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Pre-existing Conditions by Madeline Diehl
Assigned Blessing by Connie Bennett
Corker by Sophia Blumenthal
How to Kill Yourself (With a Gun and a Bottle of Pills) by Ron Riekki
Directed By Sarah Erlewine
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Assigned Blessing
Pete: Nick Boggs
Shawna: Catherine Zudak
Woman: Chrissie D'Amato
Pre-existing Conditions
Maisy: Kristin Stelter
Raz: David Melcher
Blythe: Megan Shiplett
Woof: James Christie
How to Kill Yourself (With a Gun and a Bottle of Pills)
Allen: Joseph Jones
Ricky: Jeff Miller
Ron: James Christie


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Always talking about fighting this thing or that thing. Nowhere in their vocabulary is the word "discuss" and see if there might be a compromise. They actually think they won the election and every single law or change has to be their way or no way. Harry Reid is retiring because he knows he screwed up with his "nuclear option" thinking, in his arrogance, the Dems would win the Senate and the Presidency. Watching them burn is a great pleasure for this disaffected Democrat.
Tribal politics is no way to run a country. Offering "free stuff" is no way to win an election. Turning Americans against one another is a vicious and ugly way of politics. Dems did all that and much more. Now, they are running around acting all offended over their loss. The rest of us just look at them with disgust. All those "safe spaces" and grief counseling for young adults inspires not empathy but disdain for them and the academicians who provide those pathetic perks for the little snowflakes (emphasis on flakes). We, who voted for President-elect Trump, are just sick and tired of being told how to live, what to eat, how we should think and, the rampant thought police inundating us every single day with more of their faux outrage. We got tired of being ignored by the very people we helped elect. Your arrogance was your undoing.
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From Victor Hanson
Millions of Americans, far from the two coasts, kept largely quiet. They either did not talk much to pollsters or they politely declined to reveal their true feelings. They tuned out talking heads and ignored blue-chip pundits. They did not listen to the shrill bombast of President Obama on the campaign trail or pollsters who ad nauseam declared Hillary Clinton the sure electoral-college winner.
They were not shamed or much bothered by the condescension they receive from the media and the Washington elite, who proved wrong or biased or both in their coverage. They believed that free trade was not worth much if it was not fair trade, that illegal and politicized immigration was as subversive as legal and diverse immigration was valuable, that real racists were those who used race and ethnicity to encourage others to break the law for their own political and elite interests, and that it was stupid to trust their job futures to those who never lost their own jobs while often losing those of others.
On that note, I wish you all a peaceful and happy Thanksgiving. We do have much to be thankful for this year.
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If you took a poll of people on the street and asked them if access to justice was important, the overwhelming majority would probably say yes. But 'access to justice' is one of those ideals that we take as a given, like democracy or freedom of expression, without really thinking about what it means in practice and how it should be implemented.
One of the most visible aspects of the right to access justice is the court system. This could vary from getting compensation from the person who crashed into you while driving, to holding the government to account through judicial review. Without access to the courts it is often difficult or impossible to ensure that your rights are being upheld.
However, the right to access the courts does not just include a literal right to bring a case. Access remains an issue if you are unable to understand the court system or adequately represent yourself during your court case. This is why the right to access the courts is often indivisible from the right to legal representation.
Self-represented litigants are increasingly becoming an issue in a number of jurisdictions, most notably England & Wales, due to cuts in legal aid. There is now an ever-increasing gap between those at the very lowest end of the rung who qualify for legal aid and those who can afford to pay for private legal representation.
A lack of legal representation might be seen as a miscarriage of justice. If a person does not have access to a lawyer, the court system can be hugely intimidating. Legal language such as 'obtaining leave of court' or 'issuing a notice of motion' means nothing to the average person and it doesn't tell them what is really required of them. Trying to figure out how to initiate a case in the first instance can seem like a mammoth task in and of itself before the process even really begins.
Then the litigant is required to file certain types of evidence, to submit arguments based on legal precedent and know what relief they are seeking. If they manage to access previous legal decisions they will encounter numerous latin phrases such as 'prima facie' and 'res ipsa loquitor' as well as phrases in English such as 'unconscionability' and 'standing' which have specific legal meanings.
It is unfortunate, but our common-law adversarial system is heavily based on two traditions which make it difficult for the average person to win their case without a competent lawyer. The first is the fact that it relies on lawyers to present all relevant evidence and arguments. The judge can only consider the evidence they have been presented with. No matter how much a judge may try to support a particular self-represented litigant, the judge cannot make arguments for them. Additionally, the common law system is heavily reliant on precedent – following previous decisions made by the court before. If you cannot present a judgment which endorses your argument, it is very unlikely that the court will decide in your favour.
Without legal training it is very likely that a person could have a good case but lose because the case turns on a technical decision, such as the interpretation of a specific provision of legislation, or that they could not find the case which best supports their argument.
Something as simple as not knowing how to refer to the judge or the format of a trial can be incredibly unnerving and make someone feel as if they're starting from behind.
In order to provide a person with a fair trial and the ability to protect their liberty and their good name the person needs competent legal representation, which we currently provide through criminal legal aid where a person cannot otherwise afford it. Without it is very hard for a person to understand and navigate the legal system. An innocent person could be sent to jail for the crime of not being able to afford a lawyer.
But even if the person is not innocent, the legal system should be above reproach in order to maintain its legitimacy in the eyes of the public. Our justice system rests not only on the threat of punishment, but by the general population buying into it. Without faith in the system it risks falling apart.
If you believe in human rights than surely you believe human rights belong to everybody, not just to people we deem as worthy of them. If we are going to take away a person's right such as their right to liberty then we need to do so only after serious deliberation, after we have decided, beyond reasonable doubt, that they seriously breached the law.
By providing everyone with a competent lawyer, and allowing for an appeal where their legal representation was flawed, we create a system which minimises the possibility that a person was sent to jail for the sole reason that the State created an unfair playing field.
By comparison, providing civil legal aid should not seem controversial at all. These people are not charged with a crime. Instead they may face losing their homes through bank repossession, domestic violence from an intimate partner, refusal of social welfare based on unfair decisions, inability to see their children or even something as basic as being unable to divorce their partner because they lack to resources to afford legal representation. Surely there could be no principled objections to providing these people with access to legal aid?
