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Trump-appointed judges are pushing a huge right-wing lie in order to block vaccine mandates /
Trump-appointed judges are pushing a huge right-wing lie in order to block vaccine mandates
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In July, President Joe Biden issued a series of rules requiring that federal workers, and workers at companies that receive federal contracts, must be vaccinated. That included health care workers who work for hospitals that receive Medicare or Medicaid payments. However, earlier this month, a three-judge panel in Texas blocked the implementation of the mandate for many large companies. Now, as The Washington Post reports, a federal district judge in Missouri has acted to block even the mandate for health care workers. That includes workers dealing face-to-(hopefully-masked-)face with COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms and workers caring for those most vulnerable to bad outcomes in nursing homes.
What both rulings have in common is simple enough: Trump-appointed judges.
Unsurprisingly, the ruling from District Judge Matthew Schelp is filled with the kind of political language that might be expected from a Trump appointee, with statements including claims that implementing the rule would create a "...politically and economically vast, federalism-altering, and boundary-pushing mandate..." The ruling also flatly accepts unsupported claims by a group of Republican state attorneys, headed by radical right Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt, that the mandate would cause a collapse of the health care system. According to Judge Schelp, it's the mandate that's the threat that "significantly understates the burden that its mandate would impose on the ability of health care facilities to provide proper care, and thus, save lives."
In fact, Judge Schelp ultimately echoes right-wing talking points by claiming that vaccine mandates mean that people will just walk off the job. "The loss of staffing in many instances will result in no care at all," writes Schelp, "as some facilities will be forced to close altogether." This isn't just untrue; it's a massive lie.
Vaccines work. Vaccine mandates work. And this ruling will directly contribute to the death of Americans. But even that is just one part of what makes this so notably wrongheaded.
Just to make it clear how unjustified this ruling is, Judge Schelp provides two examples of why the mandate is dangerous. One is a single Nebraska anesthesiologist who says he will quit rather than take a shot. The second is a Missouri nursing home where Republican AG Schmitt claims that the administrator says "out of about sixty-five employees, twenty have indicated that they are opposed to taking the vaccine, and if the mandate is imposed, that they will quit."
The same kind of claim was made about tens of thousands leaving the New York City Police Department. It didn't happen. And thousands more abandoning the military. It didn't happen. And planes grounded by crews leaving the airlines. It didn't happen. In the widely publicized case of a healthcare system in Houston, where headlines blared those 150 workers who quit, they failed to mention that over 99% of workers did not.
If that Missouri nursing home actually lost workers at the same rate as Houston Methodist, which was subject to months of Republican-supported protest and lawsuits, they would lose … not a single person. But judges are still making rulings supported by this kind of claim.
Schelp's ruling will halt the implementation of mandates across 10 states: Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. This includes some of the states with the lowest vaccination rates, and not surprisingly, the highest rates of COVID-19 deaths.
COVID-19 vaccines work. That effectiveness has been demonstrated both in the thousands who participated in controlled trials and in the relationship between rates of vaccination and rates of serious illness worldwide and within the United States. Multiple long-term surveillance studies continue to show that vaccines are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths, even in the face of delta and other variants.
Vaccine mandates work. That's been demonstrated from the airlines to education to the military, where vaccine requirements have all but eliminated anti-vax holdouts. Despite dire predictions that thousands would walk off the job rather than take a jab, in New York City, only 34 out of over 35,000 police actually went on unpaid leave when they failed to meet vaccine deadlines. A company mandate resulted in at least 99% of United Airline employees getting vaccinated. Schools across the country have seen that mandates increase vaccination for both students and staff.
Mandates have also made a huge difference among health care workers. As NPR reported in September, health care workers were not immune to being influenced by vaccine misinformation and disinformation. As a result, 27% of those on the front lines of the crisis remained unvaccinated just three months ago. Then companies began enforcing mandates. While The New York Times ran headlines such as "Over 150 Texas Hospital Workers Are Fired or Resign Over Vaccine Mandate," that headline deliberately obscured was the fact that the 153 fired or suspended came from a system that employed just under 25,000. Thanks to a vaccine mandate, Houston Methodist hospitals went from 75% vaccinated, to 99.4% vaccinated. That change absolutely saved lives.
Around the world, differences in vaccination rates are among the biggest factors in determining the number of COVID-19 deaths. In Russia, where vaccination rates are below 40%, despite the home-grown and widely trumpeted "Sputnik" vaccine, death rates have continued to rise dramatically as the delta variant became dominant. Currently, Russia is seeing case fatality rates well above 3%—twice that of the United States. On the other hand, even during the worst of the delta surge, the rate of deaths in Israel, where vaccine rates are higher than in the U.S., stayed well below 1%. And while the daily rate of cases in the U.K. may seem terrible, a combination of widespread testing and a vaccination rate 10% higher than the U.S. means that the case fatality rate there has remained around 0.4% throughout the delta surge.
Around the world, the World Health Organization estimates that between 115,000 and 180,000 health care workers have died from COVID-19. Kaiser Health News found over 3,200 U.S. health care workers had died in just the first year of the pandemic. That number was as of March, well before the delta surge. With a quarter of those workers still unvaccinated as of this fall, misinformation means that thousands more are likely to die—and that's not considering their families, friends, or others who become infected from contact with these unvaccinated workers dealing directly with COVID-19 infections.
The "burden" imposed by mandates is fantastically small. That's been demonstrated again and again. However, Republicans—including Judge Schelp—ignore that truth to maintain a pretense that vaccines will either cause massive disruptions or generate widespread walkouts. Neither of which is at all true,
The success enjoyed by Republican attorney generals appealing mandates to Trump-appointed judges will open the floodgates on lawsuits from former employees against companies, universities, hospitals, and local governments that imposed vaccine mandates. The result is likely to be a legal chaos that goes on for years.
The specific means by which Republicans have been fighting these mandates—by arguing that federal agencies don't have the right to set the rules how such steps are implemented—has much broader implications. Rulings such as those from Judge Schelp are another step in making it impossible for executive branch agencies to effectively implement policy, whether it comes from legislation or executive order.
Finally, the pliancy demonstrated by these Trump-appointed judges is another huge warning for what comes next, when these same attorney generals stand in front of the same judges, to restrict voting, defend gerrymandering, and overturn any election that doesn't fall their way.
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Leader of the Norwegian Cabin Association (NK), Marit Lindén says that they have been negotiating with Norwegian's management since June without getting approval for some of their requirements.
– We demand acceptable working conditions, and working up to 60 hours a week and 22 hours per day is a great burden. We also require wage increases in line with the pilots and other professions have already achieved, says Lindén to NTB.
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA is a low-cost carrier, the second-largest airline in Scandinavia. It offers a high-frequency domestic flight schedule within Scandinavia and to business destinations such as London, and a low-frequency service to international destinations, transporting 15.7 million people in 2011, with a turnover in excess of NOK 10.5 billion.
As of October 2012, Norwegian operates 66 aircraft, all Boeing 737s, and is known for its distinctive livery of white with a red nose, with individual portraits of noteworthy Scandinavians on the tail fin. The airline has bases at Oslo-Gardermoen, Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Helsinki-Vantaa, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and Sandefjord.


