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IMO launches Regional Presence Office for the MENA region in Alexandria, Egypt

New office will coordinate technical assistance for countries in the region in the areas of maritime safety, security and environmental sustainability.

The International Maritime Organization has launched its Regional Presence Office (RPO) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during a ceremony held in the historic maritime city of Alexandria, Egypt.

This milestone underscores the IMO’s commitment to enhancing maritime cooperation and capacity-building across one of the world’s most strategically significant regions.

The region holds a pivotal role in global maritime trade, along with a strong commitment to supporting the maritime sector. The event was attended by IMO Secretary-General, Arsenio Dominguez, and high-level dignitaries, including His Excellency Lieutenant General Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development representing the Government of Egypt.

Secretary-General Dominguez said: “This Regional Presence Office is a testament to our commitment to bring IMO closer to the regions. This Office will serve as a bridge, addressing regional maritime challenges by fostering collaboration, and ensuring that the voices and needs of MENA countries are effectively represented on the global stage.

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14 Min Read The Marshall Star for May 22, 2024 NASA astronaut Josh Cassada and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Joseph Pelfrey lead students from area schools across the Louisiana State Capitol grounds to attend a series of panel discussions as part of Louisiana Space Day 2024. Making Connections: Marshall Hosts Annual Jamboree, Poster Expo By Celine Smith Engineers, researchers, and scientists at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center had the opportunity to showcase their vast range of projects and learn about others at Marshall’s annual Science, Technology, and Engineering Jamboree and Poster Expo. Tom Inman, lead organizer of the jamboree and assistant director of Marshall’s Science and Technology Office, greets attendees of the 2024 Science, Technology, and Engineering Jamboree and Poster Expo. NASA/Danielle Burleson The jamboree took place May 16 in Activities Building 4316. Team members created and displayed more than 100 posters summarizing their projects at the center. From engineering easier ways for astronauts to take pictures in space to studying galaxies light years away, the projects represented Marshall’s diverse capabilities. The jamboree also included eight flash talks, which are brief speeches from team members about their research and experiments. The idea to host a jamboree originated from flash talks presented during past holiday luncheons at the National Space Science Technology Center (NSSTC) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. “Scientists were only allowed to speak about their discoveries and research for two minutes and were limited to one slide,” said Tom Inman, lead organizer and assistant director of Marshall’s Science and Technology Office. A cowbell was rung if the speaker went over their time, which added to the fun. Kagen Crawford, left, building manager and controls engineer for the Environmental Control and Life Support System with Jesus Dominguez, a subject matter expert, on their study, “Metal Extraction Lunar Technology from Carbothermal Production (MELT-CR).” NASA/Danielle Burleson The event became its own entity to bring together NSSTC and other Marshall technologists. With Marshall team members becoming more aware of all that’s happening at the center, they can better connect with each other, according to Inman. In addition, learning about existing work could aid another project or create an entirely new one. “If we know what other people are working on it sparks more work and more innovation, while also building our portfolio and Marshall,” Inman said. “It’s an opportunity to see our colleagues and potentially collaborate.” During the expo, engineers, researchers, and scientists stood alongside their poster, educating viewers and answering questions about their work. Food trucks were present right outside the building for the lunch. The event also was open to attendees from other government agencies at Redstone Arsenal. The jamboree attracted about 850 people. Hannah Pankratz, center, NASA Postdoctoral Program fellow in the Earth Science branch, talks about her poster with Mitzi Adams, assistant manager of the Heliophysics and Planetary Science branch of the Science and Technology Office, during the 2024 Science, Technology, and Engineering Jamboree and Poster Expo. Pankratz’s poster represented the Disaster Team at Marshall, highlighting some of the center’s response work and recent research. NASA/Danielle Burleson Larry Leopard, Marshall’s associate director, technical, welcomed attendees to the event. “Innovation thrives in an environment where connections are nurtured, ideas are shared, and collaboration flourishes,” Leopard said. “That’s why today’s event is so important. It provides us with a platform to come together, exchange ideas, and forge new connections that will drive us forward.” Smith, a Media Fusion employee, supports the Marshall Office of Communications. › Back to Top Rae Ann Meyer Selected as Marshall’s Deputy Director Rae Ann Meyer has been selected for the position of deputy director at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, effective June 2. Rae Ann Meyer has been selected for the position of deputy director at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.NASA In this role, Meyer will assist in leading Marshall’s nearly 7,000 on-site and near-site civil service and contractor employees and an annual budget of approximately $5 billion. She will also help guide the center as it continues to deliver vital propulsion systems and hardware, flagship launch vehicles, world-class space systems, state-of-the-art engineering technologies and cutting-edge science and research projects and solutions. Prior to this assignment, Meyer served as Marshall’s associate director from 2022-2024, where she led execution and integration of the center’s business operations, mission support enterprise functions, and budget management. Meyer was previously deputy manager of Marshall’s Science and Technology Office. Named to the Senior Executive Service position in May 2019, she assisted in leading the organization responsible for planning, developing, and executing a broad range of science and technology investigations, programs, projects, and activities in support of NASA’s science, technology, and exploration goals. The office also leads the pursuit of new partnership opportunities with other government agencies and private industry. Meyer helped oversee an annual budget of more than $475 million and managed a diverse, highly technical workforce of approximately 300 civil service and contractor employees. Among her other roles over the years, she was manager of Marshall’s Science and Technology Partnerships and Formulation Office from 2017-2019, worked a detail as technical advisor in 2016 for the Office of Strategy and Plans at NASA Headquarters in Washington, and was chief of key Engineering Directorate structure and flight analysis divisions at Marshall from 2007-2017. Meyer was manager of the Constellation Support Office from 2006-2007. She led Marshall’s In-Space Propulsion Technology Office from 2004-2006 and was assistant manager of the Space Transfer Technology Project from 2000-2002, managing in-space technology program funding at NASA centers nationwide. Meyer’s NASA career began in 1989 as a control mechanisms engineer in Marshall’s Propulsion Laboratory. Among her achievements and awards, Meyer received a Meritorious Presidential Rank Award in 2023, a NASA Silver Achievement Medal in 2019; the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2012 for leading development of strategies for pursuing new program/project opportunities; a NASA Certificate of Appreciation in 2001 for leading formulation efforts to augment in-space propulsion technology budgets across NASA; and Marshall Director’s Commendations in 2004 and 2009, honoring her work on advanced technology development efforts supporting future science missions and major product development for the Ares Project Preliminary Design Review, respectively. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Meyer earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1989. › Back to Top Julie Bilbrey Named Director of OSAC at Marshall; Jeramie Broadway Named Deputy Director Julie Bilbrey has been named director of the Office of Strategic Analysis and Communications (OSAC), and Jeramie Broadway as OSAC’s deputy director, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, effective May 20. Julie Bilbrey has been named as director of the Office of Strategic Analysis and Communications (OSAC) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.NASA In Bilbrey’s new role, she will lead the organization in providing strategic planning, objective analysis, and comprehensive communication to support the policy, program, and budget decisions for Marshall. She has been deputy director of the Safety & Mission Assurance Directorate (SMA) at Marshall since May 2021. In that capacity, Bilbrey was jointly responsible for planning and directing the safety, reliability, and quality engineering and assurance operations for the center. Prior to that, she held several leadership positions within SMA, including the Vehicle Systems Department manager from 2018-2021, Mission Systems Assurance and Technical Support Department manager (2016-2018) and the Program Analysis and Systems Integration branch chief (2009-2016).  Before joining SMA, Bilbrey’s previous roles have included associate manager of the Science and Mission Systems Office from 2006-2009, where she also held the position of chief operating officer of the National Space Science and Technology Center; associate manager of Space Systems Program Project Office (2005-2006); and team lead of the Flight Training Integration Team (1998-2004). From 1987 to 2004, Bilbrey was in payload operations where she supported various Spacelab missions and International Space Station increments as a flight controller and crew training manager. Bilbrey has received numerous awards, including a Silver Snoopy, Space Flight Awareness Honoree award, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, and Center Director’s Commendations. She holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Jeramie Broadway has been named as OSAC’s deputy director.NASA As OSAC deputy director, Broadway will assist in providing strategic planning, objective analysis, and comprehensive communication to support the policy, program, and budget decisions for Marshall. He moves into his new role after being named as the center strategy lead for the Office of the Center Director in 2022. In that capacity, Broadway led and implemented the director’s strategic vision, leveraging and integrating Marshall’s strategic business units, in coordination and collaboration with all center organizations, to ensure alignment with the agency’s strategic priorities. Before assuming that role, he was senior technical assistant to the Marshall associate director, technical, from September 2021 to October 2022. Prior to that detail, he was the assistant manager of Marshall’s Partnerships and Formulation Office, providing strategic planning and business development support and creating new partnering and new mission opportunities for the center. Broadway, who joined NASA full-time in 2008, began his career in Marshall’s Materials and Processes Laboratory, supporting and leading production operations for the Ares I and Space Launch System program. Over the years, he served as project engineer or deputy project manager for a variety of work, including the Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Project, for which he led development of advanced, high-temperature nuclear fuel materials. He was assistant chief engineer for launch vehicles for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and assistant chief engineer for NASA’s Technology Demonstration Mission Program, managed for the agency at Marshall. A native of Dallas and a U.S. Air Force veteran, Broadway earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2008 from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering in 2011 from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. › Back to Top Marshall, Michoud Leadership Join Industry at State Capitol for Louisiana Space Day 2024 By Heather Keller NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, leading aerospace companies, and GNO Inc. hosted Louisiana Space Day 2024 at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge on May 8. NASA astronaut Josh Cassada and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Joseph Pelfrey lead students from area schools across the Louisiana State Capitol grounds to attend a series of panel discussions as part of Louisiana Space Day 2024. NASA/Michael DeMocker The event marked a return to the Capitol following a year-long hiatus, and a rebranding from its former incarnation as NASA Day in Baton Rouge. While NASA maintained a major role in the day’s activities, Louisiana Space Day included participation from commercial and educational partners with emphasis on Louisiana’s contribution to space exploration, the critical impact the industry has on the state’s economy, as well as the importance of STEM education to maintain a skilled workforce.   From left, NASA Michoud Assembly Facility Director Hansel Gill, Pelfrey, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, and Cassada pose with an Artemis I-flown flag presented to the governor during Louisiana Space Day. NASA/Michael DeMocker Dispersed among the various activities of the day, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Joseph Pelfrey, Michoud Director Hansel Gill, and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada met with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, and Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, presenting them with certificates of appreciation to the state, which included flags flown on Artemis I. The NASA delegation also joined Louisiana Legislators for the reading of the Louisiana Space Day 2024 proclamation, and later joined the House and Senate Floors for readings of the resolutions. Other activities included a chat with Cassada at the State Library for area middle-school, high-school, and college students, followed by a workforce development panel, which featured speakers from Boeing, GNO Inc., and directors Pelfrey and Gill. Lockheed Martin Multi-Functional Manufacturing Associate Manager Corey Riddle hands out Artemis II crew posters and talks Orion production with students and visitors at the Louisiana State Capitol. NASA/Michael DeMocker Exhibitors from Michoud, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance (ULA), Blue