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The problem
It's shocking what politics can make one Christian become to another. Before the elections, personal debates lead to keeping malice with other Christians. The anger generated during elections could set planet earth on fire while all the mockery and shaming could freeze the oceans. After the elections, hatred finds its way into some hearts. Fellowship, both with the Lord and other Christians is broken. People who were brothers and sisters before the elections unfriend, block, and spit unbelievable insults at one another.
It is quite rare to see many believers exerting so much zeal towards a cause as they do in times of political tensions. Much less zeal is applied for the cause of living completely to Jesus Christ, Who Himself is the true Lord of the world. There is much violence in political matters but hardly much effort to press into the Kingdom of God. Yet, each Christian should be a radical in the Kingdom (Mat. 11:12).
Sometimes I fear that because of a political cause, believers may take up physical arms (in addition to the emotional, verbal and attitudinal arms) and fight against other believers. Unfortunately, this has happened before and no amount of tears is enough to shed over such happenings.
The cost
The cost of one Christian, one who is born of God is the Life of the Lord Jesus. For the sake of the precious blood of Christ, can we lay down our allegiance to various human lords, political parties, ideologies and whatever has put a stumbling block in the way of the precious body of Christ? If your opinion will break fellowship with the Spirit (grieve the Spirit) and the saints, why not lay it at the Master's feet? There is need to disengage from all that will bring division to the body of Christ. For the Love of Christ, please be reconciled to your brethren.
The cure
Here are a few ways to go about resolving differences:
1. each one should realize that only the Lord Jesus is worthy of total devotion.
2. anything that can bring division and enmity to the body of Christ should be laid at the Master's Feet. Let it be put to rest, even if you feel you are right (an exception is the case of believers sinning against the Lord and the church and refusing to repent). 1 Corin. 8:13; Matthew 18:15-17.
3. each member of the body of Christ is as costly as the precious blood of Jesus. Do not be that person who tramples precious pearls under his feet.
4. ask the Lord Jesus to help you to give Him total devotion and to break away from every thing that tries to put asunder what He has joined together. The Body of Christ is one.
5. walk in the Spirit, walk in love then you will not fulfil the desires of the flesh (Gal. 5:15)
…endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace…(Ephesians 4:1-6).
*For further insight on how to relate with politics and elections while upholding complete allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ, read the article "A WORD ABOUT POLITICAL ELECTIONS" by Frank Viola.
For a thorough understanding of what allegiance to the Lord Jesus entails, get the book:
Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom by Frank Viola.
I have no personal benefits for these recommendations other than your greater conformity to Christ.
Also read: Extremism: Does Lord Jesus really expect us to go this far?


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Natalie Cole, a buoyantly jazzy singer who became a million-selling, Grammy Award-winning pop hitmaker with her 1975 debut album and went on to even greater popularity when she followed the example of her father, Nat King Cole, in interpreting pre-rock pop standards, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 65.
The cause was "ongoing health issues," her family said. Ms. Cole had undergone a kidney transplant in 2009 and had suffered from other ailments recently, forcing the cancellation of tour dates in November and December.
Ms. Cole had a light, supple, perpetually optimistic voice, full of syncopated turns and airborne swoops, drawing on both the nuances of jazz singing and the dynamics of gospel. It brought her million-selling albums in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s as she moved from the sound of her own generation to that of her parents.
"The biggest similarities between Ms. Cole and her father are in attitude. Instead of working toward catharsis, they aspire to a genteel elegance, balance and good feeling," Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times in 1993. "But where the ultimate direction of the father's singing was an easy chair on a moonlit porch, his daughter's tenser, more brittle singing evokes an urban, indoor setting. To the decorous phrasing of a big band singer she brings a steady current of soul-music sassiness."
Ms. Cole was equally at home in the pop-soul of her No. 1 1975 hit, "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)," and in her technology-assisted duet with her father in 1991, based on his 1951 recording of "Unforgettable."
Both songs brought her Grammy Awards. The "Unforgettable...With Love" album, on which Ms. Cole sang her father's hits, also swept the top Grammy Awards — including album, record and song of the year — and sold seven million copies in the United States alone.
Yet over a long career, Ms. Cole recorded broad selections of material, including Tin Pan Alley staples, songs written for her and songs by, among others, Fiona Apple and Bruce Springsteen. Her most recent album, in 2013, was "Natalie Cole en Español," a collection of Latin pop favorites that was nominated for Latin Grammy Awards.
Ms. Cole repeatedly overcame personal setbacks.
Her first run of success in the 1970s was followed by struggles with heroin, alcohol and crack cocaine addiction in the early 1980s, a period she wrote about in her 2000 autobiography, "Angel on My Shoulder." (She played herself in "Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story," a TV movie based on the book.) She went through rehab in 1983.
"I just can't have fun with drugs the way some people can," she told The Los Angeles Times in 1985. "They can get high or have a drink and go home. I'm not like that."
In 2009, as a result of hepatitis C that she believed she had contracted through past intravenous drug use, she underwent chemotherapy and a kidney transplant. Her 2010 book, "Love Brought Me Back," chronicled the search for a donor. But she continued to perform well into 2015.
Natalie Cole was born on Feb. 6, 1950, to Nat Cole and his wife, Maria Cole, who had sung with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Natalie grew up surrounded by music and celebrities, and she made her recording debut as a child, singing with her father on a Christmas album. But after Nat Cole's death in 1965, she turned away from music. She majored in child psychology and graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1972.
But she was soon singing in clubs — although she resisted singing her father's material.
"I had to do my own songs in my own way," she told Rolling Stone in 1977.
She was noticed by producers based in Chicago, Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy, who wrote much of her early material. She married Mr. Yancy in 1976, the first of three marriages.
Ms. Cole is survived by her son, Robert Yancy, and her two sisters, Timolin Cole and Casey Cole.
Capitol Records, which was also Nat Cole's label, signed Natalie Cole and released, in 1975, her debut album, "Inseparable," which drew comparisons to Aretha Franklin. She was named Best New Artist at the 1976 Grammy Awards, where "This Will Be" also won as "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female."
Ms. Cole's third album, "Unpredictable" in 1977, was also a Top 10 pop album. She showed off her acrobatic live vocals on "Natalie Live" in 1978 and made a duet album, "We're the Best of Friends," with the R&B crooner Peabo Bryson in 1979. But her pop profile dwindled, in part because of her drug problems.
Her career was revived in 1987, after rehab, with "Everlasting," which included three Top 10 pop singles: "Jump Start," the ballad "I Live for Your Love" and her version of Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac."
Yet it was with "Unforgettable...With Love" in 1991, leaping back to a previous generation's songs, that Ms. Cole would establish her latter-day career. "Unforgettable" reminded both radio programmers and the record business that there was a large audience for music offering comfort far from the cutting edge.
"The shock of it all is that this record is getting airplay," Ms. Cole said in an interview at the time. "It's absolutely shocking to see it between Van Halen and Skid Row on the charts, totally out of its element. It should be encouraging to record companies and my contemporaries."
