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Happy Monday to everyone! Here in Italy we actually have a holiday on June 2nd, Festival of the Republic. My husband and I will be on a little getaway, thus I will be taking a break from blogging this whole week. In the meantime, let me leave with a bit of inspiration and sneak peeks to keep your creative minds buzzing. First, I would like to share some of my mixed media artwork as printable collage tiles. You can incorporate them into your art, journaling and crafts…
I’ve posted about these mixed media works before and I actually played around with them digitally… but in the end went straight on with black marker. I’ve had them sitting around for a while and finally scanned them in to print as papers. I’m hoping they will provide inspiration for your own creative endeavors. Let me know if you find creative uses for them! I also wanted to share some views of ongoing projects…
Finally, I just wanted to let Mr. Little Turtle say hello to you all. Hope you have enjoyed the photos with a peek of what’s crowding my desk now. When I get back, I’ll be sure to share the details and hopefully a little tutorial of my process. Until next time…ciao ciao!
Looking for some fun heart garland printable papers? Download these 3 colors for free!
Just in time for the Valentine holiday, I created these heart garland paper designs so you can print-your-own paper and create something cute for your loved ones. From valentine cards to minibooks, travelers notebooks, wrapping gifts or home decor – the limit is only in your imagination.
Download Heart Garland Printable Papers
What will you create with these heart garland printable paper designs? I’ve included 3 colors for this 12×12′ paper design. Traditional red tone as well as a blue tone for the boys in your life and a yellow happy color tone as well. Mix and match to create something cute and fun. You can click the images to each full color, high-resolution JPG image below and download for your personal use.
Looking for a pretty paper printable? Check out this free hanging hearts digital paper design for scrapbooking, deco and more!
I’m definitely a sucker for hearts and there was a period of time when I created daily heart designs as part of my creative practice. It was a way to flex my creative muscles regularly and I have so many heart related designs to share.
This hanging hearts design makes me think of home decor and country living. The soft colors and lovely look of it all, definitely pretty, huh?
I love all the different patterns within the heart shapes and the color palette is definitely shabby chic feminine. What will you use this patterned paper download for?
Download Hearts Hanging Pretty Paper Printable
Just download the printable 12×12 paper PDF below and use for your personal projects.
Looking for some cute and simple free printable hearts? Check out this set of 10 printable patterned papers in black and white with various heart patterns.
The Beauty of Simple Design
Sometimes the simplest designs can be the most difficult to find out there. That’s why I created these super simple heart paper patterns. They are black and white and super easy to print out for a variety of crafty projects.
I’ve just been craving more minimalism and simplicity these days. So these heart paper designs come from an effort to strip down. I often have the feeling of wanting to add more – somehow thinking it will automatically make things better. Just throw more at it, right?
But it’s almost like a curse! More is not always better, maybe it’s even worse, causing a lot of confusion. So I’m trying to get used to idea of less is more.
Download FREE Printable Heart Designs
These free printable hearts are minimal pattern designs with over ten different variations to choose from. You can use them plainly in black and white or color them up yourself.
Click the link above to download the whole set of heart papers. Then you can print at home whichever design you prefer. I really love sharing patterned papers, because I feel that they are the most versatile. You can use these heart papers in your scrapbooking, travelers notebooks, journaling or planner decoration. They make a perfect background for all sorts of projects.
Need some love clip art? There are loads of free graphics that you can legally use to create something like my love is love free art printable below!
Using Love Clip Art to Make Art Prints
When it comes to crafting, we are always on the lookout for cute graphics and illustrations to use. The great thing is that there’s actually a huge variety of free and paid graphics that you can use on personal and even commercial projects.
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Federal Court Gives Go-Ahead to NSA Illegal Surveillance Case
Monday, January 02, 2012
The civil case against the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program by the National Security Agency (NSA) has been resurrected by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle because the federal government may have conducted a “communications dragnet of ordinary American citizens.”
Three years ago, federal judge Vaughn Walker threw out a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) which claimed the NSA illegally intercepted the communications of Americans with the help of major telecom companies.
Although the appellate court revived the case, the three-judge panel unanimously refused to rule on the merits of the case. The judges also gave no opinion on whether the government violated the Constitution by obtaining the phone records of Americans without court approval. The case will now go back to lower courts to decide if the case should be dismissed because it would expose state secrets.
In a separate ruling, the court threw out 33 lawsuits against the telecoms that cooperated with the government’s warrantless wiretapping program because in 2008 Congress passed an amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that gave the telecoms retroactive immunity.
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
Court Revives NSA Dragnet Surveillance Case (by David Kravets, Wired)
Court Slams 'Dragnet of Ordinary Citizens' (by Tim Hull, Courthouse News Service)
Caroly Jewel et al. v. National Security Agency et al. (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals) (pdf)
First Court Ruling that Bush Administration Wiretapping was Illegal (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
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A nice close up view of a male Ebony Jewelwing from the rapids on the Bascom River at Emmon’s Preserve in Kennebunkport. For a few weeks, just now at the turn from June to July, the Ebony Jewelwings are abundant along small streams with rapids and rills all across Southern Maine. Depending on the light they are anything from this deep metallic green to bright electric blue. Sony RX10iv at 600mm optical plus 2x Clear Image Zoom for 1200mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr.
My first Spreadwing of the season. An Amber-winded Spreadwing, by far our most common here in Southern Maine. These were around the pond at Southern Maine Medical Center here in Kennebunk. I am not sure what the little balls are at the end of the abdomen on the second damsel. Sony RX10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr and assembled in FrameMagic.
These might be the earliest Ebony Jewelwings I have ever seen in Maine…and I saw them far from the streams where I have seen them in the past. These were along the Eastern Trail…a bicycle and walking trail that will eventually run the length of Maine…and, as part of the Atlantic Greenway, from Florida north. The section from Kennebunk to Biddeford runs along over an existing natural gas pipeline so all they had to do was build a bike and pedestrian bridge over I95. It has been done for several years now. The Jewelwings were fluttering over the trail as I rode my ebike along, and I got stopped in time to track them into the nearby forest for these photos. I find Ebony Jewelwings fascinating…not in the least because of how the color of the metallic body parts changes so radically as the light changes. These, in this light, were showing almost no green. They were an electric blue. Sony RX10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr.
Though there was not much water coming over Cascade Falls when I visited on Friday last, there were many Ebony Jewelwings over the stream below the falls. They seemed to like to perch in patches of sun on the rocks and broken branches in the stream. There is nothing so shinny as Ebony Jewelwing in the sun. It looks like it is forged in aluminum and anodized green. Even the wings have their metallic sheen.
Sony RX10iii at about 1100mm equivalent field of view. (Optical plus 2x Smart Digital Tel-converter). 1/250th @ f4 @ ISO 100. Processed in Lightroom.
I posed a pic of the Ebony Jewelwing in the shade a few weeks ago, showing the abdomen as a bright metallic blue…but when the bug lights or flies in the sun, it shows as bright green with just a hit of blue. When two males contest territory in and out of the spots of sun over a little rapid in a stream, gyrating around each other, it is one of the more spectacular sights in the world of Odonata.
Sony RX10iii at 600mm equivalent field of view. 1/400th @ ISO 100 @ f4. Processed in Lightroom.
This is another teneral bug…a newly emerged Aurora Damsel (damselfly). The color will be more bluish when it finishes hardening off into its full adult form, but the pattern on the back is distinctive.
Sony RX10iii at 840mm equivalent (in camera crop at 600mm equivalent). I used Direct Manual Focus to fine tune the focus on the damsel’s head. 1/320th @ ISO 100 @ f4. Processed in Lightroom.
It is just about Ebony Jewelwings time of year again. After my encounter with the River Jewelwings a few weeks ago (here), I went back to the rapids on the Batson River on Saturday to check for early Ebonys, and there were indeed a number of males dancing over the rapids and pools. All Ebonys, no River…which is, I think, an interesting thing to note. And I found no females, either near the river in the forest, or in the meadows. Maybe next week. There is, of course, nothing like the iridescent blue/green of the Ebony Jewelwing’s body…sometimes bright blue and sometimes bright green, depending on the angle of the light.
The center image is from the Sony HX90V and the surrounding images are from the Nikon P900. All are processed in Lightroom and assembled in Coolage. Coolage is such a great program for this kind of panel!
I took a photoprowl around the meadow loop at Emmons Preserve (Kennebunk Land Conservancy) yesterday morning. I was looking mostly for dragonflies, and on a somewhat tight schedule as I had to have the car back. One of the first dragonflies I saw was what I thought was a female Ebony Jewelwing, and up at the top of the meadow I photographed several…enough to inspire me to make a quick mile hike through the forest to the little set of falls on the Batson River where the males hang out. And there were males, hovering, dancing, and darting right over the rapids where the fall enters the pool, where I have seen them every year. I was a bit bemused though, as it is at least a month earlier than I have ever seen Ebony Jewelwings at Emmons Preserve…and this in a spring that is running late, even as we approach summer. Of course when I got back to the computer and processed the images I realized that they were not Ebony Jewelwings at all…they were River Jewelwings…a species I have never seen at Emmons, or anywhere else! The difference is that the Ebony Jewelwing has a completely back wing (bright black in the male, if that is a possible construction, and dull black in the female), River Jewelwings have black only at the tips of the males wings, and the female wings are smoky overall with perhaps a bit of darkening at the tips…though I could not observe any darkening at all. River Jewelwings! On my patch!
Nikon P900 at 550mm equivalent field of view. 1/250th @ ISO 100 @ f5. Processed and cropped for scale in Lightroom.
It is always exciting for me to find a new bug…especially one as beautiful as this Aurora Damsel. It is a member of the Pond Damsel family, along with Bluets, Dancers, and Forktails, but in this pose (typical) it looks more like a spreadwing because of the way it holds its wings. It’s markings are so unique though, that, once identified for the first time, it is hard to mistake it for anything else. It is simply one of those bonuses of photographing nature that it landed on the buttercup, and stayed long enough for me to capture it. 🙂
(The red dots on the back of its head are reflections of the sun, not part of its pattern.)
Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 75-300mm zoom. 1200mm equivalent (600 optical plus 2x digital extender). Processed in Snapseed on my tablet.
I leave this afternoon for a week of travel in Germany, Austria, and maybe a day in Hungary, so these posts may be erratic over the next few days. It is hard to predict how much wifi I will have, and I can not afford a lot of data on my phone. We shall see. I hope to have abundant photo ops, but it is mainly a business and birding trip (or maybe I should say a “business of birding” trip).
This is an immature female Eastern Forktail. Eastern Forktails are among the earliest Odonata to fly in the spring, and they are certainly all the action around the ponds in Kennebunk right now. I am wondering if a few overwinter, or migrate in early in the spring from locations where they can overwinter, since I am seeing fully pruniose females along with the immatures and the males. I do not think they have been flying long enough here to have developed the degree of pruniosity that I am seeing. ?
Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 75-300mm zoom. 600mm equivalent. Shutter preferred. 1 /640th @ ISO 250 @ f6.7. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet.
And for the Sunday Thought. I gave at least a few moments extra thought to what image I wanted to leave you with as I start my European adventure. Something homey? Something particularly Maineish? And in the end, I am not sure why this image is appropriate. It just felt right. It speaks to me. I hope it speaks to you. And that is, at its best, what photography does. It communicates at a non-verbal level, without the need for words…for analysis…almost, one might say, without the need for reason. Vision to vision. My vision to your vision. Pure and simple. In that sense, is it, somehow, more of a spiritual communication? Of course, I am ignoring all the technical apperatus…camera…software…etc…and the considerable technique involved in producing the image. Certainly, on some level, the process of photography is as complex as reasoned argument, or certainly as complex as day to day discourse. Perhaps it is not that photography is a more spiritual medium…it is that, too often, we forget that any communication is spiritual. My spirit to your spirit. Pure and simple. Happy Sunday!
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When it comes to wiring, understanding the circuit diagram is crucial, especially in the case of 1492 AIFM8 3 modules. These modules are an important part of industrial automation systems and are used for analog signals. However, understanding the wiring diagram can be challenging for many technicians and engineers.
What is 1492 AIFM8 3 Module?
The Allen Bradley 1492 AIFM8 3 module is a CompactLogix analog input module that provides eight differential inputs. It is designed to interface analog signals from different sensors, transducers, and other similar devices with the controller. These modules are used to monitor physical phenomena such as temperature, pressure, and flow by converting analog signals into digital signals.
The module is compact, and it can fit in any standard 35mm DIN rail. It is compatible with a wide range of CompactLogix controllers and supports a variety of voltage, current, and thermocouple inputs.
Why is the Wiring Diagram Important?
The wiring diagram is an essential tool for technicians and engineers to understand how the circuit works. It shows the connections between the different components, including sensors, power supplies, controllers, and output devices. Having a clear understanding of the wiring diagram can prevent errors during installation and ensure the system’s safety and reliability.
1492 AIFM8 3 Wiring Diagram
The 1492 AIFM8 3 wiring diagram consists of several components, including power supply, ground, input channels, and output channels. The power supply and ground are connected to the module’s terminal block. The input channels are connected to the sensors, while the output channels are connected to the controller.
|L (+)||Positive Supply Voltage|
|1I1(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 1|
|1I1(-)||Ground for Channel 1|
|1I2(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 2|
|1I2(-)||Ground for Channel 2|
|1I3(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 3|
|1I3(-)||Ground for Channel 3|
|1I4(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 4|
|1I4(-)||Ground for Channel 4|
|1I5(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 5|
|1I5(-)||Ground for Channel 5|
|1I6(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 6|
|1I6(-)||Ground for Channel 6|
|1I7(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 7|
|1I7(-)||Ground for Channel 7|
|1I8(+)||Positive Supply Voltage for Channel 8|
|1I8(-)||Ground for Channel 8|
|1COM||Common Terminal for all channels|
The wiring diagram for the 1492 AIFM8 3 module is relatively simple, and as long as the connections are made correctly, the module should function correctly. However, it is always recommended to double-check the connections before powering up the system.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Applications of 1492 AIFM8 3 Module?
The 1492 AIFM8 3 module is used in a wide range of industrial automation applications. It can monitor temperature, pressure, flow, and other physical phenomena by connecting to different sensors and transducers. The module is compatible with a variety of voltage, current, and thermocouple inputs, making it flexible for various applications.
What is the Maximum Voltage and Current Supported by the 1492 AIFM8 3 Module?
The 1492 AIFM8 3 module supports a maximum voltage of 250V AC/DC and a maximum current of 2A per channel. It is essential to ensure that the sensors and transducers connected to the module comply with these specifications to avoid damage to the module or the system.
What is the Operating Temperature Range of the 1492 AIFM8 3 Module?
The 1492 AIFM8 3 module can operate in a temperature range of -20°C to 60°C (-4°F to 140°F). It is designed to withstand harsh industrial environments and can handle shock and vibration.
Can I Use the 1492 AIFM8 3 Module with any Other Controllers?
The 1492 AIFM8 3 module is compatible with a variety of CompactLogix controllers. However, it is essential to check the compatibility of the module with the specific controller model before use. Using incompatible controllers can result in errors and may damage the module or the system.
What are the Benefits of Using the 1492 AIFM8 3 Module?
The 1492 AIFM8 3 module provides a reliable and accurate way to monitor physical phenomena in industrial automation applications. Its compact design, compatibility with various sensors, and easy installation make it a popular choice among technicians and engineers. The module is also durable and can withstand harsh environments, making it suitable for a wide range of applications.
The 1492 AIFM8 3 module is an essential part of industrial automation systems that monitor physical phenomena such as temperature, pressure, and flow. Understanding the wiring diagram is crucial for safe and reliable installation. This comprehensive guide has provided a detailed overview of the 1492 AIFM8 3 wiring diagram, including the terminal block, connections, and frequently asked questions.


