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Targeted therapies have provided more therapies for ever-growing subsets of cancer, with the goal of delivering a personalized therapy that is tailored to each individual molecular abnormality. In this effort, NRG1 gene fusions represent a promising new target in this chase, with several agents in the development pipeline.
Findings for one such agent, zenocutuzumab (MCLA-128), were recently presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting1 and in a case study published August 18, 2022, in the journal JCO Precision Medicine.2 “The case of our patient with metastatic breast cancer emphasizes the importance of molecular profiling for detecting targetable genetic alterations and broadening treatment options,” the authors of the JCO Precision Medicine paper wrote.
The patient in the case report was a 58-year-old woman, who received an initial diagnosis of stage IIIA, grade 2 bifocal infiltrating nonmucinous ductal carcinoma in April 2013. Throughout the course of her disease, the patient received endocrine therapies, a CDK4/6 inhibitor, chemotherapy, and bevacizumab (Avastin), with short-lived responses to each course of therapy. In March 2018, she received the combination palbociclib (Ibrance) and fulvestrant (Faslodex), with a best response of stable disease. In March 2019, progression was noted in the liver and capecitabine was initiated, with a partial metabolic response noted; however, liver and bone metastases were reported in January 2020.
Oncofocus test revealed a gene fusion between exon 6 of NRG1 and exon 5 of SLC3A2, which was confirmed at her progression on capecitabine. Genetic testing did not detect any other actionable mutations, and the patient was subsequently enrolled in an early access program to receive zenocutuzumab, which was administered intravenously at 750 mg once ever 2 weeks. Premedication of antipyretics, antihistamines, and corticosteroids were given before each 2-hour infusion.
After the first 2 treatment cycles, the patient experienced a complete metabolic response by PET scan in 4 of her liver lesions, which ranged in size from SUVmax of 5.6 to 15.7 at baseline. Additionally, a partial metabolic response was seen in bone metastases. By RECIST v1.1 criteria, there was a 35% size reduction seen in target lesions, indicating a partial response. These responses remained ongoing at 21 months post treatment. Additionally, zenocutuzumab was well tolerated, with the only adverse events being grade 1 nausea, which was intermittent and well managed with metoclopramide, and intermittent grade 1 diarrhea, which was managed with loperamide.
“This case supports emerging evidence that NRG1 fusions are targetable driver mutations in metastatic breast cancer and that NRG1 fusions merit being added to the screening panel of actionable oncogenic alterations in this patient population,” the authors noted. “This case highlights the value of targeted sequencing for cancer precision medicine and demonstrates that inhibition of HER2/HER3 signaling with zenocutuzumab is effective for treating ER-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer harboring an NRG1 fusion, supporting the application of zenocutuzumab in a tissue-agnostic therapeutic context.”
NRG1 gene fusions occur in 0.2% of cancer diagnoses and is a member of the EGF receptor family, with malignant cell proliferation commonly caused by binding to HER3 and subsequent activation of HER2. NRG1 is most common in non–small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC) and KRAS wild type pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) but also occurs in 0.04% to 0.7% of breast cancer diagnoses.
There were 110 patients enrolled in the phase 1/2 study presented at the ASCO annual meeting, with 83 meeting the criteria for the primary analysis. The most common tumor types were NSCLC (57%) and PDAC (23%). Additional histologies treated included breast cancer (8%), cholangiocarcinoma (4%), colorectal cancer (4%), endometrial soft tissue sarcoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and cancer of unknown primary (5%).
The overall response rate (ORR) per RECIST criteria in the study was 34% by investigator assessment across all tumor types (95% CI, 24%-46%). In those specifically with PDAC, the ORR was 42% (95% CI, 20%-67%) and in patients with NSCLC the ORR was 35% (95% CI, 21%-50%). Tumor shrinkage of any level was observed in 70% of patients in the study, and the median time to response was 1.8 months. Median duration of response was 9.1 months, with 24% of patients continuing therapy at the time of the cutoff.
“At the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting, we provided an update on our lead bispecific antibody, zenocutuzumab, which demonstrated strong efficacy across multiple tumor types, clinically meaningful duration of response, and a very well tolerated safety profile,” Bill Lundberg, MD, president, chief executive officer of Merus, the company that develops the NRG1 agent said in a statement in early August. “We continue to believe zenocutuzumab has the potential to be both first in class and best in class for patients with NRG1 fusion cancer.”
A pivotal phase 2 trial is currently enrolling patients with solid tumors harboring an NRG1 fusion (NCT02912949). According to Merus, the trial, which is labeled eNRGy, is designed to support a biologics license application for zenocutuzumab, based on feedback received from the FDA in 2021. The study plans to enroll 250 patients and the estimated primary completion date is December 31, 2022. The primary end point of the study is ORR.
- Schram AM, Goto K, Kim DW, et al. Efficacy and safety of zenocutuzumab, a HER2 x HER3 bispecific antibody, across advanced NRG1 fusion (NRG1+) cancers. J Clin Oncol. 2022;40(suppl 16):105. doi:10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.105
- Fontana E, Torga G, Fostea R, et al. Sustained Tumor Regression With Zenocutuzumab, a Bispecific Antibody Targeting Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 3 Signaling, in NRG1 Fusion-Positive, Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer After Progression on a Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6 Inhibitor. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022;6:e2100446. doi: 10.1200/PO.21.00446.

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Mahira Khan takes a strong stand for #MenToo, says no one deserves to be falsely accused
The Pakistani actress shared the story of a professor committing suicide after being wrongly accused of sexual assault.
Updated: Oct 24, 2019, 04.00 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Mahira Khan has opened up about the #MeToo movement that gained momentum last year and has taken a rather balanced approach towards the campaign that brought many high-profile cases to the fore.
The Pakistani actor expressed angst on social media, referring to a case in which a college professor committed suicide after being wrongly accused of sexual assault, reported by The News International.
"It angers me that an innocent man would kill himself because of wrongly being accused and it boils my blood that another can roam around free after raping someone. Whether you misuse the #metoo movement or delay accountability on it, the result is the same -death," tweeted the 34-year-old actor.
The actor, while condemning the ones who falsely charge people of sexual harassment, also batted for speedy trials in genuine cases.
Mahira Khan made her debut in the Bollywood industry in 2017 with Rahul Dholakia's 'Raees'. She was cast opposite megastar Shah Rukh Khan, who also produced the film.
Despite a few controversies on banning all Pakistani artists due to the tensions created after the 2016 Uri attack, the film was a modest success, minting over USD 39 million worldwide.
Catherine Walker Creations, Maheen Khan Ensembles: Inside Kate Middleton's Stunning Pak War...
Royalty At Its Best
18 Oct, 2019British royals Prince William and Kate Middleton concluded their five-day royal visit to Pakistan on Friday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who landed in Islamabad on Monday, have been making headlines since, and it's primarily for the way they mingled with the local culture.Duchess Kate was the talk of the town because of her ultra-graceful outfits. Be it the shade or the style, the 37-year-old often reminded fans of her deceased mother-in-law Princess Diana when she visited Pakistan in 1996 and 1997.Ensembles of top-notch designers made it to Middleton's wardrobe for the trip, and were coupled with the best of accessories keeping Pakistani tradition in mind.Here's a round-up of the best outfits donned by Kate Middleton on her royal getaway to Pakistan.
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The establishment of this field hospital comes following a decision made on July 31 by Da Nang’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. In preparing to be put into operation, the field hospital has received great support from staff at the Hoa Vang medical centre as well as local agencies, organisations, and individual donors.
The 200-bed hospital will be used to quarantine and treat COVID-19 patients, especially those showing severe symptoms and who are enduring a range of complicated underlying diseases.
This comes after the municipal People’s Committee decided to establish a 1,000-bed field hospital located in Tien Son Sport Centre.
Moreover, an additional 12 cases were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 on the morning of August 1, increasing the nation’s total amount of COVID-19 cases to 558.
Of the total, 116 can be linked back to the outbreak in Da Nang which was initially detected on July 25.
- Da Nang’s Hoa Vang field hospital ready to treat COVID-19 patients
- Da Nang sets up more field hospital for COVID-19 treatment
- Field hospital in Hoa Vang ready for COVID-19 patients
- Da Nang builds field hospital to treat COVID-19 patients
- Da Nang works around the clock to stamp out COVID-19 outbreak
- Da Nang to build field hospital as three medical facilities remain locked down
- 45 COVID-19 infections detected in Da Nang on July 31 morning
- Vietnam confirms 12 more COVID-19 infection cases on August 1 morning
- Medical workers go into quarantine at Da Nang Hospital
- Additional 11 fresh cases detected in Da Nang, including 4 medical workers

