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Israeli Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor announces upcoming PMW report in speech before the UN Security Council
Question of Palestine - Agenda Item 18
Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act
November 25, 2013
Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act
November 25, 2013
Thank you Mr. President,
John Fitzgerald Kennedy said, "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie... but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic."
This is the third year that I am standing before this Assembly to address this agenda item and once again, I experience a sense of déjà vu as I listen to a distortion of history. The greatest legends of Greek mythology cannot rival the fables and fabrications that have come to be associated with this debate.
This debate may take place only once a year, but anti-Israel bias pervades the UN system all year round. In 2012, this Assembly found the time to pass 22 resolutions condemning Israel – compared with only four that single out other nations.
The worst human rights abusers receive a fraction of the condemnation that Israel – the only democracy in the Middle East - receives. These irresponsible actions have irreversible consequences. The states that rubberstamp the anti-Israel resolutions every year, have given the Palestinians a false sense of reality and fed their culture of victimhood.
Mr. President,
It has only been one year since this assembly voted to change the Palestinian delegation's status at the United Nations. To all those who voted in favor of that resolution, I ask the following: What exactly has changed?
Did the resolution give the Palestinian Authority control over Gaza? Not in the least. Gaza comprises forty percent of the territory that President Abbas claims to represent, but he hasn't set foot in the area in six years. It seems to me that the Palestinian Authority has been asserting more control over some UN bodies than it does over the Gaza Strip. Since 2007, Gaza has been in the hands of Hamas, a terrorist organization that rains missiles on Israel's civilians.
Did the resolution passed last year motivate the Palestinian Authority to finally hold elections? Not at all. Perhaps someone in this Assembly should remind the Palestinian Authority that its mandate expired in 2009 – and one election doesn't mean you can rule forever.
At the same time I have to wonder, where are all the countries that claim to stand for democratic values? They are quick to cast judgment on Israel, but fall strangely silent when the Palestinians don't cast votes.
Did the resolution passed last year inspire the Palestinian Authority to prepare their people for peace? Not in the least. Rather than teaching their children tolerance and mutual recognition, the Palestinian leadership continues to foster a culture of incitement.
Palestinian Media Watch will soon release a report documenting hundreds of examples of Palestinian incitement since the peace talks began. One such example is football teams named in honor of terrorists responsible for some of the deadliest attacks against Israelis (PMW's Dalal Ping Pong bulletin, -Ed.). Instead of teaching kids to score goals, the Palestinian leadership's goal is to glorify murderers.
Israel recently made the difficult decision to release 26 convicted murderers as part of its commitment to advancing the peace talks. Shortly after, the Palestinian Authority announced that each of these 26 terrorists would be rewarded with $50,000 and some will earn as much as Palestinian ministers (exposed in PMW bulletin). The motto of the PA's pension plan seems to be 'the more you slay, the more we pay.'
As the PA sings praises to murderers, the international community tunes out and mysteriously loses its voice. I wonder how taxpayers in London or Luxemburg would feel knowing that their tax dollars are being used to reward convicted murderers?
The Palestinian leadership has yet to learn an important lesson. You cannot abuse others and call yourself the abused. And you cannot claim your history is being denied, while denying the history of the Jewish nation.
In Gaza, Hamas is poisoning the hearts and minds of the next generation. They recently published a textbook for 55,000 high school students in which page after page denies Judaism's historical connection to the land of Israel and describes Zionism as racism. Textbooks should be for education, but Hamas uses them for provocation, indoctrination and escalation.
These are just the most recent examples of the incitement targeting the next generation. Terrorism does not begin with an attack on a bus or in a pizza parlor. It begins in classrooms, mosques, and day camps where Palestinian children are being taught prejudice instead of peace; terror instead of tolerance; and martyrdom instead of mutual understanding.
This incitement is having deadly consequences. Between 2011 and 2012, the number of Palestinian terror attacks against Israel doubled. So far in 2013, there have been 1,163 terror attacks against Israelis and dozens of attempted kidnappings.
Just over a week ago, Eden Atias, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier, was stabbed to death while sleeping on a passenger bus. Eden was the latest victim of the escalating terror attacks against Israelis. In September, 20 year-old Tomer Hazan was murdered, two soldiers were injured in an attack near Nablus, and a 9-year-old girl was stabbed while playing in her front yard. In October, four Israeli civilians were injured in a stabbing attack and Sraya Ofer was brutally beaten to death outside his home in the Jordan Rift Valley.
All those who claim to advance peace must remind the Palestinians that there are no shortcuts. Peace is not achieved by changing your nameplate at the UN; it isn't achieved by unilateral actions or by passing a string of anti-Israel resolutions; and it won't be achieved in Manhattan, mid-town east, but rather in the Middle East. So long as the Palestinian leadership chooses symbolism over pragmatism, it will be harder to achieve peace.
Mr. President,
In a few days, on November 29, the United Nations will recognize the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Let me take a moment to remind this Assembly what really occurred on this day in history. On November 29 1947, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181, which came to be known as the Partition Plan. This resolution provided for the establishment of a Jewish state and an Arab state.
The Jews accepted huge compromises and gave up on dreams the Jewish people had carried for generations. But they welcomed the plan and joyously declared a new state in their ancient homeland. Chaim Weizmann, who later became the first president of the State of Israel, proclaimed: "It is now our primary task to establish relations of peace and harmony with our Arab neighbors."
Rather than accept the partition plan, five surrounding Arab nations declared war on the newborn Jewish state. Their intentions were made clear by Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League, who said: "It will be a war of annihilation. It will be a momentous massacre in history that will be talked about like the massacres of the Mongols or the Crusades."
The Arabs not only rejected the UN offer of a Palestinian state, they then declared war against the Jewish state. Since losing this war, the Arabs have In the ensuing yearsperpetuated the Palestinian refugee problem and still have the audacity to demand solidarity.
Broadway may be down the street, but the real theater is here at the United Nations. In these halls, the Arab nations shine a spotlight on the Palestinian refugees, but back home in the Middle East, leave them in the dark. Since 1948, the Arab states refused to accept the Palestinian refugees into their societies, confined them to refugee camps, and passed discriminatory laws.
Mr. President,
General Assembly resolution 181 passed in 1947 speaks of the creation of a "Jewish State" no fewer than 25 times. And yet today, 66 years later, have you heard Palestinian leaders utter the term 'Jewish state'? Of course not.
Palestinian leaders call for an independent Palestinian state, but they insist that the Palestinian people return to the Jewish state. This is a euphemism for the destruction of the State of Israel and the single greatest hurdle to achieving peace.
Many in this room are convinced that the root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the settlements. In fact, from the time that Israel gained its independence in 1948 until 1967, the West Bank was in Jordanian hands and Gaza was in Egyptian hands. Throughout this time, there was not a single settlement. Yet the Palestinians still sought our destruction.