Yet the Grammy sweep for "Unforgettable" in 1992 drew some criticism, particularly as the Song of the Year was four decades old. In 1993, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences changed the Song of the Year rules to make songs eligible only in the first year they were recorded or rose to prominence.
But Ms. Cole's new direction continued to yield both hits and awards.
Her 1993 album, "Take a Look" and a 1994 Christmas album, "Holly & Ivy," both sold half a million copies; "Stardust," another collection of standards in 1996, eventually sold a million copies and brought her a Grammy for another duet with her father, "When I Fall in Love." Her 2008 album, "Still Unforgettable," was named Best Traditional Pop Album.
Ms. Cole also did some acting, appearing in television series including "Grey's Anatomy."
Ms. Cole grew further into her family's heritage. In the late 1990s she performed with her uncle, the jazz singer Freddie Cole. And the virtual duets with her father continued through "Natalie Cole en Español." His own "Cole Español" album was released in 1958.)
"He would step out on faith to do something musically," she told "CBS This Morning" in 2013. "He would just take that risk, and that's something that I've gotten from him, I guess. He was never trendy."

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I couldn't help but notice a few striking similarities between current GOP candidate websites and Obama's 2008 campaign website and the current White House website.
Glowing Blue Background
It seems that the new political design trend is going to be glowing backgrounds. Most of the candidate's sites use a glowing blue background of some sort (see newt.org and michellebachmann.com)
Home Icon & Typography
The designers for Ron Paul's website must have been inspired by whitehouse.gov because the navigation typography is almost identical. The flag icon on whitehouse.gov links to the homepage, while the home icon on Paul's site links to the homepage. While not similar in design, the unique idea of using a homepage icon in that particular position is pretty similar given the other similarities.
However, I give props to Ron Paul's web guys for actually making the navigation real text and not images, like the White House site. To be fair, whitehouse.gov has their full sitemap in real text in the footer.
Right Column Shadows
This one is minor, but I had to mention it because of how similar other elements are between whitehouse.gov and Ron Paul's website. The right column on both sites are the same exact width as well. Inspired much?
The hokey, 'look inspired and into the distance' Photo.
Also known as the 40-year-old virgin portrait look. This is only funny because I really want to imagine the photographer holding up a picture of the Obama 2008 website and directing Bachmann to pose similarly. I feel like she forgot where the camera was one other time too… I kid, I kid!
Is there anything wrong with this?
Of course not. There is no copyright infringement here. Is it funny when you notice it? Yes. Mostly because of how different these candidates are from President Obama in every other way.
Here's to great design that draws some of it's inspiration from Obama 2008!
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Startup Weekend uOttawa
March 3, 2015
What happens when business students, design students, technical and non-technical students get together? You get a weekend of immense productivity, creativity, and entrepreneurship. Welcome to the first Startup Weekend uOttawa, an event where ideas form into a business reality. The weekend started off on Friday, February 27th with pitches from students that wanted their idea … More Startup Weekend uOttawa


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Forest people of Tobelo Halmahera
In this video the Tobelo people, of Halmahera island, Indonesia, explain the importance of the forest to them. They describe their monitoring system that enables them to share information via SMS, on a range of issues including customary land, intimidation, and illegal logging within the indigenous territory. The communities are also under threat due to the release of hundreds of permits for mining and palm oil. They are developing participatory maps in order to strengthen their voice when negotiating with external interests, from the extractive industries to government agencies.
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Support for pipeline statistics queries are now enabled within Mesa Git for the Intel ANV Vulkan driver.
Pipeline statistics queries allow applications to query a set of Vulkan pipeline counters and is further explained via the the Vulkan documentation. This pipelineStatisticsQuery for ANV was done by Jason Ekstrand and Ilia Mirkin.
This support for pipeline statistics query landed last night across several commits. This crosses another item off their TODO list and one less Vulkan device feature that needs to be implemented by ANV. The ANV TODO list is now getting quite slim aside from performance-related optimizations.


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Afghan Teenage Beekeeper Creates Entrepreneurial Buzz
Three years ago a schoolgirl in rural Afghanistan took out a small loan and bought two beehives. In her first year she harvested 16 kg (35 lb) of honey, enough to repay the loan and leave her with a small profit.
In 2016 Frozan, who is now in her final year at school, earned 120,000 afghanis ($1,728) from the 120 kg that her burgeoning collection of 20 beehives produced – a sizeable sum given that the country's GDP per person is around $600 a year.
"It is unique for a girl in a rural area like mine to have a private business and make a considerable income, but I trusted myself, took the chance, worked hard and made a success of it," the 19-year-old said by phone from the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Frozan, who goes by one name, is the first schoolgirl in northern Balkh province's Marmul district to keep bees.
A beekeeping novice three years ago, Frozan was taught by the charity that provided the loan how to look after the bees, how to extract honey, and how to improve its quality and volume.
"It is not time-consuming. I do my daily chores at home, I go to school and I can look after the beehives," she said.
Her story is unusual in other ways too. Women and girls in Afghanistan are discriminated against on a regular basis, says UN Women, and that includes facing severe restrictions on working and studying outside their home.
Citing government figures, Human Rights Watch said last year that 85 percent of the 3.5 million Afghan children not in school are girls. And while two-thirds of adolescent boys are literate, the figure for girls is little more than half that.
That is not the situation for Frozan. The beekeeping profits pay for her and two younger sisters to attend school, and also help her father meet the costs of running a home.
"I am very happy to be self-reliant. I am also glad to have an income and be able to help my father and my sisters," she said.
The World Bank's latest figures show 39 percent of Afghanistan's population lives below the poverty line. And, it said last year, unemployment had worsened – particularly in rural areas.
Although the position of women has improved significantly since the collapse of the Taliban regime in 2001, said UN Women, traditional practices and insecurity continue to hold them back.
That is one reason why Hand in Hand International – the UK-based charity that loaned Frozan the money to start her business – focuses on women.
"They are a vulnerable group and did not have much in the way of employment opportunities in the past," said Rafi Azimi, who works for the charity's regional office in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Empowering women economically, he said, provided them with more status in society.
The charity's goal is to tackle poverty by encouraging local entrepreneurship. Part of that involves helping entrepreneurs connect to bigger markets.
Like any beneficiary, Frozan first went through months of training including on microfinance, bookkeeping and business development.
"She was taught the basics of a business – know the market, how to conduct market surveys and how to link the product to the right market," Azimi said.
Frozan is one of more than 38,000 Afghans who have been helped since the charity opened its office in the country in 2007. To reach women, staff run its programmes through mosques and schools – places where women feel secure.
Once they know which businesses the women are interested in, they work with them on specific training, said Azimi. For instance, it has helped more than 1,100 people set up as beekeepers in Afghanistan, Azimi said. Around half are women.
Every fortnight, Frozan's father takes several kilograms of honey to Mazar-i-Sharif to sell to customers at 1,000 afghanis per kg. Among them is the manager of the Kabul Star supermarket.
"I buy her honey because the quality is good, the packaging is nice and the customers like it," Jawad, who goes by one name, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone.
Currently that money helps to pay for Frozan's schooling, but after she finishes high school next year she plans to move to Mazar-i-Sharif city.
