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Contractor's tools and other debris litter Skyway Drive just west of Highway 135 in Santa Maria where a Chevrolet pickup truck apparently rolled several times about 8:15 p.m. Friday, closing the lanes for more than an hour.
Two men and a boy were arrested early Saturday morning after they allegedly committed a home invasion and attempted robbery but were fought off by the family, according to the Santa Maria Police Department.
Police received a frantic 911 call at 5:35 a.m. from a resident in the area of Western Avenue and Frank Lane stating three individuals armed with a rifle and knives had just broken into their home, said Lt. R. Mengel.
Officers immediately responded to the location and saw two individuals fleeing on foot, and after a short chase both suspects were captured, Mengel said.
While the foot pursuit was taking place, additional officers arrived at the home to find the father of the family had subdued and detained a third suspect inside the house.
Family members told investigators the parents were awakened when the suspects put a gun to the father's head and demanded valuables.
An 11-year-old son awakened by the disturbance went to his parents' room, saw a suspect holding a gun to his father's head and, without hesitation, tackled the gunman, Mengel said.
The father immediately fought with the gunman as the mother and another teenage son physically fought off the other armed attackers, sustaining serious physical injuries in the process.
Suspects Alberto Pablo Montes, 18, and Manual Duran, 18, both of Santa Maria, were arrested and booked into Santa Barbara County Jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery of an inhabited dwelling, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing an imitation firearm in a threatening manner and criminal conspiracy.
A 15-year-old Santa Maria boy, whose name was not released because of his age, was also arrested and booked into Santa Barbara County Juvenile Hall on the same charges.
Investigators believe the attack was a random crime of opportunity, Mengel said.
He noted officers canvassed the neighborhood looking for witnesses and home surveillance systems not on file with the Security Camera Registry that may have captured the actions of the suspects immediately prior to the home invasion.
The Police Department is asking anyone with more information about the suspects' criminal activity or the home invasion to contact the investigating officer, A. Harvey, at 805-928-3781, ext. 2227, or the lead detective, P. Dix, at 805-928-3781, ext. 2424.
Home owners can learn more about the Security Camera Registry and sign up at www.cityofsantamaria.org/city-government/departments/police-services/hot-topics/security-camera-registry.
A pickup rollover crash on Skyway Drive in Santa Maria closed the westbound lanes from Highway 135 to Auto Park for more than an hour Friday night as police investigated, firefighters threw absorbent material on crankcase oil and a tow truck operator cleared away the wreckage.
The driver of the late-model maroon extended-cab Chevrolet pickup apparently extricated himself or herself from the smashed cab and fled.
Santa Maria police officers on scene couldn't provide any information about the crash, but it appeared the driver had been southbound on Skyway about 8:15 p.m. and failed to negotiate the curve just west of Highway 135.
The pickup struck the center island at Auto Park, flattening the metal caution signs and launching the vehicle into multiple rolls until it came to a stop on its roof and hood in front of the Skyway Center.
A resident of Miles Avenue, more than 1,000 feet from the site, said his wife heard the crash and thought it was a four-car pileup because there were three distinct impact sounds.
The rolling pickup lost its tonneau cover and spewed contractor's tools across both westbound lanes, littering the asphalt with tool boxes, open-end and allen wrenches, pneumatic hand tools, a compressor, a hard hat, drywall tape, orange buckets, a floor jack and hundreds of screws and nails, among other items.


