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Disspelling the myths
Katrina stats so far
More partisanship misinformation from the left
Could he be talking about me
Supreme Court guessing
Global Warming link to Katrina is a myth
Dems Blame Game in the midst of a disaster
Roberts Nominated for Chief
Kanye West is stupid
(H/T: Alamo Nation)
George's post is so good that I'm just going to copy it here.
Pointing this one out for you folks where a black American (and liberal) from the Orlando Sentinel takes aim at Kayne West and the 'Blame Bush' movement which looks increasingly like it's being created solely to try and cover Ray Nagin and Governor Blanco. From Porter:
Kanye West is way off base.
During an NBC network fund-raiser Friday to help Hurricane Katrina victims, West, a hip-hop artist, let loose with an incredibly destructive diatribe. Among other crass comments, West said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people."
Is West so full of himself that he didn't understand he was asked to participate in the telethon to pump up contributions, not turn off prospective donors?
West certainly was not the only one to throw down the race card. Some other blacks also accused the federal government of neglecting New Orleans because it has a black majority and rampant poverty.
The racial friction is unwarranted and counterproductive.
I'm no fan of President George W. Bush, but here's a fact that can't be denied: He was not slow to prepare for last week's disaster.
Bush declared a state of emergency for Louisiana on Aug. 27. That was two days before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. The declaration started the process to assemble federal resources.
The racial criticisms made by West and others are an insult to the heroics of U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force rescuers I watched on the television news. These guys have been descending on cables from helicopters and carrying New Orleans residents out of flooded neighborhoods. The rescues started on Aug. 29, the same day the hurricane hit.
And here's an interesting thing that I noticed in those rescues. All of the men I saw come down from the helicopters were white. The majority of the people plucked from the rooftops were black. Yet those white rescuers didn't seem to care what the victims looked like. The rescuers were energetic and compassionate. In one incident, a white Coastguardsman and a black guy stranded on a rooftop embraced as though they were brothers. Tears filled my eyes. That scene made me extremely proud to be an American.
Having to wait five minutes for help in New Orleans must have been excruciating. But it's impossible to ignore practical considerations. Mounting the aid mission for New Orleans was a little more complicated than throwing three suitcases into the back seat of a sports-utility vehicle and putting the pedal to the metal.
That's not the way the military works. The military's main role is to fight wars, not provide disaster assistance. Changing from the war-fighting mode to a civilian-humanitarian mission takes time to assemble the proper supplies and equipment. What would have been said if the military rushed in with the wrong equipment or inadequate supplies?
The nightmare conditions at the Superdome and the New Orleans Convention Center, where tens of thousands fled for help, wasn't the fault of the military or President Bush. That blame belongs squarely on the shoulders of New Orleans officials.
Porter seems to understand where the crux of the problem started: Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco not following the Southenr Louisiana disaster evacuation plan in a state that was preparing an emergency relief DVD which was going to tell people "Hey, you are on your own." While Nagin railed on the radio and was practically a no-show until he let tourists cut in line for bus trips out of New Orleans, school buses that should've been utilized to evacuate the poor and elderly (per their own evac plan) sat in a lot, flooded... their motor oil leaking out into the water as they sat idle. Wow. And Nagin seems to understand that the scrutiny is going to fall on his shoulders and on Blanco's - he's already trying to sell her down the river.
Thank you all for reading, and God Bless the USA!
--George 'Trey' Berryman III


There was a slight drizzle when I got out of the car. I was heading towards the nearby ATM booth to replace my depleting budget. I opened my umbrella with pleasure, because it is a gift from my son and I remember him with fondness, as I admire the bands of color in my water-repellant umbrella. While walking towards the ATM booth, I noticed a man and a boy about nine to ten years of age who alighted from an old-model Toyota Corolla. The man later opened his wide umbrella for him and his son. They were several steps away from me and they were walking towards the bank as well.
The man gently put his right hand on the shoulder of the child like it was a natural thing to do. The boy in return put his little arms around the waist of the man like it was a natural thing to do, and they walked towards the bank in that warm embrace. By the way they looked, they seemed to be father and son. It was a heartwarming sight which I rarely see these days.
We almost got out of the ATM booth together. We opened our umbrellas to walk back to the parking lot. The man, after opening his big, black umbrella put his arms once again on the shoulder of his sonand the boy, like it was an ordinary habit, put his left arm around the waist of his father and they walked together like showing to the world that they love each other.
It was a good one hundred-meter walk. I was privileged to see an outworking of a lovely relationship. Most fathers are not demonstrative of their love for they tend to hide it in their father-figure stance. How blessed is that child to have a father like that. If sustained through the years, this child when he becomes a father himself will hopefully do the same to his son.
As I passed by them, the man closed his big umbrella, opened the car, and the boy quickly settled in the front sea. I went straight to my car which was parked a few meters away from theirs. But I felt happy to have seen a display of fatherly love. And from what I saw, the son easily responded to the affectionate gesture of the father. For Love begets love indeed.


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A source told BuzzFeed News that Green MPs would refuse to help Labour form a government if a Queen's speech included cuts on welfare.
The Greens launched their manifesto in Dalston.
The Green party pledged to end austerity, introduce massive tax hikes, and end cuts to welfare at the party's manifesto launch in Dalston on Tuesday morning.
A source even told BuzzFeed News that any elected Green MPs would refuse to help Labour form a government if Ed Miliband's party proposed cuts on welfare.
The Greens said they would increase government spending by £177 billion a year by 2020.
This would be spent on measures including an extra £12 billion on the NHS, £35 billion on "renewable generation", £9 billion on free social care for the elderly, and £4.5 billion on scrapping tuition fees.
In its manifesto, the party says it would also increase the health budget by £12 billion each year and allocate an extra £4.5 billion towards the social housing budget in order to help councils to build an extra 500,000 social rented homes.
The party also pledged to end a major £15 billion road building programme.
This is because we have hit "peak car", according to Bennett, and young people prefer to use social media such as Twitter and Facebook on their commute. The party would, however, continue to repair potholes.
Instead, this money would be invested towards reducing fares on public transport by 10%. The party would also renationalise railways, a move it says would lead to the government saving £1 billion a year.
One of the party's key announcements was that it would provide insulation to 9 million homes around the country.
Caroline Lucas, the former party leader, said: "It is nonsense to say that we could spend millions on roads or HS2 [a proposed high-speed rail link between London and Manchester], but we can't afford to keep people warm in their own homes."
She added: "That is the permanent way to keep down people's energy bills, not like Labour's measure to freeze energy bills."
Brian Heatley, a co-author of the Green manifesto, suggested that certain measures could lead to an end to growth in certain areas. "You could look at the manifesto and argue in both directions" of growth, he told a group of journalists after the event.
Industries like aviation would be unlikely to grow under the Greens, he said, as part of the party's vision to see greenhouse gas emissions in the UK reduced by 90% from 1990 levels by 2030. However, areas like renewable energy and insulation would see large growth, he added.
This would be paid for by massive increases in tax.
In particular, the Greens would hope to raise up to £20 billion a year by 2020 through a "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions and a wealth tax on the richest 1%, who have a wealth of higher than £3 billion.
Heatley admitted the Greens' figures could change if some of the wealthiest in Britain moved abroad as a result of the new taxes.
The party would also crack down aggressively on tax avoidance by hiring more staff at HMRC, with the hope of raising £30 billion a year.
Other taxes include introducing fuel duty and VAT on aviation, which the party said would raise £16 billion a year by 2010.


