A Fire of Unity - from Feminist Nationalism to Global Feminism in Quebec
Schoenwandt, Jeanne, The World and I
The morning of last October 14 was overcast and damp. I had arranged to meet a friend midmorning. She and I would walk together to Montreal's Parc Lafontaine, the starting point for the march. En route, we stopped for a coffee at Cafe Rico, a store on Rachel Street. We couldn't be too long, our server told us. The store was closing, so that the employees could attend the march!
Parc Lafontaine is centrally located in Montreal's Plateau district just east of the downtown core. As we approached the park, we could see tent tops. In every corner of the park, women from various groups-- unions, community groups, and regional associations--were gathering for the 2000 World March of Women. Organized by the Federation des Femmes du Quebec (FFQ), the march was adopted by women in sixty-five countries and held on five continents. In Montreal, the crowd was thirty thousand strong, a number matching approximately one-tenth the population of the Montreal metropolitan area. Women of all ages and backgrounds, from the regions and urban centers, marched to a strong and singular message: No more poverty, no more violence against women.
Around the park, groups distributed literature on topics of interest to women. At the tents, spokespersons from various organizations, including the environmental group Greenpeace, spoke with members of the crowd. At one of them, an organizer took off a white scarf she was wearing--white for peace--and put it around my neck. My companion and I listened to speeches, signed support cards addressed to UN Secretary- General Kofi Annan (4,754,212 cards had been received as of December 1, 2000), and ate a bagged lunch--also distributed to us--before taking our places at the march's starting point.
Political solidarity took many forms along the route. On its first segment, west along Cherrier Street, one woman played electric guitar and another a cello in commemoration of the 1995 "Bread and Roses" march (also sponsored by FFQ and held to protest poverty). Marchers waved and clapped appreciatively. We turned onto Berri Street, which slopes away from the Plateau and runs south to the St. Lawrence River and Old Montreal. Hundreds of white ribbons commemorating victims of conjugal and other violence against women covered the concrete embankment bordering the street. Even the names of the streets were renamed and transformed: "Solidarity Street, Diversity Lane, Labor Boulevard."
We continued through Montreal's official Latin Quarter, where we were greeted by two choirs and a Latin American dance group. They continued to perform as the crowd streamed past. The march snaked its way to the bureaucratic center of Montreal on Rene Levesque Boulevard. Cries of "sol-i-dar-i-te" got louder as we passed Quebec government offices and the provincial utilities giant, Hydro Quebec. We reached our final destination, St. Catherine Street in front of Places des Arts, Montreal's commercial and cultural core. The square eventually swelled with all thirty thousand jubilant marchers. We were treated to more musical entertainment and speeches to close out a week of march-related activity and, for some, months of preparation and hard work.
A feminism of their own
It is too early to tell what effect the 2000 World March of Women might have on policies and legislation aimed at eliminating poverty and violence against women in Quebec. One effect, however, is certain. As a large-scale educational event, the march has inspired individual women participants to want to know and do more about the world in which they live. The march also marks a new phase in the Quebec women's movement, which is increasingly global in orientation yet tied more closely than ever to social, cultural, and political realities.
As I see it, feminism in Quebec has been framed, to a large extent, by understandings of feminist movements outside of the region. But the Quebec movement has not followed the same trajectory as the English- Canadian and American movements. Women in Quebec, for example, received the vote in 1940, relatively late in comparison with other Western societies.
The reasons for the distinctiveness of Quebec feminism are many; they are related to the social, cultural, linguistic, political, and structural characteristics that distinguish Quebec from the rest of Canada and the United States. As stated by Micheline Dumont in an article on the history of the Quebec women's movement, "The dates and structures of the history of Quebec women [simply] do not coincide with the dates and structures of English-Canadian women."
The influence of the Roman Catholic Church has also been cited as slowing the development of feminism in Quebec. Although the church long played a dominant role in Quebec society, women were not without a voice during the period of its dominance. Women workers have been involved in strikes against inequalities in the workplace since Quebec's industrialization. Also, through networks of women's circles around the province--some of them supported by the church--women met in study groups to discuss social, cultural, labor, and religious issues of importance to them. One influential group, the Catholic Union of Women Farm Workers, for example, numbered more than thirty thousand in 1950.
During the three hundred years preceding the secularization and modernization of Quebec society that took place in the 1960s, women occupied positions of authority in the fields of teaching, nursing, and social services, both as nuns and as laypersons. All the while, a feminist perspective was developing. Contemporary feminism has incorrectly been cited as a mere by-product of the modernization of society. The modernization of Quebec may indeed have opened the way for a second wave of feminism, but this was nonetheless a feminism particular to Quebec's social and cultural reality.
Feminism and Quebec nationalism
Founded in 1966, the FFQ works on behalf of all women in Quebec. It promotes women's equality, dignity, and fair treatment before the law and elsewhere. "Our commitment," according to Fran?oise David, the federation's president, in a comment reported in La Presse on October 15, 2000, "is to keep the fire burning, the fire that was lit 30 years ago and rekindled in 1995. This is the fire of unity, solidarity, of pro-active feminism, and of the Left."
The federation initiated the 2000 march globally and coordinated its organization in Montreal. It goes about its regular work in a variety of ways. It organizes public meetings, participates in government consultations, and publishes documents on issues of importance to women. A crucial advocate for women in Quebec, FFQ speaks in defense of women's interests, critiques government policies that affect women, and generally acts as a pressure group to improve the conditions of women's lives.
In fact, the federation is not one group but rather an umbrella organization for local, regional, and national (Quebec) groups and more than seven hundred individual members. At the time of its formation, the thinking was to unite different groups of women in Quebec, David has explained to me, rather than to affiliate with women's groups on the federal level.
Nationalism has been an important aspect of the Quebec women's movement. Feminism and nationalism solidified during the 1970s around shared tenets, such as concerns for wage parity, access to professional training, and political power. Tensions continued to exist, however, between feminists and male nationalists over the role of women in society. The tensions between feminism and nationalism came to a head during the 1980 referendum for Quebec sovereignty. Many women preferred to vote "woman" rather than oui (yes) or non (no). There was no easy answer, and Quebec feminists were split, sometimes in divisive ways. The federation, which then had about fifty thousand members, remained neutral.
I met with David in Old Montreal, at the Maison Parent-Roback (named after Madeleine Parent and Lea Roback, two important feminist activists). Dubbed "the nerve center of the collective force of the women's movement in Quebec," the building houses ten nonprofit organizations. These include a feminist press, a documentation center, and provincial offices for a variety of women's associations in addition to the FFQ offices. I asked David about the links today between feminism and nationalism. "Most leaders of women's groups in Quebec," she replied, "like the union leaders and the leaders of social movements, favor sovereignty."
Why was that? I asked. "A lot of these leaders believe that we can more easily construct a truly progressive society if Quebec is a sovereign state," she replied. "Evidently there is no guarantee, but there's a fair number of people who believe so."
After consulting with its members, the federation supported the oui position in the 1995 referendum for Quebec sovereignty. "This does not necessarily mean," added David, "that we said yes to the Parti Quebecois."
Nevertheless, the current Parti Quebecois government has done a lot of good for women. David mentions pay equity legislation, assistance to working families earning less than $25,000, and $5 a day day care, among its contributions. "At the same time," she comments, "they have made terrible cuts in the areas of health care and education, and to social assistance programs." Indeed, since 1995, the Parti Quebecois has let down a lot of women by cutting programs for the poorest in society. "I obviously don't accept that," she said.
"The government," according to David, "has also become increasingly neoliberal in the way that it works with big business." It refuses to raise the minimum wage, leading to increases in the numbers of working poor. In 1997, at a meeting of the FFQ's administrative council, it decided to restart the consultation process if there is another referendum. "The outcome would probably be less certain," said David. "Nowadays, the federation has more members from anglophone and other cultural communities, and it's no surprise that they tend to be federalist. The debate would not be an easy one. And it's possible that our members would prefer to remain within Canada. I don't know. One thing that is certain is that the position taken in 1995 was for 1995."
As I looked around during the march, I was somewhat surprised by the diversity of the crowd, in particular the community and regional groups. In the "Facilitation Guide to the Quebec Demands" produced by FFQ (and available at www.ffq.qc.ca), march organizers write that "our primary objective is to facilitate the process of developing ownership of the issues by as many women as possible."
Judging by the variety of groups present at the march, the process was a success. In the months prior to the event, women from both urban and rural regions had a chance to develop their own sense of ownership of the issues through public meetings held in neighborhoods all over the province. Organized groups and community organizations--ranging from women's centers to international solidarity organizations to church associations--met to raise awareness of the issues and propose solutions and group responses.
One participant in these consultation processes spoke to me about her experience. Josee Lecomte is a graduate student in sociology at McGill University. Her role in a local consultation group was dual, as a researcher and participant. Some of the community groups, Lecomte remarked, had never worked together before. Arriving at an understanding of different cultural perspectives was difficult and sometimes contentious. That dialogue itself far exceeded the demands to address other community issues.
The symbolic emotional charge of the march, both in Quebec and globally, was quite strong, according to David. "It represents women's desire to become more educated, to better know each other, to learn to work together, even if we come from very different environments." The challenge will be to determine how to respond to the desires of individual women as they continue the process of education and raising awareness begun in the consultation process.
"What I realize," said David, "is that if we only take the march and our demands, we don't have much. In fact it's almost a failure." But, she explained, the march's success cannot be measured by its visible portion, the event itself. "When we assess the results in all the regions of Quebec, no one speaks of failure," she concluded confidently.
Is globalization women's best friend?
A newspaper article appearing in Montreal's English-language daily, the Gazette, recently caught my attention. Its author, a columnist with the Toronto-based National Post, argued that globalization will help feminist causes. Economics, writes the columnist, will force the adoption of "equality of the sexes policies." The author reasoned that globalization would lead to the improved education of women around the world, especially in the poorest countries. This would further empower women to work outside the home and become entrepreneurs, businesswomen creating pools of capital through savings. In this respect, women's liberation and education represent any country's No. 1 competitive advantage, the article argued. By increasing women's participation in education and the economy, a nation could increase its "collective economic IQ." Educating women would therefore create massive national wealth.
Critics of globalization might also argue that the education of women creates wealth in the world but for obviously different reasons. Globalization has caused Quebec's feminists to become aware that it was in their interest to affiliate with women in other parts of the world, work together on common issues, and become more educated about each other. "Globalization has obliged us to realize this. I believe it is a question of education, a question of awareness, of consciousness raising," explained David. "As women from the North, it is not just a question of solidarity with women from the South, which our countries often exploit. We have also realized that we need women from the South; we need mutual solidarity to win our struggles in the South and in the North. We could no longer continue isolated one from the other. It has taken us, like other women around the world, a while to realize this, by becoming more educated. We have advanced a lot in the past five years."
David expected the Summit of the Americas, scheduled for Quebec City in April 2001 [after this essay goes to press: ed.], to be a follow-up to the 2000 march, at least for some women. Many from different regions of Quebec hope that the summit will be an opportunity to learn more about globalization in a Pan-American context, as well as to understand more deeply how globalization might affect them personally. It will also allow women to express their discontent and confront any new threats or forms of poverty and inequality that globalization might bring.
"In five years," David added, "feminism in Quebec will have changed a lot as it becomes more global. At the same time, as we talk of uniting more and more with women from other parts of the world, there are many francophone women who insist that we have to begin by uniting with women in Quebec, whether francophone, anglophone, or allophone. It's not the first time we've said this, but it's becoming more and more pervasive."n
Jeanne Schoenwandt works in the Communications Department at McGill University in Quebec.…
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Publication information: Article title: A Fire of Unity - from Feminist Nationalism to Global Feminism in Quebec. Contributors: Schoenwandt, Jeanne - Author. Magazine title: The World and I. Volume: 16. Issue: 5 Publication date: May 2001. Page number: 194. © 1999 News World Communications, Inc. COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group.