Today, just 2% of the Israeli population lives in settlements, but they are blamed for 100% of the problems. The math simply doesn't add up.
Mr. President,
Israel is the ancient homeland of the Jewish people. It is the birthplace of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the land where Moses and Joshua led the Jewish people and King Solomon built the Jewish Temple.
Israel is the place where the bible tells us about David, who was made king and laid the cornerstone for his palace in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people. That is King David from Judea, not King David from the 'West Bank' – and certainly not King David from the so-called 'occupied territories.' After all, you can't 'occupy' your own home.
For thousands of years, Jerusalem served as the capital of the Jewish people. Three thousand years ago, my ancestors walked the same streets that my children walk, spoke the same language that I speak, and prayed at the very same Temple Mount that Jews pray at every single day.
Yet all of these historical facts are brushed aside. Instead, in this Assembly all we hear are rants, rhetoric and biased resolutions. It doesn't take a fortuneteller to predict the language in these resolutions. After all, the same text is copied and pasted each year – much of it dating back five decades. Yet country after country sees no problem in standing up and parroting propaganda. I'm reminded of President John F. Kennedy who said, "No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth."
The resolutions being voted on today have no relationship to the facts on the ground. Just last week the UN adopted nine resolutions condemning Israel. One of these resolutions condemned Israel's treatment of the Syrian people. Condemned Israel's treatment of the Syrian people? It is inconceivable that while Israeli hospitals are treating the Syrians who escaped Assad's massacre; the UN is denouncing Israel's treatment of the Syrians.
If that weren't enough, the GA will soon vote on another resolution calling on Israel to hand over the Golan Heights and its residents to Syria. It is nothing short of absurd for the UN to demand that even more civilians be subject to Assad's brutality.
At the United Nations, there are countless resolutions that delegitimize and demonize Israel. Why don't I ever hear anyone speak about all the good work Israel is doing for the Palestinians?
While the Palestinians are busy condemning Israel at the UN, Israel is busy supporting the Palestinian economy and developing their infrastructure. Today, more than 100,000 Palestinians earn their living in Israel, making up more than 10% of the Palestinian GDP. Israel is also building four electrical substations and providing more than 1,400 million gallons of clean water annually.
Palestinians receive world-class healthcare services in hospitals throughout the country. In the first half of 2013 alone, more than 94,000 Palestinians received treatment in Israeli hospitals.
And we continue to give, even as our goodwill is knowingly exploited. While the IDF uncovers one terror tunnel after another, the flow of consumer goods continues into Gaza uninterrupted. Each day, the state of Israel delivers 400 truckloads to the Palestinian people via the Keren Shalom Terminal.
Mr. President,
George Orwell said, "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
The truth is that Israel is not just speaking about peace; it is demonstrating its commitment every single day. Peace is a central value of Israeli society and it has been the goal of the Israeli people and every Israeli leader since our state was re-established 65 years ago.
We will not be deterred from this goal. Israel has always extended its hand for peace and it will continue to do so for our children and for our grandchildren. When we faced an Arab leader who wanted peace, we made peace. That was the case with Egypt and that was the case with Jordan. We are committed to negotiating with our Palestinian neighbors so that our two peoples can live side by side in peace, dignity and freedom.
I call on my colleagues in this Hall not to be distracted by unilateral efforts and biased resolutions. Remind the Palestinians to take responsibility and that the only way to reach a comprehensive peace deal is through hard work and direct negotiations.
Working together, we in this room call all make history by making peace. Working together, we can author a better future - one where our people can live in security, free from violence; where the horizon is bright with opportunity; and, where our children can live side by side in peace.
Thank you, Mr. President.


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text: Burgundy:The Big and Small of It by Chuck Hayward Apr 1 2011 Burgundy:The Big and Small of It Post by Chuck Hayward | April 1, 2011 Tasting 2009 Whites at Louis Jadot Our trip to Burgundy has been a spectacular vinous pilgrimage on a number of fronts, but most importantly, we accomplished our mission. Trekking the holy trail that leads south from Dijon through the Cotes-de-Nuits, we spent a couple of days getting up-close-and-personal with winemakers and current releases, as well as assessing what lies ahead. Afterwards, we headed to Beaune and invaded the offices of Louis Jadot where we encountered a positively knee-buckling line-up of wine, including some pretty amazing older vintages. In addition to getting insight into the wines themselves, these few days also highlighted one of Burgundy's great polemics. It goes something like this: The Vineyards Of Romanee-Conti With the idea that smaller is better, industry pundits and connoisseurs typically hold large wineries and negociants in lesser esteem (sometimes in outright contempt) than small, farmer-winemaker estates. The romantic story of the noble vigneron tilling his vineyard and fighting the large, soul-less city-based firms just to get the mortgage paid speaks to the "little guy" in all of us. But is personal passion inherently superior to corporate pursuits? Critics of big business think so, alleging that large firms lack a unique voice, producing dumbed-down wines aimed at an audience that doesn't know any better. On the other hand, bigger is not always "badder" and there are certainly a lot of benefits to having cash-flow. Economy of scale, for instance, often translates into lower costs for the consumer. Large corporations are also better able to withstand the whims of Maman Nature, with access to diverse vineyards holdings and more options in the cellar to offset a bad year. Navigating Chassagne Montrachet As is usually the case, the truth lies somewhere closer to the middle. In Burgundy the goal of each winery—big and small—seems to be about making wine that offers a window to the terroir from which it came, so that a Gevrey-Chambertin tastes like a Gevrey-Chambertin, not like it came from Chassagne-Montrachet. Or to take it a a step further, like it could have come from "anywhere". To me, this has less to do with size and funding than with the winemaker's goal of ensuring the finished wine holds true to the Burgundian ideal of wine representing terroir as accurately as possible. So far on this trip, it has been clear to us that wineries of all sizes can accomplish this and accomplish it well. Accepting the potential for both rather than rejecting one side or the other, opens up a world of possibility. And choice is always a good thing. Tags burgundy, louis jadot Share on Social Media


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Three spaceflyers blasted off today (Dec. 21) from snowy Kazakhstan to spend the holidays on the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers, part of the European Space Agency (ESA), lifted off atop the Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:16 a.m. EST (1316 GMT).
The trio is bound for the space station, where they are scheduled to dock on Friday (Dec. 23) at 10:22 a.m. EST (1522 GMT). They are set to begin a roughly five-month stay on the orbiting outpost as part of the station's Expedition 30 mission, and will return in May 2012.
Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers will join the three spaceflyers already on the station: commander Daniel Burbank of NASA and flight engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin of Russia. Their arrival will beef up the station's crew complement to its full six members.