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"We're excited to welcome England Logistics into the growing network of companies that are making a home for themselves in Ogden's business community," said Tom Christopulos, Ogden City's Community and Economic Development Director. "Our community has seen significant growth in professional and technical sales, thanks in large part to the nationally recognized sales program at Weber State University. England Logistics will have a significant impact in this growing sector."
England Logistics will house their new office in the Lotus Kiesel building on the southwest corner of Kiesel Avenue and 24th Street, which has recently been renovated. This space will serve as an expansion of England Logistics' account management team that services its fuel, factoring, tire and full truckload customers. When the office opens, 25 inside sales positions will be available with the potential to add another 65 in 2019 as other divisions and opportunities from the company are added over time. The company plans to open its new office in Ogden by the end of November.
"We are constantly looking for ways to expand the support our customers receive, increase the number of opportunities available for employees to grow their careers, and tap into quality talent to fill new and open positions," stated Jason Beardall, president of England Logistics. "The expansion of our Ogden location supports these objectives as we continue to grow as a company."
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England Logistics provides non-asset based transportation solutions through six business segments and is among the largest and most diverse third-party logistics (3PL) companies in the world. The company is recognized among the "50 Best Companies to Sell For" by Selling Power magazine and "Training Top 125" by Training magazine. Each completed transaction with England Logistics is matched with a contribution toward a meal for a hungry child through the company's One initiative to end childhood hunger. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company also has offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Detroit, Michigan; Greeley, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon.
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Schedule 1 Offender Tenant
By healen, June 7, 2010 in Landlords forum
healen 0
Hi, I have just been informed by another tenant that another tenant in the same house is on the schedule 1 offenders register. Should I have been told when the tenant moved in and can I get confirmation that it is true? Any advice appreciated.
Mortitia 0
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I have no idea what a shedule 1 offender is but would like to know.
Suggest you call the police (Not 999) and ask for a definition and whether you should have been informed from one of thier support workers.
I think this may be a grey area as once I nearly took on a tenant who had committed a serious crime. His credit checks came back OK but employer would not give a reference and then a neighbour mentioned she had seen him outside property and did I know blah, blah. He was local to the area. I considered myself lucky to find out but on the other hand he may have been and ideal tenant.
Someone has to give these people somewhere to live and they may be reformed.
Mortitia
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I didn't know either however a quick google tells all......................
http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/cyps/child-p.../cp-sec-6-9.htm
Yes Mel I did just that!
For the other readers it is a person who has been convicted of an offence against children under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
Apart from the obvious of a sex offence it could also mean a person who hurt a child in a road traffic accident.
I think I would ask for an explanation from the tenant.
Morttia
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Having read the link, my brain hurts!
There are so many grey areas and unanswered questions. What was the exact offence, how long ago was it. how old was the "offender" etc etc.?
The advice to approach the tenant direct is wise advice. Something along the lines of, "I have been told something about you and a Schedule 1 offence. I do not wish to judge you, but would appreciate knowing this from your viewpoint." I was tempted to say "your version" but that implied that they would not be telling the truth.
You should know this tenant. Are the good payers? Have they been there long? Have other tenants complained about them? Are there any children in the building that may be at risk? On balance you may decide to ignore the allegation. but if you are unhappy just say nothing and issue a S21.


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Ohio Joe just happens to avoid Bishop
Why did Joe Hockey snub Julie Bishop and Marise Payne?
Former treasurer Joe Hockey hasn't always avoided Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, appearing with her at the G'Day Australia event in December last year.
Some eyebrows were raised by our ambassador to Washington Joe Hockey's attendance at last week's Republican convention in Cleveland. Hockey is attending both the Nuremberg rally Republican convention (from where he enthusiastically tweeted) and the Clinton coronation this week in Philadelphia. All well and good, except … that proved awfully convenient for Hockey, since he missed the arrival of his boss, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and former colleague Marise Payne, now Defence Minister, in Washington. Both went to DC last week to attend the Counter-ISIL Coalition Foreign and Defence Ministers' meeting.
It's customary that when the foreign minister visits a country, the ambassador is on hand to greet them, and with the meeting based in Washington, the resources of the embassy would have been deployed to support the Australian team (the DC embassy has a substantial military and intelligence representation in addition to DFAT staff). But being in Cleveland meant Hockey missed out on his meet-and-greet duties for Bishop, which Hockey might have been pleased about given Bishop's role in relation to the ouster of Tony Abbott and Hockey last September (imagine the icy atmosphere in the car).
According to a Crikey tipster, Hockey insisted on the embassy's senior media officer and a team of junior officials spending the week with him in Cleveland, leaving a junior public affairs officer to look after Bishop and Payne. What's more important: Hockey personally witnessing Trump's nomination speech and gladhanding the decidedly lightweight GOP representatives at the convention (remember, no Mitt Romney, no Bushes, a lot of state and federal GOP figures staying away) or fighting Islamic State? We asked DFAT for comment and were told by a spokesperson:
"It has been the long-standing practice for the Australian Embassy to the United States to engage with the campaigns of leading presidential candidates and to observe major campaign events, such as the party National Conventions. Ambassador Hockey, accompanied by staff from the Embassy, attended the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio (18-21 July) and is attending the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (25-28 July) to engage each campaign on their foreign and trade policy priorities.
It is standard practice for a Head of Mission to greet a Minister's party on arrival but there are many occasions when Heads of Mission have other competing commitments in their countries of accreditation. On this occasion, Ministers Bishop and Payne were met by a senior official of the Embassy which is standard practice in these circumstances."
Joe Hockey's big diplomatic faux pas


It will have a 10×8 garage door in the front, a 3/0 walk through and 4 28×54 windows. I will most likely use LED strip lighting if I can find some at a good price. It will not be insulated and finished on the inside (for now, but maybe in the future). I've got a decent heater for the winter, although it does not get very cold here 15 miles from Florida. For the summer, I'll probably just have a few big fans for the 100+ degree heat we get here.
Which brings me to my next question: Have any of you ever dealt with high humidity and heat while working with wood?
I am in Arkansas and it gets as hot and humid here as in southern Georgia. My shop is also uninsulated (I need to put some pictures up), and in fact until recently was only a roof with no walls. I also used to spend a lot of time in southern, tropical Mexico and did a lot of woodworking there. The trick is to always take into account the movement of the wood, but that is a given regardless of where you are.
Looks like it will be a great space any updates?
plenty of space for working and storing, looks like its going to be the perfect creation!
That's looking good. Any updates on your shop?


