TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Abby Lutzenkirchen's tribute to her brother Philip will be on display every time the Alabama soccer team takes the field this season.
After two seasons of wearing No. 33, Lutzenkirchen will switch to No. 43 when she officially kicks off her junior season Friday against Kennesaw State. Alabama made the announcement Saturday during the Crimson Tide's exhibition game against Mississippi State.
Philip Lutzenkirchen, who died in a June single-car accident, wore No. 43 during all four of his seasons at Auburn -- where he shined as one of the best tight ends in program history -- and his brief stint with the St. Louis Rams.
Abby, a defender who led the Crimson Tide in minutes played last season, called Philip her "best friend" in the hours after the accident, which also resulted in the death of former Georgia baseball player Joseph Ian Davis. In May, Philip detailed a strong relationship with Abby that never wavered as they represented rival schools.
In a letter to fans penned just a few days after Philip's death, Abby closed with the following: "War Eagle. Forever 43. Forever my big brother."


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Stacy has worked primarily on issues surrounding disability employment policy, disability rights, adoption and foster care, juvenile justice, child protection, labor, and transportation. In October 2018, she received the Holman Prize for Blind Ambition from the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind to develop an online travel forum (Blind Travelers Network) for people who are blind and low vision.
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The dehydrated hash browns I bought were fantastic. Refresh them and fry them in a pan, and they taste just as good, if not better, than the hash browns you buy in a restaurant.
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It's important to parboil your potatoes first before putting them in a dehydrator.
When dehydrating potatoes, it is essential that you parboil your potatoes whole first. Unlike other vegetables, dehydrating potatoes raw won't work because the raw tubers turn black when exposed to oxygen over a length of time. That's why parboiling them first is essential.
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As debuts go, Alex Uribe’s first appearance as UM’s kickoff specialist went about as smoothly as the Titantic’s maiden voyage.
Uribe, who replaced Matt Bosher on kickoffs against Georgia Tech, had his first two kicks sail out of bounds, setting up the Yellow Jackets’ offense at their own 40-yard-line.
According to coach Randy Shannon “nerves got to” Uribe.
“I said, ‘I thought you said you were ready?'” Shannon said of a sideline conversation he had with Uribe. “He said, ‘I’m ready, I’m ready.’ I said, ‘Yeah, look at your eyes.'”
Shannon could see Uribe’s anxiety, but stuck with him. Uribe has repaid Shannon’s faith by turning in solid performances during the past two games against Virginia Tech and Oklahoma.
After averaging a respectable 58.5 yards on two kickoffs in horrible conditions in Blacksburg, Va., Uribe had a 66.2-yard average on four kicks against Oklahoma. His first two kickoffs against the Sooners reached the goal line. His third attempt came from UM’s 15-yard line following a penalty and traveled 72 yards, reaching Oklahoma’s 13. His final kickoff was returned from the 9-yard line. Each of the kicks was angled with good hang time, allowing the Hurricanes’ coverage unit to swarm.
“This last week was a real big statement for us,” said Uribe, the son of former UM team physician Dr. John Uribe. “We put the ball where it needed to be and the coverage team did a great job.”
Before his first kickoff against Georgia Tech, Uribe hadn’t played in a football game since he was a member of the freshman squad at Gulliver Prep in Miami. Uribe was a standout soccer player in high school, but rejected scholarship offers in that sport in order to attend UM.
Uribe walked on for the Hurricanes as a sophomore in 2006 and had a chance to win the kickoff job last season, but was beaten out by Bosher. Uribe decided he was done with football after last season, but reconsidered during the fall and asked Shannon for a chance to return in early August. Shannon agreed but paperwork and compliance issues didn’t allow Uribe to begin practice until just before the season began.
When Bosher, who handles punts and place kicks, suffered through a nightmarish performance on kickoffs in the season opener against Florida State, Shannon pitted Uribe and Jake Wieclaw in a one-week showdown for the job.
Uribe, 6-foot-1 and 171 pounds, won the job. Then came his first two kickoffs against Georgia Tech.
“I was a little two hyped up,” said Uribe, a senior. “I thought I hit them well, but then you pick your head up and realize the ball is 8 yards out of bounds. But the defense really responded. I put them at the 40 and we gave up a field goal out of those two possessions. The defense had my back.”
Uribe, whose personal coach is former UM kicker Francesco Zampogna, has settled down since then and allowed Bosher to concentrate on his other duties.
“It’s been huge,” Shannon said of Uribe’s contributions. “It takes a lot of pressure off of Bosher. We felt this year we had to find somebody to take the pressure off of him because he’s too valuable for us as far as being a field-goal kicker and a punter.”
For Uribe, it’s like living a dream. He was a big UM fan as kid, tagging along with his father to games and national championships.
“I’ve been to every national championship game we’ve been in since 1987,” Uribe said Wednesday. “Since I was knee-high, I’ve been on the sidelines. I lived at the Hecht [Athletic Center].”
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….Defensive tackle Marcus Forston’s struggles (0 tackles in 3 games) have been offset somewhat by the play of Pahokee’s Micanor Regis, according to Shannon. Against Oklahoma, Shannon said that Regis “played a good game. He was knocking people back, he was getting off the block. He was playing his technique solid. He stepped up in the middle. I’m really excited about that.” The 6-3, 300-pound sophomore saw action in approximately 30 plays against the Sooners and is expected to receive at least that many snaps this week against Florida A&M. Shannon said that Regis, who has two tackles for losses and a half-sack, is a stout run defender who needs to improve his pass rush. “He’s got to keep developing that,” Shannon said. “He’s still young. But he’s a young guy doing a good job.”
…..Back-up quarterback A.J. Highsmith said he’s itching to get in a game.”I want to get in the game and show what I can do and show everybody on the team what I can do,” said Highsmith, who has done nothing but watch during UM’s first four games. “Hopefully it will be a good situation. I just want to have a lot of fun and get on the field.” Shannon said Tuesday that he wants to get Highsmith into a game where he does more than just hand off. Saturday’s game against Florida A&M would seem like a good possibility to get Highsmith some work, but the freshman quarterback said he’s not counting on it. “All I know is that practice is guaranteed every day, so I try to come out here and get better and I will handle that when it comes,” Highsmith said.

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Denali Therapeutics Inc. DNLI, +7.38% hopes to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday. A $100 million IPO listing is usually a placeholder and is subject to change. The South San Francisco, Calif.-based biotech company specializes in developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. With no revenue, the company reported a net loss of $86.7 million, or $3.37 a share in 2016. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Evercore ISI are listed as underwriters for the offering. The company plans to list its ticker as "DNLI" on the Nasdaq.
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ANKARA, Turkey: As the Turkish lira fell by 15 percent against the U.S. dollar this week, anxious Turks struggled to keep pace with developments, and opposition party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said the country was experiencing its darkest "catastrophe."
The depreciating lira follows weeks of steep declines in its value, which have already caused major price increases and have left ordinary Turks reconsidering all their spendings, from holiday plans to weekly groceries.
"There has not been such a catastrophe in the history of the Republic," said Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition Republican People's Party, who blamed the fall of the lira on President Tayyip Erdogan, calling him "a fundamental national security problem for the Republic of Turkey," as reported by the Kathimerini.
Erdogan, who has led Turkey since 2003, has pressured the country's central bank to cut interest rates, claiming this will boost exports, investments and jobs, but critics responded that a lowering of rates will further fuel double-digit inflation and cause the lira to lose even more value.
In the past week, the lira plunged as low as 13.45 to one U.S. dollar, compared to 8 lira to the dollar one year ago.
Former prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu, a founding member of Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party, before breaking away to form his own party, described Erdogan's economic measures as "treason, and not ignorance," reported the Kathimerini.
After this week's fall, Kilicdaroglu, Davutoglu and other opposition leaders said they would convene emergency meetings to discuss the crisis.
On social media, the Turkish people expressed their dismay, with top trending topics on Twitter including, "We are sinking," "Government resign" and "We cannot make ends meet."
Meanwhile, Reuters reports that some Turks are converting their salaries or pensions into foreign currencies as soon as they received them.
"I have asked for an advance on my monthly salary, just to convert it into dollars so that I can maintain some sense of value in my earnings," said Istanbul lawyer Emirhan Metin, according to the Kathimerini.


