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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (or, NREGA No. 42 , later renamed the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act", MGNREGA), is an Indian labor law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ' right to work '.
It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year. [1] [2]
The act was first proposed in 1991 by PV Narasimha Rao . [3] In 2006, it was finally accepted in the parliament and started implementation in 625 districts of India. Based on this pilot experience, NREGA was scoped up to cover all the districts of India from 1 April 2008. [4] The statute is hailed by the government as "the largest and most ambitious social security and public works program in the world". [5] In its World Development Report 2014, the World Bank has a "stellar example of rural development". [6]
The MGNREGA was established with the objective of "improving livelihood security in rural areas" by providing a minimum of 100 days of guaranteed employment in a financial year. [7]Another aim of MGNREGA is to create sustainable assets (such as roads, canals, ponds, wells). Employment is to be provided within 5 km of an applicant's residence, and minimum wages are to be paid. If the application is not provided within 15 days of applying, Thus, employment under MGNREGA is a legal entitlement.
MGNREGA is to be applied mainly by gram panchayats (GPs). The involvement of contractors is banned. Labor-intensive tasks like creating infrastructure for water harvesting, drought relief and flood control are preferred.
NREGA can help in protecting the environment , empowering rural women , reducing rural-urban migration and fostering social equity , among others. " [8]
The law provides many safeguards to promote its effective management and implementation. The act of mentions the principles and agencies for implementation, the list of allowed works, the financing pattern, the monitoring and evaluation , and the most importantly the detailed measures to ensure transparency and accountability.
Past Scenario
Starting from 1960, the first 30 years of experimentation with employment schemes in rural areas taught the importance of the rural management of the rural world, the Crash Scheme for Rural Employment of planning for outcomes, a 'Pilot Intensive Rural Employment Program', 'Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labor Scheme' of rural economic development holistic development and better coordination with the states, the National Rural Employment Program (NREP) of community development, and the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program of focus on landless households. [9]The Planning Commission later approved the scheme and adopted on national scale. [10]
On April 1, 1989, to converge employment generation, infrastructure development and food security in rural areas, the integrated government NREP and RLEGP [n 1] into a new scheme JRY. The most significant change is the decentralization of implementation by implying local people through PRIs and hence a decreasing role of bureaucracy. [12]
On October 2, 1993, the Employment Insurance Scheme (EAS) was initiated by the premier minister to provide employment insurance for agricultural workers. Rao had started discussions on this act in 1991. [13] The role of the PRIs was reinforced with local self-government at the level called ' Zilla Parishad ' as the main implementing authority. Later, EAS was merged with SGRY in 2001. [14]
On April 1, 1999, the JRY was revamped and renamed to JGSY with a similar objective. The role of PRIs was further reinforced with the local self-government at the village level called 'Village Panchayats' as the sole implementing authority. In 2001, it was merged with SGRY. [15] [16]
In January 2001, the government introduced FWP similar to the one initiated in 1977. Once NREGA was enacted, the two were merged in 2006. [17]
On September 25, 2001 to converge employment generation, infrastructure development and food security in rural areas, the integrated government EAS and JGSY into a new scheme SGRY. The role of PRIs was retained with the Village Panchayats as the sole implementing authority. [18] Yet again due to implementation issues, it was merged with Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in 2006. [19]
The total government allocation to Juventa thesis of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA HAD beens about three-quarters of ₹ 1 trillion (US $ 16 trillion). [20]
|According to the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12), the number of Indians living on less than $ 1 a day, called the Below Poverty Line (BPL) , was 300 million dollars. Their proportion in the total population decreased from 36 per cent (1993-94) to 28 per cent (2004-05), [21] and the rural working class is dependent on agriculture for nearly 3 months per year. [22]The UPA Lok Sabha Elections in the country but failed. [23]
The NDA government has provided 150 days for rain hit areas. [24]
The registration process involves an application to the Gram Panchayat and issue of job cards. The wage employment must be provided within 15 days of the date of application. The work entitlement of '120 days by household may be shared between different adult members of the same household. [25]
The law also lists permissible works: water conservation and water harvesting ; drought proofing including afforestation ; irrigation works ; restoration of traditional water bodies; land development ; flood control ; rural connectivity; and works notified by the government. The Act sets a minimum limit to the wage-material ratio as 60:40. The provision of accredited engineers, worksite facilities and a weekly report is also mandated by the Act. [26]
In addition, the Act sets a minimum limit to the wages, to be paid with gender equality , or a time-rate basis or a piece-rate basis. The states are required to evolve a set of norms for the measurement of works and schedule of rates. Unemployment allowance must be paid if the work is not provided within the statutory limit of 15 days. [27]
The law stipulates Gram Panchayats to a single bank account for NREGA works. To promote transparency and accountability, the act mandates 'monthly squaring of accounts'. [28] To ensure public accountability through public vigilance, the NREGA designates 'social audits' as key to its implementation. [29]
The most detailed part of the Act (chapter 10 and 11) deals with transparency and accountability that lays out role of the state, the public vigilance and, above all, the social audits. [30]
For evaluation of outcomes, the law of the records and the maintenance of records, the job cards, assets, muster rolls and complaints, by the implementing agencies at the village, block and state level. [31]
CEGC for Parliament and SEGCs for state legislatures , prescribing the role of the state of accountability and accountability , and taking action on audit reports, developing a Citizen 's Charter , establishing vigilance and monitoring committees, and developing a grievance. [32]
The Act recommends the establishment of 'Technical Resource Support Groups' at the District, state and central level of Information Technology , like creation of a ' Monitoring and Information System (MIS) ' and a NREGA website, to ensure quality in NREGA implementation through technical support . [33]
The law allows convergence of NREGA with other programs. As NREGA intends to create 'additional' employment, the convergence should not affect employment provided by other programs. [34]
The law and the Constitution of India
The Constitution of India – India's Fundamental and Supreme Law.
