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'We are George F. Baker strong'
We have lived in the Tuxedo School District for over 19 years and raised our children in this school. We have seen the district struggle and make difficult decisions through the years.
The last four years have been the most challenging, separating from Greenwood Lake and living with the uncertainty. My family has always been pro-Tuxedo school. We believe in the small school model and all the benefits that the nurturing environment can provide in developing strong educated young adults. We also believe that a child should be in the best education environment that they thrive in and that it is individual to each child.
If it is staying in TUFSD great and if it is a private school, that's great, too. That is a family's choice.
Our school is part of the community and the community should come together to do what is best for future generations of this town. It is the center of this community and a vital part of the financial stability and promise for growth.
The Tuxedo Town board should be focused on the needs of the town, partnering with the school to assist enrollment, building community relations, and fostering positive growth.
There is a small group of community members speaking out against GFB. It is not the majority.
You can not be pro-town and anti-school. It is a contradiction in itself, stunts growth and is purely divisive.
I do not agree with closing the school to meet a personal agenda or the ideal picture of what you feel is the best high school environment.
This school may not be ideal for all and that is where families have choices. Choices to move to other districts or to go to private schools. Choose what is best for your own child, focus on their education and the school that they attend, not ours.
We moved to this town knowing that it was a small district and so did everyone else. We had the town promise of a large development that would increase the population and bring a beautiful new high school.
It has been 25 years and unfortunately we are still waiting for that development, it has not happened. It has been a natural attrition that some students go to private schools in this area. We are fortunate to be in a geographic area that broadens our choices.
Tuxedo has never had a football team or ice hockey team or swim team. The teams we do have are inclusive, competitive and strong. We are also combining with surrounding districts to be part of sports teams that we do not offer. The elite athletes are making the large school teams.
Most kids are sitting on the sidelines or being cut and not making the teams at all.
The financial cost per student has been highlighted in this debate. It’s simple math, increase enrollment and the costs per student will decrease. Closing and going to another school district does not alleviate the financial commitment mandated by NY State. We will still pay school taxes, the costs are all relative. If this school should go to another district, the tax percentage will increase, we will loose a voice in the district and also be faced with the reality that the school will not likely reopen. Ask our neighbors in Northern Tuxedo, in Greenwood Lake and in Sloatsburg.
Our children in Tuxedo can be in the AP honors program, STEM program, sing in chorus, play a violin in the orchestra, be in the school play and be part of a winning Section 9 sports team all at the same time or be part of any variation of what they want to do. It is their choice. No one tells them that they are not good enough or that the club is full. Their teachers know their names and take a vested interest in their success. It's a small school with a big heart. Ask our students.
We truly feel that our BOE, administration, teachers, aides, coaches, bus drivers and all of our staff have risen to the occasion to continue making our high school the best experience that it can be for our children. It has been proven.
Our academic program is still strong, the music program has expanded and we are competing in sports at the Section and State levels. Our students are still getting into great Colleges. In keeping with GFB's long proud tradition, since 2016, we are still graduating kids going on to colleges like Boston College, Cornell, NYU, RPI, RIT, Binghamton, Columbia, Stony Brook, Sacred Heart, Plymouth State University, University of Rhode Island, Manhattan College and Colgate, to name just a small few.
It's about the quality, not quantity, at George F. Baker that has been the foundation that shaped our students into the successful adults they are today. Ask our many proud alumni.
The issue is not open or close anymore. We have proven sustainability. The issue is increasing enrollment and together figuring out what is best for our town and school district.
We miss our GWL families and students. We encourage them to consider coming back and giving their students GFB as a choice. We would also welcome our Tuxedo kids from the north and all Tuition students that want to be part of this special place. We have the best of the best administration, teachers and staff. They are all in! They care for our student’s futures and genuinely care about making this school the best it can be. All have put in countless hours to represent our town, do what is best for our children and our community. We choose this school and so do many others. Our community will continue to rally around our school.
We are George F. Baker strong.
Proud parent of GFB students

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The Network of Bayelsa Professionals (NBP) has called for more support for Governor Douye Diri in his quest to alleviate the hardship of the people of the state following the increase in the pump price of fuel.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the spokesperson of the professionals, Mr Deinmobofa Tantua.
According to the statement, Governor Diri unveiled a new transport scheme for workers, students and the general populace in the state in a bid to reduce their sufferings occasioned by the increase in the pump price of fuel.
The statement says that over 100 taxi cabs and six luxury buses were unveiled by the Governor in Yenagoa as part of his administration’s palliative to ease the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.
It adds that the development will also help in creating jobs for the teeming youths in the state as over 100 youths would be engaged as drivers in the transport scheme.
According to the statement the concerned professionals, therefore called on the people of Bayelsa for more support for the governor especially on his re-election bid in order to do more for the people.
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Reality star Chantelle Houghton won over the nation when she blagged her way to victory as a pretend pop singer in the 2006 series of Celebrity Big Brother (yes, it really was that long ago).
Now, with the show set for a riveting revival, she tells new how her unusual introduction to fame changed her life and why she’s considering returning to the house.
“It was the most incredible, amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience,” she says during our exclusive chat. “It was life changing. I was so glad of the opportunity. I loved every minute of it.
“Up until that point, I didn’t know where my life was going. Then I walked in that house and it shaped my whole future.”
Chantelle, now mum to 10-year-old Dolly, has just celebrated her milestone 40th birthday.
Currently single, she tells us, “I’m concentrating on my life and I’m in a really good place with my health and my wellbeing.”
Since winning CBB all those years ago, the Essex-born star has experienced her fair share of heartache – starting with her highly publicised whirlwind romance with fellow housemate Samuel Preston, frontman of rock band The Ordinary Boys.
