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Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School
A Stable Blood Supply Is Critical in the COVID-19 Era
Millions of lives depend on the U.S. blood supply. But no one knows exactly how much blood is in the system at any given time, or whether it's enough to meet demand. The federal government has no way to collect that data, and hospitals don't share it with each other. What can be done to strengthen the system?
COVID-19 Highlights Disaster Policy's Need to Prepare for Multiple, Sequential Emergencies
The pandemic has highlighted the vulnerabilities many disaster-affected households face. As lawmakers debate a second relief package, they could reconsider how the emergency management framework responds to the effects of simultaneous hazards on individual-assistance and community-recovery programs.
Maintaining Critical Infrastructure Resilience to Natural Hazards During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Hurricane Preparations by US Energy Companies
This article describes the ways that an energy organization, the regional transmission operator PJM, is preparing for hurricanes during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article has implications for policy makers working to maintain infrastructure resilience to natural hazards during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Is COVID-19 a National Security Emergency?
Developing an effective national response to COVID-19 could begin with elevating the pandemic from a public health emergency to a national security crisis. The novel coronavirus may not be a threat that the military can defeat, but that doesn't mean the United States shouldn't set it in its sights and go on the offensive against it.
Prevalence and Predictors of Driving After Prescription Opioid Use in an Adult ED Sample
Prescription opioid use and driving is a public health concern given the risks associated with drugged driving. We examined the prevalence and correlates of driving after taking prescription opioids among adults seeking emergency department treatment.
Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills
How can communities build resilience to large oil spills? This report examines the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and how communities' resilience to similar threats could be improved.
COVID Could Surge Anywhere. This Tool Helps Hospitals Prepare
The number of new coronavirus cases is growing in most states. As the pandemic continues to strain U.S. health care systems, a tool developed by RAND researchers can help hospitals prepare for the worst.
Air Travel Data to Predict COVID Risk, Heatwave Planning, Caregiver Time Off: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on using air travel data to predict COVID risk, planning for a heat wave during the pandemic, why caregivers need time off, and more.
What Can the Coronavirus Teach Us About Preparing for a Heat Wave?
The occurrence of a heat wave during the pandemic may be the clearest example of an overlapping disaster in the near term, but we'll likely see more and more overlapping disasters brought about by a changing climate.
Critical Care Surge Capacity in U.S. Hospitals: Strategies for Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this brief, the authors present methods for creating critical care surge capacity in hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and estimate patient capacity, given the number of doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, ventilators, and beds.
Planning for a COVID-19 Hurricane
What if Hurricane Katrina had hit during a pandemic? Emergency planners can prepare for this scenario by evaluating current response system capacity, evacuation and sheltering procedures, food and supply issues, and more.
Short-Term Solutions to a Long-Term Challenge: Rethinking Disaster Recovery Planning to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Inequities
We review case examples to illustrate how post-disaster policies may influence the nature, pace, and inclusiveness of community recovery.
The Justice System and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resources for Policymakers
From closed courts to increased risk for first responders, the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges for the justice system. RAND research provides insights that may be helpful as decisionmakers try and address some of these issues.
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The U.S. Response to Covid-19
Covid-19 has exposed major weaknesses in the United States' federalist system of public health governance, which divides powers among the federal, state, and local governments.
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Hospitals can prepare for a surge of patients critically ill with COVID-19, but it will require hospital leaders, practitioners and regional officials to adopt drastic measures that challenge the standard way of providing care.
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Promising Strategies for Creating Critical Care Capacity in U.S. Hospitals
Hospitals can prepare for a surge of patients critically ill with COVID-19, but it will require hospital leaders, practitioners, and regional officials to adopt drastic measures that challenge the standard way of providing care. A new RAND tool can help them estimate current capacity and explore ways to increase it.
Does Shared Decision Making Actually Occur in the Emergency Department? Looking at It from the Patients' Perspective
Utilizing a cross-sectional, multisite approach, we administered an instrument, consisting of two validated shared decisionmaking assessment tools and one newly developed tool to a sample of emergency department patients.
How the U.S. Coast Guard Can Leverage Social Media and Enhanced Cell Phone Data to Improve Emergency Response
A growing proportion of maritime distress calls to the U.S. Coast Guard comes indirectly through social media, 911, or cell phones. Better understanding of the social media and cell phone environments could help inform future Department of Homeland Security policy on using these media in response operations.
U.S. Coast Guard Emergency Response and Disaster Operations: Using Social Media for Situational Awareness
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Angels fundraiser launched
At the launch of the Irish Wheelchair Association's Angels fundraiser on Wexford Quayfront: juggler Andrea Villa, Erica Whittaker, Michael D'Arcy of Corner Boy, Theresa Carley, Tom Murphy, Albert Rochford, Patricia Quigley, Johnny Quirke, Charles Hanley and Nuno Felix.
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THE Irish Wheelchair Association Wexford recently launched its Angels fundraising campaign on the quays.
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Joining IWA for the celebrations were local members, and volunteers, Andrea Villa, from samba group Bloco Garman and Michael D'Arcy, from Cornerboy.
Angels is the largest fundraising campaign in IWA's calendar and enables the charity to generate vital funds to continue to maintain the level of services provided to people with physical disabilities and their families throughout County Wexford.
Speaking at the launch, IWA Angels Coordinator for Wexford Mary O'Connor said funds raised during the Angels Campaign will be invested into the range of services and supports which IWA provides to people with physical disabilities living throughout Wexford.
She said volunteers are key to the success of any fundraising campaign and this year IWA has more volunteering opportunities than ever, particularly in the lead up to the Angels Campaign.
IWA provides essential services from its Community Centre in Wexford and Ballycanew supporting local people with physical disabilities on a weekly basis and is asking local community groups, organisations, businesses, and schools to volunteer their time to assist with the Angels Campaign. There are many ways to get involved with the campaign this year, including selling Angels pins or products, hosting an Angels event, or taking part in some of IWA's organised initiatives taking place throughout the country. All Angels Campaign information is available by visiting www.iwa.ie/angels IWA said it is conscious that many local supporters are not available to volunteer during the day due to work and family commitments and instead ask that they Text Donate. Donating by text takes seconds and is very simple. By texting 'ANGELS to 50300' you can make a direct contribution to the IWA. IWA's Fundraising Department would be delighted to support any Angels event by supplying an Angels Fundraising Pack which includes information, balloons, and a selection of Angels products to sell at the event. If you would like to support the Angels Campaign this year please contact Mary at 053 9124578, 053 9482522 or mary.oconnor@iwa.ie.
