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Who are our neighbors? Why are many people scared of Muslims? What do they believe? How could those terrorists claim they were Muslim?
Prejudice is born in ignorance. Acceptance is born in education.
"El prejuicio nace de la ignorancia mientras que la aceptación proviene de la educación".
Muslims are just like you and I in the fact that they have families, love, eat, learn, work, study and live. If you want to know about plumbing ask a plumber and if you want to know what a Muslim believes ask one so I did.
Last night I went over to introduce myself to our new neighbor Osman and he explained that each of his children have 3 names so when you tell someone your name it also tells them the name of your father and your grandfather as well.He is from Africa and in his Country over 95% of the people are Muslim.
Osman plays soccer and is about 30 years old, I say about because he does not really know how old he is since his parents died when he was young and he does not have a birth certificate or anything.
Osman said they believe that Jesus Christ was a Prophet and not the son of God. He said they believe that Jesus will come again out of heaven at the Judgment day and they believe that many bad things will occur before that day as far as disasters.
Osman told me that many things are considered sin in his religion:
A. No taking anything into your body that will change how you think and some of these things include: Smoking, drinking, drugs etc… He said that Coffee is ok and so is Tea.
B. He said that Worshiping other Gods is the worst sin and then I believe he said taking of innocent life and then having sex outside of marriage and then abortion is also a bad sin. Osman told me that eating pork is also wrong and should not be done.
They pick their own leader or Imam and normally it is a Shake which is an older person that knows all about the religion and is very wise. Sometimes shakes are young as well. He said there is no ordination like a Priest etc….
The women meet in a different area in their Mosque and they take their kids for the festivals and take their older children around 6+ to the prayers and such. They also wash before worship or reading their Quran. (Koran)
Muhammad was a Merchant and an honest man and he did not like the things the people were doing and he would go up into some caves to be away from those things and one day God sent Gabriel to him and Gabriel said READ and Muhammad said I don't know how so Gabriel read to him and this went on and Muhammad came and told his wife what the Angel Gabriel had read to him and he also taught the people and over 100 years later the believers got together and wrote the teachings down which became the Quran.
If I have gotten any of this wrong I welcome corrections. I spent about 2 hours with Osman last night and I have read many of these things in the past but it was good to hear it from a believer.
He spoke of two sets of Pillars that their faith is based on and what they need to believe in and do.
5 Pillars of Islam
1. Testimony of faith with a belief in only one true GOD
2. Prayer – They pray five times a day and it takes about 5 min each time. While I was with him his app from his phone went off and the verse came on for a call to prayer.
3. Zakat or charity. They give 2.5 % of their income away and there is another amount that is given as well. This is very important to them and they believe they will be rewarded for this after the judgement day.
4. Fasting
5. The Pilgrimage to Makkah – only if one can afford to do this and still take care of your family. They get there and shave their head but they don't have to shave their beards. It is a custom for the mean to grow beards when they can. They keep their mustaches shorter for purposes of cleanliness. They also do HAJJ while there which includes several activities. They try to make this trip at least once in their lifetime.
Then Osman spoke of the Six pillars of Faith "Basic Islamic Beliefs"
1. Belief in God (That he is all powerful and you should not worship anything or anyone else other than God)
2. Belief in Angels
3. Belief in God's revealed books
4. Belief in the Prophets and messengers of God.
5. Belief in the day of Judgement
6. Belief in Al-Qadar: – This last one is best to have the whole explanation written out.
Muslims believe in Al-Qadar, which is Divine Predestination, but this belief in Divine Predestination does not mean that human beings do not have freewill. Rather, Muslims believe that God has given human beings freewill. This means that they can choose right or wrong and that they are responsible for their choices.
The belief in Divine Predestination includes belief in four things: 1) God knows everything. He knows what has happened and what will happen. 2) God has recorded all that has happened and all that will happen. 3) Whatever God wills to happen happens, and whatever He wills not to happen does not happen. 4) God is the Creator of everything.
Long ago I learned a lesson in life that I have tried to teach my children as well. In any religion there are good and bad people so you cannot judge the religion from just a few people in the church. In the Catholic Church you will find both good and bad and this would go for any other church as well. In any Group of people you can find both nice and mean people although some groups such as the Quakers may be more tolerant in some things than others. We need to be very careful about judging Muslims by what some bad people have done that claimed to be Muslim. Osman has 3 very cute kids and a beautiful wife. He has been in the US for 8 years and he speaks English quite well. His wife has a harder time with English and his children speak both English and Somali.
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Even though Representative Sandstrom's Immigration bill passed the house 2/18/11 overwhelmingly I feel the bill will cause a rift and will cause additional problems rather than solving them. Having the truth about the issues will really help people be reasonable and personally I don't feel that the House or the Senate is educated enough on this issue to make decisions as they have recently made. Now we will need to brace for the consequences and deal with them.

At Sutherland Institute's immigration debate on January 21, 2011, Paul Mero said, "A lack of legal status in the United States of America is not a crime, it's a civil violation such as speeding." He later said, "How can living here undocumented be evil when a lack of legal status isn't even a crime?"

In response that same evening, Representative Stephen Sandstrom said, "It is not a civil violation to enter the United States illegally, it is a criminal misdemeanor subject to six months in jail and deportation…the civil violation is if you overstay a visa after lawful entry."

So which is it? Who is correct? Are undocumented immigrants "criminals"?

In a way both of them are correct, what, how can that be? First Paul Mero is correct because in the US you are not punished or considered guilty of a crime unless your found guilty of that crime through evidence. The people that are here in the US that are undocumented have either overstayed their Visas or were not caught crossing the border. This puts this entire group of 11 million to 20 million people in the category of "Unlawful Presence" or as Paul stated a CIVIL infraction not criminal. In other countries people can be considered guilty without going to court yet in the US we follow the Constitution which gives rights to US Citizens and to some people chagrin rights to those that are not US Citizens.

Next Representative Sandstrom is correct that if you are caught entering the US without inspection it is a criminal misdemeanor yet none of these people that are here in Utah were caught therefore they are not considered guilty of that misdemeanor.

So both people are correct in their own way and if Representative Sandstrom would like to go sit on the border and watch people get caught he can wittiness the process and after I spoke with several lawyers about this I was enlightened and learned how the process works or in some cases does not work.

As a legal reminder, a civil infraction is a minor violation of law that is punishable only by a fine, such as a traffic or parking ticket. A misdemeanor is a crime, less serious than a felony, punishable by no more than one year in jail, such as petty theft, first-time drunk driving, or leaving the scene of an accident. A felony is a crime for which the punishment is a year or more in prison, even death. If you commit a "crime," not a civil infraction, you are a "criminal," by definition.

Representative Sandstrom made reference to "entering the United States illegally" and cited United States Code "8, 1325," meaning precisely Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, Section 1325, "Improper entry by alien." It reads, in part,

(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts

Any alien who

(1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or

(2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or

(3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

(b) Improper time or place; civil penalties

Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or attempting to enter) the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty of

(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or attempted entry); or

(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.

Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed.

This citation states that entering the United States is, indeed, a crime under Section 1325 (a) – a misdemeanor on first offense, a felony on second offense, and it's a civil infraction under Section 1325 (b). In other words, it's at least a civil infraction and no more than a misdemeanor on first offense.

Many times the Agents at the border do not process the people crossing with criminal misdemeanors but only the civil infraction under Section 1325 (b)

Interestingly, to Mr. Mero's point, if we read on in the U.S.C., Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, Section 1324d, "Civil penalties for failure to depart," it states,

(a) In general

Any alien subject to a final order of removal who—

(1) willfully fails or refuses to—

(A) depart from the United States pursuant to the order,

(B) make timely application in good faith for travel or other documents necessary for departure, or

(C) present for removal at the time and place required by the Attorney General; or

(2) conspires to or takes any action designed to prevent or hamper the alien's departure pursuant to the order,

shall pay a civil penalty of not more than $500 to the Commissioner for each day the alien is in violation of this section.

In other words, a "lack of legal status," or a failure to depart once told to leave, is a civil infraction for an undocumented immigrant.

The better question for all of us in Utah to ask may be this: Which, among these laws, is most relevant to Utah? Are Utah elected officials, community groups, businesses and citizens concerned more about an undocumented immigrant's illegal entry anywhere into the United States or an undocumented immigrant's lack of status while in Utah?

Of course, the answers to these questions could depend heavily on where you stand. If you believe that Utah's state and local law enforcement should become federal immigration agents, you probably will focus on United States Code referring to "illegal entry" into the country. If this is the case you will need their personal information including their full names, birth dates, country of origin an proof they entered without inspection in order to get a warrant or deportation order processed. With the few ICE agents Utah has being overwhelmed with undocumented people that are committing crimes the reality that they will begin to process NON CRIMINAL cases as any type of priority is very low. Separating families and causing great trauma to children by taking their parents or brothers and sisters away from them all because of a Civil infraction is not a prudent step to take especially when law enforcement should be concentrating on law breakers instead.

Pointing out that the US Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that undocumented people using a social security number just to work may not be charged with fraud unless there is proof they were using the false ID or numbers in order to steal. Most of the undocumented people using false social security numbers do it solely so they can work and they have federal, state, med and FICA (Social Security) taken out of their checks that they will never see. In 2009 over 9 billion in social security was paid into the mismatched funds and most of that is attributed to undocumented people paying social security using made up numbers or the numbers belonging to others. The recent figures are even higher so loosing this social security money would also cause some unintended consequences as well and maybe that is why the US is turning a blind eye on this issue in some respects.

They may not be turning a blind eye if you look at Obama's recent deportations that exceed more than any other president and note that half of them were people without criminal records and that if they don't get to 400,000 deportation they will loose the money allotted to the agency therefore they do go after many of the people that are easy targets even though they do separate families in the process.

Illegal aliens using false social security numbers may not be charged with identity theft if they were only using the number in order to work.

I say may because many states have laws about identity theft so those laws could also be enforced as well. Many of the states that have passed anti illegal immigration law targeting these people (Oklahoma, Texus, Alabama, Arizona etc….) have found that negative result such as 1 billion dollars of rotting crops in the fields last year have caused problems that people did not plan on especially with lost taxes, sales, loss in jobs and the list goes on.

This is a site that clarifies illegal's, criminal or civil offense.

On the other hand, if you are simply concerned with how undocumented immigrants affect Utah's public safety, freedom, and economic prosperity, you probably will focus on the parts of the Code referring to a lack of status. Especially since we cannot produce evidence or proof of them crossing without inspection. The very fact that they are in the country without documents is not proof in and of itself. It may seem silly but that is the law and it has to be changed if you want to enforce it differently.

Either way, it's important for all of us to understand that being an undocumented immigrant is far from evil in the eyes of the United States Code. There are those that would place machine guns on the border to shoot the people crossing and that reminds us of a not so long ago time when people were ordered to "Show me your papers".