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Broadcasts about these fire and ambulance calls were monitored this past week by the newspaper:
5:17 a.m. — A 79-year-old woman having trouble breathing at a farmhouse near 230th and Bluestem Rds. was taken by Marion ambulance to St. Luke Hospital, Marion.
5:57 a.m. — An 87-year-old man complaining of chest pain at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro was taken to Hillsboro Community Hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.
12:33 a.m. — A patient was transferred by helicopter from one St. Luke Hospital — in Marion — to another, in Kansas City.
9:48 a.m. — A 77-year-old woman complaining of chest pain at Et Cetera Shop in Hillsboro was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance.
10:12 a.m. — A 56-year-old woman who fell between two units at Oakwood Manor Apartments in Hillsboro declined to be taken to a hospital but asked for help getting onto her feet. Because Hillsboro ambulance had not completed its previous call, an ambulance shift supervisor arrived and asked Marion ambulance for help. An off-duty EMT nearby volunteered to help instead, and Marion ambulance was told it could disregard the call.
2 p.m. — A 60-year-old woman who fell in a kitchen at Hillsboro Elementary School and was bleeding from her head declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.
6:38 p.m. — Hillsboro and Lehigh firefighters conducted a controlled burn near US-56 and Falcon Rd. as a three-hour training exercise.
5:04 a.m. — Marion ambulance was summoned to St. Luke to help personnel there then transferred a patient to NMC Health, formerly Newton Medical Center. The ambulance returned to its quarters at 8:35 a.m.
7:21 p.m. — Marion firefighters responded but were not needed because a utility crew already was dealing with a Flint Hills Rural Electric pole on fire near Marion Reservoir' s spillway.
7:55 p.m. — An unconscious 54-year-old man at Oakwood Manor Apartments already was receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation when Hillsboro ambulance and a shift supervisor arrived. The supervisor had to ask for the patient's apartment number, which had been left out of the original dispatch. After 30 minutes of initial care, the patient was taken by Hillsboro ambulance, with the supervisor joining the crew, to Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Marion ambulance initially responded, as well, but was told by the supervisor that it was not needed.
2:24 a.m. — A 48-year-old woman was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from HCH to Wesley Woodlawn Hospital, Wichita.
10:22 a.m. — A St. Luke patient was transferred to NMC Health by Marion ambulance.
1:12 p.m. — A 15-year-old girl having a seizure at Goessel High School was taken to Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, by Hillsboro ambulance. Two first responders from Goessel were the first to arrive at the school.
2:41 p.m. — A newly installed cable TV wire that was snagged by a farm implement west of the Marion County Lake office on Turkey Creek Rd. snapped a utility pole and caused an electric line to fall onto the implement. Marion firefighters secured the scene and kept the operator on a tractor pulling the implement until Evergy workers could cut power. Marion ambulance, the sheriff, the undersheriff, and the county ambulance director helped during the rescue.
5:33 p.m. — A fence and trash can on fire at a house south of Casey's General Store in Marion were extinguished in less than 10 minutes by Marion firefighters.
5:48 p.m. — A 74-year-old woman, gasping and convulsing at a Cottonwood Point campsite at Marion Reservoir, began receiving CPR on dispatchers' instructions while awaiting arrival of Marion ambulance. Hillsboro ambulance, which had been on standby at a school event in Goessel, also was dispatched. Marion firefighters, still at their station from a previous call, were called to assist with CPR. An EMT from Hillsboro ambulance joined Marion ambulance's crew, and Marion's fire chief acted as driver so all EMTs could tend to the patient during an emergency trip to St. Francis.
10:54 p.m. — A 29-year-old woman, shaking, vomiting, and with her lips turning purple from multiple seizures, was taken by Marion ambulance to St. Luke from the 100 block of W. 3rd St. in Florence. Florence first responders were paged but did not answer.
7:32 a.m. — An 85-year-old man having trouble breathing at a Schlotthauer Dr. residence in Eastshore Subdivision was taken to St. Luke by Marion ambulance.
8:16 a.m. — A medical alarm company relayed a customer's request for help getting up after a fall in the 700 block of Lawrence St. in Durham. Hillsboro ambulance and Durham first responders were dispatched. The patient declined to be taken to a hospital.
8:28 a.m. — An 81-year-old man complaining of chest pains in the 700 block of N. Maple St. in Peabody was taken to NMC Health, but not without a 25-minute delay. Peabody ambulance began the trip but developed mechanical problems on US-50 at Mustang Rd. A shift supervisor, who also had been called, summoned Hillsboro ambulance to complete the trip.
9:33 a.m. — A 98-year-old man who fell at Bethesda Home in Goessel was taken to Wesley Medical Center by Marion ambulance, filling in for Hillsboro ambulance. The ambulance originally attempted to go to Moundridge Hospital but was diverted to NMC Health then to St. Francis and finally to Wesley. Goessel first responders were paged but did not answer. In case additional calls came in while most county ambulances were unavailable, a backup ambulance was activated as a first-response vehicle and stationed in Hillsboro. It then was sent to Peabody while Peabody ambulance was repaired.
7:12 p.m. — Marion ambulance stood by during a domestic dispute at a rental home in the 300 block of S. Cedar St. in Marion. Marion's police chief and both sheriff's deputies on duty at the time responded and informed the ambulance that it would not be needed. The chief did arrest one person after the incident.
8:57 p.m. — Power failed for approximately 10 minutes to nearly the entire county.
12:37 a.m. — A 42-year-old woman having what were thought to be seizures or panic attacks at Oakwood Manor Apartments was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance.
3:49 a.m. — After being treated, the same patient was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance to Wesley.
11:51 a.m. — A small grass fire just north of Marion County Transfer Station in Marion was extinguished in less than 15 minutes by Marion firefighters.
4:30 a.m. — A disoriented woman with low blood sugar was taken to St. Luke by Marion ambulance from in the 1500 block of Victory Lane in Marion. Hillsboro ambulance initially was called as well for the woman's husband, reportedly suffering from congestive heart failure, but that call was canceled.
12:29 p.m. — A 23-year-old woman with a seizure disorder was transferred from HCH to Wesley by Hillsboro ambulance.
4:31 p.m. — Fire destroyed a mobile home in a trailer park on Pine Tree Dr. at Marion County Park and Lake. The fire was knocked down after about 30 minutes by Marion, Hillsboro, and Peabody firefighters, some of whom remained on the scene for nearly two hours.
11:16 p.m. — Alerted by an alarm company, Marion ambulance took a fall victim from the 500 block of S. Cedar St. in Marion to St. Luke. Marion firefighters helped lift the patient.
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Rashi (Shabbat 32a s.v. Hareni) writes in name of Bereshis Rabba that women are more obligated in lighting candles since they were involved in the sin of extinguishing the light of the world in the sin of Etz HaDaas.
