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USGA unveils new course routing for 2022 US Open at The Country Club
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October 28, 2021 By: Ben Volin — BROOKLINE — It's not easy to create a new experience out of a golf course that opened in 1894 and has been a championship venue for more than a century. The Country Club is a founding member of the United States Golf Association and has hosted 16 USGA championships in its storied past.
But the USGA still managed to create a unique test for the 122nd US Open, which will be held at TCC next June 16-19. The USGA is debuting a new hole for the championship that has never been used at the previous three US Opens at The Country Club (1913, 1963, 1988).
It's a 130-yard, downhill par-3 that will serve as the 11th hole (it is typically the 12th hole of the club's main course). It can play as short as 105 yards or as long as 142, and the USGA plans on giving the golfers that yardage differential on consecutive days.
It will be one of the shortest holes in US Open history, but it provides plenty of bite, with a tabletop green that rolls off on all sides and four bunkers defending the green. The green was expanded to its original size in recent years by architect Gil Hanse.
The new par-3 is sandwiched between par-4s of 499 and 473 yards. To make room for this new 11th hole, the USGA eliminated what was previously the par-4 fourth hole.
"There's not enough short holes in golf anymore," said Jeff Hall, championship director for the USGA. "It's a pitching wedge hole, but it still demands execution at a high level. And if you don't, you will pay the price."
The USGA unveiled the 2022 course routing at a media event Thursday. The Country Club has 27 holes, and the USGA uses a composite course — and even mixes and matches a few tee boxes — for its championships. The 2022 US Open will include 14½ holes from the main course (the Clyde and Squirrel 9s) and 3½ holes from the Primrose 9. The course will measure 7,264 yards and play 35-35-70. The ninth and 10th holes of the main course will serve as the driving range.
Next year's tourney will be the first USGA championship at TCC since the 2013 US Amateur. The three previous US Opens at the club all finished in playoffs, including the 1913 championship, in which Brookline amateur Francis Ouimet defeated the top golfers in the world and put American golf on the map. The club is also famous for hosting the 1999 Ryder Cup in which the United States completed a raucous comeback on the final day.
"It's fantastic to come back to one of our founding clubs," Hall said. "It's old school. You stand on the first tee at The Country Club and you just look out there and say, 'This is a US Open golf course.' "
The course has undergone several small renovations over the past decade to get ready for USGA championships and account for today's big hitters.
The other significant change for the US Open is the championship's 14th hole, which previously played as a par-4 but has been expanded to a 619-yard par-5.
"It's a pretty legitimate three-shot hole," Hall said.
Another signature hole will be No. 5, a 310-yard par-4 that has a new, elevated tee box. The green is small and surrounded by several bunkers, but today's big hitters will definitely be aiming for the flag, and maybe not even with the driver.
"I'm fascinated to see how the modern golfer plays that particular hole," Hall said. "Is it a strategic approach? I kind of doubt it. I think a lot of them are going to get after it, bang it up there. But it's a very small target."
The rough will be unforgiving, as is customary in USGA events. Hall said the first cut will be 1½ inches, some holes will have a second cut at 3 inches, and the deep rough will be 5 inches. Around the greens, the rough will be only 1½ and 5 inches.
"The thought is to put some level of premium on driving the golf ball in the fairway, controlling your golf ball up around the greens," Hall said. "It's an important element of the overall test of the US Open."
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Q: formatting External HDD gets stuck I have an external 2TB HDD that i plan on leaving attached to my ubuntu server. I am trying to format it to ext4 but am encounterin issue
My current setup is a 200gb ssd in the server (sdb), 2x2TB HDD's that are Raid0 (sdc,sdd), and the external hdd i'm trying to format (sda)
ubnt@ubnt:~$ sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
[sudo] password for ubnt:
NAME              FSTYPE              SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda                                   1.8T
sdb                                 111.8G
├─sdb1            ext4                976M /boot
├─sdb2                                  1K
└─sdb5            LVM2_member       110.9G
  ├─ubnt--vg-root ext4              103.2G /
  └─ubnt--vg-swap swap                7.6G [SWAP]
sdc               linux_raid_member   1.8T            ubnt:0
└─md0             ext4                3.7T /mnt/md0
sdd               linux_raid_member   1.8T            ubnt:0
└─md0             ext4                3.7T /mnt/md0

When i try to create the ext4 file system on the hdd it gets stuck for ages at "Writing superblock... 730/14905" (always at the same number) and then gives an error:
ubnt@ubnt:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda
mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Found a dos partition table in /dev/sda
Creating filesystem with 488378112 4k blocks and 122101760 inodes
Filesystem UUID: bcca6fda-7429-41c2-9cba-31705fe1d791
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
        4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
        102400000, 214990848

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (262144 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:   730/14905
Warning, had trouble writing out superblocks.

I tried sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda but it gave no errors.
What can i do to make this disc usable?

