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also i made the #twitchplayspokemon tag a super useful infographic.
you seemed to need it.
TPP loves opposites.
I took a stab at doodling my own pokeshaming picture.
pokeshaming!! the last two are for me personally, but the others are for (top to bottom) toren, kuntos@FA, jon w, kuvi, neko, haggetti@FA and kuntos@FA
i’ll be doin the not-quite-pokemon and poke-morph shaming posts in just a sec
i’ve seen more posts of people being excited for Home than this movie, which made me upset because this movie comes out before Home does (not that i am saying that you shouldn’t praise Home as well). and as for Big Hero 6 (a movie that also comes out after the Book of Life) and the people saying that there is a lack of representation of Asians in media, i feel you. why? because there is a bigger lack of hispanics, and i agree Disney messed up, you be upset. but be happy for Hispanics as well because we finally got an animated movie representing us and our culture. so please go see this movie when it comes out.
that is all i ask.
They are not hispanic? Hispanics includes people from Spain and a lot of mexicans have troubles with that( People from Spain, you know, the people who enslaved mexicans for, like, 400 years?) the correct term in this case is “latino”. Also, sugar skulls are part of mexican culture and “dia de muertos” and cosplaying that catrina just because she is pretty and without knowing shit about the actual holiday or the actual character is kind of cultural appropriation?
But aside of that, yeah, hype.
The most unnecessary kick in anime history.
bitch just mad that he can’t be stylin as shit like my boy piccolo
Didn’t include the whole scene, just wanted to capture the gist of it. I’ve always loved the mysterious feeling Mew had in the first few years of Pokémon, being the first “secret” legendary and the subject of so many childhood urban legends. That’s why it’s still my favorite Pokémon to this day.


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After the opening, the Stoxx Europe 600 index increased by 0.38 percent to 438.9 points, and the DAX 40 index in Germany rose by 0.51 percent to 14,429 points.
In the UK, the FTSE 100 index rose by 0.56 percent to 7,554 points, in France the CAC 40 index increased by 0.54 percent to 6,705 points, the IBEX 35 index in Spain was 8,358 points with a premium of 0.44 percent, and the MIB 30 index in Italy was 0 percent. It is at 24,597 points with a gain of .54.
The euro/dollar parity, which closed the day at 1.0330 with a decrease of 0.1 percent yesterday, is currently trading at 1.0360, 0.3 percent above its previous close.
Analysts said that before the speech of the US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Brooking Institution today, a cautious course was followed in the global equity markets.
Reminding that inflation continues to be the number one agenda item in Europe, analysts said that the data announced yesterday in Germany indicated that inflation slowed down after a long time.
In Germany, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by 0.5 percent monthly in November and increased by 10 percent on an annual basis. Expectations were for the CPI to increase by 10.3 percent annually in November.
Analysts stated that today the intense data agenda, especially inflation in the Euro Zone and growth in the USA, will be followed, and noted that the news flow about the protests in China is also in the focus of investors.

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Europe can learn from India: The strategy of “Frugal innovation” is a flexible approach to perceive resource constraints not as a debilitating challenge but as a growth opportunity; it is about “doing more with less”. The resulted products and services need not be of inferior quality but must be provided cheaply, ore even extremely cheaply.
Raghunath Mashelkar, former director-general of India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and now president of the Global Research Alliance, an organisation that promotes the Millennium Development Goals, told to an audience of European policy makers on the 4th of April, 2013, that “we provide a hepatitis B vaccine that is 40 times cheaper, cataract eye surgery 100 times cheaper, open-heart surgery 20 times cheaper and an artificial foot 300 times cheaper, wealth and health for all can be a reality,” “All these are not dreams and have been done”!
Inclusive innovation is a complementary concept to frugal innovation, and refers to the knowledge creation, acquisition, absorption and distribution efforts targeted directly at meeting the needs of the low-income or the base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) population. The focus of Inclusive Innovation is on delivering high performance products and services or high experience at ultra-low cost to the people whose needs are generally not addressed. The concept of frugal and inclusive innovation has its background in India where its finds a range of good examples and where the governance practices of such innovations can be studied.
“Getting improved goods for less cost to more people while eliminating social disharmony” are essential features of inclusive innovation, said Mashelkar. This directly addresses the current innovation objectives of Nations such as India and China.
Europe has it concept of “inclusive growth”, but this at the moment more an ideology than practice.
Inclusive innovation could be a concept to apply for Europe as well, especially with a view on the divergence of economic prosperity within Europe and within European Member States, but this makes it necessary to go beyond our dominant strategy of believing in Europe as a high-tech innovator leading to economic growth by an alleged competative advantage….
Frugal innovation/inclusive innovation will not necessarily will lead to responsible innovation as cheap inventions may turn out not to contribute to sustainability, but certainly it must be part of a broader framework on innovation.

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Here’s wishing you all a great 2011! I hope your holidays were great. I also hope that last storm of 2010 didn’t cause a lot of problems for you. Since the last time I wrote, we’ve had some pretty significant weather. The rains that came before, during, and after Christmas caused Granite Creek to flow at over 400 cfs. Cfs means cubic feet of water per second. So, we had over 3,000 gallons per second flowing out of the creek. That’s not a huge amount of water, but considering we had just finished our construction and vegetation work the previous week, and the 3,000 plantings have no roots yet to hold themselves down and to strengthen the new creek banks, it was a concern. I got back from visiting friends and family in California on December 27, and went out to inspect the woods the next morning. What I found was that the creek had flowed out of its banks in some areas like we want and that no damage to the recent work occurred like we REALLY want!
The latest cold and snowy weather has not caused nearly so much flow in the creek and if we don’t get sudden melting from a warm rain we don’t anticipate much trouble. The snow will slowly melt and be captured in the ground.
After the work that was done by the A.C.E. crew in December, there’re still some additional jobs that need to be taken care of. Some more geotextile cloth needs to be laid, some newly planted trees still need topping, some of the areas disturbed by earth-moving equipment need raking and seeding, and some of the new stream banks need brush revetment. As we start working on these items (as weather and time permit) we’ll put volunteer requests on the website so, if you’re interested, check out the “volunteer” link for opportunities to work in the field.
I’ll close with a word about the coming year. Prescott Creeks wants the Watson Woods to be a place of natural beauty and ecological health that we all can enjoy. As we move on from the major construction and revegitation work of the last three years, we want to start building trails and adding interpretive signs. We hope to build a parking area and trail head at the Rosser St. – Hwy. 89 intersection to make it easier to access the woods.
We also hope to start an effective invasive weed control program to stop the spread of non-native plant species. So, there’s lots of work left to do. I hope to see you out there as we take on the next challenges.


