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On the origin of lopsidedness in galaxies as determined from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G).
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Physics and Astronomy
We study the m = 1 distortions (lopsidedness) in the stellar components of 167 nearby galaxies that span a wide range of morphologies and luminosities. We confirm the previous findings of (1) a high incidence of lopsidedness in the stellar distributions, (2) increasing lopsidedness as a function of radius out to at least 3.5 exponential scale lengths, and (3) greater lopsidedness, over these radii, for galaxies of later type and lower surface brightness. Additionally, the magnitude of the lopsidedness (1) correlates with the character of the spiral arms (stronger arm patterns occur in galaxies with less lopsidedness), (2) is not correlated with the presence or absence of a bar, or the strength of the bar when one is present, (3) is inversely correlated to the stellar mass fraction, f∗, within one radial scale length, and (4) correlates directly with f∗ measured within the radial range over which we measure lopsidedness. We interpret these findings to mean that lopsidedness is a generic feature of galaxies and does not, generally, depend on a rare event, such as a direct accretion of a satellite galaxy onto the disk of the parent galaxy. While lopsidedness may be caused by several phenomena, moderate lopsidedness (A1i +A1o) /2 < 0.3) is likely to reflect halo asymmetries to which the disk responds or a gravitationally self-generated mode. We hypothesize that the magnitude of the stellar response depends both on how centrally concentrated the stars are with respect to the dark matter and whether there are enough stars in the region of the lopsidedness that self-gravity is dynamically important.
Copyright 2013. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Original Publication Information
Zaritsky, Dennis, et al. "On the Origin of Lopsidedness in Galaxies as Determined from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)." 2013. The Astrophysical Journal 772(2): 16 pp.
ThinkIR Citation
Zaritsky, Dennis; Salo, Heikki; Laurikainen, Eija; Elmegreen, Debra M.; Athanassoula, E.; Bosma, Albert; Comeron, Sebastien; Erroz-Ferrer, Santiago; Elmegreen, Bruce G.; Gadotti, Dimitri A.; Gil de Paz, Armando; Hinz, Joannah L.; Ho, Luis C.; Holwerda, Benne W.; Kim, Taehyun; Knapen, Johan H.; Laine, Jarkko; Laine, Seppo; Madore, Barry F.; Meidt, Sharon; Menendez-Delmestre, Karin; Mizusawa, Trisha; Munoz-Mateos, Juan Carlos; Regan, Michael W.; Seibert, Mark; and Sheth, Kartik, "On the origin of lopsidedness in galaxies as determined from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)." (2013). Faculty Scholarship. 219.


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There is so much to say about Kiev. Why don't you share your experiences about Kiev and post it online. Help other fellow travelers learn from your experiences.
There are thousands of travelers coming to Kiev weekly without knowing what to expect from this spectacular city. I was one of them several years ago. I would have benefited from a website like this then. That is the reason I decided to build this website to offer help to travelers coming to Kiev from all around the Globe.


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Spring Greens
I realize this is not the best outfit to showcase a new shapewear garment – the last outfit post would have been much better fro that, being form fitting. But last week I finally purchased a Rago shapewear garment from Amazon, and it was delivered the same day as this beautiful dress from Vintage Katherine on Instagram. So of course, I had to wear them both!
I have been wanting to purchase Rago shapewear for a while. I've heard good things all around about the longline bra (which Miss Victory Violet has loved) and Skye has praised the shapewear for its ability to smooth and generally make a vintage silhouette look perfect. So after some consideration, I decided to buy the Hi-Waist Leg Shaper, which is supposed to smooth the hip line and stomach. Since I have a baby belly, I'm always looking for things to help bring in my stomach and keep it from bulging under vintage waistlines. While my natural waist is relatively small, having babies has not been kind to my stomach and I'm always fighting to keep my belts from riding up.
After some consideration, I decided to buy the shaper in a 3X; while the size chart says it is for 46″ hips and mine are 49″, I hoped that choosing a smaller size would assist with smoothing everything out perfectly (and maybe pull me in a bit as well!) I was a little concerned that the waist might not fit. I have an 18″ difference between my hip and waist, and often things that fit at the hip are far too large in the waist.
When the shaper arrived in the mail, I immediately pulled it on. And of course, it took a little work to get into. I may have definitely been doing an awkward dance in my room trying to get it up over my posterior end. But once it was up, it was amazingly comfortable and, while it doesn't pull me in at the waist at all, it wasn't too big either! No bagginess, it pulls my stomach flat enough that my belts don't ride up, and, best of all, the legs don't roll up!
As someone with bigger hips and thighs, this fact is a lifesaver. All too often, leg-shapewear rides up and chafes with all-day wear, but I wore the Rago all day, and no riding up. It didn't budge at all and I'm impressed! I would definitely recommend this shapewear to anyone looking for a good, sturdy, durable leg, hip, and stomach smoother.
Vintage Katherine
And can we chat about how beautiful this Vintage Katherine dress is? I saw it a while ago in her Instagram shop, but wasn't able to purchase right away. Since dresses go like candy in her shop, I assumed that it would be sold long before I got to it. And then by chance, I noticed she'd never marked it as sold, and a dress or two of mine sold, and I snapped it up right away!
While it is about an inch shorter than my preferred length, it's still the perfect dress to twirl into spring with. I felt like a vintage spring goddess, especially after pairing it with this beautiful flower crown Caitlynn of Crescent Creations Events made me. You might remember the crown from Evie's 1 year photos. Caitlynn was so sweet and made us matching crowns for no reason at all, and I may have to add elastic to Evie's so she can continue to wear it!
I hope you are all enjoying spring weather. And if winter is still plaguing you, I hope it goes away very soon! Happy Thursday!
1960's dress, Vintage Katherine | Shoes and belt, thrifted | flower crown, gift from Crescent Creations Events | Petticoat and Rago shapewear, Amazon


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Two of my most favourite friends Skyped with me yesterday, and we set dates that they're going to come visit me. YAY!
(They did, however, choose my husband's birthday weekend. Poor guy. He's such a sweetheart, & a trooper.)
I can't help but wonder what the beaches will be like when my friends arrive in August.
How long will it take the oil to reach our beaches?
Of course, we can get over to the other coast pretty easily if the west coast beaches are contaminated with oil globs.
I looked at a few hundred photos of the oil spill on a news site this morning, and I can't help but think that it's so much bigger, so much deeper, so much more of an impact globally than the initial thoughts on it.
It has to be, because everything is connected.
Amidst these photos, there are all sorts of hate signs against BP, which I understand, but the thing is, BP really isn't the problem. (Not that they're innocent, by any means.)
They're responsible for this ONE devastating situation. (1 of 100 in as many years)
So am I.
As always, we put them there. All of us who drive gas powered cars paid for that oil rig.
Especially if we've ever bought gas at BP.
But, the reality is… it's our government/system's lack of checks and balances as long a business/industry is willing to pay for their approval.
That lack of genuine concern for the well being of the citizens of this world causes the deaths of people eating meat contaminated with E. Coli, that's been approved by our government (that continues to be approved).
That lack of concern fuels pharmaceutical companies that make incredibly unhealthy medicines a standard part of child-bearing, healthcare, and life in this country.
That lack of concern allows less than great standards for oil drilling that results in the deaths of people & wildlife, the demise of entire economies and small businesses that depend on the ocean for their functionality.
That lack of concern creates waste that will never decompose and exponentially increases, and is harmful to everyone who comes in contact with it.
That lack of concern approves products and foods that have evidence of linking to cancer and heart disease.
This oil spill is obvious, it's in our faces.
But what about all the people dying from cancer (and various other diseases) that don't need to?
What about kids eating a hamburger & dying of E. Coli (and various other diseases) that shouldn't be?
We shouldn't be protesting and boycotting BP, we should be trying to change the way the industry works & supporting alternate sources of transportation – alternate sources to fuel our transportation.
We should be pushing and challenging our government to change the way these systems work.
And most importantly, we shouldn't be blindly following. We should be researching and asking questions.
We have to be the checks and balances that aren't there. Otherwise, we're doomed, because they won't take care of us.
These kinds of disasters happen when our world cries out in despair, because everything is connected.
Because the world functions as one big unit, and when something breaks, it's not alone.
We must be advocates for change, because as we've seen… the beaches can't speak for themselves.


