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We are quickly running out of resources. This is what the economics of fracking means. Fracking is profitable, precisely because we are past peak conventional oil and gas (there is nothing conventional about high Arctic gas, tar sands, and extracting deep oil below kilometers of ocean as off Brazil).
The problem with peak oil is general. We are past peak zillions of crucial materials, including copper and fertilizers (most fertilizer reserves, worldwide are in Morocco, under the determined French nuclear imperial umbrella, with Washington back-up).
This collapse of all resources has a solution, a dramatic solution, and only one, the solution the Romans were incapable, unwilling to conceive. For the good and simple reason they did not even understand why the "world is getting old" as they used to moan.
Our situation is the same, but it's going way faster, as we enjoy a planetary demographic boom without precedent, and a splurge of waste also never imaginable before. For their vacations, a few days, people jet around the world. Just because they can. Is that the call for self destruction? An appeal to the mysterious god of war and apocalypse?
Yet. Energy is the one and only solution. Ever more energy. (Ever more Absolute Worth Energy, more exactly.)
Solar is useful (yada yada), and will work very well in areas not controlled by Al Qaeda (like North Africa, once it has been thoroughly cleansed).
Wind works, sort of, but the giant investment may turn out silly in the long run (although winds are augmenting now that the melting of the poles is gathering speed, in the very long run, if the poles warm up enormously, winds will die down).
That leaves us with conservation. Yet, as the climate belts switch north, many regions that have now plenty of water will go dry, and require desalination and, or long distance transportation of water, thus augmenting energy spending. An example? The South-West of the USA.
Geothermal will not work on a massive scale. Just as fracking, it causes earthquakes. Oh, and fracking at this point in the USA releases enormous quantities of methane, accelerating the greenhouse.
Coal kills directly two millions a year already (without counting how much it kills indirectly through climate change). Chinese coal is filling California's Napa Valley vineyards with mercury (I guess Californian excess goes around and comes around as a fine mist of Hg.).
However, coal is used more and more: look at nuclearly correct Germany. Or coal is used obdurately: look at Denmark. Denmark is a paragon of ecological correctness. yet is building a new giant coal plant.
To save the planet, one is left with nuclear. Either new fission technologies (say Thorium techs), or. thermonuclear fusion.
The old joke about fusion is that it's the fuel of the future, and always will be. However, that's making fun of the scientific process itself. Understanding is progressing ever more, and results are following.
After decades of unexpected discoveries that were blocking the way to controlled thermonuclear fusion, it is entirely possible that only details may have to be figured out pretty soon.
For example a purely theoretical mathematical breakthrough, a few years back, allowed the existing French thermonuclear device at Cadarache to achieve confinement of the thermonuclear plasma for more than 6 minutes.
Next to that machine is now build the giant International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). ITER is expected to produce ten times the energy put in.
The Joint European Torus (JET) in England has been rebuilt, in ITER style, and the preliminary results are allowing to build ITER directly in (what was supposed to be) stage 2.
In 1997 the Joint European Torus (JET) released 16 megawatts of power from fusion, from using 24 megawatts-worth of heat.
ITER is involved with building new materials, to resist thermonuclear fire. If those work, they may profit the Korean national program, which, although part of ITER is also planning a production style reactor very soon after ITER turns on.
Thus it's entirely possible that magnetic confinement fusion could become energy profitable within 15 years or so.
Meanwhile the proudly called NIL (National Ignition Laboratory) has succeeded to get in November 2013, twice more thermonuclear fusion energy out of one pellet of Deuterium-Tritium fuel than was put in (by lasers).
The NIL lasers compressed the thermonuclear fuel at three times the pressure and five times what exists (we think) at the center of the sun (where thermonuclear fusion is raging). They improved the efficiency by spending more energy heating up the fuel before compressing.
In a thermonuclear bomb, the thermonuclear fuel is compressed similarly with X rays from a fission-fusion "pit". Who said nukes were useless.
And yes we need to colonize Mars (be it only because we mess up Earth, and always need to go "meta"). But we will do this only with fusion (there is a scheme to make fusion propulsion by using a technique half way between magnetic clinching, and the ITER and NIL styles.
Who need this?. will whine those who want to feed the poor and build their roofs. Do they know how much energy is needed to feed, quench the thirst, bathe, and shelter eight billions? Lots. We still don't know how to reproduce Roman cement, but that will save a huge amount of energy.
No way out, but science, ever more science.
That's the old fashion way, the most human way.
Because, of course, as the old resources run out, just like the Romans did not do, we need, having used lots of brains, to replace the old with the new born. Born from our minds.
This is exactly what happened with Rome. The economy of the empire of the Franks, the Imperium Francorum, rested on new engineering: wind mills, water mills, heavy ploughs (capable of digging deep into the fat land of the wet north), new energy (draft collars), and hundreds of new bioengineered species (horses, oxen, hundreds of species of new vegetable, especially protein rich beans). It was an amazing tech revolution. By 1000 CE, the Franks had surpassed Rome, and had the highest energy usage, per capita.
The Frankish tech revolution was paralleled, nearly as spectacularly in the Far East. New rice cultivars allowed the population to boom. (Originating in Vietnam, they quickly spread-out). China introduced new technologies, such as paper money (having not enough precious metals).
Our similar situation knows an urgency not found before, though. It's not a question of imperial collapse, or not, but of planetary collapse, or not. So go fusion, go.
Otherwise, well, even older gods will come to dominate. Those presiding the arena of evolution. The survivors incarnate the epigenetics. But there again, fusion will come in handy.
