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Kirby Corp. profits rise as it slashes manufacturing jobs
By Andrea Leinfelder
Updated 12:40 pm CDT, Friday, October 25, 2019
A Kirby towboat waiting for its next departure in the Houston Ship Channel.
Photo: Sarah Scully, HC Staff / Houston Chronicle
Houston-based Kirby Corp., the country's largest operator of tank barges, reported rising profits as it cut its manufacturing workforce by up to 40 percent due to a slowdown in oilfield activity.
"Although we anticipated this slowdown in oilfield spending and that it would have a negative impact on our third quarter results, the magnitude of the decline was significant," David Grzebinski, Kirby's president and CEO, said Friday morning on a call with investors.
Kirby reported third-quarter earnings of $48 million, or 80 cents a share, up 15 percent from $41.8 million, or 70 cents a share, during the same three-month period last year. Revenue in the quarter was $667 million, down 5 percent from the year-earlier period.
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The rise in income came largely from the company's marine transportation business that moves goods along inland and coastal waterways. This business generated $413 million in revenue, an 8 percent year-over-year increase. The inland business benefited from summer weather and better operating conditions as floodwaters receded along the Mississippi River.
The third quarter had a 31 percent reduction in delay days compared with the second quarter of this year.
"With floodwaters subsiding, we were able to reduce operating expenses that had been elevated for much of the year as a result of high water conditions," Grzebinski said.
Kevin Sterling, managing director of the full service broker-dealer Seaport Global Securities, said the marine transportation business is looking good due partly to a tightening of supply, with older barges being retired and companies such as Kirby acquiring competitors and taking barges out of the market. The inland barge industry, as a whole, has seen short-term contract pricing increase by about 15 percent year-over-year. Longer term contracts are up roughly 10 percent.
This sector of Kirby's business is also benefiting from more petrochemical plants coming online and needing their product moved.
"Earnings are up because of the strength they're seeing in their core barging business," Sterling said.
Grzebinski said this "more than offset" difficulties in its distribution and services business caused by weak activity and lower spending in the oilfield.
Kirby's distribution and services business reported third quarter revenue of $254 million, down 21 percent from $323 million in 2018. This sector sells and services industrial equipment such as engines, transmissions and generators for the marine, nuclear, power generation and energy industries. It also manufactures equipment incorporating these components, mostly for the energy industry.
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Sterling said the company's business tied to hydraulic fracturing pumps -- such as making or servicing these pumps -- "has just dried up."
Kirby's manufacturing workforce has been reduced by 35 percent to 40 percent, though the company declined to specify how many workers lost jobs.
At the end of 2018, Kirby employed 5,650 people. Of those, 3,050 were in the marine segment, 2,500 were in the distribution and services segment, which includes manufacturing, and the remainder worked in corporate.
"Although we believe there is growing pent-up demand as a result of this limited spending, the timing of recovery remains unclear," Grzebinski said. "As a result, we implemented additional cost-reduction initiatives during the third quarter."
"Overall we had a good third quarter despite challenges in our distribution and services segment," Grzebinski said. "Inland and coastal both executed well, delivering significant year-on-year and sequential improvement in earnings."
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Vitaprost® is the gold standard for the treatment of prostatitis, the drug most prescribed by urologists in this category. Appearing for the first time in 1999 Vitaprost eased the lives of millions of men.
Vitaprost® is available in two forms : rectal suppositories and tablets. The main form of Vitaprost is suppositories, and tablets are used in the second stage of treatment to prevent recurrence of prostatitis.
Three options of Vitaprost® suppositories are available :
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This form of the drug is the most prescribed by the urologists, it is used for the treatment of prostatitis
Vitaprost Forte suppositories
is developed specifically for the treatment of prostatic adenoma and contains twice the dosage of the active substance (20mg). Vitaprost Forte does not suppress sexual activity and does not contribute to fluctuations in blood pressure.
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In addition to the main active ingredient (20mg) it contains antibiotic Lomefloxacin in a daily dosage (400mg). Designed specifically for the treatment of bacterial prostatitis. Vitaprost Plus has no analogues
Vitaprost® tablets
used after the main treatment is completed, to prevent recurrence of prostatitis
Vitaprost®, Vitaprost® Forte, Vitaprost® Plus
Active substance:
Vitaprost® suppositories : prostate extract - 50 mg
Vitaprost® Forte suppositories : prostate extract - 100 mg
Vitaprost® Plus suppositories : prostate extract - 100 mg + lomefloxacin hydrochloride 400 mg
Vitaprost® tablets : prostate extract - 100 mg.
Pharmachologic effect:
treatment for chronic prostatitis.
Vitaprost Plus suppositories also contain Lomefloxacin, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial bactericidal agent of the fluoroquinolone group, that is used to treat bacterial prostatitis.
Pharmacodynamics:
Vitaprost® has an organotropic effect on the prostate gland. It reduces the degree of edema, leukocyte infiltration of the prostate gland, normalizes the secretory function of epithelial cells, increases the number of lecithin grains in the secretion of acini, stimulates the muscle tone of the bladder. Vitaprost improves microcirculation in the prostate gland by reducing thrombosis, antiplatelet activity, prevents the development of thrombosis of venules in the prostate gland.
Based on data from clinical studies, it has been proven that Vitaprost® moderately reduces prostate volume. The drug reduces the severity of obstructive and irritative symptoms in benign prostatic hyperplasia, which is expressed in an increase in the maximum and average volumetric velocities of urine flow and a decrease in the volume of residual urine.
Data from clinical studies have shown that the use of Vitaprost® reduces the likelihood of developing exacerbations of chronic abacterial prostatitis, does not cause changes in the indicators of clinical and biochemical blood tests, and general urinalysis.
The effectiveness of Vitaprost® for the prevention of exacerbations of chroni abacterial prostatitis according to the estimates of medical researchers is 97.5%.
Vitaprost® normalizes the parameters of prostate secretion and ejaculate, reduces pain and discomfort caused by prostatitis, eliminates dysuria, improves copulatory function.
Vitaprost, Vitaprost Forte :
Chronic abacterial prostatitis.
Prevention of exacerbations of chronic abacterial prostatitis.
Conditions before and after surgery on the prostate gland.
Vitaprost Plus :
Acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis caused by sensitive microorganisms, including those accompanied by inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary tract.
Vitaprost Plus is active against :
gram-negative aerobic microorganisms: Citrobacter diversus, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (only for urinary tract infections), Aeromonas hydrophila, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter agglomerans, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Hafnia alvei, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella ozaenae, Morganella morganii, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia alcalifaciens, Providencia rettgeri, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia marcescens;
gram-positive aerobic microorganisms: Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant strains), Staphylococcus epidermidis (including methicillin-resistant strains).
other microorganisms: Chlamydia trachomatis; Legionella pneumophila.
Resistant to lomefloxacin: Streptococcus spp. groups A, B, D and G, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas cepacia, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis and anaerobic bacteria.
Lomefloxacin acts both on extra- and intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis, reduces the time of their excretion from the body, and provides faster resorption of infiltrates. Most microorganisms are affected in low concentrations (the concentration required to suppress the growth of 90% of strains, usually no more than 1 μg / ml). Resistance rarely develops.
Hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. Lactase deficiency, sucrase/isomaltase deficiency, lactose intolerance, fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption (the product contains lactose and sucrose).
Extremely rarely - allergic reactions.
Interaction:
Cases of interaction or incompatibility with other drugs are not described.
Dosing and Administration:
Vitaprost® suppositories (incl. Vitaprost® Forte, Vitaprost® Plus) are applied rectally, 1 suppository 1 time per day after an enema or self-emptying of the intestine. Before use the suppository should be removed from the blisters. After the administration of Vitaprost suppositorie it is advisable to stay in bed for 30-40 minutes.
The duration of treatment is determined by the doctor individually for each patient.
The duration of the course of treatment with Vitaprost® suppositories is at least 10 days.
The minimum duration of treatment with Vitaprost® Forte suppositories for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is 15 days, for chronic prostatitis - 10 days, for an overactive bladder - 20 days.
The course of treatment with Vitaprost® Plus continues until the pathogen disappears in the prostate secretion and ranges from 10 to 30 days.
Vitaprost tablets are taken orally, 1 tablet 2 times a day.
The duration of the course of treatment with Vitaprost® tablets for benign prostatic hyperplasia is at least 30 days, for chronic prostatitis - at least 10 days.
For the prevention of exacerbations of chronic prostatitis, 1 tablet is used 2 times a day for at least 30 days - 1-2 times a year.
Overdose:
No cases of drug overdose have been reported.
Treatment of chronic prostatitis and conditions before and after surgical interventions on the prostate gland should be comprehensive, involving, along with taking Vitaprost® tablets, the use of other groups of drugs and non-drug methods of treatment.
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A 9 year old Black Girl has Committed Suicide because of Bullying.
A little 9 year old black girl has taken her own life because of bullying.
Madison "Maddie" Whittsett was found by her family in her closet after intentionally hanging herself. Madison was pronounced dead at Children's of Alabama on Monday.
Her Stepfather, Jimmie Williams said
"She just wanted to be your friend. She wanted to be everybody's friend and wanted everyone to be happy. We saw that in everything she did."
Madison had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the kids in her school would make fun of her all the time, insulting her, calling her all sorts of names, calling her "Stupid" and "Dumb" as well.
Jimmie Williams and Madison's mother Eugenia Williams want to use this tragedy to bring attention to mental health in children everywhere, so that other families don't lose anyone. Jimmie Williams said,
We don't want this to happen to anyone else. Maybe you can see if anything is going on. Look for changes in attitude. Changes in behavior. Support them and be there for them.
The School that Madison attended released a statement saying,
"Our school community is deeply saddened by the recent passing of a student. The death of any young person is a tragic loss that impacts the whole school community, and we send our deepest condolences to the family."
On the day of Madison's suicide, Madison and her mother Eugenia Williams were planning to go on a mother-daughter bonding trip to Chick-fil-A, Madison's favorite restaurant.
That's when Eugenia found her daughter's body, unresponsive. She called 911 while performing CPR on her daughter. Madison was transported to St. Vincent's East and was later taken to Children's of Alabama hospital, where she remained on life support until Monday.
Jimmie Williams said,
"We talked to one of her friends and Maddie had apparently had a bad day. The friend said Maddie was bullied and she looked sad while she was being bullied. It must have really worn her out that day."
Madison's parents believe that her change in medication for her ADHD, and the bullying may have led her to dark thoughts. Jimmie Williams said,
"The bullying plus the medicine, I think, gave her the boost to do that,"
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gladius-core provides the core functionality of the engine.
gladius-input provides player input functions.
gladius-box2d provides physics via the box2d library.
Gladius uses an Entity-Component system to model the game world. In other words, behaviors, such as rendering graphics, computing physics, and playing sound, are defined by components. An entity is a collection of components, and represents something in the game world. A space is a collection of entities.
Components both perform some function and contain the state for that function. Entities are nothing more than dumb containers that manage their components, and don't carry any state. Components can be configured and swapped around between entities.
The game loop in Gladius is split into three phases: input, update, and render.
The input phase is for reading input from various devices, including the keyboard, mouse, gamepads, etc. The gladius-input extension provides a set of input devices and convenient plumbing for retrieving the input state.
The update phase is for updating game state. This includes calculating movement, applying physics, performing collision checks, and other core game logic. During this phase he updater service provided by gladius-core will trigger an updateevent on every registered component.
The render phase is when graphics are actually rendered to the screen. Typically extensions like gladius-cubicvr will handle this phase.
A service is a collection of tasks that will be run during the game loop. A task is a function that is associated with a game loop phase and a set of tags. These tags are used to resolve dependencies between tasks; several tasks can be under a physics tag, while another task can depend on the physics tag so that it does not execute until all the physics tasks are complete.
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2017 Commission for Women award recipients announced, lauded for achievements
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Each year, the Commission for Women honors women who have shown notable leadership and who are accomplished in their fields, have supported the University's diversity efforts and promoted equal opportunity, and/or have contributed to human causes and public service activities. The 2017 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving Women Awards acknowledge and exemplify the achievements and contributions among Penn Staters, reflecting the University's mission of mentorship, leadership, service, and promoting diversity.
The honorees received their awards at the 11th Annual Commission for Women luncheon on Friday, April 7. The keynote address was delivered by Sue Paterno.
Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award — Susan Stewart
The Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award was created in memory of Rosemary Schraer, former associate provost for Penn State. It honors a current University employee who exemplifies Schraer's giving of herself as a mentor. This year's recipient was Susan Stewart, senior research associate and associate professor, aerospace engineering, College of Engineering.
Stewart is one of two female faculty in her department. She is the founding faculty member of the new Women in Aerospace Engineering student group, leader of the K-12 outreach program Pennsylvania Wind for Schools, and the faculty adviser to the Penn State Wind Energy Club, which she has led to two national championships for the Collegiate Wind Energy Competition hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. Stewart was also the 2015 recipient of the WINDExchange Wind Energy Education Leadership Award from the Department of Energy.
Nominator Phillip J. Morris, relating one of Stewart's student's comments, said, "Dr. Stewart approaches her teaching from a passionate, insightful, and honest perspective that is both engaging and motivating to her students. Her accessibility, honesty, and selfless approach to mentoring me through my Ph.D. program provided a model that I try to exemplify in my own project leadership roles at Sikorsky Aircraft."
Achieving Women Awards
The Achieving Women Award recognizes Penn State women who have shown notable leadership and accomplishment in their fields, and have gone beyond the requirements of their employment duties and responsibilities in support of the University's diversity efforts, promotion of equal opportunity or contribution to human causes and public service activities. The following people were honored:
Undergraduate Student — Nicole Gallegor, mechanical engineering, College of Engineering
