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California Bill OK'd to change electoral vote systemBreaking News
The bill, approved 49-31 mostly along party lines in the Assembly, would pledge California's 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote, a system critics charged was an attempt to circumvent the U.S. Constitution.
If the bill became law in California, it would take effect only if states with a combined total of 270 electoral votes - the number required to win the presidency - also agreed to decide the election by popular vote.
The interstate compact the Assembly authorized is part of a national campaign launched in February by a Los Altos nonprofit to change the way the nation picks a president.
"Presidential candidates would have to come to California because of our population, and they would have to take a position on issues that we care about," Assemblyman Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, said on the Assembly floor.
The Constitution requires each state to select its Electoral College delegates in presidential races. California awards its votes based on the state popular vote, as do most other states.
Backers of the compact say presidential candidates should be forced to campaign before all voters, not just those in so-called battleground states such as Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida....
A compact agreement would require California to give its electoral votes to the winner of the national vote regardless of which presidential candidate state voters select.
Critics said a popular vote system would send presidential candidates only to the most populous cities, shutting out rural America....
The Colorado Senate in April voted to ratify the compact. The proposal also is being considered in four other states - New York, Louisiana, Illinois and Missouri.
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ANALYSIS OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT'S TRANSPARENCY FRAMEWORK: DOES IT INCENTIVISE GREATER CLIMATE AMBITION?
Article published in Carbon & Climate Law Review on a key element of the Paris Agreement: it’s transparency framework.
The starting point of this article is the Paris Agreement’s extensive reliance on transparency to promote ambition and accountability. The goal of this article is to challenge this drive for transparency and to assess the potential of the Paris Agreement’s transparency framework to incentivise greater climate ambition. To do so, the article draws a set of criteria from compliance theory and evaluates the key transparency rules according to these criteria. Those transparency rules are contained in the Paris Rulebook, a set of rules on the implementation of the Paris Agreement agreed upon (for the most part) at COP 24 in Katowice in December 2018.
The article proceeds as follows.
First, the article critically analyses compliance theories and their understanding of the role of transparency. It concludes that transparency may trigger compliance with international environmental agreements provided that interactions between private and public actors are facilitated and provided that States feel accountable for their actions. On this basis, the article identifies criteria under which transparency strengthens state compliance.
The article next describes the Paris Rulebook’s ex ante transparency rules: the guidance on NDC communication, accounting and public availability referred to in Article 4 of the Paris Agreement and the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action referred to in Article 13.
Lastly, the article evaluates these rules according to the criteria previously developed. The article finds that the Paris Rulebook’s ex ante transparency rules may not sufficiently incentivise States to ratchet-up their ambition and to achieve their commitments.
It is thus key to improve the Paris Agreement’s transparency framework in the next COPs. If COP 26 has unfortunately been postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus, climate ambition should not be postponed as well. Given the shortcomings of the Paris Agreement’s framework, it is up to private actors, NGOs in particular, to hold States accountable through advocacy campaigns and litigation.
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US threatens to ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company don't sell stakes
The US government has stated that TikTok should be sold or face a possible ban in the country.
The video-sharing app, which is owned by the Chinese firm ByteDance, is accused of posing a national security risk by collecting data from millions of users.
According to the company, a forced sale would not affect its data flows or access.
For years, American officials have expressed concern that the popular app's data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.
According to the Wall Street Journal, US President Joe Biden's administration wants ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok in order to establish a clear break with China.
According to the newspaper, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), which oversees national security risks, unanimously recommended that ByteDance divests from TikTok.
TikTok's spokesperson said the company did not dispute the WSJ's reporting and confirmed it had been contacted by CFIUS.
However, the spokesperson stated that the reporting was exaggerated and that it was unclear what "divestiture" meant in practice.
"If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn't solve the problem: a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access." the spokesperson said.
"The best way to address concerns about national security is with the transparent, U.S.-based protection of U.S. user data and systems".
TikTok claims to have begun an effort to relocate all US-based data to the US as part of Project Texas.
The Restrict Act would give the US Commerce Department the authority to declare foreign-linked companies to be national security risks.
TikTok is not allowed on government phones in the United States, Canada, or the European Union.
Shou Zi Chew, its CEO, is scheduled to testify before the US Congress next week in a highly anticipated showdown.


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Chili Macaroni and Cheese
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Cook: 5 hours
Makes12 servings (4-1/2 quarts)
- 2-1/2 pounds lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 1 banana pepper, finely chopped
- 2 cans (28 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 2-1/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
- 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- Optional: Sour cream and additional shredded cheddar cheese
- In a Dutch oven, cook beef, onion and peppers over medium-high heat until beef is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, breaking up beef into crumbles, 8-10 minutes; drain. Transfer to a 7-qt. slow cooker. Stir in tomatoes, beans, chili powder and cumin. Cook, covered, on low until flavors are blended, 5-6 hours.
- Meanwhile, cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Add to slow cooker. Stir in cheese until melted. If desired, serve with sour cream and additional cheese.
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Nutrition Facts1-1/2 cups: 447 calories, 21g fat (10g saturated fat), 96mg cholesterol, 646mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 7g fiber), 35g protein.
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Attorney General William Barr, during testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he thought the Trump 2016 Presidential campaign had been spied on by Federal authorities, and he wanted to be sure whether that spying was legitimately done or not.
I think spying did occur. The question is whether it was adequately predicated. … Spying on a political campaign is a big deal.
Oh, the hoo-raw.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, CA):
I don’t trust Barr, I trust Mueller.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D, MD) now insists that Barr’s “loyalties were compromised.”
He is acting as an employee of the president. I believe the Attorney General believes he needs to protect the president of the United States.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D, NY):
Barr’s vow to probe the FBI’s 2016 counterintelligence probe amounted to nothing more than “Republican conspiracy theory nonsense.”
And there’s the manufactured whine over petty terminology.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D, CA):
[Barr] should not casually suggest that those under his purview engaged in “spying” on a political campaign.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D, CT)
said Barr should immediately retract his statement and apologize.
“The only spies interfering in the 2016 campaign were Russian ones.”
Senator Brian Schatz (D, HI):
took issue with Barr’s word choice, saying “the word ‘spying’ could cause everybody in the cable news ecosystem to freak out.”
NBC News‘ Chuck Todd said this was a “conspiracy theory”
Of course, contra Schatz, the only folks who will “freak out” are those looking for excuses to display their virtuous outrage. And those with something to hide.
Instead, Progressive-Democrats should welcome the Barr’s investigation; they then could use his finding of nothing to see to further impede Trump and to get their own candidates elected far and wide.
Of course, for those of us with a small amount of experience and memory, when the CIA … ummm, observed citizens, it was called spying on them, and rightly so. And new laws were passed to constrain its activities domestically, reinforcing the wall (pardon the expression, but they do work) between the intelligence activities of the FBI and the CIA.
Of course, those were different times. And very different Democrats.


