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Cape Town was first mentioned by Bartholomeu Dias, a Portugese explorer, in 1486 and was developed by the Dutch East India Company as a supply station for its trading ships, making it the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. The late 19th century saw a rush of immigrants to Cape Town after the discovery of diamonds in the surrounding area, and it remains a very multicultural city.
Cape Town was home to many leaders of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and it was here that Nelson Mandela made his famous speech in 1990 to mark the end of his imprisonment and the segregation.

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text: Human Rights Observatory US Lifting Vietnam Arms Embargo a 'Wake-up Call' for Russia U.S. President Barack Obama's announced lifting of a decades-old arms embargo against Vietnam is raising eyebrows not only in China, where a dispute with Hanoi in the South China Sea inflames military tensions, but also in Russia. Russia has long been Hanoi's top weapons supplier. But, that dominance will slowly be eroded as the market is opened and U.S. arms dealers begin to seize the opportunity. 'It will ultimately undermine Russian dominance in the Vietnamese market,...Read complete article© Voice of America - Monday, May 23, 2016


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How far will a keen perennial gardener go in the search for new ideas?
Lately, it's far beyond my own garden gate, and recently involved plane, train and taxi rides all the way to the tiny village of Hummelo in the eastern Netherlands.
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Here is an excellent video from Ireland in which medical experts speak out about abortion and suicide.
It provides a good overview of the information showing that (a) there is no evidence that abortion provides any help in cases where a pregnant women is suicidal, and (b) research has shown that the suicide rate is higher among women with a history of abortion.
Click the links below the video for more information on some of the research cited in the video.
Learn more:
Higher Death Rates After Abortion Found in U.S., Finland and Denmark: Studies Find Abortion Is Not Safer Than Childbirth
Study Finds Abortion Provides No Mental Health Benefits to Women, Even When Pregnancy is Unwanted
Study: Women's Suicide Rates Highest After Abortion
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FOLLOWING a successful pilot that helped to prevent people falling at home staff from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) are now expanding the scheme to help even more people stay safe.
GMFRS worked in partnership with the National Health Service in Bury and Salford from August 2012 to January 2014 on a pilot scheme to identify people aged over 65 who were at higher risk from having a fire or falling in their home and ensure they were offered support and assistance.
GMFRS' Assistant County Fire Officer, Peter O'Reilly, said: "National research shows that the older members of our community are at higher risk from both falls and having accidental fires at home, so we teamed up with two of our local health services to improve the support available to these people.
"The project allowed us to put our existing Home Safety Check service to better use. Along with the usual safety checks carried out by GMFRS' firefighters and community safety we added an assessment on the risk of falls for people aged over 65 and referred those at higher risk to the health service's falls prevention team."
During the pilot thousands of Home Safety Checks (HSCs) were carried out in Bury and Salford resulting in hundreds of people being referred to their local health service to try and prevent them from having an unnecessary fall at home.
Chair of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, Councillor David Acton, said: "The pilot GMFRS carried out with Bury and Salford National Health Service was extremely positive.
"More than 91 per cent of the people we visited are now more aware of how they can prevent a fire at home and more than 80 per cent said they feel they are less likely to fall at home."
Mr and Mrs Watson from Bury had a HSC in 2013 and were referred to the falls team and they now both feel safer at home. The married couple have working smoke alarms and an escape plan in place, to use should they have a fire, and they also feel safer at home now they have handrails and a walking stick - thanks to the falls pilot.
Mr Alec Watson, aged 72, said: "We heard about the Home Safety Check service offered by the fire service while at the doctors and were more than happy with our visit by firefighters - they fitted new smoke alarms and gave us safety advice.
"The crew talked to us about a falls team run by the health service and explained that we might be able to get some help with walking aids fitted around the home to help us get around.
"Soon after the falls team came to see us and fitted us an extra handrail on the stairs, a rail outside the front door and gave my wife, Hazel, a walking stick."
Mrs Hazel Watson, also aged 72, said: "The teams that visited us were very pleasant and even vacuumed the dust after fitting the rail on the stairs.
"Since getting my walking stick I haven't fallen over so I'm very pleased we came across the service. We have nothing but praise for the services and would highly recommend a visit if people are unsure whether to take up the offer."
Another happy lady who was referred to the falls team after having a HSC is 85-year-old Mrs Margaret Conroy, also from Bury.
Mrs Conroy said: "After having smoke alarms fitted by firefighters during a HSC a therapist from the health service came to see me and talked over an exercise plan.
"I now go to the gym several times a week to strengthen my legs as I have suffered break injuries over the past few years.
"I use two sticks to help me get around and am hoping to get down to one stick when my legs are stronger."
Due to the success of the project, falls assessments and referrals are now part of GMFRS' core business. The next step is to roll out the initiative across the Service with Tameside and Wigan being the next boroughs to come on board along with Bury and Salford.
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Posted: 28 Oct 2006 07:51
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Hi, I'm new. (Obviously) and I need a goths advise.
Well, I realized that my true style was gothic since I was 12, but the problem all starts
out with my two "best friends": we've been friends for a few years and I still don't know
why and how. Here's something that's like a summerize of the situation:
1 - To start off...
I am a goth girl, I don't like fashion and I see no reason why I should worry wasting my
time trying to be the same as others (Which is pathetic.)
My "friends" are prep but they were my friends even before that and we keep each others
company (doesn't affect their reputation), fashion is a -nasty- must and argues constantly
with me. (And we're still friends!)
2 -
I love dark.
They love light.
3 -
I love night.
They love day.
4 -
I love the full moon, rain/wind/storm.
They wish exactly the sun and heat. (this is hell)
5 -
I love black, red, black, purple, black, grey and black is one of my favorite colors.
They love light colors and -pukes- pink.-pukes-
6 -
I listen to hardcore rock like Marilyn Manson, Disturbed, Sisters of Mercy, System of a
Down, Evanescense, Slipknot, etc.
They listen to -puke- Bitchtney Spears, Hilary Duff, you know, prep stuff.
7 - Art of works competition...
I do poetry, art of bloody death angels, terror stories, you name it.
They are -wtf- ... cheerleaders. (They're still my friends!!!)
