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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
When U.S. Troops Were Exposed to Atomic Bomb in Japan
On September 8, General Thomas F. Ferrell arrived in Hiroshima with a radiologist and two physicists from Los Alamos, ordered by Manhattan Project chief General Leslie Groves to return to Tokyo the following day with preliminary findings. There was some urgency. It was one thing if the Japanese were dying of radiation disease; there was nothing we could do about that. But sending in American soldiers if it was unsafe was another matter.
The first large group of US soldiers arrived in Nagasaki around September 23, about the time the Japanese newsreel teams started filming, and in Hiroshima two weeks later. They were part of a force of 240,000 that occupied the islands of Honshu (where Hiroshima is located) and Kyushu (Nagasaki). Many more landed in Nagasaki, partly because its harbor was not mined. Marines from the 2nd Division, with three regimental combat teams, took Nagasaki while the US Army's 24th and 41st divisions seized Hiroshima. The US Navy transported Marines and evacuated POWs, but its role ashore (beyond medical services) was limited.
Most of the troops in Hiroshima were based in camps on the edge of the city, but a larger number did set up camps inside Nagasaki. Because of the alleged absence of residual radiation, no one was urged to take precautions. Some bunked down in buildings close to ground zero, even slept on the earth and engaged in cleanup operations, including disposing bodies, without protective gear. Few if any wore radiation detection badges. "We walked into Nagasaki unprepared…. Really, we were ignorant about what the hell the bomb was," one soldier would recall. Another vet said: "Hell, we drank the water, we breathed the air, and we lived in the rubble. We did our duty."
A marine named Sam Scione, who had survived battles on Guadacanal, Tarawa and Okinawa, now arrived in Nagasaki, sleeping first in a burned-out factory, then a schoolhouse. "We never learned anything about radiation or the effects it might have on us," he later said. "We went to ground zero many times and were never instructed not to go there." A year later, on his return to the United States, his hair began to fall out and his body was covered in sores. He suffered a string of ailments but never was awarded service-related disability status.
The occupying force in Nagasaki grew to more than 27,000 as the Hiroshima regiments topped 40,000. Included were many military doctors and nurses. Some stayed for months. The US Strategic Bomb Survey sent a small group of photographers to take black-and-white photos of blast effects. By all accounts the Americans were charmed by the Japanese, thankful that the bomb might have helped end the war and profoundly affected by what they witnessed. "In the back of our minds, every one of us wondered: What is this atomic bomb?" a Nagasaki veteran later testified. "You had to be there to rea1ize what it did." After describing the horrors, he added: "We did not drop those two [bombs] on military installations. We dropped them on women and children…. I think that is something this country is going to have to live with for eternity."
Not every American felt that way, of course. A staff sergeant who served in Hiroshima named Edwin Lawrence later recalled thinking, "The Japs got what they deserved." What he remembered most vividly was the constant smell of charcoal in the air. Mark Hatfield, a young naval officer in 1945 and later a longtime US senator (known for his opposition to the Vietnam war), would reflect on his "searing remembrances of those days" in Hiroshima when a "shock to my conscience registered permanently within me." Much of his legislative and personal philosophy was "shaped by the experience of walking the streets of your city," he wrote to the mayor of Hiroshima in 1980, adding that he was "deeply committed to doing whatever I can to bring about the abolition of nuclear weapons."
The biologist Jacob Bronowski revealed in 1964 that his classic study Science and Human Values was born at the moment he arrived in Nagasaki in November 1945 with a British military mission sent to study the effects of the bomb. Arriving by jeep after dark he found a landscape as desolate as the craters of the moon. That moment, he wrote, "is present to me as I write, as vividly as when I lived it." It was "a universal moment…civilization face to face with its own implications." The power of science to produce good or evil had long troubled other societies. "Nothing happened in 1945," he observed, "except that we changed the scale of our indifference to man."
When Bronowski returned from Japan he tried to persuade officials in the British government and at the United Nations that Nagasaki should be preserved exactly as it was. He wanted all future conferences on crucial international issues "to be held in that ashy, clinical sea of rubble…only in this forbidding context could statesmen make realistic judgments of the problems which they handle on our behalf." His colleagues showed little interest, however; they pointed out delegates "would be uncomfortable in Nagasaki," according to Bronowski.
More than 9,000 Allied POWs were processed through Nagasaki, but the number of occupation troops dropped steadily every month. By April 1946, the United States had withdrawn military personnel from Hiroshima, and they were out of Nagasaki by August. An estimated 118,000 personnel passed through the atomic cities at one point or another. Some of them were there mainly as tourists, and wandered through the ruins, snapping photos and buying artifacts. When the servicemen returned to the United States, many of them suffered from strange rashes and sores. Years later some were afflicted with disease (such as thyroid problems and leukemia) or cancer associated with radiation exposure.
Little could be proven beyond a doubt, and all of their disability and compensation claims were denied, despite the efforts of a new group, the Committee for US Veterans of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Killing Their Own, a book published in 1982, charged that their experience "closely resembles the ordeals of a wide range of American radiation victims, consistently ignored and denied at every turn by the very institutions responsible for causing their problems." The military had long declared that radiation dissipated quickly in the atomic cities and posed little threat to the soldiers. A 1980 Defense Nuclear Agency report concluded, "Medical science believes multiple myeloma has a borderline relationship with exposure to ionizing radiation. That is, there are some indications that exposure to radiation may increase the risk of this disease, but science cannot yet be sure."
In the years that followed, thousands of other "atomic vets," among the legion who participated in hundreds of US bomb tests in Nevada and in the Pacific, would raise similar issues about exposure to radiation and the medical after-effects. The costs of the superpower arms race after Hiroshima can be measured in trillions of dollars, but also in the countless number of lives lost or damaged due to accidents and radiation exposure in the massive nuclear industry that grew to astounding proportions throughout the country in the 1950s and 1960s.
But the long-overlooked military personnel who entered Hiroshima and Nagasaki—key players in one of the last largely untold stories of World War II—were truly the first "atomic soldiers," and how many may still be suffering from their experience remains unknown.
For more, see Atomic Cover-up.
13 comments:
- Leah Seim said...
Thanks for sharing. My biological grandfather was in Japan helping clean up and died 2 years after from cancer. He also left behind a wife and 3 kids who were thrust into poverty and not given any compensation. I inherited his hat and wonder if it carries any radioactive isotopes. It could show that the effects were longer lasting than was thought.
- Wednesday, March 23, 2016
- Leah Seim said...
Thanks for sharing. My biological grandfather was in Japan helping clean up and died 2 years after from cancer. He also left behind a wife and 3 kids who were thrust into poverty and not given any compensation. I inherited his hat and wonder if it carries any radioactive isotopes. It could show that the effects were longer lasting than was thought.
- Wednesday, March 23, 2016
- Ron Abrams said...
My father-in-law was on the Ticonderoga and was radiated when he was in Japan
- Sunday, May 29, 2016
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- Thursday, January 19, 2017
My father served in the 2nd Division of the Corp at Nagasaki, and died early in life from prostate cancer. He always wondered if it came from here. No protective clothing was ever issued. Guess we'll never know.
- Monday, November 13, 2017
My father was in the 2nd Marine corp, 195 Platoon, he went into Nagasaki the day after the bomb.He and two others were the one's who took down the highest Japanese Commander, can not recall his name right now, but recall the story my dad told me of it. My dad was given his sword.My dad died at 79, he always said something was wrong with his neck, he died of some unknown blockage in his asparagus, suspected cancer.
- Saturday, February 03, 2018
My father was in the navy on board a ship that was 30 miles off shore when the bomb was dropped. He stated when the wind was "right",you could smell death and radiation. My father died at the age of 47 from pancreatic cancer. He always felt it was from the radiation of the bomb. My father wrote a letter a week for 4 years to my grandmother. We have most of them. I am going to reread all of the letters to see if my dad mentioned which ship he was on. I would like to know if any other seamen were affected by this radiation. In the letters, my father mentioned that he could not mention the destination of his deployment or future deployments due to security.
- Sunday, February 11, 2018
- BigFreeekinNate said...
My grandfather was in Japan after the bombs dropped- and he died from Leukemia at 59 years old!! I had no idea until recently...
- Sunday, March 04, 2018
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- Wednesday, June 06, 2018
- Sue Wared said...
My dad was in the 2 nd platoon. He died at 43 of acute leukemia. I have a copy of his death certificate acute leukemia due to extreme exposure to radiation . Can anyone help me? I believe we can find enough victims who died of cancer , my dad had no previous nor any family history of cancer let alone leukemia. We were 3 young children with a 35 year old widowed mother due to the impact of the bomb during my dads assignment as a marine in Japan August 1945. Do anyone want to join me and try to locate as many families and it survivors as my dad would have been 92 in seeing why these men and their families are being ignored? I have read where there have been settlements to other atomic veterans up to $75,000. I will lead the charge if I can find others who were impacted.Sue wared firstname.lastname@example.com
- Monday, June 18, 2018
- Sue Wared said...
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- Monday, June 18, 2018
- Sue Wared said...
My dad was in the 2 nd platoon. He died at 43 of acute leukemia. I have a copy of his death certificate acute leukemia due to extreme exposure to radiation . Can anyone help me? I believe we can find enough victims who died of cancer , my dad had no previous nor any family history of cancer let alone leukemia. We were 3 young children with a 35 year old widowed mother due to the impact of the bomb during my dads assignment as a marine in Japan August 1945. Do anyone want to join me and try to locate as many families and it survivors as my dad would have been 92 in seeing why these men and their families are being ignored? I have read where there have been settlements to other atomic veterans up to $75,000. I will lead the charge if I can find others who were impacted.Sue wared email@example.com
- Monday, June 18, 2018
My Granddad had just been in the battle of Iwo Jima. He served with the 5th Marine Division. He had not accumulated enough days to get home. So he was attached to the 2nd Marine Division and sent to Nagasaki to clean up. He suffered from bad health issues his entire life. He died at age 74. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, but his dialysis doctor said he doesn't have that and called it something else to do with his blood and it was because he had been exposed to toxic chemicals. Some 70 years later I was having kidney problems and having a CT. I immediately got a call from doctor saying you get to an emergency room ASAP. You have 2 blood clots in your lungs and my blood tests kept coming back weird. A cancer doctor is called in because there are those multiple myeloma markers showing up. Luckily, this guy was smart enough to ask me if anybody genetically related to me had worked around toxic chemicals. When I told him about my Granddad being sent to Nagasaki to clean up after the bomb, he said "say no more, I know". More expensive test done and I was born with a mutated gene. I am going to be on Coumadin the rest of my life and that has been weekly blood tests and of course more susceptible to blood clots and multiple myeloma. Also, if I should have children they are at risk for me passing the gene to them! I am devastated. Those Marines were not told what they were walking into and they were not given masks or gloves. You pull an 18 year old kid who had just stepped out of hell on Iwo Jima and because he is a few days short on going home drop him off in another hell filled with toxins that I know the government knew about is horrific. How many generations are going to be affected? I want some answers!!!
- Monday, June 18, 2018


