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Covid-19 and the Rise of Super Apps: How Uber Could Cannibalize Yelp and OpenTable
The current pandemic is unprecedented, but it opens some interesting economic doors as the dust settles. People are eating out less (obviously) and will continue to do so in the future when places reopen. This has hurt companies with a product dependent on the dining out experience.
Yelp has been hit hard, with traffic down up to 80% in some areas, laying off 1,000 employees and furloughing another 1,100. They also received some pretty bad press for a terrible product decision to automatically create GoFundMe pages for small businesses.
"In all of our nearly 16 years, I've never seen a crisis of this magnitude and impact on our business." — Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman
It's hard to see recovery anytime soon here. The stock price is also down 40% compared with the broad market being down 15% (as of May 6th).
With cities heading into lockdown in mid-March, table bookings were down more than 80%, and this trend almost certainly would have moved closer to 100% in April. It is also hard to imagine this trend reversing too rapidly once lockdown is lifted, with people being hesitant to go out again too quickly, and certainly less often than before.
OpenTable did rapidly pivot towards partnering with Postmates, Uber Eats and caviar, displaying delivery options that click through to the partners, but this likely isn't enough to save the company long term.
Unlike Yelp and OpenTable, delivery apps are in a period of hyper-growth with record downloads and usage. They are in a prime position to cannibalize the two companies, either with an acquisition (expensive) or copycat strategy (cheaper, circa Instagram v Snapchat). This would place them in a position to cover the entire dining experience once restaurants reopen.
But which delivery app is in the best position to do this? They'll need to be in a good position for new expansion, and for it to fit into the company vision.
Let's look at DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats. They're the biggest players with 42%, 28% and 20% of the market share, respectively.
DoorDash raised another $1.1 billion in cash in 2019 leading up to their IPO. However, they're also losing $450 million a year, and it might be too risky to undertake this in the middle of an IPO.
Grubhub still has a substantial market share, but as of last year they only have around $425 million cash on hand. They're also not known for product innovation or branching out, and that likely won't change.
So it looks like expansion of this size also doesn't appear to be in the roadmap for either Grubhub or DoorDash.
Uber, on the other hand, despite recent layoffs and a decrease in riders, still has plenty of cash and resources and enough verticals to support this mission. They also have $10 billion in cash, with $1.5 billion aside for acquisitions. This is a perfect opportunity to consolidate vertically in their path to becoming a Super App.
Rise of the Super App
A recent trend in Asia is the "Super App" — many different features and services under one umbrella, namely WeChat, AliPay, Grab and Gojek. Uber are quite public about wanting to become the western world's first Super App, calling themselves "An Operating System for Everyday Life" (although they're in a race against Facebook and Amazon to be the western world's first).
When restaurants reopen, both Yelp and OpenTable would be a nice addition for Uber to become the vehicle to your local area, an operating system for your night out. Research restaurants, book a table, get a ride to dinner, and review your restaurant experience, all in one place.
They are already on the path to becoming a Super App and have the drive and the cash. As ridership is down (and they sort out legal and regulatory blocks on the rider side), and other businesses are vulnerable, now is a perfect time for them to gobble up Yelp and OpenTable.
Meanwhile, Tellus is on track to be the first Super App for real estate! We're making high-yield cash accounts, lucrative real estate investments, and state-of-the-art property management tools accessible anywhere, anytime.
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I don't know exactly what sleeping dragon is lurking deep within my psyche that demands I bite off more than I can reasonably chew, but it is there and it has been there for quite some time. It really comes as no surprise that I am once again contemplating an athletic endeavor that at the very least seems improbable and at the worst, might just be impossible.
It started last year as a joke. We were planning a backpacking trip for my birthday. I flippantly blurted out, "how cool would it be if we hiked 52 miles on my 52nd birthday?" My partner in crime just shook his head, but I really think that I started a little bit of "I wonder if I could" for him as well. Last year, a late start combined with a torrential downpour and hypothermia inducing conditions relegated this silly little idea to the back of my mind along with all of the other unreasonable fantasies that I've been harboring. This one was just waiting for the right set of circumstances to set things in motion.
In early April, I was goofing off with my computer, and I decided to try and map out a little 53 mile route. Google Earth can be an awesome thing! In keeping with my thematic ideal, not only does my proposed route include 53 miles, but approx 5300 feet of elevation gain as well! Once I had the proposed route mapped, Google Earth allowed me to do a "fly over" of the route. This just got me excited (a little nauseated too). We drove the route, and began planning logistics with regard to water and food caches, and here is the big thing… I posted my intention on facebook. Publicly announcing my lunacy to the "world" as I know it. Declaring my intention gave this event some substance. I began to receive encouragement and positive feedback from my peers. The proverbial "snowball" began its downhill roll, gaining size and momentum along the way. Once I began putting energy into this event, the Universe began to conspire to make it happen. I was planning this atrocity, and things began to fall into place. It became a "when" rather than an "if". There is now one week left before this event. In retrospect, I am undoubtedly "under-trained" for this monstrosity. Our longest training hike/run has been 30 miles. But, at this point, it will be what it will be. Since we have established a 24 hour time cap for this event, we are planning to "power walk" up the hills, and jog or walk the flats and downhill sections. In addition to the long weekend training sessions, I have been logging 4 days per week at the gym and including shorter run and bike sessions during the weekdays. I know that there are a lot of people out there competing in the "ultra marathon" gruel fests, and doing so with ease, but I fully expect that this will lay me flat… splay me open… and expose the inner demons that I don't necessarily want to face. Me against the clock. Will my body crack first or will it be my mind?
Just four years ago, on my 49th birthday, I weighed over 200 pounds and I had given up on life. Happiness, hopes, dreams, and goals, those things were for other people. I had convinced myself that I would have no more grand experiences. I was done with that. Well folks, as they say, "it ain't over til the fat lady sings", and this lady ain't fat no more!!!!
In eleven days, I will celebrate 53 years of awesomeness on this little blue rock we call home. In just 7 days, I will be attempting to beat the clock and propel myself 53 miles with 5300 feet of elevation gain in 24 hours. Wish me luck!


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Q: Styling Components (styled-components) | Superimposing one on top of the other The problem is this:

There is a created UiInput React component using styled-components, above it there is also a UiInputExt React component, which should override some of the styles defined in UiInput, but for some reason this does not happen, apparently it does not even add the corresponding class...

I attach the code below:
const StyledInput = styled.input`
    color: ${(props) => props.styles.color};

    ::placeholder,
    ::-webkit-input-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color};
    }

    :-moz-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color};
        opacity: 1;
    }

    ::-moz-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color};
        opacity: 1;
    }

    :-ms-input-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color};
    }
`;

<StyledInput
    id={id}
    className={cn(styles.input, classes)}
    type={type}
    placeholder={placeholder}
    styles={isTheme.styles}
>
</StyledInput>

And the corresponding override (which doesn't work!)
import UiInput from '../';

const StyledUiInputExt = styled(UiInput)`
    color: ${(props) => props.styles.color_uiinputext};

    ::placeholder,
    ::-webkit-input-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color_uiinputext};
    }

    :-moz-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color_uiinputext};
        opacity: 1;
    }

    ::-moz-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color_uiinputext};
        opacity: 1;
    }

    :-ms-input-placeholder {
        color: ${(props) => props.styles.color_uiinputext};
    }
`;

<StyledUiInputExt classes={cn(styles.input, classes)} {...props} styles={isTheme.styles}></StyledUiInputExt>

A: You are not exporting the styled component StyledInput, rather you are exporting a plain React component that is rendering StyledInput.
const StyledInput = styled.input`
  color: blue;
`;

const UiInput = () => {
  return <StyledInput />;
};

export default UiInput;

UiInputExt
import UiInput from "./UiInput";

const StyledInputExt = styled(UiInput)`
  color: green;
`;

const UiInputExt = () => {
  return <StyledInputExt />;
};

The style you are applying to UiInput isn't applied to the JSX it renders, i.e. it isn't passed through to StyledInput.
You can only override other styled-components. For this you should export/import StyledInput (renamed to UiInput) directly.
const UiInput = styled.input`
  color: blue;
`;

export default UiInput;

An alternative would be to export UiInput as a styled component and ensure that the className prop is passed through to the StyledInput component.
const StyledInput = styled.input`
  color: blue;
`;

const UiInput = ({ className }) => {
  return <StyledInput className={className} />;
};

export default styled(UiInput)``;

