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The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has given a grant to Tanzania-based JUMEME Rural Power Supply to support the development of off-grid solar-hybrid systems in the country.
The grant, worth $420,000, is to kick-start a project to bring independent solar-hybrid mini-grids to at least 16 villages in the country. A procurement notice on the AfDB website said the initial phase of the project will bring continual AC electricity to 82,000 people and 2,600 shops and small businesses in the northwestern Tanzania. Presently, those settlements have an electrification rate of less than 6%. Bidding documents for the grant are expected to be made available by the end of the month.
Electrification in Tanzania is a major problem. According to an AfDB report in January, electrification in the country stood at just 21%. In 2012, the Tanzanian government released the Tanzania Power Master Plan, outlining the goal of achieving connectivity of 30% by this year. Other plans include the connection of 250,000 customers per year between 2013 and 2017.
Off-grid solar development in Tanzania had been at an accelerated pace for a long time, given the country's stable political climate and growing economy. In January, the One Million Solar Homes initiative was announced by the government. That project slated to provide solar electricity to 10% of the population and, in turn, generate more than 15,000 jobs in the industry. pv magazine reported at the time that nearly 90% of the population was dependent on kerosene and candles for light. Another recent development in the country was the deal signed between Azuri Technologies, Lotus Africa and Tigo Pesa to roll out Azuri's service across the country.
The JUMEME Rural Power Supply is a joint venture between Germany-based Inensus, Austria-based TerraProjects and the St. Augustine University in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Details for the grant were originally announced with its approval in mid-January. It is understood that the grant has now been received, having been given specifically to address costs related to technical studies, due diligence and legal and financial advisory services.
At the time, Joao Duarte Cunha, SEFA coordinator, stated, The success of JUMEME will have a strong demonstration effect for future mini-grids systems developers and operators, and pave the way for stronger AfDB engagement in this segment."
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As 2017 comes to a close, Nashville emcee Nic Signer (aka MESSYAH) is bidding the year adieu with a brand new single "I Don't Wanna Die."
MESSYAH's music has been described as "existential trap," as he's written about some rather personal life issues, including losing his faith, fighting suicidal thoughts and financial instability. The new track, which he recorded and produced himself, is premiering today on Variance but it's officially out via streaming platforms on Friday (Dec. 8).
He calls "I Don't Wanna Die" a summary of the past year, "a checkpoint song portraying where I am in my existence." He adds: "This past summer, every weekend, me and my crew would always get drunk or high on the porch and freestyle 'til about 11 p.m. Then we'd all put on sunglasses and Uber to a club to go dancing. There's always something freeing about that experience ... We don't give a single fuck what other people think of us 'cause, I mean, we're already fucked up and wearing shades on the dance floor."
MESSYAH also says the song is reflective of finally being confident in himself as a person and an artist at 25. But it's also "about being broke; having no money in the bank; wanting something, even though time is slipping away super fast; and finally, after a long period of time, seeing clearly and growing in confidence to be yourself and step out into the future."
Hear "I Don't Wanna Die" below and follow MESSYAH for more.

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It isn't easy navigating the dating scene as a celebrity. When somebody famous does find "the one," being under a public microscope can add stress to any relationship. Fame can make a couple's problems jet into the headlines, exposing their private lives to anyone who cares to indulge in the tabloids. As a result, there are some famous couples that have understandably managed to remain under the radar, even in the age of social media and trending topics.
On the contrary, there have always been those noteworthy dramatic duos that can't seem to get enough of the tabloids. Those that bask in the drama even use their fame to best each other in fights or to sell a staged reality. There are also those couples that seem to have a target on their back, whether they enjoy the publicity or not. Think of the "on again, off again" couples.
Below, we take a look at 10 particularly private celebrity couples and how they live away from the paparazzi-laden culture of Hollywood. We'll also analyze 10 "ultra diva" couples, what makes their relationship so chaotic and thus why they are perfect for each other. No judgments here. Some people are just crazy in love with fame (and each other).
19 #Humble: Katie Holmes And Jamie Foxx
This humble couple has more of a reason to be secretive than just to avoid public attention. Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx have kept their relationship private mostly because of Tom Cruise, Holmes' ex-husband.
It's rumoured that Cruise placed a five-year ban on public dating for Holmes as part of their divorce contract, according to Radar Online.
Foxx has been seen leaving interviews without explanation at the mention of a potential relationship with Holmes. That is, until they were photographed together in 2017 for the first time as a couple...five years after Holmes and Cruise's divorce, according to Daily Mail.
Other than the fact that they're an item, possibly engaged and have an agreement not to discuss their relationship to the press, not much else is know about Holmes and Foxx's day-to-day lives. Remove Cruise from the equation, and you have a drama-free couple living their best lives. Good for them.
18 #Humble: Dave Franco And Alison Brie
Alison Brie and Dave Franco first met in 2011 at the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. It wasn't long after that before this lovable couple began dating, reports People. However, aside from being spotted holding hands at a grocery store by a nosy paparazzo in 2012, the couple didn't make their first public appearance until 2015 at the Dior Homme show in Paris, France. Soon after, they announced their engagement and, in March of 2017, exchanged vows in a private ceremony among friends and family.
The couple certainly enjoys their privacy, and married life has been smooth sailing for them. "Something about being married made me feel so settled, almost more free, I guess, rather than like trapped," Brie told People. "It's great."
Apparently, working together, not a walk in the park for every couple, is easy for Brie and Franco, who played a couple in The Disaster Artist. "It's so nice to work with your person, to be on set with someone who is the person you feel the most comfortable with in the world," Brie told HelloGiggles.
17 #Humble: Kerry Washington And Nnamdi Asomugha
Actor Kerry Washington and professional NFL player-turned-actor Nnamdi Asomugha are one of the most humble couples in Hollywood. The Scandal star and 49ers alumnus quietly met, fell in love and tied the knot without the public knowing, save for a few close friends, according to E! News. Even Washington's Scandal co-stars didn't know about her engagement. "I did know she was dating," Scandal actor Dan Bucatinsky told E! News. He added,
"I didn't know that they were going to get married, but all of us sort of hoped. We wish her the best always. She did it in the perfect way."
Since marriage, the couple has had a daughter named Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha and a son named Caleb Kelechi Asomugha, again, without the public knowing. Washington didn't even tell anybody that she was pregnant until her baby bumps showed. On social media, Washington is equally as secretive, never displaying pictures of Asomugha or her two children.
16 #Humble: Brie Larson And Alex Greenwald
Actor Brie Larson and musician Alex Greenwald may have just called off their engagement after two years on January 11, 2019, but they are technically still together in the eyes of the public. As with most humble couples, the timeline of their relationship is a bit spotty. According to Us Weekly, Larson and Greenwald have been dating since at least 2013, when Larson first publicly acknowledged Greenwald in her acceptance speech for Best Actress for her role in Short Term 12 at the Gotham Awards.
However, the couple could have been dating as early as 2010, when Larson co-starred with Greenwald's Phantom Planet bandmate Jason Schwartzman in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Maybe, just maybe, Schwartzman introduced them? That's pure speculation, of course.
Greenwald proposed to Larson during a vacation in Tokyo, but the public didn't find out until two months later, when Larson announced it on Saturday Night Live. What does Larson have to say about Greenwald? "He's just a really good person." Though the two haven't appeared on each other's social media profiles in a while, let's hope this grounded couple pulls through.
