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Parkland Teacher Defends Officer's Interrogation of Pro-2nd Amendment Student Kyle Kashuv
On Monday, Kyle Kashuv -- Parkland, Florida's most vocal pro-2nd Amendment student -- said armed security officers had "aggressively questioned" him in a locked office at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Kashuv said the interrogation focused on tweets he had posted over the weekend about visiting a gun range with his father.
Kashuv tells PJ Media that he has since been told to refer to the officers as "security specialists." He says two "security specialists" and a Broward County Sheriff's Office deputy questioned him in a locked room -- and "the principal didn't know this was happening."
On Tuesday, Kashuv appeared on Fox News with Tucker Carlson to discuss his ordeal.
"It was a clear attempt to intimidate me," the 16-year-old told Carlson."And they used very, very, very harsh intimidation tactics."
Kashuv told Tucker that the officers peppered him with questions such as: "Whose gun is it? Who'd you shoot it with? ... Is it your gun, or your dad's gun? When did you go?"
Kashuv said: "This entire time I was like -- did I do anything wrong? I mean -- it's still America the last time I checked. I can go to a gun range and shoot it peacefully."
School resource deputy Dean Seymour filed the following "information only" report, meaning they did not find that Kashuv had broken any laws. His report states that fellow MSD students were concerned that Kashuv had posted a video on social media showing himself shooting a "riffle," and that Kyle's mother "Uzi" Kashuv was then contacted about it. (Uzi is Kyle's father.)
Seymour's report further stated that his "mother Uzi" said Kyle is "a good kid and wouldn't hurt anyone."
The report also incorrectly asserted that the video was taken down; it is in fact still up on Twitter:
The controversy prompted a history teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas to weigh in on Twitter. The teacher, Greg Pittman, defended the strong-arm tactics against Kashuv because posting photos of "assault weapons" is "a really bad idea":
The teacher also retweeted a woman who referred to 16-year-old Kashuv as a "teenager" insultingly, and accused him of knowing nothing about the Constitution (which she didn't bother to capitalize) and of getting his talking points from Ben Shapiro:


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After a Mexican immigrant told the media that Dallas police had cited her for being a "non-English-speaking driver," it turned out that 39 drivers have been wrongfully ticketed in Dallas for not speaking English.
Labor groups are calling on the Obama administration to establish an agreement between the Labor Department and immigration authorities with rules for cooperation and an understanding that labor law enforcement would not be trumped by immigration enforcement.
Dennis Burke, U.S. attorney for Arizona, has been named the chairman of the Border and Immigration Law Enforcement Subcommittee and will advise U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
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"Only two Democrats, Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Ben Nelson (D-NE), would not yet commit to moving ahead with a bill that includes a public option with opt-out."
House Republicans are "questioning AARP's support of the Democrats' health care overhaul efforts, saying the reform plan could prove costly to seniors enrolled in the Medicare Advantage program." Washington Post also has a critical piece on the organization.
"Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators who refused to support anything less, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Monday."
Climate Change
Spurred by the Drudge Report, right-wing bloggers are enflamed that Sir Nicholas Stern praised "a vegetarian diet," crying about the "millennial cult" of global warming and warning vegetarianism will lead to a "world government."
The American Energy Alliance, part of the GOP-oil Institute for Energy Research, is running a Halloween-themed ad attacking Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for his "scary" "support for a new national energy tax called cap and trade."
"Activities such as home weatherization, routine vehicle maintenance and opting for the clothesline instead of the dryer could cut total U.S. carbon emissions by 5 percent over just five years and 7.4 percent in 10 years."
Yesterday, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) proposed freezing all credit card rates until new credit card regulations take effect in February. Dodd "said his bill was necessary because banks were raising rates 'to squeeze customers'."
In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Goldman Sachs defended "dark pools, short-selling, high-frequency trading and other market practices that have been criticized by lawmakers," saying that they reduce consumer cost and increase competition.
The New York Times examines how the recession is driving a surge in youth runaways: "Teenagers living on their own in eight states told of a harrowing existence…after fleeing or being kicked out by families in financial crisis."
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Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday "that Iran could endorse a United Nations deal for it to send uranium abroad for processing for peaceful uses, the first official indication that Tehran could respond positively to the agreement." The Washington Times reports that "Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan began a high-level visit to Iran on Monday with criticism of Western pressure on Iran over its nuclear program and promises to double trade with the Islamic republic by 2011." According to the Voice of America, "an al-Qaida-linked group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for Sunday's devastating car bombings in Baghdad that killed at least 155 people and wounded more than 500 others. The militant group named the Islamic State in Iraq announced it was behind the twin suicide bombings in a statement posted on a militant Web site."


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A Summary of William Ryan and His Idea of Blaming the Victim - Sociology of Medicine
In 1971, William Ryan wrote the book Blaming the Victim. This book continues to make waves especially in the sociology community, particularly among medical sociologists.
What exactly is blaming the victim all about? And how does this all relate to healthcare? In a nutshell, blaming the victim occurs when we neglect the social environment of the individual, and hold an individual responsible for consequences that may or may not be in their locus of control. Blaming the victim is built on the premise of the Just world hypothesis.
The Just World hypothesis (Furnham, 1988) is based on the idea that the world is a just place, and that people ultimately get what they deserve ie. good people get good things, and the wicked will be punished. In the context of healthcare for example, we might say a particular individual had an addiction to alcohol, and suffered from liver cirrhosis as a result. Ironically, we tend to engage in blaming the victim for diseases that we are more familiar with. For diseases that are less understood, we are less judgmental, as we ourselves could fall victim to that illness. Therefore this type of thinking is self protective in nature, as it places large emphasis on rational and lawful patterns of behavior instead of random correlations and relationships.
