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Ever look in the mirror and wondered why your skin is breaking out? It is usually because you've got clogged pores, but don't worry because there are lots of things you can do to ensure you keep your pores unclogged and minimized.
To understand how best to treat clogged pores you first need to know what they are and how they get clogged.
What are pores?
Pores are hair follicle glands which cover the entire surface of your body. The pores on your skin excrete sweat, salt and oils, and help to regulate your bodies' temperature as well as keep your skin moisturized. If you don't keep your skin clear and take care of your body from within then the oils which are meant to leave your body can become trapped in the pores creating clogging, pimples, black heads spots and if untreated for a long time can develop into acne.
How to Prevent Clogged Pores
Tip #1 – Cleanse Your Skin
Regardless of your skin type (dry, oily, sensitive) everyone needs to cleanse their skin to remove impurities, external elements and sweat. A facial cleanser that contains proven natural ingredients is best, and ideally use one from a trusted brand. Ensure it contains salicylic acid and is specially formulated for your skin type. A daily cleansing gel is ideal to help wash away impurities from your skin that have built up throughout the day.
Tip #2 – Remove Makeup
Yes, I'm sure you've heard this all before and it is easier said than done especially when you're tired or had a night out but this is really important if you want to avoid clogged pores. So, make sure that you remove your makeup using a gentle cream cleanser to remove all traces of makeup. Another tip with makeup is to choose only oil free makeup and use a primer to stop the makeup seeping into your pores.
Tip #3 – Use Natural Ingredient Products
If you choose not to use products that contain natural ingredients then you are welcoming blocked pores into your life. Harsh chemicals used in lots of products on the market can seriously cause you to have problem skin. If your skin becomes too oily in a protective reaction toward harsh ingredients found in your skin care products then it will lead to clogged pores and problem skin. A good skin care product will use as many natural ingredients as they can utilize which will help you to have unclogged pores and glowing, blemish free skin.
Tip #4 – Exfoliate Your Skin
You may have clogged pores on your face or your body and one way to open them up and clean them is exfoliation. You will want to use a gentle exfoliator for your face and possibly a slightly firmer one for your body. Exfoliating your skin on a regular basis will help to remove the dead skin from your body helping to clear your clogged pores and expose new skin. Regular exfoliation helps to prevent acne from forming and improves skin circulation.
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Exciting news! Gripple is pleased to announce a new product range will be launched in November 2017! The new range, which will supersede the existing Trapeze and Trapeze Plus ranges, will provide additional versatility, up to 30% increased load ratings, and other significant added value features. Look out for more updates across our communications channels as we get closer to launch day.
With the launch of the new range, both the Trapeze and Trapeze Plus product ranges will be discontinued as of 1st April 2018. Gripple is committed to innovative, new product development and as such, will replace both of these product ranges with our new product offering, which has been designed to cater for all the applications that the Trapeze and Trapeze Plus products currently satisfy.
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The Cadogan is a practical and stylish ball jointed brass Vanity Suite.
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Available with embellished feet to add sophistication, the Cadogan Double Vanity Suite is both robust and beautiful.
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Sikorsky Aircraft is seizing Heli-Expo as an opportunity to size up potential commercial and other applications for its X2 technology. The company interrupted development of the X2 program, and the march toward first flight, to bring the prototype aircraft to the show in Houston. Team leaders said it is one thing to describe the aircraft, aimed at achieving 250-kt-plus cruise speed, in Powerpoint slides and quite another to show potential customers a real aircraft, which the displayed aircraft nearly is. (It includes flight test article main, counter-rotating coaxial blades, the aft propulsor, cockpit flight controls and displays, and flight instrumentation, though some key internal components were removed to avoid damaging them during shipment and display) An obvious first application of X2 technology would be an armed escort for the Bell Helicopter/Boeing V-22, whose speed outmatches U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobras. The prototype would be nicely sized for such a mission. Other potential applications would be for offshore support to ultra-deepwater offshore rigs, emergency medical services, and executive/VIP service. One Sikorsky executive claimed he was collared at a reception on the eve of the show by a European operator who wanted to put a deposit down on an X2 delivery slot. "I was tempted," he said, "but I didn't know yet what he would be putting a deposit on." For related news


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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Milan, Italy (March 14, 2013) – Honda Performance Development and Magneti Marelli S.p.A. have announced a technical partnership to develop powertrain components for use in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
The partnership between HPD and Magneti Marelli will see the two companies utilize their extensive research and development resources to assist the HPD effort in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Plans call for the two companies to extend the program to include other pinnacle racing series, such as the World Endurance Championship and North American road racing that will combine the American Le Mans Series with the Grand-Am Championship starting in 2014.
"We believe the partnership between HPD and Magneti Marelli will be rewarding for both organizations," said Steve Eriksen, vice president of HPD. "Magneti Marelli has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in motorsports R&D, and its capabilities are well matched with our own R&D efforts. We believe the combination will quickly provide improvements to our IndyCar Series program, and grow with HPD's other pinnacle racing efforts."
In the IZOD IndyCar Series, HPD produces, prepares and develops the Honda HI13RT turbocharged V6 engine for competition in the world's fastest closed-course racing championship. Seven teams and 12 drivers will utilize Honda power in the 2013 series, as the manufacturer seeks its seventh Manufacturers' Championship (with competition), tenth consecutive Indianapolis 500 win and 200th IndyCar race victory.
Features of the HI13RT V6 engine include direct fuel injection, a single Borg-Warner turbocharger and "Drive-by-Wire" throttle technology.
"We are proud to supply our best motorsport technology to HPD, who can exploit it at the maximum level on Honda engines," said Roberto Dalla, Head of Magneti Marelli Motorsport. "We are fully committed to the development of high-technology solutions for the new engines and new powertrain configurations that will characterize future races and top motorsport championships. The partnership with HPD will be the ideal environment to convey our deep R&D activity and apply our high-end solutions".


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I have a JFrame where some elements (one, for now) have to be centered manually on the contentPane when resizing the window or changing the window state. Resizing event (componentResized) works fine but the windowStateChanged event is causing problems because it doesn't seem to "update" the contentPane's new size properly - it keeps the previous value although the window's size is obviously changed. This can be seen by simply printing the result of getSize called on contentPane.
