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THE GOLDMAN STATE
The Invention of Limitless Phone Calls, and Other Modern Miracles
Recalling when calling your girlfriend or boyfriend could upset a household's balance
By Ed Goldman
Since I wrote (and not lovingly) about aging the other day, I'm hoping you'll still indulge me today in a senior moment.
No, I'm not going to begin a story, forget all the details midway through then ask why Johnny Carson wasn't on again last night (this guy sure takes a lot of days off, doesn't he?). Nor am I going to mention finding my reading glasses in the cat's litter box—or ask someone to provide me with "the phone number of 911."
I'm not about to ask any of my lawyer friends if CBS-TV's "Sixty Minutes" can be sued for stealing its theme song from my wristwatch.
Finally, I'm certainly not going to insist that all of the popular songs of my era were intellectually up-lifting. Exhibit A: The opening two verses of "Wooly Bully," the 1965 hit recorded by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs:
"Matty told Hatty/About a thing she saw/Had two big horns/And a wooly jaw/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully.
"Hatty told Matty/Let's don't take no chance/Let's not be L 7*/Come and learn to dance/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully…."
Lyrics like those make you forget Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Allan Jay Lerner, Paul Simon and Lennon-McCartney for a moment, don't they?
No, what I want to do today is briefly comment on one thing that's exponentially changed in my lifetime—including, of course, the ubiquitous deployment of the word "exponentially" when we just mean "with increasing speed" or "a helluva lot." For that matter, "ubiquitous" just means "all over the place," and is especially annoying when said aloud: Is it "oooh-biquitous" or "you-biquitous?" Text me at #whogivesadamn.**
Okay, right when you least expect it: the topic.
This all came out of a joke shared with MBK (my beloved Kim) in one of our hour-long nightly phone calls. When we were in love as teenagers, and both of us lived in Southern California—where she still does, ergo the hour-long nightly phone calls—our parents pressured us to end our then-even-longer calls. My mom (the chief pressurer) used to shout from the den, "I'm expecting an important call"—which, if there's a Heaven and she made the cut, I suspect she still is. I think my mom fantasized that she was an international diplomat whose recipe for blintzes could have put an end to war.
This should tell you something about the times in which Kim and I grew up. There was only one phone line in most homes and until my parents splurged on it, no additional phone (which we called an "extension"). My mom, who was a great money saver, thought it would be cheaper to have just one phone in the house but connect a very long cord to it, since the phone company charged you an extra dollar or so a month for each additional phone, even when they all had the same number.
The error of my mom's logic surfaced on more than on occasion when my dad, my mom, my brothers or I got a foot wrapped up in the cord and did a pratfall while heading to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
Kim's and my joke today when our calls run long is that we'd better say goodnight because our folks might want to use the phone.
Well, 75 percent of Kim's and my parents have left the building (and her mom just turned a robust 98!) and the notion that a household today with more than one person would have only one phone is comical. For all I know, my cat Osborn the Magnificent has not only his own phone but also more Instagram and Twitter followers than I do.
So listen up, young people: Be grateful you live in a time when—despite a global pandemic, the constant threat of a world war with Korea or China, a president who, in service to his ego and out of the most transparent case of stupidity since Walt Disney's Goofy, has made the greatest country on the planet an international embarrassment—you can now call your boyfriend or girlfriend and stay on the phone for hours (though certain roaming charges may apply).
And on that note let me close with the inspirational final verse of "Wooly Bully," as well as offer an erudite footnote,
"Matty told Hatty/That's a thing to do./Get you someone really/Pull the wool with you/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully/Wooly Bully."
*In this usage, "L7" does not refer to a part of one's spinal nerve. It's a visual clue for "square," as in when you have an L and a 7 forgo social distancing.
**It's "you-biquitous."
Note to National Education Association: When you send me a public service award for the above footnotes, please note my address changed three years ago—which, I suspect, is why your previous awards haven't reached me. Please call me for my new address. We can talk for hours.
Ed Goldman's column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A former daily columnist for the Sacramento Business Journal, as well as monthly columnist for Sacramento Magazine and Comstock's Business Magazine, he's the author of five books, two plays and one musical (so far).
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Slave Law in Hungary
Workers protest redundancies and lockdown impact in Bulgaria
Bus conductors and restaurant workers in the Bulgarian city of Varna protested redundancies in the public transport sector and raised other issues emanating from the new restriction imposed in the country due to a fresh spike in COVID-19 cases
Hungarians rally for press freedom
Peoples Dispatch / July 28, 2020
Hungary is ranked the second-worst in the EU with regard to freedom of press by Reporters Without Borders. There have been a number of previous instances of pro-Orban forces and individuals gaining control over media outlets critical of the government.