In essence, when we adopt an attitude of blaming the victim, we are
attempting to change the victim instead of the wider societal sphere.
For example, when a patient comes in with health complaints, we blame
the patient for smoking, drinking alcohol, not exercising, not going for
prevention screenings or regular checkups.... instead of looking at the
social factors that might cause or predispose an individual to act in a
way that he does. These social factors might include social support,
stress, housing type, sanitation.... these are often important factors
that play a part in affecting one's health.
When the doctors adopt a lifestyle explanation for disease, they are essentially putting the blame on an individual's lifestyle should a person fall ill. For example, doctors say that a person needs to exercise 3 times a week, eat fruits and vegetables, visit the doctor regularly, avoid cigarettes and alcohol.... these all focus on an individual's locus of control, and stress self discipline and self control. What if the person was so poor he couldn't afford to see any doctor? What if the person was so poor he could not afford to live in a place with good sanitation? Becoming ill can be attributed to several causes, and when we adopt a perspective that blames the victim, there are implications to this.
Essentially, when we blame the victim, so much attention is given to the individual's actions, such that the individual's social environment turns pale in comparison. This results in no inertia to change government policies, industrial practices, environmental or social policies as the employers and authorities responsible for moulding our society are spared from taking any of the blame that might be involved.
With the large swing towards a healthy lifestyle and preventing chronic illness, when we blame the victim by adopting this lifestyle choice approach, we then neglect the fact that their factors external to their lifestyle might be the factor that predisposes them to illness in the first place. eg. living in a place without portable or unpolluted water, not being able to afford healthy food, not being able to refuse risky sexual behavior that might put them at high risk of sexually transmitted disease..... in fact this abolishes the state's role to ensure that people have enough resource and accessibility to obtain healthcare.
Blaming the Victim by William Ryan
Thus we also see the role of power and inequality in this idea of victim
blaming, as when those in power have such a mindset, media campaigns,
research funds, resource allocation will all be channelled toward a
certain type of message - which stresses the individual's responsibility
and choices, instead of a wider awareness of the social conditions that
may be a risk factor of illness.
The biomedical model is the dominant health model in many contemporary industrialized societies, which places much emphasis on making a diagnosis based on the observable symptoms in a person. Thus William Ryan's idea of blaming the victim is especially valuable, as it points out to us the importance of looking beyond the individual.
Other Interesting Sociology of Medicine Hubs
- Sociology of Medicine: How Music Therapy is Affected by the Dominant Position of the Biomedical Mode
The biomedical model of medicine is the dominant healthcare model in many countries. What happens to other complementary and alternative treatments that do not fit into the mould? This hub is a case study of Music Therapy in Singapore.
- Sociology of Medicine: How Music Therapy is Affected by the Dominant Position of the Biomedical Mode
The biomedical model of medicine is the dominant healthcare model in many countries. What happens to other complementary and alternative treatments that do not fit into the mould? This hub is part 2 of a case study of Music Therapy in Singapore.
- Sociology of Medicine: The Importance of Social Cond...
One of the contributions Sociology makes to medicine is that it gives people a broader perspective of health and illness that extends beyond an individual. In the biomedical field, health and illness is...
- Sociology of Medicine : Medicalization of Deviance
Medicalization is an issue that is dear to the sociology to medicine. In essence, medicalization occurs when we use medical terms to address non-medical issues, and treat them as medical problems such as...
- Sociology of Medicine - the impact of Medicalization
As discussed in a previous hub, medicalization happens when we define a non-medical issue in medical terms. This could be manifest in several forms- for example Peter Conrad wrote about hyperkinesis. Other...
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Great Backyard Bird Count
February 16, 2019 @ 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
The Birmingham Zoo and Birmingham Audubon are teaming up for our annual Great Backyard Bird Count! The event unites birdwatchers from across the globe as they track bird species found in their own backyards, parks and local spaces. Seasonal bird counts have been a central part of Birmingham Audubon's work ever since its founding in 1946. Hear bird watching tips from Birmingham Audubon experts and take part in bird conservation activities in the Junior League of Birmingham – Hugh Kaul Children's Zoo and Alabama Wilds. Participants are invited to take part in the bird walk from 8am-10am and afterwards enjoy crafts and activities from 10am-2pm.
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Join us at 8 a.m. in front of the Children Zoo entrance to the right of the main entrance.
10am – 2pm at the Children's Zoo Barn and Granny's Front Porch
If you have your own binoculars, you'll definitely want to bring them along. Email Birmingham Audubon Outreach & Communications Director if you need to borrow a pair.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
The birds: We anticipate seeing wintering and resident songbirds and sparrows. You'll find the latest eBird records for the zoo here.
Count leaders: Greg Harber and Jessie Griswold co-lead this trip.
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In a move that leaves me puzzled, Nintendo has decided to skip online play for Starfox 64 3DS. The game will feature single cart local multiplayer with up to four friends, but will not allow you to challenge others across the globe. It's a real shame, unlike many games that shoehorn in online elements Starfox 64 3DS is definitely a game that could have really benefited from online competitive play. It would have given many gamers who had already experience the game on Nintendo 64 another reason outside of the 3D and enhanced graphics to purchase this game. I hope this doesn't mean there won't be online scoreboards as well, as that would be another major missed opportunity.