8 - Dreams of the divided sides...
I'd wish they'd quit being prep. But I respect them for who they are anyways.
They'd wish I'd quit being goth. They do everything in their power to ambush the tainted
soul that is me. Foolish mortals...
9 -
I am practically worshipping death, darkness, danger and despair
My friends worship life, love, luxury, and light.
I'm as pale as the moon with waist-long black straight hair, I feel comfortable and
beautiful as a goth and I'm dying to know what they have against a girl that could be
Dracula's favorite bride. What does it matter if I look like (singer of Evanescense) Amy
Lee's twin sister? If they think I look like a corpse thats their problem, who they think
they are to tell me to get a tan? They can freeze in heaven for all I care. (Therefore I'm
slightly flatter by the corpse comment :blush&giggles:)
We are very different, do I need to say more? Ok, I'll name friend #1 and #2. Then you
have is very little group of outcasts (goths) which are all guys and I really don't mind
at all, and those poor devils'ld mention of the lack of goth girls in the city (I'm one of
the only real goth girls in the school) and I'm helping them with their homework, hanging
out and sharing about the lastest news of movies, videogames, bands, etc. which makes
friend 1# jealous with my popularity with guys. #1 is a type of leader, I'm never afraid
of her, I know secrets about her, she just gets stressful with anything and complaining
about everything, I hate the way she yells and treats people and I still wonder why she's
still got a lot of people talking to her (must be the fact that she does schoolwork as
favors for the powerful ones, like kissing the asses of them just to be kissed back, the
filthy lad). Actually, friend #2 is an evangelic jesus-freak who does nothing but cross
her arms, helps 1# beat hell out of me at an insult duel and follows 1# everywhere like a
poodle. Unlike #1, in the past she didn't leave the differences behind for a bit. She
can't stop ranting about how I look like a naughty satanic crime gal and I just say "fuck
you and your Hello Kitty butt-face ego no one asked your opinion." Now in early times with
1# was different: she wasn't as a moron as 2#, we used to hang out at the graveyard
laughing our brains out about the math teacher, dreaming about how suicide is like,
enjoying the masterpiece of Nirvana, practicing the use of rituals and Ouija boards... oh
the good times... But now I just don't know.
Imagine, if it were you, you would dump your now-prep pretty-in-pink fashion childhood
friends for those cute, cunning, dark souls of the underworld which is the goth boys how
really cares about your feelings?
With the guys I feel happy (dude, that's rare) but I don't want to hurt the girls the way
they hurt me, they can be cruel but they helped me in times no one else would. Anyways 1#
might do a WWIII or a catastrophe by making my life a living hell (more than it is) just
for me to regret and I'm sure the goths of my class are not that courageous to defend a
case that is not theirs.
Bloody hell, what made me end up in this situation in the first place? May the Grim Reaper
forgive me for being a sensitive wart, if I punished those bitches until they beg for
mercy will I still be goth (?) or possessing the incompacity to harm a breathing soul
makes me goth? What do you guys think? Revengence or forgiveness? Both? I just need to
abandon them for my own good, I'm allegric to Drama Queen preps and we'll never learn to
get along ever again.
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Posted: 28 Nov 2006 06:45
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i think your an effin idiot...
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Posted: 04 Apr 2007 10:21
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sounds like a predicament. maybe you should just slit your wrists now.
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Posted: 26 Aug 2007 07:52
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your a real goth girl.... sarcasm
i think the word that describs u has a wanna be or something like that
and your taste of music sucks
marilyn manson, shitknot....
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Posted: 27 Aug 2007 04:23
Post subject: Re: HELP! I'M NEW AND I NEED ADVICE REALLY BADLY...
im not trying to be meen to u but u sound realy up ur self u dont sound gothic at all i
kno ur friend might want to change u but u have a choice not to listen iv been into dark
things and dress in dark clothing and love to play with blood and all the stuff people
think are weird but i dont call myself a goth ur friend are ur friends even if they arnt
like u i have meny friend that think what i do is strange and weird but i do what i want
to do to and i have alott of dark minded friends like me goth is only a label and not many
people go around calling them selfs that im 23 and iv been like i have since i could dress
myself but one thing dark minded people dont do is put narsty shit up like u have about
friends im sorry but u need to read what u said because it sound like you are the prepy
girl just be happy u have friend sweety
evil needs candy too
good luck
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Posted: 14 Sep 2007 04:19
Post subject: Re: HELP! I'M NEW AND I NEED ADVICE REALLY BADLY...
Omg...right...I remember that we're raising a new generation of incredibly self-centered
attention whores.
Unfortunately, I was like this once, about three years ago, so I understand what it's like
to be mentally limited.
So let me say this: What's wrong with pink or people who like soft rock?
Really, everything is relevant, so don't walk around thinking your so-called "gothic"
point of view is lord-high to someone else's point of view....as long as your friends
aren't judging you, you shouldn't judge them. Simple. I know lots of mainstream people who
are actually quite nice and with whom I get along with.
Also, I dislike it when people listen to musically inadequate bands and call it "gothic".
That's a bit of an insult to the goth genre of music.
Lotsa love and corrections, Sophia
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Spinach Cheese Pastries
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- 1 large
- egg (for egg wash)
- 1 Tbsp
- filtered water
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- 1 large
- green onion chopped
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- 1Heat oven to 400'F. Beat the egg and 1 tbsp. water to make an egg wash. Set aside.
- 2Stir the cheeses together with the onion and garlic powder in a small bowl.
- 3Sprinkle the flour on your work surface and roll the pastry out the long way to about 12-14".
- 4Brush the sheet with your egg wash and top with the cheese and the spinach. Starting at the short side roll up tightly like a jelly roll. Cut into slices about 1/2" wide.
- 5Place the slices cut side down on a parchment covered baking sheet. Brush the slices with the egg wash and bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
- 6Remove the pastries onto a wire rack and cool for at least 10 minutes.
- 7Make sure you wring out the thawed spinach well. I put it in a tea towel and twisted the ends to remove the water from the spinach. This works well if you have a friend to help twist the towel. If the spinach isn't dried out it will make the pastry soggy. Serve warm or cold.
