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October is a whole lot of things, many of them awesome. First full month of fall, Halloween time, the time to flaunt your pink for Breast Cancer Awareness, National Pizza Month. It's also the month in which we get a reminder to always stand up for the little guy, the big guy and every guy in between. In other words, National Bullying Awareness Month.
A bully is someone who needs to feel powerful. It's someone who uses their physical strength, their social clout or their knowledge of potentially reputation-damaging or embarrassing information to hurt someone physically, emotionally, socially or otherwise. Bullies will almost always defend their actions by labeling them as honesty, as humor or by flat-out denial and blaming of the victim.Bullying certainly isn't anything new. It's been a thing since Homer Erectus beat up Captain Caveman for his lunch money and called him a hairy beast in front of all the other cave dwellers. It will probably be going on when our children's children are merely footnotes in the history books. But what is new(ish) is cyberbullying. And it's happening with frightening frequency and intensity.
The ease and availability of technology give bullies a 24/7 opportunity for cruelty and the Internet provides distance and anonymity to hide easily behind. Bullycide, suicide as a result of being bullied, is on the rise. Amanda Todd, 15, is the most recent, but far from the only, teen that has suffered crippling depression and anxiety leading to her bullycide.
Bullying is not just for kids. Adults are frequent targets, especially women. Adults can suffer the same depression, anxiety and hopelessness at the hands of a bully. They can also lose their social standing in the community and/or with friends. They can lose employment due to embarrassing information being released or due to depression or anxiety related issues. And adults don't have much recourse against their bullies.
What can you do about it?
Open your big mouth, to start. Talk to your kids about what bullying looks like, what to do if they're being bullied, what to do if they see someone else being bullied.
Be the example. Show your kids what respectful behavior looks like. Bullies learn bullying at home. The same goes for kindness. Our biggest strength is our own actions.
Open your big mouth again. Speak up immediately if you witness someone being bullied. Remove the person being bullied from the situation. If it's happening online, talk to the parents of the kid being bullied and of the bully.
In the case of adult bullying, let the bully know their behavior is unacceptable and then don't give them any more attention. Adult bullies thrive on keeping the drama going. Click away, block them on social media, avoid contact if at all possible.
Surround yourself with others that share your values and treat you, and others, with respect.
I want my kid to grow up in a world where it's safe to be himself, to be different and to explore what the world, and the Internet, has to offer without worrying about haters hating. I want all our kids to have that. All it takes is a little bit of prevention on our part and the resolution to take the pledge and stand up.
Joules Freiboth is a writer and former social worker who lives in Aloha. She is a member of the Argus Community Writers program and blogs at LucidLotusLife.


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A combo image shows Adele signing a bride dress while performing at her Las Vegas show.
Adele has delighted a pair of newlyweds after she congratulated them and signed the bride’s wedding dress while performing at her Las Vegas show over the weekend.
The singer, who is playing her residency called “Weekends with Adele” at Caesar’s Palace until 25 March, was in the middle of singing her song “When We Were Young” when she stopped to greet the couple.
Hair colour specialist Gaby, from Sacramento, and her new husband Evan went to Adele’s show immediately after their wedding ceremony.
They both posted videos of the moment on their social media, which showed the 34-year-old songstress asking them if they had just gotten married as they were still in their wedding outfits.
After confirming that they had, Adele screamed with happiness alongside the couple and congratulated them.
She was able to get a marker while the bride spread out a section of the bottom of her wedding dress for her to sign.
Adele continued to sing as she signed the dress, before waving goodbye to the couple and carrying on her walkabout through the venue.
Posting the video on Instagram, Gaby wrote: “Weekends with Adele. My world is made - found the love of my life and this man was determined to have Adele sing at our wedding... Seven years later all our dreams came true. Thank you Adele for creating the memory of a lifetime for us.”
Evan also posted the same clip and wrote: “Adele please excuse my clammy hands. This was my most major fan girl moment lol. 3/3/23.”
He also shared a photograph of Adele beaming at the couple the moment she found out they had just gotten married and wrote: “Gaby and I when we met you, Adele.”
The video has been shared on other social media platforms, with many praising Adele for making the couple’s big day even more special.
The groom matching the bride’s shenanigans makes me feel like they’ll have a long and happy marriage,” one person wrote.
Fans were also impressed by how the “Easy On Me” singer continued belting out her song while signing the dress.
“I’m screaming at how she’s casually still singing,” one noted, while another said: “My god, Adele can do everything at the same time, sing well and still sign an autograph, she really is our queen.”
A third added: “Adele really is one of the sweetest people. Like she truly appreciates her supporters.”
Last week, Adele sparked rumours that she is herself engaged to boyfriend Rich Paul after it was reported by celebrity gossip site Deux Moi in a newsletter.
Deux Moi cited “very reliable sources” as saying that “Adele and Rich Paul are planning a summer wedding”.
The singer further fuelled the rumours after she was seen wearing a huge diamond ring on her wedding finger at one of her Las Vegas shows.
However, similar speculation began in 2022 after she was seen on The Graham Norton Show wearing a diamond ring. She shut it down by telling the host: “If I was, would I ever tell anyone if I was or wasn’t?”
The British superstar had been scheduled to start a three-month residence at the Caesars Palace Hotel in what were to be her first live appearances since 2017.
Adele has been opening up to fans while on stage in Vegas. She wept this month as she spoke about the importance of having good friends "when relationships fall apart".
She also defeated 'One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett', Norm Macdonald's Netflix special, and the Harry Potter 20th anniversary special 'Return to Hogwarts'.
Taking to Instagram stories, Tamannah on Monday re-shared posts from her fans, congratulating her for completing 19 years in the industry.
They were rejected by the official Paris Salon system of exhibitions so they put on their own shows, a move that was considered rebellious at the time.
The winners and runner-ups were presented their awards in 10 diverse categories, as well as an overall winner, all sharing part of an impressive prize pool of $60,000.