Christie clarifies: 'Illegal' immigrants are in civil violation
By Kevin Coughlin
April 29, 2008, 12:03PM
Noah Addis/ The Star-LedgerU.S. Attorney Christopher Christie speaks at First United Methodist Church of Dover on Sunday
The office of U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie on Monday issued a statement addressing criticism of remarks he made regarding illegal immigration at a church forum in Dover Sunday.
In response to a question from an audience member, Christie said that immigrants are not committing a crime by being in the country illegally.
Monday, Christie said that while entering the country illegally is considered a federal misdemeanor, simply lacking legal immigration status is a civil violation.
"I can only enforce the laws that they give me," Christie said at the forum sponsored by the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey and the First United Methodist Church of Dover.
Christie's comment drew criticism from Morristown Mayor and Democratic congressional candidate Donald C. Cresitello, as well as scores of comments on Internet message boards.
Critics called his statements incorrect, and indicative of a lax approach to immigration enforcement by the federal government.
Monday, Christie's office is sued a written statement defending the comments, saying they accurately reflected federal law.
"He did not say, nor did he mean, that entering this country through any means other than the appropriate immigration channels is a lawful act," the statement read. "It is not."
The controversy has highlighted one of the most widely misunderstood aspects of immigration law.
Q: Christie said immigrants in the county illegally are not automatically committing a crime by their presence. Is that true?
A: Yes. "Illegal presence" as the offense is called, is not a violation of the U.S. criminal code. A person cannot be sent to prison for being here without authorization from immigration authorities. It is, however, a violation of civil immigration laws, for which the federal government can impose civil penalties, namely deportation.
Q: But he was later asked a hypothetical question about someone sneaking across the border and said that's not a crime either. Is that true, too?
A: No. "Improper entry by an alien" as it is called, is a violation of Title 8 of the U.S. criminal code punishable by a fine of between $50 and $250 and/or a maximum of six months in jail.
It is considered difficult to prosecute because unless authorities catch someone in the act of crossing the border, it is easier to just deport them than spend the time and money needed to prove how they crossed the border. Even in border states, first-time offenders are rarely prosecuted because the court system would be inundated with millions of cases.
Q: So it's a crime to enter the country illegally, but not a crime to be here illegally. How can you do one without the other?
A: It's not hard, and millions of people have done it. People obtain legal visas to enter the U.S. for work, study or tourism and then simply remain in the coun try after the visa expires. Of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, studies show about 40 percent to 50 percent came here legally but are now illegal immigrants.
Well first I am not pro illegal immigration but many people look at it like this:
1. If you are caught crossing the border without inspection it is a Criminal Class B Misdemeanor and you are deported. The second time being deported could result in a felony charge.
2. If you are not caught crossing or if your visa expires then you are unlawfully present within the United States and that is a CIVIL infraction. Similar to not getting a speeding ticket (also civil) because you did not get caught. You would be guilty of speeding, but if you were not issued a citation when it happened you're off the hook so to speak even though you were speeding.
Did anyone see them cross, well the evidence seems clear since they are here but the law does not work that way and we don't call them illegal without first proving it through legal means. Normally in the USA you are innocent until proven guilty. So referring to a group of people that have not been charged, not been given a chance to explain anything is a concern. Some say that they don't have rights, well they do, they don't have all of the rights citizens have but they do have rights. We have seen in the news of several cases where legal residents and citizens have been caught up in immigration raids because agents assumed by where they were working, by their accents or inability to speak English made them guilty of a crime.
The illegal act committed in AZ does not transfer to Idaho etc.. even though it is a federal issue. No police department in the Nation will prosecute Federal Civil infractions..so the person can be picked up in border states easier than in the inner states since they normally are not stopped and questioned unless they have done something else that merits them being stopped or arrested. Since AZ tried to copy Fed law and make it a State crime as well they may run into additional issues they were not planning on such as the undocumented person asking for a jury trial which is what many lawyers were geared up for. Since they made a Federal Civil infraction into a State criminal one that is one of the unintended consequences that could follow.
3. It is up to the US to prove that the people came over illegally and I know it does not make much sense but someone that has no ID and is what most of us would call illegally here is simply Undocumented. They don't have to tell the agents very much information but many do. The US lacks records on over 11 million possibly as high as 22 million people that are here without documents or born and brought over.
4. ICE cannot just show up at your door because you look like you might be undocumented, they need a warrant with your name on it or a deportation order with your name on it and in most cases they don't have this information unless you have applied through USCIS and then they are going after the easy cases of people that are trying to go through the process legally.
5. Many people from Honduras or Guatemala will tell the Immigration agents that they are from Mexico so they don't get shipped back to their countries making it harder to cross again.
6. So I do not argue that illegal immigration brings crime, drugs, human trafficking and other problems to the country although I do point out that the quoted statistics are often misquoted and misrepresented and that these people do pay property taxes since they pay rent and hence they do pay into the education systems, sales tax and many other taxes including over 11 billion a year into the mismatched social security tax which is a chunk of change. We as US Citizens take advantage of their cheap labor yet we don't understand that prices for hotels, food, homes and businesses will rise when we deport them so we can't have it both ways and morally there are problems with sending mothers and fathers that are supporting their families back to their countries and leaving the children here to be part of a foster care system. Deporting US Citizen children with their parents has also been done although it places the families and children in situations where the health and welfare of these children is placed into danger. Many other factors come into play in these situations especially since many of these towns where they are deported to only pay around $60 to $200 per month and the cost of living is much higher than that.
Give me your tired and your poor and those yearning to be free?
I hope this helps you understand how some people think….
This is a site that clarifies illegal's, criminal or civil offense.
What don't you understand about illegal it's illegal. Well yes and no. It is illegal and criminal when they catch you crossing the border without permission. It is not criminal however if you make it over undetected, then it becomes "unlawful presence" which is only CIVIL not criminal.
Too many people don't understand that law enforcement is limited as to what they can do because of these complications. Many lawyers and even law enforcement people do not fully understand the law in this respect.
Not to defend coming over illegally but you do need to think about the ramifications if we deport 20 million people that are part of our community.
1. What will happen to millions of landlords when their renters are deported? Who will bail them out? Where will that money come from without raising taxes?
2. Who will makeup the lost taxes that comes from property tax from these people?
3. What will happen to the social security fund if illegal aliens are not putting in over 11 million per year that they will never get back?
4. Who will end up paying to support over 4 million US Citizen children of the illegal aliens that are deported? Currently either family or the state takes custody of these children. After one raid on a factory in Utah 2 bus loads of children were put into the foster care system and it overloaded the systems capacity. Our systems are not set up to handle anywhere near the 4 million + children that will be involved.
5. Many countries charge US Citizens to live there. Guatemala charges $25 dollars every 3 months for US Citizens and in many towns the wages are only $60 per month which is about 1/10th of the cost of living so to take even $10 per month away from this amount could be making people go hungry. People make more in the cities but the cost of living is also higher as well. Learning what people are actually paying for things opens your eyes more than ever before. I sat down with several families in Guatemala in 2008 and 2010 to do just that. If they work on a banana plantation they can make $200 per month which is only 1/3 of the cost of living. This is why so many children quit school early so they can help their family pay the bills and put food on the table. My daughters good friend just did the same quitting school at the age of 15 even though she wanted to keep studying.
6. The buying force that illegal aliens have in this country is very large and to take that money away will cause major problems with the economy. The fact that they also send about 10 percent of their income out of the country to help their families is another form of humanitarian assistance that is privately funded. To say this hurts the country shows the lack of education since in macroeconomics we learn that sending dollars out of our country does the opposite of hurting the dollar but actually encourages trade in dollars outside our country making the dollar worth more.
7. Not everything about illegal aliens comes up peaches and cream. They do bring crime, human trafficking and drugs. They bring drugs because of our high demand and usage of drugs so that part is partially our fault as well. We need to clamp down on criminal activity and not just send them out of the country since they come right back again.
8. We need a solution that will not include sending 20 million community members out of the country. We need to fine them since that is what is appropriate for a CIVIL case and we need to put them on a road to becoming legal. I don't say they should be put in the front of the line ahead of anyone that is applying legally because that too would be wrong.
9. Children of illegal aliens (undocumented) should be allowed to stay, many of them don't even speak Spanish and have no memory of their country. Many of them have lived in the US their whole life and don't know any other way. Separating them from their friends, schools and way of life is wrong, morally and just simply wrong every way you look at it. They had no choice in the matter and they are being punished for something they had no hand in.
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WARNING: I put this warning on this material because it contains profanity. I personally try to avoid using such words and I encourage my children not to use these words and stress that those that do almost always end up making less money on average than those that don't swear. Some would argue this position depending on your job. In our youth many times we swear to gain acceptance of our peers and later most of us realize how silly that really was. Many people swear because that is how they were brought up and that is their way of life and without it they may not be as powerful or as noticed or they may not fit in when they don't swear.
When I see an interest for this product I will consider other MP3 files in different areas.
Policemen, Firefighters and medical personal have a great need to understand Spanish and having an overall knowledge of the swear words will help you in your job. This product is an MP3 file and can be purchased at www.larryloveutah.com click on learn Spanish and the MP3 file is Spanish profanity.
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We have not been marketing these rosaries very actively yet. The quality is great, the rosaries are beautiful and we just took pictures of them and recently put them up on the web site at discounted prices. We hand pick the stones when we go to the gem shows and then we take time putting them together. This is how we figure the prices:
Cross $3 (Depends which one is used)
Center piece $2
Stones 53 for the prayers (five sets of 10 and 3 on the bottom) $8
Stone or metal or crystal main pieces – larger stones (6) $3
Metal spacers or other material 60+ $3
Crimps 3 – $1.50 (.50 cents each)
Special nylon covered multi-strand cable $1.50 (.75 per foot)
Just the materials for each rosaries come up to $22 dollars
It takes about 40 minutes to put a Rosary together and sometimes an hour. Many times it takes 15 or 20 minutes to design one so the average time spent on each is about 1 hour not including taking the picture and writing the description for the web site. Adding $15 dollars for labor the total price for a rosary comes up to $37 using quality materials.
Total price for each rosary should be $37 with materials and labor
When you view the rosaries at www.larryloveutah.com click on the picture of rosaries on the side of the page or click on additional products then rosaries.
Currently I am designing a special rosary for someone and I will present it to them as a gift. I have been debating the exact stones for quite some time because of who the person is and what they represent.
Several Churches in the State strive to help those in need including those with immigration concerns. The Catholic Church can be contacted for some assistance with forms and applications for immigration. They also have programs that teach English as a second language. Bishop Wester has been an advocate for Human rights and to keep families together.
Padre Omar Ontiveros is also a great advocate for Immigration and human rights.
Handmade Rosaries at the link below
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I bought a great LED flashlight at the fair last year and I have worn it out using it all the time and it finally broke. It was a $40 dollar flashlight.
I bought my daughter $60 dollar M-FLARE and the 2 D batteries lithium will run the light 200 hours on low or 90 hours on high, this is a great unit but a bit bulky. I loved it so much I got myself one and I keep it in my CERT kit.
5 weeks ago I ordered a flashlight from China and it is a 900 lumen flashlight that uses 2 of the 18650 batteries that are many times used for laptops. I have not gotten the charger for this yet and I will let you know how it works out. I paid $43 for this one and it included shipping.
The 18th of April the most recent Spanish CERT class graduated from a 7 week disaster preparation course that will help the community in the event of an emergency. In some areas of the City the Hispanic population is so dense that not having Spanish speaking emergency workers could really be a burden.
Students learned skills and practiced their abilities the following areas:
1. Fire suppression (small fires using fire extinguishers)
2. Cribbing (Apalancamiento) to lift heavy objects of people that are trapped.
3. Disaster Organization – How to set up a command center and begin making assignments and delegate.
4. First Aid – Stopping the bleeding, opening the airway and treating for shock. We focused on these major areas and also touched on burns and other aspects as well.
5. Additional class material on terrorism, disaster philology etc…
This picture only shows half the class, additional pictures will be posted on facebook. In 2009 We graduated the first Spanish CERT class in 10 years and we have been teaching classes ever since. John Flynt with Salt Lake City has been very helpful in getting these classes going and getting the Spanish manuals printed etc… Charlie Eckhart organizes and has also been rock solid in showing up, setting up and making sure it all comes together.
This is a real picture of people that I went to visit in 2008 and 2010 in Guatemala, you will see the rock sink and behind that is where they cook. When they don't have a close family relation that is a US Citizen or resident the chances that they can even apply to come to the US legally are almost nothing. In this town they make about $60 per month unless they are lucky and work at the banana plantation and then they make $200 a month working 6 days a week. Having said that you need to understand that the cost of living there is about $650 per month and most people live way below the real cost of living. Many times young kids will drop out of school to add another income to the family budget. This happened to my daughters friend last year.
So if mom and dad are working that adds up to $120 or only 18% of the cost of living so it is no wonder one family member will come to the US illegally and end up making $10 per hour which is 25 times the money they could make back home so if they send $300 a month home the family can improve their situation several fold. I am not saying this is right or should be happening but this is reality. Many illegal immigrants bring crime into the country while the majority just want to work and send money back home.
I have interviewed many illegal immigrants and after speaking with them you learn so much about them. Understand that if they are caught while crossing the border they are deported and this is a crime, however if they are not caught and they make it over the border then the situation they find themselves in is "Unlawful Presence" which is not criminal but only a civil infraction. This is why the authorities are limited in what can be done. Now there are other factors as well. If we deport them all we will loose over 10 billion that they contribute to the mismatched social security fund each and every year, millions of landlords would loose renters, millions of children would loose parents, without the property tax that is being paid on those rentals billions of dollars in education money would be lost. These are unintended circumstances we don't contemplate.
So I don't justify it although I do understand it. We also need to be prepared to suffer the consequences of whatever we decide to do. Many states passed tough immigration laws and last year alone over 1 billion dollars in crops rotted in the fields. We need to seek solutions that don't separate families of people that are not criminals.


