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5 things you didn't know about Jeremy Scott
Dressing the likes of Lady Gaga, Beth Ditto, Lil Wayne and most recently, Katy Perry at the EMA Awards in Bristol last week; it seems pretty understandable why Jeremy Scott is seemingly hot property, with a tremendously creative yet camp approach, that makes Boy George look like George Osborne.
After studying Fashion Design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, the American fashion designer has shown at all major Fashion Week's, including Moscow and Seoul, appeared in numerous publications (i.D, Dazed & Confused, NYLON); his own photography skills having also featured on the front cover of Paper and Les Inrockuptibles magazine, as well as appearing in American soap opera, The Young and Restless and gaining rave reviews in the Larry Clark film, Wassup Rockers.
After launching his label onto the Paris catwalk in 1997, the epitome of cool has designed an array of influential clothing and awakened stimulating concepts, in a way in which many predecessors of his could only dream of achieving. Having been described as, "An example of lowbrow culture transformed into high art" due to his conceptual pieces that take elements of streetwear, graphic cartoon prints and abstract shapes, which then change every season to embrace the impulse of what he is feeling at that precise point. Highlights include the Bone to be Wild S/S 2010 collection (Wilma Flintstone meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Eat The Rich (A/W 2006), that saw a snickers bar sweater dress and prints now made accessible by the Lazy Oaf store on Carnaby Street. Perhaps the most recognisable would be his collaboration with Adidas, with the gangster/angelic-wing design on the hip hop-hi top trainer being an international bestseller.
Acquiring similarities between himself and Jeff Koons for his love of pop-culture, Jeremy Scott is a designer who has his own brilliant mind and is not afraid of mixing the futuristic elements of tribal sportswear, ferociously bright colours and an accurate ideology of what is happening in today's society. With comparisons to fellow dynamic creatives; Cassette Playa, JC de Castelbajac, Ashish, KTZ and Raf Simons, he joins the elite of cool with an individualism that paradoxically makes him fit in.
A man, a designer, a dream friend we would all love to hang out with… But are there five things we still do not know about Jeremy Scott?
1) The most trendy of hipsters; he started his life on a farm just outside Kansas City, before hitchhiking his way to Beverley Hills in Hollywood. Scott's S/S 2012 Menswear collection references this antithesis of both worlds and the irony of such beginnings; "There's no place like home" he laughed, backstage after the show.
2) He is good friends with C.L, the lead singer of feisty Korean girl group, '2NE1'. He recently teamed up with the band for his latest Adidas A/W 2011 collection by designing two styles of the renowned 'winger' trainers. In a bold, technicolor palette and faux cow print tongue; the designs symbolise the characters and spirit within the band, with a white satin version also available to those who have a problem with trainers that literally look like, they could give you wings.
3) He is the first designer to dress the diva of muppets, Miss Piggy; I think that is enough said.
4) A Kanye West collaboration is on the cards after the revelation that he speaks for hours on the phone with the King of Hip Hop. "He's a creative genius! He is so inspiring! Sometimes we talk on the phone for hours and hours. I really have a lot of love and respect for Kanye, and yes we have spoken about working together." Watch. This. Space, but remember you heard it here first!
5) Karl Lagerfeld once said that Scott was the only designer who could ever succeed him at Chanel. This would be a dream team; from the ghetto- tastic streets of Adidas to the sophisticated realms of Chanel. The golden boy would have certainly arrived, and in the words of one other famous southerner who adored sequins on her shoes too… "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
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Sports dispatches from Aug. 27
From staff and wire reports
Delaware sweeps Navy Invitational
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The University of Delaware volleyball team posted straight-set victories over New Hampshire and the host Naval Academy on Saturday as the Blue Hens opened their season by winning the Navy Kristen Dickmann Invitational. UD opened Saturday's play with a 25-19, 25-21, 25-19 win over the Wildcats, before handing Navy a 25-23, 25-20, 25-22 defeat as the Blue Hens opened a season with three consecutive victories for the first time since 2007. Delaware freshman Maria Bellinger slammed eight kills while not committing an error to pace the Blue Hen attack against UNH, while Daria Robinson also posted eight kills while hitting a team-high .500 during the win. Alexa Swann and Bailey Pearlman notched seven kills each for UD, while Autumn Jenkins added six and Corey Perkins contributed five. Bellinger again led the way against Navy, blasting a match-high 14 kills against just three attack errors on the night. Swann had another strong match with nine kills, a .471 hitting percentage and four blocks, while Jenkins chipped in six kills and 15 digs.
DSU upended by Terps, Eastern Michigan
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Delaware State volleyball team closed out its season-opening weekend with losses to Maryland and Eastern Michigan in the University of Maryland Invitational at the XFINITY Pavilion on Saturday. The Hornets (0-3) fell to the host Terrapins 3-0 (25-14, 25-15 and 25-5). DSU also fell to Eastern Michigan 3-0 by scores of 25-14, 25-18 and 25-22.
Alberg leads Union past Sporting 2-0
CHESTER, Pa. - Roland Alberg had a goal and an assist to help the Philadelphia Union beat nine-man Sporting Kansas City 2-0 on Saturday night. Alberg opened the scoring in the 67th minute when he collected Fabinho's pass and sent a right-footer from behind the 18-yard box into the upper right corner for his ninth goal of the season. Alberg assisted Tranquillo Barnetta in the 92nd minute on a give-and-go that Barnetta finished. Sporting's Jimmy Medranda was sent off in the 59th minute for his second yellow card and Roger Espinoza received a straight red for violent conduct in the 87th minute.Philadelphia (11-9-7) won its third in four games and moved within a point of second-place New York City FC in the East. Sporting KC dropped to 11-12-5 and remained in fifth place in the West.
Pugliese, Burks carry Pelicans over Rocks
WILMINGTON - Charcer Burks homered and had three hits, driving in two, and James Pugliese struck out nine hitters over six innings as the Myrtle Beach Pelicans topped the Blue Rocks 7-1 on Saturday. Rocks starter Derek Gordon (2-2) went 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs and six hits.

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This event is free of charge and is being hosted by Supertemps and S2 Recruitment, with guest speakers from JMW Solicitors LLP.
Come and enjoy breakfast and networking whilst receiving an overview of recent changes in employment law and those due to come into effect in the near future.
The Good Work Plan – what is it, and what changes will this make to employment law?
Off payroll reforms (IR35) extension to the private sector in April 2020. What do I need to know and what can I be doing now?
Where are we up to with the Gig Economy?
Key employment law cases in the last 12 months.
The seminar is aimed at HR directors and managers, business owners and those in charge of staff.
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    /// Message names must follow the `package_name/MessageName` format.
    ///
    /// Packages must follow [REP 144](https://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0144.html) rules.
    #[error("message path `{name}` is invalid, {reason}")]
    InvalidMessagePath {
        /// Full name of the message we are trying to parse.
        name: String,
        /// Reason for the failure.
        reason: String,
    },
    /// Field in the `msg` or `srv` file has a name that doesn't fit any data type category.
    #[error("data type `{name}` is invalid, {reason}")]
    UnsupportedDataType {
        /// Full name of the data type we are trying to parse.
        name: String,
        /// Reason for the failure.
        reason: String,
    },
    /// The `msg` or `srv` file being parsed has invalid content.
    #[error("bad content in message: `{0}`")]
    BadMessageContent(String),
    /// Certain operations on a `msg` or `srv` file require first handling all messages it depends upon.
    ///
    /// For example, to calculate an MD5 sum for a message, you first need to calculate it for
    /// all messages it depends upon, and passing them into the calculation call.
    #[error("message dependency missing: {package}/{name}")]
    MessageDependencyMissing {
        /// Package that the message is located in.
        package: String,
        /// Name of the missing message.
        name: String,
    },
    /// Passed in constant value is not parsable as its data type.
    #[error("bad constant value `{value}` of type {datatype} in field {name}")]
    BadConstant {
        /// Name of the constant.
        name: String,
        /// Type of the invalid value.
        datatype: String,
        /// The invalid value provided.
        value: String,
    },
}

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pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;

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Q: SGE: view jobs not on hold with qstat I'm running some jobs on an SGE cluster.  Is there a way to make qstat show me only jobs that are not on hold?
qstat -s p shows pending jobs, which is all those with state "qw" and "hqw".
qstat -s h shows hold jobs, which is all those with state "hqw".
I want to be able to see all jobs with state "qw" only and NOT state "hqw".  The man pages seem to suggest it isn't possible, but I want to be sure I didn't miss something.  It would be REALLY useful and it's really frustrating me that I can't make it work.
Other cluster users have a few thousand jobs on hold ("hqw") and only a handful actually in the queue waiting to run ("qw").  I want to see quickly and easily the stuff that is not on hold so I can see where my jobs are in the queue.  It's a pain to have to show everything and then scroll back up to find the relevant part of the output.