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Returning to London on Sunday from three weeks in the US (New York and San Francisco) where the British General Election was a barely visible blip on the media radar screen, I felt like Rip van Winkle, having almost no idea what had been going on in the election campaign while I was away apart from what I'd gleaned from occasional glances at the Guardian and Times websites. Now, having seen a good deal of coverage in the print and electronic media since Sunday, I'm depressed. Everyone I know, and plenty of people who write letters to the newspapers or air their views on chat-shows, seem tormented by the problem of how to register a passionate protest against Blair's chicanery over Iraq and his government's vicious attack on our basic civil liberties, without running the risk of letting Michael Howard in to No. 10: yet neither the criminal blunders over Iraq nor the wholesale destruction of our rights under cover of the soi-disant 'war on terror' appear to be discussed by any of the major parties in their campaigns, as if to do so would be an error of taste akin to blowing one's nose while being presented to the Queen. These two towering issues, dwarfing such banal matters as how to finance health care and pensions, are simply treated as if they weren't there: the twin hippopotamuses in the drawing room.
But the campaigns are not only banal: they are also deeply corrupt in the acceptance by all three major parties of the poisonous new provision for postal voting by anyone who can be inveigled into applying for a postal vote, with no longer any requirement to demonstrate need: and the harvesting of completed (and uncompleted) postal ballot forms by all three party offices for submission in bulk to the electoral registration officers. It seems that the election officials were deeply unhappy with this procedure (as well they might be!), but their proposal to require all postal ballots to be sent directly to themselves, and not via a third person, least of all via a political party, proved 'unacceptable' to the political parties, so the requirement was spinelessly reduced to a recommendation. The fact that mass abuse of this system has already been revealed has apparently counted for nothing. The potential for corruption and manipulation of votes on a vast scale is obvious, yet none of our major political leaders has the guts or grace to denounce it or to call for its immediate reform. The principle of the secret ballot, fought for by the Chartists and every other reformist movement for centuries, has been casually and wilfully torn up. No longer can a vulnerable 19-year-old daughter in a patriarchal family keep her vote secret from her parents, nor the employee in a small family business from his or her employer, nor husband from overbearing wife (or vice versa): in every case, the powerful can force the weak to apply for a postal vote, or use one of the forms delivered uninvited by one or more of the political parties with their campaign literature, and stand over the victim while he or she fills it in, demanding even that the stronger in the relationship actually takes the form and sends it in. And all the party leaders and many candidates are actively encouraging postal voting in preference to the genuinely secret vote cast in the invulnerable secrecy of the voting booth at the polling station. How Dickens would have laughed, or cried! The Eatanswill election is back with a vengeance. When was there last such a shabby, shoddy election?
The Labour Party's manifesto, which one might expect to find prominently linked to the party's website on its home page, is in fact extremely difficult to track down there, and even when found, loads in such an obscure and microscopic format as to be totally unreadable (there is an unadvertised provision for enlarging the text with a right-click, but once so enlarged, the left-hand and right-hand edges of the text disappear from the monitor screen and can't be adjusted back). In fact, if you hunt zealously enough for it, the manifesto is also available in PDF format, which does permit the text to be manipulated to a legible size. But the content is so drab, the style so jargon-ridden and pedestrian, and 90 per cent of the subject-matter so tedious, that the whole document is still in effect unreadable (perhaps just as well for the party). What's worse is the absence from it of any whiff of radicalism. It could all easily have been the manifesto of the Tory Party in its more moderate and humane days. Nowhere does one see evidence that this emanates from a party of the left. Indeed, its obsession with the essentially Tory ideal of 'equality of opportunity' (with no concern at all for equality of outcomes) is the hallmark of a party of the right. Mr Blair and his senior colleagues seem to think that a meritocracy is actually a desirable basis for a just society, instead of a jungle in which the weak and vulnerable are devoured at leisure by sabre-toothed predators.
I'm a life-long Labour supporter, but if I was unlucky enough to live and vote in a constituency where the Labour candidate was a hard-line Blairite with no record of opposition to the war or to the Blair government's wanton destruction of our liberties, I would not in conscience be able to vote for him or her, even if abstention (or a vote for the LibDem, Green or Respect candidate) were to contribute to the risk of a Howard government. Fortunately the Labour candidate in my constituency (a) has not hitherto been an MP, so has no voting record in the Commons to object to, (b) is anyway a human rights lawyer with an impeccable record on the war and civil rights issues, (c) has been a good and effective local Councillor, and (d) happens also to be a Muslim of Asian origin, thus unlikely to lose the support of the large local Muslim Asian community despite their hostility to the war and much of the Straw-Blunkett-Clarke anti-terrorist legislation foisted on us all in our sleep. So his predecessor's majority of more than 10,000 should be safe in his hands, and I shall vote for him (in a polling station) with a clear conscience, knowing that my vote will have no effect whatever on the national result, although fearful that my own and millions of other similar votes will be misrepresented by Blair and his clique as an endorsement of the vile things they have done.
No wonder the Tories decided to drop their original idea of plastering the walls with posters warning "Vote Blair, Get Brown". If only!


I started a series about exploring some of the major crowdsourcing platforms and their particularities in order to put together a straight forward research material for both competitors (problem solvers, innovators) and the seekers (organizations who want to solve problems by sourcing diversity and pay monetary and non-monetary awards for the best).
We can say without being wrong that crowdsourcing platforms are not just a tool/venue to boost innovation, but also a great tool to manage diversity. The hardest thing to manage, in my view.
Today I'll map the data of HeroX, a platform that inspired me a lot in the last months, maybe because we share a similar culture and core values.
HeroX is a spin-off of XPRIZE, the leading organization solving the world's Grand Challenges by creating and managing large-scale, high profile, crowdsourcing competitions. HeroX takes the XPRIZE model and applies it to competitions of up to $1 million, making it easy for anyone to frame a problem and to inspire teams to compete to solve it.
HeroX exists to enable anyone, anywhere in the world, to create a challenge that addresses any problem or opportunity, build a community around that challenge and activate the circumstances that can lead to a breakthrough innovation.
Sourcing 17 years of the XPRIZE Foundation experience, excellence, and best practices, HeroX introduces funded prizes for groundbreaking challenges.
HeroX lives at the intersection of crowdfunding, crowdsourcing competition and collaboration to drive social innovation. You can support a cause that you believe in, post a challenge, or fund a prize.
We leverage our relationships to bring big funding to big challenges and ask that you participate in finding the solution or spread the word to those that care. We need you to let your Hero out and save the day! You are HeroX.
I have won two challenges on HeroX in less than two months (2016/2017), they happened to activate my other creative side, storytelling, my first love and a craft I exercise more in the areas of screenwriting and short prose. One was Patterns for Success and the other was a story about my journey to my open innovation prizes and my pathway from entrepreneurship to winning problem solver, Hey, You're a Dreamer?
From the differentiation perspective, comparing with traditional corwdsourcing platforms – which are highly profit oriented and usually focused on specific areas, disciplines and problems – HeroX has some well defined strategies for nurturing their problem solvers community and for creating a more dynamic and fertile climate for innovation.
There is a fresh vibe inside, their team is a blend of baby boomers, generationX and millenials, and this fusion manages to spark creativity in unexpected places and to keep the game up to their words.
As a serial awarded problem solver in open innovation marketplace through the venue of crowdsourcing, I can say with both hands on my heart that this approach feels very encouraging for our community, often unknown or not well enough understood in order to be engaged in transforming projects and be used at our full potential.
From the perspective of the problems sourced, the platform has a broader approach, they are specific if that's the case, broader or creative if the purpose of using the platform differs or goes beyond just solving a problem.
The possibilities are very generous and from what I've seen by now, there is a lot of untapped potential in using the platform. A lot of freelancers, small and medium companies can find in it a great tool to grow their business exponentially.
knowledge base: they offer a rich resource of tips & tricks for both seekers and solvers/competitors to better navigate in the digital world and achieve their goals through crowdsourcing.
What can you do today to make the world a better place? Watch the co-founder Peter Diamantis explaining you the purpose of the HeroX platform and what you can do.