“It was a whole love story – pure and innocent and lovely,” she recalls.
They tied the knot seven months after meeting in the house, but called it quits 10 months later in June 2007.
“We’re still in touch,” Chantelle reveals. “We still talk, we’ll send messages to each other about funny things we remember. We’re really, really good friends.”
Despite their failed marriage, Chantelle says there’s only one thing she’d change on CBB – and it isn’t her relationship with Preston.
“My hair extensions that I went in with were just awful, absolutely awful,” she laughs.
With Big Brother set to return on ITV2 next month, presented by AJ Odudu and Will Best, Chantelle says if she were asked to go back into the house, it would be a “no-brainer” for her.
“Definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, it’s such a great experience,” she says. “It’s four weeks of fun, twists and turns, no bills to pay. You get fed, watered and a roof over your head, so 100 per cent I would.”
There would certainly be plenty of emotional stories for Chantelle to share with her housemates during those late-night chats in the garden.
To the surprise of her fans, in 2012, Chantelle all but disappeared from public life.
“I took quite a long break and stepped back from the public eye due to personal reasons,” she says. “That time was quite horrific and I’m now concentrating on getting my life back together.”
She’s now looking to the future and wants to use her experiences of difficult relationships, and the lessons she has learnt, to help other women.
“For me, there was nowhere I could turn, like a women’s group,” she says. “I know having access to something like that would have really helped me.”
Her plan is to organise weekly meetings for women, offering them a place of sanctuary where they can share their stories and seek advice.
“They can come and just feel safe and talk, to know that they’re not alone and that other people are going through similar situations. When I was going through tough times, I thought it was just me and that nobody else would know how I was feeling or what I was going through. The comfort of knowing that you’re not alone is so important.”
At the height of her unhappiness, Chantelle put on four stone, but she says she’s now the “fittest and healthiest” she’s ever been and is determined to stay that way.
In stark contrast to her younger years, she spent her 40th birthday last week at a spa, meditating and drinking green tea.
Finding her special someone is the only missing piece for Chantelle – who dated TV presenter Rav Wilding in 2010, was briefly engaged to Katie Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid and split from fiancé Michael Strutt in 2021 – but she’s not in a hurry to be tied down again.
“I’m not looking, but I’m not ‘not looking’ either,” she says. “I’m the happiest I’ve been in everything, so I’m not searching for a man to fix me like I might have done years ago. I’m just happy with me.
“Previously if I went on a date, I’d think, ‘Does he really like me?’ but now I think, ‘Do I like him?’ And that shows how much I’ve grown. I know what I want and what I don’t want. I’m now at a place where I’m really comfortable with me.”
Chantelle was speaking on behalf of ICE 36 (ice36.co.uk)
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Welcome to the Lea Parish Council website
We hope you find the website interesting and beneficial, either as a resident of the Parish or a visitor to Lea.
Lea is a small quiet village which is situated to the south of Gainsborough town and is approximately 17 miles from Lincoln. We are close to the River Trent and are surrounded by beautiful countryside with some lovely walks around the village.
POP UP PANTRY
The Pop UP Pantry is back!
Lea Parish Council's Pop Up Pantry reopened for 2022 with a very successful Easter event on Sunday 10th April. Easter cakes and bakes were on offer as well as an Easter Egg Raffle. Cllrs Anderson and Leone (Fiona and Helen) would like to thank the local businesses who so kindly donated an egg, as well as Parish Councillors. The money raised by the raffle (£80) will go towards the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Event to be held in Lea Park on Sunday 5th June. All the Easter eggs have been delivered to the winners.
(The winning number were 61, 13, 14, 58, 9, 41, 47, 38, 79, 3, 59, 52, 72, 18, 75, 17 and 24. Well done to the winners!)
Next Pop Up Pantry: Sunday 28th Aug 2pm.
Please come and support our fund raising for the village.
Louis is a Champion!
Lea Parish Council were pleased to support village hero Louis with his amazing run to raise money for new goal posts in Lea Park. A true community hero!
Louis completed a 5k run from The Levellings Memorial Field, Gainsborough to Lea Park on February 19th 2022.
As he was only 7 years old 5 kilometres should have been a challenging distance to run but he completed it in a very good time - sprinting into the Park to be welcomed by a crowd of his supporters. Thanks to the generosity of many Louis raised over £2,000, (£1,500 more than his target!). Louis and his mum are now working with the Council to buy the goal posts and find the best location for them. Any money that exceeds the cost of the goal can hopefully go towards another facility improvement within the park.
Communications from Lea Parish Council
Please note that official information from Lea Parish Council will only be found via this website, Lea Life Newsletter and Lea Life Facebook. No other publications represents the opinions of or is the responsibility of the Parish Council.

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The recent seizure of 15 British sailors by Iran has opened a window on a rapidly escalating Cold War-like contest -- involving Tehran, the United States and Britain and centering on cloak-and-dagger operations in Iraq.
Iran released the British sailors and marines April 5 after a nearly two-week standoff. Far from being an isolated incident, or an act of provocation engineered by radical elements within the Iranian government, the capture of the British military personnel, and Tehran's subsequent tough bargaining, were actions that had the unqualified support of all the major Iranian political factions, according to political observers in Tehran with detailed knowledge of behind-the-scenes maneuvering.
The chief motivation for the capture of the British sailors and marines was a desire to dispel any impression in Washington and London that the Iranian leadership in Tehran is either weak or divided. Iranian leaders also wanted to send a signal that they are undaunted by a quasi-covert US offensive to undermine Iran's strategic position in Iraq.