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I won a ticket to a hockey game about 3 1/2 hours from my house through a contest at work. I wasn't going to go because its so far away and spouses weren't invited. I received quite a bit of pressure last week so I did end up going. I rode down with my coworkers and shared a room. My manager and assistant manager were there and they paid for all my drinks. I should have had a blast but I missed my husband and daughter very badly.
In total, I ended up spending about $30 and I did get a $100 gift card for going so I actually made money by attending the function. It was a good time but I much prefer low key weekends spent with my family or close friends.


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Three Moves that can be Game-Changing for Education
This article originally appeared modified in the Khaleej Times.
At the UAE Education Public Policy Forum this past month, hosted by the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, the room voted in majority and sent the following message to the present Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Education:
- Public education quality should be the same as private education;
- It is the schools who are responsible for educating youths to fit the job market;
- The curriculum being taught is primarily to blame for students not being prepared for the workforce.
We live in a world where an Uber self-driving car will soon drive by us on highways. The innovation highway of the transportation sector should be on the same for education .
Here are the three moves that would immediately set education on the same disruptive lane of the transportation sector:
- Mandatory one-year civic service as a Dubai teacher for all Scholarship winners upon completion of studies.
We have a teaching crisis. The profession fails to attract our brightest local and global citizens. Teachers in the region are generally not respected, and are often undervalued. Sadly, many teachers can only teach their subject matter through the limited lenses of a text book and their own knowledge i.e. they are unable to blend learning with global issues and the outside world.
As a country we invest in our brightest, affording them the opportunity to travel abroad to the finest schools so that they are not only exposed to diversity but can also compete at global levels. What if, in return for paying for the very best opportunities for our brightest, we were to require that our locals fulfill a mandatory civic obligation of teaching for one year in Local Government schools. Also, what if we were to attract the brightest students globally by offering them educational scholarships in our country in exchange for mandatory teaching in the country for a limited time upon graduation.
Organizational Behavior 101 teaches us that the fastest way to change a culture is by bringing in new blood (diverse people and ideas) to the mix. This new dimension to the teaching profession would attract more well-educated stars to the profession, improve the overall quality of the education offered, and demonstrate to the world that we are serious about competitively differentiating itself as a disruptive education player.
- Create an automated Competency Grid framework and feedback system between corporates and the Ministry of Education
There is no sustainable conversation taking place between the corporate sector and the Government on education. Surveys every few years do not work, and are not a sustainable way to deal with this misalignment between what the workforce needs and how we are educating students.
If I were the Government, I would set up a mandated Competency Grid framework that must be filled out by every company renewing its annual business license to operate in our country. The grid would require companies to identify the competencies needed in the workforce, as well as the gaps experienced.
Twenty-first century skills needs will change every couple of years until 2100, so an automated system to get this feedback is needed for educators to keep iterating curriculum content. This simple mechanism would allow corporates to become active stakeholders in defining the content of education in a systematic manner. And the best part is that student employability will skyrocket.
- Require companies as part of their CSR initiatives to use their employees to teach 21st century skills to students
CSR spend is often a line item in the marketing or charitable budget, thus violating the true purpose of CSR, which is adding value to the communities in which the company operates.
What if the Government were to make a CSR recommendation for over the next 3 years that corporate CSR spend should be directed to educating youths with 21st century skills. Imagine if corporates had to adopt schools to deliver 21st century skills through their employees. Envision schools each semester planning, as part of their academic calendar, one week of immersion in 21st century skills training from the outside workforce in areas such as leadership, soft skills, design thinking, entrepreneurship, etc.
What this strategy does is redefine the role of corporates in education. Corporates will not have an issue with this, since their learning and development spend also will make more sense. All the research shows employees retain most when they teach what they have learned to someone else. Also, consider the rewards of students getting outside mentorship while learning skills from the actual workforce.


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Seeking a very organized, trustworthy, and responsible executive assistant. I am a female and own a Marketing and PR company. I need help with general assistant tasks. Ideally, you have some social media experience and can also help with my business and take on some marketing/project work over time. Work is part remote / part at my office 2-3x per week in West LA. Very light weekend work.
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Nearly three years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone, Amaravati is largely deserted
... A staggering US$15 billion is needed to transform Amaravati from a few shiny buildings, villages and thousands of acres of agricultural land into the envisioned capital of Andhra Pradesh, one of India's largest states. ...
An island of modern office buildings in the middle of fields hosts Andhra's chief minister and state government, which relocated there after Telangana claimed Hyderabad.
Yet there is scant evidence of the promised utopia.
Half-finished settlements dot farmlands, most not connected by proper roads. Plans for the promised riverfront, housing and public transport have been marred by delays.
"We came here because it really has the plans and potential to become a global city," said a university official at a huge but largely empty campus in the planned city.
"The on-ground infrastructure development, particularly the roads, has been slow," he said, asking not to be named.
K. Nageshwar, an independent legislator in Telangana, said: "Nothing much has happened on the ground in Amaravati. It is still more dream than reality."
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu ambitiously suggested in 2014 that the project – unlike anything ever seen in India – could be completed within five years.
But since then officials have been reluctant to offer a timetable for its completion.
Naidu, who today governs Andhra from a hi-tech office in Amaravati, insists a magnificent city will one day rise from the plains
"I am not changing any plans for Amaravati. I only have to work harder to make it a reality," the brainchild of the nascent capital said recently.
Cherukuri, the official overseeing Amaravati's development, said contracts worth US$5 billion have already been issued, spurring the first phase of development.
It was hoped the project would also attract foreign investment, he added. But funds are running low.
Naidu blames the national government for reneging on promises made during the Telangana split that would have conferred a special status and ensured a stream of financial aid and incentives to bankroll the dream city.