Origin, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Louisiana Lafayette, LA STEM, Partners for Stennis and Michoud, and select robotics teams from throughout the state were stationed within the Capitol building rotunda where they educated Louisiana lawmakers and visitors on the NASA mission, industry contributions, workforce development, and STEM opportunities for local youth. Passersby in the rotunda were able to watch videos, view robotics demonstrations, engage with exhibitors, collect giveaways, and take selfies with Cassada. Keller, a Manufacturing Technical Solutions Inc. employee, supports Michoud Assembly Facility. NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, several aerospace companies, and GNO Inc. hosted Louisiana Space Day 2024 at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge on May 8. Area middle-school, high-school, and college students participated in STEM activities, a chat with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, and heard from NASA leadership during an Artemis Generation panel discussion. The event also included a reading of a Space Day resolution by Louisiana legislators with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Joseph Pelfrey, NASA Michoud Director Hansel Gill, and other NASA personnel, highlighting Louisiana’s contributions to space exploration. (NASA/Eric Bordelon) › Back to Top NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 12 Straight Years NASA was named May 16 as the 2023 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – for the 12th year in a row by the Partnership for Public Service. The title serves as a reflection of employee satisfaction with the workplace and functioning of the overall agency as NASA explores the unknown and discovers new knowledge for the benefit of humanity. A 2023 image capturing the Sun’s glint in between a cloudy stretch of the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.NASA “Once again, NASA has shown that with the world’s finest workforce, we can reach the stars,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Through space exploration, advances in aviation, groundbreaking science, new technologies, and more, the team of wizards at NASA do what is hard to achieve what is great. That’s the pioneer spirit that makes NASA the best place to work in the federal government. With this ingenuity and passion, we will continue to innovate for the benefit of all and inspire the world.” The agency’s workforce explored new frontiers in 2023, including shattering an American record for longest astronaut spaceflight, announcing the Artemis II crew, launching the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment, partnering on a sustainable flight demonstration later designated as X-66, and celebrating a year of science gathered from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Feats beyond our atmosphere persisted with NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission – the first U.S. mission to collect an asteroid sample. Insights from the asteroid data will further NASA’s studies on celestial objects, while the agency also continues its pursuit to return astronauts to the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign. Along with being the 65th anniversary of the agency, 2023 brought new climate data with the launching of the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center and Earth Information Center, new perspectives on Earth’s surface water through NASA’s SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) mission, and accrued air quality data from NASA’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) mission. “NASA has proven yet again that we have the most dedicated workforce in the federal government,” said Joseph Pelfrey, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. “At Marshall and Michoud Assembly Facility, I am confident that our contributions to the agency’s missions have secured our place in this new era of space exploration.” The Partnership for Public Service began to compile the Best Places to Work rankings in 2003 to analyze federal employee��s viewpoints of leadership, work-life balance, and other factors of their job. A formula is used to evaluate employee responses to a federal survey, dividing submissions into four groups: large, midsize, and small agencies, in addition to their subcomponents. Read about the Best Places to Work for 2023 online. › Back to Top Mission Success is in Our Hands: Brandon Reeves By Wayne Smith Mission Success is in Our Hands is a safety initiative collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Jacobs. As part of the initiative, eight Marshall team members are featured in testimonial banners placed around the center. This is the seventh in a Marshall Star series profiling team members featured in the testimonial banners. The Mission Success team also awards the Golden Eagle Award on a quarterly basis to Marshall and contractor personnel who are nominated by their peers or management. Candidates for this award have made significant, identifiable contributions that exceed normal job expectations to advance flight safety and mission assurance. Nominations for 2024 are open now online on Inside Marshall. Brandon Reeves is the deputy manager of the Integrated Avionics Test Facility (IATF) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Brandon Reeves is the deputy manager of the Integrated Avionics Test Facility (IATF) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. His key responsibilities include providing leadership and decisiveness to design and build avionics hardware in the loop test facilities that support SLS (Space Launch System) flight software and mission verification. Reeves has worked at Marshall for eight years. His previous roles include drafter, hardware in the loop tester, emulator test lead, IATF analysis lead, and IATF system engineering lead. A native of Pike Road, Alabama, Reeves earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Birmingham Southern College and an aerospace engineering degree from Auburn University. Question: How does your work support the safety and success of NASA and Marshall missions? Reeves: The Integrated Avionics Test Facility provides NASA with the highest fidelity hardware in the loop simulation of the Space Launch System vehicle. The ability to integrate and test flight like hardware within an integrated simulation allows NASA to know how the vehicle will react in every situation. Question: What does the initiative campaign “Mission Success is in Our Hands” mean to you? Reeves: Each individual plays a significant role in helping NASA achieve the impossible. Question: Do you have a story or personal experience you can share that might help others understand the significance of mission assurance or flight safety? What did you learn from it? Reeves: The testing performed in the Integrated Avionics Test Facilities demonstrates the numerous nominal and off nominal flight scenarios. This capability helps NASA improve vehicle algorithms and provides assurance that all vehicle systems will communicate as expected during each vehicle flight.  Question: How can we work together better to achieve mission success? Reeves: NASA’s work is unlike any other in the entire world, our teamwork is leading humanity toward a better future that includes interplanetary travel. Communication with each other is always helpful and go see someone in person, when possible. Smith, a Media Fusion employee and the Marshall Star editor, supports the Marshall Office of Communications. › Back to Top

