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Any energy development in the Atlantic should be from renewable sources, such as wind power, and not polluting fossil fuels. The Obama Administration is prioritizing offshore wind energy development in areas off the Atlantic coast, including New Jersey.
Wind power is exactly the type of clean energy America should be investing in—the type that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and gas and create jobs. This project may create an unknown number of temporary jobs during the construction phase, but we must also think of the jobs that would be lost if a LNG spill occurred off our coast.
The Jersey Shore is the primary driver of a tourism economy that sustains nearly 500,000 jobs and generates approximately $50 billion in economic activity for the state each year. In the late 1980s when beaches were closed due to contaminated material washing ashore, many jobs were lost in the local tourism industry.
When the Deepwater Horizon spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, local economies felt it the hardest when tourism fell off drastically and commercial fishermen were barred from fishing in large swaths of the gulf. We cannot allow this to happen off our coast.
With the Jersey Shore still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, we cannot risk another blow to our coast from a liquefied natural gas spill. This past summer New Jersey had a strong beach season, with locals and tourists alike showing their Jersey pride by patronizing local businesses and enjoying our replenished beaches. Just imagine what a blow it would be to that recovery if a spill were to occur.
Frankly, I am surprised that this proposed project is moving forward given Governor Christie’s public opposition to LNG facilities off the coast of New Jersey and his previous veto of a similar project in 2011. Under the Deepwater Port Act, Governor Christie, as the governor of an adjacent coastal state, has the absolute power to veto the Liberty Natural Gas project.
New Jersey should be taking a national lead on promoting a forward-looking energy policy that moves towards increased use of renewable energy sources that create jobs here at home, and away from importing or exporting polluting fossil fuels from other countries.
I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to incentivize these types of clean energy sources. Thank you.
You might need to rethink your Markelle Fultz material. While the young 76ers player's undeniably broken shooting motion has been the subject of plenty of Twitter roasts and even some series deep-dives into old videos of his shot, it looks like Fultz was playing through some serious pain.
According to The Athletic's NBA reporter Shams Charania, Fultz will be out indefinitely to treat a case of thoracic outlet syndrome. The rare affliction occurs when blood vessels and nerves between the collarbone and first rib are compressed and can cause pain and numbness in the shoulders and fingers.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed the news via a quote from Fultz's agent Raymond Brothers.
"Markelle (Fultz) has been diagnosed with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, (TOS), a physical injury," he quoted Brothers as saying. "TOS affects nerves between the neck and shoulder resulting in abnormal functional movement and range of motion, thus severely severely limiting Markelle’s ability to shoot a basketball. TOS is treatable by physical therapy."
Fultz's shooting motion has been so odd of late that it even made its way into other professional leagues. Amari Cooper mocked Fultz's form in a touchdown celebration, a shout-out that Fultz was cool with. The player said that he considered his ever-changing free throw to be a matter of "trial and error" while he worked around a nagging shoulder injury.
"It's something I added right now. Just trial and error," he said, per ESPN's Ian Begley. "It's been working nice for me so I'm going to stick with it for now."
However, it looks like Fultz won't have much time to workshop his shot on the Sixers. The team was already reportedly looking to get rid of Fultz and this news of indefinite injury certainly can't help matters. Compounding issues with the Sixers was how Brothers went about handling news of the diagnosis, running to ESPN rather than telling the team, per Philadelphia sports radio's Howard Eskin.
This Markelle Fultz situation the way it’s been handled by agent/attorney Raymond Brothers has the #Sixers very angry. Agent never told Sixers. Went right to #ESPN. Sources also told me diagnosis TOS is not injury, it’s a condition, if that’s really condition. Not nerve damage.
Regardless of how the team feels about Fultz's agent and lawyer, Brothers made clear to ESPN that his client is suffering from a physical—not mental—issue.
Chair of the Federal Election Commission: Who Is Steven Walther?
Steven T. Walther is the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for 2017. First sworn in as a recess appointee on January 10, 2006, his term expired on December 31, 2007. In June 2008, Walther was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in to complete the rest of his term. He served as vice chair of the FEC for the balance of 2008 and served as chair in 2009. Created in 1975 to enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act, the FEC monitors campaign contributions, enforces campaign finance regulations, and distributes public funds for Presidential elections.
Born July 18, 1943, in Reno, Nevada, Steven Walther earned a B.A. in Russian at Notre Dame University in 1965, and a J.D. at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley in 1968.