While most countries accept that criminal legal aid is required in order to ensure a fair trial, civil legal aid is not given the same focus. Of those countries which have State-funded civil legal aid, funding is usually incredibly limited and a number of countries have imposed upfront contribution fees which can deter those on a low-income.
Without proper legal representation a person will lose something important to them, and this also often has the effect of reinforcing poverty. A person can be thrown into homelessness, lose their job unfairly, be unable to access social welfare or be thrown more deeply into debt because they could not understand and take advantage of the legal process and it's ability to uphold and defend their rights.
It also makes financial sense for the State to provide civil legal aid. A study from Citizen's Advice in the UK found that:
- For every £1 of legal aid expenditure on housing advice, the state potentially saves £2.34.
- For every £1 of legal aid expenditure on debt advice, the state potentially saves £2.98.
- For every £1 of legal aid expenditure on benefits advice, the state potentially saves £8.80.
- For every £1 of legal aid expenditure on employment advice, the state potentially saves £7.13.
This is as a result of the saving to public services and the courts system and the gains in work productivity and good health outcomes where potentially serious situations are diverted at an early stage. Yet we are seeing cuts to civil legal aid budgets the world over.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he is 'infuriated' that people felt entitled to use tax-payer funding to challenge public policy. UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling asks why should overseas nationals be entitled to legal aid when they've never lived in Britain? Irish policitians continually ask the Minister for Justice why repeat criminal offenders are entitled to free legal aid.
Politicians do a very good job of creating an 'us versus them' narrative. Why should honest, hardworking tax-payers have to pay for criminals and scroungers?
One of the fundamental tenets of the rule of law is that laws apply to everyone equally and everyone has equal access to justice. Many different people, from Churchill to Truman and Mahatma Ghandi, have restated the belief that you judge a society by how it treats its disfavoured people. The challenge to access to justice is insidious – it chips away at the right slowly by disenfranchising unpopular groups like prisoners and immigrants.
We say that access to justice is important to us and important to society, but we often don't put our money where our mouth is, or decide that access to justice is good for some but not for others. We have to decide that access to justice is a right, applicable to everyone, otherwise it loses its meaning.


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Don't We All Want To Be Lifted Up? – March 18, 2018
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang
St. Paul's on the Green, Norwalk, CT
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
March 18, 2018
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33; Psalm 51:1-13
May the breadth of God's hope inspire us, the strength of Christ's life remind us of our calling, and the Holy Spirit breathe energy into our every moment. Amen.
The setting for today's Gospel narrative is the Feast of Passover. It's a little strange because this all takes place after Jesus had entered Jerusalem to the crowds shouting "Hosannas," what will be recounted in next week's liturgy when we observe Palm Sunday. So it's a little backwards.
In the passage today, we learn that people have come to the city from many parts of the world.
The surprise here is the appearance of the Greeks. They are curious. They just want to see Jesus. And who can blame them? Jesus has a pretty good track record up to this point. He has cleansed the temple, turned water into wine, healed a little boy, fed 5000, given sight to the blind, and raised Lazarus from the dead. Hearing stories about Jesus was not enough. They needed more. So they boldly approached one his closest disciples with their request: "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." We learn nothing more about them. The Greeks come and go almost without notice but their entry into the story reveals something to Jesus: the hour has come.
The twelfth chapter of John's Gospel contains most of what Jesus had to say about his suffering and death. Jesus could have stopped preaching against the evil, hypocritical religious authorities. He could have saved his hide by just toning down his message and not reaching out so daringly to the poor and the marginalized. Jesus chose, instead, to speak and live his confrontational message of forgiveness, reconciliation, love and inclusion, the result of which would be his death on a cross, the punishment prescribed for the worst of criminals. From that death would come resurrection and from resurrection a new community would form in his name; the grain of wheat would die and bear fruit and so we are here today.
The coming of the Greeks, as insignificant as it may seem, marks a turning point for Jesus. The term "Greeks" is meant to include all non-Jewish foreigners. Their arrival is the sign that his ministry would cast a wide net and be extended to everyone. The hour had come to launch that.
The mention of the Greeks reminds of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Toula Portokalos is a thirty-something single, dowdy reception hostess at the family owned Greek diner, Dancing Zorba's. "Nice Greek girls are supposed to do three things in life," her father, Gus, tells her: "Marry a nice Greek boy, make babies, and feed everyone till the day we die."
One day a handsome, sensitive, guy named Ian Miller walks into the restaurant and Toula falls in love. Big problem. He is not a nice Greek boy and, for her father, "Mr. Right" becomes "Mr. Wrong"—"ξεινος" (which in Greek means "stranger" or "outsider"), from which we get our word "zenophobic." For Gus Portokolos, there are two kinds of people—Greeks, and everyone who wishes they were Greek. In Jerusalem, there were only two kinds of people: Jews, a group of people held together by descent, language and culture, and Greeks—the rest of the world.
Ian's waspy parents are horrified when they arrive at Toula's house, a miniature version of the Parthenon with a huge band of relatives watching a lamb being roasted on the front lawn. By the day of their wedding, Ian's family discovers in the Greeks a robust and exotic community and both cultures are able to move beyond their suspicions and reservations to form a new family.
A turning point in movie occurs when Ian Miller demonstrates the depth of his love for Tula by taking instructions in the Orthodox Church and is baptized, which to her family translates into his becoming one of them. At the church, Tula watches as Ian, dressed only in swim trunks is immersed three times in a large pool of water that covers him from head to toe, and with fragrant anointing oil trickling down his brow, the priest chanting in a language Ian cannot understand, and she turns to her brother Nick and says, "Any second now he's gonna look at me and say, 'You're so not worth this.' "
Why is the appearance of the Greeks on this last week before Jesus would die on a cross significant? Because in that moment something connects deeply and passionately within Jesus. It is the arrival of foreigners, of strangers that identifies the crucial hour for him.
It was these Greeks who moved Jesus to proclaim the purpose of his entire mission—to draw all people, to attract everyone, no matter who they were, no matter what their lineage, and gather them around him.
The desire of the Greeks to see him elicits a profound reaction: "This is the hour of my glorification. The grain of wheat will burst into a harvest of all people—Jews and Greeks and every kind of stranger whom you must welcome in my name as your sisters and brothers. I will soon be lifted up on the cross for you—all of you—because you are so worth it."