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SO BIG COWBOY YOU WON, NOW WHAT ABOUT LILLIE HEFELE?

Below is Gerry Hefele, if you google him you can find him. Par could too. Gerhardt Hefele, Germany, try it, bet none of our great deputies have. For all of you that absolutely love Jessica Dominguez, and I have loved her since she was born, please read this. Ladies of the Republican Women’s Club, you have stroke, and I have a story for you. Jessica Dominguez was three years old when Gerry…

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Carol Denise Betts (Ensley; born February 23, 1970), known professionally as Niecy Nash, is an actress, comedian, and television host, known for her performances on television.

She made her professional acting debut in Boys on the Side. She guest-starred in NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, Reba, Girlfriends, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and ER. She appeared in Cookie's Fortune and had a recurring role in City of Angels in 2000.

She hosted Clean House (2003-10) for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award 2010. She played the role of Deputy Raineesha Williams in Reno 911! (2003–09). She received two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for her performance as nurse Denise "DiDi" Ortley in Getting On (2013–15). She starred as Lolli Ballantine on The Soul Man (2012-16) and played Denise Hemphill in Scream Queens (2015–16). She began starring as Desna Simms, a leading character in Claws.

She has played several roles in films and has made many guest appearances on television shows. She played the role of civil rights activist Richie Jean Jackson in Selma. She starred as Delores Wise in When They See Us, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She portrayed feminist leader Florynce Kennedy in Mrs. America. She served as a guest host of the show The Masked Singer for five episodes.

She is a spokesperson for M.A.V.I.S. (Mothers Against Violence In Schools). She attended California State University, Dominguez Hills.

She married Don Nash (1994-2007), an ordained minister. They have three children together. She married Jay Tucker (2011-2020). She married singer Jessica Betts (2020). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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The Right to Repair Automobiles

By Juan Cruz, California State University Dominguez Hills Class of 2024

July 10, 2023

There was a time in the United States when car makers let their consumers repair their vehicles and were open to disclosing sensitive information to local mechanic shops. The relationship between car makers, the government, and consumers began sour in the new millennium with the advent of new vehicle technology. This battle has been ongoing with manufacturers and the US government arguing their points based on safety while consumers argue that it treads on their right to the product that they bought. This is the case in Massachusetts where the citizens voted in an overwhelming approval to repair their vehicles back in 2020 under the Massachusetts Data Access Law aka the right-to-repair law. 1 This law created a divide in the auto industry and gain national attention with the “historic levels of spending being dedicated to the ballot measure. 2

The main point that both the federal government, specifically the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and manufacturers have against the right to repair in Massachusetts pertains to safety, specifically, the issue that “malevolent third parties could "utilize such open access to remotely command vehicles to operate dangerously, including attacking multiple vehicles concurrently." 3 The issue is that hackers can use sensitive parts such as the steering wheel to cause severe damage to the public. The issue has been ongoing as the NHTSA had dealt with similar issues with cyberattacks in 2020 in this letter sent to both Massachusetts State Senate representatives Tackey Chan and Paul Feeney. 4 The NHTSA receive backlash when they presented their letter urging car makers to not follow Mass. new law came into effect on June 1st, 2023. 5

