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WordPress CDN – The Most Effective Way to Speed Up Your Site
When was the last time you checked how fast your WordPress site is performing? Was it fast enough or needing some remarkable speed improvements? No matter how lightweight, smooth, and speedy your WordPress site is at your location, chances are many users are still experiencing significantly slower loading times in different geographic regions.
Since your WordPress site speed depends mostly on your hosting server's quality and geographical location, it can never be fast enough for all users around the world. Although WordPress offers you many options to decrease page load time, ranging from browser caching and code minification to image optimization and caching plug-ins, none of these techniques are as efficient and powerful as using a Content Delivery Network (CDN).
What is a WordPress CDN?
Also called Content Distribution Network, a Content Delivery Network is a globally distributed network of powerful proxy servers that work together to ensure the fastest loading of web pages anywhere across the globe. These interconnected servers store your WordPress site's static content and deliver a duplicate (cached) copy of the static data to users based on their geographic locations.
The static content that a WordPress CDN serves include images, videos, PDFs, and static libraries such as CSS and JavaScript, and other heavy resources that build up your site. Ultimately, a WordPress CDN's primary purpose is to load web page content faster by reducing data packets' traveling time.
To better understand the functioning of a WordPress CDN, take a look at this handy graphic by GTmetrix:
The way WordPress CDN works is very straightforward. Unlike a traditional web host that serves your website's content from a single location, a WordPress CDN keeps separate copies of your website on high-speed servers. Whenever a user tries to access the website, the CDN serves the cached content from the server nearest to the user's geographical location. Consequently, your WordPress site loads much faster, delivering users a better experience.
The content delivery network can be divided into three main categories:
- Content Service Protocols: These are fully managed hosted networks that we're going to discuss in this blog post.
- P2P Networks: Peer-to-peer (P2P) CDNs work between personal computers and are not suitable to host a website's content. For instance, BitTorrent.
- Private CDNs: If you're not satisfied with the above options, you can create your own global network of servers. This is called a private CDN.
Depending on your requirements and budget, you can go with any of the above options. Now let's take a look at the benefits of a WordPress CDN.
Key Benefits of Using a WordPress CDN
A CDN benefits your WordPress site in many ways. Here are just a few of them:
- Speed: Improving the website speed to the maximum extent is why people prefer a WordPress CDN. Cutting down your website data's overall traveling time, a CDN ensures the lowest possible latency and loads your WordPress site load in a snap.
- High Global Availability and Scalability: What if a sudden spike in traffic crashes or shuts your website's central server down? A WordPress CDN keeps your website always up and running with multiple servers to handle the increased traffic load. For example, CloudFlare's Always Online technology keeps a limited version of your site online even if the original server goes offline.
- Security: WordPress CDNs leverage the power of leading-edge technologies, like Origin Shield and WAF (Web Application Firewalls), to keep your website's data secure, execute transactions, and prevent DDoS and Layer 7 attacks.
- SEO Advantages: Everyone knows Google loves a blazing fast website! A WordPress CDN not only helps your website rank higher in search engine result pages, but it also increases your website images crawl rate for Google Image Search.
- Lower Bandwidth Costs: A WordPress CDN cuts bandwidth requests by offloading CPU, traffic, and other resources from the original server. Ideally, The lower bandwidth requests are, the more bandwidth costs you save.
Types of WordPress Sites That Must Use a CDN
Now that you're familiar with all the aspects of a WordPress CDN, the next question is how you will determine if a website really needs to implement a CDN. Although a CDN is beneficial in every way and every scenario, there are certain cases wherein a WordPress site must implement it:
- Your WordPress site is growing at a fast pace.
- You run a complex, media-rich WordPress site that contains a lot of videos, images, and audio clips.
- Your site is receiving a significant amount of traffic from various geographic locations around the globe.
- You have a WordPress-powered eCommerce site that often experiences sudden traffic spikes, particularly during holidays and special occasions.
- You run an online community website where a lot of users interact simultaneously.
- Your site utilizes resources of third party websites, software, and services.
- Your budget permits implementing a CDN on your WordPress site.
If your WordPress site falls into the criteria mentioned above, you should implement a CDN as soon as possible.
Some Popular CDN Services for a Blazingly Fast WordPress Site
There are countless free and paid options out there to choose from when it comes to implementing a CDN on your WordPress site. However, your best bet would be to select a web host offering bundled free CDN integration, such as WPEngine, Kinsta, and Pagely. In case you have already purchased a hosting package, here are some of the top third-party WordPress CDN service providers you can go with:
- Jetpack Site Accelerator: Not a pure CDN, but indeed a great way to speed up your WordPress site by optimizing images and serving static resources from a globally distributed network of servers. It's free to use!
- Cloudflare: One of the most popular CDNs available on the market today, Cloudflare offers a compelling free plan for small personal websites and blogs. Perfect for enterprise-level users too!
- StackPath CDN: A well-known premium CDN powering numerous reputable websites, such as The Washington Times and The Next Web.
- KeyCDN: A simple and easy to setup CDN with a robust network of servers spread across Europe, Asia, and America. No fixed monthly fee, simply pay-as-you-go. It also offers a 14-day free trial!
- CDN77: Another fast, secure, and reliable CDN with global flat-rate pricing. It comes with a 14-day free trial. The premium plan starts at $199 per month.
- Amazon CloudFront: A highly secure, fast, and programmable CDN that securely delivers data to users globally with low latency! All AWS accounts include 12 months of free tier access.
- Fastly: Fastly is a real-time content delivery network that helps websites and apps perform faster globally. No fixed monthly fee, simply pay-as-you-go. You can try Fasty for up to $50 of traffic for free.
Key Factors to Consider When Choosing a Perfect WordPress CDN
Whether you're looking for a free WordPress CDN or a paid one, consider the following vital factors to make the right decision:
- Easy Integration with WordPress
- User-friendly Dashboard
- Analytics Reporting
- Real-time Content Purging
- Free SSL Integration
- HTTP/2 Support
- Server Availability in the locations, wherefrom you're getting most of your website traffic.
- Customer Support
- Reasonable pricing – make sure it's easy on your budget.
#Final Words
To sum it up, going with a WordPress CDN would surely be a great and wise decision towards making your website load faster in every corner of the world. However, a general rule says that you shouldn't solely depend on a WordPress CDN for speed. You must still consider the other options to speed up your WordPress site, such as image optimization, using a reliable caching plug-in, minifying CSS and JavaScript, choosing a lightning-fast web host, and so on. Finally, if you're facing difficulties implementing a WordPress CDN or improving your site's speed, you can always hire expert WordPress developers.


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Senator Ron Johnson is being dragged for saying that he would have felt threatened during the Capitol Hill riots if the mob were Black Lives Matter activists or Antifa.
According to Mediaite, he said that he did not feel threatened during the attack: "Because I didn't [feel threatened]. Mainly because I knew, even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, and so I wasn't concerned," he said.
"Now, had the tables been turned — and Joe, this could get me in trouble — had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election, and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned."

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Canadians prefer to maintain a prosaic view of their politics. We tend to ignore the fact our longest-serving prime minister communed with his dead mother, or that there was once a premier of British Columbia named Amor De Cosmos. But we simply don't know about Anthony Lockwood. On June 1, 1823, Lockwood, a member of New Brunswick's ruling Executive Council, dictated a proclamation in Fredericton's public square declaring he was overthrowing the government. He then galloped through the village of 1,700, waving his pistols and threatening to kill his enemies. His one-man coup d'état failed when the high sheriff arrested him. Lockwood was declared mad, and later left for England to spend the rest of his life in and out of asylums.
Who was this guy? Thomas, a professor of English at the University of New Brunswick who died in 2007, and Tracy, a UNB naval historian who completed the book, had no easy task in finding out. In part that was because Lockwood rose from humble, poorly documented origins to the heights of colonial society, and in part because he seems to have destroyed—in his madness or out of revolutionary fervour—many of the official documents of his career. Yet enough remains to paint a portrait of his 25 years in the Royal Navy, spanning the French wars and the War of 1812. Lockwood was commended for bravery against the French, was present at the famous Spithead Mutiny in 1797, was shipwrecked and imprisoned in France, and did a three-year stint as marine surveyor of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. He was, in short, an accomplished man of his revolutionary times, and the authors—neutral about the exact mix of disease and ideology that motivated him—convincingly argue, in this intriguing look at a little-known corner of Canadian history, that Lockwood's grand gesture on that spring day in 1823 was "both mad and meaningful."