Maybe it's your first time attending an adult dance class or you've been out of the game for a while, coming to a new class can be a bit scary. However with the right studio and a little gumption one can enter the fun and fabulous world of adult dance.
I need to have taken dance when I was a child in order to take an adult dance class.
It's a common misconception that to take an adult dance class you need to have been a dancer when you were a child. This is not true, many people who take adult dance classes never took classes when they were children. In fact, many adult dance students starting taking dance because they couldn't as a child or now have interest in learning to dance that they didn't when they were younger. Our dance classes in Bozeman are designed to welcome brand new adult dancers and teach to all levels of dance experience.
I will be uncoordinated and look like a fool.
Many of the other adult dancers in class will also be beginners and feel this same fear. All dance takes time and practice to learn the moves. You will likely be on the same level of learning as the rest of your class. If you find yourself fighting your thoughts, know that every time you attend a class your body learns, giving yourself the grace to learn is a positive reframe on feeling awkward in class. Muscle memory is a real thing and the more we practice a movement the more our body becomes familiar with the movement. Everyone in class is learning new movement, even seasoned students may be learning something new from the dance instructor whether it be new choreography, style or technique.
I need to get in shape and lose weight before I try a class
Possibly one of the most common blocks students use to not attend a class is telling themselves they are not in shape for class. The truth is a dance class will help you get in shape and lose weight because of the movement. Many other students will likely also be newbies and may be looking for new ways to exercise and get in shape. A well-taught dance class will offer progression and options so that all levels of fitness will be accommodated. Our dance classes help students work through mental blocks and realize that community and all bodies are more important that perfect bodies.
One of the best things a new student can do it get out of your head and into your body. Connecting with yourself and your body is one of the best benefits of our Bozeman adult dance classes. On top of that you get to meet new people, trying something challenging and shake up your life a little bit. We offer beginning adult dance classes weekly. Check out our schedule and come join us!


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The Reddington house, built in 1665 and now used as a museum for the exhibition of a wonderful collection of antiques.
St. Augustine - Patriarch of American Cities
Spanish soldier guards the Nation's Oldest City.
Florida is a realm of charming contradictions. Rival real estate agents indulge in them.
Swaying palm trees hum the siesta lullabies of the tropics, while sturdy pines stand erect and defiant to
meet the snow-lugging blasts of winter, which never come, with Belgium-brave resistance. Although the last
of the great national frontiers, yearning for settlement and development, it can boast of having within its
boundaries the first colony of the European on the mainland of North America-St. Augustine, cradle of the
Spanish empire in the new world and patriarch of all American cities.
Had Ponce de Leon lived in the modern day of “Collegiate clothes for Sires of Sophomores,”
which are alleged to make old men look young; of cafes dansant where still-kneed septuagenarians mimic the steps
of youth and the Castles; of Broadway revues, where the exposure of bare feminine knees brings a blush of
childish shame to wrinkled cheeks, St. Augustine might not be able to boast of such a distinction. For it was
this intrepid but declining native of Aragon, who shipped with Columbus on the latter's second voyage to
America, that gave to St. Augustine that characteristic which he could not tolerate in himself – age; a
characteristic that lends to the 402-year-old city the charm of the lovable great-grandmother and none of
the hideousness of the tottering, bent-backed miser.
Tiring of hearing his barber prate of hair tonics which were absolute failures as irrigation
projects on barren pates and of listening to the creak of his joints as he bowed to the ladies of the court,
Ponce de Leon sailed from Spain in 1512 in search of adventure and the fountain of youth. A poisoned arrow cut
short his quest for adventure. He never found the magic waters which, according to the redskin quacks of Porto
Rico, would turn his silver hair to brown, erase the wrinkles from his face, and free his body of rheumatism.
The old pillars and the sentry boxes of the city gate at St. Augustine, cherished landmarks of a brace
past and conspicuous relics of an elaborate system of fortifications that once defended the patriarch of American
Although his parlous "See America First" trip was a crushing disappointment to him, the wanderings
of the venerable gadabout were not in vain as far as King Ferdinand of Spain, his royal descendants and the future
generations of southern tourists and Florida realty dealers were concerned. Ponce de Leon discovered the peninsular
state of the Union on Easter Sunday, 1513, and put St. Augustine on the map. You will find it so written in the ancient
archives of the Castilians.
A Historical Brass Knocker
There are no visible proofs of Ponce de Leon's visit to the greybeard of American cities. The prints of
his mailed shoe in the sand have not been preserved for posterity and obliging guides. There are no holes in the beach where
he must have prospected for the magic aqua juventatis which, had he discovered it, would have been a Florida water much more
in demand than the present product bearing that label, an eagerly quaffed potion that would have made embalming fluid a drug
on the market, put undertakers and cemetery sextons out of business and received a testimonial from Lillian Russell.
The only tangible evidence of Ponce de Leon's association with St. Augustine is a brass knocker, taken from
the portals of his residence in Spain to ornament the door of the Reddington house, which shares the disputed claim of being
the oldest dwelling in the patriarchial city with two other antiquated structures. The knocker is genuine. A parchment, yellow
with age and carefully preserved behind glass, bears testimony to its authenticity. Your only wonder is that knockers should
have been used in a day when the hands of callers were encased in gloves of mail.
The achievements of Don Pedro Menen dez de Aviles, who raised the royal banner of Spain over St. Augustine
52 years after Ponce de Leon landed in Florida and 44 years before the Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth rock, are far more
authentic and sanguinary than those of the disappointed seeker after youth. Eager to find the waters that would make him
young again and to flee approaching death, Ponce de Leon was a roving explorer. Menendez, appointed governor of the
Floridas on condition that he expel the French from the land and conquer the natives, was a colonizer. It was natural
that he should be. It would bea queer governor, indeed, that would not create something over which to govern. Such was
the impulse that changed St. Augustine from an uninhabited stretch of sand to a lasting settlement that was destined to
have a crimson and charred fight for existence.
Red, Fire-Lighted Legends
The old cathedral and the new on St. George street.
In the circle is shown the sun dial that is a conspicuous decoration of the old church, built in 1701 and partially
destroyed by fire in 1885.
St. Augustine's early history is written in blood, the merciless massacre of the Huguenots, who had founded a
settlement on the St. Johns river in 1564, by Menendez immediately upon his arrival and the retaliating butchery of the
Spaniards by Dominic de Gourgues 3 years later, supplying the historians with enough red writing fluid to balance the books
of the world since the day of the Creation. Thrice, before the town was a half-century old, the annalists penned chapters of
defeat and destruction as the pages of their records were illuminated by crackling flames started by the firebrands of the
English pirates, Sir Francis Drake and John Davis, and the invading governor of South Carolina, Moore.
Visit St. Augustine and you voice the regret, so commonly expressed, that the cinematograph was not the invention
of the ancients so that all history, from the fall of Adam to the fall of Przemysl, could be pictured on the screen as the epochal
episodes of the centuries actually were unfolded. The life of the old town has been a thrilling one. In its time it has seen siege
and slaughter, loot and conflagration. Through its narrow streets have marched the mailed conquistadors of Spain, the bearded crews
of pirate ships, the captured chiefs of the Seminoles, the blue-coated soldiers of the United States and the gray-clad troops of
the Confederacy. Shot, fired from the buccaneer ships, has furrowed its beach and found a target in its forts. Galleons, flying the
red and yellow flag of Spain; pirate craft, with the skull and crossbones at the masthead; yankee battleships and gunboats have
ridden at anchor in its harbor. It has served four national masters — Spain, Great Britain, the United States and the Confederate
States of America.
St. Augustine would make a splendid background for a historical movie. Griffith, producer of the historic film
masterpieces, "The Birth of a Nation" and "Martyrs of the Alamo," should protograph it with a battery of moving picture cameras.
With the ancient city as an inspiration, what a scenario Cyrus Townsend Brady could write? I can almost see the following subtitles
of the various episodes of the story flashed upon the screen:

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Teams from Boston University and MIT yesterday scrimmaged in preparation for a prestigious athletic event: The Quidditch World Cup.
“Obviously we’ve lost the power of flight, so it’s mostly running,” said Erik Siersdale, a BU sophomore and Quidditch chaser.
About 52 teams will compete in New York City on Nov. 13 and 14 in the world series of the magical sport made famous by J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series.
Crippled by their lack of magical powers, players have found creative ways of tweaking the game. In Rowling’s novels, the “seeker” scours the field attempting to capture an elusive, winged ball called a snitch. In the Muggle version of the game, the snitch is a player and the seeker must snatch the tennis ball hanging from the snitch’s back. Snitches have been known to ride off on bicycles and hide on rooftops during previous World Cups, said Alicia Radford, spokeswoman for the International Quidditch Association. Yesterday, a snitch hunkered down in a Porta Potty for 10 minutes.
“It’s a great crowd-pleaser,” Radford said.
About 40 BU players and 10 or 11 MIT competitors showed up for three exhibition matches yesterday, Siersdale said. After loaning a handful of players to MIT, BU won two of the face-offs.


