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Salvaging damaged collections
Queensland is prone to humid and stormy weather. Cyclones and floods are becoming increasingly common in the summer months. Have your precious items suffered damage in a flood or a storm? Have your treasures been attacked by mould or pests?
Help is at hand! Our conservation experts have gathered together the most effective methods to ensure the long-term preservation of your precious family objects: books, diaries, pictures, and photographs.
Dealing with disaster
Part one: how to recover a flood-damaged collection
Catch your breath and make a plan to salvage your collection in the event of disaster — ensuring personal safety, gathering supplies, setting up a salvage station, and safely removing items from a disaster site.
Part two: how to salvage your water damaged collection
Take the first steps to salvage water damaged collections — washing off mud and other contaminants, drying, and freezing wet collections with a focus on paper-based collections.
Emergency recovery of water damaged collections
Helpful tips for the initial salvage of collections affected by water. It is important to attend to the damage as quickly as possible to prevent permanent damage and mould growth.
Salvaging water damaged collections
Steps to salvage water damaged paper, book, photographic, and audiovisual collections. It is important to attend to the damage as quickly as possible to prevent permanent damage and mould growth.
Dealing with mould
Moulds can be dangerous to people as well as collections. This guide will help you prevent mould and treat mould affected collections.
Freezing water damaged and insect infested collections
Freezing is an effective alternative to chemical methods for insect eradication in certain types of material, particularly paper-based collections. It can also be used to buy time when treating water damaged and mould affected material. This provides valuable time to seek assistance from a conservator.
Disaster planning for large collections
The loss can be catastrophic when disasters like fire and flood affect organisations with large collections; not just from the initial event but from lack of resources and ability to intervene and act quickly to salvage material. It is always best to be prepared, have procedures in place in readiness to act quickly, and have professional contacts at hand to help. You can use this counter disaster plan template document and tailor it to your organisation. Any form of disaster preparation can minimise the loss of your collection and ensure staff know what to do when disaster hits.


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Launch of 'The Night Does Not Drown Us.'Facebook live: Babishai
Marial Awendit is a formidable poet. His words carry the weight of the world's mysteries, the intricate details of a personal journey and the wit of one who sees possibilities in the future. 'The Night Does Not Drown Us,' is a collection of poetry that readers have termed as mesmerising and haunting, a masterpiece and … Continue reading Launch of 'The Night Does Not Drown Us.'

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Return of the trees
To have a fair chance of limiting global temperature rise to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius, it will be necessary to remove at least 500 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. The best way to do this is to work with local...
CoNGOs project : Discussion of a new paradigm for community forestry
The CoNGOs project partners discuss a new paradigm for community forestry at the meeting of the CBFP parties in Douala.
At the 17th annual Meeting of Parties of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) in Douala, Cameroon, Fern...
NGO Statements
Implementation of community forestry in the Republic of Congo
In the Republic of Congo, the forestry sector is the second-largest contributor to the national economy after oil, and the principal employer after the government sector. Approximately 640,000 people living in forest zones are...
Briefing Notes
Communities & forests in Kenya: Where are new laws taking them?
On 26 May 2017, the still-new African Court handed down a landmark ruling on a case brought against the Government of Kenya by the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights on behalf of the Mau Ogiek forest dweller community....
Community forests: A discussion document for Fern and partners
Anyone who works with forest dwellers across the world asks themselves the following question at some point or another: Can community forests be a viable alternative to industrial logging? If so, what form would this alternative...


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Comparison on Evaporation Heat Transfer between R32/R1234yf and R32/R1234ze(E) Flowing in Horizontal Microfin Tubes
Conference Year
low GWP, refrigerant mixtures, evaporation, heat transfer
Refrigerant mixtures R32/R1234yf and R32/R1234ze(E) are considered to be the low GWP alternatives of R32 and R410A for air conditioners. However, according to the recent reports, the severe heat transfer degradation is encountered during the evaporation process. This implies that much larger heat exchangers are required to maintain the COP and cooling/heating capacity with R32/R1234yf and R32/R1234ze(E). Therefore, the effects of mixture component and composition on the heat transfer degradation is experimentally investigated in this paper. Heat transfer coefficient of those two mixtures and their components (i.e., R32, R1234yf and R1234ze(E) alone) are experimentally quantified with horizontally set copper microfin tubes of 6.00 mm in outer diameter having 48, 58, and 64 fins of 0.26 mm in height and 19 ° in helical angle. The evaporation test was conducted at an average saturation temperature of 10 °C, a heat flux of 10 kW m-2, and mass fluxes from 150 to 400 kg m-2s-1. The heat transfer is degraded most at the composition where the temperature glide and concentration difference between vapor and liquid phases are maximized. This suggest that the relevance of the heat transfer degradation and mass transfer resistance caused by the concentration boundary layer and the additional sensible heat transfer. Although the heat transfer coefficients of R1234yf and R1234ze(E) alone are comparable, the magnitude of heat transfer degradation is obviously severer for R32/R1234ze(E) than that for R R32/R1234yf. This can be explained with the larger concentration difference and the temperature glide of R32/R1234ze(E) that those of R32/R1234yf. With increasing mass flux and number of fins, the heat transfer degradation is mitigated somewhat. It appears to be that mixing of concentration boundary layer contributes to recover the evaporation heat transfer. For the real possibility to use R32/R1234yf and R32/R1234ze(E) in air conditioners, the heat transfer recovery or enhancement could be the key technology.


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It's day 21 and I'm a little behind the eight ball. My life has been so crazy I haven't had a chance to even enjoy being on my computer. For day 19, I'm supposed to list 5 blogs that I read on a daily basis. I have to admit, I don't have to time to even check my email throughout the day if I'm lucky, let alone read my favorite blogs. But I will say, when I do come home and finally relax (after attending a meeting, grad class or tutoring) I have some favorite sites that do go to daily.
The Single Woman ~ Seriously one of my favorite sites. Mandy Hale started this blog a little over three years ago and has become a huge inspiration to us "single" women, or women in general. My friends tell me I am the RI version of her and I take that as a compliment. Her daily quotes and blog posts are straight forward, witty, wise and inspirational. She gives me hope and reminds me that I am good enough, to never settle for anything less than the best for you and believe that there is love out there for everyone.
LaurenConrad.com ~ I love getting my daily emails from Lauren's site and reading her blog on the latest fashion trends. I also have her on my Google homepage so I have easy access to it.
Karen Salmansohn ~ I love going to this blog for daily quotes and inspiration. It's a site for people who like "self-help" books and articles but don't want to be caught in that aisle at Barnes & Noble.
The Mod Mommy ~ This is my sister's blog. I also have this on my Google homepage. Just because she's my sister and the fact that I'm not a mom, it's a blog that I love to read. She has great tips for moms (which I pass on to my friends who are), recipes and more.
Love the Leap ~ This is my friend Erica's blog. She has great tips and advice on how to start getting healthy or learning how to stay healthy with recipes, workouts, and tips. She was my motivator and continues to be for me. I needed a push to begin working out again and I owe it all to her.
What are some blogs you like to read?
I am always looking for new ones to check out!