2) If a man is single living alone, or he is married and his wife is out of the house, or his wife is running late and will not make it home to light, then he should light candles with a bracha. A woman alone should obviously light with a bracha.
Question: What should a woman do regarding the Shabbos candles when she is in the hospital for Shabbos after giving birth?
Answer: Lighting the Shabbos candles is an obligation that applies even to someone who is hospital bound.
If her husband will be at home, he should light the Shabbos candles at home with a bracha. (See M.B. 263:32) However, she is still required to light at the hospital. Since hospital regulations forbid the actual lighting of candles in the room, one should light an electric incandescent lamp or flashlight in the hospital room. Since according to some poskim, including Harav Moshe Feinstein zt"l, one may not recite a bracha when lighting electric lights, she should light them without reciting a brocho.
2) There is an interesting machlokes between the Shulchan Aruch (sefardim) and the Rama (Ashkenazim). According to the Shulchan Aruch (263:8) only one woman is able to light with a bracha in a room. Meaning, once one woman lights in that room if another woman lights, the second cannot recite a bracha. Therefore, if a mother and daughter in law are staying in the same house and both will light, the mother lights in the dining room and the daughter in law lights in her bedroom. The daughter in law should make sure to eat or read using the light, in order to benefit from them before they extinguish. Rav Ovadia Yosef zt"l codifies this law as normative for Sefardim. The Rama, however, maintains that many women can light in the same room with a bracha.
A very common question is where a couple should light when they are eating in one location and sleeping at home. Harav Moshe Feinstein zt"l (Radiance of Shabbos page 13) is cited as ruling that it is preferable for the woman to light candles in her own home where she is sleeping (this is the custom of Sefardim, as we shall explain), however, Harav Moshe explains that if this is difficult she may light in her hostess' home.
Yesterday I received many variations of the following question. I would like to therefore address it today. In yesterday's halacha email it said "after lighting she has accepted Shabbos upon herself and therefore cannot drive to the hostess' home." I was under the impression that a woman can light with the intention of not accepting Shabbos and then drive after lighting, is that not correct?
Answer: The rishonim debate whether a woman can stipulate that she is lighting with the intention of not accepting Shabbos. The Mishnah Berurah (263:44) rules that normative halacha is that we only allow one to stipulate in "case of great need". It is unclear what is considered "great need". For example, Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l is of the opinion that driving to the kotel to daven is not considered a need that would warrant allowance of a stipulation. (Shemiras Shabbos K'Hilchoso page 48. See radiance of Shabbos for a permissible view from the Tzitz Eliezer) In addition, it is clear from the Mishnah Berurah that a stipulation in order to daven mincha is not allowed (and therefore he writes that a woman who has not yet davened mincha should light and daven maariv twice and he does not offer stipulating as an option) It is therefore difficult to ascertain whether driving to one's host is considered a "great need" and a rabbi should be consulted.
In addition, the view of the Baal Hatania (263:11) is that the woman can only stipulate if someone from her household will keep Shabbos with her lighting. Generally, when a woman lights only she herself accepts Shabboswith the lighting and not her family members. However, if she wishes to stipulate, someone from her household must keep Shabbos with the lighting. This is also the view of Shemiras Shabbos K'Hilchoso. Therefore, even if she wishes to stipulate and drive to her host someone from the family must walk and keep Shabbos from the time of the lighting.
Reader Question #1- You mentioned that one must benefit from the lights or the blessing is in vain. Many times when there is a simcha in a hotel or a convention in a hotel, there will be a special hallway or room set aside for lighting candles. How is this permitted since people will neither eat or sleep or gain any pleasure from these candles, as you light and then leave to the dining room?
Answer- Unfortunately you are correct this is not allowed. Let me quote Harav Simcha Bunim Cohen shlit"a (Radiance of Shabbos page 13): "If a family spends Shabbos in a hotel, it is preferable that the wife should light candles in their private room, or at the table in the dining room. However, if this is not possible, she should light candles anywhere in the dining room where some additional illumination will be provided for the diners. Regrettably, hotels often request that the women light candleson a table too distant to provide illumination to any of the diners, or light in a small room other than the main dining room. This practice is not in accordance with the halacha and any blessing made there is, unfortunately, in vain (oral ruling of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l)." If it is not possible to light candles in the dining room, it is best that she not light candles at all but rather fulfill her obligation by turning on an electric light in her room without a bracha.
Reader Question #2- You mentioned that if lighting at home and then eating out one needs to gain benefit from the lights or the bracha is in vain. One of the options you mentioned was "She should either leave home after having derived some benefit from the candle light (e.g. she should daven next to the candles)". Can she do this before Shabbos starts- meaning if candle lighting is 6:00 p.m. can she light and derive benefit at 6:01 and then leave or must she wait for halachic nightfall?
1) The Rama (263:1) writes that if a woman forgot to light Shabboscandles, she is penalized to add an additional candle from then on to the number which she generally lights each week. If a woman knows that she will be unable to light, she should have her husband light for her and therefore avoid any penalty.
2) A woman is only penalized if she was negligent and did not light. However, if she couldn't light for reasons beyond her control (e.g. she was stuck on the road during the onset of Shabbos or was ill and unable to) she is not penalized. (M.B. 263:7) At times it is unclear whether she is negligent or it's an ones (out of her control) and a rabbi should be consulted.
The question I have been asked is what happens if a woman forgot to light candles on Yom Tov is she penalized as well? The Shemiras Shabbos K'Hilchoso vol. 2 page 35 note 28 writes that this an actuality a debate amongst the poskim. According to the Kinyan Torah it is not common for women to forget to light on Yom Tov (as she can light all night after the meal- unlike Shabboswhere one cannot light after the 18 minutes) and therefore no penalty was created. However, according to Harav Menashe Klein zt"l there is a penalty if she forgot to light on Yom Tov. For normative halacha, a rabbi should be consulted.
What can be considered benefiting from the candlelight? I light in the corner of my living room. Even if I lit in the dining room, the candle light is superfluous to the electric lights. Does hana'ah count?
You should light in the dining room as it is preferable to light where you eat. Many poskim discuss how we can fulfill the mitzvah now that there are electric lights, indeed many rabbanim felt that one should turn off and on the electric lights for the sake of Shabbos, however, the benefit one gets from the Shabbos candles being lit (meaning that the image of Shabbos one has in one's mind is enhanced by these Shabbos lights) even within a lit room.