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Dr Jyoti Atwal (Jawaharlal Nehru University) delivered the annual VV Giri Lecture at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin.
“Margaret Cousins (1878-1954) in India and Ireland: Revisiting Suffragettes, National Ideals and Anti Imperialist Politics”
Years 1915-1916 hold special significance in the history of India and Ireland. Politically, the radical anti imperialist groups acquired confidence in the belief that revolution was achievable through armed uprising. Historians of anti imperialist movements (Chandra:1989; Josh:1992; Mukherjee:2005; Malley:2008) have pointed out to the international impact on the Indian freedom movement. The presence of VV Giri in Ireland and of Margaret Cousins in India during 1916 is highly significant. Their unique international experiences prepared them for an anti colonial methodology which included constitutionalism, Gandhian Satyagraha (passive resistance) and socialism. Margaret, an Irish suffragette and a founder of Irish Women’s Franchise League (1908) with Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, sailed for India with her husband, James, when the suffragette activism was at its peak.
This paper seeks to explore how feminist scholars have attempted to ‘put women into history’ in Ireland (Murphy:1992; Daly:2008;Paseta:2013;Urqhart:2001) and India (Basu:1990; Forbes:1996; Kumar:1993). I will focus on the period from 1916 till 936 when Margaret and James were actively engaged in the political life of India. I seek to address three themes – one, the question of politics of collectivity; second, creation of national ideals and thirdly, issues of economic reconstruction.
Dr Jyoti Atwal is Associate Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India & Adjunct Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland (September 2017- August 2022).
She engages with issues pertaining to Indian women in the reformist, nationalist and contemporary perspectives; socio cultural and religious aspects of women’s lives in colonial and post colonial India; women’s agenda and the nation; autobiographies of women and narratives of the personal and the political domains; politics of representations of gender relations in colonial India; dalit (low caste) women’s history.
She has recently published a book entitled Real and Imagined Widows: Gender Relations in Colonial North India, Delhi: Primus, 2016. She has recently introduced a new course on Women in Ireland: Reforms, Movements and Revolutions (1840-1930)’ for post graduate students at JNU.
Currently, Dr Atwal is researching on an Irish suffragist in colonial India – Margaret Cousins (1878-1954). She has been a Visiting Faculty at Dublin City University in 2013; Trinity College Dublin Long Room Fellow in 2012. She is a member of the executive team of the India Studies Centre Cork at University College Cork and a member of the editorial board of Women’s History Review (UK, Routledge).

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Imagine being let go from your employer, not for poor performance or lack of ability, but because you are LGBT. Blatant acts of discrimination are allowed under law in many states. In fact, in many states it's still legal to fire someone because they are lesbian, gay or trans.
Are there any protections for LGBT workers?
Several states prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, but many others do not (see the list below). As yet, there is no federal law that protects LGBT from workplace discrimination. ENDA, or the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, is a pending federal law that disallows employers with at least 15 employees to discriminate in hiring and employment practices based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This includes firing, refusal to hire or refusal to promote LGBT employees.
The path to gaining equal protections under ENDA has not been a simple one. The bill has been introduced in every Congress since 1994 (except the 109th) without success. Openly gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) reintroduced the bill to the House of Representatives in 2011. Frank's bill extended the bill to include trans people who were removed in previous versions. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore) also introduced the bill in the Senate in November 2013 here it passed with bi-partisan support.
Why Isn't ENDA Law Yet?
Despite growing support, the bill has yet to pass the House. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has said he will not allow the House to vote on ENDA. He claims erroneously that "People are already protected in the workplace" and fits into a false belief held by many that LGBT people are already safe from being fired.
Is There Anything Being Done?
Yes. Pres. Obama has promised to sign an executive order that would prevent workplace discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender contractors. White House officials told Huffington Post in an interview that the mandate "builds upon existing protections, which generally prohibit federal contractors and subcontractor from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Today, millions of Americans in most states in the country go to work every day knowing they could lose their jobs simply because of who they are or who they love. No current federal law adequately protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workers from employment discrimination. That’s why the President has long supported federal legislation to explicitly prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity."
The order will complicate existing state laws that allow LGBT to be fired in the private sector and will set the stage for nationwide protections.
Which states protect LGBT people against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity?
* prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity
**prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public employment only
***prohibits discrimination based on gender identity in public employment only
****prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in public employment only
- District of Columbia*
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey*
- New Mexico*
- New York***
- Ohio**** (gender identity protections expired in 2011)
- Rhode Island*

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SC Federal’s merger wave continues
Charleston County Teachers Federal Credit Union has completed its merger into South Carolina Federal in North Charleston.
It was the third merger for the $2.1 billion-asset South Carolina Federal this year. It completed deals with Health Facilities FCU in March and Spartanburg City Employees CU in August.
In a notice to members when the deal was announced, Charleston County Teachers FCU said its board had concluded the merger could help increase efficiencies and operations of scale. The deal will provide enhanced product and service offerings to former members of the teachers’ credit union, including credit and debit cards, online banking and mortgages.
Charleston County Teachers Federal’s main office has closed due to market overlap; SC Federal has 24 locations across the state.
“We have served the Charleston area since 1936 and are proud that we have continued to grow alongside our community,” Scott Woods, president and CEO of South Carolina Federal, said in a press release. “We are thrilled to welcome our friends at Charleston County Teachers Federal Credit Union into the SC Federal family. We look forward to working together on everything from day-to-day transactions to more complex financial needs.”
Charleston County Teachers had just $1.8 million in assets and served fewer than 800 members before the merger, according to data from the National Credit Union Administration. Call reports show it lost more than $13,500 during the first three quarters of 2020, after earning more than $9,000 during the same period last year.

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Geoff Cameron has taken a shot at Bruce Arena after an apparent slight from the former U.S. national team coach during a Fox broadcast Tuesday.
After starting four of Arena's first five World Cup qualifiers in charge, the 32-year-old defender was benched for the final three matches — including last month's 2-1 loss to Trinidad & Tobago — as the U.S. missed out on Russia 2018.
Serving as a studio analyst for the Americans' 1-1 friendly draw with Portugal, Arena doubled down on his apparent lack of faith in Cameron by saying John Brooks and Matt Miazga likely would have been his starting center backs had the U.S. qualified for Russia.
"We had some injuries during the year, in particular at the center back position," Arena said. "John Brooks wasn't available for a long time and today we see John Brooks partnering up with Matt Miazga. If I were a betting man, I would have bet those two would have been our center backs at the World Cup."
Fox analyst Stuart Holden tweeted Arena's statement, leading Cameron to respond to his former U.S. and Houston Dynamo teammate by writing: "Good thing real coaches don't listen to studio analysts!"
😂😂🤣🤣 Good thing real coaches don’t listen to studio analysts ! Congrats on your debut— Geoff Cameron (@GeoffCameron) November 14, 2017
And Cameron wasn't done. Responding later to an ESPNFC video in which a panel of former players criticized Arena's lack of "self-awareness" for appearing as a pundit so soon after the World Cup failure, Cameron wrote: "Great analyst gentleman. Couldn't say it much better myself. #SelfAwareness."
Great analyst gentleman.— Geoff Cameron (@GeoffCameron) November 15, 2017
Couldn't say it much better myself. 😂 #SelfAwareness
Cameron, who was not summoned by U.S. interim coach Dave Sarachan for Tuesday's friendly because of a concussion, has started seven Premier League matches for Stoke City this season.