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Over the past 12 months or so I've been actively engaging with manufacturers in an attempt to establish their thoughts about the impending EU TPD (Art20). Many, but not all, as of 19/01/2016 still have no understanding of what the TPD implications are. So here are (4) links that should help manufacturers, importers and wholesalers, should they wish to continue supplying and operating within the UK & EU.
20151218_Draft Act_Technical standards for refill mechanism (1)
The current understanding of the TPD (as of the date of this post) is as follows.
* nicotine strength limited to 2mg/2.0%
* refill containers (bottles) limited to 10ml
* refill containers subject to specified refilling mechanism/design
* refill containers subject to specific labelling (wording/warnings)
* clearomisers/ tanks limited to contain no more than 2ml of E-Liquid
* E-Liquid subject to pre-market notifications that must include toxicology and emissions testing
* Hardware (clearomisers/tanks/atomisers/
* pre-market notifications must be submitted to the UK Gov via the MHRA six (6) months in advance of bringing the product to the market
If you're a manufacturer, importer or wholesaler and would like to discuss this situation with me, please contact me by email ian@southamptonvapingcentre.


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Calgary Organ Festival and Symposium
|Country and Region
|Canada — Alberta
|Type of Festival
|Location of Festival
|Calgary, Alberta, Canada
|Festival Contact Information
Calgary Organ Festival and Symposium
|Festival Description
The organ festival features renowned organists from the international arena. Performances and lectures take place in multiple venues around Calgary. The programming includes concerts, lectures, a worship service and guided tours.
|Festival Dates
|October 26 - November 2, 2013
|Festival Links
Other Sources:
KadmusArts on Facebook:
- Like KadmusArts on Facebook — we are your gateway to interact with the global community of festival fans, artist and organizers. Please share your comments and experiences in regard to this festival at http://www.facebook.com/pages/KadmusArts/17962154811
Start or join a conversation about this festival in the Forum.


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Only 36 percent of individuals believe there is a high likelihood of a natural disaster to EVER happen in their community. Yet, all across the country there are examples of disasters, both natural and otherwise, that affect people daily.
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services — water, gas, electricity or telephones — were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away.
In Pacific County we are most prone to floods, severe storms and a tsunami. Being prepared for these events is everyone's responsibility. The Emergency Resource Guide is a great resource to help you and your family plan for, and get better prepared for any type of emergency.
In order to be prepared we encourage you to:
- Make a Family Emergency Plan
- Put together an emergency supply kit.
- Be prepared to help your neighbor.
- Work as a team to keep everyone safe.
What's included in a family emergency plan?
- Identify an out-of town contact. This person may be in a better position to communicate among separated family members.
- Be sure every member of your family knows the phone number and has a cell phone, coins, or a prepaid phone card to call the emergency contact.
- Teach family members how to use text messaging as these messages can often get around network disruptions.
- Subscribe to Pacific County alert services
What's included in an emergency supply kit?
Store a kit at home, at work and at each child's school or daycare facility.
- Dry or canned food. At least a three-day supply of foods that require no refrigeration, preparation or cooking.
- Drinking water for each person. Suggested 1 gallon of water per person per day for three days
- Can opener
- First aid supplies and first aid book
- Copies of important documents such as birth certificates, licenses, and insurance policies
- "Special needs" items for family members such as infant formula, eyeglasses and medications
- A change of clothing
- Sleeping bag or blanket
- Battery powered NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert
- Flashlight and extra batteries
- Whistle
- Waterproof matches
- Dust mask to help filter contaminated air, and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place
- Toys, books, puzzles, games
- Extra house keys and car keys
- List of contact names and phone numbers
- Food, water and supplies for pets
Additional items you can store at home for use during an emergency:
Cooking supplies
- Barbecue, camp stove
- Fuel for cooking, such as charcoal or camp stove fuel
- Plastic knives, forks, spoons
- Paper plates and cups
- Paper towels
- Heavy-duty aluminum foil
Sanitation supplies
- Large plastic trash bags for trash, water protection
- Large trash cans
- Bar soap and liquid detergent
- Shampoo
- Toothpaste and toothbrushes
- Feminine and infant supplies
- Toilet paper
- Household bleach with no additives, and eyedropper (for purifying drinking water)
- Newspaper — to wrap garbage and waste
- Sturdy shoes
- Gloves for clearing debris
- Tent
- Ax, shovel, broom
- Crescent wrench for turning off gas
- Screwdriver, pliers, hammer
- Coil of one-half inch rope
- Plastic tape and sheeting
- Knife or razor blades
- Garden hose for siphoning and fire fighting
Feel overwhelmed? Check out the Washington State website "Prepare in a year"


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Ever wonder who those young new faces around the newsroom belong to? Presenting … the spring interns of 2013.
Andrew Gretchko
School: University of Pittsburgh
Year, Major: Senior, English nonfiction writing and history
Hometown: Chicago
Interning for: News, business (Pipeline blog)
I'll be at the PG: January 14 – April 19
Bio: Hailing from just outside of Chicago, I'm a diehard Bulls fan who is passionate about all things NBA. My love for sports goes further than basketball, as I played lacrosse throughout high school and enjoy football as well. From camping to hiking, I'm also an avid outdoorsman and former camp counselor in northern Ontario, Canada. Combining my passion for exploration with my love of writing, I am now pursuing a career in journalism.
Kalea Hall
School: Point Park University
Year, Major: Senior, Double majoring in Journalism and Multimedia
Hometown: Struthers, Ohio (Suburb of Youngstown, Ohio)
Interning for: Multimedia
I'll be at the PG: Jan. 7 – April….
Bio: I love writing news, reading news and shooting video. I grew up in a small city and then came to Pittsburgh for school and now I never want to leave. I would like to stay here after graduation, but I have to go where ever my first job takes me.
Noel Um
School: Carnegie Mellon University
Year, Major: Freshman, Professional Writing
Hometown: Boston
Interning for: Features
I'll be at the PG: Jan. 15- May 14.
Bio: When I'm not writing articles, I love to dance, watch old I Love Lucy episodes, read French literature and unearth up-and-coming fashion blogs (I'm Koo and The 21st Arrondissement are my current favorites). My dream job is working as a writer or editor for T Magazine, Vogue, V Magazine or Nylon.
Alex Zimmerman
School: University of Pittsburgh
Year, Major: Senior, Politics & Philosophy
Hometown: Philadelphia
Interning for: every section that will have me (breaking, features, mag, etc)
I'll be at the PG: January 7 – April 8
Bio: I've always enjoyed writing, but the PG is my first taste of using journalism to ask the questions I think are interesting. In my spare time I play as much basketball as I can, jam with my housemates (I'm a drummer) and watch more West Wing than is probably healthy. I grew up in Philadelphia, but Pittsburgh has grown on me. … I'm still looking for a good bagel.