15 #Humble: Natalie Portman And Benjamin Millepied
You might say that Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied had rehearsed their wedding dance long before they wed in 2012. The humble couple met on the set of Darren Aronofsky's Oscar-winning film Black Swan in 2010. Millepied was a dancer, portraying David/The Prince in the play within the film. However, he also served as the ballet choreographer for Black Swan.
Although the couple keeps their personal lives super-private, rarely posting pictures of each other on social media, Portman thanked her "beautiful love, Benjamin Millepied," in an Oscar acceptance speech for Black Swan, adding that he gave her the "most important role" of her life.
The lovely couple has two children: Aleph (6) and Amalia (2). It's safe to assume that the couple's wedding dance was way above average. We're talking professional, given Millepied's expertise.
14 #Humble: Maya Rudolph And Paul Thomas Anderson
Now these two giants of the industry are the definition of a humble power couple. However, Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson don't flaunt the fact that they are icons in their respective crafts, or that they also happen to be married to each other. The eight-time Oscar nominated screenwriter and director Anderson likely first met Rudolph in 2000, when his then-girlfriend, musician Fiona Apple, performed for Saturday Night Live following the release of her new album "When The Pawn..."
Although the couple have had four kids over the course of 16 years, most people didn't even know that Anderson and Rudolph were together until Anderson cited Rudolph as part of the inspiration for the story behind his latest film, Phantom Thread. Anderson isn't on social media, and Rudolph doesn't post any pictures of her personal life. It seems to have worked out splendidly for the talented duo.
Now, let's take a look at some #UltraDiva couples, shall we?
13 #Humble: Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth
It would be an understatement to say that this #Humble couple has had its ups and downs. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are the poster couple for the "are they, aren't they," relationship; the casual millennial dating culture that has become so common in today's world.
Cyrus and Hemsworth met on the set of the Nicholas Sparks' romance film, The Last Song, as Cosmopolitan reports. They became best friends and started publicly dating in 2010. After that, they broke up and got back together at least four different times, including one failed engagement. The engagement was called off after Cyrus's infamous twerking performance at the VMAs in 2013, one of the most cringeworthy meltdowns in recent memory.
They both surprised fans when they got married in a no-fuss secret ceremony in December, 2018. A source tells Entertainment Tonight that they talk about having kids all the time.
12 #UltraDivas: Kim Kardashian And Kanye West
One is the star of a reality show, in which every week she or a member of her family has a meltdown, and one is a rapper-turned-MAGA enthusiast, also with a penchant for drama. Yeah...Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are #UltraDivas and perfect for each other. Us Weekly has the scoop on their whirlwind-of-a-relationship timeline. They met in 2003, when Kanye was recording a song with Brandy, a friend of Kim's. They then worked on a pilot together in 2008 entitled Alligator Boots.
However, it wasn't until Kim dramatically ended her marriage with professional basketball player Kris Humphries in 2011 that she realized her feelings for Kanye. They made their relationship public in 2012, when Kanye immediately started a public feud with Humphries, referencing him in his song "Cold:"
"And I'll admit, I had fell in love with Kim / Around the same time she had fell in love with him / Well that's cool, baby girl, do ya thang / Lucky I ain't had Jay drop him from the team."
It isn't exactly the classiest way to start dating somebody so soon after a divorce, but anyway.
Kimye got married in 2014. They have three kids and a fourth is on the way. They somehow seem to make their marriage work, even with Kanye's bizarre tweets and diva antics, like how they got into a fight over a Band-Aid. Apparently, Kim had bought Kanye the wrong color, as Consequence Of Sound reports.
11 #UltraDivas: Jay-Z And Beyoncé
Perhaps equally as dramatic are musicians Jay-Z and Beyoncé. These #UltraDivas met when Beyoncé was 18, reports People. Never ones to shy away from the public eye, the two appeared together for the first time on the cover of Vanity Fair in November 2001.
Then came the honeymoon phase. Jay-Z put Beyoncé on his track "03 Bonnie & Clyde" in 2002, after which they starred in the music video together. Then, in 2003, Beyoncé put Jay-Z on her Grammy-winning track "Crazy in Love."
They married in 2008 and had their first child, Blue Ivy Carter, in 2012. In May of 2014, the couple and Solange, Beyoncé's sister, attended the Met Gala, after which a video surfaced of Solange attacking Jay-Z in an elevator. It was later speculated that Solange was upset with Jay-Z over cheating rumours. That summer followed with rumours that Jay-Z and Beyoncé's marriage was headed toward divorce.
In true Jay-Bey style, they always seem to use their music to express what they're going through in their private lives. Beyoncé's "Lemonade" track referenced a rocky relationship and home life.
An insight into their marriage? Maybe. But, in 2017, the couple had twins and Jay-Z dropped "4:44," in which he apologizes for his infidelity on the title track.
We can't wait to see (or hear) what happens next.
10 #UltraDivas: Kylie Jenner And Travis Scott
Let's make one thing clear: Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's relationship is lightyears more stable than Jenner's four-year relationship with rapper Tyga. Nonetheless, when you date a reality star, the details of your relationship are going to be common knowledge to the public. In the grand scheme of #UltraDiva couples, Jenner and Scott are likely some of the most low-key among them.
As The Daily Mail reports, it all started at Coachella, as these things do. It was just weeks after Jenner split from Tyga. But hey, who's to say what's an appropriate amount of time to get over one's ex? It's all subjective. Since then, their relationship has been unabashedly public, with the couple frequenting NBA games, music festivals and the Met Gala. They've posed together on magazine covers, collaborated on music and incessantly document their lives on social media.
Showcasing their relationship to the public seems to fit with their lifestyles and personalities, so more power to them!
9 #Humble: Leighton Meester And Adam Brody
Let's be real, it's not easy keeping your relationship private in the age of social media, particularly when that relationship is shrouded in celebrity. Humble actors Leighton Meester and Adam Brody first met on the set of The Oranges in 2011. The couple is so private, however, that how or when they first started dating is a mystery. It is rumoured that they first made things official in the beginning of 2013, according to Bustle.
Meester and Brody married in a private ceremony in 2014, welcomed their first child, daughter Arlo Day, in 2015, and have kept their distance from the paparazzi since. Despite both occupying iconic characters in two of the most popular and enduring teen drama shows of the 2000s, Meester as Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl and Brody as Seth Cohen in The O.C., ironically both produced by Josh Schwartz, the actors don't like being pigeonholed into certain characters.
"I don't talk about Arlo very much," Meeton told Yahoo! Lifestyle. "I am very proud of that area of my life. But I'm also really proud of the show, and of the work I do. I think the perception is: You're an ingenue, or you're an icon, or you're a mom. There's no in between."
8 #Humble: Margot Robbie And Tom Ackerley
In a rare interview with E! News, Margot Robbie provided some details about her humble marriage with assistant director and producer Tom Ackerley. The two met on the set of the 2014 film Suite Française, in which Robbie co-starred, and on which Ackerley served as the third assistant director. Prior to their introduction, Robbie wasn't sure she wanted to get married. That all changed once she met Ackerley. Today, the two have cofounded a production company called LuckyChap Entertainment.
"If I'm looking into my future 30 years from now, I want to see a big Christmas dinner with tons of kids there." Robbie says. "But definitely not at the moment. That's 100 percent certain."
Right now, Robbie and Ackerley seem to be enjoying each other plenty, never spending more than three weeks apart at a time, even during long-distance film shoots, as the media outlet reports. The inseparable, drama-free couple knows exactly what they want, and it's working splendidly for them.
