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BREMERTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

1150 Marine Dr., Bremerton
373-3510
Regular Hours 9-1 Monday-Friday. Last Friday of the month offer free sit down meal. 4:30-6:30 p.m.
 

BREMERTON COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD

1904 8th St & Hewitt Ave, Bremerton
(360) 373-0583
Hours: 8:30AM-10:00AM. Free breakfast on Saturdays for anyone in need.
 

CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN/PASTOR ART AT SYLVAN WAY BAPTIST CHURCH

900 Sylvan Way, Bremerton
(360) 698-3219
Hours: 6:30 pm, Tues and Thurs.
 

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH

18920 4th Ave. NE, Poulsbo
Hours: 5-6:30 pm, Tues.
 

GODÂ’S KITCHEN & CLOSET

7625 Central Valley Bremerton. Hours: Mondays 12-2
(360) 692-7729
Hours: Monday 12-2
Free clothes for children and adults when available. Provide meals to anyone from 12-2. They will provide food to go for invalids to be delivered by friends or relatives. Produce and baked goods are given on Mondays. There are no city or county restrictions to persons in need.
 

JOY OF FREEDOM AT THE WESTGATE FIRE HALL

Rocky Point-Bremerton
(360) 373-2014
Homeless and low-income are invited to a free brunch each Sunday between 10:30-11:30 a.m.
 

LORDÂ’S NEIGHBORHOOD DINER

Callahan Dr., Bremerton
(360) 377-2915
Serves dinner to the needy on Saturdays and Sunday s from 3-5 p.m. Sometimes there is a shuttle available; participants need to call for pick up sites.
 

NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY CENTER

1305 Iron sized Ave Bremerton, WA 98312
(360) 377-7292
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9-4p.m.

FOOD BANKS & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

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ABRAHAMÂ’S HOUSE

3670 Chico Way, Bremerton, WA 98312 (Alliance Church Gym)
(360) 405-0488 (ENCOURAGE TO CALL FIRST)
Hours: For Donation Only Tuesday-Friday 10-4 p.m.
Hours: For Giving Only Saturday 10-2
This is an outreach to the community assistance with household items, clothing, beds, bedding and baby items.

Fish giveaway
 

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND HELPLINE HOUSE

282 Knechtel Way NE, Bainbridge Island
(206) 842-7621
Hours: Monday-Friday 9-5; Saturday 10-2
Website: www.helplinehouse.org.
Assists with food, clothing, crisis intervention, individual and family counseling, and volunteer coordinating.
Participant needs to call or come into the office to speak with a social worker. This resource is for Bainbridge Island
residents only. When funding allows, may assist other North End residents.
 

BELL RINGER OF NORTH KITSAP

(360) 697-6087
Help with electric/Oil Only. Call to make appointment. Silverdale, Kingston, and Poulsbo areas.
 

BREMERTON FOODLINE

1600 12th St., Bremerton
(360) 479-6188 or (360) 373-9971
Hours: Monday-Friday 10-1:45
Website: www.bremertonfoodline.org.
Mainly a food bank. They may have some small baby items. During the holidays offers a holiday basket sign up.
Participant must live in the Bremerton school district.
 

CENTRAL KITSAP FOOD BANK

3790 NW Anderson Hill Road, Silverdale 98383
(360) 692-9818
Hours: Monday-Friday 10-1:30pm
Primarily provides food. During the holidays provides holiday baskets. Participant must reside or work full time in
Central Kitsap School District
 

Chuckwagon Home-Bound Delivery

360 377-8511
888 877-8511

Hours: 9a.m– 3p.m

This is a nutrition program for senior citizens, 60+ years of age. Donations are requested from seniors, but no one is refused. Meals can be delivered to seniors who are homebound for medical reasons, disabilities and chronic illnesses. There is an assessment process.



 

DSHS/DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

4710 Auto Center Blvd., Bremerton 98312
(360) 473-2200 or (800) 338-7410
Hours: Monday-Friday 8-5
DSHS has programs to help people with financial assistance, food benefits, medical coupons, some funeral expenses
if family is on public assistance, employment training, and developmental disabilities funding, tenant support and
more. Participant must submit an application and then will be called for an eligibility review.
 

