text:
Excerpts From Senate's Hearings on the Souter Nomination
Special to The New York Times
Published: September 18, 1990
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17— Following are excerpts from today's session of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on David H. Souter's nomination to the Supreme Court, as recorded by the Federal News Service, a transcription company:
Opening Statement
SENATOR JOSEPH R. BIDEN Jr. We are convened today to celebrate Judge Souter's birthday. Happy birthday, Judge. The Judge and I had a brief, a very brief conversation before we came in, and he indicated that whether or not he had a happy birthday was up to me. And I told him, 'No, that occurs in about two or three weeks.'
Judicial Responsibility
SENATOR HOWARD M. METZENBAUM. You had a discussion with Senator Grassley that I'd like to follow up on. In that discussion, you stated that all three branches of government are sworn to uphold the Constitution and when Congress fails to use its full authority to uphold the Constitution, the Court is forced to resolve difficult social problems. You referred to the vacuum that is created when the issues are not resolved elsewhere. . . .
Now, even though Congress has the responsibility to enact legislation to address difficult social problems, you believe that the Supreme Court has the unique obligation to interpret the Constitution and to declare rights to be fundamental and therefore entitled to scrutiny, as I understand your response to Senator Grassley. Am I correct in that?
JUDGE SOUTER. Well, Senator Metzenbaum, there is, of course, no question that the Court does have that jurisdiction and that obligation. Its obligation is constantly to search, to identify those rights which are fundamental, and to implement them. In my exchange with Senator Grassley last week when I made the remark about the constitutional vacuum, . . . I was thinking specifically with reference to the 14th Amendment.
I thought the case of Brown v. Board of Education was an example of what can happen, because the unusual situation in the case of the 14th Amendment is that under Section 1 there are provisions which are to be applied by the Judiciary following justiciable standards, and under Section 5 Congress has its own specific enforcement power there. And as you know, for some time before the Brown decision came down, there were requests and hopes that there would be legislation to deal with the continuing problem of segregation in the schools, but no political solution was forthcoming. And therefore, that's what I had in mind when I spoke of there being a vacuum in which the responsibility to deal with a 14th Amendment problem had to be faced, and the court rightly faced it. . . .
Q. Do you believe that the Supreme Court has the obligation to enforce fundamental rights no matter how unpopular the cause, no matter how repulsive the acts may be to the majority?
A. Senator, there is no question about it. If that were not the case, there would be no point in having a Bill of Rights. If that were not the case, there would be no point in having any substantive protection for civil liberties. We would leave the entire issue to whatever majoritarian impulse there might be at the time, and we would have a vastly different society from the one which the framers of the Bill of Rights intended us to have.
Role of Supreme Court
SENATOR CHARLES E. GRASSLEY. To be candid, I'm a little troubled by this vacuum concept. Because, if we're going to have a Supreme Court that thinks it can fill vacuums every time there is a perceived problem, then I have to agree with my colleague here on my right, Senator Specter, that you're going to be a very busy person, because democratic self-government doesn't always move with the speed or the consensus or the wisdom of philosopher kings who might best fill those vacuums.
A. Let me start it with a couple of general, general thoughts. The first is that the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States, of the lower Federal courts, of every state court in America, is derived from the constitutions that respectively create those courts. It is not derived from perceptions at the moment about what ought to be done. Courts do not self-define their jurisdictions. And they do not, they do not have the authority to define them simply when they perceive what they think is a, is a vacuum in the political process which leaves the problem unsolved. . . .
Q. Please give me an example of when you think the Supreme Court improperly created rights and one when you think they properly recognized rights.
A. Well, I don't want to overuse the example, but I think I cannot give a better example on the proper recognition of rights than Brown itself. The Court in that case recognized that the provisions, that the equal protection provisions of the 14th Amendment were not confined to those specific problems that were in the minds of the framers as the objects of its application in 1868. The Court recognized that there was a general concept of equal protection, and it was just as applicable to school segregation as to other enterprises.
If you simply read the text of the Constitution and somebody said, 'Well, where does it refer to schools? Where does it refer to school desegregation?' of course you would not have found anything there. But I think clearly implicit in the text of the Constitution itself and in the concept of due process was the proper basis for the Court's exercise of its jurisdiction.
Miranda Rights


text:
Aug 13 2017
Wookiee Radio 30: Another Chapter In The Saga
This week, the Imperials interfere with the Wookiee Radio signal, cutting our broadcast short. Before getting cut off, the Smugglers Three manage to discuss a few topics, such as an article discussing why Star Wars is not an true Sci-Fi flick, and fake facts that fans assume are true. The gang begins to talk about some of the greatest Star Wars items in the galaxy when the signal is lost.
Does this spell doom for the Smugglers Three? Or will they be able to revive their broadcast despite Imperial interference? Only time will tell.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS

subset: commoncrawl


text:
September 27, 2011, 5:10 PM EDTLaw360, New York (September 27, 2011, 5:10 PM EDT) -- On Sept. 8, 2011, the U.S. Senate passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the "America Invents Act") by a vote of 89-9. Identical to the version approved by the House of Representatives earlier this year, the America Invents Act will usher in the most significant changes to the U.S. patent system in decades. There are numerous resources that provide summaries of the act's provisions. However, I would like to focus on how the America Invents Act may impact (both positively and negatively) small businesses and sole...
The America Invents Act: Tips For The Small Inventor
To view the full article, register now.
Try Law360 FREE for seven days
Already a subscriber? Click here to login


text:
On Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, Pastor Matthew Trewhella was a guest on the Hagmann & Hagmann Report. Though invited to be interviewed for one hour – the interview was extended to a second hour.
2 thoughts on "Two Hour Radio Interview as Interest in the Lesser Magistrate Doctrine Continues to Grow"
I'm not seeing the link.
It's up now.


text:
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Home design trends are constantly changing and evolving, so it can be difficult to decide which home improvement projects are worth the time and money. Redfin (www.redfin.com), the next-generation real estate brokerage, dug into listing data to find out which home trends are becoming more popular, which are holding steady and which are a thing of the past.
"Homebuyers don't want to have to change anything after they purchase a home. So, a home could sell faster and for more money if a homebuyer sees that a home was recently upgraded and won't need to be remodeled anytime soon," says Timothy Maller, a Redfin real estate agent in Baltimore. "That's why picking the right home improvement project to tackle before listing could make a big difference in how long the home stays on the market and the final sale price."
Here are the three top hottest trends to keep in mind for 2017:
1. Quartz
2. Smart Home Technology
3. Built-in Bars
To read the full report, complete with more information on each trend and insights from real estate agents, please visit: https://www.redfin.com/blog/2017/01/9-home-improvement-projects-to-make-your-home-more-desirable-in-2017.thml
Connect with Redfin
Download the Redfin mobile app
About Redfin Corporation
Redfin (www.redfin.com) is the next-generation real estate brokerage, combining its own full-service agents with modern technology to redefine real estate in the consumer's favor. Founded by software engineers, Redfin has the country's #1 brokerage website and offers a host of online tools to consumers, including the Redfin Estimate, the highly accurate automated home-value estimate. Homebuyers and sellers enjoy a full-service, technology-powered experience from Redfin real estate agents, while saving thousands in commissions. Redfin serves more than 80 major metro areas across the U.S. The company has closed more than $31 billion in home sales and saved customers more than $335 million in fees through 2015.
For more information or to contact a local Redfin real estate agent, visit www.redfin.com. To learn about housing market trends and download data, visit the Redfin Data Center.
To be added to Redfin's press release distribution list, subscribe here.


text:
H.W. Carter & Sons Now Open in Brooklyn
H.W. Carter & Sons launches their first shop in Williamsburg set to carry their main line, as well as other brands like Norse Projects, Monitaly, Oak Street Bootmakers and Gloveall. The new shop is located at 127 N. 6th Street (between Bedford and Berry). Opening reception December 13.
H.W. Carter & Sons Now Open in Brooklyn is a post by Denise Taw on Selectism.


text:
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers Trailer (2007)
During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order. Now, documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh looks at an irreparable tragedy that is less visible, yet no less pervasive: the spiritual death that results when young women are forced into prostitution. Angry and impassioned, PAPER CANNOT WRAP UP EMBERS presents the searing stories of poor Asian women whose lives were violated and their destinies destroyed when their bodies were turned into items of sexual commerce.
Watch the official Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers 2007 trailer in HD below or find more Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers videos on Vidimovie.


text:
2012 Performances
Thu Jul 19
The Colourist with Jamuel Saxon
The Griffin
Thu Dec 6
The Colourist
Constellation Room
2015 Performances
Thu Feb 26
Echosmith with The Colourist
9:30 Club
A The Colour setlist is a compilation of all the songs The Colour has played live in concert. Many The Colour concerts have the same setlist, and sometimes The Colour setlists will vary from night to night. We've gathered together 2018 The Colour tour setlists as well as past The Colour setlists to give you a better idea of what you can expect at your local The Colour show. If you have a The Colour song list you would like to upload, please check back as that functionality will be added soon, as well as setlists for The Colour.


