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247917c Jean Kossaifi 23 December 2018, 23:37 UTC TYPO 23 December 2018, 23:37 UTC
f04806e Jean Kossaifi 23 December 2018, 23:32 UTC MXNET: fix reshape with empty shape 23 December 2018, 23:32 UTC
05b6b2f Jean Kossaifi 23 December 2018, 23:13 UTC Adds tensor contraction 23 December 2018, 23:13 UTC
3a35360 Jean Kossaifi 26 November 2018, 16:25 UTC DOC FIX: home page user_guide link 26 November 2018, 16:25 UTC
ec8add1 Jean Kossaifi 29 October 2018, 14:45 UTC Random: deprecate old functions 29 October 2018, 14:45 UTC
841e7e6 Jean Kossaifi 29 October 2018, 14:30 UTC DOC: update random module API 29 October 2018, 14:30 UTC
e782136 Jean Kossaifi 29 October 2018, 14:29 UTC Refactored random module 29 October 2018, 14:29 UTC
c5cef8e Jean Kossaifi 29 October 2018, 14:28 UTC Sanity checks on rank for MPS 29 October 2018, 14:28 UTC
54297a3 Jean Kossaifi 28 October 2018, 21:00 UTC FIX: use tl.ones not np. 28 October 2018, 21:00 UTC
8104e06 Jean Kossaifi 28 October 2018, 20:53 UTC FIX: (multi_)mode_dot with vector 28 October 2018, 20:53 UTC
9badf5d Jean Kossaifi 28 October 2018, 18:11 UTC Do not set global random seed 28 October 2018, 18:11 UTC
d4b1854 Jean Kossaifi 28 October 2018, 18:02 UTC DOC: add contrib to API 28 October 2018, 18:02 UTC
f15cf2e Jean Kossaifi 28 October 2018, 18:02 UTC Contrib: add decomposition submodule 28 October 2018, 18:02 UTC
d82e08b Jean Kossaifi 28 October 2018, 14:21 UTC Merge pull request #73 from wumming/TTcross Cross-approx algorithm for MSP/tensor-train decomposition 28 October 2018, 14:21 UTC
a7971af Jean Kossaifi 27 October 2018, 19:47 UTC Typos 27 October 2018, 19:47 UTC
cd25045 Jean Kossaifi 27 October 2018, 19:46 UTC Updated guide 27 October 2018, 19:46 UTC
c8095a4 Jean Kossaifi 27 October 2018, 17:13 UTC Removed un-necessary import 27 October 2018, 17:13 UTC
3ff301c Jean Kossaifi 08 October 2018, 12:27 UTC Edit AUTHORS list 08 October 2018, 12:27 UTC
6f85b26 Zongyi Li 21 September 2018, 17:16 UTC move check_random_state(1) 21 September 2018, 17:16 UTC
5ef625f Jean Kossaifi 21 September 2018, 11:08 UTC Specify SVD fun for tucker 21 September 2018, 11:08 UTC
e22fa80 Zongyi Li 19 September 2018, 17:49 UTC delete hard coded dtype. 19 September 2018, 17:49 UTC
fa50f7a Zongyi Li 19 September 2018, 17:46 UTC Merge branch 'master' into TTcross 19 September 2018, 17:46 UTC
47b57dd Zongyi Li 19 September 2018, 17:37 UTC Merge branch 'TTcross' of https://github.com/wumming/tensorly into TTcross 19 September 2018, 17:37 UTC
0c33fc0 Zongyi Li 19 September 2018, 16:12 UTC modify pytorch's tl.tensor(). delete int()/tensor_as_indices() 19 September 2018, 17:33 UTC
4e9ed27 Zongyi Li 19 September 2018, 07:10 UTC change int() to tensor_as_indices() and minor changes 19 September 2018, 17:33 UTC
463b553 Zongyi Li 14 September 2018, 18:15 UTC use solve instead of inverse, delete npr.seed() 19 September 2018, 17:33 UTC
975c84b Zongyi Li 08 September 2018, 21:28 UTC Fix bugs for MxNet 1. wrapper Numpy's inverse for MxNet. 2. MxNet is not robust when vector has size 1. Add a base case for it. 3. MxNet is not robust for a/b. transpose b so that a and b are in the same shape. 19 September 2018, 17:33 UTC
f0cdb8e Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 21:31 UTC candecomp_parafac.py should be in tensorly/decomposition instead of tensorly/contrib 19 September 2018, 17:33 UTC
2162dda Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 21:27 UTC add back candecomp_parafac.py from master 19 September 2018, 17:33 UTC
e918a01 Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 03:57 UTC delete candecomp I didn't change candecomp. Only modified mps_cross 19 September 2018, 17:33 UTC
c0e6781 Jean Kossaifi 19 September 2018, 17:06 UTC Import dtypes 19 September 2018, 17:06 UTC
87e50c8 Jean Kossaifi 19 September 2018, 16:22 UTC pytorch backend: don't force default dtype 19 September 2018, 16:22 UTC
0e08f2b Zongyi Li 19 September 2018, 16:12 UTC modify pytorch's tl.tensor(). delete int()/tensor_as_indices() 19 September 2018, 16:12 UTC
910a1c2 Zongyi Li 19 September 2018, 07:10 UTC change int() to tensor_as_indices() and minor changes 19 September 2018, 07:10 UTC
f08b657 Zongyi Li 14 September 2018, 18:15 UTC use solve instead of inverse, delete npr.seed() 14 September 2018, 18:15 UTC
6be1f6d Zongyi Li 08 September 2018, 21:28 UTC Fix bugs for MxNet 1. wrapper Numpy's inverse for MxNet. 2. MxNet is not robust when vector has size 1. Add a base case for it. 3. MxNet is not robust for a/b. transpose b so that a and b are in the same shape. 08 September 2018, 21:28 UTC
4c4b32e Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 21:31 UTC candecomp_parafac.py should be in tensorly/decomposition instead of tensorly/contrib 03 September 2018, 21:31 UTC
bd9e00d Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 21:27 UTC add back candecomp_parafac.py from master 03 September 2018, 21:27 UTC
5f1dae9 Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 03:57 UTC delete candecomp I didn't change candecomp. Only modified mps_cross 03 September 2018, 03:57 UTC
5206d0d Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 03:39 UTC Merge branch 'tensorly-master' into TTcross Resolve the conflicts on pytorch and tensorflow backends. 03 September 2018, 03:39 UTC
3db755b Zongyi Li 03 September 2018, 03:36 UTC Resolved merge conflict by incorporating both suggestions. 03 September 2018, 03:36 UTC
3cce636 wumming 30 August 2018, 20:45 UTC clear STT 30 August 2018, 20:45 UTC
5157ba9 wumming 30 August 2018, 20:43 UTC delete STT 30 August 2018, 20:43 UTC
4f73baf wumming 30 August 2018, 20:15 UTC merge2 30 August 2018, 20:15 UTC
e09b6e7 Jean Kossaifi 30 August 2018, 10:21 UTC FIX: properly use svd fun provided 30 August 2018, 10:21 UTC
4737451 Jean Kossaifi 30 August 2018, 10:10 UTC CPD: add svd parameter (default to 'numpy_svd') 30 August 2018, 10:10 UTC
3448786 wumming 30 August 2018, 06:40 UTC merge 30 August 2018, 06:40 UTC
