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Should Australia introduce a vaccine passport?
As millions of Australians continue to face lockdowns and other COVID-19 restrictions, there is one burning question on people’s minds: when will things go back to normal?
- A vaccine passport will only work if a substantial portion of the population is vaccinated.
- A system-wide approach is needed to successfully roll out the program.
- Vaccine passports – and the subsequent ending of lockdowns – are critical for the tourism industry and other businesses to survive.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an update to the Federal Government's four-phase plan to return Australia to pre-pandemic life following a National Cabinet meeting on 30 July.
While the announcement did not specifically mention a vaccine passport, the backbone of the plan is widespread vaccination. Based on the targets agreed on in principle by National Cabinet, 70 per cent of eligible Australians must be fully vaccinated in order to progress out of Phase 1 (the suppression phase) and into Phase 2 (the transition phase), while 80 per cent is needed to progress to Phase 3.
The plan also proposed a gradual roll back of restrictions in each phase, such as lockdowns and border controls for vaccinated residents.
As federal, state and territory leaders deliberated on the details of the four-phase plan, the European Union (EU) launched a COVID-19 Vaccine Passport/Certificate in July, which allows unrestricted, quarantine-free travel within the EU for those who have been fully vaccinated, tested negative or have recovered from COVID-19.
With eradication of COVID-19 now considered unlikely – even with a vaccine – low levels of ongoing community transmission are inevitable, and Australia needs a way to manage a safe return to pre-pandemic life and travel.
So, we put the questions to UQ experts and alumni: is a vaccine passport a fair and safe way forward? How would it work? Can the tourism industry and businesses survive without one? And can we expect one any time soon?
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Would a vaccine passport work?
A digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate is already available for vaccinated Australians and can be accessed through the Express Plus Medicare app.
However, it currently offers no additional freedoms to vaccinated Australians.
UQ virologist Dr Kirsty Short said the low vaccination rates across the country meant a vaccine passport introduced anytime soon would be unfair, with only 40.1 per cent of Australians having had their first dose and 18.1 per cent fully vaccinated (as of 30 July 2021).
“We still have a significant portion of the population who want the vaccine, but simply cannot get it,” Dr Short said.
“If we reach the point where the vaccine was available to anybody who wanted it, then I think a vaccine passport – or at least different rules for vaccinated individuals – would be a very smart move.”
Associate Professor Paul Griffin – an infectious diseases physician and microbiologist within UQ’s Faculty of Medicine – said once vaccine rates improve, Australia needs to start recognising vaccination status to regain some of the freedoms taken away during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think some of the reluctance to implementing a vaccine passport is because people are concerned about having liberties removed or restricted. But I think we should look at restoring some freedoms to people who are vaccinated as something they’ve earned by being protected,” he said.
“We need to learn how to live with this virus. While our strategies in Australia to control the virus so far have been highly effective, they were always designed as temporary measures until we had access to safe and effective vaccines, which we now do.
“Some people simply can’t see enough benefits to getting vaccinated. If we can demonstrate some freedoms – like unrestricted domestic travel – that will go a long way to overcoming some vaccine hesitancy.”
UQ graduate and infectious diseases paediatrician Professor Robert Booy (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ’84, Doctor of Medicine ’00) said a passport would only work within context, meaning a substantial percentage of the population must be vaccinated.
“Something that is both achievable and which will work is 75 per cent minimum rate. Even if we don’t have herd immunity at that point, we’ll be very close to it, and any outbreak will be small and short," he said.
As vaccinations do not create 100 per cent immunity, other measures will still be important to ensure community safety, including things like pre- and post-flight testing.
“I propose that the airlines continue taking strong measures, including mask wearing, social distancing where possible, and frequent handwashing – all these things need to be done in the context of having a vaccine passport,” Professor Booy said.
“Another option is a lateral flow test, which, much like a pregnancy test, can be done in 10 to 15 minutes and can be moderately relied on, with around a 50 to 70 per cent sensitivity level.
“These are being used widely in the UK – they’re especially appropriate for places where there’s a lot of disease transmission.”
Looking to international travel, Associate Professor Griffin said Australia should consider a risk-based approach – focusing on a person’s justification for travel, their vaccination status, and where they’re going.
“If people are going somewhere that has little COVID-19, and they’re fully vaccinated, then perhaps they could have a shorter period of quarantine at home, rather than 14 days of hotel quarantine,” he said.
“To continue down the current path means we can’t allow international tourism, migration or study for the foreseeable future. I think we should be allowing more Australians to return, but also other important travel groups – like students.
“If they’re vaccinated, if more Australians are vaccinated, and other mitigation strategies are implemented in parallel, then some international travel should be able to resume safely.”
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Is a vaccine enough to protect Australia from COVID-19?
A vaccine passport would eventually see Australia move away from strict measures like lockdowns and border closures required by the 'aggressive suppression' strategy (no community transmission) it has pursued.
Instead, we would likely see a disease-management response more comparable to how we manage other pathogens, like influenza and measles.
“Widespread vaccination – and so widespread immunity – will not stop small outbreaks of COVID-19, and that will happen because there’s some members of the population who aren’t vaccinated, can’t be vaccinated, or their vaccine response has waned,” Dr Short said.
“But what I could imagine is a situation like we have today with measles, where occasionally you’ll get alerts that someone with measles was at a certain location and to present yourself if you have symptoms and were in the vicinity.
“A measles outbreak doesn’t trigger a lockdown, as a lot of people are vaccinated against measles.