A: So I figured out a way to show what I want by piping the output of qstat into grep:
qstat -u "*" | grep " qw"

(Note that I need to search for " qw" not just "qw" or it will return the "hqw" states as well.)
But I'd still love to know if it's possible using qstat options only.

A: I think this approach is better and useful, I have defined a code_script in my home directory and created an alias
alias jobstat 'source <code_script>
echo "user\n------------------------" ;
echo "Running " ` qstat -u user | awk ' { if ($5 == "r") print $0 }' | wc -l` ;
echo "Pending " ` qstat -u user  |  awk ' { if ($5 == "qw" || $5 == "hqw")  print $0 }' | wc -l ` ;
echo "------------------------" ;
echo "Total   " `qstat -u user | awk ' { if ($4 =="user") print $0}' | wc -l `

this helps me a lot!

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Understanding baseball betting is easy once you get the hang of how to read the odds. We'll be the first to admit that at first glance when you see lines posted like -280 and +240 it can be a bit confusing.
Unlike football and basketball, baseball bets are made using moneylines, not point spreads. This may lead one to believe that baseball is an easier sport to wager on since you only have to pick the winner.In some ways baseball is easy to win at, however it has nothing to do with their not being a spread. We'll get into that later though.
Baseball odds are always associated with $100. For an underdog, the odds or "price" shows you what you'dprofit for a standard $100 bet. For the favorite, it's showing you what you'd have to RISK to profit $100. It should be noted that you of course get your risked amount back as well on a winning wager.
Baseball is the easiest sport to profit from. The reason for this is because underdogs pay more than you risk to be them. This gives you the unique opportunity to hit less than 50% and still turn a profit. It's a grind, but very easy for an astute baseball bettor to take advantage of if he exercises the "3 P's" (Prices, Patienceand Perseverance) as not just anyunderdog is going to be a winner.
Now that your ready to bet, check out the best baseball book on the plantet: 5 Dimes.


what it's practical implications are, which are extremely interesting.
had this famous question, can you combine weak classifiers to make a stronger one?
really famous professor from Harvard.
came up with the idea of boosting, which really changed the machine learning field.
we observe a very practical effect that we see in a lot of boosting data.
We're going to start with a really bad training error.
So first decision stump has training error of 22.5%.
So, not good at all.
I showed you kind of that crazy decision boundary for this.
So we see a smooth transition where the classification error tends to go down.
Tends to go down and the value goes to zero and actually stays at zero.
And that's a key insight of the boosting theorem.
we made in the algorithm and really has had a lot of impact on machine learning.
all theorems are like this.
Now if you were to be able to say some restrictions apply, see store for details.
iterations of the number and some models considered capital T goes to infinity.
which is this thing here on the y axis, to go eventually to zero.
eventually become zero, usually, and then stick at zero.
tends to go down, and then hit a certain value, usually zero, and sticks at zero.
technical distances starts with details.
It turns out the technical condition is something quite important.
It says that at every iteration T, we can find a weak learner.
a little bit lower than 0.5.
So it is at least better than random.
that it's better than random, even with the data.
But, it turns out that this is not always possible.
but there's other examples where it's not possible.
stump that can separate the positive point on top of the negative point.
of the boosting AdaBoost theorem.
somewhere quite low if the number of iterations go to infinity.


Quiz: Can You Name All of These Asian Capitals?
Can You Name All of These Asian Capitals?
Welcome to one of the most diverse, most eclectic, and most dynamic continents in the world: Asia. Think you can tell us what the capital cities of these countries are? Open the quiz to test your travel knowledge!
People outside of Asia often have many misconceptions about the continent, its countries, and the cities they have. But that's how most human beings feel about lands unfamiliar to them anyway. However, with the advent of 24/7 cable television content feeding, and of course the always-plugged-in life we now have due to the internet, we feel that we are exposed to many places that were alien to us when we were smaller or when we were growing up.
Now that we have all come of age in the digital age, we are more familiar with places that are not that far to begin with. And for some of us who want to see and explore the world, well, we just pack up and go! And one of the favorite destinations of those kinds of people is Asia. Even Asians love traveling within their region because it is indeed such a dynamic place that offers varieties of experiences for all of your senses.
So test yourself if you're up to it. Start by knowing the capitals of the countries of Asia. And if you get surprised to see the name of a country you thought was on another continent, well, prepare yourself! For indeed, some countries here also share boundaries with other continents, so it's truly that diverse!
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By Her Own Admission, Hillary's Health Is an Issue
11:00AM EDT 8/24/2016	 Bob Eschliman
Hillary Clinton's health has been made an issue in her own email communications with top aides, in past State Department briefings with the press, and in her own doctor's "clean bill of health" letter last year. (Reuters photo)
Emails, State Department briefings—even her own doctor's official "clean bill of health"—they all show how Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's health is a legitimate concern for voters.
On May 4, 2009, in an email exchange with her longtime aide, Huma Abedin, made public by Judicial Watch as a result of its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the State Department, Clinton said, "I still don't feel great." She asked that Abedin schedule her for an Air Force transport because waiting on a commercial shuttle flight would be "too burdensome" to her.
Clinton's illness that day, based on the transcript of the State Department daily press briefing, was "mild allergies." But, as anyone with allergies can attest, "mild allergies" are easily treatable with over-the-counter medication or essential oils, depending on one's preference.
"Mild allergies" are generally not debilitating or incapacitating, unless there is another underlying medical condition. According to then-State Department spokesman Robert Wood and his exchange with the press, Clinton had been suffering from her "mild allergies" for several days.
The Clinton campaign has frequently pointed to the July 28, 2015, letter from her personal physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, in which she refers to the Democratic presidential nominee as being in "excellent health." The report is supposedly based upon a May 21, 2015, examination, but, if you actually read the letter, the doctor notes Clinton has had a number of issues.
According to the letter, Clinton has been on anticoagulation medication since 1998, not since her 2012 fainting incident as has been widely reported. And, both of her parents had histories of cardiovascular issues—her father died of a stroke, and her mother died of congestive heart failure.
Following her first deep vein thrombosis—a blood clot in the leg—in 1998, she was told to take Lovenox, a short-term blood-thinning drug, whenever she planned to take long-distance flights. After her fall, concussion, and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis—a blood clot in the brain—in 2012, she was permanently placed on Coumadin due to her family's health history.
Clinton's 2012 CVST was likewise far more serious than has been reported. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine:
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) occurs when a blood clot forms in the brain's venous sinuses. This prevents blood from draining out of the brain. As a result, blood cells may break and leak blood into the brain tissues, forming a hemorrhage.
This chain of events is part of a stroke that can occur in adults and children. It can occur even in newborns and babies in the womb. A stroke can damage the brain and central nervous system. A stroke is serious and requires immediate medical attention ...
CVST is a rare form of stroke. It affects about 5 people in 1 million each year.
Treatment for CVST can only be done in a hospital, with a treatment plan the would likely include:
Antibiotics, if an infection is present
Antiseizure medicine to control seizures if they have occurred
Monitoring and controlling the pressure inside the head
Medicine called anticoagulants to stop the blood from clotting
Continued monitoring of brain activity
Measuring visual acuity and monitoring change
Although Bardack says Clinton showed no signs of the CVST during a 2013 follow-up, there are a number of potential long-term side effects as a result of the original clot/stroke. These include:
Impaired speech
Difficulty moving parts of the body
Problems with vision
Pressure on nerves
Bardack's letter also addresses Clinton's hypothyroidism, a condition in which her thyroid fails to produce enough of the necessary hormones. Primarily, it affects one's metabolism, making the patient's body processes slow down, giving the appearance of "sluggishness."
It can also impair one's mental faculties.
Clinton has been prescribed Armour Thyroid, a natural drug made from the thyroid hormones of animals, most often pigs. According to the drug's manufacturer, if her dosage is off, it can lead to a number of side effects, including:
Mental/mood changes (such as nervousness, mood swings)
Shaking (tremor)
Any and all of these health conditions could impede her ability to perform as president, particularly in times of crisis.
Related topics: 2016 Elections | Caucus Elections | Health | Hillary Clinton