You know, in one way or another, we're all foreigners and one might also say that in some way we're all a little strange. What is part of the fabric of all our lives, what we have in common with one another, is the ultimate human desire to be lifted up. We long to be lifted up from the darkness, the sadness, the drudgery, the disappointments and heartbreaks, the failures, the violence, the chaos, the grief in our lives.
Henri Nouwen, a Dutch priest, author, and theologian whose interests were rooted in psychology, spirituality, social justice and community, wrote: "When I trust deeply that today God is truly with me and holds me safe in a divine embrace, guiding every one of my steps, I can let go of my anxious need to know how tomorrow will look, or what will happen next month or next year. I can be fully where I am and pay attention to the many signs of God's love within me and around me."
Next week we will see Jesus—entering Jerusalem to shouts of "Hosannas," washing the feet of his disciples, betrayed by a friend, scourged and spit upon, denied by Peter, brutally nailed to a cross—and lifted up, and lifted up. No matter what our age, or gender, or race, or sexual orientation, or our faith or our doubts, or anything else that makes us who we are, don't we all just want to be lifted up and drawn into the arms of the One who is Love? And, as we see Jesus giving up his life for us, we want to know that we are so worth it.


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I'm sure everyone here will be extraordinarily surprised to find out that 2,500 new documents indicate that the White House knew what the IRS was doing to conservative non-profits all along:
In a shocking [sic] revelation, the Treasury Inspector General has identified some 2,500 documents that "potentially" show taxpayer information held by the Internal Revenue Service being shared with President Obama's White House.
The discovery was revealed to the group Cause of Action, which has sued for access to any of the documents. It charges that the IRS and White House have harassed taxpayers.
In an email from the Justice Department's tax office, an official revealed the high number of documents, suggesting that the White House was hip deep in probes of taxpayers, likely including conservatives and Tea Party groups associated with the IRS scandal.
Also of interest, 30,000 emails have been recovered that had apparently been lost when Lois Lerner's phantom hard drive crashed and then burned right in time to make it harder to know just what had been shared with the White House. So I guess we can expect that in the next few months, this IRS scandal will finally blow up and people will get really upset about it. There might even be protests and riots over it.
Nope. More than likely, as has been the case with every other major scandal the Obama Presidency has weathered, people won't even care about or talk about this. But, just for reference, check out these words from the lead paragraph in Wikipedia's article about Watergate:
Nixon and his close aides ordered harassment of activist groups and political figures, using the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, articles of impeachment, and the resignation of Richard Nixon, the President of the United States, on August 9, 1974—the only resignation of a U.S. President to date.
That sounds awfully similar to what has been going on with the IRS scandal. And it is becoming ever more clear that the White House has been attempting to cover its tracks and destroy evidence. But this isn't 1974. You can't just burn some paper documents and be done with it. Even when you wipe a hard drive, you never know what might be floating in the cloud. So all these IRS and White House cover-ups seem to have done nothing to effectively destroy the evidence. But, again, this isn't 1974. So don't hold your breath on Obama resigning.


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(Also you can note that this is the first five-star book I've read in all of 2013. Step it up, year.)


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With a record-breaking $168 million raised last year on Giving Tuesday, nearly 45 percent more than in 2015, the bar for donors is high. But Giving Tuesday is about more than just dollars. Many nonprofits also get a recognition boost from the social media campaigns that characterize #GivingTuesday and from the new volunteers they may attract to donate their time and talents.
"We don't have a big marketing budget. One of the things we see is that it increases our social media awareness and drives more donations," said Lisa Wright Jenkins, president and chief executive officer of Council on Aging – Southern California, whose outreach to older adults includes Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. "Absolutely, every dollar helps."
The Council on Aging serves about 290,000 older adults annually with a variety of programs. The nonprofit has participated in Giving Tuesday the past three years, but took an especially painful financial hit this year when it lost $425,000 in federal and state funds through budget cuts — at the same time it is seeing demand for services rise with the population in Southern California aging at a rapid pace.
"We don't think we're going to get it back next year and with the current climate in Washington, I'm concerned there will be more cuts," Jenkins said. "One of the best things that Giving Tuesday does, it helps build support for the program."
One effort in particular the organization hopes Giving Tuesday will help support both financially and by attracting volunteers is its Friendly Visitor program, which matches people in the community — who are trained and undergo background screening — with frail and isolated seniors living at home alone. So far, 300 participants have been matched, but another 102 are on a waiting list.
"The ones that concern me most are the people on our waiting list who just want a friend," Jenkins said.
Giving Tuesday was started by New York City's 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation as a counterpoint to the consumerism that ushers in the holiday season right after Thanksgiving Day. Growing in popularity, and going global in 2014, the 24-hour charitable event last year engaged thousands of nonprofit organizations operating in 98 countries.
Supporters include such big-name philanthropists as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is working with Facebook to match up to $2 million in funds raised for nonprofits in the United States on the social media giant. Facebook also is waiving its fees for donations made to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday.
Giving Tuesday comes along at the time of year — the start of the holiday season — when people might be feeling more generous and will either increase or initiate a charitable donation.
"We kind of see it as the start of the launch of our end of the year appeal," said Ana Velouise, director of communications and public affairs for the Downtown Women's Center, an organization that has served the impoverished and homeless women of Skid Row in Los Angeles since 1978.
Giving Tuesday plays a significant role in helping the Downtown Women's Center serve about 200 women daily who come to its day center at Fifth and San Pedro Streets, attracting 10 percent of the nonprofit's online donors for all of 2016, Velouise said.
"It helps to really garner attention to both our cause and the unique role we have to play in ending homelessness in Los Angeles County."
Tips on Charitable Giving
On the eve of Giving Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued some tips to help donors avoid charitable scams. Among them:
— Check registration status and get up-to-date financial reporting at oag.gov/charities, the state's Registry of Charitable Trusts.
— Give to organizations you trust. Ask such questions as how much is spent directly on the charitable cause and how much goes to overhead and employee compensation.
— Don't be pressured by telemarketers.
— Be cautious of fraudulent "look-alike" websites that bear a slightly different web address (URL), similar-sounding names and other deceptive tactics.