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An update will be issued when the alert level changes in any region. Alerts are issued once a day by 0900 if required and are not subject to amendment in between standard issue times. Note that the details of the forecast weather are valid at the time of issue but may change over the period that an alert remains in force. These details will not be updated here unless the alert level also changes, the latest forecast details can be obtained at the following link: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/#?tab=map
Regional Risk Assessments for occurrence of Cold Weather conditions between 09:00 Local Time on Monday and 23:59 Local Time on Thursday.
Very cold weather is expected across most of England this week, with widespread frosts overnight and temperatures struggling to rise above freezing in some places during the day. A band of rain and hill snow will move southwards during Monday, perhaps bringing some snow to low levels for a time overnight into Tuesday for central, eastern and south-eastern England. To the north of this band frequent snow showers will affect northeast England during Monday and Tuesday, with icy stretches developing. Another spell of rain, sleet and snow is likely for southern parts of England during Wednesday, then central and northern England are at risk of seeing periods of snow on Thursday and Friday.


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If you’re running for political office in America, camo is a good look. If a candidate can pull it off, it communicates that he or she is humble, earthy, in touch with the spirit of Real America. And if you can’t pull it off, you’re bumbling, a city slicker, an instant punchline — ask John Kerry.
The 1,000 congressmen, lobbyists, and assorted D.C. types assembled in a Washington ballroom one night in early October, it’s safe to say, have all pulled it off. The occasion: the annual banquet for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, a voluntary club of congressmen who advance the interests of America’s hunters and fishermen in Congress.
It wasn’t your typical D.C. banquet affair — most of them don’t raffle off specialty rifles and crossbows alongside cruises — but then again, the Sportsmen’s Caucus isn’t your typical caucus. Most congressional caucuses are symbolic and rarely active. At nearly 290 members — a majority of the entire United States Congress — the Sportsmen’s Caucus is by far the largest on Capitol Hill.
The theme of the dinner was “Honoring Sportsmen and Women: America’s True Conservationists.” For many members of the caucus — including its co-chair, Rep. Tim Walz — preserving America’s natural environment and animal habitats is the key focus of the caucus.
To the lobbyists and industry representatives present, however, the event is something like hitting the jackpot: access to scores of members of Congress, from both parties, from impressionable freshmen to seasoned vets, all gathering in one room around a shared interest. The “title sponsors” of the banquet — those who forked over the most cash to the foundation — were the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Vista Outdoor Inc. Respectively, they are the country’s second-largest gun lobby and one of its largest ammunition manufacturers.
The banquet is a distillation of the tension at the heart of the Sportsmen’s Caucus: it pursues a stated mission of conservation, but expanding hunting opportunities is good for retailers, and good for gun manufacturers — and gives the latter an opportunity to burnish its image as standard-bearer of a time-honored American tradition. Not to mention easy access to sympathetic ears in Congress.
That access comes in the form of numerous opportunities that exist for gun industry representatives to interact with caucus members. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation — the nonprofit charitable group that holds the banquet and provides research and other services to the caucus — is heavily supported by the gun industry. It’s come under scrutiny from pro- gun-control activists for being too cozy with the gun lobby and pursuing an explicit political agenda.
Some in the caucus — like Walz — admit that this kind of gun politics has undermined the caucus’ work in the past. In the face of increased scrutiny of the gun lobby — and its increased power and influence — can the Sportsmen’s Caucus separate the volatility of gun politics and the gun lobby from its mission of conservation and hunting tradition? Does it even want to?
A conservationist caucus
The biggest extra-curricular club on Capitol Hill began in 1988, established by a Democrat, Rep. Lindsay Thomas of Georgia, and a Republican, Rep. Richard Schulze of Pennsylvania. The idea was to focus on traditional issues hunters and fishermen cared about: public land access and conservation of those lands to ensure availability of game to hunt and fish.
Seventh District Rep. Collin Peterson, a longtime caucus member and former co-chair, says it was formed partly out of sportsmen’s desire to influence environmental policy. “People back at that time thought the environmental people had too much say about things, and conservation people who were more interested in wildlife and hunting weren’t being listened to,” he says.
Shortly after the caucus was founded, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, was established to serve as a resource for members of the caucus: providing research, connections with the hunting and fishing industry, and a way to raise tax-exempted money for caucus activities.
The caucus and the foundation are separate entities, but they have steadily grown together in the years since their foundings. Both have worked hard to expand the sportsmen’s legislative focus beyond Washington: beginning in the 1990s, congressional leaders worked to establish legislative caucuses on the state level. Today, the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses is active in every statehouse except Rhode Island and Hawaii. 33 governors are members of the Governor’s Sportsmen’s Caucus.
In Washington, 286 lawmakers — 61 senators and 225 House members — count themselves as members of the Sportsmen’s Caucus. Its leaders, members, and sponsors laud the bipartisan composition of the group at almost every opportunity: they routinely refer to it as the “most bipartisan group on the Hill,” and as a healthy antidote to the partisan antipathy that dominates Washington.
For the most part, the praise is not unfounded: about 50 congressional Democrats are members, and the leadership is divided equally among the parties. Among the Minnesota delegation, Democratic Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar are members, as are Republican Reps. John Kline, Erik Paulsen, and Tom Emmer. Along with Walz and Peterson, Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan is a member.
Mixed legislative focus
There might be no other caucus that is quite as reflective of the whole legislative branch than the Sportsmen’s, says Walz, who has served as one of four co-chairs of the caucus since the beginning of 2015. “The caucus includes people who would characterize themselves as environmentalists, and then there are other people who characterize themselves as deer hunters — straight up,” Walz says.
For the most part, members of the caucus broadly agree on key conservation issues. Walz and other members frequently classify conservation as the most important thing they focus on. In his chairmanship, Walz has sought to put a special focus on how outdoor activities from hunting to hiking benefit local economies.
Since 2011, the centerpiece of the Sportsmen’s Caucus’ agenda has been the so-called Sportsmen’s Package, a bill containing a collection of the group’s most desired items. Members of the caucus have introduced versions of the legislation in the past three Congresses; none have passed.
Broadly, the package focuses on specific policy points that would benefit hunters, fishermen, and their associated industries. There isn’t much in the way of substantial conservation measures, but there are several items that would give hunters more opportunities to hunt while facing fewer restrictions and penalties from the government.
A top-line item in the bill, for example, would give states more power to build shooting ranges on public land. Another section mandates that lands managed by certain federal agencies be automatically open to hunting and fishing unless specifically closed. Another directs federal funds to improve access to hunting areas that are difficult to get to. The two most conservation-oriented components of the bill would simply reauthorize existing government conservation programs, like the National Wetlands Conservation Act.
Perhaps the most contentious item in the package — and the first one listed on the foundation’s website — is anathema to many advocates of the environment: it would strike Environmental Protection Agency restrictions on the use of ammunition and fishing tackle that contains lead. It would also prevent the government from setting future lead content restrictions in most cases. Environmental groups, such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, questioned why a bill that would make the use of lead more prevalent would be promoted by a group ostensibly interested in environmental conservation.
Beyond that, a report from the nonpartisan, in-house Congressional Research Service called the bill’s language relating to use of public lands “imprecise” and said it could “allow any activity related to fishing, hunting or wildlife conservation to be conducted in wilderness areas.” Each version of the Sportsmen’s Package has been endorsed by various gun industry groups, including the National Rifle Association.
According to Walz, arguments within the caucus over topics like lead and the usage of federal land are some of the most heated ones they have. But he emphasizes it’s a positive process. “When we write our Sportsmen’s Bill, there’s some good, healthy tension about what should be included,” he said. “It’s how I think people would like to think all legislation is done…It brings us together around a common cause: we work together, fashion legislation, and then usher it through the process.”
Wading into gun policy
Beyond the items that would simply give sportsmen more opportunities to use guns, ammunition, and fishing tackle, the Sportsmen’s Package isn’t exactly laden with controversial gun policy. While not everyone would agree that opening up more public lands to gun use is a good thing, it’s hardly as charged a topic as, say, a ban on assault weapons.
But there’s no denying that, at times, members of the caucus — and the foundation that provides them with research — has advanced a pro-gun agenda on those more contentious points.
On the foundation’s website, there is a walk-through of the caucus’ official history: it lists a 25-year record of successes, many of which were also clear victories for the gun industry.
On the federal level, the foundation praised caucus members for helping pass the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in 2005. The law, which protects firearms manufacturers from litigation when their products are used to commit crimes, was hailed by the NRA as the most significant pro-gun law in 20 years.
The leanings of the foundation are further illuminated by the research it publishes to advise state legislators through the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses. On the topic of assault weapons bans, analysis from the foundation came down strongly against them. “Such bans/limits come at high costs to firearm manufactures and consumers, with little to no evidence these measures reduce crime,” the official paper said.