7 #UltraDivas: Evan Peters And Emma Roberts
Domestic turmoil. Breaking up and getting back together. Over and over. Evan Peters and Emma Roberts have had quite the relationship. The two crazy in love #UltraDiva actors met on the set of the 2012 film Adult World. Since then, PopSugar reports that they've broken up at least twice before getting back together again, gotten into a domestic violence dispute, during which Roberts is rumoured to have hit Peters, deleted each other's social media existence and broken off an engagement, all while consistently starring together on Ryan Murphy's hit series, American Horror Story.
The couple ended their engagement amicably in June 2015 and remained friends. Roberts got over the breakup by buying herself jewelry as a reminder of self love. They got back together three months later, broke up again after nine months, after which Roberts briefly dated Christopher Hines, and got back together again four months later. Phew! They have been together ever since.
6 #UltraDivas: Justin Bieber And Hailey Baldwin
As a solo act, Justin Bieber hasn't had the best relationship with the press. However, the pop star has matured over the years. A lot of that has to do with him falling in love with Hailey Baldwin. The two #UltraDivas met in 2009, after Baldwin's father, actor Stephen Baldwin, introduced them, according to Cosmopolitan.
However, Bieber was dating Selena Gomez at the time. It wasn't until 2014 that rumours began circling that the two friends were romantically involved. In January 2015, they brought in the New Year together, they got matching tattoos in July 2015, and Baldwin posted a picture of herself on Instagram wearing Bieber's sweatpants in December 2015 after rumours of Bieber getting back together with Gomez began circulating. Drama!
In January 2016, they brought in the New Year again, this time kissing for a photo on Instagram, making it official. But wait, Bieber unfollowed Baldwin in August 2016 and began dating Sofia Richie, also posing for a cozy picture on Instagram with her, making Gomez jealous. More drama! Bieber and Gomez dated again between 2016 and 2018.
Finally, Bieber and Baldwin got back together in May 2018. They then got engaged. But that's not the end of the drama. They keep delaying their wedding and have been seen crying together, as Harper's Bazaar reports.
5 #UltraDivas: Grimes And Elon Musk
Perhaps one of the most unexpected relationships to develop in 2018, musician Grimes and former CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk first bonded over an AI joke on Twitter, according to Insider.
They then showed the world their #UltraDiva relationship at, you guessed it: the Met Gala, where Grimes wore a Tesla choker. What followed was a series of bizarre online and offline behaviour. Grimes tweeted that she was legally changing her name to c, the symbol for the speed of light, which was supposedly Musk's idea. They ended up having a public clash over Musk's unionizing policies, as Insider reports.
Then came Azealia Banks, who spent a weekend at Musk's home on August 12, 2018 with the intention of recording a song with Grimes. The couple reportedly strung her along, but the visit sparked debate because it was so mysterious - and soon afterwards, Musk and Grimes unfollowed each other on social media. What happened? Whatever it was, it caused major drama.
4 #UltraDivas: Megan Fox And Brian Austin Green
As of today, this #UltraDiva couple seems to be happy together. However, given Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green's rocky past, that can change at any moment. People reports that Fox and Green first got engaged in 2006 after dating for two years, but called it off nearly three years later. They married in 2010, but Fox filed for divorce in 2015 after five years of marriage and two children together, explaining that her reason for divorcing Green was due to irreconcilable differences. They reportedly couldn't find a work-life balance that worked for the both of them. However, a few months later, Fox became pregnant, and in 2016, the couple got back together again.
"Marriage is hard," Green said, as People reports. "It's work, I think for anyone. I think when you get to the point like we have, where you have kids and you've been married for a while and we've been together for a long time, it's – you just take it day by day."
Their relationship has survived rumours of an affair between Fox and her Transformers co-star Shia LeBouf and a custody battle. Green's ex, Vanessa Marcil, whom he met on the set of Beverly Hills 90210, fought and won custody of their son when Fox and Green tried to obtain full custody of him, as The Daily Mail reports.
3 #UltraDivas: Zayn Malik And Gigi Hadid
Another case of an "on again, off again" relationship, Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid were first spotted at Justin Bieber's American Music Awards after-party in L.A. in November of 2015, according to Cosmopolitan. The #UltraDivas made it official on November 29, 2015. Not long after, Joe Jonas, Hadid's ex, unfollowed her and deleted a picture he posted on Instagram with Malik. Drama!
After finding out about the Jonas unfollow, Hadid posted and deleted four tweets, obviously directed at him, one of which read, "Sometimes life just happens. For whatever reason in whatever timing. And sometimes it doesn't make sense 'til it does. That's it."
Things started to heat up when Malik and Hadid starred in Malik's "Pillowtalk" music video in Naples, all while Jonas complained to the media that Hadid moved on too quickly from him, as Cosmopolitan reports.
Fast-forward two years through some consistent oversharing of their personal lives on social media and to the press, Malik got a tattoo of Hadid's eyes on his torso in January 2018. Only two months later, Hadid and Malik announced their spit on Twitter. Three months later they got back together. Having a tough time keeping up? I don't blame you.
2 #Humble: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
Talk about humble. This consistent staple of Hollywood couples has been together for 34 years and married for more than 30. Hanks met Wilson on the set of Volunteers in 1985, according to E! News. However, Hanks admits he recalls thinking Wilson was cute as early as 1972, when she appeared as a cheerleader on The Brady Bunch. They're one of the least showy, most down-to-earth celebrity couples.
So, what's the secret to a long-lasting relationship in the limelight? Honesty, devotion, privacy, laughter and massages.
Hanks and Wilson have always protected their children's privacy while also managing to avoid the tabloids over the decades. Aside from Wilson sharing her struggle with breast cancer in order to help other women who are also battling the disease, they don't share much about their private lives.
"I'm in public because of the nature of what I do," Wilson told The New York Times, "but I don't feel it necessary to let the world know what I'm thinking, where I'm eating. I've always liked being on the periphery of things."
1 #Humble: Ron And Cheryl Howard
Step aside Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, because Ron Howard and Cheryl Alley have been married for nearly 44 years. The humble couple met when they were only teenagers, Howard, who's a Hollywood director, told Huffington Post. He offered some insight into what makes a relationship last in Hollywood: luck, compatibility and good patience. He added,
"I felt really lucky when we met. It's crazy. We were teenagers. It shouldn't have worked. We got married young. That shouldn't have worked either, and yet it really and truly has."
Young Ron and Cheryl met when they were placed in the same English class in high school, and married just four years later. A writer and actor, Cheryl has appeared in 11 films directed by Howard. The couple has four children, the oldest of which is actor Bryce Dallas Howard. Aside from Ron portraying an unlikable version of himself in Arrested Development and spoofing his Hollywood family dynamics and career, Ron and Cheryl, like Hanks and Wilson, remain decidedly quiet and tabloid-free under the spotlight.
References: E! News, New York Times, Huffington Post, Yahoo, Radar Online


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Natural Ways of Avoiding Stroke
Every person has an innate desire to know more about what can be done to live to old age without experiencing health problems. One should be committed to make this a reality by learning more information. You will find folks who never mind about their unhealthy lifestyle thou they are always in good health. If you don't take care of your lifestyle, you will end up having various complications. Stroke has affected many people in the current day. A stroke involves an unexpected interruption in the flow of blood in the brain. The effects of stroke are severe as some people are unable to recover which makes them bedridden for the rest of their lives. There are several mechanisms that can be applied to ensure that one is healthy and the problem of stroke will never happen in their lives.
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People with depression have a high tendency of contracting stroke. The earlier you consult with a physician, the better as it helps to avoid stroke.


