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20 June 2018 | James Bond Spy Saga At Tesla, Outlander PHEV Goes Longer and WWF Report Says Smart Charging Is Key
Well good morning, good afternoon and good evening, wherever you are in the world, hello and welcome to the Wednesday 20th June edition of EV News Daily. It's Martyn Lee here with the news you need to know about electric cars and the move towards sustainable transport.
CORRECTION: NORWAY'S ELECTRIC PLANE TOOK OFF
First of all I can't begin without sorting out my mistake yesterday because I'm an idiot. And I need to learn which day of the week is Monday. On yesterday's show I talked with you about Norway's electric plane taking off next Monday. Think again genius. It took off last Monday.
Reuters reports: "Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen and Dag Falk-Petersen, head of state-run Avinor which runs most of Norway's airports, took a few minutes' flight around Oslo airport in an Alpha Electro G2 plane, built by Pipistrel in Slovenia.
"Norway aims to be 100 percent electric by 2040 for all short-haul flights. Avinor, which is responsible for the country's 44 airports, has bought the electric aircraft used Monday. The operator plans to launch a tender offer to test a commercial route flown with a small electric plane with 19 seats, starting in 2025."
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-peek-future-electric-plane-cruises.html
SMALL FIRE, ELON ASKS STAFF TO REMAIN VIGILIANT IN THE FACE OF SABOTAGE
Tesla said in an email that on Sunday night there had been a "Smouldering in an air filter in the welding area of the body line. The smouldering was extinguished in a matter of seconds. There were no injuries or significant equipment damage, and production is back online." The company did not specify the location of the fire, which Reuters was unable to independently confirm.
And then came the really big news about sabotage.
"I was dismayed to learn this weekend about a Tesla employee who had conducted quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations. This included making direct code changes to the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System under false usernames and exporting large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties.
The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad. His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive. In light of these actions, not promoting him was definitely the right move.
As you know, there are a long list of organizations that want Tesla to die. These include Wall Street short-sellers, who have already lost billions of dollars and stand to lose a lot more. Then there are the oil & gas companies, the wealthiest industry in the world ? they don't love the idea of Tesla advancing the progress of solar power & electric cars. Don't want to blow your mind, but rumor has it that those companies are sometimes not super nice. Then there are the multitude of big gas/diesel car company competitors. If they're willing to cheat so much about emissions, maybe they're willing to cheat in other ways?
Please be extremely vigilant, particularly over the next few weeks as we ramp up the production rate to 5k/week. This is when outside forces have the strongest motivation to stop us.
Looking forward to having a great week with you as we charge up the super exciting ramp to 5000 Model 3 cars per week!"
2019 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV WLTP-RATED 45 KILOMETERS OF ELECTRIC RANGE
AutoEvolution is one of a few outlets today reporting on the updated Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: "A significant update over the previous model year, the Outlander PHEV tops at 135 km/h (84 mph) in all-electric mode compared to the old version's 125 km/h (78 mph). But being a plug-in hybrid, it's best to drive the mid-size utility vehicle at lower speeds in order to maximize the efficiency of the drivetrain. In addition to the mechanical improvements, electric range also goes up to 45 kilometres (28 miles) on WLTP."
The battery gets a bump to 19.5kWh.
WHY GHOSN'S RENAULT PAYCHECK DEPENDS ON EV SALES
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has a new incentive to promote development and sales of electric vehicles: A significant part of his pay now depends on it." according to AutoNews.com: "Under the new pay plan, 30 percent of Ghosn's long-term incentives depend on electric-vehicle sales (shareholder return, free cash flow and alliance platform transition, another new category, make up the rest). An increase of 5 percent over internal forecasts will earn him the full 30 percent, but if sales meet targets, he will get only 21 percent."
"last year the company sold 36,000 all-electric vehicles, including about 32,000 Zoe compact hatchbacks (the remainder were almost all Kangoo small vans). That was an increase of about 10,000 from 2016."
HOW BIG WILL THE BATTERY BOOM GET? TRY $548 BILLION, BNEF SAYS
"Batteries will attract $548 billion in investments by 2050 as costs fall and homes and businesses push to use more clean energy" according to Mark Chediak at Bloomberg.com: "That's one of the conclusions of the New Energy Outlook released Tuesday by analysts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Batteries will become increasingly viable on the grid as demand for electric cars spurs manufacturing of lithium-ion systems, driving down prices. Batteries will allow more solar and wind to meet demand — even when the sun isn't shining or wind isn't blowing, helping end the era of fossil fuel dominance on the grid by mid-century, BNEF said. Battery prices are expected to fall to $70 a kilowatt-hour by 2030, down 67 percent from today, according to the report. BNEF expects 1,288 gigawatts of new batteries to be commissioned by 2050."
SMART CHARGING COULD DELIVER EVS A DECADE EARLIER
"Smart charging of electric vehicles (EVs) could cut the cost of integration into the UK power system by over £1 billion compared to standard charging, according to a new report that also found running an EV could be ten times cheaper than a conventional car." on CurrentNews.co.uk: "On top of the financial advantages to grid operators, Vivid Economics also argues such action would have a direct benefit to consumers, who could save substantial amounts on their annual car bill."
The report says: ""The smartness of the transition to electric vehicles will be the main factor determining how cost effective the transition is, not the speed of the transition" One the big unknowns when it comes to modelling the grid is how much we'll be using Vehicle 2 Grid on our EVs.
OFF GRID ENERGY CEO HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF BATTERY STORAGE
Danny Jones is the founder and CEO of Off Grid Energy and has stressed the importance of battery storage and smart charging systems as the take up of electric vehicles. He says: "The benefits of deploying these systems are manifold and are absolutely necessary to prevent a delay in EV deployment because of the cost and lead-in times to reinforce the electricity network at substations, not to mention they can start working right away with minimal installation time needed."
CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT LEADING THE CHARGE TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES
"Christchurch Airport is the first business in the South Island to sign up to a global initiative,
EV100, committing to transitioning its vehicle fleet to 100% electric."
"The airport already has eight electric vehicles (EVs) so its fleet is currently 40% electric. It also hosts Yoogo an EV sharing scheme for community use. EV100 is an initiative of The Climate Group, an international not-for-profit based in London, New Delhi and New York, with the mission of accelerating climate action. EV100 members commit to becoming 100% electric by 2030."
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Q: Do I need floats, integers or string for my problem and how do i do that? I am a Python beginner and im trying to make a code that does basic maths for someone:
print('what shape do you need')
print('A:square or rectangle')
print('B: triangle')
print('C:circle')
answer =input()
if answer =='A':
  print ('enter first length')
  length1=input()
  print ('enter second length')
  length2=input()
  int('length1')
  int('length2')
  area=length1*length2

the problem I have is I don't know if I should turn the variables into integers, string or floats and if I did know I would know how to do that.
please help!!!

