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Why Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has resisted a…
Why Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has resisted a statewide stay-at-home order
Denver, Aurora mayors want a regional approach to coronavirus, but Polis prefers local control
Governor of Colorado Jared Polis orders Colorado employers to reduce in-person workforce by fifty percent at a press conference on Sunday, March 22, 2020.
PUBLISHED: March 24, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: May 7, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.
The strictest social distancing mandates in Colorado have come from San Miguel County, Denver and Boulder, which have all issued stay-at-home orders forbidding activity deemed nonessential, as the state battles the spread of the new coronavirus.
Gov. Jared Polis commended the local action, but he has declined so far to issue such an order statewide. He said Sunday he prefers targeted, strategic measures — as he tells it, he's wielding a fine-tooth comb "rather than a mallet."
That approach is getting mixed reviews.
The 2,400-member Colorado Academy of Family Physicians is publicly calling on Polis to order a statewide lockdown. Denver City Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer sent a letter to Polis with the same request. And Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said he pushed Polis to go big.
"I shared with him my concern about Denver going it alone," Hancock told reporters Monday, "and that I'd rather for it to be the state and the metro region."
Others, including top officials in the state legislature, say Polis is balancing public health and safety with a desire to cause as little disruption to daily life, including business activity, as is possible and prudent.
RELATED: Denver orders residents to stay home as coronavirus spreads: "We will enforce when and where necessary"
Polis has been walking a tightrope, and he will continue to do so: Measures he takes to force greater social distancing will do economic damage, while leniency on business and other social activities and settings will allow more people to leave their homes, and potentially spread or come in contact with the virus.
"The strictest measures, in any model of the disease, will reduce that peak the most," said Dr. Jon Samet, dean at the Colorado School of Public Health. But, he added, "this is epidemiology versus economics."
Said Jake Williams, executive director of the nonprofit Healthier Colorado: "We have to reconcile the realities of human behavior with economic imperatives, political realities and public health protection. And it's not simple."
Polis, a Boulder Democrat in his second year as governor, has a long-standing preference for local control over statewide mandates. He also has well-documented libertarian tendencies. Both of these traits have at times frustrated his fellow Democrats in the legislature, who've seen Polis neuter or effectively kill bills concerning everything from vaccines to immigration to paid family and medical leave.
"I've tried to encourage the governor that whatever the decision is, to at least have a regional, metro-wide decision. His view was local control," said Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, a former Republican U.S. congressman.
Coffman said late Monday that the board of Tri-County Health in Aurora would make a decision on possible stay-at-home orders by Wednesday.
In general, as governor, Polis has been disinclined to require new or different behaviors from citizens. That's why, for example, he opposed a 2019 proposal to limit vaccine exemptions — Colorado's a national leader in the percentage of unvaccinated children — that proposed to force parents to appear in person at state offices to fill out exemption forms.
But over the past few weeks he hasn't been shy about forcing behavior changes in many regards. He and the state health department have issued a slew of executive orders that have, among other things, severely restricted business operations, banned gatherings of 10 or more people and diverted sorely needed medical staff and supplies to the most desperate health care centers and patients.
Many expected that the logical end point of this series of orders would be a requirement to stay at home or shelter in place. Polis has said he "won't hesitate" to take those steps if he feels they're necessary, but so far he has resisted, unlike governors in states including Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and California.
With no statewide stay-at-home order in place, some courts have continued packing dozens into single hearing rooms. Parks are busy and some trailheads are slammed.
Polis not only believes that it's impossible to enforce these and other behaviors out of existence, but he also has emphasized that there's "only so much any government can do" in response to coronavirus. He's repeatedly called on Coloradans to exercise personal responsibility.
"I think that he has to balance a lot in these decisions, but I think he's been very clear that Coloradans need to stay home as much as possible," said Colorado House Speaker KC Becker, D-Boulder, who's been in touch with the governor on the coronavirus response. "I don't think what he's saying is all that different from other states that have put in more stringent shelter-in-place orders. He's coming across very clearly that people need to stay at home."
On Sunday, Polis practically begged Coloradans to stay home, saying they should be worried about the greatest enforcement agent of them all: "His name is the grim reaper."
Like Becker, House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock, thinks Polis has been smart so far. And Neville, who has also spoken with the governor, predicts civil disobedience will ensue if the state government goes much further with its orders.
"Quite frankly, people are worried about tyranny," he said. "But I've been very complimentary of his actions thus far, on balance. He hasn't used the heavy hand that he could, and I don't think that he should."
There are many who believe that Polis needs to issue a statewide stay-at-home order not just for public health reasons but also to offer some consistency.
"The problem is that because the governor won't do it on a statewide level, all the mayors are left to do it for their own cities, and that's not fair because it puts each of the city's businesses at a disadvantage," said Sawyer, who is in self-quarantine but has not tested positive for the virus. "Those Denver businesses are put at a disadvantage if Aurora doesn't (issue the same order), Englewood doesn't, Glendale doesn't."
She added: "If the governor would just make this call, then statewide we'd all be on a level playing field, and that would take care of the economics and the health, safety and welfare issues in one fell swoop."
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Girls Rock Asheville (girlsrockasheville.org) is a six-day camp for girls ages 8 to 16. With no previous experience required, campers learn about making music, and working as a team. The 2015 camp culminated in a pair of showcase concerts at The Mothlight on Saturday, June 27.
The Girls Rock concept began as a college thesis project. "It started with a question," says Girls Rock Asheville's Executive Director, Erin Kinard. "'Can we do this?' The answer was yes." Soon thereafter, the first camp took place in Portland, Oregon. Today, says Kinard, "There are over sixty camps worldwide, including programs in Peru, Iceland, Austria, and twelve in Sweden." Kinard got involved in the program through a friend. "One of my high school friends became the Executive Director of the organization in Portland." After volunteering there, Kinard moved to Asheville with plans to start a camp here.
"I had been advised to take an entire year to plan," says Kinard. "So we were originally thinking about 2015." But once she put out the word out about her plans, "the momentum was so strong that we asked ourselves, 'Why can't we just do it now?'" The first Girls Rock Asheville (GRAVL) camp took place in July of last year. That camp included 34 girls; this year 36 girls will take part in the program.
Kinard emphasizes that GRAVL is "an organization for women and by women. A lot of times, [society teaches] women to compete, and to tear each other down. We feel it's very important for girls to see women working together, leading, being strong in their roles." The camp also offers full and partial scholarships to economically disadvantaged girls. "No questions asked," she adds.
Erin Kinard and her GRAVL colleagues have even more ambitious plans for the future. "We're hoping to launch a Ladies Rock Camp this fall," says Kinard. That weekend event raises funds for scholarships. And they hope to expand the program to two sessions beginning in 2016. "The demand is there," says Kinard. "It's just a matter of staffing it." If funds and resources allow, the Girls Rock Asheville organization hopes eventually to offer an after-school camp and an overnight program.
As a not-for-profit venture – Girls Rock Asheville is in the process of applying for 501(c)(3) status – the organization depends on community support. "Right now," says Kinard, "the most pressing matter is food donations." The need for donated – or even loaned – musical instruments and audio gear is a close second. There's an especially urgent need for guitar and bass practice amplifiers.


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The 2010 Copa Chile Bicentenario was the 31st edition of the competition. The competition started on March 27, 2010 with the preliminary rounds and concludes on December 8, 2010 with the Final. The winner qualifies for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.

Schedule

First round
The first leg was played between May 13 and 19 May 2010, with the second legs played between May 20 and 23. The team with the most points after the two legs advanced to the next round. If both teams were equal on points, a penalty shootout took place (goal difference and away goals did not count).

Second round
The first leg was played between May 27 and June 1, with the second legs played between June 2 and 6. The team with the most points after the two legs advanced to the next round. If both teams were equal on points, a penalty shootout took place (goal difference and away goals did not count).