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Eating is many things, but an exercise in intellect isn’t usually one of them. As enjoyable as a burger and chips undoubtedly is, it’s hard to say with a straight face that it’s as civilised as a trip to the opera. Fortunately however, for anyone who feels that their more sophisticated friends might be looking down on their fast food habits, a new exhibition is pushing food into the artistic mainstream. Theatre-lovers: eat your heart out.
This autumn has seen the grand opening of “The Museum of Pizza” in Brooklyn, New York. Described as “the world's first and only immersive art experience celebrating pizza”, the installation offers visitors the chance to get to know their favourite fast food like never before. For anyone who claims to be a proper pie-fan, this attraction is an absolute must-visit.
The museum features a raft of interactive exhibits, all focusing on different aspects of the pizza experience. Displays vary from individual sculptures and statues honouring the world’s favourite food, to huge, walk-in collectives that encourage audience participation. Such is the diversity of stuff on offer that the new exhibition can honestly claim to cover all aspects of pizza eating.
In an interview with The New York Post, Chief Content Officer at Nameless Network - the group who backed the project - Alexandra Serio said that, “It’s often that the simplest ideas are the best. And we wanted to use pizza’s ubiquitous appeal to get people through the door and looking at art and hearing about history in a different format.” She went on to elaborate that, “Our approach to this Museum of Pizza is a fine art approach, so we went out to multiple artists contemporary in many mediums, and asked them for their interpretation of pizza.” The result is as eclectic as it is engaging.
The Nameless Network’s approach appears to be paying dividends. It was reported that the museum attracted over 6,000 visitors in two weeks when it opened in mid-October, and there are plenty more who remain eager to pay a visit. The fact that there is real life pizza waiting for visitors at the end of the exhibit is just an added bonus.
Speaking to The New York Post after taking a trip to the museum, New Jersey resident Nene Raye gave a glowing review. “Honestly, I thought it would be like more of a museum like at the beginning, with the pizza boxes and it kinda tells you when it was developed and stuff like that,” she told the paper. “Then I was kinda hoping they had something artsy in it because I love taking pictures. So this is a mashup of everything so you get a little bit of education and then some fun, which I love.”
The museum is only open until November 18th, so visitors will have to move fast if they want to secure tickets. Even though Italian comfort food might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to culture, The Museum of Pizza is intent on proving that fast food can be just as sophisticated as anything else. Whatever else you think of the idea, it’s obvious that this is one day trip that ticks plenty of pizza boxes.

