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Juan Camacho Coy (Valencia, 16 de febrero de 1947-Madrid, 21 de octubre de 1982), conocido artísticamente como Juan Camacho, fue un cantante español de música ligera cuya carrera musical transcurrió en los años 1960 y 1970. Primeramente en diversas agrupaciones como Los Ángeles Negros, Los Diapason's o Los Relámpagos, para posteriormente convertirse en cantante solista.

Biografía
Juan Camacho se inició colaborando en diversos grupos de música juvenil valencianos como Los Satélites, Los Huppies, Los Ciclones, Los Ángeles Negros y Los Diapason's (con estos últimos llega a grabar incluso un sencillo) hasta que ingresó en Los Relámpagos como guitarra rítmica. Con este grupo grabaría dos sencillos, «Sobre el andén»/«Ella» (donde Juan Camacho cantó precisamente los dos temas) y "Catalunya plora"/"Bolero mallorquín", además del LP Piel de Toro, uno de los mejores álbumes de Los Relámpagos para RCA.

Después conoció a Juan Pardo, quien le propuso grabar en 1973 un sencillo como solista, "Vamos a bailar (Madelina Dunn)" y "Es mi canción", que no se vendieron nada mal en el ámbito de Valencia. El disco salió a la venta tan solo con el apellido del cantante, Camacho. Al año siguiente fichó por CBS, que en ese momento buscaba nuevos cantantes, y grabó dos nuevos singles: "Mía" y "Llámame". La crítica musical aplaudió su prometedor futuro y rápidamente le compararon con artistas de la talla de Nino Bravo, Camilo Sesto —valencianos al igual que él— e incluso con su productor y amigo Juan Pardo.

En 1975 se presentó al Festival de Benidorm logrando la victoria del XVII festival con "A ti, mujer", por delante del cantante canario Braulio. El triunfo del festival hizo que se convirtiera en un rostro conocido en toda España y fue promocionado en toda América, publicando discos en Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, México y Estados Unidos.

Ya en 1976, consiguió ser número uno con "Júrame", un bolero clásico de la mexicana María Grever.

En 1977 grabó dos nuevos sencillos y cambió de compañía, pues a partir de entonces sus grabaciones fueron editadas por EPIC, filial de CBS.

Entre 1978 y 1979 grabó las que serían sus últimas cuatro canciones, las dos últimas compuestas por Umberto Tozzi, pero que nunca aparecieron recogidos en ningún LP al igual que sus grabaciones de 1977.

En sus últimos años Juan estuvo más centrado en la familia y en la gestión de un negocio privado dedicado a la compra-venta de vehículos antiguos. Aun así, siguió realizando galas y produciendo a otros artistas.

Precisamente al término de una de esas galas, el 8 de agosto de 1982, después de haber cantado la noche anterior en Castellote (Teruel) sufrió un accidente de tráfico en Tordesalas (provincia de Soria), camino de otra actuación en Orense. Tras más de dos meses en coma falleció en el hospital Francisco Franco (actual Gregorio Marañón) de Madrid el 21 de octubre de 1982 a la prematura edad de 35 años.

Discografía
Con Los Diapason's
1967: «Hago música rock & roll»/«Demuéstrame tu cariño» (sencillo grabado para RCA)

Con Los Relámpagos
 1970: «Sobre el andén»/«Ella» (sencillo grabado para RCA. Desde hacía cinco años, Los Relámpagos no incluían voz en sus temas y la voz corrió a cargo de Juan Camacho. Desgraciadamente el disco pasó desapercibido para el gran público)
 1971: «Catalunya plora»/«Bolero mallorquín» (sencillo grabado para RCA Instrumental)
 1971: Piel de toro (LP grabado para RCA Instrumental. Contiene los siguientes temas: Negra sombra / Café de chinitas / Zorongo gitano / Capricho español / Guernikako arbola / Bolero mallorquín / Suspiros de España / Catalunya plora / Compendio de la fantasía para un gentilhombre / Aires asturianos)

Como solista
Discografía española
 1973: «Vamos a bailar (Madelina Dunn)»/«Es mi canción» (sencillo grabado para Ariola y editado bajo el nombre de Camacho)
 1974: «Mía»/«Mi soledad» (sencillo grabado para CBS, logró colarse en algunas listas de éxitos como número uno)
 1974: Juan Camacho (LP grabado para CBS. Contiene los siguientes temas: Golondrina / Mía / Nadie / Tú / Construir / Mi soledad / Un año más / Cerca de ti / No puedo más / Sueños del pasado)
 1974: «Llámame»/«Golondrina» (sencillo grabado para CBS)
 1975: «A ti, mujer»/«Lorena» (sencillo grabado para CBS. Primera edición editada con anterioridad al XVII Festival de Benidorm de 1975. Segunda edición editada tras vencer en el XVII Festival de Benidorm de 1975)
 1975: A ti, mujer (L.p. grabado para CBS. Se recogen nueve canciones nuevas más la canción "Mía", aparecida en el anterior LP. Contiene los siguientes temas: Colombiana / Solamente una vez / A ti, mujer / Ese amor / El mar de mi mal / Júrame / Llámame / Mía / Perdón, perdón / Lorena). Junto con el álbum aparecen una hoja biográfica y una pegatina para enmendar los errores de la contraportada, ya que la correlación de temas eran los siguientes: A ti, mujer / Colombiana / Aquí estoy yo / Solamente una vez / El mar de mi mal / Llámame / Mía / Nadie / Júrame / Mi triste soledad / Lorena)
 1976: «Júrame»/«Perdón, perdón» (sencillo grabado para CBS, número uno en los 40 Principales)
 1977: «Aquí estoy yo»/«Tú» (sencillo grabado para CBS. Sería el último que grabaría para esta casa discográfica. Desde entonces la producción correría a cuenta del propio Juan Camacho. Muy seguramente la canción "Aquí estoy yo" fue grabada dos años atrás pero no fue publicada hasta 1977)
 1977: «Sabor a mí»/«Un amor nuevo» (sencillo editado para EPIC, filial de CBS)
 1978: «Sin ti»/«Palabras de amor» (sencillo editado para EPIC)
 1979: «Tú y yo»/«Me falta» (sencillo editado para EPIC. A la postre serían los últimos dos temas de la carrera discográfica. Ambos compuesto por el cantante italiano Umberto Tozzi)

Discografía internacional
Alemania
 1971: «Café de chinitas»/«Catalunya plora» (RCA 74-16130. Etapa con Los Relámpagos. Instrumental)

Argentina
 1975: «A ti, mujer»/«Lorena» (CBS 22794)
 1977: «Júrame»/«Aquí estoy yo» (CBS 22875)

Bolivia
 1977: «Sabor a mí»/«Un amor nuevo» (CBS 30103)

Chile
 1974: «Mía»/«Nadie» (CBS 11133)
 1976: «A ti, mujer»/«Solamente una vez» (CBS 11209)
 1976: «Júrame»/«Golondrina» (CBS 11120)
 1977: «Aquí estoy yo»/«Tú» (CBS 11123)
 1977: Júrame (CBS 15155. Contiene los siguientes temas: Júrame / Aquí estoy yo / Mía / Llámame / Colombiana / A ti, mujer / Tú / Golondrina / Perdón, perdón / Nadie).

Colombia
 1977: «Aquí estoy yo»/«Tú» (CBS 43232)

Costa Rica
 1975: «A ti, mujer»/«Lorena» (CBS 11299)
 1976: «Júrame»/«Perdón, perdón» (CBS 11415)

Ecuador
 1975: A ti, mujer (CBS 331-0070. El orden de las canciones es similar al álbum editado en España sólo que el título Colombiana se deja para el final de la cara A sustituyéndolo por Solamente una vez. Posiblemente la compañía discográfica de este país no vio con buenos ojos que el primero de los títulos fuera dedicado a Colombia, país vecino. Contiene los siguientes temas: Solamente una vez / A ti, mujer / Ese amor / El mar de mi mal / Colombiana / Júrame / Llámame / Mía / Perdón, perdón / Lorena).

Estados Unidos
 1975: A ti, mujer (AudioLatino, ALS 4090. Existen dos versiones de este mismo álbum. Ambas contienen la misma fotografía de contraportada, pero mientras la primera edición se editó en blanco y negro la segunda se publicó en tonos rosáceos. Contiene los siguientes temas: A ti, mujer/ Llámame/ Golondrina/ Mía/ Nadie/ Tú/ Construir/ Mi soledad/ Un años más/ Cerca de ti)
 1975: «A ti, mujer»/«Mía» (AudioLatino, AL 582)
 1975: «A ti, mujer»/«Lorena» (Caytronics, CYS 8149)
 1976: A ti, mujer (Caytronics, CYS 1476. Contiene los siguientes temas: Colombiana / Solamente una vez / A ti, mujer / Ese amor / El mar de mi mal / Júrame / Llámame / Mía / Perdón, perdón / Lorena).