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The Unity migration operation is not reversible. Make sure to back up your Unity project before you proceed.
If the Unity project is under source control, make sure to check out the whole Unity project folder before starting the migration. Otherwise, the migration will fail because it won't be able to modify the files successfully.
This installation procedure assumes that you already have a Unity project containing a previous Wwise Integration package. For new installations, please refer to the Installing a Wwise Integration Package for the First Time page. Unlike other Unity plug-ins, you need to leave the previous Wwise Integration package installed in order to upgrade it to a newer version. The Wwise Launcher will install the new features and bug fixes, and then migrate the previous Wwise Integration to the newer version.
Warning: Do not delete the previous Wwise Integration before installing the new one as it will result in losing all the hard work you've done integrating Wwise audio in your game.
The upgrade is done in a 2-step process. First you need to update your Wwise project to the new version you wish to use and then you need to do the same with your Unity project.
Launch the Wwise version that matches the new Wwise Integration package(s) you intend on using in Unity.
Answer 'Yes' when prompted to update your Wwise project to the current version.
Once completed, make sure to regenerate your Wwise SoundBanks to be ready to carry on with your work after updating the Unity project to the new Wwise version.
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Fast Talk podcast, ep. 80: Properly executing intervals is hard; keep your training plan simple
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In episode 80, we emphasize three key points: human physiology is very complex; properly executing intervals is very difficult; your training prescription should be simple.
The VeloNews Fast Talk podcast is your source for the best training advice and most compelling insight on what it takes to become a better cyclist. Listen in as VeloNews managing editor Chris Case and our resident physiologist and coach, Trevor Connor, discuss a range of topics, including sport science, training, physiology, technology, nutrition, and more.
Here's your workout for today: Give me 20 seconds at high anaerobic capacity, now 10 second recovery at 65 percent, then one minute at mid-VO2max holding 100 RPM. Now rest one minute. Alright, now give me a series of 10 one-minute efforts at 102 percent of FTP with increasing cadence. But be careful: Do these at 99 percent of FTP and you're working the wrong system. You've screwed up the entire workout!
Okay, perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration. However, the complexity of that routine was probably starting to sound familiar. Complex training prescriptions are becoming increasingly popular. We ask the question: Does it really need to be that complex? What do you gain from this complexity?
With the help of seven different experts — coaches, scientists, and athletes — we're going to try to make three key points:
Human physiology is very complex
Properly executing intervals is very difficult
But, the prescription should be simple.
Along the way, Trevor will drop his biggest nerd bomb yet, attempting to explain how complex the physiology is. We'll use the analogy of riding side-by-side to explain why prescriptions should be simple. And we'll talk about all the subtle ways that top athletes learn to better execute their workouts — numbers are important, but there's a lot more to it than that.
As I mentioned, there was no guest with us in our studio for this recording, but since this is a summary episode, we pulled a lot of segments from past shows. Our guests this week include:
Legendary mountain bike world champion, and a guy who never gets old, Ned Overend. Ned almost sounded scared when he talked with us about the possibility of training with power or heart rate. Yet, despite having almost no metrics, and no structured routine, he's developed a remarkably sophisticated system of training.
Next, we'll hear from Houshang Amiri, head coach at the Pacific Cycling Centre and past Canadian national team coach. Houshang shared with Trevor his thoughts on complex interval routines.
It wouldn't be an episode on interval work without hearing from Dr. Stephen Seiler, a top physiologist and researcher in Europe, who's been credited with formalizing the polarized training model. We pulled a few clips from Dr. Seiler sharing his thoughts on interval prescription and execution.
But what about athletes who have grown up with power and pre-programmed workouts on their head units? We included an interview we haven't used before with 2018 Tour of Utah winner Sepp Kuss. While he relies heavily on power, it's not as simple as setting a target number before he gets on the bike and sticking to it.
Next we grabbed a clip with Dr. Andy Coggan and Hunter Allen, authors of "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" which was updated this year. They invented probably the most common training zone model in the world (though they don't like the word zones.) They talked with us about the value of zone models or levels.
Trevor pulled out an old interview with Trek-Segafredo rider Toms Skujins. Like Sepp, Toms talks about just some of the many decisions that go into effectively executing his interval work.
Finally, we hear from 2017 U.S. national champion Larry Warbasse of Ag2r La Mondiale. Larry talked with us about the importance of seeing your training sessions in a broader context. Otherwise, you can execute perfectly and still get off track.
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Lucia, A., J. Hoyos and J. L. Chicharro (2001). "Physiology of professional road cycling." Sports Med 31(5): 325-337.
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7 Habits that Will Give You Lower Back Pain!
There are many reasons why people suffer from back pain. Below is a list of everyday habits that could be hurting your back.
Standing is better than sitting. Sitting for long periods of time creates added pressure on your spine compared to standing.
If your work requires you to sit for long periods of time, you owe it to yourself to try periodically stretch your lower back. This helps your spine to heal.
Your car may be causing you more damage to your body than your wallet.
You can have your spine properly aligned if you position your seat close to 90 degree angle. This positioning will also help remind you to always maintain a posture when sitting somewhere else.
It may surprise you to know that exercising will actually help you relieve your back pain and strengthen your back as well.
Try walking or stretching to relieve your back pain; yoga or aerobics may prevent pain and go a long way to improve your health.
Heavy loads like a purse or briefcase creates an imbalance on the shoulders causing the spine to curve abnormally.
Make sure you carry only things you really need; leave the remaining at home.
When you sleep on an old mattress your spine sags because your spine does not get the proper support.
Replacing your mattress is recommended especially if you suffer from low back muscle pain.
Women pay a heavy price when they wear high heels because the leg and back muscles must work harder to keep the body well balanced.
You still can wear high heels and minimize the impact by adding a cushion for better support and do try to reduce the amount of time you wear heals.
Watching TV has always been viewed as a way to relax after a long day at work; however, the wrong posture while watching can produce spine stiffness and weakness.
Cut down on TV time and start making time to stretch your muscles, have some evening walks or simply workout. It's never too late to begin an active lifestyle.
If you've already broken these habits but continues to experience back pain, get the advice of a medical professional. You can also try DCcure.


