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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 01, 2016 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has rubbished claims that his administration is rife with dysfunction and that there have been attempts made to strip him of his position as prime minister.
Speaking at his monthly press conference on June 29, 2016, Prime Minister Harris indicated the Opposition has initiated its propaganda machine with the aim of eroding confidence in the Government of National Unity.
"You are going to hear more from the propaganda machine. You will hear that there has been a conspiracy against Harris and that Harris has been given one month to go and someone else will take over," said Dr. Harris.
Thanking the members of the Cabinet, Prime Minister Harris said that his government's commitment to the people of the Federation has never wavered. He asserted that the country will never have a reason "to regret that they, faced with a choice, chose Team Unity and gave the country an opportunity for reconciliation, for healing and for national unity." This according to Dr. Harris, is a mandate that his team will never take for granted.


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Marathon és una concentració de població designada pel cens dels Estats Units a l'estat de Texas. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 455 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Marathon tenia 455 habitants, 198 habitatges, i 126 famílies. La densitat de població era de 33,5 habitants/km².

Dels 198 habitatges en un 24,2% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 48,5% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 8,1% dones solteres, i en un 35,9% no eren unitats familiars. En el 32,3% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 13,1% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,3 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 2,87.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 21,1% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 9,2% entre 18 i 24, un 17,1% entre 25 i 44, un 33,2% de 45 a 60 i un 19,3% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 46 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 108,7 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 22.273 $ i la renda mediana per família de 27.500 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 22.500 $ mentre que les dones 20.938 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 17.884 $. Aproximadament el 13,2% de les famílies i el 23,2% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

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Entitats de població de Texas

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You probably adore the smell of clementines, but haven't yet asked yourself what to use their peels for.
If you continue to read this article, I guarantee you will never throw out clementine peels again!
Dry clementine peels for a few days, then crush them into a powder. Add a teaspoon of powder to your juice. Even coffee will gain a special flavor.
Mix 2 tablespoons of clementine peel powder with 5 glasses of water. Boil up and then cool the infusion. Drink the amount in 3 doses during the day half an hour before meals to get rid of the symptoms of bronchitis.
Add 2 tablespoons of powder in a glass of cognac and leave it for a week. Strain the mixture and pour in a glass container. Using a pipette, add 20 drops to a glass of water and drink before meals 3 times a day.
Take a handful of powder and add it in boiling water. Inhale for 10 minutes. You will breathe easier and the colds will disappear.
Massage your nails with clementine peels to get rid of fungi.
Add a cup of powder to 3 liters of water. Boil up and allow it to cool for one hour. Strain, and then add the mixture to your bathwater. Relax in the bath for an hour before bedtime.


Located at the Rotman School of Management, the Martin Prosperity Institute is the world's leading think-tank on the role of sub-national factors – location, place and city-regions – in global economic prosperity. They take an integrated view of prosperity, looking beyond economic measures to include the importance of quality of place and the development of people's creative potential.
Don Tapscott will collaborate with the MPI in research initiatives on the impact of digital media on business and society, smart, connected cities, and the future of capitalism and the corporation.
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Nic Adams – Owner & Host
Nic was born in Cape Town on 2 December 1960. His father retired as the City Administrator of Cape Town and then served as the first City of Cape Town Ombudsman. He has two older brothers residing in Durban, South Africa. Nic is a divorced father of three children – Kelly, a qualified Doctor of Chiropractic, is living in Walvis Bay and has her practice at the Welwitschia Hospital. Nicole has been working on luxury privately owned yachts both in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and USA. Nicole is commencing work as a full-time Life Coach from 2023 based in South Africa. Kyle is a qualified diesel mechanic and manages his own business – Precision Fuel Injection in Walvis Bay. Nic's life partner, Barbara, is a "silent" partner in the hotel too and adds hugely to ensuring the "look" of the hotel is just right. Nic bought The Langholm Hotel in April 2005 and has certainly found his vocation – "I enjoy almost every aspect of the hotel business and have built up a wonderful guest base of friends since 2005."
Genevieve Bester – Assistant Manager
Genevieve is born and bred in Walvis Bay and matriculated at De Duine High School in 2000. Whilst still at school Genevieve started waitressing at the local Spur and worked at The Raft for twelve years in a variety of positions. Genevieve has three children, Zanitah, 14, Givandru, 12, and Elijah, 2. Genevieve joined us full time from 1 July 2020.
Penny Paulus – Assistant Manager
Penny was born on 22 September 1991 and her family has homes in the North and Otjiwarongo. Penny previously worked with us prior to being offered a fantastic opportunity to work in Florida at Disneyworld. Upon her return from the USA Penny sought a return to The Langholm and she rejoined us in November 2020. Penny is a great character and her personality wins over all who meet her. Penny is unmarried and lives in Walvis Bay and gave birth to a son in September 2022.
Anita Beukes – Assistant Manager
Anita was born in Gobabis in 1990. Anita is Mom to daughter Makayla who was born in 2015. Anita joins us from a position at a lodge in southern Angola where she assisted with the day-to-day running of a busy fishing lodge. Anita joined the team in October 2022.
