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Q: ASP.NET Core 3.1 Unable to unprotect the message.State running in debugger I have created an ASP.NET Core 3.1 web application from VS 2022 using the default template and selected Microsoft Identity to use Azure AD authentication. The wizards generated the app registration in my Azure AD tenant, and everything looks good (reply URLs etc.)
When I run the newly generated web application from the debugger, I get prompted for my Azure AD credentials and then I'm redirected back to my application and get the following exception:
Exception: Unable to unprotect the message.State.

Unknown location
Exception: An error was encountered while handling the remote login.

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.RemoteAuthenticationHandler<TOptions>.HandleRequestAsync()

Note that I have not added or modified any code. It is 100% as generated by the VS2022 template.

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*This error "Exception: Unable to unprotect the message.State",  usually occurs when you have multiple OIDC middleware. Please check and see if you need to set a unique callback path for each OIDC if you have multiple.

*Name the authentication schemes for each OIDC provider like oidc-demo and oidc-master.

*The state parameter is not being decrypted properly when it is returned maybe because one of your OIDC providers is trying to decrypt/unprotect the message state of the other one.

*Try to add the data protection provider as per the github discussion.

Please check the below links for data protection:
Configure ASP.NET Core Data Protection | Microsoft Docs
c# - Azure AD Authentication in Kubernetes Unable to unprotect the message.State - Stack Overflow

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*Make sure redirectURI should be an action method in your own controller like below:
        https://localhost:44381/test/callback

*Check  UnProtect method in OnMessageReceived to decrypt as discussed in this link.
For more in detail, please refer below link:
asp.net core - Error code 500 "Unable to unprotect the message.State" when redirecting to Client in IdentityServer4 - Stack Overflow.

A: I was having the same problem with the vanilla ASP.NET 6 template with Azure AD auth, except that everything worked fine locally, but I received the Unable to unprotect the message.State. error when I deployed it to our kubernetes cluster.
For me, the issue was that the application was deployed to more than one instance behind the load balancer, so that caused the issues. I came across this issue on GitHub, which pointed me to this article that describes the problem and solution.
Solution 1
The article recommended utilizing a centralize data store that can be shared by all running instances to hold the auth keys, and set it up with code similar to this.
services.AddDataProtection()
    .SetApplicationName("MyApp")
    .SetDefaultKeyLifetime(TimeSpan.FromDays(30))
    .PersistKeysToAzureBlobStorage(new Uri("https://mystore.blob.core.windows.net/keyrings/master.xml"), new DefaultAzureCredential())
    .ProtectKeysWithAzureKeyVault(new Uri("https://myvault.vault.azure.net/keys/MasterEncryptionKey"), new DefaultAzureCredential());

Solution 2
My web app didn't utilize a database and I didn't want to introduce one just for auth, so instead I configured our ingress to use cookie persistence. This means that when a request is made, the response contains a cookie that the client will store and include on future requests. The cookie tells the ingress which instance to direct the request to, ensuring that requests from a specific client always end up hitting the same instance.
This may not be ideal in all scenarios, as it can prevent the load balancer from performing equal distribution of requests across all instances. That tradeoff was fine in my scenario though, as it's not a high volume service, and this is the solution I ended up using.
Here's an example of the nginx ingress yaml annotations I added:
  ingress:
    enabled: true
    annotations:
      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-buffer-size: 128k
      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity: cookie
      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name: my-service-name
      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-hash: sha1
      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-max-age: "1800"

You can configure a similar cookie affinity rule in other products, like F5 load balancers, Azure App Gateways, etc.
Solution 3
The last option is to host only a single instance of your service, in which case all auth callbacks will hit that single service. This isn't ideal though, as it means you can't scale your web app for high availability.

How this relates to the original poster's issue of getting this error on their localhost while debugging, I'm not certain. Perhaps they have more than once instance running on their local machine, or a reverse proxy, or interceptor (like Fiddler) running on their localhost that is causing the problem? Either way, I thought I'd share my solutions for others that stumble across this question when searching for the error message.

A: In my case, the issue was when I have more than one running instance of the application. The problem is that when the callback is triggered you don't know to which instance of the application you will be returned. The fix is to use data protection with distributed cache like Redis.


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What recent announcements from VLC, Wikipedia, Adobe, and Kaltura point to is a world where video is fully integrated with the Web, with feeds available on every Web site.
But it does bring us to warnings which have been with us for years now. Global Internet traffic is still growing at 40% per year, says Cisco, and the new video excitement is only accelerating the trend. Traffic grew 11% just in March. Video could be 90% of all traffic and 64% of all mobile traffic in just four years.
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Moore's Law has let us put off these hard questions for years, but they continue to come closer to us. Will we choose an Internet of free competition or monopoly rents? Will we have security or liberty?