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Is the end of the Clinton dynasty nigh?
For a power couple used to the political spotlight, 2019 is proving to be a tough year — and 2020 will most likely be even tougher.
Bill Clinton 'realizes, politically, he's in exile, and to some extent Hillary is too. This is a tough time for them.'
Still bitter and reeling from her 2016 presidential election loss, Hillary Clinton is finding it difficult to remain relevant as the Democratic Party takes a hard turn to the left. As for Bill, the #MeToo movement caught up with him and he is now essentially political poison. And the Department of Justice may yet catch up with Hillary.
The rematch with President Donald Trump that both were sure they would win, isn't happening. None of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates wants the advice of Bill, a former president no less.
Meanwhile, cash flow to the Clinton Foundation, which peaked at $249 million during Hillary's first year as secretary of state, slowed to a 15-year-low in 2017 with reported total revenue of $38.4 million. One of the Foundation's top undertakings this year is an independent power producer floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) project in the Seychelles, the island nation that is, per-capita, the richest in Africa.
Bill Powell noted in a report for Newsweek last month that a friend had related how Bill Clinton, at 72 and 15 years on from open-heart surgery and the complications that arose from it seemed a "bit sad, and more than a bit angry."
"The 2020 race for the White House was underway, and not many of the ever-expanding field of Democratic contenders had phoned him or come calling to discuss what it is like to run a presidential campaign," Powell wrote. "A lot of the contenders seemed to be scrambling to the left to satisfy the progressive wing of the party 'and the angry Twitter-verse,' as friend puts it. 'This guy's political brain is still sharp — among the sharpest in the party — and he worries that [the Democratic Party] may be frittering away the chance it has to beat Trump next year.' "
That's where the anger comes in, Powell noted.
"And the sadness? 'He realizes, politically, he's in exile, and to some extent Hillary is too. This is a tough time for them,' " the friend said.
Powell noted that 2019 for the Clintons is "the year the might-have-beens become especially painful."
In the #MeToo era, "the personal has become the political. And Bill's history of skirt chasing — before the White House and during his presidency — is no longer defensible for many Democrats," Powell wrote.
"When Hillary insisted in a national television interview last year that her husband's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky was not 'an abuse of power' because 'she was an adult,' the press reaction was scathing. According to three friends of the Clintons (who were granted anonymity to speak candidly), the furor had a 'profoundly depressing effect' on the first couple and all those around them who still like and support them."
"It was just awful," says one of the friends. "For Bill, it brought up all the bad times, and it showed yet again that Hillary just has no political fingertips. It couldn't have been worse."
It had been an "open secret in Clinton world that Hillary was at least considering another presidential run, though just how seriously is a matter of dispute," Powell wrote. "She was being urged on by Bill, according to two sources close to them, who was convinced she would beat Donald Trump in a rematch. To both of them, 'Trump had been predictably awful. They felt that, even with a relatively good economy, he was very vulnerable.' And a lot of Democrats still wanted to make history by electing a woman, and both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (whose supporters would have been infuriated by another Clinton run) obviously didn't fit that bill."
At the Clinton Foundation, cash flow nosedived to a 15-year low in the year after Hillary's unsuccessful run in the 2016 presidential election, according to tax returns obtained by the Center for Responsive Politics.
While the Clinton Foundation's cash has been hemorrhaging, Hillary Clinton started up her own new venture in 2017: a 501(c)(4) nonprofit called Onward Together, a report by OpenSecrets.org said.
Unlike the Clinton Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) that is legally prohibited from any political activity outside of voter registration and engagement activities, Hillary Clinton's new 501(c)(4) nonprofit can spend unlimited sums on politics so long as politicking is not its primary purpose.
As for the project in the Seychelles, the Clinton Foundation said in a press release that construction is expected to start possibly as soon as this year and the floating solar facility will become operational in 2020.
"We at the Clinton Climate Initiative are thrilled to support this innovative project, which represents a groundbreaking step forward for island nations and other regions with limited land available for solar development. Floating solar photovoltaic energy holds immense potential for islands, and our partners in Seychelles are demonstrating true leadership in addressing the global climate and energy crisis," said Fiona Wilson, Senior Regional Manager for the Clinton Climate Initiative.
The Clinton Foundation press release added: "When fully constructed and operational, this innovative project will be the first utility-scale, private-sector funded floating solar plant in Africa, and Seychelles' first independent power producer, drawing international expertise and capital to both transfer knowledge to the local energy sector and accelerate Seychelles' transition to renewable energy. The plant will also be the first utility-scale floating solar project in a marine environment worldwide, paving the way for further marine projects, a crucial opportunity for island nations and other land-scarce energy systems."
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Chair of Italian American Constantino Brumidi Society, Calls on Congressional Leaders To Present Gold Medal to Brumidi
October 3, 2011 Francesco Arts & Culture, Associations, People 0
The Honorable John A. Boehner, Speaker
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader
The Honorable Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr.
The Honorable Representative Patrick J. Tiberi
The Honorable Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader
The Honorable Senator Michael B. Enzi
Re: Scheduling a Ceremony in the Rotunda this year to Present the Congressional Gold Medal to Constantino Brumidi, Posthumously and, Honoring Italy on the 150th Anniversary of its Unity with a Concurrent Resolution Vere dignum et iustum est.
Dear Honorable Members of Congress:
I humbly and respectfully ask the Speaker and his six House and Senate advisors to work together to schedule, this year, a ceremony in the Rotunda to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Constantino Brumidi, posthumously and also to recognize and congratulate the Republic of Italy on the 150th anniversary of its unity as a nation with the introduction of a concurrent resolution.
Constantino Brumidi's Liberty
I wrote six of you on September 22 (with a Cc to Speaker Boehner), laying out the case why such a ceremony would be right and just and also why not recognizing Italy would be wrong. I have not received a reply from any of you. However, I thought I would write all of you one final time, as there are there is little legislative time left this year to accomplish these two worthy measures. (I know about the complexity of arranging for such a ceremony, as I asked former House Speaker Dennis Hastert to do a similar ceremony in the Rotunda on July 26, 2005 on the 200th anniversary of Brumidi's birth). Also, Italy's anniversary year will be ending soon.
Out of fairness, Brumidi is entitled to a ceremony now as I explained at length in my September 22 letter. Legislation to award Brumidi the Medal was signed more than three years ago. Also, as this is the 150th anniversary of Italian Unity and such a ceremony this year would highlight the strong bonds of friendship between the United States and Italy. Finally, not presenting the Brumidi Medal is a drain on the Treasury because until a ceremony is completed the U.S. Mint will not make and sell bronze duplicates to defray the estimated $30,000 cost of making the gold medal. I feel a sense of responsibility in this matter as it was The Constantino Brumidi Society which urged Sen. Enzi and Rep. Pascrell to introduce the Brumidi Gold Medal legislation in 2007. It is absolutely clear that the Congress intends such Gold Medal legislation not to burden the Treasury, but to pay for itself, by the sale of bronze duplicates. But again, this is not done until after the presentation is made. If the presentation is quickly scheduled, I pledge to make my best efforts to see to it that Brumidi's Gold Medal does not cost the taxpayers of the U. S. any money. I will work with the national Italian-American and Greek-Americans organizations that advocated the legislation to launch a campaign to ask their members to buy, within one year, all the bronze Brumidi medals issued by the Mint. I believe that other medal recipients should pledge the same.
As to the second issue, I also respectfully urge the senate members receiving this letter to introduce a resolution similar to S. Res. 212 introduced this year: "A resolution congratulating the people and Government of the Republic of Slovenia on the twentieth anniversary of the country's independence." However, as Italy has been a good friend and strong NATO ally of the United States for more than 60 years, which has sent its troops to Afghanistan in support of our efforts there and whereas Americans of Italian descent are the fifth largest ethnic group in America, I believe that this should be a concurrent resolution, expressing the sense of the Congress as a whole. Upon quick passage in the Senate (the Slovenia resolution was passed in two days), it will be sent to the House where, I believe, despite the new ban on ceremonial resolutions there, it would also be passed by the House with the encouragement of House leaders. (See my article in Roll Call on this ban: Guest Observer, Grano: Curb Debate, Not Ceremonial Measures, August 3, 2011, http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_19/-207955-1.html). I respectfully submit that Congress should do no less for our great ally, Italy.
Thank you for your attention. If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to have a staffer call me at 2.364.2526.
/s/ Joseph N. Grano
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Q: What standard says about anonymous namespace and internal linkage? I'm curious about this fact as I came up with the following code:
namespace
{
    int my_variable = 12;
    void get_data_a_lot() {}
}

int main()
{
    my_variable++;

    get_data_a_lot();
}

and compiling with msvc I get the following:
00E 00000000 SECT4  notype       External     | ?my_variable@?A0x087c0a53@@3HA (int `anonymous namespace'::my_variable)
025 00000000 SECT6  notype ()    Static       | ?get_data_a_lot@?A0x087c0a53@@YAXXZ (void __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::get_data_a_lot(void))

But when I compile with gcc I get the following:
002 00000000 SECT2  notype       Static       | _ZN12_GLOBAL__N_111my_variableE
003 00000000 SECT1  notype ()    Static       | _ZN12_GLOBAL__N_114get_data_a_lotEv

So the question is: Is it correct behavior that "my_variable" is External or is it compiler bug?

A: The standard says

[basic.link]
4 An unnamed namespace or a namespace declared directly or
  indirectly within an unnamed namespace has internal linkage. All other
  namespaces have external linkage. A name having namespace scope that
  has not been given internal linkage above has the same linkage as the
  enclosing namespace if it is the name of

*

*a variable; or

*[...]

According to which my_variable should have internal linkage. One must bear in mind however that how linkage is implemented is entirely up to the implementation. The fact MSVC doesn't tag the symbol Static doesn't mean it's in violation of the standard. All the standard requires is an entity whose name has internal linkage is distinct from entities with the same name in other TU's, such that it can only be referred to by that name in the single TU it's defined in. The name mangling could very well be how MSVC easily accomplishes it.