4fe5366 Jean Kossaifi 29 August 2018, 14:58 UTC Merge pull request #70 from eriche7133/patch-1 FIX: init uses `==` instead `is` to check for init options 29 August 2018, 14:58 UTC
808daad eriche7133 29 August 2018, 14:23 UTC Update candecomp_parafac.py Changed "is" to "==" for comparing strings in the initialize_factors function. 29 August 2018, 14:23 UTC
f1e7e39 wumming 21 August 2018, 23:54 UTC Doc for tensor-train decomposition 21 August 2018, 23:54 UTC
f28fd20 Jean Kossaifi 16 August 2018, 18:39 UTC ENH: adds several options to compute truncated SVD 16 August 2018, 18:39 UTC
5551175 Jean Kossaifi 16 August 2018, 18:39 UTC Update Makefile 16 August 2018, 18:39 UTC
4d24972 Jean Kossaifi 14 August 2018, 11:35 UTC FIX/pytorch: to_numpy detaches variables if needed 14 August 2018, 11:35 UTC
c7b16c8 wumming 14 August 2018, 07:52 UTC greedy maxvol 14 August 2018, 07:52 UTC
b8c1d15 wumming 12 August 2018, 03:39 UTC np.random -> randomState 12 August 2018, 03:39 UTC
f97a04b wumming 09 August 2018, 18:14 UTC wordings 09 August 2018, 18:14 UTC
695bb8c wumming 09 August 2018, 18:12 UTC advantages and disadvantages 09 August 2018, 18:12 UTC
3d39041 Jean Kossaifi 08 August 2018, 20:31 UTC Don't specify default dtype for numpy backend So as not to override passed array's existing dtype by default (type cast only if dtype is specified) 08 August 2018, 20:31 UTC
a29ffb8 wumming 07 August 2018, 23:11 UTC tensorly standard 07 August 2018, 23:11 UTC
0022c2b wumming 07 August 2018, 00:21 UTC clear the code 07 August 2018, 00:21 UTC
2d205e6 wumming 06 August 2018, 15:16 UTC comment out tf 06 August 2018, 15:16 UTC
1b05564 wumming 05 August 2018, 22:44 UTC Mxnet works 05 August 2018, 22:44 UTC
ebea465 wumming 27 July 2018, 23:56 UTC tests 27 July 2018, 23:56 UTC
0f2e8e5 wumming 26 July 2018, 09:25 UTC TTcross for numpy and pytorch 26 July 2018, 09:25 UTC
6649dfc Shuo Zhou 11 July 2018, 09:13 UTC Update quickstart.rst 11 July 2018, 10:40 UTC
0adc913 Jean Kossaifi 03 July 2018, 15:46 UTC DOC: add MPS/TTrain 05 July 2018, 10:07 UTC
3dba905 Jean Kossaifi 03 July 2018, 15:45 UTC Optimisations and cleanup 05 July 2018, 10:07 UTC
8cabcfb AkisKefalas 17 June 2018, 18:38 UTC Update mps_tensor.py 05 July 2018, 10:07 UTC
e8396ae AkisKefalas 17 June 2018, 18:36 UTC Update test_mps_tensor.py 05 July 2018, 10:07 UTC
5bf5faa Admin 17 June 2018, 18:32 UTC Moved test_mps_decomposition to correct tests folder 05 July 2018, 10:07 UTC
40db493 Admin 17 June 2018, 18:19 UTC Added mps_tensor, mps_decomposition and their tests 05 July 2018, 10:07 UTC
0802167 AlexStasik 03 July 2018, 17:22 UTC Update candecomp_parafac.py 04 July 2018, 09:37 UTC
d93d280 Scott Sievert 14 June 2018, 20:58 UTC MAINT: update __init__.py 16 June 2018, 20:25 UTC
b2874c5 Jean Kossaifi 08 June 2018, 10:24 UTC FIX: partial_svd when n_eigenvecs is None 08 June 2018, 10:24 UTC
8d876cf Jean Kossaifi 05 June 2018, 13:50 UTC Add contrib submodule 05 June 2018, 13:50 UTC
f74e403 Jean Kossaifi 04 June 2018, 09:09 UTC Bump up version 04 June 2018, 09:09 UTC
340d83f Jean Kossaifi 01 June 2018, 14:37 UTC Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/tensorly/tensorly 01 June 2018, 14:37 UTC
b93d017 Jean Kossaifi 01 June 2018, 14:33 UTC random tensors: add orthogonal parameter 01 June 2018, 14:33 UTC
f8782f6 Jean Kossaifi 01 June 2018, 14:28 UTC Adds orthogonalise parameter for CP decomposition 01 June 2018, 14:28 UTC
05efae2 Jean Kossaifi 31 May 2018, 22:49 UTC RCP: tests 31 May 2018, 22:49 UTC
b07ca26 Jean Kossaifi 31 May 2018, 22:10 UTC randomised CP: make max_stagnation optional If tol=0 and max_stagnation=0, don't compute rec error 31 May 2018, 22:10 UTC
33f1200 Jean Kossaifi 31 May 2018, 16:56 UTC FIX: preserve tensor context 31 May 2018, 16:56 UTC
9e6d89a Jean Kossaifi 31 May 2018, 10:01 UTC DOC: added randomised CP to API 31 May 2018, 10:01 UTC
4f30689 Jean Kossaifi 31 May 2018, 09:29 UTC Merge pull request #53 from SamJohannes/randomised-cp Adds randomised cp via sampled ALS 31 May 2018, 09:29 UTC
809da07 SamJohannes 30 May 2018, 22:16 UTC Re-added the max_stagnation convergence check to r-parafac 30 May 2018, 22:16 UTC
34c3178 Jean Kossaifi 30 May 2018, 16:29 UTC FIX: test_randomized_cp: rank of source tensor 30 May 2018, 16:29 UTC
3b72820 Jean Kossaifi 30 May 2018, 16:23 UTC Refactored randomised_cp Mainly: - sample only needed elements from the tensor rather than unfold + select - rename with better names - avoid conversion to and from numpy - add convergence test 30 May 2018, 16:23 UTC
0202177 SamJohannes 16 May 2018, 22:46 UTC Removed obselete variables from random-cp 16 May 2018, 22:46 UTC
fb0b390 SamJohannes 15 May 2018, 07:08 UTC Changed the min/max for arrays in testing 15 May 2018, 07:08 UTC
f32784a SamJohannes 15 May 2018, 06:37 UTC Merge branch 'randomised-cp' of https://github.com/SamJohannes/tensorly into randomised-cp 15 May 2018, 06:37 UTC
05bbc23 SamJohannes 15 May 2018, 06:33 UTC Made tests multi-backend compatible 15 May 2018, 06:33 UTC
3fba4e1 SamJohannes 15 May 2018, 06:22 UTC Made tests multi-backend compatible 15 May 2018, 06:22 UTC
dcf04af SamJohannes 15 May 2018, 06:06 UTC Merge branch 'master' into randomised-cp 15 May 2018, 06:06 UTC
55f2086 SamJohannes 15 May 2018, 06:02 UTC Cleaned up backend utilisation for randomised parafac 15 May 2018, 06:02 UTC
15beeef SamJohannes 14 May 2018, 03:32 UTC Removed debugging statements 14 May 2018, 03:32 UTC
56826f0 Curtis Hampton 10 May 2018, 03:48 UTC include license in wheels 11 May 2018, 10:22 UTC
af0700a Jean Kossaifi 10 May 2018, 16:00 UTC Backend, partial_svd: full_matrices=false when sensible 10 May 2018, 16:00 UTC
9cc2280 Jean Kossaifi 09 May 2018, 16:28 UTC CI: install pytorch for cpu only 09 May 2018, 16:28 UTC
07d3dbb Jean Kossaifi 09 May 2018, 16:15 UTC DOC: citation + pytorch 0.4.0+ 09 May 2018, 16:15 UTC
1295ccb Jean Kossaifi 08 May 2018, 21:04 UTC FIX README + bump version 08 May 2018, 22:15 UTC


