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A handful of counties are keeping the death penalty alive
The death penalty, it seems, is slowly dying. Public support for capital punishment in the U.S. is lower today than it has been in more than four decades: 49 percent of Americans favor the death penalty for defendants convicted of murder, versus 80 percent in 1994. Amid that declining support, a handful of counties across the country are clinging to the practice and regularly doling out death sentences. In 2015, death sentences were issued in only 33 counties out of the 3,143 counties in the U.S. Just 16 of those 33 imposed five or more death sentences between 2010 and 2015, according to a report published Wednesday by Harvard Law School's Fair Punishment Project.
"This is about overzealous prosecutors paired with severely inadequate defense lawyering in most of the counties," Rob Smith, director of the Fair Punishment Project, told TakePart. Among the counties were Pinellas, Florida; Jefferson, Alabama; and San Bernardino, California.
The report is the second half of the project's in-depth examination of where the use of the death penalty is concentrated and why. Focusing on eight counties in Texas, Alabama, Florida, and California in the newest report, researchers reviewed all the appellate opinions of the states' supreme courts between 2010 and 2015 to uncover commonalities.
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In the counties that sentenced five or more people to death over this five-year period, the report's authors noted persistent patterns of racial bias, ineffective defense lawyers, and "overzealous" prosecutors. The researchers also found that more than half of the defendants sentenced to death in these counties had significant mental impairments. Seventy-three of the defendants were people of color, and 46 percent were black.
"It's not an accident that many of these counties have had ongoing struggles with racial fairness and equality, and those are the same places that are holding on to the death penalty," said Smith. Alabama's Jefferson County is home to Birmingham, the site of some of the civil rights movement's most influential protests. Florida, which is home to four counties on the report's list, is the state with the third-largest number of hate groups in the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, including active Ku Klux Klan and black separatist groups. Florida falls behind Texas and California, both of which also have counties on this list.
Smith also noted that people of color are routinely excluded from juries in these jurisdictions, interfering "with the ability of communities most impacted by violence to take part in governing themselves." The dismissal of black jurors from juries that decide cases involving black defendants is a national problem and directly contributes to the racial disparities in death sentences illustrated by this report.
Alabama and Florida share another distinction when it comes to juries: They are the only two states in the country that permit nonunanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases. Five of the 16 counties studied by the Fair Punishment Project were in those states, and of the 71 cases reviewed in those counties, 89 percent had nonunanimous verdicts. Until August, Delaware also allowed non-unanimous verdicts in capital trials. On Aug. 2, the state's supreme court ruled the statute that allowed such verdicts unconstitutional and struck it down.
"One of the biggest reasons you see so many death sentences in those counties is because they don't require a unanimous cross-section of the community to agree," said Smith. "Juries sometimes debate these cases for less than an hour because they don't need to reach unanimity to decide if someone lives or dies."
Of all the states that are home to the counties studied in these reports, Florida boasts the most. The state's Duval, Miami-Dade, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties lead Florida's death sentencing practice. Since the state resumed executions in the 1970s, ninety-two people have been executed, and 26 have been exonerated, according to Mark Elliott, executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
"No one knows how many more innocent people are on death row, or God forbid, have been executed," Elliott said in a statement.
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Revenge Porn: Know Your Rights
By St Kilda Legal Service
Victoria was the first Australian state or territory to introduce specific revenge porn legislation. South Australia introduced laws in October and New South Wales is considering them. A 2015 survey on online abuse and harassment reported that 1 in 10 Australians have had a nude or semi-nude image of them distributed online or sent onto others without their permission
Revenge porn is intimate images or videos that have been intentionally distributed without the consent of the individual involved and the distribution of the image is contrary to community standards of acceptable conduct.
Intimate images include a person engaged in sexual activity, a person in a manner or context that is sexual; or the genital or anal region of a person or, in the case of a female, the breasts.
In the state of Victoria is someone distributes revenge porn they can be liable for up to two years of imprisonment under the Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic). It's also an offence to threaten to distribute intimate images.
They could also be charged under the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). A person must use a "carriage service" to menace, harass or cause offence. They could be liable for imprisonment for up to three years. Carriage service includes using devices like phones and texting or posting images. If someone threatens you they could be liable for imprisonment for up to one year.
If under threat you should report this behaviour to police immediately and keep detailed records of any evidence like texts, e-mails, telephone records, images and videos.
If someone has already distributed the revenge porn you could also make a civil claim for breach of confidence, as well as intentionally causing mental harm. The Court your case will be heard in is dependent on the amount that you're seeking in damages and the complexity of your case.
The Magistrates Court can hear civil matters involving damages of up to $100,000. The County Court can hear matters with damages of $100,000 and more. There is no limitation on the civil jurisdiction of the County Court.
The Supreme Court has an unlimited civil jurisdiction and can hear appeals, matters involving complex legal issues and urgent applications for injunctions. An injunction is an order to restrain a person from starting or continuing to do something, in this case – distributing intimate images.
Most likely a community legal centre will be unable to assist with civil matters where you're seeking damages.
St Kilda Legal Service has produced a Revenge Porn factsheet – it's available at www.skls.org.au/education. If you need legal advice call St Kilda Legal Service on 9534 0777 to make an appointment.


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The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln and Greg Nicotero Prank Norman Reedus With a Zombie
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Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes on the series, was Nick's co-conspirator, manning the control room and giving the final go ahead, while hidden cameras captured every angle of Nick's big scare on Norman Reedus (Daryl). Nick's prank was a follow up to his existing 2-part viral "Zombie Prank" Vine series which, ironically, had gone viral in part because Reedus tweeted them enthusiastically.
The fan-favorite actor briefly shouted in alarm, but quickly recovered, recognizing the zombie crawling toward him and calling him a series of affectionate epithets.
17-year old Nick, was born with a rare syndrome called Hanhart and has only one arm and no legs. His determination and infectious zest for life have enabled him to overcome countless obstacles and he has now become an inspiration for many kids and adults. Because of his outspoken love for "The Walking Dead," Nick was the perfect fan to launch the "#getFOXed" campaign.
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Dean of Graduate Jewish Studies
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Dean of Graduate Jewish Studies
Position Overview
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership is seeking an experienced professional to oversee its Jewish Studies offerings, including masters and doctoral programs offered locally and through distance learning, as well as public programs, exhibits, and library and archival resources. The primary focus of this position is administrative, however the successful candidate will also be appointed to a faculty position at the associate professor or professor level in his or her area of specialization and will teach one or two courses annually. (Spertus does not grant tenure.)
The Dean of Graduate Jewish Studies reports to the Provost/Vice President.
This is a new position. Residence in the Chicago-area required.
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The salary is competitive at the level of professor and commensurate with skills and prior experiences.
