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Scott provides the executive vision for one of the nation’s top accounting associations. He leads a team of 40+ professionals who create and deliver innovative advocacy, education and business solutions for 85,000 CPAs and accounting professionals working in businesses of every size and sector across Ohio.
Influencing the national policy agenda for the accounting profession is a top priority for Scott, who represents The Ohio Society of CPAs and the national association community on Capitol Hill. He does this through his active participation with the CPA Society State Executives Association and as Immediate Past Chair of the Board of The American Society of Association Executives.
Mindful of changing demographics in America, Scott is making a diverse and inclusive CPA talent pool a top priority in Ohio. He serves on The American Institute of CPAs National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion, and has increased funding for diversity recruitment initiatives through The Ohio CPA Foundation where he also is president. The foundation funds programs that grow a strong and vital CPA talent pool in Ohio.
He holds a B.A. in Communications from the State University of New York at Oswego. He resides in Powell, Ohio with his wife, Lynda, and their children, Caroline and Chase.

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THE quickest SUV in the world is about to break cover in the shape of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio.
Emblazoned with cloverleaf badges - the mark of any high performance Alfa - the red hot Stelvio has lapped the Nurburgring in Germany is just seven minutes 51 seconds.
That's quicker than a Lamborghini Gallardo or a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and on the road the Stelvio Quadrifoglio knocks the likes of a Range Rover Sport or Audi's SQ models into a cocked hat.
Powered by a 2.9-litre V6 bi-turbo engine boosted to 510bhp the Quadrifoglio has a top speed of 176mph and can complete the 0 to 60 dash in a Ferrari-like 3.8 seconds.
That's quite incredible for a car weighing in at 1.8 tonnes and is capable of mixing it with the off-road fraternity.
The automatic all-wheel-drive system Alfa is using in the Stelvio Quadrifoglio is set up to deliver maximum power to the rear wheels but can switch to anything up to a 50/50 drive pattern in the blink of an eye.
It's sophisticated stuff and sees this version of the Stelvio priced from Â£69,500 - almost twich the Â£37,590 the basic 2.0-litre petrol model costs.
Add in some extras such as a tri-coat paint finish at £2,500, lightweight sports seats at £3,250, a panoramic sunroof for £1,250 and a Harman Kardon sound system at £950 and the cost of the Stelvio Quadrifoglio we tried was £78,945.
Heady stuff but then it is the fastest SUV on the planet and that is embellished by some snazzy body tweaks such as air vents in the bonnet, an aggressive front and a rear diffuser flanked by twin exhaust clusters.
Inside, there's plenty of carbon in the trim, across the dash, the door cappings and seat backs while Alfa's DNA multi-mode drive selector sits next to the gear shift.
The Quadrifoglio is an eight-speed auto with very large paddle shifters which flank the steering wheel and just crave to be used.
Leaving track mode for what it's intended and switched into dynamic setting for some sporty handling the car flies.
There's 600Nm of torque coming in from 2,500 revs and the power stays on stream up to 6,500rpm - and In that band acceleration is very, very brisk.
The car feels slightly heavy through the steering but that's no bad thing and the response is smack on.
Under acceleration there is a wonderful sound from the quad exhausts and the grip from the all-wheel-drive tells.
Normal mode is not quite as rewarding from a thrill point of view but suffices while it is also possible to switch off three of the cylinders in the advanced setting which leans towards economy.
Officially Alfa rates the Stelvio Quadrifoglio at 28.8 mpg with emissions of 227g/km and we saw an average of 23.2 to the gallon on the trip recorder over a run of many miles.
The handling is equally impressive and there are no compromises when it comes to practicality with the Quadrifoglio having the same amount of space inside and in the boot as the regular model - 525 litres with a tyre repair kit or 499 litres with a spare wheel. Fold the rear seats and there's even more space.
What is a bonus is that the mighty power is well contained and around town it's easy to drive.
Yes, the Stelvio Quadrifoglio is expensive, yes it's amazingly quick and yes, it looks fantastic.
For many interested in such a car the Quadrifoglio ticks all the boxes and as a flagship model it has everything going for it - a spending blend of power, practicality and panache.


To evaluate the myocardial area at risk (AAR) measured by the endocardial surface area (ESA) method on late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) when applied after scar remodeling (3 months after index infarction) compared to T2-weighted CMR imaging. One hundred and sixty nine patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention, underwent one CMR within 1 week after index treatment to determine the AAR with T2-weighted imaging and a second scan 3 months after to measure AAR with the ESA method. There was a moderate correlation between the two methods (r = 0.86; P < 0.001). The AAR was significantly higher measured with T2-weighted imaging than with the ESA methods (32 ± 11% of left ventricle (LV) vs. 26 ± 10%LV; P < 0.001). The mean difference was 6 ± 6%LV. Furthermore, the mean difference between the two methods was statistical higher in the patients with myocardial salvage index ≥0.90 than in the remaining patients (9 ± 8%LV vs. 6 ± 5%LV; P = 0.02). The ESA method performed after scar remodeling (3 months following STEMI) yields significantly lower AAR's and myocardial salvage indices compared to the T2-weighted method. Therefore, T2-weighted CMR plus LGE is the method of choice to assess AAR and myocardial salvage index using CMR. However, the ESA method is an easy and valid method for determining AAR, which can be used in settings where T2-weighted imaging has not been obtained in the acute phase.


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Since becoming an Ambassador four years ago, Jamin Jackson (Herrang Ambassador, 2011) has made great impact at home and abroad. He founded Vintage Swing Movement Tulsa which runs monthly workshops and an annual event, Greenwood Swingout which will take place May 22-24, 2015.
“In the past, hatred and unjust laws kept people apart. During that time, the Savoy Ballroom was a bastion of racial diversity. Swing music and dance crossed every color line and united a nation.
It is that same SPIRIT that can break down barriers today.”
From, Greenwood Swingout: The Purpose
Jamin’s presence has been felt in the international lindy hop community, where he is known for his teaching, competing and performing. Here is a choreography that he performed with Sonia Orterga Betriu for the St. Petersburg, Russia swing dance community in November:
This year he and Annie Trudeau will present a new routine at Greenwood Swingout dedicated to World Lindy Hop Day.