A: This should be enough to get you started and send you knocking on exception handling's door. I will let you discover that on your own. For now, give the following a spin:
print('what shape do you need?')
print('A: square or rectangle')
print('B: triangle')
print('C: circle')
answer=input()
if answer =='A':
    length1 = float(input('enter first length::\t'))
    length2 = float(input('enter second length::\t'))
    print('area = {}'.format(length1*length2))

you can write cases B and C yourself based on the A example above.

A: length1=input() would make length1 a string when you read the input.
Afterwards, I see that you do int(length1), assuming that you intend to convert length1 to an int. To do so you should do  length1 = int(length1) or do length1 = int(input()) directly.
It depends on what do you expect the user to input, if it seems that you are assuming that the user will input an int so you can just restrict yourself to int. However, if you expect the user to input a float, you might want to use float instead. Hence rather than length1=int(input()) do length1=float(input())  instead.

A: Try using the following to multiply two floats (decimals) together
print('A: Square or Rectangle')
print('B: Triangle')
print('C: Circle')
answer = input('What shape do you need? ')

if answer =='A':
    length1 = float(input('Enter first length: '))
    length2 = float(input('Enter second length: '))
    print('The area is '+length1*length2)

As stated in the comments, try to read a bit online about datatypes and inputs in python before coming here with a problem

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This is the fourth edition. Slightly revised and polished in August 2011, then released on Kindle and Smashwords.
I think that this book is trying to be The Stainless Steel Rat, but is not written well enough. The descriptions need to be richer, but not much longer, so that the reader can see the locations and people in their mind's-eye. These were altogether too sketchy, which was a great shame as several of the characters were worthy of more attention. When reading Hal Spacejock, all I can see are the words on the page; I don't like reading like this, I prefer to have the images play across my imagination like a film.
The set up and plot are well thought out, it is the execution of the writing that I feel is lacking.
As the story continues, however, the individual vignettes become increasingly predictable – without an increase in humour. I felt that the characters Clyde and Albion could have been used with more effect – we started to get to know them and then they disappeared!
All in all, an enjoyable read and I will probably read more of the series if I come across them.
I'm claiming this book as No. tbr/150 in the Goodreads 2012 Reading Challenge; No. 10 in the Why Buy the Cow? Reading challenge; and No. 2 in the First in Series Reading challenge.
I enjoyed the premise of the book: where in order to survive, the Twined – a species of beings who look like humans but have various powers – must bond with a human so the two are twined together. I imagine them twined like morning glory and honeysuckle or the wools in a Fair Isle jumper; together forever and impossible to untangle.
The writing style was a little basic for the most part, but I think that it is just right to hit the YA market. I had to remember that this is a YA book, written by a young author. The plot moves at a good pace throughout the book. Since the story is told from Avalin's point of view, we are as confused as she is about what is going on, a technique which works well. Avalin's behaviour vacillates between behaving in a very un-girl-like way, saying things girls don't generally say, and complaining about how limited and friendless her life has been since her mother was incarcerated. There are some bright spots when she shows courage and quick thinking.
I felt that the way she dropped and excluded those few friends she had at the beginning of the book was a bad move. They already know she's a bit strange and would cope with this 'next step' of strangeness.
I did not like the ending – it was way to abrupt, and so obviously a cliffhanger for the next book. It felt more like the ending to an episode of a TV serial, with the set-up for the start of next week's episode, than the ending of a book. In my opinion, a book (or TV programme) is better when it leaves threads dangling, ready to be resolved in the next instalment, rather than a blatant, stop-in-the-middle-of-a-scene cliffhanger.
"Exhume" means to dig up a previously interred body…I think the author meant "exuded" whenever "exhumed" was used – I have never heard of an object exhuming energy… 😉 And what on earth is a tonsil stone????
There are a few non sequiturs and plot holes, but overall this was an enjoyable read – a dead cert to be popular with the YA crowd.
I'm claiming this book as No. tbc/150 in the Goodreads 2012 Reading Challenge; and No. 2 in the First in Series Reading challenge.


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iVillage Ventures into UK
By Jennifer M. Hampton
Women's online network iVillage, Inc. (Nasdaq: IVIL) announced plans Wednesday to create a 50/50 joint venture with Tesco PLC, Britain's largest retailer and the operator of Tesco.com, to serve the women's online market in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
iVillage UK, representing iVillage's first international equity relationship, will function as an independently managed entity and provide women in the UK and the Republic of Ireland with an array of interactive, customized online services, including content channels, tools, planners, quizzes, message boards, chats and newsletters.
The site, scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2000, initially will have eight content channels organized by topic areas the company believes are most important to women.
Tesco To Offer Cash, iVillage Content
Tesco and iVillage plan to provide a combined total of approximately $70 million (US$) in marketing, branding, cash, intellectual property and other resources in support of the venture. As part of the deal, Tesco will provide $18 million in cash over the next three years, as well as online and offline promotional considerations such as in-store promotions and positioning on its ISP and its online shopping site.
iVillage, which has been rated the number-one women's brand online, will contribute no cash, but will provide intellectual property and content. Tesco and iVillage will contribute reciprocal marketing and other support totaling at least $50 million over three years.
In an interview with the E-Commerce Times, iVillage CEO Candice Carpenter commented, "Conceptually we believe that this brings content and commerce closer to the individual. We bring our strengths to UK women online, a group expected to account for 60 percent of UK online users in the next five years."
Operations Underway
Under the leadership of two founding iVillage employees, the London-based company has commenced operations in the UK in the editorial, technology, sales, marketing and financial areas with a staff of 16. An announcement concerning additional key hires will be made in the next few months.
Tesco.com is the world's largest online grocery site, with 48,000 orders per week. Over 500,000 people have signed up for the grocery service.
Established in 1995 and headquartered in New York City, iVillage reported $20.8 million in revenue for the first quarter 2000. Currently, the site reaches 8.4 million unique visitors per month, with 15 percent of its traffic generated internationally.
More by Jennifer M. Hampton
One Year Ago: Jimi Hendrix Estate Thwarts Cybersquatter
One Year Ago: King To Continue E-Book Experiment
Yahoo! Wires NYC Taxis
Banking Giants To Launch Financial Site
Study: Europeans Seeking Work on the Web
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Problem: "Those who sin have darkness, despair and death as their destiny. They are terribly evil and thirst for sin. They scrounge around for food, all the while dreading the approaching darkness. Even in times of success they constantly hear the threat of doom." They are looped in chains of sin..but are unaware they have been willfully trapped.
Prophets are chosen by God to turn back the hearts of sinners to their loving Father..to provide reconciliation between God and man/woman. They are to offer warnings from God's heart…if people will humble themselves and listen to the message. Prophets must repeat what they hear from God, are not to make up words their audience wants to hear, but are untruthful. 100% accuracy is required according to Biblical rules…a pretty stringent set of requirements…not for the faint at heart to take on.
Anecdote: Head over from your computer/internet connection to Charlotte, North Carolina and meet Mena Lee Grebin and her husband Isaac @ http://www.faithfulwalkhealingministries.com. She has a passion to lead people to forgiveness, deliverance and healing through a physical church ministry, internet Watchman on the Wall (prophetic dreams and visions from Holy God to his servant) and Signs of the Times(current news events/commentaries).
She meets the criteria of prophet by repeating faithfully the messages YAHWEH gives her as warnings to repent/turn back to our first love in Yeshua (Jesus' Hebrew name). She mixes Torah sense to bring a sense of shalom (peace) in a world that is cold, unforgiving and lonely. Remember: Christians follow the greatest Jewish rabbi known to mankind. Jesus, God in human form ("the Word made flesh" at his first advent) came to fulfill the Jewish Old Testament prophecies first and foremost. His disciples were all Jewish. Paul, the apostle sent to evangelize the gentile (non-Jew), was Jewish.
She repeatedly states that she cares not for the glory this world can offer. She does not accept money for her speaking engagements to keep her motives pure. She seeks to follow God and Yeshua with Holy Spirit's leadings first and foremost. Prayerfully listen in and ask Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth.
Try this wonderful song for a person who repents and wishes fervently to return to the Lord: "Life Your Head Weary Sinner" by Crowder on his Neon Steeple album, or "Avalanche" by Manafest on The Chase album.
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Q: how to receive the most commented posts without duplicating in LINQ I've been trying on solving this issue and couldn't.
I'm making a blog web app using ASP.net MVC, and trying to create a top stories based on comments count.
This query below:
        var top = (from p in posts
                    join c in comments
                    on p.Id equals c.whichPost
                   orderby posts.Where(h=>h.Id==c.whichPost).Count()
                   select(p)
                    ).Take(5);

