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Today we’re proud to unveil a project we’ve dubbed ‘Calgary Herald Reimagined’— representing a radical transformation in how we deliver news on all of our platforms, whether you read us in print, on the web, or via smartphone or tablet.
Tim Hunter would have liked nothing more than to win his Western Hockey League coaching debut at the Scotiabank Saddledome last Friday. Unfortunately for Hunter, his Moose Jaw Warriors were unable to build upon 1-0 and 2-1 leads and ultimately suffered a 5-2 setback to the Calgary Hitmen. “We just stubbed our toe in the […]
Trimmed neatly in marble and granite, surrounded by palm trees, this building is welcoming, not threatening. Other rinks have signs forbidding guns and knives. This venue? Once upon a time, visitors to the press box were greeted by this edict: “No cut-offs. No flip-flops.” So hardly a gritty joint — unless you include beach sand. Mere minutes to the west? The Happiest […]
Led by the line of Kenton Helgesen, Adam Tambellini and Jake Virtanen, the Calgary Hitmen bounced back with a 6-2 win over the Red Deer Rebels on Sunday.
The first goal, well, the celebration said it all for Curtis Glencross, who snapped an eight game drought. His second one of Saturday night’s 5-4 shootout victory over the New Jersey Devils was very much the same — only the timing of that one was a little more exciting for everyone. With exactly five seconds […]
Bob Hartley forgives you if you turned off the television. Or, if you left the building. But if you were smart enough to stick around on Saturday night, smart enough to know what the Calgary Flames seem to be capable of this 2014-15 season, you would have been treated to quite the show. After falling […]
1. Jagr’s last visit? Catch Jaromir Jagr while you can. The legendary winger, now 42, has put up staggering numbers in the National Hockey League, from his bemulleted years with the Pittsburgh Penguins to his somewhat more distinguished look now with the New Jersey Devils. He’s played 1,492 games — three behind Phil Housley at No. […]
All of us have been holding our breath since learning Gordie Howe had suffered the worst of a series of strokes on Oct. 26th that paralyzed his right side. Already suffering from dementia, Howe can neither walk nor speak now.
Most observers, if pressed, can recall the events of April 7 in Newark, N.J. Not surprisingly, Bob Hartley requires no hints, no prodding. “I remember,” the Calgary Flames coach says with a knowing — and rather large — grin. That night, Hartley had the privilege of watching his goalie, in hot-handed fashion, parry 31 pucks.
Outside the city limits, they continue to be regarded as some form of hallucination. A trick of the light, perhaps. A mirage, more likely. Rub your eyes hard enough, long enough, and the verdant oasis will be exposed as barren wasteland. Nothing more, surely, than a confounding, can’t-last curio. One of those pinch-me early-season surprises — and […]
After four years of high-level college hockey and the completion of a business degree at York University, Kyle Ruppe was at the pinnacle of athletic talent and academic success. The strapping, playful, six-foot farm kid from just south of Calgary had come back home, his entire future in the palm of his hand.
Talking about her two Olympic gold medals doesn’t ever get old for Rebecca Johnston. The Calgary Inferno forward helped Canada win women’s hockey gold in both of the last two Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia this past February and in Vancouver four years earlier.
The Calgary Flames, nearing the quarter pole of the 2014-15 National Hockey League season, have been masters of the third period and establishing themselves as late comeback specialists. Unfortunately on Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Scotiabank Saddledome, their magic ran out.
Sometimes, the most logical choice is the best one. The Calgary Hitmen took that route, striking a deal with the Victoria Royals and acquiring Keegan Kanzig, a simple, puck-moving defenceman on Wednesday night, finding value for disgruntled forward Greg Chase and also adding a second-round pick in 2016.

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Oswego, NY – International musical talents Craig Schulman, Eleanor Paunovic and Dan Riddle (shown pictured right to left) performed to a packed house at the American Foundry in Oswego this past weekend for the Oswego Opera Theater’s production “A Grand Night for Singing in Oswego.”
The performance included the music of several different popular Broadway shows including Showboat, Carmen, Phantom and Les Miz, as well as recognized opera performances.
“What a grand night for singing indeed,” said Oswego Opera Theater Artistic Director Mack Richardson. “Thank you so much to everyone who came out and supported the Oswego Opera Theater, and the amazing performances of Craig Schulman, Eleanor Paunovic, and Dan Riddle”
Major sponsors for the event included: Breakwall Asset Management, Lincoln Investment Planning, Step One Creative, Wayne Drug, Amdursky Pelky Fennell and Wallen Law, Best Western Plus Captain’s Quarters, Terry and Martha Hammill, Helen Luongo, Sithe Independence Power Partners, Oswego County Weeklies and Oswego County Today.
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Earlier this week robotics and artificial intelligence experts signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to help prevent the “third revolution in warfare”: lethal autonomous weapons.
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Risk factors predicting the new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures after percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty
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Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) are effective procedures to alleviate pain caused by osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). New vertebral compression fracture (NVCF) has been noted as a potential late sequela of the procedures. The incidence of NVCFs and affecting risk factors were investigated.
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The authors retrospectively analyzed the occurrence of NVCFs in 147 patients treated with PVP or PKP for osteoporotic VCFs. Possible risk factors, such as age, gender, body mass index, bone mineral density (BMD), location of treated vertebra, treatment modality, amount of bone cement injected, anterior–posterior ratio of the fractured vertebra, cement leakage into the disc space, and pattern of cement distribution, were assessed.
Twenty-seven patients (18.4%) had subsequent symptomatic NVCFs with a median time to new fracture was of 70 days. The 1-year symptomatic fracture-free rate was 85.0% by the Kaplan–Meier estimate. Eighteen (66.7%) of the 27 patients had an NVCF on the adjacent vertebra. Significant differences (P < 0.05) were found between the NVCF and control groups in regard to age, treatment modality, BMD, and the proportion of cement leakage into the disc space. Discal cement leakage and low BMD affected on adjacent NVCFs.
The most important risk factors affecting NVCFs were osteoporosis and intervertebral discal cement leakage.
KeywordsOsteoporotic compression fracture Vertebroplasty Kyphoplasty BMD Discal leakage
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With the Winter Olympics underway, it is time to enjoy a celebrated tradition every four years. Prepare for several weeks of high excitement and competition. Here are three events that I enjoy watching during the Winter Olympics.
One of my favorite events to watch is snowboarding. The competitors slide downhill on their snowboard while completing objectives, stunts, tricks, etc.
Another event that can provide you with entertainment is bobsleigh. A team sport with 2-4 members that make timed runs while making narrow turns into a bobsled. It is interesting to see how each group will maneuver around the track and the fast pace they’re going at.
If you need a mix of skiing and rifle shooting, biathlon is the sport for you. The amount of focus and determination each athlete has is unbelievable. Pressure rises during this event as competitors focus on finishing a race while shooting five targets with their rifles.
These are a few Winter Olympics sports I enjoy watching. What are your top 3 favorite Winter Olympic sports? Check out this week’s Top 3 and share your responses at ICC Top 3.

