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Have you ever wondered what it would really take to convert some or all of your lawn to a raised bed garden? Well, I did it this year and it was almost easy. Yes, I said easy. My need for a new garden was the result of a move. Last summer, in the middle of the California growing season, we moved. The garden in my old place was in full swing when we packed our bags and headed up the road. I love having fresh produce and herbs, so I did my best growing in containers through the summer and most of the winter. Container gardening did allow me to learn about my new growing zone and unique micro climate without making a commitment. In a span of a few months we had critters, pests, drought, marine layer - the list could go on but I did have successes too.
Along the way Gardener's Supply Company, in Vermont, asked if I would be interested in testing a new raised bed product they were introducing in February, called Cedarlast. Well, after thinking about it for a second, I said, "Yes!" You see, I have loved Gardener's for years and I mean years. Initially, they were a trusted resource for product and guidance and later I became one of their product testers. I knew that even in the testing phase their product would be good and I was not disappointed.
All of this is just background and the real thing I want to share is how we made it happen. Yes, it included some heavy work, but I was lucky to have a husband who was an enthusiastic second pair of hands, Gardener's was there for advice and I had a local plant expert and professional garden installer, Andy Vaughan, available and willing to help.
We decided to give up the tiny patch of grass in our backyard for our new vegetable garden. This spot was chosen because it gets the best sun and as a bonus it already had irrigation. The area would be part of our living and entertaining space. Our living room and kitchen overlooks the area, so, looking good was as important as function. To help with planning, I measured the area, drew a to scale map and made paper to scale cutouts of the available raised beds. I would be working with beds that were 2'x6' and 2'x3.' There were also a few bonus pieces I could potentially use too, like an obelisk.
By making a scale drawing and models, I was able to move the parts around and figure out the best design. For me, it seemed the parts just fell into the right places and gave me everything I had on my wish list:
space between beds for a wheelbarrow
an area of shade so I could extend my growing of greens in our hot California summer
a space for my container dwarf Mandarian tree
visual appeal by varying heights and spacing
areas in between beds for ground planting some larger plants
the obelisk - because every garden needs a showstopper
We had one month to prepare the area before the raised beds and obelisk would arrive. That allowed for a relatively leisurely pace of grass removal, root removal and leveling. All the work we put into the prep was sooooooo worth it. My husband was insistent on getting the land as level as possible, where I was willing to do just enough. In the end, he won and here it is in writing - he was right! We ended up moving 30 wheelbarrows of dirt to other areas of our yard. While this seems like a lot, you have to remember it is a one time job, never to be done again, if you get it right. We also put in an edge because we planned to use pea stone around the beds.
Install day was a breeze! Andy was there to help and he adapted our sprinklers to an irrigation system. Below is a time lapsed slide show of the day. In one day we assembled the beds and obelisk, put down weed barrier, added gopher mesh to the bottom of the beds, put in the soil and installed the irrigation system. Done and done! The next day we spread the pea stone and the planting began.
One long day, following some good preparation and here we are with a growing garden.
There are so many right answers to getting your own vegetable garden. This one solution worked for me but that does not mean it is the only solution. There are some advantages to raised beds:
controlling the soil
separating plants for different levels of sun and shade
comfort of not being on the ground (Cedarlast beds are extra high!)
ease of reaching all the plants - no standing on your plants
the furniture grade beds - worth it - because appearance counts
cedar not only smells good but is a natural pest repellant
you can start with just one bed and add on as your needs grow
A little planning, some preparation, great product and teamwork made it an almost painless process. I will say it was actually easy. So try it! Grow something.
Notes: If you are in LA County and you need a garden expert and install pro, Andy Vaughan can be found at califarmer.com.

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I got this cutie patootie stamp set from My Favorite Things special for this challenge, and I couldn't wait to get her inky! Also, in August we went camping for two weeks to our favorite campground, Normandy Farms, which also happens to be very close to one of my favorite stops when we're in the area, Right at Home Scrapbooking. While I was there (for hours!) I picked up the perfect papers to match, they're called Science and Reading by October Afternoon.
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The APPG for Youth Employment recently published its report into the role the government is asking businesses to play to support youth employment.
ThinkForward, which has business engagement at the heart our five-year programme, provided evidence to the inquiry. We were able to draw extensively on our own experiences of creating and managing relationships with employers to deliver work-related activities for young people to support them to make the right career choices.
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White House Celebrity Alert: Intern Becomes Hollywood American Idol Contestant
Molly DeWolf Swenson, a current White House intern who attended Harvard, must be making her parents extra proud: She’s made it through all the way through the American Idol Hollywood auditions and will be appearing next week in the group auditions. We didn’t see her Hollywood performance, but Ryan Seacrest gave us the news, hallelujah!
Judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler (who is really awesome!) picked Molly at the end of Day One in Milwaukee after she let them know Randy had accidentally slapped her face earlier in the day while high-fiving constestants–an incident caught on video. And she name checked Monica Lewinsky while admitting she is
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Thankfully did not wear a blue dress.
Molly isn’t the first politically connected AI constestant: Massachusetts States Senator Scott Brown’s daughter Ayla who made it into Season 5’s Top 13.