Holiday celebrations
The new arrivals will find the space laboratory festive for the holidays. The current crew has put up holiday decorations to mark the season, and Burbank sent a holiday greeting video down to the people of Earth. [Space Station Commander Sends Holiday Greetings to Earth]
"We'll celebrate the holidays in great fashion after they get here," Burbank said of the new crewmembers. "We've already put up decorations, and we've gathered together all the cards and gifts that our friends and families have sent to us, and we're planning a couple of big meals. That'll be great."
Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers, each veteran spaceflyers who've been to the space station before, will also have their work cut out for them once they arrive at their new home-away-from-home. In addition to wide-ranging scientific research projects, the crewmembers will spend their time keeping up the station and fixing anything that might break.
"If liquid's squirting out someplace then it's like I'm a plumber for the day; if an electronics box isn't working right then you're an electrical repairman for the day," Pettit said during a press conference a few months before the launch. "You have to remember that the space station is so complicated, no one person could keep all the details in your mind. That's why we need all the folks on the ground."
The presence of six crewmembers onboard the station will allow each spaceflyer to dig deep into research.
"I think I have something like 57 experiments from NASA, from ESA and also from JAXA," the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kuipers said in a press conference earlier this year. "There's a whole bunch of experiments that I'm looking forward to, experiments in different fields — fluid physiology, fluid physics."
Milestone event
The Expedition 30 team is also scheduled to be in space for a milestone event coming up.
On Feb. 7, the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station is set to launch. The SpaceX Dragon capsule will be making its first cargo delivery run as part of a NASA program to encourage the development of private spacecraft to help fill the gap left by the retirement of the space shuttles this summer.
The unmanned Dragon is due to launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, and make an autonomous rendezvous with the space station. Once within reach, the crew inside the station will grab onto the freighter will the station's robotic arm and berth it on the lab.
"We've been practicing the dynamics of how you do that and we practice that a lot," Pettit said. "Once you get these docked to station, it's pretty much standard operations."
After about three months in space, the Expedition 30 mission will change over to Expedition 31, and Kononenko will take over command of the station. There will be many differences for him between this trip and his previous sojourn to the orbiting lab in 2008, including a potential for two spacewalks (or extravehicular activities, also known as EVAs) in 2012.
"A lot of things changed for me," Kononenko told SPACE.com in a prelaunch interview. "First I'm going to fly to the station as a Soyuz commander and later become comrade of the International Space Station – that's a really big transition for me. The station itself became more interesting over these couple years, new modules appeared, new systems were installed. Of course the EVA I'm going to perform has new tasks and new objectives and I'm looking forward to them."
Tough year
The launch comes at the end of a tough year for Russia's space agency.
Today's launch was delayed by about a month in the wake of a failed Russian cargo ship launch in August atop a rocket similar to the Soyuz that lifted off today. Russian spacecraft were grounded while officials investigated the problem, which was eventually traced back to a malfunctioning gas generator in the Soyuz's third stage engine.
At the end of October, Russia successfully launched another cargo vehicle, and on Nov. 14, Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin launched safely to the station atop a Soyuz rocket.
Russia also suffered the loss of its unmanned Phobos-Grunt probe, which lifted off Nov. 8 to collect samples from Mars' moon Phobos. However, the vehicle failed to fire its thrusters toward Mars, and has been stranded, and largely unresponsive, in Earth orbit. Experts expect it to fall back to Earth as a piece of space debris in January.
Phobos-Grunt was the 19th spacecraft Russia has launched toward Mars since 1960. None of them have been fully successful.
You can follow SPACE.com assistant managing editor Clara Moskowitz on Twitter @ClaraMoskowitz. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.


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Ancient Cottonwood
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The Flatirons II (using a Mamiya 6 and Fuji Velvia)
Val D'Orcia Farm
Iconic Southern Tuscany Farm Scene
Moraine Park Vista
Evening in Volpaia
Autumn in the Rockies
Longs Peak from Magnolia Road
Working Hands
A Pensive Moment
South Boulder Creek in Autumn
Riverview near Rollinsville
Indian Peaks Wilderness - Navajo, Apache, Shoshoni - from Lake Isabelle
Donuts! Yum!
Paint Creek, Oakland Township, MI
Lighthouse at Dusk
St. Joseph Lighthouse at Sunset
St. Joseph River in Fall II
Setting Sail from Camden
Setting to Sea for an Evening Cruise
Volterra Balcony
Summertime in Volterra
Horse Eye View of Longs Peak
After the Snow Over the Flatirons II
Tuscan Morning Near Greve
Late Afternoon in Venice
Turning the Corner in Venice
Waiting for Business in Venice
Gondoliers hoping for a fare
Cinque Terre Marina
Riomaggiore Marina, Cinque Terre
Blue Lagoon in Monterosso al Mare
Cinque Terre Sunset
Evening in Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre
Early Evening in Rignana
Summer in Cinque Terre (Monterosso al Mare)
A Typical Day in Venice
Venice -The Grand Canal from the Academia Bridge
Springtime in Radda
Radda in Chianti in April
View from La Badia in Orvieto
Noah Makes New Friends in Massa Marittima
Idyllic Afternoon in the Rockies
View from Mitchell Lake - Pawnee Peak, Mt. Toll, and Paiute Peak
Boreas Pass View I
Kelly Looking Sultry
Florentine Rooftops
A Beautiful Day in Firenze
Looking West
Late Afternoon in Florence
Sunday in Bologna
It could be 1945, or 2015...
Winter in Firenze
Shadows in Bologna II
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The Town of Los Gatos invites you to enjoy a variety of creative and inspiring works of art produced by local artists right here in our community. Throughout the year, art exhibits provide culture and enrichment for our Town and are on display in the Council Chambers.
An evening Artist Reception is held for each exhibit, giving our community the opportunity to preview the art and meet the artists. For more information on Art in the Council Chambers or if you would like to be placed on our mailing list to receive updates, please call (408) 354-6834.
Hours & Location
The Town's Council Chambers are located downstairs in the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street. Town offices are open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. The art is available for viewing in the Council Chambers by appointment. Please contact the Town Hall Office if you would like to schedule a time and date to view the exhibit at (408) 354-6834.


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Arriving to Cooperstown, New York, from the south, one must cruise through narrow winding roads that run past brown cows and corn fields, faded red barns and rotting 19th century siding. When the Alice Busch Opera Theater finally raises itself grey from the predictably gorgeous green surroundings, a beacon of culture lays in promise via the Glimmerglass Opera. It totally delivers for what and where it is, and usually supersedes. This past weekend sampling three of the summer festival offerings, it did just that. //*end predictable & generic opener* *fade to black*
(Michael Maniaci as Orphée and Brenda Rae as L'Amour in Glimmerglass Opera's production of the Gluck/Berlioz Orphée et Eurydice. Credit: George Mott/Glimmerglass Opera.)