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Version 2.0 of the game has been released today and it will include stages from Series 5 along with several new Doctors; the first, second, ninth, the War Doctor and their allies.
A Perk System has also been added, this rewards players when you match any colour in a shape of a cross, full horizontal line of a T-shape.
Another new feature is the Expert Mode which features black and white versions of existing characters that have appeared through a rip in space and time to offer very challenging levels.
@alastairis - What was the pitching process like & was it intimidating that so many bad Who games came before?
The pitch was fairly simple – we sat in a room with two of the guys from the BBC WW games group in LA, along with a large whiteboard, markers and a bunch of pizza. Over a couple of hours we sketched out our vision for the game, diving into the core gameplay, art style, and so on. We had played very, very few of the pervious Doctor Who games and (at the time of the pitch) really had no idea what the general consensus was on their quality.
Was the game originally conceived as a puzzle game or did it start out as something different?
It was always supposed to be a puzzle game, and specifically this puzzle game – the game we originally pitched to the BBC is really close to the one you can download and play today. We wanted to create a game which explored the depth of the Doctor Who canon. A game where you could put YOUR Doctor in a team, whichever Doctor that is. A game where you could group up with a team picked from dozens and dozens of allies (we're at about 90 allies with the new season), each of which had an ability which changed the game, and could be combines with the abilities of other allies (and Doctors) to create fun emergent gameplay. These factors, combined with the Tiny Rebel team's love of puzzle games (and experience designing and shipping puzzle games in the past) made it a very simple jump between "what game should we do in the Doctor Who universe" and the original pitch for Legacy.
When did the game start development?
The initial design was sketched out during Feb 2013, the BBC pitch meeting was early March, and the game was in full development by April or so. Through the summer the game engine, back end server code was written, and the game was launched in late November.
@Gnojcek - In the game, how can I get new companions in a certain episode? 've replayed episodes a lot of times.
Companions drop in a level based on a number of factors such as a base drop rate which is set for each individual drop. We've put various pieces of code in place to remove the excessive grind for companions which we had at launch. The design for the game isn't that you should get every drop, but rather that you collect together a random team as you progress.
@GeorgeRidley123 - After the Series 1 Update is over will you be going to Classic Doctor Who Seasons in the game?
We want to move into more classic episodes as soon as possible. The current plan is for the next major update (season 4) to have at least 3 classic episodes (as well as appropriate classic companions).
@Chaoseed - Is there a cheat sheet for criteria for each color? e.g. why is 10 red, 8 black, Sontarans yellow?
There isn't a cheat sheet as such. The Doctors are designed around filling a specific role in a group, and since we didn't know which Doctors we would be able to add after launch, and in what order, we put one of each color in as they were signed off on. Allies are sometimes given a color because of some aspect of their personality, or the color of a Doctor (such as metacrisis 10th matching the color of 10th), or because of a need (e.g. green needs some more characters, so the next release should be green). Enemy colors are chosen based on a variety of factors – we try to cycle through colors you're up against as you progress through the game, as well as pairing up resistances with different enemy abilities.
@Manuel1984 - Will we ever see any sonic screwdriver capabilities put into play?
We've talked about it with the BBC. They came to us, actually, with some ideas. No solid plan in place yet, but once season 5 is out and stable I'm sure this topic is something we're going to return to.
@ESchwenke - What question are you most tired of being asked?
There really aren't any as such, rather I think that there are other really interesting questions to answer. The game was designed, built and published by two indie teams who came together over a shared love of a 50 year old TV show, but questions rarely go anywhere near this topic because, with Doctor Who being such an important show, people assume we're a team the BBC picked to make a game. The game has new content released for it constantly, we have a community who help shape the game on a daily basis through interactions on Twitter, Facebook and Twitch, but questions rarely go near that area either.
@The_Redux - Will we ever see the Fourth Doctor or classic outfits for Sarah Jane?
We want to continue adding costumes constantly – while there are no new costumes for those two specific characters in season 5 that doesn't mean they won't have new costumes.
What are your plans for Peter Capaldi's era?
We would love to be able to launch new content alongside (or very close to) when the new episodes air – this is something we're talking to the BBC about now and hope to have more news on soon.
Many thanks to Tiny Rebel Games for answering our questions! Also, don't forget that you can be in with the chance of winning the Meta-Crisis 10th Doctor tomorrow! There's more details about how to enter being published at midday today!

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Jason White, who won the Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma in 2003 but was snubbed in the NFL draft, is being given a chance by the Kansas City Chiefs.
White and other undrafted rookies will join the drafted players in a minicamp this weekend. White, who has not signed a contract, will be given a chance to show what he can do.


