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REPORT: Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Professors Tackle Brexit
By Hunter PricePosted on February 19, 2019 July 22, 2019
EU and UK flags fly during a pro-EU march in front of the British Parliament in London. Photo Credit: Peter Nicholls/Reuters
By Hunter Price, Reporter
Between votes of no confidence, customs unions, backstops, and more, the Brexit saga engulfing the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) is difficult to untangle. On January 31, 2019 at the Mortara Center for International Studies, professors from Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University met to do just that, as well as predict how events may unfold with the UK's March 29 deadline to leave the EU fast approaching. The talk was aptly titled "In the News – Brexit."
The panel included Ambassador John Heffern of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Dr. Matthias Matthijs, an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and Professors Kathleen McNamara and Abraham Newman, both from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. Each panelist conveyed his or her impressions of the situation before opening the floor to questions from the audience.
Ambassador Heffern reflected on the fundamentals of the transatlantic relationship and how the EU and UK fit into that, drawing on his experience as a senior State Department official focusing on Europe during the Brexit vote. The U.S. has historically sought to promote a strong North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and a strong EU, he said. He also reinforced the notion of the EU as the American "partner of first resort," backing the US position on issues like Venezuela and Syrian chemical weapons usage. It is against this backdrop that the UK is attempting to leave the EU.
Dr. Matthijs dug deeper into the UK's internal struggles. Much like the intense party rivalry in the U.S., the two main political parties in the UK, Labor and Conservative, are completely divided on this issue, said Matthijs. Indeed, he argued that the intensity of the Brexit debate surpasses all prior disagreements over European identity. And the March 29th deadline represents the "grand finale" of a referendum campaign defined by false promises and misinformation, as confusion over terms like Single Market and Customs Union created uncertainty over the final shape of Brexit. Lastly, Matthijs described the "unholy trinity" of promises Prime Minister Theresa May has made to her party, the EU, Ireland, and North Ireland that the UK would leave the Single Market and Customs Union, that no hard border between the UK and North Ireland would emerge, and that no hard border between Ireland and North Ireland would emerge. This trio of promises is not possible to fulfill and, consequently, Dr. Matthijs felt the UK would crash out of the EU on March 29th and face perils at home before quickly returning to the negotiating table.
Expanding the scope to international politics, Professor Newman highlighted Brexit's relationship to the current argument over globalization currently roiling countries throughout the world. The chaos surrounding Brexit demonstrates the difficulty of unwinding globalization, as states like the UK increasingly depend on other states for day-to-day functions. But the growing backlash over supranational institutions and governance, "is making us revisit a question we are not really ready to answer," according to Newman. The U.S. is not in a position to solve the issue, as it, too, is undergoing intense transformations. The paralysis over the Brexit issue within the UK, says Newman, has brought the country to a standstill for nearly a half decade, and it is in the interest of the U.S. and the EU's to facilitate any transition as quickly as possible.
Professor McNamara bluntly described the situation as a consequence of the British leadership's inability to reach a decision on how to proceed. The parties can only build support around kicking the can down the road and extending negotiations. In questioning how the UK got to this point, McNamara blamed the Conservative Party elite's opportunism. She described the EU's ability to keep all of its members aligned as surprising and suggested that Brexit has demonstrated that international organizations like the EU should be seen not as a collection of treaties from which one can withdraw but as a vast legal framework based on a set of institutionalized commitments. While the EU has taken a degree of sovereignty from its constituent members, it has also provided them a way to navigate an increasingly globalized world and wield greater influence. The issues in the UK that led to Brexit, though, cannot be fixed by a second referendum, and McNamara predicted that a no-deal Brexit is very possible due to the level of disagreement between party leaders.
In Q&A, one audience member raised the question of whether the 2016 referendum was inevitable. In Dr. Matthijs' opinion, the vote was unavoidable, which is why former UK Prime Minister David Cameron made it a core component of his party's election campaign. His miscalculation was on the outcome. Professor Newman highlighted that British politicians sought short-term protection by caving to their parties' fringes. However, he did not feel this approach was the only option, pointing to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's strategy of deflecting challenges from the right as an alternate model. Regarding the UK's post-Brexit relationship with the U.S., Professor McNamara predicted that the UK's civil servants will continue to present the same global image and that the millennial generation may even push the UK back into the EU. Ambassador Heffern also expressed the opinion that the UK will remain an honest friend of the U.S. At the same time, Professor Newman cautioned that the UK will emerge weaker and increasingly desperate to retain its position in the international sphere, perhaps making it willing to take less-than-optimal deals.
Overall, the participants expressed a dour view of the United Kingdom's handling of what has become the defining issue of the past decade for the country. There was plenty of blame to share between the UK's two parties and the leadership of Prime Minister May. There is also frustration over the American inability to contribute productively to the UK's exit. The solidarity between EU members represents a small silver lining to this debacle, but to see one of the major member states of the institution withdraw represents perhaps the most serious internal threat to the Western, post-WWII global order yet.
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Deez Beats Releases "The Lost Scrolls"
Deez Beatz "Da Wizard" has been working hard on his beats as of late and it shows. He recently released another album titled, "The Lost Scrolls". Featuring 15 tracks, this album has enough sounds to satisfy any rapper looking for something dope.
"On Stealth Mode" has a solid low-end along with some banging drums. The snare has a nice handclap on it that makes you want to nod your head, and it's what really keeps the beat moving along. The synth work sounds great and isn't too strong, leaving plenty of room for possible vocals.
On "We Gotta Keep It Real", he brings in an epic-sounding beat with tubular bells and rolling hi-hats. I can easily hear a rapper over this beat. What I really like is how he morphs and filters the synth, rather than just have it the same throughout.
"I'm Going Deep" is most likely a beat for a rapper to brag about his sexual exploitations, since there's some moaning floating through the beat. But it's a dope beat. The drums are very well done because it's not just a straight up drum pattern. Instead, he plays with the kick, snare and hat, giving the beat some nice flavor.
"Point Of No Return" hits hard. The bassline is what obviously carries this beat because it's so in-your-face to the point where it's almost ridiculous. I'm just picturing someone driving around with this beat bumping, shaking everything in sight and reducing it to rubble.
"Time After Time" is a beat I can see being a popular one, mainly because of the vocal snippet used. Laid back drums, rolling hats and repetitive synths all fit the bill.
Another really dope beat is "Robbin' Hoods" which is probably my favorite. I think it's because the drums are tight and even though there's random sounds floating around, he manages to keep it somewhat minimal. Definitely one to check.
The last track titled "The Masquerade" has some really nice synth work but it would have be brought down a few decibels to make room for a vocal track. The vocal snippets he uses would have to be treated a bit the same as well.
I like this. Deez Beatz manages to create some Trap beats that will easily fit with most rappers today looking for beats. If you're not sure, check out the entire album on his Bandcamp page, which also shows his entire discography.
Congrats Deez Beats on your release!
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See UPDATES below and followup items about doctors' views and about the Canadian approach.
From my days as a school kid I remember the original debate over creating Medicare. At the time, my dad -- a small-town doctor and at that stage a conservative -- was, like most doctors and the AMA as a whole, strongly against the plan, as a step toward "socialized medicine." After all, when his patients couldn't pay, he found ways to reduce or forgive their fees. The opposing argument, which in the long run convinced nearly everyone (including the AMA, and my father) was that leaving older people exposed to the threat of open-ended and potentially ruinous medical expenses, or dependent on individual doctors' charity, was harmful all around.
Controlling the open-endedness of medical spending is of course a major public and private challenge. To repeat: "bending the curve" of health-care expenses is absolutely necessary. But until recently it had been taken as settled wisdom, on both policy and political grounds, that insuring people against the risk of complete financial ruin from late-in-life medical expenses left everyone better off. Old people, their families, doctors and the medical system too. Our health care system is out-of-control and unsustainable in countless ways. But very rarely has anyone argued that removing universal coverage for older people would make things better rather than worse.
>>Here's the real argument young and middle-aged people need to hear, and the real reason why the "more skin in the game" argument can never work for seniors or other vulnerable populations, including them when they reach that age. Seniors and the poor account for over half of health care spending. Within those groups, 5 percent of the population accounts for 50 percent of health care costs; and 20 percent of the population accounts for about 80 percent. These costs come for the most part at times when economic incentives have no influence at all on medical decision-making: in medical crises; in treating chronic conditions; and, for most Medicare patients, in the last six months of life.
Here's a bit of real world evidence supporting that view: Why is the savings rate so unbelievably high in China -- as much as 50 percent of the GDP? There are many reasons, crucially including exchange-rate policy. But a very powerful individual motivator is each family's knowledge that there is no Medicare-like system for their older members. Health care is on cash-payment basis there, and so every family must save like crazy against the risk that the parents or grandparents will require very expensive late-in-life care. More savings would be good for America, but that's not the right way to induce them. It's hard to believe that the Republicans will seriously embrace a plan to undo Medicare.
UPDATE: Two points I thought of making, but skipped, earlier today.
1) If one major goal is containing overall health spending, it is flat-out delusional to think that older people, in their role as patients or individual purchasers of insurance policies, can be more effective negotiators than Medicare in its entirety dealing with the health system as a whole.
Doctors gripe about Medicare, but they hardly love the private insurers. And every bit of real-world evidence suggests that private insurers are worse at containing total costs, and of course administrative overhead, than Medicare or especially the VA. I won't give all the details now, but Phillip Longman on the VA is a great place to start. Moreover, the people shopping for insurance will be in a terrible position: older, retired, many or most with preexisting conditions. In short, if you want to "bend the curve" of medical spending, this is exactly the wrong way to do it.
2) If another major goal is reducing the non-purely-economic costs and anxiety of disease and treatment, then this is also a terrible idea. It means that, potentially, every older person, plus his or her family, must factor in a risk they're not now exposed to: the "what if??" of absolutely ruinous medical costs.
In short: the overall economic price tag for medical care is likely to go up under this plan; and the number of people who will have to live with worry about ruinous medical bills will be much greater. This is part of the reason why, until very recently, no "serious" person proposed getting rid of Medicare.


