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FAUW responds to MTCU proposal to reduce salary of faculty members collecting pensions
fauwaterloo	FAUW news	 Aug 7, 2019 Aug 7, 2019 9 Minutes
FAUW sent a written submission to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) on July 31 regarding proposed MTCU regulations that would reduce the salary of university sector employees who are collecting a pension.
The proposed changes discriminate on the basis of age.
The net savings to either the University or the province are not clearly established.
Many scholars over age 71 provide more funding and jobs through their research programs than would be freed up by their retirement.
Because university faculty start their careers later, they cannot be compared against other sectors on the basis of retirement age.
The regulations would disproportionately disadvantage women and members of other equity-seeking groups whose career advancement is often further delayed.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has a higher percentage of sitting MPPs age 71 or older than the University of Waterloo has of faculty age 71 or older.
Thank you to the many members who provided feedback on this issue and shaped our response, included in full below.
The feedback we provided to the MTCU during an earlier round of consultations leading up to the provincial budget bill that made these proposed regulations possible.
Our submission to the Treasury Board Secretariat regarding proposed caps on negotiated compensation increases (this legislation was tabled in June before provincial parliament adjourned for the summer).
FAUW's response to the MTCU's discussion paper on 'Postsecondary Education Sustainability and Renewal'
Thank you to the MTCU for reaching out to all stakeholders on this issue. We appreciated the opportunity on June 24 to meet directly with the deputy minister and ministry staff. The postsecondary education sector is complex and highly variable, and we hope that this model of direct consultation continues into the future on all issues involving the sector.
The Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW) represents nearly 1,400 faculty at the University of Waterloo (effectively all faculty with at least one-year contracts) and is one of only three university faculty associations in the province that is not unionized.
We concur with OCUFA's official response to this consultation: creating salary regulations that force universities to discriminate on the basis of age would be a serious mistake. We would also like to add our own thoughts about how such regulations would negatively impact the uniquely innovative and entrepreneurial environment at the University of Waterloo.
The proposed changes discriminate on the basis of age
At the University of Waterloo, our policies do not permit employees to voluntarily collect a full-time salary and pension at the same time, so this issue is not perceived as a problem. However, the small proportion of our faculty members over age 71 (just over one per cent) do not have a choice about whether to collect their pensions as they are forced to do so by a federal income tax rule.
At Waterloo, the proposed new provincial regulations would create a problem where one does not currently exist by discriminating against faculty over age 71 on the basis of age.
The proposed new provincial regulations would create a problem where one does not currently exist.
Delayed entry into the workforce
Financial considerations play a large role in individuals' decisions about when to retire. Because of their extended training, university faculty normally start their careers much later than others in the public and private sectors. This delayed entry to the workforce means that many faculty need to work longer to amass adequate pensions.
Entry level professorial positions require at least eight to ten years of postsecondary education, increasingly augmented by additional years of postdoctoral research or contract teaching. According to 2016 Statistics Canada data (as analyzed in this University Affairs article):
Only 0.5% of academic staff were age 29 or younger (when mandatory retirement was phased out in 2006, it was still very low at 0.8%)
The average age of a person graduating with a PhD in Canada is 35
The median age for an entry level assistant professor position is 39
Female faculty who have children often get an even later start to their careers and/or have interruptions in their progression that impact their ability to retire. Consider Professor Shannon Dea's story:
Shannon Dea waited until her daughter was in full-time elementary school before she herself started graduate school. She finished both her master's and PhD first in her cohorts and started her first tenure-stream position immediately after finishing her PhD. However, by then, she was 38 years old. Now 50, she has just finished paying off her student loans and has only 12 years of pensionable earnings behind her. In order to be eligible for a full pension, she would need to retire at age 83. She plans to retire well before then, but needs to work past 65 in order to have enough retirement income to live on. Introducing regulations that impose wage penalties post-65 would unfairly disadvantage academic mothers like Professor Dea.