A counterargument made to the NHTSA and car makers has been that once a consumer buys a vehicle, it’s theirs to keep and maintain for the lifetime of ownership whether they repair the vehicle, or an independent shop does maintenance on it. This mantra of sorts has stood for decades and has helped both independent shops and aftermarket companies make a profit. 6 Both Massachusetts senators, Elizabeth Warren, and Ed Markey, send a letter to the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, and the Deputy Administrator of NHTSA, Sophie Schulman, to reverse its course on the matter and to explain its rationale for their actions and respect the rights of the citizens of Massachusetts. 7 Another point argued is that car makers use the subject of safety concerns to “‘change the subject’ and distract consumers from the fact that ‘vehicle repair and maintenance services from independent repair shops keeps the cost of service and repair down’”. 8  

This landmark case has been ongoing since 2020 and this will continue to develop as the months go on. Massachusetts’ new law has helped other states and their citizens call to action in having a right to repair their vehicles within their free will and eliminate the monopoly that car makers have on parts and services such as Tesla charging $16k for one repair. 9 Time will tell if other states such as California, which has a large population of car owners, will have a similar bill pass through the state senate.

One should be aware of their local laws along with the applicable laws regarding the right to repair. Any concerns about the right to repair should be addressed to one’s congressperson so that they can be heard. Should one have an inquiry about their current right to repair laws can be addressed by their nearest law firm or a firm that specializes in the auto industry. 

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1. https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-cars-hackers/

2. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/06/15/right-to-repair-federal-officials-automakers-not-to-comply-massachusetts-law/

3. https://www.thedrive.com/news/feds-tell-automakers-to-ignore-massachusetts-right-to-repair-law

4. https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/nhtsa_testimony_in_response_to_ma_committee_letter_july_20_2020.pdf

5. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/06/01/right-to-repair-law-massachusetts-enforced/

6. https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-cars-hackers/

7. https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-warren-call-on-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-to-reverse-decision-allowing-car-manufacturers-to-ignore-massachusetts-right-to-repair-law

8. https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-warren-call-on-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-to-reverse-decision-allowing-car-manufacturers-to-ignore-massachusetts-right-to-repair-law

9. https://www.thedrive.com/news/feds-tell-automakers-to-ignore-massachusetts-right-to-repair-law

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You won’t hear this from the media, but we are 123 days into this year and have lost 119 law enforcement officers in the line of duty. There were also 3 Police K-9’s killed. Many in America don’t know their names.  

Here they are Liberals, SAY THEIR NAMES...

Sergeant Gordon William Best Sergeant Daniel Marcus Mobley Lieutenant Jeff Bain Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Howell Sergeant Randall Sims Deputy Sheriff Jonathan David Price Police Officer Jay Hughes Officer Brian David Sicknick Sergeant David G. Crumpler Lieutenant William Lyle Gardner Conservation Officer Steven Reighard Police Officer Arturo Villegas Master Corporal Brian Roy LaVigne Agent Luis A. Marrero-Díaz Agent Luis X. Salamán-Conde Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena Police Officer Melton "Fox" Gore Sergeant Frederick H. "Butch" Cameron Detective Sergeant Stephen R. Desfosses Chief of Police Tony M. Jordan Corporal Christine Peters Constable Sherry Kay Langford Lieutenant Treva Preston Corrections Officer IV Alfred Jimenez Police Officer Jerry Steven Hemphill Sergeant Edward John Marcurella, Jr. Lieutenant John Reynolds Corrections Officer Joseph A. Martini Deputy Sheriff Adam Gibson Police Officer Brandon M. Stalker Warrants Officer Toby Keiser Deputy Sheriff Jacinto R. Navarro, Jr. Officer Byron Don Shields Lieutenant Frank Arnold Special Agent Wayne Douglas Snyder Captain Michael D'Angelo Garigan Lieutenant Juan Rafael Rivera-Padua Auxiliary Sergeant Louis M. Livatino Director of Field Operations Beverly Good Sergeant Tommy W. Cudd Sergeant Jeffery Robert Smith Special Agent Robert Allan Mayer, Jr. Sergeant William Brautigam Correctional Officer Juan Llanes Sergeant Grace A. Bellamy Lieutenant Michael Boutte Special Agent Laura Ann Schwartzenberger Special Agent Daniel Alfin Detention Officer Robert Perez Agent Juan Rosado-López Patrolman Darian Jarrott Detective Pedro Junior "Pete" Mejia Officer Cesar Dangaran Sibonga Deputy Sheriff Ross Dixon Corrections Officer IV Vicky James Investigator Eddie B. Hutchison, III Chief of Police Timothy John Sheehan Deputy Sheriff Donald Raymond Gilreath, III Police Officer Mitchell Penton Officer Genaro Guerrero Corrections Officer IV Tawiwo Obele Major Estaban "Stevie" Ramirez, III Deputy Constable Manuel Phillipe De La Rosa Sergeant Richard Paul Brown Deputy Sheriff Michael Magli Police Officer Horacio Dominguez Lieutenant Eugene Lasco Natural Resources Officer Jason Lagore Parole Officer Troy K. Morin Officer Carlos Mendoza Deputy Sheriff Thomas Albanese Reserve Deputy Constable Martinus Mitchum Police Officer Dominic Jared Winum Captain Justin Williams Bedwell Police Officer II Jose Anzora Corrections Officer III Tracey Adams Officer Crispin San Juan San Jose Officer Jesse Madsen Sergeant Barry Edwin Henderson Deputy Sheriff Stanley "Allen" Burdic Police Officer Gary Hibbs Border Patrol Agent Alejandro Flores-Bañuelos Police Officer Kevin Valencia Sergeant LaShonda Owens Police Officer Eric Talley Chief of Police Fred Alan Posavetz Correctional Officer Robert McFarland Senior Master Trooper Todd A. Hanneken Corporal Kyle Jeffrey Davis Trooper Joseph Gallagher Sergeant Shane Owens Reserve Deputy Sheriff James Driver Trooper Chad Walker Corrections Officer Luis Arturo Hernandez, Sr. Police Officer William Evans Lieutenant James Kouski Police Officer Brent Nelson Hall Deputy Sheriff Christopher Wilson Knight Sergeant James K. Smith Deputy Sheriff Thomas Patrick Barnes Deputy Sheriff Carlos Antonio Hernandez Border Patrol Agent Christopher Shane Simpkins Police Officer David Parde Constable Edward F. Ryan K9 Figo K9 Riley K9 Luna

