San Juan County Democratic Party Platform
Adopted by a quorum of Precinct Delegates, April 19, 2008
County Convention in Friday Harbor
Declaration of Principles
We, the Democrats of San Juan County, believe in the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. These are fundamental democratic principles to which we subscribe:
Liberty - freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition the Government for redress of grievances, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.
Justice - due process of law, trial by jury, basic human rights - including economic justice.
Equality - equal rights, equal opportunity, fairness.
Cooperation - domestic tranquility and civility, pursuit of happiness, peaceful resolution of disputes, provision of humanitarian aid.
Community - promotion of the general welfare - including universal health care, public good, fiscal responsibility, responsible stewardship of the Earth and its biodiversity.
Security - common defense, public safety, multilateral partnerships, mutual alliances, security of all people worldwide.
Open Society - government transparency, open elections, public participation in the process of governance, right to vote and have it validated; provide the foundation of our work as a local political party.
In promoting these principles, we place enduring value on the individual qualities of honesty, integrity, fortitude, ethics, forward vision, and open communication essential to sound democratic process.
In accordance with these principles, we recognize that that we are a community of people whose purpose is to promote the general welfare, public good and the liberty and justice, which allows all of our citizens to reach their full potential.
We believe we can only reach those goals through a government based on the consent of the governed, a free and open democracy where all persons are treated as equals and with rights and privileges and responsibilities.
Further, we believe that a Democracy cannot be sustained when all economic power is concentrated in the hands of a few, who through their power can manipulate the government to their own benefit to the detriment of the many.
We believe that we are stewards of our environment and must for the salvation of humankind and the welfare of our children and their children insure that the planet survives in a manner that can sustain them.
We further believe that it is the duty of the community, through its democratic institutions, to insure that the least fortunate among us are not left behind.
2 Our platform is an affirmation that ultimate political power belongs to the People. We affirm the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and charge our government with aggressively protecting, upholding, and championing these rights. We recognize that a democracy can only flourish with an open government, carefully scrutinized by knowledgeable citizens and a free, independent and diverse media.
4 Support for the GMA: We support application of the principles of the Growth Management Act in long-term land use planning. We support compliance with the both the spirit and the letter of the decisions of the Growth Management Board.
5 Community Development and Planning: We advocate sustainable funding and full legislative and administrative support for the SJC Community Development and Planning Department that ensures the agency can effectively implement the comprehensive plan, long range planning, and enforcement that will protect our quality of life and environment.
6 Planning for Future Water and Waste: We demand that local governing bodies take all necessary steps to provide adequate facilities to support planned growth, to provide adequate clean water, to treat sewage, and to dispose of solid waste.
7 Recycling and Solid Waste: We support the implementation of policies and procedures that promote and increase recycling of materials, and minimize sold waste for disposal without the expectation that funding will be generated entirely from waste disposal fees.
8 Affordable Housing Initiatives: To ensure a diverse population, we must provide affordable housing opportunities for people from all economic levels. We support land use policies that provide for and assure affordable housing in the town and the county. We support legislation authorizing funding for affordable housing in San Juan County.
9 Permanently Affordable Housing: The San Juan County Council shall prioritize permanently affordable housing as a solution to the affordable housing crisis; and the State of Washington should recognize that land held in perpetuity for permanently affordable housing is not comparable to land that can be sold at fair market value, and therefore should be taxed accordingly - similar to a "current use assessment" such as is applied to land held in forest, agricultural or open space classifications.
10 Public Health is a High Priority: The overall health of a community is measured by the resources it makes available to its citizens to ensure their individual well being. We urge the SJCC to fully fund a comprehensive outreach program through our Public Health Department.
11 Ethical Business Practices of Contractors: We support a county policy that requires county officials to examine and consider the business practices of any person, business, or entity with which it intends to contract or do business. The county should not hire or contract with any person or entity with a history of unfair or unethical business or labor practices.
12 Ferries: Ferries are an integral part of the state highway system. We support funding and resources that are fairly allocated throughout the state. We believe that Washington State ferries domestic runs should be accessible as a safe, affordable and efficient public service to any and all individuals regardless of their residency status. We further believe that federal customs and border inspections of Washington State ferries passengers on domestic routes should cease.
13 Barge Landings: We support the construction and maintenance of public barge landings at appropriate sites on each of the major islands.
14 HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS
15 Protection of Civil Rights: Our civil liberties are the foundation of our democracy. We are committed to protect our civil liberties and to the preservation of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. We oppose any effort to erode our constitutional rights, including the right to vociferously protest against government actions. Efforts to reduce crime and its negative effects on society and to protect against the threat of terrorism do not justify the erosion of our constitutional rights.
16 Enforce the UN Declaration of Rights: The United States should enforce the principles embodied in the United Nation's "Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 25", which provides that "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of [themselves] and of [their] family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond [their] control."
17 The Rights of Women: The right of women to equal protection under the law and to enjoy the full rights of citizenship must be vigorously defended. Congress should pass the Equal Rights amendment. The right to reproductive choice is an absolutely essential component of these rights. The Democratic Party must lead the effort to obtain these rights for women all over the world.
18 Prohibition against Discrimination: We oppose discrimination of any kind and support laws that prohibit discrimination and programs that provide victims with access to courts to overcome such injustices.
19 Affirmative Action: We support affirmative action programs that provide victims of past discrimination with the opportunity of equal access to education, employment, promotion, housing and other necessities of life.
20 Civil Unions: We believe that governments should recognize the civil union of couples regardless of their gender or sexual orientation, and that these civil unions should afford all the legal protections, rights and benefits of marriage. These benefits, protections and rights are to be extended to include immigrant couples and families.
21 Separation of Religion and Government: Freedom of religion includes the individual’s right to practice religion or not practice religion. It is not the role of government to support either practice or any entity that supports either practice. We support the separation of religion and government. We oppose organized prayers in public schools, religious symbols in government buildings and institutions, and public funding of religious charities, schools and institutions that require a profession of faith or act of worship as a condition of participation.
22 Confidentiality of Medical Records: The evolution of technology should not be permitted to erode the privacy rights of citizens. Medical and all other personal records and information should be protected from unauthorized disclosure.
23 Patriot Act: We support the repeal of the Patriot Act and support a careful and open review of the needs of government to protect the nation against terrorism while protecting our basic rights.
24 Department of Peace: We support the creation of a cabinet level Department of Peace.
26 Expanding Head Start: We support funding an expanded head-start program capable of enrolling all eligible children.
27 Stable Funding for Schools: We support a funding mechanism that will provide stable and consistent public financing of high-quality basic education for all children and ensure equality between districts and schools. We demand that all children have competent, well-compensated teachers, up-to-date textbooks and state-of-the-art school facilities and equipment. We believe public school funding should be devoted only to public schools and home schooling programs, and we oppose any program that diverts resources from these programs. We believe a simple majority vote should be sufficient to pass school levies.
28 Privatization of Schools: We support our public schools and oppose the privatization of schools by voucher payments, tax credits and other methods of diverting public funds from public schools to private schools.
29 Commercialization of Schools: We oppose the commercialization of our public schools and urge school boards to avoid corporate contracts that expose children to commercial advertising and its culture of consumption.
30 HEALTH CARE
31 National Health Insurance: We believe health care is a basic human right and that it is a necessary and proper role of government to ensure that all citizens have access to high quality and affordable health care when the free market has failed to provide for it. We support a nonprofit, single-payer national insurance program to cover the costs of all medical and health care needs of citizens. This program should cover standard medical procedures, long-term care, diagnosis, treatment and care for medical, dental, mental health and substance abuse treatment. We support using the marketing power of the government to moderate medical costs and lower the costs of prescription drugs.
32 Funding Public Health Facilities: We support national and state funding of public health hospitals and clinics in cities and community medical clinics and hospitals in rural areas to ensure that all people have access to medical care.
33 Family Planning: We believe that women have the right to control their bodies and therefore have the right to make personal decisions regarding reproductive choices. We believe that women should have the right to choose whether to have abortions and should have the right of access to safe, legal abortions. We believe that family planning services should be accessible to everyone without government interference.
34 Social Services for People with Special Needs: We support sufficient funding to make social services available to people with special needs, including the mentally ill, the mentally and physically handicapped.
35 Dignity in Death: We support legislation (with appropriate safeguards) both at the state and federal levels that will assist the terminally ill, with the support of their physicians, to make end-of-life decisions.
36 Use of Budget Surplus to Fund Health Care and Retirement Systems: Any future budget surplus should be used to guarantee access to Medicare and Medicaid and to ensure the solvency of Social Security, rather than be refunded to rich citizens and corporations.
