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Metro Detroit’s public transit systems, long hampered by inadequate public funding, are facing a new crisis: not enough bus drivers. The result? Drastically reduced service for riders. To fix this emergency, TRU is urging our transit agencies to take action! Sign our petition here to urge SMART to negotiate a competitive contract with its operators.
The transit operator shortfall is a national problem, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s especially acute in metro Detroit. Transit here was limited enough to start with. Now DDOT and SMART don’t have the staff to operate even that level of service. Both agencies have cut their schedules severely, and even after those cuts, many of the scheduled buses still don’t show up for lack of drivers.
That’s absurd. Riders already deal with infrequent schedules. The bare minimum we can expect is that our buses will show up as promised.
To fix the operator shortfall, agencies need to treat it like the emergency it is, and act fast to improve wages and working conditions for drivers.
The Operator Shortfall Has Severely Impacted Transit Service
As of summer 2022, the region’s largest transit agency, the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT), had only about 400 drivers, roughly 100 less than budgeted.
Due to the shortfall, DDOT is currently running only two-thirds of scheduled pre-pandemic service. According to the National Transit Database, this is one of the lowest levels of service, relative to pre-pandemic levels, for any agency in the country. No other major city has cut transit service so deeply. The cuts have left Detroit without a single bus route running every 15 minutes, or what the industry deems “frequent” service.
Regional transit agency SMART, meanwhile, is also short about 100 drivers (out of 400 – an even higher proportion) and is currently running about 80% of pre-pandemic service. In addition to buses being less frequent, SMART has eliminated service into the City of Detroit on major routes like Van Dyke and Fort, which now terminate at the city limits. SMART previously enjoyed a reputation of being more reliable than DDOT, but many riders have noted an increase in missed trips.
Tough Work, Low Wages Define Operator Jobs
Local transit operators and national experts describe a range of factors contributing to the operator hiring crisis. These range from the inflexibility of transit operator work schedules, especially for new hires, to heavy-handed management practices and concerns about safety on the job.
The low pay drivers receive, however, is surely one of the biggest problems. DDOT drivers start at just $15/hour after training, and SMART drivers at $19/hour. Those are hardly attractive wages these days, especially when there’s no shortage of other driving positions with Amazon and other employers. Indeed, the MIT Living Wage Calculator states that a living wage for a family of two working adults and two children in the Detroit metro area is about $28/hour.
There’s one transit agency in the region that isn’t suffering for lack of operators: the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, also known as The Ride. The Ride’s drivers start at $28.65/hour after training, nearly twice as much as DDOT’s. It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that a livable wage makes hiring quite a bit easier.
An Emergency Situation
It’s time that our transit agencies, and the elected officials they answer to, recognize the transit operator shortfall as the crisis that it is, and take immediate action.
SMART has an opportunity to do just that in current negotiations with its drivers’ union, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1564, on a new union contract to take effect in 2023.
DDOT drivers’ contract isn’t currently up for renewal, but given the scale of the crisis, it may be time to reopen the City’s contract with its drivers’ union, ATU Local 26.
The City’s initial response to the crisis, an attendance-based pay incentive system announced this summer amidst much fanfare, has not yielded much change, according to union president Schetrone Collier, a 33-year veteran of the Department. For one thing, to get the incentive pay (maximum $4,000 per year) drivers had to sacrifice their vacation time – something they understandably prize. Almost six months after the incentive was announced, the City is still short about one hundred operators.
A genuine solution will require more serious action. One precedent was set earlier this month, when Detroit City Council approved a $22 million budget appropriation to boost the salaries of Detroit police officers by $10,000.
Given the importance of affordable transportation to Detroit residents, the city’s public servants on the buses deserve no less. After all, as Local 26 president Collier notes, drivers are often called to serve as social workers as well as chauffeurs, and “we come into contact with a way higher volume of citizens than a police officer does.”
Tens of thousands of people in metro Detroit literally can’t get anywhere without our bus drivers. Transportation Riders United urges our agencies to value operators at their worth, and in so doing, to make sure riders, too, get the service we deserve. Especially with winter coming on, there’s no time to waste: riders and drivers shouldn’t be left out in the cold.
Tell SMART to provide truly competitive wages and more appealing working conditions for new hires in their new contract with drivers, and stay tuned for next steps on our DDOT campaign! If you’re interested in getting involved, email Joel Batterman at joel [at] detroittransit.org.

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|Wednesday,||March 4, 2020||9 p.m.|
Balcon du Théâtre Outremont
1248 Bernard Avenue West
Montréal (Québec) H2V 2V6
Phone: 514-495-9944, ext. #1
Photo: Claude Lapointe
Les Sœurs Lapointe (Montréal)
Short piece for an adult audience, 13 years +
This year, Mouse performs Antigone, Jean Anouilh’s masterpiece. And once again, she uses the opportunity to try to get rid of Cat, whom she asks to play the role of Antigone’s brother, Polynices. Carl Béchard will have to get involved in an attempt to bring some kind of order to this zany performance of a tragedy where a young, passionate heroine has an appointment with death.
Performed in French.
RUNNING TIME: 20 minutes
TECHNIQUE: Hand Puppets
Family ties and friendships are at the root of this company, which owes its creation solely to Casteliers and the festival for which it is eternally grateful.
Created by: Claude Lapointe, adapted from Jean Anouilh
Directed by: collective
Scenography: Puppet theatre updated by François Pilotte
Puppets: Louise Lapointe and Julie Desrosiers
Performed by: Marcelle Hudon, Jean-François Beauvais and Carl Béchard

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The aircraft was delivered on February 5th at the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France.
This is the fourth aircraft to deliver to Sky as part of a five aircraft deal. The first three aircraft delivered in the fourth quarter of 2018. The fifth aircraft is scheduled to deliver on February 13, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany.
The equipment finance industry has come a long way on digital transformation in the past decade. As we enter a new one, the next frontier will be completing the digital journey to encompass all points in the leasing life cycle.... read more
The terms clean, near-zero emissions and zero emissions are cropping up more and more in conversations about the future of the trucking industry. While California was one of the first to declare zero emissions zones, it is no longer alone... read more