Hungarian media workers protest bid to weaken press freedom
Protests took place in Budapest after the editor-in-chief of the news portal Index.hu was fired. Many journalists resigned in the aftermath. A businessman close to PM Viktor Orban had earlier gained a stake in the portal
"A new kind of right-wing extremism is on a roll in Hungary"
Muhammed Shabeer / December 01, 2019
József Böröcz, a professor of sociology at the Rutgers University in the US, talks about the characteristics of the government and politics of Victor Orbán in Hungary and the possibilities of resistance
In Hungarian local polls, Orban's Fidesz party loses grip over key cities
Muhammed Shabeer / October 19, 2019
The opposition managed to gain mayorships in 10 major cities, while Fidesz won 13 mayorships and continued its dominance in county councils
Hungarian trade unions continue mobilization against 'slave law'
In its May Day rally, the Hungarian Workers' Party also denounced the United States' coup attempt in Venezuela and extended solidarity to president Nicolas Maduro
Audi workers in Hungary agitate for higher pay, benefits
Peoples Dispatch / January 21, 2019
The nearly 11,500 workers at Audi's plant in Győr receive much lesser salaries than their colleagues in other countries in the region. The two-hour work stoppage on Friday was termed a "warning strike"
"In Hungary, there is no way forward but strikes"
Guzslován Gábor of the Federation of Metal Workers Union of Hungary talks about the impact of the 'slave law' passed by the far-right government of Viktor Orbán and the massive protests against it
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In this lesson, the SS read a text that talks about the relation between a person's personality and how tidy his/her room is. They do one gist reading and one detailed reading exercise. Pre-reading activity is vocabulary. After reading they do a listening practice.
The teacher shows the pictures of different student rooms and tries to elicit the words tidy and untidy.
The SS do a vocabulary matching exercise on the smart board.
The SS do a gist reading and choose one heading for the article.
The SS do a detailed reading exercise and try to answer the 6 questions on page 16 of the student's book.
The SS do a listening exercise provided by the student's book. They listen to a student who make some comments about herself by referring to the text. After listening, they do a speaking exercise with their pairs and try to answer whether the article is right about them.


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Boone Sommerfeld and Stanton J. Stephens Bring a New Aesthetic to Grammarly and Sound Credit Union
Grammar and credit unions are subjects that usually neither incite the artistic imagination nor call for a similar aesthetic. Fortunately for Grammarly and Sound Credit Union, Seattle-based visual artists Boone Sommerfeld and Stanton J. Stephens "solved" their "problems" with a single creative vision.
As Boone explains it…
between the two of us, we wear a lot of hats: [Stanton] as photographer/director and me as art director/cinematographer. This allows us to cover a broad range within the production and keep the crew lean, and it makes us economical.
The Grammarly shoot, a pet project of Boone's that he's hoping the online platform picks up, took less than a day to film. At the heart of the project is a poem heard in the video's voiceover, a clever ditty penned by Boone himself, which was the result of some free time he had earlier this year.
I wrote the poem in an afternoon. It was January and freelance work dropped off, so I had some free time to concept some personal work to update the portfolio. I wanted to have some work in my portfolio that was art-heavy, stylized, and colorful.
I have a hard time writing without a brief, so I decided it would be easiest to concept for a specific client. I had seen Grammarly was making more ads to promote their product and the colors and typewriter seemed to match their aesthetic, so I wrote to that.
I started out writing the poem. All I knew is that I wanted to have it end with 'Teh End' because it's such a common typo and I just worked backward from there.
Boone didn't embrace this project because he's a grammarian. Quite the opposite, in fact:
I have <bleep> grammar. I use Grammarly for almost everything I write. As I sit and write this, Grammarly has caught a mess of mistakes I wouldn't have caught on my own.
One benefit of collaborating with other talented individuals is being able to conjure up new ideas in the midst of a shoot. While the typewriter was always going to be at the center of the video, it didn't dawn on Boone and Stanton to film the carriage sliding back to its starting point until the day of the shoot, inserting a unique, quick motion in a more slowly-paced narrative.
Boone had his slider and we were getting it set up for another shot when we realized we could tie in the slide with the movement of the typewriter. It's just a simple little thing but cool. And it's a good reminder that no matter how good your script or story board is, don't stop looking for inspiration in the moment.
That shot that Stanton is describing comes at the 37-second mark of the video. While it may not immediately register with viewers, the image of the subject being surrounded by giant wads of crumpled paper certainly will.
The idea of the paper came from writers just throwing out all of their rough drafts. I really wanted a shot of the room filled up with the paper balls and all you could see was the model's face, as if she were inundated in a paper ball pit.
