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A vibrant coming-of-age story told with sharp insight and self-aware wit, BOYS KEEP SWINGING (Atria; February 20, 2018; $26.00) is a fiercely candid memoir from Jake Shears, lead singer of the iconic glam rock bank Scissor Sisters. A trailblazing downtown band embraced by the LGBTQ community, Scissor Sisters would become an international, platinum-selling sensation, making Shears a star in his own right. But before his personal transformation, Shears was Jason Sellards, a misfit growing up gay in the less-evolved America of the 1980s and 90s.
Sellards grew up in Mesa, Arizona and San Juan Island, Washington, the only child of a second marriage. His parents were largely accepting, or at least tolerant, of his idiosyncratic approach to life—a need to be liked that manifested itself in a desire to perform coupled with a bravely flamboyant sense of style. In school he was often the odd man out, embracing his differences even when that daring act resulted in social isolation or bullying. His struggle was not so much with being gay as with figuring out how to be gay amid the fear and loathing of the AIDS era. His youthful sexual exploration was somewhat restrained, though marked by occasional poor choices. His friendships, honest and devoted, were often with other perceived outcasts.
Moving to New York City to finish college, he encountered both the horrors and delights of life there. He shared questionably-converted digs in an old factory in Williamsburg with a strange array of oddball roommates. His jerry-rigged room flooded whenever it rained. The long subway rides to then-ungentrified Brooklyn could be tiresome, and he chronically struggled to make ends meets. But the life Jake encountered in downtown Manhattan was anything but mind-numbing. At clubs and bars he encountered people like himself, inhabiting a world where people could wear their differences openly and proudly. Suddenly the once-closeted boy from Mesa was making extra money dancing in a g-string on the bar—and having the time of his life.
When Jason reconnected with Scott Hoffman, whom he had briefly met years before, their shared love of horror movies and video games morphed into something greater, and the Scissor Sisters – and Jake Shears the persona – were born. Beginning in the wake of 9/11, the band provided a refreshing antidote to those tremulous times. They performed in smoky gay clubs in New York, and found their first massive successive in the UK, with such hits as "Take Your Mama" and "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'." Suddenly, the former Jason Sellards was socializing with such personal idols as Elton John, Debbie Harry, and Lou Reed.
Like Carrie Brownstein's Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Patti Smith's Just Kids, and Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run, BOYS KEEP SWINGING brilliantly captures the youthful frisson of a transformative era in our music and our culture. More than simply a rock star's memoir, it is a poignant book about growing up different yet defiant—an enveloping story of dreams made real through originality and honesty.
Jake Shears is the lead singer of the multiplatinum-selling glam rock band Scissor Sisters. Born in Arizona, he grew up in the Seattle area before moving to New York City, where he studied fiction writing at The New School. He wrote the music for Tales of the City, a 2011 stage musical based on Armistead Maupin's bestselling book series of the same name. He divides his time between Los Angeles and New Orleans. Additionally, he will release his first solo album in 2018.
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Atria Books Hardcover | On-sale:February 20, 2018 | ISBN: 9781501140129, $26.00
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Making his Hot Creations debut is Belfast's Phil Kieran with 'Make A Change', with Nathan Barato and Matrixxman on remixes. Acting as a teaser, this release is the precursor to Kieran's forthcoming album 'Blinded By The Sun' on Jamie Jones and Lee Foss' label in October. For over a decade Kieran has dedicated his career to producing and DJing, resulting in a decent reputation for the music he makes.
'Make A Change' sees synths and drum machines being brought together by a simple vocal that acts a mantra.
Phil Kieran: "I wanted to send out a positive message onto the dance floor that could empower people. Inspired by events and people in the world over history that have made a difference by standing up for what they believe in".
Phil has previously worked with Green Velvet and was personally chosen by Depeche Mode to remix 'Sweetest Perfection'. Having released on ULTRAMAJIC, Hotflush, Cocoon, Turbo and his own imprint Phil Kieran Recordings, Kieran is a popular figure within the techno scene. His skills in production have also meant that he's created film scores alongside David Holmes and released music under his alias Le Carousel.
Canadian Nathan Barato returns once more to Hot Creations and delivers a remix charged with after-hours energy. Matrixxman switches up the mood entirely with his remixes, made entirely for the techno-heads.


Wow, am I behind on my posts, or what? Tomorrow is the beginning of April, and this post is about my niece's birthday, which was March 1st. As they say, "better late than never," right? I'm gonna go along with that for now.
You'll need 1 nice big bath or beach towel, and a hand towel to made the hood.
B. Using one of the newly cut halves, fold in half along the unfinished edge (This should make an almost-square shape. If you fold it the wrong way, you'll get a super long rectangle).
C. Sew the unfinished edge together to make a triangle shape for the hood, and turn right-side out.
A. Fold the towel and hood in half to line them up correctly. (This is easier than measuring). I put the hood in the middle of the longer side of the towel, that way the towel can wrap around Leanna when the hood is on her head.
B. Pin the hood in place and sew it on!
A. I cut the letter "L" out of the unused half of the hand towel to place on the middle of the big towel. You can make shapes like flowers, stars, or whatever you like. This "L" was super easy to cut and sew.
B. Using a stitch that will keep away fraying, stitch along the edge of the letter. I used a fancy honeycomb stitch, but a regular zig-zag stitch would probably do the job just as well.
C. I also decided to add some purple rick-rack to the edge of the hood. I just used a straight stitch and sewed along the edge of the hood.
You are so creative Margaret with so many great ideas! Thanks for all the time you take to type and post them so we all can see and use them! Love ya!
Thanks for posting this…now I want to make ones for Evan and Noah!