GODÂ’S KITCHEN AND CLOSET

7625 Central Valley, Bremerton
(360) 692-7729
Hours: Monday 12-2
Free clothes for children of all ages when available. Provide meals to anyone from 12-2 on Monday s. Produce and
baked goods are given when available. There are no city or county restrictions to persons in need.
 

KITSAP COMMUNITY RESOURCES

1201 Park Ave., Bremerton
(360) 479-1507
Hours: Monday-Friday 8AM-4:30PM or go online to make an appointment
Website: www.kcr.org/energy_assistance.htm
Heating assistance available during the winter months (October- June), to assists low-income household in Kitsap
county with the increased costs it takes to heat their home during the winter months.

Kitsap Fishline (M,T,W,Th,F, 10:00-3:00; W, 10:00-7:00)

360 779-5190
18916 3rd Av NE Poulsbo 98367
 

LIFE CARE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

8640 Journey Lane, Port Orchard
(360) 876-9244
Hours: Wednesday and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This is an outreach of Spirit of Life Lutheran Church. Food is provided on an emergency basis to qualifying
residents of rural South Kitsap County up to five times per year. Clothing is also available. You will need to
provide proof of address, Social Security cards for the household and drivers license.

LifeCare Community Services

18916 3rd Av NE Poulsbo 98367
360 779-5190
Hours: Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 

NORTH KITSAP FISHLINE FOODBANK

(360) 779-5190
Hour: Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., FridayÂ’s 9:30-12:30 p.m.
Assist North Kitsap residents mainly with food, commodities and referrals however, when available may assist with
utilities, prescriptions and baby items. During the holidays may have holiday basket sign-up.
 

NORTH MASON FOOD BANK

NW 22471 Hwy 3, Belfair
(360) 275-4615
Hour: Monday 10-2, Tuesday 10-2, Wednesday 1-5:30, Thursday 10-2
No restrictions. Participants need to go to the above address at the above times for assistance. Need proof of physical address.
 

PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK

(360) 452-8568
Hours: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 1-3:30 p.m.
Provides food to persons in emergency situations. Provisions for 4-5 days are usually given. No eligibility requirements.
 

SALVATION ARMY

832 6TH St.; Bremerton
(360) 373-5550
Website: http://www.salvationarmy.org
Haircuts: M-T-Th, / simple cuts only / 9 am to 2 pm. Make appt. with receptionist FIRST.
Food Boxes: Once a month: T-Th-F: 9:30 am to 11:15 & W 4 pm to 6 pm. Must show photo I.D., zip code, and proof of all family members.
Bread & Produce: weekdays, as available.
Breakfast and Lunch: Weekdays, 8:00 am to 8:45 am, and 12:00 to 12:45 pm.
Diapers and Toiletries: Same days as food boxes.
Utility Assistance: January to June. Must show proof of low-income and have a disconnect notice. Restricted to once per 12 months. Call for appt.
Community Voice Mail: provides free voice mail for those who need to receive messages but have no phone.

ShareNet FOODBANK-HANSVILLE/KINGSTON AREA

(360) 297-2000 OR (360) 297-2266
Hours: Tuesday and Friday 9:30-12:00 p.m.
Bayside Community Church (Sharenet) provides food and clothing when available.
25990 Barber Cut Off Rd Kingston 98346
 

ShareNet (T,Th, 10:00-2:00)

360 297-2266
26061 United Rd Kingston 98346
 

SOUTH KITSAP HELPLINE/FOODBANK

1351 Bay St.
(360) 876-4089
Website: www.helplinefoodbank.org
Thrift store hours: Monday-Friday 10-3; Saturday 9:30-5
Assists South Kitsap residents mainly with food however when available also assist with commodities, energy assistance, rental help, prescriptions and household items. Participants must reside in South Kitsap School District.
 

