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Q: Incorrect method to generate a random permutation of a finite set The Wikipedia article on the Fisher Yates shuffle has a subsection on Potential Sources of Bias (Implementation Errors). It contains the following observation related to the possible outcomes when shuffling a three element array [1, 2, 3] using an incorrect implementation:
There are 6 possible permutations of this array (3! = 6), but the algorithm
produces 27 possible shuffles (3^3 = 27). In this case, [1, 2, 3], [3, 1, 2],
and [3, 2, 1] each result from 4 of the 27 shuffles, while each of the
remaining 3 permutations occurs in 5 of the 27 shuffles.

I can easily enumerate the 27 possibilities using a probability tree and confirm that 123, 312, 321 occur four times each while 132, 213, 231 occur five times each.
This over representation is also confirmed by the first image in this blog post.
Here's my question: what is so special about 132, 213, 231 that results in them occuring more often than 123, 312, 321? Intuitively, I'd expect some sort of vague "symmetry" between the bias vs. non-bias cases, but that's clearly not true here.
Also, for the case of four elements, the same blog post indicates that 2341, 2314, 2143, 1342 occur far more frequently than the other permutations. Is there any particular reason for it?
Some related questions:
How to shuffle a deck of cards?
Why is it that shuffling a deck so that all permutations are equally likely requires swapping only later elements?

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Immigration is one of the most controversial issues on the American political scene, notes the Manhattan Institute's Tamar Jacoby in the new issue of Foreign Affairs, but the irony is that there is actually a strong and sensible national consensus on how to deal with the problem: embrace and expand the "market-based" approach championed by the Bush administration. That means amnesty for illegal immigrants already here, increased quotas for temporary workers (with the possibility of graduation to full citizenship down the road), and stepped-up enforcement of all the laws on the books.
Good news, if true, on that "strong and sensible national consensus". But can you have a lasting consensus on the nature of immigration policy, if you do not have a consensus on the purpose of that same immigration policy? And, it seems to me, America does not have such a consensus. At any rate, if you think that there is a consensus, perhaps you could explain to us what it is.


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Connemara National Park (Irish: Páirc Naisiúnta Chonamara) is one of six National Parks in the Republic of Ireland that are managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. It is located in the west of Ireland within County Galway.
Connemara National Park was founded and opened to the public in 1980. It features 2,957 hectares of mountains, bogs, heaths, grasslands and forests. The entrance is situated on the Clifden side of Letterfrack. There are many remnants of human civilization within the park. There is a 19th century graveyard as well as 4,000 year old megalithic court tombs. Much of the land was once part of the Kylemore Abbey estate.
Western blanket bog and heathland are the most common vegetation of Connemara National Park. The boglands are situated in the wet low lying environments whereas the blanket bog exists within the drier mountain atmosphere. Purple moorgrass is the most bountiful plant, creating colorful landscapes throughout the country side. Carnivorous plants play an important role in the park's ecosystem, the most common being sundew and butterworts trap. Bogs hold very little nutrients so many plants obtain their energy from the digestion of insects. Other common plants include lousewort, bog cotton, milkwort, bog asphodel, orchids and bog myrtle, with a variety of lichens and mosses.
Connemara National Park is noted for its diversity of bird life. Common song birds include Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, European Stonechats, Common Chaffinches, European Robins and Eurasian Wrens. Native birds of prey include the Common Kestrel and Eurasian Sparrowhawk with the Merlin and Peregrine Falcon being seen less frequently. Woodcock, Common Snipe, Common Starling, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Redwing Fieldfare and Mountain goat migrate to Connemara during the winter.
Mammals are often difficult to find, but are present nonetheless. Fieldmice are common in the woodlands, whereas rabbits, foxes, stoats, shrews, and bats at night, are often sighted in the boglands. Red deer once roamed Connemara but were extirpated from the area approximately 150 years ago. An attempt was made to reintroduce red deer to Connemara and a herd was established within the Park. Nowadays, the largest mammal in the Park is the Connemara pony.

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Rethinking Linkage to the West: What Authoritarian Stability in Singapore Tells Us
Su-Mei Ooi, Butler UniversityFollow
International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/ijaps2016.12.2.1
Recent regime change literatures compellingly assert that linkage to the West has been a significant factor in democratisation where the organisational capacity of authoritarian incumbents has overwhelmingly weakened pro-democracy forces. Detailed case studies confirming these findings have not included Singapore although high levels of linkage to the West suggest that democratisation should have taken place there. This qualitative case study fills the empirical and theoretical gap by explaining why linkage has so far failed to raise the cost of authoritarianism for Singapore's government. By eschewing the current structural approach, which conceptualises linkage as mere channels of external pressure or influence, this analysis treats each dimension of linkage as arenas of political interaction where external democratising pressure or influence are generated, mediated or precluded. This agency-centred approach exposes the politics of linkage and thereby enables us to explain why linkage to the West does not always have the expected impact on regime change. These findings open up the research agenda of regime change studies by pointing the way forward for future studies of otherwise inexplicable cases where high linkage has not led to democratisation.
© Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2016. This article was published open access. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
Ooi, Su-Mei, "Rethinking Linkage to the West: What Authoritarian Stability in Singapore Tells Us" International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies / (2016): 1-29.
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The study also provides in–depth analysis of segment wise telecommunications including mobile, fixed line and fixed broadband services. The number of subscribers and penetration rates are forecast for each of the sub-segment including mobile, fixed landline and broadband segments from 2005 to 2025.
Kyrgyzstan telecommunication revenues, investment and infrastructure details are also covered in the report. Further, emerging business environment in Kyrgyzstan together with comparison to five competitive benchmark countries are included, to assess the country's prominence on regional front.
On the competitive analysis front, leading companies along with their market shares are identified. Further, key business strategies of market leaders, their tariffs and SWOT profiles are included. In addition, the research work forecasts the demographic and economic drivers of Kyrgyzstan that enable strategy planners to formulate their pricing and branding strategies.
The report also includes latest telecommunication market developments, mergers, acquisitions and launches, spectrum availability, tenders and other aspects are analyzed.
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Tropical Cyclone Larry
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by Nefer » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:56 pm
I just caught this... The picture of the cyclone looks horrific.