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Baseball roundup: Trea Turner heads to Phillies, Justin Verlander joins Mets
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Trea Turner (6) bats during a baseball game against the New York Mets Thursday, Aug 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. The Philadelphia Phillies landed Trea Turner on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, agreeing to a $300 million, 11-year contract with the dynamic shortstop. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
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The Philadelphia Phillies landed Trea Turner on Monday, agreeing to a $300 million, 11-year contract with the dynamic shortstop.
The deal includes a no-trade clause, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no immediate announcement.
Turner joins a Philadelphia team that made it to the World Series this year before losing to the Houston Astros. He also reunites with outfielder Bryce Harper after the two played together with the Washington Nationals from 2015 through '18.
Turner was terrific in his first full season with the Dodgers, batting.298 with 21 homers and a career-high 100 RBIs for the 2022 NL West champions. He also swiped 27 bases and scored 101 runs.
The free-agent market for Turner likely was enhanced by bigger bases and restrictions on defensive positioning coming to the game next year — two changes that make Turner's speed and defensive versatility even more valuable than before.
Verlander to New York: Justin Verlander agreed to an $86.7 million, two-year contract with the Mets, reuniting the AL Cy Young Award winner with Max Scherzer and giving the team a replacement for Jacob deGrom.
The deal is worth $43,333,333 per season and includes a vesting player option for 2025 at $35 million, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no announcement.
Verlander, 39, leaves World Series champion Houston to replace deGrom, who left New York after nine seasons when he agreed to a $185 million, five-year contract with Texas last week. It also puts Verlander on the same team as Scherzer after they played together with the Tigers from 2010 through '14.
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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg will testify on 737 MAX before U.S. Congress on 29 October
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Boeing President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg will testify tomorrow, October 29, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding aviation safety and the 737 MAX aeroplane. He will be joined by Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President and Chief Engineer John Hamilton. Muilenburg and Hamilton will also appear Wednesday, October 30, before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to discuss the design and development of the 737 MAX.
In prepared remarks released today, Muilenburg first and foremost expressed his deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who were lost in the Lion Air Flight JT610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 accidents.
"As we observe today the solemn anniversary of the loss of Lion Air Flight 610, we carry the memory of these accidents, and the lives lost, with us every day. They will never be forgotten, and those memories drive us every day to make our aeroplanes and our industry safer," Muilenburg said.
Boeing has made robust improvements to the 737 MAX flight control software. "We have brought the very best of Boeing to this effort," said Muilenburg. "We've dedicated all resources necessary to ensure that the improvements to the 737 MAX are comprehensive and thoroughly tested. When the 737 MAX returns to service, it will be one of the safest aeroplanes ever to fly."
The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) flight control software function has been updated to provide additional layers of protection, including:
MCAS now compares information from both angle of attack sensors before activating and will only respond if data from both sensors agree;
MCAS will only activate a single time; and
MCAS will never provide more input than the pilot can counteract using the control column alone.
These changes will prevent the flight control conditions that occurred on the Lion Air JT610 and Ethiopian Airlines ET302 flights from ever happening again. Boeing has dedicated more than 100,000 engineering and test hours on the development of these improvements, flown more than 814 test flights with the updated software and conducted numerous simulator sessions with 545 participants from 99 customers and 41 global regulators.
"We have learned and are still learning from these accidents. We know we made mistakes and got some things wrong," continued Muilenburg.
In his testimony, Muilenburg outlined key actions Boeing is taking to improve as a company, including:
Establishing a permanent Aerospace Safety Committee of the company's Board of Directors;
Creating a new Product and Services Safety organization that will review all aspects of product safety and provide streamlined reporting and elevation of safety concerns;
Strengthening the company's Engineering organisation, with all engineers reporting up through Boeing's chief engineer;
Investing in advanced research and development in new safety technologies; and
Exploring ways to strengthen safety not just for Boeing products and services, but the aviation industry as a whole.
Muilenburg's written testimony is available here and hereunder.
CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/
Opening Statement of Dennis Muilenburg
Aviation Safety and the Future of Boeing's 737 MAX
Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Cantwell, members of the Committee: good morning and thank you for inviting me to be here today.
I'd like to begin by expressing my deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who were lost in the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accidents, including those who are here in the room today. I wanted to let you know, on behalf of myself and all of the men and women of Boeing, how deeply sorry I am. As we observe today the solemn anniversary of the loss of Lion Air Flight 610, please know that we carry the memory of these accidents, and of your loved ones, with us every day. They will never be forgotten, and these tragedies will continue to drive us to do everything we can to make our airplanes and our industry safer.
Mr. Chairman, I know that you and your colleagues have many questions about the 737 MAX. My colleague John Hamilton, Chief Engineer for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and I will do our best today to answer them. While the Ethiopian Airlines accident is still under investigation by authorities in Ethiopia, we know that both accidents involved the repeated activation of a flight control software function called MCAS, which responded to erroneous signals from a sensor that measures the airplane's angle of attack.
Based on that information, we have developed robust software improvements that will, among other things, ensure MCAS cannot be activated based on signals from a single sensor, and cannot be activated repeatedly. We are also making additional changes to the 737 MAX's flight control software to eliminate the possibility of even extremely unlikely risks that are unrelated to the accidents.
We have brought the very best of Boeing to this effort. We've dedicated all resources necessary to ensure that the improvements to the 737 MAX are comprehensive and thoroughly tested. That includes spending over 100,000 engineering and test hours on their development. We've also flown more than 814 test flights with the updated software and conducted numerous simulator sessions with 545 participants from 99 customers and 41 global regulators. This process has taken longer than we originally expected, but we're committed to getting it right, and return-to-service timing is completely dependent on answering each and every question from the FAA.
I have flown on two of the demonstration flights myself and seen first-hand the expertise and professionalism of our teams. Mr. Chairman, I could not be more confident in our solutions—and I could not be more grateful to the men and women who have worked so hard to develop and test these improvements always with safety at the forefront. When the 737 MAX returns to service, it will be one of the safest airplanes ever to fly.
During this process we have been working closely with the FAA and other regulators. We've provided documentation, had them fly the simulators, and helped them understand our logic and the design for the new software. All of their questions are being answered. Regulators around the world should approve the return of the MAX to the skies only after they have applied the most rigorous scrutiny, and are completely satisfied as to the plane's safety. The flying public deserves nothing less.
We know that it's not just regulators that need to be convinced. We know the grounding of the MAX is hurting our airline customers, their pilots and flight attendants, and most importantly, the people who fly on our airplanes. Our airline customers and their pilots have told us they don't believe we communicated enough about MCAS—and we've heard them. So we have partnered with customers and pilots from around the world as we've developed our solutions.
