Earlier in the day during my job, we worked into the tribal justice that is criminal on reservations into the Southwest. Tribal courts had been usually ground zero for seeing the day-to-day challenges dealing with United states Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) youth along with the effects of failed policies and underinvestment within their communities.
From the, as an example, young adults whom bootlegged liquor from regional towns from the rezвЂ”at a revenue for non-Native company ownersвЂ”and then had been caught attempting to sell it to buddies from college whom struggled with drug abuse. Good-hearted tribal court judges attempted to assist them to realize the effects of repeated offenses, simply to discover that nearly all these young indigenous individuals just felt that they had no genuine possibilities in front of them, no future that is real. This feeling of hopelessness among low-income tribal communities across the countryвЂ”and those things that numerous teenagers simply simply take being a resultвЂ”are signs and symptoms of the further issue, maybe maybe not the explanation for it.
The feeling of hopelessness among low-income communities that are tribal the outward symptoms of a more deeply issue, not the explanation for it.
Numerous inside our country feel like absolutely absolutely absolutely nothing can be carried out about deep and poverty that is persistent accompanying challenges such as for example drug abuse, specially in low-income https://badcreditloans4all.com/payday-loans-tn/murfreesboro/ places like tribal communities, and especially on reservations. But AIAN youth that are arranging for modification over the national country are bringing one thing unique to your tableвЂ”a belief that none among these challenges are intractable, plus an expectation of older generations to guide their efforts to produce possibility. Young adults also think that their tribal culture should play a effective part in any reform efforts as well as in their future.
This is why President Obama’s new dedication mattersвЂ”a great deal. Final thirty days, he announced an agenda that is new on indigenous youth during the yearly White House Tribal Nations meeting. The agenda includes paying attention trips by case secretaries in Indian Country; reorganizing and strengthening some education programs serving AIAN youth; a fresh nationwide leadership system called вЂњGeneration IndigenousвЂќ, together with the Center for Native United states Youth during the Aspen Institute; plus the first White home tribal youth meeting in 2015.
Within the President’s target to a huge selection of tribal leaders during the meeting, he highlighted their trip that is recent to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe where he came across with a team of tribal youth:
вЂњAnd the simple truth is those young people were representative of young adults atlanta divorce attorneys tribe, in just about every reservation in the usa. And way too many face the struggles that are same those Lakota teens face. They are perhaps perhaps perhaps not certain that this nation has a spot for them. Every one of them deserves much better than they truly are getting at this time. They have been our youngsters, plus they deserve the opportunity to attain their desires. So when Michelle and I got in into the White home after our trip to Standing Rock, we told my staffI said, you will find new avenues of opportunity for our Native youthвЂ¦ I brought whoever in my cabinet was involved in youth and education and opportunity and job training, and. You shall ensure that this occurs back at my view. And because it’s not very often where I tear up in the Oval Office as I spoke, they knew I was serious. We cope with a complete large amount of bad material in this work. It is really not frequently where I have choked upвЂ¦.вЂќ
For all of us who make use of AIAN youth it comes because little surprise that the President would вЂњget choked up.вЂќ These teenagers have a problem with probably the most serious challenges in the united kingdom: 37 per cent of AIAN kiddies under 18 are now living in poverty, notably greater than the child that is national price of 22 % (based on the American Community Survey). The AIAN graduation rate could be the cheapest of any racial and cultural team at 68 per cent. For pupils offered by the Bureau of Indian Education, the graduation price is 53 %, set alongside the nationwide graduation price of 80 %. One study that is recent 18.3 percent of AIAN 8th graders reported binge consuming, in comparison to 7.1 per cent nationwide. Possibly many stunning, committing committing suicide may be the 2nd leading cause of death for AIAN youth between many years 15 and 24вЂ”they commit committing committing committing suicide at 2.5 times the nationwide rate.
It is overdue that people provide genuine and significant help to AIAN youth, additionally the President’s effort is just a good begin. It places the sounds and objectives of AIAN youth front side and center, building away from an insurance policy that’s been growing among youth in tribal communities over the national nation for many years. If done well, this effort will lift up the great work currently being undertaken by AIAN youth and offer a few of the tools they have to attain genuine improvement in their communities.
Every year, the guts for Native United states YouthвЂ”a partner regarding the brand new Generation Indigenous networkвЂ”publishes the Voices of Native Youth report. Its workers go to communities that are tribal the united states to conduct roundtables with AIAN youth and determine challenges, priorities and promising answers to deal with the numerous hurdles which they face. Within the many current report, AIAN youth identified significant and far needed changes in training, health and fitness, and bullying and college control, among the areas. They even managed to get clear that preserving and strengthening their culture and language should be in the center of every agenda.
The President took a step that is significant empowering the AIAN youth movement to create these along with other reforms within their communities. Elizabeth BurnsвЂ”a Center for Native United states Youth вЂњ2014 Champion for ChangeвЂќ and user of this Cherokee country of OklahomaвЂ” is a typical example of why this type of leadership is very important for a motion that’s been therefore marginalized. She stated: вЂњi’ve been told that my desire assisting other indigenous youth is absurd and that we should call it quits. I understood that negative reviews will not hold me personally back. We will make my fantasy a real possibility.вЂќ
It’s time for most people to face behind the elected President and youth like Elizabeth. For more information on the Champions for Change and AIAN youth agenda look at the Center for Native United states Youth.


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This PARTY PLEASER was a big hit for my family last holiday season. Give it a try if you enjoy Mexican food–with a holiday twist. I triple the recipe:)
Cranberry Avocado Salsa – from Martha Stewart – the original recipe I used was from my good friend and expert nutritionist/cook, Molly Rapozo. I couldn’t find the Molly original, but this Martha version seems to fit the bill:)
Ingredients – serves 4
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
1 minced jalapeno
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
2 ripe avocados, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
3/4 cup halved cranberries
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Coarse salt and ground pepper
In a large bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, 2 tablespoons honey, 1 minced jalapeno (seeds removed for less heat, if desired), and 1/4 cup chopped red onion. Add 2 ripe avocados, cut into 1/4-inch pieces, 3/4 cup halved cranberries, drained well on paper towels, and 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper; toss gently to combine. Serve with Pita Crisps or tortilla chips, as desired.

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The president of the Popular Party of Toledo, Carlos Velázquez, has called this Monday on the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and its president, Emiliano García-Page, to urgently recover all the social services that were suspended at the beginning of the pandemic in the municipalities of the province of Toledo and that, in some cases, still have not started, as is the case of the Urda Day Center.
This was stated in a visit to this Toledo town, where he met with the mayor, Manuel Galán, and with the councilors of the Government team, accompanied by the spokesman for the Popular Group of the Diputación, Manuel Fernández, and the provincial deputy, Almudena Gonzalez.
The president of the popular Toledo has explained that this day center, managed by the Castilla-La Mancha Community Board, "has been closed for more than two years" and has regretted that the regional government took advantage of the start of the pandemic "to close it and not reopen it," the PP reported in a press release.
"It is true that there are technical problems, which have already been warned about, and that a series of works must be carried out so that there are no problems with the installation, but it is also true that the Community Board is not doing nothing about it and currently has more than a hundred older users in the municipality, without being able to use it, he added.
In this sense, it has demanded an urgent solution from the Government of Castilla-La Mancha so that, at least, for next winter it can already be working, since that is when it had the most influx and when it is most necessary. "Come on now, otherwise it is not urgently remedied, on the way to a third winter without being able to use this service," he warned.
For Velázquez, it is incomprehensible that the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha «is turning a deaf ear to the requests of the elderly people of Urda and to the requests of the City Council, its mayor and its councillors, who have been demanding a solution for a long time to this important problem for the municipality».
"Social services are crucial for our towns and they have to continue to be provided as before the pandemic," insisted the provincial president, who has shown all the support of the Popular Party for the local City Council and the residents of the municipality in this just claim.
For his part, the mayor of Urda recalled the importance of this service. “We are talking about about 150 users who have not had this service since the pandemic began, with what that means for them and also for their families; We have been asking for a solution for a long time, since these centers were able to open after the end of the state of alarm, but we are still waiting », he denounced.

