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The landscape of the fitness industry and the personal training field has evolved dramatically over the last decade. As American consumers begin to be more and more concerned with their own health and well-being, the traditional focus on health care has expanded to integrate the fitness component. Therefore, the role of the fitness professional, specifically, the personal trainer, has taken on more prominence in the eyes of the industry and its consumer. With the consumer's growing dependence on the personal trainer for not only physical improvement, but for overall health changes, the credibility, knowledge and qualifications of these professionals have come under scrutiny. Yet as crucial improvements and requirements of personal trainers have recently been overhauled, this field is vast and, at times, unstructured. And as the fitness job market continues to swell, many young trainers are left adrift, not knowing exactly what is expected of them. For the inexperienced personal trainer, preparing oneself to successfully land a position in this industry can be a difficult task, as many gyms, health clubs and small studios can and do have a varying opinion on what they're looking for in their staff. However, listening to employers' vantage point in regards to their hiring process can be the first step in navigating what it means to really be qualified.
Certification or Education?
While most in the industry agree that education is a must-have in becoming the most well-rounded professional, what that education specifically entails is up for debate. In the past, the requirements of education for employment was often an either/or situation. However today, this professional prerequisite is not so cut and dried. Not surprisingly, most facility employers require or prefer a four-year degree in a health-related field. However, this credential is only a component of what employers are now looking for in their personal trainers. Most interview processes incorporate an application exam or section with potential employees. According to Terra Yeske, the Regional Training and Development Manager for Gold's International, one of the largest co-ed gym chains in the world, with more than 600 facilities in 43 states and 25 countries, "This practical exam shows the competency of the personal trainer and [his or her] knowledge-base. Unfortunately, some degrees don't have a lot of hands-on practical education." Similarly, Wellbridge, the creator of upscale athletic clubs, spas and wellness center, utilize this crucial exam to evaluate the trainer's true skill. "They [personal trainers] come into the health club setting, and we actually take them through kind of a mock program, asking them to demonstrate their technical, hands-on skills [i.e., blood pressure and heart rate assessment, cardiovascular assessment, resistance assessment, etc.]. Depending on how they score on that practical (minimally, 80%), determines their eligibility for hire," explains Heather Morgan, the Regional Personal Training Manager for the Wellbridge southwest region. This practical exam oftentimes offers the employer a real, in-depth look at the trainer. "Anyone can memorize a textbook. But, in reality, many do not know how to apply what they've learned. In fact, some of the worst trainers I've ever seen have been the most highly qualified because they're so book-smart, but they have no rapport, no ability to translate it to the workout," says Forest Walden, the Regional Director of the Fitness Together Franchise.
Although many employers are beginning to require formal education, most still look to certifications as an important qualification. With literally hundreds and hundreds of certifications out in the industry, it is a challenging selection process for young personal trainers. However, choosing the right certification can increase the chance of employment. Yeske at Gold's International outlines the gym's preference. "After 90 days, you need to complete a Gold's Gym nationally accredited and approved certification, which we have nine on our ' approved certification list: NASM, ACSM, NSCA, ACE, AFAA, NPTI, NBFE, NATA, NCSF." While Wellbridge requires their personal trainers to have NASM, ACSM, ACE, NSCA.
Continuing Education Continues
However, educational requirements do not just end with hire. Most employers demand that their employees continue to become educated. As the industry changes, evolves and progresses, fitness professionals are being pushed to remain on the cutting-edge of such change. And some employers are taking this idea one step further, making CE a requirement of continued employment. "We provide continuing education on an ongoing basis for our trainers. We do in-house continued education workshops, (on a quarterly basis). And we also mandate personal training sessions on the net, where our personal trainers complete online workshops, which are assigned monthly. These are mandatory and are a requirement of employment," explains Morgan. While other facilities, like Gold's International, tracks all re-certification and CE through a roster that is linked to their payroll department to ensure that all personal trainers are up-to-date and meeting all of their CE requirements.
Personal Trainers of the Future
Whether you have a four-year degree, a certification or on-site experiences, what the health club or gym is looking for in their trainers is continually changing and evolving. So, what can the personal trainer looking to end up in these kind of facilities do? "They have to want it and be willing to work for it. Our facility is not a place where someone just walks up to you and says, 'I want to train with you.' You have to conduct yourself professionally every single day you are in the clubs and you have to lead by example," advises Morgan. It seems that the requirements of hire (i.e., education and experience) are only half of the battle in landing your dream job. With determination, passion and thoroughly being educated, textbook and application-based, you will be the well-rounded employee that fitness directors will clamor for. "For me, it's passion and the desire to really help people. That's really what separates the good ones from the great ones. While the good ones have people skills and knowledge about fitness, they don't necessarily have the passion to help people and a passion for what they're doing," says Walden.


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Changes in rainfall seasonality (1889-2015) at Grootfontein, South Africa
J.C.O. du Toit1# and TG O'Connor2
1 Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute, Private Bag, X529, Middelburg (EC), 5900
2 SAEON, 41 De Havilland Crescent, Persequor Technopark, 0020, Pretoria
#E-mail: Justin du Toit
Rainfall seasonality (the time of year when rainfall peaks) is an important abiotic driver in natural and ecological ecosystems for many reasons, including affecting direct effects on and competitive interactions between plants (Dean et al., 1995; Whitford, 2002) , altering fire regimes (Cochrane, 2010), and influencing crop and livestock production (Richardson & Hahn, 2007; Van Oudtshoorn, 2007). South Africa generally experiences a single rainy season which, for most of the country, is during summer, except in the south western regions when it is during winter (Nicholson, 2000). In the Karoo, rainfall amount and rainfall seasonality have likely interacted for thousands of years to influence the balance between dwarf shrubs and grasses (Mucina et al., 2006). The general understanding is that mid-summer rains promote C4 grasses, while rain during other times of the year promote slower-growing, frost-hardy C3 shrubs (Roux & Vorster, 1983; Kraaij & Milton, 2006), although further work is required to better understand the relation between these two life forms (O'Connor & Roux, 1995; Masubelele et al., 2014). At Grootfontein, in the eastern Karoo, du Toit & O'Connor (2014) reported on the cyclical nature of rainfall seasonality from 1888 to 2012. The objective of this study was to provide an updated and expanded analysis of changes and patterns of rainfall seasonality at Grootfontein.
