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By Jackson Dean Chase
Genre: Action Adventure, Conspiracy Thrillers, Dystopian and Futuristic, General Fiction, Sci-fi, Suspense Thrillers, Young Adult
Veronica Roth (Divergent), Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games), Mary Lu (Legend), Scott Westerfeld (Uglies)
Book Summary
Vikka is a Drone, a member of the worker caste destined to labor in the grim factories of the New World Plutonomy. When Vikka is forced to sell her organs to pay her family's oxygen bill, she becomes trapped in a secret genetic modification program. The experiment transforms Vikka from a frail waif into a super-soldier. She escapes the program with the help of a mysterious, handsome stranger.
Hunted by both the New World Plutonomy and the Revolution that opposes them, Vikka must learn to harness her power and decide whether to help her rescuer reform the NWP from within or join the Revolution to destroy it.
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--BTS Book Reviews
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"Fast paced, absolutely riveting... by far one of the most original YA dystopian reads..."
--Tome Tender
"...An exciting adventure... The characters are very believable and I was hooked into the series from the beginning."
--Derek Ailes, author of Zombie Command
"I have read a lot of so-called YA dystopian/alternative future stories [and] this book gave me hope that finally, finally, somebody can actually give us an interesting story in this genre. I was riveted and read the book at one sitting, all night. Few books do that."
--Jessalyn Susu, author of Fathers and Sons
"The novel speeds along, using short chapters and intense action sequences... Pick up a copy and give it a read. I think you'll like it as much as I did."
--Michael Billington, author of Blood Debt
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"If you love sci-fi, dystopian worlds... you won't be disappointed!"
--Kindle reviewer
"A great look at wherewe are headed if we are not careful. A real page turner."
"A fresh voice in the Dystopian genre."
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CAMP & PICNIC
FOX OBSERVATORY
R/C AIRFIELD
R/C TRUCK COURSE
Welcome to Markham Park!
The 669 acre Markham Park in Sunrise is also home to an outdoor rifle and pistol range, extensive mountain bike trails, the Fox Observatory, campgrounds, a radio controlled airplane field, a dog park called Barkham Park, jogging trails, fishing and boating areas, sports fields of all kinds, nature trails and programs, skeet and trap, sporting clay stands, archery range and five stand. Wi-Fi is also available. For more details, call 954-357-8868.
Acres to Enjoy
Full Hookup Campsites
Acres of RC Airfield
Miles of Bike Trails
Markham Park Is The Perfect Destination For Family Fun Time
From playgrounds to picnics, to biking and nature walks, Broward County's Markham Park is the ultimate "close to home" destination for a great day. Bring the family, the dog, the bikes and some burgers. With 669 acres to play on, you can find the perfect spot to set up and have a great day with your family.
R/C Crawler Course
The RC Truck and Crawler Course is the place for radio controlled truck drivers to test their trucks agility and their driving skills. Multiple obstacles and raised bridges make this a unique and fun are of the park.
The South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association owns and operates the popular Fox Observatory. Every Saturday night, the public is invited to take a look into space with the observatory's 14 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. The observatory can be reached at 954-384-0442.
Nature Programs & Trails
Markham Park has beautiful nature trails through pine forests and with views of the Everglades. There's also a butterfly garden called Silent Wings which shouldn't be missed. New nature programs and night hikes are now also available!
RC Airfield
The Markham Park Pilot's Association operates this 50 acre flying space and 755 paved runway. There are pit areas and tables as well as multiple pilot stations and restrooms. This is a well equipped and run airfield for both pilots and viewers alike!
Markham Park has a lake designated for jetski and personal watercraft. This is a large lake with plenty of space for multiple riders. Bring your jetski and have a blast!
Skeet and Trap Shooting
The target range at Markham Park includes a large area for skeet and trap shooting. There are five skeet and trap fields as well as a sporting clays course with 13 stations. Lessons are also available.
Rifle & Pistol Range
The hugely popular pistol and rifle range are very well run and safety is the top priority. There are 66 shooting stations with a maximum distance of 100 yards. The range phone number is 954-357-5143 for more information.
Mountain bikers will love the 14 miles of trails here. There are several trails with varying difficulty. There is a fee for the use of the trails and a helmet is required. Call for further info before your visit!
Barkham Park Dog Park
Barkham Park is the cleverly named dog park where your four legged family members can run free in 3.5 acres. The park is separated into two sections, for smaller and larger dogs. There is a fee for entry into Barkham at Markham.
Memorial Fitness Zone
Memorial Healthcare System and Broward County Parks and Recreation teamed up to create the Memorial Fitness Zone. Get out in the fresh air and get in shape with this outdoor fitness equipment which now features a canopy for shade so you don't have to work out in the direct sun! QR codes on each machine will link you to information on how to properly use them.
Markham Park offers two boat ramps accessing the State Road 84 canal, also called the New River Canal, and also the L35A canal. There is currently no fee for using the boat ramps.
Monday: 8AM–7:30PM
Tuesday: 8AM–7:30PM
Wednesday: 8AM–7:30PM
Thursday: 8AM–7:30PM
Saturday: 8AM–7:30PM
Sunday: 8AM–7:30PM
16001 W. State Rd. 84 Sunrise, FL 33326
Web: Markham Park
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About 170 people came together for a 'Solidarity Breakfast' for Workers' Memorial Day in Syracuse last month. Bringing 170 people out for an event, especially for a breakfast that cost $25, is no mean feat, so mega kudos should go to the organizers who included the Occupational Health Clinical Center, the Area Labor Federation, several union locals, the Worker Center of Central New York, Workers' Compensation attorneys, and community activists. The reason for listing specific organizations is to illustrate the second remarkable feature of the gathering: the bringing together of people and groups who don't normally interact directly all that much but need to do so more often. So even though most attendees ate their scrambled eggs at a table with their own 'kind', the act of coming together in the same room to break bread and share an experience that included speakers, awards, and songs is a notable achievement.
The breakfast program emphasized several themes. Workers' in our region who lost their lives on the job in the past year were remembered, and the stepson of a worker recently killed on the job spoke movingly of the devastating impact of his stepfather's death. Mother Jones gave Workers' Memorial Day its slogan: "Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living" and the rest of the program was focused on the "Fight" half of her exhortation.
Immigrant workers were a major focus for four of the awardees. After receiving an award for his many years of health and safety worker with the Tompkins County Workers' Center, Carlos Guttierez reflected on his younger days in his native Chile where he was imprisoned for three years by the Pinochet dictatorship for the 'crime' of being an activist in support of President Salvador Allende. He pointed out the connection between him being forced to leave his country over forty years ago due to a US backed coup that overthrew Allende, and more recent waves of immigrants from Mexico and Central America also forced to leave their countries largely due to US policies, this time economic rather than military or political.
Other awardees, Arely Tomas, a Workers' Center activist, and Dolores Bustamonte, an apple farmworker activist were recognized for their commitment to struggling for their and their co-workers' rights in the workplace, struggles made immensely more difficult by their undocumented status. Both have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and face possible, if not likely deportation. The unspoken irony of their stories is that they are pushed out of their own countries by US policies, come to the US because they are essential to the US economy, and work hard to save money for a hoped for return home someday, only to be demonized as job stealers, freeloaders, and criminals, and hunted, arrested and expelled as 'illegal aliens'.
Carly Fox, another awardee for her advocacy work with the Worker Justice Center explicitly drew the connection between immigrant rights and health and safety through the specific example of the Green Light Campaign. The campaign is an effort underway in New York State to pass legislation allowing undocumented workers to apply for drivers' licenses. Without the ability to drive, farm workers toil in isolation and depend on their bosses' generosity, expensive rides from local entrepreneurs, or favors from friends for even simple tasks like getting to the grocery store for food. Isolated and dependent, workers are easier for the boss to keep under surveillance and control. Workers who lack access to spaces outside their employers control are unlikely to know their rights, let alone organize effectively or access resources to help act on them. From a health and safety standpoint this practically guarantees the employer can require workers work under whatever conditions s/he creates, unimpeded by any health and safety demands. When a worker suffers a job related injury or illness the employer can control the medical treatment by determining where the worker goes for care and maintaining a presence in the treatment process. Access to transportation is a fundamental need for these workers.
Local labor unions and individual union members have typically figured prominently in struggles over health and safety issues. Pat Greenberg, formerly a hospital nurse and just retired as a union representative for 199SEIU was another awardee and she exemplifies the committed union member in it for the long haul. In over 25 years Pat was involved in many union efforts, beginning with the organizing campaign that brought a union to Crouse Hospital's nurses, and going on to bargaining and serving as a union representative. Along the way she developed and interest in safety and health and participated in successful statewide efforts to pass legislation mandating safe needles and safe patient handling regulations, addressing major concerns of nurses and other health care workers. Pat's activities illustrate the fact that health and safety conditions are not separate from other workplace concerns of union and non-unions workers alike. Lousy workplace conditions are typically not restricted to one issue, and a boss looking to save money by cutting corners will often include shortcuts in safety and health in his or her efforts.
But while the awardees were celebrated at the breakfast, a deeper reality was left unspoken. Labor unions, especially industrial unions, have shrunk to only a portion of their previous size and no longer wield the clout they once did among employers and politicians. On the other side, Workers' Centers have made tremendous strides in their abilities to reach and organize amongst the unorganized, but they remain relatively small and short on resources and capacity. Consequently, many of the unorganized remain outside of their embrace. The old cliché of solidarity forever is not really a cliché in this context. If we are to play a serious role in preventing workers from getting injured or ill on the job solidarity is an absolute necessity.
Its easy to assert the need for solidarity, and relatively easy to put together a breakfast once a year. But it will take much more than an exhortation to move people to real unity of purpose and action. On the one hand a worker is a worker is a worker. All have a common interest in bettering their working lives, resisting their bosses' efforts to squeeze more profits by squeezing workers, and making the workplace safe enough so that they are assured of going home after work instead of to the hospital or morgue. These common interests should bring all workers together, no matter their skin color, gender, sexual preference, ethnic background, age, religion, or any other of the many characteristics that divide us.
On the other hand, differences are real and have long histories often making it very difficult for us to overcome our divisions and see the commonalities that unite us. So while we strive for solidarity we must also understand, acknowledge, and grapple with our differences. Why is this so essential? For one thing who we are is shaped by our experiences and the world we live in, and in turn we perceive the world we live in based on who we are. African-Americans who have experienced the racism so pervasive in this society, tend to see the police, for example in a much different light than whites who have not had those experiences. The same for women, who as the MeToo movement has shown, experience daily the impact of male entitlement, and unsurprisingly often see gender relations quite differently than men. By acknowledging these and other differences we enable all to speak their truths and offer approaches and solutions to problems that utilize their insights, concerns and perspectives to lead to more comprehensive and effective strategies.
The other, and probably more difficult issue to confront is to come to some understanding how the racist, sexist, homophobic milieu that we have breathed in like the air that surrounds us, unnoticed and unseen, has shaped us. This is not to imply it has shaped us all in the same ways. If we insist on ignoring these issues it is likely that whatever organization we create or campaign we pursue will reflect the milieu from which it has sprung, and our divisions will remain an enduring impediment to solidarity and the power that comes from unity.
Despite our best intentions and efforts, creating solidarity while acknowledging differences will be a bumpy, difficult, and sometimes painful process. There is no guarantee of success, and there are certain to be mistakes, false starts, and a need to reflect and change paths. There will be no movement forward, however, if we are not able to keep coming into the same room for the rest of the year after Workers' Memorial Day, with goodwill in our hearts, and a commitment to a common goal of preventing workers from dying or getting injured or ill on the job. In that room we will need to ban defensiveness and ego and engage each other, listening closely, and responding with generosity and openness.
What can workers and their allies do to make employers pay their fair share of occupational injuries and illnesses?
Organizing or waiting for legislation or regulations to make employers pay for the costs of workplace illnesses and injuries may take years and is not guaranteed of success. In the meantime workers, unions, Workers' Centers, health and safety professionals and activists, and other allies can be engaging in activities that can create change in other ways.
Increasing workers' safety and health knowledge and skills is a fundamental underpinning to the power workers' need to make change at the workplace, legislatively, or via regulations. It follows logically then, that knowledge and skill building should be a central focus of efforts by worker health and safety advocates. Knowledge includes a technical component (eg assessing workplace hazards, ways to eliminate or effectively control hazards) and a rights component (ie what are workers' health and safety rights and how can they be implemented).
To make change knowledge must be translated into effective action, so it is crucial that worker education is organized around this goal. This means barriers to workplace change are explicitly identified and addressed. In order to do this the experiences of workers themselves are essential, as they are the ones able to educate the educators on what the realities of their workplaces are. It is only upon a clear assessment of those realities that effective action can be based.
While basic OSH education can and should be spread as widely as possible among working people in all types of workplaces, additional education can be provided to a much smaller number of workers that gives them the ability to train others, and to serve as an OSH resource and advocate in their workplace and perhaps in their community. For this to be successful, consideration must be given not only to the content of the training, but also how to make it something people who are already limited in their free time because of their work, family and other obligations, will find appealing and worth their time. In addition, structures need to be in place to ensure ongoing communication and support of trainees. Newly minted workplace OSH advocates may need additional training, as will need support dealing with the issues they are called to confront.
The provision of OSH training presupposes an organization or organizations capable of carrying it out. In our community a variety of organizations do this work or aspects of it. Existing efforts would be amplified by all of those involved coming together to collaborate on a joint plan and strategy. This would include local labor unions, Worker Center, Occupational Health Clinic, and safety and health training organization. Besides pooling and maximizing resources, the strengths of such a collaboration would include an increased ability to compete for additional funding from grant and other sources, and greater potential clout when approaching employers, government bureaucrats, and politicians. Beyond these benefits a collaborative organization could conceive and carry out other projects with the aims of empowering workers, and of convincing legislators and regulators to undertake efforts to make employers pay their share of workplace illnesses and injuries.
1) Serving as a support for workers trying to change conditions at a particular workplace. Support could include helping strategize action, participating in meetings with the employer, and public campaigns to draw attention to the issues raised by workers.
A collaborative group could also marshal its resources for political purposes. It could develop a workers' health and safety legislative/regulatory agenda, organize support for the agenda among allies statewide, and advocate for the agenda among politicians and regulators.
The efforts described do not directly address the issue of requiring employers to pay the full costs of workplace illnesses and injuries. Instead they provide the precondition or platform on which a more direct campaign can be built.
Employers Pay the Full Share of the Costs of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses?
1) Increase the recognition of occupational injuries and illnesses. Force these conditions out of hiding and into an appearance on (potentially) public data sources such as Workers' Compensation, OSHA injury and illness logs, and state mandatory reporting databases (eg occupational lung disease, heavy metal registry, pesticide registry in New York State).
2) Augment and publicize the underlying data that links health conditions to workplace conditions and exposure to workplace hazards.
3) Deter employers from failing to correct hazardous workplace conditions by making it expensive, financially or otherwise, to ignore their responsibilities to prevent workers from getting sick or injured.
4) Empower workers to not only know what hazards they are exposed to, but to investigate health and safety conditions, to know their health and safety rights, to have access to occupational health and safety resources independent of their employer, and to assert their demands without fear of retribution.
As always, translating a simple concept into an effective action is the difficult part. Should the focus be on actions that can be realistically accomplished within a short time frame? Should the emphasis be on long term change of unclear feasibility? Perhaps the answer is that this dichotomy is not necessary and a strategy that combines short and long term goals and that maintains the flexibility to adapt to a shifting political economic milieu should be sought.
1) Make the data from all sources (Workers' Compensation, state registries, OSHA injury and illness logs) publicly accessible with names of employers. Provide and annual report on the data from these sources.
2) Require employers to investigate all injuries and illnesses and make changes to reduce/eliminate responsible hazards. Employers should document these efforts. Fine non-compliant employers.
3) Employers with patterns of injuries and illnesses should be required to access OSH resources to evaluate the workplace and make remediation recommendations. Employers would be required to document they have made recommended remediation changes. Fine non-compliant employers.
4) Convene a statewide panel to re-define occupational disease for Workers' Compensation that recognizes the various ways work can impact health, and that provides guidelines for assessing the role of work and working conditions in the production of disease.
6) Require employers to create a health and safety committee. Workers should have paid time to participate including meeting amongst themselves; investigating hazards, injuries, and illnesses; access to independent OSH resources who have the ability to come into the workplace and inspect; and training for committee members.
7) Adequate funding for the already existing state OSH infrastructure including the Occupational Health Clinic Network, and the Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program. These programs serve as important resources to workers and employers.
8) Creation and enforcement of state safety and health standards that address hazards not currently covered by OSHA. For example, a statewide ergonomic standard is one to consider.
Empowering workers- what can advocates/activists do?
Common decency would argue that if I am responsible for someone getting hurt or sick, I should also be responsible for paying for the resulting medical and other costs. The same principle should be applied to the workplace. Business owners and managers create the conditions under which 'their' employees work. They decide what product or service is going to be provided as well as how the work is to be done. These decisions determine what the risk of injury or illness will be, and is the reason the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 declares that it is the employer's responsibility to create and maintain a safe and healthy workplace.
