My love affair with the red rock, big sky country of the South West started in 1996 on a family vacation. We spent an exhilarating 2 weeks driving through Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California, on a trail plotted out by a geology professor friend of my dad's. In Jerome, a funky little mining town near Sedona, I got suckered into buying a snake bite kit, whistle, waterproof matches and all manner of emergency gear by a canny store owner. We never used any of it. My special matches vanished in Utah. Later my dad confessed he had used the entire box trying to light a fire inside our cabin.
The 'Salome Restaurant' looks intriguing! A bit of dancing and noggins on silver platters?
If you like the red rocks so much you should get yourself down here.
Love the aesthetics of your blog.
yes! am very attracted to australia too. Never been, but have good friends (including you and Toni) and relatives out there.


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College pays $55k to settle lawsuit with arrested students
Adam Sabes Mississippi Senior Campus Correspondent @asabes10 on Jan 25, 2018 at 8:03 AM EDT
Kellogg Community College has agreed to revise its free speech policies and pay $55,000 in damages to settle a lawsuit filed by two students who were arrested by campus police for handing out pocket Constitutions on campus.
The students were told they could not engage in free expression on the public college's campus because the school had not yet recognized their YAL chapter, and they had not received approval to "solicit."
Kellogg Community College (KCC) has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by two students who were arrested for handing out pocket Constitutions on campus.
According to a press release from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which represented the students, KCC agreed to pay damages and attorneys' fees, but will not admit to any wrongdoing.
"This battle should not have had to be fought, but perhaps now fewer school administrators will try to trample free speech rights on campus."
As Campus Reform reported just over one year ago, a KCC student and two other conservative activists were arrested by campus police after spending two to three hours recruiting for the school's Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter, during which they handed out pocket Constitutions to passersby.
[RELATED: Conservative students ARRESTED for handing out Constitutions]
KCC originally accused the activists—Leadership Institute employee and Stanford student Nathan Berning; Issac Edikauskas, vice president of Michigan State YAL; and Shelly Gregoire, president of Kellogg YAL—of failing to fill out the proper forms needed to "solicit" on campus.
KCC will only pay $15,000 of the settlement, while the rest will be covered by the college's insurance policy. Gregoire will receive $7,000, with the remaining $48,000 going toward ADF attorneys' fees.
In addition to the monetary awards, KCC also agreed to grant "provisional recognition" to the KCC YAL chapter for 12 months, and to revise its "Freedom of Expression Policy" to clarify that demonstrations such as the one that led to this case are permissible.
Eric Greene, KCC's director of Public Information & Marketing, told Campus Reform that the settlement is not to be construed as an admission of any wrongdoing, adding that the school has already made some revisions to its policies regarding free speech.
According to the school's website, the KCC Board of Trustees decided in August 2017 to adopt a new Freedom of Expression policy, which "makes it clear that any individual or group can engage in non-commercial expressive activities, including speeches, demonstrations, vigils, and the distribution of informational materials, in common areas on the campus during periods that the College facilities are open to the general public."
The Board subsequently adopted "minor revisions" to that policy on January 17 as part of the settlement agreement.
[RELATED: Kellogg claims it's been 'vilified' over free-speech lawsuit]
"Once again, Alliance Defending Freedom successfully represented student victims of outrageous leftist abuses on campus," said Morton Blackwell, President of the Leadership Institute. "This battle should not have had to be fought, but perhaps now fewer school administrators will try to trample free speech rights on campus."
"It's astounding that college officials would arrest people for distributing the Constitution, the very document that protects their right to free expression," remarked ADF Legal Counsel Travis Barham.
"All public colleges have a duty to protect and promote the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech," he noted. "It's a shame that it took this much time and a federal court's rebuke for Kellogg Community College to come to its senses, realize that these arrests were wrong, and finally agree to respect students' constitutionally protected freedoms."