Mieta Maasdorp – Chef
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Wilika Alweendo – Breakfast Chef
Wilika was born in Uutapi on 31 May 1989. Wilika attended Onongholo Combined School in Uutapi where she finished in 2006. Wilika joined the team on 1 November 2016 as the Sous Chef for dinner service and has been promoted to Breakfast Chef wef 3 November 2020.
Ben Haingura – Security Guard
Ben joined the Langholm in 2013 after having worked for the security company that were contracted to look after the security at the Langholm. Ben was born in Kaisosi, near Rundu on the banks of the Okavango River on 22 June 1974. Ben is married to Angelina Runguro and they have four children, Inocentia, Jonas, Leonella Kasiko, and Nangura Magdalena.
Julia Hamalwa – Housekeeper
Julia Hamalwa was born on 29 July 1985 in Oshikuku, Owambo. Julia has previously worked at the Langholm Hotel for a couple of years, was then tasked with other responsibilities and returned to the Langholm on 1 August 2012. Julia has a son Jarm Tangeni who was born in 2006, Johannes Johannes in 2013 and Johannes Jonas who was born in August 2017.
Johanna Shikodhi – Housekeeper
Johanna was born at Onandjokwe, Ondangwa, in the Oshikoto Region on 29 October 1991, and has 2 children, Olivia born in 2013 and Paula in 2021. Johanna did work as a Housekeeper at the Adams house up to January 2018 and rejoined the Langholm Clan in November 2022.
Deswill Maasdorp – Maintenance / Handyman
Deswill was born in Swakopmund on 29 March 1998. Deswill is the son of our chef Mieta and he has a young son who was born in 2018. Deswill joined us on 1 October 2021.
Fillipus Shilunga – Gardener and General Cleaner
Fillipus was born on 26 February 1975 in Omundudu, Oshakati. Fillipus has three children Werner born in 2001, Hilde born in 2011 and Hilma born in 2014.
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The use of animals for research in the UK is regulated by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA), which is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act defines regulated procedures as procedures that could potentially cause a protected animal pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm, equivalent to, or higher than, that caused by inserting a hypodermic needle according to veterinary practice. Protected animals are defined as all living vertebrates, other than humans, and any living cephalopod. Fish and amphibia are protected once they can feed independently and cephalopods at the point when they hatch. Embryonic and foetal forms of mammals, birds and reptiles are protected during the last third of their gestation or incubation period.
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A researcher wishing to carry out regulated procedures on a protected animal must undergo a defined sequence of training, and then apply for a procedure personal licence (PIL), that permits them to carry out specified techniques on named species of animals.
A project licence (PPL) details the scope of work to be carried out, the likely benefits that may be realised by the work, the numbers and types of animals to be used, and the harm that might be caused to the animal. The PPL precisely defines which techniques may be applied to which animals, and for what purpose. It is granted to a suitably qualified senior researcher.
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For guard passing, the double under pass is one of the best passes you can perform on an opponent. The pass allows for you to use your grips, your weight and your pressure to get from your opponent's guard to side control. The double under pass is used frequently in both gi and no gi competition to great effect. If you can master this pass, you will always stay out of the guard and be able to put whoever you go against on defense. Take a peek at how the double under pass works.
The first part of this pass involves getting your arms under your opponent's legs, while then gable gripping your hands together, high on the legs, near the hips. After attaining this control, you must posture up and pull your opponent onto your legs. This takes away some of your opponent's hip movement and ability to go after techniques. Once he is up on your legs, you cross grab your opponent's collar with one hand, and grab his pants with the other up by his hips. You can then sprawl up with your legs, and walk to the side, using a grinding type of pressure. From there you can either shoulder shuck, or use the hand that was on the pants to pull his top leg away.
For no gi, you can still use the double under pass, but you must modify it. Because there are no pants and collar to grab, you'll have to use some adjustments to get this right. Everything on the no gi version is the same, until it is time for the grips. You can start sprawl walking to the side, creating some pressure. With the arm of the side you are moving to, take out the underhook and use your hand to control the opponent's knee and quad. Kick your opposite side leg back and push down his knee. As you dip your shoulder down, you will be able to get right into side control.
Passing can be intimidating. Timing, pressure and good technique make passing work. It is a lot to learn and do, but once you get it down, you'll be able to not fear the guard anymore. Strong passing is needed in every Jiu Jitsu competitor's game. Even if there are only one or two passes to practice, let this be one of them. For an awesome resource of passing, you have to check out Bernardo Faria's The Pressure Passing Encyclopedia. It is the best guard passing DVD on the market.
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Apple has long professed its love for music, and it's well known that the company was instrumental in changing the music industry forever with innovations like the iPod and iTunes Music Store. But this week music and Apple collided in a less-than-friendly manner, when pop superstar Taylor Swift publicly took Apple to task for the company's stance on royalty payments during the initial free trial period of the upcoming Apple Music service. In a surprising move, Apple SVP and iTunes Chief Eddy Cue revealed late Sunday that the company would change course.