We have welcomed and encouraged their questions and given them opportunities to test those solutions firsthand in simulators. And subject to regulatory approval, additional and enhanced training and educational materials will be available for pilots who fly the MAX.
We have learned and are still learning from these accidents, Mr. Chairman. We know we made mistakes and got some things wrong. We own that, and we are fixing them. We have developed improvements to the 737 MAX to ensure that accidents like these never happen again. We also are learning deeper lessons that will result in improvements in the design of future airplanes. As painful as it can be, the process of learning from failure, and even from tragedies like these, has been essential to the advances in airplane safety since the industry began roughly a century ago. And it is one of the reasons that travel on a large commercial airplane is the safest form of transportation in human history.
Mr. Chairman, this is something we must not lose sight of. Today and every day, over 5 million people will board a Boeing airplane and fly safely to their destination. Whether it's their first flight or their millionth mile, we want it to be a great experience—and most importantly, a safe one. Decades of work and innovation throughout the industry, as well as the oversight of the FAA, this Committee, and regulators around the world have reduced the risks of air travel by more than 95 percent over the last twenty years. But no number, other than zero accidents, is ever acceptable.
For 103 years, Boeing has been dedicated to making the world a safer and better place. Our founder, Bill Boeing, established our first safety council in 1917, the first full year of the company's existence, beginning a commitment to safety that we have carried forward as a core value ever since. The engineers who design our airplanes, the machinists who work in our factories, and the many others who contribute to the extraordinarily complex work of building and maintaining commercial airplanes do so with pride and honor. Ensuring safe and reliable travel is core to who we are. Our customers and the traveling public, including our own families, friends, and loved ones, depend on us to keep them safe. That's our promise and our purpose.
But we also know we can and must do better. We have been challenged and changed by these accidents, and we are improving as a company because of them. We established a permanent aerospace safety committee of our Board of Directors; stood up a new Product and Services Safety organization that will review all aspects of product safety and provide streamlined reporting and elevation of safety concerns; and strengthened our Engineering organization by having all engineers in the company report up through Boeing's chief engineer. We also are investing in advanced research and development in new safety technologies and are exploring ways to strengthen not just the safety of our company but our industry as a whole. We have a shared bond of safety across the entire aerospace community.
We recognize it is not just our airplanes and our company that needs to be supported and strengthened. We also must help rebuild the communities and families affected by these accidents. Our first step was our pledge of $100 million to them. We hired Ken Feinberg and Camille Biros, renowned experts in this area, to ensure families can access this money as quickly as possible. Of course, no amount of money can bring back what has been lost. But we can at least help families meet their financial needs. Our people also have donated more than $750,000 of their own money to these funds—a tremendous example of the giving spirit our teams consistently display in the communities where they live and work across the globe.
Mr. Chairman, I've worked at Boeing my entire career. It started more than 30 years ago when Boeing offered me a job as a summer intern in Seattle. I was a junior at Iowa State University studying engineering, having grown up on our family farm in Iowa. It's beautiful land with rolling hills where my siblings and I milked cows and baled hay. Our parents taught us the value of hard work, integrity, and respect for others. Back then, I drove my 1982 Monte Carlo from Iowa to Boeing's operations in Seattle, crossing the Rocky Mountains for the first time. I was awestruck at the opportunities I had to work on projects that mattered at the company that brought the Jet Age to the world and helped land a person on the moon. I was amazed by the people of Boeing. Today, I'm still inspired every day by what Boeing does and by the remarkable men and women who are committed to continuing its legacy.
These heartbreaking accidents—and the memories of the 346 lives lost—are now part of that legacy as well. It's our solemn duty to learn from them and change our company for the better. I can assure you that we have learned from this and will continue learning. We have changed from this and will continue changing. The importance of our work demands it.
In the months since the accidents, there has been much criticism of Boeing and its culture. We understand and deserve this scrutiny. But I also know the people of Boeing, the passion we have for our mission, and what we stand for. There are over 150,000 dedicated men and women working for Boeing around the world—and their commitment to our values, including safety, quality, and integrity, is unparalleled and resolute. No matter what, we will stay true to those values because we know our work demands the utmost excellence.
Over the last few months, I've had the opportunity to visit many of our Boeing teams, talk about our safety culture, and gain ideas for how we can be better still. Last week, I saw our team in San Antonio—made up of 40 percent veterans—beaming with pride as they support the C-17 fleet for our men and women in uniform. Earlier, I talked with our people in Philadelphia building Chinook helicopters; in St. Louis testing F/A-18 Super Hornets; and in Charleston, South Carolina, and El Segundo, California, connecting the world with the 787 Dreamliner and advanced satellites. I've also met with our people in Huntsville, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, who are building the rocket that will return humans to the moon andthen travel on to Mars and those at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, who are preparing to launch the CST-100 Starliner that will commercialize space travel. I've spent time also with our teams in Everett,
Washington, who are testing the new 777X long-range jet and in Renton, Washington, where 12,000 amazing people pour their hearts into building the 737 MAX. These are the people of Boeing. I wish you could all meet them. They change the world. They are Boeing.
I'm here today, honored to serve as the leader of this incredible team—talented engineers, machinists and all those who design, build and support our products. I want to answer all of your questions and convey to the world that we are doing everything in our power to make our airplanes and our industry safer and prevent an accident like this from ever happening again.
And, Mr. Chairman, you have my personal commitment that I will do everything I can to make sure we live up to that promise.
Thank you for listening, and I look forward to your questions.
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When Drake turns up at your local club
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Niket Bhatti doesn't usually go to Club Republic in Leicester on a Thursday night but this week he made an exception.
There'd been rumours that Drake was going to turn up at the small venue and Niket is a massive fan.
Many didn't believe the three-time Grammy award winner would actually show at the 2,000 capacity club.
He'd made a similar promise in 2017, and not turned up.
Niket took a gamble though and it paid off. He arrived at 23:00 GMT, shortly after Drake had posted a picture of the flyer for the aftershow in Leicester.
He then had to wait over two hours before Drake came on stage at 01:20 GMT.
The Canadian rapper had been playing to a crowd of 16,000 earlier in the night in Birmingham as part of his Assassination Vacation tour.
"The build-up was insane," Niket explains. "It's like they kept prolonging it. I was having doubts as well. Some people were like he's not going to turn up."
Student Diya Rajesh was also sceptical about whether he would actually perform at such a small venue.
She says: "Someone on the stage said Drake is in the building and then everyone was really excited and then he came out."
"He was just like 'Hi Leicester' and then he performed a couple of songs."