A: For some reason this solved it (not entirely sure why now cause i'm sure i had done this. maybe a restart helped it:
sudo fdisk /dev/sda
n
p
*defaults. Press enter all the way through*
w

That created sda1 under sda, so i followed with
sudo mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda1

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EPA Honors Forest County Potawatomi Community with AWARD for Green Power Use
National Awards Honor Leading Green Power Users
[Crandon, WI] — The Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC) has received a 2016 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These annual awards recognize the country's leading green power users for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation's voluntary green power market. The EPA presented the Forest County Potawatomi Community with the "Excellence in Green Power Use" award at the 2016 Renewable Energy Markets Conference in San Francisco, California on October 17, 2016.
The Forest County Potawatomi Community was one of only seven organizations nationwide to receive an Excellence in Green Power Use award. The award recognizes EPA Green Power Partners who distinguish themselves by demonstrating leadership in procuring green power from a utility green power product, a power purchase agreement, or a renewable energy certificate (REC) product.
"We are pleased to recognize the Forest County Potawatomi Community with an Excellence in Green Power Use Award for its exceptional commitment to using green power and reducing its carbon footprint," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. "In doing so, the Forest County Potawatomi Community is taking real action to address climate change, and we encourage other organizations to do the same."
The FCPC is currently using nearly 56 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, which is more than enough green power to meet 100 percent of its electricity use at all tribal facilities– including government and social service buildings, Potawatomi Casino Hotel (Milwaukee, WI), and Potawatomi Carter Casino & Hotel (Carter, WI). According to the EPA, the FCPC's current green power use is equivalent to the electricity use of more than 5,100 average American homes annually.
"We are proud to receive this prestigious award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency," said Forest County Potawatomi Attorney General Jeff Crawford. "Purchasing green power helps us reduce our carbon footprint and meet our goal of being more sustainable. It also sends a message to others across the U.S. that supporting clean sources of electricity is a sound business decision."
Over the last several years, the FCPC has also implemented a number of energy efficiency initiatives, such as moving to a four-day work week and using green building standards in the operation and construction of tribal facilities. These initiatives have significantly lowered both the Tribe's energy costs and its environmental footprint. Since 2007, the Tribe has reduced its carbon emissions per square foot of building space by over 20 percent. It has eliminated nearly 14,000 tons of emitted carbon dioxide per year through improved energy efficiencies alone. That is equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions from more than 2,000 passenger vehicles, or the emissions from the electrical usage of about 1,500 homes for one year.
In 2013, the FCPC completed construction on a $20 million biodigester in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley. The facility uses food and beverage waste as a fuel source to produce an average of 2.0 megawatts of renewable energy – enough to power about 1,500 homes. The energy from the biodigester is sold to local utilities. The Tribe is also able to use waste heat from the biodigester for beneficial reuse in nearby facility heating systems.
In 2015, the Tribe installed solar panels at 15 buildings on their Forest County, Wisconsin reservation. The solar panels produce approximately 1.0 megawatt of renewable electricity, which is enough energy to power about 750 homes. In addition, the panels can produce enough energy at each facility to meet at least 20 percent of the building's energy needs. In some instances the panels produce enough energy to offset more than 90 percent of the building's energy needs.
The Forest County Potawatomi Community is listed as one of the 100 largest green power users in the country within the EPA's Green Power Partnership. It is ranked as the 11th largest green power user in the nation among local government partners within the Green Power Partnership.
About the Forest County Potawatomi Community
The Forest County Potawatomi Community is a federally recognized Native American tribe located in Northeastern Wisconsin with a membership of about 1,400. In addition to their work for the environment, the Potawatomi operate several tribal enterprises, including casinos in Milwaukee and Carter, Wisconsin, and a Health & Wellness Center in Crandon, Wisconsin. The tribe employs approximately 3,500 people in its government operations, casino operations, social services and additional business.
For more information on the Potawatomi, please visit www.fcpotawatomi.com.
About EPA's Green Power Partnership
The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to use green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with electricity use. The Partnership currently has more than 1,400 Partner organizations voluntarily using billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500® companies; small and medium sized businesses; local, state, and federal governments; and colleges and universities.
For additional information, please visit www.epa.gov/greenpower.
About the Green Power Leadership Awards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) co-sponsors the annual Green Power Leadership Awards in conjunction with the Center for Resource Solutions. EPA recognizes winners in the following awards categories: Green Power Partner of the Year; Sustained Excellence in Green Power; Direct Project Engagement; Excellence in Green Power Use; and Green Power Community of the Year. EPA's Green Power Partner awards recognize the exceptional achievement among EPA Green Power Partners who distinguish themselves through green power procurement, market leadership, overall green power strategy, and overall impact on the green power market. The Awards are held in conjunction with the Renewable Energy Markets Conference.
For additional information please visit www.epa.gov/greenpower/green-power-leadership-awards.