Nicole Gallegor is an excellent ambassador for Penn State, be it at her internships with Rockwell Automation, in attaining her Lean Six Sigma White Belt as an undergraduate student, or in any of the numerous leadership roles she has held during her time at the University. One such role is as the Resource Innovations Lead with the College of Engineering's Women in Engineering Program where, nominator Cheryl Knobloch related, "Nicole encourages women to light the fire within and to reach for the stars." In this role, Gallegor has impacted 189 first-year women engineering students at Penn State campuses.
Gallegor has also served as the vice president for student relations for the Society of Women Engineers, where she leads K-12 outreach initiatives, and is also a selected member of the award-winning Penn State Engineering Ambassador team, a role in which she advances the outreach mission of the College through hands-on projects and presentations for pre-college students.
Graduate Student — Brittany Banik, doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, College of Engineering
As a first-year graduate student, not only was Brittany Banik a Penn State Graduate Fellow, but she also received the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She has been an author on six peer-reviewed publications — three of which as primary author — and of three book chapters, as well as a presenter at several national and international conferences. She is also the recipient of the College of Engineering's 2016 Leighton Reiss Graduate Fellowship, which identifies her as one of the top graduate students conducting research in the biological or biomedical sciences.
Beyond these impressive academic achievements, Banik is deeply committed to science outreach programs. She has served as a mentor, coordinator and panelist for Eberly College of Science's Science-U Camps; has been involved with the Graduate Women in Science; and serves as a delegate for the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), the Engineering Graduate Student Council and the Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs. Through these groups, she has created new and highly engaging programs that center on community service and the arts. Additionally, Banik created a partnership between the Center for the Performing Arts and the GPSA that led to over 300 graduate students attending arts performances. Some of the other outreach initiatives in which she has engaged graduate students include blood drives for the American Red Cross, outdoor workdays at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, and coordinating collections for local families during the Thanksgiving season. Banik also volunteers with Centre County Paws and the Centre County Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Staff Exempt — Kristin Dreyer, program director for education and outreach, Center for Nanoscale Science, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
Kristin Dreyer is education and outreach director in the Center for Nanoscale Science, a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center supported by the National Science Foundation. Dreyer's love for science and science education is paralleled only by her passion for creating and fostering programs for diverse students to come together to learn. She is involved in museum-based outreach through a partnership with The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, where she combines her passion for science and her talents as an educator to "engage everyone in the process of science communication and learning," relates nominator Jayatri Das. Dreyer also works with Women in the Sciences and Engineering, Graduate Women in Science, the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Eberly College of Science's Science-U summer camps, and the Millennium Scholars program.
Dreyer is also largely responsible for Penn State having obtained two out of six national program awards from the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials. These two awards alone total $6.6 million, and they have been "allocated by the National Science Foundation to support research and education by minority-serving institutions in close partnership with a major NSF materials research center." Dreyer also serves as the chair of the nationwide network of MRSEC Education Directors.
Technical Service — Collen Lang, food service worker, Pollock Commons
Colleen Lang is a food service and production worker who calls Pollock Dining Commons her "work home." Lang's nominators praised her consistently high performance standards, her reliability, her flexibility and her positive demeanor. She goes above and beyond with her work, and her passion shines through when creating fresh baked goods to delight students. She is always asking the students what kinds of comfort foods the dining commons can make that they would enjoy. She is a positive force in the lives of our students, and as nominator Jaime Robinson wrote, "It is obvious she loves taking care of ALL of our students and has an interest in their success."
Lang is eager to help out her team by learning about all aspects of food production, and she mentors others in food preparation. Nominator Jessica Welch detailed how many of their customers and student coworkers come from other cultures, and that Lang "brings them into the fold and makes everyone feel welcome."
Faculty — Li Li, associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Li Li is an exceptionally accomplished scientist and breaker of glass ceilings. As nominator Patrick J. Fox described, "She was the first Chinese woman to obtain a Ph.D … in civil and environmental engineering at Princeton University; the first Chinese woman faculty member in the Department of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State; and is now the first Chinese woman faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State." Fox also wrote that, "In 2015, [Li] was selected as one of the 'outstanding engineers under the age of 45' by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering."
Li has produced groundbreaking work in her field and has "profoundly influenced" the advancement of predicting water quality and quantity, related nominator Fred S. Canon. She is widely published, has been cited over 1,000 times, and is well recognized within her field for her incisive mind. Beyond her own research, Canon wrote, "Dr. Li has been an enthusiastic and unyielding champion for her students," a number of whom have been awarded prestigious honors and have held their own in fierce competitions under her tutelage. She also makes herself available to students of all ages, inviting kindergartners and undergraduate students alike into her research lab, and has worked with economically disadvantaged high-school students through the Summer Research Experience program. Last but not least, Li is known for her teamwork, and as Canon remarked, "everything about her steered toward good will, collaborative spirit, and the search for excellence."
Administrator — Deanna Behring, assistant dean and director of international programs, College of Agricultural Sciences
Deanna Behring is the recently appointed assistant dean and director of international programs in the College of Agricultural Sciences. She has had an illustrious career prior to her tenure at Penn State, including an appointment to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and prior work with the CIA, the Department of Commerce, projects for the U.S. Trade Representative, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. According to nominators from the Office of International Programs, Behring's leadership has transformed the Office of International Programs, resulting in a "robust portfolio of research, teaching and outreach programs," including seven full-time faculty and staff, more than $70 million in grants, and an increase in students studying abroad from 0.5 percent in 2000 to 28 percent currently — not to mention a 300 percent increase in the enrollment of international students in the College.
Behring teaches undergraduates in the International Agriculture minor and led the creation of a new dual-title doctorate program in international agriculture and development. In addition, she spearheaded the Gender, Agriculture, Environment, and Energy Initiative, providing a platform for international partners to train post-doctoral scholars in these areas. Behring is well regarded across the University and beyond and was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development in 2016. As one nominator remarked, "she is the rare person who can actually combine a comprehensive, integrated and coordinated strategic vision with the interpersonal skills and charisma to ensure that people buy in."
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Should psychedelic drugs be decriminalized in Mass.? Advocates see opening
Successful campaign in Somerville and push by lawmaker could provide momentum
By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated February 4, 2021, 7:57 a.m.
A resident of Washington, D.C., where psilocybin has been decriminalized, shows off the Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms he is growing.Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post
Somerville in January became the first jurisdiction in Massachusetts to move toward decriminalizing plant-based psychedelic drugs, with city leaders voting unanimously to recognize the medical uses of natural entheogens — including psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms" — and make them among the lowest enforcement priorities for local police.
Fresh off that victory, advocates for decriminalizing such drugs are now bringing their fight to Beacon Hill.
State Representative Mike Connolly, whose district includes large swaths of Somerville and Cambridge and who has been working with the reformers, told the Globe he is planning to file a preliminary bill that would create a committee of public officials, scientists, criminal justice experts, and others to study whether Massachusetts should decriminalize natural psychedelics and legalize their administration in therapeutic settings statewide.
The committee also may study whether to decriminalize possession of small amounts of other currently illicit substances.
Supporters hope votes on more substantive bills implementing the group's recommendations will follow in the 2022 legislative session.
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"This ought to be taken out of the realm of the criminal justice system and become part of the way we look at people's health," Connolly said. "It may strike some folks as an unconventional approach, but there's a growing body of evidence that points to how entheogenic substances can offer hope for people struggling with intractable PTSD, depression, and substance use disorder — all of which the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated."
Proponents of overhauling drug laws argue that decades of law enforcement crackdowns have ravaged communities of color and filled prisons while doing little to reduce the availability of illicit drugs or the rates of their use — as illustrated starkly by an overdose crisis that in 2018 alone killed more than 67,000 Americans. Health care professionals, not police officers, they say, should handle what are essentially issues of mental and physical health.
Meanwhile, peer-reviewed research from the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research and other institutions increasingly backs the efficacy of psilocybin and similar compounds as treatment for many conditions, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety (especially for those in end-of-life care), cluster and migraine headaches, and substance-use disorder.
The federal Food and Drug Administration in 2018 designated psilocybin as a "breakthrough" therapy for treatment-resistant depression, clearing the way for accelerated trials after initial studies showed it is far more effective than currently available pharmaceuticals. That determination intensified calls for the federal government to end its designation of psilocybin as a "Schedule 1″ drug with no medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Taken in high doses or stressful settings, psilocybin can sometimes cause unpleasant or overwhelming temporary experiences, and in rare cases may exacerbate existing conditions such as schizophrenia.
But experts said such "bad trips" are easily avoided with proper dosing and preparation, and noted the drug isn't physically toxic or addictive. Tolerance builds almost immediately, making repeated back-to-back trips impractical; the most enthusiastic users indulge perhaps once a month, with one telling the Globe that taking psilocybin more often would be as unappealing as "having chocolate cake for dinner every night."
Michou Olivera, a 51-year-old Greenfield resident, said taking mushrooms in 2018 helped her end a long struggle with depression, alcoholism, and marijuana abuse that began when she was 13 in response to relentless bullying about her masculine appearance and voice.
"I lived in a world that was full of black, horrible darkness — I was imprisoned by myself, by my cravings, by feelings of worthlessness. It seemed insurmountable," Olivera said. "What psilocybin did was allow me to see the roadblocks and what was holding me back without feeling shame.''
Today, Olivera said, she has happily embraced her identity and appearance, hasn't touched alcohol in over two years, and has enrolled in college to study psychology in hopes of one day treating others with psilocybin. Like other proponents, she believes the drug can offer benefits even to healthy people, pointing to studies that show psilocybin often has a positive and lasting effect on well-being.
The idea of decriminalizing psychedelic drugs isn't necessarily far-fetched.
Solid majorities of voters in Oregon last year approved ballot initiatives authorizing psychedelic therapy and replacing criminal penalties for drug possession with a $100 fine (which is waived if the defendant agrees to a health evaluation). Washington, D.C., and other progressive cities from Oakland to Ann Arbor have implemented similar measures, all following in the footsteps of Portugal, where 20 years of decriminalization and aggressive public health and harm-reduction measures have cut overdose deaths by about 80 percent without increasing rates of drug use.
Still, decriminalization proponents acknowledge that their Massachusetts campaign will be an uphill climb, at least initially, with the Legislature distracted by more pressing matters and lawmakers generally lagging behind the public on drug policy. There are also decades of pervasive anti-drug messaging to overcome.
"If marijuana was too heavy a lift, it's hard to see how other drugs would be something the Legislature would find easier," said veteran Massachusetts political observer Steve Koczela of the MassINC Polling Group, referring to lawmakers' unwillingness to take up cannabis legalization before voters forced the issue with a 2016 ballot initiative. "If it's going to happen, a ballot question would be the most likely way."
However, Koczela added, voters are dissatisfied with current policing practices, potentially giving reformers an opening. A 2017 MassINC poll found that, by a 2-to-1 margin, Massachusetts voters agree "drugs should be treated as a health issue and favor investing in treatment over locking up drug dealers."
Sam Chapman, who helped lead the successful campaign to legalize psychedelic therapy in Oregon, said his group took a largely educational approach after finding that voters weren't particularly politicized or hardened in their opinions about psilocybin, but knew practically nothing about the drug.
Chapman's team especially emphasized the potential of psychedelics to treat veterans suffering from PTSD and help communities of color with high rates of mental illness amid the pandemic.
"We led with the science and followed with the personal stories," Chapman said. "It's a one-two combo that's incredibly hard to deny."
Other than objections from a group of psychiatrists, campaigners in Oregon ran into little organized opposition. Instead, their biggest challenge was addressing the widespread, incorrect assumption that the proposed measure would authorize commercial stores selling magic mushrooms, peyote, and the like.
In reality, Chapman said, supporters are wary of corporate involvement and would prefer to simply decriminalize small-scale peer-to-peer exchanges of psychoactive mushrooms and other entheogenic plants, while making supervised psilocybin therapy available to patients.
Possession of a small quantity of psilocybin is a misdemeanor in Massachusetts. Walpole Police Chief John Carmichael, who represented the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association during the drafting of the state's marijuana regulations, said officers here very rarely encounter such drugs.
Police groups likely wouldn't oppose supervised psilocybin therapy, especially for veterans, Carmichael said. He also noted that criminal charges for psychedelics are already unusual, with officers almost always preferring to bring subjects in the throes of a bad trip to the hospital instead of the station.
The primary concern of law enforcement is that decriminalization might encourage greater use of the substances, increasing the risk of encounters between police and impaired people, while decreasing the ability of officers to refer subjects to treatment.
"I'm not a big fan of people who possess drugs going to jail," Carmichael said. "But it could be an opportunity missed to have a mechanism where people get drug education or treatment if necessary. The goal should be to try to help them abstain from drug use."
Dan Adams can be reached at daniel.adams@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @Dan_Adams86.