Business practices are not, however, based on common decency, but rather, on dollars and cents. Owners figure out how much it's going to cost to prevent injuries versus the cost of compensating, and sometimes replacing, those who get injured or sick on the job. Compensation and replacement are typically cheaper.
The total cost of workplace injuries and illnesses is estimated to be $249.6 billion dollars a year in the United States. Of that total, Workers' Compensation accounts for $55.4 billion, or 22%. About $13 billion (13%) is covered by private health insurance which ultimately comes out of the pockets of a combination of individual workers and employers. The rest, $162.2 billion (65%), is financed by injured workers, their families and taxpayers.1 Employers are on the hook for only about $64 billion (26%) of the costs through the premiums they pay for Workers' Compensation and their contribution to general health insurance. Until employers are forced to pay a much greater share of the costs of the injuries and illnesses they are responsible for causing, there will continue to be little incentive for them to pursue workplace changes that would make the workplace safer and prevent workers from being injured or sickened.
Why do business owners pay such a small portion of the costs?
One major reason is that only a small proportion of work related illnesses and injuries are recognized. Occupational diseases like asthma, contact dermatitis, and cancer are notoriously hidden and treated as general health conditions using health insurance, and if necessary. If disability benefits are sought for these conditions, they are frequently paid for by taxpayer funded Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Even a disease that rarely has a non occupational cause like silicosis, a scarring of the lungs due to exposure to particles of silica from jobs like foundry work or granite counter top cutting, only finds its way into the Workers' Compensation about a third of the time. Even acute injuries where the link to work is much more simple to see are often treated as non work related.
The barriers to recognizing a health problem as work related are tremendous. They include reluctance on the part of workers to admit they were injured at work or to suggest their symptoms might be caused by something they work with. Many workers are anxious to avoid any action that might antagonize their employer or threaten their job. Its better to just keep things quiet and not rock the boat. Employers are interested in keeping their costs low and avoiding hassles that interfere with getting things done at work. Their interests are aligned with those of their Workers' Compensation insurance carrier, and the practical result of their shared approach is to attempt to deny as many claims as possible, preventing them from being compensated and from being identified. Those interests are also reflected by a Workers' Compensation system and process that upholds many of their denials, and makes the process so burdensome for the injured worker that many claims that should be compensated are dropped or denied.
Another reason for the poor identification is that all injured workers must have their condition diagnosed by physicians who are poorly trained in the identification of occupational injury and disease. Doctors receive minimal training on their role in helping their patients access Workers' Compensation benefits leading to frustration and ineffectiveness. They are uninterested in participating in a Workers' Compensation system that delays their payment, requires them to continuously defend their medical decisions, prevents them from practicing good medicine by denying and delaying testing and care, and sometimes drags them into court to have their opinions picked apart.
Finally, there is the overarching problem of lack of knowledge that handicaps all of the participants in this arena. Chemicals and other materials are constantly being introduced into workplaces without being tested for their potential effects on human health. As a consequence, it may take years of exposure to large numbers of workers, before a pattern of harm can be discerned.
Even when occupational injuries and illnesses are recognized, however, they do not necessarily lead to preventive efforts by employers. There is no feedback loop between Workers' Compensation and the workplace. Neither insurance carriers, nor the Compensation Board require employers to make workplace changes after injuries or illnesses, even when a pattern of them is discerned. And the threat of being meaningfully penalized by OSHA or a state regulatory agency is extremely low and does not act as a deterrent. OSHA's resources are stretched thin and it would take the agency over a hundred years to actually inspect all workplaces. Even when OSHA cites a company for violations, the fines are typically low. Most employers can fly below the radar and not be too concerned about a possible inspection.
Even though they pay such a small proportion of the costs of workplace injuries and illnesses, employers have continuously sought to reduce their responsibility even further. Unsurprisingly these cost reduction strategies have avoided serious attention to preventing work related injuries and illnesses through improvements in workplace conditions. Workers' Compensation reform has focused, for the most part on limiting benefits to injured workers, limiting conditions recognized as work related, and requiring injured workers to get care from doctors chosen and paid for by their employer. Reining in health care costs and improving productivity has generally followed an individual responsibility approach, encouraging workers to get healthy through lifestyle and behavioral changes, and penalizing those who don't. This approach ignores the potential contribution of working conditions to these problems and their associated costs.
There are many ways that can be imagined to make employers pay the full, or at least more, of the costs of the injuries and illnesses their decisions have caused, and for which they should be responsible. Workplace safety will pay only when employers can no longer socialize the costs of injury and illness.
These fundamental problems undermine one of the ostensible purposes of the Workers' Compensation system: providing timely and appropriate medical care to injured workers. As a consequence, health conditions often worsen or fail to improve, and can become needlessly prolonged or even permanent. Careers can be unnecessarily curtailed, and the lack of ability to earn a living may be devastating, condemning an injured worker and his/her family to impoverishment. Significant and long term mental health impacts are frequent as another result.
The likelihood of these problems being fixed is virtually zero within the confines of the current WC system. The many forces driving doctors in the community out of the WC system remain, while the system seems unable and/or unwilling to institute countermeasures to keep physicians participating, let alone bring back practitioners who have already left. Meanwhile the abusive behavior of the WC insurance carriers continues unabated with challenges to every aspect of care provided by physicians including: diagnoses made, testing requested, and treatment recommended. Not only does this place a tremendous burden on the doctor and her/his office, it also prevents the practice of high quality medicine. The Workers' Compensation Board ( WCB) and legislature have likewise failed to confront and curtail the powers of the insurance industry.
If they can't be fixed then why bother writing about these problems? Because if we look beyond the confines of the existing set-up there is a simple solution: universal public health care. A system such as Ontario's single payer program resolves these issues.
The division of health care into two parallel systems, one for general health and one for work related health problems, is a consequence of the US' peculiar history. Workers' Compensation systems were created in one state after the other in the decade or so following the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in Manhattan in 1911. Labor and its allies had been arguing for some time for a system to quickly and fairly provide medical care and compensation to injured workers as a replacement for workers having to sue their employers. Workers filing suit occasionally won significant sums, but for the vast majority the process was extremely burdensome and the barriers to winning a case made it very difficult for an injured worker to prevail. The sight of 146 bodies piled up near blocked exits and on Greene and other surrounding streets after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire galvanized reformers and gave the necessary push to pass Workers' Compensation legislation. By the time general health insurance became widespread and often employer based in the following decades, the Workers' Compensation system was already well established.
Participation by physicians in WC is voluntary and a significant section of MDs has always chosen not to accept WC. In the past their reasons have included: low reimbursement, delays in payment, excessive paperwork, and demands to testify in court. WC underwent a significant reform in NY in 2007. As these changes were implemented incrementally over the next few years, many more physicians exited the system. The perceived increased demands of the reforms were the straw that broke the camel's back and led many practitioners to declare "enough!". As a result injured workers, especially outside the larger urban centers are unable to find doctors to treat their work related condition. Even those with doctors who have been treating them under WC often find themselves out in the cold as their physician informs them that s/he no longer will be accepting WC and will stop providing their care.
A single payer universal health care system could address the problem of participation quite simply. Private health insurance and WC insurance would be eliminated, to be replaced by a government entity that would be responsible for financing all health care costs: a single payer. All patients would be covered for all health conditions. All health care providers would participate and provide care to all without needing to concern themselves about the work relatedness of a health problem. The issues of WC reimbursement rates, delays, paperwork, and court testimony become non-issues in a universal health care system, removing the disincentives MDs face in under the current system.
Universal health care would also resolve the issue of poor quality care under WC as a consequence of insurance carrier abuse. In a single payer system the rules of what is approved and reimbursed are the same, whether a condition is work related or not. This is not to say the system is dispute or delay free, but there are far fewer than under the current system in the US. In addition, there is only one level of care, in stark contrast to NY where the health care received under WC is subject to so many challenges and barriers erected by the insurance carriers.
The resolution of these key issues with a universal single payer system is not just theoretical. Just across the border in Ontario, for example, a single payer system has been in place for decades. There, injured workers have no problem finding a doctor to get treatment. They do not have their testing or treatment delayed, interrupted, or blocked altogether by a WC insurance carrier. Instead, the treatment they receive is the same any other resident would be provided, whether or not the condition is work-related. Ontario and Canada is just one example of how the system has already proven itself. Many others could be found across the developed world.
Advocacy for single payer universal health care in the United States has been going on for decades. There is a tendency for politicians of both major parties to dismiss it as a possibility, Republicans mostly because they are opposed on ideological grounds to what they call (inaccurately) 'government' based medicine, and Democrats because 'it's just not realistic'. In the current Trump and Republican dominated administration it might seem like a pie in the sky goal. HOWEVER…popular energy in favor of universal health care has arguably never been higher. Bernie Sanders' campaign made the issue a central plank of its platform, generating widespread support. He and many others continue to press for this kind of change. With popular support continuing to rise, the deficiencies of the current market-based health care system becoming ever more obvious, and the lack of any credible Republican alternative, there is legitimate reason for optimism for single payer.
In the meantime, the New York State Assembly, led by Assembly Health Committee chair Richard Gottfried, has succeeded in passing the New York Health Act, legislation for the establishment of a single payer universal health plan for all New Yorkers, the past three years. Every year support has increased in the Republican controlled state Senate and last year was just one cosponsor short of majority support. In this context, it is no longer unrealistic to think that the New York Health Act could soon pass the New York legislature. As it stands now, the bill does not include health care currently provided under Workers' Compensation. Its sponsors, however have expressed an openness to eventually wrapping WC into the system.
Passing the New York Health Act is a crucial step on the road to changing the WC system and providing for the medical needs of injured workers. Health and safety advocates should see this as a top priority for our action agenda. And hopefully we can convince other advocates for New York Health of the importance of including the WC piece as a necessary part of truly providing universal health care in New York State.
Inclusion of medical care for injured workers in New York Health should, however, not let employers off the financial hook for the responsibility they bear for working conditions causing worker injuries and illnesses. Injured workers and their families, and taxpayers already pay a high proportion of the costs of occupational illness and injury. To avoid socializing what should be the employers' responsibility even further, New York Health should explore options for making sure employers pay their fair share, and include an effective mechanism in the universal health care system to be created.
National organization of physicians, medical students, and health care professionals advocating for single payer. Their site has a lot of data on all aspects of the issue.
Some say that Donald Trump doesn't really have an ideology. He's a businessman, meaning a pragmatic dealmaker, skilled in the art of negotiation. With these character traits, he'll be good at getting the job done, breaking through the grid lock created by politicians beholden to partisan ideologies.
Trump supporters are also fond of the idea that government should be 'run more like a business'. They seem to share the conception described above, of non partisan government committed to efficiency and results. But in addition there is an economic component: that like a business, government should be responsible with its money, balancing expenses and revenue, and accumulating no debt; that the government should only collecttaxes to fund itself for limited and essential functions; and that those limited and essential functions do not include the redistribution of resources to address, even partially, inequalities.
Trump has only been in office for about two months, but he has striven to put his immediate stamp on Washington, and has already provided ample illustration of what 'running the government like a business' means in practice. When I write 'Trump' in this context it includes the congressional forces and energies his election has unleashed.
The first example is the Republicans' health care bill. Their efforts to pass legislation have been stalled, temporarily at least, in large part over an argument about how free the private health insurance market should be. Obamacare relied on the private health insurance market, but created controls meant to increase the accessibility of insurance and to establish a minimum baseline for what policies needed to cover. Trumpcare's initial approach reduced some of these controls, but it wasn't enough for the conservative marketeers, who demanded that all restrictions on insurance companies be removed. These included lifting the prohibition on excluding people with pre existing conditions, as well as ending the requirement that insurance cover basic and essential services such as prescription drugs, mental health care, pediatric services, maternity care, substance addiction, and emergency care. The rationale is that competition between the 'freed' insurance carriers will eventually force premium rates down. The reality is that millions will be priced out of the market, and many of those who can afford insurance will have cheaper plans, with high deductibles that cover very few services.
In a separate health related action, Republicans proposed a bill called the Preserving Employee Wellness Act. Under this law employers would be able to coerce employees into participating in wellness programs that require genetic testing. What is the point of this legislation? Businesses need to minimize their costs so they can maximize their profits. Health care costs tend to increase faster than inflation and businesses have long been complaining about the drag they place on profitability. Obamacare opened the door to employers pushing employees into wellness programs, saving companies money in the short term by imposing penalties on employees who didn't participate or didn't reach health goals. The Republicans' bill would extend this opening to allow genetic testing. What would this information be used for? Its hard to imagine it being used for anything other than discrimination. Workers testing positive for certain conditions, or the risk of certain conditions, could be denied employment and/or health insurance as employers seek to control health care costs by excluding individuals with potentially costly health conditions.
In another recent action, Congress voted to repeal rules protecting the internet privacy of us all. Trump's appointee as head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) enthusiastically supported the change which will allow internet service providers to collect information on every user's browsing habits, app usage, location data, and more, and to sell that data to whoever pays. For their money, advertisers will be able to fine tune their ads to target individuals based on the profile constructed from the data. Though likely not intended, it will also give hackers much richer targets to steal. And intended or not, it will come in handy for government surveillance to keep tabs on users, whether citizens or not.
A last example, is another recent congressional vote, this one to use the power of the Congressional Review Act to repeal an OSHA rule requiring an employer to keep records of workplace injuries and illnesses. Under what was called the Volks rule, OSHA could cite employers who failed to record injuries or illnesses at their workplace during the five years they are required to retain these records. Republicans want the time period limited to just six months. Not only will this change reduce the number of employers who can potentially be fined by OSHA, it has the potential to further distort the real picture of workplace injuries and illnesses. With less reporting, Republicans will argue that workplaces are safer and the need for standards and enforcement requires less resources and attention.
What's the common thread in all of these examples? They show the real meaning of 'running government like a business': freeing business from all forms of regulation that impede profitability. Nothing else really matters, not health, individual privacy, worker safety and health, nor coerced collection of genetic information for use in discrimination. The list of things that don't matter has already gotten longer since I began writing this piece. The question is how long that list will get and what we will have sacrificed for the sake of profits along the way.
Those who will believe that our survival and prosperity depends on unleashing the power of unfetteredbusiness will be thrilled by the direction Trump and the Republicans are taking us. However, anybody who believed that 'running the government like a business' meant something else is in for a rude awakening, if they haven't been shaken awake yet.
Of course focusing on Trump and the Republicans ignores the role the Democrats have played in bringing us to where we are now. But that's a story for another time. Right now the Democrats are pretty irrelevant. Trump and the Republicans are in command of the moment.
So the big reveal has finally arrived. The Republicans have unveiled their shiny new replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Mark Davis (Post Standard 3/9/17), a columnist for the Dallas Morning News, enthusiastically welcomes the news. His column is useful because it clarifies what the Republican plan is really about, despite the rhetoric from Republican proponents. Ryan and Trump promise us the best health care in the world, and that no one will lose their insurance. Their rhetoric is so far from reality it seems incredible to think they actually believe their own words.
Instead of universal access and high quality care, the Republican plan is all about cutting health care costs. Through knocking people off Medicaid and slashing funding for those left, one big chunk is saved. Another chunk is saved by replacing subsidies for those who need them to buy private insurance, with regressive tax credits too small to allow many to afford insurance. The result will be millions, perhaps as many as 15-20 million, losing health care coverage. Davis is more honest than Ryan and company, at least admitting that this is likely to be the case.
Davis also does us the favor of making clear that the Republicans' approach is driven by ideology, rather than rationality. Cut costs, shrink the government role, and make every person responsible for him/herself is their mantra. In this world, universal access to health care is not even a professed goal. It can't be afforded and would require what Republicans see as the immoral transfer of funds from the haves to the havenots through insurance or taxes. In their eyes, if you're poor and can't afford health insurance, it's your own fault, so live with the consequences.
The vision of people like Davis and Marshall is cruel and delusional. Americans need to ask themselves if this is a vision they want to share of themselves and ourcountry. Does 'making America great again' mean every individual for him/herself? Whatever happened to ideas of solidarity and community, a sense that we are all in this together?