The dispute soured ties with New Delhi, culminating with Naidu going on a hunger strike in April and severing ties with Modi's ruling party.
"This is a prestigious project for the nation and if government of India had supported it, we could have showcased it to the world," Naidu said.
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Let's face it, Ireland isn't exactly a cheap country to get broadband, and with society more dependant than ever on the internet, it's becoming a vital service. However many people are paying more than they need to.
Much like other services, broadband and TV providers save their best deals for new customers, and devote less and less time to the customers they already have. So with that in mind it's always a good idea to check every year or two that you're getting the best deal.
Money can be tight at this time of year, and it can seem like an insurmountable task to be able to save to go on holiday in summer, but so much money is being paid needlessly on the most common household bills.
The simple act of switching broadband, phone and TV provider could save you as much as €500 a year or more, based on someone receiving a €40 a month discount on a tripleplay bundle.
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Switching broadband and TV is a bit more tricky than switching your mobile phone or energy provider, as there could be some time in the crossover when you could be without service and these days can be quite trying, especially if you haven't had to do without internet for a while!
If you are switching it might be worth having a look at your mobile data package, as sometimes people are able to 'tether' the data from their phone for the few days during the changeover (this is when you synch your mobile with your laptop/computer and use your mobile's internet connection).
A few companies claim to give unlimited data but have a fair usage policy limiting you to 40 or 60 gigabytes a month, so be sure to keep an eye on this as you could get stung with nasty data charges if you run over.
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Buyer's Remorse? A Brief Reflection on Year One of the Trump Presidency:
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For whatever reason, advertisers are still reluctant to include gays and lesbians in their mainstream advertisements. Advertisers that do are sometimes handsomely rewarded by the gay community – and sometimes roundly criticized for their inaccurate or stereotypical portrayals of the LGBT community.
David Griner at Ad Week has taken the deep dive into GLAAD's comprehensive Commercial Closet archive and put together a fantastic article called "The 50 Gayest Ads Ever."
He has broken them up into thematic strings:
- Surprise, he/she is gay
- Don't tell mom
- Swings both ways
- Actually straight
- Lesbians are hot
- Activist
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50 ads is a lot of ads to watch, but Griner has done an excellent job at pointing out some of the gems – and some of the epic fails – of the advertising industry.
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I think it is a tragedy what happened to young Jeremy Wood earlier this year in Arkansas. I think it is even more tragic that the state of Arkansas has declined in all of its infinite wisdom that wrestling training should not be regulated licensed or even dealt with in any manner by the state. What is even more alarming is the fact that no long after the tragedy, I contacted the Arkansas Athletic Commission personally and after listing my credentials to them. [I must admit are as long as my arm.] I even told them of various resources available to verify my [valid] credentials in this business. I proposed to them to give me a job in the state overseeing these operations and weeding out the fraudulent and incompetent ones. You have Ken Wayne, Harley Race, Duane Gill, Brian Christopher, Kevin White, Dutch Mantell, Steve Keirn, Danny Davis, Jimmy Valiant and dozens more are valid and appropriate schools. I have the knowledge to be sure the ones who would want to operate in the state of Arkansas would be up to the standards of the ones I just mentioned.
I left out, however, and it's a big HOWEVER…the commission NEVER even bothers to reply to my proposition to say, "yes, no, maybe or kiss my ass." NOTHING!! This is after a freakin DEATH!! And here I am, even people who may not like me or may be pissed off at me for things in the past would have to admit that I know what the f**k I am talking about. I, at least, deserved a response. Maybe the commission just wants to take people's money like almost every other commission in the country – all of them. Nothing for the business it pretends to protect. Just another leech, just another finger in the pot – taking money they do NOTHING to earn. I guess in the real world, the good guys don't always win and the leeches fasten themselves to every nickel they can find and give the promotions especially the valid ones – NOTHING – ZERO – ZILCH – in return.
Hey Little Rock – I'm waiting and wondering who has to die next before me or somebody else of equal or greater qualifications gets to finally set this matter straight. Yes, even a first class operation such the ones I mentioned earlier could have a tragic injury or death under their watch, but it would be a freak accident or from an equipment failure – NOT from ignorance. Yes, experienced and decorated airline pilots have been in fatal crashes, but that doesn't mean that any jerk that ever watched Top Gun should be able to pilot a plane or teach something how to do it. Accidents DO happen – even to the best of us – but incompetence isn't an accident or mistake! It's a correctable problem that isn't being corrected and I pray nobody else gets hurt or dies.


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'I Am Paul Walker' Trailer: Get Ready To Cry Over The Beloved 'Fast & Furious' Star
Get ready to cry tears over Paul Walker again, in a big way. Five years have passed since the Fast & Furious actor was killed in an auto accident, sending shockwaves throughout Hollywood and an outpouring of love and memories from those who knew him best. Whether you saw him as a great actor or not, there's no denying the impact he had on people's lives, and we see how big of a presence he was to them in the new documentary, I Am Paul Walker.
I'll be honest, my eyes started swelling right from the jump of this trailer, when we see a 15-year-old Walker's happy, smiling face. And all he's doing is talking about the darn date. From there we see glimpses of interviews with friends, his family who all look like clones of one another, and the people he worked with who all grew to love him. It paints a picture of a guy who was happy, charismatic, and comfortable in his own skin. He had a lust for life that made him the perfect centerpiece of the franchise that would define his career, and by the time members of the Fast & Furious cast start popping up it's really hard to keep a dry eye.