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Stephen is a Senior Experience Designer with over 18 years of experience in user research, interface design, and management of complex applications and services for Fortune 500 clients and the United States Department of Defense. Currently, Stephen is a Director of Customer Experience & Engagement at Mastercard, where he is responsible for partnering with senior executives and product decision makers to align a broad user experience vision and strategy across the company.
Previously, Stephen was the Director of Digital Operations at Emerson, where he was responsible for defining the customer experience and driving business and user requirements for Emerson’s $6 billion Commercial and Residential Solutions businesses. Prior, he was the User Experience Leader responsible for the experience design of Sensi, a top-rated Wi-Fi thermostat on Amazon and winner of the 2016 J.D. Power Smart Thermostat Satisfaction Award.
Quick with a joke as well as a professional answer, Stephen made every day at work something to look forward to. Because he was so easy going and buoyant, he got along famously with colleagues in all departments, from the delivery guy to the owner of the company and everyone in-between.
John Sullivan, Sr. UX Lead
Stephen was fantastic to work with forward-thinking ideas, constant positive enthusiasm, an excellent eye for design from 10,000 ft to fit-and-finish, remarkable interpersonal relationships, and was an all-around fun person to have around.
Jeff Stevenson, VP, Pre-Sales
… perhaps more important is Stephen’s casual approach. He is able to handle large workloads and tight deadlines while also being innovative, yet he maintains one fo the best attitudes I’ve seen. It was refreshing.

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When Bumblebee begins to suffer amnesia, his partner, Windblade, comes to the rescue, and repairs his memory chips, enabling him to rediscover his past adventures on Cybertron. Once his memories are repaired, Bumblebee gets a clue that will lead both him and Windblade to complete their current mission and save their friends, unaware that Megatron sent his Decepticon assassins to hunt them down.
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Brandy & Mr. Whiskers is an American animated television series about a pampered yet spunky dog and a hyperactive rabbit who get stuck in the Amazon Rainforest together. The show originally aired from August 2004 to August 2006. It was televised in the United States by Disney Channel.
Based on the recurring TripTank sketches, Jeff And Some Aliens follows Jeff, the world’s most average guy, and the three aliens sent to study him to determine whether or not humanity should be destroyed. Jeff’s mundane life is constantly thrown into chaos by his extraterrestrial guests – it isn’t always easy having roommates who force you to participate in grueling intergalatic decathalons or perform Azurian honor killings to restore interstellar balance
As the Dragon Master, Po has endured his fair share of epic challenges but nothing could prepare him for his greatest one yet-as a Kung Fu teacher to a group of rambunctious kids from Panda Village who have been imbued with a mysterious and powerful chi energy. Together they embark on amazing adventures, battle ferocious villains, and become legends!
Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on the Kids’ WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, Cartoon Network’s Boomerang in Australia, Cartoon Network in the UK, Southeast Asia and Latin America, and XHGC in Mexico. It is still broadcasting on Clan TVE.
The series was loosely based on the Looney Tunes cartoon characters, with the series described by Warner Bros. as an “action-comedy.” Loonatics Unleashed is meant to be a mixture of the Looney Tunes shorts’ irreverent style of humor and a modern action animated series, with the characters designed in an anime inspired style.
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. is an American cartoon series based on the superhero character by Marvel Comics. The series aired on August 11, 2013 on Disney XD. The series aired alongside Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man as part of Disney XD’s “Marvel Universe” television block.
There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too. From Studio Madhouse (Death Note, Black Lagoon) comes a thrilling new series where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: your life is on the line.
In the early 2050s, unknown life forms called “Oracle cells” begin their uncontrolled consumption of all life on Earth. Their ravenous appetite and remarkable adaptability earn them first dread, then awe, and finally the name “aragami”. In the face of an enemy completely immune to conventional weapons, urban civilization collapses, and each day humanity is driven further and further toward extinction. One single ray of hope remains for humanity. Following the development of “God Arcs”—living weapons which incorporate Oracle cells—their wielders are organized into an elite force.
Yu-Gi-Oh! is a 1998 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and Bandai based on chapters 1-59 of the manga of the same name written by Kazuki Takahashi. The series aired on TV Asahi between April 4, 1998, and October 10, 1998. An animated film based on the series was released in Japanese theatres on March 6, 1999. The opening theme is “A Cry of Thirst” by Field of View whilst the ending theme is “Even If You Break Tomorrow” by Wands. The series was followed by a different adaptation produced by Nihon Ad Systems and Konami, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, which began airing in 2000. Fans outside of Japan have dubbed this series as “Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero.”
Iron Man, also known as Iron Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on Marvel Comics’ superhero Iron Man. The series aired from 1994 to 1996 in syndication as part of The Marvel Action Hour, which packaged Iron Man with another animated series based on Marvel properties, the Fantastic Four, with one half-hour episode from each series airing back-to-back. The show was backed by a toy line that featured many armor variants.
This series of Iron Man was among the few television series to be re-recorded in THX. This may have been usual at the time for a motion picture, but it is rare for a television series. Off the heels of the release of the live-action Iron Man film in 2008, reruns began airing on the Jetix block on Toon Disney. Additionally, all 26 episodes are currently available for streaming through LoveFilm.

