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reasonsforhope · 1 year ago

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Seven thousand more UAW members just walked off the job, expanding the strike to two more plants. Twenty-five thousand autoworkers are now on strike, and the walkout could continue to escalate if the Big Three don’t budge in negotiations.

[UAW president Shawn] Fain announced that Stellantis would be spared this time. The union had been expected to strike all three companies, but, said Region 1 director LaShawn English, three minutes before Fain was scheduled to go on Facebook Live, the UAW received frantic emails from company representatives.

[Note: Love that for the UAW. Also laughing so hard. Three minutes before the next round of strikes were annouced!!]

According to Fain, Stellantis made “significant progress” on cost-of-living allowances, the right not to cross a picket line, and the right to strike over product commitments and plant closures. “We are excited about this momentum at Stellantis and hope it continues,” Fain said...

“See You Next Week — Maybe?”

“These guys wanted to go out a long time ago,” said Cody Zaremba, a Local 602 member at the Lansing GM plant after the news broke that his plant would be joining the strike. “We’re ready. Everybody, truly, I believe, in the entire membership. They’re one with what’s going on.”

Five thousand workers at thirty-eight parts distribution centers across twenty-one states have been on strike since last Friday [September 22, 2023], along with thirteen thousand at three assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri who walked out on September 15. (See a map of all struck facilities here.) ...

The UAW is now calling on community supporters to organize small teams to canvass dealerships that sell and repair Big Three cars and trucks. On Tuesday, the union issued a canvassing tool kit with instructions, flyers, press releases, and talking points.

In negotiations with Ford and GM, autoworkers have clinched some important gains. Among them is an agreement by both companies to end at least one of the many tiers in current contracts, putting workers at certain parts plants back on the same wage scale as assembly workers. The top rate for Big Three assembly workers is currently around $32...

Ford was spared in last week’s escalation, because bargainers there had made further progress on gains for workers.

But today, the UAW once again called out workers at Ford and GM, putting some muscle behind its bold demands — a big wage boost, a shorter workweek, elimination of tiers, cost-of-living adjustments tied to inflation, protection from plant closures, conversion of temps to permanent employees, and the restoration of retiree health care and benefit-defined pensions to all workers.

-via Jacobin, September 29, 2023. Article continues below.

Keep Them Guessing

This year, for the first time in recent history, the union has played the three auto companies against each other with its strike strategy, departing from the union’s tradition of choosing one target company and patterning an agreement at the other two.

The stand-up strike strategy draws inspiration from an approach known as CHAOS (Create Havoc Around Our System), first deployed in 1993 by Alaska Airlines flight attendants, who announced they would be striking random flights. Although they struck only seven flights in a two-month period, Alaska had to send scabs on every plane, just in case. The unpredictability drew enormous media attention and drove management up the wall. Meanwhile the union was able to conserve its strength and minimize risk.

The companies miscalculated where the UAW was going to strike first, stockpiling engines and shipping them cross-country to the wrong facilities. Autoworkers relished the self-inflicted supply chain chaos on UAW Facebook groups and other social media platforms.

Nonstrikers’ morale on the factory floor has gotten a boost from rank and filers organizing to refuse voluntary overtime. With support both from Fain and the reform caucus Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), workers have been encouraging each other to “Eight and Skate,” meaning to turn down extra work and decline to do management any favors.

Majority Public Support

A majority of Americans support the UAW strikers, and the Big Three have taken a PR hit since the strike began, according to a new survey conducted by the business intelligence firm Caliber.

“Eighty-seven percent of respondents told us they were aware of the strike,” Caliber CEO Shahar Silbershatz told the Intercept. “It’s clear the strike is not just causing commercial repercussions, but reputational repercussions as well.”

These reputational repercussions will only worsen...

"We Can Unmake It"

Fain didn't pull any punches in his speech... “That’s what’s different about working-class people. Whether we’re building cars or trucks or running parts distribution centers; whether we’re writing movies or performing TV shows... we do the heavy lifting. We do the real work. Not the CEOs, not the executives.

"And though we don’t know it, that’s what power is. We have the power. The world is of our making. The economy is of our making. This industry is of our making.

“And as we’ve shown, when we withhold our labor, we can unmake it.”

-via Jacobin, September 29, 2023

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tututfdp · 6 months ago

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Modern AU Kaamelott

(j'ai lut La petite hétéro by TheHappyEgg et ça ma rongé le cerveau donc voila mon AU foireux sur les perso de Kaamelott étudiant).

Arthur Pendragon

" il sent la monster et la clops dès huit heure trente, baptiser “l’accumulateur compulsif”, j’ai nommer; Arthur Pendragon! "

Je vois Arthur étudiant en histoire de l'art avec options Archéologie, ses subjects préféré: Rome Antique/Grèce Antique - Moyen-Age. Il a redoublé sa L2.

Il a EVIDEMENT fait un Erasmus à Rome.

Il est aussi au conservatoire, musique classique ou modern.

Certainement président d'une association étudiante qu'il a repris ou créer ( Surement un truc du genre "La table ronde" pour que tous vos droit soit respecté)

Grinder/Tinder: Peux importe l'appli', il est dessus.

Surement boursier, doit certainement bossé à la BU ou à un U.

Vous pouvez pas m'enlevé qu'il écoute SUREMENT, du Kyo, il en a honte mais il a tous les albums et les a vue en concert.

Il conduit surement une monospace acheté sur le boncoin pour pouvoir trimbalé toute l'équipe.

A un décapsuleur/couteau suisse baptisé Escalibur.

Depression, burnout, anxiété, manque affectif, le con a un cocktail.

Bonus: Bisexuel voir Pansexuel ? Certainement polyamoureux.

Lancelot Du Lac

" Élus mister Université trois années de suite! le fière le fringant, Lancelot Dulac! "

Troisième années de droit, surement de droite qu'il dit "modéré".

Il est obviously, le secrétaire de l'asso' d'Arthur, ils l'ont créer ensemble à l'époque.

Un conte tinder qu'il assume pas, avec une description genre " Capitaine de l'équipe de badminton, j'aime les balade sur la plages, recherche relation sérieuse".

Je sais pas Lancelot c'est le connard qui conduit une mini, ou une voiture deux places...

Si il fait pas aussi partit du BDE/ est le chouchou des profs c'est pas normal.

Il fait de la poésie en cachette.

Je dirais BPD, ou problème de gestion de la colère, problème obsessionnelle, OCD meme ?

Bonus: Hétéro qui pourrait avoir une seul relation gay dans sa vie, genre pour être sur qu'il est bien hétéro.

Perceval De Galle

"Revoyant à peine la lumière du jour, sortit l’année dernière d’une prépa Math-Physique, je vous présente, Perceval De Gales! "

Je peux pas être objectif c'est mon chouchou.

Premier année en école d'ingénieur.

C'est se genre de gars mauvais au collège/lycée mais qui est inaltérable à la fac.

Il a fait un bac pro Mécanique Auto pour bossé dans le garage de ses vieux, mais son prof de math la poussé à tenter une prépa.

Ce con a fait une prépa Math-Physique et il c'est jamais autant fait chier de ça vie car tous était trop facile.

Dyslexique, j'ai raison c'est tout.

Membre du club d’astronomie et de l’association de la table ronde en temps que fouteur de merde première catégorie.

Octogone sans règles des que quelqu'un parle de la théorie de la terre plate.

Le connard que Arthur va voir quand son monospace lâche.

La définition d'un "con intelligent"

C'est le con qui à donné "Escalibur" à Arthur.

Bonus: Celui la est technique: "Le genre qui sort avec une personne pour son âme et rien d'autre" Il s'en fout, beau moche, trans, cis, nonbinaire tous ca, si l'amour est là, il est là, sinon demi-sexuel.