37 Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Drug and alcohol dependence is a serious personal and social problem. We believe treatment should be available for all persons who suffer from substance abuse. We support the establishment of drug courts that provide addicts with the opportunity to engage in treatment in lieu of criminal prosecution.
38 Maintaining Residential Habilitation Centers: We support the full operation, maintenance and use of the Fircrest School and all Residential Habilitation Centers to provide care for developmentally disabled citizens.
40 Protection of the Environment: We believe that people have the right to clean air, water and land, and that it is the necessary and proper role of government to protect these natural resources. We believe that government should neither make, nor violate any law, rule or regulation that endangers or contaminates, or allows anyone to endanger or contaminate, our air, water and land.
41 Sufficient Funding and Staffing of Enforcement Agencies: We demand sufficient funding and staffing of government agencies charged with protecting our air, water and land to enable them to fully enforce all federal and state environmental laws and regulations.
42 Protection of Our Food Supply: We demand that federal and state governments enact laws and regulations whose true purpose is to protect our food supply rather than the economic interests of businesses. We demand sufficient funding and staffing of government agencies charged with protecting our food supply to enable them to perform independent inspections of all animal food processing plants.
43 Policies for Fuel Efficiency: We support federal and state funding and incentives for conservation programs and for developing sustainable energy sources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydrogen (including hydrogen fuel cell technology), and biomass. We demand that Congress mandate substantial increases in fuel efficiency of motor vehicles available for sale in the United States to 40 miles per gallon by 2008. We believe national, state and local governments should purchase fleets of highly efficient motor vehicles with super low emissions; this would increase the market for such items and reduce their cost to consumers. We support tax incentives to encourage citizens to purchase highly efficient, clean-burning vehicles and to discourage purchases of inefficient, high-emission vehicles.
44 Protection of Sensitive Areas from Drilling: We oppose further development of environmentally sensitive areas such as our nation's outer continental shelf, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Georgia Straights within US boundaries, and any other wilderness area for oil drilling or exploration.
45 Reduction of Pollution: We support mandatory measures to reduce carbon, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide emissions. We support economic incentives for energy conservation and clean energy systems, including a requirement that at least 20% of all electricity be from renewable or alternative sources.
46 Support for Radioactive Cleanup: We demand that the state (1) require that radioactive waste at Hanford be cleaned up, (2) prevent new waste from being dumped at Hanford, (3) end the dumping of radioactive waste in unlined soil trenches, (4) require the cleanup of high-level waste tanks and the waste that has leaked from them, (5) prevent Hanford from being used as a National Radioactive Waste Dump, and (6) to prohibit unsafe disposal of Washington state’s nuclear waste in other countries.
47 Retain Corporate Clean Up Tax: Corporations and other entities that pollute our environment should be held responsible for all cleanup costs and should be given substantial sanctions for violating the laws. We support the re-imposition of corporate taxes to establish and maintain clean up funds. We oppose any effort to place such costs on the backs of the taxpayers.
48 Support for Clean Air Act: We support strict enforcement of the Clean Air Act and oppose any attempt to reduce its standards. Air Act. We demand all utilities be required to install state-of-the-art equipment that substantially reduces air pollution. We demand an immediate commitment to, and substantial increase in funding of implementation of our Clean Air Laws to ensure proper enforcement and compliance.
49 Clean Water: We support a national program to protect the waters of the United States from oil spills, through strong safety requirements for tankers and freighters. We demand an immediate and substantial increase in inspectors, investigators and lawyers sufficient to ensure proper enforcement of our clean water laws. We further support the proper management and planning of sensitive coastal areas to limit effects of runoff. We demand an immediate commitment to, and substantial increase in funding of implementation of our Clean Water Laws to ensure proper enforcement and compliance.
50 Protection of Aquifers: We strongly urge the immediate imposition of laws preventing the removal of water from underground aquifers or the pollution of waters in or from aquifers in the extraction of gas from the ground.
51 Water Resources Belong to the Public: We oppose the privatization of natural water resources.
52 Protection of Ground Water: We support the establishment of government agencies authorized and fully funded to establish standards for use of ground water and to enforce such standards in order to prevent the contamination, overuse, depletion of aquifers.
53 Protection of Public Land: We support a public policy that would require that public lands be managed as a public trust.
54 Recycling: We support the development and maintenance of recycling systems that encourage recycling and prevent contamination of our air, soil and water. We support the use, whenever possible, of safe, biodegradable materials in manufactured goods, and the enactment of laws to encourage their use.
55 Global Program for Global Warming: We support ratification of the Kyoto accords on global warming and pollution. We support the immediate and aggressive implementation of a comprehensive international program to address the threat of global warming caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. The United States should be a leader in this process.
56 Support for Mass Transit: We support the development of mass transit systems and the use of public and private funds, including tax and other financial incentives for their development. We support the upgrade and expansion of our national railway lines, high-speed passenger service, and light rail systems. We also support programs that support and encourage the use of bicycles.
57 Labeling of Food: We support complete, legible labeling of all contents of genetically modified foods and all consumables, including alcoholic beverages.
58 Protecting Natural Resources: For many years, laws have permitted private businesses to obtain oil, gas, forest, and mineral resources from public lands with little remuneration to the public, while allowing businesses to pollute the land, water, air, and crops, and to deplete natural aquifers. We support tough laws to protect our natural resources from such waste, pillaging and destruction. We demand a halt to laws and regulations that authorize the government to virtually give away our natural resources and to permit businesses to spoil our land, water, forests, and air. We demand that strict mining standards be established and enforced. We support laws that require the immediate clean up of sites where our natural resources have been removed.
61 Sustainable Forest Practices: We support laws that require and encourage sustainable forest practices. We support full protection of all old growth forests from harvest, salvage logging, and road building on public lands.
62 National Forests: We support the protection of all roadless areas in our National Forests.
63 Loggers Should Bear Costs of Roads: We believe that taxpayers should no longer be required to pay the costs of building and maintaining logging roads on public lands; we believe the location and construction of new logging roads should be strictly regulated and controlled by the government.
64 Regulation of Large-Scale Animal Farming: Unregulated large scale animal farming has resulted in the discharge of animal waste into our natural water supply, contaminating our rivers and streams, polluting the water and air, and creating serious danger to the health of humans, animals, and the environment. We support strict regulations that protect the environment from dangers inherent in large-scale animal farming.
65 Regulation of Fish Farms: Food fish farming should be strictly regulated to avoid contaminating local fish stock and threatening local species.
66 Overuse of Antibiotics: The overuse of antibiotics in animals threatens the health and safety of everyone. We support regulations banning both the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in animals raised for food and farming practices that create artificial conditions requiring the use of antibiotics in animals.
67 Support for Salmon Recovery: Support the recovery of abundant, healthy and self-sustaining populations of wild salmon.
68 Steelhead in Washington State Waters : We support the recovery of Wild Salmon and Steelhead runs and urge the State and Federal governments to make decisions based on science, to enforce the laws intended to protect our water, natural resources and fish, and to provide the necessary funding to recover self-sustaining and harvestable salmon runs.
69 Restrictions on Genetically Modified Food: We oppose the growth, use, and marketing of genetically modified seeds, foods and organisms without strict testing performed by independent scientists.
70 Support for Organic Farming: We support programs that encourage organic farming and protect its status.
71 Support for Family Farming: We support preserving family farm agriculture and urge the government to develop innovative long-term policies that preserve family farming and create economic systems that support successful family farm agriculture. We support limits on subsidies to large agribusinesses.
72 End Certain Exemptions to Protection Laws: We support the repeal of military exemptions for actions that violate the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammals Protection Act, and the Migration Bird Treaty. We believe the maximum threshold for sound transmitted into the oceans should be no louder than 145 decibels, which is considered safe for human beings.
73 Opposition to Exportation of Dangerous Chemicals: We oppose the exportation of pesticides, insecticides, fungicides and herbicides that may not be legally used in the United States.
74 DOMESTIC POLICY
75 Priorities: Our strength as a nation should be measured not by the size of our military arsenal, but rather by the health, welfare, education, productivity, and character of our citizens. We should curb wasteful and excessive military spending and support the social needs of our citizens.
76 End the Culture of Fear: We condemn the culture of fear fostered by the current administration to manipulate public opinion.
77 Protection of Social Security and Medicare: Social Security and Medicare are essential programs for millions of Americans. The government should make modifications now to ensure continued long-term solvency of these programs. We support laws that would prohibit the use of Social Security contributions for any purpose other than funding Social Security. Since the risks inherent in privatization are not consistent with the purpose of the program, Social Security and Medicare should not be privatized. Any governmental program to support private retirement accounts must be funded outside of the Social Security Program.