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The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) is asking the public to help the agency determine what it should do about the more than 619,000 vaporizer products – representing millions in potential revenue for retailers and manufacturers – that were quarantined between Sept. 25 and Dec. 12, 2019.
Beginning last summer, after the mysterious lung illness now known as EVALI, or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury, sickened thousands of people who had reported using vaping products and in all 50 states, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency Sept. 24. He issued a temporary ban on the sale of vaping products, including those produced by licensed cannabis producers in both the medical and adult-use markets.
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas H. Wilkins later stepped in and ruled to exclude medical cannabis vape products from Gov. Baker administration's ban on all vaping product sales. But then less than a week later, the CCC intervened and implemented a quarantine on "all vaporizer products" Nov. 12, with an exception for products used to vaporize flower for medical-use patients.
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined that the suspected and now primary cause of EVALI was vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent usually found in illicit market cannabis devices. More than 2,800 people reported cases in all 50 states, and 68 people have died.
On Dec. 12, 2019, the CCC amended the order and permitted licensed producers to resume production and the sale of new vaping products – with a revised testing regimen that includes a test for vitamin E acetate.
But no decision was made on the quarantined 619,362 products at that time. Industry leaders in the state are hoping that changes soon.
Lost Revenue and Sales Opportunities
Ellen Rosenfeld, president of CommCan, a vertically integrated cannabis company licensed under the medical and adult-use programs with two dispensaries, says she has 35,000 products in quarantine that represent a potential of $2.4 million in sales revenue for the company, which she owns with her brothers Marc and Jon. Many of those products are nearing their year expiration date from when the product was first tested for sale.
"We want to reprocess the oil in the cartridge, strip it down, distill it again and make sure the only thing that's there is pure oil distillate, which is what we do now," Rosenfeld says. "This has been something that I personally and CommCan as a company has reached out to the CCC on several occasions to move this along over the last few months. I was always told that they were working on it, but nothing came to be."
Brandon Pollock, CEO and co-founder of Theory Wellness, which is vertically integrated, licensed in both the medical and adult-use markets and operates three dispensaries, says the quarantine and delays have "been very negative" for the company, as he estimates Theory has more than a million dollars in inventory that's been on hold for about nine months.
"It's been really challenging just knowing that the inventory is just sitting there, and we had to buy and make new inventory, with the replacement cost to basically to keep the vape sales going when we were able to start selling them again," Pollock says. "We very much look forward to a process finally to retest and sell the products when they are deemed safe."
Nicole Campbell, who owns The Green Lady Dispensary, the only cannabis retailer on Nantucket, the island county about 30 miles from Massachusetts' mainland, hasn't been able to sell vaping products at all since the quarantine went into effect. Because the business is surrounded by federal waters, the vertically integrated company licensed for the adult-use market does everything in-house and can't ship products to Massachusetts' mainland for testing. But Campbell's modified in-house testing procedures have not yet been approved by the CCC to ensure they meet new guidelines, she says, namely screening for vitamin E acetate.
Campbell said although she doesn't have an estimate in how much revenue the company has lost from not being able to sell vaping products, anecdotally, customers ask often when they'll be able to sell them again.
"Every single day we get asked about it. Our retail sales agents are so frustrated because every single day [customers] ask about it. … I imagine there are a lot of people ordering [vape products] from the [illicit] market, and it's really unsafe. I feel bad for people not having safe and secure access to legal vape products," Campbell says. "We are working through it, it's taking a lot more time than everybody would like, but I do think it will work out … We're being very, very patient and trying to ensure public safety, which is the No. 1 goal that everybody is trying to do."
Testing: 'It's Sort of a Hit-Or-Miss Environment'
Cannabis Control Commission Executive Director Shawn Collins says the agency has been working on a resolution for what to do with the quarantined vape products, including sending small batches to licensed testing laboratories, but has not been able to determine if they are safe to sell because heavy metal test results have been "all over the map."
"Our testing that we've conducted as a commission did not detect any vitamin E acetate, which is obviously a good sign and encouraging news, but we did identify some pretty concerning levels of lead," Collins said. "Upon retest though, the results are a little all over the map. Where something that might have failed for lead – and failing for us would be above 500 parts per billion – didn't fail the second round. So, it's sort of a hit or miss environment."
For example, one test batch identified lead levels as high as 27,000 parts per billion, Collins said, but then a second round on the same batch showed "non-detect" results.
"There were really concerning levels of lead and that's what prompted us, we better try to wrap our heads around this," Collins said. "It's annoying; we went looking for [the presence of] vitamin E acetate and stumbled upon another concern."
He said he hopes that the public call for comments will provide answers to their questions about product safety, including if it's possible to reclaim oil from the cartridges should they test above acceptable levels for heavy metals, and how to best approach that, a solution CommCan's Rosenfeld is pushing for. Collins encourages experts from other states to weigh in on the question, as well, which reads: Under what conditions should the Commission allow the sale of vaporizer products that were prohibited for sale or subjected to quarantine between September 25, 2019, and December 12, 2019?
"We're trying to glean insights from the industry and folks that lived this stuff, like we do, but perhaps more specifically and even in other jurisdictions, or even [from] our own state, because we know we can't possibly talk to everybody," Collins said. "This is an organized way I think to try to achieve that. If anyone has anything to offer, we would be open-minded about it."
Collins says he doesn't have a timeline on when the CCC will determine what to do with the products. They need to review and consider the public comments first, but he said there is a sense of urgency.
Pollock says once the state does come to a resolution, if producers are allowed to retest and sell, he estimates the products can be back on the shelves within a couple weeks. Theory has a medical-only dispensary in Bridgewater, an adult-use location in Chicopee and both programs at the Great Barrington store.
"There's very comprehensive testing standards and protocols here in Massachusetts, with independent testing labs," he says. "So we feel as an industry if we are able to retest the products that are in quarantine to make sure they are safe by all the different standards that they have to be, we feel they should be able to be resold, potentially with a label that discloses to customers they have previously been quarantined."
So far, Collins says the CCC has examined the sources of the hardware, spoke to product manufacturers about their filling methods and to labs about their testing methodologies, among other efforts to determine the best way forward.
"We haven't come up with an answer or a solution, so the idea behind [the public comment period] is, let's ask a question and see what we can get for answers and figure out what ultimately to do with this inventory," Collins said.
There are three potential solutions: retest and sell, reprocess the oil if possible, retest and sell, or destroy the products, Collins said.
"Sometimes the answers take time. …We've worked through this with the industry as cooperatively as we can, but we've been searching for some of those answers that just haven't appeared," he says. "I understand it's been a while, we've been spending a lot of time on this. This inventory does have a shelf life, and that's one of the things we've been exploring, is time a factor as far as that degradation, especially in the context of the leaching of heavy metals?"
Those interested in participating in the public comment or learning more about the quarantine can visit the CCC's public comment page. The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2020.
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Pro-labore é uma locução em língua latina que significa "pelo trabalho". O aportuguesamento "pró-labore" é a remuneração do trabalho realizado por sócio, gerente ou profissional. No Brasil, o pró-labore deve recolher 11% para o INSS no Simples Nacional e 31% no lucro presumido.

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Existem duas formas de remunerar os sócios de uma empresa: o pró-labore e a distribuição de lucros.

O pró-labore é a remuneração dos sócios que trabalham na empresa e corresponde ao salário de um administrador contratado para isso. O instrumento serve para orientar sobre os diversos aspectos da inclusão da remuneração dos sócios, nos custos. O cálculo do pró-labore faz-se necessário para se chegar ao pagamento justo do trabalho dos sócios na empresa. O pró-labore é parte componente dos custos empresariais.

Assim, o valor do pró-labore deve ser definido com base nos salários de mercado para o tipo de atividade que o sócio presta. Não se deve retirar mais recursos como pró-labore do que se pagaria a um empregado que realizasse as tarefas que os sócios que trabalham na empresa realizam. Isto seria antieconômico.

O pró-labore é considerado uma despesa administrativa e deve ser apropriadamente custeado e pago, conforme o vencimento das obrigações da empresa.

Apesar de ser muito confundido como  "salário", não se confunda. Ele é considerado uma verba concedido fora das circunstâncias normais. Ou seja, dentro da despesa administrativa.

O pró-labore é obrigatório no Brasil para sócios administradores, definido no decreto 3.048/99, do regulamento da previdência social.

