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Ten Reasons: A Response to David Horowitz by Robert Chrisman and Ernest Allen, Jr.* David Horowitz's article, "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea and Racist Too," recently achieved circulation in a handful of college newspapers throughout the United States as a paid advertisement sponsored by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture. While Horowitz's article pretends to address the issues of reparations, it is not about reparations at all. It is, rather, a well-heeled, coordinated attack on Black Americans which is calculated to elicit division and strife. Horowitz reportedly attempted to place his article in some 50 student newspapers at universities and colleges across the country, and was successful in purchasing space in such newspapers at Brown, Duke, Arizona, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, University of Chicago, and University of Wisconsin, paying an average of $700 per paper. His campaign has succeeded in fomenting outrage, dissension, and grief wherever it has appeared. Unfortunately, both its supporters and its foes too often have categorized the issue as one centering on "free speech." The sale and purchase of advertising space is not a matter of free speech, however, but involves an exchange of commodities. Professor Lewis Gordon of Brown University put it very well, saying that "what concerned me was that the ad was both hate speech and a solicitation for financial support to develop antiblack ad space. I was concerned that it would embolden white supremacists and antiblack racists." At a March 15 panel held at UC Berkeley, Horowitz also conceded that his paid advertisement did not constitute a free speech issue. As one examines the text of Horowitz's article, it becomes apparent that it is not a reasoned essay addressed to the topic of reparations: it is, rather, a racist polemic against African Americans and Africans that is neither responsible nor informed, relying heavily upon sophistry and a Hitlerian "Big Lie" technique. To our knowledge, only one of Horowitz's ten "reasons" has been challenged by a black scholar as to source, accuracy, and validity. It is our intention here to briefly rebut his slanders in order to pave the way for an honest and forthright debate on reparations. In these efforts we focus not just on slavery, but also the legacy of slavery which continues to inform institutional as well as individual behavior in the U.S. to this day. Although we recognize that white America still owes a debt to the descendants of slaves, in addressing Horowitz's distortions of history we do not act as advocates for a specific form of reparations. 1. There Is No Single Group Clearly Responsible For The Crime Of Slavery Horowitz's first argument, relativist in structure, can only lead to two conclusions: 1) societies are not responsible for their actions and 2) since "everyone" was responsible for slavery, no one was responsible. While diverse groups on different continents certainly participated in the trade, the principal responsibility for internationalization of that trade and the institutionalization of slavery in the so-called New World rests with European and American individuals and institutions. The transatlantic slave trade began with the importation of African slaves into Hispaniola by Spain in the early 1500s. Nationals of France, England, Portugal, and the Netherlands, supported by their respective governments and powerful religious institutions, quickly entered the trade and extracted their pieces of silver as well. By conservative estimates, 14 million enslaved Africans survived the horror of the Middle Passage for the purpose of producing wealth for Europeans and Euro-Americans in the New World. While there is some evidence of blacks owning slaves for profit purposes--most notably the creole caste in Louisiana--the numbers were small. As historian James Oakes noted, "By 1830 there were some 3,775 free black slaveholders across the South. . . . The evidence is overwhelming that the vast majority of black slaveholders were free men who purchased members of their families or who acted out of benevolence." (Oakes, 47-48.) 2. There Is No Single Group That Benefited Exclusively From Slavery Horowitz's second point, which is also a relativist one, seeks to dismiss the argument that white Americans benefited as a group from slavery, contending that the material benefits of slavery could not accrue in an exclusive way to a single group. But such sophistry evades the basic issue: who benefited primarily from slavery? Those who were responsible for the institutionalized enslavement of people of African descent also received the primary benefits from such actions. New England slave traders, merchants, bankers, and insurance companies all profited from the slave trade, which required a wide variety of commodities ranging from sails, chandlery, foodstuffs, and guns, to cloth goods and other items for trading purposes. Both prior to and after the American Revolution, slaveholding was a principal path for white upward mobility in the South. The white native-born as well as immigrant groups such as Germans, Scots-Irish, and the like participated. In 1860, cotton was the country's largest single export. As Eric Williams and C.L.R. James have demonstrated, the free labor provided by slavery was central to the growth of industry in western Europe and the United States; simultaneously, as Walter Rodney has argued, slavery depressed and destabilized the economies of African states. Slaveholders benefited primarily from the institution, of course, and generally in proportion to the number of slaves which they held. But the sharing of the proceeds of slave exploitation spilled across class lines within white communities as well. As historian John Hope Franklin recently affirmed in a rebuttal to Horowitz's claims: "All whites and no slaves benefited from American slavery. All blacks had no rights that they could claim as their own. All whites, including the vast majority who had no slaves, were not only encouraged but authorized to exercise dominion over all slaves, thereby adding strength to the system of control. "If David Horowitz had read James D. DeBow's "The Interest in Slavery of the Southern Non-slaveholder," he would not have blundered into the fantasy of claiming that no single group benefited from slavery. Planters did, of course. New York merchants did, of course. Even poor whites benefited from the legal advantage they enjoyed over all blacks as well as from the psychological advantage of having a group beneath them." The context of the African-American argument for reparations is confined to the practice and consequences of slavery within the United States, from the colonial period on through final abolition and the aftermath, circa 1619-1865. Contrary to Horowitz's assertion, there is no record of institutionalized white enslavement in colonial America. Horowitz is confusing the indenture of white labor, which usually lasted seven years or so during the early colonial period, with enslavement. African slavery was expanded, in fact, to replace the inefficient and unenforceable white indenture system. (Smith) Seeking to claim that African Americans, too, have benefited from slavery, Horowitz points to the relative prosperity of African Americans in comparison to their counterparts on the African continent. However, his argument that, "the GNP of black America makes the African-American community the 10th most prosperous "nation" in the world is based upon a false analogy. GNP is defined as "the total market value of all the goods and services produced by a nation during a specified period." Black Americans are not a nation and have no GNP. Horowitz confuses disposable income and "consumer power" with the generation of wealth. 3. Only A Tiny Minority Of White Americans Ever Owned Slaves, And Others Gave Their Lives To Free Them Most white union troops were drafted into the union army in a war which the federal government initially defined as a "war to preserve the union." In large part because they feared that freed slaves would flee the South and "take their jobs" while they themselves were engaged in warfare with Confederate troops, recently drafted white conscripts in New York City and elsewhere rioted during the summer of 1863, taking a heavy toll on black civilian life and property. Too many instances can be cited where white northern troops plundered the personal property of slaves, appropriating their bedding, chickens, pigs, and foodstuffs as they swept through the South. On the other hand, it is certainly true that there also existed principled white commanders and troops who were committed abolitionists. However, Horowitz's focus on what he mistakenly considers to be the overriding, benevolent aim of white union troops in the Civil War obscures the role that blacks themselves played in their own liberation. African Americans were initially forbidden by the Union to fight in the Civil War, and black leaders such as Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany demanded the right to fight for their freedom. When racist doctrine finally conceded to military necessity, blacks were recruited into the Union Army in 1862 at approximately half the pay of white soldiers--a situation which was partially rectified by an act of Congress in mid-1864. Some 170,000 blacks served in the Civil War, representing nearly one third of the free black population. By 1860, four million blacks in the U.S. were enslaved; some 500,000 were nominally free. Because of slavery, racist laws, and racist policies, blacks were denied the chance to compete for the opportunities and resources of America that were available to native whites and immigrants: labor opportunities, free enterprise, and land. The promise of "forty acres and a mule" to former slaves was effectively nullified by the actions of President Andrew Johnson. And because the best land offered by the Homestead Act of 1862 and its subsequent revisions quickly fell under the sway of white homesteaders and speculators, most former slaves were unable to take advantage of its provisions. 