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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Authorities are working to determine the cause of a house explosion in a southern Indiana neighborhood that killed three people and left another person hospitalized.
The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office identified the victims as a married couple, 43-year-old Charles Hite and 37-year-old Martina Hite and a neighbor, 29-year-old Jessica Teague.
The office said Thursday that the cause and manner of their deaths are pending autopsies. The explosion Wednesday afternoon in Evansville damaged 39 homes.
Fire Chief Mike Connelly told reporters that crews completed a secondary search Thursday morning of buildings that had been left unstable by the explosion and no more victims were found.
He said finding a cause is expected to be a "very tedious" and lengthy process.


The First Myanmar Autism Games was held at the Myanmar Paralympic Sports Center in Yangon, Myanmar from 7 to 8 December 2016. The event was organized by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, the Myanmar Autism Association, the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) and the Japan Foundation Asia Center, in collaboration with the ASEAN Autism Network (AAN), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) of Thailand, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and other local partners. Over 700 persons with autism and their families from ASEAN countries took part in the event consisting of track and field, games and swimming.
The Games was a pioneering event in Myanmar's sports history, which opened opportunities for persons with autism and their families and supporters to gather together at the national level for the first time ever.
The ASEAN Autism Network (AAN) Executive Committee Meeting in Yangon, Myanmar from 7 to 8 December 2016 to get updates from members and to discuss future plans. Apart from an official acknowledgment of the Autism Network Singapore (ANS) as a new member, the Meeting also discussed key issues on autism in ASEAN with plans geared towards more awareness and inclusive mindset about autism in all ASEAN member states.
The Government of Brunei formally announced the country's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) during the commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2016. The event was held by the Department of Community Development under the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of Brunei, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the APCD and other partners.
Other activities included the announcement of the establishment of the National Council of Persons with Disabilities, which will be the key partner of the Government of Brunei in disability issues.
The First Meeting of the Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 5 to 6 December 2016. Organized by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the Meeting is an off-shoot of the Task Force conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand on July 2016. The Task Force is mandated to develop an inclusive regional action plan and includes representatives of DPOs and expert organizations.
One of the highlights of the Meeting was the drawing up of a proposed framework for a Regional Action Plan to Mainstream the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community 2016-2025/2030 where various topics including general principles, action plans and accessibility were discussed.
The ASEAN Secretariat, in collaboration with the Government of The Netherlands, organized a familiarization course on subjects related to human rights for junior officials from ASEAN Member States. Titled 'ASEAN Secretariat Human Rights Training on Human Rights Mechanisms/Systems and Disability Awareness', the event was attended by participants from various organizations and government agencies from the ASEAN region. The resource person from APCD was invited to the Training to present on the topic of "Human Rights-Based Approach to Achieve Social Inclusion and Equality".
The APCD/JAIF Project continued with its monitoring activities, including the formal opening of a modified jetty accessible to persons with disabilities in Pyapon Township, Myanmar, as well as accessibility audits of rural markets from 7 to 9 December 2016.
The modified jetty opening was attended by officers of the Administrative Office of Pyapon Township and APCD/JAIF Project Steering Committee members, among others. Apart from meetings with the Steering Committee members, the team also monitored accessibility features of Myauk Pine and Myo Ma Zay Gyi markets.
Fifty members of the Korea Differently Abled Federation (KODAF) visited APCD on 13 December 2016 to learn how the latter is enhancing the protection of rights of persons with disabilities, as well as to establish mutual relationship for sharing knowledge about disability rights. Apart from learning more about APCD's regional activities and projects, the visitors also had a tour of APCD's accessible facilities and met with the trainees with disabilities of the 60 Plus+ Bakery & Cafe.