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Here to Help Campaign
Sometimes, we all need a bit of help. Whether it is a shoulder to cry on, a helping hand to make ends meet, advice on finances, or to know you are not alone.
Whatever the issues you are facing, there are people, community groups and volunteer organisations here to help you.
Hear from various support organisations in the videos below and find links to their websites to get further support.
To watch the videos below, click the arrow in the middle of each video to start playing it.
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Hear from various food banks across the borough of Ashford that are here to help provide you with essential food and supplies in the video below.
Click on the buttons below to get help from food banks run by local charities and community groups.
You can also visit our Ashford Food Banks webpage for information on food banks in the borough.
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Hear from social enterprises across the borough of Ashford on the work they are doing to support the local community in the video below.
Click on the buttons below to get help for your wellbeing or mental health from local charities and community groups.
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Click on the buttons below to get financial advice and support from Citizens Advice Bureau and Ashford Borough Council.
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Hear from the Ashford Volunteer Centre on how you can get involved in volunteering, and from volunteers in the borough explaining their experiences and the benefits of volunteering in the video below.
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New Hampshire State Representative Jenn Coffey, last year’s winner of the inaugural Knife Rights Freedom’s Edgeâ„¢ award given to honor her efforts which led to repeal of New Hampshire restrictions on switchblades, has introduced a Knife Rights backed Knife Law Preemption bill in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Click to read HB 544.
Rep. Coffey’s bill simply adds “and knives” in three places to the existing New Hampshire firearms preemption law.
Maine Bill Would Allow One-Armed Exception for Switchblades
Maine State Representative Sheryl Briggs has introduced a bill entitled “An Act to Allow a Person With One Arm to Possess Certain Kinds of Prohibited Knives.” The bill would provide an exception to Maine’s “dangerous knives” law, which restricts switchblades and bring the state law into conformity with that exception provided in the Federal Switchblade Act. Maine is one of the very few states which don’t already include such an exception. Knife Rights is assisting Rep. Briggs in her effort. While hardly a huge leap in freedom, even baby steps move the cause forward and sometimes evolve into bigger changes with guidance and support. Stay tuned…
Join Knife Rights at East Coast Custom Knife Show March 4-6
Please join Knife Rights at the East Coast Custom Knife Show in Jersey City, NJ, on March 4-6. For 21 years this event was held in New York City until forced this year to move across the river by District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr’s persecution of knife owners and retailers. Click for more details including the custom makers, retailers and suppliers exhibiting and information on hotel and transportation.
Speaking of New York City…
It is an unfortunate truth about litigation that you often cannot speak publicly about what is going on. That news vacuum can lead to questions. Be assured that the Knife Rights legal team is hard at work on our litigation efforts. Stay tuned…
If you are a retailer or individual in New York who finds yourself targeted for the sale or possession of so-called illegal knives (one-hand opening and assisted opening knives), we urge you to immediately contact Knife Rights at: nycity@KnifeRights.org or toll-free: 1-866-889-6268. You have a constitutional right to seek help and counsel.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide free menstrual products to all school children in England.
23 January 2019
The Department for Education published statistics in March 2018 which shows that while absence rates related to illness are slightly higher in girls than boys, the gap in absence rates between boys and girls is very similar regardless of disadvantage. This suggests period poverty does not have a significant, nation-wide impact on attendance. However, no girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her gender or background and we are keeping this matter under close review.
Schools are best placed to identify and address the needs of their pupils; have discretion over how they use their funding; and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance.
We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to more than £2.4 billion of additional funding this year alone.
Our guidance on ‘Sex and Relationship Education’ and the draft ‘Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education’ guidance (both attached) encourages schools to make sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation. Lastly, as a government, in the previous round of the Tampon Tax Fund we provided £1.68 million for the ‘Let’s Talk. Period’ project, which is distributing sanitary products to young women and girls in need across England.


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As we all do, I have been thinking a lot about what 2015 will bring. Here are some of my thoughts, in no particular order, on what U.S. foreign policy must focus on this year. 1) Revitalize NATO NATO is a critical body for international security, but its importance and resources have been waning. As Russia tests the limits of NATO’s resolve, aggravating Cold War mentalities, NATO must stand strong as a coalition to safeguard freedom, security, and democratic values. 2) Finalize and adopt outstanding trade deals Negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...Continue
This blog was written by American mural artist Christine Kuhn.
From November 17 through December 10, I had the opportunity to travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of the Community Engagement through the Arts program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).
There is no denying it: art and culture are social drivers in the community. Using art for community engagement exists as a means for reaching not only artists, but also the youth and marginalized communities. Through a cooperative agreement, Meridian and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State have selected four American artists to travel to Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to participate in a cultural exchange.
Listen up. Young African leaders have a few things to say about youth leadership. These 24 incredible changemakers from Togo, Senegal, Chad and Mauritania traveled to the United States to learn and discuss social entrepreneurship, civic engagement, and community building. The leaders were here last month as part of our second cohort of Pan-African Youth Leadership Program, a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Each student developed a community service project or small enterprise to implement upon their return home. Projects ranged from jewelry-making ventures to new libraries to school clean-up initiatives. We’re excited...Continue

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Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Asim Ahmad, provided the Finance Minister, Miftah Ismail, with a first draught of budget suggestions worth Rs. 300 billion for consideration in the next fiscal budget
Ministry of Finance conducted a preliminary meeting for the IMF negotiations on Monday. Data on revenue collection for 2021-22, revenue trends, tax predictions for the following fiscal year, and an early sketch of budget plans for 2022-23 were given at the conference by tax officials.
Withdrawal of exemptions, changes in personal income tax slabs, imposition of new taxes, augmentation of tax rates, tax relief measures, tariff rationalization, and expected revenue from enforcement and administrative actions in 2022-23 were all included in the budget recommendations.
During the IMF preliminary meeting at the Finance Ministry, the structural benchmarks established with the IMF were also addressed in depth.
Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, Minister of State for Finance and Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue will travel to Doha on Tuesday (May 17), while Finance Minister Miftah Ismail will arrive the following day, on Wednesday (May 18).
According to sources, revenue measures of over Rs. 300 billion may be necessary for the next budget (2022-23) to fulfil the expected revenue collection goal of Rs. 7.2 trillion for the next fiscal year. By the conclusion of the current fiscal year, the FBR would have accumulated roughly Rs. 6 trillion.
Based on macroeconomic statistics and predicted autonomous revenue growth in 2022-23, the FBR expects to collect Rs. 6.8 trillion to Rs. 6.9 trillion. As a result, revenue measures of Rs. 300 billion may be necessary to achieve the expected tax expectations of Rs. 7.2 trillion for the upcoming fiscal year.

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Nutrient-poor bogs force plants to get creative, perhaps none more so than the purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Its dramatic, specialized leaves form multicolored ‘pitchers’ that fill with rain and snow, hosting tiny self-contained ecosystems—like the bogs themselves.
Our Farmland Access Program connects farmers with land where they can start or expand a business. Through the sale of conservation easements that limit development and protect environmental features, the program lowers the cost of farms and finds ways to help farmers afford them. We ensure easements are upheld, but otherwise farms tell their own stories upon the land—stories that inevitably change both the farm and the farmer. Farmers from three farms share their stories: Elmer Farm in Middlebury, Northeast Vine Supply in Pawlet, and Kingsbury Market Garden in Warren.

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Just Food? – Review
Just Food? Food and Farming for a Sustainable Future, edited by Barbara Butler, Spring 2018. Christians Aware, ISBN 978 0 9955 5428 6 0, 229 pages. RRP £12 + £4 p&p from Christians Aware, 2 Saxby St, Leicester, LE2 0ND. www.christiansaware.co.uk
Food and farming, like those they serve, never walk alone. The response to the title’s general question is inherent and satisfying: “Food and farming for a sustainable future”. Their reverse, non-sustainable food and farming, threaten life on earth and even contribute to a reign of death.
This book points towards food security and justice. As Editor Barbara Butler writes, “Despair is not helpful”. She suggests we can do a lot (as indeed we can and often do). Food and nutrition security are vital for the future of the world.
A principal contribution we make is inclusion of God in farming and food production. Our faith testifies, imaginatively, that farming began in a garden, under God, that our central act of worship is a meal, and that God in the human Jesus became one of us and died for us to redeem us. This is our God whom we worship and follow.
We are within God’s soil community, entrusted to us for sustainable production and use. We encourage soil love. We are a loving, created community. All sustainable farming, traditional or modern, recognises that we are a created community. We serve God by serving the soil, including its sustainable use for our food, and even with some improvements in human technology. We can contribute compost using food waste (or remnants) as a principal example of soil love under God. Even disused food plants or food can serve as compost. I even include here what the late organic gardener Lawrence Hills called Chairman Mao’s cocktail – the use of human urine can nourish the growing soil community.
All of us, including our children, can support and learn from the soil wisdom of the Soil Association, through its contemporary members, and from some wise ancestors such as John Muir, F W Schumacher, John Seymour and Eve Balfour. Soil health is damaged through human generated air, soil and water pollution and compaction. With the Soil Association and similar groups including the Sierra Club, Green Christian and others, we can maintain and improve soil fertility and structure through increasing food resilience, careful cultivation and use of green manures, and well rotted compost, including animal manures.
Grasslands in general, especially mixed with clover and livestock, nourish soil. Green manures with different root systems are especially useful. The Agroforestry Research Trust promotes food producing trees as especially welcome, not only for their nurture of the soil, but for their concomitant food production. Bacteria and other “fringe” soil members are also encouraged for the work they do. Small predators nourish themselves on other nutrients and organic matter which in turn they pass on. I now appreciate, even more than when I was a boy maturing in Michigan, that trees are, along with my dog Clare of Assisi, “man’s best friend”. We may summarise the wide ranging wisdom throughout this book by noting that, as soil creatures, we secure a sustainable future for our agriculture and food and life with God on Earth.
Dr Edward P. Echlin
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The fictional account of a true story, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution, written by Phillip Bruce Chute, is an intriguing tale. Alice Barro experienced poverty as a child and a young woman. Raymond McDade was the owner of a local radio station and was sixteen years older than Alice. Attracted to his wealth, Alice married him despite their age difference. Ray achieved his wealth by dodging taxes, cheating the utility companies, paying his staff minimum wages, and other nefarious activities. He placed many demands on Alice, expecting her to work countless hours without ever taking a vacation. To compensate, she found solace in the arms of lovers, sparking jealousy in Ray. Her indiscretions fuel his jealousy and eventually lead to a shocking murder.
With well-developed characters and an engaging plot, Rock and Roll Murders: An Entrepreneur Finds That Murder is No Business Solution is a captivating novel that keeps you guessing until the final page. There are many twists and turns in this book by author Phillip Bruce Chute. Despite their complexity, the depiction of Ray's schemes, financial and legal complications are coherent and easily understood by the layperson. How the local law enforcement discovered the details and evidence about the murder was intriguing; the trial also had many exciting moments. Together, all of these aspects create a stunning book that will thrill those who love to read about actual events that prove truth is stranger than fiction.