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Will the Media Ever Stop Selling Emotion Rather Than Accuracy?
Posted by Guest Author | Mar 2, 2018
by Richard Rahn
Fuzzy and fact-free thinking are too kind as definitions for much of what has passed as public policy analysis this past week. The discussions regarding the Parkland school shooting, the Russian political investigation, and the immigration debate triply illustrate the problem.
The FBI, the local sheriff's office, the local school officials and the local mental health officials all had been made aware that the school shooter was likely to do exactly what he did.
The people in these government agencies failed to do their jobs. Rather than discuss what punishment should be handed out to each of those who failed in their responsibilities, most of the media's and others' attention was incoherently directed at attacking the NRA and "assault weapons."
The NRA is an organization that promotes responsible gun ownership and runs gun safety and training courses. An "assault weapon" is just another semi-automatic rifle that does exactly the same thing that all other semiautomatic hunting and target rifles do — and that is fire a bullet each time the trigger of the gun is pulled.
Q: Which is the hunting rifle and which is the assault weapon? A: Both are both, the only difference is cosmetic.
The so-called "assault weapons" normally are painted black and have a pistol grip as part of their design but are no more or less lethal than any other semiautomatic rifles — which have been standard hunting firearms for decades.
Banning "assault weapons," as has been shown by past bans, is likely to do nothing to prevent mass shootings. Putting government officials in jail for not fulfilling their responsibilities is likely to be far more effective.
A number of companies have announced they are no longer going to give discounts to NRA members. Punishing NRA members, who are your customers, is likely to cause a loss of business and is not a coherent response to the failure of law enforcement and mental-health officials to do their jobs.
Some argue that no one "needs" an assault-style weapon — which accounted for fewer than 300 deaths last year. But also no one "needs" a motorcycle — which accounted for over 5000 deaths yearly. And no one "needs" (according to whomever is defining "a need") hundreds of other products that cause many deaths each year.
But all of us do have a constitutionally guaranteed "need" to be reasonably free of the nanny state.
A number of political leaders and media types asserted that the Russians had interfered with the 2016 elections. It was decided that a "special counsel" needed to be appointed to look into the matter.
Rather than beginning with places that had already been identified as receiving Russian money — with likely political intent — such as U.S. environmental organizations and the Clinton Foundation — the "special counsel" has so far indicted a few Americans for actions that appear to have had nothing to do with alleged Russian interference, along with a few Russians who will never stand trial.
The Russians contributed to the infamous Steele dossier — but again, to date, the "special counsel" and the Justice Department have been apparently blind to the issue.
Their actions are inconsistent with the facts — unless one assumes that there is a certain political agenda which might explain why the "special counsel" hired many prosecutors who contributed to the Hillary Clinton campaign.
The Washington Establishment seems to be mystified as to why only approximately half of the estimated 1.7 million DACA eligible have filed an application for permanent residence.
Could it be they realized that if they filed, the government might also ask questions about their parents and other relatives who are living in the U.S. illegally? Perhaps, their nonresponse has been rational, given the facts.
Recent polls indicate that Americans overwhelmingly want to move to a "merit"-based immigration system. But who is going to define "merit" — a government official, a businessperson, an ideological academic, a friend of the applicant?
One way of breaking down "merit" is to look at the real needs of American employers and the effects that any immigrants are going to have on specific groups of workers.
For instance, there is considerable evidence that farmers need more seasonal workers to pick fruit, vegetables, etc. There is also considerable evidence that many from Mexico and Central America would like seasonal work in the U.S., but not become permanent residents.
To solve this problem, public policy foundation director Helen Krieble, developed a system for temporary worker employment, enabling these workers to cycle back and forth between the U.S. and their home country. This proposal has been endorsed by many leading politicians, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Too much of the immigration discussion now occurs in a "fact-free zone." Breaking the problems down into understandable pieces — e.g. Christian refugees being forced out of Muslim-majority countries, and graduates in advanced degree STEM programs from leading U.S. universities being forced to return to their home countries when many U.S. firms need workers with such training — could lead to widely acceptable, if not perfect, solutions.
All too many in the media and the political class succumb to the temptation to sell emotion rather than accuracy. Fortunately, not all is lost — we have a cumbersome political system and it often takes a long time to obtain both destructive and constructive legislative changes.
This gives time for real facts to emerge and reason to prevail — if enough people care.
— Will the Media Ever Stop Selling Emotion Rather Than Accuracy? originally appeared at To The Point News.
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Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe. George GilderFounding Father of Supply-Side Economics, Globally-Recognized Technology Guru
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			server.autoRespondAfter = 500;

			server.respondWith(
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						break;
					case 1:
						assert.equal(event.detail, 'anonymous');
						done()
						break;
				}
				count++;
			});

			setTimeout(function(){data.id = 'local-id';}, 10)
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			var count = 0;

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				switch(count){
					case 0:
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					case 1:
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				count++;
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			var count = 0;

