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Church Credit Champions Network calls for churches to encourage affordable credit
Along with colleagues in the Dioceses of London and Southwark, the network is encouraging local churches to raise awareness of affordable credit during the month of June by opening ‘pop-up shops’ for their local credit unions in church after the main service to give out information and encourage people to join.
Julia Webster, Church Credit Champions Network Coordinator, explained: “As most local credit unions won’t have enough staff to run each ‘pop up shop’, we’re asking for volunteers from each participating church to help out, with the support of awareness training from the Network which takes just an hour of your time.
“It’s a great opportunity for your church to help people become more financially resilient - research shows that more than 60% of the population have less than one week’s salary in savings, little wonder then that so many are finding themselves in serious debt. Joining a credit union can be transformational for people with many saving for the first time in their lives.”
The network, launched in May 2014 as a response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s critique of pay day lenders such as Wonga, aims to encourage Christians to invest in credit unions so they can increase their opportunities to lend to more people.
If your church would be interested in participating please email Julia Webster: firstname.lastname@example.org or call 0151 705 2194.

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Commonly the term "Wafer" denotes a circular disk that serves as base material in the semiconductor fabrication process. Hundreds of process steps are performed on a Wafer to create devices like transistors or diodes. These devices are arranged in functional units, so called dies, each comprising an integrated circuit (IC). Depending on the functional complexity of the IC, the used process technology, and the size of the Wafer disk, there are up to several thousand dies that are produced on one Wafer. This amounts to a gigantic number of individual devices. In TCAD simulations only a very small number of devices or even just a fraction of a single device is considered. Compared to a circuit or logic simulator a TCAD simulator operates at a very low level of abstraction. Therefore, in the TCAD field the term Wafer is used to denote the very small fraction of a Wafer disk that is used during a TCAD simulation.
A TCAD conform Wafer description contains the geometry (topography) of the device structure, and quantities as they are used by the simulator models (e.g. dopant concentrations, forces, stress, ...). Boundary information is used to identify parts of the surface of a simulation domain, and is necessary to define the geometrical region for boundary conditions (e.g. contacts of a device). A boundary information may also hold properties like the material type of a contact or quantities like interface charges between two regions.
On the other hand side the Wafer description must not contain any model parameters, boundary conditions for the underlying equation system, or any other information that is of use for a certain simulator only. The data model is required to be as independent of any specific requirements of a simulator as possible. For the same reason the Wafer description also lacks any kind of circuitry information or macro model description as they are used by circuit simulators (SPICE).

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A teenager from Chula Vista, California, has restored community members’ faith in humanity.
The seventeen-year-old named Adrian Rodriquez stumbled upon a woman’s purse left in a local grocery store cart.
Instead of leaving it behind or, worse, stealing from it, Adrian carefully looked for identification. Afterward, he drove to the owner’s home– named Eliana Martin– to return the item.
In recently-shared Ring doorbell footage, you can see Adrian ring the home’s doorbell while three dogs bark at him from behind a nearby gate.
The purse’s owner was not home, so he left it with another roommate who also lives at the house. But, the woman was initially confused and just thanked Adrian before he left.
After the group of roommates realized what happened, they decided the at-the-time unidentified young man deserved a reward for his act of kindness. They took to Facebook, and the Chula Vista community quickly tracked him down.
Even more amazingly, the women organized a GoFundMe campaign describing the courteous act and asked the community to raise a reward for Adrian.
“We think he deserves a great compensation. Please share so we can let his story be told; he was raised by amazing parents, and this needs to be shared,” the campaign read.

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- What are the kids up to on the internet these days? A handy breakdown of reported social network usage by the high school class of 2014 reveals that Facebook is still a player with 61% of teens accessing at least once a day. Also, breaking news: Teens hide what they are doing online from their parents.
- Google search results linking to articles are disappearing in the European Union, courtesy of the recent “right to be forgotten” court decision. So your online search in the EU for someone’s name may not yield all the relevant results. Given the role of search, this is tantamount to removing articles from the public record.
- On a less Orwellian and more practical note, most of us have posted something on the internet they’ve later regretted. Here’s a useful how-to video on editing your own social media posts.
- David Carr notes both the exaggerated death and the “finite and recognizable” value of the email newsletter, which has undergone a recent renaissance of sorts. Jason Hirschhorn, author of the terrific Media ReDef, calls email “the cockroach of the Internet” for its ability to persist for over 40 years. Last year I referred to oft-eulogized email as a digital Rasputin.
- IFTTT (if this, then that) recipes are a great way for non-technical folks to tie together web services to create useful actions. For example, set up a recipe to send tweets that you favorite to Pocket, or to send you a text if it’s going to rain tomorrow. Combine that easy-to-use capability with the burgeoning internet of things, and life starts to get interesting. This week, a new partnership with Nest paves the way for users to create more useful and weird recipes of the physical world.
Weekend fun: OK, Go has served up another oddly addictive music video, full of optical illusions. But can you and your attention span still make it through a 3-minute video?


SPRINGDALE - Firsts keep piling up for Springdale Har-Ber.
The Wildcats, playing only their second year of varsity football, rolled to a 35-14 victory over Cabot for their first playoff victory Friday.
Har-Ber (9-2), which earned the 7A-West's No. 1 seed after tying Bentonville for the conference title, will host Russellville in the semifinals next Friday at Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium. Cabot, which defeated Russellville 55-42 in its final regular-season game to qualify for the playoffs, finished 7-4.
The Wildcats were efficient, scoring touchdowns on four of six possessions. The only times they didn't score were on their first possession of the second half when Oscar Escobar was wide left on a 32-yard field goal attempt and their final drive, which reached Cabot's 19 when the game ended.
Otherwise, Har-Ber was nearly perfect. Starting quarterback Patrick Calcagni passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third. His backup, Zach Faust, also passed for a touchdown. Calcagni and Faust combined for 10-of-16 passing for 256 yards.
But most damaging for the Panthers was a pair of secondhalf turnovers deep in Har-Ber territory.
Cabot took the second half kickoff and drove to the Har-Ber 8, before Michael James fumbled.
After Escobar's missed field goal, the Panthers drove inside the Wildcats' 20. But a motion penalty on fourth-and-1 forced Cabot to pass. Houston Pruitt intercepted Jeremy Wilson's attempt at the 10 and raced untouched down the Cabot sideline for a 90-yard touchdown and a 28-0 lead with 10:37 left in the game.
"We moved it between the20s, but we'd get it down there and something would go wrong," Cabot Coach Mike Malham said. "In the second half, we came out and fumbled inside the 10, which has killed us all year.
"It was still 21-0, and that's a two-touchdown swing. Fourthand-1 and we jump offsides; now it's fourth-and-6. And instead of us getting it in, they get it in."
Cabot's ball-control Dead-T offense, which held the ball for 31:23 to Har-Ber's 16:37, limited Har-Ber's opportunities, but the Wildcats took advantage when they could.
Har-Ber scored touchdowns on each of its three first-half possessions for a 21-0 halftime lead.
Calcagni's 1-yard run capped a 60-yard, game-opening drive.
He directed a 95-yard drive on the Wildcats' next possession, passing 35 yards to Josh Fohner for the touchdown with 1:04 left in the first quarter for a 14-0 lead.
Cabot put together a 15-play drive that took nearly eight minutes, but James, who finished with 164 yards on 37 carries, was stopped about a foot short of a first down on fourth-and-3.
Faust then guided the Wildcats on an 80-yard scoring drive. He passed 29 yards to Fohner on a second-and-24 play, then split two Cabot defenders on a 40-yard touchdown pass to Ethan Morris with 2:24 left in the half.
Wood isn't putting much credence in Har-Ber's lack of playoff history.
"Even though we're a secondyear program, they're Springdale kids," he said. "They know what championship football is. They've watched Jarrell Williams teams, Gus Malzahn teams step on this field and win a whole lot of ballgames.
"That's all they've ever wanted to do is grow up and be Springdale football players. And they're doing it at Har-Ber."