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Robert Jimenez
Re "Liturgical music choices," Letters, March 15:
Sue Hayes' letter expresses her opinion as member of the parish liturgy committee that she shares with "a loving community" at their Sunday liturgy. She senses a "serious disconnect if the liturgical celebrations are grounded in another century," and "going back to Latin and chant."
Well, it may not suit her perception of what our Holy Mass is really about, but it's time for her to understand. For centuries, the holy Mass has been a serious religious celebration of the agonized suffering and death of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that sorrowful, bleeding man on the cross behind the altar. The presiding priest was consecrated to enable immediate transformation of the body and blood of Jesus Christ from the bread and wine we consume at Communion. And that's what Mass is about. Not pretty music and grandiose words, but the death of Jesus on the cross, visible on the altar and expressing God's love for us all. This is what Lent teaches us, all the way through Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
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This essay pulls together my observations and my insights about guns. It draws only upon my experiences of being in America. It does not pretend to be based on some rigorous study. Where there are figures and statistics, they can all be found at www.gunviolencearchive.org, a live online resource for all US gun-related incidents, fatal and otherwise.
Anecdotal Evidence
If you spend time in America, you come to realise that guns are, if not exactly a part of everyday life, at least when they are a part of it, not remarkable. So, my wife and I would come here before we moved, and as a treat, as something to do with her father, we would take a couple of rifles and a handgun out to one of the canyons and turn a load of bottles into glass shards. We always put them on a tarpaulin and collected the bits at the end of the afternoon to take to the recycling.
One of my wife's uncles is a bit of a gun fanatic. He goes to shows and has two enormous gun safes and apparently a 50-calibre gun that should be bolted to the flatbed of a truck to be fired safely.
Most of the people I know in America do not have any guns.
A really good friend goes to Minnesota for a week every year or so to take a bunch of rifles into the woods with his family to go hunting. They never manage to kill anything.
Here's a good one. Another of my wife's uncles has Advanced Myeloid Leukaemia. It's at late stage, and he occasionally needs to have a blood transfusion, and he needed one this week. The problem was that 500 people had been shot or otherwise injured in Las Vegas on Sunday night. There was no blood available.
This last anecdote illustrates the enormity of that single incident here in America: it disrupted medical treatment for patients in adjacent States. The equivalent of a tragedy in Germany that would affect patients in France or the Netherlands.
As of today, Friday Oct. 6, 2017, there have been 11,825 deaths in America this year caused by guns. 124 of those have happened since the mass shooting in Las Vegas. The gun violence issue here is both chronic and acute. It is the daily reality of a violent country, occasionally punctuated with 'tent-pole' events, like Las Vegas where tens of people are shot and killed in a single incident. The annual number of deaths from guns per capita is extraordinary, both at an absolute level and compared to any other developed society. America's gun violence epidemic is unique.
Why? Why is America so violent?
America's gun violence is evenly distributed; that is to say that the likelihood of gun violence is the same no matter where in the U.S. you are. Gun deaths are proportional only to the population of the State. So, America is broadly violent.
As a long-time visitor, current resident and committed Atlanticist, it feels very odd to conclude that America is broadly violent. It is implicit that America is the sum of all Americans, so, by extension, American people must be uniquely violent people. How can that possibly be the case? There is no way one could reason that Americans are all individually more violent, or have more of a capacity for violence than any other group of people. Yet the facts about gun violence here in the United States are indisputable. Regarding America's capacity for violence being exceptional, there are two possibilities:
- Americans are just more violent: that is to say, without guns they would find a way to kill the same number annually that they do currently with access to guns;
- They are not more violent: so, a reduction in the number of guns would remove the easy access to a murder weapon and the homicide rate would fall overall.
The latter (I hope) is correct. Take away the guns, take away the gun violence. Have an amnesty, do a buyback, limit seriously the kinds of guns that are available. Americans, not being preternaturally disposed to violence should find that there are fewer killings as a result.
Keep America Safe & Keep Guns out of Wrong Hands. (Flick / Senate Democrats)
Repeal the Second Amendment
But in America, the right to bear arms, to own a gun, is captured in the Bill of Rights and that presents a unique hurdle to reform. America's founding fathers were a clever lot. They crafted the Constitution, a document so comprehensive on a system of government that it has been altered, or amended, only 27 times since 1787. And 10 of those amendments were proposed all at once in 1789, ratified in 1791. Those 10 form the Bill of Rights. There are general human rights in here: the right to free speech, free assembly, a free press, and the right to not incriminate oneself, are all examples. But there are also very specific rights enshrined within the document. These were in response to external factors, namely America's continued suspicion of the British after the Revolutionary War, which had ended only six years before the drafting of the Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment is one such specific right and was included so that the nascent United States wouldn't be susceptible to the British coming over and taking it back into the colonies.
The Constitution is quite rightly held in the highest esteem. It is an incredible document. But it is not infallible and never claimed to be. Take some examples from the Constitution that now seem at the very least anachronistic:
Article I, Section 1:2 enumerates slaves as being valued at three-fifths of a free person;
Article I, Section 9:1 is about how much the U.S. government should tax the importation of slaves.
In 1787, slavery was a real thing that needed to be covered by the Constitution. I would put the Second Amendment into this same camp. It was a real thing, the need to form a militia. It is no longer the case.
Ultimately, America must wrestle with this dichotomy: keep the Second Amendment and its restrictions on regulating gun ownership, or repeal it and regulate firearms in a grown up and responsible manner.
Vested Interests
No discussion of guns and gun regulation in America would be complete without some mention of the National Rifle Association. The NRA of America wields real power. It contributes large sums of money to elected officials and their campaigns for re-election. It lobbies those officials at both a State and Federal level to keep restrictions on firearms at a minimum. It has become such an effective lobby group, holding the officials in such thrall, that it is common to hear things like, 'the NRA wouldn't go for more gun restrictions' or, 'I can't see the NRA approving of that legislation', as though the NRA were the legislating body. It is frightening to see the absolute helplessness of all politicians in America in the face of this gun lobby group.
House Majority Whip, Republican Steve Scalise was shot in June as he practised before the Congressional Charity Baseball match. He returned to work this last week. Did he call for more restrictions on firearms? Of course not.