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US flies B-52 bombers in China's air defense zone
Washington: The US on Wednesday flew two B-52 bombers over a disputed area of the East China Sea in open defiance of China's assertion that it should be informed in advance of any such flights over the region.
The airspace was declared as Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) by China a few days ago, a development termed as provocative and dangerous by the US.
While the Pentagon did not confirm or deny the B-52 bombers, its spokesperson told reporters that two of its aircraft flew through the dispute zone of East China Sea, without informing China.
"Last night we conducted a training exercise that was long-planned. It involved two aircraft flying from Guam and returning to Guam," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren, said adding that China was not informed about it.
There was no immediate reaction from China. The flight was part of a pre-scheduled exercise, he said.
"It continues to be our view that the policy announced by the Chinese over the weekend is unnecessarily inflammatory and has a destabilising impact on the region, when the fact of the matter is these are the kinds of differences that should not be addressed with threats or inflammatory language, but rather can and should be resolved diplomatically," White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.
The State Department said the US is in consultation with its other friends and allies in the region including Japan and South Korea.
"This unilateral action appears to be an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the East China Sea. And this will raise regional tensions and increase the risk of miscalculation, confrontation and accidents. We have made this case to China," State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki, told reporters.
The US has raised the issue with China, she said. "We've urged the Chinese to exercise caution and restraint. We're also consulting with Japan and other affected parties throughout the region in response to this announcement," Psaki said.
She said the US has long talked about concerns about increasing tensions or the raising of tensions and the impacts that would have.
"At this point, our role is to continue to encourage both sides to move forward with dialogue, to express concerns when we disagree with steps that China has taken, which is the case we've obviously done here. But our position on the islands that this impacts, of course, has not changed," she said.
Expressing concern over the Chinese decision, the Pentagon spokesperson said the situation in East China Sea is no where near war and is not heading towards an armed conflict.
The rules China announced over the weekend stated that it has effectively demanded control over the airspace above a swathe of the East China Sea.


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CHICAGO --Chicago police are looking for a rapist who attacked a woman in a Southeast Side park Tuesday morning The attack occurred at Rowan Park near Avenue 'L" and 115th Street.
The woman, who was in her mid-50s, was exercising in the park about 5:15 a.m.
Police say the woman was sexually assaulted and beaten up. Officers say once she recovers they will try to get a good description of her attacker.


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Is golf you favorite sport or are you a big golf fan? If so, you are very lucky because if you are the user of a Nokia Lumia 710 or Lumia 900, you can now enjoy a mew tool, to keep up with the golf news, scores and other updates, available right away on your phone. The tool is called PGA Tour application and is available right away for download in the Windows Phone Marketplace, so that you can stay tuned for the stats, scores, highlights and other social media updates.
The best part of this applications, is that you can pin any of the PGA Tour players right on your home screen, just to get an easy access to his score, stats and even if he is playing or not in the real life at any hour of the day. So, if you are a real fan of the PGA Tour, you should try this application, as we are glad to announce that this application is available just in time, before the AT&T Natioanl Tournament begins, so that it will help any of you to stay up to date to what happens in this golf tournament, because it doesn't matter the place where it is held.


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Date: JUNE 15 -17 2015
Event: Jon Sioredas 3 - Day Training Camp
Cost: $150
611 Highway 74 South, Suite 800
Peachtree City, GA 30259
Registration: Registration is through the Wrestling U website. For more information about this camp visit www.gawrestlingu.com
Coach Sioredas has been a featured clinician and has conducted training camps across the country including The Martin's Granby School of Wrestling, Terry Brands' Wrestle the World Training Camps, University of Missouri Wrestling Camps, Old Dominion University Wrestling Camps, and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Wrestling Camps. He has also been a featured clinician at the NHSCA High School Nationals, United States Southeast Regional Training Center, Oklahoma Coaches Clinic, and Team Michigan Fargo Training Camp. This year, Coach Sioredas will conduct twenty plus training camps across thirteen States.
Coach Sioredas' unique style has been influenced by wrestling under some of the country's the best coaches. It has allowed him to understand the fundamentals of the sport and what it takes to reach the next level. Jon's extensive knowledge of the Granby system combined with the intensity and fundamentals learned while training under Coach Brands allows him to bring a unique perspective to the sport.
"I would rate Jon Sioredas as the best wrestling camp clinician we have had due to his enthusiasm, dynamic delivery, superior enunciation, skill knowledge and the unique connection he builds with the wrestlers when he is teaching."
Ideal for wrestlers of all ages.


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How we are performing ?
Academic Year 2015-16 Results: Please note at the time of writing the results are unvalidated.
Average progress scores in reading, writing and maths: A score of '0' gives the right amount of progress for the children.
More than '0' is good. Less than '0' (a negative number) is less than desired progress for the cohort. The floor standard set by the government for reading is -5, for writing -7 and for maths -5.
CMPS is above the floor standards in all areas of progress. That is good.
All children 1.28
Disadvantaged 2.25
All children -2.18
Disadvantaged -3.09
All children -0.51
Disadvantaged -0.48
Average 'scaled scores' in reading and maths:
Reading 104.2 (National 102.6)
Maths 102.2 (National 103.0)
Percentage of pupils who achieved the expected standard or above in reading, writing and maths:
Reading 75% (National 66%)
Writing 75% (National 74%)
Maths 75% (National 70%)
Percentage of pupils who achieved a high level of attainment in reading, writing and maths:
Reading 15% (National 19%)
Writing 15% (National 15%)
Maths 15% (National 17%)
School performance tables
This link will take you to a resource that gives details of our school's performance, characteristics and spend per pupil data.
Ofsted report
This link will take you to our last Ofsted Report.
This link will take you to the School Data Dashboard which provides a snapshot of our school's performance at Key Stages 1 and 2. The dashboard is used by school governors and can be used by members of the public to check the performance of the school.
Parent View
Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child's school. It is not a forum to make complaints – these should be directed to the school.