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Should judges defer to federal agencies when it comes to how those agencies enact policy?
In a major case involving the EPA, the Supreme Court agreed and issued a landmark ruling severely limiting the EPA's ability to regulate carbon emissions.
Critics believe the Court's ruling reaches far beyond one agency's plans to address climate change.
The ruling could end up limiting the capacities of every single federal agency.
Today, On Point: The Supreme Court limits government, and grows its own power.
Paul DeCamp, former administrator and senior policy advisor at the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division in the George W. Bush administration. He’s currently a member of the law firm Epstein Becker & Green. (@PaulDeCamp)
Christopher Wright, former general counsel at the FCC in the Clinton Administration. He served in the Solicitor General’s Office in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. Today, he is a partner at the law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis.
MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: This is On Point. I'm Meghna Chakrabarti. Last week, in the culmination of an historic and revolutionary Supreme Court term, the court issued a sweeping opinion curtailing the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to issue regulations on climate change. Specifically, the court ruled that in crafting rules to reduce carbon emissions from U.S. power plants, the EPA had gone beyond its congressionally granted authority. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led the lawsuit against the EPA. And here he was on Fox News the day of the ruling.
ARCHIVAL TAPE: This is a huge victory for our American system of government. We've been arguing for many, many years – while everyone's been focusing on, the question of climate change, we've said one simple thing: that if you have a major issue of the day, Congress needs to be the decider, not an unelected bureaucracy. That's what today's decision means. It ensures that these unelected bureaucrats are not going to be seizing power across the board.
CHAKRABARTI: The next day, White House National Climate Advisor and former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy was on MSNBC. She said the ruling does not completely hobble the EPA in its efforts to fight climate change. However:
ARCHIVAL TAPE: What it did was tell us that the Supreme Court is more interested in special interests that are being funded by the fossil fuel industry than they are in protecting public health and giving the agency the right and opportunity and obligation to actually keep our air clean and keep our water clean and to address the existential challenge of our time.
CHAKRABARTI: Well, today, we'll look at the ruling’s impact on the EPA and beyond – its impact on federal agencies across the board. And we'll start today with Christine Todd Whitman. She's the former governor of New Jersey and served as EPA administrator under President George W. Bush. Governor Whitman, welcome to On Point.
CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN: Thanks for having me, Meghna.
CHAKRABARTI: So, first of all, tell us – how severely do you think the court's ruling does limit EPA's ability to regulate carbon emissions in the country?
WHITMAN: Well, you know, I think it's going to take years before we fully appreciate the enormous impact that this ruling is going to have, not just at EPA, but as you’ve mentioned before, across federal agencies: the FDA, how we regulate our food, how we make sure our drugs are safe. All this seems to be influenced by industry. And what was interesting to me – or ironic, I should say, by the quotes that you played from the attorney general of West Virginia – was that he said, you know, this is bureaucracy running wild. EPA would have far rather have the Congress act on climate change. In fact, there was all kinds of pressure running on back when I was head of the EPA, but Congress wouldn't act. That's the problem. Congress didn't act. So EPA had to start to move forward because its mandate from the Congress is pretty simple: Protect human health and the environment. And clearly climate change and what is being emitted from these power plants is affecting human health and the environment. It's that simple.
CHAKRABARTI: Can you tell us … in more detail about what you just said about when you were EPA administrator? There were already pressures on the EPA, but Congress wouldn't act. What specifically do you mean by that?
WHITMAN: Well, we wanted to – we felt that there was a real need to address the issue of climate change. And there was a lot of talk going on, not informal bills being put up, but for staff to staff with the Hill to deal with this issue. And they knew the issue was there. And I said it publicly, other people said it publicly, that it would be far better – EPA would prefer it if Congress acted because then it was the law. Any time EPA promulgates a regulation, it goes to court, and you see the kinds of things that can happen. It can go forward, it can go backwards. But it takes a long time. And particularly if you're trying to stop behavior that is imperiling human life and health, then you want to act. But it takes a long time … for these things to win their way through the courts, and the bad behavior is going on during all that time. And of course, the really unfortunate thing with many of these emitters – the big emitters, the power plants and stations – is they're located near low-income communities. These are the people that get impacted the most by some of the worst pollution. And that's why you see such disparities in health among the lower income population and the upper income population. I mean, it's bad on so many levels, and it does undermine. It won’t stop EPA from regulating. No, I mean, it can still go forward. But last I heard, when I was the EPA, there was one scientist in Congress. I don't believe there's a single one there now. And yet the court has said they're the ones who have to make scientific determinations on what's good to protect human health and the environment.
CHAKRABARTI: Well, so that's what Justice Kagan asserted in her dissent – that effectively the court was saying it possesses more expertise in EPA. But in the majority opinion, I'm seeing here that Chief Justice John Roberts really puts this back on Congress. I mean, he said specifically a decision of such magnitude made, namely the nationwide transition away from the use of coal-generated electricity. He said a decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself or an agency acting pursuant to clear delegation from that representative body. It's the lack of clear delegation. Now, I take your point about how Congress wouldn't act, but the justices are sort of saying, well, they can't do anything about Congress not acting. They're simply reading, per the Constitution, the authority rests with Congress. So … how else could they rule?
WHITMAN: Well, except that that is ignoring entirely what Congress charged EPA with when they set it up was protecting human health and the environment. … And this is part of that purview, part of that responsibility. So, when Congress won't act, it is clearly up to the agency to do what Congress told it to do back in 1970, when it was first established. By the way, established and signed into law by a Republican president working with a Democratic Congress back in the days when people would talk to one another and work together. So I still think that from the perspective of the courts, it's fairly clear that really EPA has no choice but to act in these instances.
CHAKRABARTI: Right. And in fact, the court, as you will know, Governor Whitman, even asserted as much in the case back in 2007 that that sort of led to this point. Right? That was the Massachusetts v. EPA case that in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide is a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. That's what this was – a ruling that came from the Supreme Court. And they directed – the high court directed the EPA to regulate it. And that's what gave birth to the Clean Power Plan, which was what West Virginia sued.
CHAKRABARTI: So – Go ahead, Governor Whitman.
WHITMAN: There's this jerking – back and forth and back and forth – and the willingness of this court to undo precedent. It would seem I mean, to the outside world, frankly, to me, it looks as if it's pursuing a very political agenda rather than one based on the case law in front of them and precedent, the way the court used to do it. And there's – it's an activist court. It's reaching for those cases that will allow it to move forward on a very conservative agenda. And that's not the way the court is supposed to behave.
CHAKRABARTI: Hmm. Well, Governor Whitman, stand by here for just a second because I want to bring Lisa Graves into the conversation. She joins us from Superior, Wisconsin. She's executive director of the progressive watchdog group True North. Research, was also formerly in the Justice Department as well. Lisa Graves, welcome to you.
LISA GRAVES: Thank you so much for having me on.
CHAKRABARTI: So, first of all, tell me. You just heard Governor Whitman and also in a sense, former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy in the clip that we played – both say that while this is a major ruling regarding EPA's ability to regulate carbon emissions, it's not a complete death knell. And I wonder what you make of that.
GRAVES: Well, I think it's severely harming the EPA's ability and our ability in America, through our federal agencies, to regulate and address the most pressing crisis humankind has ever faced. And so, I think in the dissent, Justice Kagan was really spot on in her description of the implications of this decision. It doesn't mean that there's nothing the EPA could do. But the EPA was given a mandate by Congress to help ensure that these power plants had the best emissions systems possible. And that included the EPA's determination that … that would include alternative energy sources. Of course, that's what's necessary to have the best emission systems possible. But this court, this faction that now controls the court, has put its thumb on the scale of justice to stop the EPA from doing the most common sense and reasonable efforts to try to mitigate climate change. And so it really is severely damaging of our ability to address this issue. And I think it affects not only the power within the United States, but also America's power in the world.
CHAKRABARTI: Yeah. So, to me, one of the key questions here is both where does the expertise and authority lie? It seems as if the justices are saying, and I'll just come back to this again, again, because it's their core argument in the majority that the authority fundamentally lies with Congress. First of all, just do you agree with that or not, Lisa?
GRAVES: Well, Congress has the power to delegate those authorities, and it has done so for decades. And so there's no doubt that Congress has the original authority. But Congress has expressly given the EPA the authority to rule in this area to address this pressing crisis. So it's not – I think that in some ways, Justice Roberts’ opinion is a bit of sleight of hand, because that's not really the question. The question is whether having delegated that power, [does] this agency ha[ve] the power to enact reasonable regulations? And it certainly does. And in past years, for decades now under the Chevron doctrine, those sorts of regulations would be deferred to because the agency has expertise that Congress doesn't have, as the governor mentioned.
CHAKRABARTI: Hmm. Well, we've got about a minute before our first break. Governor Whitman, let's expand our view here a little bit. I mean, you having been, you know, an EPA administrator, do you look across other agencies in the federal government now and see this ruling as potentially having an impact on them?
WHITMAN: Absolutely. If you follow the logic and the argument and the majority opinion there, it could easily be applied to the FDA and how we oversee the testing of drugs and getting them out to the population. The same thing with … the testing of food to make sure it's safe. These are all things that could be impacted by this ruling. That's why I say it's going to take quite a while for people to fully appreciate just how far reaching this decision is and the kind of impact it can have. And frankly, it's not good, in my opinion. It's not good for the country. It's not good for the future of the country. And I couldn't agree more that it's also severely impacting our ability to work internationally because the rest of the world has taken this seriously for a long time, and now we're walking away from it. Interesting excuse for those who also want to walk away from it. And we see the damage that climate change is doing.
CHAKRABARTI: Well, Governor Whitman, stand by here for a moment. And Lisa Graves as well. We're talking today about the Supreme Court's ruling last week in West Virginia v. EPA and really asking what impact will it have across the board in federal agencies? This is On Point.
