My project is the internet of things door lock. Using an app I built on my phone, I can control a door lock to open and close.
My final milestone was adding fingerprint authentication for my app. At first I followed this tutorial, which worked well, for the most part. Since fingerprints are now a built in part of Android, the app has to generate a key to use the device-registered fingeprints. To do this it uses the built in java class keygenerator. It also has to generate a cipher for further authentication. However, with the way this tutorial works, it changes the main "activity" or screen to become the fingerprint authentication area, which does not work well with the way I wanted to activate the lock.
To get around this, I followed another tutorial, which created a "dialog" or popup to let the user know to authenticate. The challenge with this was getting it to work with my existing ui, since I wanted to use it to activate a switch. I modified the tutorial code to remove its setting and purchase activities and also so that the fingerprint dialog was connected to my switch. Doing this, I learned more about how activities work and about the Android fingerprint API.
In my second milestone I built an app to connect to the Raspberry Pi. To do this I used android studio. I made a simple design with three buttons to open, close, and open then close the lock. They interacted with the lock using jsch (java secure channel), a java implementation of ssh (secure shell, a network protocol for computers to communicate with each other). By pressing the buttons, the app would pass an ssh signal to the Pi to run the python scripts which would perform the selected action. To do this I created an "SSHManager" class that would create an instance of the jsch object.
I soon found out that in Android, you cannot run network tasks inside of the main activity, so I had to make it so that it would run the ssh tasks in an asynchronous task (AsyncTask). After I did this, I decided to change the buttons into a switch, to declutter the UI (User Interface). This way, when the switch was set to on, the lock would be locked, and off would be unlocked.
My first milestone was connecting and controlling the servo with the Raspberry Pi. Initially, I read the pin-out diagram upside down, so my servo connection did not work. I also found out that my servo was broken, so I had to get another one. Also, my Raspberry Pi's 5V pin was not enough to power the servo, so I had to get a breakout board and an external battery. Eventually I connected my servo with a breadboard and the breakout board. The breakout board connected to the breadboard to power the servo and the servo connected to the Raspberry Pi to be controlled.
The next step was connecting the servo to the lock. First, I dremelled off a piece of a piece of the lock shaft to make room for the servo. Then, to connect the servo to the shaft, I dremelled a servo attachment to have a slot for the shaft and to fit in the lock. Then I glued the attachment to the shaft and servo and the servo to the outside of the lock.
Then I needed to build a python script to control the servo. To control the servo, the Raspberry Pi uses PWM, or pulse width modulation. This eseentially sends signals from digital devices at At first I used RPI.GPIO for PWM, but I found out that it twitched the servo and made it heat up. Then I switched to pigpio, which did not twitch the servo. To test the servo, I used a script I found in a guide, which made a gui to control servo angle. Using this, I found how far I needed to move the servo to open and close the lock.
My starter project was the Minty Boost, which uses AA batteries to charge USB devices. The Minty Boost uses a boost converter to boost the voltage of the AA batteries, and an inductor to maintain the current. The boost converter boosts voltage but lowers current, so the inductor stores power to maintain the current at a constant level. It also uses capacitors to reduce noise and store potential energy and resistors to regulate current. A diode is used to make the current one-way. In this project, I learned how to solder, and about the different electrical components I used.


We sell five grades of wrought martensitic stainless steel and six CPM stainless grades. They are used in food processing, bearing applications, nozzles, cutlery, valve parts, steam and gas turbine parts and surgical instruments. 416 is the newest grade to our inventory. It is used primarily in the specialty knife industry for bolsters and pins. 418 (Greek Ascoloy) is sold primarily to the gas and steam turbine industry because of it's ability to withstand high stresses at up to 1200F. 420 stainless has the wear resistance of high carbon alloys combined with the corrosion resistance of chromium stainless steels. 440-C and 154-CM are used extensively in the specialty knife business. They are extremely wear resistant due to the high carbon content. Corrosion resistance is increased with the addition of molybdenum and high chromium content.