México
 1977: «Tú»/«Aquí estoy yo» (EPIC, SC 71587)

Perú
 1975: «A ti, mujer»/«Lorena» (CBS COLUMBIA, CSR 0938)

Discografía póstuma
 1998: Juan Camacho. Todas sus grabaciones en CBS y Epic (CD editado por Rama Lama Music en donde se recopila casi toda la discografía de Juan Camacho)
CD 1- Mía / Mi soledad / Llámame / Golondrina / Nadie / Tú / Construir / Un año más / Cerca de ti / No puedo más / Sueños del pasado / A ti, mujer
CD 2- Lorena / Colombiana / Solamente una vez / Ese amor / El mar de mi mal / Júrame / Perdón, perdón / Aquí estoy yo / Sabor a mí / Un amor nuevo / Tú y yo / Me falta

Filmografía
Aunque parece ser que hubo alguna que otra posibilidad de que Juan Camacho grabara una película como protagonista, como así lo refleja la prensa escrita de la época, el periplo cinematográfico se quedó únicamente en el film Cada vez que... estoy enamorada creo que es para siempre, donde apareció como guitarrista del grupo Adam Group liderado por su amigo Bernardo Adam Ferrero.

Sinopsis: Carlos Durán nos ofrece un fresco de la España de los años sesenta a través del rock y la moda. Nos narra las aventuras, glorias y desventuras de sus protagonistas ambientada en una Barcelona dominante y emblemática.

Reparto: Luis Ciges, Jaap Guyt, Joaquim Jordà, Daniel Martín, Alicia Tomás, Serena Vergano
Género: Comedia
Año: 1968
Duración: 85 minutos
Director: Carlos Durán

Homenajes
Desde el 21 de octubre de 1982 en que falleció Juan Camacho, diversas asociaciones o movimientos culturales han procurado rendirle tributo.

 1983: Un año después del fallecimiento de Juan Camacho, Vicente Moyà "Suco", productor artístico, reunió en la Plaza de Toros de Valencia a un importante número de cantantes con el objetivo de rendirle homenaje. Entre otros, asistieron: Mari Trini, Bruno Lomas, Francisco, Juan Pardo, Massiel y Mocedades.

 1991: Junto al Palau de la Música de Valencia se erigió un monumento a tres cantantes valencianos fallecidos trágicamente: Nino Bravo, Juan Camacho y Bruno Lomas. En el monumento de piedra y bronce están esculpidos sus rostros junto con la senyera, bandera de la Comunidad Valenciana.

 1995: La localidad valenciana de Alacuás tributó en 1995 un homenaje a los grandes artistas valencianos Nino Bravo, Bruno Lomas, Don Pío y Juan Camacho.

 2008: En junio de 2008 la Casa del Artista de Valencia presidida por Vicente Moyà "Suco", realizó un homenaje a Juan Camacho retransmitido por la cadena televisiva autonómica Canal 9. El lugar de cita fue el Palau de la Música de Valencia. Esta vez los artistas que se dieron cita fueron Yaco Lara, Javier Vila, Emilio Solo y Vicente Seguí, entre otros.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Web Oficial de Juan Camacho

Fallecidos por accidentes de tráfico
Cantantes de la provincia de Valencia
Cantantes de la Comunidad Valenciana
Cantantes de balada romántica de España
Intérpretes número uno de Los 40 Principales de España
Músicos de Valencia
Nacidos en Valencia
Fallecidos en Madrid

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Marc E. Bassy performed a sultry "Love Her Too" featuring G-Eazy on Monday during The Late Late Show With James Corden. Backed by a band that included two backup singers and flooded by seductive red lighting, Bassy's track finds the pair navigating respective love triangles and proposing turning them into three-way relationships.
"Love Her Too" appears on Bassy's Postmodern Depression EP, which was released in October. The singer recently appeared on former Fifth Harmony singer Dinah Jane's "Bottled Up," which also features Ty Dolla $ign.


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Derby boss tight-lipped on mooted Rooney player-coach role
Rooney, who is England's all-time leading goal-scorer, is under contract with MLS club DC United until 2021 but there was talk of a move to Derby ahead of its 2-1 win over Huddersfield.
London 06 August, 2019 11:38 IST
Wayne Rooney during a practice session. - REUTERS
Derby manager Phillip Cocu refused to speculate on reports former England captain Wayne Rooney could be set to join the club as a player-coach.
Rooney, who is England's all-time leading goal-scorer, is under contract with MLS club DC United until 2021 but there was talk of a move to Derby ahead of their 2-1 win over Huddersfield.
"At the moment I can't say anything. We're working on completing the team and I cannot say anything about names before things are done," Cocu told Sky Sports after making a winning start as Derby boss.
"We have a lot of players who could be an asset for the team. You always try to get the best you can with the resources available at the club. A few more days and hopefully I can tell you something more."
Rooney stressed last month his future remains in the United States amid new suggestions his family are unsettled and want him to return to England before his current contract expires.
Speaking about his managerial ambitions at last week's MLS All-Star match, Rooney said: "Coaching is something which I have thought about for a long time.
"I'm in the process now of going through my badges. It would be a shame for me to finish playing and just walk away from the game.
"I have a desire to go into management and hopefully the right opportunity will come up."

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Among the colorful streets of old Tashkent, not far from the complex Hast-Imam, the hotel is located Mirzo, referring to a type "B-B". The friendly staff strives to make every day a new unforgettable experience. The morning begins with a fragrant breakfast, which mainly treats are the national dish. Dine in the cozy covered patio, under the shade of trees and surrounded by beautiful flower gardens.
Rest in Tashkent remembered calm and harmonious atmosphere, leaving only the most positive impression in the memory. Opposite the hotel is a mini-market, where you can always buy food or essentials. Going into the city, you can take with a packed lunch, or simply dine in one of the many cafes.
The hotel in Tashkent there are rooms for non-smokers, and smoking lovers given a special place. To pay for the services offered at the hotel can only be in cash, so you should take care of their presence in advance. Besides the individual walks, you can go on a trip with a guide that will certainly hold guests on the most interesting places in Tashkent.


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Joining Barack and Beck
Annise Parker gets No. 13 in Time
Sarah Rufca
The votes are in and again they fall in Annise Parker's favor.
Time Magazine released its 100 List of 2010's most influential people in the world. (Oddly, the 100 List this year includes 124 people.) Of the 25 individuals chosen from the 'leaders' category, Parker made the list at lucky No. 13. She's joined by such names as Barack Obama, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Beck and Scott Brown.
While we are thrilled our hometown girl made the list, it would be nice if her brief bio could have been written by another celebrity, like Ted Nugent waxing on Sarah Palin and Tony Blair talking up Salam Fayyad.
No one could be recruited to give two lines to the importance of the first openly gay mayor of a major American city? Bill White? Barney Frank? Ellen DeGeneres? Nobody?
Which is not to say Time writer Hilary Hylton didn't get the the essence of Parker's practical, competent — dare we say almost boring? — persona.
"It's not every Democrat who quotes Calvin Coolidge after spending 100 days in office as mayor of Houston," Hylton writes. "But then Annise Parker, 53, has never fit the mold. She's a demure, pearl-wearing lesbian businesswoman with three kids and a longtime partner.
"When she quoted Silent Cal in her first state of the city address, in April, saying, 'There is no dignity quite so impressive and no independence quite so important as living within your means,' it was a sign she would focus on her city's $100 million budget shortfall during her time in office,"Time continues. "And so she has. The fourth largest city in the U.S. is having its belt dramatically tightened. 'I feel like a mom planning a family budget,' she says. 'We're going to make sure we still have plenty of healthy vegetables, but we might have to cut back on dessert for a while.' "