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Bruce Springsteen – Hammersmith Odeon London '75
Posted: September 8th, 2016 ˑ Filled under: Record Reviews ˑ No Comments
Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2006)
1. Thunder Road 2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 3. Spirit In The Night 4. Lost In The Flood 5. She's The One 6. Born To Run 7. The E Street Shuffle/Having A Party 8. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City 9. Backstreets 10. Kitty's Back 11. Jungleland 12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 13. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 14. Detroit Medley 15. For You 16. Quarter To Three
Ah, here's that live E Street Band magic old people are always telling me about! Young, scrawny, bearded Bruce, runnin' all around and testifyin'! The Big Man, blowin' on the sax! Everyone in the band wearing dumb hats! Singin' and playin' and havin' a big party! Woooooo!
And then once you get to the party, just when you're starting to have a good time, they bore you to death with 20-minute piano ballads. Have you ever been to an actual party where halfway through, some asshole comes in, turns off the music, pours out all the liquor bottles, and then locks everyone in a room as he recites bible verses? That's what this album is like.
I'm exaggerating, obviously, because I would grade that situation an F- and this album gets a B. But this was supposed to be the E Street Band at their absolute peak, right? The Born To Run tour, featuring the classic E Street Band lineup fully assembled for the first time, including Steven Van Zandt, Danny Federici, and Max Weinberg? Providing supposedly one of the greatest live music experiences of the 20th Century? Well, as the majority of Hammersmith Odeon London '75 indicates, they were certainly capable of providing a rock 'n roll stage experience of the highest order. Unfortunately, they also occasionally prove themselves unable to distinguish between "that which rocks" and "masturbating on stage."
So this archival release documents Springsteen's apparently legendary first appearance in Europe, the specific location of which you can easily surmise from the title so I'm not going to fucking type it out again, asshole. And no doubt they really brought it that night – or at least, they started out bringing it. Specifically, the first third or so of this show, through "Born To Run," is a fucking superb, full-throttle ball of pure fun that shows what kind of exciting new possibilities this kind of big band soul circus setup could bring to a rock scene that was beginning to stagnate back in the mid-'70s. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" kicks and grooves like a motherfucker! "She's The One" is played much faster than the studio version and gets a neat harmonica intro, both to the tune's significant benefit! "Lost In The Flood" is transformed gloriously from a quiet piano ballad to a big, dramatic hullabaloo! This is great stuff.
Unfortunately, the E Street Band immediately follows the red hot six-song run that starts off the show with an exceedingly slow, dull 12-minute soul ballad rearrangement of "The E Street Shuffle," which makes me so very sad considering how hard the original version ruled. The band then spends the rest of the concert alternating attempts to rebuild the momentum they had established previously with wankfests and dirges seemingly designed to destroy that momentum all over again. The energy level goes up and down so sharply for the remainder of the record that listening to it makes me feel like I have bipolar disorder. To fully illustrate this, I shall now review the rest of the album using emojis.
"It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City": 😃
"Backstreets": 😃😃
A 17-minute rendition of "Kitty's Back," featuring everybody taking endless high school jazz band-style solos: 😱💩
"Jungleland": 😑
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)": 😃😃😃😎
"4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)": 😕
The famous "Detroit Medley," featuring snippets of various early rock 'n soul hits: 😍
"For You," inexplicably presented here as a listless eight and a half-minute solo Bruce piano ballad: 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
"Quarter To Three": 🙃
I mean, how am I supposed to respond to that kind of emotional instability? Start taking antipsychotics? Thanks a lot, Bruce. You literally made me go insane.


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Second Consecutive Second Place Finish For Rossi
by Ben | Jun 2, 2019 | IndyCar, News | 0 comments
Andretti Autosport's Alexander Rossi in the No.27 NAPA Auto Parts Honda started Saturday's Detroit Grand Prix race one from pole position and finished the timed race in second place.
It was Rossi's second podium finish in succession and speaking following the race he said:
These yellows are tough – they've killed our race three times this year, but it's part of the game in INDYCAR, (and) it's the same for everyone. We had a really good car under wet conditions. We were able to control the race and control the gap to Scott [Dixon]. Track position on a one-line track is obviously key. There was really only one dry line; there was not much I could do. Josef [Newgarden] did a good job. I tried to push him into a mistake, but it didn't come. It's hard. I'm frustrated. I think we had the best car again today."
Ryan Hunter Reay in the No.28 DHL Honda who won here last year finished today's race in fifth place and speaking following the race he said:
Today was kind of a mess. We had a braking issue which made it challenging. I don't know why, but they were pulling hard left. So, I was a wounded duck out there in the wet. Then I had some contact with Sato, he got under me and kind of ran wide. But, all in all, it was clean racing. We made a risk and came in early for dry tires, when it was still wet, hoping for a yellow. The yellow came, but we weren't given the have a chance to pack up. I have no idea what was happening there with Race Control. All things considered, we got away with one and salvaged something today. We'll take the points for fifth and look to gain more ground tomorrow."
Zach Veach in the No.26 Gainbridge Honda ended the race in eighth place where he started the race from and speaking following the action he said:
It was a rollercoaster day. Qualifying was good – we lined up eighth, but then I made a mistake on the pace lap and spun with the wet conditions. We went back to 22nd for the start and worked our way up. Great strategy from the team to get me back towards the top 10 and then I passed cars one by one on restarts. [Colton] Herta and I, I think, put on a good show together for three corners – it was hairy. I think we could have been higher; we kind of got hurt by conditions. We should have restarted third or fourth, but they didn't pack the field up, so we got hurt there. But, all-in-all to come away with a top 10 after starting 22nd – I'm pretty happy with it."
Marco Andretti in the No.98 AutoNation US Concrete Honda ended the race in 16th place and speaking following the action he said:
We did a great job on strategy and took a big risk. We outsmarted people [going to dry tires first] and kept if off the wall – then they didn't let us pack up and opened the pits. I've never seen that in my career. It was tough, I wish we got the reward we deserve."


