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Putting Your Good To Good Use
by W. Penn | Jan 28, 2018 | events
You worked hard to get good at something. Now you want to do something good.
You're doing fine at work, but there's more to life than that.
Maybe you've been to your share of tech events, and you're thinking it's time to step it up a notch or two. Or you've been honing some new skills, and you know you can use them to get stuff done in an area you care about.
Want to find out how? Join PANMA and STC-PMC for a conversation on volunteering in the local tech scene.
What local organizations are looking for
Where to look for volunteering opportunities
How to best leverage your skills and interests as a volunteer
What volunteering can do for you – and your career!
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2018
Time: Doors open at 6pm. Program 6:30 – 7:30pm. Q&A and networking until 8pm.
Location: Wharton School, University of PA, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Speaker Bios: (More to Come!)
Todd DeLuca (@techcommtodd) has over 15 years of experience as a technical writer and manager. An active volunteer and contributor to the profession, he is a remote-based worker and passionate about working side gigs to learn, advance, and meet new people. His professional background includes graphic design, editing, client communication, and software development documentation. Todd is an STC Associate Fellow, with activities including Intercom magazine contributor, Conference Chair of STC Summit, and Philadelphia Metro Chapter president. Todd has a Master degree in technical and scientific communication from Miami University (Ohio) and speaks at various regional and national conferences.
Jessie Mallory is an IT Project Manager for cybersecurity software at Nuix. In her role, she communicates with all parts of the company, identifies and mitigates risks, and leads an Agile development team. Jessie is on the STC Board of Directors, serves as Vice Chair for the Community Affairs Committee, and is a proud member of the Philadelphia Metro Chapter. Jessie is the Director of Membership Services for the Project Management Institute's Delaware Valley Chapter, a certified Project Management Professional, a Certified Scrum Master, and a webmaster for local non-profits.
Sylvester Mobley is the founder and CEO of the youth tech education nonprofit, Coded by Kids. Through Coded by Kids, Sylvester works to increase access to tech education opportunities for those who are underserved, especially children of color and children who come from underserved communities. Sylvester's mission is to ensure that every child has the support, resources, and opportunity to build the next Google, Microsoft or Facebook, regardless of what they look like or where they come from.
Because of the dominant role technology plays in our society, Sylvester believes that building a tech industry that is diverse, inclusive and equitable is one of the most pressing issues we face today.
Under his leadership, Coded by Kids has grown from an organization that served fewer than 15 children in one Philadelphia recreation center to serving more than 200 students per week in schools and community centers in three states. Sylvester has received awards for his work from several organizations including Philadelphia City Council, the Philadelphia Business Journal, The Philadelphia 76ers, Billy Penn, and Philadelphia Academies.
Sylvester got his start in technology while serving in the United States Air Force. He is a veteran of the war in Iraq, who served in three branches of the United States military over 12 years. Sylvester is also a graduate of Temple University's Fox School of Business.
Jen Dionisio is the co-Chapter Leader for Girl Develop It Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization that provides affordable programs for adult women interested in learning web and software development in a judgment-free environment. She's spent more than a decade working on digital projects, and is currently a content strategy consultant at EPAM, a digital platform engineering and software development services provider. Jen also has a background in informal education and academia, including developing curriculum for Drexel University and the University of the Arts.
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Q: Android launch your app based on user location Is it possible to launch an app depending on the user location. I want the app to start only when I enter certain location say my office. I m aware about services running in background but I dont want my app to continuously check for location and  deplete the battery.
Is it possible to register for some sort of geo-fencing broadcast ?

A: You can Create and Monitor Geofences with a standard Google API.
However, if you want to know if you've arrived at your office, I think a better and more battery-friendly way would be to see if you're connected to the office Wifi network.

