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Did you know that the average American eats about 67 pounds of beef a year? It's obvious that we love our burgers and steak, but we seldom take time to think about the people and processes that are involved in producing the beef we eat. The beef industry is an intricate system that involves cattle ranches, feed lots, processing plants, and retailers. Each element is crucial in providing a safe and nutritious product to you.
Did you know that Americans on average eat over half a pound of cheese per person each week? It's no secret that cheese is one of America's favorite foods. But how it's made may be a mystery to most people. Making cheese is a multi-step process that involves farming for feed, animal care, milking, cheese production, packaging, retail, and ultimately you the consumer.
Did you know that the United States is the third largest cotton producer in the world? Cotton essentially is the fabric of America. Not only do we wear it, but it's in so many products we use. The cotton industry is weaved together with a network of farmers, cotton gins, and clothing manufacturers. The process begins with a cotton field and ends with the retailer who sells you your jeans.
It's common knowledge that honey comes from bees. But many people don't know how bees make it and why and what it can be used for. Honey making is a collective effort between nature and man. It's a process that's involves bee colonies, native plant life, agricultural crops, and of course beekeepers.
Did you know that dairy industry produces billions of pounds of milk each year? Milk is a diverse product that is used in so many different ways. But many people are unaware of how it's produced. The dairy industry in the United States expands far beyond milk. From the dairy cow, to the packaging plant, and from retailers to consumers, it's a system designed to provide a safe and nutritious product.
Did you know that Americans eat an average of 20 pounds of onions a year? It's a vegetable that's often under-appreciated, though most of us cook with it and eat it every day. Onion growers are hard working farmers who are dedicated to providing a quality product. From the field to the supermarket, onions take quite a journey before they reach you, the consumer.
Did you know that peanuts aren't really nuts? They're legumes, making them a close relative to beans. Although they may have a case of mistaken identity, peanuts still make for a perfect snack. Peanuts are a versatile product and can be found in many of our favorite foods like candy, baked goods, snack foods and more. And because they're in such demand, peanuts are a desirable crop for farmers to grow.
Did you know that America is the largest producer of pecans in the world? There's certainly a high demand for these tasty nuts. But many people are unaware of how pecans are grown and processed. The pecan industry in the United States produces a vast quantity of nuts each year to meet the demands of national and international markets. The pecan process involves growers, specialized equipment, cleaning and shelling plants, retailers, and of course consumers.
Did you know that the United States is the second largest producer of pistachios in the world? There's certainly a demand for this nut due to its unique flavor. Pistachios are a desert crop, so they can be found growing in the American West. From the orchard to the processing facility and retailer, pistachios undergo quite a journey before they can become your afternoon snack.
Did you know that there are about 26 different species of chile peppers? Some range from mild to scorching hot. But chile peppers add a lot more than just heat to certain foods. They add color and flavor. The chile pepper industry in the United States produces a vast quantity of peppers each year. These chiles will venture from fields to processers, spice producers, retailers and finally chile enthusiasts throughout the country.
Salsa is more than a condiment. It's a dish that can be fiery hot, or sweet and savory. It's made of fresh ingredients that are full great flavor, and it's a healthy addition to some of our favorite foods. Salsa can be made many different ways. But what most salsas have in common are three key ingredients - chile peppers, onions and tomatoes. Each ingredient comes together in perfect blend of zesty flavor.
Turf grass is great for landscaping. But it's beneficial in so many different ways. And growing and caring for it can be quite a process. Growing turf grass is a science. A lot goes into finding the right varieties to grow in specific regions. Maintenance and irrigation are important factors as well. All this hard work, so we can enjoy our favorite outdoor activities.
The United States is one of the largest producers of wine in the world. And with so many varieties available to us, it can take a lifetime to explore the complexities of wine. Winemaking is an intricate process that involves highly skilled people who grow the grapes, process them, and make wine. It's a product that reaches a wide consumer base. It can high priced or very affordable.


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Located adjacent to the Vulturine bar, the Standard Room is the perfect place to stay near the action. You will find the pool just a few metres away, and the main lodge is even closer. The standard rooms also offer the option of two interconnected rooms, as well as a single room.
Stay in one of Samburu Game Lodge's River Rooms and have an exclusive front porch on the river. You will be delighted by a romantic, four-post bed along with a sitting area—both inside and outside. You will not lack a single comfort in this spacious and deluxe room.
Discover comfort, relaxation, and wildlife right outside the window of our junior suites. Not only is your suite located directly on the riverfront, but you will also find the suites to be both spacious and luxurious. A favourite of the lodge’s VIPs and honeymooners, this suite comes with riverfront balcony, dressing room, and bathtub and shower.
For the family or group, you can choose the large individual cottages with the option of connecting rooms. These roomy and comfortable cottages come with your own porch, easy access to the lodge, and the bed arrangement to fit your needs. Samburu Game Lodge also offers a handicap-accessible room to meet the needs of any guest.

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In the heart of Cartagena, Bastion Luxury Hotel brings all the luxury of the modern day alongside all the wonder of the colonial era. Housed within a converted 16th-century colonial mansion, the Bastion will open its doors – and your eyes – onto this most fascinating of cities. From a rooftop view with enviable views over the city to bicycles on which to explore the city’s cobbled streets, a stay in one of the 51 rooms here will immerse you in Colombian culture.
Surrounded by history and culture on all sides, Bastion Luxury Hotel leaves you poised and ready to explore the Old Town of Cartagena. Just a short stroll away, Santo Toribio Church, Fernandez Madrid Park and the Santa Catalina de Alejandria Cathedral all await discovery. Just 10-minutes’ drive from Rafael Núñez International Airport and a five-minute walk from trendy restaurants and hidden rooftop bars – why not make Cartagena your next city break?
The style and design of each of the 51 rooms much reflects the character of Cartagena itself. Loyal to colonial roots, with accents inspired by the British aristocracy, they offer a glimpse of the past whilst still boasting state-of-the-art gadgets of today. Dark wood floorboards expertly offset crisp white linens that top king-size beds whilst studded footstools and cozy armchairs create an atmosphere of relaxed elegance.
Part of the joy of staying at the Bastion lies in its showstopping cuisine. The nine-course tasting menu at El Gobernador brings Colombian flavors to life with knockout dishes such as the lionfish and Coco Loco dessert. Meanwhile, for something more local, El Gobernador Patio invites you to sample local recipes for family favorites that include ceviche, carimañolas and mote. Or for those special occasions, there’s always a private dinner on the rooftop Lookout with front rows seats to the best sunset view in the city.


text: Oakwood Homes of Spartanburg has knowledgeable and friendly home consultants who are committed to helping you find you dream home. Whether you’re still researching the best options for your family or are ready to pick your wall colors and backsplash, we can help answer any questions you may have. Come check out our fully furnished models and see options like soaker tubs, entertainment centers, farmhouse sinks and much more! With budget friendly options and countless manufactured and modular home floor plans to choose from, we are certain we can help you find the home of your dreams today.