There she will study economics or enter the teacher training program – funded by the beekeeping.
And what of the bees?
"My father and my two younger sisters will look after the beehives after I leave. I taught them how to take care of the beehives and keep the business going," she said.
Frozan says her success has inspired her classmates.
"Most of my friends in school show a lot of interest in starting up their own businesses. They are looking for similar projects to start their businesses and become economically independent like me," she said.
"I have progressed a lot and my business has expanded vastly. I want all the girls and women to trust themselves and make a move. I am sure they will be successful in whatever they choose to do."


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What's a reverse bucket list? Well, everyone has a bucket list these days. It's a list of all the things you want to accomplish before you die. We've all made long lists with stuff like zipline in Hawaii, swim with dolphins, or whitewater rafting in Colorado.
But what about the stuff you don't ever want to do, the Reverse Bucket List? This list is the one you make after you've read all those other bucket lists and realized that you don't need to jump off the highest mountain nor swim with man-eating beasts before you "kick the bucket." This is my list of the 5 things I will not do before I die.
Reverse Bucket List – Perform on the Sway Pole
Unless you've watched Little Big Shots – Forever Young, you've probably never heard of the sway pole. Good for you. Now you'll never be tempted to do something as ridiculous as balancing on your head atop a 80 foot pole that sways at 40 degree angles.
World Famous Carla Wallenda, extreme aerial daredevil, been performing on a sway pole for 52 years. She's 81 years old.
Reverse Bucket List – Eat Haggis
Some people put exotic foods they want to eat on their bucket list. What about the crap you never want to try like haggis? Never heard of it? I nearly threw up looking at its picture. I'm burning down my kitchen if this ever gets near near my table.
According to Britannica.com, https://www.britannica.com/topic/haggis
Haggis is a type of pudding composed of the liver, heart, and lungs of a sheep, mixed with beef and oatmeal and seasoned with onions, cayenne peppers, and other spices. This mixture is then packed into a sheep's stomach and boiled. Haggis is the national dish of Scotland and is usually accompanied by turnips and mashed potatoes.
Haggis is currently banned from being imported into the United States. In 1971, the US banned all foods that are made from animal lungs. Scotland has made several efforts to influence the US into lifting the ban on haggis and changing federal food safety regulations, but they have come up short each time.
Reverse Bucket List – Travel to Mars
Are you dying to go to Mars? Would it be worth giving up everything to go? People throw out in conversation rather flippantly, "Yeah, I'd like to go to Mars." What?! Why?!
You would be weightless the entire trip and your muscles would turn to mush. You'd be stuck in a room the size of your bathroom. You'd be exposed to extreme levels of radiation. And scientists do not have the ability to get you back home. Not seeing the point to this.
I decided to ask the guys over at NASA just exactly how long it would take to get to Mars. According to nasa.gov,
The trip takes around seven months; a bit longer than astronauts currently stay on the International Space Station.
The precise duration of each journey depends on when it is taken. Because both Mars and Earth's orbits are not perfectly circular, the time it takes to travel between them varies from six to eight months.
Reverse Bucket List – Visit Snake Island, Brazil
Want to go to a place where snakes outnumber humans? Try lha da Queimada Grande or Snake Island, Brazil. According to www.brightside.me
Hidden somewhere off the coast of Brazil, this island is widely recognized as the most dangerous place on the planet. The reason for this is quite simple — this place is full of one of the most venomous snakes in the world, Bothrops. Researchers estimate that about five snakes per square meter live on the island. There are several stories of people succumbing to the deadly predators in no time at all. One of these stories recalls a lighthouse keeper who was attacked by the snakes and died. Snake Island's lighthouse has been automated ever since that fatality, and the Brazilian government has prohibited any visitors from setting foot there.
Reverse Bucket List – Ride an Ostrich
Friends say things like, "I'd love to ride a wild horse or an elephant or a camel. It's on my bucket list." Do you really? Perhaps an ostrich is more your style.
Did you know that an ostrich is one of the largest and heaviest birds in the world? Sure they can't fly but can reach speeds of 90 km per hour. They have claws, peck and kick. I'll pass.
Keep reading next weeks for more things on my reverse bucket list.


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Gorilla Zoe trying to make a comeback? I can't even hate considering that I f*ck with some of his music for some reason. That "Day Dreamer" joint he dropped awhile back was kinda fire. He needs to figure out his lane though. You can tell part of him wants to be on some Kid CuDi European type wave aka this "Vampire" track. But part of him is still on that Atlanta street type tip for example this Lex Luger bootleg type beat with "F*ck N*gga". Pick a side and stick with it Zoe. I doubt he is going to make a comeback regardless, but he should still pick a side. Here is a plethora of new songs and videos from Mr. Zoe.
Gorilla Zoe "Vampire"
Gorilla Zoe "F*ck N*gga"


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When you think environmental activist in Cape Coral, or Southwest Florida for that matter, one name comes to the forefront - Carl Veaux.
Veaux was honored at Monday's Cape Coral City Council meeting, as he was presented an environmental stewardship award from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for his work on enhancing the region's environment.
His countless "letters to the editor" holding those in high positions accountable, and giving the "green" perspective on potential development, has garnered him the respect of environmentalist movements across Florida.
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Carl Veaux with his environmental stewardship award from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for his work on enhancing the region's environment.
"I still don't think I deserve it, but they thought I'd done enough to," Veaux said in a lighthearted manner. "It did make me feel proud, yes. I started this because when I first moved down here, I'd see older people moving in and they'd put out a chair in their garage, and I said, 'I'm not going to sit there and watch the world go by. I'm going to do something.'"
A lifelong teacher and member of the military, Veaux and wife Charlotte moved to Cape Coral in 1980, though his love of animals and the environment started out on his grandmother's farm in rural New Jersey when he was a child.
"(My love) just came from being on the farm and seeing all the wild animals that would frequent it. We'd see fox and rabbits, of course. Raccoons, possums and skunks," he said.
The memories he made on that farm would stick with him throughout his life, eventually turning into a passion that would make a difference for a community in Florida years later.
After he retired from teaching at Cape and Pelican Elementary in 1999-having hosted environmental conservation days when he was principal at a school in Idaho - Veaux turned his attention to preserving land, animals and became an advocate for environmental issues.
He joined groups such as the Sierra Club and Audubon of Southwest Florida, two top environmental groups in the area and nation.
He was twice president for Audubon, and served as treasurer for the Sierra Club.
The first major project Veaux contributed to was the preservation of the Babcock Ranch, helping form the Babcock Preservation Partnership, collecting over 16,000 signatures to help save the property.
He even presented their recommendations to former Florida governor Jeb Bush as part of three trips he made to Tallahassee.
Though they were not successful in preserving all of the land, 76,500 of the 92,000 acres were bought by the state and preserved.
Veaux received an award for his efforts.
"We had hundreds of people out with T-shirts to help save the land," he recalled.
His other efforts with the Sierra Club included the halting of plans for a mine and foiling plans for a bombing range at Fisheating Creek.
