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Spring into a CSA Produce Box!
We all know that eating a lot of fruits and veggies is at the top of any healthy eating plan. The Dr. Sears L.E.A.N. program is no different. If you are going to try and get 10-13 servings of fresh fruits and veggies every day you need to find an affordable source of produce. We have been spending a fortune at our local grocer. As we get better and better about eating more fruits and veggies each week, our grocery bill has been going UP UP UP! I don't know about you, but I don't want to feel punished (huge grocery bill) for doing what is good and healthy for my family. Enter the CSA. I knew nothing at all about CSAs until last fall. CSA, if you haven't heard the term before, stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically, you are cutting out the middle man, the grocery store, and you get amazing, fresh in-season LOCAL produce. You get to know the people who are growing the food you feed your family and you get to support a family or group of families in your community. Your produce never rides on a plane, sits in traffic in the back of a tractor trailer for hours, and never gets squashed on the shelves at the grocery store. Pretty cool right? So if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Here is the downside…there are a lot of choices for CSAs out there. I had you worried didn't I? This is a wonderful problem to have. There are CSAs for every budget, some are organic and some aren't. Some you can pick up at the farm, some are picked up at a more central location. Figure out what works for your budget and your family.
A friend recently told me about Marvin's Produce. For just $15 per week you get a lovely box of produce. It isn't organic, but you don't have to sign a contract, and heck it is just $15 per week. Here was her first box of produce. I was really impressed with the amount of produce as well as the variety of colors.
Another option is Noisy Rabbit. The fee is similar to Marvin's Produce at $15/week, but you have to sign a contract to get this pricing and pay a $42/year membership fee. If you choose the non-contract option, the price for a basket of produce jumps to $20/week. I have several friends who have used the Noisy Rabbit and have been quite pleased.
This is our first year trying out a CSA and have chosen Bio-Way Farm in Ware Shoals. Their CSA fees are more per week ($30), but they provide Certified USDA Organic produce, which is a must in our household. We are so excited to get our first basket in May!
I literally grew up in the middle of farm land. There were cows to our right, across the "street" (dirt road) was a field of corn, and in our back field and the field next to us was feed for the cows. CSA was a way of life, I just didn't know that it had a name. Now that we don't live in the middle of farmland I am so excited to find out that we can still get FRESH produce from the farm. I felt like doing a happy dance when I got an email from the farm manager welcoming us to the CSA program. Buying food from a real person, a real family, is the best feeling.
I encourage you to do your research. Some CSAs are probably full, but there is still time. Ask your real-life friends, your Facebook friends, your healthcare providers, and anyone you meet if they get produce from a CSA. Find out who they like and give it a try. Let me know who you decide to use this year and tell me about your experience.
Have fun meeting a local farming family!


The mayor and her bulletproof doors.
"I'm not afraid," declared the new mayor of Mexico City yesterday after discovering that her office is reinforced with bulletproof windows and doors.
Later she said she had visited the office of the mayor when López Obrador held the position between 2000 and 2005. There were no armored doors and windows then, she said.
They were installed during the term of Miguel Ángel Mancera, who was mayor until last March.
Sheinbaum estimated that each of the windows and doors weighed as much as 500 kilograms.
Her office is located in the original town hall of Mexico City, part of which will become a museum that opens to the public next week.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and police chief Jesús Orta Martínez announced a new security strategy intended to reduce emergency response times.


The discovery of the oil fields put the Caspian Sea firmly on the map. Former US president Bill Clinton declared it a "strategic zone of interest for the United States". Russian premier Vladimir Putin and his generals adopted a bellicose position and refuse to allow the former Soviet empire shrink from their grasp. Caucasian rebel chiefs continue to fight in this region in the name of Islam for independence. The black-gold rush swept the area in the 1990's with oil contracts totalling 60 billion dollars. Euphoria in Azerbaïdjan was at a height. Bakou, the former gloomy oil plant of the Soviet Union, was fuelled by petro-dollars into a growing and dynamic city.


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Today, Familie Zgraggen will join us for some hiking. They arrive in the morning and we have breakfast together at the hotel and reacquaint ourselves. It has been over 10 years since we last saw each other. And, instead of using their camper that they drove, they decided to get a room at the Engadinerhof. Perhaps it was the great breakfast that convinced them!
We head out by mid-morning amidst a gloomy sky. It rained and snowed—and some thunder, too—during the night and there is snow almost to the valley floor. We arrive at the téléphérique Albigna and are whisked up from 1190 m to 2165 m and arrive at Albignasee (Albigna Lake).
The outdoor deck at Capanna da l'Albigna. We won't be using it today.
First we must hike across the dam but soon we are climbing to Capanna da l'Albigna (Albigna Hut), a Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) mountain hut at 2336 m. The guardians, or hutmeisters, are friends of Fam. Zgraggen and we are introduced and welcomed.
Hiking towards Pass da Casnil-Sud and discussing how much farther to go.
I guess this qualifies as our first snow hike of the season.
After a brief drink and food stop, we continue our hike towards Pass da Casnil-Sud (2941 m). There is snow on the ground and no other hikers on the trail so we get to enjoy this by ourselves. The fresh snow and the low clouds and fog create a stillness in the air and muffle our voices—all of which adds to the magic of this location.
Steinbok (also known as ibex).
We spot a pair of steinbok (also known as ibex) along the way but they are difficult to see because we have ascended into the clouds and it has become foggy with reduced visibility. We hike only a short distance more as there is nothing that can be seen in the thickening mountain fog. We do not make it to the pass—but we are close.
It continues to snow as we descend from the hut.
Retracing our steps, we return to the hut and once again drink tea and eat. We learn that the owners of the hut keep all the sleeping fees, while the guardians only keep the money from the food and drink that they sell. We finally leave when we must to catch the last téléphérique car down by 1645. Miss this and it's a long and steep descent by foot. By now, it is snowing again and the visibility has diminished even at this lower elevation.
Afternoon festivities in the piazza in Chiavenna, Italy.
Narrow streets are filled with cafes and shops.
Instead of driving back to Pontresina we are given a tour down valley of some old villages including Vicosoprano, Borgonovo, and Stampa before crossing the border into Italy. Our next stop is Chiavenna. The city piazza is bustling with people and activity and we wander through its narrow streets. It is remarked that Swiss towns close up at 1630 on Saturday while Italian towns come alive at that hour. I think I agree.
Narrow streets and bridged buildings in Chiavenna.
We enjoy a fabulous dinner at a restaurant in the old quarter. Finally, it is time to return and we arrive at Engadinerhof at 2250—just minutes before they lock the outside doors for the night. I do not have my key having left it on the wall hooks provided in the reception area. Luckily, Fam. Zgraggen have brought their key so we do not need to worry about getting back so late—or having to sleep on the outside steps!