4. Most Living Americans Have No Connection (Direct Or Indirect) To Slavery As Joseph Anderson, member of the National Council of African American Men, observed, "the arguments for reparations aren't made on the basis of whether every white person directly gained from slavery. The arguments are made on the basis that slavery was institutionalized and protected by law in the United States. As the government is an entity that survives generations, its debts and obligations survive the lifespan of any particular individuals. . . . Governments make restitution to victims as a group or class." (San Francisco Chronicle, March 26, 2001, p. A21.) Most Americans today were not alive during World War II. Yet reparations to Japanese Americans for their internment in concentration camps during the war was paid out of current government sources contributed to by contemporary Americans. Passage of time does not negate the responsibility of government in crimes against humanity. Similarly, German corporations are not the "same" corporations that supported the Holocaust; their personnel and policies today belong to generations removed from their earlier criminal behavior. Yet, these corporations are being successfully sued by Jews for their past actions. In the same vein, the U.S. government is not the same government as it was in the pre-civil war era, yet its debts and obligations from the past are no less relevant today. 5. The Historical Precedents Used To Justify The Reparations Claim Do Not Apply, And The Claim Itself Is Based On Race Not Injury As noted in our response to "Reason 4," the historical precedents for the reparations claims of African Americans are fully consistent with restitution accorded other historical groups for atrocities committed against them. Second, the injury in question--that of slavery--was inflicted upon a people designated as a race. The descendants of that people--still socially constructed as a race today--continue to suffer the institutional legacies of slavery some one hundred thirty-five years after its demise. To attempt to separate the issue of so-called race from that of injury in this instance is pure sophistry. For example, the criminal (in)justice system today largely continues to operate as it did under slavery--for the protection of white citizens against black "outsiders." Although no longer inscribed in law, this very attitude is implicit to processes of law enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration, guiding the behavior of police, prosecutors, judges, juries, wardens, and parole boards. Hence, African Americans continue to experience higher rates of incarceration than do whites charged with similar crimes, endure longer sentences for the same classes of crimes perpetrated by whites, and, compared to white inmates, receive far less consideration by parole boards when being considered for release. Slavery was an institution sanctioned by the highest laws of the land with a degree of support from the Constitution itself. The institution of slavery established the idea and the practice that American democracy was "for whites only." There are many white Americans whose actions (or lack thereof) reveal such sentiments today--witness the response of the media and the general populace to the blatant disfranchisement of African Americans in Florida during the last presidential election. Would such complacency exist if African Americans were considered "real citizens"? And despite the dramatic successes of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, the majority of black Americans do not enjoy the same rights as white Americans in the economic sphere. (We continue this argument in the following section.) 6. The Reparations Argument Is Based On The Unfounded Claim That All African-American Descendants of Slaves Suffer From The Economic Consequences Of Slavery And Discrimination Most blacks suffered and continue to suffer the economic consequences of slavery and its aftermath. As of 1998, median white family income in the U.S. was $49,023; median black family income was $29,404, just 60% of white income. (2001 New York Times Almanac, p. 319) Further, the costs of living within the United States far exceed those of African nations. The present poverty level for an American family of four is $17,029. Twenty-three and three-fifths percent (23.6%) of all black families live below the poverty level. When one examines net financial worth, which reflects, in part, the wealth handed down within families from generation to generation, the figures appear much starker. Recently, sociologists Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro found that just a little over a decade ago, the net financial worth of white American families with zero or negative net financial worth stood at around 25%; that of Hispanic households at 54%; and that of black American households at almost 61%. (Oliver & Shapiro, p. 87) The inability to accrue net financial worth is also directly related to hiring practices in which black Americans are "last hired" when the economy experiences an upturn, and "first fired" when it falls on hard times. And as historian John Hope Franklin remarked on the legacy of slavery for black education: "laws enacted by states forbade the teaching of blacks any means of acquiring knowledge-including the alphabet-which is the legacy of disadvantage of educational privatization and discrimination experienced by African Americans in 2001." Horowitz's comparison of African Americans with Jamaicans is a false analogy, ignoring the different historical contexts of the two populations. The British government ended slavery in Jamaica and its other West Indian territories in 1836, paying West Indian slaveholders $20,000,000 pounds ($100,000,000 U.S. dollars) to free the slaves, and leaving the black Jamaicans, who comprised 90% of that island's population, relatively free. Though still facing racist obstacles, Jamaicans come to the U.S. as voluntary immigrants, with greater opportunity to weigh, choose, and develop their options. 7. The Reparations Claim Is One More Attempt To Turn African-Americans Into Victims. It Sends A Damaging Message To The African-American Community What is a victim? Black people have certainly been victimized, but acknowledgment of that fact is not a case of "playing the victim" but of seeking justice. There is no validity to Horowitz's comparison between black Americans and victims of oppressive regimes who have voluntary immigrated to these shores. Further, many members of those populations, such as Chileans and Salvadorans, direct their energies for redress toward the governments of their own oppressive nations--which is precisely what black Americans are doing. Horowitz's racism is expressed in his contemptuous characterization of reparations as "an extravagant new handout that is only necessary because some blacks can't seem to locate the ladder of opportunity within reach of others, many of whom are less privileged than themselves." What Horowitz fails to acknowledge is that racism continues as an ideology and a material force within the U.S., providing blacks with no ladder that reaches the top. The damage lies in the systematic treatment of black people in the U.S., not their claims against those who initiated this damage and their spiritual descendants who continue its perpetuation. 8. Reparations To African Americans Have Already Been Paid The nearest the U.S. government came to full and permanent restitution of African Americans was the spontaneous redistribution of land brought about by General William Sherman's Field Order 15 in January, 1865, which empowered Union commanders to make land grants and give other material assistance to newly liberated blacks. But that order was rescinded by President Andrew Johnson later in the year. Efforts by Representative Thaddeus Stevens and other radical Republicans to provide the proverbial "40 acres and a mule" which would have carved up huge plantations of the defeated Confederacy into modest land grants for blacks and poor whites never got out of the House of Representatives. The debt has not been paid. "Welfare benefits and racial preferences" are not reparations. The welfare system was set in place in the 1930s to alleviate the poverty of the Great Depression, and more whites than blacks received welfare. So-called "racial preferences" come not from benevolence but from lawsuits by blacks against white businesses, government agencies, and municipalities which practice racial discrimination. 9. What About The Debt Blacks Owe To America? Horowitz's assertion that "in the thousand years of slavery's existence, there never was an anti-slavery movement until white Anglo-Saxon Christians created one," only demonstrates his ignorance concerning the formidable efforts of blacks to free themselves. Led by black Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Haitian revolution of 1793 overthrew the French slave system, created the first black republic in the world, and intensified the activities of black and white anti-slavery movements in the U.S. Slave insurrections and conspiracies such as those of Gabriel (1800), Denmark Vesey (1822), and Nat Turner (1831) were potent sources of black resistance; black abolitionists such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Richard Allen, Sojourner Truth, Martin Delany, David Walker, and Henry Highland Garnet waged an incessant struggle against slavery through agencies such as the press, notably Douglass's North Star and its variants, which ran from 1847 to 1863 (blacks, moreover, constituted some 75 % of the subscribers to William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator newspaper in its first four years); the Underground Railroad, the Negro Convention Movement, local, state, and national anti-slavery societies, and the slave narrative. Black Americans were in no ways the passive recipients of freedom from anyone, whether viewed from the perspective of black participation in the abolitionist movement, the flight of slaves from plantations and farms during the Civil War, or the enlistment of black troops in the Union army. The idea of black debt to U.S. society is a rehash of the Christian missionary argument of the 17th and 18th centuries: because Africans were considered heathens, it was therefore legitimate to enslave them and drag them in chains to a Christian nation. Following their partial conversion, their moral and material lot were improved, for which black folk should be eternally grateful. Slave ideologues John Calhoun and George Fitzhugh updated this idea in the 19th century, arguing that blacks were better off under slavery than whites in the North who received wages, due to the paternalism and benevolence of the plantation system which assured perpetual employment, shelter, and board. Please excuse the analogy, but if someone chops off your fingers and then hands them back to you, should you be "grateful" for having received your mangled fingers, or enraged that they were chopped off in the first place? 