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Founded in 1924 as the College of Jewish Studies, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership is a non-denominational, accredited institution of Jewish higher education. At Spertus, we are guided by two truths: that a learning Jewish community is a vibrant Jewish community and that great Jewish communities need great Jewish leaders. Spertus programming therefore focuses on two areas: Adult Jewish learning, including graduate degree programs in Jewish Studies, public programs, arts exhibits and installations, and library and archival resources—and on the growth of Jewish communal leaders, with graduate and certificate programs in Jewish leadership and professional studies, master classes and professional workshops, leadership symposia, and mentoring.
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link to a MapleSim model
Calling Sequence
(optional) equation(s) of the form name = value
module : evaluated ModelObject with the following exports:
ApplySubstitutions substitute simpler names for parameters and variables
DeleteAttachment delete an attachment (such as a template or a file) from the model
GetAttachment return an attachment of the model
GetCompiledProc compile the active subsystem into executable code
GetEquations return the equations of the system or subsystem
GetICs return the initial conditions
GetModel return the name of the linked model
GetModelica return the Modelica description for the active subsystem
GetMultibody return the multibody portion of the active subsystem
GetParameters return the parameters of the active subsystem
GetPorts return ports and/or probes of a system or subsystem
GetProbes return probes of a system or subsystem
GetSettings return simulation settings (such as the simulation time, solver, and tolerances)
GetSubstitutions return substitution equations (used to create simpler parameter/variable names)
GetSubsystemName return the name of the active subsystem
GetVariables return the variables of the active subsystem
Linearize linearize the equations of the active subsystem
ListAttachments list the attachments (such as the templates, files, and data) of the model
ListSubsystems list the subsystems of the system
SetAttachment attach data to the model
SetComponent create a component from Modelica source
SetModel link to a particular model
SetParameters assign values of parameters
SetSubstitutions assign substitutions (to create simpler parameter/variable names)
SetSubsystemName assign the active subsystem
ShowResultsManager open the Results Manager window
Simulate simulate the system
filename : string
Specifies the filename containing the MapleSim model (.msim). Default is "".
component : string
Specifies the name of the MapleSim Model embedded component to link to. Default is "Simulation0".
modelica : [string, string or use_last_model] or string
Specifies the Modelica model to link to. If a list is given, the first string specifies the filename where the Modelica model is defined, the second string specifies the name of the model inside the file to link to. The model name is needed because one Modelica file can define several models. Alternatively, you can pass the use_last_model keyword, to link to the last model defined in the file. If only one model is defined in the file, you can pass just the string specifying the filename. Default is ["", ""].
The LinkModel command returns a "connection module" that allows programmatic access to a MapleSim model.
Important: You must first link to a MapleSim model as described on this page before accessing the MapleSim API commands for your model.
There are two ways to link to a MapleSim model: by filename or by using a MapleSim Model embedded component. See the Examples section on this page for more information.
Alternatively, you can link to a Modelica model using the modelica option.
The LinkModel command is part of the MapleSim package. You can access this command using the long form of the command name, MapleSim:-LinkModel, or by first executing with(MapleSim) and then using the short form of the command name, LinkModel.
Executing LinkModel( ) without options is equivalent to executing LinkModel(component="Simulation0");
When linking to a model using a Modelica file, the following export commands can not be used:
SetSubstitutions with savewithmodel = true
Example 1: Linking to a MapleSim model by specifying a filename. (The model is located in an .msim file.):
A ≔ MapleSim:-LinkModel'filename'=catkernelopts'toolboxdir'=MapleSim,/data/examples/RLCcircuit.msim:
Example 2: Linking to a MapleSim model by using a MapleSim Model embedded component.
Open a new Maple worksheet.
From the Components palette, click the MapleSim Model component icon (
) to insert a MapleSim Model embedded component.
Right-click (Control-click for Macintosh) the MapleSim Model component and then select Component Properties. The Simulation Properties window appears.
Beside File, click Select... and browse to a MapleSim model.
Select a model to open. Click Open. The Simulation Properties window appears.
Click OK. The model appears in the MapleSim Model component. If desired, you can browse your model by using the navigation tools at the top of the MapleSim Model to navigate to a subsystem.
Execute the following command to complete the link to the model (and subsystem, if selected) shown in the MapleSim Model component: A ≔ MapleSim:-LinkModel
Example 3: Linking to a Modelica model.
Using the name of the model:
A ≔ MapleSim:-LinkModel'modelica'=catkernelopts'toolboxdir'=MapleSim,/data/examples/BouncingBall.mo,Main:
Using the last model defined in the file:
A ≔ MapleSim:-LinkModel'modelica'=catkernelopts'toolboxdir'=MapleSim,/data/examples/BouncingBall.mo,'use_last_model':
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Make room on your fantasy squad…
JaMarcus "Keep Him Away From the Purple Drank" Russell is planning an NFL comeback.
Russell has not played in a competitive football game in over three years, and in terms of activity, he hasn't been doing much more than cruising around the American South at a robust 320 lbs. In addition the excessive weight (which he has trimmed close the 300 lbs mark, reportedly), he carries a significant burden on his very large shoulders: he is widely considered the biggest bust in NFL history.
But according to Russell, he's not.
"People would say [that] I didn't love the game but that pisses me off. People don't know the real you but I want people to know the real me and see what I can do. People are always saying that I'm a bust. I want to show them I'm not. I'm committed to this now."
In all fairness to the big fella (with one of the biggest arms I've ever seen), he never really stood a chance after following the advice of his agent and holding out before his rookie season. To be thrust into the mix with the Oakland Raiders, and expected to play with little understanding of the league, he was destined for failure. That having been said, his inability to motivate himself and work outside of his comfort zone led to his rapid final burn.
To his credit, Russell is beloved by those who have gotten to know him. He seems to be a genuinely nice guy. Unfortunately, he also seems to be a little too trusting and weak between the ears. Still, he's only 27 — two years younger than Cleveland Browns rookie Brandon Weeden — and Russell is getting help from some individuals who have enjoyed moderate to wild success in the NFL. He is presently mentored by fellow LSU alum., Mike Clayton, and allegedly getting technique training and advice on x's and o's from former NFL stars, Jeff Garcia and Marshall Faulk. Maybe fate is smiling on Russell.
Sure, in the grand scheme of making a comeback, the odds are stacked against him. Regardless, his tools and physical gifts are impressive in the least — and potentially elite with some refining. If he gets invited to a camp, shows up to his meetings on time, stays awake during film sessions and takes command while on the field…? One would have to think that he'll play for cheap, so don't be surprised to see him make a roster when pre-season rolls around.


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Peer-to-peer business lending is slowly but surely overtaking traditional lending as the best option for small businesses. This is because more and more investors are looking to cash in on the very high returns available in this type of funding model. Peer to peer lending is a very recent development that utilises the convenience of the Internet to bring together investors and small business owners looking to borrow money. This type of lending option is a unique way to raise funds for your small business over the Internet. This platform does not directly offer you money, but instead, puts you in contact with potential and interested investors. In even simpler terms, peer to peer lending is a type of crowd funding, where many investors pool together small amounts to borrow to lenders, which will then have to be repaid with returns. Previously, these types of loans were only available to individuals as consumer loans although this has changed to now finance businesses as well.