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Black Rapid RS-7 – Say goodbye to neck fatigue
A couple weeks ago I got an invite from Black Rapid marketing to visit them at the Photo Plus Expo in New York. At first I really wasn't interested, but then I remembered how many of my friends had gushed over what a great product this was I decided to give them some of my time.
I never really noticed any issues with my camera strap so thought this was just another one of the billions of photography gadgets/gimmicks out there for sell that I really didn't need. In short, I had zero interest in this product. In fact, even after watching the video below both when this product was all the buzz and here recently I still wasn't convinced that I need it.
An odd, but lucky twist of fate
My meeting with Black Rapid was my very first meeting at the Expo and to be honest my body wasn't moving that fast that morning so I ended up showing up 15 minutes late to our 30 minute meeting. We ended up not being able to sync up at that time so I promised I would be back, but in the back of my mind I thought "oh well, who cares" and moved on.
Being new to the Photo Plus Expo I was as prepared as boy scout with my Canon 1D Mark IV (with the 24-105mm) around my neck for taking photos, my Modular Set around my waist with way too much gear and an Artificial Intelligence 17. Yeah I was in my full on geek gear, and I had to spend the day walking around everywhere with all of that crap.
By the end of the day my shoulder and neck were getting pretty sore. The shoulder strap from the AI 17 needed more cushion (I've already told TTP I want a Urban Disguise series strap for that bag) and my Canon camera strap was digging into my neck. I guess because I was doing more walking and talking than shooting it bothered me more this time than ever before, because I never really recalled the strap being an issue. In fact, when people asked me to review the Black Rapid I scoffed saying that my Canon strap was plenty comfortable. However, this day I learned the hard way what everyone was saying. I literally had a mark on my neck that looked like a hickey, yet the source was from my camera strap.
When I saw this in the mirror I was horrified as I still had another day of meetings with partners, and sadly I hadn't enjoyed the normal way of getting a hickey so I only had the embarrassment to live with. Frustrated by this I remembered my postponed meeting with Black Rapid and went by their booth.
While waiting for my media contact this cute girl from Black Rapid walks up to me and offers to give me a demonstration. Being the gentleman I am, I indulge the young lady and proceed to listen to her spiel. I got a chance to try all of the straps and personally found that my favorite was the RS-5. I preferred the RS-5 because it was wider and more comfortable, yet it also had storage in the strap which is great for a pocket geek like myself.
When I finally got a chance to talk to my marketing contact I had already been convinced. The weight on my shoulders and neck with the Canon strap versus any of the Black Rapid straps was significant. I wanted one, and was given a RS-7 on the spot (although truth be told, I'd rather the RS-5).
I used the RS-7 the entire next day and found it to be SIGNIFICANTLY better. At the end of the day I didn't have any pain or strain (or hickeys), so my days using traditional straps have ended. I'm kicking myself for waiting so long to try one of these out after so many trusted friends insisted that I do it, so I'm here to admit I was wrong – these things are for real.
My Advice
Black Rapid RS-2 Sport with under arm "BRAD"
The RS-7 is a big improvement over your traditional strap, but I think the RS-5 is the strap to get. If you are a photographer on the move you might want to get the RS-2 as it includes the Black Rapid Arm Defense (BRAD) strap. However, I found that design to be annoying and uncomfortable, so I stick with my recommendation to go for the RS-5.
Room for Improvement
As much as I like the RS-7, there have already been two competing products who have contacted me to review their similar products. The competition has focused on the comfort of the strap and the design of the connection point. I'd like to see Black Rapid consider bringing some of those thoughts to their future designs.
One of the complaints I've heard about the black rapid is that your camera swings around and hits things. During the course of the conference I had probably 4 slight grazes (nothing serious), so I 'd say that this is a valid concern. I think when used and tightened properly you'll find that the camera doesn't swing around much and its ready to go for quick shooting (as shown in the video). However, I found it best to throw my hand on the end of the lens just for my own mental comfort. My hood (of my 24-105) was in the active position and my lens was usually extended so I'd occasionally have the hood tap something (typically a garbage can or table edge). but there was never enough force to even scratch it.
Despite these issues, the RS-7 was much more stable / usable than my traditional camera strap. I'd call these areas for improvement in future designs, but not something that should cause you to shy away from this product. If you are still unsure, remember B&H has a 30 day return policy should you change your mind.
Where to buy (support this blog)
Click here to view or buy the full line of Black Rapid products at B&H. You can also get more information at http://www.blackrapid.com. Stay tuned as I am hoping to have more exciting news from Black Rapid in the future.
I was at the expo on media press pass so I was given more attention than your average consumer as well as a free RS-7 strap to review. I may also get a commission if you make a purchase using links on this blog.

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Welcome to the website of www.TheSeaport.Nyc ("Company", "we" or "us"). This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.TheSeaport.Nyc (our "Website") or register to use Wi-Fi services at one of our physical locations ("Wi-Fi Services") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.
We have adopted the following privacy policy because we understand that you want to know how the information that you provide to us is being used. The following explains, among other things, how and why your personal information is collected, how it is utilized and in what type of capacities.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website or the Wi-Fi Services. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE OR BY REGISTERING FOR WI-FI SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND CONFIRM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THIS POLICY MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR WI-FI SERVICES AFTER WE MAKE CHANGES IS DEEMED TO BE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES, SO PLEASE CHECK THE POLICY PERIODICALLY FOR UPDATES.
This policy applies to information we collect:
In email, text and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites, accounts, services, and other resources, if those advertising and applications include links to this Website.
When you opt-in to this policy when you submit information by registering through one of our wireless internet access providers ("Wireless Providers"), which currently include SocialSign.In, Inc. ("SSI"), for use of Wi-Fi Services.