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The magnitude-8.1 quake, which was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City, was registered off Mexico's southern coast just as heavy rains from Hurricane Katia lashed the east. The epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean, some 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) southeast of the capital and 74 miles (120 kilometers) off the coast.
President Enrique Peña Nieto said the temblor -- felt by about 50 million people across the country -- was the strongest earthquake Mexico has experienced in 100 years. In September 1985, a magnitude-8.0 earthquake killed an estimated 9,500 people in and around Mexico City.
This one hit late Thursday, when many people were asleep. The states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, home to about 9 million people, are located closest to the earthquake's epicenter. They are two of the most impoverished areas in Mexico, and were likely hit the hardest.
At least 45 people were killed in Oaxaca state, Civil Protection National Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said on Twitter. Ten others died in Chiapas state and three were killed in Tabasco, he said.

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According to nature the wolf eats the sheep and the sheep accept their fate. David Mech,Luigi Boitani Book Resume: Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. A mental model is a deeply held vision or set of beliefs and assumptions about how the world works. Fables are very powerful as they can teach difficult concepts in a simple manner. Outlearning the Wolves is a unique resource for teachers and learners across a broad range of settings. Feel free to explore these questions together on any or all of those levels.
But in Methods, it is an infrastructure nonetheless. However, in a learning culture, individuals can release the fierce need to defend and justify their mental models and become adept at challenging and "trying on" new ones. And now we're back to the original question: So where do I begin? Join the movement. Whether your application is business, how-to, education, medicine, school, church, sales, marketing, online training or just for fun, PowerShow. As with any competition, the wolves learn to adapt and find new ways into the pen, but the flock is now a full-fledged learning organization that blunt any new strategies by the wolves.
People who practice the discipline of personal mastery may draw upon a deep, seemingly inexhaustible inner energy to create powerful results. Mental models hold a great deal of power over us. Go get one! Note that you can't make someone engage in the deep learning cycle; people can only choose to enter intoit themselves.
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Modeling the environment
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Events in our lives are rarely as simple and direct as they appear. Sound effects and playful narration bring the characters to life. That's the power of synergy. May be without endpapers or title page. Sports teams may call it "being in the flow"; a jazz ensemble may speak of "hitting the groove," in which the music comes not "from you" but "through you.
The sheep had for many years accepted their fate on the food chain as wolves would come in to their pen and snatch sheep after sheep. Remember the sheep's complaint, "If only the stupid fence were taller. How do people know whether they are learning?
In that spirit, here are some questions designed to get you talking with your colleagues about the concepts in this book, and thinking about how to use them to make a difference in your own organization.
If you are interested in dipping your toe into the waters of leadership narrative, this book was written for you. They discover that the wolves are getting under the fence by wading through a creek.
Exploring yours and others' is a great way to gain new insights and build a broader understanding of the complex world around you. And when people choose learning, they embark on a journey in which the destination is never reached.
Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline is a great place to start. Together they devised and executed a plan to solve the issue of the wolves coming into their pasture and taking a sheep for their dinner. Now discuss some possible new guiding ideas to introduce into your organizational "architecture.
Most of the presentations and slideshows on PowerShow. Is it surprising that this new belief radically changed things for the flock? Some of the key principles of a learning organization are taught in this tale.
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The sheep implement some of these ideas that results in no additional wolf attacks. Otto suggests that they understand wolves better rather than just assume what they have always been told: that wolves eat sheep.
The wolves were crawling under the barbed wire! When we create environments where people choose to enroll themselves in the doing, we create the possibility for sustainable, transformational change. Remember the sheep who said, "She's making a mockery of our heritage"? That's a pretty compelling vision.
Used textbooks do not come with supplemental materials.Jan 14, · Outlearning the Wolves This is a summary of a fable (by David Hutchens) which I have read many years ago and re-read recently to my elder boy.
Fables are very powerful as they can teach difficult concepts in a simple manner. As one of Hutchen's other books, "Outlearning The Wolves", this makes an excellent resource guide for teachers, parents, and business managers. Inclusion of probing questions for group discussion is a plus.
Highly recommended, even for children/5(9).
Outlearning the Wolves by Hutchens, David. Paperback available at Half Price Books® atlasbowling.com Nov 08, · A lot of groups have enacted my books, The Learning Fables, with stage productions, videos, puppet shows, and more. This one might be my favorite.
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Cassper Nyovest and Quinton Van Der Burgh Foundation Build Water Supply For North West Students
SA Hip Hop star Cassper Nyovest has teamed up with Quinton Van Der Burgh Foundation to build a fresh and clean water supply for North West students.
It’s not even Christmas, and Cassper Nyovest is already giving good gifts. According to recent reports, the “Good For That” star has teamed up with the Quinton Van Der Burgh Foundation to help build a fresh and clean water supply for his old school.
Talk about charity beginning at home. Or at school. The well was reported by Zalebs to be worth a whopping R260 000. It also supplies clean water to 47 teachers and 1357 students. According to the publication, Cass previously posted a reel showing happy students who were excited to get clean water finally.
Cassper revealed that he was happy to give back to his community, especially after seeing how happy it made the kids. He called it “one of the happiest days of my life.”

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Georgia had about 50 percent more mortgage fraud over the last five years than it should based on the number of new home loans in that time. A new report from LexisNexis finds the amount of fraud in the Peach State might be decreasing, however.
Georgians who were victims of mortgage fraud will share in a $25 billion federal settlement. The state’s attorney general announced Thursday the agreement will also provide $100 million for homeowners who owe more than the value of their homes.
Georgia is well represented within a nationwide federal operation targeting mortgage fraud. Underway since March, federal justice officials call “Operation Stolen Dreams” the largest ever combined enforcement effort to attack mortgage fraud.


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A few years ago he wasn't a vulture,
He was a beautiful peacock,
With pride and power,
A bird took him to the meadows
And showed him the forest,
As he was dreaming to explore the forest with her,
She took another bird and flew pass over him,
Into the woods!
Now the peacock lost its scherzo,
Plummeted to a vulture,
Withered all his colorful plumage...
Wore strong and cruel outlook,
He dares to harm a living being,
There he perches hiding all his vulnerability,
With the hope of entering the forest,
He can never be one among the flock,
Having fun at the meadows...
He is one of a kind -
Believes the forest holds better life!