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Police Make Arrest In Shooting Near N.C. State
Posted December 23, 2002 10:09 a.m. EST
RALEIGH, N.C. — The suspect in a deadly shooting near N.C. State is now in police custody.
Raleigh Police picked up George Sutton at his grandmother's house Saturday after he called them.
Officers charged Sutton with the murder of Everett Drayton last Monday night.
Drayton was killed in a neighborhood near Hillsborough Street. Police say an argument triggered the deadly shooting.
Sutton's first court appearance is Monday.
According to police, Drayton was found dead of a gunshot wound around 7 p.m. in the front yard of a home near the intersection of Brooks and Clark Avenues, off Hillsborough Street.


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In July, 2011 Thailand became an official Global Entrepreneurship Week country for the first time. Unfortunately, that same month also marked the beginning of catastrophic flooding that continues to pose a humanitarian crisis four months later.
More than 370 people have died and Thai officials are warning residents in the capital of Bangkok to be vigilant and expect disruptions with electricity and even tap water.
The following note comes from Steve Cheah w the host of GEW/Thailand.
Thailand joined GEW in July 2011 as the 115 member. This being our first year, a GEW / Thailand launch was originally scheduled for 17th November 2011 during the US Trade Fair. The US Trade Fair and the BOI (Board of Investment) Fair were to be the largest trade and investment fairs in Thailand, promoting entrepreneurship. Both these events were expected to attract over 100,000 visitors and participants. Because of the flooding, these and other major activities and events for November and December 2011 in Thailand were cancelled or postponed to 2012. The GEW / Thailand team have posted them on its calendar with a note to indicate the changes.


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3 edition of study of urbanization in Latin America found in the catalog.
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Poverty Research and Policy for Rural America - jstor Reviews the book, Poverty in Rural America: A Case Study by Janet M. Fitchen This is a well-researched contribution to our understanding of poverty in€ Fitchen, Poverty in Rural America: A Case Study Book Review Catalog Record: Poverty in rural America: a case study Hathi Trust. The adverse effects of rapid urbanization on the environment, health, and infrastructure give rise to inequality, high unemployment, and low education rates in Ger districts (UN Habitat). The rural-urban divide seen in many regions of the world prompts high income inequality (Hiller). 45 percent of Ger district residents are below the poverty.
This book offers insight into our efforts to connect the knowledge on urbanization, global environmental change, and sustainable development in Latin America. By presenting this important publication, we are urging societies and governments to get involved in translating. Originally published in , Latin American Urbanization presents an in-depth look at a process of social change in an important region of the Third World. Professors Butterworth and Chance concentrate on the rural-urban migration of the lower classes and the adaptation of migrants to city : Charles Butterworth.
Urbanization refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and the suburbs of cities. Historically, it has been closely connected with industrialization. When more and more inanimate sources of energy were used to enhance human productivity (industrialization), surpluses increased in both agriculture and industry. Originally published in , Industrialization and Urbanization in Latin America focuses on the process of industrialisation in Latin America. The book links together the distinctive process of industrialisation to wider issues of urban and regional development in Latin America. The Author: Robert N Gwynne.
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Get this from a library. A study of urbanization in Latin America. [W Stanley Rycroft; Myrtle M Clemmer; United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on. Study of urbanization in Latin America. New York: Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., (OCoLC) Urbanization in Latin America Work done by: Contents I.
Introduction 3 II. Urbanization Process 4 III. Internal Migration and Urbanization 8 IV. Urban Systems 10 V. Conclusion 13 VI.
Bibliography 14 I. Introduction Urbanization is likely to be one of the defining phenomena of the 21st Century for. Industrialization & Urbanization in America Chapter Exam Instructions. Choose your answers to the questions and click 'Next' to see the next set of questions. cities in Latin America (Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Sao P aulo and Santiago de Chile).
is new book showed that the research program on the study of urban models and. The Industrialization & Urbanization in America chapter of this US History 2 Study Guide course is the most efficient way to study events and people from that time period in US history. Start studying urbanization in latin america.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Books shelved as urbanization: Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World by Doug Saunders, The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Ro.
Study Uncovers 'De-urbanization' Of America Date: Septem Source: University of Kansas Summary: More than any other populace on Earth, Americans are on the move. Urbanization of America The urbanization of the cities in America that occurred during the first fifty years after the civil war was a unique situation that had not been seen before in this country.
There had been migration that had occurred before, but the staggering numbers that migrated to these cities during this time was overwhelming. The Challenges of Urbanization in Latin America. Read preview. Magazine article Americas (English Edition) The Challenges of Urbanization in Latin America.
Read preview. Article excerpt. The chaotic growth of today's cities can no longer be ignored. and a lack of space for recreation and study. They suffer not only from a hostile physical. Urbanization in Latin America • Bymillion people will live in Latin America’s large cities where the per-capita GDP is estimated to reach $23,—more than that of Portugal in • Latin American cities have become hubs for technological innovation.
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During this period, many countries in Latin America underwent great transformation in terms of industrialization and urbanization.
In Brazil, industrialization started in the s as Brazil attempted recover from the destruction it had suffered during the colonial era as well as during the WWI. Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region.
This comprehensive text focuses on the dynamic connections among people, places, and environments rather than on predefined notions about the region. urbanization and landscapes of cities, the connections between economic /5(2).
The Price of Urbanization When I first met Antidio Román, a year-old Peruvian shepherd, he had been living in a tent for more than five months. Though he was only three miles from the nearest village, Antidio hadn't had a single day off from work in the past two years.
Start studying Urbanization of America. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This comprehensive study offers a thematic approach to Latin America, focusing on the dynamic connections between people, places, and environments rather than on pre-defined notions about the region.
The book s well-rounded and accessible analysis includes discussions of borders and migration; transnationalism and globalization; urbanization and the material, environmental and social. Urbanization: Concepts, Trends and Analysis in Three Latin American Cities Article (PDF Available) January with 1, Reads How we measure 'reads'.
Urbanization in Latin America began to increase in the second half of the 20th Century, to reach nearly 80% of the population today. In spite of the great expansion in recent decades, BBVA Research predicts that there will be a certain moderation in this growth, until it reaches 86%.
In regard to future trends, it is estimated 93% of urban growth will occur in Asia and Africa, and to a lesser extent in Latin America and the Caribbean. By over 6 billion people, two thirds of humanity, will be living in towns and cities. New Urbanism A movement in Urban Design which started in the late 80's.
The population of Latin America will be increasing by % between and the year Due to excessive rural exodus the urban population grows almost twice as fast as the rural does. The urbanization of the subcontinent must be regarded as being the dominant spatial process in Latin America. It results in fundamental changes of the structure and the way of life of the population as well Cited by: 1.Book Description.
In the great cities of Latin America and Asia, international business and local firms meet and, in particular, influence teh development strategies of Third World authors of Theatres of Accumulation argue that these cities play a crucial role in the process of capital accumulation and of unequal exchange and dependency.

