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By Joe Pulizzi published May 7, 2015 Est Read Time: 8 min
No Subscription Goal for Your Content Marketing? Prepare to Be Ignored
Editor's note: Because of the importance of having subscription goals in content marketing, we've updated this post.
I've had the amazing pleasure of meeting with over a dozen of the largest companies on the planet over the last six months. These companies are some of the most innovative in the world, and create many of the products you use on a daily basis, both personally and professionally. Over the past few years, these companies have hired journalists, producers, broadcasters, and editors to refine and tell their story on a consistent basis. It's amazing to see firsthand the transformation of the marketing departments, as we once knew them.
But here's my issue: Not one of those companies (not one) was working on an audience-building program focused on subscriber growth. Sure, there were brand awareness goals, perception goals, brand lift goals, lead generation goals, and lead quality goals … but no subscriber goals.
And the research confirms my personal findings.
According to Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs research, fewer than one in three organizations have subscription growth as a content marketing goal. And recent Association of National Advertisers findings on native advertising didn't even list subscription growth as a possible metric.
Now, I'm not sure if this is a failing of the research, but the mindset is clear … building an audience is not even on the minds of most large enterprises today.
This has to change.
Best chance at measurement
Let's take a step away from the dark side of the force for a moment. I want to share two examples of why I believe that subscription, or the idea of building groupings of valuable audiences, is the present and future for enterprises.
The first example comes from traditional media.
As you may or may not know, I grew up in business-to-business publishing. The metric that dominated each publication on which I ever worked was the subscriber. Originally called circulation development, and now audience development, no revenue (the big Z-E-R-O) was possible without a targeted group of buyers who subscribed to one or many content offerings the media brand provided.
Think about that … without subscribers, revenue was absent. That is media yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Look at the leading trade publication in your industry or ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, or The New York Times. None of them can function without subscribers.
The second example comes from a group of entrepreneurs.
My upcoming book, Content Inc. (to be released at Content Marketing World in September), features countless examples of individuals who have built multimillion-dollar brands by:
Focusing on an extremely targeted audience
Delivering compelling content to that audience through one major platform (blog, YouTube, iTunes)
Doing so consistently over a long period of time
I would like to tell you that it was more complex, but it's not. We found this formula repeating itself over and over again.
Matthew Patrick, founder of Game Theory, delivers a 10-minute video per week to his audience of gamers. He now has more than 4 million subscribers. The growth of his company is astronomical.
Ann Reardon went from stay-at-home mom to baking entrepreneur with How to Cook That. She differentiates herself by focusing on impossible food creations (like the Instagram Logo Cake), and now has approximately 1.5 million subscribers.
My friend Brian Clark, founder of Copyblogger Media, went from "just a blog" to becoming one of the fastest SaaS companies on the planet. The key to his success? Over 200,000 targeted subscribers who know, like, and trust Copyblogger so much that they end up buying just about anything Brian puts in front of them.
While larger enterprises are fighting silo battles, politics, and tearing each other apart focusing on (sometimes) meaningless metrics, small players with patience and passion are building audiences and winning. Once you build an audience, anything is possible.
Lead generation is not the same
You may think that if you have a lead generation strategy you are building a subscriber base. While you are getting permission to reach out to someone, it is different than having someone opt in to receive ongoing communication from you – be it an email newsletter, a print magazine, or any of the other subscriber-based content vehicles.
What might help is to first think about building an audience through subscription, then mine that subscription list for leads (as they engage in your pieces of content). I think you'll find the leads you generate will be MUCH more valuable.
All subscriptions are not equal
In just about every one of my presentations, I discuss the hierarchy of subscription. While I'm a firm believer in building our digital footprint as brands, we need to be wary of building our audiences on land we don't own.
Jeff Rohrs, Vice President of Marketing at Salesforce and author of the excellent book Audience, is adamant that no company "owns" its audience. "The reason that the audience is in different places is that no audience is owned. Regardless of whether you're a major television network, pop star, or professional sports team with rabid fans, you simply do not own your audience. They can get up and leave – mentally or physically – at any time."
Yes, we cannot own our audience, but there are different levels of control. If you have your choice, email subscription is the most important type of relationship you can have with your subscriber, simply because we can control that connection the most. Our fans on Facebook or our followers on Twitter should be viewed as they are – temporary subscription opportunities with whom we can try to build relationships. Those connections are controlled by Facebook and Twitter, and the platforms can do whatever they want with them. We've obviously seen the changes Facebook has made, and the millions that brands have lost by focusing too much on these types of connections. Tread lightly.
The Subscription Hierarchy
You need an email offering
Regardless of your industry or what you ultimately sell, you need an email offering to attract subscribers. BuzzFeed, the new-media entertainment and news site, gained its popularity due to social sharing on Facebook and Twitter. While Facebook and Twitter subscribers are important to them, every page on BuzzFeed has a promotion to gain email subscribers to its daily e-newsletter.
Business media outlet Fast Company includes this nice little email call to action at the bottom of every article.
Let's look at Entrepreneur on Fire from John Lee Dumas. His main subscription channel is iTunes. This makes sense since John's key platform comprises audio podcasts. But, go to John's website. The FIRST thing you see is a call to action for an email subscription.
As you employ your subscription strategy, you need some kind of amazing email offering. And to you enterprises, this is not a six-week lead nurturing program to get them to sales. This is an ongoing, compelling piece of email communication that can cut through the clutter. This could be a:
Daily email newsletter based on your original blog
Daily email newsletter curating the best information from the web
A weekly email newsletter or weekly report offering industry insight
A report offering a fresh idea to your audience every month
Show proof of performance
thinkMoney is a print and digital magazine produced by TD Ameritrade for active traders (who trade sometimes hundreds of times a day). In the early days, the program was under ongoing review about whether it was worth spending budget money on the magazine. But the leaders persevered, and after approximately two years, received the information they needed.
TD Ameritrade found out that subscribers and readers of the magazine traded FIVE times more than non-subscribers. Today, thinkMoney doesn't have to worry about ever being on the chopping block.
Most enterprises don't get to this point. They are too impatient and too campaign-focused with their content. But here's what's true in all the examples … if you build engaged audience members who devour your content, and thus, trust and like you, they will begin to change their behavior. They will stay longer as customers. Or they will buy more. Or they will close faster. Or they will bypass your sales team altogether and just buy from you.
What is the difference between those who subscribe to your content versus those who do not? That is the question.
My goal for you is simple. Set audience building and subscription as a key goal in your organization. Yes, you have many audiences, and to be successful at content marketing, you'll have to focus on just ONE audience for each audience-building initiative. You cannot target 18 personas with your blog. You'll never be relevant or valuable enough for it to be successful. To go big, you need to ultimately go small.
You can be at the launch of Joe's latest book, Content Inc., and boost your content marketing knowledge this September at Content Marketing World 2015. Use discount code CMI100 to save $100 on registration by the end of the month.
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SEOUL -- Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world's largest shipbuilder, was selected as the sole bidder for its South Korean underdog, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), paving the way for the creation of a mega shipbuilder capable of walking over foreign rivals.
Korea Development Bank (KDB), a state policy lender which has a 55.7 percent stake in DSME, announced the selection Tuesday of HHI as the sole candidate to take over the Daewoo shipyard, saying Samsung Heavy Industries, the country's third-largest shipbuilder, has decided to stay away.
KDB hopes to sign an official deal in early March, but the lender should clear its way through obstacles as the labor unions of HHI and DSME are strongly opposed to the integration of two major shipyards, fearing possible layoffs.
In a statement on Tuesday, HHI's union warned of an "all-out" struggle, saying the acquisition could drive the two shipyards into the red together and restructuring. DSME workers will a two-day vote on February 18. Union leaders worry about redundancy in design, sales, research and other overlapping sectors.
Through a complicated process of equity conversion or transfer, the shipyards of HHI and DSME will be run under the same roof of a new corporation. KDB will provide 1.5 trillion won ($1.34 billion) in paid-in capital for third-party allocation of DSME and another one trillion won if needed, in return for acquiring new shares to be issued by HHI.
The deal is aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of South Korea's shipbuilding industry, HHI has said, adding the two shipbuilders could acquire the world's best technology and know-how, achieve economies of scale, and increase productivity by sharing technology, design, parts and services.