South Kitsap Helpline

(M-F, 10:30-3:30)
360 876-4089
1012 Mitchell Av Port Orchard 98366
 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL-BELFAIR

(360) 275-6199
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:30-5:30
Please call for more information. You must live in North Mason County to receive help at this site.
 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL-BREMERTON

(360) 479-7017
1137 North Callow Ave. Bremerton 98312
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:30- 4
Mainly a Food bank. When available may have clothes, energy assistance, rental assistance, and gas vouchers
 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL- PORT ORCHARD

1209 Bay St.
(360) 876-6933 or (360) 876-2364
Hours: Monday-Saturday 8:30- 5
Assists South Kitsap residents with prescriptions, energy assistance, clothing, home furnishings, gas vouchers, bus passes, rental assistance and work training. MUST LIVE IN SOUTH KITSAP
 

WASHINGTON STATE COMBINED APPLICATION PROGRAM (WASHCAP)

(877) 380-5784
A joint effort between the SSA and DSHS. WASHCAP is a simplified way to deliver Food Assistance to SSI recipients who: are at least 18 years old, do not have earned income and live alone or buy and fix food apart from others who live in the home.
 

WASHINGTON TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Call a phone company in your area that provides local residential phone services.
These are the major companies in Washington
(800) 700-8880
Qwest (800) 244-1111
VCI (888) 923-8375 DOES NOT HELP PAY FOR OVERDUE BILLS OR SHUT OFF NOTICE
Up to 50% discount on connection fees, monthly telephone service and waiver of local deposit. Have to be receiving a DSHS service: TANF, Refugee, GAU, Food Stamps, SSI/Medicaid or DSHS chore service/COPES.

YWCA A.L.I.V.E Program

(Location of this shelter must remain confidential)
(360) 479-1980, (800) 500-5513 or dial 911
Hours: 24 Hours
North Kitsap/Bainbridge Island: (206) 780-2931 (accepts collect calls)
Provides shelter for battered women and their children (some age restrictions), medical referrals, legal advocacy,support groups, volunteer resources and other social services.
 

CRISIS CLINIC

(360) 479-3033 or (800) 843-4793
They have some referrals for safe housing as well as community referrals. Primarily a listening ear for persons in distress. Participants needing this resource just need to call the above number.
 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE

(800) 562-6025 Statewide
(800) 799-7233 Nationwide
24hr support, advocacy for victims & families.
 

KITSAP COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK FORCE

(360) 373-5392
Website: www.kcdvtf.org
Their mission: to create a community free from domestic violence. They help educate the community, establish a community response, encourage and support other agencies that deal with DV issues, collect and maintain data on DV in the community and help advocate for legislative issues. Please call for more information.
 

KITSAP SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER

(360) 479-8500 24 hours
(360) 479-1788 or 911. Also accepts collect calls
Office hours are: 9-5 Monday-Friday
24hr service assisting victims of sexual assault and those close to them, legal & medical advocacy, therapy. Also has a Non-Offending Parent group. Support group to help parents feel more comfortable talking with their kids about the abuse. Call the number for meeting dates & times.
 

LEGAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM (YWCA)

(360) 479-0491
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8AM-5PM; Friday 8AM-12PM
ALL SERVICES ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
Program provides domestic violence response services: Crisis response, safety planning, support services, advocacy based counseling, protection orders, advocacy at court hearings, victim advocacy throughout criminal proceedings, community referrals, crime victim compensation and assists in obtaining safe shelter. Participant does not have to be a resident of the shelter to receive assistance.
 

MEN WORKING AGAINST ABUSE

(206) 461-7824
282 Knechtal way Bainbridge Island
This is a support group for men voluntarily trying to change abusive behavior and for men who are victims of abuse.
They also have public education services.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND HELPLINE HOUSE

282 Knechtel Way NE
(206) 842-7621 M-F 9-5
Website: www.helplinehouse.org
Assists with food, clothing for Bainbridge Island residents only. When funding allows, may assist North End.
 

GOD’S KITCHEN & CLOSET

7625 Central Valley, Bremerton
(360) 692-7729
Hours: Free Clothing and meals from 12-2 on Mondays.
 

ST VINCENT DE PAUL-Port Orchard

(360) 876-6933
Hours: Monday-Saturday 8:30AM-5PM
Assists South Kitsap residents WHEN FUNDS ALLOW: with prescriptions, energy assistance, clothing, home furnishings, gas, rental assistance, and worker training. Also has a baby program.
 

ST VINCENT DE PAUL-BREMERTON

(360) 479-7017
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:30 – 4:00
Mainly a Food bank. When available may have clothes.