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Some Photos of Robert E. Wilhelm, Jr's
Model 735 Stanley Steam Car
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This photo shows the steam engine, rear axle, brake drums and wire wheels. The two steam engine cylinders are at the top center of the photo and don't have their copper jacket installed. The oval copper enclosure in the center of the photo is where the rods, linkages, and valve gear are similar to what you see on the side of a steam locomotive. The engine is a two-cylinder, double acting (steam pushes on both sides of the piston alternately), 4" bore, 5" stroke design. This engine can produce around 115 horsepower with a 600-pound steam supply. There is no transmission in a Stanley and power is transmitted from a gear on the crankshaft directly to the ring gear of the differential. The car's brakes are only on the rear and were originally bands that contract around the outside of the brake drums seen in the photo. The parking brake was an internal expanding design similar to today's modern brakes. I've converted the braking system such that the internal brake is now hydraulic and operated by the foot pedal while the external band brake serves as the parking brake. The two "rods" from either side of the rear axle to the top of the photo are called "perch poles" and are wooden poles interconnecting the rear axle to the front axle. The car has full elliptical rear springs and the perch poles are required to keep the axles parallel. The small rod immediately to the left of the copper enclosure is the pump rod and it serves to drive the water, oil, and fuel pumps when the car is in motion.
This is the underside of the boiler and shows the burner. The burner is of vaporizing design (like a Coleman Camp Stove) which means the heat of the burner fire is used to vaporize the liquid fuel prior to it being mixed with air for burning. Kerosene from the main fuel tank is pumped to 140 pounds pressure for delivery to the burner. It is fed into a vaporizing coil located just above the burner grate where the liquid changes to vapor. The vapor is then directed through a nozzle and into a venturi mixing tube where it eventually makes its way to the underside of the burner grate. Passing through holes in the grate the air-fuel mixture burns on the surface of the grate. A small pilot continuously burns to serve as the ignition source for the main burner. The pilot is also a vaporizing design like the main burner but it uses white gas at 25 pounds pressure as its fuel source. The main burner is automatically fired depending on the steam pressure in the boiler. As you've probably guessed, there is no ignition key for a Stanley but rather a Blow Torch serves as the "key" to starting a Stanley! Once the pilot is lit a Stanley is always ready to drive.
This photo shows the left side of the boiler. Normally there would be a smokebox installed over the top of the boiler and you would not see the top of the boiler. The Stanley boiler's nominal operating steam pressure is 600 pounds. The boiler is 23 inches in diameter and 14 inches high and is a fire-tube design. There are 636 half-inch tubes mounted into the 3/8-inch thick steel flue sheets. The boiler drum is 5/16-inch boiler steel but it is wrapped with three layers of 0.056-inch diameter 300,000-pound tensile strength piano wire which provides amazing strength for the weight. Insulation covers the wire and a metal protective jacket is what is seen in the photo. The hydrostatic pressure test on this boiler was 1200 pounds for 10 minutes. The maze of tubing and valves associated with a typical Stanley is obvious in this photo. The brass device mounted at an angle to the side of the boiler is the throttle. Moving a lever on the steering column operates the throttle and controls the amount of steam going to the engine and thus the speed of the vehicle. The white device is the boiler water level indicator. Above and to the right of the water indicator is the steam automatic which is responsible for controlling the firing rate of the main burner based on the steam pressure. This car is a 20-horsepower car meaning that this boiler will steam at a 20-boiler horsepower rate. A 20-horsepower Stanley can run along at 30 to 35 miles per hour on a level road and maintain 550 pounds of boiler pressure. However, just like the storage battery in a modern car can deliver huge amounts of amperage for very short periods of time, this boiler's reserve capacity of hot water and steam allows the car to make sprints of 50 miles per hour or more. The white "U-shaped" tube behind the boiler in this picture is the main steam line from the boiler to the engine. The steam line going to the front of the boiler from the throttle connects to a circular wrap of tubing (called a superheater) located above the burner. The steam leaving the throttle is heated in the superheater to provide more energy to the steam and results is greater efficiency of the steam engine. The various valves shown in the photo are for the steam siphon which uses steam to draw water from a trough or creek into the main water tank; steam enema which cleans the carbon build-up from the main vaporizer coil; and to blow-down the boiler at the end of a day's use.
This composite set of photos is from a milestone day in the restoration of my Stanley. After a year and a half of work my Stanley made steam for the first time. The upper right close-up is of the gauges on the dash. The left gauge is the steam pressure. 600 PSI is the nominal operating pressure for the car and as you can see I had 400 PSI on the gauge at the time of the photo. To the left of the steam gauge is the valve handle controlling the kerosene flow to the main burner. From its position of 2-o'clock the burner is under fire (5-o'clock is off). The right gauge is actually a double-needle gauge and displays the fuel pressures. For those with good eyes the black needle is the main burner kerosene pressure of slightly over 100 pounds while the red needle is the pilot gasoline pressure of approximately 25 pounds. A dash light separates the two gauges. Directly below the dash light is a small circular brown disk called the "winker". This indicator alternately blinks dark and then light brown to signal oil is being pumped to the engine. Injecting steam oil in the main steam line feeding the engine lubricates a steam engine. A pump driven from the rear wheels provides the oil and the "winking" of this indicator during driving shows proper lubrication of the engine. To the lower left of the winker is the boiler water level indicator. This indicator is actually not on the dash but located on the firewall. It indicates the boiler is full of water. The photo to the left is a close-up shot of the pilot. The small "U-tube" that the flame is impinging upon is the vaporization tube for the pilot. This tube is heated with a torch when starting a Stanley. The fuel valve is then opened while the flame is held on the tube until the pilot lights. Once the pilot is lit it serves to heat the vaporizing coil for the main burner. After the pilot remains lit for a short period of time the main fuel valve may be opened to lit the main burner. To the top right of the pilot is the main fuel line going to the main burner-vaporizing coil. The block above the lit pilot is the discharge end of the vaporizing coil that feeds off to the right of the pilot. To the lower right of the pilot is a vertical cylindrical tube that is the nozzle for the main burner. Kerosene vapor shoots out of the nozzle and mixes with air in the venturi tube on its way to burning. The lower right picture of the group is the front of the car showing the burner. This Stanley is a condensing car meaning that the exhaust steam from the engine is passed through a condenser to turn it back into water for eventual reuse. The condenser is really nothing more than a conventional radiator located at the front of the car. It is not installed in this picture and the steam from the exhaust pipe can be seen to the left of the boiler.