Advance Vitamin-Rich formula infuses healing, restorative conditioners and moisturizers that strengthen hair deep inside.
After Shampooing, apply Intense by massaging in from roots to ends. Gentle comb evenly to distribute. Rinse. For dry hair leaves on for 10minutes using plastic cap. Rinse thoroughly with warm water.
Let's take a look at what this product promises and the ingredients, I'm sure you would get an instant hairgasm and I do hope some one's hair does just that.
I read a lot of positive reviews on this product and when I saw the price here in Barbados, I decided to give it a shot. It comes in a bottle which is so inconvenient. I usually have to pour it into a bowl to use it.
It smells amazing like a Popsicle I used to have back at school. It isn't over powering because you guys know I can't stand strong smells. The consistency of the product is creamy, not too thick or running just in-between.
It's white in color and easy sinks into my strands. Even though I'm heavy handed when it comes to applying products you can still tell the product sunk into my strands. This immediately impressed me but for how long.
The first time I used this DC was after shampooing my hair and I left it on for 40 mins with heat. While rinsing out the product my hair especially my ends felt dry even though I was under runner water, if that makes sense. I couldn't believe it because it's filled with so many yummy ingredients.
The second time I added Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Coconut Oil and applied heat for 30mins. While rinsing out the product I got the same result, my hair was drier than when I started my wash day. Is that even possible?
You guys know throwing away products is a BIG no no for me so what I have been doing to make the best out of this product is, to add it to my other Deep Conditioners till I use it up. I didn't receive any of those negative effects I did when using it alone , when I added it to my other Deep Conditioners.
Overall I was extremely disappointed this product didn't work for me even though I love their Shampoo and Moisturizer. All heads aren't the same right. I wouldn't be repurchasing this product.
Almost all the beauty supply stores in Barbados carry this product if you want to give it a try. If you do, let me know if you like it.
Have you used the Intense Fortifying Hair Conditioning Treatment & what are your thoughts on it?
I remember you not liking the scent.
Hi dear. I also didn't like it as an after - shampoo conditioner but as a pre - poo conditioner on dry hair, now that I liked.
I'll give that a try when I use it next, thanks for sharing.
Wow, I'm not alone. I hope you utilized it somehow and didn't dump it.
It is always disappointed when a product doesn't work the way we hoped ... I think that's why I don't buy a lot of products because the thought of it not working out makes me mad, haha.
I totally feel you Faith!
try adding Honey and or Banana. That will up the shine,slip and moisture of ANY crappy condish. Oh or coconut milk if you have it.
I was going to try adding honey and Roux Porosity Correction conditioner to it next. Coconut milk is interesting, thanks for sharing, I will give your suggestions a try.
The Mango and oilive oil moisturizer from this line is a GOD-send for my new growth but i've never tried thoer other products.
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Q: Customizing SLComposeSheetConfigurationItem I want to customize SLComposeSheetConfigurationItem
I am looking to change the font and color for its title and value
There does not seem to be any documentation for this but several apps like Evernote have done that.

A: SLComposeSheetConfigurationItem's contents are loaded in tableView, so you can't directly access both label. You need to first get tableView by accessing hierarchy of views and then access visibleCells from table view. there are only one cell, so access subViews of contentView of first cell which will give you two label.
So, first one label is left hand side and second one at right hand side. Change its font size, color, title as we are doing in normal label and reload data.
See following code.
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    if let slSheet = self.children.first as? UINavigationController {

        // Change color of Cancel and Post Button
        slSheet.navigationBar.tintColor = .orange

        // All contents of botton view are loaded inside table view at specific level of child view
        if let tblView = slSheet.children.first?.view.subviews.first as? UITableView,
            let firstCell = tblView.visibleCells.first
        {

            // Enumerate on subViews of contentView

            for (index, label) in firstCell.contentView.subviews.enumerated() {

                if index == 0 {

                    // Left label
                    if let lblLeft = label as? UILabel {
                        lblLeft.font = UIFont(name: "Helvetica-Bold", size: 20)
                        lblLeft.textColor = .orange
                    }

                } else {

                    // Right label
                    if let lblRight = label as? UILabel {
                        lblRight.font = UIFont(name: "Helvetica", size: 14)
                        lblRight.textColor = .green
                    }
                }
            }
            // Reload table if label not loading properly
            tblView.reloadData()
        }
    }
}

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Fifteen of the Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine have now been rescued, 18 still to make it to the surface. The 33 miners have been trapped since 5 August 2010. When the miners were determined to be alive in late August, it was said that it could take up to four months to get them all out alive.
Mr. Mario Sepulvedo also known as "the presenter" because he recorded the lives of the trapped miners through video interviews over the two months of their captivity is reported as likely to become a television star in Chile.
The videos, various communiqués and items such as books, toothbrushes, football shirts were passed from the surface through boreholes - called "palomas" or doves. It was through this method that Mr. Sepulvedo's videos reached the surface. Of note, the miners had a lot of light and were even able to watch the Chilean-Ukraine football match through fiber optic technology.
The ninth man to arrive on the surface in the specially-made capsule was Mr. Mario Gomez. At 63 years old, he is the oldest of the group and has been a miner for over 50 years. He kneeled and offered thanks to God for his survival.
Currently, streaming live video of the rescue can be viewed at a number of news outlets. The AP reports that the only media allowed to record images of the men emerging from the shaft will be a government photographer and Chile's state television channel.