Reading, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, today announced the schedule for the first round North Division Semi-Final best-of-seven playoff series against the Brampton Beast.
As the second seed, Reading will host Games One and Two at Santander Arena. The series will shift to Brampton, Ontario, for Games Three, Four and Five (if necessary), and will return to Reading for Games Six and Seven, if necessary.
The dates and times of the series are set out below.
North Division Semi-Final Best-of-Seven Schedule
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Game Two – Brampton @ Reading, Saturday, April 15 @ 7:00 pm et
Game Three – Reading @ Brampton, Tuesday, April 18 @ 7:15 pm et
Game Four – Reading @ Brampton, Thursday, April 20 @ 7:15 pm et
Game Five – Reading @ Brampton, Saturday, April 22 @ 8:00 pm et, if necessary
Game Six – Brampton @ Reading, Monday, April 24 @ 7:00 pm et, if necessary
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There are no subscription fees or other charges. Purchase as many or as few issues as you wish, anytime you wish. Each Special Issue report includes several articles on related subjects. The articles are oriented toward collectors and researchers. Emphasis is on accurate, original research and in getting this information into the hands of active collectors. There is no publication schedule – the only factors driving when an article is published are availability of related articles, and accuracy of the information.
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2 monkeypox variants will no longer be named after regions, for ethical reasons
The World Health Organization has renamed two monkeypox variants that were named after countries and regions in order to align with "current best practices,"the agency has announced.
The new names, Clade I and Clade II, replace the names Congo Basin clade, or variant, and West African clade, respectively. Subsequent variants will be named using Roman numerals for the clade, and lowercase letters for the subclade.
"Newly identified viruses, related disease, and virus variants should be given names with the aim to avoid causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, or ethnic groups, and minimize any negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare," the WHO said.
The WHO's best practices state that new names of diseases should:
Names should not include:
WHO is also taking submissions to replace the name monkeypox.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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For the second day in the row, Gahanna Lincoln played their way into the championship game of the Ohio State Team Camp, and for the second day in a row the Lions finished 4-0 to claim the championship. Day two of the Ohio State Team Camp featured another 16-team/day-long tournament with 8 new teams. The second day participants included: Toledo St. Johns, Fairfield Union, Chillicothe, Patrick Henry, DeSales (varsity & JV), Walnut Ridge, Upper Arlington, Whetstone, Toledo Central Catholic, Westerville North, New Castle, Massillon Jackson, Gahanna Lincoln and Northrop (IN).
Gahanna began day #2 of the camp with a match up with Indiana's Northrop in storied St. Johns Arena (Pictured). With the OSU coaching staff on hand to watch Briceon Scott, an elite 2013 prospect, the Lion's Stevie Taylor led Gahanna to an early 12-2 lead. Although Gahanna led the entire contest, Scott kept Northrop in striking distance until late in the second half. By the time the horn sounded, Gahanna was 1-0 after claiming a 62-76 win. Stevie Taylor finished with a game-high 35 points while Briceon Scott finished with about 30+ points as well. Game two for Gahanna featured a rematch of the Ohio High School State Final Four game with Massillon Jackson. Although the stakes were not as high as they were last March, the Lions were excited about the opportunity to get another shot at the Polar Bears. Gahanna got of to a quick start with back-to-back treys and entered halftime with a 35-26 lead. In the second half, Jackson mounted a ferocious comeback on the strength Steve Griffin's hot shooting and poor free throw shooting by the Lions. In the end, Gahanna held on to win 68-63. Although Stevie Taylor finished with a team-high 17 points, Jamel Morris and Jordan Martin were big factors in the win. In game three, Gahanna dispatched Toledo Central Catholic 59-45. In the championship game, the Lions faced off against a hot Walnut Ridge. Playing without Stevie Taylor who sustained a calf injury in the semi-finals, Walnut Ridge jumped out to an early 11-0 lead, and appeared poised for a lopsided win. However, Gahanna, sparked by their reserves, cut the lead to 3 points (22-25) by the half. In the second half, Gahanna took their first lead with 14 minutes left in the game. Although Walnut Ridge enjoyed a significant size advantage in the post, a breakout game from senior Jamel Morris propelled Gahanna to a 53-42 victory and their second championship of the weekend.
To get to the championship game, Walnut Ridge knocked off Columbus DeSales, beat Upper Arlington 56-48, and held on to to defeat Toledo St. Johns 53-51. Throughout the day, Walnut Ridge got consistent play from Austin Traylor, Dwayne Bazemore and 6'7 Alssand Kah. For Toledo St. Johns, playing with out Cheatum Norrils who was attending a football camp at Michigan State, received solid play from Marc Loving. To see pictues of day two, visit the Buckeye Prep Facebook Fan Page. To check out Kurt Stubs' story on the event click on the link.


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By University Relations Staff
NEWPORT, R.I. - Nursing lecturer Kathryn Rexrode, RN, MSN, has received ATI Nursing Education's first-ever Nurse's Touch Award. Nominated by two of her students, she was specifically selected for her demonstration and expectation of professionalism from students as well as exemplifying the personal and professional balance necessary to be a nurse one day.
"We are honored to recognize Kathryn for her commitment to developing communications, professionalism and similar 'soft skills' in future nurses," said Sheryl Sommer, director of nursing education and curriculum at ATI Nursing Education. "Nursing programs have limited time and resources, which means these skills are rarely a top priority in the classroom. Under her guidance, nursing students at Salve Regina are receiving exposure to abilities that will help them function as leaders of the healthcare team and be a patient advocate."
Rexrode went back to school for an education degree in 2007 after spending more than 20 years providing direct patient care as nurse. She initially wasn't set on teaching undergraduate nursing students, but realized during her clinical experience it was what gave her greatest fulfillment. She has been teaching full-time for the past two years and expresses how valuable she finds it to bring her real life work experience into the classroom.
"Many faculty members at Salve Regina are deserving of this type of award, and therefore I am humbled and honored to be selected. I feel fortunate to work in a smaller setting where I know my students by name, and incorporate teaching and modeling soft skills," Rexrode said. "Thanks to ATI Nursing Education for calling attention to the importance of soft skills education."
ATI Nursing Education is the leading provider of online learning programs that are instrumental in improving faculty effectiveness and student and program outcomes in nursing schools across the country. Currently the company works with more than 20,000 nurse educators, approximately 2,100 colleges and universities and more than 225,000 students nationwide.

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A US court has ordered prominent Egyptian actor Omar El Sharif to undergo 15 hours of psychological therapy and has put him under probation for the next two years. The verdict was placed on the actor due to his uncontrolled anger that he must overcome.
The trial dates back a year ago when the actor assaulted a Latino man working at a gas station in Beverly Hills California. The man was late in brining Omar’s car out and the actor began hitting him and calling him a ‘stupid Mexican’.
The Latino American, Juan Anderson, filed a lawsuit against Omar accusing him of being a racist.
On his part, Omar’s lawyer denied that the actor made such remarks and considered the entire lawsuit as silly, adding that there were many witnesses who can prove that Omar did not commit any racial crime.
On a different note, director Enas Baker has nominated El Sharif, Ahmad Ramzi, Madeline Matar, Samira Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rahmnan Abu Zahra to star in the new television drama “Hanan and Haneen”.
Filming locations have been set to be in Alexandria Egypt and New York in the USA. Enas had previously won an a golden award at the Radio and Television Festival in 2001 for her film “Sahrit Taksheerit Mirati” (My Wife’s Frown), which was produced by the Voice of Cairo. She had also worked with El Sharif previously as an assistant director in some of his films.

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NATICK, Mass. —
She called the roads "an absolute mess."
Cuomo, of Bay Shore, is a manager at a group home and said the street near her work hadn't been plowed and trees were down.
"That's what people pay tax money for," she said.
Some public schools canceled classes on Monday, including in Boston, Providence and on Long Island, while local governments in some areas told non-essential workers to take the day off.
On eastern Long Island, the harrowing images from New York's slice of the massive snowstorm — people stranded overnight, cars abandoned on long stretches of drift-covered highways — were slowly erased Sunday as hundreds of snowplows and heavy equipment descended to try to help clear the way for Monday's commute.
Long Island was slammed with as much as 30 inches of snow, which shut down roads, including the Long Island Expressway. A 27-mile stretch of the road was closed Sunday and but the roadway reopened Monday in time for the morning commute.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said more than a third of all the state's snow-removal equipment was sent to the area, including more than 400 plow trucks and more than 100 snowblowers, loaders and backhoes.
"The massive amount of snow left behind effectively shut down the entire region," Cuomo said.
Utility crews, some brought in from as far away as Georgia, Oklahoma and Quebec, raced to restore power. By early Monday, about 130,000 customers still had no electricity — down from 650,000 in eight states at the height of the storm. In hardest-hit Massachusetts, officials said some of the outages might linger until Tuesday.
Boston recorded 24.9 inches of snow, making it the fifth-largest storm in the city since records were kept. The city was appealing to the state and private contractors for more front-end loaders and other heavy equipment to clear snow piles that were clogging residential streets.