CPM (Crucible Powder Metallurgy) steels offer superior performance over wrought products. Alloy segregation is minimized and the process produces a very fine microstructure. Cutting applications where edge toughness is required is improved greatly by the CPM process because of the elimination of large carbides. You can also use a much higher alloy content in CPM steels which mproves the toughness and or wear resistance the alloy.
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The 15th parallel north is a
circle of latitude that is 15 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Saharan fringe (the Sahel) in Africa, three key peninsulas of Asia (between which parts of the Indian Ocean), the Pacific Ocean, an isthmus of Central America, the southern Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.

In the Chadian-Libyan conflict of 1978 to 1987, its intra-Chad part came to be known as the "Red Line", separating opposing combatants, above all in Operation Manta.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 1 minute during the summer solstice and 11 hours, 14 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 15° north passes through:

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16th parallel north

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The Community of Maple Child Care Services operates in five locations in Vaughan, Ontario.
We are open 5 days a week, Monday through Friday.
Father John Kelly Child Care Centre is located in Father John Kelly Catholic School in Maple, Ontario.
This program is available 5, 3 and 2 days per week.
This Before and After School program is available 5, 3 and 2 days per week. Other enrollment options include A.M. or P.M. only. This program operates from September to June.
St. Joan of Arc Child Care Centre is located in St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School in Maple, Ontario.
6:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
This Before and After School program is available 5, 3 and 2 days per week. Other enrollment options include A.M. or P.M. only. Before and After School program available for children in JK through grade 6. This program operates from September to June.


Quiring, Courtney, et al. "Goldenseal." Davis's Drug Guide, 16th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2019. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51363/all/goldenseal.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. Goldenseal. Davis's Drug Guide. 16th ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51363/all/goldenseal. Accessed April 18, 2019.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. Goldenseal [Internet]. In: Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. [cited 2019 April 18]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/51363/all/goldenseal.


Danny and his Dad have barely begun unpacking in their rented Victorian house when Danny feels the deathly chill of an evil presence. It's the last thing he needs after the recent deaths of his brother and mother. Increasingly terrified by freezing rooms, slamming doors and ghostly footprints in the carpet, Danny turns to the next door neighbour, a weird old woman who claims to have 'The Sight'.
A haunting tale of terror unfolds. Danny must enter his dead brother's favourite computer game to do battle with the malign forces that haunt the house, and his family.
"Hinton is clever at mixing spookiness with gentle satire"


American coach Melis Medo has sensationally claimed his former club Sofapaka FC can never win a KPL title any time soon because of what he termed as 'viruses' which have permeated the club.
Few days after ditching the 2009 KPL champions for Mount Kenya United, Medo has taken a dig at his former club saying that everything is rotten and some of the club officials are dragging behind owner Elly Kalekwa.
Medo left his position as Sofapaka as head coach on Tuesday and later revealed to Citizen Digital that Mt. Kenya United had contacted him to offer him a job.
His exit at the 2009 champions has turned out to be sour, messy and loud divorce.


Supplies of electric power from the region controlled by the separatist regime to the rest of Moldova were restored on June 5, 2017, as a result of a decision taken by the state-run energy company Energocom. Thus, outside an open tender contest, Energocom negotiated and signed a contract with the Cuciurgan Power Plant (Moldavskaya GRES). The given contract, which wasn't made public, provides that as of June 7 Energocom will purchase 70% of the necessary electricity from the Transnistrian region. The other 30% are to be bought from the Ukrainian company DTEK-Trading. According to the state-run Energocom, the producer from the Transnistrian region, which belongs to the Russian concern RAO EES, offered a price of US$ 45 per 1MWh. This is by 10% less than the electricity price negotiated with the supplier from Ukraine (US$ 50.2 per 1MWh) as a result of the open tender contest.
The message of Energocom was disseminated by the Ministry of Economy (MEC, June 2017), which justified the necessity of purchasing electricity from the Transnistrian region. The Ministry's arguments referred to (1) the energy situation in the region; (2) necessity of diversifying supply sources; (3) securing of a more convenient price; and (4) strengthening of the country's energy security.