A dataset of monthly rainfall from 1889 to 2015 was available for analysis. Data were filtered using a 10-year running mean, to reduce variation, to generate a dataset of monthly data for the seasons (July of year x to June of year x+1) 1898-2014e. Each season's data were then fitted with a rational model regression (Equation 1; see Figure 1 as an example). Rainfall seasonality for each year was defined as the time of year at which the regression peaked. To determine the position of the peak, the derivative of the rational function was calculated (Equation 2) and solved for each year's regression.
Seasonality data were smoothed using Lowess regression (a=0.25), a robust technique that protects against the effect of outlying points (Cleveland 1979), using dedicated software (Peltier 2015).
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Figure 1. Ten-year running mean monthly rainfall values (dots) from 1922-1931 fitted with a rational function (line).
Results and discussion
Rainfall seasonality ranged from early January to early March (Figure 2). From the beginning of the 20th century rains became increasingly late until the late 1920s, after which they began falling increasingly earlier until the mid-1960s. At this point there was an abrupt transition to very late rains, since which time rains have tended again to being early. There is a strong inverse linear relation between rainfall amount and rainfall season, i.e. early rains are correlated with wet seasons (F1,115=44.5; P<0.0001; R2=28.1%) (Figure 3).
Figure 2. Rainfall seasonality (dots and dashed line) fitted with a Lowess function (solid line) at Grootfontein
Figure 3. Relation between rainfall amount and season at Grootfontein. Solid line is linear regression; dotted lines are 95% confidence intervals. For season, 1=1 January, 2 = 1 February, etc.
Because seasonality ranges broadly over the months of January and February, rains are further defined as being 'early' if before 31 January and 'late' if after 1 February. From 1905 until 1983 rains were mainly late with an average of 350 mm. Before 1906 the average rainfall was slightly higher than this but importantly, since 1984, the rains have been consistently early with a high average (405 mm). Heavy early rains would be expected to favour the growth of C4 grasses, which is consistent with the common trend of increased grassiness in the region, and possibly with reports of a more grassy Karoo in the late 1800s (Dickie & Parsons, 2012).
Table 1. Periods of early and late rains at Grootfontein
Average rainfall (mm)
Seasonality of rainfall has varied over time from early January to early March. Wet years tend to be associated with early rains, and this may provide an explanation for the increased grassiness in the Karoo.
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Cochrane, M., 2010. Tropical Fire Ecology: Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics. Springer Science & Business Media.
Dean, W., Hoffinan, M., Meadows, M. & Milton, S., 1995. Desertification in the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa: review and reassessment. Journal of Arid Environments, 30, 247–264.
Dickie, J. & Parsons, A., 2012. Eco-geomorphological processes within grasslands, shrublands and badlands in the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa. Land Degradation & Development, 23, 534–547.
Du Toit, J.C.O. & O'Connor, T.G., 2014. Changes in rainfall pattern in the eastern Karoo, South Africa, over the past 123 years. Water SA, 40, 453–460.
Kraaij, T. & Milton, S., 2006. Vegetation changes (1995-2004) in semi-arid Karoo shrubland, South Africa: effects of rainfall, wild herbivores and change in land use. Journal of Arid Environments, 64, 174–192.
Masubelele, M.L., Hoffman, M., Bond, W. & Gambiza, J., 2014. A 50 year study shows grass cover has increased in shrublands of semi-arid South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments, 104, 43–51.
Mucina, L., Rutherford, M., Palmer, A., Milton, S., Scott, L., Lloyd, J., Van der Merwe, B., Hoare, D., Bezuidenhout, H., Vlok, J., Euston-Brown, D., Powrie, L. & Dold, AP., 2006. Nama-Karoo Biome. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (ed Mucina, L and Rutherford, MC) pp. 324–347. SANBI, Pretoria.
Nicholson, S.E., 2000. The nature of rainfall variability over Africa on time scales of decades to millenia. Global and planetary change, 26, 137–158.
O'Connor, T. & Roux, P., 1995. Vegetation changes (1949-71) in a semi-arid, grassy dwarf shrubland in the Karoo, South Africa: influence of rainfall variability and grazing by sheep. Journal of Applied Ecology, 32, 612–626.
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Richardson, F. & Hahn, B., 2007. A short-term mechanistic model of forage and livestock in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo: 2. Evaluation and application. Agricultural Systems, 95, 62–75.
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Construction has been completed on a $14.2-million student apartment complex on the UC San Diego campus, designed by Leonard Veitzer, San Diego.
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The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia – Movie Review
A year in the life of the White family, well known for Jesco White, the star of the "Dancing Outlaw" documentary.
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is a documentary that focuses on a family from West Virginia call the Whites. The patriarch of which was actually a dancer who made up his own style of dancing. It looks vaguely like tap dancing and a little bit like Stomp or clogging, and was killed at an early age. The matriarch we meet at the beginning of the movie, although she actually dies by the end of it, and they show the family tree. I don't know exactly how to feel about this because part of it seems to me like squeamish Northern paternalism. It sort of says "look at those Southern idiots who are all inbred and stupid and have no teeth." Another part of it makes you actually care about some of the family members. This is a family of incredibly poor people who are not without guile. They are certainly without education and certainly without conscience to a very large extent, the women as much as the men. Most of them have been involved in shootings or murders of some kind. Several of them actually die. One of them loses her child because the child is born so drug addicted that they take the child away. One young man shoots his uncle three times, including twice in the face, somehow doesn't kill him, is in prison, is awaiting trial, and is expecting that because he and the judge are such good friends, he'll just be able to go home. Instead, he gets 50 years. The uncle who's also interviewed says, "well, a part of me feels that when he comes out of prison that I'll have to kill him, but another part of me loves him." That's kind of the whole theme of the whole movie. These are hard drinking, uneducated, poor people, who have, as someone finally points out in the end, really nothing to look forward to. They live in the poorest of the poor in a mining state and have to deal with the idea that the whole earth could fall on them and crush them at any time, or they could drown or be electrocuted. So, not much to look forward to. The only family member that actually gets out, goes to Minneapolis and sort of remains in a rude way kind of poor white trash in Minneapolis. As a Southerner, I don't know exactly how to feel about this. As a documentary film, it's kind of like watching bugs under a microscope, but I'm not sure that that's the tones that human beings should take with one another, so I'll give it two stars.


