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Earth Day 2012
(reposted from Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin's Blog: http://blog.bjen.org/, dated April 22, 2012)
Below is the talk I had the privilege of delivering today at the Maryland Presbyterian Church on Providence Road, in honor of Earth Day.
Hope you all are celebrating – the earth is, with all this wonderful rain.
“Midrash” is the ancient rabbinic technique of taking tantalizing verses in the Bible and creatively unfolding and reshaping them, tucking them a bit here and tweaking them a bit there, until voila, a new meaning emerges that is deftly applied to the author’s rhetorical purpose.
The text this morning comes from such a midrash on Ecclesiastes 7:13.
“Consider all that God has done: Who can make straight what he has made crooked?”
The text’s meaning is clear. It proclaims: How powerful God is! No one and nothing can countermand his word. Yet, along came a rabbi of old who decided that he could tweak the verse just a touch – changing the meaning of just one word – and thus teach an important lesson. In doing so, he created the midrash that has become the anthem of the Jewish environmental movement today.
Why, this anonymous rabbi-of-old asked, would the God of goodness make something crooked, twisted, broken?
Rather, the verse must be referring at the end not to God, but to man: “Consider all that God has done: who will be able to straighten again that which he – mankind – makes crooked?”
With this one change in mind, from “he” meaning “God”, to “he” meaning man, the rabbi creates the following story:
"When the Holy One, blessed be He, created the first human, He took him by the hand and led him around the garden, showing him all the trees.
God said to the human, 'See all my works, how good and beautiful they are? Know that all I have created, I created for you. But be mindful that you do not spoil and destroy My world – for if you do, there will be no one after you to set it right."
This is a stunning sixth-century rabbinic warning that teaches us that as big and magnificent and divinely-wrought as the natural world is, it is not indestructible, not immune to degradation by human hands.
The midrash teaches us that all creation, in all its detail, in all its particularity, is God’s work, glorious but vulnerable. Like a proud artist giving a tour of their studio, God took the human by the hand and showed him each and every tree and animal and stream and hill and the ways they all fit together.
And the human was told, all this is for you! All this I did for you! Remember, it is not impervious to harm, or steeled against ruin. It is the work that I love. Be sure to treat it well.
Note that the midrash notably and I would argue intentionally does not say: “All this I give to you.” It rather says: “All this I made for you.” This world is here for us to cherish, and use, and even improve. The human is to acknowledge it, admire it, be humbled and grateful and awed by it. It is ours to live fully with, but it is not ours to possess.
As big and magnificent and important as we humans are, we need to be humble about our place in creation. We have been given great power, and great latitude in how we use that power. We need to be mindful and deliberate and discerning so that we use our knowledge, our appetites, our curiosity, and our power for good and not for evil, for growth and not destruction.
Along with this message, it seems to me that this story is pointing to yet something a bit deeper: that in the biblical imagination, nature is not just a gift, or commodity, or necessary accessory to the good life. It is the very currency, the language, that God uses to speak with humanity. And therefore, it is the currency and language that we should use to speak back to God.
In the Bible – if we are good and God is pleased, the rains are soft and timely and come in just the right amount. If we are good and God is pleased, the land is blessed and giving; the harvests are bountiful and filling.
If we are not good and God is not pleased, the rain is hard and damaging, or sparse or absent; the land is parched and unyielding; the harvests are meager.
Deuteronomy 11 says:
13 If you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— 14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. 15 I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.
But if not, if 16 … you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. 17 Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut up the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you. 18
We tend to dismiss these words as quaint, outdated theological beliefs of cause and affect. After all, we moderns don’t believe as the ancients did – we know droughts and floods, extreme weather and climate change don’t come as punishment from God in response to our bad moral behavior.
Perhaps not. But it is true that our behaviors affect the natural world, that how we manage and manipulate the environment determines the abundance, availability, health and distribution of the goodness of the natural world.
It’s true that hording and wasting, taking too much and returning too little, poisoning and trashing our waters, our land and our air upsets the ebb and flow of nature and the very systems we depend on.
So, while the Bible speaks of the necessity living in good relation to God, we can extrapolate that to mean living in good relation to God’s world. That is what the midrash is teaching. Whether through theology or natural law, failure to respect the vibrancy, integrity and moral laws of nature will bring havoc to the earth and all its inhabitants. And it is we humans who will be held responsible. And, as the midrash says, there will be no one after us to set it right. And it is in the way we treat nature that our devotion to God is measured and weighed.
The midrash continues with a haunting vision:
To what might this be likened, it asks:
To a woman who is pregnant and gives birth in jail. The child is raised in jail; grows up in jail, and his mother dies in jail. One day, the king was travelling by the jail, and as he passed by the son shouts out to him and says: Oh King: it was in this prison that I was born, and it is here that I was raised, and here I live: but I ask you, by what sin have I earned this punishment of being here? And the King answers, Because your mother gave birth to you here.”
If we destroy the world, if we create out of it a prison of destruction, we curse our children with living in that destruction. That is something we cannot do.
How do we avoid it? In the very first chapters of the Bible, we read a phrase, a formula, that helps guide us in the task of living well with God’s gift, and of avoiding the fate we dare not bring about.
In Chapter Two of Genesis, in the story of the creation of Adam, the Bible tells us that:
“The LORD God took the man he had made and put him in the Garden of Eden “to work it and care for it.”
It is in this pairing of verbs, this yin/yang of purpose, this balance of consumer and protector; manipulator and preserver, that the vision of how humans should and must relate to the earth is revealed and measured.
L’ovdah ul’shomrah. To till and to tend; to work and protect. These are not to be seen as two separate, sequential tasks, doing one now and the other later: mountaintop removal here and preserving the Tetons there. Our agriculture, manufacturing, energy production, recycling, waste disposal all must be a piece of preserving and not just consuming. That is the message of living right in the Bible. That is the message we in the faith community must know and speak.
This, then, is the task of the faith community:
· To live in sync with the flow and pulse and patterns of the world
· To live humbly and joyously with God’s awesome gift
· To advance and preserve the work of creation
· To be witness to the truth that living our lives this way is a most blessed and purposeful way to be.
· And to teach the lessons of the midrash to our neighbors and children, our businessmen and politicians, our farmers and bankers, and to ourselves, saying:
'See all God’s work, how good and beautiful it is? Know that all God created, he created for us. But we must be mindful that we do not spoil and destroy it – for if we do, there will be no one after us to set it right."

domain: literature


A police force that is fit for a changing future
Demand for service in policing is high as well as being diverse and it is necessary for the police service to do more to prevent and intervene early to deal with the root cause of problems before they become more complex and costly to address. On mental health the Commissioner has given a significant focus to this approach and had success, but more has to be done to make this a way of working as opposed to a project-based approach.
These challenges cannot be addressed by policing alone. Staffordshire Police has to also work effectively with its partners in Staffordshire, at a regional level and at a national level if it is to modernise. It will not prove possible to address the complex issues that it has to deal with without being a good partner itself, being easy to do business with and welcoming of the skills and expertise that others bring. For example, addressing the needs of a vulnerable child, or adult may require the support of a local authority, or the NHS and addressing serious and organised crime may require the support of a regional unit, or the National Crime Agency (NCA).
The Commissioner is committed to making sure that Staffordshire Police is enabled to adapt itself to those future challenges and to provide the right resources at the right time to turn the commitment into a reality.
The Vision, which the Commissioner contributed to and supports, identifies: –
The bedrock of policing being at a local level, increasingly focused on proactive and preventative activity;
The need to develop more effective and efficient specialist capabilities so that new and more complex threats can be addressed;
Policing as a profession, with a workforce that is representative, with the right skills, powers and experience;
The opportunities around digital technology, both in using it as a tool to provide better intelligence and join up systems between different partners and making it easier for the public to contact the police;
Opportunities for business support functions to be delivered more efficiently and consistently and in partnership;
The need to strengthen accountability arrangements, particularly at cross- force and national levels.


