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If I had to pick a favorite Democrat it would probably be Andrew
Yang. Because (as noted by Christian Britschgi at Reason)
Andrew Yang Hates Zoning Laws.
After noting the hatred, Christian says:
That is all pretty encouraging stuff to hear from a presidential candidate. It's part of a growing consensus among politicians at the federal level that state and local restrictions on development are driving up the costs of housing for everyone.
Indeed, Yang's criticism of zoning is pretty close to what other Democratic primary candidates have said on the subject.
Sens. Cory Booker (D–N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), and Amy Klobuchar (D–Minn.), and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro have all targeted restrictive local land use regulations as a cause of high housing costs.
Yang's plan differs from his primary opponents by offering almost no details on how he'd actually get rid of these rules. His website includes only a brief mention that he would "work with localities to relax zoning ordinances" and encourage new types of housing like micro-apartments and communal living arrangements.
Oh well. And here's another thing: the United States Presidency has zero Constitutional power to do away with restrictive zoning; it's entirely a local matter. Geez, Andrew, maybe you should run for San Francisco City Council instead?
And, since (see our Amazon Product du Jour) one of your slogans is "Math", could I see your work on how (or if) you plan on reducing the Federal deficit? I looked for it on your issues page. I found your proposal to get rid of the penny but not on how to get rid of the deficit.
Grok, this Boston Globe article in which James
Pindell profiles Seth Moulton, US CongressCritter from
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district and currently—honest—a
candidate for the presidency.
Seth Moulton wants New Hampshire's vote — and for the state to change its ways.
Basically, Seth hates (1) our continued pot prohibition; (2) our state liquor stores on the Interstates; (3) our lack of broad-based sales and income taxes; (4) no mandates for motorcycle helmets or (5) seat belt use.
But were I a laugh-out-loud type, I would have laughed out loud at this:
The decades-long (and often fraught) project of expanding the number of lanes on Interstate 93 from the Massachusetts border to Manchester, Moulton said, "makes no sense" because it just feeds the congested traffic farther into Boston.
Moulton said he would prefer high-speed rail, such as that being built in China, adding that transportation solutions "cannot be investing in 1950s infrastructure like you are doing in New Hampshire."
Yes. Why invest in 1950s infrastructure when you could be investing in 1850s infrastructure? (Also left as a comment at Granite Grok.)
At some point last week, Wheezy Joe Biden babbled on gun control: "It violates no one's Second Amendment rights to say you can't own certain weapons. You're not allowed to own a bazooka; you can't own a flamethrower."
At the Federalist, Rich Cromwell points out: Actually, Joe Biden, Flamethrowers Are Legal In All 50 States.
[…I]t's totally legal to own flamethrowers in every state in the union, with only a license required in Maryland and a modified nozzle for California purchases. Elon Musk's Boring Company even sold 20,000 of them back in 2018.
The thing is, flamethrowers are not considered firearms and have legitimate uses, like clearing ice and snow, adding a bit of flair to live performances, attempting to catch nemeses, and stopping alien invasions. Also, they're just awesome. So maybe it's time for Biden to issue one of those corrections for which he's becoming internet-famous.
Or not. Back in April, Ben Shapiro noted Biden's invocation of the long-debunked myth that the term "rule of thumb" referred to the maximum size of a rod you could legally use to beat your wife.
And he's been doing this for a long time. In fact, back in 2011, I attended his speech at UNH (introducing the notorious "Dear Colleague" letter) where he made the same claim.
If you look up the term "invincible ignorance", there's an accompanying picture of Biden.
More on the
discussed xdisciplinary "Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum". From
Adam Kredo at the Washington Free Beacon:
California Introduces Radical Anti-Semitic High School Curriculum.
The state of California has introduced "blatantly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel" lessons into its official high school curriculum, drawing outrage and concern in the state's Jewish and pro-Israel communities, according to multiple sources involved in the controversy.
The California Department of Education is facing backlash after permitting a host of anti-Israel activists to build a statewide educational curriculum that demonizes the Jewish state and is said to be fostering hatred of Jewish and Israeli-American students, sources said.
So it's not just anti-capitalist jargon-filled garbage. It's also anti-semitic jargon-filled garbage. (I noticed that their "Sample Course Modules" does mention anti-Semitism once, amidst countless invocation of anti-Arab/Palestinian/Muslim prejudice.)
James Lileks pays tribute to a midwest restaurant chain:
may not be 'us,' but we are Perkins. The mother company is in
financial woes, entering its second bankruptcy. Among the
The company's actual name is Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc., because they also own another chain. If you're curious: There was a real Marie Callender, who made pies. She lived in a California trailer park with her husband, Cal. (Yes, Cal Callender. You wonder if he considered selling pasta strainers that told you the date. It's the Cal Callender Colander Calendar.)
Also noted: the familial implications of Perkins' famous "Twinberry" syrup.