text:
Four factors that influence ocean currents
- Single biggest factor in the creation of surface currents. Strong winds move the surface of water and are not just random breezes. The major winds that most often effect the creation of ocean currents are the westward winds which blow east to west , same as trade winds.
Water Density
- Caused by the amount of salt in a body of waters temperature. Water with a higher salinity or colder water is more dense and likely to sink. Sinking water pushes the water below it up, while the duo of sinking and rising in the same area causes a current.
Ocean Bottom Topography
- Waters contour to the bottom of the ocean floor or bed. If the ocean bottom Drops out of place like a valley or trench, the moving water will move downward. If an ocean bottom was present, the water moving along it will e forced to change directions. The sudden change or downward change of direction causes water displacement.
Coriolis Effect
- Rotating objects that will collide with another moving or stationary force. This creates a new motion, a clockwise movement of water in the northern hemisphere. The other movement is a counterclockwise movement of water in the southern hemisphere. When these currents are deflected by land masses, they create huge ocean currents known as Gyres.
How did the Coriolis effect impact ocean current ?
If you were to be a water parcel traveling poleward given a motion relative to the sea floor that is solely poleward and have speed that i inherited from the earths rotation you would keep your eastward speed because you're not that much attached to the sea floor. You move into a region where the eastward speed is much smaller since latitude circles are smaller. Now since the eastward speeds are greater than the east floor, you started out moving poleward but now moving both poleward and westward. If you were in the Northern hemisphere going north you will end up going North East. If you are in the Southern hemisphere, you would end up going South east. Similarity, if you start off by going towards the equator your eastward speed soon becomes to small for new latitudes so you strt drifting west. If you were in the Northern hemisphere going south, you are now going South West and if you were in the Southern hemisphere going north, you are now going North West. The arguments about how eastward motion turns into NE or SE motion or how westward motion turns into NW or SW motion are harder to comprehend. The two arguments mentioned kind give you a basic understanding of why ocean current motion in the northern hemisphere is clockwise and the southern hemisphere is counterclockwise.
What is the relationship between ocean currents and climate?
Air and ocean currents transfer to one another. The ocean currents rely on the temperatures of the air, gravity, carbon dioxide levels (found in water and air) and lastly the salt content or density of the water itself. If there were to be one disruption to the ocean currents, it could cause an huge impact on the climate which has been known to trigger ice ages in the past.
: Atlantic currents travel form tropical latitudes which warms the European countries at the same rates as cold places in America.
What is upwelling, and why is it important to the marine ecosystem?
Upwelling is known to play an important role in the global energy balance of the ocean and earth. Upwelling in tropical regions allow an accumulation of heat which is made later into higher latitudes by major currents. It also mediate interactions between ocean and atmosphere by speeding oceanic oscillations that affect climate across the entire tropic known as NESO. Upwelling boost biological productivity. The high nutrient concentrations generally found in deeper waters are adverted upward into the photic layer where photosynthesis is promoted.
Which factor in creating currents has the greatest influence on weather patterns?
A Factor that has the greatest influence on weather patterns would be Heat capacity. This influences the worlds climate by storing vast amounts of solar energy around the planet through currents accompanying atmospheric winds.
1. Name and Location of geographic area. Include continent, country, and which coast the are is located on. Include continent, country, and which coast the area is located on.
Marro Bay, California
North America, United States, Pacific Coast
2. Climate: Daytime and Nighttime low average temperature in January and July. Describe climate of the region.
January Temperatures 62 F and 42 F
July Temperatures 65 F and 52 F
Climate Type: Mediterranean- Dry summers, Most rain occurs in winter.
3.Ocean Currents: What ocean is the area on?
What are the major currents that pass by the coastline?
What are the temperatures of the passing currents?
How do these currents influence the local climate?
On the pacific ocean .
The major current is the California current which flows southward from british Columbia. Its temperature is usually around 60 F, keeping the central coast of California cool year round.
05.02 Ocean Currents
By: Shazarria Anglin
Present Remotely
Send the link below via email or IMCopy
Present to your audienceStart remote presentation
- Invited audience members will follow you as you navigate and present
- People invited to a presentation do not need a Prezi account
- This link expires 10 minutes after you close the presentation
- A maximum of 30 users can follow your presentation
- Learn more about this feature in our knowledge base article
05.02 Ocean Currents Activity
No description
Shazarria Anglinon 14 August 2014
Comments (0)
Please log in to add your comment.


text: To quote a movie (Billy Madison): "what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." This is how I feel at any union meeting in which Tim speaks or any parking lot meeting or any conversation with any BA!


text:
Director Sarah Smith fills every scene with subtle and hilarious visual jokes; too many, in fact, to catch on first viewing.
Every year around the holidays Hollywood inevitably releases a family-friendly Christmas movie of some sort. Sometimes it's a quality film like The Santa Clause or Elf; sometimes it's Fred Claus. This year, audiences will be treated to Arthur Christmas, a wonderful animated 3-D film that is terrifically clever and quite entertaining.
The movie addresses the age-old question of how Santa Claus is able to deliver toys to children all over the world in just one night. The answer: a high-tech, super-secure, state-of-the-art system of manufacturing, delivery, and stealth operations that would make the CIA and FBI cry. This military base on steroids is run by Santa's son and second in command, Steve (Hugh Laurie), who has streamlined Christmas to maintain maximum efficiency. Santa (Jim Broadbent) himself is more of a figurehead than an actual cog in the system, and Steve is just biding his time until his father steps down and he can become the new Santa.
Complicating matters is Santa's other son, Arthur (James McAvoy), who is, well, special. He's clumsy, goofy and a bit of an airhead, but he loves his dad and Christmas more than anything. When Arthur realizes that Steve's error-proof system has allowed one child to be overlooked, Arthur becomes determined to make sure that she gets the present she deserves. Along with Grandsanta (Bill Nighy), Santa's father who misses the glory days of Christmas, and an expert gift-wrapper elf, Byrony (Ashley Jensen), Arthur sets off to make sure Christmas stays magical for every child in the world.
Director Sarah Smith fills every scene with subtle and hilarious visual jokes; too many, in fact, to catch on first viewing. Smith and co-writer Peter Baynham offer a very touching take on an admittedly well-worn theme: How do you keep Christmas special despite skepticism? That is what Arthur represents, the desire to keep one night magical no matter what the cost. Arthur Christmas is brilliant because it effortlessly intertwines the message of Christmas magic with silly humor for kids of all ages.
McAvoy gives one of his most animated (no pun intended) performances yet. After this year's X-Men: First Class and his more serious work, it's fun to watch him go over-the-top to voice a character who is the epitome of hope and optimism. Laurie does a fine job as Steve, though he isn't really challenged at any time, except maybe trying to keep a straight face in the recording studio while delivering some of the funniest lines in the movie. Broadbent is delightful as the out-of-practice Santa who should retire, but just wants to hang on to the title. The best performance, though, is Nighy as Grandsanta, a crabby complainer who just wants to feel important again.
The animation from Aardman Animations is absolutely stunning. While 3-D has often been misused as a way to boost box office earnings, here it is used appropriately to enhance the visual spectacle and draw audiences into the story. The North Pole is filled with beautiful, ice-covered images and every detail has been given full attention. Aardman deserves serious recognition for the masterful work it has done.
Arthur Christmas is fun and unique Christmas adventure that will likely become a movie that families will sit down to watch each year during the holidays. | Matthew Newlin


text:
|Home | Articles | News | Blog | About | Mailing List | Resources | Prominent Islamists | Middle East Forum | Keep Us Informed | Donate
France rules out retention centres for Islamist radicals
The Local
France's Prime Minister has dismissed right wing calls to build retention centre for radicalized Islamists, an idea that appeared to be backed by some French Muslim leaders.
Rightwing French lawmakers had called for "retention centres" for radical Islamists after the brutal murder of a policeman and his partner at their home on Monday night by French jihadist Larisso Abballa.
Several right wing politicians want to create centres, dubbed "French Guantanamos", akin to those where individuals with dangerous mental health problems can be detained.
Read the complete original version of this item...
Related Topics: Government, Medical, Mosques / Imams, Multiculturalism, Police / FBI, Prisons, Segregation receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free islamist watch mailing list
Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of Islamist Watch.
Creeping Dhimmitude


text:
Tech Designs is a specialist in computer controlled plasma cutting, providing profile cutting services to clients across Australia.
We use state-of-the-art equipment including CNC Plasma, which cuts carbon steel, aluminium and stainless steel up to 20mm, offering quality close to laser cutting at a fraction of the cost, giving us the ability to cut almost any shape out of carbon steel, aluminum and stainless steel.
We can use our extensive image library to create a product to your specifications (image, size, colour) or convert your own image into a computerised cutting format. Products range from simple art metalwork for the patio, pool area or the front of your house to large designer gates and signage.
We also can create large entrance panels and gates for a more upmarket and personalised house or business appearance. All we need is a design idea and we will do the rest.
Plates, brackets, cleats and many other mechanical parts can be cut from customers specifications or converted form dmg and other CAD software.


text:
I'm part of a group of awesome authors and bloggers on the street team for Gabriela Pereira's upcoming book, DIY MFA. Gabriela's podcast and website are both insanely inspiring and fun to browse through (for all you writerly and creative-types out there).
There are so many ways out there to do this writing thing. I've probably tried a majority of them—write first thing in the morning, write late at night, write 1000 words a day, write 2000 words a day, write every day, don't write everyday—the list could seriously go on forever.
I think the biggest one that doesn't work for me? Write first thing in the morning. I work from home as well to writing, and I have to crank out work first thing in the morning. If I don't, I stress myself out, work all day, and leave no time to finish things up. I work so much better when I can get my 4-5 hours of office work out of the way and then spend the rest of the morning and afternoon on my manuscript (having young kids at home, generally means my writing goes on well into the evening, but it's what works for me.)
What is a piece of writing advice that didn't work for you?


text:
Keeping track of US taxation
Executive Certificate in US Financial Governance
After the handover, dealings between local and mainland businesses have surged, but Hong Kong's economy retains its special US links.
HKUSPACE has introduced a programme - the Executive Certificate in US Financial Governance and Controls - to help financial professionals learn more about American tax-related issues.
Dr Olivia Lui Lai-wah, leader of the programme, says HKUSPACE had been planning to offer such a course but had to wait until a suitable lecturer was found.
'The lecturer is a certified public accountant (CPA) from the US who hails from Hong Kong. There are very few courses which focus on the tax system of the US and I am lucky to have him on board to teach the course,' she says.
The programme is aimed at US expatriates, investors with US exposure, as wells as CPAs and business executives working in US companies.
'The course provides the most updated knowledge and practices in US income taxation, with focus on business entitles, financial reporting and auditing, corporate control, governance and fraud,' says Lui.
Class size is around 20. Assessment will be through written assignments and examinations. Classes will be held on weekday evenings. Students can elect to study module one covering US taxation, theories and issues for a total of 24 hours, or they can opt for the 21-hour module two on US corporate governance and financial reporting. Those who finish either module will be awarded with an executive certificate.
Applicants should hold a recognised bachelor's degree.
Most Popular
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5


text:
Breezes Runaway Bay Plans Zumba Week
July 29, 2011 by parisandjohn
Filed under Travel News
OK, we have to admit we're behind on the Zumba craze. (If you, too, aren't familiar with Zumba, the video above will explain more. The short explanation: Zumba is a workout set to Latin and international music.) If you love Zumba, you'll love the special Wellness & Zumba Week planned at Breezes Runaway Bay (always […]


text:
Ink painting
Beautiful work, love the spontaneity!
Thanks very much Ken, nice to know ink work is appreciated. :-)
Loading more work by Ron C. Moss...
10% off
for joining the Redbubble mailing list
Receive exclusive deals and awesome artist news and content right to your inbox.
Free for your convenience.