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More than 100 students surprise crossing guard, thank him for years of service
More than a hundred kids showed up with signs and gift cards thanking Ferguson and the other crossing guards for their service
Updated: 7:44 PM EDT Mar 20, 2019
Megan Mitchell
COMMUNITY HEROES, OUR CROSSING GUARDS. MEGAN: FOR STUDENTS AT RIVERVIEW EAST ACADEMY, THEIR MORNING GREETING AT SCHOOL IS SECOND TO NONE, ALL THANKS TO CROSSING GUARD RICHARD FERGUSON. >> THE KIDS KEEP ME SO YOUTHFUL THAT HTEY GIVE ME HAPPINESS. THEY GIVE ME JOY. AND THAT'S WHAT I NEED EACH DAY. MEGAN: RICHARD'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR 7 YEARS. AND IT SHOWS, HE'S CREATED AN INCREDIBLE REPERTOIRE WITH THE KIDS. HERE ON KELLOG AVENUE, HE SAYS IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE CARS FLY BY AT 60 MPH. BUT THAT'S WHY HE WAVES. IT'S NOT JUST A GREETING. >> IT IS TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS A SCHOOL ZONE. THIS IS A SCHOOL AND WE HAVE A SPEED LIMIT. MEGAN: AND AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF WAVES AND SMILES IN THE MORNING. TODAY, SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT HAPPENED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. MEGAN: MORE THAN A HUNDRED KIDS SHOWED UP WITH SIGNS AND GIFT CARDS, THANKING FERGUSON AND THE OTHER CROSSING GUARDS FOR THEIR SERVICE. >> ALL 7 YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING. THAT WAS ENOUGH RIGHT THERE FOR ME. THAT WOULD HOLD ME UNTIL MAYBE NEXT YEAR. MEGAN: THEY PARADED AROUND THE CROSS WALKS MADE SAFE BY THE GUARDS, AND DRIVERS SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE AS WELL. >> THAT'S MY WAY OF GIVING BACK. I'M NOT A TEACHER. I'M NOT A BUS DRIVER. I'M A CROSSING GUARD. AND THAT'S ALRIGHT
For students at Riverview East Academy, their morning greeting on the way to school is second to none."The kids keep me so youthful that they give me happiness. They give me joy. And that's what I need each day," said Richard Ferguson, a crossing guard with Cincinnati Public Schools.Ferguson has been a crossing guard for seven years and has created an incredible repertoire with the kids.He said it's not unusual to see cars fly by at 60 mph on Kellogg Avenue. But that's why he waves; it's not just a greeting."To let people know this is a school zone. This is a school and we have a speed limit and just to drive safely," said Ferguson.After seven years of waves and smiles in the morning, something a little different happened Wednesday.More than 100 kids showed up with signs and gift cards thanking Ferguson and the other crossing guards for their service."All seven years I've been working. That was enough right there for me. That would hold me until maybe next year. Maybe next year," said Ferguson.They paraded around the crosswalks, which were made safe by the guards, and drivers showed their support for the cause as well, honking and cheering along."That's my way of giving back. I'm not a teacher. I'm not a bus driver. I'm a crossing guard. And that's all right by me," said Ferguson.
For students at Riverview East Academy, their morning greeting on the way to school is second to none.
"The kids keep me so youthful that they give me happiness. They give me joy. And that's what I need each day," said Richard Ferguson, a crossing guard with Cincinnati Public Schools.
Ferguson has been a crossing guard for seven years and has created an incredible repertoire with the kids.
He said it's not unusual to see cars fly by at 60 mph on Kellogg Avenue. But that's why he waves; it's not just a greeting.
"To let people know this is a school zone. This is a school and we have a speed limit and just to drive safely," said Ferguson.
After seven years of waves and smiles in the morning, something a little different happened Wednesday.
More than 100 kids showed up with signs and gift cards thanking Ferguson and the other crossing guards for their service.
"All seven years I've been working. That was enough right there for me. That would hold me until maybe next year. Maybe next year," said Ferguson.
They paraded around the crosswalks, which were made safe by the guards, and drivers showed their support for the cause as well, honking and cheering along.
"That's my way of giving back. I'm not a teacher. I'm not a bus driver. I'm a crossing guard. And that's all right by me," said Ferguson.

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Former Judge Edward Turbach given excellence award; his son Terrance Turnbach also honored for service in Ocean County.
TOMS RIVER - When Terrance Turnbach was a young law clerk in 2002, working down the hall from him at the Ocean County Courthouse was someone considered to have one of the most brilliant minds in the county's legal community.
That was his father, Edward J. Turnbach, at the time a Superior Court judge in the county's criminal division and the former Ocean County prosecutor.
With one of the best mentors a young lawyer could have, Terrance Turnbach grew into a prominent criminal defense attorney in the county and was last year elected to the Toms River Council.
Terrance Turnbach was given the Ocean County Bar Association's Citizenship Award Tuesday at the county's annual Law Day Celebration, a national event established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as "a day of national dedication to the principles of government under law."
Not to be outdone, his father, now retired from the bench, commanded a lengthy standing ovation in a standing-room-only Historic Courtroom No. 1 when he was bestowed the bar association's Excellence in the Administration of Justice Award.
"Our recipient is an iconic figure," William Cunningham, a defense attorney and former assistant prosecutor, said of the retired judge as he presented him with the award.
As a judge, "he walked a fine line between being in charge but never intimidating or embarrassing a lawyer," Cunningham said.
As the county prosecutor, "He was never too busy to stop by our desks everyday to see how we were," Cunningham said of his former boss and current law partner.
Judge Turnbach, in his signature, soft-spoken style, stepped to the podium briefly to say, "I say thank you very much."
The Turnbachs weren't the only father-and-son team featured prominently at the Law Day celebration.
Francis Hodgson III, an assistant Ocean County prosecutor since 2015, received the bar association's Young Lawyer Award, as his father, Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson, sat on the dais with the other members of Ocean County's judiciary. The senior Hodgson is a former senior assistant Ocean County prosecutor.
The bar association gave its Achievement Award to Robert Rosenberg, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Toms River attorney who represents many of the Policemen's Benevolent Association locals in the county.
Marissa VanNess of Toms River, a first-year law student at Rutgers Law School, received the bar association's scholarship.
Cunningham, in presenting Judge Turnbach with his award, said the recipient is "rich in character," and has "a brilliant legal mind."
Cunningham said the judge's hallmark is his knack for dealing with people "with class, humor and understanding."
Bradley Billhimer, a criminal defense attorney in Toms River, presented the younger Turnbach with his award and said, "I really think Terrance is destined to be just like his father."
Since his retirement from the bench in 2006 at the mandatory retirement age of 70, the elder Turnbach has been of counsel to the law firm Starkey, Kelly, Kenneally, Cunningham & Turnbach, with offices in Toms River and Brick.
During his decades-long career, he gained a reputation as a gentleman who was patient with attorneys and criminal defendants.
Those in Ocean County's legal circles said Turnbach was one of the county's hardest working judges, arriving at the courthouse around 6:30 a.m., before anyone else would be there.
Soft-spoken and scholarly, Turnbach shunned the limelight.
Turnbach attended Seton Hall Prep, Seton Hall University and Seton Hall University Law School on scholarships.
While in law school, Turnbach worked as an intern at the FBI office in Newark, where he met his future wife of more than 50 years, Margaret Patricia, who was a secretary there.
Turnbach graduated from law school in 1961 and, after a two-year stint in the Army, he became an assistant U.S. attorney in Newark, specializing in labor racketeering cases.
He left the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1965 and joined a storefront law practice on Mantoloking Road in Brick with Charles Starkey, his close friend and law school classmate. The practice grew into the law firm Starkey, Turnbach, Kelly and White and eventually became the firm with which Turnbach is now affiliated, where his son also works.
The elder Turnbach worked at the firm until 1976 and also served as a deputy public defender in Ocean County from 1967 to 1970.
In 1976, then-Gov. Brendan Byrne tapped Turnbach to be Ocean County prosecutor. As prosecutor, Turnbach oversaw one of the county's most notorious criminal prosecutions — the death penalty case of Robert O. Marshall.
Marshall, a Toms River insurance salesman prominent among the local country club set, was convicted in 1986 of hiring hit men in 1984 to kill his wife, Maria, the mother of their three sons, and make it look like a robbery. The motive was to collect on a $1.3 million life insurance policy and legitimize an extramarital affair.
The Marshall case was the topic of Joe McGinnis' bestseller, "Blind Faith," as well as a television movie based on the book.
Marshall was sentenced to death, but that sentence was later reversed in 2004 by a federal judge who said the defendant did not receive an adequate defense in the penalty phase of his trial. Marshall was resentenced to 30 years to life in prison in 2006. He died in prison at age 75 in 2015, about a month before his first parole hearing.
Turnbach also oversaw the prosecution of the Great Adventure fire case, New Jersey's first-ever criminal prosecution of a corporation for aggravated manslaughter. The case stemmed from a fire at the amusement park in Jackson on May 11, 1984. Eight teenagers were killed. A jury delivered a verdict of not guilty.
As prosecutor, Turnbach started Ocean County's first organized crime task force. He was known in the office for mentoring young attorneys.
Turnbach was named to the Superior Court bench in Ocean County in 1987, and in 1991, he was permanently assigned to the criminal division, where he was the presiding judge from 2003 until his retirement.
Despite presiding over numerous homicide trials on the bench, the case that would gain him the most publicity was that of three young men who killed exotic, flightless birds at the Associated Human Societies' Popcorn Park Zoo for abused and neglected animals in Lacey in 2003.
Animal lovers from all over the world wrote to the judge, insisting on harsh punishment for the trio, but Turnbach imposed an unpopular sentence: he placed the three men on probation because none of them had a prior adult criminal record.
Cunningham said Turnbach was consistently rated as one of the top 10 judges in the state by the New Jersey Law Journal, which anonymously polls attorneys annually to rate the members of the New Jersey bench.