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11 February 2012
Hello, welcome to ENews 2012-02.
Those long in the tooth will remember the pomes
New system is working so stand by for groans…….
As BW's days may be numbered
The acronym CART takes its place
Trip Boats at both Saul & Lechlade
Needing their crews to touch base.
At Whitminster and at the Trout Inn
Regular meetings are held
The EA have said we can do it
Our hydro team really excelled.
To walk or to drive is the question
That is being asked at the mo
Founders reunion is coming
They first met two-score years ago.
Stroud on the Water needs helpers
In charge will be Alan and Anna
And Martin is looking for someone
Who could become his dancing planner.
Talking of SOW there's the children
Whose events will need supervision
New contact address for ENews Ed
Change? Well, that's your decision!
If and when British Waterways becomes the Canal & River Trust a Management Council will be formed to run it. The council will comprise 35 members with a wide range of interests and expertise and will include boaters, volunteers, local government representatives and other canal users.
There are 33 private boater candidates standing for election with just 4 seats available. They will be elected using the single transferable vote system. Voting packs were posted out to all eligible private boaters on 6 February. Voting is open from 8 February until 9 March.
I know of at least one, possibly two, CCT member amongst the 33, and a list of all candidates can be found at (what is certainly the longest link I've seen for a long time) http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/features/introducing-the-canal-and-river-trust/canal-and-river-trust-council-candidates-private-boaters
The new season is just around the corner and refresher training is being undertaken at Saul for those involved with the Perseverance operation.
Dates are the 3rd, 4th, 9th & 10th March and there is a roster up and running on the Connect website.
At Lechlade, Inglesham will be coming out of its winter hibernation and could really do with some extra hands on deck this year. Further information about what's involved including any necessary training can be obtained initially from Ron Read by email, email@example.com
A reminder that monthly meetings take place at either end of the Cotswold Canals to which all are welcome. Meetings start at 19:30 and are run on an informal basis.
Western Branch meetings are held (wait for it) on the first Monday after the monthly Trust Council meeting and that is held on the first Wednesday of each month. Confused? Have a look at the 'Forthcoming Events' section below as I have worked out these dates for you. The venue is Fromebridge Mill, Whitminster GL2 7PD, on the A38 roundabout for the link road to the M5 Junction 13.
Eastern Branch meetings are much easier to calculate – they take place on the third Wednesday of each month and are held at the Trout Inn, Lechlade GL7 3HA. The dates appear below together with details of guest speakers for the next 3 months.
We have recently received confirmation that the Environment Agency has granted the necessary licences in respect of the Dudbridge Hydro Project.
Chief Executive Ken Burgin said "This is a major milestone, getting these things is technically complex and many would-be schemes are defeated in the process."
Wow! What fantastic news and well done to all involved.
Following the recent opening of Brewery Bridge and the closure of Wallbridge to through traffic in July of last year a consultation on whether or not to reopen Wallbridge to traffic has been organised. It is taking place between 6th and 17th February at the CCT Visitor Centre, Bell House, Wallbridge, Stroud.
Gloucestershire Highways staff will be on hand to discuss the proposals being presented. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday they will be there between 10:00 and 13:00, on Thursday & Saturday between 10:00 and 16:00. The Centre is closed on Sundays.
The options being put forward can be viewed online by going to http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=18903 and following the link entitled "Wallbridge Consultation" at the bottom of the page:
On Saturday May 5th 1972 a meeting was held at Stroud Subscription Rooms that began the efforts which eventually led to the current work to reopen both the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames and Severn canals.
Dave Elliott is organising an event to commemorate this original meeting on Saturday May 5th 2012 -exactly 40 years on to the day. The event will be informal with a buffet supper and display of photos and film of the early days.
Were you at that meeting? Were you one of the founder members of The Stroudwater Canal Society, formed as a result of that meeting? If so then Dave would very much like to hear from you; give him a ring on 07816 260046 for more information.
The Stroud on Water Festival that is being held between the 2nd and 4th June is drawing ever closer …… and the time has come to seek volunteers prepared to give up just a few hours of their time. The tasks will be many and varied and volunteers will be required during the week leading up to the Festival as well as during it.
We haven't been able to make contact with our previously appointed Volunteer Manager, Roger Nisbet, for over a month now, so for the time being Alan and Anna Watts have offered to help. Alan can be reached on 07976 617983 and Anna on 07800 581167, their email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
(PLEASE NOTE: CCT Members will be shortly receiving their copy of 'The Trow' and in case an insert cannot be produced in time it should be noted that the information contained on Page 21 under the heading "How to Volunteer" is incorrect.)
Now some readers may have already indicated their willingness to help at the event, so to make Alan & Anna's lives somewhat easier it would be really appreciated if these people could kindly reconfirm their availability; by email is probably the simplest and preferred way.
Joint Stroud on Water Organiser Martin Phillips tells me that the hunt is on for someone to fulfil the role of Dance Manager.
The role will entail booking performers for the dance stage – anyone who has contacts locally with dance groups whether morris, salsa, belly or flamenco would be perfect for the role.
For further information please contact Martin, either by email email@example.com or phone 01453 860133, mobile 07725 141332
Jan Thomas is looking for volunteers to support the children and young people's activities team during the Festival.
The only pre requirement is to want to have some fun! Shifts should work out at around 2 hours each, but there will be no restriction on those who want to enjoy themselves for longer periods.
Please contact Jan directly for more informa
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Finally a technical point concerning ENews.
It has been necessary to change my contact address from "postmaster@…" to "listmaster@…" so it follows that if any reader has added firstname.lastname@example.com to their Safe Senders List then consideration needs to be given to changing this to firstname.lastname@example.com
For further information and contact details about items marked* please go to www.cct.teamconnect.org.uk and the Message Boards on the Activities and Rosters page. To become a registered volunteer please follow the Register Me Now link.
