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The sixth grade team greets our sixth graders with intention and purpose. Together we work hard to build a strong community. We have shared language that guides us daily.
This is our place. Connect. Explore. Reach. Play. Care. Be present. We are all in this together.
Before the academic work begins, the sixth grade team provides opportunities to cultivate the spirit of community. The year opens with sixth grade Orientation, several days together on campus prior to the arrival of the seventh and eighth graders. The students become familiar with their new surroundings, peers, and teachers. The year continues with Adventure Days. The whole grade bonds with each other through surfing at the beach, hiking, developing trust through games, and sleeping over at school.
The sixth grade teachers put their heads together throughout the school year. The curriculum is based on the needs of the sixth graders, keeping in mind both individual needs and the needs of the community. We guide our students, teaching them collaboration and relationship building.


Hi ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another year at Wine Lake Camp. The year started off pretty well as we just finished ice cutting. All members of our team made it home safely and we had no real accidents which means it was successful. We did receive a very nice helping hand from a lodge owner from quite a distance away when he and his girlfriend decided to ride out and help us for several hours.
2 weeks prior to our trip I received a phone call that the older Indian trapper that has had a cabin on Wine Lake for over 50 years had passed away from a heart attack. His name was Gabe and some of you may have met him through the years as he would stop by from time to time and we would help him when we could. His family had contacted me and ask if we could help move all the lumber for a new cabin Gabe was going to build this year. It was laying in the bush and they had no way of getting it to their site. So the group and I met up with them the day after we arrived and we moved all the lumber for an entire cabin to their current cabin site so they could build it this summer. It took us over 6 hours of shoveling snow and moving stacks of lumber on sleds pulled behind our snow machines. By the end of the day we were exhausted, but Elaine the daughter made a meal fit for a king for all of us to eat. Great day overall.
The weather was extremely cold and we had lots of snow. I am hoping the snow helps to bring up the lake level from last year as we ended the season with not being able to get into Mud Lake and Ghost Lake. The beaver actually blocked the Anishinabi Falls completely and we had no water coming over the falls at all. I have been in touch with the MNR and the Gabes family and feel we should be able to get the beavers removed from the falls area and the dam busted open in the Spring. This should help bring the water level up even more.
On Sunday we constructed the Ice ramp and got ready to cut the ice on Monday. Early Monday we got started. The temperature was -24 F with out the wind chill. We worked hard all day but because it was so cold we could not keep out saws from freezing up to quickly which really set us back. We finally got into a rhythm by late afternoon but did not get all the ice put up. So back to work we went on Tuesday to finish putting up the ice. When we started the next morning, we had to clear away 3" of new ice that had formed on all the open water. You could actually walk across and jump on the new ice. We got the job finished and the ramp tore down just at dark making for another really long day. The actual ice was great though. It was 20" thick and of that only 3" to 4" of that was what we call slush ice (it is the ice that melts the quickest because it is built with air in it. We estimated the blocks at 550 to 600 pounds each.
The next 3 days we spent exploring and fishing. We put over 150 miles on the snow machines and fished 4 different lakes as well as Wine. We caught a bunch of walleyes, a few trout, a couple really big perch and some burbout. We ended our week and our stay with a huge fish fry the last night with onion rings. It really makes you long for the summer days when that is done daily and in much more comfortable temperatures.
I would say the average temps for the week were about -2 to -3 during the day and -10 to -20 at night. The high for the week was 14 one day and low was Monday of Ice cutting at -27. Even with the cold we had a great time. Remember this summer when you put your fish in the ice chest or have a whiskey on the rocks that what went into providing that and how great our seasons truly are.
I really want to thank the people who worked really hard up there this year as it could not be done without them.
See you all very soon and look forward to another great year at Wine Lake Camp!!!!!