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National Food Security Strategy Validation Forum Commences
Jul 2, 2009, 5:32 AM | Article By: Abdoulie Nyockeh & Isatou Senghore
A three-day national validation forum on food security is currently underway at the Seaview Hotel.
The forum is organised by the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Permanent Inter- State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILLS), and is being supported by the European Union.
In his welcoming remarks, the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, and also the CILLS National Coordinator, Mr. Abdourahaman Jobe, said the main aim of the exercise was to ensure that The Gambia like all other CILLS member countries is provided with a good and efficient structure to enhance good governance of food security.
In his statement, Mr. Laurent Millogo, the Representative of CILLS' Executive Secretary, expressed sincere thanks to the Gambian authorities for "hosting this very important forum".
He noted that CILLS started in the early Sixties to provide a framework for all the groups and actors of Sahelian societies to participate in the definition of their own vision of the future. He said this process culminated in the elaboration and validation of the strategic framework for sustainable food security in each of the nine CILLS member countries.
Mr. Millogo further noted that the objective of the forum was to share with conference participants the indicators as contained in the reference table of indicators.
He noted that "this workshop therefore is a follow-up to this process and its purpose is to strengthen the operationalisation of the Gambia National Food Security Strategy by putting in place a national monitoring and evaluation system."
In declaring the forum open on behalf of the President, Permanent Secretary Mr. Ebrima Camara, said the advent of a sustainable food security system in The Gambia and in all Sahelian countries in the sub-region is a necessity that cannot be over-emphasised.
He noted that the decision by the African Heads of State and Government to adopt the programme is a clear testimony of "shared collaboration for actions".
In addition to this, he added, the framework exists to speed up agricultural development and food security on the continent. He noted that "the Gambia government views this workshop as very important one which will greatly contribute to the good management of food security in the Gambia".
Mr. Camara added that government of the Gambia will therefore do everything possible to ensure the operation of national arrangements to enhance monitoring and evaluation as evident-based on planning of decision-making in the area of food security.
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Arts and culture in spotlight at Birmingham Weekender
By Rebecca Sayce | Birmingham | Music | Published: Jul 20, 2019
Birmingham Weekender will return later this year with a host of free performances, exhibitions and activities.
Birmingham Weekender
Produced by Culture Central, Birmingham Weekender in Digbeth will be a collaboration between individual artists and small and large regional arts organisations and will shine a light on the city's arts and culture.
The event will feature everything from dance, music, theatre, exhibitions and participatory activities. The free programme will take place in cultural venues, galleries, bars, cafes and outdoor public spaces across Digbeth and in Southside.
Independent Producer and Project Manager Emily Labhart has been appointed by Culture Central to produce the event.
Speaking ahead of the event, she said: "I'm so excited to join the team at Culture Central to work on Birmingham Weekender in Digbeth.
"The festival is a huge celebration of the dynamic arts and cultural scene in the city.
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"With everything from exhibitions to workshops, to performances through to walking tours - I can't wait for us to shine a spotlight on this part of the Birmingham."
Steve Ball, Director of Culture Central said: "We are delighted to announce that Birmingham Weekender will return in the Autumn and that Emily joins us as Producer, we will be collaborating with a number of cultural, community and commercial partners to make the 2019 edition happen.
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Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, Volym 40
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journing will say " aye"; opposed "no." The Association stands adjourned.
Adjourned to Thursday, August 19, at 10 A. M.
THIRD DAY.
MORNING SESSION.
Thursday, August 19, 1915. The President: The Association will come to order.
The first business is an address by Felix Frankfurter, of the Faculty of Law of Harvard University, on " The Law and the Law School."
It ought to be gratifying to the American Bar to observe the disposition on the part of the Association to encourage high scholarship among the members of the Bar. It may be remembered that only 17 years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, Harvard University was established. The influence of New England education has permeated the entire country. Though I come from a section in the far south whose politics have always been opposed to those of New England, I cannot even upon this occasion refrain from bowing to the culture and scholarof Harvard; and as typical of that scholarship and as a recognition on the part of the Association of its ideals for larger and broader culture, permit me to introduce to you Professor Frankfurter.
Felix Frankfurter, of Massachusetts, then delivered his address.
(See the Appendix, page 365.)
The President:
Are there any unfinished reports of committees?
The Secretary:
I will report, with the unanimous favorable recommendation of the Executive Committee, the resolution submitted yesterday by Stephen S. Gregory, of Illinois, and referred by the Chair to that committee.
Give attention to the reading of the resolution.
The Secretary then read the resolution as follows:
"The members of the American Bar Association assembled in annual meeting, have been profoundly shocked by the report in the newspapers of the willful and deliberate murder by mob violence of a convict under life sentence in a state penitentiary.
This crime appears to have been concerted and accomplished in a spirit of savage and remorseless cruelty unworthy of our age and time. Thus to seize and slay a helpless prisoner, expiating according to law, the crime of which he was convicted, and while he was in the custody of public officials charged with his detention, is not only to commit an act of wanton savagery, but to make a flagrant and shameful attack upon the law and its ministers, tending to weaken all just respect for its administration and well calculated to promote lawlessness and anarchy.