“If we reach a certain proportion of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, I imagine a small outbreak would not cause a lockdown, but rather a similar process of contact tracing and health follow-ups as for a measles outbreak.
“Vaccination is the way out of these lockdowns and all the restrictions we have.”
While the risk of contracting COVID-19 is unlikely to disappear – even with vaccines – it’s important to remember that COVID-19 vaccines have demonstrated strong rates of disease reduction.
Two doses of the Pfizer vaccine create up to 90 per cent protection against severe disease in COVID-19, with two doses of AstraZeneca creating up to 89 per cent protection. However, Dr Short said individual efficacy rates were largely unimportant once the booster scheme is introduced.
So, while the potential of contracting COVID-19 remains for vaccinated individuals, the likelihood of severe disease is much lower.
How far away is a potential vaccine passport?
While the Prime Minister had planned for all Australians to be vaccinated by the end of the year, UQ graduate and Clinical Director of the Queensland Health COVID-19 Vaccination Taskforce and Vaccine Command Centre, Dr Bav Manoharan (Bachelor of Science ’07, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ’12), said the timeframe would rest on several key factors.
“These factors include vaccine supply and capacity within the system,” he said.
“For all Australians to be vaccinated, a system-wide approach will be needed to successfully roll out the program.”
“This is a collaborative effort that includes GPs, community controlled health organisations, community pharmacies, state-run clinics and commercial providers.
“Australia has a well-established national immunisation register which has the capability to record an individual’s vaccination data. This register is perfectly positioned to support a vaccine passport.
“So how far away is it? It’s difficult to say, but Australia is very well placed.”
Dr Short pointed to two major concerns with rolling out a vaccine passport: which vaccines will be included, and the lack of current data around how long immunity lasts.
“Every country has a different vaccine rollout,” Dr Short said.
“In the US, they’re allowing people back to college if they’ve had an FDA-approved vaccine. But those who have had a non-FDA-approved vaccine – say, Sinopharm – aren’t recognised as vaccinated.
“People are then required to be re-vaccinated with FDA-approved vaccines, and that becomes very complex.
“We also don’t currently know how long vaccine-induced immunity lasts, and we don’t know if it’s different between different individuals and different vaccines.
“We need that data to roll out this system rationally, and that’s why I’m saying we’re not ready for a vaccine passport now.”
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A lifeline for tourism
UQ tourism expert Associate Professor Pierre Benckendorff said an international vaccine passport – and the subsequent ending of lockdowns – were critical for the tourism industry to survive.
“Beyond the health perspectives, there are good behavioural reasons to do it from a tourism point of view. It reassures international travellers that the risk of them contracting COVID-19 en-route is being managed and potentially reduced,” he said.
“The tourism industry has been hanging in there – a number of operators have gone out of business already, and the airlines are bleeding money.
“The constant threat of domestic borders being shut creates confusion in the marketplace, and some people are reluctant to travel interstate.
“When we are not in lockdown, we already have a lot of freedom to move around Australia and I would be surprised if governments tried to restrict this movement by introducing a domestic vaccine passport.
“But an international vaccine passport is very much on the cards. This would be a really good initiative in terms of reassuring the market and sending a signal about traveller safety.”
If a vaccine passport remains a distant possibility in the coming months – and a rolling cycle of lockdowns continue – Associate Professor Benckendorff said the Australian Government would need to offer additional support to the already struggling industry.
“The JobKeeper allowance was critical to the tourism industry because a lot of workers are casual staff. It was an important lifeline just to allow businesses to retain staff,” he said.
“The big risk now – particularly for small businesses – is that the support is no longer there. If you have that constant cycle of lockdowns, businesses are forced to let staff go, and that has an impact on unemployment, but also wears down businesses.”
Is a vaccine passport legal?
UQ constitutional law expert Professor Nicholas Aroney said the idea of ‘passports’ to enable citizens to travel within Australia was not a good precedent to set.
“People should ordinarily be free to move within the country without having to produce a passport or similar identification document,” he said.
“In Australia, we have a protection for freedom of movement between the states contained in section 92 of the Constitution, where any restrictions on movement have to be justified as proportionate to legitimate objectives.
“If we’re going to have a certificate or ‘passport’ of this kind, you need to be careful not to interfere with freedom of movement more than is necessary.”
“Restricting it to just a vaccine is more than is necessary, as there are less restrictive approaches that achieve the same objective – for example, if people have tested negative or have recovered from a COVID-19 infection.
“I am concerned about the tendency in Australia to refer to it as a ‘vaccine passport’; it should not be limited to those who are vaccinated and we should not normalise the idea that you need a ‘passport’ to move about the country.”
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Still confused about vaccines?
If you’re confused by some of the mixed messaging coming from the Australian Government and our state governments, you’re not alone.
The Prime Minister announced in June that the AstraZeneca vaccine would be made available to under 40s who sought it from their GPs, despite the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation’s (ATAGI) recommendation in June that Pfizer is the preferred vaccine for anyone under the age of 60 due to concerns around a rare blood clotting disorder linked to AstraZeneca.
In a press conference days later, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said she advised against anyone under the age of 40 receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine based on health advice.
More recently, the New South Wales Government and the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation are urging all adults in Sydney to take up the AstraZeneca vaccine to stem surging case numbers, with the shot once reserved for over-60s soon to be widely available to all adults.
Dr Short said the mixed messaging was very confusing and urged people to get informed from reliable sources and data.
Similarly, Dr Manoharan encourages people to talk to their GPs.
“You really need to be seeking your own health advice, talking to your GP, and see if it’s a good option for you based on your personal situation.”