How does peer-to-peer lending affect small businesses?
There are several advantages and disadvantages to peer-to-peer business loans. One of the main benefits is that is can provide funding to small business owners who are not able to secure them from traditional banks or financial institutions or to start-up companies with no credit history. This makes it easier to secure a loan, especially when there is an urgent need for the funding. Another benefit is the anonymity between business owners and lenders. That being said, sharing personal information is encouraged as it may persuade investors to fund your business. Additionally, some business lenders may report to credit bureaus, and diligent repayments can, therefore, improve your credit rating, while it could be damaged by defaults.
On the other hand, this type of lending solution can be expensive to small businesses, as they tend to carry higher interest rates. Another potential drawback is that these loans usually have a fixed-rate, for a shorter term and available in smaller amounts than traditional banks. Peer to peer funding fills a gaping hole in the market, especially during these uncertain economic times. Businesses need to flourish, but with that comes massive expenses that are not always affordable. Peer to peer lending is ideal for entrepreneurs looking for smaller amounts to lend, although those looking for larger sums should stick to options like Merchant Money company loans for more suitable terms.


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February 2015, The Convent Gallery Daylesford.
The brief from the bride was "lots of flowers and foliage and candles everywhere!" so that is exactly what we did! In the beautiful Daylseford Convent Gallery North St Botanical created a lush, beautiful scene with two long rows of trestle tables, heaving with fresh flowers and foliage. Held up by a custom built birch tree frame, the greenery had candles hanging amongst it to create soft lighting for the event.
Alongside doing the styling of Sean and Hangatu's wedding, North St Botanical made all bouquets and buttonholes as well as a marriage arbor and signing table arrangement.
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Do you see this face? Is this not the prettiest dog ever?
Oh wait, I'm that awesome beagle's mommy so of course I'm completely obsessed with her.
And let me tell you, she is one spoiled rotten beagle. She sleeps in the bed (under the covers I might add), cuddles with me non-stop and with one look from those big eyes can get my husband to cave in to her demands.
However when it comes to food, we are very strict. Both my husband and I grew up with overweight beagles and it is my mission to not let that happen to our dog. I have never tried my hand at homemade dog treats but due to a traumatic evening a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to make something special for little Emma.
To make a long story short, our poor baby hurt her paw and we had to make an emergency visit to a 24-hour veterinarian. Unlike our normal vet, we were not allowed to go back to the exam room with her. It was awful. We nervously waited to hear if everything was okay as we watched other people come in with their sick or injured animals (seriously hurt animals make me cry immediately). After what felt like ages, they brought Emma back out all bandaged up. Thankfully, she was fine and I think my husband and I were way more traumatized by the whole thing than she was.
So, I decided I just absolutely had to make her something a little special. After doing some research on what dogs can eat and common allergies, I landed on this recipe. I made a few changes and suffice it to say that Emma loved these. She was glued to my side while I made them and now even sits next to the cabinet where we keep them. Of course she whines and barks to try to convince me to give her more.
Give me some now! Okay, please I'll be good. Yummmmm.
One note about the recipe. I completely forgot about the blueberries until I had already started cutting out the treats. So I went back and added them to half of the dough. It works fine with or without the blueberries and Emma seems to enjoy both equally : )
Yield: about 14 treats (with a 3 ½ inch cutter)
Homemade Peanut Butter Blueberry Dog Treats
Recipe for homemade peanut butter blueberry dog treats. Make a special treat for your favorite furry friends!
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- ½ cup oat flour*
- about 2 or more tablespoons water
- ⅓ cup frozen blueberries
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, peanut butter, maple syrup and olive oil until smooth. Add in both flours and mix until combined. The dough will be slightly dry, so add water a small amount at a time (mixing after each addition) to get it to a consistency that you can roll out easily. I added just over 2 tablespoons. Gently fold in the blueberries.
- On a floured work surface, roll out the dough to about ¼ inch in thickness. Cut the dough with your desired cookie cutter. Place on the prepared baking sheet. The dough will not spread while baking so you can place them fairly close together. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the treats are crunchy and golden brown.
- Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container.
*Instead of buying oat flour, just place rolled oats in a food processor and process until finely ground.
Adapted from Buns In My Oven. Originally from Allrecipes.


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The temperature of a beverage is more important for some drinks than others. Obviously, you don't want wine as hot as your tea, but the temperature of red wine isn't as important as the temperature of certain other beverages. White wine is best when it is chilled to the proper temperature. That helps to unlock the flavours and the tannins. So, you want a glass that keeps the temperature at the right spot. That's why you should keep stemless as well as stemmed wine glasses amongst your pub supplies. A stemmed wine glass is perfect for white wine because the heat of your hand will not warm up the wine the way it will with a stemless glass. A stemless glass is appropriate for red wine, though, because the heat of your hand is not as important in that case.
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SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for both this week's episode of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."
The folks behind "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." made it very clear to fans last month at the PaleyFest in Hollywood that "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" -- the recently released, latest Marvel Studios hit -- would have an impact on the ABC series, now in the final third of its first season.
As of tonight, viewers know the film had a very big impact indeed, with the Hydra infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. depicted in "The Winter Soldier" slithering directly into the small screen. Not only was the season-long mystery of unseen villain "The Clairvoyant" revealed to be part of the Hydra scheme, so was The Clairvoyant -- Agent John Garrett (Bill Paxton), leveraging his access to sensitive S.H.I.E.L.D. intel. That would be a shocking turn in itself -- the episode is titled "Turn, Turn, Turn" -- but the hour ended with Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), appearing to reveal himself as part of the insidious plot -- saving Garrett, and murdering Agent Victoria Hand (Saffron Burrows), who turned out to actually be one of the good ones, despite how things appeared at the end of last week's installment.
Not only is the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." team evidently dealing with a sleeper agent in their midst -- something they're not yet aware of -- they're also hit with some genuine tension within their ranks, notably between Coulson (Clark Gregg) and May (Ming-Na Wen), after the former found out the latter had been reporting to Nick Fury on Coulson's mental state post-resurrection. All that makes for pretty poor timing for the first kiss between Skye (Chloe Bennet) and Ward, but that happened, too.
CBR News spoke with executive producers and showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon for insight into tonight's strikingly eventful episode of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
CBR News: Jed, Maurissa, we'll get into full-on spoiler territory -- not that anything notable happened in this episode.
Jed Whedon: We like to think of it as just a cost-along placeholder. [Laughs]
Let's talk about this all came to be: You both have been maybe a little bit coy as to how much "Winter Soldier" would affect the show, as obviously the answer is, "a lot." You've said from the start that there's always been a plan and that you've been following it -- was the massive Hydra infiltration and the fallout therein always part of the show from its original conception?
Maurissa Tancharoen: Yes sir.