The total lack of transparency in the signing of the contract with Moldavskaya GRES generated dissatisfaction among the European partners. These monitored the first open tender contest to purchase electric power, staged in January – March 2017, based on the recommendations formulated by the Energy Community Secretariat. Consequently, the representatives of the Energy Community, the EU Delegation and the EU High-Level Adviser on Energy asked for clarification about the national power supply system. But no official explanation followed. Instead, the authorities focused on the denial of the accusations that the supplies from Moldavskaya GRES financially support the separatist regime and contribute to the augmentation of the natural gas debt to Russia, which totals US$ 7 billion.
21 December 2016 Energy Community Secretariat transmitted a handbook on the annual purchase of electricity, to be used as of 2017, to the Ministry of Economy.
January – March 2017 Tender contest procedures were launched – publication of invitation to take part in tender contest, expression of interest in bidding, inviting and receiving of bids, negotiation of price and choosing of winner.
13 March 2017 Energy Community Secretariat issued a letter to the Ministry of Community, certified by the representative of the EU Delegation and the EU High-Level Adviser on Energy, whereby this requests that the purchase procedures should be respected and that the principles of transparency and non-discrimination should be ensured.
14 March 2017 Ministry of Economy repeatedly asked to delay the bids submission until March 27, invoking the difficulties in the energy sector of Ukraine, related to the blocking of supplies of coal from Donbas region.
24 March 2017 Group of Observers was informed about a new delay in the submission of bids until March 31, which was also the date when the old contract, signed for 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017 with the controversial trading company Energokapital, expired. The Ministry of Economy explained that bids were being expected from DTEK and, respectively, Energocom. The latter had no clarity as to where it would purchase power at advantageous prices.
31 March 2017 There were assessed the bids submitted by Moldavskaya GRES and Energocom, with the letter suggesting purchasing power from DTEK Pavlogradugoli. Also on March 31, Energocom was selected as a winner, with the final price of US$ 50.4 per 1MWh, the bid of the Transnistrian producer, which offered a price of US$ 54.4 per 1MWh, being rejected. Ultimately, Energocom informed it will deliver electrical energy from DTEK-Trading, not DTEK Pavlogradugoli, as it announced initially, during April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018.
16 May 2017 Energy Community published the Report of the Group of Observers on the holding of the tender contest to purchase electric power for the period between April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018. The report points to a series of shortcomings in the bidding and puts a series of questions that weren't answered by the Ministry of Economy.
25 May 2017 Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine announced that the export of electricity to Moldova rose by 69.5%, up from the 810 million kWh set on March 3.
26 May 2017 One day later, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine worsened the forecasts for the export to Moldova. Consequently, it decided to decrease the exports three times, from 270-280 million kWh in April-June to 90 million kWh in July-December 2017.
6-7 June 2017 State-run company Energocom, and then the Ministry of Economy, announced the signing of a contract with the Cuciurgan Power Plant, which offered a price by 10% lower. According to Energocom, the provisions of the contract were negotiated in April – May, when power was already bought from Ukraine.
7 June 2017 Energy Community informed that the Group of Observers asked for an immediate clarification from the Ministry of Economy about the supply of electric power, reacting thus to the announcement of the coming into force of the contract with the Cuciurgan Power Plant for June 5, 2017 – March 31, 2018.
Evidently, the authorities' decision to initiate a contract with the Cuciurgan Power Plant runs counter to the principles of transparency in the purchase of electric power agreed with the European partners at the end of 2016. In consequence, notwithstanding the commitments, the authorities decided to keep the supplies from the producer based in the Transnistrian region. There are at least three objective causes that can explain such a decision.
The Ukrainian side's forecasts about the export of electric power are extremely volatile. The sudden decrease in the volume of electricity forecast for Moldova, shortly after deciding to double the exports of power to Moldova, clearly shows this (See Table above). The changing forecasts can be caused by the deficiencies faced by the Ukrainian energy system after the blocking of goal supplies in Donbas region. As a result, a state of emergency in the energy sector of Ukraine was declared in February, which in June (Unian, June 2017) was extended for a month.