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What's God's Dress Code
Presented -October 12, 2014
(Isa. 25:1-10a; Phil. 4:4-9; Mt. 22:1-14)
The Old Testament Lesson pictures God's final presence with people as a sumptuous banquet where everyone will have enough and more than enough to eat. Such an image may have limited appeal in our world where most of us have never been very hungry, but in Jesus' world where very few of his hearers had ever been anything else, it was very attractive. Later in history than this text that is now in the Book of Isaiah, though it was probably composed as late as the 4th century, this picture became a common enough one of what would happen when God's Messiah – the anointed one who would usher in the divine "kingship" – comes to the earth. God's folk were invited to the banquet where everyone would have a superabundance of food in company with the King and the Messiah and would join God in conquering death and the pall death spreads over us.
Our Gospel Lesson is a story set against this background in which the king invites guests to the wedding feast for his son. Both the title son (of God) and Prince were common enough titles for the Messiah in Jesus' day. We don't think by necessity of the Messianic banquet when we read Matthew's story, but Jesus' first hearers would have. In this parable, the picture of the Messianic banquet is united to images that speak of God's tremendous new work, inaugurated in Jesus' preaching, and that grow out of the previous two parables (the Gospel Lessons for the past two weeks). To review, in the first two parables, participation in God's new work is experienced only by those whose hearts are transformed by God's vision for the world, and who do God's will out in the world (not just in church), rather than by those who have such external religious qualifications as the "right" ethnicity or religious background.
This third parable, like the others, is both comforting and disturbing. It is comforting in the same way that the other two stories are: God chooses to do the divine work through those who have been transformed inwardly, not those who simply enjoy political and religious privilege, and who think of the life of faith as an exercise in correct doctrine and purity (especially the purity of others). Matthew 22 contains the same kind of picture. Those who ought to have been thrilled to receive an invitation to the royal wedding banquet because they've all the supposed qualifications not only don't show up and so insult the king tremendously. Further they actually kill the messengers who bring the invitation. So the King comes and destroys these ungrateful churls and sends out new invitations to everyone, anyone, who will come, "both good and bad." So, those who are really and truly hungry are the ones who will be invited to the meal, not those who hold the correct rank and station in life. As the old Gospel song had it, "Whosoever Will May Come."
Then comes the disturbing part of the story. At last, the King comes in to see his guests and the only thing the king sees in the room is one who is improperly attired. He inquires how he ever got past the doorman without the proper garb, and had him thrown out, bound hand and foot, "into the outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth" (22:13).
The proverb or saying with which this parable ends is also disturbing – at least to me – "Many are called, but few are chosen." How did it happen that only this one poor chap didn't dress for dinner? Does the end of this story not undermine the point of all three? A garment that can be seen is presumably an external qualification – which is as far as possible from the open and inclusive kind of invitations that we have held up for the past two weeks! What is God's Dress Code? What's the right "wedding garment?"
Let's think about this a little. First, let me remark that this last paragraph about the wedding garment is not found in any of the other Gospels, it is Matthew's own contribution, composed, most practically, because he thought his congregation needed to consider such a matter. Then, he composed it in order to conclude not only, or even primarily, this third parable of the wedding feast, but the combination of all three; one about the two sons, one about the tenants in the vineyard, and one about the guests at a wedding banquet. Second, let me say that our text isn't intended to be read as a literal story of something that either has happened or will. It is a parable, a story to hook us in and make us think. We can clearly see that both Jesus and Matthew intended it to be an imaginative story by the fact that the king has a meal all prepared, and lets it stand ready while he musters the army, goes off and besieges the city of these wretches who refused his invitation and killed his messengers, burns it to the ground, and dispatches them, all while the roast is on "warm" in the oven. Who does that? No, it's a story, so it won't hurt us to say that the wedding garment is as symbolic as the dinner. The question remains, however, in spite of understanding these preliminary matters, "What's the wedding garment stand for in the story?" "What's God's dress code?"
In each of the three parables that we've looked at in the past three weeks there is a visible characteristic of those who have "the right stuff" for the kingdom. In the first parable ("The two sons), that visible characteristic is doing rather than just talking. It was the tax collectors and prostitutes who actually did not depend on their heritage and what they'd always been taught and followed, instead John, first, then Jesus. In the second parable (The tenants in the vineyard) is was new tenants that would actually give the landowner (God) the fruit of the vineyard (unlike the current tenants). What might that visible characteristic that Matthew calls a "wedding garment" be in this parable? We're not looking for something we've never heard of before but that fits with the other two parables in the series.
If the other parables are anything to judge by we can see the garment as representing visible behaviour or action. But behaviours and actions, though externally visible, grow out of beliefs and motivations that come from the inside. What Jesus is saying here is that, although, all are welcome to respond to the invitation just as we are, it is not OK for us to remain just where we are. If we want to continue faithful to the people of God, we must buy into the vision of God, or we'll never truly belong deep down. But then, we must involve ourselves in action to realize God's vision for the world as a place of love, mercy, justice, and righteousness. It is this that unites the Body of Christ into one. There may be many differences, but there is unity in this action. Jesus is saying just what he has said before, "By their fruits, you will know them." Or, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and don't do the things I say?" It's better to do than to talk about doing. The test of discipleship to Jesus lies in what we do not in what we confess or claim, and surely not in our pedigree, spiritual or otherwise. That is the visible characteristic with which disciples are to clothe themselves. That is the garment appropriate to the great Messianic banquet.
For the third time, Matthew added this part of the story because it was his view that his community of faith needed to hear this. In his culture, the king would have provided appropriate wedding garments for those who didn't have them. That would not have happened often. In this parable however, it would happen frequently when the servants go and round up everyone they can find good and bad (as the story says). The garment is provided but one actually has to wear it so it shows, otherwise it is an insult to the king in that culture. I would guess that there was a struggle within Matthew's community (or synagogue) to want to major on externals, traditions, and doctrines, rather than on actions. He is not trying to say that it makes no difference what we say, but it makes a greater one what we do, and that we need to make sure our saying and our doing are consistent with one another. If you want, not only to begin in the vineyard, but end up at the Messianic Banquet, then it's important to carry through on living consistently by God's standards of love, inclusion, mercy, justice, and grace. If acting in a Christ-like manner were a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
That last little proverb, "Many are called, few are chosen," needs to be understood along this line, too. It's not designed to scare us into thinking that very few will make it. In Hebrew thought the words "few" and "many" would not lead to the thought of how many is many, how few is few. They are intended to mean something like, "fewer will finish the race than start it because it's easier to start running than it is to keep on for a long time." Not everyone will persevere in the hard work of imitating Jesus in the world.
Garrison Keillor told one of his long stories about an annual church meeting (Lutheran, not Baptist, of course). On the way out to the parking lot, one parishioner says to another, "Well, what did you make of that? The reply came, "Well, I'm not sure what it is we're supposed to do, but I know that next year we're supposed to do more of it." How can we avoid leaving here this morning, unsure what it was that this poor chap did that was wrong, but that whatever it was, we've got be less like him in the future? I hope I haven't been that unclear, but positives are always better than negatives, and here the Epistle to the Philippians gives us positive reinforcement and encouragement.