The toxic combination of a very strong lobby group, a political class beholden to the lobby groups, and a pathological protection of the Second Amendment entail loose gun laws. Until those gun laws are changed and guns, all guns, any guns, stop being normal, America will continue to be the world leader in civilian firearms casualties.
In other developed countries, here the United Kingdom is the example, very serious gun incidents have provoked very serious changes to gun laws.
The United Kingdom
The two big recent (30 and 20 years ago, respectively) gun violence events in the UK were at Hungerford and Dunblane. The Hungerford Massacre was 1987. 16 people were killed and at least 15 injured. The shooter killed himself.
Legislation (The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988) was passed prohibiting semi-automatic rifles and banning shotguns with a capacity of more than three cartridges.
The Dunblane Massacre in 1996 remains the deadliest gun violence incident in UK History. 16 children and one teacher were killed before the shooter turned the gun on himself. Rather than the long bore weapons used in Hungerford, this time short bore handguns were used to kill.
The resulting legislation (Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 and Firearms (Amendment) (№2) 1997) effectively prohibited all handguns to the extent that the London 2012 Olympics required special dispensation for any of the handguns used in the events to even enter the country.
According to the UK Office for National Statistics, in the 12 months to March 2016, 26 deaths in the UK were attributable to firearms, one of the lowest numbers since 1980.🔷


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I am partial to photography taken from a high place. A few people have made cottage industries, of sorts, out of the practice of aerial photography. (As well as an aerial photography agency that I don't know too much about since its site is mostly in French.) Some favorites of mine include:
|Bernhard Edmaier
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When you hear the term Forex signals do you think about traffic signals? The green lights that tell you it's okay to proceed forward or the red lights that tell you to stop and do not go any further without direction?
Or maybe you think about the yellow light that's telling you to proceed with caution? Forex signals are your currency traffic lights. These signals can tell you when you have a green light – in other words a go ahead to trade currency or they can warn you when the red light is given and you should stop.
These signals are sent to the trader via your cell phone (through a text message) or through your computer. It's a communication, a message to take action. Signals allow you to understand when you should make a move and when you should stop.
There are times when it's more advantageous for you to sell currency pairs and when it's best to buy. You have to learn how to read Forex signals in order to understand when those times are.
It's not as simple as traffic lights if you're trying to do it on your own. You have to study Forex and understand the difference in the various charting methods used to show market patterns.
For example, one such method is by using what's known as the candlesticks. This method evolved from Japan where it was used to track the behavior of the rice market. Candlesticks can be used as black and white but many prefer to use green and red for easier visibility.
If you use Candlesticks, you have to understand the basics behind how they work. You have to know probabilities and patterns. Without a full knowledge of how a pattern works, no matter what Forex strategy you combine it with, you will not be successful.
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This software interprets the language of the patterns and gives it to you as a simple, easy to act upon message. Forex Killer will let you know when the best time is to buy and when the best time is to sit and wait.
You get to go about your life without the frustration and worry that you might have read a pattern incorrectly. Using Forex Killer takes the head out of the trading and all you have to do is act on their signals, which is so much easier to do. Forex Killer is like having a vast library of trading information at your fingertips, information that you can take and use to make your future what you choose it to be.


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Some of Australia's best-known charities have lined up against the government's recent fringe benefit tax (FBT) changes, saying they were never consulted and will be harmed.
A Queensland school is angry after a Sexpo banner was flown above. Are kids overexposed to sex? Wendy Francis shares her thoughts on the issue.
Caitlin Roper, my fellow Collective Shout activist in the West, has put together this montage of some of the abusive and threatening tweets we receive on a regular basis. We want people to know just how bad this is. We don't believe women who speak out on issues should be threatened like this. Police have taken no action.
They come from all walks of life. They are somebody's brother, sister, son or daughter. They have vastly different jobs and lives. But they all share one thing in common. They were bullied. Research commissioned by the Federal Government shows one student in every four in Australian schools is affected by bullying.
A visually impaired woman who walks with a white cane was indecently assaulted and stalked for more than an hour across Sydney's train network in what police described as an ''appalling'' attack. The man repeatedly touched the woman's breast during the ordeal. Vision Australia said attacks on visually impaired and vulnerable people were not isolated incidents.
The High Court appeals by the Aboriginal Legal Service in both NSW and Western Australia seek to ensure Aboriginal offenders receive reduced sentences in accordance with the principles developed in R v Fernando (1992). According to this case, systemic deprivation and disadvantage by reason of a person's Aboriginality must be taken into account in sentencing.
The seventh largest city in the US is considering a law which could ban anyone who disagrees with gay marriage from working for the city government.
Grassroots Conservative members are still unhappy with their party's push to redefine marriage – with some saying they will switch their vote.
As recent killings highlight, society is creating an environment that places sex workers at risk, not their profession.
The humble Christmas banner could be staying in storage, with a new regulation presented to Bland Shire Council, in southern NSW, deeming it "too offensive". In the regulation, which has garnered widespread public interest, council was presented with a draft banner policy which would prohibit advertising of political, sexual, racial or religious material, deeming it unsuitable to hang in the town.
Earlier this year Australia was treated to a visit by one of the world's most renowned cosmologists, and celebrity atheists, Dr Lawrence Krauss. A highlight of his visit was his appearance on ABC's Q and A program where he took on Dr John Dickson from the Centre for Public Christianity in a discussion about whether God is required for the universe to exist.
America's Religious Right, one of the mightiest political forces in the country over the past three decades, is on course to be superseded by a new power bloc: the Religious Left. A survey highlights a generational swing among young Americans. It shows that a quarter between the ages of 18 and 33 are "religious progressives" who hold liberal views on issues such as gay marriage and abortion.
Sex Crimes Squad detectives investigating the alleged female genital mutilation of two young girls have charged a solicitor with doing an act with the intent of perverting the course of justice. Strike Force Longfield was established by the Sex Crimes Squad last year to investigate allegations two girls had the procedure, also known as female circumcision, performed on them when they were aged six and seven.
The Anglican and Baptist Chuches in Junee are pooling resources to help support the district's men. Anglican minister Glen McDonald said the day was to encourage men to stand with Jesus. The Australian Christian Lobby deputy chairman Jim Wallace AM will be a guest speaker.