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While the company is able to support Bitcoin, it is not yet available in all forms. To make transactions, customers enter their private keys in the Settings section. These private keys are used to verify the authenticity of the transaction. While the verification process could take as long as 10 minutes, some businesses prefer a speedier completion time. Certain transactions made with cryptocurrency have fixed rates that limit volatility. If you’re not sure the way that cryptocurrency works here are the benefits and downsides.
If you’re looking to sell cryptocurrency, Coinbase Commerce is the way to go. It provides hosted checkout pages as well as payment buttons and integrations with e-commerce. The commerce product allows businesses to create their own bank, offering the ability to control their assets in a granular manner. It also works with other e-commerce platforms, such as Shopify. The interface is also easy to use and offers a variety of options for a variety of different businesses.
CoinPayments is a web-based application that allows users to accept and make cryptocurrency-based payments. Sign up for an CoinPayments Account to get started. Click on the CoinPayments app to open it. Next, select the cryptocurrencies that you wish to accept and the tasks you wish to perform. You can then make an account for withdrawal, transfer money to a specific account, and review your account history.
CoinPayments is a secure, global payment gateway that accepts more than 70 cryptocurrencies and enables businesses to process them quickly. It is easy-to-set up, supports most ecommerce platforms, and comes with features that make crypto payments simple and secure. It also allows fiat settlement and conversion. Therefore, it is the most convenient option for both individuals and businesses looking to accept cryptocurrencies. It supports a wide variety of currencies, including Bitcoin and Litecoin as well as Ethereum and ZCash.
Bitcoin has been the most popular cryptocurrency market and is widely accepted by a variety of companies. For instance, Microsoft accepts Bitcoin as an option for payment. A recent study found that 25% of small-scale business owners utilize Bitcoin to transfer money. Even Elon Musk has invested in cryptos and is examining it. It’s hard to make purchases with virtual currencies due to their volatility, but more organizations and businesses are accepting them as legitimate methods of payment.
BitPay Checkout App
The BitPay Checkout app allows cryptocurrency payments. As opposed to the traditional credit and debit card payment method, this system is decentralized and not regulated. The money is transferred from one digital wallet to another. This means you are not subject to price fluctuations that can happen quickly and without notice. It is possible to receive your payment in fiat or cryptocurrency the way you like. The benefits of both types of payments are obvious, and they help you save time and money.
You can use cryptocurrency to pay your next big purchase by downloading the BitPay Checkout App and paying using Bitcoins. Newegg also accepts BitPay which means you are able to use it when buying a new TV. You can also select your preferred cryptocurrency and wallet via this app. You can also purchase a BitPay Card. This card can be used at any shop that accepts MasterCard. Once you have your card you can use it to fund purchases in the future. In addition to the card, you can buy crypto with BitPay and even use it to purchase gift cards.
Another benefit of using cryptocurrency for accept cryptocurrency payments payments is its speed and security. Blockchain-based transactions don’t transfer personal information to third-party parties. This means that you don’t have to be concerned about identity theft and other dangers. They also protect businesses from chargesbacks and fraud with credit cards which could result in increased fees for credit cards. By contrast, with an 1% processing fee, you’ll save 30 to 70% on credit card payments.
Bitcoin payment processors
Accepting cryptocurrency as payment has numerous advantages, but there are some disadvantages. The cryptocurrency market is a highly volatile market. It can shift dramatically even in a matter of minutes. Its volatility makes it a popular currency for traders. However, it can create problems when used as an option for payment. Listed below are some of the most effective methods to accept cryptocurrency payments. If you’re looking to accept cryptocurrency payments, keep reading to find out more.
BitPay is a company based in Atlanta which offers a variety of tools for accepting crypto payments. The company provides hosted checkout as well as payment buttons, invoicing and integration with Shopify and Quickbooks. BitPay protects businesses from the volatility of crypto costs by offering a small transaction cost of 1%. Businesses can also settle in local cryptocurrency to keep their costs low. Here are six companies that accept cryptocurrency. The most important thing to remember when selecting a cryptocurrency payment processor is that there are several factors to think about.
The advantages of accepting cryptocurrency payment include a seamless cash flow. Transaction costs are lower when relative to traditional payment methods, and are usually negligible compared to those charged by PayPal and credit cards. Accepting cryptocurrency has been a popular way for businesses to expand their reach. The fees vary from merchant to merchant, however, overall, they are cheaper than the costs associated with traditional payment methods. You need to look around for the best price when you choose a cryptocurrency payment processor.