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Factory release of the 200th upper stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle
We can't stop SpaceX!
Inaugurated on June 4, 2010, the Falcon 9 of SpaceX has now been flying for just over twelve years.
The day before yesterday, November 3, it carried out its 183rd orbital flight (not counting the voluntary in-flight destruction mission of January 2020), embarking for the occasion a new geostationary telecommunications satellite from the French operator Eutelsat, Hotbird 13G (made by Airbus Defense and Space), just three weeks after its delivery to Florida, and the launch of its twin, Hotbird 13F.
It was the 146th successful orbital launch worldwide in 2022 (out of 151 attempts), the 63rd from the United States, and the… 51st by SpaceX.
The Falcon Heavy makes the show
Two days before since Kennedy Space Centerin Florida, SpaceX had carried out the fourth launch of its heavy launcher Falcon Heavywhich entered service in February 2018, but had not been used since June 2019.
Conducted once again on behalf of theU.S. Space Forcethe mission especially caught the attention for the quasi-simultaneous recovery of the two lateral stages of the launcher, 8 minutes after takeoff, on the neighboring base of Cape Canaveral. Star Wars is not very far away…
Since December 2015, SpaceX has successfully recovered 151 stages from its launchers…
Like hotcakes
After Hotbird 13G was stationed (i.e. the 188th flight of Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, including the "suicide" flight of January 2020), SpaceX shared on Twitter photos of Falcon's 200th upper stage (not recovered) and associated 200th engine, the Merlin Vacuum (MVac), both produced in the plant ofHawthornenear Los Angeles.
"Congratulations to the Falcon team who completed the 200th second stage and Merlin Vacuum engine last week! ", can we read as a caption.
The next day is the photo of an engine Raptor 2 assembled which in turn was released, with this comment: "If Falcon's 200 second stages and Merlin Vacuum engines weren't enough for you, the Raptor team recently completed the 200th Raptor 2 engine! »
Developed to equip the Interplanetary Superlauncher Starship (whose first orbital flight is now announced for "early December"), the Raptor 2 is a liquid methane and oxygen engine, which SpaceX is now able to produce in… one day.
This was confided on October 31 Mark KirasichDeputy Associate Director of the Nasaduring a meeting of the subcommittee of the Advisory Board of the American agency, as reported by our colleague Ars-Technica : "SpaceX has moved very quickly on the development [du Starhip]. […] Their goal was to build seven engines [Raptor 2] per week, and they hit it about a quarter ago. »
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Hurricane Gustav has its perks! You could wind up in San Antonio!
(An early morning view of the beautiful Mission San Jose in San Antonio's Missions National Park.)
Thank you, Hurricane Gustav. We are sitting high and dry in one of the loveliest cities in North America, San Antonio. We are supposed to be in New Orleans. But thanks to a little convincing by Gustav and American officials, we changed our plans.
On the day we were set to arrive in NOLA, evacuation orders forced nearly two million folks to leave the southern seaboard. We had planned a holiday riding the rails, the Amtrak rails, but the trains were needed to take people out of New Orleans, so Amtrak cancelled our reservations.
We were in Houston (another area slated to be hit by Gustav) so we had no choice but to rent a car and head north to San Antonio. In fact, on our way, we passed a convoy of 2 dozen buses that were heading south on a rescue mission. Later, on TV, we watched as an endless line of buses, filled with those folks escaping the storm, headed away to safer zones like Dallas and Houston.
Now we are watching as the eye of Gustav makes landfall — the good news, maybe, for New Orleans, is that the eye will be passing farther to the west than expected.
But in the meantime, we are in San Antonio, where we have rented a comfortable house, we have walked the famous Riverwalk, we have ridden the canal boats, we have paid homage to the Alamo, and we have made an early morning trek to the old Spanish missions. What a joy!
(Crumbling sanctuary wall at Mission Espada)
I can't imagine a nicer city in which to spend a little extra time. We had planned a couple of days in San Antonio, but Hurricane Gustav completely revamped those plans, so we won't leave here until it's time to fly out of Houston. Hopefully, flight plans won't be affected by Gustav's high winds and rain.
After a brief time in a very disappointing hotel, our travel companion went online and searched out a property through Vacation Rentals by Owner, VRBO. We have used this site before and have always found excellent properties. This "glass house," a home built around a small atrium, is no exception. But back to the missions.
San Antonio is home to four of the best preserved Spanish missions in the United States: Mission San Jose (the most popular with the tourists); Mission Concepcion (the oldest unrestored church in America); Mission San Juan (not as impressive as some of the other missions); Mission Espada (founded in 1690).
It's hard not to choose a favorite among these charming Spanish Missions, but each can be appreciated for its own flavour. Below is a view of the Mission Espada and the monks' living quarters. A sign advises you that it's okay to take pictures, but it's not okay to bother the monks.
Mission Concepcion (showing below) is impressive from the outside and the inside with its faded frescoes, but it is Mission San Jose that wins the popularity contest.
Mission San Juan is the third mission on the San Antonio National Historic Park missions loop. It was fun to explore, too, but I felt it lacked the ambiance of the other three. But that's just me. Here's a shot so you can decide for yourself.
Mission San Jose is the most popular (showing at the top of this blog) because of its imposing size and its architectural details. This mission church is very inviting in any kind of light, but early morning light is particularly complimentary.
I could show you endless angles of these wonderful old Spanish missions, but you really should make plans to see these historic sites for yourself.
Don't wait for a hurricane to make your decision for you, though. Add San Antonio's Missions National Historical Park to your travel plans.
Wishing you safe and happy travels,
Sheree Zielke
Tags: hurricane gustav, mission conception, mission espada, mission san jose, mission san juan, Missions National Historical Park, San Antonio, spanish missions, Texas
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Situated at the base of the Grand Mesa in the quaint mountain town of Cedaredge, Colo, 4B's Brewery is a small family owned microbrewery. Tapping into their German heritage, the Breitnauer family, opened 4B's Brewery in May 2015. Though our name may not be the most creative, our beers are far from boring. We currently brew Ales (IPA, Brown Ale, Pale Ale) and Lagers (Pilsner).
At 4B's Brewery we only use the finest ingredients, and pride ourselves in sourcing ingredients from local farmers in Delta County, as well as around Colorado. The result, is some of the best Western Slope Colorado craft beer one can find. We currently offer a small food menu, ice cream, our craft beers alongside other Colorado craft beers and local wines.
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The unmanned technology for drones has paved the way for significant advancements in the fields of surveillance, emergency response, and warehouse stocking, etc. The widespread use of unmanned technology and applications has come to a bottleneck, however, and the technology and its applications cannot fully meet the demands of the entire market, the main reasons being as follows:
The solution price is not affordable by most users. The price point is usually set at around a few thousand or even a hundred thousand, thus becoming the main factor that scares away the user.
Most of the service providers develop their own system for their own drones. There are not many customized solutions and auto charging pads for DJI drones, the most popular drones for industrial applications.
One company from Europe has developed a drone charging pad for various drone models, but the price is still not really affordable – the price of one model for the Mavic is about 4000 Euro.
HEISHA has developed its own system addressing the issue.
Their new C200 drone charging pad has obvious technical characteristics of dependability and stability.
The reposition bars lock the drone in the center of the pad while the drone is being charged on the move, which is more stable than just using a plain wireless charging pad.
The C200 has integrated a control unit and a standard I/O port, offering the developer a broader scope of innovation.
C200 has a greater range of compatibility. Besides the Mavic Air, C200 can be customized to charge different VTOL multi-rotor drones, including DJI Mavic series, Phantom series, M series, and other open-source drones.
The C200 has a smart temperature control unit inside, addressing overheating issues for charging.
C200 can be tailored for surveillance patrolling, warehouse stocking and forest inspection. This customization can be included in the solution package off the bat.
The C200 package price is quite affordable and competitive, which can dramatically lower the cost of building a full unmanned system, making the mass applications of autonomous drone more fully possible. For example, you only need one Mavic Air (USD599) and one Heisha C200 (USD999) to build your own unmanned drone system for auto inspection, auto charging, remote data collecting, and transmission.
The problem of lacking pilots and the high cost of unmanned drone systems will be solved for surveillance, warehouse stocking, and forest inspection. The era of the unmanned drone system is truly coming.