This is the front seat and dash of the Model 735. The speedometer, ammeter, and pilot temperature gauges are to the right of the main steam and fuel pressure gauges. The throttle is the lever behind the steering wheel to the right. The green box with the brass lever to behind and to the left of the steering wheel is for the turn signals (an addition to the car by a previous owner). There is obviously no gas pedal on the floor but there are two foot pedals. The right one is the brake pedal. The left pedal is called the "hook-up". In the fully released position the hook-up pedal allows steam to enter the engine cylinder for 80 percent of the piston's stroke in the cylinder (4 of the 5 inches). However, at around 15 to 20 miles per hour the cylinders can't exhaust the steam fast enough and increased speed is not attainable. By depressing the hook-up pedal to a recess position steam is only admitted for 20 percent of the piston's stroke in the cylinder. When "hooked-up" the expansive power of the steam is used allowing the car to not only travel faster but also to do so using far less steam. The car is put into reverse by pressing the hook-up pedal all the way to the floorboard and holding it while admitting steam to the engine. Another unique feature of the Stanley is that it will travel in reverse as fast as it will go forward! The Stanley does have an electrical system. A generator is driven from the rear differential and powers the headlights, tail and brake lights, and the dash light. Not seen in this photo are several more cotnrol valves located under the dash.
Current Status of the Car -- May 2002
During the late summer and early fall of 1999 the car was road-worthy and driven about 350 miles. It was stored for the winter of 1999 when the next major phase of the restoration was started -- repainting, new leather seats, and a new top. At this point the aluminum body has been primed. Final alignments of the doors, hood, and other parts are in progress. The top color coat should be applied in June and July with the car coming "home" in late July. The leather seats are sewn and waiting for the painting to be complete so that they may be attached to the wooden body. It is hoped that the car will be back on the road sometime before the end of 2002.
Two photos of the car in primer. The doors on the left side have been fitted and aligned while those on the right are the next to do. The car will be painted with DuPont Imron in two shades of red. I've been lucky enough to obtain original paint chip samples of Valentine's Valspar Enamel that Stanley used in painting their cars. Two shades of red have been chosen and color matched to the Imron paint system. Note that the body of this car is composed of aluminum panels hand-fitted to a wooden body frame. Only the doors, hood, and wheel fenders are made of steel. The wooden body rests on a steel undercarriage. The wire wheels have been respoked and re-nickel plating of the bright work is in progress.


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Conference, yesterday, we heard from an expert panel on the cost of living crisis. This including a UNISON organiser who supports members in London NHS hospitals, who have to rely on food banks to feed themselves and their families.
But Conference there are other experts on the cost of living crisis and these experts are you all in this room, a room filled with grass root labour activists, Cllrs, Affiliates, MPs and Assembly members, and workers trying to pay our bills, who day in day out, see first-hand the misery that the Cost of Living crisis has been inflicted on so many Londoners. Don’t forget Conference that this fresh attack on living standards is taken place after a decade of cruel austerity.
And who has suffered the most misery in London? It is of course our Black community, who even before this current crisis had tended to experience the lowest wages, the highest unemployment, the worse housing, and most insecure jobs with shoddy terms and conditions. It is Black Workers who were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, who were dying from Covid whilst carrying out vital frontline roles and who keep the public sector running in London.
Conference, this motion tells it as it is but also what will a future Labour Government will actually do to solve the crisis. As a front line housing worker in North London and as an elected unison London activist, who represents members who work in social care & the wider voluntary sector. Let me paint you a picture.
Workers, who have already suffered years of austerity, while trying to survive in London on an inadequate national minimum wage, have either insecure zero hour contracts or face the slash and burn of their terms and conditions by fire and rehire.
A future Labour Government will give all workers greater employment rights and protections from day one. End zero hour contracts and fire and rehire. A Labour Government will deliver Fair Wage Agreements that will bring employers and unions together in my sector & in social care, to negotiate binding pay and conditions.
Conference, check out the “New deal for working people” launched last year by my UNISON friend & colleague, Labour Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner. This is how we will end the Cost of Living crisis.
But Conference, let me be clear. First and foremost, we must get a Labour Government elected. We must get Keir Starmer elected as our Prime Minister.
Conference, despite my youthful looks, I have been able vote in elections for 42 years. But in those 42 years there has only been 2 Labour Prime Ministers and only 1 of them had ever been elected.
While I have never agreed 100% with any Labour Prime minister or Leader, I am a firm believer that the worse day in any Labour Government is far, far better than the very best day of any Tory Government.
Conference please support this motion. Let’s not just talk about the Cost of living crisis but get a Labour Government elected to end it.

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I am going to take a deep dive into Sanchez Midstream Partners LP’s (NYSEMKT:SNMP) most recent ownership structure, not a frequent subject of discussion among individual investors. Ownership structure has been found to have an impact on shareholder returns in both short- and long-term. The same amount of capital coming from an activist institution and a passive mutual fund has different implications on corporate governance, which is a decisive factor for a long-term investor. It also impacts the trading environment of company shares, which is more of a concern for short-term investors. Therefore, it is beneficial for us to examine SNMP’s ownership structure in more detail.