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The importance of color goes back to when we all were children. Teachers spend a great deal of time teaching their students to match colors with their appropriate name. But while some of us feel that we learn a lot of useless information throughout our education, those pre-school teachers might have been onto something. There is a whole psychology to the attitudes and emotions using the right colors can evoke. In fact, studies have shown that colors actually can affect human behavior. As a business owner, if this is in fact true, we want to know one important thing when it comes to color. Which color makes shoppers purchase products? While it isn't about using one specific color, using color schemes right can greatly benefit your business.
Make or Break in 90 Seconds
Ultimately, there has not been a great deal of research to prove that color can in fact urge a customer to buy your product, but the psychology of color does prove some very valid points. Think about the first time you sign onto a webpage. The human brain takes around 90 seconds to form an opinion about a product. While timing it out, 90 seconds may feel like an eternity, it actually leaves companies with a limited time frame in which they can prove themselves to a customer. So what do you think would make the most impact? All logic would lead to the color scheme of your web design. Because realistically the first thing that our eyes are drawn to is color. Borders, backgrounds, pop-ups, graphics, buttons, they can all be planned out strategically to, not only complement one another in their color, but to actually speak to your customers.
Stay Within the Lines
Just like we are taught the rules of coloring on paper at a young age, there are rules to using color right when it comes to web design. Audience is important. If you are selling a product that is aimed at children, you will want to use fun and bright colors. But if you are selling a product that is aimed at senior citizens, a more calming and peaceful color would seem to make sense. Men and women also react differently to color. While women are drawn to colors like purple, blue, and green, men prefer colors such as black, green, and blue. Remember, using color the right way, for the right purpose, and appealing to the right audience can boost your influx of customers. So what color is right for my business?
Peace, Fun, and Luxury
A common color that seems to be well liked amongst the general population when it comes to shopping or doing business is blue. Blue emits trust, peacefulness, calm, and, as a customer, we want to enjoy shopping and trust the company we are buying from. It is no wonder a lot of the big businesses such as Facebook, PayPal, and Capital One use blue at the forefront of their websites. What does a customer need to have more faith in than their bank? But not all businesses need to send this same message. Yellow sends the message of fun and friendly, and is a great color for businesses like bouncy house sales, children's arcades, or the local outdoor amusement center. Green is usually seen in businesses that relate to the outdoors or strive to protect the environment. Orange is the color of impulse. Many companies save orange for special sales where they can create banners that send messages such as "limited time offer" or "while supplies last." You may also notice companies like Amazon use orange in their "add to cart" button." This creates a sense of urgency for shoppers. The psychology of the color black is actually one that portrays luxury. While black can sometimes get a bad rap for being too dark, in the business world black means classy, expensive, sought after. So depending on what type of client or customer you are trying to draw in, using the right color can actually sink your sale.
Don't Send Them into Color Overload
Although color is very important when trying to catch the eye of the consumer, too many colors or an overload on the presence of color can actually cause confusion for your customers. Although some may argue that white is not a color, it can actually be very beneficial in this instance. Not only does white allow other colors to stick out and catch your eye, it creates a balance that the brain might need at some point. It's no wonder Google saves white for their complete background. They are one of the top search engines for some reason!
Do your research before agreeing to a color scheme. When talking to your web designer, make sure you talk about the audience of your product, the purpose of your company, and who you want to attract to your business. Mention the fact that color scheme is important. In the end, it might be the difference between whether or not your visitors actually purchase your product.


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Twin Cities Hospital Nurse Receives award
Angela John, RN honored with Daisy Award certificate and celebration
–Twin Cities Community Hospital has announced Angela John, RN as an honoree of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses, a peer-elected award program the hospital participates in each quarter. A ceremony was recently held at the hospital as a part of the award presentation.
John, who started at Twin Cities as a new graduate in 2008, was nominated by her peer, Donicia Stinson, RN, for, "going above and beyond to meet the needs of her patients and providing excellent care with a positive attitude." Specifically, John was recognized for calling a book store to find a book that a patient was requesting to read. Since the patient had no one to pick-up the book, John coordinated delivery of the book to the patient.
John is a graduate of the Cuesta College nursing program and lives in Atascadero with her husband and three children. She says she loves making a difference in peoples' lives and caring for her community.
The Daisy (an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Foundation was started in Glen Allen, Calif., by family members of J. Patrick Barnes, who died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little-known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. As a way of thanking Barnes's nurses, his family established the award program to recognize "the super-human efforts nurses everywhere perform every day."


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A four-lot commercial subdivision at 2500 N. Main in North Logan is in the concept planning stages. The development is part of the Community Redevelopment plan for North Logan, Planning Commissioner Cordell Batt said. Valley Motors, a car dealership, will be one of the businesses to locate on the site. Overland Group Inc. will also be completing an unfinished office building in the area. Batt mentioned plans to also build some multi-family homes on the site.
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Several seller actions will impact how well a home sells. Common seller mistakes when listing Amesbury MA homes are more damaging than others. Sellers need to avoid the mistakes shown in this article.