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Bankruptcy Law Reform Commentary
The Scottish Government is poised to announce a swathe of new legislation to radically overhaul Scotland's personal debt laws. This will include
- New regulations for the Scottish Debt Arrangement Scheme;
- A new Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill; and
- New regulations for Protected Trust Deeds
Over the next few months I will be blogging on these new measures and the issues involved as they take their journey through the Scottish Parliament.
I will be revealing how many of the new measures that are being proposed will have a detrimental effect on tens of thousands of Scots each year and affect their living standards and ability to make choices. I will explain how after 10 years of progressive debt law reform, we will now see the tide go out on some of these reforms.
I will provide an insight into the behind the scenes politics of Scotland's debts laws, explain who is who and what their interests are and what some of the unintended consequences of many of the new measures may be.
I will also be inviting Guest Posts by others in the industry who can give their insight and perspective.
So if you would like to keep up to date with what is happening, or want to know more about what these law reforms will mean to creditors and debtors in Scotland, please follow the blog over the next few months.
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The red imported fire ant: Controlling ants in the yard
April 7, 2017 at midnight
Are you planning any backyard barbecues this summer? Will your barefoot children be having a pool party? Protect their tender feet from painful stings, and ensure a pest-free environment for your backyard festivities this year. The venomous red imported fire ant is considered one of the most annoying yard pests. Their stings are painful and itchy, and may even cause severe allergic reactions in a small percentage of the population. Fire ants are also very defensive of their nests and will sting anything or anyone who disturbs the mound. Nests can, therefore, be difficult to remove from yards and remain a danger to children and pets.
Fire ant nests can easily be recognized as large mounds of soil. The mounds will have no visible entrances because the worker ants will enter and exit through tunnels that extend far from the actual mound. There are many strategies on the internet to remove fire ant colonies from residential yards, but most of them are ineffective. The most effective three-step method is outlined below.
Step 1: Identification
Proper identification is critical in controlling ants. Once the identification is confirmed then you can begin to form a treatment plan. Ants are known to be social insect with a division of labor. Each type of ant has specific requirement to maintain a working colony. Each caste has role that must be carried out to ensure colony survival. Many resources are available online to aid in the proper identification.
Step 2: Treatment
Treatment for fire ants can be done by a qualified pest control professional you may wish to do it yourself. Pest control professionals have access to chemicals and baits not on the consumer market. The methods they use can provide effective control for 30 days up to 1 year depending on the treatment type. As for the do it yourself chemicals, many baits available on the consumer market can help to provide control for around 30 days. Treatment should only be made for the targeted insect as specified on the label by the manufacturer of the chemical in accordance with EPA mandates.
Step 3: Maintenance
Unfortunately, a common way people detect fire ants is by the burning sensation the sting causes. By taking a little time and inspecting your yard for fire ant mounds you might be able to reduce the encounters. Periodic application of baits or chemicals maybe need to provide a more fire ant free yard. Contacting a qualified pest control professional for advice or service can help determine the most effective treatment with the lowest impact on the environment.
If you are sensitive to stings or bites, unable to move quickly in case of ant retaliation, or unwilling to perform repeat treatments in case the queen evades the initial treatment, don't hesitate to call a professional exterminator. Qualified pest control professionals have more effective treatments and the experience to make sure the colony is thoroughly eradicated, ensuring the safety of your family, pets, and property.


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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is to encourage support for multi-lingual voice applications by unveiling the First Public Working Draft of Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) 1.1.
W3C estimates that, within three years, the web will contain significantly more content from Chinese and Indian languages, among others.
The consortium added that, in many of the regions where these languages are spoken, people can access the Web more easily through a less expensive mobile handset than through a desktop computer.
It estimates that the world has more than 10 times as many mobile phones as Internet-connected personal computers.
With an improved SSML, people worldwide will have an increased ability to listen to synthesised speech through mobile phones, desktop computers and other devices.
This will extend the reach of computation and information delivery to nearly every corner of the globe, according to the W3C.
SSML 1.1 improves on SSML 1.0 by adding support for more conventions and practices in the world's languages.
One new feature helps to disambiguate "word boundaries" in languages that do not use white space as a boundary, including Chinese, Thai and Japanese.
SSML 1.1 allows references to language-specific pronunciation alphabets, clarifying the relationship between the author's specified speaking voice and the language being spoken.
It also provides finer-grained control over lexicon activation and entry usage, along with features to better integrate with existing and upcoming Speech Interface Framework specifications.
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Join LA Commons' Executive Director Karen Mack for an informal experience to break the fast at the Islamic Center of Southern California on Wednesday, June 29th at 7:30pm.
This month's new moon on June 5th marked the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. The fasting lasts from sunrise to sunset; a meal, suhur, is eaten before dawn and the fast is broken after sunset with another meal, iftar. Nightly iftars are a time to join together with friends, family, and community.
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text: AFG was established in 1994 by Americans and Georgian-Americans and is now supported by people from all over the world who have joined us to provide practical humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable citizens of the country of Georgia. We are a public charity with a mission of helping courageous Georgians establish and maintain care-giving programs to alleviate the suffering of the neglected, the handicapped, the ill, the abused, the young and the elderly. In addition, we want to help the Georgian people restore their national pride and self-reliance as they work to build an economically viable democratic society.


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Pay It Forward: 4 Places to Donate to in Lieu of Holiday Gifts
We are currently in that post-Black Friday, pre-week before Christmas rush, so some of you may still be planning what gifts you want to give others, or put on your own Christmas list. But what if you do things a little differently this year?
Over the last several years, each time someone has asked me what I want for Christmas, I go on a rant about how I don't need more *stuff* and I'm trying to get rid of excess clutter in my life. Usually, this leaves my family stumped on what to give me. This year, in lieu of sending me gifts, I'm asking for donations to any of the following organizations.
If you support LGBTQ+ rights:
The Trevor Project is the first 24 hour LGBTQ+ crisis interventiona and suicide prevention hotline directly supporting teens and young adults ages 13-24. To become an in-person or digital volunteer, click here. To donate money directly, click here.
If you love animals:
Cat House on the Kings is probably heaven on earth. Watch some of their YouTube videos and you'll understand. Essentially, if you love cats, you should support them. Click here to learn about their many donation opportunities.