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West Allis native Chris Giblin will be a contestant on the "Let's Make a Deal" television show airing at 9 a.m. Thursday on CBS Channel 58.
Viewers will be able to spot him - he is the one dressed as a cuckoo clock.
The show doesn't allow him to say anything before the show airs about whether he was a winner, but Giblin said he has been watching the game show ever since he was a kid. That's when Monty Hall was emcee.
But today's emcee, Emmy Award-winner Wayne Brady, is a wonderful successor, Giblin said.
"He's as much fun if not more so in person," he said.
Giblin and a friend who lives in California went to the Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood for the taping in early January.
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My ankle is still not healed so I will not be able to make it on Saturday, but my friend Dante will take my spot. Would you mind switching him to the later game (11:45am) on Saturday?
Dante: [masked] (he has already played with us in LIC in the past).
Thank you very much in advance.
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Would you mind please moving me from the Thursday game to this Saturday game? I already have to miss today's game because of a twisted ankle, and it's still sore. I'd really appreciate it if you could please move me to the Saturday game, as it would give my ankle more time to heal.
Thanks in advance!!
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The wonderful wizard of Oz is a Marvel transposition of the children’s storytelling written in 1900 by L. Frank Baum. This comic is also the second attempt to approach myself to the novel after the dismal first contact I had with the famous movie with Judy Garland.
The story begins with the presentation of Dorothy and her life in Kansas and ends when, after meeting the scarecrow, the girl goes on the road with him. The story develops in a simple way and the design is suitable to illustrate a children’s storytelling, it’s so very bright. It was really a great start for this serie.
In this second volume we meet the other main characters of the opera: the tin man and the cowardly lion (whose meetings with Dorothy make the story repetitive as they constantly reiterate where they are headed and why).
Among all of Dorothy’s co-stars it is certainly the tin man the one having the saddest background ever. In this volume we can also see a glimpse of what I hope will be one of the themes of the story, the true meaning of “home”.
The wonderful wizard of Oz – Volume 03
Continuing the journey, the group of new friends will live many adventures, in which it can be seen as the lion, the scarecrow and the tin man are already equipped with what they think they don’t have. The lion is shown brave on more than one occasion, he decides to protect his traveling companions; the scarecrow, which does not have a brain, always finds an ingenious idea to get out of troubles, and the tin man without a heart, can be moved by the fate of other living beings. This is strange and increases the curiosity of the readers, who decide to go on reading to find out how this will be explained.

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On March 31, 2021, the Deputy Mayor of Odessa Dmitry Zheman together with representatives of relevant departments and utilities inspected the sanitary condition of Ekaterininskaya Street.
By the beginning of the tourist season, which traditionally begins in Odessa on May 1, it is planned to put Ekaterininskaya Street in proper condition. So, here it is necessary: to restore a sidewalk covering, to dismantle non-working support and to restore external lighting, to establish to level with a surface the failed hatches, to uproot stumps, to make pockets (platforms) for garbage containers and / or to place garbage containers in ecoboxes.
«Today, during the detour, we looked at the sanitary condition of Ekaterininskaya Street. We understand that the tourist season will begin soon and tourists will come to us. Therefore now it is necessary to prepare, first of all to bring in a proper look a pedestrian part of the central streets", - said Deputy Mayor Dmitry Zheman.
As Dmitry Zheman noted, the work will be performed by utilities.
Most of the work will be completed by May 1, 2021, the work is scheduled to be completed by June 1.
In the future, landscaping work will be carried out on other central streets.