The Act aims to follow the Directive Principles of State Policy enunciated in Part IV of the Constitution of India . The law by providing a 'right to work' is consistent with Article 41 which provides the state with the right to work. [35] The statute also seeks to protect the environment through rural works [36] which is consistent with Article 48A that direct the state to protect the environment. [37]
In according with the Article 21 of the Constitution of India That Guarantees the right to life with dignity to every citizen of India, this act Imparts dignity to the rural people through an assurance of livelihood security. [38] The Fundamental Right enshrined in Article 16 of the Constitution of the United States of America on the Status of Discrimination Against Sexuality, Race, Caste, Sex, Descent place of birth, place of residence or any of them. [39]NRIEGA Article 46 That requires the State to promote the interests of the business of the business of the scheduled and scheduled tribes and protect them from discrimination and exploitation. [40]
Article 40 mandates the state to organize the village and endow them with such powers and authority as to enable them to function as self-government units. [41] Conferring the primary responsibility of implementation on Gram Panchayats, the Act adheres to this constitutional principle. Also the process of decentralization initiated by the Constitutional Court of India is granted to the Panchayats [42] is further reinforced by the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA that endowed these rural self-government institutions with authority to implement the law. [43]
The law in action
Independent Academic Research
NREGA: economic security, self-targeting, women's empowerment, asset creation, corruption, how the scheme impacts agricultural wages. An early general assessment in the north India states that NREGA was "making a difference to the lives of the rural poor, slowly but surely." [44]
The evidence on self-targeting is a lot of unmet demand for work. [45] [46]
One of the objectives of NREGA is to improve the understanding of exploitative market conditions. Several studies have found that agricultural wages have increased significantly, especially for women since the inception of the scheme. [47] [48] This indicates that overall wage levels have been increased, however, further research highlights that the key benefit of the scheme lies in the reduction of wage volatility. [49] This highlights that NREGA may be an effective insurance scheme. Ongoing research efforts to evaluate the overall welfare effects of the scheme; a special focus has been made to understand the scheme.
Another important aspect of NREGA is the potential for women's empowerment by providing them with opportunities for paid work. One third of all employment is reserved for women, the provision of child care facilities at the worksite – these are three important provisions for women in the Act. [50] More recent studies have suggested that women's participation has remained high, though there are inter-state variations. [51] One study in bordering villages of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat studied the effect on short term migration and child welfare. [52]who do not migrate, grade completed is higher. The same study found that demand for NREGA work is higher, even though migrant wages are higher. [53]
On asset creation, there are not too many detailed studies. NREGA offers a few examples of the potential for asset creation (a) and the lack of support for it. for poor realization of this potential. [54] [55] Others have pointed out that water harvesting and soil conservation works can be promoted through NREGA " [56] A study conducted by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and Technology. other collaborators attempts to quantify the environmental and socio-economic benefits of works done through the NREGA[57]
Corruption in government programs has been a serious concern, and NREGA has been no exception. According to recent estimates, in NREGA, corruption corruption has fallen to about 50% in 2007-8 to between 4-30% in 2009-10. [58] Much of this improvement is attributable to the NREGA earnings through bank and post office accounts. [59] Some of the success in battling corruption can also be attributed to the strong provisions for community monitoring. [60] Others find that "the overall social auditing effect is easy-to-detect malpractices". [61]
A few papers also study the link between electoral gains and implementation of NREGA. One studies the effect in Andhra Pradesh – the authors find that "while politics can influence the extent to which a small extent, this is not universally true and does not undermine the effective targeting and good work of the scheme at large." [62] The two other studies focus on these links in Rajasthan [63] and West Bengal. [64] Several local case studies are also being conducted to identify the regional impacts of NREGA. [65]
Assessment of the act by the constitutional auditor
The second performance audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India covered 3,848 gram panchayats (GPs) in 28 states and 4 union territories (UTs) from April 2007 to March 2012. [66] This comprehensive survey by the CAG documents lapses in implementation of the act. [67] [68] The main problems identified in the audit included: poor planning (in which one-third of Gram Panchayats, the planning process mandated by the act had not been followed, [69]education and communication IEC) by the state governments, shortage of staff (eg, Gram Rozgar Sewaks) and so on. [70] Notwithstanding the statutory requirement of notification, yet not yet notified the eight-years-old scheme. The comprehensive assessment of the performance of the law by the constitutional auditor reveals serious lapses of the issue of public awareness, mismanagement and institutional incapacity. The CAG also suggested some corrective measures.