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So who's excited for halloween?
A little early for Christmas decorations, dont you think? And John Williams is probably one of the best composers ever.
Touché. My family doesn't decorate until the middle of November, which I've gotten used to.
First day of advent, usually.
And I have to plead DW, please change the BACKGROUND.
Roughly half of these images are large *male birds*.
oh boy, didn't last long did we. oh well. please review the guidelines and behave in a more appropriate manner. we like to keep things clean here even if you don't.
Click the link, you idiot. It's a joke.
Mly wrote: Roughly half of these images are large *male birds*.
There, now it's all kid friendly and cuddly. Better be careful with what you say, it has to be clean enough for a kid to read through.
1: I didn't edit the wording. One of the stafflings did.
2: That's the beauty of double entendres. Children won't get the humor.
3. Not feeling very friendly today huh?
1: I didn't thank you. I would never thank you for abusing your powers to censor me because of your own idiotic and warped morality that considers harmless words to be bad.
2: Your rules are overly restrictive, moronic, and related to your lack of success as a site.
3: I have a daily friendliness quota. Someone kissed me on the lips a few weeks ago and I had to reduce that quota to zero to compensate. I should be able to bring it back up to normal in seven years.
2. We're trying to keep this place clean. And it's not like not being able to swear is going to kill you, right?
3. Better make it seven seconds or you're not going to last long on this forum.
And now Mly has accomplished an amazing feat!
He has forced Thingy to create a thread in the staff section that's all about him.
You're a pal Mly, really!
1: And what if I should refuse?
2: Not at all, but it will greatly annoy me.
@DJ: This could be amusing.
Well, that's why this thing called a ''permanent IP ban'' exists. Not that you care, but still.
And permanent IP bans, my friend, are the reason behind the existence of proxies.