Common Seller Mistakes When Listing Amesbury MA Homes
Not Cleaning Up
Keeping a property always presentable can be a challenge especially while still living there. Sellers need to spend time cleaning prior to showing appointments and open houses. Buyers tend to notice the mess inside instead of the home. Clean things up, spend enough time organizing so that you will make your property more appealing. Buyers assume that sellers who do not clean their home also neglect necessary home maintenance. Cleaning up helps Amesbury MA homes for sale sell faster and for a higher price.
Inconvenient Showing Instructions
The harder it is to view a property, the less likely it is to be shown. Sellers should think carefully about asking for extensive notice or only allowing appointments during limited times. Another mistake is not giving access to keys for the home. When options are abundant, buyers will gravitate towards easy showings. Difficult showing instructions cause missed opportunities.
Attending Showings
Amesbury MA sellers often want to be present during appointments – this does more harm than good. Buyers will feel awkward looking through a home under a seller's watchful eye. Also, extensive conversation from a property owner can distract a buyer from the home you are trying to sell. Buyers prefer to take time to explore a property and to speak openly with one another about their thoughts.
What's in your Price?
Price is directly related to how long a property will stay on the market as well as the final selling price. Of the common seller mistakes when listing Amesbury MA homes, this is the biggest one. All sellers want a maximum value from their home. This often leads to over pricing. Overpriced properties will stay listed for longer while correctly priced properties sell first. As time goes by, the listing grows stale and loses momentum. Long marketing time and price drops along the way will lead the property to sell for less. There is typically no advantage to overpricing Amesbury MA real estate. Connect with a real estate broker for an estimated market price and hold off on listing your property if the market value is not where you need it to be.
Selling Independently
Some Amesbury MA sellers try to sell a home on their own. Although it is possible, there may be many issues and costly mistakes during the process. Real estate brokers are experts on positioning a property, acting as an intermediary, negotiating deals, and promoting the interests of sellers. They also monitor the market and changes that may effect a property. This will all make a big difference, especially during changing market conditions.
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Sellers play an important role in the marketing of Amesbury MA properties. The common seller mistakes when listing Amesbury MA homes above are merely the most common mistakes. An experienced listing broker can prevent other listing pitfalls. For more seller tips, contact John Wells at 978-518-1481 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The WATCH charity, and community centre was established in April 1998, after the devoted work of a small group of revolutionary local people, and was renovated in 2001. The centre contains excellent facilities for for the local community, children and young people, space for residents, and groups to meet, leisure activities, and meeting rooms for hire. The centre is open to the general public, and offers free internet, and computer use to residents, and aims to support people facing disadvantage, social exclusion, and deprivation. Our youth activities provide children, and young people with the opportunity to take part in weekly drop in's, and spend time together in a safe, fun, environment. Activities range from; board games, table football, Art & crafts, and the opportunity to take part in informal introduction to radio training through our community radio project, HillzFM.
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Utagawa Kunisada/Toyokuni III (1786-1865) Imoro Hikochichi c 1850. Oban triptych.
Although difficult to say for sure, it seems likely that this triptych represents a scene from a kabuki play telling the story of Imoro Hikochichi. Normally performed as a dance, the two onlookers to the ghostly scene, one a musical attendant, are most likely part of the dance performance or accompaniment. The story tells of a samurai who takes pity on a female traveller and offers to carry her across a steam; halfway across, Hikochichi sees her reflection and realises she has raised her hand concealing a dagger and intends to kill him… .
This is a brilliantly coloured print and when compared to the previous pieces shows the marked change of pigments used in ukiyo-e in the mid-century. The vestigial vegetable dyes of the early century have given way here to modern and imported pigments enabling the artist to use much stronger colours and a wider pallette. The economic position of the woodblock industry had also changed and we see in this piece a greater level of technical sophistication than before - more colours, hence more blocks and more detailed carving and decoration. Yet there remains in this piece a lot of the directness and plain composition of Toyokuni especially in the figure on the right hand sheet.
A very good example of a Toyokuni III kabuki scene with Fuji in the background. Colour and impression all fine. Three sheets are unbacked and full size but joined. Fine condition. Some minor binding holes repaired.
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Kevin B. Chen has been involved in the Bay Area arts community for over two decades as a curator, writer, and visual artist. He currently serves as faculty at San Francisco State University's School of Art and at Stanford University's Department of Art and Art History, a member of Recology's Artist in Residence Program Advisory Board, and a Curatorial Committee member of Pro Arts Gallery. He recently served as co-chair for the City of Oakland's Public Art Advisory Committee and managed the de Young Museum's Artist Residency Program and Public Programs. He has curated projects for Headlands Center for the Arts, University of Nevada Reno, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Art Institute, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries, California Shakespeare Theater, SOMArts Cultural Center, and Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco & Kearny Street Workshop. He was the Program Director of Visual Arts at Intersection for the Arts for over 15 years, where he curated over 70 exhibitions and hundreds of public programs.