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A Radically Real Discussion on Body Positivity with Sarah Little
Jan 27, 2019 Feb 15, 2019
"There's not one physical body in this world that doesn't deserve love and appreciation." – Sarah Little
Meet Sarah Little. Sarah is a yoga teacher and Body Positivity advocate raising awareness and spreading the message of self-love through her brand Self Love Sarah. Through her own transformational journey, she helps other women to embrace their bodies, find their authenticity, and ultimately to love and accept themselves fully. At the summer-autumn cusp, we met underneath a dappled canopy of trees to discuss all things "body positivity" over a mug of almond hot choccie! So grab yourself a luxurious beverage, get comfy, and join us.
"Why can't we celebrate women on magazine covers for something more than their appearance?" Sarah asks, as we contemplate the controversial October issue of Cosmopolitan featuring "plus size" model Tess Holliday. Whilst a lot of people supported the move to place Tess on the cover, there was a lot of backlash which criticised the magazine for promoting obesity. "Why do we have to address the size at all? Why can't we think Wow, look at her tattoos! or Wow, look at her – she's amazing!", Sarah argued.
Body Positivity is a term that has been splashed across media platforms in recent months, but as with all social movements it inherently has different facets of opinion within it. So, I asked Sarah how she perceived the movement and what it means to her.
"There is definitely a Body Positivity movement and I agree with most of it, but I definitely have my own stance on what Body Positivity is for me. It's about celebrating that all bodies are beautiful and amazing, no matter what size, gender, colour or race. We should not discriminate against anybody's body. We should celebrate all bodies exactly as they are, with zero judgement. We all deserve to have our bodies celebrated and accept that this is what they are, and it's beautiful. That's my take on it."
For me, body positivity and self-love go hand-in-hand. Body positivity can't just be about your appearance: there has to be a deeper practice to it. Sarah agrees. "You can't have body positivity without self-love. Body positivity stems from self-love. I know that if I didn't love myself, I wouldn't believe in the Body Positivity movement. The Body Positivity movement is looking at other bodies and thinking 'Wow, beautiful!' no matter what. If I can't love my own body that way, I can't love someone else's body that way. So it all comes back to yourself. I think for people who don't understand the Body Positivity movement, it all comes back to a lack of self-love."
As a social movement, it is becoming more impactful right now, and Sarah has definitely had a mixed reaction to the content she puts out. Lots of people are open to the Body Positivity message and Sarah receives daily messages from women who have found new inspiration and confidence, but she says there are lots of different opinions on it: "There are people who aren't quite on board with Body Positivity. I do get people questioning what I say, and whether it's healthy to promote a "fat person". But, who says that fat means unhealthy? There are lots of different angles of it. The Body Positivity movement on social media can be quite aggressive: I get where the aggression is coming from because these people have been marginalised and outcast because of the way they look and they're angry about it, but I think the aggression isn't needed. My whole brand is Self Love Sarah, and I always do everything from a place of love."
Sarah cites an incident at aged 11 when she was mocked for her appearance, and says it was the first time that she felt she couldn't be herself and had to be what she believed the "popular" girls told her she had to be. "I remember at secondary school thinking thoughts like 'Oh well, I have five years to get skinny for my prom dress'. I used to say to myself daily: when I'm skinny, I'll be happy. When I'm skinny, I'll be popular. In my teenage years I dimmed my light to fit in, and starved myself to be thin. I did all the diets just to be thin and happy. This was my life from 11 years old until two years ago."
Two years ago, Sarah quit her unsatisfying job in an act of self-love, found The Goddess Revolution by Mel Wells, and realised that diet culture really is bullshit! The more she researched and learned about self-love and body positivity, the more she found her own path and can now confidently say that she loves herself: "I can truly say I one-hundred percent love and accept myself, exactly as I am. I can look in the mirror naked and not burst into tears, and actually think you look amazing! Look at your body, it's incredible!, which I would never have been able to do two years ago." Through her new-found confidence, Sarah feels able to share pictures of her body without feelings of shame, but arguably more importantly, by ditching the obsessive diet-culture mindset she now has more space to be herself, and in that space came to realise that she has a voice – a voice that people what to listen to. "I feel that I have a purpose now."
Self-love and body positivity encourage us to not body shame ourselves, but loving your body does mean looking after it as best as you are able, and this means nourishing it properly and lovingly, and treating it well. A mindful connection with one's body is vital. "You are in a relationship with yourself.", Sarah says, and encourages us to have an open dialogue with ourselves. For example, when stressed Sarah will now sit with herself and think about what she really needs. Her previous go-to response would be to hit the cupboards for food, but she knows now that stress-eating is not the solution. "I need a hug, a chat with a friend, a walk in nature". But, she stresses that it is a daily practice. "It's about checking in with yourself frequently and asking yourself what you really need." It's also about consciously re-framing your thoughts towards self-love. "A really good question to ask is: what would a person who loves themselves do? They wouldn't go and scoff a load of food, or punish themselves at the gym. They would do what feels like love."
Sarah cites yoga, meditation, journaling and grounding as valuable tools for creating this connection with your body, your inner self, and also with the world around you. It helps us to remember there's a bigger picture to life than just the way we look. But, in connecting to ourselves in this deeper manner, we have to accept our true inner feelings. I personally have felt that the "spiritual" movements popular on social media have left people feeling that they shouldn't feel anger, for example, and I share with Sarah that I have a bad habit of forcing these uncomfortable feelings away. "We're human beings, we're supposed to experience a wide spectrum of emotions.", she replies. We both agree that it is empowering to accept all of your feelings as valid, and this process of acceptance allows you to understand yourself better. You have to acknowledge the way you are right now, in order to know where you make any necessary changes.
And, this leads us nicely to a sticking point within both the self-love and body positive practices: does wanting to make changes in your life, and in yourself mean that you aren't all self-loving or body positive? "You can be body positive, you can love yourself, and still want to change yourself. I completely, one-hundred percent believe that," Sarah says. "When it comes from a place of love, such as, I'm feeling really lethargic and slow and heavy in my body right now, and I know that if I exercise a little bit more and eat a little bit healthier my body is going to feel vibrant, energetic and light, then I think it's coming from a place of love where you honour and respect your body so much that you want to treat it like a goddess, like a temple, and that's very body positive. If it's coming from a place of fear, lack or hate, then people need to have a bit more love injected into their lives!"
Feeling more at peace in her body, Sarah believes that her quality of life has improved ten-fold. Her relationships are better (she chooses which relationships she needs in her life, and those which she doesn't), her authenticity has strengthened, and she says "When I was trying to be someone else, I didn't have any friends. Now that I have completely surrendered to being completely, unapologetically me, I am attracting so many more people into my life. It has given me permission to be completely myself, which has attracted everything I wanted into my life. My relationship with my husband is great, I have a little tribe, a community of women online and from retreats who know more about me than people who have known me my whole life know about me, my sex life is better… Everything has completely changed, and it has given me permission to go out there and live my dream life." Making peace with her body was the foundation layer of confidence from which to build all other layers of confidence in all other areas of life, including becoming a business woman with a voice!
Social media is a strong tool for propelling the Body Positivity ethos out into the world, but social media can often be a source of stress that exacerbates low self-esteem. "Why is that triggering you? It's not actually to do with that person, it's to do with you. Is there an area in your life that you're not happy with that is causing that reaction? That needs addressing.", Sarah says. When comparing fitness levels or yoga skills, for example, Sarah has come to a point where she is content to say "This is my body and it does what it does.". I have to concur. "Admire someone else's beauty without questioning your own."
All aspects of the media show a limited variety of body types, but even within the Body Positivity movement I feel there is room for more diverse representation and I question whether there is enough variety of voices coming from a variety of bodies. It still appears that a lot of the successful proponents of the Body Positivity Movement, whilst expressing a worthy message, are of an "Instragram-worthy" aesthetic (usually a slim, white female from a certain level of privilege) and that people of other body sizes are not amassing the same level of following (or not even noticed at all). "We need diversity," Sarah agrees, but believes that, although change is happening in media representation of women, it is currently predominantly one extreme or the other: "It's either a slim person or a very "overweight" person. We're missing a whole middle ground of normal sized people here, and I think that's where we need more diversity, and I hope that's what I am doing: being that person that can now use their voice as a pretty average, pretty normal person, and make other people believe that they can be that way too."
The change that Sarah would like to see across the media and throughout institutions such as schools is more openness around mental health, which is, of course, a huge element of body positivity and self-love. Before finding this new phase of her life, Sarah struggled with thirteen years worth of ingrained diet culture. "Think of the effect that had on my mental health!", she exclaimed, adding that "You have to address the psychological reasons behind your eating habits and your body image. The inner work is so much more important. The inner work is what sticks (as opposed to strict weight loss which is often regained)." Inner work involves addressing the limiting beliefs you hold about yourself, and the stories you tell yourself.
What you tell yourself daily, you come to believe, so it's all about mindset shift. The words that we use are powerful and we have to be mindful of them. I asked Sarah what words we should use towards ourselves and others. "Three words come to mind that are the most powerful words to me: you are enough.", she replied. Furthermore, Sarah believes that we need to take the emphasis off appearance. "We have so many more things about us than just our looks and our appearance. You're intelligent, you're creative, you've got so much power, you have so much to give. These are things we should be saying, rather than focusing upon the physical. There is nothing wrong with complimenting people on their looks, but remember that we are so much more than our appearance and we should start seeing the magic in people rather than just what they look like."
If you would like to learn more about Sarah's work, you can find her at www.selflovesarah.com.
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I loved reading this, and I loved the thought about the magazine cover, in that why do we have to talk about weight and appearance at all? What about a person's hopes, dreams, fears, and gifts? It took me years to be positive about my physical self, which I am now even after pregnancy. Now I struggle with the deep self love, addressing and standing up to my fears, accepting failure and fear of failure, and all those other parts of you that are out of sight. I believe that is also part of body positivity: our inner self. Our inner self plays a bigger role in our lives than our outer selves, yet somehow the outer is what is valued, analyzed, and criticized by media and other sources.
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Thanks Nadine! I am so glad that you like it 🙂 You are so right, and it's the parts of us that aren't 'visible' that make us so interesting, and that are so worth getting to know about each other.