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1930 census Arnold and Erma have 5 children (all b KS) and in the 1940 census, still in Rinehart, no younger children have appeared. So the Rutz siblings are: Vergene E Rutz b ca 1918 Donald A Rutz b ca 1922 Robert S Rutz b ca 1923 Henry J Rutz b ca 1927 John F Rutz b ca 1930
In the obituary in 2002 for Robert "Bob" Rutz, three siblings are listed as survivors: Vergene Henry John One sibling preceded Bob in death: brother Bud Rutz.
ERGO Bud Rutz is Donald.
Original Poster: Do you know whether Bob's family did indeed know Bud had died? Or did they simply say he had died because they had lost track of him?

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The history of Jesus is conveyed in detail for each of the four Gospels, including issues about the dating and authorship of these books. Murdock clearly shows us where the New Testament writers are using historical information and where they are adding their own theological ideas to the text. This book helps to make it more clear for us how and why the New Testament was a progressive compilation that tended to make Jesus more God-like with each telling of the story. This volume also shows the importance of understanding that the New Testament took time to be collected, and it also took time to determine which books were included in the canon, because the finished product was completed in centuries, not decades.
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I am a historian, although my bailiwick is military history, and yet I have always been interested in the history of things. Back in my prep school days, I started to delve into the history of Christianity and found a great deal that I felt I wanted no part of. I gave up my religion at about age sixteen, passing up gladly the easy allure of blind faith for the stonier path of reason. In Ms. Murdock's work I have finally been able to exorcise those last remaining doubts brought about by the early programming I received in school and church.
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In this book Acharya examines all the evidence regarding Jesus. Every scrap of historical evidence we have, every metaphorical "fingerprint" left behind. Acharya follows the evidence, letting the evidence tell it's story. When we put it all together we get the best possible picture of Jesus and where the story came from.


Peter Moore has revealed in a recent interview that the former President of SEGA of America once told the creator of Sonic to "F--- off." The dramatic showdown came, predictably, near the end the businessman's tenure with SEGA of America, and was the result of an attempt to show the Japanese side of the business that the company's corporate image in the United States was in dire straits compared to the competition.
Moore estimates the verbal showdown took place around 2001-2002, when SEGA of America ran a focus group in San Francisco. Moore wanted to prove to his Japanese cohorts that the SEGA brand was simply fading away in the midst of its competition, and so posed the following question to American consumers: if a video game publisher was a relative or a friend, who would they be? The results fell in line with his expectations, with consumers responding that while Electronic Arts was an arrogant popular quarterback and Rockstar was everyone's drunken uncle, SEGA was everyone's Grandfather that used to be cool.
Moore filmed the focus groups and played it in Japan so that he could show the overseas office the difficulties that SEGA faced in America. Yuji Naka, one of creators of Sonic, was present for this meeting, and Moore himself states that they had a love-hate relationship on a good day. Upon seeing the lackluster response to SEGA in the film, Naka-san slammed his hand on the table and declared, "This is ridiculous. You have made them say this. SEGA is the great brand, nobody would ever say this, you have falsified!" Moore, ever the eloquent executive, simply told his translator to tell Naka-san to "F--- off." When the translator, who probably feared what would come next, told Moore that there was no equivalent expression in Japanese, Moore simply stated "I know there is" and, predictably, Moore never stepped foot in the Japanese office again.
Moore states that despite his response to the accusations of falsifying the video, he still loves SEGA. He had wanted the company to recognize that it needed to change like its competition was, and felt that the company far too driven by the wants of its developers - if people like Rikiya Nakagawa, Yu Suzuki, or Kazuma Iguchi weren't into an idea, it simply didn't happen. In an earlier interview, Moore declared that the Dreamcast was condemned to failure because of the SEGA Saturn anyway, but perhaps the company would be drastically different today if Moore's criticisms had been addressed back then.
In any event, the now 62-year-old has returned to his hometown of Liverpool to assume the position of CEO of Liverpool FC. The popular industry figure has seen a journeyman career take him from SEGA, to Microsoft as a corporate Vice President of its Interactive Entertainment Division, and then to Electronic Arts as head of its Sports Division. For someone who admittedly didn't know much about video games when he was initially hired by SEGA, the British businessman has carved an admirable career for himself - and after cussing out a respected video game producer, that in itself is quite the achievement.
What do you think about Peter Moore telling the creator of Sonic to 'F--- off', Ranters?


Announcing the world premiere of this wonderful documentary on Vernon Park made by Henry Farnham, Annie Xu and Tommy Victor during the Germantown Friends School Documentary Film J-Term class in 2017. So many great interviews + images in under 10 minutes.
What an incredible gift to our community. Thank you so much to all who participated and made this possible. Please share with friends and neighbors! #myphillypark