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[18:31] - President Brahim Ghali receives UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura
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Uganda calls for achieving just, peaceful, lasting solution to Western Sahara question
New York (UN), 24 October 2020 (SPS) - The Republic of Uganda has stressed the continued urgency of achieving a just peaceful and lasting solution to the question of Western Sahara that provides ultimately for the inalienable rights of the Sahrawi people to self-determination in conformity with relevant General Assembly resolutions.
In a statement By H.E. Philip Odida, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Uganda to the United Nations at The General Debate of the 4th Committee of the 75th Session of the General Assembly, Uganda called on the Special Political Committee to uphold the responsibility of the United Nations towards the decolonization of all the Non-Self-governing Territories including Western Sahara.
Uganda expressed its support for UN led processes and, in this regard, it called upon the Secretary General to appoint a successor Personal Envoy for Western Sahara and to re-launch the fledging peace process as soon as possible.
It also called upon the two parties, Morocco and Frente POLISARIO, to resume direct negotiations as called for by the Security Council in its various resolutions.
Uganda emphasized the importance of the role of the African Union in the ultimate resolution of the question of Western Sahara and in this regard it called on the UN to implement the UN-OAU peace plan with a view to holding without further delay the self-determination referendum of the people of Western Sahara. (SPS)
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[15:45] : UN should seek peaceful settlement based on failure of past approaches
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Remember Your Telephone is YOUR Tool.
I saw a social media meme the other day that was joking about how we used to answer the phone, which had only one ring tone--RING--without any idea of who was on the other side waiting to speak to us AND we SOMEHOW survived! I had to "ROFLOL!"
I also saw one that showed a phone receiver dangling in the air, hanging by its chord from the phone on the wall and it said, "This is how I used to block someone from calling me!"
Again, I had to "ROFLOL!"
I recall many people I knew thinking "back in the day" that taking the phone off the hook or not answering once we had caller ID and could see who was calling were just awful things to do. I was never one of them. Even then, I knew that a telephone was MY tool, not the other way around!
So many of us with FMS hate talking on the phone. (It is exhausting, stressful, and draining to most of us, but that's another post on another day!) Guess what? You do NOT have to! A telephone is a tool for YOU to control. Do not let it control you instead.
I personally talk to my husband, parents, children, siblings, and a few friends that I know do not text or who would not opt to call me unless they really needed to. Other than that, everyone else knows to text me if they want to reach me. In fact, if my friends see my name come up on their caller id, they answer with, "What's wrong?" because they know I do not talk on the phone.
Out of necessity, I do accept business calls, but I have the numbers programmed in my phone so I know who is calling. I do not answer just any number that comes up. To deal with all other calls, I even frequently have my voicemail greeting say, "If you need to contact me, please text me, and I will reply when I can" It does offend some people, but most adjust quickly.
Do not feel guilty! You have the right to control who you speak to, when you speak to them, and to communicate in alternative ways. Actually, considering the fact that nearly everyone has a cell phone, tablet, etc. with them at all times, most people have decided that their phone is a tool for them to control, not the other way around. Those of us with FMS are not the only ones!
i don't talk on the phone because it tires me out. I only do texting. Thank you.
I understand totally Margaret! Bless you and thanks for commenting!