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Misguided Fairness for All Act Would Undermine Religious Liberty
COMMENTARY Religious Liberty
Dec 7th, 2019 4 min read
COMMENTARY BY
Andrea Jones
Former Research Assistant, DeVos Center
Andrea was a research assistant in the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
An addition to a proposed law that would add civil rights protections to sexual orientation and gender identity is a threat to religious liberty. Ashley L Duffus/Getty Images
The inaccurately named Fairness for All Act is not an improvement on the Equality Act but rather compounds the underlying issues.
Major LGBT activists and their organizations have never been equivocal about their disdain for religious exemptions from sexual orientation and gender identity laws.
Fairness for All Act would curb freedoms of speech, conscience, and religion for countless other Americans.
Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The radical bill drew widespread opposition from conservatives, and with good reason, as it would enshrine radical gender ideology in federal law and decimate the religious freedom of institutions and individuals alike.
A small group of House Republicans introduced a proposal on Friday that would codify the sexual orientation and gender identity provisions of the Equality Act with limited exemptions for certain religious institutions.
The Fairness for All Act adopts the faulty reasoning of the Equality Act, treating all disagreement about the nature of marriage and the biological basis of sex as illegal discrimination.
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The original purpose of the Civil Rights Act was to remedy systematic, severe, and pervasive violations of the rights of black Americans based on irrational prejudice. By adding the subjective, mutable categories of sexual orientation and gender identity to this law, the federal government would in essence declare disagreement on conduct or self-perception to be equivalent to racist bigotry, and no amount of religious exemptions can fix this fatal flaw in the Fairness for All Act.
The proposed bill would have numerous negative consequences for the same groups impacted by the Equality Act, as a group of conservative organizations recently outlined in a letter to Republican members. It would expose medical professionals and hospitals to ruinous lawsuits if they decline to provide hormonal and surgical gender transition procedures, including on minors.
The Trump administration has made significant progress in protecting the rights of doctors to be guided by their consciences and their best medical judgment in this area, but the Fairness for All Act would reverse these gains.
The medical mandate's impact would reach beyond just health care professionals, however.
When doctors lose choices, parents lose choices. A recent dispute between two divorced parents in Texas over "transitioning" their 7-year-old son to wear girls' clothing and use a female name and pronouns highlighted the risks of experimental treatments such as puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
Evidence shows that up to 95% of children who experience gender dysphoria will reconcile with their bodily sex if they are not placed on the path to medical transition. This bill would make it less likely that these children will come to accept their bodies and instead direct them toward irreversible, permanently sterilizing medical interventions.
The Fairness for All Act would also have detrimental effects on foster children and the families who care for them.
Agencies and parents that receive federal funding would be required to treat children in the custody of the state in accordance with the child's stated gender identity rather than his or her biological sex. This forced affirmation of transgender ideology would prohibit caretakers from seeking counseling to help children accept their bodies or even pursuing a "watchful waiting" approach to gender dysphoria.
It's not much of a stretch for a court to apply the logic of the Fairness for All Act regarding foster parents to biological parents in the future. In one Ohio case, disagreement over treatment of gender dysphoria led to biological parents losing custody of their teenage daughter because they objected to her undergoing testosterone treatments.
The Fairness for All Act would force individuals and institutions to bow to transgender ideology, threatening privacy, safety, and fairness for women and girls.
Schools, businesses, and other public accommodations would be forced to allow biological males access to women's restrooms and locker rooms on the basis of self-declared gender identity. This poses a serious risk of abuse by predators.
In one Georgia elementary school that adopted a gender identity policy, a kindergartner was assaulted by a male classmate in the girls' bathroom. Homeless shelters would be required to house men who self-identify as female with vulnerable women, as recent lawsuits in Alaska and California demonstrate. Under state sexual orientation and gender identity policies, schools have allowed biological males to compete on female sports teams, destroying female athletes' opportunities for fair competitions.
The Fairness for All Act's provisions exempting religious institutions from these rules would still leave the vast majority of women and girls without federal legal protections, erasing them as a meaningful category in civil rights law.
By adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the employment section of the Civil Rights Act, Fairness for All Act would curb freedoms of speech, conscience, and religion for countless other Americans.
Businesses with 15 or more employees would be required to allow employees who identify as transgender to access opposite-sex private facilities and violate sex-specific dress codes, as well as potentially creating a "preferred pronoun" mandate. Private businesses would forfeit the freedom to hire and conduct business in accordance with their consciences and religious beliefs if their workforces grow to more than 15 employees.
Proponents of the Fairness for All Act tout its religious exemptions as an important bulwark against the potential damage that would be wrought by the Equality Act or similar legislation.
In reality, its narrow exemptions for some religious schools, colleges, and charities would not even fully protect those institutions. If they open their property to the public, they would be required to allow it to be used to celebrate same-sex weddings.
The legislation also contains a severability clause, meaning that a judge could strike down the religious exemptions while leaving the other harmful provisions in place, leaving the country with the functional equivalent of the Equality Act in law.
They have actively sought to gut existing religious freedom protections, as evidenced by former Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's declaration that churches who refuse to affirm same-sex marriage should lose their tax-exempt status.
There is no reason to expect these groups to change their approach if the Fairness for All Act becomes law. Supporting this proposal would comprise a unilateral surrender to the most radical version of sexual and gender ideology in exchange for flimsy protections for a few favored groups—and that's not "fairness" by any definition.
This piece originally appeared in The Daily Signal
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Allergy and Anaphylaxis
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NYS Laws, regulations, guidance practice alerts, and memos regarding management of allergies and anaphylaxis and use of EAI are located under Laws|Guidelines|Memos-Allergy and Anaphylaxis Managment. The Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007, PHL 2500 H*2 requires the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of education establish an anaphylaxis policy for school districts with guidelines, procedures and treatment plan which includes the responsibilities of the school nurse and appropriate school personnel for preventing and responding to anaphylaxis. Enacted 6/30/2008. The manual below contains this information.
Caring for Students with Life-Threatening Allergies Manual was developed by NYSDOH, NYSED, and the NYSCSHC. It contains guidance for developing district anaphylaxis policies and other resource tools such education for school staff, care plans, 504 plans, IEP's, IHP's field trips and classroom and environmental planning (2007).
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The CDC provides resources for schools which include Food Allergy Facts, Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in Schools and Early Care and Education Programs, and a Tool Kit for Managing Food Allergies in Schools. (7/2018).
Epinephrine and Epinephrine Auto-Injector (EAI) Resources
NYS Laws and Regulations, FAQs, Implementing EAI in the School Setting Resources for schools, including NYSDOH school staff training, post-test, and resources.
Guidelines and Resources for Allergy|Anaphylaxis Management
NYSCSH Food Allergens Exposure in the School Setting: Evidence, Challenges, and Interventions-Provides strategies for managing common issues in schools (5/2014).
Allergy & Anaphylaxis: A Practical Guide for Schools and Families-Guide for parents, school nurses and staff on how to help at-risk students stay safe at school.Free download from the Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (2017).
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-Lead Institute at the National Institutes of Health providing research-based resources for clinicians and families, including the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the US (1/2017).
Safe at School and Ready to Learn: A Comprehensive Policy Guide for Protecting Students with Life-Threatening Food Allergy- Provides tools to monitor and create and evaluate policies and practices; a glossary of terms; and multiple other resources. (National School Boards Association, 1/2012).
Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in Schools and Early Care and Education Programs-Provides practical information and strategies for schools to use while reinforcing federal laws and regulations (CDC, 10/2013).
Organization Websites with Additional Resources
Allergy & Asthma Network -Provides advocacy, education, and resources.
AllergyHome- Provides training, checklists, fact sheets and other resources to create an inclusive school community in supporting allergy management.
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)-Provides programs, resources, newsletters, ECP. IHP, 504 information and includes CDC validated education for caregivers and healthcare providers.
FARE-(Food Allergy Research and Education)-Provides evidence-based educational resources as well as training and tools for educators, healthcare workers, policy makers, food industry professionals and others, contact information for FARE regional offices.
NASN Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Toolkit
Includes webinars, blogs, clinical conversation starters, checklists, and forms to for allergy and anaphylaxis management in the school setting (2/2014).


