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"The People's Prescription": New Report Calls For Value Creation Instead Of Value Extraction In Pharmaceutical R&D
15/10/2018 by David Branigan, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment
A new report, "The People's Prescription: Re-imagining health innovation to deliver public value," calls for restructuring research and development innovation systems to create, rather than extract, value. It also calls for long-term "mission-oriented" public investment, and a public return on this investment.
"Health innovation is about making new treatments and cures available to the people that need them. Profits might be earned but not at the cost of doing what the health system is meant to do: heal," Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), and director of UCL's Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, said in the introduction of the report.
The People's Prescription: Re-imagining health innovation to deliver public value [pdf] was released today, 15 October, and is the result of a collective effort between Mazzucato through the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, and STOPAIDS, Global Justice Now and Just Treatment, according to the report press release. The report will be officially launched on 17 October in London.
"This report maps the fault lines of this system and sets out principles for a new model," it states. "While it suggests quick fixes that policymakers can implement in the short term, it crucially proposes concrete policy actions that can be taken in the long term to actively shape and co-create a health system that delivers real public value."
The report is structured into two sections. The first is "DIAGNOSIS," with chapters on "Problems with the current health innovation system," and "Principles for a health innovation model that delivers public value." The second section, "REMEDIES," includes chapters on "Immediate policy actions: Getting better prices today," and "Transformative proposals: Re-imagining our health innovation system to deliver public value."
"A pharmaceutical industry that makes billions in profits without providing the affordable medicines that people need is one of the scandals of our time," Heidi Chow, senior campaigns manager at Global Justice Now, said in the report press release.
"Until governments follow the recommendations in this report and set about creating a pharmaceutical system that puts patients and public health at its core, our health and our health systems will continue to suffer as pharmaceutical profits continue to soar," Diarmaid McDonald, lead organiser from Just Treatment, also said in the release.
Saoirse Fitzpatrick of STOPAIDS on "The People's Prescription"
To gain an inside perspective on this new report, Intellectual Property Watch spoke with Saoirse Fitzpatrick, senior advocacy adviser at STOPAIDS, who was involved in writing the report. "STOPAIDS is a membership network of 70 organisations with a distinguished thirty year history of engagement on international development and HIV and AIDS," according to the STOPAIDS website.
"Four years ago, we [STOPAIDS] came to the decision that we were going to have to keep on campaigning for access to ARVs [antiretroviral drugs] and drugs for related co-infections as long as we have the current system that we do, that rewards innovation with market monopolies," Fitzpatrick said.
According to Fitzpatrick, the new report provides "an analysis of how biomedical innovation is currently happening, and the shortcomings of that process in terms of health outcomes, because we're not getting the drugs that we need at the prices that we can afford." She continued that the report also looks "at the innovation process itself," and "the fact that it's hugely inefficient."
"There's such a waste of resources because of the over-financialization of the sector, because we don't have public health driving the R&D agenda. We have all this money going into producing these 'me-too' drugs, these 'copy-cat' medicines, rather than doing meaningful R&D from scratch. The whole process is un-transparent – there's not enough public accountability anywhere," she said.
The report takes "all those problems and then it sets out some key principles of how a 'healthy' innovation model for health would work, and it does an analysis of case studies from different countries and different contexts, looking at where innovation has been done well," she said.
Alternative Models for Health Innovation
Among the ways that the report "re-imagines" health innovation, Fitzpatrick sees delinkage as a particularly powerful policy prescription to address the dysfunction of profit-driven R&D. She explained that delinkage "not only helps us ensure that R&D is public health-driven, but makes sure that we get affordable drugs at the end of the process as well."
According to the report, delinkage "decouples the price of a needed medical technology from the cost of its R&D," and "is based on the premise that the costs and risks associated with R&D should still be rewarded but the incentives for R&D can be provided by means other than financial returns from charging high product prices."
Fitzpatrick highlighted the ways that the report also rethinks models of corporate governance and ownership. "Looking at the pharmaceutical sector, as most private industries, it's a share-holder-driven model that is very short-term focused," she said. The report, she explained, explores alternative models such as "putting members of the public or employees on the board of these companies, [and] making sure that executive pay isn't just tied to shareholder value, but tied to the therapeutic benefit of the drugs that the pharmaceutical company is producing."
"So, we're trying to promote this value creation into a model which at the moment is very focused on value extraction," she said.
Public Return on Public Investment
"A key message within the report is that we need the expanded role of the state, we need to redefine roles and the relationship between private and public actors, and in that, balance the risks and the rewards between those actors," Fitzpatrick said.
She explained that "the public plays a huge role in biomedical R&D investment," but "doesn't get to see research go into the things that have the most public value," doesn't "see a return on that investment financially," and "often can't get access to the drugs they helped to research."
"A more just sharing of rewards," according to the report, "needs to be based on a reinvigorated concept of 'public value' – in other words value that is both created but also shared by the public. This could happen in various ways, including attaching conditions on public funding such as reinvesting profits from innovative products to support future R&D (rather than hoarded), a commitment to share knowledge and fully disclose data related to R&D, including expenditures and data from failed clinical trials; the possibility of the public retaining a golden share from IPR (and on occasion equity of profits), and a requirement that manufacturers supply treatments on reasonable terms."
"As the number of countries struggling to afford new medicines grows by the month, and patients are increasingly denied access to treatments that could heal them, the question for political leaders and policy makers is not whether they should initiate action to deliver a public value centred health innovation model, but when," the report concludes.
Contributors to the report include: John Abraham (King's College London), Brook Baker (Northeastern University School of Law and Health GAP), Christine Berry (independent researcher), Michelle Childs (Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative), Jamie Love(Knowledge Ecology International), Rohit Malpani (I-MAK), Kaitlin Mara (Medicines Law & Policy), Azzi Momenghalibaf (Open Society Foundations), Yannis Natsis (European Public Health Alliance), Judit Rius Sanjuan, Jack Scannell (Innogen), Ellen 't Hoen (Medicines Law & Policy), Els Torreele (Médecins Sans Frontières, Access Campaign).
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David Branigan may be reached at davidbranigan@gmail.com.