Susie's Senior Dogs is a nonprofit designed to support and advocate for the adoption of senior dogs. To donate, click here.
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Planned Parenthood clinics provide a variety of reproductive health services including birth control, STD testing, pregnancy tests, and more. Specifically, they provide services to many who would not otherwise have the financial means to obtain them. To donate, click here.
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Jubilee Consortium is a Los-Angeles based non-profit focusing on health justice and service work. In 2013, I moved to LA as part of Jubilee's EUIP program. If you are between 21-29, have a Bachelor's degree, and are passionate about service work, apply to the program by clicking here. To donate money, click here.
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Detroit In an unusual long distance test the all-new smart fortwo and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class demonstrated their top position amongst the world's most climate-friendly cars. On a trip from Los Angeles via Chicago to the 2008 Detroit Auto Show they showcased outstanding fuel-saving qualities in everyday real-world conditions. On the 4,400 kilometre route the smart fortwo mhd recorded an average consumption of just 4.8 litres per one hundred kilometres. The two smart fortwo cdis were impressed with only 3.9 l/100km, and even the luxurious turbo-diesel E 320 CDI BLUETEC consumed an average of only 5.8 l/100 km. Read the rest of this entry »
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French Film Finishes Fifth
February 20th, 2005
Note: I know this column was promised for Friday, but in between Wednesday and Friday data for only a couple more major markets were added and as of Sunday Mexico is still a week behind. We'll try the column as a Sunday release for a couple of weeks to see if it works there before making a final decision.
Other highlights on the international scene include:
Iznogoud: Calife a la place du calife, a movie based on a Asterix and Obelix spin off of sorts, dominated the French box office taking in $7.1 million, more than double the second place film and more than a third of the top ten total. It is also enough to push it into the Top Five on the international scene, dropping Finding Neverland into sixth place. Unfortunately, like the several films made in the Asterix and Obelix series, this one is unlikely to make much of an impact outside the French speaking markets.
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Source: VarietyFiled under: International Box Office, The Incredibles, The Bourne Supremacy, National Treasure, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Grudge, Million Dollar Baby, Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie, Ray, Ladder 49, Sideways, White Noise, Blade: Trinity, The Phantom of the Opera, Hide and Seek, Racing Stripes, Alexander, Closer, Cellular, Danny the Dog, Elektra, NASCAR: The IMAX Experience, Assault On Precinct 13, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Kung Fu Hustle, Son of the Mask, Seed of Chucky, House of Flying Daggers, Raise Your Voice, First Daughter, Aliens of the Deep, Doogal, Un long dimanche de fiançailles, Hauru no ugoku shiro, The Merchant of Venice, Vera Drake, Mar adentro, Are We There Yet?, After the Sunset


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Ever since I can remember, my family has held at least two huge garage sales each year. Growing up, I was surrounded by four aunts and a mom who were amazing at cleaning and minimizing. Trinkets that once held sentimental value were quickly ushered out the door with a price tag. Through the years, I learned a lot about purging and selling.
Not to mention, we have many "customers" who return year after year looking forward to our garage sales. To me, that says we are doing something right!
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- Find out if there are any ordinances or regulations where you live concerning hosting a garage sale. Some cities and counties require that you have a posted permit on the premises and others limit the number of sales you may have per year. The town that I live in even has certain times of the day the sale must be between.
- Choose a date with a good weather forecast — mild weather is always preferred — and no large out of town events going on. Also, try to avoid holiday weekends.
- Make signs that are bold, bright, and easy to read! Additionally, make sure all of the necessary information is on the sign: address, dates, and times.
- Advertise, advertise, advertise. Posting online about the garage sale can really expand the number of customers who show up. Try sharing on Craigslist, Facebook, Offer Up, and in the local paper. Doing so ensures that as many people as possible are aware of your garage sale.
- Price items in advance. Plus, be realistic about the prices you ask and be willing to haggle. Most people who go to garage sales do so for a good deal.
- Keep plenty of change in your cash box. In fact, visiting your local bank or credit union to get a surplus of coins, ones, and fives is a great idea!
- Allow yourself plenty of time to set up. Not to mention, be prepared for people to show up as you are in the middle of setting up. Try to keep like items together and even think about having signs stating the types of items that are on the tables.
- Put all of those plastic bags accumulating in your home to use! Offer bags to customers to make it easier for them to carry their items to their car.
- Expect people to show up late. Admittedly, it is frustrating when you are trying to close down. However, if they purchase something that is one less thing to put away later!
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Bet there'll be another Referendum
WILLIAM HILL have opened a book on when the next Scottish Independence Referendum will take place - and what the outcome will be.
Hills are offering odds of 5/4 that there will be another vote before the end of 2020; and 11/10 that one will take place before the end of 2024 - and the bookies are already offeing odds ofr 1/2 that the Scots will once again reject independence, and 6/4 that they vote in favour of it.
'The last Scottish Referendum produced the biggest turnover for any political event we have ever bet on - over £3.25m- so we would welcome another!' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SCOTTISH INDY REFERENDUM BEFORE THE END OF 2020?.......4/7 no; 5/4 yes
WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SCOTTISH INDY REFERENDUM BEFORE THE END OF 2024?.......4/6 no;11/10 yes
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DHS Explains: 'We Bought Ammo While Shopping Online Drunk'
With much of the United States speculating as to why the Department of Homeland Security needsbillions and billions of dollars' worth of ammunition, new reports are coming forth that put the controversial purchases into new light.
"It started out like any work day, with an office party for [Acquisition Contracting Manager Milton Johannsen]'s birthday," said Jeff Lavange of DHS. "It was a pretty typical cake-and-ice cream deal with your boss, Milt was obviously bored. He's been here for a long time."
"At about four o'clock he just stood up and said 'Fuck it!'" continued Lavange. "'Who wants Benihana!' he said."
So all those conspiracy theories are for naught. Seriously, who can honestly say they've never found a package addressed to themselves, opened it, and realized, shit, that's right, last week after we got back from the bar, I saw that coupon in my inbox…
I once drunk-bought a boxed set of the Matrix even though I only like the first movie and some of the Animatrix. I gotta be honest, I never could bring myself to re-watch "Reloaded" and "Rebooted" or whatever it was called. So much betrayal.