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Recently, I was given the chance to ride in a "sports-sidecar" attached to an FJ1200 on a closed-course. I'm usually driving, so I don't get the chance to play monkey often. It was fun!
YouTube Video: FJ1200 Sidecar Ride
Recently, I was given the chance to ride in a "sports-sidecar" attached to an FJ1200 on a closed-course. I'm usually driving, so I don't get the chance to play monkey often. It was fun!
YouTube Video: FJ1200 Sidecar Ride
Love the sound of the bike! Interesting ride. So you've played monkey before? Racing or just riding?ReplyDelete
irondad: I have ridden in a couple other sidecars - a ural and a hack. This was the first sporty. No racing sadly.ReplyDelete
irondad: being a regular sidecarist also helps to know what the monkey is "supposed" to do. :)ReplyDelete
So Chris, that tug shaft or chain drive?
If chain, what kind/model/tensile strength? Inquiring minds need to know!
Redleg's Rides
Colorado Motorcycle Travel Examiner
Dom:It was a chain drive. I didn't inspect the chain to get those details. I use the following two links from DID to make my chain decisions though. They might help you.
Chain Models
Model to Application Chart
Based on your engine size (1000cc) and the chart, there are three choices. I'd get the 525ZVM-X or 530ZVM-X from D.I.D. they have the same tensile strength. Actually, I'd get the 525ZVM-X it weighs .2 less. I would get matching steel sprockets as well.
Keith: Yes!!
Looks painful.ReplyDelete
daGeezer: lol. it wasn't, but speaking of painful... I'm upload a video to youtube. I'll send you a link when it's done. ;)ReplyDelete
i was a little skeptical at first when they had to buckle you in like a roller coaster. I was expecting something terrifying :)
i freely admit i am a terrible pillion so i dont know how i would feel being a monkey. Is it easy to relax and give up control for something like that?
Fuzzy: lol! they didn't buckle me in -- just the top of the clamshell for the sidecar.
I have no trouble being a monkey even though I had just met this guy five minutes before I got in his sidecar. To me it's like being a passenger in a car, but you get the exhilaration of a motorcycle.
Other people I have given rides have commented it is strange at first and they feel tense since they aren't in control. Then they realize it's fine and relax. THEN they have lots of fun and enjoy it. One commented: "all the fun of motorcycling without the stress ... relax and enjoy the scenery"
Come visit MN, and you can find out yourself! :)