According to a report first published by the British newspaper The Independent, the Bush administration since the start of 2007 has been carrying out a military "search-and-destroy" operation, designed to eliminate Iranian assets in Iraq. The operation has a dual aim: to improve the tactical situation for US troops in Iraq, given that Iranian agents are perceived to be providing critical assistance to Shi'ia militia groups; and to enhance Washington's bargaining leverage in potential bilateral talks with Iran. In early April, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the possibility of direct talks with her Iranian counterpart, Manuchehr Mottaki. However, the official IRNA news agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini as saying on April 8 that "talks with the United States are not on Iran's agenda."
The US search-and-destroy operations are intertwined with the Bush administration's so-called surge policy elaborated at the outset of 2007. The origins of the just-concluded British POW drama can be traced back to January, when US troops raided a semi-official Iranian mission in the Iraqi city of Arbil, a northern Iraqi city that serves as the capital of the Kurdish Regional Government. Five Iranians working at the liaison office there were seized in the raid, along with computers and loads of documents.
At the time of the US raid, two high-ranking Iranian security officials -- Mohammed Jafari, a senior Iranian internal security official, and Gen. Minojahar Frouzanda, the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence chief -- were visiting the area at the invitation of the Kurdish authorities. According to some accounts, the duo may have been the intended targets of the raid. "They were after Jafari," Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, told the Independent. "The Americans thought he [Jafari] was there." Hussein added that Kurdish authorities considered the arrested men as legitimate diplomats.
In addition to the five Iranians taken into custody during the Arbil raid, Iran suspects that the United States of being involved in the detention of other Iranian diplomats, including Jalal Sharafi, who was seized by masked men wearing Iraqi military uniforms in early February. "Tehran looked at these moves as a major provocation. It was only a matter of time before Iran would respond in kind," said a Tehran-based Iranian political scientist, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
To a great extent, the US policy aimed at neutralizing Iran's strategic influence in Iraq, has backfired, some observers in Tehran contend. Instead of weakening Iran, the US policy prompted competing political factions in Tehran to cooperate, at least when it comes to the country's policy toward Iraq. "Iran considers itself as major player in Iraq and would like to be considered as such," said the Iranian political scientist. "In trying to expel it by force from Iraq, the United States managed to unify all the various factions."
Underscoring Iran's broad political consensus on Iraq is the fact that the country's former ambassador to Britain, Mohammad Hussain Adeli, a moderate with close ties to former president Aliakbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was among the vocal advocates of a hard line against the British government during the POW drama. Adeli said in an early April interview with the daily Kargozaran that activities aimed at Iran in the last few months were part of a plan to "escalate the tensions against Iran vis-à-vis the Iraqi situation." Adeli went on to insist that Iran's decision to seize the British military personnel was a "fully justified" response to a "British provocation."
The British POW drama was just the highest profile incident in a growing list of shadowy occurrences in 2007 concerning Iran. Sharafi, who was taken captive under mysterious circumstances in February, was released from custody on April 3, a move that some observers have linked to the release two days later of the British military personnel.
Other incidents have had no clear resolution. For example, in February a prominent Revolutionary Guards general, Ali Reza Asgari, who had served a deputy defense minister for eight years until 2005, disappeared while purportedly on a business trip in Istanbul, Turkey. According to subsequent media reports, Asgari was possibly a mole for Western intelligence agencies who fled Iran when it appeared that his cover was about to be blown.
In late January, Iranian media announced the death of Ardeshir Hassanpour, one of the country's most talented nuclear scientists. The scientist's untimely demise was shrouded in mystery. Officially, all Iranian officials were willing to say is that Hassanpour had been "accidentally poisoned." Some published reports have hinted that the scientist may have been the target of an Israeli intelligence operation.
According to some media accounts, Iran retaliated for Hassanpour’s death by reportedly assassinating David Dahan, who headed Israel’s Defense Ministry Mission to Europe. Dahan died in late January in France in what was officially listed as a suicide. But Iranian media have suggested otherwise. A January 29 commentary in Sobh-e Sadegh, the official organ of the Political Bureau of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, noted that when a “high-ranking (Israeli) Mossad agent suddenly expires in Paris … it should all be clear signal to those who harbor false hopes against us."
Finally, the US State Department on April 2 revealed that a retired FBI agent, Robert A. Levinson, who had reportedly gone to Iran on private business, had been missing since March 8. Hosseini, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, announced April 8 that Iranian officials were trying to determine Levinson's whereabouts. Levinson, who retired from the FBI in 1998, reportedly disappeared on Kish Island, an Iranian free economic zone that can be visited by foreigners without a visa. He was supposedly on the island to work on a film project. A State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack, downplayed any connection between the disappearance and ongoing US-Iranian tension. During an April 5 press briefing, McCormack called media reports that Levinson had been seized by Iranian security agents as "purely speculative."
Kamal Nazer Yasin is a pseudonym for a freelance journalist specializing in Iranian affairs.

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Philippines’ first woman kidney transplant doctor
SHE OPERATES AT 3 HOSPITALS, BESIDES MANAGING THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE
hilippines’s first woman kidney transplant doctor, Dr Rosemarie Rosete Liquete has been working overtime at operating tables in three hospitals, attending conferences, and managing with gusto — as executive director — the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI), a three-storey three-building complex in Metro Manila’s suburban Quezon City.
Liquete, 67, is a good match to her 34-year-old government-run hospital, a lead agency in renal diseases and organ transplantation. It has conducted 5,866 kidney transplant operations since 1983. Its high-end haemodialysis machines can accommodate 2,400 patients a month.
“I do minor and medium surgery before eight in the morning and major cases after office hours at 5pm. I do kidney transplants at NKTI on Saturdays; at St Luke’s Medical Centre (in Quezon City and Taguig); and at Angeles University Foundation Medical Centre (in Angeles, Pampanga) on Sundays,” Liquete told Gulf News.