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Everytown Pres: 'Allowing Open Gun Shops is Shameful, Nonsensical'
April 7, 2020 By Dave Workman
The president of a billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobbying group thinks it is "shameful" to allow gun stores to be open during the COVID-19 emergency. (Dave Workman)
Writing at CNN.com, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety—the gun prohibition lobbying group supported by billionaire former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg—declared it to be "both shameful and nonsensical for the federal government to deem gun stores essential, a special privilege that millions of other shuttered small businesses can only dream about."
Perhaps Everytown's John Feinblatt should take that up with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who deemed marijuana shops and their employees essential. Pot isn't mentioned in the Bill of Rights, but arms certainly are, and Feinblatt knows it.
"Much is still unknown about Covid-19," Feinblatt contends in his opening sentence, "but one thing is certain: Owning a gun does not make you any safer from it."
By the same token, closing gun stores and preventing people from purchasing firearms and ammunition doesn't cure COVID-19, either.
The argument was recently discussed at Ammoland, where it was suggested that the gun control crowd has lost the battle, because it appears a high percentage of recent gun-buyers were first-timers, including people who had previously supported gun control. This subject was also discussed at MyNorthwest.com.
Their sentiments might be summed up in a social media post by Tiama Elisara, host of "Left The Left Show."
"As a former anti-gun activist," she wrote, "I've always been a bit hesitant about owning a gun, but since the COVID-19 chaos I've been wanting to purchase one to protect my home & loved ones in case things get worse. After research, I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW HARD IT IS TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A GUN AND PROTECT MYSELF!! There are different laws around the country but my state is nothing but red tape and regulations just for a hand gun. 1) Take a state recognized safety course ~ $200 2) Purchase the handgun 3) Drive to & Show receipt to police station and apply for permit ~$43 3) Wait 14 days 4) Pick up permit 5) Go back to gun store within 10 days and pick up the handgun 6) Go BACK to the police station and get your gun registered within 2 days. •• On top of that, I can't conceal & carry it outside of my house if I feel threatened to go out in public during these hectic times?
"I'm starting to realize how much my right to a firearm is being infringed by the government and I hope more people wake up to it just like I am."
Larry Keane, senior vice president and general counsel at the National Shooting Sports Foundation, told Ammoland, "The reason the gun control community is freaking out is because they know they have lost a generation of fence sitters."
Only a few paragraphs into his 951-word commentary, Feinblatt acknowledges—unintentionally—that he considers suicide by firearm to be a form of "gun violence." It isn't, and never has been.
Suicide is an act of desperation that should not be lumped together with homicides, according to grassroots rights activists, who deplore the term "gun violence" because it is intentionally designed to demonize firearms rather than blame the perpetrator. Nobody uses terms such as "knife violence" or "blunt instrument violence" when someone is fatally stabbed or beaten.
Closing out his attack on gun stores, Feinblatt zeroes on Everytown's favorite bogeyman, the National Rifle Association, asserting, "NRA is using this deadly Covid-19 pandemic to advance its radical agenda and sell more guns."
On the other hand, there is not a word about various anti-gun state and even local officials using the pandemic as an excuse to order gun stores closed, or to suspend taking applications for concealed carry licenses or permits. How many thousands of honest citizens, worried about protecting themselves and their families in an emergency, have been victimized by these drastic decisions?
The Second Amendment Foundation, NRA, Firearms Policy Coalition and others have busily sued several state and local officials over the past two weeks. They have successfully gotten several officials to reverse themselves on gun store operations.
"It's time for America's lawmakers to hold gun stores to the same rules as other nonessential businesses," Feinblatt concludes, "so our nation's doctors and nurses can focus on what is truly essential: fighting the coronavirus."
Nobody put Feinblatt in charge of deciding what businesses are essential. Gun stores are essential to the exercise of a fundamental right protected by the Constitution, and simply because the head of a gun prohibition lobbying group says otherwise does not make it so.
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So here are my answers to "The Seamstress Tag" as initiated by Hollie of Hollie Sews. I know I'm a little late to the game, but I thought I'd join in as my answers may be a little different and I like being different.
Katrina, I'm 46 and live in lovely green Sheffield, with my husband Fluffrick our two rescue dogs Hagrid and Bonnie and my Mum.
2 When and why did you start sewing?
I can't really remember a time when I didn't sew. I know I already knew my way around a sewing machine when I started sewing lesson at Secondary school when I was 12. My Mum used to sew clothes (often Clothkits) for me and my brother when we were little, so there was always sewing in our house. I then took an 'O' level in Sewing (I'm that old I did 'O' levels not GCSE's), but I kept on sewing as a teenager and into my twenties to save money. Comparatively clothes were not that cheap in the late Eighties, early Nineties, so I could make clothes much more cheaply than buying RTW.
3 What is your favourite or proudest make?
My proudest make if definitely my Wedding dress, I made it using Vintage Vogue V2401 in Scarlet Dupion Silk.
My favourite make is probably my 'Star Wars' skirt, I mean who wouldn't want to wear a skirt with a Wookie on it.
4 What is you most disastrous make?
I can't really think of any truly disastrous makes. I tried to make my brother a suit for his eighteenth birthday, grey trousers and a tweedy jacket and my first time every using a Vogue pattern. He had already worn out the trousers by the time I got around the finishing the jacket, sometime around his twenty first birthday. I don't know if he ever really wore the jacket. I do have about 20 items in my wardrobe that I have made that just need a tweak to make them more wearable, but I wouldn't call any of them disastrous.
5 What is your favourite place to go fabric shopping?
I try my hardest not to go fabric shopping. When you have been sewing for over 30 years you accumulate a lot of stuff - Fabric, more fabric, even more fabric, zips, buttons, thread, patterns, pattern magazines, sewing books. I do like John Lewis, but these days only buy fabric in the sale and there is Fine Fabrics in Hillsborough that is good for a rummage. Where possible I like to re-purpose fabric from existing RTW garments, so charity shops are great for that. I do love Fabworks in Dewsbury, I just really glas it is in Dewsbury and not just round the corner.
6 What is your most used pattern?
That would probably be Paprika Patterns Onyx Top I have made at least 12 different iterations (as seen in OWOP 2016). I have also used New Look 6106 many, many times (as seen in OWOP 2014) and I have 8 different versions of the Tilly and the Buttons Coco Dress and Top. When I find a pattern I like I tend to make it over and over again.
7 What is your most dreaded sewing task?
Pressing; because I hate ironing, which is why I choose to make the vast majority of my clothes in natural fibres, I must be a masochist.
8 And your favourite sewing task?
My favourite sewing task is related to my biggest sewing bug bear, which are ridiculous pattern layouts and excessive fabric requirements. I love playing a life sized game of Tetris to try and fit the pattern pieces onto the smallest amount of fabric, whilst maintaining grainline or choosing to place pattern pieces on the cross grain, or occasionally on the bias. I am also not averse to adding a centre back seams in order to reduce the fabric requirement. A simple pencil skirt should never need more than 1m of 150cm wide fabric!
9 What is your favourite sewing entertainment?
Cycling. Road races, Track Cycling, Grand tours, one day classics, I love to watch cycling, but a race can last over six hours, so there is a lot of time to sew and if something exciting happens there is always an action replay. Tonight I will be watching the second day of Six Days of London, whilst finish my Melissa Dress and possibly starting a Brumby skirt. I also love a good box set and feel the need to watch all seven seasons of "Gilmore Girls" before the new episodes arrive on Netflix on November 25th.
PDF, for Indie patterns PDFs as they are cheaper than printed patterns. Also when I forget to put pattern pieces back in their envelope and loose them, I can always print them out again.
11 What sewing machine do you use?
John Lewis JL300C, it does everything I need, in 35 years of sewing I have not been able to justify getting an overlocker.
12 Do you have any other hobbies?
I enjoy knitting, but I'm very slow at it. I have tried crochet, but me and don't get on. I enjoy cooking and find new and wonderful vegetarian recipes to inflict on the Mum and husband.


I would like to see a graph showing the growth in non-Government borrower segment of the debt statistic.
total fools—-but the jokes on me, cuz guess who will be bailing them out when they default?
Yes. That's true. Although it will be uglier this time around. Not sure I'd want to have a big mortgage on house I paid $500k for that will be worth $200k at some point in the future.
The race is on and the winner loses all.
The Rockies rated 14-9, 2nd in National League West were beat 16 to 5 yesterday.
It predicts the Colorado Economy. The claim and now the reality.
Colorado is still running on the fumes of the oil/gas bust.
Then, with low Fed loans, the home prices for re-finance with cash-out based on overpriced inflation almost tripled housing prices. Yet, downtown is full of empty stores and the homeless make it a dangerous place to go.
Denver is famous for housing drops of 70%.
A friend of mine got a job on a database service for all the empty apartments that cost an average of $1,400 for a tiny 1 bedroom (bills not included).
The database and services plants furniture and other items on the balcony of empty apartments. The appearance of looking occupied from the outside helps the rental cartel keep prices high.
Wasn't it Steely Dan that had the album "The Royal Scam".
You can get up to 2 months free to move in to most new apt buildings in Denver and there's still thousands of units being built. Same deal starting to occur in the burbs.
I guess they are anticipating the continued influx of people fleeing California for a better [more affordable?] life. They are pouring into Austin.
Schools are seeing declining enrollment because the illegals are going HOME! Fk them and fk the schools and fk everyone who made us pay for that sh!t.


Where Is Area Code 334?
Area code 334 is an area code covering southeastern Alabama. Created on January 15, 1995, as a split from area code 205, it was the first area code to not have 0 or 1 as the middle digit. Area code 334 is located in the central time zone and mainly services the city of Montgomery.
With a city population of 201,332 (2013 Census), Montgomery is considered the most populous city in area code 334. It is the capital of Alabama and is the second largest city in Alabama. Located on the Alabama River, the city was incorporated in 1819 as a merger of two towns, and later became the state capital in 1846.
The racial makeup of Montgomery is 56.6% Black, 37.3% White, 3.9% Hispanic, and 2.2% Asian. Montgomery's violent crime rate is below the state average and similar to the national average while its property crime rate is higher than the overall state and national averages.
Montgomery is recognized for its continuing downtown revitalization. In the early 2000s, the Montgomery Biscuits minor league baseball stadium and Riverfront Park were constructed. After those developments, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent turning old office buildings and warehouses into retail, hotels, restaurants, and loft apartments.
Recreation and culture are both big things in Montgomery. Montgomery has more than 1,600 acres of parkland and has one of the biggest art scenes of any average city in America. Frequently visited museums include the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the Hank Williams Museum, and the Museum of Alabama. Families with young children might want to visit the Montgomery Zoo, which holds more than 500 animals from five various continents.
Another populous city in area code 334 is Dothan. Dothan has a city population of 65,496 (2010 Census). It is located in the southeastern corner of Alabama, which is 20 miles west of the Georgia state line and 16 miles north of Florida. Dothan serves as the main transportation and commercial hub for a giant part of southeastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and neighboring sections of the Florida Panhandle. Dothan was given the nickname of "The Peanut Capital of the World" because one-fourth of the United States peanut crop is produced and processed in the city. The racial makeup of Dothan is 63.1% White, 32.5% Black, 2.9% Hispanic, and 1.1% Asian. The violent crime rate is far below the national average while the property crime rate was slightly above the national average.
Dothan is known for its festivals and professional barbecue competitions. The Downtown Christmas Festival occurs on the first Saturday in December while the National Peanut Festival occurs in November. There are two professional barbecue competitions, one is held in April and the final one in September. While Dothan does not put a huge emphasis on the art and theatre scene, there are plenty of museums and monuments to visit. The US Army Aviation Museum houses one of the largest helicopter collections in the world. Then there is the George Washington Carver Monument and George Washington Carver Museum.
Auburn is a city in area code 334 that is considered a college town because it is the home of Auburn University. Out of the whole state of Alabama, it is known as the fastest growing metropolitan area. Auburn has a city population of 53,380 people (2010 Census). The racial makeup of Auburn is 75.1% White, 16.5% Black, 5.3% Asian, and 2.9% Latino. When comparing Auburn's crime rate to the crime rate in Dothan and Montgomery, the crime rate is much lower in Auburn. This is due to the fact that Auburn is a college town. Auburn University has a little over 27,000 students enrolled. Therefore much of Auburn's economy is focused on Auburn University and providing university-related services. Sadly Auburn lacks professional sports teams, however they still have an active sports culture due to the Auburn University's NCAA Division I athletic squads. Auburn University football is the driving force in Auburn's economy and culture. Places to visit for art and culture include the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art and the Telfair Peet Theatre. Recreational wise, Auburn is home to 16 parks, with the most popular being Chewacla State Park and Kiesel Park.