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Thursday June 22, 2017 – Sunday June 25, 2017
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Find out how art is helping to revitalize the Motor City and why artists from all over the world are flocking to Detroit. Travel by luxury coach from Chicago with Artistic Director and painter Joanna Pinsky and painter/sculptor Jill King who will provide an inside view of Detroit's growing art scene in explorations of the city's vast and stunning murals, artists' studios and innovative art venues. Stay in the recently opened Trumbull & Porter located in the city's "hot" rejuvenated Corktown neighborhood. On our return to Chicago, we'll spend a night in Grand Rapids, Michigan's burgeoning city, where we'll visit a private art collection and explore one of the world's greatest sculpture collections at the Frederick Meijer Sculpture Garden.
- Tour the Murals of Detroit and witness firsthand how street artists are changing the face of devastated Detroit neighborhoods
- Experience Corktown, our hotel's new hip neighborhood.
- Meet artists in their studios and find out why Detroit is attracting a new generation of artists.
- Visit the Detroit Institute of Art and explore Diego Rivera's famous Detroit Industry murals, the inspiration behind the explosion of Detroit's outdoor murals.
- Private tour of the Heidelberg Project, an outdoor art environment project that started with artistically decorated homes causing traffic jams of curious onlookers.
- Explore the outdoor sculpture and gardens of the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, one of the nation's most significant sculpture and botanic experiences.
- Enjoy an outstanding private collection and learn about Grand Rapids' expanding art scene.
- Visit the Cranbrook Educational Community in the elegant suburb of Bloomfield Hills, a campus of buildings that celebrates the merging together of architecture, design and fine arts.
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Thursday, June 22
- Check into Trumbull & Porter Hotel, Detroit featuring Detroit made art and Michigan made furniture adorning bright white rooms, local craft beer and the best local coffee.
- Guided Tour of Corktown galleries/studios
- G.R. N'namdi Gallery and wine reception, a premiere gallery featuring contemporary African American Art. In addition to the current exhibition, we'll have a private viewing of their fine collection of African American art.
- Welcome dinner at Chartreuse Kitchen
Friday, June 23
- City & Murals in the Market Tour led by Linda Yellen. See the many fascinating and beautiful murals in varied installations from buildings to parking garage!
- Detroit Institute of Art– Discussion of famous Diego Rivera Murals which served as an inspiration for future muralists, and collection highlights in this world renowned museum.
- Private tour with the Director of MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit) – Meet with MODAD's director to learn about this non-collecting museum that brings together adventurous contemporary visual, literary, music and performing arts.
- Wine reception at the exciting loft home of private collectors in nearby Royal Oak.
Saturday, June 24
- The Heidelberg Project Tour this extraordinary project founded in 1986 by artist Tyree Guyton and his grandfather Sam Mackey. It is now evolving from an outdoor art installation to a thriving arts and culture community.
- Cranbrook Art Museum Explore this beautiful museum, designated a National Historic Landmark. Situated on the Cranbrook Educational Community's 319 acre campus, its exhibits and collections focus on relevant and transformative moments in modern and contemporary art, architecture and design.
- Depart for Grand Rapids.
- Farewell dinner
Sunday, June 25
- Visit to the home of art collectors to see work from the 2nd half of the 20th century including Motherwell, Larry Rivers, Bob Thompson and Louise Nevelson along with mid-century furniture.
- The Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park Visit this extraordinary park which features one of the most comprehensive collection of outdoor sculpture within a variety of natural settings connected by waterways, meandering paths meadows and quiet paths within 30 acres. We'll encounter selected large scale works before joining a guided tram tour. Lunch and further exploring the gardens on your own.
- Return to Chicago late afternoon.
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This is a blog post about how I don't feel the drive to continue in my business, besides writing this free blog posts and maybe a few youtube videos that people won't bother to watch.
Like, when I was a student ---- I was a REALLY good student. I did what I was supposed to, and I ranked very highly among my classmates.
But that didn't continue --- why?
My explanation for my downfall was just the mistreatment I received from those around me. I'm not going to go into detail here, but I could create quite a list of things that people were doing to me or had done to me that wrecked my brain as I was schooling.
People just didn't treat me very well ---- and as such I eventually completely dropped out of school.
I love the Razer Forge TV. I have a PS4, and I have some high quality games on my PS4 ---- but I am far more likely to play something cheap, which is just as fun for me, on my Forge TV. Heck, this morning I even took my old Apple II off the shelf, plugged it into an old black and white tv I have, and played "Nerm the Worm" ---- that was actually pretty fun for me, and it didn't have to be the big expensive game system with the heavy graphics.
Anyway, I also had lots of fun developing games for OUYA and Cortex. Problem was ---- I still haven't received even my first paycheck from Cortex/OUYA. I sold some games, but not enough to get paid.
And the lack of money received has, over time, demotivated me, so I don't feel so likely to work again. On anything.
Heck, I've even written most of another book --- and this other book has some pretty interesting things in it too ----- but the fact that people just don't pay me for my work has actually caused me to slack off on this project, and I've basically decided that I'm not even going to publish --- simply because people just wouldn't pay me the smallest price for anything I did.
Amazon recently sent me an email asking me to advertise on their marketing services --- that sounds interesting, but I'm more inclined just to save my money --------- I've already done so much to advertise and all that ------ and people just won't pay me.
So, the lack of money I receive from my work is kind of depressing, and I am no longer motivated to build projects.
I can't say I know for certain exactly why I'm not getting paid ---- but the simple fact that I'm not getting paid is slowing down my pace of work quite a bit. If there's no reward, then why should I try to entertain or inform?
I know part of the problem is just that people bought NVidia Shields instead of Forge TVs ----- but another big part of the problem is that people couldn't be bothered to actually pay me for a legitimate copy of my book ---- people ripped me off.
So yeah, I'm just not interested in working in an environment where people aren't rewarding me for my effort ---- kind of like how people just treated me like shit even though I was one of the best students - I just won't continue.