Karadoc de Vanne

" Un petit creux ? Une baisse de sucre ? Besoin de savoir quel est le meilleur kebab rapport qualité pétage de bide? Alors il vous faut : Karado de Vanne!"

A rencontrait Perceval durant les années lycées.

Je le vois pas étudiant ? Ou peut etre un truc genre STAPS, mais plus pour la blague.

Lui il a fait un CAP cuisine.

Deuxième fouteurs de merde de première catégorie dans l'assos, mais il serre aussi de traiteur quand ils font une soirée.

Il conduit un kangoo, un véhicule de chantier qu'il prend à ses vieux.

C'est le type qui a réussis à couper une tranche de saucisson avec sa carte étudiantes

A une note google map avec tous les meilleurs restorant, bar, fastfood et kebab de la ville classé part ordre de qualité/prix.

Il connait toutes les petites boulangerie et fromageries de la ville.

A surement gardait sa carte METRO de son anciens job d'été.

Connait beaucoup trop de monde dans l'industrie agro-alimentaire.

Personne ne sait comment il a eu une copine.

Bonus: Hétéro part défaut, pas de questionnement rien, c'est les réglage d'usine.

Bah c'est déjà pas mal dis donc, si vous en voulez plus hésité pas à me demandé, j'ai encore Merlin, Bohort et Elias dans un coin.

#arthur pendragon #kaamelott #Kaamelott headcon #Perceval de galle #Lancelot #Lancelot du lac #Karadoc #jpp de moi quand meme #my headcanons #modernau

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mr-geargrinder · 4 months ago

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Today is apparently Goop Dice Defect Day!

I've got my new 3d printer up and running properly now, and while cleaning up to test some new prints, I discovered a leaky purple die. This one was already set to the side because of some clear coat issues, but I discovered it had been printed with some delamination pin-hole gaps along the numbering. This was probably from one of the last batches I printed when the Mars 2 Pro was already having a pretty rough time. I tried to toss all the ones with obvious lamination issues, and this is exactly why!

It only took the slightest bit of pressure with a hobby knife to split the whole thing into two pieces. When a print gets any sort of defect like that, its just trash. Not even worth salvaging because there's no way to fix it or restore any sort of strength to the print once that that happens.

The second set was a hot car test. I've got a friend who lives in one of those terrible hellstates where it's normally over 100°F or worse. He feared that if he ordered a pair of goop dice from me that they would explode while sitting in the carrier's truck. So I took it upon myself to test that problem.

I do not live in a terrible hellstate, but today's temp readings say it's 93°F, but feels like 100. I threw a pair on my dashboard, in the direct sun, doors closed, windows up. An hour later, they had exploded. Not just cracked, but burst open. They were also extremely hot to the touch because they probably reached or got pretty close to boiling, I'd imagine.

This is obviously a more extreme circumstance, but one I would do need to consider, either way. I don't foresee too many people leaving their dice on the hot dash in the middle of an extremely hot summer day, but if they do get left in a bag in a car or in the back of an infamously hot delivery truck, this is still a possible problem that needs addressing. Plus I've gotta worry about what might happen in the opposite situation when it gets too cold!

Fortunately, the Mars 5 Ultra is up and running with a new build plate and that means I can run off test prints much more quickly and hopefully have a workable solution to the problem much sooner.

#3d printing #goop dice #hot car test #defects #gear-art

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mamamittens · 27 days ago

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Thoughts about that possible Christmas Hallmark ass movie with Nikia and the boys

So, I gotta set the scene, right? It's gotta be kinda fucking miserable--as is fitting for this capitalistic hellscape that slowly drains out all your childlike joy at the passage of time.

So, Nikia has a job with brutal hours and barely decent pay. I'm thinking probably a warehouse job rather than like, waitress or cashier so it's isolating and everyone knows those pay like dog shit. A warehouse where "union" is a swear word that can magically make write ups materialize and is barely OSHA compliant.

She is legitimately too exhausted to go out, indulge in hobbies more than an hour or two before bed, and lives off ramen and sandwiches with the rare, proper meal as a treat. Her apartment a bit shit but close to her job enough that she doesn't need a car. Barely anything left over money wise at the end of the month that she ends up saving because she genuinely doesn't have the bandwidth to spend it otherwise. So she DOES have a tiny nest egg that grows with every sluggish month.

The boys, mainly Thatch, pulled a prank and Whitebeard decided that he needed them (mainly Thatch) out of his hair for a while. At least until Cupid is ready to accept an apology without threatening to make Thatch fall in love with a donkey or something for an afternoon. Or just shoot his ass. Oh! Would be funny if Izou was originally a cupid but swapped over to the 'Christmas section' to help those intense moments of seasonal love. Thatch just really loves cooking and thinks the turkey is pretentious as shit.

Anyway, they're basically told to spin a randomizer of "Good but don't believe anymore" adults to go and restore the Spirit of Christmas in. And, shockingly (not), Nikia's name pops up.

They scope things out a bit, commenting on how depressing as shit it all is in its mundane, grindy glory.

"She's cute... Shouldn't she have a roommate or partner or... I don't know, even a cat?" Thatch muses, taking a moment to inspect her food pantry. Outside of ramen and quick snacks, it's pretty bare. "Yikes. Guess not. What do you got, Izou?"

Izou is looking through the rooms, sizing up the situation with a keen eye.

"Honestly? I think the first order of business is figuring out her finances. Judging by the state of things, she's gone a lot for work but doesn't have a lot of shit to show for it. Is she in debt? Or does it just not pay well? Can't enjoy the holidays if she's dead on her feet from exhaustion." He huffs, looking over a bookshelf of unopened anime DVDs. "And I don't see any pictures. Guess she doesn't have much family or friends. We picked a doozy, Thatch. Literally anything is an improvement from what I can tell."

"... Not good enough. We gotta blow this outta the water, Izou!" Thatch declares before faltering. "...where do we start though?"

They end up working as temps in the warehouse to get close to her, but find it harder than expected. She's not mean or anything, just clearly too tired for much outside of work related matters. The few times they manage to engage her in conversation they're turning up the charm only to be met with dry humor and sass.

Slowly, they figure out what she's actually like to do, the clock ticking away.

"Look, it pays the bills and I can't really ask for a lot more than that." She finally huffs, carting around a box of supplies before Thatch plucks it from her arms with a grunt.

"Kinda need a little more than that to live, honey. C'mon, what would you like to be doing?"

"Sleeping."

"No! I'm serious! What's... Your ideal job?" Thatch asked desperately.

Nikia pauses in thought. Tired eyes glancing upward.

(I absolutely got lost looking at jobs lmfao, apparently collision repair is a high paying AND high demand job, go figure)

"I don't know... I like fixing things?"

It's better than nothing!

Anyway, they pull a few strings and 'suddenly', she's got a flyer in her mailbox about a training program for repairs. It's a branching sort of thing where the company responsible brings in a bunch of people and sees where they fit, subsidizing them in return for the 'trainee' working on contract for a set time depending on the training required. Gotta invest, after all!

She's not sure, like, really not sure at first but they encourage her and help do research to reassure her it's legit and not some creepy scam.

Franky, the lead of the program, is a very strange man but enthusiastic and totally understands what it takes to retain workers and a good work environment. She has a blast, even if she thinks a lot of her fellow trainees and trainers are weirdos. It's meant fondly.

She gets paid a lot better with subsidized housing as part of the program (part of it is meant to help people get on their feet from unfortunate circumstances). So she moves, but it's great! Suddenly, she's sleeping well! With so much free time and forced socializing with very extroverted folks who are kind and invite her to things!