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Cultural Competence Can Be Easier to Discuss than to Practice
Dear Colleague,We don't talk often enough about the cultural differences in our country, let alone the different cultural attitudes, assumptions, beliefs, and traditions about sex.
Lisa Aronson Fontes has been looking at these issues of culture and sexual abuse for decades. She points out clearly that we need to develop a deeper understanding about how our own culture and that of our clients impacts how we carry out our clinical work in the world. In this issue, we have profiled one of her articles and hope you will find it helpful.
It is essential that each of us take the time to remain current with the literature regarding culture, language, and enthicity. One excellent resource is Interviewing Clients across Cultures: A Practitioner's Guide, by Lisa Aronson Fontes. This book offers a practical guide for professionals working with culturally and linguistically diverse clients. Every chapter has thought-provoking discussion questions and resources for further reading. You can find this book in our catalog and online at www.neari.com/press.
As always, we welcome your feedback. And if you want us to examine a particular issue, please let us know.
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Interviewing Clients across Cultures: A Practitioner's Guide
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Cultural Competence Can Be Easier to Discuss than to Practice
If you come here to help me, then you are wasting your time. But if you come here because your liberation is bound up in mine, then let us begin.
~ Lily Walker, Australian aboriginal women's leader
The Issue
How do we know if we are culturally competent? The high stakes involved in working to reduce sexual abuse demand that professionals be sensitive and proficient in working with people from different cultures.
The ResearchIn a recent article in the APSAC Advisor newsletter, Lisa Aronson Fontes provides information that may be helpful to all of us. Fontes observes that there is no direct translation for "foster care" in Spanish. It is striking that the concept that is so entrenched in our child welfare system is not even named in Spanish. She also cautions that the guttural sounds of some languages can sound harsh to observers. This can bias interviewers negatively (e.g., concluding that someone has abused or meets criteria for an unwarranted diagnosis). She notes that in at least one Asian culture, clients typically observe interviewers for signs of empathy and compassion, before they are open to talking. However, these are characteristics that many dominant-culture interviewers are trained not to display.
Fontes also calls our attention to vital research findings. In one study, children who had made a prior disclosure of sexual abuse, but declined to discuss it in the context of a forensic interview, actually received less support from the interviewer. What is disturbing is that the authors found that those interviewers who did not get the disclosures they were looking for from children (who previously disclosed) became frustrated and acted more in line with their own needs and did not maintain a clear focus on the needs of the child.
Fontes makes the point that our rapport, respect, demeanor, and tone of voice are all vital components of culturally competent interviewing. It is not enough to display skills in these areas; the interviewer has to develop rapport in order to gather information and have a positive impact. The best interviewers truly seek to understand both the client's culture and their experience within it. The interviewer's mindset can be more important than the specific skills they possess.
Implications for Professionals
Respect is vital. Many professionals believe themselves to be respectful. Fontes makes the point that it is important to check in with clients to find out how they are doing with the interview. This is a consistent finding in psychotherapy research. Demonstrations of respect compromise neither forensic nor clinical interviews. Our respect helps others improve their lives. This is as crucial with adolescents who have abused as it is with families in which abuse has occurred. After all, if we don't model respect, we cannot expect adolescents to live respectfully, and we may cause harm.
Maintaining good professional boundaries includes being warm and empathic. Fontes observes that many professionals who interview clients take on a cold and distant tone. Since meaningful rapport is essential to the client relationship, this lack of warmth and empathy can prevent a clinician from getting critical information. This can be particularly detrimental in the case of working with immigrants, who have often had very unfortunate experiences with other professionals.
Implications for the FieldMuch of what we know about understanding and treating sexual abuse has focused on the causes of abuse and risk reduction rather than in understanding and attending to complex human beings. Understanding the cultural (as well as developmental) context of sexual abuse is vital to helping adolescents build better lives. Not only do we need to be competent, we need to be extremely careful. Professionals cannot make assumptions about statements or behaviors in the absence of cultural knowledge. It benefits us all to question our interpretations and actively remain open to cultural realities about which we may have no knowledge. Otherwise, it is far too easy to unintentionally harm our clients and violate the ethical standards to which we have all committed ourselves.
Fontes, L.A. (2009, Spring). Interviewing immigrant children and families for suspected child maltreatment. APSAC Advisor, 7-11.
Article available from: http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/onechild/documents/LisaFontes-InterviewingImmigrantChildrenAPSACAdvisor.pdf.To print a pdf of this article, click NEARI NEWS.
This month, we asked Lisa what website she would recommend. She pointed us toward two fantastic resources.
http://www.brycs.org/ and http://racemattersconsortium.org/
1. Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS) provides national technical assistance to organizations serving refugees and immigrants so that all newcomer children and youth can reach their potential. They have an entire section of their website on child maltreatment resources. BRYCS also won APSAC's cultural competency award this year: www.brycs.org.
2. The Race Matters Consortium (The Consortium) is a diverse group of child welfare experts representing research, policy, administration, practice, and advocacy. Their website has products, working papers, webinars, and other resources of interest to those working with children and youth: http://racemattersconsortium.org/.
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'Print-Hating Generation Still Reads the College Newspaper!'
As digital and online media conquer the world, college students are still most content to read their campus newspapers in print.
It is not breaking news, confirmed over the past few years by a number of news outlets and marketing surveys– including a fall 2010 Poynter Online piece (screenshot below) and a Washington Post Magazine feature published in April.
The most recent proof of students' print-first campus newspaper reading habits comes from David Simpson, the coordinator of student publications at Georgia Perimeter College. As he recently wrote in a message to college media advisers:
"A nugget from our latest market research at Georgia Perimeter College made me very happy, so I'll share it. This is a pretty rigorous survey designed and analyzed for us by senior marketing students under a very savvy professor at nearby Georgia College and State University.
"The first question on the survey was whether the respondent agreed that 'reading the newspaper is a waste of time.' Not a particular newspaper– just 'the newspaper.'
"A whopping 69 percent either 'agreed' or 'strongly agreed' that the newspaper is a waste of time– and that number jumps to 89 percent when you include 'somewhat agreed.'