Therefore it is resolved, that we desire here to record our unreserved condemnation of this outrage, and we trust that those in authority will speedily bring the guilty parties to the bar of public justice, there to receive such punishment as their grave crime demands."
James H. Harkless, of Missouri:
I move the adoption of the resolution.
The resolution was then unanimously adopted.
Is there any matter under the head of Miscellaneous Business?
Frederick E. Wadhams, of New York:
I call the attention to the Association to the present quarters of the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington, with the view of having a committee appointed for the purpose of securing by legislative enactment better quarters in the capitol building for the court and for the accommodation of those appearing before it. There was a committee appointed several years ago by Congress, known as a committee for the extension and completion of the capitol building, composed of Senator Wetmore, of Rhode Island; Senator Root, of New York; Senator Martin, of Virginia, and Representatives Cannon, of Illinois, and Hepburn of Iowa. I understand that it is the desire of those principally interested concerning the quarters occupied by
the court that the court should remain in the capitol building, and it does not seem to be their desire that a separate building be erected.
I think it proper for me to say that this matter was brought to my attention first by J. C. Thompson, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
"Resolved, That a special committee of five members of the Association be appointed by the President to confer with the Chief Justice of the United States and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and with the commission for the extension and completion of the capitol building regarding measures to improve the present accommodations in the capitol building of the court at Washington, and with authority to the special committee to take such steps as the committee after such conference may deem proper and expedient to bring about, by legislative enactment or otherwise, the enlargement and improvement of such quarters and accommodations."
You have heard the resolution offered by the gentleman from New York.
The resolution was seconded.
William Howard Taft, of Connecticut:
I want to say that it seems to me unwise to limit the power of the committee to the method of improving the quarters of the Supreme Court by extension of the capitol building. I know the court as a whole are generally in favor of remaining in the capitol. It is quite possible that that will not be the view of Congress, and Congress has power, in this particular, to say what shall be done.
I do not intend now to intimate my view as to what ought to be done. There was for a long time a plan to construct a Supreme Court building on the square opposite the capitol, or immediately opposite on East Capitol Street. It seems to me that if we appoint a committee of this sort, the committee ought to have power to differ with the Supreme Court, if it sees fit to do it. It may be that the Supreme Court itself may take a different view. At any rate, unless we enter into a discussion of the subject, it seems to me unwise in an important committee like this to limit their judgment. Therefore, I move an amendment
providing that nothing herein shall limit the judgment of the committee as to the wisdom of recommending the construction of a separate building for the accommodation of the members of the Supreme Court and those who practice before it.
The members of the Supreme Court naturally like to be in the capitol; and senators and congressmen like to be where they can go in and hear the judgments of the Supreme Court conveniently, and occasionally submit to the Supreme Court arguments that will assist them in the discharge of their important duties. Nevertheless, there are other considerations that would lead to the establishment of a separate building, requiring possibly the separation of the two different branches of the government, and certainly giving an opportunity for much greater convenience to the Bar, the public, and the members of the court, in the furnishing to them of quarters in which they can adequately perform those heavy duties that need a great deal of executive assistance.
I, therefore, move an amendment widening the scope and power of the committee.
Does the amendment offered by the gentleman from Connecticut meet with a second ?
The amendment was seconded.
Thomas I. Parkinson, of New York:
I should like to raise the point of order that this resolution should take the usual course and be referred to the Executive Committee.
The Chair is constrained to overrule the point of order on the ground that this body has the power to determine whether a resolution shall be referred to a committee or not. The reference of resolutions to committees is principally a matter of convenience.
William Howard Taft:
I never differ with the court when it rules in my favor. So far as the Executive Committee is concerned, I do not think the resolution of a character requiring such reference.
Thomas I. Parkinson:
In order to get the sense of the meeting, I move a reference of the resolution to the Executive Committee.
George Sutherland, of Utah:
I do not rise to oppose the suggestion made by Mr. Taft, but simply to state that in my opinion the present quarters of the Supreme Court, as far as the court room itself is concerned, are entirely adequate. True, it is a small room, but we do not need a large forum for a body of that kind. I think I know the feeling of the members of the Supreme Court with reference to this matter. They are very much opposed to any change of quarters. The court has been held in its present quarters for a great many years; the room has historical associations connected with it, and the judges have become attached to it. The Supreme Court of the United States is a co-ordinate branch of the government. I undertake to express some doubts as to the power of Congress to compel the Supreme Court to vacate the room; and I am rather inclined to think that if that body should pass a provision for building a new structure and putting the court there, if the members of the court did not choose to go, Congress might find some difficulty in compelling them to go. I think after we had constructed a new building and arranged a court room, the judges would remain exactly where they are now. We undertook after the building of the Senate office building and the House office building to provide additional quarters for the judges, and we set aside a number of rooms for their use. Senators vacated some of them ; Representatives vacated some rooms in the Capitol, and took other quarters in the new office buildings. We furnished a room, and in some instances a suite of rooms, for each member of the Supreme Court. I think only two of those rooms or suites are occupied today. The result has been that, one by one, these rooms have fallen back into the possession of senators and members of the House, because the judges could not be induced to
occupy them.