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Climate fiction is a vital tool for producing better planetary futures
The Lancet Planetary Health, January 2021
Given that readers will find themselves currently in the middle of a pandemic, an ongoing climate emergency, and a global economic recession, they might be forgiven for wanting to kick back with a book on the lighter side. Yet across the world, audiences are instead opting to wade deeper into the darkness. It seems counterintuitive that, in an era when the novel seems especially designed for escapist purposes, climate fiction has seen a steep rise in engagement, even as it deals directly with one of the most threatening prospects at this moment in history: the end of life as we know it. Yet fiction's ability to hold a mirror to our collective fears and triumphs in equal measure makes it the ideal instrument for productively grappling with the dizzying possibilities of humans' impact on the place we, for now, call home.
Interview with Joycelyn Longdon: Challenging Colonial Climate Futures
Aligned Magazine, October 2020
AI is a hugely powerful instrument emerging in the climate space, allowing us to make deeply complex predictions about future climate events and more accurately ascertain the biggest problems facing our planet as it warms. Yet these advanced forms of prophecy point directly to events which many Indigenous groups have long been preparing for in a multiplicity of ways, including encouraging crop diversity to avoid pest-borne famine and making careful observations of the surrounding lands to avoid causing imbalances which may continue to snowball many generations later. Indigenous insight, steeped in interaction with and respect for the local environment, is profound. Composed of subtle truths and details that scientists and engineers easily miss, its long-term perspective stands in sharp contrast to the short-term quick fixes so highly favored by our culture of instantaneity. It's vital that we take this approach to heart if we seek to achieve planet-wide systemic change that our great-grandchildren will be able to enjoy.
The politics of time, space and the rewind
Common Ground, July 2020
The rewind doesn't just shake up time and space in the club. It has a history that reverberates across history all the way across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, where it flourished among the dance halls of 1960s Jamaica before travelling in the minds and suitcases of Jamaican immigrants to Britain. This is the origin story of soundsystem culture: born in Jamaica, homegrown in the UK, and the proud mother of drum & bass, dub, garage, grime, drill… and showing no signs of slowing its extraordinary birth rate.
The A-Z of climate change
Gallery, December 2019
Climate change is big. So big, in fact, that sometimes it can be hard to grasp. Hearing stories of floods and heatwaves far removed from our little island inspire feelings of pity and powerlessness against a problem too large to be handled in the abstract.
It's time to bring it home, and take a closer look at the everyday things that climate change is threatening. This A-Z is a wakeup call of what we and our children stand to lose if we don't get off our collective a**es and take action...
Solastalgia: why so many of us have it
The Mind Map, November 2019
The concept of 'home' is difficult to define. For some people, it's another person; for others, it's an indefinable feeling. But all of us have places that we call home, whether they're imbued with childhood familiarity or borne of new attachments made later in our lives.
That connection to a familiar environment brings with it community, identity and comfort – and a sense of permanence, reassuring us that whatever may change in our own lives, home will still be there to welcome us back. But our homes are changing, and the damage it's doing to our collective psyche is profound...
In the land of the rising sun, climate efforts are falling behind
Uneven Earth, August 2019
At the beginning of the millennium, faced with a capital city susceptible to cataclysmic flooding, the Japanese government poured millions of dollars into the creation of Tokyo's Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the largest underground water diversion system in the world that can divert the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool into the Edo River every two seconds.
But even with the support of the Channel's miles of tunnels, Tokyo today—not in some distant climate future, but right now—still faces the prospect of a flood severe enough to require the immediate evacuation of up to 1.78 million people...
This summer, go to Goto
Metropolis Japan, March 2019
If you prefer beaches and stars to people and cars, then welcome to Goto: you've come to the right place. Scattered off Nagasaki's coastline, the historic archipelago's five islands proffer the kind of local charm that'll transport you far from any kind of madding crowd.
First things first: to get the most out of an island that's surprisingly hilly for its size, it's recommended to rent a car. As for staying the night, my top pick is Utojuku Hostel for its comfortable beds and clean facilities, but more particularly, for its double life as a futon shop by day and buzzing bar by night. Say hi to the owner's dog, Chikuwa...
'Off the edge' island ideal to discover Japan
The Japan News, February 2019
I often wonder how many other JET participants, before leaving for Japan, sat through a large number of conversations that went like this: No, I've never been to Japan before. No, I don't speak a word of Japanese. Yes, I'll be living in the middle of nowhere. Yes, I'm sure everything will be fine. I also wonder how many of us started to get indignant after the third or fourth repetition. After all, I was selling myself short; I knew over 10 Japanese words, all to do with food. I figured that would get me by just fine.
My questioners had a point, though: Naru Island might well be the spiritual home of the phrase "the middle of nowhere." Nestled in the middle of the Goto Islands, it's home to 2,000 people, a somewhat famous church, and a significant cat population...
©2023 by Imogen Malpas.