"A little later in the survey, the respondent was asked if he/she had read The Collegian, our campus newspaper, in the last month. (We only published every three weeks this year.) The 'yes' on that question was 62 percent.
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A couple of days ago I posted some great ideas for shabby chic dining room cabinets. Today's post provides a few additional cabinet ideas for other parts of the house…
Starting with the entryway! The cabinet below from Involving Color would look so sweet in any foyer. I love that the little drawers are numbered one through nine.
This yellow cabinet from Better Homes and Gardens would be a nice fit for a smaller entryway. The flowers on top are perfect, and I love that the cabinet's on wheels!
A shabby chic wall cabinet like the one from Home and Decor would serve as a beautiful entryway accent piece.
And the hanging cabinet below from Country Living would help to keep any sewing room organized.
Shabby chic cabinets, such as the one below (available from Painted Cottages), would be amazing bookshelves. Best of all, Painted Cottages ships their handmade cabinets nationwide!
Several of these cabinets could be used in any space. I could picture the rustic cabinet below from Tilly's Cottage working in an entryway, living room, bedroom — really anywhere!
And even though technically not a cabinet, the shabby chic table below from Seventh House on the Left looks great in the entry way with whitewashed striped plank floors.
While the similar table, matching cabinet and mirror below from Mix and Chic works great in the bathroom too!
The shabby chic cabinet below from Houzz might be my favorite bathroom option though. I love how it's functional and charming at the same time!


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I got a 48" Emark Viking for sale $1800. I'm located in GA and may be able to deliver to VA.Look here post #6 http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=213816
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Magellan RoadMate RV5365T-LMB Review
This GPS unit comes with a 5 inch color display that can be easily used in a car or large recreational vehicle.
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Korean cuisine class returns to Sur La Table
Six years after my interview with Anne Haerle, Sur La Table's corporate chef, Korean cooking classes continue to be popular in culinary schools across the U.S., and grocery stores continue to add more Korean ingredients such as 고추장 gochujang (red pepper paste), seaweed snacks and 뒨장 doenjang (fermented soybean paste) to their shelves.
Sur La Table is offering two classes this month featuring Korean cuisine. The first is Korean Summer BBQ, which will teach students how to make classics such as Grilled Kalbi Shortrib Wraps, Sticky Sweet Grilled Chicken and Kimchi Fried Rice.
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Golds Gym Interviews Torrie Wilson
DOB: July 24, 1975
Torrie Anne Wilson is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model. She is best known for her tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she performed on both their SmackDown and Raw brands through out her eight year run.
As a fitness competitor, Wilson won the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998. Shortly after, she was signed by World Championship Wrestling, where she stayed from 1999 until 2001. In 2001, she began appearing on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) television as part of The Invasion storyline.Her most high profile storyline took place in 2003 when she feuded with Dawn Marie.Wilson has also been a part of the all-female stable, or group of affiliated wrestlers, known as Vince's Devils, which ended its run in 2006.
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By Jachym Topol.
Translated by Alex Zucker.
508 pp. North Haven, Conn.:
Catbird Press/Independent Publishers Group. Cloth, $40. Paper, $19.95.
Readers embarking on ''City Sister Silver'' are in for an exhilarating, exasperating journey. As the narrator, Potok, relates in a rare idle moment: ''I saw an incredible light show, breathtaking colors, a little bitty spider weavin his net at high speed, it wasn't a trap though, couldn't've caught a thing in it, I figured it was a game, or some secret message for somebody about the joy of motion . . . it was a silky and mysterious web, lifting with the wind, billowing with the gusts, like it was there just for the wind, or the wind just for it, they merged.'' Much of Jachym Topol's debut novel strikes the reader this way -- kaleidoscopic and ethereal, full of motion for its own sake, with many memorable stops along the route.
''City Sister Silver'' met with critical acclaim in the Czech Republic; reviewers hailed the freshness of Topol's language and his extraordinary descriptions of modern life as a new direction for Czech literature. Of course, Topol is not the only writer to describe post-totalitarian Czech society. Novels by Ivan Klima, Pavel Kohout and Michal Viewegh have contributed to a picture of a nation grappling with its past as it is convulsed by profound changes. But these authors mostly work in traditional novelistic formats, using familiar language. What made ''City Sister Silver'' stick out is the way it embodies flux and struggle in its form and words.
Topol's own story is, in some ways, as remarkable as the novel's. He joined the dissident movement at 15 in Communist Czechoslovakia when he signed the human rights document Charter 77. A prominent poet, rock lyricist and cultural critic active in the underground movement before the revolution, he turned to journalism after 1989, working as an editor and investigative reporter before taking up fiction.
To call the plot of ''City Sister Silver'' implausible would be to miss the point. It is a picaresque, psychedelic romp through the ''velvet hangover'' of the post-1989 Czech Republic. Potok, who is in his 30's, takes the reader on a madcap ride that yields fractured, fleeting glimpses of his native country. Each startling scene evokes some facet of Czech reality with originality and clarity -- although no sooner do we arrive somewhere than Topol races onward, plowing through a thicket of less compelling connecting material toward his next epiphany.Continue reading the main story
At the core of the novel is the collapse of the old order in 1989. That autumn, thousands of East Germans began to descend on the West German Embassy in Prague, demanding asylum. As Potok tells us, ''There was something of a carnival feel to the Germans' exodus that lingers on to this day, from the moment time exploded, bursting out of that locked-up city, time with its own taste and color that you don't know about until you taste it.'' Potok hurls himself into the new lawlessness of unbridled capitalism: ''Sometime at the dawning, in freedom, we decided to make money, to engage somehow in the changed world around us. . . . We soon realized money wasn't the metal we used to buy our beer or red wine and the Northerners their rum, but that money was debts, stamped and unstamped papers, money grows from money, multiplying by division like cells . . . money is words, friendship, low blows, promises, money reacts magically when the right doorknobs are polished, stacking up with each smile in the right place at the right time.'' Although appalled by the hustle, Potok is seduced and eventually absorbed into it. Lurid billboard slogans and advertising jingles for milk, detergent and cars litter the narration, reflecting a new postmodern language.