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Huge, luxurious Havencrest Castle in Savanna is subject of new WQPT documentary, to air in December
by: Jonathan Turner
Havencrest Castle, 140 N. 5th St., Savanna, Ill., is the subject of a new WQPT documentary.
They say a man's home is his castle, and that is literally true of Havencrest Castle in Savanna, Ill., 53 miles north of Moline. The historic house – first completed in 1901 and quadrupled in size over the years – is the subject of the latest WQPT documentary, "Havencrest Castle: A Very Special Place."
A premiere screening will take place on Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m., at The Savanna Times Theater, 222 W. Main St., Savanna, and is free to the public. WQPT is the Quad Cities' PBS station.
"We are delighted to provide a sneak peek of our newest documentary to the citizens of Savanna," producer Lora Adams said in a Monday release. "We also want to thank the folks at the Savanna Times Theater for providing the location."
The film took much longer to complete due to COVID, she said, noting they interviewed owner Alan St. George several years ago and had hoped to finish the film that same year.
"However, it took an additional 18 months to finally get the chance to finish taping and to edit the documentary," Adams said. The film covers the history of the house and the love story of Alan and Adrianne St. George, as they purchased the home known as Hillcrest and transformed it into Havencrest Castle.
The film will air on WQPT (channel 24.1) on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. and midnight and Dec. 12 at 5 p.m.
Following the Dec. 6 screening, there will be a question-and-answer period with artist Alan St. George (Havencrest Castle) and the filmmakers from WQPT.
The property is called a "Sanctuary of Love & Art" on its website, havencrestcastle.com.
Mr. and Mrs. St. George designed every detail over their 31 years together, without the aid of an architect or designer. "Their devotion to one another manifested itself in the brick and stone structure, with elaborate, themed rooms that transport the visitor to distant lands and long-forgotten eras," the site says.
Alan St. George's sculptures, paintings, and murals fill the castle, inspired by the love of his late wife, Adrianne Blue Wakefield-St. George. "This was their private sanctuary of Love & Art, a world of romantic dreams where reality & illusion merged and fairy-tale wishes came true."
She passed away on June 1, 2006. Alan used to say, "When Adrianne entered a room, the lights and music went on, and when she left, the lights and music went out." After a five-year period of mourning and healing, Alan's creative inspiration returned. He completed the last of the 25 life-sized figures for the ballroom, and then made a 180-degree turn to contemporary art, producing 21 tabletop bronze and aluminum sculptures.
"Love and beauty fill every corner of this one-of-a-kind castle," the site description says. "Visitors are left with an unforgettable experience of beauty, elegance, and fantasy embraced by a never-ending love story."
Some Havencrest history
A modest white clapboard house was built on Greenleaf Hill in 1872 (now the Havencrest Visitors Center), by Simon Greenleaf and wife Frances Jane. In 1875, he established the Savanna Times, a weekly newspaper. In 1885, Simon Greenleaf and son, Francis, established the Savanna Journal. By the end of the year, Francis S. Greenleaf became the full owner and editor of the weekly still published today, known as the Savanna Times Journal.
The original "Hillcrest," when it was completed in 1901. It was very much not finished, as it was greatly expanded after 1976.
In 1886, Margaret Kenney married Simon's son, Francis, and they lived with his parents in the unassuming "Hillside," dreaming of the day when they would have a home of their own. They chose the prime bit of land, that great lot on the crest of the hill, lot number one, as the setting for their new Queen Anne mansion.
Started in 1899 and finished in 1901, "Hillcrest" (later to become Havencrest) was one of four extravagant homes built at that time as the result of a wager between prominent businessmen, to determine which home would be the most opulent in Savanna, according to the website. All were built in the Queen Anne style, and all used the only architect in town, Lester Bowen.
Hillcrest, built of local brick and limestone brought by rail from Indiana, boasted two water closets (bathrooms), in a time and place where indoor plumbing was a rarity. In addition, Margaret had installed a marble sink with hot and cold running water in her bedroom, where commonly a large pitcher of tepid water in a bowl were the standard fixtures.
Going beyond the modern convenience of electricity throughout, the dining room boasted a Tiffany chandelier, and little lights between the oaken beams of the coffered ceiling.
Greenleaf died in 1944, and a few months later his wife, Margaret, followed him. Their four children were now scattered across the country, so the furnishings and then the house were sold (in 1945, the dining room's Tiffany chandelier sold for only $5).
However, the three fireplaces, the beveled and stained-glass windows, formal sliding doors, ornate brass hardware, and fine woods remained to capture the hearts of another newlywed couple some 31 years later.
The king and queen of Havencrest, Alan and Adrianne St. George (she died in 2006).
It was 1976, and seven owners later when Mr. and Mrs. Alan St. George purchased the Greenleaf mansion on the hill, and began their lifelong mission of expanding and decorating the home in the manner of the "American Aristocracy." The newlyweds transformed the former Greenleaf home into what is now called Havencrest Castle, fulfilling a credo that they lived by: "Reality is for those who lack Imagination."
"Their devotion manifested itself in a passionately creative outpouring of work and lifestyle that at times seemed to blur fantasy and reality," the site says, noting over their three decades together, Alan and Adrianne expanded the home's original 22 rooms to 63.
In 1972, Alan founded Facemakers, Inc., a mascot company that operated exclusively from studios in Havencrest from 1976 until 1989, when much of the production and shipping were moved to the newly acquired 800 Chicago Avenue, not far from Havencrest Castle.
The company designs and manufactures the world's largest selection of mascots for clients that include Disney, The White House, and thousands of high schools and universities, according to the site. Havencrest remains the corporate and business heart of the company, as well as the location of Alan's personal studios and office.
Alan St. George with Lisa Guffey Jones during an October 2021 tour at Havencrest.
Standard tours of the home are only available in May and October. For more information, visit havencrestcastle.com.
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The California Academy of Sciences
A local's tips for a fun experience!
Covid note: the Academy of Sciences is closed again, as of Dec. 6, at least until Jan 4, 2021.
The California Academy of Sciences is an enormously popular San Francisco science museum, housing a Planetarium, Aquarium and Natural History Museum, as well as a well-respected research community of scientists.
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In 2008, the beloved old museum was torn down and an award-winning, "green" building was built to house the Academy and its exhibits.
The new building has been massively hyped and has become very popular (and massively crowded), but there are many who miss the old museum. Nevertheless, the new one has a lot to offer and plenty of interesting things to see.
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The entry fees are a bit stiff, but there are ways to get a break.
One way is to use one of the city passes, if you plan on visiting several attractions. Here are the passes that include entry to the Academy of Sciences:
Go San Francisco Card
SF Explorer Pass
San Francisco City Pass
Skyline Sightseeing Mega Pass
Free days for everyone, 4 Sundays a year. Check their website for upcoming ones. Go early, very popular.
SF residents have free access fall and spring on certain days, by neighborhood; check the website for the schedule (www.calacademy.org/visit/).
Become a member: free access all year, and you can bring a friend. Use members-only line to enter.
Nightlife is closed at the moment and is hoping to resume in November sometime.
Every Thursday night is party time at the Academy, for 21 and over, from 6-10 pm. $15 tickets, music, dancing, cocktails and entertainment of some kind. Check their website for events.
The Academy also has a full schedule of interesting workshops and lectures on a variety of scientific subjects. See website.
California Academy of Sciences Highlights
Morrison Planetarium
Rainforests of the World
Steinhart Aquarium
African Hall
The Living Roof
Earthquake Exhibit
Inside the walls are two huge domes housing the Planetarium and the Rainforest, and a large, glassed-enclosed box containing some plastic chairs and tables (the Piazza).
The popular African Hall from the old museum was preserved and included in the new museum.
The Steinhart Aquarium is in the basement, and what's left of the Natural History Museum exhibits are arranged mostly around the edges of the main floor.
Insider Tip - When to Go: Enjoyment of your experience at the museum can hinge on when you go. If you can, avoid school holidays and weekends, or if you can't, go early. Best time to go: during the school week, after 1:30 or 2:00 p.m. An "inside source" told me most of the school field trips are in the morning, and have left by then.
The San Francisco Planetarium
Outside the Planetarium
This is a must-see for a visit to the Academy. The vast dome houses a state-of-the-art surround screen and comfortable seating for an amazing, out-of-body experience. (The largest, all-digital dome in the world.)
The films change periodically; they are professionally done and very interesting.
Inside the Planetarium