Hopes everyone in the area is okay...
Cyclone batters Australian coast
Military helicopters are on alert to help with rescue efforts
A powerful tropical cyclone has hit Australia's north-east coast, packing winds of up to 290km/h (180mph).
Tropical Cyclone Larry smashed into Queensland at Innisfail, about 100km (62 miles) south of Cairns.
"We are very concerned... it's the worst cyclone we've had in decades," said Queensland Premier Peter Beattie.
The storm was initially a category five - the strongest possible - but was downgraded to a category four shortly after it crossed the coastline.
Thousands of residents have been evacuated and Mr Beattie has given the authorities the legal power to forcibly remove any reluctant evacuees.
Prime Minister John Howard has put the country's military helicopters on alert to help with any rescue efforts.
Three people are reported to have been injured so far, including a woman who was struck by flying glass.
"We have roofs flying off... and trees across roads," police officials in Innisfail said.
Major airlines have cancelled all flights into the city of Cairns and shelters for evacuees have been set up in inland towns.
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by Phils_jd » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:06 pm
Yeah - its one big mother of a storm. Fortunately Im a long way away. If its as bad as Tracy was - it will be a disaster. So far there saying one in three roofs have been ripped off, but unfortunately I have absolutely no faith in any news report, they are just headline grabbers, so really its hard to know whats going on.
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by John R » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:48 am
That looks rather scary!
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by Yakumo » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:43 pm
Are storms worse now than ever before or is just that they are reported more in the modern age.
My thoughts go out to all those affected.
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by Kate4Tanus » Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:20 am
It is all so sad, hey! It is just horrible. We are doing all sorts of fundraisers and stuff for all the victims. The houses are just ruined. It is amazing how these things happen. (in a bad way!)
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by i_heart_nefie » Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:06 am
It was very sad to see all the ruined houses and belongings on the news. The people deserve all our support and it isnt fair that there was another cyclone up there the other day too. I'm glad it didnt come as far down as us, hey kate?
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by Kate4Tanus » Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:07 am
Lucky. But not lucky for them
I know...has there ever been a cyclone in the great south east? I hope there never is.
Great South East. hee hee. There probably has, but I hope there is never another one. Those things are horrible
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Eli Osei
by Hannah Figueroa Velazquez
Photos by Eli Osei
If there is anything Eli Osei (MC '26) is good at making art from, it's chaos. When he was 17, his Uber collided with another car. Sitting in the backseat, Eli let the initial shock wear off. Then he picked up his camera and began to take photos.
Over the next few months, a new photography series developed from the wreckage. Whenever Eli rode in the back of an Uber, he took photos of the world around him, both coping with the newfound anxiety he felt in cars and taking advantage of a new source of inspiration. In Eli's world, when life gives you lemons, you start a new art project.
Eli has always shaped every experience into an opportunity for creation. His first love was playwriting: he began acting in plays from grade four and wrote his first play titled Checkmate when he was in grade 10. Checkmate switches between depicting a chess game played between two men, one Black and one white, and important historical events related to the development of apartheid. As a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Eli felt his history classes made the atrocities of apartheid "[feel] like they had happened decades ago, when really, it was all very recent." Taking the reader on a trip between past and present, his play attempts to capture this disjunction.
While Eli is a playwright first, he enjoys taking pictures of his hometown, his friends, and anything else he deems worthy of capturing. In his collection of multimedia projects, Eli weaves written and visual components into a single story, combining his photography and playwriting skills. He has also delved into other art forms; recently, first-year students living in Durfee Hall entryway B found themselves in the midst of an impromptu art exhibit, the hallway littered with pink and yellow sticky notes. Written on them were a collection of messages ranging from movie quotes—"The world is ours"—to more thought-provoking questions—"What do you stand for?."
His micro-replication of an exhibit by Miranda July, in which she handpainted significant quotes and memories from her life onto wooden signs to be hung up in a hallway, pulled Eli out of a creative slump. However, he had also made it with the purpose of bringing joy to his floormates, a focus on connection indicative of his artistry. "What I've chosen to focus on in my life is less of a singular art form and more of an idea," he said. "I want to understand why people perceive the world in such unique ways and how their upbringing has shaped them." Dipping into different mediums has given Eli the freedom to better explore human perception.
Despite an extensive resume of screen-plays and other multimedia projects, Osei struggled with understanding how art fit into his life and career aspirations. The realization that art in itself was not the only contribution he wanted to make to the world came into discussion late one night on the phone with a friend from his hometown. In a perfect world, they concluded: "we would both want to be artists." However, Eli was determined to make the effects of his art tangible: "I don't want to just write about inequality or take pictures of it," he tells me. "I want to learn how to pair art with practice."
Already, his involvement in improv, sketch comedy, and stage-directing at the university indicates a long four years of projects that we are yet to see from Eli. "Being in New Haven, I find myself walking down the streets and taking photos of the things I see," he tells me. "There is meaning in everything, and getting inspiration can be as structured as the process I just showed you or as free as living your life and finding beauty wherever you go."


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A theoretical and methodological critique of the principle of relative constancy
Michel Dupagne
This article revisits the theoretical assumptions of the principle of relative constancy (PRC). This principle, or hypothesis, holds that consumers spend a constant fraction of their income on mass media over time (constancy assumption), although they are expected to alter their spending patterns within mass media categories in response to the introduction of new mass media products or services (functional equivalence assumption). But application of demand theory to the PRC reveals that whereas the functional equivalence assumption can be phrased in economic terms, there is no such validation for the constancy assumption. That assumption was found to be inconsistent with the Engel law/curve in that this traditional microeconomic model of consumer choice does not posit, as does the PRC, a proportional relationship between expenditures on mass media and income. Furthermore, the empirical literature reviewed here suggests mixed support for the PRC, casting more doubts on the validity of the PRC as a theoretically grounded, empirically determined hypothesis. The article identifies and discusses five methodological factors that may explain why PRC studies offer conflicting evidence. Finally, it proposes a series of theoretical and methodological recommendations for conducting future research on consumer mass media expenditures.
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Dupagne, M. (1997). A theoretical and methodological critique of the principle of relative constancy. Communication Theory, 7(1), 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.1997.tb00142.x
A theoretical and methodological critique of the principle of relative constancy. / Dupagne, Michel.