My daughter, who is 19 now, was headed out to rent a movie the other day and I said I would tag along. That's when I realized that my son had taken my truck somewhere and the Durango was with my wife. The only vehicle available to us was my daughter's car. I hesitated.
You see, I'm the one who spent the majority of the time giving her driving lessons. I know what's been unleashed on the streets. When she took her driving test I fully expected her to fail. Never did I consider she would pass and immediately jump behind the wheel and put innocent citizens at risk. What has our society come to when they are simply rubber stamping kids at these tests? Don't they know what they are doing? I do!
Now I love my daughter to no end, but her attention span is about as long as the life cycle of a gnat. This fact wasn't made fully clear to me until our first lesson. Actually, although it was my first lesson with my daughter it wasn't her first lesson. Her Mother had previously attempted to give her a simple lesson on backing out of and into the driveway. My wife was the one who guided our oldest son as he was learning, so it was natural to assume she would also teach our daughter. That first lesson ended with a visit by the paramedics, structural damage to the garage, and my wife swearing never to get in a car with her again. Thus I was appointed as driving instructor.
The lessons (which I now affectionately refer to as The Black Summer) began just after school let out for the summer. I ignored my wife's warnings and filed her previous experience under the "hyper-criticism making the daughter nervous" category and forged ahead. She was enrolled to take Drivers Education in mid-June, so we only had a couple of weeks to get her comfortable enough to drive with a smelly gym teacher sitting next to her. I count patience has one of my favorable qualities, but little did I know just how much I was about to have that tested.
For our first lesson I drove with her in my pickup (we didn't have her car yet) to the high school parking lot. That's where I learned how to drive my first car and I figured 1) what was good enough for me would do her fine, and 2) what can you tear up in a parking lot? We switched places, I gave her a few simple pointers about accelerating, braking, turning, and the use of turn signals, and we were off. OH MY GOSH! You know what is in and around parking lots? Light post, curbs, a few parked cars, and surrounding fences and walls. She found them all! It was like they were all magnetized and pulled the truck to them. I never thought that an area as vast and empty as a parking lot could suddenly be fraught with dangers everywhere. I quickly realized this was not going to be easy.
Of course I didn't want to give my wife the satisfaction of saying she was right, so I stretched the truth a little and told her things went OK for her first time out. Ok, I bald face lied. But I regrouped and vowed to double my efforts. My daughter and I went to the parking lot for a couple hours a night for two full weeks. Over the course of that time I lost 10 pounds, large clumps of hair, developed carpel tunnel from clenching the dashboard, and a case of hemorrhoids from puckering my sphincter so tight.
The week she spent in Drivers Education was uneventful. She commented each day that everything went smoothly and that actually she thought she was the best driver among the three girls who were in the car. That sent shivers up my spine. I made it a point to talk to her instructor (the smelly gym teacher) on her final day. He was full of compliments and praise for my daughters driving and said that she just needed more practice before she would be ready to take her test for a license. I think he was a bit put off by my blank stare.
We continued to go on our nightly drives for a couple more weeks, staying to the back roads so we could minimize the number of potential targets. Finally she announced she felt ready to take the test and although my initial reaction might have been to scream NO, I fought back this urge and decided to let her fail the first test so she could get a sense of how much she still needed to learn. Brillant plan you idiot!
It was bad enough knowing she was out there, patrolling the avenues, lanes and boulevards. Now I faced becoming a willing passenger. How could I tell her that what I really wanted to do was get a flashing yellow light and lead interference for her just like they do for wide loads.
We made it there and back without incident, so maybe the driving public (and our insurance rates) are safe. But the miles she's driving can't compare to the ones she's added to the road I'm living. Sometimes they're a bit bumpy, or take sharper turns then we'd like, but you gotta love the ride!
"Do you want the gas?"
I have a dentist appointment scheduled for next week. It's just a routine checkup, but I'm hoping they find a small cavity or have to make an adjustment to an existing filling. Why you ask. Gas! I need my fix.
Growing up and for most of my adult life I have hated going to the Dentist. My dislike for dentists began with one of my earliest visits where I was forced to endure some drilling on a "small" cavity without the benefit of Novocain. From that point forward trips to the Dentist brought forth dread and fear. One time after I was seated in the CHAIR, I waited a few of minutes and then took off my bib, walked back out to the sitting room where my Mother was waiting for me, told her I was done, and we were half way out to the car before the dental assistant tracked me down.
My trepidation regarding dental work continued until approximately 10 years ago when I started seeing my current Dentist. It wasn't really the Dentist himself, for he is a friendly enough bloke with and adequate enough spelunking techniques, but rather his practice of administering gas. I had heard tidbits about Nitrous Oxide, or laughing gas as it is sometimes called, but never experienced it first hand until then. I had mistakenly assumed that the gas was used instead of other pain killing measures, so I didn't look into it any further. Then I found out through my wife (who visited our current Dentist first) that N2O is in fact a supplement. The Dentist I was seeing at the time did not offer gas, so I scheduled an exploratory visit to check it out. It was love at first inhale!
With the gas they could set off a cherry bomb in my mouth and I could care less. I'm all for legal, mind altering drugs, especially when they're administered with a healthcare professional close by. If they offered gas for regular teeth cleanings I would make an appointment for once a month instead of every half year. I love my gas!
The last time I visited my Dentist, I was shown back to the CHAIR by a new dental assistant. She asked me, "Do you want the gas?" My huge smile wasn't to just show off my teeth.
Hold on . . . hold on . . . before you hit that comment button and respond by whole-heartedly agreeing, let me save you (and me) some embarrassment. The subject of this blog entry is my total lack of the sense of smell, NOT ANYTHING ELSE! Geez!
A good many of you are aware of my affliction, to others this may be a surprise. I was born unable to detect smells. Weird huh? And yes, I can taste. It is not a well-defined palette (I can't tell the difference between sour cream & onion chips and plain chips - there all just salty chips), but its there. A lot of people tell me that they thought without a sense of smell you couldn't taste . . . not true. I believe that being able to smell your food only enhances your taste.
Growing up I didn't realize I was different until my pre-teen years when I couldn't figure out how my brothers were able to detect what we were having for dinner as soon as we walked in from outside. It never really became a topic for conversation, and when it was discussed, my parents thought I was joking. Finally they decided to take me serious and drug me to see a doctor at the base hospital. He confirmed what I knew all along, I was olfactory challenged.
Do you realize how many times a day somebody sticks something under you nose and says, "smell this"? Throughout high school and most of college, having the type of personality that doesn't draw attention to myself, I would just go along with the crowd and pretend I could smell. "Hmmmm . . . nice" or "Ewwwwwwww" were generally accepted responses. This worked fine until I went on a blind date one night and complimented the girls perfume (that's one of the things your supposed to do, right?). I didn't find out until a couple days later that unbeknownst to me, my date had accidentally let go a SBD (silent but deadly) just before my empty compliment. Needless to say we never went out again, and I also never tried to mislead anybody again.
Human beings can detect 10,000 different smells, but I have to say that as far as missing a sense goes, smelling would be the one I would choose. It has it's advantages. I can't smell other peoples body odors, skunks, cigarette smoke, and a very long list of unpleasant aroma's. This also means you get to change 100% of the dirty diapers if you have kids. I'm also a successful dieter because I'm not tempted by the smell of food. But it can also be dangerous as well. I wouldn't be able to smell a fire if one started in the house, and food that has stayed around a little past it's shelf won't scare me away with its stench.
I do miss out on a lot in other ways as well. Like the smell of a spring shower in the air and freshly baked muffins. I don't even know how my wife smells.
Who knew, but my handicap also means that I lack several key personality traits. For instance, I can't wake up and smell the coffee. I won't ever smell a rat. I'll never know the sweet smell of success or realize someone has a fragrant personality. And most importantly . . . divorce will never be in my future . . . because I'll never learn that . . . Love STINKS!
My son Boo got himself into some deep trouble a while back. I'll spare you (and him) the details of his offence, but it was bad enough to warrant more than just a stern lecture. I'm not the type of parent to resort to spanking very much, but I do believe it is a vital and sometimes necessary disciplining technique. For Boo this was going to be his first go round with me being the disciplinarian. He had been spanked previously one time by his mother earlier in the year, so he knew the routine. After he was informed what his punishment was going to be he was banished to his room so he could sit and think about what was coming for a little while. The fear of an impending spanking is just a useful as the spanking itself, so getting it over with too quickly is a waste of good psychological torment. So I let him sit in his room for at least 30 minutes before I headed back there.
When I entered his room I was surprised to see that he was standing beside his bed waiting for me. He was expressionless except for a faint hint of what could be described as determination on his face. There was no whimpering, no tears, and no quivering lip. Nothing. This was definitely not what I had expected. And at that moment I flashed back to a time in my own childhood. Boo's actions reminded me of a situation I once found myself in. It is a story my mother used to love to tell when she was alive, and thinking about it now reminds me as much of her as it does the circumstances.
Me and my two brothers used to fight all of the time. My older brother is 11 months older than me and my younger brother was three years younger. Both of them have always towered over me in stature.
Being the head of a military family with three rambunctious boys should have been worth a college course credit in discipline. My father was fair, but firm with his punishment, and he got to practice it a lot. After years of trial and error he had settled on a wide black leather belt that he no longer wore as his implement of pain. He always wielded it with no malice and made sure we knew why we were having to suffer at the end of it. Even so, the dread we felt leading up to our eventual punishment was always mind numbing.