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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64
The English and foreign types given in Table I. comprise eight examples that range in purity from statuary marble, a pure carbonate of lime, to the carboniferous limestone of Whiteford in Wales, that has ten per cent, of impurities. It will be observed that ordinary white chalk approaches nest to marble in purity, it only contains ½ per cent, of foreign ingredients.
Analyses are given of fifteen Otago limestones that furnish rich limes, which shall now be considered seriatim.
No. 9 is a white; compact, crystalline stone from Southland, locality unknown, probably Winton. Its constituents are 98.80 per cent, of carbonate of lime, and 1.20 per cent, of soluble silica. It is thus entirely worthless as a cementing material.
No. 10. A compact crystalline stone of faint yellow colour from Winton evidently closely allied in all its essential properties to the preceding one and equally deficient in cementitious qualities. I believe that these two specimens are fair samples of the stone in the vicinity of Lime Hills, Winton, of which there are about 1000 acres.
No. 11. Fossiliferous, compact, and very hard stone of a dirty yellow colour, from Kakanui. This specimen was analyzed by Professor Black for Mr. Cairns. It contains 98 per cent, of carbonate of lime and magnesia and 1½ per cent of sand, consequently must be placed in the same category as the Southland limes. The stone is burned extensively for building page 115 purposes, so I am sure the houses in which it is used cannot be very dry.
No. 12. Yellow fossiliferous stone from the Oamaru district, the precise locality unknown. It is referred to by Dr. Hector as a stone largely employed by Mr. Hutcheson for burning into lime. From the analysis and description given it must be closely allied to the preceding specimen.
No. 13. Soft fossiliferous stone from the eastern side of Waihola Gorge, white in colour, granular in texture, and very absorbent. This is not so abundant nor so much used as the hard variety No. 16.
No. 14. Yellow lithographic stone from the Oamaru district. It has all the external appearances of a lithographic stone, but does not exist in large quantities; it is found associated in the same rocks with No. 12.
No. 15. Grey and yellow travertine limestone of a porous texture from the Dunstan Gorge. This stone, which is sometimes called calcareous spar, is formed by the deposition of lime held in solution in the water of streams and springs. The water acquires the lime in flowing over or through rocks containing this mineral, and it is deposited in concretionary masses on the banks. Travertine is found in the small creeks that flow into the Clutha and Kawarau rivers between Clyde and the Shotover. This stone was first burned for lime in 1864, when it was used in the masonry of the Gentle Annie Bridge.
No. 16. White, compact, and very hard stone from Waihola. This is the stone from which the well-known Waihola lime is produced. It exists in large quantities in available positions on both sides of the gorge through which the railway runs. The rock is very much shattered and dislocated, few of the horizontal joints being more than six inches apart. This facilitates quarrying and breaking, and to some extent balances the excessive hardness, which otherwise would be a great barrier to cheap working. I regret that the Waihola limestone cannot be pronounced good, as, from its favourable situation, it would be an immense boon to Dunedin and the surrounding districts. The limestone contains 94½ per cent, of carbonate of lime, which is decidedly too rich for building in a damp situation, or where strength is required. This, and analysis No. 13, by Dr. Hector, are copied from an old advertisement of Dr. Croft's; they refer to specimens taken from the eastern side of the gorge, but I believe the stone now used, on the western side, is equally pure with No. 16. Indeed, it was lately stated in the papers that it contained 98 per cent, of carbonate of lime, which, if correct, makes the matter still worse.
No. 17. Grey granular stone from Oamaru, found in the same locality as Nos. 12 and 14. It contains 2½ per cent. less carbonate of lime than the former, and is therefore so much letter in quality.
No. 18. Bluish-grey compact stone from Dowling Bay. This is a page 116 sample from the top scam. Although a rich lime it contains small quantities of all the ingredients that give hydraulicity with little sand, consequently it will make fair mortar for ordinary work in a dry situation. It forms one of five beds of limestone that occur at Dowling Bay, Lower Harbour, the particulars of which will be given further on.
No. 19. Fawn colored, incoherent, and absorbent stone from Aparima, in Southland. It contains 92 per cent, of carbonate of lime, and 5½ per cent, of insoluble matter, the precise nature of which is not stated. As the chances are that this is not all sand, we may pronounce the sample a good lime of its class.
No. 20. Compact grey stone from Fews Creek, Lake Wakatipu. According to the analysis, this sample contains 4½ per cent, of insoluble matter not detailed out, but Dr. Hector says that this consists of black sand, iron pyrites, and bituminous matter, in which case the quantity of sand must be inappreciable. The stone will yield lime suitable for ordinary building purposes in the dry atmosphere of the Lake district in which it occurs. Another specimen of stone from this locality was analyzed by Professor Black, with the results given in item No. 16, Table II. It contains 12½ per cent, of sand, so I had no hesitation in putting it in the class of poor limes. There is nothing strange in the discrepancy between the two analyses. They may both be correct, although the samples had been collected within a few feet of each other. Impure limestone deposits all over the world have the same character of irregularity in composition between the various strata. The difference may therefore be accepted as a favourable indication of the quality of the Wakatipu limestone. In all probability the intermediate beds will produce strong hydraulic limes. In his "Geology of Otago," Captain Hutton estimates the thickness of the calcareous deposits in the vicinity of Fews Creek at 600 feet, and reports the existence of similar rock at Afton Burn, on the west side of the lake, and at Stoney Creek, on the Upper Shotover.