Centering is done by programmatically changing the constraint of the component (using putConstraint, SpringLayout). The issue is that getWidth used in that method returns "wrong" values which results in an uncentered component. Maybe another listener is needed here?
Additional info: Eclipse with WindowBuilder, Linux Mint 15, Java 1.7
Any kind of advice is appreciated although changing the layout manager isn't what I'm looking for here. I've asked the same question on Stack Overflow and that is what someone proposed as a solution.
I know about SSCCE guidelines but I cannot make this particular example both ready to compile and short.
For unknown reasons, I am unable to post the code example. I keep getting this - "Post denied. New posts are limited by number of URLs it may contain and checked if it doesn't contain forbidden words."
Extremely annoying.
EDIT: Managed to do it somehow, weird.
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addWindowStateListener(new WindowStateListener() { // no "@Override" was generated but it is the same with it public void windowStateChanged(WindowEvent e) { System.out.println("EVENT: " + contentPane.getSize() + ", " + getExtendedState() + ", " + e.getOldState()); // amusingly, states are actually correct - interchanging between 0 (Frame.NORMAL) and 6 (Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH) when I maximize and "unmaximize" tfArrayPanelCenter(); } }); public void tfArrayPanelCenter() { int padding = (contentPane.getWidth() - tfArrayPanel.getPreferredSize().width - HGAP) / 2; sl_contentPane.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, tfArrayPanel, padding, SpringLayout.WEST, contentPane); }


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Juliann Ashcraft, left, cries alongside a friend, outside of the Granite Mountain Hotshot fire station in Prescott, Ariz., on July 1.
Governor Jan Brewer says her heart is breaking over the unimaginable loss of the firefighters, and for their families, friends and community.
Arizona authorities struggled for answers Monday after 19 highly trained firefighters were trapped and killed by a windblown wildfire — a blaze the governor vowed to stop "before it causes any more heartache."
One day after the worst loss of life for an American fire department since Sept. 11, investigators said they had not figured out why the men were unable to retreat to a safe zone or otherwise survive the inferno.
"For now, we mourn," Gov. Jan Brewer said.
Those killed include firefighters Kevin Woyjeck, Chris MacKenzie, and Andrew Ashcraft.
Woyjeck, 21, and MacKenzie, 30, were both originally from Southern California, according to NBC Los Angeles. Woyjeck was the son of Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Joe Woyjeck, the website reported.
"He was doing everything he could to become a professional firefighter – he had an extreme work ethic," L.A. County fire inspector Keith Mora told NBC Los Angeles, referring to Woyjeck. "He was a great, great kid. I say 'kid,' but he was a young man at 21 years old."
Juliann Ashcraft told the website of The Arizona Republic and NBC affiliate KPNX that she and her four children were watching the news when they learned her husband, Andrew, 29, was among the dead.
"They died heroes," she said through tears. "And we'll miss them. We love them."
Monday evening the city of Prescott, Ariz. released the names of the other 16 victims: Anthony Rose, 23; Eric Marsh, 43; Robert Caldwell, 23; Clayton Whitted , 28; Scott Norris, 28; Dustin Deford, 24; Sean Misner, 26; Garret Zuppiger, 27; Travis Carter, 31; Grant McKee, 21; Travis Turbyfill, 27; JesseSteed, 36; Wade Parker, 22; Joe Thurston, 32; William Warneke, 25; and John Percin, 24.
The fire, sparked by lightning on Friday, raged uncontrolled for a fourth day. By afternoon it had destroyed more than 200 buildings in Yarnell, a town of about 700 people northwest of Phoenix. It was described as at least 13 square miles and "zero percent" contained, though more than 400 firefighters were trying.
The wildfire claimed all but one member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters known for extensive training and a demanding fitness regimen. Officials said only that the survivor might have been repositioning equipment.
Wade Ward, the public information officer for the Prescott Fire Department in Arizona, talks about the tragic loss of 19 firefighters in a massive wildfire, saying "it had to be the perfect storm in order for this to happen."
"We can honor their service with our gratitude and prayers," Brewer said, "and through our steadfast dedication to do whatever is necessary to bring this fire under control before it causes any more heartache."
Brewer ordered that flags at state buildings and facilities be lowered to half-staff from sunrise Monday until sunset Wednesday in honor of the fallen firefighters, according to the governor's website.
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Mary Rasmussen, a spokeswoman for Prescott National Forest, said it appeared the 19 were engaged in a "direct attack" — getting close to the fire and trying to create a break to starve it of fuel.
She described the maneuver as "one foot in the black and one foot in the green," and said it was only done when the flames were 5 feet high or less: "They're right up against it."
The conditions Sunday were extreme, with unusual wind, she said, and authorities were checking what other factors might have contributed.
Temperatures soared into the 110s in Arizona over the weekend, and National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Klimowski told The Associated Press that there was a sudden increase and shift in the wind at about the time the men were lost Sunday afternoon.
Art Morrison, a state forestry spokesman, told The Associated Press that the men had been forced to deploy emergency fire shelters — individual, portable cocoons meant to protect breathable air and shield them from the heat.
Tom Harbour, national fire director for the U.S. Forest Service, said the shelters had saved hundreds of lives over the years. But he said some fires are strong enough, and move quickly enough, to overwhelm them. The fire was the deadliest wildfire in the United States in 80 years.
From the few known details, he said it was not clear that anyone did anything wrong.
"It's way, way too early to be drawing any conclusions," said Harbour, who said he had not seen anything like this fire in his 44-year career. "The only conclusion right now is that souls are dead and half the town of Yarnell is gone."
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Nineteen firefighters - all members of an elite response team - were killed Sunday battling a fast-moving wildfire in Arizona, marking the deadliest single incident for firefighters since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials said.
Hotshot fire crews often hike into the wilderness lugging 40 or 50 pounds of equipment, including chain saws and other heavy gear, to clear brush and trees and anything else that might feed the flames.
The Granite Mountain crew had battled blazes in New Mexico and elsewhere in Arizona in recent weeks.
