In the most immediate action, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy 1,110 troops to support vaccination sites. The first active duty military personnel will arrive in California within the next 10 days, to begin operations around Feb. 15, said Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House’s coronavirus response team.

The African American Land Ethic On Tuesday, the UW Madison Arboretum is hosting a free virtual lecture as part of the fall 2020 virtual lecture series Land, Culture, Identity: Roots of Resilience. You can register for this lecture On Thursday, I’ll be attending a special meeting of the Plan Commission and Transportation Policy and Planning Board to discuss issues that link transportation and land use. We will be discussing initiatives like Transportation Demand Management, Transit Oriented Development, and other related topics.

In a scene repeated at other Canadian synagogues that have kiddush clubs (as opposed to a Kiddush for the whole congregation at the end of services), alcohol is poured into one ounce plastic cups, a blessing is recited and the drinks are downed. Some members have another. An announcement or two is made and small talk ensues, until everyone makes his or her way back to the sanctuary within 30 minutes..

Schools, shops, hairdressing salons and museums are reopening in Austria after the country’s third lockdown, but concerns linger about infection rates and the spread of new coronavirus variants. While the government has said that Austria needs to get as close as possible to an infection level of 50 new cases per 100,000 residents over seven days, the figure is still considerably higher currently 108. Open winner digging deep to see off Mihaela Buzarnescu of Romania 6 2 4 6 6 3 in the Australian Open first round on Monday.

The government is well within its rights to formulate a policy and then choose to stand by it or modify as it deems fit. Not every policy is welcomed by everybody and inevitably, every change produces its share of those who are disadvantaged by it. Responsive governments take care to anticipate such concerns, ideally address them at the policy formulation stage itself by engaging in a broad range of consultations, go through dues process legislatively and even after the policy is announced, in the event of widespread unhappiness, engage constructively with those affected..

Room 260 Madison Municipal BuildingWhen the Board of Estimates considers the following item, it may go into closed session pursuant to Section 19.85(1)(e), Wisconsin Statutes, which reads as follows: Deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. If the Board of Estimates does convene in closed session as described above, upon completion of the closed session, notice is hereby given that it may reconvene in open session to consider the following item without waiting 12 hours, pursuant to Wis. Stats.