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Megan is my older sister. I'm taller than her by maybe about 1/4th of an inch. Regardless, she is my big sister, and I'm rather fond of her. She is blonde, blue-eyed, and beautiful. Megan is a Vocal Education major in her last semester, and she has a lovely voice. Her calling in church is the Stake Music Person. She was also the answer to my prayer on Saturday.
Megan was asked a while ago to prepare a musical number for a Relief Society activity to be held Saturday morning. Megan, being very busy, forgot about until Friday afternoon. She called everyone she could think of to sing the song, but no one was available. Discovering that her own voice was the only option, Megan found a girl to play piano for her.
Megan has a knack for picking up music, sort of looking at it, and then being able to play it on the piano, improv a better accompaniment, and sing along with it all without a hitch. (Jealous? I am.) She wasn't too worried.
But then the next morning when it was time for the two to perform during the activity...
That's right. Whoever had gone into the room to set up for the activity had forgotten one eensy-weensy teeny-weeny ever so crucial detail- the particular song the organizers had REQUESTED required a PIANO. And there wasn't one in the room. So Megan and Lolita (whatever her real name is) had to run around and try to find a piano real quick.
(NOTE: Ignore my awful grammar in that picture. I promise that not all of my English education is wasted all the time. Just some of the time. Like when I'm drawing pictorials and I can't edit it afterwards without expending a great amount of effort. If you know how to fix things like that, let me know. We'll be friends.)
So when they finally got the piano in there, they composed themselves, and prepared to perform the special musical number. They began the song, but it turns out the microphone was on the fritz and that most people couldn't hear Megan singing (which generally isn't a problem even without a microphone). They asked Megan and Lolita to start AGAIN.
And so Megan starts the song again, practically eating the microphone. But she notices something. Her music is out of order. All of the running around dragging in pianos had somehow discombobulated her sheet music. And she didn't even know the song. Not even the chorus. Megan just started making things up and singing whatever part was in front of her. Poor Lolita just tried to follow her around on the meandering journey through Wonderland.
Poor Lolita. Maybe she would've been able to follow better if everyone would stop calling her Lolita to get her attention. How is she supposed to know where to go if no one will say her name?
After this whole fiasco, Megan gave me a call to share the woeful and hilarious tale of unfortunate incidents with me. I laughed. A lot. Megan asked, "WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO ME?!" I was about to respond with a "Because you're Megan and you're special enough" kind of speech, but I stopped to think about it. And then I realized something.
It was my fault. I've been having a hard time with some things lately, and I wanted a good laugh. So I prayed that I would find happy things, and funny things, and things to laugh over with people that I love. And then I get a call from Megan, one of the people I love most, detailing quite the musical fiasco, and we laughed together.
Well, there you go. Now you know that prayers really are answered. And the next time that something awfully ridiculous is happening to you, think about who might be praying for a reason to smile, and go and find them. Share your experience. Laugh. And then tell them to pray for something else.
Let me tell you how I embarrassed myself.
Yesterday at church, I saw a lady I've talked to a few times. Her name is Susan. She's a very nice lady. She has a son (she has several sons, in fact) who recently had a bad accident. Something about his ankle, and ligaments and/or tendons (are those separate things?) being torn. They knew that there was a pretty good chance of his needing orthopedic surgery, and that didn't make things any better. He also has a hard time getting around. That doesn't make situations pleasant for the patient or for the people trying to be patient with the patient. (This is not to say that he isn't an excellent patient- you'd have to ask his mother.) Cookies are always appreciated, no? I offered cookies, and cookies were accepted. That meant that I needed to go home and make some.
However, I hadn't planned on feeding the missionaries at 5:00. We found out at about 3:00ish, and church got out at 4:00. We got out to the car pretty quickly so we could could get some food started in the kitchen. I was rather frazzled by the whole affair, so I was glad to be able to bake afterwards. I whipped up some good old chocolate chip cookies. Such a pleasant little morsel of happiness. Cookie purity. I was feeling relaxed...
Until I realized that I didn't have any plates I could use to bring the cookies over to The Patient. Just a bunch of cheap plastic wrap that doesn't work. It doesn't stick together until you don't want it to. It puckers and gapes and lets goodness slip out of its confines. Except when it has me in its clutches.
Not wanting to lose cookies or endanger myself, I decided that using a brown lunch bag would work. After much confusion as to the proper method for stacking cookies in a brown lunch bag, we managed to get things packaged. I included a quote (that I made up on the spot) on the front of the bag:
Hey, if they don't fix your body, at least they can bring a grand old smile to your face and bring back happiness and cheer and memories of happy times in childhood years of yore.
We took the Bag of Happiness over to the correct house, and walked up to the door. We knocked, and listened to a giant dog make loud barking noises until the door was opened by The Patient's father.
That's right. I mumbled. I made a strange face. I started to become very uncertain about being at the right house, especially when he asked again,
Andrew jumped in and covered up my muttering. It was then that I realized that I had arbitrarily assigned The Patient the name of Brett. I have no real idea where that name came from. I'm sure that there is a very nice man named Brett that I met recently who is walking around, blissfully unaware of the grief and embarrassment he caused me Sunday evening.
Seeing the comment about the healing properties of cookies caused a realization for one, amusement for another, and chagrin for the third.
Yes. Garrett. But in my heart of hearts, The Patient will always be fondly referred to as Brett. I hope that he enjoyed those cookies. I hope that he enjoyed the fact that someone who didn't even know his real name would make him cookies and package them in a brown bag bearing a fictitious proverb JUST to make him feel a little bit better.
And I really hope that this doesn't mean that Megan has been praying for a laugh. Because I don't know how much more of this I can take.


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First to arrive was a CD called 'Equal' (7/16), the focus there being Beethoven's Violin Concerto, and now we have 'Op 2' (not, you'll note, the designated opus number for the pieces programmed), a selection of works that are close to Sebastian Bohren's heart. There's one incontestable masterpiece, the Concerto funebre for violin and strings by a German composer who withdrew into internal exile for the duration of the Second World War, beyond which he refashioned a number of his major works. Karl Amadeus Hartmann's wonderful concerto opens by quoting the 'Hussite Song' that Smetana uses in Má vlast and Dvořák in the Hussites Overture. Allusions to Wagner haunt the second movement, whereas the violent third anticipates the world of Shostakovich's Seventh and Eighth Quartets, and the work concludes with slow chorale. Concerto funebre has not been short of fine recordings, André Gertler and Thomas Zehetmair having produced two of the best, but Bohren's comprehensive rendition homes in on every varied nuance that Hartmann calls for, from ethereal quiet playing among the instrument's upper reaches to a swingeing attack of the bow elsewhere.