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Behavior & Belief
Nudging People to Save the Planet
Stuart Vyse
The problem with global warming is that most of the really bad stuff will happen to other people in the future. True, some of those people might be our children or grandchildren, but they are other people nonetheless. Furthermore, some of the worst effects will be felt by people in developing countries in other regions of the world.
It is difficult enough to get people to cut back on French fries, floss their teeth, or stop smoking—all of which have more direct effects on their lives—and much harder still to convince people to take immediate action for the benefit of other people in the murky future. Despite the fact that many of us think curtailing global warming and preserving life on Earth are worthy goals.
Recently, the editors of Perspectives in Psychological Science put out a call for scientists to write articles aimed at important contemporary problems. The articles were to be written in the form of a "Memo to the President," in which they would summarize the best behavioral science solutions for these problems and propose example policies that might follow from these "best practices." Sander van der Linden of Princeton University, Edward Maibach of George Mason University, and Anthony Leiserowitz of Yale University took on the thorny task of getting people moving on climate change.1 In particular, the authors identified five best practices for promoting public engagement with this important issue.
1. Make it Real.
Recent research suggests that one of the best ways to increase people's sense of urgency about climate change is to appeal to experiences rather than just charts and statistics. A 2014 study by van der Linden showed that people who had experienced extreme weather events also thought the risks of climate change were greater. The implications of this and similar studies are that, in addition to other approaches, environmental campaigns should emphasize the increasing intensity of extreme weather events, such as the California drought and recent hurricanes.
According to current psychological theory, our decision making involves both an intuitive, experiential processing system and a rational, deliberative system. In the case of climate change, appeals to reason alone are not as effective as those that highlight direct experience.
Hurricane Sandy October 25, 2012. (Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
2. Use the Herd.
Humans are social animals, and we are constantly checking out what others are doing. The behavior of other people informs us about what is normal and provides a model for our own actions. Unfortunately, when it comes to the general public's attitude about climate change, the norm is not as useful as it should be: only about half of Americans consider it a serious problem. So, until that statistic improves, it might be better to emphasize international polls showing strong majorities concerned about global warming. For example, a twenty-one-country BBC poll found that 79 percent of respondents believed that climate change was caused by human activity.
Similarly, the scientific consensus on global warming is very high, with several peer-reviewed studies showing 97 percent or more of scientists saying that global warming is real and very likely due to human activity.
Social norms also can be effective when it comes to individual action to save the planet. As van der Linden and colleagues point out, "When people are informed about the average energy consumption of their neighbors, they tend to adjust their own use to conform to the group norm" (p. 760). As a result, policies promoting energy conservation as normal pro-social behavior are likely to produce positive effects.
3. Make it More Immediate.
People and events far away have less impact on us than things nearby, so efforts that point out local and regional effects of climate change will be more influential than those aimed at distant places and times. For example, people who live in coastal areas are often impressed by maps showing the projected effects of global warming on sea level changes in their areas. In addition, it should be pointed out that, although the most dramatic effects of global warming will be seen in the future, sea-level changes are already underway, affecting local flooding and storm surges.
Projected effect of a 4º C increase in average temperatures on lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Source: sealevel.climatecentral.org.
We have a natural psychological tendency to distance ourselves from any potential threat. When it comes to taking action to prevent climate change, this kind of distancing can be combatted by identifying local, achievable targets for emissions reductions. It is often said that all politics are local, and, similarly, the most powerful forces on our behavior are near at hand. If we hope to motivate people to action, we cannot overlook the potential for local influence and change.
4. Frame it Differently.
When it comes to paying for climate change, we face a sticky problem. One of the most important findings of behavioral economics is that people hate paying. Not only do they hate paying, but they hate paying even more than they like receiving money. Avoiding a possible loss of $100 is far more important to most people than the possibility of gaining $100. Worse yet, in the case of global warming, the paying comes now, and most of the benefits come much later—probably after we're dead. As a result, there is a great reluctance to pay more for cleaner energy. Many people want to help the environment, but the pain of immediate financial loss is a substantial hurdle.
Fortunately, in addition to identifying the problem, behavioral economics provides a solution. In most cases, people think of payments as an immediate subtraction from their current wealth. But research on employee savings plans has shown that when contributions to Individual Retirement Plans are framed as reductions in future raises—rather than losses—people find it much easier to save. Employees are more willing to commit a portion of their next cost-of-living increase to retirement savings than to put money away now.
Figure 1. A 25 percent reduction in emissions framed as a $1,200 per person loss. (From Hurlstone et al. 2014)
In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, a group of Australian researchers tested framing effects on the willingness of people to contribute financially to diminished emissions in the future.2
One group of participants was shown Figure 1, which presented the cost of a 25 percent reduction in emissions as a $1,200 per person loss in 2020. A second group was shown Figure 2, which framed the cost of lower emissions as a reduction in future gains. Figure 2 made it clear that incomes would continue to grow relative to current levels, but that reducing emissions would produce smaller future gains.
Figure 2. A 25 percent emissions cut framed as reduction in future gains. The graphic makes it clear that incomes will continue to rise, with or without investments in emission cuts. (From Hurlstone et al. 2014)
Both Figure 1 and 2 said the same thing. Both presented of the cost of emissions reductions in the future. But, consistent with the principle of loss aversion, participants who saw Figure 2—the reduce income gains frame—expressed a greater willingness to invest in emissions reduction than those who saw Figure 1—the loss frame.
Framing effects like this one and other principles from the new field of behavioral economics have great potential to help us nudge people in the direction of environmental action.
5. Make it a Feel Good Thing.
A serious problem with incentive-based conservation programs is that conservation tends to drop off when the incentives are discontinued. Figure 3 shows the results of a "Do-It-in-the-Dark" energy conservation competition conducted at Princeton University in 2014.3 The data show that, although the competition produced a substantial decrease in energy consumption, once the competition ended, consumption quickly returned to previous levels.
Figure 3. Energy usage before, during, and after a conservation competition at Princeton University in 2014. (Source: van der Linden, 2015)
Recent research suggests that campaigns employing extrinsic rewards, such as monetary incentives or contests, are less effective than those emphasizing the intrinsic benefits of environmental action. It turns out that—like many forms of altruistic behavior—doing something good for the environment creates a warm glow.
In a recent experiment conducted by Dutch researchers, participants were randomly assigned to different feedback groups. One group was told they had a smaller environmental footprint than their peers (i.e., they used less energy). Another group was told they had a larger environmental footprint. The group that was led to believe they were environmentally virtuous reported the room they were sitting in felt significantly warmer than participants who were told the opposite. The actual room temperature was the same for both groups (68º F), but those who thought they were helping the environment said that the room felt warmer.
Another recent study conducted at a gas station in the United States found that, when offered coupons for a free tire pressure check, drivers who saw an appeal stressing the environmental benefits of tire inflation were significantly more likely to take coupons than those who saw appeals stressing either fuel economy or safety.
In general, these studies suggest that highlighting the intrinsic, feel-good rewards of saving the planet is a more productive and sustainable strategy than using external rewards.
Scientifically-minded people often think that logic and evidence ought to be enough. We rail at those who employ sophistry, bogus arguments, and emotion to support their claims. We assume that simply showing people the data will convince them to do the right thing.
But life is rarely that simple. People have conflicting motivations, biases, and varying degrees of faith in science. What seems abundantly clear to one person may need to be presented in a very different way to another. Fortunately, psychological science provides some guidance on the best ways to move people to action. None of the methods outlined by van der Linden, Maibach, and Leiserowitz involve lying or the use of logical fallacies to convince people. The evidence is still the evidence. But whenever you argue for climate change or any other good cause, you make a number of decisions about how to present the material, how to reward the people who follow your lead, and how to encourage other people to join your effort. Planning future environmental campaigns with these best practices in mind should help make them more effective.
van der Linden, S., E. Maibach, and A. Leiserowitz. 2015. Improving Public Engagement with Climate Change Five "Best Practice" Insights From Psychological Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(6), 758-763.
Hurlstone, M.J., S. Lewandowsky, B.R. Newell, and B. Sewell. 2014. The Effect of Framing and Normative Messages in Building Support for Climate Policies. PLoS ONE 9(12): e114335. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114335.
van der Linden, S. 2015). Intrinsic motivation and pro-environmental behaviour. Nature Climate Change, 5(7), 612-613.
Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, which won the William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. He is also author of Going Broke: Why American's Can't Hold on to Their Money. As an expert on irrational behavior, he is frequently quoted in the press and has made appearances on CNN International, the PBS NewsHour, and NPR's Science Friday. He can be found on Twitter at @stuartvyse.
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Often asked: Souther Tips In Greece For What Peninsula?
1 What is the name of the peninsula at the southern tip of Greece called?
2 What are the 3 peninsulas of ancient Greece?
3 What are the 2 main peninsulas in Greece?
4 Where is the Mani Peninsula?
5 What religion is in Greece?
6 What is the largest Greek island?
7 What are Greek people called?
8 What is Greece famous for?
9 How did Peloponnesus help Greece?
10 How many seas does Greece have?
11 What are the 9 regions of ancient Greece?
12 What seas lie between Greece Italy?
13 Are the Maniots Spartans?
14 How far is Mani from Athens?
What is the name of the peninsula at the southern tip of Greece called?
Peloponnese, also spelled Peloponnesus, Modern Greek Pelopónnisos, peninsula of 8,278 square miles (21,439 square km), a large, mountainous body of land jutting southward into the Mediterranean that since antiquity has been a major region of Greece, joined to the rest of mainland Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth.
What are the 3 peninsulas of ancient Greece?
The natural geographical formations of ancient Greece helped form three distinct regions-the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and Northern Greece. The Peloponnese is situated on the southernmost area of the peninsula.
What are the 2 main peninsulas in Greece?
The country consists of a mountainous, peninsular mainland jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea at the southernmost tip of the Balkans, and two smaller peninsulas projecting from it: the Chalkidiki and the Peloponnese, which is joined to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth.
Where is the Mani Peninsula?
Mani Peninsula is a region of Greece that covers the middle southern peninsula of Peloponnese. Despite the inhospitable landscape of barren rocks and cliffs that dive into the deep sea, this region is one of the most authentic and traditional places a visitor can experience in Greece.
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What are Greek people called?
The Greeks called themselves Hellenes and their land was Hellas. The name ' Greeks ' was given to the people of Greece later by the Romans. They lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in colonies scattered around the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Greece famous for?
The Birthplace of Democracy.
The Beginnings of Philosophy.
Geometry and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Western Medicine and the Hippocratic Oath.
The Olympic Games.
Drama and the Theatre of Epidaurus.
Greek Mythology and Mount Olympus.
Cartography and Map Making.
How did Peloponnesus help Greece?
In the Persian Wars (5th century BC), Peloponnese had an active role in the confrontation of the enemy with the strong army of Sparta, which was the strongest army in ancient Greece. Their military discipline offered them a glorious victory against the Athenians.
How many seas does Greece have?
5 OCEANS AND SEAS Greece has 13,676 kilometers (8,498 miles) of seacoast.
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What are the 9 regions of ancient Greece?
The Greek mainland consists of the following regions: Sterea (Central Greece ), Peloponnese, Thessaly (east-central), Epirus (northwest), Macedonia (north) and Thrace (northeast).
What seas lie between Greece Italy?
Ionian Sea, Latin Mare Ionium, Italian Mare Ionio, part of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between Albania (northeast), Greece (east), Sicily (southwest), and Italy (west and northwest). Though considered by ancient authors to be part of the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea is now seen as a separate body of water.
Are the Maniots Spartans?
The Maniots (inhabitants of the Mani Peninsula) therefore are considered direct descendants of Spartans. Almost three thousand years ago, Greece consisted of multiple 'polis' that were mostly controlled by Sparta. Spartans, as depicted in the 2006 movie 300, were highly trained fighters.
How far is Mani from Athens?
The distance between Athens and Mani Peninsula is 196 km. The road distance is 314.9 km.
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A volunteer group who help homeless people in Wellingborough and Northampton are holding a fundraiser this week.
Hemmingwell Hearts is a community group made up of women from the Hemmingwell estate in Wellingborough.
They aim to become a charity in the near future and have organised a family-friendly event this week to raise cash for the work they do with the homeless.
"Every Friday night we go out to Northampton and Wellingborough and hand out blankets, hot food, hot drinks and the necessary things the homeless need," said Mary Sharp, who is part of the Hemmingwell Hearts.
"We ask them what they want and then in the week we buy the items and go back to give them to the people."
"We want to get bigger so this fundraiser is to help us move along," she added.
Visitors can expect a jumble sale, hot food, a raffle and an auction with prizes that include a range of shopping vouchers.
The fundraiser is taking place in the Hemmingwell Community Centre at 127 Nest Farm Cres from 3.15pm to 6pm on February 16.
Tickets are £1 and children go free.