Photo from @ShoreAthletics on Twitter.
After years of frustration at the hands of its grappling nemesis, Shore Regional's championship moment finally arrived on Friday night.
A capacity crowd witnessed history as the Blue Devils won 10 of 14 bouts to take down three-time defending champion Point Beach, 45-19, and capture the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 1 title. Jamie Mazzacco, Brendon Denovaes, Jack Maida and Matt Klemser each won by fall, Mike McGhee won by technical fall and Jack McCrae won by major decision to lead Shore to its historic first state sectional championship.
Point Beach had won three straight CJ-1 crowns and two consecutive Shore Conference Class B Central division titles heading into this season. In 2016 Shore won the division title, but Point Beach won the rematch in the sectional semifinals en route to winning its first sectional title. The Garnet Gulls beat the Blue Devils to win the division title in 2017 and repeated as sectional champs and did the same last season, including a 38-22 win in the championship match.
Point Beach struck first when Jared Kerr won by 15-2 major decision over Cody Joyce at 132 pounds, but the heart of Shore's lineup won the next four bouts to open a 15-4 lead. Junior Al DeSantis, a two-time state qualifier, won 5-2 over Jesse Bowers at 138 pounds and McGhee scored a 17-2 technical fall over Macky Liotta at 145. Ian Smith then won 5-2 over Jason Schulz at 152 and McCrae authored a 15-4 major decision over George Kaiafas at 160.
After Point Beach's hammer, junior Jason Sherlock, won by fall at 170 pounds Shore extended its lead to 27-10 thanks to pins by Mazzacco and Denovaes at 182 and 195 pounds. Point Beach's Liam Buday defeated Taylor Sousa, 3-1, at 220 pounds, but the Blue Devils would go on another run to clinch the match. Cade Torres edged Connor Smith, 3-2, at heavyweight before Maida and Klemser won by fall at 106 and 113 pounds to clinch the win. Gabe Scalise polished off the win with a 5-2 decision over Kip Lovgren at 120 pounds.
Shore began to open eyes late in December when it defeated West Deptford, 36-31. The Eagles were a returning sectional semifinalist and ended up reaching the South Jersey Group 2 final this season. Then came the regular-season win over Point Beach, 40-27, to basically locked up the division title. The biggest win came on Jan. 8 when the Blue Devils stunned Ocean, 34-33 at home, for the program's first win over a team ranked in the Shore Conference top 10. Ocean won the Central Jersey Group 3 title on Friday night. Shore went on to finish fourth at the Shore Conference Tournament, as well. Its only loss this season is to Manalapan, which reached the Central Jersey Group 5 final.
Paulsboro is the overwhelming favorite to win the Group 1 title. The Red Raiders are ranked No 2 in New Jersey and have won an incredible 31 NJSIAA Group 1 titles – all of but five of the title matches ever contested. The good news for Shore is that it is the No. 3 seed for the Group 1 tournament on Sunday at Toms River North's RWJBarnabas Health Arena and won't have to face Paulsboro in the semifinals. Instead, the Blue Devils will tangle with Kittatinny in the semifinals at 2 p.m. The Cougars have eight NJSIAA group titles to their credit but aren't a juggernaut despite upsetting Emerson-Park Ridge in the North 1, Group 1 sectional final.


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Q: Update redux state in two places with one action I am building a webshop and I´ve run in to some problems. When I click on the buy button I want three things to happen:

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*Update the sum and quantity in the redux state (shoppingcartReducer)

*Render out the sum and quantity in my shoppingCart.js
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The problem is in the shoppingcartReducer. I dont know how to update the state in two different paths on one action.
return state
            .setIn(['products', action.articleNr], addArticle(action, state))

Here I am in the 'products/articleNr' path and manipulating data, but I also wants to update the sum and quantity in './'.
So my alternatives that I thought of are maybe to have some sort of middleware thing in the shoppingcartActions but I don´t really know if this is right, nor how to do it!
I appreciate all the help, thanks!

shoppingcartReducer:
import Immutable from 'seamless-immutable'

import { addToShoppingcart, createShoppingCart } from '../actions/shoppingcartActions'

const ADD_TO_SHOPPINGCART = 'ADD_TO_SHOPPINGCART'
const CREATE_SHOPPING_CART = 'CREATE_SHOPPING_CART'

const initialState = Immutable({
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import * as shoppingcartActions from '../../actions/shoppingcartActions'

class ShoppingCart extends Component {

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function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
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}