The issue began when Apple first announced Apple Music during the WWDC keynote on June 8th. Although Apple is not planning to offer a free ad-supported tier like several of its competitors do, Apple announced that Apple Music would be free for everyone for the first three months of its availability, which starts June 30th.
Apple hoped this free introductory trial period would help it catch up in an industry that has been dominated by other companies for years, and give users of competing services the chance to try Apple Music with no cost of entry. But, in a controversial move, Apple revealed that it would not pay any royalties to artists during the trial.
The company justified this position by arguing that its standard royalty rates — the ones that would kick in following the 3-month trial period — are a few percentage points higher than those paid by competitors like Spotify and Rdio, and that any lost revenue during the trial would be more than made up for once the service, Apple hopes, takes off.
Despite Apple's promises of better long-term revenue, the company's stance on denying artists royalties during the trial was met with significant criticism. Although many artists and labels quickly agreed to Apple's terms, there were rumblings of coercion, with some artists claiming that they feared retaliation from Apple, such as removal of their tracks from the traditional iTunes Store, if they did not sign up to include their songs in the Apple Music catalog. Apple denied any allegations of coercion or retribution for artists, but some artists felt that it would never be wise to say "no" to Apple.
The most influential of those artists opposing Apple's terms was Taylor Swift, who is accustomed to protecting the value of her work in the face of the ever changing digital music industry. Late last year, Ms. Swift severed her ties with Spotify, preventing subscribers of the service from streaming any of her songs or albums. This move was preceded by an op-ed the pop star wrote in The Wall Street Journal, in which she argued that streaming music services, especially those with ad-supported free tiers, don't properly value artists' work.
Last week, Ms. Swift turned her guns on Apple, arguing in a Tumblr post titled "To Apple, Love Taylor" that the company's plans to not pay royalties during the Apple Music free trial period was a bad move, and that she'd be withholding her latest and most popular album, 1989, from Apple Music indefinitely.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Ms. Swift's message was quickly shared by tens of thousands of fans and widely reported in the media. More unexpected, however, was the quick response from Apple.
There is currently no official press release from Apple explaining Mr. Cue's tweets in greater detail, so it's unknown at this time if there are any caveats or conditions that artists must meet, or if the royalty rate Apple now intends to pay during the Apple Music trial period will be the same as that paid when the service begins paid subscription operations.
Apple Music is set to launch next Tuesday, June 30th alongside the iOS 8.4 update. The service will be accessible via the Music app in iOS, iTunes for OS X and Windows, and, later this year, via a dedicated Android app. Following the 3-month trial period, Apple Music will cost $9.99 per month for individual accounts, and $14.99 per month for a family plan accommodating up to six users.


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Guelph's Jake Reinhart readies for seventh full season with Toronto Argonauts
Long snapper unsure what league play will be like after 20-month pause on play
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Jake Reinhart is a bit of a rarity in the Canadian Football League.
The Guelph native, University of Guelph graduate and long snapper for the Toronto Argonauts is starting his seventh full season in the league and all have been with the Argos.
"It's rare that a guy like me will play for the same team for seven years, which I'm extremely thankful for," Reinhart said. "It's a great spot for me to be, that's for sure.
"Last year should've been (season) No. 7, but this will be my seventh full season. I've got over 100 games played in the CFL now and hopefully I'll just keep rolling right along for the Argonauts."
Reinhart and the Argos are in their training camp at the U of G's Alumni Stadium as they prepare for the delayed opening of the 2021 season.
With the pandemic causing the start of the season to the first week of August, a tad over a month and a half later than normal, the league scrapped its preseason schedule and will go straight into regular-season play following a trio of weeks getting ready.
For Reinhart, the complete loss of the 2020 season might have been a good thing as it gave him time to completely heal following the 2019 season when he suffered the first serious injury of his career.
"I tore my calf and then I was forced to miss six games of the season," he said. "I wasn't too happy about that, but I guess I'd gone so long without a serious injury. I was a little banged up here and there, but still able to play, but that one really set me back."
The injury and lost time limited Reinhart, now 31, to one defensive tackle and one special teams tackle on the season. He's now played 102 games for the Argos and had two defensive tackles and 31 on special teams while becoming a highly-respected long snapper.
"I'm definitely aiming to stay healthy this season and get more games -- just keep stacking those games," he said. "That calf tear was just a freak injury. I don't feel like it was being overused or anything. I was just running down the field and then I felt like I had a cramp, but it just never went away and it ended up being a torn calf."
Due to the injury, Reinhart plans to change his in-season workouts a little.
"I'm going to approach it a little differently this year in season and not go really crazy with the extreme, heavy, long workouts," he said. "It'll be more lighter weight, explosive movement and lots of stretching. I feel if you can do that in the season, then you're not sore from overexerting yourself all the time and you can roll into games not feeling you're sore and tired because of your workouts. I'm aiming to do that a lot more this season."
While Reinhart is on the university field this week, his efforts to work out there during the pandemic were stymied. Working out there during the off-season is the norm for the former Gryphon.
"It was hard to get on the fields," he said. "I was trying to sneak on to the facilities at the university. I like using the turf fields to run around on, but gosh, it would be easier to rob a Brinks truck than get on one of those turf fields at the university. As soon as I get there, they always tell me to leave."