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02-20-2002, 09:21 PM
When using my 19" Optiquest Q95 monitor, it occasionaly flickers and the sides, (the left and the right sides), shrink inwards an inch on either side. It remains like that until i jiggle the monitor around. sometimes i also jiggle the cords and it works again, but i think it is actually the action of the monitor jiggling that restores its size. Anyone have any ideas on what is wrong? Or is the monitor just going bad?
Thanks in advance for a response!
02-21-2002, 08:11 AM
If the cable is screwed in tighly on the back of the monitor & the back of the PC, and if the power is plugged in tightly, then yes, your monitor is probably going bad.
02-24-2002, 01:04 AM
I would go with the loose cable, hopefully you don't have any bent pins on either the monitor or your video card. Just make sure the cable is screwed in tightly and check with the manufacturer if it still happens the flyback may be on its way out...
02-27-2002, 01:55 AM
i have the creative dtt3550 cambridge soundworks speakers, two on top of the monitor and 1 on the left, 2 on the right...
02-27-2002, 08:20 PM
I don't think that the speakers make the moniter flicker. It would only make the picture distorted and change the picture only if the speakers move also. I think it's the cord if that fixed the flickering while jiggling it.
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Ulrike Reinhard is a German publisher, author and futurist who has travelled more than 100 countries where she has spoken to Nobel Laureates, nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize, high ranking politicians, internationally acknowledged visionary hinkers, successful entrepreneurs, outstanding critics, activists and down-to-earth field practitioners. All her work is related to network theory with the Internet at its core. On these grounds she started Janwaar Castle in 2014. It was a social experiment – a skatepark in a rural village in the heart of India. What unfolded then is an incredible story of change. Social, cultural and economic change. The children in this village became true changemakers. They took the lead and became role models for many others. Skateboarding has given them selfconfidence and self-esteem. Now they are on their way to take their future in their own hands. They’ve an identity they earlier couldn’t even think of. In this book the changemakers themselves tell their stories of change. So do their parents and people Ulrike has worked with.
Ulrike is consultant, author, visionary, free spirit and passionate digital native rolled into one. Her belief in the Internet’s ability to empower people and change our lives and worlds for the better drives all her work, whether it be investigating global movements or establishing grassroots self-help projects in Africa and India.

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We need to make room for all of the amazing new spring yarns we have coming in daily! To do so, we are having a 20% - 50% off SPRING SALE. The sale will be running from this Friday 3/22 to Sunday 3/24. We'll have a large selection of everything from cashmere to cotton, jumbo weight to sock weight. Come in early for the best selection!
Araucania Yumbrel DK
If you’re a fan of knitting or crocheting using cotton yarns, you’ll know that finding them in hand-dyed variegated, or speckled, colors is not an easy task! Katie, our resident crochet expert, loved the idea of stitching up a reusable market bag using our newest cotton yarn - Yumbrel DK from Araucania Yarns. It’s just one example of the many ways to use this super soft, brushed cotton yarn. Cotton is a fantastic choice for baby knits - as it’s easy to care for, machine washable,and breathable. Yumbrel DK would be a great choice for baby blankets, cardigans or pretty summer dresses.
Pattern : Market Bag by Haley Waxberg
New 7th Floor Yarns!
We recently received a delivery of Merino DK in brand new spring colorways from 7th Floor Yarns. They're available in both full skeins and 20g mini skeins! We also have their new Bejeweled Collection - a Merino Yak DK yarn dyed in an array of rich jewel tones. Its absolutely gorgeous! 7th Floor Yarns is a local independent yarn dyer in Mt. Kisco, NY. This mother/daughter duo really has a way with colors and we know you'll love using them for your spring projects!
New Spring Classes
We've added lots of new courses to our Class Schedule! Hop over to our website to peruse the latest offerings. Flat Foot Floogie, Skew Socks, Baubles Shawl, Intro to Brioche and Magic Loop Socks are some of Pam Grushkin's upcoming classes. We also have a Knitting III group with knitting extraordinaire, Jane Elliott.
Links n' Stuff
- Save the Date!! :: Yarncatcher Yarns will be at Westport Yarns for a Trunk Show on Saturday, April 6th! She'll be bringing her beautiful hand-dyed fingering weight yarns, which are perfect for anyone taking our Baubles Shawl class!
- New Store Hours :: Westport Yarns will be changing their store hours, effective April 1st. We will also be changing our free Knitting Drop-In help hours and policies, so stay tuned for more info soon...
- MDK March Madness :: Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne of Mason Dixon Knitting have been fixtures in the knit blogging world for years. Not to be missed, their annual March Mayhem contest features a wonderful collection of some of the year’s best patterns by independent designers.. Check them out. Vote for your favorites. Discover your next (perhaps next 3!) project! Then stop by Westport Yarns and let us work with you to find the perfect yarn.
- Lever Knitting :: Ever wish you could knit faster? Felicia of SweetGeorgia Yarns has shared this fantastic video about Lever Knitting on her latest vlog. Also called Irish Cottage knitting, once mastered, this technique can really speed up your WIPs!
- The Year of Hats! :: Kelbourne Woolens is releasing a free hat pattern a month in their Year of Hats series. We love the two patterns they've released so far, and wanted to share them with you! You gotta love free hat patterns!
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Check out Orlando area high school scores and top performers from Tuesday, Dec. 22:
CFCA Class at The Cross
At Central Florida Christian Academy
No. 3 Dr. Phillips 66, Sagemont School 47
Buzz: Denzel Aberdeen had 22 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, Ernest Udeh Jr. recorded a double-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and added 3 blocked shots, and Riley Kugel had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals while Joseph Poventud added 13 points and 4 rebounds in the win by the Panthers (7-1) over Sagemont (4-4).
Bishop McLaughlin 91, Pine Ridge 50
Buzz: Emanuel Sharp scored 21 points to lead the Hurricanes (8-2). Pine Ridge is 2-5.
No. 4 Windermere 79, West Nassau 61
Buzz: Kanye Jones led balanced Windermere (8-2) with 19 points. Trey Moss and Sean Stewart added 16 and Jalen Debose scored 14. Deebo Coleman had 17 for West Nassau (5-7) but was held to three field goals.
No. 1 Orlando Christian Prep 77, Florida Christian 54
Buzz: A.J. Brown led the Warriors (8-0) with 24 points and Omar Figueroa had 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists while junior forward Ven-Allen Lubin recorded a double-double, scoring 13 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Florida Christian (5-3).
Bishop McLaughlin (7-2) vs. No. 2 Oak Ridge (7-0), canceled
City of Lakes Classic
At Montverde Academy
Windermere Prep 55, The First Academy 51
Buzz: Windermere Prep (5-3) was led by Elijah Hulsewe and Jayden Williams, who each scored 14 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. Jayden Battle led TFA (4-4) with 17 points.
Sarasota Riverview 80, Lehigh 67
Montverde 107, iSchool of Lewisville, Texas 45 (championship)
Buzz: Langston Love led Montverde (8-0) with 18 points. Jalen Duren added 17 and Dariq Whitehead and Jalen Hood-Schifino each chipped in 11. iSchool of Lewisville, Texas, is 9-3.
2020 Battle on the Island
At Fleming Island High School
Potter’s House 62, Lake Howell 49 (Monday)
Buzz: Noah Ngamba led the Potter’s House (4-3) with 22 points in the win over the Silverhawks (6-4). Nyseia Williams scored 21 points and Dalton Robinson added 13 points for the Silverhawks.
Other area scores:
Lake Minneola 69, Land O’Lakes 64
City of Life 66, Franklin County 29
United Bank Holiday Invitational
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Lake Highland 36, New Hope Academy (MD) 33
Buzz: Stephanie Ingram led the comeback with her game-high 14 points and 8 rebounds while Nyla Harris had 9 points and 17 rebounds for the Highlanders (10-0) in the win over New Hope Academy (4-1).
Other area scores:
CPCA 60, Colonial 21
This story was first published at OrlandoSentinel.com. Varsity Content Editor Buddy Collings can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.org.

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As part of their pledge to give something back to the community, local Managed Service Provider Seriun have donated some of their repurposed PCs to Burnley Youth Theatre.
Burnley Youth Theatre was created in 1973 and has become a vibrant youth arts organisation offering participatory workshops in drama, dance, musical theatre and film, as well as training opportunities for young people to develop a career in the arts.
