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On Thursday I wrote this post that mentioned the doble moral (two-faced behavior) that Cubans in Cuba have to engage in to survive: the public statements they make and the often contradictory private thoughts. The reason I brought the subject up was because a man interviewed by an American journalist in Cuba said, "I really don’t have a problem with the government, but this economy has got to go." I was wondering whether this was going to be the new line that Cubans were being programmed with or programming themselves with. Attacking the policies but not the personalities. Well in response to the post I received this comment:
Hmm, interesting take. I don't see this as something having to do with morals. More like separate positions on the economy and the government in general.If you re-read my post you will see that I never mentioned health care or education. The reader who left the comment made a leap from the quoted man's use of the word "the government" to education and health care. Logic dictates that a government is much more than the health care and education systems that it implements.
I was looking at a 2004 study by Andy Gomez, where he interviews recently arrived Cubans in Miami. He finds that many of those favors a free market system. This is also supported by many other sources that say that Cubans on the island also favor economic changes and look to China and Brazil as good examples.
But, in the Gomez study, he finds that more than 80% of those interviewed found Cuba's education and health care system as good and average, and more than 90% said that they wouldn't change those systems.
It's clear that many do not want change in certain sectors of life, while in others they do.
I want to discuss the study that the reader is referring to. The study was published by Dr. Andy S. Gomez and Dr. Eugenio M. Rothe of the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. It was was a survey of 171 Cubans that had been in the US for less than 6 months.
The reader's comment is accurate inasmuch as 82% of the people surveyed rated the Cuban educational system as "good" or "average" (they don't break down the numbers to show how many said "good" and how many said "average"). Still an overwhelming 96% said they would not change the Cuban educational system.
The survey also does validate the reader's point about the Cuban health care system. 81% said it was "good" or "average" and 94% said they would not change it.
I was not surprised at the high percentages of Cubans that approve of the Cuban health and education systems. The reason I wasn't surprised is that these are areas in which Cuba has spent a considerable amount of time, money and energy propagandizing (probably the reason why the reader latched on it as some sort of evidence that Cubans don't disaprove of everything their government does).
Cubans have been conditioned to believe that although Cuba "is a third world country" that they "enjoy enjoy world-class health and education systems". Put plain and simply it's what the government hangs its hat on and Cuban are very nationalistic people. The individuals surveyed have spent their entire lives in Cuba hearing these claims and it shouldn't be surprising that they still believe them after less than six months in a new country (hell, we have plenty of Americans in the US with no personal experience on the matter that believe the same things).
In less than six months it's difficult to know how much exposure to US health and educational institutions the survey respondents may have had and some of these respondents may have been here considerably less than six months. Why is this important? Well obviously because it's hard to make a judgment on whether something is "good" or "average" if you have nothing to compare it to.
These respondents, despite the fact that they have very favorable opinions about Cuban health care and education decided to abandon their country. Other factors outweighed health care and education. Fortunately the study gives us some insight into what these factors were.
The questionnaire asked respondents to indicate which were the three most difficult issues they encountered while living in Cuba. The answers are below:
Unable to Express One's True Thoughts and Opinions - 78%
Having Limited Options for the Future - 52%
The Lack of Food and Other Essentials - 50%
The "Double Morality" - Hypocrisy - of Everyday Life - 35%
Repression of a Different Nature - 35%
The Level of Corruption in Society - 11%
Problems Associated to Religion - 4%
It should come as no surprise to any observer of Cuban issues that the top difficulty Cubans claim they faced was the inability to express one's true thoughts and opinions. The same government that gave these Cubans "good" or "average" health care and education also restricted their most basic of human rights: freedom of speech. What good is it to be healthy and literate when you are not a free person, when you are unallowed to express your thoughts and opinions freely?
The respondents were asked "If Cuba’s political system changed, which three things would you most want to see changed?" The responses are below.
Everything - 45%
The Economy - 35%
The Laws - 28%
The Electoral System - 24%
Housing - 18%
Transportation - 16%
The Constitution - 12%
The National Currency - 8%
The Media - 6%
Education - 3%
So even though health care and education are presumably part of "everything" those aspects of the Cuban system apparently aren't important enough to prevent the respondents from saying they would want to see "everything" changed.
The point is, that even if I were to concede that the Cuban health and education systems were "good" or "average" (which I don't), the survey responses hardly prove that Cubans are fine with the government in all its other non-economic aspects.
Not only that, but the recently arrived Cubans are so dissatisfied with Cuba on the whole that 74% said they would NOT return to Cuba even if the political and economic system changed!
Imagine the level of dissatisfaction that that would entail. All of this despite the fact that they think Cuba has "good" or "average" health care and education. It's quite an indictment of the current government that it has left such a bad taste in the respondents mouths that they wouldn't return even if the problems in Cuba were fixed and tells me that, to these Cubans, health care and education don't mean shit.
Only when people stop believing that Cubans have voluntarily traded away their human and civil rights in exchange for the false promise of education and health care security will they see the truly insidious and evil aspects of the castro regime. Unfortunately there are people out there that for whatever reason still feel the need to parrot the castro party line.


EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – UTEP’s nonconference schedule is starting to come together as the season draws closer and closer.
DePaul released its full schedule on Thursday morning and the Miners were part of it. Joe Golding’s crew will travel to Chicago to play the Blue Demons on Dec. 10.
It’s shaping up to be a difficult nonconference slate for the Miners. UTEP will open the season at Texas on Nov. 7, then host rival New Mexico State on Nov. 12 in its home opener. The Miners will make a return trip to Las Cruces later in the season, too.
The Miners will also host NMSU, Kent State and North Carolina A&T for the Sun Bowl Invitational Dec. 21-22.
UTEP has not yet released its full 2022-23 schedule, but should in the coming weeks.


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A mum's way to enjoy Cadbury Australia's Caramilk as a cocktail has taken Australia by storm as fans find new and exciting ways to enjoy the chocolate bar.
Cadbury Caramilk is a limited editition chocolate bar that was released last year and is now back in supermarkets.
Fans are known to be passionate about their favourite chocolate bars with Facebook groups popping up so people can share where to buy the bars and how to enjoy them.
And one of those ways is a special Cadbury Caramilk Cocktail!
Caramilk fan Melissa Mackin took to social media to share her photo of her home-made cocktail and fellow followers in the group couldn't love it more.
Photo: Melissa Mackin
"This looks like heaven," said one follower. "What's the recipe?"
Melissa admits that she loosely followed a recipe, we've found one that works just as well!
- 1 180g blocks Cadbury Caramilk Chocolate
- 1 cup pure cream
- 1/2 to1/3 cup vodka
- ½ cup Baileys Irish Cream liqueur
- 2 cups crushed ice
- 1 crushed Cadbury Chocolate Flake
- Break the block of Caramilk into pieces. Place in a microwave-safe bowl with the cream.
- Microwave on High for about 50 seconds, and stir every 15 seconds, or until chocolate melts. Remove from microwave.
- Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Combine vodka, Baileys and chocolate mixture in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
- To serve, place crushed ice in four prepared glasses. Pour cocktail evenly over ice. and sprinkle with Flake
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Injustice 2 welcomes two Suicide Squad members to the roster!
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios announced today that two Suicide Squad stars would be entering the superhero brawler, Injustice 2. Harley Quinn makes her return from the first game, bringing her pet hyenas with her and all sorts of styles to her wardrobe. NetherRealm Studios previously teased Harley Quinn earlier with an image of one of her Hyenas shrouded in shadows, so it was to be expected that she would be announced at Gamescom in Germany.
The mobile version of Injustice: Gods Among Us recently added Deadshot to the game, and now he will have a full inclusion to the next entry of the popular fighting game. This announcement doesn’t come too far from the recent opening of the Suicide Squad movie, so it doesn’t come as a surprise to see the two star players of the film make their way into the game.
Feel free to watch the trailer below, and look forward to more Injustice 2 announcements as it gets closer to release early next year on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Supporters showed up to a candlelight vigil in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood Saturday night, honoring the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg while vowing to continue her fight.
At 87 years old, Justice Ginsburg was an unexpected icon of younger generations that are now mourning her death across the country -- from the U.S. Supreme Court to courthouses around Boston.
Attorney Alexa Shabecoff attended the West Roxbury vigil to reflect on how Ginsburg's past work shaped her own. Working in the same women's rights project that Justice Ginsburg established at the ACLU, Shabecoff watched as teh working mother became a champion for women and gender equality on the nation's highest court.
Remembering RBG in New England
"I just felt like I was walking in the footsteps of a giant," Shabecoff said. "She was really a trailblazer for the rest of us who it wasn’t easy but it was a lot easier thanks to her."
It's because of Ginsburg's role that her replacement on the court has raised the stakes of the 2020 presidential election, as both Trump and Republican leaders in the Senate have vowed to fill her seat quickly, promising a conservative shift in seats that would last for years.
"To ram through a nomination is unjust," Melissa Hamel said at Saturday night's vigil.
New England Leaders on Ginsburg Replacement
"It’s kind of terrifying," another attendee added.
Supporters Saturday night vowed to do what they can to continue Ginsburg's fight.
"If we want to honor her, we dust ourselves off and do what we can," one woman said.
During a campaign rally Saturday, Trump said his nominee to replace Justice Ginsburg will be a woman. He plans to announce the name next week.