This policy does not apply to information collected by:
Us offline or through any other means, including through our social media accounts or on any other website operated by Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries).
Other than Wireless Providers, any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website. See Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies and Third-Party Links sections below.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It. We may collect the following types of information from and about users of our Website or Wi-Fi Services:
- Information you give us, including information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, birth date, email address or telephone number ("personal information"), and other information such as personal interests, age, gender, marital status, and preferences of certain products and services, which may be linked with personal information; and/or
- Information that we collect from your use of the services, such as your location, automatically recorded times and dates of visits to the Website, and information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and usage details. Such information may be linked with information you provide us.
We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically as you navigate through the Website, which may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and similar technology.
- We receive information about you and your activities on and off the Website from advertisers and third-party providers, such as Google Analytics and DoubleClick.
When you provide information to our Wireless Providers, whether directly as part of the Wireless Provider's registration process or indirectly by using a social networking account (e.g., Facebook) to login to use Wi-Fi Services. When you login to use Wi-Fi Services using a social networking account, such account will automatically provide the Wireless Provider with, or authorize the Wireless Provider to access some personal information about you, such as your first and last name, username, profile pictures, unique identifiers and access tokens, email address, and phone numbers, which may then be provided to us by the Wireless Provider ("Wi-Fi Login Related Information"). Wireless Providers, such as SSI, have their own privacy policies, which govern their collection, use, disclosure, and protection of personal and other information they receive or collect from you and which are not controlled by us. Such privacy policies and practices are the sole responsibility of the Wireless Provider. Wireless Providers may collect personal and other information in addition to the Wi-Fi Login Related Information. Please see the applicable Wireless Provider's privacy policy for further details. SSI's privacy policy can be found here: socialsign.in/privacy.
Information You Provide to Us. The information we collect on or through our Website or through Wireless Providers may include:
- The content and other information you provide when you use our Website or Wi-Fi Services, including when you sign up for an account and communicate with others through the Website. This can include information in or about the content you provide, such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created.
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website or to use the Wi-Fi Services. This includes information provided at the time of requesting additional information, registering to use features of our Website or the Wi-Fi Services, posting material, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website or the Wi-Fi Services.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
- Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
- Your search queries on the Website.
Usage Details, IP Addresses, Statistical Data, And Cookies. As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, referral URLs, duration of your activities, communication data, and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
- Information about your computer, phone, other device, and internet connection. Such information may include device identifiers, device settings, hardware version, device locations, including specific geographic locations, such as through GPS, Bluetooth, or WiFi signals, IP address, operating system, browser type, your mobile operator or ISP, language and time zone, and mobile phone number. We may associate the information we collect from your different devices, which helps us provide consistent user experience and services across your devices. This information may also include device identifiers, device settings, device locations, including specific geographic locations, such as through GPS, Bluetooth, or WiFi signals, and connection information, such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language and time zone, and mobile phone number.
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). Please see the Do Not Track Disclosures Section below for information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on this website and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.
On our Website, we automatically collect statistical data, which we may maintain or associate with personal information and other information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. For example, third-party providers may track locations of persons on our properties using specific device information (e.g., IP and MAC addresses), which may be provided to us in a non-personally identifiable form to help us improve your overall experience with our Website and traffic patterns at our physical locations, such as to plan promotions and events at our retail centers. Wireless Providers may also provide us non-personally identifiable information regarding Wi-Fi Services, including total data transferred or consumed, times logged in, and similar information. It helps us to improve our Website and Wi-Fi Services and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
- Create better layouts for our physical locations, reduce traffic congestion, and plan for promotions and events.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognize you when you return to our Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). Cookie technology is used for tracking general user profiles by placing small files into your browser or on your computer or other device. We utilize cookies to retain your profile for quick navigation and to communicate appropriate information that matches your needs and interests. Cookies are also used as a tool to improve our Website based on user trends. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser settings to prevent cookies from being placed in your computer without your consent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly, including but not limited to certain services, contests, and promotions. We do not have access to any cookies that may be placed in your browser by unaffiliated third-parties, including Wireless Providers.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website. Flash cookies are persistent, meaning that they do not go away when you exit your browser. While it may be possible to manage Flash cookies through your browser, depending on your browser version, you may choose to manage the use of Flash cookies via the Settings Manager on Adobe's website at: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html. We and our service providers may use flash cookies to enable or control flash-based content, to detect or prevent fraud, and for other uses similar to those of browser cookies discussed above.
- Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
We may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.
Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties, including Wireless Providers, may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from certain providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information section.
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We use third-party analytics companies, such as Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics to provide analysis of our customers' Website and mobile application experiences. These companies collect and analyze information about how people interact with us through our web-based and mobile media, including information about browsing and other activities. To perform some of these services, they may collect and use information from first- and third-party cookies, from Wi-Fi or mobile applications, and web beacons.
- To learn more about Google Analytics' privacy practices and any opt-out choices it offers, click here.
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Please note that your opt-out status may be maintained by placement of an "opt-out" cookie on your device. If the cookie is removed or deleted, or you upgrade to a new version of your browser, change browsers or visit us from a different device, you may need to repeat this process to indicate your preference.