Alice Thomas is an expert on situations like this. In 2010, Alice joined Refugees International to launch the Climate Displacement Program, bringing with her over a decade of experience in international development and environmental law and policy. The goal of the program is to advocate for solutions to address the increasing impact of extreme weather and other effects of climate change on displacement and humanitarian crises. She has been a member of CAI's board of directors since 2017.
Alice sat down with us earlier this summer to discuss the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. With so much to cover, our conversation is presented in two parts. The first portion of our conversation is below.
Hannah White (HW): Afghanistan is currently experiencing a severe drought. How do extreme conditions like this affect the Afghan people, and others facing similar conditions?
Alice Thomas (AT): Countries like Afghanistan that are both extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including drought, and also very poor, experience droughts much more severely than do developed countries like the United States. And that's primarily because millions of people in those countries are reliant on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods, and to feed their families. So, when it doesn't rain and it's dry, not only is it harder for them to access water for their personal uses, but it also directly impacts their agriculture, their crops, and their animals. And very quickly the situation can turn into an emergency because they don't have food.
What I've seen people do in times of crises like this is start to do things like sell off their productive assets. If they have one or two seasons of below-average or failed crops and they run out of their storage grain, or whatever they store, they need to figure out some other way to get money to buy food. And they'll sell a cow or a goat or a motorcycle or whatever it is they might have. But when they do that, what happens is they just become more vulnerable to the next drought and to the next season.
HW: In the news you hear about the life-saving aid provided in situations like this. Aid organizations bring in food, water, and shelter. Tell us more about the long and short-term impacts of drought.
AT: The response to the immediate crisis will require, as you say, life-saving humanitarian assistance. So, that usually comes in the form of food, and now, more and more, it comes in terms of not just giving them food but giving them cash to buy food and to buy food locally.
The lack of water has very severe impacts on human health and hygiene. The increase in moderate and severe malnutrition makes people more vulnerable to all kind of illnesses to which they're already susceptible in places like Afghanistan. But you see an upsurge in other water-borne illness as well, like cholera and the like. That can be extremely dangerous and take as many lives as the lack of food and water. Usually, it's women and children, particularly pregnant women and children under five, who are most vulnerable to drought-related illnesses and death.
There are other very noticeable impacts on women and girls that result during times of drought. In all countries, wealthy and poor, the evidence shows there are increased levels of gender-based violence (GBV) in the aftermath of a natural disaster. There are numerous studies showing high levels of what we call GBV against women and girls in the aftermath of disasters globally. Girls will be sent out, they'll have to walk longer distances to get water and get firewood in times of drought and they're exposed to GBV when they're on their own doing that.
You also see that families will pull their children out of school during times of drought because they need children to be at home to help find ways to earn money. Girls have more domestic chores. They have a much heavier load of the domestic work in that regard and they will be pulled out of school. And again, there are statistics globally that show that girls' drop-out rates are higher during times of drought for this very reason.
So, all of these [drought-related effects] can have long-term impacts on poor families, but these impacts can be particularly felt by women and girls.
HW: How does conflict complicate this situation?
AT: Well, conflict is just… it's a terrible confluence of events to have extreme weather events, like a drought or a flood, and have conflict. And that's for a couple of reasons.
First is that, mainly it's because, not only are people already very vulnerable in those situations because of the ongoing instability, but it makes it very hard for the government or international humanitarian agencies to provide assistance in conflict situations because they can't get access. So, in most of rural Afghanistan right now, if there was no conflict, you would have people flying in and driving into the worst areas, and they'd be there on the ground setting up offices and providing food, water, and other humanitarian aid. But the situation now, because it's so dangerous to go around the country, it becomes very hard for humanitarian workers to get access to drought-affected areas.
So essentially, where there is ongoing insecurity that restricts humanitarian access, a drought can become a famine. Famine is usually man-made. There's very bad food insecurity and then what happens is you can't get access, you can't get food assistance to people who need it … and it becomes a famine.
HW: What is the likelihood that something like this will happen again in Afghanistan, or somewhere else in Central Asia?
AT: I mean, it's so interesting because when I first started working on the intersection of climate change and displacement and humanitarian disasters, I thought I would be focusing on small island states, such as the Pacific Islands, that are less than 10 feet above sea level. They are extremely vulnerable to climate change. But I found a map that had the countries in the world that are most vulnerable to climate change and the countries that stood out to me were the countries that are not just the poorest, but the most fragile, conflict-ridden states. These included Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Central Asia, but it also included parts of Sub-Saharan Africa – the Horn of Africa and West Africa; Yemen and part of the Arabian Peninsula. Places that are already incredibly fragile politically or are conflict-ridden.
Check your inboxes early next week for the second half of our conversation. In part two, Alice outlines the direct impact of drought on education, women, and living conditions.
I am sorry that our government only knows how to drop bombs via drone and not how to save a people from endless war, both here and in Afghanistan. Only the vast difference between here and there.