During his time with Audubon, in which Veaux is still a board member, he assisted with the fertilizer ordinance, spoke out about water pollution-including the need for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee, which is now primed to break ground this year, and attempted to stop development of the Density Reduction Groundwater Recharge area of Lee County.
He was also an integral part of getting a 2014 amendment on the ballot that was to collect money from real estate transactions for conservation.
The initiative said that 33 percent of the money collected from the existing excise tax for required documentary stamps would be allocated for green spaces and virtually all environmental projects from beach re-nourishment to springs.
The amendment passed by a comfortable 74 percent majority.
He received two awards for his efforts, one from the Florida Wildlife Federation and one from Audubon.
He also worked against the development of the Sans Souci site in 2010, with the help of The Charlotte Harbor Estuary Conservation Group.
Another petition Veaux spearheaded was one asking the city to purchase the old golf course acreage off Palm Tree Boulevard in Cape Coral.
With help, he collected more than 10,500 signatures to save the 175-acre land from development.
The city decided to buy the property, and Veaux hopes to get the area cleaned up with federal dollars in the coming years.
He is now in his second year as president of the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife, in which he was a charter member.
Their mission is to protect native species of the city, namely the burrowing owl, a threatened species.
"The two big projects we're working on now; one is buying lots with burrowing owls on it," he said. "We've bought three lots with burrowing owls on it already. We're in negotiations with the city to buy 10 surplus lots that we hope burrowing owls will inhabit.
"The other big thing is we're trying to steer the city to build an environmental center, probably in Sirenia Vista Park."
The environmental center is roughly a $2 million dollar project, he said.
Ironically and perfectly enough, at the same council meeting at which Veaux was honored, the city passed a burrowing owl protection ordinance, tightening restrictions of development on land on which Cape Coral's official bird since 2005, nests.
The burrowing owl will now be protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
A passion project for the 80-year-old Veaux is to spread the word of global warming, as he fears the climate change will do a number on wildlife-more than it already has.
"Stopping global warming is my biggest passion right now because we've lost 60 percent of the animal kingdom from 1970-2014-there's a group that studies the populations, and we're in severe extinction mode for the animals, and that gets to me. It's happening," said Veaux.
He will be speaking on Jan. 15 to Lee County's legislative delegation about global warming and the upcoming state-wide septic tank and fertilizer bills.
This past summer's toxic algal blooms and red tide events sent shockwaves throughout Florida waters, and Veaux was a constant presence at meetings across the region, even working with the Everglades Coalition.
"I've been working the last 10 years on this," he said. "It killed 1,400 sea turtles, numerous dolphin, and a record number of manatee in Lee County."
Though this past summer was a rough one for Florida's environment, Veaux calls the current City Council the "greenest he's seen."
So why does he believe it's important now, more than ever, that legislators and law makers have a green mindset?
"Global warming," he said. "It's going to take away our agriculture. It's going to take away our water. We're going to need all the water we can get. I read that on the east coast, they're going to lose one-third of all their rainfall."
His goal for Cape Coral's future?
"That we preserve and protect the wildlife that is here," he said.
He hopes the future is full of burrowing owls, gopher tortoises, eagles, scrub-jays, panthers, and all of the indigenous species of Cape Coral and the state of Florida.
For more information on the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife, as well as membership details, visit www.ccfriendsofwildlife.org.
-Connect with this reporter on Twitter: @haddad_cj


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Hudson Valley Could See 6 Inches of Snow
Hudson Valley Weather is now predicting more snow. Most of the Hudson Valley should see 4 to 8 inchs of snow, with 6 to 10 inches forecasted for the Catskills and Taconics.
Just when most of the snow melted in the Hudson Valley, six inches of snow could hit the area on Tuesday.
According to Hudson Valley Weather, snow should begin to fall east to west in the Hudson Valley late Tuesday morning and continue falling into the afternoon.
"This storm is a late bloomer as the upper atmosphere pattern does not support a earlier developing storm," Hudson Valley Weather wrote on Facebook. "Just how quickly the storm can deepen and how close to the coast will determine just how much of its atmospheric lifting qualities will extend into our region."
As of now, Hudson Valley Weather is predicting 1-3 inches of snow in areas west of the Hudson River and 3-6 inches of snow east of the river. Some areas of Dutchess, Putnam and Columbia counties could see more than six inches.
However, it is possible the entire Hudson Valley is hit with 3-6 inches of snow.
"At this point it is just as likely that our entire region sees a widespread 3-6" storm as we need to lean towards the fact that we believe the storm will be slightly further NW as shown by some of our overnight guidance," Hudson Valley Weather wrote.
For a complete list of snow closings and delays click here.
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- Woman Killed in Fire At Hudson Valley Group Home
- Hudson Valley Sex Offender Convinced Minors to Send Nude Photos
- Julia Roberts Spotted in the Hudson Valley
- Missing Child Likely Spotted in Hudson Valley
Here are this week's Top 5 news stories from the Hudson Valley


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We bought a small collection of unused Marx and Hafner trains a few years ago. In the bottom of the box we found the 749 windup locomotive and the Automatic Line boxcar. But no channel track. A couple of years ago we came finally came across the proper channel track for the train. So here we present the complete set.
We don't know when this set was produced, but based on the collection (it came from a closed store and the trains were in the attic), we believe this set was made in the 1950s. All of the other train items came from that period.
Wind up the locomotive, set the on-off switch (in the loco cab) to "on", and watch it go around the track and push the boxcar. The loco will then loop around to the other side of the boxcar via the outside loop of the figure eight and push the boxcar again. Mesmerizing!
If you've ever waited at a railroad crossing, and watch the train slowwwwwly move forward, get almost to the point where you'll be able to get across the tracks, but nooooooo!, the train backs up!, then you know what "shuttle " means in train language!
Marx thought so much of this process commemorating the train shuttling action, he applied for a patent for this toy. We wish he'd spent his money on overpasses!
Size: Platform: 20 ½ inches long; 10 inches wide; ½ inch high--- Locomotive: 3 1/8 inches long; 1 ¾ inches high; about 1 ½ inches wide ---Boxcar: 2 inches long; 1 ¼ inches wide; about 1 ½ inches high
Condition: The locomotive and boxcar have just a few scratches. They were probably on display in the toy shop back in the '50s. When we finally got the track, we wound up the locomotive, maybe for the first time. It was stiff and took several windups to loosen it.
The track shows wear from use. The original loco and boxcar are long gone. There are a couple of dings. And there are several scratches to the varnish finish, but none appear to be down to the bare metal.
You can see the dings easier on the reverse red side. Even with its faults the platform displays well.
If you like platform or channel toys such as this, consider hanging them on a wall. They make great wall art. If you like, I can send you a picture of how I'm displaying my TPS platform toys.
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Ragtime (1981)
Profound as Coalhouse walker's story might be, Ragtime is about far more.