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					case 1:
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			data.id = '';
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			setTimeout(function(){data.id = '';}, 10)
			setTimeout(function(){data.id = 'another-id';}, 100)
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
On-line version ISSN 1984-2961
Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet. (Online) vol.19 no.1 Jaboticabal Jan./Mar. 2010
https://doi.org/10.4322/rbpv.01901011
RESEARCH NOTE
Surveillance of canine visceral leishmaniasis in a disease-free area
Vigilância da leishmaniose visceral canina em área indene
Michele Salmon FrehseI; Haroldo Greca JúniorII; Leila Sabrina UllmannII; Lucilene Granuzzio CamossiII; Juliana G. MachadoII; Hélio LangoniII; Alexander Welker BiondoI; Marcelo Beltrão MolentoI
IDepartamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Paraná – UFPR
IIDepartamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP
Leishmaniasis is an important re-emergent parasitosis worldwide, particularly in tropical countries. There are no reports of autochthonous disease in the State of Paraná, southern Brazil. No surveillance has been carried out in the most populated areas such as the city of Curitiba and its surroundings. The purpose of the present study was to determine the seroprevalence of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs at the Center for Zoonosis Control of São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, before euthanasia. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) were used to detect antibody levels against Leishmania sp. in dog sera. Imprints of the popliteal lymph nodes that were also randomly collected from 50 dogs with suspected clinical signs of visceral leishmaniasis, and evaluated under light microscopy for the detection of amastigote forms, were negative. A total of 364 dog samples were tested. The results showed only one positive sample (0.0027%) by ELISA test but negative by IFAT, however, the dog had no clinical signs. Random surveillance of dog populations from several districts of a metropolitan area may be a means of preventing Leishmania spreading. Based on our results, the city of Curitiba and its metropolitan area were considered at low risk for visceral leishmaniasis.
Keywords: Leishmania sp., ELISA, RIFI, dog, zoonoses.
A leishmaniose é uma importante parasitose re-emergente observada no mundo, particularmente em países tropicais. Não há ainda relatos de casos autóctones no estado do Paraná. Não há até o momento referência de vigilância no reservatório canino, tais como Curitiba e região metropolitana do estado. O objetivo do estudo foi determinar a soroprevalência da leishmaniose visceral em cães entregues ao Centro de Controle de Zoonoses de São José dos Pinhais, Paraná para eutanásia. A detecção sorológica da presença de anticorpos contra Leishmania sp. foi realizada por (ELISA) indireto e pela Reação de Imunofluorescência Indireta (RIFI). Além disso, impressão de linfonodo poplíteo coletadas ao acaso de 50 cães com sinais clínicos suspeitos para leishmaniose visceral e analisados sob microscopia óptica para detecção de formas amastigotas, foram negativas. Amostras de soro de 364 animais foram testadas, e os resultados mostraram somente uma amostra positiva (0,0027%), reagente ao ELISA e negativa à RIFI, entretanto, o cão não apresentava sinais clínicos. A vigilância ao acaso em uma população de vários locais de uma área metropolitana pode ser uma forma de prevenção da disseminação da doença. Com base nos resultados observados, Curitiba e região metropolitana foram consideradas de baixo risco para a leishmaniose visceral.
Palavras-chave: Leishmania sp., ELISA, RIFI, cão, zoonoses.
Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan species Leishmania, and is an endemic disease nationwide in Brazil except for the South region, where it has not been reported to date (JESUS; ARAUJO, 2007). Since there has been a significant increase of human and dog cases, active surveillance may be very useful to prevent it and maintain a disease-free status (JESUS; ARAUJO, 2007).
Dogs are reported the main reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis (DESJEUX, 2003), with its infection preceding human cases (MONTEIRO et al., 1994). Moreover, a positive correlation has been shown between the presence of infected dogs and new human cases in endemic regions (FALQUETO et al., 1986; OLIVEIRA NETO et al., 1988).
A total of 388,155 autochthonous cases of human visceral leishmaniasis were reported in Brazil from 1985 to 1999, showing demographic spread of the disease (REY, 2001). Although few human cases were reported in the past years, a total of 33 cases from 2007 to 2009, no autochthonous cases have been reported to date in the State of Paraná, southern Brazil (MINISTRY OF HEALTH, BRAZIL).
Although Paraná is free of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL), American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) accounts for about 89% of the cases in the southern region, and there has been a gradual increase in cases, with the Northeastern area of Paraná being considered an endemic area of ATL (CASTRO et al., 2005; ZANZARINI et al., 2005; DUNAISKI, 2006; JESUS; ARAÚJO, 2007;).
Surveillance has not been performed in the most populated areas such as the state capital (Curitiba) and its surroundings. The purpose of the present study was to determine the seroprevalence of CVL in dogs sent at the Center for Zoonosis Control of São José dos Pinhais, in Paraná, before euthanasia.
The study was conducted in the city of São José dos Pinhais (25° 32' 05" S and 49° 12' 23" W) which is located in the metropolitan area of Curitiba. The city area is 946 km2 with a population of 263,622 inhabitants, demographic density of 276 inhabitants.km–2 and an altitude of 906 m. It is characterized by humid subtropical climate with an average annual temperature of 16 °C. (IBGE, 2007).
The present study has been approved by the Animal Ethics Committee (protocol 022/2006) of the Sector of Agricultural Sciences at the Federal University of Paraná. From February 2006 to July 2007, a total of 364 blood samples were collected from at the Center for Zoonosis Control of São José dos Pinhais, Paraná.
A total of 364 dogs were physically restrained and anesthetized with ketamine chloride (10 mg.kg–1) and xylazine chloride (1 mg.kg–1) intramuscularly. Following this initial tranquilization procedure, 12.5 mg.kg–1 of sodium thiopental was administered intravenously for blood sampling prior to euthanasia. Euthanasia was conducted by veterinarians of the Center for Zoonosis Control following the standard protocol and was not related to the present study. Whole blood samples were then collected by intracardiac punction, and serum samples were stored at –20 °C in 1.5 Ml Eppendorf tubes. A data file was created for each dog, including the day of the sampling, sex, size, age, breed and ownership status.
After euthanasia, the popliteal lymph nodes were also randomly collected from 50 dogs with suspected clinical signs of CVL including weight loss, skin lesions and enlarged lymph nodes. Lymph nodes were longitudinally excised and pre-dried with tissue paper, impressed on 3 slides (imprints) for each dog, and then stained using Romanowski method for direct parasite examination.
Indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) were performed in dog serum samples to search for anti-Leishmania antibodies (MAIA, et al. 2007; METTLER et al. 2005). The samples were processed at the Zoonosis Laboratory of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo, State University, UNESP, Botucatu campus, São Paulo, Brazil.
The study population comprised 218 males (59.9%) and 146 females (40.1%). Of all, 157 were large (43.1%), 135 medium (37.1%) and 72 small-sized dogs (19.8%) and 23 (6.3%) were puppies (0-12 months old), 327 (89.8%) were adults (1-8 years old), and 14 (3.8%) were old dogs (9-15 years old). In addition, 36.8% were pure breed dogs and 63.2% were mongrel dogs; 142 dogs were owned (39.0%) and 222 were stray (61.0%) dogs.
All serum samples tested were negative in both ELISA and IFAT, except for one sample that was positive by ELISA (0.0027%), but was negative by IFAT. The ELISA positive sample was from a male adult, large-sized, stray mongrel dog that came from the district of Afonso Pena.
No amastigote forms of Leishmania were seen in the imprints of the popliteal lymph nodes.
Large dogs were the most prevalent in the study, probably because they are guard dogs for home/property. These dogs live mostly outdoors and may be more exposed to mosquito bites, as previously reported throughout South America (DANTAS-TORRES, 2009). Therefore, an active surveillance of owned dogs should be conducted especially on adult large dogs living mostly outdoors.
As there were no parasite-positive dogs among the symptomatic ones in the present study, clinical screening based on enlarged lymph nodes, alopecia, anorexia, and weigh loss may not be sensitive for CVL surveillance in non-endemic areas, as reportedly for endemic areas (SLAPPENDEL, 1988; CIARAMELLA et al., 1997; KOUTINAS et al., 1999; QUEIROZ et al. 2006). Moreover, only one seropositive sample was from an asymptomatic dog, showing that active surveillance should be carried out in a representative sample as well as randomly selected individuals.
The assessment of leishmaniasis status in a random population of dogs from different site other than a non-endemic area allowed the active surveillance of potential disease focuses. Dogs are interesting sentinels for leishmaniasis based on the likely correlation between presence of infected dogs and new human cases in an endemic region (FALQUETO et al. 1986). Besides, dog infection precedes human cases (FALQUETO et al. 1986 and OLIVEIRA NETO et al. 1988).
Dogs are considered the main reservoir of CVL (MONTEIRO et al. 1994; DESJEUX, 2003). Therefore, active surveillance of canine leishmaniasis should be consistently carried out using the Center for Zoonosis Control as a major source for dog sampling.
This study reported the first seroprevalence data of CVL in the city of Curitiba. Disease distribution in a dog population and factors that determine this distribution are vital observations in an epidemiological retrospective analysis of this disease in this region. Although we have found a very low serum prevalence in the dogs studied, surveillance is crucial since the vector may cross natural geographical barriers and carry the infectious agent into new regions, and dog cases will appear before human cases.
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INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA - IBGE. São José dos Pinhais. Rio de Janeiro, 2007. Disponível em: <http://www.ibge.gov.br>. Acesso em 24 de fevereiro de 2007. [ Links ]
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Marcelo Beltrão Molento
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With more and more people taking to the skies, Azul's passenger revenues, accounting for 88.3% of the top line, surged 69.3% from the second quarter of 2021 (down 16.9% from the third quarter of 2019). Cargo and other revenues rose 11.5% sequentially and more than 100% from the 2019 level, primarily driven by upbeat demand for Azul's logistics solutions.
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Consolidated traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), slipped 15.6% with 79.9% drop in international traffic. The metric increased 5.2% on the domestic front.
Consolidated available seat kilometers (ASK), measuring an airline's passenger-carrying capacity, decreased 10.8% with 74.9% plunge in international capacity. The same expanded 8.8% on the domestic front. Since traffic declined more than the amount of capacity contraction, load factor (percentage of seats filled with passengers) deteriorated 4.5 percentage points to 79.9%.
While Azul's total revenues per ASK or RASK inched up 0.6%, passenger revenues per ASK or PRASK decreased 6.8%. Cost per ASK (CASK) ascended 16.8%. Jet fuel prices increased 28.6% from the third quarter of 2019 with oil prices moving north. CASK excluding fuel rose 14.4%. Average fare dipped 4.5% from the third quarter 2019's figure.
Azul exited the third quarter with total passenger operating fleet of 160 aircraft. The average age of the fleet was 6.8 years. Contractual fleet size was 179.
Azul, carrying a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), exited the September quarter with total liquidity of R$8.3 billion, flat with the June quarter. Gross debt increased 8.2% sequentially.
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Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes GOL, carrying a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), incurred a loss (excluding $1.59 from non-recurring items) of 85 cents per share in the third quarter of 2021, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The amount of loss narrowed year over year.You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Gol Linhas' net operating revenues of $366.4 million surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $334.2 million. The top line surged significantly year over year, with passenger revenues (accounting for 92.3% of total revenues) rising more than 100%, thanks to continued recovery in air-travel demand in Brazil as vaccination rates increase.
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Ryanair's quarterly revenues of $2,104 million also fell shy of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,338.8 million. The top line increased significantly year over year with improvement in traffic, thanks to the rollout of the EU Digital Covid Certificates, which facilitate travel within the European Union during the pandemic. Easing of coronavirus-led travel restrictions also drove traffic.
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Anyone in Alabama with Medicare Part B is eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage, and it's a good idea to get it! Even if you don't use enough prescription drugs to warrant buying insurance, your circumstances may change in the future. And should they change, not having prescription drug coverage could cause you a lot of financial trouble. Because you can only enroll in prescription drug plans at certain times, if you're caught off guard by a sudden need for insurance, you may have to pay costs out of pocket for a period of time before you're allowed to enroll in a plan. And generally, the longer you wait to buy drug coverage after becoming a Medicare beneficiary, the larger your penalty fees (link) will be once you enroll.
You can choose to get Medicare through a Medicare Advantage Plan rather than through Medicare Part D. Both types of prescription drug coverage are administered by private insurance companies. Medicare Part D is a standalone prescription drug plan added on to Parts A and B, available in all Alabama counties. On the other hand, Medicare Advantage Plans are a package deal including everything Original Medicare does, with added services like dental coverage. They may include prescription drug coverage as well. Unlike Part D, Medicare Advantage Plans are restricted by your county and region.
If you're currently in a Medicare Advantage Plan, you may find Medicare Part D offers you a better deal for prescription drug coverage. Keep in mind that once you enroll in Medicare Part D, you will be disenrolled from your Medicare Advantage plan immediately and returned to Original Medicare. The same thing happens if you try to enroll in a Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan from Original Medicare.
Enrolling in Medicare Part D may disqualify you from getting medical insurance from your union or employer as well (link?). Be sure to know your current plan's compatibility with Medicare Part D before enrolling.
There are several times you can enroll in Medicare Part D. The first and largest window of time you have to sign up with is your Initial Enrollment Period (IEP). This period lasts for seven months around the time you become eligible for Medicare. For three months before the month you turn 65 (or three months before your 25th month of Social Security Disability benefits) and three months after, you can sign up for Medicare Part D without penalty.
If you didn't sign up for Medicare Part D in this period, there is an Annual Election Period (AEP) every October 15th to December 7th. During this time you can decide to enroll in Medicare Part D, disenroll, or change your drug prescription plan.
Generally, the Annual Election Period is your only chance to enroll in Medicare Part D. However, there are conditions that will allow you to get a Special Election Period (SEP) and change/enroll in a prescription drug plan at other times of the year. For example, you can qualify if you change addresses and your new address doesn't get prescription drug coverage from your previous plan.
Shown below is a table including the Medicare Part D plans available in Alabama. There are five plans which offer extra drug coverage in the donut hole (link). The cheapest plan with a deductible has an $18.40 monthly premium, and the cheapest plan without a deductible has a $21.40 premium.