Just before nightfall I heard the car door of my father's Buick clank shut outside and shortly thereafter the front door opened and closed. I could only hear the murmur of voices and I imagined my mother telling him the events of the day. A couple minutes later the unmistakable footfalls of my fathers dress shoes made there way down the hallway towards my room. He stuck his head into my room and said, "Follow me." As expected, his expression was not favorable.
As I trailed him down the hallway to the room my brothers shared, staring at the infamous black leather belt sticking out of his back pants pocket.
In my brothers room I took a seat next to my younger brother on his bed as dad inspected the damage to the far wall. Both of my brothers looked like they had been crying and my younger brothers had his hands jammed beneath him. He was already protecting himself from the forthcoming blows.
When dad turned back towards us I think his face was a shade or two darker.
"Who hit the wall" he asked.
"I did," I answered truthfully.
"Stand up," he commanded. The three of us did as he asked and a barely audible moan seemed to emanate from my younger brother.
"I said how many," my dad repeated.
My dad nodded his head and then slowly turned around and faced my younger brother.
"How many," he repeated the question to him.
My younger brother glanced briefly at my older brother and then replied, "one," as well.
Then dad moved in front of me and stood silent for a minute. "How many?" he asked me.
I am not a fan of pain. Nor was I grooming myself to grow up to be some sort of Norma Rae. So I don't know why I answered like I did, all I can do is plead temporary insanity.
"I want ten," I answered defiantly.
"How many" he repeated, even though there was no mistaking my answer.
"I want ten," I answered again, purposely not breaking eye contact.
We stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity. At first I thought his eyes were going to burn holes through my brain and the need for the belt would be moot, but slowly his eyes softened and I thought I caught the sparkle of a smile starting to form. Then he turned around and left the room.
The three of us just stood there staring at one another with dumb expressions on our faces. A few minutes later he returned. In his hands, instead of the black leather belt, was the cookie jar.
He reached into the jar and pulled out a single cookie and handed it to my older brother who took it slowly, still waiting for the other shoe to drop. Next he pulled another single cookie from the jar and handed it to my younger brother, who immediately started eating it. And to me, he handed ten chocolate chip cookies.
"You all will be doing chores for a month to pay for that wall," he said as he walked out the door.
So as I entered Boo's room and saw him standing there, bravely waiting to face the music, I thought of that story and how my mom loved to tell it.
I'm pretty much retired from coaching now. I guided my oldest (who is 22 now) through all his years of youth soccer and little league baseball, with a couple stints of pee wee football and basketball thrown in. My youngest, who is now 10, doesn't possess the same competitive nature of his older brother, so I've turned the coaching reins over to other coaches with a more "laid-back" style then myself. Believe me; it works out better for both of us that way.
My involvement never stopped at being a coach, at the bare minimum I would normally volunteer to be an age group coordinator, and at the pinnacle I was elected President of the soccer league and Vice-President of Baseball. Over the years I gave numerous speeches to new or prospective coaches about what it was like to take charge of a team. I would usually tell the story about an experience I had early in my career that changed the way I approached the responsibility. It became one of my favorite coaching stories.
It involved my oldest son's 7-8 year old baseball team. There was a player on that squad named Lucas. Lucas was the type of kid who was picked last for any sport. The poor boy had zero athletic ability. Nada. It was his first year to play organized sports and he even had to be shown which hand to wear his glove on. He was a very quite boy, but he always did as he was instructed enthusiastically.
At that age the boys hit off a pitching machine. They are allowed three strikes just like regular baseball, but they could not be walked. So it was either hit the ball or strike out. Lucas did not get a hit all year long. NOT A SINGLE ONE. All of the coaches tried everything we could think of to help him make contact with the ball, but to no avail. In the field I cannot remember a single thing he did all season long that would have rated an "atta boy", and yet he received a high five when coming into the dugout just like everybody else. He tried as hard as he could, but he just didn't possess the skills.
I am not one of those coaches who places winning above everything else. Of course I want to win, badly sometimes, but I always consider the feelings of the boys first (on both sides of the field) and the fact that Lucas didn't contribute was never an issue for me. It would have made my whole season if he just would have hit the ball once!
But why Lucas sticks with me to this day has nothing to do with how he performed that year. Three months after baseball season had ended I was walking with my son to a soccer game and I passed some bleachers near one of the fields. Sitting on the bottom step near the middle was Lucas. I noticed him and remembered his name (which isn't always easy). I called out "Hey Lucas, how ya doin?" To my surprise Lucas bolted from his seat on the bleachers straight to me, hugging me tightly around the waist. And it wasn't just one of your run of the mill hugs either…..there was emotion behind that hug.
I was taken aback. Seeing boys that I coached at the sports complex was commonplace and most of them remembered me with a meek "Hi", but nothing like Lucas's reaction. I had touched this boy in some way to a point where he felt comfortable showing that type of emotion to me. Although I had given Lucas as much attention during the season as any of the other players on that team, for him it meant something more.
Lucas didn't play baseball the next year and I only saw him a couple more times after that. Each time I received the same hug. I still think of him often. I would tell the new coaches that Lucas showed me the affect a coach can have on a young player. It can sometimes be remarkable, and that you might not be able to tell it on the surface.
Sometimes the child who will do the least for the team, is the one a coach will have the most impact on.
There's something wrong with me. I live in Arkansas (the Natural State) but I have no interest in hunting (still don't understand how they can call that a sport). I live in the bible belt but I'm an Agnostic. And I'm a corporate executive but I don't like to golf. Any ONE of these offences would make me a social outcast in my community, but I'm guilty of all THREE. To counter balance the scales I live in a dry county but I drink like a fish. Somehow that still doesn't work in my favor.
Now I have a lot of respect for people who play golf. That respect is borne from me having tried, and tried, and tried to grow to like the sport by playing it with family, friends, and my executive cohorts. It is an extremely difficult sport that takes years to master. My problem is that I can never get motivated to devote the time to develop the necessary skill set to at least appear competent. And it's not that it's not entertaining either. There is nothing funnier than seeing a group of people diving for cover when an errant swing sends a ball careening their way. Or seeing a group of inebriated gentlemen in the group ahead of you "moon" the ducks on the pond they just lost half a dozen balls in. Or reaching a green in two strokes, only to 10 putt. No sir, golf can be downright hysterical.
My family was in town this past weekend and so being the good son that I am I arranged for a group of us to go golfing. Tennis, basketball, soccer, flag football, roller blading, softball, biking, and a long list of other sports that I am good at weren't an option because my father is 71 and my father-in-law is 69. So golf it was. Of course no decent golf course is within less than an hours driving distance (that must be some hidden golf code). So between the commuting and the 18 holes, we spent 7 hours "golfing" Saturday.
Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the time with my family and the laughs and joshing that took place during the day. You would think that I would spend more time trying to learn the game that most everybody else in my family enjoys, for no other reason than self preservation. You see, high score always pays.
Like I said……there's something wrong with me.
Three days a week I try and visit our local Health Club, doing my best to stave off old age and atone for the long list of goodies I had been banned from eating, but did anyway. Yesterday I was there cooling down after a vigorous workout by stepping around the walking track. Our health clubs walking area is situated so that it overlooks a basketball court below. As I made my way around the oval, lost in my own thoughts as I listened to music from my IPod, I took notice of a small boy playing with a basketball beneath me.
The little guy was maybe seven or eight years old and was so small that it appeared that he was dribbling a giant orange boulder rather than a basketball. From the awkwardness in his movements and the way he handled himself, I could tell he wasn't destined to be a star athlete. His shorts were baggy, causing him to constantly tug them back into position, and his t-shirt must have been an older brother hand-me-down as it was three sizes too large for him. I watched as he valiantly struggled to lift the ball above his head and thrust it in the direction of the goal. The ball ascended three or four feet, then fell back to the court, well short of the goal or even the backstop. The ball would bounce away as if it were trying to escape the diminutive overlord who sought to imprison it within the oval circle, the small boy scurrying relentlessly after it. Capturing the ball again he would return to his spot underneath the goal, wrestle the ball into shooting position, and launch it on its way. Each time the ball would fall back to the ground, well short of the intended target.
After a half dozen of these attempts I really started to take an interest in this kid. Looking around the rest of the area below I saw a group of teenagers shooting around at the other end of the court, but nobody who seemed to be paying particular attention to this little boy. He wasn't trying to impress anybody, or curry the prideful support of a loving parent. His motivations were much simpler. If Kobe, or Lebron, or even Jordan could do it . . . then so could he.
When I counted a dozen unsuccessful attempts by the boy, my walk had almost slowed to a standstill. In my mind I wished that science had progressed to the point where it had become possible to extract whatever it was that drove that little man, and bottle it. Failure had no effect on him. Over and over he threw up his ball, ever confident in his mind that each toss was getting that much closer to his goal. Another person might have looked upon his efforts and scoffed at the futility. But I didn't.
After a while, the number of teenagers at the other end of the court had grown and decided to expand their game to full-court. The little boy conceded his spot without a word, walking over to stand against the wall with his ball, watching as the interlopers chose teams.
I headed off to the showers, unable to get the little guy out of my mind. I decided that if I were one of those teenagers about to play, one lucky enough to be named captain of one team, my first choice might not be the smartest or most popular one. But it would be the right one.
That little boy would be my first round draft choice.