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}

export function addToShoppingcart(product) {
    return (dispatch) => {
            dispatch( addProduct(product))
            dispatch( addSummary(product))
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Red-tiled roofs on crooked half-timbered houses. Horse carriages that clippity-clop over the cobblestone streets. Stone walls studded with 42 towers. This is Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a Medieval town that looks like it could be straight out of a movie. I imagine that the town is enchanting any time of the year, but with Christmas lights strung up, a towering Christmas tree in the Market Square, and the wooden stalls of the Rothenburg Reiterlesmarkt snaking through the narrow lanes, Rothenburg is transformed into a living Christmas card. That's why I think the Rothenburg Christmas Market is the most romantic Christmas market we've been to!
Great views of Rothenburg from the tower!
Though much, much smaller than the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt just an hour away, the Rothenburg Christmas Market has been a feature of wintertime in the town since the 15th century. That makes it the oldest Christmas market in Germany full of more than 500 years of tradition!
Yum! Franconian sausages with a squeeze of mustard.
And while the Christmas market was smaller with around 60 stalls compared the the 180 in Nuremberg, we found that it was far less crowded. What the Rothenburg Christmas Market definitely wasn't lacking was an abundance of goodies to excite any foodie. We snacked on red sausages, toasted pumpkin seeds tossed in toffee, and clenched steaming cups of the traditional white Glühwein.
Of course, we couldn't miss out on Schneebälle, the traditional dessert of the area that we saw piled high in market stalls and windows of every pastry shop in town. Strips of a special dough with plum-brandy are formed into a ball and fried and then covered with powdered sugar. Rothenburg may not have changed, but nowadays the Schneebälle come with a variety of toppings from cinnamon sugar to chocolate covered. We may have brought home three, though they didn't last long.
What makes the Rothenburg Christmas Market so romantic is being able to stroll around the stalls serenely hand-in-hand and finding a stoop to snuggle up on with a cup of Glühwein, stealing kisses between sips. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is truly a one-of-a-kind German town and one of the most charming we've had the pleasure to visit.
The Rothenburg Christmas Market is open daily from November 28 – December 23 from 11am – 7pm Sunday – Thursday and 11am – 8pm Friday and Saturday.
Rothenburg is easily reached by car from the A7 Autobahn and the Romantic Road bus travels to Rothenburg seasonally.
Frequent trains connect Rothenburg with a number of German cities. Check Rail Europe for routes.
Frankfurt Airport is 112 miles away and Munich Airport is 130 miles away.
Our trip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber was courtesy of Rothenburg Tourismus Services in order for us to bring you this story. However, Luxe Adventure Traveler maintains full editorial control of the content published on this site. As always, all thoughts, opinions, and enthusiasm for travel are entirely our own.
Love the tower gate photo….post-card perfect!
That sausage is ridiculous. You need a second bun! Rothenburg looks beautiful.
I just love those nutcrackers!
Such a belter of a walled town in Germany and well worth travelling to!
Seems like you had a pretty good time in Germany and I'm happy to hear that. I actually never heard of Rothenburg (shame on me) but it looks really pretty. Have to travel more southbound I guess.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a fairy-tale town! So "Hansel and Gretel" – we visited it some years ago in the summer. It was delightful then. It must be equally (or even more) so at Christmas.
Rothenburg is now added to my German Christmas market to-do list. The German markets are so fun and beautiful. I'm craving some schneebälle just from your description and photo — never heard of it before!
wow – loved the night photos and the "dolls". This is definitely a place to go during Christmas!
We really liked it Lori! Not nearly as crowded as Nuremberg, but very picturesque.


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Our tour leaders do not use single use plastic bottles and also encourage our customers to use their reusable water bottles. Guides are trained in the locations safe drinking water fountains and refill stations through towns and cities and will factor these into itineraries. We also encourage our customers to purchase Water-to-Go bottles, which allow their users to drink water straight from the tap.
As most of the accommodation that we use on this trip are locally owned properties, our tour leader recommends to our customers to be conscious of their water use when showering and encourages them not to have towels changed on a daily basis.
We use a public overnight train from Lviv to Kyiv on day 12, which reduces our carbon emissions and allows us the opportunity to meet more people from the local community. When in Kyiv we use the metro to explore and our tour leaders encourage our clients to do this during their free time as well.
On this trip we spend two days exploring the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Interestingly in 2015 a major scientific study found that the mammal population in the zone was thriving, despite land contamination, which was contrary to what experts had believed would be the case. The Przewalski's horse was close to extinction, but in areas around Chernobyl their population is increasing. Moose, deer, beavers, owls, brown bear, lynx and wolves have also all been spotted and appear to be prospering. The area around the power plant has inadvertently become a wildlife reserve where the animals are protected from much in the way of human interaction. There are also a number of dogs that are descended from the pets that were left behind in the Exclusion Zone after the evacuation. These stray dogs are fed by the workers at the power plant and there are also charities setup such as the Clean Futures Fund who want to help save the lives of these dogs.
As a travel company we are continually looking for ways to improve and are proud to be 'Responsible in everything we do'. Education is key, and so all staff, Tour Leaders and partnering suppliers are trained in responsible and sustainable tourism. At our Head Office, we continually strive towards a sustainable and planet-friendly working environment, including having solar panels installed and a company commitment to reducing our plastic usage.
The majority of accommodation used on this trip is locally owned. This not only provides direct employment within the hotel, but also has the effect of percolating money beyond to small businesses that supply the hotel and in this way money is spread throughout the region we visit. Other people benefit too from our visit including drivers and local guides. On this trip we use local guides in every city visited except in Kyiv, where our tour leaders conduct the tour as it is their home city.
We use tour leaders, who know the country very well and who will help to give us a unique insight into its history, customs and culture and get us that bit closer to the local people. They also ensure that our customers are aware of the cultural norms that should be observed, dress code, gestures, etc. Our tour leaders are trained by us in the importance of responsible tourism with guidance given on how they can make a difference.
Our tour leaders will make recommendations to clients to use locally owned restaurants, bars and shops. When dining in restaurants our tour leaders also offer advice about what to order based on what's in season and what has been produced locally. We also visit local markets in Kyiv and Lviv.
After the invasion of Crimea and the Ukrainian revolution in 2014, tourism to Ukraine was hit hard and is only starting to recover a few years ago; obviously our priority is always the safety of our groups and that is why we always follow UK foreign Office Travel Advice and are in constant contact with our local suppliers to ensure we know what conditions are like on the ground.
However we also strongly believe that is important that we continue to send groups to Ukraine to help support the local businesses and our local tour leaders. Ukraine is a fabulous country and the capital city, Kyiv, is full of history, stunning architecture, mouth-watering food, and it's affordable with cost of public transport, food and drinks being some of the lowest in Europe. We will also visit the unique site of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and now is the time to go. It's been over 30 years since the accident and with each passing year the site further decays and eventually it will become inaccessible. In Chernobyl our groups visit the self-settlers that live alone inside the Exclusion Zone which helps to give them companionship and much needed food supplies.
As a company we have valuable and longstanding partnerships with UK charities Toilet Twinning and Send a Cow, plus many smaller initiatives and projects around the world. We're members of the UK travel industry body AITO because we believe it's important to share our knowledge and experience, as well as learn from other operators.
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I recently recorded a Facebook Live video critiquing a new study that suggested vitamin D does not prevent bone fracture. This study was published in The Lancet in October 2018 and was clearly flawed in many ways. For those of you who did not catch my video commentary on the shortcomings of this study, I summarize them here.
I've been looking at the research on vitamin D for almost 30 years. It's been clear for quite some time that you can reduce fracture risk with vitamin D if you obtain the therapeutic level of 32 ng/mL in your blood. So why would the new study claim that vitamin D doesn't work to lower fracture risk?
They were mostly evaluating low doses of vitamin D (400–800 IU) that we know to be too low to affect fracture risk.
Many of them were too small and too short in duration to really assess the effectiveness of an intervention with vitamin D.
To be valuable, the study must document not only how much the participants took, but also whether they reached the therapeutic level. The vast majority of the studies didn't report what blood level their participants reached—so none of them can say for sure that their participants had adequate vitamin D levels, particularly since few of them assessed the starting blood levels.
In those studies that did give higher doses of vitamin D, most of the time it was supplied in a single bolus of 100,000–300,000 units — which has been shown to be ineffective. To be most effective, the vitamin D dose should be given daily and it should always be given in the form of a natural vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), not vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol).
The standard treatment for vitamin D deficiency uses 7,000 IU of vitamin D daily for 8 weeks, followed by testing of the new vitamin D level. Then the appropriate, long-term dose of vitamin D is determined. This is a dose that would provide at least a 32 ng/mL blood level of vitamin D, the minimum needed for health, with the goal of reaching an ideal range from 50–60 ng/mL.
Once vitamin D deficiency has been corrected, most individuals require 3000–4000 IU (or more) supplemental vitamin D daily to maintain an optimum blood level.
When you look at the data the study used, it's pretty clear that this recent metanalysis is serious flawed, and that the author's conclusion that vitamin D is of no use in fracture prevention is both irresponsible and harmful.
So don't be fooled — the value of vitamin D, established over many years of good research, is no different in 2018 than it was in 2008, when I first published my research review article on the subject.
Bolland MJ, Grey A, Avenell A. Effects of vitamin D supplementation on musculoskeletal health: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. Published online October 04, 2018. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(18)30265-1.
Brown SE. Vitamin D and fracture reduction: An evaluation of the existing research. Altern Med Rev. 2008;13(1): 21-33.