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Mastercard and Lyft Come Together to Advance Sustainability Goals with Support of Bay Wheels Bikeshare Program
As the Bay Area starts opening up and our road traffic increases, we believe it is our collective responsibility to help keep carbon emissions down. That’s why Lyft is thrilled to expand its partnership with Mastercard to include bikeshare. As the Bay Wheels system’s new partner, Mastercard’s support will help sustain bikeshare in the Bay Area and support future growth. An additional 35 stations are planned for next year, as well as an expanded Bike Share for All equitable access program, with over 2,000 free memberships to be distributed through community partners.
Bikesharing has proven to have a significant amount of benefits to our communities and our planet: decreasing traffic, reducing energy consumption, decreasing harmful gas emissions, improving public health generally and promoting economic growth. To celebrate our expansion and further promote our shared goal of reducing carbon emissions, Lyft will join the Priceless Planet Coalition, created by Mastercard, and will donate $100,000 to Conservation International, with Mastercard matching the donation.
“We’re delighted to welcome Mastercard to the Bay Wheels family. Our partnership will support a bikeshare network that millions of Bay Area residents use as a fast, clean, and affordable way to get around,” said David Foster, Vice President of Transit, Bikes and Scooters at Lyft. “Lyft believes in a future with more parks and less traffic, more green and less pollution. We want to thank Mastercard for inviting us to join their Priceless Planet Coalition to promote reforestation and reduce carbon emissions.”
“We’re excited to expand our partnership with Lyft to bring innovation to everyday experiences of people in the Bay Area,” said Sherri Haymond, Executive Vice President, Digital Partnerships, North America, Mastercard. “While doing so, we’ll be able to harness the power of a collective to have a significant impact on our communities and our planet.”
The Priceless Planet Coalition unites businesses, governments, and consumers in the restoration of 100 million trees. With more than 80 partners globally, the Coalition continues to offer easy ways for consumers to contribute to forest restoration since launching in 2020. The Coalition’s restoration partners, Conservation International and World Resources Institute, have also broken ground in key project locations.
Lyft has already been making green transportation options available to riders, through electric vehicles (EVs), bikes, scooters, and transit integrations. Last June, Lyft made an ambitious commitment to reach 100% EVs on the Lyft platform by 2030, which has the potential to avoid tens of millions of metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce gasoline consumption by more than a billion gallons over the next decade. This additional cooperative effort with Lyft’s long standing partner Mastercard and joining the Priceless Planet Coalition will not only bring us one step closer to a world with less carbon pollution, but will enable us to revitalize micromobility efforts that will help better support infrastructure for bikes and scooters, safer streets, greater equity, and more economic opportunity in the Bay Area.
In 2019, Lyft and Mastercard kicked off their partnership with a promotion rewarding Mastercard cardholders with Lyft credit when they took rides and paid using a qualifying card, as well as the launch of the Lyft Driver Debit card which allows drivers access to instant payouts. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the two companies have continued to partner together and provide support for local communities through delivering healthy meals to underserved individuals, expanding and extending Citi Bike’s critical workforce program in New York City, and enabling and expanding access to essential transportation.
Locals and visitors to the Bay Area can expect to see new Mastercard branding introduced to the Bay Wheels bikes, stations, apps, and website starting this month alongside other improvements to the system. Originally founded in 2013, Bay Wheels is the Bay Area's regional bikeshare program serving Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco. Bay Wheels offers convenient, healthy, climate-friendly transportation with thousands of bicycles (both traditional pedal bikes and pedal-assist electric bikes) at hundreds of stations.
Certain statements contained in this announcement are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the securities laws, including statements about Lyft’s bikeshare program strategies. Such statements, which are not of historical fact, involve estimates, assumptions, judgments and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements. Such factors are detailed in Lyft’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake an obligation to update our forward-looking statements to reflect future events, except as required by applicable law.


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Luxury Sri Lanka family holiday
Description of Luxury Sri Lanka family holiday
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) holiday so that you can travel knowing it will help support the places and people that you visit, and the planet. Read how below.
PlanetDuring this tour you will get to visit Udawalawe National Park. The total area of Udawalawe National Park is almost 31,000 hectares and this makes the park one of the most expansive parks in the island. The park was created to provide a sanctuary for wild animals displaced by the construction of the Udawalawe Reservoir on the Walawe River, as well as to protect the catchment of the reservoir. Protected by The Department of Wildlife Conservation which conserves the Biodiversity of Sri Lanka.
The Uga Ulagalla Resort has it's own organic paddy field and traditional Sri Lankan rice harvesting methods, as well as offering unique dining experiences celebrating this local cuisine.
A highlight for all the family is the Junior Ranger Program which has been designed to teach curious minds about nature, wildlife and the environment in a fun and engaging way. The children head out on an exciting journey of natural discovery. Some of the activities include identifying animals and birds, sketching favourite creatures, understanding the importance of eco-systems and threats to wild life, visiting our organic garden to learn about eating healthily and sustainably, and looking out for wild footprints and animal tracks.
As a protected UNESCO world heritage site it is one of the finest examples of ancient architecture in the world. Sigiriya presents timeless Sri Lankan innovation in the form of fortified moats and lush water gardens with advanced irrigation systems characteristic of Sri Lanka's early kingdoms.
Kalu's Hideaway prides itself on working as hard as it can be to promote itself as an eco-resort.
At Kalus Hideaway they try to use their own organic products as much as possible where necessary. They focus on being a plastic free resort, being 90% plastic free and working on improving in all areas from single use to eco-alternatives. Working on the reduction of environmental pollutants. Resource conservation and energy conservation. Sustainable use of natural resources. Use of recycled resources (promoting the 4Rs). A simplified waste treatment and disposal system.
PeopleThere is an ever-growing demand for responsible travel, with travellers seeking more sustainable ways to holiday while having the opportunity to get up-close and personal with the real heroes that make the destination all that more interesting and exciting – its people. The appreciation and knowledge in understanding how local people add to more than 'just a guide' to the holiday. Our destination management company we work with has the same passion as ourselves, knowing that have the power to transform this industry by way of supporting the locals for the experiences they offer to holidaymakers, making their holiday experience that much more authentic and memorable.
This ensures that income goes directly in to the communities and families.
This is easily one of our favourites!
Located in the rural elephant country of Sigiriya, today, the Diyakepilla Primary
School has 20 children, all between the ages of 5 and 12 years.
At the time of the discovery of this school in the year 2002, all students were
housed in a small shed with thatched roof, without any of the essential items
that a school should have for children. The poor dilapidated condition of the hut and the lack of essential resources had made it very difficult for the teachers to continue running this school and provide education to the children of the village as they were not receiving the assistance they needed from the government authorities. Since its’ discovery in the year 2002. Whilst the Government eventually came through with building a single story hall for the school. Our ground agent made arrangements to partition the hall, fund the furnishing, establish a library, music equipment, solar panels for the generation of electricity, supply of pipe borne water with an overhead tank and water taps, toilets, playground and equipment and a supply of stationary that is replenished as often as possible. The school remains a work in progress and we continue to support this project with the help of our guests. We encourage our guests to pay a visit to this Diyakepilla Village and possibly take with them some stationary items and snacks for the children and spend some time with them. It is an excellent experience for families with young children!
As most of our guests spend the first or the last couple of nights of their holiday in Negombo area, it's great opportunity to explore the life of the fishing village in Negombo. You start with a tour of the city by road, visiting the city and the fish markets. As the fishermen go out to the sea in the night and their boats are free in the afternoon, they became the perfect mode of transport for our guests to explore the Dutch canals and the local life as well as the wild life. The boats take you to a clearing in the lagoon just before the sunset, where cocktails are served to the guests. This experience provides an additional income to the fishermen who let us use their boats. Tried and tested by our ground agents and previous guests this experience multiple times safety and great memories are guaranteed!
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Troy Wolverton writes: Chevrolet’s Volt and Ford’s Fusion Energi lead a second generation of plug-in hybrid vehicles that are starting to trickle into showrooms and offer consumers better efficiency, more affordable prices and more choice than before.
Hillary Clinton has done her best to emulate President Barack Obama’s vaunted tech operation — right down to hiring several of his former campaign staffers and contracting with the consulting firms they’ve started. But she hasn’t been able to replicate his love affair with Silicon Valley.
Larry Magid writes: The Honor 8 smartphone, introduced in the U.S. at a glitzy San Francisco news conference last week, is not likely to be an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy killer, but it’s one of a growing number of phones that offer premium quality at a budget price — under $400.
Q&A: Irina Raicu, a champion of privacy rights as Director of the Internet Ethics program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.
Providing fresh evidence of an economic boom, the Bay Area powered to its largest job gains in the past year during July, and analysts say the region’s growth will “last for a while.”
Sunday in Santa Clara: “The largest yearly gathering of Lego artists, enthusiasts, hobbyists and fans in Northern California.”