text:
Discussion in 'Windows Desktop Systems' started by seperatist, Nov 7, 2004.
does anyone know how to play an .rms video file? i have no idea what to use or what it is.
Secure RealMedia Files I think.
try real player rm is real media contents if you ever get stuck with a file extension you dont know try
If you install Real Player remember to search for realplay.exe and rename it to realplay.exe.old and take teh startup command out of teh run section of the registry.
use real alternative or megacodec pack, real player is slow, i used to use it and it was slow to load sometimes had to shut it down
i tried using real alternative and mpc and neither worked.
is there a way to convert rms to avi or mpeg?


text: The aim of this book is to present a modern treatment of the theory of theta functions in the context of algebraic geometry. The novelty of its approach lies in the systematic use of the Fourier-Mukai transform. The author starts by discussing the classical theory of theta functions from the point of view of the representation theory of the Heisenberg group (in which the usual Fourier transform plays the prominent role). He then shows that in the algebraic approach to this theory, the Fourier-Mukai transform can often be used to simplify the existing proofs or to provide completely new proofs of many important theorems. Graduate students and researchers with strong interest in algebraic geometry will find much of interest in this volume.


text:
Spring 2016
Alexandra Schultheis Moore, "What Can Human Rights Films Do?: Precarity and the Politics of Visuality in Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence"
Thursday, March 31st, 2016
4:00 pm
Austin 217 (Stern Room)
Storrs Campus
Professor Moore (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) is co-editor of four landmark collections on human rights and literature, including the MLA's Options for Teaching Series, Teaching Human Rights in Literary and Cultural Studies (2015) and the Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights (2015). Her most recent monograph is Vulnerability and Security in Human Rights Literature and Visual Culture (2015).
Sponsored by the Human Rights Institute Research Program on Humanitarianism.
Reading Group with Keith Watenpaugh on Bread from Stones: The Middle East and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism
April 13, 2016, 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Administrative Conference Room, Thomas J. Dodd Center
Keith David Watenpaugh is a historian of the Modern Middle East and Professor and Director of Human Rights Studies at University of California, Davis.
Reading Group with Elizabeth Hinton on From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
April 28, 2016, 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Room 162
Thomas J. Dodd Center
Elizabeth Hinton is Assistant Professor in the Department History and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Hinton's research focuses on the persistence of poverty and racial inequality in the 20th century United States. Her current scholarship considers the transformation of domestic social programs and urban policing after the Civil Rights Movement.
Fall 2015
Nadifa Mohamed, "Writing Women, Writing War"
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Storrs Campus
Stern Lounge, Austen 217
Somali-British novelist Nadifa Mohamed discusses the challenges of writing about women engaged in and affected by conflict. Mohamed was one of Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists" and her debut novel Black Mamba Boy won the 2010 Betty Trask Award, and was shortlisted for numerous awards, including the 2010 Guardian First Book Award, the 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize, and the 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. She was born in Hargeysa, Somaliland and moved to the UK at the age of six.
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Research Program on Humanitarianism at the Human Rights Institute.
Reading Group with Charlotte Walter-Said, "The Historiography of Human Rights in Africa"
Thursday, October 22, 2015
12:00-2:00 pm
Dodd 162
Charlotte Walker-Said will join us from John Jay College (CUNY) with a presentation on the historiography of human rights in Africa. Walker-Said works on the transnational character of Christianity and its influence on gender politics and family law in French Cameroon.
Magnet Scholar Thomas Keenan
Theme for 2015-2016: On Theories of Evidence
October 1, 2015, 4-6 pm in Austin 217
December 3, 2015, 4-6 pm in Dodd 162
February 12, 2016, 12-3pm in Dodd 162
Professor Keenan is Director of the Human Rights Program and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Bard College. He is author of Fables of Responsibility (1997); Mengele's Skull (with Eyal Weizman, 2012); articles in PMLA, South Atlantic Quarterly, Grey Room, New York Times, Aperture, Cabinet. Coeditor, New Media, Old Media (with Wendy Chun, 2005; 2nd edition with Wendy Chun and Anna Fisher, 2015);The Human Snapshot (with Tirdad Zolghadr, 2013); and The Flood of Rights (with Suhail Malik and Tirdad Zolghadr, 2016). Editorial and advisory board member, Journal of Human Rights, Grey Room, Humanity, and Scholars at Risk Network. Curator, Antiphotojournalism (with Carles Guerra, 2010–11) and Aid and Abet (2011).
Spring 2015
Dr. Ryan Carlin, "What Kinds of Justice do Colombians Want from the Peace Process?"
Thursday, March 12, 2015
12:00 pm
Oak Hall, Room 438
Storrs Campus
Dr. Carlin is associate professor of political science at Georgia State University. He is the co-editor of The Latin American Voter: Pursuing Representation and Accountability in Challenging Contexts and the author of numerous articles in leading political science journals. His main research field is comparative political behavior with an emphasis on Latin America and other research interests include natural disaster politics, social preferences, rule of law, and political institutions. In this talk Dr. Carlin will present research looking at how Colombians view the ongoing negotiations between the government and FARC and how public opinion constrains the ability of the government to make concessions to former combatants. This research is funded by the Institute for International Education and USAID.
This event is co-sponsored by: the Research Program on Humanitarianism, the Human Rights Institute, the Department of Political Science, and El Instituto.
Lidwien E. Kapteijns, "Clan Cleansing in Somalia: Coming into Speech and Writing History in the Aftermath"
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
4:00-6:00 pm
Dodd 162
Storrs Campus
Lidwien Kapteijns is Kendall/Hodder Professor of History and teaches African and Middle Eastern history at Wellesley College. Before turning to Somali studies in the late 1988, she lived and worked in the Sudan and published about late pre-colonial Sudanese history. Her 1999 book Women's Voices in a Man's World: Women and the Pastoral Tradition in Northern Somali Orature, c. 1899-1980 (with Maryan Omar Ali), deals with notions of proper womanhood in Somali folklore texts and in the Somali popular songs of the 1960s-1980s. Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991, an analysis of Somali civil war violence in text and context, came out with the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2013 (paperback, 2014).
Fall 2014
Elizabeth Samet, "Reading and Writing War in a Sentimental Age"
Monday, September 29, 2014
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Storrs Campus
Dodd Center 162
Professor Samet teaches English at West Point. She is the author of the widely discussed Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point, winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a selection for three "notable book of the year" lists: The New York Times, USA Today, and Christian Science Monitor. Professor Samet recently completed a Guggenheim Fellowship and will be speaking about her recent work on war writing.
This seminar is co-sponsored with the Research Program on Humanitarianism and the Human Rights Institute.
Avelina Crespo, "Portraiture and Its Uncertainties"
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Storrs Campus
Dodd 162
Ecuadorian photographer, Avelina Crespo will discuss her portraiture project "Fotos Gratis". Portraiture is the most ubiquitous photographic practice in human rights work. Think of all the portraits that grace the websites of NGOs! This talk by a practitioner will explore the challenges of portraiture and the theoretical debates about the practice.
Avelina Crespo is an Ecuadorian photographer with an extensive artistic experience internationally, having practiced and lived in Ecuador, France, Peru, Brazil, Chile and the United States. She received her BA in History from Georgetown University. She studied photography at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and recently completed a Diploma in Art History at the University of British Columbia. The Fotos Gratis series (2002-2011) is an ongoing project.
Sponsored by the Research Program on Humanitarianism
Meghan Marie Hammond, "The Empathy Imperative: Feelings with Others in the Humanities Classroom"
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
5:00 pm
Austin Hall 217
Meghan Marie Hammond teaches in the Humanities Core at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Empathy and the Psychology of Literary Modernism (Edinburgh UP) and the co-editor of Rethinking Empathy through Literature (Routledge).
Sponsored by the Department of English, the Humanities Institute, and the Research Program on Humanitarianism of the Human Rights Institute.
In 2013-2014 RPH focused its events on the topic of the Narration and Documentation of War. This was the second year of a planned three year project on this topic that draws faculty from English, History, Languages, Cultures, & Literatures, Political Science, Anthropology and Sociology. In the fall, we hosted James Dawes (Macalester) who presented work from his book on perpetrators, Evil Men. The research program sponsored HRI's annual film series and organized it on the theme "Aftermath: Human Rights and the Consequences of War." The film series, which consistently draws a large audience of our undergraduate majors as well as faculty, also had two invited speakers who led lively discussions of the films: Serena Parekh (Northeastern University) and film maker Kalyanee Mam.
The rubric "war" has widened under the pressure of various critiques (most notably feminist critique) to encompass a lot more than combat. Several colleagues have asked why use the term "war" and not refer instead to conflict, or armed conflict.The premise for launching this project is that war is a rhetorical construction that is widely used in our culture and has deep resonance that needs careful analysis. To call it a construction is not to diminish its relation to the real but to highlight the way in which the term helps produce the real.It has become almost cliché to talk about the impossibility of representing the traumatic experience of war violence and, paradoxically, this anxiety has generated a wealth of approaches to the analysis of narrative. At the same time, it has become all the more imperative to put pressure on the myriad practices of documenting war that are validated as somehow supra-narrative, or uncorrupted by storytelling. Whereas my statement implies a suspicion of such documentation and hints at the likelihood that any collection of facts is already organized according to certain narrative principles, the effort to reshape narratives of war must draw from a set of reconfigured facts leading us back to practices of documentation. Thus it is the synergy of narration and documentation that is of interest, rather than presuming that the terms stand independently of each other.
Sponsored by the Research Program on Humanitarianism of the Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut
Schedule of Events
9:30-9:45 Opening remarks, Eleni Coundouriotis (English) and self-introduction of
9:45-10:30 Christine Sylvester (Political Science and Gothenburg University), "Terror/War: Narrating Boston Through Iraq"
10:30-11:15 Margaret Higonnet (English), "Margins of War Narratives"
11:15-12:00 Guillermo Irizarry, "Frames of War in Francisco Goldman's Long Night of
12:45-1:30 Richard A. Wilson (Anthropology and Law School), "Criminalizing Hate Speech and War Propaganda at International Tribunals"
1:30-2:15 Bhakti Shringarpure (English), "War as Refuge: Third World Feminists Re-
imagine the Self and the Nation"
2:25-3:10 Sebastian Wogenstein (Literatures, Cultures and Languages), "Hölderlin in the Soldier's Knapsack: Poetry and World War I"
3:10-3:55 Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh (Political Science), "Re-Imagining Civil War and Promoting Political Order: Images of Irresponsible Citizens and Peru's 2001-2003 Truth and Reconciliation Commission"
3:55-4:30 Wrap-up discussion
Lecture by Ilana Feldman (George Washington University). February 7, 2012 at 4 pm. (more details to follow)
Panel Discussion: Teaching Human Rights in Literary and Cultural Studies.
Tuesday, October 02, 2012, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, CLAS, 217, Storrs Campus.
Discussion with Co-Directors of Breaking the Silence
Thursday, October 04, 2012, 4:00pm – 5:30pm, Laurel 206, Storrs Campus.
Workshop on "Post-Humanitarian Communication" with Prof. Lilie Chouliaraki, director of the PhD Programme in Media and Communications, London School of Economics. Sunday March 25, 2012 2:30 – 5:30 PM in Art Building 222
Lecture "World Citizenship and Complicitous Consumption" by Prof. Jennifer Wenzel, University of Michigan. Wednesday March 28, 2012 at 3:30 PM in CLAS 217
Public Roundtable Discussion "Humanitarianism and its Ghosts: Responding to Famine in Somalia." For more information, click here. Wednesday April 11, 2012 at 2:00 PM in Humanities Institute Library (3rd Floor of CLAS).
"Afghanistan in the Vortex: Humanitarianism in Question," roundtable discussion with policy analysts, reporters, and practitioners (April 2011)
"The Arts and Human Rights in Latin America: Perspectives from Marcelo Brodsky and Alfredo Jaar," a public presentation by two of the foremost Latin American artists (March 2010)
Lectures by prominent scholars including Dr. Keith Watenpaugh (Religious Studies and Human Rights, UC Davis) and Dr. Eduardo Cadava (English and Comparative Literature, Princeton)
Fall 2008: In the Balance: Humanitarianism and Responsibility (http://humanrights.uconn.edu/2008-conference-in-the-balance-humanitarianism-and-responsibility/)
**Papers from this conference and more recent responses to the question of humanitarianism and responsibility are currently being collated for a special edition of the Journal of Human Rights, co-edited by Kerry Bystrom and Glenn Mitoma, scheduled for publication in December 2012.
Co-sponsorship of Connecticut Repertory Theatre productions including David Edgar's compelling play on refugee crises, Pentecost, directed by Gary English (December 2007)
Fall 2006: Humanitarianism and Narratives of Inflicted Suffering (2006 HRI Conference)
**A collection of papers from this conference was published as an edited volume by Richard A. Wilson and Richard D. Brown, Humanitarianism and Suffering: The Mobilization of Empathy (Cambridge UP 2009)