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Jeronimo Martin, MD
Atlantic Fellow at GBHI
Trinity College Dublin
Home Country: Mexico
Field of Employment: Emergency Medicine
Key Areas: emergency medicine, neurological emergencies, stroke
Jeronimo Martin is an emergency medicine specialist from Mexico. He has worked for three years as an attending physician in the General Hospital of the National Medical Center La Raza in Mexico City, where he also completed a three-year residency. As an emergency medicine specialist, Martin has had the opportunity to treat numerous patients with different neurological diseases, such as stroke, head trauma, neurodegenerative disorders, dementia, and delirium.
In Mexico, a mere 0.5–1% of all stroke patients receive the best treatment option. This low percentage translates into more complications and disability, as well as a greater impact on a personal, social, and economic level for the patient and their family. Hospital General La Raza is a national stroke center, and Martin has taken part in hospital programs to develop strategies for faster and more efficient procedures to improve the treatment of stroke. Martin has also conducted research to identify the main risk factors for stroke, and he has been part of an Emergency Department program aimed at improving the percentage of patients receiving thrombolysis as treatment for stroke.
As part of the Atlantic Fellows program at GBHI, Martin would like to conduct research studies aimed at improving the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of stroke; develop multi-center studies and programs to diminish stroke risk factors; identify populations at high-risk for stroke; and reduce the time that patients with stroke seek medical attention. These actions could help update and improve the treatment of stroke in Mexico and increase the percentage of stroke patients who receive timely and adequate treatment. In addition, developing new prevention strategies to lower the incidence of stroke in Mexico would diminish the condition's impact not only on patients and their families, but also on the Mexican economy and society.
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More than 100 movies, TV shows and commercials have been filmed in Las Vegas and San Miguel County. The appeal of the area as a filming location goes back to the birth of cinema. Beginning in the early 1900s, countless movie makers and film stars found in Las Vegas the perfect backdrop for their creative ideas. The 2016 Places With a Past Tour will celebrate film making in Las Vegas with tours of the Historic Plaza Hotel, The Veeder Building, Tito's Gallery, The Indigo Theater, St. Paul's Peace Church, The Castaneda Hotel, Montezuma Castle, 1001 7th Street, and 1028 7th Street.
Below are responses about the tour from Kathy Hendrickson, tour coordinator for the Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation annual event.
Q. What prompted CCHP to think of using film locations as the focus of the 2016 Places With a Past Tour?
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Q. What reactions have you received?
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Q. What do you most want people to know about this year's tour?
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Q. Talk about how the tour works.
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Q. What are the three best reasons to buy a ticket to the 2016 Places With a Past Tour?
KH:( 1) Touring historic sites where your favorite Movie or TV Show has been filmed and learning the history of that place; (2) The newly restored Indigo Theater will be showing old clips of Romaine Fielding and Tom Mix films as part of the tour, at no extra cost;( 3) Exploring Las Vegas and discovering areas in town where a scene from your favorite movie and television show was filmed and take a "selfie" with friends and family !
And a fourth great reason: Explore Las Vegas with open eyes and you'll find myriad houses, buildings and areas that have been included in movies and television shows over the years. You will be touring historic homes and meeting a lot of great folks, including the Las Vegas Harvey Girls! You will have so much fun discovering locations in your favorite films and taking lots of selfies and photos with friends and family. All this for only $20!
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When: August 6, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tour Type: Self-guided, docent led
Price: $20 per person
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Sony Pictures has unveiled three new international posters for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," giving us a look at Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) doing battle with Electro (Jamie Foxx). Check everything out below.
Plot: For Peter Parker (Garfield), there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is directed by Marc Webb and is set to hit theaters on May 2nd, 2014.
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on January 8th, 2014 at 6:15:21 AM
still won't be number one box office in 2014
on January 8th, 2014 at 6:39:27 AM
very lazy work, they have used the same image of electro in each poster!
on January 8th, 2014 at 7:23:29 AM
This is a great little video about movie posters these days. Definitely worth a watch.
on January 8th, 2014 at 8:11:14 AM
cool video! it does show how generic movie posters are these days.
Posters used to be artwork, FU Hollywood!!!
on January 8th, 2014 at 12:46:05 PM
Copy and pasted Electro on all three posters. Great.
on January 8th, 2014 at 1:09:41 PM
on January 8th, 2014 at 4:17:51 PM
i find it weirdly funny how in the posters, spiderman looks like he has more muscle, yet in the trailers and/or actual film, he has a justin bieber build and hair cut even facial features are quite eerily similar...speaking of which, bieber is like the young ken doll stuck in a real world environment, i can be this, i can be that, i can be an angel cgi'd with wings...i can be spiderman...sorry it's been a weird day and for some reason was exposed to a kids bop commercial featuring miley cyrus's wrecking ball...all i could think was 'wtf, now we'll be seeing underage naked kids swinging on balls'...but the day will come when people get easily bored of her slutty image/ways...yea it's big now, but people will want someone new hopefully...i'm also really sick of white people trying to sound black...stop saying 'on da flo' or 'never been befo'...been hearing it from justin timberlake years ago and even then i thought it sounded so silly and lame like a real life version of malibu's most wanted...but the stupid part is the listeners of today buy into that bullsh*t and encourage it...would people cheer me on if i sounded ridiculously lame? the f*ck they wouldn't...can't understand why other people don't see the embarrassment, sadly they only realize it when it becomes old to them and THEN they start hating saying how lame it is...even more sad than that, some never grow out of it and carry it on throughout more generations
on January 8th, 2014 at 4:46:29 PM
These are unintentionally hilarious.
on January 8th, 2014 at 4:52:57 PM
That was awesome!
on January 8th, 2014 at 7:25:06 PM
Ironic title. The AMAZING Spiderman, and yet everything from these two movies, from the lame, robotically-generated posters, to the tired retread of Raimi's original series, has been anything but "amazing".
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Contemporary Malaysian development – design by GRAFT
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Bird Island House
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Architects: GRAFT
Program: 0 Energy hOUSE
Size: 16,000 sq ft
Bird Island – Concept
We have applied an integrated strategy of developing a zero-energy house that seamlessly dovetails the economic and environmental advantages of environmentally friendly living with the needs of a demanding and cosmopolitan clientele. The environmental and economic features of this way of living do not conflict with our client's lifestyle; rather it furthers their ability to comfortably enjoy their time at home.
While providing an expansive outdoor living deck that spans the whole of the site, the primary living space is concentrated inside cooled zones. A maximum amount of economical and energy efficient floor area is created and sheltered from the elements by a dynamic tensile structure. The traditional relationship between indoor and outdoor has been shifted, allowing for comfort while free of the bonds of traditional walls.
Extended living spaces are arranged separately from each other and bisected by landscaped areas with local vegetation. The surrounding tensile fabric flows through the interior, shaping and imbuing the spaces with sublime shading and view patterns. Heavy sliding curtains enclose living spaces and create privacy.
Bird Island Skin
The skin is a tensile, environmentally friendly fabric through which the outside world is seen. The skin turns and twists along the façade changing its transparency and guiding the view of the residents out to the landscape and views of the area. Viewed together, the individual strands of fabric create patterns which flow naturally over the skin.
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Kaysone Phomvihane, Savannakhet Province
Advocacy Alert No. 02/2015
March 4, 2015
In response to the inquiry of the representative of the five Christians convicted of criminal offense in the People's Court of Savannakhet Province for religious healing prayer for the sick, the State Inspection Authority and the Savannakhet Provincial Health Department decided on two critical issues on February 27, 2015 (according to Savannakhet Provincial Health Department, Document Report, No. 273/kk.psk):
The Document Report states:
1. The religious ritual of praying for the sick calling on God for healing him/her in accordance with one's religious belief is in violation of the Article 41, 42 of the Health Care Law (translation of the Lao language)
2. The religious ritual of praying for the sick calling on God for healing him/her in accordance with one's religious belief is considered a religious ritual for the purpose of healing; thus, it is in violation Article 41 of the Health Care Law (translation of the Lao language).
The HRWLRF holds that the decision issued by these two Lao government agencies is in direct violation of the constitution and the laws of Lao PDR.
While the Lao constitution stipulates that "the state respects and protects all lawful activities of the Buddhists and of other religious followers" (Article 9), however, these two Lao government agencies are essentially stating that praying for the sick for the purpose of healing is "unlawful activity," and, therefore, Lao citizens cannot appeal to the constitution for protection.
Article 30 of the constitution states: "Lao citizens have the right and freedom to believe or not believe in religions." The act of praying for the sick to be healed by the intervention of a supernatural power in accordance with one's religious belief is the core of one's belief in a religion. By ruling that religious healing prayer is unlawful, the Lao government is taking away the right and freedom to religious belief that is guaranteed by the constitution and laws.
The decision of the Lao government agencies also contravenes the right to pray as guaranteed by Article 11 of the Decree on Management and Protection of Religious Activities in the Lao People Democratic Republic, Prime Minister's Office No. 92/PM.
Furthermore, the decision goes against the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which is binding on the Lao government.
Article 18 (1) of the Covenant stipulates: "Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching."
Article 18 (3) of the Covenant stipulates: "Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others." It would be hard to prove that the act of praying for the sick (upon the request of the sick) without the use of medicine or material remedy would bring direct harms to the sick.
The HRWLRF is appealing to the Lao government to review the decision of the State Inspection Authority and Savannakhet Provincial Health Department as well as to respect the Lao constitution and relevant laws as well the to abide by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Furthermore, the HRWLRF is appealing for the immediate release of the five Christians convicted on February 12, 2015, by the People's Court of Savannakhet Province based upon the abuse of the Health Care Law.