Mont Blanc at sunrise from the Weisshorn (4506m)... Do the clouds give an idea how windy it was?!!... it was -10ºC also... I had to crouch on the ground to hold the camera still enough to get the shot with the wind!
September 2017 - "Several people have asked what the North Face conditions are like... this was Tuesday from the Dent Blanche. It's snowing again right now though. Still needs quite a lot of warm snow and freeze thaw for mixed conditions to come good both Zermatt Matterhorn and Chamonix I think!"
Incredible views from the summit of Petit Mont Blanc & lovely hike to a remote bivouac. The scale of this face is incredible - 2400m from the Miage glacier to summit. It reminded me of the long route up the Tournette spur in the centre of this face that Valentine and I climbed a few years ago which resulted in some nasty black frostbitten toes.


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On your mark, get set, #utpol. 45 Days takes you behind the scenes of the Utah Legislature's fast and furious annual session. Each week, KUER reporters highlight critical bills and how they could affect you. Along the way, we'll introduce the movers and shakers who convene every winter on Capitol Hill. Make sure you don't miss anything by signing up for our 45 Days newsletter!
Listen wherever you find podcasts, including iTunes, Stitcher and TuneIn. You can also listen below and via KUER's mobile app.
45 Days Live: Conversations With The Mayoral Candidates
By Nicole Nixon • Sep 11, 2019
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KUER's Nicole Nixon interviewed Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall on Sept. 9, 2019, and Sen. Luz Escamilla on Sept. 10, 2019, at Church & State in downtown SLC.
We know a couple things already about who the capital city's next mayor will be. She'll be a Democrat, and she'll be a woman. Over the next four years, she'll also have the chance to lead the city on big issues like air quality, homelessness and the inland port.
Week 7: Sine Die, Gov. Herbert & Session Superlatives
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Mar 15, 2019
Renee Bright/KUER
The 63rd session of the Utah Legislature concluded last night — a little early in fact — drawing to a close about an hour before midnight. Lawmakers outdid themselves this year, passing a record 573 bills. Not to mention balancing a record-setting budget of $19 billion, with bigger investments in air quality, school counselors and retirement benefits for public safety workers. Republican leaders set out with an ambitious agenda to tackle tax reform, which fizzled out. But they did a bunch of other stuff: hate crimes, a beer bill, criminal justice reform and a controversial overhaul of voter-approved Medicaid expansion.
Week 6: Tax Reform Is Shelved, Affordable Housing & The Legislature's 'Red Scare'
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Mar 8, 2019
This week three major bills — tax reform, conversion therapy, and 4.8 percent beer — were killed in some form or another. We talk with Katie McKellar from the Deseret News about lawmakers' efforts to address homelessness and affordable housing, and we've noticed a new buzzword popping up in Utah politics recently.
Bills & Issues Mentioned in this Episode:
Week 5: Inland Port, Ballot Busters, Tax Reform & Yielding To Traffic Laws
We know we're nearing the end of the session when two major bills with big implications drop as the clock winds down. One is the widely anticipated tax reform package and the other bill proposes some significant changes to the inland port created just last year. We sit down with Rep. Robert Spendlove to dive into the new tax bill and find out what things Utahns might soon have to start paying taxes on. Plus, we examine the mixed signals lawmakers are sending about traffic safety.
Week 4: Halfway Update, Sodas With The Beer Lobby & State Flag Or S.O.B.?
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Feb 22, 2019
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We're more than halfway through the legislative session and bills are chuggin' along. In this week's episode, we update you on the status of various bills dealing with social issues including hate crimes, abortion, guns and LGBTQ protections. We grab (nonalcoholic) drinks with the beer lobby to talk about their push for heavier brews in grocery stores. And we ask: Why do people care about flags so much?
Week 3: Gun Laws And Activism A Year After Parkland & Rep. Ray, Circus Performer
A year after a high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Utah lawmakers from both parties are pushing a slate of school safety and gun reform measures this session. But the Republican supermajority hasn't been too eager to debate many of these proposals, including a controversial "red flag" law. This week, we discuss the status of gun bills this year and talk to a local March for Our Lives activist about what's changed — and what hasn't — since the Parkland massacre. To inject some levity, we also investigate the not-so-secret circus past of one Republican lawmaker.
Week 2: Prop 3 Showdown, Education Bills, Data Viz FTW
By Nicole Nixon & Julia Ritchey • Feb 8, 2019
If last week brought the fire, this week brought the fury to Capitol Hill as Republican leaders rushed to pass a scaled-back version of Medicaid expansion in the face of public opposition. Passage, as of this writing, is all but assured and Gov. Gary Herbert says he's ready to sign the bill, S.B. 96, into law. On this episode, we explain the differences between Prop 3 and the Legislature's plan, discuss education bills with our reporter Rocio Hernandez and introduce you to a cool website to find out who's giving your lawmaker campaign cash.
Week 1: Medicaid Fight, Opening Gavel and Two Freshmen (Women!) Lawmakers
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Feb 1, 2019
The first week of the legislative session always has a very back-to-school feel, with lawmakers sworn in, speeches from new leaders and interns wandering around lost. In this week's episode, the governor's ambitious tax cut, more on the fallout over lawmakers' attempts to repeal and replace Prop 3, and a conversation with new female lawmakers from opposing parties.
45 Days Season 3: Legislative Preview With Speaker Brad Wilson
By Nicole Nixon & Julia Ritchey • Jan 24, 2019
Welcome back to another session of the Utah Legislature … and another season of 45 Days!
Lawmakers have already filed hundreds of bills to consider during the next few weeks of legislative action, including a slew of controversial proposals dealing with abortion and LGBT issues.
What Do You Want To Know About The 2019 Legislative Session?
By Renee Bright • Dec 18, 2018
Midterms Recap: Romney Moves To Washington, Trump Mocks Mia, Popular Propositions
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Nov 7, 2018
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The 2018 midterm elections are over but results are still trickling in for some races, including Utah's competitive 4th Congressional District where Republican incumbent Mia Love faces an uphill battle against Democrat Ben McAdams. As county clerks tally ballots for their final canvas, we survey the post-midterm landscape in Utah, where voters turned out in record numbers to vote for a new Senator, members of Congress and several citizen-led ballot initiatives.
Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox Answers Your Voting Questions
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Oct 26, 2018
Midterm elections are just around the corner and there is a lot on the ballot this year. That's why KUER put out a call to our listeners to send us any and all questions about voting to pose to Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, the state's top elections chief.
Voting In Utah: Your Questions
By Renee Bright • Oct 12, 2018
Midterm elections are just around the corner, and like many of us, you probably have a few questions about the process, such as: "What IS a nonbinding question?" or "What happens if you fill out your vote by mail ballot wrong?" We want to hear from you. Share with us any questions you may have — and trust us, there's no question too simple. (Because if you're curious about it, chances are somebody else is too.) Next week, we'll be bringing Utah's top elections official in studio to provide us with answers to your questions — lightning round style! So ... tell us:
BONUS: Legislative Recap, Live From Cedar City
We are live in Cedar City this week for a special recap of the 2018 legislative session. Joining Julia and Nicole on stage are three Utah lawmakers from the region: Rep. Walt Brooks of St. George, Rep. John Westwood of Cedar City and Sen. Don Ipson of St. George. What laws will have the biggest effect on southern Utah and how did the legislature tackle some of the critical issues facing it? This show was taped at Southern Utah University in partnership with the Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics and Public Service.