78 Family Planning: We support the funding and encouragement of responsible family planning that is consistent with the sustaining capacity of the environment and a decent quality of life.
79 Expanding Child Care: We support making quality licensed daycare centers available to parents through funding by government and private industry.
80 Media Violence: We deplore the presentation of gratuitous violence by all media. We discourage all media from portraying violence as the means of resolving conflicts. We urge the media to present all actual consequences of violent acts.
81 Funding Public Broadcasting: We support funding of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service by the federal government.
82 Preventing Media Monopolies: A democracy must have open debate of issues and access to different points of view. We strongly support the adoption and enforcement of stringent restrictions against the single ownership of multiple media outlets in the same area and limitations on the total number of media outlets that a single entity can own or control in the nation.
83 Stop Using Tax Money for School Vouchers and Faith-Based Organizations: Tax money must not be used, directly or indirectly, to support any organization, whether a school or a charitable organization that promotes a religion, or practices discrimination in the composition of its administration, or in it's hiring practices or delivery of services. Proposals to use "vouchers" for religious schools and diversion of tax money to "faith-based" organizations exempt from discrimination laws represent egregious examples. Such organizations must be supported by voluntary private donations never by taxes.
84 Tax Reform: We believe that taxes are the reasonable dues paid by members of a responsible and benevolent society to support institutions and programs that provide for its basic needs, promotes its economic development, and ensures a high quality of life. The present tax code reflects the corruption of the political process that rewards large campaign donors with tax breaks and subsidies that serve the interests of large businesses, corporations, financial institutions, and wealthy individuals at the expense of ordinary citizens and important social programs. We demand an end to the system of corporate welfare and subsidies. We believe the taxes that people and entities pay should reflect their ability to support the social needs of society.
85 Repeal the Tax Cut for the Wealthy and Corporations: The tax break for the rich and corporations was based on the assumption that there was a "surplus that should be returned to the people." Since there is no surplus and the government is engaged in deficit spending and cutting important social programs, tax cuts for the rich and corporations should be rescinded and the money should be made available for necessary social programs, payment of debt, and building the nation's infrastructure.
86 Anti-Tax-Haven Laws: We support laws that would prevent American citizens and American and multinational corporations from using overseas tax havens to avoid paying taxes. To ensure that corporations report all of their income and to prevent them from shifting their American profits on paper to tax haven countries, corporations should no longer be permitted to defer reporting their foreign profits on their U.S. tax returns.
87 Support for a State Income Tax: Our state tax laws are regressive. We support the elimination of the sales and B&O taxes and urge the Legislature to institute a state personal and corporate income tax.
88 Congressional and Legislative Ethics Boards: Congress and the Legislature should enact strong ethics rules and fully fund standing agencies with all necessary powers to investigate violations.
89 Terminate the Anti-Ballistic Missile Program: We oppose the research, development and deployment of a "missile defense shield" in the face of scientific data collected over many years indicating that such a system is not technically feasible and because of concern that it might stimulate a new arms race. The United States should immediately stop spending money on the anti-ballistic missile system and should use those funds to pay for needed social programs and to improve the infrastructure of the country.
90 End Military Pork-Barrel Spending: We strongly support budgets that provide our military personnel with better pay and living conditions and that provide them with the finest equipment needed to protect this nation and its allies. We are adamantly opposed to spending money on weapons and programs that are not wanted or needed by the military. We abhor spending money on military projects solely because contractors are located in the districts of members of Congress.
91 Require Audits of the DOD: We support laws that would require the Dept. of Defense to undergo and publish the results of annual audits to account for our tax dollars.
92 Public Control of Essential Industries: To ensure that the public's interest is protected, we support public ownership of utilities (including power generation and distribution) and strict government regulation of essential industries, such as health care, oil and gas pipelines, transportation, banking, and telecommunications. History has shown that deregulation of these industries has reduced competition, increased prices, and created "boom and bust" cycles damaging to the industries and their customers. Funding for public utilities and for public projects for renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, reduction of emissions, and new facilities, should be provided by tax-exempt bonds.
93 Preservation of Public Interest in Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States: We believe the waters and natural resources within the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States is held by the government in trust for people of this nation. We oppose the creation of private property rights to the waters or other natural resources within the EEZ or the expansion of corporate or other private activities within that zone that deplete or threaten its resources or reduce the quality of the water within the zone.
94 Remove Incentives for Relocating Businesses: We oppose laws that encourage and support the relocation of U.S. businesses to foreign countries.
95 Keeping Guns from Children: We support legislation whose goal is to keep guns out of the hands of children.
96 Balancing the Right to Bear Arms against the Right to Regulate Firearms: We recognize that the constitutional right to bear arms is deemed as important to some citizens as is the right to free speech or freedom of religion to others. We support reasonable firearms regulations, provided that they are thoroughly researched and carefully written to ensure a particular benefit to society.
97 Ban on Some Firearms: We support laws that ban the possession of armor-piercing bullets by persons other than law enforcement, and that ban the production and possession of assault weapons and of semiautomatic rifles with the capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition for civilian use.
98 Background Checks of Persons Purchasing Firearms: We believe that the sale of firearms should be subject to background checks of all buyers and support the immediate closure of the "gun show" loophole. To ensure that firearms do not get into the hands of convicted felons, the government must develop a system to provide immediate background checks.
99 Medical Marijuana: We support the regulated sale, possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes.
100 Electoral Processes
101 Public Funding of Elections: We support public financing of political campaigns, and laws that promote open and fair debate of issues in the public forum. Since artificial entities with large financial resources have shown an ability, through lobbyists, large campaign contributions, and other forms of legal bribery, to dictate government policy and the laws and regulations enacted by government officials, we believe that only individual citizens should be permitted to make campaign contributions to candidates and political parties. We believe that elections should be publicly funded. Since the airwaves belong to the public, all licensed broadcasters should be required, as part of their privilege of using public airwaves, to provide free air time to all public candidates and to carry political advertisements for candidates at low rates.
102 Funding of Judicial Races: We believe that in order to protect the integrity of the courts, all judicial elections should be publicly funded. Lawyers who appear before a judicial candidate or appear before the court for which a candidate is running for election as judge should not be permitted to make campaign contributions to that candidate.
103 Integrity of Judicial Appointees: No appointments to judicial positions, especially the United State Supreme Court, should be approved unless the candidate has a clear record demonstrating his or her willingness to put aside personal political and religious convictions, and to rule on the basis of sound legal principles based on a thorough knowledge of the law. If a candidate does not fully meet these criteria, the appointment must be denied and opposed by all possible means, including filibuster.
104 Empowering the Federal Election Commission: Both major political parties have violated campaign finance laws, partly because the Federal Election Commission has been prohibited from routinely auditing parties and because of the appointment of strongly partisan members to the commission. The Federal Election Commission must be depoliticized and must be given broad powers to investigate fund-raising activities of political parties, the manner in which money is obtained, collected, and used, and it must have broad powers to ensure that the intent of the law is carried out.
105 Disclosure of Lobbyists' Expenditures and Campaign Contributions: We support strict regulations on lobbying that include immediate and complete disclosure on the internet of all expenditures, gifts and contributions by lobbyists. All campaign contributions of any kind to members of Congress and the State Legislators should also be posted immediately on the internet.
106 Support for Strengthening Internal Revenue Service Section 527: We support strengthening Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Service's disclosure and enforcement rules and the enactment of additional legislation prohibiting candidates for federal office from soliciting, coordinating or receiving campaign funding with Section 527 "stealth PACs."
107 Election Reform: The Democratic Party should lead the effort to thoroughly review registration and voting practices throughout the U.S. and institute, with federal funding where needed, new policies, regulations and technology. Until such time as all states have adopted voting by mail, election day should be made a national holiday to increase voter participation.
108 Secure Voting Systems: Our individual votes are the lifeblood of our democracy. We support voting systems whose accuracy can be internally verified and that provide paper ballots for verification
109 National Presidential Primary: We support a national primary day on which all states hold their presidential primaries.
110 Eliminate the Electoral College: We support the election of the president by popular vote and the elimination of the federal Electoral College.
111 ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND LABOR
112 The Dignity of Labor: We believe in the dignity of labor and that working people are the backbone of our nation’s economy.
113 Worker’s Benefits: We believe that worker’s benefits should be provided on a pro-rated basis for all employees, including part-time and temporary worker, in both the public and private sectors.
114 Employment and the Workplace: We believe our nation’s goal should be full employment. We strongly support the right of workers to organize, bargain collectively, and strike in order to obtain fair compensation for their labor and safe working conditions, without fear of reprisal or replacement. We support full funding and staffing for OSHA and state agencies and the power to enforce the right of workers to a safe and healthy workplace.