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Friday morning started off like any other. After my morning coffee, I took the dog for a walk around the neighborhood, both of us glad to be out on such a beautiful day. When we got back to our yard, I grabbed my camera to take a shot of the first blooms on one of my tomato vines–they'll be tomatoes in a couple of months, I thought. While I had the camera out, I snapped photos of some of the flowers blooming as well as the new fence we just had installed; its golden cedar color will fade to gray quickly, and I wanted a record of how new it looked.
The rest of the morning I spent cooking and doing sporadic cleaning. We'd made plans to go away for the weekend with a bunch of friends, and I was planning to bring a big pot of chili and a chocolate-orange cake for Saturday night's dinner. I'd gotten the chili on the stove and was eating lunch around 12:15 when the tornado siren went off. At first I ignored it, but as it continued shrieking, it started to dawn on me that maybe I should turn on the TV to see if there really could be a tornado in the area.
Every local station was broadcasting weather alerts: the storm was crossing the interstate, and its projected path went directly over my house. "Get into a closet or central hallway and cover your head with pillows and blankets," the meteorologist advised. I took one look at the black skies out the window, grabbed the phone and a few pillows, and crouched down in the hallway. I fumbled with the phone, trying to call my husband at work to tell him I'd taken cover, but just as I managed to punch in the phone number, the electricity went off, making my cordless phone useless. As the wind began roaring louder and louder, I heard a strange thing–a knocking on my back door. At first I wasn't sure what it was, but it came again, an insistent knocking on the door farthest from where I was huddled. The wind was pounding at the windows and I was hesitant to leave my nest of pillows, but I thought that a neighbor might be in trouble so I ran to the door.
I called out "Who is it?" but the storm was too loud for me to hear if there was a response, so I opened the door to find a woman I didn't know standing in my carport. She'd been driving down the street, she said, on her way to her child's preschool, when a huge pine tree fell in front of her car. She'd pulled into the closest side street and then realizing that her car was not a safe place to be, she'd knocked on a stranger's door–my door– seeking refuge. I told her to come in and apologizing for the messiness of my house (that Southern hospitality thing is ingrained!) led her to the hallway in the middle of the house to wait out the storm. As the wind shrieked and hail pelted the front doors and windows, we talked nervously about the storm and our children, and when I mentioned E's name, an uncommon one, my visitor realized that we weren't such strangers, that her daughter and E had taken dance lessons together a few years ago. I'm sure she felt better that the stranger whose messy house she'd entered wasn't such a stranger after all.
The storm lasted maybe 10 minutes. Once the threat was past, my guest went on her way, eager to get to the preschool to check on her child, and I went outside to assess the damage: an apple tree uprooted in our backyard and a pine tree broken about a quarter of the way up, the top having smashed through our new fence and into our neighbor's yard. Shingles from the front of our roof were now in our back yard, but other than that, our house looked fine. Across the main street from us, however, it was a different story. Pine and oak trees criss-crossed the street, their tops and trunks piercing the roofs of houses and crushing cars; it looked like a giant had played a game of pick-up sticks with them. All I could think was that if my surprise visitor had turned right rather than left onto my street, she and her car would have been under one of those trees.
The rest of the afternoon is a blur. Neighbors gathered outside to compare damages and commiserate. D and I canceled our plans to go away for the weekend and began cleaning up the yard. Late in the afternoon, we took a walk, trying to navigate the same route I'd walked with the dog that morning, but downed trees made the streets impassible. Most of the houses we passed had severe damage; one had been hit by three different trees, each of them about 2 feet in diameter, evenly spaced so that no part of the roof remained intact.
It's been four days now, and fallen trees and power lines still block some of the streets in my neighborhood. Our electricity was turned back on this morning, but after 4 days of making cold sandwiches and reheating chili on our camp stove, I'm not sure how quickly I'll be able to make the transition from emergency cooking to food blogging. Perhaps if I were a more creative cook I'd be able to whip up some wonderful concoction from the thawed contents of my freezer, but I just don't have it in me. I'll get my bearings soon, I'm sure, but for now I'm just riding the waves of mixed emotions, grateful to be safe but dismayed at how quickly the landscape around us can change.
Gerbera Daisy After the Storm–Like us, wet and grimy but still standing.
Bent but not broken, the tomato plant still has two flowers.