First up was Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice (Berlioz version). Although countertenors aren't really my thing (I'm more of a girl-on-girl kind of woman O_o), the production was overall strong. Since the OC household favorite of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice is Riccardo Muti's agile, elegant, elemental, and quicksilver version, it is impossible to even begin comparing the endearing, economized, and industrious Glimmerglass orchestra (with Julian Wachner conducting), so we'll just leave it. A few of the soloists left a good impression, especially the lovely and seductive clarinet solo that came shortly after the first intermission.
Michael "Counterternor My A$$" Maniaci as Orfeo had a round, powerful voice for a male soprano, and pushed out his expressive notes almost consistently while he seemed to barely break a sweat. Animated but severe, Maniaci kept the scenes moving nicely. The tragedy of the opera was given a dignified wash, and he commanded a decent balance between the music and the drama. Alas, however tragically gorgeous this production fared, OC just wasn't able to transcend from the opera house that afternoon. Breda Rae as L'Amour was captivating, with clear diction and matching voice, and Amanda Pabyan's Eurydice was equally smooth and practiced. Sets, scenery, and costume were traditional in pale pastels and creamy whites, a real treat for the eyes.
With the afternoon peformance over, Opera Chic headed over to Cooperstown to do some shopping at the new Prada boutique (next door to the Baseball Hall of Fame) and stock up on some Rag & Bone denim for my extensive denim collection at the Barneys CO-OP erstown. playin. played! ok ok I ate 12 hotdogs and drank 3 dr peppers while waiting for an engraved "Opera Chic" wooden slugger from the Cooperstown Bat Company.
(Michael Slattery as Orfeo and Megan Monaghan as Euridice in Glimmerglass Opera's production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Credit: George Mott/Glimmerglass Opera.)
Next on deck (LOOK! BASEBALL LINGO!) was the Saturday evening performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. All abandon hope, ye who enter here. ha ha just playin. L'Orfeo played to a mixed crowd. During intermission and egress, overheard conversations revealed that patrons didn't "get" the direction. The dissatisfaction even elicited an unmistakable smattering of booing during lights out for the curtain call, but all chaos was quickly countered with a partial standing ovation and raucous cheering.
OC will set the curious str8: for every weakness in direction, there were equal moments of brilliance which cannot be omitted.
The steamy hawt crush of the night was young American tenor Michael Slattery talented in the ways of tonsils and technique...and versatility versed as an accomplished media artist, and (not making this up TRUST) "he makes nightly appearances as the operatic voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy." I have no idea what that alludes to, and I'm not going to even pretend I know.
As the curtain raised v e e e r r y slowly on Act I, random couches, loveseats, and chairs were the only furniture littering a large hall with floor to ceiling blond wood paneling, and the only element that changed by scene. Soaring windows stage left served as the exit and entrance onto the stage. The Act I celebration introduced La Musica, signaling the first time OC has seen purple on the opera stage in like 2 years. The shepherds and nymphs are introduced in a mélange of costumes (Elizabethan to Renaissance, 60s mod to Venetian), everyone oozing secks, and even engaging in covert, mimicked couplings. The vocal lines were hollow and affected in 17th century technique, which mostly worked save a few instances where the lack of modulation created crescendi that were just too heavy over the delicate orchestra.
Act II's Tu se' morta from Slattery was an anguished, tortured, pitiful triumph. The direction of Slattery being so overcome with grief that he cocoons (drawing his gray hooded sweatshirt tightly over his head, and pulling the drawstrings closed to constrict his face) was brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Even better that it covered his low-plunging v-neck gray t-shirt (American Apparel? gawd how i hate that hipster deep-v on men.) Slattery continued to writhe around the stage with hood pulled over his eyes, shoes kicked aside and sock-less, which ensured Act III's Orfeo son io as heartbreaking, and Slattery continued to kill us (in a good way) throughout Acts IV and V.
Conductor Antony Walker drew out a purified sound from the historically accurate setup, including bebee trumpets, some viola da gamba, wooden recorders, and other olde timey instruments that frankly, we could care less for. Give me bass & bump & thump...not the tinny, wheezy, compressed flat lines. ugh. wooden recorders. ugh. it was like a knitting club under the stage it was so small.
Low points?: flat, tepid, sallow yellow lighting that evoked not earth dwellers or hell, but like it was set in that Disney Haunted Mansion elevator...and equally, lighting that did not once change before the intermission. Also: the curtain rising on Act I that moved like -5 millimeters every second, agonizingly painful to watch and equally distracting.
Strengths: Aside from everything above, we liked the interpretation of Charon, who was lulled asleep in a chair while simultaneously reading a newspaper. Also: upon the renouncement of women, each nymph leaves the stage with looks of disgust, but the final spirito gives Orfeo an angry and aggressive middle finger to his back. heh. We also liked the nerdy and cranky Apollo, a character straight out of a Chris Ware graphic novel.
Sleeping. Bed Time. Opera Chic promises a full review on the third performance, Philip Glass' Orphée, tomorrow that you don't want to miss. Plus pictures from Glimmerglass and Cooperstown. You know you want it.


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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – A Michigan regulatory panel on Tuesday refused to grant quick permission to run a new oil pipeline beneath a channel that connects two of the Great Lakes, deciding instead to conduct a full review.
The state Public Service Commission's decision involved a proposed replacement for a segment of Enbridge's Line 5 that extends beneath the Straits of Mackinac, which links Lakes Huron and Michigan.
The Canadian energy transport company wants to replace dual pipelines that rest on the lake floor with a new pipe that would be placed in a 4-mile-long (6.4-kilometer-long) tunnel to be drilled in bedrock beneath the waterway.
Also Tuesday, a state judge heard arguments on whether to extend an order he issued June 25 to shut down the existing underwater segment after damage was discovered on a support piece at the lake bottom. Circuit Judge James Jamo promised to move quickly but made no immediate ruling.
That means Line 5 — which carries 23 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids daily between Superior, Wisconsin, and Sarnia, Ontario — will remain closed for now.
The 645-mile-long (1,038-kilometer-long) pipeline supplies refineries in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
Enbridge said halting its flow even temporarily threatens fuel supplies in those areas, while the state of Michigan and environmental groups contend a major spill would do considerably worse economic damage.
"There is a serious risk of harm ... to many communities that potentially endangers the livelihood of many people and businesses as well as the natural resources," Robert Reichel, representing state Attorney General Dana Nessel's office, said during the online court hearing.
Enbridge filed an application in April with the Public Service Commission to relocate the underwater section of Line 5 into the proposed tunnel.