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By Kent R. Kroeger (Source: NuQum.com; November 3, 2020)
No más. I can't take it anymore.
If you thought the 2016 election was unwatchable, welcome to 2020 —an election where our main choices for president are two de facto Republicans.
Guess which party will win?
Sure, the "official" Republican Party lost control of the presidency and the U.S. Senate, but at the end of the day, its the Democratic Party that has moved to the right. And it is unlikely, based on the last Democratic presidency, that the new president will ever move credibly back to the left.
I predict more government spending disproportionately benefiting corporate balance sheets over American households, an expansion of U.S. military involvements across the globe, our inefficient health care system will stay inefficient, and our
Through their presidential nominee, Joe Biden, the "official" Democratic Party is the living definition of a status quo political organization. Their candidate defends the interests of health insurance and pharmaceutical companies while economically vulnerable Americans disproportionately die from the coronavirus. As our planet continues to warm at an alarming rate, he plays coy on the issue of fracking — does he support it or not?
He defends the interests of the big tech companies even as they've been shown to censor content produced by dissenting voices from the left and right. He defends maintaining current troop levels in Afghanistan despite the 18-year war having done little to bring sustainable democratic institutions or economic prosperity to the country; and, instead, has witnessed the Taliban expand its areas of control. In fact, there is no current U.S. military occupation or attempt at regime change that Joe Biden hasn't promised to maintain or expand and said he would continue the current military budget levels (Recent Biden statements on U.S. military policies are here, here and here).
Joe Biden isn't an outlier within the Democratic Party. He is a perfect representation of what that party has become since the rise of Bill Clinton.
The last 12 months of media-fueled propaganda attacking Trump (and indirectly supporting Biden) has worked. Like good propaganda, a lot of it is based on fact. Donald Trump has royally bungled the coronavirus crisis. Yet, at its core is a dishonest project to suggest Trump is the cause of America's ills, when, in fact, he is merely a symptom.
Unsurprisingly, disaffected Democratic and Republicans are not so easily deceived. They remain as disillusioned as ever about the direction of the country under a Biden administration.
In 2016 they wanted to tear down the status quo and in 2020 they are getting it back in a more arrogant form than ever.
Our political system is broken relative to the average American and the people that helped make it that way are about to return to power.
Yes, the Trump experiment mostly failed. He did fulfill some of his promises: renegotiated bad trade agreements, spurred small business growth and employment on a historical level (particularly in minority communities), funded his wall (thanks to a secretively compliant Nancy Pelosi), tore up the Iran Nuclear Deal (which was actually a good agreement), and rolled back environmental regulations on the coal industry (which won't change the fact that coal is still a dead man walking).
But when the final numbers are tallied, Donald Trump wasn't the change-agent many thought he would be. He never ended our endless wars. He didn't force the pharmaceutical companies to face real price competition. He didn't even fulfill his 2016 campaign pledge to close the carried interest tax loophole for hedge fund managers.
Trump can blame the Democrats in Congress for some of these failures, but just as I was a harsh critic of Barack Obama and his inability to negotiate with a hostile Congress, I hold Trump to the same standard.
In business it is often said, 'You have to give something to get something.' Our current dysfunctional political system is incapable of such reciprocity. We are all to blame for that.
Nonetheless, I sit here today forced to accept the fact that Joe Biden — a self-described 'deficit hawk' and proud military 'interventionist' —is going to sit in the Oval Office for four years (health willing).
I try to keep my spirits up by believing that Biden will be a better president than he was as a U.S. Senator and vice president. I'd like to believe there are instances in history when a politician's past performance did not predict his or her performance as president. If you can think of one, please let me know.
The evidence is overwhelming that our next president, in the recent past, willfully turned a blind eye to his own son's capacious appetite for profiting from his father's political office. That ain't Russian propaganda, folks. That is a cold, hard fact.
Still, with my expectations planted in reality, I want to believe there is a sluggers chance that a Biden administration could do some socially progressive things.
Hence, I have come up with 8 policies that, should a Biden administration implement them, would lead me to reconsider my attitude towards him.
For each of these 8 policies, I've included my guess as to the probability they could be achieved. Additionally, I've tried to include mostly policy ideas that are currently supported by a majority of Americans based on recent opinion survey data (e.g., the 2019 and 2020 Pilot Surveys conducted by the American National Election Studies).
The following are mainstream policy ideas.
Let us get started…
(1) Remove American combat troops from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
It is hard to believe after over a decade of U.S. combat forces in Iraq, Afghanistan (and oil and gas generating portions of Syria) that we are still having this debate. Apart from removing the Saddam Hussein and the Taliban from power, the U.S. and its allies have accomplished little by remaining in these countries.
"The Taliban controls more territory than at any time since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 toppled the fundamentalist group from power," says Middle East-based journalist Frud Bezhan.
So why are we still there? The cynical answer is: U.S. contractors are enriched by these occupations. The more polite answer is that the costs in keeping of U.S. troops in Afghanistan are not large enough to force a withdrawal.
The Biden campaign's cryptic statements on Syria are the most chilling of his military policy ideas. According to his campaign website, Biden promises in Syria to stand "with civil society and pro-democracy partners on the ground…and ensure the U.S. is leading the global coalition to defeat ISIS and use what leverage we have in the region to help shape a political settlement to give more Syrians a voice."
Biden and U.S. military leaders always fail to mention that Iran and Bashar al-Assad's Syrian forces have killed more ISIS fighters in the world than any other military force. In fact, the rise of ISIS can firmly be laid at the feet of the Obama administration.
According to writer Robert Morris, who has written extensively on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, one of the most pernicious and widespread myths is that the Obama administration's reduction of combat troops in Iraq led to the rise of ISIS.
"Those who are trying to keep U.S. troops in Syria rely heavily on this myth," says Morris. "It is central to the foreign policy ideas of both parties, and the ideology and future plans of the entire U.S. foreign policy establishment."
The problem is that this myth about ISIS' rise is "95 to 99 percent bullsh*t," says Morris. "Obama's Iraq withdrawal did not create the Islamic State (ISIS), but his intervention in Syria almost certainly did."
Biden's infrequent campaign mentions of Syria indicate he's prepared to reimpose an interventionist, anti-regime policy that failed to overthrow Assad the first time, but successfully destabilized Syria and led to the death of almost 400,000 Syrians.
If establishment Democrats like Biden are consistent on anything, it is in their unwillingness to upset the military-industrial complex and our country's foreign policy brain trust, even when they are demonstrably incompetent, as they have been with respect to the Middle East.
The chance a Biden administration would end these military adventures in any one of these countries? Close to zero.
(2) End US military involvement in Saudi Arabia/UAE's war in Yemen
On the surface, this may be the one international conflict in which a Biden administration could do the right thing. The U.S. (and other European allies) supply Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with significant intelligence and logistical support in their nearly six-year effort to remove the Houthis, who are Shia Muslims, from power in northeast Yemen.
To date, according to the Yemen Data Project, Saudi-coalition air raids have killed nearly 9,000 Yemenis and have created one of the world's most dire humanitarian disasters.
In an apparent response to this crisis, the U.S. House and Senate voted nearly two years ago to condemn and end the Trump administration's support for the Saudi-coalitions efforts in Yemen (which, in fact, had started under the Obama administration).
Has the issue of Yemen been prominently raised in the 2020 presidential campaign?
Of course not. So don't expect a Biden administration to do anything to upset the status quo in that region. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are close allies to the U.S. and the Iranian-allied Houthis are not.
The chance a Biden administration ends our support for the Saudi-UAE war on Yemen: 10%.
(3) Rejoin the Iran Nuclear Deal (as negotiated by the Obama administration) and end sanctions immediately.
I have little positive to say about the Obama administration, but when it comes to the Iran Nuclear Deal —known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which was signed in July, 2015 —the previous administration hit a solid Texas League single. The JCPOA wasn't perfect, but by bringing the Iranians into the constraints of an international agreement on nuclear weapons development, the Obama administration moved the ball forward on Middle East peace. Something the Clinton and G. W. Bush administrations did not do.
However, Trump's short-sighted destruction of that deal has achieved nothing, except to move the region closer to a dangerous, full-scale 'hot war'—which, though further enriching the U.S. defense contractors, sends shivers down the spine of global trading interests.
A war with Iran would likely be a far bigger foreign policy debacle than G. W. Bush's unnecessary war with Iraq in 2004.
Thankfully, Biden (the candidate) has made rational statements about Iran during the 2020 campaign. "There's a smarter way to be tough on Iran," says candidate Biden. "This past month (August) has proven that Trump's Iran policy is a dangerous failure. At the United Nations, Trump could not rally a single one of America's closest allies to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran. Next, Trump tried to unilaterally reimpose UN sanctions on Iran, only to have virtually all the UN security council members unite to reject his gambit. Now there are reports that Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had when President Barack Obama and I left office. We urgently need to change course."
I don't know what "reports" Biden is referencing, but I do believe Biden is prepared to reverse the significant damage Trump has done in the international community's efforts to slow down Iran's nuclear ambitions.
But not only should Biden recognize the dangers of Trump's aggressive Iran policies, JCPOA was one of the Obama administration's genuine foreign policy successes and reviving it would not require any contentious battles with Congress. Bringing the Iran Nuclear Deal back from the dead should be a no-brainer.
The chance the Biden administration rejoins the JCPOA and ends sanctions against Iran: An optimistic 75%.
(4) Pass a student debt relief program that forgives a substantial proportion of debt for the neediest students and reduces interest rates for others.
Student debt is a $1.6 trillion crisis waiting to happen and more than 30% of student loan borrowers are in default, late or have stopped making payments six years after graduation.
Forty-four million Americans are directly under the thumb of this debt burden, but all Americans feel the effects of this mess as more and more student debtors are delaying the traditional milestones of adulthood: marriage, children and home ownership.
A 2015 survey by Bankrate.com found that 21 percent of student debtors have delayed marriage, 26 percent have pushed back having children, and 36 percent have put off buying a home.
Those choices have measurable outcomes throughout the economy, and most of them are negative.
Where has candidate Biden stood on the issue of student debt? To my surprise, this is one issue where the Biden campaign has been fairly concrete.
For example, Biden proposes changing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, where currently the remaining debt is forgiven after 10 years of payments, to a program where $10,000 of federal student loan debt is forgiven each year for up to five years.
Biden has also proposed a income-based loan repayment program that would cut monthly loan payments in half compared to the Pay-As-You-Earn Repayment (PAYE), which was created under the Obama administration program and has the lowest monthly and total payments of any other income-driven repayment plans.
More broadly, Biden has proposed forgiving all tuition-related undergraduate federal student loan debt for borrowers who attended public colleges or Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and who earn less than $125,000 per year. Joe Biden has also said that he supports the $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness proposal recently introduced by House Democrats.
Finally, Biden wants to restore bankruptcy discharge rights to student loans, which would allows debtors to stop paying their student loans if payments on those loans "impose an undue hardship" on the student and his or her dependents. [I'll be nice and won't mention that it was Senator Biden who helped rollback bankruptcy protection for millions of average Americans right before the 2008 recession. I won't, but here is someone who will.]
All things considered, I believe Biden's campaign rhetoric on student debt relief has been refreshingly specific and credible.
The chance the Biden administration passes a substantive student debt bill: a hopeful 50 percent.
(5) Decriminalize most drug possession offenses; stop using the justice system to help users and move treatment to the social services and mental health communities
Nowhere is Biden's congressional record more disconnected from current public sentiment than when it comes to U.S. crime policy. From his first days as a House member through his Senate career, Biden has aggressively positioned himself as a "crime fighter." In that effort, Biden frequently cites the 1994 "Biden" Crime Bill, as he once called it, as his greatest legislative achievement.
The 1994 Crime Bill, the largest crime bill in U.S. history, provided for 100,000 new police officers, $9.7 billion in funding for prisons and $6.1 billion in funding for prevention programs, which were designed with significant input from experienced police officers. The bill also eliminated Pell Grants for prison inmates, criminalized gang membership, established a three-strikes provision that mandated life sentences for people with two or more violent felony convictions, and gave states incentives to lengthen sentences, including for drug possession offenses.
However, not everyone who has suffered from drug addiction or lives in a minority community shares Biden's love for the 1994 Crime Bill.
Leading into the 2016 election, activist Jeremy Haile, the federal advocacy counsel at the Sentencing Project, said, "Any Democrat that is interested in gaining support among the current electorate, particularly the progressive civil rights communities, is going to have to say that previous tough-on-crime policies were a mistake."
The Black Lives Matter movement of 2020 only amplifies Haile's earlier statement. "Many of us who grew up in the black community in the '90s," Patrisse Cullors, a political organizer and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, told the New York Times. "We witnessed the wave in which the policies that came from both federal government but also local government tore our families apart."
And what does Biden still say about the 1994 Crime Bill?
Asked recently in a televised town hall, Biden admitted the 1994 Crime Bill was a "mistake." However, just a year ago he was still defending the bill.
To be fair, the most impactful crime bills were passed in the two decades prior to the 1994 Crime Bill (my analysis on that topic can be found here). Nonetheless, at every opportunity, both as a House and Senate member, Biden has proudly voted for tougher crime laws. That position may still serve him well with the majority of Americans, including populists, but to left-leaning progressives, Biden is not on their side of the issue.
And, as president, I think Biden's legislative record will remain faithful to his 'tough-on-crime' past, even if his rhetoric will be all over the map.
The chance the Biden administration pushes for the decriminalization of most drug possession sentences and takes the criminal justice system out of the drug enforcement process: No chance.
(6) Substantive reform of the U.S. health care system, including at least one of the following policies: (a) reducing Medicare eligibility to 55 years of age, (b) extending Medicare to all dependent children, or (c) offering all Americans the option to buy into the Medicare program through "Obamacare" or their employer
Biden has been clear on this. He will work to restore those features of the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") that were rolled back by the Trump administration. Beyond that, he has promised only marginal changes to the U.S. health care system and has rejected any call for universal health care. Biden does not support "Medicare for All" and will oppose any effort coming close to it.
That said, he has coyly suggested "a public option like Medicare" could be added to "Obamacare" (though the details of this public option are thinly described on his campaign website) and he has proposed lowering the Medicare age eligibility to 60 years of age (down from the current 65).
However, the coronavirus has revealed the deep, systemic flaws in the U.S. health care system and the disproportionate burden this pandemic has placed on low- and middle-income households who cannot afford potential out-of-pocket expenses related to coronavirus treatment.
Biden is right when he says Americans are dying because of current U.S. health care policies under Trump. What Biden doesn't tell you is that most of those policies have been a joint, 70-year project by the Democratic and Republican parties to protect health insurance companies, health care providers, and pharmaceutical companies from universal health care. Tweaking our ailing health care system, as Biden proposes to do, will not significantly improve U.S. health outcomes related to the coronavirus or any other health problem.
In the end, Biden will never support policies moving the U.S. significantly closer to a universal health care.
The chance the Biden administration passes substantive health care legislation: While there is a fair chance (25%) that the Medicare age eligibility standard will be lowered, the offering of a genuine "public option" or universal health care for all child dependents is not going to happen on Biden's watch.
(7) Give U.S. households a federal tax credit for purchasing an all-electric vehicle; and an additional tax credit or cash incentive for a household to simultaneously trade in an existing combustion engine vehicle
I had to put one easy chip shot for Biden on this list. This is it: Restoring and expanding a federal tax credit for purchasing an all-electric vehicle, as well as reviving the "Cash for Clunkers" program.
Biden has already endorsed these ideas that are aimed at helping move the U.S. towards a green economy and help meet the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's goal of global net human-caused carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reaching 'net zero' by 2050.
Electric cars alone won't get us to that goal, but with the continued decline of coal-based electricity generation, the increased greening of U.S. corporate energy consumption and recent advancements in carbon-capture and sequestration technologies, the U.S. is going to significantly move the ball forward on combating climate under a Biden administration. [Yes, I know Biden supports fracking, but that is small turnips compared to an all-electric U.S. vehicle fleet.]
The chance these two electric vehicle policies become law in a Biden administration: A strong 90%.
(8) Pardon Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
Just when it seemed like I was warming up to the incoming Biden administration, the topic of press freedom and the U.S. government's current effort to prosecute news publisher Julian Assange for publishing classified U.S. documents related to the Iraq War, brings those good feelings to an abrupt halt.
Sadly, I don't need to single out Joe Biden on this issue. I can't name a single U.S. politician, apart from Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, who has stood firmly by our First Amendment and consistently supported the release of Assange. If he is tried and convicted in a U.S. court of crimes under the 1917 Espionage Act, the First Amendment rights of all Americans will be diminished.
What has Biden said about Assange? He called Assange a "high-tech terrorist."
As is so often the case with Biden, he takes a meager understanding of the facts and exploits our worst instincts and biases to gain cheap political points.
All Americans, not just Biden, would benefit by learning the facts surrounding Assange. [You can find a good, balanced summary of the Assange case here by former New York Times reporter James Risen.]
The facts, as they are known today, show that Assange did not conspire with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016 (which, by the way, has nothing to do with the charges that keeps Assange in a U.K. prison, but does have a lot to do with why establishment Democrats are willing to damage our First Amendment protections for petty political purposes). He did not offer assistance to Chelsea Manning on how to anonymously infiltrate classified U.S. intelligence systems (which is among the charges against him). Finally, Assange and Wikileaks did not expose U.S. intelligence assets in the Middle East (or elsewhere) to harm, as often charged in the mainstream media. To the contrary, the facts consistently show how diligent and thorough Assange and Wikileaks were in redacting the names of intelligence assets from the Wikileaks-released documents.
What Assange did do is publish accurate information that exposed potential U.S. war crimes in Iraq and, most certainly, revealed facts about the U.S. military occupation of Iraq that reflected negatively on the U.S. government. What Assange and Wikileaks did is fundamentally no different than the New York Times and Washington Post publishing The Pentagon Papers almost 50 years ago. How ironic is that those two news organizations have been largely silent on the First Amendment implications of the his case?
The central character in The Pentagon Papers drama, former Pentagon intelligence officer Daniel Ellsberg, offers a biting analysis of the Assange case that you can watch here from The Jimmy Dore Show. [And is there any bigger indictment of today's mainstream journalism than the fact that you can get better, more accurate information on the Assange case from watching the podcast of a jagoff nightclub comedian?]
The chance the Biden administration will pardon Assange: Negative zero.
Final Thoughts
One of the most demoralizing features of Joe Biden is how his 2020 campaign rhetoric contradicts much of his legislative record. He voted for harsher drug penalties before he came out against them as a presidential candidate. As a candidate, Biden said he wouldn't touch Social Security or Medicare, even though as a 'deficit-hawk' Senator he spoke repeatedly about his support for putting those programs under the budgetary knife in the name of lowering the national debt. He opposed fracking before he recently came out for it — a stance he then clarified to mean he was always for it even when he was against it.
The national media has pulled double-duty in protecting the American voter from knowledge of these numerous inconsistencies between candidate Biden and his legislative record.
Unfortunately, as president, it will be much harder (though not impossible) for Biden to hide those inconsistencies from the millions of progressives who are rightfully cynical towards him at the start of his new administration.
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So far, my project with New York magazine to rate the city's neighborhoods seems to have stirred up a roughly equal amount of love and hate — which is better than I expected. A bit of additional context on the ratings and exactly what's included in them is provided below.
— This is a model of reality. It's a thoughtfully designed model, based on relatively high-quality and objective data sources. But like all models: it's a simplification. I think it passes the test of providing some worthwhile information which can serve as a complement to one's subjective take on the relative quality of different neighborhoods. That is, it points you more in the right direction than the wrong one. But it's not designed to be, nor could it possibly be, definitive.
— The choice of neighborhoods, and the geographic boundaries assigned to them, were determined by New York magazine staff. I thought they did a very comprehensive job, on balance. It's not trivial to include additional neighborhoods because a lot of this involves counting things — whether landuromats, toxic waste dumps, or murders — by hand. The 60 neighborhoods within our scope are not necessarily the 60 best neighborhoods. Yes, we'll get Forest Hills included if we do this next year.
— A bigger problem, frankly, is that the neighborhoods vary a lot in size (both in terms of geography and population). To be on the right "side" of a large or varied neighborhood may entail significantly better amenities, but also significantly more cost. If we do this again, we will probably break some of the relatively larger neighborhoods (Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Flushing, Astoria, Williamsburg, Ditmas Park/Kensington) into two or more parts.
— While we can get something approaching an objective answer regarding the relative importance of the non-cost categories (e.g. through survey data), it is inherently very hard to know where to set the cost parameter since this will vary so much according to individual needs. We went with 25 percent simply because it reflects the midpoint between the cost-is-no-object (0 percent) and best-bang-for-the-buck (50 percent) scenarios. However, this is best handled by establishing your own priorities via the livability calculator.
— The apartment prices listed at various points throughout the article reflect the monthly cost of 800 per square feet of commercially marketable space. We refer to this off-handedly as a "two-bedroom" on various occasions, which is probably about right for Manhattan, but is somewhat stingy for something in the outer boroughs. To reiterate, the calculations are ultimately made on a price-per-square foot basis — which is the only real way to do it (IMO).
— The list is targeted somewhat explicitly toward someone who commutes frequently into lower and/or middle Manhattan. If this isn't you, you should reduce the influence of the 'transit/proximity' variable in your calculations. While it would be nice to customize the ratings to individual commuting needs (e.g. you work in Hell's Kitchen, the wife works in Connecticut, you fly out of JFK twice a week, you have Rangers' season tickets, and you have a bunch of family in Bay Ridge) that would be a considerably more massive project.
— I don't even like Park Slope, particularly.
— A fairly comprehensive list of the metrics included within each category proceeds below. All component indicators are not necessarily weighted equally.
Housing Cost
An index of housing prices aggregated from six sources: StreetEasy, Zillow.com, PropertyShark, Trulia, Jonathan Miller and the Census Bureau. The index reflects the cost of both rental properties and purchases. It was compiled on a cost-per-square-foot basis. StreetEasy and Zillow.com data were determined to be the most reliable and were given (by far) the most weight, although they may not be available in some outlying areas.
Housing Quality
– Rates of housing code violations and housing complaints
– Average monthly utility bills (a proxy for energy efficiency)
– The number of cockroaches per rental unit (per housing survey)
– Percentage of units with dishwashers and washing machines (per Streeteasy listings)
– Self-assessment of area housing quality (per housing survey)
– Percentage of residences within Historic Districts.
Quality of public K-8 schools in or near the neighborhood, as measured by test scores (both raw scores and relative to the demographics of the student body), parent satisfaction ratings, and attendance. Private schools are not factored into the calculation.
Transit and Proximity
The largest single component in this category was commute times to four busy stations in Lower Manhattan and Midtown (42nd Street, Fulton Street, Union Square, and Columbus Circle), as measured by MTA's Trip Planner. We also looked at the number of trains, train lines, and train stations that pass through each neighborhood, survey data on satisfaction with bus service, and a separate calculation on commute times from the Census Bureau.
– Rate of murders in last 5 years (counted by hand assigned to individual neighborhoods)
– Rate of other violent and non-violent crimes (as extrapolated from police precinct data).
– Perceived safety in walking alone at night, per NYC's 2008 citywide survey.
Shopping and Services
The density (relative to both population and square mileage) of 15 types of businesses within each neighborhood: supermarkets, delis, laundromats, day care facilities, banks, libraries, hardware stores, gyms, bookstores, clothing stores, coffee shops, liquor stores, doctors' offices, dentists' offices, and nail salons. Special attention was paid to the supermarkets category, and especially the presence of a highly-rated produce mart (including but not limited to Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Fairway, etc.)
Food and Restaurants
The density of restaurants per square mile in the neighborhood, as well measures of quality as determined from Yelp.com reviews and New York magazine critics' picks. Quality restaurants far from the city center, which were less likely to be reviewed, were given a bonus multiplier.
Similar to the food category: we looked at the density of bars per square mile, as well as their quality as measured by Yelp and New York magazine critics' picks. We also took a count of dance clubs, and the number of restaurants in each neighborhood that are open past 3 AM.
Creative Capital
– The number of art galleries, theaters (movies and live performance), and concert venues in each neighborhood.
– The percentage of a neighborhood's workforce that is engaged in the arts (measured both relative to the population and to the number of bankers), per Census Bureau data.
– The number of out-of-state students enrolled at four-year colleges and universities within the neighborhood.
Racial and income diversity, as measured on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood and (via census tract data) block-by-block basis. The statistics are race-blind: neighborhoods did not automatically receive points simply for having a large number of nonwhites, with the highest scores going instead to those with a roughly even mix of races. We also looked at the number of distinct ethnic populations within each neighborhood, the percentage of foreign-born U.S. citizens, and the number of same-sex partner households.
– The amount of park acreage: large parks like Central Park were divvied up between several different neighborhoods as appropriate.
– The percentage of residences within each neighborhood that are within walking distance of a park
– Street tree density as measured by New York City's Tree Census
– Survey data on satisfaction with local parks
– The number of points of beach and waterfront access within each neighborhood.
Health and Wellness
– Air quality complaints
– Asbestos complaints
– Noise complaints
– Asthma rates (a good proxy for pollution)
– Lead poisoning rates
– Infant mortality rates
– Street cleanliness (per NYC government data)
– Counts of rodents, potholes and graffiti
– Frequency of pedestrian and bicycle accidents
– The number of environmentally hazardous facilities within each neighborhood
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Decorating your house according to the season can be fun. It allows you to embrace the season and everything the nature brings too. Thus, decorating your house in seasonal vibe can brings out even more the ambiance. Nowadays, the people who live in the north of the horizon experience summer. And it is time to embrace summer in the house as well as in the patio. Decorating patio in the summer is significant because in the summer, you would want to spend your day outside more than inside. Here below are ten interesting and fun patio for the summer.
Under the Wood
If you have some are in the veranda that you would love to turn more Summery, you will love this one. This simple yet beautiful veranda creates the Summer vibe with the wooden floor and ceiling and puts natural material between them. The rattan chairs, small round wooden table, and the rattan pendants create a fun and cheerful ambiance.
On the Porch
This porch has a beautiful setting with white thin metal bench and rattan rug. This sweet and romantic look is perfect to watch over the sky at summer. At night, this would be a perfect place to date and enjoy the night.
Swing on the Porch
Similar to the previous one, this one also shows things you can do to your porch. While the previous one sets a romantic setting, this one sets a place to lay back and lazy around. This is a perfect place for you who love to read and have a great nap.
Fresh Outdoor
This one is a setting fresh in the open. It is perfect for days without rain and snow to spend with your friends and some drinks in hand. Completed with rattan chairs, this setting looks fun and cheerful. The striped patterns cover for the coffee table is a smart move to change the theme into summer.
Fresh in the Balcony
Balcony can bring you a good memory of summer. It allows you to breathe the fresh air and sometimes, feel the warmth of sunlight too, if your balcony provide it. This one here brings wooden furniture to liven up summer vibe. And to tone down the heat, some screens are added along with curtain.
Blue White Stripe
This porch leaves an incredibly strong impression with its white and blue palette in the chairs, bench, swing, coffee table, and even in the rug. The matching combination looks so fresh and fun.
Colorful Summer
In this balcony, the summer vibe is seen in the colorful setting of the area. And not only that, it is also added with rattan chairs and swings near by. The plants all over the area brings out summer ambiance even stronger.
Fun Blue Porch
Similar to the previous summer porch, this one also brings blue in. The blue wooden floor and the swing bench brings out the fun and energetic aura the summer gives.
Breezy Porch
This porch looks so fresh and breezy. It looks that way because of the light and white curtain on the back. It is also strengthened by the fresh plants hung from the ceiling as well as on the pots on the floor.
Fresh And Clean
If you love fresh and clean look, you will love this one here that accentuates the white color in the sofa and cushion and brings fresh look with the plants.


