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Soundwell Football Club was an association football club who played in Soundwell, near Bristol. The club is now defunct, but competed in the Western League and the FA Cup in the 1940s and 1950s.

In September 2012, people from one of the City of Bristol colleges made ideas of reforming the defunct Soundwell FC, plans were going into talks. In October 2013, the college had been granted funds, further talks will now go ahead and a decision should be made by the end of 2013.

Soundwell produced several young players who went on to become professionals, mostly with Bristol Rovers. Among their alumni are Geoff Bradford, who went on to play for England, as well as Bryan Bush, Len Hodges and Bobby Jones, who all played for Bristol Rovers, and Arnie White, who played for Bristol City.

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Soundwell spent six seasons in the Western League, between 1945 and 1951. Their finishing position for each season is given in the table below.

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Defunct football clubs in Bristol
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This week, each class investigated the work of US based artist Julie Wolfe. Her work tells stories through photographs, drawings, sculptural structures, large abstract paintings and wall installations. We looked in particular at her installations featuring deconstructed books (see photo), discussed the colours, shapes and compositions we could see, and produced our own interpretations.


Sometimes people don't know how they should express their love to their beloved one because expressing love with a gift might look easy, but it's hard a process. Today is the propose day in valentines week, and if you're wandering on internet searching best gift for your beloved one, then you're at a right place. When a person wants to express their love to someone special then what they shall do is to gift a nice present because gifting is one of the best ways to show your true feelings. However, on this year's propose day don't go with old cliche gift ideas in front of your gf/bf but instead try to impress her/him by giving some unique things. Here is the list of top gift ideas which you can use on this year's propose day.
Sometimes people overthink about small things, and they end up buying complex and dull products. If you want to impress your loved one, then try to gift her Sugarfina Candy Bento Box. This candy box comes with some really cool candies which will make fill up anyone's day full of happiness.
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Sometimes people don't know what they want to gift during valentines week and it's best to gift any of the above mentioned special presents.


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INSPIRING ENTERPRISE: would this project interest you or your beneficiaries?
Inspiring Enterprise is a new project aimed at people who are unemployed or economically inactive. It will introduce the concept of self-employment or starting-up social (and other) enterprises. The project will cover the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area – that is most of Hampshire and the south west corner of Surrey.
It is, therefore, planned that any support delivered will be accessible to all.
The programme (initial budget £1.5m) is designed to last for three years and will be delivered by a group of partners, based in the area, with a range of specialist knowledge in this area such as the School for Social Entrepreneurs Hampshire.
WSX Enterprise is the lead partner. Other partners are: Action Hampshire, The University of Winchester, Surrey Community Action, UnLtd and the Fredericks Foundation. The bid has passed the first stage of the approval process but now needs to establish the level of demand, in order to complete a second stage application. The funding will come from the Building Better Opportunities programme funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery.
We are, therefore, seeking views and indications of interest, either from the targeted groups or from organisations that support them. If you think that you or some of your beneficiaries might benefit from such a programme, please email Sue Dovey by 29 February.


Given the fact that I hadn't trained (at all) since early November and was sick (not super sick, but still with the sore throat and mild, mostly-ignorable crap in sinuses left over from my cold), you'd expect that something like the Run the Republic (a.k.a., climbing the stairwell in the tallest building in Denver, or at least 53 of the 56 floors) would be something of a disaster.
But actually, it was pretty easy -- but as you can see by my time (see subject), I took my time about it and just walked it up fairly slowly. It was somewhere around the bottom 10% of finishing times, but I didn't care -- sick, you know, just happy not to cough up a lung. With some training, if I'd been healthy and I'd pushed, I could probably have easily trimmed a quarter of my time off. Maybe even a third.
It was actually easier (for a number of reason, probably) than the building I work in, which is 36 floors -- not least of which is the fact that it was well-ventilated and recently mopped. Our stairwell is a dusty hell, and given that even this aggravated my cough afterwards, well.
Anyway, had a surprisingly good time with the team from work. And got a medal. And a t-shirt (not one of those punk white ones, either, I like this one, it's nice dark blue longsleeve shirt).
Don't have pictures of the group yet (those will probably get posted on Facebook), but I'll probably post links here whenever they get uploaded.


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at boot time or using run_init with the mls policy fails, generating some AVCs.
Linda what were the AVC's you saw to generate this?
I knew you were going to ask me that.  I don't think I still have them but I can recreate them if I unload my policy module, which was generated using those AVCs.  Will take me little while to get on the system.
These are the AVCs from boot.  I don't recall why I had to add read and write.
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With term_use_all_terms(netlabel_mgmt_t) it si working fine, no AVC.


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The Engineering - Mechanical Engineering program is offered at California State University, Fresno. Mechanical engineering is the use of basic science in the design and manufacture of components and systems. This requires the application of physical and mechanical principles in the development of machines, energy conversion systems, materials, and equipment for measurement and control.
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Knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry lies at the core of this field. Application of this knowledge uses engineering technology -- a disciplined way of thinking, modeling, and testing that enables development of new systems despite incomplete information and uncertainty.
The Engineering - Mechanical Engineering program offered at California State University, Fresno provides basics and advanced studies in design, advanced materials, alternative energy and sustainable systems, engineering mechanics, mechatronics and controls and thermo-fluids. All areas include statics, dynamics, materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and experimental methods.
Application areas in design include mechanics of materials, applied mechanics, structural and manufacturing aspects of producing equipment, and vibrations. Application areas in thermal and fluid mechanics focus on energy conversion and include combustion, heat engines, refrigeration, and fluid flow.
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Our alumni (within three to five years after graduation) will:
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«Сочувствующий» () — дебютный роман американского автора вьетнамского происхождения Вьет Тхань Нгуена. Книга была признана бестселлером 2015 года журналом The New York Times и удостоена Пулитцеровской премии в 2016 году. Пулитцеровский комитет назвал роман «многослойной иммигрантской историей», рассказанной «человеком двух разумов и двух стран: Вьетнама и США».

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Книга повествует о падении правительства Южного Вьетнама в 1975 году, и последующих событиях, развернувшихся уже в Калифорнии, США. Повествование ведется от лица главного героя — политического заключенного, в прошлом — тайного коммунистического агента, чьё имя на протяжении всей книги остаётся неназванным.

Награды
 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, победитель;
 2015 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, победитель;
 2016 Медаль Эндрю Карнеги, победитель;
 2016 Пулитцеровская премия за художественную книгу, победитель;
 2016 Премия Эдгара Аллана По за лучший первый роман американского писателя;
 2016 Американская литературная премия ПЕН/Фолкнер, финалист;
 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, победитель;
 2017 Дублинская литературная премия, номинация.

Телевизионная адаптация

В апреле 2021 года Вьет Тхань Нгуен объявил, компания A24 займётся телевизионной адаптацией романа, а режиссёром адаптации станет Пак Чхан Ук. В июле того же года компания HBO заказала производство телесериала.

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Романы на английском языке
Романы 2015 года
Романы США
Дебютные романы
Литературные произведения по алфавиту
Произведения, награждённые Пулитцеровской премией в номинации «За художественную книгу»
Вьетнамская война в литературе


A few weeks back, I shot a really interesting story with Mike Ives (among the top writers in this region in my opinion) about the drop offs in Chinese tourism in central Vietnam. We spent a few days in Danang speaking with tourism officials, hotel managers, and the handful of Chinese businessmen we could find. What was just a few months ago a city with a heavy reliance on tours from all over China, has now seen nearly 100% of those tours cancel, and hotels are reeling and travel agencies are wondering what the future holds. And I'm wasting my time writing anything about it, when really you should just be reading the article (and watching the slideshow): China Tensions Choke Off Tourism to Vietnam.
Things have really changed in vietnam since i visited ten years back when the tourism was mainly western.
What an experience! Thanks for sharing with us. (: & Wishing you well this summer!
A good one for travel agents to take note of, this fits under the category of "we're all connected." I'm always treated to great visuals when I read From Swerve of Shore and always learn something through this blog. Hope you do too!