No. 21. Bluish compact stone from the Horse Range. This stone belongs to the higher class of crystalline limestones, such as partake of the character of marbles; indeed, it merges into true marble in many places. The deposit occupies a large area of the western side of the range, near Palmerston, in accessible situations for working. With proper treatment this stone would yield a lime suitable for the ordinary purposes of the house builder. The analysis shows a deficiency of alumina, which indicates slow setting, but its ultimate induration is not thereby affected.
No. 22. Grey shelly limestone from Southland, locality unknown. Although the analysis is not complete, it shows this to be a very good lime of its class, probably the best hitherto discovered in Southland.page 117
No. 23. White granular stone from the Oamaru district. This is the well-known building stone. So far as can be judged from the analysis, it would furnish a much better lime for building purposes than the stone usually burned in the locality.

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HART Families in the Michigan Counties of St. Clair, Lapeer, Livingston, and Macomb
I'm hoping to find any fellow descendants of the Hart family that emigrated from Ireland in 1834 and settled in Kendall, NY. Of their nine children, three of them moved to what would become Smiths Creek, Michigan, in 1856, while four others remained in Western New York; of the two daughters, one died shortly after childbirth in 1841, and nothing is know about the other.
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If you enjoy sports and enjoy the thrill of local clashes you might decide to spend the day at Athens Olympic Stadium, which is found 15 miles (24 kilometers) to the north of Vouliagmeni. Book a hotel right by the action at the Civitel Olympic Hotel or the Kefalari Suites.
Looking for the most logical airport for Vouliagmeni? Eleftherios Venizelos Airport can be found 13 miles (20 kilometers) away.


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ASIA/LEBANON - Roman meetings between Patriarch Rai and political Lebanese leaders on the electoral law
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today consultations between the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Boutros Bechara Rai and political leaders of the Lebanese delegation, who arrived in the City to attend the opening Mass of the Petrine ministry of Pope Francis, continue in Rome. Discussions will focus on the impasse on the electoral law that is paralyzing the political life in Lebanon in a very delicate moment, while there is a growing risk that the Syrian conflict destabilizes the Country of the Cedars.
Yesterday Patriarch Rai - who as a member of the College of Cardinals took part in the Conclave - had extensive discussions with the President of the House Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nagib Mikati. Today consultations continued at the Maronite Pontifical College in Via di Porta Pinciana with the participation of the Lebanese Minister of the Environment Nazem Khoury, who is also in Rome.
Yesterday, the President of the Chamber Berri issued to the Lebanese press statements full of expectations: "As the white smoke has risen from this country," said the Lebanese politician of Shiite confession "we hope that the prayers of the Patriarch, as well as the initiative on his behalf will help us to raise a white smoke meaning the end of our problems, especially with regard to the electoral law." (GV) (Agenzia Fides 18/03/2013).
- 2013-05-14 ASIA/LEBANON - The refugees from Syria threaten the fragile Lebanese balance
- 2013-03-18 ASIA/LEBANON - Roman meetings between Patriarch Rai and political Lebanese leaders on the electoral law
- 2013-03-06 ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: Soon a summit between the Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East
- 2013-02-22 ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai to visit Moscow. He will meet Kirill I and Duma Chairman
- 2013-02-20 ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Procurator Francois Eid: “orthodox” electoral law approval is instrumental
- 2013-01-29 ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: the States arming the regime and opposition take on the criminal responsibility of the Syrian tragedy
- 2013-01-26 ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai launches a day of action and solidarity for Syrian refugees "without distinction"
- 2013-01-12 ASIA/LEBANON - Christian leaders debate over the electoral law
- 2013-01-10 ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: the influx of refugees from Syria threatens to destabilize the country
- 2013-01-04 ASIA/LEBANON - Thousands of Syrian refugee children forced to live in temporary camps in the cold


If your home is worth $200,000 or less, it likely isn’t the type of home city officials want built in Greenwood in the future.
The reason: How much residents would pay in taxes.
City officials have had a focus recently on looking to attract, and in some cases require, higher priced homes in Greenwood. One of their reasons is the desire to have homes that collect enough in property taxes, based on their value, that they will pay for the services they require, such as police and fire protection.
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According to a study by one of the chambers of commerce, new homes would need to be valued at about $250,000 or more in order for that to be true, Mayor Mark Myers has said.
That was one of the reasons why city council members considered rezoning certain properties that are prime or planned for development to require larger lot sizes, and higher valued homes.
Another is because Greenwood has enough starter homes, with lower prices, and Myers is hearing from company executives that they want to be able to find higher-end, higher priced homes here, Myers said.
“Greenwood has plenty of starter homes, in fact, we have an abundance of starter homes,” he said.
Greenwood isn’t the only community that has been making this push.
In Hamilton County communities, such as Noblesville and Fishers, officials have also been searching for the home value that allows them to break even between the taxes collected and the services provided, which has been estimated to be between $250,000 to $450,000. Officials agree that building homes valued at less than $200,000 aren’t worthwhile.
And some have pushed for new requirements to try to bring in homes with higher values. For example, Noblesville recently approved new architectural requirements that don’t allow vinyl siding on homes. Greenwood has also been approving new development standards for key areas, such as around the new Worthsville Road interchange, that don’t allow vinyl siding.
Their goal is to offer more higher-priced homes as options for buyers who want to live in Greenwood, and that can bring in more in taxes to pay for services, officials have said.
Trying to find that break-even point between the cost of services and revenue is admirable, especially when considering future development in a community, said Larry DeBoer, a Purdue University professor and expert on local taxes.
“So often, folks focus on the additional revenue, without thinking of the additional costs,” DeBoer said.
The problem is that the break-even point depends on multiple factors, and is difficult — if not impossible — to find, he said.