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The following is a news release from Sault Ste. Marie Police:
Domestic violence incident
On Nov. 15, 2017 officers with the Patrol Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested a 34-year-old male from Sault Ste. Marie in relation to a domestic violence investigation.
It is alleged that on Oct. 31, 2017 the accused assaulted his girlfriend by pulling her off of a bed and striking her face on the ground. Further, on November 3rd, the accused assaulted the victim by grabbing her by the throat and choking her.
The victim contacted police and the accused was taken into custody. He has been charged with 2 counts of assault and was held for bail court.

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Dating apps have become an increasingly popular way for people to connect with others who share their interests and values. For environmentalists and those who prioritize sustainable living, there are now several dating apps that cater specifically to their needs. In this blog post, we will highlight some of the best dating apps for environmentalists, including Veggly and Lefty.
- Lefty – Lefty is a dating app for progressive individuals who prioritize social justice and environmental sustainability. This app allows users to connect with like-minded individuals who are committed to creating a more equitable and sustainable world. Users can filter potential matches by political views, environmental practices, and other values that are important to them.
- Veggly – Veggly is a dating app designed for vegans and vegetarians. This app allows users to filter potential matches by dietary preferences, making it easy to find someone who shares your values when it comes to animal welfare and environmental sustainability. With over 1,000,000 users in more than 180 countries, Veggly is one of the largest dating apps for plant-based eaters.
- OkCupid – While OkCupid is not specifically designed for environmentalists, this dating app has a range of features that make it a great option for those who prioritize sustainability. For example, users can answer questions about their environmental practices and beliefs, and these answers are factored into the app’s algorithm to help match them with compatible individuals.
- Green Singles – Green Singles is a dating site that has been around since the early 2000s and caters to those who prioritize environmental sustainability and social justice. This site allows users to filter potential matches by a wide range of environmental and social values, making it easy to find someone who shares your worldview.
- Climate Singles – Climate Singles is a newer dating app that focuses specifically on climate change and environmental sustainability. This app allows users to connect with others who are passionate about combating climate change and creating a more sustainable future. Users can filter potential matches by their environmental practices, political views, and more.
In conclusion, there are several dating apps available for environmentalists who want to connect with like-minded individuals. Whether you’re a vegan looking for a plant-based partner, a progressive individual committed to social justice, or simply someone who prioritizes sustainability, there is an app out there for you. Veggly and Lefty are two great options, but be sure to explore other apps like OkCupid, Green Singles, and Climate Singles to find the best fit for you.
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DescriptionThis song is an exploration of the themes and texts of the book of Galatians. It was originally written as a theme song for the 1991 ELCA National Youth Gathering in Dallas. If you like worship music that is both funky and has some theological depth, this one's for you!
*NOTE - The scores that are available for this song are much less complex than the recording which includes multiple key changes and lots of intricate vocal harmony.
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As a young child in Oakland, a batboy for the local Major League Baseball team by the name Stanley Burrell would go on to become one of Hip Hop’s biggest entertainers in the late 80s and early 90s. Now known worldwide as MC Hammer, the longtime rapper and dancer has achieved fame and fortune due to his multi-platinum record sales including his diamond-selling 1990 smash album Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em.
On July 17, MC Hammer will be getting another high honor but this time it won’t be from the world of music. Hammer worked as a clubhouse assistant for his hometown squad Oakland Athletics between 1973 and 1980 and the MLB squad will be the first baseball team to award a bobblehead doll to a rapper. Bobblehead dolls usually feature former players and Hall Of Famers so Hammer is joining quite an elite list. Hall Of Fame left fielder Rickey Henderson recently received the honor as well.
The A’s will be facing the Los Angeles Angels on July 17 at 1:05 PM PT in Oakland at the O.co Coliseum where MC Hammer will throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the game. The first fifteen thousand fans in attendance will received a Hammer bobblehead doll.
MC Hammer has sold a reported 50 million albums worldwide in his 20-plus year career. Hammer is also one of the most media savvy entertainers after amassing a heavy following on Twitter and Facebook.
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Abbott Diabetes Care is voluntarily recalling the FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meter and the FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Meter, which may produce mistakenly low blood glucose results.
When used with Abbott FreeStyle test trips, the two meters may produce mistakenly low blood glucose results. On February 19, 2014, as soon as the problem was discovered, Abbott began notifying users. The recall announcement was posted on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) web site last week. Other Abbott Diabetes Care meters are not affected by this recall.
Anyone using one of the recalled meters should contact Abbott Diabetes Care immediately at 1.888.345.5364 to obtain a replacement meter. Abbott recommends that those with access to an alternative meter should immediately stop using the recalled meter. But if the only available meter is a recalled model, the individual should continue using that meter, with precautions, while waiting for the replacement. The user is advised to perform a quality control solution test to confirm that the meter is working correctly and should not use a test strip vial if control solution results are not within the expected range.
If an individual gets blood glucose result(s) inconsistent with diabetes history, or is not feeling well, or feels that test results are not accurate – higher or lower than expected – he or she should contact a health care provider immediately. High blood sugar symptoms include excessive thirst, excessive urination, blurred vision, weakness, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
According to the recall announcement, Freestyle Lite, Freestyle Freedom Lite or FreeStyle InsuLinx systems can continue to be used with the FreeStyle test strips. Users who have the OmniPod Insulin Management System with built-in FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meter should refer to Abbott’s earlier letter for recommended actions or visit https://www.abbottdiabetescare.com/press-room/2014/2014-b.htm.

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At last I was able to work on this daffodil quilt again. I love the colors! My goal is to get the top done this week.
2 quarts of strawberries picked last night are tonight’s treat.
This is the most beautiful kale I have grown. Not an insect bite anywhere on any leaf. They just looked so perfect. You’ll notice that I picked a huge bowl (fits on the lawn chair). I washed and froze it and it will crumble beautifully after frozen, so it takes very little room. Then it will be available for many dishes this winter.