In: Communication Theory, Vol. 7, No. 1, 02.1997, p. 53-76.
Dupagne, M 1997, 'A theoretical and methodological critique of the principle of relative constancy', Communication Theory, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.1997.tb00142.x
Dupagne M. A theoretical and methodological critique of the principle of relative constancy. Communication Theory. 1997 Feb;7(1):53-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.1997.tb00142.x
Dupagne, Michel. / A theoretical and methodological critique of the principle of relative constancy. In: Communication Theory. 1997 ; Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 53-76.
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Name: Jamal Clint-Ross Blackman
Born: Croydon, England
Current Club: Sheffield United
(On loan from Chelsea FC)
Jamal's Career
Blackman joined Chelsea at U13 level and progressed through the club's youth system. He made his first appearance in a senior match day squad on 29 October 2011, sitting on the bench for a Premier League match against Arsenal which Chelsea lost 3–5 at home. He began to train regularly with the first team squad in the 2011–12 season and was an ever-present as Chelsea U18 won that season's FA Youth Cup.
Blackman signed a new five-year contract with the club in June 2014.
Loan to Middlesbrough
On 31 August 2014, Blackman joined Championship club Middlesbrough on loan until January 2015. He made his full debut on 23 September 2014 against Liverpool in the third round of the League Cup as Boro drew 2–2 after 120 minutes but lost 13–14 in the resulting penalty shoot-out. His save from Raheem Sterling's shot forced the shootout to sudden death, in which Blackman scored against opposition goalkeeper Simon Mignolet from the spot.
On 6 January 2015, following Mark Schwarzer's departure to Leicester City, Blackman was recalled from his loan spell to work as the third goalkeeper with the first-team squad behind Thibaut Courtois and Petr Čech.
Loan to Östersunds FK
On 18 March 2016, Blackman joined Swedish side Östersunds FK on loan until 31 May 2016, to gain first-team experience. On 4 April, he made his Allsvenskan debut in a 1–1 away draw against Hammarby IF, playing the full 90 minutes. Later that month at Gefle IF, he kept a first clean sheet in a goalless draw.
Loan to Wycombe Wanderers
On 15 August 2016, Blackman joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on loan until 3 January 2017. The following day, he made his debut against Accrington Stanley in a 1–1 draw at Adams Park. On 20 August, Blackman kept his first clean-sheet in 0–0 away draw against Blackpool. He then conceded 10 goals in the following 3 league games. On 1 January 2017, it was announced that Blackman's loan spell had been extended until the end of the season.
Loan to Sheffield United
On 27 July 2017, Blackman extended his Chelsea contract until 2021 before agreeing a season long loan to Championship side Sheffield United.


How does the second season compare with the first? ? ?
Possibly slightly cheesier. Like others.. I'm still enjoying it though.
Come on over to Osage Beach. You can hand feed the twins and their mom on our point. Maybe bucks are more skiddish?... haven't seen him around.
With all due respect.... You are all WAY over thinking this. 99% of the people in the US have no real idea where LOTO even is, let alone understand why we would want to be here.
And for those that have "heard" of LOTO, perceive most "Ozark-ians" to be hillbilly's w/Banjo's playing in the background.
Remember the writer got his inspiration from his past work at Alhonna as a dock hand while attending college in the 80's.
Finished watched second season this past weekend.
Sure kept me on edge of my seat.
One of the few things I have watched in a while that I feel like was worth the time.
It's renewed for a 3rd season this year but I haven't seen any dates.
On the topic of good TV: Highway Men is a good Netflix movie that was just released.
I have to say I've really enjoyed both seasons of Ozark but it portrays the lake as a pretty redneck part of this country. It definitely doesn't reflect what it's really like down at LOTO.
Last August the police were chasing a fugitive felon up Hwy 5. He ditched the "borrowed" motorcycle around 5-77 and fled into the woods. The meth-head fled into our quiet cove, broke into a house to steal a change of clothes, and looked for an escape vehicle.
He was met by the dragnet of city, county, and state law enforcement. It was actually a female water patrol officer that snagged him as he sought a way out of the cove.


ASI's Cheetah is a hybrid pixel detector suitable for electron microscope applications. The sensitivity and speed of Cheetah offers unprecedented possibilities for electron diffraction, imaging and tomography. Scintillated detectors do not have the signal to noise ratio's that can be obtained with the Cheetah.
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Today Fuji announced the addition of the XQ1, a pocketable point and shoot. The camera has an f1.8-f4.9 4x zoom lens (25-100mm in 35mm format), 12 Megapixel 2/3″ X-Trans CMOS II sensor, and the EXR Processor II which promises the world's fastest autofocus speeds for this genre of cameras.
Just like the new X-E2, the XQ1 has an X-Trans CMOS II sensor that uses an original color filter array with a highly randomized pixel arrangement. This camera does not have an optical low pass filter. This camera also utilizes the Lens Modulation Optimizer for sharper imagery. An in-camera Image Stabilization system is available for shooting in low light situations. The camera has an ISO range from 100 to 12800.
The QX1 also has an auto switching AF just like the X-E2. This combines contrast AF with phase detection AF to insure better images in low light conditions. The XQ1 has Focus Highlight Peaking for manual autofocusing.
The camera sports an ultra-small body that is 3.93″ (w) x 2.3″ (h) x 1.3″ (d). It has a 920,000 dot LCD screen made of anti-reflective glass.
The XQ1 shoots full HD video with up to 60fps. The camera also includes a Wi-Fi button for easy transfer of photos and movies to smartphones, tablets and computers.


It is a pity that the proposal I presented to the Secretary General of the United Nations prior to the occupation of Iraq was never accepted. I had earnestly proposed that countries neighboring Iraq should collaborate with the five permanent members of the Security Council and under the direct supervision of the United Nations find a way to remove the cancerous regime of Saddam from our beloved Iraq.
My proposal was rejected because of the conceited intervention on the part of the US but the grave predictions it made regrettably materialized.
1) Terminate the occupation, cut off the root cause of conflict, and thereby disarm violent extremism.