Mondays & Wednesdays from 09:00: Maintenance activity at Western Depot*.
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 09:00: Maintenance activity at Eastern Depot*.
Thursdays from 10:00 – 15:30: Volunteer taster sessions (towpath clearance) aimed at people new to volunteering; meet Bell House Wallbridge. CCT members also welcome.
12th – Work Party Summit Level (East portal of Sapperton Tunnel)*
15th – Eastern Branch meeting, Trout Inn Lechlade 19:30. Talk entitled "William Morris and Kelmscott Manor" speaker Mike Breakell
26th(1) – Work Party Summit Level (East portal of Sapperton Tunnel)*
26th(2) – Work Party Griffins Mill Lock*
28th – Construction Action Group meeting Bell House Wallbridge*
4th – Work Party Stonehouse – Daneway*
11th(1) – Work Party Summit Level (East portal of Sapperton Tunnel)*
11th(2) – Work Party Griffins Mill Lock*
12th – Western Branch meeting Fromebridge Mill 19:30
18th – Work Party Griffins Mill Lock*
21st – Eastern Branch meeting, Trout Inn Lechlade 19:30. Talk entitled "Ropes and Knots" speaker David Beamont.
25th – Work Party Stonehouse – Daneway*
27th – Construction Action Group meeting Crown Cerney Wick*
1st(1) – Work Party Summit Level (East portal of Sapperton Tunnel)*
1st(2) – Work Party Griffins Mill Lock*
9th – Western Branch meeting Fromebridge Mill 19:30
15th(1) – Work Party Summit Level (East portal of Sapperton Tunnel)*
15th(2) – Work Party Griffins Mill Lock*
18th – Eastern Branch meeting, Trout Inn Lechlade 19:30. Talk entitled "East End Restoration Work" speakers John Maxted & Martin Thompson
22nd – Work Party Stonehouse – Daneway*
24th – Construction Action Group meeting Bell House Wallbridge*
29th – Work Party Summit Level (East portal of Sapperton Tunnel)*
Newsworthy items for consideration should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com but please remember I am always looking for a connection with the Stroudwater, the Thames & Severn or the CCT.
Both the Trust website www.cotswoldcanals.com and the Partnership website www.cotswoldcanalsproject.org are good sources of information on restoration progress with up to date news articles and pictures of progress.
If you think you have missed an issue of ENews a copy of the latest one is always displayed at
www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/enews-newsletter.php and there is a full archive back to April 2006 when the first issue was published.
Any and all feedback is more than welcome.
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Readers of this blog will know that I always advocate environmentally friendly measures and it is becoming increasingly clear that these measures are becoming the norm rather that the exception.
Measure 1 - I drive a Hybrid car - Not only does this car give me a good miles per gallon figure, it is comfortable, I pay only £15 per year road tax and I am exempt from congestion charges;
Measure 2 - By reducing my speed from 70 to 65 miles per hour, I have found that I now get between 55-60 miles per gallon. With fuel cost now becoming a significant expense this is a considerable saving.
Measure 3 - By reducing the thermostat by one to two degrees my heating bill will be reduced; it may not offset the huge rises in energy costs but it must go part way.
Measure 4 - I now turn off lights that are really not needed during the day; I open the blinds to let in natural daylight. The savings may not be great but contribute to then overall saving even with energy saving lighting.
Measure 5 - No equipment is left on standby; to do so would be wasting energy and money.
Measure 6 - If I feel cold; I put on a jumper rather than turning up the heat; I am often staggered to see people in summer clothes complaining about feeling chilly.
Measure 7 - I have changed Banks- not only because my previous Bank gave me such rotten service but my new Bank is within walking distance. No Car needed.
Measure 8 - We recycle as much as we can to reduce our impact on the environment.
Measure 9 - We buy in season food to reduce then air miles that our food travels; some of our food has travelled 10's of miles rather than hundreds.
Measure 10 - We buy our goods and services locally, wherever we can to reduce our carbon footprint.
Am I a crank, or just gloating at saving money (and the Planet)? I suspect that 10 years ago I may have been considered a crank but nowadays I am perfectly normal, and richer.
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How energized are California voters? Mail balloting will give an early answer
The Chronicle's JOHN WILDERMUTH: "A record number of vote-by-mail ballots will be landing at California homes this week as early voting begins across the state for the Nov. 6 midterm elections."
"With about 13 million of the state's 19 million registered voters receiving those mail ballots, politicians across California will get an early read on the direction of a number of nationally watched races, said Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data, which provides voter information to campaigns and other political organizations."
"Although officials don't count any ballots before the polls close on election day, the returned ballots themselves provide plenty of information, Mitchell said. By matching ballots against registration forms, "we'll be able to see things like whether Millennial voters are turning out or if Latinos are voting," he said."
Locals battle PUC over 'community choice'
Capitol Weekly's JESSICA HICE: "The California Public Utilities Commission is poised to decide the formula that determines how much consumers are charged by the big investor-owned utility companies, or IOUs—such as Pacific Gas & Electric or Edison, for example—when the customers switch to local community energy programs."
"It's a complex issue, but one with major implications for consumers' pocketbooks."
"If an IOU customer decides to leave and switch to a local community-run program, an exit fee called a "power charge indifference adjustment," or PCIA, is charged. This charge, posted on every investor-owned utility bill, compensates the utility company for energy contracts bought in the past that are still in effect."
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Newsom, Cox spar over income inequality, California affordability
Sacramento Bee's ANGELA HART: "Gavin Newsom and John Cox traded barbs Monday in what was likely the only gubernatorial debate ahead of the Nov. 6 general election, with Newsom chastising Cox as a Donald Trump-backed Republican with thin policy plans, and Cox countering that Newsom and his fellow Democrats have rendered California unaffordable."
"I hope that we can compare and contrast...our specific tangible plans, because there's a profound contrast," Newsom said during the hourlong debate aired live on KQED public radio, criticizing Cox for pressing for solutions to the state's housing affordability and homelessness crisis without offering detailed policy ideas."
"He criticizes and identifies problems, but with all due respect, doesn't have the details and the strategies to actually solve them," said Newsom."