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Japanese Garden Ornaments - the touches that add Japanese flair to your garden.
Japanese garden ornaments (Tenkebutsu) are the touches that add Japanese flair to an ordinary garden.
Japanese garden ornaments include things such as Koi ponds, ornamental bridges, bamboo fencing, granite sculptures, and traditional Japanese lanterns.
Bamboo has many uses as Japanses garden ornaments from a simple screen (flexible or rigid), bamboo pole, water spout, ladle and even string through to a trickling water feature.
Bamboo is a natural product. Like wood, bamboo is very strong and durable. However, like any other natural product, bamboo must be maintained when it is used in an outdoor environment.
In Japan, it is believed that bells, gongs and windchimes attract good luck and bring prosperity.
A graceful design majestic windchime that can capture the wonderful sounds of romance from the Far East - best it is tuned to the cords D, F, G and A - resonates a lovely japanese windchime sound that will bring you the good fortune.
Get a bell that can make an impressive "Zen" statement while evoking tones of faraway exotic forgotten lands will be better as your Japanese garden ornament.
Gong with a graceful design that captures the romance and splendor of the Far East with its wonderful sound will be good for you.
Nothing has the ability to transport us to another time and place quite like the brilliant resonance of a gong that creates a peaceful mood and encouraging relaxation. To be touched by a gong is said to bring happiness and strength.
"Ring a bell Japanese - Japanese Bells and Wind Chimes"
It is always a wonderful idea to add a natural ambiance like bamboo bench (folding garden bench) to your garden, lawn, patio or deck.
Placed a bamboo and wooden bridge over your pond or Japanese style dry river bed, it will add a graceful touch to your garden and provide a lovely place for meditation and contemplation.
To be a good Japanese garden ornament, the bridge has to be designed with an oriental flair.
In walking gardens bridges are placed over the water, most Japanese gardens use either water such as a Koi pond, or sand to simulate water. These bridges are either wood or stone, and in both cases are of simple design.
The design of the bridge is usually a low and continuous arch. There may be hand rails but often there are not. Carvings often decorate the bridge to aid in the sense of movement that the bridge is supposed to represent.
In Japanese gardens are well known and eye-catching bamboo fences and gates are very popular to create mood, enclose, hide unsightly elements, partition or divide and help unify space. There are three basic types of fences and gates: open gates and fences, screening fences and sleeve fences.
Bamboo fencing is particularly ornate, often incorporating elaborate designs in the latticework.
The Otsugaki bamboo fence features unique bamboo poles woven pattern, good to use them for screening and fencing around your garden and yard, it is one of the most common bamboo fencing used in Japan.
Otsugaki Woven bamboo fence is Commonly used in Japanese gardens. A typical "Otsu-gaki" uses some old time bamboo woven technique. This is a very simple fence formed only with vertical and horizontal arrangement of long-jointed bamboo mounting. The beauty is in its simplicity and refine textures.
Kakei Bamboo Spouts have been used in Japanese gardens for centuries. Place them at the edge of a pond, basin or water garden to create an instant beautiful natural fountain. They are handcrafted of natural bamboo with a traditional Japanese horizontal t-bar style spout and an inner liner of tubing for easy pump hookup.
Shishi Odoshi Bamboo Deer Chaser or Scarer was originally developed by japanese farmers to scare off deer and boar from crops.
Deer Chasers were later used in japanese gardens as their movement provided an element of change. As the water flows from the bamboo fountain, the knocking portion fills and spills the water creating a rhythmic knocking sound as it hits a rock.
The Deer Chaser will create an eye catching fountain in your garden and provide a serene rhythmic sound, it is a superb Japanese garden ornament. Place it at the edge of a pond, water garden, carved granite basin or set it up "dry style".
A pair of cranes made of good quality brass handcrafted is a wonderful Japanese garden ornament feature to beautify your garden - streams of flowing water elegantly spout from a pair of cranes as it flows into your pond, water garden or pool of water.
Koi pond in the garden believed to bring good fortune for the land owners. In the oriental world, especially in Japan it is believed to be true; so many Japanese maintain Koi fish in their ponds as an important Japanese garden ornament.
Koi ponds are an attractive addition to any yard or garden and give you a peaceful place where you can sit quietly listening to the trickling water while watching the graceful Koi slide past.
A Koi pond is an enclosed freshwater system for keeping Koi, which are a breed of fancy carp from Japan. If you are looking for a beautiful respite from the pressures of the outside world, call your landscape architect to develop your Koi pond today.
Bamboo ladles are often placed in Japanese tea gardens for cleansing of the hands and mouth with water is used as an act of purifying the mind and body. They are made with natural bamboo that has been polished to bring forth its luster and beauty.
Japanese lanterns are the most identifiable Japanese garden ornaments.
That is true! Whenever we think of a Japanese garden landscaping, the first thing always spring to our mind is a stone lantern.
In Japan, rain chain (kusari doi) had been around for hundreds of years to provide a beautiful and functional watercourse for rain.
Long ago, Japanese rain chains were used to guide rainwater into large pots for household and garden purposes. Japanese rain chains are a decorative alternative to the downspout or rain gutter pipe.
Today, rain chains as a popular Japanese garden ornaments are crafted of copper can be found on homes and temples throughout Japan for their beauty and cascading water provides an unforgettable experience.
Simply insert the rain chains into your existing rain gutter drain hole or place it on a corner eave of your home or patio, they are absolutely stunning while providing an unforgettable experience as the water cascades down and over each copper hammered bowl or flower petal.
As water collects at the top of the chain, it gracefully cascades down the segments, offering a soothing, peaceful sight and sound experience. A basin or barrel may be added at the base of the chain to collect the water for use in your home or garden. A mounting attachment slips securely into your gutter outlet to make replacing your downspout a simple procedure.
Water Basins - Chozubachi and Tsukubai - have had a time honored place in japanese gardens and japanese tea gardens for centuries. Granite stone water basins or chozubachi originated in ancient japanese shrines and temples for worshipers to wash their hands and mouth as a symbol of purification.
The water basin originated as a chozubachi, which were usually 16" or taller in height. Japanese tea masters later redesigned the bowls for japanese tea gardens to the height of 12" or shorter to create the tsukubai. The tsukubai or crouching bowl was designed to humble guest and create the right state of mind in the japanese tea garden before entering the tea house.
Today, the granite water basin has became an unique Japanese garden ornament, it can be used as a simple water feature or birdbath and makes an elegant addition to your beautiful garden.
Japanese hand wash basin - The tsukubai and its water basin called chozubachi.
The Tsukubai is actually an arrangement of stones that includes the chozubachi (hand-wash water basin, the flow of water pass through the bamboo pipe located in the picture above, falling into the very center of the basin. The water of the chozubachi is scooped with a ladle (shaku) and used for the purification purposes by the attendants of the tea ceremony.
Other common Japanese garden ornaments like carved stepping stones, many of them are traditionally hand made using the same tools that have been in use for centuries.