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The Government had asked for acquiring the land for developing the park to reap the benefits of booming apparel and textile sector in the country. With SAFTA now in place the region is all set to reap the real benefits of regional trade liberalization on the pattern of other trading blocs it said. Singh said the State Government had taken the lead in irrigation infrastructure projects and lakhs of farmers in all regions of the State were bound to reap the benefits in the years to come. Those who do not discharge their duties reap neither the merit of performing the rituals nor do they become eligible for spiritual knowledge. The model being prepared at the moment will cost Iraq billions in lost revenues while global corporations reap the harvest. Warning the TRS not to issue threats to the Congress or dissident TRS leaders he said they would reap the consequences if they talk about stoning and attacking us. Prabhu hopes the move will help the rural populace reap the benefits of IT and be on a par with their urban counterparts. However good rainfall during the monsoon helped farmers reap a good harvest during the kharif season and although there is sufficient water for sowing of summer crops progress of sowing has been hit owing to power shortage in the rural feeders. Rangarajan who was speaking of the opportunities and risks that globalisation presented in todays world said that India must reform the trade system to reap benefits of international trade and take domestic measures to realize the full potential of globalisation.


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Pub chain's sales enjoy Jubilee lift
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has revealed significantly improved sales figures after benefiting from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Euro 2012.
The group, whose 850 pubs are mainly in town centres, including Belfast, Londonderry, Newtownards and Enniskillen, said the special events had a positive impact on footfall as like-for-like sales rose 6.1% in the 11 weeks to July 8, compared to a 2% rise in the previous quarter.
Wetherspoon expects a "reasonable outcome" for the financial year ending this month but said the main challenges facing the group were continuing cost pressures resulting from government legislation.
The chain has already warned it will slow the pace of new pub openings in the next year to between 20 and 30 sites as it grapples with a £50m increase in its annual tax bill, including rises in excise duty.
The chain's chairman Tim Martin said he was hopeful that people may be starting to return to pubs following the smoking ban.
He said: "Our sales have been growing at about 2% over recent years. The industry may be starting to see a bit of a rebound after the smoking ban."


Hayek Defends 'Frida' in Mexico
Published 6:00 pm, Friday, November 8, 2002
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Salma Hayek returned to the city where she got her start in show business to defend "Frida," the Miramax Films release in which she stars as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
Many U.S. critics call the film one of the most important Hispanic-themed movies in years. But Mexican critics have accused Hayek of turning her back on Mexico to impress U.S. moviegoers.
Some charge "Frida" sensationalizes the lives of Kahlo and her husband, muralist Diego Rivera. Others complained that it downplayed the couple's leftist political views.
"It's not a documentary," Hayek said Friday. "They want to see a biography but you can't do a biography in two hours."
Hayek left her home in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz and found fame as a soap-opera star in Mexico City before packing two suitcases and moving to Los Angeles on a whim in 1991.
Hayek, who served as one of the film's producers and says Kahlo is one of her heroes, said the movie tells the tale of how Kahlo and Rivera's relationship started out as "a specific love story and became a story of unconditional love."