My View:
    @foreach (var item in Model) {

        @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem      => item.Title)

}
Is actually querying the top ones but, in view it prints the name of title according to the comments' count. What I'm trying to say:

*

*Title 1 (i.e it has 4 comments)

*Title 1

*Title 1

*Title 1

*title 3 (2 comments)

*title 3

*Title 2 (one comment)

Any hints on solving this issue?
 Thanks.

A: Use a group join:
 var top = (from p in posts
            join c in comments on p.Id equals c.whichPost into g
            orderby g.Count() descending // don't forget to use descending order
            select p).Take(5);

Or if you have navigation properties in your entities
 var top = posts.OrderByDescending(p => p.Comments.Count()).Take(5);

Note: your current code creates a post-comment pair for each comment which matches some post. That's why you see duplications. Also there is issue with posts which don't have comments. Simple join will not give you any matches.


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Retirement community expansion helps meet growing demand
Harry Funk / By Harry Funk Staff writer hfunk@thealmanac.net
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Rachael Rennebeck, left, and Marilyn Walsh in the refurbished Light Horse Lounge at Providence Point
Unexpected circumstances can put adult children in the position of suddenly needing to make long-term accommodations for their parents, often without a clue as to how to proceed.
But foresight does prevail in some families.
One resident of Providence Point in Scott Township told his children about his decision to live in the Baptist Homes Society-operated retirement community.
Providence Point's Hamilton Tower is scheduled to open in mid-October.
"I'm giving you this gift," the resident said. "You don't have to worry about it later and figure out what you're going to do with me. I'm doing this now so that we can all acclimate and figure out how the rest of life is going to go."
His story – passed along by Rachael Rennebeck, who provides public relations support for Baptist Homes Society – also reflects the desire of many Americans to actually enjoy their so-called golden years, which can turn out to last for quite a while.
"People are living longer," she said. "So it's even more important to recognize the fact that the sooner they get in, the more they can continue that life pattern and that lifestyle they've enjoyed."
Enter places like Providence Point, which offers a long list of amenities to help make the transition from the family home as seamless as possible. The campus is marking the 10th anniversary of its construction as a complement to the nonprofit Baptist Home Society's main location in Mt. Lebanon, which was founded in 1910.
Providence Point has helped meet the increasing demand for its type of community, to the point where "Phase Two" expansion began in June 2017 with a new chapel, completed the following winter. The overall project's highlight is Hamilton Tower, scheduled to open Oct. 15 with 70 new apartments, bringing the total number of units in the complex to 326.
Providence Point boasts new carpeting, tiles and other improvements in advance of the opening of Hamilton Tower.
"In the meantime, to accommodate 70 units' worth of more people coming in, we also did other updates, some of them to accommodate the bigger size of the community, and some of them just because of changing times," said Marilyn Walsh, Baptist Homes Society director of marketing and public relations.
The Neville Room, the largest of Providence Point's five dining locations, is undergoing remodeling to accommodate 30 more people, with an "exhibition cooking area," where diners can see their dishes being prepared, as a focal point.
Next door is the Light Horse Lounge, a popular pre-dinner spot for appetizers and cocktails, now featuring an expansion of its own.
"One of the requests of residents was to enlarge the bar area," Walsh said. "So we did."
The names for both the rooms – Hamilton Tower, too – draw on Providence Point's proximity to one of the key sites of the Whiskey Rebellion: Bower Hill, Gen. John Neville's mansion, the historical marker for which is a short walk from the retirement community. The lounge takes its name from Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, who was called in to help quell the rebellion in 1794 and 13 years later had a son, Robert E., who made military history of his own.
On a 21st-century note, Providence Point also has expanded its information technology area, to accommodate all the advances that have occurred since 2009. Other updates include new carpeting, tiling and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment.
By popular demand, the bar area has been expanded in the Light Horse Lounge.
Meanwhile, the original Baptist Homes Society location is primed for some changes, as well.
"We are already planning our next steps," Walsh said, with details to be announced.
Between the two campuses, the society strives to meet a growing scope of needs, including skilled nursing and memory care for those who require it, in addition to the active lifestyle Providence Point provides.
"We don't need to go to a place to die," said John Chamberlain, who works with Rennebeck on public relations. "We need to go to a place to live it up, and that's really what we're doing here. We want to get you in here earlier so that you do enjoy your later life."
The "exhibition cooking area" in the Neville Room
Communities hoping there's no repeat of 2018 flooding
B Hundt / By Brad Hundt Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com
Photo courtesy of Bridgeville Police Department
Flooding is shown on Baldwin Street in Bridgeville in June 2018. Several roads in the South Hills were closed after flash flooding as a heavy storm moved through the area.
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A Bridgeville firefighter stands in the bucket of an excavator to look inside an unoccupied SUV lodged beneath Bower Hill Road in McLaughlin Run.
Peters Township resident Paul Sikorski looks out the door of his Baldwin Street storage garage in Bridgeville where he kept his classic 1956 Buick that was destroyed by flooding.
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Teresa Davis and her daughter, Kayleigh, with some of the dogs that were rescued from the Canine Club in Bridgeville following the June 20, 2018, flood.
Piccolina's Northern Italian Restaurant in Upper St. Clair closed after it flooded June 20, 2018.
Cleanup takes place at Railroad and Baldwin streets following the June 20, 2018, flooding in Bridgeville.
Work is done to clean First Baptist Church in Bridgeville follwing the June 20, 2018, flood.
Baldwin Street in Bridgeville was devastated by flooding on June 20, 2018.
Workers carry the tap system out of the Railyard Grill & Tap Room in Bridgeville after it flooded June 20, 2018.
BRIDGEVILLE — Even as all hell was breaking out, Teresa Davis vividly recalls how the rising water that was inundating the kennel she operates on Baldwin Street in Bridgeville was strangely tranquil.
"It was very calm, still and black," Davis said.
Until the evening on June 20, 2018, it had been a fairly routine day for Davis. A Wednesday, she had returned to her home in Upper St. Clair from the Canine Club when a call came that Baldwin Street was being overrun with water. All-day rain, capped by an almighty deluge shortly after 8 p.m., had caused nearby McLaughlin Run Creek to overflow. It caused water to spill into the street and the businesses and residences that line it. What Davis describes as "a tsunami" came roaring down Baldwin and slammed into the Canine Club. While 10 dogs that were being boarded at the Canine Club were rescued, five drowned in water that rose as high as eight feet.
The interior of the Canine Club, a Baldwin Street business that was ravaged by June 20, 2018, flooding.
Those dogs were not the only casualties from flooding one year ago today that devastated parts of the South Hills. A 63-year-old Upper St. Clair woman was killed when she ventured out of her car, and was swept away by floodwaters. Her body was found the next day in Bridgeville. An Outback Steakhouse restaurant on McMurray Road in Upper St. Clair was destroyed, vehicles were lost, and scores of homes and residences sustained damage that is still being repaired 12 months later.
Meanwhile, officials have absorbed lessons from the flood and are trying to take steps to make sure another summer day where a couple of inches of rain falls in a couple of hours doesn't wreak as much havoc.
Bethel Park is expanding its view of stormwater, according to Timothy Moury, a councilman in the borough. Council is "looking further up the watershed and (has) identified six possible projects," he said via email. Moury added that council will be awarding contracts for three of the projects at its July meeting, and is in the design phase for additional projects in 2020. The borough is also scrutinizing its roads and streets to make sure they can adequately handle any future downpours.
"When you get nearly four inches of rain in less than one hour, it's almost impossible to predict where the water will go," Moury said. "We had homes get water that had never had any issues in the past on June 20, 2018."
In the meantime, some houses on Bridgeville's Baldwin Street remain empty, while some businesses have reopened. Davis is hoping that the Canine Club will be welcoming dogs again in the next few weeks. And Bridgeville officials are hoping to get grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to purchase homes and businesses from willing sellers on Baldwin Street, tear down the properties, and convert them to green space.
Work progresses at the Trolley Stop Inn after the Bethel Park restaurant was flooded on June 20, 2018.
Buildings would be sold at their pre-flood values under the proposal, with FEMA paying 80 percent of the purchase price, and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency covering the remaining 20 percent. Bridgeville is also looking at doing away with the baseball field in McLaughlin Run Park and making it a retention pond.