CHAKRABARTI: This is On Point. I'm Meghna Chakrabarti, and today we're talking about the impact that the Supreme Court's ruling last week in West Virginia v. EPA could actually have on federal agencies across the board. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey told Fox News that he thinks the ruling and others expected to come are in fact about more than the EPA, that the larger goal is the weakening of the so-called administrative state regulatory bodies throughout government: everything from, say, the FCC to the departments of Health, Labor, Commerce, Homeland Security. Here's Morrisey:
ARCHIVAL TAPE: Today, it matters with respect to stopping the EPA's power grab. Tomorrow, it could impact what goes on at the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agencies.
CHAKRABARTI: I'm joined today by Christine Todd Whitman. She is the former governor of New Jersey and served as EPA administrator under President George W Bush. Lisa Graves is also with us. She's executive director of the progressive group True North Research. And I'd like to bring in a couple of other voices here to talk about their views as former administrators or members of various agencies about the impact that West Virginia v. EPA might have beyond the EPA itself. So, here's Paul DeCamp, and he joins us from Washington. He's a former administrator and senior policy advisor at the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. He served in that position in the George W. Bush administration. He's currently a member of the law firm Epstein, Becker and Green. Paul DeCamp, welcome to you.
PAUL DeCAMP: Thanks for having me, Meghna.
CHAKRABARTI: So, same first question to you, from your experience in the Labor Department, do you see this ruling about EPA potentially having an impact on the Labor Department?
DeCAMP: I do think this will have an impact, but I think that the impact will be a positive one. I think the way we read the opinion, it's not saying that agencies don't have authority to issue rulemaking. They just have to do so within the bounds set by Congress and that for difficult, major, impactful decisions, we need to make extra sure that Congress intended to give that authority to the agencies.
CHAKRABARTI: Right. And so that language around the difficult major decisions for the first time appeared in a majority decision as written by Chief Justice John Roberts. But, I mean, I suppose from the point of view of a former Labor Department administrator, I mean, how would you define what the difficult major decisions are? Where does the expertise lie in even making that designation?
DeCAMP: I think that's going to end up being largely a legal question because in figuring out whether a question is within the scope of the authority that Congress intended, we'd have to look at the economic impact, the effect on businesses, on individuals, workers, stakeholders to get a sense of whether this falls within that narrow category of rules – one assumes narrow – that would be covered by the major questions doctrine. There's lots of small rule makings, relatively non-impactful rule makings that agencies engage in every day. I don't think those are within the scope of what the Supreme Court was addressing. I think here they're talking about much larger, more significant rule makings.
CHAKRABARTI: Hmm. OK. Well, so do you have an example in mind, or can you think of one at Labor where perhaps a major decision was made by the agency itself that now you think might have not been made because of the EPA ruling?
DeCAMP: Sure. I mean, there are lots of examples, but one that comes to mind is in the wage and hour division. The agency has issued a rulemaking that effectively grants the department authority to regulate the work that tipped employees engaged in at the task level, saying that if people spend more than half an hour not engaged in customer service activities, the employer has to pay them full minimum wage rather than the tipped wage. That's kind of an in the weeds example, but it affects millions of workers around the country in hundreds of thousands of locations.
CHAKRABARTI: Hmm. Well, Paul DeCamp, hang on here for just a second. Let me turn back to Governor Whitman, because I know we've got to let you go, Governor, but just your thought on what Paul DeCamp is saying, that, yes, it will have a limiting effect, but he doesn't actually see that as a bad thing.
WHITMAN: Well, I mean, Congress and EPA have always had a kind of a fraught relationship, shall we say. And environmental regulation is never popular. But the point here is we're talking about human health, where the EPA will – and we will talk about it, too. When you get to the Department of Health and the other agencies that could be impacted by this and departments when the … the goal is to protect human health and the environment, when we have a very clear understanding that certain behavior, certain things are harmful to human health and the environment, then we've got to act. And unfortunately, we have seen in the past that these big issues, certainly in the recent past, Congress seems to be unable to move forward. As I mentioned earlier, the EPA would have loved to have had Congress … pass the Clean Air Act that the Bush administration set up. We have a free pollutant bill … that would have done a lot for methane and emissions, but Congress wouldn't even hold a hearing. So should human health – should we be held hostage to the fact that Congress has gotten so politicized that they don't seem to be able to focus on the big issues and they only vote through the political prism rather than the policy one?
CHAKRABARTI: Hmm. Well, Christine Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jersey and former EPA administrator as well, thank you so much for joining us today.
WHITMAN: My pleasure. Thank you for having me.
CHAKRABARTI: Lisa Graves, I'm going to come back to you in just a moment. But Paul DeCamp, I'm eager to hear your response to what Christine Todd Whitman said just then, because she is absolutely right in terms of Congress's overall gridlock and the difficulty of actually passing legislation that gives this kind of specific direction that you're talking about. And yet the needs of the industries, the businesses and the people that fall under the regulatory umbrella of, you know, agencies like Labor, those needs march on. So how do you square that in terms of the agencies’ needs to do something because the economy presses forward, but Congress can't act. So what happens?
DeCAMP: Well, I don't think it's that Congress can't act. It's that Congress has not had to act for about 50 years. What we've seen over the past several decades is that the courts and the executive branch agencies have stepped into the breach and been more than willing to make the tough policy choices which lets Congress off the hook. The question here is not whether we should have Congress making hard policy choices or neutral experts who reside in the agencies. If we really look at how we'll make things happen at the agencies, all of those decisions, the tough decisions, the policy decisions are made by political appointees of one party. And so for those who would advocate for broad regulatory authority at an agency right now, ask whether they would be just as comfortable with political appointees of the opposite political party making those same decisions, because the pendulum always swings. There is a body of technical expertise of the agencies, sure. But the people who are really making the decisions are the roughly 1 percent of individuals at most department-level bodies who are the political appointees. It's not the career people who are making these choices.
CHAKRABARTI: So, Lisa Graves to you now. What's your response to Paul DeCamp essentially saying that the people making the policy decisions at the agencies are, you know, because of the changes in executive or from administration to administration, more partisan, in fact, and that that in and of itself is a problem.
GRAVES: I think it's interesting to describe these agencies as more partisan than Congress. I certainly don't agree with that description of it. And the fact is, is that the agencies do have a rulemaking process that provides democratic input. And so there is plenty of opportunity for people, for industries, for corporations to weigh in during that rulemaking process that is open to the public and have their say. And I think that one of the things that's also obscured in some ways in this sort of theoretical debate about Congress's power is that actually Congress has the power to act to remove agency authority if it thinks the agency goes too far. And so if the Congress had a majority to … pass a law to restrict those authorities. In this instance, Congress created the Clean Air Act and directed the EPA to identify the best systems of emission reduction. And that was a very clear and specific mandate and delegation of authority. What's happened really in this scenario in many scenarios is that you have this industry money, special interest money that is really flooding the field. And so, you know, in Congress, the reason Congress hasn't acted on enacting new authorities over the Clean Air Act is because there's so much fossil fuel money that has just come into these congressional races and the Senate races. And it has really obstructed the ability of we the people to have modern and really bold energy policy other than this delegation. It's also the case that these same industries have funded Patrick Morrisey’s operations. I've been investigating [the Republican Attorney General Association] for a number of years, and we've documented how the fossil fuel industry has given millions of dollars to the Republican Attorneys General Association with Morrisey at the helm and spearheading this litigation. We know that ExxonMobil, that Koch Industries has given hundreds of thousands of dollars. But more than that, we know that there's a secret, a secretive, dark money operation that is really funding this these efforts in some ways. And it's Leonard Leo's very closely tied Judicial Crisis Network, which is now known as the Concord Fund. They've given $16 million to [the Republican Attorney General Association] and no one knows who the funders are. But we do know that Koch, Charles Koch, one of the richest billionaires in the world has had this agenda to attack the so-called administrative state, to attack the ability of agencies to issue regulations across the board in numerous areas, including the EPA, that beyond the EPA. And so really what's behind this story here is that there are a number of groups that filed amicus briefs to this court that are funded by dark money, including Koch money. And this Supreme Court now has a number of justices who are put on the court by spending by some of those same groups, Leonard Leo's groups, Koch groups and more.
CHAKRABARTI: Lisa, let me just step in here, because I do actually want to talk in detail about that part of the story a little later in the show. So, I do promise we will come back to it. But before we have to let Paul DeCamp go. Paul, I just wanted to ask you again, I hear what you're saying about sort of where about your view of the partisanship that can be seen in regulatory agencies because of how they're structured. And that 1% at the top of decision makers coming in based on, you know, who's currently in the White House. But I look back at the legal history that got us here and many decades ago when Justice [John Paul] Stevens first wrote about, you know, what became the idea that the courts should defer to reasonable decisions made by agencies. And he later defended his decision, saying that while agencies are not directly accountable to the people, the chief executive is, and it is entirely appropriate for this political branch of government to make such policy choices. In fact, asserting the opposite of what you're saying, that because of if you want to call it partisanship, that makes that. there's a form of accountability there that comes through the ballot box when people vote for the next president.
DeCAMP: Sure. That's the original theory behind deferring to agency expertise. But I think that, for example, you look at Justice Scalia, who authored the Chevron decision, who later came to regret it, who understood that what was happening in the agencies was not a bunch of technical experts making objective scientific decisions. There is objective expertise in the agencies, but the policy choices are being made purely by very partisan political appointees. And there's accountability at the ballot box every four years or so. Sure. But the real issue here is who should be making laws in the United States? Who should be making major policy choices? Should that be Congress, or should it be the executive branch? We normally think of the legislature as enacting the laws. And we think of the executive branch as enforcing them. Increasingly, what we've seen is it's really the executive branch that is making the laws in the first place. And that's a problem for a separation of powers.
CHAKRABARTI: Well, Paul DeCamp, former administrator and senior policy adviser at the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division in the George W. Bush administration. Currently a member of the law firm Epstein, Becker and Green, thank you so much for joining us.
DeCAMP: Thank you.
This program aired on July 5, 2022.