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Assistant Professor of Marketing - San Antonio, TX
19-Jul-2022 to Until Filled (CST)
The Greehey School of Business at St. Mary's University, a premier institution, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Marketing position starting August 1, 2023. Candidates should hold or be near completion to a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in Marketing from an AACSB accredited university. ABD candidates with an expected completion date within one year of appointment will be considered. Preference will be given to candidates able to teach across multiple instructional modalities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and who demonstrate an interest in and the capacity to conduct quality scholarly research. Priority will be given to candidates who specialize in Consumer Behavior, Services Marketing, and/or Selling and Sales Marketing. In addition, the successful candidate should be able to teach in more than one of the following areas including: Digital Marketing, Branding, Retailing, and Marketing Strategy. The Greehey School of Business seeks a faculty to join their team who incorporates experiential or service-learning projects as part of the instructional approach.
The position is housed in the Department of Management and Marketing in the Greehey School of Business. The Department serves three majors, Marketing, Management and International Business. The Marketing major offers a Digital Marketing track while students in the Management major can pursue a track in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. A minor in Sports Management is offered out of the department. Faculty in the department also teach core courses common to all business majors. At the graduate level, faculty members provide instruction to students enrolled in the School's MBA program. Successful faculty members maintain a balanced portfolio of teaching, research, and service and are open to interaction with industry and the profession.
The Greehey School of Business is AACSB accredited. At the undergraduate level, it offers a BBA with majors in Accounting, Accounting and Data Analytics, Finance and Risk Management, Management, Marketing, and International Business. At the graduate level, the school offers an 18-month cohort-based Greehey MBA, and an MBA for Professionals (MBA-P). Class sizes are small with an average faculty to student ratio of 1:17. The Greehey School of Business enrolls just under 700 students. The School has an excellent reputation for academic quality and has a very successful alumni base that is engaged with the School and the University. San Antonio is one of the top ten fastest growing cities in the country with the San Antonio-Austin corridor described as the "New Major Metropolis" by major news media.
Applications must be submitted at http://stmarytx.applicantpro.com/jobs/ with the option to upload all supporting documents electronically. Along with the employment application, please submit (1) letter of application addressing interest in position, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) an unofficial graduate transcript and (4) three letters of reference. Questions may be directed to Cody Cox, Department Chair at ccox9@stmarytx.edu. For full consideration, applicants should submit their materials by August 1 and the position will be open until filled. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a clear background check and receipt of official transcripts.


Erdrich at the 2015 National Book Festival. American author, writer of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. Erdrich is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of the Native American Renaissance.
She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature and the Native community in the Twin Cities. Erdrich was born on June 7, 1954, in Little Falls, Minnesota. Erdrich attended Dartmouth College from 1972 to 1976.
She was a part of the first class of women admitted to the college and earned an A. During her first year, Erdrich met Michael Dorris, an anthropologist, writer, and then-director of the new Native American Studies program. In 1978, Erdrich enrolled in a Master of Arts program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
She earned the Master of Arts in the Writing Seminars in 1979. Erdrich later published some of the poems and stories she wrote while in the M. Erdrich remained in contact with Dorris. He attended one of her poetry readings, became impressed with her work, and developed an interest in working with Erdrich. Although Erdrich and Dorris were on two different sides of the world, Erdrich in Boston and Dorris in New Zealand for field research, the two began to collaborate on short stories.
5,000 in the Nelson Algren fiction competition. Around the same time, Dorris returned from New Zealand. The pair's literary partnership led them to a romantic relationship. They married in 1981, and raised three adopted children and three biological children together. Native and non-Native cultures, as well as celebrating family, ties of kinship, autobiographical meditations, monologues, and love poetry.
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Insurers Say California's Inaction Threatens Auto Policies
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS
https://apnews.com/article/health-california-covid-traffic-02c6d9215243…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation's largest automobile insurance market by refusing to approve any rate increases for more than two years, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The companies already are cutting back and say they can't continue operating at a loss while Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara delays rate cases filed by companies representing three-quarters of the California market. Allstate, Geico, Kemper, Liberty Mutual and State Farm all reported paying more in claims than they collected in California premiums in the first half of the year, though they were profitable as recently as last year.
It's part of Lara's effort to compensate consumers who he says were overcharged during the pandemic's early months, when traffic all but disappeared after California imposed the nation's first stay-home order. His office couldn't say how much it thinks insurers still owe, but the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog puts the amount at more than $3 billion.
"Data we collected directly from the insurance companies themselves shows many of them failed to fully return premiums that they overcharged consumers," said Deputy Insurance Commissioner Michael Soller. Part of the department's effort is "to make it right for consumers who continue to have been overcharged on premiums during the pandemic."
But a state appeals court ruled last year that Lara can't impose "retroactive rates and refunds." The state Supreme Court declined review, and while Lara's office interprets the ruling narrowly, insurers say it's a blanket ban on his attempts to require further refunds.
The dispute comes as Lara runs for reelection against Republican Robert Howell, who is not expected to pose a serious threat to Lara's re-election.
"The commissioner is an elected official and he's trying to serve his constituents in a way that does not favor market forces," said David Russell, a professor of insurance and finance at California State University, Northridge. "But if you suppress rates, you're going to get availability problems."
It's similar to the dilemma companies face in insuring homes in wildfire-prone areas or along the Florida coast, he said.
"There is an obvious, and avoidable, market crisis looming," three associations representing insurers writing more than 90% of California auto insurance premiums warned Lara in April.
"Auto insurers cannot operate indefinitely in California without the ability to collect adequate rates," the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Personal Insurance Federation of California and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) said in their joint letter. "Criticism of decisions made during the pandemic, including allegations by some that insurers should have provided more relief for customers, do not justify ignoring the financial realities of the present."
Since pandemic restrictions eased, traffic is back nearly to what it was in 2019 before the coronavirus struck, while drivers have become less safe so crashes, injuries and fatalities increased, said Bob Passmore, an APCIA vice president and auto claims expert. Deaths fell slightly last spring for the first time in two years, but any drop in those payments is offset by supply chain shortages and rapidly rising inflation.
Insurers should pay back their pandemic windfall, but Lara hasn't proposed the regulations needed to make them do so, said Consumer Watchdog founder Harvey Rosenfield.
"In fact, it's not clear to us exactly what the commissioner is doing other than \u2026 he's not approving rate increases," Rosenfield said. "So while I don't think any company should get a rate increase until they've paid back what they illegally took from California motorists, it's got to be done through a formal process."
Thirty-eight rate increase filings are now backed up, along with five new requests filed this month.
Since then, Geico in August closed its three-dozen brick-and-mortar storefronts in California and stopped allowing drivers to buy insurance by phone, although it's still allowing online sales.
Progressive President and Chief Executive Officer Tricia Griffith said in an earnings call last month that the company was slowing its growth in California because of the moratorium, while Allstate has stopped using independent agents and tried to limit customers' payment options until it was blocked from doing so by Lara's office.
"To have them doing things here in California that indicates a pulling back as much as they feasibly can, that's an indication of an unhealthy marketplace, and we think that's directly tied to the fact that the insurance commissioner has not reviewed a rate filing in 2 1/2 years," said Denni Ritter, APCIA's vice president for state government relations.
Massachusetts and New York also stopped considering rate increase requests during the pandemic but have now started again, the insurers said.
Insurers "are becoming increasingly less willing to write new business" in California because of the moratorium, Joseph Lacher Jr., Kemper's president, chief executive officer and chairman said during an earnings call last month.
"In the relative short order, my personal belief is we'll start to see the markets seize up," he said. "And I just hope the commissioner doesn't push it to that point because it will take a long time to restart it."
Rosenfield doesn't think the industry is in trouble, but he fears that Lara's inaction may give insurers grounds to challenge him in court.
"If there's one tactic the insurance industry has perfected, it's trying to blackmail the public by threatening to pull out," he said.
Rosenfield thinks the companies are using the opportunity to cherry-pick their best customers to boost profits by making it tougher for higher-risk consumers to buy insurance. But he criticized Lara for "sort of precipitating a crisis" by not using his regulatory authority to block what he believes to be insurers' discriminatory behavior.
Insurers collectively refunded $2.4 billion to California drivers during the pandemic, though Lara calculated that the rebates fell far short of what consumers were owed. The state has 137 licensed insurance companies that collected more than $17 billion in private passenger auto insurance premiums in 2020, Soller said.
"Californians have many choices today for auto insurance in this highly competitive market and we will make sure it remains that way," Soller said.