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NBC's Mark Potter Blames Cuba's Poor Economy on 'the Long-Standing U.S. Embargo'
Published: 12/17/2014 9:20 PM ET
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During Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Mark Potter reported from Havana, Cuba on the news that President Obama was altering U.S. relations with the communist state and parroted a long-standing liberal argument as to why Cuba's economy has struggled for over half a century.
Speaking about the regime of Fidel and Raul Castro, Potter chose not to blame the policies of the Castros, but those of the United States in why the island nation has suffered economically: "His revolution is showing its age too and Havana, known for its charm and vintage cars, is on life support, its economy crippled by the long-standing U.S. Embargo. People here now hope that will change." [MP3 audio here; Video below]
What Potter neglected to point out is that Cuba has been able to freely engage in trade with a whole host of countries and has, with China, Spain, Belgium, and Italy being just a few examples. Despite a U.S. embargo, Cuba has been able to trade on cars, food, sugar, tobacco, oil, and more with other countries in addition to having been a part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since 1995.
With those things in mind, what Potter could have alluded to was that Cuba's economy has long been "crippled" because they've lived under a brutal, communist regime for 55 years that prohibits the freedoms of speech and enterprise that has allowed countries across western and central Europe as well as the United States to succeed and for as long as they have.
The complete transcript of the segment that aired on NBC Nightly News on December 17 is transcribed below.
7:04 p.m. Eastern
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE CAPTION: New Era]
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Now to the reaction to all of this in Cuba. NBC's Mark Potter is there for us tonight. Mark, good evening.
MARK POTTER: Good evening, Brian. Here on Cuban streets, the announcement in Washington and Havana has been met with great excitement. This is something the Cuban people have wanted for years – better relations with their powerful neighbor to the north, hoping it would dramatically improve their lives. Cubans welcomed today's news, overjoyed that the three Cuban agents held by the U.S. will be coming home.
They're national heroes here, but it is much more than that. People watching today's announcement saw a chance for Cuba and the United States, bitter enemies for decades, to become friends. "We are very happy," this man says. "We've been waiting many years for this."
More than 50 years, in fact. Fidel Castro swept to power at the height of the Cold War, but he's 88 now, last seen publicly in July in failing health. His revolution is showing its age too and Havana, known for its charm and vintage cars, is on life support, its economy crippled by the long-standing U.S. Embargo. People here now hope that will change. "Let's see if the embargo can be lifted so our quality of life can improve so we can get more food, more things from other countries," this man says. The potential for U.S. economic investment here is enormous.
Even Cuba's famous cigars, now restricted in the U.S., could see a booming market. If travel restrictions are lifted, millions more American tourists could visit this Caribbean island nation so close to the United States and many Cubans and Cuban-Americans, friends and relatives, could soon be reunited, much freer than now to travel between the two countries. That would be a revolution and over the years, the Cuban people have been through many ups and downs in U.S./Cuban relations, and many worry here if these changes will actually occur, but many others believe they are much closer today than they have been for decades. Brian?
WILLIAMS: Our thanks to Mark Potter in Havana for us tonight. Mark, thanks.
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Mediaset back in the black
From Branislav Pekic in Rome
Italian broadcasting group Mediaset posted a six-month net profit of €74.8 million compared to a €28.2 million loss in the same period of last year, According to Mediaset, last year's loss was largely as a result of Vivendi pulling out of a deal to buy pay-TV unit Mediaset Premium.
Net consolidated revenues were €1.84 billion, down from the €1.87 billion in H1 2016.
In Italy, earnings amounted to €1.33 billion (€1.34 billion in H1 2016), with pay-TV revenues dropping to €299.7 million (€308.5 million). Gross advertising revenues were €1.07 billion (€1.05 billion).
In Spain, H1 2017 revenues amounted to €508 million (€521 million), while gross TV advertising revenue was €501 million (€508 million).
During the reference period, Mediaset had a 35.6 per cent share of the Italian TV audience (no change on H1 2016), ahead of public broadcaster RAI with 31.8 per cent (-0.2 per cent y/y).
Mediaset's core channels (Canale 5, Italia 1 and Rete 4) contributed, with 26.7 per cent, while Mediaset's DTT channels (FTA and pay-TV) accounted for the remaining 8.9 per cent.
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Mediaset pay-TV up 7.7%, adds Eurosport
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Mediaset Premium approves capital increase


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TWISTED footage shows one of the New Zealand mosque gunmen shout "let's get the party started" as he murders 40 innocent worshippers.
He picked off others at point-blank range with one girl executed as she lied on the floor screaming for help.
The white-supremacist gunman filmed the footage - too shocking to show in its entirety - on a GoPro camera and streamed it to a Facebook page.
At the beginning of the shocking stream, he says "let's get this party started" as he drives up to a mosque playing loud music.
Believed to be a 28-year-old Australian, the attacker also published a chilling 74 page manifesto online explaining why he had done it.
The shootings were initially believed to be the work of two terrorist gunmen, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
One of those arrested was wearing a suicide vest, cops confirmed as they warned "let's not presume the danger has gone".
Ms Ardern confirmed the death toll had hit 40 and said the country had been placed on its highest security threat level.
Ardern confirmed 30 people were killed at the Masjid Al Noor Mosque and a further 10 were killed at the Linwood Masjid Mosque.
As she raised the country's security to the highest level, the PM said: "It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack."


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A Brief History of Hemophilia Treatment
by Wendy Henderson
In Social Clips.
The first recorded mention of hemophilia came in the second century when a collection of ancient Jewish writings noted that baby boys did not need to be circumcised if two of their older brothers had bled to death following the procedure. Later in the 10th century, an Arabian doctor described cases of male members of the same family dying from excessive bleeding after a trauma according to the National Hemophilia Foundation.
MORE: Explaining the causes of hemophilia.
In 1803, Dr. John Conrad Otto from Philadelphia published a paper about a familial bleeding disorder that only affected male members. His research managed to trace the origin of the disease to a female relative who lived in New Hampshire in 1720.
The term hemophilia comes from a student of Zurich University, Friedrich Hopff and his professor, Dr. Schonlein, who came up with the term "haemorrhaphilia" which became "haemophilia" in 1828.
Argentinian physician, Alfredo Pavlovsky discovered there were two types of hemophilia (A and B) in 1947. The different factor deficiencies were distinguished in the 1950s and 1960s.
Until the early 1900s, there was no way to store blood for hemophiliacs so they were generally given a transfusion from a family member if they had suffered a trauma. At this point, the life expectancy for boys with hemophilia was around 13 years old.
Some of the early treatments used for hemophilia included lime, bone marrow, oxygen, thyroid gland, hydrogen peroxide or gelatin. In the 1930s, snake venom was used to help blood clotting. Hospital-based plasma transfusions were common treatments for hemophiliacs in the late 1920s and continued until the 1950s. Hospitals then moved to fresh frozen plasma, although patients needed very large amounts for it to be successful and young boys often sustained crippling joint bleeds. By 1960, the life expectancy of a person with severe hemophilia had risen to just under 20 years old.
In 1965, Dr. Judith Graham Pool from Stanford University discovered that the precipitate (cryoprecipitate) left from thawing plasma was high in factor VIII. This could be infused to control heavy bleeding and blood banks were able to produce and store large amounts for use in surgical procedures for hemophiliacs.
By the 1970s, freeze-dried powder formulas of factor VIII and IX were readily available, which meant hemophiliacs were able to self-administer the factor in their own homes.
The rise of HIV and AIDS in the 1980s led to many people with hemophilia dying of AIDS and becoming HIV positive through contaminated blood products. Hemophiliacs were also at a high risk of contracting hepatitis C until blood screening was introduced in 1992.
In the 1990s, synthetic factor became available and recombinant factors were approved by the FDA. In 1995, prophylaxis started being used as a preventive treatment for children.
New recombinant factors that didn't contain human or animal plasma were introduced in the early 2000s which lessened the chance of allergic reactions. Currently, researchers are working on ways of correcting the mutated gene using viruses as vehicles to deliver corrected factor IX genes.
MORE: Five tips for healthy living with hemophilia.
Hemophilia News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website.
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Here are the themes and sponsors for Iowa's home games next fall and the colors you're supposed to wear. This will never again darken my Twitter, so clip and save.
Dear politicians: THIS is how you answer a question about gun safety.
Brian Ferentz meeting with the media today. Says Drew Cook has made a lot of strides. Feels he will contribute a lot this season.
Notre Dame transfer DJ Harvey (@TheRealDJHarvey) has scheduled an official visit with Iowa for May 2-4, he tells me. He is a 6-foot-6 wing.
He was a sophomore this year, so he would sit one and play two at Iowa.
Notre Dame transfer D.J. Harvey has scheduled an official visit to Iowa, he confirms to @HawkeyesOn247.
The 6-foot-6 Harvey has also has heard from USC, Houston, Marquette, Georgetown, Auburn, Maryland, Xavier, Cincinnati, and Nevada.