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Maldivian Idol hosts Moosa Waseem and Aminath Lamha Latheef – two of the most familiar faces on Maldivian television - will compere the event, which will also allow attendees to get in touch with authentic Maldivian culture through traditional dances such as Bandiya and Maafathi.
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Speaking ahead of the event, WTA president Graham Cooke, said: "It will be our pleasure to welcome guests to Sun Aqua Vilu Reef.
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The Manager's Toolkit® Helps Propel Major UK Food Manufacturer to Awards Final
The Manager's Toolkit®, the digital hub of on-demand resources designed to help managers develop their skills, has helped to contribute towards one of its clients, Hovis, being nominated as a finalist for a national food manufacture training award.
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A Full Tank (a review of A Sant, Fuel)
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After years of vicious culture wars, hope may yet triumph over hate in Australian politics
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Hartoonian, G., 20 Jan 2022, The Urbanism of Metabolism: Visions, Scenarios and Models for the Mutant City of Tomorrow. Pernice, R. (ed.). United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 195-198 3 p.
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Afterword: Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing World: A Preferred Future
Weber, L., 11 Feb 2015, Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing World: A Preferred Future. Weber, L. (ed.). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p. 199-202 4 p.
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Afterword: Shifting ground
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After Things Go Wrong
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After the spotlight: Are evidence-based recommendations for refeeding post-contest energy restriction available for physique athletes? A Scoping Review.
Chica Latorre, S., Buechel, C., Pumpa, K., Etxebarria, N. & Minehan, M., Aug 2022, In: Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 19, 1, p. 505–528 24 p.
After the Serpent Beguiled Me: Entrapment Sentencing in Australia and Canada
MURPHY, B. & Anderson, J., 2014, In: Queen's Law Journal. 39, 2, p. 621-654 34 p.
After the screen: array aesthetics and transmateriality
Whitelaw, M., 2010, Imagining: Proceedings of the 27th International SAHANZ Conference. Sydney, Australia: Transdisciplinary Imaging Conference 2010, p. 140-147 8 p.
After the quake: the complex dance of local government, national government and accounting
Miley, F. & READ, A., 2013, In: Accounting History. 18, 4, p. 447-471 25 p.
After the graduate year: A phenomenological exploration of how new nurses develop their knowledge and skill over the first 18 months following graduation
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After the flood: changing dissolved organic carbon bioavailability and bacterial growth following inflows to estuaries
Hitchcock, J. N. & Mitrovic, S. M., 4 May 2015, In: Biogeochemistry. 124, 1-3, p. 219-233 15 p.
After the Eighties: the Documentary Photography of Thuy Vy
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After the Carnival: Essay and poem
WEBB, J., Feb 2018, Axon: Creative Explorations, Special Issue, C2, p. 1-4 4 p.
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After Ovid
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After Independent's Day: have the 'independents' made any difference?
Prosser, B. & Warhurst, J., 2014, The Gillard Governments. Aulich, C. (ed.). Australia: Melbourne University Press, p. 56-82 27 p.
After Hurricane Floyd Passed: Investigating the Social Determinants of Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Moore, S., Daniel, M., Linnan, L., Campbell, M., Benedict, S. & Meier, A., Jun 2004, In: Family and Community Health. 27, 3, p. 204-217 14 p.
After Austerity: Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession
Taylor-Gooby, P. (ed.), LERUTH, B. (ed.) & Chung, H. (ed.), 2017, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 264 p.
A fruitful inter-contextualisation of multicultural music in a Victorian primary school
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SALT & LIGHT GLOBAL
LEGISLATIVE TRACKING
ISSUE BRIEF – Is the MDHHS Emergency Gatherings and Mask Order Lawful?
Is the MDHHS Emergency Gatherings and Mask Order Lawful?
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The Michigan Supreme Court decision on October 2, 2020, invalidated Governor Whitmer's COVID-19 Executive Orders (EOs) issued since April 30, 2020. Notwithstanding the Supreme Court's ruling, the Governor says she intends to continue her COVID-19 restrictions through orders from her administrative agencies. MDHHS Director Gordon issued the first such order on October 5, 2020 (Order 2020-12). This order limits people gathering together and sets face covering and social distancing requirements. The order was issued pursuant to the Public Health Code, MCL 333.2253.
I. Controlling Statutes
MCL 333.2253 states:
If the director determines that control of an epidemic is necessary to protect the public health, the director by emergency order may prohibit the gathering of people for any purpose and may establish procedures to be followed during the epidemic to insure continuation of essential public health services and enforcement of health laws. Emergency procedures shall not be limited to this code.
MCL 333.2261 makes it a misdemeanor to violate a state health order, punishable by up to six months in jail and/or a fine of $200.00.
Further, MCL 333.2262 permits MDHHS to issue a civil fine of up to $1,000 "for each violation or day that a violation continues" of a MDHHS statute, rule, or order.
II. What Does the statute require?
Under the statute, the State must preliminarily determine if in fact a COVID-19 epidemic exists. If an epidemic exists, the State must determine whether control of the epidemic is necessary to protect public health. If the answer is yes, the statute empowers the director to issue an emergency order. The GLJC expects most courts to say (correctly or not) that the State remains in the midst of an "epidemic".
The CDC is currently considering whether to reduce COVID-19's classification from "epidemic" to "outbreak." If the CDC reclassifies the status of COVID-19 to something less than an epidemic, any legitimacy for an order by the MDHHS Director evaporates.
Science and data demonstrate a dramatic decline in deaths and hospitalizations from the virus. We flattened the infamous "curve" months ago.
Assuming the preliminary conditions exist, however, the MDHHS Director may hold limited authority to issue emergency orders and take other actions.
MCL 333.2253 states that the director only holds the authority to do two things:
"The director by emergency order may prohibit the gathering of people for any purpose," and
"may establish procedures to be followed during the epidemic to insure continuation of essential public health services and enforcement of health laws."
No Michigan Court has interpreted or explained the extent of the Director's authority pursuant to MCL 333.2253.
III. Definition of "Prohibit"
The statute is clear that the Director may only "prohibit" the gathering of people. The statute does not define "prohibit." Whenever a statute does not define a term, courts must give the term its "plain meaning."[1] Merriam-Webster defines "prohibit" as "to forbid by authority; enjoin." This means that the Director can ban or forbid gatherings during an epidemic.
Most importantly, the statute did not give the Director the ability to "limit," "reduce," or "regulate" gatherings. Instead, it only gave the Director the ability to prohibit or forbid gatherings. This means that the Director can stop people from gathering. Nothing in the statute, however, authorizes the Director to regulate how people interact with each other in public, how close people are to each other, or what clothing or equipment must be worn in public (e.g., masks).
Moreover, no language in the statute authorizes the Director to partially "prohibit" gatherings, placing indefinite and unlimited conditions on gatherings, or permitting gatherings only with certain exceptions.
The statute specifically states that the Director only has the authority to "prohibit the gathering of people for any purpose." Assuming this statute is otherwise found to be constitutional and applied in a constitutional way, this means the Director could potentially prohibit certain gatherings.
It is one thing for an unelected state official to be able to stop people from gathering in public, it is quite another to allow that state official to regulate and issue requirements for every interaction between people in public.
Nothing in the statute authorizes the Director to use this statute as a vehicle to implement the Governor's Executive Orders that were struck down by the Michigan Supreme Court. No matter what good intentions the Director may have, or his desire to protect public health, he is still constrained by the specific statutory language, and by the specific authority granted to him by the legislature.
The Director's discretion is limited to determining what gatherings are banned or prohibited, not what conditions or regulations people must follow if they go out in public.
The Director can no more require certain attire to be worn in public (like masks) than he could require people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or have proof of COVID-19 antibodies before they gather in public. The Director cannot impose any such additional requirements on public gatherings.
IV. "Establish Procedures"
Under the statute, the Director may also "establish procedures to insure continuation of essential public health services and enforcement of health laws." No public health laws or administrative rules exist requiring people to maintain social distance, wear masks in public, or be limited to certain gathering sizes. Further, the Director cites no specific health laws or administrative rules to support his requirements, other than MCL 333.2253.
It is important to note that an "order" is very different than a "procedure." "Orders" are typically requirements on specific parties or the general public. "Procedures," however, are typically not enforceable on the public and are requirements that MDHHS or local health departments must follow.
One only need review the statutory penalties cited in the Director's order, to see that "procedures" are not enforceable on the general public. The Director cites MCL 333.2261 for a criminal penalty and MCL 333.2262 for a civil penalty/fine.
Except as otherwise provided by this code, a person who violates a rule or order of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or a fine of not more than $200.00, or both.
MCL 33.2262 states:
The department may promulgate rules to adopt a schedule of monetary civil penalties, not to exceed $1,000.00 for each violation or day that a violation continues, which may be assessed for a specified violation of this code or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this code and which the department has the authority and duty to enforce.
What is noticeably absent from both of these penalty provisions is any penalty for violating a "procedure." The statutes clearly indicate that persons can only be punished for violating the statute (code), an administrative rule, or an order, but not a procedure.
Further, the Director's order has nothing to do with setting procedures to continue to make sure "essential public health services" are available to the public during an epidemic. There is no statutory definition of "essential public health services." It arguably applies to making sure governmental service providers, hospitals, medical supplies, medical services like vaccinations, health information, medical personnel, etc., are readily available to the public. "Essential" means something that is absolutely necessary. Requiring everyone to wear a mask has nothing to do with setting up procedures to continue to ensure public health services are in place, or that those procedures are essential. While providing free masks to the public might be considered a public health service, mandating everyone must wear a mask is not.
Thus, the GLJC believes that this provision does not allow the Director to issue these mandates under the guise of "procedures." These mandates are neither procedures nor proper orders as permitted by the statute. In addition, even if a court finds that the statute permits the Director to institute procedures for what people must wear in public, he holds no means to punish any violations of those procedures.
V. Constitutional Implications
In addition to the statutory problems, there are potential constitutional violations. While it is beyond the scope of this Issue Brief to fully analyze all of the potential constitutional violations, the statute and the Director's order may violate the following constitutional rights:
First Amendment Freedom of Speech
First Amendment Right to Assembly
Separation of Powers/Non-Delegation Doctrine
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process
In order to discern how and in what way there may be constitutional violations, it will be important to analyze not only the text of the statute and emergency order, but also how the State applies and enforces the provisions against individuals and businesses.
VI. Do I Have To Follow The Order?
There is a saying that "nothing is unconstitutional until a court says so." Just as the Governor continued to enforce her own EOs up until the Michigan Supreme Court ruled, the Director will surely enforce his own orders until a court rules otherwise.
This means that MDHHS, local prosecutors, local police, Attorney General, or State Police may all engage in enforcement of the Director's order. Charges will surely be brought, and fines will surely be issued for violation of the order.
Every person must personally decide and count the cost when determining whether to obey the Director's order. To be sure, the GLJC expects to see challenges brought as to its legality and constitutionality. But this order remains in effect until a court strikes it down. This means that up until that point, a person may have to fight criminal charges, civil fines, or even licensing sanctions for violations of the order.
This Issue Brief raises serious statutory and constitutional problems with the Director's order, but it is up to every person to decide if they will comply with the order until a court of law rules on these issues.
Also, it is important to remember that businesses and schools can continue to require masks or other COVID-19 procedures no matter what the Director orders.
The GLJC hopes that this analysis provides insight and clarity as to the MDHHS Director's order and its legality. We encourage anyone cited criminally or civilly for a violation of Director's order to seek legal counsel immediately and fight the charges or fines.
VII. Conclusion
Based on the above analysis, the GLJC believes that MCL 333.2253 does not authorize the MDHHS Director to issue his emergency order as written. Ultimately, the courts will decide if this emergency order is legal and enforceable.
The Great Lakes Justice Center
The information provided does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information is for general informational purposes only. Everyone should contact their own attorney to obtain advice with respect to their own circumstances.
[1] Adanalic v Harco Nat'l Ins Co, 309 Mich App 173, 179-180; 870 NW2d 731 (2015)
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4 of 7 copies available at Kenton County.
Physical Description: unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013.
Summary, etc.: Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.