Between services at city hall, courts, police, fire and parks, the cost of services for each of the more than 20,800 homes in Greenwood would be $1,115, but if you only include the percent that property taxes pay, the amount would be $513 per home, DeBoer said. In order to cover that amount, the home’s value would either need to be $164,000 or more, or $298,000 or more.
But that doesn’t consider whether that home would actually pay that amount once you factor in other tax rates, such as for schools and libraries, and tax caps, which limit homeowners bills to 1 percent of their value, he said. For example, if a home cost $298,000 and was in the Greenwood school district, the total tax bill would be $3,250, but would be capped at $2,980. And for a $164,000 home in the Clark-Pleasant school district, the bill would be $2,268, but the bill would be capped at $1,640.
In both examples, city government would not be able to collect the full amount that would be needed to cover all city services, DeBoer said.
“It doesn’t matter how expensive the house is, you can’t get to break-even,” he said.
The numbers also don’t consider several other factors, such as industrial, retail and agricultural taxpayers and other taxes those homeowners would pay.
Other property owners also pay taxes and local governments don’t only get revenue from property taxes because they also collect money from income, sales, fuel and other taxes.
Past studies have found that businesses often provide more revenue than they require in services since they often pay more in taxes than homes, he said.
But in many cases, those businesses likely also require more services than a home would, he said. For example, a fire department likely wouldn’t need a hazardous materials team or a high-extension ladder to only serve homes, he said.
So that could mean that a home should pay less because they require less costly services, he said.
But, since significantly more homes are being built in Greenwood compared to businesses being built, that makes it more important for those homes to be self-sustaining, Myers said. For example, in December, two times more building permits were issued for homes, compared to businesses, he said.
“The number of homes we have coming in versus the number of businesses coming in is insurmountable,” Myers said.
The break-even point also doesn’t consider other factors, such as the other taxes residents pay, that they could attract new businesses to the area to serve them, which would bring in more taxes, and that growth from that neighborhood could require added services, DeBoer said.
The numbers only factor in what expenses are now for those local governments, DeBoer said. As growth continues, the school district could need to add a new school or the city could need to add a new fire station or additional infrastructure, such as sewers or roads, and that would make the cost of services for those homes significantly higher.
Here is a look at how much a Greenwood home would need to be worth to pay for the services required:
Number of homes: 20,807
Service costs per home: $1,115
Home value to cover that bill: $298,000 or more
Service costs per home paid by property taxes: $513
Home value to cover that bill: $164,000 or more


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When one band falls, another rises to take its place. When Finland’s Machine Men split up, some of the members started again with Psychework. To find out more about the band, I spoke to vocalist Antony Parviainen to get the latest from Psychework camp.
Jack: Hey, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. How are you?
Antony Parviainen (Vocals): Hey, of course, anytime. I am fine, thanks. Quite busy with rehearsing Psychework for upcoming gigs.
Jack: The band was born out of Machine Men. Did you feel a pressure to live up to the popularity of that band?
Antony: Actually, we don’t think that way. We buried Machine Men long time ago and we got totally fresh start with Psychework. Machine Men was the biggest part of my life but it was my past life. That’s how I feel and see it. We do’t feel any pressure because of MM. There is no reason. Machine Men time was very instructive and I am very glad and proud of us but somehow MM doesn’t affect much to Psychework.
Jack: How did you find guitarist J-V Hintikka?
Antony: We met with J-V long time ago. Like 20 years ago when we asked him to join Machine Men. We built Psychework.
Jack: You played your first show last year, how did it go?
Antony: The first show was good! Actually I was quite surprised. We played in our hometown, in the best club of Finland, called Lutakko. I was very nervous about it. There were few moving parts before the gig. We had to use a substitute drummer and other nervous wrecking things were in the air. But the band was on fire! We released our first single song 24 hours before the gig and there were over 300 hundred people in the venue. Not sold out but almost. That was amazing thing.
Jack: Do you ever play Machine Men songs live or is it only Psychework material?
Antony: It’s only Psychework songs now and always will be. We want to keep those two bands separate.
Jack: You released your first album The Dragons Year in September. Are you happy with the response?
Antony: We are very happy. And I am glad that so many people have deepened into lyrics. I’ve got lot of feedback how some of the lyrics and the songs have given power for their life. It’s been quite emotional to read those comments. That’s the best feedback. We spent so much time to build the band and write the songs. What a ride.
Jack: What artists were the main inspiration for the album?
Antony: If I really have to find some bands so I would say Avenged Sevenfold and maybe Kamelot. I wrote the lyrics and vocal melodies, J-V made the riffs and music. I just explain the story and feeling and the music written based on
Jack: Was it a conscious decision for a lot of the songs to feature about your battle with Leukaemia?
Antony: I just had to write in hospital. I tried to keep [a] diary but somehow I didn’t know what or how to write so I started to write about thoughts and feelings in [a] lyrical way. After [a] few weeks, somehow I got the spark to create a new band. Then I called J-V. Some of the album songs are not about that battle. And the dragon’s year album is not a cancer album, never meant to be. I just had something to say and that’s what I did.
Jack: How important was Psychework for the recovery?
Antony: It was a very important thing. Kept me sane and whole writing process was good therapy, my Psychework. Even it’s hard and sometimes painful to dream about anything in that kind of situation. Psychework was one dream to reach so the first album is huge thing for me. I am so proud of the band.
Jack: Given the subject matter, was it an intense recording process?
Antony: If you play dark heavy metal music, the recording process has to be intense. There must be pain in the music. Then you are on the right path.