2) Strengthen the foundations of democracy in Iraq and support the establishment of security, intelligence, and law and order by the government. We should give the people of Iraq and their popular government the opportunity to base the fledgling democracy in that country on a firm foundation.
3) Engage in a concerted effort at reconstructing Iraq and helping the central government respond to the demands of the oppressed people of Iraq and lay the foundation for development and progress in that country. All this is impossible to achieve without putting an end to occupation and foreign intervention. Especially, ethnic and sectarian separatism must stop.
The US may be able to guarantee its long-term interests–should they be based on justice – by adhering to realism, avoiding delusional fantasies of politicians, and committing to the support of security and development in the region.


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My desire to visit Vilnius had been sparked by a tourism brochure darinf tourist to visit Lithuania and try local cuisine to know of they liked it. I had decided to take the Lithuanian Tourism Board on their word and try Lithuanian food before deciding for myself what I thought of the cuisine.
But what was Lithuanian cuisine?
Lithuanian cuisine is a root heavy cuisine with staples including beet, potatoes. Being located in the North, rye and berries are also common ingredients. Because of the location of Lithuania, the cuisine has received influences from beyond the Nordics.
It received influences from its Baltic sisters (Latvia and Estonia) as well as its Catholic cousin, Poland. Despite the distance, Lithuanian food was also heavily influenced by German traditions from which the eating of pork and potatoes arose. There is an eastern Turkic influence to Lithuanian food that comes from the Crimean Karaite peoples. Noble Lithuanians hired French chefs to show they had arrived and therefore introduced a French element to Lithuanian cuisine.
Our first meal in Vilnius was of Karaite origin but has since become a mainstream breakfast/snack dish throughout Lithuania – Kibinai. Kibinai is a pastry dish with a selection of filling inside, most commonly mutton and onion.
The place that the reviews said did it best was Cafe Pinavija. A cutesy cafe (which would not normally draw me, apart from food), Pinavija drew a steady stream of customers throughout the morning. One by one the customers walked in, most with ordering a Kibinai and coffee to start the day. I did as the locals did.
This was no dainty cafe and Kibinais were eaten as they were throughout the country, with hands. Biting into kibinai reminded me of home. It tasted like a curry puff with a different filling, or perhaps a Cornish Pasty. The flavours of the fillings enveloped by the sweet, savoury and soft pastry.
A Lithuanian breakfast however does also go with cake – a heavenly tradition to many people, I imagine.
Sweet is not my go to in the morning but when in Vilnius… We ordered the Napoleon Torte a layered cake of pastry and sweet filling. Each layer was cleanly separated and the flavours were chocolatey sweet.
Breakfast would not have been able to powee us through the day, and so very rapidly we got hungry again. This time we decided to go for pub grub. Snêkutis is a chain of gastropubs in Vilnius that serves everything local – from beer to food. It came highly recommended for a good, budget dining experience.
The prices were so affordable, we thought they were selling food in bite sized portions and so we ordered many small dishes, tapas style.
The items we selected were very Lithuanian and very porky. We began our meal with Pork crackling served with Lithuanian peas and another plated of smoked pig ears with mustard and spices (Rukytos). I felt at home once again, pig ears is a delicacy that is eaten in some Chinese restaurants in Singapore. The ears are usually boiled and served chilled, here they were smoked. The enjoyment of pig ears is in the texture, the crunchiness that results from biting the soft cartilage in the ear and those ears had a lot of crunch.
Then came fried bread with cheese (Kepinta), another warm up dish. The dish was fun to eat, especially if I was a kid. It had all the goodies for a happy tummy, but soon got difficult to carry on – oil on carbohydrates dipped in fats, that is a recipe for clogging arteries.
Our main course was the national dish, Cepelinai. Named as Zeppelins in English after the flying object these are essentially stuffed potatoes dumplings. The dumplings are made from a combination of grated and riced potatoes giving it a chewy, tapioca-like texture. Cepelinai is boiled and served with a sauce of sour cream and bacon bits. It was an intriguing flavour. The heavy and rich potatoes, bacon and meat needed the sourness from the sauce to cut the dish. One Cepelinai is perhaps enough to keep you full for a while.
That was not all to the meal that we ordered, but just writing about this is making me full again. That's how filling it was.
Suffice to say, in this episode of men versus food, food clearly won.
It says a lot that despite spending a full weekend in Vilnius there was not much eating going on. One meal kept us full for a while. Maybe that accounts for the fact that people (well women, I didn't pay attention to the men) seemed so fit and attractive in Vilnius. You'd think that food this heavy would lead to an obese and you couldn't be more wrong. Lithuanain people are in fact one of the fittest with the lowest obesity rates among teenagers from developed countries.


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Rangers vs Stars: Rangers Shutout by Dallas and Drop Fifth Straight Game
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The New York Rangers lost their fifth straight game this evening as they were shutout by Ben Bishop and the Dallas Stars. The Rangers put together another hard fought game but they just couldn't find a way to solve Dallas' goaltender. Mika Zibanejad was ejected from the game early in the third period on a questionable call, which put the Rangers down man for five minutes.
Alexandar Georgiev put in another solid effort in the crease tonight turning away 23 shots, and keeping the Rangers in this game on the penalty kill. David Quinn will likely continue to give him starts down the stretch if he keeps playing this well.
John Klingberg (9) - Miro Heiskanen (18) - 1:16 2nd Period
Following a scoreless first period, the Stars finally broke the scoreless time a little over a minute into the second period. Miro Heiskanen and John Klingberg exchanged passes at the blue line, and Klingberg made a break down the right side of the ice. Klingberg released a quick shot through traffic that deflected off of the crossbar and in behind Alexandar Georgiev to make it a 1-0 lead for Dallas.
With another loss on the board for the Rangers, they will have a scheduled off day tomorrow before returning to action on Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings.


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Advisories October 24, 2013
Labor & Employment Advisory: December 1 Deadline for Training under OSHA's Revised Hazard Communication Standard
No later than December 1, 2013, all employers whose employees may be exposed to hazardous chemicals must train their employees on new labeling elements and a new format for Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), contained in OSHA's revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), pursuant to an OSHA rule published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2012. This training requirement is the first of several compliance deadlines the new regulation imposes on employers, as implementation of the revised HCS will occur incrementally. See Alston & Bird Labor & Employment Advisory (April 11, 2012).