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Retro design paired with a slight geometric vibe gives Bexley its uniqueness. With a range of tints available, and wrapped up in the highest quality metal, the Bexley is a contemporary classic octagon style sunglasses. The classic round John Lennon sunglasses get a modern makeover with the fun Bexley.
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Make a Statement With Bexley
Sunglasses are an essential accessory all year long. They protect your vision from the harsh UV rays of the sun while adding an element of style to just about any outfit — a win-win if you ask us.
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What’s so special about the design, you ask? Bexley gives John Lennon’s classic round shades a modern makeover, making them an instant contemporary classic. The small-sized frames look great on both men and women and faces of all shapes and sizes.
Of course, it’s not just all about looks. Thanks to the 100% UVA/UVB protection (UV 400) of Bexley’s blacked-out lenses, you can rest easy knowing that you’ll not only rock your next outfit but also save your vision from the damaging rays of the sun.
Your eyes will surely thank you for the comfort and clarity that these lenses provide. After all, they offer maximum optical clarity and feature an anti-glare coating, so you’ll have a crisp, clear vision on those bright, wall-to-wall sunshine days. Additionally, the lenses have been treated with a scratch-resistant coating, too, so there’s no need to worry about annoying scratches obscuring your view.
Speaking of things you won’t have to worry about — add durability to that list too. The stainless steel and injection molded, grade A polycarbonate frames are exceptionally long-lasting and can stand up to all types of wear and tear with ease.
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State lawmakers look to crack down on delta-8 THC products
State lawmakers are considering criminalizing a weaker version of traditional cannabis, known as delta-8 THC. Members of the Joint Judiciary Committee tabled a discussion this week about how to limit the substance – known colloquially as “diet weed” – in Wyoming.
Delta-8, a less-intoxicating version of marijuana mainly derived from hemp, has grown in popularity across the Cowboy State. Since it usually comes from hemp, it’s technically legal, but products that use it haven’t been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA warns that delta-8 can be harmful, especially to children and young adults. Symptoms can include vomiting, loss of consciousness and even hospitalization.
Multiple high school students have previously spoken out about it. So, state lawmakers, including Jeremy Haroldson (R-Wheatland) have been discussing ways to outlaw the substance.
“We want to make this product illegal, just so that we can protect and have an opportunity to protect not only the people of the state of the students of the state,” Haroldson said
Others testified against limiting the substance. Sam Watt owns a hemp company and sells delta-8. He said it can be useful for many adults – especially veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorders – and argued against criminalizing people seeking relief.
“This product is something that a lot of people can use, especially our veterans. Because still there is not a whole lot of treatment out there for us,” he said.
Other concerns with delta-8 regulation include potentially harming other industries, like CBD or agricultural hemp production. The Judiciary Committee will likely take up this debate again later this year.


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Editorial: Focus traffic cameras on effectiveness
Editor's note: This editorial has been changed to correct the cities that have partnered with Redflex. Cedar Rapids contracts with a competitor, Gatso USA.
Iowa legislators are right to be concerned about the motives of the cities that have installed automated traffic enforcement cameras.
A growing amount of evidence indicates that while these cameras do, in some cases, improve traffic safety, they’re often used as a revenue-generating tool.
Unfortunately, one of the Legislature’s proposed solutions to cities turning public safety into a profit center would do nothing to address that problem.
A bill now being considered in the House would require Iowa district courts to collect and distribute revenue from the camera-enforcement fines that now are handled by the private companies that have installed the cameras. It also would require the Iowa Department of Transportation to calibrate the camera-enforcement systems and certify that they comply with national guidelines.
“I think we need to instill confidence in the public that this is truly about public safety, and right now that confidence doesn’t exist,” said Rep. Greg Heartsill, a Chariton Republican, who introduced the bill. “If we can’t get some common-sense regulations (for automated enforcement cameras), I would be all in favor of banning them outright."
Heartsill’s concerns are entirely justified. The truth is that no aspect of the criminal justice system should be privatized in this fashion, with traffic citations treated as “civil” infractions and the fines shared with a for-profit company that has a direct financial incentive to ticket as many people as possible.
But maintaining this structure while routing the fines first through the court system, and then to the private company, won’t provide any additional oversight. It also won’t help ensure that cities are using the cameras in a fair and responsible manner.
The best way to do that will be to require that cities demonstrate that their cameras, once deployed, are actually resulting in safer driving. In 2014, the DOT established administrative rules that require an annual review of whether the devices are effective. If they are not, the cameras must be shut down or moved to another location. But those administrative rules apply only to the speed cameras that are used on primary highways.
In years past, the Iowa Legislature has considered proposals to ban the use of these cameras. An alternative solution is to simply ban their use in areas where they don’t actually improve public safety.
In the meantime, the three Iowa police agencies — Davenport, Council Bluffs and Sioux City — that have shamelessly partnered with Redflex, an Arizona company, to install cameras and collect fines, should sever all ties with the firm at the earliest opportunity.
Redflex’s former CEO has admitted participating in a criminal scheme through which the company provided elected officials in both Ohio and Illinois with bribes to secure lucrative city contracts for traffic-enforcement cameras. The company itself has acknowledged paying at least $2 million in bribes, and one former executive has alleged the company made payoffs to city officials in 13 states. Iowa was not one of them.
This is not the sort of company with which Iowa police agencies should be in business — particularly when their alleged, shared goal is law enforcement.