In December 2016, Ukraine expressed its readiness to export to Moldova 810 million kWh or about 90 million kWh a month, which is about 30% of the volume needed by Moldova during a year (Expert-Grup, March 2017). The same volume, of 810 million kWh, was confirmed in March 2017. Consequently, long before the Donbas coal blockade and after this, there was a low probability that Ukraine will supply enough electric power to satisfy Moldova's consumption of 3 billion kWh.
The Moldovan authorities realize that the Transnistrian administration is unpredictable. At the same time, the non-functionality of the Cuciurgan Plant could generate negative effects on the whole economic potential of the separatist regime. Consequently, to avoid larger crises concerning the energy and, respectively, economic collapse of the region, the Moldovan authorities preferred to reintroduce Moldavskaya GRES into the power supply scheme. The problem of natural gas debt was left on a secondary place, even if the debts will increase because the Power Plant produces electricity exclusively from natural gas for which it does not pay to Moldova Gaz, which is to GAZPROM. Moreover, the contract with the Cuciurgan Plant enabled the Moldovan authorities to temper the aggressiveness of the Transnistrian administration concerning the joint control on the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, at the Cuciurgan-Pervomaisk border crossing point, as of March 31, 2017.
At the start of 2017, Moldova pledged to implement a transparent mechanism for purchasing electricity, inspired by the recommendations of the Energy Community. In reality, the authorities continue to prefer the old practices according to which the contracts for the purchase of electricity were negotiated in a non-transparent way. The authorities' decision to sign the contract with Moldavskaya GRES was described as bringing of transparent purchase procedures to "absurdity" (Free Europe, June 2017).
This type of behavior worries the European partners, which make effort to support the reforms in the energy sector, such as the reorganization of the National Agency for Energy Regulation, improvement of the legal framework or promotion of the interconnection with Romania.
The contract with the Cuciurgan Plant is a logical consequence of the fact that the European partners didn't oppose Moldovan authorities' successful attempts to mutilate the bidding on different occasions.
First of all, the authorities didn't fully follow the recommendations of the Energy Community formulated at the end of 2016. Thus, the instructions on the purchase of electric power of the Ministry of Economy excluded the mandatory condition for the suppliers to prove that they pay for the raw material used to generate electricity. This deviation enabled the Cuciurgan Plant to remain eligible, even if it does not pay to Moldova Gaz for the natural gas used to produce electricity, which is later sold on the right bank of the Nistru.
The second deviation that was overlooked by the European partners was the moment when Energocom was included in the list of potential suppliers, even if this didn't meet a number of technical criteria. Moreover, not being producer, but only an intermediary, Energocom could not demonstrate that it has the sufficient volume of electrical energy. Nevertheless, the state-run company was accepted to the tender contest by the market operates (such as Gas Union Fenosa, Red NORD, etc.).
According to the monitoring report of the Group of Observers, the Ministry of Economy, which founded Energocom, postponed the bidding procedures for several times (Energy Community, May 2017). The last delay was on March 31, when the old contract with Energokapital expired. The reason invoked by the Ministry was the lack of certainty as to the source from which Energocom would supply electric power. In other words, even if Energocom didn't know from where it would purchase power, this was allowed to take part in the tender contest. This thing was signaled by the Group of Observers only in May, through the monitoring report that was presented one month and a half after the contest.
Ultimately, the European partners accepted a reduced role from the very beginning. These agreed to take part in the Group of Observers without making sure that they have efficient leverage to enforce the bidding procedures. The same type of impotence was seen at the post-bidding stage, when the Ministry of Economy fully ignored the procurement monitoring report and the recommendations of the Group of Observers. Consequently, the Group of Observers played rather a ceremonial role, being used by the authorities to simulate openness to the European partners and transparency in relation to the national public opinion.
The authorities' incoherence in relation to the rules of the game is rather a general problem than an accidental one. The European partners are trying, but seldom manage to change the status-quo. This situation is not typical of the energy sector only and can be met in almost any sphere.