115 Right to a Living Wage: We believe that a living family wage strengthens the family and the social and economic vitality of the community and we support laws that guarantee workers a living family wage.
116 Job Training: The relocation of manufacturing jobs outside of the United States has created a service-oriented economy with an ever widening wage gap between upper and lower economic classes. Workers in a service-oriented economy require greater skills to obtain good paying jobs. Instead of investing in programs that provide needed training for workers, corporations pressure the government to authorize the importation of skilled labor from other countries. We strongly support increased federal and state funding for employment education and training of workers in this country.
116 Protection of Retirement Funds: Congress should enact comprehensive laws to protect workers' retirement funds. We support legislation that would place a 20% cap on company stock in a company's pension plan and would prevent companies from having control over stock in their employee's pension funds.
117 Overtime Pay: We oppose laws that will prevent workers from receiving overtime pay when they work over 10 hours on any day or over 40 hours in any week.
118 FOREIGN POLICY
119 Condemnation of the Invasion of Iraq: We believe the invasion of Iraq by the United States was unlawful and was not in our national interest. The Bush administration used the fear and chaos generated by the events of 9/11 as a cover and excuse for carrying out a political agenda that included the invasion of a sovereign nation that neither posed an immediate threat to the United States and our allies nor supported terrorist actions against us. The invasion of Iraq has caused the death of thousands of innocent people, including our soldiers. Because our national resources are being sent to Iraq we lack the resources to protect our country from terrorism and to pay for the basic needs of our citizens. While we strongly condemn this invasion, we support the men and women of our armed forces who have been placed in harm’s way by our government.
120 Global Trade: The WTO must be subject to public scrutiny at all stages and open to public input. Negotiations and decisions must accommodate related worker rights and environmental concerns and accords.
121 Trade Agreements: We do not support international trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT as they are presently written. We have seen that such agreements are negotiated in secret with terms and conditions dictated by corporate representatives. Such agreements contain "takings" clauses (such as NAFTA's chapter 11) that permit corporations to sue sovereign nations for passing environmental and other laws or regulations that may adversely affect corporate profits. Such agreements threaten the constitutional power of Congress and state legislatures and place ultimate power in the hands of administrative boards with no accountability to the public. No international agreement should prevent sovereign nations, states and communities from establishing more stringent standards to protect health, safety, and environment. We also believe the Trade Promotion Authority, known as fast Track" should be rejected. All trade agreements should be required to incorporate international wage and basic environmental standards.
122 United Nations: We believe the United States should immediately pay its UN dues in full.
123 Recognition of International Tribunals: We believe the United States should support international tribunals and should abide by decisions of the World Court.
124 Nuclear Disarmament: We must pass the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at once. During this brief period, before many other nations develop a nuclear capability, we have an historic opportunity to rid the world of all nuclear weapons. We must start the process of achieving universal nuclear disarmament and a permanent ban on all nuclear weapons.
125 End Development of Tactical Nuclear Weapons: We oppose the development of tactical nuclear weapons, such as "bunker busters"
126 Adopt the Anti-personnel Land Mine Treaty: The United States should adopt and support the international anti-personnel mine treaty.
127 End Support for Repressive Regimes: We believe that this nation should not support regimes that repress the freedom of their people or make war upon their neighbors. Our international political, economic, trade and other agreements with other nations should be tied to their human rights policies and should be subject to Congressional scrutiny.
128 Improvement of Relations with Muslim Nations: We support a policy of cooperation with Muslim nations with education and support for economic development as a means of eliminating terrorist activities.
129 Increase Foreign Aid: A massive non-military foreign aid program should be supported and funded by the United States and its allies to end the suffering of people in the third world, by assisting countries in developing public health and school systems, population control and economic programs to meet the needs of their citizens.
130 Forgive Third World Debt: Because the staggering third world debt is causing great human suffering and destruction of national economies, foreign aid must assist third world nations in retiring this burdensome debt, rather than continuing to force "structural adjustments" upon them as dictated by the IMF and World Bank. Loans should be conditioned on the adoption and implementation of laws and policies that protect human rights, workers' rights, and the environment.
131 Expand the Peace Corps: The United States should expand the Peace Corps in its effort to assist third world countries.
132 Worldwide Education and Child Nutrition: Feeding and educating needy children around the world could be done for $6 billion a year over what the UN currently spends, and an appropriate share for the U.S. would be $1.5 billion a year. This would not only address the children's food needs, but would encourage them to attend school. It's not only humanitarian, it's a positive start to making the world safer for everyone.
133 End Limitations on Foreign Aid: We oppose policies, rules and regulations that prohibit or in any way limit assistance and funding to any government or other agency or entity on the grounds that the recipient supports or provides birth control, education about birth control, or abortions.
134 Support for Family Planning: We urge the U.S. government to take a leadership role in promoting and financially supporting family planning and birth control worldwide and a woman’s right to choose.
135 Improve Relations with Russia: We are in danger of alienating Russia and losing the opportunity to form a strong and healthy alliance with that county. We encourage foreign policies that assist Russia and its former republics in forming more open and democratic political systems and more viable economic systems. We should not impose tariffs on Russian products, we should not expand our military presence so as to encircle Russia, and we should not abandon the ABM treaty.
136 Normalization of Relations with Cuba: The United States should take immediate steps to end the economic blockade and restrictions on travel to Cuba, and should normalize relations with Cuba.
137 Water Supplies Should Not Be Privatized: We believe that water is a natural resource that belongs to the people, that people have the right to access to clean water. We oppose the privatization of water resources.
138 No Unauthorized Pre-emptive Wars: We oppose preemptive war except when sanctioned by the UN or when the threat to a country is so imminent, immediate and substantial that there is no clear choice but to attack.
139 Endorsement of SMART: We call on all Democratic Party Candidates to endorse a SMART [Sensible Multilateral American Response to Terrorism] by (1) Strengthening international institutions and cooperative diplomacy to prevent acts of terrorism and resolve international conflicts, (2) Reducing the threat of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction by renouncing the development of new nuclear weapons and by strengthening international disarmament treaties; and (3) Eliminating wasteful military spending and using those resources to fund programs that provide adequate international peacekeeping and redevelopment, strengthen local emergency responders (such as fire, police and public health departments), and meet urgent domestic needs such as health care, jobs and education.
140 CRIME AND PRISONERS
141Moratorium for the Death Penalty: In recent years, the convictions of many death row prisoners have been reversed due to the later development of exculpatory evidence, provided in many cases by DNA testing. Because of grave concerns generated by the number of people who have been sentenced to die that have subsequently been shown to be innocent, we propose a moratorium on the execution of defendants in order to examine the death penalty and how it is applied in this country.
142 Drug Policy: Drug abuse is a major problem in our county and in our nation. It is the demand for drugs that drives the drug trade. Since billions of tax dollars spent on the "War against drugs" have failed to reduce the demand for drugs and the supply of drugs, alternative approaches and policies should be pursued to eliminate the demand for drugs, such as providing treatment and addressing the social issues that create that demand.
143 Judicial Discretion in Drugs Cases: Because of the large number of persons incarcerated for long periods of time for nonviolent drug offenses, and the need to conserve resources for violent offenders, sentencing laws should allow judges to have greater discretion in punishing nonviolent drug offenders.
144 Education for Prisoners: Since recidivism among prisoners who graduate from college while in prison is greatly reduced, while the expense to society of housing prisoners is great, we support funding continuing education and college education programs for state and federal prisoners.
145 Rights of "Enemy Combatants" We believe that all prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, including those designated "enemy combatants," should be permitted to have representation of counsel and access to courts to challenge the legality and conditions of their custody and incarceration.


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I considered what the theme of the contest should be for a good long while before finally coming up with it, and I hope everyone has great fun with it. So.
TO ENTER: You must write a cephalopod haiku, and post it in a comment here. If you don't know what a haiku is, wikipedia has a very thorough article, but the short version is, a poem with three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables (technically moras which are slightly different but...). They don't need to be great poems, or terribly clever, you just have to write one!
Don't forget that if you aren't a blogger user or your contact email isn't in your profile you'll need to post it here or email it to us so we can tell you if you win!
No multiple entries this time, dear readers, but multiple Haiku's are welcome. Maybe we'll put together some sort of fine and lovely illustrated haiku post from them later! Winners will be selected in a random drawing (via magical internet randomizers, although I might just write all your names down and have my roommate draw them out of a hat just for the sake of pomp and circumstance). Entry Deadline is Sunday Jan 23rd!