Mike Tolmer, the president of Bridgeville Borough Council, said his community is working with its neighbors to try to come up with long-term solutions to flooding woes.
"The landscape of our area has changed drastically," Tolmer explained. "Weather is changing, there are more severe storms. ... It's all of us. What can we do together to solve the problem?"
James Mehlmauer carries his cat, Adoria, while Jessica Carr walks with Minnie on Baldwin Street in Bridgeville. Mehlmauer and three other people were rescued by firefighters from his first-floor apartment when nearby McLaughlin Run flooded in June 2018.
Peters Township resident seeks update to nondiscrimination policy
Peters Township Municipal Building
With its establishment as a home-rule municipality in 1976, Peters Township adopted an administrative code that includes a policy against discrimination in employment practices, housing and public accommodation.
Four decades later, township resident Julie Cantrell is pursuing an update of the policy's language to add "gender identity or sexual orientation" to a list that now includes the likes of race, age, religion, national origin and political affiliation.
Members of township council, though, are waiting to make a determination. At its June 10 meeting, council voted 5-1, with Monica Merrell opposing, to table Cantrell's request to put the proposed policy change on an agenda until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on some relevant cases.
"Municipalities are not in the position to try and define protected classes," Councilman David Ball said. "That's a federal and state function. It's before the Supreme Court, so whatever they decide to do is what we're going to have to do."
In April, the court agreed to hear cases from New York and Georgia to decide whether workplace protections under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 apply to gay people, and another from Michigan with regard to transgender people.
Peters Township's employee handbook does contain "a statement that actually is a bit more expansive than the language that was in the code or ordinances," township manager Paul Lauer told council.
For example, people with disabilities cannot be discriminated against, in accordance with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.
"Because protected classes can be somewhat dynamic, it also has a catchall that says, 'any other characteristics protected by applicable federal and state law,'" Lauer said about the handbook statement. "My interpretation of that, given the guidance that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission has given us, right now that does include gender and sexual orientation."
Merrell said the language in the handbook and policy against discrimination should be consistent, and Lauer agreed.
"I do think the language that is in the handbook, that refers to any other characteristics protected by applicable federal and state law, is something that ought to be included" in the policy, he said.
Cantrell sent an email to Lauer June 3 requesting a council agenda item to amend the policy.
"It would then read: 'No person in the employment of the township, or seeking admission thereto, shall be employed, promoted, demoted or discharged, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of political opinion or affiliation, or because of race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, gender identity or sexual orientation,'" the email states.
During the audience comments portion of the meeting, Cantrell asked Peters officials to consider posting a nondiscrimination statement on the township website and publications such as calendars.
Cantrell suggested a statement which is based on one posted by Shenango Township, Lawrence County.
"Peters Township is committed to providing an environment that's free from discrimination in employment and opportunity because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, veteran or draft status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or age," her suggested statement read.
Cantrell said it would not be an ordinance or anything township officials would have to enforce.
"It's a statement saying that, as a township, we don't discriminate," she told council. "If we were able to do that, then I could see placing a stall or a hold on the nondiscrimination ordinance until we are able to get more information and maybe research that a little bit more."
Resident Carolee Ketelaar, who had spoken in support of Cantrell's requests at previous council meetings, said she agrees with the township taking such a measure.
"I think that's really important for people of all ages, all types of people, to know, that they are welcome here, whether they live here, whether they shop here," Ketelaar said.
Cantrell first approached council March 11 about changing the language of the nondiscrimination policy.
"In Pennsylvania, municipalities are legally empowered by the state to enact local LGBTQ equality laws and policies," she said at that meeting. "The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act of 1955 allows for cities, townships, boroughs, counties to pass nondiscrimination ordinances which exceed the state law."
She quoted information from the website of the LGBTQ youth advocacy organization Pennsylvania Youth Congress, which currently states:
"As of April 2019, at least 55 of Pennsylvania's 2,562 municipalities have passed LGBTQ-inclusive local non-discrimination ordinances. The residents of these municipalities amount to over 33 percent of Pennsylvania's overall population (U.S. Census, 2015 estimates). Pennsylvania has the most number of LGBTQ-inclusive local nondiscrimination ordinances adopted of any state in the nation."
Mt. Lebanon was among the municipalities, which adopted its ordinance in 2017.
Peters Township Council revisited Cantrell's request April 22, when Lauer said concerns about discrimination against certain individuals are addressed best through federal and state laws, and the appropriate role for the township is to refer residents to appropriate agencies at those levels.
Solicitor John Smith, who researched the topic for a report to council, agreed and recommended against pursuing an ordinance to change the nondiscrimination policy.
At council's May 28 meeting, Ketelaar asked that a task force be formed to investigate a nondiscrimination ordinance. Cantrell stated her agreement and requested that Smith's report be made public.
She also has started a change.org petition calling for an LGBTQ-inclusive local nondiscrimination ordinance in Peters Township.
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Tickets are available for the Cybertronic Spree concert, happening Saturday night October 14th at Arnold's Family Fun Center!
The concert start time is 8pm, though you can arrive any time after 7pm for check-in and mingling.
The concert will run about one hour. Time permitting, the Cybertronic Spree will be available for a meet/greet immediately after the concert. Attendees can purchase band-related merchandise at this time. But to ensure you get to meet the band and buy merchandise, please come to Retro Con on Saturday! The band will be at the show from 10am to 1pm.
Reminder: Retro Con 2015 is Next Weekend!!
Preregistration for Retro Con 2015 has now ended. We ended up with 33% more weekend preregistrants than we did in 2014! Our big thanks to everyone that pre-bought their tickets for the show this year!!
If you missed out on prereg though, no worries, we will be selling tickets at the door each day!
Kids 12 and under get into the show for FREE when accompanied by paying adult!
We will be in Hall C at the expo center, as shown on the above map. Parking at the expo center is FREE and plentiful!
Sunday, September 13th9am to 4pm.
The full show schedule can be found HERE!
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THIS COMING WEEKEND!!
The Blob takes Retro Con!
This year we get REALLY retro, as we proudly welcome "The Blob" to Retro Con 2014!
The Blob first hit theaters in 1958 and became an instant cult classic, with the campy tone set up perfectly by its opening theme song. In case you've been living under a meteorite for the past 55 years, the movie is about a protoplasm-like alien creature that crashes to earth and immediately starts consuming and dissolving citizens of a small town in rural Pennsylvania, causing it to quickly grow to problematic size.
Not only is the movie set in Pennsylvania, but was in fact filmed in local PA areas such as Downingtown, Royersford, and Phoenixville- All mere miles from where we hold Retro Con every year!
In fact, Phoenixville is the hometown of the theatre that the Blob oozed into, sending the movie's audience fleeing out the front doors in hysterical terror. Known as the Colonial Theatre, it is still in operation to this day and is the host of Blobfest: a 3-day celebration of the film and other horror classics of the era. This was its 15th year running, with a Blob-like increase in popularity each passing year. The Friday stage show and run-out is often hosted by Retro Con guest Mr. Lobo, and the Saturday and Sunday street festival is also highly recommended!
Owner Wes Shank refers to himself as " the caretaker of the original blob silicone". He began collecting movie posters and publicity photos in 1960. After touring the Valley Forge Film Studios in 1965, Wes purchased the silicone directly from the film's director, Shorty Yeaworth. Wes also owns several miniature sets used in making the movie, along with props from many other classic films.
Always willing to share his knowledge of science fiction movies, Wes has lectured at The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Villanova University, as well as various television interviews over the years. He also wrote and published a book entitled FROM SILICONE TO THE SILVER SCREEN: MEMOIRS OF THE BLOB, a work of love written not only for all who made it possible, but as recognition of the ingenuity and creativity of a cult classic film.
We thank Wes and Judy Shank for coming to the show and bringing along such a wonderful piece of film history for all to see!!


