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Health clubs and gyms | New York State Attorney General
Keep the following important protections in mind as you consider a contract: 

Your contract cannot exceed $3,600 per year (excluding tennis and racquetball facilities).
Your contract cannot be for a term longer than 36 months.
You must be able to cancel your contract within three days of signing it.
You must be able to cancel your contract at any time for any of the following reasons. The health club must include these terms in your contract. It must refund you within 15 days of your cancellation for any of these reasons:
	
The health club stops offering the services stated in the contract.
You move 25 or more miles away from any health club operated by the seller.
Your significant physical disability, according to a doctor's order, prevents you from receiving the services as stated in the contract for more than six months.

Your health club cannot assign your contract to another club elsewhere without your written consent.

To protect members who prepay for their memberships, health clubs must file a bond or other type of financial security with the Secretary of State in case the club closes:

Clubs must mention this bond in all their contracts and must post about the bond in their facilities.
Clubs do not have to meet this requirement if they do not offer pre-paid memberships, or if payments do not exceed $150, memberships do not exceed one year, and the contract does not contain an automatic renewal provision.

Check whether a club is bonded by doing any of the following:

Call 518-474-4429
Fax 518-474-3795
Write to New York State Department of State, Division of Licensing Services, P.O. Box 22001,  Albany NY 12201-2001

Any contract that does not comply with the New York Health Club Services Act is void and unenforceable. If you believe your health club has violated the act, you can sue in small claims court. if your lawsuit is successful, you could receive up to three times the actual damages plus reasonable attorney’s fees.
 

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Attorney General James Wins Trial Against Quincy Bioscience for Deceptive and Fraudulent Advertising of “Memory Improvement” Supplement Prevagen
Quincy advertised its supplement, Prevagen, in media markets across New York, including in Albany, Syracuse, New York City, and the Southern Tier, as a way to reduce memory problems, improve memory, and support cognitive health. After a two-week trial, the jury concluded that Quincy had not substantiated any of its claims about Prevagen with reliable scientific evidence. The jury found some of Quincy’s claims about Prevagen to be materially misleading and all of them to have the tendency to deceive and constitute fraud under New York Executive Law Section 63(12). With the court’s acceptance of the jury’s verdict, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) will seek a permanent injunction to block Quincy from continuing to make deceptive statements when selling its product in New York and will seek monetary relief.“New York laws are clear: companies and individuals cannot lie and manipulate consumers,” said Attorney General James. “Quincy took advantage of the very real fear of cognitive decline and preyed on elderly New Yorkers to make a profit. Consumers bought Prevagen with the hopes that they could improve their cognitive health. My office will always use every tool and resource at our disposal to protect New Yorkers and uphold the rule of law. I will not allow modern day ‘snake oil salespeople’ to operate in New York.”Prevagen, which can cost up to $89.95 for a 30-day supply and purports to help improve memory, is sold online directly to consumers and at major retailers and pharmacies across the country, including CVS, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, Walmart, GNC, and Amazon. The OAG took action and brought a lawsuit asserting that Quincy did not have adequate scientific evidence to substantiate claims about Prevagen, including that it improves memory, improves memory within 90 days, reduces memory problems associated with aging, provides other cognitive benefits, including a healthy brain function, a sharper mind, and clearer thinking, and has been “clinically shown” to do each of these things.
2024 Public Comments to Preliminary Applications
Kyle Stone - 3/8/2024

To whom it may concern: I fully support the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship's(SBTS) CA-OHV application for the Plumas County trail system grant. With an approved grant. SBTS can continue to support and create recreation opportunities for visitors and locals, local employment, sustainable trail system that requires less maintenance and keep trails open, safe all the while protecting the watershed. Please award SBTS this grant. Thank you, Martin Scheel Martin Scheel - 3/11/2024

As a Quincy resident, hiker, trail runner, and mountain biker, I appreciate the work SBTS puts into our local trails. Trail access and construction is an essential part of the economic future of Plumas County. Graham Archer - 3/11/2024

The trail systems in and around Downieville are super important to myself and so many like minded nature lovers. They also spur so much economic benefit in areas around these trails as they are a nationwide destination. Toby Schultz - 3/22/2024

This grant will empower local communities to actively participate in trail stewardship. Community-led events, volunteer workdays, and citizen science projects foster a sense of ownership and pride in maintaining trails. As a resident of Plumas County, these trail networks directly impact the economy for residents in Plumas County. Paul Jauregui - 3/23/2024

This grant will empower local communities to actively participate in trail stewardship. Community-led events, volunteer workdays, and citizen science projects foster a sense of ownership and pride in maintaining trails. As a resident of Plumas County, these trail networks directly impact the economy for residents in Plumas County. Paul Jauregui - 3/23/2024

This grant will empower local communities to actively participate in trail stewardship. Community-led events, volunteer workdays, and citizen science projects foster a sense of ownership and pride in maintaining trails. As a resident of Plumas County, these trail networks directly impact the economy for residents in Plumas County. Paul Jauregui - 3/23/2024
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* Additional information on Fully Protected Species can be found on the CDFW Fully Protected Animals web page.