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What if Working at Home Makes Us Drive More, Not Less
A surprising, very real possibility for our post-pandemic lives.
Palo Alto communiters and/or you. (Photo Courtesy of Yichuan Cao/Reuters and Slate)
By David Zipper
Ever since the coronavirus locked down offices and turned Zoom into the world's conference room, a debate has raged about whether, once the pandemic is over, cities will have been radically altered or will appear largely untouched. But most everyone seems to agree on one thing: An increase in teleworking is here to stay.
Even a new norm of working remotely for a day or two per week could have a major impact on transportation networks after the pandemic ends. Looking ahead, analysts have predicted a sharp decrease in post-pandemic driving, leading to a welcome reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
But what if people who work from home actually drive more than if they'd gone to the office? It may sound counterintuitive, but such situations are entirely possible. Indeed, rather than being an environmental panacea, remote work could lead to as much driving as before, or even more. That's been one surprising finding of researchers who have compared the travel of pre-pandemic commuters with teleworkers.
Imagine a commuter—we'll call her Sheila—and assume that in pre-COVID times, she drove her car 10 miles each way from her home in the suburbs to her workplace downtown. Once she parked at the office, she worked out at the building's gym before sitting down at her desk. At noon Sheila might walk to the drug store to pick up a prescription, or ride transit a couple stops to meet her friend for lunch. She would return to her office for the afternoon, stopping by a grocery store on her drive home. During this day Sheila drove 10 miles on her way to work and then 12 miles on the way home (going a bit out of the way to buy groceries)—22 miles in all.
Then the pandemic hit, and Sheila worked at home. Seeking to minimize interactions with strangers, she avoided crowds and had groceries and essentials delivered to her house. But when the pandemic ends, finally, she'll resume visiting stores and meeting other people, and her employer will blow the dust off the cubicles and reopen the office. For now, Sheila will return to work in person only three days per week, working from the 'burbs during the other two. How might her teleworking travel differ from when she commutes in person?
Sheila obviously won't be driving to or from work if she stays at home, but she'll still take many other trips. Since she can't exercise at her office, she instead drives to a gym four miles from her house. A lunch meeting is five miles away, and she combines it with a pharmacy run—generating a trip of 12 miles. At the end of the workday, she makes a final trip to a grocery store three miles away. If you do the math, she has now driven a total of 26 miles—more than when she went to the office.
For an extra twist, imagine Sheila has a neighbor named Bob who in pre-pandemic times would commute to work by walking to a commuter rail station a half-mile away. He now becomes a post-pandemic teleworker, using his car to run errands or meet clients during the workday—trips that he used to do by walking or transit when he worked downtown. Teleworking has led Bob to increase his driving even more than Sheila. He might eventually convince his family to get an additional car—which suggests still more future driving, because people who obtain a car tend to use it.
These are hypothetical scenarios, but they highlight several distinctions between working at home and at the office. First, people working from home are unlikely to stay there all day after the pandemic ends. Under normal circumstances, teleworkers tend to travel quite a bit—and the places they want to reach are likely further away than if they were at the office. For those working downtown, "everything is close by, so they don't need to drive 30 minutes to a shopping mall," says Rongxiang Su, a Ph.D. student in geography at the University of California—Santa Barbara who has studied teleworking. And destinations close to a downtown worksite are probably more reachable by walking, biking, or transit—further limiting vehicle miles traveled, or VMT.
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Over time, teleworking could lead people to spend even more time sitting behind the wheel. What if Sheila decides after a year of part-time teleworking that she can stomach a longer commute to the office, since she only has to do it three times per week? That leads her to trade her suburban home for a bigger one in a sparsely populated exurb where destinations like restaurants or stores are further away (and alternative modes, like transit or biking, are unlikely to be as convenient). "After COVID we'll have people relocating farther out," says Patricia Mokhtarian, a professor at Georgia Tech's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. "When they do commute, they'll be traveling longer distances." In a 2005 study, Mokhtarian and her colleagues concluded that teleworking can modestly reduce driving, but she says the effects dissipate as teleworkers move further from the central city.
Mokhtarian expects a big leap in teleworking after the pandemic ends. "We could see a doubling or tripling compared to the amount before COVID," she says. But she doesn't believe even that would reduce vehicle miles traveled. "Doubling, I doubt it would reduce driving," she told me. "Maybe tripling might show a little bit of an effect." That's actually a more bullish assessment of teleworking than several other pre-pandemic studies, which found that remote workers drive more than in-person commuters.
Su, a co-author of one such study, expects teleworking to lead to more post-pandemic driving. "My guess is that telecommuters post-COVID will still produce more VMT," he says. "It's kind of like a human habit. If you are already used to a schedule, you'll probably follow that when everything opens back up again." In other words, if you've grown accustomed to working out at your house in the morning, you'll probably still do so when the pandemic ends—only now you might drive to a gym before returning home to work remotely.
Teleworking's impact on VMT has major implications for the environment, because in the United States, transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gases. Reducing automobile trips helps fight climate change, so it's worrisome if teleworking doesn't affect total driving (or if it pushes the needle in the wrong direction). Worse, teleworking seems especially dangerous for public transportation agencies, which have seen a sharp decline in passengers during the pandemic. Teleworkers obviously don't need to use transit to reach their worksites, but their remaining trips—often taken during off-peak hours and outside the downtown core—are relatively difficult for transit agencies to serve. Such trips are even tougher for transit to accommodate if teleworkers move further from the urban core. "For a long time I thought we should all be supporting telework because it's good for the environment," says Mokhtarian. "Now I scratch my head and ask, 'What about public transit?' "
If there is a silver lining in teleworking inducing more driving, it's that we can probably accommodate teleworkers' travel with the existing road network, without requiring further expansion. That's because teleworkers' journeys often consume excess highway and street capacity, occurring outside of rush hour and away from major commute corridors. And because the transportation network is built to accommodate peak commute volumes, even slightly fewer rush-hour trips would reduce the need for new or wider highways. For that reason, President Joe Biden's emphasis on fixing existing roads rather than building new ones seems wise, regardless of whether teleworking ultimately increases overall driving.
But that's unlikely to reassure those concerned about climate change, who have hoped teleworking would provide a convenient way to permanently reduce driving. Mokhtarian doesn't have her hopes up. "I've got clippings in my files from 'extreme' events going back to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, including the SARS pandemic, infrastructure failures, and transit strikes. It's always promoted as a way to manage traffic—thank the Lord for teleworking," she says.
"When the thing is over, traffic bounces right back."
Covid-19 Response: Telecommuting Past, Present and Future
LISTEN: WIth Techonology driving transportation's future, Mokhtarian is at the center of the action
Patricia L. Mokhtarian
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Building a successful retirement strategy is a lot more than just saving and making smart investments. Inflation, future spending needs, fluctuations in income, and educational or health expenses are just a few of the many inputs that impact your success. Learn how new technological tools make understanding these variables-and how to plan for them-easier than ever before.