The Southern Cyprus town of Paphos has a population of 45,000. The majority of the inhabitants are members of the Greek Orthodox Church; however there is a healthy 650 strong Catholic community.
Forty years ago, there were only five Catholics in Paphos and one of them was Margaret (Mary) O'Neill who helped establish the current church and parish.
Peggy, as she was commonly known, was born in Sneem in 1921. She was one of nine children. Like many others at the time, Peggy had to leave her native Kerry to seek employment and initially headed to London. She was an elegant, tall straight-back woman, with a ferocious temper if raised.
Towards the end of the 1930's Peggy met and married her Cypriot-born husband, Michael. Twenty years later and they were still in London running an antiques business on the Fulham Road. In the early 1970's, Peggy and Michael moved to his home town, Paphos, in south west Cyprus.
IN 1971 she opened the Miranda Cafe and over the next quarter of a century Peggy became the grand dame of the ex-pat community. Her cafe offered proper pots of tea in a time when not even the few hotels then in existence could offer a drinkable brew. Peggy's cafe thrived for 25 years.
Peggy's husband Michael died just one year after they moved back to Cyprus. It would have been easy for Peggy to pack up and head back to these shores, but her Catholic faith helped her through those dark days and it was then that she set about establishing a Catholic church in Paphos.
In 1972, a year after Peggy set up her little cafe, the United Nations sent 300 Austrian troops to Paphos. An Austrian priest celebrated Mass, often in the open air, however when the soldiers left in 1974 the celebration of Sunday Mass stopped.
In 1978, a Father Crosby, who was the chaplain to the various British bases on the island, began to celebrate Mass once a month in a tiny chapel (St. Anthony's) in Paphos.
The Franciscan order had an active community in Limassol and from time to time they would travel to assist Father Crosby. By 1980, the resident catholic population of Paphos had now reached 300, however the church of st. Anthony was too small, often resulting in the congregation — which was made larger by tourists — having to endure the midday heat as they stood outside the church for mass. Despite this Peggy was always present.
In 1985 the Annabelle Hotel appointed Michael Francos as its manager. Michael was a catholic and immediately offered accommodation in the hotel for Sunday Mass. This offer was accepted. However, the numbers attending continued to increase and a larger venue was now needed.
This resulted in Ft Mark Hurst contacting the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Paphos. The Bishop was most helpful and toured Paphos with the priest showing him all the orthodox churches.
One of them was St. Kyriaki, which was more or less derelict. The Bishop remarked, "You can't use that — its knee deep in dirt and cobwebs." Despite this, Father Mark asked if the Bishop would allow him use of the church and after paying a professional cleaning company to rectify the church, mass was celebrated at the church for the first time at Christmas 1986. A very proud Peggy O'Neill was among those who attended.
The Church was built around 500 years ago on the site of a smaller church which was destroyed by an earthquake in 59AD. St. Paul and St. Barnabus visited Cyprus and converted the then Roman Governor, Sergius Paulus, to Christianity.
Tradition has it that St. Paul was arrested for preaching Christianity in the area and was whipped 39 times at a pillar near the church. For this reason the church is often referred to as the church by St.Paul.