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Omicron, Outbreaks, Optimism and Philanthropy
Good morning, whether you're celebrating Mousse or Mason Jars today!
Anybody remotely connected with academic institutions has an inbox full of reminders from their alma maters that today is also "Giving Tuesday" (and in the US, "National Day of Giving", after the consumer orgy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday).
As promised, today I want to look at more CdnPSE announcements about the Winter 2022 term. Although all pre-date the emergence of the Omicron variant…
Pandemic Postscript
I'm keeping an eye open for breaking news regarding COVID19 B.1.1.529, the new Omicron variant out of southern Africa. (See yesterday's "A Pandemic Punch in the Gut" for the whole story so far.) You should know…
Spreading Quickly Worldwide
As you might expect, confirmed cases of the Omicron variant are coming in worldwide. On Monday, Scotland reported 6 confirmed cases. Portugal's Belenenses soccer team has 13 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant, after just one player visited South Africa. (All close contacts of the 13 players have been ordered into quarantine.) NIH director Francis Collins believes Omicron is indeed more infectious than Delta, based on the speed with which it is spreading. (It also appears more likely to reinfect those who have recovered, or been fully vaccinated.) CTV
More Omicron in Ontario
Ontario confirmed 2 cases in Ottawa on Sunday, and is investigating 4 other suspected cases in Ottawa and Hamilton. In all, 375 people have entered Canada from countries of concern in the past 2 weeks – but the first 2 cases came from another African country altogether. CMOH Kieran Moore is urging mandatory testing of allinbound passengers from any country, and observed that, like Delta, it could take Omicron 3-4 months to become the dominant strain in Canada, if in fact it is more infectious. (That would be just in time for March.) CTV | Globe & Mail
Omicron Cases in Canada
Unsurprisingly, cases of the Omicron variant are now being detected elsewhere in Canada too. Quebecannounced its first case, in a woman who recently travelled to Nigeria. (115 other travellers arriving in Quebec from designated countries have been asked to self-isolate and undergo PCR testing – although genomic sequencing will take 2 weeks.) In Alberta there are still no confirmed cases of Omicron, but 156 travellers from southern Africa are in quarantine, and the province has recommended PCR testing for their close contacts.
Misinformation Spreads Too
Ronny Jackson, the White House physician who raved about Donald Trump's "excellent" health in 2018, is now raving that Omicron is a Democrat "ruse" to permit mail-in ballots in the 2022 mid-term elections. "Here comes the… Midterm Election Variant!" he tweeted Saturday. (Sigh.) Naturally, physicians and public health experts are outraged, calling Jackson a "former doctor" and an "embarrassment." Huffington Post
Fanshawe, Western Outbreaks
Since yesterday, the outbreak at Western U's Saugeen-Maitland Hall has grown from 5 students to 8, and across town at Fanshawe College, an outbreak has been declared at the Merlin House campus residence, with at least 3 cases involved. "The transmission that has been seen in the Fanshawe and Western outbreaks over the weekend happened largely from social interactions indoors, no masks, social environments." Global
Is Omicron Our Way Out?
One Australian journalist speculates that, if Omicron proves to be more infectious but less virulent, it could even signal COVID19's transition from pandemic to a more benign, endemic disease. (Some virologists believe the common cold is such a descendant from the Russian Flu pandemic in the late 1800s.) It's too early to say how virulent Omicron is, since most cases in South Africa were among young people who are less likely to be hospitalized, and many travellers with it were fully vaxxed. Sydney Morning Herald
I've summed up CdnPSE announcements for the Winter 2022 term 3 times this Fall, on Oct 26, Nov 5, and Nov 18. Here's where we're at now, with some new updates…
8 Months of Optimism
Since March, many CdnPSEs have been talking about a "transitional" term this Fall, with the promise of "full reopening" or "near-normal operations" by January 2022. (This was particularly popular among prairie universities like uAlberta, uManitoba, uRegina, uSaskatchewan and uWinnipeg back in the summer.) In late October and early November, with easing PHO restrictions and rising vaccination levels, a flood of announcements began with cautiously optimistic promises of either "more" or "increased" on-campus activity, or in some cases, even a "return to conventional course delivery." The latest announcements (prior to the emergence of the Omicron variant at least) were sounding even more confident.
Vaguely Better
At this point, the vast majority of CdnPSEs have told staff and students to expect "more" on-campus and in-person activities in the Winter 2022 term. Ambiguous promises include that "every program" will have some in-person components, or that "most" courses will be delivered F2F. (Some have committed to specific levels of in-person instruction, such as 50% at Carleton, 65% of classes at Humber, 80% of classes at uRegina, 70% at uWinnipeg, or 80% at St Lawrence College.)
In the past 2 weeks:
George Brown College plans a "hybrid model" for most programs in the Winter term, with lectures online and hands-on work in-person. Toronto Star
Ryerson U confirmed it will offer "more in-person classes and on-campus programming, services and supports" as of January. Students who have not confirmed their vax status (whether they plan to come to campus or not) will be deregistered. Ryerson | Global
Wilfrid Laurier U says that "winter term will return to in-person course instruction" as of Jan 4. Twitter
Complaints on All Sides
While such vague promises have the virtue of not over-promising, they leave students disappointed on both sides: students at Carleton are upset at how many courses will remain online (as is a parent), while students at Conestoga, RRC Polytech, St Lawrence College and uToronto Mississauga are complaining about being forced to return to campus, often necessitating relocating across the country for a few months of class. (Of course, it could be worse: last week New York's Columbia U settled a class action lawsuit for $12.5M, refunding student ancillary fees from Spring 2020.)
Planning for Options
While many CdnPSEs have said vaguely that online options may continue to be offered, or that instructors may have discretion to opt for remote delivery, a few have explicitly designed their Winter term course calendars to offer courses in remote, hybrid, and F2F formats. (These include Cambrian College, Durham College, and Seneca College.)
Maintaining the Status Quo
A few particularly cautious CdnPSEs have indicated that the Winter 2022 term will continue much like the Fall 2021 one. (This was particularly popular in Manitoba, which was grappling with a pandemic surge last month.) Brandon U said it was unapologetically "on the more cautious side." Winnipeg's Booth UC announced Nov 1 that classes would remain online but some F2F instruction of fully-vaxxed students could take place "at the instructor's discretion."
"There's been enough uncertainty and our goal is to deliver another safe term of learning and working with no surprises." – David Docherty, President, Brandon U
Ontario Pushes the Return
Last Thursday (just as news of the Omicron variant hit), Ontario's minister of colleges and universities, Jill Dunlop, declared that "students need to get back in the classroom," based on the experiences of her own daughters. "Students have been vocal in their frustration and lack of motivation with online learning, and we are listening." MCU hopes to eliminate uncertainty about the Winter term by "working with" ONpses to "provide support… as they prepare… to safely reopen." Toronto Star
Some CdnPSEs have been quite blunt that staff and students should "expect to be on-campus" in January, and make housing plans accordingly. These include Loyalist College, uManitoba, McMaster, Memorial,SaskPolytech, uToronto Mississauga and Scarborough, and York U. (Fleming College is celebrating that it will be back #IRL in January.)
Many of the announcements in the past 2 weeks have been similarly assertive:
Dalhousie U says "we expect the vast majority of courses to be in-person this winter." Through the Fall term, Dal was "supportive of those faculty and instructors who chose to move courses or course elements online," but "we believe it is now time to focus our efforts on ensuring a strong and consistent student experience on campus." Deans will be asking all instructors to deliver courses in-person as scheduled. Dal
"A robust on-campus learning experience is essential to the success of students in many of our academic programs." – Frank Harvey, Provost, Dalhousie U
uGuelph expects "the majority of classes" to be taught F2F in January, and managers are planning "full implementation" of operations by Jan 10. uGuelph
uManitoba had 10-15% of students learning F2F this Fall, but announced Friday a return to in-person working and learning at the start of the Winter term. (Just when that term starts hinges on how long the current faculty strike continues.) UofM also intensified its vax mandate: without approved exemptions, unvaxxed students will be de-registered from F2F classes, and unvaxxed employees placed on unpaid leave. UM Today | Global | CBC | CTV
uSaskatchewan says F2F classes will return "to a more typical state" in January, with stricter vax requirements and larger lecture classes – about 30 of 200+ students, and a "very isolated few" in the 400-500 range. CBC | Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
uWaterloo is planning "a return to pre-pandemic levels of in-person instruction" as of Jan 4. HR is "working to support units in assessing how they can plan for the future of our work" with more flexibility, but "campuses will remain an important part of our employees' work life." uWaterloo
"As we imagine our work in the future, we know that campuses will remain an important part of our employees' work life. As a university, there are unique aspects of life on campus that keep us connected and focused on student experiences, research and scholarship, our strategic plan and our academic mission." – Vivek Goel, President, and James Rush, Provost, uWaterloo
Closing Loopholes
Many CdnPSEs have been eliminating the option of COVID19 testing as a replacement for vaccination, including uSaskatchewan and uManitoba (above). Last week, Dalhousie U announced that it will start requiring proof of full vaccination in January, because of the 400 people who opted for twice-weekly testing instead, only 80 have actually complied with the testing requirement. Moreover, 1,350 students who have not yet registered their vax status won't be allowed to join on-campus classes or activities – and employees will face "disciplinary consequences consistent with the terms of their contracts of employment… up to and including termination." Some say they are "shocked" that Dal has been so "lax" in enforcing the testing requirement. CBC | Dalhousie | Global
Thousands of op-eds and reports have been written over the past year about the "Great Resignation," as knowledge workers quit their jobs rather than be forced to give up flexibility to return to the office. It's still unclear just how widespread this challenge will be in CdnPSE – although I know of some cases already. When I get the opportunity, I hope to focus on that topic for a future issue…
CdnPSE has wholeheartedly embraced the celebration of Giving Tuesday today. I can't do justice to the countless advancement and fundraising efforts across the country, but here is a sampling based on what I've seen so far…
Pretty much every institution is asking faculty, staff, alumni, friends and the community to donate on Giving Tuesday, often to support student scholarships, bursaries or success initiatives (at Brock, Centennial, Ontario Tech, or uWindsor for example). Trent U offers pushbutton access for donors to direct their gifts to Excalibur Athletics, specific campuses and colleges, or other funds. Mount Royal U is selling 50/50 raffle tickets, and has more than a dozen "Giving Day Challenges" and a campaign progress bar. Lakehead Ufeatures 17 microfunding projects on their landing page. Dalhousie U is promoting their Food Security project, launched last year on Giving Tuesday with 8 other universities across Nova Scotia.
Most institutions are sharing testimonials from students who depended on scholarship support, or stories of researchers doing valuable work. (In some cases, experts are sharing insights into philanthropy, or "how to make the right donation.")
Some have been announcing major gifts, while many are promoting matching gift initiatives (such as Cambrian College, Memorial, or Vancouver Island U, for example).
Finally, CdnPSEs are encouraging their communities to further spread the word about Giving Tuesday on social media. Brock U is sharing an "Ambassador Toolkit" with sample posts, graphics specifically for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn, and themed backgrounds for virtual meetings. Memorial U is encouraging donors to share "unselfies" with messages of compassion.
uVictoria allows donors to send "Giving Gram-alanches" to others who can then direct the donations to a priority fund of their choice, and is hosting "Sprinkle Tuesdays" all month with prizes to be won. Today, uVic is hosting a Campus Quest treasure hunt, a life-size game of Philanthr-opoly, and coffee and cupcake fundraisers on campus.
As usual, I'm writing about a one-day event the night before, so of course many CdnPSE videos about #GivingTuesday won't be released until shortly after you read this. So I'm assembling a Giving Tuesday YouTube playlist for you. (So far, just a half-dozen videos, but I'll keep my eyes open today.) Here's one example…
Philanthop-what?
uVictoria has produced many fun videos over the years, for everything from Christmas holidays to April Fool's Day to yes, Giving Tuesday. (You may recall that last year, I highlighted theatre student Justin Little's sprinkle cookie recipe video, which is one of the few times you'll hear "investment income is like baking powder.") This year Justin is back, cycling around campus to distribute his sprinkle cookies – and to learn how to play Philanthr-opoly with a "magic giant Monopoly board." YouTube
As always, thanks for reading!
I'm trying my best to wind down the Insider for December, but I suspect I'll feel compelled to provide some updates on the pandemic a few more times before we hit 2022.
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Markets remained mostly flat during yesterday's trading session following an EIA report that showed minimal draws compared to the large draws estimated by the API report. Despite the rather disappointing inventory report, crude kept its strength throughout the day and closed 16 cents higher than its opening price. This gain can be partly contributed to the fact that crude inventories have drawn for 8 consecutive weeks to reach their lowest levels since August 2015. Today, crude prices are continuing to push higher, with prices currently at $63.85, a gain of 28 cents (0.4%) over yesterday's closing price.
Refined products ended the day with mixed results on Wednesday. Diesel prices saw little movement overall, gaining only 29 points from open to close. Today, diesel prices are currently trading at $2.0896, up 89 points from yesterday's close. Gasoline fell yesterday by 1.24 cents to end the day lower. Prices are up this morning, however not enough to fully recover from yesterday's losses. Gasoline is trading at $1.8375 currently, a gain of 48 points (.26%) since its closing price on Wednesday.
The EIA released their weekly inventory data, which showed less than expected crude draws relative to the API report along with large product builds. Crude drew 4.9 MMbbls last week thanks to a large drop in production and lower imports. OPEC imports were nearly 500 kbpd lower according to the EIA report, while US crude production fell 290 MMbpd due to cold weather disruptions. These factors combined with the 8th consecutive draw in crude inventories provided strength for WTI prices.
Products posted strong builds that were more in line with the API report, despite a decline in production. Stocks rose by 4.1 and 4.3 for gasoline and diesel respectively. Refinery utilization is 95.3% (down from 96.6% previously) due to lower crude imports last week, and is expected to continue its decline due to frigid winter weather and scheduled winter-spring maintenance.