Jack: What was it like working with Ranka Kustannus?
Antony: We are still working with Ranka. Hope co-operation and good work continues!
Jack: When people in the UK think of Finnish metal, they think of melodic death metal, symphonic metal and folk metal. Is this what the bulk of the Finnish scene is like?
Antony: I am glad we have different style of metal bands and very good bands. Competition is very hard because there are so many good metal bands. But of course there is also this meaningless crappy radio pop. Disposable music. I can listen to pop music if there is a good singer, good melodies and good lyrics but most of the songs in Finnish radio are stories about drinking and sunshine. I like to drink in sunshine of course, but I don’t want to hear songs about it.
Jack: Has being from Finland influenced you as a band?
Antony: Absolutely. Finnish melancholy. I really love this gloomy feeling in Finnish metal music.
Jack: What are your plans for the rest of the year? Any visits to the UK in the pipeline?
Antony: Plans for this year, make gigs as much as we can and write and arrange new songs for the next album. First we have to conquer Finland but would be great to visit UK someday. Hope soon!
Jack: Why has power metal endured as a genre?
Antony: Hard to say. I just don’t listen to power metal that much. And I think Psychework is more than just power metal. But I know just two genres, bad music genre and good music genre. That is enough for me. I don’t want to put bands in different boxes.
Jack: Finally, what is the best power metal album of all time?
Antony: Sabaton’s Heroes album is a good power metal album. I like it. But the best of all time, quite impossible to say what it is.
Jack: Thanks for your time!
Antony: Thank You. Always a pleasure. All the best!


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“Hello, and welcome back to another new episode of The Nerd Stash Show. This week, the crew decides to change up the format of the show and skip talking about the news and focus on a long-form topic. In the spirit of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, it’s time to break down what gaming franchises that need to make a triumphant return. You won’t want to miss this one.
Before that, there is one piece of news that’s too big to pass up talking about. Mario’s 35th anniversary! Nintendo decided to celebrate! How? By FINALLY announcing the long-rumored bundle of classic titles, titled Super Mario 3D All-Stars! Plus, Nintendo announced so much more. Let’s a go!”
- What Are We Playing? – 2:50
- Battletoads (Johnny) – 2:58
- Spiritfarer, Avengers, and Madden 21 (Taylor) – 4:30
- Superhero Power Random Generator (Brandon) – 8:07
- Breaking Down Mario’s 35th Anniversary – 11:18
- The Franchises That Need to Return – 25:40
- Timesplitters (Johnny) – 27:36
- Silent Hill (Taylor) – 34:17
- SSX (Brandon) – 36:28
- Banjo-Kazooie (Johnny) – 41:02
- Castle Crashers (Taylor) – 44:18
- Mega Man Battle Network (Brandon) – 47:44
- Power Stone (Johnny) – 53:25
- Alan Wake (Taylor) – 58:26
- Advance Wars (Brandon) – 1:00:00
- Gauntlet (Johnny) – 1:05:00
- Singularity (Taylor) – 1:09:35
- Star Fox: Adventure/Assault (Brandon) – 1:13:50
- Ghost and Goblins (Johnny) – 1:19:50
- Mass Effect (Taylor) – 1:23:30
- Star Wars: KOTOR (Brandon) – 1:29:10
- Honorable Mentions – 1:35:50
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For more of The Nerd Stash Show, check out our latest episode where Brandon and Johnny both recap Opening Night Live 2020. Also, be sure to check out the latest episode of our movie/TV-centric podcast called Nerds Talk Movies. In that episode, we looked at some reviews for New Mutants and Bill and Ted: Face the Music.
You can expect new episodes of The Nerd Stash Show every Friday and new episodes of Nerds Talk Movies each Monday.
What gaming franchises would you bring back? Let us know in the comments below!

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Herman Cain’s virally-popular web-ad that ends with his campaign manager, Mark Block, taking a deep drag off a cigarette is irresponsible and dangerous. It is not “hilarious” (as Cain said on FoxNews). Rather, by neglecting the consequences of the message conveyed, the ad is a threat to public health, not a huge one, we’re not talking global climate change here, but it does undermine anti-smoking messages we know can save lives (see the recent “Global anti-smoking campaigns urgently needed” published this summer in The Lancet).
In case you haven’t seen the ad, it is a
“...web video featuring Mark Block blowing smoke while the song 'I Am America' plays in the background [that] is generating plenty of buzz from pundits trying to decode the mysterious image.”
While the campaign's intentions may need to be decoded, their intentions are really not the point. This is not mainly a perplexing question for political scientists and pundits trying to plumb the trajectory of Cain’s campaign (like James Carville talked about on Good Morning America). The real issue concerns the consequences of their having doing so. People, even candidates for President stressed by the rigors of campaigning, need to be held accountable for what they do. And from the point of view of accountability, Cain at least owes the American public a loud, sincere apology.
Some might dismiss this criticism as purely political. It is not. Let’s do a quick thought experiment: Imagine the same exact ad but instead of ending with a thoughtful drag on a cigarette, it ended with an episode of excessive binge drinking or unprotected sex, or both. Would it still be hilarious? The subject for wise debate about strategy? Or would the public health consequences be given greater attention? Neglecting public health by implicitly promoting one risky behavior rather than some other risky behavior is simply not acceptable conduct by a serious candidate for President.
Let’s go further and move from thought experiments to actual experiments, in fact lets turn to lots of experiments, 105 of them to be exact. A recently published meta-analysis of 25 years worth of research encompassing some 80,000 participants documents that, to quote Peter Fischer, the lead author of the study,
“There is indeed a reliable connection between exposure to risk-glorifying media content and risk-taking behaviors, cognitions and emotions.”