If You're A Full Time Rideshare Or Delivery Driver, Retirement Planning Is A Must.
The emergence of the gig economy with apps like Uber, Doordash, Caviar, and Amazon Flex has changed the way many of us work. When it comes to our work schedules, these apps have given many of us more freedom and flexibility than ever before. At the same time, the ongoing switch from traditional employment to gig work and freelancing has created challenges for the workers involved, including making saving for retirement more difficult.
If you are one of the millions of rideshare and delivery drivers who rely on freelance and gig income, it is important to plan for your own retirement. Those in the traditional workforce can simply sign up for their employer's 401(k) plan, filling out a single piece of paperwork and letting the company take it from there. Drivers for Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Amazon Flex, and other on demand apps do not have that option, and they need to take charge of their own retirement savings.
For full-time rideshare and delivery drivers, an individual 401(k) could be the perfect solution. In some ways, the individual 401(k) is similar to the workplace variety, but there are a few key differences. Understanding these differences, and the advantages that these plans offer, can help freelancers and gig workers get a jump start on their own retirement planning.
Is an Individual 401(k) the Right Choice?
Before you can start contributing to a 401(k), you need to make sure this plan is really the right choice. There are a number of other options freelancers and gig workers have (such as a Roth or traditoinal IRA), and it is important to make the right choice. Here are some key things all independent workers need to know about the individual 401(k) plan.
An individual 401(k) plan is probably the wrong choice for part-time freelancers. Workers who are employed full-time and eligible for a traditional 401(k) may not benefit much from an individual 401(k). Those part-time freelancers may benefit more from a SEP-IRA.
An EIN is needed to establish an individual 401(k). You cannot use your Social Security number to open an individual 401(k); you will need an employer identification number (EIN). It is easy to get an EIN, and you can obtain one online at the IRS website.
Business owners cannot use an individual 401(k) if they currently have employees. So, if you're running a fleet of drivers, or have people (employees) working for you, an individual 401(k) is not a viable choice. Likewise, if you plan to hire in the future, it is best to skip the individual 401(k) and look for better options.
There are some reporting requirements. Owners of individual 401(k) plans will need to file paperwork with the IRS, but only when their accounts are valued at $250,000 or more. If and when you reach that point, it is a good problem to have, and the filing process is pretty simple.
Also, there may be fees involved. Individual 401(k) plans are offered by many mutual fund companies and brokerage firms, but some charge a fee for administration and bookkeeping. Some mutual funds charge a separate fee for each fund, while others charge a set amount for the entire plan. These fees may be waived for account holders whose balances meet a certain threshold.
If you are eligible for an individual 401(k), you could use it to significantly reduce your tax bill. Long-time freelancers, gig workers and independent contractors are all too familiar with the self-employment tax, a special levy that applies to individuals who are considered both employer and employee.
That additional tax assessment can significantly increase the amount you owe, but opening an individual 401(k) can ease the burden while you save for retirement. Just like a traditional 401(k), every dollar you put into the individual 401(k) is deducted from your taxable income. But unlike the 401(k) plans available to traditional employees, the amounts freelancers can put aside are even higher.
The employee contribution limits for individual 401(k) plans and employer-based plans are the same. For 2018, both freelancers and regular employees can put aside up to $18,500, plus an extra $6,000 for those 50 years of age and over. But unlike traditional employees, freelancers can also contribute a portion of their profits in the form of an employer contribution. The exact amount is based on their earnings (profits) for the year, and there are online calculators freelancers can use to find out how much they can contribute. That additional employer contribution can make a big difference, and take some of the pain out of tax filing season. In 2018, the maximium total allowed contribution to an individual or solo 401(k) is $55,000. That's almost triple the limit on a traditional employer based 401(k).
Whether you work for Lyft, Doordash, Instacart, Amazon Flex, or another service, you will need to take steps to secure your own retirement. You cannot rely on an employer to put money aside for you, and you will not have a pension unless you create one for yourself. As a participant in the new on demand economy, you owe it to yourself to check out all your retirement options and find the one that works best for you.