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The gene expression program of prostate fibroblast senescence modulates neoplastic epithelial cell proliferation through paracrine mechanisms.
Bavik, Claes; Coleman, Ilsa; Dean, James P.; Knudsen, Beatrice; Plymate, Steven; Nelson, Peter S. (2006-01-15)
The greatest risk factor for developing carcinoma of the prostate is advanced age. Potential molecular and physiologic contributors to the frequency of cancer occurrence in older individuals include the accumulation of somatic mutations through defects in genome maintenance, epigenetic gene silencing, oxidative stress, loss of immune surveillance, telomere dysfunction, chronic inflammation, and alterations in tissue microenvironment. In this context, the process of prostate carcinogenesis can be influenced through interactions between intrinsic cellular alterations and the extrinsic microenvironment and macroenvironment, both of which change substantially as a consequence of aging. In this study, we sought to characterize the molecular alterations that occur during the process of prostate fibroblast senescence to identify factors in the aged tissue microenvironment capable of promoting the proliferation and potentially the neoplastic progression of prostate epithelium. We evaluated three mechanisms leading to cell senescence: oxidative stress, DNA damage, and replicative exhaustion. We identified a consistent program of gene expression that includes a subset of paracrine factors capable of influencing adjacent prostate epithelial growth. Both direct coculture and conditioned medium from senescent prostate fibroblasts stimulated epithelial cell proliferation, 3-fold and 2-fold, respectively. The paracrine-acting proteins fibroblast growth factor 7, hepatocyte growth factor, and amphiregulin (AREG) were elevated in the extracellular environment of senescent prostate fibroblasts. Exogenous AREG alone stimulated prostate epithelial cell growth, and neutralizing antibodies and small interfering RNA targeting AREG attenuated, but did not completely abrogate the growth-promoting effects of senescent fibroblast conditioned medium. These results support the concept that aging-related changes in the prostate microenvironment may contribute to the progression of prostate neoplasia.
Characterization of 67 kD laminin receptor, a protein whose gene is overexpressed on treatment of cells with anti-benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide.
An, She-Juan; Chen, Jia-Kun; Chen, Hua-jie; Chang, Wei; Jiang, Yi-Guo; Wei, Qing-Yi; Chen, Xue-Min (2006-04)
The molecular mechanisms potentially related to tumorigenesis induced by anti-benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide (anti-BPDE) were investigated by suppression subtractive hybridization of the human bronchial epithelial cells (16HBE) carcinoma induced by BPDE-transformed 16HBE cells (16HBE-C). The 67 kD laminin receptor gene (67LR1) is one of the screened overexpressed genes in 16HBE-C cells when compared with 16HBE. In order to understand the main functions of 67LR1 gene, we amplified the full length of 67LR1 gene using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. The amplified gene products were inserted into pcDNA 3.1 Directional TOPO expression vector. We then transfected 16HBE cells with this vector and derived stable transfected 16HBE cell lines containing the 67LR1 gene by using lipofectin and G418 selection protocols. The expression products of transfected genes were analyzed by semiquantitative RT-PCR. Soft agar growth assay was carried out to identify the malignant features of 67LR1 gene. The stable transfected cell lines can form colonies in soft agar. Further, the transfected cells showed morphological changes compared to the control cells, such as the obvious pseudopods. These data suggest that the 67LR1 gene may be related to malignant transformation induced by the anti-BPDE. The 67LR1 protein may be related to the directionality of cell movement.
Effect of short-term fasting on urinary excretion of primary lipid peroxidation products and on markers of oxidative DNA damage in healthy women.
Lee, Kyoung-Ho; Bartsch, Helmut; Nair, Jagadeesan; Yoo, Dong-Ho; Hong, Yun-Chul; Cho, Soo-Hun; Kang, Daehee (2006-07)
The goal of this study was to determine whether short-term fasting changes in urinary biomarkers related to oxidative stress: malondialdehyde (MDA), 8-isoprostaglandin F2alpha (8-isoPGF), 8-hydroxydeoxy-guanosine (8-OHdG) and 1,N6-ethenodeoxyadenosine (epsilondA) among female volunteers participating in the short-term fasting program in South Korea. The study subjects were 52 healthy women (mean age 28, range 15-48 years old) who provided urine samples both before and after the fasting program (average 7.2, range: 3-11 days). Urinary MDA was measured by HPLC-UV and epsilondA levels were measured by immuno-affinity purification followed by HPLC-fluorescence detection. Urinary 8-OHdG and 8-isoPGF concentrations were determined by ELISA. Plasma leptin levels were also measured by radioimmunoassay. Information on demographic characteristics, personal habits (smoking and alcohol consumption) and previous medical history were collected by a self-administered questionnaire. Percent loss of body weight (average 6.3%, 4.28 +/- 0.25 kg) was significantly correlated with fasting duration (r = 0.70, n = 52, P < 0.01). The plasma leptin levels after fasting (5.89 +/- 1.10 ng/ml) were significantly lower than before fasting (6.91 +/- 1.13 ng/ml) (n = 27, P = 0.05). Urinary MDA levels after fasting (0.18 +/- 1.10 mg/g creatinine) were significantly lower than before fasting (0.37 +/- 1.11) (n = 51, P < 0.01). Urinary 8-isoPGF also were significantly reduced after fasting (n = 47, P < 0.01). However, there was no significant difference in 8-OHdG or epsilondA. There was a statistically significant correlation between % change of urinary MDA level with % change of 8-isoPGF level (partial correlation coefficient r = 0.57, n = 46, P = 0.01). The correlations between % change of 8-OHdG and plasma leptin was also significant (partial correlation coefficient r = 0.51, n = 27, P = 0.02). Our results demonstrate that the short-term fasting reduces lipid peroxidation products but does not affect oxidative stress-induced DNA damage.
Prospective study of mesothelioma mortality in Turkish villages with exposure to fibrous zeolite.
Baris, Y. Izzettin; Grandjean, Philippe (2006-03-15)
Mesothelioma incidence is high in certain villages on the Anatolian plateau in Turkey, where environmental exposure includes erionite, a form of zeolite fibers, from the local volcanic tuff. Previous studies of this exposure were cross-sectional or with a follow-up period of only a few years. A prospective study of residents of two exposed and one nearby control village was initiated in 1979 and continued through December 31, 2003. A total of 891 men and women, aged 20 years or older, were included, 230 of them residing in the village without known exposure to erionite. Mortality data were obtained from hospital records and death certificates. During the 23-year follow-up, 372 deaths occurred; 119 of these were from mesothelioma, which was the cause of 44.5% of all deaths in the exposed villages. Seventeen patients had peritoneal mesothelioma; the rest had pleural mesothelioma. Only two cases of mesothelioma, one of each type, occurred in the control village-both in women born elsewhere. When standardized to the world population, the pleural mesothelioma incidence was approximately 700 and 200 cases per 100,000 people annually in the two exposed villages and about 10 cases per 100,000 people in the control village. When we used Danish data for comparison, the standardized pleural mesothelioma mortality rate was 485 (95% confidence interval = 395 to 590). Our results emphasize the severity of the mesothelioma endemic in erionite-exposed areas of Turkey and call for intensified prevention of mesothelioma by limiting environmental exposures to these fibers.
Molecular biomarkers of oxidative stress associated with bromate carcinogenicity.
Delker, Don; Hatch, Gary; Allen, James; Crissman, Bobby; George, Michael; Geter, David; Kilburn, Steve; Moore, Tanya; Nelson, Gail; Roop, Barbara; et al. (2006-04-17)
Potassium bromate (KBrO3) is a chemical oxidizing agent found in drinking water as a disinfection byproduct of surface water ozonation. Chronic exposures to KBrO3 cause renal cell tumors in rats, hamsters and mice and thyroid and testicular mesothelial tumors in rats. Experimental evidence indicates that bromate mediates toxicological effects via the induction of oxidative stress. To investigate the contribution of oxidative stress in KBrO3-induced cancer, male F344 rats were administered KBrO3 in their drinking water at multiple concentrations for 2-100 weeks. Gene expression analyses were performed on kidney, thyroid and mesothelial cell RNA. Families of mRNA transcripts differentially expressed with respect to bromate treatment included multiple cancer, cell death, ion transport and oxidative stress genes. Multiple glutathione metabolism genes were up-regulated in kidney following carcinogenic (400 mg/L) but not non-carcinogenic (20 mg/L) bromate exposures. 8-Oxodeoxyguanosine glycosylase (Ogg1) mRNA was up-regulated in response to bromate treatment in kidney but not thyroid. A dramatic decrease in global gene expression changes was observed following 1mg/L compared to 20 mg/L bromate exposures. In a separate study oxygen-18 (18O) labeled KBrO3 was administered to male rats by oral gavage and tissues were analyzed for 18O deposition. Tissue enrichment of 18O was observed at 5 and 24 h post-KBr18O3 exposure with the highest enrichment occurring in the liver followed by the kidney, thyroid and testes. The kidney dose response observed was biphasic showing similar statistical increases in 18O deposition between 0.25 and 50 mg/L (equivalent dose) KBr18O3 followed by a much greater increase above 50 mg/L. These results suggest that carcinogenic doses of potassium bromate require attainment of a threshold at which oxidation of tissues occurs and that gene expression profiles may be predictive of these physiological changes in renal homeostasis.
O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase gene polymorphisms and the risk of primary lung cancer.
Chae, Myung Hwa; Jang, Jin-Sung; Kang, Hyo-Gyoung; Park, Jae Hyung; Park, Jung Min; Lee, Won Kee; Kam, Sin; Lee, Eung Bae; Son, Ji-Woong; Park, Jae Yong (2006-04)
O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) plays an important role in the repair of O6-alkylguanine adducts, which are major mutagenic lesions produced by environmental carcinogens. Polymorphisms in the AGT gene may affect the capacity to repair DNA damage and thereby have influence on individual's susceptibility to smoking-related cancer. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the potential association of AGT polymorphisms (485C > A, Leu53Leu (C > T) and Leu84Phe] with the risk of lung cancer in a Korean population. The AGT genotypes were determined in 432 lung cancer patients and in 432 healthy controls who were frequency-matched for age and gender. The 485 AA genotype was associated with a significantly increased risk for overall lung cancer as compared with the 485 CC genotype and the combined 485 CC + CA genotype, respectively (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 1.83, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.12-2.99, P = 0.02, and Bonferroni corrected P-value (Pc) = 0.04; and adjusted OR = 1.67, 95% CI = 1.05-2.66, P = 0.03, respectively). When the lung cancer cases were categorized by the tumor histology, the 485 AA genotype was associated with a significantly increased risk of adenocarcinoma (AC) and small cell carcinoma (SmCC), respectively, as compared with the combined 485 CC + CA genotype (adjusted OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.39-4.66, P = 0.003; and adjusted OR = 2.19, 95% CI = 1.06-4.55, P = 0.04, respectively). However, the genotype distributions of the Leu53Leu and Leu84Phe polymorphisms were not significantly different between the lung cancer cases and the controls. On a promoter assay, the 485C > A polymorphism did not have an effect on the promoter activity of the AGT gene. These results suggest that the effect of the AGT 485C > A polymorphism on the risk of lung cancer may be secondary to linkage disequilibrium (LD) with either another AGT variant or with a true susceptibility gene, and that the AGT 485C > A polymorphism could be used as a marker for the genetic susceptibility to lung cancer.
Environmental arsenic exposure and sputum metalloproteinase concentrations.
Josyula, Arun B.; Poplin, Gerald S.; Kurzius-Spencer, Margaret; McClellen, Hannah E.; Kopplin, Michael J.; Stürup, Stefan; Clark Lantz, R.; Burgess, Jefferey L. (2006-11)
Exposure to arsenic in drinking water is associated with an increased rate of lung cancer. The objective of this study was to determine whether arsenic exposure at relatively low concentrations (approximately 20 microg/L) is associated with changes in biomarkers of lung inflammation, as measured by the ratio of sputum metalloproteinase and antiproteinase activity. A total of 73 subjects residing in Ajo and Tucson, Arizona were recruited for this cross-sectional study. Tap water and first morning void urine were analyzed for arsenic. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), 9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1) were measured in induced sputum. Household tap water arsenic levels in Ajo (20.3+/-3.7 microg/L) were higher than in those Tucson (4.0+/-2.3 microg/L), as were mean urinary total inorganic arsenic levels (29.1+/-20.4 and 11.0+/-12.0 microg/L, respectively). Log-normalized MMP-2, MMP-9, and TIMP-1 concentrations in sputum were not significantly different between towns. However, after adjusting for town, asthma, diabetes, urinary monomethylarsonic acid/inorganic arsenic, and smoking history, total urinary arsenic was negatively associated with MMP-2 and TIMP-1 levels in sputum and positively associated with the ratio of MMP-2/TIMP-1 and MMP-9/TIMP-1 in sputum. Increased sputum proteinase/antiproteinase activity suggests a potential toxic mechanism for low-level arsenic exposure.
Metabolic profile in workers occupationally exposed to arsenic: role of GST polymorphisms.
Marcos, Ricardo; Martínez, Valeria; Hernández, Alba; Creus, Amadeu; Sekaran, Chandra; Tokunaga, Hiroshi; Quinteros, Domingo (2006-03)
Arsenic is a well-known human carcinogen with a ubiquitous distribution in the natural environment. Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic involves a biotransformation process that leds to the main excretion of organic methylated metabolites, such as monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), as well as the parental inorganic species. Interindividual variation in arsenic metabolism has been extensively reported, and polymorphisms in genes involved in such process could be related to changes in the arsenic excretion profile and the response to chronic exposures. Our analysis of the metabolic profiles in three groups of workers exposed to different arsenic exposure levels showed high amounts of inorganic arsenic and MMA in the most-exposed workers versus the least-exposed workers, in whom high amounts of DMA were observed. With respect to the role of different genetic polymorphisms in the glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes in the modulation of the urinary profiles, for the overall population only a tendency was just observed between GSTM1 null and MMA excretion as well as between GSTP1 val/val and DMA excretion.
Red palm oil suppresses the formation of azoxymethane (AOM) induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in Fisher 344 male rats.
Boateng, J.; Verghese, M.; Chawan, C.B.; Shackelford, L.; Walker, L.T.; Khatiwada, J.; Williams, D.S. (2006-10)
Red palm oil (RPO) contains significant levels of carotenoids and Vitamin E. In this experiment we compared the inhibitory effects of RPO (7% and 14% levels) and soybean oil (7% and 14%) on azoxymethane (AOM) induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF). Thirty-two male Fisher 344 rats were randomly assigned to four groups. Two groups received AIN-93 G control (C) diet containing 7% and 14% soybean oil (SBO), respectively. Groups 3 and 4 received a treatment diet consisting of 7% and 14% RPO, respectively. The rats received subcutaneous injections of AOM at 16 mg/kg body weight at 7 and 8 weeks of age. At 17 weeks of age rats were killed by CO(2) asphyxiation. Numbers of ACF (mean+/-SE) in the proximal and distal colon were: 39.9 +/- 0.9, 53.8 +/- 2.8, 26.0 +/- 3.0, 27.5 +/- 1.5 and 118.2 +/- 1.7, 125.6 +/- 3.2, 41 +/- 7, 52.3 +/- 1.8 in rats fed 7% SBO, 14% SBO, 7% RPO and 14% RPO, respectively. The results of this study showed that RPO reduced the incidence of AOM induced ACF and may therefore have a beneficial effect in reducing the incidence of colon cancer.
Black tea polyphenols protect against 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis.
Letchoumy, P. Vidjaya; Chandra Mohan, K. V. P.; Kumaraguruparan, R.; Hara, Y.; Nagini, S. (2006)
Dietary chemoprevention has emerged as a cost-effective approach for cancer control. We evaluated the chemopreventive effects of black tea polyphenols (Polyphenon-B) administration during the preinitiation phase of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced hamster buccal pouch (HBP) carcinogenesis. The expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the buccal pouch and the concentration of lipid peroxides, protein carbonyl, and the antioxidant status in the buccal pouch, liver and erythrocytes were used as biomarkers of chemoprevention. All the hamsters painted with DMBA alone for 14 weeks developed buccal pouch carcinomas associated with increased expression of PCNA, diminished lipid and protein oxidation, and enhanced antioxidant status. In the liver and erythrocytes of tumor-bearing animals, enhanced oxidation of lipids and proteins was accompanied by compromised antioxidant defenses. Dietary administration of Polyphenon-B effectively suppressed DMBA-induced HBP carcinogenesis as revealed by decreased incidence of tumours and PCNA expression. In addition, Polyphenon-B modulated lipid and protein oxidation and enhanced the antioxidant status in the pouch, liver, and erythrocytes. We suggest that Polyphenon-B exerts its chemopreventive effects by inhibiting cell proliferation in the target tissue and modulating the oxidant-antioxidant status in the target as well as in host tissues.