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Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine and Meyer and Ida Kirstein Professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. He was a longtime columnist for Business Week, and continues to write columns for Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times international edition. He was a founder of the Economic Policy Institute and serves on its board and executive committee.
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Bannon, Trump, and White Nationalism
Stephen Bannon was the architect of Donald Trump's strategy of cozying up to white nationalists. In an interview with Robert Kuttner, Bannon said, "The Democrats—the longer they talk about identity politics, I got ’em. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.” Bannon’s economic nationalism meant investing seriously in public infrastructure; taking a harder line on trade; and delivering some good jobs to American workers. Trump did not go along with that part of the strategy. So Bannon lost his job—and Trump keeps losing public support. Robert Kuttner explains what Bannon was up to—and how his tell-all interview was the last straw that got Bannon fired.
The Path to Universal Health Care
It looks as if most Democrats in Congress will sponsor the Sanders bill for single-payer health insurance: Medicare for All. In some ideal world, that might save costs, get rid of middlemen, and maximize choice. But it’s awfully hard to get from here to there in one fell swoop. For starters, there would be a massive tax increase. But can we get some of the benefits of universal care, more gradually? Examples are a Medicare buy-in for people over 50; universal Medicare coverage for people under 25. A Medicare option in counties with fewer than three competing private insurance providers. Or a single-payer plan in one state. Which of these are practical steps forward, and why?
The China Playbook for US Business
How should America—and American companies—be competing against China? The Chinese have a strategy of state-led capitalism that attracts some US-based companies with subsidies and pools of cheap labor—but conditions their entry on technology transfer to Chinese partners and limits on sales into China’s domestic market. This is a good deal for some US multinationals, a bad one for others. How should we compete against China? What would be “fair?” What should US trade policy be? An essential presentation for any company considering doing business in China or investing in those that do.
Are Robots Destined to Destroy Jobs?
Technology always destroys jobs—but creates other jobs. This is a story that goes back to the industrial revolution. Each generation thinks that its technology is different. In the late 1930s, many economists thought that we were stuck at a permanent plateau of high unemployment, but then along came the war and war production—and America had more jobs than workers. Is there something uniquely job-destroying about artificial intelligence and today’s machines? Not if we get the rest of economic policy right.
Globalization and the Populist Backlash
Should globalization be rolled back or replaced with protectionism? That’s the wrong question. The right question is: What kind of globalization? During the postwar boom, we had rules of globalization that allowed plenty of good jobs for America workers—and a trade surplus. And if you think that was just a legacy of World War II, think again—there was no such legacy after World War I. If we can define a brand of globalization that produces good jobs for American workers, the populist reaction will fade. If not, welcome to the Trump Era.
The Political Economy of the 2020 Elections
If we are to reclaim our democracy, it's urgent that Democrats oust Donald Trump from the presidency. But that's not sufficient. The economy also needs to be reclaimed from the top One Percent, so that ordinary people whose living standards have been slipping for decades cease turning to populist strong men offering magical solutions — even as Trump and his allies double down on an economy of, by, and for the top. The challenge is further complicated by the allure of identity politics, and the need to build bridges across America's tribal divides. Can all this be done? Yes, but it will take leadership, a strong politics, and a dose of luck.


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Does Galaxy Tab S6 Lite have cellular?
Unlike most some in our rating, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite does not have a cellular option and connects only through Wi-Fi. This tablet starts with 64 gigabyte (GB) of storage in its base model.
Does tab S6 have SIM card?
The tablet comes with a 10.50-inch touchscreen display. … The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 LTE is a single SIM (GSM) tablet that accepts a Nano-SIM card.
Does Samsung Galaxy Tab have SIM card slot?
The SIM & microSD tray is located on the left side of the device. To insert a SIM or microSD card, insert a SIM tool into the small hole to eject the SIM & microSD tray.
Is Samsung Tab s6 Lite worth it?
So the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite isn’t the perfect mid-range slate, but there’s still a lot here to like, and if the features on offer here, like the S Pen, good screen and low price, appeal to you, then it’s certainly worth considering as an alternative to the entry-level iPad.
What is the difference between WiFi and LTE tablet?
Since LTE is accessed through a mobile device, its range is virtually limitless. Whether you’re at home or in transit, you can surf the web at your convenience, as long as your provider covers the area you’re in. Meanwhile, WiFi only works within a fixed location, so its range is limited to the router’s capability.
Can I put my phone SIM in my tablet?
Remember, you can use your phone SIM in other devices like tablets if you like. You’ll just need a compatible device that isn’t locked to another network. Don’t worry if your SIM doesn’t fit; we can send you a new one.
Can I put a SIM card in a microSD slot?
Do not put the SD card into the SIM card slot as it may damage the card and the SIM card port. You cannot copy your internal programmed data from your SIM to your SD card.
Can I use Samsung tablet as a phone?
With the Call & text on other devices feature, you can make and receive calls on your tablet as long as it’s signed into the same Samsung account as your phone. … You can also send messages.
Why does my Samsung tablet say no SIM card?
1 Answer. If your Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 is not detecting its SIM card, you will not have access to its associated mobile network. This may be the result of faulty software, hardware, or even a faulty SIM card. Usually, the problem is due to debris in the SIM card port, or wear and tear on the SIM card itself.


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As 2020 draws to a close, the COVID-19 pandemic continues have a devastating economic impact on North Carolinians. Many businesses remain closed or are operating at limited capacity; some have closed permanently. More than 1.3 million North Carolinians applied for benefits between March 15 and Dec. 16, according to data released last week by the N.C. Department of Commerce’s Division of Employment Security. More than 40,000 people filed claims last week alone.
Today, a by-the-numbers look at unemployment claims in North Carolina according to the most recent data.
(Source: N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security)
1,377,182 — Number of people who applied for unemployment benefits between March 15 and Dec.16
38,094 — Number of claims filed from Dec. 10-16
2,933,497 — Number of claims filed over that same period. The number of claims is higher than the total number of people filing because different benefit programs require separate claims.
$8,970,817,668 — Total paid for claims across various programs
$1,788,698,912 — from State Unemployment Insurance
$718,010,891 — in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment compensation
$4,829,721,962 — in federal Pandemic Unemployment compensation.
$184,252,010 — in extended benefits
$744,289,304 — in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance funds
$588,903,130 — in Lost Wages Assistance funds
$116,941,459 — in increased benefit amount
68% — share of claimants approved for state unemployment benefits, or a total of 945,043
31% — share of claimants found to be ineligible for state unemployment benefits, or a total of 423,541
1% — share of claimants whose cases are still pending for state benefits, or a total of 7,455
1% — share of claimants not approved for state benefits and whose cases pending resolution for federal benefits, or a total of 11,143
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Q. What is the only free money for savings that is available to many Americans?
A. An employer’s match to a contributory workplace retirement plan such as a 401(k). Some employers, up to a certain level, will match each employee dollar contributed, thus guaranteeing at least a 100% yield on this savings.
Q. If they have no other income, how much must someone who retires at 65 have saved in order to be assured of an annual income of $50,000?
A. For a male at age 65, he should have $620,000 saved to ensure an average income of $50,000 a year for life, for a female at age 65, she should have $665,000.
Q. What percentage of elderly individuals depend entirely on Social Security payments for income?
A. In 2006, 25% of individuals age 65 and older relied 100% on Social Security payments for their income.
Q. What is the most effective way to save $100,000?
A. Tell your employer or bank to transfer, each month, as much of your paycheck as possible automatically to a savings or investment account. This is a far more reliable way to acquire $100,000 than to buy lottery tickets or wait for an insurance settlement.
Q. If one saves $200 a month with a 5% annual yield, after 30 years how much savings will have accumulated?
A. Over $170,000 will have accumulated, and most of this amount will represent interest earned and compounded.