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Labor has called a government bluff by challenging coalition MPs to fast-track a small business package through parliament.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten caught the coalition off guard by calling for an immediate vote on the budget measure, which includes a 1.5 per cent tax cut.
The move followed demands from Prime Minister Tony Abbott that the legislation clear parliament within weeks.
"We always said we would support it, let's get on with it," Mr Shorten told parliament.
The government used its numbers to defeat a Labor motion that the legislation be put to a vote, arguing 31 of its MPs wanted to take part in the debate.
"With the Senate not sitting until June 15, why would we cut them off?" government leader of the house Christopher Pyne tweeted.
Other coalition MPs were scathing of the move, with one describing it as a "cheap stunt".
"Senate can't hear it sooner & ALP just want to deny us the chance to talk about," Small Business Minister Bruce Billson tweeted.
But Labor's Jim Chalmers said it was a "humiliating spectacle" to see Mr Billson vote against his own legislation after "spruiking it breathlessly for weeks".
Another Labor MP, Joanne Ryan, queried why the government had demanded the opposition get out of the way in such urgent tones.
Outside parliament, Mr Shorten told reporters Labor had put its money where its mouth was by moving for an immediate vote.
"What on earth is the government thinking when they voted today against fast tracking their own measures to help small business?
"It was one of the silliest acts of political stupidity the Abbott government's done."
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Much time has been spent contemplating the ‘right’ materials to take, the camera gear and speculating as to the conditions ahead of us for our three weeks in Timor. Each journey is different and requires a focused preparation. It’s not as if we can just throw a few clothes together and jump on a plane.
There have been inoculations – many of our previous inoculations have served well for this trip already. This time we have had three lots of ‘rabies’ vaccinations – and even then in the unlucky event of being bitten by an animal we need to be rushed to hospital and then on the first plane back to Darwin; because there will unlikely be any meds to treat a bite. The hospital situation we understand in Timor is far from what we know and are used to in Australia. We have to carry our own ’emergency’ kits and medications. A web site praising the new hospital in Dili explains the most common meds given are panadol. Anything else is in pretty short supply – and that’s antibiotics and pain medication.
We expect temperatures to be around 30C. Packing on these chilly days with a view to the tropics and not putting in warm clothing seems odd.
Then there are the art materials to consider – what can I take with a view to space and protection? Probably I will take gouache, pastel and watercolour. No point even considering oil. Acrylic too seems a bit bulky in this event.
The most important equipment for this trip will be my camera and video camera. My job will be to document the activities of the rotary members and work on a combined film with Ian Toohil who wants to produce a film Rotary can use. I have my own agenda; to meet the artists and in particular women weavers and document them at work. Contacts have been a little illusive so I plan on making my own introductions and hoping for a welcome.
It would be lovely to make some contact and friendship between Eltham and the Timorese artists. We have much to give, but even more to learn from meeting the people and artists who have gone through difficulties we (I) cannot understand. We (I) come from a society that does not know war or true community unrest. The most unrest an Elthamite like me has had to contend with on a personal level is the local political environmental and artistic spates. This compared to the places we (I) have travelled seems very petty.
Enough contemplating for now – on with the packing.