This week's #MidweekManhattan variant is McKinley's Delight, a fantastic adaptation that dates back to William McKinley's successful run for the White House in 1896. While my knowledge of Mr McKinley extends only as far as the John Renbourn song, White House Blues, which I covered in a band at university, it appears that the story is that as McKinley's rival, William Jennings Bryan, had a cocktail linked to his campaign (the Free Silver Fizz: gin, lime and soda water), McKinley had to have one too.
[A cocktail] is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said also, to be of great use to a democratic candidate: because, a person having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow any thing else.
As a result, McKinley's team (I assume) set to work to come up with their own signature drink. I have images of West Wing staffers busying themselves in Toby Ziegler's office, or perhaps the Map Room, mixing and tasting furiously, trying to find a way to embody McKinley's love of tariff reform in liquid form.
After this, all history records is that McKinley won the election, and, as far as I'm concerned, McKinley's Delight is by far the superior drink of the two. Perhaps there's a lesson here, and a return to candidate-endorsed drinks is the way to liven up future campaign trails?
Pour a large measure of whiskey, a small measure of sweet vermouth, a teaspoon of maraschino and half a teaspoon of absinthe into a shaker with ice.
The only change to my standard Manhattan is the replacement of a dribble of bitters with a dribble of absinthe (or absinthe substitute in those dark days 1914-2000), but what a difference it makes!
As today is 29 February, it seems fitting to include a wee potion that has been credited with (blamed for?) more proposals than any other, the Leap Year.
The mixture of aromatic sweetness born of the Grand Marnier and vermouth clashes somewhat with the botanical bitterness of the gin and produces an interesting combination on the tongue. Despite this, there is a pleasing bittersweet hint to the drink, and it is well worth savouring once every four years.
Add a large measure of gin (Plymouth rather than London), half a measure of sweet vermouth, half a measure of Grand Marnier and the juice of half a lemon to a shaker of ice.
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Legend has it that the Old Fashioned was one of the first cocktails ever created. The story is that it was conceived at The Pendennis Club, Louisville, Kentucky in the late nineteenth century, and having been popularised by local bourbon distiller Colonel (of course!) James Pepper, it was taken to New York to be enjoyed by such luminaries as Sterling Cooper's own Don Draper.
There is much to support the Old Fashioned's claim to be one of the oldest known cocktails. You will see from my Bittered Slings post that it neatly fits the early criteria of a bittered sling or cocktail, as it contains just the liquor (in this case whiskey), bitters, sugar and water (in this case frozen).
Dissolve a small lump of sugar with a little water in a whiskey-glass; add two dashes bitters, a small piece ice, a piece lemon-peel, one measure whiskey. Mix with small bar-spoon and serve, leaving spoon in glass. – Kappeler (1895). Modern American Drinks: How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks.
Place a sugar cube (or a teaspoon of sugar syrup or sugar), three dashes of bitters and a dash of water in a mixing glass.
Muddle (i.e. mush up) until the sugar dissolves and you are left with a syrupy paste. Don't scrimp on the muddling, the sugar needs to be fully dissolved before the whiskey is added or it won't bind properly.
Add a two ice cubes and a measure of whiskey.
Strain into a rocks glass (also known as an od fashioned glass) with or without ice (your preference).
Garnish with a twist of orange or lemon peel or a cherry.
Finally, by no means even consider adding soda water or *gasp* lemonade.
What you are left with is a small glass of pure cocktail history: spirits, sugar, water and bitters.


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I often get sentimental here about the unseen designers who have shaped Almaty's visual landscape. Someone ought to give that eave-carver some credit! The handpainters of handpainted signs get no love! What do address-writers dream at night? It turns out that I'm not the only one. A journalist at Esquire Russia wondered about a certain concrete fence design that had colonized the Soviet Union. Called "Plate Fence PO-2" [плита ограда по-2], it was covered in concave diamonds and it was darn near everywhere. While cast-iron fences were used for places that needed to look pretty, the concrete fence was used for anyplace else: to protect factory lots, schoolgrounds, construction sites, anything really. The PO-2 was far and away the most popular design, but until Esquire came calling, nobody really knew, or cared, who made it. Too bad. It turns out it was a guy named Boris who lives in New York.
Boris Lachman is in his seventies now, but back in the Brezhnev years he worked in a field the Soviets called "technical aesthetics" [tekhnicheskaya estetika; техтническая эстетика], studying how industrial forms could best be used to inspire the proletariat. Mr. Lachman was asked to design a fence. He made three sketches, and though he found it unremarkable, the diamond one was chosen. It was soon to become "the most replicated architectural project in Russia", but its designer suggests that the committee who picked it simply liked the fact that it could be cleaned by rainwater. The concrete fence soon inundated even Almaty, but Boris Lachman wasn't even fully aware that it was an icon of Soviet industrial design. He moved to America in 1981, and doesn't feel much attachment to the homeland where he made a mark. "When I get nostalgic", he told the interviewer, "I just eat some caviar."
Lachman's fence does have some competition in Almaty - a repeating star pattern is particularly popular too. Also common are a plain fence with thin concrete bubbles at the top that should be smashed through with a hammer, leaving a line of circles. The workers tasked with that finishing touch don't always get it done, leaving many concrete walls that look like they've been punched through randomly by superpowered vandals.
Concrete fences should actually be pretty easy to assemble. A bulldozer puts a foundation in place that is shaped like a truncated pyramid. Workers call this the "cup", because there are two vessel-like holes where the support columns slide into. After the walls been set into place, sand or dirt is poured around the pyramid foundation to keep everything secure. The effect is that concrete fences look as if they're dominos tipped on their sides, balancing gracefully despite their heft.