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From Aug 2006 - Nov 2013 WeDig provided a live forum for diggers & fans of Vindolanda. It has now been mothballed and will be maintained as a live archive.
Here you will find preserved 7 years of conversation, photos, & knowledge about a site many people love. Vindolanda gets under the skin. (Figuratively and literally as a volunteer excavator!) It's a place you remember, filled with people you remember!
Thanks for 7 great years!
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|For anyone visiting Vindolanda this year or walking the Wall, here is a Web resource -very- worth a look: http://perlineamvalli.org.uk/. Archaeologist Mike Bishop has created, from Google Earth, a fully-detailed atlas of Roman sites along the length of the Wall. Forts, milecastles, turrets, Vallum, Stanegate, etc. But he takes it even further. If you click a site, you get access to photos taken at that site, links to national online records about the site, and a detailed bibliography of where to find more information. He's even created a "pocket" version that can be accessed from your iPhone, etc., so you can follow along while you're actually out on the trail. Whether you're just curious about what a section of the Wall trail looks like, or your interests are more scholarly, it's just a really impressive resource.
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Much has been written in the last few years about Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a solution to the coming wave of job automation. It has come to be seen by many as the only way to provide economic security in an age when job displacement is high and frequent. However, there is no good reason to wait. UBI could do a great deal to sooth the current wave of left wing and right wing populism in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.
It is true that job loss to automation will be deep and many will be displaced. That is no longer something in the far off future, it is something that is already underway. Politicians could wait until the pain is felt a little more deeply to implement a UBI but it seems to me that doing it now, before people lose their jobs, will make the process a little less frightening to individuals and society. It will also give people a chance to make adjustments to their skills and career trajectory before they are replaced by a machine.
Beyond that though, a UBI could quickly solve a number of problems for a wide variety of constituencies and quiet the current wave of populism which has manifested itself as nationalism, xenophobia, racism, sexism and protectionism. In other words it could allow national leaders to make better decisions rather than being forced into self-destructive measures like Brexit and harsh immigration restrictions. Measures that are meant to reassure an angry or fearful population but that are economically destructive.
Of course racism, nationalism and protectionism are always present to an extent in society but those forces only seem to become truly dangerous to large numbers of people at times of economic insecurity. When people are feeling anxious about their own economic future, or that of their children, it is easier to sell them economic snake oil or to point to "others" as scapegoats for their stress and anger.
In general, when people aren't stressed about money they sleep better, they seem to make better and more thoughtful decisions. They also appear to be more tolerant and peaceful and enjoy a variety of other personal and social benefits.
Over the last few decades, wages have tended to stagnate for the middle class and the working class. Automation began taking jobs as early as the 1990s and while globalization, and the computer revolution has helped some tremendously others have been left out entirely. Additionally, better health care, longer life expectancy and a lack of retirement savings have kept people in the work force longer, which has kept younger people from being able to get in at all.
At this point a short list of economic stresses being faced by significant portions of the population would include:
- An inability to pay for university education
- An inability to pay back loans from university
- Being stuck in the (short term, temporary, part time, freelance) "gig economy"
- An inability to afford health care (in the United States)
- An inability to afford prescription medications (in many places)
- An inability to afford mental health care or dental health (in many places)
- An inability to afford housing (especially in large cities)
- Being asked to accept unpaid internships to gather experience (before being hired for an actual job)
- An increased use of homeless shelters and food banks
- Working people, including military families, forced to apply for food stamps and welfare benefits
- An inability to afford quality day care (coupled with an inability to work full time as a result)
- Parents who can almost but not quite afford private school
- Parents who can't meet the needs of special needs children or develop the gifts of gifted children
- Workers who can't take time off to help a sick or incapacitated loved one
- High levels of credit card debt at very high interest rates
- The inability to miss more than a single paycheque without being late on bills
- [the list goes on, but that's a good start]
Add to all of that a general uncertainty about the future. People have these stresses (or some from the list) and aren't sure things are going to get better; In fact there is a growing sense that things are going to get worse due to economics, or climate, or globalization, or technology or all of the above. It should not be surprising that when people get a chance to vote, many of them express themselves in angry, even reckless and irresponsible, ways.
Yes, you can take a hard right wing approach and circle the wagons; call government a failure, scream 'every man for himself' and 'take care of your own'. You can take a hard left approach and try to address each of these problems (and more) individually through a myriad of new government programs and services. But with UBI you can simply significantly increase the incomes of everyone proportionally, to the extent that they need it and give people an opportunity to solve whichever problems on the list impact them the most.
UBI, in the most general sense, is typically pegged at 'the poverty line plus a bit'. Basic Income Canada recommends twenty-thousand dollars for each Canadian adult, so I'll use that as an example, for now. Imagine what a poor, middle class or working class person could do to solve their own problems with an extra $20 thousand - go down the list above and imagine how many of the problems on that list could be solved with the money. Imagine what it would do for poor communities, for First Nations people and for the peace of mind for just about anyone who is currently feeling less than comfortable.
Would it be expensive? Yes, absolutely it would but the UK has just voted to diminish their geopolitical and economic clout for the long term, possibly permanently, out of fear and anger. The United States has just undermined its own democracy, damaged its international reputation and possibly national security, added fuel to the fire of racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia that have always lurked there and done other damage to itself still unknown out of fear and anger. Those things are going to be expensive too and who knows how much more damage may yet be done if the anger, stress and anxiety is allowed to foment for years to come.
Even if you wanted to create dozens of individual programs to address all of the concerns I listed, it would take many years to do so, would greatly expand the bureaucracy and would certainly cost even more than UBI.
The bottom line is that there is an opportunity to nearly eliminate poverty, at least in its extreme forms; to create a system where nearly anyone who is working full time is thrust into the middle class and to remove much of the stress and anxiety from the working class. To create economic stability and freedom for individuals but with a system that still rewards hard work and actually shrinks government.
In it's own way this is as ambitious as the Moon landing. It is something that has long been dreamt of but never accomplished in the history of civilization. However, in this case there is nothing to invent, we don't have to figure out how to get people onto the surface of the moon and back safely or overcome the dangers of space. We just have to figure out how to come up with the money.
The idea of the social contract has been the bedrock of western, liberal democracy since the beginning. In North America we haven't revisited that contract in significantly since the 1930s. Given the technological, societal, economic and geopolitical shifts since that time it is no wonder that the old one isn't holding up well.
Whatever the future may hold and whatever direction we decide to go in, it is time to pass a universal basic income and put an end to the days when anyone is forced to go to bed hungry or sleep on the street in the world's most affluent societies.
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VP Records has released We Remember Dennis Brown, a tribute album featuring some of today's most popular reggae artists performing songs by the late, great "Crown Prince of reggae." February 1, 2016 marked Dennis Brown's 59th birthday. Hailed by NPR Morning Edition as one of the 50 great voices of all time and by Bob Marley as one of the best reggae singers in the world – the revered Jamaican icon began his recording career at the tender age of 11 and has more than 75 albums to date. Even though he passed away at the early age of 42, his music and legacy lives on.
While the album features several stunning performances, in the end the listener is just left unfulfilled, longing for the days when Dennis Brown blessed the airwaves with heartfelt lovers tunes and inspired Rasta anthems. Each song was recut by Jamaica's greatest living record producer Clive Hunt, who worked with Brown on his legendary Visions album. Clive does the best with what he is given, however, many of the songs fall flat, lacking the energy, soul, and spirit that Brown brought to each of his performances.
There are moments of greatness on the album. I was so moved by Raging Fyah's performance of "Milk and Honey" that I wrote Clive a note telling him how powerful the song is and how well it stands up against his original production (he informed me that Eric "Fish" Clarke, brother of Johnny Clarke, played drums on most of the tunes from Visions, a fact that still astounds me as I thought it was Sly who played drums on those tunes). "Milk and Honey" is Raging Fyah's most remarkable song to date, which is a bold statement when one considers the quality of their career works. Although Raging Fyah's performance of this classic tune lacks the exuberance and jubilation of Brown's performance, and the blazing horns of Hunt's production, the band makes this tune all their own, coming with a sublime version of the tune that even Brown himself would appreciate. The driving cadence of Hunt's original production is replaced here by a downtempo riddim and extraordinary lead vocals underpinned by beautiful backing vocals. I love this performance.
Bushman is strong on "Don't Want to be No General," one of the few productions where they stay halfway true to the original. The Green turn in an admirable performance on "Promised Land," bringing a rock and roll sound to one of Brown's heaviest and most rootikal tunes. Mykal Rose brings his trademark Waterhouse wail to "Easy Take It Easy" in one of the more noteworthy performances on the album. However, by the time you press play on Disc Two you just yearn for Dennis to take the mic back. Many of the tunes included on Disc Two should have been left in the studio in favor of one compact disc with a tight set of twelve to thirteen tracks.
The recuts of tracks like "Melting Pot," "Caress Me," "Have You Ever," "Rocking Time," "Love Has Found Its Way," "Your Love Got a Hold On Me," "If I Had the World," "Stay At Home (Ghetto Girl)," and "Baby Don't Do It" are lackluster, milquetoast and uninspired. Chino's performance on "Melting Pot" is so subdued and forgettable that I had to wonder if he had ever heard the original. Perhaps it is just a testament to Brown's charisma and talent, but many of the tunes lack that certain something that he used to bring to each performance.
I am disappointed that some of my own personal favorites did not make the cut. Songs like the Phil Pratt-produced "Let Love In," "Oh What A Day," "Revolution," the Winston McAnuff-penned "Malcolm X," "Whip Them Jah," "Deliverance Will Come," "Here I Come," "Song My Mother Used To Sing," "Three Meals A Day," "Children of Israel," along with the Niney-produced "Tribulation," "Africa (We Want To Go)," "Run Too Tuff," "Westbound Train," and "Cassandra" are just a few of the tracks I would have liked to see included in the set. Dennis Brown left with us a staggering list of hits and choosing which ones to include on a tribute album is a seemingly impossible task.