Institutional OwnershipIn SNMP’s case, institutional ownership stands at 26.8%, significant enough to cause considerable price moves in the case of large institutional transactions, especially when there is a low level of public shares available on the market to trade. However, as not all institutions are alike, such high volatility events, especially in the short-term, have been more frequently linked to active market participants like hedge funds. For SNMP shareholders, the potential of this type of share price volatility shouldn’t be as concerning as hedge fund ownership is is not significant,indicating few chances of such sudden price moves. While that hardly seems concerning, I will explore further into SNMP’s ownership type to find out how it can affect the company’s investment profile.
Insider OwnershipAn important group of shareholders are company insiders. Insider ownership has to do more with how the company is managed and less to do with the direct impact of the magnitude of shares trading on the market. SNMP insiders hold a significant stake of 13.6% in the company. This level of insider ownership has been found to have a negative impact on companies with consistently low PE ratios (underperformers), while it has been positive in the case of high PE ratio firms (outperformers). It may be interesting to take a look at what company insiders have been doing with their holdings lately. Insiders buying company shares can be a positive indicator of future performance, but a selling decision can simply be driven by personal financial needs.
General Public OwnershipThe general public holds a substantial 44.5% stake in SNMP, making it a highly popular stock among retail investors. With this size of ownership, retail investors can collectively play a role in major company policies that affect shareholders returns, including executive remuneration and the appointment of directors. They can also exercise the power to decline an acquisition or merger that may not improve profitability.
Private Company OwnershipAnother group of owners that a potential investor in SNMP should consider are private companies, with a stake of 0.2%. While they invest more often due to strategic interests, an investment can also be driven by capital gains through share price appreciation. However, an ownership of this size may be relatively insignificant, meaning that these shareholders may not have the potential to influence SNMP’s business strategy. Thus, investors not need worry too much about the consequences of these holdings.
SNMP’s considerably high level of institutional ownership calls for further analysis into its margin of safety. This will allow investors to reduce the impact of non-fundamental factors, such as volatile block trading impact on their portfolio value. However, if you are building an investment case for SNMP, ownership structure alone should not dictate your decision to buy or sell the stock. Instead, you should be evaluating company-specific factors such as Sanchez Midstream Partners’s past track record and financial health. I urge you to complete your research by taking a look at the following:
- Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for SNMP’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for SNMP’s outlook.
- Past Track Record: Has SNMP been consistently performing well irrespective of the ups and downs in the market? Go into more detail in the past performance analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of SNMP’s historicals for more clarity.
- Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.
NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.
To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at email@example.com.

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Both Pasadena Unified School District administrators and First Student, Inc. officials are advising Pasadena Unified parents to make other arrangements to get their children to school until a bus driver strike which began Thursday morning can be settled.
There is, however, no word from either First Student or Teamsters 572 as to when the bus drivers who operate buses serving Pasadena Unified might return to work.
Pasadena Unified contracts the busing services through First Student, Inc., wich hires drivers and negotiates with the union, a school spokesperson indicated.
Hilda Ramirez Horvath, Manager of Communications for the Pasadena Unified School District, said in an email statement “The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) contracts with First Student, Inc. to provide daily transportation services for 1,200 PUSD students. The strike by First Student drivers has severely impacted transportation services for PUSD students, including planned school field trips.”
Pasadena Now contacted First Student headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“We appreciate that this morning has been a challenge for everyone who relies on the service, specifically the transportation,” said Jay Brock, Public Relations Representative with First Student. “It was a little abrupt this morning that we have drivers showing up for work and it appears as though they weren’t aware that any strike was taking place.”
“Unfortunately at this particular time we would encourage those parents to look for some alternative transportation,” Brock said.
Ramirez went on to say, “We urge First Student, Inc. to resolve this matter quickly and immediately resume transportation services for PUSD students. As customers of First Student, Inc., our students are being affected.”
Although some routes are still operational because a small number of drivers continued to work, Brock said that it is essentially all of the bus drivers serving Pasadena Unified who are on strike.
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WASHINGTON — For the second time in as many months, the House Committee on Natural Resources has taken a public swing at Patagonia. This time it’s after the outdoor retailer turned down an invitation to testify before the legislative body about its opposition to the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle national monuments.
On Friday, the committee — which is chaired by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) — posted an image to Twitter that reads, “Patagonia Is Lying Hiding.” The post from the official government account links to a letter Bishop sent Friday to company CEO Yvon Chouinard in which he accuses the company of “living in a bubble” and shielding itself from competing viewpoints.
“In my 15 years of congressional service I have found most people jump at the opportunity to share their views before Congress — at least those who are confident in their positions,” Bishop wrote.
A fierce critic of the Trump administration’s monthslong review of protected national monuments, Patagonia has joined a coalition that’s suing to block the sweeping cuts that President Donald Trump made last month to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. After Trump signed a pair of proclamations to dismantle the protected Utah sites, the company updated its home page with the words “The President Stole Your Land.”
In a post that closely resembled the one from Patagonia, Bishop’s committee accused the outdoor retailer of lying in order to sell its merchandise. The response raised both ethical and legal questions.
Walter Shaub, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, said at the time that the “attack” on Patagonia “sure looks a lot like a violation” of House committee rules on social media communication.
A week later, on Dec. 15, Bishop invited Patagonia to join the committee to discuss its views on monuments and federal land management.
Chouinard declined for his company. In a Dec. 19 response he said has “little hope” that Bishop’s invitation was in good faith.