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The Website may also provide links to third-party (including subsidiaries, affiliates, and Wireless Providers) websites, accounts, or other resources, including but not limited to social media websites and applications ("Third-Party Resources"), which are not under our control. Also, if you click on a banner advertisement that appears on one of the pages of the Website, you may be transported to a Third-Party Resource and away from this Website. THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT APPLIES TO THIS WEBSITE ONLY, AND IS NOT INTENDED TO DESCRIBE THE PRIVACY POLICIES OF THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES WITH REGARD TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION OR OTHER DATA; WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES. IF YOU CLICK ON A BANNER ADVERTISEMENT OR A LINK TO A THIRD-PARTY RESOURCE, YOU SHOULD REVIEW THE PRIVACY STATEMENT OF SUCH THIRD-PARTY RESOURCE, IF ANY, TO DETERMINE THAT RESOURCE'S PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AND OTHER DATA. Any link on the Website to a Third-Party Resource does not imply an endorsement of the privacy practices of such Third-Party Resource by us, and no such Third-Party Resource is authorized to make any representation or warranty on our behalf. We are not responsible for the content, products or services contained in or offered by a Third-Party Resources.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present and improve our Website and its security and content to you and to better understand the profile of our online audience.
- To improve our Wi-Fi Services and to better understand the profile of Wi-Fi Services users.
- To provide you with information regarding products, services, promotions, and events, including but not limited to those of retailers and other third parties, and to develop and improve such products, services, promotions, and events.
- To enhance your experience on our Website or our locations by displaying content and marketing messages that we believe will be of interest to you.
- To contact you or to provide information to you, such as to send newsletters to you that you request.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
- To provide you with notices about your account or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices.
- For statistical analysis and market research purposes, for project planning and/or for developing prospect lists for the Company, our subsidiaries and affiliates, and third parties.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
- To notify you about changes to our Website, the Wi-Fi Services, or any products, services, promotions, or events we offer or provide though it.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
- We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties' goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please state your request in an email to [email protected]. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
- We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. If you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
- Disclosure of Your Information. We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
- We may also reproduce, disclose, and/or distribute personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
- To parties such as builders and independent sales representatives to enable them to follow-up with you on information you request.
- To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
- To contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business, including but not limited to customer support, market research, event planning, email, mail, internet, and social media marketing, and data analysis providers, and to provide products, services, promotions, and events.
- To business, retail and utility providers to provide you with their respective products and services that you have requested.
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Company about our Website and Wi-Fi Service users is among the assets assigned, sold, licensed or transferred.
- To third parties to market their products, services, promotions, and events to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information section.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- With your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
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Norwegian immigrant Knute Nelson served state and country throughout his life, first as a soldier and a lawyer, then as a legislator and the twelfth governor of Minnesota. He was the state's first foreign-born governor.
Nelson was born in Evanger, Voss, Norway, on February 2, 1843. In 1849, he and his widowed mother immigrated to the United States, settling first in Chicago (1849–1850) and then in Dane County, Wisconsin, where he enlisted in the Fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (1861–1864) during the Civil War. After the war, Nelson graduated from the Albion Academy and studied law in a Madison, Wisconsin, law office. He was admitted to the bar in 1867. The same year, he married Nicolina (Nicoline) Jacobson. Nelson, a Republican, was a representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1868 to 1869.
In 1871, he moved with his family to Alexandria, Minnesota, where he practiced law while farming a homestead tract. He served as Douglas County attorney (1872–1874), Minnesota state senator (1875–1879), presidential elector (1880), University of Minnesota regent (1882–1893), and Fifth Congressional District representative (1883–1889).
Nelson was elected governor of Minnesota in 1892 and 1894, holding the post from January 4, 1893, to January 31, 1895. He resigned in 1895 to run successfully for the US Senate, where he remained until 1923. Nelson was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Public Lands, and he was active on the Commerce and Indian Affairs committees. His most notable legislative measures included the Nelson Bankruptcy Act (1898) and the act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor (1902). He also helped establish the Interstate Commerce Commission. Nelson supported a low tariff, a federal income tax, Prohibition, the Sherman Antitrust Act, and the League of Nations. He died on April 28, 1923, during his fifth senatorial term. He is buried in Alexandria, Minnesota.
In 1895, Knute Nelson is elected to the US Senate, the culmination of a long career of political service.
Knute Nelson is born in Evanger, Voss, Norway, on February 2.
He and his widowed mother immigrate to the United States, settling in Chicago, then Wisconsin.
Nelson enlists in the Fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
He is admitted to the bar in 1867 and marries Nicolina (Nicoline) Jacobson.
Nelson, a Republican, is a representative in the Wisconsin Assembly, serving until 1869.
He moves with his family to Alexandria, Minnesota, to farm and practice law.
Nelson becomes Douglas County attorney and holds the position until 1874.
He becomes a Minnesota state senator and serves until 1879.
He is University of Minnesota regent and serves until 1893.
He is a Fifth Congressional District representative until 1889.
Nelson is elected governor of Minnesota. He holds the post from 1893 until January 31, 1895.
He resigns as governor to run successfully for the US Senate, where he remains until 1923.
He dies on April 28, during his fifth senatorial term.


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text: "First published in 1961, and reissued in this sixtieth anniversary edition with a powerful new introduction by Cornel West, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth is a masterful and timeless interrogation of race, colonialism, psychological trauma, and revolutionary struggle, and a continuing influence on movements from Black Lives Matter to decolonization. A landmark text for revolutionaries and activists, The Wretched of the Earth is an eternal touchstone for civil rights, anti-colonialism, psychiatric studies, and Black consciousness movements around the world. Alongside Cornel West's introduction, the book features critical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre and Homi K. Bhabha. This sixtieth anniversary edition of Fanon's most famous text stands proudly alongside such pillars of anti-colonialism and anti-racism as Edward Said's Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X"-


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John F. Kennedy had a profound effect on all of us not yet encumbered with stone-hard impressions of what a President should be. He was endowed with so much charisma that the entire country had its spirit lifted, just knowing he stood for them.