Even though the social audits have a statutory mandate of Section 17 (as outlined in Chapter 11 of the NREGA Operational Guidelines), only seven states have the necessary legal authority. [71] Although the Central Council is mandated to establish a central evaluation and monitoring system for the NREGA Operational Guidelines, even after six years it is still to fulfill the NREGA directive. Further, the CAG audit reports the discrepancies in the maintenance of prescriptive basic records in the world of the gram panchayats (GPs) which inhibits the critical evaluation of the NREGA outcomes. The unreliability of Management Information System(MIS), due to significant disparity between the MIS and the current official documents, is also reported. [72]
To increase public awareness, the intensification of information, education and communication (IEC) activities is recommended. To improve management of outcomes, it is recommended to maintain records at the gram panchayat (GP)level. Further the Central Council is recommended to establish a central evaluation and monitoring system for the national level, comprehensive and independent evaluation of the scheme. The CAG also recommends a rate of pay in the rural poor and a wage ratio of 60:40 in the NREGA works. Moreover, the CAG recommends proper maintenance of accounts, in a uniform format, on a monthly basis and also enforcing the statutory guidelines to ensure transparency in the disposal of funds. For capacity building, the CAG recommends an increase in staff hiring to fill the vacancy. [73]
For the first time, the CAG also included a survey of more than 38,000 NREGA beneficiaries. [74] An earlier evaluation of the NREGA by the CAG was criticized for its methodology. [75]
Evaluation of the law by the government
Ex-Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh released an anthologys of research studies on the MGNREGA called "MGNREGA Sameeksha" in New Delhi on 14 July 2012, about a year before the CAG report. [76] Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey said that "the MGNREGA Sameeksha is a significant innovation to evaluate policy and delivery". [77] The Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) , Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and others in collaboration with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) published from 2008 to 2012. [78] The Prime Minister said:
The Mahatma Gandhi NREGA story in numbers is a story worth telling … the scheme scores high is inclusivness … no welfare scheme in recent memory HAS caught the imagination of the people as much as NREGA has … under qui ₹ 1 10,000 crore (about USD 25 billion) have been paid to pay 1,200 crore (12 billion) people. [79]
Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh says in the 'MGNREGA Sameeksha':
It is perhaps the largest and most ambitious social security program in the world. … soundness and high potential of the MGNREGA are well established …. That, at any rate, is one of the main messages MGNREGA. It is also a message that comes from the resounding popularity of MGNREGA-today, about one-fourth of all rural and rural programs. [5]
Meanwhile, the social audits in two Indian states highlight the potential of the law if implemented effectively.
Further the Minister says:
MGNREGA's other quantitative achievements have been striking as well:
- Since its inception in 2006, around ₹ 1,10,000 crore (about USD $ 25 billion) has been generated and 1200 crore (12 billion) person-days of employment has been generated. On average, 5 crore (50 million) has been provided employment every year since 2008.
- Eighty per cent of households are being paid directly through bank / post office accounts, and 10 crore (100 million) new bank / post office accounts have been opened.
- The average wage per person-day has gone up by 81 per cent since the Scheme's inception, with state-level variations. The Enable notifications wage today varies from a minimum of ₹ 122 (USD $ 2.5) in Bihar, Jharkhand to ₹ 191 (USD $ 4) in Haryana.
- Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) have accounted for 51 per cent of the total person-days generated and women for 47 per cent, well above the mandatory 33 per cent as required by the Act.
- 146 lakh (14.6 million) were completed from the beginning of the program, of which about 60 percent were completed.
- 12 crore (120 million) Job Cards (JCs) have been awarded along with the 9 crore (90 million) muster rolls have been uploaded to the Management Information System (MIS), available for public scrutiny. Since 2010-11, all details with regard to the MGNREGA are available on the MIS in the public domain. [80]
Social audit
Main article: Social audit
Civil society organizations (CSOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), political representatives, civil servants and workers of Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh collectively organize social audits to prevent corruption under the NREGA. [81] As the corruption is attributed to the secrecy in governance, the 'Jansunwai' or public hearing and the right to information (RTI) , enacted in 2005, are used to fight this secret Goetz 1999 Official records obtained using RTI are read out at the public hearing to identify and rectify irregularities. "This process of accounting and reporting is subject to a change in the accounting period.Aiyar 2009 , pp. 8-9 Participation of informed citizens promotes collective responsibility and awareness about entitlements. Chandoke 2007
The process of a social audit
A continuous process of social auditing NREGA works with public hearing and verification of the stipulated 11 stages of implementation: registration of families; distribution of job cards; receipt of work applications; selection of suitable public works; preparation of technical estimates; work allocation; implementation and supervision; payment of wages; payment of unemployment allowance; evaluation of outcomes; and mandatory social audit in the Gram Sabha or Social Audit Forum. The Gram Panchayat Secretary called 'Sarpanch' is designated as the responsible authority for carrying out the social audit at all stages. For some courses, the junior junior program is also responsible along with Sarpanch. [82]
The statute designates the Gram Sabha meetings held to conduct social audit as the 'Social Audit Forums' and spells out three steps to make them effective: publicity and preparation of documents; organizational and procedural aspects; and the obligatory agenda involving questions verifying compliance with norms. [83]
An application under the RTI to access official documents is the first step of the social audit. Then the personal management of the social audit. Finally, the 'Jansunwai' or public hearing is organized at two levels: the Panchayat or village level and the Mandal level. The audience public dispatches involving the beneficiaries, political representatives, civil servants and, above all, the government officers responsible for implementing the NREGA works highlights. [84]
These social audits on NREGA works in Rajasthan highlight: a significant demand for the scheme, less than 2 per cent corruption in the form of fudging of muster rolls, building the water harvesting infrastructure as the first priority in the drought-prone district, reduction of out-migration, and above all the women participation of more than 80 percent in the employment guarantee scheme. The need for effective management of tasks and the payment of wages is also emphasized. [85] [86]
To evaluate the effectiveness of the social audits on NREGA works in Andhra Pradesh, a World Bank study investigated the effect of social auditing on NREGA, its effects on the NREGA implementation, and its efficiency as a recalcitrant mechanism. The study found that the public awareness of the NREGA has increased to about 99 per cent after the social audit. Further, the effectiveness of NREGA implementation increased from an average of about 60 per cent to about 97 per cent. [87] [88]
Save MGNREGA
Save MGNREGA is a set of demands of the joint meeting of the national leadership of CITU, AIAWU, AIDWA and AIKS in New Delhi. The agenda is to discuss the dilution of MGNREGA scheme by the new government. Following demands have been proposed: [89]