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Arriva North East have taken delivery of 12 brand new buses ready to enter service on routes X21 & X22 in the Tyne & Wear.
These state of the art buses feature striking new livery, comfortable e-leather seating, and the very latest in journey planning technology. There are many great features on board too, including usb charging ports, free WiFi and audio/visual next stop announcements.
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The word on everyone’s lips these days is “seasonal”, but what does it really mean to eat seasonally?
Simply put, this means to eat foods that are “in season”, or which are grown or harvested at that particular time of the year.
In an age where our food supply has become so globalised, it is often easy to forget that food has seasons at all – and that strawberries do not, in fact, grow all year round in the UK.
Here are the reasons you should be eating seasonally.
With the exception of perennial crops, certain foods grow in specific seasons for a reason. Whether this is down to weather changes, temperature, precipitation or soil conditions, each type of food thrives best in a unique set of conditions.
For example, in order to grow into the plump, sweet and juicy fruit that we love, strawberries need about 8 hours of direct sunlight a day, and need to be kept out of the wind – a little difficult to imagine how that would be possible during the short, blustery days of winter!
Eating foods that are in season in your country means that it is grown much closer to you, and will therefore get to you much more quickly. The quality isn’t going to deteriorate while they are being shipped from another country. On the other hand, foods that are out of season need to be imported.
Unlike in season food, which will have had a chance to naturally and fully ripen before being picked at their peak, such food is usually harvested prematurely, to account for the time they take to mature while on the long trip to you.
In season foods are greener
As locally grown, in season foods do not have to be transported across oceans to get to you, eating seasonally can drastically reduce your carbon footprint and foodmiles. They also tend to have less chemicals. Food that is picked before its prime, and that has had to travel a long distance, will not look as appealing as seasonal foods that have been allowed to grow to their peak. In order to combat this, out-of-season foods are often given wax coatings, chemical ripening agents and other preservatives. Seasonal eating reduces the need for such chemicals.
This is a practical benefit that most of us do not consider. Food that is in season is usually abundant in supply, which means it costs farmers and distributors less to harvest and transport it to the end consumer. Eating food that is out of season is more expensive purely because of the amount of time, resources, and manpower involved in getting those food items to you.
More variety in your diet
When you make the conscious effort to eat seasonally, you simultaneously introduce more variety into your diet. Besides keeping your meals interesting, this also means you reap the health benefits that come with having a much wider range of vitamins and nutrients in your body. Food intolerances and allergies are also far less likely as you are not eating the same things day in and day out.
Knowing these benefits, who wouldn’t want to eat seasonally? We all want to nourish our bodies with the best but the tricky part is having the time and the energy to ensure that we are always shopping seasonally.
Of course, it is also important to remember that, just because you shop seasonally, this does not preclude large food distribution companies from harvesting early and keeping your food in a warehouse until it is ready to be distributed. This is why it is important to support small batch producers, where you can be assured of ultimate freshness and quality.
It’s all about fresh, clean flavours after the hearty meals that saw you through fall and winter.
You might not think cheese had a season but late April and early May is great for cow cheeses, as the milk from cows that graze on young spring grass is far richer, creamier and has a more complex flavor.
While we use lemons all year round, they are actually best around this time of the year. Toss this Lemon Rapeseed Oil by Yare Valley Oils with spring vegetables to make a fresh salad, or drizzle over a spring vegetable soup.
As the days get longer and summer finally arrives, it’s about celebrating the season’s bounty. Blackcurrants, redcurrants, strawberries and blackberries are all in season. June is the start of blackberry season, and you can enjoy this seasonal berry in this handmade Sweet Blackberry Vinegar by Fred & Bex, which has a beautifully rich colour, incredible aroma and a perfectly balanced sweetness.
This Cotswold Natural Raw Honey by V&L Honeymakers is collected from hedgerows and bramble, fields and trees at the height of the summer, making it the quintessential taste of an English summer.
As the leaves start to turn, British apple season is once again upon us, try them in this warming Apple and Fig salad from Bettina’s Kitchen.
Around October, British truffles come into season, making this English truffle oil the perfect drizzling oil for soups, casseroles and risottos for a touch of indulgence.
Finally, you can really eat with the season when you have a slice of homemade carrot cake, which, in addition to being packed with this autumnal vegetable, is also wonderfully spiced with the flavours we have come to know and love at this time of the year. Try Deliciously Ella’s recipe for an autumnal treat.
One fruit that thrives in the winter despite the cold and frost is pear, we love pairing sweet Conference pears with earthy walnuts for a healthy snack.
While most of us are tuned into the benefits of olive oil, be this health or flavour-wise, what a lot of people don’t know is that the olive harvest in Puglia, the famous olive oil capital of Italy, actually takes place in the winter. This Ethichetta Nera (Italian for ‘black label’) olive oil is an exquisite, single estate extra virgin olive oil obtained from Ogliarola and Cellina di Nardò olives handpicked on olive groves in Puglia.
Sometimes seasonality isn’t just about eating what grows in that season, it’s also about the tastes, smells and flavours we associate with that time of the year. Our favourite is the sweet warmth of ginger, try them in Lorraine Pascal’s Baked Apples with Pecans, Raisins and Allspice and Madeleine Shaw’s Squash Curry with Ginger and Lime Rice.
Finally, give your hot chocolate a seasonal upgrade with this Winterspice Hot Chocolate, which combines the flavours of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, aniseed, clove and citrus with organic dark chocolate couverture.
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As President Obama starts his second term, host Michel Martin takes a look at his foreign policy agenda. She speaks with NPR's Juan Forero about upcoming opportunities and challenges in Latin America — from drug trafficking, to changes in leadership, to the evolution of the U.S. relationship with Cuba.
I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but maybe you just need a few moms in your corner. Every week, we check in with a diverse group of parents for their common sense and savvy advice.
Today, though, we're going to go in a different direction for some observations about parenthood and, unusually for us, she is actually not a parent herself, but her observations about her own mom have been a cornerstone of her career. Here she is.
Hope and change were two of the watch words of President Obama's first presidential campaign. As he begins a second term, Tell Me More speaks with people gathered in the nation's capital about what they think the next four years will be about.
Today's inaugural ceremonies also fall on the holiday honoring civil rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. In a special touch, President Obama used two Bibles to take the oath of office, one of them belonging to Abraham Lincoln and the other once belonged to Dr. King. And a lot of Americans have drawn a connection between this nation's first African-American president and Dr. King.

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Legendary England striker turned popular football pundit Gary Lineker has showered praise on Derby County boss Frank Lampard.
Derby were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Chelsea in the fourth round as Lampard’s return to Stamford Bridge as a manager ended in a dramatic 3-2 defeat.
In a frantic first half, five goals were scored which included two own goals from Derby defenders Fikayo Tomori and Richard Keogh.
After the match, Lineker took to social networking site Twitter to express his reaction. He has praised Derby County for their brilliant effort and especially Lampard, saying the former England midfielder has a bright managerial future.
Not to be for @dcfcofficial at Chelsea but an excellent performance nevertheless. This Lampard fella looks like he has the makings of being a super coach.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) October 31, 2018
Derby County had chances in the second half as Mount, Marriott and Keogh went close but in the end they were left heart-broken. However, Lampard can take great pride from this performance.
The Rams managed only 30% of possession during the game but they registered nine attempts on goal of which seven were on target.