Seriun looked upon Burnley Youth Theatre to be a recipient of some of their refurbished PCs because of the synergy between their charitable aims – to develop and inspire young people creatively and innovatively. In particular, Seriun want to help do this through the use of technology, which of course is their area of expertise.
Tierney Smith (14) Youth Board member at Burnley Youth Theatre said, “The new PCs will be a great help to all of us at the theatre who are involved behind the scenes in developing shows, as we will be able to use them to design our sets and create the promotional flyers and advertising for our productions and fundraising activities.”
Seriun are Burnley based, with an additional office in Warrington, and have been providing full service IT support, telecommunication solutions and bespoke software development to businesses nationwide, and beyond, since 2003. Their renowned service has recently been recognised at this year’s Burnley Business Awards where they were awarded the ‘Highly Commended’ accolade for Small Business of the Year.
Paul Gilbert, Support Engineer of Seriun presented the PCs to the theatre and said, “The theatre does a tremendous amount of great work with our young people – both my son Jack, and daughter Emily have auditioned there and appeared in various shows over the years, and are now progressing their careers in the arts, and that’s down to their Burnley Youth Theatre roots. Also, as the theatre is independent and relies only on donations, it’s nice to know we can go a small way to helping them achieve their goals.”
Leroy Philbrook Executive Director of Burnley Youth Theatre said, “It is fantastic that Seriun are now supporting Burnley Youth Theatre. As a charity, we rely on the generosity of local business and the public to help us engage with thousands of young people in Burnley and Lancashire.”
The theatre has bloomed since it’s small beginnings and now operates from a purpose-built venue, which includes a 158-seat theatre and three studio spaces – where they offer an exciting production programme including touring professional theatre from across the UK as well as their own high-quality youth theatre productions.
Philbrook commented, “The new computers and IT support that Seriun is providing is invaluable and will help Burnley Youth Theatre run more smoothly and efficiently. I want to send a thank you out to Seriun, on behalf of all the Young People who use Burnley Youth Theatre regularly.”
To get involved with Burnley Youth Theatre visit: or call 01282 427767. Or, to find out more about Seriun visit: www.seriun.co.uk or call: 08081 643 644.

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Whenever I walked past Astons Specialties, I always felt so tempted to try its famous steaks but more often than not, I was discouraged by the perpetual long queue outside. Even though I have recommended and blogged about Astons Prime, a neighboring restaurant recently set up by the same owner, I have never dined at Astons Specialties before. The golden opportunity finally came when I went there for lunch yesterday, soon after it opened at 11.30am, when the crowd was still not overwhelming.
I ordered a Prime Ribeye Extra Cut, with coleslaw and tasty rice as my two complementary side-dishes. The service was prompt and commendable and I was served within 15 mins after placing my order. Even before I sink my teeth into the mouthwatering steak, I was already impressed by the generous portions of coleslaw and tasty rice. The delicious coleslaw was flavorful with well-blended sweetness and subtle sourness. The tasty rice was delightful with unmistakable butter fragrance and lived up to every bit of its name.
The highlight of the lunch, the prime ribeye steak, was simply a masterpiece. Thoroughly and splendidly grilled, the steak exudes a distinct smoky aroma and an exceptional sizzling taste. The meat is extremely tender and juicy, every bite is simply irresistable. The special sauce accentuates the meaty flavour and leaves an unforgetable aftertaste on the taste buds.
The sumptuous Prime Ribeye Extra Cut (with two free side dishes) costs only $15.90 with no service charge and no GST. It is almost impossible to find such excellent steaks at such incredible prices in other Western restaurants. Indeed Astons Specialties has the BEST STEAKS IN SINGAPORE AT THE MOST AFFORDABLE PRICES.
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The Fort Thomas Independent Schools is seeking a long-term Substitute Bus Monitor for an immediate vacancy. A bus monitor is a valued employee of the district who assumes responsibility for the safety of children on the school bus. Specific tasks would include helping to load students onto the bus, ensuring students are well behaved and assisting the driver. This is a classified (non-teaching) position with flexible hours and competitive pay. Interested persons should contact Mr. Matthew Winkler, Director of Transportation, at email@example.com or at 859.781.3333.


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Provisional figures show that in England in 1980 there were 44,300 housing starts in the public sector and 83,600 in the private sector. The number of public sector starts this year will depend largely on decisions taken by local authorities on the use of their HIP allocations. In the private sector it will depend on the commercial judgments of private housebuilders.


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India to get Russian nuclear submarine by month-end
Indian Navy is all set to receive a major boost when the much-awaited Akula-II class 'Nerpa' nuclear attack submarine would be handed over by Russia this month end on a 10-year lease.world Updated: Dec 17, 2011 15:08 IST
Indian Navy is all set to receive a major boost when the much-awaited Akula-II class 'Nerpa' nuclear attack submarine would be handed over by Russia this month end on a 10-year lease.
"We had the plan to deliver it by the end of this year and we will make efforts to meet it," Mikhail Dmitriyev, Chief of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) with the foreign countries told reporters here after today's plenary level talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Dmitry Medvedev.
The submarine capable of remaining underwater for months will be rechristened as 'INS Chakra' and it would be for the first time in more than two decades that the Indian Navy would have a nuclear attack submarine.
The Akula-II class submarines are equipped with 28 nuclear-capable cruise missiles with a striking range of 3,000 km. The Indian version is reportedly expected to be armed with the 300-km Club nuclear-capable missiles.
According to Russian sources, India is getting 'Nerpa' in a deal worth $900 million.
India had funded the completion of the Nerpa nuclear submarine at Amur Shipyard before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
While K-152 Nerpa was undergoing sea trials in the Sea of Japan on November 8, 2008, an accident caused the deaths of some 20 sailors and injury to 21 others. A fire suppression system discharged gas in the bow of the sub, suffocating civilian specialists and navy crew members.
The Nerpa was laid down at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard in 1993, but its completion was delayed by nearly a decade due to a lack of funds caused by the economic crisis of the early 1990s.
The submarine is expected to be based at Vishakhapattanam, where it will be taken by one of several Indian naval crews trained at Russian facilities.
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Tokyo’s street cleanliness is a natural object of admiration among foreign visitors. “Japanese people don’t litter” has become one of the most famous misconceptions about Japan, along with “Japanese trains are always on time.” Tokyo is indeed cleaner than most big cities anywhere else in the world, and Japanese people tend to be extra careful about cleanliness. Still, reality is not perfect.
Like anywhere else on this planet, regardless of their nationality, some people are careless, and some places and situations are more subject to littering. Anybody who has walked the streets around Shinjuku station on the very early morning on Saturday or Sunday before the pandemic will understand what I mean. At the time when the partygoers headed home, it was common to find cigarette butts, papers, and empty cans all over the place.
However, at sunrise, the very efficient Tokyo streets cleaning staff appears (mostly composed of retired people wanting to earn some extra money). Any littering disappears before the shop opens as by magic. Still, this is insufficient in some parts of Tokyo, for example, Shibuya.
My colleague Ayane reported seeing some cleaning volunteers around Shibuya station early in the morning. After further research, several groups of that kind exist, such as green bird. Similarly, the Isseiichidai group has gained some attention worldwide for being dressed as samurai and turning street cleaning into a show. After Halloween festivities, volunteers were also seen cleaning the streets dressed in costumes. As support to these activities, Shibuya City itself provides street cleaning equipment free of charge to such volunteer groups. However, most groups have put their activities on hold due to the pandemic and the risks of infection as face masks litter increases.
I asked Ayane what she thought about it as a young Tokyoite. “I was moved by their dedication to making the streets a better place for all without most people, even knowing about it. Japanese people in general like cleanliness, but there are still many people who don’t care and litter. What these volunteer groups do is really important.”
Indeed, it’s good to see that it’s the younger generations that are involved, and who find energetic and imaginative ways to inspire others to imitate them. So, while Tokyo’s cleanliness may not be as perfect as it may seem at first, the thoughtfulness of keeping the public space clean for everyone is very well alive. And in a modern city of about 14 million inhabitants, that is quite something.