“Last May, I had three kidney transplants on a Saturday, and another one on a Sunday. I still do transplant on charity patients,” the calm doctor with a back-breaking schedule recalled.
“I find it relaxing to operate than attending to administrative meetings and signing voluminous documents,” she confessed, but added, “When no surgery is scheduled, I am at the office between six and seven in the morning and leave as late as 10 to 11pm.”
Although renowned and hailed for her touch of life, she said, “I am no extraordinary surgeon. It’s God’s design.” Offering a clue to her muchtalked about expertise, she said, “Coffee makes my hand tremble. I never drink coffee. Before every surgery, I hold the Lord’s hand, I pray and plead: ‘As I touch You now, touch my patients with these hands.’ I ask Him to guide my hands and help me in my judgement. I have to be confident. I do my best.”
Waiting for their turn
After a long wait, one patient was overjoyed when Liquete did not turn her down. The doctor explained: “Many patients still insist that I operate on them. I cannot refuse them.”
As administrator, Liquete has proposed a P1.3 billion (Dh108.3 million) infrastructure complex at NKTI — which include an operation building, a dialysis centre, and a doctors’ clinic. She also wants to buy P308 million (Dh25.66 million) worth of high-end and state-of-the-art medical equipment, including kidney perfusion machines,
A total of 47 Filipino kidney transplant surgeons who graduated from NKTI’s fellowship programme now operate in 24 accredited hospitals nationwide. This team and NKTI’s big steps in addressing kidney problems seem small in the face of ever increasing cases in the Philippines.
Some 10,000 Filipinos developed kidney problems annually in 2013; 14,000 in 2016. Some 4,000 started on dialysis in 2004; 23,000 in 2013. Over 28,000 Filipinos are now undergoing dialysis. Only 300 to 500 kidney transplantations are performed annually.
Some 7,000 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients are still waiting for suitable organs. Kidney problem is number eight in top 10 causes of mortality in the Philippines.
Cost of management and cure are deadly. Dialysis cost P25,000 to P35,000 (Dh2.033.33 to Dh2.833.33) a week. A kidney transplant which takes four to six hours, costs between P1.5 to P2 million (Dh125,000 to Dh166,666).
Low on funds
The state-run Philippine Insurance Health Corp (Philhealth) allots its biggest share of assistance to kidney patients, but they still need more money to cover the costly disease. In 2012, PhilHealth subsidised P600,000 (Dh50,000) of the cost of kidney transplantation of ESRD patients. It has also been subsidising 45 sessions of annual dialysis treatment of ESRD patients.
In 2008, Liquete launched a book, titled, I have three kidneys: The Journey of Transplant Patients, a compilation of stories of 15 transplant patients, including Filipino opinion writer Max Soliven and Najeeb Al Zamil of Saudi Arabia.
She discussed one more problem in her field: lack of donor and criticism of the entire procedure.
“The ethics of organ donation has been fiercely debated in the global transplant community,” she said, and mentioned “forms of coercion, exploitation, human rights violation, and human organ trafficking”. She added,
“However it may be, there must still be dignity in donation.”
She describes kidney transplant patients as an inspiration for others, and kidney donors as “heroes”.


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Production troupe Color Force, the team behind “The Hunger Games”, will bring to the big screen another popular novel, “Suspect” by Robert Crais.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will head up producing duties, with David DiGilio (“Eight Below”) writing the screenplay.
Suspect is tells the story of rookie Los Angeles police officer Scott James, who loses his partner in a shooting and, in a form of therapy, is tasked with taking care of Maggie, a German Shepherd who lost her Marine handler in Afghanistan and who now suffers from PTSD. The novel follows the growing relationship between the policeman and the dog as they help each other heal and chase his partner’s killers.
The book mines the LA-based Crais’ knowledge of the city of to give the novel a true local flavor and pulls off the difficult trick of turning Maggie into a full-fledged character. The paperback edition of Suspect publishes on Jan. 7.
“Nina understood Maggie and Scott, and the true nature of my novel,” said Crais, who wasn’t crazy about Hollywood making a movie of his book. “When I saw the caring and brilliant job she did in bringing Suzanne’s [Collins] books to the screen, I knew she was the perfect producer for Suspect.”
The project is set up at Fox2000.

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IBC and NBCC seminar held on the ‘Contribution of Construction Industry to Build Independent India’
IBC and NBCC seminar – New Delhi: India is marking the 75th anniversary of its independence. The Indian Buildings Congress (IBC), in collaboration with NBCC (India) Limited, hosted a half-day seminar on the topic of “Contribution of Construction Industry in Building of Independent India” as part of the “Azadi ka AmritMahaotsav” celebrations to discuss Independent India’s technical advancement in the built environment.
The Chief Guest of the Program was Shri Kamran Rizvi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). The event was attended by Sh. Shri Parimal Rai, IAS Fmr., and PK Gupta, CMD, NBCC.
Chief Secretary, Goa & Past President, IBC. The event was attended by notable professionals, experts from the construction industry, and senior officers from the NBCC and IBC. On March 30, 2022, the seminar was held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.
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The American economy slowed in July as the hiring pace slowed from the robust rate of the past two months, which has been the victim of declining momentum and coronavirus resurgence in many parts of the country.
Employers have created 1.8 million jobs, well below the 4.8 million rise in wages and salaries in June, the Labor Department reported after some companies closed for the second time due to virus restrictions. The unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent.
Hours after the report underscored the slowing recovery, talks between government officials and Congressional Democrats about how to pump more aid into the economy were on the verge of collapse. On Friday evening, President Trump threatened to bypass Congress and act independently – although his authority to do so was unclear.