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Huawei's revenue falls for second quarter in a row as sanctions bite
Profit margins were up, but sales are sufferingBy Rob Thubron
What just happened? Following its first-ever quarterly revenue decline in Q4 2020, Huawei has seen its sales figures fall for the second quarter in a row due to US sanctions. The Chinese giant said revenue declined following the sale of its Honor phone brand in November, but there was a bit of good news: profitability was up 3.8 percentage points to 11.1%.
It's been two years since Donald Trump added Huawei and 70 affiliates to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List, meaning US companies could no longer do business with these firms without a license. The result is that Google's apps and services no longer appear on the Chinese giant's new products, making them less appealing to western consumers.
Huawei has long been incredibly popular in China and other markets, which helped mitigate the sanctions' effects on its bottom line---at least initially. But the final quarter of last year saw Huawei's revenue decline---by 11%---for the first time in the company's history.
The situation didn't improve during the first quarter of this year. Huawei's sales fell 17% compared to the same period last year to $23 billion, though its profit margin increased 11% for a net income of $2.61 billion, the result of a $600 million patent license fee and cost-cutting exercises.
"2021 remains a challenging year for Huawei, but it also marks the start of a clear strategy for the company's future," said rotating Chairman Eric Xu. "Huawei will continue to focus on technological innovation and investing in R&D to ensure supply continuity under sanctions."
Huawei's founder Ren Zhengfei has suggested to employees that one of its business units could join a stock exchange for the first time. He warned workers that faking accounts may become a legal problem in the future if one of Huawei's businesses enters the capital market, reports the South China Morning Post.
Last year was one of the most challenging Huawei has ever faced. With the Biden administration showing no signs of easing the restrictions put in place by Trump, its fortunes are unlikely to improve anytime soon. As such, the company is expanding its revenue sources, including creating tech for healthcare, coal mining, and even pig farming. There are rumors that it may also enter the self-driving vehicle industry.