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What is psychotherapy really for?
Is therapy about the art of being, or learning to do differently?
It seems there is an ongoing debate between differing approaches in therapeutic circles. Is psychotherapy at its best when we are creating a strong relationship and the potential for clients to just be, exactly as they are? Or is it most effective when we are using set interventions that have been tried, tested and evidenced for particular mental health conditions? In a nutshell, is our role to be, or to do?
As a constructivist therapist this apparent dilemma often leaves me scratching my head. I see psychotherapy as an endevour in modelling. The job of the therapist in my mind is to assist the client in developing an understanding of HOW it is they do what they are currently doing. What patterns are at play? How do they show up? How is the client being and is that working for them?
Oftentimes simply observing, making space for and accepting our way of being is enough. For sure it is from a place of compassion and sponsorship that transformation flows. In the therapy room, if we judge symptoms and attempt to end or minimise them, we risk cutting off a part of the client that is seeking expression and validation.
Wholehearted acceptance and attunement are essential ingredients for healing. Only by completely facing into and accepting what is currently present can we hope to set ourselves free from it. How is it that symptoms can reveal their truth, their gifts? You might think this means I fall on the being side of the debate.
However, once the structure of a client's experience is illuminated, then using interventions that match that structure are likely to be beneficial. Techniques may well have a place, and it is useful to know which have an evidence base for which circumstances. Therapy is about experimentation, about new learning, about doing something different.
Let's end the infighting about whether we are in the room to be with clients or to do with clients. For me the truth is that both matter. We can be a catalyst only by being real, by being present, and by handing power to the person to whom it belongs, the client. We may well need to be an active agent of change to achieve this.


You can't avoid some bank fees, but others you can. An overdraft happens if a transaction comes through your checking account and you don't have enough money. Overdraft fees vary by financial institution, but can range between $25 and $45. It's a costly fee that can quickly snowball. For that matter, here are seven of the best ways to handle an overdraft fee.
Pretending an overdraft fee doesn't exist isn't going to make the problem go away. Your account will stay in the red, and if you don't pay back this money in about two months, your bank may close your account, making it harder for you to open a new bank account.
If you owe a lot of money, speak with your bank immediately and negotiate repayment. Rather than pay the bank all the money at once, they may accept smaller payments over a few months. In most cases, banks are willing to work with account holders who go into the red. But you have to call and ask for assistance.
Sometimes, an overdraft isn't your fault. You deposit a check into your bank account, but this check bounces. If you've written any checks, a bounce check given to you can send your account into the red. And unfortunately, you're charged an overdraft fee for every transaction that comes through your account while it's in the red. Go to your bank and explain the situation. If you've always been a loyal, responsible account holder, the bank may waive some of the fees.
The moment you discover your account is overdrawn, don't make any new transactions with your debit card and don't write any checks. If you have pending transactions, let the bank know, and they might place a hold on your account and waive any additional overdraft fees.
Going forward, ask the bank about overdraft protection. There are two ways to receive this coverage. The bank might extend a line of credit to you, just in case your account is overdrawn. The bank pays the charge, and you pay back the line of credit. Or, you can open a savings account with your bank, link it to your checking account, and if your account overdrafts, the bank automatically transfers money from your savings into your checking.
If your account is in the red and you receive your paycheck, don't deposit your check into the account just yet. This is especially true if you need this money for immediate bills. Depositing your paycheck reduces how much you'll have for bills. For example, if your current account balance is $-250 and you deposit a paycheck for $700, $250 of this check goes toward bringing your account back into the black, at which time you'll only have $450 for bills.
The sooner you fix the overdraft, the better. Until your account is cleared up, you're unable to use your checking account. For that matter, consider borrowing money from a parent or sibling, and then repaying your relative in small monthly payments.
Overdraft fees are expensive and can quickly grow into a larger problem. So it's important that you handle an overdraft as soon as possible. What are other tips for dealing with an overdraft fee?