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City's new proposal upsets both taxi drivers and ride-share firms
A new Seattle City Council plan to balance the needs of taxi drivers and emerging ride-share services has already upset both sides.
The proposals — to be discussed at a hearing on Friday — would be part of a two-year pilot program.
The draft rules largely focus on safety, but leaders of ride-share services such as Uberx and Lyft say that the plan would hamper their ability to operate and protect the old-line taxi industry.
"(The draft) focuses on protectionism and not on safety," said Lyft President John Zimmer, adding that the proposals show a "major misunderstanding about how the (ride-sharing) platform works."
The draft proposes to implement industry safety standards and would require drivers of all kinds of public conveyance to obtain an additional driving permit from the city, say staffers for the City Council committee that's considering the plan.
The issue will be discussed Friday at 9:30 a.m., with time for public testimony, at the council Committee on Taxi, For Hire and Limousine Regulations.
The council seeks to build a framework of regulations similar to those established in California by the state’s Public Utilities Commission to oversee its ride-share industry, City Council President Sally Clark said.
Despite the City Council's attempt to balance the needs of both old and new components of the industry, ride-share and taxicab representatives are concerned about the potential effects of the pilot program proposals.
Ride-share industry representatives and their drivers said they feel blind-sided by the proposed regulations, which include mandating a cap of 100 vehicles per company and limiting drivers' operations to 16 hours per week.
Ana Sofia Knauf is a staff writer for the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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Mobile & consumer is the main segment representing 46% of the total 3D imaging and sensing market in 2026.
It is followed by the automotive and industrial segments, which will both represent 22% of the total 3D imaging and sensing market in 2026.
Stereo, Structured light and ToF are the 3 common 3D sensing technologies.
LiDAR, when paired with autonomous driving, is a hot technology. However, it is still in its infancy… Laser triangulation in machine vision and Interferometric (OCT) in medical are well established.
Apple continues to adopt structured light in its whole lineup and Apple included a 3D rear camera in iPhone 12 Pro to the benefit of the 3D camera component suppliers: ST, Sony, ams, Lumentum and Largan, and module makers LG Innotek and Sunny
“In mobile markets there is a temporary hiatus in the growth of 3D sensing due to the ban of Huawei in the US as well as the fact that the Android camp has abandoned the technology,” says Yole’s Richard Liu, “the shipment volume of 3D sensing products recorded in 2020 is about 80% of the previous forecast. The gap between previous optimistic forecasts widened as sales leveled off. But under-display camera technology became mature, and there are more low-cost iToF sensing solutions. These could drive higher 3D sensing adoption and a return to growth around 2023”.
3D sensing technology has a broad reach in the consumer market, including tablets, VR/AR , robot vacuum cleaners, and AIoT .
Increased labor costs and manufacturing upgrades are accelerating development of automation and machine vision, including 3D visual systems, increasing 3D vision penetration every year.
Electric vehicles have ramped up in 2020, which also exploit advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS), and the market is currently booming. Automotive will be a large part of the next wave of 3D sensing adoption, reckons Yole.
ST and Lumentum are the most profitable component suppliers, followed by ams, II-VI and LG Innotek.
The Android camp is less healthy. Neither the emitter component suppliers, such as Trumpf and Vertilite, nor the receiver companies, like Omnivision and PMD Technology, have benefited much.
The good news is that they’re already actively working on 3D sensing in the non-mobile space, such as Vertilite in automotive and PMD in consumer applications. Within this 3D imaging and sensing ecosystem Sony remains an exception. It is not only the leader of iToF sensor arrays, but also the only manufacturer that can provide dToF sensor arrays for consumer applications. It is very competitive.
Analysts will not be surprised if Sony keeps its number one position no matter how the market changes. “The 3D sensing market is developing rapidly and offers great opportunities” says Liu, “in addition to the mobile phone market, automotive ADAS and AR are set to be big 3D sensing applications. In 2020, the rapid growth of electric vehicles with very high intelligence and ADAS brought LIDAR adoption forward. This has attracted a wide range of players, from LiDAR suppliers in traditional industries like Valeo and Velodyne to electronics giants Sony, Huawei and start-ups like Livox and XAOS”.
In all the 3D sensing markets, China is an emerging market. It shows great vitality not only in the 3D back-end application market but also in the 3D front-end supply chain.
This has been driven by the policy of China cultivating local supply chains in the middle of the US-China trade conflict.
Facial payment has been driven by platform vendors AliPay and WeChat, and supported by technology provider Orbbec.
In 3D machine vision, Hikrobot and Huaray are starting to compete with the likes of Sick and Lucid.
In the automotive, the entry of Chinese players has played a decisive role in the price decline of LiDAR.

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Hasbro has unveiled its wave of Ghostbusters Plasma Series action figures from the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which give us our first glimpse of the original Ghostbusters Ray Stanz (Dan Akyroyd), Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) alongside young newcomers Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), Lucky (Celeste O’Connor), and Podcast (Logan Kim); check them out here…
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enior High Schools Country Week is underway for 2022. The event is hosted by School Sport WA, and there will be 3000 students and 380 staff from 46 schools in Perth for the week of competition. The event was last held in June 2019.
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Hour 1: Uri Geller
Joining Amerika Now during the first hour is one of the world’s most investigated and celebrated mystifiers, Uri Geller. Uri will be discussing the new biography The Secret Life of Uri Geller: CIA Masterspy?, written by Jonathan Margolis.
Famous around the globe for his mind-bending abilities, Uri Geller has led a unique life shrouded in debate, controversy, and mystery. For 40 years, Uri has been regarded as a show business celebrity, perhaps even as a charlatan. But compelling evidence coming to light from declassified documents and from a former senior CIA official as well as scientists who worked for the Agency suggests he is “the real thing.” And while his name immediately brings to mind images of spoon bending and psychokinesis, the new book written by Financial Times journalist Jonathan Margolis, The Secret Life of Uri Geller: CIA Masterspy? suggests a more clandestine side to Geller.
Was Uri Geller the West’s secret weapon in the Cold War superpower mind games of the seventies? And is he still regarded by intelligence agencies as an asset in the War on Terror?
Throughout his career, Uri Geller has courted controversy. He is known globally as an entertainer and friend of pop star, Michael Jackson, who was best man at the renewal of Geller’s wedding vows. He also made millions as a psychic adviser to the oil industry, but as a paranormalist was humiliated in a 1974 appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
And yet there are photographs from 1987 of Geller together with Al Gore, Yuli M. Vorontsov, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, and several other high-ranking U.S. officials at nuclear arms limitation talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. What was Geller doing in these pictures? Margolis brings proof that Geller was there at the invitation of the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee to influence Vorontsov to sign the treaty.
There is also new testimony from a living senior former CIA official and others who worked for the Agency confirming that Geller was exhaustively laboratory tested on behalf of the CIA, and was used as an intelligence asset of the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency – and that under President Carter’s presidency, using psychics in intelligence matters was known about and accepted at the White House.
Listen in as Uri Geller discusses his extraordinary life and his alleged continuing undercover work for the West’s major spy agencies.
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Author, nationally-recognized Taekwondo practitioner and competitor, and co-Founder of Empowered Mastery, Chris Berlow, joins the show during the second hour to discuss his new book (co-authored with Paul Melella, Jr., Nick Palumbo, and Rick Wollman) entitled You Have Infinite Power: Ultimate Success Through Energy, Passion, Purpose & the Principles of Taekwondo.
Are you ready to take your life to the next level? Have you reached a level of success but not your full potential? Would you like to live your life with the discipline, focus, and health of a martial arts master? Have you come to the realization “This is what my life is all about?” Then listen in as Chris Berlow talks about the Empowered Mastery program, which inspires you to live a happier, healthier and wealthier life, and the steps to get there, as written in You Have Infinite Power.
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Chris Berlow is a 6th degree black belt in Taekwondo, a former National Level Competitor, and an avid practitioner who has been in training for over 30 years and works to share his passion with as many people as he can. He travels across the country with Empowered Mastery giving seminars and coaching individuals to live with passion and purpose. He has been married to his wife Kathy for over 20 years and has five children: Brandon, Andrew, Timmy, Stefanie and Kimberly with dog, Kodiak. He owns, operates, and teaches at United Martial Arts Centers in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
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Joining the show during the final hour is author and world-renowned artifacts dealer Jeb Taylor who will be discussing his book, Saving Civilization.