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 4(d) Authorizations

    
Cooperative Program between NMFS and CDFW
(Results in an annual federal authorization administered through a state program)
4(d) Authorizations allow take for...

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Threatened species by approval through Final 4(d) Rules in a program that provides limits on take prohibitions in section 9(a)(1) of the ESA

What species can I take with a 4(d) Authorization?
These Federally Threatened species:

Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Steelhead
Green Sturgeon

Applying for a 4(d) Authorization
Applications can be completed on NOAA's Authorizations and Permits for Protected Species (APPS) website annually. Applications can be drafted prior to submission in APPS, but can only be submitted during the application submission window. Upon approval 4(d) authorizations are valid for one calendar year (January - December).
The application submission window for the 2023 4(d) Program is now closed. The application submission window for the 2024 4(d) Program will be open September 1st, 2023 through September 15th, 2023. Applications will only be able to be submitted while the submission window is open; however, APPS will open August 1st to allow applicants to begin working on their applications for the 2024 4(d) Program season. Applicants are highly encouraged to complete their draft applications prior to the submission window.
4(d) Authorization Contacts
Mr. Lee Scheffler
CDFW Fisheries Branch
Lee.Scheffler@Wildlife.ca.gov
(916) 203-2570
 
Gary Rule
NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region
gary.rule@noaa.gov
(503) 230-5424

What other permit(s) might I need? 

Importation Permit - State law requires an Importation Permit to import most live aquatic plants and animals.
2024 Public Comments to Preliminary Applications
We cannot do this work without the support of the OHMVR Grants. We also help with the SNF winter program. There are 72,800 acres open to cross-country travel & 234 miles of snowmobile trails. These winter trails range from easy to most difficult. The public and volunteers access amazing vistas of the San Joaquin Valley, lakes & snowcapped ridges. Please award SNF with this ground operations grant. Michael McGarity - 4/11/2024

I would support the Sierra National Forest in a grant to correct their current MVUM. The Motorized Vehicle Use Map is not accurate. It does not align with the ROD, Record of Decision created through Travel Management. I want to see a major discrepancy corrected which has Rock Creek Road (9S09) with inaccurate season of use dates. The dates are not consistent with the ROD; therefore causing confusion among not just the SNF personnel themselves, but the OHV community. The MVUM season of use dates changed without any public notice. This must be corrected. Thank you. Michael McGarity - 4/11/2024

I am in support for funding the grant for the Red Mountain system in the Side to National Forest.. It would be a huge help with our community and make it more accessible for handicapped and disabled persons like myself. Thank You. Johnathan Black V.P. 559YOTAS Disabled Army Combat Veteran John Black - 4/11/2024

I support this grant application to construct an OHV staging area to alleviate congestion and organize parking in the access area to the Red Mountain Trail System. This is a good plan to protect the area and provide a parking and unloading area enhanced with a pit toilet and day use area. Steve Egbert - 4/15/2024

 USFS - Stanislaus National Forest

 USFS - Tahoe National Forest

I support the expansion of the china wall area. This will provide greater access and less congestions for the user groups. Alan Alan Walls - 3/7/2024