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HI my backup of socom fireteam bravo 3 starts to load and freezes, i have pro c running / pro b10 is this a bad iso, or am I doing somthing wrong. I have the plug in's all disabled please help!
Guapo I had tried my copy of mega man previously, it wouldn't run of the proc, but I installed 6.60 ME-1.8 and it would run but not save. Any thoughts on whats up with that? Thanks I'm going to reformat the memory stick quick and see what happens.
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The newscentral24x7 report, which is based on a Microsoft survey on digital civility, says that India has topped the fake news menace globally, and that is likely to get worse before Lok Sabha polls.
But when we checked the original survey report by Microsoft, we have found that there is no truth in the claim that India is number 1 in fake news.
The study by tech giant Microsoft measures Digital Civility Index (DCI), which factors various online behaviour, fake news is a part of which. 22 countries across the world were included in the study. In the DCI, India ranked 7th among the 22 countries.
The fake news problem has been covered under the section Hoaxes, scams & frauds, and as it can be seen in the screenshot from the report given below, it is clear that Argentina tops the list with 75%, much above the global average of 57%.
Other top countries in the spread of fake news include Columbia and Hungary with 67%. The global report for fake news does not include India, but the India specific report says that the India average for fake news was 64%.
Therefore, although 64% is significantly higher than the global average of 57%, it is definitely not the highest as per the report. Hence to say that India tops the fake news in the Microsoft survey is fake news itself.
This means that while Congress party is blaming the Modi government for rising fake news in India, the party itself is spreading fake news. If Congress party continues this, one day India will definitely top the list of fake news.

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text: As this program shows us, recreation can be educational, a real adventure, and a whole lot of fun! California has its Tournament of Roses Parade; Colorado has its Cardboard Downhill Derby, where recycled cardboard and a lot of creativity make for a ton of fun down a ski slope. Next the views are incredible as we soar the skies at the Telluride World Hang Gliding Championship. Next, at the Bruce Ford Rodeo School, we see what it takes to learn how to ride a bucking bronco. Then we head indoors to catch what's going on at a local Pee Wee hockey game. Next we're in the cockpit of authentic Air Force aircraft soaring in the skies over Centennial Airport. Then we head to Denver to hang out at a professional baseball game at Coors Field.

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text: Combate in Brazil reported that Taila Santos vs Mara Borella has been added to UFC on ESPN+ 2 Feb. 2 at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil. This will air on TSN in Canada. This fight is at Flyweight. Taila is 25 years old from Santa Catarina, Brazil. She trains at Astra Fight Team. Her record is 15-0 on the Brazilian regional circuit. Most of her wins have been over fighters with very little experience. In August she beat Estefani Almeida on the Brazilian Dana White Contender Series. Estefani was a little better than her usual competition. But until I see her in the UFC, she's unproven. Mara is 32 years old from Italy but she trains at American Top Team in Florida. Her record is 11-5-2NC. We first saw her beat Milana Dudieva in Invicta. She is 1-1 in the UFC. She lost to Katlyn Chookagian in her last fight. I guess she couldn't figure out Katlyn's keep away strategy. I was not impressed with her performance in that fight. My guess is neither fighter is very good. But time will tell.

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A woman getting off Boston’s Orange Line last week fell and was trapped between the subway platform and the train until her fellow passengers were able to free her.
Emergency Medical Technicians arrived in 5 or 10 minutes Polanco said, and the woman did agree to go with them.
“She couldn’t walk, she couldn’t stand, she couldn’t do anything on the leg,” Polanco said.
An incident report said the EMTs did not see any broken bones, but said she would need surgery.
The woman has not been identified. She was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment.

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This song is from the 1960 film High Time and starred Bing Crosby, Fabian and Tuesday Weld. In the film, Bing Crosby decides to go back to college (at the age of 51) and experiences the generation gap first-hand. But he wins everyone over and gets his degree, having a great time along the way, including falling in love with his French professor. Bing Crosby introduced “The Second Time Around” in the movie.
Who can say what led us to this miracle we’ve found?
“The Second Time Around” was recorded on December 27, 1965 and released in 1966 on The Movie Song Album. It was arranged by Al Cohn.

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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occurs frequently among people of all ages, including more than 6000 children annually. Pediatric cardiac arrest in the out-of-hospital setting is a stressful event for family, friends, caregivers, classmates, school personnel, and witnesses. Immediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators are associated with improved survival in adults. There is some evidence in which improved survival in children who receive immediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation is shown. Pediatricians, in their role as advocates to improve the health of all children, are uniquely positioned to strongly encourage the training of children, parents, caregivers, school personnel, and the lay public in the provision of basic life support, including pediatric basic life support, as well as the appropriate use of automated external defibrillators.
Each year, more than 300 000 adults and 6000 children experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).1 Although survival rates in OHCA in both adults and children are low, the provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown to increase the rate of survival, with favorable neurologic outcome in OHCA victims of all ages.2 Schools are a potential setting for OHCA in children, adolescents, and adults. OHCA is frequently associated with an initial cardiac rhythm that is potentially treatable by using an automated external defibrillator (AED) in adults (ie, a “shockable rhythm”). Shockable rhythms, although less common in children, do occur with an increasing prevalence in older children and adolescents. The American Heart Association recommends the use of AEDs in children of all ages who have experienced OHCA until a manual defibrillator is available. Researchers have shown that the presence of AEDs in the community, training of lay people in their use, and their use during OHCA is associated with increased survival among adults with OHCA.3–5 Training of the public is associated with increased rates of bystander CPR when OHCA occurs. Children can be taught from a young age how to seek assistance for victims of OHCA, and older children and adolescents can be taught CPR and how to use AEDs effectively.6–8 More than 30 states currently require CPR training as a prerequisite for high school graduation. Although funding is a potential obstacle to more widespread implementation of CPR training in schools and AED installation, many innovative solutions to this have been used to overcome this barrier. Relatively small investments may yield significant improvement in survival after OHCA. Pediatricians are recognized as advocates for the health of all children and are in a unique position to advocate for increased life support training of children, parents, caregivers, school personnel, and the public, including the use of AEDs, and to be sources of such training and role models for its implementation.
Pediatricians should work with parents and legislators to mandate CPR training and AED placement in all public and private schools if those laws do not already exist in their state.
COMPANION PAPER: A companion to this article can be found online at www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2018-0705.

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Nokia formally delineated Nokia N73 as a "multimedia computer". It is truly a multitasking multimedia computing device. The Nokia Nseries comes near frequent in-built functionalities. It incorporated software applications, contacts lists, messaging, envision and visual communication galleries.
The N train as well comes near a music player, a Visual FM Radio, a Microsoft Office piece of writing viewer, a PDF viewer, an IM client, a WAP browser, a pregnant web watcher supported on KHTML/Webkit and a number of games.
It is to be mentioned that users of the telephone may comprehend to music whilst reading the Internet. Moreover, he can electric switch to scribble a matter e-mail or e-mail as one minus having to lock up any applications. Adding to it, the N73 does not taking up Wi-Fi.
An stimulating certainty in the region of the Nokia N73 is that users of the cell phone can instal Java applications as well as Symbian (S60 relief 3) mistreatment either the Nokia PC Suite software, which is enclosed next to the phone, or this can be beside the installer petition on the handset itself.
The N73 quintessence supports access via Bluetooth and USB Mass Storage. There are options in the cell phone that makes it possible to interchange macro collections of files to and from by using any electronic computer that supports either Bluetooth or mass keeping via USB. The USB taking up regulations are Microsoft Windows, Linux; Mac OS X etc.
Alongside beside the simple N73 model, Nokia likewise released the N73 'Music Edition'. Technically speaking, it carries the very munition as the Nokia N73 prime example. It is to be mentioned that the 'multimedia' button on the data input device has been replaced next to a button that starts the auditory communication artist.
It is to be mentioned that the Music Edition of the Nokia N73 includes a 2GB representation paper and the phone is in black tint. Users of the phone will discovery the Music Edition comes next to an Album art and visualisations features. Music Edition's auditory communication participant is built-in in the chief N73's circulating firmware.