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Beyoncé halftime-show announcement excites the college crowd
Is there going to be a Beyoncé concert during the Super Bowl or is the Super Bowl taking place during a Beyoncé concert? The popularity of Super Bowl halftime shows makes it difficult to tell.
The Super Bowl halftime show is an event within an event -- a spectacle in itself.
Madonna's performance during halftime of Super Bowl XLVI was the most-viewed halftime show ever. Her performance was watched by more than 114 million people -- more than the actual game itself, which was watched by 111 million people.
Ethan Groothuis, a 21-year-old senior at Luther College, isn't a big football fan, but he hasn't missed a halftime show in 10 years.
Groothuis said he prioritizes the halftime show, and he considers it a bigger draw than the game itself.
"I don't really enjoy the game enough and if it's nobody that's in my region, it becomes less and less appealing," said Groothuis, a communications major.
"Generally more people are interested in the commercials and the halftime show. Maybe 30% of people [I know] are actually interested in the game."
Madonna took the halftime show to a whole new level with a classic set list, a plethora of costume changes, dancers, acrobats and amazing lighting and visuals.
This year's performer, Beyoncé, is known for her incredible performances, too.
In May, her first performance since becoming a mother in January earned the praise of her husband, rapper and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z.
"BEYONCE is the best performer in the world. Period," he wrote on Twitter after the show.
Groothuis, a Beyoncé fan, said he was excited when he heard the pop star was scheduled to perform during halftime of Super Bowl XLVII.
"Some of the [performaces in] recent years haven't been so strong," Groothuis said. "I'm sure she'll have great backup dancers and singers. The production value will be pretty high."
Beyoncé will be the first contemporary artist to perform since 2004 -- when the Justin Timberlake/Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction took place.
Recent halftime performances featured older artists like Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and The Who.
Callie Young, a 20-year-old elementary education student at the University of Minnesota, said she has always viewed the halftime show as "a time to get appetizers."
This has been especially true in recent years because of the older halftime performers, Young said, and though she says she respects the recent acts, she hasn't really vibed with their halftime performances.
"Those are awesome and I absolutely love them," Young said, "but since the whole Janet Jackson thing, there hasn't been anyone I've been really pumped for.
"I got really excited when I heard it was Beyoncé."
A 16-time Grammy Award winner, Beyoncé sang the national anthem at Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004.
It's been speculated that Jay-Z could be a guest in her performance. Former Destiny's Child sidekicks Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams are rumored to be guests as well.
Super Bowl XLVII will be played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The Superdome has not hosted a Super Bowl since 2002.
Sam Gordon is a Fall 2012 Collegiate Correspondent. Learn more about him here.
This story originally appeared on the USA TODAY College blog, a news source produced for college students by student journalists. The blog closed in September of 2017.

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I want to start off this adventure being honest. I am trying this on-line dating thing from a suggestion of a successful story from a friend of mine about this website. I work alot, donate some of my time off at a no kill shelter, and spend time with my family. It doesn't leave alot of spare time to meet men. I am looking for someone to enjoy doing things/outings with, catch a movie, go hiking with etc. I am very upfront and honest. Yes, I am looking for a relationship however not a one night stand. I enjoy doing anything, love new things, dispise drama. I am easygoing, yet I definitley have an opinion. I am spontaneous, a social bug, can adapt and impravise in almost any situation anywhere. I enjoy social settings, and also a quite day at home working around the house being domestic though. I love all music depends on the occassion and the mood.
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Realistically: I would like a daytime meet and greet. Grab a cup of coffee or tea somewhere
Fantasy: I would love a day trip to the coast and back and eat at "Spalsh Cafe" :)

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By Michael Buckley
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Writing: The writing is simple (in a good way) and doesn’t over complicate anything. The mysteries make sense and the conspiracies connect into an amazing web of twists and turns that are still exciting every time you reread them. The characters all have their own specific voice, and even when something goes wrong you love them all anyway.
Age Level: Anyone 8+ would love these books. Fairy tales are fun for everybody!
Overall: These books remain one of my favorites of all time. The way Buckley recreates these classic stories in ways other people couldn’t have imagined is amazing.


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Not only that, but you know that they are ALL actually out there looking for someone.
That means you don’t have to run the risk of approaching someone who’s already taken and get rejected.
That deep seeded need to write found its way to the public eye in 2011 with the launch of SAHM.
Fast forward 4 years and a few thousand articles Jody has fulfilled her dream of being published in print.

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KAMPALA — The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has asked civil society organisations and other related players to take the fight against Gender Based Violence outside conference and air conditioning rooms.
Presiding over at the high level stakeholders engagement by the Uganda Parliamentary Women Association (UWOPA), Tayebwa said most of the GBV cases are happening down in the countryside communities.
“Most of the cases that we do hear about are happening down in the villages where women and girls are not empowered to report,” Tayebwa said, adding that, as “a young boy, I witnessed a lot of Gender based violence in my village”
The Deputy Speaker also asked sector players to refocuse and find the drivers of gender based violence.
“Upcountry mainly, I think it’s due to low levels of education, poverty, alcohol and primitive beliefs that a man is above a woman even when a woman is feeding a man,” he said, committing that Parliament as an institution would continue deliberate action in supporting UWOPA in their campaign to end violence towards girls and women.
Tayebwa said parliament has realized developments in creating an enabling environment for eliminating GBV through enactment of laws such as the domestic act 2010, the prevention of trafficking in persons act 2009, the penal code act cap 120, FGM act 2010 among others.
He added: “We want to ensure that we pass laws and policies and ensure that are fully implemented.we have established the committee on Post Legislative Scrutiny which will be helping us to ensure that the laws we pass are implemented but also to be able to identify the gaps that would need to be updated”.
At least 644,955 teenage pregnancies were recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Figures from the agency show that since March 2020 when COVID-19 hit the world, an estimated 354,736 teenage pregnancies were reported following the closure of all schools in the country for at least eight months.
An additional 290,219 pregnancies were reported between January and September 2021.
Tayebwa said that these figures at endemic proportion levels have a very devastating impact on health, wellbeing, education and future economic productivity of girls towards gender equality
“I commit on behalf of this institution of Parliament to ensuring that issues of gender based violence, maternal rights and sexual reproductive rights and services are incorporated in the 2023/2024 national budget”.
Tayebwa urged Members of Parliament to be champions in fighting against gender based violence and to encourage victims of the same to speak up by reporting such cases to relevant authority.
Violence against women has recently taken new, more sophisticated forms. An increasing number of women are, for instance, reporting cyber-bullying and abuse through social media and smartphones.
Maria Hakansson, Swedish ambassador to Uganda said Gender Based Violence not only affects the individual victims but also the development of the country.
Ambassador Hakansson who also represented the European Union in Uganda said the majority of Ugandan women are still denied the right to make decisions.
“To address Gender-Based Violence, we need to lay back and tackle the root causes of gender inequality. If we don’t address the root cause of violence, our efforts to eliminate it will be significantly less effective, Ambassador Hakansson said.
Sarah Mateke, the Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs called for a revamp in strategies to end GBV and other violations.
“GBV is a reality in our society and as Members I request that we unite so that we can end this,” Ms. Mateke said.
This form of abuse thrives on an absence of funding, proper legislation and a lack of investigative expertise among Ugandan law enforcement officers, Sarah Opendi, the UWOPA Chairperson said.
The Tororo Woman MP also asked the government to construct a safe place for GBV victims at least in every region of Uganda.
“Rt. Hon Speaker, it’s Parliament’s responsibility to appropriate funds. As some of the women and girls seek justice, they have nowhere to run to stay as they try to pursue their cases,” Opendi said, adding that it can’t be CSO’s role to shelter victims of GBV.
She wants Parliament to advocate for shelters where women and girls that are facing violence can take some refuge as they seek justice.