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I had the best weekend! On Saturday I was one of the models for one of Holly's gorgeous bridalshoots *blush* with the amazing photographer Anouschka Rokebrand (more on that soon) and today I went to the ShowUp trade fair with Nina from Paper Stories. We saw a lot of beautiful stuff and on top of that it was just really nice to be inspired together with a friend. I will pick some brands to blog about in the coming weeks, but here are just some inspirational photo's I made. I made them with my iPhone.. my little boy dropped (yes, I did say dropped) my Nikon camera this morning and now it's kind off not zooming anymore.. In fact it's not doing much anymore.. Any tips for a good camera are more than welcome! As far as highlights go: THE VENUE! The trade fair has grown so much!
{1. Ferm Living via Kolk & Kolk Agenturen // 2. Mimi's Circus Fiep Westendorp via Nordic Child Agencies // 3. House of Rym via UnikDesign // 4. Anny& Esmé Hofman}


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Sci-Fi Science Takes Unnecessary, Overused Jab at Conventiongoers
Theoretical Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku was discussing the possible energy alternatives to rocket fuel on The Science Channel's new show Sci-Fi Science. Where did they go for reasonable suggestions? A sci-fi convention of course!
The show takes a lazy jab at nerds in Boba Fett, Storm Trooper, and Star Trek costumes, making theories ranging from reasonable hypothesis, to outside the box ingenuity, to television inspired, to the completely ridiculous.
Please. The whole segment is just an excuse to make fun of nerds. To take a camera crew to a science fiction convention where the sole purpose is to expose the "silliness" of a handful of extreme fans. This somehow results in good TV? No, it results in a point-and-laugh segment that's been beaten to death already. And no TV makes us madder than lazy TV.


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The 5th Annual White Plains ComicFest will be taking place at the Galleria at White Plains. Specifically, the ComicFest will be held at the food court level.
Galleria at White Plains
100 Main St
White Plains, NY 10601
Date: Saturday, May 7th, 2022
Time: 11am – 6pm
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From Northern New Jersey- Take the Palisades Parkway North to the exit for the Tappan Zee Bridge (Route 87/287). Follow the Exit 8, Cross Westchester Expressway (Route 287). East to Exit 5 (Route 119) into the center of White Plains.
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Metro North Railroad: Take the Harlem Division to White Plains Station. Mall is two blocks up Main Street.
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Super Bowl Power Outage: Social Media Reacts to Blackout
When the lights go out in New Orleans, the party really starts. Tonight saw a blackout at the Super Bowl and social media put its own immediate spin on the event. According to Twitter, chatter about the power outage peaked at 231,500 tweets per minute, totaling to 3 million tweets over the course of the night. We've gathered some of the funniest and most timely tweets.
SB Nation posted a GIF up fast, chronicling the decending darkness.
Oreo jumped on the chance to make a splash, with this blackout related graphic that saw 10,000 retweets in less than an hour.
Power out? No problem. twitter.com/Oreo/status/29…
— Oreo Cookie (@Oreo) February 4, 2013
Tide's design team quickly capitalized on the moment.
We can't get your #blackout, but we can get your stains out. #SuperBowl #TidePower twitter.com/tide/status/29…
— Tide (@tide) February 4, 2013
Walgreens had the solution. It involved shopping at Walgreens, funny enough.
We do carry candles. #SuperBowl
— Walgreens (@Walgreens) February 4, 2013
"Bane" trended nationally on Twitter, prompted by "Dark Knight Rises" references like this one, retweeted 250+ times.
— Dave Lozo (@DaveLozo) February 4, 2013
Meanwhile, people took to Twitter's new 6-second-video-loop service Vine to show us the somber mood at Super Bowl parties.
SuperBowl blackout #superbowl #blackout vine.co/v/b10wvbhHTpH
— Erin Wilson (@erinwilson5) February 4, 2013
Who knew Calvin Klein was on Vine?
Since the lights are still out… vine.co/v/b1iiiiUz5uq #SB47
— Calvin Klein (@CalvinKlein) February 4, 2013
A Vine taken from within the dimmer Dome.
A glimpse of the bloodlust and chaos that has broken out at the Superdome. RIP society vine.co/v/b10Dpr2hz3n
— Joe Randazzo (@Randazzoj) February 4, 2013
MetLife Stadium, home of next year's Super Bowl, thumbed their nose at the Super Dome in this cheeky tweet
Don't worry. Next year, at #metlifestadium, the lights will stay on! #SBxlviii
— MetLife Stadium (@MetLife_Stadium) February 4, 2013
Of course, Beyonce was jokingly named the culprit, almost immediately.
The Stadium just went into a #blackout. Clearly the dementors showed up a little late to watch Beyonce.
— The Dark Lord (@Lord_Voldemort7) February 4, 2013
"Darkness there, and nothing more." Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" gets an appropriate rewrite with the blackout.
Poe's Raven(s) at SB47: Deep into darkness peering,49ers stood there fearingJones - another Six - encore;Quoth they - please, Nevermore!
— Dan Lynch (@DNLynch) February 4, 2013
Parody account @SuperBowlLights shot up out of the dark, gained thousands of followers and was deleted before the game was over. Jason Sanford posits quick legal action on part of the NFL. As of 10:30pm EST, the account has resurfaced, having lost most of its followers and all of its tweets.
Now that's social media speed. @ superbowllights creates Twitter feed, gains 18.5K followers, has tweets deleted by NFL-all in an hour.
— Jason Sanford (@jasonsanford) February 4, 2013
PBS rode the #1 trending hashtag worldwide, #SuperBowlBlackout to more than 3,000 retweets with a smart programming promo.
This might be a good time think about alternative programming. #SuperBowlBlackOut #WeHaveDowntonPBS
— PBS (@PBS) February 4, 2013
Celebrities got in on the fun, "Community" and "The Soup"'s Joel McHale tweeted:
It's fine, Joe Flacco is gonna shine a flashlight under his chin and tell scary stories to the offensive line. #Poweroutage #SuperBowl
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) February 4, 2013
Sound advice.
Never use the toaster and the microwave at the same time during the Superbowl. #LightsOut
— Frank Caliendo (@FrankCaliendo) February 4, 2013
All the lights are out!! It's pandemonium!! Thank god we have out Beyonce finger lights! twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/st…
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) February 4, 2013
The outage ended after a 34 minute delay. Law enforcement sources told ABC News the power loss was merely a technical issue.
See anything crazy out there we are missing? Share in the comments below!


