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Hill backs Raikkonen's return
Date: 28th December 2011 at 10:58am
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1996 Formula One World Champion Damon Hill has backed Kimi Raikkonen to be a success following the Finnish drivers return to Formula One next season.
The 32-year-old 2007 Formula One World Champion will return with the Lotus [Renault] team next season after two years away from the sport.
Raikkonen left Ferrari at the end of the 2009 season and has spent the last couple of seasons racing in the World Rally Championship as well as competing in various forms of NASCAR.
His return to Formula One has brought much excitement to the paddock and Damon Hill believes that while he will have to prove he can rediscover his championship winning form, the Finn is capable of becoming a triple champion by taking further titles.
'It is great – and good luck to him, He is going to have to show that he has still got it, which he has got a good team to show that in, and he is still young. Hill told Autosport Magazine.
'He has won a world championship already, and I had only just got into F1 at his age, so he has definitely got a couple of more world championships in him.'
Raikkonen has signed a two-year-deal with the former Renault outfit and joins Romain Grosjean in the new-look team.

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Posted by Stephen Lendman Posted on 3 January 2020
Israel Reinstituting Its Assassination Policy?
According to the Times of Israel, citing a Channel 13 report, Netanyahu "has made a final decision to ask the Knesset to grant him immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases and informed Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein in writing of his intention," adding:
He's "willing to face criminal prosecution, but only after he leaves political life."
Edelstein's office refuted the report, a spokesperson saying: "No request was made."
Before yearend Tuesday evening local time, Netanyahu must formally request Knesset immunity or forgo the chance of getting it, a majority MK vote needed.
Indicted by Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, he's charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, serious offenses.
At a days earlier Hanukkah event, he turned truth on its head, saying: "Immunity isn't against democracy (sic). Immunity is a cornerstone of democracy (sic)."
It's a mute point in Israeli fantasy democracy, the real thing nonexistent in the apartheid state from inception.
Seeking Israeli High Court of Justice support for immunity from prosecution, Netanyahyu falsely equated Mandelblit's indictment with interfering in "who can run the country and who can't."
Under Israeli law, it's up to a special Knesset committee to decide if the body would vote up or down on immunity. It hasn't been created as yearend approaches.
If March election results again fail to form a new government, disposition of charges against Netanyahu could be delayed months longer — unless Israel's High Court rules on the issue.
Hard evidence shows he's guilty of multiple counts. The longer justice is delayed, the longer it's denied.
Israeli police and state prosecutors recommended Netanyahu be indicted. Mandleblit published detailed information on charges against him.
He's hellbent to avoid prosecution that will likely convict and imprison him. He falsely called charges against him "rigged," opposition elements conspiring against him (sic).
According to a new Channel 12 poll, 51% of Israelis oppose immunity. Only 33% support it.
According to Israeli Law Professor Suzie Navot, immunity is unlikely for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, only for minor offenses under Israeli law, explaining:
Immunity for Knesset members is "mainly to protect their freedom of speech, for instance, (regarding) offenses such as incitement, racism, support for terrorism, libel."
"Israel doesn't put MKs on trial for such offenses. That's the core of immunity — to prevent MKs from being put on trial for things they say."
"This is called functional immunity, which protects parliamentarians from prosecution for things they did in fulfilling their parliamentary work. This kind of immunity exists all over the Western world."
Israeli law enacted in 1951 states:
"A Knesset member shall bear no criminal or civil responsibility, and shall be immune from any legal proceeding, in respect to a vote, an oral or written expression of opinion, or any other act, in and outside the Knesset, if such vote, expression of opinion or act, pertains to or is directed toward the carrying-out of his (or her) mandate as a member of the Knesset."
The above does not apply to major charges Netanyahu faces.
Haaretz editors slammed him, saying he's "exploiting his position in an attempt to evade justice."
"He has dragged Israel into three election rounds only because he's refused to" step down and face accountability, leaving the country in "political deadlock," adding:
"Requesting immunity is a cowardly act by someone who has something to hide."
"Parties colluding with such a request demonstrate their disdain toward the value of equality before the law and the rule of law."
"That is why the coming election will revolve around this issue. Will Israel return to the path of normalcy, or will it give refuge to a prime minister trying to evade justice by using his immunity?"
Israel's High Court is considering whether Netanyahu should step down as prime minister given serious charges against him.
He said neither Supreme Court justices or Israel's attorney general should decide who serves as prime minister.
On Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post said Israel's High Court delayed ruling on whether Netanyahu can remain prime minister, a morning session ending with no decision.
Based on what was discussed, it appeared the justices "prefer to stay out of the issue," the broadsheet reported. A ruling up or down doesn't appear imminent.
If after third-round March elections Netanyahu is still unable to gain majority 61-seat coalition support, what's most likely based on previous election results, perhaps his ability to avoid prosecution and remain prime minister will be weakened or lost.
For now, things remain in limbo at yearend.
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Messapus es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Corinnidae. Se encuentra en África Oriental y África austral.

Lista de especies
Según The World Spider Catalog 12.0:
 Messapus martini Simon, 1898
 Messapus secundus Strand, 1907

Referencias

 Simon, 1898: Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, vol.2, pp.193-380.

Enlaces externos
 En ION
 Nomenclator Zoologicus

Corinnidae

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Rubens Peale (May 4, 1784 – July 17, 1865) was an American museum administrator and artist. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of artist-naturalist Charles Willson Peale. Due to his weak eyesight, he did not practice painting seriously until the last decade of his life, when he painted still life.

Early life and education
He was the fourth son of Charles Willson Peale. Rubens had weak eyes and, unlike most of his siblings, did not set out to be an artist. He traveled with the family in 1802 to the United Kingdom, but was unable to travel on the continent with the resumption of war after the Peace of Amiens.  In 1803 he attended classes at the University of Pennsylvania.
He was director of his father's museum in Philadelphia from 1810 to 1821, and then of the Peale Museum in Baltimore, which he ran with his brother, Rembrandt Peale. To promote the museum, he installed gas lighting illumination in the museum. Rubens kept meticulous records of the museum's income and expenditures. Among his bookkeeping he wrote that in July 1826, they made $243 from evening crowds and from December 1826 to March 1827, they spent $16.50 for exhibiting a rhinoceros.

Career
Peale opened his own museum in New York on October 26, 1825. The Panic of 1837 sent his museum into debt.  By 1840, Peale changed the name to the New York Museum of Natural History and Science, and competed with the American Museum, of P.T. Barnum. Rubens had to sell his entire collection to Barnum in 1843.  He moved to Pottstown, Pennsylvania.  In 1837, he retired to the estate of his father-in-law, George Patterson, near Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, and lived as a country gentleman, at Woodland Farm.  He experimented with mesmerism, and wrote to his brother Rembrandt about it.