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Keyport (Naval Undersea Museum)
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Puget Sound Road Map to the Kitsap Peninsula (PDF)

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WA State Ferry Fare Information

 

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Salmon Run Habitat Loop Map
Kitsap Peninsula Bird List
Bremerton Walking Map

 

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Bandix Park Map
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New Clearcreek Trail Bird Habitat Checklist - High Res PDF
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Anderson Landing
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May 17, 2018

EEOC SUES STAFFING SOLUTIONS FOR MULTIPLE DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES

Owner Frequently Used Racial Slurs and Forced Out Manager Who Opposed Hiring Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges

      BUFFALO, N.Y. –Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing company that places employees with clients throughout Western New York, violated federal laws prohibiting hiring discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  

      According to the complaint, EEOC contends that Staffing Solutions either refused to hire highly qualified black applicants or placed them in the lowest paying, least desirable jobs.  Further, EEOC alleges that Staffing Solutions’ owner, Kathleen Faulhaber, regularly referred to black applicants as “n----rs,” instructed her staff to comply with clients’ race and sex preferences, placed employees in positions based on race and sex, and rejected pregnant applicants.

     Additionally, the complaint alleges that applicants over the age of 50, applicants with disabilities, and those whom the company deemed disabled were routinely rejected by Staffing Solutions. EEOC contends that applicants were improperly asked for their dates of birth and about injuries and medical conditions, and that Staffing Solutions rejected applicants considered too old and those who revealed health issues, such as cancer, blindness, or back injuries.

     Finally, EEOC charges that an office manager for Staffing Solutions complained about the illegal hiring practices and voiced objections to Faulhaber’s repeated use of racial slurs, but was warned that she would be fired if she failed to comply.  The office manager felt she had no choice but to resign.

      Staffing Solutions’ alleged hiring practices violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act which prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, disability, race, or sex, as well as retaliation.

      The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (EEOC v. Staffing Solutions of WNY, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-00562) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The EEOC seeks back pay; compensatory, liquidated, and punitive damages; and injunctive relief. The agency’s litigation effort will be led by Trial Attorneys Daniel Seltzer, Elizabeth Fox-Solomon, and Supervisory Trial Attorney Nora Curtin.

      "Staffing Solutions’ conduct hearkens back to a time over half a century ago, before the passage of federal laws that make this type of discriminatory hiring illegal,” said Jeffrey Burstein, regional attorney for EEOC’s New York District Office. “The EEOC is sending a clear message with this lawsuit: those days are over.”

      Kevin Berry, the EEOC’s New York district director, added “Staffing companies are playing an increasingly large role in our economy. The EEOC will fight to ensure that they do not become an instrument of discrimination. The law is clear that honoring discriminatory client requests is illegal.”

      “I’m proud to have been born and raised in Buffalo,” said Curtin. “Buffalonians, and all Americans, deserve to be hired based on their qualifications, without regard to age, disability, race or sex."

      Eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring, and preserving access to the legal system by eliminating retaliation are national priorities identified by the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP).

      The EEOC's New York District Office is responsible for processing discrimination charges, administrative enforcement, and the conduct of agency litigation in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, northern New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Buffalo Local Office conducted the investigation resulting in this lawsuit.

     The EEOC advances opportunity in the workplace by enforcing federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination. More information is available at www.eeoc.gov. Stay connected with the latest EEOC news by subscribing to our email updates.

     Anyone who may have been discriminated against by Staffing Solutions should contact the EEOC at staffingsolutionslawsuit@eeoc.gov.

By Benjamin Wermund

The Education Department is launching a new effort to help schools make sure their websites are accessible to students with disabilities.

The move comes after civil rights investigators tossed out hundreds of complaints about schools with inaccessible websites. The department also rewrote months-old agreements requiring some schools to update their sites.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced today that the Office for Civil Rights will offer webinars over the next several weeks for schools, districts, state education agencies, libraries, colleges and universities.

"As more educational opportunities are delivered online, we need to ensure those programs, services and activities are accessible to everyone," DeVos said. "OCR's technical assistance will help us continue to forge important partnerships with schools for the benefit of students and parents with disabilities."