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Епископ Сильвестр (в миру Сергей Григорьевич Цветков;  — ) — епископ Русской православной церкви, епископ Старорусский, викарий Новгородской епархии.

Биография
Родился  в семье пономаря Московской епархии.

Образование получил в Московской Славяно-греко-латинской академии.

1 июня 1808 года назначен «информатором нижнего латинского класса академии», 4 сентября, сделан там учителем, а 1 сентября 1811 года — катехизатором.

26 апреля 1812 года пострижен в монашество с именем Сильвестр; 7 мая рукоположен во иеродиакона, 9 мая — во иеромонаха

Академическое правление отзывалось о нем, «что изящные его дарования, отличное прилежание к должности и весьма похвальное поведение довольную подают надежду, что он может с честью послужить церкви и отечеству».

7 августа 1812 года причислен к соборным иеромонахам Московского Донского монастыря.

24 января 1813 года назначен настоятелем Смоленского Троицкого монастыря с возведением в сан игумена.

6 марта назначен префектом Смоленской духовной семинарии; 28 июля того же года возведён в сан архимандрита и определен настоятелем того же Троицкого монастыря.

22 мая 1817 года переведён в Смоленский Авраамиев училищный монастырь Смоленской епархии. В том же году назначен ректором Смоленской духовной семинарии.

6 ноября 1821 года назначен епископом Старорусским, викарием Новгородской епархии. Хиротония состоялась 27 декабря того же года.

Скончался 29 октября 1823 года после продолжительной болезни.

Погребен в соборе . «Жития его было 42 года, 28 дней».