OSHA's revised HCS adopts the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and requires the use of new hazardous chemical labeling elements and a standardized format for SDSs.
The revised HCS sets staggered deadlines for compliance as follows:
December 1, 2013 Deadline for employers to train employees regarding the new label elements and SDS
June 1, 2015 Deadline for compliance with provisions for preparation of new labels and SDSs, except distributors will have until December 1, 2015, when all containers shipped must bear the new labels.
December 1, 2015 Final deadline for distributors' compliance with new labeling requirements.
June 1, 2016 Deadline for employers to update their hazard communication programs and workplace signs.
See 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200(j). Notwithstanding the 2015 deadlines for the new label and SDS formats, employers must complete employee training regarding these requirements no later than December 1, 2013. OSHA reasons that the new label and SDS formats will be introduced into the workplace prior to the 2015 deadlines, so the "intent of this training is to ensure that when employees begin to see such labels and SDSs in their workplaces, they understand how to use them and access the information effectively." 77 Fed. Reg. 17574, 17738 (March 26, 2012).
New Label Requirements for 2015
The new elements that the HCS will require on labels include:
product identifier;
signal word;
hazard statement(s);
pictogram(s);
precautionary statement(s); and
name, address and telephone number of the chemical manufacturer, importer or other
responsible party.
In addition, all of this information must be provided in accordance with Appendix C of the HCS, "Allocation of Label Elements." See 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200(f) and Appendix C.
New SDS Requirements for 2015
In addition to the renaming of Material Safety Data Sheets as "Safety Data Sheets," the new SDSs must include at least the following section numbers and headings, and associated information under each heading, in the order listed:
identification;
hazard(s) identification;
composition/information on ingredients;
first-aid measures;
fire-fighting measures;
accidental release measures;
handling and storage;
exposure controls/personal protection;
physical and chemical properties;
stability and reactivity;
toxicological information;
ecological information;
disposal considerations;
transport information;
regulatory information; and
other information, including date of preparation or last revision.
See 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200(g)(2).
Specific Training Requirements
The new HCS provides that "[e]mployers shall train employees regarding the new label elements and safety data sheets format by December 1, 2013." 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200(j)(1). OSHA has published a relatively detailed fact sheet outlining what training must be covered—OSHA Fact Sheet, "December 1st, 2013 Training Requirements for the Revised Hazard Communication Standard." The Fact Sheet indicates that "[t]raining on labels must include information on" the type of information the employee would expect to see on the new labels, including the new required elements, as well as how an employee might use the elements in the workplace. The Fact Sheet further indicates that "[t]raining on the format of the SDS must include information on" the new standardized 16-section format and the type of information found in the various sections, as well as how information on the label is related to the SDS.
Not included in the effective date provision, nor mentioned in OSHA's Fact Sheet on training, is the new HCS requirement that training include specific information on the "simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified" of the chemicals in the work area. See 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii). OSHA does not make it clear whether these training requirements are specifically required by December 1, 2013. Presumably, the training is required if the newly formatted SDSs and labels include such hazard information.
Other Resources from OSHA
In addition to the Fact Sheet on training requirements, OSHA has published a number of materials on the new HCS, including an OSHA Brief, "Hazard Communication Standard: Labels and Pictograms," as well as "Hazard Communication Standard QuickCards" on SDSs, labeling and pictograms, in English and Spanish.
Training in Languages Other than English
OSHA has previously taken the position, and restated this position in its new HCS Fact Sheet, that "[i]f employers customarily need to communicate work instructions or other workplace information to employees in a language other than English, they will also need to provide safety and health training to employees in the same manner." OSHA Fact Sheet, "December 1st, 2013 Training Requirements for the Revised Hazard Communication Standard." See also OSHA Training Standards Policy Statement (April 28, 2010).
Office Environments
OSHA has previously interpreted the HCS not to cover office workers who encounter hazardous chemicals only in isolated instances. See Standard Interpretation, "Applicability of the HCS to office workers and copy machine operators" (March 31, 1989).
Contingent Workers
OSHA takes the position that temporary agency employers are expected to provide generic hazard training and information concerning categories of chemicals employees may potentially encounter, and host employers are responsible for providing site-specific hazard training. See Standard Interpretation, "Information on temporary workers, particularly those in the electronic assembly industry," (April 30, 1996) and Standard Interpretation, "Employers' responsibilities towards temporary employees" (Feb. 3, 1994). Employers should carefully consider how to ensure they are complying with OSHA standards with respect to contingent workers.
OSHA's HCS is ranked as the third most frequently cited standard in OSHA inspections. An employer's hazard communication plan is one of the documents OSHA directs its compliance officers to request during all inspections. During any OSHA inspection, employers should expect a careful review by OSHA of how they have met these new HCS training requirements.
This advisory is published by Alston & Bird LLP's Labor & Employment practice area to provide a summary of significant developments to our clients and friends. It is intended to be informational and does not constitute legal advice regarding any specific situation. This material may also be considered attorney advertising under court rules of certain jurisdictions.
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Honestly, how many times have you heard about this mysterious, God-given, unreachable "it"?
The it that has the potential to determine your life opportunities in seconds, yet that at the same time, no one can define.
I'll tell you what "it" is. It's the unashamed, full you. It's who you are without tension and fear. It's authenticity. And it is your superpower.
Today, you are You. That is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
Whoever tells you only some are born with it — perhaps the audition panel member, or the slam poetry contest judge, or the doubtful singing teacher — most likely does so out of pure ego, because someone, once upon a time, told them they had "it," and it made them feel special and superior.
One of two things: either the charismatic ones were born into privilege, or their charisma was hard-won. Perhaps both.
So many privilege-born people are famous worldwide not solely because they had the money to get where they wanted to go, but because their level of "it" has consistently soared through the roof.
Well, one reason is because as children they were showered with love.
Think about this without judgement for a moment. Because this is not to say that unprivileged families do not love their children. But rather, as someone who comes from an extremely unprivileged family, I know it is because unprivileged children's thoughts, aside from all the love and hope our families may offer, are often clouded with the deep-seated financial worry that money and/or success are scarce resources only destined for a small few in society. This fear is rarely present in the mind of a privileged child.