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Podtalk: Director Miranda Bailey Feature Film Debut is 'Being Frank'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 23, 2019 - 6:50am
Miranda Bailey
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Time Out of Mind
CHICAGO – Miranda Bailey has a proven track record as a film producer of big title independent films, and has worked as a writer and actor. She has now conquered the creative side, as she makes her debut as a feature film director with "Being Frank." The film features comedian Jim Gaffigan in the title role, and also features Anna Gunn, Samantha Mathis and Alex Karpovsky.
Podtalk: Comedian Jim Gaffigan on His New Film 'Being Frank'
Light is Light
CHICAGO – Comedian Jim Gaffigan is one of the funniest persons on earth, basically by being himself (Score!). In the last five years, he has been immersing himself into the waters of character acting in the movies, doing some serious supporting roles in films like "Chuck" and "Chappaquiddick."
Film Review: Jordan Peele's 'Us' Gets Bogged Down in Conventionality
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 20, 2019 - 6:13pm
Hands Across America
CHICAGO – Like his first film, "Get Out," writer/director Jordan Peele creates a horror/thriller filled with symbolism and laughs. Unlike "Get Out," "Us" is awash in overly concentrated plot points, a reliance on lesser references and an ending that can be seen from outer space. It's not sophomore "jinx," but more like the sophomore "over think."