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I often get asked which is the best yarn I have ever used. I never know how to answer because, for me, the quality of yarn is wholly dependent upon what project I am doing. When I think about yarn, which I admittedly do all the time, I just try to think about it in context. What type of project am I making and who am I making it for? How will the object be treated, how will it be used and how often will it be used? Do I need to think about maintenance? In other words, every yarn has a purpose. - Something About Yarn - Knitting & Crochet Blog Week 2010
I wrote this last year and it still rings true to me. Thanks to my livelihood, I see and use a lot of different yarns and I have rarely come across yarn that isn't fit for purpose. I will freely admit that out-and-out novelty yarn like Rico Pom-Pom isn't for me but it is a great yarn for the right sort of knitter. Likewise, I am a huge, huge fan of Rowan Kidsilk Haze but I know several knitters who cannot abide the texture, the fibres or how it knits up.
If I look at my personal stash, it is clear that I like really fine yarns (i.e. lace weight yarns).
I cannot explain this love of lace weights because I can only wear so many lacy shawls without looking like I'm taking part in a Victorian Era re-enactment show and yet I am forever knitting and stashing yarn not much thicker than regular sewing thread.
I am currently knitting a very, very basic triangular shawl using Noro Sekku, a 2-ply cotton/wool/silk blend. It is a typical Noro yarn with surprising colour changes, thin & thick bits, and it is slightly overspun. It works well with a very simple stocking stitch shawl but as a knitter I think I am definitely gravitating towards less showy yarns.
When next in Scandinavia I have a mind to stock up on Snældan 1ply, a brilliant Faroese/Falklands yarn, and Navia Uno, a strange lace yarn which combines a high-twist 'thread' and an underspun core to great effect. Both yarns look very unremarkable in the skein, but they knit up beautifully. My current blog header is a close-up of Navia Uno, incidentally. Later in the year I hope to have time to knit with Garthenor's organic 1-ply wool. I wish that Blacker Design did fine yarns because I would love to try some of the different breeds and also support British producers whilst I'm indulging in my favourite past-time.
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Thank You, Green Team
Well, it's Tuesday. So, we thought we'd share a little bit about Teamwork.
Oh, and Thanksgiving is coming up too, so we'll also express MANY Thanks to our Green Team.
We couldn't be out and about town at your favourite events reducing waste to landfill and working Towards Zero Waste without all the guys and gals in the green shirts. Thank you, for your unwavering enthusiasm for sorting, picking and leaving public spaces cleaner and greener than when we found it.
Green Event Services is able to do so much good in the community because our people are so good.
Thank you, for making this green dream of ours come true.