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Frisk launches Document Fetcher as new feature of software platform
By Mitchell Hageman
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Frisk has launched Document Fetcher as a new feature of its software platform.
The company says this new tool will help make the process of fulfilling Freedom of Information (FOI) requests faster and more cost-effective.
According to the company, there has been a 419% increase in FOI complaints since 2018 and a 51% increase in request refusal - denying citizens access to information under an act that was designed to ensure government transparency.
Document Fetcher is said to help prevent this issue by tackling it at the source.
Frisk CEO Nick Kervin says that one of the most significant pain points in managing any FOI request is managing the vast array of data types and sources that need to be accessed and aggregated to fulfil the request.
"The variety of information that someone can request is wide," he says.
"Documents, emails, notes, recordings, chats, calendar invites, social media posts, images, videos... the list goes on. Often these are held in a variety of different storage and communication platforms, many with unique formats and access requirements."
Kervin highlights that requests often involve many individuals searching for, collating, and supplying documents from various platforms to the manager of the request, who then must further collate, sometimes redact individual documents, and then fulfil the request.
"Not only can this lead to requests being responded to outside of statutory timelines, it follows that the longer a request takes, the more it costs."
Document Fetcher can assist in a variety of Government, public and private situations, and the technology fast-tracks FOI fulfilment via a powerful combination of data indexing, artificial intelligence and natural linguistic programming.
Users can integrate and simultaneously search data across tools such as (Micro Focus) Content Manager, Microsoft Sharepoint (and extensions), Objective and more. If an FOI request spans more than one topic or keyword, the technology can create a collection of search results from all related queries.
It can also accurately and efficiently search all data types, including structured (document and record management systems, CRM etc), semi-structured (word docs, emails, calendar invites etc) and unstructured (PDFs, design files, video or audio files etc) data types.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) also ensures that all text, even if it's image-based, is searchable, and all located documents and files can be exported into a ZIP file in a single click.
Frisk was launched in 2008 and, according to the company, was founded to help businesses solve their disparate data problems.
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Home Breaking AIB Releases Final Reports on Skybird, Kabo, Aero Flights' Incidents
AIB Releases Final Reports on Skybird, Kabo, Aero Flights' Incidents
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The Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N) has released final reports on flights' incidents involving Skybird Air, Kabo Air, Aero Contractors and two bulletins involving Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT).
The agency gave a final report on a serious incident involving a Gulfstream G-IV aircraft owned and operated by Skybird Air Limited with nationality and registration marks 5N-BOD, which occurred at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on September 12, 2018.
The Commissioner of AIB, Mr. Akin Olateru, at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, attributed the causal factor to delayed response by the crew to recognise that the ground spoilers and thrust reversers were locked out leading to the runway overrun.
Safety recommendations were, however, issued to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN), the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and SkyBird Air Limited.
On the incident involving a Boeing 747-200 aircraft owned and operated by Kabo Air Limited, which occurred at Sultan Abubakar Airport, Sokoto (DNSO), Sokoto State on October 4, 2013, Olateru attributed the incident to the unserviceable visual approach Slope Indicator (VASI) on runway 26 and the decision to land on the non-precision runway 26 at night.
A safety recommendation was also given to Kabo Air.
On the incident involving a B737-500 aircraft owned and operated by Aero Contractors Company of Nigeria Limited, which occurred on Runway 18R, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos on April 9, 2016, the commissioner attributed the causal factor to excessive rudder application by the crew after touchdown.
Three safety recommendations were issued to Aero Contractors Company and NCAA.
For the incident involving a Tampico Club TB-9 aircraft owned and operated by Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), which occurred at Zaria Aerodrome, Kaduna State on December 10, 2013, Olateru recommended that "the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology should ensure that Flight Instructors emphasise to the student pilots the need for a go-round whenever excessive ballooning/bouncing occurs during landing exercises."
For the incident involving a Tampico Club TB-9 aircraft owned and NCAT, which occurred at Zaria Aerodrome, Kaduna State on June 18, 2014, the commissioner recommended that NCAT include into its Flying School Procedure Manual requirements for mandatory occurrence reporting (MOR) by student pilots.
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Design of Health and Education Blended Finance Platform - Design Funding
Design of Health and Education Blended Finance Platform
Overview: Convergence and IFC partnered in 2017 Q2 to develop a new blended finance platform for investment in health and education businesses in developing countries serving the base of the pyramid (BoP) – the 4.5 billion poorest people who live on less than USD 8 per day. Convergence and IFC will together fund the platform design, including product offering, with potential for raising as much as USD 500 million for investment and advisory support. This envisioned platform would leverage the new World Bank Group IDA - Private Sector Window in eligible countries, and will also mobilize private capital for inclusive health and education businesses in middle-income countries through other sources. The goal is to mobilize a diversified set of investors to provide capital, advisory support, and capacity building to a wide range of health and education investment opportunities in emerging markets.
Design question and learning potential for the market: How can IFC support health and education businesses that would typically be considered too risky for mainstream IFC products, while crowding in private investment into these businesses?
Expanding access to health and education services is a central element of the World Bank Group's strategy to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality. In developing countries, the poor often turn to private sector health and education providers for access to services. IFC's support of the private sector and public private collaboration initiatives has been a critical component of the World Bank's efforts in this space. While IFC is one of the largest investors in private health and educations businesses in emerging markets – having invested more than USD 4.5 billion in more than 62 countries – there are still many businesses IFC is unable to support given their risk profile. The platform will complement IFC's existing mainstream products and allow IFC to invest in riskier businesses with the potential for expanding access to quality, affordable health and education services for all income groups, especially underserved people living in the poorest countries. In addition, IFC plans to leverage its own resources to catalyze like-minded investors into the vehicles established under the platform.
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Note: we sent this letter to the Sun Times August 31st. They have not published it as of yet, so we will do so here.
Sharone Mitchell's letter in support of gun dealer licensing (SB337) betrays a complete ignorance of current law. Straw purchases and sales (using a "straw" qualified buyer to procure a firearm for a legally disqualified purchaser) are Illegal under Illinois and Federal law. SB-337 does nothing to address this issue. Nor does it address the underlying problem of limp prosecutions by the Cook County State's Attorney. Or their refusal to refer cases to federal prosecutors.
Buying a gun for someone who is not legally allowed to possess one is already illegal.
This is due to the fact that straw purchases are currently illegal under Federal law, and have been since 1968. Straw purchases are punishable by up to ten years in Federal prison and a $250,000 fine. It was firearms industry participants who helped to craft Illinois' straw purchase law (720 ILCS 5/24-3.5).
Penalties under current State law start with 5 years imprisonment, and ramp up to 40 years for serial gun traffickers. Therefore the existing law provides for prosecution at the State and Federal level with stiff penalties for straw buyers and straw sellers alike. No new law is needed. The only "new" thing needed is the will and fortitude by Cook County's State's Attorney to use the existing laws on the books. And to stop the catch and release program for those violating Illinois and Federal firearms law.
Firearms trafficking is also already illegal.
Even without the current law on straw purchasing, Illinois also has laws on gun running (3 or more illegal transfers), waiting periods, and FOID card requirements to own or possess firearms or ammunition. All of this appears to be ignored by the Cook County State's Attorney's office. Yet the supporters of gun control want to overlook this inconvenient fact and continue to push the false narrative that gun shops are somehow responsible for crime in Chicago.
Not a single firearm leaves an Illinois gun shop without someone first being approved by State and Federal background checks, or possessing a federal license. Federally Licensed Firearms stores in Illinois may be the only retail business where in order for their customers to even handle, much less purchase, their products they must have already passed a background check by the State Police and FBI. Customers are required to have a special state issued ID (FOID Card) to possess the product when they leave the store, and must wait 72 hours and face another background check before taking their purchase home with them.
Useless and redundant regulation is not what is needed.
The current law allows for state and local law enforcement to attempt straw purchases at dealers in "Sting" operations. This is an effective and established method to prove compliance or non-compliance with the existing law. A vast, burdensome, and expensive regulatory scheme as envisioned by SB337 does nothing to prevent crime. It is useless & redundant regulation at the expense of small businesses.
Deterring straw purchases in Illinois won't end the violence in our neighborhoods, but it is one necessary step to reducing the bloodshed.
We couldn't agree more. And what better way to deter crime exists other than to prosecute criminals under the existing law?


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As Brisbane Festival approaches, Sam Hobson sits down with solo writer/performer Stuart Bowden to talk about his curious new show The Beast.
While researching what it is that Stuart Bowden does, I came across his blog and the works of micro fiction he'd posted. It was through those stories that Bowden's considerable talent revealed itself. His writer's voice is crisp and present; his prose has a neatness I envy, and the power of his writing comes from a place of quiet, unassuming strength.
Thematically, his micro fiction wrestles with self worth; it's all internal monologues, missed connections, and soft, introspective moments of humility. His performance art, though, through a different medium, inhabits a similar thematic and narrative space. "As a solo artist it can get a little lonely, and that often makes its way into my work." Bowden admits. "I regularly find myself dredging through themes of longing, isolation, and [also] hope. I think I'm drawn to these themes because I grew up in [the] country, and I spent a lot of time just hanging out with my brothers on the farm or on my own.


