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Djokovic 'couldn't be happier' after fifth Paris Masters title
Djokovic will lose top spot in the rankings to Nadal next week, but could still equal Pete Sampras' record by finishing a sixth year as the world's best player.
PARIS 03 November, 2019 23:50 IST
Novak Djokovic in the Paris Masters final - Getty Images
Novak Djokovic said he "couldn't be happier" after easing to a record-extending fifth Paris Masters title by brushing aside Canadian youngster Denis Shapovalov in Sunday's final, boosting his hopes of taking the year-end world number one spot.
The top seed claimed a dominant 6-3, 6-4 victory over his 20-year-old opponent, who looked nervous after being the beneficiary of Rafael Nadal's withdrawal before their scheduled semifinal.
"I thought I had the best serving match of the tournament and that's why the match was pretty short," said Djokovic, who won the tournament without dropping a set.
"Just one of the best matches I have played, definitely, this week. And I feel like the second part of the week was terrific.
"I couldn't be happier with this win."
The 33-year-old Nadal is a fitness doubt for the ATP Tour Finals, which start in London on November 10, due to an abdominal muscle strain, while Djokovic has won the season-ending championships five times.
"I'm sad to see that he's injured," said the Serbian. "I know how that feels. Obviously I went through major injuries in my life as well."
Djokovic, who lost to Russian Karen Khachanov in last year's Bercy final, saved the only break point he faced as he sealed his fourth win from as many matches against the world number 28 Shapovalov.
The 16-time Grand Slam champion has now won 34 Masters singles titles, moving to within one of Nadal at the top of the all-time list, and 77 on the ATP Tour in total.
That takes him level with John McEnroe with the fifth-most ever, behind Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Nadal.
It was Djokovic's fifth trophy of the season after previous triumphs at Wimbledon and the Australian Open, as well as at the Madrid Open and in Tokyo.
His success adds to his previous Paris Masters titles from 2009 and 2013-2015.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 1999
Staff Reductions in the Australian Public Service
The objective was to assess the extent to which staff reductions have been managed in a sound strategic and cost-effective manner consistent with the Government's guidelines and the ANAO's 1996 better practice guide Managing APS Staff Reductions. The audit focussed on 3 agencies - the Australian Taxation Office, the former Department of Primary Industry and Energy, and the former Department of Transport and Regional Development. The ANAO found that the majority of staff reductions were achieved through retrenchment rather than natural attrition; and that decisions on the number of retrenchments were not always supported by an assessment of the impact of the reductions on the agencies' abilities to conduct their business.
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Published: Wednesday 23 May 2001
The Use of Audit in Compliance Management of Individual Taxpayers
The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's use of audit of individual taxpayers as part of its approach to encouraging taxpayer compliance. The objective of the audit was to examine the use of audit as an element of the compliance management function within the Individuals Non-Business line of the ATO.
Published: Thursday 4 December 1997
Risk Management in ATO Small Business Income
The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and administrative effectiveness of the risk management process in the Small Business Income business line. It follows Audit Report No.37 1996-97 and entitled Risk Management - Australian Taxation Office. That audit focused on broad strategic issues relevant to risk management in the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a whole. This audit follows the issues identified in that report into the day-to-day management of the Small Business Income as an example of how risk management operates in a significant element of the ATO.
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2001
ATO Performance Reporting under the Outcomes and Outputs Framework
The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the ATO's management of its performance reporting within the outcomes and outputs framework and to identify potential areas for improvement in specifying, measuring, administering and reporting under that framework.
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 29 August 2000
The Australian Taxation Office's Use of AUSTRAC Data
The audit objective was to examine the administrative effectiveness of the ATO's use of AUSTRAC data. The audit reviewed the use of AUSTRAC data across three of the ATO Business Service Lines (BSLs) namely, Large Business and International (LB&I), Small Business (SB) and Individuals Non Business (INB). These are the most significant BSLs in terms of revenue collection. The audit focussed on the ATO's use of AUSTRAC data at the strategic and operational levels and its management of AUSTRAC data. Aspects examined include the ATO's relationship with AUSTRAC as well as training, data quality, data privacy and security issues.
Published: Monday 6 April 1998
Management of Selected Functions of the Child Support Agency
The objective of the audit was to assess the performance of the Child Support Agency in the administration of key aspects of the Child Support Scheme. The ANAO previously audited the CSA in 1993-94 and identified scope for improvement in the management and administration of the Child Support Scheme. Particular areas of audit concern included client service, staff training and debt management. The current audit has reviewed the CSA's progress in improving Agency performance since that time. The audit focused initially on the areas identified in the previous audit, but also sought to identify further opportunities for improvement where appropriate.
Published: Wednesday 29 November 2000
Australian Taxation Office Internal Fraud Control Arrangements
The objective of this audit was to assess the administration of internal fraud control arrangements in the ATO and to identify areas with potential for improvement as well as identified better practice. To achieve this objective the ANAO focussed on five key areas. These were:
the application of the ATO's corporate governance processes to the internal fraud control activities;
the prevention of internal fraud within the ATO;
the related use of information technology to minimise fraud risks;
the detection of internal fraud within the ATO; and
ATO fraud investigation procedures and practices.
The objective of the audit was to ascertain how efficiently and effectively the ATO administers sales tax collections. The audit excluded an examination of the Australian Customs Service's sales tax administration, although it did examine coordination and liaison arrangements between the ATO and ACS. The audit approach involved analysing the ATO's performance against the five elements of the ATO's established compliance improvement process, namely:
interpreting and clarifying sales tax law;
identifying and understanding clients and markets (enabling tax officers to identify and analyse risks of non-compliance);
providing education and information to clients regarding sales tax obligations, based on identified compliance risks;
implementing administrative arrangements which ensure and/or assist taxpayers to meet their obligations; and
detecting non-compliance and taking action to remedy instances of non-compliance.
Published: Wednesday 28 April 1999
Pay-As-You-Earn Taxation-Administration of Employer Responsibilities
The objective of the audit was to assess key aspects of the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the PAYE system in relation to employers' remittances and to identify opportunities for improvement. The audit focussed on four areas:
remittance monitoring, especially managing late remittances;
follow-up action for end of year reconciliation, including discrepancies;
handling compliance intelligence gained from the public; and
ATO compliance projects.
Published: Wednesday 12 August 1998
Assessable Government Industry Assistance
This is a follow-up audit to Audit Report No. 16, 1995-1996, Assessable Government Industry Assistance. This audit examined whether the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) had implemented the appropriate balance of compliance strategies to ensure that Australian Government Industry Assistance (AGIA) is adequately identified, disclosed to the ATO, and the revenue collected in an efficient and administratively effective manner. The objective of this audit was to report on the action taken by the Australian Taxation Office in addressing the recommendations of the 1996 Audit Report.