While all parents love to tell their children early on in life, "You can do anything!", a lot of working-class families feel obliged to add, "but be realistic." And this act of being realistic really is critical to the possibility of ever having "it".
Oprah Winfrey didn't just wake up one day with it. Growing up, she was the opposite of privileged. Mountainous setbacks, failures, doubts and uncertainties had to be overcome before "it" could become synonymous with her way of being in the world. "It," for me, is exemplified by Winfrey's unshakeable stage presence -– and it was not lightly won.
Let's face the facts: your highest, most authentic self is not a realist. He or she is an optimist beyond belief. You can deny this all you want. But underneath all of that cynical armor is a hopeful child with the most utterly cosmic dreams for yourself.
What would happen if you let that child out, into your daily life, into every moment, every opportunity? You would suddenly have it. The "it" in au-then-tic-IT-y. The type of unforgettable presence that lights up a room for a moment and warms people's hearts for years.
It comes from copying no one. It comes from doing what only you do best. It comes from being wholly you.
Voice coach and author Patsy Rodenburg, in her book Presence, calls this being in "the Second Circle." The state of being alive and present and fully connected to oneself and one's surroundings; offering generously and receiving generously. She believes it is where all of the great athletes, actors, musicians, politicians and entrepreneurs, in their finest moments, live.
What is important to remember is that not only can you have it, but you are entitled to it. Authenticity is your birthright. The ability to shine is your birthright. The ability to be seen and heard and talked about with awe is your birthright.
So how do we unravel this version of you? How do we eliminate all of those years of useless worry, tension, unease, anxiety and fear?
By encouraging you to effortlessly be your authentic self in every situation.
I wish there were some hidden, cryptic secret, but it truly is as simple as that. When you are authentically you, you are unstoppable. You are unbreakable. Flash back to every time you have laughed so hard your stomach hurt, cried tears of empathy watching a moving piece of cinema, or experienced the kind of joy that makes the world brighter and more colorful for a while. Undoubtedly, you had no time to wear your layers: you were your authentic self.
This is the person you are without a second thought, the person you are with your favorite people or practicing your favorite hobby. This is the person you are without mental, physical or emotional clutter getting in the way.
It is your job to own this part of you and become it more fully and relentlessly than you ever have before. It is your job to rekindle it and let it blaze brightly in the face of every rejection, every loss and every setback.
But, remember this: on your journey towards retrieving "it," some people, especially those who've known you longest, won't like the changes they see. It will make them uncomfortable to know that you are shedding the old habits they associate you with because they no longer serve you; a sense of abandonment could lead them to try to curse your path.
They'll call you a fraud; they'll magnify your failures; they'll gossip about you and tell everyone how "phony" you've become (when you've actually just become your true self) and perhaps now and then their voices will win and the self-doubt will start.
This small fee will send you further in life than you can imagine in the present moment. Every successful person has had to pay it. And there's a hard truth about why so few people have "it," and it's not that some are born with it and the rest are not: it is that most are raised enclosed in a space of fear while a successful few, albeit for some with aid from their circumstances, are able to break through and beyond by choosing to trust their own power.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where you'll go.


Dillon Scott Vienneau, 21, of Cypress, was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery.
A man was arrested Friday after he allegedly broke into a Willis home, pistol-whipped the owner and fled with electronics.
Dillon Scott Vienneau, 21, of Cypress, is facing an aggravated robbery charge, a first-degree felony, for the incident. Vienneau was identified by the homeowner and a neighbor. He is also facing four misdemeanor charges. At the time of the alleged robbery, he had three warrants for marijuana possession and one for evading arrest/detention, according to a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office press release and jail records.
Vienneau is being held on a $180,000 bond, according to jail records.
A three-vehicle wreck Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 59 northbound between Kingsport Drive and Fostoria Road left the outside shoulder closed for at least an hour and a half, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.
A tractor-trailer was overturned Wednesday on FM 830 and Texas 75 and snarled traffic, according to a Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable's Office social media post.
Two men were taken into custody Sunday for possession of methamphetamine by Montgomery County Precinct 4 deputies after stopping a white passenger car for a traffic offense at a gas station at FM 1485 and US 59, according to a Pct. 4 social media post. Photos from the arrest identified the men as Howard Brown and John Martin.
A man was arrested around Thursday for possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence after Pct. 4 deputies conducted a traffic stop on FM 1485. As the man was driving and making a slow turn, he allegedly threw a small object from the driver's side of the vehicle. The driver was detained and the object was recovered and identified as a small plastic bag with a "crystal-like" substance that tested positive for methamphetamine, according to a Pct. 4 social media post. Photos from the arrest identified the man as Jeremiah Burley.
An arrest warrant was pending Wednesday after a search warrant executed by Pct. 4 deputies found a pistol with its serial number removed, narcotics and "an abundance" of drug paraphernalia in an unidentified convicted felon's trailer home in Porter. The search stemmed from a tip provided during a traffic stop, according to a Pct. 4 social media post.
A man was in custody Wednesday for manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance after nearly one and a half pounds of methamphetamine were recovered following a half-month investigation stemming from multiple tips, according to a Pct. 4 social media post. Photos from the arrest identified the man as John Matthew Goines.


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Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/2019/02/22/small-business-survival-in-big-box-universe/)
Small business survival in a big-box universe
By KENT GARDNER | February 22, 2019
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No one was home when UPS attempted to deliver the really cheap 24-inch TV I bought on impulse last week. Instead of promising to try later, the UPS note directed me to pick it up the next business day at 1900 Ridge Road East.
Odd. I didn't know that UPS had a depot at that location. In fact, that address belongs to Vittorio Menswear & Tuxedo. Has the logistics biz gone upmarket? (It would be so convenient—my cummerbund is showing signs of wear.)
"Excuse me, but I'm told I can pick up my UPS package?" I skeptically asked Vittorio, expecting an apologetic, "So sorry, signore. That's just a mistake. See the building in the back."
Instead, I received a cheery, "Certainly, sir. If UPS can't deliver, they bring packages here for pickup." And not from the presumably Italian Vittorio, but from his successor owner, Matt McDermott.