RagtimeDirector: Milos Forman
Cast: James Cagney, Mary Steenburgen, James Olson, Brad Dourif, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Mandy Patinkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Debbie Allen, Moses Gunn, Jeff Daniels
MPAA rating: PG
Studio: Paramount
First date: 1981
US DVD Release Date: 2004-11-16
On the commentary track for Paramount's new Ragtime DVD, director Milos Forman discusses his desire to make the film based on the story of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (the achingly brilliant Howard E. Rollins, Jr.): "This man is just forced to swallow his pride. That's something which I lived part of my life in -- the Nazi society, and a big part of my life in the communist society and that was your daily bread to swallow your pride. So, that was the emotional hook for me." In the film, Coalhouse takes matters into his own hands after a gang of racist firefighters destroys his car and no one with the power to help him will even give him a second look. At first his demands are simple -- repair the car and return it to him; this doesn't happen and so, he sets about murdering firemen and burning down their firehouses until he gets what he wants.
Profound as Coalhouse's story might be, Ragtime is about far more. Set in early 1900s New York, at the beginning of America's so-called Gilded Age, the movie is about the radical and long-lasting changes, including the onset of the industrial revolution, and increased importance of civil rights and sexual equality issues. As in E.L. Doctorow's novel, the characters in Forman's film each represent those changes, with Coalhouse just one in a complex and compelling mix.
At the center of that mix is an unnamed middle class family, including Mother (Mary Steenburgen) Father (James Olson), and Mother's Younger Brother (Brad Dourif). Mother represents the changing roles of women at the time, challenging Father's more traditional views. When their housekeeper finds a black child abandoned in the yard, Mother insists they keep it and employ its mother, Sarah, (Debbie Allen), who is eventually tracked down, so as not to break up the family. Coalhouse soon arrives on the family's doorstep, announcing he is the father of the baby, and Mother is thrilled. She sets about convincing a skeptical Sarah (whose doubts about Coalhouse are never fully explained) to marry Coalhouse.
The more control Mother achieves in her household, the more she sees her husband's rigidity. She finds herself longing to escape her marriage, and more than ever when she meets filmmaker, Tateh (Mandy Patinkin). Mother's Younger Brother also battles Father's rigidity, refusing to settle into his pre-arranged role as a manager in Father's fireworks company. He's a romantic, in love with model, Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), who isn't half as enamored of him and he is of her, and, feeling as out of place in the family home as Mother, takes up with Coalhouse on his disastrous mission.
With so much going on here -- both Tateh and Evelyn's own stories take up significant screen time -- it's perplexing that Forman all but ignores it in his commentary in favor of stories about casting and set design. At one point he notes that a director can never really enjoy his own films as he "always knows what's coming next." Even during poignant scenes, including Coalhouse's eventual breakdown, as he leans over a plunger that could blow up the historic J.P. Morgan Library as well as himself, Forman chooses to discuss sets and scenery.
Even his anecdotes about the cast are not very enlightening. The exception is his recollection of hiring James Cagney: Forman gleefully relates how Cagney would only agree to do the film if he didn't have to sign a contract and if he had the option to change his mind up to three days before shooting. Though even this story loses its fascination when repeated almost word for word on the commentary and in the DVD's 18-minute documentary. The documentary, "Remembering Ragtime," is as disappointing as the commentary, with half of it taken up with the repeated Cagney material, and the other half with talk of sets and casting -- at this point, though, little else is expected. (One bright side to the documentary is the appearance of Dourif, the only actor interviewed.)
Though Ragtime is a wonderful film with much to say about U.S. history, Forman gives no indication on the DVD beyond a brief comparison between Coalhouse's experiences to his own, growing up under communism in Czechoslovakia, as to his intentions for the film. The DVD suffers because of this, but the movie, on its own, is still a sprawling and, for the most part, effective history lesson. And the sets are beautiful.


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Alex boss admits Ikpeazu absence was a blow
Steve Davis admitted that his side missed Uche Ikpeazu in their defeat to Brentford on Saturday. The on-loan Watford forward, who bagged a brace in the 3-3 draw at Bradford in the previous weekend, was ruled out of the meeting with the Bees with an ankle injury and Davis says that was a big blow to the Railwaymen.
Davis admitted that he changed his tactics after learning Ikpeazu wasn't going to make the Alex squad for the game and says he would have lined up differently had the forward made the game.
Now Davis will hope that Ikpeazu can overcome the injury ahead of the derby trip to Vale Park next weekend.
Steve told crewealex.net: "We missed Uche in the Brentford game without a doubt. A lot of the changes that we made for the game were because we were without him.
"I don't think I would have picked that team had he been available for the game and we would have looked for another way to play against Brentford's extra man in midfield.
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"Security light went off at 1 am. This little guy found my dog's ball," explained Redditor Scaredoftheman.
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DLB has a brilliant article on how to hire (and how not to hire actually). He writes this piece, detailing him hiring a person based on his previous method of interview, and how it failed. He then does a post-mortem, and shares his current way of interviewing. One neat idea that he proposes is to setup a 60 minute interview. Ask your technical questions for 40 minutes, and stop. With the candidate having informed that it was a 60 minute interview, now ask him, how he felt about the job. Ask him how he feels the interview is going. Observe him. If he is unsure, and shifty, then you know — this guy is probably just a master of interviews. Do you really want to hire him.
Then, with about 10 minutes left, give him a problem to work out right there (a problem which resembles the real-world job that you are about to entrust to him). A problem which would take atleast 60 minutes. Does he groan? Does he say that he needs to leave (it is perfectly fine, if he has a legit reason, but is he trying to weedle out?)
I would want to add a couple of things that I do as well:
I usually give the candidate to ask a few questions. This can gauge the amount of interest that he has in joining your organization. Observe how deep his questions are. Make sure the are not superficial ones (like how is your corporate culture – that is a textbook question).
I also ask the candidate to describe in his own words – what he understood about the job he is applying for. Is he just describing what was in your job description? Is he being more verbose? Did he go through your corporate website before he came in to the interview?
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December 16, 2019
SAN LEANDRO, CA: The just-released 2019 California Department of Education School Dashboard for the San Leandro Unified School District shows notable areas of success for the district from the past year. Highlights include:
- The districtwide college & career readiness indicator increased by 8.8%. The most significant gains were shown by students with disabilities, with an 18.3% improvement. This indicator includes increases in SBAC scores, Advanced Placement course completion, and career technical pathway completion rates.
- Both Math and English Language Arts performance results have improved one full performance level, from Orange to Yellow.
- Due to increases in performance for students with disabilities and homeless youth, SLUSD will no longer receive state-mandated differentiated assistance with these student subgroups.
The California School Dashboard also highlighted areas for growth within the district:
- SLUSD will receive differentiated assistance in the form of extra support from the Alameda County Office of Education to address suspension and chronic absenteeism rates for the district's foster youth students.
"This year's California Dashboard reflects the impressive performance progress our students have been making across the spectrum of indicators," said Dr. Mike McLaughlin, district superintendent, "I am particularly proud of the growth shown by our students with disabilities that allowed us to move out of differentiated assistance. I feel confident that our strategic efforts towards improved outcomes will continue to yield success for all of our students."