I support the reroutes for trail 5 and 6. This will help the trail long term.
Bill Text - SB-375 Transportation planning: travel demand models: sustainable communities strategy: environmental review.
(b) (1) A transit priority project that is seeking a discretionary approval is not required to comply with any additional mitigation measures required by paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 21081, for the
	 traffic impacts of that project on intersections, streets, highways, freeways, or mass transit, if the local jurisdiction issuing that discretionary approval has adopted traffic mitigation measures in accordance with this section.(2) Paragraph (1) does not restrict the authority of a local jurisdiction to adopt feasible mitigation measures with respect to the effects of a project on public health or on pedestrian or bicycle safety.(c) The legislative body shall review its traffic mitigation measures and update them as needed at least every five years.SEC. 15. Section 21159.28 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21159.28. (a) If a residential or mixed-use residential project is consistent with the use designation, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in either a sustainable communities strategy or an alternative planning strategy, for which the State Air Resources Board pursuant to subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code has accepted the metropolitan planning organization’s determination that the sustainable communities strategy or the alternative planning strategy would, if implemented, achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and if the project incorporates the mitigation measures required by an applicable prior environmental document, then any findings or other determinations for an exemption, a negative
	 declaration, a mitigated negative declaration, a sustainable communities environmental assessment, an environmental impact report, or addenda prepared or adopted for the project pursuant to this division shall not be required to reference, describe, or discuss (1) growth inducing impacts; or (2) any project specific or cumulative impacts from cars and light-duty truck trips generated by the project on global warming or the regional transportation network.(b) Any environmental impact report prepared for a project described in subdivision (a) shall not be required to reference, describe, or discuss a reduced residential density alternative to address the effects of car and light-duty truck trips generated by the project.
VA Online Scheduling | VA Mobile
Tap the drop-down menu under Type of Care, and tap Primary Care. Tap the circle next to Submit a Request to VA Scheduler. More information will populate below, and you will see your primary facility and VA care team based on your VA health records. Fill out the preferred type of visit (Office Visit, Phone Call or Video Conference), date/time, phone/verify phone, best time for VA to call, calls from VA, email preferences and email. Tap Submit Request, and you will go to a Request Details screen that confirms your request has been submitted and provides an overview of the details.How do I make myself an appointment for audiology, optometry or outpatient mental health?Tap New Appointment/Request in either the top right or bottom right of your screen. Tap the drop-down menu under Type of Care, and tap Audiology, Optometry or Outpatient Mental Health. Note that not all appointment types may be available to schedule for your location. Tap the circle next to Schedule Myself under Scheduling Method. More information will populate below. Fill out your clinic, preferred date, email preferences and email. Tap Schedule Appointment, and you will go to an Appointment Details screen that confirms your request has been submitted and provides an overview of the details.How do I submit an appointment request for audiology, optometry or outpatient mental health?Tap New Appointment/Request in either the top right or bottom right of your screen. Tap the drop-down menu under Type of Care, and tap Audiology, Optometry or Outpatient Mental Health. Note that not all appointment types may be available for appointment requests at your location. Tap the circle next to Submit a Request to VA Scheduler. More information will populate below. Fill out the following details: purpose of visit, type of visit, date/time, phone/verify phone, calls from VA, message, email preferences and email.
40 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 10th Group of Astronauts - NASA
He completed his fifth flight to space on STS-102 in March 2001, visiting his second space station. As commander, he oversaw the transfer of the first research rack to the station and the exchange of the Expedition 1 and 2 crews, returning to Earth with fellow Maggot Shepherd. Wetherbee earned the honor as the first, and so far only, American astronaut to command five space missions when he flew for his sixth and final time in November-December 2002. During Endeavour’s 14-day STS-113 mission, the crew brought Expedition 6 to the space station and returned Expedition 5 to Earth, and delivered and installed the P1 truss segment. This marked the last successful mission before the Columbia accident. Over his six missions, Wetherbee accumulated 66 days 10 hours 20 minutes of spaceflight time.
Summary of spaceflights by Group 10 astronauts. Missions in italics represent flights the astronaut was assigned to but never flew.
The Group 10 NASA astronauts made significant contributions to America’s space program, helping to recover from the Challenger accident and greatly expanding the capabilities of the space shuttle. As a group, they completed 51 flights and spending 706 days, or nearly two years, in space. Their spaceflights took place from 1988 to 2002, spanning the period between the Challenger and Columbia accidents. Group members tested tools and techniques for the space station, while others visited space stations, adding modules to both Mir and the space station. Four of the group visited Mir, and four visited the International Space Station including two as expedition commanders. Two Group 10 astronauts visited both stations. Six of their group participated in Spacelab-class missions, and nine flew on DOD missions. Members of the group helped to launch one of NASA’s great observatories (GRO) and service another (Hubble), and sent spacecraft to study Venus, Jupiter, and the Sun’s poles. The group included the first U.S. born Hispanic American to not only travel in space but pilot and later command a shuttle mission, the first submariner in space, the first and so far only, American to command five space missions, the first to command a space station expedition, and the first to command both a shuttle mission and space station expedition.
 