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Fairy Tail 252 see's Gray vs Silver go full ham as they hit each other one after another, all during Franmalth is captured and Natsu and others are fighting against other members of Tartarus. We discover that Silver, Gray's Father, has Demon Slayer Magic capable of killing demons and demons alike, we see Gray trick Silver and thus he gets defeated after Gray knew that he wasn't the Deliora's human form.
Fairy Tail 252 begins as Gray vs Silver continues with Gray taking a lot of the damage. All he can do is just move from one area to another defending and trying to attack. Gray uses his ice Excalibur but Silver just absorbs it. He tells Gray that he's learnt the magics involved in Demon Slayer magic and thus shall use it.
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John Yandall
Visual Artist; Visual Artist: Drawing; Visual Artist: Illustration; Visual Artist: Murals; Visual Artist: Painting; Writer
I am from American Samoa and have lived in Middle Tennessee since 1997. Illustrations through painting and drawing different genres. Pop culture, abstract and realism are a few of my specialties. I have had cartoons printed in La Noticia Exhibited in Corvidae Collective Exhibited in Mchee-Tyson Airport Knoxville, TN Exhibited in the Flat Rock Cafe Exhibited at Wizard World, Fanboy Exo, and Geek Media Expo
J. Belinda Yandell
Visual Artist; Writer
Originally from Savannah, GA, J. Belinda Yandell has always been compulsively creative. She is a writer, artist, graphic designer and crafter. WRITER: She is the published author of one novel, "Small Change: The Secret Life of Penny Burford" available at Amazon.com. Her current novel, tentatively titled "Something Blue", is now being shopped to publishers. She describes her "genre" as "Southern-fried chick lit with more serious subtexts." The first chapter of "Something Blue" -- about three generations of Southern women trying to survive a wedding -- can be read on her website. ARTIST: Yandell majored in Fine Art and English at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, but did not become truly serious about painting until 2004, when she joined the Plowhaus Artists Cooperative. Since then, she has shown with Untitled, and at Carla Neet Design and the Art and Invention Gallery. Her distinctive, highly-stylized acrylic paintings feature jewel-like colors and bold lines in both figurative and abstract works. She is currently preparing for a two-woman show with fellow artist Jodi Reeves, entitled "Jodi with an Eye," referencing the fact that both she and Reeves have the same first name. The show, at the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, will feature "twin" works of both artists based on certain themes, highlighting each woman's unique style and perspective while challenging viewers to consider their own perspective. The show will open with a reception on Sunday, June 22. She has also worked as a graphic artist for the past 15 years. She has a highly popular online store featuring her designs on clothing and gift items at www.cafepress.com/craftywench. CRAFTER: Yandell is known around town as The Crafty Wench. Her professional crafting career began with hand-made and one-of-a-kind jewelry, but also includes an ever-changing stream of whatever strikes her creative fancy. Lately, she has been featuring lavishly embellished boxes, switch-plate covers and the soon-to-introduced customized sock monkeys and fairy dolls. The Crafty Wench is one of the founders/organizers of CRAFT a creative community, which promotes local, quality crafts around Nashville. March through September, CRAFT hosts a monthly street fair in the parking lot of the Lipstick Lounge which has become a popular event with East Nashville residents. CRAFT's next event will be a major event at the Memorial Lutheran Church on Riverside Drive in Inglewood/East Nashville on June 28. For more information and a sampling of her work, please visit www.jbelindayandell.com, www.myspace.com/jbelindayandell and www.thecraftywench.etsy.com.
Janet Decker Yanez
Runs a collective studio space/gallery in Chestnut Square called Ground Floor Gallery. Volunteers for a non-profit arts organization, Seed Space, and promotes their current project-CSArt.
Tracy Yarbrough
About the Artist Tracy Yarbrough creates colorful, fun, sometimes whimsical paintings with acrylics & mixed media. Tracy's interest in art grew in 1st grade when she won 1st place in a school-wide art/ecology poster contest & had a teacher that let her be creative. She is certified to teach Fine Art K-12, and taught Art for 10 years. She is passionate about art, recycling & diet coke. Originally an Air Force "Brat", living everywhere from Utah to Australia, she now calls Middle Tennessee home with her husband & two daughters.
Danny is a singer / songwriter rooted in traditional country with a modern twist. He began as a teenager in the late 1970's with WSM's Young Country making numerous television and personal appearnces throughout the Southeast. Focusing primarily on writing in recent years, he completed his first solo project of all original tunes in 2013. The project "Finding My Voice" has traditional and modern country included along with a bluegrass gospel tune he co-wrote with Alice Faye Hunt. He is currently working on a new project that will be ready for release towards the end of 2015. He also performs regularly as a member of Sunny Mountain Bluegrass at Larry's Grand Ol' Garage in Madison, TN. He is a member of NSAI and BMI.