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How Much Did You Spend On School Supplies?
Ten years ago you could probably buy your children's school supplies for under $40. If you use coupons and shop at 3 or 4 stores you might be able to buy your children's school supplies for under $40 this year. However, most Twin Falls parents report spending between $60 to $100 per child this year on school supplies.
In the last 5 years school supply lists have grown into more than just school supplies. We've seen disinfecting wipes, paper towels, ziploc bags, baby wipes, post-it's, dry-erase markers, etc. added to the list. Currently most Twin Falls schools have added these items to a "suggested list". The suggested list is a great idea expect for the fact that now parents are buying supplies for everyone else's kids. This has made some parents very angry.
Parents are posting all over social media that school supply lists are out of control. The biggest complaint I am seeing is each child's school supplies aren't being used by the children they are purchased for. If parents are going to spend this kind of money on supplies they want the supplies to go to THEIR kids not everyone else's.
Do you agree that school supply lists have gotten out of hand? Or should we suck it up and spend an entire day, and a good portion of our paychecks, on supply because it's truly what they need?


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It is safe to say that Rafa Benitez and his Newcastle players will be enjoying this two-week break between the huge win over Manchester United and the trip to Bournemouth.
That unexpected victory lifted the Magpies out of the relegation zone and into mid-table, lifting moods on Tyneside as the situation started to look a little desperate.
And another three-points at Bournemouth would now lift Newcastle above the 10th-placed side and onto 31 points with 10 games of the season remaining.
That would represent huge progress for Rafa's side, with safety surely all but secured at that point, with winnable home games still to come.
But just as victory could set the tone for a comfortable end to the season, defeat on the south coast would plunge Newcastle right back into trouble.
Relegation rivals are picking up results on a weekly basis now and Newcastle have to follow up the trip to Bournemouth with another away game at high-flying Liverpool.
By the time the Magpies return home to face Southampton on March 10, their tally of 28 points could see them back in the thick of the fight at the bottom.
Beating Man United eased a lot of the pressure on Rafa and Newcastle, but it is crucial they do not take their foot off the pedal now, with this weekend's fixture equally as important.
We should know a lot more about how the coming months will pan out after Saturday…


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We help ensure drinking water supply
People often realize how important water is when there is no water coming out of their tap. If we had not helped quickly, thousands of people would have been left without water. We have provided tank trucks or water containers, for example, to the municipalities of Jiříkov, Nedašova Lhota, Staré Křečany, Rosice, Mikulášovice or Jedousov. Most municipalities borrowed tanks for half a year.
It turns out that extreme drought is an increasing problem. While mainly wells in the villages were drying out in the past, now the wells that feed local water mains often dry out as well. Equipment from the Czech reserves has been deployed in about 20 municipalities and has helped to ensure the supply of drinking water to 20,000 people in recent years. Drought problems were solved, for example, in Liboměřice, Žumberk, Míčov-Sušice, Varnsdorf, Nedašov, Tisová, Píšť, Maršovice, Dešná, Seč, and Dobříš.
Further help
This year, we are ready again to provide help to municipalities and ensure the supply of drinking water to the population. In addition to tanks, we also have tank trucks, drinking water containers and drinking water treatment equipment in Czech reserves. In total, there are hundreds of pieces of equipment. We have warehouses all over the country, so we can help very quickly.
How does it work?
The mayor of the village turns to us for help. We sign a lease agreement with him and then we are able to bring the necessary equipment directly to the site in a matter of hours. For some municipalities, a tank truck is enough and they use it to fill a water tank with it, so that people have tap water at home. Other municipalities prefer the classic method. They lease tanks, place them around the village and people go to them to get water. If a state of crisis is not declared in the republic or region, we cannot lend the equipment free of charge. The tank lease costs 3 to 5 thousand crowns a month. It depends on the size of the tank.


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No doubt if you are an AWS user or administrator, you know it is a tedious process to manage your images of instances in an AWS EC2 environment. Manual labor intensive script writing is how you are managing this process today which can result in the mismanagement of images resulting in higher costs, human error, and lost time. Imagine if you could automate the entire scheduling and management process. Would this make your life better?
Asigra recently announced a software solution called AWS Snapshot Manager that automates the entire image management, scheduling and reporting process within an AWS EC2 environment. And best of all the software is free and available today in the AWS Marketplace.
How Does AWS Snapshot Manager Work?
Asigra AWS Snapshot Manager can automatically create machine images across multiple AWS environments. The software also enables AWS administrators to create schedules, set retention management policies, apply application consistent backups for mission critical applications in seconds and has security built-in with role based permission access controlling user rights.
Key Features of AWS Snapshot Manager
- Supports Windows and Linux
- VSS Aware
- Role based
- User Friendly UI
- Automatically restore, copy, delete, migrate between regions, start, stop, launch or delete the images on the fly
- Email Alerts
- Reporting and Notifications


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Advertising is a form of communication tool used by firms in marketing designed to increase awareness to the customers as well as positioning it in their mind. The major aim of advertising is to drive the consumers towards changing their behavior in buying and persuade them to prefer the particular advertised item. It has been broadly defined as a non-personal paid for communication about a certain organization, idea or goods and services that is persuasive in nature by a certain sponsor. Today almost all firms and organizations engage in several forms of advertising to change consumers behavior in buying.
The advertisements have an effect on the customer behavior where through persuasion customers change their preferences. Advertising has a direct impact on the consumer behavior where it influences their purchasing behavior through persuasion that is aimed at informing consumers of the benefits of the products. Advertisement is targeted at particular customers through satisfying their needs. Advertising manages to position a brand at the back of customers mind. When well positioned, consumers will want to associate themselves with the particular product out of their perception towards it.
For instance, Nokia Company positions its brand as one that connects people. Many people would be interested in this particular product because they know thy will be connected to others. This way, the advertisement will capture many buyers hence influence the consumers to buy its products. The main objective behind advertisement is influencing the consumers to behave in a certain way when it comes buying, one that favors the advertisers. The advertisement aims at making a good impression to the consumers, one that persuades them to believe what the advertisement displays such as strong words and images.
For instance, if an advertiser knows that a particular group of people is interested in a certain lifestyle such as having a beautiful figure for women; they could advertise their goods b through showing how their products transform a person into this ideal figure. Consequently, people will believe the product and probably end up purchasing to try its effects. This way, the advertisement will have influenced consumers mind as well as behavior. Another way advertisement manages to influence consumer behavior is through hanging their perception concerning a particular product or through selling ideas. Advertisements are in many forms and some are meant to sell ideas. Advertisements that sell ideas make people change from their views to the ideas put across by the advertisement. For instant, during political campaigns, politicians sell their ideas to people that determine who might win. Without such adverts, the politicians would not influence people to vote in their favor. More so, adverts that aim to change the perspective of people on a certain product manage to change people's views.


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text: I occasionally like to play a game called Civilization. It's a strategy video game in which you aim to build an empire and conquer a large map, overcoming many challenges and enemies on your way. I'm terrible at it, but there are many lessons to learn by playing it, so on occasion I'll fire it up to remind myself of how complex the world is and how inevitably morally corrupt human governments are. To "win" in … [Read more...]