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Comrade Joy Josiah Biobelemoye is the chairman, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). In this interview with APPOLONIA ADEYEMI, he discusses how ineffective lockdown contributed in the spread of infection, resulting in spike of the pandemic and the provision of fair incentives to health care workers, among other measures to curb COVID-19 Excerpts:
The number of persons that test positive to coronavirus infection is on the rise. Why is this happening?
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) will attribute the increasing number of cases to two major factors. First, the National Strategy to contain the community spread of COVID-19 was procedurally defective. I am hinging this on the premise that rather than lockdown only three locations viz: Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja in the first instance, the Federal Government should have gone ahead with a total and compulsory nationwide lockdown during that period. It was that restriction to only two states and FCT, Abuja, which encouraged the free shuttles to the other 34 states by some reckless and lawless Nigerians.
Evidence based data confirms that the index cases in almost all the other 32 states where we now have infections were from Lagos State and FCT, Abuja. Community spread would have been better curtailed if we had a national lockdown. However, I give kudos to the frontline health workers who risk their lives to save others in this unfortunate pandemic.
This includes ward maids, cleaners, ambulance drivers, security men who between them evacuate and transfer the extremely dangerous medical wastes as well as samples in the hospitals and isolation centres on the country. I must also salute the courage of the Medical Laboratory Scientists, Pharmacists including those at community level, doctors, nurses and key personnel who have put up a dogged fight to counter the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). In addition, we should thank the Federal Government and some of the very proactive State Governments, especially the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration in Lagos State for their sense of responsibility in this war against Coronavirus.
JOHESU’s visit to President Muhammadu Buhari
When the JOHESU paid President Buhari a courtesy visit on February 16, 2020, which was a teething dispensation for COVID-19, we had advised the Federal Government to urgently consider closing the ports of entry via the seaports and airports. For the records, JOHESU was the first organisation that advised the government in this regard. Government probably did not see the wisdom in the admonition early enough and we began our walk into calamitous dimensions before government eventually yielded to our February 16 counsel. You must appreciate that the compressed enclaves in aircraft, offices, cars and others remain some of the most fertile grounds for infections like COVID-19 to thrive. The recent inter-state border clampdown is coming a little late. Unfortunately, the economic and social consequences of the lockdown in Lagos and Abuja took its toll on the citizenry, particularly a wider spectrum of the people who rely on daily income. As it is, it has become a much tougher call, but I know we shall win this war.
Recommendations on reversing the trend?
In no particular order, I will posit that the Federal Government must incentivise all health workers who have a part to play in this pandemic. This is not a time to segregate or discriminate along whatever lines – seniors or juniors, health professionals or workers and similar phraseologies.
Hazard allowances and special COVID-19 benefits must be same to all healthcare staff because the risk factor in terms of exposure is same. I am calling on the Federal Government to extend the recent Presidential compassion, which necessitated payment of the salaries of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members who did not comply with the registration on Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to JOHESU members through payment of withheld April and May, 2018 salaries.
The Federal Government has not taken maximum advantage of collaborations with health professionals in the Private Sector. This is very germane in terms of testing with the rank and file of our population. If the USA and lesser endowed African countries allow tests in Community Pharmacies and Private Laboratories, why are we not towing that line? It is worrisome that as at May 8, 2020 we have conducted far less than 25,000 tests nationwide. This might imply that the slightly over 4,000 officially confirmed figure may even be in greater multiples if we were conducting more tests.
What measures do we need to put in place to strengthen the health system in Nigeria?
In building capacities and adequate competences in the Nigerian Health System, one ugly phenomenon that continues to play out in this era of coronavirus pandemic is that Nigeria has failed woefully in the quest to entrench competencies and adequate capacities in its health system. Rather strangely, the country has encouraged a structure whereby the various professions in the health sector grow haphazardly. In Medicine, the training is lawfully grounded at undergraduate and post-graduate levels to run through the tertiary health facilities (Teaching and Specialist Hospitals/ Federal Medical Centres). Other health professions are denied this same privilege by managements of the federal health institutions (FHI)’s in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH).
While we allow Doctors in our health system to easily specialise through the West African or National Post-Graduate Colleges of Medicine, the Federal Government through the FMOH and the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (HOSOF) frustrates postgraduate programmes for other health professionals.
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in very apocalyptic terms wishes to recommend some measures to strengthen the Health System in Nigeria specifically. Government at all levels must begin to invest significantly into Primary Healthcare with emphasis on preventive therapy through maximum engagement of Environmental Health Officers. It is a statement of fact that Government at all levels must tinker with their budgets to feature preventive care therapy at the expense of curative therapy.
Government at all levels must create the atmosphere for health reforms, which will focus on maximising the potentials of its workforce. Healthcare is a globally inclined endeavour driven by international best practices. This is why each health professional specialises all over the world.
In the quest to open the restricted borders of progression in healthcare in Nigeria, we strongly urge the Presidency to direct unhindered access of training facilities to all health workers in training at undergraduate and post graduate levels.
The Federal Government must recognise and approve the Consultancy Cadre for Pharmacists and other deserving health workers to improve competencies/capacities in emergencies and other times. JOHESU specially wishes to draw the attention of Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu to the suspension of the Consultancy Cadre of Pharmacists in the employment of Lagos State Government after same was approved by the State Executive Committee in 2018 during JOHESU inspired nationwide health workers strike. This was only due to the opposition posed to the approval by the Nigeria Medical Association.
We call on Federal and State Governments to improve the manpower needs in healthcare by immediately facilitating the commencement of a degree programme in more universities through the establishment of faculties for the training of personnel in all the cadres in healthcare immediately.
Finally, we call on President Muhammadu Buhari to give needed approval to the clamour of the JOHESU by approving the withheld April/May, 2018 salaries of health workers under the banner of these Health Sector Unions who constitute over 95 percent of the health workforce in Nigeria. In similar spirit, the Federal Government needs to motivate health workers by making available requisite funds to take care of adjustment of CONHESS scale as was done with CONMESS since 2014 in line with terms of agreement consummated since September 30, 2017.
Is it true that the FG has ordered for the acclaimed Madagascan Herbal Tonic to be distributed to states after tests by NAFDAC?
I am not aware of that directive. Ordinarily, one would wonder why the FG would start with a Madagascan Herbal Tonic. It is better to make further enquiries on this matter for informed decision making.
Do you support this?
We have an emergency on our hands right now. Naturally, people want anything that brings a remedy at reasonable cost. Our attitude should be to allow any remedy that has successfully passed through due process of the scientific evaluations/protocol at NAFDAC to be used at this time. So, whether it is a Somalian, Chadian or Nigerien tonic would not really matter for as long as it brings relief without adverse reactions or other negative consequences to a consumer.
What is your take on Prof. Iwu’s claim?
It is still in the same realm as the last insight I provided. Prof. Iwu’s claim was one of those I referred to earlier. Iwu is an internationally acclaimed researcher, so he is more familiar with this terrain than I am. Science is about facts and not magic like some will like to relegate it to become. It is on this note that I am encouraging all researchers in herbal medicine to subject their formulations to clinical trials for eventual registration for use.

domain: politics


The devil has spoken.
In a world where Kim Kardashian defends a racist Jeffree Star (and then apologises) and Porcelain Black stands by Donald Trump's side, we are no longer surprised when we hear news about other ignorant celebrities sticking with these disgusting human creatures. Once relevant celebrity Paris Hilton simply had to add her five cents into the discussion as she defended her family's longtime friend Donald Trump and his "grab them by the pussy" comment in a new interview.
The 36-year-old heiress started out the interview by stating that she didn’t actually vote for Donald Trump in the recent election because she didn’t vote at all, even though she stated in an interview that she had.
The old perverted Cheetos-lookalike further admitted to watching Paris's infamous One Night in Paris film, even though he has known her since she was a 12-year-old girl. Paris told Marie Claire that Trump watching her sex tape "wasn’t creepy at all. He’s not like that at all, he’s always been so respectful."
She was also asked if Trump‘s "grab them by the pussy" line bothered her. In response, she stated, "I’ve heard guys say some pretty crazy things. Like, worse than that. So I think that when someone doesn’t realize they’re being filmed or recorded, they say things. Especially with a guy." She went on, "So I think it was kind of just one of those things where you’re with someone – I’ve heard guys say the craziest things ever, because I’m always around guys, and I listen to them speak. So I definitely don’t think he would just say that."
Paris fell even deeper into the shithole when she was asked about the claims made by several women stating that he had sexually harassed them. Paris said:
I think that they are just trying to get attention and get fame. I feel like, a lot of people, when something happens all these opportunists will come out. They want to get money or get paid to not say anything or get a settlement when nothing really happened. So I don’t believe any of that. And I’m sure that they were trying to be with him too. Because a lot of women, I’ve seen, like him because he’s wealthy and he’s charming and good-looking so I feel like a lot of these girls just made the story up. I didn’t really pay attention to it. I heard a couple things about it. I don’t believe it.
Later, Paris DMed popular Twitter account PopCrave to clarify that the words were taken out of context.
But is it too little too late? Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below!