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And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Luke 18:1
The president of Brazil called for a national day of prayer and fasting this past Sunday to “free Brazil from this evil” coronavirus pandemic.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro asked for the national day of prayer and fasting after a group of evangelical Christians made the request, CBN News reports.
Following criticism over his management of the increasing number of coronavirus-related deaths, Bolsonaro met with Pentecostal evangelical pastors, Reuters reports.
“With the pastors and religious leaders, we will call for a day of fasting by Brazilians so that Brazil can free itself from this evil as soon as possible,” Bolsonaro said to radio station, Jovem Pan.
According to Reuters, polls have shown that Brazilians largely disapprove of Bolsonaro for downplaying the coronavirus outbreak. Previously, Bolsonaro called the coronavirus a “little flu.”
But evangelicals in the country said they were pleased with Bolsonaro’s announcement for a day of prayer and fasting.
“Brazil is in a serious crisis. The forces of evil are rising against a God-fearing Christian president and family defender. Sunday will be a day of fasting,” Congressman Marco Feliciano, an evangelical pastor, said in a Twitter post.
Bolsonaro is a former army captain who was raised a Roman Catholic and then re-baptized in 2016 in the River Jordan.
About 39 percent of people said in a poll that Bolsonaro’s response to the coronavirus pandemic was “bad” or “awful.” The poll also showed that 33 percent said his response was “good” or “great.”
In another poll, nearly 60 percent of respondents said they didn’t want Bolsonaro to resign despite how they feel he’s handled the coronavirus pandemic. Thirty-seven percent said they would approve a resignation, and 4 percent said they had no opinion.
As of today Tuesday 7th April 2020 , Brazil had Coronavirus Cases: 12,232, Deaths: 566, Recovered: 127

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HONG KONG — Asian Tour common Phachara Khongwatmai upstaged early starters Cameron Smith and Bae Sang-Moon with a scorching 10-birdie 63 to take a one-shot lead on the midway stage of the Hong Kong Open on Friday.
The 22-year-old Thai bagged 4 birdies on the way in which out and 6 on the again 9 which, blended with three bogeys, despatched him high of the leaderboard on 12-under-par for the event.
Australian Smith backed up his opening 63 with a four-under 66 to share second place with South Korean Bae (63), who received twice on the U.S. PGA Tour earlier than two years of nationwide navy service interrupted his profession.
“Early alarm this morning, the physique fairly wasn’t working,” stated Smith, who received his first main ultimately yr’s British Open.
“It was a bit scrappy to be sincere, it was good to get out of there three or 4 beneath par. Hopefully I can maintain bettering.”
Bae made an excellent begin on the composite Fanling course, birdying the second gap earlier than arising with an eagle on the par-five third.
“It was actually good,” stated the 37-year-old, who pulled out this week’s PGA Tour occasion in Bermuda to return to Asia and play.
“I am looking for my sport, the placing’s good, the iron shot’s good so I am actually wanting ahead to taking part in this weekend.”
Australian Wade Ormsby, who received the event for the second time when it was final performed practically 4 years in the past earlier than a COVID-enforced hiatus, missed the reduce after capturing a one-over 71.


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RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
by Legendflix 🎞published on February 24, 2021
A lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the Last Dragon and bring light and unity back to their world.
Release is on
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Animation, Adventure & Family


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Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE season 3 or movie?
Isn't about time that they AT LEAST finish off the anime in a movie?? Or continue off the series a little later into the manga? I was satisfied with the manga butI still want more from the anime! The fans need more! It may have been several years since it stopped but late is better than never.
Typically Anime Adaptations do not come back after they are completed, there are exceptions such as FMA:Brotherhood, Inuyasha: The Final Act and Sailor Moon Crystal. The studio who made the anime would have to believe they could make money off of continuing the anime. And if they just jumped to the end in a movie many people would be lost.
The same thread has already been made in The World of Clamp sub-forum.
Also, the answer to said question is there as well.
^ And because of that, this topic shall now be locked.
TC, please avoid posting clone topics in different places on the forum from now on.


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I decided for fun to do a recolored variant version of my latest Casper cover. Hope you enjoy!
It looks great, You really mastered the classic harvey comic style, I am realy hyped about this comic, mainly because Hot stuff will be in it, He is one of my favorite Characters ever.
Thank you, that really means a lot to me. Hopefully I'll get in chance to work on Hot Stuff! For now, I'm focused on an 11 page Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost story. I'm writing, drawing, inking AND coloring this one. Make sure you tell your comic shop to stock Casper so we can keep enjoying new Harvey comics!


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Reality Check: How might Brexit affect the Premier League?
The question: Simon asks BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "Would withdrawal from the EU mean that more British footballers had a chance to play in the Premier League, and would those European-sourced players no longer have free access to appear in English teams?"
Reality Check verdict: This depends on whether home clubs decide to bring in more top level international players or give opportunities to British footballers.
At the moment, EU players have the freedom to participate in British football, while non-EU players have to have a work permit in order to play in the Premier League.
We don't know what deal would be cut in the event of Brexit, but we can look at the situation for non-EU players at the moment as an indication of the direction things might take.
For non-EU players to be granted a work permit, they must demonstrate they are an international player of "the highest calibre."
This means they must have played in 75% of a Fifa top-50 ranked national team's matches over the previous two years.
The Home Office made it harder for non-EU players to get work visas last year, a move which the FA (Football Association) hoped would give more opportunities for home-grown talent to rise to the top.
FA chairman Greg Dyke said at the time that if the new system had been applied over the previous five years, there would have been 42 fewer non-European players in the Premier and Football Leagues.
If this kind of reduction was replicated for EU players following a British exit, this would leave vacancies on British teams.
Indeed, the BBC's Matt Slater has suggested only 23 of the 180 non-British EU players currently playing in the Championship would get work permits.
In theory, those 157 remaining spots could be filled by British players.
But clubs would still be able to recruit the best players from around the world.
A 2014 FA report suggested while Spanish, French and German players featured heavily in Champions League games, Brazilian players were also a major source of competition, with more than twice as many as English players appearing in any Champions League group stage games in 2013.
Vacancies left by "non-elite" EU players could be filled by Brits, or they could be filled or by other, more elite international players.
Whether home clubs would focus their attentions on attracting the top international players who would remain eligible for work permits, or on giving opportunities to British footballers following a Brexit is likely to depend on factors unrelated to the EU - such as the quality of coaching and the strength of the British talent pool.


Completed in January, 2013. Made from really nice fingering weight wool (Louet Gems 100% merino). After two years of not-hard wear, this:
On inspecting my other me-made socks of similar age, made from "sock wool" i.e. wool with 25% or so nylon, they are in better shape. If I'm going to spend a lot of time hand-knitting socks in future, I'll pay better attention to the fibre content.
Anyway, since I spent A LOT of time knitting these particular ones (the most complicated/fancy socks in my wardrobe) I thought I'd spend a little time mending them.
For the record this is the first time I have ever mended socks. I knew that you can darn by sort of weaving a patch, but IMHO that's really ugly. So I did a little research. Turns out you can also darn by doing duplicate stitch, i.e. following the path of the original knitting. Even to fill in an actual hole! Here's the info.
The finished patch is only moderately ugly. I don't know how long it will last, but it'll give these poor tired socks a new lease on life for a little while at least.