Mendelssohn's teenage D minor Concerto was pioneered in modern times by Yehudi Menuhin, who recorded it memorably, and again Bohren offers a keenly communicative, virtuoso account with seamless passagework, especially in the first movement. If you're expecting premonitions of the great E minor Concerto, be warned, there aren't many, but it's a pleasing and precocious piece, much along the lines of the string symphonies. The other Bohren favourites are Respighi's Third Ancient Airs and Dances Suite, a melange of 16th- and 17th-century movements skilfully arranged, and Schubert's A major Rondo, D438, where Bohren affects a winning lilt in the main rondo theme. Phrase shaping is always musical and the playing of the CHAARTS Chamber Artists is highly accomplished throughout. Excellent sound, too.
On a slightly different note, maybe someone could come along with an 'Op 111' CD – opus-led this time, ie Beethoven, Reger, Brahms and Dvořák, for starters, all marvellous pieces.

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The Divya Kesh Tail is an herbal hair oil with a difference. Normally hair oils contain several chemicals in the guise of additives and other stuff that is added into them for color, fragrance, etc. But the Divya Kesh Tail is without any chemical additives. Not even a trace of anything synthetic can be found in this oil which is made of pure herbs such as brahmi, kamala, daru-haridra, kamala, ketaki, nilini, and many others. Each of these is an herb found commonly in the Indian jungles. These have been carefully collected and their oil is extracted, which forms each bottle of this herbal oil.
The Divya Kesh Tail helps in the solution of several hair-related problems, some of which are:-
- Hair fall
- Dandruff
- Baldness
- Early graying of hair.
What Can the Divya Kesh Tail Do for You?
Before staring out with a regular program with the Divya Kesh Tail, it is imperative for you to understand all the things that it can do for you. Here is a list.
- The Divya Kesh Tail has several herbs that have high vitamin E content. Vitamin E is needed to make the hair long, lustrous, and luxuriant. By using this oil regularly, your crowning glory enhances both its health and appearance.
- Not just the hair, the Divya Kesh Tail may also be beneficial for the good health of the other nearby parts of the body such as the brain and the eyes.
- The brain can get regularly stressed out due to several tensions. This oil helps in soothing the brain and bringing its temperature down.
- It is also very helpful when headaches strike. Regular use of the product, people can actually get completely rid of headaches.
- Regular use also boosts the immunity of the body. Due to this the person does not suffer from simple ailments. Things like ulcers, common colds, fevers, digestive problems, etc. are kept at bay.
- In fact, Divya Kesh Tail may also be beneficial for epileptic patients. Using this can prevent such seizures completely.
Divya Kesh Tail and Children
One of the major problems most parents face today is that their children are not able to concentrate on their studies. Coupled with this is the lack of a discipline to study. Children are more interested in things that do not have priority in their lives.
However, all these issues can be addressed by using the herbal agency of Divya Kesh Tail. This product has immune boosters and antioxidants which even help in improving the mental capacity of the child.
Children who have begun using this oil regularly find that they improve in their lessons at school and are also able to perform better.
So, if you are constantly stressed and reach home after a hard day's work, then a massage on the scalp with this oil could be very rejuvenating.
Being completely natural there are no side-effects. The oil is meant to be rubbed directly into the scalp just as one would do with any normal oil, to experience the benefits of it.


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Lily joined Laner Muchin in 2014 as a member of the Firm's counseling, litigation and traditional labor teams. Prior to joining Laner Muchin, Lily was an associate at a national law firm where her practice focused on complex employment discrimination litigation. Lily provides compliance-related and strategic advice on a broad range of employment issues to help her clients minimize risk and navigate difficult employment disputes. Lily also regularly conducts internal investigations and trains clients on discrimination, harassment, and management best practices.
When her clients are involved in litigation, Lily represents employers before state and federal courts, and government agencies. She defends employers sued in all types of employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment and retaliation litigation, wage and hour and wage payment claims, whistleblower claims, and employment contract disputes involving trade secrets, non-competes and restrictive covenants. Lily also negotiates collective bargaining agreements and represents employers in arbitrations arising under such agreements.
- Law Bulletin Publishing Company selected Lily as a 2019 Emerging Lawyer
- Illinois Super Lawyers selected Lily as a Rising Star, a recognition reserved for the top 2.5% of attorneys under the age of forty in the State of Illinois (2016, 2017, 2018)
- Lily has published over thirty articles on a variety of employment and litigation topics and her articles have been featured in The ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law, Corporate Counsel, Inside Counsel, The Federal Lawyer Magazine, The Computer and Internet Lawyer Journal, and Campbell Law Review.
- Author, Unpaid Internships – The New Lightning Rod for Wage & Hour Litigation, Laner Muchin Newsletter (January 2016)
- Author, Trending Away From Telecommuting: Is Working From Home A Reasonable Accommodation Under The ADA, American Bar Association (September 2015)
- Author, Who's The Boss? Joint Employment Law and Its State of Flux, Employment Law Update (November 2014)
- Author, The Tides Are Turning: EEOC Pattern or Practice Lawsuits Must Adhere to Title VII's 300-Day Limitation Period, ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law (Fall 2014)
- Author, It's Time To Re-Evaluate Workplace Arbitration Programs, The Illinois Manufacturer Magazine (March 2014)
- Author, Phishing on Facebook: Do You Ask Job Applicants for Their Social Media Passwords?, The Computer & Internet Lawyer, Vol. 31 No. 1 (January 2014)
- Author, Fifth Circuit Overturns NLRB in D.R. Horton Arbitration Case, The Legal Pulse (December 11, 2013)
- Author, A Look At The EEOC's Pursuit of "Edge Of The Envelope" Cases, Inside Counsel (December 11, 2013)
- Author, Religious Discrimination – It's On The EEOC's Radar, Inside Counsel (November 13, 2013)
- Author, With a Few Clicks of the Mouse You Can Uncover What Job Applicants Leave Off Their Resumes, Employment Law Lookout (November 26, 2013)
- Author, The EEOC's Fiscal Year-End Rush to the Red Zone, Inside Counsel (October 30, 2013)
- Author, Social Media Privacy Laws and the Financial Industry, Corporate Counsel (October 2013)
- Author, Testing the Social Media Waters: First Amendment Entanglement Beyond the Schoolhouse Gates, Campbell Law Review, Vol. 36 No. 1 (Fall 2013)
- Author, Phishing on Facebook: Do You Ask Job Applicants for Their Social Media Passwords?, The Federal Lawyer Magazine (September 13, 2013)
- Author, Workplace Class Action Litigation Is Here To Stay, National Club Association (February 2013)
- Contributing Writer, The Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits In Brief Biannual Review, Vol. 4 Issue 1 (Spring 2012)
Below are representative samples of the types of matters Lily handles on behalf of Laner Muchin clients:
Providing employment counseling to develop specifically tailored strategies to help minimize employment risks on: state, federal and local discrimination laws, compensation policies, handling employee complaints and grievances, effective hiring and termination decisions, managing employee performance, legally required postings, maintenance of personnel files, employment tests for hire/advancement, lawful employment applications, food handling and alcohol certificate requirements and compliance, new hire paperwork, state and federal laws impacting temporary service agencies, Department of Transportation requirements and compliance, effective discipline and documentation, drug and alcohol testing, managing performance through performance appraisals, administering and creating leave of absence and sick leave programs, background check laws, sexual and other harassment, use of social media during the hiring and selection process, pregnancy and disability discrimination and accommodations, updates on changes in employment laws, and a variety of other employment-related topics.