He has been a funding and residency panelist (Creative Capital Foundation, Multi-Arts Production Fund, Alliance of Artists Communities, Creative Work Fund, City of San Jose, SF Arts Commission, Headlands Center for the Arts), an exhibition juror (CCA, SF Camerawork, CSU Chico, Root Division, Pro Arts Gallery), and author of catalog essays (The Third Line – Art Gallery in Dubai, Paper Museum Press/Park Life, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Light Work, AKAAKA Art Publishing). His own visual work has exhibited locally at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Southern Exposure, Palo Alto Art Center, Jack Fischer Gallery, and nationally at Angel's Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro, CA), Harn Museum of Art (Gainesville, FL), Bob Rauschenberg Gallery (Ft. Myers, FL), Bruno David Gallery (St. Louis, MO), and The Kitchen (New York, NY).


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3 Primary Reasons Why The Basement In Your Old House Stays DampShare
Old homes have all of that beautiful craftsmanship, charm, and history that make them appealing, but older homes are also notorious for structural problems and leaks, especially if the house has a basement. If you invest in an older home and the basement seems fairly dry, you shouldn't be at all surprised to see the occasional bout of moisture threaten the space if there has been no professional waterproofing performed in the basement. While modern homes usually have more specific issues that will create a wet basement, and older home's wet basement issues may not be so obvious. Here is a look at a few of the primary reasons older basements tend to struggle most to stay dry.
The foundation of older homes have likely seen some shift through the years.
In a home with a basement, the basement acts as one of the primary components of the overall structure: the foundation. Even though ground stabilization techniques are often used today to prevent shift through the years before a home is built, the same cannot be said for homes that are several decades old. Over time, the ground can shift, which often leads to small cracks in the concrete and blocks that make up the floors and walls.
The building material of old basements tends to grow more porous with age.
Whether your basement is created with concrete cinder blocks or solid concrete slabs, this material has evolved a great deal from what it was many years ago. The material that your floors and walls are made from will likely grow more porous with age. This porosity allows moisture to seep through and get inside the basement time after time, and usually, the issue will just continue to get worse. Thankfully, there are some waterproofing techniques used by professionals to resolve this issue, such as using a sealant epoxy which is designed to seal off the open pores.
Water drainage from the roof is not routed as effectively as it should be.
In some cases, the problems you see in your old basement will have less to do with the actual basement and more to do with structural flaws in the rest of the house, specifically the roof. If you are constantly getting a lot of moisture in your basement after it rains, it is a good idea to take a look at your roof and track down where the drainage is going. Even something as slight as misplaced gutters can lead water to places where it will automatically saturate the ground around your basement.
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Facebook for Travel & Tourism Businesses
Why your Travel Business needs Facebook
Facebook is an important marketing and sales tool for any business, but for the travel and tourism industry it is essential. Facebook affects consumers at every stage of their decision making, as travel decisions are heavily influenced by recommendations from other people; 52% of Facebook users say that their friend's photos inspired their travel plans. Click To Tweet
The power of targeting on Facebook means that you can target the right people, at the right time, in the right place and on the right device with personalised messages; 50% of travel brands say that their bookings have increased due to having a presence on Facebook. Click To Tweet
What should you use Facebook for?
- To engage and interact with customers on a deeper level to build relationships and trust, promoting an ongoing dialogue which drives results.
- To retarget people, based on their interests and itineraries, who have previously visited your website or mobile app but have not yet made a booking.
Facebook Advertising
You may have heard that organic/free engagement on Facebook is dead – Facebook uses algorithms to determine the content shown to users and so it is less likely that your page followers will see your content. How to combat this? Use Facebook ads. You can read more on the basics of Facebook Ads in another post here.
You may be sceptical of using ads, but research shows that ads on Facebook receive 2.85 times more click throughs than organic posts. That and the immense power of the targeting available means that you really can target that 'perfect' customer by demographics, interests and behaviours. Many large travel brands have seen success with Facebook ads such as; Thomas Cook, Intercontinental Hotels, Qantas, Club Med, Skyscanner, Flight Centre, Shangri La, Cathay Pacific, Tourism Queensland, TUI, KLM, Hostelworld and more – read some of Facebook's travel industry case studies here.
Tips for Facebook Marketing Success
- Know your audience inside and out – Facebook is most effective when your message is personalised and you've pinpointed the right targeting
- Post consistently – it doesn't matter how often you post, as long as it is consistent and provides value to your audience, 1 quality post per week is better than 1 average post per day.
- Aim for engagement – Facebook is all about engaging with your audience, create content that interests and adds value to your customers and encourage 2-way communication.
- Use conversion based Facebook ad campaigns – use ads to point users to relevant pages on your website with lead generation in mind.
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Can Mitt Romney rally the support of his party in time for 2016?
SAN DIEGO, California – Mitt Romney is back – but the whole band isn't necessarily thrilled about getting back together for a third presidential run.