Week 7: Sine Die! & Gov. Gary Herbert
That's a wrap! The Legislature passed 534 bills this session, just one bill shy of their record during the 2017 session, and left hundreds more behind. Here are the highlights, plus a conversation with Gov. Gary Herbert.
45 Days Podcast Survey
By Morgan Keller • Mar 8, 2018
The 2018 legislative session is coming to an end and that means the end of the second season of 45 Days. We are always looking to improve our podcasts. Please help us by filling out this short survey. Your answers will help us match podcasts with underwriters that best fit the sensibilities of each show and its listeners. It also gives you a chance to tell us what you liked, and what we can do better in season 3 of your favorite political podcast!
Week 6: Work Requirements, Power Struggles & Rappin' Reps
Now, this is the story all about how Week 6 of the Legislature got flipped-turned upside down? Utah's beatboxing lawmakers are gearing up for their final spurt to the finish line with several big items still left on Republican leaders' to-do list. Notably, two proposals to add work requirements to Medicaid, the federal low-income health care program, are racing through the chambers as we speak. One lawmaker is also getting support for a last-minute bill to establish a "red flag" law to confiscate guns from people who pose a credible threat to public safety. The Legislature is also doing some Arnold Schwarzenegger-level flexing of power over a number of entities, including cities, the executive branch and — albeit unsuccessfully — the press.
Week 5: Death Penalty, Tax Reform & Rep. Chavez-Houck
By Nicole Nixon & Julia Ritchey • Feb 23, 2018
Nothing in this world is certain but death and taxes, and legislators are tackling both in Week 5 of the session. This week we talk with reporter Whittney Evans about some surprise backers of a new death penalty repeal effort. We also look at the state's big budget surplus and try to divine what lawmakers might do with all that extra scratch. The Utah Legislature's bluest member Sen. Jim Dabakis announces he's done after this session, joining several other incumbents on their way out the door, like Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck, our featured guest on 'Better Know a Lawmaker.'
Week 4: Air Quality, A Changing Climate & Rep. Eliason
This week lawmakers paused to honor the 17 lives lost in a school shooting in Parkland, Fla. But the latest school violence is unlikely to persuade Republican leaders to propose any big changes to gun laws this session. Meanwhile, a committee finally approved something close to a resolution acknowledging climate change without actually using the phrase "climate change." We also talk about some air quality bills and medical marijuana. Rep. Steve Eliason joins us on 'Better Know A Lawmaker' and explains how he's tackling Utah's youth suicide problem.
Bonus: Temple & State
By Julia Ritchey, Nicole Nixon & Lee Hale • Feb 14, 2018
Every legislative session a few bills pop up that generate a lot of buzz, but never quite make it to the finish line. For the last few years, that has been the case with proposed legislation to toughen the state's penalties for hate crimes. So what invisible forces propel some bills while squashing others? Some critics say it's the Mormon Church, whose membership includes almost 90 percent of the Utah Legislature. Others say their influence is overstated. And then there's Steve Urquhart, a former Republican state senator from St. George, who observed this phenomenon firsthand.
Week 3: Sex Scandal, Tax Breaks & Rep. Coleman
Happy Winter Olympics! Utah misses you so. That's why lawmakers are eager to win them back by 2026 or 2030 — they've even passed a resolution that says as much. But who can think of the cold when things are heating up on Capitol Hill? The halls are feeling warmer than usual after a bombshell report by a British tabloid that a Republican state lawmaker paid for sex with an escort. That lawmaker, former Rep. Jon Stanard of St. George, resigned unexpectedly this week, just before the report came out. The fallout from the scandal continues to reverberate as the state carries on an investigation into his use of taxpayer money to carry out the alleged affair. Meanwhile, lots of bills continue forward.
Week 2: Ballot Busters, Lobbyist Lunches & Sen. Mayne
It's week 2 at the Utah Legislature and we've already seen several big bills make their way through the House and Senate. On this week's episode, we discuss a few bills in direct conflict with two citizen-led ballot initiatives making their way to voters this fall. We're calling them "Ballot Busters." We also invite a lobbyist to lunch to find out how he wins friends and influences people. And, we try to figure out whether Democrats are becoming the party of "Law & Order" with several proposals to stiffen penalties for crimes.
Week 1: State of The State, Rapid Fire Bills & Speaker Hughes
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Jan 26, 2018
The gavel has fallen and the Utah Legislature is officially in session! This week we dissect opening speeches by Gov. Gary Herbert and House Speaker Greg Hughes, then Speaker Hughes will also join us later in the episode for our "Better Know a Lawmaker" segment. To wrap it up, we'll sprint through some of the bills that have started to gain momentum on the hill.
Week 0: Leg Preview, Oddball Bills & Rep. Spendlove
By Julia Ritchey & Nicole Nixon • Jan 5, 2018
And we're back! Welcome to Season 2 of 45 Days. The 2018 Utah Legislative Session is just around the corner. This week we're giving you an idea of some of the big topics lawmakers will try to tackle, some oddball bills we're kind of fond of, and our first ever installment of "Better Know a Lawmaker," featuring Rep. Robert Spendlove.
45 Days Ep. 7: Sine Die! Wrap-up Of The 2017 Utah Legislative Session
By KUER • Mar 10, 2017
On the final episode of 45 Days, KUER's Terry Gildea, Judy Fahys, Erik Neumann, Nicole Nixon, Lee Hale, and Julia Ritchey break down the final hours of the 2017 Utah Legislative Session: alcohol, teacher salaries, homelessness, public lands, and—crucially—cattle harassment. See you next year.
45 Days Ep. 6: Crossing The Zion Moat
By KUER • Mar 3, 2017
With just a week to go until the end of the 2017 Utah Legislative Session, KUER's Terry Gildea, Nicole Nixon, and Whittney Evans talk about the latest developments on a bill to pull down the Zion Curtain—turns out there'll still be a barrier between drinkers and the sober public. Also, legislators are looking to clarify "Stand Your Ground" rules in the state. And finally, Terry, Nicole and Whittney look at several important bills previously covered on the podcast that lawmakers are trying to pass before time runs out.
45 Days Ep. 5: Concealed Carry & Teacher Salaries
By KUER • Feb 24, 2017
We're nearing the end of the 2017 Utah legislative session. This week, KUER news director Terry Gildea talks with reporters Nicole Nixon, Whittney Evans, and Lee Hale about a bill to make provisional concealed carry permits available to 18 to 20-year-olds, amid concerns of sexual assault. They also discuss what lawmakers are doing—or not doing—to raise salaries for public school teachers.
45 Days Ep. 4: Guns & Booze
We've reached the halfway point of the 2017 legislative session. This week on 45 Days, KUER News Director Terry Gildea talks with reporters Nicole Nixon, Whittney Evans, and Julia Ritchey about a bill that would lower the legal blood alcohol level from .08 to .05—one of the lowest limits in the country. Also, some legislators are trying to change concealed weapon permit laws in the state, and polygamy is back in the news this week, with people for and against showing up in Southern Utah to protest.
45 Days Ep. 3: Sex Ed. & Federal Lands
This week, KUER reporters Nicole Nixon, Lee Hale, and Judy Fahys join news director Terry Gildea to talk about sex education in Utah, and the fight over federal control of public lands in Utah. Last week Governor Gary Herbert signed a non-binding resolution that asks President Trump to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument. Also, the Utah Senate passed a resolution asking Congress to shrink the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
45 Days Ep. 2: Medical Marijuana & Bears Ears
By KUER • Feb 3, 2017
It's the second week of "45 Days," the KUER podcast bringing you the latest news on the bills and politics coming out of the 2017 general session of the Utah Legislature. This time, KUER reporters Erik Neumann, Judy Fahys, and Julia Ritchey sit down with news director Terry Gildea to talk about medical marijuana, resolutions surrounding Bears Ears, and more.