1. Government of India should increase the rate of increase to 200 and per day wage can be increased to Rs. 300.
2. Job card to be issued for everyone who demands job, failing which, after 15 days employment benefits should be given.
3. Minimum 100 days of work should be ensured to all card holders
4. Minimum wage act should be strictly implemented. Delay in a salary payment should be resolved.
5. MGNREGA should be extended to urban areas.
6. Gram Sabhas should be strengthened to monitor the implementation of the scheme and also to check corruption.
New Amendments Proposed in 2014
This section needs to be updated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or new information. (October 2015)
Union Rural Development Minister, Nitin Gadkari , proposed to limit MGNREGA programs within tribal and poor areas. He also proposed to change the labor: material ratio from 60:40 to 51:49. The program will be implemented in 2,500 backward blocks under Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise. These blocks are identified by the Planning Commission Estimate of 2013 and a Backwardness Index prepared by Planning Commission using the 2011 census. This backwardness index is based on agriculture, female literacy rates, households without access to electricity, and households without access to food and sanitation. [90]
Both proposals came in for sharp criticism. A number of economists with various views on the idea of restricting or "focussing" implementation in a few districts or blocks. [91] [92] [93]
In the November 2014 cabinet expansion, Birender Singh replaced Nitin Gadkari as rural development minister. Among the first statements made by the new minister was an assurance that NREGA would continue in all districts. Around the same time, however, NREGA budget saw a sharp cut [94] and in the name of 'focusing' on a few blocks. [95]
New Amendments Proposed in 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced Rs. 48,000 crore to be allocated to the MGNREGA as a part of 2017 Union budget of India . [96] [97]
Controversies and criticisms
A major criticism of the MNREGA is that a lot of money disbursed by the government gets off the hook, thus leaving a number of MGNREGA workers with unpaid wages or less than standard wages. In Mahuadand, Jharkhand , most of the people who have worked under the MNREGA did not get paid. [98]
Another criticism of NREGA is that it is making agriculture less profitable. Landholders often oppose it on these grounds. The big farmer's point of view can be summed up as follows: Landless laborers are more likely to work at NREGA worksites; farmers May-have to sell Their land, thereby laying the foundation for corporate farming .
Economists like Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya have described NREGA as "an inefficient instrument of shifting income to the poor" – the general notion of NREGA workers. Economists who have not done so have had the opportunity to do so, and that they need to be successful, saying that any scheme with 85 percent leakages can not be proclaimed to be "working successfully". [99]
The workers can not be less than: Rs. 80 laborers in the private agricultural labor market, there is no farm work for several months; few old age people who are jobless for at least 8 months a year; when farm work is available they go there first; johns and most of the time.
NREGA has been criticized for leakages and corrupt implementation. It has been made that they have received payments and they have not done so, or have not done so. [100] In 2014-15, only 28% of the payments were made on time to workers. Following the allegations of corruption in the scheme, NDA government commissioned a re-evaluation of the scheme in 2015. [2] G


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- AnonymousMarch 11, 2014 at 6:25 AM
Thank you for this information. My 50th is coming up next fall (class or '64) and I, too, was curious after reading all the "In Memoriams." Of 600 students, we know of 82 deaths, but many classmates are unaccounted for. Like yours, our class was middle class and totally white. We only lost 3 to Viet Nam.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 11, 2014 at 1:01 PM
Similar comment and thanks. We lost about 10% of our class of '64. One non-white; middle class; possibly 1 death to war; heavy college attendance; 20% have whereabouts unconfirmed (nearly all assumed alive); we'd been concerned as so many had died of cancer (with several in remission)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2014 at 9:45 AM
It is sure difficult to obtain HS information . i thought it would be easy on the internet. information such as,,deaths , divorced,whos in prison, famous classmates etc..ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, I think this information is pretty hard to reconstruct. You really need to have someone keep track of people all along, from the moment of high school graduation.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 5, 2016 at 7:38 AM
This doesn't surprise me, slightly over 10% of our class has passed away, we just finished our 50-year reunion.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2017 at 7:26 PM
I wanted to weigh in here and let you know about my class of 1967. I was recently in attendance at a 50 year reunion planning meeting. We went to Hobbton High School in northern Sampson Co. in NC. It was a rural school with a class of only 88. We sent men to Vietnam but no one died there. 2 died in separate traffic accidents and a third died from drowning in the bathtub during an epilectic seizure the first year after graduation. We were all caucasian. 22 more have diedReplyDelete
the following 49 years. This is a
28% death rate and you all are talking 11% That makes my class 2 1/2 times the norm.