Federal civil rights investigators have tossed out hundreds of complaints under a new Trump administration rule directing them to dismiss bulk complaints — a directive the administration says is aimed at more efficiently dealing with so-called mass filers, who file the same type of complaint against many schools.

Department officials have also been renegotiating dozens of agreements with schools and districts that resulted from those types of complaints. In those cases, investigators had already found the schools were potentially violating federal anti-discrimination laws because the districts had websites that were inaccessible to students with disabilities.

3 hours ago, Nicole said:

The shooting happened in the 15000 block of Vail Road in Yelm.

That should narrow it down for you. Thurston county is where the State Capitol is located.

KIRO news is a major news outlet in Washington state.

These are the words of the surviving father???   

Who else thinks this is SICK way of thinking much less speaking publicly.

Are Jehovah's Witnesses taught to think that a father has this right? Is it their studies of patriarchal times affecting his thoughts that his father in law somehow "OWNED" these women and children?

He needs mental health treatment immediately himself.

Cheryl Strange, left, secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, talks with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, right, following a news conference in Lakewood, Wash., Friday, May 11, 2018. Inslee on Friday outlined a five-year plan for the state’s mental health system that will include ending most civil patient placements at the state’s large hospitals by 2023 in favor of smaller state-run community-based facilities. (Ted S. Warren / AP)

By Jim Camden     jimc@spokesman.com

OLYMPIA – Washington may shift many of its mental health services from aging state hospitals in Spokane and Pierce counties to smaller facilities across the state.

Gov. Jay Inslee called Friday for a five-year “major transformation” of the state system, in order that patients who are committed involuntarily for treatment by the courts can get those services closer to home.

Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake and Western State Hospital should handle the growing number of “forensic” patients, those sent for evaluation by the courts to determine whether they are competent to stand trial or treatment because they aren’t able. The state currently has a list of 233 patients waiting for forensic evaluations.

The state is under court sanctions for providing slow or inadequate services to some patients, which the Legislature has been trying to fix for several years.

Standing outside Western State Hospital on Friday, Inslee said the state has dedicated staff and has made strides in increasing their numbers. But it’s working with a system of large institutions that are more in line with 1918 than 2018, he said.

“We need to stop pouring resources into an outdated model,” he said. “In most states, smaller community-based facilities are the standard of care and Washington should go that route.”

Inslee said the state should open “about a dozen” facilities of 16 beds in communities around Washington by 2023. That would allow patients who are involuntarily committed by a court to be closer to their families and friends while still getting high quality care from a state facility.

The more recently constructed or refurbished portions of Eastern and Western state would be used for forensic patients and some civil commitments.

“We will need to fund up front costs and make some budget decisions,” Inslee said.

The cost of the proposed shift in mental health facilities hasn’t been estimated yet, but will be estimated by the time he submits his 2019-21 budget proposal late this year.

He’s hoping for bipartisan support in the Legislature, and was joined by lawmakers from both parties at his announcement.

Sen. Steve O’Ban, R-Pierce County, said the Legislature is in a position to tackle the state’s second-biggest problem, after public schools, now that it has completed work on court ordered improvements to education. “This needs to be the primary focus,” he said.

Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, said she’s waiting to see the “full bill,” which would include increases to higher education to have an adequate work force as well as the cost to build the community facilities. But it’s possible those facilities will not be as expensive to operate as large state hospitals.

By Benjamin Wermund

The Education Department is rewriting dozens of agreements with school districts that investigators had already found were potentially violating federal anti-discrimination laws because the districts had websites that were inaccessible to students with disabilities.

It's the latest example of the Trump administration's new approach to civil rights enforcement, and department officials say it's another way the administration is seeking to boost efficiency in the Office for Civil Rights.

While the Education Department has long had the option to renegotiate existing agreements, officials have rarely done so — and civil rights advocates say they've never seen it done on such a scale. They question whether redoing so many old agreements will really boost efficiency.

The revised agreements come as the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has tossed out hundreds of complaints filed by so-called mass filers, including Marcie Lipsitt, a Michigan-based disability rights advocate. Lipsitt has sent the government thousands of complaints against schools, districts and colleges with websites that she believes are not accessible to people who have impaired vision or hearing.

The dismissals were spurred by changes to the rulebook for civil rights investigations, which Trump administration officials say is an effort to cut back on what it calls mass filers — people like Lipsitt who file the same type of complaint against many schools.