READ MORE related to governor's campaign: Here's why you won't find Gavin Newsom's campaign statement in the California voter guide -- The Tribune's ANDREW SHEELER; Cox really wants to discuss affordability + Morse, McClintock get testy -- Sacramento Bee's BRYAN ANDERSON
California Lottery cops questioned a $2M jackpot. Then they lost their jobs.
Sacramento Bee's ADAM ASHTON: "The California State Lottery has paid more than $500,000 to settle lawsuits filed by two former investigators who claimed they were fired for calling attention to jackpots they believed the lottery improperly awarded to recipients who could not prove they were winners."
"The two ousted lottery cops had flagged a $2 million jackpot in 2015 and a $750,000 prize in 2016 that they argued should not have been paid."
"It was a travesty the way they were both handled," said Steve Tacchini, a retired San Francisco police captain and former lottery deputy director. A third and related lawsuit from another former investigator is still in play."
Given Duncan Hunter's indictment, is the House race even a contest? For folks in Ramona, the answer is nuanced
LA Times's ROBIN ABCARIAN: "How conservative is Ramona, Calif.?"
"At the Turkey Inn, the town's oldest watering hole, there's a portrait of President Trump in a place of honor above the cash register. "We're just a good, down-home blue-collar bar," bartender Erin Smidt said. "Lots of vets and military, and lots of people mad at the NFL for not airing the national anthem."
"Across town, at the VFW post, there's a Jane Fonda target on the men's urinal."
SF officials running tests on drinking water in Sunset after complaint about pesticides
The Chronicle's KURTIS ALEXANDER: "San Francisco water officials said Monday night they're testing drinking water in the city's Sunset District after receiving a report from a customer who said her water "tasted funny."
"Officials with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission said the tests are "out of an abundance of caution" and that they have no evidence of water quality issues."
"But the customer who said she complained, Mel Scardina, told The Chronicle on Monday night hat officials told her they found pesticides in water around the Sunset."
Non-citizens may have been added to voter rolls, DMV says
Sacramento Bee's BRYAN ANDERSON: "An internal audit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles released Monday shows about 1,500 customers may have been improperly registered to vote."
"Approximately 1,500 customers may have been registered to vote in error," the DMV wrote in a letter Monday to the Secretary of State's Office. "This error has been corrected and is separate from the processing error we notified you about in writing on September 5." Non-citizens are among the affected customers, according to Jessica Gonzalez, a DMV spokeswoman."
"In early September, the DMV revealed it sent 23,000 erroneous voter registrations. These additional 1,500 errors occurred when DMV technicians processed customer requests at field offices to change voter eligibility responses on driver license applications."
Benioff comes out strong for homeless initiative, although Salesforce would pay big
The Chronicle's KEVIN FAGAN: "Billionaire Salesforce chief Marc Benioff is going all in on supporting Proposition C, the November ballot measure that would tax the biggest businesses in San Francisco to raise as much as $300 million for homeless programs, pledging what amounts to at least $2 million to help pass the measure."
"The entrance of the cloud software mogul into the campaign — his strongest purely political action to date, and one that could cost his company millions of dollars in new taxes — forcefully highlights the split between the two philosophies surrounding the measure."
"One side, led by the city Chamber of Commerce, says suddenly infusing hundreds of millions of dollars into indigence programs would be fiscally irresponsible and would mostly just attract more homeless people to the city. And the other, led by the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness and community-based organizations, says a surge of funding toward compassionate programs would dramatically clear the streets."
Civil rights attorneys settle lawsuit accusing court of improperly suspending poor people's driver's licenses
LA Times's ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN: "Civil rights lawyers have settled a lawsuit accusing the Los Angeles Superior Court of improperly ordering driver's license suspensions for people who couldn't afford to pay their traffic ticket fines, saying the court has agreed to notify drivers that they can ask a judge to evaluate their ability to pay."
"Courts were required by law to look at a person's ability to pay a fine before ordering the suspension of a driver's license," said Antionette Dozier, an attorney with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, in a statement. "In Los Angeles, they didn't follow the law."
California community colleges seek larger Cal Grants to cover students' living costs
EdSource's MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN: "California's community college system is advancing a bold plan to overhaul how students in the state receive financial aid."
"The proposal would be expensive, estimated to cost $1.5 billion a year, but would change the rules of the state's main form of financial aid — the Cal Grant programs — to allow hundreds of thousands of low- and moderate-income students to receive aid to cover not just tuition but also living expenses like housing and food."
"Under current regulations, most Cal Grant money, which is awarded to over 300,000 students, is used to cover tuition. But for many community college students, especially low-income students who are eligible to receive tuition waivers, living expenses comprise by far the largest share of their college costs. In many cases, these living costs can present an insurmountable barrier to attending college."
READ MORE related to Education: California rural education network launches to help isolated teachers share resources -- EdSource's LEE ROMNEY
State's stem cell funds dwindling
DAVID JENSEN in Capitol Weekly: "The Golden State's stem cell research program is down to its last $144 million after nearly 14 years of financing searches for therapies for everything ranging from diabetes to bubble baby syndrome."
"Funded with $3 billion in November 2004, California's stem cell agency has yet to back a therapy that is widely available to the public. Its directors are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to approve plans for what could be the last year for new awards."
"Known formally as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the agency was created by voters through a ballot initiative. The measure provided $3 billion in bond support but no additional cash beyond that."
Homeless patients were left on the streets by hospitals. This law could end 'dumping'
Sacramento Bee's CYNTHIA HUBERT: "Spurred by news stories about hospitals "dumping" poor people onto the streets, a new law will soon require health care providers to develop specific policies for safely discharging homeless patients."
"Beginning in July, hospitals must document in writing that shelters have beds for homeless patients before sending them to the facilities. Hospitals also must offer homeless patients a meal, appropriate clothing, medications and transportation upon discharge."
"The Sacramento Bee this year detailed several cases in which hospitals left homeless people in tenuous situations, which helped spur Senate Bill 1152 by Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina."
Death Row inmate's lawyer pushes for DNA test he says will clear his client
The Chronicle's BOB EGELKO: "A Death Row inmate who claims DNA evidence would clear him of four Southern California murders committed 35 years ago appears to have moved a step closer to testing of his own DNA along with that of another potential suspect."