We have had an average of a death every other year for 50 years.Replies
Sorry about your losses. Keep in mind that smaller class size makes it easier to have a "outlier" percentage. In a class of 5 you'll most likely have 0% or 20% if the average is 10%. At https://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm it calculates a confidence interval of 6.27 for an 88 sample at 10%.Delete
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This year's advent calendar will include 24 mini skein colourways, dyed on my Giddy Sock base, inspired by Christmas decorations and lights. Along with a download code (to be redeemed on Raverly) for the pattern by Brixton Purl. We want to keep the mystery of advent alive so the pattern will be released in a mystery knit-a-long style with "clues" being release each week of advent. What I can tell you is that the yarn colourways have been designed to be opened and added to the pattern in order. The pattern involves garter stitch and simple lace, perfect for an adventurous beginner as well as more advanced knitters, there is a teaser image in the pictures above to give you a hint as to the shape of the wrap.
Each package will include 24 individually wrapped and numbered mini skeins, thus keeping the mystery alive, and a Ravelry download code for the pattern. There may even be a few little treats and surprises!
If you are solely a Crocheter and would like the advent without the knitting pattern then please feel free to contact me.


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Funds are available for the improvement of arts and cultural infrastructure and the purchase of equipment used for arts and cultural purposes in Blue Mountains, Newcastle, Sydney, Western Sydney and Wollongong.
Who can apply?
Organisations based in the Newcastle LGA, Wollongong LGA, Western Sydney and Metropolitan Sydney (For a definition of the Western Sydney area, please see the Arts & Cultural Development Program guidelines; please note this includes the Blue Mountains).
Funding range:
Create NSW will provide matched funding of up to $60,000.
Applications must clearly demonstrate that capital items purchased will be used primarily for arts and cultural purposes, and/or to improve the usability of arts and cultural facilities.
Applications open: Friday 29 September 2017
Applications close: Friday 10 November 2017 (Midnight, AEST – Sydney time)


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Virginia Community Voices
Resources Library < Public Forums
Ends Meet: What Should We Do to Support West Virginia's
Working Families? (2000-video) This video offers
testimonials, information and trends on the economic
situation in West Virginia, and explores three different
approaches for improving the economic security of West
Virginia families. (7 minutes)
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Making Ends Meet: What Should We Do to Support
West Virginias Working Families? (2001-summary)
This report summarizes the findings of the public
forums held in West Virginia in 2001 to explore three
different approaches for improving the economic security
of West Virginia families. (19 pages)
Filling West Virginia's Health Care Cracks: What
Should We Do About Uninsured Children and Families?
(1999-video) This video tells of the public
forum on health insurance and explains its purpose,
describes the problems of the lack of health insurance
in West Virginia, and explores four options on how to
expand coverage. (12 minutes)
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movie - (30 mb)
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Communities Have to Say About the Governor's Cabinet
on Children and Families - A report of 11 community
forums held across West Virginia. Citizens and legislators
discussed ways to improve the state cabinet for Children
and Families and strengthen community efforts. (72 pages)


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What You Should Know About Remodels This Year
Things you Should know about Remodeling Windows and Doors A very essential aspect of a properly functioning property building is its windows and doors. This is basically due to the fact that windows and doors have a lot of amazing uses and functions as well. Like for example is that a door is mostly used for the entrance and exit of the property building, and without a door, the building is basically just a hollowed block that has no entrance or exit. And the main reason as to why windows are essential to every property building is due to its function that can provide the important light inside to the property building so that it can grant every room of the building the brightness in night time or day time that it deserves. The windows as well as the doors are also the key structure for safety and air efficiency of every property buildings as well. There is definitely no other building structure that can properly function as what a window or door can do, which is why there is basically no alternative structure for them as well, which basically makes them one of the most important things found on the property building. That is why it is best that if ever we are planning to build a new property building, we need to make sure that the door and window are not only properly set in place but it should also be sturdy and durable as well. This is due to the fact that even though the doors and windows have a lot of function they have a lot of functional flaws as well, due to its security flaw to property building. Whereas people and pests which have bad intention can use to either enter and exit as well. Best of all, every single one of the property owners all over the world would also make sure that the doors and windows that they have in their property building should also have the best in terms of its looks as well. This is why it is seriously best for every property owners to just basically look for and hire a professional window and door remodeling agency that they can find in their local area who would be able to replace, repair or even install doors and windows perfectly to your property building. One of the best methods that you can use as a property building to find the ideal window and door remodeling agency is for you to search for them in the internet. A very good way to know whether your door and window remodeling agency is good is that they need to not only have the best products of windows and doors for you to buy and install to your property building but they also need to have skillful workers on their arsenal as well who knows and understand more about windows and doors as a whole.
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June 28th, 2017 by Adam Armstrong
Nutanix Announces New Cloud Offerings
Today at the .NEXT Conference 2017, Nutanix made several announcements around its Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS. The company is announcing that the OS will be delivered as a full software stack with new multi-cloud capabilities in Nutanix Calm and a new cloud service called Nutanix Xi Cloud Services. This approach will enable customers to use Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Software throughout their multi-cloud deployments including on-premises with platforms from IBM, Dell EMC, Lenovo, Cisco and HPE, in the cloud via AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure, or natively with Nutanix Xi Cloud Services.
Data and applications are everywhere, meaning that they are no longer in one server or array, but spread out in multiple geographically different places (from edge to core) as well in several clouds both private and public. And this isn't across a several organizations, but a single organization may see this type of data and application distribution. This could present a few issues, so Nutanix is offering a solution to the issues through a single OS that brings a unifying approach across the full compute, storage and network stack. This brings the best of both worlds, simplifying IT would giving applications the flexibility to move to different clouds and remaining open to any hardware, hypervisor, or cloud.