In October 1855, he began keeping a journal, and he turned to still life painting, as an extension of his interest in natural history.  In 1864, he returned to Philadelphia, and studied landscape painting with Edward Moran.  In the last ten years of his life, he produced 130 paintings.

Diary entries on the death of Abraham Lincoln

April 15, 1865:
sad news of the murder of President Lincon , he was shot while attending a performance at Fords' Theater last night in Washington. The assassin entered his private box and shot him in back of his head and then escaped, the assassin's name is __,

April the 22nd:
The corpse arrived this afternoon from Harrisburg and it was dark, and although the square was brilliantly illuminated with greek lights each side of the great walk Red, Blue & White, which made a most brilliant appearance and lighted up the wholes square & streets yet much of the procession near lost to us. The crowd was so dense in Walnut Street that police could scarcely keep the crowd back.

April the 23rd:
a fine opportunity of viewing the corpse and decorations of the hall, which was totally covered with black cloth except for the statue & portraits of General Washington & wife. I staid  one hour and left Mary gazing on the corpse, she intending to paint a portrait of him ...

Personal life
On March 6, 1820, he married Eliza Burd Patterson (December 6, 1795 – 1864) and they had children Charles Willson, George Patterson, William, Mary Jane (1826–1902) (who also was a painter), James Burd, and Edward Burd.  Charles Willson Peale (Feb 15, 1821 – Sept 30, 1871) married Harriet Friel (b. Aug 11, 1830); their son Albert Charles Peale (1849-1914) became a geologist with the US Geological Survey.

Legacy

In 1985, the National Gallery of Art paid $4.07 million for Rubens Peale with a Geranium, an 1801 portrait by his brother Rembrandt Peale. This set a record for an American work of art sold at auction.

In 2007, Princeton University Art Museum bought Rubens Peale's Still Life With Watermelon, in honor of John Wilmerding.

References

External links

Peale, Rubens, Papers. 1802-03., Originals and microfiche in The Collected Letters of Charles Willson Peale and His Family. Lillian B. Miller, ed. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus Microform, 1980. England.
PEALE COLLECTION, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION, MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Mary Jane Peale and Peale family selected papers, (ca. 1815)-1897, Smithsonian Archives of American Art

Art
Rubens Peale, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rubens Peale, The Athenaeum
Peale Family Collection, The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, The Winterthur Library
Rembrandt Peale (artist), 1778-1860, Rubens Peale with a Geranium
Rubens Peale, ca. 1800, Raphaelle Peale, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rubens Peale (1784–1865), Still Life with Watermelon, 1865

1784 births
1865 deaths
19th-century American painters
19th-century American male artists
American male painters
Rubens
Sibling artists
University of Pennsylvania alumni
American naturalists
Directors of museums in the United States
American curators
Artists from Philadelphia
American still life painters
Museum administrators


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McGuinty rejects call to reduce blended tax
Premier Dalton McGuinty is rejecting a call from Ontario small business leaders to reduce the harmonized sales tax to 12 per cent.
By Tanya TalagaIndigenous Issues Columnist
Fri., Feb. 5, 2010timer2 min. read
The premier told a Hamilton radio station Thursday that instead of an HST tax reduction the Liberals have "made other choices," such as cutting personal income taxes as of Jan. 1, 2010, and offering rebate cheques of up to $1,000 per family.
"Economists have told us that our package of tax reforms will lead to 600,000 more jobs over the course of the next 10 years," he said. "I think the salvation, so to speak, will come in the actual experience, what people are going to experience once it is part of their life."
In fact, 83 per cent of goods people buy will not be affected by the HST when it takes effect July 1, he said.
The tax blends the 8 per cent provincial sales tax with the 5 per cent federal goods and services tax, so the cost of many items now subject only to the GST will increase.
But items such as newspapers, clothes, fridges and music lessons are exempt.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses had urged the government to reduce the blended tax by one percentage point earlier this week at a prebudget consultation hearing.
Federation president Catherine Swift said she wasn't "shocked" to hear that McGuinty was not following their advice but she called the move unfortunate. "For them to rule it out is foolish," she said.
One of the reasons they proposed a lower, combined rate was because when New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland harmonized their sales taxes, the new levy was reduced by several points, she said.
"That was a pretty darn seamless transition," Swift said. The harmonized sales tax in those provinces now sits at 13 per cent.
Personal income tax rate cuts in Ontario were a "long time coming," she said, adding people won't make the connection between that and the looming HST. "A lower, combined rate would resonate much more positively with your average consumer out there."
Members of the federation fear a consumer backlash once the tax comes into effect. The businesses that will be hit the hardest are those in the service sector, such as hair salons or dry cleaners.