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Currently ranked next to Bitcoin in price, Ethereum is a cryptocurrency that challenges Bitcoin. Several altcoins have come and gone, a lot of others are still in existence. Bitcoin however still remains the most popular and most valued cryptocurrency.
There are some pretty cool projects floating around the crypto-sphere. One that ShapeShift has been keeping an eye on is the decentralized prediction market platform, Augur. We are now excited to announce our addition of the Augur token, Reputation (REP).

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The Slutty Frenchman is no joke. Let me lay it out for y’all to play it out; sliced, smoky ham, melty gruyere, oozy fried egg, crisp spring onions and a slick of sriracha mayo on a soft, white bun.
Now that is a hell of a way to start your day. Or finish your night. And yes, I am aware of the pun potential here, but I’m not touching it ya’ll. Get your minds out of the gutter.
What’s in a name, anyway? The Slutty Frenchman actually totally makes sense when I explain where the inspiration for this bodacious sandwich comes from. Well, first I was watching this video (I love the Munchies Youtube channel), and I was pondering the Croque Madame.
And then I was watching this video (I watch a lot of sandwich clips, so sue me) from the creator of LA restaurant Eggslut, who is all about incredible breakfast sandwiches. And dammit all you guys, I just went ahead and combined the two.
What’s the one problem with a Croque Madame? It’s not portable. You have to eat it with a knife and fork. And what’s the one problem with the sriracha mayo and soft, brioche roll of Eggslut’s sandwiches? They’re not in my mouth right now.
So with that, the sriracha mayo was slathered onto a potato roll (I made 1/2 of Steph’s kickass recipe and instead of 12 sliders, I made 6 large buns), an egg was fried, some cheese was melted, and The Slutty Frenchman was born.
Technically it should be frenchwoman, since it was a Croque Madame, not a Croque Monsier. But The Slutty Frenchman just sounds better, it reminds me of The Flying Dutchman. And also, it’s my sandwich and I do what I want.
On the topic of doing what I want, sorry about the crazy disparity between the photos here! I had the pink chair, blue background set up and was really happy with it, but then when I made these again to eat them, the window light was especially good. So we have a mix! Choose your own photo adventure, I say.
- 1 spring onion
- 1 tbsp mayo
- 1 tsp sriracha
- 1 potato roll (or brioche, or similar)
- 2 thin slices of smoked ham
- ⅓ cup loosely packed grated gruyere cheese
- 1 egg
- olive oil
- Finely slice the green part of your spring onion into julienne, and then place into ice water, to shock it into curly pieces.
- Stir the mayo and sriracha together.
- Slice the potato roll in half, and toast the cut side under a hot grill until just golden.
- Lay the ham onto the bottom half of the bun, and top with the cheese. Grill again until the cheese just melts, but doesn't colour.
- While the cheese is melting, heat a small non-stick frying pan with a small amount of oil over a low-medium heat and crack in your egg. Cook it until done to your liking - I like mine over-easy.
- When the egg is done, slide it onto the melted cheese, and top with a handful of drained, curly spring onions. Don't put any salt or pepper on your egg, the ham is plenty salty, and the sriracha brings the heat.
- Slather the top of your bun with the sriracha mayo, place on top of the sandwich and eat! Don't even bother with napkins, just wash your hands after!