As such, his murder on that grey, November day of 1963 brought all of America to its knees. The collective feeling of loss was profound. All forward motion came to a halt. Words of solace rang hollow. Faces were white and cold. Everywhere was deathly quiet. It was the day the music died…too, it was the day that America's newfound hope died.
Teachers interrupted classes with the somber news. Children found their mothers weeping and their fathers arriving home from work visibly shaken. Families piled into living rooms to watch television, glued to the news out of Dallas. Our leader had fallen.
We all encounter life changing events: tragedies, celebrations, or unforeseen revelations and encounters that come upon us in the blink of an eye. Events never foreknown, or prearranged, or expected. Events that shake us to the core…events that change our lives to the end of our days.
A health scare, witnessing a shooting, an airplane that suddenly drops 1,000 feet before the pilot regains control, fighting in Vietnam when your outpost is overrun, watching in horror as towers collapse in New York, the murder of a friend or family member…there's thousands of examples. You know what they are, dear reader…they've happened to you.
For me, President Kennedy's death was the beginning of three days that melded into a life-changing experience that, since that time, has deeply affected my outlook on life's precarious nature.
In 1963, I was an Information Specialist in the US Army stationed at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, DC. Two months prior to the shooting, I had briefly met President Kennedy when he paid a visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (as it was known back then).
Three days after his death, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. My life-changing event lasted those three days. From the moment he was shot until his wife, Jackie, lit the eternal flame at his gravesite.
I was part of the Army public relations team in the Military District of Washington. Not only was our office tasked with providing information to the news media regarding any contingent of the US Army that would be participating during any of the events of the upcoming weekend, but too, it was our responsibility to plan and monitor all media stations along the route of the funeral procession. Keeping in mind that members of the news media were converging on Washington from all parts of the world.
For 21 hours, President Kennedy's body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda. More than 250,000 people paid respects.
For reasons I cannot explain and do not understand, most of that weekend was a blur. I remember the activity level was beyond hectic, I remember working night and day, providing news releases, fielding questions from thousands of members of the news media, and mostly, preparing for the coming Monday, the day of the President's interment.
At 10 a.m. on the morning of the funeral I was taken by military vehicle to the cemetery where I would wait until the procession arrived around 2:43 p.m. More than a million people lined the streets…many cried openly.
Throughout that day I was stationed on a wooden platform that had been constructed below the Custis-Lee Mansion (today known as the Arlington House) and just above the burial site. That platform held approximately 100 members of the media. Well known pictures of the cortege (funeral procession) crossing the Lincoln Memorial Bridge with the Lincoln Memorial in the background were taken from that platform.
Following mass at Saint Matthews Cathedral, the casket was carried by a horse-drawn caisson to Arlington National Cemetery. (A caisson is a two-wheeled cart designed to carry artillery ammunition and is used to bear the casket of the deceased in military and state funerals).
Black Jack, a coal-black Morgan-American Quarter Horse followed the caisson with boots reversed in the stirrups symbolizing a fallen leader.
I remember that there were certain notables I looked for at the gravesite. The ones I recognized were the Prime Minister of Canada, Lester Pearson, the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, President Charles de Gaulle of France, and Prince Phillip and Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, both of the United Kingdom. There were others, but these were the dignitaries I wanted to see. Kennedy's funeral was the largest gathering of foreign dignitaries at any funeral in the United States, drawing 220 foreign dignitaries from 92 foreign nations, including 19 heads of state.
There were sights and sounds that will stay with me until my death. Muffled drums, steel horseshoes as they struck the pavement, Black Jack, the jet flyover, taps, "Ruffles and Flourishes," "Hail to the Chief," a detachment of cadets from the Irish Defense Forces performing a silent graveside drill.
And at the end of the service, I watched Mrs. Kennedy light the eternal flame.
At 3:34 p.m., the casket was lowered into the ground.
On November 28, 1963, Thanksgiving Day, Mrs. Kennedy visited the gravesite. I was there representing the US Army. It was an unexpected visit. A simple white picket fence, maybe 20-by-20 feet, surrounded the grassy gravesite with the eternal flame flickering in the wind. Thousands stood in line behind a single strand of rope that seemed to stretch forever.
After kneeling and saying a prayer, she opted to walk around the gravesite and view it with Washington as a backdrop. It had been raining and the ground was slippery. I took her arm to steady her from falling and expressed my sympathy. She merely nodded, but it was a sincere expression of appreciation.
That life-changing event was 55 years ago…. or was it yesterday?
"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen." John F. Kennedy
Thanks for reading, John


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Not easy being green: North Carolina dog births unique puppy
CANTON, N.C. - The Avengers may have gained a canine sidekick after a North Carolina family's dog gave birth to a bright green puppy named "Hulk."
Gypsy, a white shepherd owned by Haywood County resident Shana Stamey, delivered eight puppies Friday morning. Gypsy's three-hour labor was going smoothly until the fourth puppy came out as a small, but mighty tuft of lime green fur, Stamey said.
"I started freaking out," Stamey told news outlets. "But everybody was healthy."
Experts said there's a normal explanation for the puppy's coloration — and no, he wasn't exposed to any gamma rays. Liquid from inside Gypsy's stomach likely stained the white dog's fur during pregnancy, Suzanne Cianciulli, the manager of Junaluska Animal Hospital in Waynesville, told news outlets.
Regular baths and daily licks from Gypsy are expected to fade Hulk's green hue in a few weeks, Stamey said. However the puppy's newfound superpower, which the family has deemed an "aggressive appetite," will likely remain.