Caveat: the Planetarium shows fill up very quickly. One time I got there around 11:00 a.m. and it was already too late.
Best strategy: get there first thing in the morning and zip around to the back of the Planetarium to the desk where they hand out the tickets (free) for that day's shows. Get your tickets first, then explore the rest of the museum.
Check the museum's website for daily showings: Daily Calendar
Hohfeld Hall: another theater just inside the entryway of the planetarium shows short films on various subjects.
The Rainforest Dome
The Rainforest is an amazing, 4-level glass structure that recreates the plants and includes some of the creatures of three different rain forests: Borneo, Madagascar, and Costa Rica, all on different levels. At the bottom is the flooded Amazonian floor.
Amazon Floor
As soon as you enter, the warmth and steaminess tell you you're in the tropics (kept at 82-85 degrees F. and 75% humidity). A winding ramp takes you all the way to the top.
Inside the Dome
Getting in can require a bit of a wait; go early in the day or when the kids are in school. Over Christmas break, the wait was one hour; midweek, during the school year, there was no wait.
Feeding the Fish
Native plants from the three rain forests have been planted inside, including some lovely orchids and flowering cacao plants. Watch for the gorgeous Blue and Gold McCaw parrots on the bottom level.
Most of the animals are in cages, but there are 100's of butterflies flying free inside the dome. Two of them sat on my wrist with their scratchy little feet, while I was trying to photograph something else.
They are so tame, a staff member waits at the exit to check your clothing to make sure none of the butterflies are leaving with you!
Lots of beautiful poison dart frogs in an array of colors are living in the Rainforest exhibit, but behind glass, as well as an interesting assortment of snakes and lizards.
Poison Dart Frog
The cases with wildlife are scattered all through the Rainforest exhibit, matched up with their respective environments.
But these big guys are running loose! Large Golden Orb-weaver spiders (Nephila clavipes) were introduced a couple of years ago and are building their webs in the rainforest now.
On one visit, I saw quite a few of them hanging in their webs just off the spiral ramp on the way up, but recently I only saw one in its web on the lowest level. The staff says they don't allow them to build their webs too close to the visitors; apparently, the spiders had gotten a bit too numerous and many had to be removed. They also have some of them in a glass case. Keep a sharp eye!
Golden Orb-weaver Spider
in the Academy Rainforest
They are considered venomous, but the bite only causes some local pain and redness in humans. And according to what I read, they only bite if they are pinched...??
Their webs can be a meter wide, and have been used to regenerate neurons; the fibers have a tensile strength ten times that of steel.
Lions and tigers and bears! Well, lions and leopards, baboons, zebras and gazelles.
Zebras in the African Hall
The African Hall is the last holdout of the previous natural history museum on the premises. It's an old-style, taxidermied-animal display, with well-crafted scene paintings to provide a feeling of depth.
My son really loved this section; it's one of my favorites as well. The watering hole diorama at the end has been replaced with a live penguin display.
At the other end of the hall is an interesting exhibit, Human Odyssey, illustrating human evolution, including a selection of early hominid skulls.
The Steinhart Aquarium
The aquarium is underneath the main level, accessible from the Swamp at the back of the museum.
Northern California Reef
The aquarium is composed a different sections showcasing freshwater and ocean creatures from different parts of the planet. Not just fish - look for snakes, amphibians and insects, as well as tanks of ethereal jelly fish.
Northern California Coast
Philippine Coral Reef
Flooded Amazon Forest (walk under it)
Water Planet (lots of tanks)
The Tide Pool (handle slimy stuff)
Animal Attraction Gallery (weird mating habits)
Under the Flooded Amazon
Walk through the acrylic tunnel under the flooded floor of the Rainforest. They say there are piranhas in there.
Claude in "the Swamp"
The Swamp is a holdover from the old California Academy of Sciences, a glimpse down into the water world of the aquarium on the lower level. The rare albino alligator, Claude, is a favorite of visitors.
The entrance to the Steinhart Aquarium is off to the left side of the Swamp.
One of the most-admired features of the design is the Living Roof. Over 2 acres of plants cover the roof of the museum, with lots of portholes sprinkled here and there for light and air. The greenery keeps the building 10 degrees cooler than it would normally be, and rainwater is collected for irrigation.
There's a small viewing platform towards the front of the building, on the right side, top level.
The Earthquake Exhibit
Want to experience a big San Francisco earthquake without any risk?
I finally made it into the Shake House on an off day when the lines were short - it was great! Unless you have a fear of earthquakes, this is a pretty amazing exhibit.
The Shake House
You go into the exhibit in a group, and watch a short video about the quakes. Then on into a dollhouse facsimile of a San Francisco Victorian, chandelier and all.
Inside the Shake House
Hang on to the railings, because here comes the 1989 Loma Prieta quake! And just when you've caught your breath, pow! The Big One! 7.9 on the Richter scale, April 18, 1906.
It's not really scary, but the power is impressive; I was in there with a group of 7 year olds and they were having grand time (you have to be at least 4 years old to go in there). It is a powerful reminder, however, of what's practically under our feet.
I was in SF for the 1989 quake and the simulation felt pretty much as I remembered it. The 1906 sim is a wake-up call for us locals.
The Academy Cafe (informal) is on the main level, and the Moss Room (fancier) is downstairs. Or you can eat outside at the Terrace (good food, less crowded, and quieter).
The Terrace Cafe
Three nice gift shops: big variety of tempting books, toys, games, and gadgets. Take home a cuddly version of Claude.
History of the California Academy of Sciences
The Academy had its start in 1853 as an organization of scientists and gradually morphed into the museum we have now in Golden Gate Park . In addition to the exhibits created for the public, the Academy is a major research institution that emphasizes natural history, botany, biology, anthropology and the environment.
The 1906 earthquake tragically destroyed the building on Market street, along with most of its collection, and they basically had to start over.
The California Academy of Sciences moved to its present location in Golden Gate Park in 1916, and subsequently added more wings to the building as it added and aquarium and planetarium to the original natural history museum.
Yet another earthquake in 1989, the Loma Prieta, caused serious damage to parts of the building and required a move to a temporary home on Howard Street, in the South of Market area.
There followed the usual political struggle about retrofit vs. tear down and rebuild, and again the new building faction won, similar to the story of the de Young Museum across the way.
A well-respected Italian architect, Renzo Piano, was chosen to design the new building, which opened in 2008.
The resulting building was praised to the skies by the architecture world and the media, and won numerous prestigious awards for it's green building materials and energy-conserving functions, such as using recycled blue jeans for insulation, and the sun for 90% of its lighting.
Getting There and Parking
The California Academy of Sciences is located on MLK Drive in Golden Gate Park, across from the de Young Museum. See map below.
The 5-Fulton bus and the N-Judah streetcar will bring you within a couple of blocks of the museum.
Parking for the museum...
Parking can usually be found on MLK Drive within reasonable walking distance from the museum. On busy days (sunny weekends and days of very popular special exhibits), parking is trickier. You'll have to park farther away on MLK or JFK Drives, or try the parking spots around Stow Lake nearby (about a five minute walk). Outside the park is much tougher.
This section of JFK Drive (roughly from 19th Ave/Crossover Drive to the eastern end of the park) is closed to cars on Sundays, and is also closed on Saturdays in the summer (April through September).
The Parking Garage...
There's parking garage under the de Young Museum, a bit expensive ($3.50 to $4.00 per hour), but not terrible for a few hours. There is one entrance on 10th Avenue at Fulton, on the north side of the park, and another just off MLK Drive near the Academy of Sciences.
Map of California Academy of Sciences
And nearby attractions in Golden Gate Park
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Discover all the cool things to do in the park in my Complete Guide to Golden Gate Park. Main attractions and hidden gems.
Review of the California Academy of Sciences
In a nutshell, people seem to either love the new building or they are gnashing their teeth at what has replaced their favorite San Francisco museum. For more information, read my candid review of the new California Academy of Sciences.
From talking to friends and acquaintances about this, there appears to be an even split between the two camps. Those who loved the old museum are unhappy, but those who never experienced the previous museum think the new one is great. The reviewers on yelp.com awhile back reflected the same division.
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Bei dem Schulbau im Jugendstil handelt es sich um einen zweigeschossigen Halbwalmbau mit bossierter Sockelzone und Zwerchhaus mit Dreiecksgiebel. Zum Schulgebäude gehört ein zeitgleich, ebenfalls im Jugendstil  entstandenes Lehrer-Wohnhaus, ein zweigeschossiger Walmdachbau: Beide Gebäude sind durch einen Laubengang miteinander verbunden. Des Weiteren gehört zum Schulgebäude eine gleichzeitig entstandene Einfriedung.