Whedon: In our very first conversations with Joss, we were talking about what the show could be, and the challenges and opportunities a S.H.I.E.L.D. show would bring. We were discussing, all sort of on the same page, and there was a moment -- "Oh, there is this one other thing."
Tancharoen: Joss said, "Oh, any by the way, towards the end of your season, this happens. So let's try and build a season around that." That's what we've done. So we've known about it from the outset. It puts us in a bit of a pickle, but it's something we found both challenging, and also looked at as a very unique opportunity. It's been thrilling for us to roll out the back half, now that "Captain America" is out.
Going into it, was this something that made the whole prospect more exciting creatively? Knowing there's this twist coming, and that's it's a surprise to the audience, and makes the show a different thing from what people might have thought it would be going in -- was that part of what appealed to you, going into this endeavor?
Tancharoen: Absolutely. From a character standpoint, we have Coulson, who literally has a second chance at life, and he's a company man -- he's dedicated his life to an organization, and it's a shadow organization comprised of secrets. Of course, we play into the themes of that; people who live with secrets, who work in secrets. It's a new team that's being assembled, so it's strangers coming together and learning to trust each other, and forming a bond, despite the secrets. Then of course, "Captain America 2" happens, and just as they're becoming a bona fide team, it shatters -- to put it lightly.
Whedon: Knowing this was coming, our goal at first was to establish what the day-to-day was like in S.H.I.E.L.D. A little bit of a procedural -- they're a unit, they get their assignments and they go and take care of it. To establish it as the big organization that it is. In the previous episode, we had every agent that we've established standing in one room together.
Tancharoen: Throughout the season, we've seen the faces of big S.H.I.E.L.D., whether it's Victoria Hand, or Agent Blake, Sitwell, and now, more recently, Garrett. Putting them all together, you can really feel the power in the room.
Whedon: And it's not a coincidence that it happens when it does.
For as big as these twists are, they feel like they come from a logical place, and as you said there's been a plan. How far back have you been planting some of these seeds? There was an episode called "Seeds" a couple of months ago, even. Have you been deliberately putting a lot of hints out there to lead to to this point?
Tancharoen: Yes, we have. And I think it'll be interesting for the viewer once they see the big reveal to go back and look at places where those seeds have been planted. In episode #10, there's a nice, private moment that Ward has with Coulson -- they're in Lola, and I think they're going to see a Centipede soldier's sister, and they're just having a conversation, finally, about their personal lives. Coulson brings up that he had someone in his past, a cellist, and that he had dinners at the Richmond, and that's something that comes up later -- that's a tool that Raina uses to help coerce Coulson to get into the machine in episode #11.
And then in "Seeds," there's a really nice moment where Skye is standing at the wall of valor, and we hear Coulson's voice off-camera saying that the world is full of evil, pain, lies and death -- and the camera pans and lands on Ward when he says "lies" and "evil."
Whedon: Because it's a big part of the film, we couldn't really have anybody bad within the organization, we couldn't paint the organization in a negative light, and we couldn't say the H-word. The concept of the Clairvoyant, which I think we mentioned for the first time in episode #5, that whole thing was born out of a desire for us to have our big bad be tied to it, without us being able to talk about it. We came up with the concept of someone who appears to have powers that we can be chasing on our own, and then reveal exactly how they're manipulating things later on. That was sort of our way of...
Tancharoen: Hiding the Hydra bomb.
This episode contained the big reveal of Garrett as the Clairvoyant. It's interesting to see his performance flip, from a genial badass S.H.I.E.L.D. guy, then switching to the villain role. What inspired going in that direction?
Whedon: There are two things that character got us: He certainly doesn't appear conniving. He seems like a guy who just wants to go in and blow things up.
Tancharoen: We wanted Garrett to be inherently likable, and Paxton is also someone who brings that to the character.
Whedon: It's not that he's simple, it's just that he's kind of an average joe kind of guy. And, we wanted to have an attachment to Coulson -- their relationship is personal, which makes it a little bit more painful.
Then at the very end of the episode comes Ward's betrayal, establishing that he's apparently a major part of this conspiracy as well. What can you say about his status going forward? is he straight-up evil? is it somehow more than it seems? Because it seems fairly unambiguous at first.
Tancharoen: You'll just have to wait and see. This is the unique opportunity we have as a show that's linked to the big movies -- in "Captain America 2" we see the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. on such a massive scale, and it would only make sense that what occurs in that movie directly affects our team. To have a sleeper agent in the mix all along, and to explore the emotional consequences of that and the fallout from that, I think you'll see with the shift in dynamic, it's something that our team will have to come to terms with -- not only on an intimate level, but also the entire organization that they've dedicated their lives to is now in shambles.
Whedon: We knew from the get-go that this thing can't just be the world falling around them, it would have to have a personal toll. At this point in the story, we're getting a glimpse of what that is. The team doesn't know it yet, but there's still drama to be played.
Has this always been in the works for Ward's character? Was it always designed to be the path that he was going to be on?
Tancharoen: Yup. We knew from the beginning of the events that happened in "Winter Soldier," so we had to shape our stories around that. This made sense to us.
Whedon: When we first conceived of the show, there were options on how to do it. We just knew there was going to have to be a hefty price, and it just logically started to make sense that that would be the path that we would go down. You'll have to see how it shakes out and what the reasoning is, but we planted it from the get-go.
And there are a lot of questions involving reasoning and Ward's motives here -- will those be answered pretty soon, or stretched out a bit?
Tancharoen: You'll know very soon after that -- more about why and how, and just more Ward.
How much are you looking forward to the fan reactions by having this development in the same episode as the first kiss between Skye and Ward?
Tancharoen: We're excited to scour Twitter tomorrow night, and see how people are responding to what's happening on screen. [Laughs]
This episode certainly appears to be a wrap for Saffron Burrows as Agent Hand. What did you guys like about the work that she did as that character?
Whedon: She has just a strength that comes across. Agent Hand in the comics is no-nonsense, and kind of ruthless.
Tancharoen: Saffron has a very commanding presence, and so does Victoria Hand in the comics. It was very nice to see her own the character.
Whedon: She's also the first character we introduced where as soon as she turned around, you're like, "Ooh, that's the comic book!" She loves her red hair, she really embraces it.
Tancharoen: And the glasses. And the power suit.
Whedon: We needed both that reveal to break hearts, but also to have real consequences. Unfortunately, her character suffered the consequences.
Yeah, it definitely seems like that even though Hand did something very different in the show than she did in the comics, that there was definitely a priority made in making the characters very similar.
Whedon: Sometimes you just throw an actress in, and they bring what they bring, and that definitely happened here. I can't separate her from her character in my brain.
With Hand gone, and the end of the episode leaving a lot of things in doubt, are we going to see who's left standing in S.H.I.E.L.D. beyond the main characters? Get a hint of where the organization is at as a whole, the place it's in now?
Tancharoen: You'll get more than hints, I believe.
Is there a chance to see again this season characters like Maria Hill -- or even Nick Fury, even though he's obviously way off the grid now? [Note: This interview took place before Monday's report that Samuel L. Jackson would return as Nick Fury on the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season finale.]