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Introduction to library supervision and management; Overview of library management theory; Organisational climate and culture and managing change; Total quality management; Roles of the supervisor and manager. Part 1 General functions of management: Objectives and policy development; Planning; Organising human resources; Evaluation. Part 2 Supervisory skills: Communication; Leading; Decision-making and problem solving; Team development and maintenance; Conflict resolution. Part 3 Human resources management: Introduction to human resources management; Job analysis, design and description; Recruitment and selection; Staff development; Personal and interpersonal skills. Part 4 Financial management: Financial management.
Australian Library Supervision and Management is aimed at both students and practitioners at supervisory to middle management levels. It introduces management theory, but much of the theory is woven through the text, which emphasises practical issues and perspectives. Topics given special attention include skills required to implement and support participative management, team management, leadership, self management, change management, strategic planning, job design, performance measurement, negotiation and conflict resolution.
The first edition of this book, published in 1995, was the first comprehensive text on the management of libraries written for the Australasian librarian and student. Reviews of the first edition considered it a "a valuable contribution to the literature" (Australian Library Journal). Such has been the demand for this book, especially from students of library and information management, that it has been reprinted several times (including an abridged version in 2000). This long-awaited second edition takes into account the changes in management theory and practice, and the issues confronting the library manager in the twenty-first century.
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If you want to invest in commercial real estate, realize that it isn't an easy type of investment to maintain and that you'll have to put in a lot of time to get the profits you want. However, the rewards can easily outweigh the costs. This article contains tips and ideas to help you triumph in the arena of commercial real estate.
Location is just as important with commercial real estate as it is with residential properties. You will want to focus on the actual neighborhood for starters. You will also want to calculate growth expectations by comparing similar neighborhoods. You want to make sure that in 5 or 10 years down the road, the area is still a descent and growing area.
Don't become greedy and over-inflate your real estate asking price. Different variables can have an impact of the value of a lot.
Before you enter into any negotiations for a lease on commercial real estate, attempt to decrease anything that may be thought of as a default event. If you cover all the applicable issues, then you make it far less likely that potential tenants will default on their lease. You want to avoid any circumstances that could lead to this occurrence.
Check into having an inspector look through your property before you put that property back on the market. If they flag issues that need to be fixed, repair them before you list the property for sale.
You should put an ad out for your commercial real estate when it is on sale, do it locally and out of town. It is a mistake to think that only people in the immediate area will have an interest in your property. Many investors will consider purchasing a property outside their own region if the price is right.
Go on some tours of places you might want to buy. Consider going with a contractor when you are looking at places you want to buy. You can then make an initial offer and begin the bargaining phase. Prior to making any final decision, you should thoroughly go over the counteroffers you have received.
If you are new to commercial real estate investing, it would be wise to focus on just one building at a time. You want to only choose one property type to give your undivided attention to. You will be more successful if you can give one thing your all, rather than trying to split your attention between multiple things.
Always assure yourself of any company's intentions, making sure they take a primary focus on your own needs, rather than an apparent consideration for only their firm's income. Working with the wrong agency could cause you to commit mistakes and lose money.
To ensure that you are doing business with the most suitable real estate broker, have them describe to you what a success or a failure is. Ask them how they measure their results. Be sure that you understand his techniques and approach. You need to share the same strategies and beliefs as your real estate broker in order to work successfully with them.
Before you make a decision on which real estate broker to use, see how they negotiate. Ask them what specific training, expertise and professional experience they might have. Look for a broker who cares both about ethics and helping you succeed. Ideally, he or she should be capable of helping you get good deals without resorting to immoral or illegal activity. Request evidence of previous negotiations, both successes and failures.
Check out the state of the environment around your property. You may be liable for cleanup of a property that has been environmentally damaged from prior use. For example, do you want to buy a property that lies in a flood zone? Think long and hard before continuing on that path. There are companies that will do environmental studies to evaluate the risk of incremental hazards in the area that the property is located in.
This makes it easier to determine if the terms are consistent with the property's rent roll and pro forma financial disclosures. If you end up finding a term which isn't covered by the rent roll, you'll end up changing the pro forma.
Get yourself set up online before you buy any property. Add yourself to LinkedIn, or better, create your very own website. Explore SEO techniques that will elevate your website in internet search rankings. You want random people to find you through searching on search engines like google. This can increase your customers by a lot.
As mentioned, purchasing commercial property can be very financially rewarding. Utilize the advice given to you in this article to avoid common pitfalls, and find success in your commercial real estate endeavors.


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Rice University Board of Trustees has approved a proposal to build a student-athlete performance and development building in the north end of Rice Stadium with investment of $31.5 million.
This building will provide new all-sport strength-and-conditioning, sports medicine and football facilities for the Rice Owls.
The $31.5 million project includes a 60,000-square-foot, two-story structure that will house a weight room, a home team locker room, coaching and staff offices, an auditorium, a football team lounge and areas for training and sports medicine that include hydrotherapy, plunge pools and exam rooms. The weight room and sports medicine areas will be available to student-athletes from all sports at Rice.