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Home/Health facility/Melanee Tiura steps down as director of the IFHS clinic
Melanee Tiura steps down as director of the IFHS clinic
Stephen Ewing November 24, 2021 Health facility Comments Off on Melanee Tiura steps down as director of the IFHS clinic 4 Views
The director of the Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic is stepping down after more than two years at the head of the Unalaska clinic.
Melanee Tiura will take up an administrator position at Providence Medical Center in Valdez. His last day at IFHS is December 10.
Tiura was hired in September 2019 after a seven month search. She took over from interim manager Will Rodgers, who stepped in after former manager James Kaech resigned.
Tiura was recently nominated for the City's Extra Mile Award for her role in helping the community weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hope McKenney from KUCB sat down with Tiura to talk about her time on the island, the pandemic and the aftermath.
HOPE MCKENNEY: You moved to the island a little over two years ago. Most of your time as head of the clinic has been spent during a global pandemic. How did this affect both the clinic and the way you had to do your job?
MÉLANÉE TIURA: Whoa. So yeah, nobody's predicting a pandemic, right, I could never have predicted that this would be what would be, you know, the focus of the last year and a half, two years. It probably changed everything in all of our jobs in one way or another. For us, you know, we didn't have the luxury of going remote. We tried very difficult telemedicine visits based on the internet, based on our patient's internet, not necessarily ours. But for the sake of our patients, it was difficult. So where other facilities were able to provide a remote option, we just didn't have that luxury. It didn't work out as well for us. We also tried the phone for a while. I think it's actually worse, you know, where your call would be dropped more than three times in a short conversation. So we had some difficulties with that. But we were able to do some amazing things. So our team is amazing. They are amazing people. But they are amazing suppliers. And they did a fantastic job. Everyone was really flexible. I know it was hard for everyone. And on top of the added worry of "Am I going to get sick?" Will I get COVID while at work, caring for people with COVID? It is a national problem. So it added worry, it added stress. It was not an easy year, two easy years for everyone. But I think we did an amazing job. I think the collaboration with the city made us all stronger, I think it went very well. And we worked very closely together. And when I say the city, it's of course the EOC, but it's also the fire and the EMS, the fact that a lot of these big events collaborate with other entities, the APIA. So we've had a really good, I think, a very good group to address these questions of how do we get what we need? How to ensure the safety of the community? How do we get the testing supplies we need together with the state? And then how do we get the vaccines we need? So it was a really good experience for something that was really difficult.
MCKENNEY: We're in a clinic that has seen a lot of turnover, especially from its CEOs over the years. I heard that at one point there were about seven clinic directors in five years. You seem to bring a lot of stability to the clinic, from the people I've spoken to, even since my time here. How do you think leaving at this point will affect things here at the clinic? And do you think you've left it in a good place to keep moving forward?
TIURA: I don't think it was a surprise to anyone that we were in a tough spot at the end of 2019. When I got there, financially we were in a really tough spot. And so, the last two years from this point of view have not been easy. We made a lot of decisions. We have worked a lot. We have done a lot on the revenue side and the expenditure side. We are in a strong position at the moment. I feel really good about what we have been able to accomplish in my time over the past two years. The clinic is definitely in a good position in many ways. We will always have our challenges like everywhere else, right? Turnover is tough. You think of it a bit like a storm that you have to face. You know, a person comes out, a new person comes in. There is a lot of emotion that goes with it. Many difficulties that accompany these transitions. So I'm trying to make this as smooth as possible. We have a acting gentleman who covered before I got here and who has graciously agreed to return. So for us, this adds another element of stability, where we can transmit specific projects. And we also have some members of our team who are going to step up their efforts to help with this transition to make sure that everything goes smoothly.
MCKENNEY: Do you feel like you've accomplished what you hoped to accomplish while you were here? What are you most proud of? Are there things that you wish you could have accomplished or achieved in your two and a half years?
TIURA: I feel really good where we are. I really feel good about what has been accomplished. I won't say for myself, but for the team as a whole. What am I most proud of? I am the most proud of our people. I am very proud of our staff. I think they inspire greatness. It has been wonderful. I am very proud of our city, of our municipal leadership. I am really proud of the city council. I think they did some tough things against some critics for it. They did a fantastic job making decisions which I think helped keep people safe. I am really proud of the community for doing tough things. Nobody likes it. No one likes restrictions of any kind. Neither do I. So it was two difficult years. But the people really, they really did a great job. I am also very proud of the industry. We've spent a lot of time together over the past two years working on outbreaks and plans. School is another example, just working on these plans to figure out how to mitigate that. And we really did some amazing things. And we have other comparisons statewide to know that the way we did it, it worked out really well. And it wasn't based on one person's efforts, it was based on everyone's efforts and all that diligence. So I met with companies last week, and we kind of did this little review of a year or two. And it's been just a huge amount of work, a labor of love for everyone. But the result has been so good. So I'm really proud of it. I am proud that today we have no cases. And this does not happen by chance. Nowhere else does this happen by accident. These are intentional actions on the part of all of us. So I'm very proud of where we are at.
MCKENNEY: I moved here shortly before you did, and this island really captured my heart. I love living here, reporting here and being part of this community. How did it go for you ? What did you do during your time that was not here at the clinic? I know, it has taken a long time over the past couple of years. But how has it been for you to live on this island for over two years?
TIURA: We loved it here. Deciding to do something different, to leave the island was a very difficult decision for us, for our whole family. My husband, myself, my kids, we love it here. It's nice. My husband and I were actually drinking coffee the other night talking about Unalaska and its beauty. And every day, and I'm not exaggerating, every day I say to myself: "It's another beautiful day in Unalaska. No matter if it's a storm, no matter if it's clear, it's just breathtaking, it's beautiful. And we've been able to be a part of so much here, there is always things for the community to do, even when it's COVID and a little tight and people aren't coming together like they used to. Every sort of virtual race, we were there. If it was in person, we were there too. The children's bazaars and sports and the pottery hall, of course, we are delighted to be a part of all this community has to offer. The people are warm, friendly, open and kind. And that's just a good thing for us. I remember moving here, and you know, someone brought pizza to our door that first week, and you know, you're a new person, you don't know anyone and having someone coming at your door to say, "Welcome, we're glad you're here." It's just very sweet. So it's been that way for the past two years. Again, tough times too, right? presence of COVID throughout the community and all of these measures put the brakes on it. And it held us all back a bit. But it's a lovely place. And we will always fondly remember it.
MCKENNEY: So what's the next step for you? What's the next step for your family? Where are you going?
TIURA: So we're heading to Valdez, Alaska. Again, still in rural Alaska, but on the highway system. I have an administrator position at the Providence Valdez medical center. And so I'll start this later in December. We are therefore delighted with this opportunity as well.
MCKENNEY: Well, I don't know if I have any more questions. Is there anything else I should have asked you or that you would like to share?
TIURA: I'm just very grateful. I am grateful to have been here for the past two years. You think of all the places you could be in the United States over the past two difficult years and we've had a lot of traumatic things in those two years. It has not been an easy time. But the community's commitment to each other made me humble. And I don't think I would have seen that in the last couple of years anywhere else at this level. I think being so rural, being all we've got, I think it really brought a lot of people together. And so I feel very lucky to have been a part of it.
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package example;