She kinda breaks down after the first month, after catching herself not only planning a little dinner with her new friends but eyeing a new, self indulgent thing with no fear of penny pinching.

The boys are very moved and supportive, their original goal kinda getting lost as they're getting attatched.

Of course, the holidays roll around and she insists on inviting them to anything she's going to for support and as thanks.

She's not quite a believer but mostly just because she's still recovering from brutal hours and low pay.

As the snowfall becomes more frequent, she thinks to Christmas time and that she's got people to celebrate with thanks to the boys. So, she plans an extra special gift for them!

Not sure if I want a third act breakdown (they usually piss me off tbh).

But! They do think they lost their chance for the year because she doesn't really believe in Santa or Christmas like they were meant to get her too, only to discover Marco dropping by a Christmas party with Nikia to take them home.

Apparently, just giving her something to believe in was enough all along.

They leave with a note explaining as best they can and are depressed despite finally coming home. Nikia, is, naturally, incredibly devastated that her closest friends left so quickly.

Maybe her new group of friends crack down to try and find those scoundrels that broke her heart by running off and somehow manage to find out who they actually were.

She's shocked, naturally, but refuses to chase after them. Certain they'd have said so if it was under duress and would return if that was the case anyway. But that's not good enough for her new friends!

No!

How dare they abandon her before Christmas!

So they actually manage to storm the North Pole on her behalf and Whitebeard is so fucking amused about it. It's been ages since he's been this entertained.

While this is happening though, a massive ice storm has hit the city and frozen everyone into their houses. Someone in her apartment got a little too creative and the power cut off, leaving her fucking freezing.

The boys check on her with the nice list thing and realize she's having a rough go of it at the moment, teaming up with the others to rescue her (and her apartment building, rip the idiot who fucked with the electrical wiring).

It ends with a big hooray, and then asking if she'd like to meet their family. As their third. Cue wolf whistles.

Maybe she ends up employed at the North Pole for half of the year helping with repairs. That'd be fun.

The other half is vacationing and traveling with the boys as they do their own jobs or something.

Very cute and silly and now I am very tired and will sleep lol

#mittens rambles #snow fairy bread #forever apparently #could go on but nah #genuinely did look up high laying careers cause they wouldnt suggest a passion career with shit pay if the point is freeing her time #for whimsey #cant imagine many librarian positions paying hella dosh #idk id have to look it up #if u dont want to be a doctor or lawyer repairing macines is the way to go apparently #or real estate surveyor or ehatever #hella dosh there for some reason #not too much schooling eithet as long as ur not shit

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thinginahumansuit · 6 months ago

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Where I've come from and where I'm going

In the time I've been gone from this site, things have changed dramatically. I've moved out of my parent's house, I've made many friends, I've learned how to live in the present and seriously plan for the future, I've written and published two books, I've learned to stave boredom away forever and so much more. But most of all, I've combined my enthusiasm and Objectum love for cars into one.

One's enthusiasm for such things start young. Chase movies, model cars, Hot Wheels; you name it, I was there for it. But interests come and go and in my teen years, cars were simply in the back of my mind as I geared up for college.

I have to note that I haven't ever worked on these things before, they were just something to ogle at which would somewhat explain my choice for college going into IT. I learned a lot there, got my degree, got a temp job in the industry and that was it. Went to Uni for history after I got caught up in world events during college and now I only have a year left before I get my bachelor's.

I love history, almost as much as cars as it tells you so much about people and how to live meaningfully. It's too bad I wasn't very disciplined since I got barred for a semester after not trying. This was at the same time I moved out.

I moved around a couple of times, figured out how to cook a few things, find motivation to do the things I wanted, learned to take life more seriously, I've had jobs as a cleaner, a dishwasher, a clerk and a merchandiser, all of which taught a high amount of discipline.

Then I moved back home with my folks, i stopped talking about history because I thought the topic was bringing people down (I study war and genocide unfortunately) and I just kept to myself.

September 2023 comes around, I'm scrolling through Reddit and I see the burnt out frame of a Ferrari and my world just snaps. I look into why, just for fun apparently. I have panic attacks for weeks worrying about these objects, I suppress them and just keep up the mask since it mostly happened at work. I separate the logical and emotional selves and have them do dialectics to cope. Gradually, I calm down.

I stay away from vehicular destruction since I see the bending of their bodies from how they're molded viscerally disgusting, almost like I'm watching real life gore.

But this was a blessing, disguised as a curse. I want a house of my own, with a garage to keep and protect my partner as well as a place to work if something goes wrong. I want to develop the skills necessary to take care of them properly. I want enough money to do these things without issue. It gave me a renewed sense of purpose.

I feel like I'm late to the game since those skills start from a young age but I'm only in my thirties yet, there's still so much time.

For now, YouTube tutorials on builds and restorations will have to do. As will video games.

Whoever's here, thanks for reading.

#Objectum #Mechaphilia #Mechanophilia #Objectum community #Car objectum #Automobilum

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imkeepinit · 2 years ago

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Biden's first year

Government/Health Spending

1.9T American Rescue Plan

$1400 stimulus checks for adults, children, and adult dependants

1 year child tax credit expansion - $3600 0-5, $3000 6-17, removed income reqs and made fully refundable

One year EITC expansion

$350 billion state and local aid

$130 billion for schools for safe reopening

$40 billion for higher ed, half of which must go to student aid

Extended $300 supplemental UI through September 2021

Expanded eligibility for extended UI to cover new categories

Made $10,200 in UI from 2020 tax free

$1B for Head Start

$24B Childcare stabilization fund

$15B in low-income childcare grants

One Year Child and Dependent Care credit expansion

$46.5B in housing assistance, inc:

$21.5B rental assistance

$10B homeowner relief

$5B for Sec 8 vouchers

$5B to fight homelessness

$5B for utilities assistance

Extended Eviction moratorium through Aug 2021 (SC struck down)

2 year ACA tax credit expansion and ending of subsidy cliff – expanded coverage to millions and cut costs for millions more

100% COBRA subsidy through Sept 30th, 2021

6 month special enrollment period from Feb-Aug 2021

Required insurers to cover PrEP, an HIV prevention drug, including all clinical visits relating to it

Extended open enrollment from 45 to 76 days

New year round special enrollment period for low income enrollees

Restored Navigator program to assist with ACA sign up

Removed separate billing requirement for ACA abortion coverage

Eliminated regulation that allows states to privatize their exchanges

Eliminated all Medicaid work requirements

Permanently removed restriction on access to abortion pills by mail

Signed the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act to fund increased ALS research and expedite access to experimental treatments

Rescinded Mexico City Policy (global gag rule) which barred international non-profits from receiving US funding if they provided abortion counseling or referrals

Allowed states to extend coverage through Medicaid and CHIP to post-partum women for 1 year (up from 60 days)

Judicial

42 Lifetime Federal judges confirmed – most in 40 years

13 Circuit Court judges

29 District Court judges

Named first openly LBGTQ woman to sit on an appeals court, first Muslim American federal judge, and record number of black women and public defenders

Infrastructure

$1.2T infrastructure law, including $550B in new funding

$110B for roads and bridges

$66B for passenger and freight rail

$39B for public transit, plus $30.5B in public transit funds from ARP

$65B for grid expansion to build out grid for clean energy transmission

$50B for climate resiliency

$21 for environmental remediation, incl. superfund cleanup and capping orphan wells

$7.5B for electric buses

$7.5B for electric charging stations

$55B for water and wastewater, including lead pipe removal

$65B for Affordable Broadband

$25B for airports, plus $8B from ARP

$17B for ports and waterways

$1B in reconnecting communities

Environmental

Rejoined the Paris Climate Accords 50% emission reduction goal (2005 levels) by 2030

EO instructing all federal agencies to implement climate change prevention measures

Ordered 100% carbon free electricity federal procurement by 2030

100% zero emission light vehicle procurement by 2027, all vehicles by 2035

Net Zero federal building portfolio by 2045, 50% reduction by 2032

Net Zero federal procurement no later than 2050

Net zero emissions from federal operations by 2050, 65% reduction by 2030

Finalized rule slashing the use of hydrofluorocarbons by 85% by 2036 – will slow temp rise by 0.5°C on it’s own.