Comparing the postsecondary education sector against other sectors
The above analysis highlights a flaw in the MTCU discussion paper, which compares university faculty with Ontario nurses and teachers who are able to enter the workforce after two to six years of training. Because university faculty start their careers later, they cannot be compared against other sectors on the basis of retirement age. Given the extended investment that our society makes in training university faculty, they should at least contribute as many years of service as teachers and nurses, and this naturally leads to later retirement ages.
We also observe that most universities have not developed the same kinds of strong incentives to encourage retirement that have been put in place for other members of the broader public sector. For example, the University of Waterloo pension plan provides for an unreduced pension only at age 62, while Ontario nurses and public servants can retire with an unreduced pension as early as age 55.
In choosing not to incentivize early retirement to the levels available to nurses or teachers, the University of Waterloo recognizes that individuals need to make plans based on their unique financial situations and that senior faculty bring significant benefits, many of which translate directly into economic benefits for universities and for the Province of Ontario.
Losing key talent and experience
The majority of older faculty at the University of Waterloo are actively contributing and valuable members of the university community and the broader scholarly community. The experience and expertise they bring to the institution and to the province are considerable. Several are very distinguished scholars who provide invaluable services to the community and industry. At least two of our faculty members over age 71 are Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. Others are top level administrators whose leadership is vital to the flourishing of the institution.
The proposed regulations would force excellent and productive scholars out of the University of Waterloo, including the following individuals:
Ian Munro (72, Cheriton School of Computer Science) is University Professor and one of ~30 Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs at the University of Waterloo. His chair has been renewed twice and is scheduled to last for almost four more years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, and a recipient of Computer Science Canada's Lifetime Achievement Award. He has published 250 refereed conference and journal publications in his lifetime, 25 of these in the last three years. Eight junior highly qualified personnel depend on the research funds he brings in for their positions.
The MTCU discussion document suggests that senior people must retire to make room for junior people. Professor Munro's case shows that, on the contrary, many senior professors actively create and sustain positions for junior colleagues. He was required by federal policy to begin collecting his university pension last December. Neither he nor his team members should be penalized and their careers put at risk because of an income tax rule over which they have no control.
Peter Huck (over age 71, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) is an NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Water Treatment. Currently there are only eight of these research chairs at Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and his career total of refereed publications is 207, plus 12 books/book chapters. In the last four years he has 60 publications and presentations, and has graduated 15 Masters and PhD students. As of September this year, nine junior highly qualified personnel will depend on his funding. His team's research is supported by financial contributions from external partners that are matched by NSERC, for a total of $3.5 million for the period 2018-2022. They currently have 17 partners, primarily municipal water utilities.
In 2017, Professor Huck postponed his planned retirement to lead a renewal of the Industrial Research Chair for five more years. If Professor Huck retires before the chairship ends, NSERC has advised that it would be wound down. In that case, the University of Waterloo would not receive much of the already-committed NSERC funding of $970,000 for the period 2020-2022, and the matching partner funding would be in jeopardy as well, thereby leading to the termination of several skilled employees, and reducing future employment and graduate students.
Shai Ben-David (68 years old, Cheriton School of Computer Science) came to the University of Waterloo in 2004 at the age of 53 from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. His career achievements are numerous. In 2015, at age 64, he published Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms, which has become a standard textbook for courses around the world. His "Foundations of Machine Learning" YouTube channel has more than 50,000 subscribers.
Last year, he won the best paper award in the NeurIPS 2018 conference (out of ~5000 submissions), and this year one of his papers was featured on the cover of Nature, one of the most influential scientific journals in the world. The lack of mandatory retirement played a significant role in Waterloo's ability to recruit and retain Professor Ben-David, who chose Waterloo over an offer from another international university. More recently, he has turned down offers from other prestigious institutions and companies.
When it comes to productivity and excellence beyond age 70, the university sector is no different from government. Take, for example, the Right Honourable David Johnston: after serving as President of the University of Waterloo until age 69, he was appointed Governor General of Canada, a role that he held until age 76. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has several sitting MPPs who are age 71 or older (a higher percentage than faculty age 71 or older at the University of Waterloo). Perhaps the Ministry should consult directly with these MPPs on this issue.
Replacing senior faculty with junior faculty may not generate the expected cost savings.