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James Garner. AKA James Scott Bumgarner. Born: 7-Apr-1928 Birthplace: Norman, OK Died: 19-Jul-2014 Location of death: Los Angeles, CA Cause of death: Heart Attack. Gender: Male Ra. Military service: Oklahoma National Guard; US Army (drafted, Korean War, discharged 1952) James Garner was the first man drafted from Oklahoma for service in the Korean War.
His father was a lawyer and the treasurer of what is now James Madison University. His older brother, William Conrad Gibbons, a historian of the Vietnam War, died July 4. Dr. Gibbons was a 1949.
Bowie resident Develle Phillips got the basketball inside the lane and threw down a dunk, drawing cheers from the small but loud home fans at James Madison University on Dec. 4. The Dukes still.
According to the report, 175 homeless people died between 2015 and 2016. "Wolf Pack" by C.J. Box (G.P. Putnman’s Sons)4. "The First Lady" by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois (Grand Central.
130) 1988. Rutgers University (New Jersey) Lambda Chi Alpha. Alcohol-related Pledging Death. Pledge James Callahan died after members set up more than two hundred mixed drinks for he and other pledges to.
died of cancer June 17 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She had lived in Annapolis since 1988. Mrs. Clark was a native of Washington and a graduate of Washington-Lee High School in.
He was 58. According to a family statement released by the University, the cause of Krueger’s death was suicide. Specializing in labor economics, Krueger was the James Madison Professor of Political.
A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death during a live television interview Wednesday. Parker had just turned 24 and had joined the station as an intern after attending James Madison.
But in the twisted mind of Virginia gunman Vester Lee Flanagan II, they were pure racism — and saying them became a death sentence for Alison. A black former classmate of Parker at James Madison.
Vester Lee Flanagan, who was known professionally as Bryce Williams, died at a Fairfax. He said Parker was a graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, while Ward was a.
Birch Bayh, one of Terre Haute’s most famous native sons and author of two amendments to the U.S. Constitution, died early Thursday at the age. of the Constitution than any legislator since James.
In November 2013, Jeff Bourne did a couple of unusual things. Bourne, the athletics director at James Madison University, first dismissed a football coach with a 109-71 record, a national championship.
Peoples Bank Chairman David Bochnowski said Bayh, who died earlier this month at 91. “He amended the Constitution more than anyone in U.S. history, with the exception of James Madison,” Bochnowski.
MADISON—Billie Jo (Moore) Baron, loving mother, daughter, and sister, died unexpectedly in her home on March 25, 2019, in Madison at the age of 44.
Students attending James Madison University will soon study “black rage” and. The Black Lives Matter movement that began after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in 2012 —.
Jenkins competed in several strongman competitions and finished fourth in the World’s Strongest Man competition shortly before his death. He finished in fifth place in 2012 and eighth in 2011. He also.
(STATS) – While James Madison University remains hopeful it will be the host for ESPN’s "CollegeDay" next Saturday, the top-ranked Dukes know they have a pretty big game on campus nevertheless.
At Madison’s death, about 120 men, women and children were enslaved. That’s when he called on McGary, who works at James Madison University. Over weekends throughout the summer and fall, McGary.
They both died on the scene. A third shooting victim. Parker is a 2012 graduate of James Madison University in Virginia, according to the station. She grew up near Martinsville. Before joining.
She was preceded in death. of the University of Montana where she became a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and then completed her internship in Medical Technology at Madison General.
James Madison University has suspended seven players before meeting Youngstown. The Wayne County medical examiner’s office said 28-year-old Robert Eddins and 32-year-old Ricardo McFarlin died of.
MADISON – Sawyer James Arneson was born on Nov. 26, 2018, at 26 weeks, the son of Jordan and Miranda (Reichert) Arneson. Sawyer was baptized into Christ upon his delivery at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wis. Sawyer died on Jan. 10, 2019.
Bolling served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 2006-2014. He is currently serving as a Senior Fellow in Residence for Public Service at James Madison University. It has been 230 years since.


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text: Little Tokyo Towers was made possible by years of dedicated work by community leaders who recognized the need for subsidized housing for our senior citizens. Non-profit sponsorship by Japanese-American organizations made financing possible under a HUD Section 236 loan. Little Tokyo Towers is a non-smoking building which consists of 301 one-bedroom apartments and offers housing to qualifying low-income seniors 62 and older. The property offers residents three full-time on-site service coordinators that are responsible for coordinating social activities, arranging transportation to various appointments and serving as a resident advocate. Little Tokyo Towers Corporation is the owner and is a Non-Profit 501c(3) Corporation.


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text: Japanese confectionary maker Fujiya's mascot character makes an appearance at the TokyoTreat Shop. This cute Peko-chan mini towel is small enough to travel with or use at your house. This towel comes in a beige color and in a Shibuya Hachiko limited edition design.


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Local real estate agency Wilkins and Associates became the first brokerage of the new Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate international franchise Wednesday.
"Franchising under the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brand will enable our already successful company to become synonymous with the attributes of the magazine: namely, quality of service, caliber of lifestyle and trust," said Tom Wilkins, CEO of Wilkins and Associates.
Wilkins & Associates Real Estate is the largest independent real estate company in the Poconos.
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate unveiled its new Web site, www.bhgrealestate.com.
Wilkins hopes to benefit from Better Homes and Gardens' technology, business systems and advanced tools to help support the growth and operation of their brokerage. Those tools include business planning and strategic services; sales associate talent attraction and retention; training and career development programs; and Web tools and resources.