The price of gun politics
At times, this special focus on gun policy appears to detract from the caucus’ ability to achieve its overall goals. Take the story of last year’s Sportsmen’s Package, which got derailed partly because of the lightning-rod effect of gun politics.
In July of 2014, the package had picked up 46 co-sponsors in the Senate and was expected to have plenty of votes to secure passage. As it advanced, however, senators attached nearly 100 amendments to the bill. Some were relevant to sporting — like one addressing the length of red snapper fishing season in the Gulf of Mexico — but others, like one that would have voided the District of Columbia’s strict gun control laws, were not.
To spare vulnerable members of his party from a vote on gun control in an election year, then-majority leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, pushed the bill for floor consideration without amendments, effectively killing it.
Senators from both parties, many of whom lined up to initially support the bill, descended into partisan finger-pointing over what went wrong. Looking back, Walz said that “two senators decided to make a gun issue on an obscure piece that I don’t think fit…one senator can change the whole dynamic.”
The law has been re-introduced in both chambers this year, and the House version received a mark-up in committee last week — a key step on the way to consideration on the floor. Caucus members say they are determined to pass it this year.
Guns, firms and meals
In some ways, the caucus’ advocacy of gun rights makes sense; after all, the hunter can’t claim that trophy buck without access to plenty of ammo and the right to bring her rifle into its habitat. But to some advocates, the closeness between the caucus and the industry, fostered by the Congressional Sportmen’s Foundation, is unseemly.
Po Murray of Newtown, Connecticut, is one of those advocates. She was a parent at Sandy Hook Elementary School who helped start the Newton Action Alliance, a gun-control advocacy group, after the horrific school shooting occurred there in 2012. “It’s deplorable that members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus would wine and dine and rub shoulders with gun executives,” Murray said.
Connections between the nonprofit Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and the broader firearms industry run deeper than an annual banquet, however. The activities of the Foundation — research, speaker series, etc. — are underwritten by a long list of sponsors connected to the industry. They also contribute to the slate of fundraisers and recreational events that the foundation holds every year, such as the Annual Congressional Shootout, a welcome reception for new members of Congress, and a “Changing of the Guard” dinner to introduce new caucus leadership.
A New York Times report from 2013 showed the foundation touting to potential donors the rewards of contributing, suggesting a significant return on investment through access to legislators. That pitch continues to resonate: during the 2012-2013 fiscal year — the most recent year for which records are available — the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation collected over $3.5 million in contributions.
Sponsors may also get the opportunity to give informational presentations to members of Congress through the foundation. In April of this year, a representative from the American Suppressor Association, a trade group for manufacturers of devices that make gunshots quieter, gave a CSF-hosted “Breakfast Briefing” to members. He made the case that silencers — which reduce ear-damaging noise for hunters but were also favored tools for gangsters and spies — get an unfairly bad rap, and went on to detail the lengthy, bureaucratic regulatory process in place for purchasing them.
Jeff Crane, president of the foundation, said before the presentation that “there are some real threats not only to this industry, but to our gun culture that we continue to see potentially coming out of the federal government…we’re gonna ask you as members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus to take a look at this issue.” The policy suggestion framing the industry talk was clear.
This kind of activity is common and totally legal, according to Matt Rumsey, senior policy analyst at the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit that focuses on government transparency. “There are pretty clear rules about what they’re allowed and not allowed to do,” he says, most of which have to do with usage of additional government resources toward caucus or foundation activities. There’s no evidence that the Sportsmen’s Caucus or Foundation has violated any of these rules.
In a statement, the National Shooting Sports Foundation said that, like many other industries, they “openly work on Capitol Hill in a truly bipartisan way to represent their interest in preserving and protecting their hunting traditions,” adding that caucus members view the foundation as a “valuable resource.” A Walz spokesperson said in a statement that “interacting with folks who are experts in a variety of different issue areas is something members of Congress do every day as they weigh how policy decisions impact the lives of Americans.”
Gun-control activists aren’t buying it. “It seems like a clear conflict of interest to me,” says Ladd Everitt with the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. “Why we’re in this predicament…is because these guys want a free lunch and a free shoot,” he says, adding that the focus of the caucus would look much different if they were only interested in recreational shooting.
That point is a favored one for the gun lobby’s most vocal opponents in Congress, including Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat. He told the New York Times that the gun lobby’s “association with the Sportsmen’s Caucus plays up this mythology that they speak for sportsmen when, increasingly they don’t…they represent views that help gun manufacturers.”
Murphy told MinnPost that an overwhelming majority of gun owners support background checks, something the NRA opposes. (The Sportsmen’s Caucus doesn’t have a clear position on the issue.) “Hunters in my state don’t want criminals owning guns,” he said. Everitt of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence played up the disconnect between hunters and the lobby: “For a group of moderate gun owners just interested in hunting and recreation, there is no institution to turn to right now in the pro-gun movement to forge that type of relationship,” he said.
Members deny undue influence
Tim Walz has a solidly pro-gun record in Congress: the NRA, which assigns a letter grade to each member, gave him an A. In a lengthy conversation with MinnPost, however, Walz was frank about the role of gun politics in the caucus and how it relates to its broader mission.
“We’re not shying away from it…but we won’t lose the Sportsmen’s Caucus over a fishing rod. We do lose it over guns sometimes,” he said.
Walz also disputed the basis of Murphy’s claim that the NRA doesn’t represent sportsmen. “No doubt, the NRA is loud and has a place that is well known…but sportsmen fall across that spectrum,” he said. “This is part of what’s hard about this…everyone gets grouped together. If you have a gun position it’s either this position or that position, there’s no room on the continuum.”
Rep. Ron Kind, a Wisconsin Democrat and former caucus co-chair, echoed Walz’s statements, and said the group is hardly captive to special interests. “I’ve never seen the gun lobby trying to exert undue influence or try to drive an agenda with the caucus,” he said. “We’re very protective of it… it would be wrong for any interest group, let alone the NRA, to co-opt the purpose of having the Sportsmen’s Caucus.”
Kind added that diversity of viewpoints was key to the health of the group. “We don’t pre-screen any of this… all the more reason we have to get together, to listen to each other, and focus on the common ground that does exist.”
“You need counterintuitive coalitions to get to a common goal,” Walz said.
Indeed, some caucus members push back openly against the gun lobby’s influence on the group.
Sen. Al Franken is one of a handful of Senate Democrats in the caucus, and in a statement he emphasized his support of “responsible gun ownership” and Minnesota’s “long tradition of hunting and recreation.”
Eighth District Rep. Rick Nolan is perhaps one of the most liberal members of the caucus. He is a lifelong hunter and a self-described Second Amendment supporter, but he has been a bête noire for the gun-industry supporters of the foundation. Nolan has an F rating from the NRA for his support of various gun control measures like extensive background checks. The gun lobby spent millions trying to defeat him in 2014, and Nolan even says the NRA’s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, spent several days in his district for that exact purpose.
Nolan is as much a fan of the caucus as anyone, but as a progressive, he has a unique vantage point from which to give his take on the group’s politics. “One of the reasons why I like to become a part of the Sportsmen’s Caucus is to push back,” Nolan said. “It’s not all about having assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, we need public land set aside to conserve for hunting and fishing.”
“You can have all the guns you want, but if there isn’t any wild game out there, what are you gonna do with the sporting goods?”
History, tradition, heritage
There was no wild game on hand at the Sportsmen’s Caucus annual shoot-out this May, but there was plenty of trash talk: the popular event pits Republican and Democratic members against each other in a test of their marksmanship skills.
Introducing the Democratic team, Walz said “there’s fewer of us but we’re straighter shooters.” Ultimately, the Republicans would prove straighter, winning the competition, but Walz earned “Top Democratic Gun” honors. “Folks make up their mind that they don’t know you,” he told MinnPost, “so they assume because you’re a Democrat and you voted for health care…then you go out there and they’re like, ‘oh god, he can shoot.’”
The shoot-out illustrates something important: sure, the caucus works on conservation, it gets wrapped up in gun politics, but it’s really a club at heart. Most members just like hunting and fishing and being outside. They kind of like doing that stuff together, too. When they wax poetic about how hunting is deeply embedded in America’s DNA — which they do often — they truly believe it.
But the way hunters talk about hunting rights — history, tradition, heritage — is very similar to the way gun rights advocates talk about Second Amendment rights. In that sense, it will be very difficult for people like Walz to untangle the politics of guns from the politics of outdoor sports, even if they might want to.
Members say Walz is up to the task: “Tim is a unifying force and someone who’s able to pierce the intense polarization and partisanship that seems to define Congress,” Ron Kind says. “He is literally a straight shooter — he’s also one of the best shots we have in the caucus.”
Whatever the obstacles may be, the Sportsmen’s Caucus will keep plugging away at its legislative agenda. At the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s “Welcome to Congress” reception earlier this year, president Jeff Crane stood in front of members new and old and delivered the best pitch he could.
“When I think about what unites the East Coast and the West Coast with the heartland, Republicans and Democrats, it’s truly these issues of hunting,” he said. “We have come so close. It’s time to close this deal…we’re gonna fight like hell to get it done.”