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Vada Bergen is broke, the black sheep of her family, and moving a thousand miles away from home for grad school, but she's got the two things she loves most: her art, and her best friend and soulmate, Ellis Carraway. Elle and Vada have a friendship so consuming it's hard to tell where one girl ends and the other begins. It's intense. It's a little codependent. And nothing can tear them apart.
Until an accident on an icy winter road changes everything.
Vada is left deeply scarred, both emotionally and physically. Her once-promising art career is cut short. And Ellis pulls away, unwilling to talk about that night. Everything Vada loved is gone.
She's got nothing left to lose.
So when she meets a smooth-talking lothario who offers to set her up as a cam girl, she can't say no. All Vada has to do is spend a couple hours each night taking off her clothes on webcam, and the "tips" come pouring in.
It's all just kinky fun till a client gets serious. "Blue" is mysterious, alluring, and more interested in Vada's life than her body. Online, they open up to each other intimately. Blue helps her heal. And he pays well, but he wants her all to himself. No more cam shows. She agrees, because she's starting to fall for him. And when he asks to meet, she says yes. Because she's dying to know the real man behind the keyboard.
Even if one of his conditions is to bring Ellis. The girl who wants nothing to do with her anymore.
Now Vada must confront the past she's been running from. A past full of devastating secrets—those of others, and those she's been keeping from herself…
Leah Raeder is a writer and unabashed nerd. Aside from reading her brains out, she enjoys graphic design, video games, fine whiskey, and the art of self-deprecation. She lives with her very own manic pixie dream boy in Chicago. Visit her at LeahRaeder.com.
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When you were born, a song began…
So begins this lyrical and unique non-fiction picture book by award-winning children's author Nicola Davies. With tenderness and heart, Nicola introduces young readers to the universal rights that every child is entitled to under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Using the metaphor of song, the book opens with the arrival of a newborn and its unique 'song', then pans out to explore all the essential things that every song needs to thrive – love, protection, a home, a name, the chance to explore and learn. In the latter half of the book, the issues of child labour, exploitation and war are sensitively introduced to emphasise that we all must play our part in championing children's rights and offering support to those who need it most.
With deeply moving watercolour illustrations by award-winning artist Marc Martin, this is a book that encourages children and adults alike to speak up for young people all around the world, and to treat one another with compassion and kindness.


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Microsoft Office is changing for the better. It has revolutionized and helps you create the best looking documents, spreadsheets, presentations and advertisements for your business. Microsoft is stepping up and has gone above and beyond your expectations. Here are some tips for using your best office buddy:
Modern Designs
Take your old, outdated themed documents and presentations and make them modern again. It's as simple as a click to making them presentable, and you have hundreds of combinations to choose from. Design is changing and so should you. Use style sheets to make changes easy and less complicated for future changes. By using these, you will be able to master design elements you never thought were possible!
The Review Tab
Change the way you review documents and do it on your computer. The review tab allows you to edit documents and ink up your page, without having to print anything. Running out of interesting words? Don't worry; the thesaurus can help you give power to your statements. It will even allow you to translate entire documents from one language to another. When you start to track changes, it will show you the edited version, and allow you to accept or reject changes. It makes reviewing that much quicker.
Adding Media
The 21st century has changed the way we gather information, and Microsoft understand that. With the push of social media and media sharing, everyone wants to see multimedia presentations. With the ability to insert videos and images from major websites and Facebook, you can take your presentations to the next level. With just few clicks and you can pull your YouTube and Facebook media right into your documents and presentations.
The Cloud
One terabyte of secure, online storage, enough said. With Office 365, you can backup all of your important business documents, presentations and all other important files you need to keep safe. The last thing you want to do is lose your information or not have it on hand, in case of emergencies. If you look at Office 365, it is a very cost effective and secure backup method for your business. It even lets you edit your documents on the go!
Keep up to date
By looking into the Office 365 option, you are able to purchase the best production package for your company. You will receive updates for the latest versions of Office and have the entire suite at your fingertips. Believe it or not, it is actually cheaper. A subscription, as low as $99 per year, can allow you to have up to five computers and five tablets running Office. Yes, this includes the one terabyte of cloud storage. This also allows you to upgrade to any new versions for free!
Running a business has never been easier. Office 365 loads all of these features and gives you many more. Experience the evolution and never quit. Here are more reasons why Office makes your life easier:
- Easy to create professional documents – let office create the time consuming variables
- Simple mail merging – pull from spreadsheets and send one massive email
- Easy desktop publishing – be your own graphic designer
- Time management – let office sync your calendars and lists, to all of your devices
- Set up video conferences – cut back on travel time and increase personal communications
- Easy to use Excel – stop worrying about researching formulas, there is a tab for that
Take your professionalism to the next step, with ease. Microsoft Office has many more tricks up its sleeve. Give us a call at (408) 849-4441 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com to find out more information. With Veltec Networks and Microsoft Office by your side, you will never be held back again.


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What Are Fats?
Fats are nutrients in food that the body uses to build cell membranes, nerve tissue (including the brain), and hormones. The body also uses fat as fuel. If fats eaten aren't burned as energy or used as building blocks, they're stored by the body in fat cells. This is the body's way of thinking ahead: By saving fat for future use, it plans for times when food might be scarce.
Though too much fat can be unhealthy, certain kinds of fat are good for us and are an important part of a healthy diet.
What's Bad About Fat?
Fat gives food flavor and texture, but it's also high in calories, and eating too much fatty food can cause many health problems. For kids and teens, fast food, fried food, and snacks are a significant source of fat. Kids also get fat from high-fat dairy products (like whole milk, cheese, cream, and butter) and high-fat meats (like bacon, hot dogs, and fattier cuts of red meat).