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The Value Human Linguists Bring to Life Science Translations
Translations for the medical, healthcare, and life sciences industries are complex and intricate. With the level of detail required for these content types combined with global regulatory concerns, translation accuracy is extremely important. It's crucial to invest in the right resources in order to achieve the highest-quality translation output, as the result of these life science translations have the potential for life-or-death outcomes.
While machine translation has made a lot of improvements in recent years, there is no substitute for human linguists when it comes to providing accurate medical document translation services. Humans are needed to correctly extract meaning and localize the content for global consumers, whether that is a patient, a doctor, or both.
Let's delve into more detail about the value human linguists bring when translating content for the life sciences industry.
Subject Matter Expertise
At Language Intelligence, we only utilize linguists with particular experience in the medical and healthcare fields. There are many different content types used in this industry - from Instructions for Use (IFUs), clinical trial content, and product labels to marketing materials, contracts, and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) - and each requires specific technical knowledge that only comes with having medical expertise.
Many of our linguists have worked directly as healthcare professionals, were educated in the medical field, and/or have years of experience providing medical document translation services. This level of specialized skill results in a deep knowledge that will produce only the highest quality, accurate translations for your readers around the globe.
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Every region of the world has its own regulatory and legal requirements for life science industries. It is crucial to understand and comply with these local and cultural requirements during the initial translation and localization phase. If not, you risk a delayed product launch or even being denied by the governing bodies in the area you're targeting. Each one of our linguists is familiar with their local legal and regulatory requirements and will take these factors into consideration when reviewing and localizing your content.
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In honor of the kick-off of the 2018 CÎROC Summer Collection which includes Summer Colada, Peach and Pineapple, CÎROC welcomes Colombian singer and songwriter Karol G. to the family, alongside entertainer Teyana Taylor and Cassie. Each, a singular symbol of fierce femininity, Karol G., Teyana and Cassie have been declared the #CIROCSummerSquad of 2018.
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First post! A short introduction.
Well, I've finally caved and started a blog. Ok, maybe caved is the wrong word. Either way, I'm here for the party, though I recognize I'm waaayyyyy late. But better late than never, right? Right!
Seriously, though. I'm also a U.S. Navy Chaplain and I currently am serving with the Marine Corps (The Navy provides Chaplains to the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academy – Corpsmen too – thats a "Doc" if you didn't know).
I get into conversations (read: hot water/argument/etc.) rather often and sometimes don't have time for full explanations. I also have epiphanies every once in awhile (though to others they may not have the same profound meaning). Instead of wasting brain cycles trying to remember those things, I'd like a place to dump them and this is it! However, I'm interested in feedback, as well, and this seems well suited.
Ganbatte! is going to be more of a personal journey… thoughts that I have along the way in random order. I also have a blog on The Life Values System. I'll reference it from here, but this is the "catch all.". That means you'll get a few sermons, ideas for sermons, illustrations for sermons, and who knows what else! That doesn't mean I'll be preachy, though. Just check it out and see!
What's in a name, you ask? I'll describe it in a later post. The title has "short" in it for a reason.
This entry was posted in General on September 8, 2006 by KermitJr.


The maximum elevator speed is the highest speed along its shaft which the fastest elevator in a structure can achieve in its present form. In the rare cases when an elevator shaft bends, the speed is measured along the axis of the shaft and not vertically. Elevator speed is given in meters per minute (m/min) or feet per minute (ft/min).
The highest speed attainable by a structure's fastest elevator.


I first heard/saw Tracy on a Prestige album — a label normally reserved for jazzers, hence my immediate interest in a gal who looked to be in her early 20s but sang like a woman from the early 1920s. Turns out she was a bluesy folker and her voice made an immediate dent in the keeper part of my brain and ear tunnels. That was in 1965.
So this is Tracy's 50th year in our presence — and what an amazing journey it has been. First there was the group Mother Earth, which gathered around Tracy and gave her the comfort to be herself. They started in San Francisco where they began on Bills of Graham importance, but eventually the country clarion beckoned Ms. Nelson to Nashville and there she arrived, before many who later followed her path.
The city welcomed her and she sang equal parts country and blues. It was there that I saw her live for the first time and made my equal pacts with God AND the Devil to worship and wobble with her for the rest of my life. When I moved to Nashville MANY years later, she was still there, albeit out in the woods where someone always had to drive me. I offered my playing services to her and I played organ for her free of charge quite a few times just to share her stage in a comparatively minimal way. I even got to organ up on some album tracks with her which was a great honor.
So it is no accident that Tracy is an early choice to be featured here singularly in the column. My only constraint was to mostly feature the ballad side of her, which I love the best. And after all, it's MY column — but this week if one has any ears and soul at all, it is Totally Tracy! If I go first, she has promised to sing "Down So Low" at my final gathering. Here's hoping I arrive Up So High.
This is from their debut album Living With the Animals. This was the first song Tracy ever wrote and it's one of the best songs I've ever heard.
There were four Mother Earth albums, but they were Tracy Nelson albums with varying personnel and levels of confidence. This is from 1971's Bring Me Home album which was a period where Tracy and her ilk embraced the compositions of East Coast songwriter Eric Kaz and this is one of those — one of my faves. Kaz is best known for co-writing "Love Has No Pride" which was also cut by Tracy.
This oft-covered Bessie Smith song actually has a chilling lyric which is usually masked by great singing. Here ya get chills on both ends. Tracy pays great tribute to Bessie, who incidentally recorded many 78 rpm disks that were in my father's collection, of all places.
Just to confuse us, this is from Tracy's solo album entitled Mother Earth from 1972 and includes many members of that band performing behind her. This was written by the late bassist Tim Drummond and I believe was covered by the late bassist/singer Rick Danko as well. I think the sound of Tracy's voice here is as good as it gets tone-wise, and having the songwriter on bass keeps the groove in place.
From their 1967 debut album Living With the Animals, Tracy covers Memphis Slim's classic blues anthem. Mike Bloomfield lovingly plays his wonderful bluesy fills around her soulful vocal lines.
A superb combination of songwriters to select are Will Jennings and Matraca Berg. I've always loved the way Tracy made this her own.
Here's a slow, steamy rocker written by Ms. Nelson and her longtime keyboardist Andy McMahon. I assume that's him ticklin' the ivories (actually 'the plastics' as it sounds like an electric Wurlitzer piano).
This is onne of her top five vocals and it's an incredible composition by the late Bobby Charles. This is exquisite listening.
From about two albums back currently, this is a Percy Mayfield favorite of mine done lovingly by Tracy with some great B3 playing by Jimmy Pugh.
This is the title song of the album the previous track is on. A tip of the hat to authoress Ma Rainey, who, along with Bessie Smith, were Tracy's earliest influences.
This is my second favorite composition written by Tracy with, of course, "Down So Low" being number one. This gives it a run for its money with some great vocalizing and spot-on lyric writing.
From her full-on aptly titled Country album, Tracy caresses this classic Hank Williams standard with that amazing country voice of hers.
I don't think Boz Scaggs minded a womanly version of his song, especially by Tracy.
Tracy with Rocky, one of the stars of the movie "Best in Show"
Two great singers who are both dear friends of mine tackle a beacon of my teenage years from 1956 originally recorded by the late, great Clyde McPhatter who was the original lead singer of The Drifters. Tracy and John tip their vocal hats to Clyde on this version.
I believe this was originally a Stanley Brothers country track. Tracy does it true to its origin and her voice gives this another kinda richness missing from the original version.
This is from 2003's Live From Cell Block D album, recorded at the West Tennessee Detention Center. It's about 35 years between the original first track here and this one. It's great to hear the various differences, i.e. tempo, different vocal tonality, and a virtual lifetime of singing her maiden songwriting effort. This is a great way to close this loving tribute to a dear friend and a one-of-a-kind artiste. Thank you, Tracy, for a half century of truly memorable music. I am sure there are years more left to enjoy for all of us.


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Q: On clicking an element get child hidden input field's value In the following code when I click on anchor tag with class des_searchDate
I want to get the value of immediate following input field value.
I tried following

            04-15-2014
            <input type="hidden" value="2014-04-15" name="searched-date">

            04-09-2014
            <input type="hidden" value="2014-04-09" name="searched-date">

            04-23-2014
            <input type="hidden" value="2014-04-23" name="searched-date">

But I am getting undefined in alert. What is wrong with my code?