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A free roleplaying, writing, blogging, and art community. Legends is welcoming, friendly, and has fair moderation. Come join the adventures, creativity, and fun!
roleplay, legends, lore, fantasy, games, battles, #empires, free, writers, gaming, romance, adventure, drama, stories, action, sci-fi, science, fiction, dragons, elves, centaur, writing, blog, blogging, contest, advertiseme
Free forum : Once a Toy, Always a Toy
Heavy Metal Forum dedicated to bringing members from across the globe information, news and links to new and old Heavy Metal music. Many different genres as well as sub genres to post bands, lists, de
Free forum : The precursor to the Dragon Ball: Shattered Hope series. The ancient races of the Romans and Seraphim are just beginning as empires.
This is an E-fed. All users are allowed two characters no more. We will have two shows Wrath and Meltdown. You can apply for either!!
A place to role play and discuss manga
Gladiators Clan Forum. Our encounter place. GDT - clan
A sci-fi nation roleplay focusing on interstellar empires and their interactions

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Title: Even Greater
Author: Reinhard Bonnke
Publishers: Full Flame LLC, USA
Reviewer: Dorcas Egede
To many people, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke needs no introduction. In many parts of the world, he is regarded as the most far-reaching international evangelist of the 20th and 21st centuries. After receiving a call to be a missionary to Africa at age 10, he began his missionary assignment in Lesotho, where God gave him a vision of “a blood washed Africa” and ever since, his evangelistic crusades have dotted the African landscape like stars in a dark sky with extraordinary miracles accompanying them.In this piece of Christian literature, Even Greater, Reinhard chronicles the incredible stories of ordinary people around the world who despite their broken dreams, failures and weaknesses experienced God’s grace and power at his crusades, and went on to do amazing things for the God they had believed and received. The first chapter tells the story of a lady “blessed out of her shoes.” “Cruelly discarded” by her husband and neglected by her parents, Teresia Wairimu could only hang on to the tiny thread of faith in a fading dream. But her life changed at a meeting in Oslo, Norway, in 1996 when she was spectacularly filled with the power of God after eight years of longing. She “is today a very happy woman. Her name is a household word in Africa.” Hers was a classic story of how God takes a “broken vessel and makes it a vessel of honor.”Dreams do come true and so did Jean Neil’s. With a ruptured tailbone, weakened heart and lungs and hips permanently dislodged from their sockets,” Jean dreamt that she’d walk again; and walk she did at a meeting in Birmingham in 1988, after many years on a wheelchair.
The other chapters detail more spectacular miracles of a disco hall becoming a church, freedom from the occult, glorious salvation, the bloody events that disrupted a crusade in Kano, Nigeria in 1991, supernatural child birth after years of barrenness, the compelling love story of Mr and Mrs David Attah who got married when David was healed after being dumb for eight years. Not all the stories ended on a happy note though.
Aside from the inspiring stories, what makes the book an interesting read is the author’s outstanding storytelling skills and personal honesty. Reinhard’s intention in this book is to foreground the truth that “God will do amazing things through anyone who is willing to believe His Word.” He hits with mathematical precision, the truth that though we’re humans, we can be agents of Omnipotence. Now that he’s having his farewell crusade in Lagos, Nigeria in October 2017, here is a wonderful opportunity for readers to attend and be firsthand witnesses of stories like the ones told in this book. Indeed, God uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise.


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Reviewed By: Drew Vogel
Review Date: 6/5/17 10:46 pm
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
This is a great story. My only complaint, and it's a small one, is that Ace's side of the story gets pretty thoroughly overshadowed by the Doctor/Klein subplot. There's nothing wrong with Ace's subplot, but Klein is such an excellent character that she basically steals the whole story, which unfortunately draws attention from some really interesting stuff happening with Ace.
People tend to focus on her ambivalence over her name, a point that is picked up less effectively in subsequent stories, but that's not what I'm talking about. Ace's side of this story serves as an interesting deconstruction of some standard "Doctor Who" tropes. Ace and the Doctor break out of prison literally all the time, so Ace has a really hard time understanding why Colditz is different. But it is. Ace's story represents a difficult collision between the lazy adventure story tropes that tend to govern Ace's life and the cold, merciless reality of a Nazi prison camp in 1944. Calling attention to the essential implausibility of many of the basic tropes that "Doctor Who" relies on is tricky, and it shouldn't be done too often, but this script handles it perfectly. It comes across not as a criticism of standard "Doctor Who", but rather as a particular interest in historical accuracy which isn't suited to every story, but adds quite a lot to this one. The point is not to criticize "Doctor Who" for contriving implausibly easy escapes from prisons all the time, but rather to make a historically well-informed about the particular real-life prison featured in this story. Notice how Lyons's previous script, "The Fires of Vulcan", used prison in the traditional way: as a plot obstacle to be overcome with ingenuity, resourcefulness, and implausible good fortune. Because that story wasn't *about* a prison.
That's all great, so it's kind of a shame that Klein overshadows it all. But Klein is really great also, and the credit for that must be shared between Lyons and Tracey Childs. The concept of the character is so strong that it's hard to imagine how a poor performance could mess it up, but Childs delivers a fantastic performance that really makes the most of it. She's cold, calculating, and ruthless, but what rally sells her is that she has a clear point-of-view which she believes in absolutely. The story, like "The Fires of Vulcan", is another time-travel puzzle. The Doctor has to learn what he can about Klein's past in order to change his future and prevent her past from ever happening. It's not only a clever story on paper, but it's very compellingly conveyed in the drama as well.
All in all, an excellent story.


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Rochelle Humes and Holly Willoughby got together to enjoy a girly catch up and some bubbly on Friday night.
Holly proved that every blonde needs a brunette when Rochelle took the reigns from her to present This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield – whilst Holly was out in Australia hosting I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! with Declan Donnelly.
The yummy mummies showed off their girl time by taking a selfie – which Holly shared her 4.8 million followers.
Rochelle, 29, and Holly, 39, both show off their beaming smiles as they press their faces together in the snap.
The jungle host titled the picture: “Let’s raise a glass to this one... @rochellehumes ... you are and continue to be amazing! #girlsnight #christmas x.”
Fans of the gorgeous girls sent kind messages celebrating the pair supporting one another via the comments.
“Awesome ladies,” and “Love this girls what a beautiful natural photo xx” wrote some.
Another gushed: "Love this. Well done to Holly and Rochelle. Supporting eachother x."
One offered: "Yes girls you have brightened ours screens every day."
"Ladies together supporting ladies," and "Women supporting women" posted others.
The candid capture follows on Holly teasing her return to next year's series of I'm a Celebrity – but not as the presenter.
At the end of Wednesday night's reunion show, Dec and Holly appeared to confirm rumours that Holly will return to the show.
Dec whipped out a t-shirt with Holly's name on and told viewers that he would be voting for her next year to do as many trials as possible.


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A classic tale of seafaring, shipwreck, and survival, reprinted from Wesleyan University Press's 1978 facsimile of the original.A classic tale of seafaring, shipwreck, and survival, reprinted from Wesleyan University Press's 1978 facsimile of the original.Read Less
Fair. Good copy for reading, may have heavy page wear with writing textual notes highlighting or be an heavily used ex library copy with library markings, stickers or stamps. Dust jacket or accessories may not be included.
Fair. No dust jacket. The covers are soiled and the backstrip is heavily sunned. The edges of the text block are foxed and stained. There is foxing cover to cover on the interior. A reading copy only. xi, 281 p., 1 l. incl. front., illus., plates. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Illustrated by the author. An account of the author's voyage to Greenland in 1929 with Arthur S. Allen, jr., and another American, in the boat Direction.
For decades, I have treasured my Modern Library edition of MOBY DICK, illustrated by Rockwell Kent. I finally decided to see what kind of book Mr. Kent would write for himself. The book did not disappoint in terms of illustrations: they are classic Kent and purely wonderful, and there are plenty of them. The prose, however, was very odd. Not bad, not boring...just odd. The story is of a voyage from Labrador to Greenland in a small boat. The conception, preparation, and execution of the voyage is related in very short, impressionistic, almost haiku-like chapters. Kent did not like the "mate"on the voyage, who was chosen by the "captain", whom Kent professed to admire, but then proceeds to almost completely ignore. I almost thought Kent was trying to be avant garde and impressionistic, but for my taste, he comes across as somewhat fussy and snarky. I came away glad that I had bought a new set of his illustrations, but thinking that perhaps he should have stuck to illustration and left the narrative to others.
Sep 1, 2011
Classic adventure exquisitely illustrated
Rockwell Kent was one of the finest woodblock artists of the Twentieth Century. He was also a superlative story teller, here of his 1920s sailing voyage via Labrador and Newfoundland to and shipwreck in Greenland. Danger, adventure, rescue--novel and generous strangers. N by E combines the best of both his spacious and precise woodblocks and drawings and of his roving narration.
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A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel including in Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Ramat Hasharon, Modi'in, Ramle and Arad.
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The April-May index reading indicates that home prices in Israel are stabilizing. Meanwhile, general inflation has returned to within the target range.