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St Swithun's contributes £12.6m and 342 jobs to Winchester's economy
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St Swithun's school contributed £12.6m towards Winchester's gross domestic product (GDP) in the last financial year, according to a report carried out by Oxford Economics for the Independent Schools Council (ISC).
This represented 0.26% of the city's total GDP. St Swithun's employs 310 staff, supporting 550 jobs in the UK economy directly or via its UK-based supply chain. It supports 0.36% of all jobs in Winchester either directly or via its supply chain.
The total contribution of St Swithun's to the national economy was £23.1m. In addition, the total savings generated for the UK taxpayer, as a result of attendance at St Swithun's by the 615 pupils who would otherwise take up a free UK state school place was £3.8m.
Arguably of more importance, during the 2018/19 academic year, St Swithun's will have delivered 130 hours of enrichment activities to 560 local primary school children. In addition, it is on course to provide 35 hours of free swimming pool access including tuition and transport, saving each participating primary school an average of £3,000 and ensuring their pupils can swim 25m. In addition, the school provides 20 hours of holiday activity sessions for more than 30 children.
Approximately 150 people from the local Winchester area regularly attend the St Swithun's Speakers' Programme which features academics, politicians, philanthropists, adventurers, scientists and the media.
Headmistress Jane Gandee said: St Swithun's is proud of its heritage as a Winchester institution, having been founded by local philanthropist Anna Bramston in 1884. It occupied buildings in the city centre until the 1930s and played a key role in Winchester's war effort. Our links with the local community remain strong with pupils visiting local nursing homes and cooking for the Winchester Nightshelter on a regular basis. In June, our year 11 pupils will return to the Unit 12 local community centre, following our partnership with them during the launch phase last year. Our pupils will help to create an outdoor education space, tackle refurbishment and maintenance work and hold a Unit 12 Open Day event for the Winnall Community.
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Military Author Radio co hosts Dr. Tom Gauthier and Dari Bradley welcome our July 29, 2012 Guest: Teresa Irish, author of the newly published A Thousand Letters Home, One WWII Soldier's Story of War, Love and Life. This book is comprised of 320 of the 1,000 handwritten letters from her father, Aarol W. "Bud" Irish, a decorated army soldier, written during his 38 months of service in WWII. The letters, which were accompanied by 250 photographs and historic documents, were discovered when Teresa opened his army trunk shortly after his death in 2006.
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December 6, 2018 by Kurtis Parker
Teddy Bear tossing was at its best in Bakersfield on November 24th. Each year, the Bakersfield Condors host their annual Teddy Bear toss event. The purpose of this bear throwing extravaganza is to help less-fortunate children through The United Way of Kern County. If you have never been, its quite the experience. Once our local hockey team(Condors) makes the first goal, stuffed animals start flying through the arena in hopes to land on the ice. All the stuffed, soon to be bedtime buddies are then collected and donated to the children in need. Its not everyday you see Winnie the Pooh, Baloo the Bear, and Paddington soaring through the air in an attempt to land on ice.
What made the night so special for us at VAC was that a few of our clients and staff were able to attend this event for free. The tickets were given to us from the Bakersfield Condors Big Buddies program. This program allows underprivileged children and military to attend the event at no charge thanks to local organizations. Not only was the event special for the children who took home a Teddy, but it was an amazing experience for our VAC clients and staff.
The Bakersfield Condors lost the game that night, but gained some lifelong fans here at VAC. Moments and memories like the ones created on November 24, 2018 are things that our clients hold onto and cherish. We here at VAC want to thank the Bakersfield Condors for being gracious and giving toward the community we serve. There were a lot of laughs, a lot of popcorn, and a whole lot of flying furry forest friends. Say that one 5 times fast! Go Condors
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ARIZONA – Jim Ameduri, the CEO and Managing Partner of Alize Ventures and a global investment expert with three decades in the industry, has recently been appointed to the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Board of Trustees.
Ameduri began his career as a financier and investment manager before founding his own firm in 1992. He has since built and managed a succession of companies, and has structured business transactions globally. Ameduri's restructuring work frequently has focused on operations and capital efficiency, and managing companies in transition.
Ameduri was nominated to the PSPRS Board by the Arizona League of Cities and Towns and appointed by the Speaker of the Arizona House, Rep. Rusty Bowers. In addition to a bachelor's degree in Finance from Youngstown State University, Ameduri earned an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He currently serves as a Director of ESalt Media Technologies; Chairman of the Board for Capax World, a nonprofit focused on sustainable solutions to global poverty; a Director of the Arizona State University Foundation Investment Committee; and a Director of the Arizona Community Foundation, where he serves on the Investment and Special Assets Committees.
State law requires that civilian members of the PSPRS Board of Trustees have at least 10 years of substantial experience in fiduciary investments, economics, actuarial sciences, senior executive banking, and public pension management or as a chartered financial analyst.
Scott McCarty: City of Queen Creek finance director and League of Arizona Cities and Towns Pension Task Force chairman. More than 30 years of government budgeting and financial management.
Harry A. Papp: Managing partner of L. Roy Papp & Associates, LLP, as well as a former acquisition manager for G.D. Searle & Co. Chartered financial analyst with 40 years of experience analyzing securities.
Dean Scheinert: Former senior vice president for J.P. Morgan Chase Private Bank and U.S. Bank. More than 30 years of experience with investment management and capital markets.
Don Smith - Former and 15-year chief executive officer of Copperpoint Insurance and former deputy secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
The PSPRS Board of Trustees also includes Vice-Chairman Mike Scheidt, a City of Tempe firefighter and member of the Tempe Fire Department Local Board.
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The subsidiary company of Instacup, a world-famous brand of tea and coffee products, has become an official supplier of tea and coffee at the 2nd European Games. The company's director Turan Iskandarov and the Minsk European Games Organizing Committee (MEGOC) CEO George Katulin signed the cooperation agreement on April 9 in Minsk.
According to the agreement, Instacup will offer its products as part of the catering for the participants and volunteers of the 2nd European Games on a sponsorship basis. The company manufactures cups with in-built tea and coffee granules (with or without additives), which can be quickly transformed into popular drinks by simply adding hot water.
The cups will also be sold to spectators at the venues and in fan zones.
The agreement with Instacup is a milestone moment for the Minsk European Games Organizing Committee (MEGOC) since it is an example of successfully attracting large international brands to the multi-sports competition.
- It's always nice when there are companies that are ready to support and sponsor the 2nd European Games. This indicates at the significance of the event for Belarus and for the international community. Now we got a big international sponsor among suppliers, which is very important for a number of reasons. We managed to prove that the marketing service of the Organizing Committee can work quite successfully in the absence of restrictions from the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in regards to concluding agreements with manufacturers of certain goods and services. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we have signed a big contract.
It is also important that our efforts to promote the Games resonate with world-famous companies, which attracts manufacturers of high-quality goods and services, their consumers, and consequently, sports fans, to the country. It is very important for us that the Instacup Trade company will offer its services in such a significant sector of the Games as catering for a large number of client groups. The company will not only offer tea and coffee products, but also equipment for preparing such beverages.
- We use new technology in the manufacture of our products, which is notable for the convenience it brings to our consumers. The guests who come to the 2nd European Games will be able to appreciate this in person. We already sell our products in 14 countries of the world - in establishments for health care, education, airlines, and during major sporting events. Being represented at the Games in Minsk opens up great opportunities for us, so that we can continue to support sporting events in Belarus and other countries.