Economic impacts of senior faculty on the university and the Province
Within universities, replacing senior faculty with junior faculty may not generate expected cost savings, especially in the longer term:
Faculty recruitment and hiring processes are rigorous and expensive, and those costs are not currently factored into the government's thinking about renewal;
The established research programs, reputations and strong publication records of senior faculty are key to recruiting and funding top quality students, and strengthening the performance of Ontario universities in international rankings;
In some particular academic fields, members report that salary inversion has resulted in junior colleagues receiving salaries higher than those of senior colleagues;
Faculty retiring later generally saves universities money on pension costs when the pension plan is of the defined benefit type (which is the case for most universities). When a person covered by a defined benefit plan works for a year longer, they receive one less year of pension. At older ages, this pension savings is greater than the cumulative cost of the larger annual pension entitlement the individual earned from their additional year of service. We do not believe any of the cost-saving estimates the government has seen take this factor into account.
Under the proposed regulations, sought-after senior scholars will leave Ontario.
Looking outwards, the University of Waterloo has a massive economic impact on the Region of Waterloo and the Province of Ontario (see the University's 2013 economic impact study) and this is a direct result of the University's approach to recruiting and retaining top faculty, no matter their age.
Besides forcing out faculty over age 71, the proposed new regulations would create incentives for late career scholars to pre-emptively leave Ontario for job markets where there are no such regulations. Several high performing faculty reported to us that they chose Waterloo over competing offers from non-Ontario universities in part because there was no mandatory retirement. Under the proposed regulations, sought-after senior scholars will leave Ontario.
In summary, introducing regulations to cap pension-plus-salary for university employees would be incredibly counter-productive at the University of Waterloo. Not only would they degrade entrepreneurship and economic development in our Region, they have the potential to disproportionately disadvantage women and members of other equity-seeking groups who start and/or advance their careers later in life.
It is clear to us that administering new regulations would be difficult and could introduce severe inequities. The local cost savings at the University of Waterloo, not to mention the net savings to Ontario taxpayers under any new regulations, are not at all clear and would not be worth the problems and unintended consequences that such regulations would likely create.
The proposed MTCU regulations to cap pension-plus-salary for university employees disproportionately disadvantage women and members of other equity-seeking groups who start and/or advance their careers later in life—and the net savings to Ontario taxpayers aren't at all clear.
Universities flourish when they are independent, self-governing, and empowered to attract the very best national and international talent. The elimination of mandatory retirement has allowed our sector to attract and retain fantastic researchers who have helped bring Ontario to its current level of international recognition. We are competing against the rest of Canada, the United States, and the world to attract the very best students and faculty, who in turn contribute to make our local society a competing force in this global information and technology era.
Again, thank you for consulting FAUW.
Bryan Tolson, PhD
President, Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Published Aug 7, 2019 Aug 7, 2019
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Trump Wants Fed to Weaken Dollar. Powell Says That's Not His Job
Saleha Mohsin and Katherine Greifeld, Bloomberg News
Jerome Powell in New York on June 25. Photographer: Cate Dingley/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar to help boost exports, and is counting on the Federal Reserve to help make that happen. But the central bank's chairman, Jerome Powell, has made clear it's not his job.
It's a new twist in the broader pressure campaign the president has brought to bear on Powell to cut interest rates to energize the stock market and fuel growth.
Trump's focus on the dollar surfaced last week after the European Central Bank said it might ease policy, prompting the euro to drop against the dollar. Trump seized on the move to say on June 18 that the Fed's failure to lower rates was putting U.S. exporters at a competitive disadvantage. He later mused on June 26 he'd rather have ECB President Mario Draghi running the Fed.
Powell, once again, is finding himself on the defensive, trying to shield the Fed from political influence. He deflected Trump's calls back at the administration.
"The Treasury Department -- the administration -- is responsible for exchange rate policy -- full stop," Powell said June 25 in response to a question from the audience after a speech in New York. "We don't comment on the level of the dollar. We certainly don't target the level of the dollar. We target domestic economic and financial conditions as other central banks do."