National Republicans are meeting at the swanky Del Coronado resort on the southern California coast this week to hammer out the details of the 2016 presidential nominating process. With Romney set to address the gathering late Friday evening, his first comments since news broke that he's considering another bid, the GOP operatives and officials in attendance are all asking themselves one thing: Would they get back on board?
"I guess I'll be with Romney?" said one former early state staffer, with a shake of the head and a near eye-roll. "I've got other things going on," said another Republican who worked for the Romney campaign in 2012. "We all love Mitt," said a third, "but I just don't know." The former staffers spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
To be sure, Romney has intense loyalty and support from a cadre of top aides and longtime financial backers, many of whom have mobilized since Friday to make calls on his behalf. In San Diego, several close supporters were meeting with committee members and other key operatives who could mount another campaign. One key Romney ally said that the former governor received personal encouragement from early state donors who declined to support him in 2012. And on Thursday, Colin Reed, who ran Scott Brown's Senate race in New Hampshire in 2014, announced he would begin working for Romney on a volunteer basis.But the wide hesitation on display in the halls of the RNC Winter Meeting underscores the larger reality that prompted Romney to inject himself into the emerging 2016 race at this point: Many Republicans had been well on their way to signing up with a different candidate this time around. With former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush moving quickly behind the scenes, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie still expected to make a bid, and others like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and even Texas Gov. Rick Perry also in the mix, an establishment that had no real second choice in 2012 suddenly had plenty of good options.
"We've got a lot of talented candidates in this potential election in 2016. We want all of them to have their voices heard, hear from the young guys, the new guys, the new faces. We'll give Gov. Romney a chance. But no one's going to hand it to him on a silver platter," said Matt Moore, the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.
QUIZ: Who said it: Jeb or Mitt?
Much of the party's last two years have been about trying to fix what went wrong in 2012 – and it's not clear that Romney would ever be able to overcome Americans' perception that he can't identify with their struggles. Exit polls showed only 18% of voters in 2012 believed that Romney "cared about people like me," compared to over 80% who believed President Obama did.
At the winter meeting, Chairman Reince Priebus and committee members will set an earlier convention date and are hoping to announce a more limited primary debate schedule for the coming summer and fall. And it's all aimed at making sure what happened in 2012 – a Romney loss – doesn't happen again. The 22 primary debates set Romney up against candidate after candidate, as each GOP challenger seemed to take their turn at trying to topple him. The debate stage is where Romney infamously advocated that immigrants "self-deport," a position that even Romney's campaign manager acknowledged came back to haunt him.
The earlier convention, meanwhile, is designed to avoid what happened in the summer of 2012, when the Romney campaign ran out of money but couldn't yet raise funds for the general election. The Obama campaign spent three months hammering him on the air, the attacks essentially unanswered.
As the formal committee meetings proceed in the ballrooms and the potential Mitt-vs.-Jeb debate plays out in the hallways, other potential Republican candidates have sent emissaries to build relationships or are coming to speak themselves. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will speak at a Thursday evening dinner; beforehand, he will dine privately with officials from early primary states. Texas Gov. Rick Perry will speak at a lunch on Friday, and has interviews and meetings on the sidelines of the meeting.
WATCH: Why Mitt should never, ever, ever run for president again
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn't in San Diego. But he's spending at least some time this week nurturing his potential 2016 ambitions, taking time after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's inauguration to meet with state legislators, pastors and GOP organizers in the first-in-the-South primary state.
Also in attendance at the RNC meeting is Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. She and former Huckabee aide Alice Stewart are holding meetings with donors and committee members as they work to lay the groundwork Huckabee would need to make a decision about running for president. Huckabee kicks off a tour for his new book, "Guns, God, Grits and Gravy," in Iowa at the end of the month.
The establishment figures that populate the RNC aren't necessarily a natural home for a candidate like Huckabee, who surged to victory in Iowa in 2008 on the strength of evangelical grassroots conservatives. But Stewart said the gathering was still an opportunity to show Huckabee is serious. And other supporters at the meeting suggested that a Bush-Romney feud might open a lane for someone like the former Arkansas governor to slip through.
"The embers are still burning in Iowa," Stewart said. "We're trying to find out if they can light a fire."


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Trump's new defense attorney burdened by a controversial past
It was just last week when we learned Donald Trump was eyeing an addition to his legal defense team. The New York Times reported that the president had already had discussions with Emmet Flood, a veteran D.C. attorney with an exceptional reputation who has exactly the right kind of background Trump needs given the seriousness of the Russia scandal.
The president insisted soon after, however, that the report was wrong and that he was "VERY happy" with his current lawyers. (My personal hunch is that Flood turned the president down.)
As it turns out, Trump has hired added a member to his legal defense team – but it's not someone of Emmet Flood's caliber.
President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials, to bolster his legal team, according to three people told of the decision.
Mr. diGenova is not expected to take a lead role but will instead serve as a more aggressive player on the president's legal team.
Though Trump hasn't directly confirmed the news, Jay Sekulow, another member of the president's defense team, told NBC News, "I have worked with Joe for many years and have full confidence that he will be a great asset in our representation of the president."