text:
New Delhi, July 5: Sarvesh Kumar, 35, died after he was pushed out of an AIIMS emergency ward because resident doctors went on strike.
Sarvesh, from Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, had been brought to the countrys top hospital around 12.30 pm complaining of severe stomach ache and fits. He was prescribed some medicines and given an injection but before he could be taken for further tests, at 1 pm, the doctors stopped work and the man was sent out on a wheelchair.
His family ' like that of other patients ' was told to take him to Safdarjung Hospital across the road. They did, but did not find a place in the emergency wards there which were overflowing with patients from the two hospitals.
About three hours later while they were still waiting outside Safdarjung, Sarvesh died, as his brother and wife watched helplessly.
As the patient they had turned out lost his battle for life, resident doctors at AIIMS declared that the strike against the sacking of their director P. Venugopal was indefinite.
Just the reinstatement of Venugopal is no longer enough. Emergency services at AIIMS will remain closed till (health minister Anbumani) Ramadoss resigns, said Vinod Patro, the Residents Doctors Association chief.
Subodh Kumar, blood all over him, was another patient bundled out of an emergency ward. The auto-rickshaw driver had been hit by a speeding car. With four suspected broken limbs and unable to talk, he managed a whisper: Take me to senior doctors; they will treat me.
He was wrong.
Split for a month over Venugopal, the faculty and resident doctors jointly stopped work against his sacking.
The faculty association, which had largely opposed the director, went on a 24-hour flash strike against the autocratic manner in which Venugopal had been removed. We will meet tomorrow evening to decide whether to continue the strike. We hope we wont have to, said V.K. Khaitan, the secretary.
During the faculty strike, none of the medical services at AIIMS will be operational, except in-patient care. We have a responsibility towards those already admitted as patients here. They will be taken care of, said Khaitan.
But resident doctors who manage the emergency wards did not think twice before pushing out patients, some of them without first-aid.
At least 250 emergency cases came after 1 pm. All of them were turned away, said Anita, nurse-in-charge of the AIIMS emergency wards.


text:
Xolo Mobile Service Center in Palanpur
Xolo Mobile Service Center in Palanpur, Gujarat – Address, Contact Number are listed below. If you have any problem with your Xolo mobile, kindly contact the service center officials. There is 1 Xolo authorized mobile service center in Palanpur
List of Xolo Authorized Mobile Service Centers in Palanpur:
Xolo mobile service center in Palanpur
Name: KHODIYAR COMMUNICATION
Address: Shop No 8,City Light Bussiness Center,Palanpur
City: Palanpur
State: Gujarat
Pincode: 385001
Contact Person: Kailesh Patel
Contact Number: 9824318407 / 9978618407
Email: email@example.com
Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Working Days: Monday to Saturday [Sunday Holiday]
* Call the XOLO Service Center before planning your visit, to ensure that the service center address is correct and is open for service.
** Please comment below if you find any of the above information incorrect, we will fix it immediately. Thanks in advance


text:
Hotels in Fürstenwalde/Spree
Search for Fürstenwalde/Spree Hotels
Collect 10 nights, get 1 reward night
And look out for Secret Prices on selected hotels
Best Fürstenwalde/Spree Hotels
Fuerstenwalde overviewA stop at places like Steinhoefel Castle and Arborafabula - Kletterwald Bad Saarow will create some memories. Whatever you're into, Fuerstenwalde has something for you.
Where to stay in FuerstenwaldeWhether you're planning to stay for a night or for the week, the area around Fuerstenwalde has accommodations to fit every need. Search for hotels in Fuerstenwalde with Hotels.com by checking our online maps. These display the areas and neighbourhoods around all Fuerstenwalde hotels so you can see how close you are from landmarks and attractions, and then refine your search within the larger area. The best Fuerstenwalde hotel deals are here with our lowest price guarantee.
How to get to FuerstenwaldeFly in to Berlin (SXF-Schoenefeld), 22.8 mi (36.7 km) from central Fuerstenwalde. Berlin (TXL-Tegel) is the next closest major airport, 34.3 mi (55.2 km) away.
What to see around FuerstenwaldeRecommended places to see include:
- • Steinhoefel Castle
- • Arborafabula - Kletterwald Bad Saarow
- • Stan Eby Course
- • Arnold Palmer Golfplatz
- • Nick Faldo Golf Course
When to visit FuerstenwaldeIf you're starting to plan your trip, you might be wondering when the best time to visit is. Here are the seasonal trends to help you decide when to go:
Seasonal temperatures
- January-March: 11°C day, -3°C night
- April-June: 23°C day, 7°C night
- July-September: 23°C day, 9°C night
- October-December: 17°C day, -2°C night
- January-March: 5 cm
- April-June: 4 cm
- July-September: 7 cm
- October-December: 6 cm


text:
May 09 2007
The Ultimate Fighting Champions of Democracy
The latest parliamentary fracas in Taiwan just goes to show there are, um, differing approaches to democracy in the free world.
Some days, I wish the House of Commons was more like this… just for a moment. Then I realize that the Bloc Quebecois probably has enough MPs to lay the smack down on all the other parties and demand a separate state with the business end of a table leg.