Third round
Played one-legged

Quarterfinals
Played one-legged

Semifinals

Final

Top goalscorers

See also
 2010 Primera División season
 Primera División B
 Tercera División A
 Tercera División B

External links
 Official site of the Copa Chile
 Website of the Copa Chile
 1st Round, 1st legs (Diario El Mercurio)
 1st Round, 2nd legs (Diario El Mercurio)
 2nd Round, 1st legs (Diario El Mercurio)
 2nd Round, 2nd legs (Diario El Mercurio)
 3rd Round (Diario El Mercurio)
 Quarterfinals (Diario El Mercurio)
 Semifinals (Diario El Mercurio)
 Final (Diario El Mercurio)

Chile
Copa Chile
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Things remain relatively quiet in Istanbul, but not elsewhere.
Gezi Park continues to be filled with people, and there are no police to be seen anywhere in Taksim. At nine pm folks continue to bang their pots and pans as the Çapulcu phenomenon continues to grow. Occasionally walking the streets of Kadikoy or Taksim you encounter a group of students, or professors, or lawyers, or some other group participating in a march, shouting slogans.
For now, at least, lots of people seem to be having an incredibly fun time.
It's fun for now...
I don't see it lasting. PM Tayyip Erdogan came back from his North Africa trip Thursday night with an uncompromising message. Nothing is changing, he isn't backing down. The plans for construction--a mall or something else--on Gezi Park continue.
At this stage, even if the Gezi Park plans were canceled, active opposition and demands for Erdogan's resignation would continue. However, my sense is that, after a while, these too would probably dissipate if the government backed down in this case, along with acceding to other demands such as the release of people arrested in last week's melee and the firing of individuals responsible for the police riot.
This is all speculative, however, since it appears quite clear that--for at least as long as Erdogan is in charge--there will be no softening of the government's approach.
I frankly don't see how this ends. Erdogan, by all appearances, is spoiling for a fight. I think he must be going nuts right now, gritting his teeth at the continued occupation of the park. While things are quiet in Istanbul, the police have been going after protesters elsewhere in Turkey that are outside of the spotlight of the international media. There was, apparently, quite a serious gas attack on protesters in Ankara on Wednesday of this week. I've heard rumors of similar attacks in Antakya and Tunceli, but cannot say for sure what is going on in those place. While the Turkish media, which was almost completely silent last week while battles raged in Taksim and Beşiktaş, now discusses the Gezi Park protests, there is still very little information about anything going on elsewhere in Turkey. The Putinization of the Turkish media, which I first wrote about four years ago, has been accomplished. A once feisty, if not always very professional, media has been cowed.
Never mind all of the money people have made and the supposedly super Turkish economy, as far as I'm concerned it's been the insertion of this kind of fear--my friends have been reluctant to talk about politics on the phone or Skype with me for several years now--that is Tayyip Erdogan's real legacy.
Where do we go from here? If this were any number of other countries, Erdogan's own party would force him to step down. Other leading AKP figures like President Abdullah Gül, Vice-PM Bulent Arınç, and Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş, have been making an effort to defuse the situation. It's basically one man in government--Erdogan--who thinks it's a good idea to continue this stupid fight. I would think there would be a number of AKP members of parliament who would be glad to be rid of him by now.
Even Shepard Fairey is getting in on things
The protesters, keep in mind, are for the most part calling for the resignation of Erdogan in particular, not the AKP in general. I think there are a lot of people both within and without the government who would be fine with an Erdogan-less AKP government at this juncture.
But that won't happen thanks to an old problem in Turkey that is by no means unique to the AKP: there is no intra-party democracy. Political parties in this country are very closely associated to individuals. The AKP is Erdogan's party and they're stuck with him, just like the CHP was stuck with Deniz Baykal for years despite the fact that the man could never lead his party to a decent election showing. Just like True Path was stuck with Tansu Ciller and ANAP was stuck with Mesut Yilmaz in the 1990s. The leaders never leave. Yes, they are officially elected to the leadership positions by the party's members, but the voting members are usually people who have been put in their positions by the leaders in the first place. The only alternative is to create a brand new party.
It might seem like parties should have the right to set their own rules about electing their leaders, but the consequences of this lack of intra-party democracy are serious, and can affect the whole country, as we are seeing now.
So what else can happen? Calling early elections, I think, would be a solution, and might even appeal to Erdogan. As someone who doesn't like backing down from a challenge, he could be eager to show the world that he still has the support of the people. If an election were called relatively soon, I could see all parties throwing their energies into an election and the chance of violence declining precipitously. But the AKP was just elected to another five-year mandate in 2011. It's hard to imagine anyone in the AKP--especially current members of parliament--getting behind this idea, though yet again it doesn't really matter what anyone other than Erdogan thinks (the AKP is, again, not at all unique in its top-down command structure).
Other than calling early elections, I don't know where we go from here. Erdogan, I think, must be ready to burst with impatience over this, and probably can't wait to get what he probably sees as a bunch of smug hippies out of the park. But there are thousands of people there, many (but by no means all) of them are students. The universities have just started their summer breaks. Rather than go down to Bodrum this summer (or perhaps in addition to doing so), lots of these kids will hang around all night in the park, where they seem to be having the time of their lives.
Taksim Square continues to be blocked off by road, but there are other ways of getting in. True, the cops wouldn't be able to hide inside their water-cannon tanks, but they could still swarm the area anytime they wanted.
For now, it seems like the plan is to end the protests in the rest of the country while the international media stays focused upon (quiet) Istanbul. Once that is complete, my sense is that attention will be returned to Gezi Park.
The protesters are going nowhere, and neither is Erdogan. The Prime Minister does not strike me as the most patient person in the world, and he's dealing with a large group of people with all kinds of time on their hands. That's not a very pretty combination.
My fingers are crossed, but I don't have a very good feeling about this.
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1. Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, against every aggression, either foreign or domestic, and that it will support the government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.
3. That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact, to which the States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are the parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
5. That the General Assembly doth particularly protest against the palpable and alarming infractions of the Constitution, in the two late cases of the "alien and sedition acts," passed at the last session of Congress, the first of which exercises a power nowhere delegated to the Federal Government; and which by uniting legislative and judicial powers to those of executive, subverts the general principles of free government, as well as the particular organization and positive provisions of the federal Constitution; and the other of which acts exercises in like manner a power not delegated by the Constitution, but on the contrary expressly and positively forbidden by one of the amendments thereto; a power which more than any other ought to produce universal alarm, because it is levelled against that right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon, which has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.
6. That this State having by its convention which ratified the federal Constitution, expressly declared, "that among other essential rights, the liberty of conscience and of the press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified by any authority of the United States," and from its extreme anxiety to guard these rights from every possible attack of sophistry or ambition, having with other States recommended an amendment for that purpose, which amendment was in due time annexed to the Constitution, it would mark a reproachful inconsistency and criminal degeneracy, if an indifference were now shown to the most palpable violation of one of the rights thus declared and secured, and to the establishment of a precedent which may be fatal to the other.
7. That the good people of this commonwealth having ever felt, and continuing to feel the most sincere affection to their brethren of the other States, the truest anxiety for establishing and perpetuating the union of all, and the most scrupulous fidelity to that Constitution which is the pledge of mutual friendship, and the instrument of mutual happiness, the General Assembly doth solemnly appeal to the like dispositions of the other States, in confidence that they will concur with this commonwealth in declaring, as it does hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid are unconstitutional, and that the necessary and proper measure will be taken by each, for co-operating with this State in maintaining unimpaired the authorities, rights, and liberties reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