Whedon: There's always a chance. There's our cryptic answer!
Coming up in the next episode after this is the debut of both Adrian Pasdar as Glenn Talbot and Patton Oswalt as Agent Eric Koenig. Can you say anything more at this point about the roles that either of them are going to be playing in the show?
Whedon: S.H.I.E.L.D. is in shambles, and we're trying to pick up the pieces. They'll play a role in how we illustrate that.
Tancharoen: It just makes sense that the military comes into play now that S.H.I.E.L.D. is a questionable organization, and has been infiltrated at its roots by an evil organization. For the rest of the season, tension is high, trust is thin, and we're just going to have to see how our team tries to hold it together.
On that note, on one hand there's obviously a very clear enemy for the rest of the season going forward in Hydra, but within the main cast, there's obviously a huge amount of tension -- May and Coulson are in a very different place at the end of the episode, and obviously there's the Ward of it all. Are those almost equal threats going on: both the exterior threat of Hydra, and the internal tension within the team?
Tancharoen: Absolutely.
Whedon: And that's the fun part of the season -- we've established early that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s an organization that goes and fights these external threats, and now in the last couple of episodes we start to point inwards, and turn the drama towards each other. We've really stirred the pot. No one can relax, and all that tension that used to be only external is now between our people, who used to love each other.
With #117 being such an eventful episode, how much bigger and more intense does it get over the last few, towards the season finale?
Whedon: It doesn't get small.
Tancharoen: It's pretty much full-throttle until it ends.
Whedon: One of the things that we like about these plot points is that it generated a ton of story for us right away -- we could see how at this point in the season, even though it's a turn, it's a turn onto a whole new road, which led to all sorts of interesting stuff. We're really excited about what's coming up.
Between Garrett, Ward -- depending on how that manifests itself -- Deathlok, and Raina, there's almost a counter-team to the S.H.I.E.L.D. crew at this point. Is that something we'll see take shape in a real way coming up?
Whedon: That would be interesting.
Tancharoen: Wouldn't that be cool? [Laughs] Maybe so.
Jed, Maurissa, is there anything else viewers should know at this point in the season?
Tancharoen: We're just very much looking forward to seeing what [tonight] looks like on the Internet.
Whedon: We're also excited that we don't have any more breaks -- we're airing the rest of them back-to-back. That's something we've been longing to have for a while, a stretch of episodes.
"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." returns with a new episode, "Providence," Tuesday, April 15 at 8 p.m. on ABC.


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The so-called President of the United States met Tuesday (07-23) morning with a bi-partisan group of legislators at the White House to brainstorm "help for middle class business". Following the meeting he blessed the Nation with a few ignorantly arrogant remarks suggesting more of a brain drizzle, than brain storm. Maybe that's why this meeting was downplayed as just a meeting and not an "economic summit" or at least given the credibility of a "bipartisan committee". The Obama Administration is usually big on talky committees; or perhaps the indolent White House Resident was just transparently demonstrating that he hates middle class America for its independent quest for excellence and fully intends to destroy it. He did after all promise transparency.
At any rate, this esteemed, very expensive, well dressed group came up with nothing of any value for the middle class beyond the usual meaningless tripe that passes in our media culture as Obamanomic brilliance. The focal point of Tuesday's White House brilliance was "loans for small middle class businesses". Honestly – this is what our genius White House came up with to throw at 9.5% statistical unemployment, 19% real world unemployment; commercial / retail lease space steadily vacating by the hour; historic residential foreclosure rates; complete insolvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid not to mention the Federal government itself; several States in bankruptcy with more than a dozen States near bankruptcy; the number of insolvent cities and counties across the country growing by the week; investment capital flooding out of the U.S. and New York to London – the new financial capital of the world; the devaluation of the U.S. dollar; the destruction of worldwide U.S. credit-worthiness; a certainty of coming inflation; a high probability of hyper-inflation; and a level of Federal government corruption on a scale never before seen in world economic history. We are experiencing Federal government corruption so vast, it is pathetically regarded as common place and unremarkable.
"Loans for small business". You really have to tattoo the word "stupid" on your forehead just to listen to this drivel. Small business doesn't need loans. Small business needs customers. This idiot's Administration is drowning small business in a tsunami of new "small" hidden taxes; is suffocating small business beneath a mountain of corrupt, near-sighted regulation, all with his left hand and then offers loans with his right hand and claims he's offering an economic solution. Either this megalomaniac is simply too dumb to lead; or insane; or he is intentionally leading his Administration down a path focused on destroying American middle class entrepreneurship. It's obvious that he is more malleable than bright; I'll give you mentally unstable; but intentionally destructive – no question about that. It is simply not possible or probable that our President, Vice President, 100 Senate Members and 435 Members of the House are this economically vacuous. The crushing of our middle class, which I remind you is the financial backbone of America is completely intentional. It is by design.
It is not accidental that our current White House Resident, a troubled and indoctrinated Marxist from a young age is surrounded by a destructive, hateful gaggle of self professed Mao loving communists. (No disrespect intended to geese.) I also remind you that without an economically viable, revenue generating, American middle class; there is no possible way to continue funding a defensive U.S. military capability in a world that is at best, not very friendly, nor stable. You may want to ponder this because it's important. It is an obvious undermining, possibly treasonous strategy, not a coincidence.
Let me give you an example. I'll use my own now defunct, fifteen year old civil engineering consulting firm, which my wife and I dissolved in May of 2010 for lack of business. I'm now a professional, 59-years young, over-the-road (OTR) truck driver for what it's worth. If you've never owned your own business, this may illustrate the fallacy of taxing those earning more than $250,000, but never touching the sacrosanct uber rich trusts and foundations. You should realize beforehand, that the purpose of Obamanomics is not to "share the wealth" as is frequently opined. The purpose is for the international financial elite, the "oligarchy" to "control the wealth". The American middle class entrepreneur is notoriously independent and difficult to control, thereby rendering them unsuitable candidates for One World Governance. It is Obama's assigned, oligarchical task to bring this independent middle class to its knees as preparation for admittance to World Globalization – but that's another conversation – I'm just saying it, so you know the context he appears to operate within and who he actually works for – because it sure ain't "we the people".
Many, if not most small businesses are "limited liability corporations (LLC's) or partnerships. Some are "sole proprietorships". In all three cases company income passes through to the owner's personal income tax. My own corporation was a standard "C" corp, but my wife's bookkeeping firm is an LLC. My "C" corp functioned much the same way for tax purposes as any LLC, since any retained corporate profit is taxed at the corporate rate of 37%. This behooved me to pass any profits through to myself or subject this income to double taxation.