When Potok's business world collapses, he becomes a hired thug, but, increasingly sickened by what he sees, takes his ''sister''/lover, Cerna, away from Prague. Coasting through a phantasmagoric society disintegrating and at war with itself, he falls into various jobs and personae, but loses Cerna along the way and longs desperately to find her again. We see him as a dissipated gambler, goatherd, dump dweller, short-order cook and actor in commercials, guises that allow him to skewer the dogmas and clichés of the time. In the end, Potok is drawn back to Prague, ''the Pearl,'' where he seems to achieve a temporary state of rest.
In this constantly changing world, the one fixed point is what Topol calls the ''tribe.'' Post-wall Berlin, glimpsed in a flashback, is home to dispossessed Africans, Asians and East Europeans who band together, calling themselves Kanaks and communicating in cant. At home, Topol deftly caricatures the clashes in Czech life as a once homogeneous country grapples with the forces of population migration. In this book the influx of Southeast Asian small traders is called Laosters, a group of fierce but bewildered bamboo-wielding merchants, and Topol's invention of furry, subhuman Gobs lets him poke fun at Czech attitudes toward Gypsies as the Gobs suffer the ministrations of the Society of the White Hood for the Defense of the Purity of the Noble Czech Nation. Ukrainian day laborers, small-town Slovak mafiosi and homeless railway-station dwellers all pass through Potok's vision, his hyperactive imagination turning out Native American tribes, proto-Slavic warriors and the undead. In the end, all acquire a tenuous metaphorical connection to his predicament.
His exuberance extends to language; as the translator, Alex Zucker, points out, it is full of unorthodox spellings, inventive word forms and slang of the sort that rarely appears in written Czech. Potok calls Czech a ''dog's tongue'' -- ''invented by versifiers, spoken by coachmen and maids.'' Zucker does the versifiers proud; the lyrical passages are soaring, crystal-clear renditions of Topol's prose. The slangy, fragmentary utterances of ''coachmen and maids'' sometimes sound too much like Holden Caulfield, but this may be inevitable in English, where these literary devices have been overused since the 1950's.
''City Sister Silver'' manages to infuriate as well as entertain. In places it is baroque and long-winded, its plot full of loose ends, its characters mere vessels for the author's imaginative flights of fancy. Yet individual scenes give such a brilliant and original picture of modern Czech life that when Topol's self-caricature, the poet Jicha, bleats entreatingly to his audience: ''Here I am. Do you like me?'' I felt compelled to answer: Well, yes. I guess I do.Continue reading the main story


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After two wildly successful years of drunken awesomeness, the Barcelona Beer Festival is back for a third year of craft brews from all over Europe and the States, as well as some new culinary surprises. For anyone who happens to be living in Europe, or backpacking across this fair continent, I suggest you come a runnin' to fill your belly with some of the best beers around, right in the heart of Spain's (Catalonia's) most cosmopolitan city. I'll be there today, tomorrow, and Sunday (if they haven't kicked me out by then).
The festival, which kicked off yesterday, is a miracle weekend for beer drinkers. For seven euro, patrons get a glass, a guide, and two tokens (each worth a euro) for purchasing delicious brews. This initial buy in is a mite steep, but a few beers in, it's always worth it. This year, there are 50 taps serving a myriad of beers (over 300 are available over the course of the weekend), as well as booths selling edibles from some of the city's best gourmet locales. For natives and long-time foreigners who call Barcelona home, the fact that Mosquito (a renowned dim sum spot in the Born district) is serving their signature buns, noodles, and dumplings alongside the fountains and fountains of micro-brewed glory is a massive plus.
With over 300 beers to choose from (each valued at two-four euro), it becomes difficult to pick one after the other (no normal human can drink 300 glasses of beer in a weekend, unless you are my future favorite person). Some beers to watch out for are the fine drinks from Ales Agullons and/or Beercat, made in the Penedes region of Catalonia, Cerveza Fort from Barcelona, Lervig's crazy beers from Norway, everything made by Mikkeller in Denmark, and of course, Steve's Best Bitter (the UK and Barcelona).
The vast majority of the craft beers at the festival come from Spain (Catalonia has gotten really into micro-brewing, the rest of Spain slowly taking note), but the States is shipping over some of the best we have too, including Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale (one of my favorite beers of all time), a couple types of Rogue, and a Dogfish Head surprise or two. There's even a Belgian brown ale and a stout all the way from Japan's Hitachi Nest brewery. Weird and awesome.
This year promises to be massive if the past two festivals have been any indication. Its first year, the Barcelona Beer Festival (held in a civic center in the Born neighborhood) had lines out the door lasting several hours and reaching halfway across the district. Last year, the fine folks who bring good beer to Barcelona changed locales to the top room of the Arenas mall at Plaza Espanya, but even that wasn't enough to hold the surprisingly huge number of beer enthusiasts in the city.
This weekend, expect even more drunken craziness than usual at the bottom of the Ramblas, as this year the festival enters the Maritime Museum, located near that awesome Colón (that's Christopher Columbus) statue. The exact location and the schedules are on the website, along with all of the beers being served at the festival, and all other relevant information.
All I must say is this: drink responsibly, and don't let random drunken youngins sloppily ruin what should remain a glorious day of celebration in honor of micro-brewing, gourmet gastronomy, and beer-addled friendship. Hope to see (and forget I saw you) there.


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29 August 2013
Official opening with the Archbishop of Canterbury
On Wednesday, 28 August, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby visited the Evangelical Alliance's new home in Copenhagen Street, King's Cross, London, to officially open the building.
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by marietta912 • February 6, 2017
Quartz Media
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Quite long but worth the read for a better understanding of what we are seeing.
What does Donald Trump want for America? His supporters don't know. His party doesn't know. Even he doesn't know.
If there is a political vision underlying Trumpism, however, the person to ask is not Trump. It's his éminence grise, Stephen K. Bannon, the chief strategist of the Trump administration.
Bannon transcended his working-class Virginia roots with a stint in the Navy and a degree from Harvard Business School, followed by a career as a Goldman Sachs financier. He moved to Los Angeles to invest in media and entertainment for Goldman, before starting his own investment bank specializing in media. Through a combination of luck (a fallen-through deal left him with a stake in a hit show called Seinfeld)and a knack for voicing outrage, Bannon remade himself as a minor luminary within the far edge of right-wing politics, writing and directing a slew of increasingly conservative documentaries.