In the case of the tender contest to purchase electricity, the European partners were turned into passive observers of repeated manifestations of non-transparency on the part of the government. Besides promoting the state-run Energocom, the authorities, by their actions, discouraged competition and intimidated the potential participants in the tender contest from Ukraine and the local energy market operators.
The instructions on the electric power purchase should be thoroughly reviewed so as to exclude the shortcomings that allow for abuses on the part of the Ministry of Economy. Also, the power purchase procedures should be regulated by the primary legislation so as to make them obligatory. The role of the Group of Observers should be mandatorily strengthened and this should be extended by including representatives of civil society in it.
The rules of the game should be common for everyone, including for state-run companies, such as Energocom. Regardless of everything, the power supplies should be based on the principles of transparent and competitive bidding, diversification of the sources of supply and financial integrity of suppliers, which must repay the debts for the hydrocarbons used to generate electricity.
Ultimately, the transparent purchases of electrical energy from Ukraine, the payment of debts for the natural gas consumed by MoldGRES and its deeper integration into the Moldovan legal space as well as the further interconnection with Romania remain key priorities for the electric power sector.
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115 years old and in need of a little Tender Love and Care, that's what we saw when we visited this quaint little terraced cottage in Millbridge Plymouth.
The owners were selling the property and wanted to fix those niggling little things prior to putting it on the market; PJB Building and Property Maintenance were asked to provide a complete makeover for the rear of the property and we were happy to oblige.
Some internal water damage was evident on the inside of the stairwell and bedroom, so we set about cleaning everything down with a power hose to remove any mould, loose paint and expose any damaged areas.
Once complete the whole building was checked for cracks and imperfections, repaired and sealed with two good coats of Thompson Water Sealer on the walls and a five star wood preservative on all the timber.
It's important to remember that all painted houses require maintenance at some time or another; usually all it takes is a financial Investment and a few days' hard work to turn what was once a tired old house back into a beautiful home again.
buyers, or you just feel like putting some life back into your exterior walls then give us a call and let us help you do the best for your home.


Have आप watched अवतार in any other languages?
Aaron Ehasz (one of the अवतार writers) कहा that he had planned an Azula redemption arc. What are your thoughts?
Over on tumblr someone had asked me for my opinions on this video: link It is about 50 मिनटों long, but, in my opinion, is well worth the watch. So I decided to watch it and give my thoughts.
I am quite sure every person in the अवतार fandom has heard about Zutara and Maiko dozens of times many of those occasions in complicated shipping wars something this लेख is not here to initiate. But how many times have आप heard of Jinko? How many even remember who Jin is? I am willing to bet not many. She was the girl that Zuko dated when he was stuck in Ba Sing Se as a fugitive of every nation including his घर and was disguised as a refugee of the name "Lee". In Tales of Ba Sing Se.
The Last Airbender is a 2010 action film that was based on a beloved दिखाना of the same name. The film got really bad reviews, but I actually really liked the film.
I only saw clips of the animated दिखाना before watching the live action film so I'm judging this film द्वारा itself instead of comparing it to the show. I still haven't watched any full episodes, but I did enough research to understand the plot and characters.
A big topic of discussion around Azula is usually what kind of mental illness she has, I tend to discuss that और and put less talk into the reasons for her losing it.
So I've been really into travel lately and dreaming of places I'd प्यार to see. And then I got to thinking about what places some of my प्रिय characters might like to go to. So I thought I'd just consider where all of the अवतार characters might go to if they lived in our world.
a comment was made to the poll: Which Hogwarts house would आप put your प्रिय character in?
a comment was made to the poll: Aaron Ehasz (one of the अवतार writers) कहा that he had planned an Azula redemption arc. What are your thoughts?


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Record COVID-19 Cases, 33 More Deaths Reported in Region
By José A. Álvarez, County of San Diego Communications Office Jan. 8, 2021 | 5:47 PM
Another record number of COVID-19 cases and an additional 33 deaths were reported in San Diego County, the Health and Human Services Agency announced today.
The new daily record now stands at 4,550 COVID-19 cases, reported Jan. 7, bringing the region's total to 185,062. The overall total includes 28 confirmed and 13 suspect cases of the variant of the novel coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom, known as B.1.1.7.