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London Welsh are pondering their long-term future and are considering exploring a switch to the Guinness PRO12.
The Exiles have already made one big decision in the wake of their relegation back to the Championship when they confirmed they will be playing their home matches at their traditional Old Deer Park home rather than the Kassam Stadium. They have recruited strongly ahead of next season but while they will be targeting a return to the Aviva Premiership next term, their long-term future could see them play in the PRO12.
"It's a symbiotic relationship which could benefit all parties," chairman Bleddyn Phillips told BBC London 94.9. "I think it would bring an added dimension to Pro12 if you are able to establish a London franchise."
He added: "We are a team that believes in its Welsh traditions and Welsh roots.
"As an option it [the Pro12] is attractive to many people in this part of London. It would be attractive to a number of Celtic teams. I suspect the likes of Munster, Ulster, Glasgow and Edinburgh would rather fly into Heathrow than to certain other areas which currently participate in the Pro12, while Welsh fans would prefer to come to south-west London than perhaps go further afield.
"There would be a degree of support behind the possibility."

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Watch Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Do I Wanna Know?’ Sweetly Covered by Chvrches
By Scott T. Sterling
Renowned for the band’s unexpected cover takes on well-known songs, Scottish new wave outfit Chvrches recently saddled up on Australian radio station triple j’s “Like a Version” show to offer a unique imagining of Arctic Monkeys‘ recent smash hit, “Do I Wanna Know?”
Where the original song is a dark-lit stomp of attitude and angular guitar riffs, Chvrches’ version is rife with warm synthesizers chords, a sparse drum machine beat and the delicate vocals of singer Lauren Mayberry.
“When something’s so strong melodically like that, we just grab the top line…and try to re-harmonize it, see if anything pops out,” explained Chvrches member Martin Doherty to the radio DJs when asked the process behind the band’s cover arrangements. “Sorry Arctic Monkeys fans if you really, really love their version. It’s kind of a departure. We thought it was about fun, and that’s what this kind of thing is all about.”
Chvrches is among the more than 100 acts scheduled to perform at this year’s edition of the annual Coachella music festival in the desert confines of Indio, CA, over the weekend’s of April 11-13 and April 18-20.


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The Longest Night Watch
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On March 12th, 2015, the writing world lost one of its contemporary heroes - Sir Terrence "Terry" Pratchett. To honor his life, a group of writers decided to publish an anthology of stories that showcased his influence on their writing, and also would help bring awareness of the disease that contributed to his end, Alzheimer's Disease. All proceeds donated to The Alzheimer's Association.


For years, I’d passed the sign-up sheet for Families Moving Forward hosting weeks without putting my name down.That changed in 2007 when I finally signed up to volunteer — without any idea what to expect.
I took some of my musical instruments with me that first evening. When I arrived, there were 5 or 6 boys, ages 8 to 13. “Oh no,” was all I remember thinking. “This is not my typical audience.”
However, I asked them if they knew any songs. To my surprise, one boy raised his hand and said, “Yes! This Land Is Your Land.” Fortunately, I know this song and we sang it over and over throughout our week together. By the last day, one of the boys asked if he could play the song by himself, and he did! He was so confident! His mother was so impressed, as were the other volunteers and children. After that, I spent as many evenings with the families that I could.
My life was changed.
Through my leadership of sharing music and having fun, the families received inspiration to move forward along with the good feelings of accomplishment and of being valued partners in our community.
In turn, I received the love and acceptance that we all treasure; but even more, I have been part of the success of families who are moving forward.Throughout the past 7 years, I have continued making music with children and families during my congregation’s hosting week along with making other special memories.
What is reinforced each time I volunteer with Families Moving Forward is that the fear that holds so many of us back as adults does not exist with children. For a child, learning a new skill — like how to sing a new song, how to play a musical instrument or meeting a new friend — is not an experience to back away from but something to cherish.
I think of Avis, about 11, who was immediately drawn to the piano and started to teach himself “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” He had no fear of making mistakes and was so eager to learn! On the second evening, I taught him to play the melody while I played an accompaniment. He did so well, I asked if he wanted to put on a small concert for his family, the volunteers and other guests that week. He eagerly agreed and played with such pride that evening.
Another touching moment was the final “good-night” at the end of a hosting week. “Tanya,” 7, and her mom and I had played music together all week. That night before bed Tanya looked up into my eyes and a tear started rolling down her face. All I could think was that no more words could express our feelings. I gave her a goodnight hug, a “finger kiss” on her cheek and a goodnight song.
I am very sure that this week made a significant difference in her life and in her future and that every one of us can make this kind of difference if we share ourselves with Families Moving Forward.
Peggy is a volunteer host coordinator at Colonial Church of Edina for the Families Moving Forward program. She has taught music for years and is a professor of music education at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She plays the piano, the autoharp, the accordion, the African drum, the Djembe and lots of small and large instruments, all of which she shares with children of all ages during Colonial’s hosting weeks. “Sharing music and my instruments with the children brings me so much joy especially remembering memories of when my own children were young,” she said. (They’re now a Navy SEAL, a Marine Presidential Guard and an aspiring Navy pilot.) This post is excerpted from her remarks at The Journey Home on May 6.


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Erwtensoep (Dutch Pea Soup) This soup is not a starter but a substantial meal, a favorite winter soup. When cold the soup should be thick enough to be slide. Traditionally served with pumpernickel bread.
King's Day on the canals in Amsterdam Koningsdag (Kings Day), Netherlands: April 26 This is a national holiday and a “free market” day, so everyone sells everything on the streets. There are games, concerts and parties on boats in the canals.
The new building for the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision - The facade of the building is a screen of coloured relief glass that depicts famous images of Dutch television, a composition by graphic designer Jaap Drupsteen.
Park Keukenhof (Garden of Europe) is the world’s largest flower garden situated near Lisse, Netherlands. Approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, which covers an area of 32 hectares.