He did work out a bit at Exhibition Park, basically around the corner from his home, but he'd rather have been on artificial turf for his workouts.
"Exhibition Park is nearby and I did some work there, but the snapping, I just like to do it on turf, artificial turf," he said. "It's where the majority of the games are played and I just prefer to practise there. The balls stay fresher and nicer and you don't destroy the turf when you're snapping and doing your work."
And while the gyms in the province were shut down during the lockdown, Jake and his younger brother Job commandeered their father's garage to set up some weights for some workouts. Also a long snapper who was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in 2019, Job stepped away from the sport to pursue a career in policing and has since become a member of the Waterloo Regional Police Service.
"We were fortunate enough to scoop up some dumbbells and barbells, just basic stuff, no high-end equipment," Jake said. "We were fortunate enough to keep in shape by just lifting weights and taking over the garage at my dad's house."
Being one of the older players on the Argos roster, Reinhart will be looked at for leadership and also some mentorship.
"I always found when I was the young guy coming in to a new team I was always more at ease when the veterans were nice guys and would show you the way, help you out and give you words of encouragement," he said. "I always found that to be so great. Sometimes there were some fellas who had been around more and you always really respected, but they weren't always the nicest to you from time to time. I always try to reflect on that and be aware that I want to be one of those guys who's kind and can help others if someone is having a bad day or not feeling the best or the coach is down on them.
"I know it can make a difference if you can offer a guy like that some words of encouragement. I hope to be in that position to help those fellas out and lift them if they're feeling down."
It might be hard to predict anything in the league following 20 months of down time.
"I don't know what at all to expect. I definitely have high hopes for the Argonauts, especially with the big names that they've been signing," Reinhart said. "Of course I've got to say that Toronto's looking really good, but I really don't know what to expect with a year off and then just the CFL being what it is. There's such a high turnover rate of players bouncing from team to team and a lot of guys have just chosen to retire, too, which will definitely shake things up as well."
But Reinhart knows he'll be ready for the 2021 campaign.
"I feel like I'm in the best shape of my career," he said. "I'm feeling really good and healthy. The year off, too, that was another thing. Sometimes your body just gets beat up
playing football. I usually always get troubles with my hands, just blocking, jammed fingers and things like that. Right now I feel very good, very healthy."
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HomeHow is Nouri al-Maliki not in prison?
How is Nouri al-Maliki not in prison?
The received wisdom in the West is that the US is the main culprit for why Iraq today is a failed state. And there is certainly plenty, well-documented evidence that the poorly-planned invasion in 2003 had set the scene for years of conflict in the country. What is less understood is that the military and diplomatic failures of the initial invasion had largely been corrected, at great financial and human cost, through the Surge and the Awakening, by 2008-2009.
The Surge, when the US recommitted itself to bringing order in the country in the wake of the Sunni-Shia insurgency — and the Awakening by which many of the militias formerly hostile to the US and the American-backed Baghdad government had been brought around and persuaded to turn their weapons on the rising al-Qaeda elements in the country — had set the scene for a functional state, and even a working democracy in Iraq.
The real failure, since 2010, has been administrative. In this, the key culprit has been the Iraqi former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. Maliki was elevated to the post of prime minister in 2006 by the Americans, as one of the few Shia leaders of Iraq who would be able to command broad support amongst the diverse demographics of the country. And indeed, in his first years on the job he had been a major asset.
He was key to the success of the initiatives which had brought Iraq to a promising position in 2009-2010. But his commitment, it turns out, was not to a united Iraq. Apparently, his primary allegiance was to his party, the Shia Islamist Dawa party, and to his own pockets. As soon as the Americans, now under the pacifist-minded leadership of the Obama administration, looked all set to leave Iraq, Maliki moved in to capture the institutions of the Iraqi state for his Dawa party.
Nouri al-Maliki allegedly set up a system to funnel US aid funds out of the reconstruction effort and into his own private patronage network, buying the support of just enough followers – Shia, but also some Sunni and Kurdish leaders — to keep the gravy train rolling indefinitely. Some $500 billion were alleged to have been funnelled off through various schemes during his eight-year tenure as prime minister, mostly from US companies and tax-payers.
Maliki's twin moves to monopolise the political process in Iraq, while also robbing it of the funds it needed to rebuild, seem to be the key reasons for the implosion of political consensus in the country, and the rise of violent confrontation between diverse groups. What is more, the chronically under-equipped Iraqi army was so vulnerable to the early advances of ISIS, arguably because the money it had received to buy equipment had largely been siphoned off by Maliki's cronies.
But while the main blame falls squarely on the corrupt Iraqi political leadership for the catastrophic mismanagement of the country since 2010, the US is not without fault either. They had been warned by many of those working in the country for the American mission that Maliki was going to squander all the blood and money the US had invested in Iraq, for his own political and financial gain.