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Q: How to make an EditText to be focused but not clickable?(Xamarin.Android) I have 3 EditText:
<EditText
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:focusedByDefault="false"
   android:minWidth="25px"
   android:minHeight="25px"
   android:id="@+id/editText1" />
<EditText
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:focusedByDefault="true"
   android:clickable="false"
   android:id="@+id/editText2" />
<EditText
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:focusedByDefault="false"
   android:id="@+id/editText3" />

I want when the activity is opened the second EditText to be focused(with the cursor blinking in it) but when I tap on it I don't want the keyboard to show up.

A: Here's an example I put together that works for me.  And with this solution, you can remove the "focusedByDefault" and "clickable" attributes from all of your EditText views in your layout file.
public class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity, View.IOnTouchListener {

    private EditText editText2;

    protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.main);
        editText2 = FindViewById<EditText>(Resource.Id.editText2);
        editText2.RequestFocus();
        editText2.SetOnTouchListener(this);  // Requires addition of View.IOnTouchListener interface to class
    }

    public bool OnTouch(View v, MotionEvent e) {
        v.OnTouchEvent(e);
        var imm = (Android.Views.InputMethods.InputMethodManager)v.Context.GetSystemService(InputMethodService);
        imm?.HideSoftInputFromWindow(v.WindowToken, Android.Views.InputMethods.HideSoftInputFlags.None);
        return true;
    }
}