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Looking for Art Online, for the Offline World
If there's one thing Instagram has done better than any other platform, tool, or cultural phenomenon that I know if, it's this: It's brought attention and recognition to some really talented photographers. It's also helped create a new awareness, and appreciation, for photography.
But the biggest problem with Instagram is the screen. Instagram simply can't do most photos justice because the screens on phones, iPads and computers are just too small. Screens also reflect light and alter certain colors. The difference between viewing a great photo on an iPhone and seeing a full-sized print blown up on a wall is like listening to a crappy thin mp3, vs. a vinyl recording. It's a substantially reduced experience.
With that in mind, I just came across Archive-e, a site that offers museum/gallery quality fine art prints, and the selection is phenomenal. They are definitely heavy on the surf/coastal vibe imagery, which is right in my wheelhouse, but there's work from classic American photographers like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans too. The work that catches my eye though is from contemporary photographers who I've admired for some time, photographers like Morgan Maassen and Wayne Levin, and also the timeless images from some of my favorites like Ron Stoner and Ron Church.
Many of these images, and photographers, you've probably seen on Instagram.
You don't have to stroll into a gallery to find great art, and you don't have to admire it in the palm of your hand either. Grab a big photo, put it on your wall and let it set a mood for an entire room. Over time you might find yourself drifting into it, gazing at it while lost in thought. Perhaps you won't even realize it at the time, but you'll start appreciating the image in a new sublime way. It may even become something of a creative touchstone your eyes and mind wander towards to find calm. And that's something that just won't happen on Instagram.