Administration officials say the renegotiated contracts are also aimed at more "efficiently" resolving civil rights complaints.

Lipsitt said that dozens of the agreements the civil rights office previously reached with schools and districts have been renegotiated in recent weeks, including some that were originally reached nearly two years ago.

She said the new agreements, which are much shorter, are all identical. She called them "worthless," because they make a slew of changes, including removing mentions of accessibility audits and training for staff, among other things.

"How can the OCR retroactively offer these modified resolution agreements to institutions that entered willingly into ... agreements 23 months ago?" Lipsitt said.

Education Department spokeswoman Liz Hill acknowledged the agency is revamping some agreements after schools or districts asked for them to be reconsidered "in light of OCR dismissals of mass-filed complaints."

Civil rights officials are considering those requests from districts on a case-by-case basis, Hill said, and weighing whether renegotiating the agreements would allow the cases to be "monitored and resolved more efficiently than what was in the original resolution agreement."

"It is critical to note that even the modified agreements still obligate schools to ensure that their digital and website content is made accessible," she said.

Seth Galanter, senior director at the National Center for Youth Law, said it's legal for officials to change an existing agreement, "but only in response to a change in facts, law, or agency policy."

"It's not clear to me what change OCR is relying on to weaken these agreements requiring website accessibility," said Galanter, who worked in the Obama administration Office of Civil Rights. "OCR shouldn't be limiting justice depending on who brings a civil rights violation to their attention. The identity of the complainant doesn't alter the fact that all these school districts had inaccessible websites and that they agreed to fix them only when OCR received a complaint. OCR shouldn't back off ensuring full compliance with all the civil rights laws."

Catherine Lhamon, who led the civil rights office under the Obama administration, said renegotiating so many settled cases seems to fly in the face of the Trump administration's efforts to cut down on what officials have said is burdensome work created by mass filers.

"They say the basis is to save time and resources," Lhamon said. "To then add to the work burden to renegotiate agreements ... does not make sense. It really is burdensome to renegotiate these agreements."

This is egregious!! ?

83 Mexicans died in the battle I was told.

@Nicole take all the advertisements off. Therefore she couldn't make any $ off of her videos.

@Nana Fofana I think he is great! and he is not even a journalist. 

As a person who loves news... this is downright scary to see the massive control one group has on our "news".

I wish I knew of a forum where people could post and talk about the news in a public way exposing stuff like this.... Hmmm..

YouTube basically decided it didn't want to deal with the little people anymore and is trying to please the big advertising budgets.

McDonald's doesn't want its ads on her yoga videos and they threatened. (hypothetical example)

Advertisers have gotten used to creepy level, cookies tracking, east german style spy level targeting for their ad dollars and are demanding more of YouTube and Alphabet.

They in turn, turn off premium advertisements for anything that is not 100% wholesome, healthy and relevant.

Anything controversial, hard-hitting or unpleasant is not monetized.

Leaving only pleasant government supported news that has been whitewashed.

I suspect one day this website will be forced into subscription only mode for support. 

Coincidentally, YouTube also demonetized many of my videos over the years. There is obviously an agenda over there ... with the difference being that most of us simple people don't go bezerk and start shooting up places.

Basically people shouldn't upload videos to YouTube anymore expecting to make $. There are many other places to do so such as Facebook.

I've also noticed ad revenue going WAY down for most publishers. 

Is the advertising model being threatened? 

That would be sad.... a world without advertisement supported websites means there would be no new startups and only the monopolies would exist.

Adblockers are a huge threat to the advertisement supported media.

Those that use adblockers today will soon find themselves having to pay multiple paywalls everywhere for what used to be "free".

Newsweek... like all other publishers is greedy / needy for eyeballs and they used clickbait for a title. 

The answer to the question is NOTHING.

Evidently they tested cows teeth.

And the research basically says..... nothing.

@James Thomas Rook Jr.  I remember that Thorium Microsoft car..... seems like yesterday. I'll need to go find a photo of that ...