This is the third time the daily total has surpassed 4,000 cases in a single day since the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The previous high totals were set Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, when 4,478 and 4,427 cases were reported respectively.
Additionally, 33 COVID-19 deaths were reported, and the total now stands at 1,771.
"We anticipated that cases would spike after the holidays and they did. We need to do a better job following the public health guidelines, especially now that the more contagious variant of COVID-19 is in our communities," said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. "San Diegans should not be gathering with people outside their household and should stay home as much as possible."
San Diegans should do the following now more than ever:
Keep your distance from others and leave your household only for essential activities
If you're sick, get tested, and then stay home and isolate yourself
For more information about COVID-19, testing locations and vaccine distribution, visit www.coronavirus-sd.com.
ICU Capacity and Stay Home Order:
The current intensive care unit (ICU) bed availability for the Southern California region is 0.0% and will be updated by the state daily.
The Regional Stay Home Order is in effect and prohibits gatherings of any size with people from other households and adds restrictions for multiple sectors.
The order will last until the region's ICU availability meets or exceeds 15%.
Community Setting Outbreaks:
10 new community outbreaks were confirmed on Jan. 7: four in business settings, three in health care settings, two in distribution warehouse settings and one in a daycare/preschool/childcare setting.
In the past seven days (Jan. 1 through Jan. 7), 40 community outbreaks were confirmed.
The number of community outbreaks remains above the trigger of seven or more in seven days.
A community setting outbreak is defined as three or more COVID-19 cases in a setting and in people of different households over the past 14 days.
28,952 tests were reported to the County on Jan. 7, and the percentage of new positive cases was 16%.
The 14-day rolling average percentage of positive cases is 14.3%. Target is less than 8.0%.
The 7-day, daily average of tests is 23,341.
People at higher risk for COVID-19 who are with or without symptoms should be tested. People with any symptoms should get tested. Healthcare and essential workers should also get a test, as well as people who have had close contact to a positive case or live in communities that are being highly impacted. Those recently returned from travel, or who participated in holiday gatherings, are also urged to get tested.
Cases:
6,177 or 3.3% of all cases have required hospitalization.
1,268 or 0.7% of all cases and 20.5% of hospitalized cases had to be admitted to an intensive care unit.
33 new COVID-19 deaths were reported to the County on Jan. 7. The region's total is now 1,771.
23 men and 10 women died between Dec. 13 and Jan. 6.
Of the 33 new deaths reported, 13 people who passed away were 80 years or older, six people were in their 70s, nine people were in their 60s, three people were in their 50s, one person was in their 30s and one person was in their 20s.
All had underlying medical conditions.
The more detailed data summaries found on the County's coronavirus-sd.com website are updated around 5 p.m. daily.
Related: coronavirusCOVID-19record casesupdate
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Ep64: Harvey and Irma and Greg and Miss Texas
With the recovery from Hurricane Harvey ramping up to full speed in Texas, the first political shots were fired over Washington's approval of an initial aid package for Texas -- and why four U.S. Texas congressmen voted against it. They're all from Dallas-Fort Worth and North Texas.
At the same time, Gov. Greg Abbott was confident that additional federal funding will soon be on its way to bolster the recovery in the Lone Star State, where Harvey cut a 300-mile swath of devastation along the Texas coast, from Corpus Christi to Houston and points east.
Though it's been called a once-in-a-thousand-years storm, it's the third in a decade.
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Perris paid off $14.3 million in pension debt,…
Perris paid off $14.3 million in pension debt, while other California governments struggle with it
In 'a bold move,' the Perris City Council had been working for years to pay it off
By Beau Yarbrough | byarbrough@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2020 at 6:30 am | UPDATED: January 20, 2020 at 10:56 am
Last fall, Perris did something many households would love to do: It eliminated a major outstanding debt.
In October, the Perris City Council unanimously voted to pay off $14.3 million in unfunded pension debt, according to Finance Director Ernie Reyna. To put that in perspective, the city's general fund two-year budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 is $51.4 million.