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Now onto my DT work for the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge. This week we were asked to make our own designer paper. I am hoping this passes as making my own because I can't make another. The digi papers I have used are from Creative Cottage Designs and the tiled image is from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs. I used Paintshop Pro to colour the image and Word 2007 to manipulate it into a tile backing for my pictures.
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»Administrative Rules Related
»Department of Safety and Professional Services (SPS)
»Chs. SPS 301-399 ; Safety, Buildings, and Environment
»Chs. SPS 301-319; General, Part I
»Chapter SPS 305
SPS 305.40 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1996, No. 490, eff. 11-1-96; am. Register, April, 2000, No. 532, eff. 5-1-00; CR 05-011: r. (2) Register July 2005 No. 595, eff. 8-1-05; CR 09-028: r. and recr. Register August 2010 No. 656, eff. 4-1-13; EmR1415: emerg. am. (2) (b), (3) (b), (4) (a) 1., (b), (c), (d) 1., (5), eff. 8-6-14; CR 14-049: am. (2) (b), (3) (b), (4) (a) 1., (b), (c), (d) 1., (5) Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; CR 16-093: am. (1) (intro.), (f), (4) (d) Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 8-1-18; CR 19-118: am. (1) (intro.) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; correction in (1) (intro.) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773.
SPS 305.405 SPS 305.405 Terminology. For the purposes of this subchapter, electrical contractor certifications and master and journeyman electrician certifications issued prior to April 1, 2014, shall be considered to be licenses.
SPS 305.405 Note Note: 2007 Wisconsin Act 63 changed the nomenclature from electrical certifications to electrical licenses.
SPS 305.405 History History: CR 09-028: cr. Register August 2010 No. 656, eff. 9-1-10; CR 19-118: am. Register May 2020 No. 773; correction made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773.
SPS 305.41 SPS 305.41 Electrical contractors.
SPS 305.41(1)(1) General.
SPS 305.41(1)(a)(a) Pursuant to s. 101.862, Stats., no person or entity, as of April 1, 2014, may engage in the business or offer to engage in the business of installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring unless the person or entity holds a license or certification issued by the department as a licensed electrical contractor, except as provided under s. 101.862 (4), Stats.
SPS 305.41(1)(b) (b) For the purposes of this section, unexpired electrical contractor certifications issued prior to April 1, 2014, shall be considered licenses.
SPS 305.41 Note Note: 2007 Wisconsin Act 63 changed the nomenclature from electrical certifications to electrical licenses.
SPS 305.41 Note Note: Section 101.862 (4), Stats., exempts the following:
SPS 305.41 Note (a) A residential property owner who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring on premises that the property owner owns and occupies as a residence, unless a license or registration issued by the department is required by local ordinance.
SPS 305.41 Note (am) A person engaged in installing electrical wiring within an existing industrial facility or existing manufacturing facility owned or leased by the person or by an entity for which the person is an agent or employee.
SPS 305.41 Note (b) A person engaged in maintaining or repairing electrical wiring within an existing facility or on premises owned or leased by the person or by an entity for which the person is an agent or employee.
SPS 305.41 Note (c) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for elevators and escalators.
SPS 305.41 Note (d) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining equipment or systems that operate at 100 volts or less.
SPS 305.41 Note (e) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining an electronic system designed to monitor a premises for the presence of an emergency, to issue an alarm for an emergency, or to detect and summon aid for an emergency.
SPS 305.41 Note (f) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring of transmission facilities that support telecommunications service, as defined in s. 182.017 (1g) (cq), that is provided by a telecommunications provider, as defined in s. 196.01 (8p).
SPS 305.41 Note (g) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining manufactured equipment or utilization equipment, including ballasts, electric signs and luminaires, or any other manufactured system that is designed to provide a function that is not primarily electrical in nature if the installation, repair, or maintenance only involves the modification or installation of conductors beyond the disconnecting point or beyond the last junction, pull, or device box, whichever is nearer to the point where the person is performing the installation, repair, or maintenance that are considered part of the equipment or system under this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, any conductor going from the disconnecting point or the nearest junction, pull, or device box to the manufactured equipment or utilization equipment or the manufactured system is considered part of the equipment or system.
SPS 305.41 Note (h) A person engaged in installing electrical wiring for components of a manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (2), or a manufactured building, as defined in s. 101.71 (6), while the manufactured home or the manufactured building is at or in the facility at which it is being manufactured.
SPS 305.41 Note (i) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring for equipment that is installed in the normal course of providing utility services by the electricity provider.
SPS 305.41 Note (j) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring that provides lighting or signals for public thoroughfares and for public airports.
SPS 305.41 Note (k) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining electric lines on the utility side of substations and other distribution facilities owned or operated by customers or members of electricity providers.
SPS 305.41 Note (L) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who installs, repairs, or maintains primary voltage electric facilities that are owned by the electricity provider's customers or members and that operate at greater than 600 volts.
SPS 305.41 Note (m) A person employed by an electricity provider, or a subcontractor of an electricity provider, who restores service during an emergency.
SPS 305.41 Note (n) A person who installs a replacement for an existing switch or outlet if the replacement switch or outlet has a rating of not more than 20 amperes.
SPS 305.41 Note (p) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining a private on-site wastewater treatment system, as defined in s. 145.01 (12), if the activity only involves installing or modifying a conductor going from the system's junction, pull, or device box to the nearest disconnecting point and the conductor is buried with the system.
SPS 305.41 Note (q) A person engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining a pump for a well if the activity only involves installing or modifying a conductor going from the pump's junction, pull, or device box to the nearest disconnecting point and the conductor is buried with the pump.
SPS 305.41 Note Note: As of April 1, 2014, the department will no longer issue or renew a certification for electrical contractor-restricted. The department will issue an electrical contractor license to those individuals who hold an electrical contractor-restricted certification prior to April 1, 2014. The issuance of the license will indicate the same expiration date as the current restricted-certification.
SPS 305.41(2) (2) Application for licensure. A person applying for an electrical contractor license shall submit all of the following:
SPS 305.41(2)(a) (a) An application in accordance with s. SPS 305.01.
SPS 305.41(2)(b) (b) An application fee and a license fee in accordance with s. SPS 305.02, Table 305.02.
SPS 305.41(2)(c) (c) A statement certifying compliance with worker's compensation requirements under ch. 102, Stats., and unemployment compensation requirements under ch. 108, Stats.
SPS 305.41(3) (3) Qualifications for licensure. The person applying for an electrical contractor license shall be the owner of the contracting business, a partner in the contracting business applying on behalf of the partnership, or the chairman of the board or chief executive officer applying on behalf of the contracting corporation.
SPS 305.41(4) (4) Responsibilities.
SPS 305.41(4)(a)(a) A licensed electrical contractor shall utilize the appropriately licensed or registered individuals to construct, install, repair or maintain electrical wiring.
SPS 305.41(4)(b) (b) For any electrical installation that requires a uniform building permit under s. SPS 320.08, a person who holds an electrical contractor license may not commence installation of electrical wiring until a permit is issued for the installation.
SPS 305.41 Note Note: Chapters SPS 320 to 325 apply to one- and 2-family dwellings and manufactured dwellings. The department's uniform building permit is issued either by the municipality in which the dwelling is located or by a UDC inspection agency where the municipality does not administer the Uniform Dwelling Code.