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Bransby Horses make announcement about Christmas events but urge 'please come and visit us'
"Friendly faces coming in for the day help give us a morale lift"
The animals would also love to see some friendly faces (Image: Courtesy of Bransby Horses)
Following recent heavy flooding in the county, equine charity Bransby Horses has today announced it will have to cancel all of its Christmas events and activities this year.
However, they are urgently appealing to people to carry on visiting the site.
The charity has revealed it is currently welcoming a fraction the visitors it normally would at this time of year, and assumes this is because people think they are closed.
However, despite the damage, the Visitor Centre, shop and café have been totally unaffected by the flooding and continue to trade as usual.
Visitor engagement manager Holly Hart said "It's heart breaking to see the visitor centre so empty – normally at this time of year we are busy selling our winter gifts and the café would be full of people, but with visitor numbers so low, we stand to lose even more money from the floods."
The cafe stands empty at Bransby Horses (Image: Bransby Horses)
Having planned a schedule of family-friendly festive activities and other events, the charity has revealed these can no longer go ahead because teams need to focus on dealing with the impact of the floods whilst also continuing to welcome visitors to the site day-to-day.
The charity will be giving refunds to those who have booked activities.
Charlie McCelland, fundraising manager at Bransby Horses has said: "It is a shame that we have had to cancel our events and activities over the next few weeks, especially as our team has worked so hard organising them, but, we know this is the right decision. Our horses, ponies, donkeys, mules … and people, must always come first and knowing what everyone has been through and continues to go through, there is still a tough road ahead.
"Whilst we are all working hard and getting good support from the local community, we still have a long way to go."
The many ways you can help Bransby Horses after devastating recent floods
"Please do visit our website and social media channels to find out more about how to support our mission, so we can continue helping equines who have had a difficult and traumatic start in life. Please do also come and see us too! Our Gift Shop, café and some of our walkways are still open and the teams and animals would love to see visitors."
"Friendly faces coming in for the day help give us a morale lift during this challenging period. What we face are the worst conditions we've had for many years but together, we can get through it and continue to be there for equines in need."
With approximately 1,000 horses, ponies, donkeys and mules in the charity's care (450 based on site and more than 500 in foster homes), the floods have already led to the urgent relocation of 100 equines, to dry temporary areas.
"Normally at this time of year we are busy selling our winter gifts and the café would be full of people" (Image: Bransby Horses)
This is not a long term solution for the charity but the land that has been affected will be unusable for the foreseeable future, due to contamination, and the charity says it is likely to feel the effects of the flooding possibly until the end of 2020.
The charity is planning to move some equines to their site in Barlings in Langworth in the next four to six weeks, so the land at Bransby can be cleared up and has time to recover.
Their original timeline for moving animals and teams to the Langworth site was the end of 2020, so the charity has been working hard to raise the money needed to have the right infrastructure in place at the site as soon as possible.
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Tom Taylor gave glowing praise to the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education and its administration on Monday as he presented the financial audit for the last school year, which ended in June.
"Your books and records are in excellent shape," said Taylor, of Taylor & Morgan, CPAs, as he gave details of the $46.7 million general fund budget, that now has a $3.386 million fund balance.
He said Van Buren has 7.72% of its budget in fund equity and the district gaining ground. He said the average is 10.52% in other districts in the state (with the exception of Detroit). Taylor said he would like to see Van Buren have 15%, so it wouldn't have to borrow.
He said as of June 30, more than $8 million was owed to the district from the state, which makes things difficult for the district, causing it to borrow funds.
"The Board of Education and administration should be commended for what they've done," Taylor said.
He told of the problems the federal sequestration brought to the district's Build America Bonds.
He said the district got a reprieve this year from the federal health care reform, but it will be hit in 2015 when district-wide reporting will be required in Lansing.
He displayed a chart that showed the state retirement figures and said pretty soon more people will be retired than are working.
"This is serious," he said, noting unfunded pension liabilities in the state are $48.3 billion as of June 2013.
Taylor said taxable values in the district fell 18%, so there is less coming in from the millages. There is $1.7 million remaining in the construction fund that could be transferred into the debt service, to keep things going in hopes of a stabilizing economy in the near future.
He said the district is trying to keep the 2.98 mills passed to build the school where it is.
• Was reminded the next meeting will be at 7 p.m., Nov. 11 in the BHS Commons.


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NYCEAC and The Legacy Project hope to be able to offer the RRIP internship in 2019, and interested applicants should check back in January 2019 for more information.
Thank you to the Bernard F. & Alva B. Gimbel Foundation for generously supporting this internship program.
Summer 2015 RRIP students visiting the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale.
Each summer, the NYC Elder Abuse Center and The Legacy Project seek ambitious, passionate students for the Risk and Resiliency Internship Project (RRIP). The ideal internship candidate will be a rising sophomore, junior or senior; has taken course work in gerontology; and seeks direct experience in the field. Additional information about the different elements of the internship and reflections from RRIP alumni can be found here.
Based in New York City, RRIP interns work 21 hours/week for 7 weeks. (There are a number of required meetings, but students largely build their own weekly schedule, flexible to their needs.) Students will receive a $2,205 stipend for their participation. Then, after the summer, the interns are expected to integrate what they have learned back on campus. Students receive an additional $250 stipend for this work.
Below is an outline of the process for RRIP applicants from Summer 2017, as well as information about important program dates.
Step 1: Complete application and submit anytime between January 4- March 31, 2017 by 5:00pm (EST).
Step 2: Candidates selected for an interview will be notified right away.
Step 3: Interviews conducted either in person or via Skype by April 28, 2017.
Step 4: Notification of acceptance or wait list status sent out by May 2, 2017.
Step 5: Internship paperwork is due by May 22, 2017.
Step 6: RRIP 2017 orientation will be in June 2017, date to be announced.
Step 7: RRIP 2017 will run for 7 weeks from June 12, 2017 to July 28, 2017. Dates to be announced.
Thank you for your interest in the Risk and Resiliency Internship Project. Please check back in January 2019 for more information.


With an aging population comes an increased need for local assisted living and long-term care services. Recognizing that need, the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation purchased Careage North in 1982. Careiage North was Fairbanks' only private, long-term care/nursing home provider but the facility needed a structural and philosophical overhaul.
In 1991, the Foundation, with the help of the entire Alaska Interior Delegation, launched a communitywide effort to secure capital appropriations to replace the outdated facility. More than $2 million was donated by residents of the Interior to help fund construction of a new facility on the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital campus.
Construction began in 1992, and was completed in 1994. With the facility linked to the hospital by a connecting corridor, the campus became known as Fairbanks Memorial Hospital/Denali Center.