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James Slack says sorry for party said to have featured a suitcase of wine and which happened on eve of Prince Philip’s funeral
- Two Downing Street parties on night before Prince Philip’s funeral: reports
- French teachers walk out of classrooms in strike over Covid strategy
- US supreme court blocks Biden’s workplace vaccine-or-test rules
- Met police will not investigate alleged No 10 lockdown party
- Australia cancels Novak Djokovic’s visa ahead of Australian Open
South Korea will extend tougher social distancing rules for three more weeks amid concerns over a looming Omicron wave ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, officials said on Friday.
The curbs were restored a month ago just six weeks after being eased under a “living with Covid-19” scheme, as record-breaking numbers of new cases and critically ill patients threatened to saturate the country’s medical system.
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Most financial services firms think they can reboot their brand with a quick visual refresh or a redesign of their website.
If only it were that simple.
Properly diagnosing brand issues facing financial services firms demands a rigorous, disciplined and thoughtful strategy around the design process.
Your brand is too valuable to take shortcuts when it comes to design.
You need to conduct a full, forensic analysis of your brand’s health and undertake an audit of your in-house design capabilities to develop a deep understanding of your brand identity. Anything short of that and your design efforts will not reflect the excellence your organization represents.
Connect Your Project Scope to the Creative Realities
The biggest mistake we see financial services make is oversimplifying or diminishing the true nature of their brand challenges.
Some firms are reluctant to spend the time and money to make the necessary improvements to their brand. Others think they can sustain their brand’s health with a quick bandage. Either approach means there is a yawning gap between what they believe is required and what we know is the actual job to be done.
If you don’t bridge that gap, your project will wind up as a waste of time and money and likely miss the mark entirely.
Fortunately, there are steps you can take to overcome these disconnects so you can live up to your financial firm’s brand aspirations.
Effective Branding Goes Well Beyond Graphic Design
Most rebranding projects at financial services companies start when someone in a leadership position says, “You know what? We could use a little refresh here.”
They already know what their brand is, but they “just need to change brand colors.”
Some firms might turn to their in-house graphic design team for some options. If they don’t like those, they might hire an outside agency to come up with some ideas. They might even be so positive they have a solution that they propose something of their own.
Leading brands are instantly recognizable and leave a positive, lasting impression. And those impressions are made everywhere throughout an organization’s communication, sales and marketing materials.
Strong financial services brands reinforce their position with visuals that illustrate the company’s culture and content that demonstrates its expertise. And they build processes to reiterate their message consistently across every channel in and every format.
Maintaining brand health means taking a systematic approach to identify obstacles and opportunities throughout the organization.
What are the internal realities? Can you implement brand or design changes in-house? Do those teams have the right tools and guidance in place? Is anyone designated to act as your brand ambassador to enforce your standards?
For your next project to succeed, you need to have a deeper conversation and a comprehensive plan.
The Best Branding & Design Projects Follow a Prescribed Path
Whether your financial services firm is considering a brand refresh, a complete rebrand or a website redesign, you need to take a deliberate approach as you proceed.
Here’s a simple way to break down each step along the way:
You have to determine just what it is you are undertaking. That starts with discovery. Discovery drills down into areas such as your company’s culture and your brand’s archetype (the Hero, the Outlaw, the Sage). This step also identifies the problems to be solved and a direction to take.
After discovery, you need to establish who is going to be executing on your new initiative. Identify your team, assess their capabilities and provide the tools and training they need to successfully implement your changes.
Next you need to know where these new elements apply. You will need to audit your existing materials (website, marketing collateral, templates for presentations, etc.) and identify every area that your branding and design changes will touch.
Simply developing a new brand initiative or set of design standards won’t be enough without knowing how they will be incorporated. Making those determinations should fall to a designated “brand ambassador”—someone who is in charge of spreading the word and enforcing new standards.
Truly answering the what, who, where and how will increase the chances of your project creating the desired outcome.
Keep Your Content Connected to Design
One of the biggest disconnects we see in our financial services branding work is between content and design.
Clients overlook the importance of content. They also ignore how long it will take to get their content in the right place before they can begin to drive the critical design decisions.
A client once asked me whether it was realistic to have a website done in a year. I said, “Well, it’s realistic as long as you hire a writer immediately.” I try to explain how vital that content is to really driving home their brand or how difficult it is to produce.
I’ve seen it too many times. You’ll spend six months trying to write it yourself and then decide to hire a writer. And then it will take another six months to get the right stakeholders involved and from there everything up and running.
Start right now. Don’t try to cut corners when it comes to content.
Solving Your Design Problems Starts With a Proper Diagnosis
If you were a surgeon, you wouldn’t operate on a patient without knowing their ailment. Where would you even begin?
The same is true for keeping your brand healthy and effective. You can’t just start working on a cure without knowing what disease is plaguing your brand and just how far it’s spread.
Decker Design has a keen eye for diagnosing the condition of financial services brands. We have the right tests to spot the issues, tools to cut out the problem areas, and prescriptions to guide you to a promising prognosis.
If you’d like to learn more about our brand and design services, we’d love to hear from you.


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Additionally, all of our existing hand-knotted rugs can be customized to your specifications for a surcharge if the shape and size you need is not available. You just select the design you want and specify the product’s shape and size and let us take care of the rest. The lead time for these custom products ranges from three to five months or longer.


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Samsung C115 K Zoom is an innovative product launched by Samsung, which inherits the excellent DNA of the Galaxy family in a groundbreaking design that perfectly interprets the innovative idea of Samsung’s smartphone. GALAXY K Zoom Design High-end exquisite, the use of real optical zoom technology, can easily capture the exciting moment, and anytime and anywhere to share, like this mobile phone friends can understand.
Samsung C115 K Zoom uses six core Exynos 5 hexa chips (4 1.3GHz Cortex-a7 core + 2 1.7GHz cortex-a15 Core) and 2GB memory, although it sounds pretty good, but we still feel cotton in the actual experience. 8GB of built-in storage space obviously does not accommodate a large number of photos, but fortunately it also supports the highest 64GB microSD card expansion.
Samsung C115 K Zoom with a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display, with 720p resolution, with a huge boost compared to the previous generation. Display effect above, Samsung C115 K Zoom This screen does bring clear details, brightness is also more adequate, in the strong sun can also be normal use, with very large room for improvement. In design, Samsung C115 K Zoom looks and feels more high-end than his predecessor. The device apparently appears to be a mixture of Galaxy S4 and S5, with a more positive fuselage than a S4, and a later style closer to S5. If S4 zoom is more like a camera, then Samsung C115 K Zoom is more like a thickened galaxy S4, like this phone friend may wish to contact the business.


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Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday announced the discharge of 1 patient from the state’s Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
Today, he has announced the discharge of five more patients comprising two males and three females including a 10 year old girl have tested negative twice to #COVID19.
The Governor disclosed that these 5 patients have been discharged to reunite with their families. This brings to a total of 29, the number of patients who have fully recovered and have been discharged from the facility at Yaba.
“Although, there is a strong indication that the State is winning the battle against #COVID19, it is imperative that we remain steadfast to curtail the spread”.
Sanwo-Olu strongly advised that the people of the state continued to observe Social Distancing, stay at home in order to stay save.
He used the opportunity to advise Lagosians against stigmatizing the discharged patients, because acvording to him they needed to do all they could to support them to get over the experience as soon as possible.
He thanked the frontline health workers, members of the Lagos State Health Family and the Emergency Operation Centre for all their hardwork, saying they had been amazing.
He reemphasized, “Together, we will beat #COVID19, Governor Babajide SANWO-OLU of Lagos State