“I find it disingenuous that after unethically using taxpayers’ resources to call us liars, you would ask me to testify in front of a committee for a matter already decided by the administration and applauded by the Utah delegation just a week ago,” he wrote. “A macabre celebration of the largest reduction in public lands in American history.”
Chouinard accused Bishop’s committee of being “like many committees in this failed Orwellian government” and “shackled to special interests of oil, gas, and mining.”
In his letter Friday, Bishop again blasted the company for its “continued effort to mislead the public” about the Utah monument rollbacks, in particular its claim that the move represents the “largest elimination of protected land in American history.”
“High-profile corporate citizens who make factually inaccurate and misleading statements and then hide from further scrutiny do a disservice to their customers and the American public,” Bishop wrote. He added that “although it is your right, living in a bubble isn’t healthy, nor is it conducive to a robust discussion on important matters of public policy.”
While it’s true that the collective 2 million acres that the Trump administration has stripped from the two Utah monuments remain public and under federal control, withdrawing monument status opens the door for drilling, mining and other development.
Bishop hasn’t been alone in the fight against Patagonia.
Following the administration’s rollbacks in Utah, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — who led the controversial monuments review — dismissed the private company as a “special interest” that makes its products in China. He told Fox Business that it “should focus on how to bring manufacturing back into the country instead of lying to the public about losing federal land.”

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Conforming to the established legislature and respecting stakeholder’s and physical person’s sensitive information is a major requirement and challenge for every process, framework or application that deals with storage or processing of personal data.
With the advent and adoption of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) by all member states of the EU, the set of requirements, that each party dealing with personal data must fulfil, has been defined in a much stricter sense than before. Moreover, data regulations under the GDPR has been extended to not only cover the kind of data stored, but also explicitly defines the rights of a physical person whose personal data are stored, commonly referred to as “data subject” under the GDPR terminology, after her/his consent is given and her/his data is stored. Under the present regulation, a data subject can revoke any consent given at any time and request (the removal of any stored data) that any stored personal data be removed. In general, data subjects now have the right to be aware of the details about how their data is processed, analysed, shared or used in decision-making and analytics and additionally have the right to access and/or erase this data.
ChildRescue relies heavily on personal data. Data subjects include (are also the) missing or unaccompanied children, and the citizens that will (register and) act as the social network of ChildRescue. Apart from using the data subject’s data and feedback for the resolution of cases, the participating organisations, and thus ChildRescue, also use these data for statistical analysis of past cases, something that falls under the term of processing under the definitions of GDPR. Moreover, ChildRescue will also use algorithms based on profile data that will provide suggestions to search and rescue organisations on the most probably transport routes. Such tasks fall under the definition of profiling and decision-making of the GDPR.
Citizens that will use the ChildRescue platform to help find missing children will effectively contribute to investigation procedures by offering evidence. Processing of this kind of data falls within the conditions of lawful processing as these are presented in Article 6 of the GDPR; namely the “performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller”. Authorities may need to be able to track back the evidence to the citizen that generated it, both for legal reasons and for further direct communication that may be needed, and moreover to avert abuse of the platform from users with evil intent. ChildRescue needs to provide a robust and secure Data Privacy and Anonymization Framework which will respect the GDPR.
The landscape of Data Privacy and Anonymization
When data is communicated between two parties, it is often a requirement that the content of the communication remains secret to non-participating parties. Encryption techniques that tried to provide the required security were used since antiquity, usually to protect military secrets. Nowadays, personal sensitive data is in the core of data encryption; whenever two parties need to exchange information in a way that the content remains hidden, an encryption scheme must be applied. Furthermore, during a communication, each party should be able to verify the other’s party identity and that there is no case of malicious profile/pretender. The techniques used for both encryption and identity verification (via the so-called digital signature), typically involve similar techniques, which fall under the domain of cryptography. Data encryption involves converting and transforming data into scrambled, often unreadable, cipher-text using non-readable mathematical calculations and algorithms. Restoring the message requires a corresponding decryption algorithm and the original encryption key. Encryption uses an algorithm to scramble, or encrypt, data and then uses a key for the receiving party to unscramble, or decrypt, the information. The message contained in an encrypted message is referred to as plaintext. In its encrypted, unreadable form it is referred to as cipher text.
Apart from encryption, there are cases where data may contain both informational that needs to be communicated publicly and personal sensitive information that must remain inaccessible. In these cases, techniques that perform data masking on the original data set need to be applied. Data masking is a process where data elements should not be accessible by users with certain roles. These elements are then hidden and replaced by similar-looking fake data. Fake dataare typically characters that will meet the requirements of a system designed to test or still work with the masked results. Masking ensures vital parts of personally identifiable information (PII), like the first 5 digits of a social security number, are obscured or otherwise de-identified. The main difference between encryption and data masking is that a masked data set is in plain format and can be read by anyone but cannot be reversed to the original data in any way. In data masking, data privacy protection is ensured storing or transmitting masked data, without disclosing the transformations performed. Additionally, for encryption, reversibility is required, while for masking, reversibility is a weakness. At the same time, among the arsenal of IT security techniques available, pseudonymization or anonymization is highly recommended by the GDPR regulation. Pseudonymisation means the transformation of data in a way that personal data cannot be retrieved without the usage of additional identifiers, not present in the transformed set, while, anonymisation means the transformation of data in a way that personal data cannot be retrieved in any way from the transformed set.


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Two Indian Token Marketplaces Suspend Trading Due to Regulatory Pressure
Two Indian crypto token marketplaces have announced that they will halt trading from March 5. The platforms state that this is due to regulatory pressure which put their businesses “under a lot of stress.”