232) A. Katz and M. E. Davis, "Molecular Imprinting of Bulk Microporous Silica," Nature, 403, 286 (2000).
233) A. Brait, H. Gonzalez, P. Andy and M. E. Davis, "Alkylation of 2-Methoxynaphthalene with Propylene Oxide Using Titanium Molecular Sieves," Appl. Catal. A,194-195, 265 (2000).
234) P. Wagner, Y. Nakagawa, G. S. Lee, S. Elomari, M. E. Davis, R. C. Medrud and S. I. Zones, "Guest/Host Relationships in the Synthesis of the Novel Cage-Based Zeolites SSZ-35, SSZ-36 and SSZ-39," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 263 (2000).
235) W. Li, L. Luo, H. Yamashita, J. A. Labinger and M. E. Davis, "Synthesis and Characterization of Zeolite Beta Containing Oxide Clusters of Antimony and Vanadium," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat.,37, 57 (2000).
236) M. Okamoto, L. Luo, J. A. Labinger and M. E. Davis, "Oxydehydrogenation of Propane over Vanadyl Ion-Containing VAPO-5 and CoAPO-5," J. Catal.,192, 128 (2000).
237) P. Andy, J. Garcia-Martinez, G. Lee, H. Gonzalez, C. W. Jones and M. E. Davis, "Acylation of 2-Methoxynaphthalene and Isobutylbenzene over Zeolite Beta," J. Catal.,192, 215 (2000).
238) O. Chiyoda and M. E. Davis, "Adsorption Studies with Gmelinite Zeolites Containing Mono-, Di- and Tri-Valent Cations," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 38, 143 (2000).
239) M. E. Davis, "Molecular design of heterogeneous catalysts," Stud. Sur. Sci. Catal., 130A, 49 (2000).
240) P. Wagner and M. E. Davis, "Introduction to Zeolite Science," in Photofunctionalized Zeolites, M. Anpo, ed., Nova Sci. Publ., pp.1-38 (2000).
241) B. H. Toby, N. Khosrovani, C. B. Dartt, M. E. Davis and J. B. Parise, "Structure-Directing Agents and Stacking Faults in the CON System: A Combined Crystallographic and Computer Simulation Study," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat.,39, 77 (2000).
242) A. Brait and M. E. Davis, "Alkylation of 2-Methoxynaphthalene with Propylene Oxide Using Titanium and Zirconium Containing Molecular Sieves," Appl. Catal. A, 204, 117 (2000).
243) P. P. E. A. de Moor, T. P. M. Beelen, R. A. van Santen, L. W. Beck and M. E. Davis, "Si-MFI Crystallization Using a Dimer and Trimer of TPA Studied with Small-Angle X-ray Scattering," J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 7600 (2000).
244) P. M. Piccione, C. Laberty, J. Yang, M. Camblor, A. Navrotsky and M. E. Davis, "Thermochemistry of Pure-Silica Zeolites," J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 10001 (2000).
245) C. W. Jones, M. Tsapatsis, T. Okubo and M. E. Davis, "Organic-Functionalized Molecular Sieves (OFMSs): III. Shape Selective Catalysis," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat.,42, 21 (2001).
246) C. W. Jones, S. Hwang, T. Okubo and M. E. Davis, "Synthesis of Hydrophobic Molecular Sieves by an Acetic Acid Treatment," Chem. Mater., 13, 1041 (2001).
247) T. Okubo, T. Wakihara, J. Plevert, S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, Y. Ogawa, H. Komiyama, M. Yoshimura and M. E. Davis, "Heteroepitaxial Growth of Zeolites," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 40, 1069 (2001).
248) S. I. Zones, S. J. Hwang and M. E. Davis, "Studies of the Synthesis of SSZ-25 Zeolite in a Mixed-Template System," Chem. Eur. J., 7, 1990 (2001).
249) S. J. Hwang, N. C. Bellocq and M. E. Davis, "Effects of Structure of b -Cyclodextrin-Containing Polymers on Gene Delivery," Bioconjugate Chem., 12, 280 (2001).
250) K. Ikeue, H. Yamashita, T. Takewaki, M. E. Davis and M. Anpo, "Characterization of Ti-Beta Zeolite and Their Reactivity for the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO 2 and H 2O," J. Synchrotron Rad., 8, 602 (2001).
251) J. M. Escola and M. E. Davis, "Acylation of Biphenyl with Acetic Anhydride and Carboxylic Acids over Zeolite Catalysts," Appl. Catal. A, 214, 111 (2001).
252) S. J. Hwang and M. E. Davis, "Cationic Polymers for Gene Delivery: Designs for Overcoming Barriers to Systemic Administration," Curr. Opin. Mol. Ther., 3, 183 (2001).
253) C. W. Jones, K. Tsuji, T. Takewaki, L. W. Beck and M. E. Davis, "Tailoring Molecular Sieve Properties During SDA Removal Via Solvent Extraction," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 48, 57 (2001).
254) M. E. Davis, "Evolution of Extra-Large Pore Materials," Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 135, 28 (2001).
255) L. Luo, J. A. Labinger and M. E. Davis, "Comparison of Reaction Pathways for the Partial Oxidation of Propane over Vanadyl Ion-exchanged Zeolite Beta and Mo 1V 0.3Te 0.23N 0.12O x," J. Catal., 200, 222 (2001).
256) P. M. Piccione, B. Woodfield, J. Boerio-Goates, A. Navrotsky and M. E. Davis, "Entropy of Pure-Silica Molecular Sieves," J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 6025 (2001).
257) M. E. Davis, "Cyclodextrin-Containing Polymers for Drug Delivery," PharmaTech, 185 (2001).
258) Y. Kubota, J. Plevert, T. Honda, P. Wagner, M. E. Davis, T. Okubo, Y. Goto, Y. Fukushima and Y. Sugi, "Synthesis of a New Microporous Silicate Using DABCO-based Structure-Directing Agents," Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 135, 342 (2001).
259) T. Wakihara, J. Plevert, S. Nair, M. Tsapatsis, S. Yamakita, Y. Ogawa, H. Komiyama, M. Yoshimura, M. E. Davis and T. Okubo, "Heteroepitaxial Connection of Zeolites with Different Pore Structures," Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 135, 350 (2001).
260) P. M. Piccione and M. E. Davis, "A New Structure-Directing Agent for the Synthesis of Pure-Phase ZSM-11," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 49, 163 (2001).
261) P. Wagner and M. E. Davis, "Towards the Rational Design of Zeolite Frameworks," in Supramolecular Materials Design, W. Jones ed., Cambridge University Press (2002).
262) J. G. Nery, S. J. Hwang and M. E. Davis, "On the Synthesis of SSZ-48, SSZ-43 and Their Variations," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 52, 19 (2002).
263) M. E. Davis, "Non-Viral Gene Delivery Systems," Curr. Opin. Biotech.,13, 128 (2002).
264) M. E. Davis, C. J. Dillon, J. H. Holles and J. Labinger, "A New Catalyst for the Selective Oxidation of Butane and Propane," Angew. Chemie Int. Ed.,41, 858 (2002).
265) S. H. Pun and M. E. Davis, "Development of a Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vehicle for Systemic Application," Bioconjugate Chem., 13, 630 (2002).
266) P. M. Piccione, S. Yang, A. Navrotsky and M. E. Davis, "Thermodynamics of Pure-Silica Molecular Sieve Synthesis," J. Phys. Chem. B,106, 3629 (2002).
267) M. E. Davis, "Ordered Porous Materials for Emerging Applications," Nature, 417, 813 (2002).
268) G. S. Lee, Y. Nakagawa, M. E. Davis, S. J. Hwang, P. Wagner, L. Beck and S. I. Zones, "Organo-Cations in Zeolite Synthesis: Fused Bicyclo [l.m.0] Cations and the Discovery of SSZ-48," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 7024 (2002).
269) J. Boerio-Goates, R. Stevens, B. K. Hom, B. F. Woodfield, P. M. Piccione, M. E. Davis and A. Navrotsky, "Heat Capacities, Third-Law Entropies and Thermodynamic Functions of SiO 2 Molecular Sieves from T=0 K to 400 K," J. Chem. Thermo., 34, 205 (2002).
270) T. M. Reineke and M. E. Davis, "The Effects of Charge Separation in Quaternary Ammonium, DABCO-Containing Polymers on In Vitro Toxicity and Gene Delivery," MRS Symp. Ser., 724, 209 (2002).
271) A. P. Wight and M. E. Davis, "Design and Preparation of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Catalysts," Chem. Rev., 102, 3589 (2002).
272) D. P. Serrano, R. van Grieken, M. E. Davis, J. A. Melero, A. Garcia and G. Morales, "Mechanism of CIT-6 and VPI-8 Crystallization from Zincosilicate Gels," Chem. Eur. J., 8, 5153 (2002).
273) T. M. Reineke and M. E. Davis, "Structural Effects of Carbohydrate-Containing Polycations on Gene Delivery. Part 1: Carbohydrate Size and Its Distance from Charge Centers," Bioconjugate Chem., 14, 247 (2003).
274) T. M. Reineke and M. E. Davis, "Structural Effects of Carbohydrate-Containing Polycations on Gene Delivery. Part 2: Charge Center Types," Bioconjugate Chem., 14, 255 (2003).
275) S. R. Popielarski, S. Mishra and M. E. Davis, "The Effects of Structure on Gene Delivery with Linear b – and g -Cyclodextrin-Containing Polycations," J. Incl. Phenom. Macro., 44, 453 (2003).
276) M. E. Davis and N. C. Bellocq, "Cyclodextrin-Containing Polymers for Gene Delivery," J. Incl. Phenom. Macro., 44, 17 (2003).
277) J. H. Holles, C. J. Dillon, J. A. Labinger and M. E. Davis, "A Substrate-Versatile Catalyst for the Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes: I. Reactivity," J. Catal., 218, 42 (2003).
278) C. J. Dillon, J. H. Holles, R. J. Davis, J. A. Labinger and M. E. Davis, "A Substrate-Versatile Catalyst for the Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes: II. Catalyst Characterization," J. Catal., 218, 54 (2003).
279) S. R. Popielarski, S. Mishra and M. E. Davis, "Structural Effects of Carbohydrate-Containing Polycations on Gene Delivery. 3. Cyclodextrin Type and Functionalization," Bioconjugate Chem., 14, 672 (2003).
280) D. L. Wu, A. P. Wight and M. E. Davis, "Shape-Selective Oxidation of Primary Alcohols Using Perruthenate-Containing Zeolites," Chem. Commun., 758 (2003).
281) C. J. Dillon, J. H. Holles, M. E. Davis and J. A. Labinger, "Heteropolyacid-based Catalysts for Selective Alkane Oxidation: Mechanism of Formation of Maleic Anhydride from Propane," Catal. Today, 81, 189 (2003).
282) V. Dufaud and M. E. Davis, "Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts via Multiple Active Site Positioning in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 9403 (2003).
283) H. Lee, S. I. Zones and M. E. Davis, "A Combustion-Free Methodology for Synthesizing Zeolites and Zeolite-Like Materials," Nature, 425, 385 (2003).
284) J. Cheng, K. T. Khin, G. S. Jensen, A. Liu and M. E. Davis, "Synthesis of linear, beta-cyclodextrin-based polymers and their camptothecin conjugates," Bioconjugate Chem., 14, 1007 (2003).
285) T. Reineke and M. E. Davis, "Structure-property investigation of trehalose and b -cyclodextrin-based polycations for gene delivery," Polymeric Mat. Sci. Eng.88, 224 (2003).
286) M. E. Davis, "Reflections on routes to enantioselective solid catalysts," Topics in Catal., 25, 3 (2003).
287) N. C. Bellocq, S. H. Pun, G. S. Jensen and M. E. Davis, "Transferrin-containing, cyclodextrin polymer-based particles for tumor-targeted gene delivery," Bioconjugate Chem., 14, 1122 (2003).
288) M. E. Davis, S. H. Pun, N. C. Bellocq, T. M. Reineke, S. R. Popielarski, S. Mishra and J. D. Heidel, "Self-assembling nucleic acid delivery vehicles via linear, water-soluble, cyclodextrin-containing polymers," Current. Med. Chem., 11, 1241 (2004).
289) I. Ogino and M. E. Davis, "Molecular sieve synthesis using alkylated sparteine derivatives as structure-directing agents," Micropor. Mesopor. Mat.,67, 67 (2004).
290) S. Mishra, P. Webster and M. E. Davis, "PEGylation significantly affects cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of non-viral gene delivery particles," Eur. J. Cell Biol., 83, 97 (2004).
291) A. Corma and M. E. Davis, "Issues in the synthesis of crystalline molecular sieves: towards the crystallization of low framework-density structures," Chem. Phys. Chem., 5, 304 (2004).
292) S. H. Pun, N. C. Bellocq, J. Cheng, B. H. Grubbs, G. S. Jensen, M. E. Davis, F. Tack, M. Brewster, M. Janicot, B. Janssens, W. Floren and A. Bakker, "Targeted delivery of RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme (DNAzyme) to tumor tissue by transferrin-modified, cyclodextrin-based particles," Cancer Biol. Ther., 3, 641 (2004).
293) P. Andy and M. E. Davis, "Dehydrogenation of propane over platinum containing CIT-6," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 43, 2922 (2004).
294) J. Cheng, K. T. Khin and M. E. Davis, "Antitumor activity of beta-cyclodextrin polymer-camptothecin conjugates," Mol. Pharm., 1, 183 (2004).
295) S. P. Elangovan, M. Ogura, M. E. Davis and T. Okubo, "SSZ-33: A promising material for use as a hydrocarbon trap," J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 13059 (2004).
296) S. H. Pun, N. C. Bellocq, A. Liu, G. Jensen, T. Machemer, E. Quijano, T. Schluep, S. Wen, H. Engler, J. Heidel and M. E. Davis, "Cyclodextrin-modified polyethylenimine polymers for gene delivery," Bioconjugate Chem., 15, 831 (2004).
297) S. H. Pun and M. E. Davis, "Cyclodextrin-containing polymers for gene delivery," Polymeric gene delivery: Principles and applications, M. M. Amiji, ed., CRC Press, 182 (2004).
298) M. E. Davis and M. E. Brewster, "Cyclodextrin-based pharmaceutics: Past, present, future," Nat. Rev. Drug. Disc., 3, 1023 (2004).
299) J. D. Heidel, S. Hu, X. F. Liu, T. J. Triche and M. E. Davis, "Lack of interferon response in animals to naked siRNA," Nat. Biotech., 22, 1579 (2004).
300) N. C. Bellocq, D. W. Kang, X. Wang, G. S. Jensen, S. H. Pun, T. Schluep, M. L. Zepeda and M. E. Davis, "Synthetic biocompatible cyclodextrin-based constructs for local gene delivery to improve cutaneous wound healing," Bioconjugate Chem., 15, 1201 (2004).
301) H. Lee, S. I. Zones and M. E. Davis, "A new synthesis method for zeolites," Stud. Sur. Sci. Catal.,154, 102 (2004).