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Ed Perlmutter on Tax Reform
Supports progressive state income tax
Q: Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
Q: Should Colorado grant a tax credit to individuals who donate food and to farmers who allow the needy to glean their land?
Q: Indicate options you support regarding Colorado's excess tax revenues.
Support broad-based refunds to all Colorado citizens.
Allow the state to spend part of the excess revenue.
Source: 1998 Colorado State National Political Awareness Test , Nov 1, 1998
Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income.
Congressional Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
extend through 2008 the offset of personal tax credits against AMT tax liabilities;
treat net income and loss from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income and loss;
deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil or gas.
Wikipedia.com Explanation: The AMT became operative in 1970. It was intended to target 155 high-income households that had been eligible for so many tax benefits that they owed little or no income tax under the tax code of the time. However, when Ronald Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the AMT was greatly expanded to aim at a different set of deductions that most Americans receive.
The AMT sets a minimum tax rate of 26% or 28% on some taxpayers so that they cannot use certain types of deductions to lower their tax. By contrast, the rate for a corporation is 20%. Affected taxpayers are those who have what are known as "tax preference items". These include long-term capital gains, accelerated depreciation, & percentage depletion.
Because the AMT is not indexed to inflation, an increasing number of upper-middle-income taxpayers have been finding themselves subject to this tax. In 2006, an IRS report highlighted the AMT as the single most serious problem with the tax code.
For 2007, the AMT Exemption was not fully phased until [income reaches] $415,000 for joint returns. Within the $150,000 to $415,000 range, AMT liability typically increases as income increases above $150,000.
OnTheIssues.org Explanation: This vote extends the AMT exemption, and hence avoids the AMT affecting more upper-middle-income people. This vote has no permanent effect on the AMT, although voting YES implies that one would support the same permanent AMT change. Reference: Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act; Bill H.R.6275 ; vote number 2008-455 on Jun 25, 2008
Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes.
Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue.
Perlmutter voted NAY Death Tax Repeal Act
Heritage Action Summary: This bill would repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, as well as cut the top gift tax rate.
Heritage Foundation recommendation to vote YES: (4/16/2015): Collectively, these measures repeal the pernicious double tax known as the "death tax," and result in a tax cut of $269 billion over 10 years. The death tax hurts economic growth and therefore limits the ability of Americans to prosper. Repealing the death tax would generate an average of 18,000 jobs annually and increase the overall net worth of American households by $300 billion a year. The federal government should encourage, not punish, Americans who work and pay taxes their whole lives, save enough to support themselves through retirement, and retain the ability to fulfill the American Dream by passing along a better life to their children.
Secretary of Labor Robert Reich recommendation to vote YES: (robertreich.org 6/4/2015): At a time of historic economic inequality, it should be a no-brainer to raise a tax on inherited wealth for the very rich. Yet there's a move among some members of Congress to abolish it altogether. Today the estate tax reaches only the richest 2/10 of 1%, and applies only to dollars in excess of $10.86 million for married couples or $5.43 million for individuals. That means if a couple leaves to their heirs $10,860,001, they now pay the estate tax on $1. The current estate tax rate is 40%, so that would be 40 cents. Yet according to these members of Congress, that's still too much. Our democracy's Founding Fathers did not want a privileged aristocracy. Yet that's the direction we're going in. The tax on inherited wealth is one of the major bulwarks against it. That tax should be increased and strengthened.
Legislative outcome: Passed by the House 240-179-12; never came to vote in Senate. Source: Supreme Court case 15-H1105 argued on Apr 16, 2015
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Ямновский сельсовет — административно-территориальная единица. Входит в состав городского округа город Бор (Нижегородская область, Россия).

Административный центр — село Ямново.

Населенные пункты
В состав сельсовета входит 13 населенных пунктов.

Примечания

Городской округ город Бор
Муниципальные образования Борского района Нижегородской области
Упразднённые сельские поселения Нижегородской области
Сельские поселения, упразднённые в 2010 году

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This is a T-RPG where you play a little guy that ventures in dungeons to slay the evil monsters residing there.
- In object-oriented programmation there's a concept called Polymorphism that says "If object A can behave like object B then it's possible to use A where B is needed", applying this concept to the general design is a way to follow the theme.
- The class system of japanese-style T-RPG is a way of shapeshifting and interacts nicely with the concept of Polymorphism.
Right now the game can only be played on Windows OS, you can use either Keyboard + Mouse or only Keyboard (WASD/Arrows + Space/Enter & B/Escape) or XBOX360 gamepad.
And most importantly: it's not finished! Yeaaahh!
There's no IA, no win / lose conditions, the only way to quit the game while in dungeon is to hit Alt+F4, the class system is implemented but not the interface to change the player's class and there's no level made at all.
Still if you want to get the source project, don't hesitate to ask me, it just needs a little bit of cleaning before.
Good idea but theres not enough. The enemies didnt attack me which was very disapointing, and the audio was terrible, it would have been headphone kill had i been wearing any.


What Should I Bring to My First Treatment?
A list of your current medications and relevant medical reports is helpful. Bring a list with you or list your medications and supplements on our intake form, which can be filled out in our office. To save a little time, you can download part of the intake forms by clicking here and printing two pages. When you arrive we will also ask you to review and sign a couple of typical forms giving consent for treatment, etc.
How Else Should I Prepare for My First Treatment?
1. Wear loose comfortable clothing. Patient gowns are available, but many treatments can be performed while you are in your street clothes.
2. Refrain from eating large meals just before or after your visit. But don't arrive too hungry either. Aim for being neither too full nor too hungry at your appointment time.
3. Brush your teeth but don't brush your tongue or eat or drink anything very colorful that may alter the color of your tongue before treatments. Your acupuncturist wants to see the natural color and coating on your tongue.
4. Plan to spend about 90 minutes for your consultation and treatment on your first visit and about 60-90 minutes for follow-up visits. Relax and enjoy this period of quiet while the needles are doing their work.
Is Acupuncture Appropriate for My Condition?
Acupuncture reduces inflammation. Therefore it treats anything ending in "-itis" like arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, gastritis, nephritis, etc.
Acupuncture is very good at helping nerves recover. Therefore it is useful in neuropathy, Bell's Palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, pinched nerves, or recovery from stroke, among other conditions affecting the nervous system.
Acupuncture improves blood flow, making it relevant to the treatment of migraines, restless leg syndrome, atrial fibrillation, and many painful conditions characterized by degeneration or ischemia.
Acupuncture enhances the immune system. In our opinion, this is the most powerful effect of acupuncture treatment. This makes it useful in treating vague feelings of disease, many of which are caused by low-level infections lingering in the body. By energizing the immune system, it begins to behave more normally. In this way, acupuncture becomes useful in the alleviation of allergies and autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto's, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's, multiple sclerosis, or rheumatoid arthritis, among others.
Acupuncture improves hormone balance. It is helpful in restoring fertility to men and women, preventing miscarriage, inducing labor, or treating the symptoms of menopause including hot flashes and night sweats.
In addition, acupuncture can be used for detoxification from chemo and radiation, recovery from addiction, nightmares or night terrors, or the expansion of consciousness through a style called Esoteric Acupuncture.
This a complex question. We know from current research that acupuncture stimulates neurochemicals and hormones (for example dopamine, opiates). These hormones and associated neurotransmitters work to mediate pain, relax the body, and relieve stress. New studies are regularly performed uncovering new ways that acupuncture is actively working on a neurochemical level.
Where Do the Needles Go? Are They Safe?
Acupuncture points selection is unique to you and your condition. As such, point selection can only be determined after your acupuncturist sees you. Many patients are surprised when we place needles away from the site of a local injury, but as Dr. Richard Tan is noted for saying, "The switch isn't on the light." When receiving acupuncture, it may be helpful to think about the body as a single entity. Each part of the body may have unique functions, but it operates collectively. Acupuncture needles placed far from your area of complaint can still have a profound effect on your condition.
Acupuncture needles are sterile, individually packaged and disposable. At Acupuncture Shreveport, needles are never reused, not even on the same person. The prick is comparable to a light scratch with a fingernail, if it is felt at all. In the hands of a professional, these needles are completely safe.
This really depends on the individual patient, the condition and the length of time the symptoms have been present. Generally speaking, acute conditions resolve more quickly (over the course of several treatments) and more chronic conditions take longer. A good rule of thumb for chronic conditions is one month of treatment for every year you've had the injury or illness. This is just a guideline to set expectations. Your treatment might progress more quickly.
Most patients report feeling extremely relaxed during and after treatment. Many patients report sleeping more soundly during and following treatment. Symptoms of your presenting problem may diminish or disappear.
What Conditions Are Treated with Acupuncture?
The World Health Organization (WHO) lists over 31 conditions for which acupuncture is considered an effective form of treatment based on positive clinical trial outcomes. In total, the report from the WHO details over 90 conditions for which acupuncture may be effective.
Some, but not all, of the conditions treated at Acupuncture Shreveport are listed on our Welcome page.