Set new fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks, raising the requirement for 2026 from 43mpg to 55mpg.

Protected Tongass National Forest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, from development, mining, and logging

Revoked Keystone XL permit

Used the CRA to reverse the Trump administration Methane rule, restoring stronger Obama era standards.

EPA proposed new methane rule stricter than Obama rule, would reduce 41 million tons of methane emissions by 2035

Partnered with the EU to create the Global Methane Pledge, which over 100 countries have signed, to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels

US-EU trade deal to reward clean steel and aluminum and penalize dirty production

Ended US funding for new coal and fossil fuel projects overseas, and prioritized funding towards clean energy projects

G7 partnership for “Build Back Better World” – to fund $100s of billions in climate friendly infrastructure in developing countries

Restoring California’s ability to set stricter climate requirements

Signed EO on Climate Related Financial Risk that instructs rule making agencies to take climate change related risk into consideration when writing rules and regulations.

$100M for environmental justice initiatives

$1.1B for Everglades restoration

$100M for environmental justice initiatives

$1.1B for Everglades restoration

30 GW Offshore Wind Plan, incl:

Largest ever offshore wind lease sale in NY and NJ

Offshore wind lease sale in California

Expedited reviews of Offshore Wind Projects

$3B in DOE loans for offshore wind projects

$230M in port infrastructure for Offshore wind

Solar plan to reduce cost of solar by more than 50% by 2030 including $128M in funding to lower costs and improve performance of solar technology

Multi-agency partnership to expedite clean energy projects on federal land

Instructed Dept of Energy to strengthen appliance efficiency rules

Finalized rule to prevent cheating on efficiency standards

Finalized rule to expedite appliance efficiency standards

Repealed Federal Architecture EO that made sustainable federal buildings harder to build

Reversed size cuts and restored protections to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments

Restoring NEPA regulations to take into account climate change and environmental impacts in federal permitting

Extended public health emergency through at least April 15, 2022

Covid & Health

$50B in funding for FEMA for COVID Disaster Relief including vaccine funding

Set 100% FEMA reimbursement to states for COVID costs, retroactively to start of pandemic

$47.8B for testing

$1.75B for COVID genome sequencing

$8.5B to CDC for vaccines

$7.6B to state and local health depts

$7.6B to community health centers

$6B to Indian Health Services

$17B to the VA, including $1B to forgive veteran medical debt

$3B to address mental health and substance abuse

Over 500 million vaccine shots administered in a year

Established 90,000 free vaccination sites

Raised federal reimbursement from $23 to $40 per shot for vaccine sites

6000 troops deployed for initial vaccination

Cash incentives, free rides, and free childcare for initial vaccination drive

400 million vaccines donated internationally, 1.2 billion committed

$2B contribution to COVAX for global vaccinations

Funded expansion of vaccine manufacturing in India and South Africa

Implemented vaccine mandate for federal employees, contractors, and employees at healthcare providers that receive Medicare/Medicaid funding.

Implemented vaccine/test mandate for large businesses (SC struck down)

Invoked DPA for testing, vaccine, PPE manufacturing

Federal mask mandate for federal buildings, federal employees, and public transportation

Implemented test requirement for international travel

Implemented joint FDA-NIH expedited process to approve at home tests more quickly

Over 20,000 free federal testing sites

8 at home tests per month required to be reimbursed by insurance

1B at home tests available for free by mail

50M at home tests available free at community health centers

25M high quality reusable masks for low-income residents in early 2021

400M free N95 masks at pharmacies and health centers

Military medical teams deployed to help overburdened hospitals

Rejoined the WHO

Civil Rights

Ended the ban on trans soldiers in the military

Reversed Trump admin limits on Bostock ruling and fully enforced it

Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ patients in healthcare

Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ families in housing under the Fair Housing Act

Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ people in the financial system to access loans or credit

Justice Department declared that Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in education.

Revoked ban on Federal Diversity Training

Instructed the VA to review its policies to remove barriers to care for trans veterans

First Senate confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet Secretary

First trans person confirmed by the Senate

Extended birthright citizenship to children of same sex couples born abroad

State Department allows X gender marker on passport for non-binary Americans

Banned new contracts with private prisons for criminal prisons

Justice Department reestablished the use of consent degrees with police departments

Pattern and Practice investigation into Phoenix, Louisville, and Minneapolis

Banned chokeholds and limited no-knock raids among federal law enforcement

Initiative to ban modern day redlining

Doubled DOJ Civil Rights Division staff

Increase percentage of federal contract for small disadvantaged businesses from 5% to 15% ($100B in additional contracts over 5 years)

Sued TX and GA over voting laws. Sued TX over abortion law. Sued GA over prison abuse.

Signed law making Juneteenth a federal holiday

Signed EO to use the federal government to improve voting access through federal programs and departments.

Signed COVID-19 Hate Crime Act, which made more resources available to support the reporting of hate crimes

Signed EO for diversity in the federal workplace

Increased federal employment opportunities for previously incarcerated persons

Public Security

Banned ghost guns

New regulations on pistol-stabilizing braces

First annual gun trafficking report in 20 years

New zero tolerance policy for gun dealers who wilfully violate the law

Signed COPS act, ensuring confidentiality for peer counselling for police officers

Signed Protecting America’s First Responders Act, expediting benefits for officers disabled in the line of duty

Signed bill making it a crime to harm US law enforcement overseas

Student Loans

Student loan freeze through April 30th, 2022

Changed criteria so an additional 1.14M borrowers qualified for the loan pause (retroactively forgave interest and penalties)

Forgiven $11.5B in student loans for disabled students, students who were defrauded, and PSLF

Fixed PSLF so that it is much easier for previous payments to apply. Determined that the paused months will apply to PSLF

Student loan debt forgiveness is tax free through 2025

Immigration

Ended Border Wall emergency and cancelled all new border wall construction and contracts

Repealed Trump’s Muslim Ban

Set FY 2022 refugee cap to 125,000, the highest in almost 30 years

Prohibiting ICE from conducting workplace raids

Family reunification taskforce to reunite separated families. Reunited over 100+ families and gave them status to stay in US

Granted or extended TPS for Haitians, Venezuelans, Syrians, and Liberians

Lifted moratorium on green cards and immigrant visas

Ended use of public charge rule to deny green cards

Loosened the criteria to qualify for asylum

Changed ICE enforcement priorities

Re-initiated the CAM Refugee program for Northern Triangle minors to apply for asylum from their home countries

$1B+ in public aid and private investment for addressing the root causes of migration

Ended family detention of immigrants and moved towards other monitoring

HHS prohibited working with ICE on enforcement for sponsors of unaccompanied minors

Got rid of harder citizenship test

Allowed certain visas to be obtained without an in person consulate interview

Rescinded “metering” policy that limited migrants at ports of entry

Foreign Relations

Ended the War in Afghanistan

First time in 20 years US not involved in a war

Ended support for Saudi offensive operations in Yemen

Airstrikes down 54% in 2021 from 2020.