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Der Hausberg bei Jena ist ein langgestreckter  hoher Muschelkalkberg östlich von Jena in Thüringen. Der Berg, auf dem sich der Aussichtsturm Fuchsturm befindet, ist ein beliebtes stadtnahes Wanderziel.

Geografie
Der Hausberg liegt östlich des Jenaer Stadtzentrums und ist über die Ziegenhainer Höhe (ca. 375 m) mit der Muschelkalkhochfläche der Wöllmisse verbunden. Die unmittelbar oberhalb des Saaletales  gelegene Bergkuppe der Wilhelmshöhe erreicht noch eine Höhe von 350 m. Nördlich im Tal des Gembdenbaches liegt der Stadtteil Wenigenjena, östlich Jenaprießnitz und südlich im Ziegenhainer Tal der Ort Ziegenhain.

Burganlagen ("Kirchberger Schlösser")
Auf dem Hausberg befanden sich vier mittelalterliche Burganlagen, von denen außer einigen Mauerresten heute nur noch der markante 30 m hohe Fuchsturm erhalten ist. Die vier Burgen auf dem Hausberg werden fälschlicherweise auch Kirchberger Schlösser genannt, obwohl nur drei den Burggrafen von Kirchberg gehörten. Der Hausberg erwies sich im Mittelalter als strategisch günstig, da unterhalb des Berges ein alter Saaleübergang lag. Von der Höhe aus konnte außerdem der Verkehr über die Wöllmisse, durch das Gembdental und durch das Ziegenhainer Tal kontrolliert werden. Zwei der vier Anlagen wurden 1304 von den Erfurtern erobert.

Burg Greifenberg
Das edelfreie Geschlecht der Greifberger wurde erstmals 1156 erwähnt. Ihre anfängliche edelfreie Stellung mussten sie aufgeben und gerieten in Abhängigkeit der Wettiner. Nach deren Aussterben kam es in burggräflichen Besitz, weswegen es 1304 auch stark in Mitleidenschaft gezogen wurde. 1345 übergaben die Burggrafen von Kirchberg als Vergleich die Burg an die Wettiner. Danach fiel die Anlage in die Bedeutungslosigkeit. Nach ihr werden keine Burgherren mehr benannt.

Burg Kirchberg I
Ob es sich bei der auf der zweiten Kuppe von Westen befindliche Ruine um die ottonische Burg, die vermutlich 937 erstmals erwähnt wird, handelt, ist umstritten. Für das 10. Jh. ist zumindest eine so bezeichnete Burg als Mittelpunkt eines Krongutbezirkes belegt, die gleichzeitig eine Kaiserpfalz war. Selbige Burg besuchten nachweislich Otto I., Otto II. und Heinrich II.
Die hier vorhandene Burgruine birgt zwar Keramik des 10. Jh., steht aber in aus methodischen Gründen im Gegensatz zu anderen bekannten Anlagen dieser Art. Bauliche Reste können lediglich ins 12. Jh. datiert werden und spielen zusammen mit dem Auftreten der Burggrafen von Kirchberg 1149. Die Burggrafen von Kirchberg, die um 1200 zu den mächtigsten Herren im östlichen Thüringen gehörten, waren anfänglich königliche, später wettinische Ministerialen und behaupteten ihren Besitz bis 1348. 1469 wird noch eine Kapelle auf Kirchberg erwähnt, die nach Jenaprießnitz gepfarrt war.

Burg Kirchberg II
Auf der nächsten Bergkuppe in Richtung Osten findet sich eine weitere Burgruine, die ebenfalls als Kirchberg bezeichnet wird und lange als identisch mit der Königspfalz angesehen wurde. Matthias Rupp hat dies anschaulich widerlegt. Wahrscheinlicher ist, dass diese Burg durch die Wettiner errichtet wurde, auf der auch Markgraf Heinrich II. den Grafen Konrad von Wettin festhielt. Seit dem 13. Jh. wird sie von wettinischen Ministerialen verwaltet, die sich u. a. auch nach Kirchberg benannte. 1304 wurde diese Burg verschont, verlor aber nach der Verlegung des Amtssitzes der wettinischen Pflege nach Wintberg an Bedeutung und verfiel. Lediglich der Bergfried (Fuchsturm) der Burg Kirchberg blieb erhalten, wurde mehrfach restauriert und ist heute wieder als Aussichtsturm zugänglich. Gleich daneben wurde im 19. Jahrhundert das Fuchsturmhaus errichtet, das heute noch als beliebte Gaststätte und Ausflugslokal besteht.