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Roland Berger: Partners confirm Managing Directors in office and elect new Supervisory Board
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Roland Berger appoints 12 new Partners worldwide
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Frank Pietras and Uwe Weichenhain have been appointed Partners in Germany. Two new Partners have been appointed to the teams in the Neth
Leadership change at Roland Berger: Charles-Edouard Bouée hands over management responsibility
Munich/Berlin, June, 2019: During the bi-annual Partner meeting in Berlin today Charles-Edouard Bouée - in alignment with the Supervisory Board - informed the partnership about his decision to step down as CEO as of today. He has decided to follow new opportunities, leveraging his strong experience and network in the field of innovation, disruptive technologies and AI. Charles-Edouard Bouée is han
Roland Berger on growth path, electing twelve new Partners and promoting six to Senior Partner
München, Dezember 2018: 2018 wird ein Rekordjahr für Roland Berger. Das Unternehmen erwartet einen Jahresumsatz von rund 600 Millionen Euro und ein Wachstum von ca. 13 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahr. Bei ihrem Treffen in Singapur hat die internationale Partnerschaft von Roland Berger diesen Kurs bestätigt und zwölf Berater in ihren Kreis aufgenommen. Die neuen Partner sitzen an Standorten in Bah

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NO RISK---NO DEPOSIT.You are bidding on a nice, 1 owner, 2011 Chevy C2500 HD extended cab utility truck / service truck, with a fiberglass body. Boxes are all fiberglass. The tailgate, and floor are all aluminum. The bumper is heavy C channel and galvanized grip strut that was dipped in galvanize when new, so it should last many many years.All factory paint except bumper and tailgate.
Truck has the following.
V8 - Vortec engine.137,909 miles.
Automatic transmission with over drive and tow haul mode. ( Also manual shift option.)
Large retractable and extendable tow mirrors with blind spot mirrors at bottom.Cruise control.Air conditioning.Am / Fm radio.2 - 12 volt outlets.Mirror in right sun visor.Passenger and driver side map lights.Traction control.Ash tray.3 cup holders on console and 2 on door panels.Strobe light.LED string lights in all utility compartments.6 passenger seating .Center console with top and bottom storage. Console flips up if needed for 3rd passenger in front.Passenger grab bar.Chrome bumper and grill.8 foot utility box with 6 doors.Aluminum tray at front of box is 5 foot long. It slides in and out on roller bearings. It is 21 inches wide and 6 inches deep.Each horizontal compartment on each side of utility bed has a small slide out aluminum tray that is also on roller bearings.All utility doors have stainless steel latches and hinges.It has a galvanized bracket at right rear of truck for a pipe vice and at right front of boxes it has a flip out galvanized bracket to hold long piping when working with vice.
Truck has stainless steel push lock handles on rear of truck bed that will lock all outside doors on each side of truck by pushing a lever and locking.
137,909 one owner miles. (This truck was purchased new by a huge utility company and well maintained.)The truck has absolutely no fluid leaks anywhere on the truck.
7 foot 10 inch long by 6 inch diameter pvc storage compartment on each side of truck with lockable doors to store long material.Tarp system to cover tools and equipment from sun and snow with new tarp.
Herculiner bed liner on aluminum floor.LED rear lights and markers.
This truck starts right up and sounds and runs great.
Truck has normal wear, tear, rust, dents and dings that would be expected on a 2011 truck.
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I require full payment within 7 days of auction ending.
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Seller reserves the right to end auction early.
If you are the winning bidder, you will be picked up at Midway or O"Hare airport in Chicago for free, if needed.
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Sampdoria sporting director Carlo Osti has recently talked about the situation of the club’s young star Mikkel Damsgaard.
Osti was interviewed by Il Secolo XIX recently and he revealed that the Blucerchiati are yet to receive any ‘real’ offers or phone calls for the Dane, who starred for the national team at Euro 2020.
Osti stated: “We have not received a real phone call. Another aspect is that in Italy, it has come to be understood that the players can leave on deadline day.”
This comes after claims had recently suggested that Leeds United have made contact for the ex-Nordsjaelland man. Other Premier League clubs like Tottenham and Liverpool have also been linked with him. Atalanta are also said to be interested in the player, who arrived at Samp in the summer of 2020 and impressed under Claudio Ranieri.


Suse Ups Kubernetes Game with Rancher Labs Deal
The innovation engine that is Kubernetes is prompting infrastructure vendors to open their wallets to acquire developers whose platforms are based on the open source cluster orchestrator.
Suse, the open source cloud infrastructure specialist, is the latest, moving to boost its enterprise Kubernetes management portfolio with the acquisition of Rancher Labs. Terms of the acquisition announced on Wednesday (July 8) were not disclosed. Suse said the acquisition is expected to close by the end of October 2020.
Privately held Rancher Labs, Cupertino, Calif., develops software used to deploy and manage Kubernetes at scale. It claims about 37,000 active users of its flagship Kubernetes management platform.
Suse, Nuremberg, Germany, is an early developer of enterprise Linux distributions. The open source infrastructure and application vendor announced last year it once again was an independent company after being acquired and sold several times beginning in 2004.
The company said the deal for Rancher Labs represents the first step in its “inorganic growth strategy,” presumably leaving the door open for future acquisitions as cloud-native deployments proliferate. The company said its cloud revenues jumped 70 percent year-on-year.
The acquisition enables Suse “to play an even more strategic role with cloud service providers, independent hardware vendors, systems integrators and value-added resellers,” Suse CEO Melissa Di Donato said in announcing the deal.
Growing adoption of cloud-native applications and infrastructure is forecast to boost enterprise requirements for container management tools. That growth is expected to be fueled by an increasing number of machine learning workloads deployed via containers to the cloud and the network edge.
Industry observers noted the consolidation in the Kubernetes market reflects growing enterprise demand to accelerate container deployments. "We are seeing many enterprises adopt Kubernetes to more quickly build, adapt and update cloud native applications to keep pace with competitive pressures and customer requirements," said Will Freiberg, co-CEO of D2iQ.
Rancher Labs’ open architecture supports a range of Kubernetes distributions, including the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s version as well as Amazon Web Service’s Managed Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine and Microsoft’s Azure Kubernetes Service.
In 2016, Suse acquired Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (NYSE: HPE) OpenStack and CloudFoundry technologies. It previously acquired a project team at IT-Novum, a German software-defined storage management vendor. The deal included the OpenATTIC project, the Ceph-based storage management framework.
The deal for Rancher Labs is the latest targeting a Kubernetes specialist. In May, VMware acquired Kubernetes security startup Octarine, a move designed to secure cloud-native environments from development to production. VMware was expected to embed the startup’s security technology into its Carbon Black cloud.
--Editor's note: This story has been updated.
Please note that SUSE did not acquire it-novum as a whole, they just acquired the team that worked on the openATTIC project:
Our story has been corrected.