Despite the increases in July, fewer than half of the 22 million jobs lost in March and April were restored. And economists warn that the rest of the lost ground will be a challenge to reclaim.
“The simple hiring that was made in May and June is exhausted,” said Michelle Meyer, director of US economics at Bank of America. “Since many companies are underutilized, it will be more difficult to hire these additional employees back.”
Overall, the labor market reflects the crosswind that is causing the economy to be in turmoil less than 100 days before the presidential election. Retailers continue to file for bankruptcy while airlines and hotels operate on a small fraction of capacity. Some companies recall laid-off workers even if other employers continue to lay off workers.
The longer the crisis lasts, the higher the toll for companies, especially for smaller ones.
“We will find many small businesses fall by the wayside and many unemployed people become chronically unemployed,” said Kenneth S. Rogoff, a Harvard University economist who has written extensively on financial and economic crises. “We are in a very, very dangerous area.”
And to underscore the spread of what economists refer to as “churn” in the job market, some unemployed Americans have saved their jobs only to find themselves unemployed for a second time.
After coronavirus-related lockdowns forced New York restaurants to close in March, Hannah Lane, 24, was laid off as a waitress at a popular Gramercy Park restaurant, where she made about $ 60,000 a year.
She applied for unemployment benefits but had to wait two months for payments to begin. Then, in early July, when New York allowed restaurants to be opened for indoor dining, Ms. Lane was called back to her job.
“I went back to work, clocked in, went back on the payroll, the whole nine yards,” she said.
She had only been there for one day when Governor Andrew M. Cuomo reversed course and banned dining in restaurants. Ms. Lane was again made redundant and found again to be unemployed and looking for work.
The leisure and hospitality industries were hit hard by the downturn and are facing new restrictions on bars and restaurants in states like California, Florida and Texas.
Last month, 592,000 jobs were created, which is a third of the net profit for the economy as a whole.
Employment growth in the industry in July followed a seasonally adjusted jump from 3.4 million in May and June, but employment in the sector is still 4.3 million below February.
Retail, another hard-hit sector that has seen numerous bankruptcies in recent months, created 258,000 jobs last month.
The impact of the pandemic on jobs in these categories has hit poorly paid workers particularly hard, including millions who depend on tips. With a sharp surge in restaurant and bar hiring, employees may have to wait for indoor eating to resume in states like New York – something that is unlikely to happen until a vaccine is found.
While the household survey published on Friday counted 16.3 million Americans as unemployed, the Department of Labor reported that over 30 million received some sort of unemployment benefit.
The household survey does not count people as unemployed if they have given up looking for work and are not considered part of the labor force. There are also differences between the Department of Labor’s definition of unemployment and government benefit requirements.
However, it is measured that the economic pain of the pandemic has not been evenly distributed.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for black adults was 14.6 percent in July slightly after 15.4 percent in the previous month and a little more than two percentage points compared to the high in May – but still more than twice as high as in February (5.8 percent).
White workers’ unemployment fell to 9.2 percent in July. While that rate rose sharply from 3.1 percent in February, it has fallen by around five percentage points from its peak in April.
Unemployment among other minorities also remains high. The rate for Hispanic Manpower was 12.9 percent after 4.4 percent before the crisis. Asian workers, who had the lowest unemployment rate of any population before the downturn, had an unemployment rate of 12 percent in July.
Policy makers have noted the different effects. “The rise in unemployment has been particularly strong for low-wage workers, women, and African American and Hispanic people,” said Jerome H. Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, at a press conference End of July. “This reversal of economic wealth has changed many lives and created great uncertainty about the future.”
For some workers, securing a position has meant accepting lower wages.
When the pandemic broke out, David Espy was a security manager overseeing the construction of a resort hotel at Walt Disney World, Florida. But in mid-March, when virus shutdowns forced entertainment venues to close, Mr Espy lost his job.
After a month of unemployment, 59-year-old Espy was hired by a consulting firm called Safety, Solutions and Supply. Before the pandemic, he was making $ 125,000 a year. Now he’s making $ 75,000.
The new job doesn’t pay him enough to cover his expenses, including two car loans and the mortgage on his house in Valrico, Florida, where he lives with his wife and 20-year-old son. To make ends meet, he spends $ 2,000 of his savings every month.
“I would consider myself underemployed,” he said. “I work at a discounted rate just to pay my bills.”
Even if some employers recall workers who have been laid off, others conclude that they can no longer stay in business. This has caused financial and emotional damage to both owners and employees.
For Jackie Anscher, closing the boutique gym where she taught spinning classes in Long Beach, New York until March, meant more than losing a job. It was the end of something she was passionate about and stopped the deep connections she had built with customers.
“I miss it like I’ve lost a limb,” she said. “What started as a practice class was so much more. I am a therapist on a bike. I am sure many people can relate to the emotional loss. “
Ms. Anscher, who taught eight to ten classes a week, said her financial situation was stable because of her husband’s job. But there is no place to continue teaching as the gyms remain closed.
“This was a forced retirement,” said Ms. Anscher, 58. “I’m not ready to retire. I’m excited to see how I can pick up the pieces.”
Stephanie Horowitz, the studio owner, didn’t think the tuition moratorium would spell the end of her business, Ocean Ride, when it was imposed in March. She offered spinning classes on the internet, she said, “but it never turned out the way we needed it.”
In mid-July the financial outflow was too great and she decided to stop operations after seven years. Some of the bikes were sold, and Mrs. Horowitz was cleaning up the room on the south coast of Long Island, a few blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. Seven part-time employees, including Ms. Anscher, have lost their jobs.
“We were a staple in the community and we had a good run,” said Ms. Horowitz, 40. “It’s emotional. We just bought new motorcycles last year. Who knows what the future holds for any of us?”