Trump has explored options for removing or demoting Powell over the Fed's interest rate decisions, which the president says have hampered growth. And the currency comments offer yet another point of tension between the world's most powerful leader and its most influential central banker.
Last week, Trump accused both Europe and China of weakening their currencies to gain a competitive advantage. Some Wall Street banks are questioning whether the U.S. might intervene in currency markets.
"Make no mistake about it, what Draghi and other central banks are doing is the same as what China is doing -- weakening their currencies," said Dan DiMicco, who was an adviser to Trump's campaign and presidential transition and now sits on an administration trade advisory committee.
The Trump administration has from the start deviated from a 20-year-old policy that a strong dollar was in the nation's best interest. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in 2017 that an "excessively strong dollar" could have negative effects on the American economy, and Trump has made similar comments since taking office.
"The repeated, intense comments by the president lead me to believe that we're no longer pursuing a strong dollar policy," said Nathan Sheets, chief economist for PGIM Fixed Income and a former Treasury official from the Obama administration. "This is a distinct, new chapter in U.S. currency management and strategy.
The strong-dollar mantra was developed by then-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in 1995. Underpinning it is the view that a robust currency reflects a healthy economy and bolsters foreign demand for U.S. debt by reducing the prospect of currency losses. While a stronger dollar helps American consumers by lowering the cost of imports, it also compounds manufacturers' struggles by making exports less competitive.
Trump has an unlikely supporter in wanting a weaker dollar: Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who's running for president. She proposes "actively managing" the dollar to counter foreign investors and central banks' moves.
Trump and Warren's ideas "very much could trigger a currency war," said Fred Bergsten, an economist and author of "The Dollar's Dilemma."
But those who advocate that a weaker dollar is better for the U.S. say that former President Ronald Reagan's administration was able to do it in the 1980s without destroying faith in the greenback.
In 1985, the U.S. worked with five countries, including Germany and Japan, to weaken the dollar in what was called the Plaza Accord. But such a deal is unlikely under the Trump administration, a senior White House official said.
"Our standing internationally is so weak and incoherent that the U.S. can't pull something like this off," said Steve Hanke, an economist at Johns Hopkins University.
Yet Trump believes that countries manipulate their exchange-rate through monetary policy, said the official, which is why the president is turning to the Fed for help.
--With assistance from Katia Dmitrieva, Jennifer Jacobs and Rich Miller.
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To aid in combatting my constant struggle against perfection and lack of discipline (particularly in finishing things) I have decided to embrace the Throw-Back Thursday. In order to enlighten you to my shenanigans of the past year, each Thursday will highlight something of the past year of my life. This one I wrote just over a fortnight ago as part of a series I never started enough to even think about finishing.
I have a number of backpacks in my closet. My favourite is the black Deuter. It's designed for comfort, making it my go-to for long airplane rides, hikes and bike rides.
I managed to use it a few times this spring, mostly on outings of impromptu weiner roasts. [Like the time Elise (of Upstairs) and I built a fire on a cliff. But that's another story.] It's great for stuffing extra mittens, licorice, or collapsable roasting sticks in while on the way out the door.
The Deuter is followed closely in preference by my new (as of September) school rucksack. I used it nearly every day this year, and it's the perfect size – not too big, not too small. I love the distinct, deep rustic orange colour. Plus, this bag really reminds me of Elise. We're backback twins!
It makes me giggle when we walk through the university together with matching backpacks, like two grade 1 friends in big school halls.
Contrary to popular belief, it's not a jetpack (but I pretend it is). This nifty invention makes vacuuming one step closer to being hassle-free! It plugs directly into the wall so the user doesn't have to lug the bulky vaccuum behind them and around furniture as they clean. For people with less-than-refined agility (like me) it offers a pleasing alternative to the R2D2 Industrial Vacs. One less object to trip over in a room? I'm all in.
Plus, it makes me look like I belong in the Jetsons.
Who knew housekeeping could be so much fun?
the real reason I have backpacks on the mind is a conversation I had with a fellow here at RockRidge. We talked of writing and blogging and he made a cool point when I discussed my lack of direction in the writing world.