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Inslee signs climate bills, but vetoes parts that tie them to passage of a transportation package
Source: By Joseph O'Sullivan and Hal Bernton, Seattle Times • Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Kicking up cheers and protests, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Monday signed into law a carbon-cap program and a bill on clean-fuels standards but vetoed parts of those bills that require a new statewide transportation-funding package for the ambitious climate legislation to take effect.
Inslee's move — capping a big win on climate legislation while once again testing the bounds of his executive powers — essentially scrapped the "grand bargain" that was struck in the Senate to make sure those two bills passed the Legislaturelast month.
In a bill-signing ceremony at Shoreline Community College, where he was joined by lawmakers and advocates, Inslee sold the climate bills as a jobs package.
The legislation included "some of the strongest economic development bills we have ever passed in the history of the state of Washington," he said.
For Inslee, the day marked perhaps the capstone of years of pushing for big-ticket climate-change legislation. On this front, he has stared defeat in the face perhaps too many times to count.
But the governor's maneuvers Monday raised questions — and potentially, challenges — about whether at least one veto exceeds his executive authority.
Last year, a Thurston County Superior Court judge invalidated a pair of vetoes Inslee made, ruling that they fell outside the governor's powers as outlined in the state constitution. The state Supreme Court is expected to hear that case in June.
Meanwhile, the Building Industry Association of Washington is challenging an Inslee veto on another bill. In 2019, Inslee vetoed a subsection of HB 1579 that, among other things, increased civil penalties for violations of the statute that regulates coastal construction from $100 per violation to up to $10,000 per violation. An appellate court decision is pending in that case, according to association spokesperson Janelle Guthrie.
The governor's Monday vetoes vexed lawmakers across the political spectrum, and even Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane, and Democratic House Speaker Laurie Jinkins of Tacoma chimed in.
"The governor's partial veto today of … the clean-fuel standard bill reaches beyond his constitutional powers and we will ask the Washington courts to again rule on the balance of legislative and executive branch powers," said Jinkins in prepared remarks.
In a statement, Senate Minority Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, blasted the move and compared it to Inslee's use of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Maybe he's emboldened by the sweeping authority he continues to have because majority Democrats refused to address emergency power reform," said Braun, adding later: "Whatever the reason, his subsection veto today is illegal."
In another statement, Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, went further, saying, "This sets a chilling precedent and poisons the well for all future negotiations on virtually any tough issue."
Inslee had previously said he didn't consider the two issues linked. A statement by his office said, "There never was a grand bargain, as far as the governor's role in the process is concerned."
Senate Bill 5126 is intended to drive down pollution to net zero emissions by 2050. Doing that will require, among other things, big reductions in the use of fossil fuels by industry and a near phaseout of gasoline and diesel for vehicles.
At the ceremony, Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, and sponsor of that bill, highlighted the labor and environmental-justice equity standards contained in the bill that he called "high quality."
"That's not a typo, it's not a department down the hall, it's something real and it's something authentic, built into the very DNA of that legislation," he said.
Also signed Monday was House Bill 1091, which sets out to gradually require cleaner fuels in trucks, cars, trains, boats and aircraft that generate more than 44% of Washington's total carbon emissions.
They both contained provisions that tied the legislation's taking effect to a transportation-funding package.
While Inslee vetoed those provisions in both bills, it's the subsection of the clean-fuels bill that could result in a legal challenge.
Transportation negotiations
In an interview after the bill signing, Inslee said lawmakers have everything they need to strike a deal on a transportation package and that he hopes to call a special legislative session around September.
Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, and a key player in putting together a transportation package, said Inslee's veto makes that harder to achieve.
"We want to work with him but when he does this, it kind of breaks the trust," said Hobbs, who chairs the Senate Transportation Committee.
Hobbs said he will briefly pause efforts to get the Legislature to tackle the transportation-funding package to assess the governor's vetoes.
During the last session, Hobbs championed Forward Washington, a $17.6 billion, 16-year plan that includes a new Highway 2 westbound trestle; Washington state's share of an I-5 Columbia River bridge into Oregon; widenings at Highways 3, 12, and 18; and fish-culvert widenings.
The money also would also be used for things such as new ferries, walk-bike corridors, electric car subsidies and transit grants.
Some of that would rely on the $5.2 billion forecast to be raised by the cap-and-invest program through the auctioning of pollution allowances to major industrial polluters. Legislators also have drawn up a menu of 33 tax and fee increases, including a 9.8-cents-per-gallon hike on the state gas tax.
Hobbs said Monday that issues needing resolution include what revenue sources "are we comfortable with," and how the money would be spent.
Another veto
The transportation vetoes caught the most attention, but another veto created a stir at the end of the signing ceremony.
The governor vetoed a part of the carbon-cap bill that required improved consultation with tribes about climate investments made under the act. He said the bill required tribal consent for some climate projects involving their interest, which differs from the current approach, and does "not properly recognize the mutual, sovereign relationships between tribal governments and the state."
But as he sat down to sign the bills, Paul Chiyokten Wagner, founder of the advocacy group Protectors of the Salish Sea, stood up to denounce Inslee for that veto.
"We were stabbed in the back by this man!" yelled Wagner, later yelling "Shame!" several times before being escorted outdoors by law enforcement.
A statement by the Suquamish Tribe also registered disappointment: "The tribal consultation provisions and acknowledgment of treaty rights should have been preserved in this legislation.
"These were reasonable measures that would have assured meaningful tribal consultation is conducted on climate projects that might adversely impact sacred places, habitat critical to hunting, fishing, and shellfish harvesting, as well as other treaty-protected resources," the tribe's statement continued.
In his interview after the bill signings, the governor said "we want to continue to work on our consulting discussion with the tribes.
"There is a better way to do it, I will be convening discussions" with the tribes, said Inslee, adding later: "It just needs a little more work."
Seattle Times staff reporters Mike Lindblom and Lynda Mapes contributed to this story.
Joseph O'Sullivan: 360-236-8268 or josullivan@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @OlympiaJoe. Seattle Times staff reporter Joseph O'Sullivan covers state government and the Legislature.
Hal Bernton: 206-464-2581 or hbernton@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @hbernton.
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use std::error::Error;
use std::io::prelude::*;
use std::io;
use std::cmp;

use session::create_session;
use session::check_session;

use settings::Settings;
use osutils::OSUtils;

#[cfg(feature = "pam")]
pub mod pam;
#[cfg(feature = "pam")]
use self::pam::*;

#[cfg(feature = "touchid")]
pub mod touchid;
#[cfg(feature = "touchid")]
use self::touchid::*;

/// Interface for authentication frameworks
pub trait AuthFramework {
    fn authenticate(&self) -> Result<bool, Box<dyn Error>>;
    fn get_max_tries(&self) -> i32;
    fn get_name(&self) -> &'static str;
}

pub fn authenticate_current_user_n<T: OSUtils>(osutils: &T, settings: &Settings, n: i32)
    -> Result<bool, Box<dyn Error>> {

    // If the user already has a valid session, skip authentication
    let username = osutils.get_username()?;
    let has_session = check_session(&username)?;
    if has_session { return Ok(true); }

    // Instantiate all supported frameworks
    let mut frameworks: Vec<Box<dyn AuthFramework>> = Vec::new();

    #[cfg(feature = "touchid")]
    {
        frameworks.push(Box::new(TouchIDAuthFramework::<T>::new(osutils, settings)));
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "pam")]
    {
        frameworks.push(Box::new(PamAuthFramework::<T>::new(osutils, settings)));
    }

    let mut authenticated: bool = false;
    for f in frameworks.iter() {
        // Determine maximum number of attempts for this framework
        let mut max_tries = f.get_max_tries();
        if max_tries == 0 {
            max_tries = n;
        } else {
            max_tries = cmp::min(max_tries, n);
        }