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Frequently Asked Questions
- Endorsing a preferred future land use intent for the STPFGA – see the file named 'Council endorsed land use intents for the Southern Thornlands Potential Future Growth Area' in the Documents section;
- Undertaking city-wide consultation on the preferred future land use intents from 28 September – 20 November 2020;
- Confirming the intention to prepare a Major Amendment to City Plan, informed by community views expressed through the consultation period referenced above;
- To submit to the Planning Minister as per the Ministerial Direction received on 23 July:
- A written report outlining the outcomes of the investigation of the STPFGA.
- A statement outlining the proposed major amendments to City Plan as a result of the investigation and the reasons for this position.
- A community engagement plan outlining a proposed City-wide public consultation exercise on the preferred future land use intent of the STPFGA, as outlined in Attachment 4, Option 2.
- To contact the State Government requesting the establishment of a formal partnership to progress detailed planning of the STPFGA to deliver the preferred future land use intents, stimulate development and facilitate economic recovery.
- To undertake a review of the industrial employment projections and industrial land requirements for Redland City to 2041 to ensure sufficient industrial land is available.
Where is the Southern Thornlands Potential Future Growth Area (STPFGA) located?
The cadastral boundaries of the Southern Thornlands Potential Future Growth Area (STPFGA) are not defined in ShapingSEQ or the Redland City Plan.
To undertake confidential investigations for the area, Council resolved on 9 October 2019 to endorse the spatial boundaries for the STPFGA area.
Following consideration of the confidential report on the STPFGA, Council agreed on the 16 September to write to the Planning Minister on 25 September 2020 and to commence a public consultation period on the draft proposals beginning on 28 September 2020.
The decision makes the Council Report and attachment, including the spatial extent of the Southern Thornlands Potential Future Growth Area publicly available.These documents are also available for download in the 'Documents' section of this web page.
What is the Southern Thornlands Potential Future Growth Area (STPFGA)?
In the South East Queensland Regional Plan (ShapingSEQ), Southern Thornlands is identified as a Potential Future Growth Area (PFGA).
ShapingSEQ states that STPFGA may be required to accommodate long term urban growth. Accordingly, these areas are located in the Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area (i.e. outside the Urban Footprint).
This land use designation is assigned to protect these areas from further development and fragmentation that would prejudice their ability to accommodate future urban development.
Specific commentary within Part C: Sub-regional directions of ShapingSEQ contains the following statement:
'Redland City Council is required to investigate this area in the short-term, including its potential as a future employment area. The investigations must determine its appropriate use, with the intent of the area defined, and appropriately reflected in the planning scheme, by the end of 2019.'
This directive provides a rationale for undertaking investigations to consider the suitability of the STPFGA to accommodate employment generating and other uses before 2041.
What happened at the 16 September 2020 General Meeting?
At its General Meeting on 16 September 2016, Council considered a confidential report on the STPFGA and made a resolution, which is available for download in the 'Documents' section of this web page.
In summary, the key actions/outcomes Council resolved to adopt, include:
When did the consultation period on Council's proposed land uses for the STPFGA take place?
Council publicly consulted on the proposed future land use intents for the STPFGA from 28 September 2020 – 20 November 2020. The consultation period ran for 39 business days (excluding the Queen's Birthday public holiday on Monday 5 October 2020).
What if I agree/disagree with Council's preferred future land use intent for the STPFGA?
Council is undertaking public consultation to gauge the community's views on the proposed future land use intents.
Council encourages all community members to submit their views on the proposals to help inform a potential future amendment to City Plan.
Council is particularly interested in understanding whether the community supports the future land use proposals, the reason for their views and suggestions for possible changes to the draft proposals.
How will Council consider my submission?
At the end of the consultation period, Council officers will collate feedback from the community on the proposed future land use intents and present a public submission report to Council for consideration. Community feedback will assist Council in resolving its future land use intent for the Southern Thornlands PFGA and determining whether any amendment to City Plan may be required. If a major amendment is necessary, it will be undertaken in accordance with the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules and will include a State Interest Review and mandatory public consultation.
Will I get another chance to have my say?
Most likely. If a future major amendment to City Plan is required to reflect the proposed future land use intent for the STPFGA, it will be submitted to the State Government for State Interest Review. Pending the Planning Minister’s approval, the proposed future amendment would then be released for an additional public consultation phase, as required by the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules.
When will the next public consultation phase occur?
If a future major amendment to City Plan is required to reflect the proposed future land use intent for the STPFGA, it is expected it could take between 6-12 months to be prepared and approved by the Planning Minister. Once these steps are completed, the amendment package would be released for public consultation.
Why weren't the investigations completed by the end of 2019, as outlined in the South East Queensland Regional Plan (ShapingSEQ)?
Council decided to develop a Rural Enterprise Industry Sector Plan before undertaking the requisite investigations outlined in ShapingSEQ. The action plan was adopted by Council on 17 June 2020 and is available on Council's website: https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/3314/redlands_coast_rural_enterprise_industry_sector_plan_2019-2024.pdf.
Why is Council making information available to the community now?
Council has determined to make draft proposals for the STPFGA available for public comment in response to both Ministerial direction for landholder engagement and to help inform the preparation of a future 'major amendment' to City Plan, for submission to the State Government for State Interest Review.
What is ShapingSEQ?
ShapingSEQ is the Queensland Government's plan to guide the future of the South East Queensland region. It provides a regional framework for managing urban growth by identifying a long term sustainable pattern of development and ensuring that land use and infrastructure planning is well integrated. The ShapingSEQ document is available for viewing here: https://dilgpprd.blob.core.windows.net/general/shapingseq.pdf
Why is the potential future use of the area being investigated?
Council has been directed by the State Government to investigate this area's potential as a future employment area.
The State requires that Council undertake investigations to determine appropriate area use(s), and to reflect those uses in future City Plan.

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Family Looks Outside To See Their Dog In The Icy Water, Thankfully Saved By Firefighters!
This story speaks about Boo, the dog who was found hanging on in an icy pond.
Murowany family were skittish when they saw their dog by the pond by their home in Delaware in that way. Fortunately, the dog was saved by the brave firefighters who helped him. Boo was taken to the vet, and he is now better. Boo was sent to the home to sit by a space heater. Maria Murowany was so grateful to the rescuers. Watch the video above to have more information.

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English language version of Mozart’s allegorical fairy tale, which has charmed audiences and inspired artists for more than 200 years.
Now a holiday tradition, Julie Taymor’s beloved production of Mozart’s enchanting fairy tale returns in its abridged, English-language version for families. Soprano Erin Morley, last seen at the Met as a brilliant Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, is the empowered Pamina, and tenor Ben Bliss is the valiant Tamino. Baritone Nathan Gunn is the comic birdcatcher Papageno, and soprano Kathryn Lewek reprises her hair-raising rendition of the malevolent Queen of the Night. Harry Bicket conducts.


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In the first year of life the child the formation of all the most basic functions of his body. It is therefore very important to be examined by a number of specialists.
What doctors need to pass in 1 year ?
Family doctor pediatrician first ten days of life visits the baby at home regularly. These inspections occur on day 14 and day 21 of life. Then his mom comes for a visit to the doctor every month to the clinic. The doctor measures the length and body weight, head circumference and chest, examines the state of the fontanelles and sutures on his head.
He also oversees the physical and neuro-psychical development of the child and for his weight. Notes all the possible health problems that should be urgently addressed. According to the results of prophylactic examinations, the doctor decides on the need for additional surveys. In this case, are appointed by the analysis of blood, urine, feces, etc. Also a pediatrician gives advice on child care and correct feeding.
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Your child falls under all 10 signs «Indigo»? And you bring up?
The term «Indigo» first appeared in the late 90s thanks to a female psychic Nancy Ann tappe, who claimed that these «new» kids purple aura color, Indigo. Supposedly came to earth new extraterrestrial generation of people. And with its easy hand pseudoscientific term was used to name the kids, which combines a high level of intelligence with extraordinary sensitivity, besides allegedly telepathic abilities are complementary to each other. Today about Indigo filmed many movies and many books, but no scientific proof of the correctness of the psychic, of course not. So who are still children, Indigo?
«Indigo» — buzzword or reality?
All signs Indigo (10) psychiatrists and teachers relate more to the usual hyperactivity, which have many children. But psychologists believe that the term «Indigo» is a kind of convenient excuse for parents who simply can not cope with the child. And especially popularly called «Indigo» their offspring in a rich family, where the latter is out of bounds, but somehow to affect them educationally does not work. «He I – Indigo» proudly declare such moms and dads dazed by the audacity and unscrupulousness master kids guest.
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Feeling a sense of loss, resentment, adolescents still be able to adequately imagine the causes and consequences of divorce, the quality of their relationships with each parent. Boys in most cases, experiencing negative feelings towards his father and strongly attached to his mother. In girls in relation to mother appear critical notes: “For not watching, it is clear why dad left”. Sometimes admire his new girlfriend.
Every parent should discuss with the child his feelings, persuade and words and actions that neither one of the parents will. The child needs to communicate with relatives and mother’s side and father’s side, with their peers, actively participate in public and social life, exercise. It is very important to help the child to find an area of success where children can realize their potential and abilities. This allows you to escape from unpleasant thoughts, enhances self-esteem, does not allow the child to withdraw into themselves.
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v If the divorce was not by mutual consent, if one of the spouses traumatized by the divorce left him, some children are traumatized even more. They see the suffering that dear one them people brought as well a dear person. And love-they are both parents. They can’t be not on any side, and parents often expect the children stand Continue reading