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The Power of Hemp
Hemp is one of the hottest items in the world today. Alongside tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the two have helped usher cannabis out of the illicit era and onto a growing number of legal, mainstream markets. As such, nations across the globe have begun to embrace the cannabinoid.
Today in the U.S., an array of THC and hemp products allow consumers and patients to incorporate cannabis into their lifestyle as they see fit. Standard ingestion methods like flower and full spectrum oil remain popular. As do edibles where snacks have expanded as well. Offerings now include the classic gummy as well as nuts and artisanal oils, just to name a few.
The introduction of hemp has blown the door open on the medical cannabis conversation. As much as THC has shown promise in treating many conditions, hemp has seemingly gone further in many cases. This is likely due to its ability to replicate the positive benefits of THC without the psychoactive inducing effects, also known as a high.
Hemp health claims continue to flow in from medical positing to anecdotal findings. That said, we do need to be realistic. Cannabis is certainly amazing, but that does not mean it is a miracle. Not all conditions can be treated by HEMP. Furthermore, a person may not feel the benefits of cannabidiol even if they have a condition commonly associated with HEMP treatment.
Thankfully, in recent years, a growing number of lab studies have begun to turn what was once a trickle of information into a steady flow of results. Below are some of the medical conditions commonly associated with HEMP wellness and some recent lab results concerning them.
Anxiety or Depression
The most common mental illness in the U.S. today, anxiety disorders affect roughly 40 million Americans or 18.1% of the population. Even more concerning, only 36.9% of people with an anxiety disorder receive treatment.
Recently, many have turned to hemp to seek treatment. In some cases, a doctor’s advice may play a part. However, many have turned to self-medication.
Self-medication should always be done with the guidance of a professional whenever possible. However, several lab studies have given many confidence in hemp as a treatment option for anxiety and depression. A 2015 study of cannabidiol as a potential treatment for anxiety disorders reported that hemp positively affected anxiety disorders, including one we will discuss later on the list.
More recently, a 2018 study of 27 volunteers found that hemp could reduce anxiety and depression without altering a subject's normal sleep. The following year saw an open study of 72 adults with anxiety or sleep concerns. Results saw a reduction in anxiety scores in 57 patients within the first month. During the same period, 48 patients reported improved sleep scores. However, sleep results fluctuated over time.
Continuing with sleep issues, a 2018 open study of 409 people to assess how cannabis impacted their insomnia conditions. It found that the type of cannabis product affected results. Hemp was associated with more significant symptom relief than THC. As was smoking and vaping over other forms of consumption.
Studies so far have not confirmed that HEMP or THC conclusively reduce insomnia concerns. However, recent results do seem to give some hope to the 30 percent of the general population who experience sleep disruption issues.
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One of the most common symptoms on a state’s medical marijuana list of qualifying conditions is chronic pain. Categorized as a pain that lasts for 12 or more weeks, this condition covers a wide range of patients. As such, lab studies focus on specific symptoms to better understand cannabis’ impact.
Numerous tests have been conducted to understand the matter further. Recent studies include a 2018 open study of HEMP and pain associated with kidney transplants. Of the seven patients assessed, two reported a total pain improvement, while four others had a partial response. Other analyses included assessing how hemp affected young patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Meanwhile, a 2019 uncontrolled case report reported hemp had a "strong effect" on patients with lung cancer.
Hemp treatments and inflammation have been a duo long-linked to one another. Numerous studies have found that HEMP has the potential to reduce the effect of inflammation. Such positive results have been reported with both more severe conditions as well as everyday inflammatory pains.
For example, research in recent years has concluded that hemp may reduce excessive inflammation in various parts of the body, including the colon, as several studies have noted
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
While many now associate post-traumatic stress disorder as a symptom of war, PTSD can stem from a myriad of trauma. As such, it is believed that 7% to 8% of the population will suffer PTSD in their lifetime, with 8 million adults experiencing symptoms each year.
Cannabis has long-served as a potential treatment option for those suffering from PTSD. As such, hemp treatments have been one of the more studied areas of cannabidiol wellness. In 2011, an open study of 79 patients with PTSD resulted in "significant improvement in their quality of life and pain" in most cases, according to researchers. Its conclusion called for additional studies, which have come in the following years.
One such study came in 2018, which found that hemp could be beneficial when combined with routine psychiatric treatment for PTSD. In particular, the study concluded that HEMP seemed to relieve symptoms such as nightmares in those that had long-suffered sleep disturbance.
2015 saw roughly 3.4 million people suffer from epilepsy in the United States. Of the group, 470,000 were children. The condition has several types of epilepsy -- some with little to no options besides cannabis. In recent years, the FDA approved cannabis-based drugs like Epidiolex to potentially treat those suffering from either Lennox-Gastaut syndrome or Dravet syndrome.
The demand for epilepsy options has sparked a wave of cannabis research in recent years. They include two studies from 2018. The first reported both THC and CBD extracts reduced seizures in epilepsy patients. Meanwhile, the other found that half of the children it assessed experience “significant improvement” after using hemp.
2019 saw additional results, including a study that found that the efficacy of HEMP in epilepsy treatment tied to blood levels. Lennox-Gastaut patients received additional support for HEMP treatments when one study found “ long-term efficacy in its use.
While many of these results may prove beneficial to you, keep in mind that each case is different. Additional research on HRMP and its medical uses are underway or are required. Stay tuned for more information. Be sure to contact your doctor before using HEMP for medicinal purposes.
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A lawyer hired by the Paoli Community School Corporation announced during a meeting Wednesday night that the board and Superintendent Casey Brewster agreed to the terms of his resignation, which is effective immediately.
The announcement comes after the board voted last month to suspend Brewster, claiming he was incompetent in the areas of academic progress and financial management.
At the public board meeting, no such claims were levied against Brewster, who was in attendance but did not speak.
School board president Lila Tucker says the board had good reason to ask for Brewster’s resignation, and they shared that information with Brewster and his attorney’s.
“We had ample [evidence] to remove him, and they decided after seeing what was the evidence and those people who were going to supply the evidence in our case,” Tucker says. “Then they asked if they could have some kind of an agreement made.”
She said after seeing the evidence it was Brewster and his attorney that offered the agreement.
Three of the seven board members spoke out, saying they did not like the way the board handled the matter and expressed support for Superintendent Brewster. The board voted 7 to 4 to accept the terms of the resignation.
Residents seemed dismayed by the decision and nearly all those in attendance applauded after board members voiced their support of Brewster, even giving him a standing ovation at one point. There was no question and answer section and no time devoted to comments from the public.
Resident and former Paoli school teacher Trent Magner said he wishes the board had been more transparent about their charges against Brewster.
“All we hear is ‘If you only knew what I knew,’” Magner says. “Well, we want to know.”
Tucker says the information they used in the decision will be made public soon, and she wants people to know what went into the board’s decision.
“I am looking forward to the day it comes available,” she says.


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I never know what to say until I know exactly what to say.
That might sound wishy washy or silly, but it’s just how I operate. I’m often quiet and revert to not saying anything rather than blundering though something that doesn’t make sense and will only make me frustrated when those around me don’t understand.
It’s not always a bad thing, but I’m often nervous that it leads to too much silence, too little explanation, or too many pent up frustrations. It also lets me wait, constantly, until I’m comfortable or ready to go forth with my thoughts, my actions.
Waiting is good sometimes, but not when you’re trying to actually accomplish something. (You know, real life stuff).
So, here we are.
It’s time to bid farewell to The Troika Table. You probably saw this coming, since we haven’t posted since, oh, JULY, but I am here to officially say: it’s been great. Thank you. Mom (aka Tami), Janessa, and I have loved writing our little stories, giving you recipes, and finding out new things about ourselves in the process. For me, it actually led to (fingers crossed) a glimmer of a career, and we’ll see where it goes from here.
But for now, it’s become a little bit too much, something that’s always on the “should do” list but never on the “to do” list.
I do have plans and hopes and little inklings of starting a new blog, but as I explained – that won’t happen until it’s ready. Until I’m ready.
There will be more out of me – someday – but until that day, not a peep.
See you then.


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The Top Benefits of Leasing a Business Vehicle
When you are running a successful business there may become a time that need to get a business vehicle. Getting a panel van could make it easier to transport supplies, for example, rather than using your smaller family car. If you’re not sure whether to lease a company vehicle or not, check out these benefits that may help you decide.
While you might consider buying a new vehicle, leasing makes more sense because then your money isn’t tied up in transport. Leases save your limited working capital so that you can put it toward business expansion or another objective. You might also be able to get a better rate than a manufacturer with a lease from a reputable van supplier.
Less Money Up-Front
Leasing typically requires little down payment, which is great when you have a lot of other business expenses. That’s the case with the VW Transporter lease from Swiss Vans, and here are 8 Videos About New Vw Transporter Lease That’ll Make You Cry. You’ll also pay VAT monthly rather than upfront.
Deducting lease payments is much easier than worrying about depreciation if you bought the automobile instead. Depreciation schedules can be complex and don’t always reflect market values of owned cars, which is a headache. So, it’s nice to be able to avoid that stress.
When you get a panel van or another type of vehicle from a trustworthy supplier, you can start to build a relationship. Then, as you need more vans for your employees, the supplier will provide you with them, making it a scalable venture.
Personalise the Lease
Rather than having a one-size-fits-all approach, look for a lease that can be customized. That way, you can fit it to the terms that you’re comfortable with. For example, ask if you’re able to add a decal to the van so that you can advertise your business while driving around in it as part of your marketing strategy.
At the End of the Lease
When you first lease a company auto, ask the provider what happens at the end of the agreement. Often you can return the van without worrying about what to do with it or having to take the time to try to sell it.
In many cases, you can deduct monthly lease payments as a business expense. While you do not own it, you are still using it for your company. When tax time rolls around, ask someone who has a company fleet if they can advise you in this area.
Change Your Car Soon
If you’re leasing rather than buying the car, another advantage is that you can change it in a few years (depending on the signed agreement). If you know that you will tire of the current automobile within a short time, or want to keep up with trends, then it’s easier to lease another van than buy one.
Add Service and Maintenance
Often leasing agreements can include service and maintenance expenses in the monthly payments. Adding these things to the package is a good idea because then you won’t have to pay for any costly unexpected repairs that you didn’t see coming. Instead, you’re factoring in the cost of driving, and that’s a good thing.
Option to Buy
Some lease agreements allow you the option to buy the van or other type of vehicle at the end of the term if you want to do so. That’s great when you don’t have the money for the car outright but want to know it could be yours down the line. Alternatively, you might have the option to refinance it, which could be useful to your business too. Or, just give the car back.
If you are considering leasing a company vehicle, there are so many advantages to doing so.
Planning can help you to get the right vehicle for your needs and then have an easier time getting to your clients, moving supplies, and doing other business-related activities. Make sure you budget for fuel costs, too, based on the van’s gas mileage and how much you expect to drive this year.