A: jQuery(document).on('click', ".des_searchDate", function(){
    var decDate = jQuery(this).find('input').val();
    alert(decDate);
});

Here's a jsFiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/yT777/

A: jQuery(document).on('click', ".des_searchDate", function(){
var decDate = jQuery(this).find('input').val();
alert(decDate);
});

demo fiddle

A: If you want the value of input inside the clicked anchor:
jQuery(document).on('click', ".des_searchDate", function(){
var decDate = jQuery(this).find('input').val();
alert(decDate);
});

Or if you need the value of next input following the clicked anchor:
jQuery(document).on('click', ".des_searchDate", function(){
var decDate = jQuery(this).nextAll('input:first').val();
alert(decDate);
});

A: $('.des_searchDate').click( function(){
    var decDate = $(this).find('input').val();
    alert(decDate);
});

A: You can do this in pure javascript, no need for jQuery:
Pure JS Fiddle
var sd = document.getElementsByClassName("des_searchDate");

for (i = 0;i<sd.length;i++){
  var s = sd[i];
  s.onclick = function(){
    var input = this.getElementsByTagName("input")[0];
    alert(input.value);
  }
}

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A little over 3.93 crore voters in Andhra Pradesh will decide the fortunes of 319 candidates for Lok Sabha seats and 2,118 candidates for Assembly polls. Counting of votes will be held on May 23.
After a fortnight of high-decibel electioneering marked by release of manifestos that were loaded with competitively populist schemes, campaigning for the first phase of the general elections came to an end on Tuesday.
In Muzaffarnagar, RLD chief Ajit Singh will take on BJP's Sanjeev Balyan. From the Sundergarh Lok Sabha seat, the Congress party fields George Tirkey.
Though the campaign was largely peaceful, Naxalites attacked a convoy in Dantewada district of Chattisgarh on Tuesday, killing BJP MLA from the State Bheema Mandavi and four security personnel.
The Phase 1 polling will be held in the states like Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana are voting today in a single phase.
The first phase of polls will decide the fate of 217 candidates.


inquake.de is proud to present their first Enemy Territory: Quake Wars beta Cup in co-operation with #etqw.euro, Rackage and QuadV.com. The ET:QW beta Cup is invite only and it will be played this sunday, the 22nd July.
The starting signal for the one-day tournament will be at 14:00 (CET) with 16 of the currently strongest ET:QW teams face eachother in a classical K.O. system (single eliminition) where they will fight for fame and victory. The IRC channel #etqw.euro will be the tie point and official coverage channel, and the channel will also be where the teams meet before every match.
With the friendly support of the british server host Rackage we can ensure that there always will be servers to play at.
During the tournament intoquake.de will ofcourse provide you with results and information. TosspoT of QuadV.com will handle the shoutcast and there is also a possibility that there will be a german shoutcast aswell, this is however not yet final.
notice that this newsitem is freely translated from german into english by myself (dohfOs) and since i'm not a german it may not be 100% accurate. please check the links below for the source.