"If you ever met them, you would meet the finest, most dedicated people," Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said. "They'll sleep out there as they try to develop fire lines and put protection between homes and natural resources and still try to remain safe."
President Barack Obama, in a statement, described the fallen men as "heroes," and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said it was "as dark a day as I can remember." Arizona Sen. John McCain said the men's sacrifice would not be forgotten.


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When winter storms in Flanders wont wait, the WESTERN® LOW-PRO 300W wireless electric tailgate spreader quickly mounts onto pickup trucks, SUVs, utility vehicles and tractors without drilling or wiring. Essential for facility and property managers, the 300W comes standard with a completely wireless key fob control, 2" receiver hitch, and a 7-pin plug.
A fully enclosed 12-volt electric motor and maximum torque transmission drive the spinner mechanism.
The completely wireless key fob control offers one-touch, on/off operation with two spinner speeds to match the spread pattern to the job.
The LOW-PRO 300W wireless electric tailgate spreader features a corrosion-free polyethylene hopper for long-lasting durability.
Material is delivered by a powder coated, vertical steel auger to provide long-lasting, reliable performance.
The LOW-PRO 300W wireless electric tailgate spreader features a 10" spinner made of nylon/glass reinforced resin, and delivers a spread pattern of up to 25'.
The LOW-PRO 300W wireless electric tailgate spreader comes standard with a 2" receiver mount. Additional mounts are available including an optional drop utility mount, 3-point tractor mount, trailer mount, or general utility mount.
The Receiver Hitch Mount is compatible with any typical 2" receiver hitch and is provided standard with each LOW-PRO 300W.
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Should the Little Monsters be thanking Donald Trump for discovering Mother Monster?
The reality TV star/real estate mogul says the Miss Universe pageant helped launch Lady Gaga to stardom.
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"I own the Miss Universe pageant," he writes in his new book, "Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again." "About four years ago, during what you call half-time, we always have an entertainer. We've had a lot of great people, and you don't pay them anything because it's one of the biggest audiences and my people told me, 'Nobody knows who she is, but there's this woman with good talent named Lady Gaga.'
"I said, 'I don't care … if you like her, put her on.' So we put her on … it was live all over the United States and all over the world and the next day, nobody was talking about Miss Universe, everybody was talking, 'Who was the woman, who was the entertainer? She was unbelievable,'" Trump continued in his book.
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The singer performed what would become her first hit, "Just Dance," during the ceremony in Vietnam, where Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza took home the crown.
"She's been very gracious about it," he added. "I don't want to say we made Lady Gaga, but she was incredible and that was her break."
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Fireworks technician Chad Stanley doesn't even need to press the "fire" button on the computer controlling Kaboom Town -- one of the nation's biggest Fourth of July weekend fireworks shows. Months of planning mean Stanley and other pyrotechnic specialists merely sit back and watch the precisely programmed show along with the other half-million or so people who set up in parks, yards and parking lots in Addison, Texas, to take in the nearly 30-year-old extravaganza, scheduled for Thursday night.
Here's a look at some of what goes in to putting together the annual spectacle outside Dallas and others like it nationwide.
Hand-Made, Machine-Blasted
Kaboom Town uses thousands of individually handmade fireworks. Designs for a fireworks show are hand drawn, then shells are filled with the necessary material to create the desired effect. Fireworks are placed in a mortar and connected by wires to the computer that runs the show. The wires detonate the fireworks at the appropriate time, sending them as high as 800 feet into the air.
Stanley estimates almost half of the fireworks are reserved for the 30- to 45-second ending, a flurry of blasts, flashes and stars.
Sit Back and Listen
Stanley does a handful of checks on the big day, playing the program on the computer to make sure the music syncs with the fireworks. He can stop the show manually if anything goes wrong, but his main responsibility during the show is to listen. He can tell by the sound if a firework didn't go off correctly.
"I have three buttons to push and then I turn a key," Stanley said. If for some reason, the fireworks don't go off, he can use the computer to ignite them. But, he said, "The computer system is going to do its job. It always does."
Searching for Diamonds in the Rough
For months in advance, Stanley and Addison director of special events Barbara Kovacevich listen to the radio for new songs to add to a set list that also includes patriotic marches and classics. They go through songs dozens of times and pick out lyrics to match the fireworks they have.
Stanley would divulge only one new song ahead of this year's show: "Diamonds," by Rihanna.
The music is streamed as data into the computer that syncs up the fireworks so the right images go off at the right times -- like when Rihanna sings to "shine bright like a diamond."
Kovacevich fondly remembers the show in 2006 adding the University of Texas' fight song to celebrate the school's Rose Bowl win, with red roses and orange lights blasting overhead.
A Small Town's Big Day
Addison is a suburb of about 15,000 people, and Kaboom Town is by far its biggest event of the year. About 20,000 free tickets are given out for the city's July 3 party at Addison Circle Park, where guests set up picnic blankets and chairs to watch bands and an air show before the main event. That leaves hundreds of thousands of people to spread out over grocery store parking lots, sidewalks and restaurants.
Restaurants and hotels in the areas report a boost in business of anywhere from 20 to 200 percent, which results in an up to $500,000 economic impact.
It's a massive undertaking that the town has fine-tuned over three decades.
"We start planning the next year on July 4," Kovacevich said.
Birthdays, Festivals and the Odd Funeral
Stanley and his brother grew up making their own fireworks and setting them off in a yard in the dusty plains of West Texas. Now, they are professional pyrotechnics who put on fireworks displays throughout the year.
Stanley does shows for birthdays and other celebrations -- and also funerals. Occasionally, someone will ask to have their ashes cremated and shot up into the sky, he said.
"It's odd to me, but it's business," he said.
An air show begins Thursday at 7:15 p.m. and the fireworks are set to go off at 9:30 p.m.


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Basic class for using the Microsoft Task Scheduler
There is plenty of room for improvement in this class. This was done purposely on my part -- making a class to implement all the features of the scheduler would have amounted to rewriting the scheduler UI, which I really didn't want to do (for free ;)). As it currently stands, CScheduledTask can create and delete events from the scheduler. Tasks can have simple schedules, namely one time only, daily, weekly, or monthly.