At this point, I imagine some of you are asking, "Who's Joe diGenova?" And I'm very glad you asked.
Recently, diGenova has been appearing on television quite a bit – remember, Trump's TV remote dictates a little too much of his presidency – pushing a conspiracy theory about a cabal of FBI agents who manufactured the Russia scandal as part of an anti-Trump plot. This cabal, diGenova has said on Fox News, set out to "frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime."
That's obviously quite nutty given the total lack of evidence to support the claim, but it shouldn't come as a surprise to those who've followed diGenova's career over the last couple of decades. Rachel noted on the show last year that diGenova became a prominent political figure during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, where he peddled all sorts of strange claims during hundreds of television appearances.
Years later, when the right was excited about Benghazi conspiracy theories, diGenova was once again on the airwaves, pushing unsubstantiated claims about the Obama administration intimidating witnesses. He soon after cited secret sources who told him Hillary Clinton would be indicted over her emails and was bound for prison.
More recently, diGenova was worked up about claims that former National Security Advisor Susan Rice ordered intelligence agencies to cooperate in some kind of illegal scheme involving Donald Trump's communications with his staffers.
And against the backdrop of him getting one thing wrong after another, diGenova then started talking up an FBI conspiracy theory – which apparently helped him land a gig on the president's legal team.
Obviously, diGenova's track record of pushing strange, right-wing conspiracy theories on television makes it difficult to take him seriously, but because Donald Trump is Donald Trump, the opposite is true in the White House: this president loves those who push strange, right-wing conspiracy theories on television. The same qualities that make Joseph diGenova appear foolish in the eyes of the American mainstream are the very qualities that make him appealing to Trump.
For those who support the president and want him to succeed, none of this is good news. Trump is facing a serious scandal of historic significance, which may very well bring his presidency to a premature end. He needs the best legal defense possible.
I'm not sure he's getting it. Trump – who already had to replace the former head of his legal team, who seemed completely out of his depth – has assembled a group of attorneys who haven't necessarily served him especially well, and he's now adding a conspiracy theorist whom the president probably saw on Fox News, peddling a strange tale with no basis in fact.
Those who want the best for Trump – those who want to see him benefit from a sound, responsible legal defense – have no reason to be pleased by these developments.


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Five neighbouring municipalities in Lapland signed on to a gargantuan 15-year health care plan last Friday with the private Mehiläinen health concern. The 1 billion-euro deal is the largest-ever outsourcing in Finland's healthcare branch.
The municipalities of Keminmaa, Kemi, Tornio, Simo and Länsi-Pohja together constitute Meri-Lappi or "Sea Lapland". The collaboration is crucial to social and health services in the sparsely populated region, where each separate municipality's role in the coming service reform has long been uncertain.
Without the outsourcing agreement, the Länsi-Pohja central hospital in Kemi would have to have been downsized to a regular health centre, while hospital services would have moved all the way to Rovaniemi some 100 km away.
Chair of the talks and city manager for Tornio, Timo Nousiainen says that a new company to oversee health services under the "sote" reform will be founded in summer 2018.
Restrictions loophole
Just before their Christmas vacations, Parliament agreed on a bill that will restrict municipalities from outsourcing any more than 30 percent of their social and health services, capped at the reform's planned full launch year, 2020.
In contrast, the Meri-Lappi deal for the five municipalities is set to run into 2032 and accounts for almost 50 percent of local services. But it holds water nevertheless: the restriction bill has not yet received the President's confirmation and is thus not applicable to any agreement signed before the New Year.
Rush job
The deal was hammered out without a proper investigation into the region's potential service models, according to two auditors from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Two ex-ministers were chosen in November to draft an investigation into how Lapland could cope collectively with the health reform. The last-minute Ministry picks, Maija Rask and Hannes Manninen, both said there was not enough time to conduct a thorough study of the region's possible non-outsourced service models.
Rask and Manninen told local papers earlier last week that they had been extremely busy with their work but that no real headway had been made. While their work was underway, the five-way deal with Mehiläinen was pushed through.
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Friday criticised the decision.


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There are many important getting older issues that you will face as you grow older but you can face them each day with confidence if you have the information you need. Start gathering the information you need today by taking advantage of the common sense and practical tips in the article below.
Keep your fruit intake high. Fruits are a great source of antioxidants, which help inhibit the getting older process navigate to this web-site of our cells. They are also a great source of other vitamins that provide a host of benefits to our growing older bodies. Use fruit as your desert instead of sugar filled treats as an easy way of getting them in your diet.
Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of taking Resveratrol. Diets that restrict calories have been shown to have positive outcomes when it comes to getting older. Found in red wine, resveratrol mimics those benefits. Resveratrol is found naturally Japanese knotweed roots. Another place to find it is the South American shrub called Senna quinquangulata.