Yet, eager to leave Iraq as quickly as possible once it looked remotely stable, the Obama administration failed to heed the warnings. And, perversely, after all the Bush-era rhetoric about bringing democracy to Iraq, it was the liberal Obama administration which first signalled the catastrophic direction Iraq would take when they decided to stand by Maliki, despite the charges that he had stolen the March 2010 election, in which he had nominally lost to a moderate, pro-Western, multi-ethnic coalition.
However, he apparently managed to coerce the courts to rule in his favour. In doing so, the US, led by Obama, chose to favour corrupt autocrats for the sake of "stability" over prospects of potentially destabilising democracy. Except this time, the US has not reaped "stability" from its choices. It has reaped ISIS. The question that still remains relevant though is the following: How is Nouri al-Maliki not in prison?
Azeem Ibrahim is a Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College and an International Security Lecturer at the University of Chicago. This article first appeared on Al-Arabiya.net.


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From remote-control drones to superheroes, 2016 was an outstanding year for retailers in Toys & Gaming. The category beat last year's mid-year and annual growth rates, growing 7.5% in the first half of 2016. According to Internet Retailer, the Toys & Hobbies sector is expected to have raked in $14.6 billion in 2016 overall, which doesn't even take into consideration Gaming, which became a $23.5 billion industry thanks to the rise of mobile games.
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Primary Websites Don't Work for People with Disabilities
Election Ride Home Podcast
Many campaign websites are not accessible to people with disabilities, an update on Biden's Q2 fundraising, and which candidates have already qualified for the September debates.
Chris Higgins is a veteran journalist and documentary filmmaker from Portland, Oregon. He has reported stories for This American Life, The Atlantic, and Mental Floss, among many others.
More posts by Chris Higgins.
4 Jul 2019 • 11 min read
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Not one 2020 candidate has a website that is accessible to the blind (Vox)
Brian McNeilly on accessible candidate websites…in 2018 (Twitter/Brian McNeilly)
Matt May on Twitter (Twitter/Matt May)
Web Accessibility Statement (Warren campaign site)
axe: Accessibility for Development Teams (Deque)
WCAG 2.0 conformance levels (University of California)
DOJ Places Website Rulemaking on the "Inactive" List [context for why the ADA doesn't currently cover government website accessibility] (ADA Title III)
"Access" [Chris's short film about accessibility] (Chris Higgins)
Biden reports big fundraising number despite recent stumbles (Politico)
Here Are the Democrats at Risk of Not Making the July Debates (NYT)
Yang meets donor requirement for third and fourth debates (The Hill)
Note: This is the speaking script for the show, so the audio as delivered will different very slightly from the below. This script also does not include advertisements, which may appear at various points in the show.
Intro: Welcome to the Primary Ride Home for Thursday, July 4th, 2019. I'm your host, Chris Higgins. Today: Many campaign websites are not accessible to people with disabilities, an update on Biden's Q2 fundraising, and which candidates have already qualified for the September debates. Here's what you missed today from the campaign trail.
MANY CAMPAIGN WEBSITES ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Our top story today has to do with the primary candidates' websites. A recent story for Vox by S.E. Smith pointed out that many candidates are doing a poor job at making their websites accessible to people with disabilities. Smith's article is titled, QUOTE, "Not one 2020 candidate has a website that is accessible to the blind." END QUOTE. And the sub-head really drives it home, QUOTE: "The first stop to reaching disabled voters is making sure they can access your policy proposals." END QUOTE.
I think the best way to start is by reading a few paragraphs from Vox. QUOTE:
"Blind and low-vision users, along with disabled people who have certain other impairments like seizure disorders and cognitive disabilities — as well as those who are deaf and hard of hearing — can't actually use the candidates' websites. It's just the first in a series of obstacles disabled communities face when trying to make informed voting decisions, even though these groups have an especially vested interest in politics.
Thirty-five million eligible voters are disabled, and disability turnout lags behind that of nondisabled voters by 6 percentage points; if disabled people voted at the same rate as their nondisabled counterparts, there would be 2.2 million more voters. One of the reasons is that voting is extra difficult for disabled people. Inaccessibility of polling places and election materials is a factor, as are voter suppression tactics — disabled people are less likely to have state identifications, for example, and get caught in voter ID laws." END QUOTE.
So let's dig into this website issue. For this segment, I interviewed several experts in the area of accessibility, which is a specific practice concerned with making things—like websites, or movies, or speeches, or buildings, or podcasts—usable by people with disabilities. A typical example is to figure out whether a person who is blind or has a visual impairment can use a website. Many people with these disabilities use technology called screen readers, which are apps that read text out loud. Other folks use things like braille displays, which do basically the same thing, but instead of using speech, the text pops up in braille lettering on a row that you can run your fingers across. These are simply different ways of accessing the same information.
Regardless of the technical stuff, the idea is, if the website has been designed properly to start with, anyone who cannot see, or hear, or has any other form of impairment, can still get at the information—they can read the words, they can watch the videos, they can fill out forms to donate money, or sign up to volunteer, or join a mailing list, or any other function on the site. For all of these, there are well-defined ways to make them accessible. The problem here is that, according to the review by Smith in Vox, the primary candidates are doing a poor job at this.