Примечания

Епископы Русской православной церкви
Выпускники Славяно-греко-латинской академии
Персоналии:Донской монастырь
Персоналии:Свято-Троицкий монастырь (Смоленск)


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Pittsburgh's urbanized areas are the oldest, whitest, and most native-born in the nation
by Ryan Deto
While new industries like tech, education, and medicine have led the Steel City to an economic rebound and to the region's culture diversifying with new ethnic restaurants, festivals, and youthful energy, the most recent census figures show we still have a lot of catching up to do compared to other cities.
When looking at metro areas urbanized sections, the Pittsburgh area is the oldest, whitest, and has the least foreign-born residents of the largest 30 metro areas in the U.S.
The U.S. Census Bureau defines urbanized areas as densely developed territory that encompasses residential, commercial, and other non-residential urban land uses. These areas have more than 50,000 people or 2,500 people per cluster. Basically, it's everything excluding rural, sparsely populated townships and areas like forest land.
Pittsburgh metro area's 2018 urbanized population is 1,738,057, while the total metro area, including rural areas is 2,324,743. The metro area includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
According to census figures, Pittsburgh's urbanized areas have a median age of 42.1 years, and is older than the Tampa, Miami, and Cleveland area. This high average age has been a large factor in keeping Pittsburgh's regional population stagnant for years. There are many more thousands of people dying each year in the region than people being born. The youngest large urbanized metro in the country is Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., with a median age of 31.8 years.
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University of Pittsburgh economist Chris Briem says that while the city of Pittsburgh has gotten much younger over the years, the areas outside of the city are still very old.
"In summary, it shows that the declining age profile is very much concentrated in the city," says Briem. "Some counties, Westmoreland and Fayette for example, have only continued to get older and are among the older metropolitan counties in the nation."
He notes that Westmoreland County growing age is likely tied to its lack of people moving there. Westmoreland County has the highest percentages of residents born within their home state in the country. The growth and youthful dynamism of other regions across the U.S. is primarily driven by migration, both domestic and international.
And this leads to another low ranking for Pittsburgh: foreign-born residents. Only 4.7 percent of residents of Pittsburgh's urbanized areas are foreign-born, the lowest in the country. Young metro areas like Houston and San Diego have more than five times as many immigrants, as a percentage of their populations.
And on the flip side, Pittsburgh's urbanized area is also the whitest in the country, which is both a reflection of low immigrant population and middle-of-the-road amount of Black residents. More than 82 percent of our urban and suburban areas are white, while 9.8 percent of those areas are Black and 8 percent are other races.
"All of these metrics are pretty much variations on a theme and interconnected," says Briem.
The urbanized large metro that is the second most white is Cincinnati, at 75.4 percent white. Pittsburgh also suffers from some of the worst racial inequality in the nation. As documented by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh region has been shedding Black residents, who have been migrating to other cities like Atlanta and Charlotte, usually citing a lack of opportunity for Black people in the Steel City.
On top of all that, our urbanized areas are also the second least dense, just ahead of Atlanta at 1,920 people per square mile. Briem says the decades of stagnant population growth might explain the low density. Many other grown metros have developed a lot more of their empty land close to cities, thus increasing their densities.
"Only a few specific areas of the nation are truly built out to the point that you can't find land for new residential development," says Briem. "For Pittsburgh, I'm not sure it is worthy of making too much of our low relative ranking on density in and of itself, but I don't think it is as much about decline in former industrial towns as just the lack of net population growth over many decades. Two sides of the same coin in a sense."
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Promise me not to go silent all of a sudden.
constantly turned on "for company,"
aimlessly surfing the Net, and so on.
We had no telephone. We had no daily newspaper. We saw our neighbors rarely. Our lifeline to the outside world was our Sears Silvertone battery-powered radio with the fifty-foot wire aerial.
We got our local news and weather forecasts from the radio. We got our national and international news from it. Dad liked Gabriel Heatter, and, after he went off the air, Lowell Thomas. Mom religiously listened to the funeral notices daily on WDNE, the Elkins station. We enjoyed country music and prizefights on the radio.
the North-Central West Virginia area.
We liked the great radio comedies. Jack Benny was my favorite - he still is. I have a good collection of Jack Benny and other great radio comedies on tape and CD. I enjoy them as much as I did then.The writing quality and timing of the performers fascinate me. I also liked Have Gun, Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Gangbusters, and The Inner Sanctum.
regardless of his actual age.
Listening to the radio is a very active mental process. You use your imagination to create mental images of the performers and scenes. That exercises the mind and stimulates creativity. Television is the opposite. It dulls the mind. Watching television is a very passive process.
I am so thankful I grew up in the era of radio. I "saw" Marshall Dillon, Chester's limp, Jack Benny, Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Amos, Andy, the Kingfish, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and so many more. And I saw them in living color and high definition! If you really want to dull a child's mind, put him in front of a television set for several hours a day.
We saw it all, on the radio!
"I'm not trouble at all.
to give him the time of day.
radio for her favorite song.
"It makes me crazy," she said.
single at No. 71 and by August 4 it reached No. 1.


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International Rugby, Latest News, Test Rugby, The Rugby Championship, World Rugby Rugby World Cup
All Black Jerome Kaino joins war against corruption in Pacific
Newly-elected Pacific Rugby Player Welfare board member Jerome Kaino believes his presence will add weight to their fight against injustice and act as a catalyst in resolving long-standing issues over governance and equality within the game.
Kaino, a two-time World Cup winner with New Zealand but whose Samoan heritage still burns bright, has been joined by fellow All Blacks Ardie Savea and Ngani Laumape as PRPW, led by former Samoa Test star Dan Leo, continues its battle to be properly represented at World Rugby level and achieve financial parity for players from Tonga, Fiji and Samoa.
Now playing for Top 14 champions Toulouse, back-rower Kaino told The Rugby Paper: "Dan's a great leader for PRPW and is a good person to learn from and follow. The main motivation for me and the other guys joining the board is achieving transparency in all aspects of our home unions in the Pacific Islands and the way Polynesian unions are running things.
"What we want is for guys to have a level playing field and if they want to play for their country, they should be allowed to do so without it being a hindrance to their career.
"It takes a lot of hard work for players to get to a position where they can play for their countries, so when they do get the honour of being selected they shouldn't have to worry about it costing them a club contract or find themselves not being looked after properly by their unions, financially or in terms of facilities, because that's like being kicked in the teeth.
"It's a long journey to be able to challenge the governance of these unions but it's a great movement to be involved in and to be able to help change things for future players is an honour.
"Not only are we challenging the unions back home, we also want to see Polynesian sides playing Tests in the UK or France to be looked after financially and not just be exploited. If they're playing against the top nations and not being paid, that's not right."
Since moving to France in 2018, Kaino has also become increasingly aware of the pastoral importance of looking after younger Polynesian players, some of whom have suffered mental health issues which, in more extreme cases, have led to them taking their own lives.
Kaino explained: "Being based in France has made me realise the importance of providing a support network for guys who come from the Pacific Islands and are alone. What I can do is offer guys mental support so that they know there are others in their corner.
"During the Covid-19 lockdown there were quite a few guys who found themselves homesick and I've had a group in the south of France who I've been keeping in touch with.
"It's not just in the Top 14 either, there are loads of guys in Pro D2 and the Federale leagues – many I played with or against back home – so I just wanted to lend my support and give them someone to talk to because in the past guys have run into problems."
Advocate for change: All Blacks World Cup-winner Jerome Kaino. Jean Catuffe/Getty Images
Kaino, meanwhile, has been keeping close tabs on events in New Zealand where Super Rugby Aotearoa has been attracting huge crowds, leading to proposals being tabled for a new trans-Tasman competition which may include Pacific Island representation.
"It's definitely the way to go, I'd love to see a Pacific Islands team in there," Kaino says.
"It's been great to see the New Zealand teams go into battle in front of big crowds and the most positive thing is how much the public has got behind it. It would be great if they could expand it to include the Australians and Pacific Islanders."
With former club Auckland Blues flying high, Kaino has been excited by the progress of 21-year-old No.8 sensation Hoskins Sotutu, the man he once mentored and who is being tipped for a big future with the All Blacks despite being qualified for Fiji and England.
Kaino said: "I knew from day one that Hoskins had the goods to go all the way – add Akira Ioane into that and those boys have more potential than any others that I've played with, from a raw gift perspective and having worked with them.
"Seeing the things that these youngsters can do is crazy. It just makes me think what heights they can take their games to but also how they can change our game as we know it.
"We've all seen what Akira can do and it's absolutely crazy. Hoskins is cut from the same cloth, both these boys are dangerous, and I think they would complement Sam Cane and Ardie Savea really well in the black jersey.
"I think the future for New Zealand is really bright and it's exciting to see the new crop coming through. I've known (new All Blacks head coach) Ian Foster for a long time and he's got a fantastic rugby brain, so I'm sure they'll do very well now."
As for his own future, 37-year-old warrior Kaino confirms 2020/21 will be his last season as a player and he would love to sign off at Toulouse with Champions Cup success.
"I came to Toulouse at just the right time," says the 2011 and 2015 World Cup winner. "They'd been building a good group of young players who happened to peak, and winning last year's Championship was amazing.
"We've still got this year's Heineken Cup to finish and it would be a dream to win it, but we've got a quarter-final against Ulster and there are some class outfits left in it."
Kaino added: "I've got one more season and that will be it. I don't see myself coaching, but I want to give something back to the game so I'd like to be involved in rugby somewhere."


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Trophy mule deer is one of the most sought after species in the west, and quality deer hunts are getting harder and harder to find. With Tangle Ridge Outfitters you can be assured a great hunting experience. We offer many different opportunities to hunt mule deer, and most of our hunts can be conducted as either archery, rifle, or muzzleloader hunts. Depending on your hunting style preference you can choose from a mountain back-country pack-in hunt, a mountain cabin hunt conducted on private land, and two other different private ranches in the lower elevations of Wyoming. These hunts can easily be combined with an elk or antelope hunt as well. All four of our hunting locations offer good quality and quantity of deer. The deer here have good genetics and mineral rich feed which promotes exceptional antler growth. Average bucks run 20"-24", with the older more mature bucks ranging anywhere from 25"-29" and we never rule out the possibility of finding an even better trophy. Over the past few years our success rate has been nearly 100%. These are "bragging rights" that do not come easily. We spend many days scouting and preparing for your hunt long before the seasons open. However, the harvest success of each hunt depends on weather conditions and the ability and desire of each individual.
This is a Back Country Tent Camp where horses are used for riding and packing meat. This hunt is conducted on NSF land. Each tent is equipped with wood-stoves, cots, foam pads, and lighting. You'll enjoy home-style cooked meals prepared by an experienced mountain camp cook. Your horses will be cared for and ready to work for you each and everyday. This camp offers all the perks of a truly rugged western experience combined with excellent hunting opportunities. This mule deer hunt can be combined with an area 40 elk hunt. Season dates are from October 15th-October 24th. Plan to arrive and pack into camp one day before your hunt begins and pack out the day after your hunt ends.
This hunt is the home of our Diamond Tail Cabins. The hunt is conducted on both public ground and a leased private ranch. The bunkhouse style cabins offer wood-stove heat, electricity, running water, shower and bathroom facilities and a main cabin where all meals are prepared and served. 4x4 vehicles and ATV's are utilized on this hunt Over the past few years we have boasted a near perfect success rate! Managing the way we hunt a private ranch has been instrumental in being able to offer highly successful hunts on great trophy bucks. This hunt can be combined with an area 41 elk hunt. The season dates are October 15th-October 24th. Plan to arrive the afternoon prior to your first day of hunting.
This hunt is conducted on 10 thousand acres of private land in the southeast corner of Wyoming. Accommodations are provided for this hunt in a modern day house located on the ranch. All meals are included in the price of the hunt. Bucks range in size on this ranch but we have harvested some of our biggest deer on this lease. You can combo this hunt with an antelope hunt in area 34 for an additional $1250.00. The season dates for this hunt are October 1-October 9th. This area usually has leftover tags due to an abundance of private land in the area with no access for the general public, which allows success on a tag in the lower priced license category.
8 miles of river bottom on this 10 thousand acre ranch provides supreme whitetail hunting. Hunters have a good chance at harvesting a 150+ class whitetail with us. Accommodations can be provided in cabins on the ranch including meal, or for a reduced rate you can provide your own accommodations and meals in the nearby town. This ranch has not been heavily hunted in the past few years and for several years before that only management bucks were harvested by the landowner and his family. Season dates are November 1st-30th.