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Bachelor Party Destinations
Games, Beer, and Quality Bro Time: Top Bachelor Party Destinations
Sure, you and your best friends have your favorite bars and hangouts that you like to stick to, but why not celebrate your last night as a single guy somewhere new for a trip to remember? This is your one chance to make some lifelong memories with your main men, so take advantage of these perfect 'boys night out' destinations!
Las Vegas, NV
While it might seem a little cliché to have your bachelor party in Vegas, but a classic is a classic for a reason! Gambling, drinks, world-class performances - you'd have a hard time NOT finding something fun to do in this city of endless possibility.See vacation rentals near Las Vegas, NV
New York, NY
If you're looking to have yourself a classy bachelor party, look no further than New York City. The Big Apple is a perfect place to show off how dapper you look in that pinstripe suit of yours. Get yourself some cigars and order up a round of whiskeys because the boys are hitting the town.See vacation rentals near New York, NY
Montreal, Canada
If you're looking for something a little different, but you don't want to go too far, Montreal is the perfect place for your party. With 19 distinctly different boroughs to explore, there's something for everyone in this city. Explore the Old City during the day and head downtown for the clubs at night.See vacation rentals near Montreal, Canada
New Orleans, LA
Thought New Orleans was only good for Mardi Gras? Think again! This city is ready to host your party any time of the year. Live jazz, great food, and vibrant energy is everywhere to be found.See vacation rentals near New Orleans, LA
Prague, Czech Republic
Historic and scenic, Prague has plenty for travelers to discover - including some top notch beer halls.See vacation rentals near Prague, Czech Republic
Ibiza, Spain
Enjoy your bachelor party with a drink in hand on the warm, sandy beaches of Ibiza.See vacation rentals near Ibiza, Spain
Austin, TX
Big shows, big steaks, big fun! Head to Austin for group activities like trail riding or golfing.See vacation rentals near Austin, TX
Nashville, TN
Take your guys to a live country show or one of numerous other big musical events.See vacation rentals near Nashville, TN
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The nightlife in Amsterdam cannot be beat! Bars and clubs galore.See vacation rentals near Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dublin, Ireland
Are your guys Guinness lovers? What better way to entertain them than with a tour of St. James' Gate Brewery?See vacation rentals near Dublin, Ireland