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Opera in the Age of Rousseau
Music, Confrontation, Realism
Part of Cambridge Studies in Opera
Author: David Charlton, Royal Holloway, University of London
Date Published: March 2015
Historians of French politics, art, philosophy and literature have long known the tensions and fascinations of Louis XV's reign, the 1750s in particular. David Charlton's study comprehensively re-examines this period, from Rameau to Gluck and elucidates the long-term issues surrounding opera. Taking Rousseau's Le Devin du Village as one narrative centrepiece, Charlton investigates this opera's origins and influences in the 1740s and goes on to use past and present research to create a new structural model that explains the elements of reform in Gluck's tragédies for Paris. Charlton's book opens many new perspectives on the musical practices and politics of the period, including the Querelle des Bouffons. It gives the first detailed account of intermezzi and opere buffe performed by Eustachio Bambini's troupe at the Paris Opéra from August 1752 to February 1754 and discusses Rameau's comedies Platée and Les Paladins and their origins.
Offers the first integrated account of opera in Paris in the mid-eighteenth century, showing how French and Italian operas were acted, staged and discussed
Rousseau's popular opera Le Devin du Village is discussed and contextualised, as is the effect on contemporaries of his polemical interventions
Offers an original explanation of the way opera developed and back-dates many aspects of the reforms of Gluck, giving special attention to literary sources
"Opera in the Age of Rousseau shines not only in its insightful tour through familiar polemics but also in its awareness of generic and stylistic trends that figure all too infrequently in scholarship on French staged works from this period … [Charlton's] study highlights the vigour and realism with which Rousseau and his colleagues turned to opera; it also emphasizes the rewards awaiting any modern musicologist who confronts these repertories alongside their volatile reception histories."
Gina Rivera, Eighteenth-Century Music
"[This book] comes as close as possible to describing what French 'musical Enlightenment' might be … [It] traces the subtleties of musical innovation, the shifts of public opinion, and the institutional, financial and aesthetic pressures that pushed opera in new directions."
Downing A. Thomas, French Studies
"Charlton's book advances deeply into new territory … and reveals wholly new insights into French eighteenth-century opera, dealing with the numerous elements of its existence as well as its development … His book compels the greatest admiration."
Herbert Schneider, Il Saggiatore musicale
"… a major contribution to our understanding of musical life in late eighteenth-century France … will certainly stand as the new reference work in the field."
Martin Wåhlberg, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
"Opera in the Age of Rousseau, with its valuable descriptions, analyses, illustrations, and generous musical examples, will be an indispensable addition to any dix-huitièmiste's library."
Georgia J. Cowart, Journal of the American Musicological Society
"This is a panoramic presentation of the areas which matter for the evolution of the opera between 1750 and 1777, but a presentation which is made in splendid detail, one that greatly adds to our understanding of this art."
Marian Hobson, translated from Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie
"Charlton appraises dramatic, linguistic and musical elements through close readings of scores and libretti … [He offers] major contributions to understanding music on the stage."
Matthew Head, Cambridge Opera Journal
"Opera in the Age of Rousseau is a substantial and much-needed reexamination of a period of history that Richard Taruskin identified as "until recently the most systematically neglected span of years in the whole history of European "fine-art" music" … The book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and graduate students interested in Rousseau, Bambini's bouffons troupe, and operatic practice during the Ancien Régime … a massive achievement."
Jacek Blaszkiewicz, Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
"Charlton's fluid and energetic style will make light work of this read. … Opera in the Age of Rousseau should occupy a prominent space on university and personal library shelves for many years."
Erik Paffett, Music Research Forum
"The tables given in the work are in themselves an outstanding resource, based on wide and deep archival research, statistical study and reconstruction of repertory. Overall, this is a breakthrough study …"
Mark Darlow, 1650–1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era
contains: 17 b/w illus. 55 tables 100 music examples
Part I. Princely Theatre:
1. Palaces and patronage: Le Devin and the 1754 Alceste
2. Acting: from convention to discipline
3. The Opéra: cycles versus changes
4. The reality of pastoral, 1742–52
5. Le Devin du Village: a contextual enquiry
Part II. Opinion:
6. Opera as a subject of debate
7. The Querelle: 'two ridiculous theses'
8. Visions of reform
Part III. Italian Opera for Paris:
9. Travelling opera
10. 'A real kick in the backside': Bambini's performances and their effect
11. Creative consequences
Part IV. Towards European Integration:
12. New generations, new tastes
13. In three acts: from Zaïde to Les Paladins
14. In three acts: the replacement of Rameau.
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David Charlton, Royal Holloway, University of London
David Charlton is Professor Emeritus, Music History, at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a regular contributor to conferences and has sat on the Council of the Royal Musical Association and the Comité International Hector Berlioz. He has published widely on the history of opera and his books include Grétry and the Growth of Opéra-Comique (1986), E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Writings (1989), French Opera, 1730–1830 (2000) and The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera (as editor, 2003).
Extra Material - Table 12-1 French Opera Repertory 175363
The Sounds of Paris in Verdi's La traviata
Verdi and the French Aesthetic
Verse, Stanza, and Melody in Nineteenth-Century Opera
Female Singers on the French Stage, 1830–1848
The Great Transformation of Musical Taste
Concert Programming from Haydn to Brahms
Rossini in Restoration Paris
The Sound of Modern Life
Cambridge Opera Journal
Containing lively and provocative essays, Cambridge Opera Journal has a well-established reputation for publishing…
Slavic Review
E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Writings
Kreisleriana; The Poet and the Composer; Music Criticism
Eighteenth-century music
Music: general interest
Nineteenth-century music
Seventeenth-century music
Twentieth-century and contemporary music


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My Junior year in college I had a brilliant professor for my Computer Science class, I mean brilliant. Every day he would drill into our heads the phrase "Work smarter, not harder." I remember I was never ceased to be amazed by the keyboard or program short-cuts he showed us. Although, it still took time and effort to accomplish our task it cut the time in half and doubled the results. So, when I first started to think about link building it's that phrase that came to mind- how can I work smarter not harder?
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The first is to simply ask. SEOmoz has this placed as their top tip for link building tactics. Ask the people who have mentioned your page and forgotten to link to it and ask your friends and family. By running a search such as "LevelTen"- link domain: leveltendesign.com the sites where you are mentioned should pop up in your search engine. Then very kindly write to that site/person and ask if they would please add a link back to you where they have mentioned you. If your friends/family have blogs or websites send a mass email and ask them to do the same. Sometimes all they need is a little push to put in the extra effort.
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Antônio Naelson Matias (born 23 May 1976), known as Sinha or Zinha, is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, he represented the Mexico national team. He also played at the 2006 World Cup.

Club career
Sinha was born in Itajá, a city located in the northwest of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.
He began his career playing for Rio Grande do Norte's capital city team América FC.

Sinha arrived in 1998 to Mexico, when he joined CF Monterrey. In 1999, he moved to Toluca. Sinha is widely known for his dribbling skills, his accurate passing and his intelligence on the pitch as well as his leadership and long distance shot.

On February 12, 2017, Sinha achieved 600 official caps (including cup matches) with Toluca. This coincided with Toluca's 100 year anniversary.

On April 30, 2017, Sinha was given a brief ceremony at the Estadio Nemesio Diez during the last home regular season game for Toluca.

International career
He was part of the Mexican 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished third in group A, below group winners Mali and South Korea.

He has also been called up to play for Mexico, although he is a Brazilian-born player, he became a naturalized Mexican citizen, after settling in Mexico for several years. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Sinha became the first foreign-born player to score a goal for Mexico in a World Cup tournament, scoring against Iran. He was called up to play again for Mexico, thus making him the first naturalized to be called up by Hugo Sánchez.

In 2005, he played in the Confederations Cup scoring a goal against Japan that helped Mexico win the match. Mexico finished in fourth place in the tournament. He was also called up for the national team to play in the Gold Cup.

During the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Sinha, and four other members of the Mexico national team tested positive for the banned substance of Clenbuterol and were removed from the team's tournament squad. However, all players were exonerated as FIFA determined that the accused had accidentally ingested the banned substance through contaminated meat that had been served during a pre-tournament training camp.

However, World Anti-Doping Agency appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to request a ban.  But on 12 October 2011 WADA withdrew this request after the full file was available for them.

His final competitive match would come during a difficult time for the Mexico national team, as they barely qualified for the World Cup playoff against New Zealand. Miguel Herrera found it necessary to only call up Liga MX players thus including the veteran Sinha on his roster. Sinha would sub in during both legs of the play-offs as Mexico successfully advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

International

International goals
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.