What Paul said in the early part of the passage, that we didn't read, is to stand firmly together and help one another through disagreements. Care for one another is crucial. At the very end of the passage, which we did read, Paul encouraged these folk to make things that are true (meaning, straight and real) honourable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable, excellent, and praiseworthy their focus. These are not exclusively Christian virtues, they are good human virtues. And it's really OK for Christians to have these, too! Let these good positive things be the focus of your thinking, planning, and valuing, rather than framing what you think about, plan and value with negativity, carping, whining and faultfinding. Be a positive force in our various communities that proposes constructive ways forward, not a negative force that proposes ways that tear people apart and divide them. Paul, then, tells them to follow his example in what they do, growing out of these positive thoughts, plans and values. This thinking is intended to lead to consistent acting. Find constructive, positive role models and follow them in acting out what is true, honourable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable, excellent, and praiseworthy. And, O yes, one more thing: "Rejoice in the Lord always," says Paul. This doesn't mean walking around with a sickening grin, it means having the quiet joy that comes from knowing the God of wholeness and living gently alongside of God. Paul says, since the Lord is near, don't worry, but rather pray diligently and thankfully. Since God is near all is well and all will be well.
What happens, when we allow all this, is that God's own peace, God's own wonderful sense of wholeness washes over us and keeps us at the table with our sisters and brothers, even when they and we are difficult to sit with, at the great marriage feast of the Messiah, dressed just as we ought to be.
In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer.
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The 22-year-old singer reportedly turned down a role in the movie, "Uber Girl," because of a gay sex scene he is supposed to be involved in. Bieber was offered the role of a pop star in the movie treatment making the rounds in Hollywood, he turned it down, hoping for a major rewrite. Co-writer of the movie, Peter O'Neil tells New York Post:
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The death of Jimmy Reid recently has prompted a number of press commentators - eg from Iain MacWhirter, Gerry Hassan and BBCScotland's Ask Kay programme - that the death of Reid in some way signified the 'death of the left' in Scotland.
These comments largely indicate the wishful thinking of the commentators, rather than any serious suggestion that the left in Scotland has in some way ceased to command Scottish politics, and they are flawed in a variety of ways.
Firstly they make the common mistake of people in the media of individualising a collective. The left - as Reid would have agreed - is far more than one individual or even one political party. An argument could indeed be made that it isn't even a coherent whole. Whatever influence it has on the body politic, comes as a result of support or not in a range of campaigns and political activities - including but not restricted to votes in elections.
Secondly, they make the mistake (as indeed do many on the left) of somehow magnifying an image of a 'Red Scotland' (or at least a 'Red Clydeside') that contains some exaggeration. While it is true that Scotland has a larger proportion of trade union members, and higher levels of support for public services than apply across the UK as a whole, the overall political view of our families and friends is not that hugely different - on a right/left split - than in many other parts of the UK, eg Wales, Liverpool, the North of England et al. Reid himself is an example of that, in 1974 - at the hight of his activity and powers - he failed to overcome sectarian smears in his own constituency and came third in the February Election that year.
It is probably truer to describe the activity of the left as coalescing around specific campaigns - and when this happens successfully, it draws in many people who do not think of themselves as on the left. The UCS work in, for example was supported by many Tory Party branches in Scotland.
However, there is a kind of truth in the doom-sayers and self-fulfilling prophesisers pronouncements. Ignoring the problems of galvanising that kind of 'mass movement', and the difficulty in building support for progressive causes won't make the problems go away.
That is why it is heartening that - as we face the worst attacks on our services and our living standards ever - unions and campaigning groups are seeking to re-address the lack of political understanding amongst their activists and members. It is true that it could have done with an earlier start, but the UNISON pilot Unions and politics course, the success of unions and branches in connecting with community-based campaigns and a regular although not well publicised series of actions in the private sector - like the defence of decent pensions in the INEOS dispute - suggest that the death of the left has been greatly exaggerated.
And finally, the record of the STUC in leading from the front in many key political campaigns (Constitutional Convention anyone?) means their plans to build co-ordinated resistance to the ConDem attacks should be followed with some hope.


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A developer who contributed $10,000 to an upstate Democratic campaign committee just as Mayor de Blasio was pushing for a Democratic takeover of the state Senate later won a valuable waiver from the city on a corner property in Harlem.
The deal — like one before it on the Lower East Side that is now under investigation — was completed before local officials got wind of it.
BRP Companies paid $875,000 to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to get a deed restriction lifted in November 2015 on a corner lot at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 152nd Street, The New York Times reported Friday.
The restriction required that the lot, owned by the Dance Theater of Harlem, be used only by nonprofit cultural organizations.
BRP went into contract to buy the parcel for $3.1 million in May 2015 and finally closed last month.
The local community board, along with Councilman Mark Levine and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, were never told that the deed restriction was going to be removed.
"We found out after it was lifted by just looking up the deed," said April Tyler, chairwoman of the community board's land-use committee. "I think this is worth highlighting and investigating."
In October 2014, the same developer forked over $10,000 to the Putnam County Democratic Committee, one of the local political committees de Blasio's fund-raising team has been accused of using to evade campaign contribution limits to try to help Democrats retake the state Senate.
Both the Manhattan district attorney and US Attorney Preet Bharara are now investigating the stream of funds going to the small upstate political committee.
During a budget hearing at the City Council Friday, DCAS Commissioner Lisette Camilo said the city removes about four deed restrictions a year and that "13 to 14" already in the pipeline were put on hold following a suspicious deal on the Lower East Side, where a developer made a $72 million profit when a deed restriction was quietly lifted.
Councilman Ben Kallos (D-Manhattan) told The Post afterward that he had to learn about the Harlem deal from the press and couldn't get answers from the administration.
"The city has to take ownership of what is happening," he said. "I am deeply troubled that there was no budget transparency in this process."
Camilo said her agency would surrender its deed-restriction records for the past five years to the City Council for review.
Afterwards, Camilo stormed off, refusing to answer questions from reporters.


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Tallio Day 3: A Mountie and a signed confession
Third in a seven-part series
Police at the Bella Coola RCMP detachment had one damning piece of evidence in hand before the 1983 murder trial of Phillip Tallio: a confession.
But that confession, though it apparently helped convince local cops they had their man, would later be challenged in court and ruled inadmissible by a judge.
Around 9 a.m. on April 23, 1983, Bella Coola Mounties brought Tallio, then 17, into the local RCMP detachment for questioning over the death of a 22-month-old relative, Delavina Mack. Tallio entered a guilty plea later that year, and has been in prison ever since. But the decades-old case has been thrust into the spotlight again after a B.C. Court of Appeal judge ruled, late last month, that Tallio's appeal could go ahead.
Lawyers with B.C.'s Ministry of Justice cited Tallio's confession to the RCMP in the opening paragraph of their 30-page argument submitted last month in opposition to Tallio's appeal bid, stating that no miscarriage of justice had occurred.
After police picked up Tallio that April morning in 1983, the teenager from the Nuxalk Nation was held in a cell for questioning, informed of his rights, and interrogated over the next eight hours before being formally arrested, according to court documents. It was about two hours later that police obtained the disputed confession.
In the hours after the local constables detained Tallio, a trio of more senior officers arrived by air from the larger Prince Rupert detachment, including Cpl. Garry Mydlak, described by the judge at Tallio's 1983 trial as "highly skilled in interrogation of suspects of major crimes."
"The police officers agreed that it was important that they obtain an incriminating statement from the accused," the judge noted in his 1983 ruling on the admissibility of Tallio's statements to the police, and they set up a Dictaphone for each officer to use in the office where they interviewed Tallio.
After Const. Allen O'Halloran concluded another interrogation of Tallio, during which the teenager "maintained that he had no involvement in the victim's death, but had been simply the first to discover her," the constable left the office and told Mydlak "he was satisfied that Tallio was not going to confess," according to the judge's 1983 ruling.