While Boone's initial idea didn't come to fruition and he nearly scrapped the shot entirely, Stanton talked him out of it and helped flesh out a new look for the concept.
It was a really fun moment. We were of course up against the clock and it was basically like 'stop everything and wad up some paper!'. The concept was so cool, I'm glad we found a way to execute it well.
Both Boone and Stanton have worked diligently to expand their skillsets and become more appealing to potential clients. Boone's educational background is in illustration and after working as an art director in advertising for years, he felt comfortable making the jump to cinematography and video production.
I didn't just up and decide one day to switch. It's been a goal for about five years. I got my ad agency to invest in an internal content studio and start shooting more and more for them until I was basically 50/50 art director and videographer. At that point I decided all I really wanted to do was shoot, so I took the plunge into freelance life and began pursuing video production as my main thing.
Stanton, a photographer by trade, found his way into the director's chair after spending years focusing on stills.
The desire to direct came from wanting to find the next step in visual story telling for where I was in my creative development. The biggest challenge for me getting into directing was learning to pace myself and find peace with not having a new fun project to put on my Instagram one week after I envision it. Executing a great motion project usually takes a lot more time, a lot more people, and a lot more money than a stills project.
The duo recently brought their ever-evolving artistic prowess to Sound Credit Union in the Pacific Northwest. WONGDOODY, an institution within the Seattle advertising community, asked Boone to helm the credit union's multimedia campaign.
Interestingly, Boone was inspired to get into video production in part because of a piece of WONGDOODY's he saw at a Seattle International Film Festival. Soon after, he began working with the ad agency and brought Stanton on board to help him with this project.
This is sort of an uncommon scenario since I was the freelance Art Director who was working for WONGDOODY to design the campaign for the client. That gave me the 'in' to offer my services as a DP on the project and then bring on Stanton, who had a large portfolio of shooting this kind of colorful style.
This aesthetic, described as a "monochromatic in-real-life paper diorama" by Boone, permeates each video and still. One of the main spots from the project revolves around a woman on her way to Sound Credit Union.
Once again, Boone and Stanton worked together to take an initial idea and produce a collaborative outcome.
Originally, I planned on doing the whole downtown scene in one long tracking dolly shot, but when Stanton started storyboarding it, he wanted some close-up cutaways which really saved us in the end.
That way, we were able to make it feel like it was one long diorama without needing to make the set very big by cutting into the protagonist's reactions and cutting back to the wide of her walking into a new section.
Unlike the Grammarly piece, which featured a skeleton crew, this project employed other creative individuals. Kaleo Quenzer and John Lavin designed the adorable props that help give the project its character. Boone was surprised to learn about the simplicity of the prop-making process.
I assumed it was going to be a bigger to-do involving plywood and jigsaws, etc., but it was all gatorboard, which is a super lightweight and inexpensive material that can be cut with a box cutter and doesn't warp when painted. It was great having [Kaleo and John] on set. They really delivered everything we wanted.
After three days of shooting stills and video and some post-production, Boone and Stanton's work was complete. From there, Sound Credit Union started plastering the campaign all over Seattle.
While Boone and Stanton await more work from big-name clients who will allow them to flex their creative muscles, they can take solace in the fact that their diversified skillsets and portfolios have led to unique and successful collaborations. As Stanton puts it…
I know for other photographers getting into directing, the switch from "doer" to the "communicator" has been hard. For me, it felt very comfortable and easy. I deeply love the collaborative process and when you have the privilege to be creative with talented people, like Boone, the project ends up being greater than the sum of its parts.
Grammarly Credits:
Talent: Sophie Gao
Hair & Makeup: Samantha Tokita
Sound Credit Union Credits:
Art Department: Kaleo Quenzer, John Lavin
Copywriter: Kate Benton
Agency: WONGDOODY
Production: IMI Productions
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If I've offended anybody in bongo bongo land I shall write to the ambassador at the Court of St James's and apologise to him personally.
I am sure he has lost the plot, and getting ready for his next career as a children's author, as he cannot believe that his racist fuelled 'Bongo Bongo land' comment will not be tolerated. He knew the context of the comment when he said it and is probably only sorry for being caught out – I'm sure the UKIP voters are lapping it up.
The key is how UKIP deal with it; now akin with the BNP, if Farage doesn't do anything, no one but the BNP will vote for UKIP.


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Fencing and magnetometers are set up around Capitol Square for the anticipated pro gun rally at the Virginia State Capitol Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia that's expected to draw a mix of militias, firearms advocates and white supremacists to Richmond. Citing credible threats of violence, Gov. Ralph...