Ensure you get enough rest for your age bracket. A night's sleep of 7 to 9 hours is crucial to maintaining your hormones, so that you can wake up feeling refreshed. Not sleeping enough to keep yourself rested will make you irritable and prone to depression.
Healthy relationships are crucial in helping you stay healthy as you age. Being involved in local community activities has been proven to increase both your health and your life span. To reap the full benefits of your social relationships, concentrate on cultivating intimate qualities like trust, honesty and gratitude.
Faze out the junk food. You are what you eat, and eating junk will lead to a very unhealthy growing older process. In fact, not shockingly, many studies show that humans that eat more pure, healthy foods live longer and healthier lives. Cut out the junk food and concentrate on choosing healthy alternatives.
Get fish oils into your life! If not fish oils, then olive, flax or nut oils. These oils have been shown to really improve your health while aging compared to their alternatives like soybean, corn or sunflower oils. The latter oils are processed oils and have been shown to be less healthy for you.
If you want to live longer, take safety precautions! If you're in a car, wear a seat-belt. If you're riding a bike, wear a helmet. Don't take stupid risks that could end up costing you your life. Simple precautions like these can easily extend your life and keep you healthy for the rest of it.
Start making a will. Death is a topic people don't like to talk about, but it is inevitable. When you feel ready, begin preparing your will and final papers so that your family knows how you would like things to be handled after you pass on. This will also make sure that there are not any family fights and disagreements later on.
Do protect your skin against wrinkles and cancer by wearing proper sunblock but don't over do it to the extent that you deprive yourself of much needed vitamin D! As much harm as too much sun can do, too little of it can also hurt you so find a suitable SPF that will prevent damage without completely prohibiting your intake of highly beneficial sunlight!
Try moving around more and sitting still less. Especially if you're retired and aren't moving around for work any more. Try taking up a hobby that involves moving around - golf is a particularly good once since it's not a high impact sport but it keeps you moving. Studies have shown that getting up and moving can help you keep your blood pressure levels in normal ranges and lower your risk for heart problems.
Keep your creativity alive in your mature years. If you have retired, make good use of your extra time to pursue new interests, like art, photography and music. Taking classes can make your days more interesting and fulfilling. In addition, you will meet a lot of new and interesting people!
One of the best ways to increase happiness and decrease stress is to enjoy the company of good friends! Especially as we age, good friendships can go a long way in improving moods and mental health and have even been shown to increase longevity! Get out often or invite friends over frequently to brighten not only your day but your prospects for health as well!
Using olive oil is a key to keep your body looking and feeling young. Olive oil is a versatile, delicious and healthy way to reap the benefits of good oil for your body. Over the years, oils have gotten a bad rap from nutritionists, but oils are essential for keeping a body healthy.
Tell your doctor about the medications you take. Bring a list of all prescription and non-prescription drugs, supplements, herbs and vitamins including dosage. If it's easier, bring the bottles. Your doctor should say if they are okay or have potentially bad interactions. As you age, you'll have an increasing chance of having bad side effects from medications, including those that are non-prescription or over-the-counter.
Instead of driving everywhere that you go, take a walk to the shop if you are within a mile. This will provide you with additional flexibility, which will be very important to your joints for combating the signs of aging. Keep the car in the garage for a day and take advantage of the weather in your area.
A wonderful gift adult children can give is caring for growing older parents! To do so, there are many things to consider. In the area of finance, it is essential to create a budget specifically for care giving. Make a list of what funds you have to work with, and the needs of you parents. This will help you see if funds are being utilized to their fullest potential!
Facial care products that you already use on your face work great on your hands as well. Hands go through pretty much the same conditions as your face does, especially harmful sun ray conditions over extended periods of time. Use these cremes, lotions and other products that you use on your face on your hands.
You undoubtedly see now that there's a lot more you should be focusing on than the same things you focused on at 20 years old. Getting older is an entirely new ballgame. Make sure you're using these tips to fight against the growing older process. You can't beat it, but you can hang in there for a few good rounds.
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Alameda County Community Asset Network, AC CAN, held it's fall stakeholder convening, The Results are In: Analysis of Financial Education in Youth Workforce Programs, as a continuation of it's work this year to help youth workforce programs integrate financial education and financial products into their programs. Last spring AC CAN held an event to assess youth workforce programs' interest in bringing financial education and products to youth, and the response was loud and clear. Workforce program providers are well aware of the need for financial education and are looking for effective ways to incorporate it into their programs. Programs are at many different stages, and identified different needs and barriers in creating the kinds of programs they would like to see. Building on this event, AC CAN completed a data collection process during summer youth workforce programs, when the largest number of youth tend to be working. The data summarizes the experiences of workforce providers in Alameda County.
AC CAN used the fall event to present the preliminary data to participants, many of whom had taken part in the data project. Using the data as a jumping off point, AC CAN facilitated a conversation to identify what strategies and supports workforce providers needed in order to continue building youth financial management skills. When the final report is released, it will include a data snapshot of current financial education in Alameda County youth workforce programs, as well as strategies to enable workforce programs to increase their financial education capability.