There two states in the U.S. that attract more number of travelers than any other states. They are California and Florida. While Florida is attractive because of warm beaches and the presence of Disney Land, California is visited by tourists for its beautiful beaches with pleasant weather, Hollywood, great sightseeing places and varied landscape.
In this blog post, we will pay a visit to some of the smaller cities and towns in California state that are ideal to settle down for the rest of your life.
Travelers are requested to stay in a hotel in the following towns for a week, go around the place, meet local residents in restaurants, shopping malls, parks, and beaches, ask their experience of living there, eat in as many restaurants as possible and while doing so, gather smaller cities about the living conditions, cost of living, rain and heat, etc and then make up your mind.
I looked at several small towns in California state and rate Avalon at the top. Why? The video is the proof. What an enchanting town the Avalon is, located on Santa Catalina Island!
Being an island town in California with a very limited place to explore (only one sq.km), the atmosphere is calm and laid back. For a tourist, there are plenty of adventure sports that include a tour on a glass-bottom boat and snorkeling.
In addition, there are several activities for a visiting tourist to Avalon such as Avalon Canyon Trail tour and the Flying Fish Voyage.
You must watch the video to believe that some fish can fly in Catalina Island.
This small island town Avalon is filled with local restaurants that serve freshly-caught seafood and beer.
Once you reach the Santa Catalina Island, Avalon is accessed by walking from the seashore as not many cars ply on this island. It's a rule.
If you are sick of traveling on water, you can always fly from Los Angeles in a chopper and it delivers you at Avalon in fifteen minutes.
Pacific Grove is a small, picturesque coastal town and is located in the county of Monterey. It attracts not only the tourists but also butterflies, especially the ones that belong to 'monarch' species in thousands. This swarming of monarchs happen from the middle of October and they can be seen till the third week of February. They are said to come from more than 3000 km away. No clear reasoning about this special affinity towards Pacific Grove by the butterflies.
Like any small beach town in California, Pacific Grove too offers great weather. The Victorian houses add that extra charm to the idyllic settings of this small Californian town.
It is located 117 km from San Jose and 32 km from Salinas.
Located in California's Santa Ynez Valley and situated in Southern California, Solvang is distinctly Danish that you can identify by their architecture and by the presence of world-famous Danish bakeries and some windmills.
As per the history books, Solvang town was established in 1911 by a group of Danes. If I ever get a chance to stay in Solvang for a day or two, I would eat only the Danish pastries and cookies for as long as I stay.
Solvang is also surrounded by Santa Barbara wineries. Those who drink a daily dose of a glass of wine, there is no better place in the world for them than Solvang. They can find several wine tasting outlets.
Solvang is visited by over one million tourists every year. Being a small town in California, it has only 15 options for accommodations but there are more than 30 restaurants.
Solvang is only 56 km from Santa Barbara. The big city Los Angeles is 200 km away and much further away (480 km) is San Francisco.
Looks certainly like a small Californian town, more of a highway-town with the backdrop of Cuyamaca Mountains.
Julian is famous for a week of 'pick your apple' boards that attract many to have a free bite into the juicy fruit.
For the local residents, a stroll or drive to the nearby Cuyamaca lake (seems to be the only pastime).
Children would pester their parents for a boat ride in the lake or a horseback ride, circling the lake.
Tourists are recommended to pay a visit to the Volcan Mountain Wilderness Preserve that is only about 8 km away from Julian town, California.
It is about 100 km away from San Diego; roughly about an hour drive by car.
California's climate favors grapes cultivation and that results in wine production. The state's map is dotted with wineries (more than 100 dots, mate); Healdsburg is one such small city in California that has several wineries.
Yes, the town looks small and it is the reason that the nearby farms are loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables that are happily garnered by the local restaurants in Healdsburg.
Since there is not much of thing to do, it is an ideal small city in California state to quietly retire, enjoying the weather.
To see wineries of California, you are advised to drive to Healdsburg from San Francisco. The driving time will be around 75 minutes.
I would love to settle by the sea side. Only problem, no money.
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The Good Conduct Medal () is a military decoration awarded by the Irish Government to members of the Defence Forces of Ireland. It was instituted on 16 September 1987 as an award for enlisted personnel with at least 10 years' continuous service who had shown exemplary conduct.

Appearance
The medal is made of bronze.  Except for the text, the pattern is identical to that of the older Service Medal. The obverse of the medal depicts the figure of Éire (a personification of Ireland) placing a laurel wreath on a kneeling soldier's head. To the left are the words AN BONN DEA-IOMPAIR in Irish, and to the right there is a spray of laurel. On the reverse the words THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL are found in raised relief, with the particulars of the recipient engraved in the centre.

The medal hangs from a ring attached to a  ribbon. The pattern of the ribbon is distinctive; it is orange, with  green stripes sloping from the wearer's right to left at an angle of 45°.

Criteria
The medal could be awarded to any eligible non-commissioned officer or private who was deemed to have carried out meritorious service with good conduct. The medals were presented by the General Officer Commanding at a special annual parade; 60 medals were awarded each year. The medals could be forfeit in the case of misconduct, conviction by a civil court, conviction in the special criminal court, discharge with ignominy, or a sentence resulting in discharge from the Defence Forces.

Only 120 Good Conduct Medals were ever issued, 60 in 1989 and 60 in 1990. The award was suspended after 1990 owing to controversy over the criteria for eligibility.

References

Orders, decorations, and medals of Ireland

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After our quick stop at the Hoover Dam to take pictures, we then took a 3 hour road trip to Williams Arizona. We didn't head straight to the Grand Canyon National Park from the Hoover Dam because I don't want my husband to get too tired from driving. I'm useless 'cause I can't drive. So we stopped by this historic place for the night.
I'm amazed how they could cut off mountains to give way to interstate roads.
Pine trees welcomed us after our exit from the interstate road.
Me and my husband stayed at the Travelodge Williams Grand Canyon for one night and then drove off to the Grand Canyon National Park the next day. However if you're interested to ride the train to the Grand Canyon you might want to check The Grand Canyon Railway's website at : http://www.thetrain.com/. The train route starts from Williams Arizona to the Grand Canyon and vice versa.
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Download Voice: Adam Pottle on Writing with Deafness Audiobook
Author: Adam Pottle Narrator: Gary Bennett Publisher: Tantor Audio Audio Length: 4.25 hours Release Date: November 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Delivery: Instant Download ISBN: 9781666174403
How deafness influences one writer's creative process.
In Voice, Adam Pottle explores the crucial role deafness has played in the growth of his imagination, and in doing so presents a unique perspective on a writer's development. Born deaf in both ears, Pottle recounts what it was like growing up in a world of muted sound, and how his deafness has influenced virtually everything about his writing, from his use of language to character and plot choices. Salty, bold, and relentlessly honest, Voice makes us think about writing in entirely new ways and expands our understanding of deafness and the gifts that it can offer.
Brittany Pressley has won several Earphones Awards as well as the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2018. She has recorded over one hundred titles and has received several nominations for American Library Association's annual list of Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. She is also an accomplished singer-songwriter and voice actress. Her voice can be heard on national and international TV and radio commercials as well as several animated series and video games. She is a graduate of Columbia University.