The Virginia state Capitol building is surrounded by fencing, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Richmond, Va., in preparation for Monday's rally by gun rights advocates. Gun-rights groups are asking a judge to block the Virginia governor's ban on firearms at a massive pro-gun rally scheduled for next week. Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday, Jan. 15, announced a state of emergency and banned all weapons from the rally at the Capitol. (Dean Hoffmeyer/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia's picturesque Capitol Square, and one lawmaker even plans to hide in a safe house in advance of what's expected to be an unprecedented show of force...
Virginia's highest court upholds weapons ban at gun rally
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's highest court on Friday upheld a ban on firearms at an upcoming pro-gun rally in the state's capital, an event that authorities feared could erupt in violence at the hands of armed extremists. The Virginia Supreme Court's decision came a day after gun-rights groups...
Organizers appeal ban on arms at upcoming Virginia gun rally
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A gun-rights group has filed an emergency appeal of a judge's ruling upholding the Virginia governor's ban on firearms at a pro-gun rally that's expected to draw thousands of gun activists to the state Capitol on Monday. The Virginia Citizens Defense League and Gun Owners of...
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows Patrik Mathews. FBI agents on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, arrested the former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who are linked to a violent white supremacist group and were believed to be heading to a pro-gun rally next week in Virginia's capital. The three men are members of The Base and were arrested on federal charges in a criminal complaint unsealed in Maryland, according to a Justice Department news release. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP)
FBI arrests 3 alleged white supremacists ahead of gun rally
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who authorities say are linked to a violent white supremacist group were arrested Thursday, just days before they were believed to be headed to a pro-gun rally in Virginia's capital. The three men, members of The Base...
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, center, speaks at a rally outside the Mel Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, with several other African-American female prosecutors in support of Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner in her efforts to reform the criminal justice system and her suit against the St. Louis police union among others. Gardner has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the city, the local police union and others of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her out of office. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Black prosecutors back Gardner, say they've faced resistance
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UK police apologize for listing climate activists among extremist groups
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Stabbings, shootings, assaults weigh on US Jewish youth
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Ohio mayor reflects on turbulent year of shooting, tornadoes
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Die SS.11 wurde 1953 von der französischen Firma Nord Aviation als drahtgelenkte MCLOS-Panzerabwehrlenkwaffe entwickelt und eingeführt.

Sie wurde 1956 bei den französischen Streitkräften eingeführt. Nach dem Start musste der Flugkörper vom Schützen manuell über einen Joystick ins Ziel geleitet werden. Zur Kontrolle der Flugbahn waren am Bodenstück der Rakete zwei Leuchtsätze angebracht.

Ab 1966 wurde die AGM-22 im Vietnamkrieg in größerem Umfang von Hubschraubern Bell UH-1 aus eingesetzt. 1976 wurde das System in den US-Streitkräften durch das ähnliche System TOW ersetzt.

In der Bundeswehr wurde auf Basis des Schützenpanzers HS 30 der Raketenjagdpanzer 1 sowie später auf Basis des Kanonenjagdpanzers der Raketenjagdpanzer 2 mit SS.11-Lenkflugkörpern ausgestattet. Die Ablösung erfolgte hier ebenfalls durch die ähnlichen Systeme TOW und HOT.

Einsatzländer

  (als AGM-22)

Verwendete Trägerplattformen
Hubschrauber
 Aérospatiale SA-318
 Bell UH-1

Fahrzeuge
 AMX-13
 Panhard AML
 gepanzerter Transporter Hotchkiss – experimentell
 Raketenjagdpanzer 1
 Raketenjagdpanzer 2

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Panzerabwehrrakete
Luft-Boden-Rakete
AGM22
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Tenke Fungurume in the DRC goes for 2.65 billion to China Molybdenum – Freeport also offloading Africa exploration project and cobalt refinery in Europe.
Freeport to sell prized Tenke copper mine to China Moly .
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Tenke Fungurume's operational status and achievements have continued to impress since it delivered its first copper in 2009. Today it is one of the largest copper producers in the DRC and the world's premier cobalt producer as well.
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Kinshasa, november 27th, 2018(CPA).- Tenke Fungurume Mining Company has produced 42,011 tons of copper cathodes and 4,836 tons of cobalt in the 3rd quarter of the current year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a statement issued by the company received on Tuesday at the CPA.
Tenke Fungurume, Ivanhoe Mines win at DRC Mining Industry .
Tenke Fungurume was named Mining Company of the Year for the second year in a row at the DRC Mining Industry Awards on Wednesday, while Ivanhoe claimed victory in two categories.The Managing Director of Ivanhoe Mines, Louis Watum, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Ivanhoe also won the Clean Energy Project of the Year.