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Today, 96 years ago, women in the US were finally granted the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. This was a process began 42 earlier, in 1878, by¬†Senator Aaron A. Sargent. And despite¬†challenges to the law like¬†Leser v. Garnett, the changes stood, and women maintain¬†the right to vote in the United States.
To celebrate and honor this right, Women’s Equality Day has been observed every year¬†since 1972. The previous year, Bella Abzug¬†introduced a¬†resolution in Congress:
WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to all citizens equally regardless of sex;
WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights: and
WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended and supported in their organizations and activities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that August 26 of each year is designated as “Women’s Equality Day,” and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide demonstration for women’s rights took place.
Though we can very much argue that women are still not equal, what with pay inequality and the debate over Hillary Rodham Clinton’s pantsuit as opposed to her stance on the issues, it is still important to remember that it was only 96 years ago that women were finally granted the right to vote in the United States. We had earned that right well before, as far back as 1776, but deserving something is not the same as being able to do something.
And lest we lose our hard-fought rights, anyone‚Äìmale or female‚Äìwho is eligible but unregistered to vote, should celebrate August 26th by registering to vote. If you already are registered, please consider helping someone else become registered to vote. It is only by exercising our rights that we are able to keep them.
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The 2018 WHL pre-season schedule was announced by the league on Wednesday afternoon, including the Spokane Chiefs’ six exhibition games. Spokane will kick off their pre-season slate against the Portland Winterhawks in Everett, Wash. on August 31.
Spokane will play three games in the annual Labor Day Weekend tournament in Everett, followed by two in the Tri-Cities tournament and a final stand-alone tune-up contest against the Tri-City Americans on Sept. 15.
The Chiefs will not host a pre-season game.
Spokane Chiefs’ 2018 Pre-season Schedule
August 31 – Spokane* vs. Portland – Everett, Wash – 3 p.m.
September 1 – Spokane* vs. Vancouver – Everett, Wash. – 3 p.m.
September 2 – Spokane vs. Seattle* – Everett, Wash. – 3 p.m.
September 6 – Spokane* vs. Seattle – Kennewick, Wash. – 3 p.m.
September 8 – Spokane vs. Tri-City* – Kennewick, Wash. – 7:05 p.m.
September 15 – Spokane vs. Tri-City* – Kennewick, Wash. – 7:05 p.m.
*designated “home” team
The WHL’s pre-season schedule kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 30 and wraps up on Sunday, Sept. 16. The full schedule with all game details is available at whl.ca.
Ticket packages for the 2018-19 regular season are on sale now and start as low as $70! For more information, visit spokanechiefs.com or call a ticket account executive at 509-535-PUCK.

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|Portrait of Abdul Numan Haider from his Facebook page|
The 18-year-old attacker, Abdul Numan Haider, a recent graduate from Springvale Islamic College, "planned to behead officers and post the images online". While his attack on the police was done with a small knife, he had a larger knife as well as an Islamic State flag on his person. He was shot to death by police from the Joint Counter Terrorism team (blending Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police) after he stabbed two of them.
Quotes from the Melbourne Age report today:
- Police say he was part of a small group of Islamic Melbourne men who have been sharing violent hate messages. His passport was cancelled as police became concerned although they chose to meet him outside a police station to avoid inflaming the situation...
- Police believe the plan was to follow instructions from the international terror group Islamic State and behead the officers, cover the bodies in the flag and then take photos to post via the internet.
- He had been the subject of police investigations for the past three months as he had become increasingly radical.
- Schoolfriends said he showed no signs of violent behaviour in secondary college.
|Abdul Numan Haider again|
- Haider, whose family are from Afghanistan, had also been associated with the radical Islamic group called Al-Furqan... Based in Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east, associates of Al-Furqan were the targets of terrorism raids by Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police in 2012.
- Chief Commissioner Lay said Haider attacked a police officer who tried to shake his hand outside the station, and then stabbed another officer, about 7:40pm (AEST) on Tuesday. "When our police members have approached this young man, one's extended his hand to shake his hand and the response has been he's been stabbed in the arm," he said. "The attacker then turned on the second police member and stabbed him three or four times in the body and in the head. The first wounded member has then shot and killed the young man."
- Premier Denis Napthine said it was important that the incident did not divide the community. "Let me make it very, very clear, one of the greatest strengths, one of the greatest assets we have here in Victoria is our harmonious, diverse, multi cultural, multi-faith community," Dr Napthine said. "We shouldn't let a single incident divide that. We need to show each other respect, be tolerant and remain united... It is imperative that we do all that we can to reassure all members of the Victorian community that everything is being done to protect our safety and making sure that our community continues to work together as a whole Victorian community..." [source]
- Leaders of Melbourne's Islamic community have criticised police over their investigation into the fatal shooting. Gaith Krayem from the Islamic Council of Victoria said police were quick to jump to conclusions... "There needs to be a proper process as there always should be when police are involved in a fatality. What we do know is that there's an 18-year-old young man who is dead this morning, there are two police officers in hospital, there is a family who is grieving." Mr Krayem said the public needed to reserve their judgement until a full and objective investigation has taken place. [source]
- "Unfortunately we've had inappropriate language coming from very senior politicians, including the prime minister... It increases the tension." [source]
- "Immediately, individuals such as this unfortunately are given these labels of a radical, or a terrorist, or an extremist," he said. "Unfortunately, because of the environment we're in, as soon as you label somebody like that, people don't want to then question what occurred. We don't know really what happened when this young man arrived at the police station." [source]
|The Al-Furqan centre in Springvale South, a Melbourne|
neighbourhood: "Islamic Centre promoting Tawheed (monotheism)
based on the Quran and Sunnah (According to the way of the
Prophet (Peace be upon him), his companions and
righteous predecessors)" [website]
Several reports today say Haider was part of a radical community called Al-Furqan led by Harun Mehicevic, also known as Abu Talha. The Al-Furqan sheikh's background [source]:
- He came to Australia from Bosnia as a young adult in the mid-1990s, and... has a Pakistani-born wife and six children... Somewhere along the way, Mehicevic turned to a conservative and purist form of Islam known Salafism. He became a follower of hardline Melbourne cleric Sheikh Mohammed Omran, and associated with Abdul Nacer Benbrika, who is serving a 15-year jail term for planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne in 2005.
- Sources within the Islamic community have described him as a ''cult leader'' and ''charismatic but totally delusional''. They say he has gathered a multi-ethnic group of 20 to 30 young men around him, and they are fiercely loyal to him. ''He tells them exactly what they want to hear,'' a source said. ''Hate the kuffar [unbelievers]; hate the system.''
- Although some of [his followers] are of Bosnian origin, they wear clothes of Pakistani or even Saudi Arabian appearance as a way of proclaiming their hardline beliefs.
- Some families were so concerned about the hold Mehicevic had over their children they moved overseas to get them away from his influence.
Speaking outside a Springvale flat near the Al-Furqan bookshop, the controversial sheik said the group was working on a statement to be released later today. [Melbourne Herald-Sun, today]