Matt explained that they accept packages for UPS pickup and hold packages UPS can't deliver. The old rule was that UPS tried three times before bringing the package back to the UPS Center where the clerk would process a "return to sender" shipment. (That's something I know all about, having worked as a UPS Center clerk in a previous life.)
Matt McDermott
(Photo by Lori & Erin Photography)
What a sensible sideline for a retailer! I doubt that Matt and his wife and business partner, Jennifer, are paying the mortgage on fees from UPS, but every bit helps. Having driven past Vittorio's for years, I've wondered how it is doing in this increasingly casual era. I do own a tux—purchased many years ago for college choir—but I haven't been invited to a "black tie" event in years.
There was a Vittorio, incidentally, Vittorio Barbagallo. He started the business in 1972. When he retired in 2012, Matt and Jennifer took it over.
Retail's a tough business
Matt works a lot of hours. A lot of hours. His biggest competitors are the mall shops so he can't afford to be closed on Sundays or evenings.
Like most retail, formal wear is seasonal and cyclical. Rentals peak in the May prom season when Matt has a dozen part-timers helping out. Late spring and early summer are also big for weddings, the other key source of rental demand.
Seasonality wreaks havoc with cash flow, of course. That's one reason that Jennifer works full time at Catholic Family Services, bringing home a steady paycheck.
Although formal wear is not as fickle as the dress business, Matt has to be constantly responding to cycles in formal fashion. As he explains, "It used to be that guys would wear a suit to work and rent a tux for special occasions. Now work wear is khakis and formal occasions means a suit."
Going with the flow, Vittorio's both sells and rents suits. In many wedding parties, some will choose to rent and others buy, depending on the odds of wearing that suit for another occasion.
Like many small-business owners, Matt's active in the community, participating in the NextGen, peer-led philanthropy initiative at the Rochester Area Community Foundation and as president of the board at NeighborWorks Rochester.
Successful small businesses have to be creative to hold their own against national competitors. Matt has access to wholesalers who can rent to him on a moment's notice when he needs a 46-extra-long in that fuchsia that matches the bridesmaids' dresses. And he taps a nationwide network of independents when the bride's brother in Memphis needs to get fitted.
"But you can't out-Walmart Walmart," he says.
Great service and community engagement are critical success factors.
And there's that side business in shipping and receiving! Noting Matt's long hours, UPS approached him a couple of years ago to serve as a UPS Access Point. It works for Matt.
And it works for me—next time I've a prepaid package destined for UPS, I've a convenient place to drop it off.
3 thoughts on "Small business survival in a big-box universe"
Martin Edic on February 22, 2019 at 11:19 am said:
Ludwig's sandwich shop on Gibbs is also a pickup/dropoff spot.
Jeff Welcher on February 26, 2019 at 3:06 pm said:
Matt's a great guy and this is a great thing to see in Rochester!
FL Gorman on February 28, 2019 at 12:37 pm said:
Creatively forging ahead!


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11/22 Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) - Clinical Center
Project Summary Abnormal regulation of glycemia (?dysglycemia?) has a very long time course, from the earliest stage of pre-diabetes, to the onset of Type 2 diabetes (T2D), to the development of clinically detectable microvascular changes and measurable atherosclerosis, to clinically manifest complications with attendant morbidity and mortality. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) focused on the pre-diabetes stage of dysglycemia and demonstrated powerful beneficial effects of lifestyle intervention (ILS) and metformin (MET), compared with placebo (PLBO), in preventing or delaying the onset of T2D over a 3-year period in a high-risk population (n=3234). The DPP also investigated and described the interventions, phenotypic and genotypic risk factors associated with T2D development, the effects of the interventions in the setting of these risk factors, the health economic implications of T2D prevention, and other outcomes of interest. Based on these results, the DPP lifestyle program has been widely implemented. The DPP Outcomes Study (DPPOS) has explored the longer-term effects of T2D prevention in the DPP cohort, bridging the period between pre-diabetes and T2D, and has examined outcomes that required more time to develop than the 3-years of DPP. DPPOS showed longer-term salutary effects of the original interventions on T2D prevention and on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. The risk for microvascular disease was significantly greater in subjects who developed T2D and increased with longer duration and higher hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). There were no significant differences by treatment group in the prevalence of the aggregate microvascular outcome; however, compared with PLBO and MET, ILS significantly reduced the risk of microvascular disease among women and those with HbA1c ?6.5%. During the one-year extension of DPPOS Phase 3, we will maintain and continue to follow the well-characterized and valuable DPPOS cohort, and collect measurements of outcomes as described in the protocol. We will 1) perform new analyses to characterize the heterogeneous course of dysglycemia and its long-term complications and factors that define susceptibility or resistance to diabetes, its complications, and common chronic conditions of aging, and 2) explore the factors associated with participant retention, adherence to the protocol and completion of measurements, and determine if alternative methods can be implemented to improve retention and adherence and to expand data collection. These aims will provide important insights into prediabetes and diabetes and their long-term outcomes and could serve the potential further study of the DPPOS cohort.
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Facebook has rolled out various new video creation tools and options to help advertisers create video content from text and video. The tools help them take advantage of the tips its Creative Shop we shared in a post last week.
One of the best ways to connect with audiences and capture their attention on mobile is to use video. Facebook found that "mobile-first creative has a 27% higher likelihood of driving brand lift and 23% higher likelihood of driving message association compared to video ads that are not optimized for mobile." That's why it's so critical to adopt a mobile-first strategy for Facebook ads these days.
Last week Facebook's Creative Shop team gave us a look at its 'Create To Convert' framework to help advertisers turn still image ads into video ads, but didn't give us the tools to take advantage of its methods. Now, Facebook has announced a range of new video creation tools and options that make this possible.
The Video Creation Kit allows advertisers to turn their existing image and text assets into videos that are optimised for mobile in 1:1 feed environments or 9:16 for stories on Facebook and Instagram.
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Trump Immigration Vision Could Win Where Reagan Failed
Bailey Steen, October 20, 2017 9:51AM
It's common knowledge that we don't write our laws for poetry's sake. They may read like poetry if you're a fan of Franklin Roosevelt or Thomas Jefferson, but legislation should always be made in the interest of the people governed.