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TF Holdings is a Bermuda holding company that owns an 80 % interest in Tenke Fungurume Mining S. Lundin Mining announces completion of sale of stake in TF Holdings for USD1.136bn. through which FCX held an interest in the Tenke mine, and the sales of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico and onshore California oil and gas properties.
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Lundin closes 1.14 bln sale of Tenke mine stake to BHR .
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Difference Between Preparedness and Mitigation
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Preparedness and Mitigation
What is Preparedness?
Preparedness refers to the degree to which a household, community, nation, or other organization is prepared for a crisis. The term preparedness is used often in the context of preparing for extreme weather events and other natural disturbances.
Preparedness involves both strategy and resources. The necessary resources include anything that will be needed to respond to a crisis. This can include food and water to last three days, batteries for flashlights, mobile phones for communication, and supplies for sheltering-in-place. The supplies necessary will depend on the situation, such as whether evacuation or shelter-in-place order is issued.
In addition to supplies and equipment, preparedness also involves planning and strategy. Most disaster response agencies advise that organizations have a disaster response plan. It is not always possible to plan when a crisis is already underway. For example, families are advised to have designated safe-places and rallying points outside their house to meet if they are not able to get to their actual house. Families are also advised to have designated rooms in the house to go to in the event of a shelter-in-place order. A shelter-in-place order is issued when it is safer for people to remain indoors than to evacuate. Shelter-in-place orders are most often issued during extreme weather events, incidents involving hazardous materials, and dangerous law enforcement situations.
Preparedness is more complicated for cities and nations, but the same principle applies. Cities and nations need to have both the resources and a strategy in the event of a crisis. Cities should have adequate resources for medical personnel, first-responders, and for civilians. They should also have a plan for what to do to protect the lives of their citizens, whether that involves evacuation or sheltering-in-place.
Preparedness is important since disasters can happen at any time and the more prepared an individual, organization, or community is for a disaster, the less heavily they will be impacted by the disaster.
What is Mitigation?
Mitigation refers to pre-emptive measures taken to reduce the negative impacts of a crisis or disaster. Mitigation does not completely prevent a disaster necessarily, but it does lessen the severity of the disaster both before it starts and during the ordeal. There are many types of mitigation.
Climate change mitigation, for example, refers to mitigation measures to lessen the impact of climate change resulting from anthropogenic carbon emissions. Climate change mitigation measures include investment in renewable sources of energy that are carbon neutral, such as wind and solar power. The purpose of this investment is to reduce reliance on carbon intensive energy sources, such as petroleum and natural gas.
Other types of mitigation include disaster mitigation. One type of disaster mitigation is buildings that are designed to be earthquake resistant in areas with high earthquake risk. One form of disaster mitigation which has been the subject of recent discussion is mitigating a potential asteroid impact.
Mitigation of an asteroid impact is being investigated by NASA and other space agencies. Mitigation strategies include concepts for asteroid deflection missions, impact effects studies, and planning emergency response procedures. An example of an emergency response procedure might be evacuating a city that is likely to be hit by an approaching city-killing asteroid.
Another form of crisis mitigation, which has become very common with the emergence of the 2019-2020 COVID-19 pandemic, is disease mitigation. The goal of disease mitigation is to slow or prevent the spread of an outbreak. For COVID-19, many countries have implemented mass-quarantines, including the closure of all nonessential businesses and shelter-in-place orders that people remain in their homes except for specific reasons, such as to get groceries or to seek medical care.
Another mitigation strategy that has been used is social distancing where people are required to not gather into large groups and remain at least 6 feet, or about 2 meters, apart in public. This is done to prevent the spread of the virus which is known to spread very easily from person to person.
Similarities between Preparedness and Mitigation
Preparedness and mitigation both involve response to crises and are both concerned with preventing the worse consequences of a crisis or disaster.
Differences between Preparedness and Mitigation
Although mitigation and preparedness are similar terms, there are important differences. These differences include the following.
Preparedness refers to being prepared to respond to a disaster, whereas mitigation also seeks to either prevent the disaster or lessen its impact.
Preparedness can only be enacted prior to a disaster, whereas mitigation can be implemented before a disaster starts or during the disaster.
Preparedness is primarily passive in that the purpose is to shield oneself from a disaster, whereas mitigation is active in also trying to change the severity of the disaster.