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What is Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)?
This video provides an overview of ESD including the events that cause electrostatic discharge and the sources of it.
What is a Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) Diode?
This video provides a brief overview of transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes and why they are necessary for protecting integrated circuits.
This course will be a deep dive at solving the challenges associated with implementing system level protection in automotive USB Type-C and legacy USB applications.
TI circuit protection is designed to protect processors, transceivers, controllers and any downstream circuitry in case of transient events.
Texas Instruments' first series of short-to-battery protection solutions provide compelling, differentiated solutions for these issues.
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Learn what ESD or Electrostatic Discharge is, and how it can occur anytime, anywhere and can cause irreversible damage to our electronics.
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We have entered an age where data is becoming a highly valuable commodity. When managed effectively it can be used to provide intelligent consumer insight and predictive analysis to give a company a competitive edge, improving efficiency, safety and increasing profits on a huge scale. When it comes to forming a strategy that is driven by data, managers are faced with a decision to make over which kind of data to focus on to inform these decisions. And so, the big data vs small data debate begins.
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Featuring select fan gear from the fields of art, music and fashion, CULTURE WEAR explores the question of commodification through the lens of clothing. Generally referred to as "merch", these wearable are more than mere memorabilia. They extend the artistic practice, but at the same time act as vehicles for micro-funding and identification by small communities. The juxtaposition of these aspects – the non-commercial nature of culture and the materiality of consumption – is at the heart of CULTURE WEAR.


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Q: Can you create an ordered list wityhout list items? I have a markup that looks like this, all items are numbered based on their position. Can you create something like this automatically based on the number of items? Either with css or HTML, I know it's possible with javascript. Ideally I'd like it to write out 01.01, 01.02 etc but if it's possible to do with just one layer, that's ok too.

01. Colors

01.01 Blue

Hex: 36314C

01.07 Topics Blue

Hex: 4A455D

01.02 White

Hex: FFFFFF

01.03 Places Yellow

Hex: F4BA38

01.04 Tag Blue

Hex: 347591

01.05 Tag Blue Light

Hex: d7e2e2

01.06 Time Blue

Hex: 147562

02. Cartegory Colors

02.01 People Green

Hex: 7CB93C

02.02 Comms Pink

Hex: D53668

02.03 Photos Purple

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02.04 Event orange

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A: With CSS you actually really can order HTML elements. Not by element value thought.
See the CSS order property on W3Schools - CSS order
Below the extracted snipped from W3Schools

#main {
    width: 400px;
    height: 150px;
    border: 1px solid #c3c3c3;
    display: -webkit-flex; /* Safari */
    display: flex;
}

#main div {
    width: 70px;
    height: 70px;
}

/* Safari 6.1+ */
div#myRedDIV   {-webkit-order: 2;}
div#myBlueDIV  {-webkit-order: 4;}
div#myGreenDIV {-webkit-order: 3;}
div#myPinkDIV  {-webkit-order: 1;}

/* Standard syntax */
div#myRedDIV   {order: 2;}
div#myBlueDIV  {order: 4;}
div#myGreenDIV {order: 3;}
div#myPinkDIV  {order: 1;}

Note: Internet Explorer 10 and earlier versions do not support the order property.

Note: Safari 6.1 (and newer) supports an alternative, the -webkit-order property.

A: Similair to an ordered list, the numbers I want to add is not a part of the content, and I need to move the content around and want the content to follow. Here is my solution:
body {
    counter-reset: section;
}

.profile__section__header::before{
    counter-increment: section;
    content: counter(section, decimal-leading-zero) ". ";
}

.profile__subsection__header::before{
    counter-increment: subsection;
    content: counter(section, decimal-leading-zero) "." counter(subsection, decimal-leading-zero) " ";
}

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Nigeria Govt, declares Public Holidays for Workers' Day, Eidul Fitr celebrations
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday and Tuesday as Public Holidays to mark this year's Workers' Day and Eidul-Fitr celebrations.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday.
Aregbesola commended workers for their hard work, diligence and sacrifice, noting that their efforts are largely responsible for the greatness of the country and the respect Nigeria now commands in the comity of nations.
According to the Minister, "Labour is the very essence of humanity. We are alive because we work and only the dead is incapable of working."
He urged workers to raise the bar of their trade in line with President Muhammadu Buhari-led's administration's drive to rev up the vehicle of governance and make all the people of Nigeria derive maximum benefit from the nation.
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The Minister also congratulated all Muslims for the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan.
Aregbesola called on all Muslims to imbibe and practice the virtues of kindness, love, tolerance, peace, self-denial, sacrifice and good neighbourliness, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him).
"The self-restraint, self-denial, sacrifice and deep spiritual consciousness that accompanied the fasting period should not end but be maintained and improved upon, in order to be a better person and true worshipper," the minister said.
The minister expressed confidence that the security challenges in some parts of the country will soon be a thing of the past, noting that the government is putting determined efforts and all necessary measures in place for Nigerians to enjoy unfettered peace all around.
He urged Nigerians to be part of the nation's security architecture by being vigilant and reporting suspicious individuals and activities to law enforcement agencies nearest to them, noting that security is everybody's responsibility.
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Congressional Democrats stood with port truck drivers and labor representatives while revealing two bills aimed at addressing pollution and working conditions at the nation's ports Thursday. Screenshot of Facebook Live video posted by Good Jobs Nation.
In an early morning press conference at the nation's capital on Thursday Democratic lawmakers introduced two bills aimed at curbing employment abuse of the nation's port truck drivers as well as curbing pollution levels.
United States House of Representatives Grace Napolitano (CA) and Jerrold Nadler (NY) stood with drivers from ports around the country including the complex shared by Los Angeles and Long Beach to introduce the legislation. Nadler's "Clean Ports Act of 2017" seeks to curb emissions that affect drivers and those communities adjacent to the nation's port complexes while Napolitano's "Port Driver's Bill of Rights Act of 2017" aims to end wage theft of port drivers by establishing a task force to investigate and police bad actors.
If the truck driver bill of rights can gain bipartisan support it could ban exploitative lease-to-own models and block companies from classifying workers as independent contractors while guaranteeing them basic state and federal labor protections. Both were constant themes during Long Beach elected leaders' deliberations on minimum wage policies but no action has been taken to address those conditions at the port.
Lowenthal praised the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles for taking "historic" steps to curb pollution through their Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP)—the ports are in the process of updating that document with a finalized version scheduled for a possible vote November 2—but said that the reductions in emissions that have resulted have also come at a cost to workers.
The clean truck program adopted in the 2007 CAAP has resulted in dramatic decreases in port pollution caused by the trucks that transport goods to and from the docks, but it also introduced what Lowenthal characterized as "punitive" leasing programs where drivers in some cases are forced to pay for the trucks they use to work, often resulting in little to no earnings after logging a full week's worth of hours. He said the bills were common sense.
In the 2017 CAAP, the port complexes are pushing for even cleaner vehicle standards with a goal of zero emission trucks by 2035. A yet-to-be-determined fine schedule will be imposed on companies who are non-compliant with the outlined goals for near-zero and zero-emissions.
The costs to upgrade trucks that are still within their lifespan and the fees for not replacing them within the allotted timelines are again feared to be poised to be passed onto drivers. In a revised version of the CAAP released this week, some language has been added to protect drivers and the port complexes will look into funding sources that can help offset the purchase of new vehicles.
Fred Potter, vice president of Teamsters International, said that not enough has been done to protect drivers up to this point.
Potter was on hand at a series of strikes at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in June where drivers blocked entry ways into shipping yards as they demanded to be classified as employees and called for an end to wage theft.
The strikes came on the heels of an investigative report released by USA Today detailing how truck companies at California ports and beyond have skirted employee labor laws and drained workers of their earnings by making them pay to drive the trucks they need to work. It revealed that court decisions totaling over $40 million in backpay for drivers have been awarded by the California Labor Commissioner alone.
Thursday, USA Today released part three of that series detailing the lengths to which companies have gone to avoid paying employees hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements in some cases when they are found to have committed wage theft.
Daniel Aneseko "Seko" Uaina, a Long Beach driver who works for Intermodal Bridge Transport, said that justice needs to be served and that the nation's port truck drivers cannot bear the burden for truck companies any longer. In an interview with the Post in June, Seko said that an estimated $1,200 a month is deducted from his pay for the "lease-to-own" model that he's under contract with. He's lost any hope of ever owning the truck that he pays to drive everyday.