"We've been paying portions of that off every year, paying off the interest," Reyna said Friday, Jan. 10. "The council made a bold move to get that off of our books."
The average California household owes $80,643 in unfunded pension debt, according to the worst-case scenario projections from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's PensionTracker.org website, which uses 2017 data from pension funds and several state agencies.
The level of unfunded pension debt varies widely in the Inland Empire, depending on the number of employees local government agencies employ and how generous their pension benefits got, particularly in the late 1990s during the dotcom stock market bubble.
Most California public agencies still owe more in pension benefits than they have cash on hand to cover, should all eligible employees retire tomorrow — something that's unlikely to happen. As pension costs continue to rise for many agencies, more of those agencies' budgets will go toward paying for pension costs, rather than the other functions of government, such as hiring teachers and police officers, paving streets or building new schools. (Perris, like many other cities in the region, contracts with Riverside County for its police and fire service, and so is not directly responsible for funding the pensions of local firefighters or police officers.)
As of 2017, when Perris still had unfunded pension debt, city residents were responsible for a total of $72,462 unfunded pension debt per household, according to the worst-case scenarios of PensionTracker.org:
Perris Union High School District: $34,126
Perris Elementary School District: $18,983
Riverside County: $14,773
City of Perris: $2,659
Riverside Community College District: $878
Riverside County Office of Education: $814
Riverside Transit Agency: $129
Riverside County Regional Park and Open Space District: $59
Riverside County Transportation Commission: $38
Riverside County Law Library: $3
The website uses the most recent data widely available, so it still shows the city with a debt of $2,659 per household. Similarly, the Riverside Transit Agency paid off its unfunded pension debt in 2018, according to spokesman Brad Weaver.
Perris' 2017 pension debt is still significantly lower than the Perris Elementary School District's $18,983 unfunded pension debt per household and the Perris Union High School District's $34,126 unfunded pension debt per household. In fact, Perris Union had the highest amount of unfunded pension debt per household in Riverside County.
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These Inland agencies have the highest unfunded pension debt
Pension Tracker's model divides total unfunded pension debt by the number of households within an agency's boundaries. That model has problems with the more complex school district funding. Districts often have students from outside their boundaries, so they have higher expenses — and revenue from the state — than the number of local residents would suggest.
For example, Oro Grande Elementary School District in San Bernardino County, which Pension Tracker shows has the highest level of unpaid pension debt per household in the state, has 486 households but more than 4,300 students enrolled in the 2018-19 school year, according to the California Department of Education. The district has worked to attract students from around the High Desert, with students coming from as far away as Barstow, 35 miles away, according to Oro Grande officials.
As for Perris, its leaders have the good problem of what to do with the money that had been going to pay off its unfunded pension debt.
"It gives us flexibility to do other stuff," Reyna said.
Council member Malcolm Corona said he hopes to see more funds go to the city's parks and public safety in future budgets.
"Any time you can pay off your debt, it just alleviates a lot of pressure for future generations," Corona said Friday.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify that the Riverside Transit Agency paid off its unfunded pension debt in 2018, according to spokesman Brad Weaver.
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Beau Yarbrough
Beau Yarbrough wrote his first newspaper article taking on an authority figure (his middle school principal) when he was in 7th grade. He's been a professional journalist since 1992, working in Virginia, Egypt and California. In that time, he's covered community news, features, politics, local government, education, the comic book industry and more. He's covered the war in Bosnia, interviewed presidential candidates, written theatrical reviews, attended a seance, ridden in a blimp and interviewed both Batman and Wonder Woman (Adam West and Lynda Carter). He also cooks a mean pot of chili.
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This is the grave of John Trumbull.
Born in 1756 in Lebanon, Connecticut, Trumbull grew up in the New England elite of the Revolutionary generation. His father was Connecticut governor from 1769-84, the only British governor to become a Patriot and remain in office after 1776. Trumbull entered Harvard in 1771 and graduated in 1773. He was blind in one eye, but still was a soldier in the American Revolution. Because he was so artistically inclined, his first work for the revolution was sketching the British lines for the colonialists. He rose pretty quickly in the army during the Revolution. He became Washington second aide-de-camp in June 1776 and then Horatio Gates' deputy adjutant-general in 1777. But he resigned from the army in a huff later that year over the dating of his appointment, which I think was a seniority issue.