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President Maithripala Sirisena stunned the island nation by sacking his PM, suspending parliament and bringing back a pro-China leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa. sri lanka is in political turmoil.
Crisis in Colombo
On the afternoon of October 26, parliamentarians from President Maithripala Sirisena's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) gathered at his official residence. They did not know the meeting would be a precursor to one of the most tangled constitutional debates in the country's history.
Sirisena told them he was forming a new administration. He ordered a party official to give notice that the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), which includes the SLFP, is quitting the government. He then summoned his most bitter adversary, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to the venue and swore him in as Sri Lanka's 16th prime minister. It was over in four hours.
Even supporters of Rajapaksa, the former president who had defeated the Tamil Tigers and was now an ordinary member of parliament, were baffled. What just happened? Today, for all intents and purposes, Sri Lanka has two prime ministers: Ranil Wickremesinghe and Rajapaksa. And until questions of law, constitutionality and parliamentary majority are unsnarled in one or both of two forums, the legislature and the Supreme Court, the status quo could continue.
The stalemate, involving some of the most senior politicians in power, is ugly and divisive, with betrayal thrown into the festering mix. Sirisena only won the presidency in January 2015 because diverse groups led by Wickremesinghe's United National Party (UNP) fielded him. He had defected from Rajapaksa's authoritarian government to contest, and hid away in a coconut estate on election night till the results confirmed his victory.
On January 9, minutes after Sirisena was sworn in, Wickremesinghe took oath as prime minister (and, again, in August 2015 after a general election). The ensuing coalition government was an uneasy one, not least because the two leaders espoused contrasting economic ideologies. Wickremesinghe backs free-market capitalism while Sirisena is of a socialist bent. But for two years, at least, it hobbled along.
The 19th amendment to the constitution pruned the powers of the presidency and precluded the president from dissolving parliament for the first four-and-a-half years and took away his powers to sack the prime minister. But it was citing this very law that Sirisena, calling himself the appointing authority, notified Wickremesinghe of his removal.
The move has triggered a heated constitutional discussion. Never has the 19th amendment been so closely read, dissected or interpreted. Wickremesinghe's camp has stayed consistent. It insists the president can no longer sack a premier. The position falls vacant only if its holder resigns or ceases to be an MP. So Wickremesinghe wrote back, reaffirming his role as the country's constitutionally appointed prime minister who commanded the confidence of the majority of parliamentarians. This position is backed by the likes of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which has 16 MPs. Our parliamentary group unanimously agrees that what happened was unconstitutional and illegal, says Mathiaparanam Sumanthiran, MP.
In the Sirisena/ Rajapaksa camp, the arguments have been evolving. Wickremesinghe was dismissed under a provision allowing the president to appoint as prime minister the MP who, in the president's opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of parliament. But there was no proof Wickremesinghe had lost this privilege. In April 2018, he defeated a no-confidence motion against him by a significant majority.
A key argument made by the Sirisena camp is of a word's difference in the English and Sinhala versions of the 19th amendment. The English text speaks of a prime minister no longer holding office due to death, resignation or otherwise. The Sinhala text states death, resignation or removal.
Wickremesinghe has chosen not to have these technicalities hammered out in the Supreme Court. The overwhelming demand, supported by civil society, international organisations, citizen groups and several countries, including the US and UK, has been for parliament to be summoned so it can determine who does hold the confidence of the House. An external affairs ministry spokesperson in New Delhi said on October 29 that India hoped democratic values and the constitutional process will be respected.
But Sirisena, who prorogued the legislature till November 16 soon after installing Rajapaksa as premier, has resisted all these calls. The question nobody has yet convincingly answered is this: Why now? A presidential poll was due in January 2020, followed by a general election in August the same year. Growing anti-incumbency combined with economic difficulties on multiple fronts would, many analysts felt, have favoured a strong performance by a Sirisena/ Rajapaksa front.
A new party floated by Rajapaksa, called the Sri Lanka People's Front, outperformed the UNP and the SLFP at local government elections in February. And anger was growing at the administration's stubborn postponement of provincial polls.
If that was too long to wait, the government could have been defeated in November when the second reading of the budget was to have been voted on. But that presupposes that the UPFA, and whoever its allies may be, had sufficient numbers in parliament to challenge the Wickremesinghe-led administration. And what is clear now is that they never did. (There will be no budget either, only a vote-on-account.)
That, says Mangala Samaraweera, whose finance ministry portfolio was given on October 29 to Rajapaksa, is where Sirisena's gamble faltered. The president, he feels, promised his new prime minister the backing of 113 MPs in the 225-member assembly. But it is only now that the serious horse-trading has started.
So far, five of the UNP's 106 members have defected for ministerial posts and, it is alleged, money. Many more are needed to boost the UPFA's camp, 95-strong at the start of the crisis, particularly as the UNP also has the backing of parties like the TNA and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.
Thrown into the equation is a bizarre, alleged assassination plot. In recent weeks, Sirisena appears to have been convinced that there was a conspiracy to kill him and Gotabaya, Rajapaksa's brother, the former secretary of defence. After blocking moves to hand over management control of a strategic terminal in the Colombo port to an Indian company, he claimed at a cabinet meeting that India's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), was involved in the plot and accused Wickremesinghe of not taking the threat to his life seriously.
Sirisena has moved swiftly to swear in a small cabinet, leaving some key jobs open for possible defectors. He has filled key posts with his or Rajapaksa's henchmen and loyalists. And Sirisena has tried to chase Wickremesinghe from his official residence by cutting security and taking away his cooks, cleaners and drivers.
But it is hard to see how the president can emerge with any personal or political credibility from this crisis, even if he trumps the technicalities. Even among the diplomatic community, only China, which stands to benefit from a pro-Beijing Rajapaksa administration, has given the new dispensation any form of recognition.
The outlook now for a country struggling under heavy debt, Rs 1.9 trillion worth of it was maturing at the end of this year alone, is bleak. Investment was flagging, and the political instability caused by last week's unexpected events does not inspire confidence. Moody's Investors Service has warned that fiscal and current account deficits will widen again, reducing investor appetite for debt and spurring capital outflows.
There are also worries about the mercurial Sirisena's next moves. From within his presidential bubble, he has resisted any form of counsel from pro-democracy lobbies. The army commander has said the military will keep out of it. But it is feared this option will be explored if the requirement to block parliament should arise. The legal vacuum within, which the apparatuses of the public sector are operating, is also of concern. This situation is unprecedented and nobody but the president seems to wield any power.
Rajapaksa now also looks the worse for wear. During the end of his second presidential term, he was criticised for being dictatorial and power-hungry. For his critics, this has only proved the leopard doesn't change its spots. Or, for that matter, its style of governance.
- Namini Wijedasa-
(indiatoday.in)
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Taru Sinikka Mönkäre, née Toikka le  à Sippola, est une femme politique finlandaise, membre du Parti social-démocrate de Finlande (SDP).