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Newsletter 229 – 19th October 2016
Our October Concert
Our October concert started with Patrick Halpin playing Ruddy McCordy, Louisianaway, Peggy Gordon, Cliffs of Dooneen, Wild Rover, Spancil Hill, He'll Have To Go and Oh Susanna. Up next was John Lennox playing Two Ladies, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Food Glorious Food, Cabaret and When You're Good to Mama. Rebecca then made her way to the stage and started with Home On The Range, then continued with My Bonnie, Largo, Bianca Cappana and finally, Moon River. Our next player was Harvey Segar who played Return To Me, Maggie, Dye Ken John Peel and, to take us up to the break, he played Happy Wanderer. During the break we had the usual great chat and socialising that people look forward to. After the break we started the second spot with John Robinson playing Manchester Rambler, I Feel Fine, Calico Printers Clerk, This Old House and, for his final piece, Floral Dance. Next to take to the stage was David Rigby. David started with Loveliest Night Of The Year, then went on to play On Top of Old Smoky, Que Sera Sera, The Spinning Wheel, Highland Cathedral and finally he finished with Beautiful Dreamer. It was time for Ann Parker to play, she gave us renditions of Yodelling Polka, Frog Chorus, a piece she composed herself, then to finish she played Beautiful Days. Gordon Priestly was up next playing Mariejenna Gabriella, Style Musette, Sharpshooters March, Waltz D'Amelie and La Noyee. It was now almost 11pm so I finished with night with Now Is the Hour. Thanks to all the players we had a great night of entertainment and also thanks to all those who come along to be the audience. David Batty
Jacob Join Christmas Party Next Month
As usual next month (December) will be our Christmas Party, please practice your party pieces for December. Remember, at the December night members bring along their other skills apart from accordion playing. In the past we have had bagpipes, keyboards, guitars, monologues, midi kits etc. December will also be when we have a Jacobs Join so please plan to bring not only yourself, but also some food such as a few sandwiches, meat pies, sausage rolls or things on sticks to add to our Jacobs Join. December is our informal let your hair down night (for those that still have some).
Chester Accordion Club's next meeting is on Tuesday 29th November with Sue Coppard as their guest artist at The Groves Club, Chester Road (A5032), Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Telephone Barry Graham on 01978 760065 . Chester Accordion Club are also having a Christmas meal on Tuesday 6th December with Entertainment from Harry Hussey, The price of the Christmas meal is £25 for a three course meal or £20 for a two course meal. To book contact Geoff Lloyd on 0l244 342160.
Weltmeister Rubin Accordion, 30 treble keys and 60 bass. Soft padded case. Excellent condition and well cared for. £450 Telephone 01704 871019 (Southport area) email: allanofaltcar@sky.com
Discover what it takes to manufacture accordions, pineapples and artificial joints. 15th Nov 12:00am on Discovery Science Sky Channel 525 or Virgin Media Channel 259.
Watkins Songbird £125 or Elka Accordion with the Watkins Songbird £900. Contact George on 01937 573750. Location: Yorkshire
This Wednesday is a Local Players concert featuring our own local talent. The local players nights are a chance for us non-professionals to enjoy playing on the stage in a supportive atmosphere. If you don't play then please come along a be an audience, if you do play then please bring your accordion and give us a tune or two. I am hoping we have a player or two making their debut on Wednesday? Please try to support this event The doors open on Wednesday night at 7.30pm for a prompt 8pm start. Please bring along your friends and anyone who might be interested in attending. If you see someone you don't know then please say hello and make them welcome to the club. This is the last normal concert night before our Christmas Party. Hopefully you can support the club and make it. David Batty
Tommy Joyce
Tommy Joyce sadly passed away on the 1st November 2016, Tommy was well known for being the UK bookings agent for Seamus Shannon, Fintan Stanley and Dermot O'Brien. When we had Fintan Stanley play for us at the club in 2000 Tommy took to the stage and played his Bodhran with Fintan. Tommy is the father of Michael Joyce the accordionist in The Lancashire Fettlers. Tommy's funeral is taking place at St Richards Church, Atherton on Friday 18th November at midday followed by Burial at Howebridge Cemetery, Family Flowers only. Donations can be made in memory of Tommy to The Royal Bolton Hospital and Manchester Irish Community Care.
Accordion Theft CCTV image released
Thames Valley Police have released CCTV images of a man they believe may have information about the Accordion Thefts at The Accordion Shop in Berkshire. The police believe he may have connections to the Port Talbot area of South Wales. Bev Lovell the owner of the shop was interviewed on Sky News, You can watch the sky news video on the following link http://news.sky.com/video/appeal-after-accordions-worth-163130k-stolen-10639125
The next meeting of the Wyre Club is on Wednesday 23rd November 2016 at The North Euston Hotel on the Esplanade at Fleetwood, FY7 6BN. Further details tel. 01253 883681.
Murder in Russia
A 63 Year old man beat a friend to death with a crowbar for saying that he played the accordion badly. He is alleged to have finished of his 66 year old victim by striking him on the head with a sledgehammer before dismembering the body and disposing of parts of it in rubbish bins. The attack took place in a village near the Russian city of Cheboksaray, 350 miles east of Moscow, after the two men had been drinking. State investigators said that after killing his friend the accused man took some valerian, a herbal sleeping aid and lay down for a nap. His victim's body was said to have lain for three days in the apartment before the killer decided to chop it up with an axe. The investigators said that he used his accordion case and a bag to carry the body parts to rubbish bins. "Some of the body parts remained in the apartment because, according to the suspect, he became tired of carrying them out" the investigators said. Body parts were found in the containers and at a rubbish dump on October 28th. Police tracked down the suspect to a friend's house where he "actively resisted arrest for several hours, defending himself with a pitchfork". Police found a bloodied shirt belonging to the suspect and the victim's mobile phone hidden in a hayloft. The murder weapons were also seized. Investigators said that the suspect had admitted to the murder. Luckily we don't have such critical members at the club or such violent players!
Foster and Allen UK Tour
Foster and Allen are on tour in the UK, the following dates are the local venues where they are performing. To see a list of all the venues from their tour visit www.fosterandallen.ie
13th November 2016 – The Lowry Centre, Salford Quays 0843 208 6000 www.thelowry.com
17th November 2016 – William Aston Hall, Wrexham 01978 293293 www.glyndwr.ac.uk/en/Events/allevents/
20th November 2016 – The Brindley, Runcorn 0151 907 8360 www.thebrindley.org.uk
29th March 2017 – The Forum Barrow in Furness 0122 982 0000 www.theforumbarrow.co.uk
30th March 2017 – The Grand Lancaster 01524 64695 www.lancastergrand.co.uk
Midland Accordion Festival
The 4th Midland Accordion festival took place on the 4th – 6th November 2016 at Dudley, Birmingham. A good time was had by all with a variety of different styles of playing by the artists and the orchestras. The hotel was fully booked for this festival. The dates for the next festival are Friday the 3rd to Sunday the 5th of November 2017.
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Newletter 230 – 16th November 2016
Newsletter 228 – 21st September 2016


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Memorandum For Record
Specialist Teagan,
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, promoted to the rank of Specialist.
Captain Brock MacDonald
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, promoted to the rank of Private First Class.
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, promoted to the rank of Private.
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, promoted to the rank of Specialist Second Class.
You are have received a non-punitive demotion and are hereby demoted to the rank of Specialist.
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, promoted to the rank of Corporal.
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, awarded the Bronze Star.
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, awarded the Sharpshooter Qualification Badge.
The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and professional excellence. In view of these qualities and your demonstrated leadership potential and dedicated service to the United States Army and the unit, you are, therefore, awarded the Army Service Ribbon.
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TomTom Traffic Index: Mumbai takes Crown of 'Most Traffic Congested City' in World
AMSTERDAM- TomTom (TOM2) today released the results of the TomTom Traffic Index, a report detailing the traffic situation in 403 cities in 56 around the world. Mumbai takes the top spot this year with drivers in the...
Dassault Systèmes and Chinese GIS Software Leader SuperMap Partner to Drive New Approach to Innovation for Construction, Cities and Territories
VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) and SuperMap Software Co. Ltd (Shenzhen Stock Exchange 300036), a leading geographic information system (GIS) software and services company, today announced their intent to jointly engage on platform-driven...
China Prepare for First Long March 11 Sea Launch
China is preparing to launch two Jilin-1 Earth observation satellites aboard a Long March 11 from a modified freighter stationed in the Yellow Sea. The launch will be China's first from a floating platform. Read More at...
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Dubai Civil Defense adopts GIS mapping, shortens response time
Civil defence authorities in Dubai will now have access to a comprehensive 3D map of Dubai, which will provide firefighters with necessary background information during operations. Read More at Khaleej Times
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Montgomery Asia has announced the upcoming launch of GeoConnect Asia, which will take place at Suntec Singapore on 18-19 March 2020. Read More at EN
China is preparing to launch two Jilin-1 Earth observation satellites aboard a Long March 11 from a modified freighter stationed in the Yellow Sea. The launch will be China's first from a floating platform. The four-stage solid-fueled...
China to Launch Four Hainan-1 Satellites by the End of the Year
SANYA, June 1. /TASS/. China intends to launch four remote Earth-observation satellites Hainan-1 by the end of 2019, according to Yang TianLiang, Director of Sanya Institute of Remote Sensing in Hainan under China's Academy of Sciences. Read More...
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The European Union-funded GNSS.asia H2020 project hosted a major roundtable discussion around the theme of "Europe Meets India" at the recent 2019 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit. The event was aimed at promoting cooperation between the GNSS research...
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# this builds overpass turbo
# supported commands:
#   * all
#   * install
#   * clean
#   * test - runs the test suite
#   * translations - updates translations from Transifex
#   * presets - grabs presets and their translations from the iD-Project
#   * ffs - compiles the ffs/wizard parser
#   * icons - update icon sets))
# usage:
#   make && make install install_root=...
# set install_root for installing into a specific directory