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Water: Canada's Missing Human Right
Photo by Shelby Gibson
On January 20th, 2003, the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted General Comment no. 15: The Right to Water. It reaffirmed and clarified the standards for water rights for individuals all across the world. However, as of November 1, 2021, 71 Canadian First Nations communities are under water advisories, meaning the water is either unsafe to use or consume. Some communities, like the Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) in Ontario, face decades long mercury poisoning into their water supplies. How did this happen? And more importantly, why hasn't anything been done?
Grassy Narrows and Iqaluit
The story of Grassy Narrows is perhaps one of the most well-known stories of Canada's decade long neglect of water rights of Indigenous communities. The problem originated in the 1960s and 70s, where a chemical plant upstream of where Grassy Narrows is located dumped 9000 kg of mercury into the water sources of the community. The mercury poisoning has affected three generations, with over 90% of Grassy Narrows residents experiencing the effects, which range from movement disorders to mental health crises, epitomized in the death of Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace in 2016.
The problem is exacerbated by the lack of adequate healthcare present in the region. Only one small nursing station is present on the reserve, and mental health counselling is functionally non-existent. Economic support in the area is hard to come by: the Mercury Disability Board established to help support residents in the Grassy Narrows region denies 75% of all claims made to the board as of 2014, and the criteria for accessing the funds have not changed since 1985. Even if members can access the funds of the board, monthly support can be as little as 250CAD a month (~145GBP). This is combined with the economic collapse of the Grassy Narrows community that occurred shortly after scientists reported the contamination in 1970, which shut down the tourism fishing industry that was the backbone of the local economy.
There is some progress in Grassy Narrows. In 2017, the Ontario government pledged 85 million CAD (50 million GBP) to clean up the mercury near Grassy Narrows First Nations. In 2020, 68.9 million CAD (40.4 million GBP) was approved to care for those who were experiencing the health impacts of mercury-related diseases. However, the long-lasting damage of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows, and the continued lack of access to safe tap water in the community still means the water crisis is not yet solved.
Grassy Narrows' experience is representative of many other communities in Canada, some of whom have been under water advisories for more than 10 years. The Bearskin Lake First Nation has had a "Do Not Consume" advisory for over 15 years, and the Nestantaga First Nation (in a similar region to Grassy Narrows) has had a boil-water advisory for over 25 years as they wait for the upgrade of their water treatment plant.
However, it is important to note that water advisories are not merely the relic of old water policies that the Canadian government has been slow to rectify. Water advisories get created on a frequent basis all across Canada. The Council of Canadians finds that 73% of First Nations water systems are at "high or medium risk of contamination". New water crises are created constantly due the Canadian government's neglect of Indigenous water rights. In September 2021, the water supplies of the capital city Iqaluit in Nunavut (a predominantly Indigenous territory) were contaminated with fuel. The city was put under a do-not-consume order for about two months, before it was finally lifted in December 2021. During this time, hospital procedures were shut down for 8 days and residents of Iqaluit's more remote regions (especially those without access to transportation) were often left stranded for water. While the problem has currently been alleviated, there is still ongoing uncertainty with the fuel contamination from the water with the fuel leak, with a boil-water advisory being reinstated in January 2022 as a "precautionary measure", although water is being pumped from a different source in the meantime.
Sources of the Problem
How the water crisis has been allowed to continue for so long cannot be boiled down into one single reason, and is probably best described as a framework of factors that contribute to Canada's lack of water provision for Indigenous individuals. First, First Nations and Indigenous individuals have generally been excluded from decision-making and land planning practices of their land. This is especially problematic given the system of "reserves" in Canada, where First Nations communities do not own the land they live on, but rather are seen as occupying federal land. Since there is a general lack of community control, much of the infrastructure is outdated and inappropriate land use (such as the plant mentioned in Grassy Narrows) are built despite health risks. Acts like the Indian Act of 1876 entrench the inability for Indigenous communities to contribute to how infrastructure and plants get built by constitutionally embedding the power imbalance into decision frameworks. Importantly, the reason for the water crisis is not the difference in the water quality of where individuals live. In Grassy Narrows, the water provided a lively tourism fishing industry before the mercury spill.
Secondly, these power imbalances in decision making makes it possible to not consult Indigenous communities regarding their infrastructure. The policy consequences this leads to can be massive. Note that the Canadian government has not spent insignificant amounts of money on trying to "fix" the water crisis. In 2003, the government promised 1.6 billion CAD of investments to address water shortages, and added an additional 60 million CAD in 2006. In 2015, Justin Trudeau committed to ending all long-term water advisories in Canada. This included spending 2 billion CAD in 2016 and an additional 1.5 billion in 2020 to accelerate the work on ending these advisories. As of November 2021, 26% of long-term water advisories still remain in place. While it may seem positive that nearly 75% of advisories were lifted, a report by the Auditor General in February 2021 noted that much of the work done on lifting long-term water advisories seemed to be interim rather than long-term solutions to the problem. The actual condition of First Nations water systems in Canada, measured by risk ratings, had not changed between the 2014-2015 fiscal year and the 2019-2020 year.
Finally, outdated policies make it difficult for agencies to ensure that funding and regulation for clean water can maintain the short-term changes that the government has made. First, the formula for how funding for operations and maintenance can be obtained has not been updated in 30 years. This significantly limits the applicability of recent funding increases: if the framework for receiving money has not changed, it is unlikely that the money will be distributed well. The interim changes will deteriorate if there is no long-term framework to maintain the systems built. Second, there is no regulatory regime to uphold standards of clean water in Indigenous communities. This is compared to most Canadian communities that have standards of clean water that must be protected, whereas Indigenous communities do not have the same protections afforded to them. While the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act was passed in 2013, granting the federal government the authority to establish this regulatory framework, it still has not passed and thus no enforceable standards can be applied onto First Nations water. Finally, federal monitoring of water does not include wells, even though 20% of First Nations communities rely on wells for their water supply. There is also no tracking of waterborne illnesses or deaths that could be related to water quality. This data gap means that there will be some areas of water quality that could go unaddressed until these gaps are filled.
While the water crisis has been looking up, with more attention and emphasis placed on guaranteeing Canada's first residents their basic rights, a long-term framework for making sure these rights are maintained is key to reducing the number of water advisories across the nation.
By Heather Li
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Explosion At Office Of Tory MP Nick Boles
Local prospective candidate Nicholas Boles after the Conservative Spring Forum.
A man has been arrested in connection with an explosion which caused minor damage to a Conservative Party office in Lincolnshire early on Monday.
Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles issued a statement condemning the "act of violence" after the blast at the Conservative Hall in Bourne.
A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said a 24-year-old local man was helping with inquiries into the incident, which is not thought to be linked to any wider issues or recent events in the county.
Boles, who serves as a planning minister, said: "Obviously I deplore this act of violence.
"The incident is being investigated by the police and I know that everyone will do whatever they can to support the investigation. In the meantime, we should all carry on doing our jobs as normal."
Police were called at around 1.24am to reports of an explosion at the Grantham and Stamford Conservative Association office in Burghley Street, where Boles holds constituency surgeries.
A police spokesman said: "Officers attended the scene and minor damage had been caused to the building. No one had been hurt.
"Initial inquiries were carried out and a 24-year-old local man was arrested in connection with the incident."
Anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the area, or anyone with any other information about the incident, is asked to call Detective Inspector Pete Grayson on 101 number or to contact the Crimestoppers service on 0800 555111.
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William Fraker (1923 - 2010) made a remarkable contribution to American cinematography, shooting such iconic films as ROSEMARY'S BABY, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, BULLITT, LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, 1941 and HEAVEN CAN WAIT. Fraker was recognized with six Oscar nominations over the course of his career, and also proved a talented director and producer, helming three films. More William Fraker at the Aero.
2001 MANIACS: FIELD OF SCREAMS, 2010, First Look International, 86 min. Dir. Tim Sullivan. The Southern residents of Pleasant Valley take their cannibalistic Guts N' Glory Jamboree on the road to Iowa. Performing "The Bloodiest Show on Earth," our Southern Maniacs prove to be more than ratings killers in what John Landis has called "one of the rare sequels that surpasses the original." Starring Bill Moseley (THE DEVIL'S REJECTS). Trailer | Website | Buy Tickets Discussion following with director Tim Sullivan and cast members.
The American Cinematheque Blows Up the Internet: DRAMA 3/4, Drama 3/4 Productions has been putting out landmark web content since the beginning of internet broadcasting, from sponsored series such as "Mr. Robinson's Driving School" starring Craig Robinson, "The Guy's Manual" with host Kenny Mayne, and "Suitemates" with Kevin Pollak and Ray Wise; to studio projects like "The Iceman Chronicles" with Rick Overton and Christine Lakin; to early and current viral hits. Their multimedia machine has served as a playground/incubator for other creators, including Kirk Zipfel ("HousePlace") and People's Choice Award-Winner Liam Sullivan (of Kelly: "Shoes" fame). Buy Tickets Discussion following with Drama 3/4 partners Brice Beckham, David Fickas and Josh Uranga along with select cast and co-producers.
[SPIELBERG THEATRE] OTHER WORLDS: Each of these short films has a unique story to tell: Kenny Johnston & Steve Richard Harris' "Signal Lost" (18 min, USA) starring Sean Young, asks if a disconnected family can come together to cherish what they have and recognize what they stand to lose; Chris Perry's "The Incident at Tower 37" (11 min, USA) is a CG animated story of two men determined to restore nature's balance; Joe Gallina's "Walk" (15 min, USA) follows a man running from hell and purgatory; Alicia Brauns' "Hummingbird Magic" (22 min, USA) follows the life, survival and symbolism of hummingbirds; Ryan Mullin's "Volta" (13 min, USA) is a documentary on a crumbling Art Deco cinema in Ghana; and in Maria Biber-Ferro's "Hermanos" (7 min, USA) Juan fights the odds to escape gang life. Buy Tickets Discussion to follow screening with directors Kenny Johnston & Steve Richard Harris, Joe Gallina, Alicia Brauns, Maria Biber-Ferro and producer Daniel Inkles.
Co-presented with the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles: Author/Hollywood historian Cari Beauchamp will give an illustrated talk on actress Marion Davies (1897-1961) who rose to fame in the silent era. Davies' professional life is often overshadowed by her famous social life with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Her work as a comedienne is revered over the serious costume dramas Hearst's Cosmopolitan Films went on to produce for her. Following the talk is a screening of one of Davies' best comedies – much of it shot on location in Los Angeles!
A Special Celebration! CABARET, 1972, Warner Bros., 123 min. Dir. Bob Fosse. In decadent 1930's Berlin, impulsive and morally liberal agent provocateur Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets the scholarly and handsome Bryan (Michael York) and the two develop an intimate relationship while unknowingly sharing a bisexual lover. Trailer | Buy Tickets Join us in celebrating the talented Nancy Winters and her 20 years at the Cinematheque. Nancy is the Cinematheque Volunteer Coordinator, Egyptian Rental Sales Manager, Office Manager and overseer of many other responsibilities.
Todd Solondz in Person! New Jersey native Todd Solondz originally wanted to be a rabbi, but soon sublimated his energy into screenwriting and directing. His funny, almost unknown first feature, FEAR, ANXIETY & DEPRESSION, was released in 1989. By 1995, his second feature, WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, was winning awards at Sundance, Berlin, and many other festivals. He has gone on to helm such provocative films as HAPPINESS, STORYTELLING and PALINDROMES.
In Celebration of the Hollywood Walk of Fame's 50th Anniversary, tours will also be held at noon and 3PM on Sunday, July 25 followed by screenings of FOREVER HOLLYWOOD. For more information about the tours click here.
There will also be live music and entertainment in the Egyptian Theatre Courtyard as well as a film related book, memorabilia and autographed poster sale between 11 AM and 6 PM. Join us for the evening program of Mel Brooks' comedies BLAZING SADDLES & SILENT MOVIE.
After beginning his career as a theater director, Michael Schultz turned to film and television in an age when African-American directors were far from the norm. From his breakthrough COOLEY HIGH to a series of successful collaborations with Richard Pryor and television assignments on everything from L.A. LAW to CHUCK, Schultz has proven himself to be a director as prolific as he is talented.