text:
Find an Attraction: Fairmount
Special Interest
- Center City
- Historic Philadelphia
- Bella Vista
- Callowhill
- Cedar Park
- Chestnut Hill
- Chinatown
- East Passyunk
- Fairmount
- Fishtown
- Germantown
- Graduate Hospital
- Logan Square
- Manayunk
- Market East
- Mt. Airy
- Northern Liberties
- Old City
- Pennsport
- Powelton Village
- Queen Village
- Rittenhouse Square
- Society Hill
- Spring Garden
- Spruce Hill
- University City
- Washington Sq. West
- Bucks County
- Chester County
- Delaware County
- Montgomery County
|Attraction Name
AMOR Sculpture in Sister Cities Park
Mirrors Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE sculpture
210 N 18th Street
|Neighborhoods: Center City Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Parkway / Logan Square
Bastille Day Festival
at Eastern State Penitentiary
Wigs are welcome at this day-long reenactment of the French Revolution
2124 Fairmount Avenue
|Neighborhoods: Center City Philadelphia, Fairmount
Campus Philly CollegeFest
A day of discounts, giveaways, entertainment and free admission to museums
1 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
|Neighborhoods: Center City Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Parkway / Logan Square, Center City East, Center City West
Eastern State Penitentiary
Radical 19th century prison designed to create social change
22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19130
|Neighborhoods: Center City Philadelphia, Fairmount
Dollar Days on the Avenue
Explore Brewerytown and Girard Ave. for a steal
2600-2800 block of W. Girard Ave.
|Neighborhoods: North Philadelphia, Fairmount Park
North Star Bar & Grille
A shining star of a bar
2639 Poplar Street
|Neighborhoods: Fairmount
Fairmount Art Center
Release the artist inside with classes, workshops and more
2501 Olive Street
|Neighborhoods: Fairmount
Arts Garage
A dynamic and multifaceted entertainment venue
1533 Ridge Ave.
|Neighborhoods: Fairmount
Joan of Arc
1890 by Emmanuel Frémiet
25th Street at Kelly Drive Philadelphia, PA 19130
|Neighborhoods: Center City Philadelphia, Fairmount
Eastern State Penitentiary Tour
See Al Capone's prison cell
2124 Fairmount Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19130
|Neighborhoods: Center City Philadelphia, Fairmount
Page 1 of 1 pages


text:
Use Add to favorites button to save photos in this list.Start slideshow with favorite photos Clear list
Track after track, this is something fabulous. The Swedes are just too talented for their own good. [wp_bandcamp_player type="album" id="1202109290″ size="grande" bg_color="#FFFFFF" link_color="#4285BB"] Incoming search terms:summer heart about a feeling zip Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it
Gems just keep landing in my inbox lately. Meet Observer Drift, a bedroom pop project based out of Minnesota who runs along the same vein as Teen Daze, Beach House, and even hints of Long Walks On The Beach. Music that feels nostalgic, reminiscent of childhood memories, and over-exposed pictures. Sometimes with this particular genre [&hellip
That voice, man, that voice. Meet Lowlakes, an indie group based out of Melbourne, Australia who straddle the fine line of ambient music with telling vocal play that create intense, whirling melodies. With an incredibly rich sound, the band lightly incorporates various instruments and effects in their incredibly solid self-titled EP which dropped last month. [&hellip
A beautiful direction that the Brooklyn group, Preludes, have recently taken. "Dresden" is the brother and sister duo's latest single which is full of slow-churning adorable melodies with a dream-pop glaze overtop. I'm always a big fan of boy/girl vocals and that push pull feeling. Grab the track and name your price, enjoy. [wp_bandcamp_player type="track" [&hellip
In Living Colour – Land & Peoples Dreamy pop that swirls around your eardrums, these Baltimore natives have already won my heart. "In Living Colour" is a track full of "ohhs" and hazy guitars, not overcomplicated yet you're still left with such a lush sound. Check out their latest here. Montana – Youth Lagoon I [&hellip
I love the way this track, "Peripheral Visionaries," kicks off; slow, smooth and sexy. bFunk's already shown love for these Canadians before and now it's my turn. Minimalist lyrics, repetitive lines, and grooving synths – this song was made for late nights and dark bars. Young Galaxy put a mesmerizing touch on dream pop and create [&hellip
Jim Smith, the sole-creator behind the dark and dreamy synth-pop that is TEEEL, is a tireless man. One who has many, many tricks up his sleeve. While one minute he's executing a fabulous remix, the next he's dishing out press releases for the latest talent he locks in on for his own record label, Synthemesc. [&hellip
Hey guys. Yeah I still go here. 🙂 – Youth Lagoon's "Year of Hibernation" was pretty high on a good deal of those year end "best of" lists. The weak yet sweet sounding little vocals from Trevor Powers are extremely reflective of the nostalgia of growing up. The innocence of childhood. This whole album really reminds [&hellip


text:
Brett Favre isn't the only NFL veteran whose lengthy streak of games started could come to an end this season.
OK, so Casey Weigmann's 111 straight starts don't put him in Favre's league as an iron man. But one look at the rest of the Broncos' offensive line puts Weigmann's streak in perspetive.
Tom Nalen, the Broncos' would-be starting center, played five games last season before going on injured reserve with a torn right biceps. Left guard Ben Hamilton, meanwhile, didn't play a down in 2007 because of concussion issues.
On the other side of the line, right guard Chris Kuper never has played a game at the position he inherited when Montrae Holland arrived at training camp overweight. And Ryan Harris, the No. 1 right tackle du jour, never has started an NFL game, period.
Now for the rest of the story: Weigmann, who left the Chiefs after they committed to a rebuilding program, hasn't missed a snap, much less a start, during his streak, which began in 2001.
"I take great pride in it," said Weigmann. "You want to keep the streak going, but if you can't, you can't. But yeah, it would bother me. I'm a competitor. I want to be out there helping my team. That's what I'm here to do. I don't want to be sitting on the bench."
Weigmann has been working with the No. 1 offensive line in the absence of Nalen, whose aching left knee has caused him to miss a handful of practices. While Nalen's status is unclear – he was scheduled to undergo an MRI Thursday — Weigmann's is business as usual.
"Come in and be ready," said Weigmann, when asked what his goal was for his first camp as a Bronco. "If the opportunity comes here, I'll take advantage of it. Coach Shanahan told me there's always a chance and it shows. Tom is hurting right now and he may be ready and he might not. I've still got to be ready no matter what happens."
Question is, will the rest of the line be ready?
"It's funny," said Weigmann. "During the last drill, Ben looked in the huddle and he goes, 'You weren't here, I wasn't here, you weren't here, you weren't here and you were here." Four out of the five weren't playing last year, so it's a matter of getting used to one another."
Follow Jim Armstrong's daily sports commentaries on The Jimmy Page midday during the week. And read his columns on Sundays at denverpost.com/jimmy.
He can be reached at 303-954-1269 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Cameron Dallas and crew finally premiered the damn movie.
Expelled kicked off a huge premiere in Los Angeles tonight, with a digital release following next week on December 16th. If you are #TEAMINTERNET (and you are if you read my blog), YOU SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND BUY THIS MOVIE.
The film premiere was a pretty star studded affair for a movie literally created by the Internet. Cameron was joined by nearly everyone from Magcon including Jack and Jack, Nash Grier, Hayes Grier, Matthew Espinosa and Mahogany LOX. The Janoskians also showed up to lend their support to the cast and crew; no pranks were made to my knowledge. Fans who have the app Snapchat could follow the premiere in real time as many of the guests were Snapchatting throughout. Nash, the Jacks and many fans updated with constant streams of pictures and texts. What better way to build hype for a movie?
Twitter reactions were all made in real time, and predictably, the movie was very well received. As this movie was made for the fans, and with a strictly teenage audience in mind, I doubt any reviews will be necessary. BUT CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK FOR MINE. I will be very nice. CAN CAMERON DALLAS ACT AND CARRY A FILM? I will report back.
In the meantime, please enjoy this post as I will be updating with pictures and videos as I find them. YOU'RE WELCOME. Also a huge congrats to everyone involved in Expelled. I'm very excited to see how the film does and what other feature films AwesomenessTV create after this one. More please.


text:
Deutz Fahr 6 Series
The 6 Series is the perfect fusion between technology and design: engineered with built-in efficiency in every single system and with minute attention to detail in every component, instrument and control, these machines are extraordinarily productive. The range also includes agile, more compact models with a shorter wheelbase that are ideal for any application, to match this superlative efficiency with remarkable versatility. With powerful Deutz engines, tried and tested Powershift transmissions and instantly recognisable, attractive style by Giugiaro Design with clean, bold lines, the 6 Series sets the standards for others to follow. This series is now even more advanced than ever, with the CShift robotised shift system for models with the T7200 transmission.
Machine Specifications
Models: 6150.4 / 6160.4 / 6150 / 6160 / 6180 / 6190
Cylinders: 4 and 6 (.4=4cylinders)
Maximum Power (hp): 149 up to 193
Maximum Hydraulic lifting capacity (front/ rear)Kg: 3800/9240
Rear PTO speed: 540/540E/1000/1000E
No. of speeds: 24/24 and 40/40
No. of power shifts: 4
Speed: 40/50 Km/h
Fuel tank Capacity: 230L(.4models) and 300L
Ad Blue tank capacity: 28L (.4models) and 35L
Make Enquiry?
If you would like to enquire further about this product please contact us on 01633 680754, or alternative submit the following form


text:
Activists are blasting a new North Dakota bill that would exempt a driver from liability if they unintentionally run over a Dakota Access Pipeline protester blocking traffic on a public road or highway.
North Dakota state Rep. Keith Kempenich, a Republican, said the bill, which is in response to the anti-DAPL protests around the controversial pipeline construction site, was needed to prevent protesters from blocking roadways and to protect drivers who accidentally hit activists.
"It's shifting the burden of proof from the motor vehicle driver to the pedestrian," he told reporters Friday. "[Roads] not there for the protesters. They're intentionally putting themselves in danger."
Kempenich's legislation protects drivers who hit protesters on the roadways from being "liable for any damages," especially those who are startled and confused by protesters and press the accelerator instead of the brakes.
"A driver of a motor vehicle who unintentionally causes injury or death to an individual obstructing vehicular traffic on a public road, street, or highway is not guilty of an offense," the bill reads.
No committee hearing has yet been set for the bill.
Activists associated with the months-long movement to stymie the now-rejected multi-billion dollar project believe the bill "criminalizes the protests" and puts people's lives in danger.
"It's shocking to see legislation that allows for people to literally be killed for exercising their right to protest in a public space," Tara Houska, an American Indian environmental activist who has resided at the camp since August, told reporters in response to Kempenich's bill.
The rejected easement would have allowed DAPL to continue under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, where the Standing Rock Sioux tribe tribe and activists have gathered to protest a pipeline they think risks poisoning the tribe's water supply.
Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault II said he was surprised the legislation would propose the bill without first consulting the tribe.