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Naomi is not only one of the most gifted actors in the DC area, she is a talented educator who invests in her students personally and challenges them to push the limits of their acting skills. In my two years of hiring Naomi to teach classes at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, I have heard only high praise from all of her students. In addition, she is a consummate professional who is always accessible, direct, and a pleasure to work with.


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The next meeting of the North American Numbering Council (NANC) will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, beginning at 9:30am. The meeting will be held at the Federal Communications Commission, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, SW, Room TW-C305, Washington, DC 20554.
This meeting is open to members of the general public. The FCC will attempt to accommodate as many participants as possible. The public may submit written statements to the NANC, which must be received two business days before the meeting. In addition, oral statements at the meeting by parties or entities not represented on the NANC will be permitted to the extent time permits.


Two Modes: Each mode has 10 levels of difficulty.
1) Practice: Learn how to do long division with remainders starting with simple division. Unlimited problems in every level.
2) Test: Take division tests with 10 problems each in every level. Different problems every time you play.
How kids of grade 2 to 6 can benefit?
- Easily learn long division (with and without remainders) with step-by-step instructions (spoken aloud).
- Solve division problems like a game and try to cross every level of difficulty.
- Use the same app again and again to get new problems all the time.
- Easy problems for kids just learning division and difficult problems for kids who already know division.
- Kids will learn what the terms mean: quotient, remainder, dividend and divisor.
Why parents will love the app?
- It is fun to use and play. The child can learn and practice division all alone.
- Funny animations will keep the child hooked.
- Every step, problem and answer is spoken aloud to reinforce learning in a child.
- Free to download and try out.
- 1st 2 levels free in both modes. Remaining 8 available via single in-app purchase.
- Just right for math of grades 2-6.
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My 9-year-old has been struggling with division for a while now. After a few minutes with this app, everything started to come together for her...thank you so much!
Before, my math grades were horrible. I used tons and tons of apps. I still use tons of apps. However, this is the only one I use for division. I am back on track now from using my apps, and this is the best one yet.


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In the Middle Ages it became common for Christian faithful to share in the spirituality of the new Mendicant Orders. They became known as Third Orders because they were founded after the initial Orders of the friars and nuns.
Although members of the Third Order (called Tertiaries) were permitted to wear the "tertiary habit", because they had not taken religious vows they were not usually permitted to wear the full habit of the Order. With time, it was considered a high honour and great privilege to be granted a small scapular attached by bands which would be worn over the torso in the same manner as the full monastic scapular.
Confraternities came to be formed in which people would be granted the wearing of this scapular as a mark of their sharing in the good works of a particular Order.
Amongst Franciscans, they came to be known as Cordbearers, due to their also wearing a small cord around the waist in imitation of the one worn by the friar.
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Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading multi-line insurer with about 54,000 employees worldwide serving customers in global and local markets. Zurich, headquartered and founded in Switzerland, is a leading multi-line insurance group with more than 140 years experience serving businesses worldwide, including over 100 years in North America. We are committed to delivering broad and flexible insurance solutions to our customers and helping them understand, manage and minimize risk. In North America, Zurich is a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider serving small businesses, and mid-sized and large companies, including multinational corporations.