Are blue UK passports coming back after Brexit, when can I get one and where are they being made?
OLD school British passports will be making a comeback when the country quits the EU next month.
Are blue passports coming back after Brexit?
Blue passports are making a comeback for citizens of Britain and Northern Ireland.
We'll be returning to the old design which traditionally marked out the UK passport from the rest after we leave the EU in March 2019.
The announcement in December 2017 followed a campaign by The Sun for the Government to bring back our famous dark blue passport — as a symbol of the UK regaining sovereignty from the EU.
Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said: "The restoration of our own British passport is a clear statement to the world that Britain is back."
What colour were the old British passports and how are they different from EU ones?
Traditionally, the British passport was dark blue with the lion and the unicorn royal coat of arms embossed in gold on the front.
Unlike the modern passport, it had a hardcover.
Passports in all EU member states' passport booklets have common design elements, and, with the exception of Croatia, have burgundy coloured covers.
Unlike the old British passports, the new design will be similar in look and feel to the old one, though with the distinctive dark blue colour.
Immigration minister Brandon Lewis has promised the new document will have "a raft of new security measures to protect against fraud and forgery".
The page with the holder's photograph and details will be replaced with a new "super-strength plastic polycarbonate material that will be more difficult to alter," according to the Government.
Not in Britain or Northern Ireland seemingly.
It emerged in March that British company De La Rue is to be stripped of its long-standing contract to produce the nation's new identity documents.
In November 2018, The Standard reported that De La Rue is shaking up its passports division after losing out on the £500 million tender to make the new, blue British passport.
THE first passport-type papers appeared in 1414 with a "safe conduct" document referred to in an Act of Parliament in Henry V's reign.
1540: Travel papers are called passports for the first time.
1641: Oldest surviving British passport was issued.
1794: The Home Office takes control of issuing them in a role it still has today.
1835: Row breaks out over "degrading" demands for British passports to include physical descriptions.
1858: Passports are written in English for the first time. They had been in French, the official language of diplomacy.
1915: Passport books similar to those we use today were first issued.
1920: Our iconic blue book created.
1975: Laminated photos were added to help prevent pictures being switched.
1988: Blue book ordered to be abolished after the EU demands Britain use European Common Format Passport.
1993: The blue passport was ditched.
2002: Famous last-minute London Passport Office leaves Petty France, Westminster, for Victoria.
When can I get a new blue passport?
All those renewing or applying for a new passport from October 2019 will automatically get one designed with dark blue and gold.
But new British passports issued between the Brexit deadline of 29 March, 2019, and the all-blue passport date of October 2019, will initially continue to have the EU burgundy colours.
However, the embossed words "European Union" at the top of the front cover will be removed, along with the same words on the first proper page.
According to The Independent, around four million new passports will take this temporary form, based on estimates on the number of passports issued between April and September 2016.
In January 2018 it was announced the price of a British passport is set to rise by £12.50 from March 27 - but only if you are applying for one by post.
It will see prices go up from £72.50 to £85 while the cost of online applications will also increase - but only by £3 to £75.50.
Where are blue passports being made?
British company De La Rue will no longer produce British passports.
Instead, the lucrative business will be handed over to French firm Gemalto, The Sun can reveal.
De La Rue produced its first passport for Britain back in 1915.
The decision sparked outrage among Tory MPs who accused the Home Office of "a national humiliation".
How long is my European Union passport valid for?
Every passport issued by the UK will continue to be valid as a EU travel document until 29 March 2019.
From the date of EU departure, all current British passports will still be valid as a UK travel document, but will no longer have the rights associated with EU membership.
The very last EU British passport will run out by the end of 2029.


Traditional Art Society of Korea will host the 13th World Korean Traditional Performing Art Competition in order to award the best traditional art groups. Additionally, the event will be a chance to introduce Korean culture to people in the U.S. and help Korean American children to find their identity. Every year, more than 40 teams from many countries participated in this competition. Especially this year, performing artist(Soo kwan Park) who comes from Korea for this competition, will be perform at the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre in Manhattan before the day of competition to celebrate the World Korean Traditional Performing Arts Competition. Also, the winner of this year will have an opportunity to perform at one of the performances hosted by the Traditional Art Society of Korea.
For more information about the competition, please call Traditional Art Society of Korea at 201-744-8740(fax: 201-584-0213, e-mail: taskus2013@gmail.com).