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Margaret Scott's "Indonesia's New Islamist Politics" on Fareed Zakaria GPS
Fareed Zakaria GPS, the weekly international news program on CNN, featured a segment on Indonesia based on an article in The New York Review of Books by Margaret Scott, who is one of the founders of the New York Southeast Asia Network.
Scott's "Indonesia's New Islamist Politics" is available here.
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Disinformation Crisis and Southeast Asian Elections: Behind the Scenes of Fake News Production and Fact-Check Interventions
This talk explores the everyday digital labor of fake news production and the fact-check interventions that attempt to combat the disinformation crisis particularly in Southeast Asia. Drawing from the study "Architects of Networked Disinformation" which focused on the work arrangements and moral justifications of disinformation producers in the Philippines, the focus of the talk is to move beyond naming and shaming exceptional villain influencers to identify the vulnerabilities in both political and media ecosystems that make political trolling a lucrative sideline gig for elite strategists as well as precarious creative workers. The talk also identifies current challenges facing election integrity interventions and country-specific legislation against fake news in light of forthcoming elections in Indonesia and the Philippines. I reflect on Facebook's new investments supporting fact-check partners and content moderators in the region, which on one hand offer possibilities for culturally appropriate local response but on the other hand create incentive structures that once again target low-hanging fruits and not the real masterminds of fake news.
Jonathan Corpus Ong (PhD, Cambridge) is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Television and New Media. He is co-author of the public report "Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines", funded by the British Council. He is currently project leader of "Reality Check"–an election integrity project that promotes voter literacy around disinformation for the May 2019 Philippine midterm elections.
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Katherine Munyan, researcher at the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale University, discusses the current human rights situation in Myanmar.
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Andreas Harsono, Researcher at Human Rights Watch, discusses the role of Islam, identity, and populism in the 2019 presidential campaign season in Indonesia. This discussion will also preview his upcoming book, "Race, Islam, and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia."
Andreas Harsono is a long-time Indonesian media freedom advocate, who helped establish the Alliance of Independent Journalists, the Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information, and the Pantau Foundation, as well as the South East Asia Press Alliance (Bangkok), and since 2008 has been a researcher for Human Rights Watch covering Indonesia.
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A young Cambodian islander, Phalla Vy, has dedicated herself to monitoring and speaking out against the sand dredging. Kalyanee Mam's exquisite short documentary, Lost World, co-produced by Emergence Magazine and Go Project Films, evokes the pain of losing one's land—and way of life—through Vy's eyes.
Lost World juxtaposes imagery of Cambodia's vast mangrove forests with footage of sand being deposited in Singapore. At the end of the film, Vy visits Singapore for the first time, where she observes citizens enjoying a brand-new theme park that was built on the land of her people. Throughout the film, her deep indignation is palpable.
Read more about it here.
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In the wake of the ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000 Rohingya from Myanmar, various debates have erupted: What do the Rohingya want (their own state, a safe return to Burma, relocation)? And who are they (an indigenous ethnic group, "Bengali" interlopers masquerading as Burmese autochthons, a religious minority)? Based on on-going research in refugee camps in Cox Bazaar and with members of the Rohingya diaspora, Dr. Elliott Prasse-Freeman considers Rohingya social and political identity from a number of sociopolitical contexts, presenting historical, linguistic, and political data to complicate narratives advanced by disparate sides of the debate.