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R.I. 'weeks not months' from running out of cash
Katherine Gregg
Journal Political Writer
PROVIDENCE ‒ State government in Rhode Island is "weeks not months" away from running out of money to pay its bills and payroll, according to state General Treasurer Seth Magaziner.
"I am completely committed,″ Magaziner said in an end of week interview, "to making sure that that does not happen and that state agencies have the funding that they need to do their work servicing people in this very important time."
"That being said, we are clearly in a very serious situation financially" both short-term and potentially long-term, he said.
"The short-term problem is that, in the absence of action, the general fund could run out of cash within a matter of weeks... . [But] we are acting to make sure that that does not happen."
Democrat Magaziner said he is not ready to lay out a plan, but it will likely rely on infusion of cash from three directions:
‧The federal government to shore up the unemployment benefits fund, and "help pay for the emergency spending that the state and the hospitals are needing to take on in order to help people during this time."
"To be blunt about it, I don' think that any state is going to be able to get through this crisis completely without federal assistance. That is absolutely vital,″ Magaziner said.
‧Temporary "loans" from other state accounts, including potentially the state's $203.8 million "rainy-day" account and $14.8 million highway trust fund. (The only no-no: delaying payments to the state pension fund.)
‧Borrowing in both traditional and non-traditional ways (such as lines of credit from private lenders) in anticipation of delayed tax payments such as the income tax, now not due until July 15.
He said the state' separate unemployment and temporary disability funds "have enough funding to make it through the next couple of months.
"But the claims volume that we are seeing of people signing up for unemployment, signing up for TDI either because they are sick or they are home to care for a loved one is truly unprecedented and within a matter of months, that could put strain on those programs in the absence of corrective action."
With 5,222 more applications for unemployment benefits on Friday, the number of claims since March 9 has now reached 37,075, according to the Department of Labor & Training. The number of TDI claims during that same period: 6,270.
"The claims that have come in just in the last few days are coming in much more rapidly than they did even during the Great Recession,″ Magaziner said.
Beyond that, he said: there is the state budget, which was already facing a deficit ‒ estimated at $200 million ‒ "before this crisis began."
(Even before the Covid-19 pandemic froze many segments of the Rhode Island economy ‒ including the casinos ‒ state lawmakers had effectively rejected many of Governor Raimondo's proposals for plugging the hole.)
Magaziner said he does not know the date the state hypothetically runs out of money because "things are changing very rapidly,."
For example, he said, the state is still awaiting word on how much money it might receive from the federal bailout package still taking shape in Washington.
He said Rhode Island is hopeful it will get an "extra $20 million or so" in federal Medicaid dollars, based on information provided to the state's Executive Office of Health & Human Services about the likely availability of extra money to states grappling with COVID-19 costs.
A tax increase?
"In the absence of federal support,‴ Magaziner said, the payroll taxes that finance the unemployment fund would go up automatically.
″ We are still working through what the full range of options are, not only which one can be helpful financially but also what the legal steps would be ... because some of these things potentially could be done administratively. ... Others would require legislative action."
Magaziner said he hopes to have more specifics within days.
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Express 4sin theta - cos( pi/2 - theta) as a single trigonometric function. Their answer is converts the whole -cos section including the brackets in to -sin theta and I don't understand why?
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Consider the addition formulae: Cos(a+b) = cos(a)cos(b) - sin(a)sin(b) Sin(a+b)=sin(a)cos(b) + sin(b)cos(a) (I'm going to do the following in degrees, so just remember 90 degrees is π/2 rads, and I'll use x instead of theta, again for ease) Now let a=90 and b=x. Then we have cos(90-x) = cos(90)cos(-x) - sin(90)sin(-x) Cos(90) = 0 and sin(90) = 1 And cos(-x) = cos(x) [look at the graph of cos(x), it's symmetrical about the y-axis] and sin(-x) = -sin(x) [again, consider the graphs] Therefore we have Cos(90-x) = 0 * cos(x) - 1 * -sin(x) = sin(x) Hence your question sinplifies to 4sin(theta) - cos(π/2 - theta) = 4sin(theta) - sin(theta) = 3sin(theta) Hope this helps.