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Construction has begun on a $65 million, five-story, 390-unit contemporary urban residential community in Fort Worth, the largest project of its kind to be built in the Near Southside district.
The Cooper, located at 1001 West Rosedale Street just south of downtown, is slated for completion in August 2020. Multifamily development firm Lang Partners will lead the project.
The development will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom hotel-inspired apartments, lofts and townhomes. Floor plans…
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TAIPEI - Taiwan's Asustek is pinning its recovery hopes on emerging markets such as China as the pioneer of netbooks struggles to compete with bigger rivals such as Hewlett-Packard and Acer.
Asustek expects a slew of product launches, set for the second half of the year, to help it stem the decline in revenue and profit margins, as it takes a beating due to the increasing popularity of low-cost netbook PCs.
"We're seeing a lot of growth momentum from China, and expect to grow our market share there for the rest of the year," Chief Executive Jerry Shen told investors on Tuesday. "Eastern Europe is also growing quite well, so things should improve from now on."
Pioneered by Asustek in 2007, netbooks have since been rolled out by other brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Acer and Dell, dealing a blow to Asustek.
On Monday, Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, said it would start to make netbooks, entering a fiercely competitive but fast-growing market.
Asustek swung to an operating profit in April-June after two straight quarters of losses, having laid off staff and slashed products to emerge leaner.
The global PC sector has picked up in recent months, with Intel declaring the worst over and research firms such as IDC raising their forecasts for the year.
Analysts, however, remained cautious on Asustek's prospects.
"It's the traditional peak season anyway, so it's not spectacular," said Alex Huang, research director at Mega Securities.
Asustek expects to ship about 1.8 million notebooks and 1.5 million netbooks in the current quarter, up as much as 50 percent from the preceding three months.
The higher shipments are mainly due to an increase in demand from students returning to school and ahead of the year-end peak holiday shopping season, the company said.
Asustek is making a foray into the fast-growing smartphone market with location device maker Garmin, but it has set modest targets for itself that underscore its vulnerability as a new player in the highly competitive sector.
"We're going up against some very big players in the smartphone sector, and we know how difficult it is," Shen said. "This is a sector that we intend to cultivate slowly, especially from next year onwards."
Many analysts are skeptical at the rising number of PC brands crowding into smartphones, and highlight the difference in how the two products are sold and marketed.
Asustek reported a bigger-than-expected net loss of T$131 million ($3.9 million) for April-June, hit by a massive T$953 million foreign exchange loss as the Taiwan dollar appreciated by more than 3 percent against the U.S. dollar.
The overall loss was way below market expectations for T$1 billion net profit, and worse than the T$5.64 billion reported a year ago.
Asustek shares have risen 43 percent so far this year, versus a 48 percent gain on the broader market.
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Patients in some rural areas wait almost three times longer for emergency ambulances than those in towns and cities, while people with potential heart attacks or strokes now face a one hour 40-minute average wait in one area, statistics have shown.
The disparities were uncovered by freedom of information requests by the Liberal Democrats to England’s 10 ambulance trusts, which in turn covered waiting times for 227 areas across the country.
For category one calls, the most urgent, where an ambulance is meant to arrive within seven minutes, several areas reported waiting times close to or more than 15 minutes.
The longest average wait for such calls was in Mid Devon, with a time of 15 minutes 20 seconds, almost three times as long as the average of 5 minutes and 48 seconds in Hammersmith, west London.
Overall, 83% of the areas across England missed the seven-minute target for category one calls.
For category two ambulance calls, which are less serious but still cover the likes of suspected strokes and heart attacks, while the target is 18 minutes, in 22 areas people waited an hour or more on average.
The longest average wait was in Cornwall, at just over one hour 41 minutes. Two years ago, the equivalent figure was 32 minutes. In 32 areas, average waits for category two calls have doubled or more over this period.
Only two of the 220-plus areas for which there was information managed to get below the target of 18 minutes on average – Croydon in south London, and one district of Carlisle.
A separate analysis by BBC News, also published on Thursday, found that more than 10,000 ambulances a week wait at least an hour in England outside A&E units, the highest such figure since data was first collected in 2010.
One family told the BBC that in Cornwall, an 85-year-old woman had to wait 40 hours to be admitted to hospital with a broken hip, including an “agonising” 14 hours for the ambulance.
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Some of the largest objects in the world can't exactly be assembled at the location where they're needed. That's where a transport operation comes into play. But, do you know which transport operations are the most incredible?
Maybe it's the world's largest magnet that requires over 50 days to travel over 3,000 miles. Maybe it's the Space Shuttle Endeavour or perhaps it's a 400-ton turbine. Maybe it's the transportation of a 1,400-ton nuclear reactor that takes the cake.
Well, luckily for you, you don't have to choose, because the below video offers a look at the seven wildest, most epic transport operations of all time. As you can probably guess, the companies that provide these mammoth transportation operations certainly don't fool around.
As you can see from the above YouTube video, it's kind of hard to fathom how any of these operations even get pulled off. Let's just take a look at one example: The Bagger 288.
Used in coal mines, this German-built mining machine and bucket-wheel excavator is 330 feet high and has a length of almost two football fields. Needless to say, it's one of the biggest machines in the world. But, in 2001, it needed to be moved 14 miles to another coal mine. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal, right? Even in the worst traffic, most vehicles can go that distance in a couple hours. TOPS. Were talking the worst kind of gridlocked traffic.
But, this particular relocation project took 33 WEEKS to pull off. And that was with a 70-worker team and five drivers. The kicker was that the Bagger 288 could also only move at 33 feet per minute. And you thought you've been on some bad road trips...
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Still looking for the perfect swimsuit for your summer holiday? You may be in luck, particularly if you’re fond of Roksanda Ilincic. The Belgrade designer is launching her debut swimwear collection this summer – and it’s set to land exclusively at Harvey Nichols in a splash.
And after three years on the London fashion circuit, the new collection is a timely addition to the already much-coveted label. So what can we expect from her first swimwear offering? Sleek and sculptural swimsuits in soft luxe fabrics alongside the designer’s signature bright colours, in a nutshell.
Of course, the collection taps into the season’s top trends – think tribal patterns (she was inspired by the colours and patterns of the East African Kai tribes) as well as nude tones – and features cut-out asymmetric detailing as well as her trademark traditional-meets-modern-cool approach: there’s the ‘Riziki’ and ‘Talula’, two 40s-inspired silhouettes with spaghetti straps, the asymmetric ‘Miali’, and halterneck suits ‘Leyla’, ‘Zuri’ and ‘Zahara’. And in case you’re not a swimsuit person, there’s bikini versions too.
The debut collection will hit the shelves at Harvey Nichols, where it’ll be stocked exclusively for the first season, in the coming weeks with prices ranging between £210 and £425. Perfect for pulling off that poolside chic.