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We had a fantastic trip to Japan courtesy of Julian Elliott and his brilliant images last Monday. He joined us from France, and explained the process of getting the best shots, sometimes waiting hours for the moment when the tourists weren’t in the way. Long exposures for creative effect in the bustling streets, and pure tranquillity in the countryside and temples.
He also gave us some great tips on getting the best from your shots in Photoshop and Lightroom.
A great evening.
Image above: Autumn color at Otagi Nenbutsu-ji temple on the outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. Hidden in the hills just outside of Arashiyama, Otagi Nenbutsu-ji temple is famous of its collection ot 1200 Rakan statues that represent the disciples of Buddha.
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The U.S. Army's most popular aircraft is continuing to evolve. The aircraft in question is the Raven, which weighs less than five pounds, and is a UAV used mainly by combat troops. Infantry companies and platoons regularly use them to get a look at what's over the hill, or behind surrounding buildings. Recent improvements include a "fail safe" mode, where a Raven that has lost contact with its operator, will immediately head for where it was launched from. There is now a location beacon, so that if one crashed over the hill, it can be quickly found.
The latest improvements are a digital data link, which makes it easier to encrypt the video feed, and makes it possible to operate 16 Ravens within range of each other, rather than only the current four. In development are two new sizes for the Raven, one a little larger (6-10 pounds) and one a little smaller. The larger one would have more range and endurance, plus more powerful sensors. The smaller one would have less, but be easier to carry, and harder for the enemy to spot.
The Raven is a very popular UAV, with over 4,000 produced so far. The U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps have adopted it. SOCOM (Special Operations Command) is also a big user. In Iraq, Ravens have flown over 40,000 sorties so far. Italy, Australia and Denmark, and several other nations, are also using Raven.
The current model, the Raven B (RQ-11A), was introduced three years ago. The 4.3 pound UAV is inexpensive ($35,000 each) and can stay in the air for 80 minutes at a time. The Raven is also battery powered (and silent), and carries a color day vidcam, or a two color infrared night camera. It can also carry a laser designator. Both cameras broadcast real time video back to the operator, who controls the Raven via a hand held controller, which uses a hood to shield the display from direct sunlight (thus allowing the operator to clearly see what is down there). The Raven can go as fast as 90 kilometers an hour, but usually cruises at between 40 and 50. It can go as far as 15 kilometers from its controller, and usually flies a preprogrammed route, using GPS for navigation. The Raven is made of Kevlar, the same material used in helmets and protective vests. On average, Raven can survive about 200 landings before it breaks something. While some Ravens have been shot down, the most common cause of loss is losing the communications link (as the aircraft flies out of range) or a software/hardware failure on the aircraft.
The marines, who had much success with Dragon Eye UAV, switched to the Raven B because its the same, but better. The air force was using the seven pound Desert Hawk, and switched for the same reason. British troops were also using Desert Hawk, but switched to Raven.
The Raven has changed the way troops fight. With the bird's eye view of the battlefield, commanders can move their troops more quickly, confident that they won't be ambushed, and often with certain knowledge of where the unseen enemy is.
The big advantage with Raven is that its simple, reliable, and it works. A complete system (controller, spare parts and three UAVs) costs $240,000. The UAV can be quickly taken apart and put into a backpack. It takes off by having the operator start the motor, and then throwing it. This can be done from a moving vehicle, and the Raven is a popular recon tool for convoys. It lands by coming in low and then turning the motor off. Special Forces troops like to use it at night, because the enemy cant see it, and often cant hear it as well.
The controller allows the operator to capture video, or still pictures, and transmit them to other units or a headquarters. The operator often does this while the Raven is flying a pre-programmed pattern (using GPS). The operator can have the UAV stop and circle, in effect keeping the camera on the same piece of ground below. The operator can also fly the Raven, which is often used when pursuing hostile gunmen.


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Here's some art I did for their wonderful Cathryn! Their some rough drafts but I hope you at least enjoy some what. This is a Fanila. This one's a Peregon. And then finale one is Mongave Have a happy new year everyone!!!
Month: December 2018
A Window into the Past
I picked up the box resting it on my knee as I caught my breath. I was only 15 at the time but my stepdad had tasked me with gathering all the stuff up from my grandmother’s house and bringing it to our apartment. It would take me all month at this rate. I looked … Continue reading A Window into the Past
Fictional Character Fun Facts! (1)
Newt Scamander is so pure that he doesn't even deserve himself. Hope this knowledge was helpful!
December Drawing finale
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all are having a fabulous day. This characters name is Lynna Belle Thomas! She's from the work in progrest titled The Game! Here's a small synopsis for it! Lynn Thomas is a regular girl who enters the tri-annual, nationwide Game against her mother's will with her best friend Cassidy. The … Continue reading December Drawing finale
The Hidden Library: The Meeting (Chapter 8)
My heart stops as I turn the corner to see emptiness. Words pool in my mouth but they can't be spoken. Who knows who or what would come if I did. Branches rustle as I take one step after another. My face and neck begin to sting as the muffled thuds of my heart start … Continue reading The Hidden Library: The Meeting (Chapter 8)
December Drawings #15
This is just a quick little doodle of Jason Todd. He's my favorite problem child. Small little shout out to Writer Blok https://writersblok.home.blog/2018/12/19/burning-plains/ I've been enjoying a lot of her pieces and I hope some of my writer followers will find her interesting! I wish you luck in all of your holiday endeavors!
December Drawings #14
Sorry that I didn't update yesterday. By the time I got some free time it was almost nine. Hope you guys enjoy this little doodle of Trico from the Last Guardian! Oh, my about page is also up if you're interested in that. Leave any suggestions for some drawings in the comments below!
December Drawings #12
Hello again everyone! This drawing is actually of my dog Maggie! I wish I could draw animals better but here's my attempt. I don't know how proud of it I am of this but I'm glad I tried to do it because it was a lot of fun. I wish you luck on all of … Continue reading December Drawings #12
December Drawings #11
My first fanart of the month! I've been watching daredevil a lot and it's really good! I could go on and on about just the colors of the show! Would anyone be interested in a review? Because now it sounds like so much fun! I got a lot of inspiration for this Matt from tinymintywolf! … Continue reading December Drawings #11
The Human (Part 3)
I walk up to the small group comprised of two short light blue Gaczels and Charles. The Gaczels white wings are folded behind their backs. "You ready?" Lyk questions. It had been hard the first few days telling the two siblings apart but I figured it out. "I'm ready." Turning … Continue reading The Human (Part 3)


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On the completion of one year of PM Modi led BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited north Dharamashala on Thursday.
Prime Minister Modi addressed a Jan Aabhar Rally and intereacted the masses about the increased pace of development undertaken by the state government led by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.
An exhibition has also been organised close to the rally location showcasing several achievements of the state government.
The remote villages of Himachal Pradesh are also being connected to the roads from Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna. The Central Government is moving at a fast pace in the state to increase infrastructure, stated PM Modi.
Himachal Pradesh's BJP government is not only expanding tourism and agriculture but also in the state, along with industrial possibilities.
Himachal's Jairamthakur BJP government has done the job of reaching out to the people in the last one year and has brought the government to the all villages of Himachal, said PM Modi
At one time the Congress used to fool the soldiers of the country in the name of OROP. Today Congress is doing it with the farmers of the country; the first Congress has lied to the soldiers and is now speaking lie to the farmers: PM Modi cornered the grand old Congress party.