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My love for lip-balms is never-ending, no matter how many of them I already have in my kitty! 😛 I like both tinted and non-tinted lip-balms. I picked one lip-balm from lakme, and today I am gonna review the same i.e. Lakme lip love lip care in strawberry. Read on to know my experience-Price- INR 200/-
Shelf Life- 2 yearsAbout- Say hello to Lakme's newest offering, Lip Love Lip Care – a range of dual core lip balms, the first of its kind in India. Available in 4 flavours – Cherry, Strawberry, Peach and Vanilla. Lip Love is 'a little tint with lots of love'. Keep those lips moisturized and protected with a winning combination of a luscious creamy core along with a hint of tint and SPF 15. Lakme's Lip Love tinted sticks are here to make sure you enjoy the best of both worlds!My take on Lakme lip love lip care Strawberry – Lakme is the brand I have been hearing of since ages, and to be honest I have grown up using lakme stuff 😀 , From their nail enamels to lip glosses to nail paint remover to lipsticks I have used them all during my journey of live so far. They launched dual core lip-balms around 6 months back and I couldn't resist myself from trying these out.
The lip balm comes in a pink-colored twist-up stick that has a clear lid which fits the case tightly with a click; the bullet is bit-slanted just like lipsticks for easy-application. The shade of the lip-balm is written on the bottom of the stick. I loved how all their lip-balm sticks are color-coded. This stick reminds me of elle 18 lipsticks which also have these kinds of cores. The fragrance it carries is very fruity and reminds me of the fragrance present in those fancy-erasers almost all of you would have used during school time.
Since the shade I picked is strawberry the color of lip balm is pink in color with cream-like balmy core. It glides on lips like a dream, doesn't feel heavy on lips and provides good moisture in just 2 swipes; however the pigmentation is way lesser than my expectation 🙁 . It adds a glossy shine but I am in no way happy with the so called tint it leaves. It contains SPF15 which is a good factor for the ongoing summers. 🙂 The luxurious creamy core moisturizes lips very well and lip-balm stays for like 2 hours easily and then it fades off but the moisture stays intact.What I like about Lakme lip love lip care Strawberry –
- Glides on lips like a dream.
- Contains SPF 15 for sun-protection.
- Fruity fragrance.
- Easily available.
What I don't like about Lakme lip love lip care Strawberry –
- Priced a little high.
- Need to be swiped lot of times to get the tint. (which is way less)
- The cap can break easily.
- Ingredients not mentioned.
- This shade is not one for those with pigmented lips.


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Now that Motorola has divorced Google and run off with Lenovo, we wondered if the first fruit of their passions would be the Moto Kutcher.
However we're hearing information that Motorola's device line-up for 2015 is already locked and in the pipeline, so Lenovo won't be interfering much at all.
According to a source with a "pretty flawless track record" speaking to G4Games, the new Moto X is also said to be a done deal, and Lenovo won't make any alterations to the handset.
Motoring ahead
The same source was unable to say whether the Moto X will arrive this year or next, but did say that Motorola's got a 6-inch phablet and a smartwatch set for 2015.
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I started on a splay legged shop stool a few weeks ago and recently finished it. The base of the stool is made from maple and the seat from cherry with an accent stripe of maple.
The top of the seat was curved by first removing the bulk of the material with a dado blade followed by using a core box bit at the router table. This process left the seat pretty rough, as expected, therefore it needed to be smoothed with sandpaper.
After posting this project on my Facebook page, a couple people asked why I didn't shape the seat at the bandsaw instead. For some strange reason this didn't occur to me when I was making it and I don't know why; this made me feel a little silly. It definitely would have been a lot faster by first shaping the seat at the bandsaw. Nevertheless, I think the method I used could still be useful to those that don't own a bandsaw. Next time!
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Paper Cupcakes
Can you believe we are less than two weeks away from Christmas, I can't! I am afraid I am feeling the painic...not ready and too much left to do! I am trying, but am afraid that I am still under the weather. I am still having a lot of joint pain and headaches all last week and this week-end. I did manage to get this card done for the last challenge at Paper Cupcakes before Nina takes a three week break for Christmas. This is a new image that is a freebie at the site for this week's challenge called "A Merry Christmas Snowman" that Nina designed for us. Isn't he just the most adorable thing? I hope you will find time to play along this week. We will be back in January for our next challenge with new images, challenges and fun. I apologize for being MIA so much the last few weeks and hope to be back to playing and creating soon. Merry Christmas....stop by and see what the rest of the design team has for you!
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Ornaments for Paper Cupcakes
Can you believe it is Monday again and December the 6th? Where does the time go?
I know I said last week that I was going to get back in the swing of things but unfortunately, my RA decided to flare and I have had my right arm isolated in a sling and was unable to use it for much of the last week. Finally on Friday I got my ornament done for this week's challenge at Paper Cupcakes which is hosted by our sweet Carol. She has asked us to create an ornament, simple, fancy or anything in between. I made mine using the digital image " A Taste of Winter"...not especially happy with the way it turned out but the best I could do at this point. I used SU Riding Hood Red card stock and SU dp Merry Moments cut with the scalloped rectangle Spellbinder dies. The image was cut with the next smaller size and mounted with pop dots inside the opening on the ornament. I colored this with my SU markers and highlighted with Ranger stickles. I hope you can join us this week and make your own ornament either for your tree or a gift. If you haven't already, please stop by and see what the rest of the team has created. Take care and have a wonderful week.
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The U.S. posted a record cross-border investment outflow in June as China and Japan reduced their holdings of Treasuries and private investors abroad sold bonds and notes.
The total net outflow of long-term U.S. securities and short-term funds such as bank transfers was $153.5 billion, after an inflow of $33.1 billion the previous month, the Treasury Department said in a report today. The June figure, and $40.8 billion in net selling of Treasury bonds and notes by private investors in June, were the largest on record, the Treasury said.
"Right at the beginning of June, you had a very strong sell-off of Treasuries and that's what frightened a lot of private investors," Gennadiy Goldberg, U.S. strategist at TD Securities USA LLC in New York, said by phone. "As yields stayed lower in subsequent months, some of the investors probably resumed their buying."
China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries declined by $2.5 billion to $1.27 trillion, while Japanese holdings dropped $600 million to $1.22 trillion, according to a Treasury report today.
China and Japan's combined share of total foreign holdings of Treasuries has declined since 2004. It dropped to 41.4 percent in June from 50.9 percent in August 2004, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Classic Vintage Michigan wedding: Jessica + Cody
You're all familiar with Winnie & Kevin from The Wonder Years, yes? Well, the relationship today's couple has, is just as epic. They've only known each other for 20 years, no biggie. Met in Elementary school, went to the same Middle school, shared their first kiss (riding the chairlifts at Timber Ridge), went to High school together, fell in love, and you know how the rest goes. "We have grown up together and will grow old together" – spoken like true childhood sweethearts, whom we now have the pleasure of getting to know through their wedding!
Bridesmaids in blush dresses? Romantic! Jessica asked them to find dresses they loved that came in a light blush or nude chiffon. All the dresses you see them wearing came from either H&M, Ann Taylor, or Forever 21. Super affordable and worked perfectly with the romantic feeling Jessica was going for. As far as the groomsmen go, Jessica crocheted each of them a navy bow tie to go with their sharp J.Crew suits!