Restaurant and takeout meals tend to have more fat than home cooking. Fried foods are the highest in fat content. Fat also often "hides" in foods in the form of creamy, cheesy, or buttery sauces or dressings.
Why Are Some Fats Healthy?
Healthy fats are an important part of a nutritious diet for both kids and adults. Getting enough healthy fats is essential for growth and development. Young kids need enough of them in their diet for normal brain development.
Besides supplying fuel for the body, fats:
- help the body absorb fat-soluble vitamins (vitamins A, D, E, and K), which can only be absorbed if there's fat in a person's diet
- are the building blocks of hormones
- are important for brain health
- help people feel full, so they're less likely to overeat
Fat is a great source of energy, but has twice the calories in the same amount of carbohydrates or protein. For example, 1 gram of fat provides 9 calories, whereas 1 gram of carbohydrates or protein provide 4 calories.
What Kinds of Fats Are in Food?
To help you figure out fats, here's a look at the three major types:
1. Unsaturated fats: Found in plant foods and fish, these are seen as neutral or even beneficial to heart health. Unsaturated fats are:
- monounsaturated, found in avocados; peanut butter; nuts like almonds and pecans; and olive, peanut, and canola oils
- polyunsaturated, found in most vegetable oils, like corn and soybean oil
- omega-3 fatty acids, a type of polyunsaturated fat found in fatty fish like salmon, walnuts, and flax seeds
2. Saturated fats: Found in meat and other animal products, such as butter, shortening, lard, cheese, and whole milk and cream. Coconut oil is also high in saturated fat. Eating too much saturated fat can raise blood cholesterol levels and increase the risk of heart disease.
3. Trans fats: Found in some stick margarines, commercial snack foods, baked goods, and some commercially fried foods. Trans fats are created when vegetable oils are hydrogenated (hydrogen atoms are added to the fat molecule so they remain solid at room temperature). Trans fats can raise cholesterol and increase the risk of heart disease. Food manufacturers must list trans fats on food labels. Many companies have removed trans fats from their products.
How Are Fats Listed on Labels?
The Nutrition Facts label lists total fat, saturated fat, and trans fat found in 1 serving. But it's easy to eat a portion that's larger than the serving size on the label. A bag of corn chips might list 12 chips as a serving size, but many people eat 2 or 3 times that amount.
When it comes to fat, food packages often use terms such as fat-free, low-fat, reduced fat, and light (or lite). The government has strict rules about the use of these claims. By law:
- fat-free foods contain no more than 0.5 grams of fat per serving
- low-fat foods contain 3 grams of fat or less per serving
- light (lite) foods must contain 50% less fat or one third fewer calories per serving than the regular version of that food
- reduced-fat foods must contain 25% less fat per serving than the regular version
Light (lite) and reduced-fat foods may have more sugar and still be high in fat if the regular version was high in fat to begin with.
How Much Fat Should Kids Get?
Fat and cholesterol play important roles in brain development. Healthy fats are a vital part of a child's diet, and they should not be excessively limited or banned. Do not restrict fat in infants under 1 year old. For children over 2 years, try to limit saturated fat to less than 10% of the diet.
How Can I Keep Fats Under Control?
Eating the right kind and amount of fat is an important part of a healthy diet. But many kids eat too much fat, which might lead to unwanted weight gain. Kids who carry excess weight have greater risk of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and other medical problems.
Here are some ways to encourage healthy eating:
- Serve foods that are naturally low in fat, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meats and fish, and low-fat dairy products.
- Choose healthier, unsaturated fats when preparing meals and reduce the amount you use.
- Choose a variety of proteins, including lean meat and poultry (without skin), fish and seafood high in omega-3s, and vegetarian options, like beans and nuts.
- When cooking meat, fish, or poultry, opt for broiling, grilling, or roasting (on a rack). These methods allow the fat to drip away during cooking, which cuts down on calories too. Frying, on the other hand, adds fat.
- Pack school lunches, snacks, and meals for family outings. This keeps you in control of what your family eats. Limit dining out, especially at fast-food restaurants.
- When you do dine out, help kids make healthy choices. For example, make a green salad part of the order and use low-fat dressing on the side. Try mustard instead of mayonnaise on sandwiches. Choose baked, grilled, or steamed dishes rather than fried.
The best way to teach kids healthy eating habits is to set a good example yourself. For a healthy lifestyle, make sensible eating a habit, choose a variety of foods including healthy fats, and exercise regularly.


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State leaders are showing up the president in their pandemic response, giving López Obrador's critics their loudest opportunity yet to oppose his policies.
MEXICO CITY (May 23, 2020).— As Mexico's states forge their own responses to the ongoing public health and economic crisis, the coronavirus pandemic threatens to sour an already distant relationship between state governments and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador before pivotal midterm elections next year.
Several governors have felt the need to put in place stricter protective measures than those of the federal government. Eighteen states have imposed a mix of measures, such as obligatory stay-at-home orders, the mandatory use of face masks, and fines for social gatherings. Twenty-five of Mexico's 32 states are offering small and medium-sized businesses tax incentives and credits beyond the limited fiscal stimulus provided by the federal government. A few state leaders suspended schools and universities before the federal government and, together with business groups, have called López Obrador's response insufficient. Now, the governors of nine states have said they will not follow the federal government's timetable to start lifting some coronavirus restrictions and reopen schools.
"Do not abandon Mexicans," Michoacán Gov. Silvano Aureoles wrote in a tweet directed at the president last month. "We hope you and your government will be able to respond to this crisis before it's too late," he added. And in a letter to the president, nine opposition party state leaders declared that the federal economic relief promised to businesses would "not be enough."