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The Arduino boards can be used as the brains behind almost any electronics project. Arduino can interact with buttons, LEDs, motors, speakers, GPS units, cameras, the internet, and even your smart-phone or your TV! By connecting the Arduino board with a personal computer via a USB cable and uploading programs to the board, users can create digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control objects in the physical and digital world like robots or even honest fortune-telling machines.
For this Elegoo Super Starter Kit, we provide a 10-lesson tutorial, introducing the basic setting of the Arduino software IDE, the working principles of the sensors and the simple program to enable the UNO board to control the sensors.
This Kit is suitable for 10-year-old and up. Younger kids should be under supervision and guidance of adults.

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Oh, this is bad. And what a scoop! Sources indicate that Brett Favre‘s stinkbombs are so repulsive, he has alienated restaurant patrons throughout the Greater Midwest and has the Minnesota Vikings regretting the deal they haven’t cut.
Wait a minute, it’s official now. He’s in. Favre will be wearing No. 123, so rare for a quarterback.
Sorry, false alarm. Favre is going home, definitely retiring this time. No more football for him, nosiree.
Hold on just a second. Through a Blackberry connection with Facebook and Twitter, aired on YouTube with additional audio on I-Tunes, Favre says he’s returning, but to the Oakland Raiders.
This just in: After a brief workout with the Raiders, and a quiet lunch with Randy Hanson, Favre was knocked cold by Tom Cable.
Much-needed clarity in a direct quote from Favre: “I probably haven’t not said that I won’t not sign.”
And this from E-Bay: Favre has E-Gas.
Perhaps the only sports figure more annoying than Favre, Scott Boras, has somehow managed to emerge a hero in baseball’s travesty of a draft system. All of his No. 1 picks have signed, including the first three selections and Grant Green, taken by Oakland.
So, Scotty didn’t get too greedy. What a guy.
Not that everyone is celebrating. The Texas Rangers, trying to launch a complete-game revolution under old-school president Nolan Ryan and holding some valuable pieces in Derek Holland and Neftali Feliz, used their first-round pick on a left-handed pitcher named Matt Purke, who just turned 19 and reportedly throws fastballs in the 93-94 mph range. He was offered $4 million — remember, this is a kid who has done absolutely nothing — and turned it down, saying he’s off to pitch college ball at TCU. (The Tampa Bay Rays also failed to sign their first-round pick.)
This is where the draft becomes a joke, and considering some of the misfires of recent years, it’s a miracle more kids didn’t go unsigned. In a common-sense world, there’s a ceiling around $500,000 for draft picks — a figure every team can afford. There’s no “slotting”; how ridiculous is that? Why should a guy taken three slots lower than the No. 1 overall pick get maybe a third of the bonus money? We don’t know enough about these guys to be that definitive. Maybe “slot” a figure for all first-round picks, then another for the second round, etc., but enough of the preposterous gap between a Strasburg and all the peons below. Teams find out ahead of time if prospective picks actually want to sign with them, so there’s no mystery on draft day. Selections are made, everyone signs up that week, and they’re quickly off to the minor leagues to get some professional experience during the current season.
The way the system works now, the two-month signing window amounts to a colossal waste of time. The Giants would love to have seen a glimpse of Zack Wheeler, their No. 1 pick, as a minor-league pitcher in their system for a couple of months. Instead, at this late date (they signed him moments before the deadline, naturally), they’re shutting down Wheeler until next year. If Strasburg had signed in as timely manner, it’s likely he would be on schedule to appear in a Washington Nationals uniform next month. As it is, acting GM Mike Rizzo says it’s “unlikely” he’ll pitch in the big leagues until next season.
It could have worse. Boras could have rejected Washington’s offer and sent Stephen Strasburg into oblivion for a year. That’s what happened to Aaron Crow, the Nationals’ No. 1 pick last year. He refused to sign, kicked around for a year, got drafted by Kansas City this June, and still hasn’t signed. By Christmas 2010, he’ll be loading shelves at Walmart.
Remember, too, some of the idiotic hints Boras dropped during the negotiations. In terms of monetary value, he compared collegian Strasburg to Daisuke Matsuzaka, who arrived in America as a full-blown professional legend. He threatened to ship Strasburg off to Japan, which simply never would have happened, or to an independent league, a truly pointless exercise for a prospect of his caliber.
Next year? More of the same. Bryce Harper, the supernaturally gifted catcher expected to be the first player taken, is a Boras client.
3-DOTTING: The Joe Nathan trade was embarrassing enough for the Giants, with Nathan developing into a top-flight closer and A.J. Pierzynski bombing so horribly in San Francisco. The Giants live in eternal fear that Francisco Liriano will make the trade even worse, but that seems a longshot now. Liriano, well into his comeback from major elbow surgery, checks in at 5-12, 5.80 for the Twins after being shelled by Texas last night. He was immediately placed on the 15-day disabled list with a “tired arm,” making it an iffy proposition that he’ll ever resurrect that lively fastball and wicked slider . . . Nice piece by Gwen Knapp today on CC Sabathia, returning to his native East Bay with the high-flying Yankees. I’m the genius who predicted (in March) that Sabathia would regret heading to New York, while also picking Arizona to win the N.L. West . . . Solid work by a TV cameraman around 3:30 p.m. in New York yesterday, capturing Matt Cain in a heartfelt meeting with David Wright. That short clip told us more than any published comment . . . No complaints about Nate Schierholtz‘ rocket hitting high off the fence at Citi Field yesterday — a double that would have been a home run most other places. The Mets did it right in that ballpark, constructing high fences throughout the outfield. It virtually eliminates the ground-rule double (boring, unsatisfying) and the awkward prospect of fans reaching over a low wall to interfere with a fielder’s play. Outfield fences should be at least 15 feet high, foul line to foul line, in every park . . . Interesting to hear Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow each lodge an endorsement for expanded instant replay. Too many calls are being blown on the bases, and Kuiper recalled Don Denkinger‘s classic blunder at first base in the 1985 World Series, essentially costing St. Louis the title. I agree with these guys, as far as calls at first base, but I’d hate to see replays used in every single instance of a controversial call. It would humiliate the umpires (not that they aren’t deserving, sometimes) and remove too much of the human element . . . The Dodgers got all that could be expected last night from rookie Charlie Haeger, who made his big-league debut as only knuckleball pitcher in the National League. Through six innings, he had a 2-1 lead against the formidable Cardinals (Rick Ankiel tagged him for a two-run homer in the seventh). That was probably enough evidence for Joe Torre to trot him out there a couple more times, at least . . . Lou Piniella says he’s considering a change in short relief, bouncing Kevin Gregg from the closer’s job. Gosh, ya think? There’s no mystery to this guy’s delivery, and his fastball could not be straighter. Get him out of there before he costs you a spot in the wild-card race . . . Still more from the amazing Omar Vizquel: He has handled 155 chances without an error at shortstop and second base for the Rangers . . . Highly recommended: Lowell Cohn‘s column on Al Davis at pressdemocrat.com. Just a classic bust.