The number of mortgages approved for home buyers dived by 17% during January as the housing market suffered a steep fall in activity, figures show today.
A total of 48,198 loans were in the pipeline for house purchase during the month, the lowest level since May 2009 and the second consecutive monthly drop, according to the Bank of England.
There was also a fall in total mortgage advances, with gross lending sliding to £10.24 billion, down from £13.53 billion in December (see the Cheap Mortgage Finding guide).
The figures come just days after Nationwide Building Society revealed house prices fell for the first time in 10 months during February.
It attributed the 1% drop to a combination of the severe winter weather and the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday, which ended in December.
Both factors, the society says, led to a fall in demand, which is borne out by today's Bank of England figures.


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Psychiatric symptoms are well recognized as a feature of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. We have applied a standardized psychiatric interview to 15 patients before and after surgery. Thirteen had a lower 'psychiatric score' (less psychiatric morbidity) after surgery and improvements were particularly seen in symptoms of fatigue, depression, irritability, sleep disturbance and lack of concentration. The levels of intellectual impairment and of anxiety were unchanged after surgery. The 'psychiatric scores' in an additional group of 21 hyperparathyroid patients, in whom a decision to treat conservatively had been made independently, were similar to those in the surgically treated patients after surgery. Among all the untreated patients no relationship was found between overall 'psychiatric score' and serum levels of calcium or parathyrin.