10. The Reparations Claim Is A Separatist Idea That Sets African-Americans Against The Nation That Gave Them Freedom Again, Horowitz reverses matters. Blacks are already separated from white America in fundamental matters such as income, family wealth, housing, legal treatment, education, and political representation. Andrew Hacker, for example, has argued the case persuasively in his book Two Nations. To ignore such divisions, and then charge those who raise valid claims against society with promoting divisiveness, offers a classic example of "blaming the victim." And we have already refuted the spurious point that African Americans were the passive recipients of benevolent white individuals or institutions which "gave" them freedom. Too many Americans tend to view history as "something that happened in the past," something that is "over and done," and thus has no bearing upon the present. Especially in the case of slavery, nothing could be further from the truth. As historian John Hope Franklin noted in his response to Horowitz: "Most living Americans do have a connection with slavery. They have inherited the preferential advantage, if they are white, or the loathsome disadvantage, if they are black; and those positions are virtually as alive today as they were in the 19th century. The pattern of housing, the discrimination in employment, the resistance to equal opportunity in education, the racial profiling, the inequities in the administration of justice, the low expectation of blacks in the discharge of duties assigned to them, the widespread belief that blacks have physical prowess but little intellectual capacities and the widespread opposition to affirmative action, as if that had not been enjoyed by whites for three centuries, all indicate that the vestiges of slavery are still with us. And as long as there are pro-slavery protagonists among us, hiding behind such absurdities as "we are all in this together" or "it hurts me as much as it hurts you" or "slavery benefited you as much as it benefited me," we will suffer from the inability to confront the tragic legacies of slavery and deal with them in a forthright and constructive manner. "Most important, we must never fall victim to some scheme designed to create a controversy among potential allies in order to divide them and, at the same time, exploit them for its own special purpose." *Ernest Allen, Jr. is Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Robert Chrisman is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, The Black Scholar (April 2, 2001) BIBLIOGRAPHY 2001 New York Times Almanac (New York: Penguin Books, 2000). Richard F. America, Paying the Social Debt: What White America Owes Black America (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993). J. D. B. DeBow, �The Interest in Slavery of the Southern Non-Slaveholder,� in Slavery Defended: The Views of the Old South, ed. Eric L. McKitrick (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963), 169-77. Ira Berlin and others, Slaves No More: Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War (Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992). Dalton Conley, Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999). LaWanda Cox, �The Promise of Land for the Freedmen,� Mississippi Valley Historical Review 45 (December 1958): 413-40. Dudley Taylor Cornish, The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865 (1956; rpt. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1987). Eric Foner, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: the Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War (New York: Oxford University Press, 1970). John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans, 7th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994). Andrew Hacker, Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, rev. ed. (New York: Ballantine Books, 1995). James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton, In Hope of Liberty: Culture, Community, and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997). James L. Huston, �Property Rights in Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War,� Journal of Southern History 65 (1999): 249-86. James Oakes, The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders (New York: Vintage Books, 1983). Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro, Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality (New York: Routledge, 1995). Benjamin Quarles, Black Abolitionists (New York: Oxford University Press, 1969). , The Negro in the Civil War (Boston: Little, Brown, 1953). Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, rev. ed. (Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1981). Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, eds., Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 5 vols. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA: Simon & Schuster Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International, 1996). Diana Jean Schemo, �An Ad Provokes Campus Protests and Pushes Limits of Expression,� New York Times, 21 March 2001, pp. A1, A17. Abbot Emerson Smith, Colonists in Bondage; White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776 (Chapel Hill: Pub. for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, 1947). Barbara L. Solow and Stanley L. Engerman, eds., British Capitalism and Caribbean Slavery: The Legacy of Eric Williams (Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987). Eric Williams, Capitalism & Slavery (1944; rpt. New York: Russell & Russell, 1961). Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora-reillygosse\attach\FINAL.rtf" Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora-reillygosse\attach\FINAL.doc"
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Article Summary: "Surprisingly, not a lot of dog owners are aware of the fact that there are a multitude of dog training collars available for Cardigan Welsh Corgis. We have flat collars, slip collars, Prong and Martingale collars, and of course e-collars or shock collars..."
Surprisingly, not a lot of dog owners are aware of the fact that there are a multitude of dog training collars available for Cardigan Welsh Corgis. We have flat collars, slip collars, Prong and Martingale collars, and of course e-collars or shock collars.
Slip, Prong, and Martingale collars basically work in the same way. These training collars are essentially long metal chains with rings at each end. The collar is made to form a loop around the top of the dog's neck, and the ring which connects to the leash goes over the back of the dog's neck. When the leash is attached to the chain link at the very end, the collar is prevented from constricting the dog's neck. When the leash is attached to the other ring, the chain becomes adjustable and gets tighter when pulled and looser when tension is released. Gently tugging on the chain tends to bring the dog into a "heel" position.
The only difference between the three is that the Slip collar is simply a plain metal chain. The Prong collar, often incorrectly coined as the pinch collar, is designed with open ended chain links all around, to simulate a mother's teeth against the neck of a puppy being trained. Finally, the Martingale is a collar with two loops on each end of the collar.
Though these options may have proven to be effective for some dog breeds, owners of Cardigan Welsh Corgis must take certain precautions with these training aids as the Corgi built is much more fragile than that of dogs from larger breeds.
Last but not the least, we have what are called e-collars (electronic collars) or shock collars. Incorporating the use of this device with puppy training may seem a bit extreme, but the truth is that these collars are simply meant to shock dogs rather than hurt them. The device lets out electrical signals that send out vibrations that work in conjunction with positive reinforcement. Under your control, the device lets out vibration pulses until your Cardigan Welsh Corgi stops doing an undesirable habit.
With that being said, it is vital to understand why the need for such devices would be even necessary. Since Cardigan Welsh Corgis were originally bred as cattle dogs, they have a natural instinct to lead rather than the other way around. On those cases that you need a little help getting your Cardigan Welsh Corgi to follow your command, these devices may be beneficial. Just remember to take the time to understand your pet as each dog has individual personalities. With enough patience and effort, training your Cardigan Welsh Corgi should be a breeze.
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We have reason to believe that the Loft Board will vote Thursday on the Interim Rent Guidelines, despite very little understanding of the rule or its effects.
This Thursday December 8 at 2pm, please come to 22 Reade St. and show them we are watching.
Because we did not feel the real effects of this rule had been considered, NYCLT has requested to testify on the proposed rule. Our letter to Loft Board Chairman Robert LiMandri is below.
Dear Mr. LiMandri,
I am writing you on behalf of New York City Loft Tenants – NYCLT, a coalition of tenants affected by the 2010 expansion of the Loft Law. We respectfully request the opportunity to testify December 8 on the proposed 2-06 Interim Rent Guidelines.
The Loft Law promises to make illegal conversions legal and safe, and yet Rule 2-06 threatens to reduce the number of buildings covered.
2-06 affects two very different groups of tenants: those who signed expensive leases during the boom years before 2007, and tenants living in poorly maintained buildings. Landlords with high-paying tenants have plenty of incentive to register their buildings, and they are doing so. However, in poorly maintained buildings it is tenants that will take the initiative to apply, and they will not if the Law is just going to price them out.
This observation comes from our feet-on-the-ground experience organizing tenants. We would like to give a short 10 minute talk about what is known and unknown about the effects of the proposed increases. We request this to be followed by questions from the Board.
Please allow us to present what we know on Thursday.