HSE, Quality & Environmental policies.
Programmed's vision is to be a leading provider of staffing, maintenance and facility management services, without injury.
Ensuring the accurate reporting and recording of all incidents, and taking all practicable steps to prevent recurrences.
This policy applies to all activities undertaken by Programmed.
Programmed is committed to ensuring each division establishes pragmatic and robust management systems to improve our services, enhance customer experience, support innovation, drive efficiency and meet the objectives of the business.
Programmed recognises that responsible environmental management is an integral element of our responsibility to our clients, the community and other stakeholders.
Programmed is a leading provider of operations and maintenance services across all industry sectors including education, health, infrastructure, manufacturing, transport and mining in Australia and New Zealand.
We are one of Australia's largest employers with more than 25,000 employees.
We have more than 1000 trainees and apprentices and we know how to take young adults and make them into supervisors, leaders and great contributors to their communities. We enable our people to gain a diverse range of task skills and industry experience to give them job and financial independence as industries and business evolve and change.
We get safety right on the ground and our own people believe in the goal of zero harm and operate with significantly less incidents and injuries than their peers. Our focus on the elimination of unplanned events prevents injuries and improves productivity. Studies undertaken by Griffith University have shown that our focus on safety and core values also results in our people having high customer service orientation and job satisfaction.
We put together teams of the right people with the right skills to deliver the operational and / or maintenance services required from our large employee base. We manage people effectively (safety, training, values, culture, payroll, awards, regulations, superannuation, diversity, apprenticeships, career development) in full compliance with the law and with high levels of employee engagement in an increasingly regulated environment, and we deliver operational improvements, flexibility and high levels of satisfaction to our customers.
To build outstanding people, strong customers and great communities.
Our core values provide a behavioural framework for all employees, across all divisions, at all times.
We display personal safety leadership each and every day. We believe all injuries are preventable. We act to ensure the health, safety and environmental wellbeing of our customers, the public and ourselves.
We show care and empathy for the people around us; our employees, customers and the communities we work in. We respect everyone's contribution by working together to achieve common goals and project outcomes. We believe that everyone comes to work wanting to do a great job. We are prepared to ask "R U OK?" if our colleagues are performing differently.
Our people display what we like to call good old-fashioned customer service. We imagine how we would like to be served, if we were the customer. We do what we say we are going to do.
We seek a workforce that is representative of the communities we work in. We strive for a team that reflects a diverse society in consideration of culture, gender, age, sexual orientation and abilities. We recognise the value and importance of attracting, engaging and retaining employees with different backgrounds, experience and perspectives. We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment, where people are treated equally and are free of all forms of discrimination.
At Programmed, safety is at the forefront of everything we do. We live by the philosophy that all injuries are preventable.
Our people work hard to deliver Programmed's purpose and commit to our values. Safety is embedded in our culture and we encourage our people to take an active role in visibly demonstrating safety leadership, regardless of their organisational position and location. We're supported by leading health, safety and environment systems which provide us with real-time data and analytics. These in turn help us become a safer, more reliable service provider.
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From RFA: Art Gallery Director bids Auckland farewell
Rhana Devenport ONZM
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Director Rhana Devenport is heading for Australia to take up the position of Director, Art Gallery of South Australia. After five years in the top role, she leaves the Gallery on 21 September.
While looking forward to an exciting new challenge across the Tasman, Devenport said she remains 'a strong and enduring advocate' for Auckland Art Gallery.
'I have tremendous faith in, and profound admiration for the Gallery, its people, its legacy, its collections and its positive cultural impact on Aotearoa New Zealand. I have learned a tremendous amount during these five years and have been impressed daily by the astounding levels of professionalism and commitment of my team.
'I am proud of what I have achieved during this time and have enjoyed making what I trust will be seen as a lasting and positive contribution to the Gallery's success and future.'
According to RFA Chief Executive Chris Brooks, her impact has been significant, both on the strategic direction of the Gallery and on its staff and stakeholders.
'Rhana's leadership has positioned the Gallery for success, establishing strong long-term partnerships, philanthropic support and a range of engagement programmes as part of her transformational legacy," he said.
'This includes the introduction of the Advancement Team and a highly successful new Membership programme, together with Contemporary Benefactors and International Ambassadors programmes. Rhana also established the Public Engagement Team with a strong commitment to outreach across Auckland, especially for our Māori, Pasifika and Asian communities.
'As well as leaving the Gallery with positive local stakeholder relationships, she has expanded the international reach of the Gallery significantly.'
Brooks cites the highly successful Gottfried Lindauer exhibitions presented in Berlin, Pilsen and San Francisco, and the Gallery's partnership with Creative New Zealand to present New Zealand's official pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2017 in Venice as examples.
'With strong visitor numbers and world class exhibition programmes, Rhana has made a lasting contribution and helped to cement Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki as a cultural leader that truly strengthens and enriches our communities.
We wish her every success and thank her for her outstanding leadership over the last five years.'
Recent acclaimed Auckland Art Gallery projects include Light Show, The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate, The Māori Portraits: Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand, Lee Mingwei and His Relations, The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence and the recently opened exhibition, Gordon Walters: New Vision.
Alongside these major exhibitions the Gallery has hosted a series of highly engaging family projects such as The cubic structural evolution project by Olafur Eliasson, Yayoi Kusama's Obliteration Room and the current From Pillars to Posts: Project Another Country by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan.
Kat Saunders Senior Communications and Marketing Adviser
kat.saunders@rfal.co.nz
About RFA
Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA) enriches life in Auckland by engaging people in the arts, environment, sport and events. With our six divisions – Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland Conventions, Auckland Live, Auckland Stadiums, Auckland Zoo and New Zealand Maritime Museum – we strive to create rewarding visitor experiences and positive outcomes for Auckland. Our innovative and creative programmes delight more than four million visitors a year as we present engaging and accessible experiences across the city every single day.
As one of six Auckland Council organisations, we are a charitable trust governed by a board. Our landmark venues include ANZ Viaduct Events Centre, Aotea Centre, Aotea Square, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Town Hall, Auckland Zoo, Bruce Mason Centre, The Civic, Mt Smart Stadium, New Zealand Maritime Museum, QBE Stadium and Western Springs Stadium.
About Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is a cultural leader, playing a vital role as an inclusive hub for creativity for the city's diverse communities. Its thought-provoking, immersive experiences and public programmes enrich the lives of Aucklanders and visitors alike.
With multiple exhibition spaces spreading across four levels, it houses a remarkable collection of nearly 17,000 New Zealand and international artworks. Along with displays of iconic work from its permanent collection, exciting temporary exhibitions offer fresh ways to think about art and participate in creativity.
Media Release: Art Gallery Director bids farewell to Auckland
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Before coding the (in)famous Ken's Labyrinth game and later the Build engine used in Duke Nukem 3D, Ken Silverman created several other games, one of them being Kentris. Basically it is a two-player competitive version of the classic Russian game. You can compete against the computer or another human opponent. It's a fun but simple variant of classic Tetris gameplay.
Kentris. Added to website: 2018-03-11. All copyrights, trademarks, etc, are property of their respective holders.


Briliant tut. Here I am using mspaint, and wondering how on earth people get such amazaing shading and realness in their weapons :P I really should have realised that PS was involved somewhere. Just and idea, you could do a tut for making the weapon-gfx aswell?
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Siemens completes three power plant units in South Korea
Units 7 and 8 were completed on July 30, 2014 and October 21, 2014 respectively, while unit 9 went online on January 17, 2015
Siemens, together with its South Korean customer POSCO Energy & Construction, have completed the Incheon LNG CCPP 7, 8, and 9 combined cycle power plant units. These units were erected at the existing site in Incheon, about 20 miles west of Seoul.
Units 7 and 8 were completed on July 30, 2014 and October 21, 2014 respectively, while unit 9 went online on January 17, 2015. This enabled the overall power plant to take up commercial operation six weeks ahead of the scheduled completion date; the first unit after a construction period of only 22 months. The plants are operated by POSCO Energy.
Equipped with the latest H-class technology and with a total installed electrical capacity of 1,262 MW and a net efficiency of 60 percent, this plant was again listed among the country's top power plants.
Each of the natural-gas-fired units has an installed gross electrical capacity of 420 MW. The plants are designed for 250 starts per year and can power up to full load in only 30 minutes. Because of extremely limited space at the existing power plant site, Siemens designed the three units such that they could all be erected in one single building.
Siemens delivered three power islands, each consisting of an SGT6-8000H gas turbine, an SST6-5000 HI-L steam turbine, an SGen6-2000H generator, a triple-pressure Benson heat recovery steam generator with SCR and the SPPA-T3000 I&C system for the overall plant.
The company was also responsible for the basic engineering and commissioned the components and the overall plant. A long-term service contract will not only guarantee a high degree of reliability, but also the profitability of the units. POSCO E&C was responsible for the auxiliary systems, civil engineering, the electrical systems and the assembly and installation work for the site.
To date, Siemens has sold 15 of the SGT6-8000H gas turbine models for eight projects in South Korea. This corresponds to an installed power generating capacity of 6.3 GW.


The English Major at Lasell has a professional focus, rooted in Connected Learning, that seeks to educate students by promoting self-expression, academic exploration and critical thinking in academic, civic, and career-relevant areas.
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Lasell is home to several student- run publications, including: the 1851 Chronicle student newspaper; Tarnished, which celebrates the visual and written arts; and Polished, our award-winning fashion magazine. Students are encouraged from their first year to write for each publication.
Lasell's School of Humanities, Education, Justice & Social Sciences has degree programs in Criminal Justice, Education, English, Global Engagement, History, Law & Public Affairs, Legal Studies, Psychology, and Sociology.
Writing for Lasell's student- run publications, including: the 1851 Chronicle student newspaper; Tarnished, which celebrates the visual and written arts; and Polished, our award-winning fashion magazine. Students are encouraged from their first year to write for each publication.
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Partner with a non-profit organization through our Center for Community Based Learning to discover endless opportunities in tutoring, counseling, and development.
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'Exciting' future at academy
Ofsted outcome fills St Aidan's High School in Harrogate with a "mixture of emotions"
Red Nose fun raises smiles
Pupils and teachers at Harrogate's Ashville College got into the spirit of Red Nose Day with a non-uniform day.
By Janet Harrison
Thursday, 25th March 2021, 1:37 pm
Updated Thursday, 25th March 2021, 2:23 pm
Catherine Frieze, Assistant Chaplain and member of the College's Charity Committee, said: "Red Nose Day is always a great day enjoyed by pupils and staff alike across the whole campus.
"Sadly, COVID-19 restrictions meant activities traditionally held during lunch and breaktimes, were missing this year, but nonetheless the pupils really enjoyed the day.
"Ashville has a long and proud record of supporting charities locally, regionally and nationally, and the last year has seen pupils, staff and alumni undertaking a whole series of charity challenges, from running and cycling, to swimming the English Channel.
"I'm delighted to say that at the last count we have raised £1,626 for Comic Relief."
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Mike McKenna (né le  à Saint-Louis, dans l'État du Missouri aux États-Unis) est un joueur professionnel américain de hockey sur glace. Il évolue au poste de gardien de but.