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Cineville is the film club for cinemagoers in The Netherlands. For a monthly fee, a Cineville card allows you to watch as many films as you like in film theatres across the country. Yet, this membership seemed mainly reserved for the niche cinematographic arthouse lovers. How can Cineville appeal to everyone who loves film – be it the latest blockbuster or a Slovakian film noir from '95?
Arthouse films might not be everyone's jam, but everyone loves a good film. To broaden Cineville's scope, we joined forces with three film directors to show the diversity of good films. Good films come in every genre. Some good films are good because they're so bad. Others are primarily good if you watch them with your lover, or with a hangover. All in all, Cineville offers many films that can be good for many reasons, but ultimately the viewer decides what's good for them.
Year: 2021
Agency: KesselsKramer
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Colorado's boutique accommodations foresee bright long term immediately after COVID-19 chaos
In advance of the coronavirus pandemic, the range of boutique motels in Colorado was developing,…
In advance of the coronavirus pandemic, the range of boutique motels in Colorado was developing, with funky and eclectic qualities opening up in the Denver area and in tourism-targeted communities in the mountains.
Then COVID-19 arrived along, stalling growth and designs for the complete hospitality business. The resort field endured its "most devastating calendar year on record" in 2020, as vacation slammed to a standstill and extra than 670,000 resort marketplace jobs vanished nationwide, according to the American Lodge and Lodging Association.
But that turned all around final 12 months, as travel-starved guests emerged from quarantine. The development of vaccines and "consumer optimism" led to a improve in demand from customers in 2021, which is envisioned to proceed into this 12 months, AHLA and Accenture predicted in a the latest report. In 2022, occupancy costs and room profits are predicted to virtually rebound back again to 2019 ranges, Oxford Economics estimates.
The boutique resort sector is especially observing expansion, accounting for nearly 5,500 lodges across the U.S. – a 7.7% soar in comparison to 2021, reported Christian E. Hardigree, dean of the Metropolitan Condition University of Denver's University of Hospitality. The pandemic has pushed travelers towards the boutique sector, which is anticipated to rake in $16.9 billion in earnings this 12 months, she added in a cell phone interview.
"People are like, 'Hey, it is a lesser facility. I'm not dealing with countless numbers of folks,' " Hardigree reported. "I experience safer and more in manage of my natural environment."
Virtually two yrs immediately after COVID-19 started its distribute, Henning Rahm, regional basic supervisor for the two Limelight Resort Aspen and Snowmass, sees a silver lining for his sector: It "created an über-amount of need."
"We see a cancellation appear in, and just about two new requests for the same time body," Rahm added in a cellphone interview.
He pointed to plenty of pandemic-associated problems, like provide-chain concerns that still left a facility renovation unfinished by its deadline. His business has also taken the phase of requiring evidence of COVID-19 vaccinations for staff members and friends — not an sector regular in the U.S. but a little something that inns in other parts of the country are carrying out.
Boutique resorts fall underneath distinct fashion groups and offer "curated" encounters. Mustafa Menekse, director of revenue and marketing and advertising at The Maven, individually considers a boutique resort as one particular with "no brand at the rear of it," like Marriott Global Inc., or Hilton Globally Holdings Inc. "We basically produce all of the amenities from scratch, and tailor to our audience."
The Maven opened in April 2017 in downtown Denver's Reduced Downtown community. It is situated in Dairy Block, a micro-district that the moment housed Windsor Dairy, which allows The Maven's staff give visitors "an urban experience," Menekse explained in a cellular phone interview.
"A real boutique, unbiased hotel does not respond to to any company manufacturer," mentioned Ed Blair, spot normal manager of The Oxford Hotel in LoDo and The Crawford Hotel over Denver Union Station. A previous Marriott worker, Blair's been an market fixture due to the fact 1989. "We get to decide what our model is, and transform that by the hour if we so decide on."
The two lodges tie luxury with heritage, he additional, pointing to The Oxford's latest 130th anniversary. Travelers are "looking for anything which is acquired heart and soul," significantly following the pandemic boxed them into their households, Blair said.
COVID-19 quickly shuttered the doorways of his accommodations and that led to tricky staffing choices in 2020. "To appear in the eyes of 60 people today that you like and care for and lay them off or place them on furlough was surely the most unpleasant and tricky qualified experience I've ever had," Blair explained.
Having said that, past calendar year went "exceptionally well" for the two The Crawford and The Oxford, he mentioned, with their overall performance nearing that of 2019. "We be expecting to see a terrific recovery in 2022," with team business enterprise and corporate travel with any luck , returning, Blair extra.
Simply because of the increasing level of popularity of boutique inns, Don Swedberg, general manager of Kimpton Hotel Monaco Denver located downtown, claimed marketplace giants have attempted to change towards the boutique fashion in excess of the past 10 years. "A lot of my vocation, I spent it with large, significant manufacturers, and they can be stuffy and uptight," stated Swedberg, a 30-yr sector veteran who joined Hotel Monaco's workforce in 2019.
Nonetheless, the Kimpton Lodge & Cafe Team LLC is an industry powerhouse in its very own appropriate, with 75 open up accommodations and 32 under growth, as of Sept. 30. The group statements it "first launched the boutique concept" to the U.S. on its web site, and Swedberg calls Resort Monaco the very first boutique lodge in Denver when it opened in 1998.
Boutique accommodations enable visitors and workers "be a little little bit quirky," he added in a mobile phone job interview. Swedberg pointed to their partnership with Colorado-centered Lifeline Pet Rescue, which delivers puppies into the resort to socialize them.
Candace Duran, director of income and marketing and advertising at HALCYON, a hotel in Cherry Creek, highlighted the tiny touches that increase a traveler's remain, these as rooftop telescopes and complementary accessibility to the Denver Botanic Gardens.
Attendees are "really wanting to shell out for an experience," she claimed, with the pandemic only encouraging that frame of mind.
"People did not balk at premiums. They ended up all set to travel," reported Duran, who's labored at HALCYON for almost 5 decades. "Every weekend, we were being marketed out, virtually," for the duration of the summer time months of 2021.
Provided the hotel's success in bouncing again from the pandemic's initial influence, she looks ahead cautiously: "This up coming 12 months – since it was so wonderful last calendar year – is a minor scary."