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Norfolk Arts Award nominees Hemingway are performing tonight at the Fisher Theatre in Bungay.
Hemingway have a sound that has heralded comparisons to The National, Suede and The Cure, right back to the organic sounding bucolic earthiness of a freshly conceived U2.
The band return to Bungay for the first time in five years, during which time they have supported Echo and the Bunnymen, Feeder and Ash.
Last week, Hemingway reached the final of the Next Big Thing, which was previously won by Ed Sheeran.
Tonight will feature support from Vegas Fame Index, who will be performing for the final time after seven years together, plus four-piece indie band The Famous Janes and Beccles based singer-songwriter Kate Maguire Buck.
Tickets are £6 on the door from 7:30pm.
Winner of the prestigious Voice Festival UK 2013 competition, Vive, the six-part vocal group re-defining the a cappella sound, visit the Fisher Theatre in Bungay next Friday, October 24, to perform some of their much-loved pieces from their debut album ‘Vive: Deluxe’, as well as brand new songs and arrangements of classic hits.
These young and talented musicians, mostly recent graduates from the Guildhall School of Music, have already worked with some of the finest names in jazz and a cappella, including Dame Cleo Lane, the Swingle Singers, and Alec Dankworth.
They also performed a run of sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013, to huge critical acclaim.
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Note to Amazon HQ2 suitors: Be careful what you wish for.
A new analysis shows that apartment rents will increase to handle an influx of new workers to the winning locale – more so in the Triangle than in any other region competing for the company’s second headquarters.
The Triangle’s relatively small population and low median wages are the reason. Of 15 metro areas studied by Apartment List, Raleigh, followed by San Jose, Calif., Baltimore and Pittsburgh, would see the biggest increases.
The Triangle’s average annual rent growth from 2005 to 2015 was 3.2 percent, according to Apartment List, a website that helps renters find apartments. The median rent over that period was $1,113. If Amazon moves in, add another 1.5 to 2 percent growth.
The report says the Triangle won’t be able to build enough apartments for the influx of workers.
“The Raleigh-Durham metro has been touted as North Carolina’s ‘Research Triangle,’ home to multiple top universities to recruit employees from,” the report says. “However, with its relatively small workforce, the metro area would still have to attract many workers from other parts of the country as well. With more competition for existing housing and an influx of workers with higher wages, we expect rents to increase significantly in Raleigh as a result of Amazon HQ2.”
But that’s only one scenario.
MPF Research, which analyzes apartment data in 100 U.S. metropolitan markets, found there are just over 8,000 units currently under construction and about 8,800 vacant apartments in the Raleigh-Durham area. Greg Willett with MPF Research said 16,000 units available over the next year or so is significant.
It’s also unlikely Amazon’s full workforce would materialize all at once, Willett said. In addition, the Triangle is a relatively easy market to build in, Willett said, and developers would spring to action if Amazon chose this region.
According to third-quarter figures from MPF Research, rent in the Raleigh-Durham area increased over last year by 3.5 percent. The national average is 2.7 percent. Currently, the effective monthly rate here is $1,091.
“Our outlook for Raleigh doesn’t vary all that much from the current situation,” Willett said. “Demand would go up but so would the supply numbers.”
He added that occupancy should hold at about 94 to 95 percent over the next few years, solidifying what he sees as a steady marketplace.
Apartment List analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics to gauge how much new housing a region can build, the amount of slack in the housing market and the influx of high-wage earners. It calculated the number of building permits issued yearly, the vacancy rate, median income and median rent. Those metrics put Dallas as the best place to absorb the workforce influx, thanks to its loose building restrictions and a cheaper labor pool.
Amazon has said the second headquarters will bring to a region $5 billion in construction and operating costs, 50,000 workers, tens of thousands of jobs in construction and related industries, and tens of billions of dollars in other investments in surrounding communities.
In addition to the Triangle, three other North Carolina regions submitted proposals by the Oct. 19 deadline: Charlotte, the Triad and Hickory. Amazon says it will select a proposal from somewhere in the country or Canada next year.

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When Winston-Salem Prep opened in 2004, Beatrice Wilkerson and her parents decided that it was the right school for her, and she started there as a ninth-grader. “I knew the
When the NBA Draft takes place next week (June 27), it’s not clear if Reggie Johnson’s name will be called out as one of the chosen ones. Johnson, a Winston-Salem
Carver High School recently named Michael Winbush as its news athletic director and Danny Piggott as the assistant athletic director. Winbush is currently a physical education and health teacher, and
Carter G. Woodson School of Challenge students are headed to Kenya next week for a month-long excursion. It will be the first international trip for the local charter school, which
Alicia T. Clinton earned her undergraduate degree from Winston-Salem State University last month at the age of 43. Clinton, who
Every time city native Jeremy “JJ” Johnson hits the field at BB&T Ballpark, he is one step closer to achieving
WFU professor/leader retiring after nearly 40 years Dr. Herman Eure shattered the glass ceiling at Wake Forest University 39 years ago.
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The country's minority government has reached a deal with a small Marxist party to form an interim coalition that will keep it in power, the state radio said today.
The station said members of Parliament allied with the president, Chandrika Kumaratunga, agreed to call the legislature, which has been suspended, back into session and to cancel a referendum on constitutional reform. The vote had been set for Oct. 18.
The People's Alliance party lost its majority in June when it broke with a crucial ally, plunging the country into political turmoil.
Ms. Kumaratunga suspended Parliament soon thereafter, just ahead of a no-confidence vote, and announced the referendum. The vote had already been postponed once before.
State radio did not say what would happen when Parliament was recalled, or what the parliamentary group had decided about demands by the Marxist party now joining the government that independent commissions be set up to watch over elections, the civil service, the police, the judiciary and the state media. Local reports said earlier that an agreement had been reached on all of the commissions except the media.
Ms. Kumaratunga said in a television address today that the state of the country -- both political and economic -- was so bad that she was prepared to strike a deal with any party to bring political stability. ''I am willing to make an alliance with any devil,'' she said.
Members of the Marxist party, the People's Liberation Front, said earlier this weekend that the party had agreed to join a one-year interim government.Continue reading the main story
The talks with the Marxists took place after government meetings with the main opposition United National Party broke down. The Marxist group wants the government to impose price controls and opposes a Norwegian-brokered effort to end the fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels that has left an estimated 64,000 dead.Continue reading the main story


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The consequences of the injuries Dmitriy suffered in 2020 make themselves felt. The guy needs funds for an operation so that he does not remain disabled.
Vitaly has recently been released from the colony and moved to Lithuania. The guy needs help to learn the profession of Python developer.
A Belarusian volunteer in Ukraine, Tikhiy, who previously participated in the protests, recently left the service. He needs support to pay for medication, documents and housing.
The BNR100 team organizes a large-scale broadcast for Belarusians in Belarus, dedicated to the 106th anniversary of the Belarusian Democratic Republic proclamation.
Marina was arrested for political activism at work and then fired under article. The woman could not find a job in her city, so she moved to Poland and now needs financial assistance.
Oleg was forced to leave Belarus in 2020. He got a job as a courier in Poland. While delivering another order, Aleh got into a traffic accident and severely injured his shoulder. Now the guy needs expensive rehabilitation, because there is a risk of losing his arm.
Belarusians of Warsaw are raising funds for a big event dedicated to the Day of Will.
“Dom Tvortsau” is an initiative that helps repressed Belarusians. It is a place for accommodation, rehabilitation, creative realization and exchange of experience of creative people from Belarus, including political prisoners. “Dom Tvortsau” organizes free psychological trainings for those who faced stress and burnout in emigration, creative meetings and art therapy classes. The initiative needs financial support to continue its activities.
A Belarusan volunteer with the call sign Bakhus was killed in Ukraine. His wife and three children remained in Belarus. Funds are needed to relocate the family and to provide them with everything they need for the first time.