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SAN FRANCISCO--Cloud computing plays an integral role in the new digital age but trust and security needs to be consistently instilled for people to be comfortable in such an environment, noted a senior European Commission (EC) official.
Neelie Kroes, vice president of digital agenda at the EC, said there are tangible benefits to having both public and private sectors across Europe embrace cloud computing, of which the primary one is "great cost savings". Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are among the beneficiaries, she added during the Digital Agenda Panel held Wednesday as part of Salesforce.com's Dreamforce 2011.
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Kroes had earlier stated her case for the EC to take the lead in driving cloud computing adoption in the region. In a speech made on Jan. 27 this year, she said: "We are looking at a potentially vast new service industry [in cloud computing]. There are great opportunities for strong European telecoms and high-tech SMBs.
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Kroes added:"A clear role of governments is also to ensure that European achievements, such as effective data protection and the European Union's single market, do not clash with cloud computing."
With regard to data portability, she pointed out during the panel discussion that it's not simply about where the location is stored and that companies observe the necessary compliance rules. It is also important for cloud computing users to consider the vendors that provide such services and whether their technologies are secure and reliable enough, Kroes urged.
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On the other hand, Vivek Kundra, fellow at Harvard University and former U.S. CIO, urged governments not to use security and privacy as excuses to dismiss cloud computing altogether.
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The first CIO of the U.S. government had introduced a "Cloud First" policy in February this year, and in his paper, Kundra stated that the federal government's IT environment at that time was characterized by "low asset utilization, fragmented demand for resources, duplicative systems, environments which are difficult to manage and have long procurement lead times".
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Do Micro-loans offer an effective strategy in fighting poverty?
Presenter: Lynn Suter
A Western solution to poverty often favours assisting the start of new small businesses. Making small amounts of money available on favourable terms for such budding micro-enterprises is seen as one way to encourage those in poverty to make their way to a more economically stable life. Microcredit involves small loans, while a microfinancing institution aims to deliver many different financial services (savings, loans, insurance, etc).
Care should be taken not to use these two terms interchangeably. Micro-anything deals with small things. As such, microcredits and microfinancing deal with small amounts of money or investments. How small? That depends on where in the world we are talking about. Usually, it is understood to mean to services for the very poor in India, Bangladesh, and third world countries, where “small” loans by our standards are tiny (just a few dollars, sometimes). However, microcredit institutions are also present in the West, offering loans that are small compared to traditional bank loans. (See Victoria News links below).
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Trade-offs, rights and responsibilities in the business of microcredit :
India Microcredit Faces Collapse From Defaults http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/world/asia/18micro.html?pagewanted=all
Microcredit doesn’t end poverty, despite all the hype http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/microcredit-doesnt-end-poverty-despite-all-the-hype/2012/01/20/gIQAtrfqzR_story.html
When Microcredit Won’t Do http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/when-microcredit-wont-do/ (including comments on the bottom of the article) Microcredit Summit http://www.microcreditsummit.org/what-is-microfinance.html
Microcredit here at home:

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NY man impersonates cop, rapes two women
Solicited "massages" on Craigslist then showed up dressed as a cop, raped the women, then threatened to bust them for prostitution if they turned him in
By Christina Carrega
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NEW YORK -- A Queens man was charged yesterday with impersonating a cop and raping two women he met on craigslist, court papers say.
Suraj Persaud is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z have been hard at work repairing their image after several divorce rumours cropped up during their recent world tour.
So after Bey, Jay and daughter Blue Ivy stopped the show during Sunday's Video Music Awards, they decided to skip the traditional after-party scene and just kick it at their Los Angeles home (probably a good decision considering Blue is not quite ready for the clubs).
But did you notice something during MTV's broadcast?
Maybe the fact that Bey's sister Solange Knowles was nowhere to be found?
That's because the power couple purposely kept her at a distance, which wasn't a bad decision, considering Solange tried to murder Jay in an elevator after the Met Ball.
Page Six reports that Solange wasn't allowed "anywhere near Jay and Bey" during the show and was seated in a different section.
Meanwhile, Beyoncé was busy changing the course of the universe with her 15-minute musical presentation at the end of the show. The pop icon appeared onstage after all the awards were finished, and... well... our own Carolyn Menyes already summed it up pretty perfectly:
Looking as stunning as ever in a bejeweled one-piece suit, Beyoncé kicked off the Beyoncé medley with "Mine," moving through five of her album's slower tempo tracks before getting a little more saucy with "Blow" and "Drunk In Love," when things really kicked into crazy gear.
From there, the performance got an extra kick of sass, with Beyoncê defining feminism before showing she isn't just equal to all men, she is above all other beings.
Though she's best known for her strong demeanor, Beyoncé was notably emotional, getting teary eyed during her ode to her daughter "Blue" and almost cracking when her husband Jay Z and Blue Ivy herself appeared on stage to give her the Video Vanguard award.
Everything seems to be going well in the Jay-Bey camp, but they've still got a sister-sized problem to face eventually.