In previous years, the initiative has seen the likes of Captain Marvel, Gamora and Angela get the action figure treatment.
Following this year's Hasbro Marvel Legends fan vote, Hasbro will launch a Songbird action figure.
The 2016 fan vote launched on the @HasbroPulse Instagram during San Diego Comic-Con and featured a daily match-up between characters including Solo, Typhoid Mary, Lasher, Scream, Citizen V, White Rabbit, and Terror.
Voting for the four finalists was held on the Marvel Facebook page throughout last week and Songbird, a Marvel superhero possessing supersonic sound abilities, came out on top.
The Hasbro Marvel Legends Songbird six-inch figure will launch in 2018.


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"Remember this, Pigeon: a human heart has only so much room for love and affection. When a baby moves in, the dog moves out."
A beloved pet dog named Lady (Barbara Luddy) feels slighted by her owners (Peggy Lee and Lee Millar) when they have a baby, and embarks on a series of adventures of with a stray dog named Tramp (Larry Roberts).
Cross-Class Romance
Talking Animals
Peary notes that while the animation in this "most likeable Disney animated feature" is "not that ambitious and there are few surprises in the storyline", the "relationship between Lady and Tramp" — who make "an appealing couple" — is "sweet", and the "ending is pretty suspenseful". Peary's review just about sums up my own sentiments about the film, which remains a modest yet enjoyable minor Disney classic, one sure to appeal to kids once they're old enough to handle its one truly distressing scene (in which a likeable animal appears to be seriously hurt). Meanwhile, all film fanatics will surely be curious to see "one of the cinema's most romantic courtship scenes", as the lead characters "end up eating opposite ends of the same strand of spaghetti and their mouths draw closer together for their first kiss". However, despite its historical relevance as Disney's first animated feature based on an original story (and first Cinemascope feature), this one remains simply strongly recommended rather than must-see.
Fine animation
Peggy Lee's creative songs
The well-known "spaghetti courtship" sequence
No, but it's certainly recommended.
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Posted on January 11th, 2012 by admin
2 Responses to "Lady and the Tramp (1955)"
David Csontos, on May 27th, 2012 at 7:13 am Said:
Not a must – tho budding ffs may want to see it, I wouldn't say it's something the average adult ff would get a lot out of.
The animation is certainly top-notch. But…well, I have small issues with the film:
– In the first 8 minutes, I find 'Jim dear' kind of boorish. He has just given Lady to 'Darling' as a Christmas present (in a tied-up box without air-holes!) but I find his attitude toward the pup rather insensitive. (Note: He puts 'training paper' next to Lady's bed and minutes later the paper is inexplicably gone; three directors on this film and no one caught that glaring error?) A BIG deal is made out of Lady not being allowed to sleep with the couple on her first night home. It's a drawn-out sequence which, to me, gets the film off to a bumpy start.
– Why does the couple leave their newborn alone "for just a few days"? Where are they going that the infant can't go along? And they don't know how crabby Aunt Sarah is likely to treat a dog?
– A sprightly song is sung about Tramp being a heartbreaker and – well, what's the dog equivalent of 'womanizer'? The suggestion that Tramp is, well, over-sexed is a bit odd. Nowhere else in the film (thankfully) is any indication made of Tramp being anything other than an outsider (tho it's shown, obviously, that he takes a romantic liking to Lady).
– The rat sequence could also be a little terrifying for young ffs.
I do like Tramp – as the most-developed character, he's a bit fun to watch. (And the 'We Are Siamese' number by the Siamese cats has – oddly enough – some slight camp value as well; those cats are such bitches.) But I suppose I don't really warm to this film overall.
NOTE: For 'Pee Wee's Big Adventure', composer Danny Elfman 'borrowed' a major musical motif from the early part of this film.
admin, on May 27th, 2012 at 7:27 am Said:
I had the same concern about the couple leaving their baby for a few days — what in the world were they thinking??!! Dramatic license and all that, sure, and yes, it was a different era — but still… It remains disturbing.
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