CScheduledTask was written with MSVC 6.0 on Win 98. It should work OK in Unicode, although I haven't tested it. I do use a couple of 6.0-specific functions, such as CTime::GetAsSystemTime() and CString::Delete(), so in order to build with MSVC 5.0, you'd need to convert those sections back to use MFC 4.2 functions. You would also need the INetSDK or Platform SDK installed, because you need to link with MSTASK.LIB for the scheduler GUIDs and #include MSTASK.H for the interfaces.
Please note that this class does not interface with the AT service, the default scheduler on NT 4 and earlier.
Creating a task
So, you want to schedule a program, eh? Here is the information you'll need to provide to CScheduledTask:
- Program name: The fully-qualified path to the program (required).
- Parameters: Any command-line parameters you want to pass to the program (optional).
- Starting directory: The starting directory for the program (optional).
- Starting date and time: The date and time a one-time task will run, or the beginning date and time for a repeating task (required).
- Ending date: The last day that a repeating task will run (optional, N/A for one-time tasks). If this is not set for a repeating task, the task will repeat indefinitely.
- Frequency: One time, daily, weekly, or monthly (required).
- Comment: A string to be displayed in the task's property sheet in the scheduler UI (optional).
There's a little catch when creating a weekly repeating task: if you want the task to repeat on Mondays, the starting date must be a Monday. Similarly, for monthly tasks, if you want the task to run on the 20th, the starting date must be a 20th.
The CScheduledTask member functions for doing all this are listed below:
void SetProgram ( LPCTSTR szProgram ) void SetParameters ( LPCTSTR szParams ) void SetStartingDir ( LPCTSTR szDir ) void SetStartDateTime ( const CTime& timeStart ) void SetStartDateTime ( const SYSTEMTIME& timeStart ) void SetEndDate ( const CTime& timeEnd ) void SetEndDate ( const SYSTEMTIME& timeEnd ) void SetFrequency ( CScheduledTask::ETaskFrequency freq ) void SetComment ( LPCTSTR szComment )
Note that there are two functions for setting the starting time, and two for the ending date. The two overloads let you pass in a CTime or SYSTEMTIME, depending on whatever format you use in your code.
ETaskFrequency is an enumeration that has the following values:
enum ETaskFrequency { freqOnce, freqDaily, freqWeekly, freqMonthly };
Once you've set all the relevant info, call the SaveTask() function:
HRESULT SaveTask ( LPCTSTR szTaskName, BOOL bFailIfExists = FALSE )
The return value is S_OK if the save was successful. If you call this function before setting a required parameter (i.e., task name, start date/time, or frequency), the return value is E_FAIL. If a scheduler COM method fails, the HRESULT returned is the error returned by the last COM method that was called. In the debug version, CScheduledTask will display a trace message listing which method failed.
The bFailIfExists parameter determines if SaveTask() will bail out if a task with the given name already exists. The default behavior is to replace an existing task.
Deleting a task
Deleting a task is quite easy - just call the DeleteTask function:
static HRESULT DeleteTask ( LPCTSTR szTaskName )
Note that this is a static function, and it works independently of everything else in the class. This function also returns an HRESULT, similar to SaveTask().
Other functions
If you have the need to clear out the contents of a CScheduledTask object, call the Reset function:
void Reset();
I have also included accessor functions to return the various task parameters. They are:
BOOL GetStartDateTime ( CTime& ) const; BOOL GetEndDate ( CTime& ) const; ETaskFrequency GetFrequency() const; CString GetProgram() const; CString GetParameters() const; CString GetStartingDir() const; CString GetComment() const;
These functions are there for the sake of completeness, they were easy to write, and they also provide a starting point for future enhancements, such as the ability to enumerate through existing tasks in the scheduler.
GetStartDateTime() and GetEndDate() return a BOOL indicating if the corresponding date/time has been set. They return TRUE if the date/time is set, or FALSE if not. GetFrequency() returns the special value freqUnset if no frequency has been set. The remaining functions return an empty string if the corresponding item has not been set.
April 18, 1999: Version 1.1 has these changes:
- Fixed some compile errors when building for Unicode. Thanks to Chris Maunder for providing the fixes!
- Fixed SaveTask() to properly check for an existing task. The change was necessary because I worked around a bug in IE 4, but the bug was fixed in IE 5, resulting in my code breaking when run on IE 5.
- Added a #pragma to automatically link with mstask.lib, so you don't have to remember to do that in your app's project settings.
- Added a check after the CoCreateInstance() call to see if the error is REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG. If so, I display a nicer trace message explaining that you don't have the scheduler installed.
Demo project
Take the link below to download a demo project that illustrates using the CScheduledTask class.
Date Last Updated: April 24, 1999


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UPDATE: The "comprehensive study" referred to below was, as suspected, never done. Here is a response from the Ministry of Transportation on the matter: "The study was not completed as originally intended. Subsequent to the press release that is being referred to, MTO conducted research and analysis to determine options the Ontario government could take to support consumer adoption of electric vehicles. This included identifying types of electric vehicles major OEMs were producing and when these vehicles were expected to enter the Ontario market. In addition, a broad scan was undertaken to determine what other jurisdictions are doing to support the introduction of electric vehicles. A cross ministerial working group on EVs was set up to identify the barriers and opportunities to the introduction of electric passenger vehicles in the province. Elements of this research will be released as a public education document to inform Ontarians about this newly emerging transportation technology. This document is expected to be available on the ministry's Website in the very near future" — i.e. more than two years after the comprehensive study originally envisioned, this "newly emerging" technology isn't as new as it once was.
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty walked in front of a podium at the Toronto Convention Centre and signaled to the world that the province was a good place to invest in electric-vehicle manufacturing and infrastructure. "One of the most important things we can do is demonstrate we are truly an electric-car friendly jurisdiction," McGuinty said to a scrum of reporters, outnumbered only by the black-suited government bureaucrats and policy wonks trying to "manage" the importance of the event. What McGuinty announced was a partnership with Better Place, the California company led by Shai Agassi that's trying to establish electric-vehicle charging and battery-swapping infrastructure around the world. There were no investments from either side. Rather, Better Place said it would establish an office in Toronto and serve to educate the public about electric vehicles while also demonstrating its charging technology (a commitment the company, to its credit, fulfilled with this March 2011 announcement).