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There are tough decisions to be made among the platters on tap this week.
For someone who makes a living speaking his mind, I had a awful hard time making mine up.
Let’s start with the DisCovery Award. There are two extremely worthy contenders, both from Texas. They are Cody Riley and Sim Balkey. I liked them both and wrestled mentally over this, but in a close call, I choose Sim Balkey for this week’s honor.
The choice for Disc of the Day was also between two super efforts. This time, I wound up in a deadlock. I can’t decide, so I’m calling it a tie between the Eli Young Band and Blake Shelton. Both of them stole my heart, and my ears.
CODY RILEY/Walls Don’t Build Themselves
Writers: Cody Riley/Dylan Riley; Producers: Wade Bowen/Ross Smith; Publishers: Thirty Ought, ASCAP; CR
-The track rocks with a terrific backbeat and unrelenting propulsion. By contrast, his twangy tenor has a tender-hearted, shy, pleading, boyish earnestness that is as country as grits. Also: The song is quite well written. Different sounding and oddly endearing.
LITTLE TEXAS/Young For A Long Time
Writers: D.Gray/P.Howell/D.O’Brien; Producer: Little Texas; Publishers: Del Yeah/P-90/Songs O’Brien, ASCAP; Goldenlane (track)
-These ‘90s “young country” favorites are back with a new collection that pairs 11 new songs with remakes of “God Blessed Texas” and “What Might Have Been.” The title tune is a lively rocker that sings the praises of being eternally youthful. Effervescent.
SIM BALKEY/How ‘Bout We Do That Tonight
Writers: Simon Balkey/Sarah Balkey; Producer: Kim Copeland; Publishers: Around the Cooler, BMI; SB (track)
-He has a solid honky-tonk baritone and a song with hooks a-plenty. The track simmers with pent-up energy and barely controlled fire. This kid has the goods. Spin him.
Writers: J.T. Harding/Josh Osborne/Trevor Rosen; Producer: Scott Hendricks; Publishers: Songs/Mighty Seven/Heavy Metal Disco/Might Seven/Songs of SMP/One Little Indian Creek/Songs of Black River/ReHits/Smacktown/Smack Blue, ASCAP; Warner Bros.
-Can someone please explain to me why this man is not nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the ACM’s? He stars on a huge hit TV show (The Voice), co-hosts one of country’s biggest specials (the ACM show, itself) and — unlike the men who are nominated — is a stupendous country-music vocalist. Blake’s swaying, romantic new single is head-and-shoulders above efforts by most of his peers. An atmospheric performance to get lost in.
PAT WATERS/Crazy That Way
Writers: David Lee/Eric Church/Tony Lane; Producer: Eric Paul; Publisher: Harmony, no performance rights listed; Big Valley Agency
-It’s rather preachy for my taste.
DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style
Writers: Darius Rucker/Rivers Rutherford/Tim James; Producer: Frank Rogers: Publishers: Universal/Cadaja/Memphianna/Warner-Tamerlane/T-Brid’s, ASCAP/BMI; Capitol (track)
-The title tune of Rucker’s new CD sounded like a winner when he debuted it at CRS. It still does. His singing is more relaxed and breezy this time around. The melody is wonderfully lilting. And the lyric is loaded with vivid Dixie imagery.
MANDY ROWDEN/Haunt You
Writers: Mandy Rowden/Billy Abel; Producers: Mandy Rowden/Joe Carroll; Publishers: none listed, BMI; MR (track)
-This Austin gal has a new CD called These Bad Habits. It features this languidly-paced tune where she seems to approach each note with caution. She is a little pitchy. The steel playing by Lloyd Maines dominates the track and is what will truly “Haunt You.”
ELI YOUNG BAND/Turn It On
Writers: none listed; Producers: none listed; Publishers: none listed; Republic Nashville
-How do they do it? Every time this band comes up with the catchiest song on the country scene, it manages to find yet another one. This one sends your brain into a dizzy, fizzy stratosphere of sound. The rapid-fire lyric is matched by a swirling instrumental track and rhythm that doesn’t let up for one second. Thrilling.
THE LACS/God Bless A Country Girl
Writers: none listed; Producers: none listed; Publishers: none listed; Average Joes
-It’s a combination of rap and bro country. Just what we need.
AUDREY AULD/I Am Not What I Have Done
Writers: Gary Harrell/Juan Meja/Joey Barnes/Rolf Kissmann/Gino Sevacos/Justus Evans/Michael Littlebear/Andrew Vance/Khalifah Christensen/Felix Lucero/Kevin Sawyer/Joe Askey/Audrey Auld; Reckless (track)
-Auld has been conducting songwriting workshops in San Quentin Prison since 2006. She has included five compositions that she created with inmates on her new CD Hey Warden. This one asks for simple understanding and compassion. It is a simple guitar-vocal, but elsewhere on the album she is joined by notable Nashville sidemen such Kenny Vaughan and Dennis Wage.
- DISClaimer Single Reviews: The Late Jimmy Buffett ‘Encourages Optimism & Hope’ - September 28, 2023
- All-Around Nashville Music Man Mike Henderson Passes - September 25, 2023
- Ringo Starr Honored At Musicians Hall Of Fame - September 25, 2023

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Gloria Vanderbilt Morgan, 52, a jazz pianist, vocalist and composer, was one of Chicago`s more prominent jazz greats. She made records, appeared regularly on jazz programs such as those at Taste of Chicago and performed at Milt Trenier`s Showroom and Lounge.
Services for Miss Morgan, of North Lake Shore Drive, were held Thursday evening. She died Sunday after a long struggle with cancer.
''She was a very aggressive piano player, whose music had a funk flavor,'' Sharon West, a friend, said. ''Her style on the piano was often described as a macho approach because it was so strenuous and so aggressive. On the other hand, as a vocalist, she was just the opposite. Her voice was silky smooth, very velvety.''
Miss Morgan`s father was General Morgan, a well-known Chicago pianist. He did not teach her to play but did serve as her model. She began studying music at age 5; her professional career began when she was 12.
''She played in churches and all over Chicago,'' West said. ''She played everything from classical to music for Chicago strip shows.''
At 18, she joined the U.S. Air Force and served for two years.
In the late 1960s, she moved to Dallas, where she signed a recording contract with Pams Inc., played and sang in nightclubs with the Dallas Jazz Orchestra and was part-owner of the Villager, a Dallas jazz spot.
Miss Morgan returned to Chicago in 1977. Since then, she off and on performed and recorded with the Jazz Members Big Band as a vocalist and keyboardist. She also performed with Bobbi Wilsyn and served as music director for the Sasha Sings Dinah Review.
She wrote several songs that were recorded by the Dallas Jazz Orchestra and the Jazz Members Big Band. She taught music at Columbia College.
In May, though suffering from cancer, she performed in the ''Tribute to Duke Ellington'' at the Museum of Science and Industry.
''She was a jazz great and quite a trooper both,'' jazz columnist George Silha said. ''She was comparable to Billie Holiday. She had a love for jazz and the people of jazz had a love for her.''
Survivors include a son, D`Wayne Watkins; four daughters, Debra Lynn Green, Dena Watkins, Donnia Watkins and Denise Watkins; two grandchildren; her mother, Gladys; two brothers, General Morgan III and Lorenzo Morgan; and two sisters, Patricia de la Cerna and Haseleria Jackson.


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If further evidence was needed that Ryanair has to change quickly, it came with the low-cost carrier’s third-quarter results. Without reform, the airline could soon run out of profitable growth.
Investors are twitchy after the airline issued two profit warnings in 2013. On Feb. 3 it confirmed its previously stated full-year guidance. That implies a 10-per-cent drop in profit, but Ryanair’s share price rose 7 per cent by midday in London, largely in relief that there were no new nasty surprises.