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Help Restore Carter Hall
Covenant College has embarked on a two-year project to return Carter Hall's exterior to its original design, repairing and restoring the original stucco and stonework. In addition to restoring the original design of the historic tower, a new roof will be installed and the building's north and south porches will be reclaimed. The renovation of Carter Hall will also include limited renovations to the interior of the building, including the installation of a fire sprinkler system.
Restoring Carter Hall to its original 1928 appearance affirms the permanence, history, and vitality of the campus. As we work to restore the exterior of Carter Hall, as we watch scaffolding go up and old windows come down, we're reminded of the restorative work God is doing in the life of every student here at Covenant College. It's no stretch to say that Carter Hall is the heart of Covenant's campus. It's where students eat and live. It's the home of afternoon study sessions and late-night snack runs. It's the unmistakable landmark that tells people in the valley, "Something is happening here."
The physical transformation of Carter Hall will occur in four semester-long phases, with an expected completion date of the summer of 2017. This exterior transformation mirrors the great work of transformation God has done and continues to do in the hearts and minds of our students as they enter adulthood, develop lifelong friendships, and grow both intellectually and spiritually at the College.
At a time when the very model of a four-year, residential, liberal-arts education is being challenged, this investment in the future of Carter Hall represents the College's commitment to providing students with a transformative, residential, Christian academic community. As friends and alumni choose to join us and invest in Carter's restoration, it is clear that their investment is not simply in bricks and mortar, roof tiles, and new windows. It's an investment in students, in the idea of a liberal education in the arts and sciences, in a place of community and personal growth. The restoration and transformation of Carter Hall is an investment in the place God has called us to steward.
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Restoration Facts
- Carter Hall was originally built as the Lookout Mountain Hotel in 1928
- Covenant moved from St. Louis to Lookout Mountain in 1964
- All offices, student rooms, & classrooms were originally housed in Carter Hall
- After the renovation, all student residence rooms will include two windows
- 26,000 roof tiles will replace Carter's leaking roof
- Additional beds will make Carter home to 315 students
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Stay up to date on the Carter Hall restoration project by watching video updates, visiting the Facebook photo album, watching a recent time-lapse of the work, or viewing a live webcam of the building.
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The return on your investment is lived out by thousands of Covenant alumni who serve the church and their communities as good neighbors, doctors, business people, pastors, artists, and so much more.


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The Obama administration has floated a plan to shift drone operations from the Central Intelligence Agency to the military. This is supposed to make targeted killings of suspected terrorists more transparent and accountable, but so far it looks as if it would be a marginal improvement.
Popular discontent with the drone program has built slowly as drone missions grew from 50 strikes under President George W. Bush to more than 400 under President Obama, and it dawned on Americans that remote-controlled killing had become a permanent fixture of national policy. The issue came to a head when Mr. Obama named John Brennan, who created his drone policy as chief counterterrorism adviser, to be C.I.A. director and critics raised legal, moral and practical objections. Among the complaints: an American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, was killed in Yemen in 2011 without due process; too many civilians have become collateral damage; and drone strikes are increasingly projecting a harmful, violent image of American foreign policy.
Right now, the Pentagon handles drones in Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen, where the C.I.A. runs a separate program. In theory, the public might know more about the drone program if it was shifted more to the Pentagon, which, operating under different laws, has more flexibility to be transparent than the C.I.A. and is more circumscribed by international law.
But most drone strikes have been carried out by the C.I.A. in Pakistan — 365 versus 45 in Yemen and a handful in Somalia — and officials say those will continue. Hence, the proposed change would mean scant improvement in the rules that govern drone strikes. The problem would be similar if more drone operations were shifted to the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command, which is among the least transparent elements of the military.
The biggest impediment to change is that the C.I.A.'s role enables a fiction that has suited the United States, which refuses to acknowledge striking militants in the lawless Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, and Pakistan, which denounces American strikes but actually allows them. As Mark Mazzetti explained in The Times on Sunday, Pakistan's intelligence service has permitted drone strikes in certain tribal areas under the terms of a secret deal struck with the C.I.A in 2004. If American military forces hit Pakistan, it could be an act of war. But the intelligence agencies operate in a netherworld where the same rules don't apply.
Mr. Obama has promised to break down the wall of secrecy and work with Congress to create a lasting legal framework for drone strikes. It is essential that the administration not drag its feet so it can maintain maximum authority with minimum oversight. Among the proposals it should consider is some form of judicial review, like the special court that approves wiretaps for intelligence gathering, before it kills American citizens.


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FCGCT Commentary: New Moon is in Sagittarius
Published on Nov 27, 2016
The New Moon this November is in Sagittarius. This is the time of year for change and diving deep within ourselves. Seeing where there are layers of fear, trauma, and inhibition that are preventing us from connecting to ourselves and life on a deeper and more meaningful level.
Venus will square Uranus at the same time suggesting freedom with our values and relationsips. Making change from a place of centeredness and balance is key. Mercury shifts into Sagittarius giving us an over-arching perspective of our lives.
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True sidereal astrology uses the real size and location of the constellations. For more info see: http://masteringthezodiac.com/#learnmore
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Some parent-proven tips for visiting Venice with kids. We would love to hear yours! Please comment below.
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1. Learn About Venice Together Before Your Trip
Children and parents alike will have a better experience visiting Venice with kids if you explore the history of the culture of the legendary city together through books and videos about Venice. First, start with the topography of the city – it's really on the water? This will surely spark questions about how Venetians live today, and what life was like in the city in history. When you arrive, kids will be cued in to notice details about daily life in the city, like a fruit market on a boat!