"The province has committed to conducting a comprehensive study, which will look at ways to speed up the introduction and adoption of electric vehicles. This study is scheduled for release in May 2009," according to a Better Place press release issued on the day. Personally, I don't remember having ever seen that comprehensive study, nor do I know if it was ever done (am currently checking on this).
Better Place continued, "This announcement maintains the province's traditional strength in automotive production while incorporating the forward thinking technology of battery operated vehicles. Embracing this technology in its early stages will provide the province with the stimulus needed for enhanced job creation and economic growth." Indeed, the province's own press release stated,"Expanding the use of electric vehicles by consumers and government will help create and sustain jobs in the auto sector and put Ontario at the forefront of the new, green economy in North America."
McGuinty, at the press conference, specifically said: "It's going to make it more attractive to build those very cars right here in our province."
To strengthen the signal sent to the market — that is, the message that Ontario is serious about electric vehicles — McGuinty also announced the province would offer rebates of between $4,000 and $10,000 (among the highest rebates in the world) for plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles purchased after July 1, 2010. It would also issue green vehicle license plates that would allow drivers to use high occupancy lanes and gain access to public charging facilities and parking at Ontario government and GO Transit lots.
The vision was sound. But two and a half years later, what has all this signalling and messaging and "incentivizing" brought to the province? Not a heck of a lot. Not only is there not a single original equipment manufacturer in the auto sector making (or planning to make) a plug-in vehicle in this province, Ontario car buyers have to wait a year or more before they can purchase plug-in vehicle models that are available in the United States, and they have to pay several thousands of dollars more at a time when the Canadian dollars is worth more than the U.S. greenback. There's no manufacturing of electric-vehicle charging systems and related infrastructure being established within our borders. There's no indication that homegrown Magna, which is making and supplying the electric drivetrain for Ford's upcoming Focus BEV, is doing the manufacturing in Ontario. There's no hint of any foreign, including Chinese, manufacturers planning to set up operations in Ontario. We're not even making conventional hybrid-electric vehicles in this province.
There is one battery maker that I know of, Mississauga-based Electrovaya, that is producing battery packs for two Chrysler demonstration plug-in models (a pickup and a minivan), but Electrovaya was here before McGuinty's 2009 announcement and, if this little company does end up getting volume orders, there's no sign yet that it will do such manufacturing in Ontario. If there is something I'm missing here, please let me know.
The Ontario Smart Grid Forum — a group representing members of Ontario's utility sector, industry associations, public agencies and universities — recommended in a February 2009 report that:
A Task Force, led by the Ministry of Economic Development and involving other relevant Ministries, should be created consisting of representatives from the auto sector (vehicle manufacturers and suppliers) electricity sector (OEB, IESO, OPA, distributors and generators) and universities to develop a comprehensive plan for enabling plug-in electric vehicles in Ontario. The plan would address policy, financial, and electricity system impacts of substantial electric vehicle penetration and identify what is required to ensure that vehicles can be charged as they develop. The Task Force should link to the ongoing collaborative work by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and standards development organizations to develop electric vehicles standards.
Never happened. Neither has the government released an economic development roadmap related to electric vehicles and technologies.
From what I gather, none of the billions of dollars in bailout money that went to the Canadian operations of major U.S. automakers during the economic meltdown were conditional on these companies establishing a plug-in vehicle/technology manufacturing footprint in Ontario, nor have any rewards since then. Just today, it was announced that the federal and Ontario governments would be supplying up to $140 million in loans and grants to Toyota to upgrade its manufacturing operations in Cambridge and Woodstock. Again, no mention of Toyota's commitment or intention of building capacity for next-generation vehicle technologies in Ontario.
At this point in time, it appears the McGuinty government's 30-month-old "signal" to the auto sector as an attempt to attract investment in next-generation electric vehicle technology/infrastructure has been a dismal failure. This next-generation manufacturing is instead being created in Michigan and other U.S. jurisdiction. Ontario's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has failed to execute on the promise of "creating and sustaining jobs" in this emerging and increasingly strategic part of the North American transportation market.
What gives? Can't say, but wouldn't it be nice if the Libs, after three years of talk, actually pulled a rabbit out of the hat and delivered on that earlier promise? Perhaps there will be a pre-election surprise, but don't count on it.


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MINNEAPOLIS — John Farrell is articulate and has an imposing presence. That's where he separates himself from most of his fellow managers.
But the Red Sox skipper is also morphing very much into the style of his longtime friend and mentor, Terry Francona.
The world could be crumbling around them but they will remain positive in public, they'll never embarrass a player, and they always see the bright side of every negative situation.
That was Francona's recipe for winning two championships in Boston. That was Farrell's recipe for winning his title in 2013. And sitting in last place at the break, Farrell, who will manage the American League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game, hasn't changed his approach. That's not lost on his players.
"I've never seen John blow up," said Jon Lester. "Even when he was a pitching coach. You see him blowing up at an umpire on the field, but I've never seen him confront one of us about anything. He learned a lot from Tito. He's more of a 'come into my office' and talk to you and he'll settle it that way. If you continue to [act out] there might be some consequences. I don't think anyone's gotten that far.
"I think there are times in games he gets mad when things don't work out. He does a good job of holding that in. I think as a manager you have to do that. When you make a move and it doesn't work, you can't show your emotions too much. That can be displayed in the wrong way as far as showing up a player. I think he's done a good job of that."
That's what the modern manager has to do.
Farrell certainly has referenced the Red Sox' offense and the lack of ability to hit with runners in scoring position, but he's always qualified it with the fact that the hitters are getting on base. He'll reference the mislocation of a pitch but never call the pitcher out.
Francona's and Farrell's style is the preferred one by players over that of a Bobby Valentine, for example, who was blunt about player failures, which got him in trouble.
Farrell's style and success is no surprise to Francona.
"I probably knew long before anybody that John was going to be whatever he wanted to be," Francona said. "Whether it was a pitching coach or a GM, or a manager or a front office person. We knew we weren't going to have him long as a pitching coach. He just has that skill set where he could do anything."