To get you started, here is a haiku that appeared on the twitter feed DailyHaiku-
The octopus' fleeting dream
in the trap
the summer moon
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Watch/Download Outlander Season 6 Online (2022): Stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies’s romantic odyssey Outlander season 6 now available to watch online on streaming service Netflix and Starz from March 7, 2022. Season sixth’s first episode airs on March 7th which will release till for its last episode 8 on April 24, 2022. This epic tale adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s popular series of fantasy-romance novels focuses on the drama of two time-crossed lovers.
Outlander Story: What Is It About?
Outlander is the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
The sixth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie’s fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America.
This romantic odyssey series has earned three Golden Globe nods and won “Most Bingeworthy Show” at the Critics’ Choice TV Awards.
Watch Outlander Season 6 Online On Netflix
You can now able to watch Outlander series season six first episode online on streaming service Netflix with a subscription plan from March 7. The new episodes will be aired every Monday on Netflix. You can also watch this show’s episodes on STARZ OTT service.
You can also download Outlander’s latest season sixth’s full episode on your Netflix and Starz streaming device. The streamers allow you to download episodes so you can watch them offline anytime anywhere. However, you can not share the downloaded file with others via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
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Possibly, the Sixth season of Outlander will have eight episodes. The first episode releases on March 7th which will go ahead with the last episode, be released on the date April 24, 2022.
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No Of Episodes: 8
First Episode Release Date: Mon, 7 March 2022
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John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 ? March 6, 1932), popularly known as "The March King", was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for American military marches.
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With the foodNURDling around, I don’t have a lot of spare time or free hands. A few days ago, however, while he slept blissfully in the early evening I headed into the kitchen to make dinner. It felt so good to be back in there after weeks away from the stove.
I had some chicken thighs, some potatoes, sweet peppers and cherry tomatoes. I didn’t want to make a lot of dishes, so on to a large roasting sheet they were to go. In a large bowl, I made a quick marinade with olive oil, paprika, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper and tossed in the chicken and halved new potatoes. In went the potatoes into a hot oven, followed by the chicken and finally the peppers and tomatoes (with just a little salt, pepper and olive oil). Forty-five minutes later I have moist, aromatic chicken, beautifully roasted potatoes that are creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside, and lovely, caramelized vegetables. There was almost no prep work and minimal clean up: perfect!
4 chicken thighs (skin removed, if you like)
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tb extra virgin olive oil
2 tb paprika
1 tb thyme
1 ts salt
1 ts black pepper
1 lb small potatoes, halved
1 sweet pepper, sliced
1 container of cherry tomatoes, scored on the top
1. Preheat your oven to 425F.
2. In a large bowl, combine the garlic, oil, paprika, thyme, salt and pepper. Add in the potatoes and chicken and toss to coat.
3. Line a large baking sheet with foil and spread out the potatoes in a single layer on one side. After 15 minutes, add the chicken (skin-side down if you kept it) and stir the potatoes around. Bake 15 minutes.
4. After 20 minutes are up, add the vegetables to the sheet (with their own salt, pepper and olive oil) and flip the chicken over. Bake for another 15 minutes.
5. When the last timer goes off, remove the sheet from the oven and enjoy!

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For Public Books, Matthew Clair considers authoritative black knowledge in intellectual practices and “the logic of racial authenticity,” which “stipulates both that black intellectuals have a particular responsibility to represent, in both senses of that word, ‘their’ people, and that, as racial insiders, they are uniquely capable of doing so.”
In the spring of 2006, John Unsworth taught a graduate seminar on "Twentieth-Century American Bestsellers." It led to one of history's finest class projects--a browsable database of bestsellers, 337 in all. As with any bestseller lists, you'll find a range of titles, everything from Thomas Wolfe to Tom Clancy, but click through and find that each entry includes an extremely detailed description of the book's history (these were compiled by graduate students, after all); a mini-essay on its reception; images of covers, page layouts, and even some ads; and more. It is, in short, bibliophilic crack. (Thanks Craig)
Jesmyn Ward signed a deal for two books with Simon & Schuster: one adult novel with Scribner and the other a middle-grade novel with Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, according to Publisher's Weekly. From our archives: Ward's 2017 Year in Reading entry and our interview with the two-time National Book Award winner.

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Nature and landscape conservation in and around the town is very important to us.
Formally established conservation areas provide space for ecological development in many parts of the municipality. The "Federbachbruch" nature conservation area established in 1982 between Muggensturm and Malsch has a very special significance.
It has become home to a diverse range of rare plants and endangered animal species. A scientific study counted 72 species of bird in the area, including 41 species of breeding bird. Miles of scenic trails around the town provide a perfect place for hiking, jogging or walking. It's the best way to combine recreation, fitness and enjoy the landscape and natural beauty.


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The RRROWOWOWRRRRRR sound Godzilla makes is synonymous with giant monster coolness. But so is the BOOMP BOOMP BOOMP music that goes along with the Big G's building-smashing strolls through Tokyo and environs. And let's not forget all the other awesome soundtracks and noises you can hear in monster movies featuring spinning, flying turtle Gamara and firey-fingered Giant Robot. If you're a monster movie fan – and who isn't? – then you'll become an instant devotee of Lawrence Tuczynski's site about giant monster movie music.
Tuczynski constantly updates his site, but he appears not to have redesigned it since 1998, which is part of its charm. This is the most exhaustive list of monster movie music I've ever seen, with pointers on where to find the best stuff and Tuczynski's own reviews and liner notes. How can you not want the Dinosaur Sentai Juranger single, which Tuczynski claims is "adventure sounding"?

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The game will be a 3D realization of the original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System version released more than 20 years ago. The game will feature the same side-scrolling action but now with 3D environments. It features a track editor and has online multiplayer, and features motion control using the Wii remote. It releases on the WiiWare channel November 9th.
We'll have full hands-on impressions and direct feed footage of Excitebike World Rally this Wednesday.

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2 edition of health of the child found in the catalog.
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This page coloring book for children ages four to eight is part of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Milk Matters campaign, which is designed to teach parents, children, and health care providers about the importance of calcium for children and teens. This Handbook is a guide to help you get child support. You'll find the steps to follow to establish fatherhood, obtain a support order, and collect the support due, whether you are working with your state, local, or tribal child support program or your own attorney.
Book guides parents on optimizing their children’s health and wellness to ensure a happy, healthy and thriving first year at school GlobeNewswire J Imagine Children Stories has gained the support of St. Petersburg City Council member Deborah Figgs-Sanders, as well as local bookstore, Cultured Books, which have helped Davon raise $ so far.
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A new children’s book tells the stories of people who have helped keep health and care services afloat during the coronavirus crisis, from paramedics and Author: Hannah Summers. Kids books about anxiety in a post coronavirus world. These great books (and some picture books) will help children manage, understand and.
Photos: Children's books that teach resilience "Kenta and the Big" Wave by Ruth Ohi is the story of a boy who faces disaster, based on true events amid the tsunami that hit coastal Japan.
Whether you’re concerned about the lack of diversity in your child’s reading list or want to ensure that they see themselves reflected in the books they consume, finding books with Black Author: Dorian Smith-Garcia. To honor the best books for young adults and children, TIME compiled this survey in consultation with respected peers such as U.S.
Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt, children’s-book. Top 20 children's books of the year so far See all the Best Kids' Books of so far Previous page. Black Brother, Black Brother Jewell Parker Rhodes Hardcover.
$ $ 83 $ $ (95) The Old Truck Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey Hardcover. $ $ 59 $ $ (79). The paper based child health record as used by the UK National Health Service is popularly known as the "Red Book." It is given to the parents on or just after the birth of their child, and is used by parents to record standard health details such as height and weight as well as developmental milestones such as first words and first time walking.
As the record has matured, additional. Effective coverage measurement in maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition Visit to read more about effective coverage future directions Go to to see currently available global data on coverage of key interventions for pregnancy, delivery, child and adolescent health.
The very best children’s books. The worlds that are encountered when a child opens a book for the first time are delightful, informative, and downright magical. Dr. Perri Klass is the author of the forthcoming book “A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future,” on how our world has been transformed by.
Before my child health nurse visits Information for parents This book has a section for each of my child health nurse visits. Think about things you would like to talk about with the nurse – write down any questions or things you are worried about.
What happens at my child health nurse visits. At each visit, the nurse will check that I am. The Personal Child Health Record, also known as the PCHR or 'red book', is a national standard health and development record given to parents/carers at a child's birth.
The PCHR is constantly under review. Reading books benefits both your physical and mental health, and those benefits can last a lifetime. They begin in early childhood and continue through the senior years. Learn how reading books. Children will understandably have a lot of questions about the pandemic and "Coronavirus: A book for children" can help answer them.