A vision of 'Bespoke Practitioners' is to promote good life outcomes for children who, due to social and family circumstances are placed at risk, therefore their opportunities are often affected, impacting on their ability to achieve a good education, as well reducing the development of good social and health outcomes. Therefore, the development of a consultancy approach by Bespoke Practitioners was developed, fundamentally aiming to support parents and professionals, as well as to underpin school pastoral practices, empowering and embedding their current pastoral care programmes through increased training development and supervision – aiming to strengthen the support of children and families to enhance the child's social, health and educational needs.
A theoretical and application based approach aims to promote positive outcomes for children and families; this is delivered through consultation with a range of professionals alongside direct child and family work on behalf of the school, alongside a designated health, social care or school lead.
The existing strengths within families are recognised, acknowledged and enhanced through the application of a strengths-based approach, working towards long term positive outcomes with increased psychological, environmental and social resilience for supported families.
Bespoke Practitioners also offer counselling and emotional well-being for professionals, including teachers, health & social care, businesses and more.
Please click on the links below to find out more about each service.
Bespoke Practitioners work with schools and professionals to support children identified as needing further support after referral to the service.
Solution-Focused Practice sees the practitioner seeking to support the child, young person or parent to move towards a solution. This approach differs from the many approaches that focus on moving away from the problem; it focuses on the person being the expert in their own life, thus identifying what is needed to progress towards the solution.
This approach is particularly useful when the person is 'stuck' and feels that there is no way forward, it is proven highly effective in 'difficult to change' circumstances.
Solution Focused Practice can be used in a planned series of sessions with the client, or in less structured formats. Therefore, it is highly adaptive to various settings; it can also be used in supervision and to support professionals. With this in mind, it is an advantageous approach for professionals, families and children alike.
The principles of the Massage in School Programme (MISP), acknowledge the sensory and attachment needs of children and families, to support healthy development and children's wellbeing. Consultants are Highly Qualified Registered Instructors of MISP and aim to work with Schools, Parents and Children. The purpose is to support self-regulation and co-regulation through meeting sensory needs, teaching children and adults about self-esteem, permission and keeping the child 'in mind'.
Bespoke Practitioners provides parents and educators with sensory skills to support children with sensory needs, specifically due to sensory attachment needs. The approach is to teach regulation skills for home and school to find a pattern that benefits the behavioural profile of the individual child.
There is increasing identification of children's sensory needs, with an increase in recognition of Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD). There is a clear link between the attachment that a child forms with their caregivers and the sensory processing system, therefore, support is aimed at identifying the child's physiological and emotional needs by supporting parents to bond with their child and the child forming a good attachment with the parent, whilst supporting schools to regulate a child in a preventative and nurturing approach.
Practitioners are experienced to support families who have children with additional needs, as well as looked after children and adopted children who may require additional support to form attachments and have differing sensory needs to form healthy relationships with others and their environment. The aim of the service is to link in with 'The Nurturing Parent' programmes, providing parents [and educators] with the skills and education to best support the child.
It is important as the child grows that a parent is able to co-regulate the child, and that the child learns the skills to self-regulate as they transition through life and the events this brings.
Please also see the Just Right State © – a programmes focused on regulation or arousal states and then the modulation of the body senses through the Just Right State combination of regulating experiences.
The 'Bespoke Practitioners' approach to working with children incorporates Therapeutic Play as a media to support children through communication via image and metaphor, this is an enhancement of sensory play. This is proven successful with children that are 'hard to reach'.
Direct sessions with children in schools have been funded through PEPs, Pupil Premium, SEN Funding etc, please contact to discuss further.
Bespoke Practitioners also apply the media of using therapeutic arts to enable practitioners to support clients to gain an insight and provide an emotional landscape to see into the person's world. These include – Art, Drama and Puppetry, Sculpture and Clay, Poetry, Sandplay, Music and Dance/Movement.
Research evidences that children develop through tasting, touching, seeing, hearing, smelling, experiencing; also by watching and copying people close to them and playing. This is how language and behaviour are developed.
These approaches provide a deeper level of assessment of need and attuned approaches to identifying support needs and developing care plans. Child's developmental needs are acknowledged, and further direction on how to best support the child can be given.
All Practitioners are professionally qualified with further training in neuro-science, brain development and attachment theory alongside many other psychological, physiological and sociological approaches to supporting people.
Bespoke Practitioners have experience working with parents, children, Paediatricians, Health Care Professionals, Social Workers, Education Settings alongside many other agencies. Training sessions could be tailored to your organisations needs to give an insight into using creative approaches in assessments.
The Just Right State (JRS) refers to the capacity to achieve and maintain self-regulation. The JRS programme looks at the use of sensory activities and foods, to help children learn how to self-regulate their emotional states and behaviour. The programme supports professionals and parents to provide an enriched environment to facilitate successful parent-child / professional-child engagement -with the capacity to self-regulate and co-regulate.
"The Just Right State programme is based on the principle that when sensory-based experiences are incorporated into daily life routines it enhance the capacity of the child to remain regulated when engaged in activities that are normally challenging. This in turn allows higher level of functioning to occur, such as, social engagement and academic performance" Eadaoin Breathnach (2016).
This approach is unique in its ability to enable the parent, child and professionals to begin to make the links between sensory and emotional processing. Supporting the development of these skills and abilities in children, alongside their parents, can have a profound and positive impact on the long-term outcomes for the child, the whole family and the education setting.
During the programmes run by Bespoke Practitioners, parents and professionals will learn the development and attachment principles that are behind the taught activities. The child's behavioural difficulties and the goals will form the profile alongside the child completing the Children's Programme. The goal of the Children's Programme is for them to become more emotionally aware of themselves and others, whilst giving them the tools to support self-regulation – achieving the Just Right State.
The Intensive Wrap-Around Service (IWAS) provides a consultation and assessment service to identify the needs of families who may require additional support. This is a service that employs highly skilled professionals with a vast amount of experience in supporting families, the service aims to assess and support families to identify better outcomes.
A vision of 'Bespoke Practitioners' is to promote good life outcomes for children who, due to social and family circumstances are placed at risk, therefore their opportunities are often affected, impacting on their ability to achieve a good education, as well reducing the development of good social and health outcomes. Therefore, the development of a consultancy approach by Bespoke Practitioners was developed, fundamentally aiming to support and underpin school pastoral practices, empowering and embedding their current pastoral care programmes through increased training development and supervision – thus, strengthening the support of children and families to enhance the child's social, health and educational needs.
A theoretical and application based approach aims to promote positive outcomes for children and families; this is delivered through consultation alongside direct child and family work on behalf of the school, alongside a designated school lead.
• And to provide bespoke training and consultation for education professionals to inform their decision-making and facilitate appropriate support provided to children within educational settings, acknowledging the shared responsibility to safeguard.
The wellbeing and safety of children is a responsibility to be shared by parents, extended family, schools, community, local authorities, non-governmental organisations and businesses. Therefore, Bespoke Practitioners will work in partnership with children and families in a voluntary (non-statutory) relationship, respecting the right of each family to participate fully in all aspects of service delivery; and function using positive partnership principles.
"Our aim is to support and develop appropriate and achievable processes that underpin project aims and objectives within the framework of charities and organisations".
A successful project is one where all people are positively engaging with the processes – this is achieved by everyone understanding their part in the whole. We believe that 'one size does not fit all', therefore training delivered is Bespoke, we understand the need to understand the clients vision first, then develop a training package that helps bring the vision into focus and fulfilment empowering those who are responsible for the various aspects of it.
We provide an independent insight for charities and organisations to engage with, creating a range of bespoke training to support developmental project needs. Examples include: How to prepare Risk Assessments, home and abroad – thinking beyond the obvious. Cultural Diversity training and Communication, what do you think is understood v what is understood what cultural idiosyncrasies have to be considered? Report writing, planning what evidence will be needed in advance, methods of gathering information – report writing can be a hard task if done retrospectively.
Our counselling service – employing highly trained assessment and counselling practitioners, who can support professionals, inclusive of Health Care professionals, Teachers and Education Support Staff in those difficult times. We understand the pressures of an ever-changing work environment and the demand of everyday life.
Bespoke Practitioners counselling programmes are designed for professionals, with the knowledge that one's emotional well-being is central to one's ability to be effective in employment; and the direct impact that the job can have on both your personal and professional life. Our assessment and counselling professionals have worked in a range of health / educational settings. Teaching, Social Work, Health Care, Business Arenas and many other professions demand a lot and can lead to high levels of stress and emotional burn-out, so counselling is highly recommended, especially when life throws challenges.
Our counselling service employs highly trained assessment and counselling practitioners, who can support adults in challenging times. The benefits of counselling include the provision of a safe space and opportunities enabling difficult emotions to be expressed in words within a confidential environment.
Bespoke Practitioners offers face to face counselling sessions and the option of Walk and Talk therapies with a BACP (British Association Counselling Psychotherapists) registered Practitioner. The initial assessment session will identify the approach that is centred in personal requirements.
Sessions can be booked directly or commissioned by an employer. Please contact to discuss your requirements. Counselling sessions run from our North Essex venue*.
This is a comprehensive assessment which includes standardised testing of underlying ability (IQ), cognitive skills and attainments in literacy. An in-depth analysis of test results is provided and detailed recommendations are made regarding the child's learning.
A diagnostic judgement is made about the presence of Dyslexia, and if appropriate, other co-existing specific learning difficulties.
• The gathering of background information as appropriate (and with the permission of parents/carers). This family and the school are required to complete pre-assessment questionnaires. This process may also include the reading of reports from other agencies, where parents have provided copies.
• The assessment session – which usually takes 2 ½ to 3 hours. For younger students, or in exceptional circumstances, the assessment may be split into two shorter sessions. The assessment would take place in my home, although on occasions, it may be appropriate to conduct the session at the Bespoke Centre.
Home-schooling is on the increase and there are many valid reasons to choose home-schooling as your family's preferred education. There are many varied reasons why you may choose home-schooling as an option.
At Bespoke Practitioners, we are highly experienced in working with children and addressing broader educational needs. We take a holistic approach to working with families and run regular sessions for home-schoolers, taking a child-focused approach to learning, through play, nurture and educational activities.
We offer Primary- Aged individual and group sessions, for children to participate in social activities and hands on learning tasks. We have family group sessions also available in outdoor learning, forest school and crafts.
Please look at the other aspects of our services to give an insight into the holistic support available.