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NHL takes first step towards possible expansion team in 'unique market' Las Vegas
BOCA RATON, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced Monday that the board of governors had no objection to a potential owner of a Las Vegas expansion team conducting a season-ticket drive to help gauge the viability of the market.
Bettman emphasized the board had not voted on expansion. It had not even voted on the season-ticket drive. It simply had no objection to the season-ticket drive.
He said the NHL didn’t know how the potential owner would run the season-ticket drive yet, or what would be enough to help show the market was viable, or whether the board would approve a Las Vegas franchise even if the market was viable.
“Please,” he told reporters, “do not make more out of this than it is.”
Here is what this is: a first step.
The temptation is to joke about the NHL gambling on Las Vegas – about Bettman the betting man, keeping a poker face, holding his cards close to the vest, going all-in on expansion.
But expansion is no joke, and Bettman is wise enough to know that if the NHL is to become the first major pro sports league to put a franchise in Las Vegas, it can’t be a roll of the dice on the ice, a doubling down on hockey in the desert not far from Phoenix, a desperate pull for a jackpot.
It must be a sober business decision.
“We haven’t studied it yet,” Bettman said.
Not at all?
“Not really,” Bettman said. “I mean, we’ve seen surveys people have shared with us. But again, I think in a whole host of ways, some of them very good and extraordinary, it’s a unique market. It’s not like some of the other markets.”
There is money in Vegas. Lots and lots of money. There is a $350 million arena being built essentially right on the Strip by AEG, the owner of the Los Angeles Kings, and deputy commissioner Bill Daly has visited the site. There is an ownership group that has been expressing interest in an NHL franchise for more than a year – William Foley and the Maloof family. These are the same Maloofs who hosted the NHL Awards at the Palms when the show first moved to Vegas.
The NHL’s owners would not have to share any expansion fee – say, $450 million – with the players.
But there are good reasons why no major pro sports league has put a team in Las Vegas, and they go beyond gambling itself. There is the gaming culture – all the entertainment options, all the people working at night. There is the transient, transplanted population. There is the relatively small corporate base.
A $450 million expansion fee divided by 30 equals $15 million per team – a nice payday in the short term, but a relative pittance in the long term. If the franchise struggles and needs to be propped up by revenue sharing, that won’t be worth it. And the franchise won’t have a chance without a strong season-ticket base. Tourists and casino comps would not be enough.
“People do have questions about the market because it is a unique market,” Bettman said.
Bettman said Foley asked him about the season-ticket drive last week. So Bettman asked the board about it Monday.
Why would anyone object?
There is no rush. The Las Vegas arena isn’t scheduled to be done until the spring of 2016. The arena in Quebec City is still being built. An arena in Seattle is still being debated.
This way, Foley can gauge the viability of the market for himself and the NHL. He can decide if he is still interested in a franchise, and the NHL can decide what it wants to do – without a commitment. It might also spur other interested parties in other potential markets to get to work.
“If the market is as strong as some people believe, obviously Mr. Foley will continue to be interested, and we’ll have to figure it out from there,” Bettman said. “It may be that we’re in the same position we’re in now but he’ll hang in there until at whatever point we decide we want to do an expansion, and it may be that the board decides that they still don’t want to expand at all.”
It seems doubtful the board will decide it doesn’t want to expand at all, if it has a market – or markets – with an arena, an owner and a potential fan base.
The NHL grew from 21 to 30 teams and stretched its geographical footprint southward from 1991 to 2000, adding nine teams, relocating three others. But it has not expanded – and has relocated one team – since then. It has a new labor agreement with a hard salary cap. It has a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenue with the players, and HRR is approaching $4 billion. It has 16 teams in the East and 14 in the West since realigning in 2013-14.
“We’re getting lots of expressions of interest in places that don’t have teams, which is very gratifying,” Bettman said.
Personally, I wouldn’t have 30 teams, let alone 31 or 32, let alone 33 or 34. A higher concentration of talent means a higher level of play. I wouldn’t expand until the Arizona Coyotes and the Florida Panthers solved their problems, either.
But there seems to be little concern about talent supply, and the league insists the Coyotes and the Panthers aren’t relocating. There seems to be plenty of support for expansion in general.
“The league’s never been healthier, it’s growing like crazy,” said Peter Karmanos, the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes. “I think time has proven that the league certainly has enough talent for expansion. I think we should continue to expand, even though there’s not a formal process.”
The informal process, at least, has begun.
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Savannah Meadows, the Perfect Sandy Location
Utah is known worldwide for our beautiful mountain views, outdoor recreation and, of course, world-class ski resorts. If you’re looking for mountain views, along with easy access to ski resorts, arts, entertainment, shopping, dining, fitness and even public transportation, Sandy is right in the center of it all. Tailor Built Homes currently has two homes for sale on .24 acre lots in our beautiful Savannah Meadows community in East Sandy.
This location has it all. Take a short stroll to the Dimple Dell Rec Center where you can get your workout in a variety of ways from swimming to cycling, or even climbing an indoor rock wall! Nestled between Utah county and Salt Lake City, Sandy is the perfect place to commute to work downtown or in Lehi. A quick 5 minute drive can get you to I-15, or you are just two miles from the nearest TRAX station. After work, experience all that this amazing city has to offer! Savannah Meadows is within an 8 minute drive to Rio Tinto Stadium, Hale Center Theater, Southtowne Expo Center, Jordan Commons and the Shops at South Towne. In the winter months, you will be a short drive from both Alta and Snowbird Ski Resorts. Of course, it’s not just an incredible location that you get living at Savannah Meadows. These Tailor Built Homes have been carefully planned out to be the perfect haven to come home to, with thoughtful design, high-end finishes and skilled craftsmanship that you can enjoy for years to come!
We’ve figured out a way to successfully combine all of the best features from both two-story and rambler homes. The result is a roomy two-story home with the master suite and laundry room conveniently located on the main floor.
This home is full of character! The charming gables on the exterior are highlighted with bright white board and batten, with deep blue lap siding and white stone accents. Bronze windows beautifully contrast the white trim. A covered porch provides the perfect place to sit in a rocking chair and enjoy the sunset. Each light fixture, from the chandeliers in the master bath to the ceiling fans, was hand-selected to highlight the luxurious features this home has to offer. Vaulted ceilings adorn the guest suite on the main floor and the upstairs loft area. Custom built-in stained shelves next to the fireplace create a beautiful and functional area to store your favorite books or collectibles. Beauty and functionality define each space in this home, making it a place you want to come home to and spend time in.
Walk in through the front door and find a spacious home office behind double doors. From the entrance is a straight shot into the great room, followed by the gourmet kitchen and living room. If the guest suite or master suite is where you’re headed, take a quick detour from the entrance to a private hallway that separates the space from the public areas. A half bath sits at the back corner of the home, along with a huge walk-in pantry with built-in shelving that will hold all of your cooking gear and food storage. From the large two car garage, walk into a mud room with a built-in bench and cubbies, and a huge laundry room with cabinetry and enough counter space to fold all your loads of laundry! The stained mantle and shelving around the fireplace match the stained railing with cable accents that lead upstairs from the great room. Upstairs you will find a large loft area with huge windows, and two additional bedrooms with a shared bath. The huge unfinished basement with a private entrance provides the option to create a large flex area, two additional bedrooms with a shared bath, and plenty of storage.
The grand master suite in the FELT is located on the main floor, brilliantly separated from the public areas. A sliding glass door provides a private entrance to the spacious backyard, while also allowing natural light to fill the room. The classic black and white color scheme from the tile to the cabinetry and quartz countertops in the master bath showcases the luxurious shower with Euro glass doors and the freestanding tub. Enjoy the perfect getaway in your own home!
This gourmet kitchen has everything you have come to expect with a Tailor Built Home. A 7 ½ foot island defines the space and the entire kitchen is equipped with upgraded level 2 quartz. KitchenAid stainless steel appliances include a dishwasher, microwave, double oven, gas range and hood. The cabinetry features bright white modern slab soft close doors with beautiful brushed nickel bar pulls. Soft close drawers with a strong dovetail joint are sturdy and keep everything in place. An open concept floor plan allows for the great room, kitchen and dining area to flow seamlessly into one another, while providing plenty of room for each space. Large windows and a sliding glass door overlook the rear covered patio, with views of the Wasatch mountains and a beautiful place to enjoy the sunrise.
If you’re looking for a spacious home in Salt Lake county with the master on the main floor and plenty of room for friends and family, the FELT is it.
Classic pillars lead to the front door of this stunning traditional two-story home loaded with features and extras! With bright white lap siding, bronze windows accented with black wooden shutters and beautiful stone surround adorning this home’s exterior, it is a classic beauty from the outside in.
Walk in through the beautiful stained front door to a huge entryway with 9 foot ceilings and 8 foot doors, two-toned paint and wood laminate throughout. The entire main floor has laminate flooring, except for the laundry & mud room, which has beautiful Savwood tile. Double doors provide an entrance to the den at the front of the home, with the kitchen/great room/dining area at the back.
The gourmet kitchen has so many gorgeous finishes! A stained shaker 8 ½ foot kitchen island beautifully complements the white shaker cabinetry and white quartz countertops throughout. A stainless steel farmhouse sink is both functional and adds to the charm of this traditional design. KitchenAid stainless steel appliances include a double oven and gas range. The kitchen branches out to both the dining area and the great room, which each have an 8 foot sliding glass door out to the large covered rear patio.
** Photo shown is of Shaker cabinetry that will have a similar look to what will be installed at the kitchen of the CHARVET.**
With an entrance right off the stairs and a huge walk-in closet separating it from the other bedrooms, this master suite in the CHARVET is perfectly situated at the front of the home. A large shower with tile surround and a Euro style glass door sits across from the freestanding tub. Enjoy the views out the windows above the tub and between the two sinks at the oversized vanity that allow natural light to spill into this spa-like retreat.
** The walk-in master closet of the CHARVET will have a similar look and layout to the Tailor Built master suite closet pictured. **
With three additional bedrooms upstairs and two bedrooms in the finished area of the basement, there is an abundance of room for family, guests and any hobbies you want to pursue out of the home.
** Photo shown is of a bedroom that will have the same doors and lever handles that will be featured in the CHARVET. **
The laundry room has been combined with the mud room in this home with an ideal location on the main floor just off the garage. Everything you’d expect in an enhanced laundry room is featured here, including a sink for washing out those stubborn stains. A bench with built-in cubbies stands against one wall. The design further accommodates storage and organization with cabinets along another wall, complete with beautiful quartz countertops that provide plenty of counter space for folding.
There is no shortage of storage in this home. The two car tandem garage has room to park 4 cars inside, or any combination of cars, recreational vehicles, boxes, shop supplies or whatever else you had in mind with this impressive 792 square foot garage space with 9’ doors. Two pantries lead from the garage area to the gourmet kitchen. Built-in shelving and cubbies throughout provide a stylish storage solution that adds to the charm of this beautiful home. The finished basement also provides plenty of space to use for storage.
We’d love to show you all that these homes have to offer with a personal tour of Savannah Meadows! With special summer pricing, we do not expect these gorgeous homes to last long! Contact our sales team today at 801.869.3232 or email email@example.com

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After winning the men’s and women’s team event at this year’s VICTOR Oceania Championships 2020 and securing the continental spot for the TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020, Australia have withdrawn from the tournament.
“It was a difficult decision to make, but due to the international travel conditions in place and the health and safety of our players and all related staff remains paramount. Unfortunately, it is not feasible for the teams from Australia to participate in this year’s event”, says Badminton Australia CEO, Jamie Parsons.
“Many of our players reside in states which are still facing restrictions due to COVID-19. We wish all of our players a safe and prompt return to the badminton courts and wish everyone involved in the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals a highly successful tournament”, says Parsons.
Similarly, Badminton Association of Thailand cited special circumstances related to COVID-19 in addition to injuries to key players in making the decision.
Despite the withdrawal of the men’s and women’s team from Australia, Thailand and Chinese Taipei, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) can confirm the TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark will proceed as planned.
All other teams from Oceania have declined the invitation to claim the continental spot. However, the replacement teams from other continents have yet to be announced by the BWF.
The TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020 is scheduled for 3-11 October.
BWF’s highest priority remains the health and safety of all players and personnel participating in upcoming international tournaments.
This includes implementing a bubble system to create a safe badminton ecosystem for all involved. Find out more about the BWF’s safety protocols and operating procedures for the return to international badminton here.