At the fall stakeholder convening Rosalyn Epstein, AC CAN Program Coordinator, Trish Johnson, Executive Director of Game Theory Academy, and Sabrina Kansara, Director of Strategy at MyPath shared a first look at the summarized data. 33 youth workforce programs contributed data to the project, and together, they served over 11,000 youth this summer. AC CAN found that workforce programs are eager to provide financial education to youth, and most have already started to do so. The majority of programs focus their education on topics such as budgeting and the differences between banking products (debit cards, credit cards, etc). Many programs want to provide education on additional topics such as taxes and wage withholding, credit use, renting an apartment, or paying for college, but need more support to do so.
The majority of programs use their own staff to teach financial education and get their materials from a variety of sources including developing them internally, from other organizations, or online. Many of the programs use curriculum from a combination of sources. Programs identified lack of content knowledge as the most common barrier to providing education.
At the Stakeholder Convening providers requested support to identify curriculum/materials which are accurate, relevant, and appropriate for the specific populations which they serve. Some programs were interested in financial capability training for their staff, coupled with ongoing support so that staff has resources in challenging situations. Other programs preferred to bring in outside experts in the field.
Some of the workforce programs already connect youth to financial products but there are still many barriers for youth to open accounts. The main ones are access barriers (no government ID, unable to get an account in their own name, no financial institutions in the neighborhood) and experience barriers (negative banking experiences of family and community, not feeling welcome or comfortable in financial institutions). At the Convening, providers identified that they needed access to free financial accounts which are appropriate for youth so that they could feel confident in promoting accounts to youth. They also discussed some programs' need to phase in the inclusion of financial accounts over time, as their capacity grows, and the importance of seamlessly integrating financial accounts into the rest of the program so that they are simple for youth to access.
Ultimately, youth workforce programs are providing so much more than a job to the young people they serve. They are teaching youth how to navigate in the workplace, how to conduct themselves, and how to address conflict. When youth learn these skills and habits, they are being set up for long-term success in the world of work. It makes sense, therefore, that workforce programs are also a good time to set youth on the path to financial success through introducing them to strong habits and skills for managing their money. AC CAN wants to thank the amazing group of youth workforce providers who are helping youth to develop work skills and working hard to set them on the road to financial capability.
Please watch out for the release of the final AC CAN Financial Education in Youth Workforce Report soon.
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Please download the compendium of resources from the Convening, including the agenda, presenter bios, and slides used during the event.
At AC CAN's Spring Convening, we held a panel of financial education, product, and service providers. Please download the packet to find quality service providers you may want to partner with.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CFPB, recently released new research on the three building blocks of financial capability and at what point in childhood and youth they should be acquired. Click here for more information and links.


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Preventative Pharmacotherapy for Chronic Migraine--One Step at a Time
Approximately 1 billion people in the world are affected with migraine and the thought is that about 40% of them that are candidates for some type of preventative therapy. A sizable proportion of that 40% doesn't actually receive the kind of preventative therapy that they need, and so that equates to a very large burden that is exerted on a population that can't function normally because they have headache of a very high frequency. So we need to not only identify those people and recognize who is a candidate for therapy, but then also make sure that they're receiving the right kind of therapy. One of the things that we look to do is set up some reasonable goals, especially when you have an individual who has headache on most days or every day. I think if you ask a patient what they want, the overwhelming response is going to be that they want to be pain free. And, we know that that is just not possible in certain populations. There's a lot of neurobiochemical reasons why that may occur; changes that make someone a little bit more prone to having pain for an indefinite period of time. Those are the people where you really need to focus on functionality, where maybe the goal is not going to be pain freedom but to be able to learn how to function and how to cope with the pain that they experience on a daily basis.
There is a pretty large body of evidence-based treatments that we use for migraine prevention. The list is actually several years old and doesn't reflect some of the newer agents that are coming out, or even some new more contemporary studies on agents that didn't make the previous guidelines. So no doubt, especially now that CGRP medications and monoclonal antibody therapies are coming out, there will be a very large new armamentarium that we will have available to treat headache patients. It seems like the early studies on those medications are very promising, that not only are they efficacious, but they're also very well tolerated. It seems like they're going to be appropriate medications for populations of people that perhaps some other medications that we use frequently are just not appropriate for. The issue of course is going to be cost and what is that going to mean for the accessibility of these medications. Beyond medications we have a number of other things that studies indicate are effective, and are becoming more popular, including single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation, noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation, and peripheral stimulation through devices that stimulate supraorbital nerves or even implanted devices that can stimulate greater occipital nerves. When choosing among treatment options, we look for co-morbid conditions, and for other issues that result from their chronic pain. These could be cardiovascular risk factors or cerebrovascular risk factors, depression, anxiety, GI issues. We pick medications that may not only work for treating their chronic migraine issue, but also may treat some of their other co-morbid conditions. So we can frequently titrate antiepileptic medications, antidepressant medications, antihypertensives to get more than one treatment effect out of them.