Anthony Gerrard says Huddersfield Town are desperate to "wrap up" Championship survival as soon as possible.
The defender knows a three-point haul at basement side Yeovil this afternoon will be a major tonic in the bid to ensure second-tier football for a third successive season.
leveller in Friday's 1-1 home draw with play-off chasing Brighton.
Yeovil drew 0-0 at Blackburn and have just one win in 10.
"There are no easy games, especially at this stage of the season, when so many sides are fighting for something," said Gerrard.
"We're taking nothing for granted, but we know we can go there and win if we work hard.
Looking back at the Brighton game, the 28-year-old centre-back added: "It was disappointing to concede so late on after defending so valiantly.
Gerrard continued: "We've had a disappointing second half of the season, but we're still a relatively small Championship club trying to do things the right way.


In a recent article, Embedded Networks under the spotlight, Connor James outlined the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) review of the regulatory arrangements for embedded networks.
The AEMC released a consultation paper and sought submissions. The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) lodged a submission on 17 May 2017. In this article I consider the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) submission.
Paula Conboy, Chair of the AER, has provided a covering letter which usefully summarises the recommendations made in the submission. Attachment A provides detailed answers to the questions asked in the Consultation paper.
the need for more appropriate compliance and enforcement options.
I will consider the propositions contained in the submission under each of these headings. I have also developed a table, AER RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN AEMC CONSULTATION PAPER ON EMBEDDED NETWORKS, which as the name suggests sets out the AER responses to questions asked. The page references in the table are to the pages of the AER submission, please contact us for a copy of the table.
The existing system of regulation was designed on the basis that embedded networks would be an incidental aspect of the relationship between a landlord and their tenant. Based on this an exempt selling framework was established.
The reality however, is that more and more embedded networks are being developed with the energy produced being sold for profit. Installation of embedded networks has increased with many occupants of large developments seeking to convert to an embedded network (retrofitting).
The AER notes that there is an inherently monopolistic design in embedded networks which prevents customers from having access to competition. The introduction in December 2017 of the AEMC rule change allowing customers to choose their embedded network supplier will assist to some degree but will not solve the problem.
'In the short term, enhanced competition in embedded networks could be achieved by greater availability of competitively priced energy only offers to provide customers greater choice of retailers and contracts. In the longer term, improving access to competition may involve solutions outside the Retail Law framework, for example alterations to planning legislation to facilitate direct access for embedded network customers to the national grid. This review provides a forum in which to recognise and highlight such changes for future consideration'.
The AER notes that the current Retail Law provides limited enforcement options for breaches of selling requirements in the embedded network. Added to this is the fact that many ENO's use an agent to manage their embedded network. These agents are not the authorised or exempted party for the purposes of the Retail Law framework. Although action can be taken against them it is more complex to do so. Further the customers usually view the agent as the seller of the energy.
Given this background the AER suggests that it may be appropriate for the Retail Law to specify a monitoring role for the AER to examine exempt seller behaviour. Given the diversity of ENO's, the AER suggests that such a role would need to be flexible.
Interestingly, the AER, recently published an issues paper seeking stakeholders' views on the current access to dispute resolution services provided for small customers of exempt sellers and providers. It is likely there will be several reforms delivered in this space.
In conclusion, Ms Conboy states that the best way to achieve improvement in the embedded network space is to introduce effective competition which would allow customers to have greater choice in choosing a supplier and put competitive pressure on the ENO's. As well, the AER requests more flexible enforcement options and penalties for breaches of network exemption conditions.
The AEMC has indicated that a draft report will be published by 15 September 2017 with a final report by December 2017. The issue of embedded networks will also be discussed in the AEMC's 2017 Retail Energy Competition Review which is due to be published by 30 June 2017.
We will continue to monitor developments in the embedded network space.
 Submission on regulatory arrangements for embedded networks, AER, 17 May 2017 at p 1.
 See Complaints Resolution for Exempt Customers, Anne Wardell, Compliance Quarter.