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In the IRR? The military may want you back if you served in one of these jobs
At least one of the military services says it's looking for members of the Individual Ready Reserve to come back into the fold — and the call goes beyond just those who served in medical specialties
By Gina Harkins, Military.com | Published Apr 13, 2020 6:51 PM
Editor's note: This article by Gina Harkins originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community
At least one of the military services says it's looking for members of the Individual Ready Reserve to come back into the fold — and the call goes beyond just those who served in medical specialties.
As the country faces a potentially months-long emergency over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, the military services could turn to a pool of veterans who thought their days in uniform were behind them.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month giving the Pentagon the authority to recall some members of the IRR to active duty — a move that likely sent many veterans rushing to check their discharge papers. Veterans are usually eligible for recall to active duty for eight years after the end of their mandatory service obligation ends.
Most of the services say they're still assessing their needs in the wake of Trump's new order. But Lt. Col. Mary Ricks, a spokeswoman for Army Human Resources Command, said they're seeking volunteers who served in at least four fields outside medical jobs.
"The Army is also looking for soldiers who served in the areas of logistics, aviation, as drill sergeants or recruiters," Ricks said. "Protecting our citizens from coronavirus is a whole-of-nation call, and we need the help of our Individual Ready Reserve and our Retired Soldiers to maximize this critical effort."
The global pandemic caused by the coronavirus, she added, is an "extraordinary challenge [that] requires equally extraordinary solutions."
The Navy and Marine Corps are still reviewing whether there's a need to recall members of the IRR, spokesmen for those services said.
The Air Force expects to target medical personnel for mobilization first, but it could expand to other specialties. That includes command-and-control elements and logistics personnel, said Sean Houlihan, an Air Force Reserve Command spokesman.
While there's not an immediate plan to tap former airmen who served in those fields, Houlihan said the Air Force has the authority to do so.
"[Air Reserve Component] members must be prepared for mobilization at any time," he said.
This wouldn't be the first time the military has turned to voluntary or involuntary recall to carry out a critical mission. The Army notified around 21,000 members of the IRR they were needed during Desert Storm, Ricks said. About 18,000 of them reported for duty.
The Marine Corps got the authority in 2006 to recall up to 2,000 members of the IRR for a one-year period, said Maj. Roger Hollenbeck, a Marine Corps Forces Reserve spokesman. That was in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S., when combat missions in both Afghanistan and Iraq ramped up.
The military services have activated at least a portion of the Reserves to carry out missions tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The Army Reserve has several sustainment, logistics and civil-authority units providing services in Utah, as well as New Orleans and other U.S. cities.
The Navy has nearly 200 reservists serving on hospital ships in New York and California, said Lt. Cmdr. Ben Tisdale, a Navy Reserve Force spokesman. Dozens more Navy reservists are serving on COVID-19 response missions across the joint force, he added.
If the pandemic requires a large-scale military response, officials say there are a host of benefits to being able to tap into the IRR to recall service members.
"It is a pre-trained pool of manpower that is available for recall on short notice to fulfill service requirements," Hollenbeck said. "This means that most IRR Marines will require only minimal screening and training in order to return to active duty."
Ricks said former soldiers and retirees possess the skills, training and education to augment the Army's COVID-19 responses.
That could prove invaluable, she added, "to ultimately win this fight."
The likelihood of involuntary recalls being used will probably depend on how many veterans who recently left the service volunteer to fill in-demand requirements.
The Army over the last several weeks has seen an influx of volunteers after asking medical professionals in eight specialties to return to service to backfill hospitals after troops were called on to fill emergency field facilities in areas hard hit by coronavirus outbreaks. More than 25,000 retired and former soldiers have offered to return to their former uniformed roles.
This article originally appeared on Military.com
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Series A: Attendance Trends In Italian Football
The top division of Italian football, Series A, is viewed as a standout amongst other football alliances on the planet. In this article, I will attempt to give an audit of attendances in this opposition in recent many years.
We need to begin from some place, so let it be – 1960s. That decade is set apart with incredible accomplishments of Italian football, predominantly on the club level. AC Milan and Inter got absolutely 4 European Champions Cups (two for each side). Italian public group figured out how to turn into the hero of Europe 1968, yet without huge outcomes in the World Cup. In this period, participation in Series An advanced from 22,000 guests for every association match, to the degree of 30,134 in season 1969/70. AC Napoli held the supremacy with almost 70,000 individuals for every match (their best season was 1966/67 when they arrived at 75,797 observers). Entomb (in their brilliant age) kept the second spot with participation which changed somewhere in the range of 45,000 and 49,000.
During 70s, Italian football didn't make brings about scope of their brilliance. Public crew arrived at the World cup last in 1970, however lost against Brazil. Clubs didn't sparkle either – just Juventus got the UEFA Cup in 1977. Association participation deteriorated fair and square of 30-34,000. Among the most well known clubs (with more than 40,000 watchers for each match) in this period were Milan, Napoli, Juventus, Lazio, Roma, Inter.
The earliest reference point of 80s carried a ton of euphoria to Italian football fans. "Squadra" won the World Cup title in 1982, however in the association, participation kept at the degree of 30,000. Napoli worked on this number to 38,000 in season 1984/85. They had 77,600 fans for each match, however for a valid justification – Maradona had come and that was the beginning of another brilliant period of this club. รองพื้นขายดี
90s were set apart with goliaths from Milano. AC Milan was on the participation seat until 1997, with normal number of guests which differed between 56,000 (1996/97) and 75,830 (1992/93 – heroes of Italy and sprinters up in the Champions League). Then, at that point Inter surpassed the lead. We should say that these were the long periods of mastery Italian clubs in European football. Milan and Juve won the Champions League, however particularly intriguing reality is that Italian clubs won 9 out of 11 UEFA cup prizes in period 1989-1999. Public group, anyway didn't arrive at any honor, despite the fact that they were hosts of the FIFA World Cup 1990. For this event, Italian arenas – frequently condemned for low quality, were revamped.
New thousand years got decay to participation Italian football, despite the fact that Milan and entomb prevailed to win UEFA CL, and public group won the World Cup 2006. Football was stacked with various embarrassments as match fixing and club liquidations. Participation declined each year and arrived at the base in 2006/2007 with just 18,473 watchers for every match. Despite the fact that this was fairly worked on in two or three years, Italian Series A with around 25,000 observers for every match is behind attendances in Germany, England and Spain.
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Toni Braxton & Babyface Live was a 4-day co-headlining concert tour in Africa by American recording artists Toni Braxton and Babyface, in support of their duet album, Love, Marriage & Divorce. The outing started on August 28, in Zimbabwe and ended on September 3, in Johannesburg. This marked the first time both singers embarked on a tour together. Highlights of the tour, included performing together their Grammy winning duet single "Hurt You".

Set list
Babyface
"For the Cool in You"
"Every Time I Close My Eyes"
"Never Keeping Secrets"
"Soon as I Get Home"
"Slow Jam"
"Rocky Steady"
"Two Occasions"
"Whip Appeal"
Toni Braxton
"He Wasn't Man Enough"
"You're Makin' Me High"
"I Heart You"
"Seven Whole Days"
"You Mean the World to Me"
"Another Sad Love Song"
"Love Shoulda Brought You Home"
"Just Be a Man About It"
"Breathe Again"
"Hurt You" (performed with Babyface)
"Un-Break My Heart"