Jeanna Smialek and Ben Casselman contributed to the coverage.

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We are living in an age where we are connecting everything we do to the Internet—TVs, security systems, lights, thermostats, parking meters. Even the lowly refrigerator can tell you when you are running out of eggs. While some of these uses merely burn bright in the media afterglow of the latest Consumer Electronics Show, others become ingrained in how we live, and we can’t imagine how life was before; the Internet connected smartphone has become ubiquitous.
Healthcare has been no stranger to these forces. As healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) wrestle with managing costs, and serving more patients without additional staff, connecting medical devices to the hospital’s information technology (IT) networks seems to offer opportunities for efficiencies. A 2013 study released by West Health Institute estimated that connectivity could save more than $30 billion annually in U.S. healthcare costs due to improved patient care and safety. The institute looked at many facets, such as safety coming from integrated alarm systems, and efficiencies due to shared test results and elimination of manual data entry.
But if you talk to a clinician working in the trenches, many of the early attempts to interconnect medical devices and health IT systems have been problematic. There have been cases of semantic data incompatibility, as well as confusion over user login credentials for a mix of equipment that is similar, but does not really behave the same. Even the issue of tubing misconnections and small-bore connectors is a basic problem with interoperability, albeit at a different abstraction level.
Why is it so difficult to get all of this right?
The medical devices, networks, and servers; the patients and clinician users; and the applications and data that glue everything together form a complex “cyber-physical” system. Cyber-physical systems (referred to as CPSs by those who work closely with them) are computing systems that interact with the physical world. Since medical devices can monitor and provide therapy to patients, connecting them to the hospital computing network forms a CPS. Other classic examples include the power grid, control systems for a chemical plant, or the computing systems on a modern commercial airliner.
Cyber-physical systems usually require important properties, such as safety, reliability, usability, and security. They often have to respond within time limits; a ventilator that delivers air too late may be both unreliable and unsafe. A significant challenge that hospitals face is how they can assemble a collection of medical devices and health IT software applications into an overall system that has these important properties. The approval process by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeks to ensure that individual devices are “safe and effective.” As the FDA has increased scrutiny of usability issues and with the recent guidance on cybersecurity, hospitals can be increasingly confident that new devices will have these properties as well—at least at the level of each individual device.
Unfortunately, there are many examples of unsafe/ unsecure/ unreliable/ unusable systems assembled from a set of safe/ secure/ reliable/ usable subsystems. The converse is also true. A safe system can be assembled from subsystems that are not safe independently (for example, through the use of redundancy). That is because safety, security, reliability, and usability are “emergent” properties of a system as a whole. Whether an interoperable set of devices and health IT software applications have these properties depends on the interaction of these subcomponents, as well as the actions and interactions with the human users of the system. Doing this well requires collaboration and “systems thinking” between the device manufacturers, health IT software vendors, and the hospital personnel responsible for the integration and maintenance of the hospital system.
Ken Hoyme is a distinguished scientist at Adventium Labs in Minneapolis, MN. He is active in several AAMI initiatives, including the Systems Advisory Group and the Medical Device Security Working Group.

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I am back! :-) Tallgrass Prairie Studio is doing a Spring to Finish challenge to get UFOs (UnFinished Objects) out of the sewing room and into life. The challenge started yesterday and runs through May 31st. Since I have a long list of UFOs and a life that is in flux, this seemed like a good time to get things rolling. I've put my list in the sidebar and included the button to the challenge. You may notice that not all of them are sewing projects. That is in the spirit of inclusion and general "bringing orderliness to life."
If you are interested in bringing the same to your life, I encourage you to join the challenge. I will hopefully be posting pictures as projects get finished so you all can enjoy the thrill as well.


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Fermata Energy announced its bidirectional charging system is the first to be certified to the new North American safety Standard UL 9741. The standard covers V2G equipment.
UL self-describes as a leading global safety science company. According to Francisco Martinez, business development director of UL’s Energy Systems and eMobility division, the company’s role is in “making the most of the stored energy in electric vehicles is to help ensure that this happens safely”.
As with all V2G solutions, Fermata’s technology uses bidirectional charging to turn electric vehicles into sources of energy for use by the power grid. David Slutzky, CEO and founder, Fermata Energy said they were “excited to be the first company to receive UL 9741 certification and look forward to partnering with other organizations to advance V2G applications”.
Other charging standards also enable bidirectional charging like ChaDeMo, mostly Asian manufacturers, and CCS in Europe is preparing to do the same.
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Versatile star Prakash Raj was almost banned from Tollywood a few weeks ago, by a very angry Directors Association. The matter was leaked to the media and a number of directors reportedly expressed their displeasure over Prakash Raj’s behaviour.
But now, all plans to ban Prakash Raj have been dropped. There will be no more action against him and he will be free to work as usual. The matter was settled by senior producers in the Industry and they have pacified the Directors union.
The issue started when a complaint was filed on Prakash Raj by an assistant director of Mahesh Babu’s ‘Aagadu’.
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Hello friends! Graham Weber and Brian Bowe from Americana band, Western Youth are my guests for episode 725! Their self-titled album drops on September 21st and they're celebrating with a show that same night at Spider House here in Austin. If you're around this weekend, they'll be playing a fundraiser for Beto O'Rourke this Saturday, August 25th at Cheer Up Charlies. The first single/video from their new album, the politically charged, "Hangin' On" is out now. Go to Western-Youth.com for show dates, music, videos and more! We have a great conversation about having three singer/songwriters in the band, America's current political climate, why people like The Grateful Dead, Ohio and much more! I hope you enjoy getting to know these fine and talented gentlemen. I sure did. Let's get down!