The company asked the commission to approve the plan immediately, arguing that the agency in effect had already given permission by allowing the original Line 5 in 1953. But during an online meeting, the panel disagreed on a 3-0 vote.
Members concluded that the proposed tunnel pipe "differs substantially" from the twin pipes that were laid 67 years ago, requiring a new easement and a 99-year lease of public trust property.
The project "involves important factual, policy and legal issues best resolved through a proceeding that includes discovery, comprehensive testimony and evidence to provide a robust record," the commission said in a statement. It scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 24.
Enbridge's argument that the commission didn't need to conduct an extensive study of the plan drew opposition from Nessel and numerous members of the public who submitted written comments and spoke during the meeting.
"Enbridge has already shown that they cannot be trusted," said Sean McBrearty of the environmental coalition Oil & Water Don't Mix. The public service commission, he said, "must thoroughly study this proposal and its potential impacts on our water and climate before making their final ruling."
Enbridge spokesman Ryan Duffy said the company "respects the Michigan Public Service Commission's decision and we look forward to the next steps in the regulatory process."
During the court hearing, Enbridge urged Jamo to let Line 5 reopen, saying state governments have no authority to regulate interstate pipelines. That power rests with the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which has concluded that one of the dual pipes can operate safely, attorney David Coburn said.
Nessel's case "is based on fear, not facts," Coburn said. "And her fear is not warranted by the facts here."
Enbridge agrees one of the underwater pipes should remain closed temporarily as it investigates why a support that holds it in place was recently found bent. It likely was struck by an anchor or other object pulled by a "moderate-sized vessel," attorney William Hassler said, adding that the pipe itself was not damaged.
The second pipe, which lies about 1,200 feet (366 meters) away, was not harmed and can carry oil safely, Hassler said.
Reichel countered that the easement Michigan granted Enbridge to place the pipelines on the bottom of the straits authorizes the state to ensure the company is operating them in a "reasonably prudent" manner.


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Whoever reads your question will understand that you have the choice between two things only, either watching sports in the cafes, or watching them at home. The idea of not watching them at all has not occurred to you, which is something that makes us feel sad, that the young men of the ummah are distracted by watching sports matches, and following sports teams, and venerating the people of leisure and idleness, which only makes the ummah more backward in all fields.
This attitudes results from a number of causes:
1.Not understanding the value of time, for if a person understood the value and importance of time, he would not waste it in things that are of no benefit.
2.Not keeping busy with serious matters, such as knowledge, a skill or trade. Rather many students think that if they study what is taught at school, they have done what they are obliged to do. They forget that they, like anyone else who is accountable, should hasten to do good deeds and fill their pages with hasanaat. Indeed this is required even more so of them because they are young and strong and and have relatively few worries.
3.Not having righteous friends who can help one to obey Allaah.
These are the most important causes of negligence which must be dealt with quickly before it is too late.
You should ask yourself a number of questions which will help you to adopt the correct attitude with regard to this issue, such as the following:
1.What if you stopped watching all the matches? What would happen? Boredom, anxiety, regret, but for how long? One day or a few days, then you would become more at ease and your evil inclinations would grow weaker, and your days would become pleasant, and would grow more pleasant the more you nourish your faith with knowledge, dhikr and acts of worship. For there is a longing in the soul that can only be fulfilled with remembrance of Allaah and contact with Allaah.
2.What is the benefit in watching these games for years on end? Enjoyment, learning to play well, killing time, hanging out with one's friends, then what? Are these aims which a wise Muslim should be striving to attain?
As for enjoyment, it soon ceases, leaving behind a sense of loss and regret for having wasted time.
As for learning to play well, this is a claim that has no basis. How much have you benefited from what you watched before? How much have others benefited? Is it an honour for you to be recorded before Allaah as a player?
As for killing time, since when is time an enemy that you should strive to kill?! Time is your breath, it is your lifetime and the moments of your life which you could fill with thousands and millions of hasanaat. It is sufficient for you to say Subhaan Allaah wa bi hamdihi (Glory and praise be to Allaah) once, and a palm tree will be planted for you in Paradise, so how many gardens have you failed to plant? How many hasanaat have you lost?
As for hanging out with your friends, look at your friends more closely and ask whether any of them will enter your grave with you. Which of them will help you on the Day of Judgement? Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except Al‑Muttaqoon (the pious)"
[al-Zukhruf 43:67]
"That Day shall a man flee from his brother,
35. And from his mother and his father,
36. And from his wife and his children.
37. Every man that Day will have enough to make him careless of others"
['Abasa 80:34-37]
"And (remember) the Day when the Zaalim (wrongdoer, oppressor, polytheist) will bite at his hands, he will say: 'Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger (Muhammad).
28. Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so‑and‑so as a Khaleel (an intimate friend)!
29. He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur'aan) after it had come to me.' And Shaytaan (Satan) is to man ever a deserter in the hour of need"
[al-Furqaan 25:27-29]
3.Is watching matches and watching sports channels free from committing haraam deeds, as claimed by your soul that is inclined to evil? Haraam may enter your heart by watching female announcers, or watching female players, or watching some of the female spectators, when the camera focuses on them time after time. Why would a person deceive himself? Hour after hour will be wasted with no benefit; do you not feel ashamed before Allaah? Do you not get up after that and your heart feels distressed because of its darkness and lack of remembrance of Allaah? You remember the names of these players, support their clubs and follow their news, but some of them may not even believe in Allaah. Are you not embarrassed by that? If you were to be asked about the lives of ten of the Sahaabah you would not be able to answer. What a great calamity this is.
Moreover, can you trust yourself not to become addicted to watching and that the shaytaan will not gradually lead you to watch other channels? Real life shows us how the shaytaan has deceived people when they followed in his footsteps. He made attractive to them the idea of watching sports only, then he kept prompting them until they started to watch everything. Do not ask about their confusion and loss, do not ask about their prayer and qiyaam, do not ask about their wird and dhikr. The one who is truly protected is the one whom Allaah protects.
Be careful, and take stock of yourself before you are called to account; weigh up your deeds before they are weighed and counted against you. Beware of the tricks of the shaytaan, for it starts with something insignificant but soon it becomes like a mountain which no man can carry, and when sins accumulate they will destroy a man.
Allaah says:
"O you who believe! Follow not the footsteps of Shaytaan (Satan). And whosoever follows the footsteps of Shaytaan (Satan), then, verily, he commands Al‑Fahsha' [i.e. to commit indecency (illegal sexual intercourse)], and Al‑Munkar [disbelief and polytheism (i.e. to do evil and wicked deeds; and to speak or to do what is forbidden in Islam)]"
[al-Noor 24:21]
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Beware of trivial sins, for they will accumulate until they destroy a man." And the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) gave an example, likening them to people who stopped to camp in the wilderness, and they wanted to prepare some food, so one man went and brought a stick, and another man brought a stick, until they had gathered a huge pile and lit a fire, and whatever they put in the pot was cooked asa result. Narrated by Ahmad from the hadeeth of Ibn Mas'ood; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', no. 2687.
Hence we advise you to fear Allaah and to remain steadfast in obedience to Him, and beware of disobeying Him. Keep away from these channels which, even if they are free of haraam things, will still deprive you of a great deal of good and much reward, and will reduce your status.
Think about what Ibn al-Qayyim said about himself: One day Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah sanctify his soul) said to me concerning some permissible matter: This does not befit a man who aspires to attain a high status, even though avoiding it is not a condition of salvation. Or words to that effect. The wise man will refrain from many permissible things so as to protect himself, especially if that permissible thing falls in between halaal and haraam. End quote from Madaarij al-Saalikeen (2/26).
We ask Allaah to guide us and you.
And Allaah knows best.


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The process of building a plastic model car can be as time consuming and intensive as building a full-size car. Model builders suffer the same issues as their counterparts do. There is the hunt for parts, the cost of the build, and the task of finding the right combination of paint, chrome, and detail to separate each build from the rest. Ulises Vazquez of Whittier, California has put over 15 years into model car building and has found the formula to separate himself from the rest.
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text: It's no secret that organizations are concerned about their ability to secure and to maintain an adequate regulatory compliance posture in their cloud deployments.However, just as concerns around credit card security didn't seem to noticeably stall the adoption of e-commerce on the Web, security hasn't stopped or noticeably even slowed cloud adoption. A recent Forrester ForrSight survey shows that 67 percent of large enterprises are using cloud computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platforms to support production applications. That's greater than the 61 percent saying they use IaaS for testing and development.Such evidence is mounting that enterprises are no longer using cloud primarily for testing, training, and demonstrations but in crucial production systems. That's why it was interesting to read the recent survey results from the Ponemon Institute research firm that found organizations not only don't have a handle on important aspects of cloud security -- they are also well aware of this.More than half of respondents to the survey, 52 percent, rated their organization's overall management of cloud server security as fair (27 percent) and poor (25 percent). Another 21 percent didn't have any comment on their ability to secure their cloud servers. Another 42 percent expressed concern that they wouldn't know if their organizations' applications or data was compromised by an open port on a server in a cloud.The study, "Cloud Security: Managing Firewall Risks" and sponsored by cloud security firm Dome9 Security, was based on the responses of 682 IT and IT security practitioners in the United States, whose organizations rely on hosted or cloud servers.When asked why organizations are continuing to move to cloud while admittedly not having a strong grasp on their ability to secure their systems, it comes down to habit, says Dave Meizlik, Dome9 VP of marketing and business development. "Many people aren't used to having to directly secure their servers. They have segmented networks and perimeter firewalls that take care of that for them," says Meizlik. "People follow the processes that they know and are used to."According to the study, sixty-one percent of respondents say their organization does not have a cloud server firewall management product. Of those who do not, 62 percent say it is because they are not scalable, cost too much (59 percent) and are not available (57 percent).This study mirrored another recent Ponemon security study, sponsored by encryption and key management firm Vormetric Inc., which found that of the 1,000 IT security and compliance officers' questions, less than half believe their organizations have the technologies necessary to secure their cloud deployments.George V. Hulme writes about security and technology from his home in Minneapolis. You can also find him tweeting about those topics on Twitter @georgevhulme.


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After a quiet but fairly grueling week of bouncing between jobs and schoolwork, just about the last thing I want to do is start a whole new project, be it cooking, baking, or crafting. Despite the seemingly endless energy that I pour into these things, right now, I am tired. All of the above will resume, perhaps even before the end of the day, but right now I'm just thinking in indulging a in little Sunday Sweetness, and taking the day off.
Baked mostly for looks, but thoroughly enjoyed nonetheless, this tantalizing chocolate and vanilla number was my creative representation of bit depth and pixels for my Photoshop for Photographers class. My favorite sort of homework comes with a tasty reward at the end of a photo shoot, so I could hardly resist the concept! Though I still have yet to discover my grade, those simple little cakes are already long gone.
But I wouldn't leave you hanging, no way! I want to share this sweetness with you too. So, here's a little bonus for being patient while I work on writing a real post: A free wallpaper!
Click for the full size photo, right click, say "set as wallpaper", and then instruct your computer to "stretch" the image so that it properly fits your screen. It's big enough that it should be able to accommodate everyone, so be nice and share, kids!


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Saturday, November 13, 2021, 10:30 AM
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Our Youth Learn to Ride class is fun, intuitive, and very successful! This class is for children aged 6-12* who have never ridden a bike before or have tried to learn and have not been successful. Our League certified instructors take students through a progressive curriculum, with the goal of riding with two pedals by the end of the session.
All students are responsible for bringing their own bicycle and helmet. All students are required to wear a helmet and a mask for the duration of the class.
*If your child falls outside of the 6-12 age range, or you don't have your own bike or helmet, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Our approach is fun and intuitive, but it also requires hard work. Your child will be riding for 1.5 hours. We take breaks every hour. This class is for your child if:
- They are between the ages of 6 and 12 years old
- Your child has never tried to learn how to ride a bike; or
- They have tried to learn and have not been successful.
All students are responsible for bringing their own bicycle and helmet. All students are required to wear a helmet for the duration of the class. Your child should be able to sit on the saddle with their feet on the ground. If their bike is too big or too small for them, it will be a challenge to teach them to use it. Contact us if you have questions!
Please ensure that your child comes to class wearing comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes. Please bring the following: water and snacks, and a mask. This class will be outdoors. Mask use is mandatory.
Only students who have reserved space in the class may attend. Unfortunately, walk-up students cannot be accommodated.
Health and Safety Protocols
Due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19, all participants are expected to adhere to WABA's health and safety guidelines for in-person events. You can review WABA's full guidelines for classes here.
- Participants should not attend in-person events if they feel sick or show symptoms of illness. WABA will refund registration fees to individuals who cannot attend because they are sick on the day of an event. If you are sick and unable to attend an in-person event, contact WABA for a refund.
- Classes will be limited to 10 participants and 3 instructors.
- All instructors and participants are required to wear face masks for the duration of the class.
- WABA requires participants to wear face masks in accordance with CDC and jurisdictional mask guidelines at all in-person events:
- Masks must cover both the mouth and nose.
- Masks must be secured below the chin.
- Participants should sanitize their hands before and after touching their mask or face area.
- For more details, read the full CDC mask guidelines.
- Participants will provide their contact information at event registration. Participants consent to WABA contacting them and/or releasing their contact information to necessary authorities if there is a need for contact tracing following an event to contain an outbreak of COVID-19.
- All instructors and participants are required to maintain social distancing (6 ft apart) for the duration of the class
- In the event of a minor injury (cuts or scrapes) participants will be provided with first aid supplies to treat themselves. If an individual is unable to treat themselves, or if a more serious injury occurs, WABA will call for an ambulance for additional medical care.
- Parents will be asked to wait away from the class and not participate.
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No one starts a business with the expectation that it will fall into bad standing. However, things can happen. For example, in the flurry of building a business, a small business owner may forget to send in their annual report to the state – or they may not even realize that an annual report is required in the first place.
No matter how you find yourself in the situation, know that you can get your business back into good standing. And it may not be as hard as you'd think. Here's what you need to know to get back into good standing, or keep your business out of trouble in the first place.
How Does a Company Get Into Bad Standing?
When a corporation or LLC fails to meet all the requirements of the state where it's incorporated (or the state where it has a foreign qualification), it can fall into bad standing. Here are some common examples:
- It fails to file its annual report or pay its annual fees on time (and perhaps for several years in a row)
- The Registered Agent resigns from representing the company (perhaps because the company fails to pay the Registered Agent fees)
- It fails to pay its state franchise taxes (business taxes)
What Does It Mean If Your Company Is In Bad Standing?
Companies that are in bad standing may be administratively dissolved, placed in non-compliant status, or revoked by the state where they incorporated. In this case, the benefits of corporation or LLC formation (such as limited liability protection) are lost.
How To Reinstate Your Company?
The specifics depend on your state, but generally speaking, you will need to file a reinstatement on behalf of the corporation or LLC in order to return to active compliant status. You may also have to file some additional documentation and pay fees to the state, depending on the reason why your company fell out of good standing in the first place. Here are the basic steps:
- Identify why your company fell out if compliance (this can typically be accomplished by contacting the secretary of state office)
- Submit reinstatement forms to the secretary of state office
- Pay all outstanding fees due to the state (this can include overdue state franchise taxes)
When you reinstate your business, your corporation or LLC keeps the original filing date of formation. Reinstating your business means you can regain all the benefits of corporate/LLC status, including limited liability protection to safeguard your personal assets.
By reinstating your business, you can keep running your business without worrying about an uncertain legal status.
Ignoring A "Bad Standing" Isn't A Good Option
If your company lost its good standing because you never paid your annual fees or franchise taxes, it may be tempting to just start over with a brand new business. However, keep in mind that while you may not be actively operating your original business, the state is still keeping tabs on it.
Any unpaid fees, taxes, and penalties will continue to accrue each year – until ultimately the state may place a levy on your personal bank account (since when a business has five shareholders or less, the owner often needs to act as a personal guarantor).
The moral of the story? If you discover your business is out of compliance or in bad standing, take the appropriate steps to correct the situation…and the sooner, the better.
In no time, your business will be back in good standing and you can move full steam ahead.
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An RCMP officer has filed a lawsuit alleging he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after being exposed to a "significant volume" of child pornography while working in a specialized unit.
Const. Michael Wardrope says he was exposed to disturbing videos, photographs, interviews and interrogations as a member of the child abuse and sexual offence unit in Surrey, B.C.
"His mental health was impacted by unescapable images and memories from the files he had worked on," says the lawsuit filed in British Columbia Supreme Court.
Wardrope says in the court document he was "flattered" when he was recruited to the unit in 2009. But he says he told his bosses he had three young children, had to commute hours per day and didn't think viewing child porn would be healthy.
He alleges his supervisor assured him that overtime was uncommon and that the amount of child pornography that needed to be viewed was "very minimal and almost non-existent," as the work was, for the most part, interviewing children.
He says he was told that he was committed to as much as two and a half years in the unit.
Despite the assurances from his superiors, he says, within the first three months on the job he was required to work overtime and was exposed to child pornography. The unit was significantly understaffed, he alleges.
"The plaintiff's supervisors were aware of his struggles with his health and the work load," the lawsuit says.
"The plaintiff was aware of, or had witnessed personally on a number of occasions, members in the unit breaking down and crying while working on files."
By fall 2010, the lawsuit says, Wardrope was showing symptoms of having a nervous breakdown. He approached his supervisor and broke down, crying and telling him he was "falling apart," the suit says.
The supervisor promised to transfer him out of the unit but the transfer didn't happen until 10 months later and Wardrope's health was irreparably damaged, the suit alleges.
None of the allegations has been tested in court.
The lawsuit is filed against the Attorney General of Canada and the B.C. Justice Ministry, but the ministry said the RCMP was responsible for responding.
The RCMP said it could not comment on Saturday and would reserve its response for the court process.
Wardrope alleges his supervisors failed or neglected to respond to the serious concerns he reported to them about his mental health and the risk it posed to his safety.
He also alleges the conduct of his supervisors was "harassing, intimidating and/or an abuse of authority."
As a result of the negligence, the lawsuit alleges, he has suffered extreme mental and physical ailments, including PTSD, suicidal thoughts, serious depression, severe anxiety disorder and chronic pain with severe cramping and spasms.
He is seeking general damages, special damages, past and future loss of income, diminished loss of earning capacity and various other damages.
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In 2007 the Heritage Foundation played a major role in derailing immigration reform. This year it tried to replicate its success by publishing a study claiming that unlawful immigration and amnesty would cost U.S. tax payers approximately $6.3 trillion dollars. However, their ploy to sabotage immigration reform failed in dramatic fashion. Not only were their exaggerated estimates on the cost of amnesty resoundingly refuted by both conservative and liberal groups, but their entire report appeared to hinge on a premise that reeked of racism.
According to the Heritage Foundation's study, one of the primary reasons immigration reform would cost so much is that a typical undocumented immigrant lacks adequate education. And poorly educated individuals, according to the study, "are net tax consumers: the benefits they receive exceed the taxes they pay."
This notion of the undocumented being "poorly educated" comes directly from Jason Richwine, one of the coauthors of the study. Richwine got his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University, where he wrote a dissertation titled IQ and Immigration Policy. In it he claims that Hispanics have on average lower IQs than their Caucasian counterparts. Moreover, he writes, "[n]o one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites, but the prediction that new Hispanic immigrants will have low-IQ children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against." In other words, Hispanics will probably never be as smart as white people.
Richwine goes on to say that the IQ disparity between the two races explains why Hispanics have never been able to fully assimilate into American culture and why they are more likely to accept government handouts: "When given the choice between a paycheck from a low-paying job and a welfare check, most intelligent people would realize that the welfare check offers them no potential for advancement. Low-IQ people do not internalize that fact nearly as well."