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In 2011, Lebanese youth watched as mass uprisings across the Arab World spread to every media outlet in the region. They witnessed hundreds of thousands of youth in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt come together to demand political change. Eight years later, Lebanese youth proved their ability to join efforts in a similar manner. It only takes one look at the protests happening across Lebanon today to recognize that the youth has been a massive engine for social and political transformation, by serving as catalysts for change across major cities in Lebanon.
Protestors watched as young activists, many of them school and university students, took to the streets with banners, speeches, and chants, despite being traditionally marginalized and left out of the political discourse. So how did the students organize and come together? Lebanon's youth, particularly the post-Civil War generation, have been confronted by manifestations of the sectarian conflict in every aspect of their lives. As a result, the October 17 revolution brought to light groups of young people and students from across public and private universities that powered a fierce and unprecedented national movement, fueled by their rejection of the current status.
It is not only the scale of the protests that were unprecedented but also the fact that it was a cultural revolution where no young person living in today's Lebanon can or is able to understand why the system continues to discriminate based on sect, class, age, gender or sexual identity – and it is precisely for this reason that young people were leaving behind ideologies so deeply engrained in their families and societies, and organizing amongst themselves to demand a country that looks more like them. Their involvement played a fundamental, if often uncelebrated, role in driving the key successes of this revolution by refusing to pay the price for a crisis they had no role in creating.
Here are three key reasons why youth were at the forefront of the October 17 revolution:
Lack of Political Representation
The Lebanese political system has repeatedly marginalized any groups that do not serve the agenda of the ruling class from participating in public life – youth, women, and minorities, among others. On the one hand, the nature of Lebanon's power-sharing system helped the same people renew their terms by maintaining a complex and codependent relationship with each other, sidelining groups and individuals who pose any type of threat to their existing power. The electoral law, on the other hand, kept the voting age at 21, discouraging young people from taking up an active and pivotal role. Therefore, Lebanese youth have not, at any point in recent history, enjoyed an enabling environment for their participation in traditional politics. The only space that which the youth have been active was either through contact with formal political parties or student elections for university student councils. This exclusion from decision-making, combined with limited educational and economic opportunities, leaves out young people from any decisive discussions on practical solutions related to employment, education, gender policies, freedom of speech, and others.
The October 17 revolution, being so organically decentralized, allowed young individuals to express ideas openly in a sphere that was not otherwise available to them. Groups of young people working together started voicing progressive political, social, and economic ideas that were not being tackled by members of the ruling class: issues like social and economic justice, LGBTQ+ rights, refugee rights, and migrant workers' rights had never been adequately represented the way the younger generation sees them. Dima Ayache, a member of the American University of Beirut (AUB) Secular Club, says that these are the main pillars of what the club stands for. "We started tackling issues like feminism, homophobia, and racism on the streets and people were asking us why we are speaking up against these issues now," Dima explains. "But we are revolting against an entire political system with all its characteristics and values," she continues.
Vocal student groups quickly raised awareness about these progressive values by creating constructive dialogue on the importance of these matters and their interconnectedness with the political system. Student groups thus have been the driving force behind these ideas as well as behind the rejection of the archaic modes of addressing them that no longer represent the principles of young people. "Students had definitely been preparing and building up for the revolution by consistently calling for progressive political values without negotiation," said Farah Baba, political activist, and former AUB Secular Club member. "This dates back to the students' involvement in political movements since 2008, where students were the only groups not represented by the March 14 and March 8 dichotomy, giving them the freedom to express alternative ideas outside the boundaries of sectarian politics," she continued.
Having worked together on multiple movements over the past years including the antiparliamentary extension campaign, civil marriage campaign, anti-domestic violence campaign as well as the 2015 You Stink Movement, student groups had been at the forefront of all these transformative junctures. With the absence of a centralized leadership for the revolution, students and young people used the streets to create a collective identity for themselves, revealing their long-simmering anger against the failure of the ruling class. The streets allowed the youth to create a community that resembles their vision for the country: clean, secular, accountable, inclusive, and democratic.
Space for Expression
As protests swept through the country in a matter of hours, public plazas like Martyr's Square in Beirut and Al Nour Square in Tripoli, as well as spaces like Zaytouna Bay, Ministries, and the Central Bank, that are known to be heavily policed urban spaces, turned into sites of dissent. The streets offered a space for youth to be active and to voice their demands without being suppressed. Suppression, prior to October 17, came in many forms, including some universities not permitting student elections on campuses, robbing youth of the chance to practice "small scale" politics and gain firsthand expertise in demand-driven campaigning. Jawad Hamieh, a member of the Lebanese University's (LU) "ةينانبللا ةعماجلا بلاط لتكت" which stands for "Education, Freedom, and Social Justice", explains that the margin of freedom in their university was very low and that until recently, they had still been discussing issues like the right for students to play music on campus. When asked about how LU students coordinated efforts, Jawad explains that "Over the summer months, the teachers' strike at LU sparked a movement. Students across different campuses did not all know or communicate with each other prior to that moment. It created a space to organize and coordinate among like-minded groups."
"Students started protesting in front of the Ministry of the Education and gradually organized General Assemblies to discuss the issue of the university's budget and quality of education, among other things" continued Jawad. "Students took up the responsibility of fighting for the role of LU as the only public university. And we used these efforts to organize for the October 17 revolution" noted Jawad.
Alternatively, universities that do have elections on campus, helped students build momentum around policy-based movements in democratic and participatory settings that pushed them to move their activist struggles outside universities. Verena Amil, a member of the Universite Saint Joseph (USJ) Secular Club, explains that as a club, they were already in the process of internal organization. "The revolution accelerated our progress. Several independent groups at USJ started reaching out to work together. We organized discussions inside campuses that continued in the tents on the streets. This was then mirrored by the university's Faculty of Law, where professors were consequently encouraged to organize a series of discussions and debates in the tents following the same manner," Verena clarified. "This boosted student's confidence in their ability to influence change" she highlighted.
The revolution moved the role and influence of students outside the walls of schools and universities. Dima Ayache emphasized that "this moment is what we had been waiting for so long. As an independent political group, we had been working towards this change both on and off campuses with campaigns like Beirut Madinati. We started organizing as individual groups, then recognized that working together as a block was very powerful," said Dima. This was when the national student campaign titled "October 17 Students" was created and invited participation from universities including AUB, Lebanese American University (LAU), USJ, LU, American University for Science and Technology (AUST), Balamand, Notre Dame University (NDU), and Beirut Arab University (BAU).
Nonetheless, independent groups inside universities continued to face political blocks that represent the political elite. The rise of the cross-university independent youth political network, Mada, allowed students to organize, mobilize and plan for demand-driven movements among like-minded groups and individuals. Karim Safieddine, political activist and former President of the AUB Secular Club says "There is a definitely a difference between organizing for elections and organizing for a protest. However, the network of Mada as a whole played a very important role in exporting the way student elections are conducted, and exporting the model that is used in many universities including AUB, LAU, and USJ – meaning every faculty, major or program will have representatives, similar to the way we organized for the October 17 revolution, in a representative and coordinated manner." As a network, Mada allowed for the exchange of knowledge and skills among both established independent student clubs and newer movements.
Creation of Alliances
In addition to networks among student groups, the revolution created an environment for alliances to organize around common concerns, enabling a united forward-looking vision among several different organizing groups. Coalitions between students and other groups like the alliance of professors, feminist groups, workers, and other syndicates were crucial to producing the widespread awareness and momentum that would soon take over. Farah Baba echoed by saying, "there was a chain effect among common interest groups. We recognized the importance of creating alliances with other sectors. This allowed the exchange of skills and experiences not just as a unifying front for mutual demands, but also in support of each group's direct battles, such as the AUB Secular Club's battle with the dollarization of the tuition fees." These alliances served as an intricate method for purposeful political communication and forged bonds of solidarity. The developments of the revolution day after day naturally favored broader popular mobilization in many parts of Lebanon, motivating younger populations to seek remedies for common grievances they had with similar groups. Jawad Hamieh agreed by saying, "there is a need to create these alliances while maintaining the unique identity of student blocks. We have overlapping demands that we mobilized for together."
These alliances, involving continuous dialogue and communication, generate and dispense a wealth of information that freed groups from relying on mainstream media to communicate their messages. With different groups involved at different stages of the revolution, key political statements were reaching mass audiences across the country and creating a ripple effect. Common demands were being voiced including more funding for the Lebanese University, better job prospects, an end to nepotism and sectarianism in job hiring, pension reform, and proper healthcare. This helped galvanize the protests by providing tools and allowing calls for shared concerns to cut across social classes and attract groups in urban and rural areas alike. Students, like other groups, all had demanded, they all had issues to raise – no matter where they came from or who they represented.
Moving Forward
Despite attempts to intimidate and co-opt the revolution, students and young people show no sign of abating. The streets have become bastions for struggle as well as for learning. Changing tactics and adapting to the streets means that students are not remotely satisfied by empty promises for reform or the typical political maneuvering from the same political class that failed to save the country from the current crisis. Students also have a chance to make a substantial contribution to Lebanon's political environment by making their efforts electorally significant in the upcoming parliamentary elections. It is safe to say that this revolution has not been linear, and students have continued to prove to the rest of the population that Lebanon is worth fighting for. Their burning anger towards the entire political establishment that has not only robbed them of the chance to imagine a future in this country but also wrecked every prospect of their present lives is enough to keep the revolution moving forward.
About the author
Poliana Geha is a Senior Consultant with Euromena Consulting, an impact-oriented management consulting firm serving high-profile stakeholders in the private and public sectors across the MENA region, Africa and Europe. She holds a Maser's Degree in Political Communication from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Public Policy and a Diploma in Media and Communications from the American University of Beirut (AUB).


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Somewhere sitting in an office within the confines of city government, more than likely, is a very highly compensated worker who is a control freak. If not, then this city has a moron in charge of traffic lights.
Whichever it is, common sense regarding traffic patterns and the ability to get it moving no longer seem to be priorities. Rather, we have traffic lights designed to make a person run a red light, especially around those pesky red-light cameras, or snarl traffic so badly that when they are finally able to drive, the speed camera catches them.
Every week after visiting my grandbaby, I have the pleasure of traveling northbound on Cicero beginning at Midway Airport. Without fail, I can travel at the speed limit and pretty much have a constant green light until Cermak when, if lucks holds out, a CTA Pink Line Train is not crossing. After passing those tracks, it is smooth sailing again until I get to Lexington Street on the south side of the Eisenhower Expressway. Without fail, that light will go red and everyone has to wait. Once green, the light at Flournoy Street, which is the north side of the Eisenhower, goes red. Then after waiting for what seems like an eternity, that light goes green and the average driver, now pissed at having traveled only one block, sees the green light at Harrison and the temptation to gun one's engine and speed on down the street is met with a sudden red light and an obnoxious red-light camera!
Now it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that's a speed trap for revenue for the coffers of a city that taxes us on everything accept the air we breathe. And if the politicians in charge could do that, they would! Recently the city settled a lawsuit regarding those controversial red-light cameras. Of the $39 million settlement, $12 million will go to debt forgiveness for folks who didn't pay their tickets, while the remaining $27 million will be refunded.
The penalty will refund about half of what people paid in fines. The activist group, Citizens to Abolish Red Light Cameras, headed by Mark Wallace, a WVON 1690am radio host, was one of the prime movers and shakers to go after the city in that regard. The group is another reason that the only black-owned radio station in this city should have everybody, but especially black people, listening to it.
With that group's sure and steady advocacy, they were able to accomplish what many had erroneously predicted to be a losing battle. The fight is still on to have those cameras removed and people who are being taxed up their yin-yang need to be at the forefront in demanding that those cameras come down. Although the group meets on the far South Side (they used to have a West Side meeting but lack of interest/support ended that), I am sure if we can get at least 50 people willing to meet here on the West Side, we can convince Mark Wallace to again offer a chapter to his group.
Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know if you're willing to be part of the advocacy to remove those cameras.
Lastly, I hadn't been traveling to the Eisenhower much, but I see that the left turn signal is again in place at Laramie and Lexington. Why? The majority of traffic comes from the north and needs to make that left turn. It is a dangerous decision to have cars waiting for a turn light needlessly. What criterion was used and what sense does it make? The government that runs this city, county and state is supposed to represent the needs and wants of the people. It is not a fiefdom for those in charge to do what they want simply because they can. I want to advocate for a group called Citizens to Abolish the Needless "Left Turn on Arrow" signal before an innocent motorist is robbed, or worse, while waiting to turn.
For years it was done without a signal. The only reason for it appears to be that a control freak decided it should be so.