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VISIT SWEDEN ANOTHER PROSPEROUS SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY
The modern interior of The East Cape Hotel at Haparanda right at the top of the Gulf of Bothnia just across the river from Tornio in Finland. This Spa complex hosts the largest Sauna in the world as well as a range of pools, hot tubs etc. You can sit on the roof in a hot tub and look across the river to Finland.
| Picture taken near the centre of Stockholm. This is a very clean and green city. It is well worth a visit. Don't buy a City pass on a Monday though, the main museum closes on that day so you won't get to see everything.
View over Brunnsviken in Stockholm's Haga Royal Park taken the garden of the Stallmastaregarden hotel about 4 km,. North of Stockholm city centre. This was the very first inn to be built in Sweden. We stayed here in the Summer of 2012. It is not easy to find by car since it is near where they are constructing a new major road. The hotel itself is nice and quiet and in a superb location. Stockholm centre is about 10 minutes by bus. The bus from town stops outside the hotel but to get to town you must walk over the pedestrian flyover..
Modern trams operate in parts of the delightful city of Stockholm. The city is built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges. It is clean and a delight to explore. Take one of the boat excursions from the city centre to get a good overview. You can also hire a bike and use the extensive network of cycleways to explore the city. There is a holiday island oasis of greenery just over a bridge from the city centre.
Tip:: Are you seeking a holiday cottage to rent. Novasol have a huge selection in many countries but not in the U.K. that is why British people just don't know about them. This banner is in German but if you click on it then go to the top where it says Deutsch or German and click on that it will open up a language selection and you can click on English. Novasol are probably Europe's best holiday cottage company. Try them.
Driving North from Stockholm on a typical uncrowded Swedish Road. There is traffic for about 20 miles North of Stockholm but then it peters out. Where the road has a cenrtal crash barrier like this one the speed limit is 110 kph. Where there is no barrier it is 90 kph. There are regular speed cameras which are of a prettier design than either the English or the Norwegian ones but they can still catch you out.
Outside the East Cape Hotel in Haparanda. It looks better when the sun is shining. Just on the other side of the river is Finland. Tourists come from all over the world to visit this spa. Summer temperatures around here can get quite warm, hence the outdoor pools. but in the winter it can go down to minus 25-30 and the gulf of Bothnia freezes over. A summer bonus is the long hours of daylight.
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The U.S. Money Reserve is a distributor of gold and silver coins released by the government, based in Austin Texas. According to Kusi.com reported they are selling a special 75th anniversary coin to mark the anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. According to a story in Yahoo News, the proceeds from that sale will help the U.S. Navy Memorial fund a statue of the lone sailor at Pearl Harbor, to be unveiled on Dec. 7 of this year.
The Naval Memorial is in Washington D.C. and has the lone sailor statue, which is a symbol honoring people who have fought for the navy over the years. Most places honoring Navy veterans already have this statue, but there is not one at Pearl Harbor. U.S. Money Reserve officials posted a twitter update they would give all the proceeds of the sale of the coin – which sells for $5 – to the foundation to help pay for the statue. This should make U.S. Money Reserve the main contributor for the $30,000 project.
The same sculptor who worked on the statue in Washington will be creating the same one for the Pearl Harbor memorial. The memorial is a 7-foot bronze statue that weighs 1,000 pounds. The sailor is carrying the typical sailor bag and is the symbol of the Navy. The memorial at Pearl Harbor will be overlooking memorials to the USS Missouri and the USS Arizona, both of which were sunk during the attack in 1941. Part of the metal from the Arizona will be used in the statue display.
The U.S. Money Reserve sells gold and silver coins, as well as platinum. People use these coins to invest in precious metals and as a means of collecting various kinds of coins. The reserve has distributed several special issue coins over the years.

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Released by the Office of the Governor of Virginia
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today an exciting new innovation from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Department of Elections enabling customers to apply electronically to register to vote at DMV’s 74 customer service centers and five mobile offices throughout the Commonwealth.
Virginians have been able to apply to register to vote at DMV since 1996, and a majority of Virginians who apply to register to vote or change their addresses do so through DMV transactions. Each year, DMV submits more than 500,000 paper voter registration applications to the Department of Elections.
“This new innovation is a great example of government using technology to serve taxpayers better and make it easier to participate in our elections,” said Governor McAuliffe, speaking at the announcement. “By streamlining the voter application process at the DMV we will help Virginians to get in and out of customer service centers faster and give DMV employees more time to focus on customers, rather than processing stacks of paper applications. I want to thank the teams at the Virginia DMV and the Department of Elections who worked hard to enhance the experience they offer taxpayers while conserving government resources in the process.”
DMV’s new electronic voter registration application process, which the agencies are launching this month, will make the voter registration process quicker and easier for the customer. It also will drastically reduce the amount of time DMV employees spend printing, sorting, auditing and mailing paper voter applications. This work can take two to four hours per day for the assigned DMV employee at each office, time better spent on direct customer service.
“We consider this new electronic application process to be a win-win for everyone involved,” Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ric Holcomb said. “DMV will experience a significant reduction in staff time and paper usage, and our customers will receive even more efficient service at their local DMV office.”
In addition, the new system also enables DMV customers who need to update their address with both agencies to do so electronically on DMV’s website, dmvNOW.com, rather than having to complete and mail a paper voter application.
Just as DMV customers can conduct more than 40 transactions securely through the DMV website, the new system gives customers – at their fingertips – the power to submit through a keypad the necessary information that election officials need to process e-applications. This will eliminated most paper registrations originating from DMV, improve the accuracy of data entry, decrease processing times for registrations and reduce the transfer time of completed forms from DMV to local registration offices.
With the old system, a customer who indicated an interest in applying to register to vote at DMV would be given a paper voter application to complete. DMV would mail that application to the Department of Elections which would then mail it to the customer’s local general registrar to complete the voter registration process.
“These upcoming changes will not only make the registration process more flexible, efficient and portable, but it will reduce the administrative burden for registrars,” Virginia Commissioner of Elections Edgardo Cortés said. “We are excited to work with DMV officials as they modernize this process and thank them for their continued partnership in providing registration opportunities for Virginians.”


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Dolphins Buck the Broncos for 35-9 Victory
It wasn’t a marquee match up nor was it the game of the week material with both teams combining for 12 losses in a row, but the Miami Dolphins easily handed the Broncos their 9th loss in a row. All three phases for the Dolphins were clicking on all cylinders which game Miami it’s most decisive victory of the season. For a game at least, Miami lived up to it’s potential.
The Miami defense played like the defense advertised early in the season. The front seven had pressure on Trevor Siemian all game long leading to three sacks. The defense also had two safeties which was the first time they had two safeties in a game during their storied franchise history. The real superstar was Xavien Howard who had two interceptions with one going back for a touchdown. T.J. McDonald, in just his 2nd game back from suspension, also intercepted Siemian. Lawrence Timmons led the team with tackles with 6 while Bobby McCain had three quarterback pressures.
While Jay Cutler wasn’t his best, he was efficient. Cutler went 18 for 31 for 235 yards two touchdowns and two interceptions. Cutler spread the ball around to six different receivers with Kenny Stills leading the way with five catches for 98 yards and one touchdown.
Kenyan Drake provided the Dolphins with a spark in the running game rushing for 120 yards on 23 carries with one touchdown. With the running game absent the past few weeks it was positive to see Drake rush so well as the offensive line was opening holes for him. The offensive line also did it’s job protecting Cutler for the beast that is Von Miller. Miller had a relatively quiet game with only half a sack attributed to his day. He did three hits on the quarterback.
While up 24 points the Dolphins went for the onside kick and were able to recover. With everything else working for Miami against Denver, why not try and test their luck in special teams.
When all the gears are in sync and moving the way they did, these Dolphins are a hard team to beat. They have the talent on both sides to get it down. The real question is can they continue progressing or was this a one and done game.
The Dolphins next play the Patriots in a Monday Night Showdown at Hard Rock Stadium.