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3D-printed air: a cool solution to help tackle global warming
By Heather Hall | June 18, 2021
BVN Architecture and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, have teamed up to design the world's first robotically 3D-printed air-diffusion system, called 'Systems Reef 2' (SR2).
SR2 reinvents air distribution: replacing steel with recycled plastic, square corners with aerodynamic curves and large vents with fine pores.
The building sector is responsible for nearly 40% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions and SR2 tackles this problem head on. It offers a 90% reduction in embodied carbon when compared to existing systems. Made from recycled plastic waste, it can be fully recycled at the end of its life, exemplifying circular economy principles.
SR2 is designed to fit into existing air-conditioning units, replacing the traditional steel duct work that has barely changed in design over the past 50 years.
Often in architecture the spotlight is on the environmental impact of the materials and structure of buildings, said Ninotschka Titchkosky, co-CEO of BVN Architecture. "However, at BVN we are also mindful that the electrical, plumbing and mechanical systems inside a building contribute up to 33% of the total carbon cost of a typical office building. This means if we are to be serious about reducing the carbon impact of building design, we must also rethink how we deliver air in buildings. This new system – SR2 – is really about this. It's 3D-printing air."
"Ninety-eight percent of all buildings are existing, therefore if we are to address climate change we need to adapt and reinvent our existing buildings to ensure they remain relevant," said Titchkosky.
The invention makes use of the unique properties of advanced manufacturing. Robotically 3D-printed and computationally designed, the system is adaptable and customizable.
"As a society we are facing significant challenges and we can't afford to continue building in the same way we do now," said Associate Professor Tim Schork from the School of Architecture at UTS. "What is required is a fundamental rethink and radical transformation of our current practices. We need to develop new approaches to design, materials and construction."
To create the components, the team programmed an industrial robot to strategically place thousands of tiny tailor-made pores in elongated tubes that slot together to create a networked system.
"Rather than dumping air at routine intervals across a floorplan, this design distributes the air evenly: meaning that there is a more consistent air temperature and flow and nobody needs to sit under the cold draft of a high-powered vent," said Schork.
But the design isn't just about comfort. The distinctive organic curves are based on detailed computer modelling that demonstrates that the curved design significantly reduces energy loss and encourages air flow.
"Air doesn't move in right-angles, so it's not logical to design an air distribution system with square corners," said Schork.
SR2 is a model example of a successful industry and university research collaboration, with each bringing unique insights, knowledge and expertise.
"Only by working closely together were we able to design and fabricate this unique system," said Schork.
For both Schork and Titchkosky there is an urgency to shifting existing building practices, by harnessing advanced technology and developing the digital design tools and manufacturing systems necessary to create a decarbonized building culture.
"We have one of the highest levels of waste out of OECD countries, and as architects, it's really important that we're making a positive contribution and beginning to influence the industry to change," said Titchkosky.
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The Advent of Better Customer Experience
Posted on November 29, 2019 January 17, 2023 By RingCentral Team
Christmas is a time of giving, sharing, peace on Earth and goodwill towards humanity. For many in western society, it's also a period of purchasing, of pressures on infrastructure, and of reduced services and premium rates. It's a time to relax and be thankful for what we have and who we have to share it with, but on the other hand, Christmas can be a stressful time with businesses trying to end the year as close to KPIs as possible.
Spikes in purchasing make Christmas a busy period for retail companies and service providers, which can put a strain on customer service representatives and those working in contact centres. From a consumer perspective, the frustrations are well-documented: poorly developed voice recognition causes routing delays, incomplete contact records mean customers have to repeatedly describe their problems to multiple agents, and poorly integrated communication channels mean customers can't talk to companies using their preferred means.
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Customers can be left unsatisfied, service agents burnt out and off sick, and contact centre managers traumatised by the experience. It's avoidable, of course – and the solution isn't a Christmas miracle. Today's technology provides valuable toolkits to help contact centres deliver painless, efficient and effective services to customers through a combination of data integration and improved operational processes.
Customer service agents want to do a good job by providing a quality service. Many feel hampered by inefficient processes and complicated tools that are heavy on administration but light on action. Too many existing tools don't empower agents to solve their own issues and provide a consistent service, instead requiring them to raise support request tickets or toggle through multiple interfaces.
A truly unified contact centre can increase operational efficiency by integrating tools, offering an intuitive interface and providing easy access to CRM records to give agents the context they need to do their best work. For example, some key features of leading contact centre software include:
Connect with customers on any channel (email, WhatsApp, Twitter, etc.)
Boost agent performance with integrated, user-friendly team messaging
Solve complex customer issues quickly with one-click access to experts
Monitor service levels in real-time with intelligent bots
Technology is finally at a stage where AI can truly complement human intelligence to create an enhanced service rather than a fragmented one. Voice recognition can speed up call routing, interaction analytics can provide meaningful qualitative data in tracking satisfaction levels, and automation can help route channel-specific queries to specialist support agents.
Operating via a fully web-based contact centre allows agents to work remotely, which can greatly aid in fulfilling non-standard shift patterns over the festive period. By logging in to work within a web-based interface, agents are able to access exactly the same tools as they would in the office, or in a café, or on the North Face of the Eiger.
Integration of a team messaging application allows agents to help customers quicker by asking questions in the app and getting instant answers from anyone in the company. The consistency in platform used, whether in the office or from a remote location, helps maintain consistency in the service the customer receives.
The benefits aren't only felt in the immediate interactions between customers and agents. Lower staff attrition puts a smile on the HR manager's face, while automation can create a level of operational efficiency that helps avoid snowballing last-minute temporary staff costs, allowing the CFO to relax a little. An omnichannel contact centre means lower software costs and fewer maintenance tickets for the IT department, and of course better customer experience leads to an improved Net Promoter Score, which helps the company in all departments.
In today's competitive business environment, it's more critical than ever to stay in tune with the service needs of your customers. A unified contact centre can really help you to get everyone singing from the same hymn sheet and achieve perfect harmony this Christmas. Let us put our money where our mouth is – book a demo with us and we'll show you exactly how we can help you improve your customer and employee experience to boost your bottom line.
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Australian Open 2022: Australia warns against Djokovic's bad influence on vaccines | sports
Regardless of what may happen on the track starting this next morning, the Australian Open this year will be remembered forever as the Novak Djokovic, regardless of whether the Serbian can win it or even play it. Stefanos Tsitsipas defined it very well this Saturday: "Everything has been talked about except tennis. The matter has appeared in all the newspapers. It is a pity". The hurricane that the Serbian tennis player, number one in the world, has unleashed has devastated everything.
Since landing in Melbourne on Wednesday last week, with a medical exemption that theoretically freed him from facing the mandatory quarantine for those not vaccinated against covid, the Serbian has been the reagent that has embossed seams from one of the strictest immigration departments in the world. Regardless of the outcome of today's court hearing, Djokovic has faced double deportation proceedings in less than a week. However, the cards available to him this time seemed less favorable than those that allowed him to haggle the first expulsion attempt. First of all, because the plaintiff is not anonymous but rather the opposite. Alex Hawke took advantage of the authority granted by his position as Minister of Immigration to, in a personal capacity, re-invalidate his visa on Friday afternoon.
Friday morning the one from Belgrade was arrested after being questioned by Immigration officers. He was immediately transferred to an expressly undetermined whereabouts, which later turned out to be the Park Hotel in the Carlton neighborhood, the same establishment where the tennis player was already held and in isolation for five days, from Thursday of last week to Monday of this , upon arrival in Melbourne. A couple of dozen protesters gathered there demanding the release of the nearly 30 people held in search of political asylum.
Hawke has had behind him the muscle of the entire administration led by Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, who has been faced with this issue less than five months before the May elections. The government of the country goes with everything against someone whom considers a threat to its health policy. Not so much because of the fact that he was not vaccinated, but rather because of his facet as a public figure, as a hypothetical leader of the masses, and because of the challenge he has dared to pose. In Hawke's eyes, the presence in Australia of last year's winner may anticipate "an increase in anti-vaccination sentiment among the population, it may reinforce the visibility of the community that has not yet been vaccinated and is at risk of becoming infected, and increase the number of people who hesitate to take the booster dose, something that could overload the health system [en caso de que aumentaran los contagios]". In short, a glossary of arguments on paper more forceful than those used by Djokovic's lawyers, who base their defense on classifying the government's offensive as "illogical and irrational".
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If the expulsion is consummated, Hawke believes, "it could incite anti-vaccination sentiment." At the same time, the strategy of Nole's lawyers has sought to distance his client as much as possible from that label of arrogance. "There is no evidence that Mr. Djokovic had commented on his vaccination status, or expressed any opinion about it, either since he landed in Australia or before," the number one lawyers stress.
The two parties met twice (by videoconference) before the judge (one late on Friday and the other this Saturday), and agreed to submit all available documentation before 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night (local time, noon in Spain). ). This Sunday's ruling will come out of a court made up of three judges and will be final, since both parties agreed to it. That means that it will be unappealable, it will not admit appeal.
Since Djokovic was arrested on January 5 at the Tullamarine airport, the protagonist of the farce has not opened his mouth beyond the statement posted on Instagram, in which he basically apologized. Both because of the "misjudgment" that led him to interview a journalist from L'Equipe [el 18 de diciembre], knowing that he was infected by covid, such as the discrepancy in his entry form in Australia, in which he stated that he had not traveled anywhere in the previous 14 days, when he was in Belgrade and in Marbella.
"It is very clear that Novak is one of the best in history, but there is no player who is more important than the tournament. Because the players pass, and then others arrive. nor roger [Federer]neither Novak nor me. Not even Borg, who was brutal in his time, "Rafael Nadal agreed this Saturday. "If he finally plays, then perfect. But the Australian Open will be a great tournament with or without him", the Mallorcan clinched.
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Every January, we make the same New Year's resolution: I'm going to lose weight this year. For us well-fed Americans, that's the most popular resolution. Unfortunately, most of us won't succeed.
On Saturday, Jan. 14, your local Walmart and Sam's Club locations will try to help out. They're offering free health screenings at more than 5,200 stores across the country.
Walmart Stores Inc., the parent company of Walmart and Sam's Club, says this is its largest free health screening event ever. The goal is to help hundreds of thousands of Americans learn vital information about themselves that will help them keep their health on track.
"Knowing your numbers is critical to achieving your healthy resolutions and to maintaining a healthy lifestyle," said George Riedl, president of Walmart Health & Wellness.
When and Where Can I Get a Free Health Screening?
Walmart: Walmart Wellness Day takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 14, at more than 4,600 stores. Free screenings include blood glucose, blood pressure, vision and — for the first time — body fat and body mass index. More than 10,000 pharmacists will offer immunizations in select stores.
Sam's Club: Free screenings are open to the public, not just members. Screenings will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time at nearly 620 Sam's Club locations. Screenings include blood glucose, blood pressure, vision, hearing, body fat, total cholesterol and HDL (good cholesterol). Again, pharmacists will be on hand to offer immunizations.
Why Get a Health Screening?
There's a reason so many of us resolve to lose weight every Jan. 1.
More than one-third of Americans are classified as obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making body fat and body mass index among the most important health numbers to understand.
Obesity can lead to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and certain types of cancer — some of the leading causes of preventable death. Physicians advise that getting a basic screening is the first step toward learning how healthy you are and how much healthier you need to get.
Walmart and Sam's Club say that in 2016, they provided nearly a half million free health screenings to people across the country. Sam's Club offers free health screenings the second Saturday of every month from January to October.
Your Turn: How have you resolved to get healthier in 2017?
Mike Brassfield ([email protected]) is a senior writer at The Penny Hoarder. He's going to lose some weight this year.