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8F aquaculture fund raises US $61 million in first closing
September 23, 2021 By Nestor Arellano
Singapore-based private equity firm 8F Asset Management reported that the first closing of its 8F Aquaculture South-East Asia Fund yielded US $61 million in funding.
The company said it hopes to raise as much as $120 million with the fund, which is a follow-up to 8F’s earlier funding project in 2020. That fund raising effort amassed $358.8 million for 8F’s plans to begin recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) projects in Poland, Japan, France and the United States.
The South Asian fund is targeted on building a RAS facility in Brunei that will have an operational capacity of 10,000 tons per year.
The project is being billed as the the first and largest of its kind in South-East Asia.
8F is building the facility in cooperation with the Brunei government’s Strategic Development Capital Fund, which is controlled by the country’s Ministry of Finance and Economy.
The facility is expected to create 145 new local jobs and the Brunei government hopes that the RAS project will also attract more foreign investments to the country.
As part of this new project, the 8F and Pure Salmon Foundation will implement social and educational initiatives in partnership with local schools and universities in Brunei to support greater education on healthy eating and nutrition for the children in the region.
Pure Salmon will sell fresh and smoked salmon products to the South-East Asian retailers, e-commerce platforms, and hotels, restaurants and other outlets in countries such as the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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Sophomore wide receiver Chansi Stuckey is still nursing a bad hamstring and did not practice. His status for Saturday is very questionable.
"Obviously, the closer it gets (without him practicing), the percentages go down every day," Tigers head coach Tommy Bowden said.
Stuckey said he injured his hamstring against Virginia in the fourth quarter.
"My leg was pretty tight and I was running and I just felt it pop," Stuckey told CUTigers.com in an exclusive interview. "It's not as bad as I thought it was."
Assuming Stuckey doesn't play, which there seems to be very little reason to risk injuring his hamstring worse, there are any number of options the Tigers can use to fill his void.
But with sophomore wide receiver Gerald McCloud still hampered by a severely bruised foot, which caused him to be on crutches for a while, the receiving corps is getting pretty thin.
"We're looking for a few good men," wide receivers coach Dabo Swinney said. "We're getting ready to start the draft around here. I've been paying attention to the debates and we're getting ready to start it. We've got who we got, and we'll have some guys ready. …
"It's disappointing for (McLoud) because he missed a great opportunity last week and this week. He's missed an opportunity to really get some work, especially now with Stuckey maybe not playing.
"(Curtis) Baham, La'Donte (Harris) and Airese (Currie), all three know our slot positions. We'll game plan and decide who is going to play the ‘Y' and who is going to play the ‘H'. Airese can pretty much play either one. You'll probably see Donte a little more this week, if he's ready for that. Michael Collins played a little last week and he'll probably have to play a little more this week."
If you would have told even the most casual of football fans prior to the start of the season that Clemson and Utah State's stats would be almost mirror images of each other, they most likely would have been at least somewhat surprised.
Bowden is no different.
"Unless you said that you were going to lead the nation in turnovers," he said. "If you would have said that, then it's no wonder. But it doesn't surprise me with the way the first four games went. I never would have thought that I would have been last in the nation in turnovers. It's going to affect your stats offensively and defensively."
Granted, Utah State (2-4) hasn't played nearly the same competition as the Tigers, but it has played some pretty decent teams, including Alabama when its starting quarterback was healthy, Utah and Troy, which beat Marshall and a ranked Missouri.
Here's a breakdown of where each team stands nationally out of 117 Division I school:
Rushing offense – Clemson 111, Utah State 115
Passing offense – CU 66, US 41
Pass efficiency off. – CU 109, US 87
Total offense – CU 105, US 98
Scoring offense – CU 92, US 99
Rushing defense – CU 105, US 108
Pass efficiency def. – CU 63, US 104
Total defense – CU 94, US 83
Scoring defense – CU 93, US 98
Turnover margin – CU 117, US 99
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Now, you're probably wondering with only a day before my book launches, why on Earth would I be telling everyone such a terrible thing? Well, is it really so terrible? A writer's gut reaction to a bad review is visceral. There's a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, your face gets hot and you even feel a bit light headed no? Isn't this why we tell each other to ignore bad reviews?
After all, I have a handful of individuals that have read my book and this is the only one that has ever said they were anything less than hooked from the first few pages. So instead of focusing on the fact that it was a bad review, I started poking at what it said and how I can use it to give all of you (potential readers) a more informed peek into what you might or might not want to read.
"I didn’t like either of the main characters," (Statement taken from the reviewer.) From the get-go, I will let you know that you probably will want to hate the two main characters of this book for a good portion of it. That is why there is a fabulous supporting cast, which this reviewer didn't mention in the least. You will -want- to hate the two main characters, kind of in the way you want to hate Sherlock from BBC for being such a pretentious ass. There will most likely be a gut reaction, a sort of emotional icky feeling, but at the same time there might be something about them that leads you on.
I suggest many things about them with clues and subtle hints that the reviewer took as mistakes, stereotypes and lazy writing. I promise you, they are not..."It’s also full of bad stereotypes. Cyrus, (whose name changes to Shorty at one point) the “dark skinned vampire” wears baggy pants, baggy shirts, listens to rap music, and drives a Cadillac. He speaks in this weird ghetto slang part of the time, then other times doesn’t." Tell me, if you were a nearly 500 year old African vampire living in America in this day-and-age, especially if you appear to only be 16-19 years of age...how might you act/dress/etc.?
"Then there is the writing. There was way too much description, too many details, lots of wasted space telling things that we didn’t need to know." If you don't like description or details, then my books will not be for you. In my short stories I am much less detail oriented, as I have to get to the point much quicker. I will suggest those to you. I pay close attention to details and all descriptions have meaning. If I'm describing something, then there's a reason. I do not believe in 'wasted space' I'm far too OCD for that. If I'm describing something odd, then there's probably a reason for it that will later present itself. All my books are a puzzle, an intricate one, but I always hope they will be fun to unravel. If that's not your thing, then my books will not be your thing.
I sincerely do not wish someone to read something I have written and not have fun. This reader was not having fun. I think perhaps she picked it up looking for one thing and got something entirely different. It happens, and I'm truly sorry for it. Hopefully this wall of text might make a muddy water into a crystal clear lake.
I do take to heart what she said about editing and word repetition and hope to shape that ship up. As many Indy writers, I'm working on my own with a team of under (no) paid individuals willing to give me their time when they can. It has prompted yet another crash editing session happening at this very moment with launch literally tomorrow.
I'm dedicated to giving individuals the best quality product that I can. However, I also want people to know that the story that is being released is the story that I'm passionate about. This isn't mindless sex between some pages, but an epic story about life, love and the pursuit of happiness against -unbelievable- odds. The sex scenes are pretty hot (if I do say so myself) but they are only there to show connections between people trudging through day-to-day life in a storybook fantasy world that's gut wrenching and outlandish.
This will not be an easy read. However, if you manage to get through the last page, I can guarantee that you'll be amongst those wanting me to complete book 2 as quickly as possible.
Here's a link to the poor review. Read it and decide for yourself if this is something that might actually interest you. Do you want to know what it's all about?