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Lentor Hills Residences is the perfect place to explore equipped with exclusive amenities
Lentor Hills Residences is situated on the site which covers 17,000 square feet, and comprises 595 homes. They've built a magnificent masterpiece featuring huge living areas with massive windows and high ceilings which allow residents to get amazing views of the landscape and stunning sunrise. Contemporary and modern interiors are chic and stylish. The homes are equipped with exclusive amenities not found in other homes.
Lentor Hills Residences has been scheduled to close at date of the end of the time. The development will comprise 595 housing units. Lentor Hills Residences condo are located near the border that divides Thomson, Yishun, Ang Mo Kio, Sin Ming, Bishan and Central Water Catchment in Singapore's Northern Region, near Lentor Drive, Flossia Park and Yio Chu Kang Road. The development is close to an MRT Station and expected to be completed by the next few weeks. Lentor is located within Singapore's Southern Region.
What are the benefits of buying Lentor Hill properties:
- District 20 lies located within the city's boundaries.
- Schools within the immediate area include Anderson Primary School, Anderson Serangoon Junior College and The CHIJ St Nicholas Girls School
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The Lentor Hills residences are an excellent residence that is ideal for parents with kids. Its schools are top-quality and are situated close to the location of the condo. Parents do not have to worry about getting their kids to school, regardless of their hectic schedules. Parents do not have to travel far distances to allow their children to go to their school. School that is well known, respected and dependable in the area are included on the following list. Examples include Anderson Primary School, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls School, Anderson Serangoon Junior College, Mayflower Primary School.
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It can take anywhere between 3 and 5 minutes to for a walk from The Lentor MRT station on the Thomson-East Coast Line. It is recommended that drivers remain for minimum 10 minutes before leaving Singapore major malls like Orchard Road.They might also require 13 minutes to travel to Central Business District (CBD). Central Business District (CBD) in Singapore. Central Business District (CBD) is located in the outer regions of Singapore. Singapore has a number of major roads, among them CTE together with Selear Expressway.
There's more to it than just things to do. It is also home to Lentor Hills Residences. Lentor Hills Residences is a fantastic shopping center and the perfect place to explore areas such as Thomson Plaza, Ang Mo Kio Hub, Djitsun Mall, Bishan North Shopping Mall, Broadway Plaza. There are numerous restaurants and other activities. Residents in the area are able to go to places like AMK Hub, Two Chefs Eating Place, Book Magic Show, Thomson Nature Park, Singapore Zoo. There are numerous places to visit such as cafes and restaurants as in hospitals, restaurants in hospitals, as well as shops.

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Earlier this year the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WOCCU’s charitable and engagement arm) launched its annual awareness and fundraising campaign, “Bridge the Gap” to address four worldwide inclusion gaps – digitalization, financial inclusion, women’s advancement, and young leaders. Inspired by the campaign and believing a brighter financial future should be accessible to everyone, CUNA Mutual Group has taken the campaign one step further and is challenging credit unions, CUSOs, and individuals to support WOCCU’s efforts. In turn, CMG will match every dollar donated (up to $1,000,000) to support the Bridge the Gap Campaign.
The Illinois Credit Union System is pleased to announce Envisant has accepted CUNA Mutual Group’s challenge and will be contributing $25,000 to the Worldwide Foundation. I strongly encourage every Illinois credit union to join us in helping the World Council celebrate their 50th Anniversary and help meet their campaign goal of $1.7 million. This is a great way to share with the industry your unexpected corporate refund you will be getting from NCUA in a couple of months!
To accept CUNA Mutual Group’s challenge and donate to Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ Bridge the Gap campaign, visit the CUNA Mutual Group Challenge homepage.


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The Environment Agency has been on site since Sunday:
- Containing the fire-fighting water on site and preventing it from escaping into the nearby canals and rivers.
- Using aerators to restore oxygen where contaminated water did escape into the waterways.
- Moved 300 fish to healthier water upstream in the centre of Kidderminster.
Severn Trent have also confirmed that drinking supplies have not been affected by the fire.
The Fire Service and the Police are still investigating the cause of the fire.
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A cold night with long clear spells, with a sunny day ahead.
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text: We’ve had wonderful conversation with Marc Lewis, dean of London’s famed School of Communication Arts. Today, Henry Gomez and I talk to two of his recent graduates: Jess Saunders and Roh Kerr, about their experiences at SCA, how they teamed up as writer/AD partners. And then Henry and I put them through a test: we reviewed a famous TV spot from the 1970s for Samsonite luggage, the one with the gorilla, and together we did a reverse engineering exercise to figure out the creative brief. We put them through their paces and they came out swimmingly! Watch and enjoy.