"A lawyer for inmate Kevin Cooper says a second man, whose girlfriend linked him to the possible murder weapon, has made his own DNA available for testing along with Cooper's. The lawyer, Norman Hile, also says a confidential witness told him the second man has confessed to the killings that sent Cooper to Death Row."
"The development comes as Cooper and his lawyer await Gov. Jerry Brown's decision on their request in February 2016 to approve the testing of Cooper's DNA."
With the midterm election a month away, Trump seeks to keep Republican anger high
LA Times's DAVID LAUTER: "With the midterm election now four weeks away and the fight over Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation receding into the past, President Trump and his party have embarked on an effort to keep conservative anger fresh, even at the potential cost of further alienating some women voters."
"The approach reflects a judgment that with an energized Republican base, the party has a chance now to lock down key races for the Senate, protecting its majority there. If the necessary tactics drive some House races more firmly into Democratic hands — increasing the odds that Republicans lose control of that chamber — that's a risk the party appears increasingly willing to run."
"On Monday morning, Trump denounced the sexual assault accusations against Kavanaugh as a "hoax that was set up by the Democrats," and warned that his opponents would try to impeach the newly confirmed justice if they won control of Congress."
READ MORE related to POTUS45: Trump is still losing millions at his golf resorts in Scotland -- LA Times's STEPHANIE BAKER; Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh during swearing-in ceremony -- AP's MARK SHERMAN/JILL COLVIN


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LEICESTER � Voters go to the ballot box Tuesday to decide a $1.5 million Proposition 2� override question.
If the override passes, the town would take care of a $453,000 deficit, as well as replacing $500,000 in its free cash account, increasing the school budget by $317,000, adding $130,500 to general operating costs and allocating $99,500 to the municipal side of government.
Selectmen voted to recommend that $50,000 be allocated to police, $20,000 to the Fire Department and $6,000 to the Council on Aging, with the remaining $23,500 kept flexible pending discussions with the School Department about jointly funding a children's librarian position.
If the override passes, taxes will increase about 67 cents per day, or $245.25 a year, for the owner of a property valued at $150,000.
If the override fails, the school district anticipates eliminating seven full-time positions, including teachers, teacher aides and support staff members, in addition to the six jobs already cut this year.
In addition, the idea of moving to regional dispatch would be back on the table, even though funding may be delayed another year.
Another consequence of not passing the override could be closing the library. If the Library Department's budget is cut and hours of operation reduced, the library would lose its certification and serious consideration would be given to closing it entirely. Cuts to the Council on Aging would translate to fewer staff hours and programs, with further reductions necessary in the following fiscal year.
Other consequences include reduction in response levels at the Police Department, demotion of sergeants and fewer public hours at the station lobby. The Fire Department could have less training time. In the Highway Department, the number of contractors hired for snow and ice removal might have to be cut.
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Ken Livingstone's long-term feud with the Evening Standard reached a new nadir almost two years ago. The mayor was allegedly recorded comparing (Jewish) reporter Oliver Finegold to a Nazi concentration camp guard and then subsequently refused to apologise. This incendiary incident forms the basis for Mea Culpa, an unusual, site-specific project by Zimbabwe-born Ryan Ras. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Ras has invited a range of artists to create narratives (written, aural or visual) on the subject. Ras' own conceptual written work The Incomplete History of Public Apology: 1900-2005 explores how our inclination to take responsibility and admit error has changed over the last century.
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With less than 24 hours to go before polls open, 3rd Congressional District candidates spent Monday zigzagging across the region in a frantic, last-minute dash to connect with residents and get out the vote.
The trio on the ballot to succeed U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, who is retiring at the end of her term after more than a decade in office, took different approaches on the final day of the campaign.
Lori Trahan rallied with other Democratic elected officials in Lowell, Lawrence and Hudson, where she was joined by Tsongas.
Rick Green, the Republican nominee, spent the day visiting volunteers at his field offices to thank them for their efforts.
Independent Mike Mullen focused on pitching himself as an alternative to two-party hegemony.
Trahan began her day at the Lawrence Senior Center, where her staff -- in a city whose population is more than 75 percent Hispanic -- handed out campaign literature in both English and Spanish. At the end of her remarks, Trahan even broke into Spanish herself, urging voters to participate Tuesday.
An hour later, Trahan joined a slate of Lawrence leaders, including Mayor Dan Rivera, state Rep. Juana Matias and former state Rep. Marcos Devers, for a rally. The group packed into a campaign office for the state Democratic Party, where speakers urged canvassers to connect with voters and drive high turnout.
"We're sprinting to the finish, and we're sprinting because it's that important that we get there, that we show this Congress and this president that we're not going to take this any more," Trahan said.
Others at the rally cast Tuesday's election in stark terms, arguing that the rights of immigrants and the LGBT community would be assailed under Republican leadership. Matias said she had "no doubt" that Trahan would "fight tirelessly" to protect those who are the most vulnerable.
Trahan was joined by some of the party's more high-profile leaders, too. U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who represents the state's 4th Congressional District, was part of the Lawrence event, while U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren later rallied alongside Trahan in both Lowell and Hudson.
Green's final day on the trail took him across half the district, although his efforts were focused more on his team than on public-facing events. He stopped by field offices in Methuen, Andover, Lowell, Acton, Concord and Marlboro to thank the volunteers who buoyed his efforts.
Around lunchtime, Green arrived at the Lowell office with four pizzas in hand.
"This is the best part of the day: helping the people who are helping me," he said.
His appearance did not include much policy talk, although a campaign poster on the back wall depicted a wrench and screwdriver with the message "Fix it now," a clear reference to Green's numerous promises to repair Lowell's Rourke Bridge and the Route 2 rotary in Concord.
About a dozen volunteers, each wearing headsets and hunched over laptops, phonebanked to reach likely supporters and remind them of Tuesday's election. Green at one point joined a call himself and urged voters to turn out.
"We're just calling to make sure they get out to vote tomorrow," Green said. "The persuasion part of the election is basically over."
Mullen, the independent, campaigned most in the morning, when he spoke to travelers at the South Acton MBTA commuter rail station.