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler, the artist behind the popular series "The Gruffalo," the book breaks down many of the concepts in a way for young readers to understand them and is available as a free as a PDF. Your child's health includes physical, mental and social well-being.
Most parents know the basics of keeping children healthy, like offering them healthy foods, making sure they get enough sleep and exercise and insuring their safety. It is also important for children to get regular checkups with their health care provider.
Scans of preschoolers' brains show a stark difference in brain development when read to by a parent as compared to when they are playing on screens alone, studies show. A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Seven new chapters reflect current practice in the field and cover cognition & motor skills, handedness, fine-motor program for preschoolers, handwriting evaluation, splinting the upper extremity of the child, pediatric hand therapy, and efficacy of s: 6. In small amounts, stress can be good.
But, excessive stress can affect the way a child thinks, acts, and feels. Children learn how to respond to stress as they grow and develop.
Many stressful events that an adult can manage will cause stress in a child. As a result, even small changes can impact a child's feelings of safety and security. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website.
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Cynthia Jalynski, child care licensing consultant in LARA’s Bureau of Community and Health Systems (BCHS) says the state offers day care owners consultations on reopening protocol.The Personal Health Record (PHR) is a free booklet provided to the parent/s of every child born in Queensland.
The parent-held booklet is used to record your child’s immunisations, developmental checks and other major health events. That's why the Pittsburgh author is self-publishing a children’s book, Little Lucy and the Little Butterflies, on Aug.
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Only a month and a half ago, dedicated francophile US Secretary of State John Kerry and French President François Hollande were beaming with excitement, as they shared a warm political bed together while planning a war with Syria. As they counted the coming cruise missile profits together, everything couldn’t have been more perfect. And then…
The transatlantic romance is on the rocks, again. Washington DC’s insatiable international digital spy network, the NSA, has been caught collecting millions of electronic French letters and phone calls – in secret, and to stop terrorism. Or is it merely to justify billions in US government contract expenditures. Anyone above a fifth grade education level should really be able to figure that one out by now.
A report was released this past Monday, detailing how the NSA has sucked in more than 70 million French phone records in one month.
Another violation. This is just the latest in a long list of long distance digital rape on the part of the United States. This week also saw how the NSA spy network has been used in order to gain advanced commercial intelligence on Mexico for years – and exposed as being all for the benefit of insider US business and investor interests. Whose surprised?
What an embarrassment for Monsieur Kerry, who has been tasked with making yet another weak case for the US government, by trying to explain away the illegal actions of his government. Left to do damage control, Kerry insists that France is still “one of our oldest allies in the world”, but protecting people from terrorism is so “very complicated, very challenging task.”
Not the world’s most convincing actor, John Kerry, is trying hard to act concerned about foreign privacy.
His chief concerns are as far from ethics and international law as one could imagine. Here’s what really upsetting Washington’s most interesting man:
“Will I still be invited for raclette (cheese) and champagne parties in Aix-en-Provence this spring?”
This will be burning on Kerry’s mind over the holidays.
Next, the Teflon Don (photo, left) ponders the scandal… never one to willingly take any responsibility for anything that might be construed as negative, Obama avoids the issue altogether. This is because there’s no room for America’s reputation when he’s so obsessed with looking out for his own.
Rather than getting a executive statement from America’s salamander-n-chief, President Obama has instead opted to call Hollande in private to try and re-spin the issue, in what the White House has labeled as “recent disclosures in the press — some of which have distorted our activities and some of which raise legitimate questions for our friends and allies.”
What Kerry and Obama fail to realise is that, outside of their own private France on the millionaire ski slopes of Chamonix and aboard the yachts in Cannes, the rest of the country could not give a toss about America’s inflated national security concerns, and will hate the American government for abusing their trust.
Hollande’s hands are tied on this one. Regardless, the backlash has already begun. According to RT, the French as pissed off in a big way:
France has called for an explanation for the “unacceptable” and “shocking” reports of NSA spying on French citizens. Leaked documents revealed the spy agency records millions of phone calls and monitors politicians and high-profile business people.
The US Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin was summoned by the French Foreign Ministry to account for the espionage allegations on Monday morning.
“I have immediately summoned the US ambassador and he will be received this morning at the Quai d’Orsay [the French Foreign Ministry],” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told press. He added that “we must quickly assure that these practices aren’t repeated.”
The media scandal triggered a phone call between US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande who, according to the White House, discussed “legitimate questions”raised by US “friends and allies” about how the surveillance capabilities are employed. Obama reportedly assured Hollande that the US was reviewing the way it gathers intelligence.
In addition, citing the report on French publication Le Monde, Interior Minister Manuel Valls spoke out on national television against US spy practices.
The US government is out of control and everyone knows it. Rather than dealing with the problem head on, and making correction to an illegal government operation, men like Barack Obama and John Kerry have chose instead to cover for themselves and the program. So no lesson learned.
That is Washington DC in a nutshell today – inept and unable to act honourably on the international theatre.
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Studies have been carried out in Georgia to determine the windiest locations and where it might be profitable to install new wind farms. The Gori site was the best place for the first implementation of a wind farm. Today, Georgian companies are looking to establish a second and third wind farm equivalent to the Gori wind farm, which produces 88 million kilowatt hours of energy per year.
Wind energy is new in Georgia. Technology and know-how come from Europe, as do wind turbines themselves. The EBRD financed 70 % of the Gori wind farm. The investment for these six wind turbines was EUR 26.4 million.

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9 Months Pregnancy Life Change: If a child is raised by incredible parents, they grow to become an individual doing well for the world around. But along with the care you receive after you are born, you need to have proper care before birth as well. These 9 months are absolutely essential for the baby and mother. It is in these months that a single cell becomes a mature baby. It’s magic!
The baby is a zygote for the first two weeks after being implanted into the uterine wall. And in the next two weeks, its important organs begin to build and the stage is embryonic.
The embryonic stage continues as the cells begin to form functions and structures. Three layers are formed: ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm, which also form different parts of the body.
The human organism begins to grow in size during this month. The gender becomes visible, but its always a risk of miscarriage, so people avoid telling it soon. Morning sickness and restlessness begin, along with the urge to urinate again and again.
The fetus in this month begins to look human and also responds to sound. That is why they always prefer to be close to the mother’s voice after birth, since they are familiar to her. It is necessary to have regular tests during this time due to rapid changes in the baby.
Now the movements begin in the fetus. Begin to form the vestibular system that is to balance. This is the time when pregnant women tend to gain weight they should not. There is a notion. “Eat for two” that is not necessary.
Now is the time to improve shape and size. It begins to look more human and the fetus also begins to feel light.
Three pounds is the baby’s weight right now and his beautiful eyes begin to open. It is a premature stage, when the baby is born often. This is the stage where you need more calories than the rest of the period.
Now the baby has grown completely. It has all its reflexes and the organs of the senses work well. Protein is necessary for the development of tissues, so women should eat protein rich in the diet.
The fetus begins to change its position and goes to the mother’s cervix. Fat that builds up under the skin, results in weight gain up to seven pounds, so the baby is born healthy!

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On Wednesday morning, “TIME” magazine announced their 2017 Person of the Year. This honor is given to a person or a group of people each year who made a significant in our society, whether for “good or for ill.”
President Trump was the 2016 Person of the Year and was given the honor just after he became the president-elect after running a successful and unique campaign. This year, President Trump became the runner-up for the 2017 Person of the Year.
“TIME” announced that the 2017 Person of the Year was given to “The Silence Breakers.” These consist of a group of people who pioneered speaking up about sexual misconduct.
The last few months of 2017 have been overflowing with reports of sexual misconduct throughout Hollywood, mainstream media, politics, and the general workplace. The use of the #MeToo hashtag spread the discussion even further.
Now, the magazine wants to honor those who spoke up first. One actress in the group is Ashley Judd, who was the first to consistently speak out about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, a case that propelled the entire movement.
“TIME” said, “This reckoning appears to have sprung up overnight. But it has actually been simmering for years, decades, centuries.”
While the magazine recognized that this movement is not necessarily new, there have been more consequences put in place in the last few months for those who participate in sexual misconduct as a way to gain power. NBC’s firing of Matt Lauer after only one complaint, for instance, shows how the victim’s voice is being taken more seriously.
“TIME” said, “These silence breakers have started a revolution of refusal, gathering strength by the day, and in the past two months alone, their collective anger has spurred immediate and shocking results: nearly every day, CEOs have been fired, moguls toppled, icons disgraced. In some cases, criminal charges have been brought.”
Since making the announcement, social media has been blowing up with comments. Mostly all of the Twitter comments have been praising the magazine for recognizing such a prominent societal shift.