Francona is certainly flattered when people say that Farrell took a lot of Francona's traits and used them in a positive way. And Farrell thinks the world of Francona and his style of managing. He took the things that he saw Francona do so well and used them to his advantage.
It's no surprise to Francona, the Indians manager who will serve as a coach on Farrell's AL squad, that Farrell made the pitching coach-to-manager transition.
"I suppose people could say to me, 'You don't have that experience with pitchers, so how do you manage them?' " Francona said. "John wasn't a positional player, but he learned how to manage them. That's certainly not an issue. He won a World Series championship."
Farrell has taken heat from the fan base this season. Whenever there's a losing season, the general manager and manager get beaten to a pulp in Boston. The big thing for Farrell has been to shut out the cacophony and continue to manage as he sees fit.
"I don't think John has done anything different than last year," Lester said. "I think he's the same manager. Last year was our year. I go back to the 2008 Rays and everything Joe Maddon did was right. You have years when you try to match it up and it doesn't get executed. The moves he's done are consistent with what he did last year. He does the lefty-righty switch with Jonny [Gomes] up to face a lefty there and uses [Mike] Carp against righties. He's done the moves out of the bullpen the same way. He's been very consistent.
"That's all you can do as a manager. That's all your players can ask of you is to be consistent with what you do."
Farrell presented himself well before a national audience at the All-Star Game news conference Monday. He didn't need a script. He didn't need to do anything but articulate the reasons for his lineup and his choice for starting pitcher (Felix Hernandez).
Jose Bautista, who played for Farrell in Toronto, where things didn't go so well, said of Farrell, "I really enjoyed playing for him. He treated people with respect. He respected the players and just tried to create a good atmosphere to work in. I think John always had our backs. That means a lot to players."
So, sure, there are times when fans may want Farrell to throw his players under the bus, to tell it like we see it. When you're in last place, things can't be that great. But if he can get his team to believe that there's still hope, why not carry out the positive mantra? What does that hurt?
The Red Sox entered the break winning four out of five games. They are 9½ games out in the AL East, in last place. Nobody is expecting miracles or a big run.
But the Red Sox do have three very good starting pitchers in Lester, John Lackey, and Clay Buchholz. They have a chance to win games after the break.
While managing the AL All-Star team could be Farrell's last meaningful game of 2014, he doesn't see it that way.
"We're playing for 2014," he said. "We're not throwing out the white flag."
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Last year, Santa was tickled to find Pistachio Orange Cocktail Cookies and a martini when he came down our chimney. This year, he's really going to love these Chocolate Cayenne Cocktail Cookies with a glass of fruity, Italian Lambrusco. These one-bite wafers practically melt in your mouth, as the chocolaty-salty-sweetness is followed by a subtle kick of spice on the finish. Wonderfully addicting.
Chocolate-Cayenne Cocktail Cookies
Dorie Greenspan, Food & Wine
Makes about 6 dozen
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (Recommended: Valrhona)
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 large egg yolk
Maldon salt, for sprinkling
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, cayenne and sea salt into a bowl and whisk to combine.
In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle, beat the butter with both sugars at low speed until creamy. Add the egg yolk and beat until smooth, then add the dry ingredients and beat until incorporated.
Turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead gently until it comes together. Divide the dough in half and press each half into a disk. Roll out each disk between 2 sheets of wax paper to about 1/4 inch thick. Slide the wax paper–covered disks onto a baking sheet and freeze for at least 1 hour, until very firm.
Preheat the oven to 350° and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with one piece of dough at a time, peel off the top sheet of wax paper. Using a 1 1/2-inch round cookie cutter, stamp out the cookies as close together as possible. Arrange the cookies about 1 inch apart on the parchment paper–lined baking sheets and sprinkle with some Maldon salt. (Newfie Note: The recipe doesn't say this, but I was able to get another 20 cookies with the leftover scraps, using the same procedure above).
Bake the cookies for about 15 minutes, until they are just firm; shift the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 3 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
MAKE AHEAD The rolled-out frozen cookie dough can be wrapped in plastic wrap and kept frozen for up to 2 weeks. The baked cookies can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
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Wine and Cookies for Santa - Chocolate Cayenne Cocktail Cookies
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my Santa would find a dirty pile of dishes when he comes down the chimney :p These look addictive indeed...
- December 11, 2011
- Steph said...
I'm afraid no one else will get any presents as Santa's just going to stay at your house!
- December 12, 2011
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Over the past 24 hours, the Libyan opposition has made major gains against Gaddafi's forces – under the cover of the no-fly zone. The cities of Ajdabiya and Brega, crucial outposts on the main highway along the coast, have been retaken. This makes a full attack on Benghazi difficult. There are also reports emerging that the rebels have retaken the city of Ras Lanuf, a crucial oil-supplying town. Hurting Gaddafi's economy can only help in his (hopeful) eventual overthrow.
What has changed? We changed. Thanks to the Western (and now Qatari) imposed no-fly zone over Libya, the rebels are benefitting from a huge boost in morale, knowing that the international community supports them, and from the no-fly zone grounding Gaddafi's deadly air force.
Apparently, Ajdabiya was taken mostly because of the RAF. A devastating bombardment of the city by RAF Tornadoes led to Gaddafi's forces melting away.
The French air force has also been suppressing Gaddafi's air force around Misurata, a city besieged. It took down, reportedly, three planes and two helicopters last night.
Liam Fox has claimed that we will not be directly suppling the rebels with arms, citing the presence of a UN weapons embargo. Mind you, Resolution 1973, only cites arms delivered to the "Libyan Arab Jamahiriya", the name of Libya under Gaddafi. The Transitional Council calls the country the Libyan Republic. As France recognises the rebels as the legitimate government, are they bound by this embargo? I'm no lawyer, but it's a point to explore…
So, that's the latest updates on Libya. A clear change of fortunes for the rebel forces, that we can only hope will continue.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The establishment media and the Southern Poverty Law Center are again floating the talking point that militia groups and worried gun owners are growing in the United States and that this could portend a violent act of domestic terror, despite the fact that every major domestic terror attack in the 1990's was carried out by the federal government itself, from Ruby Ridge, to Waco, to the Oklahoma City bombing.
"Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends," reports the Associated Press. "The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report from the Southern Poverty Law Center says. Conspiracy theories about a secret Mexican plan to reclaim the Southwest are also growing amid the public debate about illegal immigration."
The article cites people who own guns and implies that they are domestic terrorists or cop killers in the vein of Richard Poplawski, the Pittsburgh man who gunned down three officers during a domestic dispute earlier this year.
The report cites a Homeland Security "threat projection" which states "White supremacists and militias are more violent and thus more likely to conduct mass-casualty attacks on the scale of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing."
Of course, the irony behind all this is the fact that all the major acts of violence in connection with the militia movement during the 1990's were committed by the government and federal agents.
It was an FBI sniper that killed Randy Weaver's son and also his wife as she was holding their 10-month-old baby while running for cover during the Ruby Ridge standoff in 1992.
It was the BATF that burned the Branch Davidian ranch to the ground, killing seventy-six people including more than 20 children and two pregnant women, during the Waco massacre in 1993.
And it was high level FBI officials that groomed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in the run up to the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building in 1995.
McVeigh's accomplice Terry Nichols' revelation that McVeigh was being steered by a high-level FBI official are supported by a plethora of evidence that proves McVeigh did not act alone and that authorities had prior warnings and were complicit in the bombing.
The Deseret Morning News named the FBI agent at Larry Potts, but that information was later sealed by the court.
The affidavit was filed in a lawsuit brought by attorney Jesse Trentadue, whose brother Kenneth was tortured and beaten to death in an Oklahoma City federal prison in 1995. Authorities claimed Trentadue had committed suicide but he was being held in a suicide proof cell at the time and autopsy photos of his body showed he had been shocked with a stun gun, bruised, burned, sliced and then hung.
Jesse Trentadue has amassed evidence that his brother was mistaken for one of Timothy McVeigh's alleged bombing accomplices and in attempting to get him to talk, federal agents went too far and then tried to instigate a cover-up of the murder.
During the process of his lawsuit, Trentadue was able to receive documents with names blacked out that show the FBI's OKC bombing informants were conducting armed robberies with Timothy McVeigh in order to fund the construction of the fertilizer bomb used in the attack on the federal building.
"One of the foreign informants was actually the explosives instructor who taught him how to make the bomb," said Trentadue, confirming that Nichols told him the criminal activities were part of a process of creating a ledger or a storyboard to which the government's version of events could later be pinned to.
The documents also show that McVeigh called Elohim City two days before the bombing asking for help. Four months before the bombing, an FBI informant told his superiors of the attack plan and said that the Alfred P. Murrah building had been scouted.
Just like 9/11, the official story of the Oklahoma City Bombing, that McVeigh alone carried out the attack using a fertilizer truck bomb, is contradicted by a plethora of eyewitness account as well as physical and circumstantial evidence.
– In early April 1995 a Ryder truck identical to the one used in the bombing was filmed by a pilot during an overflight of of an area near Camp Gruber-Braggs, Oklahoma. A June 17th, 1997 Washington Post article authenticates the photos as being exactly what they appear to be, photos of a Ryder truck in a clandestine base at Camp Gruber-Braggs. Why were the military in possession of a Ryder truck housed in a remote clandestine army base days before the Alfred P. Murrah bombing?
– In a 1993 letter to his sister, McVeigh claimed that he was approached by military intelligence and had joined an "elite squad of government paid assassins." McVeigh often contradicted himself and changed his story on a whim to fit in with the latest government version of events. Is the Camp Grafton footage evidence of McVeigh's enrollment in such a clandestine program?
– Multiple reports of Arabs at the scene assisting McVeigh were ignored and surveillance tapes were withheld under national security. The likely reason for this was the fact that Bush senior and Clinton were responsible for bringing in nearly 1,000 Iraqi soldiers captured by U.S. forces during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, some of whom were involved in the bombing.
– The FBI claimed McVeigh scouted the Alfred P. Murrah building weeks before the bombing and yet on the morning of the attack he stopped at a local gas station to ask directions, lending credibility to the new claims that he was being controlled by other conspirators and that the target of the bombing had been changed.
– Original reports of two explosions and several failed devices being defused by bomb squads were buried by the establishment as the official explanation that McVeigh acted alone was pushed. Scientific analysis conducted by General Benton K. Partin revealed core columns were blown out from within the building and the extensive damage to the Alfred P. Murrah building was completely inconsistent with the explanation of a single and relatively weak fertilizer truck bomb.
– Many eyewitnesses reported that bomb squads in full reaction gear were seen around the building immediately before the blast. Police officer Terence Yeakey, who helped save dozens of victims, was one such witness. Yeakey compiled extensive files on his observations but was later found with his throat and wrists slashed having also been shot in the head after he had told friends he was being followed by authorities.
– Several individuals received prior warning that the bombing was about to take place. Bruce Shaw, who rushed to the Murrah building to find his wife who was employed there with the Federal Credit Union, testified that an ATF agent told him that ATF staff had been warned on their pagers not to come to work that day.
– The aftermath of the bombing led to the passage of the Omnibus Crime Bill and the demonization of the 'Patriot Movement', which was spreading like wildfire as opposition to federal government abuse grew following the events at Ruby Ridge and Waco. The consequences of the Oklahoma City Bombing effectively dismantled the Patriot Movement before the turn of the century.
This is the true history of "domestic terrorism" and the militia movement. In every instance, the terrorism has been carried out by the government and the militia movement or the patriot movement have either been the victims or the patsies. This is key should the Obama administration attempt to stage another false flag and blame it on patriots in an attempt to neutralize the groundswell of grass roots outrage currently spreading like wildfire across the country in response to the march of big government and the loss of liberties.
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The following content applies to The Dash, The Dash Pro and The Dash Pro tailored by Starkey Hearing Technologies running on Bragi OS 3.0 or higher.
The Bragi Kinetic User Interface (KUI) is a technology that turns your body and movements into the interface for operating Bragi products. You can check out all the possibilities within the Bragi App under Controls.
Head Gestures
Use head gestures to control The Dash in a faster and more intuitive way. More details can be found in the Head Gestures article here.