Issued policy restricting drone strikes outside of warzones

Restored $235M in aid to Palestinians

AUKUS defense pact with Australia and UK

New rules to counter extremism within the military

Signed law funding capitol police and Afghan Refugees

EO on competitiveness to write consumer friendly rules, such as right to repair

EO on improving government experience, incl

Social Security benefits will be able to be claimed online

Passports can be renewed online

General

Makes it easier for low-income families to apply for benefits

Increase telehealth options

WIC recipients can use benefits online

$7.25B in additional PPP funds

Signed PPP extension law to extend the program for 2 months

Changed criteria to make it easier for small and minority businesses to qualify for PPP loans

$29B Restaurant Recovery Fund to recover lost revenue

$1.25B Shuttered Venue fund

$10.4B for agriculture

30 year bailout of multi-employer pension funds that protects millions of pensions through 2051.

Pro-labor majority appointed to NLRB

Established task force to promote unionization

Restored collective bargaining right for federal employees

Negotiated deal for West Coast Ports to run 24/7 to ease supply chain

Signed EO to secure and strengthen supply chains

Investing $1B in small food processors to combat meat prices

Extended 15% SNAP benefit increase through Sept 30, 2021

Made 12 million previously ineligible beneficiaries eligible for the increase

Public health emergency helps keep benefits in place

Largest permanent increase in SNAP benefit history, raising permanent benefits by 27% ($20B per year)

Made school lunches free through for all through the 2021-2022 school year

Extended the Pandemic EBT program

Largest ever summer food program in 2021 provided 34 million students with $375 for meals over the summer.

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Historic Sports Car Club Finals Weekend Race Report!

Hi Everyone,

I couldn’t resist one last run out in our 1961 Lotus Formula Junior before the season ends for the winter so I entered the Historic Sports Car Clubs ‘The Finals’ weekend, mainly as I wanted to give the car one more shakedown after its restoration and get some more seat time before we embark on a full season next year.

Friday Testing

I’d done loads of laps on the sim in preparation for taking the Junior round the Silverstone National layout and it really does help get you up to speed quicker, and to be honest it was just as well I did as the weather was so bad on the Friday that we only got one dry 30 minute session, which had 3 red flags in it, so in the end we did around 20 minute of dry practice but even with just that I still learnt a lot, basically I need to figure out what gear to be in at Becketts as with these older cars you really need to drive them, you can’t rely on the power to get you through corners, you have to be in the right gear which keeps you in the 6-9k rev sweet spot or the engine just splutters along, so after the Friday session I went back home and did more testing on the sim as the next session will be Qualifying tomorrow.

Saturday – Qualifying and Race 1

As I said this weekend was all about ironing out any problems before next season and it turns out we had a couple to deal with, firstly we didn’t actually get to qualify as our car failed the noise test, luckily the guys from Road to Race who are running the car had a silencer in their van but we didn’t have time to fit it to get out for Qualy so we would be starting race 1 and 2 from dead last, 28th I think it was, we certainly get big grids in Formula Junior. So although we didn’t qualify I still had to prove to the clerk of the course that I was capable of driving so had to complete 3 laps in another session, luckily I was put out with the front engine juniors which are a similar speed, we were only supposed to do 3 laps but I stayed out for the full 15 minutes and did a time that would have put me around the mid pack if the time was valid, but overall I was happy with that.

Driving into the pits after this session I was then pulled over to one side by a marshal and was told that I had to go to race control to report to the Clerk of the course, I couldn’t help but wonder what I had done wrong, so feeling like a naughty school boy off to see the headmaster I walked down the pit lane to race control to find out more, luckily it was just to say that my transponder that records times wasn’t working so even if we had made qualy we would have still started last as I wasn’t being timed.

Race 1

Well I’m a firm believer that all things happen for a reason and it turned out that starting from the back wasn’t a bad thing which I’ll come to shortly. In true 2023 fashion as we were sitting in the holding area waiting to go out on track for our race a big black cloud appeared, now I had been checking the weather all week and Saturday and Sunday were supposed to be dry all day, but no, just like every other car event I’ve done this year rain looked imminent. This was to be my first standing start since 2018 as everything else has been rolling starts, So we did our out lap with plenty of swerving to get the tyres up to temp then took my last place on the grid, engaged 1st gave it around 6000 revs then the lights went red, then green, I pulled the clutch up and then the car nearly died and I spluttered away at a ridiculously slow pace losing the whole pack, looking back I was glad I wasn’t mid pack as that could have caused some real chaos, it turns out this was due to a slight engine issue but more on that later.

Anyway at least we were up and running but really last now, I got my head down did one lap then the rain hit, no surprises there, I came round Copse with a few cars off and pointing the wrong way, so I slowed down, kept things calm then after the shower the track dried pretty quick so we spent the rest of the race getting quicker, had a couple of good battles and ended up 21st, not great but I learnt that at low revs and pulling away there was something wrong that needed to be addressed.

Sunday – Race 2

We were out around midday for race 2 so I got to the track around 8am but was worried about the start after what happened yesterday so I went to speak to the organisers to make sure I was starting last again as I really didn’t want the same issue and to get rear ended, so with that done I went back to the garage and we started to warm the car up which turned out to be a real blessing as one of the other teams mechanics heard our engine and thought it sounded like it was only firing on 3 cylinders, a quick check and it indeed was, so a clean of the spark plug and that bought that back to 4 cylinders, also this mechanic checked out the twin carbs and they were well out also, this really reminded me of Biasing a valve amp, as he got out his carb tool and spent 20 mins setting the carbs so both were at the same level, just like balancing the left + right channel on a valve amp, now I couldn’t wait to get out on track to see if that sorted the engine issue out.

Thankfully this race looked dry for the full 20 mins, we did our out lap again and I took up my last place on the grid, selected first, upped the revs and waited for the green light and hoped for a better start and yes off we shot, the car accelerating beautifully and we overtook 4 cars before the first corner, this really fired me up to give it full beans, we had some great racing coming through the field, I even went 3 wide into Brooklands, came out in front but then heading towards Copse I missed a gear and lost both places but then a lap later took them back again, it was brilliant racing and we ended up making 11 overtakes, unheard of for me really, and bought our little Junior home in 17th which I thought was pretty good from where we started.

So overall another great weekend where we learnt a lot, better to get these niggles out the way now ready for next year, but I really can’t wait to do a full season now.

I have to say that after trying a few different racing disciplines I feel that I have now found my motorsport home with Formula Junior, firstly everyone is so nice, I mean the fact another team helped sort our engine just shows that but also the racing is clean and gentlemanly, exactly what I was looking for, I’m not looking to be the next hot shot, I just love being on track and to do that in a single seater Lotus with like minded enthusiasts is a real pleasure.

Roll on 2024.

Finally I just want to say a big shout out to Aced It Images who took most of these pictures, we met through Instagram where I saw he had posted a stunning pic of the 24 Nascar at Goodwood this year, so we got talking and he came along to this event to take most of the pics in this blog, he really has a great eye, makes it look like we are driving really fast, the first pic just looks like a video game capture to me, you can follow him on instagram at the below –

https://www.instagram.com/aced_it_images/

Cheers,

Paul.

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Sur un coup de TEST: Dave the Diver.