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On October 23, the Justin Trudeau Liberals officially shuttered the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), cutting off funds to the more than 800,000 unemployed workers still dependent on this vital program. The Liberals have heeded the calls of the business lobby and reconfigured pandemic support to aid low-wage employers and punish the remaining unemployed.
The CRB, a pared down version of the former Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), was paying up to $500 per week to those still unemployed but ineligible for Employment Insurance (EI). At its peak, the CRB was supporting 1.2 million unemployed workers — largely made up of the solo self-employed. Applications for the CRB dropped in July when the benefit was cut from $500 to $300 per week. However, at the time of cancellation, more people were receiving CRB than at the same time last summer.
This clearly indicates that employment levels and the general health of the economy haven’t returned to pre-pandemic levels — indeed, long-term unemployment remains especially elevated. Yet, Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland have chosen to pull what remains of an already tattered rug out from under the feet of unemployed workers. By doing so, they are also extracting a good deal of spending power and demand stimulus out of an economy that is still struggling to get back to some semblance of normalcy.
In general, cancelling the CRB is a premature and economically foolish measure.
Although originally scheduled to end along with the CRB, two other pandemic supports received guaranteed extensions until November 20, with a proposed extension until May 2022. The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB), targeted at those who have contracted COVID-19, are quarantining or are caring for someone with the virus, and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB), aimed at those unable to return to work because of caregiving responsibilities due to the pandemic, were both extended.
Yet the CRSB and the CRCB have had relatively low levels of uptake and paid out much lower total funds than the CRB. The federal sickness benefit has effectively served as a partial and overly bureaucratic substitute for employer-paid sick leave. Because paid sick days are a matter of provincial employment standards legislation — and nearly all provinces don’t mandate them — some emergency alternative measure had to be maintained after the CERB was cancelled. At its peak, only approximately 68,000 people were receiving the CRSB; the latest figures suggest only around 14,000 workers are currently eligible.
Utilization of the CRCB, which was largely designed to support parents taking care of children who were at home because of school or daycare closures, has also steadily declined. With most kids back in school, approximately 54,000 people remain eligible for this benefit.
It is therefore difficult not to conclude that maintaining the CRSB and CRCB, while ending the much larger CRB, is nothing more than window dressing. The former two programs will not meaningfully assist those about to be harmed by the loss of CRB benefits.
In place of the CRB, the Liberals announced a new Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB). However, only those living in a province or city that has imposed a lockdown are eligible for the new CWLB. As it stands then, literally no one is eligible for this “alternative” benefit.
All of this toying with emergency worker support benefits, of course, results from a still broken EI system wherein the vast majority of unemployed workers don’t qualify for benefits. The Liberals are currently holding public consultations for a planned overhaul of EI that, hopefully, will correct at least some of this problem in the feature. But for workers who were depending on the CRB, EI reforms that are more than a year away are no consolation.
The Liberals had introduced a one-time “credit” of 300 insurable hours through EI after COVID-19 struck, bringing the number of required insurable hours down from the regular 420 to 700 (depending on your region). They also raised the minimum benefit to $500 per week (it’s back down to $300 as of September). But even these necessary modifications to the eligibility rules and benefit levels at the height of the pandemic weren’t enough to meet the needs of the unemployed. Moreover, they were only temporary. Future reforms need to end variable hours requirements all together and increase benefit levels well beyond the regular 55 per cent of lost wages.
The recent changes to worker pandemic benefits were also accompanied by a reconfiguration of the aid programs directed at businesses. The Liberals ended both the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), the somewhat contentious employer payroll subsidy, and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS). However, the way that the Liberals have reconfigured these pandemic aid programs is telling.
The CEWS was, by far, the most expansive and expensive pandemic benefit program. At its peak, nearly 300,000 employers were receiving CEWS funds, and projections from December 2020 put the total cost of the subsidy program at nearly $100 billion.
However, tightened eligibility rules had brought employer applications down over the past several months. As David Macdonald at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reports: “The number of businesses accessing CEWS support declined from 170,000 at the end of July to 59,000 at the end of September. If those trends hold, there will likely be 40,000 businesses that might qualify for continued support but won’t receive it after the program ends on October 23.”
CERS aided fewer employers and had been declining in use, though not as quickly as the CEWS. Around 75,000 businesses drew the benefit by the end of September, down from 140,000 in August. Notably, businesses could also receive both subsidies simultaneously because the CERS was subsidizing rent, not payroll (at least on paper).
The federal government has replaced these two broader, large employer subsidy programs with two smaller, more targeted initiatives, the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program and the Hardest-Hit Business Recovery Program.
It’s clear the Liberals have heard the calls from particular sections of the business class — particularly low-wage employers in tourism and hospitality — and are both maintaining government subsidies for these sectors and ending worker support in an ill-informed bid to address the supposed “labour shortage.” As with the CEWS, very few “strings” seem to be attached to these new targeted business subsidies. For example, the union UNITE HERE, which represents workers in these industries, has been calling on provincial and federal governments to ensure recall rights for laid-off hotel and restaurant workers. No such stipulations are attached to this new funding.
Moreover, recent research out from the CCPA suggests that employers in these “hardest-hit” sectors of food and accommodation are likely to experience labour shortfalls well into the future unless wages are raised significantly. Interestingly, the CCPA shows that rather than workers staying home, labour shortages in food and accommodation are the result of workers moving into other, better-paying industries and positions. In fact, the unfulfilled vacancies in food and accommodation are nearly entirely accounted for by this phenomenon of workers “moving on.”
The temporary respite that better unemployment benefits provided to workers gave many the opportunity to upgrade skills or simply hold out for better pay and conditions elsewhere. This is exactly what worker-friendly unemployment benefits should do: give workers the economic breathing room to improve their individual bargaining position.
It’s fair to surmise that the above is not the position of the governing Liberals. Freeland, in fact, claims that we’ve reached a point in the recovery where pandemic support needs to be more tailored and less generous. During a news conference announcing the benefit changes, she said: “Today, our support needs to be more narrow, more targeted and less expensive and we need to look forward to the day, now not too far off, when we will be able to bring it to an end entirely.”
As many socialists and progressives have warned, this government, despite rhetoric about “building back better,” intends to do no more than return to the status quo of February 2020. With this past week’s pandemic benefit changes, they have given every indication that that is their objective. Despite objections from the labour movement and others, they withdrew vital support from unemployed workers, leaving the latter to fend for themselves in a completely broken EI system that won’t get legislative attention until at least January 2023.
Returning to a pre-pandemic economy that wasn’t delivering for many workers isn’t good enough. We need to fight for the creation of good-paying, stable jobs — for a re-commitment to full employment. We need an unemployment insurance system that works for everyone, that doesn’t necessitate ad hoc emergency measures any time there is a crisis, and that gives workers and their families the economic leverage to make meaningful decisions about their lives and careers.
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Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Booknews. Reviewer: Jason Chang, MD (Rush University Medical Center) Description: This is an update of a book last published in that provides a first, general overview of child and adolescent psychiatry, including many of the relevant diagnoses, treatment options, and conceptual : Get this from a library! Kaplan & Sadock's concise textbook of child and adolescent psychiatry. [Benjamin J Sadock; Virginia A Sadock; Harold I Kaplan] -- "This book presents updated clinical material on child and adolescent psychiatry from the best-selling Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, Tenth Edition. Coverage includes clinically relevant.
Child and adolescent psychiatry or pediatric psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their investigates the biopsychosocial factors that influence the development and course of these psychiatric disorders and treatment responses to various interventions. Both scholarly and practical, the third edition of this exceptional textbook continues its tradition of integrating clinical wisdom and scientific research to improve patient care and advocacy for children and families, commemorating Dr. Jerry Wiener's immense contributions to the field of child and adolescent hensive, yet not so lengthy that it would discourage a .
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“The E-Accessibility project seeks to meet the ICT needs of persons living with disabilities in Nigeria by providing ICT tools, assistive technologies, training, and Internet provision in the identified locations. Between 2012 to 2020, the NCC has deployed the E-Accessibility Projects in, at least, 84 locations nationwide.”
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed this during a courtesy visit by a delegation from National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) to the NCC over the weekend in Abuja, where he also restated the Commission’s commitment to continually support people with special needs across the country.
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Represented by the Director, Human Capital and Administration at NCC, Usman Malah, the EVC said telecoms sector has become the backbone of the national economy and has recorded tremendous growth from 400,000 telephone lines on the eve of sectoral deregulation in 2000 to over 208 million active telephone lines now, just as active Internet subscription rose to 156 million in the last two decades.
He stated that the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) currently stands at 18.44 per cent, going by the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as at the second quarter of 2022. Additionally, Danbatta said that NCC has continue to ensure quality of service delivery to the consumers and digital inclusion for all.
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Medicare funding of nurse education : the case for policy change.
- To determine the magnitude and distribution of US Medicare funding for nursing education and to assess the extent to which Medicare funding contributes to meeting national health care workforce priorities.
- Using hospital identifiers, data from three data sets were merged and analyzed to estimate percentage distributions of Medicare funding according to types of educational programs, hospital characteristics, and student enrollment.
- Fifteen percent of direct Medicare graduate medical education funding goes to hospitals for the training of nurses and paramedical personnel.
Totaling approximately $174 million in 1991,71% of these funds went to hospitals for nursing education costs.
Most of the nation's teaching hospitals and nurse education programs (1112 of 1484) do not qualify under existing policies for Medicare nursing education reimbursement.
Sixty-six percent of Medicare nurse training funds, totaling $114 million in 1991, went to 145 hospitals operating diploma nursing programs ; these programs produce less than 10% of nurse graduates.
Three states (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio) received nearly one half (48%) of the $114 million for diploma nursing education.
- Medicare is the largest single source of federal support for nursing education.
Mots-clés Pascal : Financement, Education sanitaire, Infirmier, Politique sanitaire, Evaluation, Distribution, Formation professionnelle, Homme, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Financing, Health education, Nurse, Health policy, Evaluation, Distribution, Occupational training, Human, United States, North America, America
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The regime of the Ayatollah is the base of extremism. So people of Iran are very right and deserve to get at least a better regime. They deserve to have freedom and democracy. They deserve to have free elections through which they can elect their true representatives. Change in Iran will open the way to end extremism, the extremism born in the name of Islam throughout the region. This is not because Islam is a good ground for terrorism, instead they are using Islam as a tool for extremism and murder. Change in Iran is certainly the beginning of a real change for democracy in the whole region.