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Corina Case Backyard June 07th, 2018 - 00:04:13
The possibilities are endless when it comes to decorating your backyard. You can beautify for just you as a place to relax and rejuvenate. You can trim your backyard for holiday family get-togethers. You can decorate for big events such as graduation parties or wedding receptions. You can put up the perfect pieces to accent your party.
Of course, there needs to be some type of seating in the garden. Once such a beautiful garden space has been created, it should be enjoyed. A pathway lined with solar lights could be designed to lead directly to a bench, an outdoor swing, or a couple of chairs arrangement near or in the center of the garden. A solar spotlight could be used to illuminate a uniquely shaped plant or shrub at night.
The most common yard accessories cater to birds and include the bird feeder, bird house and bird bath. The reason they are so popular is because they attract birds to the yard and give them an incentive to stay a while. Most people enjoy listening to the birds sing and fly around. They are very beautiful creatures. They are nature's real live backyard decoration with their bright colors, lively personalities, and beautiful songs. Also, the bird accessories are very various with many purposes and can be tucked into the branches of an overgrown tree, suspended from a porch awning or placed in the middle of the yard.
The chairs or loungers are available with or without cushions. These make them very comfortable as well as offering the opportunity to have a special fabric design which blends in beautifully with the surroundings. These are very comfortable for guests as well as relaxing in the afternoon or evening hours. Stretching out on a lounger with matching ottoman provides a perfect place to rest at the end of a busy day.
Tiki Torches- Tiki torches and other types of backyard candles or lighting are also increasingly popular yet more unique when it comes to backyard décor. You can use them to surround a patio or decorate around the edging of a pool, a barbecue pit and more.
A classical and elegant look includes figurines and statues. They can be placed in various locations throughout the yard. They can be semi-hidden among the flowers and plants or placed under a tree in the yard. Solar lights create a romantic ambience. Stepping stones and gazing balls add color to a backyard. Also, container gardening can enhance this theme. Planting flowers and placing them around your space especially next to seating is not only aesthetically pleasing, but the aroma is relaxing and inviting too and can even be a little romantic as well.

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BOB: On June 4th the federal government confirmed that it had been hit by one of the largest security breaches in its history. The target was the Office of Personnel Management, and at least four million current and former federal employees are thought to have had their Social Security numbers and other personal information compromised. This is what we know. We have a pretty good idea that they didn’t get classified information. We have no idea exactly who did it, or why. But there’s been plenty of speculation:
ANCHOR 1: Tonight, we've also learned that the prime suspect is not some nerd in a basement somewhere or a crime syndicate, but a superpower, the People's Republic of China, authorities say.
ANCHOR 2: In the Washington Post this morning the headline is: “China compiling Americans' data.” The story says China is building a massive database of Americans' personal information….
ANCHOR 3: Security experts tell us this is just the latest example of an ongoing cyber war with China...
BOB: An overwhelming consensus, very possibly overwhelmingly incorrect, according to Robert Knake, a Senior Fellow for Cyber Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Knake takes particular issue with the media’s fixation on “cyber war” between the US and China. He happened to co-author a book on the subject in 2010, but the cyber warfare he imagined looks nothing like hacked personnel files.
KNAKE: When I wrote that book with Richard Clarke, the former cyber adviser to President Bush, we were worried about cyber attacks blowing up pipelines, we were worried about cyber attacks taking down critical infrastructure. That would be cyber war. What we're talking about is espionage, right? The second oldest profession depending on how you count professions, right? This is spying. And spying is traditionally something that is very different from warfare, it can be a part of warfare, but it's not usually considered to be an act of war, simply to spy.
BOB: We believe the attacks came from within China. But could be the government, it could be the People's Liberation Army, could be a bunch of criminals in a storefront in Shanghai.
KNAKE: I think it's safe to say that we know that this attack emanated from China the country. What we don't yet know is whether we've traced this back to the Chinese government. If you look at what China has done to the United States in cyberspace over the last decade, all those cases are far worse than this. Things like stealing the information - the plans for the F35. Things like breaching the National Inventory of Dams database, the database that contains everything that you want to know about the dams in the United States. Those things have already happened. Why would the Chinese take the aggravation of raising another major cyber incident with the United States over information for figuring out whose email accounts do I want to compromise. And so well, where else would this kind of information be useful? If indeed it really is restricted to Social Security numbers, dates of birth, personally identifiable information - that information is also really valuable to criminals. And so it's possible that China is in fact amassing this massive database on every American - the going hypothesis that The Washington Post has run with. But it's also possible that it might just be a criminal group.
BOB: You have observed that the assumptions following any major hack seem to be limited to history. That our imaginations can go no farther. Is that what happens?
KNAKE: Absolutely. There's a whole bunch of assumptions that are made. Every incident that is always the worst possible outcome, and we lose sight of what we actually know and what we actually don't know, right? OPM is confident that they lost four million records.
BOB: That's the Office of Personnel Management.
KNAKE: Personnel Management, right. And they've listed out what they think they lost. The assumption that everybody has jumped to is this means they lost all the clearance information. What you would really want if you were a foreign intelligence operative.
BOB: Because, aha! If someone has a high clearance it means they are exposed to very sensitive information and also, ahaha, they're more blackmail-able if you know every single thing about them that was gathered during the course of their security clearance interviews.
KNAKE: And so that's where a lot of the hysteria around this incident has come from. We don't actually know that that clearance information was taken, right? So, crazy idea here would be to wait and give the story a little bit of time. They've disclosed this breach so that the four million people who had their records stolen will know about that, and they're going to send out letters about that. If in fact the breach is worse than this, at that point, OPM will disclose that fact.
BOB: Robert, with all due respect, what you've just said is just stupid. There are cable hours to be produced! There are talking heads to be booked! There are speculations to be speculated! This will not wait for the information to eventually flow in! We have to guess right now.
KNAKE: So I think one of the things that we've seen that is sort of the generic national security pundit jump into this space. People who don't actually have a lot of background or a lot of knowledge in cybersecurity but it's starting to be kind of this hot issue, and so if you know something about China or you know something about Russia, you're also sort of posing yourself as a cyber expert and offering forth opinions on that subject, and a lot of the time those opinions, when I hear them, I say, wait, this isn't grounded at all. Or wait, you're going off the latest thing you just read on Twitter. And you have no way of knowing if that is in fact true.
BOB: With the endless numbers of security breaches emanating apparently from Russia and China and North Korea and the Sony hacking case, there is this sense of siege. But it's a two way street.
KNAKE: Yes. One of the things that we know now because of the Snowden revelations is that the US has a very active program. And so that's why I think when you look at an incident like this, you may not see that much outrage coming out of federal officials, coming out of the federal government, because it didn't necessarily cross a line that we've put down in the sand, right? So if you look at two incidents where the government has come out and officially attributed them, we've officially said we know who did this and we're pissed about it, those two recent incidents are one, the North Korea hack against Sony, where we said hey, you can't do this, you can't target an American company, you can't try and stifle freedom of speech. And the second time recently is the indictment of the five Chinese People's Liberation Army hackers over a multi-year campaign taking information from US Steel and Westinghouse to benefit Chinese companies, and in that case we not only said it was China, we said here are the five people.
BOB: One of the reasons that perhaps we feel so under siege, if we are returning the favor to foreign countries, we wouldn't know because those foreign countries don't really report their breaches, do they?
KNAKE: There is no move of foot in China or Russia or many other countries around the world to require government agencies to disclose when they've been breached --
BOB: There's no FOIA in North Korea?
KNAKE: [laughs] Exactly. I mean, the second piece of it, right, is that we do have this open media, and so even in cases where the government doesn't come out and say, "we've been breached," there are reporters who are working to find that information out every day.
BOB: One more thing. I'm concerned about what I've read about so far, and what might happen in the future. I'm also a little nervous about what has happened, that I don't know about, either because the government hasn't told me, or because the government doesn't even know yet. Is that a paranoic concern?
KNAKE: You're not giving the government enough credit on this one. There are thousands of people who are working to figure out what the unknown unknowns are. But in each of these cases you need to remember that there's an overall context that you've gotta be aware of. So, in the case of China, it's not just about what's happening in cyberspace, it's about every other piece of the agenda, right? They may want to collect intelligence on us, but they want to do that without totally blowing up their relationship with the United States. They're just as dependent on us as we are on them for trade. Cyber is not something that happens in a vacuum. What happens in cyberspace does not necessarily stay in cyberspace. So, calm down, don't worry, there are a few common sense things that you should be doing to protect yourselves online. But, ultimately at the end of the day, when it comes to these nation state threats, there's very little that you can do about it, it's not actually about you and takeover of your Facebook account.
BOB: Robert, thank you very much.
KNAKE: Thank you.
BOB; Robert Knake is senior fellow for cyber policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. You can find a one page printable version of our Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Data Breach edition at on the media.org.