List of Blueprint priority diseases

2018 annual review of the Blueprint list of priority diseases

For the purposes of the R&D Blueprint, WHO has developed a special tool for determining which diseases and pathogens to prioritize for research and development in public health emergency contexts. This tool seeks to identify those diseases that pose a public health risk because of their epidemic potential and for which there are no, or insufficient, countermeasures. The diseases identified through this process are the focus of the work of R& D Blueprint. This is not an exhaustive list, nor does it indicate the most likely causes of the next epidemic. 

The first list of prioritized diseases was released in December 2015.

Using a published prioritization methodology, the list was first reviewed in  January 2017.

February 2018 - Second annual review

Report of the meeting pdf, 460kb

The second annual review occurred 6-7 February, 2018. Experts consider that given their potential to cause a public health emergency and the absence of efficacious drugs and/or vaccines, there is an urgent need for accelerated research and development for*:

• Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF)
• Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease
• Lassa fever
• Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Nipah and henipaviral diseases
• Rift Valley fever (RVF)
• Zika
• Disease X

Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease, and so the R&D Blueprint explicitly seeks to enable cross-cutting R&D preparedness that is also relevant for an unknown “Disease X” as far as possible.

A number of additional diseases were discussed and considered for inclusion in the priority list, including: Arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers other than Lassa Fever; Chikungunya; highly pathogenic coronaviral diseases other than MERS and SARS; emergent non-polio enteroviruses (including EV71, D68); and Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS).

These diseases pose major public health risks and further research and development is needed, including surveillance and diagnostics. They should be watched carefully and considered again at the next annual review. Efforts in the interim to understand and mitigate them are encouraged.

Although not included on the list of diseases to be considered at the meeting, monkeypox and leptospirosis were discussed and experts stressed the risks they pose to public health. There was agreement on the need for: rapid evaluation of available potential countermeasures; the establishment of more comprehensive surveillance and diagnostics; and accelerated research and development and public health action.

Several diseases were determined to be outside of the current scope of the Blueprint: dengue, yellow fever, HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza causing severe human disease, smallpox, cholera, leishmaniasis, West Nile Virus and plague. These diseases continue to pose major public health problems and further research and development is needed through existing major disease control initiatives, extensive R&D pipelines, existing funding streams, or established regulatory pathways for improved interventions. In particular, experts recognized the need for improved diagnostics and vaccines for pneumonic plague and additional support for more effective therapeutics against leishmaniasis.

The experts also noted that:

For many of the diseases discussed, as well as many other diseases with the potential to cause a public health emergency, there is a need for better diagnostics. 

Existing drugs and vaccines need further improvement for several of the diseases considered but not included in the priority list.

Any type of pathogen could be prioritised under the Blueprint, not only viruses.

Necessary research includes basic/fundamental and characterization research as well as epidemiological, entomological or multidisciplinary studies, or further elucidation of transmission routes, as well as social science research.

There is a need to assess the value, where possible, of developing countermeasures for multiple diseases or for families of pathogens.

The impact of environmental issues on diseases with the potential to cause public health emergencies was discussed. This may need to be considered as part of future reviews.

The importance of the diseases discussed was considered for special populations, such as refugees, internally displaced populations, and victims of disasters.

The value of a One Health approach was stressed, including a parallel prioritization processes for animal health. Such an effort would support research and development to prevent and control animal diseases minimising spill-over and enhancing food security. The possible utility of animal vaccines for preventing public health emergencies was also noted.

Also there are concerted efforts to address anti-microbial resistance through specific international initiatives. The possibility was not excluded that, in the future, a resistant pathogen might emerge and appropriately be prioritized. 

*The order of diseases on this list does not denote any ranking of priority.

http://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/en/

Seems like yesterday Bill Gates was on the stand over his Internet Explorer browser on Windows..... How times have changed!

And I guess I should ask WHERE you would prefer this employment to be?

Maybe one of us here in the community knows someone or of some job out there to assist you.

If someone does see something... please start a new topic in the Employment category (see link above in the breadcrumbs)

Regards,

Meanwhile the Chinese are having self driving cars dancing on the world's longest bridge and making pedestrian bridges out of glass:

But our "technology" is SO much more advanced?  Hmmm......

 

United airlines is really racking up some great PR news this year.... check out the similar content section on this page and it is all recent stuff.... 

The stock price will be hurt by all of this I'm sure.