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A Year After Exodus, No Reliable Data Or Policy On Migrant Workers
As India marks a year since the lockdown, what has changed for migrant workers? There are plans for a migrant worker database and a draft policy but the lack of credible data, job opportunities and poor implementation of labour regulations pose challenges.
Bengaluru: A day before the lockdown was announced on March 24, 2020, the government told parliament that "it is not feasible to keep record/data of migrant labour workforce" because migrant workers tend to move often in search of employment. But over the next 68 days of the lockdown, as an unprecedented migrant worker crisis unfurled in India, it became clear that reliable data were critical to developing an effective migrant worker policy.
Between March 25 and May 1, 2020, distressed migrant workers, stranded without jobs, savings, shelter, food, transport or any organised support system, began long treks back home with their families and sparse belongings. The homeward exodus of around 11.4 million migrant workers--more than the population of Uttarakhand--resulted in at least 971 non-COVID deaths, including 96 workers who died on trains.
Five months after they left the cities where they worked, migrants started returning because of the lack of employment opportunities in villages, showed a rapid assessment survey. However, the pandemic had caused an economic contraction by then, and the number of poor Indians (with incomes of $2 or less a day) rose by 75 million. In April 2020 alone, 122 million Indians lost their jobs, a 30% fall in employment over the previous year.
All through this period, much discussion has focused on the extent of India's intra- and inter-state migration, and the issues that must be urgently addressed, including: migrants' work conditions and wages, housing difficulties, facilities for their families, and portability of benefits across state boundaries.
We spoke to migration and labour researchers to find out to what extent these measures are sufficient, and what more needs to be done. The overall consensus: India must collate credible data, create jobs, and implement existing and new labour regulations to address systemic problems.
In March 2020, the government announced that 800 million beneficiaries would be provided an additional 5 kg of wheat or rice and a kilo of preferred pulses, free of cost every month. This continued until November 2020.
In June 2020, the government announced the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan, a rural public works scheme to employ returning migrants in some states.
These were relief measures, and did not address long-term issues. Some measures announced in budget 2021 to address enduring problems included ration card portability and a tax holiday for affordable rental housing projects that are commonly used by migrants. But these were not new--some of these measures have been around for a while others were an extension of established practices, a February 2021 IndiaSpend analysis had shown.
Rajesh*, 36, a migrant worker from Odisha's Kandhmahal, works as an operator in a plywood factory in Kerala's Ernakulam district. When the lockdown was announced, his factory closed, leaving him wondering if his job and income would last. His movement restricted, essentials were hard to come by. "I got the government kit with essentials like rice, pulses, oil, etc. only once and got 2 kilos of rice a few times from my company," he said, adding that no one informed me of other government relief or schemes, nor did he ask for support. "My company gave Rs 1,000 a week to supervisors and operators during lockdown and would give an advance if there was a requirement," he said.
The lockdown shone the spotlight on migrant workers' precarious working conditions, even though multiple laws and regulations exist to protect migrants. Migration analysts point out that new labour codes passed between 2019 and 2020 to protect workers' rights may not benefit migrant workers.
In 1979, India had enacted the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act (ISWM) to protect interstate migrant workers. It applied to all establishments and contractors employing five or more interstate workers, but was poorly implemented, said Ravi Srivastava, director, Centre of Employment Studies, Institute for Human Development (IHD), a non-profit. The Act is now subsumed under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code 2020.
The OSH has expanded the definition of 'employees' to include those who are self-employed or migrate on their own, and has narrowed the applicability of the code--from establishments that employ at least five persons to those that employ 10 and above, thereby not extending its ambit to migrant workers in micro units that employ fewer than 10 employees.
Although the ISWM "was obsolete and disconnected from the current economic realities", said Divya Varma, lead, advocacy and partnerships at Centre for Migration and Labour Solutions, Aajeevika Bureau, subsuming it under the OSH code and "arbitrarily" creating limits on employee numbers does not help migrant workers.
Another legislation, the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 (BOCWA), requires state governments to form state welfare boards for construction and other workers to frame and implement welfare schemes. At 55 million, the construction sector that contributes 9% of GDP employs the highest number of migrant workers. The welfare fund comprises a 1% cess on construction costs that is levied and collected by the states and remitted to the central fund. The Centre claimed that state boards had disbursed around Rs 5,000 crore ($690 million) to nearly 18.3 million building and other construction workers during and after the lockdown.
"The BOCW has accumulated reserves but has poor registration and migrant workers are not part of BOCW welfare board," said Srivastava. Workers, especially itinerant migrants, find it difficult and challenging to renew their registration on an annual basis, said Varma.
Government response was 'inadequate'
The government response to the migrant crisis was delayed and partial, said those who work in the migration sector. "Often policies change on paper but grassroots realities do not unless there is substantial investment, strong political will and thorough monitoring of progress," said Benoy Peter, executive director of Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development (CMID).
Around 84% of the workforce was able to return to some form of employment in August 2020, with the experiences differing widely in terms of age, gender, and industry of employment, IndiaSpend reported in January 2021. But India's middle class (earning $10.01 to $20 a day) is estimated to have shrunk by 32 million, accounting for 60% of global retreat, according to Pew Research analysis.
The lockdown's impact on employment can be seen in the increase in demand for the rural jobs programme or the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Nearly 133 million people demanded work through the rural jobs programme in 2020-21, a 43% increase compared to the previous year. Up to 110 million people worked in the programme in 2020-21, compared to an average of 78 million in four years to 2019-20.
Despite an additional increase of Rs 40,000 crore ($5.5 billion) in funds for the programme in 2020-21, the government allocated 35% lesser money for 2021-22 compared to the previous year's revised estimate--amount estimated to have been spent (as opposed to the amount budgeted for at the start of the fiscal year).
In June 2020, the government announced a Rs 50,000 crore ($6.9 billion) scheme--Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan--for 25 target-driven works to create infrastructure and boost employment in 116 districts of six states for workers returning home. The measures announced are not sufficient as schemes like the Garib Kalyan Yojana only converge existing schemes and require careful restructuring, noted Srivastava.
Some initiatives like Shramik trains that carried more than 6 million people to their home states did help workers and must be continued, said Peter.
A 2013 Unesco and Unicef report stressed the "urgent need to develop a governance system for internal migration in India", which includes a dedicated system of institutions, legal frameworks, mechanisms and practices to support internal migration and protecting migrants.
Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have been most successful in integrating migrant workers, while crucial migrant receiving states, including Delhi, have done poorly, IndiaSpend reported in November 2020. Kerala has been able to implement migrant-focused schemes for social security and labour protection.
The government undertook two significant data-related measures over the year 2020: First, it decided to undertake an all-India survey of migrants. The lack of credible data or registration of migrants had hindered efforts to organise welfare measures such as distribution of essential items and relief material to distressed migrant workers and their families. Then, the government started the process of developing and launching a national database of unorganised workers.
"The lack of timely and good data is an impediment for creating good evidence-based policy. In the case of migration, we had gone into a stupor," Srivastava said.
The last migration survey by the National Sample Survey was conducted in 2007-08. (A migrant was defined as a person whose last place of residence was different from the current one, who had stayed in the last place continuously for six or more months.) Around 29% of those enumerated in the survey were found to be migrants.
Although Census 2011 enumerated data on migration, it was shared partially only in 2020 because the Registrar General's office has decided not to proceed with its publication, said Srivastava of IHD.
In September 2020, the government informed parliament that it maintained no data on the death of migrant workers heading to their hometowns during the early months of the lockdown. It also maintained that it had no numbers on lockdown-related job losses among migrant workers.
Migrant workers remain unenumerated and unrecognised at the local, regional and
national levels, said a December 2020 International Labour Organisation (ILO) report jointly drafted with Aajeevika Bureau and CMID. An interface between workers and public systems can be established only if there are reliable databases at all levels of governance, the report said.
The government estimate that over 11.4 million migrants returned home during the lockdown is a "myth" because it only includes those who used public transport, said IHD's Srivastava. "The actual figures were much larger," he said.
The Census and the NSS have never captured the real numbers of those who migrate for work, especially seasonal migrants who are the most vulnerable because of the total absence of social security in their lives, said Varma of Aajeevika Bureau. This must be fixed, going ahead, by creating institutional mechanisms to record the movement of migrants and enable their registration for various laws and benefit programmes.
A national database on migrant workers, including records of returning migrant labourers and details about their source and destination, previous employment details and the nature of their skills, should be launched at the earliest, a December 2020 parliamentary standing committee recommended. The first draft policy on migrant workers prepared by NITI Aayog is reported to have made similar recommendations on the need for quality data as a 2017 working group report on migration.
The central labour ministry is currently creating a national database of unorganised workers to deliver social security and welfare schemes, according to a March 2021 government reply in parliament. The release of this database should not be delayed like the Census 2011 migration data, warned Peter of CMID.
However, workers' mobility could make "creating a dynamic database" a challenge, pointed out IHD's Srivastava. This is because the database will also require employers to register all their workers and this may not be feasible given that most migrant workers engage in informal jobs that are not on record, he said.
States reserve jobs for own residents
Even as measures to improve migrant workers' lives have been slow-going, some states have proceeded to reserve jobs for their own residents, in the face of the ongoing economic crisis. In March 2021, the Haryana government notified a law to reserve 75% of private jobs for local people. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh already have, or have proposed, similar provisions.
Article 19 of India's Constitution allows citizens the fundamental right to freely migrate and seek employment anywhere in the country. But domicile-related provisions will restrict opportunities for migrant workers and go against the recommendation of a 2017 working group that said states must "pro-actively remove domicile provisions in laws relating to work in an accelerated manner".
But state job reservations apply to formal employment, and since migrant workers mostly work in the informal sector, they will be less affected, said Peter. Of around 61 million jobs created in India over 22 years post-Liberalisation in 1991, 92% were informal jobs.
Urban employment schemes designed like MGNREGS, but without the payment delays that have marred the central government's marquee rural jobs programme, could provide jobs and income security for the low-skilled urban poor. The government would have to ensure that migrant workers are purposefully included in the ambit of such schemes, added Varma.
What a better migration policy would look like
Migration scholars and activists interviewed by IndiaSpend suggested the following measures to ensure a robust migrant policy:
- All migrant workers, along with informal workers must be covered by universal, portable social protection schemes.
- Employers must be held accountable for the work conditions they provide.
- Labour laws should not be onerous, must be enforced strictly, and must make remedial justice accessible for migrant workers.
- Policy reforms should focus on building up adequate infrastructure and resources, including human resources, to implement welfare measures across state and central departments.
- Urban employment schemes to support the urban poor must include migrant workers.
- Needs of vulnerable groups such as migrant women and children must be addressed.
*Names have been changed to protect their identity.
(Priyanka Gulati, an IndiaSpend intern, provided inputs for the story.)
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Gregg, Lynch named Senior Tuck Fellows
Hanover — Former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg and former New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch have been named senior fellows at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business.
The fellowships will be through Tuck’s Center for Global Business and Government and the positions will start July 1. Former White House speech writer Matthew Rees has also been appointed a senior fellow.
Gregg, a republican, was a U.S. senator from 1993 to 2011, as well as New Hampshire’s governor from 1989 to 1993 and a U.S. representative from 1981 to 1989.
Lynch, a democrat, was New Hampshire’s governor from 2005 until January 2013. He had already been named a Perkins Bass Distinguished Visitor at Dartmouth earlier this year.
At Tuck, Gregg and Lynch will work with the center to develop the school’s connections to expert practitioners in the private and public sectors. They will also oversee research projects of MBA students.