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New England New England Revolution are no strangers to slow starts and this season is no exception, but American striker Juan Agudelo is confident that is all about to change.
LA Galaxy The Los Angeles Galaxy pinched a 2-1 win late at home to Sporting Kansas City, while the Seattle Sounders won at the Colorado Rapids.
New England The New England Revolution are the next MLS team to get their chance to stop the high-flying Seattle Sounders.
Brad Evans Defending champions America made it two victories from two matches, while Seattle Sounders and DC United also won.
Jesse Marsch New York Red Bulls are in the midst of a five-match winless streak in MLS as they prepare to host Real Salt Lake midweek.
Western Conference leaders FC Dallas were surprisingly beaten at home in MLS on Sunday, as Orlando City earned a thrilling draw.
Mid-season signings Giovani dos Santos and Steven Gerrard scored as LA Galaxy returned to the Western Conference summit in MLS.
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Come to the Library for cosplay, actors, artists and more at the Library Con on September 24.
Our special guests will include a variety of artists, authors, voice actors, cosplayers, and gamers. This event is free and open to the public and all ages are welcome. Stay tuned for an updated guest list and schedule.
Check out our archived videos on YouTube.
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Baule Blolo Bian Seated Female Spirit Spouse Miniature 9.5 Inch Côte d'Ivoire
A standing figure identified as a ‚ÄúBlolo Bian‚Äù (spirit lover-husband of the other world), coming from the Baule of Ivory-Coast. This is a well carved piece made by a talented artist . These ‚Äòspirit world spouses', are kept in personal shrines where offerings are made to them and where they are close by their real world spouse.
As a ‚Äúblolo bian‚Äù, a husband of the other world, this figure reflects the Baule aesthetic of idealized beauty for the carving of the ‚Äúmale spirit lover‚Äù must be as beautiful in sculptural form as he is idealized in the ‚Äòspirit world'. The figure does not need to be a photographic copy of the ‚Äúspirit lover‚Äù but must reflect Baule ideals of beauty of the figure in the prime of his life, physically mature neither too young nor too old but in a perfect and healthy state of being.
Attention is focused upon the head with emphasis given to the well-carved details of the face with scarification on the cheeks, at the sides of the mouth, and cheeks. The legs are well carved and stand on its own carved bade; the stance of slightly bent knees is consistent with Baule aesthetic standards showing the body in all of its quiet masculinity and sensual promise. The surface indicates some age and damage at the back of the head is evidence of indigenous use of the figure.
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[7 Lights + 4 Songs] The ocean wave relaxation projector let you live in the world surrounded by Romantic Atmosphere, Colorful Space, Purple World, Blue Sea, Green Aurora, Magic Room, Ballroom. Enjoying Insects Chirping in the Forest, Seagulls Crying over the Ocean Waves, Birds Singing with Water Flowing. Lively Natural Sounds, prefect projecting night lights for kids. [POWER ADAPTER NOT INCLUDED]
[External Music] The amazing night light projector support TF card as well as 3.5mm aux-in music input, which allows you to play music from cellphone, tablet or PC. Free to play any music you like. (ATTENTION: When it connects to your device, you can only change music or volume via your device other than the set button or remote control)
[Easy to Use] Turn on the bottom switch of the bedroom lighting and LONG press the power button for 3 seconds to turn the light on. SHORT press the power button to switch among 7 light modes. Change songs via buttons or remote control. Long press the power button to turn it off, the upgraded aurora projection can be a gift for kids, girls, friends.
[Auto Off Times]: 3 Auto off timer options, built-in 1H, 2H, 4H auto off timer. The projector will automatically turn off after setting the time. It also can stay on all night if you not setting the time. 45°adjustable display angle for you to project the light straight up or point on ceiling or wall, its a amazing ocean wave light projector and baby light projector.
[Remote Control] You could remotely turn on/off the projector, control the rotation, change among 7 light modes and 4 songs, volume up/down, set timer of 1/2/4 hours. Powered by 2 AAA batteries(NOT INCLUDED)
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In Plastic Rotameter, the height of the float indicates the flow rate.
Rotameter tubes can be calibrated and indexed with appropriate flow units.
The adjustment ratio of the rotameter is usually as high as 12:1.
The accuracy may reach 1% of the full-scale rating.
The rotameter tube can be made of glass, metal, or plastic.
The pipe diameter ranges from 1/4 to more than 6 in.
In safe applications, such as air or water, the tubes of the rotameter can be made of glass, and in cases where a rupture may cause an unsafe condition, they are equipped with metal tubes.
In addition, for higher pressures and temperatures above the actual range of glass, metal tube rotameters are used.
Solenoid Valve Manufacturer's plastic tube rotameter is a medium-cost rotameter. Moreover, they are very suitable for applications involving corrosive fluids or deionized water.
Almost all rotameters are insensitive to viscosity changes. The most sensitive ones are the extremely small rotameters with spherical floats, while the larger rotameters are less sensitive to the effect of viscosity.
Rotameters including magnetic floats can be used for alarm and signal transmission functions.
Since the flow rate can be directly read on the scale installed next to the pipe, no auxiliary flow reading device is required. However, if necessary, an automatic sensing device can still be used to sense the level of the float and send a flow signal.
For a specific fluid density and viscosity, each float position corresponds to a specific flow rate. Therefore, it is important to determine the size of the rotameter for each application. If the size is appropriate, the flow rate can be determined by matching the position of the float with the calibration ratio outside of the rotameter.
Many rotameters have built-in valves for manual flow adjustment.
Various shapes of floats can be used for various applications. An early float design had grooves, which caused the float to rotate for stability and centering purposes. Because of this rotation of the float, the term rotameter was coined.
Rotameters are usually equipped with calibration data and direct reading scales for air or water or both. In order to determine the size of the rotameter for other services, the actual flow must first be changed to the standard flow. If it is a liquid, the standard flow rate should be the water equivalent in GPM, and when gas is involved, the expected standard flow rate is the airflow rate in standard cubic feet per minute (scfm).
Rotameter manufacturers provide tables listing standard water equivalent GPM and air scfm values. They should also provide usable slide rules, nomograms, or computer software, which are usually required to determine the size of the rotameter.