Biographie

Formation

Carrière politique
Au mois de , elle est élue députée à la Diète nationale, un mandat qu'elle perd dès le scrutin suivant, en . Quatre ans plus tard, elle est de nouveau élue et entre, le , dans le premier gouvernement du social-démocrate Paavo Lipponen, en tant que ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé.

À l'issue de son mandat, le , elle devient ministre du Travail du gouvernement Lipponen II. Lors du remaniement qui intervient le , elle est remplacée par Tarja Filatov et part occuper les fonctions de ministre du Commerce et de l'Industrie.

Le , la libérale Anneli Jäätteenmäki constitue son cabinet, dans lequel Sinikka Mönkäre retrouve ses fonctions de ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé. Lorsque Matti Vanhanen doit former à son tour un gouvernement le 24 juin suivant, elle est maintenue à son poste. Finalement, le , elle demande à quitter son ministère à l'occasion d'un remaniement gouvernemental.

Retrait de la politique
Elle continue de siéger à la Diète nationale jusqu'au , lorsqu'elle est choisie comme présidente de RAY, la société publique de gestion des jeux et paris en ligne. Elle occupe cette responsabilité jusqu'en 2012.

Vie privée
Mère de deux enfants nés en 1970 et 1976, elle est mariée depuis 1996 avec l'homme d'affaires Juha Laisaari et réside à Imatra, en Carélie du Sud.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Gouvernement Lipponen I et II
 Gouvernement Jäätteenmäki
 Gouvernement Vanhanen I

Naissance en mars 1947
Naissance à Sippola
Ministre finlandais des Affaires sociales et de la Santé
Ministre finlandais de l'Environnement
Titre honorifique de Ministre en Finlande

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Don't forget about trees and shrubs when planting a pollinator garden! They provide a number of benefits relating to food and shelter for different species. A decent sized shrub may be densely covered in nectar and pollen-rich flowers. This means foraging is efficient, requiring less energy for the bees to fly about in search of further sources of food.
A durable yet charming rhododendron with small trusses of bright lavender-pink blooms contrasting with small dark green leaves. Evergreen foliage takes on a mahogany-brown winter color. This variety is noted for its tolerance for heat as well as cold. An excellent choice for borders, mass planting, or containers. An excellent foundation shrub that won't exceed five feet tall; a natural for covering up unsightly stemwalls, footings and utilities. Ideal as a natural barrier hedge in front yards. Good choice for fence lines. Also works well planted singly or in groups in larger planters. Adds life to otherwise dull evergreen plantings and thrives in the acid soils under high-canopied conifers. Slow grower to 3 to 5 ft. tall, spreading wider. Attracts Butterflies, Dwarf Plant, Easy Care, Gift Plant, North American Native Selection, Year-round Interest, Early Season Pollinator Plant. USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 – 8.
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This race saw 7 LCRC riders take to the start line in what was a tough 115km hilly circuit. This is a very prestigious race on the Irish circuit and all teams and riders were keen to show themselves well here. A small break formed inside the first 10k and was quickly joined by more numbers until a lead group of 21 was established. The group got down to business straight away and a decent gap was opened. LCRC had three men in the break the best represented of any of the teams. The pace in the break was solid with 90% of the teams contributing. Frank Billings , Bren Corcoran and Sean Flynn made the split and as this is a very hilly circuit with two Cat 4 climbs to be negotiated twice things looked good for LCRC as Frank is a very prolific climber having medalled at national level in the past in hill climb champs. On the long drag after the left hand turn onto the N81 Frank went to the front and began setting a strong tempo to the top of the drag. The first of the Cat 4 climbs had a prime on offer and this was contested by Frank and one other rider with Frank just getting pipped on the line. A few riders were dropped out of the move as the pace intensified and unfortunately Bren lost contact on the assent of the second Cat 4. The group worked well as a unit riding up and overs and pulled out a huge 5min lead on the bunch. It was clear from the time gaps that if the break continued to work as it had been the winner would come from this group. With one lap completed and a huge gap established the pace on the second lap was a little less hectic. With 30k to go riders began to look at each other and the structure of the group began to break down. There was a few small attacks which were all reeled in and the stage was set for the break coming to the line as one group. The remainder of the break came to the line together but unfortunately neither of the two LCRC lads contested the sprint and both finishing outside the points. It was a little disappointing that no points were bagged but a solid days racing was had. This event is a really well ran event with each race getting its own motorbike outriders, emergency services, lead cars and cavalcade not to mention marshals on all corners and road junctions followed by much needed refreshments at the end. Congrats to all involved.