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We are guided by our mission to foster confidence, courage, compassion, and community — four points on Clearwater's compass — by providing a traditional sleep-away camp experience for girls.OUR PHILOSOPHY
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Situated in Minocqua, Wisconsin on beautiful Tomahawk Lake with miles of forest pathways and a private island, Clearwater is an ideal setting for you to experience the freedom you have to be yourself.Learn More
Once you've slept on an island, You'll never be quite the same
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Our 501(c)3 nonprofit organization is dedicated to preserving our longstanding traditions, protecting the natural world around us, and establishing scholarships.DONATE
As an alum camp continues to serve as a consistent source of love, strength, and no matter how far I am or how long it has been a place to call home.
At Clearwater, a girl discovers that she is capable of so much more than she ever dreamed possible. She learns to try, to persevere, to stretch herself beyond the limits she once knew.
Thank you, Clearwater, for continuing to invest in our daughters and for teaching them to become strong and independent young women!
When I think of Clearwater. I think of my second home. There's nothing better than coming back from a whole year missing Clearwater, and picking up right where you just left off.
Clearwater Camp is a place of life-changing moments and beautiful people, and I can't think of a two-month period in my life that has given me more life-changing moments than this one.


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FSA: Christmas Eve KO – Money First, Fans Last
The FSA and our supporters groups have consistently told the league this is a bad idea and they have totally ignored match-goers – placing the wants of broadcasters above all else.
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The simplest thing anyone can do to protect themselves and their loved ones from the pandemic that is raging across the world is to wear a mask every time we step out. Yet, this simple message has either not reached everybody or is simply being ignored or forgotten.
Detergent powder Ghadi decided not just to reach out and remind millions but walk the talk themselves.
In an initiative conceptualised and executed by ADK Fortune Communications Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, a WPP company and part of Wunderman Thompson South Asia Group, a powerful and effective medium was used – the Ghadi detergent pack. The pack reaches millions of Indian households, even in areas where the reach of TV and other mass medium is extremely limited. So, to spread awareness and reach the maximum number of households, Ghadi pack as a medium was used.
Ghadi covered its actual logo (the very face of the brand) across its entire range with a printed mask to remind and inspire people to wear a mask. And to further underline its importance, a message, "Bachaav Mein Hi Samajhdaari Hain" (It makes sense to save yourself), is on every pack.
Rahul Gyanchandani, Joint Managing Director, RSPL, said, "As a category leader, Ghadi has always believed in making a positive impact. In these troubled times, using our pack and then extending the campaign to other mediums seemed like the best way to bring about a change in behaviour and further build upon our connection with our massive consumer base."
To further scale up this message, Ghadi supported this initiative with a digital film directed by Pradeep Sarkar. It shows a young girl in a shop who makes her father realise that the best way to show you care is by wearing a mask – just like the pack itself.
Nakul Sharma VP and ECD, ADK Fortune Communications, said, "It started as a small idea; a unique way of connecting with the consumer. But with the client backing it fully, this initiative by Ghadi is now actually impacting people and their thinking. For Ghadi, this is just the beginning. We truly want our mask-wearing initiative to become the starting point of a mass movement."
In the coming days, the plan is to distribute 10 lakh masks across India for free. And to further drive home this message, the film will be released across India in five regional languages with a full-blown PR and social media campaign.
Client: RSPL Ltd.
Brand: Ghadi Detergent
Joint Managing Director: Rahul Gyanchandani
Brand Team: Arif Husain, Ashish Makhija, Geet Kiran, Varun Chauhan, Vaibhav Rai
Agency: ADK Fortune Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Managing Partner: Subroto Pradhan
Planning Lead: Atishi Pradhan
ECDs: Nakul Sharma and Tirtha Ghosh
Creative Team: Rajanish Jain, Ravi Shankar Mishra, Abhishek Sharma and MD Ershad
Account Management: Ambar Sharan Lal, Akhil Nijhawan, Priyanka Surkali
Production House: Apocalypso Filmworks Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Pradeep Sarkar
Music Director: Ronit Sarkar
Producer: Panchali Sarkar, Mrittika Mukherjee