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Sargent's picture of two little girls, children of the draftsman Barnard. They posed in a garden, and everybody lent a hand in lighting paper lanterns, and hanging them in the rose-bushes and shrubbery. Canvas, easel, and paint-box were brought, and all made ready. Then for twenty or thirty minutes, at most, the painter worked assiduously in the twilight. The whole day seemed to lead up to that brief period, so much did every one become interested as the picture grew and its beauty developed. It was finished, and entitled "Carnation Lily, Lily Rose.» Everybody in London saw it the next year at the New Gallery, and it was purchased by the Chantrey Fund, thus finding a permanent place in an English public collection.
The artist now found himself so successfully launched that he took a studio in the British capital, and spent the next two years in painting portraits. In the summer of 1887 he came to the United States (his second visit, for he had spent a short time in Philadelphia during the Centennial Exhibition in 1876) to paint a portrait of Mrs. Henry G. Marquand. This portrait, one of the most dignified and excellent in the long series of his works, was painted at Newport, and the following winter Sargent passed in Boston and in New York painting others. Then the painter went back to London. He returned to America in 1890, and spent nearly a year painting the portraits of Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, and Lawrence Barrett, which hang in the club-house of The Players; the «Carmencita»; the child portrait of << Beatrice » ; and a number of others. In the autumn his father died in England, and he took ship from New York. The commission for the Boston decorations had been offered to him, but the order had not yet been definitely given. Just as the steamer was leaving he received the papers, and so it happened that he carried the commission with him, fittingly crowning a most successful year's work in his own country. In the winter of 1891-92 he went to Egypt, and settled down at El Fayoum, where he made a number of studies, and then returned to England. He joined Edwin A. Abbey at Fairford, where they built a studio of corrugated iron, suitable in its dimensions for the handling of large canvases, and during the next two years he worked there on his decorations, retaining his studio in London meanwhile, and painting portraits, among them being that of Miss Ellen Terry. The decorations were brought to Boston in the summer of 1895, and put in place in the library under the artist's supervision. Before returning to England in the autumn Mr. Sargent
made a visit to Biltmore, North Carolina, and painted there the portraits of Frederick Law Olmsted and the late Richard Morris Hunt for Mr. George Vanderbilt. The owner of «Biltmore » was happily inspired when he gave the commissions for these portraits of the distinguished men who created his beautiful estate, so that they might hang on his walls as memorials in time to come. Mr. Hunt's striking figure is fittingly portrayed in the courtyard of the house he built, and Mr. Olmsted's poetic face is so faithfully and sympathetically interpreted that his most intimate friends have nothing but praise for the work.
Mr. Sargent was elected a member of the Society of American Artists in 1880; he became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1893; he is a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, which holds the Salon of the Champ de Mars, and an associate of the National Academy of Design. When his election as an A. R. A. was talked of in London some time before it came to pass, he is said to have remarked that if it were necessary to become a British subject in order to receive this honor he preferred to do without it, as he would rather retain his American citizenship. He received the election, however, and will probably be made an academician in due time. His list of medals and exhibition honors is a choice one, but it will suffice to note here that, besides being hors concours at the Salon, he received a medal of honor at the Paris Exposition of 1889.
A SPECIES of conservatism generally prevents the same enthusiastic praise being given to a work by a living painter that is so often. freely accorded to the creations of men who have lived in the past. Books have been written about the works of Titian, Rembrandt, Velasquez, and other great painters of portraits, but I fear that if I say that Mr. Sargent has painted one that deserves to be classed with the works of these masters I shall be thought to have overstepped the mark. Yet I feel sure that posterity will give its judgment in just about such terms. The apprehension that a living painter may, before he comes to the end of his career, fall far below the standard set by some single fine work that he has produced is in part the reason why critics shrink from unstinted praise of the work of their contemporaries. It is so easy to deride them if such a falling off occurs. But if the work justifies the highest word, is it not only fair to say it unhesitatingly? Few great artists have collapsed, but
there have been many whose work has deteriorated, and never again reached a certain high plane once attained in some supreme achievement. I do not think that there is anything in Mr. Sargent's work since he painted theBeatrice » to lead us to imagine that he may not again paint a portrait as perfect as this, or even a finer one; but all things being considered, and the factor of personal preference being admitted in the judgment, it is the one that I choose as the best, and if limited to a single canvas, the one upon which I should rest his claim to rank with the world's great painters. This little girl, with pale golden hair tied with a pink ribbon, in a gown of silk with stripes of pink and gray, her small hands joined before her with the finger-tips touching, and the cockatoo in his high gilt cage behind her, presents an adorable picture. That the portrait is delicate and harmonious in color, that the figure and accessories are painted with facile grace and sure precision, that it is captivating in aspect, and that it is complete in the sense that nothing may be taken away, changed, or added to-it is easy to say all this, and it is easy to support the assertions before the picture. To explain its great charm is more difficult than to analyze its merits. The charm seems to lie in the marvelous excellence of the painter's handiwork, expressing, as it does so perfectly, the sweet attraction of beautiful childhood. There are other ways of painting than the manner in which this picture is painted. There are certain more naïve ways of interpreting nature, some that appeal more touchingly, perhaps, by a sort of timidity perceptible in the painter's heart, and made seductive by the justness of the final rendering; but nothing better in this particular way could well be accomplished.
Quite different from the «Beatrice,» but potent in the quality of attraction, is the « Portrait of Miss » (shown on page 176). A characteristic expression is here so rendered in paint as to be almost startling in reality. It is also one of the best examples of his work in composition, and there is great beauty of tone in the black satin gown. In the portrait of «Joseph Jefferson as Dr. Pangloss,» the embodiment of a dramatic rôle, is a picture of live personality (see frontispiece). In that of Miss Dunham there are tenderness of color in the simple painting of the white draperies and sympathetic translation of character. We might go through the whole list of his portraits and find in almost every one of them some distinguishing quality. If we feel impelled to think of prototypes, we may
be reminded at times of Velasquez, at other times of Vandyke. The beautiful «< Portrait of Mrs. Davis and Her Son,» sober and restrained in color, noble in conception, and painted with a fine swing of the brush, will suggest a comparison with the latter master, as the «Beatrice » does with Velasquez. Again Mr. Sargent turns our thoughts to the English school of the last century, as in the «Portrait of Mrs. Manson.» It bears a general resemblance to the school, but a particular resemblance to none of the painters that belong to it. It is suggestive in style only, and not in treatment; for the loose drawing and conventional construction of the famous English masters have nothing in common with the firm yet graceful strength that marks this charming work.
Mr. Sargent's great success as a painter of portraits is no doubt due to the fact that, in addition to a technical equipment of the highest order, he possesses intuitive perceptions which enable him to grasp his sitters' mental phases. His cultivated eye quickly determines the pose which naturally and easily harmonizes the physical side with the mental, and his artistic feeling dictates unerringly by what attributes of costume and surroundings the picture formed in his mind's eye may be best presented on canvas. He rarely neglects to compose his picture; that is, not only to determine the lines of the figure, but also to fill the canvas and balance it. How much this part of the art counts for in portrait-painting every intelligent painter knows; but how many fail to appreciate it, how many are satisfied with a haphazard arrangement, that suffices to bring the figure within the frame, and leaves balance and symmetry to take care of themselves, may be seen in the numerous portraits in the current exhibitions, both at home and abroad, in which good intention and serious study are shorn of their force by careless composition.
Working with a mastery of his tools and medium surpassed by none of his contemporaries, and bringing to the interpretation of his themes concentration of ideas and facility of expression, Mr. Sargent is peculiarly well fitted to paint portraits. Though he may win high honors in other walks of art, we may hope that different ambitions will never draw him away from this field, in which belong some of the world's greatest masterpieces of painting, and in which he has so clearly proved his right to rank with some of the best of those who have made it bright with their glory.
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EORGE went back to the House, and stayed speech from a member of a former Liberal cabinet. The speech was one more sign of the new cleavage of parties that was being everywhere brought about by the pressure of the new collectivism.
« We always knew," said the speaker, referring to a ministry in which he had served seven years before, «that we should be fighting socialism in good earnest before many years were over; and we knew, too, that we should be fighting it as put forward by a Conservative government. The hands are the hands of the English Tory, the voice is the voice of Karl Marx.»
The Socialists sent forth mocking cheers, while the government benches sat silent. The rank and file of the Conservative party already hated the bill. The second reading must go through. But if only some rearrangement were possible without rushing the country into the arms of revolutionists, if it were only conceivable that Fontenoy, or even the old Liberal gang, should form a government and win the country, the committee stage would probably not trouble the House long.
Meanwhile, in the smoking-rooms and lobbies the uncertainties of the coming division kept up an endless hum of gossip and conjecture. Tressady wandered about it all like a ghost, indifferent and preoccupied, careful, above all, to avoid any more talk with Fontenoy. While he was in the House itself he stood at the door or sat in the cross benches, so as to keep a space between him and his leader.
A little before twelve he drove home, dressed hastily, and went off to a house in Berkeley Square, where he was to meet Letty.
to be reproachful, and eager for her ball. As they drove toward Queen's Gate she chattered to him of her evening, and of the people and dresses she had seen.
«And, you foolish boy,» she broke out, laughing, and tapping him on the hand with her fan, «you looked so glum this morning when I could n't go to see Lady Tressady; and-what do you think? Why, she has been at a party to-night-at a party, my dear!and dressed! Mrs. Willy Smith told me she had seen her at the Webers'.>>
«I dare say," said George, rather shortly; « all the same, this morning she was very unwell.>>
Letty shrugged her shoulders, but she did not want to be disagreeable and argue the point. She was much pleased with her dress,
with the last glance of herself that she had caught in the cloak-room looking-glass before leaving Berkeley Square,—and, finally, with this well-set-up, well-dressed husband beside her. She glanced at him every now and then as she put on a fresh pair of gloves. He had been very much absorbed in this tiresome Parliament lately, and she thought herself a very good and forbearing wife not to make more fuss. Nor had she made any fuss about his going down to see Lady Maxwell at the East End. It did not seem to have made the smallest difference to his opinions.
The thought of Lady Maxwell brought a laugh to her lips.
«Oh, do you know, Harding was so amusing about the Maxwells to-day,» she said, Copyright, 1895, by Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD. All rights reserved.
turning to Tressady in her most good-humored and confiding mood. «He says people are getting so tired of her, -of her meddling and her preaching, and all the rest of it, and that everybody thinks him so absurd not to put a stop to it. And Harding says that it does n't succeed even-that Englishmen will never stand petticoat government. It's all very well-they have to stand it in some forms!»> Stretching her slim neck, she turned and gave her husband a tiny flying kiss on the cheek.
Mechanically grateful, George took her hand in his, but he did not make her the pretty speech she expected. Just before she spoke he was about to tell her of his evening of the meeting, and of his drive home with Lady Maxwell. He had been far too proud hitherto, and far too confident in himself, to inake any secret to Letty of what he did. And, luckily, she had raised no difficulties. In truth, she had been too well provided with amusements and flatteries of her own since their return from the country to leave her time or opportunities for jealousy. Perhaps, secretly, the young husband would have been more flattered if she had been more exacting.
But as she quoted Harding something stiffened in him. Later, after the ball, when they were alone, he would tell her- he would try to make her understand what sort of woman Marcella Maxwell was. In his trouble of mind a confused plan crossed his thoughts of trying to induce Lady Maxwell to make friends with Letty. But a touch of that charm, that poetry-he asked no more.
He glanced at his wife. She looked pretty and young as she sat beside him, lost in a pleasant pondering of social successes. But he wondered uncomfortably why she must use such a thickness of powder on her still unspoiled complexion, and her dress seemed to him fantastic, and not over-modest. He had begun to have the strangest feeling about their relation, as though he possessed a double personality, and were looking on at himself and her, wondering how it would end. It was characteristic, perhaps, of his halfdeveloped moral life that his sense of ordinary husbandly responsibility toward her was not strong. He always thought of her as he thought of himself as a perfectly free agent, dealing with him and their common life on equal terms.
The house to which they were going belonged to very wealthy people, and Letty was looking forward feverishly to the cotillion.
<< They say, at the last dance they gave the cotillion gifts cost eight hundred pounds,» she
said gleefully to George. They always do things extraordinarily well.>>
No doubt it was the prospect of the cotillion that had brought such a throng together. The night was stifling; the stairs and the supper-room were filled with a struggling mob; and George spent an hour of purgatory wondering at the gaieties of his class.
He had barely more than two glimpses of Letty after they had fought their way into the room. On the first occasion, by stretching himself to his full height so as to look over the intervening crowd, he saw her seated in a chair of state, a mirror in one hand and a lace handkerchief in the other. Young men were being brought up behind her to look into the glass over her shoulder, and she was merrily brushing their images away. Presently a tall, dark fellow, with jet-black mustache and red cheeks, advanced. Letty kept her handkerchief suspended a moment over the reflection in the glass. George could see the corners of her lips twitching with amusement. Then she quietly handed the mirror to the leader of the cotillion, rose, gathered up her white skirt a little, the music struck up joyously, and she and Lord Cathedine spun round the room together, followed by the rest of the dancers.
George, meanwhile, found few people to talk to. He danced a few dances, mostly with young girls in the white frocks of their first season-a species of partner for which, as a rule, he had no affinity at all. But, on the whole, he passed the time leaning against the wall in a corner, lost in a reverie which was a vague compound of this and that, there and here: of the Manx Road school-room, its odors and heats, its pale, uncleanly crowd absorbed in the things of daily bread, with these gay, scented rooms, and this extravagance of decoration, that made even flowers a vulgarity, with these costly cotillion gifts-pins, bracelets, rings-that were being handed round and wondered over by people who had already more of such things than they could wear; of these rustling women, in their silks and diamonds, with that gaunt, stooping image of the loafer's wife, smiling her queer defiance at pain and fate, and letting meddling «lidies >> know that without sixteen hours' «settin'» she could not keep her husband and children alive. Stale commonplace, that all the world knows by heart-the squalor of the pauperum tabernæ dimming the glory of the regum turres. Yet there are only a few men and women in each generation who really pass into the eclipsing shadow of it. Others talk; they feel and struggle. There were many elements in Tres