Around 12,000 years ago, somewhere in the Middle East, a small group of migratory foragers decided to settle down and adopt agriculture as their primary subsistence strategy. That decision was almost certainly made in an attempt to enhance their survival security, which it probably most certainly did–at least over the short term. However, it also inadvertently set humankind on a course of competitive artificial development that has severely and negatively impacted other members of our species, other species, and the environment: conditions which now threaten, rather than enhance, our long-term survival prospects.
If we continue on this irresponsible course, says Taylor, there will be a time in the not-too-distant future when we will exhaust Earth’s capacity to sustain us, at which time, civilization as we know it will collapse.
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Infographic – Focus on the Family Pretends the First Amendment Won’t Protect Them
I would really like to thank queer cartoonist Bruce Garrett for his time and ideas to generously shared with me in getting to the final cartoon you see today.
This cartoon is inspired by Focus’ “Family News In Focus” radio program: ( Broadcast 11/03/05 +3:28 )
Host Bob Ditmer: “An amendment to the Children’s Safety Act adds sexual orientation, gender and disability to protections covered by federal hate crimes law. A conference committee will determine if it remains before being sent to the President. But if Sweden is any example, the legislation would have devastating consequences here in the us. Here’s Pete Winn.”
Pete Winn: “If the effect of such laws in other countries replicates itself here, preaching the bible will be criminal. Steve Adams is a reporter with [Focus’] Citizen Magazine.”
Steve Adams: “As things move farther in that direction, it will become less inconceivable that we could have, say an Ake Greene situation. That’s the pastor in Sweden who goes before the Supreme Court on November 9th and he’s facing jail time for having preached against homosexuality.”
Well done. The graphics look really nice. Did you e-mail it to the barmy Focus members?
They monitor this site regularly. But readers who wish to share anything with Focus can drop them a line at firstname.lastname@example.org
Although, slander and libel and ‘fighting words’ are actionable…there has been no punishment against religious people for their Biblical statements against gays and lesbians.
And ultimately, it’s gays and lesbians who have to suffer the consequences of such speech.
If this were merely speech WITHOUT any actions against gay people, that’s one thing.
But there is real suffering that occurs because of this speech.
And mind, divorced people, adulterers and those who bear false witness….are not publicly censured in the way gay people are by believers.
Which makes their speech critically SELECTIVE and inconsistent even with their own stated beliefs. And especially what they can get away with in public discourse.
So, unless and until their speech includes ALL Biblical admonishments with the intended consequences for all, they deserve to have their speech given serious scrutiny by lawmakers, if not restriction.
In Sweden, this is the basic reasoning behind this court case.
Christians are unwilling to spread their restrictions consistently.
So, in Sweden….it’s either be consistent in what you’re doing, or shut up. Because there are real damages coming from their speech to gay people and this is neither fair, or reasonable that these same Christians will not compensate.
I can understand Sweden’s position.
Here in America, gays and lesbians (despite prejudice) can and will function very competently and are taxed and expected to participate in FINANCIAL and physical communal support.
However, with responsibility SHOULD also come rights and privileges.
Which more and more states are unwilling to allow.
So, unless this country is willing to exempt gay people from taxation, or compensate for the expense of separate and unequal treatment, we cannot call our moral principles valid in community exclusion.
You can’t benefit from a group, while committing to an extension of Biblical speech that vilifies at the same time.
Churches are benefitting more than ever from speaking nastily about gay people. The President has written monetary compensation for them, states are allowed laws to pass that excludes gay people from the very social institutions that would make them more stable and secure, and judges are more willing to give religious expression support PRECISELY because it hurts gay people.
Here you have an example of FOTF, willing to speak words they are unwilling to take responsibility or offer compensation for.
They are very, very lucky…and don’t even realize it.
Some people really don’t know when it’s high time to just shut up because it’s the right thing to do.
But doing right, isn’t on the agenda of FOTF in the first place.
Censoring religious (any) speech? That’s a scary proposition in my book. What you would really be censoring is the ideas they convey, and again that is no cure for this problem. I understand where you are trying to go by calling it “fighting words” or otherwise actionable under the law, but I don’t think that argument is valid. I’m a little uncomfortable with the laws as they exist concerning regulation of speech, in that they are too stringent already. It is not the job of the Government to stifle any ideas or beliefs, no matter how repugnant they may be. That some people may not like us because they believe those things is not the same as inciting a vicious mob to riot.
I think I know where you are coming from Regan, but I wholeheartedly disagree with this idea. I would encourage you to think long and hard about the results of such a policy, not the least of which is that it might backfire right in your (our) face.
David, I can understand where you are coming form in regards to the defence of free speech, but I also believe there are limits to it as well. How to define those limits, I’m not sure. I think the rhetoric that is spewed from many religious organizations crosses a fine line between free speech and incitement to hatred. Many of these groups indeed cross that line. I don’t actually see a whole lot of difference between the underhanded and vindictive tactics of FOF and the KKK. Is silencing going to make them go away? Unfortunately no, we are forced to endure their unwanted intrusions into our personal lives. I do not think that we are ever going to win any battles with the likes of the bigoted and homophobic, Focus on the Family. I really would just like to see them butt out of our affairs or take an approach that at least mimics being unbiased. If groups such as FOF were not so powerful and politically influential, I would simply ignore their disgusting hatred and unethical practices. However, since they do affect me personally and my community, I will counter them wherever I can. They are very subversive in my homeland, Canada, and operate largely through funding of hate groups. They are in the process of mounting an attack against gay and lesbian rights in Canada with a looming Federal Election using a couple of bigoted politicians. Their goal is to undermine our equality and remove hard earned marriage rights. The filthy hands of FOF are all over this campaign. I hope to see many counter-demonstrations and, hopefully, a few successful human rights complaints against these groups. Their campaigns and tactics have little to do with religious freedom, it is about power and money. It is time to put the brakes on this ever increasing and unprovoked attack on our community.
Are these people for real? How does any law in Sweden have any impact on the U.S.? Just compare our First Amendment with Sweden’s equivalent:
One sentence. One sentence that forbids our government from restricting ANY speech.
however, consists of four fundamental laws; the Instrument of Government, the Act of Succession, the Freedom of the Press Act and the Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression.
The Freedom of the Press Act contains 14 chapters. Each chapter contains anywhere from 4-18 articles. The Swedish press is free, but…”other than because the content contravenes an express provision of law, enacted to preserve public order without suppressing information to the public.”
In other words the law overrides the Freedom of the Press in Sweden. Compared to the U.S. where the Constitutional protection of the press overrides the law.
The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression contains 11 chapters, each longer than the last. Similar to Freedom of the Press Act, this Act is freedom with restrictions.
FOF is obviously feeding on people’s ignorances. If more people in this country were Constitutional literate, then FOF wouldn’t even attempt to spread this idiotic rhetoric.
BTW, there is a huge difference between hate speech (protected) and hate speech used in the commission of a violent crime(not protected).
What will eventually silence FOF is the same thing that silenced the KKK. Freedom of speech. FOF will continue spreading their hatred, getting nastier and nastier. In response, our side will become more organized and thoughtful in our defense. Eventually, people will see FOF for what they are, hatemongers, and will instead turn to commonsense and reason. FOF will become a dirty word, just like the KKK. Unfortunately, this will not happen over night, it will be a long battle.
We have already seen progress to this end since this debate came to the forefront. Consider, that 10 years ago there was barely any recognition of same-sex unions. Today 4 countries recognize full marriage equality, plus 1 U.S. state. 16 countries recognize same sex civil unions plus 4 U.S. states.
Progress will continue, and FOF will have a hand in forwarding that progress.
You don’t have to convince me of the hatred involved in these organizations, and I wish you well in objecting to their influence of your civil processes in Canada. I’m just unwilling to chip away at one of the most fundamental rights we (at least in the US) have to try to muzzle them. I’m not a big fan of the ends justifying the means. As for the KKK, well their rantings are protected as well so it’s not like we are singling out FOTF, et al for this protection. The big difference as I see it is that the KKK and others of that mind have very little influence these days because society has gradually rejected that point of view as wrong. They still have all the rights to free speech they ever did, but people don’t listen much anymore. The same will happen with the anti-gay voice – it just takes time. Certainly any of us that have been around since the 70’s can see how far things have already come.