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Tahiti. Les atolls. La plage. Le rêve. L’horizon lointain balayait sur le bleu immaculé de l’océan impassible des nuées de cumulus comme une armada de vaisseaux-fantômes, glissant en direction du paradis. Cette vision inspira un comparse: _Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe. Il se tourna vers moi, et d’un sourire large dit “c’est de “Moby Dick””. J’hochais la tête, signe que j’avais compris, même si je ne voyais pas le rapport entre la mer et cette citation de Led Zeppellin. J’étais ici présent suite à une réunion organisée par Pôle-Emploi intitulée “Traversons la rue ensemble” et j’étais content que ce soit pas pour encore une fois essayé de me jeter sous un bus. Ils m’avaient dit de venir avec tout mes diplômes, et voyant mon Master Histoire de l’art - Restoration, en dix minutes, ma place était trouvée. C’est ainsi que je me retrouvais en face du Musée gauguin, à travailler dans un bar à sushi.[/b]

CDI-AUTO ENTREPRENEUR: On vous promets toujours qu'une fois plus grand, vous serez tout ce que vous voudrez. Ceci est vrai, à la condition que le marché de l'emploi vous y autorise, ou pour peu que le conseiller Pôle-Emploi n'ait pas une obsession pour la chaudronnerie. Quoiqu'il en soit, si vous vous apitoyez sur vous-même à cause de votre doctorat en sumérien, rappelez vous que Dave the Diver (DTD) est un jeu basé sur un type qui a touché le fond, et qui prend ça par la positive, car c'est plutôt pratique pour un plongeur. Dave est un bon bougre qui, alléché par des sushis gratuits, s'est rendu dans une zone étrange nommée le "Trou bleu". Et s'il est venu pour du trouble, il est à la bonne place/ le pauvre n'a pas eu le temps d'engloutir un norimaki qu'il se retrouve déjà avec une ardoise aussi salée que la Mer morte et à la merci de ses amis, qui avaient depuis le début une folle envie de l'exploiter. C'est ainsi que pour (faire) survivre (la boîte de son patron) que ce bon Dave va devoir risque sa vie, jour après jour et descendre toujours plus profondément pour ramener plus de poissons et combattre davantage d'horreurs sous-marines.[images.fandango.com] Mais tout n'est pas si morose, et si les jours sont rythmés pas les vices et caprices de ceux qui l'entoure, ce bon Dave rencontrera heureusement tout au long de son aventure une pléthore de personnages loufoques comme un archéologue fantisiste ou un dresseur pokémon qui a oublié de grandir, etc. bref, une sacrée galerie de perosnnages qui s'empressera à son tour de vous exploiter. ... ça donne l'idée que DTD est une parabole quand vous tomberez sur un truc gratuit, il faudra beaucoup réfléchir avant d'y toucher.

Les dents de ma mère: Qui dit "resto" dit "assiette" et donc dit "plonge", autant dans le lavabo que dans l'océan. Au passage, Dave ayant autant de talents qu'une incapacité totale à dire "non", vous vous retrouverez fréquemment à dépasser les prérogatives initiales envers le restaurant, et ce, entièrement à votre charge. C'est ainsi qu'entre deux descentes, vous serez en dehors de vos heures, amené à collecter des espèces protégées, piller des sites archéologiques ou encore ramener des morceaux de riches dans des épaves de sous-marins, le tout pour des cacahuètes, alors qu'à vous, ça coûte de l'argent. Et pour empêcher votre compte de se tarir, votre principal source de revenus viendra des poissons: il vous en faudra beaucoup à attrapper par tous les moyens. Et Dave aura les moyens, ça ira du filet de pêche à l'objet contendant mystérieusement abandonné, jusqu'au lance-grenade. Le monde du silence doit se couvrir de bruit pour remplir les assiettes, après tout. Le soir, vous serez amené au restaurant à servir vos prises prises en sushis à des hipsters qui jetteront un regard morne puis vous demanderons de mettre à la poubelle ce calamar qui a essyé de vous noyer une fois leur phot instagram prise. Rongez votre frein et trouvez les recettes qui extirpent le plus d'argent, car il vous faudra redescendre passez vos nerfs sur la poiscaille. Sans surprise, le meilleur matériel coûte cher, et il n'est fourni qu'en échange d'une très large part de votre salaire, et ce pour fournir davantage votre patron . Il doit bien y avoir une théorie du ruissellement inversée ici, mais elle m'échappe un peu.

Star(fish) Ocean: S'il paie pas de mine, DTD est un jeu génréux, qui aura beaucoup à vous offrir. S'il n'est certes, pas d'un doigté exigeant, il donne tout de même de quoi vous occupé et de plus en plus, puisque l'on ira jusqu’à vous refourguer un tamagoshi. De plus, le jeu s'adapte à votre style sans vous punir: vous pouvez très bien descendre et ramassé précautionneusement ce dont vous avez besoin dans ce délicat écosystème, ou vous la jouer "chalutier japonais". Si le coeur vous endit et que vous en avez rien à cirer de ce que vous allez servir aux clients, saisissez donc quelques explosifs et comportez vous comme un heureux petit gars de la BRAV-M, prêt à faire du sushi sur place plutôt qu'attendre.. Après tout c'est peut-être ça le secret du bonheur... Quoiqu'il en soit DTD est un bon jeu mais qui s'exposera vite à ses défauts: il est charmant, chatoyant, bourré d'humour et servi aux petits oignons, mais cette aventure capitaliste se heurte rapido à un "fordisme", en gros vous serez exposé à chaque descente, à chaque plat servi exposé à un sentiment, à une situation de répétition abrutissante. En apprence ce n'est pas si grave, le jeu variant sur ses objetcifs mais cela peut tâcher de lourdeur ce qui est un excellent jeu, pourvu que l'on s'y investisse. Dans ce cas, rien ne dit que l'expérience ne fasse "plouf".

Aujourd'hui était un grand jour pour le restaurant et jj'étais content d'être présent car j'avais l'impression de participer à ce succès depuis mon lavabo. Le chef espérait le Michelin, et l'inspectrice était déjà emballée. tout se jouait maintenant: _ et c'est... _Suprême de calamari: le meilleur de la mer, les goûts en symbiose. _ma foi... _Le secret réside dans le fugu. N'importe qui tomberait sous le charme. Toi là, goûtes. Je m'exécutais. Puis je m'étouffais. Ma face vira au bleu, l'inspectrice s'enfuit, épouvantée. Je finis par retrouver la parole. _je.. _Respire, Zom-bot! _... j'ai oublié de dire... _...quoi ? _J'aime pas le poisson.

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WHAT BIDEN HAS DONE

What has Biden done? Here is an extended list.

(Source: What Biden Has Done)

— 1.9T American Rescue Plan

— $1400 stimulus checks for adults, children, and adult dependents

— 1 year child tax credit expansion – $3600 0-5, $3000 6-17, removed income reqs and made fully refundable

— One year EITC expansion

— $350 billion state and local aid

— $130 billion for schools for safe reopening

— $40 billion for higher ed, half of which must go to student aid

— Extended $300 supplemental UI through September 2021

— Expanded eligibility for extended UI to cover new categories

— Made $10,200 in UI from 2020 tax free

— $1B for Head Start

— $24B Childcare stabilization fund

— $15B in low-income childcare grants

— One Year Child and Dependent Care credit expansion

— $46.5B in housing assistance, inc:

— $21.5B rental assistance

— $10B homeowner relief

— $5B for Sec 8 vouchers

— $5B to fight homelessness

— $5B for utilities assistance

— Extended Eviction moratorium through Aug 2021 (SC struck down)

— 2 year ACA tax credit expansion and ending of subsidy cliff – expanded coverage to millions and cut costs for millions more

— 100% COBRA subsidy through Sept 30th, 2021

— 6 month special enrollment period from Feb-Aug 2021

— Required insurers to cover PrEP, an HIV prevention drug, including all clinical visits relating to it