The runner-up for the 2017 Person of the Year went to President Trump. Last month he tweeted that he was a finalist for the award but that it would be an inconvenience if he actually won. The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, came in third.
What do you think about this? Let us know on Facebook. In other recent news, a Duck Dynasty star is currently mourning the loss of a loved one. Please keep their family in your prayers.

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Class-leading strength is a core value in pickup trucks, and that’s what Ford is promising with the 2017 F-150’s 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6.
Time was that a six-cylinder engine in a full-sized pickup was the economical choice. A straight six typically had enough low-end torque to get a heavy load moving, and its generally low-revving nature helped it get decent mileage, although the small-V8 option usually didn’t use that much more gas.
Related: Post Office To Honor Pickup Trucks In Forever Stamps
Ford’s EcoBoost V6s have changed that landscape, and it’s a second-generation EcoBoost V6 with twin turbochargers that’s sliding under the hood of the 2017 Ford F-150. Ford touts a class-leading (and eye-popping) torque measurement of 470 lb.-ft. That’s impressive when you consider that Chevy and GMC come darned close with 460 lb.-ft., but it takes 6.2 liters of displacement to generate it, rather than the Ford’s 3.5 liters.
Of course, the Chevy’s 420 horsepower is significantly stronger than the Ford’s 375-hp rating, proving that there still can be no substitute for cubic inches.
Mileage ratings between the 2016 Ford and Chevy are very similar, with the Chevy having a 1-mpg advantage in its 21-mpg highway rating. Both score 15 mpg EPA city. It’ll be interesting to see where this new EcoBoost’s mileage lands when the EPA tests it.
The 10-speed transmission is the first of its kind in a truck and is a very similar unit to the 10-speed that’s being installed in 2017 Camaros.
As we continue down the road of ever-tightening mileage standards, Ford has made it clear that, in addition to adopting aluminum construction for the F-150, the company sees the answers to present and future challenges as being outside the usual gas-or-diesel-V8s approach. Full-sized trucks were once pure cash cows, where decades-old tech could generate huge profit margins.
Not anymore, and it wasn’t so long ago that you’d think it’d be a supercar running a twin-turbocharged V6 through a 10-speed tranny. Now it’s an F-150 doing it, and we can’t wait to try one.


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It’s Sunday again, and that means another opportunity to visit with my friends and see what they’re working on. It also means I have the pleasure of sharing a few “snippets” from my own work. Last week, I shared a few lines from “Keeping Faith”, the second book of my “Sunset” series. It’s scheduled for release from Secret Cravings Publishing in July.
Today, I’m sharing a little more from the story. I do hope this arouses a little curiosity. Please, leave a comment and let me know what you think of this excerpt. It’s from the opening pages of the story.
Awful thing when a man didn’t want to see his own mother.
Tom Henderson figured he ought to be glad — damned glad — she was coming to Sunset, but all he really felt was a lot of guilt. Or maybe it was shame. Most likely, a good dose of both.
But how else was he supposed to feel? No point mincing words. Some truths couldn’t be avoided. His mother was a drunk, a whore, and she’d killed a man. Now, she’d arrived on the afternoon stage, she’d be living right there in Sunset, and it would be Tom’s responsibility to look after her. Little wonder he wasn’t exactly thrilled by the prospect.
“You’re late, damn it.” Charlotte Henderson stood at the stage depot, her hands fisted on her broad hips. “I swear, you’ve never been on time once in your life.” As her son drew near, her eyes narrowed. “Probably out screwing around to all hours last night, weren’t you?” The summer breeze ruffled her dirty blonde hair. She threw back her head and laughed. “That’s my boy, all right. At least you know how to have a good time, I’ll give you that. Never mind your poor, old mother waiting on you.” Before he could stop her, she rushed forward and clasped her arms around his neck. “So, was she a pretty one, Tommy? Or just cheap and easy?”
“Ma, stop it,” he said, reaching up to disentangle himself from her smothering embrace. “I wasn’t out fooling around.”
“Why the hell not?” Stepping back, the woman eyed the tall cowboy who stood before her. Her son. Her pride and joy. That’s what she’d called him from the day he’d been born. “Something wrong with you?”
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Book 1 of “The Sunset Series” — Not the Marrying Kind — is now available from your favorite online booksellers. During the month of March, all royalties from sales of Not the Marrying Kind will be donated to Reach Out and Read, an organization dedicated to early childhood literacy.
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Kladno received European grant to support the transformation of urban energy
As the only city from the Czech Republic, Kladno succeeded in applying for a one-year grant from the European City Facility (EUCF), which will mean a contribution of 60,000 euros. The largest city in Central Bohemia will use it to prepare investment projects for the so-called smart, nature-friendly energy, which has become one of its priorities in the last two years. The grant agreement will be signed by the city in the next few days.
The EUCF is already the second project from the European Commission’s major research and innovation support programme HORIZON 2020, the support of which Kladno has managed to gain on its way to sustainable energy. The city also became part of the five-year prestigious international SPARCS project in 2019, bringing together 31 partner organizations from seven European cities. Like SPARCS, the EUCF focuses on the future economically sustainable development of European cities, which will be both nature and human friendly. In addition to Kladno, 25 European cities from, for example, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania or Slovenia received a new grant.
„The EUCF is designed to provide technical support for the preparation of investment projects. The funding from the grant will serve us to acquire studies, analyses and other supporting materials for the development of efficient energy and water management. Thanks to them, we can work together to prepare concrete investments with experts in relevant fields without imposing a burden on the city budget. Of course, it is important to repair roads and pavements, invest in schools, etc., and while it may seem that the development of sustainable energy and climate protection are some way off, it is now clear that they are already unavoidable issues at the municipal and urban level,“ stated the Development Councillor of Kladno and added: „In the EUCF, even with regard to the objectives of the SPARCS project, there will be an investment plan, a kind of simplified feasibility study for selected investment projects. These will follow up, for example, energy savings, the use of renewable energy, heating or suitable adaptation measures to climate change. From this overview, the city will then be able to gradually select the investments it will make in the coming years.“
An essential condition for receiving a EUCF grant was the existence of an energy strategy, which Kladno fulfilled by the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP). The city completed it in May this year also through participation in the SPARCS project.
„In SECAP, among other measures, we commit ourselves to reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 2019 and to increase the city’s resilience to the effects of climate change. This also corresponds with the SPARCS objectives, so we will actually be able to raise funds for the preparation of investment projects, which correspond not only with the city’s overall energy vision, but also with commitments under the international project,“ said David Škorňa, the city SPARCS a EUCF coordinator.
For example, Kladno will need a detailed study for the intended installation of photovoltaic systems on the city buildings. „Electricity generation would be a very interesting economic opportunity for the city in the future, not only to cover consumption in urban buildings but also for the possibility of selling to the distribution network. Due to increasing electricity prices, other cities in the Czech Republic are considering these interesting strategies. Of course, this requires a number of analyses and reflections,“ remark Ondřej Rys.


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In our final challenge with the Bloodaxe Archive, we’re asking you to pay attention – almost as if you were making your own archive. Note down and photograph your week, and use the materials you gather to create a new poem(s). Find out more…
This challenge is now closed. Congratulations to the winners, whose poems you can read in the sidebar. Congratulations, too, to the longlisted poets whose work impressed the judges: Emma Barclay, Joyce Chen, Jack Cooper, Miriam Culy, Eleanor Fullwood, Rachael Harris, Matilda Houston-Brown, Tallulah Howarth, Nadia Lines, Amber Marino, Marina McCready, Em Quinton, Abigail Rosario, Ella Standage, Ella Stanton, Elspeth Wilson and Alannah Young.
The challenge: For one week, keep a notebook and/or photograph objects every day, to inspire a short poem(s) of up to 20 lines.
‘As a child, I kept a diary that had a small lock. It became a notebook of secret thoughts. Later, I began carrying small notebooks around with me wherever I went. In them, I captured the moments of my day: something I saw or heard, images, pressed leaves or petals, sketches and doodles. I wrote in pencil so it would be easy to erase, but I never erased.
These notebooks helped me to remember my days and the words and phrases that had occurred to me, and these sometimes helped to inspire my poems. Eventually, I began writing in them: poems, fragments, notes and stories. I have over one hundred and fifty little notebooks now. Keeping them has become part of my writing process.’
Carolyn Forché, poet and author
We’ve been inspired by Carolyn Forché’s method of gathering materials for her poems: recording snippets of conversations, interesting images, and even collecting physical objects like pressed flowers. She’s almost creating an archive of her every day. Collecting things like this is a way of noticing, of paying attention, and this will reward you with detailed and precise poems.
So, for this last Bloodaxe Archive challenge, we’re asking you to record your week in a similar way, to inspire a new poem or poems.