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Recorded at London's Wembley Arena in November 1979, this live album (a comparative rarity from ABBA) finds them performing at the peak of their powers and popularity, to a sell-out, enthusiastic crowd. The sound quality is truly outstanding throughout, as is the musicianship from Bjorn, Benny and their top-notch band. Agnetha and Anni-Frid are on their usual harmonious and crystal clear vocal form.
16. Why Did It Have To Be Me?
Now, I am not a fully paid-up ABBA fan, so to speak, but I have to own up to a liking for them, however uncool hat was as a punk in 1979. Still, I was in good company with Elvis Costello. I get this album out every now and again and play it through and it is just such a pleasurable experience. As well as all the hits, there are some interesting rarities (non-single album tracks) as well, such as "If It Wasn't For The Nights"; "As Good As New" (both from "Voulez Vous"); "Why Did It Have To Be Me" (from "Arrival"); "I'm Still Alive" (sung live here, but never recorded in the studio); "Hole In Your Soul" (From "ABBA: The Album"); and "Intermezzo No. 1" from "ABBA".
The great hits are all here, nearly all great, but the children's choir version of "I Have A Dream" is a huge chunk of Swedish cheese and I have to declare a loathing for "Does Your Mother Know". Those minor qibbles aside, it is a thoroughly enjoyable album. Nicely presented in a hardback CD cover too, with some excellent pictures from the gig, one of which, refreshingly, clearly shows Agnetha to be a true girl of the seventies. It's all in that blue jump suit shadow, you see.


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Yemen's Houthis say footage shows attack on Saudi border frontline
Yemen's Houthis say footage shows attack on Saudi border frontline
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group broadcast footage on Sunday that it said showed a major attack near the border with Saudi Arabia's southern region of Najran, adding that its forces had captured troops and vehicles.
Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition that has been battling the Houthis, has not responded to Saturday's Houthi announcement that they had carried out the attack.
Reuters could not independently verify either claim.
Houthi-run al-Masirah TV broadcast images of armored vehicles hit by blasts and what the Houthis said were dozens of surrendering fighters. Two of those men, speaking to the camera, said they were from Saudi Arabia.
The Houthi military spokesman said the offensive 72 hours earlier had defeated three "enemy military brigades", leading to the capture of "thousands" of enemy troops, including Saudi army officers and soldiers, and hundreds of armored vehicles.
The spokesman, Yahya Saria, did not give a day for when the footage was filmed.
Yemeni government troops, supported by air strikes of the Saudi-led coalition, have in recent months fought Houthi forces in the Kataf region of Yemen's northern Saada province near the Saudi border. Local sources have said the Houthis have captured scores of Yemeni troops in the battles.
The Sunni Muslim coalition, which receives arms and intelligence from Western countries, intervened in Yemen in March 2015 after the Houthis ousted the internationally recognized government from power in the capital Sanaa in 2014.
A U.N.-brokered prisoner swap deal agreed between the Houthis and Yemen's Saudi-backed government last December involving some 7,000 detainees on each side has yet to happen.
The Houthis, who had recently stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi cities, have claimed responsibility for the largest-ever attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14.
Riyadh dismissed the claim, saying the assault did not come from Yemen and have Shi'ite Muslim Iran. Tehran denies this.
The Houthis said on Sept. 20 they would halt missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia if the alliance stopped its operations. The coalition has not responded to the proposal.
Reporting by Tuqa Khalid, Lisa Barrington, and Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Edmund Blair
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PILERENE: Reis Magos village panchayat has decided to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over an alleged illegal construction coming up in the coastal regulation zone at Quegdevelim.
Speaking to reporters, residents stated that despite issuing a stop work notice, the builder has been defiant and has violated all norms pertaining to the no-development zone. Following complaints from locals, the panchayat had issued a show cause notice, however, the reply from the opposite party was not satisfactory. Earlier, the panchayat had even called a joint inspection along with the town and country planning (TCP) department and the inspection had brought to the fore irregularities by the builder.
The builder has undertaken hill cutting using a excavator, flouting all the norms under CRZ rule, besides dumping of mud along the approach road. Locals said that during monsoon, the mud spills onto the road resulting in accidents involving two-wheelers as the road is frequented by tourists proceeding to Coco beach. Sarpanch of Reis Magos panchayat Shailendra Parulekar said that the panchayat had sent a stop work notice to the builder for not complying with the norms, and added that despite that, the work continued.


Coming Down the Pipe – The impressive thing about the Bruins (to me) is that they are clearly one of the best teams in the NHL these days but they are also one of the deepest teams when it comes to their prospects. The Providence Bruins were semi-finalists in the AHL and featured forwards Brad Marchand, Zack Hamill, Vlad Sobotka and Jordan Knackstedt plus netminder Tuukka Rask in net. Beyond the pro level the Bruins have Joe Colborne, Tommy Cross and Brock Bradford from the NCAA ranks and both Jamie Arniel and Max Sauve playing Major Junior.
Draft Trends – Boston has mainly drafted out of North America in the last three years and it's probably not a coincidence that of the four Euros they have selected, only one isn't playing Major Junior. Last year's choice of Matt Hutchinson represented the first goalie Boston has drafted since 2004.
Millard: Simon Despres - The B's will be disappointed they didn't get Krieder, after all he grew up a stone's throw from the Gardens. Having said that Boston didn't take a D-man last year and lost their best blueline prospect Matt Lashoff in a trade with Tampa, so Despres would be a solid pick for them.
Flaming: Ethan Werek – He was originally headed to Boston University before choosing the OHL but maybe his road to the NHL leads him through Beantown anyway. Prospect graduations have left some holes on the wing in the Bruins' pipeline and Kingston's 32-goal scorer has size to match his hands.