If, as at one point, my firm had five employees; the firm would have to generate a bare bones minimum monthly revenue of $6,000 per employee per month just to keep the door open. At this revenue level rent, utilities, cleaning, phones, errors and omissions insurance, liability insurance, office supplies, furniture, computers, plotters, printers, software, copiers, vehicles, travel, employee payroll and other office expenses could be covered. Note that this level of revenue could not cover employee health insurance benefits, matching retirement accounts nor any salary at all for my wife and I. Yet this revenue, under Obamanomics must be more highly taxed as it grosses 5 employees x $6k/month x 12 months = $360,000 per year, which is $110,000 above Obama's arbitrary $250,000.
In other words, even though my wife and I could derive no income whatever for our own 70-hour work weeks at the $360,000 per year level; Obama says our taxes must be increased because we are supposedly wealthy. How could we pay this tax? For my wife and I to earn $36,000 per year between us, which is $18,000 below the average U.S. worker salary (for two) and $72,000 below the average Federal worker salary (for two); our employees would have to bring in an average of $9,000 per employee per month. This would put our small business at the $540,000 annual income level. In order for our small business to provide our employees with health insurance, retirement benefits and provide ourselves with a joint salary of $1,000 per week as the business owners, the annual revenue would have to be maintained at a minimum of $13,000 per month per employee; or $780,000 annually; a truly obscene amount requiring punishment under Obamanomic theory.
These numbers are a bit gruesome when you realize that the realistic upper end of civil engineering employee productivity is about $10,000 per month per employee. Most firms cannot achieve this, though a few exceed it and ours was able to meet it. The end result is that for my wife and I to get a raise from $36k to $50k annually – we had to hire more employees. This means more office space, more furniture, more computers, more licensed software, etc. Capitalizing and expanding the business, which is already not quite break-even is extremely risky and difficult in a situation like this. The capital can only come from my wife and I taking less salary, working far more than 70-hours per week or from a loan. If we borrow to hire more employees we then add the additional overhead burden of debt service on top of everything else.
If you were in the above business environment while simultaneously facing higher taxes and more draconian regulation – would you feel comfortable borrowing money to expand your business? Only a fool like Obama would purport to do this. This is why businesses that are profitable in today's marketplace are sitting on their retained earnings and not reinvesting. In a business environment being heavily micro-managed by a corrupt Congress for benefit of special interests the risk/reward ratio for investment doesn't even come close to 50/50. A small business owner may as well flush his or her money down the toilet – it's much less trouble than trying to grow against the impossible uphill odds that Washington D.C. is busy creating.
My point in boring you with all this is simply to point out a real world small business example that I am personally familiar with along with its relationship to White House and Congressional policy. Obamanomics cannot grow an economy. Obamanomics coupled with so-called health care, finance and immigration reform along with soon to be upcoming environmental regulation (replacing crap and tax since it can't pass Congress) and out-of-control Federal spending is guaranteed to collapse our U.S. economy and bring the American middle class painfully to its bloody knees.
None of this is an accident and it certainly isn't because Barack Hussein Obama and his corrupt Congress "don't get it". They get it it perfectly. This is not a liberal academic exercise. This is our lives. If "we the people" fail to wake up from our political coma soon – we'll be getting it perfectly as well. Please vote knowledgeably so we can fix this mess. I would like my children to be free. I hope you do as well. Voting knowledgeably can still fix this so vote happily.
For those who wish to dig deeper I'll explain what I mean by "intentionally destroy the American middle class". I don't mean this figuratively or facetiously. I mean it literally. We've all heard the term Globalism or One World Government or more often now "governance". We are led to believe by the lobotomized journalism majors in today's media that this is nothing more than a different way to manage world affairs through working more cooperatively together; an academic exercise really. This thinking is just a sales pitch similar to that of socialism being a system to "share the wealth". Socialism has always been intended by its inventors, the oligarchy, to stop short of the promised communist goal of a government free utopia. It is intended to stop at full centralized government control thereby enabling the oligarchy to easily control it and us by controlling only the top of the power pyramid. Using socialism, which the oligarchy, not Karl Marx or Frederich Engels, invented to establish manipulated, centralized governments throughout the world, facilitates control of all people and all wealth throughout the planet simply by controlling the political leaders, that is, the anointed ruling class of each nation. This is why the oligarchy now uses the term governance in place of One World Government, which they realize will never happen.
The oligarchy I refer to is the interconnected, intermarried, international financial elite with family names such as Rockefeller, Morgan, Harriman, Loeb, Rothschild, Warburg, etc. This group of families under the leadership of Mayer Amshel Bauer, later changed to Rothschild, began planning in 1773 to take over and control all wealth and all people in the world by eliminating free market competition and returning the world to feudal serfdom. They basically use central banking to control the ruling class, which indirectly gives all control to themselves as no member of the ruling class can survive without the oligarchy's blessing and money. This is the reason the RNC and DNC are non-functional as far as "we the people" are concerned. The RNC and the DNC owe their existence to the oligarchy – not you or I. We have foolishly and incrementally given up our "consent" of the governed and now have no elected representation whatever. We stand alone, but together.
The end result hoped for by the oligarchy is a worldwide return to the feudalism of the Dark Ages where there are only three classes of people. The financial elite or oligarchy, their ruling class pawns and their slaves. Guess who the slaves are. Dishonest criminals like Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Bush family, Al Gore, Barack and Michelle Obama, etc. are the anointed eunuch ruling class who are and have been busily selling our freedom down the drain for self gain. Some might call it treason.
The upstart American middle class, which still insists on freedom, delusional or not; is a serious roadblock to Globalized serfdom and the oligarchy wants it wiped out. That, I believe is Barack Obama's day job. You may disagree, but I doubt anyone can produce evidence of Obama's beliefs or actions contradictory to this task. His night job is, of course, golfing and vacationing on Martha's Vineyard courtesy of one of the oligarchy's "$50,000/week beach cottages"; this one named Blue Heron Farm. Supposedly Mr. Obama is paying the cottage rent out of his own pocket. I suppose the same way he purchased an upscale Hyde Park home on an Illinois Senate salary. I call it oligarchy magic; and it only costs the pawn his soul.


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RAID, which is an acronym for redundant array of independent disks is used to divide or replicate data among multiple disk drives. Many motherboards and PCs come with options to use RAID, the sheer amount of different RAID schemes, complicated setup and horror stories about data loss due to corrupt or damaged drives in the RAID keep many users from using the technology.
The two most known and popular RAID schemes are RAID 0 and RAID 1. Raid 0 is a scheme were multiple drives are used to improve the data read and write performance. This is achieved by utilizing all drives in the read and write process, instead of just one if no raid would be used. The increased speed comes at the cost of a higher data loss risk, as a single disk failure will destroy the RAID array so that the data cannot be accessed anymore.
Raid 1 utilizes the disks in a different way. It is generally known as a mirroring scheme, as all disks of the array store copies of the data. The benefit of this scheme is that there is always an immediate backup available if one of the disks fails, the disadvantage that half the combined space is used for the mirroring. Raid 1 causes only a small performance drop.
Raid data recovery has been created to troubleshoot and repair raid arrays. The effectiveness of the tool depends largely on the type of failure that is experienced.