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MALACCA: Police believe a hired gunman was responsible for shooting dead a Penangite soon after he left the court house here on Monday.
State Deputy CID chief Superintendent P. R. Gunarajan said police are working on the theory that it was a hired killer as the victim was trailed and shot point blank.
He said the victim, S. Saravanan, 39, from Butterworth had nine previous serious crime cases and had served a jail term in 2000.
“We are now probing the motive for shooting,” he told reporters here, Tuesday.
Supt Gunarajan said police had detained a 28-year-old friend of the victim who is from Bidor, Perak, to facilitate investigations.
Saravanan, who travelled from Butterworth to stand trial for a robbery case here, was gunned down moments after leaving the courthouse.
The victim had stopped his Honda Accord at a traffic junction near Jalan Tun Abdul Razak here after attending his trial at the Sessions Court here when two men on a motorcycle, wearing full-face helmets, approached his vehicle.
The pillion rider fired several shots at him through the driver's window and windscreen before fleeing.
Meanwhile, Saravanan's wife T. Vinsvari, 39, was at Malacca Hospital mortuary to claim her husband's body.
She said her husband had initially planned to take a bus down to Malacca but changed his mind and left at 9am on Sunday with his friend to attend the court proceeding.
“The last time I spoke to him was at 2pm on Sunday after he reached Kuala Lumpur to attend prayers before continuing to the court house here,” she added.
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One box, many sounds, all toy-like and strange. Such is the vision of the Glam Machine. Norman Fairbanks, the man who brought us the all-Tenori-On album, has been teasing this creation, housed in a lovely wooden box with a giant VU meter on it, for a few days. Now we finally get to find out what it is — and apparently it was all inspired by Norman doing an interview here for CDM.
Imagine a semi-modular box with glitchy sampler and the repurposed, Frankenbending sounds of electronic toy guts:
The instrument will consists of three main sections: two modified toys and a lo-fi sampler. The first toy is a complex modern educational toy that can be altered to produce amazing organic soundscapes, sweeping orchestral sounds and strange percussive loops. It also has a stereo output, which is rather nice. The second toy, in contrast to the mellow tones of the first, produces harsher sounding staccato blips, crunches and bleeps. This section can also make several different animal sounds. The sampler can record up to 20 seconds of audio, either as one long sound or four shorter ones. This is useful as the unpredictable nature of circuit bending can sometimes make it difficult to recall a particular sound. Last but not least: there is also a loop function.
Norman did the brief, but the hardware-constructing mad scientist is an East London-based fellow named Dave Cranmer, aka nervous squirrel. (See the interview he did with Future Music mag, and the many creative projects he’s working on on his site.)
Here’s a look at the insides, plus a video of another Nervous Squirrel Creation in action:
The following video is not the Glam Machine (I assume we’ll be getting that from Norman soon), but it’s a box along the same lines:
A rehousing of IQ Builder’s Talking Computer+Voice Changer+Unknow Baby Toy, all contained in a wondeful wood box. Live recording with aerial microphone, with the intention to explore this monster capable of creating a huge mass of textures, rhytmins, effect. Unique sound palette, real fun!
Hope U enjoy it listening as i’m doing playing!…


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“Your bolero changed my gown from a regular dress to a couture gown! I’m so happy!” must be one of the happiest compliments ever received at our atelier in Santa Monica, CA.
Sometimes accessories are the key to create a wahoo factor on your big day! Play with a wedding belt, a bolero or a shrug to make your gown become unique and couture. Cover your shoulders for an evening wedding, a formal ceremony or church with a soft net bolero. You can also change your gown look from the ceremony to the reception by adding a Swarovski crystal sash that will sparkle on your first dance!


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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): IOI Corp Bhd’s net profit fell 98% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM15.
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 13): IOI Properties Group Bhd is looking to launch property projects worth an estimated gross development value (GDV) of RM2 billion to RM2.
Pine Properties, MJR Investment sign shareholders’ agreement for land development in IOI Resort City
PETALING JAYA (Jan 31): Pine Properties Sdn Bhd, a 99.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): The Employees Provident Fund board (EPF) has increased its stake in IOI Properties Group Bhd (IOI Prop) and emerged as one of the group's substantial shareholders, with 5.
IOI Properties Group Bhd (Nov 14, RM2.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): AllianceDBS Research said IOI Properties Group Bhd was under downward pressure and that IOI Properties had on Nov 14 traded lower to RM2.


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This is a great Homemade Fresh Basil Pesto recipe full of basil leaves, zesty garlic, crisp lemon, and nutty walnuts. It’s a classic pesto that can be paired with pastas, chicken, fish, soups, veggies, or grains.
Basil Pesto is one sauce that is completely worth the effort and time it takes to make it homemade. The flavor of homemade far exceeds any jar of pesto I have found. And with my tips on freezing your pesto- you will have enough to last the entire winter!
Every summer I plant basil, just in a pot, on my patio. And every summer I have an overwhelming abundance of basil. More than I could ever use by randomly plucking a few leaves for my pasta. That is where this pesto recipe comes in handy. It is a great way to use up all that fresh basil, making sure it doesn’t go to waste.
Tips on growing a healthy, long lasting basil plant:
- As the basil plant grows pinch off a few of the new, tiny, itty-bitty leaves growing in the center of the larger leaves. This allows the plant to grow wider and bushier.
- Do not let your basil plant go to seed. As the plant grows taller and older it will form flowers at the top. Pluck those flower buds off, down to the nearest basil leaves. This will allow the plant to grow longer and not dry out.
- Once your plant begins growing flowers at the top (that you are in turn plucking off), you should have a pretty tall and mature plant. This is the time that should harvest your entire basil plant to make pesto. Cut each stem towards the bottom just above the first (oldest) set of leaves. This will leave just enough plant to regenerate. By cutting your plant this way you will allow it to regrow 1, 2 , or 3 times thru the summer! Giving you a ton of pesto for your freezer!
How To Freeze Your Fresh Basil Pesto
This recipe makes a large batch of fresh pesto. Probably more than you would use in one meal. The LAST thing you want to do is throw away all that beautiful green sauce. I like to freeze my pesto into small portions so I can pull out what I need, a little at a time.
After making the fresh basil pesto recipe I pour it into an ice cube tray- in 1 1/2 tablespoon portions. Put the ice cube tray in the freezer. After a couple hours the pesto cubes will be frozen, pop them out and store them in a freezer safe bag. You can keep the cubes in the freezer over the winter and pull out the delicious homemade pesto 1, 2, or 8 cubes at a time.
I hope you give this Homemade Basil Pesto a try in your kitchen.
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HOMEMADE BASIL PESTO
- ⅓ cup Walnuts
- 7 Garlic Cloves
- 5 cups Fresh Basil Leaves packed
- 1 cup Olive Oil
- Juice of 1 Lemon 3-4 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- Pepper to taste
- **Optional 1/3 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese
- In a food processor with the blade attachment blend the walnuts and garlic for a few pulses. Add the basil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to the blender bowl (also add the parmesan cheese if you choose to use it). Start the processor and slowly add the olive oil through the feed tube until the pesto comes together and is blended smooth. You may have to scrape the bowl down while you are processing to make sure that all the bits and pieces get blended in.
- Fresh Basil Pesto can be stored in the fridge, in an air tight container, for about a week
- Spoon 1½ tablespoon portions into each compartment of an ice cube tray. Place the tray(s) into the freezer and freeze for up to 12 hours until the cubes are frozen. Pop them out and store in a freezer safe bag, up to 6 months.You can use the frozen cubes 1, 2, or 8 at a time for your pastas, soups, side dishes and dips.