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Not much of a dance, is it... Nice dreamy routine, with the girls looking lovely, but like a few others here I think they are spending too much time on the floor. To their credit it must be said that ballads are always more difficult to handle than those energetic disco records. And I'll award a little extra as this is finally a routine to a complete song with no sudden fade-outs in the middle of a verse.
All in all 8.5 /10DotD: Sue
A sincerely serene routine, oozing with love-lorn yearning and romantic dreams, perfectly married to the song and its aching, heartfelt emotions.
The '50's based time-period of the movie from where the song originates, is well-represented not only by the multi-frilled nifty night attire, but also by the grand set itself, looking like a theatrical production of the time.
Lighting for this is indeed excellent, and depicts the quintet in all their attractive glory.
The routine's unusual insofar as the restricted upper limbs are concerned, preoccupied with 'Dear Diary' entries : Sue's on the first full week of May 1979, whilst Gill's still composing her thoughts (or waiting for her red nail-varnish to dry) , before committing them to paper.
Nice fluffy bathmats on which they variously recline and ...err...exercise and stretch their lower limbs.
DOTD: Sue (Despite the brief 'legs akimbo' moment during the intro)
There were two routines I love on this edition's 'repeat'. And this one. It's authentically vintage girlie, maybe, but I don't like those voluminous Baby Doll nighties or the fluffy adornment on their shoes. I don't like the leggy moves right from Sue's early moment of X-rated innocence pointed out by PD. A dancer's feet should mainly be on the floor. I find the heartbroken faces mannequin-like and unconvincing. I know that 'Hopelessly Devoted To You' is a soliloquy and that girls are prone to pouring their little hearts out, but if their diaries were any bigger they would be like a ship's journal. With the shifting rug formations and the instant ups and downs of the girls the video tapes do not edit together well and it's disorienting. Nope, I just don't like this one.
DOTD Sue, despite being a late domino.
3.5/10. But like Patti at the end, this is merely a little wobble for me in a long unfolding story of continual delight.
Always thought this was one of the strongest, of the many, songs from the Grease film, and I think Flick was always going to do a routine of this ilk for it. I really like it, and we do seem to be getting consistently good dances at the moment, and long may it continue.
Legs and Co sleepover seems to be a success. Pity Rosie was missing perhaps she’d been misbehaving during class and had to stay at home, but Sue and Lulu deserve extra marks for very neat handwriting. The essence of the track is reflected well in the routine and everyone shows good balance and poise while holding a diary aloft. 8/10 Dotd, Sue
What might have a tricky one to dance to poses no problems for Flick here, her solution is, well, not to dance to it!
But the set and the moves, and the sad lovelorn expressions work brilliantly and match the teenage sentimental yearnings of the song perfectly. As happens occasionally we get less of a dance and more of a theatrical performance showing the range and flexibility of Flick and our lasses.
And given the number of jump-cuts and edits it must have taken an age to film. Even if they did it twice and cut between them, it still means doing two dances.
Not crazy about the baby dolls personally, but again they fit right in and look just right.
Interesting that Mike confesses to have been sharing a dressing room with the girls - and he seems to have walked out in one of their jackets!
A 9/10 and DotD cpuld have been Sue, but it has to be Lulu. To whom I am hopefully devoted! :-)
This is quite a good routine but it is not without it's flaws. Sue slightly misses her cue at one point and Patti has a wobble at the end. Both are only really notable because it is so unusual for either to make a mistake. I feel that the dance is a little disjointed due to it being filmed in two takes. Positions get swapped over, and they move from sitting to standing and back in the blink of an eye which is a little off putting.
Having said all that, I do enjoy watching this and it is a nice song as well so I will score 8 out of 10, and as Sue is looking so beseechingly at the camera, I can't resist giving her DOTD.
Another slowie from 'Grease' and after only needing two pairs of legs for 'Sandy', it's almost back to a full set for this one.
Rosie misses out, which is a shame, as her long lower levers would have been ideal for the upward movements from a sitting position. Humfing around a large diary is restricting to the girls and they do their best to keep to their powder puff rugs.
I gave 'Sandy' a 7 and I would say that the clear picture and lavish setting push 'Hopelessly Devoted to You' a notch above that.
7.5/10 and star pupil is Sue.
This is just great, even if the song is very soppy it works in a filmic way and i like the theme of devotion being interpreted here. I don't think Flick was taking the theme of the song seriously at all, some of the movements are a tad suggestive and those oversized fluffy nighties and accompanyments (huge diarys etc) are ramping it up to borderline silly levels, well done Flick!.
A large amount of the routine is floor based and i do like those domino effect type moves where they recline in sequence, and the other floor bits are well integrated with the diarys being held aloft throughout.
My love must be a kind of blind love, I can't see anyone but you...
Another routine from the movie Grease, and another fabulous performance from our girls. Just as well this is a slow one, did no one ever tell Flick about putting rugs on highly polished floors, you might as well set a man trap as the 1970's public information advert used to say, but luckily our girls all escape unscathed! As i say no dancing as such in this one, but i like the floor routine and the use of the diary's as a prop, and the way the performance captures the feel of the movie perfectly.
DOTD is a tough one, but i'm going for the cutest of the lot Lulu
This was another track off Side One of Grease. So odd how all the hits came off Side One and the other three sides were fillers. I managed to get a mint copy of the OST from the charity shop last month on vinyl for a £1 and have put it in the loft. Pictures are lovely but the music really did not do that much for me in 1978 or now. I think this routine is lovely though and it seems to be replicating the film version slightly but I find this version beautiful to look at. Flick got this one really right and I loved the outfits and the Georgian windows. Purely lovely. I will award this one nine out of ten and the best dancer awarded to Sue.
Wo ist Milli Vanilli - Baby Don't Forget my Member(s)
I’m never keen on dance routines that involve dancing on bums.
Also, I’m not overawed with the way the edits are done; for example, one moment Lulu’s standing with Pauline, the next she’s lying on the rug with the others, then it’s a cut to another standing formation – I’m much more enthused by those routines that all filmed in one take. The baby doll nighties don’t do it for me either.
I’m going to pull the rug from under this dance sequence and give it just 6/10 DOTD is Sue
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I can’t wait to do this workshop! I love the Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge and although I’ve had some challenges (yes, I do hit creative blocks sometimes, too) I am very pleased with these cards. These are just half of the cards you’ll make at my workshop this month.
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Create six 5×7 cards, all from the Artfully Sent Cartridge and Brushed paper pack.
Date: Friday, February 27 at 7pm. (No morning session, my kids have a PA Day!)
Sign up Deadline: Fri. Feb. 20.
How do you sign up? Just email me and let me know you’d like a spot. It’s that easy.


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Strap yourselves in for some nineties nostalgia and a bucketload of obscenities – Jerry Springer: The Opera is back in town.
Inspired by the infamous American talk show hosted by Springer this – fittingly – riotously funny show is packed full of very rude songs that parody the guests and contrived situations that made the programme a household name around the world, and inspired dozens of copycat shows.
Although deliberately over the top, the scenarios don’t diverge that much from the show’s genuine guests and baying audience, whether its the fiancé who has cheated on his betrothed with not just another woman but also a man, or the woman whose dream of being a pole dancer risks her being disowned by her mother and her titty-bar frequenting husband.
Things take a scatological turn when the adult babies turn up – if you’re not likely to find a song about pooping your pants funny, this probably isn’t for you.
The second half takes a surreal turn when, following a probably accidental shooting, Jerry descends into first Purgatory and then Hell to host a special episode dealing with the broken relationships between Satan, Jesus, Mary and God, and (sort of) resolving things with the words of William Blake. This is way funnier than it might sound.
There are some great throwback moments – I haven’t heard “talk to the hand” for year – but some of Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas’ jokes haven’t fared quite so well, with changing attitudes to sexuality.
The show is genuinely an opera and offers some challenging numbers. The Sound Ideas cast rise to the occasion magnificently, with great vocals particularly from Emma Seamarks, Laura Marvel, Emmie Wright, and Chris Brown.
There is fantastic character work from Leo Oakley as Satan, Becca Jillings as Shawntel, and Daniel Smith as Jesus. As Jerry himself Thom Bailey has a surprisingly low-key part, but he pulls things together with a pleasingly folksy feel.
Musical supervisor Will Arundell and director Dan Smith have done a great job pulling together a tricky show both in its musicality and its subject matter.
Final thought: This show is never going to appeal to everyone – it’s too rude and too sharp for that – but for those with a darker sense of humour and an ear for song, this is a real treat.
- Sound Ideas production of Jerry Springer: The Opera continues at Norwich Theatre Playhouse until Saturday, 10 September 2023.


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2014 Insurance and Reinsurance Law Report
For over two decades, Sidley’s Insurance and Reinsurance Law Report has been a useful tool for cedents, reinsurers, retrocessionaires, intermediaries, arbitrators and others transacting business in the insurance and reinsurance industry, and we are delighted to offer you this year’s edition of that publication. The 2014 Law Report contains the following articles:
- Recent Developments in Life Insurance Unclaimed Property Law
- Wal-Mart is Trickling Down – Unevenly – To Class Actions Against Insurance Companies
- NAIC Credit for Reinsurance Update
- Recent Developments in Pre-Judgment Challenges to Arbitrator Bias
As always, we hope you find these articles interesting and we welcome your comments. We look forward to seeing you at industry gatherings this year; in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this issue of the Insurance and Reinsurance Law Report.


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Friday, 20 January 2012
Jo Strettell for Michelle Williams GQ Magazine February 2012 | Photography Michael Thompson
Actress Michelle Williams graces the cover & indside feature story for the February issue of GQ Magazine. The Golden Globe winner channels the spirit of her recently developed character, Marilyn Monroe for photographer Michael Thompson. Make-Up by Jo Strettell.