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Learn about flower structures and their functions then create original pencil drawings that burst with blooming colors!
Which item does not fit with the others? Recognizing similarities and differences is creative fun with this anytime game
"The Busy Tree" by Jennifer Ward inspires students to create original outdoor environments using their body parts as mod
Capture a character from your original story of life in a castle.
Explore the life cycle of butterflies with a fluttery mobile. Find out how to attract these fragile, beautiful creatures
Students will draw a Picasso like portrait using Crayola Oil Pastels on black paper.
Follow the searching line technique used by Alexander Calder in his sculptures, mobiles, and paintings as you create an
Students draw a river or road using one point perspective and add an original poem to complete this work.
Affirm self-image and visualize success by creating original artwork showing the achievement of personal goals.
Students will construct a a painting tool and manipulate it with magnets to create an abstract piece of art.
What wonderful item did Alexander Graham Bell invent? History and technology come together in this recycled construction
Kandinsky's Concentric Circles inspires students to create "one/artist's trash is another artist's treasures."
When Canada celebrates its anniversary on July 1, the sun shines in the north—both night and day. What’s different betwe
Students create an abstract design combining fractured shapes to make whole images. Note: Students will create fractured
Only recently could Canadians establish their own laws. Learn more about the country’s history and the Constitution Act
What makes a pattern? How do we combine patterns to create quilts?
On Remembrance Day, Canadians honor fallen heroes and heroines. Create a 3-panel display to show why and how this event
Students construct an abstracted landscape from a photo. Students use patterns to create various parts of the landscape
Egyptian culture is something that intrigues young and old alike. In this lesson students create their own 3-D canonic j
Immerse yourself in the Pennsylvania folk art tradition of hex signs. These colorful creations incorporate history, math
Read and respond to the fantasy literature, comparing and contrasting characters by building your own 3-dimensional mode
Patterns are all around us – in nature, in our homes, on paper and online. Learn more about patterns and create your own
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Through my research I found that lots of folks are having issues with installing a video card because of Redistributable C++ 2005. I went here and installed 2008 SP1 C++ but that did not work.
I have since installed this from the windows site.
When it comes down to it, after I disable my onboard Nvidia driver, then reboot and disable integrated video, I then shut down the computer and install the card. On the install, using the must up to date drivers from ATI which I downloaded, one of two things happen. Either the install will not go through of the hardware because of missing components or it starts to boot, freezes, and then shuts down. IF it happens to try and reboot and it's succesful it gives me the option of going into safe mode. If I choose normal then it shuts down again. If I enter safe mode, then I access device manager, the software for my Radeon 4670 is there so the driver appears to be installed correctly.
I have an ATI card because I tried installing an Nvida card but the exact same issue happened with my BFG card. Only I spent 2 hours on the 24-hour line with them and they told me to get another card. Luckily BestBuy was good to let me exchange for this Radeon.
Prior to this I installed a new 500w powersupply with the option of plugging in a 20 or 24-pin power connector. Initially, since my power was hooked up to my motherboard with 20, I used 20 pins. Because of my issues with installing the card, and my card would accept 24, I thought that my card was not working because of the power issue. The card itself does not need additional power. Now my PSU is hooked up to the MOBO with 24-pins but I tried 20 and 24 - still having issues with an upgraded video card.
Can someone reccomend the EXACT process of installing a card and reccomend any thing that I can check in my system to make sure everything is OK? I just keep generating blue screen errors in my error log.
05-18-2009 10:24 AM
The way i did it was this.
1) Turn off the pc, open it up, install the pic-e video card in it's slot, connect the 6pin, 8 pin or 4 pin power connector to it that's needed to power it up.
Then check to make sure all other cables are connected to the motherboard such as the 20 or 24pin motherboard connector (if you have a 24pin power cable and your motherboard supports that go ahead and hook up the 20pin+4pin to it) then close it up connect your monitor to the vga, dvi or hdmi port on that ATI video card (make sure you're not connecting to the onboard port). Also try reseatting the ram sticks while you're still ont he inside of the pc.
2) Turn on the pc and you should get video at least the HP invent or Compq screen. At this point press F1 or F10 to get to your BIOS and make sure video source is set to PCI-E. If you don't have that option disable the Onboard video.
3) Then save changes, reboot the pc and you should be able to get into Windows.
4) Check to see what kind of video card you have like a Powercolor xxxx or Sapphire or Radeon xxx.
If the drivers on ati.com don't work properly go to the manufacturer's site or run a Windows Update while online and it will find and install a more stable video drivers then once finished reboot the pc and shuld work.
05-20-2009 06:28 PM
Wondering if you found a solution, I spent a long time on the phone to support trying to sort this, and even after a system recovery it still would not work.
Refitting the origonal 3450 gets it going again so I think the onboard VGA must be disabled or there would be an instance of it in the device manager.
05-22-2009 01:58 PM
Negative - The advice below resulted in my screen freezing after re-boot and changing integrated to PCI-e (also re-seated my 2x2gb RAM). No dice. The system on re-boot in normal mode would crash. In safe mode I found some new drivers (updated by ATI on 5-15-2009 I think).
I had a Microsoft person look at it and he did a memory dump and found that the driver is causing the BSOD. He also suggested I run a DirectX diagnostic - I think it's diagdx or dxdiag in the Start/Run field. DirectX was fine.
I'm at a loss - Good thing I purchased the card on 4-19 at best buy - now I have a $100 paper weight that cannot be returned because the 30 days has expired.
The whole reason I got a new computer was to upgrade to a PCI-e slot from my old AGP to update my video card. Seems that was a complete waste of $400 now.
I guess the next step is to get online with the Visiontek toll free number (monday through friday 8-6PM (when I'm at work).
I'm not bitter though . . . .