Second, select some key elements of the culture to consider – Who was St. Mark? What is the significance of the lion? Who built the magnificent palazzos on the Grand Canal, and why?
Finally, kids seem to naturally gravitate toward ecology. By learning together about the water systems of the lagoon, children and parents will observe the beauty of the city in deeper ways. Pause on a side canal to look at the change of the tide, perhaps? What is "acqua alta" (high water)? In doing so, kids can appreciate the delicate ecology of the lagoon of Venice and the terrain of waterways it is connected to on the mainland, and feel the connections between this city and other places on the sea.
2. Stay a Little Longer
Arriving to and departing from Venice can be stressful and difficult for families because you do not have the option to arrive door-to-door to your lodging in a car or taxi, and whether arriving by public water bus or private water taxi, you will have to navigate your way walking or disembarking from piers with your luggage. This can be even more difficult amid crowds in high season, the peak period for Venice family travel. Consider staying in Venice at least 3 days so that you can arrive calmly and get settled, and leave yourself a little extra time to explore all of the sites you would like to see during off hours, when they are less crowded. Minimizing the stress and unknowns of your arrival and departure with help getting where you need to go from a Local can provide you with more time for site-seeing and enjoying local activities.
Visiting Venice with kids for less than 3 days can often mean families are rushing to follow a checklist of main sites. Such itineraries miss the valuable opportunity to see the beauty of Venice from many points of view, literally and figuratively! The iconic views of the Grand Canal from St. Marks are much different from the tranquil vision of a sunset from St. Alvise in Cannaregio. Your family will love both.
3. Choose a Central yet Quieter Lodging Location
Crowds can be especially overwhelming for children. In Venice, certain streets are stiflingly crowded during high season and getting caught in this chaos can tarnish the whole experience for children. Selecting family-friendly lodging in Venice that is central yet among the quieter streets of neighborhoods like Castello, Dorsorduro, or Cannaregio will provide your family with more tranquility in the area around your lodging, and allow you to select strategic routes and times for heading into the crowds to see the major sites. If you cannot stay for 3 days or more, you may want to stay in the Santa Croce sestiere as your arrival and departure times will be quickest from here.
4. Visit Off-the-Beaten-Path Sites
Remember to visit main sites like Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Square, and the Rialto area, at non-peak hours, for example, after 4:00 pm, when Venice day visitors have departed. If you go to Murano to see the glassblowing, continue on to the less crowded islands of Burano or Torcello for lunch and a chance to see more of the lagoon. Kids will surely ask questions about the history of the beautiful palaces built along the Grand Canal, so , you must go in one! Museo Ca' Pesaro in Santa Croce is a great option for families to visit a historic palazzo that is now a contemporary art museum. Kids will thrill at seeing the replica of Rodin's the thinker here. The Grand Canal view café of Ca' Pesaro is a family-friendly place to take in the views for a snack or coffee. The first Sunday of every month, the Peggy Guggenheim Museum offers art workshops for kids in English. Visit the Jewish Ghetto and try some pastries, or the Museum of Natural History in Santa Croce. The gondola makers workshop at the Zattere is another great local site for kids in Venice. There is lots more to see in Venice than just Piazza San Marco.
5. Eat Local
Eating out with kids can be difficult under any circumstances, and in Venice, choosing the wrong place can mean an expensive meal with poor quality food. You will find that Venetian cuisine is very different from what is known as the core menu of "Italian food." And of course, it is largely comprised of seafood. Following tip #1, when you are learning together about Venice, consider what to eat in Venice by learning about some local dishes before you go.
Dining in the main piazzas around areas like St. Mark's Square and the Rialto is infamously overpriced. Luckily for parents, Venice has a great tradition of street food, with many options for a quick bite that will be higher quality. Kids will love eating pizzette from Pasticceria Nobile (Cannaregio 1818). Whereas pizza is not a typical dish of Venice, Ae Oka (Sestiere Dorsoduro 1414) has outdoor seating with panoramic views and a kid-friendly menu that can also accommodate allergies with gluten and lactose free pizza options. There are several nice local places in Campo Santa Margherita, where families can sit outside, and watch Italian children play in the square. Maybe they will make some new Venetian friends…
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There was a great deal of talk — and even some action — this year about improving Nelson's look. Much of it was criticized but some of it was embraced.
• Plans for redesigning Hall Street (below) to improve its walkability and traffic flow between Baker Street and the waterfront got a mixed response.
"We see the Hall Street overhaul as a catalyst to redevelopment in the central waterfront," mayor John Dooley said. "Our plan is to, over time, revitalize the entire five-block corridor."
Kelowna's MMM Group was hired to work with an 11-member volunteer committee and city hall staff. The firm's Robert Fershau said they understood the project's importance in connecting two of Nelson's major public areas.
Following a public meeting and launch of a Facebook page, they came up with suggestions for IODE park, realigning the community complex entry, creating public plazas, and changing traffic patterns and parking.
The latter worried Pharmasave owner Tim O'Keefe who said it would be "be detrimental to the businesses on that street."
But in November, city council approved the preliminary design, which would cost anywhere from $1.8 million to $3 million and be broken into at least five phases over several years.
• Stone planter boxes in the interior amenity areas of the 400 block of Baker Street were removed this year, as called for in the Downtown Waterfront Plan.
City manager Kevin Cormack said in doing so, they were trying to open the sidewalk up. "Those planter boxes distanced the amenity area from the activity of what was gong on down the sidewalk," he said.