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RABBI YOSEF CHAIM SHNEUR KOTLER (1918-1982)
Rabbi Shneur Kotler (1918-1982) was famous as the Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, and for his leadership role in communal affairs of world Jewry.
Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler was the son of the famed Talmudic scholar Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva in Kletzk, Poland and later the founder and Rosh Yeshiva of the famed Yeshiva Beis Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, New Jersey.
Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler was born in Slutsk, Russia, where his maternal grandfather Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953), was the Chief Rabbi & Rosh Yeshiva. In 1940 Rabbi Shneur Kotler escaped Europe to Palestine where he studied under the leading scholars of Jerusalem, among them his grandfather Rabbi Meltzer who had moved there previously.
In 1947, after World War II, Rabbi Shneur Kotler moved to Lakewood to join his father, who had brought his yeshiva there from Europe. Rabbi Shneur Kotler assumed the leadership of the yeshiva with his father's death in 1962.
Rabbi Shneur Kotler transformed Lakewood from a middling institution into a flagship center of excellence of the Orthodox yeshiva world. From a group of several hundred students, the yeshiva grew by 1981 to almost a thousand students. Rabbi Shneur Kotler sent out groups of married students, pioneers to establish kollels in major communities across America, from Philadelphia in the East to Los Angeles in the West. The members of these kollels would divide their time between studying Talmud and spreading the experience of Torah learning to the local Jewish populations. There are Lakewood satellite kollels operating in over thirty cities across North America.
Rabbi Shneur Kotler was active in many communal organizations and issues. He held leadership positions as a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America and was on the rabbinical boards of the Torah Umesorah National Society for Hebrew Day Schools and Chinuch Atzmai. Rabbi Kotler was also very active in helping Jewish refugees from Russia and Iran.
Rabbi Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler died of an illness in 1982 at the age of sixty four. Vast throngs attended his funeral in America and later in Israel where he was interred at Har Menuchos near his illustrious father and grandfather.
The Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis Salant charity fund was very close to the heart of Rabbi Kotler and he is a signatory on the historic 1979 Kol Koreh (broadside) on behalf of Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis Salant, together with such Torah giants as Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Kanievsky The "Steipler", Rabbi Shloma Zalman Auerbach, Rabbi Elazar Simcha Wasserman, Rabbi Dovid Povarsky, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Feinstein, Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, Rabbi Shmuel Birnbaum, and many, many others. May their memory be a blessing to all.
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Want to start a business? These siblings made it happen
By Natasha Burton
Published: May 23, 2018 10:16 a.m. ET
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Twin brothers Brad and Matt Ruttenberg started a financial planning firm that focuses on guiding young families in their money matters.
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The idea of going into the family business is nothing new: Kids inherit a company from their parents and, hopefully, keep it running for the next generation. But that's not the only way to work with members of your clan.
After years of working independently, these sibling entrepreneurs teamed up with the person who knows them best…especially when it comes to pushing their buttons. Here's how they've survived—and thrived—in business together.
The competitive techies
Jordan, 32, and Joel Brannon, 33, co-founders of marketing agency Coalition Technologies, an SEO and web design company
Back in 2009, marketing consultant Joel Brannon called up his brother Jordan and asked him to quit his job, so they could go into business together.
"While there are advantages in working for others, there's always a ceiling," Joel says about why he wanted to strike out on his own. "I also realized that even if you're as capable as you think, there are physical limits on what you can do as an individual. I needed someone I could trust and who would challenge me—Jordan was a natural fit."
Still, the move was a leap of faith, given the brothers' opposite personalities and competitive nature. "Sibling communication isn't usually productive for a fast-growing company. Lots of opinions, stress and a lack of 'normal' hierarchy created challenges," Jordan says. "Yet there is an enormous amount of transparency when you work with siblings that you don't always have when working with other people."
To add to the growing pains, for the first year, the brothers ran the business out of their shared apartment, initially rolling away their beds each day and hauling out desks at 7 a.m. And there were, admittedly, many arguments as the brothers adapted to their new relationship as partners. But over time, Jordan says that they realized the other was often right—and had valuable skills needed to grow a business. "That gave us a dose of humility that growing up and competing as brothers failed to provide," he says.
Nine years later, they have an international team with 120 employees and are on pace toward revenue between $5 and $10 million. (They've also long since moved out of a shared apartment and into larger homes.) "Being in business has made us better brothers," Jordan says. "We both have a lot more respect for the other's input and are adept at finding ways to complement one another's strengths and weaknesses with our own."
The best friends and beauty junkies
Jenny, 28, and Joyce Tse, 30, co-founders of Velvette Organics
A three-month backpacking trip through Southeast Asia in 2016 turned into entrepreneurial inspiration for sisters Joyce, an engineer, and Jenny Tse, an accountant.
"We were struggling to decide which skin care products to fit into our small backpacks," Joyce says. "We made the last-minute decision to only bring an oil blend with a few of our favorite plant oils, which functioned as a cleanser, makeup remover, beauty serum and facial, body and hair moisturizer. We were amazed that our skin actually improved throughout the trip." With that, Velvette Organics, a plant-oil-based beauty product line, was born.
On the surface, the sisters, best friends and roommates are the perfect professional pair: Joyce tackled the business's technical projects, while Jenny handed the finances. But they faced an unexpected challenge: staying focused. "The line between work and play is blurry," Joyce says. "A drive to visit one of our retailers might turn into a fun night of going out. Sometimes we get carried away and don't get enough done."
When their first product—a hair oil—didn't sell well, they had to buckle down and devise a better plan. The result: a new line of six facial oils, a body oil and hair oil, all in smaller sizes. This time, their line went from being sold in two stores to 11. Compared with their first six months in business, their revenue shot up 650 percent—and they've seen a 920 percent increase in sales. For now, the sisters continue working their day jobs, and devote evenings and weekends to their joint venture—but say focusing their efforts on the company full time is on the horizon.
"It's a lot of hard work, but it's all been worth it," Jenny says. "Knowing we're both working toward our dreams with someone we trust 100% feels good. I'm excited to see more of what we can create together."
The family guys
Brad and Matt Ruttenberg, both 37, co-founders of Ruttenberg & Company and Money Twins
After working in finance, separately, for 13 years, twins Brad and Matt Ruttenberg turned their casual discussions about going into business together into a reality. "After my youngest son was born, I had more of a kick to do something that really mattered to me. I wanted to love what I do," Brad says. "I trusted Matt and I would make it work, no matter what.
So in July 2017, the pair started Ruttenberg & Company, a Florida financial planning firm that focuses on guiding young families in their money matters. Their goal wasn't just to help other families with their finances, however. Starting a company was also a way to find better work-life balance in their own lives, too.
This move, of course, was risky—they each had stable jobs—and the beginning was rocky. Brad is more of an analytical, process-driven worker, while Matt is the big-picture guy. Learning to work together, Matt says, was the biggest hurdle to overcome.
"We had to meet halfway," Brad says. "It was like learning an entirely new side of my twin brother. I don't think there was any specific moment that it just 'clicked.' It was more just trial and error. [But nearly a year later], we've found a great balance. The best part is how we can just be ourselves and shape our companies to match our personalities, our strengths."
The twins are currently on pace to hit six figures in revenue for 2018, their first full calendar year in business. They're also launching a second company, The Money Twins, to further help people take control of their finances.
And yet, despite their early business successes, they say the biggest payoff has nothing to do with finances: "I went from being away from my wife and kids for 11 hours a day, to working largely from home, spending most lunches with them and having our family gym session every morning," Brad says. "Being able to spend this much time with my kids, all while building two companies with my brother, is an absolute dream come true."
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Kathy Jackson and the Peter Mac fix
By Peter Wicks | 22 July 2014, 2:00pm | comments
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When Kathy Jackson's personal slush fund was paid $250,000 by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in a deal related to unpaid employees' wages, the affected workers received nothing. Peter Wicks from Wixxyleaks reports.
THIS WEEK, Ben Schneiders of Fairfax Media made startling new revelations in the HSU matter and one sure to raise many questions when and if Kathy Jackson is cross-examined before the Trade Union Royal Commission.
Giving evidence before the Trade Union Royal Commission, Kathy Jackson declared under oath that the $250,000 – used for what some have described as the NHDA "slush fund" – came as a payment from Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre after the Union discovered millions of dollars in unpaid entitlements for cancer workers and brought this up with the hospital.
I say 'some have described' it as a slush fund, because we only have Jackson's word it was ever used for union purposes at all and her word is proving less reliable each day. The only "Union purposes" that the money was used for were conveniently paid for using cash from cash withdrawals that she claims memory lapses of and a bizarre set of circumstances has seen all the evidence as to what the related to go missing. The rest of the expenditure is on what would appear to be personal spending at places like Bunnings, David Jones and JB Hi Fi.
Far from being a "slush fund" bank account, the account is, in fact, a personal bank account in which the only authorised names are Kathy and Jeff Jackson, with the address for the account listed as a private residence. The NHDA it is not a registered organisation or incorporation, as is normally associated with slush funds. The only references to it at all are in HSU financial statements and on the bank account itself.
Unfortunately for Kathy Jackson, financial records obtained by Schneiders from Peter MacCallum appear to paint a completely different picture to that portrayed at the Royal Commission by Jackson, Kate Wilkinson and her other allies. They indicate there was no pay-out of millions in entitlements to workers at all. That's right — despite Jackson's sworn testimony, workers allegedly received none of the unpaid wages back.
Perhaps even more alarming is that there was also no financial record of the quarter of a million dollars being paid to the union, despite there being individual records of vastly smaller individual expenses. This would appear to indicate the payment by the hospital was hidden — raising even more serious questions as to why this would be the case.
Rightwing blogger Michael Smith, who has been a loyal companion of Kathy Jackson to the Royal Commission as well as seen with her at court proceedings, published the below picture on his website:
This picture is what Smith describes as a
'... detailed billing account rendered by the Clerk of Mr Langmead's chambers to the Victoria No 3 Branch of the HSU in relation to the "Peter Mac" matter.'
Detailed billing account?
Now I may be just a layman, however it looks like words and numbers typed on a blank document to me. It does not have any identifying features such as a letterhead or a signature – it has no invoice or document number and nor does it show any GST calculations.
If this is what Michael Smith calls a detailed billing account, I'm glad I'm not his accountant.
However, using this figure, we can assume that Kathy Jackson has spent roughly $33,000 of union members funds on a barrister to give advice and provide a 'deed of release'.
This is allegedly something that would normally be handled by an industrial officer, usually costing around $3,000. However, the decision was made to use a senior barrister instead, at more than 10 times that cost to members — which begs the question: why?
What exactly did the members get for their $33,000?
There is no suggestion Mr Langmead did anything illegal or improper, however the end result seems to be that the members got screwed.
As part of her evidence to the Royal Commission, Kathy Jackson provided the Memorandum Of Advice from David Langmead, which is linked to below.
David Langmead memorandum
This memorandum tells us that the appointment of an expensive barrister ensured no member would be paid back their entitlements.
Peter MacCallum scientists miss out on millions as HSU leader Kathy Jackson cuts deal #turc #auspol http://t.co/8dzfcPEfCj
— Bob New (@BobNew8) July 20, 2014
As the Memorandum states:
'As part of this settlement HSUA is agreeing not to pursue any claims in relation to the alleged breaches, and will not assist or encourage claims by others.'
Maybe I'm naïve, but I would have assumed that the entire reason for a union's existence would be to encourage and most certainly assist members in receiving their entitlements?
Instead, the Union paid ten times more than necessary for a barrister to assist the employer in encouraging the members to sign away their rights. This would seem to make the Union not only complicit in the workers losing their entitlements, but actually being an active participant in the deprivation of those members they claimed to represent.
Michael Smith alleges David Langmead made the following assertion in a discussion he had with him:
It is untrue and defamatory to suggest that any union official, officer, legal advisor or other person associated with the union received any money that was due to be paid to workers.
Well, maybe Langmead is technically correct in saying these people did not receive money owed to the workers, but some of them certainly received payment from a firm owed money to its workers and didn't pay them as a result the advice given to them by you and the aforementioned union officials.
So, just who is David Langmead, apart from a Barrister who at that time representing Jackson's Branch of the HSU on legal matters?
Well, David Langmead is also the husband of a woman by the name of Beth Jensen.
If Beth Jensen's name sounds familiar, you are right. Beth Jensen is not only one of Jackson's closest friends, she is also the person responsible for Kathy Jackson and Marco Bolano's exorbitant salaries.
Langmead's wife was paid $27,000 as a so-called "independent" consultant to recommend Jackson receive a 66% pay rise, Bolano a 70% pay rise, and huge pay rises to other staff close to Jackson at the time — including a 25% increase for Michael Williamson.
David Langmead is also allegedly a close friend of Iain Dick, who some of you may also remember was the auditor for the Number 3 Branch at the time. The pair allegedly even used to frequently go on road trips together.
How nice it must be to have such good friends.
So, from what I can gather and judging from the evidence presented to the Royal Commission, the beneficiaries from the millions owed in entitlements to the cancer workers would appear to be Peter MacCallum, who got off cheaply without needing to pay back workers; Jackson's private NHDA bank account, which they paid $250,000 for arranging this deal; and David Langmead to the tune of $33,000.
To the cancer workers whose entitlements were being chased? They got nothing.
To add insult to injury, I have been told that the money owed to workers by Peter MacCallum was due to an increase in the pay rate from around three years earlier, which was never passed on to employees.