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The new "Rekindle Your Relationship with Food" program started in May 2012 with a $15,000 grant from the Department of Health and Wellness (DHW). DHW produced the THRIVE: A plan for healthier Nova Scotia which outlines the opportunities to address obesity, inactivity and unhealthy eating. Because the causes of unhealthy lifestyles are deeply rooted in society, we need multiple solutions.
"THRIVE is about changing the way we live!" stated Darrell Dexter, Premier at the time of the report. THRIVE uses policy to create environments that support us all to make healthier choices. It sets out broad directions and first steps to provide action, programs, and policies to reshape the future of Nova Scotia. We have all heard about the "eating less and moving more" concept. In the past few decades our social and physical environments have changed in ways that promote the opposite behavior. The choice we make as individuals are shaped by the choices we have and today, less healthy options outweigh the healthy ones.
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Greg Secker has always believed in asking "Why not?" instead of "Why?". He finds the most success by saying yes and then finding he solutions along the way. He used this belief when he made trades while flying over Canary Wharf. He did not think about why he was doing it, but rather why not. He was able to promote awareness for the chary and give money to those who needed it. He also showed that it is possible to make money no matter where you are and no matter the time.
While in studying agriculture and food sciences are school, Secker was also building and selling computers. This provided with the real experience coding experience he needed to make an impression at the Thomas Cook Financial services stand at a job fair. From there, Secker state working on the currency trading floor which went on to become the first online currency trading platform. This is what peaked his interest in the foreign exchange trading program. He immediately began trading using his coding and computer knowledge and stuck to a strategy driven plan.
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With the dissolution of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev in the 1990's, visitors to Russia now have a fresh opportunity to explore exciting and ancient cultures, from the glittering imperial Russia of St. Petersburg to the timeless village life of Siberia. But where will you start? There is much to explore in a country that spans eleven time zones and two continents, ending less than 50 miles from North America. Russia is the largest country on earth, with enormous areas that have only been opened to travellers in the last few years. It is a fascinating country of amazing opportunity.
In historical terms, the defeat of the Russian Empire in World War I led to the seizure of power by the communists and the formation of the USSR. Stalin's brutal regime from 1924-53 strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union, but at a significant human cost. A decade after the Soviet Union was brought down in 1991, Russia is still struggling to establish a modern market economy and achieve strong economic growth. However the economy is on the up and investor confidence has raised business prospects. But significant problems still exist, including widespread corruption and population exodus or 'brain drain'.
In common with many Eastern European countries, demand for English is enormous as Russians appreciate the value of learning the international language of business and commerce. There is specific interest in 'British' English in some quarters and you may find that anti-American sentiment is fairly prevalent across all age ranges in Russia.
There are numerous English language schools whose fortunes have gone up and down as the economic situation has loomed from crisis to crisis. Presently, the situation is more stable although the country is still struggling. This means that while demand is still high, conditions of work and salary are still lower than countries like Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
However, if you are motivated by the experience more than the money, then Russia has got to be an experience work valuing. The country is culturally and historically diverse and interesting. The people are warm, welcoming and curious. They are also likely to be demanding in the classroom, respectful of education and highly motivated to learn English. Take plenty of materials with you as resources are still scarce in some places (the British Council libraries and resource centres in Moscow and Petersburg are good sources of English language material). Remember that the best material is fairly inexpensive. Authentic 'realia', such as magazine articles, will be of great interest to your students and will not take up much room in your luggage. You may need the space for extra clothing; the Eastern European winters are notoriously cold although the summers are often better than in the UK!
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British Council in Russia: http://www.britishcouncil.org/russia
Russian Embassy UK: http://www.russianembassy.co.uk/index.htm
Russian Embassy USA: http://www.russianembassy.org/
Russian National Tourist Office: http://www.geographia.com/russia/
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It was six years ago that I first made my acquaintance with Russia, and I still have a vivid picture in my head of that difficult day when I was suddenly and dramatically transferred from the middle-class niceties of Leicester to an eighth-floor flat in one of St. Petersburg's gigantic and rather ugly housing estates. However, I've barely looked back since and am glad of that day as it has changed my life in a lot of ways. Russia is one of the top destinations for EFL teachers and there are many opportunities for work here. When people think of Russia, they automatically think of Moscow and St. Petersburg, and the majority of the work is in these cities. It is worth noting, however, that there is also plenty of work across Siberia, where ex-pats and western influence are not as evident as in the bigger centres, and also in the south, where the climate is very favourable (almost as good as Greece). A teaching qualification was not necessary a few years ago in Russia, but as schools develop they are becoming mandatory. Wages vary, but almost always provide a comfortable local standard of living. In most cases schools provide accommodation in a Russian flat. These are generally clean, but not particularly comfortable by western standards. If you are after luxury, then Russia is best avoided.
As with much EFL teaching, the majority of work in schools is either early morning or in the evening, with little in between. Business English is becoming more and more popular, and wages are generally better for those working exclusively in-company. There is also a great demand for private lessons with native English speakers, the most lucrative way to make a living here.
It is perfectly possible to live happily and safely in Russia, something which seems to come as something of a shock to many who think that it is a country overrun with Mafia, corruption and hatred of the West (Russian people are, on the whole, very friendly towards foreigners). Perhaps the most difficult adaptation to make is coping with the weather - winters are harsh, and temperatures drop as low as minus thirty in the west and minus fifty across Siberia. Bring plenty of warm clothes if you'll be here between November and March! The language barrier can also present problems for non-Russian speakers to combat this, most schools offer inexpensive Russian lessons.
Entertainment and culture is not in short supply, especially in Moscow and St. Petersburg which both have plenty to offer in terms of cinema, theatre, museums, religion, sport, history etc. St. Petersburg in particular is a beautiful city; walking along its canals and river embankments is a stunning experience. I cannot say enough good about life in Russia once you've got used to the little inconveniences (and the weather), you surprise yourself with how enjoyable and rewarding life is and how inaccurate the western stereotypes are.
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I have spent a total of two and a half years teaching in Togliatti and Samara and can fully attest to the the comments by Saul Pope that teaching in Russia is a very rewarding experience. I found the people very friendly and am still in contact with a number of friends I made there. It is true that the accommodation is not always as good as one may hope for. It was, however, adequate and since it and all utilities were provided free of charge I don't think that one can complain too much. My wife and I were able to live fairly well on a single wage. The culture is amazing and everywhere. There are some challenges to life. It does get cold in winter, so do rug up! The bureaucracy and regulations can be annoying, e.g. postal rates doubling overnight and not even the local post office staff seem to be aware of it until you start getting the mail back as underpaid! Mind you this doesn't happen everyday. Russia is the only place I ever feel homesick for.
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With the exception of a few major chain schools and franchises, teaching positions tend not to be advertised outside the country. However, we are beginning to see more and more positions advertised on the Internet (websites such as www.tefl.com will regularly have postings in Russia). There are also a few voluntary organisations which recruit for Russia and you can find more details about these in Teaching English Abroad, available through our bookshop page
Native English speakers with a TESOL certificate should not have a problem finding work, but you will find a TESOL industry that is large and unregulated. Obtaining a list of schools for each region is impossible. However, the British Council in Moscow may be able to help. Recruitment organisations based in the UK are likely to offer the best terms which can include accommodation and return air ticket (e.g. Language Link.)
The situation regarding permits and visas is complicated and liable to change. We strongly recommend contacting the Russian Embassy in London for the latest information. We have heard reports that many schools do not adhere to the law concerning employing foreign nationals, as the right to invite and employ foreigners from abroad has only been granted to a few companies. But technically you will need an employer to gain permission on your behalf in order for you to be able to work for them legally. Reputable recruitment agencies, chain schools and placement organisation will sort this out for you. For all other organisations, you will need to be careful and ensure the necessary process and paperwork has been done as there are employers who will try and short cut the bureaucratic system and it may be the teachers who are liable if caught. Many teachers do in fact work outside the law but do so at their own risk. Again, have a look at Teaching English Abroad which will give you an accurate picture of what is involved.
When you get there, adverts for teachers appear in the English language newspapers, The St.Petersburg Times, Moscow Times and Moscow Tribune. Jobs are not just confined to the big cities and there is demand throughout the country and summer schools in the tourist resorts. Again this is a country where the demand for Business English is growing, so consider taking the Global English Level 2 TESOL with business course before you go, as this will open up more doors for you. But presently, the greatest demand is for flexible teachers for general English classes.
Teachers can usually earn up to $800 dollars per month if they are working on contract, which is sufficient to live on in Russia and offers the chance to save a bit. Although the cost of day to day living is relatively low, some of your salary will go on accommodation, which is likely to be far from luxurious. However it is not necessarily expensive and you can get cheap places quite easily, most probably through contacts made in country. Some of the better organisations include free accommodation as part of the package – worth checking on this when applying for jobs. It is possible to supplement any earnings with freelance work although your success in this area will depend on the length of your stay, your confidence and your negotiating skills.
There is a high crime rate in the major cities and being obviously 'Western' may make you a target. Crime is fairly extensive in the bigger centres, though levels are still below those of London or New York. Undoubtedly the main problem in Russia is organised crime, which is unlikely to affect EFL teachers. The best advice to offer on is to act as you would in any big city: dress down a little, do not flaunt your valuables and do not talk loudly in English. If you follow these basic guidelines, you are unlikely to run into any problems.