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French Property Taxes
Tax Residency
Irish & UK Residents are taxable on worldwide Income and Gains. You are generally considered tax resident in Ireland & the UK if you spend at least 183 days in that country per year. There are additional criteria that may also deem you to be tax resident.
As a person who is tax resident and domiciled in Ireland or the UK you are liable to tax on your worldwide income and gains. Therefore, if you own and rent a property in France you are liable to income tax on the rents you receive and capital gains tax ("CGT") on the gain if you decide to sell the property. (In addition to any French taxes that may be imposed).
In other words, as an Irish / UK resident and Irish / UK domiciled person, no matter where your property is situated, if you receive rental income or you make a gain on the sale of your property – you are always assessable to tax in Ireland / UK.
Local Taxation of French Rental Income in Ireland / UK
- Treat the property as though it is an investment property and deduct all of the allowable deductions available under Irish / UK legislation.
- Tax the net amount at the marginal rate of tax plus assocated levies.
- Take a credit for the French tax paid.
- Record the French income received as Schedule D Case III in your income tax return and submit the return together with your Case III calculation. Note: if you calculate a loss, this can be carried forward and set against any future Case III liabilities.
Local taxation of French Capital Gains in Ireland / UK
When you sell your French investment property you are liable to CGT in Ireland and the UK on the amount of the gain. You may also be liable to CGT in France – see below.
CGT Payment Dates
- If you dispose of a chargeable asset on or before 30 November in the tax year, you are obliged to pay Irish CGT at 33% on the gain by 15 December in that tax year.
- If you dispose of a chargeable asset between 1 December and 31 December in the tax year, you are obliged to pay Irish CGT at 33% on the gain by 31 January in the following tax year. [Differing rates and dates apply to disposal depending on when it was sold]
United Kingdom
- If you dispose of a property on or before 5 April, you must report this by the following 31 December.
- If you disposal of a property between the tax year 6 April 2017 & 5 April 2018, you must report this by 31 December 2019
French Capital Gains Tax Paid
In most cases, upon disposal of a foreign property you will have paid CGT in the foreign jurisdiction. Therefore, depending on whether a double tax agreement exists between the country of residence and the country of disposal, you should be entitled to a tax credit for any foreign tax paid on the gain.
France has a double tax treaty with both Ireland and the UK. What this means is that where an Irish / UK tax resident individual pays French CGT on the disposal of a French property, a credit will be available when it comes to making your Irish / UK tax return.
In other words, you should not pay tax twice on the same disposal (except where the Irish / UK tax due is higher than the French tax paid – in that case the difference is payable).


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Evoking cherished memories of India with the King of Udaipur, Camilla's long-time friend, The King And I Passport Holder offers a spirited travel companion to keep your essential documents safe. Showcasing painted palace frescoes and elaborate royal tile work, this printed leather passport holder will see you across every spellbinding corner of the globe.
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Marlboro Community Center
Somatic Yin Yoga
Donations Appreciated
Time & Location
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Feb 08, 2024, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Marlboro Community Center, 524 South Road, Marlboro, VT 05344, USA
About the event
A practice of slowing down and meeting sensation in our bodies. We hold postures and shapes for 5-8 mins. we use a variety of props: bring what you have and we will improvise with what we've got. Open to all age and abilities. Led by Cathlin Walker
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Happy Easter!
I am so happy to announce that my Aki Art Facebook Page has reached over 200 likes! THANK YOU!
I wanted to do a little giveaway to show my gratitude, below is my Easter/thank-you giveaway illustration!
Facebook post and "share" on your facebook page! The winner will be chosen after midnight Monday NZ time! Happy liking and commenting!


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SALINAS -- A former Watsonville police dog has been seized by the SPCA for Monterey County and its owner, a former Watsonville police officer, is facing misdemeanor charges.
The severely emaciated and dehydrated dog, a German shepherd, belonged to former Watsonville officer Francisco Ibarra.
Ibarra was fired by the Watsonville Police Department in 2010 "for cause". Last week, Ibarra filed suit against the city.
Sgt. Stacy Sanders of the SPCA said an anonymous tip led them to Ibarra's Salinas home where they found Ingo, who weighed just 55 pounds, about 25 pounds less than a healthy 5-year-old German shepherd should weigh.
Ingo's hips and ribs were prominently showing and there was no food in the backyard.
Ibarra was given 24 hours to respond to the SPCA. When he did not, officers seized Ingo on Feb. 17. Within a day or two Ingo passed sand, dirt and grass, which he'd ingested.
"When dogs aren't fed in a timely manner, they will resort to eating grass and dirt and rocks and their own feces to keep themselves alive," Sanders said.
Ingo scored just a 1 on the canine body condition score chart. The canine body condition score chart goes from 1-5 with 1 being emaciated, 3 considered ideal and 5 being obese.
Other than being emaciated, Ingo has no other medical issues, Sanders said, which led SPCA officials to believe he'd been neglected.
"He is slowly recovering and gaining weight on a specialized diet on a prescribed feeding schedule," according to Beth Brookhouser of the SPCA.
Just one month later, Ingo has gained 15 pounds.
The case was forwarded to the District Attorney's Office, which has filed charges against Ibarra, Sanders said.
Terry Spitz, Monterey County's chief assistant district attorney, said Friday Ibarra was charged with two counts of misdemeanor failing to take care of an animal. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 18. The penalty, if he's convicted, is six months in County Jail and a $1,000 fine.
Ibarra was not arrested. He was cited and summoned to appear in court, Spitz said.
What will happen to Ingo remains uncertain. Sanders said their main concern is to nurse Ingo back to health. Then they will determine whether he is adoptable. She said there are several options, but that it will be awhile before those decisions are made.
"He is doing much better, doing great, getting attention every day," Sanders said. "He's enjoying life."
In spite of being a highly trained law enforcement dog, Sanders said Ingo will find a new home and a new life.
"We won't euthanize him," she said.
Ibarra, a 15-year veteran, was fired by the Watsonville Police Department in 2010.
Last year, the city's Personnel Commission found his termination unwarranted in December, and Ibarra, through his attorney, said he wanted his job back.
City Manager Carlos Palacios said Friday he did not reinstate Ibarra, but he declined to disclose why he disagreed with the Personnel Commission's recommendation, citing personnel confidentiality.
Ibarra filed a lawsuit in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on March 16, naming each of the City Council members and Palacios as defendants.
Ibarra's attorney Kate Wells has said Ibarra wanted to "either return to his former position as an officer with the WPD, with, of course, back-pay and other lost benefits, or in the alternative to bring whatever legal action is necessary to accomplish his reinstatement."
Wells did not return calls seeking comment Friday.
The Watsonville Police Department fired Ibarra "for cause" but has never disclosed specific reasons.
Ibarra contends he was let go after he was elected president of the Watsonville Police Officers Association and acted to protect the rights of fellow officers.
He said the department used a March 2009 encounter with a suspect as a pretext to fire him. He said he did not, as alleged, inappropriately use force to capture the suspect. Rather when a man resisted arrest after a car stop, Ibarra called his K-9 partner, Ingo, for help. Ingo bit the man. Ibarra said he found stolen property in the car.
Police Chief Manny Solano said last year the firing came after "thorough and complete investigations of multiple incidents."
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