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Marriage-Ed Courses Sweeping Campuses
By: Frances Whittelsey | August 31, 2003
(WOMENSENEWS)–This fall, the students in Becky Adams' college class on marriage–more than 80 percent of them female–will quickly be taught that much of what they believe about marriage is a myth.
"They believe that love is all you need, that they'll never be angry with their partners, that marriage will give them an identity," said Adams, a professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., charged with teaching foursections of her popular class. Adams will be informing her students that conflict in marriage is inevitable and predictable. Finances, in-laws and the first baby are top areas of conflict and the key to weathering them is learning how to communicate and negotiate.
Ball State is one of a growing number of institutions of higher learning that have added academic courses on marriage. A list compiled by Dr. Dennis Lowe, professor of psychology at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., indicates that 49 colleges and universities now offer such courses.
The movement to add them began about 10 years ago and has picked up momentum in the past five years. The titles of the classes range from "Close Relationships" at Amherst College, in Amherst, Mass., to "Intimate Relationships and Gender Roles," at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y.
Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., is offering "Marriage 101: Building Loving and Lasting Partnerships," that, according to the course description, is intended to serve as "a means to relationship enhancement and as a 'primary prevention,' a sort of immunization against serious marital troubles and divorce in later life."
The trend is part of a broad national movement, led by the Bush administration with bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress, to try to lower the divorce rate and encourage people to marry.
Classes Offer 'Road Map' to Success
A young couple marrying today has a 40 percent lifetime risk of divorce, said Dr. Scott M. Stanley, a professor at the University of Denver and co-developer of one of the most widely used marriage education curricula, known as PREP, or the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program.
Proponents say their support of marriage classes is not motivated by moralistic criticism of divorce, extramarital cohabitation or gay relationships. They say that marriage skills are worth teaching simply because statistics show married people and their children to be healthier, happier and financially more secure than families split by divorce. "Whole families disintegrate with divorce and it affects generations of children," said Diane Sollee, director of the Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education, in Washington, D.C., and organizer of the "7th Annual Smart Marriages/Happy Families Conference" in Reno, Nev., last June.
Young people, she continued, can "change their odds (of divorce), and get smart about what to expect. We have very good road maps to hand them and can tell them about the behaviors that will lead to success."
Not everyone, however, agrees that marriage is what makes people healthy, wealthy and wise.
Pamela J. Smock, associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, said that many scholars believe the correlation between marriage, health and happiness is due to people with good economic prospects and higher levels of education choosing to marry in the first place.
"If we want to encourage marriage," she said, "we have to make sure people have stable jobs and high enough levels of income."
Federal Welfare Law to Fund More Marriage Promotion
Bill Coffin, special assistant for marriage education within the federal Administration for Children and Families, said that pending congressional welfare legislation could spur more colleges to add marriage-ed classes. If passed, that legislation would mean that $300 million was available for marriage promotion and education in a variety of venues, including colleges, high schools and even prisons, Coffin said.
Some colleges and universities, however, have been reluctant to add the courses, feeling they lack academic rigor, said John Wu, associate professor of psychology at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and a co-moderator of a workshop at the June conference in Reno.
Some feminists, legal scholars and social scientists also view marriage promotion with suspicion, particularly as it applies to women on welfare.
Linda C. McClain, professor of law at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., said the underlying premise is that poor people with better families won't need so much government support.
"Poor women marrying poor men is not the solution to poverty," said McClain, an organizer of a marital-law conference at Hofstra last spring.
Coffin noted that the goal is not to keep people in unhappy marriages. "Divorce is not necessarily a bad thing–some people should get divorced," he said. "But many people believe that the divorce rate is too high and that some of that is preventable because people don't have the information necessary to thrive."
Diane Sollee, in fact, said she believes "it's possible to get the (marriage) failure rate down to 10 percent in seven years if we can let people know what we know about marriage."
Two of the earliest pioneers of college-marriage education are Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. They have been teaching such courses for 10 years at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle. Like Becky Adams' classes at Ball State, the Parrotts' classes are very popular, with 250 students enrolled and a waiting list.
'Marriage Rallies' on Oklahoma Campuses
When former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating decided in 1999 to put $10 million into a comprehensive marriage-education effort, he invited the Parrotts to take up residence in Oklahoma, for a fee of $250,000, and to hold "marriage rallies" at the state's college campuses. Consultants had convinced state officials that cutting the divorce rate was a way to improve the economy.
The Parrotts, co-authors of "Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts," spoke at more than 20 Oklahoma colleges, letting the students know, for example, that there's a shift away from the "starry-eyed experience of dating" after marriage, according to Les Parrott. "We know from research that the man's focus goes from wooing the woman to making a living," he said, "but many times couples feel they married the wrong person because they don't have the same passion they started with."
One of the problems with campus marriage-education efforts, however, is that enrollment is "predominantly female," according to Pepperdine's Lowe, a fact that Becky Adams bears out. "In a class of 45, I may have eight men," said Adams, the Ball State professor. "I'm trying to encourage more males to enroll, but our society's expectation is that women are the ones who make marriages work."
Indeed, a 2001 study of the attitudes of college women indicated that while 83 percent viewed being married as "a very important goal." Yet, the respondents believed their male counterparts had a very different viewpoint. Only 61 percent agreed strongly or somewhat with the statement: "There aren't many guys here who want a committed relationship." The study, conducted by the Institute for American Values, a nonprofit think tank in New York City, was based on a telephone survey of a representative sample of 1,000 college women, supplemented by in-depth interviews with 62 women on 11 campuses.
Frances Cerra Whittelsey is the co-author of "Women Pay More: And How to Put a Stop to It," and writes about women's issues, the environment, consumer problems and travel from her home in Huntington, N.Y.
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Ivorians Who Married Young Warn Others of Hazards
By: Patricia A. Badou | June 15, 2011
Female teens in the countryside of Ivory Coast often leave school to start families with older men. It's a financial strategy that many women here say they have lived to regret.
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By: Sandra Kobrin | May 19, 2011
Maria Shriver asked for privacy this week in the matter of her breakup with Schwarzenegger over his "love child." Sandra Kobrin says sorry, but when a woman stays married to a powerful womanizer, the personal turns deeply public and political.