— Extended open enrollment from 45 to 76 days

— New year round special enrollment period for low income enrollees

— Restored Navigator program to assist with ACA sign up

— Removed separate billing requirement for ACA abortion coverage

— Eliminated regulation that allows states to privatize their exchanges

— Eliminated all Medicaid work requirements

— Permanently removed restriction on access to abortion pills by mail

— Signed the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act to fund increased ALS research and expedite access to experimental treatments

— Rescinded Mexico City Policy (global gag rule) which barred international non-profits from receiving US funding if they provided abortion counseling or referrals

— Allowed states to extend coverage through Medicaid and CHIP to post-partum women for 1 year (up from 60 days)

— 42 Lifetime Federal judges confirmed – most in 40 years

— 13 Circuit Court judges

— 29 District Court judges

— Named first openly LBGTQ woman to sit on an appeals court, first Muslim American federal judge, and record number of black women and public defenders

— $1.2T infrastructure law, including $550B in new funding $

— 110B for roads and bridges

— $66B for passenger and freight rail

— $39B for public transit, plus $30.5B in public transit funds from ARP

— $65B for grid expansion to build out grid for clean energy transmission

— $50B for climate resiliency

— $21 for environmental remediation, incl. superfund cleanup and capping orphan wells

— $7.5B for electric buses

— $7.5B for electric charging stations

— $55B for water and wastewater, including lead pipe removal

— $65B for Affordable Broadband

— $25B for airports, plus $8B from ARP

— $17B for ports and waterways

— $1B in reconnecting communities

— Rejoined the Paris Climate Accords 50% emission reduction goal (2005 levels) by 2030

— EO instructing all federal agencies to implement climate change prevention measures

— Ordered 100% carbon free electricity federal procurement by 2030

— 100% zero emission light vehicle procurement by 2027, all vehicles by 2035

— Net Zero federal building portfolio by 2045, 50% reduction by 2032

— Net Zero federal procurement no later than 2050

— Net zero emissions from federal operations by 2050, 65% reduction by 2030

— Finalized rule slashing the use of hydrofluorocarbons by 85% by 2036 – will slow temp rise by 0.5°C on it’s own.

— Set new fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks, raising the requirement for 2026 from 43mpg to 55mpg.

— Protected Tongass National Forest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, from development, mining, and logging

— Revoked Keystone XL permit

— Used the CRA to reverse the Trump administration Methane rule, restoring stronger Obama era standards.

— EPA proposed new methane rule stricter than Obama rule, would reduce 41 million tons of methane emissions by 2035

— Partnered with the EU to create the Global Methane Pledge, which over 100 countries have signed, to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels

— US-EU trade deal to reward clean steel and aluminum and penalize dirty production

— Ended US funding for new coal and fossil fuel projects overseas, and prioritized funding towards clean energy projects

— G7 partnership for “Build Back Better World” – to fund $100s of billions in climate friendly infrastructure in developing countries

— Restoring California’s ability to set stricter climate requirements

— Signed EO on Climate Related Financial Risk that instructs rule making agencies to take climate change related risk into consideration when writing rules and regulations.

— $100M for environmental justice initiatives

— $1.1B for Everglades restoration

— $100M for environmental justice initiatives

— $1.1B for Everglades restoration

— 30 GW Offshore Wind Plan, incl:

— Largest ever offshore wind lease sale in NY and NJ

— Offshore wind lease sale in California

— Expedited reviews of Offshore Wind Projects

— $3B in DOE loans for offshore wind projects

— $230M in port infrastructure for Offshore wind

— Solar plan to reduce cost of solar by more than 50% by 2030 including $128M in funding to lower costs and improve performance of solar technology

— Multi-agency partnership to expedite clean energy projects on federal land

— Instructed Dept of Energy to strengthen appliance efficiency rules

— Finalized rule to prevent cheating on efficiency standards

— Finalized rule to expedite appliance efficiency standards

— Repealed Federal Architecture EO that made sustainable federal buildings harder to build

— Reversed size cuts and restored protections to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments

— Restoring NEPA regulations to take into account climate change and environmental impacts in federal permitting

— Extended public health emergency through at least April 15, 2022

— $50B in funding for FEMA for COVID Disaster Relief including vaccine funding

— Set 100% FEMA reimbursement to states for COVID costs, retroactively to start of pandemic

— $47.8B for testing

— $1.75B for COVID genome sequencing

— $8.5B to CDC for vaccines

— $7.6B to state and local health depts

— $7.6B to community health centers

— $6B to Indian Health Services

— $17B to the VA, including $1B to forgive veteran medical debt

— $3B to address mental health and substance abuse

— Over 500 million vaccine shots administered in a year

— Established 90,000 free vaccination sites

— Raised federal reimbursement from $23 to $40 per shot for vaccine sites

— 6000 troops deployed for initial vaccination

— Cash incentives, free rides, and free childcare for initial vaccination drive

— 400 million vaccines donated internationally, 1.2 billion committed

— $2B contribution to COVAX for global vaccinations

— Funded expansion of vaccine manufacturing in India and South Africa

— Implemented vaccine mandate for federal employees, contractors, and employees at healthcare providers that receive Medicare/Medicaid funding.

— Implemented vaccine/test mandate for large businesses (SC struck down)

— Invoked DPA for testing, vaccine, PPE manufacturing

— Federal mask mandate for federal buildings, federal employees, and public transportation

— Implemented test requirement for international travel

— Implemented joint FDA-NIH expedited process to approve at home tests more quickly

— Over 20,000 free federal testing sites

— 8 at home tests per month required to be reimbursed by insurance

— 1B at home tests available for free by mail

— 50M at home tests available free at community health centers

— 25M high quality reusable masks for low-income residents in early 2021

— 400M free N95 masks at pharmacies and health centers

— Military medical teams deployed to help overburdened hospitals

— Rejoined the WHO

— Ended the ban on trans soldiers in the military

— Reversed Trump admin limits on Bostock ruling and fully enforced it

— Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ patients in healthcare

— Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ families in housing under the Fair Housing Act

— Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ people in the financial system to access loans or credit

— Justice Department declared that Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in education.

— Revoked ban on Federal Diversity Training

— Instructed the VA to review its policies to remove barriers to care for trans veterans

— First Senate confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet Secretary

— First trans person confirmed by the Senate

— Extended birthright citizenship to children of same sex couples born abroad

— State Department allows X gender marker on passport for non-binary Americans

— Banned new contracts with private prisons for criminal prisons

— Justice Department reestablished the use of consent degrees with police departments

— Pattern and Practice investigation into Phoenix, Louisville, and Minneapolis

— Banned chokeholds and limited no-knock raids among federal law enforcement

— Initiative to ban modern day redlining

— Doubled DOJ Civil Rights Division staff

— Increase percentage of federal contract for small disadvantaged businesses from 5% to 15% ($100B in additional contracts over 5 years)

— Sued TX and GA over voting laws. Sued TX over abortion law. Sued GA over prison abuse.

— Signed law making Juneteenth a federal holiday

— Signed EO to use the federal government to improve voting access through federal programs and departments.

— Signed COVID-19 Hate Crime Act, which made more resources available to support the reporting of hate crimes

— Signed EO for diversity in the federal workplace

— Increased federal employment opportunities for previously incarcerated persons

— Banned ghost guns

— New regulations on pistol-stabilizing braces

— First annual gun trafficking report in 20 years

— New zero tolerance policy for gun dealers who willfully violate the law

— Signed COPS act, ensuring confidentiality for peer counseling for police officers

— Signed Protecting America’s First Responders Act, expediting benefits for officers disabled in the line of duty

— Signed bill making it a crime to harm US law enforcement overseas

— Student loan freeze through April 30th, 2022

— Changed criteria so an additional 1.14M borrowers qualified for the loan pause (retroactively forgave interest and penalties)

— Forgiven $11.5B in student loans for disabled students, students who were defrauded, and PSLF

— Fixed PSLF so that it is much easier for previous payments to apply.