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The Vietnam War ended more than 40 years ago, but it continues to claim soldiers’ lives. Nearly every spring new names are etched into the black granite walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., that pays tribute to the more than 58,000 service members who lost their lives.
Jim McGough is one of them. As a 19-year-old infantry soldier, McGough was with his unit near the Laotian border in 1971 when they came under fire. A grenade exploded nearby, tearing up his feet and lower legs. McGough was taken by medevac to Okinawa, where he underwent surgery, including a transfusion to replace the blood he had lost. Unable to wear army boots after the injury, he was shipped back to the States, where he married his high school sweetheart, Sheryl Isaacson, and they settled down near their hometown of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Twenty years passed before McGough, who worked in magazine advertising sales, learned that he had hepatitis C, a blood-borne viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause scarring called cirrhosis and liver cancer. The virus only was discovered in 1989, and routine testing of the blood supply began shortly afterward. It was about that time that McGough, a regular Red Cross blood donor, learned he had been infected. He’d never been an intravenous drug user or gotten tattoos, common routes of infection, so the McGoughs figured he must have contracted the virus when he had the blood transfusion in Japan.
Veterans are more than twice as likely to have hepatitis C as members of the general population, studies have found. The virus is significantly more common among Vietnam era veterans than those of any other service era.
McGough went to a liver specialist, who found no damage. The standard treatment at the time, a combination of the drugs interferon and ribavirin, had debilitating side effects. So Jim and Sheryl, who had two daughters, decided not to do anything.
“We were having a great time,” said Sheryl, now 62. “We’re going, ‘No big deal.’ When you’re young, you’re invincible.”
In his late 40s, Jim started to show signs of liver damage. About that time, he and Sheryl took a trip to the nation’s capital, and visited the Vietnam Memorial. He thought it was magnificent, Sheryl remembers, and told her, “If this thing kills me, I want to get my name added.”
In January 2014, the virus did kill him. Jim had gone through the interferon treatment but couldn’t shake the disease and finally succumbed to liver cancer.
In order to have their names added to “The Wall,” Vietnam veterans have to meet criteria established by the Department of Defense. Many of the 376 names that have been added since the memorial was completed in 1982 are people who died during the war or shortly afterward but whose records were misplaced, for example, or who were overlooked for other reasons. Their deaths generally must be the result of injuries sustained during the war in Vietnam or a defined combat zone. A number of causes of death don’t qualify, including exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange or similar chemicals, illness or suicide related to post-traumatic stress disorder, diabetes, cancer and heart attack.
“They reject far more than they accept,” said Tim Tetz, director of outreach for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which founded the memorial and is responsible for adding new names to it.
In McGough’s case, at the bottom of a box in their basement he and Sheryl found a handwritten note from a nurse in Okinawa ordering a blood transfusion for Jim the day after he was wounded. That was the documentation they needed to prove his disease was service related so he could qualify for veteran’s disability benefits. Later, after his death and a lengthy application and evaluation, adding McGough’s name to the memorial also was approved.
In addition to Jim McGough, seven names were inscribed in 2016. There’s not much room left to add more names, Tetz said, at least not long ones. There’s space for one more long name, he said, fewer than 20 medium-length names and a basically unlimited number of short ones. It’s an issue that the National Park Service is wrestling with, according to Tetz.
In 2013, the first of a number of pricey new drugs was approved by the Food and Drug Administration that cure hepatitis C in as little as eight weeks with few side effects. Yet the price tags for a course of treatment, which can exceed $84,000, created financial challenges for programs like the Veterans Health Administration. But with additional financial support from Congress, the VHA has reduced the number of vets who are eligible for treatment from 145,000 to 71,000, said Dr. David Ross, director of the HIV, Hepatitis, and Public Health Pathogens Programs at Department of Veterans Affairs.
It was too late for McGough, though, who died just weeks before the drug came on the market.
“I can hardly bear to watch those commercials,” said Sheryl. “It’s just heartbreaking.”
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A group of New York state lawmakers on Monday announced what could be a landmark effort to roll back laws against prostitution, an effort that could lead to legalization of consensual sex work in New York.
The criminalization of sex work disproportionately impacts LGBTQI+ NYers, immigrants, and people of color, wrote State Senator Brad Hoylman, chair the New York Senate Judiciary Committee and a co-sponsor of the legislation. It perpetuates stigma,
and it furthers a devastating cycle of incarceration. We need change.
Senators Jessica Ramos and Julia Salaza are also backing the proposed package of legislation.
The move in New York comes soon after a Rhode Island lawmaker introduced a resolution to study decriminalizing sex work in that state, and about two months after the mayor of New Orleans , Louisiana, called for increased legal protection for sex
The bills set to be introduced by the New York lawmakers would repeal a state statute that makes loitering for the purposes of prostitution a criminal offense. Under another provision of the proposed new laws, any conviction for prostitution
deemed to be the result of sex trafficking would be immediately voided.