RAID recovery is a free software program that can repair the following raid related parameters:
Preparations are needed to use the tool effectively. The most important aspect is to know exactly which hard drives are included in the raid, and which type of raid array needs to be recovered. For hardware raids, it is furthermore necessary to disconnect drives from a hardware raid before the raid can be recovered. We suggest to write down the exact setup to be able to recreate it at a later time.
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text: Prayer Ministry And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. Ephesians 6:18 This ministry offers a time to come together in prayer as a congregation, to draw on the power of the Holy Spirit, and to support one another in all requests. This ministry meets weekly on Wednesday evenings. The time will vary depending on adult Bible studies. Please check the weekly church bulletin for accurate information. All are welcome to come seeking prayer or fulfilling the role of praying for others. If you would like to get involved in this ministry, please contact Denise Kaetzel. « Visual Arts Team Back-2-School Bash »


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Submission from the Equality and Diversity Forum
1. The Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) is a national network of organisations committed to equal opportunities, social justice, good community relations, respect for human rights and an end to discrimination based on age, disability, gender and gender identity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.44 Further information about our work is available at www.edf.org.uk.
2. Our members represent some of the most disadvantaged groups throughout the UK and so we will comment on how limitations on equality and human rights will affect them.
Tackling discrimination
3. EDF members are committed to the eradication of all forms of discrimination. The questions that you ask are too comprehensive to answer in a three page document but we would very much welcome the opportunity to discuss them further with you.
4. In terms of over-arching issues we would wish to mention –
a. Access to justice – without effective access to justice the existing rights to protection from discrimination become meaningless45; and
b. There is a need to recognise that discrimination often occurs on more than one ground simultaneously – the law needs to be able to recognise this.
Human Rights
5. EDF member organisations represent a wide range of experience and specialist knowledge and include many who might not automatically be assumed to have an interest in human rights issues. For example, EDF member organisations include large charities such as Mind, Citizens Advice and Age UK – organisations with the interests of millions of people at heart who are concerned with a wide range of policy issues and as such bring a fresh perspective to this debate.
6. EDF member organisations place a very high value on human rights in practice and on the specific protections, duties and enforcement mechanisms in the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). EDF member organisations support the HRA because we know it has brought many benefits for the beneficiaries of our work. We know from direct experience that the HRA offers vital everyday protections for ordinary people. It protects vulnerable people, some of whom are targets of popular or media hostility. It provides vital safeguards for people detained for compulsory assessment and treatment, for example under the Mental Health Act, to ensure it is proportionate and appropriate. The HRA also offers important guarantees of a fair hearing and treatment for people accused or suspected of offences, which is an important element of a safe and just society.
7. There are many legal cases that illustrate the importance and utility of the HRA46 . The HRA has been used effectively to bring to light abuses of power and hold authorities to account – from Hillsborough to Mid-Staffordshire to Rotherham. While many of these cases received significant media coverage, the role the HRA played went largely or wholly unreported. There are also numerous examples that have not reached the Court where the application of the HRA has brought a positive result for people in need. Here are two examples.
Case Study: Fleeing Domestic Violence
A woman and her children were fleeing domestic violence. The woman's husband was attempting to track the family down; each time he discovered their whereabouts the family moved to a different area. The family eventually arrived in London and was referred to the local social services department. Social workers told the mother she was an unfit parent and that by moving she had made the family intentionally homeless.
They therefore told her she was not eligible for housing. She was told that her children had to be placed into foster care. An advice worker helped the mother to challenge this claim using the Human Rights Act. They argued that social services were not properly considering the rights of the woman and her children to respect for family life, protected by Article 8. Under this right, social services needed to consider the rights of the woman and her children and to take actions which are necessary and proportionate. As a result, the family were told that they could remain together and that the social services department would provide the deposit if they could secure private rented accommodation.
Case Study: Older People
Mr V contacted Counsel and Care when social services threatened to move his wife into a care home which was some distance from the family. Mrs V has Alzheimer's and is blind. Mrs V had temporarily moved into a local nursing home after being hurt in a fall. Mr V was also injured in the fall, and unable to care for his wife at home. Social services decided Mrs V should be moved to a permanent care home but Mr V disagreed with the home social services chose, because it was too far for him and other family members to travel to see Mrs V. Counsel and Care helped Mr V to challenge this decision, by providing information on community care laws, and combining this with the argument that social services needed to consider Mr V's right to private and family life under the HRA (Article 8). This helped Mr V persuade social services to allow Mrs V to remain in the nursing home close to her family.
8. Without the HRA there would be no duty on public authorities in the UK to respect the ECHR human rights in everything that they do ('section 6 duty'), nor would it be possible to enforce these rights by taking cases in UK courts. The section 6 duty on public authorities is key to ensuring that the obligations and liberties in the ECHR become part of people's everyday lives. In addition to improvements driven by court cases, the section six duty prompts public bodies to make proactive improvements in public services and to involve service users in helping to design services that better meet their needs. EDF member organisations would be strongly opposed to any dilution of the protections contained within the HRA or the enforcement mechanisms and public duty associated with them. EDF member organisations consider unequivocally that the HRA has provided an important legal underpinning for fundamental rights in the UK, reflecting the European Convention on Human Rights, and we are committed to the retention of the HRA.
9. The EDF considers that it is vital that Britain remains a signatory of the ECHR both because the rights it contains are necessary for the building up of a civilised society and because of the negative message that leaving the ECHR would convey to other signatories such as Russia and Ukraine.
10. Any additional UK Bill of Rights must build on the HRA, both in terms of its substantive protections and enforcement mechanisms. Voluntary organisations working to tackle inequality and unfairness value the HRA because it helps us to safeguard the dignity and safety of some of the most vulnerable people in society, as case studies elsewhere in this response demonstrate. Any proposals coming from this Commission must protect and build on the rights and enforcement mechanisms in the HRA. Any additional Bill of Rights, whatever it is called, must have legally binding force. If the HRA were to be replaced by an additional Bill of Rights, the new legal instrument would, at a minimum, need to include the same enforcement mechanisms as the HRA.
11. EDF member organisations have direct experience of the significant benefits that the HRA has brought to a wide range of people. A greater emphasis on effective promotion of the HRA by public bodies in general and central government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission in particular, should increase these benefits and help turn the public's support for human rights into wider public support for the HRA. Effective promotion of the HRA is preferable to an additional UK Bill of Rights but if such a Bill is to be introduced it must build on the HRA and not reduce it.


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That was my biggest question when I first started out three years ago. My metabolism seemed to be stalled or that of the speed of a turtle. I had been eating pizza, and practically anything I wanted without minding portions or physical activity, so I had absolutely no idea where to start. So:
"How do I improve my slow metabolism?"
Like I said in The Final Straw and 5 Weight Loss Myths You Need to Toss, I was on weight watchers and still had poor habits. I was working with my trainer, and unless I began taking a look at other factors, there was no way I was going to make any progress.