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A few weeks ago, the city council had a joint discussion with the Planning Commission which, among other things, discussed housing needs.
One of the ideas put forward was to pursue a healthy vacancy rate, which they set at five percent rather than the current rate of 0.2 percent (or 24 units). One goal was “recover” single-family home rentals by five to 10 percent – 242 to 485 of the 4850 single-family homes that are currently being rented.
The city staff calculated that it would take about 816 to 1059 new apartments to meet existing needs. The vacancy rate of five percent would represent about 574 more apartments. For some that was a low number, as they believe existing demand to be a good deal higher than that.
A hypothetical 2021-29 RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Assessment) was generated at 1066 total units.
Following yesterday’s discussion of the housing market, Dave Taormino, a real estate broker as well as a developer, forwarded to the Vanguard his letter to council and the Planning Commission regarding the projected housing needs.
Part of the problem, he argues, is that SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) does not take account of all needs.
Second, he points out, “Yolo County currently, believe it or not, has zoned land in Dunnigan, Madison, Esparto, and Knights Landing that could accommodate building homes and apartments for UC Davis students, faculty and staff. In the next year or two when the SACOG period starts for Yolo County, zoned land in Dunnigan and Knights Landing is intended to be substantially reduced according to the County Planning Department.
He adds, “Are the incoming UC Davis faculty, staff and students to be part of the ‘Davis Community’ or not? If not, then the City’s leadership should articulate and publicize its reasons and decision.
To get a handle on the pent up demand for apartments, you would really need to survey the residents of the 4850 single family homes that are currently being rented to find out the percentage of homes that are rented by family units compared to multiple individuals (students, young workers, etc.). If 50% of those homes are rented to groups of individuals, with 4-5 per home, you are looking at roughly another 11,000 residents who might prefer an apartment if it were available. Moving those hypothetical 11,000 residents to apartments would then free up 2400 single family homes for rental or sale to family units.
In general, I think it’s better to have data rather than speculation. Anecdotally, I’ve talked to a lot of students who do not like cramping into a crowded house and would prefer an apartment.
Difficult to see how one would avoid “crowding” into a brand-new apartment, while simultaneously keeping rents low for each occupant.
If one is interested in seeing if a new apartment complex “causes” renters to move, then one could possibly study the origins of the people who ultimately move into Sterling.
The students are not naive about cost. But the reality is that the apartment shortage has pushed more rentals into the neighborhoods and at great cost to the availability of single family homes not to mention noise and nuisance problems for neighbors. But hey, let’s keep avoiding trying to address these problems.
For that matter, the “much-vaunted” vacancy rate doesn’t even include the rate for rental houses (which is likely different than the apartment vacancy rate).
As reported, the city has identified 4850 units of single family home rentals and they are hoping to have a vacancy of 242 to 485 units.
David: As noted, the city doesn’t even know the current “vacancy rate” for single-family houses (or rooms within those houses).
Nor do they know if anyone would “vacate” those houses (or rooms within those houses) if new apartments (e.g., in addition to Sterling, and possibly Lincoln 40) are built. That’s a THEORY, and may have no basis in reality, for the most part.
Nor has UCD completed its LRDP process, which is truly the “elephant in the room”. That’s where energy should be focused at this point.
Obviously they’re not planning to maintain anything. Their goal is to have supply that exceeds demand to free up that supply and create a more healthy market.
They have put a lot of effort into that, but they can focus in more areas than one. This was simply a discussion of goals at a meeting.
How would anyone know what the vacancy rate is for rooms? Most are rented informally.
Ron, more housing units would lead to reduced rents, which would make those additional units more affordable to those students. It’s the lack of housing supply that is leading to increase in “mini-dorms.” And note that much of the increased demand calculated here is from non-students who will not be doubling and tripling up.
And are you proposing that homeowners near the campus should be expected to vacate so UCD student tenants can take their place? The point is that we now have an artificial cap on extensive new housing in the city that is creating a housing crisis. Don’t pretend that somehow this is an outside force that we have no control over, or that market forces are being allowed to run freely. And no one is proposing that there will be some sort of set aside of additional rental units. This is all an assessment of how the housing market in Davis should change to accommodate the different trends at work.
Richard: It would take a LOT of increased housing to make ANY difference regarding rents. I sincerely doubt that Davis will allow that to occur, regardless of what I think as an individual commenter on the Vanguard.
Please don’t try to extrapolate what you believe my “suggestions” are, regarding homeowners near the campus. However, I do believe that the forces which encourage rental houses (and complete tear-downs) near campus and downtown are somewhat unstoppable, for reasons I’ve already provided.
I don’t think anyone who would say the above has any legitimacy in discussing housing needs in Davis. That won’t stop him from continuing to bloviate on the subject, however (have at it, Ron).
This is really a simple problem of economics. If you create an artificial housing shortage, as we have in Davis, you create a number of adverse impacts for the City’s residents. Increasing the supply of apartments will lead to adjustments in how the available rental units in town are utilized (along with an adjustment in their rents). It won’t happen overnight, but as the number of available apartments increase, the pressure for students to rent single family homes will abate, freeing those spaces up for family groups.
My point above is that for us to fully understand the extent of the shortage, we need to collect the data, and then I presented a hypothetical example to demonstrate the potential significance. Ron doesn’t like data because it tends to negate his firmly held opinions.
The “city” is not in need of more apartment and rental housing.
Seems like students are still not planning to confront UCD, regarding their plans. (And, are instead expecting the city to react.) Wonder how long that strategy will work.
Of course, you have continually belittled and downplayed efforts by others who have been involved with encouraging housing on-campus. So, I’m not sure that you’re one to be lecturing others regarding “legitimacy”.
Perhaps you should continue focusing your efforts on blocking parking lots for key hardware stores, while simultaneously touting “private-property” rights and deriding “noisy neighbors” that “interfere with those supposed rights.
What is the reason and what difference does it make to this discussion?
What is interesting is that on one hand, he argues we don’t know the data (“As noted, the city doesn’t even know the current “vacancy rate” for single-family houses (or rooms within those houses) and on the other hand he argues that we already know the answer and that we don’t need more apartment and rental housing (““The “city” is not in need of more apartment and rental housing.””). Which is it?
David: The “reason” has to do with the definition of a “city”.
Of course, anyone currently living in the city (by definition) already has housing of some type.
Ron will argue both sides of an argument and does so regularly. There is no consistency in his arguments, only a consistency in his posting pattern and the frequency of his mischaracterizing of other people’s positions (plus bringing up subjects of no relevance in order to fit his needs). When he has nothing cogent to add to the conversation, he attacks others with false statements and innuendo. The funniest part is when no one will engage with him, he simply argues with himself.
The real question here, David, is why is he allowed to continue posting anonymously when he consistently violates your stated guidelines? I don’t care to silence his voice, but if he is going to act as he does, his comments should be posted under his real name (first and last).
Mark: Simply a trolling statement. Not worth responding to, further.
This is why some lose interest in commenting, on the Vanguard. Why waste time arguing with people who don’t matter, and are really only interested in attacking others who “get in the way” of their agenda?
I post under my real name Ron.
So, who is the Troll?
David, I agree with Mark’s sentiment on this issue. I have suggested an alternative approach, such as limiting the number of anonymous posts per month. An anonymous poster can decide on what issues anonymity is important, and which are not. No one should be given carte blanche on all issues.
Don must be on vacation. Normally, he doesn’t “allow” discussions regarding the Vanguard’s commenting policies/moderation.
LOL, everyone on here is allowed carte blanche on all issues. You too can post until the cows come home and nobody will stop you.
Seems like there is a reasonable middle ground between 0.2 percent vacancy and endless development and sprawl.
It’s illogical to advocate for a “partial” accommodation of the potential housing market. As long as there are any restrictions on growth/development, there will always be those who believe that they were “prevented” from living in a given area (or, that it could have at least been “cheaper”).
Suggest that you re-focus your articles on the LRDP, as you had begun to do so a few weeks ago. That’s the “elephant in the room”, which requires attention.
That’s a bit of sleight of hand there.
At some point, the city is going to have to decide if they want to continue to “jump” (and ask “how high”?) whenever UCD changes its plans.
There’s plenty of development-minded individuals who are willing to accommodate “how high” (and “how wide”), without caring about the impacts on current residents, the city as a whole, and the city’s finances.
Ron, which “city” will be deciding to act?
You seem to be arguing that current “city” residents should be allowed to close the gates behind them and say “no more.” That’s the ultimate in exclusionary polices, and in fact, is prohibited under state law. This isn’t just a “student-only” housing crisis–it extends across the UCD workforce and others who live in this community or would like to live here. The city legally has to decide how to accommodate growth in population. Your position is elitist and tribal.
As for impacts on city finances, competent citizen commission members have found that the city needs a combination of business and residential growth to become fiscally solvent.
And I pointed this out to Stan Forbes a decade ago–the only real solution to affordable housing is to increase the supply of housing. (One could argue that raising the lower strata of incomes could also alleviate this, but the city has no control over that.) That probably means more development, but if we’re smart about it, we can do it right this time, avoiding past mistakes.
You’re using the same old arguments that have been trotted out for some time, now. Davis isn’t “excluding” anybody, and is in fact growing quite rapidly, still. Davis is meeting (and exceeding) its fair share growth requirements, administered by SACOG. In addition, Davis has an Affordable housing program, with some rather generous upper-income limits.
I strongly disagree that ANY city must forever respond to all potential market demand. There’s plenty of cities and areas around that do just that (e.g., Natomas, Elk Grove, etc.). Is that your “solution”?
UC Davis isn’t the only driver here and the city has hardly “jumped” – prior to Sterling, what was the last market rate student housing that was approved? It was at least a decade ago.
A sizable percentage of the Davis market is rent-by-room, so “normal” is a subjective statement.
This quote sums it up perfectly. Who gets to live here? The current decisions quite clearly say that new families are not welcome to join the Davis community. The problem is, we exist. We are here. The University continuous to hire new faculty and staff.
If the old-guard would like to effectively prohibit the young and new and non-wealthy from living here, I would very much like to hear an articulation of this.
That way, when highways 113 and 80 are consistently gridlocked and the university can no longer recruit top job candidates, we will at least know why.
I have never understood how there can be such disdain for the university that defines the town. With out UC Davis, the town of Davis would be no different from Dixon or Winters. It is not the Universities job to build housing for its faculty and staff. The employer provided housing model ended many decades ago. When will Davis realize that the university is part of what makes it great and that denying new-comers a place to live is going to hurt the city?
Regarding what UCD does, why not take up the concern with them (e.g., if you feel that West Village won’t be sufficient for employees)?
Regarding “young vs. old”, or “wealthy vs. non-wealthy”, I NEVER made such arguments, regardless of my age or lack-of wealth. What a divisive allegation to bring up.
I am not taking the issue up with UC Davis because I do not believe that it is their responsibility to house their faculty and staff.
The faculty and staff housing in West Village will help, but it is going to be a small number of units compared to the 2500 that are estimated to be needed.