The reason this pay increase was not passed on was because the union that looked after these employee's had failed to update the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. When there is a doubt on pay rates, the Human Resources department will refer back to the EBA as its bible.
The Union that allegedly failed to ensure the EBA was updated so that workers received their pay rise? The HSU Number 3 Branch, run by Kathy Jackson.
It seems obscene that Kathy Jackson has allegedly directly profited from the underpaying of the members she was elected to represent.
This is the individual Tony Abbott described as being a woman of "great honour".
I wonder what sort of honour that is; honour amongst thieves, perhaps?
Catch up on the full saga on our Jacksonville page. You can follow Peter Wicks on Twitter@madwixxy.
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The Price of Water 2011: Prices Rise an Average of 9 Percent in Major U.S. Cities
May 5, 2011 /18 Comments/in California, California Drought, North America, Water News, Water Pricing /by Brett Walton
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Because of costlier inputs and infrastructure replacement, rate experts predict prices will only go higher.
By Brett Walton
Circle of Blue
In the last year, the price of water in 30 U.S. metropolitan areas has increased an average of 9.4 percent for residential customers with medium consumption levels, according to data collected by Circle of Blue. The median increase for medium consumption was 8.6 percent. Water rates for high-volume consumers have increased slightly more than rates for lower consumption—an indication that utilities may be attempting to curb water use by charging higher marginal rates.
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The annual survey, which Circle of Blue first conducted in April 2010, charts what residents pay per month for water in the 20 largest U.S. cities, as well as 10 regionally representative cities.*
Monthly water bills were calculated for a family of four at three consumption levels:
Low: 50 gallons per person per day (6,000 total gallons per month)
Medium: 100 gallons per person per day (12,000 total gallons per month)
High: 150 gallons per person per day (18,000 total gallons per month)
Since the prices depend on cost-of-service factors and revenue decisions unique to each utility, comparisons between cities are somewhat difficult at first glance. However, the broader trend is unmistakable: the price of water is going up.
Over the last year, the largest relative rate increases occurred in Indianapolis (29.3 percent increase at medium consumption), Milwaukee (25.4 percent), and Houston (24.3 percent).
Water prices in two cities—Fresno and Chicago—have not changed since last April. Both cities, however, have already seen their fair share of rate hikes in recent years. From 2007 to 2010, the cost of water doubled in Fresno, while prices increased by half in Chicago.
Where the Money Goes: System Improvements
Starting in Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley, San Francisco's century-old water supply system crosses over or near three fault lines in its 269-kilometer (167-mile) path to the Bay Area, where it provides water for 2.5 million people.
To protect this vital infrastructure from earthquakes, San Francisco voters approved a $4.6 billion bond measure in 2002 for seismic upgrades and reliability improvements. Scheduled to be completed in 2015, more than 80 projects will overhaul nearly every system component: pipelines, dams, pumping stations, reservoirs, tunnels, and storage tanks.
At the same time, the city's water rates have increased to fund the projects. Since April 2010, prices have risen 18 percent.
Residents should get used to water rate increases, says rate consultant Scott Rubin, who doesn't see an end to rising prices. Rubin has more than 20 years of experience working with water rate design and has written studies for the National Regulatory Research Institute.
"Every trend I look at tells me that it's likely water costs will increase more than the rate of inflation," Rubin told Circle of Blue.
Reasons for Increase
Prices are increasing because operational inputs such as chemicals, energy, labor, and water itself are getting more expensive. That is the case in Phoenix, where over the last decade chemical costs per million gallons of treated water have increased by 493 percent, electricity costs by 68 percent, and raw-water costs by 41 percent.
The size of the increase in each of these input categories depends on local factors, such as source-water quality and electricity prices. If water quality is poor, more treatment (and thus more chemicals and energy) will be necessary; if a utility has to pump water from greater depths as aquifers decline or to greater heights, as is the case in the 915-meter (3,000-foot) lift for the Central Arizona Project, energy costs will be greater.
Cities that buy water from regional wholesale suppliers are also paying a premium. San Diego, which imports 90 percent of its water, is one example. The city is paying 66 percent more for untreated water than it did in 2006, largely because prolonged drought has reduced deliveries of cheap water from the Colorado River. This means that cities are leasing water from farmers at greater expense.
Where the Money Goes: Metering
You can't manage what you don't measure, goes the business maxim. But, just as vital for the balance sheet, you can't properly charge for what you don't measure, either. So, many cities are installing water meters with so-called "smart" technology to better monitor use.
To be certain, water meters are not a shiny, new thing. They are commonplace in most cities and have been for some time: Portland—Oregon's largest city—has had full coverage since 1927. Yet, penetration has been slower in older cities and in places with abundant water. In Chicago, some 71 percent of residential customers pay for water based on the width of their building or the size of their lot, not on how much they actually use.
As demand management and cost-efficiency become more essential, cities both large and small are beginning capital programs to add meters where there are none or to replace older, dated technology. The hope is that smart meters will reduce the cost of metering and billing, improve billing accuracy, provide quicker leak detection, and help customers reduce water use. The new meters can transmit data several times a day—hourly updates that reveal a much finer grain than the monthly manual meter readings.
A 2010 study by Oracle, an information technology company, found that one-third of the 300 U.S. water utility managers surveyed were considering or already implementing smart metering technology. Phoenix, Cleveland, Houston, Durham, and Ann Arbor are just a few of hundreds of cities that have initiated smart meter programs in the last few years.
Perhaps the largest municipality to adopt Metering 2.0 is New York City, where the Department of Environmental Protection is more than halfway toward a goal of installing radio transmitters on all 835,000 metered connections in its service area. Whereas most smart meters feed data to a computer in a car driven down the street, New York City's system will transmit wirelessly to the utility's headquarters via rooftop receivers. The $252 million program will be completed this year and is being paid for with water rate increases.
For Fresno, not only is the technology new, but the meter locations are too. Last year the Fresno water department began an $80 million program to install 110,000 meters—many in houses that never before had one. The city is following an order from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to meter all connections by 2013. If it does not comply, Fresno will lose rights to water deliveries from the federally administered Central Valley Project.
Other California cities are installing meters in accordance with a 2005 state law, AB 2572, requiring full-metering by 2025. The law ensures that, while the Golden State may be nearly broke, it will no longer want for municipal water data.
Additionally, Circle of Blue reported in October on potential pollution-control regulations for coal-fired power plants that could, within the next few years, raise energy prices and water prices in Arizona, Nevada, and southern California. More stringent water quality regulations—such as tighter controls on arsenic in drinking water—also come with added costs. The arsenic rule, which the Environmental Protection Agency finalized in 2006, forced many utilities to double rates, according to Greenwire.
In addition to higher operating costs, decrepit infrastructure is forcing cities to invest in costly capital-replacement projects. In older cities, Rubin told Circle of Blue, many pipes were laid more than 100 years ago and are reaching the end of their designed life. Furthermore, system expansions that took place during the 1940s and 1950s often used inferior materials because the majority of supplies had been used in fighting World War II.
The result is that, due to corrosion, piped systems are not lasting as long as they were expected to, and many need to be replaced. The cost of not doing so could be frequent water main breaks and flooded homes, streets, and businesses, especially in cities where cold winters are an added stressor. Some cities—like Baltimore, which has had 5,762 water main breaks in the past five years—are already suffering this fate.
The scale of America's hidden, underground web keeps maintenance workers busy. Houston's water supply network includes 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) of pipes, and the city replaces up to two percent (240 kilomters, 150 miles) of its water lines per year, said public information officer Alvin Wright.
Despite Cuts, No End In Sight?
To keep rate increases minimal, deflect public ire, and meet the standards set by regulatory boards, utilities have been streamlining daily operations, merging departments, and cutting staff.
Phoenix, for instance, cut the operating budget for its water services department by $10 million. The city did so by furloughing employees and eliminating a quarter of management positions. Milwaukee Water Works cut its full-time staff by 17 percent between 2000 and 2009, and the city has stopped replacing non-critical staff members who retire.
Yet, even trimming bureaucratic fat can't overcome rising input costs and the long-term pressures of maintaining a system that is reliant on so much hardware.
"Efficiency will help systems avoid some variable costs of production in the short run and capacity costs in the long run," Jan Beecher, director of Michigan State University's Institute of Public Utilities, wrote in an email to Circle of Blue. "But people will need to get used to higher rates for water that reflect the true cost of service."
Brett Walton is a Seattle-based reporter for Circle of Blue. Contact Brett Walton
Graphics by Trevor Seela, a former Circle of Blue intern and a Chicago-based undergraduate student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
*Note: The first water price survey, published by Circle of Blue in April 2010, used population figures from the 2000 Census, while the 2011 survey used 2010 Census data. Although Baltimore has dropped out of the 20 largest cities over the last decade, the city remains in the water rate index for consistency.
Circle of Blue gathered water rate information from the website of each city's water utility or from the utilities themselves. Prices are based on single-family residential rates and are current as of April 1, 2011. Average monthly prices for cities with seasonal rates were calculated using seasonal weighting.
Brett Walton
Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue's weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club's Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton
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David Zetland says:
Good update, but you need to find median (not "medium") consumption in each city for each rate survey. (1), that's the REAL average and (2) it will — or should — go down when water unit prices go up. That's the economics, at least, and it would be good if CoB tested them! 🙂
David Layden says:
We've seen this trend for some time for several years.with our clients water bills. These water districts are so fragmented that adjacent neighborhoods could have very different water rates today as well as very different water rate expectations going forward.
Thanks for the article. It's great to see this trend get more publicity.
Calvin Leman says:
What was your bill for water last month? Ours was $30.47 for 600 gallons, according to the bill the city sent to us. $30.47/600 gallons = $.05/gallon. If we flush the toilet with 5 gallons, we spend a quarter. Take a long shower and we pay $1.00 for the water. Two of us use 20 gallons per day (600 gallons/30 days), on average, according to the city. If we flush the toilet 4 times, we use all the water for that day. We don't flush the toilet at all, because we use a composting toilet. Take a long shower and that is 20 gallons, our average water use per day. According to the city, we pay $30 each month to be connected to the water supply. Then we pay $.78 for each 1000 gallons the city measures at our water meter. The more water we use, the cheaper it gets. That is the opposite of other cities, where conservation of water is important.
The average household US water bill varies widely from state to state and municipality to municipality, according to Leak Bird, Conserving Water. Small town household water rates fall somewhere between $1.00 and $2.00 per 748 gallons of water or HCF (hundred cubic feet). Large city household water rates are from $2.00 to $3.00 per 748 gallons of water. Salmon City is more than 10 times these national-average rates.
In Las Vegas, a family of 4 using 100 gallons per person each day will pay $32.93 a month, according to the Circle of Blue. This family uses (4 persons x 100 gallons per person/day x 30 days) or 12,000 gallons each month and pay $2.46 more than we pay for 600 gallons.
In Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee prices for water range from $24.12 to $28.36. About the only place you pay more for water than in Salmon is in Atlanta, where they pay $151.92 for 6000 gallons per month.
Why is our cost for water high, with pristine Jesse Creek as the water source? In California and along the Mississippi, where the water is a lot worse than Jesse Creek, people pay less for water than we do in Salmon.
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From consumers to automakers to the federal government, vehicle safety is a top priority. If you compare a vehicle from even ten or twenty years ago to one of today it is apparent how far the technology has advanced in a relatively small amount of time. If you look at how many laws having to do with automobiles have been put in effect this decade it is obvious the government is part of the future of vehicle safety. Consumers, too, are much more aware. More people wear seatbelts than ever before. More children are properly secured in a child seat than before. A major concern for consumers when they buy used cars in PA is that it will have up to date safety features. Make sure your vehicle has ABS, front airbags, and seat belt pretensioners, to name a few. A bonus of purchasing a used car from the last few model years means it is likely to have even more features, such a side impact airbags, backup sensors, traction control, crumple zones, even services that automatically notify authorities if the vehicle has been in an accident. When you find a model you are interested in check the ratings of it, there are several different categories vehicles are tested in.
In a rear end collision, the design of a used car's head restraints and seats are critical factors in how severe a whiplash injury will be. Two other important factors are braking and emergency handling. Make sure your used car is sufficient in this area. Blind zones can make it very difficult to see behind your vehicle. A contributing factor is that some larger vehicles have larger blind zones--the area behind a vehicle that the driver can't see. It is a good ides to check the blind zone on your used car. Sit in the driver's seat of the parked vehicle while someone stands in back and holds out a hand at about waist level. Have the person walk back slowly until you can see the hand through the rear window.
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Most of Adams County's rural landscapes and its mid-19th century roadway pattern remain intact today. Thirteen historic roadways converge at or near Gettysburg Borough. Two circular rings of towns surround Gettysburg; the first ring is typically found at a distance of about 7 miles from Gettysburg. The second ring is found at a distance of 12 to 15 miles from the County Seat. This "spokes and wheel" pattern represents one of the few examples of Central Place Theory in the Eastern United States. The county is in the watershed of the Chesapeake Bay and is drained by the Susquehanna River and Potomac River. U.S. Route 15 enters Adams County, Pennsylvania south of Gettysburg. Business Route 15 (Emmitsburg Road) goes through Gettysburg, while US 15 bypasses the borough. The bypass continues to York Springs. US 15 then leaves Adams County and passes through Dillsburg in York County. U.S. Route 30, the historic Lincoln Highway passes through Adams County.