Drake played a number of his biggest hits, including God's Plan, and Nonstop.
"It was really good," says Diya. "It was way better than I even expected because it was just the fact that we really didn't think he would turn up and he actually did.
"And also because it was quite a small venue we were really close to him."
For Niket, it was a night that he will never forget: "For a small city like Leicester it was just amazing. No-one was expecting that."
But spare a thought for those who decided not to go to the club because they didn't believe Drake would turn up…
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Nahhh I'm actually vexed!! For years this kid has been cancelling shows in Leicester!! I move to London and Drake actually shows up?? Shoulda copped tickets 😞
— Я (@raksterrr) March 29, 2019
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Edward Thomasson's films are frequently set in institutional environments, the locations affective signposts to the artist's repeated investigations into the spoken and unspoken rules of social interaction. Inside (2012), made during a residency at the South London Gallery, tells the story of a middle-aged female prisoner, the reason behind her incarceration – she stabbed a burglar in her home – explained in a duet sung by a folksy couple and in drawings produced in a prison art-therapy class the woman attends. In a first-person voiceover, the woman, looking tired and frail, says nothing of her plight, but describes her ambivalent feelings about the course leader's attempts to find out "how I feel inside".
Music and therapy are recurring motifs in Thomasson's work. Just About Managing (2012) is set in a school staff room and the house of one of the school's teachers – a man who is faking depression to gain long-term sick leave. The man's colleagues take part in a team-building workshop that culminates in the group singing the titular refrain. It's a dark, somewhat claustrophobic film, in which all the characters seem alienated in some form.
There is a wilful confusion between fiction and documentary in the workshop scenes. Thomasson will typically lead his actors through warm-up exercises, with the camera already rolling, and then often include this footage in the final edit. In his use of a realist aesthetic, which belies the self-referential theatricality of the production, the artist is leading us into questions of roleplaying: of what constitutes the projected self and what constitutes the real; of how people manage themselves on the outside, within the rules of society, and what's happening on the inside at the same time.


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Surprise, surprise: the second-generation Audi A1 will get an Allroad version for the first time.
Fresh off a visit to the 2018 Paris Auto Show, the 2019 A1 will be able to explore new territories thanks to a jacked-up Allroad version Audi has in the cards.
Want proof? These are the first spy shots of the upcoming Audi A1 Allroad, spotted on and around the Nürburgring Nordschleife racetrack.
Yes, even Allroad models must pass the "Green Hell" test nowadays. While it may not look like an Allroad model at first glance, a closer look blows its cover. It features a slightly higher ride height, a new grille, and wider wheel arches.
The camouflage covers strategic areas including the fenders, side sills, and bumpers, all of which will be unique to the A1 Allroad. The bumpers will likely feature skid plates at their lower ends and additional plastic cladding, while the side sills will be wider and will feature protective material as well.
The big question is whether the A1 Allroad will feature a quattro all-wheel-drive system or not. Since the upcoming Audi S1 will be AWD, we'd be surprised if the A1 Allroad won't be as well. In that case, the A1 Allroad would become an interesting rival for the Q2.
There's no information on the engines available for the A1 Allroad, but chances are only the most powerful units will be eligible. Expect the slightly more rugged A1 model to debut sometime next year.
Bring them here ! Too many ugly Minis there !
Or maybe it's the new S1, with new skirts and wheel arches.
lol what is even the point of putting that camo on at this point.


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jerry jordan, news, teachers union, teachers' contract, whyy news
January 15 — 11:27 am, 2019
Is the L.A. teachers' strike a sign of things to come in Philly?
Teachers in Philadelphia regained the right to strike when the School Reform Commission was dissolved last year.
Alessandro Niculescu, 10, holds up a sign in the rain on Monday, the first day of a teachers' strike, outside John Marshall High School in Los Angeles. Tens of thousands of teachers are striking in the city, which has the nation's second-largest school district. (Photo: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)
The education world has its eye on Los Angeles this week, where about 30,000 school staff members have gone on strike.
The issues at stake there — charter growth, class size, teacher pay, and lack of support staff, including nurses — will sound familiar to those who have followed years of clashes between the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. They certainly sound familiar to longtime PFT head Jerry Jordan.
"What happens in L.A. is going to happen across the country," said Jordan. "Things don't just occur in one urban setting and stop there."
It's impossible to say whether Philly teachers will someday follow in the footsteps of their West Coast counterparts.
But the educational earthquake in California is a reminder that Philadelphia school staff now have the option of striking, a choice they didn't have for years.
During the 17-year reign of the state-controlled School Reform Commission, state law forbade Philadelphia teachers, and Philadelphia teachers alone, from striking.
When the SRC dissolved last year, so did the prohibition against striking.
The new Board of Education won't have to worry immediately about the prospect of a teachers' strike in Philadelphia. About a year before the SRC ceded control to the locally appointed school board, the commission signed a labor pact with the PFT that expires in September 2020.
Read the rest of this story at WHYY News


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Kiwi's come in different shapes and sizes. Some come tall, others come short.
Kiwi's can take different approaches, including to recent mission history. So with gentle reverence at the most amazing ministry of Andrew Jones AKA TallSkinnyKiwi, I've left a comment on his far superior blog, offering him a theology by which to repent of his decision to drop the name "emerging"!
names. in the Bible it starts with Genesis 2, humans are invited to name, to use words tdescribe what they see.
but wait. that exludes plants.
was is wrong to name – in Genesis? in recent church history? wrong to seek to describe a cultural shift? a new way of being church? an outward posture?
or might naming invite the elephant/postmodern/modern/social entreprenuer to be comfortable in their skin?
be a way of creating dialogue, extending the diversity that is God's Kingdom dream?
Updated: my minister adds some thoughts here.
I divided my time around 3 church:city questions and 10 possibilities.
Outstanding presentation by Jason Ting, from Planning SA, this morning at the Church in the City 2010 conference. Under the theme "Cities as contested spaces" he made the following points.
3 – Our cities are diversifying – (even) Adelaide is diversifying. In Australia, 85% of immigrants choose to live in cities.
6- We fragment our space – He apologised for 20th century urban planning frameworks, which had separated residential from industrial from economic. This was driven by the human love affair with the car.
8 – We commodify our space – Public spaces are often paid spaces. For example shopping centres which do not encourage seating in order to move on "non-paying" customers.
Spatial innovation – What spatial entrepreneurship could church contribute to? Possibilities include places to sit, to cycle, to walk, spaces that are not commodified.
Spiritual innovation – how can churches encourage diversity in this area?
what do you need to be a pioneeer leader?