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Colmore Row’s newest resident – wine bar, Vagabond – has opened its doors, serving up the finest wines by the glass (or the bottle).
The multi-award-winning experiential bar sees guests pick and pour from over 100 wines, all stored in its innovative wine dispensers. Most impressively, its dispensers are controlled via its phone app or a Vagabond card, unlocking a journey of wine discovery unlike any other.
The first taste of Vagabond outside of London, the Birmingham bar brings the brand’s signature vibe to 92-98 Colmore Row and boasts space for 200. What’s more, the bar even features a hidden private tasting room for 20 in the building’s former bank vault, which will be available for private bookings from mid-November.
Its state-of-the-art wine dispensers allow guests to select from over 100 wines, sample a 25ml measure to find the perfect match, before self-serving medium or large glasses all at the click of a button. After the wine is poured, those using the app will have tasting notes available on their phones so they can learn as they sip; creating an interactive experience, the app even allows you to rate your wine, so that it can recommend others that suit your style.
In a bid to make wine discovery simpler, the wines are grouped by flavour-profile - rather than grape or vintage - encouraging visitors to try different varieties and find new favourites. Better still, a majority of the wines on offer are sourced by the in-house sommeliers, from small, independent wineries around the world, meaning they are often exclusive to Vagabond in the UK.
Speaking about what Birmingham can expect, Colin Thorne, wine buyer at Vagabond, comments: “The Vagabond experience is truly about discovery and helping people to fall in love with wine. So much of the time, wine is seen as something to be studied or something that people show-off about; we want to change that and make wine-tasting accessible, interesting, and fun!
“There are so many gems amongst the wine list that we’ve crafted, all focusing on our ethos of sourcing interesting wines from little known grapes, producers and regions. It also includes my personal favourites: our own range of Vagabond wines, which we make ourselves in London. I am certain that we have a wine for every palate, every occasion, and everyone, and I’m excited to raise a glass (or two!) with Birmingham.
For those looking for something different to wine, Vagabond does not disappoint: there will also be a selection of 10 self-pour local draught beers, hand-selected spirits, and an expertly crafted cocktail menu. Added to this, the bar will also serve food, including cheese and charcuterie boards, pizzas and an amazing steak sharer and fries.
Vagabond Birmingham will be open seven days a week and will begin serving this weekend. To book your table at Vagabond, visit vagabondwines.co.uk/book
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New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday that the Coronavirus crisis is now “on its way out” and “soon” vaccines would be available in India too. He was speaking at the International Coronavirus Short Film Festival.
He took the opportunity to caution people against letting the guard down before antibodies are created and second dose of the vaccine administered.
Javadekar said that the pandemic has caused major upsets in countries across the globe. However, he noted, that India has been able to handle the crisis well under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, who, he said, recognised the crisis early.
Calling the idea of organising a film festival to celebrate short films made on coronavirus as wonderful, Javadekar said that the Film Festival witnessing participation of 2,800 films from 108 countries on a single topic is an example of people’s immense talent.
Speaking about 51st International Film Festival of India to be organised in Goa, he said IFFI would be organised in a ‘hybrid manner’. People would be able to witness the festival online while the opening and closing ceremonies would be organised at the location with a smaller audience, he added. He also informed that this edition of IFFI will see participation of 21 non-feature films.
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, speaking on the occasion, congratulated Javadekar and his ministry for creating mass awareness about Coronavirus successfully in a country as vast as India.


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Leer en Español On April 23, 2020, the conservative majority issued a decision affecting immigrants in Barton v. Barr. Many pro-immigrant advocates have written scathing commentary about the case, using it as an example of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court moving in line with Trump’s agenda to make it easier to deport documented [...]
El 23 de abril de 2020, la mayoría conservadora emitió una decisión que afectaba a los inmigrantes en el caso Barton contra Barr. Muchos defensores pro-inmigrantes han escrito comentarios críticos sobre el caso, usándolo como ejemplo de que la mayoría conservadora de la Corte Suprema se está moviendo en línea con la agenda de Trump [...]
On Wednesday evening, April 22, 2020, President Donald Trump released the text of an immigration executive order claiming to stop immigration to the United States for a period of at least 60 days. The order purports to justify this broad use of presidential power by claiming to limit the strain on our overburdened healthcare system [...]
Many parents are concerned about how the current Stay at Home Order will affect their current custody order or agreement. Should they suspend one parent’s visitation? Will they be charged criminally for leaving their homes to participate in a custody exchange? The answer to these questions is no. NC Stay at Home Order and Custody [...]
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UPDATE 4/3/2020: DUE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19), ALL CRIMINAL/TRAFFIC CASES WILL BE POSTPONED TO NO EARLIER THAN JUNE 1ST, 2020 UPDATE 3/30/2020: Gov. Cooper has issued a Stay at Home order that goes into effect 3/30/20 at 5 pm. As an essential business, Dummit Fradin is still open and available for vitual [...]
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Women are prone to acne when the menstrual cycle is shortly ahead. This is mostly attributed to the changes in the levels of hormones. The menstrual cycle plays a key role in the formation of acne. Adolescent girls who are at the threshold of puberty also get acne due to changes in hormone levels. Premenstrual acne seems to happen every month. It is also called ‘PMS acne’. In this case occurrence of acne coincides with the menstrual cycle. Acne is often associated with hormones and hence women have a flare of acne in the premenstrual stages. Acne inflammation may increase between day 22 and 28 of the menstrual cycle. This is due to the decrease of sebaceous dust in this period. However, detailed researches are yet to be done on this.
Risk of Acne Occurrence Using Birth Control Pills
Premenstrual acne seems to be a real occurrence. At the same time, using birth control pills also seem to increase the risk of acne occurrence. The cause is anyway hormonal changes. It is but convincing that acne rises and falls with the menstrual cycle. Recent studies show that skin breakouts follow a 28-days cycle. This implies that the skin breakout flares just before the start of bleeding and calms down after the start of the bleeding. However, some medical experts feel that hormones alone are not the only cause of acne and that it is a combination of bacterial infection, inflammation, blocking of follicles, and also hormonal changes. It also depends on the size of the pores. The smaller the pores, the greater are the chances of clogging. It is also interesting to know that in some cases the use of birth control pills has made no difference. If hormonal changes are thought to be the cause of such breakouts, women taking these pills should have a decrease in premenstrual acne, which is not true. Therefore it is evident that something else affects the skin, but this could have a link to the menstrual cycle. The opinion of the experts is that this ‘something’ could be water retention. However, this issue has to be addressed properly in the studies.
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Treatment of Acne During Permenstrual Stages for Woman
If a woman suffers from acne during her premenstrual stages, she should be treated as in the case of any other acne and seek the help of a dermatologist when the problem becomes severe. A therapy that is appropriate to the severity of the case should be prescribed. Sometimes the medication may involve antibiotics too. Simultaneously topical medications may also combine with this. Some dermatologists also opine that birth control pills even help some women having acne. Perhaps, these pills work differently with persons.
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It is also true that when hormones are out of balance during the menstrual cycle, it causes acne to appear around the chin, lower face, and forehead. This acne is also called menstrual cycle pimples. However, the acne appearing in this period disappears also automatically after the menstrual period. Therefore, good care of the skin should be taken during the menstrual period. Treating this type of acne is essential as chance should not be taken just by leaving it unattended.