Along for the ride. I liked that.
See, I don't always know where I'm going, but it's nice to know people are happy to clamber aboard, peek over my shoulder, and see what they can. It's a way of joining me. And me joining you – because it's not all about me. I get to join your journeys too through your comments, support, and shared experiences. I love that.
So here: let's put on the blogging backpack again. You're welcome to climb in if you'd like.
We might have some adventures: airplane rides or wiener roasts, and we'll likely have the everyday sort of stuff too. I really don't know what this trip might look like – bizarre, practical, or familiar – but who knows! If we're lucky we may even find a jetpack or two.


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Daily Archives: 2 May, 2014
Boy About Town Number 43: I'm A Boy
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir, published by Windmill Books/William Heinemann. During our first year at Tenison's, Chris took up the drums. It was the ideal...
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Boy About Town Number 44: Join Together
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir, published by Windmill Books/William Heinemann. Charlton Athletic were the third South London football team. They weren't as well supported as...
Boy About Town Number 45: Mamma Mia
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir, published by Windmill Books/William Heinemann. It was a concert, and it was the Hammersmith Odeon, and it was for the...
Boy About Town Number 46: The Seeker
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir, published by Windmill Books/William Heinemann. The more I listened to them, the more I studied up on them, and the...
Boy About Town Number 47: Doing Alright With The Boys
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir, published by Windmill Books/William Heinemann. They were all at least fourteen, this 'crew', seasoned teenagers to my eyes, yet they...
Boy About Town Number 48: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir, published by Windmill Books/William Heinemann. Back in London, in his room up at the top of the house, Nic introduced...
Boy About Town Number 49: Hello Hooray
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir. I set about following Alice with a passion I'd barely hinted at with David. The singles 'Elected', 'Hello Hooray' and 'No...
Boy About Town Number 50: Could It Be Forever
Chapter by Chapter excerpts from Boy About Town: A Memoir, published by Windmill Books/William Heinemann. When I finally got to hear it in full, at home, 'Could It Be Forever'...


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Bangladesh Welcomes Rohingya Muslims
19 Sep, 2017 in Current Events by Sulithi Dewendra (updated 859 days ago)
Often described as the world's most persecuted minority, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing to Bangladesh. The mass movement comes after Myanmar's armed forces (Tatmadaw) were granted increased powers September 2017 to launch clearance operations. In what appears to be a beacon of hope for the Rohingya, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promised to allocate substantial land to establish refugee camps for the incomers. However, given the grim condition of Bangladesh today, she does urge Myanmar to take back the refugees.
Al Jazeera reports that 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have flooded into Bangladesh. Dozens drowned on their passage due to weak transport vessels. Despite acting as a form of safe haven for the Rohingya, Bangladesh is recovering from turmoil itself. Following the severe flooding in August, the Bangladeshi government has reported 145 people to be dead and another 46,000 as displaced. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson labelled the treatment of Rohingya in Myanmar as nothing less than "ethnic cleansing." The Nobel Women's Initiative wrote a letter to leader Aung San Suu Kyi, condemning her response and actions to the exodus of the Rohingya: "How many [Rohingya] have to die… before you raise your voice in defence of those who have no voice?"
The impoverished country holds around 400,000 Rohingya Muslims, who fled during earlier rounds of violence, including the 2012 Rakhine State riots when several Rohingya were accused of raping and murdering a Buddhist woman. Undeterred by their recovery from natural disasters, Bangladesh has gone above and beyond in their efforts to welcome the Rohingya, demonstrating solidarity in these bleak conditions. Aid recovery workers in the predominantly Muslim Bangladesh describe the work as their duty to help their "Muslim brothers." The optimistic attitudes of the Bangladeshi in helping the Rohingya should be a global example, in light of the growing refugee crises worldwide. Similar responses elsewhere would alleviate unnecessary suffering.