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Abraham, Martin and John - Dion
Going out of My Head - Little Anthony and the Imperials
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry and the Pacemakers
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
Hooked on a Feeling - B.J. Thomas
Good Morning Sunshine - Oliver
I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers
All I Really Want To Do - Cher
Stop And Think It Over - Dale and Grace
Put A Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
The Birds and the Bees - Jewel Akens
Calfornia Girls - The Beach Boys
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
Spooky - The Classics IV
What The World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
Cara Mia - Jay and the Americans
Only Love Can Break a Heart - Gene Pitney
When I Fall in Love - Letterman
He's So Fine - Chiffon
Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Hurt So Bad - Little Anthony and the Imperials
Popsicles and Icicles - The Murmaids
Come Back When You Grow Up - Bobby Vee and the Strangers
Classic Love Songs of the '60s: Love Letters
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
More Today Than Yesterday - Spiral Staircase
Kind of a Drag - Buckinghams
These Eyes - The Guess Who
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley
The Letter - The Box Tops
Get Together - Youngbloods
Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Gale Garnett
Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
Worst That Could Happen - The Brooklyn Bridge
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
Angel of the Morning - Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Young Girl - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
A Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy
Undun - The Guess Who
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind - The Lovin' Spoonful
Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups
Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) - Roy Orbison
Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith
Downtown - Petula Clark
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
Carrie-Anne - The Hollies
I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March
You've Made Me so Very Happy - Blood, Sweat and Tears
To Sir with Love - Lulu
Love Letters - Ketty Lester
Classic Love Songs of the '60s: Sealed With A Kiss
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
My Girl - The Temptations
Our Day Will Come - Ruby and The Romantics
Ooo Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Baby Love - The Supremes
The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes and Brasil
Love is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu) - Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas and the Papas
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
You Were on My Mind - We Five
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
My Guy - Mary Wells
The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Baby Now That I've Found You - Foundations
Sealed with a Kiss - Brian Hyland
1-2-3 - Len Barry
Love Is All Around - Troggs
Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Righteous Brothers
Go Now! - The Moody Blues
Hey Paula - Paul and Paula
Classic Love Songs of the '60s: My Special Angel
Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and the Shondells
Happy Together - The Turtles
A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
The Shoop Shoop (It's in His Kiss) - Betty Everett
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Cherish - Assocation
Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
Since I Fell for You - Lenny Welch
I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick
Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
If I Were A Carpenter - Bobby Darin
Dawn - The 4 Seasons
Turn Around, Look at Me - The Vogues
Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy
I'm A Believer - The Monkees
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Frankie Valli
I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and the Shondells
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
See You in September - The Happenings
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher
Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
How Can I Be Sure - The Young Rascals
Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
Baby, I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis
Never My Love - The Association
I've Gotta Get a Message to You - The Bee Gees
Let's Hang On (To What We've Got) - The Four Seasons
My Special Angel - The Vogues
Singers and Songwriters: 1970-1971
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
It's Too Late - Carole King
Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Woodstock - Matthews' Southern Comfort
Uncle John's Band - The Grateful Dead
Here Comes The Sun - Richie Havens
Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
Only You Know And I Know - Dave Mason
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland
Peace Train - Cat Stevens
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies
That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
If - Bread
Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie With The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Jealous Guy - John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards


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Officials have identified 40 English universities where 'there may be particular risk of radicalisation or recruitment on campus'.
A soon to be published Whitehall report – seen by the Daily Mail – will point to a string of examples of students going on to commit terrorist acts against this country or overseas.
Alarmingly the Prevent review says that 'more than 30 per cent of people convicted for Al Qaeda-associated terrorist offences in the UK... are known to have attended university or a higher education institution.
'Another 15 per cent studied or achieved a vocational or further education qualification. About 10 per cent of the sample were students at the time when they were charged or the incident for which they were convicted took place.'
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I am a Certified Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer and Holistic Nutritionist who focuses on bringing health back to balance through healing the gut.
Age: 34
Skin Type: Combination
Hair Type: Thick, curly, coarse
Skin Concerns: None
Values: Optimal Digestion = Optimal Health. Eat whole foods, what mother nature so beautifully provides.
People with beautiful, radiant skin, aren't just lucky! Ok, maybe a few are. But, people with beautiful skin generally tend to follow three secrets. They nourish, protect and treat not only their skin topically, but also their gut internally. If you visited a dermatologist as little as ten years ago, you probably would have been informed the there was little or no connection between diet and skin health, but this is far from accurate. Just as your diet can prevent cancer, ward off degenerative conditions, reverse diabetes and heart disease, so can your diet affect your skin.
Your body is compromised of almost 100 billion cells, all of which are made up of protein and fat. Carbohydrates are the fuel for these cells. If you do not eat enough protein your skin will sag, your hair will fall out and wounds will be slow to heal. If you don't eat enough good fats, your skin will become dry and dull before its time, and your hair and nails will become brittle. Vitamins, minerals and plant nutrients also help the skin by repairing damage, building it's structure and maintaining hydration.
Wait! It doesn't stop there. Even if you eat the healthiest, most nourishing skin diet, this is half the battle. You also need to make sure your digestive system can reap its benefits.
Now let's talk about digestion. This 38 foot long tube functions completely on its own and is responsible for delivering nutrients to your entire body, including your skin. The lining of your small intestines is where this magic happens. However, over time, this paper thin lining can become irritated and inflamed, compromising how your body absorbs, digests and assimilates these nutrients. This irritation and inflammation is caused by several factors including stress, drugs, medication, poor diet, toxins, sedentary lifestyle and chemicals from household and personal care products. You may know this phenomenon as intestinal permeability, a.k.a. "leaky gut" and it is highly correlated to the health of your skin.
Let's take a moment to focus on the latter irritants, personal care products. Yes, the very stuff you put on your skin can affect the health of your gut. Your body's largest organ, the skin, is porous and absorbs whatever you put on it. Your body absorbs over 70% of what you put on it. These chemicals leach into your blood stream which circulates throughout the body and can compromise the health of your gut.
With so many variables influencing the health of your skin, I've put together 3 simple secrets to help nourish, protect and treat your skin.
3 Secrets to Beautiful Skin
A diet plentiful in dark coloured vegetables and fruits, lean meats and fish, and essential fatty acids will benefit your complexion. If you consistently supply your body with the quality raw materials that it needs, it will reward you with smooth, radiant, glowing skin. I call these specific foods your 'Skin Nutrient Superstars."
Vitamin A helps prevent acne, blemishes and keeps away dry scaly skin.
Food sources: sweet potatoes, carrots, dark leafy greens, winter squashes, lettuce, dried apricots, cantaloupe, bell peppers, fish, liver, and tropical fruits.