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| 1. || October 13, 2004 || Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico ||  || align=center|1–0 || align=center|3–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| 2. || March 27, 2005 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico ||  || align=center|2–0 || align=center|2–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| 3. || June 4, 2005 || Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala ||  || align=center|1–0 || align=center|2–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| 4. || June 16, 2005 || AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany ||  || align=center|1–1 || align=center|2–1 || 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
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| 5. || June 11, 2006 || Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany ||  || align=center|3–1 || align=center|3–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup
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| 6. || June 4, 2008 || Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States ||  || align=center|1–3 || align=center|1–4 || Friendly
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Honours
Toluca
Mexican Primera División: Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010
Campeón de Campeones: 2003, 2006
CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2003

Individual
Mexican Primera División Attacking Midfielder of the Tournament: Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010
Mexican Primera División Golden Ball: Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010
FIFA Confederations Cup Best Goal

References

External links

Football Database.com provides Antônio Naelson's profile and stats
CBF
Antônio Naelson Article

1976 births
Living people
People from Rio Grande do Norte
Naturalized citizens of Mexico
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We source from a pool of 9,000 suppliers ordering as many as 334,038 items a year for our customers. We carefully choose suppliers based on reliability, lead-times and pricing, ensuring your requested items arrive on-time & on-budget. Where possible, we consolidate orders resulting in further discounted pricing, which we pass straight onto you.
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had promised before you woke and had to leave?
you said you would, or something shallow as that?
if we gave in to mere biology.
shown me, I guess my father felt it too.
and growls and frowns, and kneels to skin the kill.


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Macrobathra allocrana is een vlinder uit de familie van de prachtmotten (Cosmopterigidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1916 door Turner.

Prachtmotten


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Why Should You Attend a USA Cycling Regional Talent ID Camp?
Each camp will select a team of up to six (6) riders to participate at the Tour de l'Abitibi and up to five (5) riders to participate at the Tour of Ireland. Athletes will be responsible for all fees associated with travel, lodging, and racing. For more information, please contact the camp manager for the camp you are interested in attending.
**New for 2019, our collegiate camp is for athletes looking to race at a collegiate level. Athletes looking to attend should be HS or College aged.
While all camps aim to provide athletes with equivalent learning opportunities, each camp has a uniqueness all to its own. To find out more about the features of each camp, click here.
At all road camps, a proprietary USA Cycling Power Application is used to measure athlete's average power and power/weight ratio from two field test, regardless if athlete has a power meter or not. The power numbers are one factor used to help select athletes invited to the USA Cycling National Camp. View Power Numbers from our previous camp field tests HERE.
Registration for the USA Cycling Regional Talent ID Camps will be available shortly. To register for a camp, sign in to your USA Cycling account and click on the "Event Finder" tab and select "Search Events". There you will be able to search the camps for registration. Registration for each camp closes one week prior to that camp's start.
To ensure the safety of all camp participants and to maximize the learning opportunities for all, there is a minimum standard of on-the-bike competency that all camp participants must satisfy.
Camps are available to athletes with a minimum race age of 14 and no older than racing age 19.
Participated in a prior Regional TID Camp program.
Carry a valid collegiate racing license (men, D, C, or B and women, C or B) and are under the racing age of 21 for the current season. (Exception would be cross-country mountain bike camps).
Finish in the top five in a USA Cycling Road Development Race Series race (15/16 or 17/18 category) over the last two years. Athletes 14 years old must qualify through the 15/16 category. Results in the 13/14 category will not be counted.
Finish in the top five in an AMBC race (Category 2, 15/16 or 17/18 category) over the last two seasons. Athletes that are 14 years old must qualify through the 15/16 category. Results in the 13/14 category will not be counted.
Finish in the top 10 in the road race, time trial, or criterium event at Junior Road National Championships. 13/14, 15/16, and 17/18 results will be considered.
Finish in the top 10 in the cross-country at the Junior Mountain Bike National Championships in the 13/14, 15/16 or 17/18 age groups in category 2.
For road camps, athletes must carry a current USA Cycling racing license as a minimum Category 4 and be a minimum race age of 14. For MTB camps, athletes must carry a current USA Cycling racing license as a minimum Category 3 and be a minimum race age of 14.
Represented the United States in international competition in the last two previous race seasons.
If you do not meet the automatic qualification standards, you can petition the camp manager to be admitted into the camp. Please send an email (click on the camp manager's name in the table above) listing your race results and reasons you should be allowed in the camp. For instance, if your area has no USA Cycling Road Development Race Series or AMBC races, you should include that information.
Our Cyclo Cross camps do not have a qualification standard, they are open to all aspiring cross riders race age 14-19.
Camps range from $550-$850, depending on the camp and time of registration.
Financial aid for the Talent ID Camps may be available from the USA Cycling Foundation's High Performance Grants for those who qualify.
Refunds for cancellations will be issued according to the following schedule. The refund period is based on the first day of the camp for which you are registered.
After registration, if the rider decides to change camps, a $100 change fee will be instituted. If USA Cycling cancels a camp, riders can change camps with no penalty or receive a refund. To change camps please contact the Athlete Development Director.
If you have any questions, please contact the Coaching Education and Athlete Development Director at USA Cycling.