I have no objection to passing a resolution to have the matter investigated; but I undertake to predict that in the end nothing will come of it.


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I was at the 2012 Bio Conference in Boston, Massachusetts two weeks ago. This annual meeting is organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and focuses mostly on the biopharma sector of biotech. BIO keeps a close eye on the business of biotech and reports industry progress.
So here is the good news, according to bio.org, even though the biotech industry has suffered from the worldwide recession, and those ramifications continue, the industry is growing. Believe it or not since 2007 the Nasdaq Biotech Index is up 11%, the AMEX Biotech Index is up a whopping 52% while during the same period the S&P 500 was down 17%. At the same time, the percentage of companies with less than one year of cash went down, from 45% in 2008 to 21% in late 2010. Even IPOs have been trending upwards from 1 in 2008 to 17 in 2010.
All of these statistics present an optimistic outlook for our industry and we are hopeful that all of this good news means more employment opportunities and wonderful career advancement possibilities for our BioSciConcepts workshop attendees.


Policy Update: 2015 Legislative Session Underway!
Over the past decade, the Tennessee General Assembly has debated and voted on some of the harshest anti-immigrant policies in the country and has become a national testing ground for unthinkable anti-refugee legislation. TIRRC has led the fight at the legislature to hold the line and stop these bills from passing. In both 2013 and 2014 we defeated every anti-immigrant bill, and over time we have seen far fewer legislators introduce bills to marginalize and limit the participation of immigrant communities. Not only that, but we are closer than ever to passing a bill that would grant in-state tuition to undocumented graduates in Tennessee.
Many legislators waited until the bill filing deadline Thursday to introduce their legislation. While we're still reading through proposed legislation to identify bills that will impact immigrants, we've already spotted several harmful pieces -- including sweeping legislation to transform our refugee resettlement program and bills that discriminate against immigrant business owners. We'll send a more detailed list of bills in the next policy update, along with ways you can engage to stop negative legislation.
Senator Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) and Representative Mark White (R-Memphis) have introduced legislation to exempt certain students from payment of out-of-state tuition rates at public universities (SB0612/HB0675) regardless of immigration status. If passed, this legislation would make college a possibility for thousands of undocumented youth across Tennessee.
Under current policy, undocumented students are not eligible for in-state tuition rates and must pay more than three times as much as their classmates to attend a public college or university, no matter how long they've lived in Tennessee. A similar bill was introduced in 2014 by Senator Gardenhire and former Representative Floyd and garnered support from institutions across Tennessee, like the University of Memphis, Metro Nashville Public Schools, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Three years ago, TIRRC youth members launched a campaign to change Tennessee's unjust tuition policies, and now we're closer than ever! We're hopeful that Dreamers in the Class of 2015 will be able to walk across the graduation stage with greater access to higher education.
Check out our media coverage!
"Many undocumented immigrants going to college this year will continue to pay substantially more than their peers to stay in Tennessee, unless legislation introduced this week becomes law. Tennessee lawmakers filed a bill this week that would offer some undocumented immigrants in-state tuition at public colleges. The move was greeted with support from immigration advocates, business leaders, and educators."
Behind these brave youth has always been a network of allies and educators who have supported, encouraged, and inspired them to keep fighting. As our state legislators will once again consider whether or not to give these graduates in-state tuition, Tennessee Dreamers need the support of teachers, professors, and administrators. We're asking members of the education community to sign on to a letter that will be sent to members of the General Assembly, urging them to support Dreamers and tuition equality.
Educators can see the letter, add their name, and learn about other ways to get involved by visiting our website.


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GS-III : Economic Issues Energy
Coal: Dominant energy source in India
energy crises & Security
Despite efforts to transition to renewable energy, coal will continue to be India's dominant energy source.
What is the country's current energy capacity?
According to Climate Action Tracker projections, fossil fuel accounts for more than half of the country's installed energy capacity and is expected to reach around 266 gigatonnes by 2029-2030.
Domestic coal demand is expected to rise from 678 million tonnes in 2021-2022 to 1,018.2 million tonnes in 2031-32.
This means that India's coal consumption will rise by 40%.
What is the Cause of Rising Coal Demand?
Coal is used in the production of iron and steel, and there are few technologies available to replace it immediately.
The Indian economy is expected to expand further between 2022 and 2024, with annual average GDP growth of 7.4%, fueled in part by coal.
Because of India's push for domestic coal mining via Coal India and the auction of coal blocks to private companies, coal usage in India is expected to rise as it does in other parts of the world, including China.