Moving our belongings from one residence to the next has been an matter of great worry owing to the fact that people often face more damages while their things are being moved from their previous location to the current site To reduce the damages that you can be facing while moving your belongings alone, you are advised to be contracting professionals in the moving industry that will be transporting your stuff with negligible damage. If the employees damage any of your items they will be obliged to refund you some cash for the damage incurred However there are factors that you should be rational about before selecting a moving company.
Your obligation can be venturing in looking at the behind the scene checks concerning the employees of the company and confirm that they do not possess bad records concerning their work. Scout for the information of the employees before you hire them because it will be affecting the safety of your item. In case they don't have any past case then you can go ahead and hire the firm. In addition, it is advisable to look at the experience and expertise that the employees have in moving services. Ask if the staffs have undergone through relevant certification in moving various equipment. This you can be seeing through the number iof employees that the company has.
The type of the things to be moved is very important in choosing a moving company. There are some things that require some special treatment when been relocated so as to ensure that they reach their destination safe and appropriate. For instance, if you are moving office equipment that are so delicate as computers then you will need to hire the firms that have got cushioned carriers to ensure that they don't damage the computers.
There is no one that operated with an unlimited budget making it very important to consider the amount we are to spend in anything that we want. The moving fees should be at the tune that you can comfortably pay for without getting into unnecessary debts. Ensure you shop around and you compare prices offered by various movers so as to hire the one that charge the prices that you can pay for.