Biographie

Carrière en club
En 1999, il commence à jouer pour les Blues Junior de Springfield dans la NAHL pour ensuite se rendre à l'Université St. Lawrence. En 2002, il se fait repêcher par les Predators de Nashville. En 2005, il commence à jouer dans l'ECHL pour les Wranglers de Las Vegas. Ensuite il fait une longue série d'équipes dans la LAH avant de jouer ses 15 premiers matchs dans la LNH avec le Lightning de Tampa Bay. Cette expérience sera suivi par d'autre équipes de la LAH. Puis, en 2010-2011, il est rappelé par les Devils du New Jersey où il joua un autre match.

Le  il signe un contrat de deux ans 1,15 million par année avec les Panthers de la Floride.

Le  il est échangé par les Sénateurs d'Ottawa avec Tom Pyatt et un choix de  tour au repêchage de 2019 aux Canucks de Vancouver en retour du gardien Anders Nilsson et de l'attaquant Darren Archibald . Finalement, il n'aura pas le temps de jouer pour ces derniers car le , les Flyers de Philadelphie le réclame au ballotage pour ajouter de la profondeur à leur équipe à la suite de la blessure de Michal Neuvirth .

Statistiques
Pour les significations des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

| 1999-2000 || Blues Junior de Springfield || NAHL || 16 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 879 || 48 || 3,28 ||  || 0 || 4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2001-2002 || Université de St. Lawrence || ECAC || 20 || 7 || 10 || 1 ||  || 59 || 3,16 ||  || 0 || 2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2002-2003 || Université de St Lawrence || ECAC || 15 || 1 || 7 || 2 || 618 || 38 || 3,69 ||  || 0 || 2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2003-2004 || Université de St Lawrence || ECAC || 27 || 9 || 10 || 3 ||  || 60 || 2,44 ||  || 3 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2004-2005 || Université de St Lawrence || ECAC || 35 || 15 || 17 || 2 ||  || 92 || 2,73 ||  || 3 || 4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2005-2006 || Admirals de Norfolk || LAH || 7 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 388 || 25 || 3,86 || 88,3 || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2005-2006 || Wranglers de Las Vegas || ECHL || 25 || 19 || 2 || 1 ||  || 49 || 2,13 || 92,3 || 1 || 17 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 173 || 9 || 3,12 || 90,5 || 0 || 0
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| 2006-2007 || Wranglers de Las Vegas || ECHL || 38 || 27 || 4 || 7 ||  || 83 || 2,21 || 92,7 || 5 || 18 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 358 || 15 || 2,51 || 91,3 || 0 || 4
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| 2006-2007 || Admirals de Milwaukee || LAH || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 3 || 15,72 || 25 || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2006-2007 || Ak-Sar-Ben Knights d'Omaha || LAH || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 96 || 6 || 3,74 || 88,9 || 0 || 4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2007-2008 || Pirates de Portland || LAH || 41 || 24 || 13 || 1 ||  || 103 || 2,72 || 90,8 || 3 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 4 ||  || 18 || 3,38 || 88,6 || 0 || 0
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| 2008-2009 || Lightning de Tampa Bay || LNH || 15 || 4 || 8 || 1 || 776 || 46 || 3,56 || 88,7 || 1 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2008-2009 || Admirals de Norfolk || LAH || 24 || 11 || 10 || 1 ||  || 65 || 2,97 || 90 || 1 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2009-2010 || Devils de Lowell || LAH || 50 || 24 || 17 || 6 ||  || 119 || 2,47 || 92,1 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 317 || 17 || 3,22 || 90,2 || 0 || 0
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| 2010-2011 || Devils d'Albany || LAH || 39 || 14 || 20 || 2 ||  || 124 || 3,61 || 88,6 || 1 || 4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2010-2011 || Devils du New Jersey || LNH || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 118 || 6 || 3,05 || 89,3 || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2011-2012 || Senators de Binghamton || LAH || 41 || 14 || 22 || 1 ||  || 109 || 2,98 || 91,8 || 0 || 6 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2012-2013 || Rivermen de Peoria || LAH || 39 || 19 || 18 || 1 ||  || 93 || 2,42 || 92,3 || 4 || 6 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2013-2014 || Blue Jackets de Columbus || LNH || 4 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 219 || 11 || 3,01 || 90,4 || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2013-2014 || Falcons de Springfield || LAH || 36 || 22 || 10 || 1 ||  || 89 || 2,54 || 91 || 3 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 245 || 14 || 3,43 || 90,7 || 0 || 0
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| 2014-2015 || Coyotes de l'Arizona || LNH || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 60 || 5 || 5 || 85,3 || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2014-2015 || Pirates de Portland || LAH || 52 || 27 || 18 || 6 ||  || 111 || 2,24 || 92,6 || 7 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 41 || 6 || 8,89 || 64,7 || 0 || 0
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| 2015-2016 || Pirates de Portland || LAH || 57 || 33 || 17 || 5 ||  || 133 || 2,45 || 92,1 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 338 || 12 || 2,13 || 91,8 || 0 || 0
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| 2016-2017 || Thunderbirds de Springfield || LAH || 26 || 9 || 10 || 0 ||  || 73 || 2,83 || 90,7 || 1 ||  4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2016-2017 || Crunch de Syracuse || LAH || 14 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 796 || 38 || 2,87 || 90,1 || 0 || 4 || 22 || 13 || 9 ||  || 60 || 2,68 || 91,1 || 0 || 2
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| 2017-2018 || Stars du Texas || LAH || 32 || 17 || 9 || 1 ||   || 82 || 2,64 || 90,9 || 1 ||  0 || 22 ||  ||  ||  ||  || 2,41|| 92,7 ||  || 0
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| 2017-2018 || Stars de Dallas || LNH || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 101 || 5 || 2,96 || 90 || 0 ||  0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2018-2019 || Sénateurs d'Ottawa || LNH || 10 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 454  || 30 || 3,96 || 89,7 || 0 ||0   || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2018-2019 || Senators de Belleville || LAH || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 353 || 16 || 2,72 || 91,4|| 0 || 0  || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2018-2019 || Flyers de Philadelphie || LNH ||1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 57 || 4 || 3,96 || 89,7 || 0 || 0  || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 2018-2019 || Phantoms de Lehigh Valley  || LAH || 10 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 565 || 34 || 3,61 || 89,6 || 0 || 0  || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -

| 35 || 7 || 17 || 3 ||  || 107 || 3,60 || 89 || 1 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -

Références

Voir aussi

Naissance en avril 1983
Naissance à Saint-Louis (Missouri)
Joueur américain de hockey sur glace
Joueur de hockey sur glace des Saints de St. Lawrence
Choix de repêchage des Predators de Nashville
Gardien de but de hockey sur glace
Joueur des Devils du New Jersey
Joueur du Lightning de Tampa Bay
Joueur des Blue Jackets de Columbus
Joueur des Ak-Sar-Ben Knights d'Omaha
Joueur des Devils de Lowell
Joueur des Devils d'Albany
Joueur des Admirals de Norfolk (LAH)
Joueur des Admirals de Milwaukee (LAH)
Joueur des Pirates de Portland
Joueur des Senators de Binghamton
Joueur des Rivermen de Peoria (LAH)
Joueur des Falcons de Springfield
Joueur des Wranglers de Las Vegas
Joueur des Coyotes de l'Arizona
Joueur des Panthers de la Floride
Joueur des Thunderbirds de Springfield
Joueur du Crunch de Syracuse
Joueur des Stars de Dallas
Joueur des Stars du Texas
Joueur des Sénateurs d'Ottawa
Joueur des Senators de Belleville
Joueur des Flyers de Philadelphie
Joueur des Phantoms de Lehigh Valley