SPS 305.41(4)(d) (d) A person or entity that holds a electrical contractor license shall include his or her license number on all construction bids and contracts.
SPS 305.41(5) (5) Renewal.
SPS 305.41(5)(a)(a) A person may renew his or her license as an electrical contractor.
SPS 305.41(5)(b) (b) An electrical contractor license shall be renewed in accordance with s. SPS 305.07.
SPS 305.41 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1996, No. 490, eff. 11-1-96; am. (3), Register, March, 1998, No. 507, eff. 4-1-98; am. (1) (a) 2., Register, April, 2000, No. 532, eff. 5-1-00; CR 03-075: renum. (3) to be (3) (a), cr. (3) (b) Register June 2004 No, 582, eff. 8-1-04; CR 08-110: cr. (3) (c) Register September 2009 No. 645, eff. 10-1-09; CR 09-028: r. and recr. Register August 2010 No. 656, eff. 9-1-10; correction in (2) (a), (b), (4) (b), (c), (5) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; CR 19-118: am. (1) (a), (b), r. (4) (c) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; correction in (1) (b) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773.
SPS 305.43 SPS 305.43 Master electricians.
SPS 305.43(1)(1) Application for examination. A person applying to take a master electrician license examination shall submit all of the following:
SPS 305.43(1)(b) (b) An application fee and examination fee in accordance with s. SPS 305.02, Table 305.02.
SPS 305.43(2) (2) Qualifications for examination. A person applying for a master electrician license examination shall have at least one of the following qualifications:
SPS 305.43(2)(a) (a) A bachelor's degree or master's degree in electrical engineering.
SPS 305.43(2)(b) (b) Twelve months of experience in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring while being licensed as a journeyman electrician.
SPS 305.43(2)(c) (c) Experience in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring during a period of not less than 60 months, with at least 10,000 hours of experience over that period.
SPS 305.43(3) (3) Examination. A person seeking to obtain a master electrician license shall take and pass an examination in accordance with s. SPS 305.09.
SPS 305.43(4) (4) Application for certification. Upon notification of the successful passage of the examination for a master electrician license, a person may obtain the license by submitting an application and the license fee in accordance with ss. SPS 305.01 and 305.09 (7) (c).
SPS 305.43(5)(a)(a) For any electrical installation that requires a uniform building permit under s. SPS 320.08, a person who holds a master electrician license may not commence installation of electrical wiring until a permit is issued for the installation.
SPS 305.43 Note Note: Chs. SPS 320 to 325 apply to one- and 2-family dwellings and manufactured dwellings. The department's uniform building permit is issued either by the municipality in which the dwelling is located or by a UDC inspection agency where the municipality does not administer the Uniform Dwelling Code.
SPS 305.43(5)(b) (b) A person who as a licensed master electrician is responsible for the installation, repair or maintenance of electrical wiring shall utilize the appropriately licensed or registered individuals to construct, install, repair or maintain electrical wiring.
SPS 305.43(6) (6) Exchanges.
SPS 305.43(6)(a)(a) A person who holds a master electrician license may, upon application to the department, exchange his or her master electrician license for a journeyman electrician license.
SPS 305.43(6)(b) (b) A person who has exchanged his or her master electrician license for a journeyman electrician license may, upon application to the department, exchange his or her journeyman electrician license for a master electrician license in accordance with the following provisions:
SPS 305.43(6)(b)1. 1. The person holds a valid journeyman electrician license.
SPS 305.43(6)(b)2. 2. The person submits with the application a copy of his or her former master electrician license.
SPS 305.43(6)(b)3. 3. The license fee for a master electrician specified in s. SPS 305.02, Table 305.02 is submitted.
SPS 305.43(7)(a)(a)
SPS 305.43(7)(a)1.1. A person may renew his or her license as a master electrician.
SPS 305.43(7)(a)2. 2. A master electrician license shall be renewed in accordance with s. SPS 305.07.
SPS 305.43(7)(b) (b)
SPS 305.43(7)(b)1.1. The renewal of a license as a licensed master electrician shall be contingent upon the master electrician obtaining at least 24 hours of acceptable continuing education prior to the expiration date of the license as specified in s. SPS 305.08 and Table 305.06, except as provided in subd. 2.
SPS 305.43(7)(b)2. 2. A person who holds a license as a licensed master electrician may apply to the department for waiver of the continuing education requirements under subd. 1. on the grounds of prolonged illness or disability or similar circumstances. Each application for waiver shall be considered individually on its merits by the department.
SPS 305.43 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1996, No. 490, eff. 11-1-96; am. (2) (b), (5) (b) 1., Register, March, 1998, No. 507, eff. 4-1-98; am. (4) and (5) (b), Register, April, 2000, No. 532, eff. 5-1-00; CR 03-075: renum. (5) to be (6) and r. and recr. (6) (b) 1., cr. (5) Register June 2004 No. 582, eff. 8-1-04; CR 09-028: am. (1) (intro.), (2) (a), (3) and (4), renum. (5) and (6) to be (5) (a) and (7) and am., cr. (5) (b) and (6) Register August 2010 No. 656, eff. 9-1-10, except (5) (b), eff. 4-1-13; correction in (1) (a), (b), (3), (4), (5) (a), (6) (b) 3., (7) (a) 2., (b) 1. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; CR 14-010: am. (7) (b) 1. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; CR 16-093: r. and recr. (2) Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 8-1-18.
SPS 305.435 SPS 305.435 Residential master electricians.
SPS 305.435(1)(1) Application for examination. A person applying to take a residential master electrician licensure examination shall submit all of the following:
SPS 305.435(1)(a) (a) An application in accordance with s. SPS 305.01.
SPS 305.435(1)(b) (b) An application fee and examination fee in accordance with s. SPS 305.02, Table 305.02.
SPS 305.435(2) (2) Qualifications for examination.
SPS 305.435(2)(a) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a person applying for a residential master electrician licensure examination shall have at least 1,000 hours per year of experience for at least 5 years in electrical wiring work.
SPS 305.435(2)(b) (b) Relative to the experience required under par. (a), each semester spent full-time in a school of electrical engineering or other accredited college, university, technical or vocational school in an electrical-related program shall be considered equivalent to 500 hours of experience, with no more than 3,000 hours and 3 years of experience through education being credited toward the required experience.
SPS 305.435(3) (3) Examination. A person seeking to obtain a residential master electrician license shall take and pass an examination in accordance with s. SPS 305.09.
SPS 305.435(4) (4) Application for licensure. Upon notification of the successful passage of the examination for a residential master electrician license, a person may obtain the license by submitting an application and the license fee in accordance with ss. SPS 305.01 and 305.09 (7) (c).
SPS 305.435(5) (5) Responsibilities.
SPS 305.435(5)(a)(a) For any electrical installation that requires a uniform building permit under s. SPS 320.08, a person who holds a residential master electrician license may not commence installation of electrical wiring until a permit is issued for the installation.
SPS 305.435 Note Note: Chs. SPS 320 to 325 apply to one- and 2-family dwellings and manufactured dwellings. The department's uniform building permit is issued either by the municipality in which the dwelling is located or by a UDC inspection agency where the municipality does not administer the Uniform Dwelling Code.
SPS 305.435(5)(b) (b) A person who as a licensed residential master electrician is responsible for the installation, repair or maintenance of electrical wiring shall utilize the appropriately licensed or registered individuals to construct, install, repair or maintain electrical wiring.
SPS 305.435(6) (6) Exchanges.
SPS 305.435(6)(a)(a) A person who holds a residential master electrician license may, upon application to the department, exchange his or her residential master electrician license for a residential journeyman electrician license.
SPS 305.435(6)(b) (b) A person who has exchanged his or her residential master electrician license for a residential journeyman electrician license may, upon application to the department, exchange his or her residential journeyman electrician license for a residential master electrician license in accordance with the following provisions:
SPS 305.435(6)(b)1. 1. The person holds a valid residential journeyman electrician license.
SPS 305.435(6)(b)2. 2. The person submits with the application a copy of his or her former residential master electrician license.
SPS 305.435(6)(b)3. 3. The license fee for a residential master electrician specified in s. SPS 305.02, Table 305.02 is submitted.
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The effects of Hurricane Georges in Mississippi included $676.8 million in damages but no fatalities.  Hurricane Georges was a Category 2 storm at landfall in Mississippi during the 1998 Hurricane season.