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Q: Migrate from Encryption trait to Laravel model $cast I'm trying to migrate the following trait that I used to encrypt certain columns in my DB to the native Laravel 9 encrypted cast.
The problem I'm getting is that, although it works great for new values, for existing values I'm getting some extra values.
So instead of getting a clean value after decryption:
Harry Potter

I'm getting the following:
s:23:"Harry Potter";

And I'm not sure what's the best way to proceed? I was thinking about looping through all the values and applying some RegEx, but it's crazy, I have a lot of columns and values by now.

A: Assuming you don't already have mixed encrypted values with the two different methods :
One solution could be to comment the encryptable attribute in your models(the one of the custom trait) then write code that re-saves all your models that have encrypted values (this should save the columns decrypted).
At this point you'd remove the custom trait from your project and add the Laravel 9 encrypted cast in your models and write code to re-save everything.

A: You should run a migration to encrypt the values. For example:
<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;

class EncryptUserEmailInUsersTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        DB::table('users')->where('user_email', '!=', null)
            ->select(['id','user_email'])
            ->get()
            ->each(function($z) {
                DB::table('users')->where('id', $z->id)
                    ->update([
                        'user_email' => Crypt::encryptString($z->user_email)
                    ]);
            });
    }
}


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Requests responded to during December 2014
Service: Communities & Employment
FOI02378 How many theatres and arts centres are in your area? Could you please also email me their names. 29/12/2014 23/12/2014 Information supplied
Service: Customer and Financial Support
FOI02336 Details of the credits held on your records for ratepayers in respect of payment of Business Rates. 02/12/2014 01/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02340 A list of all live business rates accounts with a 2010 list Rateable Value greater than or equal to £25,000. 04/12/2014 01/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02348 An up to date list of companies and also charities that have become liable for the business rates in your council area between the 1st Nov-15th Nov 2014. 08/12/2014 01/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02352 Name of ratepayer. Address of property. VOA Billing Authority Reference Number (BA reference).2010 rating list rateable value. Type of relief granted i e none, Mandatory, Discretional, Empty property, SBRR etc. Occupancy date for current ratepayer. Local Authority Account Number. 09/12/2014 01/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02359 List of all Commercial properties and their addresses. 12/12/2014 01/12/2014 information supplied
FOI02363 A list of un presented (i.e. un cashed) cheques and unsuccessful BACS transfers pertaining to Business Rates re-funds (NNDR), where they haven't subsequently been refunded successfully. For the avoidance of doubt, this would include a) all cheques which have been issued and haven't yet expired, and b) expired refunds which have been written back on to the ratepayer's NNDR account 15/12/2014 15/12/2014 partial disclosure.
FOI02373 An up to date list of companies and charities that have become liable for the non domestic rates between the 15th November 2014 to the 30th November 2014. Can you include the business name, address and postcode, and date that they became responsible for it please and also property type. I am requesting this information under the freedom of information act. 22/12/2014 02/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02382 All properties within your Billing Authority area where there is a credit currently held on the account. 30/12/2014 01/12/2014 information supplied
FOI02385 list of business addresses and their occupiers with rateable values between £2,000 and £12,000 that are NOT in receipt of small business rate relief. 31/12/2014 16/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02387 A list of all 'closed' or 'ended' Council Tax accounts with credits (overpaid Council tax) from 1993 to 2014 (or from earliest records that exist) where the liable party in question is now deceased. 31/12/2014 29/12/2014 Part disclosure - section 31, 40 and 41
FOI02389 In cases of taxpayers with council tax arrears, how many times has the council has applied for: 1. Charging orders 2. Bankruptcy orders This data broken down by tax years (1 April - 31 March) for each of the last five years (end date 31 March 2014). 02/01/2015 16/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02392 ratepayers in the past 6 months who are now currently (i.e. the debt has not yet been recovered) involved in recovery action for unpaid business rates, information requested only relates to Limited companies :-- Ratepayer Name - Property Address - Property Reference Number - Rateable Value- Recovery action taking place - Amount in arrears - date recovery action began 07/01/2015 16/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02393 Ratepayer and the Rates payable for the financial year 1995/96, including any transitional relief or surcharge, for the hereditament below. •PARKER BATH DEVELOPMENTS, QUEENSWAY, NEW MILTON, HANTS - BA Reference: 684621700 08/01/2015 15/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02394 Ratepayer and the Rates payable for the financial year 1995/96, including any transitional relief or surcharge, for the hereditament below. • UNIT 16, QUEENSWAY, NEW MILTON, HANTS - BA Reference: 684221608 08/01/2015 15/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02396 Various questions re the collection of council tax arrears and the impact of council tax collection policies on children. 09/01/2015 22/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02403 An up to date list of companies that have become liable for the non domestic rates between the 1st Dec 2014 to the 15th December 2014. Please give me the business name/company responsible, address, date of liability and type of property 12/01/2015 18/12/2014 information supplied
FOI02405 provide on one spreadsheet (if possible) the following information in relation to ratepayers in your area : (a) Addresses of all hereditaments in the area(b) The ratepayer of the property (if a LTD company)(c) The property reference for the addresses (d) Any relief the property is currently receiving including, but not limited to : mandatory, discretionary, small business rates relief, empty rates relief etc (e) The current rateable value of the property (f) The date the current ratepayer to 14/01/2015 18/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02410 (a)List all Commercial properties and their addresses (b) The names and addresses of the Rate payers referred to above for each property and their correspondence address (if different from the property address) (c) The billing authority reference for each property (d) The current liability payable for the year 2014/15. (e) The date the rateable occupier first became liable for the business rates 14/01/2015 18/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02412 The Ratepayer name and periods of any empty rate charges where the billing authority have levied a rates charge following the expiry of the initial 3 months empty exemption since 1st April 2005, for the hereditament below. AREA C1, NORTH ROAD, MARCHWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, MARCHWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 4BL - BA Reference: 232920002AREA C2, EAST ROAD, MARCHWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, MARCHWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 4BP - BA Reference: 232920163AREA E1, EAST ROAD, MARCHWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK 16/01/2015 17/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02418 All commercial properties within your billing authority, currently RECEIVING any types of business rates relief. 21/01/2015 22/12/2014 Information provided
Service: Environment Services
FOI02377 Information detailing the organisation's vehicle, leasing and maintenance contracts. I'm aware that not all organisations will have this particular contract but can you please send the information with regards to these contracts. Contract Type: Maintenance, Leased, Hire. 29/12/2014 23/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02379 How may public toilets do you have in the local authority area, either under direct control of the council or contracted out, (a) right now and (b) in May 2010. 29/12/2014 01/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02408 A list of the following all from the 01/01/14 to 12/12/14: Vehicle Purchases; In order of TOTAL spend, Where they were purchased from (which company (branch where applicable/available)) Top 10 Parts/Repairs/Maintenance Purchases; In order of TOTAL spend, Where they were purchased from (which company (branch where applicable/available)) Top 30 Vehicle Hires (external); In order of TOTAL spend, Where they were hired from (which company (branch where applicable/available)) Top 10 14/01/2015 30/12/2014 Information supplied
Service: Executive Management Team
FOI02342 How much did you spend in each of the last four financial years (2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14) and have you budgeted for the current financial year (2014/15) on each of the following: (a) Consultants (b) Agency staff (c) Street cleaning (d) Children's services (e) Child protection/ safeguarding 08/12/2014 02/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02370 1.Does the leader of the council and or mayor send out official, (provided by the local authority) Christmas cards to following groups: a) residents? b) council staff? c) voluntary groups, LEA teachers, charities and members of the council?2. If the answer is yes to any or all of the groups above, please could you provide me details of the message on the card, i.e. "seasons greetings"? 22/12/2014 17/12/2014 Information provided
Service: Housing
FOI02360 Ex offenders and B&Bs 11/12/2014 09/12/2014 Information partly held and provided
FOI02362 Which Asset Management Software is used within the council, in regards to your housing stock? Which Housing Management Software is used within the Council? If the above are on a contractual basis, when is the software up for renewal? 15/12/2014 25/11/2014 Information provided