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"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." ~Albert Einstein
2021 Tax News
With the ongoing pandemic and backlogs, the IRS is having some real issues right now (more on that below). To help you avoid having to try to reach someone at the IRS, we have provided some basic information for you.
Click on each link below for more information you can use:
What is this Advanced Child Tax Credit I've heard about?
What are some important tax facts and figures?
What are considered charitable contributions?
How do I protect myself from tax scams?
I have foreign investments. Do I need to pay taxes on those?
What do I do if someone steals my identity?
I'm getting married. What are good tax planning tips?
Are my Social Security benefits taxable?
What if I receive an IRS notice?
As mentioned, the IRS is having some pretty major issues. This is why, if you have asked for our help, it is taking a while for us to get you answers. Here are some articles documenting some of the current issues:
The IRS is a hot mess: Millions of tax returns haven't been processed, and calls are going unanswered, including mine
I received a notice from the agency seven months ago. I still can't reach a human being to resolve the issue.
By Michelle Singletary, Columnist, published in The Washington Post, July 2, 2021|Updated July 2, 2021
I want to apologize to every person I've encouraged to be patient with the Internal Revenue Service as it stumbles through the aftereffects of the pandemic. Your righteous indignation is warranted.
The IRS is critically malfunctioning.
I didn't fully grasp, until a recent report from the national taxpayer advocate, that the IRS has officially given up on answering every taxpayer telephone call for assistance — and that has to be fixed.
The agency is a hot mess. You are right to be mad as hell when you can't reach somebody to help explain why your filing or refund hasn't been processed. And, yes, I cussed, because the time to be polite and forgiving for the failures at the IRS is so over.
Right now, millions of taxpayers are waiting for their much-needed refunds and stimulus payments. Millions more are trying to settle issues with past tax returns and unable get a human being on the telephone, while interest costs potentially tick up each day things go unresolved.
I'm one in the millions fighting to be heard. But more on that later.
A historically high number of returns needed manual processing this year, slowing the issuance of refunds, Erin Collins, the national taxpayer advocate, wrote in the report. At the end of this year's filing season, the IRS faced a backlog of more than 35 million individual and business returns.
In its response, the IRS essentially said things aren't really that bad.
"The numbers provided by the National Taxpayer Advocate do not reflect the current situation at the IRS," the agency said in a statement.
The IRS said that the 35 million number includes "15.2 million individual and business tax returns that are already in some stage of the normal processing stream and not part of the backlog." An additional 17.5 million are individual returns that may or may not result in a refund, the IRS said.
IRS employees have worked hard during unprecedented circumstances brought on by the pandemic. Yet, Covid can't be blamed for all the delays at the agency, which was having issues with taxpayer customer service long before the pandemic.
As Collins wrote, "Not everyone can afford to be patient."
During the 2021 filing season, the IRS received 167 million telephone calls — over four times the number during the 2019 filing season, Collins wrote. At one point, the IRS received calls at the rate of about 1,500 per second.
"IRS employees could not keep pace with this massive volume of calls, resulting in the poorest service ever," she said.
On the 1040 line, the most frequently called toll-free IRS number, only 3 percent of 85 million calls from taxpayers reached a phone assister.
"Our ability to answer phone calls reflects the amount of staffing available," the IRS said in its defense. "Pending budget proposals would help the agency's ability to assist more taxpayers, including on the phones."
On this issue, the IRS is right. It isn't given enough money to help taxpayers. Congress funded the IRS this year to provide a 60 percent level of service.
Think about that for a second, because that's all it takes to see the callousness of this choice by Congress.
That level of funding for telephone assisters means that even in a normal year, the IRS would answer 6 out of every 10 calls routed to them, Collins pointed out.
"I don't think that's acceptable," Collins said in an interview. "It should be a lot closer to 100 percent."
For fiscal 2022, the agency is asking for a total program increase of $915.5 million, including $318 million to increase taxpayer assistance, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said in prepared testimony for a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the agency's budget last month. Even that would fund only a projected level of phone service of 75 percent.
This brings me to my personal tax saga.
My husband and I received a notice from the IRS in November indicating that we owed an additional $11,786 in income taxes for the 2018 tax year. We did not — not even close.
Admittedly, we had overlooked reporting reinvested dividends from an index fund we own. Fair enough. Our mistake.
But in the process of pointing out that error, the IRS claimed other income wasn't reported, which was incorrect. We hired a tax professional to help us go through the 11-page notice. We faxed and, as a backup, sent our response through the mail. We calculated what we owed and sent the money right away.
We received another notice on June 21. The IRS removed some of the incorrect items, but not all. Now the agency said we owed $7,028.
One glaring mistake repeated in the latest notice involved 529 college-plan funds we used to cover tuition, room and board for our three children. Somebody in some IRS office is clueless about what is and isn't a qualified education expense under the 529 rules. Can't they search for the information at irs.gov like the agency repeatedly tells taxpayers to do?
"It is very frustrating to hear everyone talk about enforcement, enforcement, enforcement when the IRS is not picking up the phone to talk with people who need to resolve issues, especially when the issues are created by the IRS itself," said Nina Olson, executive director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights. Olson served as the independent national taxpayer advocate for 18 years.
"The IRS continually underestimates the need people have to call it," Olson said. "Every year, it calculates the level of service it is willing to staff and then puts that in the budget request. It no longer even tries to make the case for answering 80 percent of the calls."
Poor taxpayer service will only further erode trust in the IRS, she said.
"When the level of service gets so poor and correspondence and problems aren't being addressed, it just gets cyclical," Olson said. "You call and then you are cut off after you are on hold. Then you write a letter explaining the situation, but no one answers it. And on it goes until sometimes taxpayers just give up and pay a bill that they really don't owe, just because they are afraid of what might happen to them."
I'm angry not for just myself but for the many people who are frustrated trying to get help from the IRS. It might take a 15-minute call to resolve my issue — if I could get somebody on the phone. But many attempts end in being routed electronically through a maze of prompts that leave me wanting to smash my phone.
Then I feel a glimmer of hope when a robotic female voice says, "Please hold while your call is transferred."
Until I hear this: "We are sorry, but due to extremely high call volume in the topic you requested, we are unable to handle your call at this time. Please try again later or on our next business day. Thank you."
This computerized ending is so hollow, it makes me holler. I'd be thankful if the IRS would just answer the damn phone.
Still waiting for a tax refund? IRS backlog has grown to 35 million returns
By Aimee Picchi, CBSNews, July 8, 2021 / 7:14 AM / MoneyWatch
A growing backlog of unprocessed tax returns now stands at 35 million, creating ongoing refund delays for millions of taxpayers, the National Taxpayer Advocate said in a recent report. That represents an increase in the IRS' backlog of unprocessed returns from May, when it was holding 31 million returns.
Some taxpayers have recently told CBS MoneyWatch they have been waiting months for their refunds, and have been unable to learn when their tax return might be processed or when they can expect to receive their refund. As the typical refund stands at more than $2,800 per taxpayer, a delay could cause financial hardship, especially for the many households that rely on their refunds to pay bills.
The backlog at the IRS comes after a "perfect storm" that created "perhaps the most challenging filing season taxpayers, tax professionals and the IRS have ever experienced," wrote National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins in the Wednesday report. The pandemic caused the IRS to shut down some of its operations, while it was also given more responsibility from Congress through several new tax initiatives, such as the three rounds of stimulus checks that were distributed by the tax agency.
"The impact of the pandemic on IRS operations — and therefore on taxpayers — has been significant," Collins noted. "The IRS's historically high number of returns requiring manual review means that most individual taxpayers in this group and many business taxpayers will not receive timely refunds."
Some people may be able to weather the delay, Collins noted, but it could "impose significant financial hardships" on low-income taxpayers and small businesses without much wiggle room, she said.
The backlog of returns represents a fourfold increase from two years earlier, prior to the pandemic, the report noted. Unfortunately, taxpayers won't receive their returns until the IRS is able to manually process those 35 million returns that are awaiting review, she added
Why the delays?
The unprecedented backlog started in March 2020, when the pandemic caused the IRS to shut down its offices for health and safety reasons — during the middle of tax season for 2019 tax returns. Paper tax returns filed for the 2019 tax year were stored in trailers until IRS employees could get to them.
At the start of the tax season in 2021, the IRS was still working through those paper returns from the 2019 tax year. That meant it was already dealing with an existing backlog when it began accepting 2020 tax returns in February.
At the same time, the IRS is coping with tax changes passed into law by Congress this year. Many of these changes relate to pandemic-relief efforts, such as the Recovery Rebate Credit, which allows people to claim additional stimulus money if they received too little. But if taxpayers filled out this credit incorrectly, their forms are flagged for manual review by IRS staff, which has added to the backlog.
New provisions for the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit are also causing snags in the system, since the government stimulus package signed into law in December came too late for the IRS to adjust its forms and computer systems.
The stimulus package's provisions allow taxpayers to claim the credits based on their 2019 income instead of their 2020 income if that would have been more favorable to them — but such "look backs" require IRS employees to verify 2019 incomes.
All of those issues, and more, have caused the "unprecedented number of returns requiring manual review, slowing the issuance of refunds," Collins noted.
Backlog requires manual processing
Manual processing of 35 million returns in the IRS' backlog requires an IRS employee to review or check each one before it can move to the next step, Collins noted.
The backlog includes:
16.8 million paper tax returns that need to be processed
15.8 million returns that were suspended for further review