I understand that you don’t directly don’t make arguments about young vs old and wealthy vs. non-wealthy. I am stating that the real estate and rental markets do exclude those who are not-wealthy and don’t own a house from living in Davis.
Rebecca: I’d strongly disagree with your opinion that UCD is not responsible for the needs that it is creating. Do you feel the same way regarding their (lack-of) adequate plans to house students (e.g., resulting from their increased pursuit of International students, who can pay more than $40K per year to attend)?
Regarding new housing in the city (as an alternative to West Village), is the Cannery not suitable for you? Chiles Ranch? Various other developments (“new” and “pre-owned”)? I doubt that the situation will get much better than it is right now (in terms of new developments). However, prices may start leveling off and/or dropping. Real estate is always cyclical in nature – and we’ve been in an upward trend for several years, already.
Again, there are Affordable housing programs in place, to assist those in need. Some have relatively generous upper-income limits.
One thing I think we do have to figure out – is it to Davis’ advantage to have in effect a city of 10,000 right outside the city limits but whose residents are not immediately connected to the city? I’ve seen this elsewhere and I think it’s too our detriment, but in effect, that’s what you are proposing.
David: Some might argue that it’s also not good to have a situation in which apartment-dwellers aren’t subject to a proportional amount of taxes and fees, compared to single-family dwellers/owners.
All of those people will use City services, but will not be paying property taxes (and parcel taxes) to fund them. They will also be using the School District’s services, but will not be paying property taxes to help fund them either. This is what I have been arguing for some time now, that having housing on campus makes the City more expensive for City residents since we are the ones paying for the services that these extra folks are utilizing. This is especially true for faculty, staff, and graduate students, all of whom often come with families.
Mark: Yeah, you’ve been arguing that for some time, but it doesn’t mean that it’s any more accurate than the other times you’ve posted it.
Most college students living on campus don’t have children attending Davis schools. The campus pays for most costs associated with campus housing, including police, fire, water/sewer, etc.) We’ve been over this too many times to count, and it’s frankly become boring.
UCD has 5,300 acres, and is still reluctant to build sufficient housing. That ought to tell you something about costs and responsibilities associated with housing.
Add that up and you get more than 10,000 housed on campus, probably a lot near and around West Village which is the start of a city outside of the city that is unconnected to the city.
David: I think you’ve got this wrong. Another commenter said that UCD had “no” responsibilities, regarding faculty and staff (despite UCD’s plans for faculty/staff housing at West Village).
You are avoiding the math here – what is the impact of a city outside of a city?
David: You’re the one who apparently has a theory.
I’ve already provided information regarding the “alternative” (in which apartment dwellers are not subject to the same costs and fees as single-family dwellers).
Why do you keep avoiding the question I’ve posed?
David: I’m not avoiding it. I’m not sure I have a specific response to such a broad question.
Why are you bringing it up? Do you have some theory you’d like to share?
Also, why are you bringing up some type of concern now, after all of your (earlier) advocacy regarding increasing the amount of housing on campus?
Ron: I do feel like UC Davis has a responsibility to house more of its students. I do not think that it is has a responsibility to house its faculty and staff, who are likely to live in Davis long term.
The affordable housing programs are great. But the demand far exceeds the available units.
I would love to live at any of the housing developments that you have listed, but it just isn’t affordable, even for families with an income higher than the city’s median. The minimum price for Chiles Ranch is the ‘high 500s’ and the Cannery is much higher than that.
A quick google search told me that the median home price is $619,000 and the median household income is $57,454. Do the math. That is why the Davis excludes new-comers who are not wealthy.
Rebecca: I realize that there are limitations regarding the Affordable housing program, but I am not intimately familiar with them. The other day, another commenter confirmed that an individual making $60K/year would qualify for one such program.
Of course, federally-backed loan programs can help first-time homebuyers, in particular.
In any case, I sincerely doubt that Davis will “build its way” toward significantly cheaper housing (regardless of what I think). However, it does seem like we are headed toward some kind of market correction.
My information about Chiles ranch is just what I saw on a sign advertising the new housing. I am not sure how accurate it is. West Village family housing doesn’t exist yet, and when it is built the owners will be selected in a lottery system and would be required to leave their house if they lost their University employment. Like I said, the affordable housing program is great, but there is much much more demand than units. A family with a median income could qualify, but there would be a very long or impossible wait. Federally-backed loan programs can help first time home-buyers by reducing the required down-payment, but that is no help for the monthly mortgage payment.
I completely understand that Davis is not an exception to the overall housing crisis that is happening all around the state. But, the difference between Davis and many of the Bay Area cities is that Davis has the physical room to grow. I do not support sprawl, but as Dave said, there is a lot of room in between a 0.2% vacancy rate and sprawl. I think that the logical solution is dense, affordable, well-planned, housing on annexed farm land next to the city. There has got to be a happy in-between place between refusing to annex any land and creating an artificial housing crisis of this magnitude. Davis is at no risk of becoming Elk Grove.
Shouldn’t the goal be to reach the equilibrium between availability and sprawl?
In response, I wouldn’t describe a choice by the city to save adjacent farmland as an “artificial” housing crisis.
The vacancy rate is driven almost entirely by UCD.
Every aspect of the Davis housing market is driven almost entirely by UCD. Every aspect of the city’s economy is driven almost entirely by UCD.
Nor do I think that sacrificing additional farmland will make ANY significant difference regarding the cost of housing.
The only entity that can legally reserve housing for populations associated with UCD is UCD itself.
Farmland varies in quality and conservation of prime agricultural land is a specific goal of both the county and the city. If we get to the point of annexation for development, you’d be looking at the heavier-soil areas such as north of the Covell Village site, parts of Covell Village site itself, the land around the hospital, and land along Hwy 113. Seems to me we’re a long way from that consideration, but conserving prime ag land is a value expressed in the county general plan, and I believe also in the city’s general plan.
What is important to understand is that UCD’s massive negligence in providing the massive need for on-campus housing, like the other UC’s are, is the biggest problem responsible driving up the cost of housing in Davis, rental or ownership. UCD’s negligence is the main issue causing the cascade of housing problems, not only for Davis, but now for surrounding cities like Woodland, Winters, Dixon and West Sacramento. UCD’s inaction and irresponsibility to provide on-campus housing needed is where your concerns should be directed.
I agree with you that UC Davis should build more student housing for undergraduates. Most (or all?) people here agree with that. I use every opportunity to vocalize this to the University. But all of my comments have been directed towards the housing needs of UC Davis’ work-force, which this article highlights.
I appreciate that you understand that a major part of the housing concerns is UCD’s lack of action to produce the on-campus housing needs they were supposed to, but have failed to provide so far for their own growth for almost three decades. To make matters worse, they have also significantly increased their student population, growth, including adding 4,500 non-residents to extract triple tuition from them, without building at least 50% on campus housing to accommodate so much student population growth, like the other UC campus’ have committed to.
The other UC campuses are stepping up, so why not UCD which is the largest campus with over 5,300 acres, but historically has has provide the least amount of student housing? It is inexcusable and UCD has to be held accountable for their negligence and the impacts they are causing their students, faculty, staff as well as the Davis community and surrounding cities like Woodland, Winters, Dixon and West Sacramento.
So the bottom line is that UCD has continued to fail to provide the housing needs for their own students which is causing enormous impacts and fallout. UCD’s stalling and inaction to provide the needed on-campus housing for their own needs is an enormous disservice to their students as well to the Davis community and neighboring cities. In turn, UCD’s lack of on-campus housing is directly causing enormous pressure and impacts on the City of Davis’ housing which is driving up housing costs, as well as pushing local workers and families out of Davis housing.
It is unfair and disgraceful that UCD continues to under-serve its students, faculty, and staff, by under-planning, and clearly trying to avoid building the far more on-campus student housing needed to help resolve the housing needs in Davis.
Eileen, I completely agree with you! I see what an enormous disservice UC Davis is doing to its students, employees and community by not providing housing. This is 100% apparent and completely inexcusable. But there are two entities that have the power to fix this, one is the University, and one is the city of Davis. I believe that the University should house the students and the city should (at least try) to ensure that there is available housing for the workforce of Davis. We agree that this is a massive problem. But I’m sick of the commentary being on blaming the University when the city is not doing nearly enough to help the housing shortage.
I just want to see the end of blame game. We have a major housing shortage. The solution is to build more housing. The university should do it and the city should do it. The assigning of blame is not productive.
If anyone knows of an effective way to communicate these concerns to the University, I would love to know the details. Other than the occasional survey or working group I do not. I have made inquiries at the staff senate, the student senate and the LRDP and have been unsuccessful.
In light of all of the developments under construction or imminently-planned within the city – including Sterling, which could have (and should have) been designed to accommodate workforce housing, I fail to understand comments such as the quote above.
Thanks for the information Don! I might be too late, but it can’t hurt to try.
If anyone knows of an effective way to communicate these concerns to the University, I would love to know the details.
However, the EIR will be posted this fall and finalized this winter. So the time for your input may well be past.
Again, my appreciation that you recognize UCD’s responsibility in this situation. But my point is not about blame but is about explaining that the solution to this housing situation starts with UCD stepping up to provide far more on-campus housing for its own housing needs. It is a domino effect that UCD’s enormous lack of on-campus housing transfers those impacts onto the City and surrounding cities.
UCD is currently pushing 71% of its 35,000+ students off-campus which is the biggest driver of the housing problem. This is inexcusable particularly since UCD has ove 5,300 acres and has historically has provided the least amount of on-campus housing of the UC’s. UCD needs to stop its negligent behavior regarding student housing and they need to step-up now during their UCD LRDP update to provide far more on-campus housing.
Ron, it is a matter of scale. This article estimated 6100 more units will be needed in the future. Sterling is the largest housing project happening now and it is 198 units. The city is not doing enough.
Rebecca: Not sure if your comment was actually directed to me, or Eileen. But, I think you’re inappropriately “mixing” units and bedrooms. Each bedroom can house at least one occupant.
In any case, you have it backwards. UCD is not doing enough to offset the demand that it’s creating. You’re barking up the wrong tree.
On a somewhat related note, did you read the article I posted below, regarding a “bubble” in college enrollment (across the country), which is now starting to burst?
Interesting article regarding factors contributing to an overall decline, in college enrollment.
Interesting, but there is no near-term decline in UCD’s enrollment. We know what the enrollment will be through the next several years here.
Don: That was certainly a quick response . Did you even have time to read the article?
We know what UCD “hopes” enrollment will be, in the next few years. Not sure what they hope for beyond that.
And, any housing that is built (on-campus, or off) will likely take a few years.
In the long term, can you imagine what a disaster it would be for towns like Davis, if there’s a real shift in demand for this type of (ever-more-costly) education?
David: The article also describes some fundamental (perhaps permanent) changes in society (such as lower birth rates, compared to prior years). The article describes this as something akin to a leaking balloon. It’s affecting private universities more, at this point. However, it’s also impacting enrollment at public universities.
This isn’t the only article dealing with the “college bubble”. However, I just happened upon it, today.