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A distinguished Republican senator mentioned on Thursday he intends to help the White Home nominee to go the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) because the company addresses a sequence of near-misses and a scarcity of air visitors controller workers.
Final month, President Joe Biden nominated Michael Whitaker, the chief industrial officer of Supernal, a Hyundai firm creating an electrical air taxi, and who served as deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration below President Barack Obama, to go the company that has been with out a everlasting head for 18 years. Common. Months.
“The FAA desperately wants impartial management keen to problem the established order,” Senator Ted Cruz, the highest Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, mentioned in an announcement to Reuters. He mentioned Whitaker “has explicitly dedicated to specializing in the FAA’s major accountability, which is making certain the security of our nationwide house.”
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Follow the steps below to prepay for your pet’s spay or neuter and any vaccinations or additional services you may want the day of your appointment. See restrictions below.
This package includes two vaccine visits, a microchip, spay or neuter, post-surgery pain medication, post-surgery cone, and a pet gift. This package is non-transferable and must be purchased before the kitten is 4 months old. Wellness kits are intended to be completely used before a kitten reaches 6 months old. These kits come as a coupon booklet that will be picked up at the pet’s first visit to TCAP upon presentation of the prepaid receipt. Details for when to return for the next series of treatments are included in the booklet. Vaccines should start for kittens at 9 weeks of age. This is a savings of $25.00 from TCAP’s regular pricing.
• Additional pain medications, antibiotics and ecollars are available for purchase for an additional fee at the time of surgery. These are suggested, but not required.The Pain medication combination gives
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• Additional pain medications, antibiotics and e-collars are available for purchase for an additional fee at the time of surgery. These are suggested, but not required.The Pain medication combination gives
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Need an ID tag for your pet? Order one online, and we can mail it to you! – https://texasforthem.org/pre-pay-services/id-tags/
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Rabies is a virus that may affect the brain and spinal cord of all mammals. The first rabies vaccination should be given at 3 to 6 months of age, with the first booster shot given one year later (at 15 months of age). Thereafter, give boosters annually.
This vaccine protects against common upper respiratory diseases such as Rhinotracheitis, Calici, Chlamydia, and Panleukopenia, that cats can catch even if they live indoors. It is recommended if your cat is ever boarded, hospitalized, etc. Many veterinarians, boarding and grooming facilities require this vaccination.
Lifetime registration included with this HomeAgain Microchip.
Droncit Injection for the treatment of tapeworms. Tapeworms appear like white flecks of rice in a pet’s feces.
This testing is recommended for all cats, especially those with unknown histories. This is a blood test that checks for these infectious diseases in the cat’s blood stream. Leukemia and FIV are transmitted through bites, infected body fluids such as saliva, grooming, sexual contact and mother to offspring.
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FeLV-Feline Leukemia. This vaccine is recommended for cats who go outdoors are in contact with other cats. The vaccine is designed to protect cats from exposure to Leukemia. The vaccination is given in a series, 3 to 4 weeks apart when the cat is a kitten. After the initial dose, FelV vaccines are given yearly.
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Are you considering operating a restaurant in conjunction with your B&B Inn? If you are operating an isolated inn, it may be necessary to feed your guests, in the country inn style, more than just breakfast. If you are in an urban setting, extra food service not only isn’t necessary, but may be a financial burden because you would be competing with established local restaurants.
I visit B&Bs everywhere I go, and from my observations (colored by my biases), running a B&B with a restaurant is running two full-time businesses (as if one job isn’t enough!). A B&B with restaurant needs two managers — one for each business. If your B&B is going to be the showplace for your cooking, then listen up.
A separate business plan for the restaurant portion of your business concept is mandatory. Go slow as you consider a full service restaurant. Examine personnel and food costs; combined they should not exceed 70 percent of your annual gross sales income. You’ll have personnel and food and beverage costs. Daily operating costs include insurance, rent, licensing, utilities, spoilage and breakage, repairs, employee benefits, and taxes. Restaurant installation can be very costly and involved.
Do you even know where to start in analyzing the reality of a restaurant for you? Will you run the restaurant or hire a professional? You need equipment and supplies. Recipes for building your menu and knowing your prep and cook times will be important, and that helps set your pricing. Consider the space for the kitchen, storage, and guests. And then there are the staff to consider.
The food service industry is complex. Food service is more than food, it is also your labor, supplies, overhead, taxes, licenses, advertising, and a fickle public. What image are you going to create? Once that is established, how are you going to keep it’s quality high and consistent? How will you get and keep the public coming to your dining room?
Successful restaurants average 4-10 percent profit, with gourmet cooking being the most difficult in terms of profit. You can improve that percentage if you have a high ticket average and you serve liquor. Your costs for serving liquor are less than for serving food. Most liquor doesn’t spoil and takes minimal preparation to serve, while food does spoil and takes a lot of preparation. What is your restaurant concept?
How large an operation will your inn and your restaurant be? Will you do most of the cooking while your family and partners run the inn? How many employees do you need to hire to help with your businesses? The fewer employees you have (because family is working), the higher your profit margin will be.
The two profit centers for your restaurant are breakfast and liquor sales. You can make a lovely, light breakfast at little expense or you can make a grand breakfast at a higher expense and charge even more. Liquor adds a whole new dimension to your decisions, thoughts, and offerings.
Colorado, for example, has many types of liquor licenses including beer and wine, 3.2% beer only, full liquor, tavern, hotel and bar, and entertainment. Colorado also has a B&B Liquor Permit which allows innkeepers to give alcohol to their overnight guests during a specified four hours each day. What options does your location allow? Going to your state’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). I strongly urge you to evaluate alcohol and its ramifications before you make it part of your inn and restaurant.
What will a “bar” do to the atmosphere of your inn? What about drinking and driving? Check with your insurance agent to understand your liability and its costs. How will this impact guests who have drinking problems? Alcohol may be a profit center for you, it also may be a problem center for you.
Boris Bless, a former chef in Boulder, Colorado, summarized his thoughts on restaurants in B&Bs with this:
- a restaurant within a B&B saves rental costs
- taxes, licenses, and fees are a high overhead
- start-up costs are high
- capital investment is large, $2855/square foot, depending on your decor (late ’80s figures)
- operational room should be planned at 40 square feet/chair (±10 sf)
- there is also space needed for dry good storage, office, kitchen, bathrooms, …
- country inn restaurants and restaurants that operate by reservation only can save up to 3 percent on operating costs (labor and food) because they can better determine their load at any particular meal
Operation and management should be done by a professional restaurateur.
What are you restaurant plans now?

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What is behind the recent slew of appointments at the top of the networks?
ASIA-PACIFIC - Universal McCann, a division of Mediabrands, has named Henry Tajer (pictured) as regional president for Asia-Pacific.
SHANGHAI - Aegis Greater China has denied that the media group's global layoffs will affect the country.
HONG KONG - Carat Hong Kong has been awarded Virgin Atlantic's digital and media business in Hong Kong, dislodging incumbent MEC.
Zubin Gandevia has used an entrepreneurial background to drive the pay-TV group's expansion.
MUMBAI - Peter (pictured) and Indrani Mukerjea, co-founders of Indian cable content producer, INX Media, have resigned from their management roles at the company, although they will continue to be shareholders.
LONDON - Hearst Magazines International, who are in a joint venture with the South China Morning Post Group to publish Chinese versions of Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar in Hong Kong and Macau, has appointed Duncan Edwards (pictured) president and CEO of the company replacing outgoing George J Green.
ATV and TVB are working to keep viewers from turning to cable TV or the web.