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Studies: Omicron less severe, but still dangerous
A pair of studies from Britain found fewer hospitalizations associated with the omicron variant but noted spread was much faster.
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A pair of studies conducted in Britain indicate that the omicron variant of COVID-19 is typically less severe than previous variants and is significantly less likely to result in hospitalizations. The studies' findings were released on Wednesday and were first reported in the U.S. by The New York Times.
At a news conference, doctors called the results "a qualified good-news story," but they also warned that omicron could still cause hospitals to be overrun because the variant spreads so much easier and is more likely to infect people who have previously been infected or who have been vaccinated.
According to the research from Public Health Scotland, those infected with omicron were up to two-thirds less likely to be hospitalized than those who were sickened with the delta variant. A separate study conducted by Imperial College London found less of a reduction – only about 20 percent – but noted that even among those hospitalized, the stays were shorter by up to 45 percent.
The reductions, it seems, are linked to reinfections. Omicron appears more likely to reinfect those who have already had the virus, resulting in less severe cases. The studies each noted that overall, omicron doesn't appear to be that much less severe than delta.
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The doctors also cautioned that the results are preliminary and omicron is still in its early stages.
Vaccination remains the best protection against coronavirus, typically resulting in mild or asymptomatic cases for those who contract the virus.
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Written By Josh Moon
Josh Moon is an investigative reporter and featured columnist at the Alabama Political Reporter with years of political reporting experience in Alabama. You can email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter.
Senate candidate Mike Durant once backed father against sister's abuse allegations
Birmingham's Rainbow Bridge to be closed to vehicles beginning Friday
Governor Ivey, ADECA to award infrastructure grants to 51 Alabama communities
Durant's sister: Poor choices now "haunt" Senate candidate
Single mothers in Birmingham can soon apply for guaranteed income program
Alabama prisons see increasing COVID cases among prisoners, staff
There were 334 new confirmed cases among incarcerated people and 146 cases among prison staff last week.
Eddie Burkhalter2 days ago
There were 2,566 people hospitalized with COVID in Alabama on Tuesday, the highest it's been since Sept. 10.
Of the 97 children hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday, 15 were in ICUs and four on ventilators.
Every U.S. household can order four at-home tests at no cost beginning Wednesday.


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Bathroom drains are tougher to deal with, which is why many customers in Fairlight-Cove count on us to provide them with efficient first time service. Toilet problems are very commonly dealt with at 247 drainage in Fairlight-Cove: design of the standard toilet drain makes it easy for blockages to take hold. 247 Drainaage can get your toilets back to full functionality in very little time, with a particular focus on hygiene.
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dwell 0.006 second can be less for operation in the car.
So the noise you here is the spark going on and off all the time.
What do you think guys, I'm planning to sell it ?????
Look very good, i interested.
Push buttons for dwell etc, NEED to be protected or fixed.
How hard is it to fit?
1 cable to ignition + (this can be the + wire going to the coil making an extension to the coil.
- at 2cv it is fixed through the hole where you put the pen to adjust the original ignition.
Mounting the ignition box at the battery-fixition-bar or at the outside dashboard.
Pushbuttons going in with a plug so you can take them off when tuning is done..
How will you hold the VR sensor in the hole?
when you don't use the pushbuttons which you can plug in you've got a standard 2cv curve and black coil.
When you plug in the pushbuttons you can tune it..
to make a steady rpm signal.
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Size units in data storage: 1,000 vs. 1,024.
In software, the kilobyte equals 1024 bytes, which is 2 to the power of 10. The megabyte (1024 KB) is then equal to 1,048,576 bytes, and the gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes.
On the other hand, hardware vendors (specifically a hard drive vendors) use decimal scale, in which 1 gigabyte equals 1,000,000,000 bytes.
This amounts to about seven percent difference in a gigabyte capacity between what is written on the hard drive itself and what Windows tells you. The useable capacity is even less than that, because certain amount of space is reserved for a system's own purposes.
This accounts for certain limits having "unusual" values. For example, older computers may be unable to recognize drives larger than 137 GB. This is due to the software limit on a number of 512-byte sectors it can see on a drive. The actual limit, however, amounts to 128 "binary" gigabytes. Taking into account the above difference, we arrive at 137.4 "decimal" gigabytes as a limit value.
To clear the confusion, a special term was introduced, "kibi-" instead of "kilo-" to denote 1024 units. Similarly, "mebi-" is proposed for 220, and "gibi-" for 230, to be used instead of "mega-" and "giga-", respectively. However, these terms have no widespread use as of this writing.
Continue to Cluster size and slack.


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New Solar Power Deal for Los Angeles
The city of Los Angeles took a big step forward in its commitment to solar power with the recent approval of two new agreements that will bring enough clean energy to power almost 200,000 homes.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has entered into a 25-year contract with K Road Moapa Solar, located on tribal land in Nevada owned by the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians. The deal calls for up to 250 megawatts of power, which could serve roughly 118,000 homes. The department will get another 210 megawatts of power from the Copper Mountain Solar 3 project, also in Nevada, which could power about 75,000 residential units. Both of these agreements call for solar power to be delivered to customers in Los Angeles by the end of 2015. The Department of Water and Power is also developing a 250-megawatt solar power site in Kern County, and has in place a City Solar Feed-in-Tariff Program, in which the department purchases solar power developed on customers' properties. Combined with the two new solar agreements, the city can eventually provide power to about 331,000 homes, and eliminate about 1.1 million metric tons of carbon emissions each year. The city plans to have 25% of its power come from renewable sources by 2016, and increasing to 33% by the end of the decade.
"This is a defining moment for our city's economic and environmental future," said Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa in a news release. "Not only will these commitments create hundreds of green jobs, they will further bolster Los Angeles as a national leader in making the successful, cost-efficient transition to renewable energy... We are shaking our fossil fuel addiction."


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9 Fan-Focussed Thoughts about the 2013 Australian Open
January 25, 2013 By grandslamgal
Some grand slam tennis fan thoughts on the Australian Open after attending ten sessions over the past two weeks.
1. The @AOSOS Twitter account is a great idea and really helpful for fans.
The main @australianopen account now has over 150,000 followers so the account https://twitter.com/AOSOS was set up "to help manage fans questions".
They've been really friendly and responded quickly to the questions that I've asked. If I was doing a Fan Test I would rate the @AOSOS Account as "Ace".
2. The new set up of the practice courts has made the Australian Open bigger and better
I've already talked a bit about the practice courts in past articles but it is one of my favourite things so I'll mention it again.
The only downside has been when players haven't shown up or perhaps their practice session has been moved to somewhere else.
It's also quite hard to see the courts from the viewing deck unless you're in the front row. I'm not sure if it can be done but it would help if some stable steps (secured to the ground so there's no risk of toppling over) could be added so that people in the second and third rows could also see. This would also stop people from attempting to stand on wobbly chairs, which in turn would make the job of the security people easier.
3. Rod Laver Arena will always be scheduled for an Australian audience
Bernard Tomic, ranked No.43, played all his matches on Rod Laver Arena. The first Tuesday night session was Tomic followed by Jarka Gajdosova. I understand why it's scheduled this way but I always know there are other matches I would have preferred to watch when I at the US Open Centre Court where US players were regularly scheduled.
4. Empty seats in Hisense Arena could be made available to Ground Pass holders
Hisense Arena is fully ticketed but often the back blocks of seats are empty and depending who is playing a lot more seats become empty later in the day. For Court 3 at Wimbledon, some seats are ticketed and some can be accessed by Ground Pass holders. An arrangement like this at Hisense Arena would add value to Ground Passes as well as encouraging bigger crowds and better atmosphere.
5. The Rod Laver Arena crowd control is good but there are still too many people walking around during play
All the ushers who I interacted with in Rod Laver Arena were friendly and helpful while still taking their job seriously, closing access to the arena once the umpire called time. However I still saw too many random people leaving their seats during play, often at critical times, Roger Federer's match points for example.
6. There is an opportunity to share tips for good spectator etiquette
Again, the spectator etiquette that I've observed this AO, while not perfect, has been pretty good. The ushers explain to tennis newbies how the change of ends system works, and there are signs telling people to switch off their mobile phones. But if you've never been to a tennis match before there is no where to learn spectator etiquette (not that I've seen anyway, I'll have to have another look through the program). A few points put on the big screen prior to each match would be helpful. Or perhaps a funny video illustrating the key points (if you live in Aus, something like they do at the cinema to remind people to turn their mobile phones off).
7. Bigger crowds mean more personal planning is needed
This year the Australian Open has achieved bigger crowds than ever before. For me, who is used to going to Margaret Court Arena or Showcourt 2 later in the night once the matches have been in progress for a while and getting a seat pretty quickly, I've now learned that if I want to see a match, get there before it starts!
8. Even in Australia, people will queue if there is a queue without necessarily knowing why
There are loads of activities on Grand Slam Oval. Most of them are described in the program so you can have a look at which companies are doing what and decide what to queue up for. But if you didn't have a program, none of the tents have a description of what's going inside, so you either need to ask the person at the door or queue up and hope that it's good once you get there.
9. Australian Open Membership is growing fast
I didn't spend too much time in the Member areas this AO, but when I did it feels like the Membership is growing and more people are taking advantage of the Member areas and other benefits. This is a credit to AO marketing and the value that a membership provides.
I also think that the coffees are too small, and that the 200mm maximum limit for a camera lens could be increased. I don't see that a media photographer with a big lens taking photos from a courtside position would ever be threatened by fan photos taken with a 250mm or even 300 mm lens.
What else have you noticed as a fan at the 2013 Australian Open?
grandslamgal says
That's a great idea, I wanted to do more "Fan Tests" for the food but didn't end up having time. I'm gluten free and didn't see a lot of options other than nachos and hot chips so generally bring my own food to try to be a bit healthier.
universe93 says
In regards to the coffee, you could probably do a whole series of posts on the food at AO. It's all overpriced, and most of it is….not great. At the very least not worth what you pay for it, and for the most part, unhealthy.