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Trump expects to meet with North Korea's Kim in three to four weeks
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un enjoys a cigarette. (Driver Photographer/Flickr)
April 29, 2018 Kanga Kong - Bloomberg News and Jennifer Epstein - Bloomberg News
President Donald Trump expects his historic meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un will take place "over the next three or four weeks."
"Strength is going to keep us out of nuclear war, not get us in," Trump told a rally in Washington, Mich., on Saturday. Earlier, he said details of the summit are being ironed out, and that he'd spoken with the leaders of South Korea and Japan about preparations for the meeting.
The call early Saturday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in was "a long and very good talk," Trump said.
On Friday, Trump said that the potential location of a meeting with the North Korean leader had been narrowed down to two or three locations that he didn't specify, adding "hopefully we're going to have great success."
"I don't think he's playing," Trump said Friday of Kim, who earlier held a historic meeting with South Korea's Moon. The two agreed to work toward formally ending their decades-long war and pursue the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula.
Moon's office said Sunday that he and Trump agreed in their phone call that the U.S. president should meet with Kim as soon as possible in a bid to maintain "the momentum of the success" of Friday's historic meeting of the Korean leaders.
"We will, I think, come up with a solution and, if we don't, we leave the room with great respect and we just keep it going," said Trump, speaking to reporters at the beginning of a meeting in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Later, at a joint news conference with Merkel, the U.S. president added that he and Kim "have a very good working relationship" and "a lot of good things are happening."
Trump has said he hopes to resolve a standoff between Washington and Pyongyang over North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. He'd previously said the two countries were looking at five locations for the summit, which would be the first meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting U.S. president.
A South Korean newspaper reported this week that short list of locations for the summit had been whittled down to Mongolia and Singapore.
"A lot of very positive things happened over the last 24 hours," Trump said. "We'll be setting up a meeting very shortly. We have it broken down to probably two sites now, two or three sites, locations. And hopefully we're going to have great success."
Trump hailed Friday's Moon-Kim meeting, declaring "KOREAN WAR TO END!" on Twitter.
South Korea had long refused to participate in talks to end the Korean War, leaving an uneasy truce between North Korea and China on one side and United Nations forces — led by the U.S. — on the other.
Although China long ago withdrew its troops, more than 28,000 American personnel remain based in South Korea, which the Kim regime views as an enduring threat.
The meeting between the two Korean leaders produced unprecedented scenes, starting with Kim's step over the ankle-high concrete slab dividing the two nations — and then his walk back across the border, hand-in-hand with Moon. Later, the leaders planted a tree and talked privately for 30 minutes with television cameras rolling.
Kim called for frequent meetings between the leaders. And he capped it off with live remarks to reporters, something no other North Korean leader had done before.
It remains to be seen whether North Korea will meet Trump's demand to give up its nuclear weapons and missiles.
Moon's office said Sunday in Seoul that he and Trump agreed a detailed action plan for denuclearization should be prepared at the Trump-Kim summit.
One ominous sign was commentary from North Korean state-run media following the Korean leaders' meeting calling on the U.S. to drop its "anachronistic hostile policy" and "bad manners." It declared North Korea a "world-level politico-ideological and military power" and said it would contribute to building "a world without nuclear weapons."
Still, new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who met with Kim over the Easter weekend, said he has "a sense" that the North Korean leader is serious about denuclearization. Speaking to reporters in Brussels on Friday, less than 24 hours after being sworn in, Pompeo echoed some of Trump's favorite phrases, saying an agreement with Kim would be a "wonderful thing."
In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Pompeo told ABC's Jonathan Karl that his talk with Kim was a "good conversation" about "serious matters" and Kim was "very well prepared."
Kim is "prepared to … lay out a map that would help us achieve" denuclearization, he said. "When I left, Kim Jong Un understood the mission exactly as I described it today." The administration's objective is "complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization."
Trump said Saturday that he'd spoken with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "to inform him of the ongoing negotiations." On Friday, Trump tweeted his thanks to China's president Xi Jinping on North Korea. "Without him it would have been a much longer, tougher, process!" Trump repeated his praise of Xi at the Michigan rally.
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Andrew Yang discusses quality of life, fake news prevention and his 'Freedom Dividend' in Iowa City
Posted on Mar 14, 2019 by Paul Brennan
Andrew Yang speaks during a recording of the 'Political Party Live' podcast at the Yacht Club. Wednesday, March 13, 2019. — Zak Neumann/Little Village
"If you're in this room," Andrew Yang said during a combination book signing and campaign stop at Prairie Lights Bookstore on Wednesday afternoon, "it's quite likely that what you know about me is this: there's an Asian guy running for president who wants to give everyone $1,000 a month."
"And yeah, those things are true," he said, as the capacity crowd laughed.
The event at Prairie Lights was Yang's second stop of the afternoon. He'd come to the Iowa City store from an event at IDx, a Coralville company working on systems that use artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose diabetic eye conditions. As soon as he was finished signing books and talking to potential supporters, Yang left for the Yacht Club, where he was recording an episode of the Political Party Live podcast.
The back-to-back events were part of Yang's ninth visit to Iowa. It's the first time the 44-year-old entrepreneur has run for public office, but even with the busy schedule, he appeared perfectly at ease.
Yang is an engaging speaker, witty and with a clear command of his message and platform. The last part is more impressive than it sounds, since his platform covers more than 70 topics. But, as he pointed out, the one issue he's known for — to the extent he's known — is the proposal that the federal government give every American, 18 and older, $1,000 a month.
The reason Yang advocates such payments, which economists call a universal basic income program, is directly related to the reason Yang thinks Donald Trump was elected president in 2016.
He quickly lists the most commonly cited reasons for Trump's election: racism, Russian interference, FBI interference, Facebook misinformation, all of which he says are valid.
"But I think those explanations miss the fundamental point," he said. "To me, the reason Donald Trump's our president today is this: we automated away 4 million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Missouri and 40,000 right here in Iowa."
Andrew Yang signs books and talks with supporters at Prairie Lights. Wednesday, March 13, 2019. — Zak Neumann/Little Village
Yang said there's a strong correlation between an area of the country losing jobs to automation and people in that area voting for Trump. Studies published by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Oxford Review of Economic Policy support this claim.
Trump's election "is a manifestation that we're in the greatest economic and technological transformation in the history of the country."
The improvements to automation, and especially AI, that caused the loss of manufacturing jobs aren't over, and are starting effect other parts of the economy.
According to Yang, "what we did to the manufacturing workers, we will now do to the retail workers, the call center workers, the fast food workers and, most disastrously, truck drivers in the years to come."
He pointed out there's a lot of money to be made developing, for example, self-driving trucks.
"There's $168 billion [in potential financial incentives] to automate truck driving. What's the financial incentive to improve the lives of the three-and-a-half-million truck drivers [in the United States]? Zero."
"We're in the third inning of the greatest economic and technological transformation in the history of the country," Yang said. "And the third inning has brought us Donald Trump. He is not the cause, he is a symptom. He's a manifestation."
Yang said he'd had discussions with friends who work in Washington D.C. about how to help people handle the changing economy, and the closest anyone came to a useful suggestion was recommending retraining programs for workers who lost their jobs. But those programs have success rates of 15 percent or less, according to independent studies, Yang pointed out.
Andrew Yang autographs one of his books for a young fan at the Yacht Club. Wednesday, March 13, 2019. — Zak Neumann/Little Village
Yang said he couldn't find anyone in Washington who would advocate for anything bolder than retraining.
"The only way we will do anything about this is if you create a wave in the rest of the country and bring it crashing down on our heads," Yang said he was told. "I remember that meeting, and I said to myself, 'Challenge accepted.'"
"And that is why I'm here with you all today."
Yang's solution is guaranteeing a basic income of $1,000 a month for all American adults. After focus-group testing, he dubbed it the "Freedom Dividend." The audience at Prairie Lights laughed and nodded, as Yang explained, "Americans just like the word 'freedom' a lot."
Establishing a universal basic income program as a way of coping with large-scale job loss in a changing economy is supported by economists across a wide ideological spectrum. Yang's method of financing the program doesn't have that level of support.
Yang wants to pay for the Freedom Dividend with a value added tax (VAT) of 10 percent. That means there would be a 10 percent tax on an item, every time that item or the parts that make up that item is sold. (Parts to a manufacturer, 10 percent. Manufacturer to wholesaler, 10 percent. Wholesaler to retailer, 10 percent. And any other time the parts or the item change hands, 10 percent.)
The cost of the tax is, of course, ultimately passed on to the consumer. Like a sales tax, it's a regressive tax, because lower-income people have to spend more of their total income. In countries with a VAT — common throughout Europe — it takes the place of sales taxes. That wouldn't happen under Yang's plan. State and local sales taxes would remain in place.
Following his appearance on Political Party Live, Little Village asked Yang about the regressive nature of the VAT.
"That's one way of looking at it," Yang said. "As a proportion of their [lower-income people] current income in a vacuum, would it be a bigger share? Yes." But he said the impact of the monthly payments of $1,000 would more than balance out the impact of the VAT.
"I've looked at the math," Yang continued. "The vast majority of states and communities would be net winners at a very huge level."
Yang told the audience at Prairie Lights he believes people would spend most of their monthly Freedom Dividend locally.
Andrew Yang is interviewed before a recording of the 'Political Party Live' podcast at Iowa City's Yacht Club. Wednesday, March 13, 2019. — Zak Neumann/Little Village
"This is going to grow your consumer economy by 15 percent," he said. "It's going to 40,000 new jobs right here in Iowa."
The second major issue Yang is running on is providing universal health care. Like many of his fellow Democratic candidates, he favors a Medicare-for-all single-payer system.
"It is messed up that in the richest, most advanced economy in the world, when we get sick or injured we're more worried, stressed out, about paying for it, or navigating the crazy health care bureaucracy, than we are about actually getting well or getting healthy," he said. "It does not have to be this way."
Like the Freedom Dividend, Yang's third major issue is unique to him. He wants to replace the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — a century-old metric that estimates the total value of goods and services produced during a year — with a new standard measure of the country's well-being.
"I like to bring up my wife, who's at home with our two young boys, one of whom is autistic, what is her work included at in GDP? Zero. What is the market value of her work? Also, zero," Yang said. "And we know that's also messed up. We know that the work she's doing is as important and challenging and vital to the future as the average hedge fund analyst or software engineer."
He pointed out, "Robot trucks are going to be great for GDP, but it's going to be terrible for Iowans, terrible for many, many Americans."
Yang proposes replacing the GDP with "the American Scorecard," which would measure quality of life issues — life expectancy, mental health and freedom from substance abuse, "proportion of retirees that can retire in decent circumstances" — as well as measurements of environmental health, such as the state of the air and water.
"Believe it or not, we can actually make those the measurements of our societal progress," Yang said.
He explained, "As a CEO, I tell you, if you have the wrong measurements, you can't win."
Most of Yang's positions match those of his fellow Democrats in the race. For example, he's pro-choice, wants to reduce student college debt and favors the Green New Deal, as well as a humane border and immigration policy.
But during the question and answer session following Yang's prepared remarks, a couple of the questioners addressed some of Yang's more unusual positions.
One of the questioners asked about the candidate's plan to divert a 10th of the military budget to a new agency that would work on infrastructure programs that Yang has named the Legion of Builders and Destroyers — "a really manly sounding group of people. People will be excited about joining the Legion, it sounds really hardcore. And then we would start rebuilding Puerto Rico or tearing down [blighted property in] Detroit, and doing the things we know we need to do."
According to Yang's website, "The Commander of the Legion would have the ability to overrule local regulations and ordinances to ensure that projects are started and completed promptly and effectively."
Another questioner asked about Yang's plan for creating the position of "News and Information Ombudsman" at the Federal Communications Commission. The site explains, "We must introduce both a means to investigate and punish those who are seeking to misinform the American public. If enough citizens complain about a particular source of information and news is demonstrably and deliberately false, there should be penalties."
"Don't you think there's a problem if the government is telling whether or not certain news articles are true or not?" the questioner asked.
"We have to start trying to fight fake news," Yang replied. "We have to start asking ourselves: what is the bigger danger? That the government is somehow going to censor tens of thousands of news organizations online, or that we tear ourselves apart because we can't tell fact from fiction, and we're in, like, polarized information silos?"
Yang said the office would be aimed at stopping foreign actors, such as the Russian troll farms that were active in the 2016 election.
"So, we need some kind of means to tell fact from fiction," Yang said. "If we can tell that there's some kind of news organizations — really just foreign bots — that are spreading misinformation, then we have to be able to come after them with some sort of fines or regulation."
Jack Quin has Andrew Yang autograph his forehead at the Yacht Club. Wednesday, March 13, 2019. — Zak Neumann/Little Village
Neither of these programs came up during his appearance on Political Party Live on Wednesday night, and most of Yang's responses centered on his Freedom Dividend plan. Problems from racial disparities in education to combating climate change to the need for a rational foreign policy will all be easier to address "after we have this boot of scarcity off our throats," by introducing a universal basic income.
Yang also addressed the purely political aspects of his campaign on the podcast hosted by Misty Rebik, Simeon Tally and Stacey Walker, saying his path to the Democratic nomination runs through Iowa. He believes if he is one of the top three vote-getters in the caucus, he will be the top story coming out of Iowa, which will dramatically boost his chances of winning the nomination.
"There are going to be about 250,000 Iowans who caucus in 2020… [It's] going to be a crowded field, let's call it 15 to 20 candidates," Yang said. "So, my challenge is I need to get approximately 40,000 Iowans who go to the caucuses on board with the fact that if we put $1,000 a month in your hands this economy will function better."
"Now, can I do that? We're going to find out, but I think I can do that."
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Anirvan Ghosh () is an American neuroscientist and Biotech executive.