WHY DO WE LACK UNITY? Because of man - made inner and outer circles!
2. The inner circle call themselves balanced Christians, while they have watered down standards for their inner circle, like the pharisees, and to the contrary, very strict tightened stringent standards for the outer circle! Jude 1:11 What sorrow awaits the inner circle if they do not repent. Let us pray they do: for they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
3. The inner circle has 1 finger pointed at the outer circle, not knowing there are 3 fingers of their own hand (conscience) pointing back at themselves, the inner circle of perfect pharisees! Jude 1:19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. Jude 1:19 This inner circle of pharisees are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God's Spirit in them.
4. This inner circle claims they are anchored to the rock, and geared to the time, while literally they are crucifying Jesus again by causing division in the body of Christ, the church! Jude 1:12 This inner circle people according to the Lord's Word are a disgrace at the special meals you share with other believers. They eat with you and don't feel ashamed. They are shepherds who care [only] for themselves and will not accept an anointed prophet or pastor. They are dry clouds blown around by the winds. They are withered, uprooted trees without any fruit. As a result, they have died twice.
5. Consequences of lack of diversity: There was a company in Oak Ridge, TN where everyone wore a black pant, white shirt and blue tie. The company sank like the Titanic because it did not promote equality in diversity and all were jobless in one single day without their Titanic!
6. Lack of prayer: Let us pray fervently for our churches so they will not collapse because perfect people form the majority!!
7. Hypocrisy: You may be clean on the outside and think you are perfect, but the blood of Jesus and the fire of the Holy Spirit, aided by the Holy Bible, cleans from the inside out.
Hallelujah! In essentials unity, in non-essentials diversity, and in everything love.
Let's us pray that this inner and outer circle will collapse like a soap bubble, so Jesus will come back into the church, and the demons will leave, so unity will triumph under the cross of Jesus which united heaven and earth, east and west; unity through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit and the cleansing power in the blood of Jesus, like the early church that was united, being one heart and one soul. Let's not wait for God to allow persecution of the church by non - Christians to bring unity in the church filled with Christians.
LET THERE BE NO BODY OF CHRIST WARS!
IF THE TRUMPET SOUNDS TODAY ARE YOU READY?
GET READY TO BECOME THE LAMB'S BRIDE!
Christians. Why are we called the Body of Christ? How does being in the Body of Christ affect you?
The body of Christ is beautiful beyond measure to Christ. It is his church, it is he who he died for. It is his bride. We who have been called apart to live for him, have been invited into the Body of Christ. I know that I am part of the Body of Christ because His spirit bears witness to this in my spirit dear sister. The Holy Spirit speaks to all who are part of the body of Christ. He convicts us of sin, he comforts us in loss. The spirit transforms and energizes us too. In this last year I have personally come to understand so much about our Lord Jesus Christ through the body of Christ. Fellow members have helped me grow, have comforted me in times of stress and encouraged me in my growth. All because our Lord has place them in my life.
One of the deep visions that the Holy Spirit has helped me discover through the words and knowledge of others who are in the Body of Christ is the vision of a church that isn't encumbered within the confines of a building. I have begun to understand more of what my position is in the body of Christ. I do treasure more and more this Body of Believers of whom Christ himself has called, called from the world. To help and deliver his messages. I understand that I am part of this bride of Christ...and that he honored us women in this very way. The bride of Christ...think of it! God chose the female form to describe this ideal faith community called the body of Christ. The body of Christ though described as a body ...is not limited to body form. It is not a human entity. It is full of God's Holy Spirit and is of Christ, for he is the head! The body of Christ bears masculine features because her head is none other than Christ himself. The body of Christ is alive. Always changing, always growing because the Holy Spirit itself is helping Christ as its head to do this. Think on this the Holy Spirit in the body of believers is without limit. It is always developing, regrouping and blossoming. We are producing fruit and as he works within us we are being changed more and more into the image and likeness of Jesus. This is part of His divine function..to help us be transformed. And in does much of this work through other believers! Our death and dead wood are bringing forth new buds and vines continuously...even when we fail. Or are not watered...God does sustain us until the Holy Spirit can identify in us what our problems are. These are some of the things he is teaching me. He is cutting off death in me, removing the decayed parts, through other members of his body. He is using them to help me understand and see the spiritual things I can't yet see. I think you can see this growth in others and we too in seeing are being given the valuable gift of sharing...and in sharing comes healing! WE begin to have the vitality of Jesus himself...So great is the body of Christ!
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. I Corinthians 12:12-27.
DREAM TO REALITY VICTORY OVER WORRY!
We will too praising loud"