Background

Hurricane Georges began as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa in mid-September, 1998. Tracking towards the west, the wave spawned an area of low pressure two days later which quickly strengthened into a tropical depression. On September 16, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Georges and further to Hurricane Georges the next day. The storm reached its peak intensity on September 20 with winds of , just below Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale.

Over the following five days, the hurricane tracked through the Greater Antilles, causing over 600 fatalities, mainly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. By September 25, Georges entered the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane. The storm made landfall three days later near Biloxi, Mississippi with winds of . Shortly after landfall, the hurricane significantly slowed with forward motion reducing to a general drift towards the east. Georges dissipated on October 1 near the Atlantic coast of Florida.

Preparations
Upon entering the Gulf of Mexico on September 25, a hurricane watch was issued for the entire coastline of Mississippi. The following day, the watch was upgraded to a hurricane warning as Georges neared the Gulf Coast. On September 28, the hurricane warning was lowered to a tropical storm warning. All watches and warnings were discontinued on September 29 as Georges weakened to a tropical depression. Many citizens in southern Mississippi were told to leave due to a mandatory or recommended evacuation. Of those in the evacuation area, 60% actually left. Most of those who stayed remained because they believed their house was safe enough for the storm. Of those who left, most went to a relative's house in their own county.

Impact

Upon making landfall, Hurricane Georges brought a storm surge of up to  in Biloxi, Mississippi. While stalling over the southern portion of the state, it produced torrential rainfall, amounting to  in Pascagoula. The heavy rainfall contributed to significant river overflowing, including the Tchoutacabouffa River at D'Iberville, which set a record crest of . The overflown rivers in the southern portion of the state flooded homes and forced more to evacuate just days after the hurricane came through. In addition, squall lines spawned multiple tornadoes, damaging evacuation shelters in Pascagoula and Gautier.

Beach erosion occurred along the coastline, resulting in some property damage on beach houses. Around Biloxi, coastal casinos and the shipyards experienced little from the storm. Inland, high winds and flooding caused extensive damage to homes. Georges's winds downed power lines, leaving 230,000 without power after the storm. After the storm, over 6,800 people stayed in 49 different shelters. One shelter in Forrest County was damaged, forcing the citizens to another camp. The shelters experienced roof damage and severe power outages, though one problem that could not be overcome was the language barrier with immigrants. Overall, Hurricane Georges caused $676.8 million (1998 USD, $894.5 million 2009 USD) in damage, though no deaths due to well-executed evacuations.

Aftermath
Including relief funds to Puerto Rico and Louisiana, a total of $14,150,532 in paid losses was reported by FEMA.

See also

Hurricane Georges
Effects of Hurricane Georges in Florida
1998 Atlantic hurricane season

References

External links
 NHC Georges Report

Hurricane Georges
1998 in Mississippi
Hurricanes in Mississippi
1998 Atlantic hurricane season
Georges


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All-in-one phone The Pharos GPS Phone 600 is an intrepid food blogger's survival kit, with GPS software (to find the restaurant), a 2-megapixel camera (to document the meal), Microsoft Office software (for taking detailed notes) and WiFi capability (for on-the-go updates) ($600; pharosgps.com).
The TurboChef oven mixes high-speed convection heat with microwave blasts to cook food up to 15 times faster than conventional ovens. Roasted chicken takes just 14 minutes; soufflés are done in three. But what makes it the Maybach of speed ovens are its friendly, iPod-like controls and artificial-intelligence adaptability: As you use it, the TurboChef learns how you like your food prepared and adjusts accordingly ($6,000 for a single unit, $7,900 for a double wall unit; turbochef.com).
Experimental Spanish chefs Sergio Torres and Javier Andrés collaborated with research scientists to create a device that works like an anti-pressure cooker. Their Gastrovac cooks food in a vacuum, which allows liquid to boil at much lower temperatures. The result: Food emerges from the Gastrovac looking raw but having absorbed huge amounts of flavor ($3,800; 949-584-3778).
Tech-friendly refrigerator Whirlpool will make its high-end refrigerators adaptable to new technologies by adding Centralpark Connection (left), an electronic dock for mounting devices such as TVs, MP3 players, tablet computers, DVD players or digital photo albums (available this fall on select models; whirlpool.com).
White-hot cooktop A la plancha is a culinary phrase that really just means "on a very hot griddle." Jade's 48-inch Dual Fuel Range will have the hottest plancha of any residential range: an 18,000-BTU monster that can hit 750 degrees for flash-searing meat, fish and vegetables (available this fall; jadeappliances.com).


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Joel Adams – Die for you (new video)
Australian teen star Joel Adams has just release a brand new track called "Die for you" as the next cut to be lifted from his debut album.
It's a radio-friendly pop song produced by Derek Fuhrmann, best known as the lead vocalist for pop rock band The Crash Motive.
"Die for you" serves as the follow-up to his first single "Please don't go", which peaked at number 6 in Sweden and number 11 in Norway.
The clip was recorded in Australia and directed by VO.
The 20-year-old has been in the studio working on his full-length debut, for which he had written more than 30 songs.
I wish I was a movie star
That ain't happening
I wish I'd drive a fancy car
Well I'd fly to New York City
But my plane could never get that far
'Cause my life
Ain't what I thought it was
Said you like all the fancy things
Diamonds, pearls and Louis Vuitton
But my package just ain't that big
Spent all my life-time running
But I still haven't got that far
For you I ain't giving up
'Cause baby I'd die for you
I'd try for you
I'd live for you
You were all I do
Baby I'd die for you
I'd try
You're everything I do
Baby that's just not
Good enough for you
You think you got the best of me
Yeah well you're probably right
But you ain't seen the rest of me
So for you I an't giving up
'Cause maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong
Maybe I wrote in all down in a song
You say what you like
I say what I want
You give me a list that goes on and on
But everytime you walk out that door
You got me thinking
Baby now I want you even more
So say what you like
I'll say what I want
I need somebody to save me
'Cause baby I
And I'd try
Joel Adams – Please don't go (new video) Tor Miller – Surrender (new video) Sarah Whatmore – Touchscreen (new video) Mans Zelmerlow – Glorious (new video)
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Itamar Frankenthal is the owner and CEO of Rose Batteries (www.rosebatteries.com), Silicon Valley's largest manufacturer of custom industrial battery packs servicing IoT, instrumentation, communication, smart grid, UPS and medical industries. At Rose, Itamar provides Silicon Valley's most exciting companies with expert battery engineering advice and custom battery pack manufacturing at Rose's San Jose manufacturing facility. Recently, Itamar lead Rose in the acquisition of Energy Sales (www.energy-sales.com), an industry leader in batteries for oceanographic, aerospace, military and government applications. Combined, the businesses ship over half a million batteries a year. Itamar is also the Managing Director of New Concord Capital, a private investment fund that specializes in helping baby boomers sell their business and transition to retirement. Itamar's family has a fourth generation cheese manufacturing company where Itamar led operations and sales of mozzarella, cheddar, smoked gouda and other fine cheeses. Itamar also spent half a decade as a quantitative analyst and financial engineer at Sanford Bernstein Alliance Capital where he developed stochastic financial models to facilitate over $50B of global investments. Prior to Bernstein, Itamar was a systems and software engineer at BAE Systems where he developed algorithms for the F-15 radar system. Of all his experiences, Itamar is most proud of his work at Match.com where he developed love algorithms to help the lone-hearted find their perfect mate.
Besides leading Rose Batteries, Itamar is also a professor at the San Jose State University Masters of Engineering in Batteries Technology program. Itamar holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York and a M.B.A from Harvard Business School.