At the heart of Nutanix' new cloud offerings is the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS. Delivered as software, the new OS supports several hardware platforms, form factors, and third-party vendors. Obviously the new OS supports Nutanix gear, but it also supports OEM gear from Dell EMC, Lenovo and IBM to flexible subscriptions and enterprise license agreements (ELAs) on Cisco and HPE platforms. The OS can also be leveraged as a native cloud-delivered solution via Xi Cloud Services.
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Nutanix is also introducing Calm, which it states can abstract application environments from the underlying infrastructure and recommend the right cloud for the right workload while harmonizing cloud operations. Calm will leverage the full stack capabilities of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS across network, compute, and storage to holistically converge enterprise infrastructures on AHV, ESX, Hyper-V, extended to Xi Cloud Services, as well as public clouds including AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Azure.
The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS is available now as a software-only offering for platforms from Cisco and HPE. Nutanix Calm is expected to be generally available by the fourth quarter of 2017. Nutanix Xi Cloud Services for disaster recovery are planned for early access by the first quarter of 2018.


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2 Mental techniques to enhance performance and happiness
Did you ever wonder why people get stuck on losses, fail their New Years Resolutions, and don't seem to be very happy with what they are doing?
Most of my life I just assumed that it was out of their control.
I never guessed that people can actually turn things around by making some small changes in their thought process.
In this article you will learn two techniques that have helped me enhance both my performance and enjoyment of whatever I do; 'Goal setting' and 'Picking the right attributions'.
Technique #1: Goal setting
Setting proper goals is probably the most common and well known technique for actually getting shit done. Everyone grows up setting goals for themselves, which is why it surprises me to see how often it is done in a wrong way!
Setting proper goals is extremely important; everything that is worth having probably takes time and effort that you—without the right course of action and enough gratification—will never put in.
Most people know that goals have to be SMART (Specifiable, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-related) to be able to really work and that most goals that aren't at least a bit SMART usually fail. However, did you know there are 3 different types of goals that you can set? And that setting just one type of goal can make you both unhappy and too much dependent on the outcome of things?
Three different types of goals
Task goals (or: performance-/ego-based goals) are goals in which you are focused on being better than others or overachieving them. An example of this could be: "I will become a world champion in the UFC in the weight class of 170 pounds, I will have done this within two years by training in the following way …"
What separates this type of goal from the other goaltypes is that you do not control most of the aspects of it; whether you can become a champion depends largely on the level of competition. These goals can be great for motivation but they can also lead to anxiety, dependency and a reduction of enjoyment.
Learning goals are goals that you set in terms of learning and are usually set to compare you to yourself, not the rest of the world. An example of this could be: "My benchpress will have increased with 25% after an 8 week period of training, during this my training program will look as follows …"
What is great about learning goals is that there are not that many external factors that can influence your success (besides getting hit by a train perhaps) and that it's just about improving yourself without having to look at others for comparison.
Process goals are goals that are usually set in terms of experience and are about how you feel. An example of this could be: "In 6 weeks I will experience more happy feelings when I finish my work on Friday than I do now, even if I performed less well that particular week, I will do this by reflecting upon my feelings after work each Friday in my journal."
As you can see this type of goal is often a lot harder to measure and is often not really SMART. Still, it's worth setting them because they make sure that you actually enjoy what you do, which is an essential ingredient for internal motivation.
… and how to apply them
I strongly believe that all types of goals are important and have their place—but that there is way too much emphasis on the task type of goals in our western society. When someone has had a sports match people immediately ask "did you win?" instead of the—perhaps way more important question—"(what) did you learn from it?", or "did you enjoy it?".
There are 7 billion people on this planet, if everyone sets their goals on becoming the absolute best at something, 6.999.999.999 people will fail.
I would encourage people to set task, learning and process goals. This way failing in one type of goal can still mean succeeding in another.
One of the ways to really get yourself accustomed to using learning and process goals is to introduce them to your peer group (or Mastermind!). Ask your peers what they have learned this month instead of asking about their achievements, they probably focus enough on that as it is. Try and get them to focus on how much they have learned and enjoyed themselves.
Next up is the attribution picking technique that is crucial for coping with success and failure and will help you to keep improving.
Technique #2: Picking the right attributions
Attributions are nothing more than factors to which you ascribe your failure or successes. They are what you believe to be the cause for a certain outcome and whether you are conscious of them or not, they can have a big influence on your performance.
Having the wrong attributions can disable you from ever improving and having the right attributions can make you a great deal more successful.
There is a principle in psychology called the 'confirmation bias'. This principle states that you are generally looking for evidence that confirms the way that you see the world, not evidence for the contrary. It is therefore more likely that whatever attribution you may have about the world, will strengthen rather than weaken over time. If this attribution is an ineffective one, it may be one of the main reasons why you fail to make certain changes in your life. This is why we need to consciously pick them.
What we want to create is self-efficacy which is "a strong belief in your own ability to complete tasks and reach goals." There are two types of attributions that you need for this to work; attributions to which you ascribe failure and attributions to which you ascribe success.
Attributions to failure
The best attributions—that will make you the most confident and 'growth-ready'—are attributions that ascribe failure to factors that you can influence (you can become better, you can improve) and success to factors that are stable (they do not occur randomly).