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A collection of short stories dedicated to the Sith Lord Darth Iratus, set in the period before The Phantom Menace.Foreshadows the rise of Darth Plagueis.
Not sanctioned by Lucas.
It kept the attention of a 12 year old. I would say that's amazing in itself!
This book is a FAKE. I read every star wars sith book and this did not go by any of the guidelines of the sith of the rule of two. Also this is a fake it is not made by lucasbooks, this is purely fanfic and it should of been stated as such. Anyone who truly wants to know about star wars should not read this, it is not official nor canon.
Nice Story that brought back the feeling of the Sith... Loved it.
Very interesting book! It is highly recommended to all the Star Wars fans who want to know how did the whole story really began.
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Deep underground open water is rare and when found it is not always clean, clear, or safe. But when you see something gleaming in the darkend water it might be time to get a little wet.
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|Title: ||Combinations of Earth orientation measurements : SPACE2007, COMB2007, and POLE2007.|
|Authors: ||Ratcliff, James T.|
Gross, R. S.
Global Positioning System
very long baseline interferometry
(very long baseline interferometry) VLBI
|Issue Date: ||Apr-2009 |
|Publisher: ||Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009.|
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|Abstract: ||Independent Earth orientation measurements taken by the space-geodetic techniques of lunar and satellite laser ranging, very long baseline interferometry, and the Global Positioning System have been combined using a Kalman filter. The resulting combined Earth orientation series, SPACE2007, consists of values and uncertainties for Universal Time, polar motion, and their rates that span from September 28, 1976, to March 29, 2008, at daily intervals and is available in versions whose epochs are given at either midnight or noon. The space-geodetic measurements used to generate SPACE2007 have then been combined with optical astrometric measurements to form two additional combined Earth orientation series: (1) COMB2007, consisting of values and uncertainties for Universal Time, polar motion, and their rates that span from January 20, 1962, to March 29, 2008, at daily intervals and which is also available in versions whose epochs are given at either midnight or noon; and (2) POLE2007, consisting of values and uncertainties for polar motion and its rate that span from January 20, 1900, to March 22, 2008, at 30.4375-day intervals.|
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OF THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING OF PENRITH CITY COUNCIL HELD IN THE PASSADENA ROOM, PENRITH
ON MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2019 AT 7:00PM
His Worship the Mayor, Councillor Ross Fowler OAM, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Greg Davies, and Councillors Bernard Bratusa, Brian Cartwright, Robin Cook, Marcus Cornish, Mark Davies, Aaron Duke, Kath Presdee and John Thain.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of Absence was previously granted to Councillor Karen McKeown OAM for the period 2 September 2019 to 17 September 2019 inclusive.
Leave of Absence was previously granted to Councillor Kevin Crameri OAM for the period 8 September 2019 to 19 September 2019 inclusive.
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There were no declarations of interest.
1. The information contained in the report on Annual Update Planning Proposal be received
2. Council endorses the Planning Proposal presented in this report which has been provided to Councillors as a separate enclosure, is publicly-available on Council’s website, and has been tabled tonight.
3. The General Manager be granted delegation to update and finalise the Planning Proposal referred to in resolution 2 prior to Council's submission of the Planning Proposal to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces and Parliamentary Counsel.
4. Council officers forward the Planning Proposal to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces and Parliamentary Counsel with a request to make the local environmental plan amendment.
In accordance with Section 375A of the Local Government Act 1993, a DIVISION was then called with the following result:
1. The information contained in the report on Heritage Advisory Committee Constitution be received.
2. The Draft Heritage Advisory Committee Constitution at attachment 1 be adopted by Council.
1. The information contained in the report on Draft Asset Management Policy be received
2. The Draft Asset Management Policy be adopted
There being no further business the Chairperson declared the meeting closed the time being 7:05 pm.

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SWITZERLAND (WKOW) -- The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, was shut down by a bird.
Apparently, a bird dropped a piece of bread on a section of the accelerator that led to significant over-heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafe's would have shut down the machine.
The LHC just can't seem to catch a break. First a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then the restart was postponed thanks to the addition of some new safety features.
This latest incident will not delay the reactivation of the facility later this month, but exposes another vulnerability of what might be the most complex machine ever built.