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Nine years ago, when the computer magnate Michael Dell was planning to buy the old Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, his tax lawyers urged him to rethink the purchase. If Dell became the sole owner of that prime beachfront property, its value would be subject to a reassessment that would significantly raise the property taxes. But if he could find a way to buy it so that no single owner could claim more than 50 percent of the property, no reassessment would take place.
Dell’s team urged him to rewrite the contract. In the revised deal, an entity 99 percent owned by Dell bought 42.5 percent of the hotel; an entity run by Dell’s wife, Susan, acquired 49 percent; and a third company, also majority-owned by Dell, bought the remaining 8.5 percent. This preserved the legal fiction that no single person or entity owned more than 50 percent of the hotel, and as a result the Dells were able to avoid paying market-rate property taxes on their $200 million investment. Los Angeles County asked the Assessment Board to take another look, which it did. But Dell challenged the board’s reassessment, and ultimately a Court of Appeals upheld the fiction. The Dells would not have to pay higher taxes on the Miramar Hotel, which, according to an analysis by the Los Angeles Times, would have amounted to about $1 million per year.
The tax-restricting mandates of Proposition 13, adopted by voters in 1978, have created similar absurdities all over the Golden State. Fabulously valuable corporate properties that haven’t changed hands in decades (Disneyland is an obvious example) are taxed at a fraction of their real worth. This amounts to a vast subsidy for older, more established businesses that is effectively paid for by homeowners, whose share of the property-tax burden has soared, according to estimates produced by reformers. That extra burden is also carried by new businesses, which struggle to compete in a marketplace that taxes older companies at a far lower level.
This reality runs directly counter to the rhetoric of Prop 13’s proponents, who sold it in 1978 and still market it today as a way to protect everyday Californians and mom-and-pop businesses from tax-hungry bureaucrats. Pro–Prop 13 organizations argue that increases in the residential property-tax burden primarily reflect the fact that many valuable manufacturing properties have been converted into residential spaces in recent decades, and that home values have shot up. “Every tax system has its inequities,” argues Jon Coupal, the Sacramento-based president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which spearheaded the Prop 13 campaign and remains its most stalwart defender. “But Prop 13 as a property-tax system is superior to [using] market value.” Capping property-tax increases, Coupal adds, tamps down revenue volatility and forces the state to spend its money more carefully.
Coupal and his allies have recently come out in favor of a legislative fix to tackle the sorts of “abuses” embodied in the Dell case. They support a law that defines “ownership change” as having occurred whenever at least 90 percent of a property shifts hands, regardless of whether any one owner ends up with more than 50 percent. But they have drawn a line in the sand against the idea of a “split-roll tax,” which would impose a higher burden on corporations. Coupal accepts that such a tax would easily boost state revenues in the short term by several billion dollars annually. But his organization, the California Chamber of Commerce, and other opponents of change argue that the cost in lost jobs and leakage from businesses relocating out of state would more than cancel out the benefits in the long run. “Our position has always been that if you’re going to have a tax increase, it should be broad-based and universally applicable,” says California Chamber of Commerce policy advocate Jennifer Barrera. “A split-roll tax treats residential property differently from commercial property, so it’s discriminatory.”
Reform advocates, however, believe that a split-roll tax is exactly the way to go, and their polling research suggests that, for the first time in a generation, they have a decent chance of persuading a majority of the electorate to support them. Over the last few years, they have been calling for a reform that would protect homeowners and renters while taxing corporations at closer to the market value of their properties. Far from being discriminatory, they argue, it is simply a matter of equity: In an era of growing inequality and wealth concentration, this reform would generate desperately needed funds to maintain and expand vital public services.
Economists at the University of Southern California’s Program for Environmental and Regional Equity were recently hired by Make It Fair, a statewide coalition of reform groups seeking to put a split-roll-tax initiative on the ballot. When the PERE team crunched the numbers on more than 1 million properties across the state, they reached an astonishing conclusion: If a reform were enacted that maintained lower tax rates for residential homes but raised them to market rates for commercial and industrial properties, the state would generate $8.2 billion to $10.2 billion in additional annual revenues. It’s a figure large enough to restore the state’s education system, improve its mental-health infrastructure, and reform many of the other areas that have been left to lag in the decades following the 1978 tax revolt.
Prop 13 and follow-up initiatives restricting tax increases at the state and local level “ran a big, ragged hole through the budgets of local government,” argues Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. The loss of spending flexibility, she adds, was devastating.
PERE researcher Jennifer Ito argues that a split-roll tax would create a more stable, higher-revenue norm for a state long buffeted by boom-bust cycles and overreliant on income and capital-gains taxes—a huge proportion of which are paid by a small number of wealthy Californians.
Although polls indicate that a majority of voters support reform, the groups advocating for the split-roll tax—including labor unions and grassroots community organizations like California Calls and the Advancement Project—aren’t quite ready to push for a referendum. After much debate, the Make It Fair coalition recently decided not to do so in 2016—not least because there are other tax-reform initiatives already heading toward the ballot, which the coalition fears will divert resources from the effort to rework Prop 13. It does believe, however, that by 2018 or 2020, it will have built a winning coalition capable of standing firm in the face of well-funded opposition.
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PERE Director Manuel Pastor believes there is “tremendous symbolism” in this fight. “Prop 13 was the first salvo in the small-government, anti-tax revolt,” he says. A skinny man with glasses and graying hair, wearing jeans and a dark gray T-shirt, he’s sitting in a conference room in a building on the edge of USC’s imposing campus on a blisteringly hot early-autumn afternoon. Pastor has had Prop 13 in his sights for decades. Now, with the data to show how it could be effectively reformed, he radiates excitement. Prop 13’s implementation, Pastor says, has led to a messy generational conflict in California, “because if you’re younger, you’re paying full freight,” whereas older residents and businesses are protected.
For decades, Prop 13 was seen as a political third rail, to be touched at one’s peril. Recently, however, California’s political climate has shifted markedly. In 2012, voters approved Prop 30, which injected cash into a hemorrhaging education system, along with a slew of other progressive tax reforms. Moreover, a new generation of voters has come of age since Prop 13 was passed; for them, it isn’t iconic. If they know anything about it, they’re as likely to have heard that it’s a harmful remnant of past policy fights as that it’s a necessary check on big government. And that perceptual shift may just turn out to be a game changer.
There’s a clear racial-equity issue here as well. Since California’s demographics have shifted massively in recent decades, the state’s newer businesses are more likely to be minority-owned. John Kim, executive director of the Advancement Project’s California branch, describes the struggle as a civil-rights issue. The effect of Prop 13, he argues, both on minority-owned businesses and on public schools and other programs disproportionately relied on by minorities, “has been extraordinarily racist.”
In South Los Angeles, in a large, recently modernized building just down the street from where the 1992 unrest began following the Rodney King trial verdict, Community Coalition organizers are hard at work on this campaign. Staff and volunteers brainstorm ideas in war rooms. They hold phone-bank sessions, during which they call thousands of local residents to discuss the need for reform (as of October, staffers estimate they have contacted 40,000 Angelenos). And they pound the pavement, knocking on doors and building their network of supporters. Above all, they are trying to get younger minority residents—people who traditionally have been less likely to participate in the electoral process—to make their voices heard.
The interior walls of the Community Coalition building offer bold reminders of previous campaigns. There are photographs of demonstrations against the prevalence of liquor stores in poor neighborhoods, protests against the high prices charged by supermarkets in “food desert” communities, and marches on behalf of Justice for Janitors. In the large meeting room is a huge collage of Trayvon Martin, the Miami teenager shot dead in 2012, largely because he seemed scary to his assailant. In each of the more than 300 squares making up the collage is a small photo of a South Los Angeles resident wearing a hoodie.
For these Californians, Prop 13 fits neatly into well-established patterns of injustice and discrimination. “There’s a lack of infrastructure in our communities, and it’s not fair that there are certain folks with resources who are not putting in their fair share,” says Alberto Retana, the coalition’s president and CEO. “We have parks in disrepair and schools struggling to reduce class sizes, while corporations are making record profits. Through this Prop 13 fight, we’re going to mainstream equity as a value in California.”
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In 2014, San Francisco–based state Senator Tom Ammiano, a Democrat, proposed legislation to redefine “ownership change” for businesses. The bill would have ended abusive, patently unfair practices such as those surrounding the Miramar Hotel deal. On the surface, it seemed likely to pass: The GOP wasn’t averse to the reform, the California Chamber of Commerce came out in favor, and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association made statements indicating the group could live with it. Yet the bill died—and not just, or even primarily, because of corporate opposition. Paradoxically, many progressive politicians opposed it, as did organized labor and a large number of community groups. They believed the bill was far too narrow in scope and worried it would take the wind out of a bigger and broader reform movement that was finally coming into its own—one that wouldn’t just change the definition of ownership, but would also require regular reassessments of the value of commercial real estate, both the buildings and the land on which they sit.
This year, State Senators Loni Hancock and Holly Mitchell introduced SCA 5, which would move toward the ballot an initiative introducing a split-roll tax. The proposal would also protect small-business owners through a series of tax offsets and transfer the additional revenues into city and county services, schools, and community colleges rather than into the state’s general fund. It hasn’t moved out of committee yet, but Mitchell believes that it will before next summer.
The walls of Mitchell’s Sacramento office are painted a mustard yellow and a dark wine-red. On one hangs a framed quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: “Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” Mitchell, who has made a name for herself by pushing a series of anti-poverty initiatives, hopes to change the Prop 13 paradigm. The split-roll tax, she argues, her green-painted fingernails flashing as she moves her hands to emphasize her points, “is fair and makes sense, and we already have great analysis on the amount of money it could bring in.”
Even if legislators don’t move on this, Make It Fair has positioned itself to launch a signature-gathering effort to put a similar reform on the ballot come 2018 or 2020, and to go toe-to-toe with the Chamber of Commerce during the election campaign.
The reform has long been discussed as a Holy Grail by anti–Prop 13 activists like lobbyist Lenny Goldberg. For years a voice in the wilderness, Goldberg suddenly feels optimistic in the twilight of his career. “We are establishing the basis by which reform is inevitable,” he proclaims. “There’s a movement, there’s data, there’s research.”
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Not surprisingly, many businesses and corporate-friendly organizations bitterly oppose change—and are willing to bring tens of millions of dollars to the fight. Coupal believes the split-roll tax’s opponents can keep support below 50 percent. “We could even bury it in a presidential-election year, let alone 2018—which will be an off year,” he avers. One option, Coupal says, might be to put a countermeasure on the ballot proposing a reform of the ownership-change rules while leaving the basic tax caps intact.
Despite the opposition, many Californians recognize that Prop 13 has become a way of protecting entrenched interests at everyone else’s expense. They recognize too that its passage all but ensured a collapse of public services and infrastructure, including California’s once-celebrated public schools—and did so just when a growing number of users of those services were from racial minorities. At a time when young homebuyers were increasingly brown and black, as redlining and housing covenants died off and the suburbs opened up, they found themselves paying more taxes than their older white neighbors. Similarly, Prop 13 ensured that newer, non-white-owned businesses were handicapped with far higher tax bills than their more established, largely white-owned competitors.
Prop 13, it turns out, was a third rail only so long as the majority of voters were white and old. Now, however, that calculus is no longer a given. It turns out young minority residents will vote in high numbers when campaigns connect with them. That’s why Prop 47, the landmark criminal-justice reform adopted in 2014, won majorities even in some deeply conservative inland counties: Young and minority voters flexed their political muscle and changed the state’s approach to crime and punishment. That’s why voters passed Prop 30, which increased taxes to keep the troubled public-school system afloat. That’s why Make It Fair believes it is only a matter of time before California’s electorate reforms Prop 13.
How much time depends on how quickly and how significantly reformers can shift the pool of likely voters to better reflect economic and ethnic demographics. Despite the success of these recent reform initiatives and the state’s majority-minority demographics, the electorate remains disproportionately white, elderly, and affluent. In most elections, 60 percent of likely voters are white, according to Anthony Thigpenn, president of California Calls, one of the driving forces behind the Make It Fair coalition. Moreover, 48 percent are over the age of 55, 71 percent are homeowners, and 40 percent earn more than $80,000 per year.
“We need to change the electorate by 10 percent, in our estimation,” explains Thigpenn, who has spent his adult life working on activist campaigns. “We don’t think we’re ready yet for 2016. We want to be serious and strategic about winning. And we think the terrain only gets better for us.”