Tim Costello, currently CEO of World Vision, Australia, kicked off the Church in the City 2010 conference today. He spoke about his experience at Collins Street Baptist in Melbourne and the formation of Urban Seed. It was a mixture of challenge and inspiration.
Our leadership issues are not to do with our structures. They are more to do with our spiritual intelligence. And our emotional intelligence.
I couldn't agree more. Starting things is about seeing both what is and what might be. That takes honesty and vision. And faith, to believe in what is not yet. And the ability to align that with the stories of Jesus. In other words, spiritual intelligence!
And between what is and what is not, is the status quo. And inertia. And people who like the status quo. So to see change means challenging people. And leading through change. And dealing with conflict. That takes emotional intelligence!
So many times I feel when speaking to leaders the desire for easy answers and quick fixes. It's hard to say, "There aren't any. It's just hard work." The quote by Tim today gives me another frame and an affirmation, that of the need to deepen one's spiritual and emotional intelligence, to let the slow processes of composting – emotional and spiritual – happen.
It made me glad of the Missional Church Leadership course I run, which seeks to offer spiritual practices, and to focus on Biblical narratives, especially Luke 10:1-12 and Luke 1:39-45. No easy answers, just invitations to listen, to discern i.e. spiritual and emotional intelligence.
Tim's input was a great reminder that in the midst of all of these changes, the greatest gift that can be offered is fostering spiritual and emotional intelligence.
All in all, a great start to the Church and the city 2010 conference.
I have a tough gig on Thursday. I need help. I have been asked to speak on the theme of mission as it relates to being church in the city in 2010. The conference is a first-ever and it's a GREAT idea – to resource city churches in mission.
I've applauded the idea from day one, such a practical way to gather a unique mission group. City churches have unique mission challenges. Their location is both crisis and opportunity. Their history is both crisis and opportunity. It's a delight to be involved. But I still need help.
The other keynote speaker is Tim Costello. Following Tim is a tough enough gig! And yes, I have taught before around celebrating the city and urban mission. But I feel like I need something fresh, some stories of hope, something that might inspire a bunch of hard-working, inner-city ministers.
So, perhaps my blog readers can help: what stories do you know of city churches doing contemporary mission well?
And ideas: if you were a city church minister, with all that heritage and all that opportunity, what would you do, to be part of city transformation?
We are writing to you to thank you for your song Banana Pancakes, from your 2005 album Between Dreams.
It has been a constant soundtrack to our lives as a Taylor family. Today, after being away touring in the UK for 10 days, and then storytelling at a weekend camp, I awoke to the song. Our ten year old was up, setting the table, shaking the pancake mix and playing your song.
I'm off to the annual Network of Biblical Storytellers Conference. This is one area where Australia is way ahead of New Zealand, in having a network and a gathering around the sheer imaginative and relational possibilities created by story. It's the 10th anniversary, and the first time in Adelaide, thanks in large part to the energy and creativity of Uniting College student Sarah Agnew.
I've got my storytellers hat.
Found in an opportunity shop back in the 1990s. At the time, I was doing theological training and planting a community of faith. And my peers in training, well, sorted gave me lip for wearing it! "Who do you think you are Taylor." I've kept it, and kept it and kept it. Always knowing it's moment might arrive.
And then there are the stories. I'm telling about ten in total. Some are Kiwi historical stories. Others are Kiwi ministry stories. Three are different angles on gospel stories. Two are brand new, one written in Durham, another in Tasmania. All are original to me, bar one. It's been such fun preparing for this conference, digging around my hard drive, placing stories side by side, seeing how they move and talk to each other.
By a coincidence (?), on the way back in the plane, I read Douglas Coupland's latest, Generation A: A Novel . Which unknown by me until after I brought it, is all about stories.
If I wasn't telling stories, I'd be looping these behind me on powerpoint over the weekend.
Peppers from seed now sprouted, squash from seeds with lots of new leaves. The lettuce from seed is also up, while the wysteria is in flower. All enjoyed with a cup of tea on the deck.
It was good to go. (At some point if any are interested, I might post my report). It is even better to be back.
It was wierd flying out of Adelaide and realising that overseas now meant a whole new lot of routines. Leaving from New Zealand it was generally through Auckland and I knew where the postbox was and where the stamps were, in order to drop the first postcard to family in the mail before I flew. And then knowing the location of the chapel, for the moment of prayer, which gave just enough time for the coffee.
But leaving from a new country, means a new set of routines. As does returning and it's no longer a 'welcome home sir' through the priority "New Zealand" queue.
It was during these September days a year ago that the Taylor family made public what was an enormously difficult decision, that of a transition to Australia: Baptist-on-loan; Kiwi-in-exile! It was a decision we'd been processing in a range of ways since May of 2009, with wise friends, with family, with Church Board, with spiritual directors.
It lead to a year of goodbyes and hellos, of last things and first things. A year shaped forever by the welcome to Australia teaching load that greeted me. To use gardening metaphors, of cutting roots and transplanting trees, of watering, watering, watering, watering in dry Aussie soils, of seeing first signs of new shoots. Of accents across denominations and countries.
We're still taking root and as part of that it seems important to note the anniversary. To look back over the guidance and the dreams and the needs. All of the Taylors are looking forward – to a year when energy can go into simply dwelling, and not simply surviving through the summer heat of transplanting.
An unexpected bonus of visiting the Tate Modern was re-finding the work of Shaun Tan. Si Smith, of 40 fame, first put me onto Shaun, by sending me The Red Tree. It was beautiful, hand illustrated with a lovely, unfolding short story.
While at Tate, I noticed another Shaun Tate, Eric. Delightful size. Once again beautifully illustrated. And the story, again lovely and unfolding. I am not going to summarise it in any way, because it would ruin it. Simply to say that it offers a fascinating theology of hospitality; what it means to give as a tourist and receive as a host.
It worked for me at so many levels – tourist in England, alien in Australia, missiologist talking often about hospitality your place and mine!
Where do stories take us?
My goal is to tackle these questions entirely by telling stories. It's been so much fun. Stories allow one to be less linear and less structured. It's been fascinating to lay different stories alongside each other and start to see how they talk to each other.
My thinking was that I would probably be in a more creative place before flying back on to Australia tomorrow. So today was spent testing this theory. The big challenge today was writing a whole new story. The guts of my keynote sessions are stories emerging from the gospel of Mark. I had two already, which I wrote last year. At the time I had the creative germ of an idea for a third in the trilogy. So this conference was a chance to capture that creative germ.