Preparing individual employment agreements, severance agreements and independent contractor agreements.
Defending employers in single-plaintiff, class actions, wage and hour collective actions, and EEOC pattern or practice lawsuits before state and federal courts.
Defending employers before federal, state and local government agencies on discrimination and wage and hour issues.
Drafting personnel policies and employee handbooks.
Counseling and conducting audits to identify and correct wage and hour and other legal compliance efforts and concerns, including, but not limited to: hourly minimum wage rates, overtime, properly classifying employees as exempt and non-exempt from overtime, tip policies and tip sharing, deductions from wages, wage garnishments, child labor laws, show-up pay, misclassification of employees as independent contractors, compensable time, recordkeeping of hours worked, required meal breaks and maximum days/hours worked in a workweek, and a variety of other federal, state and local wage and hour laws.
Conducting investigations on behalf of employers on a broad range of topics, including investigations of alleged harassment, retaliation, discrimination and other matters.
Negotiating collective bargaining agreements, responding to grievances, defending against unfair labor practice charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board.
Providing employment-related advice to clients involved in acquiring other entities, including negotiating and preparing employment contracts for incoming executives, advising on non-compete issues, ensuring that due diligence on employment-related issues are sufficiently thorough, among other related services.
Providing training to executives, managers and entire workforces on a range of employment-related topics including leave and disability, discrimination, diversity, harassment, hiring/firing, background checks, effective documentation/discipline practices, managing performance, the role of supervisors and management, and a variety of other employment-related topics.
News, Events, and Publications
- 01.24.2019
- Laner Muchin Attorney Lily McNulty Presented "Avoiding Legal Landmines" at the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters 2018 Forum04.19.2018
- Laner Muchin Attorney Lily McNulty Presented on a Panel Discussing "Women at the Work Place: Leadership and Sexual Harassment" to the Law Society at Chicago-Kent College of Law03.23.2018
Practice Areas
- Counseling and Transactional
- Labor Management Relations
- Private and Public Sector Employment Litigation
Ohio Wesleyan University, Honors in History 2010
The John Marshall Law School, J.D., 2013 (Law Review Executive Editor)
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Last Update: 08-11-2017
Before you dream of launching your own multi-seller e-commerce website like Amazon, let's know what Flipkart is and how it works!
Today Flipkart is the largest online eCommerce shopping website in India. Flipkart started in 2007 and recently it acquired an online fashion e-commerce store Myntra in $300 million. Flipkart's annual revenue is 5000 crores, among the top 100 websites in the world, Flipkart has been ranked 82 by Alexa and 7th in India.
Flipkart is known for an e-commerce marketplace, B2C shopping Portal for Indian customers ordering the goods to deliver in India.
Here is a comprehensive analysis of the eCommerce Giant Flipkart's Business Model for the aspiring entrepreneurs.
Flipkart Business Model:
Marketplace > List vendors who sell desired products > Get shoppers browsing through the products > Make enticing deals & discounts > Customer purchase desired products > Vendor/Flipkart ships the product to customer > Product accepted & Not returned back > Vendor gets the agreed price for the product sold minus the commission charged by Flipkart for making the sale.
Therefore, the primary source of income Model of Flipkart is "X% commission on the total selling value given to the vendor".
The sale can happen through many channels as given below and for all the trading is achieved by Flipkart for the same supplier – Flipkart will charge a percentage (%) cut on the whole total sale amount which does not include taxes.
The percentage of commission differs on the kind of product and type kind of selling which Flipkart makes.
Flipkart Revenue Model: The income of Flipkart from other sources are as follows
The giant eCommerce platform creates revenue not only by the sale of products but also from different income channels. Here are some of them:
Web portal:
The basic source of income of Flipkart is collecting a commission for the services from the vendors who use its platform.
Listing and convenience fee:
The other way of getting revenue to the company are inclusion and convenience fee. The listing fee is collected from the vendors, and the convenience fee is collected from the purchasers for quicker delivery. Convenience fee adds wrapping charges for the gifts; Billings includes to the whole income of the company Flipkart.
For delivering the goods of the vendors; an amount is charged from them. It supplies services to its vendors like other delivery companies. Charging services for delivery differ from location to location covering the distance.
Digital media:
It also sells ads and different products such as co-branding and co-advertising to the vendors or brands via digital media. The ads are divided into three classes:
The technical working function of Flipkart- Let us see some facts:
Since it is created chiefly on PHP, this website provides us to experience as contented purchasing as in a real store. At present, the engineers of this site's program clear that the site is now high in its responsiveness and very low at showing the mistakes of technology which assists the online store to keep up the selling.
The complete rules which are seen above provides the reason why Flipkart is one of the best selling eCommerce brands in our country!
The actions of your idea should define your success; not just your idea alone.
On understanding the working functionalities, your next question will be how to build a website like Flipkart! All you have to focus on is a feature-rich, scalable, open-source platform which provides you with changeable and powerful features to customize and manage both the front-end and back-end in an efficient manner. We can use leading technologies using Magento eCommerce platform to build it as they have plenty of features that make it possible for to build a Flipkart clone.
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Steve Parker, owner of Lone Star State Cigar Co. located in Allen and Plano, Texas, announces the release of the SP3.
The SP3 is blended by Ezra Zion Cigar Company exclusively for Lone Star and will only be available through their retail locations.
"We hit up the Ezra Zion boys to do something special for our shops. I told them the profile we wanted and what our customers were purchasing most from their blends, and they hit it out of the park for us." said Parker.
The SP3 is a Nicaraguan puro. Wrapper is a gorgeous dark corojo laid over a blend of tobaccos from several valleys in Nicaragua. It will be available in 3 sizes: 7x48 churchill, 5x50 robusto, and 46x6 corona. Due to contractual obligations, the factory of origin and total production numbers will remain undisclosed. Prices will range from $6.50-$7.50 depending on vitola.
"It's an honor to be asked to make a house exclusive. Steve is a good friend and fellow Texan, so it's a thrill to do a project with him." stated Chris Kelly.