You say this to the likes of The Washington Post's Marc A. Thiessen, CNN's James Acosta or even the 40th president of the United States and they'll look at you with the lost eyes of a puppy. It doesn't compute with them that "The New Colossus," the poem at the base of The Statue of Liberty, is not their constitution.
Placed in 1903, after the building of the Statue of Liberty, it reads: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
Under that statue, in his 1980 presidential address, Reagan embraced the poem, declaring, "It is fitting that . . . we meet beside the waters of New York harbor, with the eyes of Miss Liberty on our gathering and . . . the words of the poet whose lines are inscribed at her feet. . . . Through this 'Golden Door,' under the gaze of that 'Mother of Exiles,' have come millions of men and women, who first stepped foot on American soil right there, on Ellis Island, so close to the Statue of Liberty. . . . They helped to build that magnificent city across the river. They spread across the land building other cities and towns and incredibly productive farms. . . . They brought with them courage, ambition and the values of family, neighborhood, work, peace and freedom."
In his op-ed, Thiessen is right to note he made no mentions of advanced degrees or speaking English, rejecting Jimmy Carter's view of "an ever-shrinking economic pie with smaller pieces for each of us. We can have a bigger pie with bigger slices for everyone. . . . We can make that dream that brought so many of us or our parents and grandparents to this land live once more."
It's a good speech. It's a good poem, too. But is it good policy? The 2010 study cited in Thiessen's article, conducted by professor at University of California at Davis Giovanni Peri, found that "new immigrants are found to have a small negative impact on native employment in the short run (but not the long run)", explaining that immigrants "make more jobs to leave native workers unharmed".
It makes the case for why immigration is a benefit, but it's easy for the media to win that straw-man argument considering the Trump administration is not closed borders on all immigration.
The White House proposal, introduced last month as The Raise Act, questions the case for the mass immigration of "tired, huddled masses" of low skill immigrants. The estimated million plus people who are selected out of a green card lottery, with the utopian name of "The Permanent Employment Visa System," without any selection based on skills, languages or careers that determine if one will surely be employed.
Tell this to Britain, who have seen The Bank of England study that mass immigration drives down wages, or to an Australian, where the points-based system is currently in place, and we'll tell you, left or right, the alternative sounds crazy.
The day after this article, Acosta questioned the White House as to whether the proposal was in keeping with their poetic Colossus constitution. Trump immigration adviser Stephen Miller had different views. Dare I say, policy based views on immigration. Dismissing the poetic platitudes that are not the law of the land.
Their exchange grew heated when Miller accused Acosta of racism after the reporter suggested the bill would only allow British and Australian immigrants, and was an effort to "engineer the racial and ethnic flow of people into this country."
The reason? Oh, just that the proposed system requires one to know English.
"Jim, I can honestly say I am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from Great Britain and Australia would know English," Miller responded with great offense. "Actually, it reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree… the notion that this is a racist bill is so wrong".
And he's right. Learning the operating business language of a country has nothing to do with one's racial identity. It's pure functionality. In fact, WorldAtlas has over 30 countries, from Barbados to the Bahamas, where English is the primary language of the land. The world just isn't on board with the Acosta School of Progressive Immigration.
Let's examine that country he mentioned: Australia. According to the Australia Bureau of Statistics, on the national level, 1.3 million new migrants have come to Australia since 2011, hailing from around 180 countries of birth. The Census found China (191,000) and India (163,000) were the most common immigrant countries, both of which speaking English. If we examine the most populated city, Sydney, home to over 5.25M people as of 2017, 4.7% of the Greater Sydney population comes from China, followed by England on 3.1% and 1.9% for India.
For the first time in Australian history, the majority of people born overseas are now from Asia, not Europe.
The people that believe that merit drives down diversity are what I describe as "white supremacists with a guilty conscious."
How little Acosta and company must think of these diverse immigrants they're white knighting for, who put in the effort, to believe a meritocratic system with standards, in the end, hurts them.
Then we get to Trump's immigration tug-of-war with Democrats. In 1986, the "Reagan Amnesty," known as The Immigration Reform and Control Act, was signed into law which gave 11 million illegal immigrants, who entered before January 1st, 1982, legal worker and citizenship status. It required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status, made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants knowingly, they had to pay the penalty fine, back taxes due, an admission of guilt, prove they were not guilty of crimes, and, yes, had to know the English language.
What measures did Reagan put to prevent more from coming over after 1986? Stronger border security guards, funds or something kind of wall? Nope.
Reagan rejected the idea of a structured border. And his law had no measures to secure those who crossed illegally thereafter.
Now in 2017, President Trump has a similar scenario. 13 million illegal immigrants, no border wall, sanctuary cities that aren't following immigration law and he wants to make a deal. Just with some reassurances and an alternative should the deal go south: government shutdown.
"Build that wall," he said to a rally crowd in Phoenix, Arizona. "Now the obstructionist Democrats would like us not to do it. But believe me, if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall. Let me be very clear to Democrats in Congress who oppose a border wall and stand in the way of border security: You are putting all of America's safety at risk. You're doing that. You're doing that."
While Mexico will so obviously not pay for the wall — to the dismay of people who believed that could happen — Trump announced interest in a legislative fix.
Last week, the White House said it would seek more funds from Congress to finance building a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as the resources to hire thousands more immigration officers.
The response of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)? Reassurances that the legislation will protect DACA or: potential government shutdown.
"What the White House put forward is a complete non-starter. I fully intend to use every possibility, but we're not at that place yet. Right now, we're trying to get Republicans to vote on what we believe."
This gives Trump somewhat of an advantage to negotiate his policy down to a comprehensive merit-based system, sensible borders to control the free flow of people, less than the 10,000 ICE officers as requested by director Thomas Homan, as well as a compassionate take on DACA. Contrasting with Reagan who delegated all values to the left.
"The White House is willing to negotiate. Democrats are not," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. "That means the odds of no bill by March have increased — not because the White House principles are overly ambitious but because Schumer is not going to make a meaningful counter offer. They want amnesty in exchange for nothing."
It's just a matter of how much Trump is willing to compromise on far-right rhetoric to secure a deal. "The worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it," Donald Trump's ghostwriter said in The Art of The Deal. "That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you're dead."
Bailey Steen writes about new media, political extremism and world news for TrigTent