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Swiss higher education is suffering from the same malaise afflicting most of its neighbours - rising demand, soaring costs and dwindling resources.
The key factor is the increasing load of students whom universities have, by law, to admit. Enrolments have risen by 74 per cent since the late 1970s and universities simply do not have the means to expand.
Some cantonal universities have recently renewed demands to limit access to certain departments, in particular medicine, which devours 45 per cent of resources. This clashes with the established federal principle of higher education on demand, in which any school graduate, from any canton, can enrol at the university of his or her choice.
The canton of Zurich has scheduled a referendum for March 15 in which citizens will be called to vote on whether Zurich University can limit access to its medical faculty or not. A yes vote would create a precedent both for other cantons, and other faculties.
Rudolf Naegeli, secretary general of the Swiss Rectors' Conference, said: "In principle we are in favour of completely open access to all universities. There is however a general consensus in the rectors' conference that, faced with ever growing numbers of students and the cost maintaining standards with declining budgets, the only solution is to introduce selective admissions. There is no federal organisation that monitors demand for doctors, engineers, and so on, and we have suddenly discovered that Switzerland has far too many doctors."
The main opposition comes from student movements, and, somewhat vaguely, from the moderately leftist Social Democrats. But even the Social Democrats, with two seats on the seven-member federal council, have different attitudes at local and federal level and appear to be accepting the idea of "programmed" admissions.
The federation has passed legislation transforming 36 advanced technical colleges and commercial and management colleges into a unified network of technical universities, Fachhochschulen, offering two and three-year degree courses in technical, commercial and other fields. It is hoped that this will take some of the pressure of demand off the universities.
Nivardo Ischi, secretary general of the Swiss University Conference, which brings together the education ministers of cantons, rectors and federal politicians, said: "We are upgrading and integrating the old technical colleges.
"There will be a wider range of subjects, in particular in the humanities and social fields, and a great deal of applied research. The first Fachhochschulen are already operating, and the rest will be ready in the next couple of years. We are aiming for a very high level by 2003."
These changes are conditioned at every turn by rivalry between cantons and by the traditional issue of the autonomy of the cantons from the federal authorities in Bern. The proceedings have set in motion a complex political, legislative and administrative machine (there are 26 cantonal ministers of education) for a student body of under 92,000.
The country has ten cantonal universities, in Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchatel, Fribourg, Basle, Bern, St Gall, Lugano and Lucerne. In addition, the federation controls the Federal Institutes of Technology in Lausanne and Zurich, which enjoy better financial support, better student-teacher ratios and are reputed to be a cut above the cantonal universities.
The cantonal universities are totally and proudly autonomous, but since 1969 have received substantial financial support from Bern. The 16 cantons without universities have to pay the cantons with universities for their students studying there.
The two federal polytechnics in Lausanne and Zurich are state supported. The confederation pays for more than 40 per cent of higher education, or more than 60 per cent if one includes special funding for research through the National Science Foundation.
There has been some discussion of the possible integration of a number of cantonal universities into a co-ordinated system in which each university would specialise. This appeals particularly to the French-speaking cantons. Given the short distances, students could easily take courses at different universities.

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This deceptively simple buttermilk biscuit recipe can come out a million different ways with some very minor variations on the ingredients and amounts. This one’s my favorite — flaky, but not dry; chewy, but not tough; and crisp in just the right spots. Ice-cold butter and some extra dough folding are key to having lots of flaky layers in each golden brown buttermilk biscuit.
Buttermilk Biscuits vs. Cream Biscuits
Buttermilk is used in biscuit-making for its acid and fat content. Its acidity works with the leaveners to help the dough rise, producing a taller and fluffier biscuit. Buttermilk also adds a subtle tang.
Cream biscuits are made with heavy cream. Cream biscuits are beloved because they’re incredibly easy-to-make. But, since cream is much milder than buttermilk, they won’t be quite as flavorful (unless you incorporate more spices and seasonings). Also, cream biscuits will likely not rise as high as buttermilk biscuits, especially if the recipe doesn’t contain enough leavener.
What to Serve With Buttermilk Biscuits
Not sure what to serve with your buttermilk biscuits? We’ve got you covered. Check out our collection of 10 Ways to Dress Up Your Homemade Biscuits. If you’re looking for something a little heartier, biscuits pair well with any of Our 20 Top-Rated Soups Give You Comfort By the Bowlful. You can also use them to make biscuits and gravy, breakfast sandwiches, and so much more.
How to Store Buttermilk Biscuits
Store homemade buttermilk biscuits at room temperature for about two days or in the fridge for up to a week. Either way, you’ll need to make sure they’re in an airtight container or wrapped tightly in foil to prevent them from drying out.
Can You Freeze Buttermilk Biscuits?
Yes, you can definitely freeze buttermilk biscuits — and it’s a great idea if you won’t eat the whole batch within a week. Allow the biscuits to cool completely, then wrap them individually in one layer of storage wrap and one layer of foil. Store in the freezer for up to three months.
There’s no need to thaw frozen biscuits. Simply transfer them to a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for about 15-20 minutes, or until they’re warmed through.
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The public are being invited to give their views on plans for a further extension to the Midland Metro in the city centre of Birmingham.
The Birmingham Eastside Extension will take trams to the proposed high speed rail station at Curzon Street.
The extension would take two years to build. It is planned to be open in time for the launch of the first phase of HS2 between Birmingham and London in 2026.
The deadline for comments is March 28.


Needle-shaped microsensors (see photographs) can be used to measure spatial profiles or time-series of various physico-chemical parameters (e.g., oxygen, sulfide, pH, nitrate, NO, light spectrum, radioactivity) in sediments and biofilms with high spatial and temporal resolutions. A basic rationale of why such measurements are useful is explained here. Special microsensor systems can be used to perform such measurements in the lab or in-situ.