Vitamin B required for new cell formation and protein synthesis, in addition to oxygen usage by skin cells.
Food sources: liver, eggs, dark leafy greens, sardines, mackerel
Vitamin C is required for the formation of collagen, while preventing skin damage.
Food sources: peppers, dark leafy greens, broccoli, berries and kiwi fruit
Iron is responsible for oxygen transport to cells, energy production and skin colour. Low iron causes black and blue circles under your eyes.
Food sources: red meat, poultry, dark leafy greens and lentils
Aside from protecting your skin from the foods you eat, topical application is also extremely nourishing. More than ever, shoppers struggle to recognize safer beauty products on store shelves because they're practically indistinguishable. I recently partnered with CertClean, one of North America's leading certification companies for safer beauty and personal care products. As a judge for their 2017 Clean Beauty Awards, I've had the pleasure of testing out a variety of their natural body care products. So far, so great!
Keep your eyes peeled here for the announcement of the 2017 awards. You can rest assure that these products will naturally nourish your skin from the outside in.
We've reviewed some nutritional and topical remedies for beautiful, glowing skin. To take it up a notch, you can also treat your skin with nutritional supplements. Here are a few of my favourites
GLA for glowing skin: essential fatty acids (EFA's) are the good fats that are essential for beautiful, dewy skin. They are necessary for moisturizing, preventing skin aging while decreasing wrinkles and treating acne.
Source: GLA can be found in borage oil (approximately 22-24 perfect). Try taking 500mg per day for two months consistently to start seeing results.
Collagen (also known as the foundation of your skin) is the single, most abundant protein in the human body and is critical to skin health.
Sources: it is important to make sure that your collagen obtained from grass-fed and pastured humanely raised sources from a reputable company.
Probiotics: Oral probiotics have been shown to decrease lipopolysaccharide, improve intestinal barrier function and reduce inflammation.
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77th Prize Bond Draw will be held on 2 November, 2014 at 11.00 am at Dhaka division commissioner conference room. Prize bond result of Bangladesh Bank will be available on 3 November, 2014. The last 76th Prize bond draw result was published on 31 July, 2014.
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Each of us may know someone who has a substance abuse (drugs, alcohol) problem, or may be suffering from a mental illness. While it may be in the best interests of this individual to be committed for purposes of treatment, the State of Kansas has set forth a specific criteria which must be met before an individual can be committed involuntarily.
The criteria for an involuntary commitment is that the individual is declared to be "an endangerment to themselves or others." Only a health professional can make such a determination.
If you know of anyone who is suffering from substance abuse or mental illness and you believe that they are likely to cause harm to themselves, you, or others, please contact your local law enforcement agency immediately. In cases where the individual poses an immediate threat, law enforcement may take the individual into protective custody for purposes of obtaining a health evaluation. At that time, the health professional will make the appropriate determination.
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The thawing permafrost was something we already knew was happening. The rising sea levels, the effect on the seasonal cycles, everything seemingly out of whack. But something has just happened in Russia that was not predictable: an anthrax outbreak.
In an isolated corner of an already isolated land, dozens of indigenous Siberians have been hospitalized and one child has died. The Russian government has begun airlifting families from the Yamal Peninsula region of the Arctic Circle as over 2,000 reindeer have been infected with the disease.
So what caused it?
Although it is not confirmed, the "current hypothesis" is: "A heat wave has thawed the frozen soil there and with it, a reindeer carcass infected with anthrax decades ago." The question now is: Will this be a new trend on the tundra?
Permafrost is frozen as deep as 1,000 feet underground in parts of the Yamal Peninsula, meaning bacteria can be preserved easily in those temperatures. The theory is, as the summer temperatures rose slightly, more of the permafrost melted to thaw out a 75-year-old reindeer carcass. The anthrax also thawed and revived, releasing spores across the tundra to the reindeer grazing nearby.
As a response, Russian officials are vaccinating living reindeer and burning dead ones. The problem is this thawing is not an isolated case. The temperature in the Arctic Circle is rising three times faster than anywhere else in the world, meaning more and more melting permafrost.
And anthrax-infected bodies are not a surprise. In the early 1900s, repeated anthrax outbreaks hit Siberia and over a million reindeer died. It's likely there are 7,000 other infected carcasses in this part of the country, buried as deep into the permafrost as was possible at the time. But now, with that permafrost thawing deep enough, the burials are irrelevant to preventing the outbreak.
Described as "Pandora's Box", the question is: Will an outbreak be the new trend every summer for Siberia? Or will we manage to halt the thawing of the permafrost?


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Most business people give a presentation on just an occasional basis, which is one of the reasons it can feel like an ordeal every time it happens. So what can we learn from people who are presenting day in, day out - Television personalities? I have come across a couple of tips from TV people from very different generations and they both revolve around preparation.
Jason Manford is a comedian, TV presenter, radio presenter and actor. He's probably most familiar, however, from his regular appearances on TV panel shows. How has he achieved such a broad-ranging career at the age of just 35 and why is he in such great demand?
A big clue to his success can be drawn from this insight. "I prepare for everything", he says, "even panel shows. I probably won't use a lot of what I have prepared, but knowing you are so well prepared gives you great confidence." So, contrary to rumours, he is not given all the questions in advance, but does know broadly what topics are going to be covered. Based on that knowledge, he researches and writes little snippets and jokes that will suit the style of the show.
That kind of commitment and attention to detail is more readily associated with a different era of television – such as that of Cliff Michelmore, who was 96 when he died earlier this year. In the 1950s and 60s he became one of the best-known presenters on British television. He was appearing in as many as 300 programmes a year and presided over election coverage and moments of live drama such as the assassination of President Kennedy and the return of the damaged Apollo 13.
Michelmore's hallmark was that he always appeared confident, calm, unhurried and unflappable. We could all do a bit of that, so what was his secret? Michael Parkinson got an insight when, prior to becoming a famous chat show host, he worked with Michelmore on the BBC current affairs show 24 Hours. Noticing that his preparation methods used to involve a mere skimming of the research, but many notes in the margins of the running order, Parkinson asked Michelmore what he was writing. "I'm looking at the running order to spot where there might be a breakdown, and when I find it I write in my ad libs," he replied.
Like, Jason Manford, he hopefully didn't need to use much of what he had prepared but forewarned is forearmed and the result is unflappability.