Im Herbst 1915 wurden die Schüler dringend bei der Kartoffel- und Obsternte gebraucht. Unter Anleitung ihrer Lehrer führten die Schüler zur Linderung der kriegsbedingten Not Sammlungen von Altpapier, Bucheckern (zur Ölgewinnung) und Brennnesseln (deren Pflanzenfasern dienten zur Textilienherstellung) durch.

Direkt angrenzend an das Schulgebäude entstand zwischen Dezember 1966 und Dezember 1967 die Turnhalle Garitz, die bis heute auch als Mehrzweckhalle genutzt wird.

Literatur
 Heinrich Hack: Garitz – Ein Heimatbuch, Herausgeber: Stadt Bad Kissingen, 1986, S. 111–115

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North Bay is truly open for business. With a very pro-business municipal council and administration, the City of North Bay works to streamline the development process for existing and new investment. To expedite the process with respect to development applications, the City has created the Development Application Review Team (DART). The DART reviews of all development applications, including Site Plan Control Agreements, Committee of Adjustment Applications, Official Plan Amendments, Rezoning, Subdivision and Condominium Applications in a planned and coordinated approach. The Committee also meets with applicants, as necessary, to review new proposals and to receive clarification on and discuss development applications.
The City of North Bay has established a Development Application Review Team (DART) which is charged with meeting bi-weekly to review proposals and to provide feedback prior to entering into a Site Plan Control Agreement or undertaking a Planning Act application (Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment, Plan of Subdivision or Condominium).
DART is made up of representatives from all internal City departments and many external agencies that would normally comment on proposals as part of the approval process. Representatives from the local Conservation Authority, North Bay Hydro and the Ministry of Transportation routinely sit at the table with City staff to review proposals.
The Chair of the DART presents the site plan, or the proponent or his/her agent are welcome to do this in person if so desired. The Chair provides the group with all of the background and tertiary information regarding the proposal and distributes the necessary site plans and accompanying studies where required. An open discussion under the terms of the strictest confidentiality follows.
The SPCA must be registered prior to the issuance of a building permit. The required studies (Stormwater, Traffic, etc.) should be submitted concurrently. Architectural drawings can be submitted, but will only be processed as part of the building permit after the SPCA is approved. The goal of DART is to establish timeline for the efficient review of proposals, to identify any "show-stopper" issues early on and to cut through the red tape of the development approval process by having all of the approval bodies at one table.


Our Border Terriers are from Championship bloodlines from Europe, Canada and the US. Our Border have sound temperaments and are Hip, Heart and Cerf tested before entering our breeding program. Our goal with every litter is to produce the best in temperament, health and conformation. We show our dogs in Canada.
All puppies are born and raised in the home. Each litter is handled by our grand children and are socialized with the other dogs in order to produce their sound temperaments. Puppies stay with their mothers until 8 weeks of age then leave us, CKC litter registered, first needled, micro chipped and de-wormed and with a two year health guarantee against genetic defects.
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UK Now Considering Digital Face Scanning to Enter Pubs
The UK government is funding companies that are producing technology which will utilize digital face scans to check people's vaccination status and allow or block them from entering pubs, stadiums and other venues.
"Britons could have their faces scanned to allow them to access pubs, gigs and sports events under one government-funded plan being drawn up for vaccine passports," reports the London Times.
Two companies – Mvine and iProov – are working together on the system after being given a £75,000 grant by the government having already worked with the NHS on facial recognition technology in the form of the contact tracing app.
The technology is being proposed as a solution to concerns that presenting vaccination status via an app on a phone will be too slow when multiple people are entering a busy venue.
"Whoever is standing on the door of the pub is going to have to scan the certificate, read the name and date of birth, then ask the person for an ID document, check that the name and date of birth on the ID document are the same, squint at the photograph on the ID document and then make sure that the person in front of them is that person," iProov CEO Andrew Bud said. "To which the answer is, that's not going to happen."
UK went from looking to covid vaccine passports to you need vaccine passports to face scan to enter a fricking pub in less than 6 months.
Face-scanning at pubs could offer key to vaccine passportshttps://t.co/A1C1wyCDm9
— ultrapurwater (@ultrapurwater) March 28, 2021
Bud said that the facial recognition system would reduce this process to a matter of seconds, streamlining the system.
"It speeds the process up and it absolves people of what would otherwise be a very heavy responsibility," he added.
After months of promising that there would be no domestic vaccine passport, every indication is now that the government is going ahead with it.
Millions of Brits will refuse to submit to digital face scans to go about their everyday business, but the vast majority are likely to accept it without question, creating a two tier society where those who resist the biosecurity surveillance state will remain in a de facto permanent state of lockdown.
This again underscores the fact that the 'vaccine passport' is a digital identity card that citizens will be expected to carry at all times and use whenever they want to engage in basic commerce or other normal leisure activity.
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Q: Removing a set from it self while iterating I've been stuck on this for awhile now.  I am trying to remove elements of a set if they make a set criteria.  However when iterating when I try to remove the element it fails.
I get the java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
private static void smallerSet(Set<Map<String, Int>> set){

    for (Map<String, Integer> map : set){

        for (String String : map.keySet()){

            if ( true){
                set.remove(map);

            }
            else{
                //System.out.println("test");

            }

        }
    }
}

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

A: You cannot remove elements from a Collection while iterating over it with the enhanced for loop.
You should use an explicit Iterator and remove with the Iterator's remove() method:
Iterator<Map<String, Integer>> iter = set.iterator();
while (iter.hasNext ()) {
    Map<String, Integer> map = iter.next();
    for (String str : map.keySet()){
        if (some condition) {
            iter.remove();
            break; // you should probably break from the inner loop
                   // after removing an element
        } else {
            //System.out.println("test");
        }
    }
}

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This heavy sterling silver ring hosts larger 3mm round natural gemstones. It also is personalized with the name of your children. The engraving style is Script, and accented with black enamel.
Add name and birthstone of each Child on this mothers ring This heavy sterling silver ring hosts 2 larger 3mm round natural gemstones. It also is personalized with the name of your children. The engraving style is Script, and accented with black enamel.


Provide comfort for the family of Robert Russo with a meaningful gesture of sympathy.
Robert R. Russo, a longtime resident of Brewster, NY, died in Danbury, CT on December 15, 2018. He was 80 years old.
Born on May 24, 1938 in Bronx, New York, son to the late Pasquale and Amelia (Musorifiti) Russo, he was a graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School. Robert married the love of his life Elizabeth T. Ruggiero on October 18, 1959.
Mr. Russo was a devoted husband and family man. He had a passion for horticulture and was able to make that passion his life-long career, working for the New York Botanical Gardens until his retirement. Robert is a parishioner of St. Lawrence O'Toole Church in Brewster.
Mr. Russo is not only survived by his wife Elizabeth but also his three sons; Robert Russo of White Plains, NY; Joseph Russo ( Joanne Bentivoglio-Moreno) of Carmel, NY, Michael Russo of Bethel, CT; his five grandchildren: Joseph, Christopher, Steven, Michael, and Nicolas; one great-grandchild, Aiden and his brother, Dr. Stephen John Russo of Huntington, NY. He was predeceased by three sisters, Rosemarie Russo Burson, Rita Russo Lombardo, and Helen Russo and one brother, Vito Russo.
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Yesterday was devoted to running.
I started by running 10.5 km early in the morning, before and then during the rain. My Tuesday running partner couldn't meet up, so I headed out alone. It was very dark and extra-early, because I'd taken swim girl to the pool first. On early dark mornings I stick to neighbourhood streets, when what I really want is to run out toward the open sky. But on early dark mornings that path feels isolated and unlit; I err on the side of caution. I'd gone a dull 4 km when I saw a familiar jacket ahead. I ran faster to catch up. A friend! (Not my usual running partner.) Running with her livened up my route immensely.
Basically, aside from the odd evening out, my social life is anchored by early morning exercise with friends. And texting. And threshold conversations, such as when dropping a kid off, or waiting on the sidelines/poolside/at music lessons. Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
I spent the day reading through the Girl Runner galley, sharpened pencil in hand. This is gruelling work, I'll admit. Because I'm still reading as the writer, still working to improve (not to say perfect) the words on the page, I can't read as a reader. After many hours of this, all I wanted to do was run.
Maybe I was inspired by Aganetha.
Kev and I were tag-teaming supper prep, but it wasn't ready in time for soccer girl to eat before soccer practice. I was taking her. I grabbed a handful of almonds, dashed upstairs and came back down in running gear.
Yes, but. That seemed ages ago, like it belonged to another day, another season. Plus, at soccer practice I can run out under an open sky. And it had stopped raining.
So I went, and I ran. And as I ran, I didn't think about anything in particular. I didn't think about punctuation or trimming words from sentences. I didn't think about publicity planning. I thought about running. I repeated a few key phrases that remind me to improve my form, or push harder, or to relax. Quick feet. Tuck in. Shoulders down. I decided I would complete a half-marathon distance in one day, this run being the second stage. And so I did. And that's what I thought about, really. That's all.
Daily life is a mixture of noise and quiet, connection and interiority, an ongoing attempt to stay focused on whatever is the priority at the moment. To not get distracted. I spend a lot of my daily life trying not to let myself get distracted. Maybe I need a few key phrases, like those I use while running. If I'm with someone, I want to be with them. If I'm working on something, I want to be working on it. It's where squeezing everything in breaks down, attempting to do too many things all at once, splitting one's focus. Am I tuning out the right things? Tuning in to the things I mean to? Our brains seem wired to get off on distraction. Quick hits of excitement. But really it's focus that's deeply satisfying. It's running and emptying the mind. It's reading a stack of picture books to a kid before bed. It's listening to what a friend is saying, not jumping ahead to what you'll say next.