Experts say the rift between state and federal leadership over the coronavirus crisis could alter Mexico's political landscape by weakening López Obrador's coalition, known as Morena, which currently has a majority in both houses of Congress, and by emboldening opposition parties. Mexico will hold legislative midterm elections in 2021 to choose 500 seats in the lower chamber of Congress, 16 governorships, and other local races.
"Within [Morena], this is raising tensions and threatens to fracture the party even more than it is already," said Duncan Wood, director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center.
"The country will be severely divided after the pandemic," said Rodrigo Montes de Oca, a researcher at Rice University's Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico. Local leaders have found the loudest opportunity yet to voice disapproval of the president, he said, which could bolster opposition parties before next year's election.
So far, the pandemic shows no sign of slowing in the country.
Mexico has registered some 51,000 coronavirus cases, but the government believes the real number may be eight times higher than the official count, a theory that seems plausible given the low number of tests available. As of Sunday, 5,177 people had so far died of COVID-19.
The International Monetary Fund predicts Mexico's GDP could shrink by 6.6 percent this year. But López Obrador, who in late April earmarked $26 billion of reallocated funds for social spending on programs for the poor and older people and infrastructure projects on an airport and refinery, has ruled out raising public debt or issuing tax breaks to combat the crisis. Instead, he has cut salaries for top-level bureaucrats and offered small loans to 3 million businesses. Some lawmakers welcomed the package, but the efforts lag behind those of regional peers such as Peru and Chile.
Since Mexico announced a health emergency in late March—closing schools and shutting down nonessential businesses—the gulf between state and federal policy has only widened. Mexico's deputy health secretary, Hugo López-Gatell, who is leading the federal response to the outbreak, has questioned the efficacy of face masks as a primary measure, although he recommended their use when outside. And López Obrador has resisted enforcing stay-at-home measures with sanctions, calling the practice unnecessary. "No to authoritarianism," he said in a press conference last week, adding that he had "trust in people."
State leaders felt differently. In April, the governors of Michoacán, Jalisco, and Sonora declared mandatory stay-at-home measures in their states, even though they have struggled to actually police them. Some states ordered liquor stores shut. At least five governors have required the use of face masks in public. Even state leaders who belong to López Obrador's Morena coalition have taken measures beyond those of the federal government. In Mexico City, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum mandated the use of face masks on the metro and, as in other states, announced a deferment on some tax payments. Elsewhere, the governors of Puebla and Baja California accused the federal government of lying about the amount of medical supplies it provided and cast doubt on its health data. "No one has helped us," said Miguel Barbosa, the governor of Puebla state, in a press conference in early May. "We will help ourselves alone here."
In some ways, the rift between the president and his state leaders predates the pandemic.
López Obrador's critics accuse him of centralizing power through his signature social programs and controversial infrastructure projects. Several states also received less money from the central government in 2020 than in the previous year's budget. Local governments have at times chafed at these changes; the coronavirus is bringing these divisions into relief, experts say.
"There's a void of a federal coordinated response. That creates this sort of political opportunity and necessity for governors to take measures by themselves," said Carlos Bravo Regidor, a political analyst and professor at Mexico City's Center for Research and Teaching in Economics.
The subdued federal response may also result in more organized long-term opposition from powerful states. In Mexico's industrial heartland, governors from three prosperous states—Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Coahuila—ratcheted up their complaints against the federal government's pandemic response plan by calling for revisions to a state tax deal. Under the agreement, which dictates how states receive federal tax revenue, Mexico's 32 states remit oil and sales taxes to the federal government in exchange for government transfers, which comprise nearly 80 percent of their income. The governors, who belong to a mix of opposition parties, say states lack fiscal autonomy under the pact and that richer states contribute more to federal revenue than what they receive in return. Since then, the governors from Chihuahua, Michoacán, Durango, and Jalisco also backed calls to revise the pact.
"We've had enough of abuses toward states that produce wealth, work, and opportunities for people," Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said in a press conference last month. Martín Orozco, the governor of Aguascalientes, who heads a governors' association of opposition party leaders, said the deal, which was last revised in 2007, "doesn't fit Mexico today and much less after the pandemic," according to the Mexican paper El Financiero.
Since taking office, López Obrador's once sky-high approval rating has steadily dropped, falling 11 percent over the past year.
Since taking office, López Obrador's once sky-high approval rating has steadily dropped, falling 11 percent over the past year.
Fifty percent of Mexicans currently support the president, according to the pollster Consulta Mitofsky, but the headwinds facing Mexico's economy and the federal response to the health crisis could worsen an already cloudy outlook for López Obrador.
The coronavirus arrived at a moment of particular vulnerability in Mexico's health sector due to budget cuts and the botched implementation of López Obrador's health care reforms. Under the previous Seguro Popular system, the federal government delivered resources to states, which administered health care to Mexico's poor. In January, López Obrador's government replaced it with the new Institute of Health for Well-Being and centralized drug purchases along with the provision of health care, which is free at point of service. The drug procurement changes and shaky rollout of the new system resulted in medicine shortages even before the coronavirus reached Mexico.
State leaders, many of whom did not approve of the new system, have piled on criticism about the government's lack of preparedness to combat the crisis. And as the contagion spreads, Mexico's hospitals are growing overwhelmed. In recent weeks, doctors and nurses across the country have protested the lack of protective gear for health care workers. That could have lasting effects on how Mexico emerges from the crisis. "After the pandemic ends, I think we are going to see that federalism in Mexico in some areas is completely broken," said Montes de Oca, the Rice researcher. The country's worsening economic outlook adds to the mounting challenges López Obrador and his coalition will face ahead of next year's elections.
Source: Foreign Policy
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