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AS SSD is a benchmark that uses non-compressible and completely random data. What this means is that the drives using the SandForce SF-2281 controller cannot compress the data first, which takes away one of the strong advantages of this controller. Therefore this is a useful benchmark because drives that use the SF-2281 controller don't gain an upper hand.
On the Copy Benchmark, Samsung SSD 840 Pro performed admirably and was able to challenge the Corsair and OCZ drives. It was a tad slower on the Program benchmark, but it was on a par with the Corsair and OCZ drives on the ISO and Game workloads and was miles ahead of the other SandForce-powered drives.
On the sequential workload, the Samsung SSD 840 Pro recorded very high read and write speeds. Write speed, in particular, was outstanding as it nearly broke the 500MB/s mark. Performance on the 4k workload was a little underwhelming, but the Samsung drive redeemed itself on the more demanding 4k, 64 threads workload, posting impressive read and write performance. It’s 4k, 64 threads write performance measurement of 391MB/s was a whopping 18% faster than the second-placed OCZ Vector.


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After reading part one and two you should have a fairly good understanding of the benefits of testosterone. Below is a quick review of the benefits of testosterone supplementation.
- Increased Libido
- Increased bone mineral density
- Increased muscle mass
- Decreased fat
- mproved sleep
- Improved Memory
- Improved concentration
- Feeling of well-being
- Increased insulin sensitivity
- Improved cholesterol panel
- Increased coronary blood flow
- Reversal of arterial plaque
- Endothelial health
- Decrease incidence of prostate cancer
- Increased energy
These benefits strongly support the use of testosterone supplementation in individuals who have sub-optimal levels, the next question is what is the best route. We will look at each option and you can read pros and cons of each.
Natural Testosterone Boosters
You can see these advertised late night on TV and in the back of many magazines, they claim to be very effective and the natural safe way to raise your testosterone to optimal levels. The bottom line they don’t work, save your money. Fish oil has some slight effect by decreasing the production of sexual hormone binding globulin leaving more testosterone free and functional, but it is a very small amount.
Zinc has also been shown to block the aromatase step that converts testosterone to estrogen but again the overall effect is slight. Far and away the best supplement is DHEA which converts both to estrogen and testosterone but again the effect is minimal and will not increase levels to optimal.I can’t say this loud enough natural testosterone boosters are a waste of your money.
Patches and Creams
Patches and creams are another way testosterone supplementation can be achieved. These have definitely become more popular in the last 5-10 years prior to that they were mainly used by females. The creams need to be applied everyday and must be rubbed into a hairless area of skin thoroughly. The patches were used to decrease the effort associated to with application of a daily creme. These both have similar results and are usually met with less than desirable results.
The absorption of the testosterone transdermally is inconsistent and associated with a high conversion to dihydro-testosterone. It is this dihydro-testosterone that causes mens hair to fall out and to make their prostate big. While these are convenient, if you don’t mind rubbing a creme on everyday or applying a patch, patient satisfaction long-term is low.
Oral Testosterone Supplementation
Used most commonly in women the results are poor and associated with liver damage. Testosterone is metabolized by the liver and of little to no benefit when taken orally. There is a form, methyl-testosterone, which can be taken orally but it last for only a few hours and it would require the patient o take it every 4-6 hours. Compliance is very poor with any medication taken more than once or twice a day. We do not recommend oral testosterone supplementation due to its adverse liver effects.
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
This is the one you have heard of associated with weight loss, eat 500 calories a day, inject HCG and you lose weight. I would suggest, as have others, eat 500 calories a day and you’ll lose weight skip the daily HCG injection. For testosterone production it is used slightly different, injections are done twice weekly and have a direct effect on the Leydig cell in the testicles triggering testosterone production.
Limitations are most commonly associated with age. The older your Leydig cells the less able they are to produce testosterone no matter how much HCG is injected. In the 40-50 year old male these injections work quite well and have no suppression on spermatogenesis.
This is the gold standard of testosterone replacement therapy. Most common form used is testosterone cypionate, which is testosterone in cotton seed oil. Injections are done on a weekly to twice weekly basis and done as a intra-muscular injections. The cotton seed oil is used to create a depot effect that allows small amounts to be absorbed into the circulation, creating a more consistent testosterone level. The only drawback is sticking your self once or twice a week.
Testosterone supplementation can be very beneficial to the aging male ( and Female) when used under medical supervision and with close followup. I would recommend that anyone interested in this type or therapy find an individual who is well-trained in age-management and discuss this with them. Men wishing to have children need to be very careful about using testosterone due to the possible suppression of spermatogenesis. These individuals would be better of using HCG.
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I miss the wander of my words, skipping about with no particular direction other than the flow of my curiosity. I miss forgetting you are there, that my blog is nothing more than secrets written down on the page and accidentally, the covers of my diary are fallen open, under my bed. I miss my innocence and now when I watch my children, lovely and delicious they, I wonder if it’s too late for me. Is it too late? Is it too late to go back to that carefree world when I didn’t know, when I wasn’t tired of looking, when life was still a romantic quest?
No One Puts Baby in the Corner
I’ve been spending a lot of time alone. As a result, I’ve begun to re-evaluate my sense of purpose and well-being. What I want, don’t want— that sort of thing. I’ve always considered myself a self-directed person, engaged enough to keep my engine going, even while running on empty. My tendency is to read to fill up time. I research for pleasure, as you know, education is a never ending riddle. I look for opportunities and I exercise. Yet, these last few weeks have been different. I’ve taken pause. I’ve been sitting for longer periods of time doing nothing. Instead of burying my head in a book, I look around. I walk slower and drive slower. I do a little small talk, but not much, but more than usual. With a parent in the school yard, a stranger on line, that sort of thing. I’m outside, again. Outside of normal life.
As a result, I’ve begun to unravel.
And I’ve started dreaming more.
Things have begun moving around and so I’ve decided to take some stuff and put them in boxes. I’ve got a lot of clutter but I’m lazy and don’t want to spend all of my time cleaning and organizing. I feel like there’s something greater I need to put my energy to, like— I don’t know. Something bigger, that’s all.
I’ve been feeling like I don’t want to be a rat in this city. If you pick your head up long enough, you’ll begin to see how much human beings are robotized in New York City. Of course, this could be what I observe in the subway and we all know that the subway is in itself a wayward soul, but the truth remains—you have to be thick to live here. And a little crazy. I just feel that it’s easy to get lost and lose a sense of purpose when you’re a rat in the city.
What is my purpose and why is it so important? Are some people lucky enough to have a strong sense of purpose while others spend a lifetime looking for one? Is it something to have and hold, static like a possession or is it changing and organic and open to a total remodeling?
I’ve always been curious about the nature of purpose because purpose is the drive behind agency and agency is what makes human beings do amazing things in a lifetime. I’ve been working on a book that has a lot to say about purpose and agency: having it, losing it, nurturing it, teaching it. It is in actuality one of the most fundamental themes of our existence.
Purpose is what gives us the courage and the patience to go from day to day. Purpose is what pushes us to make long term investments in a project or in other people. It also embodies every important topic that is meaningful for us as human beings but especially for educators.
I am reminded of the time when I sat with three students after school. Each of them had a learning disability that I knew very little about. I was just getting to know them. In fact, I was amazed at how every time we had a conversation, I realized just how much I didn’t know about them, how they perceived the world and how they processed information. Every interaction was peeling away a layer. It was a tutoring session and we were discussing the weekly vocabulary words. I was also trying to explain what nouns were, specifically abstract nouns like the noun: love. One of the girls asked me to explain the word ‘abstract’ and I found myself fumbling over my words like a clown. Generally speaking, I’m pretty articulate so the experience of trying to explain the concept of abstract to eleven year olds was disarming and revealing. We laughed a lot, as you can imagine.
On my way home that evening I thought about the complexity of language and how difficult it is to teach with the right amount of care and attention to nuance. I also realized how much power I had over the minds of those children. I had been given the important task of framing the world with words. Whose vision of the world would I share? Our conversation about nouns was riddled with choice and I could teach them mechanically or I could teach them with the magic of a heightened awareness.
What I want to point out is how difficult it is to talk about purpose because it is an abstraction. It is a social and personal construct and we as unique individuals, can fill the word with meaning using a variety of different life tones and depending on how we experience it at an intimate level. Nonetheless, I wonder if we can come to some sort of agreement about the nature of purpose?
What is purpose? And why is it important to consider if you are an educator? Can you share your thoughts?