It's wonderful what the government can accomplish with a little gentle arm-twisting, especially after it's set an example by seizing control of General Motors and turning over part ownership to the unions, as their reward for driving the car-maker to the brink of bankruptcy in the first place.
On Aug. 28, for instance, the Obama administration announced a final "agreement" with auto makers which by 2025 will increase the cost of an average new car by $3,000 to $4,800.
Even better, the flimsier, lighter-weight cars that manufacturers just "agreed" to build (at a time when their biggest profits come from pickups) will result in thousands of additional highway deaths per year, and tens of thousands more serious injuries.
That's not the way the new standards were announced, of course.
No, no: "These standards will protect consumers from high gas prices, curb global warming pollution, cut our oil use, and create new jobs in the American auto industry and around the nation," purred Michelle Robinson, director of Clean Vehicles program of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Actually, correcting for inflation, gasoline costs less now than it did in the 1960s. It's about as likely that we can impact the earth's climate by throwing salt over our left shoulders as by choosing which cars to build and buy. And we could also "create new jobs" by drafting 10 million Americans to dig ditches and another 10 million to fill them in – a plan that reportedly came in second, but is still under consideration.
Today, of course, talk of "fossil fuel shortages" – excepting bottlenecks artificially created by foot-dragging regulators – is the stuff of stand-up comedy. Thanks to new extraction technologies and newly discovered reserves, the Institute for Energy Research has calculated that the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico alone have 1.7 trillion barrels of recoverable oil reserves — enough to meet current U.S. needs for another 250 years.
"Fuel standards are the longest-lived of an entirely futile array of attempts to address 1970s oil shortages," Dunn notes. Unfortunately, the standards (introduced in 1975) had no success in lowering fuel consumption. "Quite the contrary – since it now cost less to fill the tank, people drove more." Within a few years, this "rebound effect" doubled average fuel usage.
But "The new regulations did accomplish one thing," Mr. Dunn notes. "They killed drivers and passengers in large numbers. By lightening cars and removing material, auto companies were inadvertently discarding the armor that protected motorists in the event of a crash." Drivers in lightweight cars were as much as 12 times more likely to die in a crash.
Depending on which study you choose, the CAFE standards have caused 41,600 to 124,800 additional unnecessary deaths. To that figure we can add between 352,000 and 624,000 people suffering serious injuries, including being crippled for life. In the past 30 years, "Fuel standards have become one of the major causes of death and misery in the United States – and one almost completely attributable to human stupidity and shortsightedness," Dunn concludes.
Mind you, manufacturers won't really build many 50-miles-per-gallon trucks. It's not that they don't know how to build flimsy plastic vehicles with complicated hybrid power plants. The question is whether anyone who needs to haul or tow heavy loads will buy such a thing.
Maintenance and repair costs will also be huge.
While the premium on restored used trucks with pre-2010 engines will soar, what this deal really means is that manufacturers will churn out hundreds of thousands of flimsy little plastic-and-aluminum go-carts that will sit on car lots, unsold, in order to improve their "fleet-wide" averages.
And we'll all pay for those lots full of cars no one wants, directly or indirectly.
To answer that question, you need to understand the true Green goal – reversing Henry Ford's affordable-transportation revolution, turning a motor vehicle back into a luxury affordable only by the rich, while the great masses of new American peons huddle in their "Agenda 21" concentration centers, barred from the vast Gaia-sacred bulk of the North American land mass, riding to their assigned work stations on "fuel-efficient" little electric trolleys.
The higher costs being imposed mean six million to 11 million low-income drivers will be unable to afford new vehicles, according to the National Auto Dealers Association (NADA). They'll go looking for used cars.
But guess what? Far fewer used cars are available today, thanks to the mind-boggling $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program that destroyed 690,000 perfectly good cars and trucks.
And the average price of used cars and trucks has already shot up, from $8,150 in December, 2008, to $11,850, according to NADA and the Wall Street Journal.
Vin Suprynowicz is an editorial writer at the Review-Journal and author of "Send in the Waco Killers" and the novel "The Black Arrow." See www.vinsuprynowicz.com.


Gernot Rohr has spoken about the return of Nigeria's legendary goalkeeper, Enyeama to the goalpost after his controversial retirement.
Nigerian coach, Gernot Rohr has revealed the only condition that would bring Lille goalie, Vincent Enyeama back to the Super Eagles fold.
Enyeama only recently returned from a six months injury. According to the spokesman of the Super Eagles, Toyin Ibitoye, Rohr wants the former Super Eagles player to feature in games for his club if he must be in contention for 2018 World.
The 35-year-old is back in training with Lille but is yet to play a game this season after manager Marcelo Bielsa axed him alongside ten others from his first team upon his appointment as coach.
The Lille coach brought in two new goalkeepers but their poor form has made the coach to hand a reprieve to Enyeama.
Ibitiye said, "Rohr is aware that Enyeama is back in training, and not only that he is excited but he won't be rushed back into the team. Rohr is monitoring his situation at Lille.