Early in his career, Walther was an attorney at the Jones Vargas law firm in Reno, leaving in 1972 to cofound the law firm of Walther, Key, Maupin, Oats, Cox & LeGoy, now known as Maupin, Cox & LeGoy. Walther practiced law there for 34 years before leaving for the FEC.
During his legal career Walther has been active in professional legal and judicial organizations and activities. He is a former member of the board of governors of the American Bar Association and was the co-founder and chair of the ABA Center for Human Rights. He is also a former president of the State Bar of Nevada, the Western States Bar Conference, and the National Caucus of State Bar Associations. From 1971 until his FEC appointment, Walther served as a member of the Nevada State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
He served on the executive board of the ABA Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, which oversees the ABA’s political programs in more than 21 countries, and he was chair of the ABA Standing Committee on World Order Under Law. He has been a member of the board of trustees and lecturer for the National Judicial College, and has lectured on rule of law, human rights, and international law, including at the International University in Moscow.
In November 1998, Walther led the election recount team for Democratic Senator Harry Reid after his 428-win over Republican John Ensign. The following year, Reid offered to recommend Walther to be a candidate for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but Walther declined. However, several years later, in July 2005, when Reid recommended him for the FEC, Walther accepted.
Walther and his wife, Diane, have three children: Natalie, Mario, and Wyatt.
The Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed a proposed master plan Tuesday that calls for parks and other facilities in 30 “neighborhoods” that make up the city. It also calls for construction of at least one more major community park like Mills Park.
Consultant Jeff Winston told the joint session of Parks and Recreation and the city Planning Commission they need to adopt plans now before the city becomes “built out” by growth.
“When we achieve build-out, there isn’t any more land for parks,” he said.
Winston said some of those neighborhoods – defined by major streets and unified by density, housing type and other features – are already built out, leaving no land for new parks.
Winston and city planner Roger Moellendorf said the top choice for a second major community park is a piece of Bureau of Land Management land straddling Arrowhead Drive near the airport.
Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Tom Keeton said the challenge in implementing the master plan will be finding the money. He and members Tom Patton and Donna Curtis said the city needs to get more revenue from the residential construction tax.
“It’s clear $1,000 per house is not adequate to build a neighborhood park today,” said Patton.
He suggested the city require developers to agree to provide for construction of new parks as a condition of approval. Juan Guzman, the city planner in charge of open space, said that might require legislative approval, just as it would to increase the tax.
“I think the issue is clear – we must secure more funding,” said Keeton.
The panel agreed it should take the issue to the next Legislature, hopefully teamed up with Washoe, Douglas Lyon and other counties.
That was just one of a long list of recommendations for Winston and city planners to consider in refining the draft master plan.
Drake told us he does Adele numbers, and a new report confirms it. Industry sources told Billboard on Tuesday (July 3) that Aubrey's latest full-length Scorpion broke the U.S. single-week streaming record in under half a week.
That's over 435 million on-demand streams of the album's 25 songs in three days. At that pace, Drake will crush the previous record held by Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys, which racked up 431.3 million streams in its first week. Forecasters expect Scorpion to pass 700 million streams by week's end.
It's not the first record Drizzy has snared since Friday. His new album broke a single-day streaming record on its day of release. Meanwhile, increased attention on his catalogue over the weekend vaulted 36 old songs to platinum status, while boosting 19 others to new multi-platinum levels. As a result, Drake has now moved more digital singles than any other artist.
Scorpion is a near-lock to debut at No. 1. It will be Drake's eighth straight chart-topping full-length. Not even a secret child could disrupt the streak. In case you were wondering, Pusha-T's Daytona debuted and peaked at No. 3.
You can read XXL's review of Scorpion here. The project drops on CD on July 13.
Football star Ronaldinho is known for his dribbling moves, but he will soon have to show off his juggling skills when he marries two women at once.
Ronaldinho is making headlines around the world following reports that he will be marrying both of his girlfriends on the same day.
Yes, you read right, the former Barcelona player not only has two women, but he plans on making them both his wives.
According to The Sun, the Brazilian asked Priscilla Coelho and Beatriz Souza to marry him in January - with matching engagement rings!
The ladies know about each other, and the trio has been living together in perfect harmony since December.
Ronaldinho allegedly gives them both a monthly allowance of £1,500 (around R26 000).
While soccer fans have applauded the 38-year-old for his smooth moves on-and-off the field, his family is not happy with his polygamist ways.
His sister Deisi has allegedly indicated that she will not attend the August nuptials.
#Ronaldinho se casará💍💍 en agosto con Priscilla Coelho y Beatriz Souza, las dos mujeres que conviven con la leyenda del fútbol mundial 🇧🇷 desde hace 2 años.