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Project Veritas and its founder James O’Keefe are the latest victims of Twitter’s push to silence conservatives on the platform.
Further, the @JamesOKeefeIII account was “temporarily locked for violating [Twitter’s] private information policy.” O’Keefe’s personal account has since been unlocked.
O’Keefe responded to Twitter’s moves in a statement provided to The Western Journal.
“Late last night, Twitter locked Project Veritas’s and my Twitter accounts, claiming we violated Twitter Guidelines by posting a video of our journalists asking questions of Facebook’s Vice President Guy Rosen which Rosen refused to answer,” he said.
“Twitter claimed the video published private information, which is false. Twitter invited Project Veritas to, and we did, appeal that decision with Twitter,” O’Keefe continued.
“In an apparent act of retaliation for daring to question their authority, Twitter responded to our appeal by suspending our account, continuing to tell us that Project Veritas could delete the tweet and have our account reinstated. “
The video O’Keefe referenced is still on YouTube. In it, a Project Veritas reporter confronted Rosen, apparently outside the executive’s home, over Facebook’s ability to “freeze” comments that contain “hate speech.”
“How do you define hate speech? Is it just speech that you hate?” Project Veritas senior journalist Christian Hartsock asked Rosen, who did not respond.
One that made headlines in January was Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in an internal company video announcing to employees the censoring of political speech on the platform would go beyond just banning then-President Donald Trump.
“We are focused on one account [@realDonaldTrump] right now, but this is going to be much bigger than just one account, and it’s going to go on for much longer than just this day, this week and the next few weeks. It’s going to go on beyond the inauguration,” Dorsey said in the video.
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) January 14, 2021
O’Keefe was defiant in the face of Twitter’s actions against him.
“This is nothing new from Twitter — just last fall Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted in Congress his company’s decision to block the New York Post was erroneous while still demanding the Post kneel before them by deleting the tweet,” O’Keefe said in his statement provided to The Western Journal.
In October, Twitter prevented New York Post stories about President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden’s apparent plans to enter into a business venture with a Chinese energy company from being shared on the platform.
However, in December, Hunter Biden confirmed that his business dealings were under FBI investigation.
“Here we go again — Twitter opting to delete news and demand fealty when their decision is dared to be questioned,” O’Keefe said.
“I will not kneel,” he continued. “Twitter is wrong. Let them kneel.”
Root cautioned in a Wednesday interview with The Western Journal that while he’s the victim now, all conservatives should take note.
“There’s nobody to protect Wayne Root,” he said. “There’s nobody to stop the IRS from coming after Republicans. There’s nobody to protect anything from anyone because [Democrats] own all the power now.”
“I just want you to understand you’re probably really angry, but you still don’t think it’s going to happen to you,” Root said. “Well, that was me a week ago. I’m telling you, it’s going to happen to you.”
“So I’m just telling you, they took me. Soon they’re coming for you.”
It’s ironic that the constant drumbeat by leftists during the Trump administration was: “The president’s a fascist.” Yet, what actions did he take to quash free speech?
Trump railed against “fake news,” of course, but he did not spy on the media as former President Barack Obama’s administration did in relation to the Associated Press and then-Fox News reporter James Rosen.
Further, Trump along with Republicans in Congress sought to hold social media companies, like Facebook and Twitter, to account for the censorship and bias directed against conservative outlets.
Now with Biden in the White House and Democrats in charge of Congress, it appears to be open season on conservatives — and sadly, no one seems willing to fight to uphold the First Amendment rights of all Americans.
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Gait and stair climbing restoration is pivotal in neurological rehabilitation. A novel gait robot helped to increase training intensity, which is regarded as essential for a successful outcome. A harness-secured patient stands on two footplates, whose movements are fully programmable, so that he or she can practise gait and stair climbing repetitively, up to several hundred steps and stairs per session. A controlled trial with 30 subacute stroke patients revealed a superior gait and stair climbing ability in the experimental group compared with the control group. More studies must follow to better understand the robot–s promising potential.
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We know that vegetables are good for us. We know that there are vital nutrients, none of the bad fats and lots of great flavors. What we explore in this blog are the vegetables that are optimal for fertility and why.
Add a wide variety of vegetables.
Add a wide variety and strive for at least 5 servings of veggies per day (see the 2018 Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 to get a list of which veggies you can save on by not needing to buy organic, this will save you some money here) Strive for some greens each day, some variety of color and some starchy vegetables (root vegetables like sweet potatoes and beets.) You’ll be surprised how much fun it can be to try new vegetables and new ways to prepare them!
Why add vegetables to increase fertility?
Vegetables help your amazing liver to function more effectively at filtering your hormones from your body. When your hormones are filtered at a better rate, they will be at ideal levels and be able to communicate in the correct amounts with your glands that send messages to your reproductive organs. Adding veggies will help your thyroid function, balance insulin and leptin levels instrumental in reproductive health. Vegetables are also the best way to get fiber, we have been led to believe that whole grains and beans are optimal fiber sources, but veggies are actually best. In addition to fiber they supply vital nutrients for optimal cellular and bodily function.