The Krishna River (Marathi: कृष्णा नदी, Kannada: ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ನದಿ, Telugu: కృష్ణా నది) is one of the longest rivers in central-southern India, about 1,400 kilometres (870 mi). It is also referred to as Krishnaveni in its original nomenclature. The Krishna River is the third longest river in India after the Ganges and the Godavari.
Krishna river originates at Mahabaleswar near the Jor village in the extreme north of Wai Taluka, Satara District, Maharashtra in the west and meets the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi (near Avanigadda) in Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast. It flows through the state of Karnataka before entering Andhra Pradesh. The delta of this river is one of the most fertile regions in India and was the home to ancient Satavahana and Ikshvaku Sun Dynasty kings. Vijayawada is the largest city on the River Krishna. Sangli is the biggest city on the river Krishna in Maharashtra state.
Ecologically, this is one of the disastrous rivers in the world, in that it causes heavy soil erosion during the monsoon season. It flows fast and furious, often reaching depths of over 75 feet (23 m). Ironically, there is a saying in Marathi (language of Maharashtra) "Santh vaahate Krishnamaai" which means "quiet flows Krishna". This term is also used to describe how a person should be, as quiet as Krishna. But, in reality, Krishna causes a high degree of erosion between June and August. During this time, Krishna takes fertile soil from Maharashtra, Karnataka and western Andhra Pradesh towards the delta region.
The largest tributary of the Krishna River is the Tungabhadra River, a stream formed by the Tunga River and Bhadra River downstream of their sources in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. However, though the Tungabhadra is its largest tributary, the Krishna has many other tributaries, including the Kudali River, the Venna River, the Koyna River, the Bhima River, the Malaprabha River, the Ghataprabha River, the Yerla River, the Warna River, the Dindi River, the Paleru River, the Musi River, the Urmodi River, the Tarli River, and the Dudhganga River.
The rivers Venna, Koyna, Vasna, Panchganga, Dudhagana, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha and Tungabhadra join the Krishna on its the right bank, while the Yerla River, the Musi River, the Munneru River, and the Bhima River join the Krishna on its left bank.
There are four rivers that join the Krishna at a confluence known as Preeti Sangam, or "Lover's Meeting Point" in the Satara District.
Venna river is the first river joining Krishna river at Sangam Mahuli, Satara.
Urmodi River (उरमोडी नदी) is second river joining Krishna river at Kashil (काशीळ), Satara.
Tarli River (तारळी नदी) is third river joining Krishna river at at Umbraj (उंब्रज) Satara.
And then Koyna river joining Krishna river at Karad (कराड)Satara.
The Krishna River is spanned by several bridges along its course, some of which are listed below.
Krishna Bridge, Wai, Maharashtra - This bridge, which is located in the Dharmpuri Peth area of the town of Wai, is one of the oldest bridges that were built by the British in all of India. It spans the Krishna over nine kamans (arches) and is made of black rock. The bridge serves as a flood mark (when the water rises to the level of the road on the bridge) for the "Waikar" people.
B. Soundatti Bridge, Raibag - This is also one of the oldest bridges built during the British rule. This bridge connects Maharashtra to Karnataka state.
The first holy place on the river Krishna is "Dakshin Kashi Wai", known for the Mahaganpati Mandir and Kashivishweshwar temple. It has seven ghats along the river. Temples like Dattadeva temple, which is revered by the people of Maharashtra, is located on the banks of Krishna at Nrusinha Waadi and Audumbar near Sangli. Also, located on the banks of the river Krishna is the Sangameshwar Shiva temple at Haripur and Ramling temple near Sangli, as well as, villages such as Jihe.
Popular pilgrim spots like Audumbar and Nrusinha Waadi are located on the banks of river Krishna near Sangli in Maharashtra state. Yalgur which is 0.5km away from the river Krishna on the right side of bank of river Krishna in Bijapur district Karnataka which is holy temple of Shri Yalguresh Shree Kshetra Yalgur Shri Yalguresh stands in the village of Yalgur on the order of Shri Rama for seven villages. Shri Yalguresh is aptly called so because He, the Lord Hanuman belongs to and is worshiped by the seven villages. Kudalasangama is located near Bagalkot, in Karnataka which is an Aikya linga of Basaveshwara. Srisailam, one of the twelve jyotirlingas, has an ancient temple for Lord Shiva. Sangameswra Swamy temple (seen only during summer) is situated near Atmakur. The international Kalachakra festival was celebrated in the presence of Dalai Lama in Amaravati. Amaravati was the capital of the imperial Satavahanas who held sway over South India for 400 years and also a great seat of Buddhist learning and wisdom. Vijayawada on the left bank of the river has a famous temple situated on Indrakeeladri mountain dedicated to Goddess Kanaka Durga. Mattapally in Nalgonda District and Vedadri in Krishna District, near Jaggaipet are very famous for the two temples of Lord Narasimha on the banks of river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh.
There is big temple of Lord Dattatraya in Kuruvpur village near Maktal of Andhra Pradesh one side and other side Raichur of karnataka is one of the best temple of Dattatraya Swami where he lives for 12 years.
There are many popular temples on Krishna River. Wai is an ancient city located on this holy river. There is "Krushnabai Utsav" celebrated for 1–2 months during January to February on this ghats. This utsav is celebrated because it is said that, Krushnabai gave Victory to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj against Afzal Khan about 350 years ago. There is a big Ganpati mandir constructed in 1764. The other places along the banks of this river are Satara City, Karad, Sangli etc.
There are many dams constructed across the Krishna river.
Krishna Basin extends over an area of 258,948 square kilometres (99,980 sq mi) which is nearly 8% of the total geographical area of the country. This large basin lies in the states of Karnataka (113,271 km2), Andhra Pradesh (76,252 km2) and Maharashtra (69,425 km2).
The Krishna river rises in the Western Ghats, at an elevation of about 1337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar, about 64 km from the Arabian Sea. It flows for about 1400 km and outfalls into the Bay of Bengal. The principal tributaries joining Krishna are the Ghataprabha, the Malaprabha, the Bhima, the Tungabhadra and the Musi.
Most of this basin comprises rolling and undulating country, except for the western border, which is formed by an unbroken line of the Western Ghats. The important soil types found in the basin are black soils, red soils, laterite and lateritic soils, alluvium, mixed soils, red and black soils and saline and alkaline soils.
An average annual surface water potential of 78.1 km³ has been assessed in this basin. Out of this, 58.0 km³ is utilisable water. Culturable area in the basin is about 203,000 km2, which is 10.4% of the total culturable area of the country.
Mullayanagiri peak, in Karnataka, is the highest point (1,930 m) of the Krishna basin.
In 2009 October heavy floods occurred, isolating 350 villages and leaving millions homeless, which is believed to be first occurrence in 1000 years. The flood resulted in heavy damage to Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Guntur, Krishna and Nalagonda Districts. The entire city of Kurnool was immersed in approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) water for nearly 3 days.
Water inflow of 1,110,000 cu ft/s (31,000 m3/s)st was recorded at the Prakasam Barriage, which surpassed the previous record of 1,080,000 cu ft/s (31,000 m3/s)recorded in the year 1903.
The ruling Congress government in Andhra Pradesh state attributed the floods to excessive rainfall in the catchment areas of the river upstream of Srisailam dam. However, in the opinion of most experts, and the general public, the floods occurred due to mismanagement on the part of the state government. Influenced by the drought-like situation that had prevailed till the rain event that led to this flood, and to ensure water for irrigation projects in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, the government of the day dithered, while water management experts exhorted it to empty Srisailam reservoir ahead of the expected deluge. This resulted in an unprecedented volume of water backing up behind Srisailam dam, resulting in floods both upstream of the river, and downstream as well, when all the gates of the dam were opened for several days to bring storage at Srisailam back to normal levels. The villages Buggamadharam, Vajinepalli, Vellaturu, and Chintriyala were also effected. Mainly Buggamadharam village is surrounded by fully water on 4 sides. The people of this village were shifted to nearby places of factories for help.
This river is revered by Hindus as sacred. The river is also believed to remove all sins of people by taking a bath in this river. There are many pilgrimage places in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh on the course of this river.
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Плинкинг, плинк (англ. Plinking, plink) — развлекательная стрельба по импровизированным и нестандартным мишеням (жестяные банки и пр). Широко распространена в странах с либеральным оружейным законодательством. Слово происходит от звукоподражания plink, относящегося к характерному звуку пули, ударяющей жестяную банку. Оно имеет североамериканское происхождение, но в настоящее время благодаря Интернету получило распространение и в русском языке (одновременно с близким по смыслу словом «бабахинг»). Впрочем, «развлекательная стрельба» является практически полностью аналогичным по смыслу термином.