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The children in Reception at Highclare St Paul's really enjoyed their visit to RAF Cosford. In the Museum and Science area they learned about different types of air transport and how an airport works.
They had a chance to weigh luggage and were able to sit on aircraft seats while some of the children dressed up as air crew. There was even an opportunity to talk to a vet about how animals are transported on planes. All of the children had a very informative and fun day.


After an incident, it is common for an investigation to take place. The purpose of an investigation may vary but one thing is for certain: it must end. We will experience closure. We can take what we have learned and prevent similar events in the future. Uncertainty is vanquished.
In between an incident and a report, valuable things risk being lost: reputation, money, or worse, lives. How do we square this with a desire to learn as much as possible from an event? In the best cases we work within an organization and a culture that is mature, recognizes the value of thorough evaluations, and allows folks at the sharp end of the work the flexibility to determine the length of an investigation. In the more common case, we stop when we find some "root cause" that fits a narrative or makes us feel (superficially) confident that we've performed a complete analysis.
Often, to reach satisfaction, we rely on heuristics and other aids to guide our investigations to completion. Interestingly, heuristics we may use to conduct investigations can be found in the actions leading up to, during, and at the end of an event. Some examples are below.
[T]o extract something familiar from something unknown relieves, comforts, and satisfies us, besides giving us a feeling of power. With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. Because it is fundamentally just our desire to be rid of an unpleasant uncertainty, we are not very particular about how we get rid of it: the first interpretation that explains the unknown in familiar terms feels so good that one "accepts it as true."
As soon as we find some answer that appears reasonable, or "fits", we stop.
More of a formalized aid than a heuristic, it's common for organizations to use templates to guide investigations. At first glance these may seem useful because their structure is expected to be derived from the conclusions of past accidents and they may offer a simple starting point for what to look for in an investigation. However, their long-term benefit is questionable.
No two events are exactly alike. They may look similar but could involve different people. It's certain that they took place in different times. How we frame a question governs the answer we'll likely receive. Templates are a convenience that, by design, ask a narrow set of specific questions. The answers to those questions will not have the same value, content, or context as answers gathered from an investigation that uses open-ended questioning.
In other words, templates are formulaic and encapsulate how folks imagine incidents occur rather than allow for deeper analysis of how they actually unfold. They'll get you to an answer but it will be incomplete.
[T]he originating document required me to report within two months. This was plainly impossible from the outset. I have no idea why this figure was chosen.
That investigation took nearly two years.
We've found that on average, dealing with the tasks involved in an on-call incident—root-cause analysis, remediation, and follow-up activities like writing a postmortem and fixing bugs—takes 6 hours.
That's a lot of work to complete in a 6-hour period. To be certain, Google isn't saying that SREs are limited to 6 hours for post-incident work. However, Google states that it strives to limit SREs on-call effort to 25% of their time. The distribution of time spent by Google's SREs is reviewed monthly. While the 25% upper bound is aspirational and additional compensation is offered while on-call , that compensation is also capped. I would not be surprised if there were cases of investigations ended prematurely because of a negative incentive (i.e. the compensation limit was reached).
[R]eappearances of H1, H2, and H3 (approximately every 68 yrs) are driven by cycles of waning population immunity of approximately the same duration as the mean human life span.
The paper goes on to state that "[n]o obvious cyclic patterns have occurred over the past three centuries[,]" but it's fascinating that given the temporal distance from past events, someone looked at the data, saw a possible pattern between the incidence of immune generations disappearing and pandemics, and opened up a new line of inquiry. If epidemiology wasn't a thing and we only investigated flu outbreaks in an isolated way, our potential understanding of its behavior would be severely limited. One might argue that we'd be less prepared for future outbreaks.
We've been investigating the flu for over a century and we don't have a concrete answer (or set of answers) about why pandemics occur, but we're still looking. And we're still learning.
How do we know it is time to conclude an investigation? What are the consequences of ending an investigation early or later? The truth is, we can't know for certain because we cannot predict the future. This means we have to get comfortable with the notion that we can neither predict nor mitigate all potential outcomes.
It also means we must be explicit about our trade-offs. If we truly believe that we will learn from the things we report following an investigation we need to leave our future selves bread crumbs. We must capture the context of our investigations including our methods, pressures, constraints, and reasons for concluding an investigation when we do.
Eventually, though, we must write our reports and show our findings. And this is entirely reasonable. At some point we start to see diminishing (or slow-to-realize) returns on our efforts. As long as we include a description of the reasoning behind how we conduct and close an investigation, we can be more confident in the conclusions we draw from the available information. Further, that context can help define the borders of the investigation from which future inquiries can begin to expand.
We can't have perfect knowledge. Can we vanquish uncertainty? Even given temporal distance from an incident, does the lack of any new insight make us more confident than we were about the knowledge we gained when the event was fresh? Or have we just not yet gained a new insight that could challenge the accepted knowledge? I think not. Uncertainty is everywhere, always and all the time. We can certainly acknowledge that this makes us feel less in control than we believe ourselves to be. We can admit uncertainty.
A side effect of this is that we can better recognize the importance of human operators in the socio-technical systems we build and manage. Safety is not the absence of accidents. Safety is the presence of capacity. I have even heard this as the presence of "expertise." People bring the capacity or expertise required to keep our systems running. Therefore they can bring the expertise required to understand how those systems can fail.
That expertise is expressed as a practice that is constantly developing through, at a minimum, shared experiences such as the stories we can extract from incidents. As software engineers we believe that the accidents we experience have the same severity as those in other disciplines but we often have the hubris to think we can mitigate our problems in contracted reviews. I'm not saying we need to spend years on investigations but we could certainly be a bit more thorough in our reporting.
If our primary goal during an investigation is to assuage our fears and anxiety, to create remediation work, our practice's growth will be stunted in favor of the short term satisfaction of finding any answer. On the other hand, if our goal is to learn, and we embody this within the content of our incident reports, our practice will mature, possibly reaching the level of older engineering disciplines. Part of that maturity requires us to be honest and open about our limitations, including what we think we know now, how we came to know those things, and how we use that information to improve our systems. Reporting that context is just as important as the details of an incident.