Jessica walked down the aisle to Reasons to Love You by Meiko, played by two of Cody's Groomsmen. Wish we had their version, but the Meiko version will do just fine!
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My favorite store in the entire world, besides your good neighborhood thrift store, is Anthropologie. So, when it came to brainstorming the look and feel of our wedding, I wanted it to look like we could have ripped a page out from their catalogue and got married in it – romantic & vintage chic! We spent lots of time, sweat and tears, shopping vintage stores to create and capture the "vintage" feeling. From suitcases to glass vases, pearls, velvet and lace – a little bit of history made itself into everything!
If you ever find yourself wondering what to do with all of your engagement photos, you can do what Jessica + Cody did – print them out and use as fun table numbers.
For their favors they made wine, bottled it up, designed a custom label using their engagement photos, and tied them with twine and organza.
Congrats Jessica + Cody! You two are the sweetest of the sweet!
Photography: Amy Carroll / Officiant: Brewce Larkin (best friend's father) / Quartet: ARISO, from Kalamazoo / Videographer: Coastline Studios / Venue: Greencrest Manor / DJ: Guy Voss from Wiser Productions / Catering: Millennium Catering / Salon: Headquarters Salon / Bakery: Bert's Bakery / Bride's dress: Lazaro / Bride's shoes: Nine West / Jewelry: shorter necklace and earrings from J.Crew, long pearl necklace was a gift from Cody the day of the wedding / Groom's suit: Seersucker suits from J.Crew / Bridesmaids: all their own / Pink Pontiac Star Chief: good friend of the family
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Ali on Sep 27, 2011
UHM....GOLD CUPCAKE PAPERS. SQUEEP! Love how the overcast day actually helped the whole scene look MORE romantic. Just lovely!
mary dougherty on Sep 27, 2011
go michigan! I love to see my home state and the moody romantic feel of a rainy wedding day is irresistible
Kate on Sep 27, 2011
This wedding is absolutely beautiful. And I love the intro at the beginning. They have the cutest story! Congrats to the happy couple!
Stephanie Elizabeth {Fab You Bliss} on Sep 27, 2011
OH MY GOODNESS...this wedding, their story, everything is just fantastic! There isn't anyone thing I can pull out and say I love this the best...because everything is just awesome. Seriously love it!
Allie @HoneyBeeInvites on Sep 27, 2011
Such a beautiful, sweet wedding, just like the couple! I love it that they've been together for so long....so sweeet!!
Daisy on Sep 27, 2011
A perfect wedding with amazing details and story... all captured beautifully.
MAR on Sep 28, 2011
One of the most beautiful weddings I've seen! Seriosly I think that is my number one!! Everything seems absolutly perfect! Mar www.mar-blog.com
Elizabeth | Bridal Musings on Sep 28, 2011
Such a beautiful wedding and introduction. So romantic! Those car shots are awesome too!
Jodie @ Pink Frosting Wedding Shop on Sep 28, 2011
Absoultely Stuning! I love everything about this beautiful wedding!
Gary Walker on Sep 28, 2011
What a beautiful wedding and couple! Congratulations to all.
Ashley, Indie Atlantic Films on Sep 29, 2011
What a DREAM!! Love the handmade bowties and the beautiful color palette! Just stunning! :)
Teresa on Sep 29, 2011
There is almost nothing that I don't love about this wedding - so beautiful!
Aine on Sep 30, 2011
I'm pretty sure my flowergirl wore the same kind of dress as Jessica & Cody's. Adorable!
Jacquelyn on Sep 30, 2011
Love how romantic everything is.
Patricia on Oct 9, 2011
Just wondering where this wedding was held? i can't find the venue information
Lesley on Oct 17, 2011
I absolutely love the bride's dress!! I can't seem to find it anywhere on the Lazaro website- could you tell us the name of the style?
Lori M. on Nov 6, 2011
The venue is Greencrest Manor in Battle Creek. An absolutely beautiful place!
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Where are the flower girl dresses from?
Great Lakes Love on Oct 3, 2012
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This page will contain updates and tips on how to stay health and any known measures to boost the immune system and help prevent getting ill from Covid if you are in he vulnerable group. The key advice though is to boost your immune system by taking Vitamin C and Zinc. Vitamin D which can be generated by your body's skin in sunshine is also very good and is well known to protect. Getting outdoors into fresh air and walking, hiking or swimming are all also excellent ways to improve your immunity. Eating good nutritious food rather than junk food is another important component of boosting your immune system. read full story / add a comment
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This interview by Dublin City FM discussing matters of freedom on health vaccines and the lockdown was about to be aired at the end of April but twas then pulled at the last minute and Health Freedom Ireland have made it available.
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Now that the lockdown has been secured and people have been convinced of all the manipulation and lies and the police state measures have been accepted, it is very hard to overturn these in peoples mind and for them to accept the whole reason for economic suicide has largely been a hoax.
It is therefore safe for the mainstream media to publish more truthful information and some of them are doing. The reason is because they will be able to say they did -eventually -publish the facts if anything should go wrong -that is resistance against the police state and the second reason is because it will make little difference at this stage since the objectives of phase 1 of the global police state have been achieved.
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With the current rush to fast-track a vaccine that will supposedly stop the Coronavirus, it is important to look at some of the history of vaccines, especially ones developed to supposedly stop viruses.
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REGRET have managed through Dail questioning to get the actual figures on the adverse affects of the HPV vaccines and the results have been shocking. This is despite the government deriding the REGRET campaign and Minister Harris along with the HSE continuously push a message of total safety for the HPV vaccine, dismissing families of healthy girls who became seriously ill after the vaccination in our calls for an investigation in a campaign of public derision. We trusted the authorities who told us it was a safe vaccine, and they abandoned us when what happened to our children didn't fit their message. read full story / add a comment
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The weekend just gone by in the UK was a bank holiday weekend and the weather was really good. Millions of UK citizens fed up with the lunatic lockdown defied the authorities and were out in parks, beaches and on the streets in their droves. There were so many the police gave up trying to impose it. Even some pubs here and there opened up and people sat out enjoying the sun and having a pint. All the pubs should open rather than commit economic suicide and they should ask their customers to defend them. Up to that point the UK government message was Stay At Home. Today when many people returned to work it is reckoned the numbers up back to the near 70% to 80% of normal. Some of the London tubes were packed and nobody dropped dead as a result. This morning media figures including many celebrity figures were stunned and wondered what was going on while many who had stuck rigidly to the rules realized they have been fooled and lied to in the past 6 to 8 weeks. read full story / add a comment
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Sally Maaz (17) died in Mayo University Hospital on April 24. Her cousin speaks out in this video.