Preparedness is anticipation of a particular event, whereas, mitigation is an ongoing strategy
Preparedness vs. Mitigation: Comparison Chart
Summary of Preparedness vs. Mitigation
Preparedness refers to the ability of an individual or organization to respond to a crisis. It involves both stockpiling the necessary resources and having a strategy to protect life and property during the crisis or disaster. Preparedness is important in response to natural crises, such as extreme weather events and incidents involving hazardous materials. It is also important in responding to societal crises, such as a law enforcement situation. Mitigation refers to strategies or methods used to either prevent a crisis or reduce the consequences of the crisis. Examples of mitigation include climate change mitigation, natural disaster mitigation, asteroid impact mitigation, and disease mitigation among many other types. Preparedness and mitigation are similar in that they are both responding to a crisis. They differ in that preparedness involves being able to act to prevent loss of life and property during a crisis, whereas mitigation also involves either preventing the crisis from happening in the first place or lessening its effects when the crisis occurs. Also, preparedness must be enacted before a crisis and must be re-established after each crisis. Resources must be re-stocked, and strategies may need to be reformulated if they proved sub-optimal in the last crisis. With mitigation, it is best to initiate before a crisis, but mitigation can also theoretically be initiated in the midst of an ongoing crisis. It is not necessarily too late to mitigate a crisis if it is already happening, but it is too late to prepare for a crisis that is already happening. Furthermore, preparedness anticipates a particular event, such as a hurricane or tornado, whereas mitigation is an ongoing strategy which may involve responding to many different events or crises.
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Caleb Strom has a B.SC. in earth science from the University of California San Diego and is currently a graduate student in geological sciences at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. He has done scientific research in planetary science at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and astrophysics at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Science at UC San Diego.Caleb Strom has a B.Sc in Earth Sciences from the University of California San Diego and He is currently a graduate student working on an M.Sc. in geological sciences from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His master's research is in planetary science and he has participated in published research related to cosmochemistry while working at the Scripps Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory. He also has experience with archaeological surveying, excavation, and collections. His skills include satellite remote sensing, geologic mapping, archaeological excavation and surveying, and mass spectroscopy.
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[3]"Introduction to Mitigation." United Nations Climate Change, 2020, https://unfccc.int/topics/mitigation/the-big-picture/introduction-to-mitigation
[4]Levenson, Eric, and Kevin Flower. "What is and isn't allowed during a 'shelter-in-place' order." CNN, https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/us/shelter-in-place-coronavirus-trnd/index.html. Accessed 7 April 2020.
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[6]"Prevent Getting Sick." Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Apr. 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/social-distancing.html.
[7]Wright, Robin. "How Much of the World Will Be Quarantined by the Coronavirus?" The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020, https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-much-of-the-world-will-be-quarantined-by-the-coronavirus. Accessed 7 Apr. 2020.
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An Evangelical Graduates from the Mormon Institute Program
After four years of attendance and participation, David recently graduated from an LDS Institute of Religion. The odd thing is: David's not Mormon, never has been, and may never be. He is, in fact, a committed Evangelical, and a PhD student in Molecular Biology. Ben Spackman, one of his Institute teachers, asked him about his inter-religious experience.
(Note: Within the Mormon context, "Institute" refers to church-sponsored religious instruction for students attending colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions. For more details, see this entry in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.)
How did you come to attend an LDS Institute?
A fellow graduate student and lab partner introduced me to the LDS Institute. He was a member of the campus Singles Ward, which regularly met at the Institute building. He had previously attended BYU and served as a missionary, and was very open about his faith. We had several conversations about Mormonism before he invited me to attend an LDS class with him. I saw the classes as a means of stimulating additional dialogue between the two of us, and we both probably saw it as an opportunity for proselytizing. I was also genuinely curious about Mormon doctrine and practices, given what I had previously learned about the religion from the evangelical community.
How would you describe your views of Mormons and Mormonism prior to attending Institute and getting to know your Mormon lab partner?
In the beginning, I probably came close to approximating the classic Mormon stereotype of an evangelical's perceptions about Mormons and Mormonism. I saw Mormonism as a cult with false prophets and false doctrine. I knew Mormons shared a belief in Christ, but I didn't believe they shared much else—including the truth of the Gospel. I had been taught that we had irreconcilable differences regarding everything from grace and the nature of salvation to the very origin and attributes of God. The church's early history of polygamy and the practice of secret temple rituals such as baptism for the dead and eternal marriage also fueled the cult perception.
While I disagreed with most of what I believed to be the central tenets of Mormonism, I never presumed Mormons to be disagreeable. Rather, I assumed they were probably good people with strong family values, as portrayed in the television commercials I saw growing up. Unfortunately, I didn't personally know any Mormons prior to graduate school. In high school, an evangelical friend shared with me the strong religious convictions of two Mormon missionaries who were visiting his home. He also described his frustration in trying to communicate with them the Gospel as we believed it. The perception we both shared at the time was that as members of a non-Christian cult, Mormons were in need of saving.