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Broadcast reporter threatened, spat on by man at event with Michigan governor
An individual was caught on film assaulting a news team for NBC-affiliate UpNorthLive, based in Traverse City, Michigan. Video posted by the station shows the man throwing one of the news team's microphones and spitting on a camera during an event with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on May 6, 2021.
The news team was covering an outdoor event in Greilickville, at which Whitmer signed a bill authorizing spending to protect Michigan's natural resources, UpNorthLive News reported. The man first heckled the governor, shouting profanities during her speech and yelling "We don't want you here," before turning to criticize journalists covering the event, according to the broadcaster's account.
UpNorthLive reporters Natalie Spala and Cortney Brown covered the signing and were scheduled to interview the governor right after, but the interview was canceled when officials escorted Whitmer away from the heckler to her car, the outlet reported.
According to UpNorthLive, the man "then turned his attention to the UpNorthLive news crew, asking if he should destroy the reporter's [Brown's] camera before taking a microphone and throwing it across the parking lot." Spala's assault is documented here.
Leelanau County Sheriff's deputies at the scene intervened and arrested the man immediately, but as he was being handcuffed he spat on Brown and the camera she was carrying.
"OK, that's unnecessary," Spala can be heard saying in the footage published by UpNorthLive.
Brown confirmed in a Facebook post that she was spat on and verbally threatened by the individual.
In an interview with the outlet, Sheriff Mike Borkovich said, "We have been in contact with this individual before, mostly regarding political-type things. I personally believe that's not normally what he has done but I do think when you cross the line, people have to know that we will enforce the law."
Neither of the reporters nor the station's news director responded to emailed requests for comment.
The man was transported to the Leelanau County Correctional facility, where he was processed and charged with two counts of assault and battery and one count of malicious destruction of property, according to a Facebook post by the Sheriff's Office.
According to the sheriff's office, he is currently in the Leelanau County Jail on two counts of assault and battery and one count of malicious destruction of property.https://t.co/HIV7ElZjsa
— upnorthlive.com (@upnorthlive) May 6, 2021
UpNorthLive reported that the man, a 39-year-old Traverse City resident, was released on a $100 interim bond later that night.
Sheriff Borkovich told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that the arraignment of the arrested man was scheduled for June 8.
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According to UpNorthLive, the man "then turned his attention to the UpNorthLive news crew, asking if he should destroy the reporter's [Brown's] camera before taking a microphone and throwing it across the parking lot." Spala's assault is documented here.
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Quebec expects to save millions with overhaul of generic-drug purchasing process
Les Perreaux
Under the old system, hospitals and pharmacists bought generic drugs approved by Ottawa and the province from wholesalers. Pharmacists were often rebated up to 45 per cent of the price from the drug companies – fees that are illegal in most provinces.Getty Images/iStockphoto
Quebec is launching an attempt to save millions in drug costs through an overhaul of the province's generic pharmaceutical purchasing system.
The province will seek competitive bids from companies for exclusive supply contracts for generic prescription drugs, moving from a piecemeal system to a centralized tendering process. It means pharmacists will no longer be able to offer a range of brands for generic drugs and instead will be supplied by the generic drug maker chosen by the province.
Quebec's move could have ripples across Canada as governments look for ways to control increasing health costs pushed by aging populations. The provinces have been working together to bring down prescription drug costs and several have experimented with tendering but Quebec is the first province to dive into a bidding system on such a scale. Ottawa is also reviewing its regulatory regime in the hope of bringing down prices.
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The provincial Health Ministry sent a letter warning the federal Competition Bureau of the move on Tuesday because of the large-scale impact it may have on a market that includes $800-million in annual spending from the Quebec public purse.
The letter from the deputy health minister obtained by The Globe and Mail says the government is in the process of informing companies and anticipates major price drops "in the coming months." A government source said the first calls for tender are expected this week.
Tendering generic drug contracts has driven down prices in parts of Europe and in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, but have not yet been tried on such a large scale in Canada.
"A number of measures have been put in place to reduce the price of generic drugs in recent years but … there remains a large difference between Canadian prices and those in other comparable countries," said the letter to the Competition Bureau signed by Quebec deputy health minister Michel Fontaine.
Under the old system, hospitals and pharmacists bought generic drugs approved by Ottawa and the province from wholesalers. Pharmacists were often rebated up to 45 per cent of the price from the drug companies – fees that are illegal in most provinces.
In the new system, the government has capped rebates pharmacists can receive at 15 per cent. Drug purchases will now be centralized under one competitive bid for any generic drug that has at least three competitive manufacturers. Contracts will run up to three years. Brand-name drugs are not part of the new plan.
Industry players, such as Quebec-based Jean Coutu Group Inc., a pharmacy chain that also has a generic manufacturing subsidiary, have protested the plan and engaged in last-minute negotiations this spring to avoid the dramatic change in the system. The talks were close to a deal that would have saved more than $100-million but fell apart in recent days, according to a government source.
Quebec had threatened the move for years, passing enabling legislation last June.
Pharmacists objected, saying it would take away patient choice and the security of having multiple suppliers for the same drug. Their criticism diminished when the government struck a deal to replace some of the fees they had been collecting on their wholesale drug purchases.
Jean Coutu, the prominent Quebec businessman and founder of the Jean Coutu pharmacy chain, and his son François, criticized the province's plans in January and warned the company might leave Quebec. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment on Tuesday.
Business analysts anticipate the province could save 25 per cent to 35 per cent on its $800-million generic-drug bill if the system was implemented and proved effective. The pharmaceutical companies, however, have made no secret of their objections and the government's letter to the Competition Bureau is a clear attempt to put the companies on notice.
During a pilot project in Ontario nine years ago, the province put four generic contracts up for tender. A brand-name provider ended up winning one contract and no generic made a successful bid. In Saskatchewan, companies bid on drug contracts but the participation of generics is limited, according to a paper published in 2013 by University of British Columbia professor Michael Law in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. B.C. has also experimented with tendering.
Keith Howlett, a pharmaceutical-industry analyst with Desjardins Capital Markets, anticipated in a recent analysis that a new system would result in cost savings for the province and a hit to the companies' bottom line – even if the new purchasing system was negotiated rather than imposed.
"We expect other provinces to mimic whatever gains Quebec achieves," he said. "The provinces have achieved a surprising level of co-ordination in pursuing lower drug costs, both generic and branded."
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San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the public to join the campaign to keep and widen exemptions EFF obtained in 2010 to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to help remove a cloud of legal uncertainty hanging over folks who modify electronic gadgets and make remix videos.
"The DMCA is supposed to block copyright infringement, but it's been misused to threaten tinkerers and users who just want to make their devices more secure and more functional," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann. "The U.S. Copyright Office should hear from concerned Americans who want to run software of their choice on the gadgets of their choice."
"The Internet has helped foster extraordinary and powerful new forms of commentary that rely, in part, on the ordinary activity of borrowing clips of news and popular culture," said EFF IP Director Corynne McSherry. "This is part of our everyday political debate and should be protected by copyright law, not discouraged."
The exemptions EFF won for smartphones and remix videos in 2010 will expire if they are not renewed. So in December, EFF filed comments urging the Copyright Office to not only renew the exemptions, but expand them. Specifically, EFF asked that the office protect the "jailbreaking" of smartphones, electronic tablets, and video game systems – freeing them to run operating systems and applications from any source. EFF also asked for legal protections for artists and critics who use excerpts from DVDs or Internet video services to create new, remixed works.
Now, the Copyright Office is asking for public comment on the proposed exemptions and EFF is seeking the public's help. In EFF's Jailbreaking Is Not a Crime campaign, you can sign a letter written by author and hacker bunnie Huang, advocating for expanded jailbreaking exemptions to protect security researchers and other tinkerers and innovators. In the Rip. Mix. Make. Campaign, you can join video artist, educator, and author Kirby Ferguson in calling for wider exemptions for breaking video encryption for creative purposes.
Both campaigns are part of the official comment period of the Copyright Office's rulemaking process, convened every three years to consider exemptions to the DMCA's prohibitions on "circumventing" digital rights management and "other technical protection measures" used to protect copyrighted works. In passing the DMCA, Congress allowed the Copyright Office to create certain kinds of exemptions to help mitigate the harms the law causes to legitimate, non-infringing use of copyrighted materials.
"Overreaching copyright law can hurt Americans' free expression and innovation rights. That's what we are fighting in Congress with the Internet blacklist bills like SOPA and PIPA, and it's what we are fighting here," said EFF Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz. "Please help Kirby defend the right to rip, mix, and make, and join bunnie in telling the Copyright Office that jailbreaking is not a crime."