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A satisfying one-dish meal for the cook on a budget. Serve with crusty whole-grain peasant bread.
Yields: 4 servings
Prep Time: 0 hours 7 mins
Cook Time: 0 hours 10 mins
Total Time: 0 hours 17 mins
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 medium onion, diced
4 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 c. fresh or frozen corn kernels
2 tbsp. diced fresh jalapeno pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
8 large eggs, beaten
8 slices monterey jack cheese
- In a large skillet, heat the oil. Add the pepper, onion, tomatoes, corn, jalapenos, and salt. Cook until the vegetables are tender.
- Add the eggs and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the eggs are set but not dry. Top with slices of cheese, cover, and let cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
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How To Eliminate Harmful Toxins From Body By Herbal Remedies?
Livoplus capsule is one of the herbal remedies to eliminate harmful toxins from liver. It improves overall functioning of liver in a natural and safe manner.
Our liver is capable to eliminate harmful toxins naturally out of the body that entered via food we eat, water we drink, air we breathe, and the medicines we are prescribed. But time after time it wears and tears if not given proper attention and care.
Thus everyone needs to follow a certain habit in order to detoxify back to its previous functioning. The following is the list of various food items that should be given preference so as to make our liver work to its full potential.
Dark-green leafy vegetables: These include spinach, watercress, kale, and cabbage which contain high amounts of sulfur that support the liver detoxification function by removing the free radicals (unstable unpaired electrons) or any other toxins. These substances also help in releasing bile juice for fat absorption and proper digestion.
Sprouts: The stored energy in nuts, seeds, grains, or legume is stimulated if soaked to make sprouts. Sprouts initiate the enzymes (protein-catalysts for enabling body's metabolism). Broccoli sprouts trigger the protection from cancer.
Sulfur foods: Being the natural liver detoxification, these foods include onion, garlic, leeks, eggs, medical mushrooms and artichokes.
Fruits: All the antioxidant rich berries such as blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and cranberries are the proven natural liver detoxification agents. Antioxidants are highly capable to eliminate the free radicals (cancer initiating cells). Other than berries, apple is the next important food.
Prebiotic foods: Prebiotics are the fibers that don't get digested but help the 'good' Probiotics (bacteria) to grow and flourish. Food such as beets, chicory, dandelion, burdock, and Jerusalem artichoke are good body.
Herbs: Natural herbs such as turmeric, coriander, ginger, cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, etc., have the liver detoxification properties.
Vegetable protein: We need to eat protein to build new cells, maintain tissue, and synthesize new proteins to perform basic bodily functions. You can do it with vegetarian sources of protein.
Marine-based - Microalgae contains protein, along with high levels of chlorophyll, which helps heal you by removing toxic medicine deposits and heavy metals in your body, improve liver function, and neutralize carcinogens.
Land-based - Cooked lentils, chickpeas, and black, kidney, and pinto beans contain about 15 grams of protein per cup. A quarter cup of sunflower seeds packs 6 grams of protein. Greens count, too. Eating a cup each of cooked spinach and broccoli equals about 9 grams of protein.
Along with all these herbal remedies you can also intake Livoplus capsules which are completely safe and effective to improve liver health and eliminate harmful toxins. Livoplus capsule is prepared with 100% herbal ingredients so it is completely free from any kind of side effects.
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This Goalkeeper’s Skill Is Absolutely Pawsome
Cats are certainly known for their amazing reflexes. This kitty in the clip below however, takes that to a whole new level!
This frisky goalkeeper cat will not let a single plastic disc get by its furry paws. Watch as he blocks and catches all the lids that fly his way.
If that alone wasn’t impressive enough, the kitty then makes a couple of high-flying saves.

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WEB Servers asPLC
The following video demonstrates the top-of-the-art device, which offers several services, such as networking, PLC communication, WEB server, HMI design and Remote Access, all in one:
PLC HMI Web
- PLC HMI Web enables the visualization of faults and alarms to be displayed in any web browser. It is realized as a Java script, which queries the display information from the web server.
- This includes the Java script, the basic HTML page(s) for the visualization, and all images required in the visualization.
- Web server should be programmed in accordance with Downtime Reduction Service guidance.
- The guidance recommends displaying fault and alarm pages on the HMI using standard WEB browser.
- WEB HMI can communicate to the PLC through a wired or Wi-Fi protocol. We suggest to use a Tablet HMI for this purpose.
- On the server side the web server must be configured accordingly.
- On the client side, as a minimum Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari must be available.
- In order to minimize the risk of data security violations, the following organizational and technical measures are recommended to the system.,
- Exposure of the PLC and the control network to open networks and the Internet should be avoided, as far as possible.
- Use an additional data link layers, such as a VPN, for remote access and install firewall mechanisms for protection.
- Restrict access to authorized persons by changing any default passwords during first commissioning and then at regular intervals.
Commissioning the PLC HMI Web
- Step 1: Configuration of the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
The PLC HMI Web uses the Microsoft IIS as web server. The IIS has to be configured accordingly.
- Step 2: Adding the target web visualization object
The object ‘WebVisualization’ enables the PLC HMI Web. It can be added to the visualization manager object by right-clicking under ‘Add’. The object ‘WebVisualization’ automatically creates a visualization task ‘VISU_TASK’ in the solution and a reference to this task in the project. The reference is used to call the visualization code. For more information please contact our service department.
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Make sure your favourite actress takes away the trophy! Presenting the nominations for Viewers' Choice Best Actor [Female]. #ZeeCineAwards2017
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Five of 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase on-year, including nonmetallic minerals, 14.3% to 40,764 carloads; farm products excluding grain, and food, 4.1% to 16,567 carloads, and forest products, 3.2% to 10,205 carloads.
Decliners included petroleum and petroleum products, 16.8% to 9,337 carloads; motor vehicles and parts, 12.5% to 12,299 carloads, and grain, 10.9% to 22,802 carloads.
For the first 28 weeks of 2017, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 7,191,823 carloads, up 6.0% from the year-ago period, and 7,393,388 intermodal units, up 2.9%. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 28 weeks of 2017 was 14,585,211 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 4.4%.
North American rail volume for the week on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 354,240 carloads, up 2.3%, and 355,958 intermodal units, up 8.5%. Total combined traffic was 710,198 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.3%. North American rail volume for the first 28 weeks of this year was 19,325,658 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.6% from the same period in 2016.
Canadian railroads reported 75,047 carloads for the week, up 10.7%, and 67,033 intermodal units, up 13.7%. For the first 28 weeks of this year Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 3,985,562 carloads, containers and trailers, up 11.6%.
Mexican railroads reported 16,324 carloads for the week, down 0.9%, and 11,789 intermodal units, up 7%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 28 weeks of 2017 was 754,885 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, off 1.4%.