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Purpose: To measure skin dose of whole brain irradiation of a humanoid unsliced phantom treated by standard lateral fields with GAFCHROMIC EBT2 films. Methods: The head and neck of the whole body phantom was scanned at the slice thickness of 2mm. A whole brain plan using 6MV beam was created with standard parallel opposed lateral fields. The isocenter was placed at the outer canthus to avoid divergence to orbital structures. The plan was normalized to the calculation point and with = 95% of brain volume covered by = 95% of prescription dose. The EBT2 films were carefully cut and labeled with same orientation in the film calibration and skin dose measurement. EBT2 film was calibrated in the reference condition with various dose (0–10Gy). After the phantom was positioned for treatment and correct setup was verified by kV‐kV imaging and CBCT, the films were placed at various sites and irradiated. An Epson flatbed color scanner was utilized and the scanner response from the red channel of the RGB image was used as the density value for the estimation of dose. The comparison was made between the measured dose and the planned dose for different head locations. Results:Our preliminary results indicated that the measured skin dose agrees with the planned dose within 10% for the sites centered in the treatment fields such as mid right/left sphenoid bones. For the sites outside or near the edge of the treatment fields, such as the right/left orbits and low chin, the measured dose is significantly different from the planned dose (>15%). Conclusions: Skin dose of whole brain irradiation could be measured by GAFCHROMIC EBT2 films. The difference between the measured dose and the planned dose varies significantly depending on the location of interest relative to the treatment field. Further investigation is needed.
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First off, take a look at this photo from a classroom. This is essentially the teacher’s union throwing a temper tantrum because the Rocklin Unified School District voted for a Hybrid re-opening.
Apparently, Rick Miller did not support staying shut down. The feckless lawyer coward (that is what I think of him and I am glad he is retiring) Eric Stevens is so afraid of COVID he was shaking at the most recent RUSD board meeting. Good riddance, if you are that weak Mr. Stevens, get help now for your fears. Joining Eric in the Shutdown psychosis is the human mushroom herself Camille Maben. After 28 years of polluting the minds of our children, it is really time for her to retire to a hippie commune.
My hope is that when the good candidates for Rocklin School Board win, that our children will no longer be subject to the abuse of the 3 member ruling junta and the teacher’s union. This is dehumanizing and stupid. These kids will have scars from being purposefully robbed of part of their childhood by a bunch of so-called teachers that wanted to get paid for not working and people in all levels of government dedicated to wrecking people’s lives to win an election.
If you are not convinced that the Rocklin Teacher’s Union is in need of an exorcism and the leaders should all have their teaching credentials yanked – look at this:
Read this as many times as needed. The Teacher’s Union President was asking the members to lie. Don’t give specifics he says, just ID yourself as high risk.
This sounds similar to the union abusing the grievance system in a last minute desperate attempt to stop the RUSD from re-opening.
You can also see the clear contempt that the Rocklin Teacher’s Unions has for the Rocklin Unified School District Board because they are not pillaging the treasury to get even more overpaid than they already are.
I’ve been told by a few people that visit RUSD Board Meetings that the conduct of Travis Mougeotte and others that show up on behalf of the Rocklin Teacher’s Union has been abhorrent. This includes Travis lecturing the board as if he is a kindergarten teacher castigating unruly students.
Why am I not surprised? Soliciting people to identify themselves as High Risk and using the greivance process to keep the school district shut down so they can get paid for not working? Yes, this is the Rocklin Teacher’s Union.
I am told there are a group of teachers disgusted by this behavior. Given the way the union has rigged the voting process and the endorsement process – it is going to be difficult to the extreme to unseat the dishonest, corrupt leadership with more ethical and reasonable people.
… and these people are “educating” our children. Good Lord.
P.S. ICYMI Below are screenshots of emails soliciting people to oppose re-opening before they filed their bogus greivances and ran a media drill.
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TWINSBURG -- Citing better visibility, Relay For Life of Twinsburg will move to Twinsburg Township Square for the 17th annual event, Aug. 12 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The event's move from Tiger Stadium to Twinsburg Township Square represents a complete makeover for the major fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
The "new" Relay For Life -- Twinsburg will be a festival/carnival-themed event and feature games and activities provided by the Relay For Life teams. Traditional events such as the luminaria ceremony, Miss Relay event and survivor celebrations will remain. New events include a survivor fashion show and a refreshed way of "walking the track."
"We're very excited for the new, family-friendly format," said Relay For Life co-chair Gabbi Santacesaria. "Our executive committee is expanding and our new team advocates developed a way for teams to meet fundraising goals without the stress of planning and executing large, pre-event fundraisers."
For the second year in a row, Relay will be co-chaired by three 17-year-old Twinsburg High School students, with Zoe Felber taking the lead and co-chairs Elana Felber and Gabbi Santacesaria assisting. "The Twinsburg City Schools and administration have been absolutely fundamental to the success of Relay For Life the past 16 years," Zoe Felber said. "Moving the event to the Square and to a mid-August date allows us to have more visibility. We want this to continue to be a signature Twinsburg event."
According to organizers, 2017 teams have already raised more than $6,200 through the snowball softball tournament, a chili cookoff and Twinsburg High School Relay spirit week. This year's fundraising goal is more than $30,000. Relay For Life of Twinsburg has raised $1.35 million since its inception in 2000.
Learn how to "get into the game" and form a Relay For Life Twinsburg team at the first information meeting, May 8 at 7 p.m. at The Edge Sports & Arts Academy, 9550 Ravenna Road in Twinsburg. For more information, contact Elana Felber at 330-523-9143 or Tburg.NordoniaRFL@gmail.com or visit www.relayforlife.org/twinsburg.
Relay For Life is the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, staffed and coordinated by volunteers in more than 5,200 communities and 27 countries. These community events bring communities together to remember loved ones, honor survivors and raise money to help the American Cancer Society make a global impact on cancer.