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The BOSTON and the CHARLOTTE will both be gunning for a victory on 4/8/2017 at 6:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup.
BOSTON vs CHARLOTTE
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 8, 2017
Where: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
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TV: 6 p.m. ET, CSN New England (Boston), FSN Southeast (Charlotte)
PREDICTION: Celtics 109, Hornets 101
Oddsmakers currently have the CHARLOTTE listed as 2 point favorites versus the BOSTON, while the game's total is sitting at 215.
On Thursday, the Boston Celtics' quest for the top seed in the Eastern Conference was hindered by the Atlanta Hawks.
A night later, the Celtics received assistance from the Hawks.
The Celtics get a chance to aid their jockeying for the best record in the East on Saturday when they visit the Charlotte Hornets.
Boston (50-29) is one game behind the Cleveland Cavaliers with three games remaining. As they practiced for their final road game of the season, on paper it appeared the deficit would be wider.
Instead, the Celtics were able to enjoy Friday night a little better when the Hawks posted a 114-100 victory in Cleveland, doing so while resting Paul Millsap, Kent Bazemore, Dwight Howard and Dennis Schroder.
The Celtics experienced trouble stopping Millsap in his second game back from a left knee injury and the result was a 123-116 loss to the Hawks. Millsap gave the Boston's defense fits with 26 points and also added 12 rebounds in 29 minutes.
Being unable to knock off Atlanta dropped the Celtics to 10-7 in their last 17 games. It also came on the heels of a 114-91 drubbing at home by the Cavaliers that put Boston in this predicament heading into Saturday.
Boston might have enjoyed Atlanta's win in Cleveland better if it did not trail for the final 44-plus minutes. Or if it did not miss 20 of 27 shots, including 11 of 12 3-pointer and six free throws in the fourth quarter when it actually outscored Atlanta by three points.
Still the Celtics gained some optimism about their defense that they hope carries over to Charlotte and home games against Brooklyn and Milwaukee.
"After coming out like that (Wednesday) night, our first half was really frustrating," point guard Isaiah Thomas said. "The second half, we got a little bit of life. We know what we've got to do and we've got to do it. "
"I'm very encouraged from this loss because we played the way we wanted to play, we dictated this game the way we wanted to dictate (in the second half)," forward Jae Crowder said. "We came out and let those guys hit us first. We've been doing that for a week now. It was bad habits. We let it carry over and we've got to stop that."
Thomas and Crowder combined for 59 points Thursday, but it was others whose struggles did not help when a comeback fell short. Avery Bradley shot 6 of 19 and Al Horford was 1 of 8.
Charlotte (36-43) will take the court mathematically alive but also in need of significant help to reach the playoffs as it sits three games out of the eighth spot. As soon as Chicago and Indiana get to 40 wins, the Hornets will be eliminated a year after winning 48 games.
There's still three games left and we never know what can happen," Charlotte's Nicolas Batum said. "So we've got to still play those games.
When the Hornets tip off Saturday, Chicago likely will be near halftime in Brooklyn while Indiana is starting its game in Orlando at the same time.
A five-point win over Washington on March 18 started a 7-2 run to get the Hornets back in contention. After a 12-point win at Oklahoma City on Sunday, the Hornets dropped a 118-111 decision in Washington on Tuesday and were dealt a 112-99 home loss by Miami on Wednesday.
"Tonight was six (games) in nine (days) for us," Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. "I don't make excuses for our guys, but that was not lack of effort. We (were) exhausted."
Perhaps a sign of exhaustion was Kemba Walker. He was 6 of 17 from the field, a night after scoring 37 in Washington.
Even if the Hornets miss the playoffs, Walker will enjoy a notable season. Walker has totaled 1,807 points and needs four more to pass Larry Johnson for the third-most points scored in a season for a Hornet.
Johnson totaled 1,810 during the 1992-93 season, which ended in the second round of the postseason against the Knicks.
Boston is 7-1 in the last eight meetings and is going for the season sweep. Thomas is averaging 28.3 points in three games against Charlotte this season. Walker is averaging 26.5 points in his two games against Boston.