And what's worse, there are other barriers to access beyond disability. Most of the candidates offer Spanish translations of their websites, but many of those translations are poorly written, or they're only partial translations, leaving chunks of the site in English. The net result is you can't access the information if you happen to be a person who speaks Spanish. While this is not the same as a disability issue, they arerelated.
Reading from Smith's piece once more, QUOTE:
"While nondisabled people may not think of it this way, immigration, transportation, reproductive rights, affordable housing, employment nondiscrimination, LGBTQ rights, racial injustice, and criminal justice reform are also disability issues. The disability community is disproportionately represented in marginalized groups — many of those seeking refuge at the border are disabled, with impairments like PTSD, depression, and anxiety caused by enduring trauma, along with acquired disabilities from living in war zones. Incarcerated people are much more likely to be disabled, and many of the black, Latinx, and indigenous people being shot and killed by police are also disabled." END QUOTE.
And this gets at the disconnect between the policy platforms the candidates espouse, versus the actual implementation of their websites. It's one thing for a candidate to say they support people with disabilities, but if an actual person with a disability can't get that information, what's the point?
I spoke on Twitter with Brian McNeilly, a usability and design expert, who confirmed much of Smith's reporting. McNeilly also pointed out that many of the Spanish-language websites are coded incorrectly, labeling their language as English. This causes technology like screen readers to mispronounce the words, presenting yet another barrier to access. In our discussion, McNeilly wrote, QUOTE:
"I think the most important point in that article is on how disability intersects with other identities, which is really only touched on a bit at the end. If we consider accessibility without how it intersects with race, class, [and] sexual orientation, we'll continue to build policies that won't lift everyone up." END QUOTE.
So McNeilly highlights exactly why this is a POLITICAL ISSUE, not just a technical one.
Okay, next up, I spoke via email with Matt May, an accessibility expert who has worked in the field for 20 years. In our discussion, he pointed out that specific technical standards exist to measure the accessibility of a given website. They're called the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG. These standards allow anyone—including campaigns—to test their own websites to measure how accessible they are. There are three key levels of WCAG accessibility: A, AA, and AAA—AAA is the best. May suggested that reaching the WCAG AA level of compliance is a commonly-cited target for government websites. It would be reasonable to expect candidates to aim for that as well. They currently do not meet this standard.
I reviewed several candidates' websites on my own, using accessibility testing tools. On every site I reviewed, I found clear errors. For instance, text was often not text—it was a picture of text. This makes that part of the site unusable for a person with a visual disability, because pictures cannot be read out loud. There were also various problems with things like signup forms and other interactive elements. Many videos had closed captions, but some did not. Some videos auto-played in the background, with text and stuff on top of them, creating a potential hazard for people with seizure disorders.
But one of the most interesting things I found was that every site I reviewed uses ActBlue for donations. And it sure looks like some are using ActBlue as an overall template for their websites. Getting into that issue, here's what May told me, QUOTE:
"Looks to me like many if not most candidates are running on the same platform, ActBlue. So campaign digital staffs probably have very little original development work to do, and it shows. Lots of your top-tier sites look pretty seriously cookie-cutter. And if they built a poor template to build from, every site will suffer." END QUOTE.
In other words, if the ActBlue template were improved, that improvement could flow through to many candidates' sites. That's an area where we, as voters, can and should apply pressure. Every American has the right to vote. But if candidates fail to present their case to voters in a way that actually works, how can we expect people to make informed decisions?
In the Vox piece, Smith noted that several campaigns had acknowledged the problems and reached out for more information on improving their websites. The campaigns listed are Biden, Warren, and Yang. I contacted each of those campaigns earlier this week asking for a comment on how those updates are going. None of them have replied.
Having said that, in my testing I did notice that Warren has added a Web Accessibility Statement to her website. It's linked in the footer of each page. That page explains that Warren's team is working toward making her website WCAG AA accessible, though it is an ongoing process. She also provides a specific email address and phone number to contact the campaign for accessibility issues. That is considered a best practice, and it's a good starting point. While even that page has some accessibility problems—all of them stemming from the overall website template, it is a VERY WELCOME CHANGE. Warren deserves credit for paying attention to this and actually taking action. In my quick review I didn't see similar statements from other candidates, though I did not review all 25 of their websites.
To wrap up this segment, let me read from my interview with May one more time. QUOTE:
"Bottom line: campaigns have relatively small sites that they should be able to keep in tip-top shape, as long as the candidates' digital staffs put in some small amount of effort testing sites and accepting feedback. It's good that people are talking about it now." END QUOTE.
AN UPDATE ON BIDEN'S Q2 FUNDRAISING
Yesterday, right before the deadline for this show, Joe Biden's campaign released his Q2 fundraising numbers. Here's a quick update on those, now that I've had more than ten minutes to sit with them.
Overall, Biden brought in $21.5 million dollars. He had a total of 435,000 DONATIONS given by 256,000 donors. That means some of those donors gave more than once. An ABC News story pointed out that, if you take Biden's fundraising and divide it by the number of DAYS he's actually been in the race, his per-day fundraising looks a whole lot better than just the total number. Let me explain.