Back in the day when I was really into MMA fighting and was experiencing a losing streak I had the belief that those losses were caused by me not being mentally strong enough. This was a very, very ineffective attribution to have because it was something I couldn't influence. However, changing my attribution to "My preparation isn't competition-specific enough" enabled me to change it. You should attribute something that you can improve upon to failure or it will never change.
Attributions to success
The same thing goes for ascribing success to the weather conditions. If you believe that the sun caused you to win; how will that mentally help you during your next challenge when rain is pouring from the sky?
You should ascribe success to the awesomeness and hard work of your co-workers and yourself, even when you guys were in fact a bit lucky (remember; it's never wrong to give yourself and others a pat on the back!). This attribution should motivate you to keep working hard and is actually why superstition can work in making you more successful. It may seem funny or weird but ascribing success to the wristband that you are wearing can actually be effective because it's a stable factor that you can control. Wearing it can make you more confident and therefore enhance your performance.
Now, let's pick our attributions, see all the opportunities for growth and trust in our abilities. Let's set goals in a proper way and let them guide and motivate us. Let's make our minds work for instead of against us and start walking the path to victory. These two techniques will help you with that.


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Using my fresh pasta recipe, ravioli are quite easy to make.
I lay out two long sheets of pasta next to each other, then add spoonfuls of ricotta-filling on one sheet, spacing each dollop 1-inch apart.
Ricotta filling
ricotta cheese, parmesan, parsley, egg, salt and pepper
After one pasta sheet is full of ricotta mounds, I take the other sheet and blanket it over the sheet with the fillings. I quickly press between the mounds to seal and give way to the beginning of the ravioli shapes.
Cut the ravioli using a ravioli cutter or a pizza cutter.
Refrigerate and use within 3 days or freeze for up to 6 months.
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Today's post is about three of the most overused and misused words on social media and mass media.
When I was younger I don't recall these words being used so liberally across the fabric of society. I guess it's just more results from the dumbing down of civilization.
From what I see and read the bar has been set pretty low and keeps getting lower.
OK, so what are these three overused and misused words?
They are:
Let's review each word.
Webster's Dictionary defines the word amazing as, "causing amazement". OK so let's look up amazement.
Amazement – A feeling of being surprised or amazed.
OK let's look up amazed. The dictionary takes you right to the word amaze.
Amaze – To fill with wonder, what is wonder?
Wonder – A cause of astonishment or admiration.
OK you get the picture.
To me something that is "amazing" better be pretty damn special. I'm talking about miracles of biblical proportion. You know something like pigs taking flight, donkeys being able to talk or monkeys splitting the atom.
A cat falling off a table is not an "amazing" video.
A six year old who is proficient at something as a fifteen year old is not "amazing". It's cool, it's impressive and certainly something to make mom and dad proud but it's NOT "amazing".
If you're amazed by most of this simple nonsense on social media come on over, I have this trick where I can remove my thumb and put it back on. You can watch for only $50.
Awesome is defined as: causing feelings of fear and wonder (there's wonder again), causing feelings of awe.
So let's look up awe, we already know about wonder.
Awe – a strong feeling of fear and respect and also wonder.
I will tell you this. I have never played any bar, VFW, Legion, Elks, Moose, carnival, fire hall, wedding, frat house, etc., etc., where the crowd, no matter how much fun they were, gave me a strong feeling of fear (OK maybe a few "real" biker bars scared me a bit) or respect or filled me with wonder. The only wonder was in; I wonder how they are going to feel when they get up tomorrow.
When you want to express that you had a fun gig the night before say "what a fun gig and receptive bunch of drunks we played for last night."
It wasn't awesome.
Playing before Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding and Janis Joplin who amazingly came back to life would be awesome and fill me with wonder. And I'm not talking about "Zombie" Jimi, Otis and Janis, that's a whole other rant.
Here is the definition: telling a story about a hero or about exciting events or adventures; very great or large and unusually difficult or impressive.
Your trip to the woods wasn't "epic" unless you encountered and slayed the Lernaean Hydra, partied with Sasquatch and brought down the Death Star with the help of the Ewoks. That's one "epic" day.
I certainly don't want to down play the excitement, and joy that these things may bring to your life but please get some perspective.
I know a lot of this is subjective but if you truly find that thirty second video amazing, awesome and epic, look me up. For a reasonable fee I'll entertain you for the rest of your life.
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Indoor Air Quality Challenges For The Gaming Industry
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NEW BOOK ALERT! Are you ready for the next book in the Ancient Aliens series? Well wait no longer! We just hit the PUBLISH button on the next book, with 8 more to follow all in 2019. You'll see it first on the Lars Bergen Amazon page. The paperbacks will come out first, followed by the Kindle versions. If you want email notifications, you can go to the Lars Bergen Amazon page to the left of the row of books and click +Follow. The Zon will alert you as books go live. You can also do this on the Sharon Delarose page.
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In photography rules of composition, the use of rhythm is an important tool because rhythm is so fundamental to us all.
Our heartbeat for example is the single most powerful example of rhythm in our lives, and since the dawn of time humans have had a kind of sympathy and love of rhythm which they have expressed through music, poetry and art.
"What reinforces the content of a photograph is the sense of rhythm - the relationship between shapes and values." Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), French Photographer
In visual art, rhythm creates a sense of underlying harmony and structure, and is often employed by artists to enhance visual appeal. It is not always apparent immediately you see a picture but your eyes will nonetheless sense its presence.