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National law banning single-use plastics needed to reduce carbon footprint, achieve '1.5°C world' -CCC

#PHinfo: National law banning single-use plastics needed to reduce carbon footprint, achieve '1.5°C world' -CCC

An open dumpsite in Sta. Ana, Pampanga filled with single-use plastics. (Contributed photo)

CALOOCAN CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Climate Change Commission (CCC) today emphasized the need for a Republic Act banning single-use plastics in the Philippines for the country to contribute to the global goal of 1.5°Celsius limit and prevent the worst of climate change impacts.

In response, a technical working group of the House of Representatives Committee on Ecology chaired by Representative Francisco "Kiko" Benitez moved to consolidate and finalize bills seeking to phase-out or regulate single-use plastics.

“A national law regulating single-use plastics will serve as an overarching framework and a unified policy to strengthen the impact of existing local ordinances that currently ban or regulate single-use plastics across an estimated 480 provinces, cities, and municipalities,” the CCC said.

The CCC, led by its Chairperson-designate Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez, has said that it is aligned with the aims of the bill “to advance realistic solutions to address the challenge of single-use plastics pollution and provide a clear pathway for the pursuit of sustainable consumption and production.”

In its submission to the Ecology Committee, the CCC said, “a single-use plastics ban is a necessary key step towards achieving a '1.5°C world.' This is the global warming threshold at which vulnerable countries like the Philippines can survive climate impacts. The proposed measure will help create a fundamental shift in the way we deliver on socioeconomic needs, whereby we can promote a cleaner environment, reduce flooding as we are a typhoon-prone country, and mitigate carbon emissions from plastics production."

A Roadmap for Sustainability on Single-Use Plastics by the United Nations Environment Programme warned that the world’s capacity to cope with plastic waste has already been overwhelmed. With only 9 percent of the world’s plastic waste being recycled and the rest ending up in landfills, dumps, or in the environment, the report estimates that there will be 12 billion tons of plastic litter in landfills and the environment by 2050. Aside from the environmental impact, the UN also warns of the numerous health problems and vast economic damage caused by plastic waste.

On Monday, the House TWG on its fourth meeting completed a run-through of its draft bill with stakeholders from industry, environmental groups and experts, academia, government, and civil society. Among the provisions discussed during the meeting was the proposed provision on Extended Producers' Responsibility or EPR authored by Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez, which will hold producers responsible for collecting and recycling the amount of plastic that they produce and introduce into the market.

“Mandatory EPR will be complementary to a ban on single use plastics as a long-term regulatory measure. It will reduce the amount of packaging lingering in the environment, foster business responsibility, and stimulate the recycling sector, as found in the UN report," the CCC said.

The fourth TWG meeting also touched on other solutions needed to solve the problem of plastic waste, including the need to improve solid waste management, invest in the country’s recycling infrastructure, and intervene in e-commerce especially as the lockdowns due to the pandemic are seen to increase the use of unnecessary plastic.

“It requires more than a single type of solution. This is such a comprehensive and lifestyle issue that is a consequence of our own industrial processes for the last 200 years,” said Rep. Benitez.

UN Environment’s roadmap similarly notes a broad range of actions that must be taken by stakeholders beyond bans and levies on single-use plastics, including the need to improve waste management practices; provide financial incentives to change the habits of consumers, retailers, and manufacturers; accelerate a more circular model of plastics design and production; finance research and the development of alternative materials; and raise awareness. (PIA NCR)

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References:

* Philippine Information Agency. "National law banning single-use plastics needed to reduce carbon footprint, achieve '1.5°C world' -CCC." Philippine Information Agency. https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1068316 (accessed March 02, 2021 at 01:14PM UTC+08).

* Philippine Infornation Agency. "National law banning single-use plastics needed to reduce carbon footprint, achieve '1.5°C world' -CCC." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1068316 (archived).