Currently, there are approximately 1.1 million Rohingya abiding in Myanmar. Following Myanmar's independence from British rule in 1948, a Union Citizenship Act was passed, determining which ethnicities could apply for citizenship. The International Human Rights Clinic reported in 2015 that the Rohingya were excluded from the act. Political strife in the state created greater turmoil for the Rohingya. In 1962, shortly after the military coup, all citizens were obliged to obtain national registration cards. The Rohingya were only eligible to receive foreign identity cards. Although there is evidence proving their inhabitance of Myanmar prior to colonial rule, they are excluded from the country's 135 official ethnic groups and have been denied citizenship in Myanmar since 1982, rendering them stateless.
Among all other factors, Bangladesh consolidating its efforts to accommodate the fragile Rohingya is a commendable gesture. International human rights organizations should applaud them.
Resources should be allocated to Bangladesh to help facilitate a smooth transition for the Rohingya and assist Bangladesh to overcome the aftermath of recent natural disasters. While human rights advocates are condemning Aung San Suu Kyi's administration for their treatment, any shift in Myanmar's nationalistic sentiment to prevent ethnic discrimination would be a step toward reconciliation.
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One of the core values at The Bridge is Giving Compassionately. We believe Jesus modeled compassionate giving, and we desire to encourage people to give and serve generously outside of themselves. Pastor Justin gave a whole message on our value of Giving Compassionately; check it out HERE.
We acknowledge the skepticism and distrust that exists with church and money. Our desire is to be transparent, so feel free to ask us anything about our financial process. We also desire to encourage everyone to grow in giving, both financially and by serving. The Scriptures say, "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." (2nd Cor. 9:7) We desire that you give out of your passion and heart for what God is doing at The Bridge, not out of obligation or guilt.
God is doing some amazing things at The Bridge, and we thank you so much for supporting that work.


I'm watching a documentary about how eating more vegetables is better for my health. I know this is true because my mom and dad have harped on me to eat my vegetables since I was a kid. I also know this is true as an adult because I feel better when I eat a salad rather than a Big Mac. But that Big Mac is so easy to get my hands on now. No preparation.
Before I can eat my veggies, there is prep work that is required. First, I have to go to the grocery store to pick out the fresh veggies. Then, I need to properly wash, cut, and package them for easy eating. A lot of work, but the health benefits are out of this world. Whether you like vegetables or not, you cannot argue that they aren't better for you. But who wants to do all that work?
When we discuss the idea that branding starts from the inside of an organization, no one can argue with that truth. It makes sense and just feels right, but an organization can decide to go the quick route because the healthier route is too much prep work. Why do all that leg work, when I can just get a "Big Mac" brand now.
Just do what you know is true and you won't go wrong.


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CDC Facts on Adverse Events Reported After COVID-19 Vaccination
Tech. Sgt. Joseph Anthony, 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadron aeromedical technician, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a member of the 911th Airlift Wing at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert)
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.
Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history.
CDC recommends everyone 12 years and older get vaccinated as soon as possible to help protect against COVID-19 and the related, potentially severe complications that can occur.
CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other federal agencies are monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
Adverse events described on this page have been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)external icon.
VAERS accepts reports of any adverse event following any vaccination.
Reports of adverse events to VAERS following vaccination, including deaths, do not necessarily mean that a vaccine caused a health problem.
For public awareness and in the interest of transparency, CDC is providing timely updates on the following serious adverse events of interest:
Anaphylaxis after COVID-19 vaccination is rare and has occurred in approximately 2 to 5 people per million vaccinated in the United States. Severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, can occur after any vaccination. If this occurs, vaccination providers can effectively and immediately treat the reaction. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines and allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.
Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after Johnson & Johnson's Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 vaccination is rare. As of July 19, 2021, more than 13 million doses of the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine have been given in the United States. CDC and FDA identified 39 confirmed reports of people who got the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine and later developed TTS. Women younger than 50 years old especially should be aware of the rare but increased risk of this adverse event. There are other COVID-19 vaccine options available for which this risk has not been seen. Learn more about J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine and TTS.
To date, two confirmed cases of TTS following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Moderna) have been reported to VAERS after more than 324 million doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines administered in the United States. Based on available data, there is not an increased risk for TTS after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.