About the ensemble
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, artistic director and conductor
Founded in 2010 by Juliette Guignard and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, the ensemble Les Surprises seeks to convey its passion for the music of the 17th and 18th centuries through varied and original programmes.
In borrowing its name from the opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Surprises de l’Amour, the group has placed its destiny under the lucky star of this composer, with the aim of exploring operatic music in all its shapes and forms !
The work of the ensemble is anchored in a process of musicological and historical research, indeed Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas wishes to highlight scores that have never been released since the 18th century, thanks to music libraries such as Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) or Bibliothèque de l’Opéra de Paris.
“Les Surprises have ideas, talents, a repertoire to explore. An ensemble that gives, and promises even more.”
“We are looking forward to the next concert of the ensemble Les Surprises !”
Alain Cochard, ConcertClassic
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, artistic director, organ and harpsichord
Juliette Guignard, dadministrative direction and viola da gamba
Alice Julien-Laferrière, Gabriel Ferry, Marie Rouquié, Yoko Kawakubo, violins
Sophie Iwamura, Kate Goodbehere, violins and violas
Matthieu Bertaud, Sandra Latour, flutes
Anaïs Ramage, flutes and bassoon
Xavier Miquel, oboe
Julien Hainsworth, cello
Olivia Gutherz, celoo
Marie-Amélie Clément, doublebass
Étienne Galletier, theorbo
Sylvain Fabre, percussions
Artistes associés :
Les Surprises is an ensemble of varying size, which can metamorphose from a chamber group to one of orchestral dimensions. Its members were all trained at leading European conservatories.
In 2014 Les Surprises received the « Révélation musicale » (new discovery) prize awarded by the French critics’ circle for the performing arts (« Syndicat professionnel de la critique de théâtre ») musique et danse.
The ensemble Les Surprises released fiveordings in the label Ambronay Éditions. All received great press.
The next one, Issé, will be released in 2019.
Since its foundation, it has appeared in numerous concert halls and festivals through Europe, including the Versailles Chapelle Royale, the Opéra de Massy, the Radio France and Ambronay festivals, the Sanssouci Festival (Potsdam, Germany), the Bozar season (Brussels), also in Festival Monteverdi (Cremona, Italy), Pavie (Italy)


A lot of conservatives are trying to speak out and are rhetorically asking, “Why isn’t the media covering this?” Well, if we had more Republicans who are actually ready to defend the first God-given right of life, we wouldn’t need the left-wing media to say anything. We’d have it covered. Thanks, Republicans, who don’t have [...]
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UPDATE 4/16 9:45a: Here’s a good piece on TweetFest Round 1, “Celebrities, politicians force media to look at abortion ‘House of Horrors.’”
4/15, 5:50p: Sign up now to participate in Round 2 of the #Gosnell TweetFest this Wednesday, April 17, from 8a to 8p EST.
Round 1 garnered almost 170,000 tweets, according to LifeSiteNews.com, with the hashtag #Gosnell trending in the number 1 spot, according to Lifenews.com. The TweetFest was credited, along with Democrat Kirsten Powers’ USA Today column, with finally getting the media to pay attention to mass murderer abortionist Kermit Gosnell. For example…
We know there are journalists out there infuriated by their employer’s current behavior: The change must start with you. We are looking for whistleblowers: if you have any information regarding why your employer is not covering the Gosnell trial, please submit it here. Your anonymity will be protected. ~ PJ Media, encouraging journalists to anonymously [...]
We believe the story is deserving of coverage by our own staff, and we intend to send a reporter for the resumption of the trial next week. In retrospect, we should have sent a reporter sooner. ~ Martin Baron, Executive Director of the Washington Post, speaking about the trial of accused mass murderer abortionist, Kermit [...]
The media is suddenly starting to pay attention to mass murderer Kermit Gosnell, thanks in part to a “tweet fest” currently underway until midnight to “break the media blackout,” as is posted on the Facebook event page launched by Andy Moore, Bryan Kemper, and Troy Newman.
Kudos, too, to pro-life Democrat Kirsten Powers, who also helped light a fire under her liberal friends in the media with her USA Today post.
Per CNN’s Anderson Cooper, within the hour (time stamp is way off)…
UPDATE 4/16, 9:50a: The Atlantic has posted 14 possible reasons for the media blackout.
UPDATE 4/14, 5:10p: The Gospel Coalition has posted eight reasons for the media blackout, which are good.
4/11, 4:34p: Living in Chicago, I’ve observed press coverage up close on three of the most notorious mass murderers ever apprehended: Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, and Richard Speck.
Speck tortured, raped, and murdered eight student nurses in Chicago in 1966. Dahmer murdered 17 boys and men in the Milwaukee/Chicago area between 1978-1991, keeping and eating some of their body parts. Gacy raped and murdered at least 33 boys and men between 1972-1978, burying many in the crawl space of his Chicago suburban home.
In each case the press tripped over themselves to recount every morbid detail, anxious to feed the public’s fascination with the macabre (click to enlarge)…
As Kelli spotlighted in today’s Quote of the Day by Mark Steyn (also noted by Matthew Balan at Newsbusters), the mainstream media has for the most part gone missing in reporting the murder trial of late-term Pennsylvania abortionist Kermit Gosnell.
Gosnell, his wife Pearl, and eight employees stand accused of murdering seven newborn abortion survivors and one mother.
Not only has MSM gone missing, when it does report on this horrendous story, it often gets important details wrong or makes inexplicable gaffes.
For instance, journalist MaryClaire Dale reported in a March 20 Associated Press story:
In 2011, I wrote about mass murder at Kermit Gosnell’s abortion “clinic”: … A man is killing actual living, gurgling, bouncing babies on an industrial scale – and it barely makes the papers. Had he plunged his scissors into the spinal cord of a Democrat politician in Arizona, then The New York Times, ABC, CBS, [...]
I spoke and corresponded by email with Maryland Medical Examiner spokesperson Bruce Goldfarb on February 22 and 23 to get clarification on puzzling statements ascribed to him by two news organizations last week regarding the February 7 death of Jennifer Morbelli, a patient of late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart…
Heaven forbid that any mainstream reporter should actually do some actual journalism the way “just a blogger” Jill Stanek did on this story. If you know anything about Jill Stanek (which, of course, no liberal reporter would) you know that she wouldn’t report something like this unless she was absolutely certain of the facts, and [...]


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Trent Hills and District Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Office
Trent Hills is a community within Northumberland County and is just 90 minutes from Toronto and three hours from Ottawa. It’s a farming community steeped in heritage with three unique urban centres. In the middle is the town of Campbellford located on the Trent River. It has outlet shopping and attractions such as the Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge. West of Campbellford are the villages of Hastings, winner of the Ultimate Fishing Town in Ontario for 2012, at the mouth of Rice Lake, and Warkworth, an artisan community whose Main Street is lined with boutique shops. The Visitor Information Centre located in Campbellford, offers maps and brochures form Trent Hills, Northumberland County and all across the province of Ontario; a bike rack for safe storage; large parking area; potable water; picnic areas under shaded trees; public washrooms and a friendly smile.