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About House of Q
So, Tell me About House of Q…
House of Q is a world class maker of BBQ sauces, spices and a best-selling cookbook based in Langley, BC.
The House of Q Competition BBQ team began competitive cooking in 2005, and has since won awards all over North America, including First Place in the rib category at the 2014 World Food Championships in Las Vegas, NV. The team attended the Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championships in Lynchburg, Tennessee in 2009 and also in 2014 with awards at both events. The team was awarded the 2014 Team of the Year by the Canadian BBQ Society.
Launched in 2007, the House of Q BBQ sauce and spice line-up has won awards across North America, including best BBQ sauce twice at the BBQ on the Bow in Calgary, AB, for our Apple Butter BBQ Sauce. Our Slow Smoke Gold BBQ Sauce and Slather won Second Place two years in a row at the prestigious American Royal World Series of BBQ in Kansas City, MO. House of Q products have a loyal following and are hot sellers at specialty retailers across Canada.
Since 2007, the House of Q BBQ team, led by BBQ Brian Misko, has appeared on Global TV BC's Morning News in the summer months, providing the BBQ Tip of the Week. House of Q has also appeared on TV in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and on radio programs across Canada.
To find out more about House of Q, please contact us.
About House of Q People
House of Q is a home-based business, and husband and wife team of Brian and Corinne. Between creating original (and award-winning) recipes, manufacturing a product, sales, shipping, accounting, bottle washing, marketing, frequent TV, radio or trade-show stage presentations, web mastering and anything else that comes up with running a business, yup, Brian and Corinne are doing it.
BBQ Brian often jokes that their business office is "Well, there is our master bedroom, the room next door is the world headquarters for House of Q Foods Ltd, a bathroom and then our daughter's bedroom." Indeed, House of Q is a home-based, family-run business.
Corinne has been a successful travel agent, an entrepreneur with a home-based business and has worked part-time in a retail gourmet store sharing cooking expertise. Brian, on the other hand, has held sales positions with a printing company and a software company and then six years or so in a marketing role as a data analyst. House of Q is the first collaborative business effort for the two together.
Often, their daughter Kassandra will join in at events, helping with samples, selling sauce or even preparing shipments.
There's more!
In the spring of 2015, House of Q added Greg Ewart to their staff as their Manager of Sales and Operations. Greg is a fellow BBQ competitor with the team name the Barking Boys. If Greg is not practising his cooking of competition BBQ he is making sure his customers are really happy. After nearly 18 years of sales and sales management, he joins House of Q to build our direct retail customer markets.
BBQ Competitions
The first BBQ competition for House of Q was the BC Chili and BBQ Festival in the spring of 2005 in Vancouver, BC.
At that competition, we were nervous, anxious and our lofty goal was simply to "NOT be last". We accomplished that and a whole lot more…
Like thousands of BBQ teams across North America, we do our best at every event to send trays off to the trained judges to see if we warrant their points and ultimately top prize. The prize you ask, well ribbons, trophies, cash and the undisputable right to declare you are the best.
House of Q – List of Competition BBQ Awards
Major Awards
Canadian National BBQ Championships – First Place Burger
Canadian BBQ Society – 2014 Team of the Year
Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Competition – 6th Place Pork; Top International Team Pork Category
World Food Championships – 1st Place Ribs; 10th Place Brisket; Top 10 BBQ Contestant; 7th Place Overall
American Royal World Series of BBQ (Kansas City, MO) – 2nd Place BBQ Sauce
American Royal World Series of BBQ (Kansas City, MO) – 2nd Place BBQ Sauce
Recent Contest Grand Championships:
BBQ on the Bypass (Langley, BC) – Grand Champion 2014, 2012, 2009
BBQ on the Bow (Calgary, AB) – Grand Champion 2014, 2013
Porkapalooza (Edmonton, AB) – Reserve Grand Champion 2014
Cloverdale Cowboy Cookoff (Surrey, BC) – Grand Champion 2014
Canadian Festival of Chili and BBQ (Langley, BC) – Grand Champion 2012
Big Red Barn Burner (Chilliwack, BC) – Grand Champion 2012
Select Media and Trade Show Appearances:
Global TV BC – 2007-2014 – multiple occurrences through the summers on Morning News
CFOX Radio – Vancouver – Jeff O'Neil Show 2010-2018 – regular guest
BT Edmonton
Q107 Toronto
CTV Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver
CBC Radio
Global TV Toronto
CTV Regina
CISN Country – Edmonton – Chris Scheetz Show
CJAY – Calgary – Jerry Forbes Show
Cottage Life – Toronto, Edmonton trade show stage demo's
Home and Garden Show, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto trade show stage demo's
Calgary Women's Show trade show demo's
West Coast Christmas Show – Abbotsford
Ridge Meadows Home Show – Maple Ridge


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Welcome to Weft Counselling Service
Counselling offers a safe and respectful relationship with someone who will give you uninterrupted time, listening to your thoughts and feelings with compassion and acceptance.
I understand that it can take a lot of courage to take the first step into counselling. To ask for, and to be willing to receive help from another person can take a lot of courage and it is important for you to feel comfortable with your counsellor. I hope that the following will give you a sense of who I am and how I work.
In our sessions together you will find me to be an open, thoughtful, and reflective person who strives to work with compassion, empathy and humour. I pay close attention to the needs to my clients and will always work to make our time together feel a safe place for you. I have a wide experience working with people of varied sexualities, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. I have particular experience and understanding of living with the effects of the addictive behaviour of a loved one, anxiety and depression, and the effect of physical disabilities and chronic pain.
My training is in Integrative Psychosynthesis. This means that I believe that the relationship between the counsellor and the client is the key to healing.
Integrative means that my training many different therapeutic approaches including Gestalt, Psycho-Dynamic, Jungian and Humanistic. I believe that emotional, environmental, physical and spiritual factors all play apart in defining who we are. Because everyone is unique, I work in a way that suits you and will adapt to your needs.
Psychosynthesis can be translated to mean 'with soul', which makes me what is known as a Transpersonal Therapist. I see any spiritual beliefs you might (or might not) hold as being an important part of who you are. I would never judge or belittle you for any of your beliefs.
Having spent several years working at the Spiral Holistic Therapy Centre in North London, I have now set up my own private practice, Weft Counselling Service, on the Isle of Wight. I hold a counselling diploma from Re.vision Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis, a training accredited by the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
I am a BACP registered Counsellor. As a member of BACP I have pledged to adhere to their code of ethics and practice. I have regular counselling supervision with an experienced Supervisor and Counsellor/Psychotherapist. I am committed to regular training and to my own personal development, and it is important to me to be continually deepening my own understanding of myself and others. I hold full public liability insurance.
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Keller Williams Announces Record Growth, Expansion into Mexico
North America's largest real estate franchise extends productivity, profitability gains
AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 15, 2014)- During its annual gathering of top-producing real estate agents from around the world, Keller Williams reported record agent count, productivity and profitability gains. Over the past year, the company extended its lead as the largest real estate franchise by agent count in North America, growing at approximately four times the rate of membership in the National Association of REALTORS®. Since January 2014, Keller Williams has added 12,000 net associates, bringing its overall associate count above 107,000.
"Our associates' drive, passion and energy are what set Keller Williams apart," CEO Mark Willis said. "We're going to keep pushing. We're going to keep driving. And we're going to stay on the leading edge both as a company and in each of our local markets."
Vice President of Growth John Davis announced that the company's associates had extended their historic gains in agent count, transactions and sales volume. In the past year:
The productivity gains are driving profitability for franchise owners as well as Profit Share distributions to associates. Owner profit has increased 17 percent, with 96 percent of market centers profitable for the year. The company's Profit Share program, which rewards stakeholders who help the company grow, has now surpassed half a billion dollars in distributions since the program's inception.
"All of this growth, all of this success starts at the local level," Davis said. "It's what you're doing in your market, sharing the Keller Williams story and ensuring that every associate is using Keller Williams training and tools to grow their business."
During an update on the company's global expansion, Keller Williams Worldwide President Chris Heller announced plans to open Keller Williams offices in Mexico. He also welcomed guests from more than two dozen countries and reported on the growth of Keller Williams regions like KW Turkey, which has opened 7 offices since launching this year, and KW Southern Africa, which has opened 22 offices in its first two years of operations.
"It's a big world and we have big expansion plans," Heller said. "We're expanding into new markets and becoming the leading force in international real estate. Our systems and models are helping our regions grow. We're in business with leaders who are committed to building their teams through training. But the main area that sets Keller Williams apart is our culture."
Keller Williams President Mary Tennant shared that the company's charitable foundation, KW Cares, had in the past year awarded more than $2.8 million in grants to Keller Williams associates and family members struggling through unexpected hardships from health issues to natural disasters.
"At the heart of everything we do is giving back to our communities, to our families and to ourselves," Tennant said. "We are blessed to be in business with leaders who exemplify our culture of giving."
Willis implored attendees to think big, aim high and act bold: "That's the way of thinking that led us to create an education-based, technology-driven, consumer-focused company an organization that has disrupted the real estate industry and become the real estate company of choice."
"Real estate is a local business and what you do in your market fuels all our success," Davis said. "Let's finish the year strong and build momentum for the best year the real estate industry has ever seen."
About Keller Williams Realty, Inc.:
Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise company in North America, with 700 offices and 107,000 associates in more than a dozen countries around the world. In early 2014, Keller Williams was named the No. 1 training organization in real estate and No. 2 training organization across all industries in the world by Training magazine. The company has grown exponentially since the opening of the first Keller Williams Realty office in 1983, and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards associates as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes and commercial real estate properties. For more information or to search for homes for sale visit Keller Williams Realty online at (www.kw.com). For more information about KWWorldwide, please visit kwworldwide.com.
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The #1 rooftop in Copenhagen
The best view in town
At the top of ILLUM you find Copenhagen's coolest ROOFTOP with bars and restaurants and the best view of the city. Among other things, this location offers great steaks, exquisite lobster, crispy pizzas, sparkling bubbles, and much more. Open Monday-Saturday 10-22 and Sunday from 10-20. As a ROOFTOP guest you can save 50% on parking between 20-09. Collect a ticket at the driveway and ask for a discount ticket in the restaurant.
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Start your weekend with drinks on ILLUM ROOFTOP at our After Work Bar Fridays from 4PM -10PM. Great atmosphere, delicious cocktails, and exclusive Friday night deals.
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Your only limitation is your own imagination when choosing where to take a pleasant break from shopping. Visit one of ILLUM's many lovely cafés and find everything from gourmet coffee to confectionary arts.
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There has been tremendous media interest in Alsop since the visit of Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England.
Alsop featured in the Financial Times on Saturday 18th November and the FT posted an online video clip showing Mr Carney in school.
The video clip can be seen here:
Alsop has also produced our own video clip of the historic visit. The video can be viewed on You Tube via the following link:
We would like to thank our students for making this visit such a memorable day.