A group of international artists have been fined and handed prison terms for staging a “performance” at the Auschwitz death camp last year, during which they undressed themselves and slaughtered a sheep.
The controversial act took place at the entrance to the infamous Nazi concentration camp – now turned museum – when a dozen young people in their twenties undressed and chained themselves to the gates in March 2017.
The stunt, which was filmed via a quadcopter drone, involved exploding firecrackers and the slaughtering of a sheep. The animal was brutally killed by being subjected to 15 knife stabs to the heart. The artists from Belarus, Poland and Germany also used a banner, reading “Love,” to replace the first word in the notorious “Arbeit macht frei” (Work makes you free) sign at the entrance to Auschwitz.
The artists were arrested on site and later charged with desecrating the Nazi victim memorial as well as animal cruelty. Their sentences were announced by the Oswiecim court Wednesday.
The organizers, Belarusian citizens Adam Belyatsky and Nikita Volodko, were handed 18 and 14-months prison sentences respectively. Belyatsky was also ordered to pay a fine of 2,000 zlotys (around $600) to an animal protection group. The two were also barred from having pet animals for the next ten years. The other ten artists were handed fines of 10,000 zlotys (around $3,000) and a year-long confinement, RIA-Novosti reported.
During the pronouncement of the verdict, the judge stressed that the accused were well aware of the consequences of their acts, but still carried out their action. “They insulted the memorial, drenched in the blood of hundreds of thousands of people,” the judge said as cited by the Belarus Segodnya website.
Shortly after the performance last year, the artists from the so-called ‘Love Macht Frei’ group clarified their act was actually an anti-war protest. “Military conflicts are tearing the world apart and people die in them, this is the issue that worries us and to which we wanted to attract the attention of society and the media,” the group said.
They said the firecrackers were set off during their action to imitate bomb explosions and the sheep was there to symbolize the innocent victims of conflicts. It was said that only the organizers knew that the animal would be slaughtered in order for other participants to experience the same shock as the populations of the cities under airstrikes.
In 2015, another performance which saw naked men and women playing a game of tag inside a former concentration camp's gas chamber also caused controversy. A Polish museum, which displayed the footage of the act as an exhibit, refused to remove it despite numerous calls and outrage by Jewish rights groups. Last year, it was revealed that the video was shot at the Stutthof concentration camp, east of the city of Gdansk.
Rajasthan Royals batsman Owais Shah says the Kolkata Knight Riders possess some world class spinners in their ranks and their performance in helpful conditions made the difference in their IPL match on Friday.
The struggling defending champions cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in a spin-oriented battle.
Shah said the Knight Riders had more experienced spinners in Sunil Narine and Sachithra Senanayake.
"Their spinners bowled very well. Both of them play for their respective countries.
"We've got a couple of guys but Brad Hodge has not played international cricket for a while and Ankit Chavan has not quite played at international level. KKR guys are playing international cricket regularly. Perhaps that was the difference," the 34-year-old said.
But the English batsman said they were not complaining as Eden always pose such a spin challenge.
"You've to look at the stats. The games here as compared to other places have been low scoring. The amount of boundaries that are hit here, are significantly less than other grounds. That's the nature of pitch.
"We were here to play good cricket. We did not come out well. We knew when we came to Kolkata that the ball will spin and will remain low. But that's life. It's same for both the teams. It's just the way it is."
Royals made a modest 132 for six but Shah said they could have defended the total had they bowled tidy in the powerplay.
"We could have possibly got another 20 runs on the board. But I don't think it was a matter of runs; we did not bowl very well up front and gave away too many runs.
"We should have held them for at least 25 runs in the first six. "They got that start and were very well set after the first six overs. After which they just cruised to victory. Yusuf played a very good knock. Full credit goes to him."
James Faulkner was sent at No 3 while skipper Rahul Dravid dropped himself to 8 in a strange Royals batting order but Shah defended the strategy.
"We're looking at attacking the first six. Historically in Kolkata, if you can get off to flying start, it helps you. We were little bit stuck in the first six so thought if Faulkner can get that impetus.
"Unfortunately, it did not work out and we went on the backfoot."
On Dravid's decision to bat low, Shah said: "I don't want to answer question on his behalf. But I guess he felt he wanted to keep a left-right combination.
"Perhaps he thought other guys were better equipped to hit boundaries. Obviously, you should ask this to him. I was playing in the middle when the batting order was changed."
The silver lining in Royals' loss was Sanju Samson's form as the 18-year-old from Kerala top-scored with 40 and Shah said the youngster would be a good prospect for India if he kept going.