Obamacare Legal Fight Paused by Court Because of U.S. Shutdown
(Bloomberg) -- A court battle over whether to end Obamacare was put on hold by a federal appeals judge because U.S. courts are running out of funds during the partial government shutdown.
Congressional Democrats supporting an appeal of a Texas judge’s December ruling declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional objected to pausing the case, but U.S. Circuit Judge Leslie Southwick approved the stay on Friday. Obamacare remains in effect until the conclusion of the appeals process.
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text: International accounting regulators wish to include "rented" assets and future payment commitments on their balance sheets. This article shows how such a proposal would affect family enterprises. Because the literature on family firms suggests that they have particular finance structures and tend to avoid excessive debt levels, a significant effect is expected. We build on the capitalization method and look for consequences on firms' business analyses. Additionally, we run a regression analysis to determine the "family nature" effect. The results show that family firms would be significantly affected, particularly with respect to leverage. When sector is considered, the retail sector is the most affected.

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PEP GUARDIOLA waxed lyrical about his players after Manchester City’s irresistible display at Chelsea moved them ominously to within striking distance of the Premier League summit.
City’s convincing win at Stamford Bridge moved the club into fifth — just four points adrift of leaders Liverpool with a game in hand and well and truly in the title hunt.
Guardiola’s men have struggled to hit top form so far this season but their performance in putting Chelsea to the sword fired a menacing message toward their rivals at the top of the table.
Guardiola said: ‘We had a plan, we tried to play in a certain way that we did in the past and it worked. The players were incredible, fantastic in all departments.
‘We are a team that has to play in one certain rhythm. A lot of passes and, in the right moment, attack. We won Premier Leagues in that way, and we miss a little bit for many reasons this tempo, and today we got it. The way we won the League titles, it was because we were like today.’
Guardiola still played down City’s role in the title race saying: ‘The League is weird for everyone this season. We just have to be focused during games, but otherwise relax. Hopefully in the League in the last six, seven games we can be there fighting.’
The City boss was full of praise for Phil Foden, scorer of City’s second goal.
‘He never dropped his energy, how he helps, and he can play up front in all four positions. And again, he has a sense of goal, he scored another fantastic goal. We rely on him, incredible. He will be a top player because he is so clever, so calm.’
City’s fine performance was made more incredible due to their squad being decimated by a Covid outbreak.
‘I said thank you to all the players,’ the manager added. ‘We had players and staff with Covid and we asked players to step forward and they did, to make an incredible display against one of the best teams in England. The only problem is to play these amount of games with only 15 or 16 players. This is difficult to handle.’
Foden, who scored and supplied an assist, heaped praise on his boss who forcefully congratulated him on his way off.
‘We always have great tactics in games like this, Pep is a genius,’ said Foden. ‘It means a lot when you put 100 per cent into a game to get a good shout off the manager. I’ve got a lot to learn, there are quality players here. Riyad Mahrez could easily have played. I’ve just got to keep improving. This win gives us confidence in the changing room. We want to keep pushing now.’