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I love celebrating Valentine’s Day with some yummy treats. This Valentine’s Day Cake Mix Cookie Bars Recipe is one of my favorites because everyone goes wild for them. I will often make these easy cake mix cookies for the kids to take to school to give out to their friends or make trays of cookies for the neighbors.
Valentine’s Day is about so much more than romance to me. It’s an easy way to show your friends and family that you are thinking of them. So if you need an EASY treat for everyone these M&M cookie bars are exactly what you need.
How To Make Cookies From Cake Mix
Making M&M bars is so much easier than making regular cookies. Don’t get me wrong…I LOVE regular cookies. But when I’m in a hurry sometimes it’s nice to make cake mix cookie bars instead.
First Step: Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F. Next, pour the cake mix into a large mixing bowl. Then add the pudding and give it a quick stir with a whisk.
Second Step: Add two eggs and melted butter. Mix until well combined.
Third Step: Let the batter rest for 3-5 minutes so the butter can cool slightly. Pour in the M&M’s.
Fourth Step: Pour yellow cake mix cookies into a nonstick pan and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Fifth Step: Remove from oven and place pan on a wire rack and let them cool for 10-15 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
How To Tell When The M&M Cookie Bars Are Done
You can tell that the cake mix cookie bars are done when they have started to pull away from the edges of the pan. Plus, you can insert a toothpick and it should come out clean. Another way to tell is by touching the top of the cookies with your finger and if it bounces right back then they are done. If it leaves a fingerprint then they need to bake a little longer.
Cake Mix Cookie Recipe Variations
You don’t have to just make this M&M cookie bar recipe for Valentine’s Day! You can easily whip up a batch of these soft and chewy cookies made with cake mix for all occasions. Here are some ideas you can try out:
- Pastel M&M’s – You can trade out the red, white, and pink M&M’s for some pastel colors, which is great for spring and Easter.
- Green M&M’s – Turn these cookies using cake mix into a festive St. Patrick’s Day treat! Use green M&M’s to make them even more vibrant.
- Chocolate Chips – Add in 1/4 – 1/2 cup of your favorite chocolate chips to these box cake mix cookies. They add even more sweetness and will cure your chocolate cravings.
- Nuts – Chop up some pecans, walnuts or even almonds and add them to the cake mix M&M cookies. I would start with 1/4 cup so it’s not overpowering.
- Peanut Butter – Add 2-3 tablespoons of peanut butter to the batter to give them a new flavor.
- Chocolate Cake Mix – Go wild and make these double chocolate cake mix cookie bars. They are so amazing with chocolate cake.
- White Chocolate Chips – Add in a few white chocolate chips to the cake batter. It will add some color and irresistible flavor to the super easy cookies.
How Do You Store Cake Mix Cookies?
Store these cake mix cookie bars in a container that’s airtight. They will last 4-5 days, so they are a prime recipe for making ahead. You can also leave the cookies in the pan and cover them tightly with plastic wrap or aluminum foil as well.
Can I Freeze M&M Cookie Bars?
Yes, these M&M bars can easily be frozen, you just need to wrap them up tightly. It’s important to keep them airtight so they don’t become freezer burnt. I have found these awesome freezer bags that are reusable and they work great for treats.
What Do I Need To Make These M&M Bars?
The supplies to make these easy cake mix cookies are things you probably already have in your kitchen. But, here are some of my favorite things to use for baking these cake mix cookies.
- Cake Mix - Yellow or white (15-ounce box)
- 2 Eggs - Room temperature
- 1/2 cup M&M's
- Vanilla Pudding (3.4-ounce box)
- 1/3 Cup Melted Unsalted Butter
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Pour the cake mix into a large mixing bowl. Then add the pudding and give it a quick stir with a whisk.
2. Add two room temperature eggs and melted unsalted butter. Mix until well combined.
3. Let the batter rest for 3-5 minutes so the butter can cool slightly. Pour in the M&M's.
4. Pour yellow cake mix cookies into a nonstick pan and bake for 12-15 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven and place pan on a wire rack and let them cool for 10-15 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 206Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 262mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 2g
Nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy, sourced from the USDA Food Database. We do not guarantee the nutritional information, it's only an estimate.
Looking For More Delicious Treats?
Try some of my other favorite recipes that I think you’re going to enjoy!
- 65 Best Easy Instant Pot Recipes – There is TONS of variety with all of these flavorful Instant Pot Recipes. They are a must-try!
- Skinny Strawberry Shortcake Bites – These bites are easy to transport and make lovely gifts too.
- Instant Pot Duo Crisp Air Fryer Bread Pudding – If you love bread pudding you need to try this recipe. So good!