Two Token Marketplaces Halt Trading
Two Indian crypto token marketplaces, Btcxindia and Ethexindia, have announced that they will “halt cryptocurrency trading from March 5,” the Economic Times reported.
Over 35,000 members have used the two platforms, the news outlet added. Btcxindia, which began as one of India’s oldest bitcoin exchanges, has been operating for four years. However, last year the platform dropped bitcoin trading to offer real-time ripple (XRP) trading for Indian rupees (INR). Btcxindia recently posted a notice on its website, stating:
Customers are advised to withdraw their funds (BTC, XRP and INR) on or before 04 March 2018, if not [their accounts] will attract annual wallet maintenance fees…XRP/INR trading will be halted effective from 05 March 2018.
Ethexindia is “India’s first ether exchange,” according to its website. The platform, which has been offering ether (ETH) trading for rupees for two years, has also halted both INR and ETH deposits. “Deposits received, if any, will be automatically reverted to the respective bank accounts,” the company emphasized, adding that, “ETH/INR trading has been halted from 01 March 2018. Customers are kindly advised to withdraw their INR and ETH.”
Both marketplaces are managed by S Capital Solutions Pvt Ltd. Other than these two platforms, S Capital also has a 12% equity stake in Crypt E Tech Solution, the company behind bitcoin payment service provider Blockonomics, according to its website.
Regulatory Pressure Mounting
The Indian government has been discussing the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and digital tokens. The roles of the regulators for cryptocurrencies have reportedly been decided and the law governing bitcoin is expected soon. Btcxindia recently informed its members:
As we heard in the budget speech, the Indian government is discouraging cryptocurrency trading. This has been clear also by government actions in the last year, and has put our business under a lot of stress and put us in a position where we don’t feel that we can continue our business in a professional manner any longer.
The company emphasized that “Until new rules are in place for tokens on public blockchains, we are halting our trading platform,” adding that the company will now focus solely on its blockchain consultancy work.
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The team started off slow this season, says Coach Pete Festa, but when faced with the fact that they had to win at least seven of their last eight games to make it to the playoffs, the team came through: The fifth graders rallied and became the #4 seed with an 8-6 record. Within those final seven wins were two tough games against Nutley and Livingston, which at the time were tied for first place. Verona played both Nutley and Livingston on the road and came away with two close, hard fought victories.
The play-offs start the week of February 14 and Verona will be playing the # 1 seed West Orange on the road.Pictured (l-r) front row : Julian Pena, David Festa and Michael Daggett; second row: Dean Ramsthaler, Sal Vassallo, Steven Priscoe and Joey Zecchino; third row: Ian Metzger, Andrew Luehs, Andrew Siegelin and Coach Pete Festa. Missing: Coach Alex Pena
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Chia Basinger, owner of the Sweet Action Ice Cream shop in Denver, CO, testified before the state's Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs committee in support of Family Medical Leave Insurance Program (HB17-1001), or FAMLI Act. The bill would provide employees in Colorado with up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year after the birth of a child, to take time off for a personal injury or to care for a seriously ill family member.
Colorado Small Business Owner Highlight
For many small businesses, addressing HR, legal and compliance needs can be a challenge. Many lack the resources to hire a full-time HR professional who can draft employee policies and handbooks, design HR strategies that help move the company forward or secure legal services for HR-related necessities – like employment contracts or separation agreements.
Colorado Outreach Manager Hunter Railey testified in support of legislation that would create a paid family medical leave program in Colorado. The hearing was called by the Colorado Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee. Hunter's testimony explained how the proposed bill, the FAMLI Act, will benefit small businesses by lowering turnover, boosting productivty and enhancing employee morale.
Small Business Majority Colorado Outreach Manager Hunter Railey testified in support of legislation that would create a Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program. Such a program would allow small business owners and employees to have access to a publicly-adminstered retirement savings program without encumbering the adminstrative and cost burdens of such programs.
Kelli Riley, owner of Riley Law, LLC, submitted written testimony in support of legislation pending in Colorado that would create a Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program. Ms. Riley's testimony discussed how difficult it is for small businesses to compete with the benefits packages of larger employers, and how a Secure Choice program in Colorado could help her company compete for top talent.
On December 15, Small Business Majority released a new scientific opinion poll that found a majority of Colorado small businesses believe business owners should not be allowed to deny services to LGBT individuals based on the owner’s religious beliefs, including for wedding-related services.
Colorado small business owners soundly reject efforts to increase the interest rates lenders can charge on certain consumer loans, and the results of a new Small Business Majority poll of state small business owners strongly suggest state legislators who support such increases would pay the price at the election booth. According to the scientific poll, an overwhelming 90% oppose allowing lenders to increase the interest they can charge on a $3,000 consumer loan from 28% a year to 30% a year and allow increases based on inflation for each subsequent year.
Small businesses account for a significant share of Colorado’s economy. For every one large business in Colorado, there are 179 small businesses diligently working to reenergize the state’s economy: Small firms make up 99% of the state’s employers. These entrepreneurs are doing everything they can to hire, grow and move their businesses and the state’s economy forward. As part of these efforts, recent scientific opinion polling shows that Colorado’s entrepreneurs want pragmatic, innovative policies that help guide them into a competitive, modern clean energy economy.


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“Despite what those milk-mustachioed celebrities in those ‘Got Milk?’ ads have been telling us for years, humans have no nutritional requirements for milk, and it may be doing us more harm that good because of all the sugar (that) even plain nonfat milk contains.” ~ Dr. David Ludwig
David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, founder of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School:
“Humans have no nutritional requirement for animal milk, an evolutionarily recent addition to diet. Anatomically modern humans presumably achieved adequate nutrition for millennia before domestication of dairy animals…”
Uh, ok, but there’s a bunch of health benefits – like healthy bones – right, Dr. David?