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Good question. One of my readers accessed it through Lo De Marcos beach. The mud isn’t there, but with a scramble along the rocks south of the beach, you come to the enclave where the blue mud resides along some of the edges. Perhaps ask around in town? I didn’t access it from Lo De Marcos, we hiked through a friend’s forested property, but an ALA reader sent me a pick of her and said she found it from Lo De Marcos. Hope that helps!
We went yesterday and it was amazing! So so so incredible! My momma and I are staying San Pancho for 3 weeks and love it here. Sayulita is lovely too. Thank you so much for your post. Definitely a bucket list item. Wish I could send you pictures!
We sure did! It was awesome! Already been here a week and have 2 more in San Pancho and then 4 nights in Puerto vallarta. I add some pictures to the facebook page!
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Looks like so much fun! Our summer home on a lake has clay in some areas, so we end up with some fun pictures like yours every once in a while! Love the hermit crab photos too!
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The days of the traditionally funded documentary may soon be over. Documentaries are not dead — far from it — but the idea that docs need funding and production exclusively from grants and endowments might be on the way out.
In this interview, we sat down with Robin Block, a documentary producer who’s launched several successful documentary crowdfunding campaigns. His niche has been funding documentary films that, well . . . appreciate film — specifically ’80s horror and action films.
Regardless of your documentary’s subject or its intended audience, launching a successful crowdfunding campaign can be a great way to fund your documentary without going the traditional funding route. Let’s take a look at some insights Block shared for aspiring documentary filmmakers.
PremiumBeat: Tell us a little about your documentary project(s).
Robin Block: My company, CreatorVC.com, has two feature-length documentaries currently in production. We most recently completed our second Kickstarter for an ’80s Horror Movie retrospective, In Search Of Darkness, raising just over $125,000 during a 32-day crowdfunding campaign. Our first crowdfunded documentary was a retrospective on ’80s Action Movies called In Search Of The Last Action Heroes (now in post-production), [for] which we’re currently running our final round of pre-sales on Indiegogo (check it out here). Both projects have been incredibly fun and rewarding campaigns.
PB: How did you come about your decision to launch a crowdfunding campaign?
RB: For many years, I’ve been fascinated by crowdfunding as a means to develop creative projects. For content creators, unlike the corporate world, you always get what you deserve with crowdfunding; it’s the ultimate meritocracy and pre-sales platform where genuine creativity and good ideas get rewarded. After my previous technology media business was acquired, I was looking to do something more meaningful, which would create a stronger connection with viewers. I founded CreatorVC in May 2018 to develop special-interest content for niche audiences. Crowdfunding is essential to the business as it acts both as the primary fundraising mechanism and strengthens the connection with the audience by providing them with an opportunity to participate as backers. Imagine if you had a chance to be part of getting your favorite movies produced — that’s the way I look at it.
PB: Which crowdfunding platform would you recommend and why?
RB: Kickstarter wins hands down. The amount of organic traffic the website generates had a significant impact on both our campaigns. I’ve found the platform and user interface intuitive, and the KS team were always highly responsive when we had questions. I highly recommend Kickstarter for first-time crowdfunders as it has a ton of helpful resource and is easy to use.
Interview with Cynthia Rothrock (via In Search of the Last Action Heroes).
PB: How did you come to your campaign donation goal(s)?
RB: We worked out the minimum amount needed to ensure that we could deliver the production. Our business process is all about hitting certain financial milestones from development to distribution, so setting our campaign target low enough that it’s achievable but high enough where it shows our confidence in the project and (if successful) provides the business case for the production striking a chord with audiences, which helps us moving forward.
PB: What is the single most important thing to include in your campaign info?
RB: For us, it starts with a single image (movie poster) which needs to convey without words what we want to create. You have to get the proposition and creative right. Your Kickstarter page needs strong creative assets, whether that be images, video, or copy. Keep in mind that you are selling both an idea and your capability to deliver it. Anything poorly produced will weaken confidence in your audience.
PB: How long do you recommend running your campaign and why?
RB: We’ve found that 30 days for the initial Kickstarter campaign works well. During the campaign, every minute counts and so much energy is required that anything longer would lead to exhaustion. The most significant difference between Last Action Heroes and In Search Of Darkness was that we had a two-month pre-launch period before launching In Search Of Darkness on Kickstarter. With the pre-launch campaign, we built an audience and created momentum and were able to hit our initial funding target of $25,000 within 48 hours of starting the Kickstarter.
PB: How do you plan to distribute your project once it’s done?
RB: Due to the success of our crowdfunding campaigns, many distributors from across the world have been in touch to express interest. This process is currently underway, and we will be making an announcement next year.
For more information on Block and his documentary projects, you can check out the pages for In Search of Darkness and In Search of the Last Action Heroes — as well as reach out to him if you have any other questions (or documentary ideas to pitch) directly on his Twitter here.
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The State Government Affairs Department plays an extensive, broad-based role on behalf of AFSA members by comprehensively addressing legislative and regulatory issues on the state level. In addition to direct advocacy, where appropriate, the department monitors virtually all relevant legislation and regulations for its members, updating them on state issues via ongoing legislative reporting, enacted law reports, constant e-mail communication, and calls on priority issues. The department constantly develops issues management materials, including but not limited to talking points, issue briefs, white papers, and 50-state surveys. SGA also holds quarterly state association executive briefings; regular in-person meetings to address our members’ highest priorities; and an annual State Government Affairs and Legal Issues Forum jointly with state regulators. Members can also access customized comprehensive state legislative and regulatory tracking 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world through AFSA*Track at KSE Focus®.
Explore the issues and initiatives that are a priority for the State Government Affairs department using the 2016 State Legislative Priorities and the 2016 State Legislative Priorities Master List.
For questions or more information, contact Susan Sullivan, Manager, State Government Affairs.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Visiting countries over a short period of time is often fascinating but it’s not as fulfilling as living in a different country. I had the chance to understand this over the past year living in South Asia, where social entrepreneurship is certainly on the rise, from the grassroots village to the metropolis.
Coming from an Australian background, I learned about the basic concepts of startups and social enterprise in business school, eventually joining the managing committee of a local social enterprise focused on education and economical growth. However, it wasn’t until I moved to the United States that I began to realize that the world’s fastest economies were actually within Europe and Asia, the latter being home to one of the world’s largest democracies, India. I had to see for myself.
Working with a national funding grant network in Hyderabad, India, I was able to travel the country meeting with local social entrepreneurs, many from hard-working backgrounds and villages, who had moved to major cities in order to catapult their enterprising ideas into reality. While I was in Kolkata, I met with young professionals in the IT industry who were catalyzing co-working spaces outside of the traditional workplace, and were attracting large numbers of graduates, technicians and analysts to their space.
Despite their small beginnings, the founders are looking to expand to other cities in India where there is a need for such spaces in the IT industry specifically. As this initiative, called the ‘Third Home Initiative’, is starting to grow, the “home away from home” concept is beginning to catch on in other places around India, and Asia at large. Hopefully, it will provide the catalyst for other young entrepreneurs to take part.
Living in Hyderabad, home to twelve million people in South India, I began to notice the rapid changes, both economically, politically and socially towards social entrepreneurship. The Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) was held for the first time in South Asia this past year, hosted in Hyderabad. While attending, I met an Asian-American CEO who was working in North India.
One of our shared observations was that the booming social enterprise sphere was burgeoning in India, with the culmination of youth at the intersection of its peak growth in recent years.
As I began to explore this further, I met with other entrepreneurs in what has become known as the “Twin Cities”, a city hub location where two of the major metropolitan areas converge. An international nonprofit is currently spearheading its business there, an incubation programme for small-to-medium sized businesses that enables them to operate from their own place of business but have more of a global impact due to the support of international networks. Initiatives such as these are beginning to change the face of social entrepreneurship as we know it.
Seeing this pan out in the nation’s capital of Delhi, I was able to meet with local starting their own social enterprises while balancing jobs in education and the private sector. I met one gentleman who was able to garner the interest of companies such as Vodafone and, building on their corporate experience, begin their own social enterprising initiatives with the company’s approval. It is beginning to have a far-reaching effect, with many organizations willing to invest into similar initiatives and ideation processes.
With my own work as a consultant, I have been able to see first-hand the impact on communities, particularly in the nonprofit arena. Holding a two-week training for staff in Mumbai, I heard stories of those in marginalized areas who were beginning to break out of the cycle of poverty and provide meaningful forms of engagement and employment for those in vulnerable situations, especially women and children. It is seeing this change, and the change in the lives of those affected, that makes social enterprise a viable option for many in the Global South, particularly in areas with growing populations.
Expanding such work to other locations, such as Nepal, is becoming increasingly plausible and necessary in my work, especially after consulting with individual leaders who believe that a collective approach to addressing ingrained societal issues is a much more effective approach. I was speaking with an organisational leader from Kathmandu who told me that leadership training is an area which is lacking in countries such as Nepal, where systemic corruption is high, and corporate accountability is low. Hopefully, with the help of social impact programs and social enterprise development, this will change.
My biggest takeaway from seeing the social entrepreneurship changes within South Asia during my time there was the potential of young people to really make an impact in the lives of their fellow youth, as well as their community and society at large. Making a difference on a small scale has the potential to create a ripple effect that can change the nation. Encouraging and instilling this sense of social change in the minds and hearts of young entrepreneurs is definitely a worthwhile cause.
The hope that this trend will continue, especially in industries where there is a particular niche market, such as IT, agriculture and the textile industries, is a welcome one, and will continue to provide opportunities for others to follow, God willing. As this change progresses, the platform for social entrepreneurs will continue to increase, and growth in countries such as India will pave the way for a new wave of growth and change for generations to come.
Joseph Kolapudi currently works with the international nonprofit Interserve International and serves as a consultant for PourOut, an anti-trafficking initiative working across South Asia. He writes for several publications and is also an International Press Columnist for CT Australia. In his spare time, he loves to read, and also works alongside social enterprises and nonprofit ventures, especially focusing on international development in India.