Burg Wintberg
Die östlichste Anlage auf dem Hausberg wurde 1279 erstmals erwähnt und wegen der Konsolidierung der Herrschaft der Kirchberger errichtet. Nach den Befunden bestand die Burg etwa von 1200 bis ins 14. Jahrhundert. Von Wintberg konnten einige Gebäudereste freigelegt werden, u. a. Grundmauern eines Wohnturmes. Wintberg soll als Wohnschloss der Burggrafen von Kirchberg errichtet worden sein und fiel später an die Wettiner. Auch dort befand sich bis ins 15. Jh. eine Kapelle, die nach Jenaprießnitz eingepfarrt war.

Sonstiges
Der erste Geologische Lehrpfad von Jena führt von Jena-Ost kommend über die Nordseite des Hausberges bis zu den Geologischen Steinmalen hinter dem Fuchsturm; eine 1936 eingerichtete Weihestätte des Bundes der Thüringer Berg-, Burg- und Waldgemeinden.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Erster Geologischer Lehrpfad
 Hausberg (Eintrag im Meyers von 1905) auf zeno.org
 Hausberg (Eintrag im Brockhaus von 1911) auf zeno.org
 Fuchsturm Gaststätte

Literatur
 Kirchberg, Burg. In: Hans Patze, Peter Aufgebauer (Hrsg.): Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands. Band 9: Thüringen (= Kröners Taschenausgabe. Band 313). 2., verbesserte und ergänzte Auflage. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-31302-2, S. 233.

Jena
Berg unter 1000 Meter
Berg in Thüringen
Berg in Europa
Geographie (Jena)
Kulturdenkmal in Jena

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HK Disneyland tries to attract more visitors with new gourmet series
Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2019 shows desserts featuring Disney princess at a promotion event of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDR) in south China's Hong Kong. As the protracted social unrest continues to slam Hong Kong's economy, especially the tourism sector, the HKDR planned to attract more visitors in 2020 with new gourmet series. (Xinhua/Zhu Yuxuan)
As the protracted social unrest continues to slam Hong Kong's economy, especially the tourism sector, the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDR) planned to attract more visitors in 2020 with new gourmet series.
At a promotion event on Monday here, the theme park's culinary team presented their specialties for 2020, including cuisines and desserts featuring Disney movies, Chinese dishes suitable for family meals and afternoon tea selections with cocktails and snacks to attract local visitors.
Mak Kam Kui, executive chef of the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel, said that compared with last year, tourists from the Chinese mainland and other areas declined sharply. "We do hope to attract more visitors to enjoy our food next year."
The theme park's effort to upgrade its menus to attract more local visitors came after Hong Kong's tourism sector was hard hit by recent social unrest.
One can notice something is off: No traffic jam on the expressway to Disneyland. No long lines in the park.
Due to the drop of visitors, many restaurants and rides in the park were closed and the classic night parade performance has been suspended for nearly two months. It also canceled the New Year's Eve countdown party over concerns of the unrest's effect on transportation.
According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), only 11.9 million visitor arrivals have been recorded in Hong Kong during the July-September period in 2019, down 26 percent year on year, the sharpest decline in 16 years. The number of tourist arrivals dropped further by around 40 percent year on year in October.
Anita Lai, vice president of communications and public affairs of HKDR, said that the total visitor arrivals in Hong Kong have been dropping and the theme park's business was also depressed in this environment.
HKDR will mark its 15th anniversary in 2020, said Lai. "We do hope to receive more visitors to our park next year."
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Q: store files on s3 from local storage ckan I am using ckan version 2.3 & currently using local storage.
want to stored the resouces on amazon s3 buckets using boto.
Did the configuration with production.ini file for ckan.
Not getting stored on s3 not any exceptions, errors
on upload via GUI.

A: You need to setup your file uploads to point to s3 in config file e.g.- /etc/ckan/default/development.ini:
  ## OFS configuration
ofs.impl = s3
ofs.aws_access_key_id = xxxxxxxxx
ofs.aws_secret_access_key = xxxxxxxx`

  ##bucket to use in storage:
ckanext.storage.bucket = your_s3_bucket`

save and exit.
Run the following on the command line to migrate
from  local file storage to remote storage.
paster db migrate-filestore

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Remember back when you were a child? Looking up to grown-ups, dressing in their clothes and dreaming about being older? Wishing time would go faster so you could play on the 'big' team or wear makeup or have more freedom. Most of us 'grown-ups' now wish we could go back and just enjoy the childhood moments for a little longer.
We are conditioned from an early age that bigger is better. That 'more' is better than less. What if this was wrong? Maybe more is not always better.
Many business owners have the same dream as our childhood selves – to be bigger and more grown up. What many fail to realize is that bigger companies come at a high cost. Growing pains are real.
Larger Companies often have Partners, Shareholders & Financiers. These can diminish your role in the company, limit your actions, flexibility, creative decisions and financial benefits. And splitting the profits across more people does not equate to more money in your pocket.
Larger Companies have more Employees. More Employees means higher accountability, payroll, workers compensation, additional training, human resources issues and generally more headaches.
Larger Companies have more Clients. That may sound great but more Clients means more work to maintain the Clients, more risk exposure to claims, more deliverables, more vendors, more service issues and more chances some people will not be happy with your product or service.
Larger Companies have Larger Gross Revenues. That might sound good, but it does not mean that they have larger net profits. Studies have shown that the ratio of gross revenue to net profit remains about the same between small to mid sized companies. The bigger you are, the more you spend to stay big.
Growing your company along a reasonable and steady path can be a good plan. Just know that it may not be all that you think it will be. It may not mean more time off or more money or more happiness.
In fact, it may mean more work for the same or even less money and a lot more stress. Kind of like being a grown up.
If you find yourself contemplating your growth, call me. I am happy to listen and help you evaluate the pros and cons.
In the meantime, take a lesson from your childhood and enjoy the stage you are at.
Now - I am off to play hide and seek!


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Q: Access a function inside a component? I am a noob , and currently learning reactjs , can someone explain,how to access a function inside a component that resides inside another component in reactjs ?
example:
class ComponentOne extends React.Component{
    constructor(){
        super()
        this.handleClick=this.handleClick.bind(this)
    }

    handleClick(){
        console.log("handling click")
    }

    render(){
        return(
            <button onClick={this.handleClick}>Click me</button>
        )
    }
}

// This component is in another file

import ComponentOne from './ComponentOne'

class ComponentTwo extends React.Component{
    constructor(){
        super()
        this.handleComp=this.handleComp.bind(this)
    }

    handleComp(){
        ComponentOne.handleClick()
    }

    render(){
        return(
            <button onClick={this.handleComp}>Click me</button>
        )

    }
}

Something like this.