UGLIFY = ./node_modules/uglify-js/bin/uglifyjs
JS_BEAUTIFIER = $(UGLIFY) -b -i 2 -nm -ns
JS_COMPILER = $(UGLIFY)
CSSO = ./node_modules/csso/bin/csso
CSS_COMPILER = $(CSSO)
PEGJS = ./node_modules/pegjs/bin/pegjs
install_root ?= build

all: \
	turbo.js \
	turbo.min.js \
	turbo.css \
	turbo.min.css \
	turbo.map.js \
	turbo.map.min.js

turbo.js: \
	libs/jquery/jquery-1.11.1.js \
	libs/lodash/lodash-2.4.1.js \
	libs/leaflet/leaflet-src.js \
	libs/polylineOffset/leaflet.polylineoffset.js \
	libs/jqueryui/jquery-ui.js \
	libs/CodeMirror/lib/codemirror.js \
	libs/CodeMirror/mode/javascript/javascript.js \
	libs/CodeMirror/mode/xml/xml.js \
	libs/CodeMirror/mode/clike/clike.js \
	libs/CodeMirror/mode/css/css.js \
	libs/CodeMirror/lib/util/multiplex.js \
	libs/CodeMirror/lib/util/closetag.js \
	libs/locationfilter/src/locationfilter.js \
	libs/mapbbcode/PopupIcon.js \
	js/jsmapcss/styleparser.js \
	js/jsmapcss/Condition.js \
	js/jsmapcss/Rule.js \
	js/jsmapcss/RuleChain.js \
	js/jsmapcss/Style.js \
	js/jsmapcss/StyleChooser.js \
	js/jsmapcss/StyleList.js \
	js/jsmapcss/RuleSet.js \
	libs/misc.js \
	libs/jxon.js \
	libs/momentjs/moment-with-locales.min.js \
	libs/osmtogeojson/osmtogeojson.js \
	js/GeoJsonNoVanish.js \
	js/OSM4Leaflet.js \
	js/configs.js \
	js/settings.js \
	js/urlParameters.js \
	js/nominatim.js \
	js/query.js \
	js/autorepair.js \
	js/ffs.js \
	js/ffs/free.js \
	js/ffs/parser.js \
	js/i18n.js \
	js/overpass.js \
	js/ide.js \
	libs/html2canvas/html2canvas.patched.js \
	libs/html2canvas/jquery.plugin.html2canvas.js \
	libs/canvg/rgbcolor.js \
	libs/canvg/canvg.js \
	libs/tokml/tokml.js \
	libs/togpx/togpx.js \
	libs/Blob.js/Blob.js \
	libs/canvas-toBlob.js/canvas-toBlob.js \
	libs/FileSaver/FileSaver.js

turbo.js: Makefile
	@rm -f $@
	cat $(filter %.js,$^) > $@

turbo.map.js: \
	js/jsmapcss/styleparser.js \
	js/jsmapcss/Condition.js \
	js/jsmapcss/Rule.js \
	js/jsmapcss/RuleChain.js \
	js/jsmapcss/Style.js \
	js/jsmapcss/StyleChooser.js \
	js/jsmapcss/StyleList.js \
	js/jsmapcss/RuleSet.js \
	libs/osmtogeojson/osmtogeojson.js \
	js/GeoJsonNoVanish.js \
	js/OSM4Leaflet.js \
	js/configs.js \
	js/overpass.js \
	js/query.js \
	js/map.js

turbo.map.js: Makefile
	@rm -f $@
	cat $(filter %.js,$^) > $@

%.min.js: %.js Makefile
	@rm -f $@
	$(JS_COMPILER) $< -c -m -o $@

turbo.css: \
	libs/leaflet/leaflet.css \
	libs/jqueryui/jquery-ui.css \
	libs/CodeMirror/lib/codemirror.css \
	libs/locationfilter/src/locationfilter.css \
	css/default.css

turbo.css: Makefile
	@rm -f $@
	cat $(filter %.css,$^) > $@

turbo.min.css: turbo.css Makefile
	@rm -f $@
	$(CSS_COMPILER) $< $@

install: all
	mkdir -p $(install_root)
	mkdir -p $(install_root)/css
	mkdir -p $(install_root)/img
	mkdir -p $(install_root)/images
	mkdir -p $(install_root)/locales
	mkdir -p $(install_root)/data
	cp LICENSE $(install_root)
	cp turbo.js turbo.min.js $(install_root)
	cp turbo.map.js turbo.map.min.js $(install_root)
	cp turbo.css turbo.min.css $(install_root)
	cp css/compact.css $(install_root)/css
	cp css/map.css $(install_root)/css
	cp turbo.png favicon.ico $(install_root)
	cp index_packaged.html $(install_root)/index.html
	cp map_packaged.html $(install_root)/map.html
	cp map-key.png $(install_root)
	cp locales/*.json $(install_root)/locales
	cp -R libs $(install_root)/libs
	cp -R icons $(install_root)/icons
	cp libs/locationfilter/src/img/* $(install_root)/img
	cp libs/leaflet/images/* $(install_root)/images
	cp libs/jqueryui/images/* $(install_root)/images
	cp data/*.json $(install_root)/data

clean:
	rm -f turbo.js
	rm -f turbo.min.js
	rm -f turbo.map.js
	rm -f turbo.map.min.js
	rm -f turbo.css
	rm -f turbo.min.css

test:
	mocha-phantomjs tests/index.html

translations:
	node locales/update_locales

presets:
	wget "https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/raw/master/data/presets/presets.json" -O data/iD_presets.json --no-check-certificate
	node data/get_preset_translations

ffs:
	$(PEGJS) -o size -e turbo.ffs.parser < misc/ffs.pegjs > js/ffs/parser.js

icons: icons-maki icons-mapnik icons-osmic

icons-maki:
	wget https://github.com/mapbox/maki/zipball/mb-pages -O icons/maki.zip
	yes | unzip -ju icons/maki.zip */renders/*.png -d icons/maki/
	rm icons/maki.zip

icons-mapnik:
	wget https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/archive/master.zip -O icons/mapnik.zip
	yes | unzip -ju icons/mapnik.zip */symbols/*.png -d icons/mapnik/
	rm icons/mapnik.zip

icons-osmic:
	git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nebulon42/osmic.git
	./osmic/tools/export.py --basedir osmic/ osmic/tools/config/overpass-turbo-png.yaml
	optipng -o 2 osmic/export/*
	cp osmic/export/* icons/osmic/
	rm -rf osmic

osmtogeojson:
	wget https://github.com/tyrasd/osmtogeojson/raw/gh-pages/osmtogeojson.js -O libs/osmtogeojson/osmtogeojson.js -O libs/osmtogeojson/osmtogeojson.js

overpass-turbo-ffs.js: js/ffs.js js/ffs/free.js js/ffs/parser.js
	cat $^ > $@

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The Cooks: Easter and Owen turns 2!
Well it turns out that we need to upload the videos from Owen's birthday, so we shall skip right to Easter. The Easter bunny decided to bring Owen some treats via truck, not a basket.
That red car now must go to bed with him and I have to tuck it in, or he doesn't go to sleep.
Here is Owen dancing at Grandma Gin's house after spilling green smoothie all down his shirt.