"About a minute later, Cpl. Mydlak entered the office and commenced his planned interrogation. Unfortunately, the tape recorder that Cpl. Mydlak had set up to tape his conversation with Mr. Tallio malfunctioned. He skilfully questioned the accused for approximately 35 minutes, during which time he asked a combination of emotionally charged questions, and questions which indicated an understanding for someone who might have committed the crime. After approximately 35 minutes, and after pleading with the accused to tell him the truth, he obtained a signed statement. This statement was written out by the corporal and signed by the accused," the judge wrote.
The confession appeared to help persuade local cops they had their man. A local doctor, Raymond McIlwain, was "casually friendly" with Const. O'Halloran. McIlwain said, in a sworn affidavit filed with the court registry as part of the appeal, that he recalled playing cards with the young constable. Before Tallio's trial in Prince Rupert, where the doctor testified at the voir dire, McIlwain spoke to O'Halloran.
McIlwain's affidavit, and others filed as part of Tallio's application to appeal, include material not yet tested in court or admitted as evidence.
"I wondered whether Phillip was guilty," McIlwain said in his affidavit. "Const. O'Halloran told me that Phillip did it. He had no doubt. He said, 'We got his confession.' It was the first I'd heard that there had been a confession."
In court, Tallio's lawyer Phil Rankin challenged the admissibility of the defendant's statements to police. The trial judge, citing his "reasonable doubt" about the voluntariness of "statements taken from a boy with an intellectual level far below his years," who was physically tired, not permitted access to legal counsel and "held in virtual isolation for 10 hours prior to the statements being taken," ruled the statements inadmissible.
Deirdre Pothecary, the Crown prosecutor on Tallio's 1983 trial, said in an affidavit sworn last year, that the Tallio case "has stood out in my memory because of the circumstances."
Pothecary, who later became a provincial court judge, included memories about the police in her affidavit which was filed in relation to Tallio's application to appeal. Pothecary said the two young local constables involved in Tallio's case conveyed to her that "this case had a great impact on them." She asserts O'Halloran "had a young son about the same age as the victim and coincidentally his son had pyjamas that were almost identical to those in which Delavina had been found."
In Pothecary's affidavit, she also asserts that the more senior officer who flew in from Prince Rupert, Cpl. Mydlak, "was not easy to deal with." Pothecary asserted she and Tallio's defence lawyer Rankin met with Mydlak before the preliminary hearing, adding: "The plan was for Mr. Rankin to pose his questions to Cpl. Mydlak during this meeting so that the answers he gave could be entered as admissions of fact at the preliminary inquiry without the necessity of Mydlak testifying. As it turned out, Cpl. Mydlak was not prepared to respond to all of the questions and he finally swivelled his chair away from the table, and ended up sitting with his back to me and Mr. Rankin for the balance of the meeting. Cpl. Mydlak was ultimately not excused from the preliminary hearing and testified on a later date in Bella Coola."
Affidavits filed with the court registry described a divide between police and Nuxalk people at the time of Tallio's arrest.
One of them, sworn by the accused's aunt Darlene Tallio, said: "While it is still difficult today, in the early 1980s it was even harder for our Nuxalk people to approach the police. Our people were afraid of the legal system and those working in the law because of the power they held."
Darlene said she was never interviewed by the RCMP during or after the investigation in 1983.
She was not alone. Lawyers working on Tallio's appeal have interviewed and filed sworn affidavits with the court registry from at least a dozen community members who believed they had relevant information about the events of April 22 and 23, but assert they were never contacted by police during their investigation into Delavina's murder. Some expressed frustration they were never interviewed, but others suggested they were hesitant to talk to the RCMP.
In court submissions last month, B.C. Justice Ministry lawyers said: "Although Tallio's confession, provided approximately 14 hours after the offence, was ultimately ruled inadmissible, it explains why the police took few steps to investigate other (possible) perpetrators."
But even though Tallio's defence lawyer successfully argued for the exclusion of the defendant's confession to police, there was another incriminating statement posing a challenge for Tallio's defence at his 1983 trial: An interview with a psychiatrist which would become pivotal in leading to his guilty plea.
Phillip Tallio: The series
This seven-part series on the life and murder trial of Phillip Tallio is based on information taken from hundreds of pages of recently released court documents and interviews by Postmedia reporters Dan Fumano and Matt Robinson.
Wednesday:Phillip Tallio's final hours of freedom and a terrible discovery
Thursday:A swift arrest on a strange day in Bella Coola
Today: The interrogator and the signed confession
Saturday:A debate among mental health professionals
Monday: Phillip Tallio's trial in 1983
Tuesday: Can new DNA science offer definitive answers
July 19: Tallio describes the two-thirds of his life spent in prison


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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Dorchester County recently received approval to acquire 758 acres for $2.235 million.
The funding was among nearly $6.5 million in expenditures from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund to conserve 3,274 acres for five national wildlife refuges through fee title land acquisitions and easement acquisitions.
The Migratory Bird Conservation Fund receives money through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (Duck Stamps), which help provide habitat for wildlife and increased opportunities for refuge visitors who enjoy hunting, birdwatching, photography and other activities.
For every dollar spent on federal Duck Stamps, 98 cents goes toward the acquisition or lease of habitat for the National Wildlife Refuge System. Since 1934, the Federal Duck Stamp Program and Migratory Bird Conservation Fund have provided more than $800 million to acquire more than 5.7 million acres for the National Wildlife Refuge System.


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Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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News Item: Kennebec mural gets a make-over
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Posted by Lucy
Wednesday July 31, 2019
Kennebec mural gets a make-over
After years of weather the Main Street mural painted by Pat Halverson (second from the right) in 2005 for the town's centennial celebration was in need of a fresh coat of paint. Pat's daughters, l-r; Nicole, Holly, Darcy, and daughter-in-law Deb Halverson recently volunteered their time, talent and paint to help Pat design and paint a new KENNEBEC mural. The mural located on the north side of the brick building next to Quillin Park features a tree with the hand prints of people in the community. The Halverson women also repainted the park sign. Stop in and view the colorful mural, hand prints and new park equipment.
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COE is well represented at university-wide "New Wave of Leaders" symposium
As part of the Engaged Cornell initiative, CTLC Director Amy Kohut and fellow interim-Director of Leadership for the Greater Good organized a symposium titled "A New Wave of Leaders" on Tuesday, December 10th. The symposium was attended by over 100 staff and faculty who represent leadership education, community partnership, and leadership development thought leaders on Cornell's campus.
Cornell Outdoor Education as well attended at the symposium, with attendance by Director Marc Magnus-Sharpe, Coordinators Matt Cowburn, Sarah Myers and Annie Socci, and panel participation by Amy Kohut. It was exciting to explore topics of leadership, mentorship, curricular and co-curricular student development tracks, and engaged learning. Cornell Outdoor Education and the Team & Leadership Center are pleased to be at the table for these discussions, and look ahead to what role our organization might play in the implementation of leadership development and engaged learning curricula on campus in the years ahead.
Source: Cornell Chronicle - Symposium sets tone for 'new wave of leaders' at Cornell


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"If we buy something from them, we will use their money, if they buy something from us, they will use our currency," he said, ahead of a trip by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to Russia for meetings on Tuesday.
Erdogan — who previously said discussions were underway with Moscow, Beijing and Tehran on the issue — added that instructions related to this proposal had been given to the central bank.
Erdogan repeated a call for Turks to convert the euros, dollars and other foreign currency "under their pillows" into Turkish lira during a speech in the central city of Kayseri.