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NORA AND THE WALKER FAMILY DESPERATELY AWAIT WORD
FROM JUSTIN, ON ABC'S "BROTHERS & SISTERS"
"Home Front" � A year after losing their larger than life family patriarch and three weeks since hearing from Justin in the Middle East, the Walker family struggle to find cheer in celebrating Kitty's birthday. Sarah fights to salvage what's left of her failing marriage; Kevin learns the hard way about the sacrifices that true love brings; Tommy is at a loss as to how to provide the emotional support needed by his overwhelmed wife, Julia, after the death of their newborn son, while Kitty gets a first hand look at the challenges of being engaged to a U.S. senator (Rob Lowe as Senator Robert McCallister). Meanwhile, Saul questions his identity after a visit from an old friend, and the family's newest member, Rebecca, tries desperately to find her place in this very complex family puzzle, on "Brothers & Sisters," SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD 9/30/07)
"Brothers & Sisters" stars Dave Annable as Justin Walker, Maxwell Perry Cotton as Cooper Whedon, Kerris Lilla Dorsey as Paige, Sally Field as Nora Holden, Calista Flockhart as Kitty Walker, Balthazar Getty as Thomas Walker, Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Whedon, Rob Lowe as Senator Robert McCallister, Sarah Jane Morris as Julia Walker, Matthew Rhys as Kevin Walker, Ron Rifkin as Saul Holden, Emily VanCamp as Rebecca Harper and Patricia Wettig as Holly Harper.
Guest starring are John Pyper-Ferguson as Joe Whedon, Eric Winter as Jason McCallister, Michael Nouri as Milo Peterman, Kimberly Atkinson as Amy, Amy Motta as Lexie, Joyce Brew as Monica, Bella Shaw as the reporter, Greta Sesheta as the store clerk, Emil Beheshti as the staffer, Mary Ann Jarou as the hostess and Dana Snyder as the office worker.
"Home Front" was written by Monica Owusu-Breen and Alison Schapker and directed by Ken Olin.
"Brothers & Sisters" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. This program carries a TV-PG,D,L parental guideline.
This episode will be available on abc.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.


Reports made by the government’s National Travel Attitudes Study (NTAS) has shown how 25% of drivers are still under the impression that using a phone whilst they are in a traffic jam is still okay.
And on the flip side, 75% of drivers think the mobile phone laws are not enforced enough.
Despite campaigns and high profile reported cases, an alarming 6% of drivers claim using a phone behind the wheel is safe, even when the vehicle is moving. I know that doesn’t sound like much but when you equate to 1 in 20 cars on the road then it becomes more unnerving.
Interestingly, 62% believed mobile phone usage, even talking handsfree, was totally unsafe.
Following the report, road safety charity Brake has now called on the government to issue police with greater resources to enforce mobile phone laws.
Brake is making further calls by asking the government to make any phone usage behind the wheel, handsfree or not, to become illegal.
Brake has been very vocal in stating how distracting using a phone behind the wheel is. They have also claimed mobile phones are just as, if not more so, a large factor in the because of road accidents.
Joshua Harris, Brake’s director of campaigns, said the existing rules were giving drivers a “false impression” about phone use.
“Using a phone when behind the wheel can impair you as much as driving drunk so it’s a real concern that one in four people think it’s safe to use their phone when behind the wheel in stationary traffic,” he said. “A car is a lethal weapon and it only takes a moment’s inattention to result in devastating consequences. It’s equally worrying that three-quarters of people feel that the law is not being properly enforced, a situation which may lead some to think they can get away with using their phone behind the wheel.
“Most drivers know that all phone use behind the wheel is dangerous, but we need the law to reflect this by banning the use of hands-free devices. The current law provides a dangerous false impression about the use of phones behind the wheel and must be changed. We also call on the government to invest in roads policing as a priority so that the police have the resources they need to ensure there is a true deterrent to the menace of mobile phone use behind the wheel.”


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Photography that makes a difference
See your life, work and world differently. Tell your story.
Look Again brings together my love of photography with over 20 years’ experience of community and business development in London, Africa and Bristol. I run photography workshops, talks and exhibitions, undertake commissions and publish books.
Look Again uses photography as a tool to bring about personal, community and business development. I work alongside national and local organisations as well as individuals, with a focus on photography for health and wellbeing, schools, communities, and ethical businesses and organisations.
Recent clients include the National Trust, Green Party, Eden Project, Cotswold Conservation Board, Crisis and an NHS trust.
Look Again is run on strong principles and shares your vision for a greener, fairer and happier world.
I am based in Stroud, and work mostly in Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Cheltenham and the Cotswolds) as well as in Bristol and other parts of the south-west.
I would love to look again with you and help you tell your story.
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New book: ‘Ecolibrium Now’
I am delighted that a photograph I took three years ago when working with the National Trust , features on the front cover of this beautiful and inspiring new book Ecolibrium Now – a book by artists, writers, poets, farmers, and others who support the creation of a new international law to protect nature from Ecocide. To buy a copy of the book, please click on the above link.
Book: ‘The Art of Applewood’, with foreword by Kevin McCloud
As co-author, photographer and publisher of this book, I am very proud to present Look Again’s first publication!
Our book charts the evolution of a much-loved piece of land in Stroud, Gloucestershire: once a derelict hospital, now a vibrant new community.
Click here for more information, photos and to buy the book! It’s only £10.99.


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Here are Difficult Mandalas Coloring pages for adults to print for free. For centuries, in many cultures (eg Tibet), the Mandala is used as a tool to facilitate meditation. A Mandala coloring page with a lot of details, very unique, perfect if you like cool and relaxing coloring.
With these Art Therapy coloring pages galleries, you can enjoy hours of relaxation. Do you prefer Mandalas, Doodles, or Zentangle drawings? Did you know.
This page contains Difficult (but not too much) Mandala coloring pages. In these designs, there are little details, complex and well drawn patterns, various objects There are many studies proving the benefits of using mandalas for gaining self-awareness, self-expression and.


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MuseNet: Unleashing Musical Creativity with AI
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MuseNet's AI-powered melody generation tool enables users to create enchanting melodies with just a few words or phrases. The AI analyzes the emotional tone, genre, and desired tempo of the piece and generates a wide range of melodic options, empowering users to select the melodies that best capture their creative vision.
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