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Remote Year Promised to Combine Work and Travel. Was It Too Good to Be True?
Thousands applied for the inaugural class of travel start-up Remote Year. Here's what happened to the 68 people who went.
by Erika Adams May 05, 2016
Remote Year involves working while traveling through twelve countries in twelve months. (Photo: selinofoto/shutterstock.com)
When Nissa Szabo, a 27-year-old tech industry lobbyist from Denver, Colorado, was notified of her acceptance into the inaugural class of Remote Year, she didn't tell a single soul for ten days. None of her friends. Neither of her parents.
She had known from the minute she read about the program in Fast Company that Remote Year was the kind of experience she had been searching for, but now she had to tell everyone else in her life that she was about to spend the next year traveling and working remotely across the world with 72 people she had never met, in the hands of a company that had only existed for about nine months at the time.
"I wasn't going back and forth on the decision," Szabo says. "But how do I communicate this to my family and friends? Because it really is a crazy idea."
Szabo had traveled in a similar way before, a two-week trip to Bali, Indonesia, with a travel group for young professionals called Under30Experiences. When someone linked to the story about Remote Year on the Under30Experiences Facebook group, Szabo was instantly hooked.
It was a year-long program, a gigantic commitment compared to her previous experience, but that didn't bother her. "I don't know how to explain it," she says. "It was almost something that I had to do. That feeling was more overwhelming than the feeling of fear."
Striking scenery in Plitvice, Croatia. (Photo: Joyce Lin)
Remote Year founder Greg Caplan already had one successful startup under his belt. Obaz, a fashion blogging platform that he co-founded in 2011, was acquired by Groupon in April 2014 for $250,000. Caplan was planning to travel and work remotely after wrapping things up at Groupon but didn't want to do it alone, so he decided to build a company to solve that problem. Four hours and one Squarespace page later, Caplan had launched the Remote Year concept.
Within a month, Remote Year had gotten over 25,000 email signups. By the following spring, the application process was in full swing, and by May 2015, before the company had actually gotten off the ground with its first group, Caplan secured Remote Year's first round of funding. According to the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the investment clocked in at $175,000, funded by a number of undisclosed investors.
The concept was mindbogglingly ambitious from the very beginning. Remote Year was acting as training wheels for prospective digital nomads — it took out all the hard parts (coordinating travel, setting up accommodations, finding friends) and promised to handle it all in exchange for $2,000 a month plus a non-refundable $3,000 deposit before the trip began.
Caplan and his co-founder, Sam Pessin, had no formal backgrounds in the travel industry – both had graduated from business school at the University of Michigan just a couple years prior to launching the startup.
Remote Year's first staffers were nearly as green as the founders; most had zero work experience in the travel industry before coming to the company. Jesse Gross, who graduated from the University of Michigan around the same time as Caplan and Pessin, had been working at an investment firm in Chicago before joining Remote Year as its director of partnerships. Trish Kennelly, Remote Year's VP of program operations, was formerly a project manager at a real estate company. Will Gassenheimer, the group's VP of global operations, was previously a management consultant at Accenture.
Nevertheless, here they were, about to take on the responsibility of providing accommodations, setting up workspaces, and coordinating travel for what was initially supposed to be 100 people from all around the world. The inaugural class would hit twelve cities in twelve months, in this order: Prague, Czech Republic; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Dubrovnik, Croatia (which was later switched to Cavtat, Croatia); Istanbul, Turkey; Penang, Malaysia; Ko Tao, Thailand (which was later switched to Ko Phangan, Thailand); Hanoi, Vietnam; Kyoto, Japan; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mendoza, Argentina (which was later switched to Montevideo, Uruguay); Santiago, Chile; and Lima, Peru.
Szabo at Denver International Airport en route to Prague, for the start of her Remote Year. (Photo: Nissa Szabo)
It was a wild proposition, and a ton of people wanted in on the experience. Caplan and Pessin sifted through thousands of applicants to pluck out the prime people for Remote Year's first trip. For the lucky few who made it all the way through three rounds of interviewing, Remote Year asked for a $3,000 deposit within two weeks of the initial acceptance email.
Greg Underwood, a 41-year-old video game programmer from San Francisco, ran a background check on Caplan and the company before handing over his deposit. Some travelers had lawyer friends look over their individual Remote Year contracts beforehand. Others just took a chance.
"It's so weird, I look back at this whole year on this program and I think, oh my god — It's almost crazy to put all your trust in this program that has never existed and hand over that money," says Katelyn Smith, who also saw the Fast Company article and joined the program from Canada. "The only thing I thought was, 'OK, if I pay this $3,000 and the program doesn't exist, it's just going to be a really expensive flight to Prague.' But I barely even thought of that. I had no reservations."
With the exception of a few small bar meetups in a handful of U.S. cities, no one had met face-to-face before landing in Europe. "This isn't like meeting in a bar down the street, you know, you're all going to meet in Prague," says Dan Kaplan, a software engineer from Chicago. "You needed people who had some real skin in the game, because obviously this type of program is going to attract anybody and everybody. This is the part where it becomes real."
By the time the deadline arrived, 68 people had put down a deposit and booked a flight to Prague, where they would meet up with Remote Year's six staff members, who would hopefully be waiting for them at the airport.
Luckily, that trust was matched across the Atlantic. In preparation for their first Remote Year group, Caplan, Pessin, and their small crew had booked hotels across the city and set up workspaces in advance. The internet was fast and reliable. Everything was under control.
A workspace in Prague during Cassandra Utt's Remote Year. (Photo: Cassandra Utt)
Multiple people described the initial couple of weeks in Prague as feeling like freshman year of college. The energy was palpable: there was always something to do, tons of people to meet, and the beer never stopped flowing through all of it. Greg Underwood, the video game programmer, had set up a Slack channel for the community and it was constantly pinging with people putting together dinner plans and weekend trips and everything in between.
"The first month was really, really chaotic for people," recalls one traveler who's no longer with the program. "I don't know if I've seen a group any drunker."
College vibes aside, most people were trying to hold down jobs with companies that they had just convinced to let them stay on as employees while working remotely. It was like navigating a vacation with 67 new friends while also trying to show up at work each day and be reasonably productive.
Still, the work component of Remote Year was key, at least from the way the company talked about it. When Caplan and Pessin had originally set up the program, there was a big emphasis on the fact that this experience was about championing remote work and professional development. The FAQ section of the original website included information on how each participant needed a remote job once the program started, although the staff promised to work with each person "to ensure that you have a remote job once the trip begins."
In practice, employment was pretty much up to the individual to figure out. Szabo lined up a job at a startup that focused on marketing campaigns for crowdfunding projects before she left for Prague. Cassie Utt, an IT project manager for a global manufacturing company, had submitted a nine-page business plan to her bosses making the case for working remotely, and they let her go.
Dan Kaplan in front of Lennon Wall in Prague. (Photo: Dan Kaplan)
Even though Remote Year had specified that participants needed to have jobs before the trip started, Katelyn Smith arrived in Prague without one — nothing had come through in time. Upon joining the group, though, she was surprised and relieved to find that she wasn't the only one without a job to do. In fact, Remote Year's staff never seemed concerned by her work status.
According to an informal record kept among participants, only 29 people came into the program with full-time employment. Seven were employed part-time, six had freelance gigs lined up, and 26 people weren't employed at all when the trip started. (Smith ended up securing a job with an online marketing company in Prague, and started a blog called The Remote Nomad.)
Beyond the workday, or lack of one, life as a Remote Year participant could seem like a nonstop adventure. All the things that one would normally do on vacation — skydiving! scuba diving! caving! renting a plethora of party boats!— were still at the group's fingertips. It was also, in the words of Szabo, an "incredible social experiment." Sub-groups solidified, cafeteria-like cliques were born; the dynamics resembled a tiny, mobile American high school.
That's not to say that the group didn't take advantage of their access to the world. Remote Year kept a blog documenting each week of the trip and the posts blurred into a steady stream of gorgeous plates of local food, dispatches from weekend trips in neighboring cities, hikes around stunning natural wonders, and enough Instagrammable sunset moments to last a lifetime.
"FOMO was a very frequent phrase used to describe people's feelings," says Britanny Carter, a former group member who left Remote Year to travel and work on her own. She estimates that at least one person was putting together a trip to a nearby country every weekend, and since not everyone had the same work constraints, some people were able manage this constant travel schedule. For those that couldn't, sometimes it felt like getting left behind.
"My FOMO hit so hard in Ljubljana that I was only in Ljubljana for one weekend," says Carter. "Every single weekend I was somewhere else because of weekend trips that I didn't want to miss out on."
Joyce Lin in Berlin. (Photo: Joyce Lin)
When people traveled, they often did it in small groups with each other, bringing along a comfortable blanket of American familiarity wherever they went. Essentially, if you never wanted to put yourself in the position of navigating different cultures by yourself, you didn't have to.
It didn't help that there wasn't a ton of racial and cultural diversity on the staff and within the group, which led to embarrassing cultural missteps. Joyce Lin, a project manager from L.A., witnessed a moment on the beach in Croatia where a couple of group members were trying to swim out to an inflatable obstacle course anchored in the water after hours. A local man tried to communicate to the group that that was not allowed, and a Remote Year staff member wondered aloud in English if they could just give money to the guy to make him go away, since the local population was not wealthy.
"If I travel on my own, I am forced to be in the position of the learner," Lin says. "People are not going to cater to me. I'm the minority, I'm forced to learn how the local culture is and I'm forced to blend in with that, right? But then when we are in a group we have this presence that changes the way we interact with the places we are going into."
Lin was anxious about what was going to happen when the group went to Asia; people were already making comments in front of her about how it was going to be "so ghetto." When they stayed in Kyoto, Japan, Lin had fellow travelers unintentionally ignore her several times because, as they told her, they had gotten used to mentally tuning out all the Asian faces around them.
"I think that is why the lack of diversity on the staff and the team is important," says Lin. "If you're all from mainstream American culture where everything caters to you, I don't think people have as much perspective in that way."
A street in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where the accommodation that was arranged for the Remote Year travelers was called out to be the worst on the trip. (Photo: Oleg Podzorov/shutterstock.com)
According to Remote Year's lengthy list of terms and conditions that each traveler agreed to at the beginning of the trip, the company was responsible for providing places to live and work in each country but the actual specifics on that were vague and, in reality, varied greatly month to month.
The accommodations were a total crapshoot: one month the group was settled into boutique hotels in the Czech Republic, the next month they were slapping off bugs in a Slovenian high school dorm. The third month was spent in seaside apartments in Croatia, the fourth month in the windowless basement of a university dorm in Turkey. Participants were lucky to get reliable internet connection on a daily basis.
Clean beds, access to wifi, a pot to brew coffee — these were all basic amenities that no one had planned on worrying about, and morale went south pretty early on when the reality of the trip didn't line up with many people's expectations.
Mutiny broke out among the group in the third month. Each person is able to opt out of any month on the Remote Year journey, travel on their own, and rejoin the group later (at a 50 percent discount for the month). One of the participants, Kai Law, knew that the sixth stop on the tour, Ko Phangan, Thailand, was a tiny beach locale known for its party atmosphere. Word got around that Law was planning to go to Chiang Mai, Thailand, instead (a city he had lived in and knew to be accommodating for remote workers) and over half the group ended up opting out for that month, and going with him. Some did not come back.
Arikia Millikan, a writer who currently lives and works in Japan, was one of the first to walk away from Remote Year. She had traveled extensively outside of the U.S. prior to joining Remote Year, and tried to provide constructive feedback to the staff, especially in Slovenia, where many people were clearly disappointed with the company's accommodations that month. When it became apparent that the staff wasn't receptive to her feedback, and the situation didn't look like it was going to improve, she decided to leave.
"I wanted it to work out," Millikan says. "It was not ideal to have signed up for this year-long journey and have planned my time and my money and aspects of my career around it only to find that they were complete amateurs."
When Millikan left after the month in Slovenia, she was supposed to pay an early exit fee of $2,500, as stated in each participant's contract. But there was no across-the-board enforcement of that policy. She didn't pay any of the fee but when Rafael Bertolli left a month later, when the group was in Croatia, he paid the full $2,500 and was assured that if he ever wanted to rejoin Remote Year there'd be a discount waiting for him. When Carter left after Turkey, she paid the whole fee but wasn't offered a future discount. When Law left during the group's fifth month in Malaysia, he paid about half and then stopped making payments when he heard it wasn't really that mandatory after all.
A hot air balloon ride, Cappadocia, Turkey. (Photo: Nissa Szabo)
When Caplan had started the company, he wanted to travel the world with a bunch of his best buds. With that kind of tone set at the beginning, personal and professional boundaries were blurred in ways that made it difficult to, say, enforce an exit fee when you knew your friend was having trouble coming up with the cash. At the beginning of the trip, Caplan and his staff traveled with the group, worked with the group, partied with the group. When complaints surfaced, it became a matter of: do I treat this person like my good friend or a client with my company? More often than not, they let things slide under the leeway of friendship.
"I think they have a special relationship with us because we are their first class," says Lin. "But I think they were a lot more lenient with us in terms of dealing with us on a case-by-case basis."
By the end of the fourth month in Istanbul, Remote Year had lost about 25 percent of the group. The early exodus was clearly not anything that the staff had planned for, and coupled with the temporary desertion to Chiang Mai, they knew they needed to make a change. An incentive was needed to keep more people from walking out the door. A big incentive.
The staff called everyone together and announced that they were waiving the monthly $2,000 fee for the group's upcoming month in Hanoi, Vietnam (scheduled as the next destination after Ko Phangan). On top of that, every month thereafter would be discounted by $500 for each person.
Jessie Cooper, a 34-year-old who left her job as a sales director at a startup in New York to participate in Remote Year, had been chronicling the travel experience on a podcast called The Weekly Wandery. She described the staff announcement in an episode, saying it was the first time she could remember where the staff apologized for not providing a better travel experience so far. She called the new discounts "a hell of a Hail Mary move" for the company, but noted that it looked like it was what the group needed to lift morale.