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It is just over four years since Datonomy reported on the leak of the Commission's original DP reform proposals and, as most readers will have heard by now, last night the EU institutions reached political agreement on the General Data Protection Regulation. Agreement was also reached on the other part of the reform package, the less-reported-on Data Protection Directive for the police and criminal justice sector. We do not have final texts, although key Council analysis documents of the compromise texts for both the GDPR and the Directive have been leaked on the Statewatch website, and this, combined with reports from sources in Brussels, gives us an indication of where the key aspects of the Regulation have ended up. Datonomy will of course be analysing the finalised texts once these become available. What's next? When will the new rules be in force? The compromise texts will now go back to the Council and the … Continue Reading ››
Late yesterday (7 December) the EU institutions reached a deal on the Network and Information Security Directive. The Directive will introduce new cyber security requirements for providers of key infrastructure, and oblige them to report details of cyber attacks to the authorities. The deadline for bringing the new rules into force will be in Q3 2017. Businesses which fall within the Directive’s definition of “digital service providers” – including online market places, cloud computing and search engines – will also be subject to security and breach notification requirements. The final text of the Directive is still awaited. Datonomy will provide further analysis once the text becomes available. What’s new? On 7 December, after many months of trilogue negotiations, the EU institutions reached a compromise on the text of the NISD. The European Commission issued this press release and the Council of the European Union followed suit swiftly with this … Continue Reading ››
On 15th October 2015 the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its first ruling on the so-called digital “right to be forgotten" in which it states that harmful information affecting individuals without public relevance should not be accessible to Internet search engines when the news has lost relevance over time. The background of the case The decision of the Court is based on the following facts: in the 1980s two people were involved in drug-trafficking and consumption. After being arrested, they were finally convicted for drug smuggling and imprisoned. A few years ago, after having served their sentence imposed for these facts and having remade their personal, family and professional life, they found out that by typing their names in the major Internet search engines (particularly, Google and Yahoo!), the news that once was published in a newspaper (El País) now appeared among the first search results, because such newspaper had … Continue Reading ››
Last Friday, the German legislator passed the highly disputed new German Data Retention Act (“GDRA”). The topic has a certain history in Germany as in 2010 the German Constitutional Court declared the previous data retention act invalid. The new GDRA puts quite extensive storage obligations on telecommunications providers. It is expected that claims seeking invalidation of this new GDRA will be launched very soon. In more detail, the act provides for the following: Telecommunication Services - storage of the following data:
- Numbers of caller and called person;
- Date, start and end of connection;
- Location data (stored only for four weeks); and
- SMS: inevitably, content will also have to be stored.
- Identification of telephone connection; and
- Date, start and end of connection.
Late on Friday 16 October, Europe’s data protection regulators issued an opinion enabling ongoing transfers of personal information from the EU to the US, at least for the time being. This followed on from the CJEU’s 6 October decision in the Schrems case that the so-called “safe harbor” regime used by more than 4000 US companies to legitimize the import of EU personal information was invalid. Following that decision a number of German data protection authorities ruled that “model clauses”, another mechanism used by thousands of other organisations to legitimize EU to US transfers, were also invalid. There was growing concern that the Article 29 Working Party, an influential body representing Europe’s data protection authorities, would follow the German approach creating more uncertainty and removing one of the few remaining limbs to support transfer. Businesses on both sides of the Atlantic can breathe a sigh of relief. The opinion, although far from categorically … Continue Reading ››
The likely demise of the US Safe Harbor is dominating the data news headlines - but what else is happening in the world of data and cyber regulation? Datonomy provides a round up of other recent developments in Europe and Asia. With contributions from Andreas Splittgerber and Christian Leuthner in Germany, Sofia Fontanals in Spain and Matthew Hunter, Daniel Jung and Aisling O’Dwyer in Asia, in this update we cover:
- EU policy and regulation including latest news from Brussels on the GDPR and NISD
- News from the UK
- News from Germany
- News from Spain
- News from Asia
- GDPR and NISD: Commission President Junker has yet again affirmed the “swift adoption” of the GDPR and NISD as priorities in this open letter of 9 September to the European Parliament. Below we take a more detailed look at the recent procedural progress of these two (not-so-swift) proposals.
- ECJ’s Safe Harbor decision expected 6 October: Not long … Continue Reading ››
One of Europe’s most senior lawyers, Advocate General Bot, today declared the EU-US Safe Harbour regime invalid. His opinion has profound implications for organisations transferring personal data to the US or importing personal data from Europe. Olswang explains the practical implications for companies transferring personal data from Europe to the US. What is safe harbour? The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) requires companies which collect personal data relating to EU citizens to retain such data within the European Economic Area unless it is being transferred to a jurisdiction which ensures ‘adequate’ protection for such personal data. Adequacy can be established in a number of ways, one of which is a declaration of approval of a particular jurisdiction’s regime for protecting personal data by the European Commission. In a decision of 26 July 2000, the European Commission declared that the safe harbour scheme established with the US provided adequate protection of personal data and … Continue Reading ››

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It is almost never a good idea to trade a vehicle in. It is almost always better to sell the vehicle on your own, get the full value for it, then use said cash as a down payment. However, you have negative equity in your vehicle, so it will be easier to trade it in, and have them deal with the payoffs.
And if you want lower payments on your current car, you have to do one of two things:
2. Buy another car
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CFP: Special Issue of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies on “Engaging Donna Haraway: Lives in the Natureculture Web”
Guest Editors: Cynthia Huff, Illinois State University, and Margaretta Jolly, University of Sussex
a/b: Auto/Biography Studies seeks original articles for a special issue on “Engaging Donna Haraway: Lives in the Natureculture Web” to be published as volume 34.3, Autumn 2019. A major theorist in such diverse areas as feminisms, Marxism, new materialism, science studies, posthumanism, animal studies, ecocriticism, and digital media, among others, Donna Haraway has only tangentially been considered as integral to life writing studies. This special issue seeks to redress that omission and show how Haraway’s decades-long career as a major theoretical voice and provocateur of thinking about new and complex connections across technology, species, and disciplines has not only impacted broad swatches of academic thought but has also been, continues to be, and will in the future be integral to life writing studies. With the focus squarely on the ways in which Haraway’s voice and thought have affected, and will continue to affect and effect life writing studies, we invite articles focused within any discipline in the humanities, social sciences, or sciences. We are, however, especially interested in those that break down disciplinary boundaries. Articles might examine, for example,
- how Haraway positions herself as an autobiographer, biographer, letter, email or diary-writer or other practitioner of life narrative genre and their intersections and effects;
- how her approaches to life narrative engage and transform life relationships and becomings between human and non-human animals, between human and non-human machines, and between non-human animals and machines;
- how Haraway’s melding and questioning of traditional terminology, such as the distinction between nature and culture, might allow life writing scholars to forge a radically new approach to how we look at lived and narrated lives;
- how life writing scholars globally have used Haraway, for example, in rethinking what it means to be a global citizen as this term applies not only to human animals but to all the beings who inhabit the globe;
- how Haraway’s concept of a natureculture web postures toward the trend in life narrative to relate life stories across media boundaries and across disciplines;
- how Haraway’s concept of becoming critiques otherness so that lives considered not worth living have now become the stuff of serious consideration by life writing practitioners and scholars;
- how Haraway’s practice of genealogy might re-envision the way we look at the trajectory of a life
- how Haraway’s evocation of first, the cyborg, and more recently, companion animals, as tropes have helped bring about interest in the machine and the animal as subjects and how this, in turn, has altered conceptions of subjectivity and subjecthood;
- how Haraway’s natureculture web impacts highly influential and timely concepts of the biopolitical or the Chthulucene, for example, to help us re-envision how we tell a life in the twenty-first century; and,
- how teaching the depth, breadth, and complexity of Haraway’s staggering contributions to a variety of fields presents pedagogical challenges, delights, and opportunities for innovative scenarios and curricula.
This special issue is meant to bring into conversation Donna Haraway’s myriad influences, specifically her impact on almost every imaginable academic field, to expand the theory and practices of life writing and life narrative. These fields include, but are not limited to, technology studies, digital studies, cognitive science, media studies, animal studies, new materialism, ecocriticism, gender studies, feminisms, posthumanism, postcolonialism, narrative studies, disability studies, trauma studies, and performance studies. We are especially interested in articles that transgress the traditional academic boundaries between the humanities and the social sciences, the social sciences and the sciences, and the humanities and the sciences.
Please send an abstract for an original article, along with a current CV and a 100-word biography describing your areas of research/practice, to Cynthia Huff <firstname.lastname@example.org> and Margaretta Jolly <email@example.com> by February 1, 2017.
Completed articles (first draft, 6000 words including works cited and notes) will be due on or before October 15, 2017. The guest editors welcome essays that include images and are able to print in color without author fees. a/b also publishes ancillary digital and multimedia texts on the journal’s Routledge website. Inquiries welcome.
All essays must follow the format of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (8th ed.) and the a/b Style Sheet, which can be found here. Essays submitted for the special issue, but not selected, may be considered general submissions and may be selected for publication. Authors are also requested to include a fifty-word abstract and two to four keywords with their submissions. In order to ensure a confidential peer review, remove any identifying information, including citations that refer to you as the author in the first person. Cite previous publications, etc. with your last name to preserve your anonymity in the reading process. Include your name, address, email, the title of your essay, and your affiliation in a cover letter or cover sheet for your essay. It is the author’s responsibility to secure any necessary copyright permissions and essays may not progress into the publication stage without written proof of right to reprint. Images with captions must be submitted in a separate file as 300 dpi (or higher) tiff files.
Cynthia Huff, an English Studies Professor at Illinois State University, has academically gone to the dogs by publishing on and thinking about animalographies, texts allegedly by and about non-human animals. Forays into this inquiry are the co-authored article with Joel Haefner, “His Master’s Voice: Animalographies, Life Writing, and the Posthuman” in Biography, “Framing Canine Memoirs” in a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, and ‘Forward!’: National Identity, Animalographies, and the Ethics of Representation in the Posthuman Imaginary,” in Auto/Biography across the Americas: Transnational Themes in Life Writing, Routledge, 2016. She has also published extensively on diaries, Victorian literature, and women’s life writing, including British Women’s Diaries, Women’s Life Writing and Imagined Communities, and Inscribing the Daily: Critical Essays on Women’s Diaries, co-edited with Suzanne Bunkers. She continues to explore these subjects as well as family life writing.
Margaretta Jolly is Reader in Cultural Studies in the School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex and directs the University’s Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research. Her work has focused on auto/biography, letter writing and oral history, particularly in relation to women’s movements. She is the editor of The Encyclopedia of Life Writing (Routledge, 2001) and the author of In Love and Struggle: Letters in Contemporary Feminism (Columbia, 2008), for which she won the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association UK Book Prize. She is also Principal Investigator for Sisterhood and After: The Women’s Liberation Oral History Project, partnered with The British Library at bl.uk/sisterhood and oral history advisor to China Women’s University in Beijing.
Dr. Margaretta Jolly
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3 Ships is the fourth solo album by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, released on Elektra Records in 1985. It includes versions of traditional Christmas carols as well as original material by Anderson. The album title references the song "I Saw Three Ships," which states, "I saw three ships come sailing in, on Christmas day in the morning". It was dedicated to the organisation Beyond War.
The 'Holiday Card Pack, Jon Anderson Special Edition' came with a personal autograph from Jon, as well as a set of five Christmas cards. Each card displayed an image of an Anderson watercolour painting.
3 Ships was reissued on Compact Disc in 2007. This remastered '22nd Anniversary Edition' contains all of the album's original songs, plus five bonus tracks, two of which were previously unreleased.
The album received only a single star from Sounds reviewer Hugh Fielder, who called it a "soppy retreat from realism".
"Dive" is a song by Contemporary Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman, released as the second single from his 1999 album Speechless. "Dive" was covered by PureNRG on their final album Graduation: The Best of pureNRG.
Dive is the second studio album released by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. As the first album, Yoko Kanno produced this album as well. Lyrics of the album's songs were written by Sakamoto and Yūho Iwasato, except "Baby Face" and "Heavenly Blue" were co-written with Tim Jensen.
In technical analysis, support and resistance is a concept that the movement of the price of a security will tend to stop and reverse at certain predetermined price levels. These levels are denoted by multiple touches of price without a breakthrough of the level.
Support versus resistance
A support level is a level where the price tends to find support as it falls. This means the price is more likely to "bounce" off this level rather than break through it. However, once the price has breached this level, by an amount exceeding some noise, it is likely to continue falling until meeting another support level.
A resistance level is the opposite of a support level. It is where the price tends to find resistance as it rises. This means the price is more likely to "bounce" off this level rather than break through it. However, once the price has breached this level, by an amount exceeding some noise, it is likely to continue rising until meeting another resistance level.