CDC and FDA are monitoring reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in people who have received the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine. GBS is a rare disorder where the body's immune system damages nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis. Most people fully recover from GBS, but some have permanent nerve damage. After 12.8 million J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine doses administered, there have been around 100 preliminary reports of GBS identified in VAERS as of July 12. These cases have largely been reported about 2 weeks after vaccination and mostly in men, many 50 years and older. CDC will continue to monitor for and evaluate reports of GBS occurring after COVID-19 vaccination and will share more information as it becomes available.
Myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination are rare. As of July 19, 2021, VAERS has received 1,148 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis among people ages 30 and younger who received COVID-19 vaccine. Most cases have been reported after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna), particularly in male adolescents and young adults. Through follow-up, including medical record reviews, CDC and FDA have confirmed 674 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis. CDC and its partners are investigating these reports to assess whether there is a relationship to COVID-19 vaccination. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis.
Reports of death after COVID-19 vaccination are rare. More than 339 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through July 19, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 6,207 reports of death (0.0018%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine. FDA requires healthcare providers to report any death after COVID-19 vaccination to VAERS, even if it's unclear whether the vaccine was the cause. Reports of adverse events to VAERS following vaccination, including deaths, do not necessarily mean that a vaccine caused a health problem. A review of available clinical information, including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records, has not established a causal link to COVID-19 vaccines. However, recent reports indicate a plausible causal relationship between the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine and TTS, a rare and serious adverse event—blood clots with low platelets—which has caused deaths.
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I caught an article on fireplaces that addressed some of the big advances that have been made in the realm of fireplaces and stoves powered by wood, pellets, corn, gas, and even electricity. These advances have helped make them a lot more fuel efficient, putting out more heat for your money. But is a fireplace really an economical alternative for heating your home?
Basically it depends. A wood stove (or one that burns corn or pellets) is designed to put out a lot of warmth and not waste a lot of energy. Open fireplaces, on the other hand, aren't that great because heat escapes up the chimney. Electric fireplaces, though more realistic than ever, are essentially just space heaters. Gas fireplaces can heat up a room nicely (though rarely the whole house) and can be nice in areas where gas is the most affordable fuel.
For more information on trends and advances in technology, you may want to browse the article at The Modern, More Efficient Fireplace.
I have written quite a few pieces on the difference between the various types of fireplaces. Using a fireplace as a heat source, you can take the chill out of the room. Some that are backed with some kind of reflector shield can really throw some heat. Electric is probably not your most efficient because you need a backup in a power outage. Gas and traditional do just fine. And the ventless gel will take the chill off the room too.


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By adding Infinera PXM on our Intelligent Transport Network, we now have the benefit of packet-awareness which enables a significant reduction in expensive router ports required to offer a portfolio of high-capacity Ethernet services, said Tad Deriso, President & CEO of MBC.
The Infinera PXM offers integrated Ethernet and MPLS switching functionality over WDM super-channels to deliver dynamic, flexible packet transport services.
Reportedly, the Infinera PXM is designed to enable network operators to benefit from a portfolio of advanced services-based Carrier Ethernet and MPLS technologies that are intended to result in decreased network costs and statistical multiplexing with packet aggregation and transport port consolidation.
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Changing the World One Crosswalk at a Time
This winter, Benjamin Collins noticed something troubling on his way to work. The Special Olympics athlete and Operations Specialist at the organization's headquarters couldn't hear the countdown beeps and verbal cues at the crosswalks on L Streets between 18th and 19th in Washington, D.C. During his commute over the past 17 years, he and other pedestrians had relied on them to know when to safely cross the busy interaction.
Ben was forced to rely on his vision teacher's guidelines: listen to the sounds of traffic or ask people whether it was safe to cross. However, that made for a longer commute. So, with the help of his co-workers, Ben emailed the District's Department of Transportation about the problem. "Ben saw a need to help people like him be more independent and not just rely on traffic and others to help him cross the street," said his manager, Megan Gausemel, Director of Awareness Planning and Operations at Special Olympics.
"When there is a problem, don't be afraid to speak up or advocate for yourself. You may help other people too."