How did the Institute teachers react to having a non-Mormon attend regularly?
My first Institute teacher, who was also the Institute director, was extremely welcoming. As the only non-member in attendance in what were generally small classes, I was encouraged to ask questions about unfamiliar LDS church history or doctrine in what could have otherwise been an uncomfortable environment. In turn, I was often asked to share my evangelical perspective on different Mormon and Protestant teachings. I found subsequent instructors equally welcoming and at times eager to have me share my thoughts. After a couple years of attending Institute classes, I was comfortable enough with the material and fellow students that new teachers often seemed surprised to find out I wasn't LDS. However, my focus in every class was learning from Mormons and not teaching about Protestantism. Had I been intent on arguing religious differences, their reaction may have been very different.
What did your family and church friends think during this time?
They were curious if not a little concerned. My family and friends shared many of my preconceptions about Mormonism and so were initially apprehensive of my involvement. Had I shown a real interest in joining the church, they would likely have feared for my salvation. However, as the classes progressed, they saw it as a good learning and outreach opportunity. They also appreciated the new insight I was gaining from the experience.
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The state of California is facing blows from all imaginable sides. It's experiencing a historic drought. It even created a new 'water police' force to fine residents up to $500 for excessively washing lawns or washing cars without a shut off nozzle. The increased need for water conservation caught the eye of Lady Gaga. She recently filmed a public service announcement (PSA) to promote the Save Our Water campaign, which informs locals of the state's emergency situation.
Unfortunately, declining water leads to declining crops. In fact, the Wall Street Journal estimates that this year's drought will lead to a $2.2 billion profit loss in California's agriculture industry and cut 3.8% of its farm jobs. Since farming requires a lot of water, the supplies of which are drying up, farmers are planting less crops. This means they also need fewer honeybees to pollinate their fields.
Honeybees are the heart of agriculture. They pollinate 30% of the world's crops and help 90% of wild plants thrive. But 1/3 of the USA honeybee population vanished due to increased use of pesticides, habitat loss, climate change and parasites. The terrible news is that decreased pollination leads to decreased food production. Bees pollinate 70 of the top 100 most consumed food crops, which provides nutrition to about 90% of the globe. And as bee populations decline, so does the production of honey, leaving many bee keepers without much money.
The troubles in California serve as an example of what awaits other states as fresh water reserves decline and food production costs rise.
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The global environmental sensor market was valued at USD 1.13 billion in 2017 and is exected to reach USD 1.99 billion by the end of forecast period with a CAGR of 10.21%.
The need for environmental monitoring has risen the adoption of environmental sensors such as pressure, temperature, chemical, gas, smoke and many others. These sensors have a major impact on the production, health, and comfort of the population. The major factors contributing towards the growth of environmental sensors market includes strict government regulations on pollution control, and rising demand for air quality monitoring in urban cities. Various governments across the globe have started penalizing industries, manufacturers, and even citizens for not maintaining the desired environmental standards. This has increased the demand for utilizing various environmental sensors at different spots and in different equipment to gather the information and optimize monitoring in real-time.
Despite the tremendous need for environmental monitoring and environmental sensors, the lack of efficient sensors for long-term environment monitoring is hampering the growth of the market. It is not feasible for enterprises to maintain and develop efficient sensors that can accurately monitor the changes in the environment. However, the ongoing advancements in IoT and nanotechnology-based environmental monitoring, and increased adoption of environmental sensors for consumers, HVAC, and air purifiers is posing various growth opportunities for the market.
The key players in the environmental sensor market are identified across all the major regions based on their country of origin, presence across different regions, recent key developments, product diversification, and industry expertise. Some of them are – Bosch Sensortec GmbH (Germany), Sensirion AG (Switzerland), ams AG (Austria), OMRON Corporation (Japan), Honeywell International Inc. (US), Raritan Inc. (US), ABB Ltd. (Switzerland), Siemens AG (Germany), Texas Instruments Incorporated (US), and Schneider Electric (France). These players contribute a major proportion towards market growth.
Apart from the top key players, there are other players that contribute nearly 35-40 % in the environmental sensor market. These include Amphenol (US), STMicroelectronics (Switzerland), IDT (US), AVTECH (US), Analog Devices (US), Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (US), Apogee Instruments (US), TE Connectivity (Switzerland), NuWave Sensors (Ireland), Elichens (France), Aclima (US), Breeze Technologies (Germany), and others.
By type, the market is segmented into temperature sensors, pressure sensors, water quality sensors, chemical sensors, gas sensors, smoke sensors, humidity sensors, and others.