On that same episode, Cooper invited Caplan on the podcast to give the official Remote Year perspective on how the trip was going so far. "Personal growth is hard," Caplan said when Cooper asked him about the current mood of the group. "Figuring out who you want to be and what you want to do and how to react to all of these new, crazy stimuli is difficult. And being content with confusion is hard."
Throughout the interview, Caplan wasn't so much concerned with addressing concrete breaches in the Remote Year contract as he was talking about the deep, introspective journey of self discovery that the participants were wading through. And, although Cooper had brought up the shrinking size of the group and leadership missteps when she recorded on her own, the interview environment was more strenuous. Cooper gave Caplan a list of questions beforehand to mitigate some of the tension, and when she was preparing to discuss the new developments on air, Pessin asked her not to disclose the amount of the group's discount. (Remote Year did not return multiple requests for comment for this story.)
"This is a hard process," Caplan told Cooper. "We're changing everything every month and you have to find where you're gonna work, a comfortable place to relax, a comfortable place to go grocery shopping, a comfortable place to eat and meet new people and all in this new environment where people speak a different language and you don't understand their customs and you need to learn all these things."
"It's definitely a lot for a lot of people," he admitted.
The Remote Year group spent March 2016 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where there were further complaints about accommodation. (Photo: Matyas Rehak/shutterstock.com)
The constant state of flux made big life changes harder to handle, and Remote Year didn't have an official support system in place to help people through rough times. The company had promised that if anyone lost a job during the trip, "we will have a team of career counselors on staff to help the participant quickly get a new job," according to the FAQ section on the old version of Remote Year's site. But when people actually did start to lose their jobs, there were no career counselors or staff members to help line up another source of income.
Szabo, the former lobbyist who had taken a job with a tech startup at the beginning of the trip, found out via email in Cavtat, Croatia, that her boss had disbanded the company. It was a complete shock, and suddenly she had to scramble to find other sources of income.
She immediately reached out to staff members to let them know what had happened, expecting a support system to kick in as promised. She listed her skill sets on a form and was told that the staff would send it out to prospective employers, but never heard a word about career help after that. Szabo ended up picking up contract work along the way that's helped sustain her on the trip.
Remote Year has since backed down on promising professional development within the program. The current FAQ section on Remote Year's website no longer says that staff will work with participants to ensure that each traveler can lock down a remote job when the trip starts. The section about having career counselors in place to help people who lose their jobs has been removed.
By now, in the group's last month, Szabo estimates that at least eight people lost jobs while in the program. According to that informal record kept among participants, just 50 percent of the current group is employed full-time. Once 68 people strong, Remote Year's first cohort is down to 43 people (42 original members plus one new traveler who joined the group in February). At least one more participant is planning to leave before Remote Year finishes up its last month in Lima, Peru.
March was spent in Montevideo, Uruguay, where, as Cooper put it, the group was living in "a straight-up roach motel." Once again, participants gave disgruntled feedback, and the staff acknowledged their failures. One week before the group was planning to ship out to Santiago, Chile, everyone was given a free weekend vacation.
Multiple travelers expressed that they were willing to overlook Remote Year's earlier mistakes because hey, it's a startup, and not everything is going to work perfectly in the very first year. But incidents like in Uruguay, where the rooms were just as intolerable as they had been in Slovenia, were harder to overlook because the same mistakes were being made repeatedly. "I want to see them build and I want to give them feedback and grow, but at the same time where do you decide as a customer, as a client, that maybe the value isn't [worth] what you're paying?" asks Szabo.
She plans to finish out the Remote Year program in Peru, and after that, the door's wide open. "I feel a little overwhelmed but at the same time, I'm excited," she says. "I almost get to start over–not in a bad way, but like, I don't have a home. I don't have a car. I feel like I can go anywhere and set up a life."
For all that went haywire with the first group, the company is still growing at a tremendous rate. As Remote Year's first group wraps up its last couple of weeks, Remote Year Two is currently in Peru, its fourth stop, and Remote Year Three is spending its second month in Bolivia. Remote Year's fourth group ships out in June, and its fifth group in August. Last week, the company sent out a newsletter announcing that over 100,000 people had applied for open spots on the trips.
The less easily quantifiable aspects of spending a year working remotely while touring the world with dozens of people–the personal growth, the deep friendships that come from shared experiences–these are the things that Remote Year has excelled at, according to travelers who are sticking it out for the full year. But the practical things that Remote Year, as a business, promises to deliver on continue to fall through the cracks while thousands of people sign up for the ride.
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PanARMENIAN.Net - ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed a loan agreement worth $17 million, the Armenia-based bank's press service said in a statement.
ACBA said it will use the loan to finance small and medium-sized businesses in Armenia. Accordingly, $3 million will be spent on financing enterprises established or headed by women under the Women in Business program, while some $4 million will go to the implementation of energy-efficient projects through ACBA-Leasing, a member of the ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE financial group.
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Meijer Handling Solutions B.V. celebrates its centenary
As part of the Meijer Group, Meijer Handling Solutions is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. For a century, the company has been known for its innovative solutions. And the urge to innovate is far from over. New, smart solutions make material handling even more productive, efficient and safe.
Meijer Group started as a one-man business in 1921, founded by Jan Meijer in the Frisian village of Wier, the Netherlands. Like many businesses at that time, Meijer focused on local agriculture. Jan went from farm to farm offering his services as a thresher. His son, Hendrik, took the first technical steps and expanded the range to include tractors and tracked vehicles. Under his leadership, Meijer grew to become a contracting and earthmoving company, carried out repairs and developed new machines and machine parts. The company demonstrated technical and customer-specific thinking and that bore fruit.
Hendrik's son, Sjoerd, added his own contribution. Sjoerd was even more of a techie than his father and shifted the company's course towards mechanical engineering and construction. Meijer proved himself by developing surprising and effective solutions to complicated technical problems. The knowledge and experience gained from these activities were also essential to the development of its present achievements.
These days, the fourth generation is at the helm in the person of Hendrik Meijer. Meijer Handling Solutions specialises in the production of logistics solutions, such as attachment equipment for material handling equipment and standalone systems. Apart from a brief excursion to Wieringerwerf, the company has always remained in Friesland. In St. Jacobiparochie, the Meijer Group employs approximately 170 people, but it still exudes the feel of a true family business.
The origin of the current activities lies in the patented telescopic fork that was introduced in 1980, an innovation of Hendrik's father. The hydraulic ReachForks was originally sold exclusively to KOOI, a manufacturer of portable forklift trucks, which at the time was sold under the name KOOI-AAP. In 2000, however, Meijer took over the sales and marketing rights. The official brand name KOOI® ReachForks was also acquired.
"That acquisition has been a success for us", says Hendrik Meijer. "From then on, we could also supply our products to other OEMs of portable forklift trucks and distributors worldwide. Personally, I thought those were the best years. During that time, we grew a department into a professional market leader." In ten years' time, the number of distributors rose sharply: from eight in 2000 to approximately 25 in 2010. Meijer Handling Solutions grew to become the world market leader in the production of hydraulic forks.
In addition to acquiring the sales rights, Meijer also invested in engineering. New innovative products were introduced, such as the RollerForks (winner of the inaugural Logistica Award in 2003). "But we do more than just forks", Hendrik Meijer continues enthusiastically. "We developed the Logistics Train for a renowned German forklift truck manufacturer. We have also designed transfer machines for moving goods from one pallet to another."
Making products smarter
Like the CEO, Meijer Handling Solutions is still full of energy and innovation after 100 years. Today, the focus is on making products smarter. The KOOI® Next programme enables forklift trucks to be used even more efficiently. Handling speed can be increased, damage to goods, pallets and racks can be reduced and workplace safety can be improved.
The KOOI® Next program is an excellent tool for providing users with essential information. Using an app on the mobile phone, for example, the deflection of the fork can be analysed. KOOI® ReachControl, a length measuring system for the ReachForks, ensures that the extension of the fork stops at the right moment.
With the length measuring system, Meijer Handling Solutions also responds to the ongoing electrification of internal transport. "For example, we are developing an electric ReachFork", says Hendrik Meijer. To guarantee the quality that the market has come to expect from us, we are currently developing and testing various prototypes."
Looking to the future with confidence
"There are still many good things in store for the company", says Hendrik Meijer. The CEO therefore looks to the future with confidence. "We are a global market leader and want to grow in North America in particular. In North America, we have had a joint venture with Cascade since 2019. Cascade is well represented in North America and our products fit well with their current programme. This is certainly still a growth market for us," he says.
However, the production facility in St. Jacobiparochie does not offer sufficient space for this further global growth. "When the time is right, we will also look at manufacturing opportunities in other parts of the world. By manufacturing locally, we can also reduce transport and in turn contribute to achieving an environmentally friendly chain. Which way will it go in concrete terms? Only time will tell. At any rate, our knowledge and experience will not be lacking to further shape our success in the coming years."
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Opportunities For All
Midlands Arts Centre provides arts experiences for a million visitors every year with support from our players
Thanks to the amazing ongoing support from players of People's Postcode Lottery, Midland Arts Centre (MAC) also known as mac birmingham continues to provide opportunities for everyone to engage in a range of interactive and exciting art forms.
MAC is a seeing, making and doing kind of a space in the heart of Birmingham receiving over 1 million visits every year.
A contemporary arts centre, mac birmingham is also a vital hub for the local community, providing a safe space for those from diverse backgrounds to come together and discover their creativity.
As part of ensuring there's something for everyone, MAC offers courses for people with all levels of experience, free access to their galleries, and a wide programme of both paid and free performances and film. It's also a home to MAC Makes Music, a Youth Music funded programme bringing music-making opportunities to young people in often excluded settings.
MAC will be providing a drawing workshop for students from Birmingham's Nelson Mandela Primary School and at the same time Tea and T'internet provides some digital fun for over 65s. Everyone can join in with some Tai Chi or origami, and there's a special session for Dementia Friends, an Alzheimer's Society initiative. There will be performances by disabled artists, a relaxed family film screening, music performances for babies and a performance by the National Youth Orchestra.
Each year, visitors to MAC get to benefit from the support of People's Postcode Lottery players. The incredible £1.5 Million of support MAC has received from our players has changed lives - connecting people, supporting careers and bringing joy to hundreds of thousands of people.
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Thinking for selling your home? Well, in order to attract the most buyers it is important to get your house (both inside and out) ready.
When it comes to selling a property, your impression is all that counts. Improving your home is essential if you want your house to be more attractive to buyers. When you are preparing to sell your home, you should think of various key issues.
One among them is; what you would expect as a home buyer. According to Marilou Young, an accredited staging professional, you need to put on the buyer's hat and walk through your home as if it is your first time.
You can use a notebook to note down what you notice, what you like and what you do not like. From the list, you can then start renovating your home for sale by changing what you do not like to what you like.
First impressions matter. When the buyer steps into your garden, they should be ready to sign the check, even before they step inside the house. If anything, the first ten seconds matter a lot as to whether the buyer is going to buy or not.
One way to make your outdoors ready for the big sell is to remove all the outgrown shrubs and replace them with flowers and freshly mowed grass and some young trees.
Adding a fresh breath to the outdoors includes cleaning and resurfacing pavements, clearing of bushy regions and repair to the outdoor lighting system. You need to make sure everything looks perfect from the onset.
The aspect of interior decoration does not even need mentioning. While the outdoors will play a huge part in giving the first impression, it is mostly what is inside that the buyers are focused on.
When dealing with female buyers, the color and taste of the house interiors matter more than anything else. Since you cannot predict the preferences of your buyer, it is advisable to keep the decor simple.
You can add a fresh coat of paint on the walls, and revamp the wall with some artwork. Avoid too many colors when decorating your home for sale. Let there be sufficient lighting in the home by ensuring that the windows are open and the walls reflect some bright colors.
A very important aspect of interior decor is furniture. Get rid of any tired furniture and keep the available ones perfectly cleaned.
Your garage door speaks more about your home than you can imagine. It is one of the first things that the buyer uses to gauge the value of your home. An authentic garage door that has been refurbished will help you land a buyer more easily.
In essence, it is recommended that you install a whole new modern garage door design when setting your home up for sale. You need to look at your door design and conceptualise what it speaks.
According to Evenglide Garage Doors, a garage door should contain both the aspects of form, texture, and context. It should be related to your home, and exteriors in an aesthetical way.
An important step should actually be cleaning the home. When you are cleaning for a sale, you do not do your regular home cleaning. This is the time you need to get the services of professional cleaners.
Cleaning in this sense is more than just scrubbing the floors with water. Cleaning for sale involves dispensing off everything that is not of use. Get rid off all the clutter such as useless kids toys, shoes, dirty containers and all the useless garbage in your garage.
The point of cleaning is to ensure that every inch of the house has added value. You should be able to get rid of any smell such as cat spray and garbage smell from all corners of the house. The cleaning should equally be applied to the outdoors.
Organisation makes everything look perfect. Have a good organisation starting from the living room to the kitchen and even to your closet. Have a properly organised space for everything in your home.
Avoid throwing your clothes and shoes all over. Get all the useless clothes from under the bed and have them well washed and organised in your closet.
The business of selling your home is all about impression. You need to let the buyer know that your home is better than all the others they may view.
To ensure that you make a mark on buyers, you have to implement all these factors and go an extra mile in other aspects of your home.