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Sometimes, writers must be good at keeping secrets.
One night many years ago, I got to a party before my friend, and like most introverts, headed straight for the food so I would have something to do.
A couple of the town’s biggest movers and shakers huddled nearby, drinks in hand.
“I ran into Jack Sloan the other day,” one said.
“It’s been ages,” the other said.
“At Waffle House, of all places. He was with someone. A young guy. About to transfer to the university and staying at Jack’s place.”
My ears perked up. Greta was Jack’s ex-wife, as bitter as they come.
Later, my friend introduced me to the two men and mentioned that I was acquainted with Jack Sloan.
“Ah, yes,” one of them said. “He’s mentioned you. He’s thrilled with what you’re doing.”
“Thank you,” I said. That’s when I knew ghostwriting was the perfect career for me.
I smiled and tried to guess what their reaction would be when they learned why Jack was happy with my work.
It turns out that Greta was bitter not just because her 60-something husband left her, but because he left her for a college-age man.
Jack was wealthy enough to buy Greta’s silence, but soon she would be free to gossip as much as she wished.
Tired of being a hypocrite, Jack intended to set the record straight with the memoir he hired me to write.
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A rain garden (raingarden) is another way to renew water and turn storm waterproblems into landscaping assets. It does this by slowing run-off and allowing water to soakinto the ground. Water is also cleaned by filtering through soil layers before it enters the groundwater system. Using plants in the rain garden accelerates soil drying between storms.
A rain garden is a depression that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, and sidewalks or from saturated soils an opportunity to infiltrate the soil and be "reused.” It is not a pond. but it is normally an artificial depression.
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30 Aug 2012 Underground mining techniques, which account for the majority of West Virginia's coal production, utilize machinery to drive tunnels under the surface of the land. These tunnels are situated in coal seams so as the machinery
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Coal miners use giant machines to remove coal from the ground. They use two methods: surface or underground mining. Many U.S. coal beds are very near the ground's surface, and about two-thirds of coal production comes from surface
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East West rail link and Oxford Cambridge Expressway should support one million new homes and jobs says Lord Adonis
It's part of National Infrastructure Commission plans to boost the area's economic ontribution by over £160billion a year.
The National Infrastructure Commission has today highlighted the importance of creating well-designed, well-connected new communities between Oxford and Cambridge, with plans to deliver one million new homes and jobs in the area by 2050.
A report published today (Friday November 17, 2017) claims this can be done while respecting the natural environment and without making changes to existing Green Belt protections.
The move, equivalent to a doubling of the current rate of housebuilding, would be supported by improved road and rail links between the major cities, helping to create the first new towns in this country for 50 years, under seven key recommendations from the NIC.
Lord Adonis, chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, said: “The arc spanning Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford attracts the brightest and best from some of the most cutting edge industries.
“But the area also suffers from a lack of available homes and an infrastructure network that is feeling the strain – pricing local people out of the market, making it difficult for businesses to recruit staff, and threatening the future competitiveness of one of the most successful parts of the country.
“A ground-breaking deal between ministers and local leaders could transform the area, helping to double the rate of housebuilding and deliver the first new towns this country has seen for half a century. With this one of the most economically important parts of the UK, it could add billions of pounds a year to the national economy.
“I urge local leaders to seize this opportunity and work together with Government, both for the benefit of their residents and of the country as a whole – all by delivering a million new homes and jobs by 2050, investing in improved road and rail links and protecting the area’s natural environment.”
Currently the area generates £90billion per year towards the national economy. But by taking these steps this could increase to over £250billion a year.
Key transport projects that Lord Adonis says need to move forward include the new East-West Rail line connecting Oxford and Cambridge, and the proposed Oxford-Cambridge Expressway.
The chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission urged Ministers, and council leaders across the arc covering Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Northampton and Cambridge, to “seize the opportunity” and harness the area’s economic potential.
Cambridge City Council leader Lewis Herbert has welcomed the proposals.
He said: “This major investment in rail is both welcome and overdue, and we ask the Chancellor to support all the key NIC recommendations in his Budget next Wednesday, to deliver the vital new Cambridge South station by 2022 latest and the full East West rail route from Cambridge to Milton Keynes and Oxford by 2030, as a major boost to making our growth sustainable and shifting transport from road to rail.
“On Cambridge South, we will be working with the mayor, the Greater Cambridge Partnership and Government to try to beat the 2022 deadline, provided Government confirms funding next week to match planned private investment and local funding contributions.
“Timing depends on the scale of four track and best design to maximise stopping trains and we want to get it right, and earlier than 2022 if we possibly can.
“On East West Rail, the crunch issue is the missing link from Sandy to Cambridge and we call on Government to commit to making a firm and final route by the end of 2019.
“Currently, the four options detailed in the NIC report are causing major uncertainty and risk totally confusing major future strategic planning across Cambridgeshire and beyond, as well as raising avoidable and unnecessary concerns among many local rural communities.”
The mayor of the Combined Authority for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, James Palmer, welcomed the report - and said it could have gone even further.


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The owner of the publishing rights is the one who gets the check.
All the sheet music you see for the most part is produced by the big two: Hal Leonard, and Alfred. There are other, smaller publishers but those are the giants. Artists sign separate contracts with sheet music publishers that are separate from what the artists has signed with the record company. Although, lately with 360 deals, the rights to a band's sheet music could be assigned to the label. Percentages for the artist tend to be larger for sheet music / tablature than what they see from album sales, but costs of owning the publishing rights, physical distribution costs, etc get taken out.
We're probably not talking about a lot of money anyway. I would imagine the sales of those books are relatively small. I would guess that most sell 10,000 or fewer copies, outside of huge acts like AC/DC and Metallica.
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Tributes have been paid to former York City FC player, Craig Farrell, who has sadly died.Craig Farrell
Craig was born in Middlesbrough and spent a large part of his early career playing for local teams, including Middlesbrough FC, Whitby Town and York City. The striker also spent some time at Leeds United.
The 39-year-old also spent time playing for Blyth Spartans, Carlisle United and Exeter City. He made 17 appearances for Blyth Spartans in 2012, before moving on to Whitby Town where he stayed for three years, Chronicle Live reports.
And Craig also represented England as a youngster, making three appearances for the national side’s under 16’s team. During the 1999 European Championship, Craig scored a goal against Slovakia.
Tributes have since poured in for Craig following the sad news of his death, with many of his former clubs among those expressing their shock and sadness. His death was announced yesterday evening (Monday, May 30) and it is not yet clear how he died.
A spokesperson for Blyh Spartans wrote on Twitter: “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Blyth Player Craig Farrell. Farrell made 17 appearances in 2012 for Spartans scoring 7 goals. RIP Faz.”
Middlesbrough FC were among those paying tribute, a spokesperson said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of our former youth player Craig Farrell following his sad passing,” with Carlisle United, adding: “Devastating news as we say farewell to Craig Farrell – our thoughts are very much with his loved ones.”
And York City FC also wrote: “We are saddened to learn of the passing of former player Craig Farrell, aged 39. Craig made 111 appearances and scored 27 goals for City between 2006 and 2009. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.”
A spokesperson for Whitby Town said: “Everyone at Whitby Town is extremely saddened that hear of the passing of former player Craig Farrell. Craig featured for the Seasiders between 2012 & 2015. Rest in Peace, Faz.”