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CNN Poll: Americans divided on President's health care plans
Americans divided on President's health care plans.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - In the wake of President Barack Obama's nationally televised speech to Congress last week, a new national poll indicates that the president's approval rating is on the rise. But the CNN/Opinion Corporation survey (pdf) released Monday also suggests that the president's personal popularity has not translated into widespread support for his health care reform proposals.
Fifty-eight percent of people questioned in the poll approve of how Obama's handling his duties in the White House. That's up 5 points from late August. Forty-percent of those questioned disapprove of how Obama's doing his job, down five points since last month.
The survey was conducted Friday through Sunday, after the president addressed a joint session of Congress. The health care reform speech occurred at 8 pm ET, prime time across much of the nation.
The poll also indicates that Americans remain split on the president's plans on health care reform, with 51 percent favoring Obama's proposals and 46 percent opposed. Late last month, 48 percent of people questioned in a CNN survey backed the president's health care proposals, and 51 percent oppose them.
"Opposition remains close to pre-speech levels, but the intensity of the opposition has dropped significantly," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "The number who say they 'strongly oppose' Obama's plan has dropped 9 points."
The poll, not surprisingly, points to a partisan divide over health care, with eight in 10 Democrats favoring the president's plans, and a similar number of Republicans opposing Obama. Independents appear split, with 50 percent opposed and 46 percent in favor of the president's proposals.
The survey also indicates a generational divide.
"The speech appears to have done little to change the views of some of Obama's most important critics - senior citizens," says Holland. "A majority of Americans over the age of 65 continue to oppose his plan, and 44 percent of seniors say that Medicare recipients would be worse off under the Obama plan." Obama's approval rating also remains below 50 percent among seniors, says Holland.
Probably the public's biggest concern is the effect of Obama's plan on federal spending. Although Obama sought to reassure Americans in his speech, three-quarters of those polled said they think his plan will lead to an increase in the federal deficit.
Most also say that Obama's plan will eventually lead to a complete takeover of the health care system by the federal government. Nearly half say that Obama's plan will boost the amount they personally pay for medical care. The public is split over whether the government would provide insurance to illegal immigrants under the Obama plan.
But the president scored on at least one point: most say that Obama's plan would not lead to senior citizens or seriously-ill patients dying because a government panel would prevent them from getting medical treatment.
"Forty-one percent believe that Obama's plan will lead to government panels withholding life-or-death treatments from patients," Holland says. "That's a minority, but it's a pretty sizeable one, and that could spell trouble for the White House."
As for the Republicans, six in 10 say they have been obstructing Obama for political reasons. Only a third believe that the GOP has generally offered constructive criticism.
Eighty-five percent say that Rep. Joe Wilson's yelling of "you lie" to the president during the address to a joint session of Congress was inappropriate. The poll indicates that about third agree with the South Carolina Republican lawmaker's contention that Obama lied during his speech.
According to the poll, Democrats overwhelming approve of how the president's doing his job, with three out of four Republicans saying they disapprove. Independents appear split, with 51 percent approving and 46 percent disapproving of how Obama's handling his duties in the Oval Office.
The survey indicates that 54 percent of Americans approve of how the president's handling the economy, up 5 points from late August. Fifty-seven percent of those questioned approve of how Obama's dealing with health care, up 7 points from late last month. The poll suggests that the president's up 7 points on the issue of taxes, from 45 percent to 52 percent, up 10 points on how he's dealing with the federal budget deficit, from 36 percent to 46 percent, and up 4 points, to 58 percent, on foreign affairs.
"Polls typically find a rise in a president's approval rating after a major speech to Congress, and frequently his ratings improve even on topics that his speech did not address. But the real question is whether Obama can make any post-speech gains stick - something that presidents sometimes have trouble accomplishing." says Holland. "In September, 1993, for example, Bill Clinton's approval rating rose 10 points after his health care speech to Congress, but within three weeks he his approval rating was virtually back to his pre-speech levels."
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation telephone poll of 1,012 Americans adult Americans was conducted 9/11-13. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
- CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
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Ask yourself why OBAMA wanted DASCHLE in the first place!!!!! The NATION wants PUBLIC OPTION – otherwise there is NO REFORM of the present dastardly system.
Stu - Las Vegas
Who cares, your polls are bogus. And your stories are made up. Get back to real journalism, and stop "making stuff up".
m hamil
Of course large corporations do not want single payer. Then people who hate working at a specific job would be free to move on without fear of losing insurance benefits from large employers. It is absurd that small business people are not adamently b acking single payer. It would make doing business actually possible for them. This form of slavery works well for Wall Street.....so don't expect even the right wing Dems to get moving on it.
By the way, why wasn't Wilson ejected from the cham ber like the Republicans are so quick to do when there is a rude fool in the chamber ....or protestors or even just observing newspaper people who were arrested outside the Repulican convention in Minneapolis????
socalgal
I am not divided over this issue – I've never been for it. Only a politician would take an issue that affects 20% of the people (not counting those pesky illegals) and force the other 80% to kowtow to them. Since the Prez espouses 'personal responsibility', let this be the first thing individuals take personal responsibility for.
Look folks!! We need to demand change!! We need to demand perfection, otherwise, we're stuck with this mediocre system. LET SENATORS GO HOME WITHOUT HAVING HEALTH INSURANCE, AND I'M SURE, THEY'LL DRAFT ONE REAL SOON!!
DEMAND PERFECTION, DONT JUST SAY 'NO' TO REFORMS!!
That should have said that I am NOT sold on the public option
Mike in MN
The final test will be on what the ultimate bill actually says and does.
The devil will be in the details.
Will there be a public option or not? This is still up in the air.
Will it add to the deficit or not? CBO says the HR3200 bill in the House adds 240 billion to the deficit. The CBO says a bill in the Senate that does not have a public option is deficit netural.
We still have no idea what the details will be until a final bill is actually presented to congress and the Senate for a vote.
Polls mean nothing until we have an actual bill that is fully understood by voters and Obama weighs in on it.
Pee Wee
64% of the 32% of 1,000 Americans polled during the hours that only 12% of them are awake, agreed that 58% of the questions being asked only made sense 49% of the time if a sliding scale between 1 and 5 was used. 33% of respondents thought that putting the sliding scale on a 1-5 basis instead of a base 10 normal distribution would confuse 74% of the public with more than a 50% interest in the subject being polled. In lieu of a Guassian distribution of the results, 12% of pollsters felt that 34% of statisticians are in err if applying any type of Geiger's method toward normalization of the results. Indeed, simply reporting eigen values for the 27% of question that a weighted average is calcuable would result i the most accurate of all representations.
Bottom line, we have no clue what his plan is, but there is a distinct possibility that the the majority of Americans either approve or disapprove of it.
VernisRobertson
The American people not divided over health care. I am an American and I am not diveded over health care. This just a Republican issue , if he can pass health care , he would be the first President ever to tackle health care and ge it passed. This just a Repulican tricks keeping the american people diveded and angry at one anothe , enough is enough . So we give rich people money and won't give middle classs and poor people in american free health care . Somethng is really wrong with the people in this country . Greed will take this country down quick .
Independent_me
The Republicans were against Social Security – a program that we borrowed from Germany. They called it "Socialism" and "Government intervention".
They were against Medicare and Medicaid. The called it "Government takeover of health care". They also called it "Socialism".
They now call Obama's vision to provide healthcare for all Americans...you guessed it: "Socialism" and "Government takeover of health care"!!
It is AMAZING to me that their supporters are STILL being hood-winked by those ridiculous, fear-mongering tactics!
Republican supporters must really be uneducated and easily fooled!
Percy Anson
The senator from SC was right, he's a liar. You people better wake up.
Mark H,
Thanks for dividing this country even further, Obama.
RNC = DNC = politics as usual
Wow big surprise. Changing his position, betraying his DNC handlers, breaking promises.
Probably most of those who disaprove are not clear on where he is going with this.
Thanks Obama for dropping the ball on a unique opportunity.
Christian Values
51 percent favoring Obama's proposals
Just goes to show, thankfully that this country still has people in it that hold true to their christian values. Those opposed to Obama's Health Care reform go to sunday professing how they want to help their fellow man, but on monday they do an about face and start spewing their pathetic reasons, usually greed, as to why they can not perform their christian duties or live by the standards they have been taught. They quickly cave and start condoning a system that is nothing short of Legalized Genocide with Insurance Execs slaughtering our less fortunate citizens.
We are brutally frank in sayin' that some form of healthcare reform ought to take place, no matter what the hell-raisin' maniacs of the mainstream conservatives think, say, and display in a disgustin' way. Those right-wing rattle raisin' riotously rancorous demagogues need their brains washed w/ turpentine.
Bankruptcy we can believe in!
In a nutshell, we need to ask and we need to demand for perfection. We need to strive for perfection and then we just may get there.
It's like an athlete. You want to go to the 2010 Winter Olympic. You're an ice skater. To get there, you have to demand the best coach, the best training, the best food and focus, and then, just maybe, you may get the GOLD.
If you dont even plan at all, you will never go to the 2010 Winter Olyjpic and perform as an athlete.
vic nashville , Tn
We don't scream in town hall or at Capital Hill our voice will be heard on election day
We support Obama
Note :- Obama is not liar if that so we lost nearly 4000 Americans In Iraq by misleading us so can we Bush is liar ?
Tiredofmediabias
I'm all for any american getting health care. That being said, my problem is ANY government run program is laughable at best. They are all going broke. What makes all of you name-callers is why on earth would anyone with a shred of intelligence think that a government run healthcare wouldn't end up in the same bankrupt barrel as medicare, medicaid, social security, yada yada yada.....the lists go on and on.
Those with a brain approve and support it, and those without well they really aren't sure what they think. That's why they have to be told what to think by either their loudmouth representatives like Limbaugh and Colter, or even worse their preacher in their house of horrors.
J in NJ
Instead of calling him a liar, Wilson should have had a copy of HR 3400 with him and thrown it at Obama when he said the republicans have not offered any options!
How could anyone be impressed with the way he is handling this. He needs to be the boss and tell the Congress what he wants to see in a bill, one that he has acually worked on, one that he knows will be right for America's. One that we all can live with. He has this country so divided right now I dont know if it can be fixed by the politicans in DC.
It is a sad time in our country right now and the only way I see that will pull this great country back together again are the AMERICAN PEOPLE. All of us not jus t some of us. God Bless us all.
Saul Virginia
I work in the health industry and have never and will never deny anyone healthcare in the emergency room, whether illegal or not. I am responsible for delivering care to everyone and i refuse to be policing citizenship status before delivering care as the republicans want us to do. We Have a department of homeland security whose job is exactly that... Read More.
Let me put this in perspective; if a patient comes to the emrgency department with a head injury or broken leg or ruptured appendix that happens all the time, should i look for insurance first and check their immigration status before treating them? NO! This will further cause delay in treating patients citizen or not and put healthcare provider in a very difficult position.
This was the exact reason why reagan enacted a law that protects patients and help providers do their jobs.
So Wilson may look brave to Republican, but to me he sounds ignorant and way out of touch with what healthcare is all about.
WILSON WAS DEAD WRONG!!!!!
Why is it so easy to call those who oppose the specifics of health care legislation being proposed in various forms in Congress "loony" or "crazy" or "militant"? The fact is that there are a very large number of Americans who are quite "smart" and see that the continued expansion of government services comes with a price tag and we are all going to have to pay it. We also see that some of the best in America comes from the private sector, not from the public sector and we'd like to see reform there. Giving an effective monopoly to any organization, public or private, never seems to work that great. Think Defense Department and Haliburton.
Also, think long and hard if you want healthcare decisions made by Congress – like stem cell treatments, do you want a future conservative congress effectively outlawing them? There are many good reasons why nationalized health care is a bad idea.
Tom C in NY
Republicans will hate any non right wing Republican presidents no matter what, but because so many of them are also ignorant racists, they especially hate the first black president. We (and Obama) would be best to just ignore them.