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When I took the KURO-Bō stick out of the packaging, I had black on my fingers. Will the stick leave soot in the water, or a funny texture in my mouth?
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How long does KURO-Bō last?
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This article is about a level in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. For the level in Donkey Kong Land 2, see Hothead Hop.
Hot-Head Hop is the sixth level of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It is the first area of Crocodile Cauldron.
This level takes place inside of a volcano, and the Kongs must use Krockheads as stepping stones in order to cross rivers of lava inside of it. This level also marks Squitter the Spider's first appearance, who proves himself useful by helping Diddy and Dixie Kong reach and complete Bonus Levels and grab the level's DK Coin. The spider also assists them by defeating enemies in their way and creating web platforms to cross pits. Klampons make their debut here as well. Other enemies include Neeks, Klobbers, Zingers and Krunchas.
The Kongs begin the level outside of a tunnel with a dark treasure chest, which contains a green Extra Life Balloon, on it. Another treasure chest is ahead of the tunnel that contains the letter K. After the heroes pass a Neek and a Klobber, they come up to a pit of lava with a few Krockheads in it, whom they can use as platform to cross. Once they reach the other side of the pit, they come up to a solid area of ground with a raised piece of land in the center of it. A DK Barrel sits in front of the raised platform, which a Klampon walks along. At the end of this area, the primates can find a Klobber and then a pit with three Krockheads in it. The last of the Krockheads can bounce the heroes high into the air so they can reach another solid piece of land with a treasure chest and a Klobber on it. Inside the treasure chest, they can find a Banana Coin, or, in the Game Boy Advance version of the game, a Golden Feather or a Banana Bunch. Two more Krockheads stick their heads out of a lava-filled pit ahead of here, and both of them fling the Kongs into the air when jumped on. They can send the heroes onto a high platform shooting out of the lava.
A wider pit of lava containing four Krockheads is ahead of here, and once it is crossed, the primates reach an area with a DK Barrel and a raised piece of land with two Klampons around it. One of the Klampons is in front of the raised piece of ground, and it guards a treasure chest with a kannonball in it. An additional Klampon marches on the raised platform, which the letter O floats above. The duo can find a lava pit ahead of here that they can cross with two Krockheads that fling them into the air when landed on. A small platform that holds a Klampon is on the other side of the pit, which is followed by an additional pit containing two more Krockheads that can fling them into the air. Another small platform is after this pit, and it holds another Klampon. There is a larger platform near here that supports a kannon and a Klobber. If the Kongs make their way to a pit east from here, they can find two Krockheads in it that can fling them to a nearby Star Barrel positioned high in the air.
After the primates cross this pit, they can find a DK Barrel and an Animal Crate containing Squitter ahead of them. Next to the crate, the heroes can find a formation of bananas that form the letter Y (or the letter B in the game's remake). Some Neeks march along the path ahead of here, and after they are passed, the group reaches another formation of bananas that create the letter A (or the letter R in the Game Boy Advance remake). A Banana Coin floats above the letter A, which is followed by a small pit with a single Krockhead in it. The letter N floats above this pit, and once it is crossed, the primates make their way up a few steep ledges with Klampons on them to reach the top of a large structure. At the top of this structure, they can find a trail of bananas leading them towards a pit the contains two Krockheads and a Zinger that flies between the two reptiles. The Krockheads can fling them over the Zinger and across the rest of the abyss, where they can find a flat pathway with a Klobber on it. In the Game Boy Advance version of the game, this Klobber is in possession of a photograph.
Once the heroes make it to the end of the flat pathway, they reach a pit of lava with two Krockheads in it and a single Zinger flying over it. The Krockheads, who are able to fling the Kongs in the air, can help them cross the pit, which is followed by a platform with a Kruncha on it and the letter G above it. A group of bananas and Banana Bunches are also above the letter G. The primates can find a long pit ahead of here; they can either cross it with a pair of Auto Fire Barrels, or with Squitter's web platforms. If they use the spider to help them cross, they find a few Zingers in their path on the way. However, they can find many bananas and some Banana Coins in the area between the Zingers. Once the group crosses the pit, they reach an area of land with two Klampons on it. A Bonus Barrel is in view above these foes, who are followed by a No Animal Sign that makes Squitter disappear if he comes up to it (there are actually two, with an invisible one being underneath the real one in an attempt to block players from using Squitter's web platforms to crawl underneath the sign). If the Animal Buddy is successfully led to the sign, the Kongs are also awarded with a red Extra Life Balloon. They can find a small pit of lava ahead of here with a Krockhead in it, who can bounce them onto a nearby End of Level Target located on the opposite side of the pit. If they hit the target, they complete the level. Additionally, if they land on the target from the nearby Krockhead, they are given a prize, such as a Banana Coin, as the exit.
K: If the primates break open a treasure chest located at the beginning of the level, they can find the letter K.
O: Immediately after the heroes pass the second DK Barrel, they can find a raised piece of land with a Klampon on it. The letter O is above this piece of land.
N: The letter N is located above the first pit form Squitter's Animal Crate.
G: Near the end of the level, the Kongs can find the letter G high above a Kruncha, who marches near a large pit that can be crossed with some Auto Fire Barrels.
The level's DK Coin is located directly above Squitter's crate. When the Kongs get the spider, they must use his webs to climb upwards to th coin, which is surrounded by many bananas.
At the beginning of the level, the Kongs should use their Team-up move to throw one another on top of the nearby tunnel that they begin the stage next to. If they use their Team-up move again on this tunnel, they can reach a hidden Warp Barrel that leads them to a Bonus Level, which contains a No Animal Sign and a group of bananas that form an exclamation mark. Once they exit the Bonus Level through the tunnel to the right of the area, they land in the main level on the final Krockhead in the level, who is located immediately before the End of Level Target.
After passing the second set of Knocheads, the Kongs can find a treasure chest on the ground. If they throw it at an enemy, such as the nearby Klobber, it breaks open, revealing a Golden Feather. After they collect it once, the feather is replaced by a Banana Bunch in later playthroughs of the course.
In the area found shortly after the letter N, the heroes can find a Klobber with a camera icon above its head. If they defeat this foe, they are given a photograph of a Klobber for the first page of their scrapbook.
Immediately after the second DK Barrel in the level, Diddy and Dixie can find a place with two Klampons and a raised piece of land. There are a few treasure chests in this area. If they break open the chest in front of the raised piece of land, a kannonball is revealed that they must carry ahead with them. After they take the kannonball across a few pits with Krockheads and along a few small platforms with Klampons on them, they come up to a solid platform with a kannon on it. If they load up the kannon with the kannonball and then walk inside of it, they are blasted into a Bonus Level, where they must jump off of several Krockheads in a pit to collect 60 stars placed high in the air. If all of the stars are obtained within 20 seconds, a Kremkoin appears to grab within the remaining time.
Shortly after the letter N, the Kongs should find two bananas placed right next to each other immediately after a pit containing Krockheads. Using the Squitter's web abilities, they must climb up to these bananas with some web platforms to find more bananas in the air. If they make their way towards these bananas, a Bonus Barrel is put into view. It leads to a Bonus Level, where the animals can find bananas in the formation of an arrow pointing straight up. They must follow this arrow by using Squitter's special webs to climb up in that direction. The Kremkoin is at the top of the area for them to grab within 20 seconds.
Immediately before Squitter's No Animal Sign, a couple of Klampons can be found with a Bonus Barrel above them. The barrel can be reached either with the primates' Team-up move, or with Squitter's web abilities. The special barrel leads to a Bonus Level, where they must use Squtter's special web-creating ability to cross a pit within the time limit of 20 seconds. If Squitter is not with the Kongs when they first enter the bonus, they can find him at the beginning of the Bonus Level. Once the primates cross the pit, they can find a Kremkoin that they must grab with the remaining time to win the Bonus Level.
This page was last edited on April 6, 2019, at 01:51.