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I have a magnavox T.V, vcr dvd combo. I brought a RCA universal remote control so that I could turn the channels, however, I can't find a code the will work.
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I found that on the back of the 2205 it said that the unit was made by Funai. I looked in the Innovage book and found that the codes for Funai DVD are 231 and 233. 233 worked on mine. Good luck.
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This DVD/VCR isn't compatible with the GE Universal remote. Sorry.
I would recommend contacting Magnavox (actually FUNAI CORP.) at www. magnavox.com, and seeing if they would be willing to send you a remote that was compatible with your player. There was another Magnavox player remote that also worked with Magnavox MWD2205. So it's possible that a number of remotes would work for you. Good luck! :)
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India's Project Tiger a once lauded tiger conservation program has failed due to a lack of commitment.
Money is at the root of the failure to preserve the tiger in India. The promise of a profitable income comes from the Chinese medicine market, in which tiger bones play a major part. Other parts of the body of a tiger are used in Chinese medicine. The profits that can be made from selling body parts for Chinese medicine is greater than for selling pelts. At the consumer end of the problem we have China and her medicine.
At the conservation end we have India and her lack of commitment by failing to provide sufficient funding. That though was not always the case it seems.
When Project Tiger was set up in April 1973. Indira Gandhi was interested in wildlife and had spoken about conservation some 4 years earlier in a speech to the IUCN General Assembly in Delhi in 1969. I think this fact tells us about one of the weaknesses in wildlife conservation. The time it takes to translate thought and intention into deed and action.
While plans are made and motivation translated into action in the field of conservation, the poachers for tiger bones and body parts are already highly motivated and there is little delay in taking action.
India's Project Tiger was set up with $80 million in 1972. At that time there were an estimated 1827 tigers in India (a very small number it seems to me). After pouring all that money into tiger conservation by 2008 there are considerably less tigers in India, an estimated 1411.
It became clear that better policing of the reserves was needed. But the funding was not forthcoming. At that moment the battle was lost. I am not sure when this decision was made perhaps the mid 1990s. The fact is that the money in selling tiger parts is a greater motivator than the conservation of the tiger. This tells us that humankind is not yet in a state where conservation can be said to work as the problem of the tiger affects many other species, the Cheetah is another example (see cheetah habitat)
If Chinese medicine is one major factor the other is habitat loss. There is simply not enough room left in the world for an animal that needs to roam very widely to survive. The reserves that remain in India are separated and the tiger populations on each reserve is low (50-100). Does this mean that inbreeding is and has taken place?
Inbreeding will weaken the health of the tiger population and lower reproduction rates exacerbating an already fragile situation. Perhaps a tipping point comes when the tiger is lost. For now it seems that point has not been reached. It is not as if India is financially unable to help.
One of the richest men in the world is Indian, Lakshmi Narayan Mittal is still worth about 16 billion (was 30+ billion) despite the financial crash. Can't he chip in a few tens of millions to resurrect India's Project Tiger?
Another point: China really should do much more to protect the tiger by passing regulations concerning the constituents of Chinese medicine. In the West substitutes are used. Why not in China? To not do so is indefensible.
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CITY OF SOUTH SALT LAKE
The area continued to be sparsely populated agricultural land, with parcels allocated in five- to twenty-acre units, until about 1870. Around that time, local businesses began to develop; they included Husler's Mill, built about 1865 on the bank of Millcreek on Territory Road, which is today's State Street. Other private, noteworthy developments of that era include Winder Dairy and Calder Park. Winder Dairy is still a prominent name throughout the area today, but it has long since moved to the west side of the Salt Lake Valley.
Calder Park soon developed into one of the finest amusement parks between the Missouri River and the Golden Gate. The soggy swampland created by a spring was cleared to form a small lake for boats and amusement. Other attractions developed over time and included a merry-go-round, bridges, a large dance pavilion, a bandstand with a suspended acoustical shell, a racetrack for horses and later motorcycles, bowling lanes, a roller-skating rink, a log flume-type waterslide, and traditional playground equipment. The park passed through different ownerships including the Rapid Transit Street Car Company which ran the park from 1891 to 1902 and extended streetcar service to the park along 700 East and installed electric power throughout the park. At its peak, the park was attracting over 100,000 patrons per season. The LDS Church Granite Stake assumed ownership and changed the name to Wandamere Park. "Wanda" was claimed to be of Indian origin, meaning "beautiful place," while "mere" is Anglo-Saxon and signifies "little lake" or "clear pond." By 1921 interest in the park was diminishing and it was sold to Charles Nibley, who donated the land to Salt Lake City on the condition that it would always remain open park space. That condition was met by transforming the park into a nine-hole golf course which Salt Lake City still operates.
Near the turn of the century, the development of infrastructure began to take place. The major dirt roads in the area were covered with slag from nearby smelters and the construction of public buildings such as schools and churches began. Two of these structures remain as historical landmarks. The Scott School was built in 1890 on the northeast corner of 3300 South and 500 East. With various additions made over the years, the schoolhouse evolved to be part of Granite High School and currently functions as the Pioneer Craft House, which continues to play an educational and cultural role in the community.
In 1899 the Catholic Church built the Saint Ann's Orphanage and church on the south side of 2100 South between 400 and 500 East. The orphanage was changed into an elementary school in 1955 and currently provides a curriculum for kindergarten through the eighth grades.
The Granite Tabernacle was built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1903 on the northeast corner of 3300 South and State Street. This tabernacle was part of a network of large meeting halls that served the various communities in which they were built. The Granite Tabernacle was considered one of the finest, with a tower rising 133 feet and a dome arching seventy feet over the assembly floor that seated 2,500 people. This landmark building was demolished in 1956.
Transportation has long been important to the area of South Salt Lake. The original Pony Express route ran through the area along current State Street from 1860 to 1861. Both the Union Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande Western railroads chose routes through present South Salt Lake. These developments encouraged the growth of businesses and residential neighborhoods in the area. In recent history, the construction of the Interstate highway system brought the junction of I-15 and I-80 to South Salt Lake. The city continues to be an excellent location for many businesses and light industries on account of its central location and access to transportation routes.
As the local population increased, the need for public improvements became more important and encouraged a drive for incorporation. On 28 September 1938 area voters approved incorporation by a narrow margin, and the city founders moved to initiate construction of a sanitary sewer system and somewhat later a culinary water system.
Present boundaries of the City of South Salt Lake begin immediately south of Salt Lake City at 2100 South between the Jordan River and 500 East. After 2700 South, the eastern border extends to 700 East until it reaches the southern boundary of 3300 South. The residential neighborhoods have been home to many wonderful people over the years and the population has fluctuated between 10,000 and 11,000 people over the last decade.
South Salt Lake is organized in seven villages representing the different neighborhoods and historical districts. Each of the villages also has a council as a form of grassroots political involvement; these councils help to plan redevelopment and beautification projects that continue to improve the community. One of the districts is "Center of Industry," signifying the many prominent businesses that have made the area their home. The other six define areas in which families can truly become the city's slogan--a "Community of Neighbors."

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Organic chemistry/Acid-base chemistry
Acid/Base chemistry began with the Bronsted-Lowry model of acids and bases. This model states molecules containing hydrogen ions are acids, while molecules containing hydroxyl (-OH) functional groups are bases. This is not necessarily true. The recent definition of an acid and a base is based upon how the substance ionizes in water. Acids produce positively charged molecules, while bases produce negatively charged molecules. This definition allows for bases such as ammonia which does not contain an hydroxide ion. The relative strength of acids and bases is measured by their respective ion concentrations once dissolved. The product of the positive ion concentration times the negative ion concentration equals 1*10 to the -14th power. The pH is equal to -log of the positive ion concentration. The pOH is equal to the -log of the negative ion concentration. Thus, pH is measured on a scale of 0 to 14, with 7(th pH of water) as neutral. Each "step" below 7 is ten times more acidic (since it was derived from a power of ten). While rare, substances can have pH levels below 0 or above 14. However, the pH plus pOH of a substance will always equal 14.
Reactions between acids and bases always produce water and a salt. Reactions between acids and metal always produce a salt and hydrogen gas.

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DAPHNE, Alabama -- "Congratulations to Ms. Brett on being the AIA's youngest active Architect member."
The June 26 email to 24-year-old Courtney Brett from the American Institute of Architects was something that she’d been waiting for since being handed graphing paper and drawing tools at age 10.
Born in Honolulu to a military family, Brett was constantly moving when she was young. But at every stop, teachers recognized that she was extremely bright.
In fact, by the time she began high school in San Angelo, Texas, she jumped straight into the 10th grade, skipping ninth. And when 10th grade was over, said Brett, she found herself bored and looking for a challenge.
That challenge soon arrived when her parents pulled up stakes to move again.
Instead of starting at a new high school, Brett, straight out of 10th grade, went on to Mary Baldwin College in Virginia via an early admission initiative, the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. She was a 14-year-old freshman.
At age 16, she transferred to Auburn University’s School of Architecture, being one of 40 students selected from among more than 300 applicants.
The next year, 2005, Brett participated in Auburn’s acclaimed Rural Studio, which builds innovative homes and other structures in impoverished areas of west Alabama.
"Architects learn to be stewards of the community. It really had a big impact on me as a designer," Brett said.
She graduated from Auburn in 2007 with a bachelor of architecture degree.
Her rapid rise and relative youth have garnered attention.
"Quite often, young graduates pursuing registration as an architect have many obstacles that delay them: career hurdles, family obligations, financial issues, and the like. It is a real tribute to Courtney that she established registration as a goal and accomplished it early in her professional career," said Cindy McKim, executive director for the Alabama Board of Architects.
Right out of college, Brett was recruited by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of the largest architectural firms in the world. She spent the next 2½ years with the firm in New York, on projects such as the New York Jets’ training center, schools and hospitals, and a petroleum complex in Doha, Qatar, that she described as "a new city in the desert."
In 2010, Brett headed back South, to the Gulf Coast, marrying husband Daniel and starting work for DHS Ventures as a director of design. Now, two years later, she’s branched out yet again.
"I was really ready to be on my own as an architect," said Brett, of Daphne, who established her Casburn Brett Architecture firm this year, and has started taking projects within the past several months.
Matt Tinder, head of media relations with the American Institute of Architects, spoke words of praise for Brett’s accomplishments. "Courtney is in the unique position to bring a level of diversity to the profession not often seen; her intelligence, skill, and talent matched with her youthfulness will provide her clients with a perspective that is rarely encountered," Tinder said. "We are excited and amazed at the potential Courtney possesses and will serve as an inspiration to an entire generation of architectural students entering into the profession."
Said Brett, "I just knew, since I was 10 years old, this is what I wanted to be. I believe design is problem solving. It helps me come up with creative solutions to problems in every aspect of life."
She is applying that creativity to her own life, as well. Brett said that she’s setting out to design a house for her and her husband.