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Jan Chudoba (ur. 13 marca 1894 w Suchej Górnej, zm. 15 września 1976 w Cieszynie) – polski celnik, legionista, uczestnik przewrotu wojskowego w Cieszynie (1918 r.)

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Jan Chudoba urodził się 13 marca 1894 roku w miejscowości Sucha Górna jako syn Karola i Heleny z domu Taraba. Uczęszczał do szkoły powszechnej w Błędowicach Dolnych oraz ukończył sześć klas szkoły realnej w Cieszynie (do 1914 roku). Zdał maturę wojenną w 1916 roku.

W 1910 roku pod pseudonimem "Wallenrod" został członkiem stowarzyszenia młodzieży "Jedność", i był jej ostatnim prezesem w latach 1913–1914.

29 sierpnia 1914 roku ochotniczo wstąpił do Legionu Śląskiego, po czym został wcielony do 2 kompanii I batalionu 3 Pułku Piechoty Legionów Polskich. Musiał poddać się leczeniu w szpitalu w Siedmiogrodzie i był tam od 7 marca do 25 maja 1915 roku. 1 czerwca 1915 roku został przydzielony do 3 kompanii 4 Pułku Piechoty Legionów Polskich, gdzie awansował na kolejno następujące stopnie: kapral, plutonowy, sierżant, dowódca sekcji a później plutonu. Nie zgodził się złożyć przysięgi wierności cesarzom Niemiec i Austrio-Węgier, ale jako że był poddanym Austrii musiał zostać wcielony do armii Austro-Węgier do 16 Pułku Strzelców. Od 16 września 1917 był na początku w kompanii zapasowej, następnie walczył na froncie jako sierżant, był dowódcą plutonu. 18 sierpnia 1918 roku został instruktorem w kadrze pułku w Opawie, po czym został skierowany do szkoły oficerów rezerwy w Opawie, gdzie przebywał od 5 września do 30 października 1918 roku.

Następnie, 1 listopada 1918 roku rozpoczął służbę w Wojsku Polskim, początkowo był sierżantem w Pułku Piechoty Ziemi Cieszyńskiej, potem awansował na chorążego. 12 grudnia 1918 roku został adiutantem komendanta placu w Bielsku podpułkownika Leona Krakówki, ale został przeniesiony do 12 Pułku Piechoty, gdzie służył jako dowódca plutonu w kompanii porucznika Jana Hajosta. Podczas walk z wojskami czechosłowackimi w 1919 roku (bitwa pod Skoczowem oraz Simoradzem) brał w nich czynny udział. Został urlopowany od października 1919 roku, na okres akcji plebiscytowej na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Ochotniczo wstąpił do Tajnej Organizacji Wojskowej. Brał udział w przygotowaniach do plebiscytu na Śląsku Cieszyńskim będąc dowódcą plutonu cieszyńskiej kompanii kapitana Jerzego Szczurka. 18 sierpnia 1930 roku przydzielono go do batalionu ochotniczego Ziemi Cieszyńskiej, czyli batalionu zapasowego 4 Pułku Strzelców Podhalańskich. Został mianowany na stopień porucznika 21 grudnia 1920 roku – ze starszeństwem z dnia 1 czerwca 1919 roku. Zdemobilizowano go 24 października 1921 roku (przez przydział mobilizacyjny do 4 Pułku Strzelców Podhalańskich). Odbywał ćwiczenia rezerwy w latach 1925, 1928, 1930 oraz 1931. 16 sierpnia 1928 roku zdał egzamin na stopień kapitana uzyskując wynik dobry. Dowódca batalionu wystawił o nim następującą opinię: "Stały charakter, dobry dowódca plutonu, dobry instruktor, strzela sam bardzo dobrze. Jest pod każdym względem bardzo dobrym oficerem". Mógł brać udział w pospolitym ruszeniu dzięki orzeczeniu lekarskiemu z dnia 31 grudnia 1931 roku. Był pracownikiem służby celnej w: Cieszynie, Mysłowicach, Bytomiu, Bielsku, Warszawie. Zanim rozpoczęła się wojna, był też naczelnikiem Wydziału Celnego w Dyrekcji Ceł we Lwowie.