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Last weekend I had no Internet for two days straight. I tried to contact the Internet provider via chat. I wrote my request and waited for a reply. The waiting never ended. So, they weren't available over chat. On Sun. I decided to call them. A very polite lady explained to me that they are running a check that leads to downtime. She further told me that they should be ready by the end of the day. In case I still don't have Internet, I should call them again. At 20h there was still no Internet. What's more, there was no more customer service anymore! Sundays they are working only until 19h.
How do you think I felt? I felt like… changing my Internet Provider.
Customers are the most important stakeholders of one's business. It's simple really, without them the company won't exist. Therefore, it is quite astonishing that so many companies neglect the importance of customer service. I am aware that people will disagree with the previous statement. Nowadays, we talk more and more about customer centricity. Companies invest millions in customer service. They try to engage customers in all stages of the buying cycle.
Yet, there are so many examples of bad customer service. Agents who are rude or have no clue what they are doing. Sometimes the customer spends hours and hours of waiting on the phone line, just to hear 'I am not responsible for that. Let me forward you to the next level of support'.
So, what does it take to be a good customer service agent?
What agents have in mind usually is that the customer who is calling doesn't have an idea about the problem. At least, he/she knows way less then the agent. But they should't make you feel that way. What do I mean by that? A lot of times I had to talk with agents, who are impatient. They get angry when I can't describe the issue or don't let me finish my sentence, because they already have the answer. Even if their suggestions were right, they leave you with an awful feeling that you are a complete idiot for calling for such a small problem.
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You have a bad day? It's not your customer's fault! So, keep your bad mood for yourself, because after all you get paid to provide support and your customer doesn't get paid getting paid to listen to a grumpy, impolite and angry person. You don't agree?!?! This job is not for you. End of discussion.
Bad: Yes, of course,I am pretty sure we can deliver the goods earlier. I will talk with the department and we will solve the problem.
Good: I am sorry but I can't tell you immediately whether we can deliver the goods on time or not. But here is what I will do. I will contact the responsible team in the next 2 hours and I will let you know latest by tomorrow.
The latter sounds more professional. You can't promise an immediate solution to the problem, but you are doing the best you can. That is quite enough.
Nobody expects you to know everything. Nobody expects you to immediately understand the problem and offer a solution. But they expect you to listen and react adequately.
This chat is wrong for so many reasons. The agent is completely ignoring the responses of the customer and giving canned answers. Canned responses are not bad if used at the right time, usually at the beginning at the sentence. However, people expect you to be competent, to try to understand what they are saying and to offer a solutions.
Customer service can harm your business greatly if not done properly. The worst thing is that its affect are long-lasting and spread like a disease. One wrong reaction and you will create bad customers all along the way. This is not something that you want to happen.
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Obama might be able to someday ditch the translator.
Say hello to the new Google Translate.
Starting today, Google will rely more heavily on artificial intelligence when it translates language. The new method, called Google Machine Neural Translation, cuts down errors by 80% compared to its current algorithm, and is nearly indistinguishable from human translation on standardized tests, the company said.
It's a radical change from how Google translates now, which is called phrase-based translation, and is standard for the industry. Under this method, an algorithm cuts up a sentence, like one entered by a high-schooler trying to game their homework, and attempts to match words or phrases to a large dictionary. The new method takes that same large dictionary and uses it to train two neural networks. One breaks down the sentence to figure out what it means, and the other generates text in the other language.
Since AI algorithms don't rely on human logic, they can often find better ways to accomplish their task than what humans previously dreamed up in hand-coded algorithms. The network itself learns how to translate, shedding the rules that humans thought were best and only focusing on the outcome.
That's largely why Google's neural network translator makes such a radical jump in accuracy. For instance, the network no longer has to spend time splitting sentences into words or phrases. In tests where human and machine translated text is compared side by side, Google Translate previously ranked at 3.6 of 6 at Spanish to English, with 6 being a perfect translation. Humans generally rank at 5.1, and Google's new method hits 5.0.
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Tony Dodson (born 2 July 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He held the British super middleweight title in 2003, and challenged for the Commonwealth super middleweight title in 2006 and the light heavyweight title in 2012.