PS: Has anyone else ever read
James Dobson’s War On America? Quite an informative read by a (former) devoted insider who was around from the beginning. The guy was ostracised so there may be some distortion but it reads like a reasoned account. Check it out.
Wow, great minds think alike JayJay 🙂 I just wanted to note that I didn’t see your post before I submitted mine, but we were on the same track.
I think JayJay is right, the road to equality is paved with GLBT free speech. I wouldn’t rule out the actionable approach to fightin’ words either, though. Going after fairness is best done with a variety of approaches What’s slowing down the achievement of fairness is that for reasons incomphrehensible to me the religious right has had the stage to itself to “debate” the issue. “Family Scholars” Blog showed me these people loathe a free exchange of ideas and that is part but not all of it. Commentors at Exgay Watch have picked apart most if not all anti-gay justifications of the religious right and exposed it as blatant lies and distortions. It strikes me that it shouldn’t be a difficult job for the large gay rights organizations to use these examples to expose the malice and untruths of “Focus on the Family” et al, but yet they haven’t and it appears to be simply for lack of trying. Do gay rights organizations believe if they expose the lies and malice of some religious people somehow this will increase the public’s desire to reject and punish GLBTs? I don’t get it – $30 million seems like more than enough to make the seemingly easy case that the anti-gays are unfair and GLBT equality is deserved and righteous. Its now clear to me that you can’t have an honest debate with anti-gay religionists but certainly HRC and NGLTF can bypass them and talk directly to the public.
The FOTF does have the law on their side in freely EXPRESSING their religion.
No one is stopping them or would on that.
You can freely express your religion for YOURSELF, you can’t make the government choose it for other people in how they live their lives.
However, FOTF is engaged in restricting the freedoms of a selected people…and no religion should be allowed to do that.
Inevitably religious expression will exact prejudice and unequal treatment on groups they don’t like if they have the government involved.
Blacks suffered because of the ‘free expression’ of religious people.
Their religion forced the entire NATION to justify TERRIBLE social injustices.
And only now, since gay men and women are the easiest target, they are pulling this.
Not because being gay is destructive or that gay people can’t commit to behaving acceptably the way straight people do, but simply because of being gay.
I wouldn’t want to restrict religious expression either…especially the more innocuous ones, like all religious holidays, or certain forms of dress respected in schools and private businesses.
But when it comes to a single group being treated indecently, unfairly or brutally…then NO, you don’t get to express yourself without boundaries.
Religious people, if they want to keep their freedom, first and foremost have to remember they can’t restrict OTHER people on the same grounds.
Not for religious reasons, but reasons that are MUTUALLY decent, agreeable and socially practical.
Goes right back to the golden rule…every single time.
I don’t think Sweden is against free speech.At least, no more than anyone else who is against blatant slander. They also have, apparently, greater press freedom than the U.S. (or Austalia).They do, however, being a rather sober people, largely hold the view that screaming “But I’m religious” is no defense for being abusive and uncivil to others. The U.S., at times, I’d suggest, behaves very differently.Is a limit to pornography in public? I’d suggest you should also consider there is a limit to deliberate or ignorant abuse of minorities in public — inspired by your claimed religion or not.
For those who favor a restriction to allowable free speech, may I remind you:
When it comes time to pick the committee that decides what speech would be free, you won’t be selected. James Dobson might be.
So lets just keep all speech free (with the libel laws in place) and we’ll all be happier.
It is ironic that FOF is concerned about freedom of speech. Visit any of these hate sites and notice how many of them allow public comment. I have never seen one that allows the public to debate this issue. In other words they censor speech on this subject.
On our side, we welcome this debate, but the religious right is too scared to allow it. They know they are wrong and that they would never win.
I have E-mailed FOF on occation to question some of the misinformation they are propagating. I have never received a reply.
The other problem we face is that the Republican party in control are against us, and the Democratic party is too scared to tackle the issue because of the current political climate.
Well, there ya go JayJay.
FOTF is shutting down any way for opposing opinions, facts and information to be seen by other people who might visit their website.
I have been banished from DL Foster’s site and Throckmorton and Chad Thompson refuse to acknowlege that I said anything.
When you call FOTF, the AFA or ADF (Alliance Defense Fund-Christian legal arm that defends the rights of Christians), they are so strange.
They have their talking points, and can’t stray from them or have a normal conversation.
I start off with reasoned ethical questions that have NOTHING to do with gay marriage for example.
But maybe about the military service of gay people for example.
How ethical is it, to benefit from a group that is risking life and limb for the freedoms of the people of FOTF to bad mouth them…and yet, can’t have equal treatment at home to better help and secure their loved ones?
Including aging or cash strapped parents that might need the help and support of the job that soldier has, and if they have a significant other who is doing the caregiving in their place?
How is a family advocacy justified in hurting THIS family situation?
This impudent question is usually met with silence, throat clearing…
and if they answer it’s something like…’thanks for calling’.
Then they hang up…
I’m not trying to SILENCE FOTF…I want ANSWERS and for a group that insists they have all the answers and know the truth…when you finally DO ask…they silence themselves.
What kinds of questions were they expecting?
I’m still waiting for answers…and waiting and waiting and waiting…
Peter Winn repeats the common anti-gay religionist lie that preaching the bible is prohibited if preaching against GLBTs is rejected. The bible most certainly is not correctly summed up as opposition to same gender sex. If that was all the bible stood for it would be the most pathetic philosophy conceivable.
The bible makes scant mention of opposing same gender sex compared to the dozens, if not hundreds of times it refers in emphatic detail to God’s love of sincere animal sacrifice. That Christians don’t consider sincere animal sacrifice central to their freedom of religious speech shows how little they are concerned about preaching the bible compared to oppressing GLBTs.
Given I was born and baptised as a Catholic male I have just as much right to be Pope as anyone else. The bible says sincere animal sacrifice is part of God’s PERMANENT covenant with his people. It is my biblical understanding that as a “Judeo-Christian” I am obligated to honour God and Jesus with sincere animal sacrifices. I’d like to do this at the Whitehouse and invite all Christians of good faith to join me. What do you think are the odds that Dobson and his kind will support my right to free Christian religious expression and join me, nevermind resist opposing such an act. They twist scripture and say animal sacrifice is somehow not required – what part of “forever” don’t they understand? Surely if they are bible believing Judeo-Christians they’ll acknowledge that this is an acceptable and desirable display even though it supposedly isn’t biblicaly required by some wild stretch of the imagination.
To sum up, if animal sacrifice isn’t critical or even remotely important to freedom of biblical religious speech, then why is opposition to same gender sex? Cafeteria Judeo-Christians…pick and choose fundamentalists…liars, plain and simple.
That’s pretty funny, I coined the term “Pick and Choose Absolutist” in a post a while back.
That’s what I meant to refer to Dan, my memory of what you said was a little fuzzy. Pick and choose absolutists…
I’m glad I’m not alone in not getting answers from FOF. But the fact is that FOF doesn’t exsist to debate the subject matter. They are not open to opposition and to debate, because they do not want to have to change their views. They are a brainwashing operation.
As, Randi pointed out we have a strong debate on our side. But it does little good for us to debate each other. One way to reach people and have a debate that may result in change is to debate it on a site that is not specifically setup to advocate either side. As you read the thread, there will usually be an opprotunity to swing the conversation to GLBT issues. I have done this a couple times at WatchBlogThe debate usually takes off and you are reaching people who’s opinion really matters, the public at large. FOF and their supporters will never get it no matter what.
Having spent quite a few years immersed in the conservative evangelical lifestyle, I’m not so sure that the Focus on the Family types are really aware that they’re wrong about anything, at least consciously. I’ve referred to them as liars, too, but I’m becoming convinced that it’s counterproductive to do so.
I think the real problem is that they’ve reached all of their conclusions about life, the universe and everything before they begin weighing any evidence. (In theological terms this is called eisegesis, though no conservative theologian would ever admit to being an eisegete.)