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Home Technology Google Duo video call is coming to Android TV soon
Google Duo video call is coming to Android TV soon
Monica Santos
A screenshot of the new feature shows the usual "Google Duo" logo in the top-right corner and a preview of your feed at the bottom.
The move seems to be part of Google's strategy to add more features to the video-calling bandwagon, enhancing the way people can connect and work during the pandemic. Releasing Google Duo is a very good marketing strategy.
After announcing Chromecast support for Google Meet, the giant company has now revealed that it owns the company's consumer video chat app, Duo.
The Google Duo will be coming to Android TV in the form of a native application that lets users start video calls from their television screens.
Meetings on Android TV
Google Duo will soon be coming to Android TV in beta. As reported by The Verge, a beta of Google Duo for Android TV will be released "in the coming weeks." Because of this upgraded feature, you'll be able to initiate video calls from your TV screen via Google Duo directly.
Earlier this month, Google added support for Chromecast on Google Meet. The search giant seems to be aiming to increase the efficiency of its video calling apps, with people relying on virtual methods to connect more than ever.
Google revealed this new feature in a blog post, saying that the big screen wasn't just for work meetings. The tech company also mentioned that it aims to make video calling to family and friends better, too.
Google Duo on Android TV will allow you to initiate one-on-one and group calls directly from your TV screen. If your TV doesn't have a built-in camera, you can plug in a USB camera for the video calls.
Google Meet vs Google Duo
Google Meet and Google Duo are two different platforms and applications. However, like Meet, Duo is already supported on Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, and other smart displays that run Google's software.
They have the same goal – to promote better quality meetings and conferences while in lockdown. As you might imagine, Google is characterizing this more as a solution for everyday conversations than the work-oriented Meet. This new app is for catching up with friends and family when you'd rather not hold your phone or sit at your computer.
The expansion of platforms and ways of using Meet can only help Google as it continues to scrap it out with Zoom and Microsoft Teams. And it'll be a protracted effort; as the company says at the end of its blog post, "video calls aren't going anywhere" anytime soon.
Images used courtesy of Google Duo
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Home » Celebrities » Christopher Maloney believes Jeremy Kyle Show will air final episode
Christopher Maloney believes Jeremy Kyle Show will air final episode
Christopher Maloney believes The Jeremy Kyle Show will return to ITV for one final episode – featuring him and Danniella Westbrook .
The reality pair filmed scenes for the now-axed programme earlier this year, and he claims producers have told him there are plans to air it as a "final goodbye" to the show's one million daily viewers.
"Word on the grapevine is that it could come back as a final show with me and Danniella, sort of like a final goodbye," he tells Mirror Online.
"I went on to talk about mental health, so this could be a fitting way to end the show. I was talking about being catapulted to fame and all the online trolling and abuse that comes with it."
The show came under the axe on Wednesday, 48 hours after it was pulled off air so ITV could investigate the death of guest Steve Dymond.
But former X Factor star Chris thinks the show did more good than harm over the years.
"My heart goes out to that poor man and his family," he says.
"The aftercare for my mum and me was amazing. The show's been going on for 14 years and there's never been an issue until now.
"I think it's great, it really gets the nation talking. The aftercare for us was brilliant, but maybe you need to reach out and ask for it."
Producers he has spoken to at the show were left "speechless" by the decision to axe it, with nobody seeing it coming.
"They're all totally shocked, I was talking to people in ITV and everyone seemed to think the show would take a bit of a break then come back in a couple of weeks," he went on.
"Axeing the whole show means around 100 people are out of a job now, most are freelancers so they're not on ITV's payroll. That's security guards, cameramen, production staff…
"I know how Steve was feeling because I've been there. I've contemplated suicide too. There's various factors involved, it's never just one cause so it's unfair to blame the show. When I've been on it, it's been great – of course it's controversial , it's the highest-rated ITV daytime TV programme with a million viewers.
"I feel for the family, you don't know the circumstances but there's a lot going on."
Chris has a radical theory for Jeremy Kyle's slot replacement – and it's none of the ITV talent that have so far been suggested.
"I had a mad dream that Judge Rinder could take over that slot. He's so lovely, he's got a really relatable side," he says.
"It's going to be really tough now for reality TV, there's no guidelines about how you offer aftercare, it's not set in stone."
His pal Danniella – who counts Jeremy as a close friend, and was put through rehab by the show – now "looks and feels great" – and Chris says she couldn't have beaten her cocaine addiction without the help of the ITV programme.
"It was the show that did it [got her clean], she's so thrilled with her progress. That just shows how much positivity The Jeremy Kyle Show spread. I don't think she'd have gone to rehab without it," he added.
Mirror Online has contacted ITV for comment.
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They are here before, during and after you flight. Experienced coaches with tens of hours in the air. To make you feel good and ensure your safety they are taking their jobs very seriously. With them everything is possible. While you are riding an air wave, our team is always there to help you. Flying is a luxurious drug and if you decide to do it professionally, they will be there to teach you everything about pro flying.
If not flying in the wind tunnel, he's off somewhere on his motorcycle. He likes to learn new things and loves skydiving. And importantly he gets straight to the point and saves your time. His friendly attitude and modesty overcome any fears of flying.
Always has a smile on his face and a cap on their head. A professional easily recognisable in the tunnel, patient, pleasant, and helpful. You'll have lots of flying fun with Peter. He teaches with humour and patience.
Funny, nice, and communicative. Overcomes all obstacles and always tries new adrenaline-related activities. Chosen skydiving because you want to be cool? Great! Peter will show you how to combine this sport with your lifestyle. His number of tattoos sets him apart from other instructors.
This instructor, who literally landed at our doorstep from the skiing world wearing our overall is not only a piloting enthusiast but also loves each and every sport that makes your blood pressure go higher and heart rate faster. Patrik, nicknamed Húštis is a positive fellow who loves to share his energy with everyone around him.
Hokejka (hockey stick) as everyone calls him is nice and friendly. He likes to have fun and learn new things. He is patient and responsible when flying with kids.
"Kečub" (not that he is particularly into ketchup, it is just his family name spelled backwards) is another super nice instructor. Apart from tunnel flying, he is also a passionate hiker, rock music lover, and adventurer. He came to us via Bratislava, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam, until he finally found happiness here in Liptovský Mikuláš. And we're happy too.
Robin has been an avid skydiver since his age of 15, who loves to meet new people. He has an eye for detail, most importantly in regards to safety. Always relaxed, friendly and with a healthy appetite to have fun and get his adrenaline going. If you ever feel down, come visit us and fly with Robin. He'll show you what it means to live life to the fullest.
Young, kind and friendly, these are the qualities that would describe Marek. If he's not currently flying in the tunnel, he's playing with a parachute high in the sky or riding a bicycle in the mountains. He has been charmed by flying at a very early age. He was already an active skydiver during his time at high school and he isn't planning to give up on it any time soon.
Ivan, always having a smile on his face, is an instructor by heart, he loves skiing, snowboarding, indoor surfing and most importantly, indoor flying. He's serious about his job responsibilities but never forgets to have fun while at it. That's why one of his life goals is to earn his living with his hobbies, which is currently working out for him.


The Downgate is every bit the quintessential British country pub. Set on the edge of the Port Down common, the Downgate's decor is sympathetic to its stunning setting, retaining handsome original features and pairing these with a modern light feel that ensures you feel at home from the moment you arrive. The aim is to bring the traditional and new together, creating an unpretentious atmosphere where you can meet old friends or make new; not forgetting our four-legged friends who will always be welcomed with a bowl of fresh water and a treat. Lauren, Dennis and the team look forward to welcoming you to their pub and hope that you enjoy the traditional seasonal fares that are on offer.
From fresh seafood to delicate desserts, everything looks and tastes really amazing.
Traditional dishes cooked by our chefs with fresh locally sourced and carefully selected ingredients to tease your tastebuds.
Choose from our variety of deliciously and carefully selected beers and wines including a great selection of Gins.
Treat yourself to one of our fantastic Sunday roasts and you will not be disappointed.
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Those first moments on the mat are very important. They sometimes define the rest of your practice and how much you can let go of your day/week and tune into the presence. Being a few minutes late to a class and walking in while everybody's sitting (or standing) still, disturbs your peace as well as everybody else's. Even worst is walking in the middle of a chant – my personal favourite. Ommmmm (knock, knock..), Vande (step, step), Gurunam (bang!)… Wait until the chanting is done and than walk in or out. You don't need to chant if it means nothing to you, but respect the fact that for some people this is important part of the practice.
But, being on time doesn't only mean not being latte. It also means being too early. 20 minutes is plenty time to sign in, change, roll out your mat and prepare for your class. Arriving 30 min early means you will either disturb the class before and their Shavasana time, or you will disturb the teacher while he/she is changing, lighting candles, incense and generally preparing for the class.
Unless, of course, you came 30 min early because you'd like to help out?
I was at a yoga conference a few weeks ago, just sitting on my mat with my lovely yogini friends, waiting for a class to begin, when I saw a pair of white flip flops walking past stepping on other people's mats. That is such a big no-no! Firstly, you never walk in into a yoga studio or a shala or any space where people practice yoga with your shoes on. Not even in slippers. Secondly, even if you have removed you shoes at the door as you should, never walk on other people's mats unless there is no space between them at all. And that is usually not the case. One's yoga mat is one's sacred space, not to mention the fact it's a space where you lie down or put your face down at times.
Also, if you sweat a lot try to do it on your own mat. Dripping around on other people's mats is.. well, how can I put this mildly.. just not very nice?
Would you like to roll around in other people's sweat?
Unless, of course, you're at home with your partner:).
It happened a few times that I had to light an incense in every studio corner and open windows in mid winter to prevent everyone suffocating because of that one student who's had repairs in his/hers apartment's water pipes that day (I'm being nice again) and couldn't shower. Nobody smells nice in a yoga class when all that sweat and toxins are coming out. But, a few easy tricks can help:). And no, they do not include using lots of perfume (another no-no).
So… Shower before the class if you can, use a deodorant before the practice and wear cotton. From my experience, wearing those special technology sports materials that keep you dry while all the sweat stays on the surface, will make you go from fresh smelling yogi to that person that nobody wants to practice next to, in ten minutes tops.
Unless your shower doesn't work, you're out of deodorant and that Nike top is the only clean shirt you have. Actually, than just stay home and do your self practice!
When I started practicing you couldn't buy a yoga mat on every corner and in every studio like these days. Not even in London. So, when I finally found a small shop on Queensway that sold yoga mats and as an extra treat, David Swenson's ashtanga manual, I was out of my mind with happiness! No more smelly mats for me that haven't been washed for a while (or ever?!).
So, nowdays, when yoga mats are not such a rear find and are not so expensive considering you will use them for a year at least, getting your own mat just seems like a right thing to do.
However, if you do decide to use the studio's mat or props (brick, strap, pillow, blankie..), wipe the mat and put everything back the same way you found it. Would you ever borrow a shirt from your friend and give it back unwashed?
Unless, of course, you don't have a washing machine and he/she is a really, really, reeeeally good friend? Hm.. maybe not even than!
Yoga studio is not a church, so, you don't need to be completely silent or whisper. I like to chat and laugh with my students at the desk, and I believe laughter and socialising have great healing powers, just like yoga does:). But, ones you enter the studio you should switch your phone off. If there is a yoga class in session next door, try to be quiet not to disturb their peace. And ones you sit down on your mat, it's time for silence and inner reflection. Try to just sit and listen to your breath before the class starts. You can chat with your friends in the changing room latter. After Shavasana, try to stay peaceful and quiet. Perhaps you could even take that peaceful feeling home with you, not switch your phone on for an hour or two, smile and hum your favourite mantra on the way home..


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