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What Is the Recommended Dining Bench Depth?
By Danielle Smyth Updated August 12, 2020
Reviewed by Chris Deziel, Building Contractor
A building and landscaping contractor, Chris Deziel co-founded two gardening companies and has remodeled properties in Colorado, California and Kyoto, Japan. He developed his building and landscaping skills while helping to build a small city in the Oregon desert from the ground up. Deziel's specialties are carpentry and furniture refinishing.
Choosing a bench size
Recommended depth of dining benches
Choosing a bench height
Adding bench padding
Image Credit: Erik Isakson/Tetra images/GettyImages
A dining bench can be a great way to open up your dining space, create visual impact and still seat a good number of occupants. Benches come in many configurations, dimensions and styles, so whether you're buying or building your own, it's good to get a sense of the common measurements and how they relate to the dining table and the space around it. Dining benches also allow for extra comfort-based touches like pillows and cushions. As Danetti explains, dining benches are incredibly versatile, making them a great choice.
The recommended dining bench depth is around 17.5 inches, but bench depth varies dramatically. Ideally, it shouldn't be deeper than 20 inches, which can be uncomfortable for those sitting on the bench.
The first consideration for a bench is the length. This affects both how many people it can seat and how it relates to your table. Bench lengths tend to range between 42 inches and 60 inches, but it's important to consider your entire dining room setup.
A bench can be the full width of your table, or slightly less long, so that it can be tucked underneath the table. Tables vary in length, and the length of the bench will also depend on whether your table is a pedestal style or has legs at every corner. For tables with legs at the corners, allow at least 2 inches of clearance between the edges of the bench and the legs of the table.
You also want 48 inches of clearance around the bench for sliding it in and out and for walking around it to take a seat. In terms of seating capacity, a bench between 42 and 52 inches long can comfortably seat two adults or three children. A 53- to 83-inch bench can seat three adults, and longer benches can accommodate four or more.
The next consideration is the depth of the bench. The depth must account for enough seating area, the back of the bench if it has one and the width of any pillows, cushions or other paddings you plan to put on the bench.
While there is no standard for this, most benches vary between 12 inches deep for narrow benches without storage to 23 inches deep for benches with storage underneath. Most benches fall in the 14- to 17-inch range. Wayfair explains that most benches average 17.5 inches deep.
Keep in mind that you need to be able to sit comfortably on the bench without it digging into the backs of your knees. For this reason, depths beyond 20 inches can be uncomfortable to sit on without a back. Cushions also come in a variety of sizes, starting at 12 inches and going up to 24 inches for those intended for indoor/outdoor use.
The final choice you'll need to make regards the height of the bench. Dining room tables are commonly around 30 inches tall. Standard bench height varies between 18 and 20 inches, measured from the seat to the ground. The seat of the bench should also be about 12 inches lower than the tabletop.
Take into account whether you have petite or tall household members or frequent guests when deciding on the height of the bench. While taller benches will leave petite occupants' feet off the ground, they will also have an easier time seeing over and comfortably using the table. Shorter benches will also leave taller occupants with their knees folded up, potentially bumping the table.
While it's tempting to err on the side of taller benches, remember to make sure your bench gives occupants enough room to comfortably situate their legs between the bench and tabletop. This includes accounting for cushions, pillows and other paddings.
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However, padding compresses when sat on. Most padding will compress 1 inch from its normal height when in use, so subtract that from the height of the padding when calculating the total height of the bench.
Wayfair: What Is the Standard Bench Height? And Other Bench Dimensions to Know
Danetti: How to Choose Your Perfect Dining Bench
The Dimensions of a Kitchen Bench
Picnic Table Specifications
Dimensions for Outdoor Benches
Standard Height of Kitchen Table
Typical Dining Table Measurements
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Q: What should be the target of a Javascript keypress event? I'm writing a userscript for a site that accepts input from the keyboard to expand the next article in a list of articles. The "expand article" action is performed when the j key is pressed and an input field does not have focus.
I've found the following working jQuery command to generate the keypress event:
$('.some_element').trigger($.Event("keydown", {keyCode: 74}))
What element can I replace the '.some_element' selector with to make the website recognize my keystroke? I've tried window, document, and 'body', but none of these work.

A: Use $(document).trigger... Also make sure you have if condition for no input focused.

A: You made need the which property as well
$(document).trigger($.Event("keydown", {keyCode: 74, which: 74}))

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Q: Text Overlapping floated images in Chrome/Safari only URL to see this issue: http://www.canadiantraveller.net/816-Viva_Italia_-_Italy_Celebrates_150_Years_Of_Unity
I'm having an issue with some text overlapping onto (and underneath) an image and an Adsense ad.  If you take a look at the page you'll see an image of a bust sculpture, followed directly below it by and adsense block.  They are both floated right with the adsense block having a "clear: right" on it to bump it below the image.  For some reason this "clear: right" is causing the text to overlap the following image (another statue) and flow behind the adsense block.  If I pull out the "clear:right" the text flows fine, with the only problem being that the adsense block and the 1st image (the bust) appear side by side (obviously unwanted).
This works as expected in FF and IE.
Notes:
The ad placement is done by code, placing the ad in the first available position that it will fit in without being disrupting to the article.
The articles are written (via an editor) by someone else and thus changing the css in article is not really feasable.
Ideally I'd like to fix this either in the included CSS file or in the code that inputs the adsense block.  I have complete control over these.
Thanks in advance for any help!

A: Which Chrome version are you using? I cannot see any issues on Chrome 17.0.942.0 (Windows).


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Boston Lyric Opera closes season successfully with comical "Inspector"
By Angelo Mao
Jake Gardiner (center) is the Mayor in John Musto's The Inspector," presented by Boston Lyric Opera. Photo: Erik Jacobs
Boston Lyric Opera is closing its season with John Musto's The Inspector, a comic opera based on Nikolai Gogol's satire The Government Inspector.
This is not the first time Gogol's play has been adapted as an opera, yet Musto's The Inspector, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, is the newest, having premiered in 2011 at Wolf Trap Opera. As such, The Inspector has the challenge of both mining the surrealistic satire of Gogol's original, and presenting it with contemporary intelligence and humor. Friday's opening performance at the Shubert Theatre was successful on both counts, delivering a deeply engaging yet vibrant performance.
Unlike Gogol's original, Musto's version is set in 1930s Italy, in a small, backwater town called Santa Schifezza. Its mayor, a man whose enormous ego is only equaled by his corruption, learns that an inspector from the new regime in Rome (in other words, Mussolini's Fascist party) will be visiting Santa Schifezza in order to investigate corruption, bribery, etc.—practices that have been enthusiastically cultivated by the mayor himself. Meanwhile, two men, Cosimo and Tancredi, political refugees from Rome, are spotted in the town inn. The Mayor and his power-hungry wife Sarelda jump to conclusions, assume these two men are the Inspector and his servant, and proceed, with their encouragement, to wine, dine, and bribe them.
Though The Inspector lacks the melodic richness characteristic of Italian opera, Musto employs one central melody in a manner reminiscent of Broadway musicals. Part of this is satire: the same melody is sung by Beatrice, the Mayor's young and idealistic daughter, and the Mayor's henchmen.
In general, The Inspector is stronger, musically and dramatically, in its comic rather than heartfelt moments. For example, the music in which Beatrice expresses her desire to escape her parents' corrupt world seems incongruous, the result of a jarring switch of gears. On the other hand, the first act solo for Sarelda, in which she conjures visions of shoes, hats, and gowns, is suave, hilarious, and convincing. Musto's ensemble writing, which is patterned after the accumulating asides of Italian opera buffa, is uniformly excellent as well.
Boston Lyric has cast The Inspector with near perfection. Victoria Livengood as Seralda is a clear standout, with clarion top notes and a thrilling contralto. Meredith Hansen brings a youthful naiviete—and unexpected spunk—to the role of Beatrice, and sings with a beautifully controlled soprano.
Jake Gardner is a truly oily Mayor, and his baritone is both forward and incisive. However, he never sounds truly terrified at the prospect of the inspector's arrival, thereby undermining his characterization—and the momentum—in the first part of the work. David Kravitz and Neal Ferreira, as Cosimo and Tancredi, respectively, are sung with verve and portrayed in gusto. In particular, Kravitz possesses a warm and powerful baritone.
There is no weak link in the supporting roles, and David Angus conducts with excellent comic timing. The set design, too, is a delight, featuring a rotating stage that somehow fits the waltzing undertones of Musto's music.
Comparisons to two other operas in Boston Lyric's season—Verdi's Macbeth and Rossini's The Barber of Seville—are curiously apt. Like Macbeth, The Inspector has unbridled lust for power at its center; and like Barber, mistaken identity plays an important role. But The Inspector is wholly distinct from either. Seralda's ambitions are material rather than murderous, and the humor in The Inspector is much less slapstick than satiric (torture, according to the Mayor, is a matter of "Homeland Security"). Unlike Almaviva, Cosimo and Tancredi have no fallbacks; the noose, to them, is just one step or misstep away.
As a comedy, The Inspector is laced heavily with darkness, with pungent notes of surrealism. One example, played to the hilt in Campbell's libretto, has the characters, through a series of lies and exaggerations, singing "hello" to each other in parting. For all its laughs, The Inspector is a work that feels startlingly unsettling and truly contemporary.
The Inspector is repeated 3 p.m. Sunday and April 29 and 7:30 p.m. April 25 and 27. blo.org