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Here's another trio of clips for The Rise of Skywalker
We're just under two weeks away from the last entry in the new Star Wars trilogy. On 20th December The Rise of Skywalker will come out to put a cap on the adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron and the rest of the returning characters from the other two trilogies.
Despite The Rise of Skywalker receiving its final real trailer back in October, Disney has been steadily pumping out clips, featurettes and TV spots to keep people interested.
Saturating the market with this kind of advertising is something Disney has been called out on before, especially for Avengers movies. We thought Star Wars would be different, but that's not the case.
Just recently we wrote about three of these clips being released for this movie, and now we have another three to look at.
The most recent of these is entitled "Friendship" and is more of a behind the scenes piece with not much from the movie itself.
After that we have a clip with no subtitle and again features on what's happening behind the camera instead of in front of it.
This clip focuses on the original trilogy before moving into the new movies.
Our favourite bit from it must be original Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew sitting with new Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo, both watching footage of the character. There's a snapshot of that pictured above.
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Q: Need help creating multiple return statements in a java methood I'm a freshmen at college and I'm starting with my first Java programming course. The professor sent us an assignment in order to make an application simulating the database of the USPS.
Anyways, I got to the point where I want my program to ask line by line for the recipients information (address, name, city etc) and I managed to do so using a simple JOptionPane. The problem is that now, I'm using Java methods and I can't for the life of me figure out how to make the return statement so my program moves on to the next method, with my recipients information.
private static String getString(String string) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    String nameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
            "Recipients name:", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);

    String streetAddressString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
            "Street, Apt. No. or P.O. Box No.:", "Certified Mail Receipt",
            3);

    String cityString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
            "City, State, Zip Code", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);
    // return ?????????`
}

The compiler will only let me insert one return statement and only one of the 3 questions gets sent to the next methood. I think I need a way to get the three things in a return statement so the program stops asking the same recipients information questions over and over again.
I'm using the Eclipse Java compiler if that helps. Thanks!
======================EDIT================================
@TerryLi helped me by finding an error in my class
private static String getString(String type) {
String result = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
        type,
        "Certified Mail Receipt",
        3);
return result;

}
This is how I manged to get it to work. again thanks to @terryli and everyone who helped out with a reply!

A: Write a wrapper class that holds the data:
public class SomeWrapper
{
    private String name;
    private String address;
    private String city;

    public SomeWrapper(String n, String a, String c)
    {
        name = n;
        address = a;
        city = c;
    }

    public String getAddress(){return address;}
    public String getName(){return name;}
    public String getCity(){return city;}
}

Then use it like:
private static String getData()
{
   // ...

   SomeWrapper w = new SomeWrapper(nameString, streetAddressString, cityString);

   return w;
}

and extract it like this:
SomeWrapper w = getData();
String nameString = w.getName();
String streetAddressString = w.getAddress();
String cityString = w.getCity();

A: You can use array or static variables outside this method.
a method can easily returns array of string that containt all the three strings you hava been prompted

A: Let me provide an alternative:
String splitter = "-.-";
return nameString+splitter+streetAddressString+splitter+cityString;

We can retrieve the return values as follows:
String returns = getString(...);
String nameString = returns.split(splitter)[0];
String streetAddressString = returns.split(splitter)[1];
String cityString = returns.split(splitter)[2];

And this would be the only workaround in case you want to keep the method signature the same.
Edit:
Given that you are new to Java, try the following code:
return nameString+"-.-"+streetAddressString+"-.-"+cityString;

Basically, I just removed the global variable splitter to make it simple for you.
String nameString = returns.split("-.-")[0];
String streetAddressString = returns.split("-.-")[1];
String cityString = returns.split("-.-")[2];

Update:
You only need to modify the getString method as follows:
private static String getString(String type) {
    String result = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
            type,
            "Certified Mail Receipt",
            3);
    return result;
}

This should solve your problem. Let me know.
Update2:
private static void showReceipt(double postage, double certifiedFee,
        double restrictedFee, double returnReceiptFee, String nameString,
        String addressString, String cityString) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat(" $0.00");
    double certifiedMailFee = 0;
    double restrictedDelivery = 0;
    String outputString = "U.S. POSTAL SERVICE\nCERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPT\n---------------------\nPostage" +
            fmt.format(postage) +
            "\nCertified Mail Fee" + fmt.format(certifiedMailFee) +
            "\nRestricted Delivery Fee" + fmt.format(restrictedDelivery) +
            "\nReturn Receipt Fee" + fmt.format(returnReceiptFee) +
            "\nTotal Postage & Fees" + fmt.format(postage + certifiedMailFee + restrictedDelivery + returnReceiptFee) +
            "\n----------------------------" +
            "\nSend to:" +
            "\n" + nameString +
            "\n----------------------------" +
            "\nStreet, Apt No., or PO Box No." +
            "\n" + addressString +
            "\n----------------------------" +
            "\nCity, State, ZIP+4®" +
            "\n" + cityString;

    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
            outputString,
            "Certified Mail Receipt",
            1,
            null);

}

Hopefully, you will notice the change I just made to the code above.

A: Two ways.

*

*Use Global Varaibles
**
**
**
private static String nameString, streetAddressString, cityString;
        private static String getString(String string) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            nameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
                    "Recipients name:", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);

            streetAddressString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
                    "Street, Apt. No. or P.O. Box No.:", "Certified Mail Receipt",
                    3);

            cityString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
                    "City, State, Zip Code", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);
            //No need to return, they are available globally
        }

**
**
**
OR, Pass them as method parameters
**
private static String getString(String string) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    String nameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
            "Recipients name:", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);
    String streetAddressString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
            "Street, Apt. No. or P.O. Box No.:", "Certified Mail Receipt",
            3);
    String cityString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
            "City, State, Zip Code", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);

stringMethod(nameString,streetAddressString,cityString);
}

**

A: The Java programming language doesn't allow to return multiple variables. But you can return objects, most precisely, you can return a reference to an object. So, if you want to return multiple things, just create a data structure (class) that fits all of your requirements, and return a instance of it.
E.g.:
public class DataStruct{

    public DataStruct(String nameString, String streetAddressString, String cityString){
         this.nameString = nameString;
         this.streetAddressString = streetAddressString;
         this.cityString = cityString;
    }

    public String nameString;
    public String streetAddressString;
    public String cityString;
}

private static String getString(String string) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

String nameString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
        "Recipients name:", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);

String streetAddressString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
        "Street, Apt. No. or P.O. Box No.:", "Certified Mail Receipt",
        3);

String cityString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
        "City, State, Zip Code", "Certified Mail Receipt", 3);
return new DataStruct(nameString,streetAddressString,cityString);
}

A: In my humble opinion you have two obvious options, depending on how you wanna use the strings afterwards. The way I see it, you could either return a concatenated string that returns all the information from all the variables, which would be made like this in your case:
/* The \n just puts each peace of info on a new line you could just do a
" " instead or something. */
return nameString+"\n"+streetAddressString+"\n"+cityString;

Or you could return a stringarray with each string in a certain place(index):
String[] stringList = new String[3];

And read them into the array and return the array (don't forget to change the return type if you do this).
/* index in arrays start at 0 so its always 1 less than the size you make it
(if you didnt know) */
stringList[0] = nameString;
stringList.... etc.