text:
Please welcome Jeri Westerson, who writes a medieval mystery series with lots of British myth, characters and landscapes.
Would you please tell us about your latest book?
BLOOD LANCE is the fifth book in the Crispin Guest Medieval Noir mysteries where our hero/detective Crispin Guest—a slave to his personal honor—gets talked into finding a lost relic that an old friend in distress is looking for, must investigate a murder that everyone else wants to call a suicide, gets involved with a beautiful woman who means trouble, runs into Spanish spies, court intrigue, and Geoffrey Chaucer, that all culminates in a deadly joust on London Bridge.
What made you interested in writing this particular story?
Because Crispin Guest is a disgraced knight turned detective, he holds his personal honor dear. He lost his title, status, wealth and place in the world because he committed treason…for a good cause. (He lost all but his life) He hasn't been a knight for ten years, but I still wanted to bring knightly attitudes and fighting into the book. And because Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has been in the news lately, I thought I'd research it to see if PTSD is a modern phenomenon or has been with us since war began. There is some information on knights fleeing battles and talk about "cowardice" which was their only explanation at the time. So I decided to make one of Crispin's old friends a knight with PTSD, desperate to get his hands on this missing relic that he believes will help him. All of Crispin's chivalric training comes to bear here. Including London Bridge (which many readers were surely unaware contained houses and shops) just added another interesting element. The joust that happens on London Bridge has its precedence in the time period. Maybe not this particular joust but at least one did happen on the bridge.
What does a typical writing day look like?
I get up and try to take care of necessary business at 7 am: emails, blogging, Facebooking, and Twitter first thing. Promotion is a necessary evil and it seems to drag more and more of my energy away from writing time. Keeping a balance between that business of writing and actual writing is tough these days.
But when that's finally out of the way, I can sit down and get to my manuscript. I read over what I wrote the day before, editing as I go, and then plunge into the new work of the day. I make myself do a minimum of ten pages a day. They don't have to be a good ten pages but they have to be at least ten. Theoretically, by the end of a month, I should have a finished first draft. It never ends up that way, because I may have to stop and do some research, or do a promotional event that day, or any number of other distractions. I'm usually done with a first draft these days in three months, and that includes the first month of writing the outline and doing some initial research (because although I have a pretty good handle on the day to day life and history of fourteenth century London, there are always real people, real history, and a new relic to research for each story). So I start writing around 9 am and am usually done or mentally spent by about 3 pm. Though sometimes I skip a lot of time in the middle and work later at night. I quit my day job a few years ago (which might have been premature, but I didn't think it was going to be possible for me to produce three books in three different genres a year, short stories, and do all my promo while also stuck at a job that was just a job. But money is nice to pay bills with, too.) so I can write all day. Once I have a first draft I do a lot more editing and rewriting. Then it goes to my husband to read and more editing; then to my critique group for more of the same; then to my agent for yet more fine tuning; and finally to my editor for even more tweaking.
Tell us about your main character's psyche or personality. What led her (or him) to be the person s/he is today?
Crispin is complex. He's noble to the core. And he defined himself by his nobility. He knew his place in the world because he was born to it. When he lost it all he was truly set adrift. Knowing he was guilty, knowing what he did was right at the time, doesn't help him now. He had to make his own way in the world, stripped of all that he knew. He reinvents himself as the "Tracker," a man who is hired to find things. When he stumbles upon murder he feels obliged by his knightly upbringing to see justice done.
He still has a hard time reconciling his current status living on the Shambles, the butcher's district in London, to the courtly life and lands he once enjoyed, and he is naturally bitter, especially because he knows it's his own fault.
Some years earlier, he reluctantly took in an orphaned street urchin, a young cutpurse named Jack Tucker, who insinuated himself into Crispin's life as his servant and now serves as an "apprentice Tracker." Their relationship is like a father and son, two people from two different worlds, but cleaving together for emotional and financial support. They get into trouble and adventures together, with sometimes the apprentice teaching the master a thing or two.
What advice do you have for writers who have not yet been published?
Do your homework. Learn about your industry and the genre you write. Join professional organizations so you can network with authors in your genre so you don't make amateur mistakes. Do a lot of listening and heeding advice. Believe me, you do not know it all and you will waste precious time and money if you don't learn the ropes and pay your dues first.
Realize that this is not a money-making career. Less than one tenth of one percent of authors ever make a decent living at this, or any kind of living at all. Don't quit your day job!
What are you working on right now?
The next Crispin adventure will be released October 15 of this year, SHADOW OF THE ALCHEMIST; Perenelle, the wife of infamous alchemist Nicholas Flamel, has been kidnapped and the culprit wants his most prized creation, the Philosopher's Stone. Flamel's assistant is murdered and ancient symbols turn up on walls and carved on stones throughout London. Crispin must decipher them in a strange treasure hunt to find the man responsible. What follows is a chase down the shadowy streets of London, between men who know the secrets of poisons and purges, sorcery and forbidden sciences. With the help of Flamel's deaf mute servant Avelyn and the indomitable Jack Tucker, Crispin races against time to save Perenelle from disaster, and the Philosopher's Stone from falling into the wrong hands.
I'm also working on a Young Adult series with Jack Tucker. And right now I'm working an entirely new contemporary paranormal series with humor and adventure when a feisty female protagonist in a small New England village is forced to hunt down and capture creatures who have escaped out of an ancient book, with the help of a dark and sexy demon, the local coven of Wiccans, and the handsome sheriff.
In the meantime, people can read about my Crispin books, see the series book trailer, and read Crispin's own blog and book discussion guides on my website at www.JeriWesterson.com.


text:
Mass Effect 3: Earth Multiplayer Expansion (PlayStation 3)
Published by
Developed by
Also For
Critic Score
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
User Score
5 point score based on user ratings.
DescriptionThe Earth Multiplayer Expansion is a downloadable content pack (DLC) for Mass Effect 3. Includes the following content:
- Six human N7 characters: Fury, Destroyer, Demolisher, Paladin, Shadow, and Slayer.
- Three maps: Firebase London, Firebase Rio and Firebase Vancouver.
- Three weapons: Acolyte Pistol, N7 Piranha Shotgun, and N7 Typhoon Assault Rifle.
- Several weapon mods and gear upgrades.
- A new mission objective where the team must protect and escort a combat drone to the designated extraction zone.
- Platinum difficulty setting.
There are no PlayStation 3 user screenshots for this game.
There are 18 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.
Promo Images
There are no promo images for this game
Alternate Titles
- "Mass Effect 3: Expansion Multijoueur sur Terre" -- French title
- "Mass Effect 3: Erde Mehrspieler-Erweiterung" -- German title
Part of the Following Groups
- 3D Engine: UnrealEngine3
- Mass Effect 3 series
- Mass Effect series
- Setting: City - London
- Setting: City - Vancouver
User Reviews
There are no reviews for this game.
Critic Reviews
There are no critic reviews for this game.
There are currently no topics for this game.
There is no trivia on file for this game.
There are no game credits on file for this release of the game. Everything in MobyGames is contributable by users.


text:
Exam II Powerpoint II. PHOTOSYNTHESIS CO 2 + H 2 O sunlight energy > C 6 H 12 O 6 + O 2 + H 2 O. The Sun. is the ultimate source of biological energy for living organisms.
Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.
CO2 + H2O sunlight energy>C6H12O6 + O2 + H2O
is the ultimate source of biological energy for living organisms.
The light waves that come from the Sun include visible light that we see and shorter wavelengths (with more energy) and longer wavelengths that we cannot see.
Plants, some protists, and some prokaryotes capture sunlight energy with photosynthetic pigments
Chlorophyll which is found in chloroplasts is the most common pigment. It appears green because it absorbs light of colors other than green and allows green light to be reflected and thus detected by other organisms.
There are also accessory photosynthetic pigments that make plants appear yellow and orange
The primary photosynthetic organs of plants are leaves.
Plants and photosynthetic know thylakoids, stroma, granuum, and inner and outer membranes)
the "photo part of photosynthesis" that occur in the thylakoids
Photochemical reactions involve the trapping of light.
Light energy excites pigment molecules and causes an electron to be freed which begins moving through an ETS (next step).
There are two photosystems [Photosystem I (with chlorophyll a absorbing lightwaves of 700 most efficiently; P700) and Photosystem II (also with chlorophyll a but absorbing lightwaves of 680 most efficiently; P680)] that are involved in capturing the energy and the beginning of electron transfer
The electron that is excited in Photosystem I is sent along the ETS to NADP+ and as another electron is passed to NADP+, the latter is reduced to NADPH (a coenzyme and energy intermediate) which carries electrons.
Now light energy absorbed by Photosystem II is transferred into an electron thus exciting it and causing it to be sent to P700 (of Photosystem I) which can now absorb more light energy because of the replaced electron (note that Photosystem II has electrons replaced from split water molecules which also results in the formation of O2).
This is the final phase of energy capture and involves the movement of the hydrogen ions through ATP synthase with the release of energy and finally the synthesis of ATP from ADP. In addition, NADP+ picks up the H+ producing NADPH.
Overall, the light dependent reactions provide energy (in the form of cpe in ATP and cpe in NADPH), and H ions to be used as building blocks for glucose (from the NADPHs). Oxygen is released as a byproduct.
or Carbon fixation
the "synthesis part of photosynthesis" that occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast
Carbon fixation occurs when a gas (CO2) is incorporated into a solid (e.g., a carbohydrate)
During energy capture the energy and the hydrogen needed for carbon fixation are required.
Carbon fixation involving atmospheric CO2 occurs during the reactions of the Calvin Cycle
The battle against world hunger can use plants adapted to water scarcity pp. 140-142
Greenhouse Gases pp. 607-609
Genetic Information
Genes are portions of DNA molecules that contain genetic information which controls protein synthesis.
Each chromosome is made up of DNA and associated proteins. The DNA of each chromosome contains many genes.
the process whereby genes direct protein synthesis
The order of this process is
DNA > RNA > protein
DNA is transcribed into RNA
RNA is translated into proteins
DNA is composed of subunits called nucleotides which consist of a 5Carbon sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate group(s), and nitrogenous bases (A, T, C, and G)
Nucleotides are linked by sugar-phosphate bond which basically form a backbone
The 3-D structure of DNA (from Franklin; Watson and Crick) is a twisted spiral (or more commonly called a helix) consisting of two strand of DNA, thus it is called a double helix
In addition to serving as the code for proteins, DNA also undergoes replication
Replication is the duplication of DNA within a cell prior to cell division (e.g., mitosis or meiosis I)
The original strands of the double helix serve as a template for the new strands (replication is semi-conservative)
Enzymes are involved in replication (e.g., helicase and DNA polymerase)
Mistakes may occur during replication or mutations may be induced by a variety of mutagens (substances or phenomena that cause changes in DNA). Mutagens include: UV radiation which causes thymine dimers, X-rays, nicotine, and many other drugs or man-made chemicals
beneficial - antibiotic resistance in bacteria is good for the bacteria (but not for us of course), sickle-cell anemia (actually a person with one gene for hemoglobin S, a carrier, is at an advantage to people with two normal hemoglobin genes in areas of the world where malaria is endemic), and mutations are a source of variation which is necessary for evolution to occur.
deleterious - many mutations are bad in that they result in serious conditions and possibly death, for example- UV light causes thymine dimers in bacteria which prevent replication and thus eventually the colony of bacteria will die.
Neutral or silent - some mutations do not change the protein that is coded for by that gene. This is because each amino acid has more than one triplet code