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Jason Fried Safeguarding your brand in a time of polarized politics
In the new political climate, CEOs need to prepare for a dark moment in the spotlight
IUSED TO BE a political junkie. Like a sports fan who can name any basketball player, I knew who every senator, congressperson, and pundit was. Then, a few years ago, politics started to completely disgust me. I stopped watching the Sunday-morning talk shows, stopped reading political news, stopped paying attention. And I felt better than ever.
But with the recent presidential election, things have changed. I don’t mean my personal interest in politics, which is still at an all-time low. I mean that now, everything is getting tainted by politics.
As a CEO who’d rather not mix business and politics, I’ve recently realized that’s not always possible. Because even if you want to keep them separate, your customers, your employees, and the public at large may not.
For example, there’s a Canadian company called Shopify, which provides a platform that powers hundreds of thousands of online stores around the world. Shopify was recently sucked into a major PR tornado because one of the stores it hosts belongs to the news site Breitbart, which many people believe spreads hate and an unsavory agenda.
When this became widely known, Tobi Lütke, Shopify’s CEO, got more than 10,000 emails, tweets, and messages demanding that Shopify kick Breitbart off its platform. Tobi wrote up a public letter defending the company’s decision to allow it to continue on Shopify (his argument: freedom of speech). That letter was also met by opposition.
The controversy woke me up to how hard it can be for companies to avoid politics these days. What if that happened to us?
I began to think about it. My business partner, David Heinemeier Hansson, and I had a lengthy conversation on the subject. We also convened a meeting of our top managers and team leads. We wanted to talk about what we’d do if we were confronted by a large number of users demanding action because of something on our site that they deemed unreasonable or hurtful.
Unlike Shopify, people use Basecamp privately, so we don’t see what they’re doing with it. But let’s say we weren’t different. Where would we draw the line? If we and the public knew that a certain customer was doing something untoward with Basecamp, how would we respond?
This is an ongoing debate internally. Personally, I’m a live-and-let-live sort. Others are quicker on the kick-them-off trigger. Some are zero-tolerance for anything even borderline offensive.
Some hypotheticals were easy to agree on. For example, if we found out someone was using Basecamp to organize a neo-Nazi rally, that person would be gone. No question.
But that’s an easy call. Many are not so clear-cut. Even pornography was debated. To some, all porn is horrible and exploitative, but others are not comfortable telling consenting adults what they can or can’t do on film. When you really have the debate, you begin to see all the nuance.
Ultimately, we agreed to draw the line at hate. Hate crimes, hate speech. And while even the lines defining hate can be blurry, we played out a variety of situations and everyone came down on the same side on those. So we feel good about that line in the sand.
The debate will continue, and of course everything will be handled on a case-by-case basis. And while I still abhor the state of politics, I found the discussion invigorating and enlightening. I’d recommend all CEOs bring this topic up to their executive and management teams. Get it out in the open. As a company, you’re much better off having these discussions in relative safety before you wake up one morning to discover you’re at the center of the political storm.
its own thicket of red tape, and expansion is a stop-and-start game: In Oregon, for example, Wana and its licensing partner had its products on the shelves of more than 160 dispensaries by the end of last year. Then, the state decided that a different regulator should oversee the industry—forcing dispensaries and product manufacturers to redo their legal paperwork and their quality-testing procedures, and effectively halting most sales of marijuana products for weeks. “This is the kind of thing that just adds a lot of complexity to these out-of-state situations. It’s just very messy,” Whiteman says. “I don’t know whether we were geniuses or idiots for deciding to launch in Oregon when we did. Depends on the day.”
It’s a land grab among Wana and its competitors, all racing to gain loyal customers outside of their home territory to become a national consumer brand. As Wana pushes into Nevada and Oregon and possibly soon Arizona, Whiteman’s hoping to build a reputation for “professional, great products—we’re safe, you can count on us, we’re consistent.” Establish that sort of brand in every state Wana can, her thinking goes, and when marijuana is finally legal on the federal level, the floodgates will open.
But Wana’s entire industry faces an unexpected, if deeply uncertain, federal threat. Since Donald Trump was elected president—on the same day that eight more states decided to legalize or expand legal marijuana—entrepreneurs have swung between blithe optimism and near panic. Republicans often invoke states’ rights, and doing anything to limit the legal- cannabis industry’s growth would hurt business owners and the estimated 100,000-plus jobs they have created. But Trump is unpredictable; in late winter, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House spokesman Sean Spicer made comments about cracking down on the legal-weed industry by enforcing federal prohibitions despite state laws legalizing it.
In Wana’s best-case (if most unlikely) scenario, Trump will support full federal legalization; worst case, he’ll try to block both medical and adult-use sales. As of press time, Whiteman and other legalmarijuana entrepreneurs said they were bracing for something in between, with the medical-use market being allowed to remain unchanged, while recreational marijuana is banned. “It’s obviously something we take seriously and are watching closely, but I don’t think panic is called for at this point in time,” Whiteman said in mid-March. “Most people I’m talking to are watching it, but they’re moving forward.”
Edibles are particularly vulnerable on both the state and federal levels, because what makes them so great— they are the most discreet, odorless way to get high—is also what makes them dangerous: They can easily be mistaken for regular food. “For most people who have had a bad experience with cannabis, it’s because of edibles,” says Stahura, the BDS analyst. Some legal marijuana states have already banned them outright; Colorado responded to these concerns by mandating childproof packaging and stamps on every individual unit of marijuana-infused food. Whiteman claims to welcome more regulation— particularly national rules— citing the typical pro-legalization pitch. “People are going to continue to make edibles and use them. The scary and unsafe part comes from people making them at home, not testing them,” she says.
Being a leader of the pack in the early days of a new industry doesn’t mean there’s any guarantee Wana will remain there. As it saw with its predecessor, EdiPure, these young companies are fragile. Competition for national success could come from unexpected places, like California: The huge, so-far medical- only state will start allowing recreational sales next year.
So Wana is trying to do everything it can to adapt and mature, quickly. It has created a system to send food scientists and quality-assurance personnel to its partners’ facilities to ensure that the out- of-state versions of Wana gummies have the same tangy sweetness and legal THC ratio. Product development has led to hard candies called Jewels, a new version of one of Wana’s first products, as well as extended-release capsules. Whiteman is also exploring microdose lozenges, with smaller amounts of THC per item.
While John oversees the day-to- day production, most of Nancy’s time is spent out of the kitchen. This week alone, she’s taking a day trip to Arizona, trying to sign up another licensing partner. In coming days, she’ll meet with her accountant to discuss the possibility of transitioning Wana from an LLC to a C-corp. Soon she could be traveling to Maryland and Massachusetts and Illinois and Pennsylvania, discussing more licensing deals and helping her new partners set up operations.
In short, Whiteman will continue to do everything she can to make her sugary, weed-infused candies as legitimate and compliant and regulated and boring as possible—while barely taking a moment to kick back and sample the fruits of her labor. “I’m such a lightweight when it comes to edibles,” she admits. “I’m very busy—and I have to focus.”
Jason Fried is a co-founder of Basecamp (formerly 37signals), a Chicago-based software company.
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Are you all experts at reading micro-expressions? How do you know these women are being "used" "forced" or even "exploited?" You're using your cultural bias to judge others. The word for that is ethnocentric. Japan has a different culture that maybe you don't know or understand. American porn is generally made for an American audience. Japanese porn is likely made for a Japanese audience. Just because American men love to think that they can reduce women to puddles of cum with a look, it doesn't mean that Japanese men enjoy the same things. Producers cater to their audience and if submissive women is what sells in their culture, that's what they will use. American "actresses" moan and groan to suit their intended audience. What makes you think that Japanese "actresses" don't act like they are being forced? You DON'T know, so don't judge.
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Kirmac Automotive Collision Systems Inc., a British Columbia-based collision repair company, announced the acquisition of a new repair center in Newcastle, Wash.
According to Ian McIntosh, Kirmac CEO, “The acquisition of the Newcastle location is part of our strategic goal to meet the growing needs of our customers and insurance partners throughout the Puget Sound area and is just the first of several acquisitions we intend to make this year. The Newcastle location, previously doing business as Precision Autocraft, allows us to continue expanding in line with our long-term plan to make it convenient for all consumers to have easy access to one of our state of the art repair centers, no matter where they happen to live or work.”
Kirmac operates under both the Kirmac and Thoroughbred Collision brands in Washington State. The 11,000-square-foot facility, located at 13032 Newcastle Way, will increase the number of Kirmac repair centers to 10 in Washington State, joining the 10 Canadian locations KIRMAC currently operates in the Metro Vancouver area of British Columbia.


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An illustration project based off the moment to William Kimball in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery. It was originally for a studio project about highlighting a location you haven't been to. I chose to do an illustration covering Graceland to learn more about Chicago's history and relationship with the dead.
Kimball's Grave stuck out to me because the staging of the angel statue among the columns; the eroded face of the statue staring up at the sky captured the aspects of Graceland I found the most interesting. It captured the feeling of old, somber wistfulness only an old cemetery could give.
The piece was done traditionally in pen and pastels. Working with this project helped me learn how to fully indulge in the process of art making from research, thumb nailing, to a finished work. Taking the time to decide how I wanted to compose the finished piece was what ended up making it so effective.

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Al Wadi Al Akhdar continues on taking us on trips to see the Lebanese greenery. After visiting Jisr El Aarous, Ammiq, Kawkaba, Chahtoul, Hammana, Jaj, and Bentael, our next stop is…
Al Wadi Al Akhdar is taking us on tours of lesser-known green destinations around Lebanon. After visiting Jisr El Aarous, Ammiq, Kawkaba, Chahtoul, and Hammana, we have arrived in Jaj.
Elsa J. Sattout A leap through time: The Cedar Forest Cedar forests conserve a unique environment, embedding the cultural and historical values of the many civilizations that have crossed the eastern…
Discovering Lebanon’s hidden gems can sometimes be tricky, especially in unfamiliar towns and villages. Luckily, there are a number of excellent tour organizers and ecotourism specialists that’ll lend a helping hand and guide you.
This season, even when it’s raining, head outdoors, Pascal Abdallah, suggests a trip to Yammouneh Nature Reserve to learn about Lebanon’s biodiversity and geophysics. An outing doesn’t need to be canceled just…
LT asked some hiking enthusiasts and experts to share their favorite hiking destinations. Here’s what they said.
There’s no better way to take a break than to breathe in nature. Check out these awesome hiking events taking place this weekend around Lebanon. (Just remember to respect social distancing.)
With Eid Al Adha fast approaching, we bring you a list of events to make the most out of the extended weekend.
With such an eclectic mix of destinations in Lebanon, there’s no excuse for not getting out and enjoying them. Here’s what’s happening to get your pulses racing this weekend.
The weather is looking particularly bright this weekend, so take advantage of the outdoors with our selection of hikes around the country.