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Film gives our nation hope
After reading the Letters to the Editor on Jan. 2, I felt compelled to respond.
One side effect of “freedom of speech” is that anyone can make a case, put it in print, and misinterpret facts to suit their purpose. Hence the saying, “Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you read.”
I would urge every American to watch the movie “Monumental,” done by Kirk Cameron. In this movie Kirk follows the trials and paths the pilgrims took to escape the religious tyranny in England and start a new life in a new country.
We learn about the “Mayflower Contract,” which was drawn up while they were still aboard ship. We see documented coverage of historical facts, truths that are not taught in our history books.
This movie is a real eye opener! It stirs a desire to visit the places Kirk visited and see for ourselves the true intent of our forefathers regarding the separation of church and state.
If we are honest with ourselves, we need to look around at the path our country is following and our hearts will tell us this is a path that leads to destruction. Can this downward spiral be turned around?
The movie “Monumental” gives a new outlook on the foundation of our country and the importance of our Constitution. It gives hope for the future of our great nation. I encourage everyone to see it.


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Epic Games sue Apple and Google over Fortnite App Store removal
Epic Games launches lawsuit with Apple and Google after their decision to remove Fortnite from their app stores
Epic has sued tech giants Apple and Google over removal of the Fortnite app from their respective App and Play Stores. The reason for the removal is for “violating in-app payment guidelines”. Epic is not looking for compensation. Rather, they seek “an order enjoining Google from continuing to impose its anti-competitive conduct on the Android ecosystem”.
To fuel the fire, Epic launched the hashtag #FreeFortnite across social media. As a result of Apple’s decision, new players will not be able to download the app and existing players will not have access to app updates. Epic are encouraging customers to request a refund from Apple if they lose access to the game. Since its 2017 launch, the hugely popular gaming app has acquired 35o million registered users. Although the game is also compatible with PC and gaming consoles, excluding the iPhone user market will undoubtedly hurt revenue.
Fortnite controversy 2018
This is not the first time Epic has made controversial headlines. In 2018, Epic made Fortnite available to Android device users, but with a catch. The free-to-play Battle Royale was not available for players to download via the official Google Play Store but through the Epic Games website. This decision raised numerous concerns regarding the security implications that this would have on Android devices.
When Epic decided in 2018 to bypass the PlayStore, security experts expressed their concerns over the safety of Android devices. It is well known that side-loading software onto a device can be an extremely dangerous practice. Unlike Apple devices which do not allow the download of apps from third-party sites without jail-breaking the phone, Android devices can easily be taken advantage of by fake apps or websites created to look like official Fortnite products that then install malware onto the device or attempt to steal user data.
Implications for business
If Epic resorts back to independently distributing Fortnite, this could pose security threats for mobile users. Employees are increasingly using mobile devices for business as well as personal matters. As a result, employees could potentially side load the game to their Android device putting any sensitive corporate data stored on the device at risk.
Companies need a solution that gives employees download freedom but still provides protection from potential threats. Corrata blocks and alerts the user of any malicious material that attempts to gain access to the device.


NEW DELHI: Justice R M Lodha panel has submitted its report to the Supreme Courtaccusing BCCI of defying the apex court orders and impeding reform implementation. Lodha panel in their report have asked the removal of BCCI top brass and appointment of administrator to implement reforms. The Lodha panel said though the six month deadline set by SC for implementation of reforms is fast approaching, the BCCI is not cooperating in drawing up a firm road map for this.
“You (BCCI) are behaving like Lords. Fall in line otherwise we will make you fall in line,” SC told BCCI. SC has given the Board time till October 6 to respond to the Lodha panel’s stinging report accusing board of stalling reforms at every step.


Electric adjustment of seats is carried out by means of electric motors. In order to avoid an exit of electric motors long continuous work of a drive of adjustment of a seat is out of operation forbidden.
In order to avoid the category of the storage battery it is not necessary to make adjustment of seats at the idle engine of the car. The electric drive of adjustment of seats consumes considerable electric capacity.
It is forbidden to make seat adjustment at the same time in several directions (for example, longitudinal adjustment and seat adjustment on height).


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Property Tax Lawyers in West Jefferson
The law of West Jefferson, Ohio says that everyone who owns real property has to pay taxes on it. The term "real property" refers to land and buildings, as well as anything adhered to the land, like trees and natural resources.
The property tax in West Jefferson, Ohio is simply a percentage of a piece of property's appraised value, paid to the state and/or local government on a periodic - usually annual - basis.
Generally, property taxes are not levied by the federal government. This applies to everywhere in the U.S.. Usually, property taxes are imposed by state and local governments.
How Property Tax is Calculated in West Jefferson, Ohio
Usually, West Jefferson, Ohio property taxes are determined as a percentage of the property's value. Tax rates vary widely, but they typically run from less than 1% up to about 5%.
To collect the property tax in a fair and consistent manner, West Jefferson, Ohio tax authorities need to have an objective formula for determining the value of land under its jurisdiction.
Value, in some ways, is not an objective thing. For example, your childhood home is probably worth much more to you than its simple market value. However, the tax authorities use only objective factors in calculating a home's taxable value.
With that in mind, the land appraisers in West Jefferson, Ohio look at several factors, including the state of the local real estate market, the square footage of the house, and the permissible use (zoning) of the land.
How A West Jefferson, Ohio Property Tax Attorney Can Help.
West Jefferson, Ohio's property tax system is somewhat complicated. Legal disputes arising from property taxes can arise in a number of ways. For instance, the state might accuse a homeowner of failing to pay their property taxes, when they actually have. Conversely, a homeowner might believe that the value of their property was appraised inaccurately, resulting in a higher tax bill.
If you are involved in a property tax dispute with the tax authorities of West Jefferson, Ohio, you should seek the advice of a West Jefferson, Ohio tax attorney. Your attorney can help you prevent a small tax problem from turning into something much bigger and more expensive than it needs to be.

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Martin J Clarke
March 1, 2020
Joseph: This is not my home
Hebrews 11:22 (ESV)
By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.
Genesis 50:20-26 (ESV)
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
The Death of Joseph
So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years.And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own. And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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Jubilee Party Leader and former President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirmed a change of venue for the Jubilee NDC- National Delegates Conference.
Jubilee NDC Meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday of 22nd May 2023. This comes after the party experienced confusion where the suggested venue at Bomas of Kenya became unavailable.
Change of Venue Notice
“Notice is hereby given that the venue of the Jubilee NDC has been moved to Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi. All other details remain as per the notice published on the 29th of April, 2023.” His Excellency Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta C. G. H Party Leader posts.
“I’ve noted that our former President Uhuru Kenyatta has changed the venue of his Jubilee Party, National Delegates Conference to Ngong Racecourse after being locked out of Bomas of Kenya due to unavailability of the venue.” Mike Sonko reacts.
Conflicts/Wrangles in Jubilee Party
The Jubilee NDC Meeting comes at a time the Party is split into 2 with wrangles on the leadership.
One camp of Jubilee Party affirmed to replace Uhuru Kenyatta as the parry leader replacing him with Hon. Sabina Chege. The camp led by Sabina Chege has already confirmed that the party is firm and stable after expelling Kioni and Murathe.