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The Gastrointestinal Tract
Since gas is a barrier to ultrasound, ultrasound examinations of the gastrointestinal tracts have been considered as limited. However, in recent years, more and more ultrasonographic abnormalities have been reported in the literature. These abnormalities include gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal neoplasia, intussusception, linear foreign bodies, hypertrophic gastropathy, etc. Appropriate patients preparation such as overnight fasting should avoid excessive gas in the lumen and thus allow better visualization of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, use of a high frequency transducer such as 7.5 or 10 MHz should improve resolution needed for detection of mural lesions. A real-time evaluation of the gastrointestinal movement is an additional benefit of ultrasound examinations.
Normal Ultrasonographic Appearance
The gastrointestinal tract should be evaluated on: (1) thickness, (2) layered appearance, and (3) contents. The normal gastric wall should measure no more than 6 mm, when it is moderately distended. The measurement is performed at the "valley" portion of the rugal folds in the gastric fundus. The normal intestinal wall should measure no more than 5 mm in duodenum, 4 mm in jejunum and ileum, and 2 mm in colon. In normal gastrointestinal walls, 5 layers should be visualized:
(1) lumen (hyperechoic), (2) mucosa (hypoechoic), (3) submucosa (hyperechoic), (4) muscularis (hypoechoic), and (5) serosa(hyperechoic). With lower frequency transducers, three layers may be seen: lumen (hyperechoic), wall (hypoechoic), and serosa (hyperechoic). However, the lower frequency transducers do not provide enough resolution to identify subtle lesions. Thus, without the higher frequency transducers, gastrointestinal ultrasound examinations are most likely unrewarding.
Gastrointestinal motility should be evaluated. The motility may be hyper or absent. Stay in one area for about 20 sec for evaluation of the motility. The pyloric motility should be 5 to6 peristalsis/min. Intestinal motility should be less than that. Increased motility may suggest acute obstruction or irritation due to enteritis.
Gastric contents are difficult to judge. Food materials in the stomach may appear abnormal like a foreign body. You need to exercise caution on hasty diagnosis of gastric foreign body.
Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies
Gastrointestinal foreign bodies are difficult to diagnose. Radiographic examinations are helpful to confirm a dilated segment of intestines or actual foreign bodies. Although the cost may become a limiting factor, ultrasound and radiographic studies complement to each other. There are few case reports on ultrasonographic diagnosis of gastric foreign bodies including linear foreign bodies. You may indeed find these foreign bodies, but you may also miss these or even misdiagnose as present or positive. Thus, you need to be very careful with the diagnosis. In my experience, gastrointestinal foreign bodies are not reliable diagnosis by ultrasonography.
This may be a rare situation that you can make a definitive diagnosis on ultrasound. A bowel loop within another loop creates a characteristic ultrasound finding. That is, multicentric layers of walls are seen on transverse scans, and mass effects are noted on longitudinal scans. On the transverse scans, "target" appearances may be seen. You should still seek underlying causes. Since recurrence is common, you may need to perform post-operative examinations prior to discharging patients. In addition, prior to surgery, you may repeat the examination or at least palpate the mass. I have seen spontaneous resolution under general anesthesia, most likely due to decreased intestinal movement.
Ultrasonography is most helpful in this condition. The most common ultrasound findings with gastrointestinal neoplasia are abnormal hypoechoic thickening of the stomach or bowel walls, loss of its normal layered appearance, and changes in the contour of the mucosal and/or serosal surfaces. It is relatively easy to detect this lesion.
Distribution of lesions may be diffuse or focal. It is difficult to determine a cell type from ultrasound appearance. This is very important to remember. Common neoplasia includes gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma in dogs and lymphoma in cats. Although some common ultrasonographic findings associated with these neoplasias have been described, cytological or histological diagnosis should be achieved. Fine needle aspiration techniques can be used under ultrasound guidance. Since the wall is thickened, usually you will see the needle in the thickened wall. Percutaneous aspiration of neoplasia always carries a risk of spreading or seeding of the neoplasia. This should be well warned to clients prior to the procedure. Although it is rare to see severe hemorrhage associated with this procedure, it is always wise to check clotting parameters prior to the fine needle aspirate.
Occasionally with a moderate amount of fluid in the gastric lumen, a focal loss of gastric mucosa and submucosa may be apparent ultrasonographically. The inflammation and edema associated with ulceration may cause a loss of the layered appearance and thickening of the gastric wall. Endoscopic examination is still the best procedure to detect the ulcer and obtain histological samples. In my experience, a true peptic ulcer is rare. Gastric ulcers are most likely secondary to neoplasia. Cytologic examination is extremely important.
The ultrasonographic appearance of uremic gastropathy has been described in four dogs. Ultrasonographic characteristics included gastric wall thickening and the presence of an echogenic line in the superficial gastric mucosa, representing gastric mucosal mineralization. The normal layered appearance of the gastric wall was lost in three dogs but was preserved in one dog, reflecting variation in the depth of gastric wall inflammation, edema, and necrosis. All dogs did not survive. A layered mineralization of the gastric mucosa should be considered as an unfavorable sign in uremic dogs.
Chronic Hypertrophic Pyloric Gastropathy
Ultrasonographic findings characteristic of chronic hypertrophic pyloric gastropathy (CHPG) include gastric distention and thickening of the pyloric wall. Examination of the pylorus in a transverse plane shows an evenly thickened hypoechoic ring (representing the muscularis) surrounding the pyloric lumen. In six dogs with CHPG that were examined ultrasonographically the thickness of the pyloric wall was greater than 9 mm and the thickness of the muscular layer was greater than 4 mm.
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William Byron secured yet another win for Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet in Sunday’s NASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series event from the virtual Dover International Speedway.
The victory was Byron’s third win in four races in the online race series, which is being held by NASCAR as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps race tracks around the country shut down for the time being. Byron led 79 of 150 laps en route to the win and held off his rivals on a number of restarts, with the caution coming out nine different times throughout the race.
Byron took the lead for good with just seven laps remaining, surging past Timmy Hill and holding off a charging Christopher Bell to cross the finish line two tenths ahead of the No. 95 Toyota driver.
“It was a lot of fun today,’’ Byron told NASCAR.com post-race. “Obviously there was a lot of cautions, so I just had to kind of pace myself. It was hard to predict when we were going to get a longer run, so it’s hard to know what to do with the tires in terms of how much to save, whatnot.”
Hill followed Bell across the finish line to take third, while Erik Jones and Michael McDowell rounded out the top five. Byron’s Hendrick teammate Alex Bowman, who won the previous iRacing NASCAR Series event at Talladega, finished eighth overall in his No. 88 Camaro ZL1.
The virtual NASCAR series will head to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the final event of the online-only season. North Wilkesboro is a historic short track that was taken off the Cup Series calendar in 1996 and closed for good in 2011. NASCAR plans to return to real-world racing at Darlington on May 17th, though the race will be held without fans in attendance.
Check out the video embedded below for complete highlights from the Finish Line 150 from iRacing’s virtual rendition of Dover.


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There Is No Textualist Position: Why a Text Can Only Mean What Its Author Intends
Textualists – those who interpret the law or the Constitution by determining what its text meant when the statute or law was ratified – are wrong. The only true meaning of any text is the meaning that its author intends.
Fish, Stanley, "There Is No Textualist Position: Why a Text Can Only Mean What Its Author Intends" (2006). Sibley Lecture Series. 10.
Renowned scholar Stanley Fish discusses the interpretation of text, The Advocate, Spring/Summer 2006, Vol. 40, No. 2
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Ricky Gervais hammers Charlie Sheen, Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Angelina Jolie, Mel Gibson, Hugh Heffner’s 24-year-old fiancee, Hugh Heffner’s penis, and the entire cast of Sex and the City. Not to mention, Gervais points out the organization who votes on the Golden Globes (the Hollywood Foreign Press Association) was caught taking bribes. He does this from their own dias, during the show’s opening monologue, in front of millions of viewers.
Gervais eventually toned down his material and actually left the stage at one point during the awards show leading to all sorts of conspiracy theories. Still, with Gervais’ performance, rating for the Golden Globes were up (the highest since 2007) and this was NBC’s biggest ratings winner in a long time. An estimated 17 million Americans tuned in to the show.
Lock of the year: Ricky Gervais will not be hosting the 2012 Golden Globe Awards.