The SP3 is named in homage to Stephen Parker III, the owner's son and namesake. It will be released at two launch events scheduled for September 4th and 6th at the Allen and Plano locations respectively. Events begin at 5pm.
"Making a cigar as a tribute has a long tradition in this industry. We're glad we could be a part of a project that represents a Father's love for his son." added Kyle Hoover.
For more information, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit lonestarstatecigars.com.
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The discretion of the emperor who followed Julian saved Christian rule, for the time being, from an unfavorable contrast with heathen rule, as respects tolerance. Jovian earned the hearty encomiums of representative heathens, such as Themistius, by granting full liberty for the exercise of their religion, those obnoxious rites alone excepted for which no one expected a governmental sanction. Valentinian, Emperor of the West from 364 to 375, adhered in general to the same principles; a superstitious zeal in prosecuting those suspected of practising magic being his most serious exhibition of intolerance. Valens (364-378), Emperor of the East, by the grace of his brother Valentinian, acknowledged the same laws in relation to heathenism, and sanctioned a similar severity against all supposed to be guilty of magic and divination. The reputation for intolerance attached to Valens is due rather to the rigor with which, as an Arian, he treated the orthodox party, than to any violent attack upon heathenism, It was during the joint reign of these emperors that the word paganism was first employed officially as a designation of a religion. [Codex Theodos., Lib. XVI., Tit. ii. 18.] Gratian, who followed Valentinian in the rule of the West, while he issued no sweeping prohibition against the practice of heathenism, dealt it a destructive blow by ordering that the revenues of the temples, and the public support which had been given to priests and vestals, should be withdrawn. He also commanded the statue and altar of Victory to be removed from the Senate. A strong effort was made by heathen partisans to have these measures repealed; but the diligence and energy of Ambrose, who was highly influential both with Gratian and his successor, Valentinian II., defeated the attempt.
In 379 Theodosius came to the throne of the East, and in 394 his success in overthrowing the usurper Eugenius gave him also the rule over the West. Reversing the policy of Valens in relation to the doctrinal controversies of the age, he assisted the orthodox party to a final victory. As regards heathenism, his decrees and his practice indicated for a considerable time a wavering between toleration and proscription; but in 391 he entered decidedly upon a policy of total repression, -that is, of heathen rites. The mere belief, or even its advocacy, he did not think of touching, and numbered professed heathen among his friends and officers. By a law of 392, the offering of idolatrous sacrifices was declared a crimen majestatis, and as such might be capitally punished. This penalty, however, had its place in the statute-book, rather than in actual execution. "The ready obedience of the pagans," says Gibbon, "protected them from the pains and the penalties of the Theodosian code." [Chap. xxviii.] But if their persons were spared, their temples in many instances were not. No general edict was issued by Theodosius for their destruction; but the passions of the populace, and the fanatical zeal of the monks, urged on, in various districts, the work of spoliation and ruin. In some cases retaliation was provoked from the heathen. We read of Christian churches being burned in Palestine and Phœnicia. In Alexandria the heathen requited what they deemed an insult to their faith (namely, an ostentatious parading of the indecent symbols found in a temple which had been devoted to the worship of Bacchus) with violence and bloodshed; and, indeed, they so far committed themselves by their sedition, that they finally counted it good fortune that they were allowed to escape with their lives, though obliged to witness the destruction of the magnificent temple of Serapis, as well as of less noted edifices.
A similar course, attended with similar incidents, was pursued by the sons of Theodosius, Arcadius, and Honorius, and by their immediate successors. The episode most disgraceful to the Christian side was the murder at Alexandria, in 415, of the beautiful and talented female philosopher Hypatia. It is to be observed, however, that, while professed Christians were the agents in this brutal and unchristian deed, it was not altogether in the name of religion that it was accomplished. Political motives were prominent. The deed, moreover, was that of a mob, -a mob drawn from a populace noted for its turbulence and ferocity. "The Alexandrians,"says Socrates, who was in middle life at the time of the tragedy, "are more delighted with tumult than any other people; and if they can find a pretext they will break forth into most intolerable excesses." [Hist. Eccl., vii. 13.] The same historian speaks in the highest terms of the character and ability of Hypatia, representing her as gaining universal admiration by her dignified modesty of deportment, as drawing students from a great distance to hear her exposition of the Neo-Platonic philosophy, and as surpassing all the philosophers of her time through her attainments in literature and science. "Yet even she fell a victim," he continues, "to the political jealousy which at that time prevailed. For as she had frequent interviews with Orestes [the prefect], it was calumniously reported among the Christian populace that it was by her influence he was prevented from being reconciled to Cyril. Some of them, therefore, whose ring-leader was a reader named Peter, hurried away by a fierce and bigoted zeal, entered into a conspiracy against her; and observing her as she returned home in her carriage, they dragged her from it, and carried her to a church called Cæsareum, where they completely stripped her, and murdered her with shells. After tearing her body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs to a place called Cinaron, and there burned them. An act so inhuman could not fail to bring the greatest opprobrium, not only upon Cyril, but also upon the whole Alexandrian Church." [Hist. Eccl., vii. 15.] The judgment which the Christian historian passes upon the deed, it may fairly be presumed, was the judgment of intelligent and sober-minded Christians the Empire over.
As heathenism had very little to contend for, it gradually succumbed. Only a remnant of it was left in the East by the time of Justinian (527-565), and to this the despotic emperor endeavored to give a finishing blow. Heathen worship was declared by him a capital offense, and its last source of intellectual prestige was quenched by the abolition of the philosophical school of Athens. In the West, the incursions of the barbarians left little chance for the exercise of any central and decisive authority on the subject. But as the barbarians themselves had no favor for the old classic heathenism, it found no refuge, save in the hearts of occasional devotees in the cities, and in the rites which might safely be practised in the unfrequented districts.


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Tue, 24 October 2017
Episode 89: Between the Lines 9 - Movement Matters…and it matters so much, we're devoting the next couple episodes to it!
Welcome to the Katy Says podcast… This is the ninth in a series of special episodes we're calling Between the Lines, where Katy Bowman and Stephanie Domet explore the deeper messages in and connections between Katy's books.
Movement Matters:
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Different theories argue that the notion of "religion" is not a cultural universal but rather developed under specific historical and political conditions. "Religion", they say, is a social construction. Recently, during my work stay in Spain, in a Catholic –majority county, most of the Spanish Roma were discussing the role of the religion in their families or communities. Usually the first question was "How many times do you visit a Culto?" (An evangelic church which in the last decades is growing up among Spanish Roma), implying that I, as a Romani woman automatically should visit a Roma church. The negative surprise came when actually I answered that I do not go to the Culto, "I am a Romani Muslim woman", I said. Frozen face expression! "That's a problem", one of them said. I was struggling with my thoughts and efforts to understand why for Roma that live in Spain is unknown the existence of Roma Muslim, until I understood that the identity, including the Roma identity, particularly the gender and religion construction is based on the created Western narratives about which religion "should be practiced" or which one is "better", or what means to be a "real woman". Although Dubuisson respects the study of beliefs and belief-systems as legitimate, he argues that the word "religion" is too tense with ideology and too Western in its associated meaning to be useful.