The central government has allowed private coal mining, claiming it as one of its most ambitious coal sector reforms.
The government expects it to increase coal production efficiency and competition, attract investments and best-in-class technology, and help create more jobs in the coal sector.
About coal
It is a type of fossil fuel found in sedimentary rocks and is commonly referred to as "Black Gold."
It is a common and widely available source of energy. It is used as a domestic fuel, as well as in industries such as iron and steel, steam engines, and electricity generation. Thermal power is the term used to describe coal-fired electricity.
China, the United States, Australia, Indonesia, and India are the world's top coal producers.
Coal Distribution in India:
Coal Fields of Gondwana (250 million years old):
Gondwana coal accounts for 98% of total reserves and 99% of coal production in India.
Gondwana coal is metallurgical grade as well as superior quality coal in India.
It can be found in the valleys of Damodar (Jharkhand-West Bengal), Mahanadi (Chhattisgarh-Odisha), Godavari (Maharashtra), and Narmada.
Tertiary Coal Fields (aged 15 to 60 million years):
The carbon content is extremely low, but it is high in moisture and sulphur.
Tertiary coalfields are mostly found in extra-peninsular areas.
Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, the Himalayan foothills of Darjeeling in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Kerala are all important areas.
Anthracite (80-95 percent carbon content, found in small quantities in J&K).
Bituminous (has a carbon content of 60 to 80% and is found in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh).
Lignite (high moisture content, 40 to 55% carbon content) is found in Rajasthan, Lakhimpur (Assam), and Tamil Nadu.
Peat (which contains less than 40% carbon and is in the process of being converted from organic matter (wood) to coal).
Retraining the coal-dependent society is a critical step in establishing a post-coal economy.
Recognizing the need to train workers displaced by their profession is critical for employment opportunities in the renewable energy sector.
The federal transition programmes in the United States, such as solar training and education for professionals and the Partnerships for Opportunity, Workforce, and Economic Revitalization dislocated worker grant, can set a precedent for India to design and develop its own schemes.
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There's no wrong way to wear sneakers. But there are plenty of ways to wear them right. Which is great because no matter how much we insist, it's just not possible to wear heels all the time. Sneakers are a great go-to comfortable yet cool footwear for women on-the-go. Another perk is that they can be worn with almost anything. Here are some tips and ways for wearing sneakers in your everyday looks.
The Athleisure trend has made it acceptable to wear sneakers to almost any occasion or event (well, maybe except for really formal events or business meetings that is). There are a lot of sneakers and brands to choose from. But here are seven styles of sneakers you can never go wrong with: (a) high-tops, (b) white low-tops, (c) embroidered sneakers. (d) platform sneakers, (e) trainers, (f) slip-ons, (g) Velcro sneakers.
There's plenty of ways you can mix and match these sneakers to fit almost every item of clothing you have in your closet. Styling can be easy with tons of inspiration to pour over at magazines and fashion websites. Plenty of celebrities and fashion influencers have been photographed rocking their outfits with sneakers for their everyday and semi-formal event looks.
You can wear sneakers year-round even during the cold months. Follow example of actress, Alicia Vikander, and wear your white sneakers with your winter clothing. Pair them with a pair trousers and a solid color long coat.
Sneakers can also work well with your summer and spring outfits. Actress, Reese Witherspoon gets her casual yet stylish summer looks by wearing her sneakers with a cute, flowy dress and a practical, sling bag: the perfect outfit for staying cool in the hot weather.
There's a big chance you've seen the Hadid sister's coveted street looks on magazines and fashion websites. They're known for rocking the Athleisure style but with a stylish twist. To copy their lazy, chic looks, wear your sneakers with a bomber jacket and cool sweatpants or pair them up with trendy distressed high-waisted jeans and a furry coat. Cap off your look with a some tinted specks and you're photograph-ready.
If you're not in the mood to look extra, wear your sneakers with classic skinny jeans and a checkered shirt. This is a foolproof casual look you can wear while doing your groceries or going out on a coffee break. For inspiration, check out Katie Holmes' street looks. She may not be the best street dresser but she pulls off her white sneaker looks with simple long-sleeved patterned shirts and gray skinny jeans.
Want the added height of high heels but with the comfort of sneakers? Platforms are for you. Often seen worn by edgy street fashionistas, platform sneakers are the perfect companion for your casual day looks. Pair them up with long coats, short or long skirts or a pair of cropped trousers and you have an edgy but comfortable look. Platform sneakers also look particularly great with skinny or straight cut jeans which will make your legs look longer when worn together.
There are many ways to reap the rewards of wearing comfortable sneakers while still looking put-together and stylish. Pair them with furry jackets and trendy tinted glasses for an extra modern and young Athleisure look. Dress them down for casual everyday wear with a pair of skinny jeans and some patterned shirts.