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COMPANIES REGISTER'S NEW INSPECTION REGIME
The proposal of the Government to bring Companies Register’s new inspection regime into operation by phases from this year to 2023 has been broadly discussed and publicised since March. Back in 2012, the relevant provisions of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) (“CO”), namely, inter alia, sections 47, 49 to 59 thereof, have already provided for the new inspection regime when the re-written company law was enacted. Nonetheless, on account of the diverse views expressed by relevant stakeholders at the time, these provisions were not brought into operation in 2014.
According to the proposed schedule of the Government, and subject to the enactment of the relevant subsidiary legislation, the new inspection regime will be implemented as follows by phases:
(i) Starting from 23 August 2021, companies may withhold the usual residential addresses (“URA”) of directors and full identification numbers (“IDN”) of directors and company secretaries that are contained in their own registers from public inspection;
(ii) From 24 October 2022 onwards, the Companies Registry (“CR”) will withhold from public inspection the URA and full IDN of directors, company secretaries and liquidators, etc. which are contained in all the documents filed for registration; and
(iii) Starting from 27 December 2023, the individuals concerned may apply to the CR for withholding their respective URA and full IDN contained in the documents already registered with the CR prior to 24 October 2022 from public inspection.
The significance of the new inspection regime lies primarily in the removal of the unrestrained public access to obtain the URA and full IDN of individual company officers contained in the Companies Register. Under the new regime, for all the documents which are newly registered, only (i) the correspondence addresses of directors and (ii) the partial IDN of directors, company secretaries and other relevant individuals will be made available for public inspection. Upon application made to the CR, the URA and full IDN of those individuals will only be made accessible to different groups of authorities or persons as specified in the subsidiary legislation (“specified persons”), except for certain circumstances where such disclosure by the CR is permissible with an order of the Court or under the CO.
THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The proposed new inspection regime can be traced back to 2009 when, as part of the rewrite exercise, the Government consulted the public on the draft clauses of the Companies Bill. In December 2009, public views were sought in the “First Phase Consultation of the draft Companies Bill” as to whether company officers’ URA and full IDN on the Companies Register should continue to be made available for public inspection.
The proposed changes were indeed discussed and considered by the relevant Advisory Group formed for the rewrite exercise and the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform in 2007/08 and then in 2012/13, with substantial positive feedback from their members.
Consequently, provisions that reflected the new inspection regime were included in the Companies Bill for the scrutiny by the legislature, and the new CO, which contained the aforesaid provisions, was enacted in July 2012.
Nevertheless, given the lack of consensus by relevant stakeholders at the time, after the enactment of the primary legislation, the draft Companies (Residential Addresses and Identification Numbers) Regulation was not introduced into the legislature in 2013.
Aiming to elevating its efforts to strengthen the protection of the personal data contained in the Companies Register, the Government revived the proposals earlier this year.
PCPD IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW REGIME
From the perspective of protecting privacy in relation to personal data, I welcome, and have no hesitation to support, the proposed new inspection regime which, undoubtedly, will strengthen the protection of the personal data contained in the Companies Register.
As a matter of fact, the current proposal reflects the recommendations made by my Office, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”), in our report on the “Survey of Public Registers Maintained by Government and Public Bodies” published in July 2015.
Among others, we recommended operators of public registers to explore, when providing personal data of a sensitive nature (such as identification document numbers and residential addresses) for public access, less privacy-intrusive means of disclosing the same. For example, by providing partial instead of full identification document numbers, and by providing correspondence addresses instead of full residential addresses.
I am pleased to see that the above-mentioned recommendations have been taken into account in the proposed new regime.
Quite contrary to the views expressed in some quarters, in my view the move is of particular importance in the present situation of Hong Kong as there have been a significant increase in the number of doxxing cases since mid-2019, coupled with a worsening trend of cybercrimes and telephone scams that involved the unlawful use of personal data unveiled for the past two years. This situation is exacerbated by the rapid development of digitalisation and the ease of collecting different kinds of personal data from the public domain nowadays, whether from online platforms, internet searches, public registers, or the like. It is worth noting that if the personal data available in the public domain are disclosed without appropriate safeguards, or used without regard to the original purpose of collecting the data, it could pose significant risks to privacy, thus jeopardising the interests of the data subjects. This is so especially in the case of sensitive personal data such as full IDN and URA, which practically anyone may obtain from any public register with relative ease nowadays.
In this regard, I have grave concern that personal data has been weaponised by some in Hong Kong, and utilised in ways to intimidate, silence or harm others for whatever reasons.
The wave of doxxing that has swelled in Hong Kong since mid-2019 has tested the limits of morality and the law, and should be stopped. Between June 2019 and May 2021, my Office has handled over 5,700 doxxing-related complaints and cases discovered proactively by us through our online patrols. Among these cases, 905 of them involved wrongful disclosure of the victims’ identification numbers and/or residential addresses. The figures cry for immediate and effective actions to call the matter to a halt.
In the words of the Honourable Mr Justice Jeremy Poon, the Chief Judge of the High Court, “doxxing should not and cannot be tolerated in Hong Kong if we still take pride in our city as a civilized society where the rule of law reigns… The damage of widespread doxxing goes well beyond the victims. It seriously endangers our society as a whole… If doxxing practices are not curtailed, the fire of distrust, fear and hatred ignited by them will soon consume the public confidence in the law and order of the community, leading to disintegration of our society.”
While legislative amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“the PDPO”, Cap. 486) will be proposed by the Government shortly to introduce a new offence for doxxing and broaden my enforcement powers under the PDPO to deal with doxxing cases more effectively, I do believe that strengthening the protection of the personal data contained in public registers will assist in addressing the root of the problem, and Hong Kong is not alone in taking measures to accord more protection to sensitive personal data that appear on the Companies Register.
SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS IN OVERSEAS JURISDICTIONS
Making reference to similar arrangements in other jurisdictions would be helpful for us when we deliberate about the new inspection regime, for example, those adopted by the Companies House in the United Kingdom (“UK”), which is comparable to the new regime proposed by the Government in Hong Kong. While company officers’ personal identification numbers are not made available for public inspection on the companies register in the UK, for over a decade only their correspondence addresses (or better known as service addresses) are made available to the public. Information on directors’ residential addresses is kept on a separate register with restricted access.
Similarly, in Singapore, an alternate address instead of the URA may be provided for disclosure on the companies register by company officers, though the full numbers of their Singpass are disclosed. On the other hand, in Australia, while identification document numbers are not on the register, under specified circumstances, alternate addresses may be included, for example, when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission considers that the inclusion of the URA in public records would put the personal safety of the relevant officer and/or his/her family members at risk.
Thus, it is not unorthodox for measures to be taken by regulatory authorities to strengthen the protection given to sensitive personal data in a public register if circumstances warrant.
EQUAL LEGAL PROTECTION FOR PERSONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
It is of paramount importance for us to realise that personal data that is available in public domain is still subject to the same protection under the PDPO as personal data obtained from any other source. Notwithstanding that some personal data can be accessed and obtained from a public register, the use of the data is still confined to the very purpose of allowing access to and inspection of the relevant register.
Data Protection Principle (“DPP”) 3 (the limitation of use principle) under Schedule 1 of the PDPO provides that personal data shall not, without the prescribed consent of the data subject, be used for a new purpose. It follows that any subsequent use of the personal data obtained from a public register, which is not the same as or directly related to the original purpose(s) of making available the data for public access, will contravene DPP3 without the data subject’s prescribed consent (or, exceptionally, when an exemption applies under the PDPO).
Under the PDPO, personal data obtained from a public register should not be used for illegal purposes, including doxxing.
STRIKING A REASONABLE BALANCE
While advocating the importance of the protection of privacy in relation to personal data, I reckon the importance of allowing access to the Companies Register for legitimate purposes of the Register, which are fully set out under section 45 of the CO.
Not surprisingly, various stakeholders have raised different concerns on the proposed new inspection regime. Most of the concerns, as I see it, are related to the possible confusion, however slight, that may arise when the full IDN and URA are not available to readily identify the individual concerned, whether for forensic investigation, due diligence checks or other legitimate purposes.
At the time of writing, some refinements to the original proposal have been proposed by the Government in response. These include, for example, expanding the scope of specified persons to cover solicitors and foreign lawyers, certified public accountants (practising), trust or company service provider licensees, etc.; providing particulars of cross-directorships and introducing administrative measures (such as providing more digits in the IDN) to remove confusion when the disclosure of partial IDN leads to confusing search results.
Undoubtedly, the Government proposed the refinements or additional measures to address the concerns over the possible confusion that might arise from the new inspection regime, and I believe that they are genuine attempts to strike a reasonable balance between protecting personal data privacy on the one hand and allowing access to the Companies Register for the legitimate purposes of the Register on the other. I would, however, caution against any further broadening of the scope of unrestricted access, as that may likely defeat the very purpose of strengthening the protection of the personal data contained in the Register.