/**
 * Created by Rakovskyi Dmytro on 02.04.2017.
 */
public class Test {
   /* public static void main(String [] args){
        List<Integer> in= new ArrayList<>();
        in.add(5);
        in.add(10);
        IMathToolInitializer superAlgebraInitializer = new IMathToolInitializer() {
            @Override
            public MathTool initialize() {
                MathTool mathTool = new MathTool("example");
                Algebra<Integer> integerAlgebra= new Algebra<>("integer",Integer.class);
                Algebra<Boolean> booleanAlgebra= new Algebra<>("boolean",Boolean.class);
                integerAlgebra.addOperation("sum", new IntSumOperation());
                integerAlgebra.addOperation("minus", new IOperation<Integer>() {
                    @Override
                    public Integer performOperation(Integer first, Integer second) {
                        return first-second;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public String getDescription() {
                        return "minus integer operation";
                    }

                    @Override
                    public String getAlgebraName() {
                        return "integer";
                    }

                    @Override
                    public Class getResultBaseClass() {
                        return Integer.class;
                    }
                });
                integerAlgebra.addCustomResultOperation("higher",new HigherIntResultOperation(booleanAlgebra));
            booleanAlgebra.addOperation("and",new BooleanAndOperation());
            mathTool.addAlgebra(integerAlgebra);
            mathTool.addAlgebra(booleanAlgebra);
            return mathTool;
        }
    };
    ListInput listInput= new ListInput(in);
    AlgebraFlow<Integer> algebraFlow= new AlgebraFlow<>(listInput,superAlgebraInitializer,"integer");
    List<String> result= algebraFlow.performOperation("sum",5).performCustomResultOperation("higher",11).performOperation("and",true).collect();
        for(String r:result){
        System.out.println(r);
        }

    }*/
}

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Mintimer Charipovitch Chaïmiev (en  ; en ) est né le  dans le village d'Aniakovo du raïon Aktanychski de la république socialiste soviétique autonome tatare (RSFS de Russie). Il fut le président de la république russe fédérée du Tatarstan, poste qu'il occupa depuis sa création jusqu'au .

Biographie
Élu pour la première fois le , il a depuis été réélu à trois reprises, le  , le  et le .

Il a présidé le parti Toute Russie (en , ), parti qui est désormais une composante du parti Russie unie. Il copréside le Conseil Suprême de ce parti, majoritaire à la Douma à la suite des élections législatives russes de 2003 et qui a soutenu Vladimir Poutine lors de l'élection présidentielle de 2004.

Parcours politique

1969-1983 : Ministre de l'irrigation et des ressources en eau de la république socialiste soviétique autonome tatare (RSSAT)
1983 : Premier vice-président du Conseil des ministres de la RSSAT.
1985-1989 : Président du Conseil des ministres de la RSSAT.
1989-1990 : Premier secrétaire de l'oblast tatar du Parti communiste de l'Union soviétique
1990 : Président du Conseil suprême de la RSSAT qui devient la République du Tatarstan.
1991 : Président de la république de Tatarstan (réélu en 1996, en 2001 et en 2005)

Références

Voir aussi

Liens externes

 Biographie sur le site officiel de la présidence du Tatarstan (biographie)
 Colloque tatar in revue Outre-Terre n°4 , 2003/3

Personnalité de Russie unie
Tatarstan
Récipiendaire de l'ordre du Mérite pour la Patrie
Récipiendaire de l'ordre du Drapeau rouge du Travail
Récipiendaire de l'ordre de l'Amitié (Kazakhstan)
Lauréat du Masque d'or
Naissance en janvier 1937
Naissance en RSFS de Russie