What changed it all was when I took a look at how to manage my caloric intake per meal and output per gym session (my friend is currently testing this theory and data with a burger a day lol). Once I started eating six meals and drinking over 100 ounces of water a day is when I truly began to notice a difference for my body.
So how does one rev up their metabolism? I've compiled a list of things that worked for me, someone with no known thyroid issues, below:
1) Eat 5-6 Small Meals a day, including breakfast no later than an hour after you wake up
Now the thing here is that there have been studies done where the number of meals you eat per day doesn't really matter. IN FACT, the study showed that people who ate this many meals a day actually ate MORE than what they should have. The key point is to watch caloric values and intake per meal, regardless of the amount of meals you eat per day. The upside to this number? The longer you wait between meals, the hungrier you get. ""After about 3 hours without food, blood sugar begins to fall. And after 4 hours, your body has already digested whatever you sent down earlier," says Cleveland dietitian Amy Jamieson-Petonic, RD. "Once you've crossed the 5-hour mark, your blood sugar begins to plummet, and you grab whatever you can to refuel." She says that's why we need to eat breakfast – after about eight hours of sleep and without food, we need that boost to get us going.
2) Make sure there's plenty of protein in your meal
Ensuring you're eating enough protein doesn't ONLY make sure you have a balanced meal, it helps your muscles recover from your workouts and maximize the body's muscle production. "People who ate [up to] 30 grams of protein at breakfast lunch and dinner saw more muscle protein synthesis—or the building up of muscles—than those who ate less at breakfast and loaded up on the nutrient at dinner, according to a study last year in The Journal of Nutrition." My advice is just to make sure it fits within your daily/meal intake of calories and protein grams especially if you're tracking your macros.
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3) Drink half your body weight in ounces of water a day and NO Booze!
When you sweat, you lose tons of electrolytes and other elements (potassium, chloride, and sodium, to name a couple). They say when you start to feel thirsty, your body is already feeling the effects of too little water and mild dehydration. Health USA's Yuri Elkaim says "The first thing you need to do is calculate how much water your body needs at rest. That's working at a desk, puttering around the house, reading and doing all of the other things you do throughout the day. This is your bare minimum water requirement – what your body needs to function. The basic equation for determining this is by dividing your body weight in half." He goes on to explain that if you're active, you need to drink an additional 30 ounces, and maybe add a teaspoon of sea salt for electrolyte replacement. Yuck, just get something with electrolytes added, like my favorite hydration tool, Nuun.
As far as alcohol, it's empty calories with zero nutritional value. It slows your metabolism (for long long LONG term drinkers) and impairs the body's ability to absorb nutrients. They say in certain studies that one glass of red wine is 'good for you' but so is dark chocolate… in moderation. You can't expect to reach your goals seriously if you drink like a college sorority girl (which, I've been)! It will do nothing but help you reach your goals *faster* if you pass on the cocktails since most are loaded with sugar and disrupt your sleep – two factors that are important to your journey.
4) Eat *Healthy* Fats
Anyone that ever told you Low-Fat anything was better than the full-fat version of it was WRONG (see the explanation here). *Many* foods low or void of fats are mainly high in sugars, refined carbohydrates, and calories. If you look at the last 25 years and read myths regarding the Low-Fat Diet fad, you'll find that obesity doubled in America since it began. You NEED healthy fats, aka fats that are unsaturated (mono and poly), like extra virgin olive oil, nuts, and avocados in your diet to help you manage your mood, mental balance, fight fatigue AND – whoa! – control your weight. Our brains are 60% fat, so it's *vital* to our body's physical function to have and absorb healthy fats. The answers aren't to CUT the fat out – it's to make the best choices for your body.
5) Spinach, Cinnamon, and Cayenne are the secret ingredients
Spinach has a lot of fiber, iron, and calcium to support muscle performance. They say three servings a day increase fat burning by 30%, maximizing the benefit. Cinnamon controls your insulin levels and has the ability to alter your carbohydrate metabolism. The sheer consumption of cinnamon causes a metabolic reaction, similar to that of hot peppers, that requires more work and energy to burn more calories. Cayenne, a favorite spice, and pepper, causes your body temperature to rise and kick starts your internal AC, burning calories as it cools you down. Even if it's just a pinch, it'll do the trick.
This one I cannot stress enough. The more weights you lift, the more muscle you'll have. The more muscle you have, the easier it is to burn fat – EVEN AT REST. Yes, I said at rest. MyProtein says: "Often when people want to lose weight, they increase cardio and slack on their weight training. This is a big mistake, as maintaining your muscle mass will keep your metabolism strong, even if you are in a calorie deficit which you will be in when dieting." Even Women's Health online says that you'll lose weight either way, but those who lift will convert six pounds of fat into muscle, thus displacing fat and fitting into their clothes better. I've never experience a whole body change like I did when I started lifting weights – I weighed the same, but could fit into my high school cheer leading uniform again. So, your answer to "Do you even lift, bruh?" should be "HELL YES"!
The thing that's hard for me to really get behind (because I LOVE French bread and Cabernet) is that for women, 80% of this whole journey is in the kitchen and only 20% in the gym. You cannot out-exercise a bad diet, no matter what you do. That's why I didn't lose anything on weight watchers –I wasn't eating right and was hitting a wall with the gym, mostly due to not lifting and spending 45 minutes on cardio a day.
Okay, so the takeaway here should be to watch your macros, eat protein at each meal, and lift. That's what has worked for me. Every body is different, but if you find what works for you, stick with it.


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text: Brenau University's Child Development Center received a special visit from Anna Hensley, constituent services specialist for the office of Gov. Nathan Deal, who read to the pre-K class as part of Georgia Pre-K Week, sponsored by Voices for Georgia' Children on Oct. 6. Hensley treated the excited children to readings of the popular children's book series "Pete the Cat," a character that is also the mascot for the Georgia Pre-K Week. Read the full article at http://www.brenau.edu/news/governors-office-treats-kids-to-magic-of-reading-at-brenau-child-development-center-for-georgia-pre-k-week/


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Your fairy is called Feather Goblinweb
She is a bringer of riches and wealth.
She lives in high places where the clouds meet the earth.
She is only seen in the mist of an early morning.
She wears pale blue like the sky. She has gentle green wings like a butterfly.


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Pro athletes like LeBron James, Sidney Crosby and Bryce Harper are rare phenomenons. Most athletes don't have the combination of raw physical talent and instincts to seamlessly make the transition into the pros and immediately contribute.
Aspiring pro athletes certainly have talent, but for most, the first half of their career is about development and proving their value to a team.
For those veteran stars who survived the process and went on to have a Hall of Fame career, or a career somewhere in between bust and glory, those rookie moments frozen in time can be quite revealing. Perhaps a glint of genuine fear in their eyes belie the swagger.
Or maybe the rookie photo of a man or woman whose path has taken them down darker roads than expected reminds us of the sense of hope and renewal their budding career presented.
These are 100 awesome pictures of sports stars as rookies.
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