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Everyone wants to be famous, everyone wants to become wealthy and all of us crave for a comfortable life. The desire to reach at the top of the world is never ending but most of us don’t understand what it takes to earn that status in the society. Our parents are experienced enough and they guide us to ultimate victory by the means of education. They aren’t wrong, but they are too mainstream. There are many ways a person can become successful and among those, there is athleticism.
Let’s have a look at the list of some of the greatest athletes or sports player ever lived on Earth and how famous personalities they are:
11 Michael Jordan – Famous Basketball Player
Most of us know Michael Jordan is one of the most successful basketball player of all time but very few of us know how famous he is. Michael Jordan also known as “Air Jordan” and “His Airness” is the second richest African-American in the world. He is the first NBA player to become billionaire. He has also won two Olympic gold medals for the team in the year 1984 and 1992. Jordan was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 20th most powerful celebrity in the world between June 2009 and June 2010.
He has been a major spokesman for Nike, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Gatorade and McDonald’s. Nike even created a signature shoe for him, named Air Jordan. Jordan himself made Nike earn 1 billion dollar by being the brand ambassador of the company.
10 Tiger Woods – Most Remarkable Golf Player
Tiger Woods started playing golf before he and his family celebrated his 2nd birthday. His passion for golf came from his father who played golf in a regular club while hanging out with his friends. Woods went on to win 8 Junior World Championship six times, which include 4 consecutive wins. By the age of 15, Woods became the youngest ever U.S Junior Amateur champion. Woods was considered as the world’s most remarkable athlete. Companies like General Motors, Titleist, American Express, Accenture and Nike signed him for more than a billion dollar contract. He even endorses the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series of video games.
He is considered as the richest golf player history has ever witnessed. Forbes ranked Woods as the 9th world’s highest paid athletes.
9 Christiano Ronaldo – Most Famous Footballer
Born in a small household, Christiano used to play football at an amateur team Andorinha where his father worked as a kit man. Ronaldo had an undying spirit for football from an early age. His passion for the game and his dribbling skills impressed Manchester United’s manager and Ronaldo became first Portuguese player to be signed by Manchester United. Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for a world record transfer fee of 80 million Euro. Forbes twice ranked Ronaldo at the first spot on their on their list of the world’s highest paid football players. Emporio Armani, Coca-Cola, Motorola, KFC, Tag Heuer, Fly Emirates and Samsung signed Ronaldo to be their brand ambassador. Ronaldo has 158 million followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, which made him the most popular sport personality on social media in August 2010.
8 Roger Federer – Greatest Tennis Player
Currently ranked 3rd best player in the world Roger Federer is considered as the greatest tennis player of all time. Federer hold the position of world’s no. 1 player for 302 weeks, winning 17 grand slams. Federer might be at the verge of his career but his rivalry with Rafal Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray is world famous. Federer belongs to neutral country but his style, his achievement and his game is the reason why he has fans all over the world.
7 Sachin Tendulkar – Most Famous Cricketer
“If Cricket is Religion, then Sachin is God”
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the king of records in Cricket. Sachin has ruled Cricket for more than two decades. Sachin started his international cricketing career at the mere age of 16 years, in the era when bowlers like Wasim Akram, Courtney Walsh ruled the game. Sachin’s batting is so attractive that once Sir Don Bradman said “I see myself when I watch Sachin batting”.
Pepsi, MRF, Coca-Cola, ESPN Star Sports, Adidas, Britannia, Philips and many more brands are associated with Sachin. Sachin was estimated to 160 million USD, making him the wealthiest Indian Cricket player in 2013.
6 Lionel Mess – Highest Paid Athletes
Born on 24th June,1987 in Argentina,Messi was not god gifted with the skills of football.
In the early phase of his life, Messi gained interest in football. At the age of 10, he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency. Messi’s father was able to contribute for his treatment from his insurance policy for a couple of years. Later, in the year 2000 his distant relatives somehow managed a trial for Messi for one of the most renowned clubs of Europe, Barcelona. Messi impressed everyone in his first attempt and they were ready to sign him up on the spot. The manager, signed Messi for Barcelona on a napkin and rest is history.
Currently, Messi is second on Forbes list of the world’s highest paid athletes with income of 81.4 million dollars.
5 Usain Bolt – Most Famous Runner
The fastest man on Earth, this statement is enough to describe Usain Bolt’s achievements. He has earned the nick name of “Lightning Bolt”. He is the highest paid athlete ever in track and field and has been called the world’s most marketable athlete. He is the first man to hold both the 100 meters and 200 meters world records. After every win Usain Bolt strikes his lightning bolt pose which his fans appreciate a lot. He has won 6 Olympic gold medals and he has been world champion 4 times.
4 Muhammad Ali – Most Famous Gold Medalist In Boxing
Cassius Clay or better known as Muhammad Ali, is regarded as the most successful and hard working boxer in history. In the early stage of his career Muhammad Ali shocked everyone by winning 19 consecutive game with 15 wins by knockout. At 18 years of age, Ali won gold medal in light heavy weight lifting at Rome Olympics, which he later threw into Ohio river after he and his friend were refused at a “white-only” restaurant. Muhammad Ali was not only a boxer, he was motivational speaker, a philanthropist and he is still a source of inspiration for many of us. American government has introduced an act named “Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act” to protect rights and welfare of boxers.
3 Serena Williams
American professional tennis player and currently ranked no. 1 female tennis player, Serena Williams has single handedly changed the face of women tennis all across the globe. She is most successful female tennis player ever lived. With six Australian Open, three French Open, eight Wimbledon titles she rules the game. She can be considered as the most successful women athlete. She has also appeared in many television commercials and gave voice for many cartoon shows too. She endorses brand like Puma, Gatorade, Pepsi , Aston Martin, IBM and Mini.
2 Michael Phelps
Also known as the most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps holds the record of winning 22 Olympic medals in three Olympic games. Freestyle, backstroke or butterfly Michael has mastered all of them in such a way that he is named as “The Flying Fish”. Including world championship Michael has won 77 medals out which 61 are gold medals. Michael Phelps is considered as the most successful athlete of Olympic till date.
1 David Beckham
Footballer, style icon, philanthropist, businessman and a super model, David Beckham has justified each and every role in his life completely. Beckham represented English football team and has also played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and A.C. Milan. His fan following is so enormous that he generated 1 billion Euros for Adidas in the year 2013 with just shirt and boot sales. Beckham works for the UNICEF and focuses on UNICEF’s Global Sport’s Development Program.