Though Cormack would not say the change happened because of loitering issues raised by downtown businesses, Justin Pelant of Ted Allen's Jewellery said it was "100 per cent" the reason.
The removal of the boxes, built in 1981, resulted in a short-lived protest.
• Nelson saw several sculptures added to its public areas this year, including a handful leased from Castlegar's Sculpturewalk at a cost of $1,500 to $2,000 each.
"It will be like a rotating public gallery," explained cultural development officer Joy Barrett, who is also the executive director of Sculpturewalk. "It's a really affordable way to bring quality public art into the downtown."
Four sculptures were installed on Baker Street and another on Ward Street outside of Touchstones, all but one by a local artist. The city also bought a sculpture called QR by Winlaw's Carl Schlichting (seen at left) and installed it on Railway Street.
But two sculptures were vandalized, first Sergio Raffo's Man Waiting, depicting a man standing on his head with a ball balancing on his feet. Someone chipped the elbow off. "It didn't look that bad, but it affected the stability so we had to take it down," Barrett said.
Less than a month later, Peter Vogellar's Venus de Cello was knocked off its pedestal. It suffered some scraping, but Barrett was relieved it wasn't smashed to pieces.
Despite the incidents, she insisted public response to the sculptures was positive and it wouldn't deter efforts to bring more public art to town.
• Nelson's Festival of Lights returned for a second year, bigger, better, and brighter.
Organizers requested $33,000 from the city's Spurway fund, dedicated for such projects, but received $10,000 as they did the previous year.
The funds were used to buy white LED lights, which with the help of Nelson Fire and Rescue were strung along the skylines of Baker Street buildings — 5,400 feet worth. They also decorated downtown lamp posts and tree trunks.
While the street level lights are installed seasonally, those on the buildings will be left in place year round and are on timers to come on from dusk to midnight throughout the winter.
"The LED lights work for peanuts — six strings of lights for a month only costs 24 cents," organizer Maureen Crawford said, suggesting they would look good at any time of year.
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Visit Jacques chocolate factory in Belgium. Founded in 1896 this educational museum uncovers everything from the cultivation of cacao to the finished products, from the origins to the fabrication of chocolate as well as the ceremonial rituals that accompanied its tasting in times gone by. Take the opportunity to explore the historic city of Valkenburg with its interesting historic sights. Or visit the municipal caves under Valkenburg dating back almost 2000 years.Journey to Vaals to the "Three Countries Point", where the borders of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium meet.Explore Maastricht. One of the oldest cities in Holland, as you will quickly discover when strolling through the historic inner city. Churches, city walls, monumental merchant houses and big squares merge seamlessly with a comprehensive and varied range of shops.Visit the picturesque town of Monschau. The historic town centre has many preserved half-timbered houses and narrow streets that have remained nearly unchanged for 300 years.
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Om al-Banin Cultural and Relief Center, dependent to Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Ammarah City of Iraq, distributed large quantities of food among needy families in this City. This charity program was conducted in cooperation with Misbah al-Hussain Institute, which is also supervised by the Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in holy Karbala.
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Mkhitaryan Wears The Arsenal Jersey As Rojo Says His Goodbye In Tears
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Arsenal-bound star Henrikh Mkhitaryan said a 'tearful goodbye' to his team-mates on Friday…but it looks like some are taking his exit harder than others.
The Armenian is expected to undergo his medical with the Gunners this afternoon and an announcement on his move to the Emirates could be made tomorrow.
United's deal for Alexis Sanchez was dependent on Mkhitaryan agreeing to join the Gunners and, though he feels pushed out by the Red Devils, he's still a popular figure with his team-mates at Old Trafford.
So much so that United defender Marcos Rojo took time out of a family trip to London this weekend to visit Mkhitaryan ahead of his move to the Gunners and to say his final goodbyes.
Mkhitaryan was with his agent, Mino Raiola, at a London hotel when Rojo arrived to greet his soon-to-be former team-mate.
Rojo is also in London and bumped into Mkhitaryan at a hotel. United players have been given two days off after today's win #mufc pic.twitter.com/UZAeN5dYQz
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10) Challenger 600
This one comes in at $5 million and is the 'cheapest' on the list. Truly gorgeous and luxurious from top to bottom.
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This one comes in at $22 million.
8) Embraer Legacy 650
This one is listed to be around $30 million.
7) Bombardier BD-700
This is the next one on the list and comes in at a cool $45 million.
6) Sukhoi Superjet 100
We finally hit the $50 million mark with this bad boy with the title of being a 'super jet'. It is truly a beauty.
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5) Bombardier Global 8000 ($66 million)
We start to get into the high end private jets now, where the rich start thinking twice and maybe thrice.
4) Airbus ACJ319 ($80 Million)
This is a beautiful private jet that is truly one of a kind when it comes to overall speed and class.
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You might as well start your own airline after getting this as the $100 million mark is cracked.
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If you don't like the cheaper Boeing, this one should do at a cool $150 million.
1) Airbus A380 ($500 Million)
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Messaging apps are a dime a dozen these days, and although BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) from the Canadian smartphone vendor was once all the rage, it has been relegated to the back seat over the past several years with the advent of various cross-platform mobile messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Hike, Viber, Line, WeChat and the like. However, BBM's dwindling popularity can mostly be attributed to the falling market share of BlackBerry's smartphones amidst an explosion of consumer-oriented mobile platforms like Android and iOS. Having accepted the declining nature of its own, in-house operating system, BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion) made its BBM app cross-platform back in 2013, meaning, it wasn't exclusive for BlackBerry handsets anymore.