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text: All entry-level lawyers must successfully complete bootcamp between nine and eleven months of being placed. Bootcamp is a six-day, intensive trial skills program. Each bootcamp is limited to a maximum of eight students. Each student brings a felony case from his or her caseload and uses that case throughout the week. The week begins on Sunday with brainstorming theories and themes. This is followed by workshops on motions practice and jury instructions; voir dire with jurors from the community; opening statements; a workshop on challenges for cause; and practicing direct and cross examination. Bootcamp concludes on Friday with closing arguments. Faculty from the system provide feedback throughout the week. Bootcamp is both educational and evaluative, and lawyers must meet the Colorado State Public Defender’s practice standards in order to progress into district court.


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The Thailand Information Security Association (TISA)*was formed in July 2007 to assist the*Kingdom of Thailand*meet emerging information security threats and foster cyber defense technologies and information sharing*in the Asia Pacific region.* TISA’s founding information security members included the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Software Park Thailand, the Department of Special Investigation, the Royal Thai Police, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the Provincial Electricity Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission, representing*both government and private sectors in Thailand. Dr. Prinya Hom-Anek, CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS GIAC, GCFW, CompTIA Security +, founder and acting president of TISA and I will be working together with TISA to*build a Center of Excellence for CEP focused on cybersecurity defense initiatives.*** In particular, we are working on the details for a cybersecurity defense laboratory* in Bangkok where we will be testing CEP technologies against some of the most threat detection problems we face today, including AJAX and Web 2.0 attacks,*Fuzzing attacks, VoIP attacks, Web Services and SOA attacks, *Virtualized Exploit*attacks (MOSVM) and* Critical Infrastructure*(SCADA) attacks.
We will be announcing more details about the CEP Center of Excellence for Cyberdefense Initiatives at the The 7th - Cyber Defense Initiative Conference 2007 (CDIC 2007) to*be held 22-23 November in Bangkok.
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Deportation of Crimean Tatars and their National Struggle under Soviet Rule
J. Otto Pohl*
28 November 1917 Independent Crimean Tatar state declared.
1918-1920 Control of Crimea disputed by German, Crimean Tatar, Bolshevik and White forces.
November 1920 Bolsheviks consolidate control over Crimea.
18 October 1921 Lenin signs decree creating Crimean ASSR.
September - November 1941 German army captures most of Crimean peninsula.
January 1942 Germans begin recruiting Crimean Tatars into self-defense battalions. A total of 8,684 recruited into 14 companies by 29 January 1944.
11 May 1944 Soviets recapture Crimea. Stalin issues GKO (State Defense Committee) decree 5859ss ordering "All Tatars are to be exiled from the territory of Crimea and settled permanently as special settlers in regions of the Uzbek SSR."
18-20 May 1944 NKVD deports 183,155 Crimean Tatars on 67 train echelons. Another 11,000 Crimean Tatar men mobilized into forced labor brigades. Operation involves 32,000 members of NKVD.
21 May 1944 Stalin issues GKO decree 5937ss redirecting 31,551 Crimean Tatars bound for Uzbekistan north to the Urals.
20 July 1944 NKVD massacres Crimean Tatar villagers remaining on Arabat Strip.
14 August 1944 GKO authorizes settlement of 51,000 people in 17,000 empty collective farms to replace deported Crimean Tatars.
14 December 1944 Supreme Soviet issues decree to replace all Crimean Tatar, German and Greek place names in Crimea with Russian ones.
8 January 1945 The SNK (Council of Peoples Commissariats) issues Ukaz no. 34-14s "Regulations on Special Commanders of the NKVD" and Ukaz no. 35 "On the Legal Regulations of Special Settlers."
30 June 1945 Presidium of Supreme Soviet dissolves Crimean ASSR.
21 November 1947 Council of Ministers issues decree "On Criminal Sentences for Flight from Places of Special Settlement for Citizens of Crimean Tatar Nationality for Terms of 20 Years of Hard Labor."
26 November 1948 Presidium of Supreme Soviet issues decree making exile of Crimean Tatars and other deported nationalities permanent.
5 March 1953 Stalin dies.
1954-1956 Soviet government dismantles "special settlement" regime.
28 April 1956 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet issues Ukaz 136/142 releasing remaining Crimean Tatars from "special settlement" restrictions.
September 1956 First appeals by Crimean Tatar activists to Soviet government.
24 November 1956 Soviet government establishes policy of preventing Crimean Tatar return to Crimea in response to appeals.
5 January 1957 Meeting between 50 Crimean Tatar Communist Party members and Central Committee of Communist Party Uzbekistan.
July 1957 Petition with 6,000 signatures sent to Soviet leadership.
17 March 1958 Crimean Tatar delegation meets with Mikoyan and presents him with petition bearing 16,000 signatures.
10-11 October 1961 First post-Stalin political trial of Crimean Tatars takes place in Tashkent. Defendants receive 7 and 5 years in strict regime camp.
December 1961 Union of Crimean Tatar Youth formed in Tashkent.
10-13 April 1962 Marat Omerov and Seit-Amza Umerov of the Union sentenced to four and three years imprisonment respectively.
1964 Crimean Tatars establish permanent lobby in Moscow.
4 August 1965 Crimean Tatars stage demonstration in Bekabad, Uzbekistan.
11 September 1965 Two participants in Bekabad demonstration sentenced to a year imprisonment each and a third receives six months.
1966-1967 Uzbek courts sentence 59 Crimean Tatar activists to imprisonment.
28 March 1966 A delegation of 65 Crimean Tatars delivers a 33-page petition with over 130,000 signatures attached to the 23rd Congress of the CPSU.
12 May 1966 Mustafa Jemilev sentenced to 18 months in a camp.
8-18 October 1966 Crimean Tatars stage mass demonstrations in Andijan, Fergana, Margilan, Yangiyul, Tashkent, Angren and Bekabad Uzbekistan.
22 April 1967 Crimean Tatars stage demonstration in Andijan, Uzbekistan.
21 July 1967 KGB chief Andropov, Procurator Rudenko, Minister of Interior Schchelokov and Secretary of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Georgadze meet with delegation of 20 Crimean Tatars.
5 September 1967 Presidium of Supreme Soviet issues decree 493 "On Citizens of Tatar Nationality Formerly Living in Crimea" lifting charges of treason leveled against whole Crimean Tatar population in 1944.
5 September 1967 - 15 July 1968 Over 12,000 Crimean Tatars return to Crimea. Soviet authorities only grant 18 families and 13 individuals residency permits. Rest expelled and 17 tried for violating passport laws.
24 February 1968 First appeal outside the USSR on Crimean Tatars sent to Presidium of the Consultative Conference of Communist Parties in Budapest.
17 March 1968 Aleksei Kosterin's 72nd birthday party at Altai Restaurant, Moscow, where Petro Grigorenko delivered his important speech.
21 April 1968 Crimean Tatars stage demonstration in Chirchik, Uzbekistan.
15-17 May 1968 KGB rounds up and expels over 300 Crimean Tatars from Moscow.
14 November 1968 Aleksei Kosterin's funeral, 23 Crimean Tatars attend.
21-22 April 1969 Crimean Tatars stage large demonstrations in Samarkand, Margilan, Fergana and Bekabad Uzbekistan. Over 3,300 people participate.
6 June 1969 Five Crimean Tatars hold demonstration in Mayakovsky Square, Moscow on second day of World Conference of Communist and Workers Parties.
12-16 January 1970 Mustafa Jemilev and Il'ia Gabai tried in Tashkent and sentenced to three years in "strict regime" camps.
March 1971 Crimean Tatars gather over 60,000 signatures for appeal to 24th Congress of the CPSU.
January 1974 Sakharov writes appeal to Waldheim on plight of Crimean Tatars.
May 1974 Fikret Yurter, Mebeyyin Batu Altan and Emmanual Stein conduct five day Hunger strike in front of the UN.
22 June 1974 Mustafa Jemilev sentenced to one year in camp.
14-15 April 1975 Mustafa Jemilev tried and sentenced to 2.5 years in strict regime camp in Omsk.
August 1975 Crimean Tatars gather over 20,000 signatures for appeal to 25th Congress of the CPSU.
18 May 1976 First document issued by the Moscow Helsinki Group condemns incarceration of Mustafa Jemilev.
10 November 1976 Moscow Helsinki Group issues first report on the Soviet government's discrimination against Crimean Tatars.
4 November 1977 Moscow Helsinki Group issues second report on Soviet discrimination against Crimean Tatars. The report describes the deportations as genocide and compares Moscow's refusal to allow the Crimean Tatars to live in their homeland to apartheid.
8 February 1978 Mustafa Jemilev again arrested.
22 March 1978 Soviet court confirms new sentence of 1.5 years imprisonment and four years exile for Mustafa Jemilev.
28 June 1978 Musa Mamut commits suicide by self-immolation.
4 July 1978 Sakharov writes appeal to Brezhnev regarding Crimean Tatars.
11 - 12 April 1987 Crimean Tatars hold mass meeting in Tashkent.
3 and 23 July 1987 Over 2,000 Crimean Tatars demonstrate in Red Square, Moscow.
29 April-2 May 1989 OKND (Organization of Crimean Tatar National Movement) founded and Mustafa Jemilev elected chairman.
14 November 1989 Supreme Soviet issues decree "On Recognizing the Illegal and Criminal Repressive Acts Against Peoples Subjected to Forcible Resettlement and Ensuring their Rights."
1989-1994 Over 220,000 Crimean Tatars, nearly half the population, return to Crimea from exile in Uzbekistan.
*J. Otto Pohl, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is the author of two books, The Stalinist Penal Sstem: A Statistical History of Soviet Represion and Terror, 1930-1953 (1997) and Ethnic Cleansing in the USSR, 1937-1949 (1999), and numerous articles on related topics. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org
See also: "And this Must be Remembered!" Stalin's Ethnic Cleansing of the Crimean Tatars by the same author.