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Maciej Dryjski, MD
Maciej Dryjski, MD joined UBMD Surgery in 2004. Dr. Dryjski is Professor of Surgery and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University at Buffalo. He also is the Director of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery with Kaleida Health, seeing patients at Buffalo General Medical Center and Erie County Medical Center.
Dr. Dryjski has received four awards and honors throughout his career. He has been published in 84 times in Refereed Journals and organized many conferences relating to his specialties. Dr. Dryjski published a book as well as authored numerous articles and book chapters. He has been invited to commentaries and has been in the spotlight through local media. Dr. Dryjski has been invited to present about his expertise internationally 15 times, nationally 3 times, and 74 times regionally. He has recorded over 150 additional presentations in which he has participated with.
Dr. Dryjski worked with various research activities through his career and has received 53 grants relating to his vascular expertise. He participated in seven teaching opportunities, including his current role as a mentor to medical students. Dr. Dryjski has performed several professional service projects throughout his career with many professional memberships including: European Chapter International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, New York Academy of Sciences, European Society for Vascular Surgery, International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology, International Society of Endovascular Specialists, Western New York Vascular Society; upon many others.
- Cerebrovascular disease
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- Maciej Dryjski MD Earns Highest Honor in Medicine
- 60 Million Congress Global Polonia Summit in Buffalo NY
- Western New York Vascular Society Annual Symposium 2019
- Vascular Surgery Speaking Engagements
- Gates Vascular Institute Symposium
- Dr. Dryjski completes term as President of the Association of International Vascular Surgeons
- Dr. Maciej Dryjski delivers a lecture at the Polish Association for Angiology
- Invited to present at the 10th International Congress of the Polish Society for Vascular Surgery
- Dr. Dryjski invited to speak at the World Experts at Central Plain Endovascular Conference in Zhengzhou, China
Contact UBMD Surgery for more information about Vascular Surgery. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Dryjski, please call 716-859-4223.

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Recognizing the importance of urban open space and conservation, the city of Los Angeles and the California State Parks Department have dedicated a 32-acre site in the heart of the City to recreation, education, and sustainability. Working closely with Hargreaves Associates, Sherwood developed a strategy to successfully integrate the site engineering into the urban fabric of Los Angeles. A complex system of water resource management and recycling was devised, including steps to improve the quality of the LA River adjacent to the site. Base flows from the river will be utilized to sustain wetlands within the site and enhance their habitat, and a “greenstreets” program is being implemented in the neighboring community to optimize stormwater collection and enhance the urban landscape of downtown Los Angeles. Sherwood provided comprehensive sustainability and civil engineering services for this project.


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The bombardment of Homs will be judged by history as a massacre comparable to Rwanda or Srebrenica, says a British photographer injured in the attacks.
Paul Conroy, 47, told BBC's Newsnight he had witnessed "a systematic slaughter of the civilian population".
In all his experience of war zones, he had never seen anything on this level, he said, and in 10 years, the world would be "wringing its hands" in shame.
Journalist Marie Colvin, killed in the shelling, was "the best of the best".
"I don't know anyone who had her tenacity and bravery," he said of his Sunday Times colleague.
Mr Conroy, who was smuggled to Lebanon by Syrian rebels, paid tribute to the "heroes" who helped him escape, but he feared for their safety and for all the Syrian people.
"We left behind what I fear is going to be the next Rwanda, the next Srebrenica."
The bombing of Baba Amr - the rebel district of Homs which has received the brunt of the Syrian authorities' attacks - is indiscriminate, he said.
"There are no military targets, it's pure and systematic slaughter of a civilian population. The only reason those shells are going in are to eliminate the people and buildings of Baba Amr."
Conroy spent days stranded in Baba Amr with shrapnel wounds picked up in a rocket attack that killed Colvin and French journalist Remi Ochlik.
Speaking from his hospital bed in London, Conroy described conditions in Homs as catastrophic, with people living in "bombed-out wrecks" and "waiting to die".
The next phase in the conflict will not be televised but it will happen, he said.
Urging the international community to act, he said that when Baba Amr fell, the regime would turn to other areas.
"When Baba Amr is finished, and I think it's almost there now, we've watched it happen, they're going to move on, they're going to move into the countryside, the towns and there will be no witnesses," he said.
"Women, children, old men, young people will just cease to exist, they will cease to exist and in 10 years we will have an investigation and people will say 'how did this happen?'"
Conroy, originally from Liverpool but now living in Devon, said the moment his building was hit was "was traumatic, instant chaos".
"A few shells had hit the house and the final shell that killed Marie and Remi, my friend, everything went black, I felt a huge pressure in my leg... I realised it was bad, stuck a tourniquet on and essentially tried to crawl out the house where I found Marie."
He said they were taken to a field hospital which was "a living room and a kitchen table essentially," where doctors had limited supplies.
The building was taking direct hits in intense shelling which lasted 14 hours a day, he said.
"It was intense to start with but as the week went on we were living minute-by-minute in that room, literally you could hear the shells coming in.
"We also had the medics coming in saying 'We've just lost another 10 men, another five children,' so while we were in this situation we were getting daily, hourly, minute-by-minute reports of the slaughter outside, which was quite un-nerving."
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it had received the bodies of Colvin and Ochlik, and taken them to Damascus.
The Red Cross said on Saturday it will try again to be allowed access to the devastated Baba Amr district of the Syrian city of Homs, after being blocked on Friday.
It said it was "unacceptable" that its seven-lorry convoy had been stopped.
There have been reports of revenge killings and summary executions by Syrian forces since rebel fighters pulled out of Baba Amr on Thursday.


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The war on poverty was lost because we hired professional soldiers to fight, but never involved the civilians, the poor, in having a say in their destiny. Bureaucracies are good at managing problems but are unable to solve them.
Part of the original intent of the war on poverty was to have the "maximum feasible participation of the poor" in developing programs, as well as hiring them and eliminating the "middleman" — the brokers who managed the agencies and decided what programs were good for the poor. The agencies immediately circled the wagons, complaining they were concerned with non-duplication of services. Their solution was more studies, coordination, collaboration, communication, and a system of referrals between agencies where the poor had to figure out where to go, how to get there and how to get the help they needed.
The social service system continues to be a system of monopolies that are in collusion. If they were private businesses, they would be in anti-trust violation. Yet there are no such laws when it comes to protecting the poor. They have no lobby to change the system. The professionals in the system, including their associations, continue to call for more professionals, more money and more programs. In the meantime, they point out, "It's worth it if it saves one person." They all keep data to tell you what they do, but not their results and at what cost.
To continue a system that is demeaning and intimidating ignores our common values: the dignity and worth of every individual. In our society, it is a difficult thing to ask for help. Yet when an individual asks a bureaucracy for help, they are subjected to red tape and a faceless organization, just at a time when the individual is hurting, confused, vulnerable and often low on self-esteem.
Many agency staff have forgotten they are there to help people in need to solve problems. They behave like mercenaries rather than caring individuals. An impersonal bureaucracy only generates dependency and resentment by the individuals they are supposed to serve. Thus begins intergenerational poverty.
Helping each other, especially those in need, has been a value Americans have always practiced along with the dignity of every individual. They are common values that hold any society together. Somehow in our effort to institutionalize caring for the needy, we have lost those values.9 comments on this story
To change agency culture, lawmakers ought to see the poor in need of help, rather than simply "feeding at the public trough," and treat them with the same respect as they eagerly help corporations that feed at the public trough. They would then restore our common values. It starts with understanding that people may be poor but have something to give, and giving is the best medicine — believing and having expectations those individuals, with help, can find their own solutions. Furthermore, lawmakers should require the poor to be involved in developing the programs and in hiring them as para-professionals. They have the empathy and commitment to make sure clients in need will actually obtain the service they need and empower them to solve their own problems. "Teach them how to fish!"
To renew the value of caring, lawmakers should expand efforts to support volunteer organizations such as religious, community and service organizations. The people in them help out of empathy and often hire the poor. Those organizations are nonjudgmental and inspire hope by having expectations to succeed. They empower the poor to solve their own problems.
Each of us has a responsibility to fight for the values that will solve the cycle of poverty. Government can't solve our problems alone.
A Utah native, John Florez has been on the staff of Sen. Orrin Hatch, served as former Utah Industrial Commissioner and filled White House appointments, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor and Commission on Hispanic Education. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.org.