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Letizia recycling a black coat by Adolfo Dominguez

February 13, 2004: Dinner to the famous restaurant Zalacain. 

January 21, 2005 - Funeral of Alfonso de Borbon, son of the Duke of Seville

January 14, 2006: Dinner to celebrate Iñaki Urdangarín’s birthday.  

January 23, 2011: Presentation of the Angel Corella ballet at Tivoli Theatre in Barcelona

February 8, 2011: Lunch with the Board of Spokespersons of the Congress of Deputies on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the day Prince Felipe swore to the Constitution as Prince of Asturias

Letizia Recycling 164/??

[chyrstis]

Rules: Post 4 songs that describe your OC!

Tagged by @fadedjacket @shallow-gravy and @redroci! Narrowing this down to four was not easy, let me tell you, but thank you so much for the tags!.

Tagging: @amistrio @foofygoldfish @sharky-broshaw @softseeds @twistedsinews @writerofblocks @seedlingsinner @painterofhorizons @bimollymauks​ @scarlettkat86 @guileandgall and @raisinghellinotherworlds (but no obligation intended at all)

Deputy Hana Vao

Metallica - Fuel

Zamilska - Rise (this is not officially on her playlist, but the first few lines get me every time)

SONOIO - Enough

Free Dominguez - Map and a Light (The Beta Machine Remix)

Bonus: Gunship - When You Grow Up, Your Heart Dies (aka the song that inspired the title of her fic series, and also has all of the 80′s love that she revels in)

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NASA’s Fermi Traces the History of Starlight Across the Cosmos

NASA - Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope logo. Dec. 3, 2018 Scientists using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have measured all the starlight produced over 90 percent of the universe’s history. The analysis, which examines the gamma-ray output of distant galaxies, estimates the formation rate of stars and provides a reference for future missions that will explore the still-murky early days of stellar evolution. “Stars create most of the light we see and synthesize most of the universe’s heavy elements, like silicon and iron,” said lead scientist Marco Ajello, an astrophysicist at Clemson University in South Carolina. “Understanding how the cosmos we live in came to be depends in large part on understanding how stars evolved.” A paper describing the new starlight measurement appears in the Nov. 30 issue of Science and is now available online: http://science.sciencemag.org/cgi/doi/10.1126/science.aat8123

Tracing the History of Starlight with NASA's Fermi Mission

Video above: Gamma rays from distant galaxies called blazars interact with starlight as they travel across the universe. As shown in this video, those reaching the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can help scientists learn about the history of star formation throughout the cosmos. Video Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. One of the main goals of the Fermi mission, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in orbit this year, was to assess the extragalactic background light (EBL), a cosmic fog composed of all the ultraviolet, visible and infrared light stars have created over the universe’s history. Because starlight continues to travel across the cosmos long after its sources have burned out, measuring the EBL allows astronomers to study stellar formation and evolution separately from the stars themselves. “This is an independent confirmation of previous measurements of star-formation rates,” said David Thompson, Fermi’s deputy project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “In astronomy, when two completely independent methods give the same answer, that usually means we're doing something right. In this case we’re measuring star formation without looking at stars at all but by observing gamma rays that have traveled across the cosmos."

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Image Credit: NASA

Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light. They are so energetic, in fact, that their interactions with starlight have unusual consequences. “When the right frequencies of light collide, they can convert into matter through Albert Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2,” said co-author Alberto Dominguez, an astrophysicist at Complutense University of Madrid. The collision between a high-energy gamma ray and infrared light, for example, transforms the energy into a pair of particles, an electron and its antimatter counterpart, a positron. The same process occurs when medium-energy gamma rays interact with visible light, and low-energy gamma rays interact with ultraviolet light. Fermi’s ability to detect gamma rays across a wide range of energies makes it uniquely suited for mapping the EBL spectrum. Enough of these interactions occur over cosmic distances that the farther back scientists look, the more evident their effects become on gamma-ray sources, enabling a deep probe of the universe’s stellar content.