"For the last couple of games he has played very well. Hopefully, he continues that.
"There's a lot of talent in India. Sanju has got very good head on his shoulders. He is a very good batsman who has played superbly in the last few innings. If he continues this way we can say he's one for the future of your country."
The state House rejected a bill Thursday that would have allowed the sale of alcohol during sporting events on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University.
The measure, sponsored by Rep. Pat Marsh, R-Shelbyville, would have allowed sports facilities on the campus of MTSU to begin selling alcohol in July.
The proposal is unique because MTSU would have become the first school to be able to sell alcohol on their campus. Marsh noted other sports facilities, including in Chattanooga and Memphis, are not technically located on campus, thus allowing them to sell alcohol.
As the chamber took up the measure on the floor, Rep. Jason Zachary, R-Knoxville, warned that Marsh’s proposal could lead to additional dangers — including drunk driving.
“We set a very dangerous precedent here,” Zachary said.
Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden, who has criticized several bills related to alcohol in the past, said the MTSU proposal would likely lead to other universities and colleges to seeking similar circumstances.
While questioning Marsh, Holt jokingly suggested he would like to amend the measure to allow alcohol sales in high schools.
“Why in one venue would we allow for this controlled, regulated sale of alcohol and in another we would not?” Holt asked, reiterating his opposition to the measure.
But not all Republicans were against the measure. Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, R-Lancaster, said she was in favor of it because MTSU board members asked Marsh for the legislation.
Marsh said the school’s leadership thought the bill would have allowed them to “better handle” drinking at the games if they sold it themselves, a point reiterated by Rep. Bill Sanderson, R-Kenton.
The measure fell five votes short of receiving enough support to ensure its passage.
Edging keeps plants from growing into your beds or paths.
Garden edging performs several roles in your yard. It provides a border, blocks roots, adds decoration and prevents soil and mulch loss from pathways or garden beds. A good edging will fulfill all of these roles and last for years. The type of edging you choose will depend on which aspects of good edging you want to focus on.
To clearly outline your garden beds, you need edging. The larger and wider the edging, the more obvious the delineation between your lawn and the bed will be. Choose edging that will be in proportion to the size of your beds. Darker colored borders create a dramatic contrast between your beds and lawn. A less obtrusive edging choice, like natural stones covered by overhanging plants, blends the borders between your beds and lawn or sidewalks.
Edging must keep grass roots from entering into your garden beds where the grass becomes a weed. To be effective, your edging must reach as deep as the roots of your lawn or ground cover. A depth of 6 to 12 inches prevents burrowing rodents or grass roots from growing across the barrier and into your garden beds, notes "Fine Gardening" magazine. For example, Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) has roots that grow 8 inches below the surface. Blocking roots with edging can be done by cutting a 4- to 6-inch-wide trench into the edge of your garden bed and through the grass roots that are next to the bed.
You may choose a practical edging, such as metal, to provide root control and erosion prevention with a decorative edging to get the look you want in your garden. Rocks, shells, wood pieces or pebbles are some of the choices that can be used for decorative edging in your garden.
The mulch and soil in your garden beds should stay in place, even after a heavy rains. To keep erosion from your beds at a minimum, you need an edging that extends above the surface of the soil. This helps to keep mulch from being blown or washed out of the bed while making the edging a more prominent feature in your garden.
Hessong, Athena. "What Makes Good Garden Edging?" Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/good-garden-edging-47839.html. Accessed 26 April 2019.
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Crisis is a word all too often thrown around in relation to the aged care industry. Sadly the frequency with which that word is employed has been blunted and its impact on governments and the community alike is diminished. Descriptions of various crises in Residential Aged Care Services (RACS) sink like stones in a pond of Government and communal indifference.
Recently in the study "Australian General Practitioners Attitudes to Residential aged Care Facility Visiting", many General Practitioners reported visits to residents in aged care facilities as a frustrating experience. Putting aside the fact many considered these visits as being poorly remunerated the experience was frustrating as too often they were exercises in "hide and seek: seeking out the patient, the nurse, their notes and medication charts". Given that average number of care hours allocated to residents is in the order of 2.9 per person per day made up of mainly care assistants it is little wonder they are unable to find a nurse.
Worse still governments fail to act in any meaningful way in response to these "crisis" events. At the same time the public is immune to the issues or simply overwhelmed by the litany of disasters associated with the industry charged with the responsibility of caring for our most vulnerable citizens. The only way the government can hope to arrest this series of regrettable events is to mandate national levels of staffing and skill levels.