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With school about to begin and much of society reopening to various degrees, Diana Leslie is experiencing something new — re-entry anxiety.
The speech language pathologist and mother of two children under the age of five is finding her COVID-19-related anxiety is always “bubbling under the surface.”
The vast majority of kids she works with in a rural school division are under 12, so they’re not able to get vaccinated.
“I’ve never had anxiety about anything that actually stopped me from going outside or stopped me from certain social interactions,” she says. “I want to take my daughter to do things so that she can have fun and be a kid, but also not compromise her safety or put her in situations where she’s around people who are unvaccinated.”
“Re-entry anxiety” is essentially the stress people feel getting back to normal life. Maybe your office is reopening, or you’re about to travel for the first time since 2019. You’re excited, but also a bit terrified.
The anxiety comes from worries about a heightened risk of infection, new social expectations and the adjustment of routines to new work realities, according to the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
It might be hard to flip the switch from “avoid everyone” to “we can socialize again.” Whether you were already socially anxious pre-pandemic or you’re developing social anxiety after being in isolation, the idea of returning to society can be daunting.
It’s all causing restless nights for Leslie.
“I’ve definitely lost a lot of sleep over the course of this pandemic due to anxiety about rising cases and what that means for my unvaccinated kids,” she says. “I’m (working) somewhere where (the vaccination rate) is lower. Part of my anxiety is that I’d feel a lot less anxious if the vaccination rate was in the 80 per cent range, like it is in Winnipeg.”
This will be Leslie’s first time in a school since the pandemic began. She was pregnant and working from home and has been on maternity leave since.
“I’ve been very much in control of who I’ve been around since March of 2020 because my mat leave let me skip the majority of the pandemic,” she says. “I can handle some sniffles or a cold but that’s not what I’m worried about. It’s about passing on that dangerous (delta) variant to my kids who can’t be vaccinated. The pandemic is sucking all the fun out of going back to work.”
It was recently announced that employees in Manitoba who work with vulnerable people, including teachers and early childhood educators, will have to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 31 or undergo regular testing. The announcement came as a relief to Leslie.
“I think that this is a really prudent step to help make sure that school is as safe as it can be,” she says. “Having kids attend school full time and have it be as normal as possible really does hinge on masks and vaccines, so it’s nice to see them actually putting those policies in place.”
When the province announced the lifting of the mask mandate in early August, Leslie’s heart sank.
“I went to go get some back-to-work clothing for myself (at the mall) and I did fine until I saw multiple unmasked families and I left without buying anything,” she says.
The province has since announced it’s mandating masks once again in indoor public places, including schools.
“(Mandating masks) definitely helps alleviate my anxiety. My mask does more to protect the people around me than it does to protect me,” she says. “It’s mandated that we all protect each other.”
It’s natural to feel anxious and have a degree of social dysfunction after living through a year-and-a-half of a global pandemic. Things people used to do on a regular basis — seeing friends, carpooling, talking to strangers, spending time with co-workers — have become anxiety-provoking for some.
Over the coming weeks and months, many of us will return to many pre-pandemic activities, assuming more restrictions are lifted. However, some of us may be reluctant to leave the house, a condition called “cave syndrome.” It’s not a formal diagnosis but a symptom of anxiety.
“For a long time, we heard about avoiding public places so, naturally, we will have some anxiety with public places because we are not back to normal and the pandemic is still a reality for us,” says Sophia Ali, a social worker and executive director of the Aulneau Renewal Centre, a counselling centre in Winnipeg. “For people who have social anxiety, the interactions may increase this for them. Many of them found safety and security by avoiding social interactions and the reopening may increase their anxiety.”
Like Leslie, more and more parents are feeling torn between the guilt of having their kids miss out on activities and worrying about COVID risks. Leslie feels stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to outings with her daughter.
“After you’ve watched (your kid) sit on the couch for months on end watching TV, you feel a tremendous amount of guilt over that,” she says. “I don’t want my anxiety to stop her from experiencing fun things but, at the same time, I don’t want these fun things to make her sick.”
And when Leslie does say yes to an outing, she feels guilty.
“If my daughter is at the playground, I try to remind myself to keep distance between people. So it’s like, play with this kid, but not too close to this kid. And then explaining it all to a little girl is just so hard,” Leslie says. “What do you tell them? You’re acting like these other kids are a threat to their health, which in a way they are, but in a way they’re not.
“I just wonder what the impact of this anxiety is going to be on her because I’m bound to pass on some of this.”
Parental guilt sets in when she sees friends on social media posting pictures of where they took their kids.
“I feel a lot of guilt. I’ve passed up parties and I know not everybody has done that,” she says. “There are still lots of people who feel comfortable gathering and I’m just like, ‘Why can’t I feel that comfortable?’ Everybody else seems to be able to enjoy themselves and I feel like, ‘Why can’t I?’”
Ali says acknowledging your feelings, focusing on compassion and accepting people with where they are on their journey is key.
“As a mom myself, I can relate to this. There is so much we don’t know about the new delta variant and how our children will be impacted in the fall. Look at what you can control versus what you can’t,” Ali says. “For example, a (parent) can control (their family) wearing masks and where they choose to go. Focus on doing what makes you comfortable and at ease… We can have fun and be safe at the same time. It is important to hold space for your feelings.”
As Leslie begins readjusting back to her regular routine, it’s the “firsts” that may be a little tricky.
“It’s those things that you haven’t done for a year-and-a-half. Like the first time that I was at a friend’s house, that felt weird,” she says. “This past week was my first time shopping for clothes in person, that also felt weird. I think the first that’s probably going to impact me the most will be air travel.”
As you prepare to re-enter the world, your workplace, a social group or your broader community, keep in mind that your emotions are valid.
“It may be beneficial to begin (socializing) with someone you are comfortable with who is understanding of the anxiety and can actually be a support to you,” Ali says.
Try to share with others if you are feeling anxious or afraid because there are likely others who are feeling the same way.
“The most important thing is to do what works for you. For some people, it may be meeting outside where the risk is lower,” she says. “People also need to feel safe to share their challenges with their friends and family without worrying about what others think. Creating safe spaces — physically and emotionally — is important.”
After enduring months of varying levels of lockdown, feeling comfortable in public spaces will take a while. It may be especially challenging for parents of younger children.
As we learn how to navigate re-entry anxiety, many people will still worry about how to socialize safely, how to discuss their comfort level with loved ones or manage pressure to do something they’re not yet ready to do. This will all take time and patience.
“There is no point in saying yes and attending an event with increased anxiety that can be detrimental to your health,” she says.
Getting back into the world may seem like a life-changing transition, just as it was to switch to remote work and hold gatherings over Zoom. Anxiety is slightly different for everyone. Whatever you’re feeling, acknowledge where you are and try to find healthy ways to manage. The last year has wreaked havoc on our emotional lives. The least we can do is be patient with ourselves.
Sabrina Carnevale is a freelance writer and communications specialist, and former reporter and broadcaster who is a health enthusiast. She writes a twice-monthly column focusing on wellness and fitness.