The PGA WEST development is nearly 30 years old, and so are many of our Association's governing documents. A major Board initiative is to review and update the Master Association's CC&Rs and Bylaws, and make sure they conform to all changes over the years in the California Civil Code. The updated Governing Documents should reflect a mature community, not a community under development, which was the case when the documents were originally written in the mid-1980s.
The ad hoc Governing Documents Committee will provide input and recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding changes and improvements to the Association's governing documents.
Because this is an ad hoc committee, established for a specific purpose, its meeting schedule and location will vary over the duration of the project.


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For the week of April 18, 2016
Last week the paving contractor, Bay Cities Paving & Grading, Inc., completed paving activities on Valley Drive and Canon Drive, except for the turnaround pocket at Canon Drive that will be paved this week. The contractor also performed small repairs on Donald Drive and Woodland Road.
Also last week, the contractor started working on Camino Sobrante. The roadway treatment that is being applied to this street is Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) and small sections of Mill and Fill. Currently the street is down to base grade. This week the contractor will apply the first lift of hot mix asphalt (HMA) to Camino Sobrante. The paving activities on Camino Sobrante are scheduled to be completed the last week of April.
Camino Sobrante is the last street of the 2015 paving project. Once the treatment to this roadway is completed, the contractor will work on other items such as striping, AC dikes, utility cover adjustments, general clean up, etc.
Citizens' Infrastructure Oversight Commission (CIOC) -
The CIOC held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. At the meeting the Commission discussed and approved the 2015 Annual Report to the City Council and reviewed and approved the roads selection for the 2017 Annual Paving Project (funded by Gas Tax and County Sales Tax). Both of these items will be presented to the City Council at the next Council meeting on April 19.
Roads and Infrastructure Web Page - The City recently updated the Roads and Infrastructure tab on our website at www.cityoforinda.org. The new page will make it easier to find current project status, the City's road and drains plan for the future and past studies and data on our roads and drains. Click Here to access the new page!
Art in Public Places Committee - CANCELLED
Monday, April 18, 2016 3:30pm
May Room, Orinda Library
Monday, April 18, 2016, 7:00pm
Sarge Littlehale Room, City Hall
Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 7:00pm
City Council - Budget Study Session
Thursday, April 21, 2016, 8:30am
Planning Commission - Special Meeting
Thursday, April 21, 2016, 7:00pm
Room 7 Community Center
Citizens' Infrastructure Oversight Commission
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 6:30pm
Sarge Littlehale Community Room
City Hall, 22 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563
Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 7:00pm
An American Ascent : Internationally Acclaimed Documentary
Free screening at the Orinda Library Auditorium
April 20, 2016 at 7 pm
AN AMERICAN ASCENT is a feature documentary about the
First African American expedition to tackle North America's highest peak, Denali.
In June 2013, nine African Americans set out to build a legacy by encouraging inner city kids to get outside. An American Ascent is a feature documentary from producers Andy Adkins, George Potter and James Mills, about the first African American expedition to tackle North America's highest peak, Denali.
Expedition member, Scott Briscoe, will introduce the film and speak about his on-going work with the National Outdoor Leadership School to help connect all Americans to the wild places that help to define our nation.
The nation's wild places from national and state parks to national forests, preserves, and wilderness areas belong to all Americans. But not all Americans use those resources equally. A staggering number of Americans do not consider the outdoors as a place for them.
In 2013 the National Outdoor Leadership School set out to achieve an ambitious goal. They aimed to put the first team of African-American climbers on the highest peak in North America, the Alaskan mountain called Denali. Nine climbers set out to build a legacy and become role models for inner city kids and people of color. Their gripping beautifully filmed story is involving, challenging and worth viewing.
Free and open to the public. First come, first seated.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Orinda Library, in partnership with the Orinda Association.
For more information, contact the library at 925-254-2184 or email bgirshma@ccclib.org
2016 ORINDA ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEER FAIR
This year, the Orinda Association (OA) is sponsoring its Second Annual
"Volunteer Fair" on Saturday April 23rd, from 9 am to noon, in the Orinda Library Plaza.
The OA is inviting anyone curious about volunteering to drop by the Library Plaza and connect with representatives of many Orinda services and nonprofit groups, including the Orinda Arts Council, the Orinda Junior Women's Club, the Orinda Historical Society and Museum, the Friends of the Wagner Ranch Nature Area, Orinda Rotary, Orinda Chamber of Commerce, and many more.
These groups are seeking help from a wide range of potential volunteers, from high school students through seniors. Service groups like Orinda Rotary and Orinda Juniors will have membership information.
Plus, the OA will have information on its own Volunteer Center programs - including volunteering as a driver for its popular Seniors Around Town (SAT) program, the Fourth of July, as well as volunteer information on the many organizations throughout Lamorinda.
So come and drop by to check out volunteer opportunities here in Orinda!
CITY CENT$
The City has several sources of revenue for its General Fund. Property tax is the primary source but the City only receives seven cents (seven percent) for every dollar in property tax. For example, an Orinda resident who owns a home assessed at $850,000 pays about $8,500 in annual property tax. However, the City only receives about $595 of that property tax for City services.
The big news from Environmental Health this year is that placarding will begin April 15, 2016. Inspectors will post the placard when they conduct a routine inspection at a food facility after April 15. In approximately one year, we anticipate all food facilities will have received a placard.
More information about placarding, including videos about the placarding program and How to Get a Green, can be found by visiting the website: cchealth.org/placard.
Friends of Orinda Creeks for Orinda Action Day 2016
Help us clean up San Pablo Creek
With your help, we will clean up trash and remove invasive plants along
San Pablo Creek in Downtown Orinda.
When: Saturday, April 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
Where: Meet at our booth in front of the Library.
Wear: Long pants and a hat.
What to bring: Bring gloves if you have them. Other tools will be provided.
PLANNING COMMISSION 4/12/16 MEETING - ACTION MINUTES:
Continued Public Hearings:
o 7 Oak Flat Road - A continued public hearing to consider Design Review, Tree Removal Permit and Elevated Deck Permit applications to allow a new two-story 4,170 adjusted square foot, single-family residence on a vacant 34,000 square foot parcel - ACTION: Design Review, Tree Removal & Elevated Deck permit applications were approved as well as the adoption of the Statement of Official Action by a majority (4-2) vote.
Five (5) Lots at Wilder (Davidon Homes) - A public hearing to consider Design Review applications for new single-family residences on Lots 90, 91, 100, 101 and 102, and Elevated Deck Permit applications as part of the proposed new single-family residences on Lots 100, 101 & 102 in the Wilder subdivision - ACTION:
This item has been continued to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission.
50 Boeger Ranch Road - A public hearing to consider a Design Review application for a new, 4,840 square-foot, single-family residence, Elevated Deck Permit for proposed 508 square-foot elevated deck, and an Exception Permit application for a patio wall within the required front setback that is an average of six (6) feet in height, with a maximum of 13 feet in height, where four (4) feet is required, on Lot 72 of the Wilder subdivision -
ACTION: Design Review and an Elevated Deck Permit application as well as an amended Statement of Official Action (to reflect the Planning Commission's denial of the Exception Permit application) was approved by a unanimous (6-0) vote.
The Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting of the Planning Commission will be Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Public Library Auditorium, located at 26 Orinda Way
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION: Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 7, Community Center located at 28 Orinda Way
The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to review and make recommendations to the City Council on the adoption of the proposed 7 th amendment to the 2005 Development Agreement (DA) for the Wilder Project. The proposed DA amendments include: (1) Revisions to the process for reviewing and acting on applications for Design Review Approval for new homes in the Wilder Project; (2) Incorporation of the provisions governing development of new homes in Wilder, which are currently set forth in multiple documents, into a single document, the Wilder Residential Development Standards; (3) Relocation of the Art & Garden Center to Wilder Park and associated amendments regarding costs for the facility and plan approval; (4) Permitting placement of soil from grading home sites on the current Art & Garden Center site and development of a trailhead respite area at this site;(5) Installing artificial turf on Playfield 4; and (6) Permitting development of second units in the Wilder Project.
412 Camino Sobrante -
Design review for demolition of >50% of walls on an existing one-story 2,685 adjusted square foot residence and construction of a two-story 5,983 adjusted square foot residence on a 0.59 acre parcel. The application includes removal of two protected trees and an exception permit for home square footage that increases the floor area ratio to greater than 20%.
20 Via Las Cruces (Fire Station #43)
Design Review, Exception Permit, Encroachment Permit, General Use Permit and Sign Permit applications for the replacement of existing Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) Station 43 with a new 5,002 square foot station. The project along with a Temporary Fire Station was conditionally approved (6-0) at the September 25, 2012 Planning Commission Hearing. The project application today does not include the Temporary Fire Station and has made changes to the project to satisfy the conditions set by the Planning Commission. Additionally, the Tree Removal Permit that was approved with the initial project application will be considered separately.
12 Via Las Cruces - General Use Permit and Sign Permit applications for a 1,080 square foot temporary fire station located in the northern parking lot of St. Stephen's Church. The temporary fire station will serve as the 24 hour operational fire station 43 located at 20 Via Las Cruces. This is a temporary structure for 12-18 months, and will keep a semi-fully functioning fire station in the neighborhood as the permanent fire station is under construction.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR UPDATES/POSTINGS:
98 Diablo View Road - Design Review application request for a 1,453 square foot addition. The addition will create a new 1,157 square foot second story above the existing garage, a 139 square foot hallway to attach the existing lanai, and a 127 square foot, ground floor addition for the stairs leading to the second story.
30 Marston Road - The Planning Commission approved plans for a new 3,737 adjusted square foot single family home at 30 Marston Road on March 24, 2015. As a condition of approval, the Planning Commission required that the applicant submit a construction management plan to staff for review prior to issuance of building permits. The Planning Commission also required that neighboring residents be given 10 days to provide input on the construction management plan.
27 Donald Drive - Revocable Encroachment Agreement and Exception Permit for the construction and maintenance of a 5-foot 11-inch high fence in the public right-of-way, located a maximum of two (2) feet beyond the front property line and setback approximately 8 feet to 9 feet from the Donald Drive edge of pavement.
18 Ichabod Lane - Two-phase addition to existing single-story residence, including 500 square foot entryway and living room addition, and 933 square foot kitchen, bathroom, family room and dining room addition.
20 Via Las Cruces - 33 Trees are proposed for removal for the construction of a new fire station at subject property. The majority of the trees to be removed are not protected trees, the one protected tree is a Redwood Tree located within a water channel setback on the south side of the proposed structure. The tree would likely suffer severe root loss as it is located near the proposed construction. Additionally, all but one of the trees proposed for removal have been previously approved for removal through permit application TRP-2012-009. The additional tree is a 6-inch Oak that is located near a proposed retaining wall and will be affected by grading.
ORINDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RESTAURANT TOUR ~ DINING ALFRESCO
Orinda Restaurant Tour - Dining Alfresco is back this Spring on Tuesday April 26, 2016 from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm The event will be held throughout and about Theatre Square in downtown Orinda with most of the new and favorite Orinda restaurants providing samples of some of their finest offerings to tour participants who want to "taste" Orinda at its finest all in one, easy walking tour.
Come enjoy your favorite places and discover the latest editions to Orinda dining scene. The event is also a social occasion with music, and mingling with friends. Dessert and coffee served starting at 7:00pm. The Tour is sponsored by the Orinda Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are $35 and will benefit the Miramonte Boosters Club, for more information, go to www.orindachamber.org
Playground Improvements
City maintenance staff rep laced three separate sections of playg round deck ing with beautiful red wood boards. When you co me for a visit it will be easy to spot the new additions to the 2 to 5 year-old tot lot. There were a few young, captivated onlookers as this project progressed and they continued to remain interested throughout the whole process.
Extended Trips Added to Trip Program
The Orinda Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to begin adding extended trips to the current trip program. City staff have started to collaborate with Premier World Discovery, an innovative company focusing on senior group travel. They are currently working with other communities throughout the Bay Area.
Learn about a 2016 Sedona Holiday tour and a 2017 Spring Training trip to Arizona at an informational meeting to be held on Wednesday, May 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Orinda Community Center in Room 8. A representative from the tour company will be here to share the tour highlights and answer any questions you may have. For more information please call (925) 254-2445.
Instructor Spotlight with Rebekah Younger
Rebekah Younger began working with the arrangement of interiors, or interior decorating, from her interest in installation art and creating a setting to view her contemplative videos, while completing her Masters in Interdisciplinary Art at Goddard College. She noticed how a space is arranged affects how people feel in that space and how much attention they give to their experience.
Out of her desire to bring beauty and harmony into people's lives, she began her interior decorating business, inSite Contemplative Design. Her business provides home staging and interior decorating services, serving residences and businesses in the East Bay. She also began her more than 30 year professional art career as a picture framer and gallery owner, later developing her own line of knitwear, which she sold at fine craft fairs as Younger Knits. Working with color, proportion and placement has always been at the heart of her artistic practice.
For fun, Rebekah likes to wander the streets, taking pictures of the beauty found in everyday life, along with the joyful practice of flower arranging. She is an avid Japanophile and has studied Ikebana, Japanese flower arranging, for years. She is currently a student of Soho Sakai. In keeping with her lifelong love of the cultural heritage of Japan, she is also a Buddhist practitioner, though her current practice is within the Tibetan tradition.
All these practices come together in how she teaches her classes, encouraging her students to bring an attentive and inquisitive mind to their experience and working with their materials. Enriching simplicity and appreciation of our world are part of the elegance she seeks to invoke through her classes and her work with clients. It is possible to do so much with what we already have to enhance our homes and lives. Students may discover the power of placement and attention to the details of their homes makes life a bit more enjoyable as a result of this class.
Rebekah Younger's Interior Decorating: The Fine Art of Arrangement begins the week of May 2.
This three-week course is the perfect inspiration to enhance your spring cleaning and create a whole new atmosphere in your home. Register for Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., reference barcode 21291, or Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., reference barcode 21292. Register online by clicking here and searching for the applicable barcode or call (925) 254-2445. To learn more about Rebekah visit her website at rebekahyounger.com .
Orinda Chamber of Commerce and the Orinda Rotary present the
Orinda Trivia Bee
The Trivia Bee will be held on Friday, April 29, 2016 at St Stephen's Episcopal Church, located at 66 St. Stephens Drive. The cost is $360 per team (up to 6 people per team), which includes a family style dinner. Doors open at 5:00pm and dinner will be served at 6:00pm, the game is on at 7:00pm sharp!
Winners take a cash prize for the nonprofit of their choice. Reserve your table today, only 16 tables are available. Purchase your table online at www.orindachamber.org. For more information call 254-3909, or email info@orindachamber.org
April 10, 2016 to April 16, 2016
911 HANGUP 4 PATROL REQUEST 9
ABANDONED VEHICLE 1 PETTY THEFT 1
ACCIDENT PROPERTY 3 PETTY THEFT FROM VEHICLE 3
ALARM FALSE 34 PETTY THEFT OTHER 2
AUTO BURGLARY 3 PUBLIC ASSEMBLY CHECK 1
BATTERY 2 PUBLIC NUISANCE 1
CIVIL PROBLEM 1 RECKLESS DRIVING 2
CVC NON MOVING VIOLATION 18 SECURITY CHECK 7
EMBEZZELMENT 1 SERVICE TO CITIZEN 45
FOUND PROPERTY 1 SUSP CIRCUMSTANCES 4
GRAND THEFT 1 SUSP PERSON STOP 3
HIT AND RUN MISDEMEANOR 1 SUSP VEHICLE STOP 5
IDENTITY THEFT 1 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE 1
LOITERING 1 SUSPICIOUS SUBJECT 3
LOUD PARTY 1 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE 3
MISSING ADULT 1 TRAFFIC HAZARD 2
ORDINANCE VIOLATION 1 VACATION HOUSE CHECK 3
OUTSIDE ASSIST 6 VERBAL DISPUTE 1
PARKING DETAIL 19
DRUNK IN PUBLIC 1 WARRANT ARREST 2
Theft from Vehicle - April 10, 2016 - 50 Block Berkeley Ave.
Report concerns unknown suspect(s) opening victim's unlocked vehicle and taking items totaling $885.00.
Auto Burglary - April 11, 2016 - 10 Block Camino Sobrante
Report concerns unknown suspects smashing the rear window of victim's vehicle and taking his briefcase containing an I-Pod touch.
Petty Theft - April 12, 2016 - 30 Block Orinda View
Report concerns unknown responsible(s) taking mail out of the mailbox. A nearby surveillance camera captured the associated vehicle, a silver Scion leaving the area.
Grand Theft - April 13, 2016 - 40 Block Singingwood Ln.
Report concerns unknown suspect(s) taking two packages off of the porch of victim's home. Approximately $1,084.99 worth of items were in the packages when taken.
Auto Burglary - April 14, 2016 - Rite Aid
Report concerns victim's passenger front window being broken in the Rite Aid parking lot in Orinda and a purse taken from front seat.
Warrant Arrest - April 14, 2016 - 10 Bevmo Parking Lot
Report concerns the arrest of suspect for an outstanding warrant out of San Francisco County. Suspect was contacted during a welfare check in the Bevmo Parking lot.
Theft from Vehicle - April 16, 2016 - 120 Block Goodfellow Drive
Report concerns unknown suspect(s) taking approximately $350.00 USD and a garage door opener from victim's unlocked vehicle as it was parked in the driveway.
None Reported
Drug Take Back Day
The Orinda Police Department is participating in the DEA National Take Back Initiative
designed to collect and safely dispose unused prescription drugs.
The event will take place from
10:00am - 2:00pm on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the
Orinda Police Station located at 22 Orinda Way
The Take Back Initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Many Americans are not aware that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are at alarming rates, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, many Americans do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medicine, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing them away - both potential safety and health hazards.
As well as participating in the Take-Back event, the Orinda Police Department/City Offices maintain a prescription drug collection bin at City Hall that can be used all year around. The collection bin is accessible Monday through Friday during business hours.
Orinda rated as 9th Safest City in California for 2016!
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Ep165 "The Strength of Women Has Been Hidden For Too Long"
If ee did a kickstart fund, those tribes with more resources could contribute more.
Can we establish a kickstart fund to establish the Indigenous data base??
He's putting the responsibility for action back on native people...it's his fricking responsibility!
Supposedly, the Subcommittee would provide oversight to BOEM....subcommittees usually only do oversight, they aren't the direct, hands-on actors.
And it restores our power when we do it!!
Exactly right -- boycotting DOES work!!
Lol..."smiled and waved before she reported them"
Sorry all, it's getting late over on this side of the pond! I'll catch the rest of the episode tomorrow. Stay well everyone!
Yes, they are enablers. The Cheeto helped further the platform for individuals to act on this racism by labeling Muslims and immigrants as "invaders".
Jeez. I'm reading the transcript of his Maiden speech now.
Actually Tim Fraser Anning is an Australian senator. He is an extreme right wing politician whose sole platform is one of hate. He only got elected to the Australian parliament as a result of a special recount. He supposedly used the phrase "final solution" in his maiden speech.
A Senator in New Zealand still found a way to blame the victims. Saying, "The real cause of the bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place," he said in a statement.


In 2010-11, Dr. Smarrelli wrote a monthly column for the West Tennesee Catholic, the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Memphis. Copies of those articles are available below in PDF format. Today, Dr. Smarrelli writes a regular column for the Diocese's Faith West Tennessee magazine — those can be viewed here.


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"""Views for the command_interface app."""
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.contrib.auth.views import redirect_to_login
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.views.generic import FormView
from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from django.contrib.messages import info

from .exceptions import CommandError
from .forms import CommandExecutionForm

class CommandInterfaceMainView(FormView):
    """
    A view, that should allow a superuser to call management commands from
    one single view within one click (or some parameters and a click).

    """
    form_class = CommandExecutionForm
    template_name = 'command_interface/command_interface_main.html'

    @method_decorator(login_required)
    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        if not request.user.is_superuser:
            return redirect_to_login(next=request.path)
        return super(CommandInterfaceMainView, self).dispatch(
            request, *args, **kwargs)

    def form_valid(self, form):
        try:
            form.execute()
        except CommandError as ex:
            form._errors = {'__all__': [ex.message]}
            return self.form_invalid(form)
        info(self.request, _('The command is running. Refresh the page from'
                             ' time to time to see the output once the command'
                             ' is finished.'))
        return super(CommandInterfaceMainView, self).form_valid(form)

    def get_success_url(self):
        return reverse('command_interface_main')

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The breakfast feast, the amazingly comfortable beds and the scented toilet tissue are enough to put this new and independently-owned hotel on the map.
For now, the biggest win is that the place is inspiring my pen to touch paper for the first time in a month. Whilst the warm rains pour outside, ink floods my journal inside. Lost in my thoughts, in my recent memories, I write dozens of pages without realising.
Here, I have a private room, a tranquil roof terrace and the knowledge that in two days I'll be crashing in a city centre hostel, immersed in mayhem and endless opportunity again.
I'm the only solo traveller – everyone else is part of a couple. The attractions aren't far in a tuk-tuk so they have the best of both worlds; a peaceful, romantic retreat after a day of exploration. Guests are also welcome to bring alcohol on site to enjoy on the roof terrace – something I'll do on my last night.
I have the best of both worlds here; time to breathe, and time to prepare for what's next.


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Has Federalism in Somalia Prevented The Rise Of Dictatorship?
The only Somali constitution adopted through a universal vote was the Somali constitution of 1960 which defined the first Somali republic as an independent, sovereign, democratic and unitary republic.
Post-independence Somali leaders viewed the unitary system as an effective tool to maintain national unity, stability and economic growth. The civilian government of 1960 to 1969 was subsequently followed by a totalitarian military regime which dragged the country into a Civil War in 1991. It also created distrust among communities and eliminated Somali nationalism and brotherhood.
To reconcile national unity and the negative outcomes of the Civil War, Somali delegations agreed to establish a federal republic to hold the country together. The federation was defined in the transitional charter 2004, and then in the provisional constitution of 2012 – " Somalia is a federal, sovereign, and democratic republic founded on the inclusive representation of people, a multiparty system and social justice".
Somali people today are divided along federalist lines. Supporters argue that the federation ensures the separation of powers and prevents the rise of a dictatorial central government – whereas sceptics claim that the tribal federal system could jeopardize national unity and territorial integrity.
The elected Federal Government of 2012, ensured the expansion of federalism and created the remaining federal member states despite fierce criticism on the formation and the involvement of neighbouring countries. In early 2017, the Somali Federal Parliament (the House of People and the Upper House) elected the Somali federal president. He spearheaded a campaign to implement a strong central government, declared that there was a need to build a strong central government in his speech at the Somali National University graduation ceremony 24 June 2019. The strong central government was an option proposed in the article – The Porcupine Dilemma: Governance and Transition in Somalia 2007.
Strong central government campaign started at federal institutions, the president and his group (NN) took control of all three branches of the federal government (Executive, Legislative and Judiciary). UN report on Somalia 2nd May 2018 stated that a motion of no confidence was filed against the speaker of the House of People due to rejection of attempts by the federal government to arrest and remove sitting parliamentarians. The speaker lost his position defending the immunity of the members of the parliament.
After full control of the three branches of the federal government under the slogan "Strong central government", the president and his group (NN) started intervention into federal member states. Federal government (FG) employed various tactics to intervene into federal member states (FMS) affairs such as corruption, manipulation of the election, deployment of the federal army without consent, use of Ethiopian AMISOM forces, banning air transport and exploiting the distribution of development funds. FG and FMS meeting in Garowe from 5 – 10 May 2019, FMS reiterated their grievances including the lack of consultation on the key political process and federal legislation and alleged interference in state affairs. Consequently, the central government succeeded in creating dependent federal member states (Hirshabele, Galmudug and Southwest) while the other two (Jubbaland and Puntland) survived as independent regional states.
Participation of FMS in national legislation and policymaking is based on the constitution or conventional practice. For example, in Canada, the PM meets heads of provinces as a conventional practice but in Pakistan, the federal PM is under constitutional obligation to meet chief ministers of provinces to formulate and regulate policies. Similarly, in Somalia, it is a constitutional obligation to convene an annual conference of executive heads of FG and FMS in order to discuss and agree on national unity, security, finance and information sharing- Art.51(3) of the provisional constitution.
In the middle of the FG campaign on building a strong central government, FG term comes to an end and power transfer became inevitable. Despite the FG intending to extend term-limits and manipulate elections, it is time to seek compromise with FMS. The election is not in the single list of FG powers and responsibilities enlisted in Art: 54 of the provisional constitution. Election law enacted by federal parliament and executed FMS so it is a shared responsibility. This responsibility is subject to agreement between FG and FMS. There are several points to be clarified in the agreement such as federal election body, state election body, harmonization of state election law with federal election law and implementation guidance. The Dhusamareb Electoral Consultative Conference affirms that elections are practically a responsibility between the federal government and federal member states. The central government had to reach an agreement with FMS and relinquish its orders to go to the polls. The Mogadishu agreement is evidence that the election is a joint responsibility between the federal government and FMS. The FG president declared that the federal parliament will have the final decision on the election agreement which may create further confusion on election responsibility and cause a delay.
The president knew that if the Dhusamareb conference failed, the regional governments will ensure that the state governments would still function independently due to the federal system. Thus Somali federal member states prevented dictatorial central government and dictatorship is a matter in the past (dead and buried). Somali people realised the benefit of federalism as a shield against the dictatorial central government.
Dahir M. Mahmoud (Dawilow) is a Senior legal advisor based in London, UK.
He can be conatcted via Email: dawiloa@yahoo.co.uk
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These independent comic book publishers are exposing the forgotten history of Canadian culture
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BY: DANIEL KORN
When asked who their favourite superheroes are, most people would answer with the typical DC or Marvel staples: Spider-Man, Superman, maybe Iron Man or Rocket Raccoon thanks to the newer movies. But not Hope Nicholson; she's more likely to give you names like Nelvana of the Northern Lights or Brok Windsor. For the past year and a half, Nicholson, both independently and with collaborators, has been focusing on reprinting the forgotten stories of Canada's comic book history.
Between 1941 and 1946, Canada's "War Exchange Preservation Act" restricted the trade of "non-essential" goods with the United States in order to combat the growing trade deficit. Comic books were included in this category, so for those five years of wartime, Canadian devotees of Captain America and the like had no way to get their fix of fictionalized Nazi-punching. Seeing a lucrative hole to be filled, four publishing companies – Anglo-American Publishing, Maple Leaf Publishing, Hillborough Studios, and Bell Features – printed their own stories, and for a short time, superheroes that actually reflected the tastes of Canadians were all the rage. The interiors of the books were black-and-white, leading to the comics being referred to as "Whites". But after the war, the trade restrictions were lifted, and kids were back to following the usual exploits of DC and Marvel superheroes, leaving the Golden Age of Canadian Comics behind.
For almost 70 years, these stories remained out-of-print and forgotten by the world at large. After writing several essays about Canadian comic books in university, Nicholson became particularly enamoured with Nelvana of the Northern Lights, created by Adrien Dingle, who happens to be one of the first female superheroes ever published, debuting a few months before DC's Wonder Woman. Her passion for the character led to her and her creative partner, Rachel Richey, becoming the sole holders of the rights to reprint the character's stories, and in November 2013 they successfully crowdfunded the money necessary to do so, raising more than double the $25,000 they asked for. The complete collection of Nelvana stories has since been printed in both hard and soft-cover, with a second printing already available from American publisher IDW.
Not satisfied with bringing just one Canadian character back from the dead, Nicholson created a second Kickstarter independently, this time centred around a reprint of Jon Stables' Brok Windsor, a Canadian doctor who stumbles onto a land of giants during a canoe trip, grows to their size, and gains super-strength. Once again, the Kickstarter succeeded, making almost double its asking price.
More recently, Nicholson has shifted her focus from forgotten fictional characters to forgotten real-life cultures. It's an understatement to say that Canada —and really North America in general—has a fraught history with our Natives, and representation remains horrendous across virtually all media. In superhero comics alone, the number of significant indigenous characters can be counted on one hand, and most of them exhibit stereotypical characteristics like feathered headdresses and tomahawks. To combat this, Nicholson's newest crowdfunding project is a comic anthology produced by AH Comics Inc. and edited by herself, called Moonshot, which showcases, in the words of the campaign itself, "the rich heritage and identity of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis storytelling." After just three days, it's already received about half of its asking $54,000.
Nicholson's projects—so quickly and enthusiastically funded—are telling of the poor job the Canadian publishing industry has done in keeping our cultural history intact. These are pockets of Canada's identity that have been hidden from the current generation for too long, and we have passionate people like Nicholson to thank for making sure they aren't gone forever.
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"Those who don't know enough to come in out of the rain.
Those who take the plunge.
Those who dance on raindrops.
First of ten obsessive sound shots to learn how to survive in a world that has only begun. For the use of those who have the good taste of not being dead yet, a radiophonic puzzle in 10 pieces with the words of Alain Damasio for Phaune Radio, to be found on the 13th of every month on the Internet and the waves of our FM mates.


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Plants handling dangerous chemicals work with communities through Local Emergency Planning Committees
The fertilizer explosion last month that killed 14 people — mostly firefighters — in the town of West is an example of the danger of using or storing large quantities of chemicals close to communities.
Another example came just last week when hydrogen chloride gas used for processing cottonseed leaked and caused the evacuation of residents in Lubbock.
For yet another example, you can look back 38 years to what happened in another small town in Texas.
A Cloud that Killed
In Denver City, a town of 4,500 south of Lubbock, Jack Watkins is now retired. But in 1975, he was working in the oil and gas drilling industry. He was also a volunteer firefighter.
Just before dawn on a Sunday morning in February that year, the fire department was called out to investigate reports of a gas cloud just outside town. What they found left Watkins with memories still vivid to this day.
"I was the first one that went in," Watkins told StateImpact Texas. "You could see it kind of like a fog that morning. It was real wet and damp."
Watkins knew that sort of weather could mean trouble, because it could allow a gas cloud to concentrate instead of disperse. The source of the cloud was a leak at an "experimental" well for injecting hydrogen sulfide gas into an oilfield. Hydrogen sulfide is a naturally occurring gas and a danger around drilling and production sites.
Seeing the cloud, Watkins said he donned an air pack and approached a house with vehicles in the driveway. He would later learn that the people who lived there were having a family reunion that weekend and had guests who stayed overnight.
"There was eight people there at the house. Dead. They'd run out and got in their cars and the gas was still in their cars. And they just got in their cars and the gas got them there," Watkins said.
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The tragedy led the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil and gas drilling in the state, to require operators to have warning signs and fences around oil- and gas-producing sites where hydrogen sulfide gas is a danger. Years later, a far worse poison-gas disaster in Bhopal, India prompted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate the Risk Management Program.
The federal program requires facilities with large amounts of chemicals that could cause a major accident to work with local communities. Those communities have what are called Local Emergency Planning Committees or LEPCs. In Texas, the LEPCs are overseen by Department of Public Safety.
Nowhere might LEPCs be more critical than in Texas. With its proliferation of chemical plants, especially along the Gulf Coast, the state has more facilities handling dangerous chemicals than any other, according to reports compiled using EPA data.
Cheryl Vital is on the Galena Park Local Emergency Planning Committee
In the middle of the massive petrochemical complex along the Houston Ship Channel is the community of Galena Park. One member of its LEPC is Cheryl Vital, whose day job is Director of Emergency Management for the Galena Park School District.
"Those plants will file regular reports with the LEPC with regard to what chemicals they have and the amounts they have. So the LEPC should know what's in the community," Vital said.
But she said the system sometimes doesn't work when what she called "fly by night" operators rent property for short-term use.
"There have been some fire situations where the firemen have gone in and they've realized they didn't know a certain chemical was in that facility," said Vital.
'A Very Safe Plant' Uses a Very Dangerous Gas
One longtime chemical facility located within a mile of homes in Galena Park is the Arkema Production Plant. It uses hydrogen sulfide gas to make insecticides and other products.
"The process we use to manage that hazard is not to have much of it. So we have none of it in tanks," said Dillard Meadows, Arkema's plant manager. "We have analyzers everywhere that read parts per million of (hydrogen sulfide). So if you had any kind of minor leak, you'd get an immediate signal that you have a leak which allows you to shut down immediately."
Arkema plant manager Dillard Meadows talks with StateImpact's Dave Fehling outside the company's facility in Houston
Last year, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the Arkema facility for alleged violations involving safety precautions related to the risk of "uncontrolled hydrogen sulfide vapor releases."
Meadows said the citations were mostly for documentation issues. He said the plant is run safely and that management plays an active role in several local emergency groups including the LEPC.
"I'm very comfortable we have a very safe plant," Meadows said. He said he could see no scenario leading to a lethal threat to the community.
"Absolutely not to the public outside of the plant," Meadows told StateImpact Texas.
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The end of treason
August 5, 2003 August 5, 2014 prorevwp American notes, Foreign affairs
Sam Smith, 2003 – Treason, in one of its typical forms, consists of trading the national interest of one's country to another for profit. In the past decade or so this form of disloyalty has been codified, advocated, and revered not only by our own leaders in the government, media, and business, but by their peers in what is still quaintly known as the "free world." You can find it in its most precise form in various trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT, in its mathematical form in the listing of foreign contributions to our political campaigns, and its rhetorical form in the statements of many of our most favored political commentators.
Beyond doubt, the new trade agreements have done more damage to our national, state and local sovereignty than any foreign enemy or all the spies of American history combined. The last three presidents have helped give the Chinese more secrets than they could ever have hoped to acquire through archaic techniques of personal espionage. And in the end, we have learned not to worry because it has all occurred for trade not treason, corporate not individual profit, and public policy rather than private perversion.
Consider, for example, some words Vaclav Havel wrote in that intellectual Leisure World for lemming liberals, the New York Review of Books:
"In the next century I believe that most states will begin to change from cult-like entities charged with emotion into far simpler and more civilized entities, into less powerful and more rational administrative units that will represent only one of the many complex and multileveled ways in which our planetary society is organized."
"The practical responsibilities of the state — its legal powers — can only devolve in two directions, downward or upward; downward, to the non-governmental organizations and structures of civil society; or upward, to regional, transnational and global organizations."
Thus in a few paragraphs, Havel scraps democracy at every level of society leaving us to be run, presumably, by business improvement districts and NATO. It is a profoundly anti-democratic and anti-patriotic view, because at none of Havel's levels is the consent of the governed considered.
He is not alone. Here was Strobe Talbott writing in the July 20, 1992 issue of Time: "Within the next hundred years . . . nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority . . . All countries are basically social arrangements, accommodations to changing circumstances. No matter how permanent and even sacred they may seem at any one time, in fact they are all artificial and temporary."
Nothing has been more central to the character of American politics over the past few decades than a cynical, corrupt, unconstitutional and, yes, commercial betrayal of the national interest. The continuing symbiosis of drug lords, politicians, and law enforcement has betrayed our land and our constitution. The Iran-Contra affair involved not just bad politics but the betrayal of America for profit. The cover-up of the BCCI scandal by the first Bush administration was a betrayal of America to protect, in no small part, foreign profits.
Perhaps China represents the best case in point since the Chinese know as much about espionage as anyone. As journalist Robert Parry has noted, "Little-noticed evidence from the Iran-contra files reveals that it was the Reagan-Bush administration that opened the door to sharing sensitive national security secrets with communist China in the 1980s. This clandestine relationship evolved from China's agreement to supply sophisticated weapons to the Nicaraguan contras beginning in 1984, a deal with the White House that entrusted China with one of the government's most sensitive intelligence secrets, the existence of Oliver North's contra supply network. In the years after that secretly brokered deal, the Republican administration permitted trips in which US nuclear scientists. . . visited China in scientific exchange programs. Those visits corresponded with China's rapid development of sophisticated nuclear weapons, culminating in the apparent compromise of sensitive US nuclear secrets by 1988. Seven years later, in 1995, a purported Chinese defector walked into US government offices in Taiwan and turned over a document. Dated 1988, the document contained detailed information about US-designed nuclear warheads. The document showed that Chinese intelligence possessed the secrets of the W-88 miniaturized nuclear bomb by the last year of Ronald Reagan's presidency. China's first test of a light warhead similar to the W-88 was conducted in 1992, the last year of George H.W. Bush's presidency."
The Chinese connection exploded with the arrival of the Clinton administration. A younger crowd of American politicians had skipped the part about patriotism, about the pledge of allegiance, about loyalty not only to country but to much of anything other than themselves. The Clinton policy towards China was merely an extension of these values: what's in for us and how soon? The notion of national security was almost alien to them; besides they had the new paradigm of globalization to keep them warm. Here are just a few of the things that happened along the way:
– Named Commerce Secretary, Ron Brown treated his post as just another place to wheel and deal. He was irrepressible, on one occasion okaying the sale of new American engines for China to put in its cruise missiles. The engines had been built as military equipment but Brown reclassified them as civilian.
– Neither was Brown above doing a little business on the side. The Saudis wanted some American planes; Brown told them: you want the planes you also want a phone contract with ATT. Cost of the planes and hardware: $6 billion. Cost of the phone contract: $4 billion. Part of the deal, it turned out, was an ATT side agreement with a firm called First International. The owner: Ron Brown
– According to the New York Times, Clinton removed $2 billion in trade with China from national security scrutiny. Among the results: 77 supercomputers – capable of 13 billion calculations per second – that could scramble and unscramble secret data and design nuclear weapons. These were purchased by the Chinese without a peep stateside. At least some of them would be used by the Chinese military.
– With the transfer of the Panama Canal, four of Panama's ports ended up being controlled by a company partially owned by Hutchinson-Whampoa Ltd., which in turn was owned by Li Ka-Shing, a billionaire so close to the Chinese power structure that he was offered the governorship of Hong Kong. Another owner of the Panamanian ports was China Resources Enterprise, called an "agent of espionage" by Senator Fred Thompson. CRE was also a partner of the Lippo Group, owned by the Riady family that played a central if mysterious role in the rise of William Clinton. According to congressional testimony by ex-JCS chief Admiral Thomas Moorer, Hutchinson-Whampoa won the right to pilot all ships thought the Panama Canal, including US naval vessels.
– President Clinton signed national security waivers to allow four US commercial satellites to be launched in China, despite evidence that China was exporting nuclear and missile technology to Pakistan and Iran, among other nations. One of these satellites belonged to Loral. Nine days later a Chinese Long March rocket carrying a $200 million satellite belonging to Loral failed in mid-flight. A subsequent law suit charged that the circuit board from the highly classified encryption device in the satellite was found to be missing when the Chinese returned debris from the explosion to US authorities, even though a control box containing the circuit board was recovered intact. After the crash, NSA reportedly changed the encoded algorithms used by US satellites because of the apparent release of highly classified information.
– President Clinton approved a waiver allowing the launch of another satellite on board a Chinese rocket, despite a recommendation by the Department of Justice that the waiver would have a significant adverse impact on any prosecution arising from its pending investigation of Loral.
– The NY Times reported in 1998 that the Defense Technology Security Administration said Loral's unauthorized release of sensitive technology to the Chinese gave rise to at least three "major" violations of US national security, three medium violations and twelve "minor" infractions.
– Throughout these dealings, the CEO of Loral, Bernard Schwartz, contributed at least $1.5 million to the Democrats, making him the single largest contributor to these groups during the period in question.
– Softwar newsletter reported that that some of the radios and cell phones being used by Chinese police in their campaign against dissidents were those sold the Chinese by Motorola after Clinton overrode human rights objections by the State Department.
– In the end, the brunt of the evidence was that the Chinese had obtained more American military secrets over the past two decades than all the previous spies in American history put together. They had basic information on all nuclear weapons systems, they got our most advanced supercomputers, they gained extraordinarily important information about satellite systems. Some of this knowledge they used for themselves; some they retrofitted and repackaged and sold to other countries like Iraq, where it was used against our own fighter planes. While the problem occurred under both Republican and Democratic administrations, it got completely out of hand under Clinton. Some of the information was stolen, some was given to China in the classic manner of spies, but a stunning proportion was obtained either as a direct result of political and economic decisions by the Clinton administration or as a result of what can best be described as premeditated indifference.
– Three major players in the China scandal – John Huang, Charlie Trie and Johnny Chung – were all allowed by the Justice Department to cop pleas.
– Carol Cameron of Fox News reported that cover stories provided by Chinese operatives to hide China's illegal campaign contributions may have come from or been approved by President Jiang Zemin. Johnny Chung told Congress he was under orders from the Chinese to keep the whole thing quiet. His orders, he said, came from a suspected Chinese intelligence operative named Robert Luu, who worked for a Los Angeles law firm. In a phone conversation tapped by the FBI, Chung was told by Luu to say the campaign money came from the so-called princelings: Chinese leaders' grown sons, who live, study and often live lavishly in the West.
A transcript of the wiretap, obtained by Fox News, contains the following:
LUU: "Shove the blame on the shoulders of the princelings."
CHUNG: "So blame it on the princelings. Do not implicate the Chinese government."
LUU: "Yes. Chairman Jiang agreed to handle it like this; the president over here also agreed."
– Newsweek quoted intelligence officials as saying that the Chinese "penetration is total. They are deep into the (US nuclear weapons) labs' black programs."
– In an AP story ignored by major media, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey accused the Clinton administration of pursuing a policy of appeasement toward China and likened it to the way Britain and France dealt with Nazi Germany on Czechoslovakia before World War II.
– The Wall Street Journal wrote: "Top business executives are issuing a blunt warning to federal lawmakers: Vote against the trade deal with China, and we will hold it against you when writing campaign checks.
– Operating with an interim top secret clearance (but without FBI investigation or foreign security check) Commerce official Huang requested several top secret files on China just before a meeting with the Chinese ambassador. Huang and the Riadys then held a meeting with Clinton. Not long after, Huang went to work as a Democratic fund-raiser, but remained on Commerce's payroll as a $10,000 a month consultant. Huang raised $5 million for the campaign. About a third of that was returned as having come from illegal sources. Among the problem contributions: $250,000 to the DNC from five Chinese businessmen in order to have a brief meeting with Clinton at a fund-raiser.
– Macao businessman Ng Lap Seng, closely linked to a couple of major Chinese-owned enterprises, was regularly bringing in large sums of money to the US, according to customs records. On one occasion, he arrived with $175,000 and then two days later met with Charlie Trie and Mark Middleton at the White House. That evening Ng sat at Clinton's table at a DNC fund-raiser.
This is just a sample, not of treason, but of politics as it has been practiced. It is all bizarre, incestuous, of little known purpose, and, in the best postmodern manner, flexible. Just as American politicians and lawyers have redefined bribery so that the official bribee can escape punishment for the same crime for which the citizen briber goes to prison, so the rules of loyalty to one's country now vary immensely not according to the nature of one's action but according to one's position.
Don't look for it written down anywhere. Except for the basic rule, laid down in 1613 by John Harington: "Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
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Black Union Soldier Buried in Nevada Finally Honored
by Reporter II June 8, 2015 October 30, 2020
John Riggs of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, left, and Linda Clements of the Historical Society of Dayton Valley pay their respects to Pvt. Scott Carnal of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry during a ceremony Sunday, June 7, 2015, at his grave in Dayton, 30 miles south of Reno, Nev. Carnal, a runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle, finally received recognition during a military funeral Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada. (Lynne Ballatore/Historical Society of Dayton Valley, via AP)
John Riggs of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, left, and Linda Clements of the Historical Society of Dayton Valley pay their respects to Pvt. Scott Carnal of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry during a ceremony Sunday, June 7, 2015, at his grave in Dayton, 30 miles south of Reno, Nev. (Lynne Ballatore/Historical Society of Dayton Valley, via AP)
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle finally received recognition Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada.
Nevada historians say they decided to hold a military funeral for Pvt. Scott Carnal of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry because it's unlikely he received any recognition after his death in 1917 in Dayton, about 40 miles south of Reno.
Carnal was long forgotten until modern researchers discovered that he belonged to the United States Colored Troops and was severely wounded in the Battle of Honey Springs in what is now Oklahoma on July 17, 1863. He was roughly 73 when he died, and no obituary on him has surfaced.
Over 200 people, many of them wearing Civil War-era attire, paid tribute to Carnal and other unsung veterans at the Dayton Cemetery during the ceremony staged by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Historical Society of Dayton Valley and several other groups. Firing squads and a bugler stood to offer three-volley salutes and play taps. A riderless horse led by a man circled Carnal's grave.
John Riggs of the Sons of Union Veterans said Carnal was a hero for putting his life on the line to preserve the Union and abolish slavery. The Virginia-born Carnal joined the Union Army in Kansas in March 1863, shortly after running away from his slave master in Missouri. He was about 19 at the time.
"Can you imagine being a slave out on some plantation and seeing the Civil War going on and you say, 'Well, I need to be part of that?'" Riggs said. "For somebody that young to volunteer to go out in the field to fight and then get shot in combat, he had to be a hero. He did his duty as a volunteer for freedom."
Christopher Price, director of the Honey Springs Battlefield, said Carnal's brigade played a major role in the battle, which was a turning point for the Union in the campaign west of the Mississippi River. The soldiers who fought it were mostly of African-American and American-Indian ancestry.
The United States Colored Troops made up over 10 percent of the Union Army, while only 1 percent of the North's population was black, according to the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum in Washington, D.C. After President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, the War Department publicly authorized the recruiting of blacks.
"Without the military help of the black freedmen, the war against the South could not have been won," Lincoln said.
After Carnal was hit in the thigh by a musket ball at the Battle of Honey Springs, his wound festered until doctors amputated his leg nine years later, according to his military records. His physical struggles continued, and he eventually was awarded a military pension by the government.
He married after the Civil War and had a daughter. He later headed west to mine gold and silver in Colorado and Nevada. A likely grandson, Anatole Cornell, died in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in 2007, and no descendants have turned up so far.
Linda Clements, president of the Historical Society of Dayton Valley, said she's baffled how Carnal ended up in Dayton. She will serve as his "surrogate mother" and tend his grave until any descendants or other family can be found, she said.
"For now Scott is my adoptive ancestor … I am fascinated by his story and I hope somehow in the great equalizer of death he's found the comfort that was so often denied him in life," she wrote by email.
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Prior to taking office as County Supervisor, Matt served on the Ventura City Council from 2016-2020, and was Ventura's Mayor from 2018-2020. During his time on the Ventura City Council, Matt's key priorities were economic development, affordable housing, environmental initiatives, homeless services and supporting our first responders.
Matt is a 2nd generation Ventura County native. He grew up in Ventura and Ojai, attending Loma Vista Elementary School, Mira Monte Elementary School, Matilija Junior High School and Villanova Preparatory School. Following graduation from Villanova, Matt attended Pepperdine University where he earned a bachelor's degree with honors and distinction in 2000. Matt earned his law degree from the Pepperdine University School of Law.
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Matt has also served on the Board of Directors for Project Understanding, the Downtown Ventura Rotary Club, and continues to serve as an Executive Board Member of the Ventura College Foundation, which supports the thousands of students attending Ventura College through scholarships, free textbooks and other assistance.
Matt lives in Ventura with his wife Alicia and his two daughters Lucia and Lorenza.


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