“Throughout the world, bone fracture rates tend to be lower in countries that do not consume milk compared with those that do. Moreover, milk consumption does not protect against fracture in adults…”
Well, at least milk still has protein (sheesh). Anyways, there are plenty of other ways to strengthen your bones without milk, which may indeed be the best move if Ludwig’s research is any indication.
Here are 5 ways to strengthen your bones without dairy:
1. Chop some kale
Besides raw milk, cooked kale is the best vegetarian source of calcium there is. Just one cup of cooked kale contains 245 milligrams (mg) of calcium, or 24 percent of recommended daily intake (RDI).
Besides being rich in calcium, kale is loaded with antioxidants which help fight against illness and disease. It’s also great for aiding digestion, containing 5 grams of fiber in each serving!
2. Eat white beans
Here’s a fun factoid for ya: beans are the least expensive source of protein, which is arguably just as important to bone health as calcium. Also, white beans are the best source of calcium in the legume family, containing 191 mg in one cup, or 19 percent of RDI.
White kidney beans are also rich in antioxidants, fiber, and iron. (Lack of iron is thought to be the leading mineral deficiency in developed countries.)
3. Do strength training
Strength-training, a.k.a. weight training, is not only great for increasing muscle mass – it helps to improve and maintain bone health, as well. A meta-analysis (“multiple study” analysis) shows that strength training protects against bone loss in women of all ages.
Research demonstrates that performing weightlifting and resistance training exercises can help increase bone formation during bone growth and protect bone health in older adults, including individuals with low bone density.
4. Maintain a healthy weight and balanced diet
Having a stable, healthy weight – i.e., neither underweight or overweight – helps to support bone health. Concerning the former, low body weight is associated with a higher risk of both osteoporosis and osteopenia (both conditions refer to bone density that is lower than normal, with osteoporosis being the more severe condition.)
Of course, keeping a healthy weight is much easier when you eat the right foods. Besides the foods on this list, make sure to get plenty of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Also make sure to drink plenty of water, which has been shown to increase the number of calories burned throughout the day.
5. Get some Omega-3’s
In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, individuals who consumed a diet rich in omega-3’s demonstrated higher bone mineral density at the hip and spine. These results suggest that omega-3 fatty acids “may play a vital role in preserving skeletal integrity in older age.”
In other words, fatty acids promote the creation of new bone while protecting against bone loss in older adults.
Although fish is often cited as the best source of omega-3’s, there are numerous plant sources of the fatty acid, as well, including chia seeds, flaxseeds, and walnuts.


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The UConn Fast Break - 2/4/2022
Are you mad about UConn basketball?
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Is the Creighton loss cause for concern?
UConn’s loss to Creighton Tuesday night comes on the heels of a flat performance at DePaul, even though the Huskies won that one. UConn shot a season-low 30% from the field against Creighton and was a dismal 13% from three against DePaul.
The offense, which has struggled all year with consistency, has been struggling extra hard lately, and everything from Dan Hurley’s coaching to the fervor of fans is under question during these seemingly dire times.
Those claiming this team is “not good” may want to chill out, though. UConn is 15-5 with 10 games left in the regular season, and all five losses coming by four points or less. They’re ranked 19th in KenPom and (allegedly) fully healthy. They’ve beaten good teams and played others really close. Don’t forget how far we’ve come.
Currently ranked 17th in the AP Poll, the Huskies are likely to drop a little, but they could prevent that and make all of this concern moot with a win over no. 12 Villanova. I think the Huskies are focused on making a statement and perhaps overlooked Creighton with this big opportunity coming up Saturday and will be ready to step up.
Tomorrow the Huskies need to prove that they belong on the court with Villanova, the program that has unquestionably been the class of the Big East since it was reborn. UConn needs to remind everyone why they were picked to finish second in the league.
He’s not perfect, nobody is, but Dan Hurley has shown an ability to get the most out of his players and at this point deserves a lot of credit for where he’s taken the program. Unless you were expecting this year’s team to be a Final Four contender or Elite Eight shoo-in, I’m not sure what you have to be upset about.
If UConn lays an egg Saturday or puts itself in danger of finishing below .500 over these final ten games, we can talk about this team not being good enough. Right now they’re in a funk. It happens.
We’ve also seen people mad about the state of the women’s hoops team. Those people should seek help, immediately.
Men’s basketball gets road win at DePaul - It was an ugly affair in Chicago, but the Huskies took a 57-50 victory on Saturday, extending their winning streak to five.
Football transfer tracker - With National Signing Day in the rearview mirror, keep track of the comings and goings with former and future UConn players.
Geno Auriemma to return to sideline soon - Geno missed Wednesday’s victory over Creighton due to a non-COVID-19 illness. He was slated to return to the bench Friday night but that game has been canceled.
No. 10 Women’s basketball comes back against Creighton - Down 12 points in the first half, the Huskies stormed back against the Bluejays for a 20-point win on Wednesday.
Women’s basketball outduels Providence - Despite 19 points from Christyn Williams, the Huskies were unable to pull away from the Friars, winning 69-61 on Sunday.
WNBA free agency opens - There was plenty of movement among UConn alumni, including Gabby Williams and Katie Lou Samuelson being traded for each other
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Play of the Week
Men’s hockey surrendered a goal early in the first period of the Connecticut Ice Festival semifinals against Yale but then scored five straight in a decisive win over the Bulldogs.