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Gertrude Kasebier: Mother and daughter c. 1910, Vintage platinum print signed recto in white, 9-1/4 x 7-7/16 in. (235 x 190 mm), on original colored paper mount. w2593.
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How could he have possibly lost?
Apologists for Romney will say that this presidential election's "October Surprise" was Hurricane Sandy, which favoured the incumbent. They will say that Romney was closing on President Barack Obama before the hurricane caused the campaign it shutdown for a crucial 48 hours. Romney's friends, such as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, did not help matters by heaping praise on the president's response to the freak storm.
This version of history is extremely favourable to Romney. The truth is that he was behind before the hurricane and remained behind afterwards.
Romney lost because he was a weak candidate. In a stronger field, he probably would not have made it out of the Republican primaries. Romney ran on three pillars: as an experienced businessman; as the former governor of Massachusetts; and as a conservative family man. It could be argued that each of these was a greater weakness than strength.
Romney's business experience was supposed to be his greatest asset. However, his time at Bain Capital also made him an easy political target. For sure, he was responsible for hiring people, but he was also responsible for firing people. The people he tended to hire were finance people. The people his company laid off tended to be lower skilled workers. These workers are the exact people he needed to convince to vote for him.
Indeed, with unemployment at 7.9%, many Americans recognise Romney as the boss who recently fired them. It was also easy for Romney's political opponents to associate Romney's business experience with the worse excesses of Wall Street and outsourcing of jobs to China. As such, the businessman theme failed to achieve as much traction as campaign strategists probably would have wished.
Romney also drew heavily upon his experience as Governor of Massachusetts, particularly during the presidential debates. This is understandable as it was his only real political experience. Once again, however, this experience worked against as much as for him.
When Romney entered the governorship, he balanced the budget by increasing taxes and decreasing expenditure. When running for the presidency, he said he would never raise taxes to balance the books. He also introduced a comprehensive health care program, which is very similar to "Obamacare" he later riled against in the presidential campaign. He assumed relatively progressive social positions on gay rights and abortion, but later called himself a "severe conservative" in the Republicans primaries.
Politicians regularly shift their positions. Few have attempted it to such an extent as Mitt Romney – from the relatively progressive positions of his governorship, to the conservative positions of the primaries to the middle for the general election.
Finally, Romney ran heavily as a stable, conservative family man. Yet, this picture also reminded many Americans that Romney is a Mormon. There remains a great deal of prejudice against Mormons in the United States. Many evangelicals disbelieve that they are even true Christians. Many of the left also hold negative views of Mormonism after the church played a prominent role striking down marriage equality acts across the country, including overturning laws in California. Politically, Romney's religion worked against him on both his right and left flanks.
What next for Romney?
There has been speculation that Romney may run again in 2016. This narrative follows that he has gotten so close that he can almost taste the White House. There is no precedent for this. Dole didn't run in 2000. Gore didn't run in 2004. Kerry didn't run in 2008. McCain didn't run this time.
While holding this in mind, it is too early to write Mitt Romney's political obituary. I don't think we have seen the last of him.