— Determined that the paused months will apply to PSLF

— Student loan debt forgiveness is tax free through 2025

— Ended Border Wall emergency and cancelled all new border wall construction and contracts

— Repealed Trump’s Muslim Ban

— Set FY 2022 refugee cap to 125,000, the highest in almost 30 years

— Prohibiting ICE from conducting workplace raids

— Family reunification taskforce to reunite separated families. Reunited over 100+ families and gave them status to stay in US

— Granted or extended TPS for Haitians, Venezuelans, Syrians, and Liberians

— Lifted moratorium on green cards and immigrant visas

— Ended use of public charge rule to deny green cards

— Loosened the criteria to qualify for asylum

— Changed ICE enforcement priorities

— Reinitiated the CAM Refugee program for Northern Triangle minors to apply for asylum from their home countries

— $1B+ in public aid and private investment for addressing the root causes of migration

— Ended family detention of immigrants and moved towards other monitoring

— HHS prohibited working with ICE on enforcement for sponsors of unaccompanied minors

— Got rid of harder citizenship test

— Allowed certain visas to be obtained without an in person consulate interview

— Rescinded “metering” policy that limited migrants at ports of entry

— Ended the War in Afghanistan

— First time in 20 years US not involved in a war

— Ended support for Saudi offensive operations in Yemen

— Airstrikes down 54% in 2021 from 2020.

— Issued policy restricting drone strikes outside of warzones

— Restored $235M in aid to Palestinians

— AUKUS defense pact with Australia and UK

— New rules to counter extremism within the military

— Signed law funding capitol police and Afghan Refugees

— EO on competitiveness to write consumer friendly rules, such as right to repair

— EO on improving government experience, incl

— Social Security benefits will be able to be claimed online

— Passports can be renewed online

— Makes it easier for low-income families to apply for benefits

— Increase telehealth options

— WIC recipients can use benefits online

— $7.25B in additional PPP funds

— Signed PPP extension law to extend the program for 2 months

— Changed criteria to make it easier for small and minority businesses to qualify for PPP loans

— $29 Restaurant Recovery Fund to recover lost revenue

— $1.25B Shuttered Venue fund

— $10.4B for agriculture

— 30 year bailout of multiemployer pension funds that protects millions of pensions through 2051.

— Pro-labor majority appointed to NLRB

— Established task force to promote unionization

— Restored collective bargaining right for federal employees

— Negotiated deal for West Coast Ports to run 24/7 to ease supply chain

— Signed EO to secure and strengthen supply chains

— Investing $1B in small food processors to combat meat prices

— Extended 15% SNAP benefit increase through Sept 30, 2021

— Made 12 million previously ineligible beneficiaries eligible for the increase

— Public health emergency helps keep benefits in place

— Largest permanent increase in SNAP benefit history, raising permanent benefits by 27% ($20B per year)

— Made school lunches free through for all through the 2021-2022 school year

— Extended the Pandemic EBT program

— Largest ever summer food program in 2021 provided 34 million students with $375 for meals over the summer.

— Restarted the FHA-HFA risk sharing program to finance affordable housing development

— Raised Fannie/Freddie’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit from $1B to $1.7B a year to invest in affordable housing

— $383M CMF grant program for affordable housing production

— Prioritizing owner-occupants and non-profits as purchasers of FHA-insured and Distressed HUD properties, rather than large investors

— Paid a 10% retention incentive to permanent federal firefighters and a $1000 bonus to seasonal firefighters

— Transitioned hundreds of federal firefighters from part time to full time and hired hundreds more

— $28.6B in supplemental disaster relief approved for natural disasters

— $8.7B in funding to increase lending to minority communities

— Released $1.3B in Puerto Rico disaster aid previously held up by Trump admin and removed restrictions on $8.2B housing disaster aid

— Forgave $371M in community disaster loans in PR

— Released $912M in previously withheld education aid to PR

— Permanently made all families in PR eligible for the CTC (previously only families with 3 or more children were)

— Provided permanent funding to quadruple the size of PRs local earned income tax credit

— Permanent $3B per year boost to funding for PR’s Medicaid program

— Raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractor, eliminated the minimum wage exception for certain contractor positions, and ended the tipped contractor wage.

— Ordered the minimum wage for federal employees to be raised to $15 an hour

— Medicaid drug rebate change to discourage excessive price increases and save Gov $23.5B

— Incentives for states to expand Medicaid

— Finalized the rule that bans surprise medical bills for out of network medical services

— Instituted a moratorium on the federal death penalty

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valgasnewsthings · 2 years ago

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On my 78 y.old on 2017 am done MRT for vertebra, for me injections prescribed as emoxipin, cerebrolizin, milgamma, mucosat. But they are not helped me. Am said to the doctor, that am having crunch in my groin, and buttock, am done x-ray test. Thus added to my letter describing. Now are strong vertebra aches, legs, where are you beginning on this place are like coming off from my bones, knees hurt. Hard stand up from my chair, hard to walk, and am used crutch , but two years using crutches , and not on night, and day am not ability pulling out legs.And to lie trying, am feeling, something tightening. Used every rubbing, not helped, injections for Amelotex, used pills, injections alfutop, chondolon, used teraflex capsules, and maybe am doing something wrong?Am not ability to sit in car and go at hospital, this is hard for me, and far.

And in you cases needing a reason for diseases, and not symptoms, and remedies prescribing you are fighting symptoms and not for always answers vertebrologist Shishonin. And for remove reasons and remove degenerative changes for vertebra are needing fighting loading from intervertebral discs, strengthen deep muscles, restoring vertebra positions. Thus a cure will be by natural way, but affect on the joints need right.

A condition for calming joints are rising condition, when a move as walk, exercises are beginning for restoring , and for process doing right, a joint need feeding as blood supplying. And in rising blood supply also happening on the working a joint. And this principle works and for vertebra cure. For the working joints, a small exercises complex , which you can self doing.

And doing every by an organism accounting resources, as in feeling discomfort or ache ,thus skip data exercise or limit amplitude, force for doing all complex. All exercises doing in moderate temp for ten times.

1. Lie on the spine, one leg pull out on the floor, keep straight, second leg bend in the knee, and help with hands, pull out to the belly. Change legs.

2. Bend legs on the same position in the knees, and put for shoulders width. Alternately incline knees inside.

3. Lie on the belly , relax all muscles and strain alternately buttocks.

4. And on the same position , straining buttock muscles, move up, and pull out a one and after other leg.

5. Lie on the spine, one leg bending in the knee , second as straightened rise till her level, pull. Change legs.

And in your case a benefit doing gymnastic for neck, which described detailed in zoz for 21, 2019, and walk more, and this is confirmed by science as expressive effect of walks for joints, and vertebra and for the head brain work.

Plays role and right meal, and in your ration is importance needing adding meat, tongue, eggs, as iron rich, green vegetable a mg, fish, sea meal as phosphorus, jellied meat and sea cabbage as rich with mucopolysaccharides, feeding and nourishing joints, milk products are calcium source, which using for bones strengthening , liver of fish, butter oil with vitamin D, herring as vitamin F, hibiscus as vitamin C.

And for aches fighting trying simple remedy is hypertonic solution , in one l. of water add 3 tbl.sp. salt, simple , without flavours, lead till boiling, cool by room s temperature and apply compresses on joints, a remedy date is one day.

Do not use are artificial collars, corsets, avoiding doing excessive and asymmetric on the one hand loads, work on stretched hands, long sitting position and long inclines.

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imkeepinit · 9 months ago

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