The measurements are automated using a dedicated suite of measurement software (e.g., m-Profiler, LINPOS-server, DAQ-server), while a rapid analysis of the data is enabled by dedicated analytical software (e.g., mprplotter, L@MP, calfluxrate, fit-profile). Below is a schematic diagram showing how these applications are interconnected.


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Gerineldo Analysis and Princess Part
The main theme of romance is honor, honor and social conventions.
It has three phases, the invitation to enjoy and evening of love, the harbinger of the king and the discovery of the betrayal and the attitude of the lovers discovered.
As features lyrical ballads as well as several questions are repeats "abraisme" and "Gerinaldo." The syntax is simple.
This romance is fragmentary, it starts a very steep, there is no verb presentation or introducer, and the action happening in the knot.
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Reasons To Be Cheerful #7
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The Electric Cinema
You know the expression "It'll be in the last place you look"? Well, nothing could be truer of Birmingham.
You want a fantastic Victorian pub restored to its former grandeur and serving the finest real ales and superb Thai cuisine? Go to Newtown, where the sound of gunfire seems to ring out every day.
You want a smart modern theatre with a big reputation? Go to the end of Broad Street, the Brummie beer boys' Friday night catwalk.
You want a fabulous "luxury cinema" dedicated to showing the artier side of things? Go down an insalubrious stairwell that stinks of piss next to New Street Station and hey presto - the Electric Cinema.
The Electric reopened after refurbishment and under new management in December, and is another jewel in the city's crown. With its art-deco stylings and old-school plush red fold-down seats, it's a million miles from the bland McMultiplexes designed to shoehorn in as many punters to has many films as possible.
There's an assortment of snacks, handmade ice-creams and drinks, including a good range of wines starting at about £10 a bottle, all of which can be taken freely into the auditorium.
As can be imagined, it's not particularly cheap - £6 for a standard ticket, £4 for concessions and a hefty £10 for those who would prefer one of the sumptuous leather sofas at the back of the auditorium - but then the glitzy and decadent surroundings certainly merit it.
It won't be long before I'm back again - Monday, to be precise...
Phill of Danger! High Postage writes about the reopened venue for the local BBC website.


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I wanted to take a photo of Comet 45P but my stupid (not me) alarm clock was not set correctly. Now you just get this sunrise pic instead. Good morning everyone!
Enjoyed a beautiful sunset from the outdoor patio of Palapas Restaurant & Cantina in Aptos, CA. It was a nice afternoon hanging out with family.
View of sunset from Sloughhouse, CA.

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I got picked up from my hostel at 9pm and we drove about 20 minutes to the border. We met our Egyptian guide on the other side (he said his name once and I forgot it. oops) The process was fairly easy and we met our driver. There were just two of us on the tour and we had a 17 passenger van. We waited for other busses and drove in a ‘convoy’ along the perimeter of the Sinai to the Suez Canal. (The Suez Canal marks the official break between Asia and Africa) so this was my first time in Africa! We didn’t get to Cairo until 8:30am. Luckily I was able to sleep most of the way.
All I wanted to do was go to the pyramids! First we went to the Egyptian Museum. We met another guide, Ahmed. He stayed with us the whole time in Cairo. From there we went to the Papyrus institute to see how they made paper in ancient Egypt. FINALLY we drove to the pyramids! They were incredible. So much bigger than I expected.
The salespeople there were pushier than anything I had experienced so far. They just followed you and kept offering you souvenirs! We drove from the great pyramid to the lookout, where you can see all three pyramids. It was so surreal to be there, at one of the seven wonders of the world.
We spent a lot of time just sitting and soaking in where we were. From there we drove to the Sphinx. I wanted a little pyramid figure and got to negotiate with one of the sellers. he said 50 Egyptian pounds (about $7) I said 10 Egyptian pounds, he said 40, I said 10, he said 20, I said never mind goodbye, and he said fine 10! I felt so accomplished. We went from there and had lunch at a buffet. The food was really good, but a little later I started not to feel so well.
We got sugar cane juice on the side of the road then started the 12 hour drive back. It was only 4pm so I stayed up for a while, but then fell asleep. At 1:30am our guide woke us up to give us falafel. A bit in a daze, I woke up, ate it, and went back to sleep.
I was jerked awake being thrown to the floor. I was laying down across four seats at the back of the bus and found myself wedged between the seats. Turns out a camel ran into the road and we almost hit it! Thank God we didn’t. I was awake for a while after that. We made it back to the border at 5am. Our guide got us through the Egyptian side and we walked to the Israeli border control. There were about five passport checks and a lot of questions but it went very smoothly. Because we came from Africa, they took our temperatures, then when we passed we went outside to wait for our driver.
It was just around sunrise and we got to see the sun come over the mountains in Jordan and shine on the Red Sea. It was really beautiful. I mentioned before how the food made me not feel the best. Now, while we were waiting it was really hitting me! Alex (the traveller I was with) was watching the beautiful sunrise, and I out of no where started throwing up. Luckily there was a garbage can. I blame the 2am falafel. Shortly after that, our driver came and it was only about 20 minutes back to the hostel. It was almost 7am, but I stayed up for a bit before falling asleep. Bus sleep isn’t all that restful, so I was happy to be back in a bed after two overnight busses! The pyramids were worth it!
WEDNESDAY (later in the morning)
I woke up a little later, still a bit sick but it was my last day in Eilat so I didn’t want to waste it. I went to the aquarium and walked around. They have an underwater observatory which is basically a room built under the water where you can see the fish and the coral. I went back to the hotel and rested. A more uneventful day, but a much needed break!

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