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“Our goal is to create a beloved community. This will require a qualitative change in our souls. as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
Choices Interlinking Inc is pleased to partner with local and national partners including America’s Promise and My Brother’s Keeper Alliance as the Y.E.S. (Young Employed, Successful) initiative is re-ignited. This project combines job readiness skills with job training for those underserved young adults who have committed to improving their life circumstances. Job opportunities include flexible and responsive environmental justice engagement including preservation and restoration; alternative building for affordable housing; computer technology innovation; community development; systemic and structural reform, and more. Special scholarships are available to encourage vulnerable youth to pursue their visions of being stewards for reformation and transformation.
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The White House and 90 federal agencies rolled out the first-ever racial equity action plans in our country’s history.
Advocates and partners will continue to design a new set of equity standards that will both support and hold the federal government accountable to implement plans. In practical terms, that means establishing shared metrics for accountability so that our movements can drive, track, and accelerate the federal government’s progress.
Equity cannot be an add-on or afterthought in government systems –– it must be core to the design of every program, policy, and regulation. Michael McAfee, PolicyLink CEO and President
The Gulf South deserves a future where we can sustain our way of life without selling our land, water, and air to the oil and gas industries. On June 4th, we’re celebrating that future at the Gulf Gathering for Climate Justice and Joy in Baton Rouge.
This free, family-friendly festival will be filled with food, music, and people ready to celebrate and protect the places we call home. What are you celebrating and protecting? Can you join us?R
|You are invited! The Women’s Center for Justice: A New Vision for Women in NYC Jails|
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|With the closing of Rikers Island, New York City has a unique opportunity to revolutionize the treatment of women and gender-expansive people who are currently at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers. The Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, Columbia University Justice Lab and Center for Justice, former NYC Department of Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi, Women’s Community Justice Association and HR&A Advisors have collaborated on a report detailing the design, model and operations of “The Women’s Center for Justice,” a first-of-its kind gender-responsive, trauma-informed facility. The report calls for New York City and State to transform the Lincoln Correctional site at West 110th Street into a site for women and gender-expansive people that breaks the traditional model of jail with a “Reentry at Entry” approach and holistic care that ends the cycle of incarceration.|
This Equity Action Plan seeks to break through barriers and advance equity and justice for all communities.
The Equity Action Plan aligns with the Agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan, announced March 28, 2022. EPA’s final Strategic Plan includes, for the first time, an unprecedented strategic goal to advance environmental justice and civil rights.
Priority actions include:
Developing a comprehensive framework for considering cumulative impacts in relevant EPA decisions and operationalize that framework in EPA’s programs and activities.
What is the Connection?
Both disproportionately target people of color, particularly Black people for lasting detrimental harm. Both require awareness, acknowledgment, and proactive systemic movement for meaningful positive changes.
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President Obama joined the United Nations Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COPs26) in November to discuss and advance collective agreements to address the global climate crisis. He highlighted the importance of youth involvement in the structuring of our fuuture. President Obama joined local, national, and international climate activists from around the world at the recent climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Colette Pichon Battle of New Orleans who led a delegation sponsored by the Gulf Coast Center on Law and Policy stated:
“Reparations is not just money: its policy and agreement that this will never happen again. It is an apology and an acknowledgment that what you have done is wrong… “
– Colette Pichon Battle
The lives and health of Black residents are disproportionately at risk from fossil fuel pollution.
“If EPA, the federal government, state governments and local governments had been doing things correctly, we wouldn’t be here. There’s obviously a problem with the way we have implemented our laws and, quite frankly, there may be a problem with the existing law. We need to determine whether even existing law, if followed, is protective enough.” Micheal Regan, EPA Director
Is EPA’s recent response an historic and a ‘radical change in tone’?
Injection wells are spilling over and harming innocent people and the planet with no intervention or concern from officials.
I call on you, our national environmental protection agency, to intervene where others have failed. Poor communities and people of color are particular targets of this neglect and harm.
Texas and other states have failed in their regulatory responsibilities. The federal government must intervene!
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Tedeschi Trucks Band Welcomes Members Of Blackberry Smoke In Raleigh
The Tedeschi Trucks Band‘s Wheels Of Soul tour rolled into Raleigh on Tuesday night for a performance at Coastal Credit Union Music Park At Walnut Creek. The TTB was joined by members of Blackberry Smoke, the group that opened the festivities after a set from Shovels & Rope.
The first show of the tour featured the TTB debut of Elton John’s “The Border Song.” Susan Tedeschi‘s powerful vocals fit the song like a glove and she led a strong rendition of the tune from Elton John’s self-titled debut album to kick off the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s set in Raleigh. The 12-piece then presented career-spanning originals “Do I Look Worried,” “Signs, High Times” and “Until You Remember” ahead of a pairing of Sleepy John Estes’ “Leavin’ Trunk” and “Volunteered Slavery” by Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
Next up was “Laugh About It” before Derek Trucks was showcased on Derek & The Dominos’ “Keep On Growing” and the TTB original “Midnight In Harlem.” Last night’s set came to a close with a run of “Part Of Me,” “How Blue Can You Get?” and “I Want More.” Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr emerged to augment the TTB’s encore of Charles Segar’s “Key To The Highway” and Leon Russell’s “Stranger In A Strange Land.” The latter song also featured Blackberry Smoke drummer Brit Turner.
Listen to an audience recording taped by Robbie Dunn:
Set: Border Song, Do I Look Worried, Signs, Until You Remember, Leavin’ Trunk > Volunteered Slavery, Laugh About It, Keep On Growing, Midnight In Harlem, Part Of Me, How Blue Can You Get, I Want More
Encore: Key To The Highway (w/ Charlie Starr), Stranger In A Strange Land (w/ Charlie Starr & Brit Turner)
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Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Dallas, TX
- 2 days • Sep 20 - 21, 2019
Tedeschi Trucks Band at Crossroads Guitar FestivalEric ClaptonBuddy GuyJeff Beck
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Welcome to the Meet Our Team page of Erie Shores HealthCare, where we proudly introduce you to the dedicated professionals who make our hospital a beacon of exceptional healthcare. Our team is comprised of passionate individuals from various departments, each contributing their expertise and compassion to ensure the best possible patient care. Get to know our remarkable team members and discover the impactful initiatives happening in each department.
Nursing Department: Our nursing team is the heart of Erie Shores HealthCare, providing compassionate care and support to our patients. With a commitment to excellence, our nurses embrace evidence-based practices and continually strive for professional growth. Through initiatives such as our Nurse Mentorship Program, we foster an environment that promotes knowledge sharing and mentorship to nurture the next generation of nursing leaders. Our nursing team includes Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Registered Nurses (RNs), Registered Nurse Practitioners (RPNs), Personal Support Workers (PSWs), and Clinical Externs.
Emergency Department: The Emergency Department (ED) team is the first line of defence when it comes to urgent medical care. Our dedicated ED professionals work tirelessly to provide timely and compassionate emergency services. We take pride in our commitment to reducing wait times and ensuring efficient triage protocols, allowing us to deliver prompt and high-quality care to our patients during critical moments.
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1st July Hong kong: 400 K Protest for Democracy! In China: 1.3billion under curfew, Dog killed for protesting!
1st July 2012 Official figures said between 200,000 Hong kong citizens of China took to the streets to protest for Democracy in China! But some eye-witness report said it was more like 500,000 as many could not fit inside the designated Protest streets! 1.3billion inside China put under curfew, No protest allowed on pains of death! Not even for a dog!
Translating: Excerpt from Chen Guangcheng’s youtube video + Full Tanscript in Chinese! 陳光誠向溫總理提出三個要求
Blind human rights lawyer escaped from house arrest and issues online statement about his mistreatment and persecution of his family and torture ordered by government. In chinese he describes horrific physical and psychological torment inflicted on him and those he care for by those who kept him under house arrest….ordered by the government. He is asking for Justice and a rule of law (a real one) fromWen Jiabao….


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Modern, dynamic abstract artwork. The abstract painting captivates with its clear, circular double structure. The white, red, pink, yellow, magenta, orange, blue, violet, lavender, green, brown and beige shades seem to rotate, getting darker from the inside out.
It was painted with professional acrylic paint on canvas. Stretched on a wooden frame. The sides are painted, so the painting is ready to hang. You get a certification of authenticity.
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Lori Lightfoot accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over border crossers
Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being accused of hypocrisy after it emerged that dozens of migrants who just lately arrived within the Windy Metropolis by bus have had been secretly despatched on to a rich Republican suburb.
Regardless of Lightfoot repeatedly claiming that Chicago was welcoming the inflow of border-crossers from Texas, not less than 64 had been forwarded with out warning to a Hampton Inn in Burr Ridge, village officers stated.
“Neither employees nor I had been contacted concerning the choice to accommodate migrants in Burr Ridge,” the village’s Republican mayor, Gary Grasso, complained.
“It’s hypocrisy by the mayor of Chicago to complain” concerning the new arrivals being despatched from Texas simply to bounce them again to Republican areas, Grasso told Fox News over the weekend.
“This isn’t about” the migrants, Grasso insisted, saying, “We’re more than pleased for folks to search out freedom.”
Nevertheless, Lightfoot and Democratic Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker. are utilizing them “as political pawns” of their anger at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the Burr Ridge mayor added.
“There have to be vacant lodge rooms in Chicago,” Grasso stated, noting the arrivals quantity simply “lots of of individuals in a metropolis of hundreds of thousands.”
“Why are they sending them out to the Republican suburbs? You must surprise,” Grasso stated.
Lightfoot has accused Abbott of being “with none disgrace or humanity” for busing the immigrants, which she has insisted is a “racist coverage.”
Illinois Gov. Pritzker has additionally stated that what his Texas counterpart is doing “is doing is disgusting and it must cease.”
“It shouldn’t be that the governor of Texas is taking these folks and treating them like cattle, treating them like property, placing them on buses and sending them wherever he desires to ship them.”
Pritzker’s rep confirmed to WGN that a few of the arrivals had been despatched to Burr Ridge, insisting it was a part of a “prior relationship with the lodge getting used … welcoming refugees and asylum seekers earlier than.”
“It’s fascinating that native officers are selecting this particular occasion to gripe to the press about this particular group of asylum seekers that consists of about 30 households,” the governor’s spokesperson stated.
“Gov. Pritzker has made it clear that Illinois is welcoming state and xenophobia has no house right here.”
Lightfoot’s workplace didn’t fast reply to a request for remark.
The Illinois Division of Human Providers advised Fox 32 that lots of the 300 migrants who’ve arrived in Chicago are receiving momentary shelter in suburban accommodations.
Abbott has vowed to proceed sending the border crossers till the Biden Administration tightens up its border insurance policies.