Shows

External links
Toni Braxton International Fanpage|Facebook

References

2015 concert tours
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Senator Blumenthal holds 'emergency field hearing' on DACA, immigration policy
Posted 10:50 AM, September 11, 2017, by Sean Pragano and FOX 61 Staff, Updated at 06:39PM, September 11, 2017
NEW HAVEN -- In response to President Donald Trump's order to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Senator Richard Blumenthal held an 'emergency field hearing' on the impact of immigration policies on DREAMers and their families, in particular, regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.
The unsanctioned field hearing was held inside the First and Summerfield Church in New Haven Monday morning.
The church is providing sanctuary for Marco Reyes of Meriden. Reyes was ordered deported on August 8th. His daughter, Evelyn, is a DACA recipient who now faces her own threat of deportation and spoke alongside her father.
"It's been really hard on the family," said Evelyn. "Then recently when the news came out about DACA coming to an end it made me worried because I, myself, and my brother, we are DACA recipients."
Derby father Luis Barrios and his daughter Jessica will also testify regarding their family's deportation battle.
Blumenthal will gather testimony and bring that information back to Washington as he leads an effort to help pass a Dream Act and comprehensive immigration reform.
Nearly 800,000 immigrants are being affected by this latest decision to end the DACA program, which is expected to happen in six months.
"They've been promised that if they came forward, played by the rules, continued working, paying taxes, studying, they would be safe," said Blumenthal at the conclusion of the meeting. "America, a great nation, keeps its promises."
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Foliar diseases of soybean continue to be observed throughout the MS soybean production system. Over the past week additional counties containing soybean rust have been observed throughout the state. Stay tuned to information on the Crop Situation Blog regarding additional counties with soybean rust infected plant material should management suggestions change.
Soybean looper has started to show up in soybean and a few applications have started in some fields. We have several good options to manage soybean looper and all of them should be considered. Belt has become the go to insecticide for looper control in a lot of situations over the last couple of years.
Numerous questions over the past few weeks regarding how well certain fungicide chemistries are managing frogeye leaf spot. Attached please find preliminary rating data from Starkville and Stoneville on how well particular products are managing observable symptoms of frogeye leaf spot. Additional data to follow as we continue to rate plots.
Numerous diseases continue to be reported from throughout the MS soybean production area. Frogeye leaf spot continues to be the main foliar disease observed. Additional soybean rust was reported from Adams County this past week. However, since low levels of the disease continue to be reported the suggestion remains that farmers wait and watch the available information and allow soybean to get as close to reproductive developmental stages before making a fungicide application.
Trap counts were generally steady to slightly lower this week compared to last week for both bollworm and tobacco budworm. As has been the case all year, counts are higher than in 2012 but slightly lower than long-term average catches.
Phytotoxicity following a foliar fungicide application is not a commonplace occurrence in our soybean production system. In certain situations, the symptoms that express themselves when a fungicide application is made in the heat of the day can manifest themselves similar to characteristic foliar disease symptoms. Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is a common occurrence from the standpoint that we observe the disease annually but rarely does it impact yield and in fact we normally suggest that SDS simply means you've raised some great soybeans in that particular field. Keep in mind that SDS will only occur on light soil texture classes and normally not across an entire field as a situation such as phytotoxicity could.