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Why purchase this perfectly struck 2017-Mo 1/20 oz. Silver Libertad Proof Coin?
The Casa de Moneda de Mexico (Mint of Mexico) introduced Silver Libertad bullion coins in 1982. Fractional proof versions of the coin were added to the Mint's offerings in 1992. Mintage of the 16 mm diameter 2017 proof Libertad struck from 1/20 Troy oz. of .999 fine silver is strictly limited to 9,050 coins.
The Mexican Coat of Arms is depicted on the obverse, which illustrates a Golden Eagle resting on a pear cactus with a snake in its beak and a wreath below. The image includes the inscription "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS" (United Mexican States) and is framed by a crenelated border.
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This 2017-Mo Silver Libertad Proof Coin has been evaluated by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) and determined to be in flawless Proof 70 condition. For the remarkable differentiation between the polished mirrored backgrounds and the frosted design elements, the coin earned the additional designation of UC, Ultra Cameo. The perfectly struck proof is sealed in a protective NGC holder, which includes a Mexico themed certification label exclusive to ModernCoinMart.
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industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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In this post Muslim Mummy, Fozia shares how she cares for her little girl Bee’s lovely locks.
My name is Fozia and I blog at Muslim Mummy and also run a Muslimah Bloggers community. I studied law and worked With Citizens advice bureau but I am currently a stay at home mum. I am currently spending my time blogging and being a parent Governor at Bee’s school.
Bee is 5 and will be 6 in September.
My daughters hair is long. If I hadn’t cut it it would probably be past her bum by now. It is quite thin and when short it is quite wavy.
I actually try to limit what products I use on her hair. I believe too many products can also be damaging. My mum swears by Johnsons Baby Oil and that is what she used to put on our hair. She recommends putting it on at least once a week for a while and then wash it out. However I can be a bit lazy and don’t always do it. If her hair does frizz over I am a fan of the Body Shop Spa of the World Polynesian Monoi Radiance Oil which is a hair and body oil. Just a small amount will tame the frizz.
I believe too much washing can also damage the hair. In winter I do not wash it more than twice a week. If it doesn’t look like it needs a wash or doesn’t smell then I will just do it once a week. In summer we will wash it more due to heat and sweat.
Not often. I was arranging regular cuts as she had a lot of baby hair and we cut it to try to strengthen it. Now we go for a cut in September before school term begins if needed.
I am not particularly adventurous when it comes to hairstyles…we usually just stick to a pony tail….maybe two.
I do believe less is more….too many products on the hair can be damaging so my advice is not to go overboard with the little ones hair.
Posted in Hair Care and tagged diversity, fine hair, girls hair, hair care, muslim hair, wavy hair.
I completely agree with the overwashing thing. My children only wash their hair once a week. We only use natural shampoos too.
Interesting to see what someone else does and some handy tips here!