Image above: This map of the entire sky shows the location of 739 blazars used in the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope’s measurement of the extragalactic background light (EBL). The background shows the sky as it appears in gamma rays with energies above 10 billion electron volts, constructed from nine years of observations by Fermi’s Large Area Telescope. The plane of our Milky Way galaxy runs along the middle of the plot. Image Credits: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration. The scientists, led by Vaidehi Paliya, a postdoctoral researcher in Ajello’s group at Clemson, examined gamma-ray signals from 739 blazars — galaxies with monster black holes at their centers — collected over nine years by Fermi’s Large Area Telescope (LAT). The measurement quintuples the number of blazars used in an earlier Fermi EBL analysis published in 2012 and includes new calculations of how the EBL builds over time, revealing the peak of star formation around 10 billion years ago. The new EBL measurement also provides important confirmation of previous estimates of star formation from missions that analyze many individual sources in deep galaxy surveys, like the Hubble Space Telescope. These types of surveys, however, often miss fainter stars and galaxies and cannot account for star formation that takes place in intergalactic space. These missing contributions must be estimated during each survey’s analysis. The EBL, though, includes starlight from all sources and avoids these problems. The Fermi result therefore provides independent confirmation that measurements using deep galaxy surveys properly account for their biases. It can also help guide future surveys from missions like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). “One of Webb’s primary objectives is to unravel what happened in the first billion years after the big bang,” said co-author Kári Helgason, an astrophysicist at the University of Iceland. “Our work places important new limits on the amount of starlight we can expect to see in those first billion years — a largely unexplored epoch in the universe — and provides a benchmark for future studies.” The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Fermi was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the United States. Related article: NASA'S Fermi Measures Cosmic 'Fog' Produced by Ancient Starlight https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2012/11/nasas-fermi-measures-cosmic-fog.html Related links: Large Area Telescope (LAT): https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/instruments/lat.html Hubble Space Telescope (HST): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC): https://www.nasa.gov/goddard Clemson University: http://www.clemson.edu/ Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/index.html Images (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Rob Garner/Goddard Space Flight Center, by Jeanette Kazmierczak. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

[arctic-hands]

Todd didn’t know that just before she came upon the siblings, other passersby had called 911. A Presidio County deputy sheriff responded, saw Todd’s car, and determined that her passengers were undocumented. Border Patrol also arrived and apprehended Esmeralda and her brothers. Todd became a suspect in an investigation into the possibility that she had broken a federal law against “bringing in or harboring certain aliens.”

Todd was briefly detained and then freed, but could still be indicted. Presidio County Sheriff Dan Dominguez has taken a hard rhetorical line against her, intimating that Todd should be prosecuted. “If you commit a felony,” he told a local TV station, “whether you’re trying to help the person or not, you can’t break the law.”

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That is a shitty fucking law, one that we as humans beings have the moral obligation to break. How dare they criminalize compassion. In what just society do you detain a dying person and then charge the person helping her with a fucking felony?

[usnewsrank]

Disabled woman with mold growing on her body dies as her three adult children arrested

Disabled woman with mold growing on her body dies as her three adult children arrested

A disabled woman died after deputies found her in ‘filthy conditions’ in the home she lived in with her three adult children Roxanna Carrero, Pedro Luis Carrero and Oscar Dominguez (left to right) (Pictures: Bexar County Sheriff’s Office/Google) A disabled woman died after she was found in ‘filthy conditions’ with mold growing on her body – and her three adult children have been…

[lboogie1906]

Carol Denise Betts (Ensley; born February 23, 1970), known professionally as Niecy Nash, is an actress, comedian, and television host, known for her performances on television. She made her professional acting debut in Boys on the Side. She guest-starred in NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, Reba, Girlfriends, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and ER. She appeared in Cookie's Fortune and had a recurring role in City of Angels in 2000. She hosted Clean House from 2003 to 2010, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award 2010. She played the role of Deputy Raineesha Williams in Reno 911! (2003–2009). She received two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for her performance as nurse Denise "DiDi" Ortley in Getting On (2013–2015). She starred as Lolli Ballantine on The Soul Man (2012–2016) and played Denise Hemphill in Scream Queens (2015–2016). She began starring as Desna Simms, a leading character in Claws. She has played several roles in films and has made many guest appearances on television shows. She played the role of civil rights activist Richie Jean Jackson in Selma. She starred as Delores Wise in When They See Us, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She portrayed feminist leader Florynce Kennedy in Mrs. America. She served as a guest host of the show The Masked Singer for five episodes. She is a spokesperson for M.A.V.I.S. (Mothers Against Violence In Schools). She attended California State University, Dominguez Hills. She married Don Nash (1994-2007), an ordained minister. They have three children together. She married Jay Tucker (2011-2020). She married singer Jessica Betts (2020-). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CpALTjNOnxK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jodienotmedia]

Jodie Casillas the fake nurse one again, has no clue whats going on so she just makes shit up. Jodie FAT is NOT media. She’s a pathetic LOSER who dates midgets on bicycle wearing hand me down clothing.

Get a job LOSER.

[reportwire]

Woman shot, wounded by sheriff’s deputy in Carson

Woman shot, wounded by sheriff’s deputy in Carson

A woman was taken to a local hospital after she was shot by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in Carson Wednesday. The woman, whose name was not released, was shot at about 1 p.m. in the 2600 block of East Dominguez Street, the department announced. Deputies from the Carson station were responding to a reported family disturbance, when a woman in her 20s emerged from a home “armed with…

[tenerifeweekly]

Manuel Domínguez calls for unity to preside over the Canarian PP and warns: "I am not coming to fail"

Manuel Domínguez calls for unity to preside over the Canarian PP and warns: “I am not coming to fail”

The president of the Popular Party (PP) of Tenerife and regional deputy, Manuel Dominguez, has presented this Friday his candidacy to preside over the formation of the Canary Islands with a message of unity and recovery of militants who went to other parties and very convinced of their own possibilities. “I am not coming to fail,” he stated at a press conference held at a hotel in Santa Cruz de…