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05 December 2013
1.2 million viewers watch The Bible
The first episode of The Bible TV series was aired on Sunday night on Channel 5, attracting an audience of 1.2 million people in the UK.
The five-part series, which received three Emmy nominations, was produced by The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett and his wife Roma Downey in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and is sponsored by Spring Harvest.
The 10-hour epic covers major events recorded in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
The first part, entitled Beginnings opens with a dramatic portrayal of Noah's ark on storm-tossed flood waters during which Noah explains creation and the fall to members of his family. The episode covers key moments in the establishment of the Israelites as a people, from Abraham and the destruction of Sodom and birth of Isaac through to the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt and their eventual emancipation by Moses.
The WEA explains that the series aims to inspire people to engage with the Bible in a fresh way with the slogan 'the story everyone knows, told like never before'.
Given the low levels of biblical literacy in the UK, some question whether this is the story everyone knows. Reviews in the national press have been critical but the Christian response appears to be largely enthusiastic.
Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe, secretary general of the WEA, said: "I had the immense privilege of previewing the entire 10-hour TV Bible series. It was a marathon but well worth it. At the conclusion, I felt like I had gone through the whole Bible and experienced the meta-narratives of scripture – God's amazing love for humanity.
"This series is epic in its production, powerful in its storytelling and deeply spiritually moving. It is a once in a generation project."
Krish Kandiah, executive director of churches in mission at the Evangelical Alliance, said: "I'm delighted that 1.2 million people across the UK watched the first episode. This must be one of the biggest group Bible studies in British history! It was exciting to see the Bible trending on Twitter while The X Factor and I'm a Celebrity were going on. Not everyone will agree with all the artistic decisions that have been made but this is a huge opportunity for the Church; let's not miss it."
The Bible was the number one cable series in America.
Producer Mark Burnett, originally from Dagenham, is reported as saying: "We were very aware that our shows like The Apprentice come and go, but with The Bible we fully believe people would be watching it in 30 years. It's much more meaningful. This is certainly the most important thing I've ever done".
There are reports that 3,000 people were baptised as a result of the series at Saddleback Church in California, led by Rick Warren
A new website entitled The Bible Journey was launched to coincide with the series and aims to take people through the New Testament with the aid of maps, original photos and profiles.
The creators are retired head teachers Chris and Jenifer Taylor who used material gathered from dozens of trips to the Eastern Mediterranean over 15 years. "We want visitors to the website to see the Bible 'on the ground' where it actually took place. It really opens your eyes when you cross the same wild mountain passes as Paul," explains Chris.
The Damaris Trust, working directly with Channel 5, has produced an official souvenir guide to the series. This 24-page glossy, photo-rich book features articles and information on each episode, and explores the major themes such as choices and consequences, faith and life, forgiveness and transformation.
The Bible Society is offering free official resources connected to the series, including bookmarks, posters and souvenir guides.
The Evangelical Alliance is offering free online resources which provide background biblical material linked directly to each of the discussion questions in the Official Souvenir Guide. The background biblical resources are available at www.eauk.org/thebibleuk and the twitter discussion uses #thebibleuk.
Episode two will be shown on Channel five at 9pm on 7 December.
For more information on The Bible series visit www.bibleseries.tv, www.facebook.com/bibleseries and for resources go to www.BibleSeriesResources.com.


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drilling program in the Nile Delta. Balsam-2 successful drilling and Balsam-3
discovery added 98 bcf to the field's proven and probable reserves, bringing
gas initially in place to approximately 409 bcf (70 MMboe) across the both
Balsam fields. Balsam-2 well came on stream in late 2015 and along with
Balsam-1 and Balsam-3, the Balsam field is cumulatively producing 24
MMscf/d (5,000 boe/d including condensate) has partly offset the natural fields
decline. Based on Balsam-3 results, further 2 exploration wells and 1
development well are planned within development lease in 2016.
In May 2015, Dana Gas completed an agreement with BP for the
drilling of the first deep target exploration well (Mocha-1) in El Matariya
(Block-3) onshore concession area. Under the terms of the agreement, BP as
operator will carry Dana Gas for its 50% share of the cost of the well, subject
to an agreed cap of $39 million. Expected
spud date for Mocha-1 exploration well is mid April 2016. In
October 2015, circa 1,800 sq km of full fold 3D seismic was acquired in North
El Arish (Block-6) offshore concession area whereas related processing is
starting in first quarter of 2016. Drilling of the first exploration well in
Block-6 is scheduled in the first quarter of 2018. The reprocessing of circa
800 line km of 2D vintage seismic data of North El Salheya (Block-1) onshore
concession is scheduled during the first half of 2016 and 4 exploration wells
are planned in 2017.
The focus for 2016 will be to capture the full potential and
secure larger area in Balsam development lease through drilling of 2 additional
exploration and 1 additional development wells. Drilling campaign will continue
along with series of projects in the Nile Delta to increase the processing
capacity of rich gas to 250 MMscf/d before end of year.
In the Gulf of
Suez, Dana Gas holds a 26.4% interest in a LPG recovery plant with capacity to
extract up to 130,000 tons per annum of LPG from a gas stream of 150 MMscf/d.
The plant has processed up to its full capacity during the year.
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Havana city tour map, tags indicate the important districts
Before we start with the city tour a bit of history, La Habana was founded in 1515 by conquistador DIEGO VELAZQUEZ as a trading port and became the capital of the Spanish Colony of Cuba in 1607.
In 1762 the British Army conquered the city and later the island was given back to the Spanish in exchange for Florida.
Several independence wars happened in the 19th century, one inspired by the writer and revolutionary José MARTI. In 1959 Fidel CASTRO led a revolution against dictator Fulgencio BATISTA.
Thanks to the massive support of the former Soviet Union the quality of the life on the island improved dramatically. Unfortunately the collapse of this super power started a long period of decay and shortages. An increasing flow of tourists, mainly from Europe and Canada, has helped the island to survive.
This city tour will guide you through the main districts.
The tour starts with a walk in the Old City, this part of the town is one big open air museum with almost at every corner a colonial building or a museum. To see everything in one day is impossible, that's why we suggest a few little trips.
Each time starting from the Central park square.
Read more about Old Havana
Habana centro begins at the western corner of Parque central square with "El Prado" a splendid boulevard with bronze lions and baroque lamps, at the end of the Prado you see the Malécon, the famous avenue along the sea.
Behind the Capitolio, you find the cigar factory Partagas and further on the Barrio Chino (China Town).
Read more about Central Havana
This is a district with nice avenues, elegant mansions, galleries, shops and theatres. With famous places like hotel Nacional, hotel Habana Libre, Cementerio Colon, Plaza de la Revolucion and the wide and elegant avenue Avenida de Los Presidentes.
Read more about Vedado
The residential and wealthy part of the city starting at the west side of the Rio Alemedares and accessible by two tunnels. The center of Miramar is the Avenida Quinta (Fifth Avenue). All the embassies, several governmental services, the famous Tropicana, and the supermarkets are located in this area.
Read more about Miramar
Smoking cigars in Havana
Plaza de la Catedral (Old City)
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July 9, 2015
No matter what beliefs you hold about death, the loss of someone impacts each of us differently. The heartbreak comes to those left here on the planet…missing all that the departed brought into our lives. When someone who has lived a full life, who has blown out many, many candles on their birthday cakes, when someone like that passes away, the sting is lessened by the thought that the time spent here was plentiful. When someone young…someone who had many more trips around the sun, people to know, laughs to laugh…when someone young passes away, it stings so much more. Sadly that is what happened. MARK KARLEN lost a struggle with brain cancer. He was 54. After being Creative Services Director of WFTS in Tampa, Mark was a Senior Design rep for Broadcast Design International. BDI has asked people to visit their website to share memories of Mark and to learn about his wishes for donations in his name.