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Victory for Aliquippa Caregivers - And More to Come
Victory for Aliquippa Caregivers – And More to Come
(PITTSBURGH) -- In a victory for laid-off employees of Commonwealth Medical Center (formerly Aliquippa Hospital) who have been fighting for unpaid wages, the Medical Center and its chief lender, Bridge Finance Group, agreed to pay part of the wages owed immediately and to work toward full payment within three weeks.
The agreement reached on Tuesday provides that the former employees will receive a portion of the wages owed by 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, January 28, with a commitment to ensuring full compensation in the next few weeks.
"This is a tremendous first step, and we are going to keep fighting to make sure everyone is paid in full for our work on behalf of patients and our community," said Kathie Marino, RN and former Commonwealth employee. "In this economic crisis, working people need to stick together so our voices are heard."
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Bernard Markovitz signed the order releasing partial payment of employees' unpaid wages at Tuesday's hearing, and has scheduled a follow up hearing for Tuesday, February 17, at 11:00 A.M. to approve an agreement for full payment of wages owed.
Leading up to Tuesday's hearing, Commonwealth Medical Center employees and community supporters held a week of rallies and public activities to draw attention to the need for fair treatment of working families during layoffs.
On Monday before the hearing, a group of four nurses formerly employed by the hospital, two area clergy, and a union leader sat in at the closed hospital demanding fairness for working families, not just those at the top.
On Friday, January 23, a group of former hospital employees traveled to Chicago for a rally at the Bridge Finance Group's headquarters at the Sears Tower joined by SEIU Healthcare Illinois members and former employees of Republic Windows and Doors.
On Tuesday, January 27, in downtown Pittsburgh, over 100 supporters rallied with former hospital workers prior to the start of the Bankruptcy Court hearing.
"We are grateful for the support of our union and community and are very encouraged by today's developments," said Linda Karamarkovich, RN. "We intend to continue to stick together, and look forward to receiving part of what we are owed tomorrow and all of our unpaid wages very soon."
Commonwealth Medical Center filed for bankruptcy last December 5th and closed abruptly about one week later. In December, the Medical Center and Bridge Finance Group agreed to pay wages for hospital executives but left frontline caregivers out in the cold, waiting for paychecks that were owed them before Christmas and New Years.
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Labels: Aliquippa Hospital, Keystone Progress, Labor, Michael Morrill, SEIU, seiu healthcare pa
PA Hospital Workers Sit-in to Get Back Pay
Caregivers Sit-in at Community Hospital in Aliquippa, Demand Fairness for Working Families
(ALIQUIPPA, PA) -- Hospital caregivers from the former Aliquippa Hospital initiated a peaceful sit-in inside the closed medical facility to protest hospital management's failure to pay employees' unpaid wages that were due to them before Christmas.
Four Registered Nurses, former hospital employees, joined by SEIU Healthcare PA Secretary-Treasurer Kim Patterson, Father Jack O'Malley of Pittsburgh and Scott Fabean of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network went into the building around noon to discuss the issue with hospital management. The delegation met with hospital officials for about an hour and a half. When discussions broke down, the delegation vowed to stay on the property until management agreed to pay them for the hours they worked.
Willie Felts (CFO) and John O'Donnell (CEO) from Commonwealth then called the Aliquippa police who removed the caregivers and their supporters from the hospital grounds.
The workers will continue to press their demands at a demonstration before the bankruptcy hearing scheduled for tomorrow at the US Steel Building in Pittsburgh.
"It's unfortunate when workers have to stage sit-ins to get what they earned," said Kathie Marino, RN. "But workers across the nation are saying 'enough is enough' of executives looking out for themselves and not working families."
Commonwealth Medical Center (formerly Aliquippa Hospital) filed for bankruptcy protection on December 5, 2008. The State Department of Health moved to revoke the hospital's license about a week later, resulting in the layoff of all but a few of the hospital's approximately 200 employees.
A deal made between the hospital and their primary lender, Bridge Finance Group, provided for executive salaries, but left frontline workers out in the cold. Workers are still waiting for wages they have been owed since before Christmas and New Years.
"When Commonwealth took over Aliquippa Hospital they promised us that they cared about our community," said Linda Karamarkovich, who worked as a registered nurse before the closing. "If they really cared about the community they wouldn't have closed the hospital just weeks before Christmas, leaving hundreds of families without a paycheck and thousands of families without a local hospital."
"All we want is justice and our back pay," added Michelle Batchelor, RN. "We earned it and they owe it."
Some of the former Aliquippa workers took their case to Chicago last week where they were joined by hundreds of supporters at a rally in front of Bridge's headquarters in the Sears Tower.
Among the supporters who joined them were former employees of Republic Windows and Doors who were also denied their back pay when their employer closed their plant. The Republic workers staged a five day long sit-in that resulted in the workers winning.
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, the union representing the workers and the largest healthcare workers' union in the state, has filed a complaint that will be heard at a bankruptcy court hearing on Tuesday.
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is the Commonwealth's largest and fastest-growing union of nurses and other health care workers, representing over 20,000 members in hospitals, nursing homes, home care, and state health facilities. For more information go to: www.seiuhealthcarepa.org.
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Join us at RootsCamp in Pittsburgh on Saturday
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Join the Fun! Join us for RootsCamp Pittsburgh this Saturday, January 24!
RootsCamp is a unique self organizing conference with no preset schedule--the interests of the attendees drive the agenda. It's also a lot of fun, and it's a great way to meet other progressives from across Pennsylvania and beyond.
Think of it as a cross between an election debrief and grassroots organizing skills share. The progressive community — everyone from the "netroots" to precinct captains to field organizers to national message consultants — come together to share successes, failures, impart old wisdom and new discoveries.
RootsCamp is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. There are NO SPECTATORS. This open format never fails to yield an astounding exchange of information, spin-off projects, and cross-pollination among unexpected partners.
For more info and to RSVP, click on the following link:
http://rootscamppittsburgh2009.pbwiki.com
RootsCamps in other cities have been a huge success, and we're excited to make this RootsCamp even better. You'll meet great people, get energized for 2009 and enjoy some fantastic food! Best of all it only costs $10, thanks to our wonderful sponsors (SEIU PA State Council and United Steelworkers).
To get a taste of what RootsCamp is like, check out the video clips from the last year's Rocky Mountain RootsCamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZaM3CjVzPs
Don't miss out. Register soon. Space is limited.
We look forward to seeing you on January 24 in Pittsburgh!
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Economic impact study demonstrates that a single-payer system would be a huge economic stimulus to the U.S. economy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Establishing a national single-payer style healthcare reform system would provide a major stimulus for the U.S. economy by creating 2.6 million new jobs, and infusing $317 billion in new business and public revenues, with another $100 billion in wages into the U.S. economy, according to the findings of a groundbreaking study released today. It may be viewed at www.CalNurses.org.
The number of jobs created by a single-payer system, expanding and upgrading Medicare to cover everyone, parallels almost exactly the total job loss in 2008.
"These dramatic new findings document for the first time that a single-payer system could not only solve our healthcare crisis, but also substantially contribute to putting America back to work and assisting the economic recovery," said Geri Jenkins, RN, co-president of the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association, which sponsored the study.
"Through direct and supplemental expenditures, healthcare is already a uniquely dominant force in the U.S. economy," said Don DeMoro, lead author of the study and director of the Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy, the NNOC/CNA research arm.