2.7 million amended returns that still need to be processed
Of the 15.8 million returns that need further review, more than 10 million were pulled because of an error, which could be as simple as an addition or subtraction mistake. Nevertheless, an IRS employee must manually review each of these returns to check the errors and address them, Collins noted.
But "large numbers" of returns flagged for errors relate to the tax credit "look back" issue, as well as discrepancies between the Recovery Rebate Credit claimed by the taxpayer and the IRS' own records. This could happen, for example, if a taxpayer didn't accurately recall the amount of stimulus money they received and put down the wrong number, Collins said.
Phone assistance not a "luxury"
With so many returns backed up at the IRS, it may be no surprise that the number of calls to the IRS and visits to its website jumped this year — with the number of calls jumping to four times what the agency received in 2020, Collins said.
At the peak of the filing season this year, the IRS was receiving about 1,500 calls a second, Collins added.
The IRS couldn't keep up with the demand, resulting in "historically poor service," her report stated.
For instance, the toll-free number for individual income tax services received 85 million calls, but only 3% of callers reached a customer service rep, she noted. Collins also singled out the "Where's my refund" tool on the IRS website as needing improvement, noting that in many cases the tool doesn't provide an estimate of when a taxpayer might get their refund or explanation for the holdup.
"From the taxpayer's perspective, the inability of the IRS to answer calls or provide answers causes frustration and undermines a fundamental taxpayer right — namely, the right to be informed," Collins said, adding that she urges Congress to increase funding for the IRS to improve its ability to answer and handle calls.
She added, "In my view, phone assistance is not merely an option or a luxury."
Nobody knows if beefing up the IRS will really pay off. We should do it anyway.
Better customer service and a robust push to curb billionaires' and corporations' tax avoidance are reason enough to expand the tax agency. We don't need it to turn a big profit.
By Allan Sloan, Columnist, The Washington Post, July 15, 2021
One of the more interesting numbers kicking around in Washington these days involves the Biden administration's proposal to double the size of the Internal Revenue Service staff over the next decade and to bulk up the IRS' computer and data-collecting capabilities.
The proposal's backers claim that it will produce a private-equity-like 400 percent return for taxpayers over its first 10 years — $316 billion of revenue compared with $79 billion of costs.
As you can see from looking at page 16 of this Treasury report, the first two years show losses, but then gains start, and rise rapidly.
For the last year covered by the report, 2031, the projected return is about 540 percent, up from about 470 percent in 2030. Gains would presumably continue rising in future years.
As someone who realizes that Washington is a hotbed of fantasy finance, my initial reaction was to laugh.
My second reaction was to compare the bulk-up-the-IRS idea with examples of Washington numerical nonsense that we've seen over the years. These include the right-wing thesis that big tax cuts more than pay for themselves by stimulating economic activity, which they don't; and the left-wing Modern Monetary Theory, which I call the Magic Money Theory, that federal budget deficits don't matter because the government can create as many dollars as it needs without any adverse consequences.
My third — and grown-up — reaction was to take a serious look at the proposal, especially since the IRS is in the news a lot these days because it's been distributing stimulus payments and child tax credits to millions of households, not just collecting taxes
What I saw is that even though the numbers that the Treasury uses to project profits are the result of assumptions built on assumptions, restoring the IRS to something resembling its former state is a good idea. Regardless of whether you buy the 400 percent return story.
Here are some reasons I think this way, based on my experience of writing about companies and some very rich people that have played endless tax games.
I've been enraged for years watching the shameless maneuvers of some big-time U.S. corporations (including Amazon, led until recently by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos) that let them avoid paying taxes to our country, which is the place in which they were founded and that made their success possible. The same holds true for some individual tax-dodging billionaires who have prospered because of the freedoms and protections that our country offers.
So I figure that anything that might shame tax avoiders who squeeze through loopholes and also scare tax evaders (who by definition are breaking the law) would be good for our country. If taxpayers come out way ahead financially, that's a bonus. It's not a requirement.
Anyone who pays attention knows that the IRS staff has been shrinking for years, that it's almost impossible for an average person to get IRS people on the phone to answer questions, and that the IRS back-office is a total mess. All this ought to be fixed, regardless of whether it produces financial gains for taxpayers.
What I hadn't realized until I delved into the Treasury's May report was how much IRS audits of big companies — those with more than $20 billion of assets — have fallen in recent years.
In 2010, according to the report, 98 percent of tax returns filed by those companies were audited. By 2018, it had fallen to 49 percent. I assume that the numbers were even smaller for 2019 and 2020.
You've got to figure that having more audits of these big companies — and having the companies know that they'll be audited annually by well-trained IRS staffers — has to increase tax revenue by decreasing gameplaying.
Please note that I'm not demonizing "the rich"— which the Biden administration defines as households with more than $400,000 of annual income — or big business. I'm just trying to apply some common sense to the mess at the IRS.
I asked the Treasury how — if Biden's proposal is adopted ——we'd ever know if it's coming close to meeting the projected returns.
The answer, from Treasury senior spokesman John Rizzo: "Americans will be able to see audit rates among top earners increasing, instead of declining as they have for decades. Providing additional review of those who earn income in opaque ways will ensure those at the very top pay the taxes they owe, just like American workers do."
It's not clear how much of Biden's proposal, if any, will go into effect because many Republicans are speaking out against it.
Forgive my cynicism, but I think that Republicans are opposing the IRS fix to play up to big companies and ultrarich people who are tax-averse, just as the Biden administration is playing up to liberals by using the word "evasion" a lot and saying that beefing up the IRS is "progressive" because it will affect only big companies and "the rich."
I hope that the IRS gets invigorated and that the profit projections turn out to be reasonably accurate.
I also hope that a better-equipped IRS will let average people get something resembling decent customer service.
And finally, I hope that the combination of a better-equipped and better-staffed IRS and fear of public shaming (such as recent ProPublica stories about some billionaires' tax avoidance) will change the way that big companies and ultrawealthy tax-dodgers behave.
Those changes would be a lot more valuable to our country, financially and socially, than any profits that taxpayers might get from a beefed-up IRS.
'The worst': Tax professionals sound off on the 2020 tax filing season
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business, Updated 12:26 PM ET, Wed April 7, 2021
It's very hard to win a game when the rules keep changing as you're playing.
That in a nutshell describes what accountants and other tax preparers have been dealing with at the federal and state levels as they try to complete their clients' 2020 tax returns accurately and on time.
"This has been my worst tax season in 30 years of practice," said certified public accountant Harlan Levinson of Beverly Hills, California. "So many hurdles have been thrown at us this year."
Deadline extensions, new retroactive tax breaks, new guidance and then revised guidance on how to incorporate all the changes have been rolling out ever since the American Rescue Plan was signed into law on March 11, which came a month after the tax filing season began and after 66 million returns had already been filed.
And there are many unanswered questions remaining, especially at the state level, where it's unclear whether any given state will conform to all the federal changes or just some of them and if so, which ones.
"The changes are confusing everyone," said CPA Michelle Staebell in Rochester, New York, who also said this tax season has been the worst one she's experienced in her 15 years of practice.
Lynne Fuentes, a CPA in Jericho, New York, put it this way: "Clients look to us for guidance. And sometimes you look at them like a deer in the headlights because you're getting the information as quickly as they are."
Staebell said she suspects her clients secretly think she's not doing a good job when she says she still needs more time to finish their returns. "I tell them, 'The law changed on March 11.' It sounds ridiculous."
Many CPAs are actually turning away potential new clients seeking help because they have their hands full just handling their existing roster amidst all the changes.
"I try to help as many as I can — and this is one of the first years where I've been sending people away," said CPA Brian Borawski of Waterford, Michigan.
And a lot of preparers are sitting on clients' returns — especially those who received unemployment compensation or got a Paycheck Protection Program loan for their small business — because their states haven't indicated yet whether they will follow the IRS and exclude the first $10,200 in unemployment income from tax or let small businesses deduct expenses paid for with PPP money.
"I don't like to do anything twice if I can do it right the first time," Fuentes said. "I tell my clients if [lawmakers] change their minds, you're going to have to pay me to do it again and what are you gaining?"
But before the American Rescue Plan went into effect, tens of millions of individuals and small businesses had already filed their returns. And now they and their tax preparers face questions about if and when to file an amended return.
The IRS has said for those who already filed returns before the unemployment benefits exclusion was approved that it would figure out the fix and pay the filer any additional money owed so they don't have to file an amended return.
Still, tax preparers will have to double-check the math once they hear back from the IRS.
"Do we trust the IRS to fix it correctly?" said enrolled agent David Mellem in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Preparers will also have to assess whether the incorporation of the unemployment benefits exclusion makes their clients newly eligible for a host of income-based tax breaks, which the IRS will not be calculating.
If they are eligible, "that means taxpayers have to amend their returns. But I can't do that [for my clients] until the IRS has fixed it for the taxpayer because that's my starting point. So I'm on hold until the IRS gets theirs done," Mellem said.
The agency said it won't start issuing adjusted payments related to the unemployment compensation exclusion until sometime in May and then continuing into the summer.
"It's a pain to have to explain what the change is and why we're not going to be able to [amend] their return for a while," Mellem said. "I don't like congressional action in the middle of tax season."
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Italia Viva (v překladu Živá Itálie) je italská liberální politická strana, kterou v září 2019 založil bývalý italský premiér Matteo Renzi, do té doby člen Demokratické strany.