Korean boy group Beast will be officially ambassadors of K-POP Festival in Gangwon 2013 at Korea Tourism Organisation's TIC auditorium (located at Jonggu, Dadong in Seoul), 18th June, tomorrow at 3PM.
K-Pop fans from all over the world are invited to submit their best dance covers online to join the competition, and finalists will be invited to Korea to participate in the Korean music concert "Wonju Dynamic Festival", where top K-pop stars will be performing at, on 28th September at Wonju, the city in Gangwon Province.
It will be a special chance for the K-pop fans and Korean stars to interact directly via the judging process and the event will be recorded as a reality documentary to be shown on SBS MTV and MTV Asia across more than 10 countries.
For more information on the Cover Dance Competition, check out this article.
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Maple Leafs sign forward Nic Petan to two-year contract extension
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Nic Petan to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$775,000.
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Nic Petan to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$775,000.
The Maple Leafs acquired the 23-year-old in a Feb. 25 trade deadline deal with the Winnipeg Jets.
The native of Delta, B.C., has a goal in five games with the Maple Leafs. He had two assists in 13 games with Winnipeg.
Petan has 24 points (six goals, 18 assists) in 113 career NHL games with the Jets and Maple Leafs. He also has 89 points (28 goals, 61 assists) in 108 AHL games with the Manitoba Moose.
Petan was selected in the second round, 43rd overall, by Winnipeg at the 2013 NHL draft after an impressive major junior career with the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks.
He had 358 career points (110 goals, 248 assists) in 252 WHL games while helping Portland capture the league championship in 2012-13. He led the Canadian Hockey League in scoring that year with 120 points (46 goals, 74 assists).
Petan represented Canada at the world junior hockey championship in 2014 and 2015. He was part of the Canadian team that won gold at the 2015 tournament in Toronto and Montreal.
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120 New GP Surgeries & Medical Centres Required in the Green Belt by 2025
With 360,000 new houses planned on green belt land as part of a new housing boom, Adam Thompson, Director at Primary Care Surveyors – specialists in the primary care property sector – warns that little regard or attention is being paid to the required social infrastructure to support those new housing developments, regardless of Section 106 contributions. A shortage of new primary care medical facilities looms unless action is taken now.
With the UK housing sector in crisis and a booming population, the Government announced earlier this year that funds were being made available to fix the broken housing market with a £3billion investment into building new homes across England. As part of this ambitious plan, the Government will introduce measures to reduce the obstacles to house building and help local authorities, developers and SME builders construct what is needed.
However, it is fast becoming clear that unless attention is paid to the required social infrastructure to support such developments, a shortage of medical facilities is looming which may become critical unless action is taken now and appropriate plans are made.
Adam Thompson comments: "Many current medical premises are woefully inadequate, outdated and not fit for purpose, requiring substantial investment and improvement. GP practices can only grow and improve, in order to better serve the increasing population and its increasingly complex needs, if their premises are modern and adaptable to requirement. The solution may be to build new medical centres that can incorporate multiple services, such as GP practices, dental clinics, pharmacies, district nurses, social care and other community services. However, this will require significant investment and collaboration with GP practices to form local super-clinics. Failure to do so will only put undue pressure on local hospitals and A&E departments."
House builders pay councils millions of pounds through Section 106 contributions and the Community Infrastructure Levy to build social facilities which should include GP practices. A recent report from Norfolk outlined that, in the last five years, more than 12,000 new homes have been built, with a lack of thought to medical facilities for the new residents. With a target to build a further 117,000 homes in Norfolk by 2026, action needs to be taken now to avert a medical disaster in the region.
Adam Thompson continues: "This problem will be even more pronounced in rural areas. The number of homes being planned on green belt land in England has increased to more than 360,000 according to countryside campaigners. This comes as a result of ministers who are poised to weaken protections to meet ambitious building targets. In rural areas there will be a lack of existing primary medical clinics and GP surgeries and with 360,000 new homes planned, this will require substantial investment into medical facilities for those areas alone."
With house occupancy averaging at 2.3¹ residents per dwelling, this rural expansion would potentially accommodate over 828,000 inhabitants. Within the UK the ratio of patients to GPs varies across the country, from 1,000 in some areas to over 2,000 in certain cases². With a mean average of 1,500 patients registered to a single GP, this increase in population within the green belt alone would make a case for over 552 GPs to administer to that number of patients.
From research conducted in 2015 by HSCIC (Health & Social Care Information Centre) the average population per GP practice in the UK was 6,884 patients. For this green belt expansion, this would make a case for over 120 new primary care medical centres, without taking into consideration existing local capacity, if that capacity were able to support the new population boom.
"What is called for in the UK is a complete review of developments for the housing explosion," concludes Adam Thompson. "What is required are sustainable developments, with a strong theme of mixed use and proper guidelines for Section 106 agreements, to provide these essential services and make a positive contribution to the local community."
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We Asked Three Experts to Discuss the Role of Criminal Intent and Insanity in Our Legal System
In the wake of last month's deadly shooting in Parkland, Pacific Standard talked to a few leading scholars on how the insanity defense ought to be used in the courtroom.
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Memorials are seen on a fence surrounding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 21st, 2018.
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Following a shooting that left 17 dead last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, there's been some debate in legal circles around whether the accused shooter, Nikolas Cruz, would plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Looking at possible paths for Cruz's legal defense, NBC analysts highlighted the "huge gamble" of the insanity defense, "despite its depiction in popular culture"; in order to plea insanity in a case, a defendant must prove that, "at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the defendant, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his acts."
The specific guidelines to qualify for the offense limit the number of times the insanity defense is used and successfully plead in cases, contrary to public perception: The insanity defense is used in fewer than 1 percent of all cases, and only about a quarter of those cases are successful. Furthermore, studies show defendants found not guilty by reason of insanity "are likely to spend as much or more time confined in a psychiatric institution as they would have if convicted and sentenced to jail or prison for the same crime," according to the American Psychiatric Association.
There have been a handful of notorious criminal cases that incorporated the insanity defense in some way. Some of them have been successful: In 1981, a judge acquitted John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan, on reasons of insanity. (Hinckley was sentenced to 35 years in a psychiatric hospital.) Others fared a different fate: In 2015, a judge found Colorado shooter James Holmes guilty of first-degree murder, rejecting his plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity," stating "it is the court's intention that the defendant never set foot in free society again," after imposing the sentence.
At the basis of the insanity defense lays the question of culpability and competency: Does the individual's cognitive ability interfere with mens rea, the intent behind a committed act? Judges must evaluate and decide if the defendant's mental state prohibited them from understanding the consequences of one's actions at the time of the event and the "wrongfulness" of one's actions. The definition of insanity varies from state to state for those who offer the insanity plea; Kansas, Montana, Idaho, and Utah do not allow the use of the insanity defense.
What does it mean for the severely mentally ill to have the option to plead insanity? How should the insanity defense be applied in court? Who is acquitted and who isn't? What happens once they are acquitted? What does the use of the insanity defense suggest about the intersection of the legal system in the United States and mental-health infrastructure in communities?
For some insights into these controversial questions, Pacific Standard spoke to three experts, each of whom have unique opinions and expertise on different areas of law that interact with the insanity defense to offer reasoning behind some stances within the debate:
Michael Perlin, a professor of law at New York Law School and founding director of the school's International Mental Disability Law Reform Project in its Justice Action Center.
Camille LaCroix, a forensic psychiatrist with the Forensic Psychiatry Services of Idaho. LaCroix is involved in an initiative between the American Bar Association and the American Civil Liberties Union to lobby for a law in Idaho to ban the death penalty for the mentally ill.
Christopher Slobogin, director of the Criminal Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law School.
One common theme throughout the conversations: While there are no simple answers to these questions, it's clear the application of the defense is hard to discuss without talking about the larger intersection of mental illness and the U.S. legal system.
On How the Insanity Defense Should Be Used in Law:
Slobogin: The current insanity defense is way too broad; we should abolish the insanity defense as it currently framed. I definitely think that mental illness should be relevant to culpability, but it should be relevant in the same way any other cause of inability to intend ones' acts or belief in the justification of one's acts.
So in other words, if mental illness causes delusions and hallucinations that make a person believe they're being attacked or that the person they're killing is the devil, then they should have a defense, even if none of the beliefs they have are accurate. I don't think we should get rid of mental illness as a defense. We just need to limit the situations that mental illness is a defense in the same way we would give a defense to a person who's not mentally ill and mistaking belief about what's going on.
LaCroix: There is no benefit of not having an insanity defense. Not having an insanity defense violates defendants' rights. The fundamental fairness of our country is based on the concept that you will not be treated differently than other people. It's a basic tenant of common law going back to early British law that you shall not be held responsible for something if you didn't understand that you committed it.
Perlin: The law presumes we all have free will, whether that's true or not is a very difficult question to answer. But we presume that people in fact are "sane." Psychiatrists or mental-health professionals haven't used the word "sane" in years as a medical term. We believe, in those jurisdictions that have the insanity defense, that there are some people, a very small micro universe of people, who should not be deemed responsible because of their mental status. I think that makes sense. If somebody commits an act that would be a crime, but for their mental state, that it makes much more sense to treat them as we treat them through the insanity defense.
Any mature system of criminal justice must acknowledge that some people are not responsible for what they do because of serious mental illness. To punish these people the same way that we punish people who act rationally and responsibly really makes a mockery of the whole criminal justice system.
On the Public Misconceptions of the Insanity Defense:
Perlin: There's half a dozen that have to be all of that together. It was clear to me, as someone who has represented people in insanity defense trials and people who had been found insane, that the public was just dead wrong about everything that they perceived about insanity defendants in terms of how often it's plead, the extent to which it's successful, what the penalty is when someone pleads it and the number of people who are faking it. I began to realize that "sanism" is really at the root of that.
Slobogin: It perpetuates the myth that most people with serious mental illness are dangerous. I think being called criminally insane is probably the worst thing you could be called—it's worse than being called criminal, and it's worse than being called insane or mentally ill. If we treat everyone the same way, it wouldn't make illness a special defense and result in the stigmatization of the mentally ill.
Nikolas Cruz, pictured here at Broward County Jail in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on February 15th, 2018.
(Photo: Miguel Guttierez/AFP/Getty Images)
On How the Insanity Defense Trickles Down to the Local and Community Level:
Perlin: There is a right to continuity of care and our failure to provide this continuity of care is one of the reasons why we have these problems. By continuing to arrest people, and for nuisance crimes, the police put these people in this criminal world cycle. These people wouldn't be there if they were treated effectively either in hospitals or in community settings. By the time we get there, it's almost too late. When people are arrested and are on this repeat cycle of street to jail to hospital to street, then we are setting all of this in motion.
LaCroix: [Idaho's] insanity defense was repealed at the time when Hinckley shot Reagan. At the time they thought it was the thing to do, so we're behind by several decades and our legal system and our mental-health system both need to be upgraded badly. Public defenders have attempted to get cases with very clear severe mental illness, potentially capital cases, and defendants to the Supreme Court for appellate level consideration and Supreme Court consideration to overturn the lack of insanity defense in Idaho. They will continue to do that but without a case that can go all the way through the legal system and to the top, we're not going to get that reversed unfortunately.
The severe mental illness exemption is intended, while the death penalty still exists in our country, to assist in further identifying those individuals with mental illness so that we don't end up using a lot of resources to help prosecute individuals who would be better served getting mental-health resources in our system.
We have a society that is extremely apt to consider there is still great stigma around mental illness and lack of understanding and with all of these school shootings, it's just a very challenging time to think about things in our society.
On How the Insanity Defense Relates to Larger Community Mental-Health Infrastructure:
Slobogin: We need treatment for people with mental problems, but the insanity defense is not a way to go about getting treatment.
In a lot of states, sentencing is not based just on culpability or blame-worthiness, but also based on risk. In other words, is the person dangerous? In those states, it's a little hard to know what to do with mental illness and it mitigates culpability if the person is a blameworthy and arguably non-mentally ill person. How do you define insanity? If you have an insanity defense, it doesn't mean that they walk. That needs to be considered too.
LaCroix: The biggest implication of not having the insanity defense is that you don't get the infrastructure in the mental-health system that you need. Those individuals (mind you, only a small percentage of defendants would qualify for the insanity defense) require a sentence that puts them into a forensic mental-health hospital. So if you don't have an insanity defense, you don't have that type of institution. And you don't have conditional release and probational type of circumstances for those individuals when they get released.
So it just creates a merry-go-round for folks who are committing lesser crimes. So if we don't have good mental-health structure in the community, those individuals just circle around getting in trouble for petty things, ending up in jail; when you're in jail for a brief amount of time you might not get your medication started so you get tossed back out into the community. It creates kind of a vicious cycle. So in states without the insanity defense, you end up with a very problematic cycle in and out of the legal system for the seriously mentally ill.
You have to be very careful. As a psychiatrist, one of my main jobs is advocating for a very underserved population. We have already protected the intellectually disabled from the death penalty. We've already protected adolescents from being executed.
This is the next population that needs to be protected and that strongest misconception is the stigma of mental illness. It is a slippery slope.
Perlin: The vast majority of people who commit crimes with mental illness go to prison and they're treated terribly in prison; they're brutalized, put in solitary confinement much more than other people, assaulted much more than other people and treated terribly by other prisoners and by guards. When police continue to arrest people for these nuisance crimes it puts them in this kind this criminal-world cycle.
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Voice of the Customer (VOC) team members and programs are vital for the success of a company. The VOC programs' goal is to create a consistent and positive customer experience, across channels. To be successful, VOC programs need to be more – way more – than just surveys. Building a VOC program requires buy-in from cross-functional teams and is challenging. We'll just go ahead and say that upfront.
However, the results, when done strategically, are well worth it.
VOC programs run the gamut, from training the sales team to omni-channel contact center programs to how to capitalize on upselling and cross-selling opportunities. In similar fashion, the techniques to securing what customers want are equally varied.
To fundamentally capture the customer's voice, the most effective technique is to literally listen to their voice. Surveys give close-ended responses and are too one-dimensional. Feedback from the customer-facing teams and sales teams are simply too biased. Relying on tools such as analytics and website heat-mapping show you only how customers behaved; they don't help you understand what customers would have preferred to do, nor do they give you insight as to why customers behaved the way they did.
To build a VOC program that provides a complete picture of the customer journey and which gives your team acumen into how and why customers behave the way they do, it is essential that you incorporate qualitative research into your VOC process.
Qualitative research is market research that relies on person-to-person insights. We host focus groups. We take internal teams and customers through customer journey mapping exercises. We interview. Qualitative research for VOC programs is conducted both internally (with marketing, customer experience, and sales and product teams) as well as externally with customers. The composite of the insights provides a clear-cut path forward in helping a company design a VOC program that is based on needs and real behavior.
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The Città di Forlì is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It has been held annually in Forlì, Italy, since 2021.