Virtual 4D Menu
Since Bragi OS 3.0 The Virtual 4D Menu offers you the possibility to trigger different features on The Dash without even touching it. With this feature you can move your head in specific directions to get an activity report or play/pause your current track, for instance. Find out more about the Virtual 4D Menu here.
Shortcut recognizes a double tap on your cheek, allowing you to interact with The Dash without even touching it. This can be very useful while running or just while wearing a beanie. More details can be found here.
Body Movement
Bragi OS 3.0 presented a functionality called Auto Tracking that that automatically understands when an activity was started. With the help of Auto Tracking The Dash realizes when a specific activity was started and starts tracking your data. You can find more information about Auto Tracking here.


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Hawaii Steals and Deals
We may be in the midst of an economic slump, but that doesn't mean you have to hold yourself up in your home for the duration. We found 53 ways to shave the costs off retail therapy, sprucing up your home, collecting art, grocery shopping and more. All without breaking the bank.
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Fashionista's Market
If you've ever participated in a clothing swap, then you already know it's the best way to get a bagfull of new looks without ever opening your wallet. Now imagine a swap where, instead of exchanging goods with 10 of your best friends, you're sifting through the items of more than 250 women. Enter Fashionista's Market Fourth Annual Closet Swap, happening Oct. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Luana Hills Country Club in Kailua. Want to get in on the frenzy? Drop off gently used or new (and fashionable!) clothes, bags, shoes and accessories at the Fashionista's Market Boutique (1185 Bethel St.) before Oct. 6. You'll receive a ticket that notes the number of items that were accepted. (It's a one-for one situation, whether clothes are from Fendi or Forever 21.) On the day of the event, you can take home the number of items on your ticket. Admission to the event is $30 and includes a champagne breakfast, girly games and giveaways. Proceeds benefit the Leeward Domestic Abuse Shelter. Note: Don't expect to show up at the event and shop with cash. You must drop off items beforehand. 1185 Bethel St., 537-1115, fashionistasmarket.com.
Every August and January, Neiman Marcus holds its "Last Call" shopping event, offering 55 to 70 percent off regular prices in most departments. Typically, the sale lasts for one week, but get there early for fresh pickings. Ala Moana Center, 951-8887,
Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale usually happens during the last two weeks of July. Trendsetters will love this—the items are new for the fall season, and offered at sale prices before they're marked up to regular prices at the beginning of August. For example, a pair of Sam Edelman over-the-knee boots was on sale for $299; down from $399. Ala Moana Center, 593-2255, shop.nordstrom.com.
Shopping Rewards
We perused some local boutiques and found some great shopping bonuses.
The Compleat Kitchen
Spend $200 and get $10 off your next purchase. Kahala Mall, 737-5827, compleatkitchen.com.
In My Closet
Spend $500 and get a $25 credit toward your next purchase. Kahala Mall, 734-5999; Pearlridge Center, 486-5999, inmyclosethawaii.com.
Splash Hawaii
Spend $250 and get a $25 credit towards your next purchase. Ala Moana Center, 942-1010, splashhawaii.com.
Native Books/Na Mea Hawaii
Purchase $200 on locally made gifts and get a $20 gift card. Ward Warehouse, 596-8885, nativebookshawaii.com.
Riches Kahala
Spend $500 and get 10 percent off every purchase for life. Kahala Mall, 737-3303, richeshawaii.com.
Shasa Emporium
Spend $600 and get 10 percent off your next purchase. Kahala Mall, 735-5122, shasaemporium.blogspot.com.


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The office of Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has pressured the "ex-gay" Grammy Award winning gospel singer and evangelist Donnie McClurkin to "withdraw as a performer at a city-sponsored concert" scheduled to take place to tonight at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, reports Lou Chibarro at the Washington Blade.
McClurkin's withdrawal from the event, which is being organized by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, came one day after local gay activist and longtime civil rights advocate Phil Pannell called the gospel singer's public statements on homosexuality "vile."
Pannell and other LGBT activists said McClurkin's participation in the event would be at odds with King's call for ending discrimination and injustice against all people.
"The Mayor directed the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities to ask Donnie McClurkin to withdraw," Gray spokesperson Doxie McCoy told the Blade in an email. "No disrespect to Mr. McClurkin, but Mayor Gray thought it best that he withdraw from the concert in the name of not having his appearance to be a distraction at an event about peace, love and justice for all," McCoy said.
Tonight's concert is the first in a series of events over the next two weeks that will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his iconic "I Have A Dream" at the march, which was one of the seminal events of the Civil Rights Movement.
The 1963 March on Washington was organized by the openly gay and late Bayard Rustin, the top lieutenant and strategist to Dr. King. The White House announced this week that President Barack Obama has posthumously named Rustin as one of sixteen new recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The infamously "ex-gay"—or perhaps merely "re-closeted"—McClurkin has delivered a series of infamous rants against gay men, lesbians and LGBT youth in recent years. In November 2009, McClurkin preached an incendiary attack against LGBT youth and recently out gospel singer Tonex at the Church of God in Christ's Holy Convocation Youth Service in Memphis. McClurkin's hateful sermon went viral across the internet. McClurkin compared LGBT youth to "vampires" and added: "I see feminine men, feminine boys, everywhere I go. These young girls are just as bad as the boys ... there are some evil young hard butch girls."
At Donnie McClurkin's October 2008 performance in Barbados, the Pentecostal evangelist received "thunderous applause" after comparing gays to "drug dealers, prostitutes and gang members."
The "ex-gay" singer and evangelist headlined Boston's 2010 Gospel Fest despite similar calls to withdraw his name as a performer. McClurkin has won three Grammy awards, ten Stellar awards and an NAACP Image Award—among other accolades—for his gospel music.
McClurkin has somewhat addressed the persistent rumors about his sexuality and personal life. The gospel singer maintains he is no longer gay ... but has suggested that he still experiences same-sex urges. McClurkin has comparing homosexuality to diabetes: "I don't eat sugar but it doesn't mean that I don't want sugar."
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Pride and prejudice and zombies postcards
on June 14, 2010 at 4:40 am
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