He served as the Global Head of Neuroscience Discovery at F. Hoffmann-La Roche from 2011 to 2016 and as founding CSO of E-Scape Bio from 2016 to 2017. He was the Head of Research and Early Development at Biogen from 2017 to 2020 and is currently the CEO of Unity Biotechnology.

Biography

Anirvan Ghosh was born in 1964 in Bloomington, Indiana and grew up in Kanpur, India. After completing high school at Central School (Kendriya Vidyalaya) IIT Kanpur, he moved to the U.S. to pursue his undergraduate education at the California Institute of Technology. He graduated with a B.S. with honors in Physics from Caltech in 1985.  From 1985 to 1990 he was a graduate student in the Stanford University Neurosciences Graduate Program, where he worked on the role of subplate neurons in establishing cortical connections in the laboratory of Carla J. Shatz. He received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Stanford University in 1991. His postdoctoral training was with Michael E. Greenberg at Harvard Medical School where he worked on regulation of differentiation by extracellular signals and calcium regulation of BDNF expression. From 1995 to 2003 he was on the faculty in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  While at Johns Hopkins he cloned CREST as a calcium-regulated transcription factor and showed that it plays a critical role in brain development. In 2003 he moved to  UCSD as the Stephen Kuffler Professor and served as Chair of Neurobiology in the Division of Biological Sciences. Ghosh served as the Global Head of Neuroscience Discovery at Roche from 2011 to 2016  and as the Head of Research and Early Development at Biogen from 2017 to 2020. Since 2020 he has served as CEO of UNITY Biotechnology, a company focused on developing therapies to slow, halt, or reverse diseases of aging.