On Thursday 31 March 2011 Jenny Raiment will talk to us in the Mullins Room, St Andrew's Prep, at 10.00 am. The subject of her talk will be hypnotherapy. After suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for which her doctors could find no cure she turned to hypnotherapy. This was of so much help that she decided to study at the South African Institute of Hypnotherapy so that she could pass on her knowledge to other sufferers.


The power of effective communication is amazing. A company that clearly communicates their strategy can get everyone working towards the same goal. Alternatively, a company that has a lack of communicate strategy clearly isn't going to get good buy-in from the folks that work there because they don't know the vision.
If you've seen someone who delivers a speech that moves you to do something, you've seen powerful communication in action. Someone who is able to motivate others through the effectiveness of delivering a message is quite powerful indeed. When it gives you tingles, you know it's great.
I realized the power of communication way back in my days as a Kinko's store manager. I can't really describe how many orders didn't turn out the way they should have due to lack of communication. This happened both when a customer would not clearly explain what they were wanting as well as the co-worker who didn't effectively communicate what our capabilities were. The majority of these mistakes boiled down to a lack of communication.
We've all read about how you have to speak up to get what you want. If you are in a relationship and don't effectively communicate your wants and needs to your partner, chances are you won't receive those wants and needs. This is true in just about any situation. The same thing is true at work. If you don't communicate what you want out of a career or what is important to you, chances are it will drastically impact your career. A lack of communication at work can have a detrimental effect in many ways.
Stating what you want isn't selfish, it's required for you to have the relationship or career that you want. The ability to communicate well is a huge bonus in helping you attain the career you want.
If you think about it, every day at work you are building your reputation. As you gain experience in your field, you are also building your name. Your name, your reputation, your status, your character, and your standing in your company and field are being created each and every day by what you do. Or by what you don't do.
You might become known as someone who gets things done. Maybe you're the person that always has a creative solution. When an important project comes up it might be your name that comes to mind to lead the team.
You won't get the support or tools you need to succeed.
How do you expect to get the tools and resources you need to do the best possible work if you aren't able to communicate it? You can't!
A lack of communication will keep you with whatever resources you have. It's up to you to know what you need to be successful in your job and communicate that need.
One of the biggest ones is ongoing development of your work skills. You have to stay on top of what's current (and ask for it) or you won't stay relevant in your field. This happens a lot in dynamic industries such as technology.
There's a good possibility you'll be misunderstood.
When you aren't able to articulate your thoughts and ideas clearly, you put yourself at a big disadvantage. It's much easier for people to misunderstand what you mean or your position on something if you lack communication skills.
If you are unable to get your point across, it's easy for your coworkers to simply assume what you mean, whether they are right or not.
A lack of communication greatly increases the chances you will be misunderstood.
You could get left out or misinformed.
People who are poor communicators or lack communication skills tend to be bad listeners.
Bad listeners do not pay as much attention to what's being said as they should. They also wind up interrupting a lot and jump to their own conclusions without really knowing what's going on.
These type people find themselves getting left out of more and more conversations because their coworkers get tired of dealing with them.
Nobody likes to work with someone who interrupts all the time and never really listens. After a while the only person they have left to talk to is themselves.
Lack of communication creates doubt and uncertainty.
This is especially true if you are a manager of people. A lack of communication to your team can create a lot of uncertainty.
I know people who weren't really sure what they were responsible for in their roles because their manager never communicated goals and expectations.
Unfortunately this is not uncommon. This holds true even with working with other people.
If you aren't able to communicate to others what you are doing or what's going on, you are going to instill doubt.
Your lack of communication can lead to rumors and gossip.
When we don't hear about something, it's human nature to fill in the blanks with our own version. We don't like uncertainty so will solve the mystery ourselves when we have a lack of communication from someone we work with.
Your annual review is 2 months overdue and you haven't heard anything from your boss? They might be considering eliminating your position. One of your coworkers is always out of the office on Friday afternoons? They probably get special treatment for some reason.
See how this lack of communication can cause rumors and speculation?
Now that we've looked at some ways that a lack of communication can drastically impact your career, let's look at how you can improve your communication skills.
When you think about improving your communication skills at work you need to look at the primary ways we communicate, verbal and written.
Let's take a look at how to improve both your written and verbal communication skills.
Have you ever walked out of a meeting and felt like the other person spoke the whole time and you learned nothing? Don't be that person.
When you speak at work make it short and sweet. It's fine to catch up and talk about the weather but when it's time to talk about the important stuff, don't overload your audience with a word avalanche.
It may seem funny to be a good listener in order to be a good communicator but it actually makes sense.
When you show that you actually listen and care about what other people are saying it shows that you understand their needs. This enables you to build trust in the relationship. It's key.
When you speak with confidence, it shows that you know what you are talking about.
This isn't just about verbal, it's also about your body language. Speak in a clear tone of voice and maintain eye contact when speaking with someone. This conveys your confidence.
When you have a fairly good idea of what you are going to say before you actually speak, you are able to convey your ideas more clearly. This also helps you eliminate longer pauses when you are speaking.
Ever read the Einstein quote "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"? Sage words from an incredibly wise man.
This is so true at work as well. You have to be able to communicate your thoughts and ideas clearly and simply so other people can understand you. Critical.
This is number one for a reason. At work, it is vitally important that you do not have grammatical errors in your written communication. This includes reports as well as emails.
Having typos peppered into your written communication makes others think that you are too lazy or sloppy to care about spelling. Bad news.
This is just as important in written as it is in verbal.
Most of us receive way too many emails at work. Nobody likes wading through seas of information to find the one or two points they need. There's no need to put a lot of filler in when less will do.
If you are composing an email to the President of your company, you should write in a certain tone.
If the email is to your coworker that you have lunch with every day and go get after work drinks on a weekly basis, you probably don't need to be as formal.
This goes along with being clear and concise. If you write emails in one long paragraph consisting of 1,000 words, you are making your readers eyes glaze over.
Use things like subheadings, bullet points, and numbering when needed to break up the words and create some nice structure that flows. This is true in any written documentation whether it be reports, emails, or something else.
To make it more friendly and engaging, use your audience names when possible. Obviously you can't do this in a formal report but with emails and similar you sure can.
"As you can see Jim, this will go a long way to helping us get the Morris account, I look forward to hearing back from you soon".
When you develop strong communication skills, it can help your career in many ways.
First of all, strong communication skills show confidence in yourself and your ideas. This is a great quality to have in general and certainly at work. When you are confident in your abilities, it makes others see you as a leader.
Strong communication skills helps you get your points across. When you can clearly and concisely state your view on important points, you are clearly understood. When you are clearly understood, it helps others buy into your ideas easier.
Possessing the ability to convey what you need effectively will help you get the tools and resources you need to do your job the best you can. When you can articulate to your boss that going to a conference helps you stay at the top of your game, you've got a good chance of going.
If your boss is like mine, he or she will make you show the ROI (return on investment) for getting new resources. Not hard to do if you can communicate well.
Having good communication is a skill senior leadership looks for in others to help lead teams. I know I've been around managers who lead a team but are bad a communicating goals, processes, and expectations. It leads to under performing groups and subpar results. Not exactly leadership material.
If you are a leader, then having strong communication skills is critical to getting others to follow your vision. Working for a leader with poor communication skills to share their vision only leads to a boat going in circles. Who wants to be on that ride?
We've explored how a lack of communication can drastically impact your career. When you show a lack of communication, it can drastically impact how successful a career you have.
Speak up to get what you want. Having strong communication skills can help you do just that.