There were a total of 91 days in Q2 this year. Given that number, the average per-day raise for Buttigieg was around $272,000 dollars. Every day. That's a great number. For Sanders, the per-day raise was around $198,000 dollars. Also very good. But for Biden, given his shorter time in the race, his per-day number is about $326,000 dollars. That beats Buttigieg by almost $54,000 dollars each day. Now THAT is an impressive number, and it casts Biden's Q2 in a very different light.
Biden's campaign did NOT release figures about cash on hand, so we can't compare those to Buttigieg or Sanders, but we'll know all about that stuff in just about 11 days anyhow.
Two other notes. First, the Biden campaign noted that it has opened all its fundraising events to the press. This is actually what led to that recent dust-up over Biden's comments about Senate relationships in the 70s—there was a reporter in the room taking notes, who later provided those notes to other reporters—but that's part of WHY you put a reporter in the room. It's a degree of transparency that is very welcome.
And second, the Biden campaign is doing the responsible thing with over-enthusiastic donors. Reading from a Politico story by Natasha Korecki and Maggie Severns, QUOTE:
"The Biden campaign also said it is "actively reimbursing" any checks it receives that are for the general election, which several other candidates in the race are not doing. General election donations allow enthusiastic donors to give more than the $2,800 [dollar] maximum that is allowed for a primary election." END QUOTE.
So let me clarify that. Under federal law, each citizen is allowed to give each primary candidate a maximum of $2,800 dollars in the primary, because the primary is an election. When the GENERAL election happens later, that is a SECOND election, so that counter resets and a NEW threshold of $2,800 dollars kicks in for everybody.
Given that the general election is not until NEXT YEAR, the responsible thing to do is simply send back general election donations and then ask for them again if you happen to win the primary. Apparently some campaigns, though I don't have a handy list of which ones, are taking in both kinds of donations now, but have to keep the general election pool of money separate.
WHICH CANDIDATES HAVE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR THE SEPTEMBER DEBATES
And last up today, let's talk about the September debates. First let me lay out some key dates coming up. The next debates are July 30thand 31st, that's a Tuesday and Wednesday, in Detroit. That July debate is hosted by CNN, and has the same qualifying rules as the June debate we just had last week.
After that July debate, the DNC is taking August off. The next DNC primary debate will be on September 12thand 13th…or maybe just the 12thif not too many people qualify. That one will be hosted by ABC, but other details there have not yet been released.
Okay, so who, in this field, will make it into those September debates? According to the New York Times, there are five candidates who have a lock on both the donor numbers and the likely polling leading up to September. Those candidates are:
Biden, Buttigieg, Harris, Sanders, and Warren.
In addition to those five, it's likely that Beto O'Rourke will also make it to those debates, though there are minor question marks about his most recent polling numbers, which haven't been so hot. Then again, he has enough of a national profile—and a polling history—that it seems likely he will achieve the polling threshold. He has already passed the donor threshold, so that's not a problem.
And then you have Andrew Yang, who has also already crossed the donor threshold, but is kind of on the bubble in terms of polling. He has achieved 2 percent in polls before, but at times he's not quite hitting that 2-percent target. For instance, in both the Quinnipiac and ABC-slash-Washington Post polls I discussed yesterday, he hit 1 percent. So for Yang, the mission right now is to spend July and August pushing for better poll numbers, just like O'Rourke.
So that is currently the list as we know it—and that's just seven people. I'm going to read here from a New York Times piece by Matt Stevens and Maggie Astor. QUOTE:
"The D.N.C. has said that only polls publicly released between June 28[th] and Aug[ust] 28[th] can be used to help candidates qualify for the September debate. That means all the candidates have started counting again from zero.
Candidates like Mr. Booker and Ms. Klobuchar often poll at 2 percent and above and may very well reach the polling threshold. But they could struggle to get to 130,000 unique donors." END QUOTE.
That's a good reminder that, oh by the way, nobody has four qualifying polls yet because not enough polls have been released yet—though that will change rapidly. A lot of what we're dealing with here is the assumption that candidates CAN draw 2 percent in 4 polls—which is a super solid bet for about eight or maybe nine of them.
So while we are still months out from this September debate, across the country right now are a few dozen teams working to plot their path to this next milestone.
Outro: Well, that is it for one more episode of the Primary Ride Home. I have been your host, Chris Higgins. You can always find me on Twitter @chrishiggins. All right, Independence Day is upon us! I'm gonna use my three-day weekend to tackle some house projects—I've gotta figure out how to fix an IKEA shelf that fell off my office wall the day after I installed it. Gonna put in some door sweeps on our ancient farmhouse doors, and spray WD-40 all over everything I can find. Oh, and today I posted my first transcript for this podcast. That link is in the show notes, and I'm gonna look at going back and posting older transcripts as well, because I've got scripts for every show we've done so far. Well, enjoy the fireworks, drive safely, and as always, thanks for listening. I will talk to y'all on MONDAY.
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In April 2018, VYAIRE, has acquired Acutronic Medical Systems (Switzerland) and, separately completed an agreement to acquire imtmedical AG (Switzerland). This acquisition helps to enhance the portfolio of Vyaire.