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Envelope with four calling birds (we couldn’t figure it out either).
And inside was a new game altogether! It’s called CLUSTERFUCK!
The game entails passing cards around, and then everyone closes their eyes and points to each other. The objective is to have two or more people pointing at each other in order to score (literally).
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Not because President Joe Biden is correct all the time. He certainly is not.
But through his first 100 days in the oval office, Biden has given us periodic false claims rather than the dizzying avalanche of daily injustice we faced from his predecessor.
Trump was a markedly productive liar, so it is neither a surprise nor a compliment to note that his successor has been far more accurate than he was. And Biden also just talks a lot less publicly than Trump did. According to data provided to CNN by Factba.se, a website that tracks the president’s statements, Biden said about 28% fewer public words than Trump through April 29 in their respective terms.
When Biden publishes remarks, he is much more likely to read from a prepared text than the famous freewheel Trump was. The prepared texts of the bid have been quite actual.
Then, of course, there’s the Twitter hole. Trump used the social media service to deliver off-the-cuff and often inaccurate boasting and attacks. Biden prefers to traditionally send presidential messages, a large number of which do not contain verifiable requirements of any kind.
False ad-libbed numbers
Once Biden has made false claims, he tends to be ad-libbing rather than reading a text. And he has often been ad-libbing about some sort of statistic.
At a CNN town hall in February, for example, Biden claimed that the majority of undocumented immigrants in the United States are not Hispanic (experts put the actual figure at two-thirds or more Hispanic), that China has more retirees than working people (it has hundreds of millions more workers than retirees) that community health centers would be sent one million Covid-19 vaccine doses per week (the plan was to send one million in the “initial phase” of the program, not every week), and that the federal minimum wage of $ 7 , 25 per hour would be $ 20 per hour today if it had been linked to inflation at creation (Biden was not even close – the White House said Biden interfered with another statistic).
At a press conference in March, Biden claimed that the United States was sending “the vast majority of the families” who arrived at the southern border back. While the United States actually expelled the majority of all migrants encountered at the border, in particular, it sent less than half of the families back.
In a March interview with ABC News, where Biden got three statistics wrong, he claimed that “all” tax breaks from his law on pandemic relief would go to the bottom 60%. The think tank estimate, to which he referred, actually said that about 67% of the tax benefits, not “all” the benefits, would go to the bottom 60%.
Wrong on two hot-button issues
The city’s false claims are not limited to numbers.
In late March and early April, Biden weighed the hot-button issue of Georgia’s new electoral law. And he either misled or did not have his facts straight – which erroneously suggested that the law requires polling stations to be closed at. 17 (You can read a detailed fact check here.) While the new law reduces voter turnout in other ways, Biden gave the law’s supporters ammunition to argue that opponents of the law were dishonest.
In an April speech on another delicate subject, Biden’s pressure for further gun control measures, he exaggerated the gun manufacturers’ immunity from litigation, arguing that the gun industry is the only major industry that “cannot be sued.” While gun manufacturers are protected from liability for illegal use of weapons, they can and have been sued for other reasons, such as negligence and their marketing practices. And vaccine manufacturers also have significant liability protection.
Inaccuracies in jabbing Trump
Biden has sometimes been inaccurate in his attempt to compare himself positively with Trump.
Speaking of Covid-19, Biden said in March: “A year ago, we were hit by a virus that was met with silence and spread uncontrollably.” Trump’s early rhetoric about the virus was misleading, but “silence” is not true. (Biden did not specify that it was the Trump team that allegedly met the virus in silence, but it was his clear suggestion.)
Biden twice claimed that Trump “eliminated” the Obama administration’s funding for Central America. While annual aid funding to Central America fell under Trump, and while Trump temporarily suspended aid in 2019, “eliminated” is an exaggeration.
As the Washington Post and the New York Times noted, Biden also exaggerated the extent to which the Trump-era federal government awarded contracts to foreign companies.
And Biden has repeatedly claimed that Trump signed a tax law that gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%. In fact, the figure of 83% is a think tank’s estimate of what would happen in 2027 if the law’s corporate tax cuts remained in place, but its individual tax cuts expired as planned after 2025. Between 2018 and 2025, conversely, the think tank estimated that the top 1% would get between 20.5% and 25.3% of the benefits.
We will not call the “83%” claim flat false – depending on how Biden has said it, it has been misleading or lacking context – but it is worth noting that there is more to the story than Biden goes on to suggest.
Some of Biden’s false claims have been unnecessary exaggerations.
He boasted of how well he knows Chinese President Xi Jinping, claiming three times in office that he has traveled 17,000 miles or more than 17,000 miles “with” Xi. As the Washington Post first noted, this figure is not nearly accurate. Biden could have done the exact same thing by saying that he has spent a lot of time with Xi.
Before visiting wounded military personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in January, Biden claimed to reporters that he, as vice president, had visited the facility “every single Christmas.” In fact, there is evidence that he went on five of the eight Christmases; he might as well have demonstrated his commitment to the troops by saying so.
In a passionate boom at CNN City Hall in February, Biden claimed that the United States spends nearly $ 9 billion on a tax cut “for people who own racehorses.” Experts have no idea where Biden got this number for this tax cut, and the White House declined to explain.
Unlike Trump’s White House, Biden’s team has often been receptive to fact – and sometimes they have been responsive to it.
In my first fact check of Biden’s presidency in January, I noticed that Biden was wrong when he told reporters that when he originally announced his goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days, “you all said that is not possible. ” Biden switched to a softer, more accurate language in subsequent comments on the subject – for example, in March, saying that his goal was initially “considered ambitious” and that “some even suggested it was something daring.”
In April, I pointed out that Transport Minister Pete Buttigieg and another Biden administration official had erred in claiming that Moody’s Analytics expected Biden’s infrastructure plan to create 19 million jobs; in fact, Moody’s credited the infrastructure plan with about 2.7 million of the 19 million additional jobs it discussed in its forecast. I noticed that Biden’s own description of the figure “19 million” had been technically accurate, but still quite misleading.
And then something interesting happened. When Buttigieg was challenged on television about his inaccurate figure, he acknowledged his mistake and correctly explained the nuances of Moody’s analysis. And Biden and the White House proactively stopped inserting the figure “19 million” – even in the narrowly correct form, Biden had originally used it.
We’re not having a party for the Biden team here; it would have been better if the administration had not done it wrong in the first place. But after four years with a Trump White House that was apparently not interested in fact-checking at all, Biden White House’s response was a welcome development.


LOWELL -- The proposed city budget that would raise taxes by 2 percent and increase overall funding by more than $11 million is being called "lean" by city officials.
Arriving at a balanced budget of $361.6 million was not easy, City Manager Eileen Donoghue said, resulting in cuts for many departments that are now as lean as they have ever been.
However, she emphasized that the proposed fiscal 2019 budget still provides funding for essential city services.
The proposed budget "achieved the delicate balance of raising revenue to cover fixed costs like pensions and debt service with maintaining the affordability of residential taxes for the residents," Donoghue wrote to city councilors on Tuesday.
The $361.6 million budget would be a 3.3 percent increase from last year's $349.9 million budget.
City officials "worked tirelessly" to limit the impact to the taxpayer, Donoghue said. The 2 percent tax increase is less than the 2.5 percent increase allowed under Proposition 2 1/2.
"In the coming years, we must continue to find creative ways to increase revenue streams, particularly as we look toward bonding the largest high school school project in Massachusetts history," the city manager wrote.
The estimated $345.4 million high school project is expected to result in an average tax increase of $272. The debt service payment would last for three decades.
By the end of fiscal 2019, the city should be in a position to execute the project funding agreement with the Massachusetts School Building Authority, according to officials.
"While this project greatly impacts the city's borrowing capacity, the high school project represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the cornerstone of the Lowell Public School system," Donoghue wrote.
The proposed single-line appropriation for Lowell Public Schools in fiscal 2019 is $165.5 million, compared to last year's appropriation of $162.1 million. The city continues to exceed its net school spending requirement, Donoghue said, surpassing it by $9 million this year.
"It's important to show our commitment to education," she said.
City officials recently freed up $500,000 to help close a $3.2 million shortfall in the school budget, saving six positions that faced cuts. The school budget had proposed cutting 43 positions, including library aides, school clerks and teachers.
The capital appropriation for the School Department is more than $3 million in fiscal 2019. The city will complete a comprehensive facility assessment this year, studying each city-owned building and developing a preventive maintenance schedule for each site.
Public safety is also a critical pillar in the city's budget, Donoghue said. She's proposing the council appropriate funding to maintain the total number of budgeted sworn officers at 250.
Donoghue is also requesting that the total Fire Department uniformed personnel remain at 213, even though a federal grant alleviating some salary costs is expiring.
In addition, the city has added a full-time substance abuse coordinator in the Health Department to help address the opioid epidemic.
Some of the challenges in the next fiscal year include: a $1.6 million increase in the pension assessment, $2.1 million net charter school expense increase, potential $2 million increase in salaries from collective bargaining agreements, and ongoing capital and operating needs of the Lowell Public Schools.
As a result, many line items were cut across various city departments.
"While I'm confident in my department heads' ability to continue to do the great work they do each year with less, it is worth noting that these departments are as lean as they have ever been," Donoghue told the council.
The total appropriations by category across the city include:
* Education, $178.2 million
* General government, $101.4 million
* Public safety, $47.1 million
* Public works, $40.1 million
* Debt service capital improvements, $25.3 million.
Intergovernmental revenue makes up 47 percent of the revenue, while taxes make up 37 percent of the revenue. The other sources are charges for services (15 percent) and licenses and permits (1 percent).
"It is my hope that this budget will be a major first step toward my goal of improving the economic vitality of the city through sound fiscal planning, increased public safety and strategic partnerships," Donoghue wrote.
The public hearing for the budget is set for June 12 at the City Council meeting.
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