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Anglo Jewish leaders and 'trembling Israelites'
Candidly Speaking: London has emerged as the European hub of Israeli delegitimization
By ISI LEIBLER
PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters hold a banner 390
The simmering tensions associated with the "restrained" Anglo Jewish leadership approach to Israel advocacy exploded at the most recent plenum meeting of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
Senior vice-president Jonathan Arkush launched a bitter attack on the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC), a group primarily comprised of wealthy British Jews and their acolytes who, although unaccountable, are allegedly determining communal policy.
To widespread applause from the plenum, Arkush accused the JLC of being "unelected, unaccountable and therefore unacceptable" as spokesmen for Anglo Jewry.
However, he was immediately castigated by the president and members of the executive for "an intemperate outburst" and making "unhelpful and incorrect" comments. There were also calls for his resignation.
The JLC head, Mick Davis, blatantly threatened to terminate ongoing financial support to the Board if it could make such "unwarranted and egregious attacks."
Davis, who also heads the United Jewish Israel Appeal, had previously created a storm by urging British Jews to criticize the Jewish state's handling of the peace process. Employing the terminology of our enemies, he warned that Israel was in danger of becoming an "apartheid" state.
In remarks unprecedented for any Diaspora Jewish leader, Davis stated: "I think the government of Israel has to recognize that their actions directly impact on me as a Jew living in London, UK. When they do good things, it is good for me when they do bad things, it's bad for me. And the impact on me is as significant as it is on Jews living in Israel. I want them to recognize that."
Board of Deputies leaders are themselves frequently criticized for their muted approach. The preceding president boasted that the Board operates on the basis of "whispering" rather than "shouting" and sought to avoid confrontations by concentrating on silent diplomacy.
Current president Vivian Wineman is an urbane, committed and cultured Jew and unquestionably well intentioned. But some critics feel his behavior is more befitting of an academic than a street-smart communal leader.
In a recent interview with The Jerusalem Post, he adamantly denied that he and his colleagues were "trembling Israelites." He previously conceded that the Board has "good access" but "no influence" over government and mentioned that he had recently met Prime Minister David Cameron (as part of a JLC delegation) and found him receptive.
However, in the same breath he observed that "the important people are the civil servants who brief ministers." He failed to note that UK Foreign Ministry officials are inclined to be even more hostile to Israel than elected ministers.
But the unaccountable JLC clearly remains in the driver's seat.
This was confirmed only a few days later, when Arkush released a letter abjectly apologizing for his critical remarks and praising the JLC, describing his comments as inappropriate and expressing regret for having introduced divisiveness at the Board plenum.
It was a humiliating retreat by a man previously admired for his independence who had apparently capitulated under brutal pressure from his colleagues and a group of unaccountable individuals whose control of the purse strings enables them to impose their will on the community.
It is relevant to note also that JLC head Davis had previously muzzled feisty Zionist Federation vicechairman Jonathan Hoffman by threatening to initiate costly legal action after he made similar critical remarks.
These leadership struggles are taking place at a time of great turmoil for the declining Anglo Jewish community. Whereas there are signs of cultural revival and increased ethnic solidarity, the overall situation of British Jewry is profoundly depressing.
Robert Wistrich, the expert on global anti-Semitism, refers to the "evil wind blowing through England's green and pleasant land" in which anti-Israeli rhetoric has infiltrated all levels of the British intelligentsia to the extent that "it may be time to leave."
Yet in this context, Anglo Jewish leadership remains in denial. In his Jerusalem Post interview, Wineman conceded that "there is an awful lot of anti-Israeli feeling which sometimes morphs into anti-Semitism." Yet, when Robin Shepherd, a leading non-Jewish academic and friend of Israel, remarked that the dramatic upsurge of anti-Israeli feeling and boycotts suggested "that the darkness is closing in... for the Jews of Britain," Wineman castigated him for being "misguided and alarmist."
THE TRUTH is that the current Conservative government is at the forefront of the European anti- Israel pack. In classical "Perfidious Albion" style, Prime Minister Cameron describes himself as a Zionist but then refers to Gaza as "an open-air prison camp" and condemns Israel for its "attack" on the Mavi Marmara flotilla.
Last year, in order to appease anti-Israel and Arab groups, he even terminated a century-long tradition of British PMs acting as patrons to the Jewish National Fund – an act which the editor of the Jewish Chronicle described as "equivalent to sticking two fingers up to the Jewish community in Britain."
Campaigns to promote BDS (boycot, divest, sanction) and calls from unions to boycott Israel have reached feverish heights. The viciously anti-Israel Ken Livingstone is again campaigning for election as Mayor of London, which has emerged as the European hub of Israeli delegitimization.
There are constant demonstrations by the far left supporting Hamas and Hezbollah. The Anglican Church and other Protestant denominations are fiercely anti-Israel. Jewish academics and activists who loathe Israel spearhead efforts to demonize and delegitimize the Jewish state and frequently receive more favorable media coverage than official Jewish spokesmen.