Think About This: "To die will be an awfully big adventure." ~ J.M. Barrie Peter Pan
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QuintilesIMS, Vice President and Head of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Dr. Kalali is currently the Global Head of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at QuintilesIMS. In this role, he is responsible for the enterprise-wide strategy for neuroscience, encompassing clinical development and health care services. Over the last twenty years, he has been responsible for numerous successful clinical development programs that have led to new treatments for patients.
He is Professor at University of California San Diego, Faculty at Singularity University, and BART X Medicine. He is an advisor to the Center for Digital Transformation at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Kalali is the Editor of the journal Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, and the Lead Editor of the book Essential CNS Drug Development, published by Cambridge University Press. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications.
He has been involved in initiatives by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, as well as the NIH FAST and the NIH NCATS New Therapeutic Uses program.
Dr. Kalali regularly presents at national and international scientific meetings, and lectures on product development, innovation, technology, digital medicine and health.
In 2005, 2006 and 2008 and 2011 and 2012 PharmaVOICE magazine named Dr. Kalali as one its 100 most inspiring leaders in the life sciences as voted by his peers. In 2014 he was honored with the PharmaVOICE Inaugural Red Jacket award, recognizing those who have been most lauded by their peers since the awards began.


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I grew up in a family of surfers and athletes so it was only destiny that I too would become one. I learned to swim before I could walk, and stood up on my first wave at the age of 5. Needless to say I was built strong and sturdy, two things that later on in life the industry would tell me were wrong, not beautiful, and certainly not marketable. And a little later in life those same things the media saw as my weakness, I began to see as my biggest strengths, and ultimately became my purpose for my life.
I began competing at the age of 14 and went on to compete on the WQS (World Qualifying Series) of Surfing for Women. Despite never fitting the size "mold" the industry asked me to be, I still finished in the top 12 on the World Qualifying Series before I went on to begin my REAL passion I felt called to do: Promote size diversity, strength, self love and empowerment for girls and women. I didn't want girls and women to face the same pressures I saw happening all around me and to myself. I want us to grow up in a world where capability and strength outweigh the size of our bodies. Where beauty ideas are not a one size fits all image.
I have always believed in the power of surfing and athleticism as its where I have found my strength, my happiness, and learned to love my body - not for how it appears but for what it can do! I want to share this love and passion with other women in hopes that they too can find the beauty in their strong, capable bodies exactly as they come! We don't t need to change the size of our bodies in order to accomplish anything; we need to change the way we think about our bodies!!


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With a sense of the clock ticking for both me and Finn ("Far Above Par") – Finn being in his prime work years, and me being, uh, not so prime but still able to work sort of hard – we've been signing up for clinics and applying ourselves hard to the study of dressage.
That is, I have been applying myself hard: reading articles, watching videos, attending the World Cup, taking lessons. Finn goes along for the ride and will work for treats, bless his pony heart.
Finn continues to be an excellent schoolmaster, performing beautifully when asked approximately correctly (ha!), very safe and sane. A little occasional sluggishness is excusable as the price I pay for such safety and general good nature about putting up with my learning curve.
Having moved barns to get to better, more consistent footing for training, I now have access to some new clinicians, too. What I'm finding comforting is that everyone pretty much says the same thing, with variations. These are the current challenges, as we continue our dressage journey and debut at 4th level this year:
- Consistent uphill balance
- Better engagement from behind
- Consistency! Every transition clear, planned for, balanced
- Maintaining balance all the time – through the extensions, transitions, corners, etc.
If I could do everything in that list, 4th level test 3 would become simple and I could just move on to Prix St Georges, right? RIGHT?
But we're not there yet, no, not by a long shot…So, how to get from here (inconsistent) to there (balanced and consistent)?
Here's what all the clinicians (and my trainer) are saying:
1) Don't nag! Give an aid, get a response, get your leg off of him. He must become very light to the leg and responsive to the seat as you go up the levels. You can carry a horse through lower level tests. Not so as you get higher. Things come too fast and the demands are too great. The horse has to carry itself and be responsive to your seat and your light aids. Train it to be so. Finn is happy to be trained to be either dull or responsive: my choice. And while I'd MUCH rather ride a responsive horse, it's amazing how quickly I slip back into nagging and I dull him. This is my constant battle but I'm improving. I worked on activating the horse in January with another clinician and am STILL working on it. If you also struggle with this problem, you might find this article useful: (https://wordpress.com/post/75277491/496/)
The details matter. Where my leg hangs (closer to the girth vs too far back), how I use it and take it off. What kind of spurs I use. At my latest clinic, Miguel Tavora told me to get swan necked spurs instead of the Prince of Wales ones I currently use, because Finn is small and my leg is long. This will help me keep my leg long and off him rather than being tempted to have it curled up and pressed into him (as above).
2) Keep your leg long and draped! Don't grip. Open your hips. Sit soft and deep in the saddle. Do you know how difficult this is? Yes, I'll bet you do. Especially on a pony. It actually IS harder on a pony. O.k., enough whining. I love my pony. I can and WILL do this. Let me recommend you start with a saddle that fits you (and your horse) well. This is impossible to do in an ill-fitting saddle. My saddle fits and I have no excuse.
3) Give forward with your hands – without losing the contact! This takes feel and timing. Keeping the horse on the bit, moving forward, and yet having a forward/giving feeling is a great feeing but I have to think about it. Otherwise I can tend to have a backwards hand which put the brakes on for the horse. Charlotte Dujardin is my role model here:
Look at Charlotte – leg long and draped, hands forward and yet maintaining the contact. A teensy bit behind the vertical with her torso if we're going to be nit-picky, but if anyone ever got such a nice picture of me, I'd blow it up into poster size and put it on my wall to say, "Look, I did it right for one brief shining moment!" She's a lovely and effective rider.
When I practice with Finn these days, I have mantras running through my head: reins shorter and higher! Leg long! Don't nag! Give him space, don't hold with your hand (but don't let him off the contact).
All this and keep the horse and yourself in balance. Oh yeah, and memorize a couple of tests, too.
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In an attempt to get into the whole Christmas Spirit thing, I baked cookies today.
I tweeted a couple of pics and people seemed to like the look of them and asked for the recipe.
The inspiration came from a link I saw on Facebook a while back… here it is: http://www.spatula.co.za/stained-glass-christmas-biscuits/
I was super lazy and used a bought Cookie Mix (by Golden Cloud) – just add butter!
Here is the recipe off the site, with some tips, added by me
Ingredients [if you are doing the proper thing and actually making cookies from scratch!, otherwise skip ahead to Step 2, like I did!]
250g butter, softened
2 tsp lemon rind
½ tsp almond essence
165g castor sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp water
335g cake flour
100g clear boiled sweets or lollies, crushed [I used Sparkles, keep the colours separate, pop in a sandwich bag and beat them with a hammer/chicken tenderising thingy]
Making the biscuits (pre-heat an oven to 170 degrees)
STEP 1: Beat butter, rind, essence, sugar, egg and water until smooth. Sift in the flour and knead until smooth. Wrap in glad wrap and chill for 30minutes.
STEP 2: On a floured surface roll dough to 4mm thick. Using cookie cutters of your choice cut out shapes and place on baking trays lined with paper. [line baking tray with foil - it is super easy to peel off the cookies and the "stained glass sweetie part" - also, it keeps baking trays clean and you don't have to scrub them clean score!]
STEP 3: Using a tiny cookie cutter or the handle of a wooden spoon make holes in the centre of each cookie. Bake the cookies for 5 minutes, then remove from oven and fill centre with the crushed sweets, return to oven for further 5 minutes. [ be quite generous with the crushed Sparkles, if it looks a bit thin when you take it out the oven, quickly sprinkle some more on and pop back in the oven for a minute. they melt pretty quickly!]
STEP 4: Leave to cool on a tray. [another bonus of the foil lined tray: just whip the foil out, pop it on a cooling rack and re-line the tray for another batch! - remember to keep the cookies flat while the cool down, otherwise the Sparkles will leak all over, and harden in funny shapes. Once cookies are cool, the foil easily peels right off!]
To make your cookies into tree decorations, simply make another small hole near the edge of the cookie before baking and when cool thread ribbon for tying onto the tree.
Ok, so mine didnt look as fab as this, but they are still flipping cool!
I actually like them so much i'm thinking of making heart shaped one's for our wedding… in the relevant colour/s (which BTW you can see on Our Wedding Blog … well there are 4 possible colour choices, i'm not telling which colour it is just yet!).
If you try these cookies, lemme know how they turn out for you!


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Dynamic Health: Rostering and Calendaring July 2019
Dynamic Health 3 now incorporates a comprehensive service and clinician rostering module, including client appointments. Services, clinician availability and client appointments can now be managed in one integrated place and forms part of the overal clinical system.
Dynamic Health 3 released - April 2019
Dynamic Health 3 was released successfully on 3 April 2019 and marks the third major release of the platform. The most prominent enhancement in this release is a new web application UI that has been re-engineered from the gound up using the latest web development technology. The new UI technology lays the foundation for implementing our roadmap over the medium term.
Dynamic Health: Multi-Programme Support - November 2017
The latest version of Dynamic Health 2 now officially supports Multiple Programmes within one installation. This means that a service provider can provide multiple support programmes within Dynamic Health, where clients in the system can be subscribed to one or more support programmes.
All support and counselling services provided to a client within one programme is ring-fenced within that programme, counsellors have the ability to view and interact with clients across all configured programmes.
Each programme can optionally have a separate client portal if required.
With the addition of multi-programme support in Dynamic Health, service providers can now have one single system to support all their counselling services with a single database and unified set of reports.
FileChimp launched at filechimp.io - October 2017
We have launched a free version file transfer service at filechimp.io utilising our FileBus technology. FileChimp allows a user to send a file to anyone with an email address without having to register first.
Although FileChimp does not provide all the enterprise features of FileBus, it still allows you to password protect files being sent. For more features please consider filebus.io instead.
FileBus launched at filebus.io - September 2017
After a number of requests from our customers for help in transferring files securely to and from their business partners and clients, we developed our own secure file transfer cloud service, specifically built to run on the secure Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
FileBus makes it easy to transfer file bundles securely to and from your clients and business partners in the geolocation of your choice, using only your browser, to meet data safe harbour and privacy restrictions. At launch we offer geolocations in Australia, Western USA and Western Europe, with more to follow as customer demand grows. FileBus also offers private on premise geolocation storage under the custom plan for those customers that want to keep their data inside their own networks.
FileBus makes it easy to send files and receive flies securely to recipients outside your organisation, without having to create user accounts for those users. Multiple forms of authentication is supported for both FileBus users and recipients.
FileBus can also be used as a secure cloud based file store. All files and file transfers are encrypted using industry strength encryption and is securely hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure that meets industry security standards.
FileBus is an MH Interactive venture and was launched on 15 May 2017 and can be accessed by going to filebus.io
My Health Record Australia – Integration project completed - February 2017
'My Health Record' is an electronic summary of individuals' key health information, drawn from their existing medical records, and is designed to be integrated into existing local clinical systems. It aims to give healthcare providers access to client information such as medications, test results, discharge summaries, allergies, immunisations, etc.
We've successfully enhanced our Dynamic Health ® platform to be able to securely share information with the Australian government's Healthcare Identifiers Service and the My Health Record Systems. This fully integrated solution will ensure that clinicians can view (or add to) their clients' centralised digital health records.
Dynamic Health was certified for My Health Record production access on 2 Feb 2017.
Happy anniversary Dynamic Health 2.0 !
On July 1, 2016 we are celebrating the first anniversary of the go-live in Australia of our new and innovative Dynamic Health 2.0 software platform that was engineered from the ground up to utilise a modern web based technology. Thank you to our customers and staff for making this a world class platform and we look forward to may more anniversaries.
Headspace highlights from 2014/2015
MH interactive provide our Dynamic Health system to support eheadspace in Australia, you can watch a review of their progress here: headspace Year in Review 2014-2015
The Journal changed home
On 1 November 2015 the Journal depression programme was relocated from the previous povider to Homecare Medical as part of the national Telehealth service. MH Interactive successfully migrated the database and Dynamic Health application software to a new infrastructure provider selected by Homecare Medical. We continue to support this award winning depression programme through Dynamic Health.
Dynamic Health 2.0 Launched
Our fully web based Dynamic Health 2.0 product was successfully launched in Australia on 1 July 2015 to power the backend of www.eheadspace.org.au providing mental health case management, support and communication services to young people aged 16 to 25 across all of Australia. Version 2.0 of our flag ship product was a complete redevelopment using our expertise in the field of supporting mental health services in both Australia and New Zealand. We provided a seamless data migration process to move all data from version 1 to version 2 without any service down time. The best compliment we probably received was that clinicians came in to work on the morning of July 1 without any interruption to their work.
Winners at the 2014 IPA Effectiveness Awards in London!
The on-line mental health programme "The Journal" for FCB and the Ministry of Health in New Zealand that runs on MH Interactive's Dynamic Health system has picked up another international award in London. Possibly the most challenging effectiveness awards in the world: http://www.ipa.co.uk/effectiveness/entry/entrant/600


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Saga, Japan, Spring 2017 – Legnatec and Hirata Chair announce its joint launch of Ariake, a new brand started by two factories from the furniture-producing town of Morodomi in Saga prefecture, Japan.––– Ariake means "morning moon" or "daybreak" in Japanese, and symbolizes a new chapter for Legnatec and Hirata Chair, two leading companies in a town consisting of more than thirty furniture factories. Ariake is also the name of the sea surrounding Saga prefecture, well known for its seaweed andtidal flats.
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I'll start with a card I found on Pinterest. I loved all the elements and multiple layers.
The distressed edges also caught my attention. I think the paper is Pion Design or MME.
I am not sure but I think my inspiration was from Cathymc Sew Creative but this is a guess. Her cards are fabulous!
The flowers are all from Wild Orchid which is the norm for me although I do use Prima and Petaloo flowers from time to time.
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Just Us Girls - Word Valentine (2/11)
MTTC #314 - Love is All Around (2/12)
My second card was inspired by one that I saw on the Pion Design blog.
The card that motivated my creativity was a friendship card, but with a few tweaks here and there it became a card perfect for Valentine's Day.
The author of the card was not listed therefore I cannot give credit or say thanks to the crafter that inspired me.
Because the paper was so pretty it was easy to add a sentiment on the inside and leave the paper blank on the right side for a personal message.
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Dragonfly Journey - Queen of Hearts (2/12)
Artistic Inspiration - AG Valentine (2/12)
There's lots of challenges out there so I have to go see what other cards I can make so I can join in before they close.
Have a blessed day wherever you are.


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HARTFORD, Conn. -- A mountain lion killed on a Connecticut highway last month had apparently walked halfway across the country from South Dakota, according to Connecticut environmental officials who said Tuesday that the 1,500-mile journey was one of the longest ever recorded for a land mammal.
The animal originated in the Black Hills region of South Dakota and was tracked by DNA from its hair and droppings as it passed through Minnesota and Wisconsin in 2009 and 2010, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel Esty said at a news conference.
Biologists estimate the size of the mountain lion population at about 100,000 nationwide, mostly living in the western United States and seldom traveling more than 100 miles. It was the first confirmed wild mountain lion in Connecticut in more than 100 years.
"It is a testament to the adaptability of the species that it can travel so far from its original home in South Dakota to Connecticut," Esty said.
The lean, 140-pound male was killed June 11 when it was hit by a sport utility vehicle at night on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in the New Haven suburb of Milford.
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Authorities initially believed it was a captive animal that escaped, but tests showed that it was not neutered or declawed and it had no implanted microchips, which are commonly used in domestic animals.
Tests also determined it was likely the same one that had been seen earlier in Greenwich, Conn., a New York City suburb 30 miles away. The death was followed by a flurry of big cat sightings in the suburbs of Connecticut, but experts dismissed most of them as unreliable. Government experts say no native mountain lions are believed to live in Connecticut.
Genetic testing showed the cat had the same genetic structure of the mountain lion population in South Dakota's Black Hills region. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Wildlife Genetics Laboratory in Missoula, Mont., matched the DNA with samples collected from a cat that was tracked in Minnesota and Wisconsin from late 2009 through early 2010.


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Arutz Sheva, an Israeli website, wrote last month that 500 Shabiha Assad army have been spotted in Europe, and in France particularly.
Fears are growing that "shabiha" militiamen accused of committing some of the most barbaric atrocities against Syrian civilians for
PresidentBashar al-Assad's regime are arriving incognito in Europe and getting asylum.
The prospect has sent shivers downs the spines of Syrians who fled the war-torn country, as indications pile up that thugs who tortured on behalf of Assad have slipped into the flow of refugees arriving in Europe.
"Today, there are war criminals who find refuge in France and in Europe," Ziad al-Isa – a Franco-Syrian doctor who is part of the UOSSM disaster relief grouping – recently told French lawmakers.
In your opinion, what do you think this small Assad army is doing in Europe? Knitting blankets for the refugees they chased with their terror or preparing to attack Paris using ISIS assets Assad himself has soldiered before he released from his jails?
There is no doubt ISIS committed the acts of terror in Paris. But what matters the most is not who committed the crime as much as who the masterminds behind the crime were. The world would be a fool to simply accept that terrorists would carry their passports when carrying out acts of terror. There is something really rotten going on here.
Was the French delegation visiting Damascus to meet with Assad a coincidence? Or was their timing planned by Assad to deliver his punch line against France? His final act against a country that opposed his rule of tyranny?
People do not realize the extreme terror the Assad regime and what the regime in Damascus is capable of planning and administering against its enemies. There is a good reason why Putin protects Assad with all his might. He admires him for the his craftiness and his ability to strike anyone at anytime with unimaginable acts of proxy terror.
What are 500 Shabiha Assad army doing in Europe? Certainly not learning the art of French cuisine or the refined skills of a French Haute Couture creator. They are in Europe for a purpose. That purpose is to spread terror by proxy to protect Assad from regime change.
Assad is a genocidal maniac and a psychopath capable of every inhuman act imaginable. The sooner the world realizes this fact, the closer we are to hold him accountable for his crimes.


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A top tribute act to the Eurovision-winning ABBA will make for a memorable night at The Gliderdrome, in Boston.
Planet Abba will be performing at the Spain Place venue on Saturday, March 31.
The band formed in 2002, and have since gained a renowned reputation in the music industry.
A spokesman for the band said: "Their professionally choreographed stage show, with many costume changes, faithfully encapsulates the sights and sounds of ABBA and their endless stream of unforgettable hits.
"Their professionalism and sheer enthusiasm both on and off stage, have secured them many re-bookings and has earned them a reputation beyond reproach."
Doors open at 7.30pm.
Music and dancing will be from 8pm.
Tickets, priced at £15, available from The Gliderdrome; Burgess, Thompson and Richardson in High Street; Chris Cook Print, in Main Ridge East; The Bakehouse Cafe, in Wide Bargate; and The Black Bull, in Kirton.
Remaining tickets are priced at £20 on the door.


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We've had our current TV for a good 6 or 7 years now. It's a pretty basic
model which doesn't have anything built in to it and it's not particularly fancy!
Lately though it's started to act a bit…alien!
It decides that it doesn't want us to switch channels and insists on us
watching children's TV programmes all day! This is unless I switch the whole
thing off and wait for about half an hour for it to decide it would like to wake
up now.
Not only that but a rather strange black foggy patch has also appeared in
the corner and along the bottom of the screen. This makes igglepiggle and upsy
daisy look a bit like they've dressed themselves in the dark with a mismatched
two tone colour outfit.
Therefore we've decided it's time to buy a new TV. However it's not as easy
as it used to be. These days there are so many choices to make it can be a
little confusing. Do I want an lcd, led or plasma screen? Built in freeview?
28, 32 or 40 inch screen? A śmart TV or a not so smart TV?!
This is going to be more complex than I'd first thought!
Our children love watching their favourite cartoons on the TV, however our
current TV is only 28 inches and it is mounted to the wall. I think a bigger screen
is definitely needed! Plus my husband and I love our evenings when the kids are
tucked up in bed, we can finally sit down with a takeaway and catch up on all
our favourite shows.
I definitely want something that's got great picture and sound quality. I
quite like the Panasonic 42″Smart Viera LED
As it's a smart TV you have access to the internet and one swipe content sharing from your smart phone or tablet, it has 1600Hz backlight
scanning and an advanced wide viewing angle as well as superior picture quality, perfect for our
cosy movie nights in! But it will also keep the children entertained with its
3D feature!
Welcome to the not so scary tech future ME!
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Back to school. Those words can invoke a sigh of relief for parents everywhere. You don't have to entertain them anymore. Your life goes back to something that resembles a routine again. But, the phrase back to school also brings with it an air of panic. Back to school isn't just back to school. It also means back to late nights with sports practices, dance classes, parent teacher meetings and more. And if you're the teacher, it means long nights grading papers and preparing for tomorrow's classes. It means back to drive thru dinners because practice ran late and you didn't plan ahead. Lucky for you, I've got your back!
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Here's a few tips to help tame the mealtime madness at your house!
1. Plan Ahead!
One of the biggest problems with being busy is you're starving by the time you get home. The thought of putting any energy into figuring out a meal, much less cooking it, is way beyond your means at that moment! That's when delivery or take out happens. You'll save a ton of money by just sitting down on Sunday morning with your coffee and picking out 7 meals you want to have that week. Then you can shop for just those meals instead of picking up a little of everything (this tactic will also help you tackle any clutter in your pantry!!).
Notice I didn't say plan a meal for every day? While this works for some people, I'm the kinda gal that if I tell myself that I have to have a salad with chicken on Monday night, I'm gonna want a burger and fries 🙂 It's just how I'm wired! So, by planning out just 7 meals for the week, I can pick what I want from that menu as the day comes. This gives you flexibility but also some structure. And who ever said that structure was bad?
2. Power Cook Your Proteins
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I think everyone would agree that cubing & cooking chicken or cooking taco meat takes way longer than cooking potatoes or shredding lettuce. If you're having 3 chicken dishes, cook all the chicken at once! Take a couple hours on Sunday night (or whatever night works best for your schedule) and pre-cook all your proteins for the week. Cooked food is good in the fridge for about 3 days. So Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday's dinners are good in the fridge. Toss Thursday, Friday and Saturday's meals in the freezer. The Double Burner Grill Pan is my go-to for grilling/pan cooking a bunch of meat. And I love the All-Purpose Pot for ground meats & boiled chicken which is great for salads. I hope you're realizing the amount of dishes this idea saves you during the week, too. You're welcome.
3. While You're Cooking, Make Doubles!
If you're already cooking, do yourself a favor and make a double batch of everything! Let's say you're making fajitas and rice (because Mexican food rules. Duh.) Instead of just making what you need for that one meal, cook enough peppers, onions and chicken/steak for a whole other meal. Then freeze the leftovers! You'll appreciate that frozen dinner on a night you didn't think ahead, or didn't want to go shopping, or something came up, or you were sick, whatever ….dinner is all cooked and in the freezer. Bam. Done.
Pro Tip: Freeze the meat and peppers in one Ziplock bag/container, the cooked rice in another and put it in the freezer with the tortillas that you need, too! That way you'll have the whole meal and won't need to run to the store for anything. And while we're talking about cooking efficiently, you'll wanna check out this article on how to organize your cook station.
You're already thinking I'm a genius. I don't blame you. But we're not done yet!
4. Latch On To This "One Pot Meal" Trend.
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So, what exactly is a one pot meal? You guessed it. Exactly what it sounds like. Every part of the meal is prepared using the same pot. There's a couple benefits to this. 1) You have fewer dishes. YAY! 2) Cooking your foods all together like that allows the flavors to really meld together and enhance the taste of the dish. 3) Often times, they are "set it and forget it" types of recipes. Ya know, ones where you slap everything on a sheet pan in the oven, in a stock pot on the stove or in the slow cooker and let it do it's thing. These recipes typically take simple ingredients and put them together in a masterful way. The flavors are enhanced and you come off looking like Picasso just made the meal for your family! I'm a fan of these one pot meals because you can prep them quickly and while they're cooking, spend time with your family. Help the kids with their homework. Walk the dog. Take care of last night's dishes. Have some pre-dinner ice cream. Ya know, all the things that need to get done in the small window of time that is your evening. A quick look through the Season's Best Cookbook or my Pinterest account will hook you up with loads of ideas for these delicious and easy meals. This recipe is one of my all time favorite one pot meals. You've gotta try it and tell me what you think!
5. Build a Menu Binder.
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You can search Pinterest and come up with a billion options for menu binders. The simplest solution I've got for you? Just snag a 1/2″ or 1″ binder and some loose leaf paper during these back to school sales. Write 1 week's menu on a piece of paper. Then on another piece of paper write the grocery list for that menu. Put them into your binder together.
That's it. Easy peasy and you've even got your grocery menu done for the next time you want that menu! If you have a recipe on that week that you don't know by heart… what better place to store it than with the week's menu that it's featured on? Hole punch it and put it in your binder.
Guys, meal planning and organization is not that hard. It can all be super overwhelming if we let it. But don't reinvent the wheel. Don't keep things in a "safe place" 'cuz that's how you lose shit. Trust me. I just lost my dad's rhubarb pie recipe and I'm kicking myself that I didn't follow my own damn advice! I left it out because I wanted to make notes on it if I needed to adjust anything. Well, I need lots of notes now because I got nothing to go on! Grr. Anyway, don't be like me. Be better than me. lol


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Editions: 50
Size: 56,2×41,2 cm
Technique: Print
About the artist
Sunna Hansdottir (b. 1987) graduated with BA (Bachelor) in textile and design at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, 2014. She works in the intersection of crafts and art, as she herself says suits her the best. Growing up between Karlstad and Iceland, most of Hansdottir's work revolves around topics of nature, forces and "Sunna".


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Janet Yellen: An Economist Who Explains It All
Janet Yellen: An Economist Who Explains It All
When Janet L. Yellen was a graduate student in economics at Yale University, classmates quickly figured out that the best way to decipher Professor James Tobin's lectures was to borrow her notes. And long after Yellen received her PhD in 1971, the Yellen Notes--as they became known--served as the unofficial textbook for generations of graduate students. "She has a genius for expressing complicated arguments simply and clearly," says Nobel winner Tobin.
Yellen's talent for penetrating arcane issues has served her well--as an economics professor at the University of California at Berkeley and as a Federal Reserve Board governor. Now, those synthesizing skills will be tested in her biggest assignment yet: chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. And Yellen brings another resource to the job as well, her Berkeley economist husband, George A. Akerlof, a former CEA staffer who is widely perceived as a future Nobel laureate.
In academic circles, Yellen and Aker-lof--who met in 1977 as young Fed economists and were married the next year--have won acclaim for the originality of their research, to say nothing of their clout. "It will be a very powerful wife-husband team," predicts David Vogel, a professor at Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Such colleagues say Akerlof often comes up with breakthrough ideas, but it is Yellen who supplies the academic rigor. Akerlof "is more interested in the inspiration than the hard work of putting it together in a professionally plausible form--he's off to the next idea," says Tobin. "She provides the discipline that makes them go."
The couple has been collaborating professionally for more than a decade. At Berkeley, they conducted groundbreaking research that refuted prevailing wisdom about how the economy functions (table). In the 1970s, economists such as Robert E. Lucas Jr. of the University of Chicago had argued that using monetary and fiscal policy to move the economy was futile, since people adjust their behavior in ways that negate the policy changes. This "rational expectations" theory gained widespread acceptance at the expense of the Keynesian school, which held that the government could act to smooth out business cycles.
But in a landmark 1985 paper, Yellen and Akerlof argued that individuals lacked the time and resources to conduct the intensive research. Such a deviation from Lucas' assumptions, when magnified, might mean that an interest-rate cut could have a major impact on the economy. Former Fed Vice-Chairman Alan S. Blinder says the couple's research "has given theoretical economic underpinnings to the New Keynesian school," which explains why government intervention in the economy is sometimes justified.
RELUCTANT AT FIRST. Yellen, who was sworn in to the CEA job on Feb. 13, has quietly emerged as a forceful figure on her own. As a Fed governor since 1994, she helped convince fellow governors that downsizing and foreign outsourcing was enabling the economy to run with lower unemployment and less inflation than was thought possible. Last fall, Yellen and Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan joined in arguing that the strong economy wouldn't trigger an inflationary spike--a call that appears shrewd today. "Janet pushed for more conceptual analysis within the Fed," says one central bank colleague. "She wanted the Fed to ask less `What's the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index?' and more `What are the broader forces affecting the economy?"'
In choosing Yellen to succeed Joseph E. Stiglitz, who is leaving to become the World Bank's chief economist, Administration officials passed over others with greater marquee value. But Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin says the White House talked Yellen into the job because "we wanted someone who could bring a rigorous analytic approach to the issues and who could work well with others." So great was the Clintonites' respect for her thinking that while at the Fed, Yellen periodically briefed CEA officials on such topics as the labor markets and welfare reform. Moreover, in the Clinton Administration, loyalty has been a big requisite for the job: CEA chairs have been expected to sell policies, even if they disagreed, or at least remain silent.
BATTLES AHEAD. For now, Yellen says she's in synch with the Administration's thinking: She favors balancing the budget but opposes a constitutional amendment. She hints she's skeptical of calls to invest part of the Social Security Trust Fund in stocks. And she backs Clinton's plan to provide tax incentives for education and training. "I'm concerned about rising inequality of earnings and its long-term social implications," she says. "Education is the answer."
Above all, Yellen wants to focus on rewriting last year's sweeping welfare reforms, which she fears may exact a huge toll on children without a safety net during the transition. "I am anxious to fix welfare," she says. "There has to be more training and child care." Based on research with Akerlof, Yellen doubts that slashing benefits will deter poor single women from having babies. The couple believes instead that the answer may lie in providing easier access to birth control and in punishing men who don't support their children.
Despite her strongly held views, Administration insiders question whether Yellen has the steel to prevail in internal battles over economic policy, which have been increasingly decided by Rubin and Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers. If the new CEA chair intends to shape as well as sell economic policy for the Administration, she may have to produce another impressive set of Yellen Notes--this time for the man in the Oval Office.


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Demon's Oasis Vol. 1
In case you missed the announcement earlier this week the first book in our new light novel series hit Amazon Kindle.
Demon's Oasis follows the adventures of Jessie Soma and the "boys" from Oasis Host Club. This series offers readers the familiar Isabelle Fantasy/Paranormal vibe while plopping you down in what we hope feels like an anime or manga.