Since they already have all of the answers (based on a reductionistic understanding of the nature of truth), any evidence that contradicts their conclusions is automatically wrong and therefore not worth considering, and anyone who promotes said evidence has been “blinded by Satan” and is therefore not worthy of being heard.
While it is possible to escape from that mindset (I did), it requires an overhaul of one’s entire worldview and doesn’t happen quickly.
Excellent job, Eugene. It occurred to me that this is what I despise in fudamentalist religion, the prejudice. Its the belief that I’m doing something wrong if I decide an issue for myself – that its wrong to question. Its a belief that all has been prejudged and it is a twisted justification for sifting through all the evidence that contradicts you to find the anomalies that support your viewpoint. Still, what kind of god intentionally creaztes Satan to deceive humans into eternal torture, not to mention allows all the other religions to successfully confuse his “truth” to the same end. And how many people honestly believe in magical things when the vast majority of even devoutly religious people’s experience is run-of-the mill and non-extraordianry? The only time I seriously entertained a belief in God(s) I was psychotic and slightly more confident it was space aliens, not god(s) accounting for the strange goings on I experienced like DL Foster described with Jesus poping out of the TV to talk to him. I’ve had miraculous experiences I still can’t explain in natural terms, it seems like the supernatural must be responsible. But I can weigh the evidence, seperate my emotional beliefs from the contradicting logical beliefs and say it was almost certainly mental illness, not Jesus who was responsible for the unexplainable.

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You will be responsible for meeting/greeting clinical research volunteers as they come into the clinic, checking their vitals (height, weight, blood pressure, BMI), and essentially making sure the study participants are healthy enough to participate in the clinical trial according the protocol of a study.
- Screen potential subjects.
- Performs basic medical procedures according to protocol for specified study participants, including but not limited to informed consent, vital signs, Height,/Weight/BMI measurements, meals, water fast, phlebotomy (straight stick/draw from IV catheters), finger stick blood sugar, ECGs, UA, UDS, urine collection, fecal collection, pulse oximetry, AE/ConMed assessment , obtain medical history and assists with Investigational Product accountability
- Ensures all study activities/procedures (during screening and clinical procedures) are completed on schedule and in accordance with the protocol, the FDA and the IRB requirements.
- Performs non-medical activities such as distribution of scrubs, locks, DVDs, movies, games, front desk tasks (screening centre) etc.
- Monitors subject safety.
- Reports equipment malfunctions and may assist with specified equipment maintenance and stocking of supplies.
- Performs general housekeeping duties as needed, including cleaning and making dorm beds, wiping down bedside tables, organizing subject resting and entertainment areas, cleaning screening exam rooms, etc.
- Assist with study setup activities and perform check-in and check-out activities.
- (Interacts with clients when appropriate (following proper communication path if needed) and ) perform/collect volunteer surveys
- Complete training activities required for Level I.
- Learn mentor/training activities with assigned mentor if applicable.
- Attend staff meetings, briefings, etc
- Explain and enforce / maintain subject house rules
- Warn appropriate staff in case of medical emergency
- Accurately documents all study procedures on CRF/SDs.
- Resolve data queries within 24hr period
- Read, write, and speak English; fluent in host country language required.
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Undergraduate degree in a clinical, health- related area and/or minimum 1 year of equivalent work experience with similar position
- 1+ years work experience in a medical or clinical field preferred
- Basic Life Support (BLS)/Phlebotomist Certification preferred
- Medical Assistant, Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medication Aide, Telemetry Technician, or Laboratory Technician preferred.
- To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.
- Proof of COVID-19 and Flu vaccination will be required for this role.
*This position will be based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Roles may be full time or PRN.
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Letters to the Editor for Wed., Jan. 13, 2016
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which built the Vietnam Wall in 1982, seeks to honor all Vietnam veterans and help heal the nation’s wounds from the Vietnam War. As they continue their mission, they are striving to match a face with every name on the Wall through their interactive digital Wall of Faces and in the future Education Center.
In an effort to help fulfill this mission, AP U.S. History students at Auburn High School are seeking help in providing photographs to honor the memory of Alabama’s fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War.
As of January 2016, five of Atmore’s eight casualties in the Vietnam War do not have photographs representing them (639 of Alabama’s 1210 casualties lack images).
Your help in finding photos of these Atmore fallen heroes would be greatly appreciated: Jack Elliott Clemmons; Larry Eugene Gonzalez; Allen Twiggs Merritt IV; Elmer Jack Taylor; and Larry Benjamin Thomas.
For those with information or photos of these heroes, please contact Blake Busbin, Auburn High School AP US History teacher, at email@example.com. Families and friends can also submit photos and remembrances to the Wall of Faces site, by going to www.vvmf.org and clicking the Wall of Faces link.
Cotton farmers are in dire need of economic assistance. Santa Rosa and Escambia counties are home to three of the four gins in Florida with a tremendous impact on both the local and state economies. If cotton production leaves our state and local communities, the infrastructure of cotton gins, warehouses and associated business will go with it, and history tells us it will not return. The loss of cotton production means fewer workers have jobs; local businesses suffer with reduced sales of fuel, tires, fertilizer, seed and other inputs; and transportation companies must scale back due to reduced volume. Impacts go well beyond the sectors that I have mentioned and include equipment sales, lending institutions and eventually the consumer. Some cotton farmers did not receive the financing needed to operate in 2015 and many more will experience the same fate this year. The 2014 farm bill gives the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to designate ‘other oilseeds’ that can be included in commodity programs. The cotton industry has asked that Secretary Vilsack place that designation on cottonseed. Cottonseed is a valuable product generating significant revenue by farmers. I urge Secretary Vilsack to answer the call of 100 Members of Congress, 19 Senators, numerous national agriculture and lending associations, as well 376 lenders from across the country who have all written to him in support of this proposal and designate cottonseed as an ‘other oilseed’. Farmers are optimistic people and I am optimistic that the Secretary will use his authority to help stabilize our industry.


In diesem Sinne | In this sense, 2011
Projection inside a revolvable chalet
Material: wood, metal, rope, leather, lens, macro lens, slide, sunlight
Before entering, the visitor brings the chalet into line with the position of the sun. The rotation of the chalet, which is thus caused, is
transferred on to a movable hatch in the roof containing multiple lenses and one slide. Once the house is positioned in the right way, the sunlight falls
through the lenses and the slide and projects an image – that of the moon – into the house.
Image 1: Position of the house at 4:30 pm
Image 2: Indicator on the outside wall for the positioning of the chalet. For the projection inside the house to become visible to the visitor, the shadow of the screw must be aligned with the vertical line marked on the wall.
Image 3: Projection inside the house
Image 4: mechanical system
Môtiers 2011 – Art en plein air, Val de Travers


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Everybody is looking for a way to live longer and lead a healthy life. New studies show that eating spicy chili pepper on a regular basis might help you live longer. It was shown that those who eat chili pepper have a lower rate of mortality than those who don’t.
This is especially for deaths that are caused by stroke and heart diseases. A team of researchers from Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont observed that people who consume these types of peppers might live longer than those who don’t.
In order to conduct this research the team of researchers analyzed data from more than 16,000 Americans. The researchers looked at data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey.
The researchers discovered that those who eat spicy chili pepper had 13% reduced mortality risk from stroke and heart attack than those who don’t eat peppers regularly. Heart diseases and stroke are one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the US.
This research also corroborated with another research from 2015. This other study was made by researchers from China. They also discovered that spicy chili pepper was tied to reduce mortality. Both of these studies discovered that eating this vegetable is great for the body and it helps people live longer.
These spicy vegetables are great for some other treatments too. Despite this, the researchers mentioned that they were not able to find a real connection between the reduced mortality risk and chili peppers.
One of the reasons for which this type of peppers might help people is a substance that is found in the peppers. The name of the substance is capsaicin and it is the one that makes these peppers spicy. This substance is also known for helping people reduce bad cholesterol.
Because it reduces the levels of bad cholesterol it might be the reason for which is reduces the chances of developing heart diseases. This is because bad cholesterol is the one that can cause heart diseases and stroke.
Since spicy chili pepper is responsible for lowering the levels of bad cholesterol and bad cholesterol is responsible for heart diseases this might be the link that was missing.