W sierpniu 1939 roku nie został zmobilizowany. W czasie okupacji był w Krakowie, ale w 1944 roku przeniósł się do Trzyńca, aby być z żoną i synem. Pracował w Cieszynie, w fabryce Rohn – Zieliński jako nawijacz statorów pod zarządem niemieckim. Gdy zakończyła się II wojna światowa zatrudnił się na stanowisku kierownika Urzędu Celnego w Cieszynie. Oprócz tego, na polecenie Ministerstwa Skarbu do jego obowiązku należała organizacja administracji celnej na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. 20 września 1952 roku przeszedł na emeryturę.

15 września 1976 roku zmarł i został pochowany w Cieszynie na Cmentarzu Ewangelickim.

Odznaczenia
 Order Virtuti Militari V kl.
 Krzyż Niepodległości
 Krzyż Walecznych (trzykrotnie)
 Złoty i Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi
 Medal Pamiątkowy za Wojnę 1918–1921
 Medal Dziesięciolecia Odzyskanej Niepodległości
 Brązowy i Srebrny Medal za Długoletnią Służbę
 Odznaka Za Obronę Śląska Cieszyńskiego
 Order Odrodzenia Polski V kl. (1974) oraz Śląski Krzyż Powstańczy (1973) (po II wojnie światowej na wniosek władz koła ZBoWiD w Cieszynie)

Order Virtuti Militari V kl. został nadany dekretem Naczelnego Wodza L 13389 z dnia 17 V 1922 r. (Dz. Pers. nr 2/1923). Zachowały się dwa takie wnioski, oba pochodziły z okresu służby w Legionach

Bibliografia
 CAW, Kolekcja Akt Personalnych, sygn. I.481.C.2873.
 CAW, Kolekcja Orderu Virtuti Militari, sygn. I.482.59-4940.
 ZBoWiD, akta nr 2144 Okręgu Katowice z 31 III 1969 r., nr 1986/3 z 15 IX 1976 r., Koło w Cieszynie.
 Jahresbericht der k k Erzh. Friedrich Realschule in Teschen am schlusse des Schuljahres 1915/1916, s 10.
 Buława Edward, Egzamin wobec Polski, Cieszyn 1998, s. 177.
 Długajczyk Edward, Tajna konspiracja wojskowa na Śląsku Cieszyńskim w latach 1919–1920, Katowice 2005, s 217.
 Książnica Cieszyńska. Elektroniczny słownik biograficzny Śląska Cieszyńskiego https://web.archive.org/web/20160417123832/http://www.slownik.kc-cieszyn.pl/index.php/online,591/ [dostęp: 21 VII 2018].

Kapitanowie II Rzeczypospolitej
Ludzie związani z Cieszynem
Polacy – wojskowi armii austriackiej
Pochowani na cmentarzu ewangelickim przy ul. Bielskiej w Cieszynie
Urodzeni w 1894
Zmarli w 1976


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The Village Family Services #NoYouthHomeless Campaign Launches During National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
By Pink Banana Media - November 12, 2014
Social Media Campaign to Support and Bring Awareness to the Nearly 9,500 Homeless Youth between Ages of 12-24 in Los Angeles County
The Village Family Services provides much needed assistance to homeless youth throughout the year; however, launching the #NoYouthHomeless Campaign (http://bit.ly/noyouthhomeless) in the month of November during National Homeless Youth Awareness Month is an effort to bring local and national attention to the sad reality of those young adults living on the streets in America today.
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"We felt so strongly about supporting homeless youth on multiple levels that we strategically placed our Drop-In Center next-door to a Free Health Clinic, proving direct access for our clients," said Hugo Villa, CEO of the Village Family Services. "In addition, our Drop-In Center is a haven for homeless youths to d…
Behind The Scene Video for Sir Ivan's 2014 Midnight Sun Party [Photos + Video]
By Unknown - October 08, 2014
In honor of Recording Artist and Philanthropist Sir Ivan's newly released single, "Here Comes The Sun," which just entered the Billboard Breakout Chart at #4, guests were invited to join him at his legendary Hamptons Castle, a sprawling villa complete with a moat, bridges and a spectacular poolside area.
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Fighting Homophobia or The Shining with a Gay Twist - Hot, New Halloween T-Shirt Designs
By Pink Banana Media - October 06, 2014
Whether you're making a statement against homophobia, or you're a Jack Nicholson / Steven King fan looking for a t-shirt with a "gay twist", look no further than BMP T-Shirts. Created by New Jersey residents Diane & Kathy, these designs are just in time for showing the world who we are, while providing incredibly unique designs perfect for this holiday season!
Spooky Gay T-Shirt - We're Waiting For You Unisex T-Shirt
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Sir Ivan & Guests Celebrate His New Hit Single "Here Come The Sun" At His Castle in the Hamptons [Photos]
By Unknown - September 18, 2014
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Midnight Sun: Sir Ivan's Annual Hampton Fundraising Bash
On the heels of the release of his newly single "Here Comes The Sun," recording artist Sir Ivan hosted his annual bash, "Midnight Sun" at his lavish castle in the Hamptons on August 23, 2014, to celebrate the release of his single, and to raise funds for his foundation.
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It's 2020. The President is Gay, and the USA might just have a chance
By Pink Banana Media - August 14, 2014
When a political Georgetown grad joins forces with iconic film producer Howard Rosenman, and comedians from Improv Olympic and Second City, how will they change the world? By inventing a gay President of the United States who is married to a man with redneck roots and Park Avenue tastes—oh, and they're also all cartoon characters. Read about the team and watch clips here, at our crowdfunding site at Indiegogo.
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SEASON 3 of the award-winning gay comedy mystery web series, Where The Bears Are, Premieres Online August 11, 2014
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StandOUT Expo will be Atlantic City's first LGBT business to business and business to community weekend event. It will take place September 26 – 28, 2014 in Atlantic City.
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Park Right; NYC Pride's Parking & Transportation Solutions
By Unknown - June 09, 2014
New York, June 10th 2014.
Saying that parking in New York City can be a challenge is the understatement of the year. So when we were contacted by www.ParkRight.com we had to tell you all about it. When we found out that during NYC Pride they'd have 3 locations for each of the following official NYC events, we had to make sure you had the 411:
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GSBA Awards $330,000 to LGBTQ and Allied Scholars
By Pink Banana Media - May 31, 2014
Record-breaking amount of scholarships awarded by local businesses
Over 400 business leaders in attendance at the GSBA Scholarship Fund Dinner demonstrated their commitment to invest in the next generation of leaders by awarding over $330,000 in scholarships to LGBTQ and allied students in Washington State.
The GSBA Scholarship Fund awards educational scholarships to undergraduate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied students, who exhibit leadership potential, demonstrate strong academic abilities and are actively involved in school and community organizations.
Scholars reflect a diverse group of students, from rural and urban areas, pursuing a wide range of professions and who have plans to positively impact their community. GSBA is committed to positioning today's students to become tomorrow's leaders. GSBA's Scholarship Fund supports the community through providing financial support, role-modeling and hope to outstanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer …
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A feature length movie, currently in pre production, will be based on the premise set by the award winning viral short "Love is All You Need?' which has sparked a global movement to end bullying, generating more than 30 million views on You Tube and Facebook in 15 different languages.
Imagine a world where Gay was Straight and Straight was Gay. Challenging our current conception of the terms 'Gay' and 'Straight', this controversial short film, written and directed by K Rocco Shields of Genius Pictures, switches not only the meaning of the terms but with it the social and cultural prejudicial responses.
The short film introduces us to a young teen Ashley who has a crush on a boy at school. These feelings go against everything Ashley's world has ever taught her. Unfortunately, Ashley's undeniable attraction to the opposite sex causes her to be the constant target of verbal and shocking physical abuse by the other students at her school.
"I can't stress how important it is that kid…
LGBT Seniors: Twice as likely to need help but five times less likely to ask
With statistics showing that LGBT Seniors are five times less likely to ask for help, according to Cathy Croghan, a geriatric consultant and public health nurse, we need to think of our LGBT seniors a little differently.
As reported on Twincities.com, "The topic remains a relatively new but growing entry in discussions about aging. Affordable housing developments targeted to gay seniors recently have opened in Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Los Angeles."
New York City is also seeing LGBT welcoming centers, including AHS Caring Communities with its 2 locations in the Bronx and Queens.
AHS Home Care and Adult Day Programs includes staff that is specially trained to deal with LGBT seniors. A trend that is growing quickly with the help of Training to Serve whose mission is to provide education, tools and resources to improve the quality of life of LGBT people as they age.
Croghan, a board member with North St. Paul-based Training to Serve, says "They have these early life experiences that …
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