Professional career

Early professional career
Dodson made his professional contest on 31 July 1999 when he scored a stoppage win over Michael McDermott at the Sands Centre in Carlisle.  One more fight that year on 2 October 1999 resulted in another victory, this time in Cardiff at the International Arena against Sean Pritchard meaning that at the end of his debut year Dodson was unbeaten in two fights.  In the following two years Dodson would fight five times in 2000 and five times in 2001, winning on each occasion and padding his record out to 12-0 with the total including a win on 10 December 2001 against Joe Penn in Liverpool to lift the Central Area super middleweight title.  Dodson started 2002 with a victory over Jason Hart at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham before losing for the first time in his career to Varuzhan Davtyan in Manchester on 9 March 2002 suffering a points defeat over six rounds to a boxer whose only previous professional contest was a defeat.  He bounced back from this first career setback on 13 April 2002 to defeat Brian Barbosa, an American fighter with a record of 29 wins against 5 defeats at the Everton Park Sports Centre in Liverpool and followed that up with a win against Belgian boxer Mike Algoet on 7 September 2002 to lift the WBF Intercontinental super middleweight title once again fighting in Liverpool.  He lost the title and the second fight of his career in his next contest on 26 October 2002 in Maesteg, Wales to the Polish boxer Albert Rybacki and one further attempt to retain the belt on 19 April 2003 also resulted in defeat this time to Frenchman, Pierre Moreno at the Everton Park Sports Center.

British and English titles
On 23 September 2003 Dodson met Varuzhan Davtyan, the man who had inflicted his first career defeat and gained revenge with a victory at The Pavilions in Plymouth.  In his next fight Dodson traveled to the Kings Hall in Belfast to compete for the full British title, eventually beating Allan Foster via stoppage in the 11th round of their contest to lift the belt and become British champion.  Following the fight, Dodson took a long lay off from boxing and didn't fight at all in 2004, only returning to the ring at the back end of 2005 with another victory over Varuzhan Davtyan on 23 September.  Two more victories followed against international opposition before on 16 June 2006 Dodson met Jamie Hearn for the English super middleweight title.  The fight, in Liverpool, resulted in a fifth round stoppage win for Dodson.

British title challenges
On 24 November 2006 Dodson lost for the fourth time in a challenge to Carl Froch, the reigning British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion.  Both titles were on the line at the Ice Arena in Nottingham with Froch winning the fight in the third round via stoppage to retain his championships.  Dodson returned to the ring on 6 July 2007 to defeat Nick Okoth in Wigan and then followed this up with wins over Yuri Tsarenka in Sheffield, traveling to Italy to defeat Mounir Sahli and returning to Sheffield to beat Nathan King.  Finally on 28 March 2009 Dodson fought for the British super middleweight title for the third time only to lose in his challenge to Tony Quigley suffering his fifth career defeat at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.  In his next fight on 12 March 2010 Dodson once more challenged for the title only to lose once more, this time to Paul Smith again at the Echo Arena.

Prizefighter series
Dodson chose to move up in weight to light heavyweight in order to compete in the Prizefighter series held at the Olympia in London on 29 January 2011.  Pitched against Micheal Banbula in the quarter finals, Dodson won the contest but suffered cuts above both eyes.  In the semi-finals he stopped Menay Edwards in the third round only for the ringside doctor to rule him out of the final, where he would have fought Travis Dickinson, on safety concerns due to the extent of the injuries.