What is your opinion about this study? Do you think that spicy peppers can help you?
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Crumb Rubber Infill Facing Ban In Europe
Last month, the Risk Management Assessment Committee (RAC) of the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) issued an opinion concerning microplastics, biodegradable polymers and rubber infill for artificial turf.
The committee voiced support for restricting the use of intentionally added microplastics and recommended more stringent criteria for biodegradable polymers.
For use of infill material for artificial turf, RAC recommended a complete ban after a transition period of six years noting that there was incomplete information on the effectiveness of risk management measures. A ban would also be more effective than risk management measures in preventing environmental releases in the long term, RAC said.
RAC’s opinion is part of ECHA’s ongoing process to meet the European Commission’s request to develop a restriction proposal for microplastics that are ‘intentionally added’ to consumer and professional products. ECHA submitted its proposal in January 2019. The report titled “Restriction Proposal on Intentionally Added Microplastics” underwent a six month public opinion period from March 2019 to September 2019.
After the recently released RAC opinion, the next step is the opinion of ECHA’s Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) which is expected in Fall 2020. The final ECHA decision is expected in 2001.
Commenting on RAC’s opinion, the European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) said “it will have an impact on the ongoing ECHA process and the final decision, posing serious concerns about the future possibility of using rubber infill materials in artificial turf.”
Further ETRA said, “the RAC opinion, based on a wrong calculation of the actual release of rubber granulate into the environment, is an extreme solution that risks to amplify the problem instead of reducing and then solving it. In this way it has been overestimated the impact of infill material on the total quantity of microplastics released into the environment from other bigger and more dangerous sources.”
For a positive conclusion, ETRA said, a more responsible and cooperative approach from every part involved, is necessary. The issue is serious and time is tight.
By way of background, the restriction proposal was developed in the context of the European Union’s (EU) Plastic Strategy published in 2018, which aims at circular plastics economy and contributes to reaching the 2030 sustainable development goals, the global climate commitments and the EU’s industrial policy objectives.
Sources: ECHA, ETRA
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Emirati Genome Programme: 4 more sample collection centres added
The EGP is the world’s first dedicated programme to study the Arab genome.
Four more Abu Dhabi healthcare facilities will serve as sample collection centres for the Emirati Genome Programme (EGP), Mubadala Health announced on Monday.
The EGP is the world’s first dedicated programme to study the Arab genome. It aims to understand the genomic make-up of the Emirati population and support the UAE’s preventive healthcare vision.
The new announcement expands the programme across Abu Dhabi and brings the total number of collection sites to 18.
The new collection centres are Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICDLC), Capital Health Screening Centre (CHSC), Healthpoint, and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD).
In addition, Mubadala Health is granting the use of one of its mobile medical units to G42 Healthcare, which will extend the reach of the project at its new location on Hudairiyat island.
The EGP has already referenced the Emirati genome based on DNA samples from 1,000 UAE nationals using next and third-generation sequencing with artificial intelligence and is now being extended to the wider Emirati population.
Hasan Jasem Al Nowais, CEO of Mubadala Health, said: “We are delighted to be supporting the EGP, which promises to have an enormous impact on the future of our healthcare sector. This project is close to our hearts as Mubadala Health has always emphasised the importance of preventative medicine while continuously working towards innovative diagnostic and treatment solutions.
“We are also excited about the implications of the programme for our vast number of Emirati patients. The reference genome will be used as a type-standard to study the genetic makeup of citizens and enhance the prediction, prevention, and treatment of disease. The project therefore aims to improve healthcare, and thus quality of life, for both current and future generations.”
Ashish Koshy, CEO of G42 Healthcare said with more participants, the programme’s research data would become more comprehensive and valuable.
“The EGP is designed to enable precise and customised medical treatment that will support a more robust healthcare system in the UAE by advancing local and international research. (It will help) better understand the nature of genetic illnesses, and support prevention strategies for current and future generations of Emiratis. The small step we are asking all Emiratis to take today will help realise a giant leap forward in preventive medicine in the UAE.”
How to participate
Emirati citizens visiting any of the branches of ICLDC, Healthpoint, CHSC or Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will be supported by an onsite team of experts.
The participants will be required to sign a consent form.
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Aston Martin is very proud of what they did with the Rapide S. The four-door Aston started out as a four-door DB9, but it was a bit of a mismatch. It wasn’t supple and sublime enough to be a cruiser, and it wasn’t particular sporty. With the Rapide S, they turned the volume up to 11 and went for full sport. Not only it gets a sportier look with a large and hungry-looking mouth, it’s has a 100 more horsepower than the normal Rapide.
In this video Aston Martin Director of Product Development Ian Minards gives an overview of the many innovative technical and engineering features:
- 558 horsepower
- 620Nm of torque
- 0 to 60 mph 4.9 seconds
- Top speed 190 mph


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Firework displays 2013: Ware, Hertfordshire
PUBLISHED: 14:30 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:31 18 October 2013
BONFIRE Night 2013 is fast approaching and a series of huge public firework displays are being arranged across Hertfordshire to mark the occasion, including one in Ware.
The 42nd annual Ware Fireworks Display will take place the weekend before Guy Fawkes’ Night on Saturday, November 2 at its usual venue.
Thousands are expected to turn up on the corner of High Oak Road and Kingsway, in Ware, to enjoy fireworks and a bonfire.
Gates will open at 5.30pm. The bonfire will be lit around 6.30pm and the firework display is expected to begin around 7pm.
Ticket prices are £5 for adults and £3 for children under-14. A family ticket, for two adults and two children, costs £13.
As in previous years, there will also be some funfair attractions, as well as stalls selling hot food and drinks.
Both Grasmere Road and the section of High Oak Road between Kingsway and Musley Hill will be closed to traffic on the night between 5pm and 8.30pm, for the safety of people attending the event.
The popular display is once again being organised by the three Rotary Clubs that meet in the town – Amwell, Ware and Hertford Shires.
There is no car park at this event.
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Earlier today, Sega of America’s YouTube channel released a series of live-action shorts known as “Stories of the Dragon” to promote the impending western release of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. Shot on location in Tokyo, the series focuses on characters protagonist Kazuma Kiryu has interacted with in the past, and how that interaction has changed their lives.
The shorts number three in total, and run around three minutes each. “The Bouncer” and “Prodigal Son” look at side-story characters from Yakuza Kiwami, and “Another Haruka” focuses on a side-story character from Yakuza 5. The collection of shorts may be found embedded below.
The Yakuza franchise is a series of open-world, action/beat-em ups, that first appeared on the Playstation 2 in 2005. Primarily focused in a fictionalised version of Tokyo’s Kabukichō district (known as Kamurocho in the game), players control Kazuma Kiryu as he assists the Tojo clan and tries to maintain his moral fortitude. Yakuza 6 will take players through the familiar Kamurocho district, as well as a Hiroshima port town named Onomichi, as Kazuma investigates a mystery that threatens those closest to him.
Yakuza 6 is slated for western release on April 17th for the PlayStation 4. The base version will retail around $60USD.
Chapter 1: The Bouncer
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Chapter 2: Another Haruka
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Chapter 3: Prodigal Son
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There are many brands, versions, models in microwaves, but If you ask a simple question of How do you use it for everyday cooking , the instant reply is for heating refrigerated food, or as simple as reheating.
But I use it almost for all types of cooking apart from cakes, pizzas, like daily breakfast, meals .So let me share a few, and you can venture more than this.
- Rava kesari, or Suji ki halwa as known in north India
Recipe: Ingredients needed: Suji or rava- 1 cup,sugar-1 cup
ghee-1/2 cup, cashews few.kesar food colour.
Take a glass bowl , add just 2 spoons of ghee, rava, cashews, keep in microwave for 2 mints.
Take out & mix nicely with a spatula, till it mixes well& fried.
Now add sugar & water till the mixture is immersed fully, say 1 cup.add colour.
Again microwave for for 5 mints, closed. Keep it inside to rest for few more mints, take out & mix nicely adding the remaining ghee.
That is all, instant tasty kesari Bhath ready.
Impress your guests with an instant tasty sweet.
I make it even for big get togethers. No tension of lumps, no standing near gas & mixing, making the arms strain.
Enjoy cooking in microwave,
more to come !!