I am fascinated by the fact that the world of Jesus was pretty small and his discipleship outside the 12 disciples seemed so haphazard. So what might happen if a healed leper (Mark 2) had a chance meeting with the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5). Would the recognise the same Jesus in each other's stories? Would they respect the potentially diverse discipleship path of each other?
Today (Sunday UK) was a day off after a pretty hectic week. On Monday I was lecturing two classes in Adelaide, by Saturday I had spoken five different times between London and Durham. All the talks went well, with some really interesting interaction, which I personally found stimulating and thought provoking. Big thanks to all those who came.
I've enjoyed meeting some new folk, and re-meeting some old folk (including Jonny Baker, Pete Ward, Graham Cray, Olive and John Drane (here's their forgotten blog). I'm still trying to gather my thoughts on the Evaluating Fresh Expressions conference, which I might post at a later date. Certainly some thought provoking papers, and to be honest, I came away with a few unsettling questions.
In the meantime, I'm wandering Durham, trying to pinch myself that I get to play tourist for just one day in what, I discovered when I arrived, is a World Heritage Centre! A highlight was joining Elvet North Road Methodist for gathered worship and to experience some alt.worship type stations, expertly linked to the rest of the service, offering movement and a variety of tactile ways to pray. Amazing to see the influences of alt.worship being played out in such Sunday by Sunday worship contexts.
my 3 lectures at Spurgeons seem to go very well. Lots of interaction, good questions, good engagement. When you're a Kiwi kid growing up Baptist, Spurgeons is a bit like Mecca. So it was a pretty big thrill to be able to be part of their learning community for a few days and to sense the global mission heartbeat in their post-graduate offerings.
today was a day off, which I spent at the Tate Modern and National Art Gallery, before meeting up with Jonny Baker at the UK launch of Sweet Innovations. Great to finally meet Shannon Hopkins and be part of her social entrepreneurship. Great Kingdom vision.


In everyday life the set of accepted facts and beliefs we tend to take for granted are often referred to as common sense. Common sense is basically the name of all things everybody is expected to know of. Everybody has an understanding of this common sense but is there a way to define this common sense?
Common sense can be split up in two words, "common" and "sense". "Common" here serves as the adjective that means "general", "wide-spread" or "public" as it refers to all the people in a given culture or society. The word "sense" is more difficult to explain. "Sense" can directly be derived from the verb "to sense" and has various interpretations.
In the English language there is the expression "that is sensible", meaning "that is well-reasoned/decided". You can even look at the words "sense" and "sensibility" and next to each other they have different meanings. "Sense" on its own can mean both understanding as well as a feeling or emotion. The word "sensibility" can refer to the ability to reason or understand something well.
The easier way out seems to be to look at the verbs "to sense" and "to make sense". The verb "to sense" literally means to feel. The verb "to make sense" means something else, namely to create understanding or to be reasonable, thus sensible. Based on the verb "to make sense" common sense can be interpreted as common understanding or common consensus.
Common sense as a "common consensus" of accepted facts and beliefs is very interesting. Consensus is nothing more than a public or wide-spread agreement on facts or beliefs. Consensus is related to what is accepted in a given culture or society. This interpretation implies that common sense depends on what a majority of people choose to belief in a given culture or society.
There is a paradox to common sense though. Does common sense always make sense? Well, people can be wrong about accepted facts and beliefs. In that case what these people regard as common sense, does not make sense. The paradox of common sense additionally reveals how relative things can be depending on perspective. In short, common sense depends people and their perspective.
Posted in Short Reads and tagged beliefs, common sense, consensus, culture, facts, paradox, people, perspective, sensible, society, to make sense, understanding on August 14, 2014 by rura88.


Edition notes: Transcribed from Psalmodia Vespertina Volans / octo plenis vocibus concienda. MusicXML source file is in compressed .mxl format.
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 111.
This page was last edited on 25 July 2017, at 20:15.


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Greens call for Royal Commission to reach beyond Northern Territory
Rachel Siewert 26 Jul 2016
The Australian Greens have welcomed the dismissal of the Northern Territory's Corrections Minister and the decision to establish a Royal Commission in response to the Four Corners report into abuse in youth detention facilities.
"This Royal Commission needs wide terms of reference to determine the full extent of abuse both in the Northern Territory and elsewhere," said Greens Leader Senator Richard Di Natale.
"John Elferink's sacking as Corrections Minister is appropriate. The NT's Chief Minister must now provide immediate assurances that the abusive practices have ceased and that the young people who have been traumatised under the supervision of the government are receiving appropriate care and support.
"Detention is the option of absolute last resort for children, but in the NT we see detention rates significantly higher than in other parts of the country and increasing over the last decade. Most of those children are Aboriginal.
"Just as in the adult population, Aboriginal children are more likely to be arrested, detained, charged and sentenced than non-Aboriginal children. These children have often experienced abuse and trauma before entering the justice system."
The Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Senator Rachel Siewert, said:
"Abuse and neglect of children in youth detention in the Northern Territory is appalling and devastating, it will have lifelong impacts on these young people. It is highly likely that this is not an isolated incident and reflects a culture of detention in the Northern Territory. It is no wonder that we don't see progress in closing the gap in these circumstances.
"The Prime Minister's quick decision for a Royal Commission is welcome, but there must be wide terms of reference to determine the full extent of abuse. We also need strong processes for how the subsequent recommendations are implemented.
"The terms of reference must include full review of the NT Government and the responsible Minister. I'm deeply concerned that young people in detention are still being cared for by the same Government and prison officers who oversaw and were responsible for this appalling treatment."
Senator Di Natale added:
"The Greens support justice reinvestment because we will only make progress by investing in prevention. Prisons cannot be the only response to criminal behaviour.
"All governments in Australia must recommit to reducing the incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, both children and adults, and ensure there is a genuine plan for closing the disadvantage gap."
Senate accepting submissions for inquiry on the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia
Lidia Thorpe 18 May 2022
children in detention, justice


This is the time of year when gardeners frequent nurseries as they search for plants to install in flowerbeds. There are so many beautiful and interesting plants to choose from, how do you decide what to plant each spring? Why not plant a theme garden!
There are all sorts of themes for flower gardens. If you have a shady backyard that needs some color, you might consider planting woodland gardens, using a variety of ferns, hostas and shade-loving wildflowers. Bunchberry, or Cornus canadensis, is a member of the dogwood family and makes a wonderful groundcover for woodland gardens. Trilliums, Jack-in-the-pulpit, wild geranium, bloodroot and Virginia bluebells are just some of the plants appropriate for woodland gardens.