Instead, Trumbull turned to art. He traveled to London, even though the Revolution was still going on. Benjamin Franklin gave him an introduction to Benjamin West and Trumbull was able to study under him. But there was significant anti-American sentiment in London. When John André was captured and killed by American troops, Trumbull was thrown in prison for seven months as an act of revenge because he had been an officer near to André's rank and basically because he was there. Bad timing. He returned to the U.S. after he was released and then helped his brother procure supplies for the army stationed in upstate New York.
After the Revolution, Trumbull returned to London for further study under West. The senior painter encouraged Trumbull to paint historical scenes and soon he became the master historical painter of the United States. Few had more success in building the mythology of the Founding Fathers than Trumbull, including painting the legendary Declaration of Independence signing picture so famous today, as well as the surrender of Lord Cornwallis painting that is also commonly known. He began to be shown in London and he traveled to Paris for further study and to do sketches of French officers for his American Revolution paintings. He met Thomas Jefferson there, who helped him plan out the Declaration of Independence painting. He wanted to get everyone exactly right, so he went around visiting which signers he could and then making copies of paintings of those who had already died.
Trumbull returned to the U.S. But he really wasn't wealthy. He had to get commissions in his home country. A lot of this was portraiture. Gilbert Stuart was the premier portrait painter in America, but Trumbull was close behind him. He painted some of the most iconic paintings of Washington and Alexander Hamilton. He also worked as John Jay's secretary in London during the negotiating of the Jay Treaty, which was unfairly maligned by Americans who thought they had a lot more power than they did. He traveled around Europe after that and was the first person outside the diplomatic team to discover the XYZ Affair in Paris that so inflamed anti-French sentiment in the U.S. Trumbull carried the first news of this back to the U.S. He was in Europe quite a bit during these years, continuing to hold diplomatic posts in London and just living in Europe for quite a bit of time between 1804 and 1817. The Embargo Act, Jefferson's idiotic foreign policy decision to simply cut off trade with most of Europe in a snit, really undermined Trumbull financially. His eyesight declining, in 1809 he went back to Europe for treatment and stayed there until after the end of the War of 1812. In 1826, Congress commissioned four large Revolution paintings. These are the history paintings in the Capitol rotunda.
Trumbull lived a long time and as the 19th century progressed, his style and subject matter became outdated. Sitting for pricey portraits didn't interest Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun as much as it had their predecessors. Trumbull really didn't have much money. Finally, he gave Yale a big chunk of his work in exchange for a $1,000 stipend per year, which at least gave him stability. He had become the president of the American Academy of Fine Arts in 1816, but his unwillingness to adjust his styles alienated the next generation of artists, who finally abandoned his school entirely and founded the National Academy of Design in 1825, which still exists as an honorific society today. But Trumbull's American Academy of Fine Arts suffered a fire in 1839 and did not reopen as it was so out of fashion; he had finally stepped down as heading it in 1836. Trumbull then tried to raise some money by writing an autobiography, which he published in 1841. He died in 1843, at the age of 87.
Let's look at some of Trumbull's work.
The Declaration of Independence, 1819
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, 1820
Alexander Hamilton, 1792
Self-Portrait, 1802
John Trumbull is buried beneath the Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. I also really miss going to this wonderful museum. Someday life will return to normal.
If you would like this series to visit other American artists of the early 19th century, you can donate to cover the required expenses here. Thomas Cole is in Catskill, New York and Asher Durand is in Brooklyn. Previous posts in this series are archived here.
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Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper has released an extended look drawing us deeper into this family drama told over four generations.
JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Jennifer Lawrence stars, with Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Édgar Ramírez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Elisabeth Röhm and Dascha Polanco. Like David O. Russell's previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love.
Joy stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Elisabeth Röhm, Dascha Polanco and Bradley Cooper.
Joy opens in theaters everywhere December 25, 2015.
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