        // Try to authenticate using this framework
        for i in 0..max_tries {
            let res = f.authenticate()?;
            if res {
                authenticated = true;
                break;
            }

            if i != max_tries - 1 {
                writeln!(&mut io::stderr(), "Invalid credentials. Try again.")?;
            }
        }

        // If authentication succeeded, break
        if authenticated {
            break;
        } else {
            writeln!(&mut io::stderr(), "Failed to authenticate with {}.", f.get_name())?;
        }
    }

    // If authentication was successful, crate a new session
    if authenticated && settings.session_timeout_sec > 0 {
        create_session(&username, settings.session_timeout_sec)?;
    }

    Ok(authenticated)
}


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Presidential Airways  was an airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia. It was founded in 1985 by Harold J. (Hap) Pareti, formerly an officer at People Express Airlines, known as PEOPLExpress a low-cost carrier, with Boeing 737-200 service from Washington Dulles to Boston Logan in Massachusetts commencing October 10 of that year.  A small fleet of B737-200 jetliners were initially operated by the airline.

Presidential later on expanded to a number of destinations, merging with the original Colgan Air in 1986 and adding the British Aerospace BAe 146-200 jetliner and orders for the de Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 turboprop to its fleet (only two of the DHC-8-300s were ever received).  It was unable to sustain its expansion, however, and subsequently became a regional Continental Express feeder for Continental Airlines as well as operating Pan Am Express service for Pan Am in 1987 and then as a regional United Express feeder for United Airlines in 1988 via respective code sharing agreements with these major air carriers.

In early 1989, Presidential attempted to capitalize on the "hub fever" then prevalent in the southeastern United States by trying to raise money from investors in Birmingham, Alabama with the stated intent of operating a new mini-hub at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM). However, Presidential's shaky financial condition and eventual bankruptcy assured that nothing ever came of it. Burdened with debt from its changes of the business plan, Presidential filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 26, 1989. It ended operations on December 5, 1989 and its assets subsequently liquidated.  Shortly before that time, employees received a pay cut for two pay periods in an attempt to improve cash flow at the airline.

At one point just before its demise, Presidential operated an odd mix of fleet types: twelve British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31 and Jetstream 32 commuter turboprops (some of which were contracted), two early model Beechcraft 1900 commuter turboprops, eight BAe 146 jets and one aging Boeing 737.  The BAe Jetstream turboprops were operated as United Express flights as were the Dash 8 propjets with the airline also previously operating the BAe 146 in United Express operations as well according to the Official Airline Guide (OAG).  The 737 primarily flew roundtrip service between Washington Dulles (IAD) and MacArthur-Islip (ISP) on Long Island, New York.  In 1988, the 737 was used as the campaign plane for first Republican Senator Robert Dole and then Massachusetts Governor and Democratic nominee for president, Michael Dukakis.  Reporters assigned to Dukakis nicknamed the plane "The Sky Pig" because it was so slow.

Of these aircraft, the Beechcraft 1900s were the first to go as they were sold to pay bills.  There was also an odd mix of paint schemes.  Some Jetstream turboprops were painted in the red, white and blue Presidential scheme while others featured the United Express livery featuring a white fuselage with colored stripes.  The BAe Jetstream aircraft contracted from Metro Airlines were branded in an Eastern Airlines mainline paint scheme (and flown by pilots of Metro Airlines which were assigned to the Eastern Metro Express division). At least one BAe 146 jet was painted in Continental Express colors as well.

Fleet

 Beechcraft 1900C
 Boeing 737-100
 Boeing 737-200
 British Aerospace BAe 146-200
 British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31
 British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 32
 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8

Destinations

The following destination information is taken from the Presidential Airways system timetable dated July 3, 1986. Presidential was still operating as an independent air carrier at this time and was thus not yet providing codeshare flight services for Continental Airlines, Pan Am or United Airlines.  Virtually all of these destinations were served on a nonstop basis with jet aircraft from the airline's hub located at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

 Akron-Canton, OH (CAK)
 Allentown, PA (ABE)
 Atlanta, GA (ATL)
 Birmingham, AL (BHM)
 Boston, MA (BOS)
 Chattanooga, TN (CHA)
 Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
 Cleveland, OH (CLE)
 Daytona Beach, FL (DAB)
 Detroit, MI (DTW)
 Elmira, NY (ELM)
 Hartford, CT (BDL)
 Huntsville, AL (HSV)
 Islip, NY (ISP)
 Indianapolis, IN (IND)
 Knoxville, TN (TYS)
 Melbourne, FL (MLB)
 Miami, FL (MIA)
 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Mirabel International Airport (YMX) - Only international destination.
 New York City, NY - LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
 Portland, ME (PWM)
 Providence, RI (PVD)
 Sarasota, FL (SRQ)
 Savannah, GA (SAV)
 Washington, D.C. - Dulles International Airport (IAD) - Hub
 West Palm Beach, FL (PBI)

See also
 List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

External links
Presidential Airways History
Timetable images from AirTimes.com

Defunct airlines of the United States
History of Washington, D.C.
Airlines established in 1985
Airlines disestablished in 1989
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989
American companies established in 1985

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US embassy still denied access to 'swimmer'
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US embassy still denied access to 'swimmer'
May 13, 2009 (DVB), The US Embassy in Rangoon is yet to meet the man arrested last week after allegedly entering imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's compound, although they remain optimistic that permission will be granted.
The news comes a day after allegations surfaced that the man in question, US citizen John William Yettaw, may have made another visit to the leader of opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) last year.
The source of the allegations was a Burmese website, tharkinwe.com, which seemingly takes a hostile stance toward the NLD's leader. No further official information has been reported.
A spokesperson at the American Embassy said the only details they had so far received was confirmation of his name and passport number, but hinted that cooperation from the government had been unsatisfactory.
"We made the request through the Foreign Ministry to see him for consular access but haven't gotten a favorable reply yet," said Richard Mei, Public Affairs officer at the embassy.
"But we're optimistic we will."
Yettaw was arrested last Wednesday after apparently swimming across Lake Inya in Rangoon, on the shores of which stand Suu Kyi's compound where she has been held under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years.
The state-run Myanmar Ahlin newspaper claimed the man had stayed at the compound for two nights.
Police arresting him allegedly found his passport, some American and Burmese currency, and a video camera.
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