Benjamin Collins
Within 15 minutes of sending his email, Ben received a voicemail from the Department's Transportation Engineer, Anthony Dinkins, who suffers from glaucoma. Dinkins visited Ben two days after receiving the email. "My initial reaction was to make this a priority." Dinkins said visually challenged pedestrians have reached out with similar concerns. "I wanted to do my best to ensure DDOT will do our best to give pedestrians a safe experience when traveling on our roadways."
Ben speaking with Transportation Engineer Anthony Dinkins during his site visit late January.
Making improvements to the audible crosswalks was expected to take 45 to 60 days but took only a little over a month. Although the volume for the audible signals between 18th and L Streets still needs to adjusting, the crosswalk between 19th and L has been upgraded along with multiple crosswalks throughout the city.
Ben continues to educate the public about the needs of people who are visually impaired through his informational speeches and sessions. He says area restaurants routinely offer outdoor seating causing obstructions for visually impaired pedestrians. Shared scooters and bikes can cause additional challenges that change locations from day to day.
"I think people need to listen more and understand how it is to walk a day in my shoes," Ben said. "It's not that we are 'dealing'. We are simply trying to be included like everyone else."
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In the 1990s, Dr. Steve Perlman and Eunice Kennedy Shriver met to discuss the lack of access to health care for people with intellectual disabilities, who were often denied treatment.


I want to generate 2 clocks of 100Mhz and 10Mhz respectively from a primary 100MHz clock that comes as input in a Clock Capable pin. For that, I declared as component and instantiated inside my project an MMCM from the IP Catalog.
Both have phase 0 degrees, because I want them to be phase aligned with the input clock.
At the "Optional Inputs" option, I added only a Reset port. No Lock port, no Power Down port.
When I used the clock directly from the CC pin, I had first to instatiate inside my design an IBUFG and a BUFG in order to be able to use the clock. That worked really well.
Now, the clock goes from the CC pin to the input of the MMCM and from there the 2 generated clocks are routed to my design. As I saw in .vhd files that were generated with the MMCM, it already has IBUF and BUFG instantiated inside its files, so I didn't use the ones I had already instantiated.
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Although the bitstream is generated without giving me any errors or critical warnings (or even simple warnings regarding timing/clocks), when I try to test my design (the Kintex 7 is inteconnected with a Spartan 6 that acts as the 'Control' FPGA) I don't get anythiing in response. I have downloaded also an ILA core inside the Kintex 7, but still I don't get anything in return (even the triggering signal that comes from the Spartan 6, is not triggered).
I am assuming that my problem has to do the output clocks of my MMCM. To put it plain and simple I think that no clocks are generated.
Can anyone confirm that my .XDC is written right?
I am using Vivado 2014.2 and the Kintex 7 is a xc7k160tfbg676.
Once the above problem was solved, my component alongside with the MMCM started functioning correctly.
Just for the record, the format of my .XDC file works correctly (Vivado takes into account the .XDC file of the MMCM). Also no IBUFG/BUFG inserted manually by me, as MMCM by itself undertakes that task.
Excuse me for my late reply, I have been really busy in parallel, with other aspects of my project. Thank you again for the great work all of you guys (Moderators/Employees/Teachers) do in this forum.
Have you performed post-implementation functional simulation for your design?
Do you observe expected behavior there?
Good to know that reference of previous thread helped in this case.
Close the thread by marking helpful post as solution in the interest of other users.


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John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles-three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open-nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. He is remembered for his shot-making artistry and superb volleying; for his famous rivalries with Bjern Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl; for his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities; and for the catchphrase "You cannot be serious!" directed toward an umpire during a match at Wimbledon in 1981. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999
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The Magnolia Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong and 219 yards (2,011 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late March or early April.
It was switched to Kempton's newly opened all-weather track in 2006.

From 1994 to 2007 the race took place during the Easter weekend.  It is now usually run at a Saturday meeting held either side of Easter, on the same day as the Rosebery Handicap.

Winners since 1987

See also
 Horse racing in Great Britain
 List of British flat horse races

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