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The other day my little buddy was begging for a “bar” as a mid-morning snack. In our house, “bar” means Larabar and I still haven’t found a grocery store in our new town that carries them. It was rainy and there was already a bit too much whining before noon, so I decided that we would make “Lara”balls with a new twist. We broke out the cookie cutters! My plan worked. It was a fun activity to do together and the leftovers made perfect lunchbox treats for my girls.
It’s really this simple:
- Use one of our “Lara”ball recipes found here or here.
- Flatten out the mixture on a piece of parchment paper to desired thickness.
- Use your favorite cookie cutters to make shapes.
- Re-smoosh the mixture and flatten again until it’s all used up.
- Sneak scraps from cookie cutter edges along the way!
- See your kiddos face light up as if you just thought of the most amazing idea ever!
These little cuties led me to try the same thing with last week’s easy homemade beef jerky. The result was equally adorable pieces of beef jerky that are best described as the ONLY TRULY paleo cookie there ever will be. Sorry. I’m as guilty as anyone whipping up health-ier versions of treats from a past life, but in the end they are still treats. Treat them that way, don’t make them a staple, and in the mean time enjoy some meat in the shape of a heart. Who can resist? Watch out Christmas sugar cookie cutouts!
- Follow our beef jerky recipe or your own version to make meat mixture.
- Roll out to 1/4″ thickness.
- Use your favorite cookie cutters to make shapes and place on parchment lined baking sheets. It works best if you lift the cookie cutter up with the meat mixture inside, push in any meat mixture hanging around, and then take it out to put on the baking sheet.
- Re-smoosh the mixture and flatten again until it’s mostly used up (I cooked up the final scraps in a quick sauté as a snack!)
- Bake at 200 with wooden spoon cracked in oven door for 4-6 hours, turning once halfway through.
- Eat within 1-2 days or refrigerate for the week.
- Surprise your kids with a one of kind lunchbox treat.

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CATNIP Nepeta cataria
Perennial-Permanent Plant - Height 1 to 3 feet
Cats love this herb. Catnip is a member of the mint family It has silvery green leaves and fragrant lavender blue flowers. It also attracts bees and birds. Does very well in dry, poor soil areas.
Special Directions for Short Season Climates
SOWING: Sow seeds indoors in early spring or outdoors after all danger of frost has passed. Cover seeds with 1/8 inch of fine soil.
SPACING: If planted in rows space rows 18 to 24 inches apart.
THINNING AND TRANSPLANTING: When seedlings are about 2 inches tall, thin or transplant to about 12 inches apart.
GERMINATION: 2 to 4 weeks depending upon weather and soil conditions. Keep soil moderately moist during germination.
Ed's Special Advice
Cats love fresh or dried leaves. Don't plant in areas where cats will be a nuisance. Cut tops of plants and dry in cool ventilated place. Store dried leaves in air-tight container. Plants are very easy to grow and do not require much care.

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Last Friday I talked about actors who lit up the screen with their over-the-top handsomeness in specific movie roles. Today is all about the insanely lovely ladies of cinema.
This was nearly an impossible task for me to choose just four, but I stand by my picks. I’ll preempt the backlash by giving you a sampling of beautiful actresses who didn’t make this list. Charlize, Scarlett, Julia, Penelope, Marilyn, Raquel, Ingrid, Sophia and countless others deserve to be here but didn’t make the cut. Here’s who did.
Keira Knightley in Love Actually. I could completely identify with Mark (Andrew Lincoln’s character) in this Christmas classic, as he was obsessed with his best friend’s bride Juliet (Knightley.) When those church doors open and she walks down the aisle, blonde tendrils framing her angelic face, I was left breathless. Later in the film, Mark declares his undying love for her via a series of poster board sentiments, one of which read: “To me, you are perfect.” I couldn’t agree more.
Halle Berry in The Last Boy Scout. My “who IS this woman?” champion in the lady’s division is, without a doubt, Halle Berry in The Last Boy Scout. I saw the movie on the big screen in 1991 (don’t judge.) I can’t remember a thing about the plot and couldn’t even tell you what character Berry played — was she a stripper with a heart of gold? All I remember is being completely transfixed by her screen presence, her stunning beauty. This was pre-IMDB, so figuring out who she was no easy task at the time. Sure, she’d go on to win an Oscar for Monster’s Ball and a People’s Choice Award for X-Men, but I’ll never forget catching that first glimpse of her in The Last Boy Scout.
Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief. As far as I’m concerned, when it comes to old Hollywood glamour, it’s all about Grace Kelly. Although I considered choosing Rear Window as the film that best captured her dazzling beauty, I have to go with To Catch a Thief in all of its Technicolor splendor. What red-blooded American male wasn’t titillated with this exchange of dialog between Kelly and her costar Cary Grant? Kelly: Do you want a leg or a breast? Grant: You make the choice. They were talking about the fried chicken picnic lunch she had prepared for them. Or were they?
Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys. As Susie Diamond in The Fabulous Baker Boys, Pfeiffer showed us how far she’d come since Grease 2. Her beauty is almost freakish… that perfect face, those golden tresses, that rocket bod in the slinky red dress. I mean, come on! She’d lose the Oscar that year to Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy. Fair enough. But I’ll take Pfeiffer singing crooning “Makin’ Whoopee” on top of a piano over Tandy in the back seat of a 1951 Hudson any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
And there you have it, my picks for the most beautiful women ever to be captured on the silver screen. Voice your choice in today’s poll and let us know which one is your favorite?
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text: William Blake created this watercolor to mimic his interpretation of Donte's Divine Comedy. He was commissioned to paint this great illustration by Johnny Linnell. Although the artwork represents the writer's story, this is a complete original by this great painter. At first glance, many who view this think that it is a picture of beauty and love because of the sun in the background. This is actually a visual interpretation of when Donte and Virgil went down into hell and met the adulterous lovers Francesca de Rimini and Paolo. The lovers are trapped in the swirly path to hell. As they are trapped with others much like themselves, they see the sun that they are leaving behind in the distance.