Record your week! There are a couple of ways you can do this:
Keep a notebook for a week. Record your thoughts, ideas, dreams, experiences, interesting things you overhear or read in a physical notebook, or on a phone, computer or other device. You can also collect small objects, like Carolyn Forché does.
What you write down doesn’t have to be profound, or even interesting – if you’re struggling to begin, write down what you did that day. Summarise a conversation you had. Record a quote from a book, the internet, a friend. Just try to write something down every day.
Take photos of objects during the week. You might like to capture objects that you use daily like a toothbrush, or which mean a lot to you or another person, or are unusual in their colour or texture. Try photographing something so close-up you almost can’t tell what it is.
You can use a phone, device or camera – they don’t have to be printed out – and you can interpret the word ‘object’ however you like. You can also draw pictures of objects, or cut out pictures from magazines or newspapers if you like.
Stuck? Take a photo of water (in any form) every day. Or something green. Or your shoes. Or your dinner. You don’t have to keep to a pattern though – follow what intrigues you and gather as much material as you can.
At the end of the week, look back through what you’ve gathered. Do any of the objects you’ve photographed remind you of any of your written thoughts or dreams? Put the photos in different orders: could you tell a story from them?
Write your poem(s) inspired by your week’s records. We recommend reading poems from the Bloodaxe Archive about objects to spark off some ideas (see below) – but your poem can be any kind of response to your notebook and objects.
Each poem must be no longer than twenty lines. Here are some prompts to get you started…
- Add a person to the mix. Are they using it, looking at it, destroying it, the owner of it? Are they a book/TV/film character, a celebrity or someone you know, or someone totally invented? How do they feel about the object and why?
- Put an object in an unusual setting. A handbag on the moon. Why is it there?
- Describe an object for a Martian. How can you make someone who’s never seen a shoe understand what a shoe is? (Read ‘A Martian Sends a Postcard Home’ for more of an idea.)
- Start a poem with a phrase from your notebook. Make every line in your poem end with a different object you photographed. You can edit this later but it’s a good way to force yourself to include concrete imagery!
- Define all the objects you have and then make it strange!
- What is the purpose of each object? What does it smell/taste/feel/sound/look like? e.g. This glove is an item of clothing that keeps my hands warm in the winter. This tree is a tall plant with a hard trunk…
- Now replace the names of the objects with something you wrote about that week in your notebook, e.g. My dad is an item of clothing that keeps my hands warm in the winter. He is a tall plant with a hard trunk.
- Now edit it so it makes a bit more sense, e.g. My dad keeps my hands warm in the winter, or try making a list poem out of all the definitions, e.g. My dad is: …
Get inspired by the Bloodaxe Archive
See how other poets have done it by searching the treasure trove that is the Bloodaxe Archive.
- Go to ncl.ac.uk and click on the icon ‘Words’.
- On the drop-down menu, explore the archive through the theme of ‘material’.
- Words related to ‘material’ will now appear at the bottom of the page. Choose one of the object words, such as ‘Paper’ or ‘Wood’ to find a poem.
- On the map of interconnecting dots, choose a poem which features your chosen object, or at random! Read on and get inspired…
Steve Ellis ‘Found on a Junk Stall’ from Home and Away (1987)
What is the significance of the notebook found in the junk stall? What histories do your photographed objects contain?
Jackie Kay: ‘Dusting the phone’, from Other Lovers (1993)
How effective are the comparisons of ‘The future’ to ‘a long gloved hand’ or ‘an empty cup’? How could you turn your objects into metaphors?
Keep searching the archive until you find something that inspires you.
Selected poets will be published on Young Poets Network and sent an exclusive Young Poets Network notebook, Bloodaxe poetry books and other goodies, and invited to perform at the prestigious Newcastle Poetry Festival in May 2020. Please note: the 2020 Newcastle Poetry Festival has been cancelled due to the pandemic. We aim to invite the first-prize winner of this challenge to the 2021 festival.
How to enter
This challenge is for writers aged up to 25 based anywhere in the world (though we can’t pay international expenses to attend the poetry festival). The deadline is midnight, Monday 20 April 2020. You can send a poem written down, or a recording as a video or as an audio file. If you are sending a written version of your poem, please type it into the body of your email. If you are sending a video or audio file, please attach it to the email (making sure it’s no bigger than 4MB or it won’t come through) or send us a link to where we can see/hear it. You can enter as many poems as you like, and you can include as much of your notebooks and photos as you’d like to.
Send your poem(s) to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Bloodaxe Archive challenge #4’, along with your name, date of birth/age, gender, the county (or, if you’re not from the UK, the country) you live in, and how you found out about this challenge (e.g. YPN email/Twitter/Instagram/through a teacher/through a friend etc.). This data is used for statistical purposes and help us reach as wide an audience as possible. These anonymised statistics will be shared with our partner Newcastle University.
If you are aged 12 or younger on Monday 20 April 2020, you will need to ask a parent/guardian to complete this permission form; otherwise, unfortunately we cannot consider your entry due to data protection laws.
We welcome entries from schools and youth groups. Use this class entry form to enter students from your class or group.
The Poetry Society offices are currently closed and staff are working from home. Please do not post entries during this time. If you are having trouble submitting, please email [email protected]
If you would like us to add you to the Young Poets Network mailing list, include ‘add me to the mailing list’ in the subject line of the email. If you would like us to confirm that we’ve received your entry, include ‘confirm receipt’ in the subject line. You may refuse to provide information about yourself.
You might also want to enter this poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, with a chance to win some amazing prizes and further development opportunities. We can do that for you. If you are aged 11-17 on 31 July 2020 and would like us to automatically enter your poem into the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, please write in the subject line ‘Enter me into Foyle’ and provide us with your date of birth, school name (if applicable) and home address (so we can send you a Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award anthology next year) in the body of the email. Please note: published work is not eligible for entry into the Foyle Award, so winners and commended YPN challenge poems will not be entered into the Foyle Award.
By entering, you give permission for Young Poets Network, The Poetry Society and Newcastle University to reproduce your poem in print and online in perpetuity, though copyright remains with you. Please do be sure to check through the general Terms and Conditions for YPN challenges as well.
If you require this information in an alternative format (such as Easy Read, Braille, Large Print or screenreader friendly formats), or need any assistance with your entry, please contact us at [email protected].
Published March 2020


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Representing: Newark, New Jersey
For fans of: Busta Rhymes
Single from: Doc’s da Name 2000
Produced by: Rockwilder
Song of the Day: January 4, 2017
Label(s): Def Jam Recordings
It could be due to the style of rap he decided to make, but we needed it in the nineties. Redman and Busta Rhymes were two rappers who seemed to be “animated” as the famous Marcy Projects-representer would say. It is not to say the gentlemen couldn’t rough anyone up. They just decided to be the comic relief. I’ll speak for myself. I enjoyed both of them. Hence, why I’ve decided to share the video for ‘I’ll Bee Dat!’ as my Song of the Day. Watch the comedic video below.
I still laugh at the part when the female biker riders into the parked vehicle in front of the projects. Not one of the men tried to help her up. Just, terrible. Moreover, I think ‘I’ll Bee Dat!’ rings true to whatever people want to call you in the event of exposing them. It is like an anthem for the unpopular people around you—or you—if you fit the description. Play this one loud. It is from 1998; That is enough reason.


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Rachel Zoe is, without a doubt, a brand. She’s a celebrity, she’s a TV star, she’s a fashionista. She’s a wife, she’s a comedian, she’s a business woman. She has a newsletter, she has an assistant (several of them!), and she has a lot of clothes. But at the heart of things, however often we may forget, Rachel Zoe is a stylist — and amazing one at that.
We tend to see Zoe most often in the mainstream media. She’s styled shoots for Harper’s Bazaar, visits with us weekly on Bravo’s The Rachel Zoe Project, and works with household brand names like Piperlime and QVC.
But the truth is, if you really knew Zoe, you’d know that her style and taste far exceeds her mass market appeal. She may speak of Chanel and Louboutin, but more avant garde names occupy her fashion vocabulary as well. And more independent magazines strike her fancy, too.
When we heard she was slated to style a shoot for Love Magazine‘s 4 issue, we were elated. Rachel Zoe and Katie Grand, together at last! We couldn’t think of a better meeting of the minds. And the black and white, four-page spread didn’t disappoint. Zoe styled model Ginta Lapina, the face of Miu Miu‘s Fall campaign, in the perfect mix of Zoe-centric fashion (aka. a faux fur coat), and high fashion accents.
In addition to loving the photos, we’re thrilled Zoe took the opportunity to remind us, and everyone else, what she does best: styling.
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