On the basis of end-users, the market is segmented into hospitals, specialty clinics, long term care centres, ambulatory, surgery center and rehabilitation centres. Hospitals are sub-segmented into ICU and PICU. In 2018, hospitals segment is expected to dominate the Asia Pacific ICU Ventilators market with 53.2% market share and is expected to grow at the highest CAGR of 7.9% in the forecast period of 2019 to 2026.
In October 2018, a new software with IntelliSync+ for HAMILTON-G5/S1 was introduced which is helping in the growth of the ventilator market. In this the waveform shapes are analysed by the expert's eye due to the IntelliSync+ option which may help in the better results.
Some of the prominent players operating in this market are Dragerwerk AG & Co. KGaA(Germany), Koninklijke Philips N.V.(Netherlands), Medtronic(Ireland), Hamilton Medical(Switzerland), Lowenstein Medical(Germany), Heyer Medical AG(Germany), Getinge AB.(Sweden), VYAIRE(U.S.) and many others.
In January 2015, Koninklijke Philips N.V. launched a critical care ventilator – V680 across europe which can be used in hospital respiratory care for both invasive and noninvasive ventilation. It is designed for smooth transition from ventilation to natural breathing which may help to increase patient care. This helped the company to enlarge its business and improve their revenue.
In December 2018, HAMILTON-C6 simulation software has been introduced in the market which is ultimately helping the growth of ventilation market with advanced features.
In August 2018, ResMed's Astral Life Support Ventilator includes optional AutoEPAP (automatic expiratory positive airway pressure) in iVAPS (intelligent Volume-Assured Pressure Support) for U.S. patients which were already present in other markets earlier, a high-demand therapy option through which automatically adapts to a patient's changing pressure needs as their respiratory disease progresses.
TABLE 3 COMPOSITION OF FEDERAL SPENDING ON HEALTHCARE IN THE U.S.
TABLE 4 ICU PATIENTS ADMITTED IN RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS, U.S.


Curl your fist around 950,000 volts of "shock therapy". The Blast Knuckles Stun Gun has a unique patented design giving you full control of it's awesome power. Sure to become a hit amongst joggers, the grip makes for comfortable fit and even has rubberized coating. There is no sacrificing voltage, it releases close to one million volts. Also features a safety switch and "ready for use" LED indicator plus a momentary button releasing the powerful shock. Includes 2 lithium batteries and a magnetic leather holster w/ belt loop.
oh yeah! it works! when i got mine my buddy kept begging me to shock him, finally i broke down, i made him lean on the couch just in case he fell, i shocked him in the back of the leg halfway down (which isnt even i really good place) - and trust me, he is a tough guy. i hit him as fast as i could (just touched him - like 1/2 a second) and he went down like a sack of potato's!! it took him a sec to get up and i asked - did it hurt? he says - every cell in my body hurt, how long did you hit me for? i told him less than a second, he couldnt believe it - he thought i held it on him - oh yeah, it works!
I bought one of these after being threatened with bodily harm by a thug. I keep it with me at all times. The fact that it fits like brass knuckles makes it seem likely that an assailant would not be able to take it away from you very easily. I am also ordering one for my wife. I hope to never have to use it, but if I do, I'm sure it will perform as stated in the ad.
I keep mine in my truck and noticed that the stun gun feature has problems functioning in very cold temperatures. I haven't had the need to use it but I have no doubt that the Blast knuckles could get me out of a bad situation fairly easily with its solid construction and built in 950,000volt stun gun.
OK. Let me put it in 1 simple word.


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Civ3 Stories
Early destruction
Metaliturtle
This is a story based on the perspective of a barbarian camp, it isn't intended to be funny, so if it is, consider that a bonus.
Thorg was enjoying his life, together with his brother Org, and their posse of horsemen, they had built a hoard of almost 2000 gold and 25,000 women.
"ORG!!! Thorg want kill!!!!"
"Org want kill too!!!"
Simultaneously "GREAT MINDS THINK SAME!!!"
They readied their troops, for, although they were illiterate, they had a good grasp of military strategy and were very strong after 10 successful raids onto London.
The first knighted division came into being that day in England, Elizabeth was sick of being passed up for the rapings, and thought that the barbarians should be destroyed.
Reginald was addressing his line, he was amazed at how well trained these horses were, they were even breathing in unison
The too familiar black cloud was on them, and Reginald raised his sword
"READY?! ATTACK!"
The knights charged, they realized soon that the only difference between the men they were fighting and themselves, was that their foes didn't wear armor, but were protected as if they were. The battle raged for hours, blood spilled from the throats of the barbarians, untill eventually, Thorg met with Reginald
"Me Thorg, YOU WRESTLE THORG"
Reginald raised his hand in the air "I accept"
"Thorg ready"
The hand dropped, and the last thing Thorg heard was a very swift swish
First Master, Banan-Abbot of the Nana-stary, and Arch-Nan of the Order of the Sacred Banana.
Marathon, the reason my friends and I have been playing the same hotseat game since 2006...
trickey
A very creative way to tell a story, this is the first one i've heared about barbarians!
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