“One study of 961 young adults found that those who watched movies showing people drinking were more likely to drink more and have alcohol-related problems later in life. Similar effects were found in other studies of smoking.”
In other words, ads like Cain’s attention-grabbing web-ad make it more likely that some teens will become smokers. “Smoking is OK” is a message of the image.
Stated most bluntly, posting this ad reflects an irresponsible disregard for the health of the people Cain aims to represent. Whether his campaign knew better and disregarded that knowledge or remained willfully ignorant of the public health consequences of the power they already wield, this ad should help disqualify him for the office he seeks. Because even if you agree that we need to dismantle a “nanny-state,” replacing it with a "neglect/abuse-state" would be even worse.


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Florida holds hearing on Goldwater Campus Free Speech Proposal
Stanley Kurtz, co-author of the Goldwater Institute's legislation to restore free speech on campus, is due to testify before the Florida State House on the merits of the policy. Kurtz reports in National Review:
I will be testifying before the Postsecondary Education Subcommittee of the Florida State House next Thursday, February 23, on the model campus free speech legislation I recently co-authored with James Manley and Jonathan Butcher of the Goldwater Institute. My testimony comes at the invitation of Representative Michael Bileca, Chair of Florida’s House Education Committee. After the hearing, I will be addressing the same topic at Florida’s James Madison Institute.

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Joke column sets off a media mess
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Politico columnist Roger Simon wrote a piece about Romney-Ryan with this line: (Ryan) "has been marching around his campaign bus, saying things like,
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Politico Yanks Reporter Over His Todd Akin Defense
Can some agree not all reported rapes are rapes, asks Catanese
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Congressmen's 'fact-finding mission' took a boozy turn
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Joe Williams implies Mitt 'awkward' around non-whites
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Santa Clara County seeks to block Trump’s order to defund sanctuary cities
Santa Clara County asked a federal judge Thursday to block President Trump’s executive order threatening the loss of federal funds to local governments that do not assist immigration authorities.
The motion, filed in federal district court, asks that a nationwide hold be placed on the order targeting “sanctuary” cities and counties.
“We are defending Santa Clara County’s core values and the values of so many cities and counties across the nation,” Dave Cortese, president of the Board of Supervisors, said in a statement. “There is no justification for withholding nearly $1.7 billion in funds used to deliver essential county services.”
The county filed a suit against Trump on Feb. 3, one of many claiming the order overstated the power of the executive branch. City officials in San Francisco also filed a similar lawsuit last month.
Santa Clara County’s general counsel, James R. Williams, said the motion was the first filed in the country aimed at blocking the sanctuary city directive. A hearing has been tentatively scheduled before Judge William H. Orrick in San Francisco on April 5, he said.
“We are spending millions of dollars each week from our general funds in anticipation of getting federal reimbursement,” he said. “So we need immediate relief.”
In the Jan. 25 order, Trump threatened to revoke federal funding from the approximately 400 “sanctuary cities” in the country, referring to municipalities that have time and again refused to comply with detention requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or take part in other immigration enforcement actions.
While there is no legal definition of a “sanctuary city,” leaders in many of California’s largest municipalities, including Los Angeles and Oakland, have repeatedly said they will not allow their local law enforcement officers to act as de facto immigration agents.
The issue is a sore spot for many police executives, who have vowed not to honor ICE requests to detain suspected undocumented immigrants arrested for minor crimes, or question the immigration status of those who report crimes.
Doing so, some law enforcement leaders have argued, could serve to cripple trust between police officers and minority communities, a bond that already has been tested by increased scrutiny regarding police shootings around the country.
In Santa Clara, officials honored ICE requests until 2011, when requests for the reimbursement of detention costs were denied by the federal government, according to the lawsuit.
Santa Clara claimed federal funding is critical for it to operate the county’s main hospital and public health department. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center receives nearly 70% of its annual operating budget from the federal government, while the county’s public health department relies on nearly $40 million in federal funding each year.
The suit contends that Trump’s threat to revoke federal funding is unconstitutional because it infringes on local government control and calls for a unilateral change to the terms of long-standing funding agreements.
“Congress cannot impose a condition that is so coercive that it amounts to ‘a gun to the head,’ leaving the state or local government with no real choice but to buckle to a federal demand,” the lawsuit reads.
Two cities in Massachusetts, Chelsea and Lawrence, also have sued Trump over the order. San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera said he is also considering a similar motion for immediate injunctive relief.
“We are reviewing the motion for a preliminary injunction as we consider our next course of action. We share many of Santa Clara County’s concerns about the unlawfulness of this executive order and its harmful impacts on our city and residents, including seniors, children and low-income families,” he said. “Trying to punish communities for a widely embraced policy that has been shown to reduce crime and improve living standards makes no sense.”
Times staff writer Dolan reported from San Francisco and Queally from Los Angeles.
2:25 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from the county’s general counsel.
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United Arab Emirates may buy Rafale fighters in late 2021
PARIS, ($1=0.89 Euros) – French media have begun to actively spread information that the authorities of France and the United Arab Emirates are working on a contract for the supply of Rafale fighters, BulgarianMilitary.com has learned, citing the Defense Express. According to preliminary data, it is a delivery of 30 to 60 fighters of this type to the UAE, as the “weighted average” figure is 50 Rafale.
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Official details of the agreement to supply Rafale aircraft to the UAE Air Force could be announced in early December 2021, during a planned visit by French President Emmanuel Macron. This was announced by the portal European Defense Review.