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Rocks are naturally occurring solids which are composed of minerals & have been used by humans since ages. From Stone Age, rocks are used for various purposes. Also, the metals and minerals found in rock play an important role in our life. Get to know all the Alkali Feldspar Granite Uses. We have provided you with all information about Alkali Feldspar Granite rock here. Alkali feldspar granite, also known as red granite, is a felsic igneous rock and a type of granite rich in the mineral potassium feldspar. Alkali Feldspar Granite is available in black, grey, orange, pink, white colors. The streak of a rock is the color of powder produced when it is dragged across an unweathered surface. The streak of Alkali Feldspar Granite is white. Get to know more about Alkali Feldspar Granite rock and characteristics of Alkali Feldspar Granite rock in the next sections.
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DREAM ON CANVAS
Nature teaches me not to yield
to intimations of fantasy,
but to weigh on scale pulp pages of every cloud
over my face, to devour the resolution of diarists
who inspire these sea waves to break and lap.
A bewildered god whitened by desert cold,
whirlwinds flipping over sticky pages
of some cloud crowded with the howls of Ginsberg—
I cross the receding shores to the first palm tree
and sizzle into Picasso’s canvas.
By these shores, I am obsessed with
the neck of bamboos and the mythical phrases
they submit— postdating the lapping sea waves.
Pleasures of the dreamily distracted—
absolved in the contortion of lines.
A dissenting brush in hand
that hatches constellations
of the surrealist—images of hellish dolls
bleeding blood from their eyes, revving
the pulse of the sadist who gleams in a crypt.
Tonight, I shall sit against the moon,
and exclaim a post-modernist’s philosophy,
watch Pound’s Imagiste drag their philosophies
onto my canvas. And come into that quiet
beyond dreams and the utopian.
Soon, like sea waves tired of their ripples,
I will surrender the grace of pencils
for contraction of brush strokes,
cautious of the ear’s expectations
and the spectrum that dances before the eyes
hour after hour to become a fiery graffiti.
And come into that quiet beyond dreams.
Tonight, I hope my heart sustains this dream,
I shall smoke in rainbow-coloured images
and puff out poetry stuffed with synaesthesia.
RIBBONS UNDER WATER
Art is atmosphere conjured
in nursery beds of a fertile mind.
At twilight, every eye
surrenders to curiosity.
This river bank
guides me to conclusions
wearing about it enchantment.
Abstractions need no garment
in corporeal whole.
Behold the waters,
behold the beaters
and the restorers of our flotilla.
On a bright savannah stretch,
the dreamers stand.
They gaze at penumbras.
They stroll, full of charged energy.
They are orbs and still
pleasant multi-faceted beams.
Their love goes for the blue of the sky
and the green of this thicket.
But oil spillage chokes their land
by its gullet and takes it to comatose
poured out to effluvium:
measured in scales of a Lagdo dam flood.
Poems © Onis Sampson
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Iran executed a ‘staggering’ total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic Republic, two rights groups said Tuesday.
At least 22 women were executed, marking the highest number in the past decade, the report said.
Fifteen of them were hanged on murder charges and NGOs have long warned that women who kill an abusive partner or relative risk being hanged.
It marked only the second time in two decades that over 800 executions were recorded in a year, after 972 executions in 2015, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty said in the joint report.
The groups accused Iran of using the death penalty to spread fear throughout society in the wake of the protests sparked by the September 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini that shook the authorities.
‘Instilling societal fear is the regime’s only way to hold on to power, and the death penalty is its most important instrument,’ said IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam in the report, which described the figure of 834 as a ‘staggering total’.
Iran has executed nine men in cases linked to attacks on security forces during the 2022 protests – two in 2022, six in 2023 and one so far in 2024 – according to the rights groups.
But executions have been stepped up on other charges, notably in drug-related cases, which had until recent years seen a fall.
‘Of particular concern is the dramatic escalation in the number of drug-related executions in 2023, which rose to 471 people, more than 18 times higher than the figures recorded in 2020,’ said the report.
ECPM director Raphael Chenuil-Hazan said the ‘lack of reaction’ by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was sending ‘the wrong signal to the Iranian authorities’.
Most hangings in Iran are carried out within the confines of prison but the report said that in 2023 the number of hangings carried out in public in Iran tripled from 2022, with seven people hanged in public spaces.


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THE GLOBAL DESTINATION FOR MODEST FASHION
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As seen on Bollywood personality, Malaika Arora Khan
From the dark and heavy grandeur of 17th century Baroque from Italy to light, playful exuberance of 18th century French Rococco, from the damask patterns from Syria in the Middle ages, to 17th century Scottish Argyle checks… this collection brings back rich ornamentation from the past for the continuous celebrations and festivities of life.
These 16th century Baroque inspired earrings with their dramatic ornamentation and extraordinary detail are meant for modern day equivalents of Roman aristocracy.
Delivered in a branded cloth pouch and signature pinewood keepsake box.
Material : Brass, with 22kt Gold plating or silver plating as per request; shell pearl.
Length : 8 cm / Width : 5.5 cm
100% handcrafted by our team of Master Craftsmen in India.
Care : Keep away from perfumes, lotions and water. Store jewelry in the branded cloth pouch and signature box included within your purchase!
Also included in packaging : Concept Card (with a note on the collection), Care Card and a personal note from the designer. Any personalised messages can also be included in the box! Delivered with a branded cloth pouch in our signature pine and wood box.


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God punishes Egypt with 10 wacky plagues!4.44 / 5.00 8,292 Views
You wanna see it? You wanna see my pecker?4.42 / 5.00 11,834 Views
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As soon as I heard this I just had to animate it!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it :D
The audio clip is from episode 7 of gamegrumps Sonic '06
Watch on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/wa tch? v=mgJ2hdh7s7Q
Proper animation coming sooooooooooon!!


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Late Nite Satellite
May 24, 2018 @ 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm| $5
Embark with us on a journey to explore the fringes of the known Improverse! Discover new experimental formats in an infinite series of shows starring our Satellite Ensemble and friends!
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In a duck egg blue, this pair of Tyla curtains feature a subtle textured print and have ben crafted with a blackout lining to minimise external light entering the room. Complete with a modern style eyelet header, these curtains are available in a range of drop lengths.
60% polyester, 40% cotton
W 168cm (66") x Drops 137cm (54"), 182cm (72"), 228cm (90")
One pair of curtains
Dry clean, Iron on a cool setting, Line dry

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Horse Drawings by Spirit (Part 2)
thoroughbred stallion cantering
Here's my drawing of a thoroughbred stallion cantering. I like the legs and hooves of this one.. and the shadow beneath.. Please rate! Thanks!
When I drew the western reining horse I couldn't draw people at that point so it's just the curb bridle. I drew this when I was 12.
I'm proud of my dark Pegasus drawing. It looks a little fuzzy though.
When I drew the horse head it was supposed to look like a thoroughbred but it turned out like an arabian/hano.

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