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Aphmau always thought she liked Aaron, but after the neighborhood play when Aaron made the move, she started to loose interest in him, and started to fall for her best friend.
[These events take place after Minecraft My Street episode 23]
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OoOoOh i wouldn't say that when Aphmau's in the room she's a Pegasister and Pegasisters and Bronies stick together
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I'LL SAVE YOU!!!!! *Does epic flip through window and shoots Aaron in the head with a machine gun* Your welcome! *everyone stares at me with horror in their eyes* YOU SAW NOTHING!!! *Does epic flip out the window and runs*
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I love how they're both stalking them. I could totally see one of my friends doing this ahaha


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With signs backing Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj for the 13th Council District wallpapered around the Bronx Democratic County Committee's headquarters, the endorsement was clear well before a bevy of legislators officially threw support to the Norwood legislator.
"We work really hard at judging people by the body of work they put out. We work really hard to listen to the people in those communities. And we listen to each other as colleagues, 'who do we believe is going to bring that commitment to the job," Assemblyman and BDCC chair Marcos Crespo said at an endorsement "And make no mistake about it. We are standing here as a united coalition of Democratic leaders in the Bronx, as the Bronx Democratic Party to unequivocally support who we believe is the best candidate in the race. And who we believe will be the best Council Member for the 13th District…"
The official backing strengthens Gjonaj's chances at winning the seat for the 13th Council District, which blankets most of the East Bronx. It could also see a boost to his already robust campaign coffer, which now stands at $352,000. The race is crowded, with the Democratic candidates including Marjorie Velazaquez, John Marano, Victor Ortiz, John Doyle, Alex Gomez, and Muhammad Abuhaikal joining the race. This could very well split the Democratic vote, hurting their chances at coming out on top. Running on the Republican ticket is John Cerini.
Should Gjonaj win, it leaves his Assembly seat, which covers Norwood, open. It remains too early to know whether Governor Andrew Cuomo will call for a special election.
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His win would also add another social conservative to the Bronx Council delegation, with Councilman Fernando Cabrera labeled so. Gjonaj's also received political contributions from mainly right-leaning political action committees organized by the Rent Stabilization Association and Renew New York PAC, which is linked to Republican and former US Senator for New York Alfonse D'Amato. His right-leaning contributions have been balanced by largely pro-Democrats PACs including 32BJ.
Strengthening that conservative tone further is State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., a social conservative minister vying for the 18th Council District seat currently held by the term-limited Councilwoman Annabel Palma.
The social conservative legislators would remain a minority when compared to Council members who peg themselves as progressive Democrats.
Gjonaj's Republican past prompted another Doyle, a rival candidate, to label Gjonaj a "closet Republican" in a statement sent to the Norwood News. Doyle, who had worked for Gjonaj's key ally and supporter, State Senator Jeff Klein, framed himself as a politico who will not go along to get along. "Our neighbors know my record of standing up to party bosses and working in their best interest. If that means standing up to the powerful and the politically connected then that is what I will do." Doyle also pointed out Gjonaj's $7,000 political contribution to the 2008 presidential campaign of Republican John McCain.
At the endorsement, Gjonaj said, "I know who I am. I work hard for this district."
"If being a strong advocate for middle class families, hard working families, including small business is defined by a party, then so be it," Gjonaj added.
In a statement shortly after the story ran, a spokesperson for Gjonaj sent a statement defending his Democratic stance.
"John McCain is a great American and a friend of mine. Today, under President Trump, I say we need more Republicans like him. I never cared about politics much until I saw President Obama and the Democrats try to pass healthcare. It was clear to me then which party cares about our families and my neighbors here in the Bronx. I not only proudly supported President Obama for reelection, but Hillary Clinton as well. I was proud to host former President Bill Clinton at the College of Mount Saint Vincent where, together, we led a rally for Hillary for America," Gjonaj said in a statement. "I am committed to progressive issues. This year's budget ensured that one in every six dollars was committed to public education. That's just one way I've helped deliver for these communities. This race is about addressing the quality of life issues that affect every resident in every neighborhood, and that's why so many of my fellow proud Democratic elected officials and the Bronx Democratic County Committee endorsed me today."
But Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson countered that Gjonaj's social conservatives mirror the 13th Council District's term-limited Councilman Jimmy Vacca.
"I see Mark and Jimmy having a lot of similarities and a lot of the issues that Jimmy championed before I believe Mark will champion as well," Gibson said. "Even the candidate, Senator Diaz; while he is conservative on certain issues I would argue he is progressive on every other issue."
Like Gjonaj, Gibson was an Assembly Member for the 77th District until she eyed a seat in the 16th Council District and won it. Indeed, it's common for an Albany legislator to make the shift to city government. The long hours driving to Albany, the comparatively paltry salary, and no member items can be a burden to legislators. Crespo said Gjonaj's case is different. "If Mark is interested in money he would've stayed in his private business and made a whole lot more than what he now makes as a public servant. So it is absurd for somebody to suggest that he's doing this for money," Crespo.
Councilman Rafael Salamanca, who attended the endorsement, seemed to underscore the Council body's stronger influence on neighborhoods when compared to the Assembly. "You get member items where you can really make a change respectively in your communities," Salamanca said.
"Listening to Raf, I may have to reconsider what I'll do next," Crespo jokingly said.
The 13th Council District represents a larger swath of the Bronx, covering the neighborhoods of Morris Park, Throggs Neck, Edgewater Park, Silver Beach, City Island, and Pelham Parkway. The area has a high concentration of registered Republicans.
Vacca, who's held the seat since 2006, has opted to back Velazquez, district leader for the 82nd Assembly District. The two have a close relationship thanks to Jeff Lynch, Vacca's former chief of staff and Velazquez's husband.
One political insider pegged Gjonaj to be the winner. "Obviously, he is steamrolling with his campaign. He's bringing in big bucks. He's got County, including [Bronx Borough President] Ruben Diaz Jr. It's his race to lose."
The primary is scheduled for September 12.


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