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Darkness is defined as the absence of LIGHT. Conflict comes when you bump into all the unknown in the dark and you fight for your space and your security. When a match is struck even in the darkest corner it can give us the ability to see what lies around us. We find out that what we bumped into was a chair, a door or even another person just like ourselves lost in the dark. Darkness exists no longer when the smallest candle is lit. Be a light where ever you go today. It's not just for you but for the people around you who need help seeing things just a bit clearer. The more I can see, the more people can see me and the more they can see themselves in me! So goes the life of the messenger.
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Understandably, most of the U.S. was preoccupied with Barack Obama's second inauguration yesterday. However in the midst of the celebrations of yet another peaceful transfer of power in the U.S., word began to trickle out of an attempted coup in Eritrea. It appears that the attempt, led by a group of military mutineers at the Ministry of Information, ultimately failed but it is hard to determine exactly what happened. A large part of that is because press freedom is an unknown element in the small African country. Thus, those we typically rely on to inform the world of new events are more likely to be found in prison rather than filing a wire report.
Eritrea topped Reporters Without Borders list for worst countries for press freedom in 2012, beating out totalitarian North Korea, while the Committee to Project Journalists listed it as the most censored country in the world. Information is so tightly controlled that even the whereabouts of the Minister of Information, Ali Abdu Ahmed, in unknown to the population after not being seen in public since at least November. There is speculation he is currently seeking asylum in Canada and reports from diaspora sources saying his family in Eritrea has since been detained. However, these reports – concerning the fate of the man who typically controls all information within the state – cannot be found inside Eritrea.
The lack of press freedom is not the only constraint on human rights in Eritrea but it wasn't always like this. When Eritrea initially got its independence from Ethiopia in the early 1990s, there were high hopes for the new country whose revolution strengthened notions of gender and ethnic equality. But the man who led the independence struggle, Isaias Afewerki, turned out to be far more tyrant and far less visionary once he took power in 1993.
From there, freedom after freedom disappeared. A long and brutal border war with Ethiopia led to the creation of a police state and constant paranoia amongst government leaders. The country officially ratified its constitution in 1997 but it was never implemented; subsequent public pushback on the lack of elections and a constitution only led to arrests of opposition leaders on charges of conspiracy and terrorism. Attempts by the independent press to cover such developments likewise led to their arrests, also usually on charges of conspiracy or terrorism.
And so the world remains in the dark about the true nature of what happened yesterday in Eritrea. There are numerous reports that the mutineers made it as far as announcing on state television that the 1997 Constitution would be implemented before the signal cut out. If true, then it serves as a sign that the lack of freedoms is wearing on more than just beleaguered activists. Regardless of the failure of the attempt, the break in the tightly controlled typical calm suggests that all may not be well in the country often dubbed the "North Korea of Africa" and could be just the first disturbance of many.


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Publix reverses, will cover HIV prevention drug for workers
Publix announced Tuesday that it is changing its employee prescription plan to cover a drug that helps prevent HIV infections.
Publix reverses, will cover HIV prevention drug for workers Publix announced Tuesday that it is changing its employee prescription plan to cover a drug that helps prevent HIV infections. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/health/2018/02/06/publix-reverses-cover-hiv-prevention-drug-workers/313023002/
Terry Spencer, Associated Press Published 5:25 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2018
Market Force's online survey of roughly 12,800 people put Wegmans in a virtual lock with Publix as the country's favorite grocery store. Todd Clausen/Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
FILE- In this Sunday, May 19, 2013 file photo, a vehicle passes the front of the Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla. Publix announced a change Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 in a reply on Twitter to Florida state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith. The Orlando-area Democrat had met with Publix officials Monday to discuss their refusal to cover Truvada for PrEP. The 6-year-old drug is more than 95 percent effective in preventing the contraction of human immunodeficiency virus, which can cause AIDS.(AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz, File)(Photo: Scott Iskowitz, AP)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Southeast's largest supermarket chain announced Tuesday that it is changing its employee prescription plan to cover a drug that helps prevent HIV infections, remedying an omission that doctors and gay rights groups said was highly unusual.
Publix announced its change in a Twitter reply to Florida state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando-area Democrat who had met with company officials Monday to discuss their refusal to cover Truvada for PrEP. The 6-year-old drug is more than 95 percent effective in preventing the contraction of human immunodeficiency virus, which can cause AIDS. It is usually prescribed to HIV-negative gay men and other people at higher risk of infection.
The issue came to light again recently when a website, The Body, noted that a former Publix employee had been denied coverage for PrEP. The Associated Press began reporting on the issue last week but Publix did not respond to numerous calls and detailed messages at that time.
Smith tweeted about his meeting with Publix officials late Monday night, saying they confirmed the decision not to cover the drug but would not say if it "was based solely on cost or some absurd moral objection they have to PrEP."
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Early Tuesday, Publix replied that it had reconsidered its position and would cover PrEP, saying the company is "committed to the health and well-being of our associates and families." It issued a statement reiterating its Twitter replies Tuesday afternoon.
Publix officials told Smith during the meeting that the company doesn't usually cover prescriptions to treat a condition an employee might get in the future, but he pointed out it does cover birth control. He said he walked them through a situation where an HIV-negative employee is in a relationship with someone who is HIV-positive. Covering the employee's PrEP is both morally and financially sound, he said.
"I think they know and understand that this is the right thing to do for their employees," said Smith, Florida's only openly gay legislator.
HIV specialists and gay rights groups say the drug is almost universally covered by large employers who provide prescription drug coverage for their workers. Gilead Sciences, its manufacturer, estimated U.S. usage at 120,000 people last year.
Dr. David Holland, chief clinical officer for communicable diseases at the Fulton County Board of Health in Atlanta, said that since 2015 the county's HIV prevention program has prescribed Truvada for PrEP 255 times. He confirmed that the former Publix employee, a Georgia resident, had been denied coverage — the only such case he'd seen. Holland said some patients take it for a short time when they are at highest risk; others, for years.
The former employee told the AP last week that he left Publix at the end of 2016 after being with the company for a year, primarily over the drug issue. He said his new employer pays for his PrEP prescription, which costs about $1,500 a month for individual buyers. Insurance companies typically negotiate discounts with pharmacies. The man asked that his name and occupation be withheld to protect his privacy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the average lifetime cost of treating a person who becomes HIV positive at 35 is $449,000. That does not include treating anyone else the person might infect.
More: Publix ties Wegmans as America's favorite supermarket
Pills pour out of a prescription medication bottle (Photo: DNY59, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Publix has 188,000 employees at 1,169 stores in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia. The chain usually scores well on surveys of customer and employee satisfaction but has received low scores from the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group. It called Tuesday's decision "a positive step."
Smith said Publix scores low with the group because it does not include protections for gay or transgender people in its anti-discrimination policies and didn't recognize same-sex relationships until just before gay marriage became legal in Florida.
Scott Schoettes, HIV project director at Lambda Legal, a gay rights organization, said it is unclear whether companies are legally required to cover Truvada for PrEP. He said a refusal might be considered unlawful discrimination against a person's sexuality or HIV status, but no case has gone to court. He said he is unaware of any other large employer refusing to cover Truvada for PrEP.
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"Whether or not it is illegal, it is misguided from both a health perspective and an economic perspective. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that it is better and cheaper if someone isn't infected," he said.
Federal law requires insurers cover treatment for clients who are HIV positive.
As preventative measures and education have improved, the CDC says the number of U.S. residents contracting HIV dropped to 37,600 in 2014, the latest year available — an 18 percent decline since 2008.
Still, about 1.2 million people in the U.S. are HIV positive and 6,721 people died of AIDS or HIV in 2014 — an 87 percent drop since fatalities peaked at 50,877 in 1995, just before the first treatments became widely available.
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