Для плинкинга может использоваться практически любое стрелковое оружие, на вкус стрелка — от пневматики, луков и арбалетов — до крупнокалиберных пулемётов, винтовок 50-го калибра и даже лёгких пушек. В целом, отдаётся предпочтение более скорострельному оружию, — часто самозарядному или даже автоматическому. В США наиболее распространена развлекательная стрельба из оружия под малокалиберные патроны кольцевого воспламенения типа .22 LR благодаря их дешевизне, широкой доступности, низкому уровню мощности, отдачи и шума. Очень широко используется и пневматическое оружие, как более доступное в большинстве стран, — в том числе и в России, весьма дешёвое в эксплуатации и сравнительно безопасное; за пределами США сам термин «плинкинг» в первую очередь используется именно по отношению к развлекательной стрельбе из пневматического оружия, а, например, в Германии такая стрельба вообще разрешена только из пневматики с дульной энергией менее 7,5 Дж (клеймо F в пятиугольнике).

Как правило, для стрельбы используются закрытые участки; практически идеально подходят для развлекательной стрельбы заброшенные карьеры, земляные стены которых хорошо улавливают пули. Часто такие места особо оборудуются любителями. Как и практически любой развлекательный спорт, плинкинг не имеет единых чётко установленных форм и правил, — например, стрельба может производиться как в форме соревнования между стрелками, так и просто для интереса.

В России стрельба, в том числе и из огнестрельного оружия, разрешена только в специально отведённых местах (стрельбища, тиры). Стрельба в населённом пункте и в пределах 200 м от его территории вне специально отведённых для неё мест является административным правонарушением, наказуемым штрафом, с изъятием оружия и поражением в правах на него до 3 лет.

В последнее время в России возникли полномочия местных администраций двигать этот предел в сторону увеличения. Как в общем так и по типу используемого оружия. Штрафы в 2013г увеличены с 3тыс. до 60тыс.рубл.

Существуют также ведомственные ограничения на стрельбу вблизи дорог общего пользования, опасных производств: АЗС, химкомбинатов, наземных газопроводов, или вблизи подземных с риском повреждения наземного оборудования, НПЗ, и тому подобных. На линиях ЛЭП нельзя стрелять пулями и крупной картечью. Кроме того, согласно «Правилам Охоты в РФ», к охоте приравнивается нахождение в местах обитания охотничьих животных физических лиц с: а) расчехленным огнестрельным и пневматическим оружием; б) зачехленным и заряженным огнестрельным оружием; … д) иными готовыми к немедленному использованию орудиями охоты, непосредственно применяемыми для отстрела или отлова животных, кроме холодного охотничьего клинкового оружия; … То есть следует выбирать площадки не относящиеся к охотугодьям. Также при занятиях плинкингом следует обращать внимание, чтобы карьер не находился на территории охотничьего воспроизводственного участка (нарушение правил охоты). Поэтому лучше заранее навести справки о том где стрельба разрешена или запрещена у местной администрации, и в территориальных охотхозяйствах. Воспроизводственные участки в РФ обычно переносятся раз в год.

Считается, что плинкинг в целом способствует развитию и повышению стрелковых навыков, особенно применительно к оружию самообороны, применение которого осуществляется на короткой дистанции и требует быстроты действий. Проблемой является загрязнение мест стрельбы мусором, в частности — осколками битого стекла, гильзами и ядовитым свинцом. Поэтому лучше использовать наполовину заполненные водой или песком пластиковые бутылки. Кроме того, в целях безопасности следует ограждать периметр или подъезды к месту занятий плинкингом флажками и предупреждающими знаками.

См. также

 Стрельба
 Варминтинг
 Бенчрест
 Стендовая стрельба

Ссылки
 Слово Plinking на сайте dictionary.com

Стрелковый спорт

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Teatro Regio Ducale bylo milánské operní divadlo působící v letech 1717–1776. Na jeho místě dnes stojí La Scala.

Historie divadla
Uvnitř milánského královského paláce (Palazzo Reale) existovalo již od roku 1598 divadlo Salone Margherita, nazvané podle Markéty Habsburské (1584–1611), manželky Filipa III. Španělského, který tehdy vládl Lombardii. Prošlo mnoha změnami, několikrát vyhořelo, až 5. ledna 1708 vyhořelo do základů.

Na jeho místě bylo architektem Gerolamem Quadriou nejprve postaveno malé divadlo, které bylo uvedeno do provozu již 21. června 1708. Na náklady milánské šlechty bylo později postaveno reprezentativní divadlo, které zahájilo svou činnost 26. prosince 1717. Architekty byli Gian Domenico Barbieri a Domenico Valmagini, patrně s pomocí svého učitele Francesco Galli Bibiena. Divadlo mělo 5 pater lóží a ve své době bylo považováno za jedno z nejkrásnějších divadel Itálie.

Divadlo bylo otevřeno představením opery Francesca Gaspariniho Costantino. Divadlo mělo stálý orchestr s padesáti hudebníky a v následujících letech bylo svědkem premiér operních děl předních evropských skladatelů (Nicola Porpora, Niccolò Jommelli, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Giovanni Paisiello, Josef Mysliveček) včetně prvních oper Wolfganga Amadea Mozarta.

25. ledna 1776, po představení opery La Merope Tommasa Traetty, divadlo vyhořelo. Na jeho místě a v jeho blízkosti byla postavena dvě nová divadla. Jedním bylo Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala, dnešní slavná La Scala a druhým Teatro della Cannobiana, dnešní neméně známé Teatro Lirico.