A: Generally when you are using react and you want to execute functions inside other components you use a ref.
I have had explicit use cases where I have a VideoPlayer component and I want to execute a play or pause function on the player (outside of the component) but I want the VideoPlayer's play function to be called to update its state and everything else. It can be very powerful!
class ParentComponent extends React.Component {
    handleClick = (e) => {
        e.preventDefault();
        this.childComponentRef && this.childComponentRef.someFunc();
    }
    assignChildComponentRef = target => this.childComponentRef = target;
    render() {
        retrurn (

            <button onClick={this.handleClick}>trigger child function click</button>
            <ChildComponent ref={this.assignChildComponentRef} prop1={this.something} />

);
    }
}

// child component implementation
class ChildComponent  extends React.Component {
    constructor(props){
        super(props);
        this.state = { value: 0 };
    }
    someFunc = () => {
        this.setState({ value: this.state.value + 1 });
    }
    render() {
        return
{this.state.value}

    }
}

Few things to notice here.

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*You will see a lot of examples using string refs. This is now considered a bad practice and will be removed in later versions.

*I would only use refs when absolutely needed. However, If you need to have a reference to your component a ref is the intended way to do that.


A lot has been written (e.g. see this) about the RAE, so this is not the focus of this post. Instead, this post is about journal rankings. The link here is that the eqivalent exercise in Australia (Excellence in Research for Australia, or ERA) has produced a ranked list of journals to be used in assessing academic outputs. Clearly, this is contentious and controversial and it has heated up exchanges in e-mail lists worldwide. It has also been written about in the mainstream press.
First, though, where can we find these rankings? Click here to find them, and click on the next link to download the Excel spreadsheet with all the data.
In many nations, academics are assessed on the basis of their research outputs. Here in the UK, this was previously done using the Research Assessment Exercise and will next be done via the Research Excellence Framework, in 2012.
A* - Typically an A* journal would be one of the best in its field or subfield in which to publish and would typically cover the entire field/subfield. Virtually all papers they publish will be of a very high quality. These are journals where most of the work is important (it will really shape the field) and where researchers boast about getting accepted. Acceptance rates would typically be low and the editorial board would be dominated by field leaders, including many from top institutions.
A - The majority of papers in a Tier A journal will be of very high quality. Publishing in an A journal would enhance the author's standing, showing they have real engagement with the global research community and that they have something to say about problems of some significance. Typical signs of an A journal are lowish acceptance rates and an editorial board which includes a reasonable fraction of well known researchers from top institutions.
B - Tier B covers journals with a solid, though not outstanding, reputation. Generally, in a Tier B journal, one would expect only a few papers of very high quality. They are often important outlets for the work of PhD students and early career researchers. Typical examples would be regional journals with high acceptance rates, and editorial boards that have few leading researchers from top international institutions.
C - Tier C includes quality, peer reviewed, journals that do not meet the criteria of the higher tiers.
In the field that I mainly work in, and journal types I would submit journal articles to (urban and regional planning, human geography), how does this translate?