Also you should know that getters are usually public classes, you simply make the field values private and get them with the getters. (as standard practice and as far as I know anyways).
Hope it helps.
EDIT: In my opinion using static variables when it's not even necessary, is a very bad idea. If you can solve the problem without it, do it that way instead.

A: Java won't allow you to return multiple values unless you use either an array or a wrapper class or structure of some kind. Since both those approaches have been covered already, I would suggest the alternative of splitting it up into a few different methods to make it more readable.
private static String promptForString(String message, String title)
{
    return JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,message,title,3);
}

private static String promptForName()
{
    return promptForString("Recipients name:","Certified Mail Receipt");
}

private static String promptForStreetAddress()
{
    return promptForString("Street, Apt. No. or P.O. Box No.:","Certified Mail Receipt");
}

private static String promptForCity()
{
    return promptForString("City, State, Zip Code","Certified Mail Receipt");
}

then in your caller method you could simply use
String name = promptForName();
String streetAddress = promptForStreetAddress();
String city = promptForCity();

This has the added advantage of allowing you to add more fields fairly easily or using the promptForString method for something else altogether.

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MAZHABIS BEING CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY ON A MASSIVE SCALE (In Punjabi) REALITY EXPOSED of the 'All White Dressed Saints Travelling in AC Cars and often going overseas for prachar. This is none of the concerns of SGPC which has since been made impotent. Poor Sikhs are being lured monetarily. Also people suffering from curable disease converted after giving them treatment. Christian preacher claim the patients are being cured with the power of prayers. Here you will read story of the Mazhabis who faced cruelty all along ages who have been put to injustice all along for being 'lowest' in the Hindu classification called Varnashram or casteism. Also given here is the history of Christian movement in Punjab. But sorry the article is in Punjabi (in image form) This article was published in January 2002.


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Kevin Quigley (Thailand 1976-79 & CD Thailand 2013-15) New President of Marlboro College
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Kevin Quigley is use to small organizations. He ran the NPCA that had less than 2,000 members; was CD of Thailand which has 90+ PCVs, and is now at Marlboro College in Vermont which has an enrollment of 200+ undergraduates. Kevin, who speaks fluent Thai, became a Buddhist monk before returning home from his Peace Corps tour. His Thailand experience as a PCV and on the staff, plus his understanding and love of Buddhism, should help him recruit students from Asia. We wish him well.
The following press release is from the college and was issued a few hours ago.
Marlboro College welcomes new president
Marlboro College: Kevin F.F. Quigley comes with wealth of experience Core value: Service 'is a powerful foundation for a liberal arts education'
By Chris Mays
Marlboro College's newest president, Kevin F.F. Quigley, is welcomed during an inauguration ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Fletcher)
MARLBORO: Marlboro College defines much of its legacy by the community service in which its students, staff and faculty members take part.
The newest president is no exception.
"I am delighted that all my roads brought me to Marlboro, to travel down a new road and begin a new journey," said Kevin F. F. Quigley, the college's ninth president who previously served the Peace Corps as a volunteer and country director in Thailand, and president and CEO of the group's global alumni organization (i.e. THEY MEAN THE NPCA).
"During my first few months here, I've learned that the Marlboro community is a collection of remarkably dedicated individuals who are committed to the college's purpose of helping students have a self-directed, rigorous academic experience rooted in community values and shape a life that matters," he said.
During an inauguration ceremony Sunday, Quigley called on the college community to "rededicate" itself to Marlboro's future.
"Building Marlboro as an engaged, international, well-resourced learning community is my hope and firm intention," he said. "And that is the task to which I dedicate myself today and in the years ahead. In doing that, Marlboro will truly matter. It will be a shining example of an engaged learning community for American higher education. This task is challenging but achievable."
Quigley has obtained degrees from Swarthmore College, the National University of Ireland, Columbia University and Georgetown University. He has taught at 12 liberal arts colleges as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, serving as a faculty practitioner with a focus on international studies and nonprofit management. He used his international development experience in his role as director of public policy at the Pew Charitable Trusts. This prompted his writing of the book For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe. This book was published by the Woodrow Wilson Center of Special Studies in 1997.
"I believe strongly that instilling the value of lifelong service is essential to a Marlboro education. Service is a powerful foundation for a liberal arts education," said Quigley. "Service is a clear pathway to make education real. Service engenders empathy and often helps us know what we want to and need to know as well as what needs to be done."
Although service is a gift given without the expectation of being paid, Quigley told the audience, it usually pays in many unexpected awards. Those awards can include lifelong friendships, life skills, greater clarity about life purpose and an affirmation about humanity, he said.
Having a fewer amount of students than in previous years was identified as a challenge for Marlboro College, with Quigley citing rising costs and concerns about debt. He said he hopes to bring in more international students and make them a larger part of the school's community.
"I became a global citizen before that term was coined. My intention is to deepen Marlboro's connections to the world," he said. "It's time we do more to strengthen our connections to the world."
A professor has recommended recruiting Syrian refugee students, he said. A plan to bring Myanmar students also is in the works.
"We also want to deepen our connections to veterans," said Quigley. "We also must strengthen our connections to outstanding graduates of community colleges."
His predecessor, Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, held the post from 2004 until 2015. She reflected on the "day of change and continuity."
"It is with gratitude and conviction that I greet you," she said to Quigley. "This is your day. Soon you will be formally invested with the care of this college. You are surrounded by those who offer you their hands, minds and imaginations because they believe in the talents that shine from you, and also because they love this college."
Keynote speaker Alexander Shakow, international adviser and consultant, sees Quigley as a humble visionary.
"The diversity of Kevin's (Quigley) life choices may suggest he's not really able to hold a job," said Shakow. "In fact, each of his jobs turn out to be an important step on that road that will eventually finally bring Kevin and Marlboro together. It is fortunate indeed that Marlboro's current trustees recognize that destiny as well."
Logan Davis, chairman of the Select Board made up of students, said he was new to the position when Quigley's name began bouncing around campus. Davis did research and said he found the most intimidating list of past employment he had ever seen in his life. He initially wondered, "Is this change still Marlboro?"
"What I heard overwhelmingly was excitement," said Davis, referring to campus reactions. "A few days before the trustee meeting, it clicked. I had my answer. Yes. Kevin (Quigley) would fit in perfectly."
Quigley has shown the college's core values in his previous roles and interactions, according to Davis, who said Quigley also has a love of teaching, not only in classroom settings.
"(He has) a heavy focus on community, emphasis on international viewpoints and culture, and a mind towards sustainability in all aspects," said Davis, adding that his initial excitement was not in vain. "Already, with mere months on the hill, Kevin (Quigley) has increased student, faculty and staff's recognition and representation in various forms, has been addressing campus safety and helped to renew the efforts to revitalize students."
Davis said he is excited to see what more Quigley will accomplish.
"Much like your own body, Marlboro can only put out the energy that it receives," Davis advised. "A disengaged community makes for a disengaged Marlboro. Put thought into what you want this community to be. Rally your peers for what you want to change. And celebrate what you love as is."