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1997 Ph.D., Modern European History, University of California at Santa Cruz
Dissertation: “The Industrial Ecosystem: An Environmental and Social History of the Early Industrial Revolution in Oldham, England, 1750-1820.” Examines the effects of a national and global market economy upon a community and its surrounding environment, and how their relationship with the land conditioned their responses to the new social and economic system.
Dissertation Advisors: Prof. Sheldon Rothblatt, UC-Berkeley, and Prof. Mark Cioc, UC-Santa Cruz
1992-94 Research and Studies in Manchester and London, England
1990 International Graduate Summer School, Exeter College, Oxford University, England
1989 M.A., Modern European History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1986 B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Specialization
Modern European History, Modern Britain, Latin American History, Environmental Studies
Fellowships and Honors
2003 Keynote Speaker, Adlai E. Stevenson Commencement, UCSC
1997 Departmental Dissertation Writing Fellowship.
1996 Developed and Conducted Inaugural Teaching Assistant Training Course for Incoming Graduate Students in History
1995-96 History Department Outstanding Teaching Assistant
1995-96 U.C. President’s Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities
1994 Institute of German and European Studies, UC-Berkeley Research Fellowship
1993 Institute of Business and Economic Research, UC-Berkeley. Mining and Metallurgical Society of America Research Fellowship
1991, 1994, ’93, ’90, ’89 U.C. Regents Graduate Fellowships
Publications and Activities in Progress
2008 Land, Community and the Industrial Transformation: An Environmental and Social History of the Early Industrial Revolution in Oldham, England, 1750-1820, submitted to White Horse Press, reviewed and in process of revision.
2004 “Uplands Downwind: Acidity and Ecological Change in the Southeast Lancashire Moorlands,” in E.M. DuPuis, ed., Smoke and Mirrors: The Politics and Culture of Air Pollution. New York: NYU Press, 2004.
2003 “The Weirdest of all Undertakings”: The Land and the Early Industrial Revolution in Oldham, England,” Environmental History, vol. 8 (2) 246-269.
2001 “Sowing the Field of British Environmental History,” part of the H-Environment Global Historiography Series, published on-line http://www.h-net.org/~environ/historiography/british.htm
2000 “Environmental History Writing in Northern Europe,” Environmental History, vol. 5 (3). By Mark Cioc, Bjorn-Ola Linner, and Matt Osborn.
2007 Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago, Harold L. Platt, Journal of Social History, Spring 2007, (215-217)
2006 London’s Thames: The River that Shaped a City and its History, Gavin Weightman, Environmental History vol. 12 (1)
2004 The Chimney of the World: A History of Smoke Pollution in Victorian and Edwardian Manchester, Stephen Mosley, Business History Review, vol. 78 (3).
2004 The Peopling of Britain: The Shaping of a Human Landscape, Paul Slack and Ryk Ward eds., Environmental History, vol. 9 (3) 541-543.
2003 The Transformation of Rural England: Farming and the Landscape 1700-1870, Tom Williamson, Albion, vol. 35 (4).
2002 A History of Water in Modern England and Wales, John Hassan, Albion, vol. 34 (3).
1999 Nature’s Nation, John Opie. Capitalism Nature Socialism, vol. 10 (4).
1995 The Ecology of the Automobile, Peter Freund and George Martin. Capitalism Nature Socialism, vol. 6 (3).
Modern British History, Modern European History Survey, the European Union, European Environmental History, U.S. Environmental History, World Environmental History, Global History, Western Civilizations, Imperialism, and Urban History.
Assistant Professor, Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont
2004-2007 Chair, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
2006-2007 World History and the Environment; 20th Century Europe; Imperialism and the Natural World
2005-2006 World History and the Environment; Images of Nature; Modern European Intellectual History; Early Modern Europe
2004-05 World History and the Environment; Images of Nature; Modern British History
2003-04 World History and the Environment; the European Union; Imperialism and the Natural World; 19th Century European History
Adjunct Professor, University of St. Francis, College of Health Arts, Joliet, IL
1998-99 Western Civilization
Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz
1997-2003 Seminar Instructor, Stevenson College Freshman Seminar, ‘Self and Society’
2000-03 Teaching Practicum—pedagogical instruction and mentoring for competitively chosen upper division students who team-teach within the Stevenson College Freshman Seminar.
2000-02 Coordinator, Stevenson College Freshman Seminar, “Self and Society.”
Duties included: Running faculty meetings and assorted pedagogical workshops, developing curricula, hiring faculty, coordinating guest lecturers, and participation in college orientation and recruitment activities.
2000 Introduction to Global History
1999 World Environmental History
1999-2002 Seminar Instructor, College Eight Core Course, “Environment and Society”
1999 Modern British History
1997, ’98, and ’99 U.S. Environmental History
1994, ’95, and ’98 Introduction to 19th Century European History
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz
1989-96 U.S. Environmental History; Advanced Capitalist States, 1950-1990 (Politics); 19th Century European Intellectual History; Modern British History; Introduction to 20th Century U.S. History; Political and Economic Institutions and the Environment (Environmental Studies); Introduction to Latin American History; Colonial Mexican History; Ecodevelopment (Environmental Studies); 19th Century European History
2007 Organizer of panel “Downwind from the First Industrial Society: Scientific and Social Responses to Air Pollution, 1850-2000,” for the European Society for Environmental History biannual meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2007 “The Understanding and Regulation of Acidity in Historical Perspective: Transformed British Uplands and in the Development of Transboundary Pollution Regulation in the late 20th Century,” European Society for Environmental History, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2006 “Extractive Economies Fuel the Industrial Transformation: A new social elite gains control over the land and society of Oldham, England, 1790-1805,” American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2003 “Acidity, Reclamation, and Community: The Post-Industrial Legacy of Air Pollution in Southeast Lancashire, England,” American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island.
2001 “Landscape and Community: European Environmental History in the 21st Century,” European Society for Environmental History Inaugural meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.
2001 “Rivers, Canals and Cloughs: Waterways and Local Identity in the Deindustrialized Lancashire Uplands,” The Twentieth Century as World History: World History Workshop, University of California, Santa Cruz.
2000 Organizer of panel “The Control of Water in European and Colonial Environmental History: Myths and Realities,” for the American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Tacoma, Washington.
2000 “The Rich get Richer and Nature be Damned: The Circumvention of Natural Processes and the Redistribution of Wealth in the Fenlands of England,” American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Tacoma, Washington.
1999 Organizer of panel “Industrialization and De-Industrialization in European Environmental History,” for the American Society for Environmental History Biannual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona.
1999 “The Reclamation of the Landscape and Community: Southeast Lancashire at the end of the 20 th Century,” American Society for Environmental History Biannual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona.
1998 “The Landed Aristocracy and the Industrial Landscape in Lancashire, England, 1750-1800,” Pacific Coast American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, University of San Diego.
1996 “Writing an Environmental History of the Industrial Revolution in England,” Center for German and European Studies, Program on Environmental History, Sociology and Policy, University of California, Berkeley.


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COMBIGAN® (brimonidine tartrate/timolol maleate ophthalmic solution) 0.2%/0.5%, sterile, is a relatively selective alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist with a non-selective beta-adrenergic receptor inhibitor (topical intraocular pressure lowering agent).
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5-bromo-6-(2-imidazolidinylideneamino) quinoxaline L-tartrate; MW= 442.24
(-)-1-(tert-butylamino)-3-[(4-morpholino-1,2,5-thiadiazol-3-yl)-oxy]-2-propanol maleate (1:1) (salt); MW= 432.50 as the maleate salt
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Brimonidine tartrate appears as an off-white, or white to pale-yellow powder and is soluble in both water (1.5 mg/mL) and in the product vehicle (3 mg/mL) at pH 7.2. Timolol maleate appears as a white, odorless, crystalline powder and is soluble in water, methanol, and alcohol.
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