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namespace Bitpay\Network;

class NetworkAwareTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function testSetNetwork()
    {
        $networkAware = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('Bitpay\Network\NetworkAware');
        $networkAware->setNetwork(new \Bitpay\Network\Testnet());

        $r = new \ReflectionObject($networkAware);

        $network = $r->getProperty('network');
        $network->setAccessible(true);
        $network = $network->getValue($networkAware);

        $this->assertInstanceOf('Bitpay\Network\NetworkInterface', $network);
    }
}

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from ...testing import assert_equal
from ..io import JSONFileSink

def test_JSONFileSink_inputs():
    input_map = dict(_outputs=dict(usedefault=True,
    ),
    ignore_exception=dict(nohash=True,
    usedefault=True,
    ),
    in_dict=dict(usedefault=True,
    ),
    out_file=dict(),
    )
    inputs = JSONFileSink.input_spec()

    for key, metadata in list(input_map.items()):
        for metakey, value in list(metadata.items()):
            yield assert_equal, getattr(inputs.traits()[key], metakey), value

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    output_map = dict(out_file=dict(),
    )
    outputs = JSONFileSink.output_spec()

    for key, metadata in list(output_map.items()):
        for metakey, value in list(metadata.items()):
            yield assert_equal, getattr(outputs.traits()[key], metakey), value


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Home > Blog Posts > Ending Hunger is a Gender Equity Issue
Ending Hunger is a Gender Equity Issue
By Maris Feeley
Social Media and Content Marketing Associate
Women in the U.S. disproportionately experience hunger and poverty compared to American men.
About 10 million households with children in the U.S. are headed by a single mother, and 26.6 percent of these families live below the poverty line, compared to 14.9 percent of single fathers. According to USDA's most recent report, single-parent, female-headed households are also significantly more likely to be food-insecure than single-parent, male-headed households (31.6 to 21.7 percent).
Here are three ways advocates and policymakers can reduce food insecurity among women.
Strengthen federal nutrition programs. Females account for almost two-thirds of all adult and senior participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While SNAP is critical to low-income women looking to stretch their food dollars, the monthly benefit often falls short.
Researchers, advocates, and emergency food providers have been praising SNAP but saying that SNAP benefits are inadequate for years, and in 2013, the prestigious Institute of Medicine, after a thorough study, outlined the factors that explain why the SNAP allotment is not enough to get most families through the month with a minimally adequate diet. Policymakers should make increasing the monthly SNAP benefit a priority so that more women can be made food-secure and lifted out of poverty.
Congress should also improve funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to ensure that all eligible women have access to the program. The latest USDA data show the WIC program reaches only 53 percent of eligible people — only 46 percent of eligible pregnant women. Increased funds would eliminate participant-limiting strategies, in order to provide low-income mothers healthy food, nutrition education, and access to health care.
Close the wage gap. On average, white women in full-time, year-round jobs earn 80 cents for every dollar paid to men. For women of color, the divide is even wider. According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, African-American women are paid 63 cents and Latinas are paid just 57 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. The nation's economic strength and growth must be shared equitably. Doing so will most certainly reduce food insecurity.
Current figures for a year's worth of wage disparities equal approximately 78 weeks of food lost for a woman's family.
Support paid leave policies. Women comprise 47 percent of the American workforce, and mothers are the sole or primary breadwinners in half of all families with children under 18, but paid leave for women who work outside of the home is woefully inadequate. Women should not fear endangering their economic security to care for loved ones or themselves.
Research demonstrates food-insecure women are at higher risk for obesity and subsequent health issues. Low-income, food-insecure households on average are more vulnerable to poor nutrition and health challenges, which require more medical care than their higher-income, food-secure counterparts. Paid leave policies, from maternity leave to sick leave, can provide women and their children support to access the appropriate resources and care they need to lead healthy lives.
Advocates must continue to fight for holistic, inclusive approaches in ending hunger and poverty in order to help all Americans and create a healthier, more equitable society.
To see more strategies, read FRAC's A Plan of Action to End Hunger in America.
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There are many times when we have to make a choice between how much to display on a form versus it is taking too long to load.
This is a complex question to answer as there is no rule of thumb to guide and answer this question. However there are few key considerations that must be made while deciding on form layout.
It is always best to start the form design as agile as possible. Take the client in the journey with you and help them make the decision in terms of what fields to display on the form. If the field is not one of the fields that the client wants when they open the form, do not display on the form. There are other ways to get the data like Advanced Find.
Do not overload the form with a lot of scripts. More complex and convoluted the script, more time it will take to load the form. There are new features available to avoid a lot of scripts / rules on the form. Consider using different forms for different roles.
Avoid loading a lot of related entities. This is a lot of times a main killer for the performance. It is great from the user experience perspective to get all the data on the form but loading more than what the client needs is overkill. Users can always get to the related entities from navigation pane.
Do not have long running synchronous processes. It is never a good idea to write a synchronous process for things like external fetch. It is always good idea to write a background / asynchronous plug-in for this to make sure client does not wait for the form to load / save for a long time.
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