Historie

Vznik strany

O vnitřním napětí v Demokratické straně se spekulovalo delší dobu. V roce 2018 porazil ve stranických volbách Renzim podporovaného kandidáta Roberta Giachettiho představitel levicového křídla Nicola Zingaretti. Vůči novému lídrovi vystupoval Renzi loajálně; v září 2019 se však stal nejviditelnějším tvůrcem koalice demokratů s populistickým Hnutím pěti hvězd.

Založení strany Renzi oznámil 17. října 2019, necelé dva týdny po vytvoření nové vlády, což bylo i na italské poměry překvapivé. Spolu s ním odešlo do z Demokratické strany 30 až 40 poslanců a senátorů, stejně jako ministryně zemědělství a ministryně pro rodinu a rovné příležitosti. Premiéra Giuseppe Conteho Renzi ujistil o podpoře jeho vlády.

Své důvody pro založení nové strany  představil o několik dní později v rozhovoru pro deník La Repubblica. V Demokratické straně mu chyběla vize pro budoucnost. Také se vyjádřil, že "naše  hodnoty, ideje, sny nemohou být předmětem každodenních sporů". Se stranou Italia Viva chce vytvořit "novou základnu pro novou politiku".

Rozštěpení demokratů popsal Zingaretti jako chybu. Podle něj bylo třeba myslet hlavně na budoucnost Itálie, novou agendu a potřebu znovu vybudovat důvěru v dobrou vládu. Rezervovaný byl i premiér Conte, který by býval uvítal, kdyby ho Renzi o svém záměru informoval ještě před vytvořením vlády.

Regionální volby 2020
V regionálních volbách, které proběhly v průběhu roku 2020 v devíti regionech z jedenadvaceti, Italia Viva kandidovala většinou v rámci Středolevicové koalice. IV také často postavila společnou kandidátku s menšími středovými formacemi, nejčastěji s uskupením Více Evropy nebo Italskou socialistickou stranou.

Ve volbách Italia Viva získala sedm zastupitelů (4 v Kampánii, 2 v Toskánsku a 1 v Emilia-Romagna). Průměrný procentuelní zisk ze všech devíti regionů se pohyboval kolem 3.5%.

Odchod z Conteho vlády
V lednu roku 2021 Italia Viva opět rozvířila italské politické vody, když Renzi na tiskové konferenci oznámil rezignaci ministryň za jeho stranu a ukončení podpory vládě. Tímto krokem Conteho kabinet ztratil většinu v Senátu. Důvodem bylo rozhodnutí vlády nevyužít prostředky z Evropského stabilizačního mechanismu na podporu vytíženého italského zdravotnictví. Odchod z vlády silně kritizovali představitelé Demokratické strany, kteří Renziho a jeho stranu označili za nedůvěryhodné partnery.

Hlasování o důvěře vláda v obou komorách přestála, v Senátu ale jen díky tomu, že se senátoři z Italia Viva zdrželi hlasování. Tím koalice přišla o akceschopnou většinu a Conte 26. ledna rezignoval. Novou vládu sestavil někdejší guvernér Evropské centrální banky, nestraník Mario Draghi. Tento kabinet byl založen na široké podpoře, proti němu se z větších stran postavili jen krajně pravicoví Bratři Itálie. V nové vládě zasedlo 8 nestraníků, do úřadu se za stranu Italia Viva vrátila ministryně pro rodinu a rovné příležitosti Elena Bonetti.

Po roce 2021
V prosinci 2021 se Italia Viva oficiálně stala členem Evropské demokratické strany (EDP). Europoslanec IV Sandro Gozi byl navíc potvrzen ve funkci tajemníka EDP.

Během politické krize v červenci 2022 byl Renzi čelným zastáncem setrvání Maria Draghiho v úřadu. Italia Viva zorganizovala petici na Draghiho podporu, kterou během několika dnů podepsalo přes 100 000 Italů. Draghi nicméně následkem ztráty podpory Hnutí pěti hvězd, Ligy a Forza Italia stejně rezignoval.

Politika
Matteo Renzi stranu při jejím vzniku popsal jako "mladý a inovativní subjekt, který bude přicházet s novými idejemi pro Itálii a Evropu". Svým zaměřením stojí Italia Viva v politickém středu a je liberální či liberálně-reformní a proevropská. Podle deníku New Statesman strana míří na střední třídu, případně postarší voliče, což je prostor víceméně zaplněný Demokratickou stranou. Obecně se však distancuje od levicového zaměření demokratů, které po Renziho odchodu z jejich čela v roce 2018 nabývá na síle.

Zastoupení v parlamentu a volební preference
Strana aktuálně drží bezmála třicet zákonodárců v Poslanecké sněmovně a necelých dvacet v Senátu. Předvolební průzkumy jí po jejím vzniku přisuzovaly cca pětiprocentní podporu, nyní se pohybuje mezi dvěma a třemi procenty.

Současné vedení
 Lídr: Matteo Renzi (od 2019)
 Koordinátoři: Teresa Bellanova (od 2019) a Ettore Rosato (od 2019)
 Lídryně v Poslanecké sněmovně: Maria Elena Boschi (od 2019)
 Lídr v Senátu: Davide Faraone (od 2019)
 Zástupkyně ve vládě Maria Draghiho: Elena Bonetti (ministryně pro rodinu a rovné příležitosti)

Volební výsledky

Poslanecká sněmovna

Senát

Regionální parlamenty

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Externí odkazy

Politické strany v Itálii
Politické strany založené roku 2019
Liberální politické strany
Středolevicová koalice


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Los Angeles will hand out pre-paid debit cards to illegal aliens
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Jason Hopkins on April 15, 2020
Los Angeles will be doling out pre-paid debit cards to residents who have faced economic hardship due to the coronavirus lockdown, and living in the country illegally won't disqualify you from getting the cash.
Los Angeles officials have begun accepting applications for a no-fee debit card that provides cash to residents who were already living under the poverty line before the coronavirus crisis began and have since had their incomes dramatically reduced because of the outbreak, KTLA5 reported.
The "Angeleno Cards" will be loaded with $700, $1,100 or $1,500 depending on the income and size of each household.
How does one qualify for such cards? An applicant must live within the city limits, already have been living under the federal poverty line before the COVID-19 crisis began, and have seen their income fall by at least 50% because of the viral outbreak, according to the application website.
Being an illegal alien has no bearing on one's eligibility, Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti made clear.
"Applicants will not be asked anything about their immigration status," the mayor said Monday when discussing the program. "We are all Angelenos."
City residents appear to be in dire need of the funds. When the government began accepting applications Tuesday morning, the site crashed due to heavy traffic volume, and people who chose to apply over the phone reported long wait times.
"HCIDLA requests your patience while we improve the site capacity. Our site is overwhelmed by the thousands of ppl attempting to access the app simultaneously. We apologize for the inconvenience," tweeted the Housing and Community Investment Department of Los Angeles on Tuesday.
"Try again later," it added.
Depending on how many eligible applicants apply, officials might have to randomly select who gets a card.
Unlike other city-wide initiatives for victims of the economic lockdown, this program is not being funded by taxpayers. Instead, it's a partnership between the nonprofit Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles and Mastercard's City Possible.
The funds are expected to be doled out to recipients by April 20.
Other cities — such as Minneapolis and Chicago — are providing coronavirus relief to illegal aliens. However, California stands out as one state that is a major proponent of such efforts.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom already established a relief fund for businesses in the state that are run by illegal aliens, and earlier in April he confirmed that he is working with Democrats in the California state legislature on a "Disaster Relief Fund" for illegal aliens.
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A life-long biodiversity scientist, academician, entrepreneur and an "accidental" President who came to the high office without any political affiliations. She served as first female and 6th President of the Republic of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018. She strongly believes in the notion that in order to become more competitive counties must invest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education.
Professor Ameenah Gurib Fakim has been the Managing Director of the Centre International de Dévelopment Fharmaceutique (CIDP) Research and Innovation as well as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Mauritius with an endowed chair at the University of Mauritius. She also served as the Chairperson for the International Council for Scientific Union – Regional Office for Africa and served as an Independent Director on the Board of Barclays Bank of Mauritius Ltd between 2012 –2015.
A prolific author, she has published on a diverse range of subjects, authored and co-authored more than 30 books and scientific articles on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of medicinal plants. She is a sought after speaker.A prolific author, she has published on a diverse range of subjects, authored and co-authored more than 30 books and scientific articles on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of medicinal plants. She is a sought after speaker.
For her efforts as a scientist, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has been recognized worldwide, receiving the L'Oreal UNESCO Award for Women in Science, Laureate for the National and Economic Council, and the African Union Award for Women in Science.For her efforts as a scientist, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has been recognized worldwide, receiving the L'Oreal UNESCO Award for Women in Science, Laureate for the National and Economic Council, and the African Union Award for Women in Science.
She believes in the notion that counties must invest in their young people end empower them with the tools of science and technology, she is devoting her post-Presidency live to advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education so that countries can stay economically, technologically and scientifically competitive in a rapidly transforming global economy. This theme has been the leitmotif of her life and remains very close to her heart.
In June 2016, she was in the Forbes List for the 100 'Most Powerful Women in the world' and 1st among the Top Women in Africa Forbes List 2017, 2019. She is honored as one of Foreign Policy's 2015 Global Thinkers.
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