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A recent developer on Reddit has confirmed a PC steaming app is heading to the Switch.
Rainway is an app that allows users to stream PC content, particularly games, with ease from PC to other less powerful devices in HD 60 FPS. This is similar to apps like Moonlight which make use of Nvidia’s Gamestream technology.
The developer confirmed that it will be launching a BETA next month with a Switch release imminent as well. It seems odd for Nintendo to allow such an app but either way this is exciting news if true. The Switch’s screen is ideal for streaming content and I honestly can’t wait to try it out.


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Former F1 driver Robert Kubica has announced that he will race in the Dubai 24-hour event next week with a Porsche 911 GT3.
The Polish driver who raced in F1 from 2006 to 2010 was forced to end his career in Grand Prix racing after sustaining a severe right hand injury in an off-season rally event in 2011.
After being sidelined and remaining in recovery mode for over a year, Kubica had hoped to be able to eventually return to F1 racing but excess weakness in his right hand prevented that possibility from materializing.
Kubica has focused on rallying in the European and World Rally Championships in the past years but always entertained the ambition of returning to circuit racing.
In order to gauge his level of ability, Kubica competed last year in several circuit events – the 12 Hours of Mugello, the Renault Sport Trophy round at Spa-Francorchamps and the 6 Hours of Vallelunga.
He also took part at the end of 2016 in the World Endurance Championship's rookie test in Bahrain, driving a ByKolles LMP1 car, and looked mightily impressive according to those who were present.
The former F1 BMW driver confirmed via his Facebook page his participation next weekend in the 24-hour race in Dubai.
"Dear fans, I would like to confirm that between 12 and 14 January I'm in Dubai. I'll ride in the national composition Porsche GT3 and try the 24-hour race. By the way, happy new year! Robert."


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Our son has earned the nick name "Baby Dino" for a few reasons, one being his knack for producing some very prehistoric sounding squeals and screams when he is excited. Loudness levels range from pterodactyl attacking your face to adorable tiny whisper-squeaks (think Littlefoot's hatching scene from The Land Before Time). Since Baby Dino likes to play with blankets and enjoys testing out the textures of my fabric stash I thought a baby dino blankie would be appropriate.
This was an easy project that only took about forty minutes - conveniently just about the length of his nap that day! I used a yard of this dino fabric printed on performance knit, a yard of black and white polka dot flannel for the reverse side, and a pack of Wrights satin blanket binding. Baby Dino loves the softness of the flannel and the cool smoothness of the satin and knit so it's quickly become a favorite of his (and when I say his, I obviously mean mine, because, c'mon, he's a baby). Who knows, maybe this will become his security blanket someday? *wishful thinking*


Tonight, the Democratic presidential candidates and planning to do a live debate about issues important to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Americans. The debate will be on the LOGO network and on this website. It's being called "Visible Vote 08."
I'm looking forward to watching this debate. I have a lot of gay and lesbian friends and most of them feel excluded from the political process. But look at what happened in Massachusetts back in June. Several gay and lesbian couples talked with some state legislators and that was all it took to make they realize it's wrong to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions.
This debate will show that GLBT Americans have a voice and a right to speak up for what they want out of this country. I'm glad to see these presidential candidates listening to this group.


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Solar grants and rebates are in the works for this spring in Boulder, Colorado. The city’s solar website has posted potential funding opportunities on or about March, 2018. The grant portion would be for up to 50% of the cost of a PV or thermal system after tax credits, rebates and other incentives. Three groups of potential grantees are eligible. They are non-profit organizations, non-profit operated housing and individually owned housing that fall under income guidelines. Maximum levels have not been set, but grants have run from $2,000 to $40,000.
The second program is for rebates of sales and use taxes. Around 15% of those costs are eligible. Grants have been typically awarded in the spring and fall of each year, though not in the fall of 2017. Applications are reviewed by a Solar Grant Committee under city staff guidance, who may be seeking potential members in the near future. Boulder residents can use a solar tool to help determine if their site is suitable for an installation.
The “People’s Republic” of Boulder has been in the forefront of solar development with one of the highest per capita rates of solar installed for a city its size. The city is in the process of creating a municipal electric utility in part to have control of developing renewable energy. It was one year ago this month that the City Council made a commitment to 100% renewable electricity by 2030. Boulder is also designated SolSmart Gold status by the Solar Foundation under the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative for its high level of solar friendly zoning, codes and permit systems. According to EnergySage, the average price of a 5-kW PV system is $16,700 before rebates and incentives.
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City is the alias of musician, composer, and producer Will Ballantyne, active since 2015. Described as organic music made with digital tools, City utilizes repetition, climactic forms, and extreme volume to create a sound world that is as beautiful as it is violent. His music is adorned with iPhone field recordings and excavated MIDI melodies; heavy metal double kicks and ghostly choirs; ripping sawtooth arpeggiators and sub-bass; all anchored around his warped, opalescent guitars. His live sets are ecstatic, pummelling, and dynamic spectacles, wreathed in smoke and strobe lights. The Wire magazine calls his music "furious with texture, but guided by an inner slowness."
City has released music primarily on Halcyon Veil, and shared an international stage with musicians such as Aisha Devi, Eaves, Embaci, Jesse Osborne-Lanthier, MHYSA, Swan Meat, and more. The first half of 2018 saw City self-release an EP as well as a longform cassette on Ascetic House, in addition to completing a North American tour and soundtracking a new film for British artist Joey Holder. The second half of 2018 will bring more performances at international music festivals and City's first tour in Asia, touching down in Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan. Other future plans include a collaborative record with fellow west-coast experimentalist i.o, forthcoming on New York-based imprint PTP.