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Council News Archive - July 2016
Residents recognised as Haringey Heroes
Our latest Homes for Haringey 'Rewarding Resident Volunteer' nominees and winners have now doubled their success by also becoming Haringey Heroes.
Thieves pose as Homes for Haringey maintenance staff
Residents urged to use checklist to make sure they only let genuine staff into their property
'Play days' happening on estates this summer
Homes for Haringey, is hosting 'Play days' to coincide with the school summer holidays on estates dotted across the borough.
One day left to nominate for Resident Board Member elections!
Residents have until tomorrow, Friday 22 July, to nominate themselves for the Resident Board Member elections.
Are you unemployed or on a low income? Watch our video!
Residents aged 16 and over can benefit from services provided by the Homes for Haringey job club, which can help get them into training or secure employment.
Want to become a Resident Board Member - Read this!
We catch up with three times Resident Board Member Phil Goodwin just before he steps down after nine years of service.
New security CCTV set to tackle anti-social behaviour for Wood Green residents
A brand new CCTV system has been installed in Bracknell Close, Wood Green, in response to resident feedback about gang related behaviour in the area.
Better service for Haringey leaseholders
Home owners of former council properties in Haringey are to be given more notice of major works that affect them, after a review of services at Homes for Haringey.


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In case you haven't heard, Fleetio just released Fleetio Drive—a mobile GPS tracking solution that monitors driver behavior and driver productivity. This is a direct result of thousands of conversations with fleet managers, hundreds of hours of testing, fine tuning—and at the risk of tooting our own horn—a whole lot of innovation.
The bottom line is this: as a fleet manager, you know that you should be tracking cell phone usage. The data doesn't lie. Using a cell phone behind the wheel is more dangerous than drunk driving.
Why are you employing "drunk" drivers?
Now just stop and take a minute to think about that. Drunk, inebriated, hammered—these are strong phrases that likely elicit a wide range of emotions. Yet, the fact still remains that texting your spouse while driving is more dangerous than drinking a six pack and driving down the road.
Now ask yourself this question, would you keep a driver on the books if he or she was showing the behaviors of a drunk driver? My guess is that you would fire that driver on the spot. But many seem to be shrugging their shoulders and looking the other way when it comes to cell phone use.
Understanding the dangers of behind-the-wheel cellphone use
In the grand scheme of things, cell phones are still pretty new. In fact, on the societal level, we're still learning and being conditioned on how mobile devices impact our daily lives.
In general, most people agree that cell phone use while driving is dangerous, but many don't know exactly how dangerous it is. Also, many companies have dumped a tremendous amount of money into traditional black box GPS devices to track where their vehicles are located and how their drivers are performing on the road.
Both of these make up a bad decision cocktail that paralyzes fleet managers everywhere. In fact, you may have said or heard something like this: "I don't have to worry about this right now. Plus, I've already spent a ton of money on something else."
The thing is, you do need to worry about this right now. An accident involving a cell phone is not a matter of "if" but "when." By the time a cell phone-related accident does happen it will be far too late.
What if I told you that your fleet's best bet is just around the corner?
I'm going to say something bold. I'm going to tell you that Fleetio Drive is the only solution on the market that can help you track cell phone usage proactively, while saving you and your fleet BIG in legal fees, regulatory fines and a whole lot of anxiety. It also helps you encourage better driving habits through driver scoring and gamification which is proven to enforce better habits.
What will you say to that? I'll tell you what you'll say…
"We already use GPS provider ABC."
Sure. Most companies already have a black box in place and most black boxes track location, hard braking, fast acceleration, cornering, speeding, etc. But here's the thing: none of them can track your drivers' cell phone usage habits. None.
To be clear, we're not asking you to rip anything out. In fact, Fleetio integrates with the best telematics solutions on the market. What we offer is a supplemental data set that provides you with deeper insights into your drivers' behavior and gamifies safety at your company.
"I bet it uses a ton of data."
In reality, any app that tracks your location is going to use data. That said, technology has come a long way and tracking functionality is much more efficient than it used to be. Data usage is nominal and can be compared to Google Maps or Waze. More specifically, one hour of tracking equates to about 1MB of data usage.
"Well, then it has to kill the battery."
Also a reasonable assumption to which I have a similar response. Battery usage is minimal and can be compared to other GPS apps. Similar to Google Maps, you're not going to kill your battery by using Fleetio Drive. That being said, it's usually a good idea to have a car charger handy for longer trips.
"Our employees don't have company phones."
Unfortunately, Fleetio is not going to buy you a phone. But the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) revolution is here, which has caused many of our customers to implement a monthly stipend to cover any additional data charges that might be incurred. For many of our fleets, $10/month usually does the trick and should be well worth the investment to have a safer fleet and peace of mind.
"My employees aren't going to want me tracking their location or phone usage."
This one is on you. I understand that tracking cell phone usage is a newer concept that employees aren't used to and generally aren't going to be super excited about.
The hard truth, however, is that your drivers are operating a vehicle that represents your brand. You have to be open to implementing change in your policies that require "the new norm."
We aren't tracking what apps you have downloaded, who you're talking to or what sites you're visiting on your phone - we're simply tracking if the phone is being handled or not based on movements.
The employees that want to be a part of your company will get on board. The employees that don't want to get on board are the ones you need to be tracking and are likely afraid of exposing something.
You can start reducing driver risk today!
Now that we have all of that out of the way, let's talk more about how Fleetio can help you prevent accidents, reduce the risk you're exposed to on a daily basis, and help you protect your brand and your company.


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Letter to parents RE: Threat 11/9/2017
Dear Parent(s) and Berne Union Community;
We are writing to keep you informed of a serious issue that occurred at Berne Union High School.
On Thursday, November 9, after school hours, Berne Union High School was made aware of a threat against the school. Upon learning of the threat, Berne Union administrators immediately reported this to the Fairfield County Sheriff's Department. Based on our communication with local law enforcement, the situation was handled and is being further investigated by the deputies. Since individuals were taken into custody and due to the action taken by the Fairfield County Sheriff's Department, we believe that school did not need to be cancelled on Friday, November 10.
We understand situations such as this are concerning to parents, students, and the community. We want you to be aware that the administration of Berne Union High School has exercised extreme diligence and taken all proper actions required by law and in the best interests of our students and our faculty. We will continue to work in partnership with law enforcement to maintain a safe learning atmosphere at Berne Union.
Due to the fact that this is now in the hands of law enforcement, we cannot comment on the matter. We ask for your patience as we strive to respect the confidentiality of those involved as well as the integrity of the investigation.
Richard Spindler


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Our journey to South Africa started thankfully, NOT in the middle of the night. We managed to book an evening flight out, which is quite extraordinary! Most flights out of this crazy country seem to be between 11pm and 5am or so. I guess that's what happens when you live 'at the end of the line', if you know what I mean. Ha!
Late afternoon/evening is totally my ideal time to fly out. You have all day to finish packing, get your house put in order for arrival, shower, and the kids can even get their nap in. It's the best!
Here's all we took. Mike would roll his eyes at my inclusion of the word 'all' in this statement, but this such a small amount for us. Seriously. Usually we have at least 8 big bags and often 8 small ones too. This was nothin'!
One of the big bags (a third one that is hard to see in the back) is full of nothing but empty bags. When a girl only leaves this country once or twice a year she can hardly go to a developed country with good prices without planning to do some shopping, right? Right!
We also brought back some things for other friends and received a package of our own from America (thanks Mom and Dad!). So we had plenty of room for all of it.
Check-in is generally pretty fast at the airport in our city. As long as you fly one of the airlines that believes in actually lining up at the check-in counter instead of pushing and throwing elbows to get to the front to check-in, that is. We flew Egypt Air, so we got to line up. Yay.
Then we had our dinner in the airport. Munching kids are happy kids.
Some little lady was pretty proud of her ability to hold onto the handle on the bus that took us to our airplane.
We arrived in Cairo. It was late. And this is a very bad family photo in an elevator. But I like it anyway. It seems my children were quite energized that that point. :)
As you might remember, I don't really take many activities for the children when we travel. (Check out this post to understand my reasoning.) But this time I did include a coloring book and a few crayons in each of my kids' bags (which they can now almost always carry by themselves, glory!).
So here we had a little late night coloring while we waited for the boarding line to go down. We hate those lines, and what reason would we have, exactly, to want to be on the plane any earlier than necessary?! Um, none.
There was also a little 'race to the plant and back, kids!' activity going on. They loved this, as you can see. I didn't bother to ask all the other people in the surrounding areas of the waiting area how they felt about it, but I'm sure they loved it too, right? I mean who doesn't love to see two preschoolers running back and forth amongst many travelers in a busy airport? Ha ha.
Obviously, I had my I-don't-care-what-other-people-think-I'm-traveling-with-little-kiddies armor firmly in place.
After the line was another waiting area. Great?! This one had a window where you can see the plane.
This was our long flight. Cairo to Johannesburg. But it was late night and all night, so we had some snoozers! At one point my dream came true… my boy slept on the floor and my husband held Sweet N in his lap while he also slept. Did you do the math? That left three seats for this pregnant lady. Nice! I had hoped that would happen. Does that make me selfish and conniving? I was incredibly uncomfortable trying to sleep sitting up in my chair and lying down on three seats was definitely an improvement while it lasted.
Another layover, yay! In Johannesburg we had to get our bags and go through customs before our third and final flight. Fun fun. N looks happy here, but I seem to recall some serious breakdowns at this point in the journey.
Last flight from Joburg to Cape Town. We got seated in the last row which I just looooove cause then your seats don't recline. So when the people in front of you recline and you cannot recline, you get to experience this wonderful feeling of claustrophobia miles high in the air. It's especially fun with kids.
Obviously, girlie didn't mind.
And boy wasn't tired.
It was a long trip. But we made it! It was about 24 hours start to finish… South Africa is seriously far. We arrived on time and were met at the airport by some 'strangers' (friends of friends) who quickly became friends. And not just because they welcomed us with balloons and candy! They were wonderfully open-hearted, friendly and very generous friends…