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Flying high despite the rain more than 50 aircraft designers landed their model entries at the model aircraft competition at Classic Flyers in Mount Maunganui at the weekend.
Classic Flyers chairman David Love says although the weather deterred some, the final day of the model aircraft competition was "a good day out."
"Some excellent models came in. The standard was really high."
Event organiser Diane Jeffery says the crowd enjoyed the radio controlled aircraft demonstrations commentated by Tony Christiansen.
"Spectators seemed to enjoy the flying competitions if the shrieks were anything to go by."
"We had 100 people at the busiest time."
Classic Flyers New Zealand class – junior 1/72 scale Kittyhawk first place winner, Keenan Barton-Hutchings design was the most talked about model.
Keenan mounted his Kittyhawk model on top of a diorama, making the aircraft look as if it was in attack mode, with buildings appearing to be on fire underneath.
David says the Kittyhawk segment was significant due to Classic Flyers own rebuild of the model.
Junior winner of the aircraft model entrant's own choice segment, Joshua Brockett will be sharing a flight in the Ag Cat - Grumman aircraft with Keenan as a reward for their winning models.
Senior winner of the aircraft model entrant's own choice section - Ramon Hopkins, was awarded a seat in the Boeing Stearman aircraft.
Judges made a special mention to senior open aircraft model entrant's own choice first place winner, Ramon Hopkins saying it was a "lovely model."
A junior pilots' colouring competition was held attracting more than 80 entries from children between the ages of five to 10-years-old.
Sophie Leaver, 7, was the winner of the six to seven year group with her three dimensional drawing.
The Year 7 Bethlehem Primary School student says she made the glider with the help of her father, who himself builds model helicopters.
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Knives in Moveis
Here is what we know about knives in movies (Published July 2011):
|The Tom Brown Tracker is featured in the movie "The Hunted".
|The SOG Twitch XL is in the TV show "House" and the movie "Shooter".
|The Cold Steel Espada is featured in the movie "The Expendables".
The Buck 110 has been featured in many movies and TV shows. Some of these include:
The Dukes of Hazzard
Sons of Anarchy
|The Chris Reeve Sebenza is featured in the movie "Collateral". You'll notice that the model Tom Cruise has is left-handed because he is a southpaw.
|The Benchmade Auto Stryker is featured in the movie "The Heist".
Surefire Flashlights have been used in dozens of movies and on TV. Here are some of our favorites:
The Day after Tomorrow
Aliens Vs Predator
Tomb Raider II
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
24 - on TV
CSI - on TV
For more examples of knives in movies or TV shows, check out the "Pointy goes to Hollywood" section on The Knife Blog.
And of course, if there are any knives or movies that we missed, feel free to let us know!
And of course, if there are any knives or movies that we missed, feel free to let us know!
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Paul Smiths in Franklin County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Pettis' Grave
Erected 1935 by New York State Education and Conservation Departments.
Location. 44° 26.409′ N, 74° 14.806′ W. Marker is in Paul Smiths, New York, in Franklin County. Marker is on New York State Route 86 0.3 miles east of New York State Route 30 when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Paul Smiths NY 12970, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Site of Camp S-60 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Teddy Roosevelt's Journal Walk (approx. 0.9 miles away); Forest Fire (approx. 5.7 miles away); Wilderness Lady (approx. 10 miles away); Bernhard E. Fernow (approx. 13.9 miles away).
Categories. • Environment • Notable Persons •
More. Search the internet for Pettis' Grave.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on July 21, 2014, by Dominic Morrell of Dover, Delaware. This page has been viewed 339 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on July 27, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. Photo 1. submitted on July 21, 2014, by Dominic Morrell of Dover, Delaware. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.


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The Tri Walker Bag is an easy to attach, handy vinyl bag designed for 3 wheel walkers. Perfect for shopping trips to town, the bag is attached by simply wrapping the flaps on the bag around the frame of your walker and fixing by using the poppers attached to bag and flaps.
The bag is made from a vinyl, leather looking material and is water resistant and hard wearing. This walker bag for three wheeled walkers does not prevent the walker from being folded - provided the bag is empty meaning that it does not need to be removed after each use.
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Appthority was founded in 2011 with a singular mission: protect companies from the security, data loss, and privacy risks coming from the explosive growth in employee use of mobile apps. Whether a personal or company-owned mobile device, mobile apps are increasingly being connected and used for company business, resulting in exponentially increased risk exposure for both the enterprise security and mobility teams. Appthority was designed to provide a simple, yet scalable, way to manage mobile app risk to company data. The mission is to identify, expose and eliminate mobile app risk to the enterprise before it becomes a business-critical issue or crisis.
If you are interested in learning how Appthority, in conjunction with your existing EMM Platform, can help protect your enterprise for the risk that apps pose, please contact us and let us know how we can assist you. We will be happy to provide a customized demonstration to your team to help you understand how Appthority pro-actively reduces the mobile app risk to your company.