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Taipei - Shares in smart phone maker HTC Corp surged to the daily limit allowed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Monday after the company settled all pending lawsuits with Apple Inc over alleged patent infringements.
Investors turned positive on the settlement announcement, sending the stock up 6.86 per cent.
The two companies released a joint statement a day earlier announcing a 10-year licensing agreement for each other's patents. They declined to disclose the agreement's details.
"HTC is pleased to have resolved its dispute with Apple, so HTC can focus on innovation instead of litigation," Peter Chou, chief executive of HTC, said in the statement.
The two companies were locked in more than 12 cases around the world, according to Aaron Jeng, an analyst at Nomura Securities.
The patents in question included the pinch-to-zoom feature that Apple alleged HTC stole, while HTC claimed its data transmission technology was used by Apple without authorization. A lengthy patent battle could have dragged on for years.//DPA


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12 Jul Why We Love Office Dogs and You Should Too
Once a year America celebrates Take Your Dog to Work Day, but at Inverse-Square, dogs in the office are business as usual.
Since our early days, dogs have been part of Inverse-Square office life, with Hoagie the Lab and Ruby the German Shepherd accompanying Bob to work. Bob was such an early proponent of the ‘take your dog to work’ movement that he was featured in a USA Today article in 2013.
“I’ve always been a dog lover, and to me they’re an important part of my family. I don’t have any desire to leave my buddy alone for 8-12 hours a day while I’m sitting in a comfortable office. A well behaved dog will always be welcomed in our office. They help you keep perspective on life. Sometimes that’s too easy to lose in your work environment.”
As Team Awesome has grown, so has Team K9. Any given day at Inverse-Square will find Charlie, Maxime, Jackson, Pepper, or Georgie hanging around the office, sitting in the laps of developers, or napping under a desk.
“I love bringing Pepper to the office,” says Project Manager Ciara. “She is a definite stress reliever to me and the developers. When we are having a rough day, it’s great to be able to pick up the ball and play with Pepper.”
When there’s a day that feels stressful, rubbing a puppy belly or grabbing some fresh air while taking a dog for a walk is the perfect way to decompress and give your brain a breather.
Studies have shown that dogs in the workplace reduce stress, encourage longer working hours, and increase camaraderie.
Not only do our office dogs contribute to the well being of the team, but our dog friendly policy contributes to our growth as well; it’s one of the reasons Sales Executive Ashley came to work at Inverse-Square. “I specifically sought out employment at Inverse-Square because of the bring your dog to work policy. Charlie is my best bud and I’m always happier and calmer when he is around so if I can bring that energy into work that makes life so much better!”
Are you interested in working in an awesome, dog friendly office? Find out if you have what it takes to be a part of Team Awesome!Be Awesome!

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Samsung will bring new mid-budget and mid-range smartphones to Europe. At least four new items are expected in the near future: Samsung Galaxy A52 5G, Galaxy A52 4G, Galaxy A72 5G and Galaxy A72 4G. The latter will definitely appear in Russia, since a page dedicated to it has been added to the official Russian website of the South Korean company. Meanwhile, information on the prices of the Samsung Galaxy A52 A5 and Galaxy A72 4G in Europe has appeared on the Web.
Concluding the topic of the Russian announcement of the smartphone, we note that it will receive an 8-nanometer Snapdragon 720G mobile processor and a 6.7-inch Full HD + OLED display with an integrated fingerprint scanner. The main camera resolution will be 64 megapixels. The 5G version, by the way, will be equipped with a new 5-nanometer single-chip Exynos 1080 system.
Samsung Galaxy A52 4G in Europe will appear in two memory modifications. A version with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of ROM can be purchased for 369 euros. The option with a double storage capacity with 8 GB of RAM will cost 429 euros. The smartphone will be equipped with a main camera with a resolution of 64 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP, a Full HD + AMOLED display and an 8-nanometer Snapdragon 720G processor.
A version with support for fifth generation mobile networks will also appear in 6/128 GB and 8/256 GB versions. The cost will be 459 euros and 509 euros, respectively. The smartphone will receive everything the same as the 4G model, only the Snapdragon 720G processor will be replaced with a Snapdragon 750G single-chip system. It is also carried out according to the norms of 8-nanometer technology.
Finally, the Samsung Galaxy A72 4G has no plans to increase the storage capacity either. The cost of the version with 6 GB of RAM and a 128 GB drive will be 449 euros. The 8/256 GB configuration will be sold in Europe for 509 euros.
All four smartphones will go on sale with NFC and pre-installed Android 11 operating system along with proprietary One UI 3. Upcoming new items will be available in Icy White, Graphite Black and Denim Blue colors. The date of the announcement has not yet been specified.
In conclusion, we add that Samsung Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71 are now officially on sale in Russia. Both support 4G networks. The older model is available in the 6/128 GB modification for the price 31,990 rubles… For this money, it offers a Snapdragon 730 chipset, a 6.7-inch FHD + Super AMOLED panel, a 64-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 5-megapixel + 5-megapixel main camera and a 4500 mAh battery.
The younger model is sold at a price 21 490 rubles for version 4/64 GB and 24,990 rubles for the 6/128 GB option. Regardless of the modification, an Exynos 9611 chipset, a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED panel, a 48MP + 12MP + 5MP + 5MP main camera and a 4000 mAh battery are installed under the hood of the Samsung Galaxy A51.