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The Patterns and Prosecutions of Media Leakers
Julia M. Lipkins, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow
American Studies | Mass Communication | Sociology | Sociology of Culture
Leaks, Media, Disclosures, Secrecy, Communication, Information
This paper examines the cases of government employees who are responsible for the disclosure of confidential information to the press, known as media leakers. I claim that the government and media leaker engage in a series of patterned responses, which leads to both the disclosure of information, and prosecution of the leaker. More specifically, I demonstrate how the government's executive branch manages a game of leaks, in which 'illegitimate' leakers are separated from elite officials who also leak, but are often spared from prosecution because they are considered 'legitimate' players of the game. Although the boundaries surrounding 'legitimate' and 'illegitimate' leakers may appear as fixed and stable, they are actually constantly in flux due to momentary social pressures. I demonstrate that regardless of the 'illegitimate' leaker's claims to be a whistleblower or serve the public's interests within the boundaries of the law, the executive and in turn the judiciary will respond with aggressive and retaliatory measures, particularly if the content of the leak embarrasses the executive or threatens the American war project.
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I needed a break from farmwork – Living!
The thing with small farming towns is, there isn't much opportunity to escape. So when I had the chance to escape for the day, I did.
The guy to the right of the picture is James. He knew that the couple you can see sitting on the sand were having a couples night away in Townsville (the nearest city to Ayr), so we decided to get a coach up that day and book a hostel.
The couple you can see are Stephen and Kayleigh, two Glaswegians. We left them to do their thing during the day, we snuck up on them later in the evening in a nightclub thanks to Jade and Lewis, to Londoners that went up for a couples getaway that day too. We told them that we were heading up as we booked it whilst they were still in our hostel waiting for their coach ride. This is how we found out what nightclub to surprise them at. This picture was the following day, when we spotted them on the beach recovering from a mild hangover. We had a quick chat and again left them to their own devices.
Townsville is a nice city. It is fairly small, roughly 168,000 with nice beaches. There are a few bars and restaurants to choose from, I would recommend it as a city to visit if you visit Magnetic Island whilst there. This is the island you can see in the image above and below.
There seems to be plenty to do on the island after a short ferry ride; water sports, fort walks, boat tours, private tours, amazing sunsets, fun hostels, off roading, not to mention the cute animals to be encountered. I cannot endorse this island too much as I haven't been, but maybe in the near future. I've heard good things from the people that have visited.
But back to the mainland. It was nice to hear so many Australian accents and less backpackers. It shouldn't be a surprise to hear Aussie accents in Australia, but it sometimes is. I guess the good thing about the smaller cities in Oz is that they aren't as popular for tourists. There is more of a chance to speak to some locals.
Despite being a small city, it felt like New York compared to Ayr. And it felt good!
Thanks you Pat, Australia is blessed with beautiful beaches.
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Jeff Hardy on Being Able to Inspire People to Stay Sober, His Personal Issues Being Used on WWE TV, More
WWE Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy recently spoke with Matty Paddock of The Daily Star and discussed how WWE has used his personal issues in various storylines over the years.
Hardy, who won the title from AJ Styles on last week's SmackDown episode, recalled the recent feud with Sheamus and how he knew it would be worth it in the end. He also had a feeling their Bar Fight would turn out good.
"The stuff with Sheamus that's happened most recently, I knew there was a great outcome in it," Hardy said. "I knew that bar fight was going to be cinematic and good. All the stuff building up to that match, I just knew the outcome was going to be fantastic. And it's good to face challenges like that because there's so much negativity in the world."
WWE was met with a lot negative fan feedback on social media for how they used Hardy's issues in recent storylines, but Hardy said he didn't see any of that because he's not a social media guy.
"I'm not a social media guy at all, I don't read comments or the negativity of people who thought it was wrong or that [WWE] were treating me [badly], I don't read any of that," he said. "I'm just confident in myself to get through it, and when I get a feeling that something's going to be good, I just run with it."
Hardy recalled the car accident that was staged on SmackDown earlier this summer and called it "very heavy stuff" for the storyline. He talked about being able to do good and inspire people that need to stay sober to survive.
"There was some heavy stuff there in the beginning, especially with the wreck scenario. It was just very heavy stuff," he said. "I'm always interested as everybody is different in so far as how the viewer feels watching at home, especially hardcore fans of mine.
"Even thinking back to the stuff with CM Punk when I was failing drugs tests, they turned it into a storyline and that's what I mean when I talk about roller-coasters of good and bad. Throughout all of that, so long as I can continue to do good, especially with this, my last chance to get it right, it is going to inspire people around the world that I'll never meet, that need to stay sober to survive. Hopefully I'm doing that through the television screen and helping people I'll never know."
Hardy also revealed that he's had some creative influence in some of his own storylines and matches, including the recent feud with Sheamus. He wrote the script for the Bar Fight with Sheamus, but most of his ideas weren't used.
"When the idea of the bar match was thrown out there, I wrote up a whole script of how the match would possibly go," Hardy revealed. "Most of it never happened, but I do love [doing] that.
"A lot of that stuff I said in that first meeting of me and Sheamus in the bar was stuff I actually wrote… it felt good to have ideas that they liked and bring them to life, just from being involved in the recovery world."
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