text:
» A collection of boutique applications for android
Review & Guide App
(Click to Ratings)
views: 186 publish: September 23, 2016
We have put together some of us usually usually used to the collection, are common applications, very easy to use, hurry to see it.
LBE security master
Android on the rogue software more and more, we are increasingly hard to detect, and this LBE security master backing is not small, the function is also very practical, recommend to everyone, the new version of a face-lift, change a lot, more and more comprehensive.
fqrouter can make your mobile able to access restricted websites such as youtube/twitter from China. Besides that, it can also turn your mobile into a router sharing the free internet to other devices, if you have already [ROOT] your mobile.
Excellent tool to have handy Works BUT because the USB drive is mounted as a directory inside your internal storage, if your internal storage is full or near full you won't be able to copy a file bigger than your free space to the USB drive. Many people have complained about this, if there is any way to mitigate this that would be great.
Every phone should have this app. Endless possibilities. To those who think this app is 'complicated', it's only as complicated as you allow it to be. Here's the basics: A profile is an action that your phone can do that you want Tasker to initiate a start or end task to. A task, whether it's a starting or ending task, is a list of actions that Tasker automates. When a profile becomes active, the start task runs down down the list. When an active profile is no longer active, the end task runs.
Napseed is the best app for your daily photo processing. With this app, you can make your photos more enjoyable with your fingertips. This great digital photo processing software makes it easy for anyone to beautify, convert, and share their photos. Snapseed's built-in Google+ features make it easier for you to share photos with friends and family.
MX Player
Main drawback of this app is it doesn't support AC3 formatted audio. Its a request to the developer authority to add this feature, now a days maxm movie comes with this audio format so we have to install other video player to watch such audio formatted movie.
This is a study with the app, who would like to learn together on the train, to buy their own books, free sharing, reply or private letter issued ticket!
Light Flow Pro
Light Flow Pro is a personalized custom applications, because the phone that LED light is actually a lot of colors, but manufacturers do more dead, so use this tool to change to add some freshness.
The above is a collection of boutique applications for android, if there are any suggestions, please tell us in the comments.


text:
Three watchmaking trends for 2015
The innovations revealed at Baselworld and at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie at the beginning of the year provide an opportunity to see three watchmaking trends in 2015: more reasonably sized diameters, finely crafted dials and the use of unexpected materials.
Take a regular look at swisstime.ch during and after Baselworld and see if these trends are holding.
More reasonably sized diameters
|Jaquet Droz
First trend: a return to normal for watch cases. Have watchmakers now given up on huge watches that are barely wearable? Diameters of 46, 47, 48 and up to 50 millimetre… realistically, who can wear them, aside from divers, pilots or mutants? The trend towards shrinking began in 2014 and appears to be continuing this year. At Baselworld, most of the watches presented have a diameter of between 39 and 43 millimetres starting with the Slim d'Hermès (39.5 mm), Hublot Big Bang Broderie (41 mm), Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Morte (43 mm), and Tudor North Flag (40 mm).
Finely crafted or even openworked dials
|Christophe Claret
|Armin Strom
While certain brands like Breguet were already in the habit of finely crafting – or even openworking – their dials, we have been seeing a distinct spread of this trend in recent years. Witness the work of brands such as Arnold & Son with its Instrument Collection DSTB, Armin Strom with its Skeleton Pure Earth, Zenith with the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, Christophe Claret and its Allegro, Perrelet and its First Class Double Rotor Skeleton 20th Anniversary or even TAG Heuer and its Monaco V4 Phantom.
Unexpected materials
|Fendi Timepieces
Whether they are ornamental like Fendi's feathers or bring a technical aspect to watches, notably increased resistance to the most extreme conditions, certain materials are springing surprises at Baselworld. Such is the case of the stainless steel on the I.N.O.X. Red from Victorinox Swiss Army, magnesium on Bulgari's Diagono Magnesium or tungsten on the Breitling Galactic Unitime SleekT watch.
Other models and other surprises await you right here on Swisstime, the totally product-focused platform. Check out, scrutinse, click away! On Swisstime, you're sure to find the very best the Swiss watchmaking industry has to offer.


text:
Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group
Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group
Nhat V. Meyer/staff
SAN JOSE — Bellarmine College Prep was plodding along through the first few minutes Wednesday night, trailing archrival St. Francis by seven points, when Jake Wojcik buried a jump shot.
Then Mario Gull made two free throws and Angelo Athens hit a 3-pointer.
Suddenly, the Bells found a gear that would ignite them to a 74-57 victory before a packed house in their home gymnasium. Bellarmine remained undefeated through three West Catholic Athletic League games and improved to 12-1 overall.
What's more, the Bells beat an opponent they were 0-3 against last season, including a loss in the Central Coast Section Open Division final.
"We all had that in the back of our heads, me, Angelo, all the guys," said Wojcik, who made five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points. "Even the new guys that came in. We just went out there and played our best."
Bellarmine trailed 15-8 when it flipped the script against the defending WCAL champs, going on a 22-2 run that turned the seven-point deficit into a 30-17 cushion.
Reading this on your iPhone or iPad? Check out our new Apple News app channel here.
The Bells made four consecutive 3-pointers during the spurt, all by different players — Athens, Kiran Kruse, Wojcik and Kendall Stubblefield.
"What was great today was the whole team dimension of our victory," coach Patrick Schneider said. "We weathered a rough start with the ball and we didn't turn to, 'We're down six. Now I've got to do something.' We really stuck together as a unit and executed and defended and got back in the game as a team.
"Then when guys got in foul trouble, people stepped up, made plays, made contributions. We just had so many tremendous contributors from all across the board."
Stubblefield, a 6-5 power forward, had a strong game near the basket, finishing with 17 points.
"They weren't really big inside, and I exposed that," Stubblefield said. "It was a good game, a good team win."
Logan Johnson scored 16 points to lead St. Francis (10-3, 1-2), which has been dealing with injuries.
Colin Denzel had 12 points for Bellarmine.
The Bells led 35-26 at halftime and widened the advantage to 58-44 after three quarters as they kept pace with St. Ignatius atop the WCAL. St. Ignatius won at St. Francis on Saturday.
Bellarmine's ascent is hardly surprising, given the experience Wojcik and Athens bring to the backcourt.
"We knew we had two first-team all-league guys coming back," Schneider said, referring to his guards. "That'd be a great place to start. Kendall has gotten better and better throughout. To have three guys who are capable of going from 10 to 30 in a game, it's such a luxury.
"But the piece that has made us so good as a team is that we have so many other guys who know how they can score and they get to places where they can score, and we share the ball."
It was all on display Wednesday.
For more high school sports coverage, including results and schedules, visit our site at bayareapreps.com. We have partnered with MaxPreps this school year, so local results reported to the national online site automatically transfer to bayareapreps.com.


text: Hello I've been lurking around this forum for quite some time, and I just love it!!!!! Anywhoo I'm not a LV owner yet, but hope to be this year at Christmas time. I mainly have tons of coach bags, and I want to buy an LV bag. I was looking to buy the Speedy 30 the monogram. Do you think this is a good choice for my first bag. Also I would like to get a wallet with it as well. Whst should be my first bag ????


text:
All Categories
Books & Bibles
Fashion & Jewelry
Gifts & Giving
Home Decor & Accents
Kitchen & Gourmet
Beauty & Health
Specialty Stores
Christian Bookstore .Net is a leading online Christian book store.
Shop Christian Books, Bibles, Jewelry, Church Supplies, Homeschool Curriculum & More!
Item Specifications...
Item Description...
Words Are The Most Powerful Things in the Universe!
The words you speak will either put you over in life or hold you in bondage. Many people have been held captive in their circumstances by their own words. The absence of God's Word in your life will rob you of faith in His ability.
Receive From God!
Put yourself in a position to receive God's best for you by speaking His Word. God's creative power is still just as it was in the beginning of time when He stood there and said, "Light-be," and light was. His Word spoken from your mouth and conceived in your heart becomes a spiritual force releasing His ability within you.
Creative Power In You!
Man was created in the image of God and His likeness. Learn to speak His faith-filled words to your situation and see your life transformed. Allow God's creative power to flow from you.
I have told my people they can have what they say, but my people are saying what they have.
Buy Tongue A Creative Force by Charles Capps from our Christian Books store - isbn: 9780982032053 & 0982032056
The team at Christian Bookstore .Net welcome you to our Christian Book store! We offer the best selections of Christian Books, Bibles, Christian Music, Inspirational Jewelry and Clothing, Homeschool curriculum, and Church Supplies. We encourage you to purchase your copy of Tongue A Creative Force by Charles Capps today - and if you are for any reason not happy, you have 30 days to return it. Please contact us at 1-877-205-6402 if you have any questions.
More About Charles Capps
Product Categories
Similar Products
Reviews - What do our customers think?
Write your own review about Tongue A Creative Force
Customers who purchased this item also purchased the following items...
Customer Support: 1-888-395-0572