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Clinical Application Program
Application Packet Instructions
- Deadline for submission (hand-delivery or postmark date) – by the end of the second week of the fall (with successful completion of ALHT 201) or spring semester (with successful completion of ALHT 203).
- The following documents must be completed and submitted to:
Bossier Parish Community College
Attn: Erica Mullins- MA Program Director
6220 E. Texas St.
Bossier City, LA 71111
- Signed Essential Requirements Form
- Completed & Signed Application Form
- Official Transcripts (not required if all Qualification coursework is from BPCC or official transcripts from other colleges already in the BPCC Registrar's Office).
Essential Requirements
The MA Program has established Essential Requirements,identifying occupational-specific technical standards required of students in the program. Please print, read and sign this document and include it in your application packet. If you have questions or concerns related to your ability to meet these described requirements, please contact your academic advisor.
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When one grows up in or about Gotham everyone you know has an elderly aunt, uncle, something who has retired to Florida and of the many places to spend The Final Years, it seems or perhaps is my imagination that I have heard "oh Boca?!" I got an uncle down there! Constantly. At least when speaking of uvuncular family ties or Florida or death and taxes.
And today the once sleepy hamlet, nothing more than an airstrip and a hotel, and before that, jungle, is today a retirement Mecca of privilege and wealth that seems to feel the need to build ever up and out to increase in size and scope.
"They're tossing those buildings up all over Boca," my cultural informant vis bartender told me. "Their current tenants are slowly leaving, dying actually I mean leaving this world," he was laughing that way bartenders laugh about death, "so they're trying to attract a younger crowd. Ones with money of course."
Why yes, with money, I agreed, also thinking of the many fancy cars I had seen, and not wanting to offend. The couple next to me, two older gentlemen, both on the high end if money+age and who seemed to have some long term arrangement that was not quite a relationship agreed. The place was changing. More places to eat and some open past 9pm – an ungodly hour for most retired people apparently (having reached the age where 11:30pm is late, I am fast understanding).
I exited my bar into a wall of hot, moist, still evening air. I went for my customary post dinner walk and regretted it at once. It couldn't have been sweat covering me. There was far too much of whatever was dripping throughout my clothes, puddles filling in each fold my money in my pockets ruined and dank, each layer of cloth slowly clinging to each other and all to my shitty body.
How have people here survived here?
Turns out, in the past, they didn't. This part of Florida had untouched beaches for so long because the are was protected by a tangle of mangrove trees that then led to swamps and marshes protected by vipers, bugs, and violent illnesses. Europeans did not have much luck for settling a good deal of the coast. Boca Raton, translated almost literally to "The Mouse Mouth" or "The Inlet With Sharp Rocks" was but a dot on a navigational chart un-populated by indigenous people – at least for generations since the Pleistocene. The land between St. Augustine and Miami was for eons passed over by Spanish, Hispanic, Latino, Creole, and finally American settlers as they traveled to better property and more promising jungles until one day air conditioning was invented. That and the steam shovel. And real estate agents. The first of which was shipwrecked in 1895 and at once started selling swampland to retirees.
The steam shovel dug trenches, drained swamps, created boat channels protected from the nasty biting toothy winds of angry green grey storms. The real estate agents sold dreams, paradise, and hope. And air conditioning made the summer bearable and allowed people to work and live there year around. Allowed those members of our population that can no longer regulate their body temperature through will power and the natural humors and juices of the body electric.
I walked down the beach from town back to my hotel. The sun had set in a blaze of glory rare for by eyes but perhaps just another boring day for locals. The ocean was scattered and glowering with dark summer storms that flashed about and distant and lonely wind thrashed the water but did nothing to regulate the temperature on the mainland. I counted my steps back to the path in the mangrove that separated the beach from the road and strip of naked hotels and estates. The trees formed a break in Oceanside hotels and brought respite from the metastatic landscape of wo/mankind that I believe (and certain photos I have taken from jet propelled airplanes seem to prove) stretches unending from Jacksonville to Key Largo. Just a few scant miles if that.
Nature is contained and safely so. However, the drunks, the retired peoples of America, and sun burned blonds and fat yelling children of all races, colours, and credos, share this beach with sea turtles that lay their eggs in the sand. I was tracking my path using these nests marked off with stakes and orange plastic tape and warning signs threatening fines, and prison, and rape for disturbing these endangered animals as well as the proud towers built for the life guards. We must be threatened to protect nature, such is our inclination to evacuate it from the planet.
Finding my path I was then plunged I to total darkness. The city town village area leaves the street-lamps off during… Uh… Turtle-come-out-of-egg season or whatever it's called. Not all the lights. Just one road. And because of this they posted signs all over warning the humans that the lights were out. On one road. Intentionally. Apologizing for nature having to be nature.
Returning the next day I walked that mangrove boardwalk. What a wonderful interruption in development and while the majority of the space is used to park cars, acres and acres actually, there was enough tree cover to imagine what it was like back before that 1895 real estate agent had come here… Had there been a well manicured pathway in that primal jungle. Because who wants to stomp through all that crap. And spiders. Huge spiders. Shelob-sized monsters – shudder. I had a dream about those spiders later. Truly frightening and I was stuck on a balcony and… A lot of things that… perhaps best are saved for another sort of blog….
And so I'd spend my days. Morning walk on he beach as the sun rose. Breakfast at the hotel. [The activity or series of activities I had to do]. Afternoon swim. Happy hour drink. Walk the beach into town. Dinner. After dinner drink. Night walk on beach through spider infested darkened woods and then a quick and slightly drunken dip in the pool to repeat again the next day.
It was so easy to retire in Boca. Almost too easy. I can see, with the advent of so many wonderful comforts invented and maintained by an invisible army of workers, how this is a little slice of Heaven.
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1. Turquoise Dragon Pot 2. Pillow 3. Hickory Stick Candles 4. KitchenAid Mixer
5. Splashed Glazed Barrel Canister 6. Dash and Albert Rug 7. The Kitchn
I have been feeling a little blue around my house lately.
Or, maybe even feeling a lot blue.
Oh, no, I'm not depressed, don't worry. I'm fine! I mean blue as in, the color blue!
Remember how my house and furniture talks to me and tells me what color it wants to be {Crazy lady alert!}?
Well, this house wanted to be filled with shades of blue, like the varieties of blue in the blue inspiration board above. In fact, creating Pinterest boards or other types of inspiration boards can really help you discover what color palettes really inspire you.
Now, you might wonder why a cozy Fall loving girl like me is now living in a house with shades of blue and even grays.
Good question.
I'm finding that when warmed up by the grain in my wood floors and balanced by all the other textures and variations of color and patterns in my home, the blues surprisingly don't feel cold and the grays don't feel depressing at all to me. The layers bring all the warmth I need to feel relaxed and peaceful and cozy … like I'm snug as a bug in a rug of a beach house on the NW coast.
Once I figured out what my foundational color scheme would be and got it firmly established through my paint colors or other key elements around my home (more details on my exact paint colors in upcoming posts!), decorating has become much more enjoyable! No more agonizing over too many options for colors and accessories or styles. Less mistakes in purchasing things that just aren't right for this house.
Now if something new goes with the foundational color scheme I've established, it gets a green light to stay. If it fights or distracts from the house's vibe as a whole, off it goes! I'm using a variety of colors as accents, which is fun for someone like me who loves many colors, but the foundational shades of blue and gray are like the glue that holds my palette together!
It may not be rocket science, but establishing a foundational color scheme has really helped me make progress in decorating my home!
I'll show you some of the newest blue additions to my home in the next post, as Fall Nesting month continues!
Do you have a good foundational color palette established in your home?
What colors are inspiring you right now?
I'm a writer for My Colortopia, which is part of Glidden. Right now you can join in the fun of being inspired by color through the Glidden #MyColorfulLife Project. You can upload colorful photos that inspire you to the project Facebook page or tag your photos on Pinterest with the hashtag #mycolorfullife, and Glidden will compile the images into a large mosaic. You can find out more about the Glidden #MyColorfulLife Project at Glidden.com and watch a video on YouTube!
I have partnered with Glidden/ Akzo Nobel Paints to participate in the My Colortopia program but as always, the thoughts and opinions are my own.