Within the framework of the European Experimental Re-entry Test Bed (EXPERT) Program, aimed at improving the understanding of physical phenomena occurring during the return of space vehicles from space to earth, the design of a flying winged experimental payload has been performed in order to assess the thermomechanical behavior and resistance of ultrahigh temperature ceramics (UHTC) in real flight aerothermal environment. The EXPERT flying winglet article is intended to reproduce such conditions. Particular interest covers the design of the interfaces between the UHTC winglet and the EXPERT capsule thermal protection systems since thermal stresses arise during the re-entry phase. The fixation of the winglet to the capsule is achieved by means of dedicated bolts that must tolerate mechanical loads occurring at the first stages of the flight, that is, lift-off, ascent, and separation stages. The thermostructural design is performed by employing ANSYS/Workbench finite element commercial code; simulations take into account transient thermostructural loading conditions, the elastic-fragile behavior of the ceramic materials, and the temperature dependent elastic-plastic behavior of the capsule thermal protection systems. In the postprocessing phase, UHTC critical areas have been identified by following two different approaches. The first approach is deterministic and consists in applying a maximum stress criterion, the stress at a node is compared with the temperature dependent strength at that node. The second approach, which is commonly employed for elastic-fragile materials, is probabilistic and consists in applying a Weibull-like failure criterion. Thermal and structural analyses simulating the re-entry phase have demonstrated that the maximum stresses and temperatures evaluated do not exceed their corresponding limits. Then, a configuration respecting all the requirements of the design has been identified, and its thermal and mechanical performances are discussed in detail.
Thermostructural Design of a Flying Winglet Experimental Structure for the EXPERT Re-entry Test
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Season 2. Chapter one
You already know our pilots first hand. It’s hot (finally!) and with the thought of summer adventures, just as we shower with cool water, we immerse ourselves in dreams of swimming, sailing and other coolness. We know some people who literally live in water. Introducing our diving instructors:
Born and raised in Sozopol, inextricably linked with the sea from an early age. He received his first diving certificate in 1992 after successfully completing a PADI Open Water Diver course. In 2001 he graduated from a professional diving college in Colonna, Canada. From 2002 until 2005 Stoyan works as a diving instructor for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, and from 2005 until 2015 he works for the same company as a diving manager.
And here is the story of this smiling, blue-eyed sea man:
The feeling of weightlessness and the desire to stay underwater for a little more than 2-3 minutes in an environment still so poorly studied by us humans, made me realize that snorkeling is no longer enough for me. Every dive is a story, and the fact that the Black Sea is not famous for its good visibility actually makes the underwater adventure a Surprise. Who says that our sea is poor in inhabitants? Come to Sozopol Bay and I will "arrange" you a communication with the fishes. The one who knows where to look, finds, right? Well, I know them personally, so I'll introduce you to one another. It's more complicated with dolphins, but if it happens, the feeling is unique. Most of all, however, I am excited about seahorses, it is a great pleasure to watch them.
I feel the greatest personal satisfaction when I see the happiness in yet another one of your customers eyes, another one who, despite his fear of the sea, made his first dive with us.
Diving develops many qualities: calmness, the ability to accurately assess the situation, taking personal responsibility, discipline and a strong instinct for self-preservation. I try to apply this qualities in life, for example… by irritating my wife with my calmness.
Folks, diving is for the curious and the brave. Do you have the audacity to peek into the remaining 70% of the planet?
Ivan Nedelchev is 44 years old, from Varna, married, with 2 children. He got hooked to diving by a friend of his, who was scubadiving at the time. See more about his story as he told it to us.
I took a diving course in 2004 and have been diving for 17 years. I have been a diving instructor for 8 years and I manage Shkorpilovtsi Diving Center. I am frequently hired by diving companies for repairs of dam walls and other underwater facilities - inspections, cleaning and repairs of ships.
Over the years, the depth of 50-60 meters and zero visibility have stopped bothering me. Of course, safety comes first.
There are no good divers; there are alive and dead ones. You always have to take care of yourself, because underwater, everything is perfect and in just 1 second something can go wrong and become very dangerous. Mostly beginners come to me who have never dived, and some cannot even swim. The greatest pleasure is to see the joy and euphoria of a person who cannot swim to get out of the water after a 20-minute dive.
I had one case with a 40-year-old woman who has never gone deeper than her knees into the sea. She dived with me 3-4 meters underwater for 30 minutes and after we went out, she hugged me and kissed me happy that I had helped her overcome her fear of the deep waters. In instructor work, the most important thing is to instill confidence in people that there is nothing scary and to be patient with them. When you dive underwater, you are weightless and the feeling is that you are flying. This is another world and everyone can touch it.
Diving has taught me discipline, respect for colleagues and underwater partners. A relatively dangerous sport, with the most important life lesson – safety always comes first.
For people who want to practice this sport, I recommend going to a diving center and doing a test dive. That way they will know if this is for them. If they wish, they can take a course, get a certificate and dive around the world. I tell my students that this sport requires constant practice, because underwater experience is most important.
Expect soon the stories of our other instructors - conquerors of rapids, rivers, seas and oceans.
Until then you check all our seaside offers here.