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Never before in the history of the world has there been such a massive and widespread shutdown of the economy for as long as for this Covid-19 scare. As of today April 21st it has been more or less shutdown for a month and the politicians instead of doing their usual and saying we will be out of this soon are saying we need to continue it indefinitely and even when the lockdown is lifted, it will only be gradual return to normality. Clearly everyone is worried and a lot depends on how long this lockdown continues for. The question is not whether the economy both here in Ireland and globally will be damaged but more by how much. This is an important question because real lives depend on what happens in it
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British Colonial Institutions and Economic Development in India
Shilpi Kapur, Sukkoo Kim
NBER Working Paper No. 12613
We explore the impact of British colonial institutions on the economic development of India. In some regions, the British colonial government assigned property rights in land and taxes to landlords whereas in others it assigned them directly to cultivators or non-landlords. Although Banerjee and Iyer (2005) find that agricultural productivity of non-landlord areas diverged and out-performed relative to landlord areas after 1965 with the advent of the Green Revolution, we find evidence of superior economic performance of non-landlord regions in both the pre- and the post-independence periods. We believe that landlord and non-landlord regions diverged because their differing property rights institutions led to differences in incentives for development.
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Please allow me to introduce you to Dale and Holly Hummel and their family, who own and operate Hummel Livestock. With a base in Illinois, Dale is a very articulate, well-educated man with a world of knowledge about the Boer goat breed. The contribution of Hummel Livestock to the Boer goat community in the U.S. is significant. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Dale in person, after a major Grand Champion win at the American Royal Stock Show in Kansas City, in the fall of 2016. I went on to watch him win another Grand Championship at the NAILE, and take Reserve Champion at the NWSS. I am delighted to share their story, and how they have used Trans Ova cloning technology to impact their herd. Let's begin:
Dale, please share the history of Hummel Livestock:
Both Holly and I grew up showing livestock and were fortunate to find a great deal of success participating in high school and collegiate livestock judging teams. The postgraduate school I took a position as an Animal Science Professor and livestock judging team coach. After many years of coaching livestock judging teams and assisting youth with various livestock projects, we decided to give our children this experience, which that has formed a solid foundation for so many youths as they seek careers both in and out of the livestock industry. Raising and exhibiting
Why did you decide to use genetic preservation and cloning?
It is our desire to remain competitive in the business of producing and exhibiting
Which genetic donors have you cloned?
We have chosen to clone one of our lead stud bucks, "Poncho". Poncho has sired wethers that have won shows on the largest stages in the country. His daughters have followed in line and are now becoming our most valued donors. The stud bucks that Poncho has sired are now in production and have found great success in their first kid crop. The true value of a sire may not be recognized until a few generations past his progeny when, in hindsight, you can clearly evaluate the impact that a single individual can have on a given program or even an entire industry.
How has the cloned individual contributed to your herd?
Now that Poncho is deceased we will be able to continue to produce progeny from that genetic line. This is a genetic piece that is invaluable to our operation. We are now able to use P2 on the same does that Poncho had produced numerous champions at the most competitive shows in the country.
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Turn Your Hobby Into A Business
In the first example you will see that what we have drawn what appears to be a silhouette over the top of the flowers. Do this by starting at the paper's edge on the left hand side, as it is important to make your first connection with your drawing at this point. Start to progress the line towards the centre of the paper following what would be the line that would indicate the back edge of the table where it touches the wall. It is now important to try to assess how far that line goes into the paper before it encounters the vase that holds the flowers. Do this by looking through your window mount again, remembering to look through it in exactly the same position every time. The window mount should be proportionally marked as showing halves quarters, and eighths as seen in the example on window mounts. One should mark ones drawing off in the same way, as we can use these as guides to indicate where objects are situated in the composition.
One can now begin to make an assessment as to how far that line travels into the picture by using these proportions. Let's say for this instance it is about a quarter of the way in. We would then translate that observation from our window mount to our drawing allowing the line that we first started with to travel into the drawing a quarter of the way, where it would then engage with the vase. Now the line would start its journey around the vase being monitored for proportion in the same way, firstly observing and making your proportional calculations through the window mount and then transferring these observations to your drawing. Eventually the line will complete its journey to the other side of the paper, splitting the paper in two as you can see in example 1.
In example 2 you will restart the drawing in exactly the same place over the top of your first line. However, when it engages the vase this time the line will detour around the bottom edge of the vase, and it will progress following the outline of the vase until it reaches the other side of the paper. This part of the drawing should be easier to accomplish as the first part of the drawing will help you in your understanding of the second part of the drawing and so on. The drawing as in example 2 will now contain three sections to it rather like a simple jigsaw construction. The first being the top half of the silhouette, the second being the bottom part of the silhouette, and finally the overall shape of the objects that are contained in the composition i.e. the vase and the flowers.
The next stage in the drawing as shown in example 3 is when you begin to draw in the smaller or secondary areas of negative space. These exist as small holes that appear through the objects that we are drawing. This part of the drawing completes the drawing of the negative space, and at this point we can now see how important this concept is as it holds the whole composition together in a spatial context. In other words the objects appear to be anchored in a real space, rather than floating in the picture plane
In the final drawing we have now filled in the rest of the visual story by defining the objects first, and then adding the tone and the texture (see tone and texture examples for further references). Now we have a complete work that pulls on a number of visual elements to make it work. There is also an example in the charcoal section that illustrates how a negative space drawing can be constructed.
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A curriculum map is an organizational tool to plot student progress in attaining the objectives for a program. A course-by-objective curriculum map should make clear where in the program students are introduced, reinforced, emphasized, and mastered the stated learning objectives. In addition to courses, other required activities such as projects and major papers required for progress in the program could be included in the curriculum map. This map should be used to identify points in the program where direct measurements of student learning can be made.


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Capsule Wardrobe or How to Keep an Impeccable Style with a Tiny Closet
If you have been trying to rethink your wardrobe setup for a while but not sure where to start, here is the best advice we can give you: build a capsule wardrobe.
What is it?
A basic collection of essentials in creating the basis of all your outfits- less is more. Varying from 25 to 40 items (according to experts), the minimalist collection should include your absolute favorite clothing, accessories and jewelry that you would wear on repeat. And no, a tinier closet does not mean you need to compromise on style.
How do you build it?
Start by (ruthlessly) emptying the contents of your wardrobe and follow your instinct when you sortthe clothes into 4 distinct piles: (Adore, Possibly maybe, Sale/donation, No way/trash). Keep the first two, say good-bye to the rest. It's that simple.
What should you keep?
Basically, your capsule wardrobe should contain the clothes you wear daily and can't be without.
Ladies, think basic Korean fashion items like a white tee and boyfriend jeans, a soft knit turtleneck and a pair of stylish tailored pants, a dress for every season, a crisp button down shirt to match a sharp blazer and a flattering pencil skirt, a classic coat, casual pants and a slouchy sweater. For accessories, add a smart clutch and a casual bag, sneakers, stilettos and ankle boots. Pair them with your favorite jewellery, sunglasses and scarves.
Gents should make sure they have at least one great quality shirt, a clean suit, a long overcoat and a biker jacket for casual days, a pair of classic jeans, a tee and a sweater, a cardigan, one turtleneck and a pair of joggers, loafers, dress shoes and sneakers.
What's so great about it?
Less is more. You will never look into your wardrobe and say you have nothing to wear again. You'll spend less time in the morning deciding on your outfit, and save money on clothes you never wear.In addition your minimalistic approach is green- keeps money in your pocket and helps the planet. You'll have more room in your closet for those global fashion pieces that really matter. www.KOODING.COM.