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Facts about Labour Party inform the readers about one of the political parties in United Kingdom. It serves as the center-left party. The development of Labour Party took place in 19th century due to the growth of socialist parties and trade union movement. The members of Labour Party are diverse for it covers the members with moderately social democratic to the strongly socialists. That is why it has been described as a broad church. Let us check other interesting facts about labor party to notice:
Facts about Labour Party 1: the foundation
Labour Party was established in 1900. In the beginning of 1920s, it became the major rival of Liberal Party.
Facts about Labour Party 2: the minority government
In 1924 and in 1929 until 1931, Labour Party had a small minority government. It was under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald.
Facts about Labour Party 3: the wartime coalition
In 1940 until 1945, Labour Party participated in the wartime coalition. When Labour Party was under the leadership of Clement Attlee, it grew and served as the majority in the government.
Facts about Labour Party 4: Harold Wilson
Labour Party was also successful under the leadership under Harold Wilson when it served in the government in 1964 until 1970. In 1974 until 1979, it also served as the government under the leadership of Wilson and James Callaghan.
Facts about Labour Party 5: the last position in the government
In 1997 until 2010, the Labour Party was in government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. It served as the last position in the government.
Facts about Labour Party 6: the reduced seats
Labour Party had reduced seats. In 2001, the party only earned 167. In 2005, it had only 66.
Facts about Labour Party 7: the general election
During the general election in 2015, Labour Party earned 232 seats. It takes the status as the Official Opposition of the UK Parliament.
Facts about Labour Party 8: the record
In the Scottish Parliament, Labour Party serves as the third largest party.
Facts about Labour Party 9: the leader of Labour Party
The new leader of Labour Party is Jeremy Corbyn. He was elected in September 2015.
Facts about Labour Party 10: "The Red Flag"
"The Red Flag" is the official anthem of Labour Party. It was inspired from the red flag. The members sing the anthem in many official occasions and party conferences.
Do you have any questions on facts about Labour Party?


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Free Music MP3 Download | Listen | Kenny Wonder | Mama Too Sweet | Fresh from his feature on Skales' recently released video – Fara We Mi, PHAT JAMZEntertainment's budding act and Producer/Sound Engineer extraordinaire, KENNY WONDER opens his 2016 account with a very massive tune in appreciation of all mothers around the world, dubbed "MAMA TOO SWEET".
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It's his money, you can as well struggle for yours
I don't understand why when someone works hard for his money, specifically in Africa.
His words were, "[People] say 'well, he got all this money, why is he not giving to Africa?'" "Well, what has Africa given to us? What has Africa came and gave to my children and to my family? Things work two ways."
"I never got involved in the sport of boxing to say 'I'm going to fight and make hundreds of millions of dollars and just give it all away.' If I'm gonna mess money off in a bad way, I'm going to spend it on myself. I'm going to do what I want to do with my money. You hear people talking about, 'well, he should…donate to this or donate to that.' No, I should donate to Floyd Mayweather, donate to Floyd Mayweather's family. Because that's what it's about."
Which I totally agree to. Giving is all about receiving. If I have a wife and kids plus relatives, I have worked hard for my money, why then should I give it out to people I don't even know when am not going to receive anything in return? And yet I have my family to look out for. That would be stupid, wouldn't it?
So let us not judge the man when we too do the same thing. We all think of ourselves first before we think of others. I actually applaud Mayweather for revealing his real feelings and not acting the hypocrite. For another person would have said oh, you want me to donate to Africa – 100 million to Africa. And yet deep down, he is cursing Africa for being so poor that he has to lose his hard earned money for it.
Therefore, whether you call Mayweather greedy, selfish and self centered, well that's his money and he has worked hard for it. You can as well struggle for your own or better yet join boxing and if you wish to give it to charity – the choice is always yours. So live the guy alone to enjoy his money the way he sees fit.
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By Jamie Livingstone, Head of Oxfam Scotland and a Board Member of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
The cogs of global climate diplomacy too often turn at glacial speed.
Four years ago, countries came together to agree a hugely ambitious global deal to avoid climate breakdown. Since then, progress towards delivering it has been far too slow.
While wealthy, big emitting countries drag their feet, temperatures continue to rise, and ice caps continue to melt.
This climate emergency is bringing ever more devastation for those on the frontlines: more hunger, more people forced from their homes, more livelihoods destroyed, and more lives lost.
It's heart-breaking when you meet people left with nothing because of a climate crisis they didn't cause.
Few expect the emergency response that's needed to suddenly emerge over the next two weeks as the countries of the world converge for the latest annual climate talks, known as the Conference of Parties.
The talks go ahead against significant odds.
Only a month ago, the Chilean Presidency was forced to withdraw from hosting the event amid domestic unrest.
Spain stepped in at the eleventh hour to ensure the climate talks go ahead.
But there's turbulence at the heart of the talks too: this is the first meeting of COP since the United States formally lodged the paperwork needed to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
The misguided stance of America's current administration means the world's largest historical emitter is – for the moment at least – being taken out of the landmark deal.
Beyond this, many eyes have shifted to 12 months from now when the talks arrive in Glasgow under UK Presidency.
That's because the tartan talks coincide with a key milestone within the Paris Agreement.
Countries signed up to the agreement are expected to submit revised, and more ambitious, emission reduction pledges every five years, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The first time this will happen is next year ahead of COP26 in Glasgow.
The NDCs will set out plans for the critical period to 2030. Scientific evidence shows our chances of preventing global temperatures rising beyond 1.5C above 1990 levels rest on urgent action to slash emissions over the next 10 years.
Without this, the world is on course to crash through this critical threshold.
As global temperatures rise, it becomes more difficult to grow food, and the intensity and frequency of extreme weather increases too, affecting those who have done the least to cause the climate crisis the most.
While the talks in Madrid are unlikely to offer the breakthrough craved by those who have taken to the streets in huge numbers to demand climate justice, they must increase pressure for ambitious new national plans.
This week, a report from the UN Environment Programme said that because of delayed action to date, countries now need to increase their carbon-cutting ambitions five fold to avoid warming of more than 1.5C.
However, at the special UN Climate Action Summit in September, most of the world's biggest emitters kept silent.
In Madrid, that must change with a clear decision to bring forward new plans quickly.
But these talks must also deliver an emergency package for people being devastated by the climate crisis right now and, encouragingly, climate finance – the money to support vulnerable communities – is high on the COP agenda.
Ten years ago, rich countries promised to mobilise $100bn per year by 2020 to help poor countries reduce their emissions and adapt to the changing climate – since then, climate impacts have spiralled.
OECD data shows that just $71.2 billion has been mobilised for developing countries so far.
Oxfam's analysis shows that the majority is in the form of loans that must be paid back, with not enough channelled to help the poorest countries adapt.
Once overly generous accounting is considered, we estimate that people in the poorest countries receive funds worth less than a penny a day to protect themselves from growing climate impacts.
Beyond this, COP25 concludes a review of a mechanism to help countries cope with unavoidable loss and damage, including from extreme events and slow onset events, beyond the limits of what it is possible to adapt to.
Here too, progress has been slow with no mechanism in place to fund it some six years after it was established. Agreement must now be reached to plug this gaping hole through a 'polluter-pays' approach.
Finally, this COP is a chance to put gender justice at the heart of all climate decisions, in recognition that women are often more vulnerable to climate-fuelled disasters due to existing inequalities. National climate plans must take full account of the impact of policies on women and boost female participation within decision-making processes.
World leaders can make the COP in Madrid matter. Doing so requires the cogs of climate collaboration to turn much faster – and what oils those cogs is climate finance.
The next two weeks must pave the way for a COP in Glasgow that's memorable for more than the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Glasgow must be the turning point in tackling the climate emergency.
This opinion piece was first published in The Herald on Monday 02 December 2019.