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Founded in 1876, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is Singapore's only community animal clinic with an adoption programme and education outreach. It aims to reunite lost pets with owners, provide sterilisations for community animals, and shelter over 200 unwanted, abused or abandoned animals every month. The organization's mission is to prevent cruelty to promote kindness to animals, and it is their vision to build a compassionate Singapore where animals are treated with respect. The organization relies heavily on donations from supporters to continue its important role in protecting animals. Over $3,200,000 annually is required to run all our services including 24/7 emergency rescues, cruelty and welfare investigations.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in new opportunities and challenges for animal shelters in Singapore. On a positive note, due to work-from-home arrangements, new pet owners are better able to help the animals adjust to their new homes and routines. On the other hand, most animal shelters are unable to take in more animals for various reasons related to the pandemic, such as cancelled adoption drives or people who are unwilling to commit to a pet for financial reasons. LEWIS is honoured to support those that do so much for these animals in such challenging times, and those that continue to make positive changes every single day at SPCA.
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Esme & Roy, the first new animated series from the makers of Sesame Street in more than a decade follows a young girl, Esme, and her best monster friend, Roy, on their adventures as the best monstersitters in Monsterdale. Aimed at children ages four to six, it offers a creative new approach to teaching "learning through play" and mindfulness strategies.
With loveable characters who spark strong emotional connections among preschoolers and parents alike, Esme & Roy invites children into a colorful world where even the littlest monsters can overcome big challenges together. Across 26-episodes Esme and Roy will use the power of play to help younger monsters through familiar situations, including trying new foods and feeling scared during loud thunderstorms. Little viewers will look up to their new favorite monstersitters as positive role models, learning how to manage strong emotions with simple mindfulness practices alongside Esme and Roy's charges.
The world of Esme & Roy is brought to vibrant life through infectious humor, imaginative design and such expressive voice talents as Millie Davis (Wonder, Odd Squad) and Patrick McKenna (TV's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania: The Series).
As Sesame Workshop's newest addition to the educational entertainment landscape, Esme & Roy underscores how vitally important play is to early childhood development. Whether they're pretending to be veterinarians to model how to hold a pet gently, or sticking to a shopping list by turning a trip to the grocery store into a matching game, the monstersitters help their little friends learn a range of lessons while having fun.
When children play together, they are physically, cognitively and socially engaged. Motivated by their own curiosity and interest, they learn to collaborate, self-regulate, communicate and empathize with others during play sessions. As modeled in Esme & Roy, "learning through play" allows children to develop these critical life skills in a safe environment.
Created by TV veterans Dustin Ferrer and Amy Steinberg (Peg + Cat, Team Umizoomi, Wonder Pets!, Shimmer and Shine), Esme & Roy is produced in partnership with Corus Entertainment's animation studio, Nelvana, with illustrations inspired by renowned artist Dankerleroux.