As a Romani Muslim woman and a feminist, in this paper I discuss the urgent need of addressing the intersectional experience of Romani women for being Roma, women and for practicing different religion than the dominated one, their experience inside and outside Romani and non-Romani communities. I also look upon Western construction of narratives about "saving oppressed" Muslim women and how actually those narratives not only have consequences on accepting the diversity with-in the Roma communities, but also increase the multiplied discrimination faced by Romani Muslim women. In other words, any analysis that does not take intersectionality into account cannot sufficiently address the particular manner in which Romani women are subordinated. As follows, in this paper, I also present literature opinions that establish the adjustment of broadly accepted understandings of the above mentioned concepts.


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(A) A partnership may maintain an action against a partner for a breach of the partnership agreement or for the violation of a duty to the partnership, causing harm to the partnership.
(B) A partner may maintain an action against the partnership or another partner for legal or equitable relief, with or without an accounting as to partnership business, to enforce any of the following:
(1) The partner's rights under the partnership agreement;
(2) The partner's rights under this chapter, including any of the following:
(a) The partner's rights under sections 1776.41, 1776.43, or 1776.44 of the Revised Code;
(b) The partner's right on dissociation to have the partner's interest in the partnership purchased pursuant to section 1776.54 of the Revised Code, or any other right under sections 1776.51 to 1776.53 or sections 1776.54 to 1776.58 of the Revised Code;
(c) The partner's right to compel a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business or enforce any other right under sections 1776.61 to 1776.67 of the Revised Code.
(3) The rights and otherwise protect the interests of the partner, including rights and interests arising independently of the partnership relationship.
(C) This section does not govern the accrual of, and any time limitation on, a right of action for a remedy under this section. A right to an accounting upon dissolution and winding up does not revive a claim barred by law.
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He Asks: "How long does one put up with eggshells on the ground?"
Don't this heartbeat rock strong enough for you to stay sated?
ain't the trill of my love soft enough for you to lay in it?
Don't you get sucked long enough to stay in it?
Don't you bathe in it?
Be honest, negro
you fade in it, you
lose your black in my black, I sweat black gold
you sarcophagus-mold to me and you be unashamed
when I let you call me by name
like a litany.
I stay on that tongue lyrically as a symphony
Who raise up the Ra' in you?
Who told you you was a Sun, and wrote you like a golden rule
Who sit between your legs
and give you KING space?
Don't you know…these eggshells are scars?
you are a trigger because you shot me,
and its okay.
We are all armed with something.
But when I hear the pop and pop
reminiscent of a cock or a shot
I will plaster myself against the wall, or on the floor
I will sob uncontrollably until I can remember a better time
How long you put up with that is your fucking choice
but I remember a time when we peeled off our heels
and left copper footprints in our wake.
our walk hurt, and it smelled like God and the Devil was cooking soul food in your mama's kitchen.
Our walk was too tough to be troubled
by shards of an unborn chicken
You gonna walk hard with me?


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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Amazing News from Eurobricks...
Posted by Brick Street at 8/29/2007 12:04:00 PM
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These are exciting news, no doubt on that, however I think LEGO isn't very happy we know all this, specially the bricklist that has been seen on EB... But hell we wil buy them anyways! :DReplyDelete
Well, they shouldn't add it to their website before they want it to go public then! :)ReplyDelete
They must know there are people who like nothing better than typing in possible set numbers and hoping something comes up!
Hmmm that's a cool hobby! ;) Thanks guys that do that.ReplyDelete
Also I'm happy that the green grocery is dark green.
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The Brown library is excited to work with BIARI scholars during their tenure on campus and beyond. We look forward to building connections and learning from each other. This guide is designed to support your research and other scholarly pursuits while on campus and after. While many of our resources are liscensed and can only be made available during your stay we hope that the training and relationships we offer will continue long after you return to your home institutions. Please feel free to contact any of the library staff for assistance.
Welcome to Brown.
Printing at the Rockefeller Library
If you have a photo ID card, you can log in to any computer and print to the Rockefeller Library printers. You need to add money to your ID card to pay for printing. To do this use the machine on the second floor between the two bathrooms.
If you have a temporary ID card (without a photo) you need to purchase a Bear Bucks card for $1 and then add money to it so you can pay for printing. To do this use the machine on the second floor between the two bathrooms.
Scan and Email
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Quincy Police Warn of Another Phone Scam
Quincy Police warn of another phone scam.
A Quincy resident reports being contacted by phone by a male claiming to be from the U.S. Government Grant Department. The caller speaks with a foreign accent and advises that the person being called has been selected for a seven thousand dollar government grant. An ID number and a different number to call back is provided.
Upon calling back, the person is advised to wire a sum of money to an address for taxes. Quincy Police contacted the callback number. The male answering the phone said he was from the Grant Department. Upon being questioned, he refused to provide a mailing address or other information to prove the legitimacy of the offer.
He eventually hung up on police after directing vulgarity and profanity toward the officer.


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Most People Don't Know These 10 Hidden Gems in New Hampshire Even Exist
These hidden gems in New Hampshire will make you fall even more in love with The Granite State. It's no secret that New Hampshire is full of adventure and awe-inspiring spots, but some of the best attractions in the state remain hidden, even to locals. Luckily, we're here to make sure you know about them.
How many of these hidden gems have you visited? Did we leave any of your favorite New Hampshire hidden gems off the list?


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As I've mentioned, I started this journey at the start of the new year, so I am by NO means an essential oils specialist. The beauty of this blog, I think, is that I'll be learning and sharing right alongside you! In fact, the course of my content will be purposeful in that I will be sharing my progression (baby steps) through oils.
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You've ordered your oils, joined the oil community via private Facebook groups, and received your shiny new Premium Starter Kit in the mail. Now, it is time to start diffusing!
- Pour warm tap, spring, or distilled water into the diffuser up to the fill line.
- Add 8-10 drops, total, of essential oils. However, you may want to start off using less drops, 4-5, until you get used to the strength of the aromas. Another word of caution, the oils drop out of the bottles fast!
- Align lid with groove base.
- Replace cover.
- Power diffuser. One press for high output mode (runs about 5 continuous hours), two presses for low output mode (runs about 8 continuous hours), or three presses for intermittent mode (runs about 10 hours intermittently). Four presses will power off the diffuser. * One of my favorite features of the Desert Mist Diffuser is that it will automatically power off after it has completely diffused your blend.