Publications
Ghosh, A., A. Antonini, S.K. McConnell and C.J. Shatz (1990).  Requirement for subplate neurons in the formation of thalamocortical connections.  Nature 347: 179-181
Ghosh, A. and C.J. Shatz (1992).  Involvement of subplate neurons in the formation of ocular dominance columns. Science 255:1441-1443.
Ghosh, A., J. Carnahan and M.E. Greenberg (1994).  Requirement for BDNF in activity-dependent survival of cortical neurons. Science 263:1618-1623.
Ghosh, A. and M.E. Greenberg (1995).  Distinct roles for bFGF and NT3 in the regulation of cortical neurogenesis. Neuron 15:89-103.
Polleux, F., R.J. Giger, D.D. Ginty, A.L. Kolodkin, and A. Ghosh (1998).  Patterning of cortical efferent projections by semaphorin-neuropilin interactions. Science 282:1904-1906.
Polleux, F., T. Morrow and A. Ghosh (2000).  Semaphorin 3A is a chemoattractant for developing cortical dendrites. Nature 404:567-573.
Aizawa, H., Hu, S-C, Bobb, K., Balakrishnan, K., Ince, G., Gurevich, I., Cowan, M., and A. Ghosh (2004). Dendrite development regulated by CREST, a calcium-regulated transcription activator. Science 303:197-202.
Qiu, Z. and A. Ghosh (2008) A calcium-dependent switch in a CREST-BRG1 complex regulates activity-dependent gene expression. Neuron 60:775-787.
Sylwestrak, E and A. Ghosh (2012) Elfn1 regulates target-specific release probability at CA1-interneuron synapses. Science 338:536-540.

References

External links
Official page: Anirvan Ghosh, Professor of Biology, UCSD
The Ghosh Lab
Science Daily: Gene Essential For Development Of Normal Brain Connections Resulting From Sensory Input Discovered
Science: Dendrite Development Regulated by CREST, a Calcium-Regulated Transcriptional Activator
Johns Hopkins University Gazette: Heads up! The Brain Behind The Acclaim, by Michael Purdy
Fundamental Neuroscience, Elsevier
Directory of Pew Scholars
BIOGEN press release
UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY press release

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Q: Can a photon be made to orbit a known (or undiscovered theoretical) body? Can a photon through some process be made to orbit a celestial or any other object?
Two follow-up questions.

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*Can this orbit be described as the photon crossing its own path.

*Will this wave-function be effected by positive interference. To the effect of increasing frequency?

A: In short, yes. But there are 2 caveats for the orbit for a massless particle around a spherical body. Both can be seen from the following plot, borrowed form "Spacetime and Geometry" by Carroll pg.211:

i) There is only one possible orbit for $r = 3 GM = \frac{3 R_{s}}{2}$ where $R_s$ is the Schwarzschild radius. This orbital radius could very well be within the radius of the body being orbited, hence the particle may not even be able to get this trajectory in the first place.
ii) The orbit is unstable.
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As for the updated, additional questions:
First of all, the above analysis was done for a classical particle, so there is no notion of waves or interference there. In this sense, the photon will cross its own path the same way my dog crosses his own path when he runs in a circle.
If you really want to treat the photon quantum mechanically, I can only take a stab at it under some idealized circumstances. In one idealization we could take the photon state is very localized (high probability of detecting it in small range, virtually zero everywhere else). We can send this photon once around in the orbit - in this case it will act a lot like a classical particle in that it won't interfere at all with the 'tail' of the wavefunction from the prior pass. (That we can set up states like this is merely an intuitive notion on my part since I know we can set up single photon states and there is little chance of detecting them at say, Alpha Centauri, so localized states of a single photon seem to be possible).  Now for the other idealization, we could take a state that isn't very localized at all, say a plane wave directed tangentially to the orbit. Now that the wave function isn't localized it's going to be able to 'feel' all around the space and I think its going to want to 'fall off' the trajectory where it can be at a state of lower energy. That is, over a long period of time its going to sense the instability and have a very small probability of being detected at along the radius at $ 3 G M$ rendering the question sort of moot. One thing you could do is stand on one side of the body being orbited and shoot a photon towards it and have your buddy on the other side detect it, which is pretty much the double slit experiment and will result in interference (the 2 paths are going left or right of the body being orbited). (I am more posting this part of my answer as a guess to see what other people think and less out of certainty).
I want to emphasize point (ii) above - something that is unstable is a bit like having a needle balanced on its tip - sure you can do it for a split second but the slightest movement will make it fall over so really no matter how many special circumstances you want to invent or questions you want to ask about the photon orbiting its just not going to stay there very long.

A: The short answer is yes, in the vicinity of the event horizon of a black hole, there are photon orbits.  For the static black hole, this orbit is the boundary between stable and unstable orbits at $r = 3M$.  For stationary black holes, it's more complicated.
UPDATE:
With regards to the follow-up questions:
(1) Photons follow null geodesics of the spacetime.  The photon orbit at $r = 3M$ for a static hole is a closed helical null geodesic but, as another answer provides, the orbit is unstable.
(2) Do photons have wave-functions?

A: Photons are electrons with a positive charge and can be influenced by magnetism which can push or pull them in a certain direction. To have affect of creating an orbit, the mass's diameter has to be greater than the distance the photon travels per second, and the orbit will be the diameter of the mass + distance between the photon and the mass x 2 x 3.14159.

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É muito possivelmente o antigo Promontorium Avarus romano ou Auaron (Αὔαρον ἄκρον) referido pelo geógrafo Ptolomeu, da Grécia Antiga, no território dos Callaici Bracares, o povo que habitava a região seria possivelmente a etnia céltica Nemetatoi ou Nemetatos, entre o rio Avus (o Rio Ave) e rio Nebis (Rio Neiva). O nome "Auaron" é de possível origem celta (auo- & aro-).

Este local evidencia romanização e é de devoção religiosa antiga por parte dos habitantes da Póvoa de Varzim, em especial pescadores, que tem sido reavivada. Existe uma formação rochosa chamada Penedo do Santo, que tem umas marcas que os pescadores acreditam ser uma pegada do próprio Santo André. Eles acreditam ainda que este santo é o barqueiro das almas e que liberta as almas daqueles que se afogam no mar, indo pescá-las ao fundo do oceano depois de um naufrágio. É comum as correntes levarem afogados para junto do cabo, tal como aconteceu em 2006 com um jovem desaparecido na Praia do Rio Alto. Na madrugada do último dia de Novembro ocorre a peregrinação de Santo André, em que grupos de pessoas, envolvidos em mantos pretos e segurando lampiões, vão pela praia até à capela de Santo André (século XVI), junto ao cabo, envolvendo a capela formando o chamado "Ponto das almas".

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – An Indianapolis man was indicted Thursday for conspiring to launder money illegally obtained from victims of elder financial exploitation.
A federal grand jury in Lexington returned an indictment charging 33-year-old Ismaila Fafunmi, a Nigerian national who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States, with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
According to court records, a female victim living in the Eastern District of Kentucky met an individual on an online dating website, and was eventually defrauded into believing she was in a romantic relationship with a member of the United States military, who was stationed abroad. Through the course of their online communications, the perpetrator convinced the victim to send him money, electronics, and other items, to give him access to her bank accounts online, and to obtain a home equity line of credit to pay for his separation fee from the military. In total, she lost approximately $200,000 at the direction of her supposed online companion.
These same records indicated there was another female victim, who was defrauded into believing a friend on Facebook had pointed her to an opportunity to win a grant. She sent approximately $183,000 at the direction of the perpetrators, believing these up-front costs would lead to her award of the grant money.
According to the indictment, a portion of this money was either sent to Fafunmi himself, through the mail, or to individuals he recruited to receive money in bank accounts he had them set up, in and around the Indianapolis area.
This case is being prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice's efforts to identify and prosecute those persons who facilitate elder financial exploitation.
The Department of Justice's Elder Justice Mission, being carried out through the Kentucky Elder Justice Task Force, is to seek justice for victims of elder financial exploitation. Anyone who knows someone who may be a victim of an elder financial exploitation, is encouraged to contact law enforcement.
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