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What if you were a shapeshifter, but didn’t know it?
What if the man who raised you had played a part in your father’s execution?
What if you discover that the people closest to you have been lying to you all your life?
On a cold October morning in Blackwater Hills, an alternate dimension hidden deep within the inhospitable forest of northern Maine, Samuel Singleton steps outside to do his morning chores. Halfway through the days’ tasks, he becomes distracted by a woman who materializes in the forest and calls out for help. Samuel rushes toward her, and is whisked through a portal into the domain of the witch goddess known as the Shadowlands.
On a cold October evening, Cadie Maxwell, a priestess newly sworn to the Sacred Order follows what she believes is the will of the gods, flees the only home she has ever known, and embarks on a quest to find the real truth about her tribe’s Sacred Law—a law that demands that any male cursed with shapeshifting powers must be executed.
With limited knowledge of the world beyond Blackwater Hills, Cadie arrives in a small town called Ashland. She takes a job at a local bar and grill where she hears Jonathan and Sarina Lance discussing their missing father, best-selling novelist J. Lance Sr..
Cadie, Jonathan, and Sarina join forces with an eager, up-and-coming reporter on a quest to rescue J. Lance Sr..
Cadie guides the outsiders through the Great Shield (a powerful force-field that that protects her homeland) but things do not progress the way any of them expect. Anxious to find her father, Sarina breaks off from the group. The others chase after her, but find Samuel—naked and disoriented— instead.
Cadie discovers that Samuel is cursed with the shapeshifting power, and to her dismay, the council of priests votes to put her in charge of Samuel’s execution. In order to save Samuel’s life and get her friends safely back to Ashland, Cadie must expose the corruption within the priesthood, forswear her holy vows, and uncover the real truth about her gods and her tribe.
MERULA is book two in the compelling contemporary fantasy trilogy about a tribe of shapeshifters who dwell deep within the inhospitable forest of northern Maine USA, in an hidden dimension known as Blackwater Hills.
L.E. Harrison is the author of the contemporary fantasy series, The Children Of Corvus. Her poems and short stories have appeared in numerous publications, and are featured in the compilation, "From the Uncollected Thoughts Of: L.E. Harrison." She lives in rural Pennsylvania, where she is hard at work on the next book in The Children Of Corvus Series. COMING SOON! Corvus: The Children Of Corvus Book Three

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text: Chandra Sidhhartha made some of the most critically acclaimed Telugu films like Aa Naluguru, Andari Bandhuvaya etc and earned a name for himself. But he has faced a series of flops like Emo Gurram Egaravachu etc. He is now coming up with one intense drama titled Aatagadhara Siva which has Doddanna, Uday in the lead roles. The teaser of the film was released recently and it promises of one more unique film from Chandra Siddhartha. Though nothing much has been revealed about the plot, we can expect it from the trailer. Watch the teaser below.


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Find The Best Sailing and Kayaking in Dumbleton
We've rounded up the best sailing and kayaking in Dumbleton in our quest to discover brilliant family attractions and places to visit near you. There are 3 Dumbleton sailing and kayaking to pick from. Alternatively, why not explore some other water days out nearby, including water sports, lakes or beaches. Find the perfect places to go with your kids and get out on your next adventure!
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"The Voice" - Gary Grigsby
UCM Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble Concert, Monday, February 26 at 7pm in Hendricks Hall. Music of Fillmore, Persichetti, Whitacre, Mackey, and Perrine. We will also feature UCM clarinet professor Elisabeth Stimpert and duo partner Bill Kalinkos in the world premier of Noah Taylor's Concerto for Clarinet and Bass Clarinet and the Missouri Premier of Jordan Grelle's Conflict.
The UCM Bands sponsor a number of special events annually. Detailed information/links are provided below. For anny additional questions, please contact Dr. Anthony Pursell.
October 28, 2018
UCM's annual Homecoming Parade Competition and Massed Bands Pre-Game Show. Read more...
October 20, 2018
With nearly 40 years of high school marching band, the UCM Festival of Champions continues to showcase the finest bands from the Midwest region. Read more...
February 8-9, 2019
UCM's annual Conductors Symposium brings together musicians from around North America for two days of camaraderie and musical growth. Read more...
February 24, 2018
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was extremely happy with how Manchester United midfielder Fred performed during the 3-1 win over Brighton in the English Premier League this Sunday.
Red Devils are now up to seventh in the EPL and a Man Utd manager Solskjaer pointed out that Fred was one of the major stars of the game.
He set us off today with his midfield play, we won the ball, had to get after them,’ said the United boss. ‘Propper and [Dale] Stephens, we couldn’t let them get on the ball and Fred was maybe the catalyst.
After an inconsistent start at the Old Trafford, Fred has now started to make his mark and has appeared in all of the last five United games, four of which the Red Devils have won.
Solskjaer was visibly pleased with everyone in the team and praised the whole team after the massive and important victory.
We should have scored many more goals,’ said the Norwegian. ‘It was an excellent performance from the lads, when you see them going forward it is a joy to watch.
Anthony Martial did not get a goal but he was outstanding. Brandon Williams was excellent too – he has had some good games already and he seems he wants to be out there and enjoy himself.
The table does not really matter at the moment, we need to keep improving and keep winning games and see where it takes us.’
Premier League will now return after the international break.


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In every romance, the signs of a healthy romantic relationship are always right now there to guide all of us. The question is exactly how recognize these signs? Just how do we examine our own associations and see if they are in fact healthful? There are certain evidence that you should keep an eye out out for in order to determine whether or not you have a normal relationship. However , even with each of the tips and advice readily available, you still might find that your interactions are not what you expected these to be.
Among the signs of a proper relationship is usually active listening and intimacy. It is important that you possibly can openly speak with your partner. Once one person does not speak away and their partner is not able to hear what they are trying to say, it makes the relationship much more fragile than that already is. When you are open and honest together with your partner, they are going to begin to feel relaxed being area of the relationship.
Another of the signs of a healthy marriage is the utilization of social media. Not only is social websites a great way to find new friends, it also permits people to go to town in a secure way. By keeping things simple and clear, social media allows people to item their frustrations and speak about what is troubling them.
One more of the indications of a healthy romantic relationship is a ability to exchange their views. A good relationship allows a single person to voice their point of view and be read without the additional person sense judged because of it. When a couple are able to talk about what they are sense and exchange their views, couples tend to have more nearness. Couples who is going to openly communicate with each other are usually more content in their romantic relationship. People are also able to converse better, when ever one person is certainly not always ruling the conversations.
Emotional health is yet another of the indications of a healthy marriage. One essential sign of the healthy romance is that lovers do not struggle very often. When a fight does happen, it is usually concluded quickly consequently there is tiny opportunity for harm. When lovers fight, it usually brings into reality an emotional trauma just for both companions which can impact their emotional well-being designed for the future.
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