- The light functions include candle flicker mode (my favorite) and 10 color options. * At night when I'm ready to fall asleep, I turn off the light, but keep the diffuser running.
Here is a great YouTube clip I found from Young Living that shows the steps above:
How to Use Your Desert Mist Diffuser
How do I clean my diffuser?
According to the Operations Manual, "if essential oil begins to build up on the ultrasonic plate of the diffuser, gently wipe it off using a cleaning sponge or a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol. If essential oil begins to build up on the clear lid of the diffuser, gently wipe it off using mild soap (Thieves) and water only. (Do not use aerosol sprays, solvents, or abrasives to clean the plastic housing.) Clean the ultrasonic plate regularly for best performance." I'll rinse the inside of my diffuser with fresh water after every use. Every one to two weeks I will give it a thorough clean as described above. You can use a gentle brush, like a paintbrush to get in the grooves and over the ultrasonic plate where the oils are diffused.
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I'll leave you off with some diffuser blend "recipes" that you can create using the PSK! Comment below with your favorite oil combinations!
I hope this was helpful! As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out!
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Crime and Punishment: Illegal Abortion in Brazil
An estimated one million illegal abortions occur in Brazil each year, yet very few women have ever been imprisoned on for seeking abortion care. That may be about to change. In April, officials took a brisk departure from the nation's relative "tolerance" of illegal abortion practice, arresting the head of a two decade-old family planning clinic for providing abortions and seizing the medical records of nearly 10,000 women.
estimated one million illegal abortions occur in Brazil each year, yet very few
women have ever been imprisoned for seeking abortion care. That may be about to change.
April of this year, officials in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul took
a brisk departure from the nation's relative "tolerance" of illegal
abortion practice, arresting the head of a two decade-old family planning
clinic for providing abortions and seizing the medical records of nearly 10,000
a result of the crackdown, the medical histories of 9,862
women were made public and the debate around decriminalization of abortions was
re-ignited. Of the women whose records were seized, about a thousand are
under suspicion of criminal abortions and 36 have been sentenced to date in an
ongoing trial. Women convicted thus far have been offered alternative
sentences of community service in local daycares at the discretion of judges,
who are empowered to assign one to three years' prison sentence.
abortion is a crime except in cases of rape or proven threat to the mother's
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unsafe abortion leads to 250,000 hospitalizations in Brazil each
year and is the third-leading cause of maternal death, the overall tolerance of
illegal abortion had let the issue lapse somewhat in the public conscious. The
recent events in Mato Grosso do Sul have brought it back to the forefront. The
case is unprecedented in scale and in the violation of privacy laws that
occurred, wherein private medical records were exposed to public perusal for
weeks. Moreover, it is the first
instance of direct, retroactive and en masse targeting of patients.
the past, they closed clinics and apprehended equipment. Now, in order to indict women and produce
evidence against doctors, the police are handling medical records which by law
should only be interpreted by a mediating physician," says lawyer and
reproductive rights specialist Carmen Hein de Campos. "A very dangerous precedent has been set."
Galli, of Ipas Brasil, warns, "This case is an alarm signal. It shows that there is a strategy of mass
persecution and indictment of women… in order to demonstrate that the law has
not fallen into disuse, that it is being enforced."
cases where proof exists that these women practiced abortion, it is not up to
me to choose not to indict them," Paulo César dos Passos, chief prosecutor in
the Mato Grosso do Sul case explained to Agência
Brasil. "The Penal Code clearly establishes that the practice of abortion
is a crime […] and I cannot avoid carrying out the law. It is not about a personal position." In
response to protests, he argued that law enforcement cannot be held responsible
for "an issue that must be confronted by public policy and by congress, stating
whether abortion should continue to be a crime or not."
Legalization Defeated
in Congress
light of the events in Mato Grosso do Sul, a special hearing of the Brazilian
House of Representatives was called on June 18th. In the hearing, Nilcéia Freire, Minister of
the Special Secretariat for Women's Policies, spoke in favor of legalizing
abortion via a bill that would soon be voted on in congress. In other nations where abortion has been
legalized, she argued, the death rate from unsafe abortions is close to nil,
and the number of overall abortions has not increased.
the responsibility of the 9,862 men presumably associated with these
pregnancies?" Minister Freire wrote in leading paper O Globo. "Might that be remembered and pursued legally at some
thereafter the bill that would have legalized abortion, after languishing in
congress for sixteen years, was voted on and defeated. Reproductive rights activists had attempted
to remove the bill from the agenda due to its slim chances of passing, but to
no avail. According to Campos, "It is
virtually impossible to decriminalize abortion with the current legislative
makeup. We first need to win over public
one-third of the Brazilian congress belongs to the "Parliamentary Front for
Families and In Support of Life." Many are closely tied
to religious interests. Congressman
Henrique Afonso openly opines, "The legalization of abortion is in the interest
of those who defend population control, those who are concerned with building a
'superior race' and those who sell the tissue of aborted fetuses." Another
congressman, José Bassuma, argues that to legalize abortion is
unconstitutional, violating the citizen's right to life. Both are members of President Lula's Workers'
Party, considered one of the more left-leaning in Brazil.
in Brazil, with so much forward progress in alternative energy, social policy,
the economy… can we still be so behind on this issue?," says Galli.
Mato Grosso do Sul case does seem to be part of or inspiration for a broader
strategy. Since April, two more clinics
in different states have been shut down, each with the new practice of seizing
patient records.
Looking Ahead
is no exception to the Brazilian status quo: it discriminates sharply along
class lines. Women able to pay cash for
abortion – which costs anywhere from two to ten times the monthly minimum wage
– have relatively easy access to clandestine but safe abortion care provided by
qualified doctors. But as the majority
of Brazilians are poor, most women resort to self-induced or otherwise unsafe
abortions, often via medication.
current laws are unjust. They discriminate against the most vulnerable women:
those without money, or education… they are the ones who run the risk of
death," Galli argues. "In addition to
the legalization of abortion, we need to make health services available for all."
presidency and cabinet are more openly supportive of legalizing abortion than
the overall population of this, the world's largest Catholic country. Research
indicates that 65 per cent of Brazilians believe abortion should remain
illegal, and the current congress has repeatedly voted against acts to legalize
or liberalize access.
year, the Ministry of Health set forth its position in favor of making abortion
a public health issue, rather than a criminal one. It also launched a
widespread birth control subsidy program and educational campaign (both
coincidentally on the eve of the Pope's visit last year). Since then, however, the president and
ministers have stopped speaking out on the topic, presumably due to strong
dissent from religious groups and their affiliates in the legislature.
recent clampdowns and their repercussions have forced a largely anti-abortion
public to reflect upon whether criminal sentences are the best solution, and
whether women alone should be left to answer for an unwanted pregnancy.
recent cases] have had some positive outcome, in the sense that they have given
us more solid and concrete arguments," says Galli. "They show that a law from the 1940s does not
deal with the current reality. It
produced a reaction that [the authorities] didn't want – people began talking
about human rights, about discrimination against women."
decriminalization of abortion has always been a difficult challenge in Brazil," said Campos.