"However, so much more is possible. If we were to expand our present Medicare system to cover all Americans, the economic stimulus alone would create an immense engine that would help drive our national economy for decades to come," DeMoro said.
Expanding Medicare to include the uninsured, and these on Medicaid or employer-sponsored health plans, and expanding coverage for those with limited Medicare, would have the following immediate impacts:
Create 2,613,495 million new permanent good-paying jobs (slightly exceeding the number of jobs lost in 2008)
Boost the economy with $317 billion in increased business and public revenues
Add $100 billion in employee compensation
Infuse public budgets with $44 billion in new tax revenues
Further, moving to the new system comes with an unexpectedly low price tag, given the economic benefits and the far-reaching consequences of genuine healthcare reform, DeMoro noted.
Healthcare for all far less than the Wall Street bailouts
Adding all Americans to an expanded Medicare could be achieved for $63 billion beyond the current $2.1 trillion in direct healthcare spending. The $63 billion is six times less than the federal bailout for CitiGroup, and less than half the federal bailout for AIG. Solely expanding Medicare to cover the 47 million uninsured Americans (as of 2006 data on which the study is based) could be accomplished for $44 billion.
The IHSP projections build from an econometric model of the current face of healthcare - applying economic analysis to a wide array of publicly available data from Medicare, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and other sources.
It is the first known study to provide an econometric analysis of the economic benefits of healthcare to the overall economy, showing how changes in direct healthcare delivery affect all other significant sectors touched by healthcare, and how sweeping healthcare reform can help drive the nation's economic recovery.
Healthcare presently accounts for $2.105 trillion in direct expenditures. But healthcare spreads far beyond doctor's offices and hospitals. Adding in healthcare business purchases of services or supplies and spending by workers, the total impact of healthcare in the economy mushrooms to nearly $6 trillion.
Overall, every direct healthcare dollar creates nearly three additional dollars in the U.S. economy. Incurrent form, healthcare:
Generates 45 million jobs, directly and in other industries.
Accounts for 10.5 percent of all U.S. jobs and 12.1 percent of all U.S. wages.
Totals 9.2 percent of the nation's Gross National Product.
Contributes about 25 percent of all federal tax revenues. Federal, state, and local taxes from the healthcare sector in 2006 added up to $824 billion.
All those numbers would rise dramatically through comprehensive healthcare reform. But a single-payer system would produce the biggest increase in jobs and wages. The reason, DeMoro said, is that "the broadest economic benefits directly accrue from the actual delivery and provision of healthcare, not the purchase of insurance."
Medicare for all has numerous other benefits, of course, noted Jenkins, from a streamlined system with tens of billions less in private insurance administrative waste, guaranteed choice of physician and hospital, no loss of coverage when unemployed, and no one denied coverage due to age or health status.
"Only a single-payer, expanded Medicare-for-all approach ends the current disgraceful practice of insurance companies refusing to pay for medical treatment or engaging in rampant price gouging that discourages patients from going to the doctor, seeing specialists, or getting diagnostic procedures in a timely manner," said Jenkins.
The IHSP has conducted research for members of Congress and state legislatures as well as NNOC/CNA, and received international renown for research studies on cost and charges in the hospital industry, the pharmaceutical industry, hospital staffing, and other healthcare policy.
Robert Fountain, a frequent economics consultant for the California Public Employees Retirement System (Cal-PERS), served as a consultant on the study.
SOURCE National Nurses Organizing Committee
Labels: Healthcare, Labor, Single Payer, Unions
Full Text of the Stimulus Bill Draft
The following is the full texf of the draft stimulus bill being circulated among Democrats in Congress.
SUMMARY: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT
The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression.
Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months the country has lost 2 million jobs and we are expected to lose another 3 to 5 million in the next year.
Conservative economist Mark Zandi was blunt: "the economy is shutting down."
In the next two weeks, the Congress will be considering the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009. This package is the first crucial step in a concerted effort to create and save 3 to 4 million jobs, jumpstart our economy, and begin the process of transforming it for the 21st century with $275 billion in economic recovery tax cuts and $550 billion in thoughtful and carefully targeted priority investments with unprecedented accountability measures built in.
The package contains targeted efforts in:
· Clean, Efficient, American Energy
· Transforming our Economy with Science and Technology
· Modernizing Roads, Bridges, Transit and Waterways
· Education for the 21st Century
· Tax Cuts to Make Work Pay and Create Jobs
· Lowering Healthcare Costs
· Helping Workers Hurt by the Economy
· Saving Public Sector Jobs and Protect Vital Services
The economy is in such trouble that, even with passage of this package, unemployment rates are expected to rise to between eight and nine percent this year. Without this package, we are warned that unemployment could explode to near twelve percent. With passage of this package, we will face a large deficit for years to come. Without it, those deficits will be devastating and we face the risk of economic chaos. Tough choices have been made in this legislation and fiscal discipline will demand more tough choices in years to come.
Since 2001, as worker productivity went up, 96% of the income growth in this country went to the wealthiest 10% of society. While they were benefitting from record high worker productivity, the remaining 90% of Americans were struggling to sustain their standard of living. They sustained it by borrowing... and borrowing... and borrowing, and when they couldn't borrow anymore, the bottom fell out. This plan will strengthen the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs and special interests in Washington.
Our short term task is to try to prevent the loss of millions of jobs and get our economy moving. The long term task is to make the needed investments that restore the ability of average middle income families to increase their income and build a decent future for their children.
Unprecedented Accountability: A historic level of transparency, oversight and accountability will help guarantee taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and Americans can see results for their investment.
· In many instances funds are distributed through existing formulas to programs with proven track records and accountability measures already in place.
· How funds are spent, all announcements of contract and grant competitions and awards, and formula grant allocations must be posted on a special website created by the President. Program managers will also be listed so the public knows who to hold accountable.
· Public notification of funding must include a description of the investment funded, the purpose, the total cost and why the activity should be funded with recovery dollars. Governors, mayors or others making funding decisions must personally certify that the investment has been fully vetted and is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars. This will also be placed on the recovery website.
· A Recovery Act Accountability and Transparency Board will be created to review management of recovery dollars and provide early warning of problems. The seven member board includes Inspectors General and Deputy Cabinet secretaries.
· The Government Accountability Office and the Inspectors General are provided additional funding and access for special review of recovery funding.
· Federal and state whistleblowers who report fraud and abuse are protected.
· There are no earmarks in this package.
This plan targets investments to key areas that will create and preserve good jobs at the same time as it is strengthening the ability of this economy to become more efficient and produce more opportunities for employment.
Clean, Efficient, American Energy: To put people back to work today and reduce our dependence on foreign oil tomorrow, we will strengthen efforts directed at doubling renewable energy production and renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient.
· $32 billion to transform the nation's energy transmission, distribution, and production systems by allowing for a smarter and better grid and focusing investment in renewable technology.
· $16 billion to repair public housing and make key energy efficiency retrofits.
· $6 billion to weatherize modest-income homes.
Transform our Economy with Science and Technology: We need to put scientists to work looking for the next great discovery, creating jobs in cutting-edge-technologies, and making smart investments that will help businesses in every community succeed in a global economy. For every dollar invested in broadband the economy sees a ten-fold return on that investment.