1. Syndicate Bank has cut its MCLR rate by _____%.
2. Which country's Second vice president will be on a five-day visit to India starting today?
3. According to the 2017 World Energy Access report of International Energy Agency (IEA), India is expected to achieve its target under 'electricity for all' by which year?
4. Garbine Muguruza who is recently in news, plays which sport?
6. Raffaele Bergamasco, who has been appointed Performance Director for women's boxing in India, hails from which country?
7. The first edition of the International Conference on Sports Medicine and Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 has been inaugurated in which city?
9. Which union ministry has signed agreement with German firm GIZ for technical cooperation in transport projects?
10. Kanchanmala Pande has become the first Indian to win gold at World Para Swimming Championship in the ____ category.
11. National Trachoma Survey Report (2014-17), India has been declared free from infective Trachoma which is a contagious bacterial infection causing damage to ____.
12. Which of the following High Courts has banned the bursting of firecrackers on New Year eve ?
13. In which city the 46th Congress of International Hockey Federation (FIH) would be held ?
14. Who has been named the top Indian actor of 2017 by Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb)?
15. The RBI issued the 5th bimonthly Monetary Policy Statement of FY18 on 6 Dec. What is the repo rate post the policy statement?
16. The govt has engaged which bank to enable online payments at 470 mandis integrated with the electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)?
17. Which State will host the eighth Hockey India Senior National 'A' Division Championship?
18. Which State Government has approved the farm loan waiver of 41 lakh farmers to Rs 19,537 crore?
20. Recently, which country has launched its first astronaut program?


It's been a long time since I've talked about Flickr here because I don't use it all that much anymore. A few years ago, I would have never believed this would be true! I really am loving Google Photos these days, but I do still have a ton of my older photos on Flickr. I used to create a lot of inspiration collages there and I still love them. Hmmm, maybe I should get back to doing those? Well, I'll at least share one of my favorites here today.


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Ranchers Relief fund distributing last of $5.4M in donations
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PIERRE — A relief fund for western South Dakota ranchers who lost tens of thousands of cattle in an early October blizzard is set to disburse the last of $5.4 million in donations.
South Dakota Stockgrowers Association President Bob Fortune says the outpouring of support to the Ranchers Relief Fund for those affected by the storm far exceeded the association's expectations. Fortune says the fund is able to distribute meaningful contributions to more than 600 ranch families who suffered losses.
South Dakota Cattlemen's Association President Cory Eich says nearly 43,000 head of livestock were reported lost by fund applicants.
The fund's steering committee has established a goal of closing the fund by June 1.
Donations are still being accepted until that date.


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And as for Tinder, sure, it can be used for swiftly finding a one-night stand, but there are , Tinder is the harbinger of today's hookup-fueled "dating apocalypse." But the truth of the matter is, hooking up isn't anything new (and may in fact be hardwired into our genetics).
The app is a leap of faith since you don't know who will join your event (it's also very new, so its pool of users doesn't seem very big yet), but it might be worth a try if you're burnt out on other options." data-reactid="91"Beacon Beacon isn't a dating app per say, but it can be used like one.
"Fear of being the victim of violence is a strong motivation for some young people to carry a weapon, to be more aggressive," claims the American Academy of Pediatrics website.
Violence portrayed on television is shaping the attitudes and manners of society.


Just two paddlers made the trip to Bucklers Hard, but their results were amazing.
Sam Liddy, took first place in the Wavehopper Race with a whopping lead, completing the 1.3 mile course in 14minutes and 20 seconds. He now has two wins from two events in the Under 16 Wavehopper Championships giving him maximum points.
James Read took second place in the 5 mile Wild Water Race, with a time of 43:05, gradually moving up the filled following on from his third pace finish at Fairthorne Manor a couple of weeks ago.
Many Thanks to Susan Templeton for organising the race and to all those who helped out.
Are you interested in racing with The Sharks? Why not give it ago, we are always looking for are members, we have sessions at a number of places, Harefield, Southall, Osterley, Harlesden. We supply all the kit and beginners are welcome, you do not need any experience, just a wish to have fun. call us on 08951 770241, or email canoeing@thesharks.org.uk.


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Perioperative safety concerns are a major area of interest in recent years. Severe cardiac perturbation such as cardiac arrest is one of the most dreaded complications in the intraoperative period; however, little is known about the management of these events in the patients undergoing elective neurosurgery. This special group needs further attention, as it is often neither feasible nor appropriate to apply conventional advanced cardiac life support algorithms in patients undergoing neurosurgery. Factors such as neurosurgical procedure and positioning can also have a significant effect on the occurrence of cardiac arrest. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to describe the various causes and management of cardiac emergencies with special reference to cardiac arrest during elective neurosurgical procedures, including discussion of position-related factors and resuscitative considerations in these situations. This will help to formulate possible guidelines for management of such events.