"Our Turkish lira is blessed," he told a cheering, flag-waving crowd after opening a museum in the city named after his predecessor and long-time friend Abdullah Gul.
Ankara hopes such demands will help the lira win back the losses it has suffered over the past few months since a failed coup in July when a rogue military faction tried to oust Erdogan from power.
In November alone, the lira haemorrhaged more than 10 percent while it continues to reach record lows against a stronger US dollar.
The lira on Friday reached a record low of 3.58 to the dollar before making up some of the loss.
In another televised speech on Sunday, Erdogan urged owners of shopping malls to "change paying their rent in foreign currencies to TL (Turkish lira)" to prove they are "patriotic".
He gave an example of one mall owner who told Erdogan "immediately, I will change to lira" after a brief telephone call.
The government also planned for tenders to be offered in the Turkish currency, the president said.
Erdogan later repeated his call for lower interest rates and said the government's economic coordination committee which met on Friday for five hours agreed they should be cut.
He accused unnamed individuals of attempting to launch a putsch against the country through interest rates, the stock exchange and foreign currency movements.
Ankara slashed its growth forecast to 3.2 percent from 4.5 percent for this year as the political turbulence and terror attacks in the past year take their toll.


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Numerous anti-Israel protests, anti-Semitic graffiti, statements and vandalism took place during the weekend of August 1st and were reported to ADL. ADL has been monitoring the responses and actions from Latin American countries since the start of Israel's Operation Protective Edge in early July, 2014.
In Posito, a neighborhood in Montevideo, Uruguay where many Jews live, a swastika was 'keyed' into the front doors of apartment homes where the perpetrator believed Jews lived.
In Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay, an anti-Semitic inscription was sprayed on the beach that read "Jews, out of my country."
In São Paulo, a yeshiva student was attacked when he was leaving the yeshiva, and vandals wrote on the outside of the Kiruv Achim synagogue "Nazi" with a swastika.
After a pro-Palestinian protest in Brasilia, an anti-Semitic poster with a Magen David = swastika was glued onto the Israeli Embassy's indication sign.
At a protest held in Santiago outside the La Moneda government building, protesters were seen with a sign that read "shameful for Israel, they are worse than the Nazis, the whole world condemns them."
Massive anti-Israel protests took place throughout Venezuela on August 2, and included participation and endorsement from various government officials. ADL has documented public statements and comments on social media by Venezuelan government officials, including President Maduro who called on the Venezuelan Jewish community to express support for the Palestinians and speak out against Israel's military operation in Gaza. Statements by leading officials, followed by others in the media and in rallies, have compared Israel to the Nazis, and graffiti was spray painted on a Caracas subway station read "Do good to the country, kill a Jew." Swastikas have also appeared in different parts of the city.
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ANOTHER vote, another call to boycott it, and fresh warnings that life may get tougher before it gets better for many in Burundi. Burundians go the polls on May 17, to vote on constitutional amendments that could see President Pierre Nkurunziza, who came to power in 2005, remain in office until 2034.
The lingering effects of a devastating civil war that ended more than a decade ago, a moribund economy, a violent political crisis, and foreign aid cuts have conspired to leave one in four of Burundi's citizens in need of humanitarian aid. The toll the political tensions leading up to and perhaps following the May 17 poll could exact a high toll on Burundi's people.
The growing tensions are alsoadding to the anxiety of 170,000 Burundian long-term refugees in neighbouring Tanzania. They face increasing pressure to return despite promises of citizenship from a once-welcoming country, where many of them have spent their entire lives.
In a possible sign of what might lie ahead, on the heels of World Press Freedom Day, Burundi officials said local-language re-broadcasts by VOA and BBC are on hold for six months, according to a tweet from the state broadcaster, further limiting public access to information in the runup to the referendum.


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By Olga Grinina
The fight for true opinions
In the era of fake news and data privacy scandals, the authenticity of opinion and online reviews is challenged every day. And the struggle is real: robots, bots and underground operatives — programmed or paid — are all fighting for consumer attention out there. Today crafting positive or negative reviews that are completely false and employing black-hat tactics to boost the profits is a common thing. Yet, online reviews have generally proved to be highly useful for both businesses and consumers, and there is a proof to that. Review platforms have long been the place to share valued opinions and a driving force for businesses to gather customer feedback. But how can users be sure that their reviews are not edited or deleted later on? As for companies, they now even doubt the fact that those reviews are written by real people: in the era of AI and machine learning is it difficult at all to program an automatic review engine that would generate 'robotic' reviews?
Is blockchain going to make reviews authentic again?
Blockchain technology today has climbed its way into popular tech development and is building momentum. Leveraging the distributed ledger for online reputation management can bring enormous value — and here's why. First of all, the blockchain-powered review platform would provide users, merchants and third parties with a clear view on the mechanisms and rules that govern the reviews — as well as equal transparency of activities. Immutability of reviews and offering a trusted single-source of information that can't be altered by any party — or at least not without anyone noticing — is another key ingredient to credibility.
And as we speak the solutions seeking to create a win-win situation for online reviews industry are emerging at the market. The first attempt that has been out there for nearly about a year now and just about to roll out their first operating version 1.0 is Revain. By creating a platform that offers a trusted single-source of information that can't be altered by any party — at least not without anyone noticing. The platform seeks to establish trust between all stakeholders and drive a greater sense of responsibilities to both reviewers who are incentivized for giving genuine opinions and businesses hold accountable to provide appropriate reaction to potential criticisms. The authenticity of reviews is achieved by operation method where reviews fragments are processed both by machines and manually and then are saved into the blockchain. Therefore, there is a guarantee that those comments won't be edited later. As with other blockchain startups, Revain uses its own unique digital currency for settlements within the platform, so that writers are rewarded for genuine and constructive reviews, businesses pay to expose these reviews and bad players are punished when they break the platform policies. The platform started with rankings in their own crypto space and is seeking to scale into other areas like e-commerce and gaming.
And how about AI?
But what if blockchain is not the silver bullet, and it takes more than decentralization to guarantee the immutability of reviews? The problem of impartiality has been the biggest pain here: how is one to distinguish a genuine review from a fake one? Quite often common sense of a human brain fails to do so. Recent studies suggest that deep learning language models can easily evade human detection, which means that well designed neural networks are now capable of producing realistic online reviews. User surveys also showed that these fake reviews can consistently avoid detection by real users. Moreover, there AI programs trained to generate fake reviews that are indistinguishable from real reviews written by humans! However, it looks like there's light at the end of the tunnel. A group of researchers at Chicago University were able to train an AI defense mechanism — a neural network that can detect machine-generated reviews with high accuracy.
Such a huge market as online reviews is not exposed to that much of AI at all, whereas it's a logical leap to suggest that the industry would be breeding grounds for it. Revain is actually working on leveraging AI into its system, which for now probably makes the platform one of a kind on the market. Thanks to tone analyzer feature of IBM Watson, the platform is able to automatically determine an emotional component of reviews. If we take a look at some obviously biased comment, like this one: 'Oh, this place sucks, such a bullshit, never ever again shall I be back here!!', Tone Analyzer will instantly be able to detect suspicious features and suggest this review to be fake, using such criteria as Anger, Disgust, Sadness levels, Language Style and Social tendencies. Reviews like this won't even be reaching the second manual verification level. Revain's engine is built on smart contract protocol making all the reviews accessible both to humans and machines, which appears to be crucial in the era of IoT and M2M interactions. The potential value of IoT is huge. Imagine a vending machine that can not only monitor and report its own stock but can also arrange for the delivery of new items automatically based on the purchase history of its customers or their online reviews. This is truly revolutionary for the future machine communications and as we see technology is booming so the application of these developments is universal.