Premiéry oper v Teatro Regio Ducale
 Antonio Maria Bononcini: Griselda (1718)
 Andrea Stefano Fiorè: Publio Cornelio Scipione (1718)
 Giuseppe Vignati: Ambleto (1719)
 Giuseppe Vignati: Porsena (1719)
 Giuseppe Vignati: Aquilio in Siracusa (1720)
 Francesco Gasparini: La pace fra Seleuco e Tolomeo (1720)
 Antonio Vivaldi: La Silvia (1721)
 Andrea Stefano Fiorè: L'Argippo (1722)
 Andrea Stefano Fiorè: Ariodante (1722)
 Giovanni Porta: L'Arianna nell'isola di Nasso (1723)
 Giovanni Porta: La caduta de decemviri (1723)
 Giuseppe Maria Buini: L'Agrippa tetrarca di Gerusalemme (1724)
 Andrea Stefano Fiorè: Elena (1725)
 Francesco Brusa: Arsace (1725)
 Nicola Porpora: Siface (1726)
 Nicola Porpora: La verità nell'inganno (1726)
 Francesco Ciampi: Ciro (1726)
 Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio: Ipermestra (1727)
 Giuseppe Vignati: Girita (1727)
 Geminiano Giacomelli: Zidiana (1728)
 Geminiano Giacomelli: Semiramide riconosciuta (1730)
 Johann Adolf Hasse: Arminio (1730)
 Riccardo Broschi: Arianna e Teseo (1732)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Candace (1732)
 Giovanni Porta: Gianguir (1732)
 Gaetano Maria Schiassi: Il Demetrio (1732)
 Giovanni Porta: Semiramide (1733)
 Francesco Araja: La forza dell'amore e dell'odio (1734)
 Giuseppe Vignati: Nerone (1734)
 Giovanni Battista Sammartini: L'ambizione superata dalla virtù (1734)
 Riccardo Broschi: Adriano in Siria (1735)
 Giovanni Andrea Fiorini: La Didone abbandonata (1735)
 Geminiano Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto (1735)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Antigono (1736)
 Egidio Duni: La tirannide debellata (1736)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Artaserse (1738)
 Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio: Merope (1738)
 Egidio Duni: La Didone (1739)
 Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio: Didone abbandonata (1739)
 Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio: La Germania trionfante in Armorica (1739)
 Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio: L'incostanza delusa (1739)
 Leonardo Leo: Scipione nelle Spagne (1740)
 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Artaserse (1741)
 Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio: Alessandro nell'Indie (1742)
 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Demofoonte (1743)
 Giovanni Battista Sammartini: L'Agrippina, moglie di Tiberio (1743)
 Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Sofonisba (1744)
 Baldassare Galuppi: Ricimero (1744)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Arsace (1744, spoluautor Christoph Willibald Gluck)
 Baldassare Galuppi: Ciro riconosciuto (1745)
 Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ippolito (1745)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Il gran Tamerlano (1746)
 Baldassare Galuppi: L'Olimpiade (1747)
 Maria Teresa Agnesi: Il ristoro d'Arcadia (1747)
 Giovanni Battista Sammartini: La gara dei geni (1747)
 Pietro Pulli: Zenobia (1748)
 Pietro Pulli: Il Demetrio (1749)
 Baldassare Galuppi: Semiramide riconosciuta (1749)
 Giuseppe Carcani: Il Tigrane (1750)
 Antonio Gaetano Pampani: Adriano in Siria (1750)
 David Perez: Ezio (1751)
 David Perez: La Zenobia (1751)
 Maria Teresa Agnesi: Ciro in Armenia (1753)
 Niccolò Jommelli: Demofoonte (1753)
 Niccolò Jommelli: La reggia de' Fati (1753)
 Niccolò Jommelli: La pastorale offerta (1753)
 Carlo Monza: Olimpiade (1753)
 Niccolò Jommelli: Lucio Vero (1754)
 Michelangelo Valentini: Andromaca (1754)
 Gioacchino Cocchi: Emira (1756)
 Quirino Gasparini: Artaserse (1756)
 Giuseppe Scarlatti: Antigona (1756)
 Baldassare Galuppi: Ezio (1757)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Il re pastore (1758)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Le cantatrici (1758)
 Baldassare Galuppi: Ipermestra (1758)
 Carlo Monza: Sesostri re d'Egitto (1759)
 Ignaz Holzbauer: Alessandro nell'Indie (1759)
 Johann Christian Bach: Artaserse (1760)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: La contessina (1759)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: Il conte Chicchera (1759)
 Giovanni Battista Lampugnani: La Giulia (1760)
 Gregorio Sciroli: Merope (1761)
 Giuseppe Scolari: Il viaggiatore ridicolo (1762)
 Giuseppe Colla: Adriano in Siria (1762)
 Giuseppe Ponzo: Arianna e Teseo (1762)
 Giuseppe Scolari: Il Tamerlano (1763)
 Carlo Monza: Achille in Sciro (1764)
 Giuseppe Scolari: Cajo Mario (1765)
 Carlo Monza: Temistocle (1766)
 Maria Teresa Agnesi: Insubria consolata (1766)
 Baldassare Galuppi: La camariera spiritosa (1766)
 Antonio Sacchini: Le contadine bizzarre (1766)
 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi: Antigono (1767)
 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi: Alceste (1768)
 Ferdinando Bertoni: Scipione nelle Spagne (1768)
 Carlo Monza: La lavandara astuta (1770)
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto (1770)
 Niccolò Piccinni: Cesare in Egitto (1770)
 Niccolò Piccinni: Il regno della luna (1770)
 Niccolò Piccinni: L'olandese in Italia (1770)
 Johann Adolf Hasse: Il Ruggiero ovvero L'eroica grattitudine (1771)
 Carlo Monza: Nitteti (1771)
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ascanio in Alba (1771)
 Josef Mysliveček: Il gran Tamerlano (1771)
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lucio Silla (1772)
 Antonio Sacchini: Armida (1772)
 Giuseppe Colla: Tolomeo (1773)
 Giuseppe Gazzaniga: Zon Zon (1773)
 Giovanni Paisiello: Sismano nel Mogol (1773)
 Giovanni Paisiello: Andromeda (1774)
 Felice Alessandri: Il Medonte re d'Epiro (1774)
 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi: Vologeso (1775)
 Tommaso Traetta: La Merope (1776)

Literatura
 Karyl Charna Lynn: Italian Opera Houses and Festivals. Scarecrow Press, 2005
 Franklin Mesa: Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597-2000. McFarland, 2007

Externí odkazy

 Stručná historie
 Historie divadla
 Opery a jejich premiéry

Divadla v Itálii
Operní scény
Italská opera
Stavby v Miláně
Kultura v Miláně


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Ivanka Trump Almost As Powerful As Queen Elizabeth II but Melania Nowhere on Forbes Most Powerful Women 2018 List
By Jessica Kwong On 12/4/18 at 9:57 AM EST
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First daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump made Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2018 list on Tuesday at number 24, just one spot behind Queen Elizabeth II. First lady Melania Trump, meanwhile, was nowhere to be seen in the 15th annual ranking.
The Forbes list further snubbed Melania Trump in its description of her husband's daughter.
"The first daughter and advisor to President Trump has become the de facto First Lady as her step-mother Melania prefers to avoid the limelight," Forbes wrote.
"Famously sitting in for her father at last summer's G2 summit, in 2018 she shuttered her fashion business to focus on a public policy career," Forbes continued. The publication states that "it's unclear how impactful her role is," but that Ivanka Trump is focusing on paid family leave, promoting women in science, creating a workforce apprenticeship program and tackling human trafficking.
"On the heels of claiming she didn't know couldn't use personal email for official business, she's going to G2 2018 to discuss the future of work," Forbes states.
While Ivanka Trump topped Melania Trump for the second year in a row, she slipped five spots from last year. The first daughter deubted on Forbes' list last year at number 19. The first lady did not make the cut last year either.
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— ForbesWomen (@ForbesWomen) December 4, 2018
Forbes' explanation for Ivanka Trump's ranking this year was almost identical to last year's: "Ivanka has become the de facto first lady as her step-mother Melania has opted to stay mostly out of the limelight."
Ivanka Trump has been criticized as much as she has been praised for her work in the White House, which she entered with no prior government experience. The first daughter was heavily scrutinized for staying silent on her father President Donald Trump's immigration policy that led to migrant family separations at the border. When Ivanka Trump attended the Summit of the America conference in Lima, Peru, in April that her father did not end up attending, she was accused on Twitter of acting like the U.S. secretary of state.
Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump look on as Republican presidential elect Donald Trump speaks during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on November 9, 2016. Ivanka Trump topped Melania Trump on Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2018 list. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images
Melania Trump has been more active as a first lady this year than her husband's inaugural year. However, most of her work in public has focused on pushing her "Be Best" initiative aimed at helping children, rather than delving into major policy issues.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list for the eighth straight year and 13th time in total. British Prime Minister Theresa May came in second, just as the previous year.
Ivanka Trump Beats Melania Trump On Forbes Power List
Melania, Ivanka, Jared Kushner Influence Firings
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Significant Digits For Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Aug. 8, 2017 , at 7:49 AM
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Monday night Rachel Lindsay of The Bachelorette arrived at the end of her 10-week journey and selected Bryan Abasolo as the winner of the competition. Abasolo was also the recipient of the show's prized first impression rose; 17 percent of those who had received it in past seasons went on to win the competition. Abasolo's victory only improves that rose's predictive power. [FiveThirtyEight]
Percentage of respondents to a CNN/SSRS poll who said they consider the first 200 days of President Trump's presidency a success. Fifty-nine percent considered the first 200 days a failure. The first 200 days of President George W. Bush and President Obama saw success assessments of 56 percent and 51 percent, respectively. [CNN]
Percentage of respondents to a SurveyMonkey poll indicating they thought it was entirely inappropriate for workers to be asked to contribute money toward purchasing gifts for executives in their company. [FiveThirtyEight]
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Republicans do not need to win any swing states in order to achieve a Senate majority, given that there are 52 Senate seats in states where they beat the national presidential vote by a margin of five points or more. This imbalanced landscape is a recent phenomenon. In 1980, there were 18 states where the presidential margin was 5 points or more in favor of Democrats, and 18 states where it was 5 points or more in favor of Republicans. [FiveThirtyEight]
76 percent of SAG-AFTRA members who voted on a new labor contract supported a new deal that gives actors improved residuals on digital streaming platform products. [Variety]
It appears financial crime enforcement is down, judging by fines assessed. The Wall Street Journal looked at the aggregate penalties laid down by the SEC, CFTC and FIRA in the first half of 2017 and the amount — $489 million — is down substantially from last year, when $1.4 billion in fines were assessed in the same period. [The Wall Street Journal]
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The photo-sharing service is letting users verify a phone number to receive an authentication code when logging in.
Instagram is moving to secure your brunch photos with two-factor authentication.
The photo-sharing service will let users verify a phone number to receive an authentication code when logging in, according to TechCrunch, which first reported the news. That means anyone trying to access your account without authorization will need more than a stolen or guessed username and password.
An Instagram spokeswoman confirmed the slow launch to PCMag, but declined to offer further details, like when folks can expect to see the feature, or why it's taken so long to introduce.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) simply means that identifying yourself requires at least two types of proof: your password plus another form of authentication, like a code sent to an authenticator app or your phone via text message.
As TechCrunch points out, if a hacker gains access to your Instagram account, they can delete photos, attack friends, and spam followers. But what is no more than a nuisance for some people is a real problem for others, including celebrities, brands, and folks who collect money from sponsored posts.
Instagram's parent company, Facebook, has offered the added layer of security for years via Login Approvals, which require a security code to access your account from unknown browsers. Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, Google, and Twitch, among others, also provide some type of two-factor authentication.
The news comes as Instagram rolls out one of its most-requested features—multiple account switching—to iOS and Android users.
For more, see How to Make Two-Factor Authentication Work for You.