· $10 billion for science facilities, research, and instrumentation.
· $6 billion to expand broadband internet access so businesses in rural and other underserved areas can link up to the global economy.
Modernize Roads, Bridges, Transit and Waterways: To build a 21st century economy, we must engage contractors across the nation to create jobs rebuilding our crumbling roads, and bridges, modernize public buildings, and put people to work cleaning our air, water and land.
· $30 billion for highway construction;
· $31 billion to modernize federal and other public infrastructure with investments that lead to long term energy cost savings;
· $19 billion for clean water, flood control, and environmental restoration investments;
· $10 billion for transit and rail to reduce traffic congestion and gas consumption.
Education for the 21st Century: To enable more children to learn in 21st century classrooms, labs, and libraries to help our kids compete with any worker in the world, this package provides:
· $41 billion to local school districts through Title I ($13 billion), IDEA ($13 billion), a new School Modernization and Repair Program ($14 billion), and the Education Technology program ($1 billion).
· $79 billion in state fiscal relief to prevent cutbacks to key services, including $39 billion to local school districts and public colleges and universities distributed through existing state and federal formulas, $15 billion to states as bonus grants as a reward for meeting key performance measures, and $25 billion to states for other high priority needs such as public safety and other critical services, which may include education.
· $15.6 billion to increase the Pell grant by $500.
· $6 billion for higher education modernization.
Tax Cuts to Make Work Pay and Create Jobs: We will provide direct tax relief to 95 percent of American workers, and spur investment and job growth for American Businesses. [marked up by the Ways and Means Committee]
Lower Healthcare Costs: To save not only jobs, but money and lives, we will update and computerize our healthcare system to cut red tape, prevent medical mistakes, and help reduce healthcare costs by billions of dollars each year.
· $20 billion for health information technology to prevent medical mistakes, provide better care to patients and introduce cost-saving efficiencies.
· $4.1 billion to provide for preventative care and to evaluate the most effective healthcare treatments.
Help Workers Hurt by the Economy: High unemployment and rising costs have outpaced Americans' paychecks. We will help workers train and find jobs, and help struggling families make ends meet.
· $43 billion for increased unemployment benefits and job training.
· $39 billion to support those who lose their jobs by helping them to pay the cost of keeping their employer provided healthcare under COBRA and providing short-term options to be covered by Medicaid.
· $20 billion to increase the food stamp benefit by over 13% in order to help defray rising food costs.
Save Public Sector Jobs and Protect Vital Services: We will provide relief to states, so they can continue to employ teachers, firefighters and police officers and provide vital services without having to unnecessarily raise middle class taxes.
· $87 billion for a temporary increase in the Medicaid matching rate.
· $4 billion for state and local law enforcement funding.
DETAILED SUMMARY
CREATE JOBS WITH CLEAN, EFFICIENT, AMERICAN ENERGY
To put people back to work today and reduce our dependence on foreign oil tomorrow, we will make investments aimed at doubling renewable energy production and renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient. America's energy shortcomings present a huge opportunity to put people to work in ways that will transform our economy.
· Reliable, Efficient Electricity Grid: $11 billion for research and development, pilot projects, and federal matching funds for the Smart Grid Investment Program to modernize the electricity grid making it more efficient, secure, and reliable and build new power lines to transmit clean, renewable energy from sources throughout the nation.
· Renewable Energy Loan Guarantees: $8 billion for loans for renewable energy power generation and transmission projects.
· GSA Federal Buildings: $6.7 billion for renovations and repairs to federal buildings including at least $6 billion focused on increasing energy efficiency and conservation. Projects are selected based on GSA's ready-to-go priority list.
· Local Government Energy Efficiency Block Grants: $6.9 billion to help state and local governments make investments that make them more energy efficient and reduce carbon emissions.
· Energy Efficiency Housing Retrofits: $2.5 billion for a new program to upgrade HUD sponsored low-income housing to increase energy efficiency, including new insulation, windows, and furnaces. Funds will be competitively awarded.
· Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research: $2 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities to foster energy independence, reduce carbon emissions, and cut utility bills. Funds are awarded on a competitive basis to universities, companies, and national laboratories.
· Advanced Battery Loans and Grants: $2 billion for the Advanced Battery Loan Guarantee and Grants Program, to support U.S. manufacturers of advanced vehicle batteries and battery systems. America should lead the world in transforming the way automobiles are powered.
· Energy Efficiency Grants and Loans for Institutions: $1.5 billion for energy sustainability and efficiency grants and loans to help school districts, institutes of higher education, local governments, and municipal utilities implement projects that will make them more energy efficient.
· Home Weatherization: $6.2 billion to help low-income families reduce their energy costs by weatherizing their homes and make our country more energy efficient.
· Smart Appliances: $300 million to provide consumers with rebates for buying energy efficient Energy Star products to replace old appliances, which will lower energy bills.
· GSA Federal Fleet: $600 million to replace older vehicles owned by the federal government with alternative fuel automobiles that will save on fuel costs and reduce carbon emissions.
· Electric Transportation: $200 million for a new grant program to encourage electric vehicle technologies.
· Cleaning Fossil Energy: $2.4 billion for carbon capture and sequestration technology demonstration projects. This funding will provide valuable information necessary to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere from industrial facilities and fossil fuel power plants.
· Department of Defense Research: $350 million for research into using renewable energy to power weapons systems and military bases.
· Alternative Buses and Trucks: $400 million to help state and local governments purchase efficient alternative fuel vehicles to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions.
· Industrial Energy Efficiency: $500 million for energy efficient manufacturing demonstration projects.
Diesel Emissions Reduction: $300 million for grants and loans to state and local governments for projects that reduce diesel emissions, benefiting public health and reducing global warming. This includes technologies to retrofit emission exhaust systems on school buses, replace engines and vehicles, and establish anti-idling programs. 70% of the funds go to competitive grants and 30% funds grants to states with approved programs. Last year EPA was able to fund only 27% of the applications received.
TRANSFORMING OUR ECONOMY WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
We need to put scientists to work looking for the next great discovery, creating jobs in cutting-edge technologies and making smart investments that will help businesses in every community succeed in a global economy.
Broadband to Give Every Community Access to the Global Economy
· Wireless and Broadband Grants: $6 billion for broadband and wireless services in underserved areas to strengthen the economy and provide business and job opportunities in every section of America with benefits to e-commerce, education, and healthcare. For every dollar invested in broadband the economy sees a ten-fold return on that investment.
· National Science Foundation: $3 billion, including $2 billion for expanding employment opportunities in fundamental science and engineering to meet environmental challenges and to improve global economic competitiveness, $400 million to build major research facilities that perform cutting edge science, $300 million for major research equipment shared by institutions of higher education and other scientists, $200 million to repair and modernize science and engineering research facilities at the nation's institutions of higher education and other science labs, and $100 million is also included to improve instruction in science, math and engineering.
· National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research: $2 billion, including $1.5 billion for expanding good jobs in biomedical research to study diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, and heart disease - NIH is currently able to fund less than 20% of approved applications - and $500 million to implement the repair and improvement strategic plan developed by the NIH for its campuses.