text:
Alexis's Story
In June 2008 I got married. My husband and I enjoyed a wonderful first year together. In May 2009, while we were closing on our house, I wanted to check out the new eateries in the area. My friends and I went to a cool pizza joint to get some specialty pizza popular in northern New Jersey. What should have been a fun experience turned to me experiencing very bad pain in my upper right quadrant. I spent the better part of the afternoon in the bathroom. A few weeks later I was told my gallbladder was functioning at 11 % and it needed to come out.
On June 17, 2009 my gall bladder was removed laparoscopically. Five days later I felt like the surgery never happened. Still in pain, I went back to my gastroenterologist, who said we could treat the symptoms and that I had to give it time. Over the next year I went through four more gastroenterologists, spent thousands of dollars on tests, and endured many emergency room visits and doctor appointments only to come up empty handed. Finally I ventured from New Jersey into New York City for an opinion. One of the new doctors told me he thought I had Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. He said I should travel to the Medical University of South Carolina to see Dr. Cotton and get "diagnosed and fixed for good".
The summer of 2010 I traveled twice to have a double sphincterotomy to cut the pancreatic and biliary sphincters. Unfortunately each time I had the procedure my symptoms would return a few weeks later. At this point my doctor told me I had to see a pain management specialist because they could do nothing more for me. I was disheartened and realized that even in one of the biggest cities in the world—New York City—they may not have all the answers. I followed their direction and proceeded down the pain management track. I had a celiac plexus block and during the procedure I stopped breathing. To say the least, it was an eye opening experience for me to realize how serious this condition was. The block lasted a week and did nothing to help the pain of the next attack. Though I was disappointed, I was not going to give up. However, I definitely wasn't going to have another block. It just wasn't worth another near death experience. I moved on to more pain management doctors, more gastroenterologists, and, in June 2011, had another ERCP to try and open up the Sphincter of Oddi area.
That doctor ended up not cutting the sphincters. He said my best option was to burn the nerves with alcohol, which could cause me to lose bowel function or respiratory function. He advised me that was my best bet. Obviously I was crushed. I went home and by this point I couldn't exercise, I was on a lot of pain medicine, and I just thought that all of my dreams of normalcy, kids and a fun fulfilled life were over. It took another year, a trip to the University of Minnesota to see Dr. Freeman and finally finding a surgeon to find some hope. In that year I was on pain medication that was meant for dying pancreatic cancer patients. I battled minimal change pancreatitis and I thought I would lose the battle.
I met my surgeon and he looked at me and said I'm going to go in but I don't know what I'm going to find, but I'm going to fix it. On June 24, 2012 (two days after defending and earning my master's degree) I had a transduodenal sphincteroplasty. My surgery lasted over 6 hours. In the end I had not only SOD, minimal change pancreatitis, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, I also had a leak where my gall bladder was removed that never showed on any test, any procedure and it had destroyed my duodenum. My surgeon fixed the damage to the best of his ability and stapled all the scar tissue back together and took out the Sphincter of Oddi. I woke up with 2 drains and a lot of hope. Unfortunately my body had some trouble cooperating and I had a PICC line for nutrition and was in the hospital for a month letting my body heal its wounds.
After I left the hospital, the recovery started to happen. I was eating. I was moving. I wasn't in pain. By October of 2012 I was feeling more than the normality I had come to know, I felt like I was finally getting my stride back. I could go out with friends, I could walk more than a block without feeling pain, I could do the dishes without doubling over and I was starting to come off of all my medications. I could actually do the job to my fullest and best ability where before the surgery I was just going through the motions. I got published in a nationally peer reviewed journal to continue to push my career forward. And I continue to work hard and can do that because of the persistence to find my answers. Then my miracle came. I found out on Thanksgiving of 2012 that my body had healed, I had one period in two years and I was expecting a baby in August. I am in awe of how far I have come. I have a two-year-old son who is amazing. I am able to be a mom to my son and play with him. As I write this I am pregnant with a baby girl! I will always have pancreas issues. Once your pancreas is damaged, it doesn't regenerate like the liver. Regardless, I am whole again and I want anyone who is suffering to know that there are solutions and doctors out there that can help. You can have a full life again! Never ever give up!
by Alexis Somers


text:
The most read stories on Left Foot Forward this week
1. Boris' linguistic sensitivities about extremism miss the point – Jonathan Russell
2. Sexism and red-baiting as The Sun warns of a 'scarlet sisterhood'– Adam Barnett
3. There are big differences between Labour and Conservative spending plans. The IFS just proved it – James Bloodworth
4. On the campaign trail with George Galloway – Iram Ramzan
5. Wonga is finally paying the price for its dirty tactics – Carl PackmanLike this article? Sign up to Left Foot Forward's weekday email for the latest progressive news and comment - and support campaigning journalism by making a donation today.
4 Responses to "This week's most read: red-baiting, George Galloway and dirty Wonga"
Book Elections
Betting market analysis has identified key seats and projections at bookelections.com – Cumulative projection has Con 277, Lab 270, SNP 48, LibDem 26
Leon Wolfeson
We'll see. I'm rather more taken with UK Polling Report's analysis – which currently stands at;
Labour 300
Conservative 260
Lib Dem 16
(Of course, I know more about the UKPR methodology)
That would be a good result and if true on the day you can release the elastic on your headware.
You're confusing me with the person in your mirror, as usual.
Leave a Reply


text:
By Michael Hoult
The Business Standard News has received another salacious story about the ongoing FOX News sex scandal.
According to FOX insider "Chip," ex-New York Police Department detective Bo Dietl tried to spread a rumor that former personality Andrea Tantaros liked to participate in interracial sex parties where she was the sole female participant.
Last year Tantaros filed a lawsuit against the network after enduring years of sexual harassment. Tantaros also exposed FOX News' "conservative" image as being fake.
"Fox News masquerades as defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny," said Tantaros in her lawsuit.
Tantaros also said she was sexually harassed by former CEO Roger Ailes, former anchor Bill O'Reilly and former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown. After she complained, she was taken off the air. FOX News also launched a campaign to smear her name with websites they controlled. They also hacked into her phone looking for compromising information.
Dietl, who plans to run for mayor of New York, was fired by FOX News in the wake of the sex scandal. The network had used him to dig up dirt on women who complained about sexual harassment.
"One of the women Dietl looked into was Andrea Makris, who accused, and subsequently sued, Bill O'Reilly for harassment, and the other was Gretchen Carlson, whose allegations against the network's CEO Roger Ailes prompted his resignation in July 2016," said Newsweek's Harriet Sinclair. "Dietl is also named in Tantaros' lawsuit accused of illegally gaining access to the phone records of journalists."


text:
Keith Olbermann chides the press for giving Trump a pass
The media critique by one of its best-known TV practitioners is characteristically straightforward and acerbic:
"Polarization of news is not new, but its failure to ask the candidate tough questions — the ones that might cause him to refuse to call in to your morning show or provide hours of free TV content — will be the legacy of Campaign 2016," writes Keith Olbermann today in The Hollywood Reporter.
Olbermann, the former MSNBC and ESPN star host and analyst, mixes chagrin with relevant historical context via a reminder of press transformation in the latter half of the 20th century. His essay reflects frustration with media coverage of Trump, which now includes Trump's own headline-inducing media-bashing performance in New York on Tuesday.
He writes, "As the unprecedented specter of Donald John Trump, Supergenius, rises up around us like some orange fog, we are not unequipped to describe and report on him because we have traded our golden tradition of neutrality for a handful of magic point-of-view beans. It's a simple but hidden truth: The news has almost always been like this."
Yes, that's the case. Our notions of fairness and balance were rather different for many years. An unbridled partisan press was long the rule and "during the presidential campaign of 1828, half of it was happily calling challenger Andrew Jackson 'the mulatto son of a prostitute' while the other half was calling incumbent President John Quincy Adams a 'pimp,'" as he also writes.
Olbermann alludes to what was very much a post-Watergate evolution of a generally more neutral press. Investigative reporting did become not just in vogue, but an avenue to a certain celebrity. You may not have become Woodward and Bernstein-like famous but your trade had great cachet. It obscured a larger reality, as Olbermann catches.
"In fact, in our history, journalistic objectivity has been the aberration, and media advocacy has been the default position — not the other way around." Yes, right again.
But there remained a notion always that, somehow, the free market would present such a variety of ideas and that some semblance of truth and balance would win out.
"When that premise fails, we have destroyed a sacred institution of collectively objective American news media," he writes "And it has failed (largely, anyway) in living memory, in the fluidly dark times between 9/11 and the Iraq War. And it may be failing again right now amid the campaign of Donald John Trump."
Olbermann ultimately suggests a certain economic determinism driving coverage, notably on the medium he knows so well.
"Because now you can ask any question about Trump, Trumpism or anti-Trumpism except the existential ones, because the existential ones could lead him to stop calling in to your morning show and providing you with your highest-rated hour for free. You can't go meta on the perfect storm that has thrust up this Howard Beale of presidential candidates."
"You can't say, 'Never mind the politics, what kind of man could boast on national television that he'd just raised $6 million for veterans' groups, then deny he'd ever said 6, then when told his boast is on tape demand that you play it for him, then make it impossible for you to play it for him?'"
He concludes with the contention that the press is involved in an act of de facto self-immolation.
"With the most effective form of self-censorship in play — one not based on ideology nor on a silly harkening back to a neutral past that only briefly existed, but based purely on cash — who will stand up and point at the emperor standing in only a comb-over and ask where in the hell his clothes are?"
"Or should I not ask that question? You know, because maybe it's not objective. Or it's too objective. I forget which."


text: LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska will continue the most difficult two-week stretch of its season with a home game against ninth-ranked Ohio State on Saturday night. The Cornhuskers are coming off a three-touchdown loss to Wisconsin. Ohio State beat the Huskers by 59 points last year. Nose tackle Mick Stoltenberg said it will be important for older players to show good leadership at practice so the team is prepared for the challenge the Buckeyes present. Head Coach Mike Riley held his weekly press conference on Monday and says Ohio State is the real deal.


text: Ignore this repeated patch ... git send-email confused me and I thought it hadn't sent the patch out first time! Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any software inside the virtual machine. Supports Linux and Windows. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/