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Israel faces threat of yet another round of elections over budget disputes
Rating agencies have cautioned that further budget delays would raise concerns about Israel's ability to implement prudent fiscal policies and could affect credit ratings
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A festering government crisis over passage of a national budget could push Israel into its fourth election since mid-2019, further straining an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Crunch time is approaching: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bickering coalition, patched together in May, has by law until Dec. 23 to pass the 2020 budget, a move held up by political stalemate and successive national ballots.
Street ProtestsThree top finance ministry officials have already quit, in a sign of frustration over the budget bickering. Israel is still using a pro-rated version of the 2019 budget. The power-sharing accord between Netanyahu and Gantz stipulated Israel would pass a biennial budget for 2020 and 2021 - a de-facto insurance policy for a smooth transition of power. But with Netanyahu's trial over alleged corruption, which he denies, due to resume in January, a fresh ballot next year could delay proceedings. A renewed mandate gained by Netanyahu at the ballot box might help supporters promote legislation to freeze his trial. "Forget the pandemic, forget the economy, forget everything. Netanyahu wants to survive," said Reuven Hazan, a political scientist at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. "We're basically in the hands of one person." But another election soon would be risky for Netanyahu, even as he hails the economic potential of agreements on formal relations with United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. "The budget by nature is political. But it's normally political with a sense of responsibility," said former Bank of Israel Deputy Governor Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg. "Now it's political with no sense of responsibility. And that's what's so worrisome." A spokesman for Netanyahu declined to comment and a Likud spokesman did not respond to a request to comment. Street protests calling for Netanyahu's resignation have become commonplace. Opinion polls show only about 30% of Israelis believe he has handled the health crisis effectively, while Likud may lose a quarter of its parliament seats in an election.