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On Nov. 8, as in any election season, voters will be asked to weigh in on issues like inflation, crime and gas prices. Fighting for their attention are loaded cultural debates at the end Roe v. Wade And what children should learn in school. But this is no ordinary midterm cycle: Few American elections in recent memory have been as desperate for political violence and democratic dissolution as this one. Last week, a man attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home; Donald Trump’s false claim that he was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election casts a long shadow over the integrity of the democratic process; Hundreds of candidates who reject the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s election will appear on the ballot.
Ahead of midterms, Atlantic Staff and contributors are offering reading suggestions for what feels like an unprecedented time. Some of his choices are works of history; Others lie more in the realm of theory; Some deal with other countries’ systems. But each has wisdom or insight on a central question: How can we understand the state of American politics today?
Spin dictatorsBy Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
At first glance, Spin dictators Not relevant to US elections. The book describes new forms of dictatorship based not on fear or terror, but on manipulating the media and undermining democratic institutions. In order to build a mass following, these new dictators set one section of society against another, increasing polarization and mutual distrust. Instead of establishing an old-fashioned, top-down cult of personality, they borrow from the world of entertainment to boost their popularity, relying on their followers to create memes and merchandise to celebrate them. Guriev and Treisman’s examples are taken from places like Russia, Venezuela, Singapore, and Kazakhstan, but they may as well be writing about some American politicians. US voters may find it useful to read this book and then ask themselves whether any of the candidates in their local senatorial or gubernatorial races have implicitly adopted the language and tactics originally created by modern autocrats. – Anne Applebaum
The Age of ReformationBy Richard Hofstadter
History cannot fully explain the present or predict the future, but it can help us understand the patterns of contemporary politics and possible paths forward. In 1955, Hofstadter, one of the great American historians of the 20th century, was published. The Age of ReformationPolitical and social history of the years 1890 to 1940, the period of Populism, Progressivism, and the New Deal. Rapid technological change, monopoly power, deep inequality, endemic corruption, mass immigration, nativist demagogues, conversions of both political parties, frequent attempts at reform, repeated spasms of reaction: perhaps no other era is quite like our own. Hofstadter is brilliant at analyzing types that seem all too familiar to us today—the crusading urban progressive, the small-town conspiracy theorist. He was a liberal who sympathized with the passion for progress while dispassionately diagnosing its liberal ideas and motives. The fevered morals of that age seem far removed from our paralyzed cynicism. But reading Hofstadter will remind you that reform and reaction not only follow each other, but often coexist in the same moment; Neither is ever the last word. Americans have always dreamed of a better country, and some have actually built it. – George Packer
A powerful and irresistible tideBy Jia Lin Yang
Our broken immigration system has been a favorite topic of Republicans on the stump during this mid-term election cycle. But many voters are struggling to understand how Congress has failed for decades to fix it, especially when the fate of Dreamers — those who were brought to the United States illegally as children — has been unresolved for more than 10 years, and there is nothing not Prevent a future president from reviving the use of family separation as an enforcement tactic. A powerful and irresistible tide Tracing another fraught period in history provides some helpful explanations. Yang, who is the head The New York Times‘ National Desk vividly profiles key figures in the 40-year battle to repeal racial quotas signed into law in 1924, including New York Congressman Emanuel Saylor. Saylor’s continued fight finally ended in 1965, during the civil-rights movement. The movement makes an implicit case that the moment some in Congress today seem to be waiting for — where a universal consensus can be established, and there is no political risk in reforming the system — will never come, and it’s challenging fears about immigrants. Rhetoric is just as important. As always. – Caitlin Dickerson
Devil’s dealBy Joshua Greene
How did extremism move from the fringes of our discourse to the center of our politics? In the final days before another existential election, I’m revisiting Devil’s deal. Greene, a former senior editor at AtlanticSteve Bannon was one of the first journalists to recognize the unparalleled threat to the future of the American experiment. Devil’s deal Chronicles Bannon’s journey from Goldman Sachs to the inner workings of then-candidate Donald Trump’s head. It also illustrates the many ways in which influential money circulates in right-wing circles and shapes our democracy. Some critics have accused Green of overstating Bannon’s influence, but five years after the book’s publication, Bannon is neither gone nor forgotten. Although he ultimately served less than a year in Trump’s White House, he was the recipient of a presidential pardon. He was sentenced to four months in jail last month different Ignoring a subpoena from the Committee on Crime-January 6. His old boss, meanwhile, appears to be preparing to retake the White House. – John Hendrickson
PrajamatBy Walter Lippmann
One of the best things you can say about Lippmann’s 1922 classic is also one of the worst things you can say about this moment: Prajamat, at 100, has never been more relevant. Lippmann’s study of the human mind and body politic, emerging after World War I, analyzes the impact of the new mass-media system on government, on the news, on the “pictures in our heads.” He applies the lessons of psychology, then a pioneering field, to electoral politics. He warns how easily propaganda, that elusive weapon of war, can become banal. The book created an enduring lexicon: Lipman made stereotype As a category of thought; He discussed media and “pseudo-environments” before other thinkers would expand the concepts; He observed the sheer power of narrative decades before postmodernists imitated this idea. Prajamat It saturates political discourse so thoroughly that its insights, today, seem obvious. In fact, they are ominous. Democracy is the work of the mind that reveals; How will he proceed when the “pictures in our heads” are clouded by lies? – Megan Garber
Crabgrass FrontierKenneth T. by Jackson
Jackson’s 1985 work, Crabgrass Frontier, is beloved by urban historians, and underscores what America’s urban geography is really like. Before 1815, writes Jackson, the suburbs were exactly that—outskirts of the city, “in every way inferior to the original.” Over the next two centuries, a shift in fortunes would make single-family homes in peripheral communities crucial to the American Dream. This change reflected and reinforced a new way of life – one where work, home and play were separated from each other; where privacy and the nuclear family became fundamental; and where castes and classes were physically separated. The marked difference in the quality of public services between cities and suburbs has political implications. Low-density homeownership has been a primary driver of the segregation that continues to define American life. Ahead of important elections, Crabgrass Frontier A powerful reminder that what is built in one era shapes another. We are living in a present built by people who never imagined our lives. As the nation faces an inflection point—a staggering housing shortage, and a shortage of renewable-energy and mass-transit infrastructure, all in the face of a climate crisis—what policymakers do today will determine the future of our descendants. – Jerusalem Damsas
The Man Who Ran WashingtonBy Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
James Baker is no longer a power player in Washington. The former secretary of state’s influence peaked during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush, two leaders who were abandoned by the Trump wing of the Republican Party. Yet the Baker (unaffiliated) and Glasser reporters show that Baker, despite thinking himself above the fray, isn’t so out of place in Donald Trump’s GOP. Baker, now 92, wants to be remembered as a politician, not a campaign operative. But his most enduring legacy may be his contribution to a party whose commitment to ideology and principle has been overtaken by a zeal to win and hold on to power at almost any cost. The writers cleverly weave Baker’s story around his late-life struggle over whether to vote for Trump, a man he clearly cannot stand personally or politically. But Baker, clinging to the hope that he could remain relevant in Washington well into his late 80s, ultimately chose party loyalty. It now appears more like a precursor to our fraught political moment than a return to a more modest figure. – Russell Berman
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Make the pattern for the revolver first. Take the revolver and unload it. Make sure there are no bullets in any of the chambers, or in the barrel of the gun. Lay the unloaded gun onto a piece of paper. Allow the trigger and the handle to stick out from one side of the paper.
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“The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last. The Justice Department remains committed to holding all January 6 perpetrators at any level, accountable under law, whether they were present that day, or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy,” Garland said on Wednesday while addressing Justice Department staff.
“We understand that there are questions about how long the investigation will take, and about what exactly we are doing. Our answer is and will continue to be the same answer we would give with respect to any ongoing investigation: as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done consistent with the facts and the law,” he said.
Garland’s remarks came as Thursday marks a year since a mob of the President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to stop Congress from certifyings ing the 2020 election results to Joe Biden.
To date, the Justice De- partment has charged more than 725 individuals for storming the Capitol, and more than 150 rioters have pleaded guilty to charges, from assaulting police to felony obstruction, according to Bloomberg News.
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