"I'm trying to reinforce the independent message," Mullen said. "The last month or so in the country has been crazy, and there's a lot of adversarial national politics. My argument is if you like what I'm saying, let's take a chance and move forward with it."
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The One Percent
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There's a vacuum being created
sucking in our souls,
a space where we suffocate,
where all hope evaporates
at the whim of the one percent
who live up in the clouds, dedicated
to digging us deep dark holes
where we toil for scraps, us poor ingrates,
watch as our future desiccates
for the good of the one percent.
One day they'll be nothing left,
no-one to hear as the bell tolls
just the stench of slavery, of hate,
of a burning rage at a negligent State;
the tools of the one percent.
This was stimulated by Jaqcues Peretti's documentary – The Super-rich and Us.


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Inspired by Deb Perelman's really excellent broccoli salad in her book "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook".
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On Thursday, July 17th, 2014, the great Neil Young was supposed to play his first concert in Israel in almost 20 years. Unfortunately, due to indiscriminate rocket fire from Hamas, the event was shut down by Israeli police concerned for public safety.
While there is no substitute for the real thing, we at the "I support Neil Young against the haters" group on Facebook refuse to give in to terror. So we compiled a playlist of some of Neil's greatest songs and will be #RockinDespiteRockets on 7-17-14. We hope you will join us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/SupportNeilYoung
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Instead of a two-hour show for 40,000 people…let's have an all day event for the ENTIRE WORLD.
Invite your friends/family to participate and help us stand up to the people that are celebrating the fact that an artist was silenced through violence. Remember folks, Hamas might have postponed the show with their terror and murder, but they can't cancel all of us! And while the haters may take credit for silencing Neil, let's show them how badly their efforts backfired by making this go viral and getting #RockinDespiteRockets trending on Facebook and Twitter.
Hope you can participate and can spend at least part of the day rocking out with all of us.
We'll be posting the playlist on the "I support Neil Young against the haters" page LIVE on Thursday at 12 pm Eastern time / 7 pm Israel time when the concert would have been happening.
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Margaret River, Western Australia
Another weekend and another trip, though this one was for longer than a weekend!
We went to Perth for 11 days, 4 of which we spent down south in the Margaret River region. Margaret river is one of my most favourite places there are, to me it's the perfect mix of beach, forest & fun. There are so many things to do, see and eat regardless of your interests and budgets.
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Homan Responds to Report Trump Considering Him to Replace DHS Sec'y Nielsen
POTUS frustrated with Sec'y Nielsen, reports say.
Former Acting ICE Director and Fox News contributor Tom Homan joined the "Fox & Friends" co-hosts Wednesday morning to react to a report that President Trump is considering him for Homeland Security Secretary.
Homan declined to speculate on what the president might do, and he said it's important to support current DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who he said is "working hard" and "doing a good job."
Trump is reportedly frustrated with Nielsen over what he views as weak leadership on border security, and she could be asked to resign before the end of the month, Politico reported.
"Going forward, Trump has told aides he wants an agency chief who will fervently defend his hard-line approach to illegal immigration, particularly with an incoming House Democratic majority that has promised to thwart his agenda at every turn," Politico reported.
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Homan said he believes Nielsen is a "strong" DHS secretary, which he called a "24/7, 365 job."
"With immigration, 50 percent of America hates you 100 percent of the time. You can't win on this topic because it's so divisive, so controversial, so emotional," Homan said. "But I think she's working hard, doing a good job."
He said Nielsen may have critics, but when she was called upon, she had the courage to "grab the bat and step up to the plate."
"All these people want to attack her all the time and attack this administration, I don't see them stepping up to the plate. They've got no mettle and no fortitude," Homan said. "She's working hard and I just think we need to support her until a decision's made."
He said the secretary serves at the pleasure of the president, so if Trump wants to make a change, that's certainly his prerogative.
"I really don't want to speculate on what the president's going to do. I read the same story. My phone blew up last night. We'll just wait and see what happens."
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The first introduction I had to the Little House on the Prairie® series was a book I purchased from the book mobile when it came by my school. The book was On the Banks of Plum Creek, I think I paid 75 cents for it. As that was over 35 years ago I cannot be sure. I loved the book, but there was one thing in the book that has stood out in my memory since. It was a story the mom shared with the children during a rough winter storm.
Since that very first book I have had an affinity for the Prairie series. I only watched a few of the television episodes, only because I was outside most of the time, but each and everyone of them were wholesome to the core and depicted values that I still hold dear. Family, faith, and hard work were depicted as desirable qualities. What a difference compared to most of the television shows today.
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GAZA, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Hamas wants to enhance security cooperation with Egypt and protect shared borders, the prime minister of the militant Palestinian organization said.
"Yes, we want security coordination with our brothers and strategic depth [in Egypt] and not with the Zionist enemy," The Jerusalem Post quoted Ismail Haniyeh as telling thousands of worshipers during an Eid al-Fitr prayer service Sunday in Gaza.
Gaza will become a source of stability to Egypt, Haniyeh said.
Haniyeh praised Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israel and declared "resistance" will free them, the Post said.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi telephoned Haniyeh Sunday and told him Egypt and the Palestinians are "on the same side," the Hamas affiliated al-Resalah Web site said.


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Posted July 14, 2015
FRIDAY, July 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People with social anxiety who perform good deeds may have less trouble relaxing and interacting with others, new research finds.
These acts of kindness can boost feelings of happiness and foster positive views of the world. Over time, deeds that promote positive interactions may enable people with this disorder to socialize more easily, the Canadian researchers said.
"Acts of kindness may help to counter negative social expectations by promoting more positive perceptions and expectations of a person's social environment," study co-author Jennifer Trew, of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, said in a journal news release. "It helps to reduce their levels of social anxiety and, in turn, makes them less likely to want to avoid social situations."
Social anxiety disorder causes people to feel threatened or anxious about mingling with others. It's more than just being shy. The disorder may make people feel so uncomfortable that they avoid socializing entirely to avoid angst or the possible embarrassment.