"It feels as though everything is still inside a pressure cooker."
"On the other
hand," she added, "abortion has never been discussed so much."
Related Posts
- Karim Velasco, Brazil: The Long Fight for Abortion Rights
- Anu Kumar, Kansas and Brazil Punish Women on Abortion


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How To Do A Frontside (FS) 180 Trick Tips
A frontside 180 is where you pop the board out of the water and rotate it and your body 180 degrees. Frontside in this case means that your front foot is going to rotate in the direction of your back. The first 90 degrees, you will be facing the way you are going.
To do a frontside 180, bend your knees and wind up by twisting your shoulders in the opposite direction that you will be rotating. Pop the board while unwinding your shoulders and continue to turn them until they have rotated 180 degrees frontside. The momentum from unwinding your shoulders will help you rotate. Use your feet to help guide the board around. When you pop it should be like a normal ollie, unwind and turn your feet with the board.
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Be careful as it will be much harder to maintain control now that you're in switch stance.
Flat 180s
You will also want to practice flat frontside 180s as well. It is important that you get a good feel for the frontside rotation. Frontside for most people is usually a bit tougher than backside. For some reason, backside rotations seem a little more natural.
Get your ollies down
To begin with, you're going to want to have your ollies down.
Practice riding switch
Being able to comfortably ride switch can really help on the landing.
Complete the rotation
When you're first landing these, don't stress it too much if you're not rotating a full and clean 180 degrees. You can come up a little short and under rotated and still be okay, just finish the rotation on the water.
Wind up
If you're having trouble rotating a full 180 degrees, twist your shoulders more and unwind faster. Pop harder to get more air time.
Face Forward
It might help to position your shoulders facing forward instead of winding up if you are having trouble with the rotation. If you start it out this way, your body is pretty much already halfway there.
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South Korean release is scheduled for November 19, 2017
Hyun-Jung is the No.2 person in her crime organization. She dreams about her second life and prepares for retirement. Sang-Hoon is the troubleshooter for the crime organization and will do anything for Hyun-Jung. He doesn't understand why Hyun-Jung wants to retire. Meanwhile, Prosecutor Choi is cornered by Hyun-Jung. Prosecutor Choi plans for revenge against Hyun-Jung by using Sang-Hoon.
Korean action noir "A Special Lady" is the first film by director Lee An-gyu. Previously he worked as assistant director on "Blades of Blood" and "The Good, the Bad, the Weird".
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BELLEVILLE, Ont. - Police in Belleville, Ont., are asking for the public's help in their search for a missing journalist.
Steve Pettibone was last seen at 7:30 a.m. on Monday when he left his home in Belleville to go to work at the Brockville Recorder and Times, where he is the sports editor.
His colleagues say he never arrived.
Police say Pettibone is 39 years old, about five foot 10, has brown eyes, balding hair and a goatee.
They say he was driving a grey 2013 KIA Rio (with Ontario licence plate BPMT 499) when he left home.
The newspaper's managing editor, Derek Gordanier, has written a column appealing for assistance in locating the journalist, saying the disappearance is "out of character" and has left the newsroom "incredibly concerned."


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We noted in the discussion that just because something isn't GMO, it doesn't mean there are no herbicides used in the production of the plant. Many people are unaware that herbicide tolerance (HT) existed before GMOs, does not require GMOness, and is used to cultivate many crops including non-GMO canola, non-GMO sunflower oil, and more. But if you are banning GMO HT soybeans from the menu, are you actually eliminating the use of herbicides? Perhaps not.
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We've had a brilliant two days - as I said yesterday - we worked on our Wendy mini-books on Sunday - finished them up this morning!
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Then we went out to have lunch at the most adorable, quaint country pub....
|Imagine our surprise to discover they are closed on Mondays.... sadness.... but the story has a happy ending!
|See Hels peaking around the corner? Still camera shy.... I'm working on it... I've insisted on one photo of BOTH of us - bloggable PROOF that we really were together!!
|This is an actual beacon (like Lord of the Rings!) that gets lit in the little village when something of importance is happening. I ask you.... how cool is this??? Love it!
OK - here's where the happy ending kicks in.... we were driving through the countryside on little side lanes, looking for a nice place for lunch, and Hels said...."We're only 10 minutes from Olney, you want to go there?" And I thought..... "I know something important is in Olney.... but what is it?" She said that's where LB Crafts is (LB as in Lin Brown).... DUHHHH... YES!!!!! Who needs lunch? Let's go! So off we went into the little village of Olney - as adorable as they come. Lin's shop is down a little offchute from the main square, at the end of a tiny little lane. It is the MOST adorable shop EVER. I actually did a little bow as we walked in the door! We went in and Karen called up to Lin in the classroom to tell her "Hels and Ellen are here" and she came down to say hello. She is so sweet and was showing me where all the coolest things were. I came away with quite a nice stash. My only shopping rule is that I can't buy anything here that I can get at home...and I stuck to it (mostly, but there are circumstances.... really.... there are!) Got a load of Paper Artsy stamps and dies, some tiny little glass vials, Inka Gold in Bronze, and here's the exception.... Loads of Ten Seconds Studio metal molds... but they were all on 50% off! They are older lines being discontinued, but they are all new to me, so I went a little crazy!
Here's me in my PaperArtsy "happy place" ---- oh.... I was indeed a very happy girl....
It's supposed to snow tonight.... which under normal circumstances would be quite exciting, but we're supposed to have our class with THE Linda Elbourne tomorrow, and it's quite possible that it may be cancelled. We aren't supposed to get much here in Wellingborough, but where Linda lives they may get quite a bit more.... say a little "no snow" prayer for us so we can take our class....
More to tell tomorrow! I'm having the time of my life, and I'm already sad at the prospect of going home.... but won't focus on that..... lots more time and fun to be had!Love to all,
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Sofia Richie has grown up in the spotlight, which means that the public has seen her beauty transformation over the past decade. Never afraid to make a statement, in just 19 years on earth her hair has been every shade of brunette, blonde, and platinum (and, at one time, even a hint of green). Not to mention the social media personality has experimented with pretty much any length from her waist to her chin. Just a few months ago, Lionel Richie's youngest daughter reverted back to her natural roots with a chocolate brown dye, groomed into a sleek shoulder-length bob.