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No pain no gain
In preparation for the parking structures and the new student life and wellness building, Jacobsen Construction company erected fences that will remain until December 2013.
With a student population over 30,000, plus faculty and staff, Dr. Bob Rasmussen, Dean of Students and Assistant Vice President of Student Life, said the only reason for the fences is for the safety and protection of the whole campus. The liability is so high that the construction company is required to set up the zone.
"We know that if we put a sign that warned 'stay out, there is construction going on,' most people would chance it," Rasmussen said. "Human nature is to try to find the shortest path and get to where we are going as quickly as possible."
This kind of construction might not be new to those who have been at UVU for a while. The university is constantly working on improving its infrastructure. Due to the construction of the science building two years ago, students faced the same kind of inconvenience.
"During the winter, they had to go outside and across the parking lot because of the fencing of the science building," Rasmussen said. He said the hallway that connected the hall of flags to the PE was shut down, and that it was a challenge with the new detour, especially when students are used to being inside the buildings.
The visitor parking has been moved, and the booth has yet to be moved to the west side of the library. Students, faculty and staff are asked to park there and walk to the LA building.
"Luckily, with this construction, people can stay indoors when the winter comes, even though it requires a little bit of walking," Rasmussen said. "The inconvenience is the lack of parking, which is probably the biggest frustration people have, the inability to park as close and then the detours and routes that have to be taken to get tothe buildings needed."
People coming from the institute building will have to
go south into the Losee Center or go along the sidewalk past the fences. Rasmussen said that this is better than the science building construction.
There is space set aside west of the library for visitors, faculty and staff. The parking garage east of the fence fits about 450 cars. A fee will be required for those parking there. Even though the parking lot will be accessible, the new building will not. Walking will be required to get around.
Joe Grimmet, 26, majoring in Computer Science, is not extremely enthusiastic about the fences as they have taken his disabled mother's handicapped parking space. Gimmet said the LDS institute building let his mother park there.
"…But it is still a fairly far walk," Grimmet said. "They should have made arrangements so that disabled employees and students who spend a lot of time in the student center could have closer parking available to them."
On the bright side, Grimmet admits the new Student Life and Wellness building is bringing in more activities, an increment in fast food restaurants and larger health facilities.
"There will be an inconvenience for a short time. The results will be well worth it in the long term," Rasmussen said. "It's been a really thorough thought-out process and now we are to the point of building. It takes inconvenience to get it.
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Now, we bring into existence an antiviral material. A seaweed-based material made sustainably. A textile that is made with a naturally abundant material that's biodegradable and proven to fight the spread off viruses. Local practice resulting in a globally exercised, one anyone can be a part of building a sustainable future.
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Twitch streamer uses her pet for hilarious Death Stranding cosplay
A Death Stranding cosplayer hilariously brought Sam Bridges to life during a recent Twitch stream, largely thanks to the help of her pet.
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Hideo Kojima's first release since an ugly split with Konami in 2015, Death Stranding released for the PlayStation 4 on November 8 and has since proven to be one of the most divisive video games of the generation.
Despite being a brand new release, that hasn't stopped avid fans around the world from dedicating their efforts early on and designing impressive costumes right out of the gate.
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In a November 9 broadcast, this Korean Twitch streamer stepped into frame wearing a full-body costume and took things to the next level by including her pet dog in the design.
Wearing a backpack with a clear front, she amusingly placed her dog inside in order to replicate a Bridge Baby from the game.
Not all too concerned with what was happening, the dog quietly sat in front of the camera and the ingenious cosplay was pulled off without a hitch. Testing the costume out in public however, might be a completely different story.
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While obviously the centerpiece of the remarkable costume was the baby upfront, a good amount of effort clearly went into attaching the BT scanner over her left shoulder as well.
Additionally, she even went as far as to don similar facial hair to that of Norman Reedus, completely committing to the character for her viewers watching along.
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In Death Stranding, a Bridge Baby is utilized to connect with 'the other side' and sense nearby threats that might cause the protagonist a spot of bother.
Keeping your companion happy is the key to success in difficult scenarios so this streamer should make sure to keep a close eye on the condition of her pet at all times. Maybe feed it some snacks so it doesn't bark and alert nearby enemies.
With Death Stranding having only just released it'll be interesting to see if this cosplay trend continues to pop up in various forms on the internet.
The cosplay community has brought some memorable creations to life recently, from this unique Pokémon costume to a remarkably authentic Apex Legends design, there's never any shortage of innovation online.


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The Ridge Macon County Archaeology Project Interpretive Center
The nation's first western frontier includes the rural southeastern Macon County Alabama Boromville, Creek Stand and Warrior Stand communities that are situated along the path of the historic Federal Road. The Federal Road began as pre-historic Native American footpath along a ridge line. Our name comes from this topography. The Federal Road evolved into the main traveler's route into present-day Alabama in the early 1800's. Each wave of Native Americans, European Americans and African Americans inhabiting or passing through left behind artifacts, records, and oral history. Our Interpretive Center houses permanent and rotating exhibits of this tri-cultural history.


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(Female, Age 41) from ofallon, MO
This is a REAL-LIFE job profile written by a Female aged 41 who works as a Cashier in ofallon, MO. We have removed all names and personal information in order to protect privacy. This professional kindly spent a bit of their time to complete one of our job profile surveys so that prospective job seekers like you could read their insights. Please excuse any punctuation or grammatical errors in this profile.
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Current Job
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|Job Title
|Other Compensation
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|ofallon, MO
|Years Experience
|3 years
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Current job Q&A
Describe the type of organization you work for.
nationwide drug store chain.
Describe your job role and responsibilities.
checking out people and helping them find the things they need
Please list an additional benefits (beyond compensation) that you receive.
company stocks
Do you feel you are under/over or well/fairly compensated at your current position?
Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Please explain.
yes i work with other people and enjoy it very much
Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it.
i work in the store and i like it
Please rate each of the following aspects of your current job on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest/best):
Income: 2
Benefits: 2
Hours: 2
Co-Workers: 5
Supervisors: 5
Job Title: 1
Level of Responsibility: 2
The Actual Work: 1
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How you got your job
How did you get your current job?
What was the application process?
electronic application
Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail?
yes store manager interviewed me one on one
If you can remember, what questions were you asked during the interview?
can really remember
Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain.
yes plus i already had training in the field
Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
yes watch movies
Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain.
yes i took accounting classes
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
dress nicely and answer the questions the interviewer asks you honestly
What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours?
be able to deal with people and money
Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
be nice to the customers
Long-term career plans
Is your current employment part of your overall career plan? Why or why not?
yes planning on becoming a manager
What are your current career goals?
planning on becoming a manager for the company
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Please list your most recent jobs prior to this current job:
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|3 years
|cashier, stocking cleaning helping people
|Prior Job 2
|5 years
|pressing sorting catching
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High School GPA:2.5
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|st charles community college
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Do you ever wonder in the chill of the winter when you are wrapped up like a burrito from the cold? Does your pooch feel it too? Do they need blankets or is just their coat enough to keep them warm? Well let's find out, shall we?
So, do golden retrievers need blankets? Yes, they do when the temperature drops below 45°F (7°C). Golden retrievers can tolerate the cold weather between 45°F and 90°F, so you should make sure to keep them warm with a cozy blanket or by keeping them near the fireplace when it gets colder than that.
But of course, there is more to it, keep reading to learn how cold is too cold and how to keep your golden retriever warm and cozy in the winter.
Do Golden Retrievers Need Blankets?
It depends on a few things such as
- The temperature
- The place
- Their age
The temperature
Golden retrievers can tolerate the cold weather between 45°F and 90°F so below that they will need a blanket or maybe more than one and keep them next to the fireplace.
It's not recommended at all to keep your golden retriever outside if the temperature drops below 20°F or -6 °C as it can hurt them.
The place
It's the same idea as the temperature but even though they can tolerate the weather when it's 45°F but they shouldn't be sleeping in their outdoors house or spending more than 30 minutes outside at all even with blankets.
If you think a dog house could protect them from the cold outside, you are sorely mistaken. Dog houses offer no real protection from the cold.
There is a great experiment that was done recently by a vet to illustrate how useless dog houses could be in protecting dogs from the cold. Watch the video below:
Their age
Puppies can not tolerate the weather as well as adult golden retrievers because their coat is not fully grown and they have shorter and thinner hair that can't insulate them from the cold as well as a fully-grown coat can.
You can learn when do goldens mature (and calm down) here.
Seniors will not handle the cold well either because their bodies are not as capable of regulating their temperatures as they once were. In this case, they will need blankets and make their bedding as cozy as possible.
Do Golden Retrievers Get Cold?
Yes, golden retrievers can get cold just like humans if they are exposed to cold weather for too long. It's not the same cold, and you can't catch it from your dog nor can they catch it from you, but yes, goldens can get canine flu.
Symptoms of Cold in Dogs
- Sneezing
- Watery eyes
- Coughing
- Runny nose
If your golden retriever is experiencing these symptoms, you should take them to the vet to make sure that they are safe, also if you noticed one of the serious symptoms listed below, your dog could be suffering from something more serious than a cold and it requires immediate and right treatment.
More Serious Symptoms (Attention Required Immediately)
- Fever
- Diarrhea
- Change in the appetite
- Abnormalities in their behavior
- Vomiting
7 Tips to keep your golden warm in the winter?
If you live somewhere where the winter can be particularly cold, or if you have puppies that need some help staying warm when it's cold, you can follow these 7 tips to keep your golden warm in the winter.
- Blankets
- Sweater
- Insulate the floor
- dry all the time
- Cozy bedding
- Shelter from the wind
- Never shave them down in winter.
When the weather is too cold and your dog can not handle it, a blanket is a good idea to cover them up and keep them warm.
My personal favorite is the PETMAKER Waterproof Pet Blankets because it's waterproof and fur doesn't stick to it, which means that cleaning it is super easy. You can check it on Amazon here or by clicking on the image above.
A sweater or coat is one of the most important ways to keep their body warm during winter walks and cold weather in general.
A sweater will be perfect for puppies and senior dogs because most golden retrievers have long and thick fur that offers protection but puppies and senior golden retrievers may need that extra layer of insulation and warmth.
My personal recommendation would be the Gooby Stretch Fleece Dog Vest which you can check on Amazon here or by clicking on the image above. It's the one that seems to bother my puppies the least and they don't really mind wearing it for long.
Insulate the floor
An insulated floor mat could be just what your dog needs, you can get one for every place they like to sleep in or in their doghouse because your dog's body loses a huge amount of heat whenever she is in contact with the floor and the insulated mat will prevent this from happening.
Dry all the time
Of course, there is no need to say that if they are being wet for some time they will catch a cold, so if bathed them in the winter try to dry them quickly and the same thing after playtime, it is better if you keep an old towel with you when they come from playing in the snow.
Cozy bedding
In the winter keep their bedding as cozy as possible especially if they are seniors or puppies because seniors need cozy bedding to rest their bones, and the puppies need to rest well because they are growing quickly and rebuilding their muscles when they are sleeping, so they are spending between 15 and 20 hours in their bedding.
You can also consider a self-heating pad to keep them warm. A self-heated blanket can keep your dog warm even when it's freezing cold outside.
I have found the Riogoo heating pad to be particularly good and useful, while something more traditional like the Sheri Blanket can work better for some dogs who like to snuggle inside the bed rather than just lay one it.
Shelter from the wind
Like I've said before that golden retrievers can tolerate the cold pretty well, but the wind can make it feel much colder than it is, so shelter from the wind is a must when it gets windy.
Being wet with the wind it is a deadly combination, and can make golden retrievers shiver even when you think it shouldn't be too cold for them.
Never shave them down in winter
If you think that winter is the time for them to get a haircut you are dead wrong, their long golden fur is what keeps them warm in that cold weather, and because they can not talk they will not be able to let you know when it is too cold for them.
If you are wondering when is a good time to shave them, the answer is simply never. You can learn much more about why you should never shave a golden retriever here.
Exercise is good for them all year long and not just when it is cold because it has so many benefits for them, and just like humans, exercising will help to warm them up.
Beware though that the rock salt used to melt the snow in some areas can be quite harmful to their paws and you might want to have them put on doggy boots to protect from this salt. You should also always wash their paws before they get back in the house.
You can use the Mudbuster to clean their paws in seconds before they get inside the house, and I really found this to be the best way to clean their paws quickly and effectively. Highly recommended to check it out on Amazon here.
Boots will be great for your dog during your daily walk in winter for two reasons; one, you guessed it, it will keep their paws warm while walking on snow or just the wet floor, and two it will protect their paws from the chemicals in the street such as the salt and ice in the snow.
The problem is that most will balk at wearing their boots, so you will need to train them first, make them practice in the house for a few days before they go out while wearing them.
Signs that your dog is too cold
- Shivering or shaking
- Seeks places for shelter
- Limping
- Whining or barking
- Abnormalities in their behavior
- Lethargy
- Tucked tail
- Lifts paw off the ground
- Anxious or uncomfortable
- Lifts their paws off the ground
- Lack of energy ( not wanting to walk or move)
- Hunched posture
Related Questions
Are Golden Retrievers Okay in the Cold?
Yes, they are okay in the cold, golden retrievers can tolerate cold weather between 45°F and 90°F. Because of their double-layered coat that can provide them with the warmth they need, however, they should not be in cold temperatures outdoors for more than 30 minutes if the temperature drops below 20 °F.
Does a Golden Retriever need a coat in Winter?
No, they do not need coats in winters, however, puppies and seniors can use coats because they have shorter and thinner hair, but adult golden retrievers will not need coats or sweaters for walking in the snow, but make sure to check that there's no snow stuck in their coat.