The four-week study involved 115 undergraduate students with high levels of social anxiety. The students were randomly divided into three groups. The first group was told to perform acts of kindness, such as doing a roommate's dishes, mowing a neighbor's lawn, or donating to a charity. The second group was exposed social interactions, but instructed to not engage in good deeds. The third group recorded what happened daily but these participants were not give any specific instructions on how to interact with others.
The study revealed the group that engaged in acts of kindness had the greatest reduction in their desire to avoid social interactions. This was especially true during the first part of the intervention, the study found.
The researchers concluded good deeds are a valuable tool to help people with social anxiety interact with others more easily by easing anxiety and fears of possible rejection.
Treatment strategies that involve doing good deeds can improve quality of life for people with social anxiety, the study published recently in the journal Motivation and Emotion concluded.
"An intervention using this technique may work especially well early on while participants anticipate positive reactions from others in response to their kindness," study co-author Lynn Alden, of the University of British Columbia, in a journal news release.
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Each day provides its own gifts and today is no different from any other.
Tonight while you lay on your bed discouraged because there have been some failures and some losses, remember to count the gifts as well. The accomplishments of the little one who means so much to you. The tasks you were able to complete today. The laughter of the children as they played. The joy of new discoveries. So many gifts have come your way today. What a wonderful day it has been!
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Facebook implements its Ask The CPO feature
Feature replaces user right to vote with ability to e-mail a question to the Chief Privacy Officer
Last November, as part of its proposed policy changes, Facebook said that it wanted to eliminate the right of Facebook users to vote on proposed policy changes, instead replacing it with new ways for users to voice their frustrations.
One of these was something called "Ask the Chief Privacy Officer," which would let users submit questions directly to Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer of Policy, Erin Egan. And, since not enough people voted to stop Facebook from making this change, the feature finally debuted late Sunday night.
All a user has to do it go to this page and fill out the form, which will be sent to Egan, who says that she will write back personally. (Whether or not she is actually reading these questions herself, or if she will ever get around to answering them, is something that users are going to have to take on faith, I suppose.)
"At Facebook, we work hard to build and maintain your trust. We understand that you'll want to share on Facebook only if you trust us to protect the privacy and security of your information. We also understand that issues about privacy can be complex given the fast-moving nature of technology and that you have questions about privacy," Egan wrote.
"As Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer of Policy, I'm responsible for working with our teams at Facebook to be sure that we build our products with your privacy in mind. We also work hard to communicate with you – through our Data Use Policy, our Help Center, and in our products – about how we use your information and how you can control this use."
Here are some of the example of questions that users typically ask:
- How does Facebook think about privacy when building its products?
Egan's answer: "We think about and work on privacy around the clock here at Facebook and we incorporate it into every stage of our product development. At Facebook we have two Chief Privacy Officers - I focus on policy, and my colleague Michael Richter focuses on product. But everyone at Facebook is responsible for privacy, and we work closely with teams across the company to analyze the privacy implications of every product we build from the start of product development through launch."
- How do you personally use Facebook's privacy settings to share?
Egan's answer: "At Facebook, we understand that different people have different privacy preferences: some people want to share everything with everyone, some want to share far less and with a small audience, and most fall somewhere in between. That's why these tools provide such meaningful control over how you use and experience Facebook."
For example, Egan says that she doesn't share things about her kids, and things she posts on the go. Sometimes she will go back and share these things with more people, but not at first.
- Does Facebook sell my private information to advertisers?
Egan's answer: No.
"Facebook, like many companies on the web, is able to keep our service free by including advertisements. But we don't make money by selling your private information to third parties. Instead, we support our service by showing you relevant ads that help you discover products and services that are interesting to you. We use the things you do and share on Facebook, including demographics, likes and interests to show ads that are more relevant to you."
Will Ask the CPO work?
From my point of view, I can see numerous flaws in how the Ask The CPO feature will work.
First of all, like I said, there is no way to know whether Egan is actually answering these questions herself. Not that other people who might answer would not be qualified, or would give bad answers, but I can imagine people getting quite annoyed if they find out this happened, given that they are being told that they are talking directly to someone high up in the Facebook ranks.
Secondly, and on the same point, Egan is one person. So, if there are a lot of questions, either she will need to delegate someone else to picking up the slack, or the response time is going to be long. Egan obviously has other responsibilities, and will not be spending her entire day reassuring a billion different people that their privacy is secure.
Third, people did not vote for this policy. In fact, it was voted against pretty handily.
You see, Facebook voting was incredibly flawed, but that was by Facebook's own design. The social network instituted a policy where 30%, or 300 million people, needed to vote on a policy either way for it to stand. If less than 30% of users vote, then the result merely becomes "advisory," and was essentially meaningless. So, of course they never got the amount needed for voting to make a difference.
In the vote on whether or not users would get to vote in the future, 589,141 people voted in favor of keeping the old Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, and only 79,731 voted for implementing Facebook's proposed changes. Despite an overwhelming vote for keeping the right to vote, not nearly enough people made their voice heard to make a difference, and so voting went out the window. And now people are left with a feature that they never wanted.
Perhaps Ask The CPO will work, and users will finally feel that their voices are being heard. More likely, though, is that this another flawed attempt at creating dialogue, and one that Facebook will eventually throw out like the last one.
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These life lessons led Wes to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue a career in behavioral health, primarily working with youth. Wes quickly established himself as a natural leader with good clinical and financial instincts in the behavioral health field. This combination fostered his success in behavioral health executive management.
Having worked primarily for publicly traded corporations, Wes has seen the erosion of values and decreasing emphasis on safety and quality of care to satisfy the need for increasing revenue/profits to continuously keep "Wall Street" happy. While the need to have a good business model and make a strong profit is the cornerstone of any company, it cannot be done at the expense of the patient or the employees. Profits and stock price cannot become more important than taking care of people. The constant sale and acquisition of companies does not necessarily translate to what is best for the patients, communities and the staff working in the facilities.
The opportunity to run highly effective treatment facilities that incorporate "best practices" in the behavioral health industry, without the constant, unrealistic mandates of a large corporation, is the primary mission behind the creation of Meridian. Furthermore, giving back to the community is a Meridian priority. It is essential that Meridian become a vital part of the community in which it operates. Providing jobs in areas where there is a need and integrating the facility as a vital part of the community will be a cornerstone of its operational focus.


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