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Gazans take coastal walks to escape 'double confinement'
Palestinians walk on the beachfront of the Gaza Strip in a bid to escape the confinement of coronavirus restrictions -- which come on top of the Israeli blockade of the enclave
Guillaume Lavallee
At sunrise in Gaza, the strip's coastal path begins to fill up with pedestrians, as growing numbers of Palestinians have taken up walking to relieve stress trapped inside the Israel-blockaded enclave.
Life in Gaza, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas since 2007, was mentally taxing even before the novel coronavirus outbreak brought additional hardship, including nightly curfews and tight movement restrictions.
"There's a lot of mental pressure in Gaza. We suffer from it," said 40-year-old Walid al-Louh, wearing a New York Yankees cap.
"People come out to walk along the seashore, just to let off steam."
As the pandemic has dragged on, larger crowds of men in tracksuits and women -- whose running shoes are just barely visible beneath their long robes -- stroll, or stride briskly, along Gaza's Mediterranean coastline.
"I used to walk before coronavirus," Louh told AFP. "There were maybe dozens of people walking then, but now its hundreds and hundreds."
One of the new devotees is Hanadi al-Akawy, 32, who said she walks five kilometres (three miles) a day with her husband "to get rid of psychological pressure".
- 'Window of freedom' -
Gaza's densely-packed population of two million people was, in the early phase of the global pandemic, seen as uniquely protected given the movement restrictions already in place.
The coastal strip has only two entry and exit points, the Erez crossing to Israel and the Rafah crossing to Egypt.
The flow of people through Erez is tightly controlled by Israel, which has fought three wars with Hamas since 2008, and maintains a crippling blockade it says is necessary to contain a hostile Islamist group.
As the virus began to spread globally, both crossings were almost completely closed, and Hamas imposed strict quarantine measures for the small numbers of people allowed in and out.
Gaza's health infrastructure is weak, partly due to the blockade, so when the virus began to spread within the enclave, Hamas imposed draconian measures to contain it.
Those included nightly curfews and a mandatory 5:00 pm closing hour for businesses.
Gazans began to lament their "double confinement," referring to coronavirus restrictions and the blockade.
Gaza has so far recorded more than 10,500 Covid-19 cases, including 48 deaths.
However, fears that a raging pandemic would devastate the enclave's vulnerable and impoverished population have not materialised.
But for psychiatrist Samir Zaqout, the additional stress brought by the pandemic was "too much" for a population that already felt imprisoned.
The Gaza-based expert said that watching people take their coastline jaunts reminds him of prison inmates relishing their daily walk in the exercise yard, before being sent back to their cells.
"People do what they can to let out their emotions," Zaqout told AFP. "Walking is a part of that, especially since the seaside is our only window of freedom."
- 'Walking is life' -
Zaqout said Hamas has not done enough to mitigate mental health issues in the strip.
According to a 2017 study published by the PLOS ONE scientific journal, the Palestinian Territories had the highest rates of depression compared to a group of 20 countries surveyed, which ranged from Morocco to Afghanistan.
A 2020 poll from the British charity Islamic Relief said that 80 percent of 2,000 workers surveyed in Gaza reported having "mental problems" caused by the pandemic, which reduced their already limited income.
On Gaza's corniche, Marwan al-Assar told AFP he had been jogging along the coast for years, but until recently had been alone.
"Now people are copying me," he said. "The culture is growing."
With a body-builder's frame visible under his yellow rain coat, he described himself as a "hero" for encouraging others to join him.
"It's good for the spirit!" he said, resuming his stride. "Walking is life."
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What to listen for in Biden's inaugural address
Reflecting both the man and the times, President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.'s inaugural address needs as much reality as poetry. What to watch ... The president-elect will do both, sources tell me: Biden's biography equips him not just to deliver a great speech, but also to start putting the public sector back in good working order.Be smart: sign up FREE for the most influential newsletter in America. * That includes a federal mask mandate, vaccine mobilization and other practical steps that make up his 100-day plan to, as he put it in December, "change the course of the disease and change life in America for the better."A test for this unusual inaugural address is whether Biden can combine prose poetry with his "Here's the deal" common touch. * The country wants both, his advisers believe — to be elevated as in presidencies of old, and to be reassured that Biden is grounded in the grim reality so many Americans are feeling, including his warning of the "dark winter" ahead.Rahm Emanuel — former Chicago mayor and President Obama's first chief of staff — told me Biden faces a "(d) all of the above" presidency: * He has the civil and social strife of Lincoln, JFK and LBJ ... Wilson's pandemic ... FDR's economic depths ... and Truman's cold war with Russia. * Biden's speech will connect America's crises, including racial equity and justice.Mike Barnicle writes in a Daily Beast column, "Why Joe Biden Will Be Our Most American President" (subscription): * "Joe Biden arrives now to tell America the truth."What's next: After the festivities, Biden will take 15 "Day One Executive Actions," getting a head start on reversing Trump policies. * Go deeper: Fact sheet 1, Executive Actions ... Fact sheet 2, Agency Actions.👀 What to watch ... Full schedule.Get smarter, faster with the news CEOs, entrepreneurs and top politicians read. Sign up for Axios Newsletters here.
Germany nominates ex-minister Schmidt for post of Bosnia peace envoy
Germany on Wednesday nominated Christian Schmidt, a former government minister and lawmaker, to be the new international High Representative in Bosnia, whose office oversees the implementation of the country's 1995 peace accord. "The German government has a great interest in the development of Bosnia...and supports the country's prospective membership in the European Union." The Office of the High Representative (OHR) was set up as part of the Dayton peace accords that ended Bosnia's 1992-95 war to supervise the reconstruction of a country torn apart by the ethnic conflict, in which 100,000 people died.
Beau Biden: The story of Joe Biden's youngest son OLD
Cuccinelli: Caravans heading to US border acting as 'human Petri dish'
Biden says Trump wrote him 'a very generous' letter before he left White House
Controversial Trump appointee overseeing VOA resigns at Biden's request
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Рониэ́литон Пере́йра дус Са́нтус (; 28 апреля 1977, Аурора-ду-Токантинс) более известный как Ро́ни () — бразильский футболист, выступавший на позиции нападающего. Спортивный директор клуба «Вила-Нова» из Гоянии.

Провёл 5 матчей за сборную Бразилии, серебряный призёр Кубка конфедераций 1999.

Карьера игрока
Рони — воспитанник клуба «Вила-Нова» из Гоянии.

В 2004 году, в летнюю дозаявочную компанию был взят в аренду у «Рубина» до конца сезона самарскими «Крыльями Советов».

Личная жизнь
Рони женат, жену зовут Андреа. У пары двое дочерей — Виктория и Мария Эдуарда.

Достижения
 Серебряный призёр Кубка конфедераций 1999 года в составе сборной Бразилии
 Чемпион штата Рио-де-Жанейро (2): 2002, 2007
 Чемпион штата Гояс (1): 2006
 Бронзовый призёр чемпионата России (2): 2003, 2004
 Победитель бразильской Серии B (1): 2006
 Победитель бразильской Серии C (1): 1999

Примечания

Ссылки
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Футболисты Бразилии
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Игроки ФК «Сан-Паулу»
Игроки ФК «Флуминенсе»
Игроки ФК «Аль-Хиляль» Эр-Рияд
Игроки ФК «Рубин»
Игроки ФК «Крылья Советов»
Игроки ФК «Гояс»
Игроки ФК «Атлетико Минейро»
Игроки ФК «Фламенго»
Игроки ФК «Крузейро»
Игроки ФК «Иокогама Ф. Маринос»
Игроки ФК «Гамба Осака»
Игроки ФК «Сантос»
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As fire raged through historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday, Langley resident Kelsey Haskett was among the horrified witnesses.
Dr. Haskett, chair of the school of modern culture and languages at Trinity Western University, spends every summer teaching in Paris.


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import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index.lucene.NodeStateCloner;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.EqualsDiff;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeBuilder;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeState;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeStateUtils;
import org.junit.Test;

import static org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.memory.EmptyNodeState.EMPTY_NODE;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;

public class NodeStateClonerTest {

    @Test
    public void simple() throws Exception{
        NodeBuilder builder = EMPTY_NODE.builder();
        builder.child("a").child("b");
        builder.child("a").setProperty("foo", "bar");

        NodeState state = builder.getNodeState();
        assertTrue(EqualsDiff.equals(state, NodeStateCloner.cloneVisibleState(state)));
    }

    @Test
    public void excludeHidden() throws Exception{
        NodeBuilder builder = EMPTY_NODE.builder();
        builder.child("a").child(":b").child("e");
        builder.child("a").child("c").child(":d");
        builder.child("a").setProperty("foo", "bar");

        NodeState source = builder.getNodeState();
        NodeState cloned = NodeStateCloner.cloneVisibleState(source);

        assertFalse(NodeStateUtils.getNode(cloned, "/a/:b").exists());
        assertFalse(NodeStateUtils.getNode(cloned, "/a/:b/e").exists());
        assertFalse(NodeStateUtils.getNode(cloned, "/a/c/:d").exists());

        assertTrue(NodeStateUtils.getNode(cloned, "/a/c").exists());
        assertTrue(NodeStateUtils.getNode(cloned, "/a").hasProperty("foo"));

        assertFalse(EqualsDiff.equals(source, cloned));
    }

}

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Financial support remains one of the most challenging areas for schools and school districts looking to make positive change. We continue to seek outside funding opportunities and resources for schools throughout the year, and will update this page periodically with grant opportunities. If you have an idea for a project or program for your school or district, and don't know where to get started, contact our Healthy Schools PA coordinator for assistance.
Technical assistance is available for free for K-12 schools in the southwest PA area. Our staff offers technical assistance programming through environmental health consulting, including environmental hazard identification and mitigation, action planning, funding identification and grant writing assistance, policy and protocols review and revision, and technical training for school professionals.
To request a consultation for technical assistance, please fill out the brief form below.
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School Buildings and Facilities
Driving PA Forward – School Bus Retro-fit Grant Program
Approximately $30 million is being allocated over a 5-year period to fund rebates for class 4 – 8 school buses and shuttle buses. Replacing or repowering vehicles containing older diesel engines with new technology can reduce emissions by up to 90%.
EPA Tools for Schools Grants
Numerous sources of funding are available to create and support healthy, productive school environments for students and staff in areas like Environmental Education, School Bus Clean Diesel Rebate program, School Gardens and High-Performance Green Schools renovation and capital improvement projects (PA only).
Lowe's Toolbox for Education Community Grants
Lowe's Toolbox for Education awards mini-grants to eligible schools and communities in two cycles yearly (spring and fall). Lowe's Small Toolbox for Education grant program is funded by the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation, supporting thousands of grassroots community and school projects in the communities where Lowe's does business.
The Home Depot Community Improvement Grant
The Home Depot Foundation offers grant awards up to $5,000 to 501c designated organizations (recognized and in good standing with the IRS for a minimum of one year) and tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the community. Grants are given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials or services and are required to be completed within six months of approval date. These grants are accepted on a rolling basis.
Keep America Beautiful – Coca Cola Recycling Grant
While most Americans have access to recycling in their homes, finding recycling bins in downtown areas, athletic fields, venues and other "public spaces" can be a challenge. As we increasingly live "on-the-go" lifestyles, research and common sense tell us people are less likely to recycle if they don't have a convenient opportunity to do it. The Keep America Beautiful/Coca-Cola Public Spaces Recycling Bin Grant Program is designed to help communities overcome this barrier by providing recycling bins in public spaces and promoting the idea that recycling is an activity we do wherever our daily routine takes us. Applications open for 1 month and are not yet open for 2020.
Highmark Schools Grants – Environmental Health
School environments can affect students' health, school performance, attendance and concentration. Highmark's School Grants program allows schools to fund environmental health initiatives such as Green Cleaning, Indoor Air Quality and Asthma-Friendly School Environments. Applications are open! To learn more, click here. To apply, click here.
Action for Healthy Kids – School Grants
Despite wanting to do what's best for students' health and academic success, many schools lack the necessary resources to implement health and wellness practices to help students eat better, stay physically active and be better prepared to learn. This mini-grant program allows any member from the school community, including parents, apply for mini-grants up to $3,000 to implement or expand school-wide initiatives on health, nutrition and physical activity. Deadline to submit a grant proposal is April 5, 2019.
USDA Farm to School Grant Program
The Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2020 Farm to School Grant Program is now online and available through Grants.gov. This year, FNS seeks to award up to $10 million to schools, school districts, nonprofits, state and local agencies, agricultural producers and Indian tribal organizations to plan and implement farm to school activities. Grants ranging in size from $20,000 to $100,000 will be available for approved proposals in FY 2020. All interested applicants are encouraged to visit the grant announcement. Applications are due Dec 31, 2019.
Curriculum and Educational Grants
Remake Learning IGNITE Grants 2020
Remake Learning has just opened it's IGNITE grant for 2020. Ignite Grants will provide catalytic funding of up to $5,000 to support learning in critical thinking and problem solving skills, challenge learners to examine social systems, connect students to place, encourage learners to play and connect learners to communities,
practices, projects and environments. To learn more and apply, click here.
NOAA Environmental Literacy Grants
The NOAA Office of Education has issued a competitive funding opportunity for projects designed to build environmental literacy of K-12 students and the public so they are knowledgeable of the ways in which their community can become more resilient to extreme weather and/or other environmental hazards and become involved in achieving that resilience. Deadline for pre-applications are November 25, 2019.
PA DEP Environmental Education Grants
Each year Pennsylvania invests in its schools, county conservation districts and other nonprofit organizations to improve environmental awareness among students and adults alike. Administered through DEP, the funds are used for projects ranging from creative, hands-on lessons for students, teacher training programs and outdoor learning resources to conservation education for adults. Grant opens October 31, 2019 and submissions will be taken until December 31, 2019.


State Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks) announced today his recent appointment to the House Republican Health Care Task Force, which is studying the state's health care system in an effort to expand health care choices, increase access, improve quality of services, and lower costs.
"Citizens throughout the Commonwealth have voiced their concern to me over escalating costs and poor access to quality health care," Cox said. "I am committed to ensuring that our seniors and working families have access to the high quality, affordable health care they need and deserve."
The House Republican Policy Committee's Health Care Task Force consists of members who are focusing on different aspects of health care, insurance and business. The Policy Committee held public hearings on Gov. Ed Rendell's universal health care plan earlier this year. At the conclusion of the hearings, the Health Care Task Force met with numerous organizations and consumer groups to develop a better and more realistic alternative to the governor's health care plan.
The House Republican alternative plan, The Real Prescription for Pennsylvania, focuses on consumer driven health care which provides more choices, transparency, flexibility, tax credits, marketplace competition and medical liability reform, and preserves critical services.
"My appointment to the Heath Care Task Force allows me to work toward driving down health care costs in the Commonwealth and enabling those who are not insured the ability to get coverage. I am pleased that this plan accomplishes this without raising taxes," he said.
Specifically, it includes expanding the use of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which provide consumer choice; expanding the use of Federally Qualified Health Centers to cut down on the use of costly emergency room use; and using best practices from other states.
Offer loan forgiveness for health care professionals.
"I was selected to be a part of the Health Care Task Force to fight for affordable health care for every man, woman and child in Pennsylvania," Cox said. "Working parents and seniors should not have to choose between paying for food and shelter or having sufficient medical coverage for their families. As a father of four, I know the importance of having dependable health care coverage."
More information is available at www.HealthCareForPaFamilies.com.