I was having dinner with a new acquaintance when an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) bumped my foot. I looked down and saw a radio-controlled toy.
“Oh, don’t mind that,” said my host. “That’s just my son playing.”
“He plays too much with that thing,” groused the boy’s father. “What really bothers me is that it has a camera. I’m don’t like being spied on in my own home.”
ISR success is a problem
My hosts’ son had discovered what many developers have known for years; unmanned systems are a wonderful platform for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). Usually, ISR is more associated with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), while the signature missions of UGVs are Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection and Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD). However, as the Throwbot, and similar devices demonstrate, UGVs are also effective for ISR applications.
It’s the very effectiveness of unmanned platforms in performing ISR that is generating fears about privacy. The father’s complaint about a snooping mobile camera is not unique. Privacy is one of the “Big Three” obstacles to widespread adoption of unmanned systems (the other two are concerns about liability and lack of appropriate regulation).
Privacy fears are no longer limited to groups such as the anti-war Code Pink, and the ACLU. Senator Rand Paul recently demanded explanations from the FBI about their use of UAVs. Six states have passed laws prohibiting public agencies from using UAVs and/or declaring evidence collected by them as inadmissible in court. With the FAA predicting 30,000 UAVs by the end of the decade, we can even more paranoia generating even more restrictions.
Your car is watching you
Although the specter of eye-in-the-sky UAVs may get the most attention in the media, safeguarding privacy may be an even bigger headache for UGVs. Autonomous cars are essentially UGVs in which passengers are the payload rather than the operator. A study revealed that 20 to 37% of consumers expressed an interest in driverless cars. If this study is valid, the number of autonomous cars will easily dwarf UAVs. Add in healthcare robots, telepresence, and social welfare applications, it becomes evident that the public will have more interactions with UGVs than UAVs.
Activists groups are paying attention. In California, laws allowing self-driving cars to cruise its highways have raised the ire of a consumer watchdog group (the group is unimaginatively named “Consumer Watchdog”). In a letter to Californian government officials, they write, “Without appropriate regulations, Google’s vehicles will be able to gather unprecedented amounts of information about the use of those vehicles. How will it be used? Just as Google tracks us around the Information Superhighway, it will now be looking over our shoulders on every highway and byway.”
Personal autonomy, personal information, and surveillance
If you want an idea of how complicated regulating autonomous cars will be, check out Privacy in Autonomous Vehicles in the Santa Clara Law Review, written by a privacy and transportation law expert, Professor Dorothy J. Glancy,
“When autonomous vehicles become a common mode of personal transport, three types of privacy interests will influence public acceptance of autonomous vehicles and possibly result in legal restrictions on how autonomous vehicles can be designed and operated. These three types of privacy interests are personal autonomy, personal information, and surveillance (my italics).”
Glancy defines personal autonomy privacy as “…an individual’s ability to control such matters as who knows where she is now, where will she go next, when she will depart, how she will get there and with whom, as well as who can predict or decide where, when, and how she will travel in the future.”
Will the passenger’s destination be fed into a central network whose responsibility is to lessen traffic congestion? Who will have access to that information? Can the passenger insist on a route that the network thinks will lead to more congestion and less safe driving conditions? How much control will the passenger exercise over an autonomous vehicle?
The problem with personal information is similar to concerns that we are already seeing with data mining on the Internet. I look forward to the day when I can enter an autonomous car and tell it to take me to a grocery store. I don’t look forward to being assaulted by ads promoting specials and deals at the store. Nor am I comfortable with the idea that somewhere some big multinational (or government) will have a complete record of all my comings and goings.
The issues with surveillance are also similar to what we are seeing today. When can the government demand the data from my use of autonomous cars? If you routinely rent a car (which some futurists expect to be the most common form of autonomous vehicles), does the government need a warrant to demand data from the rental company?
Privacy is a problem for all civilian UGVs
Note how the privacy concern about autonomous cars extends to other civilian applications of UGVs. Consider a healthcare robot that injects medication into a patient. Will an insurance company be able to demand the records of a healthcare robot about a patient’s compliance with medication? In a semi-public hospital setting this may not seem invasive, but this may not be true in a home care situation. Can the patient overrule the unmanned system about the amount and timing of medication? Can the government secure the records to investigate if the patient is forgoing injections and selling the medicine on the black market? Since he doesn’t own the robot, he may not have an expectation of privacy for this very personal information.
Privacy is a technological problem
For unmanned system developers, privacy may seem like someone else’s problem. As long as they are permitted to sell their offerings on the market, who cares what the laws are? That’s a political challenge not a technological one.
Glancy contends that unmanned system developers will have to pay special attention to privacy concerns, because they “… will influence how autonomous vehicles are configured, just as individual privacy and freedom will be affected by the ways in which autonomous vehicles are designed and operated. Infusing privacy into these powerful disruptive technologies will present many challenges, none of them insurmountable. In the end, the future success of autonomous vehicles will depend in part on how well privacy interests and autonomous vehicles can work together.”
If a manufacturer produces a robot that can be configured easily to comply with new privacy laws, it may end up to be the “next big thing,” instead of a technological “also ran.” Privacy may prove to be a major factor in determining which unmanned technology becomes widespread.
Who knows? Maybe UGVs will even get a “child-proof” chip, so the father mentioned at the beginning of this article can be safe from prying eyes.


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Carson Block has been a library technologist for more than 25 years – as a library worker, IT Director and a Library Technology Consultant. He has been called "a geek who speaks English" and enjoys acting as a bridge between the worlds of librarians and hard-core technologists. He has a passion to de-mystify technology for the uninitiated, and to help IT professionals understand and support the goals of libraries.
Carson is the author of Library Information Systems (with Joe Matthews; Libraries Unlimited 2019) and Managing Library Technology: A LITA Guide (Rowman & Littlefield 2017).
NJSLA gratefully acknowledges our sponsor, LibraryLinkNJ for making this event possible


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Brevard Makes the Cut, Among Final Locations Under Consideration for U.S. Space Command Headquarters
By Space Coast Daily // November 20, 2020
Peterson AFB will remain provisional location for U.S. Space Command Headquarters
BREVARD COUNTY • PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA – The Department of the Air Force, on behalf of the Office of Secretary of Defense, has announced that Patrick Air Force Base has made the cut and is among six candidate locations for the U.S. Space Command Headquarters.
The other locations under consideration include Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, Offutt AFB, Nebraska; Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado; Port San Antonio, Texas; and Redstone Army Airfield, Alabama.
“I’m proud of our delegation’s efforts working together to make the case for Space Command Headquarters to locate in Brevard County,” said Congressman Bill Posey.
“I’m pleased to see that we have advanced to the next round in the selection process. Brevard’s strategic location and quality of life make it the ideal place for this important national mission to be centered. There’s still more work to do but I’m confident Brevard County has what it takes to make Space Force a success.”
Self-nominated communities from across 24 states were evaluated as potential locations for hosting the headquarters.
The Department of the Air Force evaluated each location and will now conduct both virtual and on-site visits at each candidate location to assess which location is best suited to host the U.S. Space Command Headquarters.
This assessment will be based on factors related to mission, infrastructure capacity, community support, and costs to the Department of Defense.
The Department of the Air Force anticipates selecting the preferred location for U.S. Space Command Headquarters in early 2021.
In the interim, Peterson AFB will remain the provisional location for U.S. Space Command Headquarters until a permanent location is selected and facilities are ready to support the mission.
“Florida’s Space Coast is the 21st-Century answer for what will give our nation and warfighters the edge on this 21st-Century battlefield,” said EDC President and CEO, Lynda L. Weatherman.
“Our unmatched quantity and quality of defense, civil and commercial space assets and expertise offer U.S. Space Command the agility, innovation and boldness needed to project spacepower.”
During the next phase, the U.S. Air Force will conduct both virtual and in-person visits with candidate locations in anticipation of a decision in early 2021.
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I am so very excited to share this project with you, it was a lot fun to put together, I hope you like it as much as I do! The very first thing that I thought of when I saw Amanda’s cute Scribble Words die cuts was ‘Wouldn’t these make a great mini album!’ So that’s exactly what I did. :D I cut out each die cut from both sets and layered them over patterned paper. Here’s my step by step process of how I made my album.
1. I cut the die cuts from white card stock and then decided on my background colours, I laid the white die cut on the possible patterned papers to make sure there was enough contrast to read the white words.
To read the rest, come on over to Amanda Robinson Studio. Then don't forget to come back and show me what you made :D