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In this thread painting class taught by Francine Miller students will learn what threads are practical and how to blend fabrics for realistic art quilts. Students will also learn options for digital printing on fabric and gain an understanding of which photos make the best thread paintings. This class is designed for any skill level and this project can be done on any working sewing machine.
The teacher will provide a kit with an 8x10 photo (assortment to choose from) and the thread, fabric and batting needed to complete an 8x12 thread painting art quilt.
*We will have some snacks and a variety of drinks available during class but please feel free to bring anything of your own also!
This class is for any skill level from beginner to advanced
Thread, fabric and batting along with an 8x10 photo (assortment to choose from)
A Cleaned, oiled and properly functioning sewing machine (and manual) if you would like to take this class and don't have a machine contact the store to possibly reserve a classroom machine.
A darning or hopper presser foot, general sewing supplies, a seam ripper, extra needles (size 70/12-90/14. We will try multiple different ones to discover which works best for your machine
Ms. Miller is a retired teacher and middle school librarian. Ms. Miller took up quilting 20 years ago while teaching in Browning, Mt. ?I needed something to do on those cold brutal winter nights?. Ms. Miller took advantage of living next to Glacier National Park and became an amateur photographer. Combining textile art and her love of animal photography Ms Miller began her search for realistic quilting of animals. 10 years ago Ms. Miller took a thread painting class in Santa Fe, NM and she was on her way to discovering realistic art quilts. While living in Texas Ms. Miller started attending art classes at a Texas University where she learned about color, background etc. Moving to Missoula 5 years ago Ms. Miller joined Tarts: a textile art group. Combining all this knowledge and her passion for teaching Ms. Miller has returned to teaching and sharing her love of quilting.
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Rising child poverty in Britain is a serious problem, made more serious by the failure to understand why those numbers are growing and to focus on the right solutions to it. As with most policy areas, we need the right analysis to get the right solutions. So getting our analysis right is not just about winning an argument, but about reducing the numbers of children growing up in poverty, unable to afford adequate nutrition or a winter coat, or to realise their potential.
One particular area where our analysis is poor is ethnicity. Here too there is a wider point: the public and policy makers seem not to understand the nature and extent of racial inequalities in Britain in 2020, nor seem to be considering why those inequalities persist, still less what might be done to respond to them.
These may seem bold claims. Yet in terms of both analysis and policy, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that ethnic minority child poverty is simply viewed as a non-issue. Taking analysis first: not only are the facts of ethnic minority child poverty shocking, they typically come as a shock or surprise. Around 60 per cent of Bangladeshi children, 54 per cent of Pakistani children and 47 per cent of black children are living in poverty (once housing costs are taken into account). However there is almost no public discussion or awareness of the extent of this poverty, and no policies formulated to address these stark numbers.
Consider also other policy areas, for example serious youth violence or safeguarding. Very little of the very public discussion on these issues addresses these stark levels of child poverty among ethnic minority people, nor much in the way of a response to that poverty. Furthermore, there is evidence that policy makers are going backwards in their understanding of child poverty and ethnicity.
A good (although hardly the only) example is the Troubled Families programme and the related efforts to define poverty (and child poverty) in ways that downplay the role of income, while emphasising other factors, such as family breakdown, alcohol abuse and educational attainment. One consequence of this sort of policy thinking is that because Bangladeshi children are doing better in school, and because their parents are less likely to divorce or drink alcohol, the government may now view Bangladeshi children as being less likely to experience poverty, despite no change in their material circumstances (see the Runnymede Trust’s response to the Government's consultation on how to measure child poverty).
These examples highlight how ethnic minority child poverty is driven by factors that apply to all families living in poverty, as well as factors that are specific to ethnic minority households. One reason for higher child poverty among ethnic minority households is that such households are more likely to have certain demographic characteristics, for example having larger numbers of children or being relatively young, which increase the risk of poverty regardless of ethnicity.
Policy changes such as the benefit cap and the two-child limit have also led to a disproportionate increase in child poverty among ethnic minority children.1 The government has neither denied these effects, nor proposed any mitigating measures, leading to the conclusion that it is satisfied that rising poverty among ethnic minority children is an acceptable consequence of its policy decisions.
The fact that half or more of some ethnic groups are growing up in poverty has widespread impact on their experience in schools and as young people. As the wider literature demonstrates, child poverty also has long-term ‘scarring effects’, meaning that those who experience child poverty have a greater risk of poor experiences as young adults, in middle age and as they age. In other words, the proven, widespread effects of child poverty on adults means that Britain will be living with the consequences of racial inequality into the 2100s (given that those born in, for example, 2012 are likely to live until their late eighties).
And it is not just the public or policy makers who do not always note the very high rates of ethnic minority child poverty. Even campaigners on child poverty often fail to mention the issue of race – for example, when highlighting those local areas with the highest child poverty. Agreement that rising child poverty requires a policy response may be widely agreed. However, the fact that the proportion of black and minority ethnic (BME) people in those areas is a major driver of rising child poverty is still too little discussed.
Of the top 17 local authorities with the highest rates of child poverty, 10 are in London, and listed in the table below. In every one of these local authorities, BME children make up over half of the young population, rising to over 80 per cent in the two local authorities with the highest child poverty rates in the UK: Tower Hamlets and Newham. Among the non-London local authorities with the highest child poverty, a similar pattern emerges: among children, Blackburn with Darwen (fifth highest child poverty rate in the country) is 46 per cent BME, Luton (seventh highest) is 65 per cent BME, and Manchester (eighth highest) is 52 per cent BME.
This leads to a wider point: that the focus on child poverty specifically (as contrasted with adult poverty), while understandable, can, however unintentionally, distract from some of the most important drivers of poverty in Britain’s households. Children are poor because their parents are poor, and their parents are poor because they do not have enough money. It is obviously still sensible to focus on child poverty: because the effects are so widespread and longstanding, because any interventions in childhood are more likely to have consequential effects, because children are not yet fully moral agents or responsible for their choices, and because public opinion is more sympathetic to child poverty than it is to adult poverty.
So it certainly makes sense to focus on child poverty, and especially to ensure that early years interventions are effective as possible in reducing child poverty.2 But ultimately the focus must expand beyond early years and schooling. Such interventions reduce the consequential harm of children living in poverty, but do not greatly reduce the risk of those children living in poverty in the first place (although they are likely to reduce the risk of the next generation of children being born into poverty).
The more general point is that ‘child poverty’ policy should focus on adult incomes. This should mean both expanding the social safety net and addressing structural inequalities in the labour market. It is now widely known that the majority of people living in poverty are in work,3 and that the labour market is not always a route out of poverty. It is less commonly observed that the lower wages among many ethnic minority workers, combined with their greater likelihood of living in households with children (and their younger age profile), means that they are more likely to be affected by in-work poverty.
Given over five decades of evidence showing that ethnic minorities face discrimination in the labour market,4 inequalities that result in greater rates of unemployment, under-employment (ie, working fewer hours or in less-qualified roles), as well as lower pay,5 anyone who is serious about addressing ethnic minority child poverty, or indeed child poverty generally, needs to tackle discrimination.
The point could be extended further: policy makers and campaigners should focus on a wider range of policies that affect adults if they are going to effectively address child poverty. In addition to the labour market, housing is a major area where addressing costs would have a particularly beneficial effect for households living in poverty generally, and for ethnic minority households specifically. Ethnic minority households constitute fully half of overcrowded households in Britain (in many of which children are sharing bedrooms). The higher rates of ‘after housing cost poverty’ cited at the beginning of this chapter attest to the importance of addressing housing costs for tackling BME child poverty.
That half and more of black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani children are growing up in poverty in Britain in 2020 should be viewed as a national crisis, and should be getting much more policy concern. One speculative explanation for why these figures and the human lives behind them merit such little focus is that while children generally are viewed as more sympathetic and less blameworthy for their economic circumstances than adults, the public has less sympathy for ethnic minority children. Alternatively, rising poverty among ethnic minority children may be off the policy agenda because of the more general lack of focus on tackling racial inequalities – or indeed poverty or low pay – more broadly over the last decade.
Until we better understand the nature, causes and consequences of child poverty in Britain, we will be unlikely to effectively address that poverty. Among other groups, ethnic minority children have been particularly left behind by an analysis which fails to understand the reality of their experiences. This consequently means that we are not adequately grappling with the question of how we might better tackle ethnic minority child poverty in Britain. In this chapter, I have offered some suggestions for both how we might better understand ethnic minority child poverty, and how we might begin to address it.
This is an excerpt from J Tucker (Ed) (2020) 2020 Vision – ending child poverty for good, London: CPAG
- See, for example, O Khan, The 2015 Budget: effects on Black and minority ethnic people, Runnymede Trust, 2015
- See, for example, the work of the Early Intervention Foundation, eif.org.uk
- See, for example, Di Stasio and Heath, Are Employers in Britain Discriminating against Ethnic Minorities? Summary of findings from the GEMM project, Centre for Social Investigation, Nuffield College, 2019; and M Wood and others, A Test for Racial Discrimination in Recruitment Practice in British Cities, Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No.607, 2009
- Y Li and A Heath, ‘Persistent disadvantages: a study of labour market dynamics of ethnic unemployment and earnings in the UK (2009–2015)’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2018