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Young Caruso completed full-service planning and design for the Novartis Asian Bistro on the West Handover Campus. High-end Italian restaurant with exhibition pizza making with a pass-through wood-fired pizza oven as the centerpiece attraction. Open Italian market feel with Italian specialty foods and gelato.
Project Details
- Client: Rafael Vinoly Architects – New York
- Year Completed: 2013
- Budget: $100,000,000 total project. $412,000 food service
- Number Served: 1,000


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Walter Massey Biography
by Ralph Lucas
Walter Edward Hart Massey II was born into an eminent Canadian family in 1928 in Toronto, Ontario. A family that had, as its distinguished patriarchs, Walter's cousin Vincent Massey (the first Canadian-born Governor General), cousin Raymond Massey who was making his first film, High Treason the year Walter Massey was born and last, but not least, his father, Denton Massey who was at one time or another a parliamentarian, entrepreneur and nationally acclaimed founder and leader of the York Bible Class who later would become a devout Reverend Canon of the Anglican Church. If that isn't impressive enough, his great grandfather founded the world-renowned Massey-Harris Company. His grandfather not only ran that company, but also started the Borden's Milk Company and Lever Bros. in Canada and his grandmother, Susan Denton Massey, equally successful in her own right, became one of the most respected financiers Canada produced in her time.
With that background it would have been safe to assume he would have gravitated toward a career in business. But while he was studying mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Walter Massey fell into acting with roles at the Boston Tributary Theatre. He went on to study professional theatre in New York with Sanford Meisner and Harold Clurman and spent five years working on and off Broadway and with Joseph Papp`s New York Shakespeare Festival. He was part of the inaugural production of the festival performing in what may have been his most beloved role, playing Brutus in Julius Caesar.
Returning to Canada, Massey enjoyed great success with roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, National Arts Centre, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, Fredericton Playhouse, Centaur Theatre, Saidye Bronfman/Segal Centre and the cherished Mountain Playhouse in Montreal, for which he also served as resident Director. In addition, he co-founded the Kings Theatre in Prince Edward Island and the Piggery Theatre in Quebec. He also joined a group of writers to start what is now the successful Playwright's Workshop in Montreal, where he would make his home for the rest of his life.
Among his many memorable screen credits are his roles as Doc Stewart in the Canadian classic, Lassie; Tom Temple in the long-running courtroom TV series, Family Court, and the voice of Principal Haney in the Emmy Award winning children`s TV series, Arthur. In addition to his work in film and on television, he appeared in more than 70 plays in the U.S. and Canada during his long, distinguished career. His Canadian theatre credits include a production of Blood Relations at Montréal's Centaur Theatre and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
A staunch supporter of performers' rights, Massey helped institute and establish Canada`s current Canadian Actor`s Equity Association with the help of America`s Actors' Equity Association. He would go on to serve on CAEA's governing body, both locally and nationally, for over 34 years. He, likewise, aided in the establishment of the Montreal branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). As a reward for his devotion and service to these organizations, Walter was honoured with Life Memberships from both unions, as well as the Larry McCance Award (CAEA) and the Montreal ACTRA Award of Excellence. A generous man, Walter Massey was the first to admit he had led a privileged life, doing what he loved to do and doing, may we add, what he did best.
Walter Massey died after a long illness two weeks before what would have been his 86th birthday.
Also see: Walter Massey's filmography.
This biography is Copyright © 2014 by Ralph Lucas and may not be reproduced without prior written permission. For more information about copyright, click here.


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If you need a SR-22, we got it. At VIP 360 Insurance, we know that accidents in California happen, and we don't punish or refuse our clients for accidents, tickets, or even a DUI on your driving record. Our insurance company shops around to find you the lowest rates possible and if needed, we provide SR-22 certificates in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and in all cities in the state of California.
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That's a good question! A SR-22 shows proof of financial responsibility. It's most commonly needed for a DUI conviction and several other reasons. A SR-22 must be filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). You'll be required to carry it for a time period of about three years. After the time period has been fulfilled, your SR-22 status will expire.
How long is a SR-22 required?
A SR-22 may be required for up to three years in California. You must carry continuous insurance coverage during the specific period of time before the SR-22 status is removed. If your policy lapses or is canceled, your auto insurance company is required to notify the state immediately and your license will be suspended again.
Am I required to file a SR-22?
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