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Forgiveness with Boundaries – David and King Saul (by Joe Pote)
Here is a segment of Joe Pote's post Forgiveness with Boundaries, from his blog Redeemed.
It's an excellent biblical example of how forgiveness need not entail reconciliation with the person who has hurt you, especially if that person is still likely to be dangerous.
Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have committed a serious error." (1 Sam 26:21)
Saul expressed words of repentance, confessed his sin, declared his love for David, asked David to return with him, and promised not to harm him again.
David replied, "Behold the spear of the king! Now let one of the young men come over and take it. The Lord will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord delivered you into my hand today, but I refused to stretch out my hand against the Lord's anointed. Now behold, as your life was highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly valued in the sight of the Lord, and may He deliver me from all distress."
David responded with forgiveness. Although Saul had repeatedly attempted to kill him, David was quick to forgive. He declared his love for Saul, returned Saul's weapon to him, and did not seek vengeance against Saul.
But look at what David did not do…
So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
Confession and forgiveness were followed not by reconciliation, but, rather, by each going their own way.
Read the full post on Joe's blog here. I'm also adding this link to our resources page.
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Love seeing this…Forgiveness does NOT include putting yourself right back into the situation God just delivered you from. Forgiveness is giving up the the anger, hurt and resentment to God and letting Him lead you to the next step! Amen and amen!!
Thank you, Joe for sharing and Barbara for posting it here. This is not a Scripture I had thought of concerning this issue!!!
What a clear picture of forgiveness that story presents!
It is good to rightly divide God's WORD. So many times we can mean well in saying "FORGIVE" the offender and be reconciled without seeing true heart repentance on the part of the offender (Abuser). I don't think I want to reconcile with a rattlesnake that has bit me over and over again. All of us are sinners in need of God's Grace and Mercy. Abusers can change if they are held accountable. Most churches are in the dark about handling abuse in a healthy God honoring way. I appreciate your comments about forgiving without being reconciled to someone that has not proven themselves to be truly changed from the inside – out.
Yes, in the case of deep wounds or repeated violations of covenant vows, reconciliation is not possible without true repentance on the part of the offender.
Thank you, Lisa!
I recently read the following quote by Leslie VernIck: "God calls us to unconditional love, unconditional forgiveness and unconditional kindness, but He never asks us to have unconditional relationship or unconditional reconciliation with someone, especially when they are abusive and unrepentant towards us."
You have no idea how badly I needed to hear this right now, today! Thank you for sharing this! God's timing is perfect.


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F1 or Formula one, the fastest regulated road course racing in the world has always had a different class of fan base. 20 world class, Super License acquired drivers with their ultimate hybrid machines from the best automobile constructors racing at a speed of approximately 375 Km/hr. Already gives you goosebumps right? If not this which other sport can pump so much adrenaline?
Each F1 race has up to 3,00,000 fans attending and more than 150 million people watching on their TV screens. Despite such global fans base, with 10 teams, 21 tracks and one umbrella brand, F1 is yet struggling to retain the audience, underachieving in sense of competition and disengaging fans. To survive and thrive, F1 and their marketing team must cling and grow it's customer base to generate income and keep the "fan fandom' alive. Nobody wants to watch something that is a one-sided affair, it has to stay competitive, some nail-biting actions that are intoxicating which brings the audience to the corner of their seats.
While what we've been witnessing in the recent years, the big teams have acquired all the power, demand a huge stack of money and now there's a spectacle where there are one or two teams with a chance of winning the race. Also, the recent technology enhancements and upgradation of rules in the sport has turned out to be more complex for the viewers to understand. The cars underwent major changes in aerodynamics, suspensions and tyres in 2017 allowing wider front and rear wings, and wider tyres. The cars are now very dependent on electronics thus making it confusing for the viewers.
F1 has always been recognised for its fierce rivalry, and one thing what has been missing over the years is the bad blood rivalry between the drivers. Be it Fernando Alonso (Renault) v/s Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari), who doesn't remember what Schumacher did to obstruct Alonso in the qualifying of Monaco Grand Prix 2006? Or whether, Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) and Mika Hakkinen (McLaren), Niki Lauda (Ferrari) and James Hunt (McLaren), Ayrton Senna (McLaren) and Alain Prost (McLaren and Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Nico Rosberg (Mercedes). These were the time when F1 dominated the charts, viewerships and was undoubtedly their peak time.
F1 really needs to be working hard to change the sport's perception and just not conduct the Grand Prix to generate commercial gains. Fans definitely don't want to be served with predictable podium winners and the federation should focus on building Formula One an identity with fans "at the heart". There is definitely a market and they should finally bring the sport to the social media age that will attract youngsters to follow and be excited about the sport.
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Apple is reportedly buying Beats Electronics, the audio equipment and music-streaming service co-created by hip-hop mogul Dr Dre.
Why splurge on Beats, which can cost more than $300? Part of the reason: the cool factor. Despite the hefty price tag, the headphones, a streetwise fashion statement with a signature "B" on the ear, are as popular with teens as they are with celebrities.
The "Dre" in "Beats by Dre" is Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre. The Washington Post's Soraya McDonald has a refresher:
He helped popularize West Coast gangsta rap, especially a sub-genre called G-funk, and was one of the founding members of NWA (Niggaz With Attitude). His 1992 debut solo record, "The Chronic," is a classic within the hip-hop pantheon. He's also credited with launching the careers of Eminem and 50 Cent when he signed them to his record label, Aftermath Entertainment. His is the sort of cool that doesn't fade in the wash.
The deal could also be Apple's entrée into the streaming business, where it has recently experimented with limited success. Subscription services such as Spotify and Rhapsody are the biggest growth area in the music industry. Revenue went up by more than 50 percent last year, topping $1 billion for the first time, according to a recent International Federation of the Phonographic Industry report.
Meanwhile, music downloads from services such as iTunes are declining. Album sales were down by 14.2 percent and individual song downloads by 12.5 percent at the end of last quarter, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
But the possible deal left some scratching their heads. Introduced in January, the Beats Music streaming service was late to the game, and its product has been panned by some critics, noted Business Insider, who described the potential acquisition as "un-Apple." If Apple's mission is to make the best products, why go after Beats?
Writes Gary Allen in Forbes:
….The biggest asset of Beats would be the company's streaming music service, which offers a much more thorough—and successful—social experience than iTunes. It's advertised as 'The right music for right now,' using a very simple interface crafted especially for the mobile experience. Using the Beats iOS app, the user simply creates a 'sentence' explaining where they are, what they're feeling and who they're with. Beats then creates a playlist of the appropriate music. There are also additional paths to finding music, including by genre, artist playlist and curator. Once your music is playing, there are additional options to follow artists and explore their work, share playlists and comment on music….There's no streaming music service so close to the 'the scene' than Beats. Incorporating the Beats technology into iTunes could generate a entirely new list of subscribers for the service, which now has over 800 million accounts.
Ben Bajarin, a consumer technology analyst for Creative Strategies, doesn't think the deal would be a departure from Apple's strategy of buying companies with promising technology and talent to help develop future products. "This would have to fit into a much longer, more innovative strategy around perhaps the hardware and the service," he told the New York Times.
If the deal goes through, it will make Dr. Dre the richest man in hip-hop, according to Forbes.
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Bad news, Irish buddies. A new study has shown that consumers in Ireland pay almost double the EU average for their broadband service.
The European Commission's Digital Economy and Society Index was released last week and the report, which analyses digital credentials of EU countries, noted that Irish households are paying almost twice the EU average for broadband access. Only five other European countries pay more for their connection – Cyprus, Spain, Croatia, Portugal and Romania.
Ireland ranked 16th overall out of 28 EU member states, putting the country firmly in the medium performance band, on par with the likes of Germany, France and Spain. However, statistics show that the take-up of fixed broadband in the country sits at just 62 per cent – lower than the EU average of 70 per cent – despite 96 per cent of the country having access to the technology.
While facing larger-than-average broadband bills is likely a source of frustration for Irish 'net users, the country can at least hold its head high for the quality of broadband on offer.
According to Akemai's metrics, the country currently ranks 8th in the world for average broadband speeds, which sits at 12.7Mbps. That figure has risen 24 per cent over the last year.
Only Latvia, Sweden, The Netherlands and Switzerland rank higher within the EU.
The EC's report also provided a window into how the Irish use their web connections, with music, video and gaming taking up most people's online time. But while the country's overall consumption of video-on-demand services is still among the highest on the continent, use of VOD services dropped by two per cent over the last year.


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Vintage sound for a modern world
Miss Tess recently bought a new couch for her Brooklyn apartment. Yes, it really is new, not some new-to-her, ancient, worn-fabric rack that someone's uncle died on. And yes, she makes her coffee with an oh-so trendy Arab press. And yes again, she was out jogging — which no one did in the 1920s — when she came up with "People Come Here For Gold," a new song that she describes as her complaining about the dating scene in New York. "Money," she says, "is a big factor in everything."
But it is still fair to describe Miss Tess as an anachronism. Music that sounds as if it should be played on a gramophone, which you can probably do if you buy the vinyl version of her new album, Sweet Talk. It's vintage guitar jazz played by contemporary musicians with modern-day brains. They were Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade when they first started coming around here. Now they are Miss Tess & the Talkbacks and will play Friday at Lovin' Cup Bistro & Brews.
Miss Tess was looking for a change when she moved from Boston to Brooklyn 3½ years ago. The neighborhood is in flux. Her apartment building was populated entirely by West Indian and Jamaican immigrants until about a year ago. Now, here come the artists. "People are trying to move to cheaper areas," Miss Tess says. "A few years ago, everyone lived in Manhattan, it was all artists and musicians. And then, of course, it got all gentrified and expensive, so everyone moved to Williamsburg. And now that's too expensive so people moved to Bushwick." An eastward migration, Miss Tess says, that can only end "with everybody in the ocean."
"Home" is a relative term for a touring musician, but Miss Tess appreciates it when she is there. "Simple domestic things excite me," she says. "Finishing the living room, cooking." And indulging in her new, 21st-century obsession, making smoothies. "This morning," she says, "was pineapple, banana, yogurt, blueberry, strawberry and chia seed."
All of this does affect the music. "I don't know if it's the city itself or the musicians I'm surrounded by, but the music is slightly edgier, maybe more like rock and roll," she says. "Slightly more aggressive in that way. And I did write a couple of songs about New York."
Miss Tess certainly didn't start out like she was born in 1920. She took 10 years of classical piano lessons but stopped in high school, where she enjoyed her share of kicks. "I was a big soccer player, actually," she says. She listened to punk rock, but also to the older music favored by her parents. She was a late bloomer in the music biz. "I was 23 before I started putting out albums, so everything that would have been really embarrassing maybe didn't happen," she says. "Instead, when I was 16, I was in my bedroom by myself." By then, she'd left the compositional confines of piano to the improvisational flexibility of the guitar: "I was, like, 'Oh, I can make stuff up!'"
The news of the day in this modern world does intrude on her muse. As a Boston native, "I was just kind of mad," she says of her reaction to the Boston Marathon bombings. "All I could think was, 'Stupid teenagers, what the hell? Why would you do that, it's so messed up?'" The day was a range of emotions. "I was happy seeing everyone come together as a community," she says. "I think that's the only positive thing to take from that."
But neither the anger generated by the attack, nor the inspiration from seeing so many people step up to help in the crisis, has inspired a song. "My songwriting doesn't really relate to current events," she says. "I've never written about politics or something that happens major in the news. It's depressing. I don't want to depress people. I want to make them happy."
Perhaps the 21st century is poison for a guitarist who plays a 1920s-era Weymann Archtop named Mary. That apparently was the woman who owned the guitar in the mid-'30s, based on the name on some handwritten music and concert programs that Miss Tess found in the case when she bought it. Now Mary is the lead followed by Miss Tess & the Talkbacks.
"All of us really value quality music, that's the biggest thing," she says. "We're people maintaining a high level of live music in particular. Real people talking about the real world and playing their instruments well and putting on a show."
She finds that quality in the old stuff. Like the antique coffee table she bought for the living room, "it looks amazing and it's just made better." Lately, she says, she's been listening to more vinyl records. "I like how it sounds, I like the process of listening to it," she says. One of her most-recent compositions, "The Love I Have For You," is influenced by Hank Williams (born 1923, died 1953) and Doug Sahm (born 1941, died 1999).
But again, times are changing. "It keeps creeping up," she says. "We're going to record this new EP, and of the eight songs we're picking from, the oldest is from 1972." Some of those vinyl records she's listening to include a Ted Hawkins album, Watch Your Step. It's a relative baby, released in 1982.
And now, that brand-new couch has crept into her life. "Function is kind of the biggest priority," Miss Tess says. "We're not obsessed with being vintage, it's just an aesthetic. I know a lot of musicians who are obsessed with being authentically old. We are influenced by old things. It's just reflected in the current times."


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Engineers create battery-free network from ambient radio waves
Engineers at the University of Washington have successfully demonstrated a short-range wireless communications system that is not only battery-free but also makes use of ambient radio waves as the carrier channel. The project paves the way for the creation of peer to peer networks that can be created out of 'thin air'.
In the video demonstration below the researchers used two credit card sized devices, neither of which is equipped with a battery, to communicate with each other. The system works with each device either absorbing or reflecting the ambient radio waves that are all around us, coming from TV broadcast towers, cellular towers, wifi access points and the like, giving rise to the name 'ambient backscatter'.
Absorption and reflection of the RF waves gives a device two states, which can be interpreted in a binary fashion, allowing one device to communicate with another at distances of 1.5 feet indoors and 2.5 feet outdoors, while being as far away as 6.5 miles from the RF backscatter source.
Data transfer speeds are only in the range of 1Kbps but that is enough for simple applications like sensors or similar use cases to RFID. Theoretically, it could even allow a device to send a text message even when the battery is depleted, although there are some issues here with regards to powering the screen.
"What we are doing is transforming ambient RF signals into a source of power and a communication medium," the researchers said.


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Atlantic Canadians prepare for deluge as rainfall warnings put in place
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HALIFAX -- Environment Canada is warning of significant rainfall in parts of the Atlantic provinces and the potential for localized flooding.
Rainfall warnings are in effect in southern areas of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Forecasters say up to 50 millimetres of rain could fall along Nova Scotia's south coast by Friday.
They say there's also the possibility of rain changing over to ice pellets, freezing rain and snow Friday as temperatures drop.
The weather agency has also issued special weather statements for the four Atlantic provinces, warning of a potential snowstorm beginning Friday.
However, forecasters say it's too early to predict the track of the storm or speculate on snowfall amounts.


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What Lifts You?
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What happens when you spend your entire life living in one of the world's most dreamed of cities? You spend your days finding any way possible to avoid the massive crowds of people gathered in front of famous landmarks for photo ops. That's how I've been for the majority of my life living in New York City until one of my best friends, Tiffany, moved away, created a bucket list, and pulled me along for the adventure. Turns out, it brought out a side of me that I like very much.
|Photo inspired by Shay Mitchell
I don't want to focus on the details and history of NYC's most famous landmarks but rather, I would like to share with you all the result this experience had on me. I spend my days constantly traveling around the city for work, so it's easy to just zone out and bury myself into a book. Knowing that (1) this was a part of Tiffany's bucket list and (2) I paid for it, I had to take advantage of every part of it. Aside from the tour, I planned the rest of the afternoon to be as awesome of a best friend date as possible. I took Tiffany to see the What Lifts you Mural by Kelsey Montague, to try Vietnamese food for the first time, and to eat at Morgernstern's Finest Ice Cream. Check out some photos (and outfit details) below!
|Tour details at Circle Line 42
|Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream with Condensed Milk
|Top: First & I (similar) | Bottoms: H&M (similar) | Shoes: Steve Madden (similar, similar) | Bag: Kate Spade (similar, similar)
Spending the day both sharing my city and exploring new parts of it with someone who plays such an important role in my life brought out such genuine happiness within me. It's not something that comes easily or often to me (hence my self-defined motto and the overall theme of my blog, Small Steps to Happiness) so being able to help one of my best friends complete a part of her steps towards happiness and finding it myself through exploration, good company, and most importantly, food really lifted my spirits.
So readers, what lifts you?


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I enjoy using found images to create new compositions, and breaking bits in beautiful ways. I'm a web and graphic designer with degrees in religion and multimedia. Though I have training in classical design, I like to push the boundaries between code and pixels, what's seen and what's unseen.


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Al Fonzi's romanticized view of American history ("Once upon a time Americans … ?, Nov. 10), probably shared by many Trump voters, makes clear why there are still such deep divisions in American society.
He writes, for instance, "Any immigrant could tell you that this was a great country, a place where any man—and eventually women—could be whom they wanted to be, work at any job in any locale they chose to live. You were limited only by your dreams and willingness to pursue them." In fact, millions of immigrants came to America seeking a small plot of land to farm for subsistence, but wound up down the coal mines, working till they expired from black lung disease, like my grandfather. Others landed in factories where they worked 12- and 14-hour days, six days a week, with few safety measures, no benefits, no job security, and no redress if maltreated by their employers; they often lived in company towns where their employers extorted their pay back from them by selling them necessities in the company store.
As to "any job in any locale they wished to live," well, unless you were African-American or Jewish or a member of another hated group. African-Americans were redlined out of desirable neighborhoods, not allowed in good schools, and usually locked in servile jobs in which they still had to kowtow to whites and swallow the humiliation. Jews were similarly excluded wherever possible from good jobs and the social networks crucial to upward mobility.
He continues, "In WWII, the children of those immigrants put ethnic and class differences aside and united to defeat the most vicious assault upon Western civilization since the Mongols invaded Europe … ." Not exactly. The military was segregated, with African-Americans often stuck in servile positions waiting upon white officers or cleaning latrines. It took how many decades for the USA to recognize and honor the Navajo Code Talkers, whose work saved thousands of lives in the Pacific theater?
Later in the column, Fonzi wrote that the peoples of the countries where we fought trusted American soldiers, "knowing that Americans would honor international law in their treatment." Not anymore. Now they might sit in Guantanamo for a decade or be waterboarded, intimidated with vicious dogs, or tied up and told that their slightest move would electrocute them.
Here's American exceptionalism for you: "No other country in the world has the scope and breadth of personal freedom offered in this country." Not so. Americans continually tout our Constitution as the most advanced founding document ever and live under the delusion that no one in any other country lives better.
Let me tell you: Numerous countries, such as Canada, Germany, Australia, and South Africa, have written constitutions in recent times, and they are generally better than ours. People in Sweden, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, and no doubt other places have either an equal or higher overall standard of living than residents of the USA. As to personal freedom, you might be free driving while white, walking while white, standing around while white, or having fits in the street while white, but try that if you're black, and check your chances for survival. Try having a small prayer meeting in your church, while black. You'll be OK until an angry, young white man with too-easy access to automatic weapons massacres you and your friends. Try to get an abortion in one of the states that has restricted it so severely that you have to drive hundreds of miles, take time off work, to maybe find a safe and decent clinic.
I am not going to honor Fonzi's complaint about enforcement of civil rights in the face of someone's refusal to render a service by labeling it a violation of religious freedom. Like it or not, the United States is a secular state. If anything, religious people have limited the freedom of nonbelievers or of peoples of other faiths (e.g., Islam) to freely disclose and exercise their beliefs. Try announcing to a roomful of typical Americans that you're an atheist. See what happens.
Last, and by no means least, women. Why have women had to wait to "eventually" receive rights as basic as the franchise, the right to own property—even the right to own themselves? Women still, in spite of all the "political correctness," earn three-quarters of what a white man earns. The glass ceiling is still very much in place. What is the proportion of female top executives to men? What is the proportion of male to female representatives in Congress? Why do we not have a woman President today? Women still can't take a walk late at night, or be in a remote or secluded place with a man without fearing for their lives. Women are still sexually harassed, sexually and physically abused, raped, beaten, and even killed by men who supposedly love them. Some college men feel that it is a sign of masculine prowess to get a young woman drunk beyond self-control, and rape her, even if she is unconscious.
I don't know if it's blindness, denial, or an inability to accept truth that made so many white men so angry that they elevated a lying, crude, egomaniac without a shred of public service experience into our highest office. It is very difficult to live with the idea that our civil rights, our economic well-being, and our livable ecosystem is at risk because certain white men can't get over themselves. It's time to face the truth. America has been great, and it has been flawed. You don't lose anything by acknowledging that. If anything, you gain stature because you own truth instead of fantasy. Women and minorities have been obliged for centuries to cater to the egos of white men, no matter how degrading, disrespectful, or dangerous the demand. And now white men can't abide being asked to be merely reasonable, for the good of all?
Johanna Rubba penned her commentary from Grover Beach. Send comments through the editor at firstname.lastname@example.com or write a letter to the editor at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Senate Passes Legislation to Provide Diaper-Changing Stations in State Buildings
In a Monday evening vote of the Maryland Senate, the body unanimously passed legislation that provides new and improved diaper-changing stations in state public buildings.
Senate Bill 330 from Judicial Proceedings Committee Vice Chairman Will Smith (District 20 – Montgomery County), requires state buildings (built on or after October 1, 2019 and excluding schools) to include a least one diaper-changing station in its restrooms (both men's and women's). Under Smith's bill, older state buildings would also be required to receive these upgrades if they undergo substantial renovation projects (of at least $10,000). The cost of these diaper-changing stations is estimated at approximately $400 per unit.
In a Valentine's Day hearing for the bill in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, Smith cited his status as a new father when explaining the rationale for the legislation. He explained: "Last year I became a father and have noticed that there is a lack of changing facilities in men's restrooms." Noting the fact that he's had to change his daughter either on his lap or on a mat on a floor, Smith followed: "This bill seeks to remedy that."
Smith is joined in bipartisan co-sponsorship of the legislation by seven Senate colleagues including Senators Guzzone (D- District 13), King (D- District 39), Lee (D- District 16), Patterson (D- District 26), Waldstreicher (D- District 18), West (R- District 42), and Zucker (D- District 14).
Smith's legislation now moves to the House of Delegates for consideration. Senate Bill 330 is cross-filed with House Bill 1244 which is sponsored by Delegate Gabriel Acevero (D- District 39). House Bill 1244 is jointly assigned to the Appropriations as well as the Health and Government Operations Committees in the House of Delegates. It was heard in the Health and Government Operations Committee on March 5th and awaits a vote of the committee. All legislation must successfully pass both the Maryland Senate and the Maryland House of Delegates by Sine Die on Monday, April 8th to be sent to Governor Hogan to be approved or vetoed.


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The Republic of Latvia, which was earlier a part of the former USSR, has now emerged as a much preferred immigration destination for several discernible migrants–many of who wish to gain its prized permanent residency status through the Latvia Permanent Residence Visa.
Latvia–a state-member of the European Union (EU) and Schengen agreement–has lately brought-in an economic immigration scheme even as the same offers 5-year renewable residence permit–the basis of which is investment made in the nation. Visas are proffered for investors, besides every ble even in case the business does not lead to earnings. Allegedly, this choice suits the most those who want to set-up a firm inside the EU.
Latvian Residence Permit Advantages
The visa gives the holders several advantages even as these are key ones:
Unrestricted travelling rights in the Schengen area: Latvia permanent residence permit enables the holder residence in any of the Schengen member states, minus a visa.
Long validity duration: A residence permit made available, via investments is legitimate for as many as 5 years.
No restriction on residence: The visa holders are free to stay in the republic as they want. To put it differently, they may or may not stat permanently. The choice is theirs. Simultaneously, post gaining a residence permit, they may reside therein for the whole year.
Relocation break: In case a family mulls over a chance to shift to Europe in the coming years or months, a residence visa gained in the EU member state and living there is considered an advantage while filing a petition for a position of permanent resident or citizenship in some member state of the union.
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As temperatures hovered around zero, 117 people in Maple Ridge bundled up and braved the cold on Saturday to raise money for the homeless and hungry.
The Coldest Night of the Year walk collected $15,000 for the Salvation Army's Caring Place and gave people a glimpse into life on the street.
"It's rather ironic that an event called the Coldest Night of the Year was indeed a really cold night of the year," said Rebecca Awram, who walked with a team of 21 from Maclean Homes.
"It was really snowy. We all had cold feet."
Across Canada, 64 communities participated in the annual event, raising $2.2 million.
Participating for the second year, the walk was a tangible way for Awram to give back.
"It was not just about raising money. It was about making a statement," she said.
"If we find it cold and uncomfortable to go out for an hour, it's a rather grim reminder of how people live in these conditions."
Participants from 18 teams signed up to walk a five or 10 kilometres loop through the streets of downtown Maple Ridge and ended their trek at the Caring Place where they warmed up with hot chocolate.
"A lot of people are a little bit scared of the Caring Place but this event gives you a chance to go inside and talk to the people and have a bite to eat with the clients of the Caring Place," said Awram.
"It normalizes it and makes it less us and them. It shows them that people care."
The money raised will go towards operating the Caring Place, with much of the funds directed towards its meal program that serves 10,000 meals to 600 clients every month. A portion will also go towards Sonia's Cradle, a program which helps new mothers and caters bagged school lunches for children in need.
Caring Place director Darrell Pilgrim was thrilled by this year's turn-out.
"It was cold and wet but it allowed people to feel what it's like to spend even a little bit of time outside," said Pilgrim.
"It gives people an opportunity to look at the real issues."
The Caring Place reports that all its shelter spaces have been filled since temperatures began dipping below zero. That includes all 15 of its cold-wet weather mats, available until the end of March, and the 25 beds it has year-round.
The dump of wet snow over the weekend prompted the shelter to add 10 cold-weather mats to its existing 15 and bring in extra staff.
Homeless Count 2014
Metro Vancouver is getting ready to count the number of homeless people on its streets, a tally conducted every three years.
During the 2011 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows were the only municipalities in Metro Vancouver, where the number of people without a roof over their heads increased. One hundred and two people were found homeless in March 2011. That was up from 90 in 2008.
Of the 102 – 40 were housed in emergency shelter facilities, while one person was listed as having no fixed address.
The municipalities were the only place in Metro Vancouver where the number of street homeless also rose – to 61 from 40.
The count also identified a growing homeless youth population, one that was tallied at 29 in 2011 compared to 22 in 2008.
Agencies who work with the homeless believe there's been a reduction in people living on the streets of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows since the last count was conducted due to subsidized housing and targeted outreach.
The count takes place March 11-12 and organizers say the numbers should be viewed as a snapshot, not a full, accurate picture of homelessness in Metro Vancouver.
• To learn more, visit Coldest Night of The Year.


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Salmon River (Middle Fork), Idaho
Managing Agency:
U.S. Forest Service, Salmon-Challis National Forest
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October 2, 1968. From its origin to its confluence with the Main Salmon River.
Wild — 103.0 miles; Scenic — 1.0 mile; Total — 104.0 miles.
Salmon River (Middle Fork) (Idaho)
One of the original eight rivers in the nation designated as Wild and Scenic on October 2, 1968, the Middle Fork of the Salmon River originates 20 miles northwest of Stanley, Idaho, with the merging of Bear Valley and Marsh Creeks. The entire river, to its confluence with the Salmon River, is designated and is classified as wild with the exception of a one-mile segment near the Dagger Falls-Boundary Creek Road, which is classified as scenic. All except this short scenic segment is also within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
The Middle Fork is one of the last free-flowing tributaries of the Salmon River system. Because of its remote location, man's presence in the area was somewhat limited, leaving it in the condition we see today. Only a few trails, landing strips, private ranches and U.S. Forest Service stations are evidence of man's intrusion.
While man's impact on the area has been relatively light, it has been diverse. The Native Americans who occupied the Middle Fork drainage were known as The Sheepeaters. They gained their name from the bighorn sheep that were prevalent in the area and constituted much of their diet. White trappers, miners and settlers began coming into the area in the 1850's. No road access was ever built, and all supplies came in by horseback. Floating the river began in the 20's with a few adventurous souls who wanted to see beyond the rock wall canyon at Big Creek where the trail ended.
Wildlife along the Middle Fork river is abundant due to the designation and isolation of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. The river moves through a variety of climates and land types, from alpine forest to high mountain desert to sheer rock-walled canyon, creating a wide variety of habitats. Deer, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, bear and cougar are just a few of the animals to make the area their home. The Middle Fork drainage was one of the sites for the wolf reintroduction program. The fishery is one of the best catch and release fly fisheries in the nation.
The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness occupies part of an extensive geological formation known as the Idaho Batholith. This formation, mainly granite, has been severely eroded, exposing underlying rock formations laid down during the Precambrian, Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous Periods.
The Middle Fork is internationally recognized for its white water/wilderness float trip. Known for its rugged scenic beauty, quiet isolation, crystal clear water and the challenge of its whitewater, it is floated by more than 10,000 people each summer. Class III - IV+ rapids offer boating excitement for both families and hard-core adventure types. Hiking from the river campsites offers a taste of the wilderness experience, and you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the past and present inhabitants.
The floating activity on the Middle Fork is managed and regulated to preserve the pristine character of the area and experience. Permits to float the river are required all year. The highest use is from May 28 through September 3. This is known as the control season, and permits for this time are allocated through a computerized lottery. Permits for the pre- and/or post-season launch dates that occur outside the lottery control season are also available for reservation beginning on October 1. Campsites are assigned to boaters all year.
Fire pans, portable toilets, ash containers, shovels, buckets and strainers are required equipment to float the river during any season. Leave No Trace, pack-in, pack-out is the camping ethic mandatory to all camping in the corridor and throughout the entire wilderness. During high use periods, campsites are assigned to boaters at the launch sites.


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Xiaomi's upcoming gaming smartphone, which carries the 'blackshark' codename, has just surfaced on Geekbench. Now, this is not the first time we're hearing about this phone, the 'blackshark' or 'Black Shark' name appeared back in February, when a report claimed that one of Xiaomi's subsidiaries is working on a gaming smartphone. Later that month, the Xiaomi Black Shark surfaced on AnTuTu, and shared some of its specs. Well, now we have a new benchmark listing which shares info about the device, and more or less confirms it's on the way.
Now, according to the newly-surfaced Geekbench listing, the Xiaomi Black Shark will be fueled by the Snapdragon 845 64-bit octa-core processor, which is Qualcomm's most powerful processor at the moment, and it will also include 8GB of RAM. Android 8.0 Oreo will come pre-installed on the device, and all of this info was already mentioned by AnTuTu last month. Now, Geekbench reports that the phone managed to score 2,452 points in the single-core, and 8,452 points in the multi-core test, which is quite impressive. As far as the phone's design is concerned, we do not have all that much info at the moment, as only one image leaked thus far, and it looks kind of fishy. The leaked image combines black and green colors, and it showed off dual, bottom-firing speakers, and a Type-C USB port which sits in-between them. That was pretty much it, as the phone's front or back sides were not revealed by leaks, or anything of the sort.
The Xiaomi Black Shark, or whatever Xiaomi ends up naming the device, is expected to arrive later this year, though we still do not know when exactly. This phone is expected to compete with the Razer Phone, and Nubia's upcoming gaming smartphone, though chances are it will be more affordable than the Razer Phone. Considering this is one of Xiaomi's smartphones, chances are that MIUI, the company's proprietary skin, will ship on top of Android. More Xiaomi Black Shark images are expected to surface in the near future, and along with that, more info about the device itself, presuming that all of these listings are accurate, and Xiaomi is actually working on making this device a reality.


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