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Will outdoor dining plan boost Augusta's downtown businesses?
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- You could be dining on the streets and sidewalks in downtown Augusta soon.
City leaders just passed a plan yesterday to temporarily close some streets so businesses can serve more people outdoors.
The plan is to only shut down certain side streets downtown.
City leaders are thinking outside the box to help out these small businesses in the city.
Restaurant owners can apply for street-dining. They have to submit an outdoor safety plan to be eligible.
In a survey done by the mayor's office, most small business owners said long-term revenue was their biggest worry.
Some local shops also have not gotten help like the federal Small Business Administration loans that have been available.
To alleviate that, city leaders voted on the road-closure proposal.
“We just think it's the right thing to do for businesses to try and help them out. They're trying to make ends meet during these difficult times. This is something that I think won't be too much of a nuisance to shut down the street here,” District 7 Augusta Commissioner Sean Frantom said.
The closures will last two months and will likely only happen on certain days of the week.
City officials are only going to be closing roads downtown right now, but that could expand across Augusta if the plan is a success.


RECENTLY, I had the pleasure of participating in several workshops involving people with disabilities organised by Beautiful Gate Foundation. The speakers took the trouble to paint a world of constant struggle with many things that able-bodied persons take for granted, be it from traversing steps to visiting a public restroom.
The challenges aren’t limited to those with mobility impairments but also the deaf and blind. The source of these challenges can be pinpointed to the local council, which isn’t doing enough to enforce the law to ensure that all buildings are accessible. Mainly, these are public buildings like schools and government department buildings. “Try going into a police station and see if you can use their toilets,” said a wheelchair-bound participant at the workshop.
There is a claim that federal government buildings are exempt from local council approval. But how true is this?
Passing the buck?
Section 34A of the Uniform Building Bylaw (UBBL) has a clause that states:
“Any building or part thereof to which this by-law applies shall be approved with access to enable disabled persons to get into, out of and within the building for which access is provided wholly or mainly for the inspection, maintenance or repair of the building, its services or fixed plant or machinery; and be designed with facilities for use by disabled persons.”
Since all buildings cannot be erected without the approval of the local council, and since the local council must ensure that the UBBL requirements are applied to all building plan submissions, it isn’t too difficult to understand why the disabled community is laying the blame on the council’s doorstep when buildings are not accessible to them.
In defence, council officers say that while commercial and private buildings are made to comply with the accessibility requirement, projects that are done by government agencies are exempt from going through the council for approval. Thus, the same accessibility requirements could not be imposed.
This was something that a Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) building department officer verbally told me, too, when I objected to the demolition and rebuilding of a police staff quarters in Damansara New Village because no were plans submitted. There did not appear to be any legal provision that allowed the demolition instruction to begin with. Was this presumably because, as police staff quarters, these buildings were federal buildings and thus beyond local council authority?
What the law says
The excuse that government projects can bypass the local council is hogwash.
There is a 2007 circular from the Federal Town and Country Planning Department entitled “Penyelarasan Prosedur Bagi Pelaksanaan Projek Oleh Agensi Dan Jabatan Kerajaan” that summarises this point nicely:
“Prosedur dan perundangan semasa di bawah subseksyen 19(1) Akta Perancangan Bandar dan Desa, 1976 (Akta 172) memperuntukkan tiada seorang pun, selain Pihak Berkuasa Perancang Tempatan boleh memulakan, mengusahakan atau menjalankan apa-apa pemajuan melainkan telah mendapat kebenaran merancang.
“Ini bermaksud bahawa projek-projek Kerajaan tidak terkecuali daripada mengemukakan permohonan kebenaran merancang. Peruntukan seksyen 63 Akta Tafsiran 1948 dan 1967 (Akta 388) menjelaskan tiada undang-undang bertulis dalam apa cara sekalipun boleh menjejaskan hak-hak Yang di Pertuan Agong atau Kerajaan kecuali undang-undang itu memperuntukkan dengan nyata atau dengan implikasi yang perlu bahawa Yang Dipertuan Agong atau Kerajaan, mengikut mana yang berkenaan, akan terikat dengannya.”
The next time a local council officer tries giving the excuse that government projects can bypass the local council, you can tell the officer that the local council is violating the law and going against His Majesty the King, since the laws are approved in his name.
Importance of accessibility
One can only wonder why local councils have preferred not to enforce their powers in accordance with the law that gives them authority over the building plans of government buildings.
Part of the problem could be the blind spot many of us who are able-bodied have. We don’t see beyond the immediate benefits of accessible infrastructure to the disabled community. To use the argument that any one of us could also end up being in similar circumstances due to an accident rarely draws a reaction because many believe such a fate is always reserved for someone else.
What most people fail to consider is that with age comes physical challenges. I have an 86-year-old grandmother who finds it a struggle to climb up a flight of stairs. This prevents carefree family outings since all of us have to ensure that the place we are headed to is easily accessible.
From an economic point of view, if I could easily take her out to a restaurant and treat her to a fine meal or take her shopping, I would be spending money that I otherwise would not. Yet it is far easier to travel to — say Australia — where these facilities for people with disabilities are far more commonplace.
Our society loses out on the disabled customer because we don’t provide easily accessible buildings and facilities, not just for locals who are disabled but for tourists as well. According to Beautiful Gate, there are some 300,000 people with disabilities in Malaysia who were registered with the Welfare Department in 2010. This figure does not include the elderly who are similarly challenged. Imagine all the potential business we can generate from our own disabled community alone, as well as future possibilities with tourists who might choose Malaysia as a holiday destination if we were more disabled friendly.
MBPJ councillor KW Mak wants the public to know that he has not given up on the fight for freehold land titles for Petaling Jaya residents. Since going public with this issue in October 2010, he has managed to piece together even more documentary evidence with the help of long-time PJ Old Town residents to prove the case. These documents are all from the 1950s and include: a sales and purchase agreement for a house in Section 3, a certificate of fitness for a house in Section 2, the auditor general’s report on the sale of PJ properties and the Sultan of Selangor’s instruction to make PJ a town.


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By Dr. Sandhya According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 65-80% of the world’s population living in developing countries depends essentially on plants for primary health care. Since ancient times medicinal plants have been used as a source to cure numerous human diseases. In the present days, one fourth of the world population depends […]
Gamharia: A tripartite meeting was convened on Thursday by the block development officer of Gamharia Sadhucharan Deogam to discuss issues related to the Adityapur-Kandra road construction project.
The meeting was held at the BDO office.