Any solutions out there yet?
Most recent example of those disrupting the online reviews ecosystem is Lina.io. For now, it's really hard to tell where the startup is going, yet it claims to be a new ecosystem for reviewers, professionals, and businesses connected by blockchain. By building a new type of 'social rating system', the team addresses the concerns of the current consumer goods and services rating system by bringing in the transparency and providing the remuneration for the users. They are not going into much detail on the platform's operation model except for stating that 'Lina Platform introduces a hybrid architecture approach. There's an MVP that for now lists only two review sections — Restaurants and Mobile phone, and it looks like the platform is targeting mostly FMCG sector. We surely foresee probably more applications of the platform as well as scaling opportunities, however, it hasn't been leveraged yet.
Having started with disrupting the crypto space, the likes of Revain and Lina look appealing to both blockchain startups and other major stakeholders. New businesses that just went through the seed stage will be getting valuable feedback gathered in one place. This resolves the issue of biased coverage as normally the project's website or its social media channels are basically the only source of information for the public, while valuable feedback from real users is scattered around on numerous websites, which makes accumulating data and analyzing it rather challenging. Early investors and platform users will be able to evaluate the startup by many criteria, such as the team, the progress, communication with the community, correlation between declared goals and factual achievements.
Bringing back credibility to the Internet is no easy task that requires integration of the latest technology and human expertise. Being trust guarantors in multiple industries, blockchain-powered platforms are running high on chances of disrupting the status-quo becoming new frameworks for genuine opinion sharing without any intermediaries and aspiring to introduce new behavior models for both users and businesses. Online trust issues might take years to solve, yet with this new wave of user review startups and the technology at hand we can see it is coming much sooner.


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Yarmony Mountain Ranch provides 3,561 acres +- of some of the best Mule Deer and Elk habitat in the northern Colorado Rockies. The property is located less than 45 miles from Vail, Colorado and less than 60 miles from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This property has year-round access with a beautiful location to build a dream home with 360-degree views of the Gore Range, Yarmony Mountain and the Flat Tops Wilderness Area.
Wildlife and Recreation
Yarmony Mountain Ranch ranges in elevation from 7,400 feet to over 9,400 feet. It is located in the southern portion of game management unit 15 and adjacent to Routt National Forest, Bureau of Land Management Lands and Colorado State Trust Lands. The vegetation ranges from Pinon Pine, Juniper and Sage brush in the lower elevations of the ranch to Aspen, Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir and Lodgepole Pines at higher elevations of the ranch. Ample water for livestock and wildlife can be found in the three creeks that run through the property for nearly 6 miles, as well as in the associated beaver ponds. Trail Creek runs through the lower property parcels for more than 2 miles, while Sheep Creek runs through the middle of the ranch for just under 2 miles and Little Blacktail Creek and its tributaries run along the northern sections of the ranch for 1.5 miles. The lush riparian areas, which borders these creeks, along with the heavy wooded cover, abundant grasses and plentiful watering opportunities from the creeks provide exceptional habitat for several big game species, including Mule Deer, Elk, Moose, Bear and Mountain Lion.
McCoy, CO
The Yarmony Mountain ranch is located between the small mountain towns of Bond and McCoy, Colorado. McCoy, Colorado is a short 20-mile drive from the I-70 corridor and is only 41 miles from Vail, Colorado and the world-class Vail Resorts. Steamboat Springs, an internationally known winter ski resort town, is less than 60 miles from the ranch.
There are commercial and private air services located at the Eagle Regional Airport located just 40 miles from the ranch.


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Guide to Selecting the Best Diesel Truck Repair Services
Until not long ago, majority of the diesel-powered automobiles in the United States were trucks because diesel motors are more ideal for large, heavy vehicles like tractor-trailers, construction vehicles and school buses. Even so, passenger cars with diesel motors are becoming more popular, and car makers are creating more of them each year. Diesel trucks are typically considering as being efficient and regular maintenance is not necessary as frequently as a regular gas powered engine.
Special skills and knowledge are required to service distinctive automobile models because manufacturers create different parts (for instance, a diesel particulate filter) for their models. The mechanic you choose must be specialized in dealing with the sort of diesel truck which you have for him to provide the highest quality of services. When deciding on a diesel truck repair service, it is essential to research their experience with all cars and light trucks, generally with the diesel engines. Even though other non-experienced service people may try to service your diesel truck, they may not get it properly because of the shortage of experience and specific training.
Do not forget that you have already spent a lot of time and energy into picking the right vehicle, so ensure that you choose an diesel truck repair company that will treat your car just like you do. Here are some of the most important things to remember when choosing a diesel truck repair service.
Verify Emergency Services
Some owners of diesel-powered truck may find it impossible to start their vehicles in the odd hours of the morning. Some may suffer from maintenance problems that need to be checked regularly. This is why it is critical to choose an diesel truck repair company that provides emergency services. Because of this, if your truck does not start in the morning or crashes in the middle of the road, their mechanic can give the required services immediately.
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One of the determining factors to is how well you get along with the company's representatives. Make sure that they listen to your concerns and questions and will follow a planned schedule. Ensure that you have an working line of communication with each other, and you should be comfortable about working with him to receive the best repair services for your diesel truck.
Plan a Shop Visit
If you have enough time, schedule a tour of the repair shop. Inspect whether the facilities are clean and well organized and take note of how well the employees interact with each another. An on-site visit can divulge various things about the diesel truck repair service. If there is noticeable tension, or if employees are operating in a dirty or cluttered work space, this is likely to be reflected in their services.
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Today is our last day of class; I hope you all have enjoyed this semester as much as I have and have learned more about yourselves, the process of coming of age, and the meaning of "adulting."
I am also very much looking forward to reading your picture books, which you turned in at the start of class today, along with your artists' statements (which you should have turned in to TSquare at the start of class as well, 1 per team). If you would like me to make page by page comments on your picture books, please include a note inside the front cover with a post-it indicating the person who plans to pick up the book, so I can email you when comments are ready and arrange a time to return it. Otherwise, I will upload more general comments to TSquare for each team.
Today in class, we will discuss the final portfolios again, focusing specifically on the reflective essay portion of the assignment. We will go over the portion of the assignment sheet (available on TSquare) that specifically addresses the content of the essay, as well as discussing the ways to incorporate evidence and multimodality into your essay on Mahara. We also looked at the course outcomes and Common Policies to help you formulate your arguments and to be sure you can articulate the goals of the course appropriately for your essay. Hopefully by now you have an idea of what you want to argue and the artifacts and process documents you want to use to support that argument.
We also discussed the final exam schedule and discussed the ways in which I can be available to students to discuss questions or concerns in the next two weeks (office hours/online office hours).
- Complete the CATME assessment of your picture book team by 11:55pm this evening.
- Complete your Multimodal Reflection Portfolio and submit it to TSquare (.zip file and link) NO LATER THAN the end of your exam period for this class (you are welcome to turn it in earlier). Instructions for generating the .zip file and link are on the assignment sheet.
- Section C2: Monday December 12 by 11:00am
- Section J5: Monday, December 12 by 2:30pm
- Section B2: Wednesday, December 14 by 11:00am
- Complete the CIOS survey for this course
- Double-check your gradebook for any missing grades or grades that appear to have errors and email me no later than December 9 to ensure timely corrections.