From BulgarianMilitary.com we will add – if the information about the preparation of the contract for the supply of Rafale to the UAE comes true, this will be the fourth contract for the supply of fighters of this type in 2021, which Paris received from its partners.
Recall that at the end of December 2020, France and Greece signed an agreement for the supply of 18 aircraft and weapons Rafale worth a total of 2.8 billion euros.
In early May 2021, France and Egypt signed a contract to supply 30 Rafale fighters. According to unofficial data, the cost of this delivery is 5 billion dollars, for which Egypt will take a loan for 10 years.
In the same May 2021, France and Croatia signed a contract for the supply of 12 Rafale F3R fighters in the presence of the French Air Force. The cost of this agreement is “a little less than 1 billion euros”, the delivery of cars should take place in 2024-2025.
UAE and the Su-75 Checkmate
Nearly four months have passed since mid-July when the Russian state-owned company Rostec introduced to the world the latest Russian stealth fighter of the fifth-generation Su-75 Checkmate. Its appearance was more than unexpected, given that Russia has begun mass production of its long-standing development in this area – Su-57.
Who, then, is the newest Russian fighter intended for? For Russia? Or for someone else? Many analysts claim that the Su-75 Checkmate is not intended for the Russian market, but directly for export. There is logic in such claims – Russian pilots prefer to fly two-engine fighters, while the Su-75 has only one. Both engines of any Russian fighter give their advantage in close combat – greater maneuverability, greater thrust, therefore faster to reach a certain height.
If we go back four years, in 2017 at the international exhibition Index 2017 we will notice that then the Russian Federation and the United Arab Emirates came out with a message that the two countries are starting work on a project for a fifth-generation stealth fighter, which should be ready in 2025. Too many matches, don’t you think?
According to MilitaryWatch Magazine, a Russian source in the defense industry and close to the publication’s editorial office has confirmed that Abu Dhabi is the “secret” partner of the Russians in the production of the Su-75 Checkmate. He shares that the UAE has the same role as Pakistan when it ordered its JF-17 from China – financing installments during certain periods.
The checkmate could take an advantage over the F-35 even before it began mass production. It is known that the United Arab Emirates ordered an F-35 from the United States in the last weeks of the Donald Trump administration.
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Re: Question About "The Chimes at Midnight"
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I don't think any of the MyrU stories were "Planet of the Week" deals; it would have been interesting if one had been.
Without knowing anything about how the MU stories were conceived and written, I've always had the impression that they were meant to both introduce a universe and make the reader somewhat familiar with it by the stories' end, as though the continuity they've just experienced is as legitimate as the primary timeline. A planet of the week adventure would be difficult unless the planet become part of an arc like the Mere Anarchy
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The U.S. Border Patrol has cancelled a “crowd control exercise” it had planned on Election Day in El Paso, Texas following protests from the Texas ACLU, state lawmakers and Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol scheduled a demonstration of its crowd control techniques on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the El Paso, Del Norte Port of Entry, which is a few blocks from the the Armijo Recreation Center, an Election Day polling location.
El Paso is home to a large Hispanic community and O’Rourke’s election headquarters. O’Rourke is in a tight race with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz – though polls have shown Cruz consistently ahead.
“No walls, no CBP exercises (are) going to keep us from honoring our laws, our commitments,” O’Rourke told reporters Monday, according to Texas Monthly. “Why this is happening now, why the President is stirring these issues up at this moment with 24 hours before we decide this election, I’ll leave that to you to conclude.”
The Border Patrol announced the Election Day demonstration on Monday afternoon. The timing of the drill was deemed “suspicious” by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas – which accused President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of voter intimidation.
“The Trump administration, and by extension the Abbott administration, have done quite enough to intimidate voters without staging military rehearsals on Election Day,” ACLU tweeted on Tuesday morning.
In a statement U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Corry Schiermeyer blamed “inaccurate reporting” that caused “unneeded” confusion in border communities for the cancelation of Tuesday’s exercise. She said that the training exercises were meant to prepare for the potential arrival of the migrant caravan.
In a statement to ABC News, Homeland Security spokesperson Tyler Q. Houlton said there was no connection to the exercise and Election Day.
“The suggestion that ongoing exercises at ports of entry in anticipation of a potential mass arrival of migrants are tied to voting by any group is flat-out wrong,” Houlton said. “DHS has worked tirelessly to ensure the security of our election systems and will always secure our borders regardless of what day it might be.”
Mexican American Legislative Caucus Chairman Rafael Anchía and Vice-Chair Mary Gonzalez – both Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives – asked the Trump Administration cancel the demonstration.
“The Mexican American Legislative Caucus is requesting the Trump administration and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection immediately cancel the planned mobile field force demonstration scheduled for Tuesday, November 6th, Election Day in El Paso, Texas,” the statement said. “This administration continues to use immigration policy for political purposes. The made-for-media ‘crowd control’ drill, conducted on Election Day, is a cynical effort to suppress the Latino vote in a region seeing record turnout. We demand that the administration immediately cancel tomorrow’s drill.”
In recent weeks Trump has stoked fears of a migrant caravan with over 4,000 Central Americans seeking asylum. The President has stated the caravan is packed with men he described as “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners mixed in” and has claimed the caravan is inching closer to the border in what he described as an “invasion.” The caravan is actually currently over 500 miles away from the border and is mostly populated of women and children, according to reports from the caravan. Last week, Trump announced he was planning on sending up to 15,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to assist Border Patrol agents.
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