FOI02375 The number of local authority-commissioned refuge places in your local authority area in each of the following financial years: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14. The total number of refuge accommodation places available at any one time (whether commissioned by the local authority or funded from elsewhere) in your local authority, in each of the following financial years: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14.I would prefer to receive this information electronically. 23/12/2014 16/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02383 a list of HMO licensed properties and landlord details 29/12/2014 23/12/2014 information supplied
FOI02416 1. The total number of households that are/were part of a sanctuary scheme in your area in each of the following years: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14. 2. The total number of sanctuary scheme properties affected by the spare room subsidy in your area in: 2012/13 and 2013/14. 22/01/2015 30/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02424 Please will you kindly tell me (A) how many people in total were registered as being homeless by your local authority over the last 4 years which figures are available & (B) how many were turned away each year? 26/01/2015 30/12/2014 Information supplied
Service: Human Resources
FOI02366 Following data for each of the last five years. 1.The average number of employees within your organisation 2.The total number of sickness days reported by all your employees 3.The total number of sickness days which have been classified as due to either stress, anxiety, depression or any combination thereof.Can you then provide the same information but limited to staff whose employment is specifically Information Technology related. 18/12/2014 11/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02374 number of FTE staff employed by the organisation. number of staff members who paid trade union subscriptions via payroll, to each of the following trade unions, in October 2014:Unite; Unison; and GMB. In relation to the industrial action that took place in October 2014.number of members that each of the unions stated paid their trade union membership fees by direct debit in their letter notifying you of the members they would be balloting for industrial action. 23/12/2014 11/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02397 for each financial year from 2010/2011 to 2014/2015: 1. How many people your council hired on a consultancy basis who were previously directly employed by your local authority on a salary of £70,000 or more in the last 12 months. How much your council spends annually on agency staff - for each year mentioned above. How many people your council has employed directly earning £70,000 or more who were made redundant (including those who took voluntary redundancy or left by mutual agreement) 09/01/2015 23/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02404 I would like to know if you outsource/purchase or use external recruitment or staffing services .If yes, list by any category which recruitment or staffing services are outsourced/purchased or provided externally. 12/01/2015 23/12/2014 Information provided
Service: ICT Services
FOI02338 Information concerning any IT server, storage and maintenance support contracts (including any care packs) 04/12/2014 02/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02349 Details of IT disposal for redundant IT equipment 10/12/2014 11/12/2014 Information provided
Service: Legal & Democratic
FOI02337 1) How many Council employees have the power to authorise the use of RIPA, and what is their designated grade? 2) How many times had RIPA powers been used in the years i) April 2012- March 2013 ii) April 2013 - March 2014 iii) 2014 to date of this request. On what dates were the requests made and by whom (for example which departments)? 3) For what purposes was RIPA used, what type of investigation was being undertaken?Please provide details for the years requested. 04/12/2014 01/12/2014 Information supplied
Service: Leisure Services
FOI02361 During the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14. What was the council's budget for sport and fitness facilities, including public leisure centres? For the maintenance of parks and public play areas? How many public leisure centres were owned by the council? How many were maintained by the council? How many public swimming pools were owned by the council? 15/12/2014 17/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02398 Relating to residents with SEN who are 16+ and moving to further education I would like to know about the Council's capacity, use and spending on F.E places for young people with Autism and learning difficulties, who present challenging behaviour. 09/01/2015 12/12/2014 Info not held.
FOI02400 How much the council spent on the following services for the financial years 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, and has budgeted for 2014-15. 1. Sexual violence and domestic violence in total2. Broken down into specialist violence against women services 12/01/2015 12/12/2014 Info not held.
FOI02421 1)If you fund weight management programmes for children? 2)If you do tender these services, (a) how much money do you provide and (b) how many children are the services intended to cater for? 20/01/2015 23/12/2014 Info not held
FOI02422 Volume- number of people in your Local Authority who are recorded as being diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis [MG] (where possible, please break down by Age and Gender) 27/01/2015 29/12/2014 Info not held.
Service: Planning & Transportation
FOI02353 1. (a) How many dwellings (houses/flats) have been built in the district in each of the last 15 years from 1999, or for as many years you are able to provide the information for, and the figures for the current year (2014)? (b) Also a breakdown of the figures (if available) between Private and Affordable Local Housing? (a) How many of these dwellings (houses/flats) built in question 1 were subject to a Section 106 order 11/12/2014 27/11/2014 Information provided
FOI02358 1)How many new homes is the council aiming to build under its current local plan - what year does that local plan go up to? 2)How many of those is the council aiming to be "affordable"? How many social housing? 3)How many new homes, in total, have applications been submitted for, each year, since 2010? 4)How many of those each year in 3) have been approved? 5)Of those in 4, how many have so far been built or has building work begun on? 11/12/2014 08/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02367 1. On how many occasions have you refused planning permission for housing developments in the past two years that have resulted in planning appeals? 2. How many of these appeals have you lost? 3. What were the dates of the appeal hearings, the site and size of each proposed development, and the name of the developer? 4. What costs, if any, were awarded against the council in each case? 19/12/2014 17/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02369 1.How many applications have you received for the conversion of office space into residential accommodation since May 2013 ancillary to the exercising of the permitted development right?2.How many applications have been approved for the conversion of office space into residential accommodation since May 2013 ancillary to the exercising of the permitted development right?3What is the total loss of both (a) units and (b) square foot of such office space to date? 22/12/2014 17/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02372 All planning files relating to the site known as HYDI Fawley Road Hythe SO45 3NJ including relating to any pre-applications, planning applications and informal discussions between all interested parties and NFDC since 29 September 2014 to date. 19/12/2014 16/12/2014 Information provided. Information being made available to view
FOI02386 How much your council spent in pounds sterling on subsidising local bus services in the following financial years: 2009/10 (actual) 2010/11 (actual) 2011/12 (actual) 2012/13 (actual) 2013/14 (actual) 2014/15 (budgeted) 31/12/2014 03/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02401 View original records re the working file(s) for policy HYD1 - land at Forest Lodge Farm, Fawley Road, Hythe. To include any informal and formal pre-application notes of discussions and or meetings already held, or being planned between the Council officers and the potential developer, together with any other parties involved. 12/01/2015 16/12/2014 Information provided. Available to view
Service: Property Services
FOI02371 Do you employ a direct labour organisation for building maintenance? 2. Do you have a direct labour organisation that maintains the authority's buildings outside of social housing? 3. Do you have a direct labour organisation that maintains highways within the local authority? 4. Do you have a direct labour organisation that maintains parks and grounds within the local authority? 19/12/2014 16/12/2014 Information provided
Service: Public Health & Community Safety
FOI02344 A copy of Abatement Notice served to a business by the Council and related information. 08/12/2014 28/11/2014 Partial disclosure - section 40
FOI02368 How many staff are employed in pest control by the council or through contractors? What is the average time between a pest being reported and the case being closed? How much was spent on pest control by your local authority in the last full financial year (2013/14) and in each financial year since and including 2009/10? 21/01/2015 18/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02381 1. How many DWAA (Dangerous Wild Animal Act) licenses are currently issued in your area? 2. For what species where the licences obtained and how many of each species? 30/12/2014 01/12/2014 Information supplied
FOI02384 A list of licensed tattoo studios with names, postcodes and the name of the license holder/s of the tattoo studios currently listed within your borough. 30/12/2014 04/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02395 Provide details of all current licences issued under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. For each licence, list all the species and the number of individual animals covered. In each case, we will require as much information as possible to enable the species to be identified. Note that we do not require personal information such as names of licensees, addresses etc. 08/01/2015 11/12/2014 Information provided
FOI02415 Farm animal welfare law enforcement and inspections 2013 19/01/2015 19/12/2014 Info not held