Without rhythm, an image would be dull and uninteresting - imagine a picture of a flat sea with a clear sky above it. And now put some dolphins in your imaginary picture, leaping in graceful arcs above the surface. The rhythm of the curves would give a very pleasing sense of grace and beauty.
Above: Boats in Harbour (Dalian, China) by Anne Darling
Rhythm in an image can be said to be repetition of a shape or line in one of two ways: either the shape or line simply repeats exactly or the shape/line repeats progressively. Progressive rhythm occurs when the shape decreases or increases in size and the shape is scattered throughout the picture instead of being in sequence (as for example in the facade of a building).
The picture above is full of gentle curves, a good example of progressive rhythm. The curves in the mid ground are not too scattered and line up in a loose way with the horizontal. This gives a feeling of gentle, soothing movement. The curves in the foreground are more scattered and give a greater sense of movement bordering on the chaotic. Together they form an interesting whole.
Look for rhythm when you are out and about, it is everywhere around you. And if you can capture rhythm in your photographs, they will really stand out. Try it and see!
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Whole Bean vs Ground Coffee
We all love the smell of ground coffee. Even people who don't love the taste of coffee, self admittedly really like the aroma and often wish that they enjoyed coffee.
The aroma of coffee is so rich and full, reminding us of chocolates, nuts, savory earth tones, citrus fruits, cherries, berries, caramels, or spices, and right when you grind your coffee it all hits you so pleasantly right in the nose, giving your palate a hint of what you're about to taste.
In a previous article we discussed the importance that freshness has on the flavor of your coffee, but did you know that a fresh grind can be even more important to capturing all the potential flavors and experiences that your coffee has to offer?
The role of aroma
Coffee's aroma is what communicates and translates what you're tasting into specific flavors. What happens inside your mouth as you sip coffee is important, as your tongue has long been credited with perceiving four basic tastes: sweet, bitter, sour, and salty. But, largely the reason that a strawberry tastes like a strawberry to you is only partially because of your taste buds.
Flavor is more dependent on your olfactory system than it is on your tongue. Here's why. Once you begin masticating your food or aspirating a beverage across your tongue, aromatic compounds actually travel to the back of your throat and up to your nasal passage. It is here where your nose sends signals to your brain which then identifies specific flavors based on your memory and knowledge of flavor.
Have you ever wondered why a certain spice or flavor in a home cooked meal always reminds you of an old memory, person, or place? You have associated a flavor with a place, and your mind is capable of recalling that for you.
All of this being said, flavors will be most potent and pleasant with as many of these aromatic compounds present as possible.
Flavor is in the bean
The roasted coffee bean carries all of this aroma trapped inside of itself. Once the whole bean is ground, it allows much of the aroma to escape and what's left begins escaping at a quicker rate. While there are multiple variables – air, temperature, time, and others – that determine how quickly the aromatics dispel from the bean, air is a large factor. The more of the coffee that is exposed to air the more readily conducive the situation for aromatics to disperse.
As coffee is ground, you are drastically increasing the surface area of the coffee allowing the surrounding air to contact more of the coffee causing these aromatics to disperse, oxidize, or degrade. This is why the coffee aroma is strongest right when you open a bag of freshly roasted coffee and over time slowly reduces in strength and potency.
In order to achieve maximum flavor in your coffee at home, it is best to purchase freshly roasted coffee and grind only the coffee needed to brew and enjoy right away.


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The Coaching Connect autumn conference has a flourishing message of hope at its heart. Whilst its tempting to feel helpless and paralysed when we look out onto a turbulent world, there is actually a simple answer. The answer lies not in trying to fix, force or coerce the world into being a 'better' place. The answer lies closer to home.
During this conference individual speakers will share stories that illustrate how their lives have shifted and transformed. Speakers who have been through anxiety, abuse and fear now recognise that whilst at one time they saw themselves as damaged, they were never broken in the first place.
What is it like to shift from despair to hope in a second? Is it really possible?
Our speakers will show how a simple understanding of the human mind holds the answer not just to personal freedom, but an opportunity for humanity.
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With the lowest reported number of job openings for historians since the 1980s, it is a hard time to have a history Ph.D.
The American Historical Association reported a 12 percent decrease in full-time job listings on its site from the previous hiring season, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. From June 2016 to June 2017, there were only 501 full-time job listings — the lowest amount since 1984-1985.
In the 1980s, there were only approximately 600 history Ph.D graduates annually. Now, there is an estimated 1,100 new history Ph.D graduates per year.
This is the third consecutive year in which the AHA has reported a decline in job listings, according to Inside Higher Ed. Since 2011-2012, the number of job listings has decreased 45 percent from the reported 1,064 listings during that hiring season.
Not every specialization saw uniform decrease in job opportunities, though. While job opportunities in Latin American, North American, or World History have all remained approximately the same, African and Middle Eastern history have taken the largest hits with a 50 percent decrease.
Penn's history program has consistently ranked as one of the best in the country, with College Factual placing it number four out of 615 nationwide. However, the number of undergraduate history majors at Penn has declined. Between 2010 and 2014, the number of students graduating with a BA in history dropped from 150 to 103. There were also a slew of faculty departures from the program in the last decade. More than nine faculty members left the department between 2008 to 2015.
History Ph.Ds are not the only ones in the humanities taking a hit. Inside Higher Ed added that the Modern Language Association also reported a decline in job listings for those specializing in English or foreign languages.
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