· University Research Facilities: $1.5 billion for NIH to renovate university research facilities and help them compete for biomedical research grants. The National Science Foundation estimates a maintenance backlog of $3.9 billion in biological science research space. Funds are awarded competitively.
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: $462 million to enable CDC to complete its Buildings and Facilities Master Plan, as well as renovations and construction needs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
· Department of Energy: $1.9 billion for basic research into the physical sciences including high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences and improvements to DOE laboratories and scientific facilities. $400 million is for the Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy to support high-risk, high-payoff research into energy sources and energy efficiency.
· NASA: $600 million, including $400 million to put more scientists to work doing climate change research, including Earth science research recommended by the National Academies, satellite sensors that measure solar radiation critical to understanding climate change, and a thermal infrared sensor to the Landsat Continuing Mapper necessary for water management, particularly in the western states; $150 million for research, development, and demonstration to improve aviation safety and Next Generation air traffic control (NextGen); and $50 million to repair NASA centers damaged by hurricanes and floods last year.
· Biomedical Advanced Research and Development, Pandemic Flu, and Cyber Security: $900 million to prepare for a pandemic influenza, support advanced development of medical countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, and for cyber security protections at HHS.
· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites and Sensors: $600 million for satellite development and acquisitions, including climate sensors and climate modeling.
· National Institute of Standards and Technology: $300 million for competitive construction grants for research science buildings at colleges, universities, and other research organizations and $100 million to coordinate research efforts of laboratories and national research facilities by setting interoperability standards for manufacturing.
· Agricultural Research Service: $209 million for agricultural research facilities across the country. ARS has a list of deferred maintenance work at facilities of roughly $315 million.
· U.S. Geological Survey: $200 million to repair and modernize U.S.G.S. science facilities and equipment, including improvements to laboratories, earthquake monitoring systems, and computing capacity.
Creating Small Business Opportunity
· Small Business Credit: $430 million for new direct lending and loan guarantee authorities to make loans more attractive to lenders and free up capital. The number of loans guaranteed under the SBA's 7(a) business loan program was down 57% in the first quarter of this year compared to last.
· Rural Business-Cooperative Service: $100 million for rural business grants and loans to guarantee $2 billion in loans for rural businesses at a time of unprecedented demand due to the credit crunch. Private sector lenders are increasingly turning to this program to help businesses get access to capital.
· Industrial Technology Services: $100 million, including $70 million for the Technology Innovation Program to accelerate research in potentially revolutionary technologies with high job growth potential, and $30 million for the Manufacturing Extension Partnerships to help small and mid-size manufacturers compete globally by providing them with access to technology.
· Economic Development Assistance: $250 million to address long-term economic distress in urban industrial cores and rural areas distributed based on need and ability to create jobs and attract private investment. EDA leverages $10 in private investments for $1 in federal funds.
DTV Conversion Coupons: $650 million to continue the coupon program to enable American households to convert from analog television transmission to digital transmission.
MODERNIZE ROADS, BRIDGES, TRANSIT AND WATERWAYS
To build a 21st century economy, we must engage contractors across the nation to create jobs - rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing public buildings, and putting people to work cleaning our air, water, and land.
Highway Infrastructure: $30 billion for highway and bridge construction projects. It is estimated that states have over 5,100 projects totaling over $64 billion that could be awarded within 180 days. These projects create jobs in the short term while saving commuters time and money in the long term. In 2006, the Department of Transportation estimated $8.5 billion was needed to maintain current systems and $61.4 billion was needed to improve highways and bridges.
Transit: Public transportation saves Americans time and money, saving as much as 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline and reducing carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons each year.
· New Construction: $1 billion for Capital Investment Grants for new commuter rail or other light rail systems to increase public use of mass transit and to speed projects already in construction. The Federal Transit Administration has $2.4 billion in pre-approved projects.
· Upgrades and Repair: $2 billion to modernize existing transit systems, including renovations to stations, security systems, computers, equipment, structures, signals, and communications. Funds will be distributed through the existing formula. The repair backlog is nearly $50 billion.
· Transit Capital Assistance: $6 billion to purchase buses and equipment needed to increase public transportation and improve intermodal and transit facilities. The Department of Transportation estimates a $3.2 billion maintenance backlog and $9.2 billion in needed improvements. The American Public Transportation Association identified 787 ready-to-go transit projects totaling $15.5 billion. Funds will be distributed through the existing formulas.
Amtrak and Intercity Passenger Rail Construction Grants: $1.1 billion to improve the speed and capacity of intercity passenger rail service. The Department of Transportation's Inspector General estimates the North East Corridor alone has a backlog of over $10 billion.
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Who Will Watch the Watchers? Wisconsin Company to Microchip Employees
© AP Photo / Steve Mitchell
https://sputniknews.com/business/201707251055841860-us-company-offers-employees-microchips/
A US company is offering its employees an optional microchip implant to open doors, log in to computers and make food purchases on premises.
Wisconsin retail facilitator 32market.com has announced that it will offer optional radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip implants to its employees. The move heralds a deeper dive into the ever-closer relationship between worker and employer.
© AP Photo / James Brooks
Swedes Microchip Themselves, Become Guinea Pigs in Digital Dystopia
More than 50 employees of the retail tech company intend to have the chips installed in the small patch of skin connecting the thumb and the forefinger of the right hand, according to ABC-affiliate KSTP-TV.The retail technology company has offered its employees microchips the size of rice kernels, which can be implanted "within seconds," to quote the firm's website.
"It's the next thing that's inevitably going to happen," vowed the firm's CEO, who added, "we want to be a part of it," cited by Usatoday.com
The tiny microchip will allow employees of the company to wave their hand over a reader, opening doors that they are authorized to open and simplifying the payment process even further.
"We foresee the use of RFID technology to drive everything from making purchases in our office break room market, opening doors, use of copy machines, logging into our office computers, unlocking phones, sharing business cards, storing medical/health information, and used as payment at other RFID terminals," according to a company advertizing brochure.
"Eventually, this technology will become standardized, allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, and all purchasing opportunities," the brochure asserted.
While many futurists, business owners and security consultants have noted the benefits of bio-chipping, critics the practice observe that it creates an environment in which monitoring and surveillance becomes so pervasive that every action or movement can be tracked.
Employees at the company have been assured that those who opt to be chipped will not be subject to GPS tracking.
US Ramps Up Surveillance as North Korean Sub Continues 'Unusual Activities'
Russian Orion Surveillance Drone Enters Export Market, Set to Become Bestseller
US Awards $27Mln to Support Surveillance Air Control Tracking System
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Determines the age of a creature.
Creature to get the age from.
Returns oCreature's age and 0 if oCreature is invalid.
This can be used as a clever way to determine if a creature is a PC since NPCs do not have ages. See the addition code sample below for more information.
Of course, GetIsPC is more useful! A PC can set thier age to 0 if they wished!
Obviously, oCreature is invalid if it is anything other then a creature.
return FALSE; // Over 30? Can't be trusted.