The visceral anti-Israel hostility radiating from the media, especially the BBC, has intensified hatred of Jews and Israel to the extent that many perceive the Jewish community as a pariah group. Yet Jewish leaders underrate the impact of this vitriol and invest more efforts against marginal fascists than the far more dangerous anti-Israel Left and the radical Muslims who they persistently seek to appease in futile efforts to prove their bona fides.
They also understate the critical role of Muslim anti-Semitism and jihadism and continuously issue statements warning of the dangers of Islamophobia, which is puny compared to the violence and threats leveled against Jews.
The situation at the universities is absolutely horrendous and increasingly violent. Every day preachers of hate assail Israel and the Jewish people. Some Jewish students, seeking to avoid social isolation, have distanced themselves from Israel and joined the anti-Israel chic.
A number of Union of Jewish Students leaders, funded and encouraged by the Jewish establishment, sought unsuccessfully to appease Muslim and anti-Israel activists by condemning students who mounted counter protests.
They also sought to persuade Jewish Societies to cancel public addresses by Kasim Hafeez, a brilliant former Muslim extremist turned pro-Israel advocate, on the spurious grounds that his presence would make things worse for Jews during Israel Apartheid Week. To placate Moslems, they distributed Palestinian as well as Israeli flags at universities which merely intensified contempt against them.
BUT DESPITE this depressing state of affairs, dramatic positive changes are also underway.
Chief among these is the British Israel Coalition (BIC), a relatively new body headed by Sam Westrop, a talented and dynamic young man. It now has in excess of 5,000 members and is growing rapidly, despite the fact that it is denied funding from most of the established Jewish leadership.
It holds regular demonstrations, monitors and acts against anti-Israel agitators at all UK universities and aggressively combats Israel boycott movements.
It allies itself with other organizations and even introduced pro-Israeli Muslim activists like Hafeez to the forefront of its campaigns.
It is currently expanding operations to promote political lobbying and positive media exposure and publish monthly reports documenting anti-Israel activity at universities. With a minimal budget it is penetrating areas in which other lavishly funded establishment organizations have made little progress.
BIC recently coordinated a campaign to neutralize the appearance at a major Manchester secondary school of local Islamic extremists raising funds for Hamas who were on record for hailing suicide bombers as freedom fighters, referring to Jews as the descendants of apes and pigs and promoting The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. BIC was castigated by Jewish establishment leaders for indiscreetly exposing the event in the media, but the headmaster was forced to cancel the event.
The fledgling body deserves much of the credit for last week's enforced resignation of the xenophobic anti-Israel Baroness Jenny Tonge from the Liberal Party following a toxic speech at Middlesex University.
It spent months preparing for Israel Apartheid Week and Richard Millett, one of its key activists, filmed the incriminating speeches at the Tonge event and published the footage on his blog.
BIC subsequently coordinated the complaints, presented them to the university and police and on the morning prior to Tonge's resignation, BIC leader Westrop lobbied the Liberal Democrat Party to take disciplinary action against the incitement by Tonge. The Board of Deputies and JLC sought to take credit for the outcome but it was clearly a product of the determined activists rather than back-door whispering.
There is also the Academic Friends of Israel, which has been confronting the academic boycott for over 10 years. Currently its head Ronny Fraser has a pending legal action of institutional anti-Semitism against the Lecturers Union.
Another recently created body is Lawyers for Israel, headed by Jonathan Turner. It actively employs the law to neutralize those seeking to delegitimize Israel and expose Muslim organizations acting as fronts for raising funds for terrorists.
It recently intervened, successfully, obliging the Lord Chancellor to formally rebuke a British judge who had exonerated vandals after destroying $300,000 worth of military equipment destined for Israel because of its alleged "immoral" behavior towards Gaza.
None of these independent organizations are funded or supported by the Board or the JLC.
There are also prominent individuals like the indefatigable Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips, who is reviled by much of the Jewish establishment for courageously promoting Israel advocacy. She also contributes to the Jewish Chronicle, as does urbane historian Geoffrey Alderman, who continuously excoriates the Jewish establishment for its cowardice and silence in the face of concerted anti- Israel and anti-Semitic attacks.
Despite the tortuous capitulation under pressure by Board of Deputies vice president Arkush, more and more representatives are beginning to express disapproval of the weak approach to Israel adopted by their leaders and increasingly objecting to the dominant communal role of the unaccountable, arrogant leaders of the JLC.
That groups like the British Coalition for Israel are enjoying increasing grass roots support is a healthy sign. They represent the only hope that Anglo Jewry will find the courage to speak up on behalf of Israel and ensure that future generations of young Jews will not follow the example of their elders, who are running for cover, overwhelmed by the torrents of hatred and lies emanating from the current hostile British social climate. They deserve greater support from the community.
The writer's website can be viewed at www.wordfromjerusalem.com He may be contacted at ileibler@netvision.net.il
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