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Too many “hard” checks of your credit can ding your score. For example, if you apply for several credit cards at once, several credit inquiries will appear on your report. Too many credit checks (as well as applying for/opening too many accounts) can give the impression that you’re a credit risk. Apply for new credit accounts sparingly, to limit the amount of credit checks you may incur.
The Credit Repair Organizations Act, or CROA, makes it illegal for credit repair companies to lie about their services and results, and sets some additional rules. If you think you might be the victim of a credit repair scam, or if you’ve had other issues with a credit repair company, you can submit a complaint to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
I am Francis Fraser, I live in the state of Colorado. I needed help with my credit score. I had nowhere to turn to. My current credit score was 563, I wanted it a little higher and probably my old accounts deleted although most of them I had no idea why they were there because I never opened accounts with credit card. I went on internet to search for help and I found REPAIR WIZARD the credit guru and I contacted (REPAIRWIZARD4@GMAIL.COM, +1 520 441 6516) him ASAP. We got started with the process with some few questions and a little display of competency as a proof of legitimacy. The good news is that he did all he said he will do (deleted the accounts, erased all the inquiries and eventually raised my score to a 768. Contact him and have your worries fixed this summer.
With a low score, you may still be able to get credit, but it will come with higher interest rates or with specific conditions, such as depositing money to get a secured credit card. You also may have to pay more for car insurance or put down deposits on utilities. Landlords might use your score to decide whether they want you as a tenant. But as you add points to your score, you'll have access to more credit products — and pay less to use them. And borrowers with scores above 750 or so have many options, including the ability to qualify for 0% financing on cars and 0% interest credit cards.
If you have negative information on your credit report, it will remain there for 7-10 years. This helps lenders and others get a better picture of your credit history. However, while you may not be able to change information from the past, you can demonstrate good credit management moving forward by paying your bills on time and as agreed. As you build a positive credit history, over time, your credit scores will likely improve.
Two companies dominate credit scoring in the U.S.: FICO® and VantageScore®. They calculate scores from information in your credit reports, which list your credit activity as compiled by the three major credit reporting agencies: Experian®, Equifax® and TransUnion®. If you have a good VantageScore®, you're likely to have a good FICO® Score, because both consider the same factors: Payment history: your record of on-time payments and any "derogatory" marks, such as late payments, accounts sent to collections or judgments against you. Credit utilization: balances you owe and how much of your available credit you're using. Age of credit history: how long you've been borrowing money. Applications: whether you've applied for a lot of credit recently. Type of credit: how many and what kinds of credit accounts you have, such as credit cards, installment debt (such as mortgage and car loans) or a mix. A credit score doesn't consider your income, savings or job security. That's why lenders also may consider what you owe alongside what you earn and assets you have accumulated.
Access to credit and loans may come easier than you expect, but that should also be a danger sign. There are several lenders who are willing to provide lines of credits or loans to people with poor credit. These options are often very predatory. If you’re simply trying to rebuild your credit history and improve your credit score, then there is no need to take this offers. If you’re in desperate need of a line of credit for an emergency, but have bad credit, please email us at email@example.com for a tailored response.
Your credit report will not be the same across all of the three major bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax) because not all lenders report to all three. Some might have inputted the data wrong and might show up with errors while others might be perfectly correct. That is why it is important to check your report from all three of the major bureaus at least once a year (which is free) to determine if there are any issues. You cannot make any lender report your credit, so it is important to know the differences between your reports since different lenders pull your report usually from different bureaus.
A good credit score ranges from 700 to 749 according to the FICO credit range while on a Vantage Score 3.0 you would end up at a B grade. You can check your credit score for free with Credit Sesame to see whether you fall inside the ‘good’ credit range. If you find yourself below the ‘good’ range then you can do several important actions to get yourself back up. First pay your bills on time, watch your balances, don’t go overboard applying for credit, live within your means, mix up your accounts, and finally, look into the future – credit history counts. With a good credit score range you will get a lot of great perks when it comes to applying for credit such as credit cards or loans.
You'll probably have a limited amount of money to put toward credit repair each month. So, you'll have to prioritize where you spend your money. Focus first on accounts that are in danger of becoming past due. Get as many of these accounts current as possible, preferably all of them. Then, work on bringing down your credit card balances. Third are those accounts that have already been charged-off or sent to a collection agency.
Assuming there has been no activity on the account, it should come off your credit report 7 years and 180 days after it first went late. You are probably right that the account keeps getting resold. Those sometimes sell for pennies on the dollar, and the collectors may come after people who are no longer legally required to pay. You can read more here: Does Your Old Debt Have an Expiration Date?
If your teen is ready for their own card, a secured credit card is a good place to start. A secured card is similar to a traditional “unsecured” card, except it requires a security deposit to access credit. Your teen can build credit by charging a small amount each month to their secured card and paying it off in full and on time each month. They can eventually upgrade to an unsecured card, and we’ll explain how below.
help guard against identity theft. That’s when someone uses your personal information — like your name, your Social Security number, or your credit card number — to commit fraud. Identity thieves may use your information to open a new credit card account in your name. Then, when they don’t pay the bills, the delinquent account is reported on your credit report. Inaccurate information like that could affect your ability to get credit, insurance, or even a job.


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It was cold in Chicago at the end of December so that the Chicago River gave off steam. It was an unusual scene for me and I took a picture.
The photo came out less impressive than the actual scenery and I decided to not post it. But in a few weeks demolition of the building in the background had started and in a few more weeks after that, the building was gone.
I've learned that this five stories tall building was the headquarters of General Growth Properties Inc. (110 N Upper Wacker Drive). It should be replaced by a modern riverfront tower. Let's see.
A crowd watching the solar eclipse from the deck of a skyscraper. August 21, 2017, Chicago, Illinois.
One of the many American Giants - a Muffler Man located in Crystal Lake, Ilinois.
Now in short about Muffler Men. They are giant fiberglass sculptures used as "attention grabbers". Many of these figures were used to promote various roadside businesses and often would hold real merchandise, like full-sized car mufflers, which, as I understand, was the reason for the Muffler Men nickname.
The figures are usually 18–25 feet (5.5-7.6 meters) tall. Muffler Men were a popular roadside decoration in 60's and 70's mainly in the United States.
Harmilda - a life-sized fiberglass statue - is a mascot of the town of Harvard, Illinois, and the symbol of the town's annual Milk Day festival. Her name is derived from the name of the festival (HArvard MILk DAys).
Harmilda was given as a gift by Robert Jones of Jones Packing Co. in 1966 and resides at the Five Points since then.
My mother knitted these pouches for the last Easter as an egg decorating experiment. The experiment was a success - the eggs look festive, the "decoration" can be applied in a wink and can be used over for every holiday. Furthermore, these knitted egg pouches make a perfect Easter gift. Happy Easter!
Dead Horse Bay is a small saltmarsh on the southern side of Brooklyn. In the 19th century, the marsh was a site with animal processing plants to where carcasses of dead horses and other animals were brought to be processed into glue and fertilizer. The remains were dumped into the water. This explains how the Dead Horse Bay got its name.
Horses were replaced by automobiles, and until 1930's, the marsh of Dead Horse Bay was used as a New York city's landfill. Since around 1950's the garbage dump started to erode and all the treasures are now spilling out for everyone to see. More #deadhorsebay photos.
The coast of the Dead Horse Bay is scattered with bottles, jars, vials, and other glass containers. Less abundant are crockery, faience, porcelain, and rubber items. Probably other materials have not survived and completely decomposed. Some items were buried more than a hundred years ago. Recently I've learned that it is nicknamed “Glass Bottle Beach”. More #deadhorsebay photos.

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As fans definitely know, Shannon Beador and her ex David met in court today to settle their messy custody battle! Check out what we have learned!
The judge dealing with the case, James Waltz, supposedly told the estranged pair that ‘it seems like they are both good parents to their children, despite the fact that they’re at odds with each other.’
In the end, David, who represented himself today, was ordered to pay $12,000 child support monthly.
As fans of Real Housewives of Orange County are aware, Shannon and David are the parents of three daughters, twins Stella and Adeline, 12 and 16 year old Sophie.
In addition, the court also initially decided David would be paying Shannon $18,000 in spousal support as well!
But when the man was heard protesting exasperatedly, that ‘She spends like a freak!’ it was settled, he would pay a lesser amount, after further discussions.
That being said, it is safe to say she got what she wanted from her cheating ex.
Shannon’s lawyer argued David was technically paying himself rent considering the building is raised on land he already owns, while he explained that the money actually returns to support his businesses.
After the whole thing was done, David opened up about how disappointed he was with the ruling, stating in an interview that he was ‘taken advantage of.’
Seeing how the pair fought over money, the judge eventually ordered a $10,000 retainer for a forensic accountant that is supposed to review David Beador’s business records.
Finally, it was decided the man would be paying Shannon’s attorney fees as well, in the amount of $25,000.
Apparently, as they were signing the order, Shannon was shaking a little, and the lawyer told her to ‘Take a breath, take your time.’
Afterward, David told the judge he only favored Shannon because she was represented by an attorney.
‘I am a little disappointed I was not able to present any evidence. I need to be careful here, but it seems to me you gave more credibility to Mr. Phillips because he’s an attorney and I’m self-represented. Quite honestly, your honor, I was ready to have the bailiff put me in handcuffs and haul me off because $30,000 a month might potentially destroy my company. I have to pay my ex to live a lavish lifestyle while I struggle to make payroll. I have no line of credit because in previous years I had some issues.’
The judge argued that looking at the numbers David presented, the decision was actually more in his favor.


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Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi (16 November 1894 – 27 July 1972), was a freemason from Austria, whose ideological views form the basis of the European Union. A product of European-Asiatic miscegenation, Coudenhove-Kalergi advocated the destruction of the European peoples through the flooding of the continent with Black Africans and Asiatics. He was also a staunch Judeophile and described the Jews as the main element of the future ruling caste. Coudenhove-Kalergi carried out his operations through the so-called International Paneuropean Union and was funded by the Jewish Warburg family; he was also supported by the House of Lorraine (kosher conservative "monarchy" of the fallen Austro-Hungarian Empire).
|“||Today's races and classes will disappear owing to the disappearing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its outward appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals. The main representatives of the brain aristocracy: of capitalism, journalism and the literate are Jews. The superiority of their spirit predestines them to become a main factor of the future nobility.||”|
- Practical Idealism (Praktischer Idealismus), The Racist and Supremacist Roots of the Ideology behind the European Union at Balder
- The Coudenhove-Kalergi plan – The genocide of the Peoples of Europe at Western Spring
- Count Richard N. Coudenhove-Kalergi at Big-Lies.org
- Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi als Freimaurer by Otto Zuber

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Children are eligible to join our nursery the term after their third birthday. Nursery children start at the beginning of term in September, January or April. Applications for our nursery are made directly through the school and allocation of places are made strictly in accordance with the Oxfordshire County Council Admissions Policy.
If you wish to apply for a place, please complete an Application Form (which includes a copy of our admissions policy). This must be returned to the school office together with a copy of your child's birth certificate and proof of address.
Sessions Times: Universal 15-Hour Entitlement
All children are entitled to 15 hours of early education funding. We offer either five morning or five afternoon sessions as follows:
- Morning (8.35 a.m. to 11.35 a.m)
- Afternoon (12.15 p.m. to 3.15 p.m)
Extended 30 hour entitlement
We also offer a limited number of whole day places (9 am to 3 pm) for children who are entitled to 30 hours of funding. Please visit the Childcare Choices website at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk .where you can find more information and apply for an eleven digit code to confirm your eligibility. We must have a valid code before we can offer your child a 30 hour place. We only offer 30-hr places to children who will be moving up into Reception the following academic year.
Children are offered a full time place in our Reception class from September following their fourth birthday. We currently have 30 places for children in Reception each September with all applications handled by Oxfordshire County Council. To apply for a place at St. Francis CE Primary School you must submit an application via the county council website by mid-January in the year in which your child will be commencing school. The procedure for applications can be found online at:
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Tango de Medellín
Johanna Palacios and Edinson Vanegas grew up in the tango-dancing environment of the Manrique neighborhood in Medellín. They teach tango to people of all ages for entertainment and as an alternative activity to counteract the violence in the city.
- Johanna Palacios Ruiz
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Edinson Dario Vanegas Amaya and Johanna Palacios Ruiz strike their final pose of the festival.
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Where did European explorers explore?
In the 15th century, Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East, but in the process they discovered an entirely New World: North and South America, plus many other lands.
Which European explorer made the voyages shown on the map?
This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his journey.
Where did the Nina Pinta and Santa Maria land?
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina. On October 12, the expedition reached land, probably Watling Island in the Bahamas.
What was the primary goal of European explorers?
The three main goals of the First European explorers was God, Glory, and Gold. God- They wanted to spread Christianity. Glory- They wanted to be known for their findings and discoveries. Gold-They wanted to become rich. Hope that helps!
Where were the European explorers from?
European exploration of the Pacific began with the Spanish and the Portuguese. By the late 1500s, the Spanish had colonized the Philippines and had discovered several of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia, as well as the Solomon Islands in Melanesia and the Marquesas Islands in Polynesia .
Which European explorers visited California?
The first explorers and settlers of Coastal California were American Indians. The most expansive European colonizations efforts were made by the Spanish. On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his crew entered San Diego Bay–the first Europeans to visit California.
Which European country was the first to explore?
Portuguese explorer Prince Henry, known as the Navigator, was the first European to methodically explore Africa and the oceanic route to the Indies. From his residence in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, he directed successive expeditions to circumnavigate Africa and reach India.


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Many people are afraid of the IRS, but most of that fear is based on misinformation or just plain irrational.
The IRS works mostly on a reporting system that relies on most of the public to snitch on each other. There are two forms that might be sent to the government.
The first is form W2. If you have a regular, full-time job, your employer probably withholds taxes, social security and medicare, and sends it to the government. At the end of the year, they’ll send you a W2 form. They also send a copy of this to the IRS.
If you are an “independent contractor” or you have bank accounts or investment accounts, your “income” or interest will likely be reported on a 1099 to the IRS.
You can always walk into the IRS (or even go online) and get a “transcript”, which is all the information that has been reported to the IRS. If you ever file, it’s usually a good idea to check that first. If there’s anything that wasn’t reported, the IRS won’t assume it’s taxable. That’s not being sneaky, anything that is reported can be disputed because it’s likely not taxable, but that’s for another lesson.
The IRS isn’t quick to respond, but if they have a lot of this information and you don’t file, they might just file for you. This is called a substitute return. They don’t give you any deductions other that the standard deduction, and they will send you a bill. This isn’t really a bill, it’s a “notice of deficiency”. This can be disputed, but that’s for another lesson.
If you don’t refute their assessment, they’ll attempt to collect it. They might levy bank accounts and put liens on property. This can all be stopped, but the lesson here is that you won’t go to jail.
In fact, there is even a non-collection status, where they will file a generic lien, but will stop all attempts to collect from you. That means that your bank accounts will be left alone. They also only have 10 years from the time of the assessment to collect, so after 10 years, the lien just goes away.
Simply not filing will not land you in jail, even though this is a fear that many people have. What they are afraid of is a law called “willful failure to file.” This can be found in section 7203 of the internal revenue code (title 26). It says:
Any person required under this title to pay any estimated tax or tax, or required by this title or by regulations made under authority thereof to make a return, keep any records, or supply any information, who willfully fails to pay such estimated tax or tax, make such return, keep such records, or supply such information, at the time or times required by law or regulations, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000 ($100,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution. In the case of any person with respect to whom there is a failure to pay any estimated tax, this section shall not apply to such person with respect to such failure if there is no addition to tax under section 6654 or 6655 with respect to such failure. In the case of a willful violation of any provision of section 6050I, the first sentence of this section shall be applied by substituting “felony” for “misdemeanor” and “5 years” for “1 year”.
That might sound scary, but it’s really not. The most important part is something you never would have seen if I didn’t show it to you. It says any person, and you’re probably thinking, “that could be me!” But could it? This is why it’s so important to learn legalese. In section 7343, we find a very specific definition of the word person.
The term “person” as used in this chapter includes an officer or employee of a corporation, or a member or employee of a partnership, who as such officer, employee, or member is under a duty to perform the act in respect of which the violation occurs.
Does that sound like it’s talking about you? If not, section 7203 about not filing does not apply to you. It only applies to “persons” as defined in 7343.
So what do people go to jail for?
Wesley Snipes is always the first person that comes to mind when people don’t believe this. In fact, you can read his indictment online and it is clearly charging him as an officer of several corporations.
Other people go to jail for putting fraudulent information in their returns, making up deductions or dependents to try to get more money back.
On top of that, there are over 100 million Americans who don’t file, who according the rules of “everyone has to file” should be filing. And yet, the IRS only prosecutes just over 1,000 people per year. The truth is that most of this is not criminal, and many of these people, if they aren’t properly fighting the IRS, are just getting notices and levies for money they would have paid to the IRS anyway.
around, and I will show you why the income tax is a scam and you should refuse to pay it.
Dan Taxation Is Theft Behrman


Philadelphia Tops Nation’s Hunger List
Despite the fact that Philly is constantly being told to slim down and shape up, the latest “Food Hardship in America” report ranked our city “fourth highest in the nation for food hardship.” Even more eye-opening: In 2010, one in five Americans—one in five—struggled to afford enough food for themselves and their families.
Carey Morgan, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger, says this should be a red flag for policymakers.
“Unless people start coming out and telling legislators that this problem is unacceptable, nothing is going to be done at the higher policy level that’s going to have an impact,” she told KYW Newsradio today.
The report doesn’t surprise Pamela Jones, the food coordinator for True Vine Baptist Church at 5th and Lehigh in North Philadelphia. Sometimes, she says, she has to turn away some of the people who come looking for food.
“We do the best that we can. But if we had more help financially, that would help to make ends meet,” she says.
A reminder to all of us to, at the very, very least, contribute to area food drives and do what we can to support local food banks and amazing organizations like the Food Trust, which is working to eliminate food deserts in our area.


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Tim premieres his brand new Jazz Violin Concerto with the Omsk Philharmonic on 19 May, 2016, under the baton of Dmitry Vassiliyev. This will be the first concerto ever to feature an improvising soloist with the traditional symphony orchestra lineup, and no rhythm section. The Concerto will be 25 minutes long.
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