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The Moon and Saturn will make a close approach, passing within 1°41' of each other. The Moon will be 18 days old.
From Cambridge, the pair will be visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible at around 00:54, when they rise 7° above your south-eastern horizon. They will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:33, 25° above your southern horizon. They will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:16, 24° above your southern horizon.


text: Apoprotein E (apoE) is a multifunctional protein. Its best-characterized function is as a ligand for low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor family members to mediate the clearance of apoB-containing atherogenic lipoproteins. Among its other functions, apoE is involved in cholesterol efflux, especially from cholesterol-loaded macrophage foam cells and other atherosclerosis-relevant cells, and in reverse cholesterol transport. Reverse cholesterol transport is a mechanism by which excess cellular cholesterol is transported via lipoproteins in the plasma to the liver where it can be excreted from the body in the feces. This process is thought to have a role in the attenuation of atherosclerosis. This review summarizes studies on the role of apoE in cellular cholesterol efflux and reverse cholesterol transport and discusses the identification of apoE mimetic peptides that may promote these pathways.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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Bertha Vickers says she initially let one deer pass in hopes of a bigger one showing up. When one did, she didn’t miss her shot.
"Then I saw two deer on the ground,” Vickers told the newspaper. “It shot plum through both of them. They both dropped right there. They didn't take another step. I knew it was back there, but I didn't realize it was that close to her where it could get shot."


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Macedonia gained its independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991, but Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols delayed international recognition, which occurred under the provisional designation of the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia." In 1995, Greece lifted a 20-month trade embargo and the two countries agreed to normalize relations, although differences over Macedonia's name remain. The undetermined status of neighboring Kosovo, implementation of the Framework Agreement - which ended the 2001 ethnic Albanian armed insurgency - and a weak economy continue to be challenges for Macedonia.
note: the ten municipalities followed by Skopje in parentheses collectively constitute "greater Skopje"
At independence in September 1991, Macedonia was the least developed of the Yugoslav republics, producing a mere 5% of the total federal output of goods and services. The collapse of Yugoslavia ended transfer payments from the central government and eliminated advantages from inclusion in a de facto free trade area. An absence of infrastructure, UN sanctions on the downsized Yugoslavia, one of its largest markets, and a Greek economic embargo over a dispute about the country's constitutional name and flag hindered economic growth until 1996. GDP subsequently rose each year through 2000. However, the leadership's commitment to economic reform, free trade, and regional integration was undermined by the ethnic Albanian insurgency of 2001. The economy shrank 4.5% because of decreased trade, intermittent border closures, increased deficit spending on security needs, and investor uncertainty. Growth barely recovered in 2002 to 0.9%, then rose by 3.4% in 2003, 4.1% in 2004, and 3.7% in 2005. Macedonia has maintained macroeconomic stability with low inflation, but it has lagged the region in attracting foreign investment and job growth has been anemic. Macedonia has an extensive grey market, estimated to be more than 20 percent of GDP, that falls outside official statistics.


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Your pregnancy and the birth of your child may be among the most memorable events of your life. At Sutter Delta Medical Center, pregnancy and childbirth care teams are with you every step of the way, from hearing that first fetal heartbeat to meeting your baby for the first time.
Obstetricians and high-risk specialists, called maternal-fetal medicine specialists, offer comprehensive support during your pregnancy. We provide the full spectrum of prenatal care, including diagnostic testing, advanced imaging and neonatal specialty care.
When things don't go as planned, our Level II Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides pediatric specialists trained in caring for high-risk newborns.
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This is our 6' folding table, which is perfect for party, picnic, patio or home kitchen.
This product is made of powder coated steel frame and HDPE table top, which is antirust, waterproof, wear-resisting and ageing resisting. And each leg has plastic feet caps that the feet caps keep them from sliding and scratching hardwood floors. Because of its foldable top and legs, it can saves space and time as well as convenient to transport and store.
If you are looking for such a camp table, don’t hesitate to buy them!
The rounded corners can protect you from being scratched.