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UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering ECE Day Visited by CEO Bin Feng
UC San Diego Alum and Microduino Co-Founder and CEO Drops by University for Electrical and Computer Engineering Day
Microduino Co-Founder, CEO and University of California San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School of Engineering alumnus Bin Feng dropped by the university on Friday, April 13, 2018. Bin spoke to dozens of students during the school's annual Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Day.
The fun-filled event gave electrical and computer engineering students the opportunity to network with distinguished alumni, such as Bin. They also attended a wide range of career-oriented sessions and hands-on workshops. It was a great way for potential students to obtain more information about Jacobs School disciplines and courses.
Founded in 1965, and servicing nearly 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering is highly regarded and widely recognized as a major conduit to the wireless and telecommunications industries.
Bin, who graduated from the school with a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, often returns to campus to talk to students about career and professional development issues.
Microduino Co-Founder and CEO Bin Feng Presents at ASU + GSV Summit 2018
On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, Microduino Co-Founder and CEO Bin Feng presented information on the company and its STEM/STEAM product portfolio. Over 4,000 executives and experts from across the learning and talent spectrum were in the audience at the ASU + GSV Summit in San Diego, California.
Jointly coordinated by Arizona State University (ASU) and GSV Advisors, the annual gathering regularly features appearances by a wealth of high-profile business executives, personalities, and thought leaders from around the world. This year's conference featured appearances by Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, Academy Award®-winning actor Matthew McConnaughey, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, R&B artists John Legend and Common, Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz, and Netflix Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO Reed Hastings, to name just a few.
In its first appearance at the conference, Microduino was one of six Chinese companies included in the event's China World session, which focused on how these businesses are developing interesting, effective, and innovative products and solutions for global STEM/STEAM education. Additionally, it was a great opportunity for Bin to brief the audience on the Microduino brand, and to connect with like-minded executives and academic experts from across the globe.
Certainly no surprise to us, Bin's presentation was warmly received and appreciated by the many influencers in attendance! Way to go, Bin!
CEO Bin Feng Featured in Interview on Techstination Podcast
Microduino Co-Founder and CEO Bin Feng Featured on Fred Fishkin's Techstination Podcast
On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, Microduino Co-Founder and CEO Bin Feng was interviewed by consumer technology legend and long time radio host Fred Fishkin for his Techstination podcast.
In the interview, Bin talks to Fred about how Microduino was founded, the concept behind its award-winning STEM/STEAM educational toy products, and how Microduino's product portfolio is helping kids learn more about product design, electronics, and coding as they prepare themselves for careers in these and other related fields.
You can listen to Bin's interview with Fred here.


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In the United States, health and health care are critical concerns that cut across all facets of public and private life. We are constantly bombarded with information on how to stay healthy and prevent illness, how to choose providers and health plans, and what implications health policy may have on our families, neighbors, employers, and the country as a whole.
One reason why health care commands so much public attention is because we spend so much on it, and the amounts have been increasing over time. U.S. health expenditures as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) were five percent in 1960 and over 17 percent in 2013. We spend a larger percentage of our GDP on health care than we do on food, clothing, or housing.
Yet even as we spend more on health care, it is unclear whether the additional benefits of this spending are meaningful. Per capita health spending in the United States is 2.5 times higher than the average of other developed nations, and more than 40 percent higher than the next highest country. Yet the average life expectancy and infant mortality rate are worse than the average of all developed countries. Of course, these health outcomes are also driven by lifestyle and cultural factors, and the U.S. has high rates of obesity, diabetes, accidents and homicides.
For all these reasons and more, the future of health and health care in America weighs heavily on us all. That's why Brookings makes the search for practical health policy solutions in the United States and around the world a priority. For decades, Brookings scholars have been on the case, across all five of our research programs: designing economic policies to support more effective use of health care resources, shaping responses to global health challenges, evaluating the role of politics and governance in health care reform, examining the lessons of health systems abroad, and analyzing regulatory policy to enhance transparency and affordability throughout the industry.
All of Brookings hopes to play a part in reinvigorating the public debate and designing smart policies that can make health care accessible and affordable for everyone. It is with that in mind that we launch this blog—Health360: The Latest Views on Health Policy. Today's launch includes the following posts: Ordinary Politics: Continuation of the Health Reform War by Other Means by Henry Aaron; Why the GOP Needs an Alternative Obamacare Repeal Strategy by Stuart Butler; and Arkansas Governors' Uncertain but Hopeful Future for the Medicaid Private Option by Keith Fontenot and Caitlin Brandt.
You can look forward to contributions from additional Brookings Economic Studies scholars, including Alice Rivlin, Louise Sheiner, Mark McClellan, Kavita Patel and Greg Daniel. You can also expect contributions from political experts Elaine Kamarck and Darrell West in our Governance Studies program, and from Metropolitan Policy scholars Bruce Katz and Amy Liu on how to improve the health of our cities and those around the globe.
The contributors to this new Brookings blog will cover a wide range of health policy challenges facing the U.S. and the world. Given the important implications for all of us, I hope you will read and enjoy the discussion.