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When you hear the word ‘conservatorship’, the first name that unsurprisingly pops into one’s head would be Britney Spears.
And after a public battle to remove her legal bindings, it only makes sense that her name is the first to spring to mind. But another famous face that many may not realise is held in similar restrictions is Amanda Bynes.
Much like Spears, Bynes began her career as a childhood star, and became known for her now iconic ’00s roles in hit films like She’s The Man, What A Girl Wants and Easy A. However, as she struggled with her mental health, she too, entered a conservatorship that’s also run by members of her family.
However, a month after Britney was freed, a California judge has ruled in Bynes’ favour and officially terminated her nine year-long conservatorship.
The ruling declared that the former legal arrangements—which saw Bynes’ mother have control of her estate and personal arrangements—were no longer required. The overseeing judge, Rodger L Lund, wrote that Bynes’ team “provided facts that the conservatorship is no longer needed”.
Following the ruling, Bynes’ shared a statement with fans via People Magazine.
The statement read:
“Following today’s decision by the judge to terminate my conservatorship, I would like to thank my fans for their love and well wishes during this time. I would also like to thank my lawyer and my parents for their support over the last nine years.
“”In the last several years, I have been working hard to improve my health so that I can live and work independently, and I will continue to prioritize my well-being in this next chapter. I am excited about my upcoming endeavours — including my fragrance line — and look forward to sharing more when I can.”
From what exactly led Bynes to be put in a conservatorship to how it differed to Spears’, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about Amanda Bynes’ former conservatorship below.
WHEN AND WHY WAS AMANDA’S CONSERVATORSHIP CREATED?
While the world could never forget her masterpiece performances throughout the ’00s, many would find it hard to place exactly when Bynes fell out of the spotlight. In fact, some may not even know that she chose to retire from acting back in 2010, after wrapping up Easy A. Following her retirement, her Twitter presence increased and became, well, interesting.
From tweeting very explicit, sexual requests to Drake to accusing her own father of sexual abuse—which she later recanted—she went onto admit that during that time in her life, she was struggling with substance abuse.
However, when Bynes got herself into legal trouble with a DUI, it was the last straw for her family. In 2013, her parents filed to put her under conservatorship, and she has remained in those guidelines ever since.
From then, Bynes has remained relatively private. She has spent her time studying at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and remains out of the limelight, one that she’s been in since she was six years old.
As per People Magazine, Bynes is now working on her own fragrance line, along with planning her upcoming wedding with fiancée Paul Michael.
WHAT HAS AMANDA SAID ABOUT HER CONSERVATORSHIP?
On February 25, 2022, Page Six reported that Bynes officially began petitioning to end her conservatorship, filing documents to terminate the court-ordered restrictions.
Bynes’ lawyer, David A. Esquibias, explained why she wants to break free from legal restraints, saying that she feels like she has “improved”.
“Amanda wishes to terminate her conservatorship,” he told People. She believes her condition is improved and protection of the court is no longer necessary.”
Her last major interview was a profile for Paper magazine back in 2018, which saw Bynes open up about spending the past four years sober, and the shame that she felt from her previous actions. Additionally, she admitted to feeling adrift since her retirement, speaking out about exactly how her substance abuse took control over her.
“I definitely abused Adderall,” she told the publication. She added that when she was filming Hairspray, she remembered “reading an article in a magazine that [called Adderall] ‘the new skinny pill’ and they were talking about how women were taking it to stay thin. I was like, ‘Well, I have to get my hands on that,'” adding that she secured a prescription after apparently “faking the symptoms of ADD” to a psychiatrist.
As for how she feels about her conservatorship, Bynes has barely spoken publicly out about it, until now. However, the state of her finances, her treatment and how much it costs are cited as concerning to her fans, particularly those from the #FreeAmandaBynes Twitter account which houses over 500 followers.
HOW IS AMANDA’S CONSERVATORSHIP DIFFERENT TO BRITNEY SPEARS’?
When it comes to the differences between Spears’ and Bynes’ conservatorship, they differ vastly.
Back in 2017, Bynes’ mother filed to allow her daughter to regain full control of her own finances again, telling the court that she was in a great place—which was something Spears’ father never granted his daughter access to.
And this is the main difference between the two, our access to exactly what is going on in their cases is completely opposite. While Bynes is still under medical conservatorship powers by her mother, she is no longer in financial constraints, which means she is not required to make frequent court appearances to ask for financial permissions. Whereas, Spears was a regular in court, and concerning changes made to her case were documented.
Another important aspect to mention is the difference in media coverage between both Bynes and Spears. With vastly different public perceptions, Spears has remained right in the public’s eye for many, many years—performing around the world and committing to a Las Vegas residency. She was constantly adding to the success of her career, which left many questioning how the same couldn’t be done for her own life.
However, for the ever-so-private Bynes, the only moments we saw of her life were during the times she later regretted.
Of course, the endless documentaries about Spears’ life, career and conservatorship also helped draw attention to her situation, as well as the entire #FreeBritney movement, it only makes sense that that level of attention will see an equal level of commotion.
As for whether Bynes’ story will receive the documentary treatment will remain unknown while the specifics of what exactly the conservatorship entailed are under lock and key.
For now, watch this space.

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Now Colantuono & Levin's Kensignton legal circus of the absurd moves on to the City Council where we will most certainly be treated to more of the same abuse. Endless hours of debate over the most bizarre and unimportant issues is to be anticipated, with Mayor Josh at one point certain to raise his hands in the air and, with a chortle of mock despair, decry the extraordinary complexity of it all. This is, of course, all a carefully considered ploy. Moran and his handlers do not want to see this issue go to the ballot in the form of a true Measure V vote. And what should have been a simple process of putting the Kensington question on the ballot, 2-30-13 warts and all, will be treated as if it is a matter vastly beyond the comprehension of all but a select few accomplished legal minds. You, the hopelessly confused resident, need to be spared so difficult a matter. Just let the Mayor take care of it all for you, he knows what's right. Put aside your worries and go shopping instead.
Of course, this is not an easy task for our somewhat simple loan peddler of a Mayor to accomplish. There are issues here that could cause the City some future legal difficulties should things not be handled with care. If it were to be later shown in a Court of Law that the City of Sierra Madre and a majority of its elected officials willfully attempted to subvert the effects of a voter approved ordinance like Measure V, there would be problems.
The Constitution of the State of California frowns upon government entities that attempt to subvert democratic processes and protections, particularly in matters where it can be shown that personal profit motives were involved. The punishment for attempts to deny the people their legitimate and legally constituted rights can be considerable. This isn't North Korea, after all.
Which is why Josh and the downtown investors who run him need Colantuono & Levin now more than ever. As outrageously costly as this law firm is, they do "will of the people" suppression just about as well as any law firm in the country. If you need an example of how they work, go back and review the shady ways they beat down an attempt by the people of Sierra Madre to get some relief from the stiff and extremely unpopular water rate increases being shoved through back then. A truly disgraceful episode in this City's history.
You can usually figure out the standing of an item on a City Council Meeting Agenda by its placement. And dead last on this week's list is the "Consideration to Solicit Proposals for City Attorney Services." Which is basically a request that the City of Sierra Madre go out into the marketplace and see if we can't a better a deal better deal on a lawyer. The economy being what it is, it should be a buyer's market out there.
This item, requested by Councilman Koerber in hopes of getting the taxpayers of Sierra Madre a review of what exactly it is we pay Colantuono & Levin to work against our interests, along with the money saving benefits of dumping them, is a very timely one. At a time when the City is cutting back programs and eliminating positions in order to deal with steadily worsening budgetary woes, it hardly makes sense for us to be paying more than we ought to for legal services. Yet somehow we continue to do business with one of the most expensive law firms of its kind.
The Agenda Report for this matter is a fairly ridiculous document. Written by Elaine Aguilar, it is an attempt to avoid discussing the money saving aspects of this proposal altogether. Rather than even touching on the question of how much could be saved by switching our business to a less costly law firm, she instead put together a press release lauding the many accomplishments of Michael Colantuono. Compete with a list of questionable accomplishments, awards and, I kid you not, a laudatory newspaper clipping. It reads like the kinds of press packets I put together at work designed to convince rock critics to write about the company's latest teen pop stars.
The last thing Josh Moran and his handlers want right now is for Colantuono & Levin to go away. Which is why this item was pushed to the very bottom of the agenda for Tuesday night's meeting. Judging by what comes before it, chances are that we won't see this item discussed Tuesday evening, or perhaps ever.
When it comes to this Mayor, saving the taxpayers of Sierra Madre a few hundred grand in legal costs is not very high on the priority list. Josh has other fish to fry, like stopping a Measure V vote on the Kensington. And in order to accomplish that he needs Michael Colantuono.

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