Cimicifuga, also known as black cohosh, is a striking plant for woodland gardens. Cimicifuga sends up tall spikes covered with airy white blooms, making it a wonderful accent plant for a shady garden.
Please don't dig plants from the wild for woodland gardens. Look for plants that are suitable for woodland gardens at garden centers or buy them from a backyard nursery that specializes in such plants.
Perhaps a white garden is more your style. A white garden would contain plants that have white blooms or those that have foliage that is variegated white and green. White peonies, petunias, zinnias, white-blooming or variegated hosta, Alyssum, white astilbe and lily of the valley would be good choices for a white theme garden. If a white garden wouldn't complement your own landscape, choose another complementary color for your garden theme.
Another idea for a theme would be night-blooming plants. A night-blooming garden is sometimes referred to as a moon garden. It's somewhat surprising how many night-blooming plants there are to choose from. Petunias open during the day, but they don't release their scent until evening. Four O'Clocks are a night-blooming plant with a heavenly scent, along with Nicotiana (flowering tobacco) or night-scented Jasmine. Evening-scented Stock is a lovely old-fashioned flower that will fill your moon garden with a lovely scent. Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) blooms at night, and since its blooms are white, it is also a good choice for a white theme garden.
Despite their name, there are even daylilies that bloom at night. Look for "Ice Dancer", "Nautical Nights" or "Alaskan Midnight" daylilies for a moon garden. Climbing hydrangea or a Sweet Bay tree would also make good additions to a moon garden.
A theme garden that's sure to start conversations is a Mary garden. What on earth is a Mary garden, you might ask. A Mary garden contains plants that either have "Mary" in their name, or plants that formerly referred to "Mary", most often in medieval times. Marigolds, rosemary and marjoram are all suitable for a Mary theme garden.
Think about the old nursery rhyme: "Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids, all in a row." The Carolina Silverbell tree could represent Mary's silver bells, or biennial Canterbury Bells would also be appropriate since an old name for them is Mary Bells. Seashell Cosmos, an attractive annual, could represent the cockleshells. The pretty maids all in a row could be represented by hollyhocks or perhaps larkspur. An old name for larkspur is Mary's Tears.
Forget-me-nots can be planted in a Mary garden, as they used to be called Eyes of Mary. Scabiosa, which we often call pincushion flower, used to be called Mary's Pincushion. And peonies were formerly known as Mary's Rose.
Whatever theme you might choose for a garden, the most important thing is to have fun with it. After all, gardening should be an enjoyable hobby.


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Aliko Dangote Net Worth
What is Aliko Dangote's net worth?
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Source of Wealth: Entrepreneur
Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.
He is the founder and chairman of Dangote Group, an industrial conglomerate in Africa. Dangote is one of the richest people in Africa.
He remains as simple, hardworking, humble, and cool-headed as he was in the very beginning. Dangote is the richest African globally and an inspiration for the young minds who want to succeed as entrepreneurs.
As of 2022, Aliko Dangote's net worth is estimated to be $16 billion.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote was born on the 10th of April, 1957, in Kano, Nigeria. His maternal grandparents raised him.
His maternal ancestors were prosperous caravan traders under British colonial rule, and his grandfather, Alhaji Sanusi Dantata, a commodities trader, helped to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit in his grandson.
Dangote used pocket money furnished by his grandfather to buy sweets, which he had others sell for a profit.
Aliko Dangote is the founding president and CEO of the Dangote Group conglomerate. Dangote's latest venture involved constructing a $12 billion oil refinery in Lagos to solve the fuel crisis in Nigeria, where 38% of imports were petroleum-based.
With an eye to expansion into agriculture, Dangote also planned to build, at the same site, a pair of fertilizer plants. It was expected that when the refinery and fertilizer plants became operational in 2019, they would create at least 235,000 jobs.
In 2014, Dangote provided a substantial donation of some $1 million to help halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, and in 2016 he partnered with Microsoft founder Bill Gates to pledge $100 million to address malnutrition, a problem that affected some 11 million children in northern Nigeria.
Today, Dangote Group dominates the sugar market, with his sugar refinery being the major supplier to 70% of the market. It also imports fish, rice, pasta, fertilizer, and cement.
As of 2022, Aliko Dangote's net worth is estimated to be roughly $16 billion.
How Does Aliko Dangote Spend His Money?
Aliko Dangote spends some of his money on real estate, cars, and private jets.
Aliko Dangote's Home
Dangote currently resides in his Abuja mansion. The Dangote's mansion is worth $30 million.
Aliko Dangote's Cars
Dangote owns cars, including Maybach 57S Knight Luxury, a Bugatti Veyron, a Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG, and a Bentley Mulsanne.
Aliko Dangote's Private Jet
Dangote owns a Bombardier's Global Express XRS private, worth $45 million.
Here are some of the best highlights of Aliko Dangote's career:
Founder and chairman of Dangote Group
The Guardian Man of the Year (2015) – Won
50 Most Influential Individuals in the World (2015)
Favorite Quotes From Aliko Dangote
"You could easily tell that hard work and perseverance go hand in hand with patience. We often hear people say patience is worth it, yet we don't practice it. I did and looked at how well it worked out for me." – Aliko Dangote
"I enjoy myself a lot, but I derive more joy in working. I believe in hard work, and one of my business success secrets is hard work. It's hard to see a youth that will go to bed by 2 am and wake up by 5 am. I won't rest until I achieve something." – Aliko Dangote
"I always tried to move up the food chain. I started with cement and then moved into textiles and banking. When I was trading sugar, I added salt and flour so that then we could do pasta. And then I thought, why not make the bag for it, too? So, we started making packaging." – Aliko Dangote
"If I had challenges in my company, I would not hesitate to sell assets to remain afloat, to get to the better times, because it doesn't make any sense for me to keep any assets and then suffocate the whole organization." – Aliko Dangote
3 Success Lessons From Aliko Dangote
Now that you know all about Aliko Dangote's net worth and how he achieved success; let's take a look at some of the lessons we can learn from him:
1. Power Of Branding
There is power in branding. That is one thing that sets Aliko Dangote apart from the others. The Dangote brand is associated with the shrewdness and excellence of his person.
He built this brand from his days as a trader and jealously guided it as he became a world-class manufacturer. Every entrepreneur knows that he must diligently build his company into a brand the customers must identify with if he must be successful.
2. Systemize The Business
No successful business person can run a business as big as the Dangote group without systemizing it and putting a round peg in a round hole to run the system. Today the group has branches all over Nigeria and in sub-Saharan Africa.
3. Possess Good Skills
As a businessman, without good negotiating skills, you won't go far in business. Dangote is a master in the art of negotiating. That's why he is in most African countries.
Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian businessman who has earned his net worth by founding The Dangote Group, which now controls much of Nigeria's commodities trade.
He is a self-made business tycoon. He is the 43rd wealthiest person in the world and the wealthiest person in Africa.
As of 2022, Aliko Dangote's net worth is roughly $16 billion.
What do you think about Aliko Dangote's net worth? Leave a comment below.
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From time to time, people will ask me questions about my work in software development. Typically, I find myself unprepared to answer these questions. It's not that my work is particularly challenging; it's simply that I've never dedicated time to carefully think about how I would describe my work. Thus, I typically focus on the output or product of my work, rather than the process of what it is that I do to get to those results.
Fortunately, I worked on a small side project in the last two days, and I think this is a very good example of what it is that I do at work. My intention is to give a clear picture of the process I go through, highlighting the key parts. This may inspire some people. Hopefully, it won't confuse people.
Everything starts with a problem. The goal is to solve the problem. In my case, for at least a few months now, if not years, I've been considering how I would add graphs and charts to my website.
Getting the data is a challenge. There's a few options, but they are all imperfect.
In order to not have the blog post depend on the database, the data could be hardcoded into the blog post. However, if the data were ever updated in the database, it would not be updated in the blog post. In addition, this may not work well if the dataset is enormous.
After doing some research, I discovered that some charting libraries, such as Google Charts, supported exporting to PNG format. In addition, Google Charts renders charts in SVG format, which is itself easily embedded. Thus, there were two potential solutions to the roadblocks I identified earlier.
The plan became clear: make a tool to convert a Google Chart into PNG or SVG, and make it easy to copy and paste.
The URL would need to be publicly accessible by the tool. Since images were being saved on the server, it could be retaining sensitive or confidential information.
The webpage generating the chart would need to be structured in a specific format to work with the tool.
After evaluating these risks, I went back to the drawing board to see if I could come up with an alternative plan. I reminded myself that the primary goal was to solve the issue for me, not for the entire world. Thus, I could implement a tool to generate charts for some common chart types and features that I needed. In order to keep the data private, I could let the user input the data in an input field, and then generate the chart on the fly, without going back to the server. Thus, I settled on a satisfactory plan that would solve my problem, but would also be useful enough for many other people: make a tool to generate a Google Line, Area, Bar, Column, or Pie Chart from CSV-formatted data, convert the chart into PNG or SVG, and make it easy to copy and paste.
Next comes the step of implementing the plan. This is when I just did heads-down coding, referencing the Google Charts API. This part actually only took about a few hours, or half a day.
After writing the code comes the step of testing the code, and fixing bugs and issues, making sure it was usable and even pleasant to use. This step actually consumes more time and effort than just coding, because this is when some edge cases come to the light, and some weird behavior need to be debugged. For me, I had to figure out why Material Design Lite (MDL) was clashing with Nuxt.
Finally, having tested the tool to satisfaction, it comes time to releasing it and telling people about it, which is what this post is all about. And, this is what I do at work.
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According to a new report, subpar medical care is contributing to deaths in ICE detention.
The guards said he was always "clowning around," so they locked him up alone to keep him out of trouble for 20 days. But when they discovered him on day 19, he was drugged and hanging by a "makeshift noose" from a shower head. The death last May of 27-year-old JeanCarlo Jimenez-Joseph, who was taken into federal custody in Georgia while suffering schizophrenia, followed a series of missteps that were wholly avoidable, according to advocates.
In fiscal year 2017, according to federal statistics, 12 detainees died on Homeland Security's watch, a record number since 2009 and double the death rate of four years ago.
Now advocates fear that Trump is turning the country's immigrant-detention system into a new kind of death row along the border.
As the Trump administration dramatically expands the deportation regime, the government insists that mass detention of people who have committed no "crime" other than border crossing is necessary for maintaining law and order (although there is actually no federal code that mandates mass detention), or that it must "teach migrants a lesson" (though there is scant evidence that refugees have been deterred from fleeing for their lives).
With about 2,300 children separated over the past few weeks in recent weeks and warehoused in tent cities and retail buildings, mental health experts have warned of profound damage caused by the toxic stress of protracted separation, including deep anxiety, depression, and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Similar traumas could afflict thousands of other youth who were taken into custody after arriving at the border as unaccompanied minors, having already been estranged from their families.
From the Port Isabel detention center in Texas, the sound of detained children's cries have echoed across the global media. But in the backdrop a silent shadow of death stalks the concrete walls. Just weeks ago, Ronal Francisco Romero, a 39-year-old from Honduras, died several days into his detention at Port Isabel after crossing the Texas border. According to HRW's analysis of his autopsy report, Romero had suffered "a form of bacterial meningitis that began as an infection of the right middle ear and subsequently spread to the brain." The autopsy report shows that he "would have been intensely, visibly ill and in severe pain for several days" prior to his hospitalization. In the same facility where Romero perished, scores of separated children remain incarcerated.
In addition to traumatized children, HRW highlights other health threats that disproportionately impact other vulnerable groups of detainees, especially women with acute reproductive-health-care needs, including pregnancy, and transgender people.
In one of the most recent detainee death cases, Roxana Hernandez, a 33-year-0ld transgender woman who had arrived at a border checkpoint in San Ysidro, California, to claim asylum (as part of the high-profile migrant protest caravan that arrived at the border in May) died several days later after being dragged through various facilities along the border. According to the migrant-rights group Pueblos sin Fronteras, Hernandez had "spent five days freezing in the 'hieleras'–or cells with very cold temperatures…without adequate food or medical attention, being guarded and without a way to rest in the cold under 24-hour lighting." Shortly after Hernandez landed at the transgender unit of a New Mexico detention center, she died in hospital, reportedly for cardiac arrest that was compounded, according to her supporters, by "pneumonia, dehydration and complications associated with HIV." The public outcry following her death led activists to demand a halt to all detentions of LGBTQ immigrants, since transgender people are routinely subjected to abuse and massive gaps in health and psychiatric care, according to HRW.
However, the whole crisis of health care in detention would be avoidable if the government simply stopped imprisoning the vast majority of these migrants, who have no serious criminal convictions and pose no security threat. There are numerous alternatives to detention that do not involve locking up adults or children, including community-based housing and social-support services, so families are kept intact while they fight for their lives in the courts.
Many around the world are looking at the US border in horror and wondering how the crisis was allowed to happen. The only rationale seems to be the desire simply to extract profit through the political and economic exploitation of the suffering of families. Yet for better or worse, not even those powerful business incentives will ever trump the power of a mother's bond with her child.