By end-user, the market is segmented into industrial, commercial, residential, automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare & life sciences, government, and others. The consumer electronics segment is further divided into smartphone & tablet, and wearable devices.
The global market for environmental sensor is estimated to grow at a significant rate during the forecast period from 2018 to 2023. The geographical analysis of environmental sensor market is studied for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the rest of the world (including the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America). The adoption of sensors for monitoring the environment has significantly been increased due to rising challenges to maintain the quality of air in and around the industrial areas. North America is one of the regions with highest adoption rate of environmental sensors. This is due to a large concentration of manufacturing facilities in the US, and Canada. These facilities were designed with older environment security measures that do not comply with the present regulations for environment monitoring. However, costs involved in upgrading the traditional factories into smart factories is relatively high. Many enterprises have started implementing smart factories, yet small and medium enterprises refrain due to financial constraints and lack of proper infrastructure. With this, the organizations are experiencing need for environmental monitoring since the risk involved in getting penalized by the government for not maintaining an emission standard are rising. US and Canada are the dominating countries in North America growing with a staggering CAGR.
The market of environmental sensors is dominated by Europe. The region has highly economically established countries with a strict environmental policies and regulations. Countries such as Germany and UK are the dominating countries in environmental sensor market. However, Asia-Pacific is expected to grow with a highest CAGR.


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Confederate General Staff
Contents 12 figures and 12 horses
Poses 12 poses, 6 horse poses
Colours Grey
We will begin our review of this set by identifying all the figures.
Top Row
Robert E Lee (1807-1870)
General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904)
Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson (1824-1863)
Major-General John Bell Hood (1831-1879)
Colonel John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916)
Major John Pelham (1838-1863)
General James Longstreet (1821-1904)
Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877)
General James Ewell Brown ('Jeb') Stuart (1833-64)
General Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862)
Brigadier-General William Barksdale (1821-1863)
Edward Fitzgerald Turton Ross (b.1825)
Sets such as this are perfect for the Strelets policy of no-repeat poses, and the individuals chosen are a good mix, although doubtless some will have their own preferences. Given their small scale these figures are a fair reflection of the actual appearance of their subjects, both in uniform and face. Where personal affectations are appropriate, such as the plumes of Mosby and Stuart, they are included, although many are close enough to the standard garb of the senior Confederate officer to be of use for much of the officer corps. Most wear the standard double-breasted coat, although the various arrangements of buttons are lost on these models as the buttons are too large and therefore too few, leaving no room for specific arrangement.
The standard of sculpting is up there with the best that this company had produced at this stage, with good if rather chunky detail (a result of their being sculpted in 1/72 size rather than in larger size and then reduced). There is no flash at all, and the men fit their horses well. The horses themselves are a good selection, with both standing and moving examples. The figure of Lee has one rather basic error - he wears a case on a strap over his shoulder, but this only appears on his back and has been forgotten on his front. We were also a little concerned with the high waistcoat Lee is wearing, without a tie, which is at variance with every picture of the man. Our only other observation is a small one - the scabbard of Gordon has somehow been hitched to his waist, making it much too high on his leg.
The inclusion of Fitzgerald Ross, a British-born observer from the Austrian army, seems less desirable than one of the numerous missing Confederate generals, or perhaps a more generic ADC, but Strelets intend to make a second, dismounted set, so some of these gaps may be filled then. This is a very nice set with lots of very useful poses, and should delight many a Civil War enthusiast.
Historical Accuracy 9
Mould 10
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ABA issues formal opinion that judges can't refuse same-sex marriages
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion that gives judges guidance for their options in performing same-sex marriages.
Under Formal Opinion 485, judges violate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct if they refuse to perform same-sex marriages while also agreeing to perform marriages for opposite-sex couples. In other words, judges who perform marriages can't discriminate if they're asked to marry an LGBTQ+ couple.
Formal Opinion 485 comes as individual states are implementing the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Not all judges are required to perform marriages and those who aren't are allowed to decline to perform marriages for all members of the public while still performing marriages for family and friends. Those judges are still not able to discriminate based on sexual orientation and they must be consistent.
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issues ethics opinions to guide lawyers, courts and the public in interpreting and applying ABA model ethics rules to specific issues of legal practice, client-lawyer relationships and judicial behavior.
"The public is entitled to expect that judges will perform their activities and duties fairly, impartially and free from bias and prejudice," Formal Opinion 485 says. "If state law authorizes or obligates a judge to perform marriages, a judge's refusal to perform same-sex marriages while agreeing to perform marriages for opposite-sex couples is improper."
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