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The Meaning of Financial Repression
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06/01/2015Mark Thornton
We live in a world of massive monetary inflation and extremely low interest rates. Mortgage rates are near historic lows and yet it seems that people cannot get loans. Home sales are up, but with a near record percentage of sales made with cash, rather than a mortgage. The unemployment rate is nearing "full employment" and yet a record number of people do not have jobs.
We are repeatedly told that the unprecedented monetary stimulus by the Federal Reserve and other central banks is necessary to stimulate the economy, create jobs, and generate economic growth. The truth is that this scheme is designed to stealthily steal from the productive classes in order to enrich the unproductive financial class and the counterproductive political classes. It is a con game.
Financial Repression
With politicians and central bankers seemingly gone mad with their obsession for money printing and ultra low interest rates, it is nice to know that academic economists have a term (i.e., financial repression) for the policies that have created our current economic conditions.
However, it is not a new term. Its use dates back to at least 1973 when two Stanford University economists, Edward Shaw and Ronald McKinnon, used the term in separate publications. The phrase was initially meant to criticize various policies that reduced economic growth in undeveloped countries, rather than as an indictment of the world's leading modern economies.
Financial repression is a revolving set of policies where the government insidiously takes wealth from the private sector, and more specifically makes it easier for government to finance its debt. In today's environment this includes:
ZIRP or "zero interest rate policy" where many of the world's central banks keep their lending rates to banks at or near zero. Naturally, this makes the interest rate on government debt lower than it otherwise would be.
QE or "quantitative easing" is the central bank policy of buying up government debt from banks. This increased demand increases the price of government bonds and reduces the interest rates on those bonds.
These are the two major policies of financial repression currently in use. The combination of the two policies has allowed governments to borrow money, both short- and long-term bonds, at extremely low interest rates. This, in turn, has kept the government's interest payments on the national debt relatively low.
Other signs of financial repression in the United States include requiring banks to hold government bonds for their capital requirements, which the Basil III accords increased; high reserve requirements, which paying interest on excess reserves effectively accomplishes; and capital controls that restrict or tax the exportation of wealth. And then there is the "War on Cash."
All these policies also come under the rubric of "macroprudential policy" under which government bureaucrats hyper-regulate and oversee the entire financial industry. Macroprudential policy provides another aspect of financial repression: government control or outright ownership of banks and financial institutions while simultaneously providing banks with barriers to competition. It is difficult to precisely define macroprudential policy, but it would seem to mean a group of imprudent policies that only make sense if you are trying to maintain the macro mess we find ourselves in.
Negative Interest Rates?
When you combine financial repression with bail-in provisions for banks and unstable currencies you end up with the nearly unfathomable phenomenon of negative nominal interest rates on government bonds. Several European countries have already sold two-year bonds for more than their face value, so that bond buyers are paying more than 1,000 euros for which they will only receive 1,000 euros in two years time.
Why would anyone accept that deal if you could just hold the 1,000 euros in cash? Well, there is the natural inclination to keep your money safe in a bank. So people with vast sums of money do not want to keep several million euros in cash. They would rather keep it in a bank and earn interest.
The problem with that approach is that banks are not paying interest and, more importantly, some governments have established bail-in provisions for systemically important big banks, similar to what happened during the financial crisis in Cyprus. These provisions mean that depositors in failed banks will receive "haircuts" for any uninsured deposits. A "haircut" means depositors would lose some percentage of their uninsured deposits. Alternatively, uninsured bank deposits and bonds could be exchanged for equity shares in the bank.
So, for wealthy depositors it might make sense to pay more than the face value for a government bond if they think that the governments are more trustworthy and more likely to redeem the bond compared to their bank redeeming their deposits.
An alternative reason for bondholders' willingness to pay more than the face value of a bond is unstable currencies and exchange rates. If I live in the eurozone and expect the euro to depreciate against the Swiss franc or the Norwegian kroner, then you might consider buying Swiss and Norwegian government bonds with negative nominal returns based on the expectation that you will still be better off than if you bought bonds denominated in euros.
The Effects of Bad Government
Financial repression is an outgrowth of bloated government budgets and enormous government debts. It is the worst way of dealing with government debt and actually works against the proper ways of addressing fiscal problems which include: eliminating government programs, eliminating military bases, austerity based on cutting politicians and government employees' salaries and benefits, and deregulation and privatization to increase economic growth.
The effects of financial repression cause economic harm throughout the productive sectors of the economy including workers, savers, entrepreneurs, retirees, and pensions. It hurts the insurance industry that protects our lives, homes, health, and property. The economic beneficiaries include the big banks and Wall Street, the national government itself, and certain large corporations.
Carrying on the Traditions of Bad Government
In Siena, Italy, the fourteenth-century frescoes called The Allegory of Good and Bad Government are housed in the old city hall on the Piazza del Campo. Good government is based on peace, resilience, prudence, fairness, and self-control with a special emphasis on justice. Good government is depicted on the right side of the hall as thriving commerce, productive labor, and good economic conditions.
Across the room is the mirror image of bad government. It is based on cruelty, deceit, fraud, rage, division, war, greed, arrogance, and excessive pride. The effects of bad government are depicted with the city in ruins, demolished houses, and no commerce except for the making of armor and weapons. The city streets are deserted and out in the country two armies are poised for war.
On the side of good government sits an image of justice on a throne. Across the room, an image of tyranny sits on the throne. The panorama of the frescos is breathtaking and all too accurate, and financial repression is merely the latest contribution of the modern state to the concept of bad government.
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Roca Corporación Empresarial wins IMD-LODH Distinguished Family Business Award
Article | 22 October, 2008 02:13 PM
The 13th annual IMD-Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Distinguished Family Business Award has been won by Roca Corporación Empresarial in recognition of its success in blending family and business interests and their exemplary responsibility to their employees and society.
Founded by siblings Matías, Matí, Josep and Ángela Roca in 1917, the Group is a world leader in the production and distribution of bathroom products. Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, today it has over 22,000 employees worldwide and revenues of about $2.6 billion.
The award was presented in New Delhi at the 19th summit of the Family Business Network-International, supporters of Campden FB.
"We are delighted to honour the enlightened leadership of Roca Corporación Empresarial which demonstrates the balanced management of the family-owned enterprise model based on economic entrepreneurial and social responsibilities", said Thierry Lombard, managing partner of LODH, the seventh-generation family firm of private bankers.
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Fifth-generation family business Fiat is losing its image as an Italian company, according to an Italian business expert, as it expands globally and moves its tax affairs and company registration to other European countries.
Founded by Giovanni Agnelli in 1899, the company is now headed by fifth-gen John Elkann, who confirmed this month that the carmaker was moving its tax domicile to the UK and registering its business in the Netherlands.
The announcement follows an agreement in January for Fiat to purchase the remaining stake in US car giant Chrysler, which it did not already own, making it into the world's seventh largest automobile maker.
The company's headquarters will remain in Turin, but the movement of its tax domicile and registration has prompted anger in the Italian press, which report the changes will take away taxes from the struggling local economy.
"Many feel that the Agnellis are fleeing away because Italy is a declining nation," says Giuseppe Berta, an Italian family business academic at Bocconi University, and a former director of the Fiat Historical Archive.
He adds: "Obviously the decision to transform Fiat in a global company is changing the image of Agnelli family [in Italy], because they do not identify themselves with the destiny of the country.
"And many consider as a proof the fact that the name of the leader of the family is J Elkann." Berta said. Elkann (pictured, right), who is also chair of the family holding company, Exor, was born in New York, and raised between the UK, Paris and Brazil.
Tax specialist with UK-based law firm Speechly Bircham Ashley King-Christopher says Fiat Chrysler will benefit from the UK's relatively low 20% corporation tax by being tax domiciled there.
But by registering in the Netherlands, the company is subject to Dutch company law and will not be subject to the UK Takeover Code, which was designed to protect and ensure equal treatment of shareholders of the same class should a company be sold.
Meanwhile, Elkann has been criticised for rubbing salt in the wounds after his company's announcement, by implying the country's youth are prone to laziness.
Speaking to a group of high school students in the town of Sondrio, northern Italy, last week, Elkann said: "There is work, but young people are not so determined to find it.
"If I look at the opportunities that exist, I don't see in them the desire to take up these opportunities."
Italy's youth unemployment – those aged between 15 and 24 – currently stands at a record high of close to 42%.
The remarks came the same week Fiat announced a one-year temporary redundancy scheme affecting up to 730 people at its largest factory, Mirafiori Presse in northern Italy.
Another Italian family business head, Diego Della Valle – credited with turning his family's small shoe factory, Tod's, into a €900 million-a-year company – branded Elkann an "imbecile" for his remarks.
He added: "John Elkann belongs to a family that has destroyed a large number of industrial jobs and as a consequence the hopes of many young people."
In 2011, Fiat controversially closed the Termini Imerese plant in Sicily impacting 1,600 workers – some of whom were transferred to other Fiat factories.