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JPL has been hosting bi-annual blood drives in conjunction with the Red Cross of America since at least 1951. This image, taken during the drive held 13 April 1955, depicts a JPL nurse drawing blood from a JPL donor. 
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 Viking Orbiter 2 Anniversary
 9 September 2020 marks the 45th anniversary of the launch of Viking Orbiter 2. 
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 Ulysses Anniversary
 6 October celebrates the 30th anniversary of the launch of Ulysses. 
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 Mask Training in 1957
 In November 1957, Scott Aviation Corporation was invited to hold a training session next to the JPL fire station, demonstrating how to use their Scott Breath Air Pak. 
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 Remembering Dr. Peter T. Lyman
 This month we remember Dr. Peter T. Lyman, who passed away in May 2020, with a series of photos from his tenure as Deputy Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
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 Dr. Henry Richter working on Explorer 1 in 1957
 In 2018 JPL celebrates the 60th anniversary of America’s first satellite, Explorer 1. 
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 Orrery
 An orrery was built for NASA/JPL by Pre-Mec Engineering, Inc. and was designed by JPL engineer Raymond A. McCreary (Design Section, 356 – part of the Engineering Mechanics Division). 
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 Mariner Jupiter Saturn 1977
 In August and September 1977, two Voyager spacecraft were launched on a Grand Tour of the solar system. In 1973, the mission had been named Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 1977 (MJS ‘77) and was intended to go only as far as Jupiter and Saturn. 
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 Mars Pathfinder Rover Team, 1994
 In December 1994, a group of Mars Pathfinder team members gathered for a photo with the Sojourner Rover model.  They were working on rover technology development efforts about two years before the anticipated launch date. 
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 Deep Space Network/Space Flight Operations Exhibit
 In October 1967, Mariner 5 had just reached Venus, JPL was looking forward to the 10th anniversary of Explorer 1 and the launches of Surveyor 6 and 7 to the Moon, and Mariner 6 and 7 were in development. 
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 Titan Saturn Mission Artwork, 1976
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 Robotics at JPL
 JPL is the lead NASA center for robotic exploration, which means we send robots, not humans, into space.NASA has plans in the works to overcome huge challenges and send humans to Mars. In the meantime, we've been sending rovers, landers, and orbiters to the surface of the Red Planet, and developing technologies to dispatch more advanced robots to other solar system destinations, such as the Moon, asteroids, and Jupiter's icy moon Europa.Many locales include such obstacles as craggy cliffs, steep canyons, and slick ice covering a subsurface ocean. We need to design and build robots that can safely navigate and survive those challenging features and serve as our agile stand-in explorers.JPL has developed sophisticated software for all the Mars rovers we've sent that lets us maintain control here on Earth. Yet we also write software that allows the rovers to drive on the Martian surface as independently as possible, place instruments on the surface, and use their cameras and other instruments to see and sense their surroundings.Going Out on a Limb for ExplorationTo explore future solar system destinations, we're experimenting with various designs using limbs and wheels.For example, a four-limbed, 64-fingered rover named LEMUR (Limbed Excursion Mechanical Utility Robot) was developed to scale rock walls by gripping with hundreds of tiny fish hooks on each finger. That test project led to a new generation of robots that can walk, climb, crawl, and even use grippers like a gecko to attach to surfaces.As for robots that roll ... JPL is, in fact, reinventing the wheel, or at least various wheeled vehicles. The Axel Rover has two wheels and a link that trails behind, and a more recent DuAxel attaches two Axel Rovers to one another. They roll along as a duo until they encounter a steep slope. That's when the two Axels separate, remaining attached only by a tether, while one rolls away to rappel down the slope, then return to its partner.
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The Mars Rovers

The Short Answer:
What are the Mars rovers?

	Over the years, NASA has sent five robotic vehicles, called rovers, to Mars. The names of the five rovers are: Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance.
	

This image depicts all of the rovers which have driven on Mars, as well as the Mars helicopter. The artwork is etched onto a metal plate attached to the deck of the Mars Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars is a fascinating planet. It’s icy cold and covered in reddish dust and dirt. Like Earth, it has volcanoes, gullies, and flat plains. Scientists can also see channels that look like they were carved by rivers and streams a long, long time ago. Over the years, we’ve sent four robotic vehicles, or rovers, to learn more about Mars. And NASA’s fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, landed on the Red Planet in February 2021!
Meet the Team:
Click on each card below to find out what we’ve learned from each Mars rover.

Why are rovers so important?
Since the 1970s, scientists have been sending spacecraft to Mars. Several different types of spacecraft have been sent to the Red Planet over the years, and they all have different specialties. One type, called orbiters, orbit Mars, taking pictures as they zoom around the planet. Other spacecraft, called landers, provide photos and information from their landing spots on the surface of Mars.
Rovers have wheels and specialize in moving around. They land on the surface of Mars and drive around to different spots.
Rovers help scientists in their quest to understand what different parts of the planet are made of. Mars is made up of lots of different types of rocks, and each rock is made up of a mixture of chemicals. A rover can drive around to different areas, studying the different chemicals in each rock.