But now, it seems Richie has tired of the length and decided to add inches to her hair, care of celebrity hair extension expert Priscilla Valles. Richie posted a video to her Instagram Stories with the new waist-length 'do in the same chocolate brown color and middle part she's been wearing recently. She tagged Valles, whose clients include Christina Aguilera, Chrissy Teigen, Hailey Baldwin, and even Kylie Jenner.
A shorter-haired Richie was last seen, along with siblings Nicole Richie and Miles Richie, supporting her father as he made his handprints permanent fixtures outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles last week. Sofia posted on Instagram that despite feeling sick, there was no way she would miss the important ceremony to honor her father. "Strep throats not stopping me," she captioned a video from the car on the way there, according to People. She also posted a picture with her fist in the air with the caption, "We are so proud of you dad @lionelrichie."
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Our mission to enable African Americans and other minorities to attain economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights. Our goal is to help African Americans and other minorities succeed in Baltimore's socio-economic mainstream.
The National Urban League, founded in 1910 is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. The Greater Baltimore Urban League movement was founded in 1924.
Our three-prolonged strategy for pursing the mission is:
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Port call of the French surveillance frigate Le Floréal in Cape Town
French Surveillance Frigate Le Floréal docked in Cape Town, under the command of Commander Marc Woodcock, between 6 and 12 March 2015.
Le Floréal, based in Reunion Island, is the first vessel in a series of six surveillance frigates of the same class. She was built by the "Chantiers de l'Atlantique" in Saint-Nazaire and then commissioned in 1992.
French surveillance frigates fulfil a specified range of operational needs including patrolling overseas maritime areas under French sovereignty and in the deep sea to protect France's interests.
With an overall length of 93.5 meters and breadth of 14 meters, the frigate Floréal displaces 2 800 tons. She is armed with one 100mm and two 20mm multipurpose guns and four 12,7mm browning guns. The Floréal is also fitted with a Eurocopter Panther helicopter. She is propelled by four 2200 hp diesel engines and fed with three diesel generators. The crew is composed of 98 sailors: 14 officers, 65 petty officers and 19 seamen.
Le Floreal carries out several different tasks such as anti-piracy missions, the surveillance of maritime area with ability for recognition and localization of illegal vessels in various weather conditions, the navigation and fishing police in Austral and Antarctic French economic areas as well as public service operations and the enforcement of France's international defence agreements.
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Britain's nuclear submarine fleet has been hit by a series of serious safety breaches involving repeated leaks of radioactive waste, broken pipes and waste tanks at its home base on the Clyde, the Ministry of Defence has disclosed.
In a confidential report released under the Freedom of Information Act, the MoD has admitted that safety failings at the UK's main nuclear submarine base at Faslane, near Glasgow, are a "recurring theme" and ingrained in the base's culture.
The worst breaches include three leaks of radioactive coolant from nuclear submarines in 2004, 2007 and 2008 into the Firth of Clyde, while last year a radioactive waste plant manager was replaced. It emerged he had no qualifications in radioactive waste management.
The repeated safety breaches, which have been revealed in documents released to Channel 4 News, are so serious that the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has warned that it would consider closing the base down if it had the legal powers to do so.
The MoD is legally exempt from the civil radioactive safety regulations policed by Sepa but promised the agency a number of times it would voluntarily uphold those laws at the base - promises Sepa has now accused the MoD of repeatedly breaking.
The documents also suggest that Faslane will become the UK's only nuclear submarine base by 2015, the Guardian can reveal, greatly increasing the significance of the safety crisis at the base. They disclose that Devonport submarine base in Plymouth has been earmarked for closure, with three Trafalgar-class submarines due to be transferred to Faslane over the next six years, joining four Trident nuclear missile submarines and the rest of the UK's nuclear hunter killer fleet. The four oldest Trafalgar submarines will remain at Devonport until they are retired.
The catalogue of incidents at Faslane, undisclosed until today, includes:
· Leaks of radioactive coolant contaminated with tritium and cobalt from three nuclear submarines into the Firth of Clyde, involving HMS Torbay, HMS Superb and HMS Trafalgar.
· The withdrawal from service of the main waste discharge barge because it was antiquated and faulty.
· Admissions by the MoD that safety failings are "a recurring theme" at Faslane. Staff are poorly trained, staffing levels inadequate and maintenance poor.
· The discovery that two radioactive waste tanks are now a "significant" and "growing" radiation hazard because of a build-up of radioactive sludge, and need to be taken out of service.
· Defective welds in radioactive waste pipes allowed waste to leak out undetected, while inspections revealed a series of loose pipework and leaking seals.
The MoD insists th at none of the radioactive leaks have threatened human health or the environment since the radioactivity was at very low levels. "The discharges had no measurable or quantifiable environment consequences," it said.
Sepa agreed the risks appear slight but argued that in many cases, Faslane workers failed to measure the amount of effluent which leaked or detect the leaks until after the incident. After the HMS Torbay leak, Sepa privately debated making a formal protest if the problems continued.
Campbell Gemmell, Sepa's chief executive, told Channel 4 News: "It is not acceptable simply to say these incidents were minor. We need to make sure they have the systems in place to prevent any incidents happening, so that we don't have to worry whether the potential consequences are serious or not." A civil nuclear station guilty of these breaches would face temporary closure, he added.
Today's disclosures are likely to increase demands from the ruling Scottish National party government in Edinburgh for the base to be closed down, and are to be studied by an SNP-sponsored working group opposed to replacing the Trident nuclear missile fleet. Gemmell said Sepa had asked the UK government to bring Faslane under the agency's direct legal control because of its anxieties about the base's safety standards, but ministers have decided the base needs to retain crown immunity on national security grounds.
The MoD said it takes its safety duties very seriously. "The MoD is a responsible nuclear operator and immediately informed the regulatory authorities," said a spokesman. "We commissioned an independent study into the facilities and practices at HM Naval Base Clyde and an improvement plan is currently underway to ensure modern standards and best practice at the base."
The story of Faslane's radiation leaks will be broadcast on Channel Four News tonight at 7pm.


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Pfeffernüsse are crazily awesome, crunchy little nuggets of spicy, lightly sweetened goodness. First introduced to them as a kid, I tentatively popped one into my mouth, cautiously eyeing the plain-dressed Mennonite woman behind the school bake sale table. How could such a little cookie pack in so much flavor? I was hooked. I think I polished of the entire bag that day.
When I came across them browsing Christmas markets in Germany a few years ago, I could only gaze at them longingly. Good thing that I didn't know then how amazing they taste alongside a mug of mulled cider or wine.
(The pfeffernüsse pictured are in a demitasse cup, so I can pretend to practice at least some semblance of grown up self control.)