San Francisco fabricator Liz Diaz scores, designing and building course markers for 2013 America's Cup races.
Or, in the case of San Francisco Bay Master Fabric Craftsman (MFC) Liz Diaz, owner of North Beach Marine Canvas, it's the corollary "being in the right place at the right time." That's how she scored the enviable job of designing and building the set of bright red race course markers for the 34th America's Cup race, sailing's pinnacle trophy, which turned out to be among the most dramatic events in the 162-year history of the series.
Down eight races to one in a "best of 17" to the team from New Zealand, the Yanks improbably won the next nine consecutive races (plus two penalty heats) to mount an amazing comeback. And they likely couldn't have managed it without Diaz's course markers.
The course marker boats were large catamarans from which officials and VIP spectators observed the races. They also functioned as the actual course markers that the AC 72s sailed around. But their duty became increasingly dangerous as the racing boats became more sophisticated and reached such speeds that they literally flew out of the choppy waters of the Bay; should one of them hit an observation boat, the occupants would be in serious peril. And so they put their heads together to come up with an alternative to the marker boats that could provide all the radio information, yet be unmanned.
The race committee decided to replace the on-water observers with "markers," highly visible fabric "cones" that also protected radio equipment that sat upon floating trampolines. And they needed a prototype in a hurry.
Having worked with her in the recent past, race official David Powys, fleet manager for America's Cup Race Management Ltd., approached Diaz—a master fabricator who usually works alone or with a design assistant, and who subcontracts a lot of her work. "They walked in in June and said, 'We have this concept, and we need something immediately,'" she recalls.
"My thought was to design them and out-source the fabrication," she says. "I wanted to keep it local, but I couldn't find a resource to move as quickly as needed. So we designed it like a paper doll. My assistant, Sareeta Patel, used our PatternSmith software (from Autometrix Precision Cutting Systems Inc.) with the Revolver application to develop the shape, and we added all the details necessary into the graphics, so when we received the 45-by-15-foot graphics, we could simply get it under the sewing machine, add the pieces necessary as it was sewn, and it would be done almost instantaneously.
"I needed overnight printing of the graphics, so I called Echod Graphics in New York who could get them back to me overnight," she says. The conical-shaped markers resembled tepees sitting on the water, 15 feet in diameter at the bottom and 15 feet tall on top of the trampoline, capped by radio antennas.
"I wanted to design them because I like to design unique things," says Diaz, who has been sewing since childhood, when she made doll clothes out of material scraps her mother provided. A native of Portland, Ore., she initially moved to San Francisco after studying architecture and graduating from Portland State University. She became a corporate headhunter, and had an office high in the iconic Transamerica Pyramid office tower in downtown San Francisco. But within five years, a lifelong calling to work outdoors lured her back to the water, where she could pursue her passion for sewing. Her architecture studies helped her visualize design in three dimensions, and making boat cushions evolved into a job designing boat interiors, which she's been at since 1986.
"My life is about lifestyle," she says.
Besides working on the interiors of others' boats, Diaz owns a 1951 Japanese-built sloop, a Maya. A member of Master Mariners, she races once a year with a women's sailing team. She also has sailed tall ships in the North Sea and the South and North Pacific, and supports junior sailing events in the Bay Area where she serves on the steering committee of SailSFBay.org.
Jim Tarbox is editor of Marine Fabricator magazine.
The America's Cup race is named after the schooner America, which won a race around the Isle of Wight on Aug. 22, 1851, against a fleet of British yachts. It's the oldest trophy in international sport, pre-dating the modern Olympics by 45 years.
ORACLE TEAM USA won the 34th America's Cup in a winner-take-all 19th race, defeating challenger Emirates Team New Zealand by 44 seconds. More than 1 million fans visited the official America's Cup venues at Piers 27/29 and Marina Green after they opened on July 4.


"Millions of people will be impacted by the American Health Care Act if it becomes law – yet astonishingly, Members of Congress voted without sufficient information on the real world impact of their actions. Now we know, and our worst fears are confirmed – 14 million fewer people enrolled in Medicaid by 2026, and $834 billion in spending cuts to Medicaid over a decade.
"The states will be hard-pressed to make up for the loss of funding from the Medicaid program and the per capita cap restructuring that permanently eliminates the federal guarantee to partner in delivering these services. The hole will be vast and it will consume decades of progress in investing in supports and services for people to be served in the community instead of in isolated and segregated institutions or facilities. People with disabilities and their families fear the loss of community based supports and a return to institutional services.
"We are at a critical juncture in our history as a disability rights movement. Now more than ever, people with disabilities, families, professionals in the field, and the general public need to rise up to protect the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live a life like anyone else," said Marty Ford, Senior Executive Officer, Public Policy, The Arc.
The Arc advocates for and serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), including Down syndrome, autism, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy and other diagnoses. The Arc has a network of over 650 chapters across the country promoting and protecting the human rights of people with I/DD and actively supporting their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes and without regard to diagnosis.
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Adapting social prescribing to meet the needs of migrant populations: Challenges and solutions to service access and efficacy
Blerina Këllezi, Juliet Wakefield, Mhairi Bowe, Kay Bridger, Kirsty Teague
Experiences of international migrants in host countries are very diverse. However, many migrants face cumulative challenges to their health and wellbeing which can be best supported by health initiatives aiming to a) address needs derived from socio-political context where they live and b) increase meaningful connection with community. This paper discussed the value and challenges of using one such health initiative to support the needs of vulnerable migration populations: 'Social Prescribing'. Data was collected from two roundtables with forty participants from organisations working with migrants in the UK and those with lived experience of migration and analysed using thematic analysis. Several challenges to accessing health support were identified including issues around acceptability, appropriateness, and quality of care. Participants emphasised the importance of holistic and culturally appropriate approaches which address health needs while recognising legal, economic and other challenges migrants face. To successfully implement initiatives such as Social Prescribing, there needs to be flexibility, shared understanding between service users and providers, community buy-in, attention to safeguarding and direct involvement of migrants in their development and implementation.
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