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Mystical Experiences, Visions and Dreams:
Why do they seem so real?
David M. Wulff, Prof. of Psychology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts is the leading American psychologist most knowledgeable regarding mystical experiences. Having achieved that status, Prof. Wulff was invited by the editors of the American Psychological Association, to contribute a chapter for their centenary acknowledgment (published as Varieties of Anomalous Experience, American Psychological Association, 2000) of the classic text authored by William James entitled, The Varieties of Religious Experience, (Oxford University Press, 1902, 2012). In the chapter Prof. Wulff provided he gives three examples of mystical experience. The first is one experienced by Sophie Burnham who has published a number of books (one of which is Angel Letters) on how to get to know one's Guardian Angel. Sophie had a mystical experience at an ancient Inca shrine at Machu Picchu in Peru. This is Sophie Burnham's story:
"I felt a pressure on my neck, as if a dark hand were pressing me down. Terrible and majestic it was… From the midst of black roaring, came a voice: You belong to me or You are mine. Not in words, but rather as a form of knowledge, resounding in blackness… 'If you are God, yes,' I surrendered with my last coherent thoughts. 'I belong only to God.' … With that I was immersed in a sweetness words cannot express. I could hear the singing of the planets, and wave after wave of light washed over me. But this is wrong, because I was the light as well, without distinction of self or of being washed. It is hard to speak of what happened at this stage. At one level I ceased to exist, was swallowed into the light. How long that lasted I do not know. At another level, although I no longer existed as a separate 'I' and 'other.' In that state I knew things that today I haven't even the wit to ask questions about. Some I do not remember, but I know that I saw into the structure of the universe. I had the impression of knowing beyond knowledge and being given glimpses into ALL… It was knowledge untranslatable, and it filled me with joy."
Prof. Wulff's other two examples of mystical experience involve Alister Hardy, a British officer during World War One having a unitive experience with nature and seeing luminous bodies and hearing celestial music; while the third example featured John Addington Symonds, whose account of his mystical experience had also appeared 100 years earlier In James Varieties.
Nearly 20 years ago I interviewed a number of Irish women who had experienced Marian apparitions. They refer to themselves as "visionaries" and although each of their apparitional experiences was uniquely their own, a pattern emerged regarding how they began to experience and react to such apparitions. Some saw only Our Lady, but did not hear her speak, whereas others stated they received specific messages of love, or general spiritual exhortations to pray. Most of the women also had visions of Jesus nearly always in the company of His Mother. Four of the woman reported having apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mother and her Son, Jesus, at various locations, sometimes at a number of grottoes, sometimes elsewhere, such as at their homes.
At other times, some of the visionaries reported having apparitions of various Saints, most often Padre Pio, who reportedly would leave the scent of roses; others included St. Anne, Bernadette of Lourdes, Francesca of Fatima, Ignatius of Loyola John of the Cross Patrick, Theresa of Lisieux, Angels and apostles. One who saw a vision of John of the cross reported: "I saw St. John of the Cross in my house. About six years ago my sister was dying of cancer. I used to go visit her every day in a hospital in Cork city. I was very tired because of all the long hours every day visiting my sister in the hospital. One morning I was very tired when I got up to go to the bathroom before leaving to see her. As I turned around to head toward the basin a man stood in front of me and he was shorter than I, and he was thin, and he had a priest's habit, and he had a crucifix about nine inches long in his hand, and he had it caught toward his chest. He had soft curly hair cut in a round. He said to me, 'I'm John of the cross. I'll help you.' Then he disappeared. Shortly after that my sister died and when I was at her funeral I was in a trance and could sense that she was with God.' (David Stang, Emerald Spirit: a Journey into the Irish Heart and Soul, Mercer Press, Cork, 2003, pages 176-184.)
What can be said of these mystical experiences? William James in his chapter on mysticism in his The Varieties of Religious Experience stated that "As a matter of psychological fact, mystical states of a well pronounced and emphatic sort are usually authoritative over those who have them. They have been 'there' and know. It is vain for rationalism to grumble about this. If the mystical truth that comes to a man proves to be a force that he can live by, what mandate have we of the majority to order him to live in another way?… In point of logic it absolutely escapes our jurisdiction. Our own more 'rational' beliefs are based on evidence exactly similar in nature to that which mystics quote for theirs."
The Old and New Testament Scriptures contain a plethora of stories about dreams of a spiritual or prophetic nature. The same is true of accounts of saintly men and women in the literature of the World's Great Religions. My Master's thesis in Theological Studies was about St. Patrick of Ireland, who had a countless number of prophetic dreams. It is difficult to discern which of his visions came from dreams and which from a semi-trance state during which he was deep in prayer. Some of his visions gave him information about what dangers lay ahead, others contained instructions on what he should do and how to go about doing it, while still others were of a highly transcendental nature suggesting that Saint Patrick was experiencing a unitive state of being. At times he apparently felt so close to God that he sensed God was literally within him. Here are two examples of such visions reported by St. Patrick and his autobiographical Confession (from The Life and Writings of the Historical St. Patrick, by R.P.C. Hanson, The Seabury Press, New York, 1983, pages 76-125):
"…on another night – I do not know, God knows whether it was in me or beside me – [someone was speaking] in the most elegant language which I listened to but could not understand, except at the end of the speech he spoke these words, 'He who gave his life for you, he it is that speaks in you,' at that I woke up full of joy… At another time I saw him praying in me and I was as it were within my body and I heard above me, that is above my inner man, and there he was praying earnestly with groans, and while this was going on I was in amazement and I was wondering and I was considering who it could be who was praying in me but at the end of the prayer he spoke to the effect that it was the Spirit, at that I woke…" When it comes to encountering God you can't get much closer than St. Patrick did.
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