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I congratulate Angus MacDonald on securing today's debate.
The "State of Nature 2016" report is significant for Scotland. It is a comprehensive piece of research from 50 leading wildlife organisations.
The UK 2013 report was groundbreaking, and it has been followed up in 2016 with a more in-depth look, including a breakdown across the home nations that means that we can begin to understand even more about the current state of our nature.
However, as substantial as the document is, what it has to say is a great wake-up call.
More than half of Scottish species have declined since the 1970s, 520 species are at risk of extinction in Scotland and another 6,000 remain on the red list of at-risk species.
Climate change has already had a severely damaging effect on our native species and biodiversity.
Changing climates have disrupted mating patterns, hibernation and adaptation, leading to decline in populations.
Changing and intensifying land management and land use have also led to much decline in and damage to our biodiversity.
As the species champion for the great yellow bumblebee, I spoke last week about how the intensification of farming and grazing and the decline in traditional crofting practices have meant that a species that used to be found across the whole UK is now found on a few of the Scottish islands, with a tiny population on the north Highland mainland.
However, it is not just about declining species.
As we have heard, Scotland is broadly ranked in the lowest fifth of countries for our biodiversity intactness index.
Our ecosystems have fallen below the point at which they can reliably meet society's needs, and the maintenance and the restoration of our ecosystems are vital to halting the decline—to supporting our flora, fauna and human population and to balancing our carbon budget and enabling us to reach our greenhouse gas reduction targets.
To do that, we need to support the recovery of species populations, improve habitat quality and develop green corridors between fragmented areas of natural land.
The creation of a national ecology network would go a long way towards improving the condition of our natural environment.
Small-scale changes could be urban green roofs, more treelined streets and more grass left for wildflowers; big changes would include the incredibly vital restoration of peatlands—which we have heard about—and an increase in protected areas.
We need to put the same amount of effort into our green planning as we put into our grey planning.
Green corridors would mean that increasingly isolated semi-natural landscapes and the species that live in them would be connected, cultivating a highway along which wildlife could travel and increasing resilience to climate change.
The truth is that we already know how to restore and support our biodiversity and ecosystems.
We also know what the main threats are.
We now need to ensure that the policy and regulation are in place and that firm, decisive action is taken to prioritise the health of our natural environment. This is urgent.
The "State of Nature 2016" report focuses mainly on the recent and on-going issues, but the sad truth is that the damage has been going on for years—indeed, decades—and our nation is much poorer in nature.
As many have said, we do not own the environment; we keep it in trust for our children.
The report starts at a baseline that shows how much damage has already been done, and the Scottish Government has an international commitment to halt the decline of our environment under the convention on biological diversity.
The report "Scotland's Biodiversity—a route map to 2020" runs out in three years' time and we need to look at the bigger picture.
The problem will not be resolved overnight.
In the words of Barack Obama, "Our generation may not even live to see the full realization of what we do here.
But the knowledge that the next generation will be better off for what we do here—can we imagine a more worthy reward than that?"
It is odd that, despite knowing how important care for our environment is, as a society we seem to be reluctant to implement and take that forward.
We have the knowledge and the tools; we need the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament to deliver.
Text of speech in the Scottish Parliament 16 November 2016


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Winning prize money is exciting, but the prize comes at a cost. The Internal Revenue Service taxes your income, regardless of how you earn it. This includes all wages, gifts and prize winnings. When you receive prize money, you should calculate your tax on the money and put aside enough to cover the tax bill. It is all but impossible to determine the exact tax on the prize itself because so much depends on how much income you earn, your filing status, how many dependents you can claim, and other factors. However, you can estimate the total tax on your annual income to ensure you put aside enough to cover the extra income.
Gather all your income information, including bank statements and pay stubs, and calculate your estimated income for the year. For example, if you are a salaried employee and earned $54,000 by the end of June, you can expect to double that figure for an income of $108,000 for the year. If you do not have all of the income statements for the current year, multiply your total monthly income by 12 to determine your estimated annual income.
Add the amount of your prize money to your estimated annual income. If the prize was not a cash prize, determine the fair market value of the item and add that amount to your estimated annual income. Using the previous example, if your annual income is $108,000 and you won $10,000, your total estimated income is $118,000.
Subtract the standard deduction from your estimated annual income. The standard deduction is based on your filing status, which changes each year to reflect inflation. For the 2012 tax year, the standard deduction is $5,800 for a single or married filing separately taxpayer, $11,600 for married filing jointly or a qualifying widow, and $8,500 for head of household. If you're married filing jointly and had a total estimated income of $118,000, your adjusted gross income is $106,400 ($118,000 minus $11,600). For more information on standard deduction rates, refer to IRS Publication 501's Standard Deduction Chart.
Multiply your number of exemptions by the current exemption rate to calculate your exemption deduction. An exemption includes you, your spouse and your dependents. If you're married with two children, you have four exemptions. As of 2012, the exemption rate for each qualifying individual is $3,700. If you have four exemptions, your exemption deduction is $14,800. For more information on the current standard deduction rate, refer to IRS Publication 501's section on Exemptions.
Subtract your exemption deduction from your adjusted gross income to determine your taxable income. Using the previous example, your taxable income is $91,600, or $106,400 minus $14,800. This is the income that the IRS will use to determine your tax.
Compare your taxable income to the tax table on IRS Publication 17 to determine your tax. Locate the table that includes your taxable income. Find the appropriate line that includes your income and slide over to the column that pertains to your filing status. The amount listed in the table is the tax that you will owe on your income. Using the previous example, with a taxable income of $91,600 and a married filing jointly status, your tax obligation is $15,156.
Estimate your income federal income tax withholding for the year using the information included on your most recent pay stub. If it is June and you have already had $5,600 withheld from your paycheck, you can estimate that you will have $11,200 withheld for the year.
Subtract your estimated annual withholdings from your tax to determine how much of your prize money you should set aside for income taxes. Using the previous example, if you estimate to have $11,200 withheld and you owe $15,156, you should set aside $3,956 ($15,156 minus $11,200) to cover taxes on the prize money.
- If you own a business and expect a loss for the year, subtract your estimated loss from your adjusted gross income before determining your tax.
- Your final tax obligation will vary based on a number of factors, including whether you own a home, how much you earned on interest and investments during the year, how much you donated to charity, and whether you qualify for tax credits such as the Earned Income Credit or Child Tax Credit.
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October 18, 2017
October 18th is Love Your Body Day! Don't forget to love your body this fine Wednesday (and every day). The campaign, created by the National Organization for Women, aims to bring awareness to the narrow and unrealistic standards of female beauty that media—such as TV, movies and advertising—as well as the fashion and beauty industries present. More importantly, Love Your Body Day is a chance to empower girls and women by spreading positive messages about being healthy and loving yourself!
It's unfortunately super normal to have self-esteem and body image issues. But when you hear someone telling you to "love yourself" or "feel great about your body," you are not instantly going to be cured of all the negative thoughts you may have about your body. We're taught that there must be something wrong with the way we look if we look differently than the models and actresses we see on TV and in magazines. How amazing would it feel to be confident, secure and happy with our bodies?! So, on this Love Your Body Day, we compiled some tips on how to feel better about the beautiful body you have!
TIP #1: Send yourself positive messages.
This tip comes to you from Sex, Etc. writer Bells, 15, of Livingston, NJ. "When I'm trying to love myself more, I take time to look in the mirror and name all the things I like about my body. Little things that I find adorable and unique. It helps to give me an optimistic view to balance out the pessimistic view I might have of my body."
TIP #2: Imagine what your good friends would say and think about you.
Another one of our writers, Emma, 17, of Caldwell, NJ says that it was eye-opening when she realized how dramatic and negative her body-image was. "The things I've been insecure about are things that I never noticed in other people," says Emma. "I would never insult my friends' appearances the same way I insult my own. I've come to realize that I need to stop judging my looks so harshly, because I don't deserve that type of treatment."
Once we begin to quiet those self-hating voices in our minds, we can start to replace them with more positive ones. Learning to love yourself and your body is an ongoing process. Why not start by proactively building ourselves up by internalizing good messages about the beautiful way we look?


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