In the second period, Carter Turnbull threw the puck on net from below the goal line and caught an unsuspecting Yale defense napping, lighting the lamp for UConn’s fourth goal.
On Feb. 3, 2015, Geno Auriemma crossed hit the 900-win mark as the Huskies easily took care of Cincinnati. He became the fifth coach to reach that milestone and the fastest ever, doing it in 1,034 games.
Six Huskies reached double figures, led by Gabby Williams’ 18 points and 14 rebounds on 8-11 shooting off the bench. They also played this incredible video tribute at the XL Center that night.
Check out The UConn Blog’s story on Auriemma’s milestone. UConn also put together this video including Auriemma’s commentary after the win.
UConn, Great Pic
Men’s basketball took an ugly loss to Creighton on Tuesday evening at XL Center, but Ian Bethune was there to snap some fantastic pics of the action.
If any readers are in Philadelphia for the men’s basketball game at Villanova, hit us up! You can reach us on Twitter or Facebook @TheUConnBlog or reply to this email.
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- Food plays a vital role in leading a healthy life and it is studied as the most essential factor for a healthy liver. When do we eat, what we eat, why do we eat, and how much do we eat? These questions are crucial. The liver cannot bear the heavy load pressured by overeating and unhealthy eating. Over diet should contain food which aid in the function of vital quality of glucose and blood. One must realize that the key aim of food consumption is to give us health and energy. Fruits, vegetables, and fibrous food aid the liver in working properly. Good stuff like, fried food, Junk food, spicy food, Maida products, fatty foods, poisonous drugs and alcohol, etc.… are very harmful to the liver and their consumptions should be restricted. Our food must be balanced, alkaline and not acidic.
- Drinking plenty of pure water help in cleaning the internal system and removes all acidity from the body.
- Consumption of drugs and alcoholic beverages is extremely hazardous, one should limit the intake.
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All-cash purchases represented 30% of all sales in the U.S. so far this year.
With a fast-paced housing market, most buyers are facing competition and all-cash offers are seeing an increase in transactions, even with low mortgage rates. The last time all-cash offers reached this high of a rate was 2014, when 30.6% of home purchases were all-cash transactions, according to Redfin. Last year, all-cash purchases made up just 25.3% of all transactions. Over the last two decades, the peak was 2012 and 2013, when all-cash purchases hit 34.1% both years, while the low was 2006, when all-cash offers represented just 21.6% of transactions.
The report also found that many investors are reentering the market after a hiatus, most likely due to concern over the pandemic. Due to the nature of the business, investment properties are almost always purchased with all cash. Investment transactions jumped 2.7% year over year and investors were responsible for 14.9% of every purchase in the first quarter of 2021. Specifically, the purchase of high-end homes by investors rose nearly 20% year over year in the first quarter, while their purchase of mid-priced homes increased 12.7% and their purchase of low-priced homes dropped 9.2%.
However, with an increase of all-cash purchases and continued low inventory on the market, many potential buyers who cannot afford an all-cash offer are being shut out. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, despite record low interest, mortgage applications are generally decreasing week to week and year over year. Additionally, more than half of homes in May sold above asking price. While this may lead buyers who need financing to feel frustrated, they should be prepared to move quickly with offers.
“Many Realtors® are seeing cash sales in all types of property purchases; not only for investments and second homes, but many buyers, particularly first-time purchasers, are feeling the effects of more capital in the marketplace. This trend will likely continue as the real estate market continues to rage with high buyer demand, shrunken inventory levels and interest rates remaining extremely low. Buyers have to continue to remain positive and stay ready for upcoming homes that become available,” said PAR President Christopher Raad.


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Project Polity Gives Back to the Community
November 7, 2016 | By Tim Pratt
It was two nights before Halloween, and St. John’s College students were hitting the streets of downtown Annapolis.
Many city residents were busy putting the finishing touches on Halloween costumes, but the Johnnies were up to something else.
They were taking part in Project Polity’s annual Trick or Treating for Canned Goods event to benefit the Light House homeless prevention and support center on Hudson Street.
The volunteers, some donned in costumes, ended up collecting 486 pounds of food for the less fortunate.
“I think it’s great because they are in downtown Annapolis and they are participating in an outreach that supports the greater Annapolis community,” says Marie Treanor, volunteer programs coordinator at the Light House. “As pretty as Annapolis is, there’s a large contingency of very needy families in the area. It’s great to see students being aware of that at such a young age and taking time to look outside of themselves.”
Project Polity archons distributed about 600 flyers in town to notify residents of the drive. Then, on the Saturday before Halloween, they went door to door.
The volunteers were “pleasantly surprised” with how many bags of canned goods residents left on their doorsteps, says Adna Arnaout, a Project Polity archon.
“We were astonished by the contribution of our Johnnies and extremely happy (with) the outcome of the event,” Arnaout says.
The Light House uses its canned good donations to stock its food pantry. The food is then redistributed to needy families in pantry bags three times a week. The pantry bags will feed a family of four for three days.
Families that receive the bags can then spend the money they would have spent on food to pay rent, phone bills and other day-to-day living expenses, Treanor says. The ability to do that helps prevent homelessness, she says.
The shelter is grateful for the Johnnies, Treanor says, especially considering all of the work that went into the drive: organizing, distributing flyers, picking up food and dropping it off at the shelter.
“That’s a lot of effort,” Treanor says. “We are always very appreciative when college students do something like that.”
The event is one of several organized by Project Polity. The group actively engages in service to the college and the greater Annapolis community, while working to forge sustainable relationships between the two.

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