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In the Face of Tragedy, the Jewish Community of Puerto Rico Makes a Difference
It's been over a month since Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, but the hardships facing the residents are far from over. Today, 85 percent of the island remains without electricity, telecommunications are cut, basic goods are scarce, and the economy is plummeting. Amid the devastation, the Jewish community has emerged as a bastion of support. With a little more than 1,500 members in a general population of 3.4 million, this small but active community has mobilized its own resources and those of Jewish organizations in the United States to help their neighbors in need.
Latino Evangelicals are 26th Project Interchange Delegation of Latino Leaders in Israel | Project Interchange
A delegation of influential U.S.-based Latino clergy is visiting Israel with AJC Project Interchange and will learn about Israel's experiences absorbing and integrating immigrants from around the world, the Israeli-Palestinian relationship, religious communities in Israel, Israel's political landscape, and national security.
People of the Pod: How Interfaith Relations Helped Drive the Abraham Accords; A View From Campus
This week, we bring you highlights from AJC Virtual Global Forum 2021. First, in a conversation moderated by Manya Brachear Pashman, we hear from H.E. Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Hedayah, and Rabbi David Rosen, AJC Director of International Interreligious Affairs, in The Siegler Family Annual Muslim-Jewish Symposium on How Interfaith Relations Helped Drive the Abraham Accords.
Then, two college student activists, Julia Jassey, University of Chicago '23, and Talia Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania '21, help us understand today's challenges and opportunities on campus for pro-Israel students during the AJC Virtual Global Forum's session, The View from Campus, moderated by Meggie Wyschogrod Fredman, AJC Deputy Director of Young Leadership.


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Study: Hurricane Maria's death toll 70 times higher than Puerto Rican officials have reported
The hurricane's devastation left this house in Puerto Rico without a roof (pictured on Sept. 25, 2017) after Hurricane Maria struck the island nearly one week earlier. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
By Karen Kaplan and Amina Khan | L.A. Times
Officials in Puerto Rico say that 64 people lost their lives after Hurricane Maria slammed into the island in September. A new report says that estimate is off _ by about 4,600.
If the analysis is correct, it means that for every hurricane-related death that's currently on the books, another 70 fatalities in the U.S. territory have gone uncounted.
"Our results indicate that the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria," researchers concluded in a study published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
This isn't the first time people have questioned the official estimate of the number of deaths that ensued after the then-Category 4 hurricane made landfall on Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017. The study authors noted that several "independent investigations" have put the true number "in excess of 1,000."
One of them was by Alexis Raul Santos, a demographer at Pennsylvania State University, and independent researcher Jeffrey Howard. In November, they concluded that Puerto Rico had experienced an excess of roughly 1,100 deaths in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
The new study adds to "the growing consensus that the deaths have been undercounted," Santos said.
And not a moment too soon, said Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of Puerto Rico's capital city of San Juan.
"It took too long to understand the need for an appropriate response was NOT about politics but about saving lives," Cruz said on Twitter. "These deaths and the negligence that contributed to them cannot be forgotten. This was, and continues to be, a violation of our human rights."
With sustained winds of up to 155 mph and heavy rains that caused catastrophic flooding, there were many ways for Hurricane Maria to kill, explained the team led by Nishant Kishore of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
During the storm itself, residents might be hit by flying debris or swept away in flash floods. In the aftermath, deaths could be attributed to lingering safety problems, illnesses brought on by unsanitary conditions or the "loss of necessary medical services," the authors wrote.
To get a better handle of Maria's true impact, interviewers fanned out across Puerto Rico between mid-January and late February. They knocked on doors and talked to adults from 3,299 households, which represented 9,522 people. Among other things, they asked whether anyone in the household died between the day the hurricane hit the island and the end of the year.
More than 93 percent of people invited to take the survey agreed to do so. They received no payment or other form of assistance from the researchers.
The researchers used these responses to calculate that between Sept. 20 and Dec. 31, there were about 14.3 deaths per 1,000 Puerto Ricans. Given the uncertainties inherent in their survey, the true mortality rate could have been as low as 9.8 deaths or as high as 18.9 deaths per 1,000 residents, they wrote.
According to Puerto Rico's Department of Health, the mortality rate for the same period in 2016 was 8.8 deaths per 1,000 people. That means there was at least 0.9 of an additional death per 1,000 people in 2017, and perhaps as many as 10 extra deaths per 1,000 people.
When the researchers extrapolated those mortality rates to the population of Puerto Rico, they calculated that the number of hurricane-related deaths was somewhere between 793 and 8,498. The midpoint of that range was 4,645.
The study authors recognized that they had no way of counting victims who had been living alone _ with no remaining members of their households, the survey-takers would never learn of them. So the researchers adjusted their estimate, using the 2016 mortality rate for people living alone.
This time, they calculated that there were about 5,740 excess deaths after Hurricane Maria, though it could have been as low as 1,506 or as high as 9,889.
Among the deaths the researchers tallied through their survey, nearly 1 in 10 were a direct result of the storm, and one-third could be traced to "delayed or prevented access to medical care" as a result of the storm.
Indeed, 31 percent of households surveyed reported "disruptions to medical services" after the hurricane hit. About 14 percent of households were unable to get medications, 9 percent were stymied by closed medical facilities, 6 percent had doctors who were absent after the storm, and 10 percent lacked the electricity needed to power their respiratory equipment. In the most remote neighborhoods, about 9 percent of households had no way to call 911.
The survey-takers also found that after Maria hit, it took an average of 68 days for households to have their water service restored, 84 days for their electricity to return and 41 days for their wireless phone service to come back online.
Santos, who based his study on vital statistics records from the Puerto Rican government, said the new report goes further by assessing real-world conditions throughout the island.
"It's really commendable that the researchers are providing as much detail as they're doing in their study," he said. "This should be the standard whenever people are publishing these kinds of studies."
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez statisticians Roberto Rivera and Wolfgang Rolke used government data to estimate that 605 to 1,039 Puerto Ricans died in the six weeks after the hurricane.
Rivera said that the new study's figure of 4,645 excess deaths over 3 { months sounds "really high," but that there's no way to know for sure until the Department of Health releases updated death statistics.
At the same time, he added, the government is attempting to dismantle the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, an independent agency that collects and analyzes important data.
"It's a bit of a contradiction because they are saying they want to be transparent, but this is one of the many things that they're doing that just doesn't add up," Rivera said.
Identifying mistakes made in the wake of Hurricane Maria may help public health officials prepare for a future natural disaster, Kishore and his colleagues wrote. A proper and timely count of deaths should make it easier to get aid to survivors _ and perhaps prevent secondary deaths owing to a lack of doctors, hospitals and medicines.
The report was published as Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello hosted a conference on disaster prevention and management. On Tuesday, he pledged to improve the government's response to future storms.
"Hurricane Maria is the most devastating event in America's modern history," he tweeted. "We reaffirm our commitment to maintain and improve the protocols and actions that best result in the safety … of citizens."
Carlos Mercader, executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, said government officials were not surprised by the new finding that more than 64 people had died as a result of Hurricane Maria.
"We have always expected the number to be higher than what was previously reported," Mercader said in a statement. That's why the government has commissioned a report on the death toll that is being conducted by researchers from George Washington University.
"Both studies will help us better prepare for future natural disasters and prevent lives from being lost," Mercader said.
A spokeswoman from the university said the research team expects to announce its results this summer.
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