However, the damage was done, and BBM, the service that was once the first and last word in the world of instant mobile messaging, was now hard pressed to find new users, who had, by then, hopped onto the bandwagon of some of the newer kids on the messaging block, like WhatsApp or iMessage. As for BBM, even as the Canadian company was trying to gain more users for its messaging app, it withdrew a couple of its newer features – Retract and Timer – from the free version of the software. The features were originally introduced to BBM in late 2014, and was available for free with the basic version of the app. However, as part of its push to monetize software in face of fast-declining hardware sales, BlackBerry introduced a $1 monthly fee for a premium tier, and incorporated the two aforementioned features within that subscription plan.
However, the latest update to the BlackBerry Messenger app on the Google Play Store has now reinstated the 'Retract' and 'Timer' features to the free version of the app, although, the paid-for premium subscription tier continues to remain an option. While most of the features on BBM are now available for free with the 'Privacy and Control' subscription tier being done away for good, users can still opt to pay a monthly fee to get rid of the ads and avail of a couple of other features, called 'Sticker Club' and 'Custom Pin'.


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We are pleased to announce this year's technical tour will be to Bonneville Lock and Dam! Bonneville Dam was created to provide hydropower to the Pacific Northwest and is located just 40 miles east of Portland. The tour will be on Tuesday, October 4th and costs $40 per person. Buses will depart the hotel at 9AM and return by 4:30PM. The day will consist of a tour of the dam, the fish hatchery, lunch at a local restaurant on the water, and a scenic stop at Multnomah Falls. Capacity is limited with only 50 seats available. Reserve yours today by clicking here!


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For a long, long time of my adult life, I have stayed away from mature romance. One primary reason being that most of the books in this genre deal with some very discomforting issues such as domestic abuse, infidelity etc. To say the least, most of us don't find these aspects to meet well with our sensibilities. Yet now as I near my middle age, I realize that to judge is not a very good virtue. There is always a story to what led to what it led to. 'A Forgotten Affair' by Kanchana Banerjee is one such tale of love, betrayal and deceit that will make you shift in your seats.
Book Review – A Forgotten Affair by Kanchana Banerjee
The plot is very discomfiting from the word go, with the lady lead Sagarika meeting with an accident and losing her memory and the husband evidently camouflaging the entire situation. For a long part, the author dwells into how miserable Sagarika is feeling as she tries to remember her past. Through a gripping narrative, I definitely felt the frustration, the fear and uncertainty that she must have felt in her situation. But as the pages of the past finally begin to unfold, I felt incredulous at how one's life could go awry in an unexpected turn of events.
Sagarika is determined to listen to her intuition and not give in to the pressures being built around her by a set of people who she has no memory of. What follows is a sequence of events some sheer coincidences and some orchestrated that finally take her to discovering who she was. Once she is aware of what her past consisted of, she emerges stronger and more confident than ever to not let her past shadow her future. As she confronts her deceiving husband, reunites with her friends and her true love she makes a conscientious decision to find herself in her own right.
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I loved how Kanchana Banerjee has made Sagarika evolve from being a carefree girl, to a woman who is much more conscious of her needs. From somebody who just wants to float, to someone who finally knows what she wants in life. It is always good to read journey of a woman, who from being dependent on others, decides to take charge of her life. That is the kind of empowerment that has to come from within.
The strength of character of the supporting caste(if I may use the word 'caste') is commendable. Roohi and Shekhar rise up to various occasions as true friends who are a reality check in the face of their friends' faults, yet stand by them as their pillars to help them live through the dark patches of life, rise up from the ashes.
The language is near perfect, and is successful in bringing a poignant tale to a deserving closure. Not once did I feel any kind of slag during the story, or the need that the author should have paced up a little. Neither did any part leave me feeling cheated nor in need of more details, be it the physical aspects, the emotions, the back stories. This quick read by Kanchana Barnerjee is one gripping story that takes you through a plethora of emotions and in the end leaves you with a sad but sweet taste.


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World-famous, award-winning, Glastonbury Festival performing, family rave sensation Big Fish Little Fish are back at Hangar 34, Liverpool for a family Christmas rave up.
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents, rave legend Mark Archer (Altern-8) will be providing the (grown-up) tunes for families to dance together on the dancefloor with confetti cannons, bubbles, giant balloons and parachute dance finale.
There will also be Lonely Planet Kids craft tables with themed crafting, a large colouring-in mural, and playdough tables, as well as a play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with mats, toys and small ball pool. Plus, there's face painting and free transfer tattoos!
For families with younger children (8s and under) though all ages are welcome, as long as there are both adults and children in your party. Adult only groups are not admitted. A max of 3 children per adult in a family. If attending as a large birthday party please ensure one adult to two children minimum. For more details visit the Eventbrite page here.
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Stevie Nicks wins fans' hearts with Fleetwood Mac tour news
(CBS News) Stevie Nicks made Fleetwood Mac fans very happy this week when she revealed the band will tour in 2013 during an interview on "CBS This Morning."
Nicks said a reunion will happen "next year, so far." She added, "It's the plan. Because that's what we do. I do my thing. And Lindsey (Buckingham is) out doing his thing now."Pictures: Stevie Nicks - A lifetime of music
When asked if everyone was on board for 2013, Nicks said, "Oh yeah."
Nicks' news made Mac fans very happy. After all, it's been three years since the band went on the road.
Twitter has been full of positive reaction from fans. Here's a sampling:
Nicks is currently on the road, playing a few solo shows before she teams with Rod Stewart for the "Heart & Soul" tour.
Watch Nicks' interview on "CBS This Morning" below: