has been successful for me is something I didn't even write," he said.
I am a 'big picture' marketing, strategy, and corporate development guy.
I've also done venture capital, fundraising, mergers, acquisitions, and a few turn-arounds. I've been doing this for a long time and have been pretty successful at it.
I'm also a husband, a father, a blogger, a music fan, distance runner, world traveler and a bunch of other things too.
I write something here most days and something on Twitter every day. This blog is my diary, my sandbox, and my therapist.
Absent all of this, I'm pretty boring and one dimensional.
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NBA Trade Rumors: Carmelo Anthony to the New Orleans Pelicans?
New Orleans Pelicans might to interested in Carmelo Anthony Flickr/Keith Allison
It appears that DeMarcus Cousins is trying to lure Anthony to New Orleans.
by Cresswell McCoy (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
August 8, 2017 at 4:21 AM August 8, 2017 at 4:21 AM
The NBA training camp is just a few weeks away, but there are a couple of players still on the trading block. The NBA free agency has drawn to an end, and players like Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving are open for trade options. The Cleveland Cavaliers are still waiting for an Irving trade to take place. On the other hand, the New York Knicks have Carmelo Anthony on the list.
When it comes to trading Anthony, he has the potential to control where he lands. Just like Kyrie Irving, Carmelo Anthony has indicated his desired team. The only difference is that the Knicks power forward is ready to waive his no-trade clause if he gets his desired team.
Anthony wishes to be traded to the Houston Rockets, but that might not stop the other teams from being interested in him.
DeMarcus Cousins wants Anthony to play for the Pelicans
There is no doubt that many teams would be interested in acquiring Anthony. The Knicks superstar has a good reputation as he is considered as one of the top players. According to the Lakers Nation, there is a huge possibility of Carmelo going to the new orleans Pelicans. Apparently, DeMarcus Cousins likes the idea as he would love to have Anthony on his team.
It appears that Cousins and Anthony have shared a history as they played as teammates in the recent Olympic team. Cousins and Anthony are familiar with each other, so bringing the Knicks forward to the Pelicans would make things better for the team.
If the deal takes place and Anthony is shipped to New Orleans, it would certainly be difficult for other teams to keep up with the Pelicans.
DeMarcus Cousins and Carmelo Anthony chemistry will only make the Pelicans stronger. Plus, they also have another great NBA star, Anthony Davis. These three players could turn out to be one of the best combinations in NBA.
Is Anthony ready to join the Pelicans?
The most important question to be answered lies with Anthony. Cousins and Anthony might have a chemistry by there is no proof that he would want to join the Pelicans. Considering his preferred destination, Carmelo wants to play for the Rockets. On the other hand, both teams will need to work out a strategy that benefits them.
The Pelicans do not have any assets to trade with the Knicks unless they involve a third team. It also depends on whether the Knicks would be interested in obtaining a player from New Orleans. Giving up on Carmelo Anthony will not be easy for the Knicks and they will have to ensure that they get someone good to replace their power forward.
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