There you have it: Hispanics are dumb. Dumb people rely more on government handouts. Therefore, Hispanics will use more government handouts than the average citizen and as a result they will drain the government of its resources. Keep them out!
To the Heritage Foundation's credit, it is a straightforward argument.
Nevertheless, the argument is horribly flawed. This year Hispanic high school graduates enrolled in college at higher rates than whites. There is a substantial income gap between whites and Hispanics, but each successive generation of Hispanics continues to narrow this gap. No to mention the fact that Hispanics have served in almost every U.S. war and have received 44 Medals of Honor, the third most for any ethnic group. Not bad for a people who failed to "assimilate."
Despite the fact that the Heritage Foundation's study is faulty at best and racist at worst, it's still hugely informative. The study offers a genuine glimpse of what many, especially on the right, think about Hispanics. Many Hispanics, including this writer, have generally felt that opposition to immigration reform does not stem from some intellectual argument, but from visceral emotions driven by xenophobia. The study produced by the Heritage Foundation has proven this point to be correct.
Luckily, the Heritage Foundation is in the minority. According to a CNN/ORC international survey, 84% percent of Americans support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
America is known as the melting pot of the world. Immigrants from across the globe call this place their home. The notion pushed by the Heritage Foundation that Hispanic immigrants need to assimilate is not only paradoxical but also deeply offensive. America is a country that embraces immigrants and all the diversity that comes with them; it doesn't assimilate them into a homogenous stew. E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one. Most Americans seem to understand this, even if the Heritage Foundation does not.
Javier Rojo is the New Mexico Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.


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New Film: Exposure Vol. II
Exposure Vol II follows athletes Daniel Woods, Jimmy Webb, Alex Megos, Alex Puccio, and Dmitry Sharafutdinov as they push both their own personal limits and the limits of climbing. This year's film brings you stories and ascents from around the globe including Russia, Switzerland, Germany, Bishop, and Colorado in a heart-pounding, forearm pump-inducing journey to discover the impossible. Catch Daniel's ascent of Lucid Dreaming 8C/V15, Alex Megos on Action Directe 9A/5.14d, and Alex Puccio on her first V13/8B, Top Notch.


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With a pandemic ongoing, the year 2020 reshaped the lives of young people in the Netherlands. In secondary education, relatively more students were promoted and almost all final examination students graduated. Fewer young people were at work; fewer girls between the ages of 12 and 18 used alcohol on occasion, and there was less excessive drinking among young men. The number of young people receiving youth care declined; on the other hand, the number of reported child abuse cases went up. Furthermore, compared to the previous year, in 2020 a smaller share of young people reported they were happy and satisfied with life. These are some of the results Statistics Netherlands (CBS) describes in the Annual Report of the National Youth Monitor 2021, published today.Read publication
The Annual Report Youth Monitor 2021 Summary presents an outline of the living situation of young people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Based on a number of social themes, attention is paid to developments and regional differences. At local level, a description of youth in the Caribbean Netherlands is included.Read publication
Approximately 15 percent of 2 to 25-year-olds struggle with overweight. Yet, nearly all young people assess their state of health as good. Young members of low-income households are more often overweight and have more GP contacts than their counterparts in the households with the highest incomes.Read publication
The number of underage children at risk of poverty has increased in 2011. In the provinces of South Holland and Groningen, more children grow up in poverty than in other provinces. In more than half of cases, families do have enough money to go on holiday.Read publication
Slightly fewer than half of all people aged between 12 and 25 responded in 2009 that they had a religious denomination. This share has fallen by 6 percent points since 1997. Church attendance is low among young people. About one in seven goes to church or to a religious gathering at least once a month.Read publication


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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (April 21, 2014) – Horace Mann encourages you to join its #TeachItForward movement during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 5-9. Similar to the good deed campaign "Pay It Forward," Horace Mann will be thanking those who #TeachItForward every day.
"We all know educators who've made an impact," says Horace Mann Social Media Director Kristi Hillyer. "Whether they sparked creativity, led you on an adventure or inspired you to excel, there's the teacher who gave you that 'a-ha' moment. We want you to recognize the teacher who made a difference for you or is making a difference for your children and the children of your community."
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Nasty City Approved part 2 @ VISUAL
National City, located just a few short minutes from downtown San Diego, acts as a major backdrop and source of inspiration for these 3 artists who call National City home.
This 3 person exhibition combine's street art, graffiti, stencil art, sticker art, and graphic design. For part 2 of Nasty City, the artists have also collaborated on art works, conjoining and overlapping their individual styles, creating layers of images and ideas reflective of the Nasty City experience.
DUALITIES by EYEGATO at VISUAL
£¥£G∆†O conceived 2009 in So Cal by play on words and reincarnated in the Bay Area in 2013. His artwork consists of mix media from recycled and found objects. £¥£G∆†O is influence by the cosmic energy of the Ying and Yang and he is striking to deliver this message on his latest show entitled DU∆LI†I£S.
NO WORRIES by Don't Trip @ VISUAL
Don't Trip is a prolific artist and party machine. His first solo exhibition will be held August 23rd, 2014 at VISUAL in San Diego, California.
Although the artist paints his iconic characters in various illegal "spots", this collection of work will focus mainly on canvas and mixed media works. The exhibition will consist of his classic bright orange characters and floating heads, sporting stoner smiles and peace signs.
The title "No Worries" suggests the artists extreme positive mental attitude that he promotes and lives by on a daily basis.
No worries is a mantra that symbolizes pure positivity, enthusiasm for life and celebrates the art of Don' Trip.
New paintings by San Diego artist Eric Wixon.
Eric's new work celebrates the pursuit of happiness. Using loose continual line drawings filled in with his classic pastel color palette, Eric creates whimsical, light-hearted characters sporting goofy facial expressions.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday July 12, 2014.
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10 shops! 10 parties! 1 night of shopping and socializing along with pop up shops and street vendors. Come to North Park and experience art, music and commerce.
VISUAL will be hosting 2 artists, Matt Forderer and Chris Bentley. Outside we will have a special appearance by Life of the Drifter, San Diego's only mobile surf and skate shop on wheels. Life of the Drifter is a boutique in a truck decked out with custom skateboards, t shirts and full on surf stoke.
We will be slingin your art materials of choice, custom art and drinks.
Come out and support all these great shops!
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Follow your senses to discover the wonder of Cashmere
Breathe in the immensity of the great horizons
With no trees in sight, the frozen Mongolian plains are juxtaposed with the warm coat of the Capra hircus goat.
Unwavering resilience in extreme seasons yields unparalleled softness.
An equally harsh summer sweeps through the rolling sand dunes of the Alashan province in northern China.
From the scorched earth arises the exhilarating petrichor, sparked by an unannounced rainfall.
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