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Affordability for Working and Middle-Class Families
Created the $2 billion Affordable NJ Communities for Homeowners and Renters (ANCHOR) Property Tax Relief Program, oversaw the slowest growth in property taxes in any administration's term on record, and helped taxpayers by raising the cap for state property tax deductions and expanding Senior Freeze eligibility
Championed over a dozen tax breaks for working families, including an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit and a new Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
Put New Jersey on a path to a $15 minimum wage
Supported workers by enacting paid sick leave and expanding paid family leave
Strengthened pay protections by enacting the nation's strongest equal pay law and a law prohibiting employers from using prior salary as a basis for employment
Supported residents financial security by establishing the SecureChoice savings program and a state-level Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Economic Growth and Housing
Developed and passed a multi-billion-dollar jobs and economic recovery package that brings accountability and labor protections to New Jersey's incentives programs
Created and expanded innovation economy programs such as the Innovation Evergreen Fund, the Angel Investor Tax Credit, NJ Ignite, and the Film and Digital Media Tax Credit
Created new industries that did not exist in the State prior to the administration, including offshore wind, adult-use cannabis, and legalized sports betting
Focused on inclusive economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by directing hundreds of millions in federal relief dollars into small business grants, child care support, and food assistance, and through creating the Main Street Recovery Fund
Furthered new units and housing affordability by launching the $305 million Affordable Housing Production Fund, increasing gap financing, and expanding the successful Down Payment Assistance program
Signed package of legislation addressing the foreclosure crisis and stood up the Foreclosure Prevention Program and Homeowner Assistance Fund
Stood up one of the nation's highest-performing emergency rental assistance programs, enacted one of the nation's strongest eviction moratoriums, and dedicated an additional $750 million to rent and utility support during the pandemic
Reinvigorated and coordinated workforce development programs through the Jobs NJ plan, which includes the New Jersey Apprenticeship Network and the Pay It Forward Program
Launched the Public Bank Implementation Board
Prioritized addressing New Jersey's long-term fiscal challenges, which since Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) has led to three credit rating upgrades and put the State on positive outlook with all four major credit rating agencies
Made record pension contributions each year and the first full contributions since 1996, while building a historic multi-billion-dollar budget surplus
Retired more than $3 billion in debt early to generate significant debt service savings
Partnered with public sector unions to achieve major savings in health benefit costs while maintaining high-quality care
Pre-K through 12
Increased K-12 school funding by more than $1.8 billion since FY2018 and signed landmark legislation to modernize and equitably distribute school funding
Invested in New Jersey's educational infrastructure with nearly $2 billion for school facilities, emergent needs, and capital maintenance projects; launched K-12 and higher education grant applications for $500 million in bond funding authorized by the Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act; and launched a $400 million bond-funded capital facilities grant program to support the growing higher education institution infrastructure needs
Made critical investments in New Jersey public libraries through $125 million in voter-approved Library Construction Bond Act funding
Increased preschool funding by more than $310 million since FY2018 and made early education accessible for almost 18,000 more children in over 120 new districts, putting New Jersey on a path to Universal Pre-K
Deployed billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds to school districts and institutions of higher education to ensure robust remote learning, including closing the digital divide for an estimated 231,000 Pre-K-12 students; supporting safe reopening of education facilities; and instituted a K-12 best practices clearinghouse to address issues such as learning gaps and chronic absenteeism
Made New Jersey the first state to have access to arts education in all public school districts and to adopt K-12 climate change standards across all core content areas
Launched "Computer Science for All" initiative and introduced the P-TECH educational model to New Jersey
Shepherded the return of full local control to the Newark, Paterson, and Jersey City after decades of state intervention
Provided tuition-free community college for more than 25,000 New Jersey students, and initiated the Garden State Guarantee to provide a similar benefit for those in four-year colleges
Supported college affordability by consistently increasing funding for the Educational Opportunity Fund, expanding Tuition Aid Grants to support DREAMers and incarcerated students, and enacting legislation to provide tax deductions for those saving for college, current students, and those repaying loans
Enacted legislation to help address workforce shortages in critical areas such as STEM and behavioral health
Created a statewide Campus Sexual Assault Commission to create safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environments for all students
Health Care and Human Services
Took decisive action to limit the spread of COVID-19 when New Jersey was hit first and hardest by the deadly virus
Worked with both the Trump and Biden administrations to ensure that the needs of New Jersey's residents were being met regardless of politics
Ensured equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination in administering over 18 million doses, and prevented the spread of COVID-19 by distributing over 4.7 million test kits to local public health and community-based partners, long-term care facilities, shelters, and over 130,000 tests to K-12 schools
Developed a tracking system for scarce resources like personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators, rapidly procured supplies, distributed over 82 million pieces of PPE, and now maintain a state stockpile
Advanced quality and safety in assisted living residences through increased funding and new quality measures
Health Care Access and Affordability
Restored and expanded funding for women's health and family planning services
Codified the right to reproductive choice in New Jersey prior to Roe v. Wade being overturned
Launched the State-Based Exchange, implemented critical market stability and consumer affordability measures, and distributed hundreds of millions of dollars through New Jersey Health Plan Savings subsidies
Started the Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency to mitigate unsustainable cost growth and convened health care leaders to sign a compact committing to health care cost growth benchmarks
Launched Cover All Kids to provide health coverage access to nearly 90,000 uninsured children in New Jersey, providing coverage to over 26,000 previously uninsured children in the first six months of implementation
Increased eligibility for the Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD) and Senior Gold programs to benefit over 20,000 seniors
Provided critical health care workforce wage increases, including direct support professionals, personal care assistants, nursing home workers, private duty nurses, and mental health and substance use disorder providers
Signed legislation to protect consumers against surprise bills for out-of-network health services
Reformed New Jersey's Medicinal Marijuana Program, increasing number of patients over seven-fold since 2018
Maternal Health and Early Childhood
Launched the Nurture NJ program and unveiled a strategic plan to improve maternal health and eliminate racial disparities in health outcomes for the state's mothers
Extended Medicaid's postpartum coverage of mothers for one full year, became the third state to provide Medicaid reimbursement for doula care, and increasing midwifery and doula reimbursements
Enacted legislation to create the nation's most comprehensive Universal Nurse Newborn Home Visiting program, becoming only the second state to have a statewide universal program
Delivered historic state and federal investments in child care, eliminated child care subsidy co-payments for families, and created new programs to revitalize the industry, including nearly $100 million for facilities and small business supports
Mental Health and Overdose Response
Leveraged the National Governor's Association's Chair Initiative to focus on Strengthening Youth Mental Health nationwide, and rebalanced Children's System of Care rates for the first time in 15 years to significantly invest in youth mental health supports and treatment
Launched the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and establish a mobile crisis response system
Launched the Governor's Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
Allocated hundreds of millions of dollars toward addressing the opioid crisis since 2018, and developed public input opportunities to distribute future settlement funds
Set offshore wind goal of developing 11,000 megawatts (MW) by 2040, and launched the New Jersey Wind Port and WIND Institute to position the state as an industry leader
Unveiled and advanced the State's Energy Master Plan to meet the goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2050 and the Protecting Against Climate Threats (PACT) regulatory reform effort
Advanced electric vehicle utilization by committing to 330,000 registered light-duty electric vehicles by 2025 and creating the Charge Up New Jersey incentive program
Steered New Jersey's re-entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Created the Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy and the NJ Council on the Green Economy to address climate change and workforce transitions
Signed historic environmental justice bill to protect overburdened communities from pollutants
Enacted legislation prohibiting the use of single-use plastic and paper bags in all stores and food service businesses statewide
Combatted lead exposure through laws requiring prospective lead-based paint inspection in rental housing, investing $180 million in addressing lead-based paint risks in housing, and improving requirements for testing for lead in school drinking water
Facilitated over $2 billion in Water Bank projects since 2018 and developing plan for spending over $1 billion more through federal infrastructure and American Rescue Plan investments
Increased funding for urban parks and acquired former rail line to create nine-mine Greenway
Secured federal funding for the Portal North Bridge (PNB), and advanced the Gateway Project with New York and the Port Authority
Dedicated over $2 billion in additional capital projects to improve transit in New Jersey, including station improvements in Newark, Hoboken, and Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden
Broke ground on the $600 million project of replacing the 112-year-old Raritan River Bridge, with 18 additional key projects currently underway
Provided record operating aid to NJ TRANSIT and spared commuters from fare hikes for five consecutive years
Turned around NJ TRANSIT through implementing Positive Train Control, graduating locomotive engineers at more than double the rate of the previous administration, releasing a 10-year strategic plan, and dedicating more than $50 million in customer-facing technology improvements for NJ TRANSIT riders
Set NJ TRANSIT on a path to achieve an all-electric fleet by 2040
Enacted Public Private Partnership (P3) legislation
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Reconstituted the Criminal Sentencing Review Commission and supported the Attorney General's directive that eliminated mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenses
Established the Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program and released the Youth Justice Task Force report
Invested tens of millions of dollars in new community and hospital-based violence intervention programs
Enacted three major packages of common-sense gun safety bills that make New Jersey's gun laws among the strongest nationally, by:
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Assembled historically diverse and first majority female cabinet
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Q: How do I save an ArcMap map document using VB.Net? I am trying to save the map document that is currently open. How do I write the code? I have tried many suggestions that I found using Google searches, but nothing works. Currently I have:
Dim clickedDoc As IMapDocument = My.ArcMap.Application.Document
clickedDoc.Save(True, False)
which causes ArcMap to crash. I did get it to work with some other code, but it wouldn't actually save.
Also, this should be a background job. So no save dialog should come up.

A: You can just use the built in ArcMap Command Save, see example below.
    Dim pUID As New UID
    Dim pCmdItem As ICommandItem
    ' Use the GUID of the Save command
    pUID.Value = "{119591DB-0255-11D2-8D20-080009EE4E51}"
    ' or you can use the ProgID
    ' pUID.Value = "esriArcMapUI.MxFileMenuItem"
    pUID.SubType = 3
    pCmdItem = My.ArcMap.Application.Document.CommandBars.Find(pUID)
    pCmdItem.Execute()

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The Trade Unions Forum (, FZZ) is a national trade union center in Poland. It held its first congress on April 15–16, 2002 in Warsaw, second on April 26–28, 2006 in Zegrze near Warsaw, and on April 12–14, 2010 in Bydgoszcz.

Despite opposition, particularly from the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ), the FZZ has secured membership at the Polish Tripartite Commission.

In 2005 during the campaign for parliamentary elections, FZZ failed to form an election coalition with the left-wing populist peasants party "Samoobrona" led by Andrzej Lepper.

The membership of FZZ to the European trade union confederation CESI is suspended, as FZZ does not pay its fees and is absent from meetings.

References

External links
 FZZ official site.

Trade unions in Poland
National trade union centers of Poland
Trade unions established in 2002


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Q: Setting Datomic classpath functions for use by transactor in Windows I'm trying to set a classpath function to be used by my custom transactor functions as described here:
https://docs.datomic.com/on-prem/database-functions.html#classpath-functions
I have set DATOMIC_EXT_CLASSPATH environment variable to path to my .jar file and
added :requires to transactor function. Still, when trying to run function I get
FileNotFoundException Could not locate some_ns/some_file.clj on classpath error.
I'm using Windows 8, should I be doing some additional steps? Can I see in Datomic transactor's logs that transactor IS using jar file correctly?

A: As of the latest version (0.9.5786) there is a bug in which DATOMIC_EXT_CLASSPATH is not taken into account in windows scripts. As a workaround I modified bin\classpath.cmd file in Datomic distribution by appending DATOMIC_EXT_CLASSPATH to CP_LIST:
@echo off
set CP_LIST=

for %%i in (.\lib\*.jar) do call bin\cpbuild.cmd %%i
for %%i in (.\*transactor*.jar) do call bin\cpbuild.cmd %%i
set CP_LIST=bin;resources;%CP_LIST%;%DATOMIC_EXT_CLASSPATH%

With this fix everything works fine


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Outrage in South East over Python Dance 3
Posted by David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi and Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha | 24 August 2018 | 1,321 times
•Troops of Python Dance 2 in South East
Anger and condemnation have greeted the proposed relaunch of the third round of Operation Python Dance also known as Operation Python Dance III by the Nigeria Army in the South East region.
The first and second rounds of the military exercise, according to a report by the Amnesty International (AI) led to the killing of 250 and 150 Igbo youths respectively.
A human rights group, Campaign for Democracy (CD) has condemned the planned operation, alleging that it is another ploy to unjustifiably kill defenceless Igbo youths.
National Publicity Secretary of CD, Dede Uzor A. Uzor said in a statement that another Operation Python Dance in Igboland where there is no crisis amounted to a deliberate plot to provoke Igbo and slaughter their youths.
Also reacting, former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Idemili branch, Ben Okoko, said the operations were a huge and monumental waste of public funds.
According to him, the exercises also showed the incompetence of the Nigerian military in handling the internal affairs of the country, adding that the military in Nigeria has come of age and should have a paradigm shift from "physicalism" to intelligence gathering and undercover operations.
In his own reaction, General Overseer of Mount Zion Faith Global Liberation Ministry Inc. (a.k.a. By Fire By Fire), Nnewi, Anambra state, Bishop Abraham Chris Udeh, declared that South East zone and its people did not need anything called Operation Python Dance for any reason whatsoever.
He warned that anyone fronting such a move is making a mockery of Igbo in totality and at the same time "reminding us of the civil war massacre against us."
He added: "Enough of that remembrance and marginalization of Ndigbo. They must be put to a stop without further delay else, the wrath of God will visit them individually and collectively.
"The Operation Python Dance III should be sent to the areas where there are massive killings like in the northern part of the country where Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram insurgents are disturbing the peace of the country and not in the South East where there is peace and quietness."
Also reacting, Vincent Ezekwueme, Anambra State chairman of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) declared: "I reject in its entirety, the proposed relaunch of the third Operation Python Dance in South East zone because the zone is yet to recover from the shock and damning effects of the first and second exercises carried out in the past which were very disastrous in nature."
Ezekwueme noted that instead of Python Dance, the South East zone was in dire and desperate need of infrastructural developments, particularly the resuscitation of moribund Onitsha Sea Port, Onitsha/3-3/Otuocha road, Enugu/Awka/Onitsha road, Nnewi/Uga/Akokwa/Arondizuogu/Okigwe road, Akanu Ibiam Airport, appointment of easterners into sensitive and strategic positions.
Ezekwueme noted that with these developments in place, the people of South-East would rather stage a Dance of Smile and at the same time, have a sense of belonging, instead of the dreaded Dance of Python.
•Excerpted from a Daily Sun report
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